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Game Changing Z-Force™ Technology: 75% More Range / 100,000+ Mi on a Power Pack
The 2012 Zero X leverages a completely new battery cell chemistry and configuration. Not only does the Zero X now have 38 miles range, the power pack is designed to last the life of the motorcycle. The result of cutting edge research and development, each cell in the power pack is individually controlled and monitored at all times to ensure maximum health. The stand-alone charger minimizes charge time and can work in parallel with Zero's quick charge accessories to cut charge times by 50%.
- 75% more range over 2011
- Now capable of going 38 miles according to the EPA UDDS
- Cells last 3,000 full charge-discharge cycles before hitting 80% capacity, yielding as much as 103,000 miles on the original power pack
- State of the art new power pack configuration and cell chemistry
- 68% higher energy density power pack that yields significant range and performance advantages
- Elegant new low resistance and highly robust cell interconnect technology
- New battery management system with enhanced 24/7 cell monitoring and a 92% reduction in power consumption
- New, higher voltage power system that allows the motor to run cooler and with more RPMs than ever before
- Quick-charge option available to cut recharge time by 50%
- Power pack can be fully removed from the motorcycle and transported to charge anywhere
- Power pack can be used interchangeably with the Zero XU and Zero MX
- Full aluminum anodized exterior casing
- Highly durable and impact load resistant
- Superior internal packaging
- External programming and recall capabilities via diagnostics port
Motor: High Torque and Acceleration
Fueled by a Z-Force™ lithium ion power pack and now featuring the same performance motor as the Zero MX, the Zero X delivers incredible torque from zero RPM. This is made possible by the powertrain's ability to efficiently dump an incredibly high amount of power as soon as you twist the throttle.
- 33% more overall power with a top speed of 56mph
- Increased torque and broader power band for much stronger acceleration
- Sustains higher power output for longer durations
- New motor integrated Z-Force Air Induction System:
- Allows for increased motor performance during aggressive riding
- Enables more energy output for longer durations
- Powerful, low weight and compact motor
- Performance settings for more and less aggressive riding (Level I and II)
Frame and Body: New Bodywork and Light Aircraft Grade Aluminum
At the core of the Zero X lies the ultimate dirt bike frame that Zero has engineered from the ground up and hand crafted using aircraft grade aluminum. The resulting combination of lower weight and higher strength means more responsiveness. In the turns and off the line this translates into greater acceleration. To make the frame even more durable each one is shot-peened and anodized. For 2012 the Zero X has a bold new look that includes new front fairings, rear number plates and graphics.
- Rigid, robust and lightweight frame
- Completely new front fairings and rear number plates
- Hydroformed top tube for increased strength and reduced weight
- Large cylindrical swingarm cross tube for increased stiffness and suspension response
- Entire frame is shot-peened and anodized for resistance to corrosion and abrasion
- Organic frame gusseting for increased strength and smoother body lines
- Bodywork is highlighted with new graphics
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The Zero X uses a refined suspension system to absorb aggressive terrain on the trail. Taking advantage of the motorcycle's low weight, the inverted front fork is robust, light and responsive. Riders can quickly dial it in using the externally adjustable compression and rebound damping. On the rear, a rigid double diamond swing arm keeps the wheel planted using a specially developed rear shock with a fully adjustable spring preload and easily tuned damping. On the rear, a rigid double diamond swing arm keeps the wheel planted using a specially developed rear shock with adjustable spring preload and easily tuned damping.
- Carefully tuned, balanced and improved suspension system:
- Specially tuned for the trail and track
- Robust triple-clamps for improved bearing pre-loading and durability
- Steel stanchions for increased strength, rigidity and control
- Front adjustments: Compression and rebound damping
- Rear adjustments: Spring preload, compression and rebound damping
- Refined contact points:
- Aggressive saw tooth profile footpegs to maintain foot position and control
- Standardized clevis for greater aftermarket options
- Handlebars with adjustable risers
- Ergonomic riding position for better control
- More comfortable seat to accommodate longer rides
Brakes: Robust Stopping Power
Because you'll be going faster through the turns and riding harder with instant torque at any RPM, the Zero X features robust stopping power and a precise brake feel.
- Powerful and high performance braking system
- Precise, easy to modulate and requires little effort
- Increased fade resistance
- Steel braided lines for improved lever feel and precise brake modulation
- Greater commonality using standard-size mount patterns
Wheels and tires: Street Legal Traction for the Trail
The Zero X comes with street legal tires and wheels that are designed for trail usage. For 2012 the wheels are stouter, more durable and more robust than ever before.
- Standard sizes with commonality for greater aftermarket tire options
- Aggressive street legal trail tires (front and rear)
Gearing and Chain: Durability and New Aftermarket Options
To accommodate the Zero X's increased traction and ability to accelerate in the dirt Zero uses a hardened steel 420 chain along with durable direct drive gearing. The result is a stronger and longer lasting drivetrain that puts the power from the throttle directly into the dirt.
- Hardened steel 420 Chain
- Front and rear accompanying 420 sprockets
- Optimized to be light, stiff, strong and durable
- Standard-size mount pattern for greater aftermarket options
Dash: Quick Look and Easy Access
A quick look tells you everything you need to know when reading the Zero X's simple and durable instrument panel. The 2012 Zero X comes exclusively in a street legal configuration and the dash now lights up to feature speed, state of charge and status lights.
- Easy access to gauges and switches – 'quick look' clustered instrumentation
- "Armed" light for increased awareness and safety
- Keyed ignition switch and steering lock that offers improved security and peace of mind
- Exceptionally accurate state of charge indicator
- Ride time clock
Street Legal: Adding More Freedom and Versatility
- Fully street legal as ordered and ready to register
- Fully street legal and internationally homologated light system
- Modular lighting system harness
- Side stand
- Geared for slightly less torque and higher top speeds
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"Getting On" retains the snarky heart of what made the British show so original by making fun of the bureaucracy of modern medicine and some of the people who practice it.
What can be funnier than heading toward life's exit door to that big theater lobby in the sky? How about a doctor obsessed with proving there are more than the generally accepted seven basic forms of human solid waste?
That and so much more make HBO's "Getting On" an unlikely, terrific and very funny comedy.
The show, premiering tonight, was created by Mark V. Olsen and Will Scheffer of "Big Love" fame and is based on a British series of the same name. It retains the snarky heart of what made the British show so original by making fun of the bureaucracy of modern medicine and some of the people who practice it.
Dr. Jenna James (Laurie Metcalf, "Roseanne") is the physician who's set her sights on poop as her ticket to medical research.
The nurses find her exasperating, self-involved, tyrannical and not a little batty. But many of them have their own quirks. Dawn Forchette (Alex Borstein, "Family Guy") tries to follow all the rules and regulations of the hospital, but only when she's not obsessing about her weight, appearance and lack of a boyfriend. DiDi Ortley (Niecy Nash, "Reno 911") is almost the only staff member who seems to be focused on attending to the needs of the elderly patients, but finds she's constantly thwarted by the inefficiency of the hospital and the personalities of many of her colleagues.
There is a brilliant mix of poignancy and hilarity in "Getting On," which is why it all works so well. The stool sample studies, the silly program acronyms and other outrageous moments are carefully woven into the larger reality that the business of the extended care wing really is providing care and comfort to those edging, gentle or terrified, into that good night. But it's more than just a balancing act of laughs and tears for the writers: The fragile lives of the ward's patients become a lens for us to see more clearly how petty and self-focused doctors like Jenna James can be and how impersonal and insensitive the hospital bureaucracy is.
At no time are the patients the target of the show's humor, and that's to its credit as well. One highlight is the cavalcade of great veteran actresses who portray the patients. They include June Squibb ("Nebraska"), the enduring chameleon Ann Guilbert ("The Nanny," "The Dick Van Dyke Show"), K Callan ("Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman"), Irma P. Hall ("Collateral") and the still stunning Anne Jeffreys, whose career includes "Topper."
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Massive datasets abound in a wide variety of application such as observations of the heavens and earth, genomic analyses, voice and data networks, and transactional data arising from commerce and medical care.
In many applications, the size of the dataset is much larger than the size of the useful information in the dataset. A typical class of problem is called "heavy hitters," in which we must track the most significant k items out of n >> k. We will want to use resources (time, space, communication) polynomial in k but much less than n. Typically, we present randomized approximation algorithms that, with high probability, give a solution that may be less than optimal but is provably close to optimal. We may also need to satisfy additional constraints, such as privacy constraints in cryptographic contexts.
Another research direction is developing algorithms to analyze large data collections using map-reduce operations, such as in Hadoop, and other scalable operations for distributed memory systems.
In some cases we are looking for specific structures, such as cliques in cellphone calling records, and in other cases are applying learning algorithms in parallel to more rapidly look for unknown structure.
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Gay marriage consultation was run like an election in a tinpot state
The Evangelical Alliance's director of advocacy, Dr David Landrum, responds to the government's statement on its response to the same-sex marriage consultation.
"It is obvious that the government's assurances about legal protections for religious groups are illusory. Cameron's recent u-turn to allow a few very small, liberal religious groups to hold same-sex ceremonies was on the basis of legal advice and not benevolence. However, the change makes it far more likely that mainstream religions will be subject to manifold legal challenges if they dissent from a new social orthodoxy. More importantly, no protections at all have been offered for individual Christians and the wider public.
"The move to discount more than 500,000 submissions (made on the Coalition for Marriage website opposing same-sex marriage) from the consultation process demonstrates the political game being played with marriage and shows how disenfranchised people are from Government in the UK. The consultation was run like an election in a tinpot state. Despite a significant amount of public opinion against the redefining of marriage, despite the government not having any mandate for making the change, and despite growing unrest in the Conservative Party and the very real prospect of them losing many key seats at the next general election – despite all of this, the prime minister seems determined to press on with his elitist neo-liberal agenda.
"From the very outset this proposal has been characterised by politics rather than principles. The democratic deficit demonstrated by the sham consultation will certainly see the Prime Minister losing the trust of many people across the country.
"Changing the definition of marriage is a significant decision. Although the sky won't fall in if the law changes, there will most certainly be a new legal culture imposed that over time will have profound and incalculable consequences for family life and social relations in the UK. In light of the momentous nature of what is being proposed for our social constitution, it is not unreasonable to demand a national referendum. The people deserve to have their say on this issue."


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SANFORD — Local families "Beat the Winter Blues" during the community's annual literacy event at the St. Ignatius Parish hall on Riverside Avenue on Feb. 28.The free event kept its theme of "beating the winter blues" and featured some beach-related details, such as palm trees, flamingos, leis and monkeys. More than 200 people attended the popular occasion.Local schools and service providers, such as WIC, Head Start and Healthy Families, put on the event each year.
Clifford the Big Red Dog, Curious George and Goody and Broose D. Moose, the mascots of Goodall Hospital and the Sanford Mainers baseball team, respectively, made special appearances. Two reading therapy dogs, Gracie and Shadow, also were on hand to listen to children read.
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Representatives of the Sanford Schools' Kids' Club and Sanford Community Adult Education's new art classes also gave families opportunities to make arts and crafts.
The following organizations provided lessons and activities for the event: Springvale Public Library; Sanford Community Adult Education's "Families Read" Program; Head Start; The Parent Resource Center; Our Schools, Our Future; Healthy Maine Families; WIC; Caring Unlimited; Partners for a Healthy Community; St. Thomas School; The Early Childhood Program of Sanford Schools; and Sanford Public Schools.
The Sanford Knights of Columbus helped to sponsor the Portland Children's Theater, which presented the play "Sneetches on Beaches," by Dr. Seuss, three different times to accommodate participants. The Sanford High Police Cadets helped with face painting, greeting people, and dressing up in costumes.
All of the children who attended received a free book bag, a coloring book, a bookmark and a free book when they left.
Local merchants who contributed raffle items included Get Fired Up; Mountain View Golf; Shain's of Maine; Shaker Pond Ice Cream; The Sanford Mainers; The Children's Museum of Portland; Bowl-A-Rama; and Bull Moose Music.


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"I'm very looking forward to a Republican being back in office. When you're rich, you want a Republican in office." —Porn star Jenna Jameson's endorsement of Mitt Romney for president.
"I'm very looking forward to a Republican being back in office. When you're rich, you want a Republican in office." —Porn star Jenna Jameson's endorsement of Mitt Romney for president.
A concerning development
This should be more shocking than it is
An email sent from the Justice Department to all immigration court employees this week included a link to an article posted on a white nationalist website that "directly attacks sitting immigration judges with racial and ethnically tinged slurs," according to a letter sent by an immigration judges union and obtained by BuzzFeed News.
According to the National Association of Immigration Judges, the Justice Department's Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) sent court employees a link to a blog post from VDare, a white nationalist website, in its morning news briefing earlier this week that included anti-semitic attacks on judges.
The worst news-product name since Tronc
In their attempts to keep up with the times, media companies have trotted out some offbeat brands in recent years, including Tronc, Oath and Refinitiv.
Now News Corp. is giving it a try. The company has created an app called Knewz that will draw from hundreds of news sources and link directly to publishers' sites, according to the Wall Street Journal, which is owned by News Corp. (The app is only "currently" called Knewz, the Journal says, so the name could change.)
A primary debate solely about climate change is officially not happening
The Democratic National Committee has rejected a proposal to host a single-issue debate on the climate crisis.
At a party conference Thursday in San Francisco, top DNC officials voted 17-8 against a resolution that had become a cause célèbre for activists and for more than a dozen presidential contenders who felt the traditional debate format failed to adequately address the looming threat of catastrophe.
The DNC voted in favor of another resolution to sanction a less-formal forum on the issue.
It was a predictable outcome. Top brass at the DNC opposed the climate debate from the get-go, fearing it could sow discord in the base and hamper the eventual nominee in the general election. CNN and MSNBC announced plans last month to host forums on climate change in September. DNC Chair Tom Perez affirmed the forums in a resolution introduced earlier this month, which some activists saw as setting the stage for voting down the climate debate.
A new school designed for the dystopia
The design of the new sections includes subtle safe spaces that can be used to protect students in the event of a shooting, and long curved hallways that would offer protection too.
"To cut down on the sight lines if we have an active shooter in the building," Szymoniak said. …
Inside the classrooms students can hide in one corner that can't be seen from the hallway. Access controlled locks on all of the doors in our school district give school leaders the ability to lock down the entire district with the push of one button. And impact resistant film will go on all classroom windows in the new high school.
One sycophantic Senator's take on the whole Greenland thing
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Ugly numbers for Trump from another national poll released today
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Hickenlooper makes it official
A particularly bad poll for Trump
About 6 in 10 Americans disapprove of President Donald Trump's overall job performance, according to a new poll released Thursday by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research, which finds some support for the president's handling of the U.S. economy but gives him weak marks on other major issues.
Just 36% of Americans approve of the way Trump is handling his job as president; 62% disapprove.
The numbers may be ugly for a first-term president facing reelection in 14 months, but they are remarkably consistent. Trump's approval rating has never dipped below 32% or risen above 42% in AP-NORC polls since he took office. By comparison, President Barack Obama's approval never dropped below 40% in polling by Gallup.
Note to Denmark's prime minister: "nasty" is what Trump calls women he doesn't like, it doesn't have to make sense
[Mette] Frederiksen says she doesn't feel her words were disrespectful. "I don't think I have been blunt or harsh in this discussion," she told state broadcaster DR. "I actually think we have responded very nicely from the Danish side."
"When you are close allies and good friends, like Denmark and the U.S. are, there should also be room for disagreements along the way," Frederiksen said. "I hope we can stop this discussion soon."
As Inslee exits, Sanders puts new focus on fighting climate change
Senator Bernie Sanders on Thursday will release a $16.3 trillion blueprint to fight climate change, the latest and most expensive proposal from the field of Democratic presidential candidates aimed at reining in planet-warming greenhouse gases.
… Mr. Sanders was an early supporter of the Green New Deal, an ambitious but nonbinding congressional plan for tackling global warming and economic inequality. He is bestowing that same name upon his new plan, which calls for the United States to eliminate fossil fuel use by 2050.
It declares climate change a national emergency; envisions building new solar, wind and geothermal power sources across the country; and commits $200 billion to help poor nations cope with climate change.
Mr. Sanders said in an interview Wednesday night that his proposal would "pay for itself" over 15 years and create 20 million jobs in the process.
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[Verse 1: Heems]
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SAMJ, S. Afr. med. j. vol.101 no.10 Cape Town Out. 2011
Questioning the UCT Lung Institute
To the Editor: The enthusiastic account of the 10th anniversary of UCT's Lung Institute (Pty) Ltd in the June issue1 raises many questions. Is medicine a caring profession or a business? Is it desirable that the replication of such initiatives be encouraged? Is it possible to replicate it even if one wanted to? Is the Institute sustainable in the light of its dependence on the exceptional ability and determination of a unique individual?
Judged as a business, the Lung Institute seems to be a resounding success. Starting 10 years ago with a little 'nest egg' and support from a pharmaceutical company, it is now a limited company with a budget, according to Professor Eric Bateman - founder and CEO - of R40 million a year.
Although it sounds as if he is proselytising, Professor Bateman says he is not, and I believe him. To enable others to follow would require that he instruct them in the finer arts of the business such as how the Institute is kept 'light on its feet' and circumvents burdensome bureaucracy, which he identifies as 'the enemy of enterprise'. Every successful businessman is entitled to his secrets, and no businessman in his right senses would deliberately open up his market to competition.
However much I admire the achievement, I find the self-promotion distasteful. There are several aspects of the arrangement that I don't understand, and one of them is of deep concern.
What I don't understand is what the university gets out of its wholly owned tax-free subsidiary for 'educational and charitable purposes'. There are presumably no dividends, because 'Surpluses are utilised for the activities of the institute in pursuant of goals'.2
How much does UCT earn from government subsidies from Institute publications in peer-reviewed journals? How does the Institute add value to the core university function of teaching? A few postgraduate researchers are mentioned, but what about a contribution to medical student and postgraduate registrar instruction and supervision?
What is of greatest concern to me is the fact that the Lung Institute and GINA3 - the Global Initiative for Asthma, of which Professor Bateman has been appointed [sic] Chair of the Executive and Science Committees4 - are both dependent for their existence on the pharmaceutical industry.5
For me it's like a nightmare come true. At about the time the Lung Institute was founded, John Le Carré, the noted author, was warning:
'But Big Pharma is also engaged in the deliberate seduction of the medical profession, country by country, worldwide. It is spending a fortune on influencing, hiring and purchasing academic judgement [sic] to a point where, in a few years' time, if Big Pharma continues unchecked on its present happy path, unbought medical opinion will be hard to find.'6
Max Klein
Emeritus Associate Professor
Division of Paediatric Pulmonology
Department of Paediatrics
University of Cape Town
1. Bateman C. Helping comrades over the social upliftment line (Izindaba). S Afr Med J 2011;101(6):374-376. [ Links ]
2. Lung Institute. http://www.lunginstitute.co.za/content/governance.html (accessed 25 July 2011). [ Links ]
3. GINA - About us. http://www.ginasthma.org/about-us.html (accessed 30 May 2010). [ Links ]
4. GINA - the Global Initiative for Asthma. http://www.ginasthma.org/about-us-executive-committee.html (accessed 25 July 2011) [ Links ]
5. GINA - Sponsors. http://www.ginasthma.org/sponsors.html (accessed 30 May 2011). [ Links ]
6. Le Carré J. In Place of Nations. http://www.nancho.net/newchau/bigpharm.html (accessed 20 July 2011). [ Links ]
SAMJ News Editor Chris Bateman replies: The article was the result of a confluence of events. Firstly, several deans of medicine had painted an alarming picture to the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Health of dysfunctional funding of tertiary institutions and, more importantly, the paucity of medical clinical research in this country; this remained fresh in my mind. Secondly, having reported on some exemplary application of the Lung Institute's research in the field, I decided that its 10th anniversary was worthy of coverage, given the context of which I'd recently become aware. The Institute's achievements speak for themselves. While the long-distance runner metaphor may have sounded 'enthusiastic', the facts made it a readily available journalistic tool to convey the message in an entertaining way. As for being 'distasteful', that's a matter of opinion and goes to a debate that Professor Klein has raised - which my article did not speak to. Lastly, and perhaps pertinently for the record (given the literary enthusiasm I displayed), a disclaimer was printed at the bottom of the article stating that I am in no way related to Professor Bateman. Professor Klein puts an entirely different set of issues on the table, and if my article 'raises many questions', that is in keeping with my job.
Professor S R Benatar, Acting Chair, on behalf of the University of Cape Town Lung Institute directors, replies: In response to Max Klein's uninformed criticisms and questions about the Lung Institute based on a news report, we begin by recommending that he read the 10-year formal report of the Lung Institute's activities (http://www.lunginstitute.co.za).
As part of the extended Faculty of Health Sciences platform for teaching, learning and research, its mission is to serve the University of Cape Town, the Faculty of Health Sciences and the community. Its widely acknowledged significant contributions to all the above have earned its researchers many honours over the past decade.
Apart from its legal status, the Institute is no different from a large research grouping within an academic department. Its academic staff, whose work in the Institute is supported by their research income, have formal faculty appointments and contribute to teaching (all levels) within their departments. Several postgraduate students undertake projects in the Institute towards master's and doctoral degrees, funded by the Institute and supervised by Institute academic staff.
Although the Institute does not directly earn state subsidy, publications by its members with UCT appointments draw subsidy for UCT, as in any university department. In addition to retaining and benefiting from the very considerable outputs of highly motivated staff, without having to provide the overheads ordinarily required for a large research grouping, numerous collaborations with other university departments have generated successful joint grant applications, and support for postgraduates.
The Institute strikingly provides a platform for a wide range of socially responsive and public service activities. Senior Institute staff deliver regular unpaid clinical and consultation services in the Division of Pulmonology, the Department of Critical Care at Groote Schuur Hospital and Brooklyn and Brewelskloof TB hospitals, and at primary care clinics in the Western Cape.
Notable academic outputs include studies of the burden of lung diseases in South Africa, the testing of new drugs, diagnostics and vaccines for tuberculosis, and a reference allergy service. In the field of knowledge translation, an innovative, integrated practice manual for chronic and infectious diseases for use in primary care clinics has been developed, and is being adopted and rolled out in South Africa as well as in Malawi and Kenya. The Knowledge Translation Unit has trained more than 800 nurse trainers and more than 13 000 primary care nurses in the use of this integrated care guideline.
While an initial and welcome pharma donation received by UCT provided for constructing the building, we refute any misconception that the Institute is entirely dependent on the pharmaceutical industry. We acknowledge the challenges facing most academic institutions worldwide in their relations with industry, but the Institute's 10-year report provides evidence for the success of our endeavours to become increasingly independent from such support. For several years, income from grants and non-pharmaceutical sources has exceeded income received from research contracts with the pharmaceutical industry. The governing Board of Directors with a finance committee appointed by the directors oversees all aspects of Institute activities, ensuring that funds obtained through research contracts with pharma are raised and utilised transparently, with full accountability and in keeping with university policy.


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Residents and visitors can ring in 2013 in style with a variety of special events from which to choose this year.
St. Augustine Beach will be a beehive of activity with ice sculpting, a chili cook-off, entertainment and lots more. Festivities continue from 4 to 10 p.m. Dec. 31, with a fireworks display synchronized with music at 8:30 p.m. The after-party continues from 9 to 10 p.m.
Food vendors, clowns and much more will be offered.
In addition to the beach blast, there are many other opportunities to welcome in the new year.
Flagler College Ball
Ring in the New Year and celebrate 125 years of the Hotel Ponce de Leon with an evening of historic elegance at Flagler College's New Year's Eve Scholarship Ball.
Set in the former Ponce de Leon Hotel's Dining Hall, the Scholarship Ball will give revelers the chance to mingle amid the same opulent Tiffany glass windows and magnificent murals that once entertained the likes of former president Teddy Roosevelt, Will Rogers, John D. Rockefeller and Henry Flagler himself.
Hosted by the President's Society of Flagler College, the ball begins at 8 p.m. Dec. 31 and concludes at 1 a.m. Patrons can enjoy an evening of elegance complete with cocktails, delectable hors d'oeuvres and dessert bites and an open bar throughout the night culminating in a champagne toast at midnight.
Tickets are $200 per person and black tie or Flagler era attire is required.
Thirty percent of the cost is a tax-deductible donation and benefits the Flagler College Scholarship Fund which helps offset tuition costs for many students with financial need. Seating is limited so call today for an invitation or reservation.
Call 819-6282 or go to www.flagler.edu/our-community/events/nye_ball/index.html.
World Golf Village
The Renaissance World Golf Village Resort is hosting a New Year's Rock-In Eve Party Dec. 31 beginning at 7:30 p.m. in the AAA Four-Diamond resort's beautiful atrium lobby, which will feature heavy hors d'oeuvres, live cooking stations, and incredible food presentations, paired with beer and wine stations. Entertainment from 8to 10 p.m. will be provided by popular crooner Wade Tower, who is known for his silky-smooth voice, engaging stage presence, and Sinatra-esque style. He will perform favorites from Michael Buble and Frank Sinatra, as well as other favorite standards and classics.
At 10:30 p.m., the party will move to the resort's grand St. Augustine Ballroom, with entertainment provided at the "Ball Drop Dance Party" by the high-energy Tangee Renee Band.
The party also will feature live coverage of the New York City ball drop, a champagne toast at midnight, late night snacks, and a cash bar. The party will go until 1 a.m.
Details: 940-8696.
Various Clubs
� The Bryan Tutten Memorial VFW Post 2391 will host a New Year's gala from 6 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Dec. 31 at the Post Home, U.S. 1 South. Music will be provided by the Silver Tones, and the dinner will feature pot roast with all the trimmings, and a champagne toast.
The cost is $25 per person, and tickets are on sale in the canteen.
Ticket sales are limited to 150. Call 797-5267 for reservations.
� Elks Lodge No. 829 will have a New Year's Eve celebration from 5 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. Dec. 31. The bar opens at 5 p.m.; dinner is from 6 to 8 p.m., with just 80 dinner tickets available. Cost: $12 per person.
� At American Legion Post 194, a Christmas dance begins at 9 p.m. today. Music will be provided by DJ Richie Rich, and light food will be served.
The New Year's Eve celebration continues from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. Dec. 31 with music provided by DJ Richie Rich. Light food will be served, with champagne at midnight.
Dec. 30 the Sunday open house begins at 9 p.m.
The post home is open each week at 8 p.m. Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
� The Palm Coast VFW, 47 Old Kings Road, is offering an "Afternoon New Year's Eve Celebration" beginning at 2:30 p.m. There will be hot and cold food items, music and dancing. The $20 ticket includes an open bar from 2:30 - 5 p.m. with beer, wine and well drinks. There will be door prizes and a champagne toast. Proceeds from this event will go to support veteran programs. Call 386-446-8696 for information.


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Everyone wants a piece of the Tim Tebow action these days.
Politicians included.
Tonight at the final Republican debate before the Iowa Caucuses, candidate Rick Perry invoked the Broncos quarterback, trying to draw similarities to Perry's campaign the career of the Broncos' quarterback.
Here is what Perry said, according to The Huffington Post:
"You know, there are a lot of people out there — I understand it. There are a lot of folks that said Tim Tebow wasn't going to be a very good NFL quarterback. There are people that stood up and said well, he doesn't have the right throwing mechanisms, or he doesn't — you know, he is not playing the game right. You know, he won two national championships, and that looked pretty good. We're the national champions in job creation back in Texas. But am I ready for the next level? Let me tell you — I hope I am the Tim Tebow of the Iowa caucuses."
The Broncos public relations department has already fielded calls from media outlets looking for Tebow's opinion on the political landscape and the Republican campaigns. All requests have been denied.
Tebow won't even reveal for whom he votes for Heisman, let alone which political candidates he supports.


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The B Team
Fund: Trilogy Equity Partners
Posted by anonymous on 2011-04-29
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More than $1.5 million to support projects on American history, culture in NEH initiative
The National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) today announced that 41 projects will receive more than $1.5 million in grants or matching funds reserved for the We the People initiative.
Eighteen new projects have been designated to receive a total of up to $836,500. These awards and offers are among the 103 successful grant applications that will receive up to $10.7 million in funding in the Endowment's most recent grant cycle.
An additional 23 previously announced projects also will be designated as We the People projects as they meet the requirements for their matching NEH offers that total $705,932.
"These We the People projects will help Americans from all walks of life gain greater understanding of our nation through the excellent work of humanities scholars, filmmakers, and radio producers," said NEH Chairman Bruce Cole. "These projects mark the beginning of the Endowment's long-term commitment to encouraging the teaching, learning, and understanding of American history and culture through the Endowment's grant programs."
In September 2002, President George W. Bush announced a new NEH initiative called We the People, which included a call for grant applications to explore significant events and themes in our nation's history. The president has requested $100 million from Congress over the next three years, beginning with a first installment of $25 million in fiscal year 2004, to support the Endowment's We the People initiative.
The following 18 new NEH public program and research grants are the first to be designated as We the People projects:
Media Projects
- Benjamin Henry Latrobe: Architect of the New Republic; Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore, for a two-hour documentary film on the life of Benjamin Henry Latrobe and his contribution to the architecture of the new American republic (1764-1820).
- John and Abigail Adams, WGBH Educational Foundation, Boston, Mass., for a three-hour, two-part television series on the lives of John and Abigail Adams.
- The Percy Julian Biography Project; Educational Foundation, Boston, Mass., for a two-hour television documentary on Percy Julian, a prominent chemist, entrepreneur, civil rights activist, and the first African American elected to the National Academy of Sciences.
- Louisa May Alcott; Filmmakers Collaborative, Waltham, Mass., for a 60-minute documentary film on the life of 19th-century novelist Louisa May Alcott, author of Little Women.
- Thurgood Marshall Before the Court; Minnesota Public Radio, St. Paul, for a series of short radio segments and a Web site chronicling the career of Thurgood Marshall before he was appointed to the United States Supreme Court.
- Ernest Hemingway: After the Storm; Educational Broadcasting Corporation, New York, N.Y., for a 90-minute documentary film on author Ernest Hemingway.
- Annie Oakley: Woman, Myth and Symbol; Film/Video Arts, Inc., New York, N.Y., for a 90-minute historical documentary film on the life and times of sharpshooter Annie Oakley.
- The Great Democratic Revolution; University of Virginia, Charlottesville, for a three-part television series exploring the meaning of democracy in the United States and abroad through a re-examination of the questions raised in Alexis de Tocqueville's Democracy in America.
Research Projects
- Documentary History of the First Federal Congress, 1789-1791; George Washington University, Washington, D.C., for work on three volumes of the documentary history of the First Federal Congress.
- John Dewey Correspondence; Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, for an electronic edition of philosopher and educator John Dewey's correspondence from 1871 to 1952.
- Frederick Douglass Papers; Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis, for completion of the third volume of Frederick Douglass's autobiographical writings.
- Freedmen and Southern Society; University of Maryland, College Park, for completion of Land and Labor, 1866-1867, and initial preparation of Violence, Law, and Justice in a 9-volumes series called Freedom: A Documentary History of Emancipation, 1861-1867.
- Adams Papers; Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston, for two volumes of the Family Correspondence series and two volumes of the Correspondence and Papers of Statesmen series of the Adams Papers.
- The Thomas A. Edison Papers; Rutgers State University, Piscataway, N.J., for part of the image (microfilm) edition covering the years 1911-1920 and one volume (Apr. 1881-Mar. 1883) of the 15-volume book edition of the famous inventor's papers.
- The Papers of General Nathanael Greene; Rhode Island Historical Society, Providence, for publication of the thirteenth and final volume of the letterpress edition of the Papers of Nathanael Greene, a distinguished general in the American Revolution.
- The Papers of James Madison; University of Virginia, Charlottesville, for completion of three volumes and editorial preparations for three other volumes in the papers of the nation's "father of the Constitution" and fourth president.
- Papers of John Marshall; Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, Williamsburg, Va., for completion of the twelfth and final volume of the edition of the papers of American statesman and jurist John Marshall (1755-1835).
- The Creek Texts of Mary R. Haas; College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va., for two-volume translation, edition, and digital sound-recording of 970 pages of texts on Creek, a tribal language prevalent in the Southeast, collected in Oklahoma just before World War II by anthropologist Mary R. Haas (1910-1996).
A state-by-state listing of all 103 new NEH grants is available as an Adobe PDF file in the above box. NEH grants are awarded on a competitive basis. Throughout the year, humanities experts serving on peer panels and on the National Council on the Humanities read applications and advise NEH on the significance and quality of each proposal.
Additional information about the Endowment's We the People initiative is available on the Internet at www.WethePeople.gov. Information about NEH and its grant programs is available at www.neh.gov.


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Obama in Stockholm before heading to G20 summit in Russia
Updated 5:10 a.m. ET
STOCKHOLM President Obama is seeking to use a 24-hour visit to this Swedish capital to show a softer side of American diplomacy even as the world's gaze remains fixed anxiously on Syria.
He intends to focus in the Nordic nation on climate change, trade and technology, a trio of issues on which there is broad consensus with European allies. The topics are a marked departure from the thorny, pressing matters he's facing back home on national security and the economy. He also plans to pay homage to a Holocaust-era hero whose name is commemorated on street signs from Paris to Tel Aviv.
The president arrived Wednesday morning in Stockholm after an overnight flight from Washington that CBS News correspondent Major Garrett said featured some early turbulence. In Washington, lawmakers are weighing whether to approve Mr. Mr. Obama's request for a military strike against Syria. A day later, the president was scheduled to travel to St. Petersburg, Russia, to meet with foreign leaders at the Group of 20 economic summit.
Greeting Mr. Mr. Obama on a mild, sunny morning at the Stockholm-Arlanda International Airport were Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt and leaders of Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt's center-right coalition government.
Along Mr. Obama's motorcade route form the airport to a hotel, crowds of people lined the streets, some waving small American flags.
Mr. Obama's trip to Sweden will mark the first bilateral visit by a sitting U.S. president to the northern European nation. While in Stockholm, Mr. Obama will meet with Reinfeldt and King Carl XVI Gustav and dine with Nordic leaders from Norway, Iceland, Finland and Denmark. He'll also stop at Sweden's premier technical university to call attention to Sweden's goal to phase out fossil fuels by 2050.
The White House hastily arranged the Stockholm visit after Mr. Obama, incensed when Russia granted asylum to National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden, scrapped a planned meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow. The cancellation created a two-day scheduling void when Mr. Obama was expecting to be overseas but had nowhere to go. The White House added Sweden to his itinerary.
Administration officials previewing Mr. Obama's trip offered little in the way of a specific rationale for the visit, other than to say that the country had extended him a written invitation some time ago. They added that Nordic nations are important partners in development, global security and promotion of democracy.
Many of Mr. Obama's global priorities -- like energy, global trade and science training -- parallel his second-term domestic goals as he seeks to ready the U.S. workforce for a higher-tech economy, increase demand abroad for American products and tackle climate change. But those priorities have at times been overshadowed by global outrage over massive U.S. surveillance programs revealed by Snowden, and by Mr. Obama's efforts to persuade nations to take a tougher tack against Syria.
A sobering moment was expected Wednesday afternoon when he honors the late Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg, credited for saving at least 20,000 Jews during World War II before being arrested by Soviet forces in 1945 and then mysteriously disappearing. Wallenberg's family planned to present a letter to Mr. Obama asking for help in pressing Russia to shed light on Wallenberg's fate.
Amid tight security, protesters were already gathering in the streets of Stockholm, including a small group from Amnesty International that held a demonstration outside the royal palace to demand that Mr. Obama close Guantanamo Bay prison.
Thousands of armed police are deployed on city streets, many roads and parks are closed in the downtown area, concrete barriers and steel fences have sprung up in many locations near where Mr. Obama will stay.


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How to Take Any Work Meeting From Zero to Sixty
Not all meetings are the same. Learn how to prepare for different types so you can rock whatever meeting's on your calendar.
Ever been in a meeting that seems to drag on forever? Or where you spent more time in back-and-forth emails to schedule the meeting than actually having a discussion?
How can you think about meetings to help you make the most of your time—and the time of your colleagues?
When you think about it, there are four types of meetings. To be most effective, you need to know what type of meeting you're in and tailor your preparation and message appropriately.
1. The meeting: selling people on a new idea
The first kind of meeting is selling people on a new idea. In the "sell" meeting, you need to be clear about the "ask." What do you want? Do you need funding, or just an okay to proceed with the team you already have? The goal of the meeting may be to get an initial "Okay, that sounds good" or to agree on an approach to take when moving forward.
To succeed in the sell meeting, make sure you can:
- Get people excited.
- Be memorable.
- Hold their attention.
Use a simple message, with what they should know, what you need their reactions to and a moderate amount of preparation. You don't need to create a perfect PowerPoint, but you do need to anticipate potential objections and show why your idea is worthwhile.
2. The meeting: discussion
The second type of meeting is the discussion meeting, typically held to eliminate a ton of back-and-forth emails. The discussion meeting is just that—a discussion. So you definitely shouldn't create a fancy PowerPoint, because the whole purpose is to have a conversation about something.
To succeed in the discussion meeting:
- Think about the core issues. This requires clarity of thought.
- It's okay to have less formal preparation.
- Have enough materials—and the right materials to get to the heart of the discussion.
These materials could be an article, an image or a one-page outline in a Word doc you can build upon in the actual discussion.
3. The meeting: presentation of results
The third type of meeting is the presentation of results meeting. If you work in management, consulting, finance or advertising, you may have one or more of these a week. The important part about the presentation meeting is that you have to prepare, prepare, prepare.
If you have a long time to prepare—say, six to 12 months in advance—brushing up on your public speaking skills is a good idea. Toastmasters International is an affordable and convenient way to practice giving speeches. There are thousands of clubs around the world and dozens of clubs in major cities.
To succeed in a presentation meeting, make sure you:
- Tell a story.
- Have quality content that shows you did the work.
- Speak confidently and persuasively.
Be prepared to outline the findings of your work in a clear, compelling way. As human beings, we all love stories. This is true whether you work in Hollywood or on Wall Street. For consultants especially, the difference between a "fact pack" and a true presentation is the difference between a "data dump" and something on which your client can take action. You should be able to tell the story with no notes at all. If you need a document as a crutch, you haven't refined your thinking enough to make it a real story. (Throwing everything into a PowerPoint deck and hoping that everyone will "get it" isn't enough.)
The process should look like this:
Data > Discovery > Synthesis > Further Synthesis > Success Story
Another thing to consider: does your presentation pass the "pencil test?" This means that you want to follow the implicit organizational boundaries of the page. Keep labels and titles where they belong. If you want your thinking to be taken seriously, package it with care. Think about how Apple products come in custom packaging—not just any old bubble wrap. Your clarity of thought is reflected in white space and design. Consider designing your PowerPoint slides like a place setting with silverware.
4. The meeting: formal decision-making
The fourth type of meeting is the formal decision meeting. This could be as simple as scheduling 30 minutes with your manager to get an approval for a new project, or it could be as complex as an annual board meeting that lasts for one or several full days. The thing to remember is that people will be judging your ideas with more scrutiny.
Preparation for this kind of meeting matters, but in a different way from the presentation meeting. While you should be prepared with the materials and your arguments in advance, the challenging preparation you may need to make involves lining up all the relevant stakeholders in advance so that they can approve your project or idea. You don't want to wait until the day of the formal decision meeting itself to find that someone hates your idea and you can't implement it, so some informal advance reconnaissance work is strongly recommended.
To succeed in the formal decision meeting:
- Prepare your answers to issues well in advance.
- Decide which issues can be deferred until after the meeting.
- Meet with all the relevant stakeholders, especially potential detractors, in advance. This could be as simple as stopping by their office or making a phone call.
I hope that this helps you classify your organizational landscape. Once you know what kind of meetings are on your calendar, you can prepare more appropriately to turn your ideas into reality.
How do you take your work meetings to the next level? Share in the comments!
This post originally appeared on Levo League.
Katharine Bierce graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Chicago with a degree in Psychology. Over the last few years, she's been thinking about what makes organizations tick and how to connect people to career development opportunities, whether through compiling resources like this Google Doc (http://ht.ly/2wPB8) or making introductions. In 2012, she was a Finalist for the Net Impact "Impact at Work" award for her "intrapreneurship" in a global employee volunteering group at work. In her free time, she enjoys yoga, reading, cooking and meditation. You can follow Katharine on Twitter @kbierce.


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I never really thought of myself as a lace shawl person. Though I admired their craftsmanship and thought that they were really beautiful as objects, I couldn't imagine how I would work one into my wardrobe. But then I realized that even if I were to technically knit myself a shawl, nothing would be stopping me from wearing it wrapped around my neck like a scarf, which is something that I have plenty of use for, I love scarves! So, with that in my head I set out to knit my first shawl. The Kiri Shawl. I had been wanting to knit a lacy shawl with my fingering weight yarn for a while (because even though I didn't consider myself a shawl person I knew that my yarn would lend itself very well to the application). So, here it is, my first shawl, knit in my Peacock colourway:
When I actually wear it, I probably look more like this.
I'm really happy with how the whole thing turned out. I've been wearing it casually thrown around my neck all week, even though it hasn't really been all that cold. I went to the movies on Sunday and it proved very handy in the heavily air conditioned cinema. I love how I can wear it all scrunched up around my neck and have it look lovely, but then when I take it off, say when I sit down to eat at a restaurant, and drape it over the back of my chair, it transforms from a scarf into an intricate, lacy, fascinating piece of knitting.
The colour was very difficult to capture in these photo's, this is probably the most accurate:


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Largemouth Bass and Prey Surveys Completed on Wichita Falls Area Lakes in Texas
ATHENS — The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Inland Fisheries office in Wichita Falls recently completed fall electrofishing surveys on area lakes. Electrofishing surveys examine populations of largemouth bass and prey species such as sunfish and shad. Electrofishing surveys occurred at Arrowhead, Graham, Jacksboro, Millers Creek and Palo Pinto reservoirs.
While several of the reservoirs showed signs of negative impact from the drought, bass populations in Millers Creek and Palo Pinto reservoirs are doing well. Millers Creek and Arrowhead were neck-and-neck in the numbers of legal sized bass surveyed. All the reservoirs contained adequate forage, though the species varied from one reservoir to another.
Arrowhead's largemouth bass catch rate (number of fish per hour) was 37.0 per hour, which is below the historical reservoir average of 49.6 per hour.
The decrease in abundance was caused by a lack of small bass being sampled. The low water conditions caused by the drought resulted in very poor spawning conditions and recruitment.
The good news is that there are plenty (17.0 per hour) of legal sized (14-inches or longer) bass available to the angler, and body condition was considered good. Most of the bass collected were associated with rocky points.
Gizzard shad abundance was at an all-time high with nearly all of them being in the smaller size range that is preferred by predators. Bluegill catch rate was at the historical average.
Graham also had a marked decrease in the electrofishing catch rate from previous surveys also caused by a lack of young bass being sampled.
The catch rate was 63.0 per hour, which is the lowest recorded for the reservoir and well below the historical average of 132.0 per hour.
Not only was the total catch rate down, but the number of legal sized bass was also down (6.0 per hour) from previous surveys.
The good news is that there are lots of bass that should attain the minimum length limit of 14 inches next year.
Body condition was considered adequate.
Gizzard shad numbers were also below the historical average with the population trending to the larger size. Bluegill numbers were also at an all-time low. However, threadfin shad were abundant.
Jacksboro Lake shares a spillway with Lost Creek, but that is where the similarities end for the two reservoirs. While Lost Creek is a deep, clear reservoir with lots of flooded timber, Jacksboro is a shallow, turbid reservoir ringed with water willow. Both reservoirs have an abundant bass population but Jacksboro (92.0 per hour catch rate) has a much higher abundance of legal sized bass (9.0 per hour) than Lost Creek, though the body condition is considered poor. Gizzard shad catch rate was poor with all shad too big for bass to consume.
Threadfin shad are present but are too small for the larger bass. Bluegill numbers were excellent.
Millers Creek's largemouth bass catch rate was 48.0 per hour, which is near the historical average of 52.5 per hour. The bass are in excellent condition, and Millers Creek had the highest catch rate of legal sized fish (18 per hour) of any of the surveyed reservoirs this year.
Many bass over 18 inches (10.0 per hour) were caught, so anglers looking for numerous big bass should not overlook this reservoir.
Most of the bass were associated with submerged stickups and trees. Gizzard shad are plentiful and of the perfect size for predators. Bluegill abundance was near the historical average.
Palo Pinto was a pleasant surprise. The catch rate of largemouth bass was at an all-time high (127.0 per hour), and the number of legal sized bass (7.0 per hour) was also up from previous surveys.
Body condition was considered adequate, and there are lots of bass around 10 inches that will be of legal size in the next two years.
The gizzard shad catch rate was above the historical average with most of the shad being of a smaller size. Threadfin shad are also abundant in the reservoir.
Bluegill abundance was at an all-time high along with redear sunfish, a population that seems to be building.
Three of the above reservoirs sampled—Arrowhead, Graham and Millers Creek—are also popular bass tournament lakes. TPWD encourages bass clubs to share their tournament results to help manage the bass population. Information on 32 tournaments was received from Arrowhead. Average weight of the bass weighed in was 2.54 pounds, and anglers averaged weighing in 1.29 bass per tournament. Big bass averaged 5.26 pounds.
At Graham, 11 tournaments reported information with bass averaging 2.22 pounds, and anglers averaged weighing in 2.51 bass per tournament. Average big bass was 5.72 lbs.
Millers Creek bass averaged a nice 3.09 pounds per bass, and anglers weighed in an average of 1.81 bass per tournament. Big bass averaged 6.62 lbs. Six tournaments there reported information.
Obviously for all these reservoirs there were tournaments that reported no information. TPWD Inland Fisheries biologist Robert Mauk encourages anglers and tournament directors to share their results with his office. Mauk may be reached at
(940) 766-2383 e-mailed at


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For the first time since Sandy hit, government will be fully open.
As of Thursday, the federal government in the Washington area will be fully open, the Office of Personnel Management announced Wednesday.
"Employees are expected to report to their worksites or begin telework on time," the agency said in an update on government's operating status. "Normal operating procedures are in effect."
On Monday and Tuesday, federal offices in the Washington area were closed due to the effects of Hurricane Sandy, although emergency employees were on the job and others were encouraged to telework. On Wednesday, government was open, with those employees still affected by the storm allowed to take unscheduled leave or telework.
NEXT STORY: GSA rushes supplies to Sandy response teams


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Cineplex (TSX:CGX) is a top-tier Canadian brand that operates in the Film Entertainment and Content, Amusement and Leisure, and Media sectors. A leading entertainment and media company, Cineplex welcomes over 70 million guests annually through its circuit of theatres and location based entertainment venues across the country. In addition to being Canada's largest and most innovative film exhibitor, Cineplex also operates successful businesses in digital commerce (CineplexStore.com), food service, alternative programming (Cineplex Events), cinema media (Cineplex Media), digital place-based media (Cineplex Digital Media), amusement solutions (Player One Amusement Group) and an online esports platform for competitive and passionate gamers (WorldGaming.com). Additionally, Cineplex operates a location based entertainment business through Canada's newest destination for 'Eats & Entertainment' (The Rec Room), and will also be opening new complexes specially designed for teens and families (Playdium) as well as exciting new sports and entertainment venues across Canada (Topgolf). Cineplex is a joint venture partner in SCENE, Canada's largest entertainment loyalty program.
Proudly recognized as having one of the country's Most Admired Corporate Cultures, Cineplex employs approximately 13,000 people in its offices across Canada and the United States. To learn more visit Cineplex.com or download the Cineplex App.
The history of Cineplex Entertainment can be traced back to 1912 when Adolph Zukor founded the Famous Players Film Corporation, before merging with Canadian N.L. Nathanson's company to form Famous Players-Lasky Corp.
While our company's early history dates back more than a century, recent decades have seen a series of mergers, acquisitions and growth that created the Cineplex Entertainment we see today.
Cineplex Odeon Corporation is born
Cineplex Odeon Corp was created in 1979 by Garth Drabinsky and Nathan Taylor. The company opened its first "multiplex, " called a "cineplex" at the Eaton Centre in Toronto, Ontario. Cineplex Odeon expanded throughout Canada, and into the US and Europe, before changing ownership numerous times and ultimately going bankrupt in 2001.
Galaxy Entertainment brings big-city entertainment to mid-sized markets
In 1999, Ellis Jacob and Steve Brown, former executives who left Cineplex Odeon Corporation during an ownership change, created a company designed to bring big-city entertainment to mid-sized markets across Canada. They called it Galaxy Entertainment, and by 2003, the company had grown to 19 theatres and $75 million in box office revenue.
Galaxy Entertainment merges with Cineplex Odeon
At the same time, in 2003, Cineplex Odeon was emerging from bankruptcy. For Galaxy, the prospect of a merger represented the first of three incredible opportunities to create value for shareholders. Later that year, Cineplex Odeon and Galaxy Entertainment merged and went public, forming Cineplex-Galaxy Income Trust.
Cineplex-Galaxy acquires Famous Players
In 2005, Viacom announced its plans to sell Famous Players theatres in Canada. Sensing another incredible opportunity to create value for shareholders, Cineplex put forward a bid to acquire Famous Players' assets in Canada. When the transaction closed in July 2005, the company doubled in size from 86 to 166 theatres, overnight. Later that year, Cineplex-Galaxy divested 34 theatres, as mandated by the Competition Bureau. In 2006, the Cineplex-Galaxy was renamed Cineplex Entertainment – to better reflect a business that now included Famous Players.
Cineplex Entertainment acquires Empire Theatres' Atlantic locations
In 2013, Empire Theatres approached Cineplex about its plans to exit the theatre exhibition business. Recognizing yet another opportunity to create value for shareholders, Cineplex acquired Empire's 24 theatres in the Atlantic provinces – becoming a truly national company for the first time.
Cineplex Entertainment today
Cineplex is headquartered in Toronto, Canada, and operates 164 theatres with 1,676 screens from coast to coast, serving approximately 77 million guests annually through the following theatre brands: Cineplex Odeon, SilverCity, Galaxy Cinemas, Scotiabank Theatres, Cineplex Cinemas, Cineplex VIP Cinemas, Famous Players and Cinema City.
The company also owns, or has a joint venture interest in a number of subsidiary and joint-venture businesses, including Cineplex Digital Networks, Cineplex Starburst Inc., and SCENE LP.
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Lindsay Lohan made an overnight dash from New York to Los Angeles to attend a mandatory court hearing on Wednesday morning after initially insisting she was too ill to fly.
The Mean Girls star had prepared to skip Wednesday's hearing after her new lawyer, Mark Heller, submitted a doctor's note to the court on Tuesday, explaining that his new client had been advised by medics to stay in the Big Apple and rest after contracting a respiratory infection.
Heller claimed the actress had been examined by a doctor on Saturday – the same day she was photographed shopping in Manhattan.
However, Lohan subsequently caught a late-night flight to appear before Judge Stephanie Sautner and answer allegations she lied to California police following a car crash last year – and the court official couldn't help but make light of the sick note, telling the star, "I'm glad to see you're feeling better."
Sautner then quizzed Lohan about her legal representation following the departure of her longtime lawyer Shawn Holley earlier this month, and the actress reluctantly admitted she was happy to have her new lawyer, New York-based Heller, defend her against the latest charges – even though he is not that familiar with California law.
The judge approved the change of representation and set the next hearing for March 1, reports TMZ.com.
Lohan faces three charges relating to her 2012 car crash – giving false information to a police officer, obstructing or resisting a police officer in the performance of his duty and reckless driving, which carry a jail sentence of over 240 days. The incident could also land her in trouble for violating her probation from her 2011 jewelery theft conviction.


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We can't all be t-shirt designers.
Wait...YES WE CAN!
It's proven by WhoopTee, where you can easily design-your-own tee online. Their easy to use custom design tool makes it a snap to look snazzy (yes I just said that) in the t-shirt of your own design.
It's fun, easy, and they are a great idea for gifts. I say use it!
You can ALSO win a CakeSpy tee that was designed using the WhoopTee design tool - they've offered up four of these sweet tees pictured above for me to give away! It's artwork taken from this bigger piece that you may remember:
But I digress. Down to tacks. HOW DO YOU WIN ONE?
It's so easy. All you have to do is this:
1. Respond to this post by commenting (don't panic if it does not show up right away. I have comment moderation enabled and I will get to it!) on this post. In that comment, riddle me this important question: what is your MOST EMBARRASSING DESSERT MOMENT? Ooh, I can't wait to judge you--I mean, carefully view your responses.
This giveaway will close one week from today, on Monday, September 24th; I'll announce the winners shortly after!
They've been chosen at random! Here are their stories again:
Tracy: When I was 18, I was asked to bring a dessert to a university group pot luck. Instead of buying something because I had no money, I decided to raid my mom's cupboards and make chocolate mousse. I measured and stirred and slaved over it. I came to a part of the recipe with options. One of them was to add coffee. I was not a coffee drinker and had never considered what happened to make coffee edible but I loved the smell and all things coffee-flavored. I took out my mom's can of Folgers (1982), measured the grounds and poured them into my already amazing mousse. As you can guess, the recipe meant to add brewed coffee. I ruined the chocolate mousse. There was no way to save it! I showed up empty handed to the pot luck with my sad story. I'm pretty sure no one believed me.
Meg: My most embarrassing dessert moment was when I was making strawberry shortcakes (for the first time) for my date. He came over and I was cooking dinner and making dessert. I was so distracted by him that I put the ramekins in the oven quickly. Then, I noticed they were not rising at all. Panicking ensues and I begin going over the ingredients in the recipe. I realized that I did not add the flour!! So, I have to get the individual ramekins out of the oven, and I have a decision to make. Do I admit what I did and start over or try to salvage it? He was busy watching a basketball game, but in my apt. the t.v. faces the kitchen. So, I very discreetly begin scraping the hot liquid mix into a bowl and then add the flour. I was sure it would be a disaster. However, in a kitchen miracle the shortcakes rose perfectly and tasted great. He never knew. And now the recipe lasted longer than the date! Here's to recipes that stand the test of time.
Erin: When I was twelve, I was making a smoothie in the blender my parents had received many years before as a wedding present. For some reason, I thought it would be helpful to (while the blender was running) stick a fork inside to poke the stubborn fruits back to the bottom where they would be properly blended. Unfortunately, as you can imagine, this didn't go well. The heavy glass blender shattered COMPLETELY and sliced open my hand in the process. My mother still liked to remind me to this day that she got to clean up broken glass, peaches, and blood that had splattered ALL OVER our kitchen while I was getting doctored back up that night.
I mean really... I was twelve. I should have known better. But apparently I was a total nincompoop. Haha.


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Born in 1969, in Montreal Quebec, from parents of Greek descent I have had the great fortune of discovering the diverse cultures that colour our world. I discovered early on my excitement for drawing when I was still in elementary and was able to recreate an image by pencil or charcoal and make it come alive. That excitement carried through to my early 20's where I attended a private school and studied graphic design at the Academy of Arts. I fell into painting after having a group project and visiting another students home.While there I was impressed by her paintings. Today painting has become one of my passions.I have two inspirations for painting.People and Roses. People for their colour and expressions,and roses because I find they often parallel human existence. Take time to smell the Roses.
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Publisher's Summary
Effie Gray, a beautiful and intelligent young socialite, rattled the foundations of England's Victorian age. Married at 19 to John Ruskin, the leading art critic of the time, she found herself trapped in a loveless, unconsummated union after Ruskin rejected her on their wedding night. On a trip to Scotland she met John Everett Millais, Ruskin's protege, and fell passionately in love with him. In a daring act, Effie left Ruskin, had their marriage annulled, and entered into a long, happy marriage with Millais.
Suzanne Fagence Cooper has gained exclusive access to Effie's previously unseen letters and diaries to tell the complete story of this scandalous love triangle. In Cooper's hands, this passionate love story also becomes an important new look at the work of both Ruskin and Millais, with Effie emerging as a key figure in their artistic development.
Effie is a heartbreakingly beautiful book about three lives passionately entwined with some of the greatest paintings of the pre-Raphaelite period.
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Fascinating Story--Victoriana
Effie Gray was only twelve when she met the celebrated young art critic John Ruskin in 1841. A friendship developed, and within a few years, he proposed; the two married when Effie was nineteen, Ruskin 29. Effie imagined the two of them as the perfect couple, her social charm as asset to his brilliance. But on their wedding night, something went terribly wrong. Despite her innocence, Effie knew that there had to be more to marriage than taking walks along the riverbank: Ruskin either would not or could not consummate their union. In a letter to her parents, she wrote:
"He alleged various reasons, hatred to children, religious motives, a desire to preserve my beauty, and finally this last year he told me his true reason... that he had imagined women were quite different to what he saw I was, and that the reason he did not make me his Wife was because he was disgusted with my person the first evening 10th April 1848."
Ashamed, Effie remained in the marriage for six years before formally filing for an annulment. She was subjected to a physical examination to verify her chastity and humiliated by Ruskin's testimony that "though her face was beautiful, her person was not formed to excite passion. On the contrary, there were certain circumstances in her person which completely checked it." The doctor who examined her declared that she was normal in every way; it has been speculated that Ruskin might have been repelled by his wife's pubic hair, or that she was menstruating. As one would expect, the case created a scandal in Victorian England.
Fortunately, a happier future was in store. Effie had posed for Ruskin's friend, the artist John Everett Millais, who accompanied the couple on a trip to Scotland. The two fell in love and were married a year after the annulment was granted. Fagence devotes the first half of her biography to the scandal, but the second details Effie's 42-year marriage, which, despite some losses and difficulties, was a happy one. Effie continued to model for Millais (as did her siblings, her eight children, and later their grandchildren), and "Everett," as she called him, eventually earned great success as a painter, as well as a baronetcy. But her one disappointment was that the queen would not receive "a divorced person" at court. It seemed she would never quite shake the scandal of NOT being a wife to Ruskin. And Ruskin, who apparently never learned when not to speak, publicly blamed Effie for 'ruining' Millais's potential as an artist, the necessity of feeding a family turning him to a more lucrative style.
Cooper does an admirable job of presenting this slice of Victorian scandal and a peek into the world of art. We learn not only about the three persons mentioned in her lengthy title, but also about her travels in Italy, the elder Ruskins, Effie's family in Scotland, the Millais children, and the friends who stood by her. I did find the second half a bit confusing at times, partly because of the profusion of Johns, Georges, Sophias and Effies, but also because of the author's tendency to jump back and forth through time.
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- lina
- FORT LEE, NJ, United States
- 09-12-13
Too long!
What disappointed you about Effie?
Too many details!
Would you ever listen to anything by Suzanne Fagence Cooper again?
Only if it was shrieked to 5 to1.
Would you listen to another book narrated by Sophie Ward?
If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from Effie?
Mostly everything that concern her parents and siblings, because only reason we want to know about her that she had been married to two most influential men in the history of English XIX c. Art.
Any additional comments?
It could be a nice story if had not been lost in all irrelevant details. However, if you can afford to go on a slow rate, it provide you with a very vivid picture of Victorian England.


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Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Classroom Door Decorations
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- Glora said...
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- March 22, 2011 at 7:17 PM
- Glora said...
These are awesome ideas. I'm always looking for new ideas. Here is a link to the one I made for my daughter's teacher last year.
- March 22, 2011 at 7:18 PM
- Janelle Nehrenz said...
Don't you have the cutest site ever!? Love it! I posted you on my FB fan page as a resource...thanks for the ideas, they will be put to use-I am a room mom too :) What a blessing it is! Love to you, Janelle
- March 23, 2011 at 5:53 AM
- ardig said...
These are some great ideas that I am going to print and bring to my next PTO meeting :)
- March 23, 2011 at 7:26 AM
- BradyBunch said...
I have one! How do I get the picture to you? Or you can steal it off my blog. http://partyoffour-brady.blogspot.com/
- March 23, 2011 at 8:09 AM
- Brenda said...
These are really cute! We're decorating a door for a kindergarten teacher who loves pigs! Anyone have any ideas for a teacher appreciation door decoration incorporating this theme?
- April 8, 2011 at 2:26 PM
- Allison @ Room Mom 101 said...
I haven't seen a pig door...yet, but that doesn't mean you can't come up with something clever. How about...
*We are tickeled PINK to have you as our teacher!
*Having you as our teacher makes us SQUEAL with delight!
Maybe that will get the idea rolling anyway. Good luck. I would lvoe to see what you come up with!!
- April 10, 2011 at 1:36 PM
- Miss J said...
Love your site!! Great Job!!
- June 2, 2011 at 10:38 PM
luv the door ideas thank you for sharing such delightful idea. bless u
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