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FaceCake lets you try before you buy, without ever hitting a dressing room.
At the CES 2013 Showstoppers event, we had a chance to go hands on with FaceCake's Swivel dressing room, a Kinect-based technology that allows you to skip the dressing room and try clothes and accessories on in real-time. CEO Linda Smith took a minute to run us through the virtual dressing room system and all its new features – and then, of course, we had to give it a go ourselves.
FaceCake has been netting new partnerships, including a recent deal with Lancome that allows you to sample makeup without the real-life hassles that usually come with. Fingers crossed, this type of technology makes it to your favorite department store in the near future – although the caveat there being you might start actually buying items you normally wouldn't, due to dressing-room phobias (pointing at self).


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Vortex LCD Pocket Watch
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The limited edition Kisai Vortex Pocket Watch is a futuristic take on the traditional. Featuring a spiralling touch screen time display, dual time, date and alarm, it brings a new dimension to the classic pocket watch.
A New, Creative Way to View Time
Styled into a vibrant cyclone of rings, the time display may look complex to outsiders but is much like a regular clock and simple to read at a glance when you know how.
The gap in the outer ring of 12 large blocks indicates the current hour in the same position as a regular clock. Just inside that are smaller dots for the minutes 1-60.
The inner two rings show the hours and minutes for time zone 2 in the same way. The outer most ring indicates seconds.
A Pocket Watch with Touch Screen Technology
The Kisai Vortex Pocket Watch features a hybrid display which means the time is always shown by the LCD panel but will light up on demand with vivid LED backlighting.
The touch screen display has 4 hot-zones (top, bottom, left, right). Simply touch with your finger to change modes; time, alarm, date, light up.
Holding your finger in place for a few seconds allows you to customise; hold your finger over the alarm zone to set the alarm, hold it over the time zone to set the time. It's intuitive, simple and fun to operate.
The touch screen has a lock function to prevent accidental input. After 60 seconds the screen will lock. To unlock swipe your finger across the screen from left to right.
Watch the video below to see the watch in action or download the instruction manual on this page.
A Stainless Steel Pocket Watch with a Mineral Crystal Lens
Encased in a classic stainless steel pocket watch case, the Kisai Vortex Pocket Watch has a polished finish with brushed detail on the case edges and button.
The watch has a spring-hinged circular metal cover with a mineral crystal lens that closes over the interface to protect it from dust. This can be opened simply by pressing the button at the top of the watch.
The watch also comes with a chain to allow it to be secured to a waistcoat, lapel or belt loop and the watch will fit neatly into your pocket.
The Kisai Vortex Pocket Watch has an animation feature that can be turned on or off. When activated, a swirling animation will appear once every five minutes.
LCD with Colored LED Backlighting
Available in two display colors: blue LCD with blue LED backlighting or natural LCD with red LED backlighting, the Kisai Vortex Pocket Watch is a limited edition watch design and will look great whether you're at a business meeting or at a bar with friends.
- Displays the time (hours, minutes, seconds)
- Date mode
- Dual time (two time zones)
- Alarm mode
- LCD "always on" display
- LED backlight for illumination
- Animation feature (can be turned off)
- Audio feedback (can be turned off)
- Stainless steel case with spring-hinged cover
- Stainless steel chain included (35cm long)
- Machine closed case back
- Case dimensions: 46.8mm x 46.8mm x 13.2mm
- Weight: 80 grams
- Battery CR2025 replaceable watch battery
- English instructions
- One year warranty
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We are very excited to announce our growth into Vermont!
Fusion is seeking a Full Time Physical Therapist Assistant to join our team in Glover, VT.
Become a part of a dedicated team of professionals who provide quality care to our patients.
Fusion Rehab Services specializes in providing the highest standard of physical, occupational and speech language therapy services in our region. Our management team brings with them over 50 years of experience in healthcare, management and rehabilitative services. We have built a solid reputation on the cornerstones of responsibility, respect, integrity, collaboration and innovation.
Our unique approach balances quality care with a pleasant work environment, because if you're not happy then you can't provide the highest quality of care to your patients. And we help you along the way, with support and compliance guidance to make your work day easier. And we invest in our therapists with ongoing professional development in the areas you want to grow.
What sets us apart from other therapy companies? At Fusion Rehab Services, we provide healthcare services with an emphasis on care. We believe it is our responsibility to acknowledge and respect the unique requirements of each patient, client and therapist we meet.
To apply for this job please visit www.fusionrehabservices.com.


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I originally saw this design when it was making the Internet rounds a few weeks ago and I just recently found that it's now available in T-Shirt form. Needlessy to say, I was super excited because I love the minimalist take on the Street Fighter II characters that I grew up with. The design was done by Ashley Browning and was originally posted on his Flickr page (Flickr member infinitecontinues).
"This is a one-off piece, and a departure from usual Minimalism pieces of mine. This time I just wanted to go really, really basic. Initially, I felt I was creating a Bauhaus/De Stijl inspired piece, but after finishing it, I thought it also looked like the primitive graphics from Atari 2600 or Intellivision consoles."
Street Fighter II Abstract Edition is available now from MySoti for $19.98.


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The price of independence
As storage has become more strategic, so has the need for focused professionals. Here's how some companies are working that out.
Data means a lot to a company like toronto-based insurers Canada Life. So much, in fact, that the IT department is in the process of combining its various storage management experts into a centralized business unit, to be called the Storage Competency Center (SCC).
|Consolidation's many benefits
Bob Passmore, storage area research director with Gartner Research,often talks to storage administrators a lot about their work habits. In many cases, he says, storage administrators don't even have a realistic idea of how much of a burden management has become.
In one survey, system administrators were asked how much of their time was spent managing storage. Most respondents estimated it consumed between 15% to 20% of their average workday. Following those same people around for a week revealed the true figure is closer to 60%.
This disparity reinforces the strength of what Passmore sees as three key arguments in support of centralized data management, even though the process can potentially create a political quagmire of conflicting interests. Once those interests are effectively managed, however, likely benefits include:
Increasing storage management productivity. Gartner surveys have shown that storage centralization. By eliminating the need for storage administrators to run around so much - increases the amount of data they can manage by between three and 50 times. That's a major improvement that promises cost savings and efficiency improvements, and may be enough alone to justify the push for centralization.
Improving the overall quality of storage management. Efforts to provide ample mainframe and open systems storage have often resulted in widely distributed network-attached storage (NAS). Centralize responsibility for that storage, and technical consolidation is an inevitable byproduct. This improves overall storage quality by providing a single, homogeneous storage infrastructure. Introduction of SANs can be of major benefit here, since they force companies to reconsider centralized storage processes from the ground up.
Improving backup and restore processes. Centralizing data relieves the headaches caused by managing distributed storage, reducing firefighting and allowing improved archiving and backup/recovery procedures through utilization of better storage management software.
Better visibility of actual storage costs. Where storage has long been seen as an unquantifiable but omnipresent part of the IT budget, breaking it into its own business unit will completely change the way storage is perceived across the company. Today's sophisticated software tools give storage groups a better view of storage usage, enabling chargeback schemes that pass on the newly realized cost of storage management back to its users.
"The biggest challenge to the storage administrator is where to get the software tools to make the job easier," says Passmore. "When you have smart, knowledgeable administrative tools, you can get the job done."
The change is a direct result of the growing importance of data-driven business systems within the 155-year-old company, which is one of North America's 30 largest insurers, maintaining data on over 10 million customers in Canada, the U.S., U.K. and Ireland. By setting down the ground rules for storage, says Storage Services technical lead Paul Ludzki, storage administrators hope the creation of the SCC will facilitate effective forward planning.
"We've never codified what the service levels and expectations [for storage] ought to be, or made declarations of what levels we can really satisfy," says Ludzki, who says he often has to engage business units to correct business plans for new applications that neglect such basic issues as backup.
"As storage represents a greater proportion of the overall IT infrastructure cost," he says, "there's a greater incentive on the side of our financial management groups to make sure that we're budgeting for it correctly and charging accurately against the business systems that are using it. Growth used to be more predictable and it wasn't hard to stay ahead of the need, but now it comes in big chunks and a bigger hurry. This will establish some service levels that we can promise and deliver."
Separating storage
The trend to formalize storage management within discrete groups has gradually taken hold in recent years, as the ever-growing demands of e-business have put increasing pressure on storage administrators who used to buy storage simply by adding up what they'd need and doubling that number.
With CRM, sales force automation, data warehousing and other enterprise systems continuing to blossom, storage purchases are now expanding at a breakneck pace. Research firm Gartner, Stamford, CT, says most companies expect their storage capacity to double every year, with highly data-intensive businesses seeing the demand double every quarter.
The real challenge comes in managing all that additional storage. Suddenly adding hundreds of gigabytes of new storage can quickly become a management nightmare - particularly if that storage is added to systems outside the immediate jurisdiction of internal storage management groups.
Business managers may commission new storage investments for departmental applications without giving due consideration to backup, redundancy and other relevant strategies; unchecked finger-pointing and general chaos can easily result if something goes wrong. By drawing a line in the sand, storage groups can consolidate their resources and - in theory at least - finally force individual business units to do things their way.
"Having everyone responsible [for storage] in one group facilitates that ease of communication and willingness to work together," says Debbie Lemieux, storage administrator with L.L. Bean in Freeport, ME. L.L. Bean has 3.7TB of mirrored direct-attached storage (DAS) administered through a three-person enterprise storage group that Lemieux says has helped raise the profile of storage within the organization.
"Over the past couple of years, we've had to put ourselves in front of [other] organizations by providing presentations about technological directions, day-to-day challenges and the benefits they would realize by supporting the changes we're trying to get support for," she says. "The response has been very positive, and there's a lot more knowledge and awareness [among business units] of the time and resources that it takes to maintain the project requests that come down the pipe."
Simply declaring their solidarity and distributing storage policy manuals isn't enough by itself, however. Storage groups may like to believe such a move will let them formalize relationships that have previously been gauged by their ability to keep up with the demands of unchecked application development across the company. But not every environment is as amenable to change as that at L.L. Bean. Unless structural change is managed effectively, it can be a recipe for disaster when other business units - and even other members of the IT team - see things much differently.
That means storage groups must not only formalize storage policies and sign SLAs delineating their responsibilities, but they must also work to raise the profile of the newly independent unit by educating technical and business executives about the real state of storage within the company, and the underlying complexities that come with managing ever-growing volumes of data.
Such complexities are often lost even on people who should know better, such as database administrators and developers. "Ten years ago, the majority of them had a good sense of storage, but the basic architecture of storage has changed two or three times since then," says Michael Rogers, manager of technical support architecture at financial clearinghouse TSYS, in Columbus, GA. "Now we're seeing that they're basically looking for capacity and allowing storage administrators to make recommendations."
TSYS maintains 70TB of online storage and processes over six billion financial transactions, pertaining to 229 million accounts, on behalf of blue chip financial services clients every year. Its storage administration team consists of eight DAS experts and five tape managers. Continual improvement has refined storage processes and procedures to the point where the team can manage 10TB per person, with business units held to a 90-day lead time and quarterly storage reviews keeping supply ahead of demand.
This level of success has required eternal vigilance and a lot of pressing the flesh, Rogers warns - something that's not always easy when eight storage administrators are servicing more than 5,500 employees. Still, he says, taking the right approach can help build the right culture throughout even recalcitrant business units.
"When we approach the user community with the concept that we're there to make their lives easier, it always seems to be better received," Rogers says. "You're asking them to change their processes, and if you come down with a heavy-handed approach, it's not going to be well received. You'll spend more time fighting political battles than if you point out that you're all in it together."
If that doesn't work, it can be useful to drop subtle hints reminding key executives of the importance of a sound storage management strategy. One storage director - who asked not to be named - that heads a financial services storage management group administering 27TB of storage, keeps an eight-page PowerPoint presentation available online so anybody within the company can catch up with the details of the company's current storage infrastructure.
"Our data tends to explode, not grow," he says. "But often, the amount of gigabytes or terabytes that we deal with goes unnoticed. You have to figure out ways of highlighting that to the senior management and getting their attention - for example, by saying 'did you know we're backing up 4TB every night?' You don't want to thump your chest too much or oversell it; pick the appropriate times and ways to show it."
This, then, is the new face of the storage administrator. Issues such as changing storage technologies, topologies and hierarchical storage management (HSM) strategies were once the foremost concerns for those managing storage. Nowadays, politics, conflict resolution and service-level management have become an increasingly important part of the mix.
These are the responsibilities that come with the legitimacy of having a separate storage organization, but they can present a real burden for technically-focused administrators who lack the business acumen of their executive-minded peers. They can create conflict between mainframe and open systems groups that are supposed to be on the same side, but find themselves fighting over the appropriate level of storage discipline that's necessary.
Even in companies where storage administrators remain split into two or more camps, consolidation may be inevitable. That's because the technical unification driven by the introduction of SANs often serves as a catalyst for the creation of unified storage groups. Such was the case for Jeff Deaver, storage administrator at Minnesota Mutual, St. Paul, MN, where an ongoing storage area network (SAN) pilot has led to discussions about centralizing management of the insurer's 2TB of online DAS storage, 30TB of HSM-managed tape data and an unknown quantity of open systems-attached space.
Storage "is all over the place, and nobody's cleaning it up or holding users to quotas," says Deaver. "On the mainframe side, there's a chargeback system in place so people are accountable for the space they use. There's a feeling that we're wasting resources because we have two groups of people doing the same thing. The people working on the SAN realize we need to have same rules across the board."
One approach being considered to improve the situation, Deaver says, is the creation of a virtual storage group that combines representatives of the company's five strategic business units as well as relevant technical administrators: "It's definitely on our shoulders to keep abreast of what [business units] are doing," he says.
Changing work rules
Yet while centralized storage management can facilitate backup and increase the amount of storage administered by each staffer, it also can have repercussions outside of the new storage group. Those repercussions arise as parties are forced to get used to the new dynamics of the storage group - namely, that application managers used to controlling their own destinies must now work with the administrators controlling the storage.
"You now have a relationship between the two groups that needs to be managed," says Bob Passmore, storage area research director with Gartner Research, who recommends consolidation both for its ability to expose the previously hidden true cost of storage, and for its ability to significantly increase storage administration efficiency.
"These kinds of things always test people," he says. "You can avoid infighting and issues around expectations if you can make clear - through negotiation - exactly what the rights and responsibilities of each group are. SANs have a way of forcing these issues to the fore, because people are now viewing storage as a service. Develop specific job descriptions so everybody knows what's happening, and do it in a planned, upfront way."
In some cases, says Passmore, storage has gained such a high profile that companies are creating new chief storage officer positions to give storage architects more clout when dealing with fellow CXOs from the business and IT worlds. While such a dramatic escalation in status might not fly well at many companies, it's an indication of just how important storage has become. As users continue to demand more storage, administrators' success in managing that growth will become as much a business issue as it has always been a technical one.


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The all new Cobalt Aquatics NEO-Therm fully submersible electronic heaters feature a modern, super flat design with an easy to set "one touch" control system. The advanced electronic thermostat is accurate to ±0.5ºF and includes a LED that displays both the Set Temp and Tank Temp simultaneously and has a Set temperature range from 66ºFup to 96ºF. For ultimate safety and reliability, integrated thermal protection circuitry shut the heater down before it can overheat and its shatterproof outer casing make the NEO-therms virtually indestructible. Perfect for freshwater and saltwater aquariums and terrariums. Available in 25- 100watt sizes. 150- 200watt heaters will be available late March 2013.
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Community media are widely recognized by governments, international development agencies, and civil society organizations alike as key agents of participatory development. Their reach and practices are a unique way of reaching and involving people. This is particularly true of community radio, the most prevalent of all community media, which is a vital alternative both to state owned and commercial private radio. Community radio's affordability and reach make it a powerful agent of social change.
Recognition of community radio as a legitimate and key element in development efforts and the potential to empower marginalized and disenfranchised communities, has pushed a number of countries to introduce laws and regulations that acknowledge community radios as a distinct media sector. In those countries an enabling environment for community radios has been created.
Despite these advances, challenges persist at global and regional level and in their joint 2010 statement the four international special UN mandated rapporteurs on freedom of expression expressed their concerns at the lack of specific legal recognition of the community broadcasting sector in licensing systems which are based on criteria that are appropriate to this sector as well as the failure to reserve adequate frequencies for community broadcasters or to establish appropriate funding support mechanism .
The Ministry of Information Government of People's Republic of Bangladesh has declared Community Radio Installation, Broadcast and Operation Policy 2008, which was the citizens' expectation since the year 1998. Accordingly in April, 2010, Ministry of Information has approved 14 Community Radio Stations to operate for the first time in the country.
After the approval of license Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) has allocated frequency and then the Community Radio stations started broadcasting from 2011.
Now 16 Community Radio Stations are on-air in the country, aiming to ensure empowerment and right to information for the rural community. They are broadcasting altogether 125 hours program per day on information, education, local entertainment and development motivation activities. Around 100 Youth Women & Youth are now working with those Stations throughout the country as rural broadcasters
These programs are quite supportive to the activities reflected in 6th 7th 5year plan of Government of Bangladesh, UN World Summit on the Information Society (UN WSIS) Action Plan, and UN Sustainable Development Goals ( SDGs).
The success of the 1st batch of Community Radio stations has earned appreciation from all levels because of their commendable success. For that we give our thanks to those initiating organizations.
Ministry of Information that it is because of their good intention and sincere efforts which made possible a full-fledged community radio policy, the only one in South East Asia. India has got only a Guideline to operate Community Radio stations, while Nepal does not have any of this kind. In 2012 Ministry of Information has declared National Strategy for Community Radio to support implementation of Community Radio Installation, broadcast and Operation Policy.
Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication is promoting the advocacy with the government in relations to community radio with other organizations since its emergence from 2000. BNNRC has been addressing the community radio and community TV access issue for over a decade, helping to bridge the information gap of rural Bangladesh.
The reality of today is that the bondage between the community people and local-level community radio stations are getting strengthened day-by-day. Community Radio has now become their part of life. Community Radio becomes the instrument for the livelihood battle of the rural people.
Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication established the Community Media News Agency (CMNA), Community Media Academy (CMA) and Monthly Community Media to share development news & building capacity for the Community Media sector in Bangladesh.
Now started advocacy with the Government of Bangladesh to open up Community Television for Development. Community television will come into being within a short time in Bangladesh.
Potentials of Community Radio in Bangladesh
a. Community Radio has created scope for the poor and marginalized community to raise their own voice; it becomes the voice for the voiceless. This neo-media outlets opened scope to establish their rights of Information and communication in social, political, cultural and environmental arena.
b. Scope widened for poverty reduction and sustainable development because of the rights to raise voice of the community and accessibility to knowledge and information.
c. Scope opened for exchange of dialogue between local elected representatives, govt. and NGO professionals for the sake of establishing good governance.
d. Direct linkage established between the community and the main sectors reflected in SDGs and 7th 5-year plan.
e. Scope created for Social debate, inclusion and preservation of cultural diversity by ensuring the inclusion of the marginalized community.
f. Community Radio is now able to play more active role in Disaster Risk Reduction (DRR) due to establishment of effective linkage between the govt. departments and local/rural community.
Already the Community radio programs have been widely accepted among the local community.16 community radio stations presently covers more than 5.6 million listeners. This journey was not a bed of roses, we are to cross ups and downs-everyday we are to face newer challenges.
The Community Radios are becoming an active ground for organizing dialogues at rural level. These dialogues will help the rural mass to find out their own voice and ensure leverage their free opinion in respect of social, economic, political , cultural and environmental issues.
AHM Bazlur Rahman-S21BR|
Bangladesh NGOs Network for Radio and Communication|
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The Jura Capresso ENA Micro 1 Automatic Espresso Machine is an entry level Coffee Center from the fine folks at Jura Capresso. If you haven't read any of our other articles on their incredible line of Super Automatic Espresso Machines you should… Here is a link to a search for Jura Capresso on our website. The Jura Capresso ENA Micro 1 Super Automatic Espresso and Coffee Center is one of the most compact machines available on the market. Coming in around 12 inches tall and about 9 inches wide it can fit on just about any counter without hogging up all that valuable kitchen real estate.
It doesn't make all the different specialty one-touch barista drinks that some of the other Jura Capresso machines do like the Jura Capresso Impressa J9 or the Jura Capresso z7, but it does do one thing and one thing absolutely well. It makes a great cup of espresso or coffee. (Did I say one thing? I meant two <grin>).
It has touch panel features that are easy to read and illuminated icons that show you when it is time to clean, descale, or change out the water filter. It will also let you know when to fill the water tank, empty the grounds and empty the drip tray. it has a professional grade conical burr grinder that has 5 settings ranging from course to fine. (Remember not to put dark oily beans in ANY (not just Jura) machine that is set to grind fine or you will have issues with clogging.) The Jura Capresso ENA Micro 1 sports a bean hopper that will hold a little more than a quarter pound of coffee beans. The hopper has a special aroma preservation seal to keep things nice and fresh.
Unlike some of the other coffee machines you have likely had in your home the Jura Capresso machine brews the coffee under 15 bars of pressure. When done right, and in harmony with things like the perfect brew temperature this will make the best coffee that you have ever had… limited only to the quality of beans you use. The water tank in the back of the ENA Micro 1 holds 37 oz of water and is removal. It has a slot inside the tank that accommodates a Clearyl water filter. You pour the water into the tank, and the water is filtered as it is drawn into the ENA Micro 1 by the Clearyl filter. The filter removes things like particles, and chlorine, various other elements that can effect taste. It is also good at removing the minerals which will build up over time and require decalcification after a time. So if you are using the Clearyl filters, and change them out when you are supposed to, you will never have to spend time decalcifying your ENA Micro 1.
Cleaning is a breeze, when it tells you that it needs to be cleaned you follow the directions, add a some solution into the tank, and let it run. About 10 minutes later your machine is clean and ready to be used. Decalcification is about the same, takes quite a bit longer but the process is very straight forward.
It has a ground coffee funnel so you can use flavored beans by grinding them in an external grinder and adding the flavored grounds into the funnel. Another use is for those of you that like decaf at night or after a certain time. You don't want to use flavored beans in your hopper as they have a lot of oil on them, and running them through your machine's burr grinder is not recommended by the manufacturer.
Coming in at just under 20 pounds, the Jura Capresso ENA Micro 1 is a remarkable machine. It has a 2 year warranty. I've called Jura Capresso and talked to their warranty people on several occasions over the years and always been services quickly and efficiently. All in all I would rate this Jura Capresso ENA Micro 1 with our full 5 star ranking. We are also giving it the 2012 Reviewboard Magazine Best Buy Award, along with the entire line. It's a good solid work-horse of a machine that will keep your coffee and espresso flowing for years.
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- Looks – Great looking Black and Stainless Look – Minimalistic design, very appealing.
- Functionality – It makes two beverages the way it says it does. Perfect.
- Price Point – MSRP is about $1200 bucks. Most of these units offered by other manufacturers are also over $1100 and Jura is in my opinion the best of the bunch. Resale value is outstanding on Jura Capresso in the used market, so you can likely use this machine for 2 years, upgrade and get 70% of your money back. That's value retention.
- Build Quality – This is a solid machine, it takes a decent amount of abuse and over use.
- Support & Warranty – 2 year warranty and great support, they have the whole package.
If you are looking for a good deal on one of these machines we found one from 1stincoffee.com for less than $900 with free shipping! In addition 1stincoffee.com is throwing in a free Capresso Milk frother which will let you make a number of beverages with your ENA Micro 1. So if you are interested in that deal you can click here. (*note we are not participating in an affiliate program, it's just a good deal)


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Fewer Uninsured Face Fines as Health Law's Exemptions Swell
Almost 90% of Uninsured Won't Pay Penalty Under the Affordable Care Act in 2016
Almost 90% of the nation's 30 million uninsured won't pay a penalty under the Affordable Care Act in 2016 because of a growing batch of exemptions to the health-coverage requirement.
The architects of the health law wanted most Americans to carry insurance or pay a penalty. But an analysis by the Congressional Budget Office and the Joint Committee on Taxation said most of the uninsured will qualify for one or more exemptions.


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How to Pick Permanent Markers for Fashion Drawings
You can use markers for a variety of purposes in fashion drawing. Some artists love to add marker lines over a pencil sketch to get that sharp, clean look (ultra-fine black Sharpies are great for this). You can also use markers to add color to your fashion drawings.
Begin your marker supplies with a few key colors in high-quality markers and the rest of the colors in cheaper versions (100-color sets). The high-quality markers include the following:
A few skins tones (light to dark)
Warm and cool grays
A light yellow
A bright red
Stay away from the rainbow sets — you'll find that you rarely use most of those colors. As you develop your fashion illustration skills, you'll determine the colors you use the most and invest in higher-quality markers as you see fit.
Quality markers are quite an expensive investment, but they're well worth it! These markers dry fast, have more than one point (they're double ended), allow you options in blending colors, and are true to the color on the outside of the marker. They also last a long time before they dry out or run out of ink.
Don't buy water-soluble markers. They take longer to dry and have a tendency to smear — usually when you're just about to complete your drawing. Permanent markers are a must!
Here's a list of brand-name markers you may want to try:
Ultra-fine black Sharpies: This marker can produce an ultra-thin line every time. It's terrific for finalizing pencil outlines and for adding details, linear shading, and textures. And when you feel really confident, you can use this marker to turn out some amazing runway-like sketches with just a few lines.
Prismacolor markers: This line of markers has a long life span, as long as you take care of them. Prismacolor offers a wide selection of color markers, though you should stick with the gray shades for now. Their double-ended markers have a broad, flat edge on one end and a fine point on the other. They also won't give you the dreaded marker headache because they don't smell.
Pantone Universe Twin markers: Pantone offers a decent line of markers with both a brush-shaped end and a fine-point end in one marker. Test out their cool and warm grays — they're wonderful for a bold shading style. When you feel confident, a quick stroke of a marker is the way to go in fashion illustration.
Copic markers: These markers are pricey but well worth it. They're one of the best quality markers on the market! They all come double-ended — each end has a different tip. Most Copic markers can be refilled (which saves money and waste), and the range of colors available is endless.
Tombow Dual Brush Pens: These brush tip markers (also known as stamping markers) are so much fun! They're less expensive than the other markers, and they work like paint brushes, laying down bold colors with a softer tip. After being introduced to these markers, some students inevitably get hooked!
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Sketch in pencil and get your fashion illustration in good shape.
Permanent markers are called "permanent" for a reason.
Try to pick up some graphite from your pencil lines using your kneaded eraser.
Run your marker over the pencil lines.
Try not to rub the marker into a paper hard enough to pill the paper and ruin the tip of the marker.
Put those caps on tightly after using your markers.
Otherwise, you'll dry them out faster than you can say "waste of money."
Dried-out markers can be annoying because markers are pricey, but don't throw them out — they can be great for depicting sheer and textured fabrics because they leave less pigment on your paper, which creates white spots that are almost impossible to purposely create.
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"Bison meat is similar to a very fine cut of beef,� states Forrest Waldo, certified executive chef for Five Herds. "The only difference is that it's slightly sweeter. And because it's so lean it's important to cook bison at a slightly lower temperature and for less time than beef.�
(Bison meat is leaner).
Almost as prevalent in the American dining scene as the golden arches of McDonalds is the "low-carb� section found in many of today's restaurant menus. And while many of the popular food choices associated with such selections contain meat, one particular type of meat has largely been overlooked. Unfortunately for unaware diners, it happens to be the healthiest selection of meat available. What is it? Bison.
According to research conducted by Dr. M. Marchello at North Dakota State University, bison meat has among the lowest fat content and highest nutrient density of any type of meat available. That's good news for businesses like Five Herds Trading Co. (http://fiveherds.com), who sells range-raised, grass-fed bison on their Web site.
"Range-raised, grass-fed bison meat is incredibly healthy, in large part because the bison graze in their natural habitats,� said company spokesperson Anne Nelson. "As a result of their free-roaming lives, bison meat is very lean.� Experts agree that bison require special considerations not found in other areas of animal handling. The National Bison Association (NBA) reports that the animals respond best to low-pressure, low stress conditions. The NBA also states that fencing requirements differ for bison because of the animal's ability to jump to a height of six feet.
While the commercial bison business began in the late 1960s, the industry saw very little momentum until the late 1980s. The reason for increased demand? Chefs began to include bison meat into their menus for the flavor it provided.
"Bison meat is similar to a very fine cut of beef,� states Forrest Waldo, certified executive chef for Five Herds. "The only difference is that it's slightly sweeter. And because it's so lean it's important to cook bison at a slightly lower temperature and for less time than beef.�
After an industry-wide slump in the late 1990s, business started a turn-around in 2003 that has continued through today. Factors contributing to increased demand have been said to include a rising popularity in low-carbohydrate/high-protein diets, active promotion of bison as a gourmet food, and an increase in use by restaurants. Many supermarkets across the nation are now carrying bison in the form of steaks, roasts, burgers, and hotdogs.
Promoters of bison meat have more to hail than taste; the method of raising the animal makes it naturally hormone-free. The NBA went so far as to pass a resolution opposing the use of questionable drugs, chemicals, or hormones in the raising of bison. It's a practice that Five Herds follows when raising and selecting their animals, says Nelson.
"Our bison spend their lives in the open air eating grass. This natural way of raising bison is more costly to the rancher, but it is better for the bison and for the environment,� adds Nelson. "Our customers tell us they buy our bison not only for the healthful benefits, but also because they've discovered it's as versatile as beef and is a welcome change from their normal dining experience.�
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Today a friend handed me a small container of Play-Doh® she had received in a class assignment.
I don't know what I was expecting when I opened the container and sniffed the familiar compound, but suddenly the time machine of memory took me back to age 6 at my grandma's kitchen table, where my best friend and I were cranking out salt-dough spaghetti and meatballs for everyone in the house.
My grandmother has been gone for several years now, and I lost touch with that best friend a long time ago, but there they both were, captured in a mental glass bubble for all eternity, albeit one that sort of smells like old bicycle tires.
Scientists have discovered that unlike other sensory experiences (sight, touch, hearing), the sense of smell is located in the body in such a way that it gets a kind of shortcut to the processing centers of the brain. So while you may take a moment to remember that former classmate's face, or remember exactly whose voice that is, the infusion of smell into the experience is an immediate one, like that plunge from the top of the roller coaster. Before you know it and can protest, you are off on an adventure.
There are fresh inquiries being made all the time into the connection between smell and memory. Whether your interest is merely academic or practical (think aromatherapy bath products and candles), those of us who love books know the money that can be made from developing the perfect perfume: the one that smells like our first book, our favorite book, or just old books in general.
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Thanks to Lillian of #dVerse Poet's Pub for the September 12, 2017 prompt onto use the words rain, reign, rein in a poem. Also combining this prompt with MindLoveMisery's Menagerie last Music Challenge with the song "Pink Sunglasses" by Miranda Lambert. Going for the triple threat with Bjorn's Bjorn's #dVerse Poet's Pub prompt on using an extended, well known metaphor without "like" or "as." I'm going to pick up on Miranda Lambert's metaphor of "pink sunglasses" which I think very much overlaps with wearing "rose colored glasses."
Miranda Lambert "Pink Sunglasses"
Rein in your white horses, the Queen of Pink's going to reign
She's pretty classy, kind of sassy, in a bubblegum way.
All around her is dreary pain,
She doesn't blink or feel the rain —
Pouring down, plastering her —
See-through t-shirt, guys inferring,
More than needs saying about her — bright pink sunglasses worn,
Her way to see the world, the old rose glasses cracked, ignored.
Pink is so much better, forget about rainy weather,
Giggle, leave behind the tragic, drink pink champagne whether —
You're sad or too glad, pink masks —
Ironies, truth is, life is glass.
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Rose lenses dimmed as pink's appeased.
Cause you can buy plastic pink sunglasses to view the world,
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Wear them when you're feeling quite sad.
Ignore naysayers without the pink,
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I'll pass by you dancing 'cause without pink, life quickly destroys.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Chris Solomon of Northwood (Fla.) has been named the NAIA National Division II Men's Basketball Player of the Week, the national office announced Tuesday. Solomon was selected based on his performances from Jan. 27 – Feb. 2 and was chosen out of a pool of conference and independent award winners.
Solomon, a 6-foot-3 native of Los Angeles, Calif., shot 50.0 percent (11-of-22) from the field and 93.3 percent (28-for-30) at the free throw line en route to averaging 28.0 points per game last week in a pair of Northwood victories. The junior guard's highlight performance came in the Seahawks' 76-71 win against then-No. 3 Embry-Riddle (Fla.) on Jan. 29. Solomon led all scorers with 27 points, including 12 points at the free throw line, along with four rebounds, one assist and one steal. Three days later, Solomon netted 29 points and was 16-for-18 (93.3 percent) at the charity stripe against Johnson & Wales (Fla.).
On the season, Solomon has recorded double figures in 20-of-22 games en route to a 21.7 points per game average. He ranks among the top 10 nationally in 3-point field goals made per game (4th; 3.5) and total 3-point field goals made (6th; 78).
For a complete list of the national statistical leaders, click here.
The next NAIA National Division II Men's Basketball Player of the Week will be announced on Feb. 11. For the complete Player of the Week calendar, click here.
Nominees: Vasha Davis, Indiana East; Austin Katje, Dordt (Iowa); Aaron Larson, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.); Zach Steinmetz, Lourdes (Ohio); Demetrius Perkins, College of Idaho; Tre Brown, AIB (Iowa); Devin Harris, Oklahoma Wesleyan; Deandre Lowery, Ashford (Iowa); Corey Clement, William Jessup (Calif.); Eddie Adesodun, Sterling (Kan.); Jordan Weidner, Indiana Wesleyan; Deante Johnson, Union (Ky.); Aaron Duske, Valley City State (N.D.).
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As much as New Yorkers love to hate on Los Angeles, there's one thing we'll always have over them: In-N-Out Burger.
Well, technically, also the weather. But it's tough to convince Gothamites their weather will stop being lousy. In-N-Out, on the other hand, is a much easier prank.
On Thursday, signs began appearing across New York promoting new In-N-Out locations.
"Coming Summer 2010. In-N-Out Burger. Exceptional associates wanted. Visit In-N-Out.com for details," read one sign.
Not only was there signage (a cornerstone of any good prank), some locations had employees wearing In-N-Out garb armed with promotional fliers. Photos began circulation on the web (here, here, here, here and here). New Yorkers began to salivate.
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And who would do such a cruel thing to the burger-loving citizens of New York?
The gang at College Humor, obviously.
"We pulled a prank on New York City today where we tried to convince everybody In-N-Out Burger (our favorite West Coast burger chain) was opening up here. We made signs, hired actors to dress as employees, made flyers, etc. Lots of people bought it. Tons of people, actually. Then In-N-Out commented and the jig was up," according to a post on collegehumor.com.
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The Breeders Award Program (BAP) is established to recognize the accomplishments of AAAA members, to promote members involvement in breeding fishes, to gather and share information on breeding, and to provide a wide range of fish to the membership during auctions. In order to obtain points for fish a member must bring in a minimum of five young, at least sixty days old and put them up for the auction. The member must fill in the required information on the BAP Data Sheet. Point classification of fishes spawned (10, 15, 20, or higher) is determined according to level of difficulty for breeding and/or raising the fry. Points are awarded only once for each species submitted by a member.
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This painting is deliberately ambiguous. A mother and child wait in anticipation to attend a crucial appointment. With a letter in hand and dressed in black, it is possible that the woman is recently widowed. Perhaps she must meet with officials to clarify the terms of her late husband's will. The little boy now fills the role of protector and looks across the room with bravery and determination. However, a resigned and hopeless expression on the woman's face, combined with the presence of a towering guard, dressed in bright reds, strongly suggests that the situation is more serious.
As in Geet's other well-known work, 'A Martyr in the Sixteenth Century', now hung in Birmingham, 'Awaiting An Audience' may illustrate an actual historical event of religious persecution. The Birmingham piece is based on a passage in Henne's 'Histoire du Regne de Charles-Quint en Belgique' of 1858. This deals with the sufferings of Lutherans in the Low Countries at the dawn of the Reformation. The passage gives the names of those who were tortured to death, among them a young girl who was buried alive in 1526. The accuracy of this account was later questioned when it was discovered that the girl was in fact buried alive in 1514, three years before Luther's break with Rome. Geets may also have had such serious historical intentions with the Walker piece. 'Awaiting An Audience' can also be translated from the Belgian to 'Before the Interrogation'. This further suggests that the woman could be suspected of heresy.
It was probably due to these earlier problems of potential inaccuracy that Geets decided to make this piece rather more vague and more typical of the 19th popular genre painting. Like many of his contemporaries, with their vivid fascination for the past, Geets sought to call up our ancestors before us with all their strange manners and clothing. The costumes probably represent his idea of Switzerland around 1530-1540. The marble bench may suggest that the scene is set in Italy, but as the dress is of northern origin, it is more likely that the stark interior simply reflects the powerful Italian influenced trend that swept through Europe at around this time. In the same vein as his friend Alma Tadema, Geets juxtaposes cold hard marble surfaces with glowing sunlight. However, whereas Tadema's figures are bathed and comforted by such light, the figures in 'Awaiting An Audience' are kept from this reassuring warmth by the alert cavalier.
The cavalier became a recurring image in 19th century genre painting, in particular for one of Geets' teachers, Hendrick Leys. Similarly, children were regularly included to evoke emotion and women often became a painter's primary focus. All of these common motifs are well illustrated in another Walker historical suspense piece, 'And when did you last see your father?' by WF Yeames.
Geets shared with the emerging Symbolist movement a sympathy with the mysterious spirituality as well as the decorative qualities of women and also a pictorial delight in the invasion of privacy and the glorification of a domestic setting. This keyhole vision harks back to Dutch 17th century genre scenes. His 'Writing a Letter' and 'Polishing Brass and Copper' have the essential Vermeer ingredients of a soft falling light from the side, pensive looking women and rich heavy fabric drapes. The carpet and curtain are very prominent in 'Awaiting An Audience', intricately detailed because Geets was from a town famous for its tapestries (he himself designed eight rugs featuring worthy citizens for the town hall in Brussels). The mood is tense but without drama. Like his teachers, Leys and Cogniet, he wanted to replace the tendency towards pathos and sentimental anecdote with historical and psychological truthfulness.
Geets was born on the 20 January 1838 in Mechelen, Belgium. Although never short of foreign connections, he remained an inhabitant and artist of this town for most of his life. It was here where his lengthy and successful career began at the age of 12 as an apprentice interior decorator, and where he became director of the local Academy until his 70th year.
In 1854 he left Mechelen for Antwerp, where he attended the School of Fine Art for two years. His first teacher, Nicaise de Keyser, one of the first important romantic painters in Belgium, frowned upon natural studies and forced his pupil to work on lavish and antiquated local cloth. Baron Hendrick Leys, Geets's next tutor, painted reconstructions of 16th century Antwerp and sought to convey the spirit of an earlier time. Leys distanced himself from the dramatic and seemed to herald a more sober style, an approach that more accurately reflected the national heritage. Geets developed the same preoccupation with the past, inherited a loyalty to 17th Dutch interiors and a love of the French Realists. Geets died in 1919 as holder of a Gold Medal at Ghent and the Cross of the Order of Leopold for his lifetime service to the arts.
The 1880s was the decade which found Josef Israels more important than Van Gogh and Bouguereau, Gerome and Bastien Lepage surer of eternal greatness than 'eccentrics' like Manet, Monet or Degas. Geets was part of this phenomenon. Popular taste cherished such calculating mixtures of technical brilliance, pretension and excess. The century as a whole was paradoxical. Artists combined the domestic with the exotic, the bourgeois with the commercial and the romantic with the restrained. Geets's own career incorporates some of these contradictions. His paintings can be huge or small, historic or genre scenes, tranquil and peaceful, or agitated and tense. 'Awaiting An Audience' seems to fit somewhere between all of his extremes.
'Awaiting An Audience' stands as a bridge between Geets's epic English exhibition debut of 1884 at the Royal Academy summer show, 'A Martyr in the Sixteenth Century', and his much more intimate and commercial works such as 'Writing a Letter' and 'Polishing Brass and Copper'. Signed and dated 1886, 'Awaiting An Audience' was purchased on its appearance the same year in the Walker's annual Autumn Exhibition. Geets' notebooks reveal that the painting was begun on 31 May 1886 and completed on the 28 July. By 14 August it had been sold by the artist's dealer, Lefevre, the man who had taken over Ernest Gambert's London art dealing firm in 1870, to an American collector for 6,250F. The Walker bought out the original purchaser by paying an additional 1,250F.
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Tom Kotchman's 2008 Owlz won their thirteenth straight last night, surpassing the twelve won in 2003 by his Provo Angels.
The Orem Owlz set a franchise record Saturday night by winning their thirteenth straight game, 6-1 at Helena.
The old record of 12 was set by the Provo Angels in 2003. That 2003 team had Howie Kendrick, Brandon Wood, Reggie Wililts, Matt Brown, Bobby Wilson, and outfielder Warner Madrigal (now a relief pitcher with the Rangers). The team finished 54-22, but lost in the playoffs to the 41-35 Billings Mustangs. Billings pitcher Jim Paduch threw a no-hitter against the Angels in the title game.
The small irony of breaking the record in Helena is that the Provo/Orem franchise was once the Helena Brewers. The franchise moved from Helena to Provo after the 2000 season; technically speaking, it was an Angel affiliate while still in Helena, with the move announced a couple weeks later. Helena returned to the Pioneer League in 2003 after the Medicine Hat Blue Jays relocated to Helena from Canada.
The 2003 team had a .711 winning percentage. The 2008 Owlz to date have an overall record of 40-17 (.702).
Orem is all over the league leaders statistical report. The offense is first in average (.298), first in runs scored (405), first in hits (618), and tied for second in homers (59). The pitching is second in ERA (4.21), second in fewest hits allowed (505), first in shutouts (4), first in strikeouts (543), and second in fewest walks allowed (171).
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- Roberto Lopez is first in average (.394), first in hits (86), second in doubles (21), first in on-base percentage (.475), first in slugging percentage (.628), third in extra-base hits (31) and first in runs scored (56).
- Luis Jimenez is eighth in average (.320), tied for third in homers (11), first in RBI (51), third in hits (70), first in doubles (22), second in slugging percentage (.616), first in extra-base hits (38), and fifth in runs scored (46).
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