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When I became a MOLLY MAID Franchise Owner, I had been cleaning privately for about five years and had always wanted to expand the business. The previous MOLLY MAID Franchise Owner was a good friend of mine, so purchasing the Franchise was the perfect solution for me!
What I really enjoy most about owning a MOLLY MAID Franchise is communicating and building relationships with our customers and staff. I also enjoy building relationships with my suppliers, fellow Franchise Owners and the Support Office personnel. Each relationship gives me the opportunity to gain experience and work in different areas of my business.
A memorable clean was when I received a call from an elderly person who said she was calling for a friend because their home was quite dirty and they were nervous about letting anyone see it. I provided the customer with support and encouraged her friend to accept the help we could happily provide. I assured her that my Home Service Professionals would never judge her friend's situation, and that they would always remain professional and polite. Our customer eventually admitted the inquiry for cleaning was personally for her – and booked a clean with us. The initial clean of our customer's home was a lot of work, but our team stepped up and got the job done. And, she was so happy with the clean, that she's now a regular customer. It's important to let everyone know that we never judge their situation, and that we are happy to provide them with a professional service so they can enjoy a clean home too!
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I first hired MOLLY MAID when my mother got sick. I simply didn't have the time or energy to clean after taking care of her each day. The MOLLY MAID team that came to clean my home was very professional and thorough and always made sure to cover everything on my priority list. Even after my mother got better, I decided to continue with our regular cleaning schedule. I have been loving the extra time I can now take for myself and the satisfaction of coming home to a clean house.
Being a bachelor with a full time job makes cleaning a pretty low priority on my to-do list. Thankfully, MOLLY MAID is able to take care of that part of my life so I can spend time doing the things I enjoy. The service is great! The staff is always friendly, helpful and knowledgeable. After a long day, it's a relief knowing that I have one less thing to worry about.
Hey Brigit! Thank you so much for the wonderful clean yesterday. The kitchen was cleaner than it's ever been. My husband even commented on how "sparkly" the floors looked. I would love to book another clean for next month. Thank you!
Your team really came to my rescue today. Thank you for fitting me in for a last minute clean. My mother-in-law admired how clean and tidy our house looked. Thanks again, Brigit.
Four kids with sticky hands and a husband working in construction, makes keeping my house tidy, very difficult. MOLLY MAID always does a great job at deep cleaning my home, so I only have to do minor cleaning between visits. Brigit is such a sweet woman, and always checks in, to make sure the clean meets my expectations. I'm very happy with the service!
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My company is based out of Winnipeg and therefore, I often commute back and forth between Winnipeg and my home in Kelowna. I never have time to clean while I am away, and decided to hire MOLLY MAID to maintain my home. While I'm away, MOLLY MAID does a wonderful job of dusting, vacuuming and cleaning the kitchens and bathrooms. They even take care of my laundry! Whenever I come home, I know I will be returning to a beautiful, well-maintained home. Thank you!
A year ago, my mother became very ill and I wanted to help her in some way. I decided to hire MOLLY MAID to clean for her as she was unable to do it herself. The Franchise Owner, Brigit, was such a nice lady who really made sure that my mother was always well taken care of. My mother was constantly telling me how much easier the cleaning team made her life and how nice the girls were. It meant the world to me knowing that she had one less stress in her life.
I work out of town, leaving my wife to manage two kids and a 4500 square foot home. Since I can't be there to help her do the house work, I decided to contact MOLLY MAID to help her out. After the first clean, my wife called and told me that our house was cleaner than it has ever been. She even got to enjoy a nice walk along the water. I could hear the relief in her voice! I called MOLLY MAID again for a second clean the following week. That was two years ago, and we are still gratefully using the service.
Hi MOLLY MAID. My name is Sarah and I'm nine. I wanted to thank you for cleaning our house today. Instead of doing chores, we got to play board games and drink apple cider as a family. I hope you come back soon.
After years of feeling unsatisfied with different cleaning companies, nannies and private cleaners, I stumbled on an ad for MOLLY MAID. I called in and was able to book a clean for the same week. The cleaning team was very professional, thorough and really paid attention to detail. I have had a bi-weekly service since and can't imagine having a different company clean my home.
Thank you for taking the extra time to dust the tops of all of the shelves and wipe out the oven. My joint pain doesn't allow me to do any difficult cleaning and it's such a relief knowing that I don't have to. See you next week!
I gave up smoking after 25 years and wanted to get rid of the habit for good. I called MOLLY MAID to do a thorough clean. The Franchise Owner Brigit, suggested that we wash the walls to get some of the smell out. After the team left, I walked into my apartment and felt like a new man. The service really was above and beyond anything I expected. Thanks again.
Hi Brigit, Merry Christmas! I just wanted to say what a nice job the girls did cleaning my cupboards. They look so much better! So nice coming home to a clean house! Thank you.
Hi Brigit, thanks again for doing such an excellent job cleaning our home and for being so accommodating to us. We will definitely recommend your service to others. Thanks again!
Hi Brigit, Thank you for your professionalism. You are a delight to work with!
Hi Brigit. I just wanted to say what a fantastic job the team did cleaning our home this past Friday. It was greatly appreciated. I look forward to hearing from you soon. Please thank the girls for me! They are lovely.
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Thank you for your help! I reached out to three other cleaning companies before I filled out the online service form on your website. You were the first company to reply! You were a pleasure to work with and I would highly recommend MOLLY MAID to anyone that needs their house cleaned. Thanks for your help.
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Three graduates of the American Indian Urban Teacher Program (AIUTP) were honored at a ceremony on June 13, following the GSE Academic Hooding event. Graduates Ashley Friedman, Cara Colclasure, and Gina Rentz were joined by faculty, family, and friends for the evening's celebration, which featured a traditional Native American meal.
Associate Dean Micki Caskey, who is one of the founders of the AIUTP program, was honored at the event for her ongoing support. Cornel Pewewardy, AIUTP co-founder and director of the Indigenous Nations Studies department in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences sang an honor song as Dr. Caskey was presented with a Pendleton blanket in the traditional tribal way.
The AIUTP was launched at PSU in 2011 to recruit and train native people for the teaching profession. Portland has the largest American Indian population in Oregon with more than 2.1% of K-12 students, but less than .6 percent of teachers are Native American. The AIUTP is one of only eight universities awarded funding by the Office of Indian Education, U.S. Department of Education and provided a stipend for living expenses and full tuition to Native American teacher education students who qualify.
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Appendix I: History of the Competencies Project
Appendix I: History of the Competencies Project
The following minutes are from the GODORT Education Committee and have been edited to include only the "Competencies for government information specialists" section.
2010 Annual
Competencies for government information specialists The committee discussed the best format for the competencies. We agreed a PDF that won't be accidentally changed is the best one for the main section. We will still create a site on the Wiki for the 'Best Resources' section, which will need to be updated frequently, while lending itself to the Wiki format of many editors.
2010 Midwinter
1. Review of revised draft - All the changes suggested at Annual have been incorporated. The revised document has been shared with Steering, SLDTF, and IDTF. Members agreed with Barbara Miller's suggestion to move her advice section re-written as competencies into the essential competencies section. The draft competencies reside on the Education WIKI under projects. Kathy Brazee Bayer asked for permission to link to the document from the FDLP Desktop.
2. Next steps – After SLDTF and IDTF add their competencies, the document will go to Steering for approval.
2009 Annual
a. Competencies- Linda showed the draft now with a cover and asked the group's opinion. Will the given model work? The focus is on federal government documents for now. At previous meetings, the committee decided to do state and international competencies later. This draft includes competencies, but also sources of information per a need indicated by discussion at Midwinter. The draft does not distinguish competencies needed for beginning government information librarians from those required by reference librarians. It is up to reference librarians to select which parts they desire for their particular situations.
The task force used a cooperative Google doc to work on the competencies to allow task force members to add content and edit. Amy West said for an ALA Connect post, only the person who posted can change it, in contrast to Google Docs where the whole task force can add or change the online document. Jennie wants to add state and international competencies before making the document public, or give the framework we've done since 1996 as a model, or change the title and add "U.S." at the end of the title or somewhere in it. The title could be "Beginning Government Information Competencies: U.S." In the interest of moving forward, the renamed document could serve as a model for the other sections to follow with similar competencies. Another alternative would be to add a sentence in the first paragraph to specify U.S. government documents only.
The committee suggested sharing the draft competencies document with Steering, asking for their advice, and letting them know a revised version is coming soon.
Committee members felt the competencies document should link to other principles already in existence on the Wiki and drop the "Present Principles" section.
Once the competencies have been revised, Linda will post the draft competencies on ALA Connect for the rest of GODORT Education Committee.
2009 Midwinter
A. Competencies for Government Information Specialists
The committee discussed the next steps in the Competencies project. There were 140 responses to the survey sent out in fall 2008. In drafting the competencies, there will need to be several tiers based on audience: general reference librarians, new government information specialists, and experienced government information specialists. Competencies should include general skills and philosophical concepts (e.g., awareness of governmental changes) and provide an updateable list of recommended tools and resources.
The intent of the Competencies project was addressed again in discussion. There is not a clear consensus whether or not the intent is to create competencies for certification, or for self-assessment and general guidance to information professionals.
In the discussion, it was noted that local needs vary greatly, which would affect any recommended resources to be familiar with. Survey responses on recommended tools will need to be distilled into larger competencies/skill sets. It was determined that it was worthwhile to continue with the project, but competencies must be general (given differences in local staffing and services), and that they must not focus on federal government information.
The committee will use Google Docs to create a beginning draft of the competencies, with a portion available for review at ALA Annual 2009.
Annual 2008
A. Competencies for Government Information Specialists
The survey to assess competencies for new government information specialists, along with an explanatory letter, is ready to send to library school and government information-related Listservs. The survey will be sent in late September and responses will be due two weeks later. The following suggestions were made: • To use the list "Library Schools with Government Information Courses" (linked from the Committee's webpage) to identify e-mails of library school Listservs. • To send to the FEDLIB-L Listserv. (Kathy Brazee offered to forward it on if needed) • To add a statement to the letter noting which Listservs it has been sent to, and asking to please forward it to anyone else who might be interested. • To add a note to the letter that results will be posted to the ALA Wiki by a certain date. • To incorporate a place to mention other important resources that weren't included in the survey. e.g. "What other competencies have not been addressed in this survey?"
Midwinter 2008
A. Competencies for Government Information Specialists A subcommittee, led by Linda Spiro and including Hui Hua Chua, Brett Cloyd, Suzanne Sears, and Annie Young, have been working on this task. They clarified the goal for the Competencies document as: identify basic competencies for new documents librarians and inform non-documents reference librarians about the most important sources related to government information.
The subcommittee decided to distribute the survey to determine competencies to librarians who have been working with documents for at least five years as well as to SLIS professors who teach documents courses. Specifically, it will be circulated to GOVDOC-L, SLA's Government Information Division, Federal and Armed Forces Libraries Round Table, law librarian groups, and SLIS Listservs. Brett Cloyd and Jim Church will work on questions for International Documents Competencies to add to the survey. Because of the diversity of state and local resources, these will not be covered in the survey, but will be included in the Competencies document.
Since years of experience will be asked in a survey question, the decision was made not to limit the survey to librarians who have more than five years professional experience with government documents. The group also decided to change the survey language and target audience from librarians to library staff to include all those who may be documents experts.
Once the changes have been made, Linda will e-mail the survey to the committee. E-mail Linda (email@example.com) with any suggestions. The goal is to have the survey completed by Annual.
Summer 2007
C. Competencies for Government Information Specialists
Questions that continue to need answers are: Will these be at our level or at the ALA level? What are our exact goals and objectives? We have potential partners such as MAGERT interested in what we are doing. Valery and Linda put together a sample survey and some basic questions to get discussion started (handout). Bill Olbrich suggested piggybacking these questions with the forthcoming GODORT survey. Judith said that could work if we get enough real estate to ask all the questions we need. Anyone who is interested in working on competencies should contact Jennie, as Valery (who was heading this workgroup) is leaving the committee.


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Discovering Pythagorean Triples
The Pythagorean Theorem is certainly one of the most famous theorems in all of mathematics. Mathematicians and lay people alike have studied it for centuries, and people have proved it in many different ways. (Even President James Garfield was credited with a new, original proof.) So without further ado, here it is:
The Pythagorean Theorem: The sum of the squares of the legs (the two shortest sides) of a right triangle is equal to the square of the hypotenuse (the longest side).
If you pick any old numbers for two of the sides of a right triangle, the third side usually ends up being irrational — you know, the square root of something. For example, if the legs are 5 and 8, the hypotenuse ends up being the square root of 89, or approximately 9.43398 . . . (the decimal goes on forever without repeating). And if you pick whole numbers for the hypotenuse and one of the legs, the other leg usually winds up being the square root of something.
When this doesn't happen — namely, when all three sides are whole numbers — you have a Pythagorean triple.
Pythagorean Triple: A Pythagorean triple (like 3-4-5) is a set of three whole numbers that work in the Pythagorean Theorem and can thus be used for the three sides of a right triangle.
The four smallest Pythagorean triple triangles are the 3-4-5 triangle, the 5-12-13 triangle, the 7-24-25 triangle, and the 8-15-17 triangle — but infinitely more of them exist. If you're interested, one simple way to find more of them is to take any odd number, say 11, and square it — that's 121. The two consecutive numbers that add up to 121 (60 and 61) give you the two other numbers (to go with 11). So another Pythagorean triple is 11-60-61.
A family of right triangles is associated with each Pythagorean triple. For example, the 5 : 12 : 13 family consists of the 5-12-13 triangle and all other triangles of the same shape that you'd get by shrinking or blowing up the 5-12-13 triangle. Just multiply the length of each side by the same number. For example, multiply each side by 0.5 and you get a 2.5-6-6.5 triangle. Or you can quadruple each side and get a 20-48-52 triangle.
Understanding the Pythagorean triple families of triangles is important because they come up in so many right triangle problems.
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The other week I introduced you to Ruthie Stein, Friendly Planet Travel's Group Department Manager, who recently returned from a trip to Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands. When I last left you, Ruthie had just finished telling you about the two days she spent exploring Quito, Ecuador.
I'll turn the typing back over to Ruthie to give you the inside scoop on the island of Santa Cruz.
|Arriving via ferry on Santa Cruz
I departed Quito, Ecuador for the Galapagos Islands on a plane that landed in Baltra, a small island in the Galapagos. It really only consists of an airport, so from here you can take ferries to your desired island. My first stop was Santa Cruz, the second largest island in the Galapagos after Isabela.
When I got off the boat in Santa Cruz, the sun was shining and the temperature was in the mid 80s, and it stayed pretty much at this temperature during the remainder of my time there.
The first thing that became evident when I got off the boat was the respect the locals and the tourism industry have for the fragile ecosystem of the Galapagos. I can attest to the fact that I did not see one piece of trash on Santa Cruz, or any of the islands for that matter.
|Inside the Red Mangrove Aventura Lodge
I checked into my room at the Red Mangrove Aventura Lodge, which was gorgeous and is true to the photos Friendly Planet has on their website. What's special about the Red Mangrove hotels is that they are eco-friendly and are designed to blend into the natural surroundings.
They do such a good job at this that if they didn't have a blue walkway to get from one part of the lodge to the other, I might have found myself out in the mangrove!
To further prove how well it's integrated, marine iguanas were sunning themselves everywhere on the hotel's deck. And the staff had no intentions of asking them to leave — we were on their turf.
|Marine iguanas sunning themselves on the hotel's deck
The iguanas weren't alone either. Further down the deck, two sea lions made themselves right at home. When another sea lion approached, the one would bark until the other retreated. Those sea lions weren't budging.
Seeing these animals was just the tip of the iceberg. I saw dolphins, sharks, Galapagos penguins, blue-footed boobies, storks, flamingos, pelicans, finches, and more. But the animals I got to know the best on Santa Cruz were the giant Galapagos tortoises when I visited the Charles Darwin Research Station.
The Charles Darwin Foundation has its Research Station on Santa Cruz. Here there is a 600-acre private reserve where giant Galapagos tortoises freely roam, graze, and sleep. But what makes this even more unique are the great lengths the Foundation takes to protect the breeding of these indigenous animals.
|A seal taking a snooze on the dock
Hundreds of years ago when missionaries, explorers, etc., came to the Galapagos, they brought invasive species with them. These species included rats, pigs, dogs, cats, and others. They began decimating the tortoises and their habitat.
Since the Galapagos Islands are the only place where giant tortoises are indigenous, the Charles Darwin Research Station and Galapagos National Park teamed up almost 50 years ago to establish a breeding and rearing program to rebuild the giant Galapagos tortoise population.
Now every tortoise on the Galapagos Islands is fitted with a chip so the Station can monitor them. The chip not only aids in the protection of the species, it also facilitates the hatching of eggs.
When the Station is alerted to the fact that a mature female tortoise has made a nest, the location will be monitored and the eggs will be removed to prevent the nest from being invaded by predators. The eggs are carefully taken from the nest and brought back to the Station, so they can hatch in a safe environment.
|Pink flamingos taking a dip
Once the eggs hatch, the little tortoises are reared in small areas that are similar to their natural habitat until they're about two years old. During this time they're slowly introduced to the natural terrain, which includes the volcanic rock that the Galapagos Islands are made from.
When they reach the two year mark, they're transitioned to a larger area until they're about four or five years old. As they grow during this time, they're introduced to more difficult terrain and a wider variety of vegetation on which they feed.
At seven or eight years old they are released into the natural habitat of the islands. The computer chip will allow them to be monitored for the rest of their lives and to ensure the continuation of the species.
Today, about 364 giant Galapagos tortoises reside on Santa Cruz. When I was finished learning about this fascinating process, I got to meet some of the tortoises. I was able to stand near the tortoises, but no one is allowed to touch them. We were told, if they approach you, just remain still.
|Giant Galapagos tortoises at the Darwin Research Station
One lady standing close to me sat down on a rock. A very friendly, inquisitive tortoise, probably about 500 pounds, walked right up to her. It was huge! These creatures are just magnificent. It was a privilege to have the opportunity to make their acquaintance.
After my time at the reserve, I walked back to the hotel close by. Another fascinating detail about Santa Cruz is there is really only one major paved road.
In fact, there are very few paved roads anywhere on the Galapagos Islands. I believe the reason there are so few tarmac roads is because they want to maintain the natural beauty of the Islands and not disturb the ecosystem.
Some areas of the Galapagos Islands don't have any roads at all, so the locals and visitors negotiate the land via heavy-duty trucks called chivas. Much of my traveling on the Islands was done by foot, or via chiva through rough terrain, along mud-packed trails and over volcanic rock.
Now that I've visited the Galapagos, I believe we must all be totally committed to the conservation of all ecosystems, natural and urban habitats, and the well-being of all people. We must support and contribute to the preservation of the environment, scientific investigation, education, and the promotion of environmental awareness among the local communities and guests on the islands. This can only be achieved by our direct participation in the operation of sustainable tourism.


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The 35-year-old man who killed two Santa Cruz police officers before being killed himself on Tuesday was angry, distraught and likely stole the service weapons off police after he shot them dead and stole their car.
That's what Santa Cruz County Sheriff Phil Wowak said Wednesday at a news conference was a key part of his agency's investigation into why Jeremy Goulet had three weapons - and body armor - when he was found dead after a gun battle with police.
Two of those weapons, Wowak said, likely belonged to Det. Sgt. Loran "Butch" Baker and Det. Elizabeth Butler, who were both killed about 3:30 p.m. as they were following up on a sexual assault allegation against Goulet in the 800 block of North Branciforte Avenue.They died at Goulet's doorstep. Wowak said Wednesday that both officers had been "disarmed."
Still, Wowak said the matter needed to be investigated. The Santa Cruz Sentinel reported that Goulet owned a .40-caliber semi-automatic Sig Sauer and a Baretta and another gun that wasn't identified.
Wowak also said that after Goulet killed the two officers on his doorstep, he then stole Baker's car and hid in the neighborhood while a massive dragnet that included the FBI, the sheriff's department, as well as Capitola, Watsonville and Scotts Valley police departments and the California Highway Patrol searched for him.
They found Goulet on Doyle Street. That's where teams of officers shot and killed him in hail of gunfire.
The in-the-line-of-duty police deaths are the first for the city of Santa Cruz.
"They were just doing their jobs," Wowak said. "They had done this thousands of times. There should be no second guessing what they had been doing."
Wowak described Goulet, a barista at a harbor coffee shop who had been recently fired over sexual assault allegations, as "destructive in nature," and "unhappy in life," who was either "suicidal or homicidal." He also said Goulet had been arrested twice in the last week for being drunk in public.
His father, Ronald Goulet, told the Associated Press that his son had numerous run-ins with the law.
Indeed, Goulet was found guilty in 2008 of peeping at a woman while she showered in Portland, Ore., and also convicted of carrying a gun without a permit.
The Santa Cruz Sentinel reported he was arrested last week for disorderly conduct, and was fired Saturday from his job as a barista at a harbor coffee shop.
Goulet apparently broke into a co-worker's house on Friday and made inappropriate sexual advances toward her, according to a coffee shop employee who spoke to the paper. He was fired from the coffee shop on Saturday, the newspaper reported.
The female barista filed a police report and talked to police as late as Tuesday afternoon. That may have been what sent investigators back to Goulet's residence Tuesday.
Goulet used to live in Berkeley with his twin brother for about a year, according to a former neighbor, Alicia Morrison. She said she used to house sit for the brothers who would sometimes get into "pretty violent fights."
"I had no idea he would be gun violent even violent in general," she said. "I thought he was just a peeper, just a little peeper creeper not an actual violent person."
Goulet also once worked at Cole Coffee in Oakland, where the owner said he was fired after six months for not following company policies.
Because of the tragedy, all Santa Cruz police officers were off work Wednesday. The city was protected by the sheriff's office and the CHAP. Churches opened their doors, schools flew their flags and half staff, and countless people stopped by City Hall to place flowers and candles at a growing memorial for the slain officers.
Baker had been with the department for 28 years and leaves behind a wife, Kelly, two daughters, Gillian and Ashley, and a son, Adam, who works for the department as a community service officer.
Butler leaves her partner, Peter, and two young sons. She had carved out a niche in sexual assaults, Santa Cruz Police Chief Kevin Vigil said. She grew up in Laos Angel es and graduated from CU Santa Cruz, where she earned a degree in community studies.
The city was trying to do its best in the wake of such grief.
As Santa Cruz County Supervisor Zach Friend said: "There is nothing good about this morning. We lost our dear friends yesterday. We lost two community heroes."
The sheriff is asking any member of the public who may have video or photos of either the initial shooting of the officers or the shootout with the suspect to email: firstname.lastname@example.com or call 831-454-2311.
Related stories:
Santa Cruz Suspect's Dad: He Was a Ticking Time Bomb
"Darkest Day" For Santa Cruz, Two Officers Killed
Two Santa Cruz Police Officers Killed
Santa Cruz Neighbor Records Shootout on Video
Slain Santa Cruz Police Officers Remembered
NBC Bay Area's Jodi Hernandez contributed to this report.


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This spring's Mizuno apparel line is paying homage to the brand's Japanese heritage. The company has added a small, subtle graphic representing the Japanese islands (shown at right) on most of its spring collection. The bottom image is a symbol for the god of war, to empower you as you head into your run. The kanji in the middle hexagon is the Japanese symbol for "run." The Runbird above these symbols lets you rock your Mizuno pride.
Mizuno has also included elements of Ekiden racing style in some of their running shirts, such as the Mizuno Creation Singlet. During an Ekiden race (a long distance relay race that originated in Japan) each competitor hands off a sash, or tasuki, to their teammate when they finish their leg of the race. The contrast-color details on select Mizuno running shirts represent the sash worn by Ekiden competitors.
Ready to run with Mizuno? Take a look at a few of our favorites from the spring lineup:
Aero Singlet
The Mizuno Aero Singlet is lightweight, fast and ultra breathable. Sleeveless construction allows for optimal range of motion, and flatlock seamlines prevent chafing. Burnout mesh detail on the chest and back display the god of war symbol, to get you charged up for your next run.
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I'm using the stock email on Android 3.1 (ASUS Transformer) and I've configured my corporate email.
I need to know if it's possible to change the font used when creating or replying to emails. The font used, whilst nice enough, is a little too large.
Whats worse is when I view those sent emails in Windows 7/Outlook 2010, it gets rendered as Times New Roman.


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Oriental NC riverfront real estate is perfect for fishing enthusiasts or sailors; along with anyone seeking life on the water. Located on the Inner Banks of North Carolina and along the shores of the Neuse River and the Intracoastal Waterway, Oriental NC is just a few nautical miles away from the Pamlico Sound. Beth Frazer & Associates, Inc. is here to show you vacation rentals in Oriental NC so that you don't miss out on any of this amazing local scenery. Our riverfront rentals are just a few miles away from popular, year-round children's camps that include Camp Sea Gull, Camp Seafarer, Camp Don Lee and Camp Caroline. Contact Beth Frazer & Associates, Inc. for more information on vacation real estate in Oriental NC, and let your children take advantage of these great camps.
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Fujitsu Releases Notebook with Carbon Offset Plan
Just recently, Fujitsu released a new notebook in Japan that's the first of its type to participate in the country's Green Power Certification System. Fujitsu's FMV-BIBLO LOOX U/C50N Eco model was included in the company's Japanese web site catalogue before April 21, with the promise of being green. Usually, a laptop claiming to be eco-friendly would mean parts made out of renewable materials or energy efficiency. The FMV-BIBLO LOOX U/C50N does meet Energy Star standards (and hence, is energy efficient), but other than that, Fujitsu would also be held responsible for purchasing offset credits for the energy the notebook will use during its lifespan under Japan's Green Power Certification System.
According to the product's press release, Fujitsu would purchase offset credits from the Japan Natural Energy Company (a company that produces electricity from solar and wind energy as well as biomass feedstock) for an equivalent of 18 kg of CO2 emissions. That figure was derived from an extrapolated electric consumption that spans 240 days of operation over the course of four years. While seemingly an attractive deal, further investigation by Fred Pearce of Guardian UK revealed a flaw in the whole scheme. There are reportedly two versions of the same device being sold in Japan - this Eco version in question and an ordinary version. They have identical specs, sans the Earth graphic on top of this Eco iteration.
Now the bad part - Pearce claims the Eco version costs a $52 premium on top of the regular version's $1,176 price point. Not only are you paying for it, you're paying a lot more for 18 kg of carbon offset than you would buying credits on your own (around 23,000 percent more compared to Oxford-based Climate Care's prices, according to Pearce). Since the whole carbon offset system was based off of Japan's Green Power Certification, I highly doubt it would be duplicated in other countries, although we wouldn't know for sure for quite a while due to the lack of immediate international release plans.


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Ok, I admit it, back in middle and high school, I was one of those geeky kids that enjoyed competing in Forensics. And, as you might of guessed, the category that I excelled in most was Storytelling. So really when you think about it, it's not very ironic that today I own a successful PR business that is centered around effectively conveying my clients' stories to the media and in social media. It's something that's always come pretty natural to me but that's not always the case for every PR/Marketing professional out there.
I found this article this morning in Adweek and thought I should really share it. http://www.adweek.com/socialtimes/8-ways-to-become-a-better-storyteller-through-social-media/614117
So many companies are making the mistake of having their social media posts look like ads when in reality they should be telling stories to engage their customers in their brands. Last year, when my client, Wilderness Resort, was opening seven new attractions/amenities, we used their social media channels to tell the resort's construction stories. We would regularly post pictures of what was going on behind the construction barricades, and tell the resort's guests fun information about all of the construction projects. The results were amazing! Guests didn't see the resort's construction as a nuisance. They were excited by it and seldom complained about it. And, every time we announced a new amenity was opening on social media, we would host a contest with giveaway that would generate an abundance of posts by guests who were so excited to come and experience it.
What's your company's story and how can you tell it in a captivating way? You owe to your company to find out.


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The Twins are two women that appear in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City. One of The Twins, Stella, makes an appearance in a short cutscene in the back room of the Pole Position strip club as a stripper, after the player spends $300 on a dance on the first dancer made available to the player. The other, Bella, appears as a bartender at the Malibu Club and replaces the lady with a Stubby Shotgun after Tommy Vercetti purchases the club.
- One of The Twins are on the cover of the game box art as well as the game disc, and in loading screens of the 10th Anniversary edition.
- They both are featured on the back of the original Playstation 2 game manual standing behind Ricardo Diaz being referred to as Diaz companions known only as the Twins, although they never appear in the game with him.
- Their names are never revealed in the game but Rockstar called them Bella and Stella when working on the game. Stella is the one who works in the Pole Position strip club and Bella is the bartender at the Malibu Club.
- Although they wear pink bikinis in concept artwork (white in 10th Anniversary artwork), in the game they both wear Cowboy hats, Boots, Pasties, Thongs and Strings holding money around their thighs.
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A woman found a 3-foot python in her apartment Monday night on Chicago's South Side.
Police were called to the Englewood neighborhood home in the 6500 block of South Normal just after 10 p.m. after the woman said she found the massive python in her bathroom.
It is the fourth time a snake has invaded her apartment, police said. Residents say an old neighbor in the building used to breed the animals, and some believe some may have been left behind.
This time the python was discovered wrapped around the shower curtain, the woman said.
Chicago Animal Care and Control were dispatched to the apartment and were able to capture the snake, which was reported to be harmless, police said.


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Peggy Bannenberg Jewellery
Discipline: 3D print design
Since 2009 Peggy Bannenberg is using 3D printing to make her jewellery. The printing technology makes it possible to create new forms that otherwise cannot be reproduced and opens new ways for innovative jewellery design. 3D drawings can be printed in nylon that with its properties like flexibility, colour, strength, weight and surface texture is very suitable to wear. But other materials can be printed as well: titanium, steel, silver and a biological plastic that is used by her own printer.
Recently (June, 2013) Peggy Bannenberg was awarded with the Eunique Award from the European Crafts Council in Karlsruhe out of 350 participants. The jury reported: 'A well-managed symbioses between tradition and innovation. By using 3D printing a machine of the future is deployed. This way she developed a surprising new idiom for her jewellery.'
Duo-bracelet (12*)
The Duo-bracelet consists of 2 identical parts and this way it is possible to put 2 colours together. Nylon comes out of the machine in a natural white colour and can be dyed afterwards. But then you will always end up with a uniform colour. The Duo-bracelet makes it possible to mix colours; with an extra halve you can make 3 different combinations.
Material: nylon
Price: € 55,- half a bracelet
€ 150,- for 3 half a bracelets.
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The Duo-ring can make colour combinations in nylon just like the bracelet. But it is also possible to combine them with metal: silver or plated brass. The metal parts are also 3D printed.
Material: nylon / silver / plated brass
Price half a ring: nylon € 17,50
Silver, gold plated brass: € 160,-
Cubes-necklace and ring (14*)
The Cubes-necklace and ring are build up by interlinking cubes that come out of the printers as a whole. The process of 3D printing in nylon starts with a powder and the build is supported by the powder.


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ATLANTA BALTIMORE BIRMINGHAM BOSTON BUFFALO CHARLOTTE CHICAGO CINCINNATI CLEVELAND DALLAS DENVER DETROIT JACKSONVILLE KANSAS CITY LOS ANGELES MINNEAPOLIS NEWARK NEW ORLEANS NEW YORK PHILADELPHIA PITTSBURGH HASKINS & SELLS CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS BULLETIN EXECUTIVE OFFICES 15 BROAD STREET. NEW YORK PORTLAND PROVIDENCE SAINT LOUIS SALT LAKE CITY SAN DIEGO SAN FRANCISCO SEATTLE TULSA WATERTOWN BERLIN LONDON MANILA PARIS SHANGHAI HAVANA MEXICO CITY MONTREAL VOL. XII NEW YORK, JUNE, 1929 No. 6 Speculation and Speculators THE more one thinks about the present financial situation, the more confusing it becomes. Conflicting views are advanced by various parties, some whose reasons are patent; others whose interest is academic. Individual views, considered separately, may appear to have sufficient strength of logic to dominate the course of reasoning. When these views are considered in relation to the whole situation, they may lose much of their force. Such is the plight of "speculation," now so frequently and widely discussed. Speculation, as used in connection with securities, connotes risk. A speculative investment is one involving risk, but nevertheless one inspired by hope of gain. A speculative investment lacks the assurance of profit. There is no promise of income. In fact, the chances are that there will be no income, at least for some substantial period. The reward, if it comes, will be in the form of increased value. A principal transaction ultimately will be the means by which any profit is extracted. The aircraft industry is a speculative industry. Investments in securities of aircraft companies are speculative investments. There will be hundreds, perhaps thousands, of companies organized to build aircraft and aircraft equipment. Most of them will fall by the wayside and millions of dollars will be lost. Out of the milling process will emerge a few companies in whose hands will rest the aircraft business of the country. The radio field offers another analogy. Various and sundry amateurs will be moved to enter the business by hope of fortune. The savings of friends and relatives will be borrowed for the enterprises. Business men, with what they believe to be a genius for organization, will put together companies and attempt to exploit inventions. Crash after crash will resound through the land, interspersed with the wailings of widows and orphans whose inheritances have been swept into oblivion. But finally, radio, television, and what not, will bring some modern wonder of which Bellamy, projecting his imagination a hundred years into the future, never dreamed. The capital for the companies which will carry on these enterprises will be furnished by investors. They will be speculative investors, whether they know it or not. Advancement in new and unexplored fields depends upon the risk which investors are willing to take. If those who take such risk are speculators, if the development of these enterprises is speculation, industrial progress depends upon speculation, and those who furnish funds for the exploitation of new fields are speculators.
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FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) -- Deutsche Post AG will close all of its DHL Express service centers in the U.S., cut 9,500 jobs there and eliminate U.S.-only domestic express shipping by land and air, the company said Monday, citing heavy losses and fierce competition.
The Bonn-based company said the new round of cuts are on top of another 5,400 job cuts it already announced and blamed heavy losses at the unit, which competes with rivals UPS Inc. and FedEx Corp.
Deutsche Post investors cheered the decision, sending the company's shares up 7 percent to 10 euros ($12.90) in Frankfurt trading.
The cuts are part of a wider plan to curtail operations in the U.S., including domestic ground and delivery services though its international shipping to and from the U.S. would continue. The Express unit currently employs some 18,000 workers.
However, Deutsche Post said the U.S. remained a key market and that its other operations there, including freight and global mail and other logistics, won't be affected by the closings.
Deutsche Post's U.S. logistics unit employs more than 25,000 workers in the U.S.
Part of the plan calls for the halt to domestic shipping by Jan. 30, the company said after it closes all of its ground hubs and reduces the number of service centers from 412 to 103 across the U.S.
At a press conference, company officials, including chief financial officer John Allan said the job cuts and location closures would be "clear across the country," without being more specific.
"The retained U.S. international Express network with a total of 3,000 to 4,000 employees will be tailored to the needs of the group's international Express service customers," the company said in a statement. "All international shipments into the U.S. will still be delivered, while 99 percent of the outbound shipments will be picked up."
It wasn't immediately clear how Deutsche Post's decision might affect a proposed collaboration announced in May between DHL and Atlanta-based UPS in which UPS would carry some air packages for DHL. The deal, if completed as initially proposed, could last up to 10 years and infuse up to $1 billion in annual revenue for UPS.
UPS has said the contract, which it has been working to finalize, would mostly involve the transport of DHL packages between airports in North America -- not the pickup or delivery of DHL packages to customers.
A person familiar with UPS' talks with DHL said Friday that if DHL made significant cuts to its ground operations in the U.S., it wouldn't necessarily affect UPS and DHL reaching a deal since their talks have solely involved air delivery of packages, not ground delivery. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the talks.
A spokesman for UPS said Monday the company would have to review Deutsche Post's statement before commenting.
Deutsche Post's decision is expected to reduce operating costs at the U.S. Express unit from $5.4 billion (4.2 billion euros) to less than $1 billion (770 million euros).
"The international Express offering in the U.S. will be maintained on today's levels and the region will remain an integral part of DHL's global Express network," the company added.
Deutsche Post said it expects to spend another $1.9 billion (1.5 billion euros) on the restructuring, bringing the cost to $3.9 billion (3 billion euros) over two years. Most of that will be booked this year.
Because of the restructuring, Deutsche Post said the total losses at its U.S. Express business would reach $1.5 billion (1.2 billion euros) for the year.
The decision was announced as Deutsche Post said its third-quarter net profit more than doubled to 805 million euros ($1 billion) compared with 350 million euros a year earlier. Sales rose 4.1 percent to nearly 14 billion euros ($18 billion).


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Happy Monday, everyone! Can you believe it's December? All of a sudden the holidays are happening. I kicked off the season this weekend by heading to the Boston Ballet to see The Nutcracker (fabulous - a must see), and even got in a little Christmas shopping (OK, very little). Like many of you, I'm searching for the perfect gift for my friends and family - but it can be so difficult to select the perfect item! Where do you find your holiday giving inspiration? What are some of the best gifts you've given?
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That dress is divine! Love the bright pattern; it looks so cheery!ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks! They make it in a bunch of colors :)Delete
Super cute dress! I cant wait to see the new Nutcracker..going Dec 28th!ReplyDeleteReplies
Jaime, you are going to love it! The new costumes and sets are breathtaking!Delete
love the colored tights with this look! you wear them so well!ReplyDelete
I really love these burgundy tights, too. And from Penney's no less!Delete
Great outfit! You look super cute :) I want that dress ..wonder if it comes in black or brown.ReplyDelete
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JACKSONVILLE, Fla., Oct. 7 (UPI) -- Jay Cutler's two touchdown passes Sunday helped the Chicago Bears log their third straight victory, a 41-3 rout of Jacksonville.
Cutler finished 23-of-39 passing for 292 yards and an interception. His prime target was Brandon Marshall, who hauled down 12 passes for 144 yards and a score.
Matt Forte racked up 107 yards on 22 carries for the Bears (4-1).
The Jaguars (1-4) were led by Blaine Gabbert, who managed just 142 aerial yards and was picked off twice.
Maurice Jones-Drew led Jacksonville rushers with 56 yards on 12 carries.


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SAO PAULO — Without even setting foot in Brazil, Twitter attracted 40 million subscribers in this social network-obsessed nation.
Now the U.S. company is planning to open an office in Sao Paulo to cash in on that growth in a bustling market where rival Facebook has already set up shop.
"We believe our new office in Brazil will allow us to get closer to the users and show the value of our platform," the company's new country manager for Brazil, Guilherme Ribenboim, told Reuters in a recent interview.
"Brazil has rather mature Internet and advertisement markets. Our audience is very big and active," he said. "We are going to try to monetize it."
Brazil is already Twitter's second-biggest market after the United States in terms of accounts and ranks fifth by usage, ac cording to the Paris-based market intelligence firm Semiocast.
The world's sixth-largest economy, Brazil boasts a swelling middle class, which along with low Internet penetration has already lured other U.S. technology giants such as Facebook, Netflix (NFLX) and Amazon.
All face the same challenge: how to turn huge audiences into profit.
Twitter, a privately held company valued at more than $8 billion, has at least two other good reasons to be in Brazil: the 2014 World Cup and the 2016 Olympic Games.
The social network hit a record 150 million messages during the London Games last year, displaying its business potential through hefty advertising contracts and unprecedented integration with TV networks.
"The World Cup and the Olympic Games offer huge opportunities to leverage and show the potential of Twitter," said Ribenboim, 40, a former Yahoo! (YHOO) VP for Latin America.
"It is already happening. We are talking (to advertisers) looking for opportunities, strategies."
Although the number of accounts almost doubled over the last year, usage is growing slowly in Brazil.
Analysts say that's probably due to Facebook's viral expansion in Brazil, where its interactive platform is seen as more attractive than Twitter's 140-character messages.
Ribenboim said the future battle for Brazil will be weighed over the air waves.
Currently just one third of the Brazil's tweets are posted from mobile devices, half of the volume in the United States. But that is likely to change soon as the nation's emerging middle class comes online through their new smartphones.


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International Animal Health Standards Services
Successful competition of US animals and animal products within the global marketplace requires participation in the activities of the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE). The United States, through its International Animal Health Standards Team, actively participates in helping shape the draft Animal Health standards proposed by the OIE.
What is the role of the OIE?
The World Trade Organization recognizes the OIE as the body for setting animal health standards. The major functions of the OIE are to collect and disseminate information on the distribution and occurrence of animal diseases and to ensure that scientifically based standards govern international trade in animals and animal products. The OIE helps to achieve this through the development and revision of international standards for diagnostic tests and vaccines, and for the safe trade of animals and animal products.
OIE Specialist Commissions and Working Groups undertake the initial analysis and preparation of draft standards which are then circulated to Member Countries for review and comment. Draft standards are revised accordingly and then presented for adoption to the International Committee at the annual General Session of the OIE.
The OIE has five Regional Commissions to address specific problems facing its Members in the different regions of the world. The United States is a member of the Regional Commission of the Americas.
What is the role of Veterinary Services?
The Deputy Administrator of Veterinary Services (VS), as the Chief Veterinary Officer (CVO) is charged with managing U.S. animal health standard-setting activities related to the OIE. The CVO coordinates the U.S. comments to animal health standards proposed for adoption or for consideration by OIE.
Generally, if a country has concerns with a particular draft standard and supports those concerns with sound technical information, the pertinent Specialist Commission will revise that standard accordingly and present the revised draft for adoption at the General Session in May. In the event that a country's concerns regarding a draft standard are not taken into account, that country may refuse to support the standard when it comes up for adoption at the General Session.
While it is the intent of the United States to support adoption of international standards -- and to participate actively and fully in their development -- it should be recognized that the U.S. position on a specific draft standard would depend on the acceptability and technical merit of the final draft.
The draft proposals on this site will come from the following OIE Specialist Commissions:
Chapters for comment are offered in Portable Document Format (pdf) and Rich Text Format (rtf). You will need to install the Acrobat Reader to view and then print the pdf files. This reader is available for free from Adobe. The Rich Text Format files must be downloaded and saved to a disk or your hard drive. These files can be opened with Microsoft Word or Windows Wordpad.


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Fly Fishing with Lee Powers in Delaware
So Fly: Fooling fish with feather and fur
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With the classic 10 o'clock to 2 o'clock casting motion, Lee Powers sends the green line shooting from his 12½-foot, two-handed fly rod, depositing the fly—something called a Chernobyl ant—75 feet from shore. It lands soft and pretty—like a dish served with exquisite presentation by a master chef—on the rippling water of Brandywine Creek.
We are a hundred yards below the post office at Breck's Mill on a bright September Saturday morning. The 33-year-old Powers, wearing shorts and knee-high boots, has clambered down the rocky bank to streamside. Moments earlier, he had stripped the line from my reel, replacing it with heavier line he took from the array of gear he keeps in the trunk of his car. Then he attached a fly called a sneaky Pete to my leader while commenting with gentle authority that my 7 ½-foot rod was inadequate for the mighty Brandywine. And, in fact, my puny casts are falling far short of his.
We fish for an hour or so and catch nothing, but it doesn't matter; we are on a beautiful stream on a gorgeous summer day and we have fly rods in our hands.
We went to Breck's Mill so that Powers could give me some tips on catching fish with flies—lures made of fur, feathers and sometimes foam tied to the tiniest of hooks. I have been fly-fishing casually since high school, and have had modest success in catching brown, rainbow and brook trout. But when it comes to skill and devotion to the sport, Powers is Derek Jeter and I am the Yankees batboy.
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WORCESTER � Police have confirmed that a bomb found affixed to a vehicle outside a Barclay Street home Friday was an active device, adding concerns to officials who have seen an increase in violence in the city in the span of a few days.
The bomb was found around 10 a.m. on a vehicle parked in the driveway at 43 Barclay St. The same address where shots were heard earlier that morning. Police were never called, but ShotSpotter, the city's gunshot detection system, alerted police. They found bullet holes in the front of the house.
The state police bomb squad, federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agents, Worcester police Arson Squad, detectives and a bomb dog were called to the scene. The device was deactivated using a water cannon.
"The device takes violence to a different level," Police Chief Gary J. Gemme said.
The investigation into the pipe bomb is ongoing. Chief Gemme called seeing a pipe bomb in the city an "unusual situation."
In less than a week, four people have been shot in two incidents in the city. By comparison, four people were shot in the first three months of last year.
Police have responded to the shooting violence in the areas of West Boylston Drive and the Grafton Hill/Union Hill area with 24-hour patrols by investigators. These specialized patrols are an added layer to the already present patrol officers.
Investigators also believe some of the violence leaking into neighborhoods that rarely see that kind of activity could be linked to conflicts occurring at the mall carnival recently. Police officials would not disclose which incidents could have the possible link to incidents at the Fiesta Shows Carnival in the Greendale Mall parking lot.
There was already a fight there involving a group of young men. One of them had a knife. Police arrested a group of teens.
"We believe there is a nexus between the activity at the Greendale Mall and incidents that have occurred in other areas of the city," Chief Gemme said. "Some conflicts are occurring at the carnival and spilling over into the neighborhoods."
There are paid police details at the carnival and security there. Chief Gemme said rival gang members or people who have issues could have run into each other at that location, causing problems.
The most recent shootings occurred Saturday on Suffield Street, where two men were found with non-life-threatening gunshot wounds. The men, ages 20 and 32, were allegedly shot by a man who approached them outside on the street and began shooting around 4:30 p.m.
Two teens, ages 16 and 17, were shot around 9 p.m. Tuesday on West Boylston Drive. Their injuries were not life-threatening.
"We've had a real spike in violence and violence related incidents," Police Chief Gary J. Gemme said. "The spike in gun violence is an immediate concern because an innocent person could become a victim."
While the city has seen a decrease in many quality-of-life crimes such as robberies and break-ins, the increase in violence has police responding quickly to try to stop the rising trend.
The city and police designated the Grafton Hill/Union Hill area a Community Policing District and put resources in those areas to help clear drugs and nuisance issues from the neighborhoods. The West Boylston Drive area has been designated a Tactical Response Area for now, giving the area an increase in police presence.
Police will continue to focus on individuals involved in violent crime. Chief Gemme said his department has seen more guns on the streets and the age of victims getting younger, which could make the issue more difficult to control, he said.
"We've identified a couple issues," Chief Gemme said. "Our officers are taking more guns off of the streets, and based on the intelligence we are gathering we are finding that there are more guns on the streets."
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Source: IMF Survey : Volume 29, Issue 22
Volume/Issue: 29/22
Series: IMF Survey
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 January 2000
Keywords: transition countries, transition economies, current account, current account deficits, external debt
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Tuesday, 8 April 2008
Here comes the sun
9 comments:
- Luxe. said...
I love this picture and that song is forever in my head at this time of year!
- 9 April 2008 at 00:40
- Raining Hats and Clogs said...
this makes me so happy and excited for summer. beautiful.
- 9 April 2008 at 04:00
- lady coveted said...
what a beautiful polariod. i'm going to miss that medium.
- 9 April 2008 at 10:44
- hannah said...
that is a really gorgeous photo. i love it.
- 9 April 2008 at 15:04
- Mila said...
Wow, this is so gorgeous!! It makes me really happy. Thanks for that. :)
I've been thinking about buying a polaroid camera myself for days now, but the fact that the films are rare and expensive makes me doubt.
Is it true that you can also put othet film in for example in an sx 70 landcamera?
Oh and what ind of camera do you use to make these polaroids?
Sorry for all the questions, but i am so in love with polaroids! :)
Maybe you want to answer me on my blog?? Thanks!
X Mila.
- 9 April 2008 at 19:11
- K. Eliot Fung said...
dumb question but where are those shoes from??
- 9 April 2008 at 22:28
- Allure said...
^I didn't took the pic, so I don't know. Sorry!
- 9 April 2008 at 22:30
This is beautiful... such inspiration for my new lomography camera! x
- 13 April 2008 at 11:14
- elins said...
and soon the spring and hopefully summer's not too far away! the picture is beautiful, i love the kneesocks (?).
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A distributed database system allows applications to access data from local and remote databases. In a homogenous distributed database system, each database is an Oracle Database. In a heterogeneous distributed database system, at least one of the databases is not an Oracle Database. Distributed databases use a client/server architecture to process information requests.
This section contains the following topics:
A homogenous distributed database system is a network of two or more Oracle Databases that reside on one or more machines. Figure 29-1 illustrates a distributed system that connects three databases:
mfg, and
sales. An application can simultaneously access or modify the data in several databases in a single distributed environment. For example, a single query from a Manufacturing client on local database
mfg can retrieve joined data from the
products table on the local database and the
dept table on the remote
hq database.
For a client application, the location and platform of the databases are transparent. You can also create synonyms for remote objects in the distributed system so that users can access them with the same syntax as local objects. For example, if you are connected to database
mfg but want to access data on database
hq, creating a synonym on
mfg for the remote
dept table enables you to issue this query:
SELECT * FROM dept;
In this way, a distributed system gives the appearance of native data access. Users on
mfg do not have to know that the data they access resides on remote databases.
Figure 29-1 Homogeneous Distributed Database
An Oracle Database distributed database system can incorporate Oracle Databases of different versions. All supported releases of Oracle Database can participate in a distributed database system. Nevertheless, the applications that work with the distributed database must understand the functionality that is available at each node in the system. A distributed database application cannot expect an Oracle7 database to understand the SQL extensions that are only available with Oracle Database.
The terms distributed database and distributed processing are closely related, yet have distinct meanings. There definitions are as follows:
Distributed database
A set of databases in a distributed system that can appear to applications as a single data source.
Distributed processing
The operations that occurs when an application distributes its tasks among different computers in a network. For example, a database application typically distributes front-end presentation tasks to client computers and allows a back-end database server to manage shared access to a database. Consequently, a distributed database application processing system is more commonly referred to as a client/server database application system.
Distributed database systems employ a distributed processing architecture. For example, an Oracle Database server acts as a client when it requests data that another Oracle Database server manages.
The terms distributed database system and database replication are related, yet distinct. In a pure (that is, not replicated) distributed database, the system manages a single copy of all data and supporting database objects. Typically, distributed database applications use distributed transactions to access both local and remote data and modify the global database in real-time.
Note:This book discusses only pure distributed databases.
The term replication refers to the operation of copying and maintaining database objects in multiple databases belonging to a distributed system. While replication relies on distributed database technology, database replication offers applications benefits that are not possible within a pure distributed database environment.
Most commonly, replication is used to improve local database performance and protect the availability of applications because alternate data access options exist. For example, an application may normally access a local database rather than a remote server to minimize network traffic and achieve maximum performance. Furthermore, the application can continue to function if the local server experiences a failure, but other servers with replicated data remain accessible.
See Also:
Oracle Database Advanced Replication for more information about Oracle Database replication features
Oracle Streams Concepts and Administration for information about Oracle Streams, another method of sharing information between databases
In a heterogeneous distributed database system, at least one of the databases is a non-Oracle Database system. To the application, the heterogeneous distributed database system appears as a single, local, Oracle Database. The local Oracle Database server hides the distribution and heterogeneity of the data.
The Oracle Database server accesses the non-Oracle Database system using Oracle Heterogeneous Services in conjunction with an agent. If you access the non-Oracle Database data store using an Oracle Transparent Gateway, then the agent is a system-specific application. For example, if you include a Sybase database in an Oracle Database distributed system, then you need to obtain a Sybase-specific transparent gateway so that the Oracle Database in the system can communicate with it.
Alternatively, you can use generic connectivity to access non-Oracle Database data stores so long as the non-Oracle Database system supports the ODBC or OLE DB protocols.
Note:Other than the introductory material presented in this chapter, this book does not discuss Oracle Heterogeneous Services. See Oracle Database Heterogeneous Connectivity Administrator's Guide for more detailed information about Heterogeneous Services.
Heterogeneous Services (HS) is an integrated component within the Oracle Database server and the enabling technology for the current suite of Oracle Transparent Gateway products. HS provides the common architecture and administration mechanisms for Oracle Database gateway products and other heterogeneous access facilities. Also, it provides upwardly compatible functionality for users of most of the earlier Oracle Transparent Gateway releases.
For each non-Oracle Database system that you access, Heterogeneous Services can use a transparent gateway agent to interface with the specified non-Oracle Database system. The agent is specific to the non-Oracle Database system, so each type of system requires a different agent.
The transparent gateway agent facilitates communication between Oracle Database and non-Oracle Database systems and uses the Heterogeneous Services component in the Oracle Database server. The agent executes SQL and transactional requests at the non-Oracle Database system on behalf of the Oracle Database server.
See Also:Your Oracle-supplied gateway-specific documentation for information about transparent gateways
Generic connectivity enables you to connect to non-Oracle Database data stores by using either a Heterogeneous Services ODBC agent or a Heterogeneous Services OLE DB agent. Both are included with your Oracle product as a standard feature. Any data source compatible with the ODBC or OLE DB standards can be accessed using a generic connectivity agent.
The advantage to generic connectivity is that it may not be required for you to purchase and configure a separate system-specific agent. You use an ODBC or OLE DB driver that can interface with the agent. However, some data access features are only available with transparent gateway agents.
A database server is the Oracle software managing a database, and a client is an application that requests information from a server. Each computer in a network is a node that can host one or more databases. Each node in a distributed database system can act as a client, a server, or both, depending on the situation.
In Figure 29-2, the host for the
hq database is acting as a database server when a statement is issued against its local data (for example, the second statement in each transaction issues a statement against the local
dept table), but is acting as a client when it issues a statement against remote data (for example, the first statement in each transaction is issued against the remote table
emp in the
sales database).
Figure 29-2 An Oracle Database Distributed Database System
A client can connect directly or indirectly to a database server. A direct connection occurs when a client connects to a server and accesses information from a database contained on that server. For example, if you connect to the
hq database and access the
dept table on this database as in Figure 29-2, you can issue the following:
SELECT * FROM dept;
This query is direct because you are not accessing an object on a remote database.
In contrast, an indirect connection occurs when a client connects to a server and then accesses information contained in a database on a different server. For example, if you connect to the
hq database but access the
emp table on the remote
sales database as in Figure 29-2, you can issue the following:
SELECT * FROM emp@sales;
This query is indirect because the object you are accessing is not on the database to which you are directly connected.


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Published January 13, 2015
The Phoenix Coyotes have signed center Tim Kennedy to a one-year, two-way contract.
Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
Kennedy scored two goals in 13 games with the San Jose Sharks last season, spending most of his time with Worcester of the AHL.
In parts of five NHL seasons with San Jose, Florida, and Buffalo, the 27-year-old has played in 125 regular season games, with 13 goals and 18 assists. Kennedy also has appeared in nine playoff games, with a goal and two assists.
He was originally drafted by the Washington Capitals in the sixth round in the 2005 NHL draft.


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Update: Read the final text of the 2016 Democratic Platform. Read about how Climate Hawks Vote and allies confronted Democratic leaders at the Democratic National Convention on fracking.
Fracking is a type of drilling that injects millions of gallons of hydraulic fluids — a mixture of chemicals, water and sand — into a well to create pressure that cracks open rock underground, releasing natural gas or oil. This process can deplete and contaminate local water, damage the environment and threaten public health.
The fugitive methane pollution from the hydrofracturing process is accelerating global warming. On a national scale, a growing body of scientific evidence is building that the climate benefits of switching from coal to natural gas were a total mirage, with the catastrophic Porter Ranch methane blowout the most visible and extreme example of a nationwide surge in methane leakage as a result of the domestic fracking boom promoted by the Bush and Obama administrations. Methane is a greenhouse gas that is 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide on a twenty-year timespan.
The Democratic Party needs to take a clear stand against dirty energy and for a climate-safe future - the party platform should call for an immediate moratorium on fracking everywhere.
To Debbie Wasserman Schultz, DNC Chair and Delegates of the 2016 Democratic National Convention:
Make a ban on fracking for natural gas an official plank of the 2016 Democratic Party platform.


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Adam Levine Talks About 'D—-bag' Image in GQ Interviewby Thomas Chau | PopCrush
Adam Levine knows he's been called a "d—–bag" before. He just doesn't seem to care.
In a candid interview with GQ, the Maroon 5 frontman gets honest about his public image, and digs into whether he actually is a d—–bag or not.
"Would it be really easy to assume that I was a d—–bag?" he says in the interview. "Definitely. One hundred percent. But that doesn't mean that I am." He then later adds, "Or maybe I am, I don't know."
"I'm confident," he later admits. "Some people don't like confidence. They resent confidence." But does he think he's a likable person? He admits, "I'm not the easiest person to love right off the bat, you know. If I knew everyone in the world, they would love me. Every single last f—–g one of them."
In regards to the perception and rumors that's hooked up with several Hollywood celebrities, including Lindsay Lohan, Jessica Simpson and Paris Hilton, Levine defends himself. "All of a sudden, I had money in my bank account. I hadn't had a break in a long time. And I went a little f—–g nuts. You know? I deserved to go a little bit nuts. And I had the time of my life."
But Levine does see himself turning the volume down a bit. "People change; people grow up, get more self-aware and in tune with all this s—."
As for his fiancee, Victoria's Secret model Behati Prinsloo? Levine wants people to know that he doesn't love her just because she's a model. "I don't date what the person does," he says. "I date the f—–g person. You know what I mean?


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All sessions of the VWBPE 2019 Conference are held in Second Life®. All times are in SLT (PST).
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Host: Steve Guynup (SL: SteveG), Hayfield Isovista
Description: This presentation using VRChat covers the design history of online 3D art galleries. Early work in VRML / SL and current efforts in Sansar / VRChat are covered in a design oriented discussion. Game design and early cinema history underpin the ideas presented. The presentation itself is, in a sense, an interactive 3D slideshow. 2D slides, 3D objects, 3D rooms, and 3D landscapes are sequentially dropped in front of the virtual audience who then are guided through the emergent spaces. The presentation method is simple, yet novel and worth seeing. If you would like to bring your class for a visit, let the host know.
Participants will gain a bit of history and design theory regarding the development of virtual space
Access: Participants will need a Steam Account and/or a VRChat account and either Steam or the Oculus Addon. VRChat needs to be installed: https://vrchat.com/
VRChat & Steam update often, please provide time to check. You must visit one VRChat world (such as your home) before web URLs will work. You may want to explore the space beforehand. A Steam account or Oculus Rift app may also be needed. The work is best suited to viewing with an Oculus Rift or Vive, but neither is required. PC only, no Mac version. The work exists in Unity and resolution can be adjusted pressing [ESC] while loading.
This art gallery location is open for exploration before and after the session. Additional sessions of the presentation are available by appointment. Contact steve at isovista.org
Location / web URL: http://isovista.org/liveworlds/vrportals
Choose the Isovista Classroom link
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Why Doesn't MTV Play Music Videos?
It's a burning question from music aficionados: "Why doesn't MTV play music videos anymore?"
Sketch comedy duo Brian Firenzi and Maria Carmen attempt to provide an answer in the above clip in which he plays a MTV executive and she acts as Natalie Jones, a concerned viewer in her mid-20s.
The faux exec rips into Natalie and her generation, blaming them for the downfall of music videos and pointing her to the obvious places — like YouTube — to find what she so dearly wants.
One can't help but wonder if there's truth to the biting humor, so Mashable contacted MTV for a comment.
"F**k that," an MTV spokesperson said (for real). "Natalie always has a home at MTV."


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Obama's plan to save the Senate
President Barack Obama has a plan to save the Senate's tenuous Democratic majority: Sell a populist message, try to make Obamacare work better and raise lots of cash.
And unlike previous years when Senate Democrats were mostly left to fight on their own, the White House is wasting no time coordinating its political and policy agenda with congressional leaders and vulnerable lawmakers.
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The 55-member Senate Democratic Caucus will meet with Obama on Wednesday at the White House, the first such session since October.
( PHOTOS: 10 tough Senate races for Democrats)
White House senior adviser Dan Pfeiffer and legislative director Katie Beirne Fallon have already briefed Senate leadership aides on the outlines of proposals Obama is considering for the Jan. 28 State of the Union address, and they're expected to do the same with House Democratic leadership aides.
A Republican-controlled Senate and House would be a nightmare for the president, likely reducing him to full lame-duck status as the GOP works to block what's left of his agenda, including a minimum wage hike and climate change, as official Washington looks ahead to 2016.
At a low point in the Obamacare rollout in November, at-risk Democrats visited the White House and made clear that the final two years of Obama's presidency would be a disaster if he were to lose the Senate this fall, according to attendees. Obama made clear he shared their fears about the challenges to his agenda and his nominees if Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) rises to majority leader, and he vowed to do whatever he could to keep control of the Senate, said sources familiar with the meeting.
"Particularly at a time when Washington is so polarized, if we do not have at minimum a Democratic Senate, it is very hard to see how we can make some of the advances that we need to make on work that is still undone," Obama said at a Philadelphia fundraiser that month. "And I've got three years left in this office."
( Also on POLITICO: The GOP's Obama obsession)
The electoral map this year favors the GOP, which has to win a net of six seats to take back the majority, including in red states like Montana, West Virginia, South Dakota, Louisiana, Arkansas and North Carolina.
Democrats hope messy GOP primaries in North Carolina and Georgia and McConnell's own difficult reelection will imperil the Republican drive to the majority. But the president's sagging popularity will burden Senate Democrats, particularly in red states, something the White House and top Democrats will have to grapple with as they try to use the bully pulpit against the GOP. Republicans, meanwhile, are making clear their November strategy will be all about the president.
The election-year agenda under discussion is a mix of initiatives designed to energize the Democratic base of women, students and blue-collar workers, and to attract independent voters. The aim is to highlight differences with the GOP and provide fodder for Democrats along the campaign trail — even though those measures stand little chance of winning approval in Congress.
( Also on POLITICO: Senate blocks jobless aid)
In private meetings across Capitol Hill, senior administration aides are talking about reviving proposals from the president's American Jobs Act, which was used by Democrats repeatedly in the run-up to the 2012 elections. Specifically, they plan to push manufacturing issues, college affordability measures, such as the refinancing of student loans, and a host of women's issues, including proposals they dub as "paycheck fairness" and more liberal workplace-leave policies.
The White House engagement so far ahead of the State of the Union is unusual. Lawmakers usually aren't looped in on the discussions until days before the president delivers the speech.
"The agenda that the president will present in the State of the Union will be the focus of a sustained effort over the course of the year, and we're hopeful that those on Capitol Hill who share these priorities will be similarly committed," said Josh Earnest, a White House spokesman. "I anticipate they will be."
Still, the single most important thing that Obama will do is raise money for the Democratic party committees, White House officials said.
( Also on POLITICO: Obama's pen-and-phone strategy)
He's previously shown faint interest in congressional or gubernatorial politics. In 2012, the president was running for reelection and didn't raise money for House and Senate Democrats. In 2010, as Democrats struggled with the backlash to Obamacare, the paramount concern was saving the House — which didn't happen.
But last year, Obama hosted 27 fundraisers to benefit the Democratic National Committee, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. The White House is still working on a slate of events to benefit the party committees this year, but one senior administration official said the president would be very helpful.


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Creating Keepsakes Dream Team member Joey Manwarren created this alpha sticker using the St Marie Font.
You are welcome to use this alpha on personal or commercial projects. Happy scrapping!
Recoloring the alpha is super easy in Adobe Photoshop Elements:
1. Open the desired alpha letters in Adobe Photoshop Elements.
2. Select the Magic Wand Tool from the Tools Palette (or hit W on your keyboard).
3. Click the black area of the alpha. Marching ants should appear around the black area.
4. In the Tools Palette, click on the color swatches (bottom icon in the Tools Palette), and select the new color for your alpha.
5. Click OK.
6. Hit Control D (Command D on a Mac) to stop the marching ants.
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Dell Profit Drops 31%
But Results Support View That Buyout Plan Undervalues Firm
Dell Inc. disclosed steep profit and revenue declines Tuesday, but the results were strong enough to bolster investors who say a plan to take the computer maker private undervalues the company.
For the fiscal fourth quarter ended Feb. 1, the company said profit fell 31% and revenue 11%. Still, the results were on the high end of the company's earlier forecast.


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Welcome to Watch List, where we identify five things on TV to watch while you stay at home and cram for that calculus final. Is it mathematically possible to absorb 12 weeks of knowledge into an 8-hour timeframe? If you use enough Adderall? Let me just do a quick calculation to find out. LET'S GO!
GLEE – 8:00PM (ABC) It's medley night for you Gleeks out there, as the chorus takes on terrifying mashups of some of your favorites hits, including a combo platter of "Start Me Up" and "Livin' On A Prayer," together! I find the idea of butchering both these songs to be potentially traumatic, but to COMBINE them? Ryan Murphy, you are most diabolical. Also look out for Marley's "One Love" (retrofitted for Caucasian listeners), Katy Perry's "Teenage Dream," and a medley of "Stop! In the Name of Love" and En Vogue's "Free Your Mind." And thank you again to this show for putting that last song in my head for the week. I thought I was rid of En Vogue a decade ago. ANTICIPATION: EARBLEED!
THE FASHION SHOW: ULTIMATE COLLECTION – 10:00PM (Bravo – an NBC/Universal network) Bravo has completely revamped their "Project Runway" replacement by splitting the 12 contestants into separate houses and forcing them to work in permanent teams to design entire collections and runway shows. I'm for anything that doesn't end in Gretchen Jones winning $100,000. How could you, Michael Kors? You disgust me. ANTICIPATION: OWN IT!
DIRTY JOBS – 9:00PM (Discovery) Mike helps locate an exotic deer out in Wills Point, Texas. Exotic deer? You mean the deer is Polynesian?! ANTICIPATION: EXOTIC FAUNA!
MILLIONAIRE MATCHMAKER – 9:00PM (Bravo – an NBC/Universal network) Patti tries to find soul mates for a female poker pro (She's doubling down, on love!) and a 40-year-old man who is romantically challenged. And really, what 40-year-old man ISN'T romantically challenged? Forty-year-old men have to deal with mortgages and term life insurance policies and all sorts of other middle age crises. Who has time for flowers, Missy? ANTICIPATION: PAIR OF JOKERS!
AUCTION HUNTERS – 10:00PM (Spike) Auction houses are the hot new reality property. Join the auctioneers tonight as they scavenge an old German pistol and a copper cash register. It's its own penny! ANTICIPATION: SOLD!


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at Lancaster Library every Wednesday from 11am.
Sing-along songs and rhymes with movement and actions for pre-school children from around 18 months upwards. Rhyming is more than just fun, it actually helps young children make connections between sounds and words, encouraging their language development plus the actions help develop motor skills. It will keep your toddler entertained and engaged in learning!
You might also be interested in…many of our libraries also hold regular Story Time sessions for pre-school and Baby Bounce and Rhyme.
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