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It's fun to pick the All Star Game players, even though I think some of the picks may be purely done by fans picking their favorite players over the one that would be best at that game representing either the National or American League.
With that in mind, I give you the FightinPhillies.com picks for the All Star Game 2011, remember voting ends on Thursday so get to your favorite team's site and get your vote in. Vote for your favorite Phillies here.
American League Picks:1st Base: Paul Konerko - White Sox(tough one to pick, it's really a 4 way tie)
2nd Base: Robinson Cano – Yankees
Shortstop: Asdrubal Cabrera – Indians
3rd Base: Adrian Beltre – Texas
Catcher: Alex Avila – Tigers
DH: Hideki Matsui – Athletics
Outfield: (3) Jose Bautista – Jays
Curtis Granderson – Yankees
Carlos Quentin – White Sox
National League Picks:1st Base: Prince Fielder – Brewers
2nd Base: Brandon Phillips – Reds
Shortstop: Jose Reyes – Mets
3rd Base: Placido Polanco – Phillies
Outfielders: (3) Matt Kemp – Dodgers
Ryan Braun – Brewers
Hunter Pence – Astros
That is what they ask you for on the official voting form as seen above.
Additionally they ask you to pick for the Home Run Derby Fan Poll by selecting 3 players from each league from 10 players in each league. Here are my picks:
National League Home Run Derby players:Ryan Howard
Prince Fielder
Joey Votto
American League Home run Derby players:Josh Hamilton
Mark Teixeira
Adam Dunn
Who's your picks? Tell us about them in the comments section. These All-Star Picks are done annually by all of the members of the Baseball Blogger's Alliance, which we are a member of, check out their site here.


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NETGEAR Privacy Notice
NETGEAR Inc., and its affiliates and subsidiaries (collectively, "NETGEAR" "we" "us," or "our") takes your privacy seriously. This Notice describes how we collect, use, disclose, transfer, and otherwise process the Personal Information of website visitors, consumer customers and other individuals who interact with us ("you", "yourself" or "your") It also tells you about your rights with respect to your personal information, and how you can reach us to update it or get answers to questions you may have about our privacy practices.
1. Scope
This Notice applies to NETGEAR's processing of Personal Information – that is any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person such as yourself in connection with:
(1) NETGEAR hardware products (including our routers and gateways, our ReadyNAS products and switches, and our Meural products ) ("Products"),
(2) All NETGEAR-owned websites and domains and website(s) that may be accessed at http://www.netgear.com/ and http://www.meural.com ("Sites"),
(3) services, including technical support and services accessible through the Sites ("Web Apps"),
(4) software that may be downloaded to your smartphone or tablet to access services ("Mobile Apps"), and
(5) subscription services, including services you can access using the Web Apps and Mobile Apps ("Subscription Services"), (collectively, the "Services").
Third parties may also integrate NETGEAR's Products and Services into their products and services and we are not responsible for this integration. Additional information on our privacy practices may be provided in other documents such as offer descriptions, supplemental privacy statements, or notices provided prior to or at the time of data collection.
2. Quick links
We recommend that you read this Privacy Notice in full to ensure you are fully informed. However, if you only want to access a particular section of this Privacy Notice, then you can click on the relevant link below to jump to that section.
1. Scope
2. Quick links
3. What does NETGEAR do?
4. What personal information does NETGEAR collect and why?
5. How We May Use Your Personal Information
6. How We Share Your Personal Information
7. Your Rights and Choices
8. Data Transfers
9. Privacy Shield Notice
10. Legal Basis for Processing
11. Children's Privacy
12. How We Protect Your Personal Information
13. Third Party Services
14. Update to this Notice
15. How to Contact Us
3. What does NETGEAR do?
NETGEAR is a leading provider of networking equipment, headquartered in the USA but with group companies all around the world. At NETGEAR, we turn ideas into innovative networking products that connect people, power businesses, and advance the way we live. Easy to use. Powerful. Smart. And designed just for you.
For more information about NETGEAR, please see the "About Us" section of our Site.
4. What personal information does NETGEAR collect and why?
We collect personal information relating to you in different ways:
We collect information directly from you when you provide your personal information to us via our websites, when you use our products or otherwise interact with us.
The information we collect from you depends on the nature of your interaction with us, but may include the following:
· we may ask you to provide your contact details in order to register an account with us (for example, on MyNETGEAR or Meural), to subscribe to marketing communications from us, apply for a giveaway or promotion or become a beta tester, and/or to submit inquiries to us.
· we collect user IDs, passwords, password hints and similar security information required for authentication and access to MyNETGEAR or Meural.
· we collect your credit card number when you buy a subscription to use one of our services, for shipping services related to a warranty replacement, or when you buy/license an application from the NETGEAR App Marketplace.
· we may collect demographic information such as your sex or age, your interests or hobbies so that we can understand you better and provide better services to you.
· we collect information you provide when you interact with us in-person, online, or by phone or mail with our help desks or other customer support channels, our responses to customer surveys or contests or additional information you provide to us to facilitate the delivery of our services and to respond to your inquiries.
· we may collect information that you share or post on our Sites or through our NETGEAR marked Mobile Apps or Web Apps. For example, we collect information that you post in a public space on our Sites, such as message boards and community forum.
· we may collect your business contact details in order to provide services at a business level.
· we collect your contact details and information about your professional qualifications, including your curriculum vitae and references when you apply for a job with NETGEAR
The personal information that you are asked to provide, and the reasons why you are asked to provide it, will be made clear to you at the point we ask you to provide your personal information.
We collect information from you passively
When you visit our Sites or use our Products and Services, we may collect certain information automatically from your device and App(s). In some countries, including countries in the European Economic Area, this information may be considered personal information under applicable data protection laws.
· we may also collect information about how your device has interacted with our Site, including the pages accessed and links clicked, or our products. Specifically, the information we collect automatically may include information like your IP address, device type, unique device identifiers, advertising identifiers, browser-type, broad geographic location (e.g. country or city-level location) and other technical information.
· we collect information related to the use our Products and Services and statistics about the performance of your NETGEAR device(s). This information includes IP address, device type, unique device identifiers, firmware version, configuration settings, Wifi settings, Internet speed, voltage information, storage information, error rates, App download and usage, services and feature usage, crash diagnostics, and other performance information.
Collecting this information enables us to better understand the visitors who come to our Sites and customers who use our Products and Services and what content and/or feature(s) is relevant and of interest to them. We also collect this information to provide you with the appropriate upgrade(s) and support and to improve our Products and Services.
Some of this information may be collected using cookies and similar tracking technology, as explained further under the heading "Cookies and similar tracking technology" [link] below
Third parties may also collect information using cookies. Some websites have "do not track" features that allow you to tell a website not to track you. These features are not all uniform. We do not currently respond to those signals. To learn more about our cookie policy, click here.
We collect information from third party sources and combine that information with personal information we already have so that we can provide better, more personalized services to you.
From time to time, we may receive personal information about you from third party sources such as:
· Social Media Platforms for example, if you access our Services using your Facebook account login, we may receive Personal Information about you such as your name, email address, and gender. Any Personal Information that we collect from your Facebook account may depend on your Facebook account's privacy settings.
· Online Stores, Retail Stores, Authorized Resellers, Distribution Partners if you purchase NETGEAR Products or Services from one of these partners, we may receive information about you and your purchase.
· Services partners with whom we offer co-branded services such as security and parental control software, or engage in joint marketing activities.
· Marketing partners that work with us on social media and online channels to sponsor giveaways and promotions.
· Third parties personal information: if you choose to provide us with a third party's Personal Information (such as name, email, and phone number), you must ensure that you have the third party's permission to do so. Examples include providing us with the names and images that you associate with account users, forwarding reference or marketing material to a friend, or sending job referrals.
We only collect information from third parties where we have checked that these third parties either have your consent or are otherwise legally permitted or required to disclose your personal information to us.
We collect additional information if you use our Meural products
In addition to the types of data listed above, we also collect the following types of data if you use our Meural products:
· Functional Data: This data is necessary for your Meural product or device to perform its basic functions in a secure way. We also collect system data including product type, device type, controller operating system, software version, information about WiFi antennas, backlight settings, product orientation, the names you have given your Meural product in different rooms, and error information.
We collect this information to help ensure that your Meural product(s) and devices are working properly, to provide you with customer support and to honor your visual art preferences. We also collect this information to guide product and device improvement and customer support decisions.
· Performance/Usage Information. This includes things like the lighting environment of your device, WiFi information like signal strength, how often you use Meural Services you have connected to your Meural System, information about how often you use the Meural App versus other control mechanisms, flow of interactions within the Meural App, how often you use the physical controls on the unit, and location data when the Meural App is in use, flow of interactions within the Meural App, and duration of Meural product and device use.
· Activity Information: This includes duration of image viewing, image downloads, device grouping (if multiple devices on a single registered account) information, command information (such as image rotation, brightness adjustment, schedule settings, and image rotation), information about playlist data; and Meural playlist or Meural favorites information; each correlated to individual Meural devices. If you enable voice control we will collect comparable information about usage and control.
5. How We May Use Your Personal Information
At NETGEAR we only use your Personal Information for legitimate business purposes, such as:
a. Provide you with the Services and communicate with you in connection with those Services. We will use your Personal Information to deliver our Services and to interact with you directly.
b. Maintain, improve and develop Products and Services. We will use your Personal Information to ensure our Services are working as intended and to make improvements to our Services. We will also use the information we collect in existing Services to help us develop new ones or to customize Services for you.
c. Internal data analyses. We use Personal Information for internal analytics to understand how our Services are used.
d. Marketing. We may send you marketing communications about products, services, offers, programs and promotions (including contests, sweepstakes and any other marketing activities) either directly from us or from our partners. These might be our own offers or products, or offers for third-party products we think you might find interesting, but we do not share information with third parties for their independent marketing or promotional purposes.
e. Protect our company, prevent fraud and securing our products. We may use your Personal Information to protect our company, our customers, or our Sites.
f. Compliance with law and other standards. We may use your Personal Information as required by applicable laws and regulations or requested by any judicial process or governmental agency having or claiming jurisdiction over NETGEAR or its affiliates.
g. Other activities. We may process your Personal Information for other purposes for which we provide specific notice at the time of collection.
6. How We Share Your Personal Information
At NETGEAR we only share your Personal Information when we have legitimate business reasons for doing so. We may share Personal Information in the following ways or as otherwise disclosed to you at the time of data collection:
a. Within the NETGEAR family of companies worldwide. We may share the Personal Information we collect with our headquarters and affiliates.
b. With service providers. We also may share Personal Information with our service providers who perform services on our behalf based on our instructions and in compliance with appropriate confidentiality and security measures. Examples of services include: processing of orders and credit card transactions, detecting and preventing fraud, providing customer support, creating marketing content, and assisting us with sales-related efforts or post-sales support.
c. We may share information with any successor to all or part of our business. We may sell, transfer or otherwise share some or all of its assets, including Personal Information, in connection with a merger, acquisition, reorganization, sale of assets, spin off of assets into a separate business, or similar transaction, or in the event of insolvency or bankruptcy. Should such an event occur, we will use reasonable efforts to direct the transferee to use Personal Information you have provided to us in a manner that is consistent with this Privacy Notice.
d. We may share information for legal reasons. We will share Personal Information with companies, organizations or individuals outside of NETGEAR if we have a good faith belief that access, use, preservation or disclosure of the information is reasonably necessary to:
- meet any applicable law, regulation, legal process or enforceable governmental request
- enforce applicable Terms of Use, including investigation of potential violations
- detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security or technical issues or
- protect against harm to the rights, property or safety of NETGEAR and its employees, our users or the public as required or permitted by law.
e. Others. If we otherwise notify you and you consent to the sharing.
7. Your Rights and Choices
Depending on your country of residence, you have certain rights regarding the Personal Information we maintain about you and certain choices about what Personal Information we collect from you, how we use it, and how we communicate with you.
- If you wish to access, correct, update or request deletion of your personal information, you can do so at any time by contacting us using the contact details provided under the "Contact Us" heading below [link].
- In addition, you can object to processing of your personal information, ask us to restrict processing of your personal information or request portability of your personal information. Again, you can exercise these rights by contacting us using the contact details provided under the "How to Contact Us" heading below [link].
- You have the right to opt-out of marketing communications we send you at any time. You can exercise this right by clicking on the "unsubscribe" or "opt-out" link in the marketing e-mails we send you. To opt-out of other forms of marketing (such as postal marketing or telemarketing), then please contact us using the contact details provided under the "How to Contact Us" heading below [link]. We do not share information with third parties for their independent marketing or promotional purposes.
- Similarly, if we have collected and process your personal information with your consent, then you can withdraw your consent at any time. Withdrawing your consent will not affect the lawfulness of any processing we conducted prior to your withdrawal, nor will it affect processing of your personal information conducted in reliance on lawful processing grounds other than consent.
- You have the right to complain to a data protection authority about our collection and use of your personal information. For more information, please contact your local data protection authority.
8. Data Transfers
NETGEAR is a global business. We may transfer your Personal Information to recipients in countries other than your country, including the United States, where we are headquartered. These countries may not have the same data protection laws as the country in which you initially provided the information. When we transfer your Personal Information to other countries, we will protect that information as described in this Privacy Notice or as disclosed to you at the time of data collection. By using our Sites, Products, and Services or providing any Personal Information, where applicable law permits, you agree to the transfers, processing, and storage of your Personal Information outside of your country of residence.
If you are located in the European Economic Area, ("EEA"), we comply with applicable legal requirements providing adequate safeguards for the transfer of Personal Information to countries other than the country where you are located. In particular, we use contractual protections for the transfer of Personal Information to third parties, such as the European Commission's Standard Contractual Clauses.
9. Privacy Shield Notice
NETGEAR complies with the EU-US and the Swiss-US Privacy Shield Frameworks as set forth by the U.S. Department of Commerce regarding the collection, use, and retention of Personal Information from EU member countries and Switzerland. NETGEAR certifies that it adheres to the Privacy Shield principles on notice, choice, accountability for onward transfer security, data integrity and purpose limitation, access, and recourse, enforcement and liability. If there is any conflict between the policies in this Privacy Policy and the Privacy Shield Principles, the Privacy Shield Principles shall govern. To learn more about the Privacy Shield program, and to view our certification page, please visit www.privacyshield.gov/list
NETGEAR's responsibility for data it receives pursuant to the Privacy Shield and subsequent transfers of that data to third parties is detailed in the Privacy Shield Principles. NETGEAR complies with the Privacy Shield Principles for all onward transfers from the EU and Switzerland, including the onward transfer liability provisions. NETGEAR remains responsible under the Privacy Shield Principles for third-party agents processing personal data on its behalf.
With respect to personal information received or transferred pursuant to the Privacy Shield Frameworks, we are subject to the regulatory enforcement powers of the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. In certain situations, we may be required to disclose personal information in response to lawful requests by public authorities, including to meet national security or law enforcement requirements.
NETGEAR commits to resolving complaints about your privacy and our collection and use of your personal information within 45 days of receiving your complaint. Individuals with questions or complaints regarding this Privacy Policy should first submit inquiries via e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.com. For any unresolved privacy complaints under the Privacy Shield Principles, please contact NETGEAR's independent dispute resolution body, JAMS, https://www.jamsadr.com/eu-us-privacy-shield). Under limited circumstances, binding arbitration may be a dispute resolution mechanism if your complaint is not resolved through these channels. Please visit the Privacy Shield website for additional information about the arbitration process at www.privacyshield.gov"
10. Legal Basis for Processing
If you are located in the EEA, we process your Personal Information for the purposes listed under 5 above based on the following legal grounds:
a. You have consented to the use of your Personal Information. For example, we may seek to obtain your consent for our uses of cookies when you visit our Site, or to send you marketing communications.
b. We need your Personal Information to provide you with Products and Services requested by you, or to respond to your inquiries.
c. We have a legal obligation to use or disclose your Personal Information, for example, if we are responding to a legal process or an enforceable governmental request.
d. We (or a third party) have a legitimate interest in using your Personal Information. In particular, we have a legitimate interest in using your Personal Information for things like:
- Providing, maintaining, and improving our Services to meet the needs of you and other users
- Developing new products and features that are useful for you and our other users
- Understanding how people use our Services to ensure and improve the performance of our Services
- Customizing our Services to provide you with a better user experience
- Marketing to inform existing customers about our Services
- Detecting, preventing, or otherwise addressing fraud, abuse, security, or technical issues with our Services
- Protecting against harm to the rights, property or safety of NETGEAR, our users, or the public as required or permitted by law
- Performing research that improves our services for our users and benefits the public
- Fulfilling obligations to our partners like developers and rights holders; and
- Enforcing legal claims, including investigation of potential violations of applicable Terms of Use.
In addition, if we rely on consent for the processing of your Personal Information, you have the right to withdraw it at any time and free of charge. When you do so, this will not affect the lawfulness of the processing before your consent withdrawal.
NETGEAR, Inc, together with NETGEAR International Limited acting as its EU Representative, is the entity responsible for the processing of your Personal Information, and you may exercise your rights to your Personal Information by emailing us at: firstname.lastname@example.com, or write to us at:
NETGEAR Inc.
350 East Plumeria Drive
San Jose,
NETGEAR International Limited
First Floor, Building 3, University Technology Centre
Curraheen Road
You may also contact our Data Protection Officer at email@example.com.
11. Children's Privacy
Our Products and Services are meant for adults. We do not knowingly allow children under 6to set up NETGEAR or Meural accounts. If you believe that we may have collected Personal Information from someone under 16, please let us know using the methods described in the Contact Us section and we will take appropriate measures to investigate and address the issue promptly.
Certain NETGEAR's products are also equipped with parental control features. To learn more about them, click here.
12. How We Protect Your Personal Information
We intend to protect the Personal Information entrusted to us and treat it securely in accordance with this Privacy Notice. We maintain administrative, technical and physical safeguards to protect Personal Information against accidental or unlawful destruction, accidental loss, unauthorized alteration, unauthorized disclosure or access, misuse, and any other unlawful form of processing of the Personal Information in our possession. We also contractually require that our suppliers protect such information from unauthorized access, use, and disclosure. The Internet, however, is not 100% secure. We cannot promise that your use of our Sites and Services will be completely safe. We encourage you to use caution when using the Internet. This includes not sharing your passwords.
If you participate in a discussion forum, local communities, or chat room on a NETGEAR website, you should be aware that the information you provide there (i.e. your public profile) will be made broadly available to others, and could be used to contact you, send you unsolicited messages, or for purposes neither NETGEAR nor you have control over. Also, please recognize that individual forums and chat rooms may have additional rules and conditions. NETGEAR is not responsible for the Personal Information or any other information you choose to submit in these forums. In some cases, we may not be able to remove your Personal Information, in which case we will let you know if we are unable to do so and why.
Retention of Personal Information
We also take measures to delete your Personal Information or keep it in a form that does not permit identifying you when this information is no longer necessary for the purposes for which we process it or when you request its deletion, unless we are allowed or required by law to keep the information for a longer period. We complete periodic reviews of our databases, and have established time limits for certain data deletion, taking into account the type of services provided in the context of the Products and Services, the length of our relationship with you, mandatory retention periods, and the statute of limitations.
13. Third Party Services
Our Services may contain features or links to websites and services provided by third parties. If you click on a link to a third party site, you will be taken to websites we do not control. Any information you provide on third-party sites or services may be provided directly to the operators of such services and is subject to those operators' policies, if any, governing privacy and security, even if accessed through us. This Notice does not apply to the privacy practices of that website. Read the privacy policy of other websites carefully. We are not responsible for these third party sites or services to which links or access are provided through our Services.
14. Update to this Notice
We may update this Privacy Notice from time to time. If we modify our Privacy Notice, we will post the revised version here, with an updated revision date. We recommend that you visit these pages periodically to be aware of and review any such revisions. If we make material changes to our Privacy Notice, we may also notify you by other means prior to the changes taking effect, such as by posting a notice on our Sites or sending you a notification.
15. How to Contact Us
If you have any questions, comments or complaints about this Privacy Notice and our privacy practices, or would like to update your privacy preferences, please contact us at: firstname.lastname@example.com or write to us at: NETGEAR Inc. 350 East Plumeria Drive San Jose, CA 95134
This NETGEAR Privacy Notice was revised and posted as of July 10, 2019.

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Six days after Geni.com made the decision that Geni Pro Just Got a Whole Lot Better--which created a mass backlash, exodus, and managed to get a comment from me--CEO Noah Tutak finally released his own statement: A Message From Geni's CEO.
The first sentence in the third paragraph pretty much sums it up for me.
"Geni's goal is to create a single, accurate family tree of the world."
As I have said, this is not my goal. Had it been clearly stated when I first joined, I never would have joined. Privacy and control are my priorities.
Geni's focus isn't user needs, it's that one tree. Tutak has made that very clear with today's blog post. I only wish he had done it much sooner and not wasted my time or caused the company's image to sour.
Good luck with your big tree Geni, and work on those communication skills.
Good luck with your big tree Geni, and work on those communication skills.


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Meeting: Astronomy and Power How Worlds are Structured
3 May 2010
August 30 - September 4, 2010, Gilching (Germany)
The registration fee for regular participants has now been fixed to 335,-€. It includes the abstract book, the volume of the conference proceedings, the welcome-reception, 8 coffee-breaks, 5 lunches, the closing dinner, and the half-day excursion to Munich.
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DesignView needed a new flash animation design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 12 designs submitted by 8 freelance designers.
see detail instructions
Accepted File Formats:
Standard Web Formats (.jpg, .gif or .png); Vector Formats (.eps, .pdf or .ai); Layered Formats (.psd or .tiff)
this is our website... http://demo.kenmoredesign.com/psios/d.html
The top section needs to be animated. Below is the script and references of what we want on the animation.
"improving human relation through cultural exchange"
"teching youth a lession of a lifetime so they help lead a better future"
(picture of different ethnic background)
"promoting diversity" (graphics needs to be picture of little older kids of various ethnic group) f(Fades.. transition all important.. strengthening society... picture of older people of family) "sponsoring cultural projects" (some picture show cultural stuff.. it could be a montage of clips of cultural stuff world wide..) "creative solutions to improve our community" (pic to represent homeless haven)
final words will be... "join our family of creative volunteer please lend a hand and build and better future with us" (then we bring logo and members access on) (flash stops with nice image with some suttle movement)


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Kool Aid Wants Hispanic People Drinking Nothing But Kool Aid
For too long, Hispanic Americans have been forced to tolerate a world in which artificial food products were not advertised to them with satisfactory ferocity. No longer. You Spanish-speakin' people want some dang Kool Aid? We gotcher Kool Aid!
In a civil rights breakthrough that can only be compared to when McDonald's started making ads with smiling black families in them, the NYT reports that the Kraft corporation has decided to devote not just some, but most of its ad budget to the Hispanic market. Yay?
Kool-Aid, in a first for any Kraft brand, has allocated the majority of its 2011 marketing budget to reach Hispanics. Television commercials that began running this week on networks including Univision and Telemundo feature families drinking the beverage at festive occasions.
Mmm. ¡El sabor de diabetes!


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Editor's Note: The following is an update from the Recreation Vehicle Dealers Association (RVDA) sent to members on dealer-assisted financing.
As a new Congress gears up for 2013, one issue that continues to be on the forefront of RVDA advocacy efforts is the protection of your dealership's ability to arrange financing for your customers. Some groups, including the Center for Responsible Lending, continue to push lawmakers and regulators for additional restrictions on vehicle financing – restrictions that could hurt RV dealers and the entire motor vehicle industry.
Several dealers have asked RVDA to prepare some quick talking points on this issue, so they can provide information to Congressional representatives or their staff. Here are some points to make when discussing the importance of dealer-assisted financing.
• More choices: A white paper by Northwood University calls dealer-assisted financing for vehicle purchases a "wonderful example of a free and competitive market which adds multiple choices for consumers."
• Saves money: "In many cases the customer would not save money by obtaining financing via a direct loan from a financial institution," according to the report. "In fact, dealer-arranged financing rates are often more competitive than those offered by direct lenders. In order to serve their customers' financing needs, dealers must be prepared to meet or beat the lowest APR offered to their customers by direct lenders."
• Saves time: The report says dealers often gather all of the important and necessary financial information from the customer during the sales process, saving the customer the effort of a separate trip to a financial institution to provide the same information.
• More efficient: Gathering financial information up front reduces the financial institution's cost of processing the loan. Dealers also absorb the direct and indirect costs of marketing, transacting, and meeting federal and state point-of-sale compliance regulations that accompany financing. In short, says the report, dealers reduce the loan's retail distribution cost.
Of course, we urge dealers to add their own experiences on the benefits of arranging financing – we know there are literally thousands of success stories out there. RV dealerships tell us they have many customers who wanted to do loans through their local banks. But some of those local banks don't have an RV program, so the customer, by financing through dealers, saved lots of money.
RVDA will keep members updated on this important issue throughout the coming months. And a reminder: RVDA established an Advocacy Fund so that when issues arise that need to be addressed, we have the financial resources to do so. Click Here to contribute, send an email to [email protected], or call the staff at (800) 336-0355 (ext. 113) for more information.


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- Serving 1000 Global blue chip customers.
- 500 Condition Monitoring product lines from 2 manufacturing sites.
- 100 staff with offices on 4 continents, QA to ISO 9001:2008.
Company and Group Information
Condition Monitoring and Predictive or Proactive Maintenance systems and instrumentation providing the earliest indication of failure for capital plant and equipment. Parker Kittiwake have grown from a small UK based supplier to a leading player in the CM equipment space. Further details are provided in this section with headlines of:
- 2 manufacturing sites - Littlehampton and Peterborough (Procal)
- Worldwide customer base served by global technical support centres.
- 24 years of sustained and profitable growth underpinned by a high level of R&D investment to maintain and build our market position.
- On-Line, On-Site and Off-Site monitoring solutions for In-service lubricants, greases, bunker fuels, exhaust emissions, wear metals, acoustic emissions analysis, gas and valve leakage.
- Sampling systems and worldwide logistics for large Used Oil Analysis and other fiscally secure sampling systems.
Quality Assurance
- Parker Kittiwake operates a fully audited QA system under ISO9001:2008 ensuring consistency in development and manufacturing.
- We are also aligned with the requirements of Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) and Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) EU Directives in all areas of manufacturing. For further information contact Parker Kittiwake for our RoHS & WEEE policy statements.
- Our staff are also fully trained in handling hazardous materials (HAZA) under IATA, ADR and IMDG codes.
Click here to view our Environmental Policy.
Click here to view our Health & Safety Policy.


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Historic photo! Playland Park. (Gone.) Justice Illinois USA circa 1960's., a photo by Eddie from Chicago on Flickr.
Hi everyone!
Welcome aboard Eddie's Railfan Page, from the city of Chicago Illinois USA.
When I was a young boy growing up on the southwest side of Chicago during the 1960's and 70's, the greater Chicagoland area had many small family run amusement parks to visit during the Summertime.
One of those parks was a place located in the southwest suburban village of Justice Illinois known as Playland Park.
My family took Me and My Sister there a handful of times between 1971 and 1979, but somehow forgot to take the camera with them.
Playland Park, was a pleasant picnic grove style amusement park, that was located along the north frontage road west of South Archer Road / Ilinois U.S Route # 171, along the northside of the Interstate 294 Tollway.
Playland Park had closed toward the end of the 1979 season, after the park's owner had suddenly passed away. Playland Park was rumored to have been willed to the Son of the Park's owner, but unfortunately..He did not want it. Playland Park was sold to the adjacent trailer park, and now is the site of the large Sterling Estates trailer Park.
I talked about Playland Park for many years, but could not find any photos of this fun family attraction near Willow Springs Illinois.
Good News!
Last week, a Gentleman named Robert Pitujac from the Clear Ridge Historical Society, sent Me this and a few other photos that were taken at Palyland Park some forty something years ago.
Thanks Robert.
You made My day today with these photos.
Eddie K.


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Includes 15 wooden pieces and 120 puzzles of graded difficulty. Make the popular 3x3x3 cube invented in the 1930's, a 4x4x4 cube, towers, walls, animals, letters, numbers and other figures. Create your own figures, upload them to the Dee Cube Community and challenge others to make them.
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Texas could save tens of millions of dollars in the next few years to benefit public school classrooms by handling more of the investments in the state's $26-billion Permanent School Fund in-house rather than paying money managers.
The State Board of Education voted 9-5 Friday to do that, although critics warned that it could be risky.
After hiring 9 more people and accounting for that cost, Texas is projected to save $6 million in fees the first year and an additional $35 million over the next five years.
"That's real money …. which goes into the classrooms," Thomas Ratliff, R-Mt. Pleasant, said, adding "there's always a risk in investing."
David Bradley, R-Beaumont, tried to stall the action, although he supports the "strategic relationship" concept. Many institutional funds have already headed in that direction, he said.
But saving millions in management fees "pales in comparison to the investment risk if the program underperforms," Bradley said.
"Let's say this new team underperforms by a modest 1 percent in year one. Then the loss is $12 million, 2 percent is $24 million, 3 percent is $36 million," Bradley said. "This is a public fund, Is it not our constitutional charge and our fiduciary duty to preserve and protect the fund assets, or is our mandate to provide on the job training?"
Patricia Hardy, R-Fort Worth, noted that Texas lawmakers appropriated millions of dollars for the Permanent School Foundation division at the Texas Education Agency to add staff "to save taxpayer money."
"This is a smart way to go. This will save money," she said.
The Permanent School Fund consists of land, mineral rights and investments worth $26 billion. A portion of the fund's earnings flows to Texas public schools each year.
Carlos Garza, R-El Paso, expressed doubt that staff could be trained to handle the investments.
"Training does not equal success. Training means training. There is no guarantee that after they are trained, there won't be an appreciable decrease in the amount of investment money being put into it," Garza said.
The state's Permanent School Fund staff will enter into an arrangement with two investment firms for help. Eventually, the state could do all the investing itself.
"We currently do not have a staff capable of doing an in-house operation of this kind," Bob Craig, R-Lubbock said. "Having a strategic relationship with two companies, we can develop that. It won't happen overnight.
Taking on more of the investment duties in-house is not unique, Craig said. "What is unique is that we haven't done it."
Craig, Hardy, Ratliff voted for the idea along with George Clayton, R-Dallas, Marsha Farney, R-Georgetown, Lawrence Allen Jr., D-Fresno, Gail Lowe, R-Lampasas, Mavis Knight, D-Dallas and Michael Soto, D-San Antonio.
Opposing it were Bradley, Garza, Ken Mercer, R-San Antonio, Terri Leo, R-Spring, and Barbara Cargill, R-The Woodlands.


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Photographer's Note
Inle Lake in the province of Shan is one of the most beautiful lake in Myanmar and is famous for the way how their fisherman fish.
Here, this fisherman was caught in surprise.
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RGupta (12) 2014-02-17 4:34
Hi Eugene,
This is an excellent capture. The calmness which the picture depicts is amazing. I loved the expression of the fisherman.
photographer_sg (6059) 2014-02-17 7:25
Hello Eugene
beautiful morning picture with great clarity of the subject. Nice reflections in the water. Serene moment captured. I like the contrast of the boat and the fisherman with the cool colours of the water and sky. Thanks for sharing.
best regards
ngk (2413) 2014-02-17 10:49
Hi Eugene,
Impressive picture!! Excellent snapshot, amazing colors very nice contrast and beautiful reflections!
nasos k.
federico (5779) 2014-02-17 16:13
hello eugene, very nice and colourfull portrait, I like the reflection and the warm light
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- Copyright: Eugene Fu (eugenefu) (546)
- Genre: People
- Medium: Color
- Date Taken: 2013-05-21
- Categories: Daily Life
- Camera: Pentax K-r, Pentax SMC DAL f/4 - 5.6 50-200mm ED
- Exposure: f/8, 1/350 seconds
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In the January 2012 issue of ASBMB Today, I profiled American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology member W. Neal Burnette, describing him as the man who developed Western blotting (1). In doing so, I might have inadvertently given some readers the impression that Burnette was the only person who worked on protein immunoblotting. But it's critical to note that two other groups had made important contributions to the technique in the late 1970s and published their findings before Burnette was able to do so.
George Stark, now at the Cleveland Clinic but then at Stanford University, and his colleagues published the first paper that described the transfer of proteins by capillary action from a polyacrylamide/agarose gel with or without the denaturing agent SDS onto a special membrane called diazobenzyloxymethyl-paper (2). The membrane is called DBM-paper for short. Stark's group was already famous for developing the RNA blotting technique known as "Northern blotting" (3). The name was a joke based on the DNA blotting technique called "Southern blotting," which was named after its inventor, Edwin Southern at Oxford University (4). It was for Northern blotting, Stark explains, that his laboratory became experts in making DBM-paper. In 1975, Stark's group had described how to make chemically reactive cellulose that would covalently bind to DNA and RNA (5). This powdered cellulose could be used to isolate complementary nucleic acids by hybridization. This chemistry was the basis for Northern blotting, but Stark's group used paper rather than powdered cellulose for the method.
"Following on from that, we soon realized that there was a problem in detecting specific proteins," says Stark. They used the same chemistry as for Northern blotting, because they realized DBM-paper reacted with both nucleic acids and proteins. When the proteins transferred out of the gel, they covalently bound to the DBM-paper. "The surprise bit was that the immobilized protein reacted so nicely and specifically with antibodies," notes Stark. They submitted a description of their method to the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in April 1979, and the paper appeared in July.
Meanwhile, over in Europe, Harry Towbin was a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of Julian Gordon at the Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research in Switzerland. Like Burnette, Towbin was dealing with an analysis problem in his research project, which focused on making antibodies against ribosomes for structure-function studies (6). Towbin's problem was much like Burnette's: Both were trying to figure out the specificity of antibodies against proteins in complex macromolecular structures but realized they didn't have an easy and reliable biochemical tool for the analysis.
Unaware of the work being done by Stark's group, Towbin and Gordon, along with Theophil Staehelin at Roche, began to work out a method that would allow them to establish which antibody bound to which component of the ribosomal complex. By that point, DNA and RNA blotting methods were popular, so the idea of transferring proteins out of a gel and onto a membrane seemed natural. "It was in the air!" says Towbin, who is now set to retire from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich in April.
He says they knew that proteins, but not RNA, bound to nitrocellulose, so they separated ribosomal proteins on a polyacrylamide gel with urea as a denaturing agent and then electrophoretically transferred them onto nitrocellulose. The proteins noncovalently clung to the nitrocellulose, but RNA didn't; this feature nicely eliminated the nucleic acid from the proteins. Although they primarily focused on gels with urea as the denaturing agent, Towbin says they also got their approach to work with SDS.
The Gordon group submitted a description of their method to the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science in June 1979, which appeared in the journal in September (7). The timing of the publications was such that the two groups were unaware of each other's work until publication.
Stark says his own lab became nitrocellulose converts once appropriate nitrocellulose membranes became commercially available. DBM-paper, which has to be made chemically active prior to immunoblotting, "is not as convenient as just picking up a piece of paper out of a package and blotting directly onto it," he says. "There is no question that blotting onto the appropriate derivatives of nitrocellulose was the way to go."
Burnette was unaware of the work done by the two groups as he was developing his approach but saw the Stark and Gordon groups' papers in print while he was preparing his manuscript. But he felt that his method was different enough to press ahead. He focused on electrophoretically transferring proteins out of SDS-polyacrylamide gels onto nitrocellulose in a more quantitative manner. When Burnette finally got his paper published, he called the approach "Western blotting" in the title and explained the rationale for the name at the end of the introduction (8). For this reason, Burnette is credited for giving protein immunoblotting its nickname (9).
But Stark says his group was calling its method by the same name well before the Burnette paper showed up, although they never used it in their publication. It was completely logical for both Stark and Burnette to come up with the same name: Both were located at research institutions on the West Coast, and the directional joke of blotting was well known by that point (researchers later referred to blotting of post-translational modifications, such as lipids and sugars, as "Eastern blotting").
The three men have said that they were surprised by the method's success and longevity. Indeed, apart from changes in detection methods and other tweaks, the method's principle has persisted unchanged since the 1970s (10).
Towbin is especially amused by how the passage of time has erased the memory of the hard work that went into developing the ubiquitous biochemical tool. "The younger generation of biologists takes the method for granted!" he chuckles.
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Australian Open fashion hits
As Maria Sharapova noted, yellow is the color of the season in Melbourne. It's enough to make you think there was some sort of collusion among the designers to make their lives a little easier. Some (Adidas) worked it better than others (Nike), but for the most part it was the bolder colors that worked best as well as some crisp whites to keep things light. Let's not forget, it's summer in Australia. No one wants to look like they're dying in the heat. Here are my picks for fashion hits at the Australian Open. (Click here for my fashion misses.)
Serena Williams: This purple-and-orange number might be the best-fitting dress Nike has ever put Serena in. The bold colors make her stand out from the sea of blues and yellows. Her African-patterned headband is an homage to February's Black History Month. (Robert Prezioso/Getty Images)
Novak Djokovic: The Serb is entering his first full year with Uniqlo, and it's done well by him. His green-and-white day kit looks great set against the red logo and yellow wristband. It is crisp and refreshing, a perfect look under the bright Aussie sun. (Scott Barbour/Getty Images)
Ana Ivanovic: Adidas wins out over Nike in the "Yellow Wars," abandoning the gaudy patterns that plagued its kits last year and sticking with solids. (Dennis Sabangan/EPA)
Ryan Harrison: Nike drowned Roger Federer in aqua blue, but its patterned polo is a hit. It's a nice, clean update to a classic tennis look. (Theo Karanikos/Zumapress)
Caroline Wozniacki: Stella McCartney's Adidas designs are regularly on my "miss" list, but her new Barricade line is perfect. Seems she finally figured out the perfect hem length for Wozniacki after putting her in a too-short number in 2011 and an awkwardly long one in 2012. (Michael Dodge/Getty Images)
Laura Robson: There's something audacious about putting Robson in an all-white, age-appropriate kit with neon yellow accessories. If that doesn't scream "I'm British and I live in Wimbledon!" I don't know what else would. (Scott Barbour/Getty Images)
Janko Tipsarevic: Not an adventurous colorway for Fila, but during his first-round match I couldn't help thinking, "Hey, Janko's shirt actually fits him." (Scott Barbour/Getty Images)
Sabine Lisicki: It's annoying that it looks like Adidas and Nike both shared notes and decided to go yellow and grey this season, but I liked this striped tank combo on Lisicki. It's actually something I imagine women at my local tennis club would wear. (Mark Dadswell/EPA)
Samantha Stosur: Last year, Stosur's dresses hung on her like a Hefty bag. This year, Asics finally realized that it's OK to shorten a woman's skirt to flatter her figure. (Scott Barbour/Getty Images)
David Goffin: Goffin signed with Lacoste, meaning he won't be wearing Federer's old Nike kits like he did at Wimbledon last year. But the idol worship continues: He's sporting Federer's Nike Zoom Vapors. (William West/AFP/Getty Images)
Julia Goerges: Now with Fila, Goerges actually looks better than in her old Nike kits, which never did her justice. The court camouflage seems to be working so far, as the German is into the third round. (Adam Davis/Icon SMI)
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The winner of numerous awards and recipient of four starred reviews, Anne Ursu's Breadcrumbs is a stunning and heartbreaking story of growing up, wrapped in a modern-day fairy tale.
Once upon a time, Hazel and Jack were best friends. But that was before he stopped talking to her and disappeared into a forest with a mysterious woman made of ice. Now it's up to Hazel to go in after him. Inspired by Hans Christian Andersen's "The Snow Queen," Breadcrumbs is a stunningly original fairy tale of modern-day America, a dazzling ode to the power of fantasy, and a heartbreaking meditation on how growing up is as much a choice as it is something that happens to us.
In Breadcrumbs, Anne Ursu tells, in her one-of-a-kind voice, a story that brings together fifty years of children's literature in a tale as modern as it is timeless. Hazel's journey to come to terms with her evolving friendship with Jack will deeply resonate with young readers.
Supports the Common Core State Standards
Ingrid Law, Newbery Honor-winning author of Savvy"Devastatingly brilliant and beautiful...Ursu has sculpted a rich and poignant adventure that brings readers deep into the mysterious, magical, and sometimes frightening forests of childhood and change. Breadcrumbs is one of those rare novels that turned me on my head then sat on my heart and refused to budge."
Gary Schmidt, Newbery Honor-winning author of The Wednesday Wars"This is a lyrical book, a lovely book, and a smart book; it dares us to see stories as spreading more widely, and running more deeply, than we had imagined."
Kirkus Reviews (starred review)Like a fairy-tale heroine, Hazel traverses the woods without a breadcrumb trail to save a boy who may not want to be saved in this multi-layered, artfully crafted, transforming testament to the power of friendship.
Publishers Weekly (starred review)The creepy fantasyland that Hazel traverses uses bits from other Andersen tales to create a story that...is beautifully written and wholly original. It's certainly the only children's fantasy around where Minnesota Twins All-Star catcher Joe Mauer figures into the plot.
Bulletin of the Center for Children's Books (starred review)The evocative magical landscape, superbly developed characters (particularly dreamy, self-doubting, determined Hazel and lost Jack), and the piercing sadness of a faltering childhood friendship give this delicately written fantasy wide and lingering appeal.
Featured Selection2011 NPR Backseat Book Club
The Wall Street Journal"Wonderfully distinct, delightfully told and destined for a long life on the shelf."


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D. Christopher Brooks, Ph.D., joined our campus for a conversation on learning spaces. Brooks is a Research Fellow in Educational Technology Services at the University of Minnesota where he conducts empirical research on the impact of educational technologies on teaching practices and learning outcomes. Watch and listen as he shares his findings on the relationship between active learning spaces and student learning outcomes, instructor and student behavior, and student perceptions of the learning experience. Brooks also shares findings on the relationship between the type of pedagogical approach and student learning outcomes and student perceptions of the learning experience.
Pedagogy and Space: Empirical Research On New Learning Environments – December 10, 2012
Space Matters: The Impact of Active Learning Classrooms – December 11, 2012


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Paul McCartney not only played a huge part in the John Lennon story, but also contributed significant input for the Lennon coming of-age movie, "Nowhere Boy."
It turns out McCartney loved the movie in the end, except for one scene where a young Lennon punches McCartney.
When PopcornBiz asked the actor who played Lennon ("Kick-Ass" star Aaron Johnson in an amazing turn) about his McCartney critique moment, he could only smile.
"Paul didn't want to say too much. He loved the film. But he told me, 'I never remember John ever punching me,'" says Johnson. "And that was it really. That was the only thing that bothered him and was an issue."
The filmmakers for "Nowhere Boy" were concerned about capturing the spirit of Lennon's youth, and importantly the role of the important mother figures in his life. And they succeeded in that regard as Lennon's widow Yoko Ono has attested in her glowing comments about the film.
"I think we got it spot on," says Johnson.
So where did the punch scene come from? Johnson can only guess. "I think (Lennon) always wanted to hit him, didn't he?" says Johnson. "If anything it was trying to get that across in the film."
"After his mother died, (Lennon) was angry and bitter towards everyone and everything for taking this woman away from him," he added. "And who better to hit than Paul?"
When we asked director Sam Taylor-Wood about the McCartney comments, she pointed out that McCartney praised the film to her ("thankfully, who wants him against you," she said).
She then described the moment she ran into McCartney after he had seen the film at a mutual friend's wedding. She had her heart in her mouth as the music icon approached her.
"I saw him and I thought, 'Ohhhh, not him,'" Taylor-Wood says.
Once again, McCartney brought up the punching scene, but didn't seem too put out by it.
"He said, 'I understand it's a film and not a documentary.' And he said he appreciated that. And he enjoyed it. And he said 'Thank you.'"
McCartney had been very giving to the director prior to filming, telling her about working with Lennon in the early days long before the Beatles -- from Lennon's mannerisms to their conversations.
"That was gold dust," says Taylor-Wood.


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(not sure if you were talking to me or not)
We are moving to Kingston for about a month, than plan on near the columbus Area. Waiting to hear from a potential job, living with a family member while in kingston.
Well whe you get around here look me up. We own our own print shop, Freaky Tee's here on Cleveland Ave. and maybe we can get a group started.
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Phil Jackson and Jeanie Buss getting married?
Is Zen Master about to be married?
Jeanie Buss, daughter of Los Angeles Lakers owner Jerry Buss and Phil Jackson's longtime girlfriend, just tweeted:
"Twitter family - Phil finally gave me that ring I wanted! :-)"
Buss, 51, and Jackson, 67, have been dating since 1999 and still live together in Playa del Rey, a beach town near the Lakers' headquarters in El Segundo, Calif.
Jackson coached the Lakers for 11 seasons before retiring after the 2010-11 season. He won five championships in L.A. (and 11 overall) during his 20-year NBA coaching career.
After the Lakers fired coach Mike Brown earlier this season, the team talked to Jackson about returning as coach before ultimately hiring Mike D'Antoni.
"I'm beyond happy," Buss told ESPNLosAngeles.com. "I really didn't want it to be news, but I knew people who followed me on Twitter cared about it and I've been wearing the ring since Christmas, so I figured I should let people know."
Buss said there is no date set for a wedding yet.


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Eco-Friendly Commercial Cleaning Program for Kutztown, PA Businesses
Our green cleaning initiative reduces chemical levels, biological contaminants, and particulate contaminants that can all compromise air quality, human health, building finishes, building systems, and the environment in Kutztown, PA buildings.
TFMC embraces environmental friendliness, and our Kutztown, PA Commercial Cleaning Program is driven by eco-friendly non-touch equipment, safer supplies, and a germ-free process.
Our Kutztown, PA Commercial Cleaning Checklist
Empty all trash containers and wastebaskets; and replace and tie all trash liners.
- Remove trash from rooms and exterior trash receptacles to designated areas.
Dust desk and credenza tops, file cabinets, counters, sills, and ledges.
Dust framework, picture frames, baseboards, and wall hangings.
Dust all venetian blinds with extension duster to remove dust.
Vacuum all offices, carpeted areas, hallways, and entrance mats/runners.
Disinfect door handles and touch points to minimize the spread of germs.
Dust mop hard floor surfaces and traffic areas to remove debris.
Mop all hard floors consistent with floor care procedures.
Remove marks and smudges from doors, glass, frames, walls, and partitions.
Wipe surfaces, counter tops, and cabinet faces in eating areas/coffee stations.
Clean all drinking fountains and stainless-steel receptacles.
Clean elevator thresholds, metals, light fixtures, certificate holders, and panels.
Vacuum upholstered furniture in executive areas, lobbies, and rooms.
Spot clean carpets where necessary due to spills.
Clean coffee stations, vending areas and cafeteria; including countertops.
Wash interior and exterior of all waste receptacles in the building as needed.
Empty restrooms sanitary disposal containers, replace liners, fill all dispensers.
Clean and disinfect all restrooms disposal containers and countertops.
Clean and polish all restroom mirrors and bright work.
Clean and disinfect all toilet fixtures and urinals inside and outside.
Clean partitions, walls, smudges, marks, and switch plates to remove drips.
Machine scrub all tile flooring to remove dirt, stains, and ground in debris.
Report all mechanical or plumbing deficiencies to maintenance management.
Keep all janitorial storage areas clean, neat, and orderly.
Comply with security system procedures to ensure property and staff safety.


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Shrimp Cocktail with Low-Sugar Cocktail Sauce
|My Dad loved shrimp, so when it wasn't the main dish I'd often make shrimp cocktail for him as an appetizer.
(In memory of my wonderful father, I'm featuring some of his favorite recipes this week while I spend time with my family.) Shrimp with spicy cocktail sauce is one of my favorite foods, but traditional cocktail sauce has a fair amount of sugar for anyone who's trying to pay attention to the glycemic index. Happily, shrimp cocktail is back on my menu, after I was walking through the grocery store recently and spotted a bottle of Heinz new Reduced-Sugar Ketchup. Right away I knew I'd have to apologize to Heinz for all the imaginary hate mail I sent a few years back when my store stopped selling Heinz One-Carb Ketchup.
Shrimp Cocktail with Low Sugar Cocktail Sauce
(Makes about 2/3 cup cocktail sauce, enough for 20-30 pieces of shrimp.)
Cocktail Sauce:
1/2 cup low-sugar ketchup (Use Heinz Reduced Sugar Ketchup or natural ketchup with no sugar added)
2 T tomato paste (I used Amore tomato paste which comes in a tube.)
2-3 tsp. fresh lemon juice
4-5 tsp. cream-style horseradish
frozen cooked shrimp:
I used 31-40 count size.
Allow about 6-8 per person.
Thaw shrimp over night in the refrigerator, (or inside the bag in warm water will work in a pinch.) Let shrimp drain well, then pat dry with paper towels.
Mix together ketchup and tomato paste. Add smaller amounts of lemon juice and horseradish, stir to combine, then taste to see if you want to add more lemon or horseradish. (I like it pretty sour and spicy, but some people may prefer the smaller amounts.)
Serve shrimp with cocktail sauce. You can also make a traditional shrimp cocktail by layering chopped lettuce under diced shrimp mixed with cocktail sauce.
South Beach Suggestions:
More Tasty Shrimp Recipes to Try:
(Recipes from other blogs may not always be South Beach Diet friendly, check ingredients.)
Jerked Shrimp from Seriously Good
Shrimp Quesadilla from Simply Recipes
Smoky Citrus Tea Shrimp from Cooking with Amy
Long Life Fertility Noodles with Happy Shrimp from Steamy Kitchen
Sesame Shrimp Stir Fry from Karina's Kitchen
Want even more recipes? I find these recipes from other blogs using Food Blog Search.


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Some of the Internet companies at the heart of the outcry over U.S. government surveillance today joined with human rights and press freedom groups, including CPJ, in calling for greater government disclosure of electronic communications monitoring.
The statement by the Global Network Initiative follows revelations of a sweeping digital surveillance program led by the U.S. National Security Agency that has alarmed privacy and freedom of expression defenders globally. The Global Network Initiative called "on the United States and other governments to increase the transparency, oversight, and accountability of laws, regulations, and actions concerning communications surveillance."
The Global Network Initiative, or GNI, is a coalition of leading technology companies--including Facebook, Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo--and human rights groups, Internet freedom advocates, and ethical investors that promotes user privacy and freedom of expression online.
The GNI acknowledged that governments must weigh national security concerns along with individual freedoms but expressed concern about "inadequate legal safeguards" for privacy under the secret spy programs. It said the lack of transparency involving the U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court and U.S. surveillance laws prevented companies from reporting on the government requests they receive for client information.
The group called for more of the court's legal opinions to be declassified to enable greater public debate on oversight of government actions. It also called for an easing of the gag orders placed on companies regarding the national security orders they receive. Finally it urged governments--especially those in the 21-member Freedom Online Coalition, which includes the United States--to lead by example and report on their own surveillance requests.
The GNI noted an argument often made by CPJ: Western governments lose the authority to challenge authoritarian regimes around the world on press freedom violations when their own domestic policies fall short of international standards.
"Contradictions between countries' domestic surveillance policies and practices and their foreign policy positions on Internet freedom and openness fundamentally undermine their ability to advocate for other governments to support Internet freedom," the GNI said.


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Preseason Defensive Player of the Game vs. Seattle: DeMarcus Ware
DeMarcus Ware is one of the best pass rushers in NFL history, and now he's a Bronco. You'd think he'd prefer to play against immobile, pocket passers like his own Peyton Manning or Tom Brady. But as it turns out, Ware likes playing against the scramblers.
Why? Because Ware loves the chase. And he has the speed for it. He showed his pass-rush speed Thursday night as three times he ran after Seattle quarterback Russell Wilson. Ware caught Wilson once for a 1-yard sack and hurried him the other two times.
"Think about it, I've been playing a long time against quarterbacks who can run," said Ware, a former Dallas Cowboy who played in the NFC East Division. "One of them being Michael Vick. Then you've got RG III. That's four games out of the season where you're going to be chasing somebody. The majority of the quarterbacks in the NFC, they can run. You get used it. You figure out how to cage-rush them. I like it."
Wilson has some nifty, back-tracking, escape moves. When he started to scramble away from pressure in the Super Bowl, the Broncos didn't have anybody who can chase him down. Ware was able to close.
"You have to have a relentless rush against guys that can run," said Ware, whose 117.0 career sacks already ranks 18th all-time. "Because if you stop the rush they'll run somewhere else just to string plays out."


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Suunto MC-2 Global Compass
A professional mirror compass with top-of-the-line features for precise directional measurements globally. The MC-2 compasses provide an invaluable tool for those who place a particular premium on accurate and reliable directional measurements; for example surveyors, miners, architects, rescue patrols, hikers, boaters and the military.
Suunto A-10 Compass
A robust, easy to use compact compass for general recreational use. These compact, high-accuracy instruments made from durable, clear, scratch resistant acrylic that have been ergonomically designed to fit into the palm of your hand for optimum ease of use.
Kasper & Richter Walk 10km
Mechanical pedometer for hikers.
Kasper & Richter Body Escort Pedometer
Electronic pedometer
Kasper and Richter Alpin mirror compass
High precision geological compass suitable for night-use. Developed in collaboration with Alpine Guides.
Suunto A-30 Compass
A compact, accurate compass for hiking and orienteering, also in poor visibility. These compact, high-accuracy instruments made from durable, clear, scratch resistant acrylic that have been ergonomically designed to fit into the palm of your hand for optimum ease of use.
Kasper & Richter Nightwalker
Mechanical pedometer
Suunto MB-6 Global Compass
A tough compass with a super rugged protective housing and with features needed in navigation at high elevation.
Suunto Arrow 6 Compass
The Suunto Arrow 6 Thumb Compass is a superb compass for orienteering. This lightweight compass is used on the left hand and is used in conjunction with the map to provide a quick magnetic north reference as you thumb your way along.
Kasper & Richter Pocket Dry school compass
Ideal first pocket compass
Viking Bluetooth Heart Rate Monitor Chest Belt
A Bluetooth 4.00 low energy wireless Heart Rate Sensor for use IPhone 4S, IPhone 5, IPad and other Bluetooth smart ready devices.
Kasper & Richter Walk 20 pedometer
Mechanical pedometer for hikers
Kasper & Richter Memory Master Stopwatch
Water resistant stopwatch with built in memory
Kasper & Richter Skywalk Pedometer
Step Counter with metallic coating (polar silver) and acrylic cover
Suunto Arrow 30 Compass
The Suunto Arrow 30 Compass is a very fast compass that is also very stable. It's the ideal choice for adventure racing and mountain marathons where you want more from a compass than a thumb compass can offer with greater accuracy but still with a level of simplicity.
Kasper & Richter Fitness Coach pedometer
A pedometer for hiker, joggers & walkers
Kasper & Richter Travel Companion
The perfect companion for travel. This multi-purpose tool includes a mirror compass, ruler, spirit level, magnifier and LED Light
Kasper & Richter Orbit Classic
Pocket compass
Silva Stop Watch Starter
The Silva Starter stopwatch has a clear design and attractive shape. It is suitable for schools, associations and youth activities that require a simple, functional stopwatch. Stopwatch Starter has the most important basic functions, such as split-time, alarm and clock. Complete with a lanyard attachment, the accessory transforms into an easy carry piece.
Kasper & Richter K1-L compass
Suitable for entry into the orientation. It is built mainly for simple orientation. It is easy to read, flat, very light and is therefore also suitable for orienteering competitions. Readings of about 1.0Á.
Kasper & Richter Eclipse compass
Heavy duty, highly polished metal compass in a metal presentation box.
Kasper & Richter Junior Stopwatch
JUNIOR Stopwatch (suited for small hands)
Kasper & Richter Model 202 Map Measure
Traditional metal Map Measure for miles and kilometres, with handle
Kasper & Richter Pocket Fluid Education compass
Ideal first pocket compass
Kasper & Richter Dakar Map compass
Suitable for entry into the orientation. It is built mainly for simple orientation. It is easy to read, flat, very light and is therefore also suitable for orienteering competitions. Readings of about 1.0Á.
Suunto PM-5/360 PC Clinometer
The Suunto PM-5 hand-held clinometers are used all over the world by foresters, surveyors, engineers, cartographers, geologists, miners and architects and many others to measure heights, vertical angles and slopes quickly, reliably and easily.
Garford Imperial Map Romer
Garford Imperial Map Romer for 1 inch to 1 mile maps
Out of stock
Kasper & Richter Hurricane Digital compass
A Digital compass with wind guage and many extras
Kasper & Richter Online 1 Map measure
Digital map measurer for road maps
Suunto Tandem/360PC/360R DG Clino/Compass
The Suunto Tandem hand-held precision instrument is used all over the world by antenna installation technicians, surveyors, engineers, miners, architects and many others to measure bearings quickly, reliably and easily.
Kasper & Richter Meridian Pro Compass
Theodolite and Geologists Compass, inclination meter with percentage scale and adjustable prism system. In use by NATO
Silva Expedition 4-360
The Silva Expedition 4-360 Compass is an essential tool for advanced navigators, mountaineers, explorers and rescue professionals. This compass is part of Silva's Expedition series which has been the long-time global leader in compass accuracy, precision and durability.
It comes equipped with an easy-handling compass housing, silicon rubber feet for precision map work, luminous marking for the all-important night navigation, a large magnifying lens, GPS and map-measuring scales in mm or inches.
A valuable piece of kit you will not want to forget when embarking on your next expedition adventure…
Kasper & Richter Orbit Nickel compass
Nickel pocket compass
Suunto KB-20/360R G Global Yellow Compass
Suunto KB-20 Hand bearing Compass – An excellent floating hand bearing compass for marine or land use. When taking bearings, the specially designed lens and viewing aperture eliminates Parallax error, making the compass accurate to 0.5º. The compass card is graduated in half a degree increments and it also has a reverse scale.
Kasper & Richter Nautica gold compass
Highly polished and decorative gold plated compass in black metal gift case.
Kasper & Richter Brass compass
Brass pocket compass
Kasper & Richter On Tour Map Measurer
Traditional metric metal Map Measure, with handle
Suunto KB-14/360R Hand Bearing Compass
The KB-14 hand-bearing compass is an excellent tool for mariners, foresters, surveyors and geologists and many others. Suunto bearing compasses are designed to combine extreme accuracy with ease and speed of operation.
Suunto bearing compasses are designed to combine extreme accuracy with ease and speed of operation. The accuracy is 1/3°, graduation 1/2° and the compass weighs only 115 g. The flat, compact housing has no protruding or adjustable parts and are designed to stand up to heavy-duty wear. The compasses are water resistant.
Suunto M-3 Global Compass
A premium quality precision compass for convenient direction taking globally even in demanding conditions. The M-Series represents durable, reliable, high quality navigational aids, which perform flawlessly in even the most demanding of conditions. These compasses feature a large liquid filled capsule and adjustable declination correction scale.
Kasper & Richter Tramp military compass
Suitable for beginners Touring compass with bearing slot. Reading accuracy of about 3.0Á.
Kasper & Richter Thermo 2 car thermometer
Rotatable car thermometer
Kasper & Richter UV Sun Monitor
The UV Sun Monitor is a hand held LCD alarm clock and timer with UV intensity and temperature functions. UV measurement according to the WHO UV Index. Audible warnings when UV intensity reaches UV intensity Level 4 and Level 5. Temperature displays in ÁC or ÁF. Clock Function. Stopwatch Function. Alarm Function. Countdown Timer 24 hours down to 1 second. EL Backlight (Blue)
Suunto PM-5/1520PC Height Meter
Suunto height meters are instruments for measuring the heights, especially the height of trees, with great accuracy and speed. The height meters can also be used to determine the angle of a gradient.
Suunto hand-held clinometers are precision instruments used all over the world by surveyors, engineers, cartographers, geologists, miners and architects and many others to measure heights, vertical angles and slopes quickly and easily.
Both height meters and clinometers have sturdy housing bodies made from corrosion resistant anodized aluminum alloy. The scale cards run on special bearings in hermetically sealed plastic containers filled with a liquid which guarantees that they run smoothly and stop quickly.


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Photographic Proof: U.S. 61 and Constitutional Route 3 on the Same Post!
I recently won this little gem on ebay. Its the first photographic proof I've seen that the U.S. routes shields shared the same posts as the state route shields before 1934. This photo had to have been taken at some point between 1926 and 1934 on the highway between La Crosse and St. Paul.


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Dame Feng, Shih-yin's wife, upon hearing the tidings
Dame Feng, Shih-yin's wife, upon hearing the tidings, had such a fit of weeping that she hung between life and death;
but her only alternative was to consult with her father, and to despatch servants on all sides to institute inquiries.
No news was however received of him, and she had nothing else to do but to practise resignation,
and to remain dependent upon the support of her parents for her subsistence. She had fortunately still by her side,
to wait upon her, two servant girls, who had been with her in days gone by; and the three of them, mistress as well as servants,
occupied themselves day and night with needlework, to assist her father in his daily expenses.
This Feng Su had after all, in spite of his daily murmurings against his bad luck, no help but to submit to the inevitable.
On a certain day, the elder servant girl of the Chen family was at the door purchasing thread, and while there,
she of a sudden heard in the street shouts of runners clearing the way, and every one explain that the new magistrate had come to take up his office.
The girl, as she peeped out from inside the door, perceived the lictors and policemen go by two by two;
and when unexpectedly in a state chair,
was carried past an official, in black hat and red coat, she was indeed quite taken aback.
"The face of this officer would seem familiar," she argued within herself; "just as if I had seen him somewhere or other ere this."
Shortly she entered the house,
and banishing at once the occurrence from her mind, she did not give it a second thought.
At night, however, while she was waiting to go to bed, she suddenly heard a sound like a rap at the door. A band of men boisterously cried out:
"We are messengers,
deputed by the worthy magistrate of this district, and come to summon one of you to an enquiry."
Feng Su, upon hearing these words,
fell into such a terrible consternation that his eyes stared wide and his mouth gaped.
What calamity was impending is not as yet ascertained,
but, reader, listen to the explanation contained in the next chapter.