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The indictment of first lady Wu Shu-jen (吳淑珍) on corruption and forgery charges in connection with the handling of the president's state affairs fund has sent a political shockwave throughout the country.
President Chen Shui-bian (
Wu has come under fire since May over a spate of allegations ranging from political improprieties to financial irregularities.
Although last month she was cleared of any wrongdoing in connection with Sogo Department Store's controversial transfer of operational control, her indictment on corruption and forgery charges on Friday raises the issue of the first lady's place in governmental affairs.
Wu, who has charmed the public with her down-to-earth straightforwardness, was considered a political asset when Chen was elected to the presidency in 2000.
She has since turned into a liability for Chen, however, with some criticizing her for having too much influence on policy.
It is an open secret that the couple disagreed over the replacement of then Tainan County commissioner Mark Chen (
President Chen had originally planned to recruit Mark Chen to head the National Science Council.
While President Chen had wanted Mark Chen's deputy to take over the commissioners' position left vacant, Wu preferred Su Huan-chih (
Mark Chen later turned down the offer and decided to complete his term.
In a phone interview with the Taipei Times yesterday, Su said he believed Wu is innocent, taking into account Wu's family background.
Born into a well-off family in Madou (麻豆), Tainan County, in 1952, Wu did not know her life would change so dramatically after she started dating Chen in college.
Despite her family's objections, Wu married the then impoverished Chen in February 1975.
While the couple thought they would live a peaceful life with Chen practicing law, the 1979 "Kaohsiung Incident" altered their destiny and changed the course of Taiwan's democracy movement.
Wu encouraged Chen to commit himself to Taiwan's democratic development and supported his volunteering to defend Huang Hsin-chieh (
Chen Shui-bian quit his law practice to enter politics in 1981 when he was elected as a Taipei City councilor.
In 1985, Chen Shui-bian lost a Tainan County commissioner election and shortly thereafter Wu was paralyzed from the waist down after being repeatedly run over by a truck in an assassination attempt whose perpetrator was never found.
In 1986, not long after Wu was discharged from hospital and at a time when she desperately needed the support of her family, Chen Shui-bian was sentenced to a year in prison for libel for publishing an article in the pro-democracy Formosa magazine in which he claimed that later New Party lawmaker Elmer Feng's (
That same year, Wu ran in the legislative election and won. When Chen Shui-bian was released in February 1987, he served as Wu's legislative assistant until he himself was elected as a legislator in 1989.


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What to Look For in a Programming Language
Occasionally, I get asked what I look for in a programming language, what makes a good language, or what I would do to improve an existing language. Mainstream programming languages (which are almost always applicative with call-by-value evaluation) vary surprisingly little in their abilities, but there are a few significant differences. Aside from all the usual, obvious aspects that don't need to be repeated, I look for two big things:
- Powerful flow-control semantics including tail recursion and continuations. For example, scheme.
- Asynchronous API, especially with a built-in event loop. For example, node.js.
These features are even more useful when combined, yet I've never seen a language with both. (So, to my knowledge, sodium will be the first!)


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Brooklyn by way of Boston indie rock quartet Bishop Allen formed in 2003 around core members Justin Rice and Christian Rudder. The group (the two longtime friends are joined by a rotating cast of musicians) takes its name from Bishop Allen Drive in Cambridge, MA, the street where Rice and Rudder used to reside. Bishop Allen released the largely self-recorded Charm School in 2003 and were quiet on the recordings front until 2006, when they released an EP each month. The records were sold on their website and people began to take notice of the band, especially when "History of Excuses," a song from the March EP, was played during an episode of Scrubs. In November of that year they signed toDead Oceans, a part of the Secretly Canadian/Jagjaguwar family of labels. Their next record, 2007's Broken String, reworked songs from the EPs and added some new songs, including "Middle Management," which the band performed in a scene in the 2008 film Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist. (The music/film connection is strong within the group and both members of the duo have had leading roles in seminal "mumblecore" films: Rice in 2002's Funny Ha Ha; Rudder in 2006's Mutual Appreciation.) Their next album, the stripped-down Grrr..., was released in early 2009. In 2011, Rice and wife Darbie Notwatka released a cover song side project album recording as the Last Names. Returning his attention back to Bishop Allen, Rice and company recorded their fourth LP Lights Out which appeared in the summer of 2014.


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(Phoenix, Ariz. – Sept. 13, 2010) Attorney General Terry Goddard today announced the indictment of 16 individuals believed to be members of a Mexican drug cartel that smuggled large quantities of marijuana, cocaine and heroin into Arizona. They have been charged with conspiracy, illegally conducting an enterprise and other crimes related to their involvement.
The defendants include Roque Aceves-Beltran, 45; Rey Cuen-Villareal, 38, of Phoenix; Teresa Cuen-Leon, 33, of Phoenix; Evodio Cruz-Beltran, 39, of Los Angeles; and Jose Munoz-Alcaraz, 49, of Mexico. The remaining defendants will not be named until they are served.
"Today, Arizona law enforcement strikes another blow against the cartels' smuggling efforts. These organized criminals are highly sophisticated smugglers," Goddard said. "We must expand our efforts to investigate and dismantle the cartels to truly secure our border with Mexico."
Beginning in 2009, the Phoenix Police Department and the United States Drug Enforcement Administration began an investigation into the cartel and its drug-smuggling operations. The persons indicted were responsible for importing significant quantities of marijuana, cocaine and heroin into the United States through southern Arizona and into the Phoenix area. From Phoenix, the drugs were shipped to Illinois, North Carolina and other states.
Drugs or money were often hidden within the drive shafts of the defendants' vehicles as they crossed the border. During the execution of a warrant, officers found three disassembled drive shafts at the residence of one of the suspects. Two of the drive shafts were packed with large quantities of cocaine.
In another instance, officers stopped a southbound vehicle and found $143,500 hidden within the drive shaft. In total, this investigation led to the seizure of 36 pounds of cocaine, four pounds of heroin, 40 pounds of marijuana and close to $2.25 million in racketeering proceeds.
This case was investigated by the Phoenix Police Department and the U. S. Drug Enforcement Administration. This case is being prosecuted by Assistant Attorney General Matt Conti.
Attached is a copy of the indictment. For more information, contact Press Secretary Molly Edwards at (602) 542-8019.


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Hi there,
I'm writing a win console program that creates 100 binary search trees, each consisting of 500 nodes that each hold an integer between 0 and 500.
The trees are getting their 500 integers from an instance of a class intlist, a list that holds the integers 0..500 in a random order.
i'm using pointers to create instances of the trees, cuz i tried using an array, but for some reason the program ended up adding the new nodes to the existing tree... that was solved by using pointers, though.
the remaining problem is: it crashes after created 3 or 4 trees! okay, so i have a faulty program, big deal.. I debugged, works fine!
every time i debug, it works fine, and when i'm not debugging, it crashes.
i'm using dev-cpp under windows vista.
here's the code for my main:
Can anyone tell me what's going on here? this is rather frustrating.. :PCode:#include <cstdlib> #include <iostream> #include <ctime> #include "intlist.h" #include "tree.h" const int TREE_AMOUNT = 100; void filltree(intlist mylist, bst & mytree, int a) { int c = 0; for(c; c <= NODE_AMOUNT; c++) { mytree.addnode(mylist.content[c]); } // cout << a << " "; cout << "Tree created! Internal Path Length: " << mytree.ipl << endl; } int main() { srand((unsigned)time(0)); int a = 0,c=0; bst* mytree; intlist* mylist; for(a; a<=TREE_AMOUNT; a++) { mylist = new intlist; mytree = new bst; (*mylist).fill(); filltree((*mylist), (*mytree), a); } cin >> a; }
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Rockstar took Max Payne's past "very seriously" for Marvel comic line
Rockstar and Remedy teamed up to ensure the Max Payne 3 Marvel comic series stayed true to Max Payne's character and canon.
Max Payne 3 comics series produced by Marvel coming "in the next few weeks"
Rockstar has announced a three-part original Max Payne 3 comic series will be released as a graphic novel and in limited print editions. It was created with Rockstar Games in collaboration with Marvel Custom Solutions and written by Rockstar's Dan Houser and Remedy's Sam Lake. Cover art was created by Greg Horn with pencils and […]
Sony shuttering comics service in September
Sony has announced plans to shut down the PSP comic service in September, and new content will no longer be added to the store as of March 15 in Japan. The US and European ends stopped updating last summer. The comics tab will also be removed from the main PSP interface, but those who have […]
Radical and Dark Horse announce Prototype 2 comic series
Radical Entertainment and Dark Horse comics have announced a digital comic series set in the Prototype universe.
Mass Effect: Homeworlds comics star James Vega
BioWare and Dark Horse have teamed up again to offer a new Mass Effect comic. This one is called Mass Effect: Homeworlds and includes plenty of commando type James Vega, a new addition to the cast in Mass Effect 3. The comic arrives in April after the third game hits PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox […]
This is Thor in Marvel Universe Online
MMOSociety has unveiled Marvel Universe Online's take on Thor, the Avenger suddenly popularised by the recent film. Previously revealed characters include Deadpool, Wolverine, and Captain America. No release date has been set for Gazillion's PC-exclusive MMORPG. Click through to view full size.
Fallout: New Vegas comic on sale online now
All Roads, a 48 page graphic novel which tells the story of events leading up to Fallout: New Vegas, is now available through Dark Horse Digital. You can grab the comic for $3 directly from Dark Horse or through the App Store. The comic was originally bundled with the game's collector's edition, and was written […]
Assassin's Creed: The Chain to continue comic canon
In its continuing expansion of the Assassin's Creed universe, Ubisoft has announced a second comic mini-series.
Former Blizzard chief to head up Marvel at Disney Interactive
Former Blizzard and Cryptic lead Bill Roper has been named vice president in charge of the Marvel franchise at Disney Interactive.
AU: RAGE comics exclusive to JB Hi-Fi pre-order
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Bane featured in latest Arkham City digital comic
Rumors of Bane being present in Batman: Arkham City have been making the rounds for a while now, and thanks to the latest issue of the Arkham City comic book series, the possibility is looking more likely.
Wednesday Shorts - Trailers, comics, Facebook, Robin Williams, more
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Mass Effect digital comics free today
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Hunter-Killer game announced by Saw developer
Zombie Studios is to produce a game based TopCow's comic series, Hunter-Killer.
Portal 2: Lab Rat online comic to launch Friday
To feed your Portal 2 anticipation, Valve has produced an online comic bridging the gap between the two games.
Mass Effect comics to return to series timeline
Mass Effect lead writer Mac Walters has dropped a few hints regarding an upcoming comic series.
Crysis 2 story bridged by prequel comic mini-series
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Sega has revealed Captain America and Thor games for the 3DS in addition to previously announced PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 versions.
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YEREVAN, May 23. /ARKA/. Stocks are closing lower on news that several Federal Reserve policymakers favored cutting back on stimulus programs as early as June if the economy continues to improve.
The release of minutes of the Fed's April 30-May 1 meeting reversed a surge earlier in the day.
The Dow Jones industrial average fell 80 points to 15,307 Wednesday, a loss of 0.5 percent. It had risen 154 points after Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress it was too early to cut back on the Fed's bond-buying program.
The Standard & Poor's 500 fell 13 points to 1,655, or 0.8 percent. The Nasdaq composite fell 38 points to 3,463, or 1.1 percent.
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Wal-Mart India head leaves as store rollout struggles
today Jun 26, 2013
MUMBAI, India - Wal-Mart Stores, hit by a series of setbacks in its efforts to crack the promising but restrictive India market, said its country head had left the company.
The departure of Raj Jain, who joined Wal-Mart in 2006 and became head of its Indian unit the following year, comes as the Bentonville, Arkansas-based company struggles to expand in one of the last big untapped markets for global supermarket chains.
In a statement on Wednesday, the world's largest retailer said it has named Ramnik Narsey as interim head of its India business, without explaining the change.
Narsey joined Wal-Mart last month after serving as chairman and chief executive officer for Woolworths India, a unit of Woolworths (WOW.AX), Australia's biggest supermarket chain.
Jain could not be immediately reached on his mobile phone, and the company declined to make Narsey available for comment.
Wal-Mart, which has run wholesale stores in India since 2009, lobbied for nearly six years to enter the retail segment. In September last year, India finally allowed global supermarket operators to set up 51 percent-owned retail outlets. But no international chain has come forward to apply for a license as the rules have continued to evolve.
"I am not surprised," said Harminder Sahni, managing director at Gurgaon-based retail consultancy Wazir Advisors, commenting on Jain's departure. "Their biggest agenda was to get multi-brand retail clarifications in a manner that it is conducive. That has not come about."
Wal-Mart has been the most aggressive among global supermarket chains trying to set up in India, but in recent months had run into a series of speed bumps.
Wal-Mart, whose India joint venture partner is Bharti Enterprises, has not opened a new wholesale store in the country since October last year despite announcing plans to open eight in 2013. It has 20 such stores in India.
In November, the joint venture suspended staff members including its chief financial officer as it investigated alleged violations of U.S. anti-bribery laws.
While global supermarket chains such as Tesco and Carrefour covet entry into Asia's third-largest economy - where roughly 90 percent of the $500 billion in retail sales is conducted at informal or stand-alone stores - regulations have proved daunting.
New rules unveiled earlier this month requiring foreign supermarkets to set up their own warehouses and stores in India are expected to delay further the entry of global operators, increase costs and hurt cash-strapped local retailers eager to partner with foreign companies.
Many Indian states, meanwhile, have opted not to sign on to the policy allowing global supermarket chains as they worry that mom-and-pop operators would be out of business.
Wal-Mart has also had to deal with an ongoing Indian investigation into whether it flouted rules when it made a $100 million investment in a consultancy firm. The company has said it complied with the rules.
"We remain optimistic about our business in India and look forward to our future in India under Ramnik's leadership," Scott Price, president and chief executive officer for Wal-Mart Asia, said in the statement on Wednesday.
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I saw the movie yesterday and thought it was great..both Gaga and Bradley Cooper are fantastic in it and their chemistry is electric. It's pretty incredible. The scene where they first perform "Shallow" is magic in the way that only the best movies are. It's a new classic movie moment for me when it comes to music.
I do think the story line with Ally's pop career and the stereotypical manager felt cliched. ...but this IS a remake of a classic Hollywood story so I guess it's expected that there would be a feeling of having seen this story many times before. It just felt very obvious the way they handled the concept of a "pop star" with the backup dancers and the manager suggesting she dye her hair blonde. but maybe it's because Hollywood really is that cliched. I don't know. It also feels weird the way they handled Gaga's character's pop songs, which seem like they're supposed to be viewed as "inauthentic" (as much as I hate that word) and lesser in some way. I wasn't quite sure what to make of them. I was kind of surprised to see them on the soundtrack along side all of the other songs.
Speaking of the soundtrack, in addition to Shallow there are some really great songs there, especially Maybe It's Time, Is That Alright, and the closing song (I'll Never Love Again). I purposely didn't listen to any of it before seeing the movie, except Shallow which felt unavoidable. I do think if you're able to avoid it before seeing the movie, it would make the songs that much more impactful. i am wondering which song they'll push for the awards...I'll Never Love Again is a classic movie ballad along the lines of I Will Always Love You, but Shallow is even stronger I think. It's just an instant classic in my mind. It's quite possible multiple songs will be nominated of course. And I think both Gaga and Bradley Cooper will be nominated for Oscars and will both win the Golden Globes.


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Kate Hudson threw a Halloween party on Saturday night. It's an annual tradition. And hers is the party you want an invitation too. Gwen Stefani showed with Tony Kanal. Leo D turned up behind a mask. Adam Sandler and Nicole Richie were there too in addition to many more legitimate celebrities who cleverly avoided being photographed.
So where was Adrien Brody? Adrien Brody was not at Kate Hudson's. No, instead Adrien Brody went to Ebola Paris Hilton's who was also hosting a party at its place that night, almost as though he needed a refill of its nfection, like he'd been running low and needed to replenish. Remember Cannes? This is when it became unforgiveable.
The great majority of you do not need convincing that he's worthless. But there are one or two holdouts, who email on a regular basis, refusing to let this sh-t go.
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LeTourneau University's Socratic Club will present a free, public showing of a film on the life of Martin Luther at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 30, in the Little Theater on the third floor of the R.G. LeTourneau Memorial Student Center Building in the middle of the university campus.
The public is invited to celebrate with students the beginning of the Protestant Reformation when Martin Luther posted his 95 theses on a church door in Wittenberg, Germany on Oct. 31, 1517, which is Reformation Day. The film runs approximately 90 minutes.
"Martin Luther is a man who changed the world," said Martin Batts, professor of English and Socratic Club faculty adviser. "We will celebrate Reformation Day by viewing this film of passion and power. Luther was a brilliant, forceful and commanding presence and his legacy lives on with us today."
The Socratic Club is a group of students, faculty and staff who meet periodically to discuss topics of current interest using the Socratic Method which focuses on discussion and interaction rather than lecture and teaching. The Socratic Method is named after the Greek philosopher Socrates, who used interactive questions and dialogue in his search for truth. Socrates, who died around 399 B.C., is credited as one of the founders of Western philosophy.
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Adult Day Care
Namkee G. Choi
Adult day care centers provide important health, social, and support services for functionally and cognitively impaired adults and their caregivers. The adult day care services are underutilized, however, because of the shortage of centers, caregivers' lack of awareness of and resistance to using services, and the mismatch between the needs of potential consumers and their informal caregivers and the services provided by the centers. To foster and support the expansion of adult day care centers, lessons learned from national demonstration programs need to be disseminated, and social workers need to be trained to provide essential services at the centers.
Ageism and Retirement
Lynn McDonald
Retirement is a modest social institution that appeared in most industrialized nations near the start of the 20th century. The aim of retirement was to solve the societal dilemma of an increasingly aged labor force by moving older workers systematically out of their jobs so as to not cause them financial harm (Atchley, 1980, p. 264). Although retirement has been considered benign since its inception, the history of retirement indicates that it is one of the main progenitors of ageism in society today (Atchley, 1982, 1993; Haber & Gratton, 1994; McDonald, 2013; Walker, 1990). Retirement and its accompanying stereotypes have been used as a tool for the management of the size and composition of the labor force contingent on the dictums of current markets in any given historical era. Ever-changing ideologies about older adults that extend from negative to positive ageism have been utilized by business, government, the public, and the media to support whatever justification is required in a particular era, with little thought to the harm perpetrated on older adults. Unfortunately, society has subscribed to these justifications en masse, including older adults themselves. In this article the ageism embedded in retirement is examined to make what is implicit explicit to social work practitioners and policymakers in the field of aging.
Aging: Services
Nancy Morrow-Howell and Leslie Hasche
Despite high levels of functioning among older adults, chronic health conditions lead to impairment and the need for help. Family members provide most of the assistance; yet formal services such as in-home personal and homemaker services, congregate and home-delivered meals, adult day services, employment and educational services, transportation, nursing homes, assisted and supportive living facilities, legal and financial services, and case management are available. Even with the growing number and type of services, unequal access and uneven quality persist. In these settings, social workers develop and administer programs, provide clinical care, offer case management and discharge planning, and contribute to policy development.
From Caregiving to Caresharing
Roberta R. Greene and Nancy P. Kropf
With the growth in the older population, especially people in the latest years of life, the need for care provision by both formal and informal sources of support will need to increase and be more innovative in design. This article begins by tracing the roots of caring and examines diverse caregiving structures and social conditions. Drawing upon a concept first studied by Covan in Florida and augmented by European models, the authors articulate practice principles from a caresharing perspective. These models emphasize caresharing by combining strengths and resources from multiple sources; however, they are still under development. The article concludes by examining 16 principles that are aligned with practice from a caresharing paradigm.
International Council on Social Welfare
Sergei Zelenev
The International Council on Social Welfare (ICSW) is a nongovernmental organization (NGO) focused on advocacy, knowledge-building, and technical assistance projects in various areas of social development carried out at the country level and internationally. Created in 1928 in Paris to address the complexities and challenges of social work, the ICSW has evolved through the years to embrace the major issues of social development, becoming a global organization committed to improving human well-being. Establishing common ground on issues of international significance and acting with partners through its nine regional networks, ICSW represents national and local organizations in more than 70 countries throughout the world. Membership also includes major international organizations. By virtue of its constitution, it operates as a democratic and accountable organization.
Positive Emotion
Jessica M. Black
Scientific findings from social sciences, neurobiology, endocrinology, and immunology highlight the adaptive benefits of positive emotion and activity to both mental and physical health. Positive activity, such as engagement with music and exercise, can also contribute to favorable health outcomes. This article reviews scientific evidence of the adaptive benefits of positive emotion and activity throughout the life course, with examples drawn from the fetal environment through late adulthood. Specifically, the text weaves together theory and empirical findings from an interdisciplinary literature to describe how positive emotion and activity help to build important cognitive, social, and physical resources throughout the life course.


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Installation of new equipment during the months of April through November takes approximately 5 weeks or 25 working days from the time the order is placed with our approved vendors until the client is contacted to schedule their installation in their office or department. From December through March, the approximate wait time is 4 weeks or 20 work days.
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'Draw Something' sketching its way to TV
One of the more popular mobile app games could wind up on your TV soon.
Industry trade Variety reports that CBS has won a bidding war to produce a pilot for a game show based on the Zynga mobile game "Draw Something." The show is backed by three heavyweights in the game and unscripted TV realms: Sony Pictures Television ("Jeopardy!"), Ryan Seacrest Prods. ("Keeping Up with the Kardashians"), and Embassy Row ("The Glee Project").
Seacrest confirmed the news on Twitter Friday: "Yes working w/ my pals at @zynga to bring Draw Something to TV on @CBS! Any pinky picassos want in?"
If you're not familiar, "Draw Something" features players trying to convey a guess-word to their partners by drawing pictures, similar to "Pictionary" and "Win, Lose or Draw." It's not clear how the TV pilot will stray from the app, but Variety reports the show will feature in-studio play involving contestants and celebrities, as well as a play-at-home element.
The "Draw Something" app was developed by Omgpop and was downloaded 50 million times just seven weeks after its release. Both the app and Omgpop were purchased by Zynga for $180 million in March. (Check out the video above to learn more about the rise and sale of "Draw Something.")
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New insight on slimming down the healthy way
(NewsUSA) - According to Dr. Oz, two of the newest ways to shed pounds and maintain a healthy weight are entirely all natural -- green coffee bean extract and raspberry ketone.
Dr. Mehmet Oz is the vice-chair and professor of surgery at Columbia University and director of the Cardiovascular Institute and Complementary Medicine Program at New York Presbyterian Hospital. When Dr. Oz tells viewers about a healthy weight-loss remedy, it flies off the shelves.
After reviewing and researching both green coffee and raspberry ketone, Dr. Oz began calling them both weight-loss miracles for their ability to speed up metabolism and burn fat. When used together, the supplements are even more effective.
If you haven't already heard of this trend, it may seem counterintuitive. Since when has coffee been good for you? But green coffee beans are naturally fortified with chlorogenic acid, an active weight loss compound that's lost when coffee beans are roasted.
Green coffee bean extract inhibits fat absorption and stimulates fat metabolism -- Dr. Oz found similar results when he conducted the largest weight-loss trial to date on his show last September. Participants of the 2012 study found that taking green coffee bean extract doubled their weight loss.
However, Dr. Oz cautions against certain brands of green coffee that may be phony or ineffective. Specifically, the professor of surgery at Columbia University only recommends extracts that list either Svetol or GCA (green coffee antioxidant) as an ingredient, contain at least 45 percent chlorogenic acid and do not include any fillers, binders or artificial ingredients.
Dr. Oz was less concerned with unnecessary additives in raspberry ketone supplements, but he does suggest combining them with a balanced diet, exercise and green coffee. Raspberries are sometimes called the "fat-burning berry" for their ability to help the fat in your cells break up more quickly and efficiently. That fat-burning quality comes from an aromatic compound known as raspberry ketone.
Both Dr. Oz and personal trainer and weight-loss expert Lisa Lynn refer to raspberry ketone as fat-burner in a bottle. For maximum effectiveness, consider ketone extracts that are paired with other natural weight-loss ingredients, such as mango, green tea extract, grapefruit and acai berries.


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Ricotta cheese – ½ cup
Sugar – ½ cup
Almonds – 6-7 crushed coarsely
For Syrup
Milk – 1 cup
Coconut milk – 2cups
Sugar – ½ cup
Cardamom – 1-2
Almonds for garnishing
For Patties
Heat a thick-bottomed pan, and heat the ricotta cheese and sugar together till they mix well. Pour the mix in a cheese cloth and let it hang for about 30-min till the excess water drains off.
Divide the dough in small balls. Make a hole in the center, and fill it with almonds. Cover it and make it into small patties. Line them on a cookie sheet and bake it at 250 for 15 min.
Take them out and let it cool.
For Syrup
Heat the milk and coconut milk in a thick, wide pan. Once it starts boiling, add the sugar and cardamom and let it cook on low heat till it has thick syrup like consistency.
Chill it in a fridge.
Put a patty in a dessert bowl and pour the syrup over it, garnish with almonds and serve.
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Back in the mid-1990s, when The Genealogy Center was still the Genealogy Department, staff members were trying to add material to our collection. We realized that there were some areas in the United States for which we had very little -- or nothing at all -- as research sources. So my colleagues and I began writing letters (before email!) to various archives and societies, seeking information about sources they had, for donation, if possible.
We received some really nifty stuff in return. Some we had to purchase, but many were gifts from different locales, schools, churches, historical societies and businesses.
A few days ago, there was a package addressed to me, and inside were two volumes for us as donations, a very nice letter telling me that the archives to which I'd sent a request more than 15 years ago was now able to send material, and a copy of my original letter! It was great to know that the requests I had sent then were still bearing fruit!
And, of course, this is also a reminder that we are still looking for those local items that make our collection such a great resource: church directories and histories; school yearbooks of any year or location; business, town and neighborhood histories; and, naturally, family histories. If you're not sure we'd want it (though undoubtedly we will), just email us.
And thank you, to all who have donated in the past. We couldn't do it without you.
Tuesday, Feb 12, 2013
The Genealogy Tracers of Cleveland, Ohio, have added more to their Obituaries and Memorial Programs database, hosted by The Genealogy Center. These documents add a wealth of information for the subjects of each item, as well as family and community members. The Genealogy Tracers continue to gather and add more items on a regular basis, expanding this database so that it is beneficial to those in Ohio and other states. The material is available on our Free Databases page!
Saturday, Feb 09, 2013
The Uniform Monday Holiday Act of 1968 created Washington's Birthday on the third Monday of each February. Washington was born February 11, 1731, but due to Great Britain's change from the Julian to the Gregorian Calendar in 1752, which not only moved the calendar forward eleven days, but also made January 1st the start of the new year, instead of March 25th, he switched his birthday to February 22, 1732, to reflect this change. His birthday became a holiday for Federal workers in the District of Columbia in 1879, then expanded to all Federal workers in 1885. Lincoln's birthday (February 12) has never been an official holiday, but businesses began using the term Presidents' Day, and several states made their official holidays "Presidents' Day."
Whatever you call it, The Genealogy Center will be open its regular hours, 9A to 9P, and staff members will be here to answer questions and guide you in your research. Presidents' Day has traditionally been a great day for researchers, so come on in!
Tuesday, Feb 05, 2013
Good news! The shift is over! To provide room for expansion in our book stacks, a project was undertaken to shift material, creating room for growth. A great deal of planning to streamline the process was done before a single book was moved, and the result is amazing! In just two and a half months, our staff moved almost 75% of our book collection!
Books for Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri and Wisconsin (977.4 thought 977.8) joined the Western state books in the compact shelving, and the rest of general United States material and Eastern states spread into the space created, leaving top shelves and some bottom shelves free for future expansion.
To create space in the compact shelves for these Midwestern states books, European material was moved from the south set of compact shelves to the western part of the north set of compact shelves.
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Wednesday, Jan 30, 2013
by Delia
Recently, I had a customer ask what The Genealogy Center has on the computers. She said she always comes for the extensive collection of books, some of which are one of a kind, and the microfilm collections, but she was noticing more people coming in and spending the whole day on the computer, so she wondered what we had that she couldn't get at home.
We have an excellent collection of subscription databases, including Ancestry, Fold 3, American Ancestors, Origins Network, Slavery and Anti-Slavery Archive, and Archives Unbound. I showed her their location on our On-Site Databases page and explained each of them. She was happy to know what we had and said she'd try them on her next visit.
But her question made me think. We all love having information instantly, just sitting at the glowing screen and pulling data from various wide-flung archives and databases. But we need to be careful about neglecting the book and microfilm collection as we research. Yes, Ancestry does have all of the Federal Census online and it's searchable. But sometimes it's just better to browse the pages using microfilm. Yes, Fold 3 does have many military records, but not everything. And, yes, some of our books have been digitized and are available at Internet Archive or Family History Archive. But those constitute only a small part of the collection.
So the next time you visit, be sure to spend some of your time curling up with a good book or two or a hundred. We receive new volumes of local and regional records and histories, military and family histories every month. Take a few minutes to search the catalog before you arrive. There is a great deal of information awaiting you between the covers!
Sunday, Jan 27, 2013
By Dawne
When the doors of the library open at 9 a.m. (or noon on Sunday) and you enter The Genealogy Center, you will see one or two librarians seated at the Ask desk, working on projects and waiting to welcome patrons. Guest passes are there for you to collect and the librarians are ready to answer your questions about where to find materials, the layout of the department, and where to begin your research. Computers, copiers and printers are humming and ready to go. Have you ever thought about what goes on before the library opens in the morning to get the area ready for you to do your research?
An Environmental Services housekeeper is the first to begin the day's preparations in The Genealogy Center, dusting and cleaning counters and around computers and starting to turn on machines. This starts before 8 a.m.
The day-shift librarians "clock in" at 8. They continue the task of turning on lights in the catalog and copier alcoves and powering up the machinery, including copiers, printers, catalog stations, the registration computer, public service computers, print station computer, microtext scanners and Ask desk computers and printers. Currently, the public service computers are left on overnight to receive updates, but this has not always been the closing routine. If everything in the department needed to be powered on, there would be somewhere in the neighborhood of 120 buttons to press!
One of the first tasks of the librarians is to print the day's guest passes. These are sheets of paper that have temporary library card numbers for our non-ACPL-cardholding patrons to use to log into the computers. If we are running low on copy/print cards, one of the librarians might prepare a stack of cards. Occasionally someone takes some old guest passes or other paper and cuts it into quarters to make scrap paper for customers who come into the department on a whim without bringing supplies. We also restock the boxes of golf pencils that we keep for the same reason, and the handouts that we have at the Ask desk.
A full-time shelver comes on duty at 8:30 a.m. and begins cleaning the glass on the copiers and the digital sender, and adds paper to all of the copiers and printers. This is also the time for routine maintenance on microfilm and fiche readers and printers. Service is no longer available on some of the old readers, and the Allen County Public Library's Maintenance staff have been trained to repair them.
Once or twice a week, The Center staff, those who are familiar faces and the behind-the-scenes crew who process and catalog the collection, gathers for a 30- to 40-minute meeting during the 8 a.m. hour to touch base on public activities and events, library issues and other topics.
If there is time left, the librarians start cleaning the spam messages out of the Ask a Librarian email queue and answering the questions that have come into that mailbox overnight. Then the door locks click, the elevator bells ring and the sound of footsteps coming up the stairs can be heard – it's time to welcome the day's patrons to The Genealogy Center!
Thursday, Jan 24, 2013
This session takes the armchair research of the past - letters, queries, Interlibrary loan and phone calls - and gives it a modern twist. There's so much that can be found through the Internet to advance your research, even if you do not subscribe to a single commercial (for-pay) database!
Meeting Room A, 2:30 PM - 3:30 PM.
To register for this free class, send an email or call 260-421-1225.
For more information, see our WinterTech brochure.
Sunday, Jan 20, 2013
By John
The recent effort of Ancestry to correct some of its birthplace entries in the census database is to be applauded. For many years we have known that census takers wrote "IA" for Indiana in the birth fields on the 1850 and 1860 censuses. Abstractors transcribed it incorrectly as "Iowa." A recent announcement herald that these earlier errors have been corrected.
There is still more to be done to make federal census images more complete. When Ancestry and other companies digitized the federal census records, they used the microfilm versions of those records, instead of going back to the original volumes. (The originals are only available for early census to 1870; the later schedules have been destroyed). Unfortunately, when the original films were created, some errors occurred and a few scattered pages here and there were never filmed. They still exist in the original volumes in the National Archives and Records Administration, but researchers using the census databases will not find the names on those pages, since they have never been digitized.
Here's a story that illustrates the challenge. More than a decade ago, the late George Fitzgerald, a local Fort Wayne genealogist, undertook some research on George McCulloch, a Fort Wayne banker and later Secretary of the Treasury in the Lincoln administration. He searched the 1850 census, but couldn't find him (a younger man with that name was listed, not the 40-year-old banker from Maine). Where was Hugh? George went to the National Archives in Washington, D.C., examined the original 1850 register for Allen County, and discovered that page 159 of Wayne Township, Allen County, had never been filed due to camera operator error. There he found Hugh McCulloch along with six other households, all of which were later transcribed and published in the "Allen County Lines," vol. 26, no 4 (June 2002).
In my research over the years I have discovered that other census pages were inadvertently missed. In 1820, a number of pages were left out of the microfilm of the Virginia census, now transcribed online, as well as in the "Virginia Genealogist," vol. 18, no. 2 (April-June 1974). Unfortunately, the accompanying household data was not abstracted.
I feel certain that there are other missing pages here and there in the microfilm editions that resulted from camera operator error many years ago. If a company such as Ancestry were to digitize these lost pages, they could truly lay claim to having the most complete census records extant. However, locating and correcting these omissions could be a herculean task.
In any case, it is worth noting that if you absolutely cannot find someone who you feel should be on the federal census, it may be that you are encountering a missing page. While not a widespread problem, such errors do exist.
Thursday, Jan 17, 2013
Wednesday, Jan 16, 2013
Starting Monday, January 21, 2013, the Dunkin' Donuts on the first floor of the Allen County Public Library's main branch will close an hour earlier Mondays through Thursdays, at 8 PM instead of 9 PM. As usual, of course, no food or beverages are allowed in The Genealogy Center.
Monday, Jan 14, 2013
Liz Pidgeon, Local and Family History Librarian at Yarra Plenty Regional Library, in Melbourne, Victoria, will offer "Researching Australian Family History, with Additional Tips for Finding Your American Ancestor in Australia." She will provide an introduction to research in Australia, and an overview of sources, including archives, genealogy and family history societies, convict research, military resources, and libraries, including the National Library's Trove website. She will also be available for research questions after the lecture.
Liz began as Librarian Cataloguer at YPRL in 1991 and was involved in the early implementation of digitization programs. In 2005 she was appointed as Local and Family History Librarian co-ordinating local and family history services for the region as part of the Community Engagement team. Responsibilities include overseeing collections, developing partnerships with local history groups and councils, and promoting the value of local and family history to the community through network meetings and programs in the library. She has a long time personal interest in both local and family history, and is actively involved in the preservation of photographs and stories. She has also been a Creative Memories Consultant for over 10 years.
This one-hour class starts at 2:00 PM and will be held in Meeting Room A.
To register for this free event, send an email or call 260-421-1225.
Take advantage of this rare, and free, opportunity to hear and meet with an expert from Down Under!
Friday, Jan 11, 2013
by Melissa & Delia
Recently, a researcher was bemoaning the fact that one of the recent natural disasters that have befallen this country destroyed the county facility where she had hoped to search for records on one of her families. Imagine her happiness when it was pointed out to her that the original records may have been destroyed, but various organizations and authors had already published books and articles which indexed and transcribed the marriage, probate and deed records that she needed and that we had those books here in The Genealogy Center!
While examining original records is always preferable, in many cases where floods, hurricanes, tornadoes and other events have made that impossible, the past and current activities of local genealogical and historical societies, lineage societies like the D.A.R., the W.P.A., and individual authors have recorded this precious information.
Of course, preservation activities within the community are always advisable. Libraries or local societies can make contact with the court clerk and investigate scanning or microfilming the records for storage elsewhere. But for records lost in the past 20 to 30 years, don't forget our genealogical predecessors who have already paved the preservation way.
Monday, Jan 07, 2013
Congratulations! You found your ancestor in the 1880 census, a 14-year-old boy living with his parents and several siblings, both older and younger! You gleefully place these new names on your family chart and proceed on with your research. Right?
No, of course not! You realize that this young man may well be the son of the head of the household (he's listed as the man's son, after all), but that woman might be his mother, or may be someone his widowed (or divorced) father may have married after the boy's mother died.
Since you've already tried getting a full death record to see if his parents are listed (no, the space is blank), and his obituary (not mentioned), you know you have to try another few tricks. You look for will and/or probate records, but, although the father's will mentioned his children by name, the woman died before her husband.
You look for marriage records and find a record for the father marrying a woman of the correct first name a year before the oldest child in the family was born. But as you check further and discover the father married again, in 1872, to a woman with the same first name as his first wife. You find a cemetery listing for the first wife (you ignored it before, thinking she was still alive in 1880), and all of the pieces are falling into place. A close examination of church records verifies your theory: Your ancestor was the son of the 1880 head of household and his first wife. And you have successfully resisted the urge to jump to a conclusion without all of the facts.
NOW you can add those names in the proper places!
Thursday, Jan 03, 2013
by Dawne
The Genealogy Center received an email query from fellow genealogy librarian Marcia Ford of the Kokomo and Howard County (IN) Public Library Genealogy & Local History Department, recently, asking if we could identify the object in the picture featured with this entry. Marcia had been sent the photo by a colleague, whose friend found the object with a metal detector. It is rectangular, about two inches wide and three inches tall with a hole in the top and small tabs on the sides. Its legend reads "XMAS GREETING '91" and what looks like "__ESA ARMSTRONG." Underneath that, "FT. WAYNE, IND." is clear. There may be a smaller embossed message below this, but it isn't readable from the picture.
After some research, it seems likely that this metal tag was once attached to a hat box. The name on the tag isn't "___ESA ARMSTRONG," but "JAMES A. ARMSTRONG." According to The Illustrated Milliner, Vol. 11, pp. 175-176, published in 1910, James A. Armstrong established Adams & Armstrong millinery firm in Fort Wayne in 1886 and shortly after bought out his partner and changed the name of the company to The James A. Armstrong Millinery Co. The 1890-1891 Fort Wayne City and Allen County Directory published by R. L. Polk Company, shows James A. Armstrong, wholesale milliner, with his shop at 109 Calhoun Street.
It may be that this tag was attached to the hat boxes containing hats ordered by women to complement their holiday finery, or to the boxes of hats purchased as gifts, or both. In effect, the tag probably served as an advertisement for the James A. Armstrong Company. Without locating an intact hat box from that company for the 1891 holiday season, or a photograph of one, it is not possible to know for sure whether the mystery of this item's identity has been solved, but this seems like a reasonable possibility.
The full text of the 1910 issue of The Illustrated Milliner that includes the article mentioning the James A. Armstrong Company is available online at the HathiTrust Digital Library. It even includes a photograph of James! James A. Armstrong added C. T. Pidgeon and W. S. Turner to his firm in 1894, then sold out to his partners and moved to Denver, Colorado, in 1902. According to the article, he planned to retire from the millinery business at that point, but because "Denver held such alluring prospects for a first class jobbing millinery house," he changed his mind about retiring and established Howland & Armstrong in Denver. That firm was dissolved in 1902 and Armstrong, with a former Fort Wayne partner, W. S. Turner, formed the Armstrong Turner Millinery Company in Denver, which was still in business at the time the article was written in 1910.
Heirlooms and artifacts sometimes can tell their stories if we are observant and think creatively about sources in libraries and elsewhere that might help us decipher available clues. In this case, old city directories were instrumental in unlocking a possible answer to the mystery of the metal Christmas greetings tag.
Sunday, Dec 30, 2012
When I first started researching, I would make up my New Year's goals for genealogy. Initially, the list was full of "Find great-grandmother's brother's wife's maiden name," and "Figure out what happened to Harry." Those were all great goals, but, really, I was going to work on those anyway. New Year's goals should encourage us to do something different, to make a change for the better in our research techniques, our documentation standards, or our policies about sharing material. So here are a few goals you might want to consider:
Pledge to investigate new information thoroughly, and evaluate the source for authenticity and accuracy.
Pledge to add the new information to your research compilation along with detailed citations that include the source person or document, and where the source is located.
Pledge to submit something of your research to posterity, such as write and submit a well-documented article to a genealogical society journal or scan old family photos to a disk and submit to a historical society or to The Genealogy Center's Family Resources.
Pledge to talk to an older relative and really listen, learning more about his or her life experiences, and record or transcribe what you hear.
Pledge to join a genealogical society. As more and more people are connected only electronically, we are losing the benefits of sharing our research triumphs and failures with others.
Pledge to attend a genealogical conference at least once. Aside from valuable classes and vendors on display at a conference, the networking opportunities and problem-solving discussions are invaluable. Genealogists are among the most friendly of conference attendees, willing to converse with others about various research sources and techniques. Of course, I might mention that the Federation of Genealogical Societies' annual conference, Journey Through Generations, will be in Fort Wayne August 21-24, 2013.
Last, pledge to be on the watch for others who may be interested in researching their family trees, and aid them as they begin. You may be able to introduce a friend to the wonders of family history.
Wednesday, Dec 26, 2012
Sunday, Dec 23, 2012
Friday, Dec 21, 2012
by Jane
To commemorate the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln's signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection's Lincoln at the Library program will present "Lincoln's Gamble: The Emancipation Proclamation."
This panel discussion of the context and effects of the Proclamation will be held on Sunday, January 13, 2013, in the Main Library's Meeting Room A, from 2:00 to 3:00 in the afternoon. Panelists will offer varying perspectives—political, historical, and cultural—on the Proclamation and will address questions from the audience. "Lincoln's Gamble" is sponsored by the Friends of the Allen County Public Library.
Wednesday, Dec 19, 2012
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by Gary Torres
I am on my way to Papua New Guinea (PNG), or at least that is what my ticket stub says. I had my doubts as to whether or not I would ever make it through the security checks.
Besides, it just isn't one of my regular stops that I make.
I have traveled back and forth between Farmington and Monticello so many times that I am now a regular and people that I see so often have extended "local" privileges to me.
At the Maverik I know how to fix the yogurt machine, at the Sonic I know which ordering stall to avoid because it is broken, and last time the kid said, "Here's your cherry-coke (no Pepsi available) Mr. Torres with lots of crushed ice just the way you like it."
I am going down to Papua NG to give some lectures; yes, some people actually think that I know something. Since I am a long way from home and they don't know me and can't check with you or my too kind and loving wife, my credentials must seem more impressive when viewed from afar.
So I flew from Farmington to Denver, then to LAX, and I am waiting for my flight to Sydney, Australia. It is a 14-hour flight from LA to Sydney, and I have prepared for some time to be able to sit still for 14 hours.
This will not be easy, and my too kind and loving wife has given me chemicals (legal ones) that should make me sleep like a baby (that is. drool all over my shirt for at least eight hours of the trip). After that I am on my own.
It bothers me to think that as I arrive in Sydney, I lost an entire day. I don't know where it went; I left on Saturday and arrived on Monday.
Now I have been known to want to skip church before, but I had never realized that I could skip an entire Sunday. Where did it go? I don't really know and I won't get it back unless I come back to LA.
I always knew weird things happen in LA, but for an entire day to vanish is more than my Einstein brain can grasp.
I am going to Papua, and so I have done some reading up on the country of six million people. Apparently, in 1905 a missionary found a religious site with 10,000 shrunken heads. And, if you believe Wikipedia, as late as 1980s cannibalism, although not common, was not unheard of.
So I will take all dinner invites very cautiously, as I am sure a nice plump corn-fed American newspaper reporter might look good with an apple in my mouth on the holiday buffet.
I am quite nervous about taking a sleeping pill. First, I don't regularly sleep with strangers and as I look about, there are some strange-looking people on the plane. I am not sure that I trust them enough to be in a chemically-induced coma.
Sure, I have often contemplated taking a pill like that before church, just to take the edge off a little, but what's the worst that is going to happen there?
I fall asleep during the sermon (been there), my too kind and loving wife whacks me repeatedly across the head trying to wake me (done that), or my home teachers have to carry me out to my car (got a photo on Facebook to prove it).
As I pop my pill, I am comforted because there are two very attractive, young twin Asian women sitting next to me, and I think that I am safe and won't mind sleeping with them. They tell me their names, but I just call them Jin and Jen because I can't pronounce their real names.
Of course, from Jin and Jen's perspective, they are sitting next to a creepy old American that is popping a pill and mumbling and drooling about living in a cave with his too kind and loving wife.
I am less comforted when I wake up and the twins have been replaced with a dreamy-eyed big fella with a gold tooth. He is letting me rest my head on his hairy shoulder and is wearing an alligator-tooth necklace. Crocodile-Dundee with a gold tooth.
So far, I am only 19 hours into my trip, and I have ingested chemicals, slept with two Asian twins, woke up with Mr. Gold-Tooth Dundee, can't account for 24 hours, and was frisked, patted down, and squeezed at the airport more times than a fresh baguette in France.
I hope that I don't have a new, but tasteful, tattoo of Jin and Jen in a cute little heart on my buttocks or worse, a not-so-tasteful Mike Tyson tattoo on my face when I finally get to see myself in a mirror.
I hope the return trip isn't as troubling.


text: Go ahead and try to define the sound of NIGHTS LIKE THESE. They are too melodic for the death metal underground, too brutal to for the metal-core crowd, and definitely nowhere in the middle. Putting a tag on them is a task that many have deemed impossible and, quite frankly, the band likes it that way. Combine the skilled framework of bassist Sebastian Rios and drummer Patrick Leatherwood with the assault of guitarists Derren Saucier and Matt Qualls and top it all off with experimental and intense vocals of Billy Bottom and you get undeniably chaotic sound of NIGHTS LIKE THESE. Born out of the city that birthed rock n roll, Memphis' NIGHTS LIKE THESE was able to build a fiercely loyal fan-base that quickly grew beyond the borders of their southern state. Their 2006 Victory Records debut, "The Faithless", pushed the experimental envelope with a wide array of melodic layers, abrasive guitar-work and bludgeoning drums. Their music, which represents the full spectrum of metal, gave the world of heavy music a much need stir. Adding to the extreme nature of their debut record is the notorious volume and force the band gives off in their live performance. NIGHTS LIKE THESE made it a goal to be the loudest band on any given tour. Having shared the road with SUICIDE SILENCE, BURY YOUR DEAD, UNEARTH and DEAD TO FALL, that's not an easy task. But, it works. So does the obvious on-stage chemistry between the members. The result is a refreshingly bare boned performance of blood, sweat and uninhibited power. No makeup, no lights, just loud, mind blowing riffs. With the new record, "Sunlight at Secondhand", NIGHTS LIKE THESE aim to take the next leap in their evolution. The title of the album itself reveals the bands intense desire to show another side of themselves. This sophomore release, self-admittedly more mature than the last, touches on every aspect of human nature. Most notably the two sides that everyone, themselves included, possesses. The album also focuses on the only fact of life that never seems to change: the fact that life is constantly changing. "The last album doesn't even really sound like us. We wrote those songs when I was around 17-years-old. I was just a kid. I hated everything, but I don't think I really knew why. It's obvious that many things have changed in all of our lives since then, and the new album reflects that," says vocalist Billy Bottom. "We want to open our current fan bases' minds, as well as anyone else who checks us out to a totally different style of aggressive music," says Billy, "we believe in every note, riff, lyric and part that was put into this album. I can only hope that the fans are as into the music as we are." Definable? Never. Unpredictable? Always. The only thing to be sure of is that NIGHTS LIKE THESE never disappoints, and refuses to conform to one style. "Sunlight at Secondhand" is in stores NOW!


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gracethreading needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 29 designs submitted by 6 freelance designers.
Grace Threading
Our core business is Eyebrow Threading. We provide skin care (day spa) services like Facials, Body Waxing, Chemical Peels. Our company Slogan is "Affordable Skin Care". So we need something with brand name and our core business into our logo.. We need it to be bold and speak clearly but at the sametime not over do its job. We have Earthy look for out spa.. so it should be able to blend in... I've some samples I can provide.. but don't want to kill the creativity. I am open to ideas as long as it can serve its purpose for years to come...
We aimed to be affordable yet quality spa to get your eyebrows threaded and for most of your skin care needs. We want our customers to feel comfortable and relaxing in our spa. Its 90% women customers as its beauty related.
We are looking for a logo represent our Day Spa - Grace Threading.
We would love to have the logo incorporate a thread or eyeborws but here are a few things to think about:
1. No Cartoons - we want it to be playful but not cheap or childlike
2. Nothing too elegant - we do not want to come across as being fancy. We want the locals to feel like they can afford the quality service here.
3. The typeface should be clear, simple and bold. We want something that stands out. Again being careful not to be too fancy.
Here is an example of a logo that we like:
Here is an example of what we are trying to avoid:
Please feel free to experiment with colors!
The files we will require are:
Print file format - .ai (CMYK)
Web file format - .jpg (logo/banner size) and layered .psd (RGB)
Please do not use any stock images or clip art in the logo
Addition to final deliverables: Illustrator 10 or lower, with all fonts outlined. It needs to be a vector file.
Find out how a design contest works or learn more about our logo design services.


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