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Horret Wu, an underground sleight master from Taiwan, wowed the crowd first in 2010 TMA Close-up Competition. Since then, he's one of the rising stars of Taiwan's magic society. He revives various classic sleights with creative performances. Scholarly in the appearance, but humorous in the wording, he easily gains the judges' favor. Besides the championship of TMA Close-up Magic Competition, Horret was also the winner of Italy Special Award and Japan UGM Special Award In TMA Convention 2010.
Hand in hand, these two magic talents brainstormed and brought you 8 absolutely private routines, including "Sniper" and "Assassin", which arose enthusiastic discussion around the world. The highly expected SNIPER DVD, will definitely bring you the ultimate amazement, and make your jaw dropped with its abundant ideas!
Award Records of Red Tsai:
2011 Taiwan TMA Close-up Champion
2011 Korea BIMF Close-up Champion
2011 Hong Kong FISM Asia Close-up Champion
2012 Thailand BIME Close-up Champion
2012 Best Close-Up Magician of Merlin Award
Award Records of Horret Wu:
2008 Taiwan TMA Close-up Competition - 3rd Prize
2010 Taiwan TMA Close-up Competition - Champion
2010 Italy Special Award In TMA Convention
2010 Japan UGM Special Award In TMA Convention
2011 Taiwan TMA Close-up Competition - Special Award
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Sniper -
One card is selected by the audience randomly and then put back into the deck. The magician places that deck on the table, and puts another card behind the deck. The magician shoots that card into the deck and it slides into the exact place where the audience's card is.
Assassin -
The audience selects a card and puts it back into the deck. The magician spreads the deck on the table, and takes out a random card. The card is then shot into the spread deck, and accurately hits the chosen card.
Random Change -
The magician divides the whole deck into 4 piles casually, and reveals 4 Kings on the top of each pile. The magician carries on with these 4 Kings and transforms them into 4 Aces in the blink of an eye.
Machine Gun -
The magician finds out 4 Aces as the assistants, and then asks 4 spectators to select a card individually. After putting 4 selected cards back into the deck, the magician divides the deck into 4 piles, and sets each Ace behind each pile. Then the Aces are shot one by one into the piles to find out the spectators' cards.
Mind Freak -
The magician asks the audience to remember one card when riffling the deck. Without extra moves, the magician immediately puts the whole deck onto the spectator's hand, and asks him/her to repeat that card silently in the mind. The magician then senses the correct answer and reveals it with a mental style. Furthermore, the selected card is reversed in the deck for a second surprise.
I hate Lu Chen's ACAAN -
The audience and the magician exchange their roles, and proceed with the classic "A.C.A.A.N" routine to find out the named card at the designated position.
ITH Alone In A Crowd -
One card is selected by the audience and put back into the middle of the deck. The magician turns over this middle part and it's sandwiched between the other two piles. The magician then shows off with the acrobatic-like move to reverse the middle part. Nothing done seems helpful for finding the card. However, the magician succeeds when the audience's card is found out the only one left face-up.
Marked Deck of Poor Quality -
The magician asks the audience to select a card and put it back into the deck. Following that, the magician reveals the secret that a marked deck is employed. However, due to the poor quality, the marks are so hard to recognize. Seemingly having an awkward condition, the magician gives a jaw-dropping finale to reveal the audience's card.
English & Japanese Subtitles Available
Running Time
: 1hr 45min
Reviews & Quotes:
"Sniper just changed the game!"
- Eric Ross
"Sniper exactly shoot my heart."
- Hondo
(Creator of Cobra Kiss and Infinitum.)
"Sniper surprised me. There are some killer applications for close-up workers and I'm happy to say it fooled me badly. I truly recommend this!"
- Hanson Chien
(Director of Sniper, Creator of 2011's hit "Touch")


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There are historic vehicles, and there are fast vehicles, but Brenspeed's Prototype Saleen Serial # DR1 is both. With over 650 hp installed with a factory development "Series 7" twin-screw supercharger, this is one special car that is going up for auction on August 30, 2014, at the Worldwide Auctioneers in Auburn, Indiana.
Built in 2011 by Brenspeed on behalf of Saleen, this sledgehammer was paraded around the United States and put on display for every car guy to drool over, and when it wasn't on display, it was being campaigned in the NMRA race series.
It has all of the distinguished body upgrades, including the hood option, and inside you'll find Saleen S7 carbon-fiber seats wrapped in embossed black leather. Over the period of 2011, this car covered a mere 4,500 miles and has since been on display in the main foyer of Brenspeed's Indiana headquarters.
Brenspeed is going to donate the proceeds to the "Next Gen Education Program," which is a workshop that helps junior high and high school children as well as "At Risk Youth" by using the automotive industry as a benchmark and platform for tomorrow's education.
Company owner Brent White explains, "Education is important, and as a kid growing up sometimes the path is unclear, you may not know what you want to do, for me it was always about cars. So as a teenager I found myself learning more and more from publications, but the options were limited. With this program it will expand learning through the automotive industry showing business practices, how to deal with people, and general common sense, it gives the basics and shows how businesses operate—but all through the automotive spectrum, which is great, because everyone knows someone with a car, right? And if cars are not every kid's bag, then they can implement what they have learned into any other job role they choose, everyone benefits."
Brenspeed headquarters is located in Pierceton, Indiana, and has undertaken the engineering upgrades of Saleen Mustangs for many years; its reputation has gone from strength to strength in the marketplace and are producing more and more high-end conversions for Mustang owners for either the modest GT applications right through to the Shelby and even F-150s. As a tuning company it has identified many significant requirements from customers and produces high-quality and reliable upgrades. So, where do you stay in Indiana whilst these works are being carried out on your pride and joy? How about the complimentary fully furnished "Guest House" that they comp you next to their custom-built facility; that's right, they really do think of the small things. And, if that's not enough and you don't fancy the drive to Indiana, you could always try its second outlet in Cedar Hill, Texas, just south of Dallas.
So, someone is going to be smiling this August 30 because they will be taking away a piece of history in the form of a very historic vehicle, yep, Serial #DR1 is selling with no reserve for an awesome cause—so contact Worldwide today and get your bidder's number, at the same time helping a great cause!
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Why M4's have reliability issues…and why it's our fault! By Michael Pannone December 24, 2008 I fired 15,000 rounds through a semi-automatic M4/M4A1-type direct-gas-impingement (DGI) carbine in 31 weeks without a single malfunction attributable to anything except bad ammunition or bad magazines, with a grand total of 9 malfunctions. The least number of rounds fired between cleanings was 960 rounds, …Read More »
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text: IT spending may grow by almost 6% next year due to cloud computing, mobile networking and social media, according to market researcher IDC.IDC says global IT spending could be $1.6 trillion next year, a 5.7% hike over 2010. The firm expects cloud services, mobile computing and social networking "to mature and coalesce into a new mainstream platform" for IT. \u00a0IDC says this maturation could also change the competitive landscape."We'll see the IT industry revolving more and more around the build-out and adoption of this next dominant platform," says Frank Gens, IDC chief analyst, in a statement. "This restructuring will overthrow nearly every assumption about who the industry's leaders will be and how they establish and maintain leadership."IDC's numbers are about $1 trillion less than Gartner's, a competitive research firm. Gartner projects about $2.5 trillion in spending, up 3% from 2010.Under IDC's watch, spending on public IT cloud services will grow 30% from 2010, as organizations move more business applications into the cloud; mobile devices will outnumber PCs in 18 months; mobile app downloads will grow 150% -- from 10 billion in 2010 to 25 billion in 2011; and social media will infiltrate corporate business and operations software, growing at a compounded rate of 38% for the next four years.Building the infrastructure for all of this will grow too. Hardware spending is predicted to be up 7.8% from 2010, while software will grow 5.3%, services 3.5% and outsourcing 4%, IDC projects. Emerging markets will account for more than half of all net new IT spending worldwide, the firm predicts."What really distinguishes the year ahead is that these disruptive technologies are finally being integrated with each other \u2013 cloud with mobile, mobile with social networking, social networking with 'big data' and real-time analytics," states Gens. "As a result, these once-emerging technologies can no longer be invested in, or managed, as sandbox efforts around the edges of the market. Instead, they are rapidly becoming the market itself and must be addressed accordingly."Read more about data center in Network World's Data Center section.


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Friday, October 30, 2009
Nikolai Tyrsa's life in motion
Nikolai Tyrsa (1887-1942) was a painter, graphic designer and lithographer whose artworks were characterized by dynamism
and simple harmonies of color. He was also a brilliant intellectual, art expert, translator and polemicist.
Tyrsa explored many areas of book illustration and design, and created a new striking and decorative book cover style.
Sadly, he died during World War II.
Cover and illustration from Kozlik (The little goat), 1923
Cover and illustrations for Pro slona (About an elephant), 1926
Illustrations from Snezhnaya kniga (The snow book), 1928
Covers for Cort (The devil), Lesnye domishki (?), Otryad (The troop), 1929-30
Tyrsa's love of horses was related to his Cossak origins. He was the only artist able
to discuss on the same level with Lebedev the minutest details of equine illustration.
Gratitude for the info to the Italian edition of Erast Davidovic Kuznecov's
Children's book illustration and the Russian avant-garde.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Isidro Ferrer's Objective Zoology
I really like the playful simplicity of Spanish graphic designer and illustrator Isidro Ferrer.
I strongly suggest a visit to see his fantastic work on Pablo Neruda's Libro de las preguntas.
Monday, October 26, 2009
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Sunday Safari - A literary meeting
Poster for Roubaix book fair by Beatrice Alemagna
I am so fond of Matticchio's literate octopus (or hexapus, as someone rightly noticed)
that I've gathered a bunch of fellow readers, writers and intellectuals to keep him
good company on this lovely Sunday afternoon:
three sweet mice by Natasha Fadeeva and Suzuki Tiaki
(thanks to Quinquabelle and Milk Tooth),
two poetic porcupines by Marc Boutavant (from his book For just one day)
and Celestino Piatti (thanks to The apple and the egg and The art room plant),
an owl with her typewriter by Raymond Savignac
(thanks to ninobooks' great Olivetti flickr collection),
a promising writer, Denis the deer, presenting his first book
(from Gwénola Carrère's ABC des petits annonces, published in Italy by Topipittori),
a bookworm bug by Edward Bawden (thanks to Paja Troops 76 on flickr),
a quiet book-loving dog by Maira Kalman,
a few sheepish readers by André François,
the fierce literary critic fox, and the twin rooster writers by Henry Galeron,
and finally, a couple more intellectual roosters by Herbert Leupin (1955)
and Finnish graphic designer Tapani Aartomaa...
Friday, October 23, 2009
Mad Men and Crazy Critters, 2nd episode - Sweetly Swiss
Dalang egg noodles, 1952, Suchard Milka chocolate, 1949
return to Switzerland in 1937 he started working as a graphic artist. At first his work
his most productive years, he developed a more humorous and whimsical personal style.
Leupin's cheerful and brightly colored posters had a stunning visual impact, and
the new approach became enormously successful in commercial art. This advertising
a product through visual metaphors, although his images also possess a gentle childlike
appeal lacking in Cappiello's work. Many of the pictures featured in this post come from
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
The Momentous Mutations of Kazumasa Nagai
"The universe and mankind both have a uniform order that I express". Kazugama Nagai
For over forty years Kazumasa Nagai has communicated his poetic message
of harmony between man and nature through artworks that are refreshingly diverse
but remain consistently elegant, striking and essential. Nagai (b. 1929), always
an experimenter, has periodically startled the artworld with the dramatic evolutions
of his style, from rational abstractions to realistic illustration to computer art to patterns
to stylized natural forms and more. Japanese graphic master Tadanori Yokoo defined
these changes as "the Momentous Mutations of Kazumasa Nagai". Nagai's works have been
featured in many environmental campaigns, received international awards and are found
in collections including the MoMA and the National Museum of Modern Art in Tokio.
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(CNN) -- The death toll from Tropical Storm Agatha continued to grow Tuesday, with 152 reported killed in Guatemala, 16 in Honduras and nine in El Salvador.
One-hundred people are missing in Guatemala and another 87 are injured, the nation's emergency agency reported Tuesday. In addition, nearly 125,000 people have been evacuated and 74,000 are living in shelters, said emergency official David de Leon.
The previously reported toll for Guatemala was 123 deaths, 90 people missing and 69 injured.
Guatemala also is feeling the effect of the Pacaya volcano, which erupted Thursday night and continued to spew ash Tuesday. Three people were killed when they were crushed by rocks strewn by the volcano.
La Aurora International Airport in Guatemala City, the nation's capital, has been closed since Friday because of falling ash but was expected to open later Tuesday.
Pacaya is located about 18 miles (30 kilometers) south of Guatemala City.
Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom declared a 15-day state of calamity after the volcano eruption. Damage from Tropical Storm Agatha added to the devastation.
Destruction from the storm has been widespread throughout the nation, with mudslides destroying homes and buildings and burying some victims. At least nine rivers had dramatically higher levels and 13 bridges collapsed, the emergency services agency said.
In the northern part of Guatemala City, the downpour created a sinkhole the size of a street intersection. Residents told CNN that a three-story building and a house fell into the hole.
Classes have been canceled this week in schools throughout the nation.
In Honduras, where 16 people have died, President Porfirio Lobo declared a state of emergency Sunday.
Nearly 12,000 people have been evacuated from their homes and about 3,200 were living in shelters, the Honduran emergency agency said Tuesday. More than 140 homes have been destroyed and another 700 have been damaged, the Permanent Commission for Emergencies reported.
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Side Effects – 2 New Clips and UK Poster
Those two new preview clips of Side Effects feature Jude Law and Catherine Zeta-Jones:
Side Effects – I will be able to buy you a new shirt.
Side Effects – I think they're going to charge you.
"Emily (Rooney Mara) and Martin (Channing Tatum) are a successful New York couple whose world unravels when a new drug prescribed by Emily's psychiatrist (Jude Law) – intended to treat anxiety – has unexpected side effects."
And here's the UK poster of Side Effects:
Warning: May cause anxiety, paranoia and death.
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DETROIT – Reggie Bush had five catches for 103 yards to help the Detroit Lions rout the New England Patriots 40-9 on Thursday night.
The Patriots' first-team offense, which was precise and efficient in the first two games of the exhibition season, was anything but in preseason game No. 3. Tight end Zach Sudfeld and running backs Brandon Bolden and Shane Vereen lost fumbles and Tom Brady threw an interception in four of New England's first five possessions. The other possession was a three-and-out that ended with Zoltan Mesko's punt.
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We've seen many onboard laps of Le Mans, but never one quite like this: ride through the whole Circuit de la Sarthe at night from the helmet of Jordan Taylor in the #73 Corvette Racing ZR1.
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Poachers have used cyanide to kill more than 80 elephants in Zimbabwe, park official says
The poachers poisoned natural salt licks in Hwange National Park, official says
Environment minister says he will push for tougher penalties for ivory poachers
Conservationists say record numbers of elephants are dying to meet soaring demand
More than 80 elephants in Zimbabwe have been poisoned with cyanide – the latest victims of poachers keen to feed soaring global demand for illegally trafficked ivory.
Since May, the carcasses of 87 elephants have been discovered in Hwange National Park, said Caroline Washaya-Moyo, public relations manager for Zimbabwe's Parks and Wildlife Management Authority.
The poachers poisoned natural salt licks to bring down the mighty beasts, she said Wednesday.
The parks authority has so far recovered 51 tusks, she said – leaving 123 in the hands of the poachers.
Zimbabwe's newly appointed Environment Minister Saviour Kasukuwere told CNN that he would push for stiffer jail penalties to root out poaching in the wildlife-rich African nation.
"That will be one of my missions in the new parliament, given the recent case of elephants which were poisoned by poachers," said Kasukuwere, who has twice visited the park in recent days to see the impact of the poisoning.
Last month authorities arrested five suspected poachers after 41 elephants were found dead in the park, which is about 800 kilometers (500 miles) southwest of Harare, not far from Zimbabwe's border with Zambia. The other carcasses have been discovered since then, Washaya-Moyo said.
Three of those arrested have been convicted and are due to be sentenced this week, she said. Two investigations are ongoing.
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The Zimbabwe Conservation Task Force, an anti-poaching organization, said the latest elephant deaths could have been avoided if Harare was tougher on those convicted of poaching.
"They need to be given some extensive jail time. If it was, they wouldn't carry on doing it," said the organization's chairman, Johnny Rodrigues.
He accused Zimbabwe of not doing enough to clamp down on poachers and of creating an impression that the country had more elephants than it can sustain.
"They want permission from CITES to sell the ivory they have in stock and they think they will get it if there are too many elephants here," Rodrigues said, referring to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species.
CITES, also known as the Washington Convention, aims to ensure that international trade in specimens of wild animals and plants is kept to a minimum to avoiding threatening their existence.
Rodrigues puts the country's elephant population at around 35,000, while Washaya-Moyo said it was about 45,000.
The use of cyanide could also have a wider impact, Rodrigues said. "When other animals and birds feed on the rotting elephant carcasses, they will also die from the poison. Hundreds of animals are now at risk," he said.
The police suspect there could be more elephant carcasses in the park that have not yet been discovered, he added.
The Parks and Wildlife Management Authority warned that wildlife poaching syndicates in Zimbabwe "have become sophisticated and need appropriate responses to effectively deal with them."
'Killed in record numbers'
The International Fund for Animal Welfare and the WWF conservation group said that a recent surge in the illicit ivory trade has resulted in the killing of 30,000 African elephants annually in recent years.
The International Fund for Animal Welfare, which published a major study into the illegal wildlife trade in June, calculates that an elephant loses its life to poaching on average every 15 minutes.
"Elephants were killed for their ivory in record numbers in 2011 and 2012, and some rhinoceros subspecies have become extinct or are on the verge of extinction," it said.
"Rangers are regularly killed by poachers, and some of the world's poorest countries continue to see their wildlife decimated for the black market in wild animals and parts. Meanwhile, the profits realized from the illegal trade in wildlife have surged to levels once reserved for legally traded precious metals.
"Criminal and violent groups around the world have become the main actors exploiting this global industry."
Demand in Asia, United States
Much of the demand for ivory, as well as rhinoceros horn, is in Asia, and particularly China, where these items are used in traditional medicines and handicraft products, the report said.
The United States is widely considered to be the second-largest destination for illegally trafficked wildlife in the world, it said, with the European Union third.
Authorities in the United States have spoken out against the illegal trade in recent weeks.
Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell announced this month that nearly six tons of elephant ivory seized by U.S. wildlife inspectors would be destroyed to highlight the issue.
"Rising demand for ivory is fueling a renewed and horrific slaughter of elephants in Africa, threatening remaining populations across the continent," Jewell said.
"We will continue to work aggressively with the departments of Justice and State, as well as with international law enforcement agencies, to disrupt and prosecute criminals who traffic in ivory, and we encourage other nations to join us in that effort."
The ivory stockpile, which includes whole tusks as well as smaller carvings and jewelry, has been kept at a secure site in Colorado, where it will be crushed and destroyed next month. Commercial ivory trade has been banned in the United States since 1989.
The Clinton Foundation is also working with conservation groups to try to halt the gruesome trade in tusks, by combating poaching and trafficking, and by educating consumers so they no longer buy ivory.
Chelsea Clinton wrote last month that elephant poaching had reached alarmingly high levels – and was an issue with implications for global society.
"This is not just an ecological disaster; it is an economic and security threat as well," she said. "Tourism, a vital source of income for many of the most-affected African countries, is threatened if wildlife preserves are depopulated.
"The overall black market for illegal wildlife trade has become the fourth most lucrative criminal activity internationally, after drugs, counterfeit goods and human trafficking."
READ: Elephant killings surge as tusks fund terror
CNN's Laura Smith-Spark wrote and reported in London and journalist Columbus S. Mavhunga in Harare.


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Sameer Patel has an intriguing new post on the problems of E2.0 and its juxtapositioning versus Business Process. I wanted to comment, since Helpstream's main claim to fame is the harmonious integration of Social and Business Process. That's not the only thing we do, but it is pretty unique as Sameer's post points out.
Process barfs on Social because most Business Process isn't integrated with Social. E2.0's biggest problem is it lacks Business Process for the most part. Too often it does get thrown out as the silver bullet. Process insists on considering all aspects. If you've left something out (like your E2.0 software), the Process is not well formed. If there are ways of doing things outside the Process, that's a bad thing, at least from the Process viewpoint.
What we're lacking is simply a harmonious marriage of these two. Social should be integrated into specific business processes, perhaps many if not most specific business processes.
When it isn't, what we have is ad hoc. We lose the advantages of process in terms of measurability, repeatability, and consistency. We lose the support of those who cannot see value in anything but process. In the worst case, it sounds to them like we're just arguing to hold hands and sing "Kumbaya".
This is a matter of where we are in the evolution of Social Business Software. The 1.0 E2.0 products are tools, in some cases they want to be dignified as platforms, but they lack that process component, so they really shouldn't be dignified as platforms because they are too incomplete.
We see this evolution over and over in Enterprise Software. First we get the tools. This is the Silver Bullet stage. Everyone expects magic. But the tools lack specific process. They do not solve specific problems. They are not solutions, in short. As such, the results one sees from them vary wildly. Nobody seems to be able to put their finger on why things work sometimes and not others. The answer is that without Process, they haven't factored people properly into the equation. Ironic when this happens to software whose whole purpose is to be Social!
In the Tool Stage, only organizations that have really talented and properly empowered people can implement Process on top of their Tools without any help from the Tool get the full benefit. Companies like Walmart and Dell had ERP and Supply Chain software capabilities back when only Tools were available because their talented people made it happen by brute force. This is not a scalable model for an industry, but it is a model where some great franchises can be built. So we have some great Social Case Studies available today. The scalable model comes when somebody starts to bottle the magic that was done ad hoc by automating Business Processes. At that point, suddenly everyone can get the benefits. I'm not saying it's easy, just a whole lot easier than when it has to be done by sense of smell like the Pinball Wizard. We have to move beyond the sense of smell stage.
We've reached a point in the evolution where there is enough smoke that it's time to bring out the fire. We need to move from the Tool Stage to the Solution Stage. This is a time honored transformation that has happened before and spawned huge new markets like the ERP and Supply Chain areas I've already mentioned. The requirements are pretty straightforward:
1. Solve a Specific Business Problem: No touchy feely stuff allowed. You can't just be about making things "better" or "empowering people." Passion is great, but call your shot, and if the ball doesn't go into that pocket, you've scratched and forfeit the game. Helpstream is all about Customer Service. Our specific Business Problem is increasing the efficiency of your Customer Service organization in dealing with your Customers while increasing their Satisfaction at the same time. Very specific. We have just introduced a Social Marketing module whose specific Business Problem is making your Lead Generation and Lead Nurturing more efficient via Social. How many of the existing Social products are that succinct?
2. Include Specific Out-of-the-box Business Processes that are Configurable: You can't have a Business Process product that has no Process! You can't expect a Process to be one-size-fits-all. What are the Business Processes included with your Social Product? For example, Helpstream includes an integrated Social Business Process that is all about "getting help" for customers. There are many other Processes in the product, but that is certainly the keystone.
3. Map out how the Social Business Processes integrate with Existing Business Processes: This one is absolutely critical. Too often the answer from the Tool Stage is, "We won't need those existing processes any more because our silver bullet is that good." Balooney! Your organization has some sort of Business Process, defacto or formal, for everything it does. If you're solving a Specific Business Problem of any worth, there will be quite a lot that needs to be thought through and integrated with. This is, again, something that has happened in the evolution of many types of Enterprise Software. For Helpstream, we integrate with your CRM systems. That means our software talks to your Case Management, Knowledge Base, Salesforce Automation, and Marketing Automation systems.
4. Be Able to Measure Success: For the Process world, if it isn't measurable, it may not exist. For most of the E2.0 world, measurement has either been beside the point or an after-the-fact nice-to-have that is done grudgingly when the Marketing Department needs a case study to sell more product. If you're doing #1, #2, and #3 correctly, your product should be able to measure its ROI continuously. After all, you have an integrated end-to-end process solving real business problems. Surely such a process is incomplete if you can't measure whether the problems actually got solved or not, isn't it? Helpstream automatically measures success in exactly this way, by monitoring key business processes all the way to closure and then reporting on the results. While it has been useful for our Marketing Department, it has been invaluable to our customers and for our product development. By studying these analytics, we are able to fine tune Best Practices and ultimately distill those Practices into more functionality for our product. We've just kicked off a benchmarking program with our customers where we share these key results about how they're doing relative to others and help them analyze how to improve.
Social and Process are not strange bedfellows. They actually work together very nicely. Process can never spell out every critical detail and exception. Social is the most powerful tool yet devised to help empower people to fill in those gaps. This is one of those rare cases where the whole is actually much greater than the sum of its parts. Aren't we ready to move to the Solution Stage?


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Dear Editor:
This morning I had to drop off a check for a good friend, at the tax office inside Hoboken City Hall. Once I walked in I noticed a security screening station was now in place off to the left of the lobby.
After I had taken care of my friends business, I started to make my way to the other side of the lobby to pick up information for a vendor's permit. I purposely held my friends tax papers and some cash she had given to me should I need it, so the two 'greeters' at the screening station would see it. Surely I wouldn't have to be screened like a 'common criminal' just to get information about a permit? Wrong! So, I refused to comply and was unceremoniously told to leave!
John Heliker


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Lei Chic presents 19th & Whimsy at Honolulu Night Market
Don a Whim
We don't have a hotline or anything, but we're psychic enough to know that this weekend is gonna be epic. Especially since we've got another amazing designer planned for Honolulu Night Market this Saturday.
You might recognize 19th & Whimsy's contemporary women's apparel from our latest pop-up boutique. This weekend, we'll reunite with designer Lauren Hayashibara to bring you more figure-flattering looks and, as always, great deals. Here are just a few reasons why you should stop by:
You'll get to see her brand-new summer collection. New styles just landed in stores last week. Look for two different color stories here: safari (olive, mustard, and earth tones) and nautical (navy, cream, and stripes). Hayashibara is known for her custom prints and this season is no exception – a rainbow paw print courtesy of her own dog and an abstract, brushstroke-like seagull print. The stand-outs? A convertible cardigan that can be worn open, tied, or secured at the shoulder with a vintage gold stick pin, and a handkerchief hem halter dress with a bias binding cutout detail and gold rhinestone buttons, plus easy-to-wear pieces like a comfy mauve and grey sweater knit maxi dress and a relaxed-fit T-shirt mini dress.
You'll get first crack at her new sparkle knit shorts. These low-rise, lightweight shorts will make their debut at Honolulu Night Market (check out the cheeky back pockets!). It's also the first time ever Hayashibara has designed shorts for the line. Choose from gold or mauve tones, either of which would pair perfectly with the collection's multicolored raglan tee or voile-and-jersey racerback tank.
Score amazing and exclusive discounts. The good news: every item will be on sale for 20-50 percent off. Even better news: mention Lei Chic and Hayashibara will shave off an extra five percent – and that discount's good for everything you buy that night.
Enter to win our special giveaway. Fill out an entry form for a chance to win 19th & Whimsy's seahorse screenprinted organic cotton tank (worth $45!) and a Lei Chic mini beauty kit. We'll pick a winner at the end of the night.
Stop by Lei Chic's booth featuring 19th & Whimsy at Honolulu Night Market this Saturday, 6-11 p.m., at 683 Auahi St. Click here for more on this month's Honolulu Night Market.


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Monday, November 26, 2012
Buttery Ravioli
For me the worst part is that my photos of food suffer. I mostly use natural daylight for my shots and so that means middle of the day photos. When I'm trying to get a good photo of breakfast or dinner food I turn on all the lights I can, but everything takes on a golden tone. Sometimes that is pretty, sometimes not.
Tonight I cooked a lucious dish for dinner. It closely resembled one I had for lunch at a Santa Rosa restaurant a week before. The photo makes it look more orange than it really was, but those round butternut squash ravioli were a bit orange to begin with. You can't see it, but underneath there is a bed of fresh baby spinach. On top of that there is a warm mixture of fresh white corn, cut off the cob, mixed with diced red and yellow bell pepper and just a hint of finely chopped red onion. Next come the just cooked ravioli and a sprinkle of cubed fresh butternut squash which had been roasted until very soft and tender inside and a bit crusty on the outside. A drizzle of melted butter to which a lot of fresh, minced, sage was added and you have the dish. It was a wonder of contrasts...crisp chilled spinach, warm, soft, buttery ravioli, crunch but warm corn, zesty red bell pepper, zingy red onion, very herby sage. Sweetie loved it and ate every last bit. I served it with some sliced heirloom tomatoes and corn muffins. It was almost comfort food and seemed very much a harvest meal.Totally delicious!
The key for this dish is planning. The squash needs to be roasted first. The spinach has to be washed and dried and put in the fridge to crisp up. It doesn't take lond to cut the corn from the cob or dice the peppers or chop the onion and sage, but those are good things to do while the water comes to a boil for the ravioli. While they cook you can melt the butter and add the sage, slice and arrange and dress the tomato slices and heat the corn mixture. Just before the pasta is done is the best time to layer the spinach in the bowls. While the cooked pasta drains you can add the warm corn mixture on top of the spinach, then the pasta, the roasted squash and the butter drizzle. It's a good idea to serve it right away while the pasta is still warm and the spinach hasn't wilted from the warm elements in the dish.
Butternut Squash Ravioli with Warm Corn Salad, Spinach, Butternut Squash and Sage Butter
2 cups peeled and cubed butternut squash, seeds and stringy parts removed
1 tablespoon olive oil
salt and pepper to taste
4-5 cups fresh baby spinach
2 ears fresh corn, husks and silks removed
1/2 medium red bell pepper, seeds and ribs removed
1/4 medium yellow bell pepper, seeds and ribs removed
1 tablespoon finely chopped red onion
4 tablespoons salted butter, melted
2 teaspoons finely chopped fresh sage
1 5-oz. package fresh butternut squash and cheese ravioli, uncooked
Toss the butternut squash cubes in a plastic bag with the oil, salt and pepper. Spread on a parchment lined baking sheet and roast in a preheated 450 degree oven for 10 minutes. Stir and roast another 10 minutes. Remove from oven and keep warm.
Wash and drain and dry the baby spinach. Wrap in a tea towel and refrigerate until ready to serve.
Using a sharp knife, cut the corn from the cobs. Dice the red and yellow peppers into 1/4 inch dice. In a microwave safe bowl combine the corn kernels, all the peppers, the red onion. Set aside.
Heat 4 quarts water in a large pot over high heat until it comes to a boil. About 10 minutes before you plan to serve the dish, slide the ravioli into the water and stir. Continue to stir and/or turn the ravioli over as the pasta cooks, with the heat on medium-high, for 5-6 minutes or until pasta is tender.
While pasta cooks, mix the melted butter and fresh sage and keep warm.
Heat the corn mixture in the microwave on HALF power for 2-3 minutes, until just barely warm.
In a large bowl, like a soup bowl, layer the fresh spinach, topped by the corn mixture. Gently remove the pasta from the simmering water when it is cooked and drain in a collander. When drained, place about 5 ravioli for each serving on top of the corn mixture in the bowl. Scatter the warm squash cubes over and drizzle with the sage butter. Serve at once. Serves 2.
Posted by Elle at 10:53 PM
Labels: butter , butternut squash , ravioli , red bell pepper , red onion , sage , spinach
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We need to have a meet-up and focus on photography. I suspect that there are some settings in your camera that you're not aware of or are not using which would really make your life better, with regards to getting rid of the yellow tone. Send me the model information and I'll do some research & see if I can find something to help with that.ReplyDelete
Agreed, about the time change - I'd rather drive into work in total darkness and still have some daylight left at the end of the day!
I am awed by this one ... but you know what a push over I am for spinach ... then you say roasted butternut squash and I'm on my way to the fridge ... hehe because all those ingredients just happen to be in my fridge!ReplyDelete
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Herman Cain, whose campaign for the Republican presidential nomination included bizarre references to both SimCity and Pokémon, is officially out of the race. He was still on the ballot for Saturday's primary in South Carolina, though, and made a joint appearance with TV satirist Stephen Colbert in an effort to gin up votes for Colbert's own joke campaign.
Cain, who admitted to GQ that he committed to memory the lyrics of the title theme to Pokémon: The Movie (even if he didn't know that's what it was at the time) finally dropped the gloves and sang said song, on a dais in front of a gospel choir, evidently.
Cain loosens up the golden pipes at 1:44 of this video; everything before that is quoting the lyrics, which is humorous, but this gets to the punchline.
Thursday, President Obama sang a few lines of Al Green's classic "Let's Stay Together." Now we have this. Who's the better vocalist?
[h/t Matthew]


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SNOW HILL – Lightning strikes on
five wireless towers this summer nearly put Lower Shore Broadband Cooperative
(LSBC) out of business, prompting a county takeover of the broadband provider.
"Following notification of the
LSBC's operational failure, the county entered into an agreement with the LSBC
that gives us effective control of the LSBC and allows us the opportunity to
get the organization up and running again from an operational standpoint," a
press release from Worcester
County reads.
The takeover, requested by the
LSBC board, should be temporary, according to the county. When the cooperative
is up and running again, the LSBC board will take back the reins. Estimates
call for LSBC to take control once again in one and a half to three years.
"We went ahead and stepped in
and are helping them out," said Commissioner Virgil Shockley, president of the
Worcester County Commissioners. "We didn't have any choice as far as stepping
in and helping customers. There were people depending on it."
Broadband service in Worcester County is key to economic development. LSBC began in 2005.
of the reasons organizations come to Wallops Island Spaceport, instead of
taking their business to Florida,
is the broadband access, Shockley said.
The county has established a management
team to reorganize operations at LSBC, including county staff such as Economic
Development Director Jerry Redden, Finance Officer Harold Higgins and others. A
team of technical advisors has also been established with financial, technical
and legal experts available.
The management team has brought
in the Maryland Small
Business Development
Center at Salisbury University
to create a business plan for LSBC.
The new management team is also
looking into switching from the WiMax technology now in use by LSBC to WiFi
technology, which is more reliable because it uses a repeater that changes
signals often to keep connected to open air space and prevent service
county used money set aside for broadband to repair the towers damaged by lightning.
LSBC had no insurance on the installations.
Service has been restored to all
Officials from LSBC did not
return phone calls for comment this week.


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To be classified as an Ohio resident for tuition purposes, a student must meet the guidelines for residency as defined by the State Legislature and the Ohio Board of Regents. The term "Ohio resident" for tuition purposes may differ from other definitions of Ohio residency.
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Converts are like Sapachas
Rabbi Chelbo said: Converts are as harmful to the Jewish people as sapachas (a type of tzara'as).
Rashi explains that this is because converts are not so meticulous in the performance of mitzvos, and those Jews who observe this behavior will become influenced by them.
Tosfos writes that each and every Jew is a guarantor for his fellow, and if converts do not perform mitzvos meticulously, they will be punished on account of them.
Tosfos rejects this explanation, for he proves that when the Jewish people accepted to be guarantors for each other, they did not accept to be guarantors for the converts as well.
Tosfos brings another explanation: They are harmful to the Jews, for it is impossible that someone will not bother them, and the punishment for this will be severe, for the Torah in twenty-four places warn the Jewish people not to bother the converts.
Tosfos brings another explanation: It is because of the converts that we are still in exile, for the Gemora says that Klal Yisroel are scattered all over the world much more so than other nations in order for there to be additional converts.
Rabbeinu Avraham the convert explains differently: It is because the converts are meticulous in their performance of the mitzvos. This shows the shortcomings of ordinary Jews.
Souls from the Guf
Rav Assi said: "The son of David will not come until all the souls are vacated from guf." (There exists a chamber in heaven that contains the souls created during the six days of creation. The mitzvah of procreation is to bring the souls out of guf and advance the coming of Mashiach. One who has children fulfills this obligation even if they subsequently die.)
The Maharal writes that the souls which descend into this world before the Redemption are contained in a chamber called guf, body. This is because the souls residing in this world prior to the arrival of Mashiach have a connection to the body, the physical world. After the arrival of Mashiach, the souls will not be embedded inside the body; rather, they will be separate from the body.
The uniqueness and sacred status of the Deshaf Veyashiv Synagogue
By: Meoros HaDaf HaYomi
Rabbi Yosef Karo wrote his Shulchan 'Aruch as a decisive halachic work for everyone. Therefore, there are few places where he writes "we have a doubt". One of the few halachos where he has a doubt as to how one should behave concerns the halachos of a synagogue (O.C. 151:12), where he writes that we are in doubt if the roof of a synagogue may be used for mundane purposes. This doubt already arose with the Rishonim, the Mordechai (Shabbos, Ch. 1) and the Maharik (Responsa, in shoresh 161), who discussed if the sanctity of a synagogue, regarded as a small Temple, extends to its roof just as the sanctity of the heichal in the Temple included its roof, or perhaps the halachah of a synagogue is like that of the 'azarah (forecourt) in the Temple, which was sacred but not its roofs or upper floors.
Our sugya recounts that Shmuel and his pupil, Rav Yehudah, went up on the roof of the Deshaf Veyasiv Synagogue in Nehardea. They conversed, and Shmuel's words indicated that where they were standing they shouldn't worry about thoughts of sin as being in that place makes one feel scared and fearful and that keeps away such thoughts – one reason being the fear of the Shechinah present there. Can we decide Shulchan Aruch's doubt from this case and contend that the roofs of synagogues are sacred? Once we realize the uniqueness of this synagogue, we'll realize that it's almost impossible.
A synagogue from Yerushalayim: The synagogue we are discussing was called Deshaf Veyasiv. Rashi comments (s.v. Deshaf veyasiv): "The name of a place included in the kingdom of Nehardea". However, from other places in the Talmud where the synagogue is mentioned we learn that it was no ordinary synagogue at all. The Gemara in Megilah 29a says that the presence of the Shechinah in Babylonia was unique to this synagogue. The Shechinah's voice was heard there and administering angels surrounded it. Rashi comments (ibid; Rosh HaShanah 24b; 'Avodah Zarah 43b) that when Yechonyah, the king of Judea, was exiled to Babylonia, he brought along stones and earth from Yerushalayim and built this synagogue with them. Its name – Deshaf Veyasiv – derives from the fact that it "jumped" (shaf) from Yerushalayim and "settled" (yasiv) in Babylonia. Yechonyah's act followed his moving parting from the Temple before his exile, of which we have learnt recently in tractate Midos (35b).
It is amazing to discover that while Rashi mentions that the synagogue was built of stones from Yerushalayim, in the 'Aruch (in the entry for shaf) and the Geonim's Responsa (71) it is mentioned that the synagogue was built with stones from the Temple! (See Responsa Chasam Sofer, Y.D. 264, where he wrote that we must say that their sanctity was desecrated by the conquest and destruction for if not so, there's a prohibition of me'ilah).
Once we realize the special sanctity of the Deshaf Veyasiv Synagogue, it is easy to understand why the Rishonim and Shulchan 'Aruch didn't derive a decision from our Gemara, for this synagogue was especially sacred. Indeed, the Maharsha writes (in Chidushei Agados) that thoughts of sin were prevented in this synagogue due to its uniqueness and he defines its sanctity as "like in the Temple"!
Sunday, June 03, 2012
Sapachas, Guf and Deshaf VeYashiv Synagogue
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Wednesday, July 06, 2011
Insights and More for Daf 11
Posted by Avromi at 7/06/2011 10:51:00 PM 0 comments
Labels: Azazel, daf yomi, ein holchin b'mamon achar ha'rov, Gemora Chulin 11, majority minority, se'ir hamishtale'ach
Tuesday, June 28, 2011
Chullin Starting!!! Join thousands!!!
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Labels: daf yomi, Gemora Chullin 2, neveilah
Monday, June 27, 2011
Last Daf in Menachos - learning about the sacrifices
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Labels: daf yomi, Gemora Menachos 110
Friday, April 15, 2011
Join our "NEW" Kedushas Tefillin Project!!!!!
- To fulfill the mitzvah of tefillin shel yad.
- To fulfill the mitzvah of tefillin shel rosh.
- To subdue my heart, mind and body for Hashem.
- To remember the miracle of yetzias mitzrayim (shows Hashem's power over heaven and earth).
- To minimize the physical pleasures of this world.
- To believe in the Oneness of Hashem written in the tefillin.
- To fulfill everything else written in the tefillin (love Hashem, learn Torah, mezuzah, tefillah, mitzvos of Pesach and prohibitions regarding chametz, pidyon haben).
- You should be davening with a minyan.
- You should be wearing your tefillin from at least "Boruch she'amar" until after "Aleinu."
- There is no talking (including "mouthing") with your tefillin on.
- Even if you (mistakenly) talk, you will try not to continue (during that Shacharis).
- The month begins on Rosh Chodesh (second day, when applicable).
- You cannot miss-out more than four times during a month.
- If you have a perfect month, or only miss once - you will receive the following: a set of old coins (which includes: 2 pennies from the 50's; 2 from the 40's; 2 from the 30's), plus you will be entered into three raffles for sets of seforim.
- If you miss twice or three times, you will still receive the set of old coins, and you will be entered into two raffles for sets of seforim.
- When you have completed your third month, the set of coins will begin to include the following: Pennies from the 20's; 10's; 1900's; 1890's; 1880's and even earlier; nickels from the turn of the century; foreign coins, plus more.
- Any boy that hands in 12 cards (and did not win any of the monthly raffles) will receive a sefer.
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Cuba, the amazing Island in the Caribbean Sea welcomes you to a
"once in a lifetime" tour. Join us for six or
nine days in
a tropical paradise, riding your Harley-Davidson®
or BMW, passing scenic villages, riding on coastal
roads, dining in Paladars and sleeping in the best of Hotels. Our
guides in Cuba are all passionate "Harlistas" riding their Harley's
from 1958 and older.
On the tours you will visit the Province of Pinar del
Rio, famous for their tobacco plantations and production
of tobacco leaves. You will visit the museum at the Bay of Pigs as
well as the Mausoleum of Che Guevara in Santa
Clara. The City of Trinidad is one of the cities on the
World Heritage site list and of course, you will spend some time
there. In Havana you will have time to visit the famous places in
Old Havana.
Looking forward to ride with you in Cuba.
For booking please click the link to the relevant agent
or contact us.
Havana has been called one of the most beautiful colonial cities
in Latin America. With its fantastic architecture and the
fabulous colors mixed with the Cuban way of life, this can
only bring a smile to your face. Upon arrival to your hotel, our
guide will meet
you for a Mojito and information for the days to come.
Our day will start with a stroll down the famous pedestrian
street "Obispo". After visiting the narrow streets and squares in
Old Havana, we will go for our welcome lunch in one of the historic
buildings, of our which many houses restaurants of international
standard. By coach we will go for pickup of our bikes and ride for
a visit to the Hemingway House, the famous American author. On our
way back to our
hotel, we will go by Cojimar Harbour, where Hemingway boat was
anchored when he was in Cuba. Lunch, Welcome Dinner and visit to
Hemingway House included.
Departure for the National Forest and Las Terazzas, where you
can have a swim in the small waterfalls. Before arrival to our
hotel in Vinãles, we will visit the cave Cueva del Indio and the
mountain wall painting Mural de la Prehistoria. A tobacco
plantation is also on our agenda, where we will see and hear about
the growing of tobacco leaves. Lunch, boat trip and dinner
Leaving the mountains from Vinãles and down to the "Autopista".
This highway is not only for cars and motorcycles. You will also
meet bicyclists, horse carriages and cattle on the side of the
road. Not what we perhaps are used to, but very color full. After
passing Havana and on route towards Playa Larga, we turn o� the
highway towards the peninsula Cienaga de Zapata and the Bay of
Pigs. Before lunch at Cuevo de los Peces, we stop for a visit at a
crocodile farm. Before check in at our hotel, we will visit the Bay
of Pigs Museum at Playa Giron. Lunch and dinner included.
Ever dreamt of swimming with Dolphins? Now you have the chance!
After departure from Playa Larga we head for Cienfuegos, by some
called the jewel of the south coast. Before lunch at a local
Paladar, we stop at the historic main square in Cienfuegos. After
lunch we will ride down to Playa Luna to see the Dolphins and for
an extra charge, you can swim with the Dolphins. A very unique
experience, said by many of our guests. Riding along the coast
line, we arrive into Trinidad, listed as a World Heritage Site by
Unesco and you understand why when you see this beautiful and
historic city. Streets covered with copper stones, beautiful houses
and colors. The city was founded on the wealth from sugar and
slavery and you can still sense the spirit from the colonial days.
Dinner and Dolphin show included.
Today we do a short ride out to one of the many sugar cane fi
elds to see, how the growth and production of sugar juice was done.
The juice Guarapa is also called "Cuban Red Bull". Upon return to
our hotel you can choose on your own to visit Trinidad, relax at
the pool or perhaps convince the guide to go for a swim in the
Caribbean Sea just a few kilometers from the hotel. Dinner
Santa Clara, perhaps the most important City during the
revolution in 1958, is our goal for the day. Amongst others, we
will visit the monument and mausoleum for Ché Guevara, the
liberator of Santa Clara. After a short siege of the city, Ché took
over control and shortly after the former President Batista left
Havana, leaving the city to the rebel troops of Fidel Castro. Our
way to Santa Clara will be across the Escambray Mountains and we
will do some stops on the way to enjoy the scenic jungle forest.
Dinner included.
Leaving Santa Clara for Havana. We will take some of the byways
before going to the Autopista once again. We will pass small
villages, farmland and some of the grape fruit plantations. Stop
for lunch on the way before we have to return our bikes in Havana.
We will all gather for our farewell dinner and if you have booked a
show at the Cabaret Tropicana, we will arrange pick up and drop o�
for you. Dinner included.
We hope you enjoyed your stay in Cuba and welcome you back for
future MC-Travel tours.
First day arrival to Havana, transfer and check in at your
hotel, located central in the city of Havana. Our
representative will be at the hotel to welcome you and check you
into your room.
After breakfast, city tour and welcome lunch in one of the
famous restaurants in Havana Vieja. Pick up and
introduction to your Harley-Davidson motorcycle.
Ride to the Hemingway house. Dinner in Old Havana in the
Ride from Havana to Vinales via Bahia Honda and into the Valley
of Vinales.
Arrival to our hotel in the Province of Pinar del Rio.
Today we will do a loop round the country side. Vinales is world
famous for its tobacco production and we
will of course visit such a plantation.
Yet another day to discover the beauties of the province. We
will amongst others see the huge wall painting
Mural de la Prehistoria, and have lunch in an old cave, earlier
used as a refuge for runaway slaves. In the
afternoon a ride to one of the many bounty beaches in the
Ride back to Havana via the mountains and into the National Park
of Soroa. Lunch at a local Paladar beside
the waterfall in the park.
Drop off of motorcycles upon arrival to Havana and transfer to our
Please note:
Price does not include flight to/from Cuba and visa.
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how does this affect gas pricing?
i've noticed several times that the price on the pump (and thus the price paid) differs from the price advertised on the marquee. seems like the stations can be slack in changing the prices at times when there is an increase in prices.
when asking employees about it they more often than not shrug their shoulders and say sorry - can't do anything about it.
how does this affect gas pricing?


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According to a report from Kyodo News, citing official Japanese government documentation, Sony Computer Entertainment knowingly delayed telling the public about the extent of an attack on its PlayStation Network so as not to "bewilder" its customers.
The report, submitted to the Japanese government and obtained under a freedom of information request, says that SCE was able to confirm internally on April 25 (American time) that a "fairly large amount of data" had been exposed to hackers. A press release issued the next day, however, only stated that Sony could not "rule out the possibility" that personal information had been compromised.
It's also claimed that PlayStation boss Kaz Hirai gave incorrect information in a statement issued on May 1, in which he said Sony didn't learn about the extent of the attack until April 26 (American time), a full day later than the company confirmed matters internally.
The official document also says that Sony delayed informing the public of the extent of the breach so as not to "bewilder" its customers, a spokesperson saying "We hadn't figured out (at that time) what kind of data had been leaked. If only passwords and IDs (were breached), they cannot be considered personal information, and so we didn't want to bewilder our customers."
While being out by a day seems minor, that discrepancy combined with the gap between what Sony knew internally and what it told people publicly still raises the possibility - and this is why the Japanese government is looking into this - that, as Kyodo News puts it, Sony "deliberately attempted to downplay the seriousness of the situation by not fully disclosing information".
Sony knew data breach was massive but withheld full disclosure [Kyodo news, subscription required]


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2022 Summer Men's Softball - Sunday Nights Under Lights - 8:00pm-9pm Start Times - Nassau County Softball · Male Weekends
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Welcome to the 2022 ABA Summer Men's Sunday Softball Season!
Opening Day for this program is Sunday, April 24th
There will be 24 Regular Season Games (12 Double-Headers) followed by Playoffs (Top 4 Teams). The Champions of each division will earn a free berth into the 2022 ABA Diamond Cup Tournament of Champions Tournament. (Date To Be Announced).
If you have any questions, or would prefer to register by phone, please call the League Office at 516-870-0040. You can also refer to our 'FAQ' Page for more information.
Dri-Fit Championship Shirts for all your Players
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Your Team's Photo on the ABASports.com & Facebook.com/ABASports Page
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There is a one-time forfeit bond fee of $150 that is transferable from season-to-season. If your team forfeits, you will lose your game fee + your opponent's game fee and you must replenish what is needed to pay the umpires by your next scheduled game.
Important: If you have a forfeit bond with us from a previous season, your bond is transferable. Please contact us so we can remove the bond from your balance.
If you decide to register for multiple teams, you do not have to cover the additional bond. Please contact us and we will waive the additional bond from your balance.
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Our fees make it very affordable to play. We take care of permits, scheduling, the website, and much more. All you have to do is concentrate on playing and having fun!
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Why College Shouldn't Be the Only Gateway to the Middle ClassThis week, millions of young people head to college and universities, aiming for a four-year liberal arts degree.
This post originally ran on Robert Reich's Web page.
This week, millions of young people head to college and universities, aiming for a four-year liberal arts degree. They assume that degree is the only gateway to the American middle class.
It shouldn't be.
For one thing, a four-year liberal arts degree is hugely expensive. Too many young people graduate laden with debts that take years if not decades to pay off.
And too many of them can't find good jobs when they graduate, in any event. So they have to settle for jobs that don't require four years of college. They end up overqualified for the work they do, and underwhelmed by it.
Others drop out of college because they're either unprepared or unsuited for a four-year liberal arts curriculum. When they leave, they feel like failures.
We need to open other gateways to the middle class.
Consider, for example, technician jobs. They don't require a four-year degree. But they do require mastery over a domain of technical knowledge, which can usually be obtained in two years.
Technician jobs are growing in importance. As digital equipment replaces the jobs of routine workers and lower-level professionals, technicians are needed to install, monitor, repair, test, and upgrade all the equipment.
Hospital technicians are needed to monitor ever more complex equipment that now fills medical centers; office technicians, to fix the hardware and software responsible for much of the work that used to be done by secretaries and clerks.
Automobile technicians are in demand to repair the software that now powers our cars; manufacturing technicians, to upgrade the numerically controlled machines and 3-D printers that have replaced assembly lines; laboratory technicians, to install and test complex equipment for measuring results; telecommunications technicians, to install, upgrade, and repair the digital systems linking us to one another.
Technology is changing so fast that knowledge about specifics can quickly become obsolete. That's why so much of what technicians learn is on the job.
But to be an effective on-the-job learner, technicians need basic knowledge of software and engineering, along the domain where the technology is applied – hospitals, offices, automobiles, manufacturing, laboratories, telecommunications, and so forth.
Yet America isn't educating the technicians we need. As our aspirations increasingly focus on four-year college degrees, we've allowed vocational and technical education to be downgraded and denigrated.
Still, we have a foundation to build on. Community colleges offering two-year degree programs today enroll more than half of all college and university undergraduates. Many students are in full-time jobs, taking courses at night and on weekends. Many are adults.
Community colleges are great bargains. They avoid the fancy amenities four-year liberal arts colleges need in order to lure the children of the middle class.
Even so, community colleges are being systematically starved of funds. On a per-student basis, state legislatures direct most higher-education funding to four-year colleges and universities because that's what their middle-class constituents want for their kids.
American businesses, for their part, aren't sufficiently involved in designing community college curricula and hiring their graduates, because their executives are usually the products of four-year liberal arts institutions and don't know the value of community colleges.
By contrast, Germany provides its students the alternative of a world-class technical education that's kept the German economy at the forefront of precision manufacturing and applied technology.
The skills taught are based on industry standards, and courses are designed by businesses that need the graduates. So when young Germans get their degrees, jobs are waiting for them.
We shouldn't replicate the German system in full. It usually requires students and their families to choose a technical track by age 14. "Late bloomers" can't get back on an academic track.
But we can do far better than we're doing now. One option: Combine the last year of high school with the first year of community college into a curriculum to train technicians for the new economy.
Affected industries would help design the courses and promise jobs to students who finish successfully. Late bloomers can go on to get their associate degrees and even transfer to four-year liberal arts universities.
This way we'd provide many young people who cannot or don't want to pursue a four-year degree with the fundamentals they need to succeed, creating another gateway to the middle class.
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Metallic copper surfaces kill microbes on contact, decimating their populations, according to a paper in the February 2011 issue of the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology. They do so literally in minutes, by causing massive membrane damage after about a minute's exposure, says the study's corresponding author, Gregor Grass of the University of Nebraska, Lincoln. This is the first study to demonstrate this mechanism of bacteriocide.
"When microbes were exposed to copper surfaces, we observed contact killing to take place at the rate of tens to hundreds of millions of bacterial cells within minutes," says Grass. "This means that usually no live microorganisms can be recovered from copper surfaces after exposure."
Thus, such surfaces could provide a critical passive defense against pathogens in hospitals, where hospital-acquired infections are becoming increasingly common and costly, killing 50,000-100,000 Americans annually, and costing more than $8 billion, according to one estimate. Still, Grass cautions that "metallic copper surfaces will never be able to replace other hygiene-improving methods already in effect," although they "will certainly decrease the costs associated with hospital-acquired infections and curb human disease as well as save lives." However, he expects this strategy to be inexpensive, because "the effect does not wear off."
Critically, the researchers provide strong evidence that genotoxicity through mutations and DNA lesions is not a cause of dry copper's antimicrobial properties. This is important, because mutations can cause cancer in animals and humans, and the lack of such mutations in bacteria from copper means that copper does not endanger humans.
The relevant experiment was particularly interesting. The bacterium, Deinococcus radiodurans, is unusually resistant to radiation damage, as its DNA repair mechanisms are especially robust. The hypothesis: if metallic copper kills by causing DNA damage, D. radiodurans should be immune to copper. It is not.
It is important to note that only dry copper surfaces are amazingly lethal to bacteria. The difference between dry and wet surfaces, such as copper pipes, is that only dry surfaces are inhospitable environments for bacterial growth. Bacteria can easily grow and reproduce in wet environments, and in so doing, they can develop resistance to copper. Resistance has not been observed to develop on dry copper surfaces.
Reference: C. EspÃrito Santo, E.W. Lam, C.G. Elowsky, D. Quaranta, D.W. Domaille, C.J. Chang, and G. Grass, 2011. Bacterial killing by dry metallic copper surfaces. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 77: 794-802.


text: Tradition says there are three ways to grow a company's profits: Fire up the sales team with empty promises, cut costs and downsize, or cook the books. But what if there's a better way—a way that nine amazingly profitable and well-run companies are already embracing? Jason Jennings and his research team screened more than 100,000 American companies to find nine that rarely end up on magazine covers, yet have increased revenues and profits by ten percent or more for ten consecutive years. Then they interviewed the leaders, workers, and customers of these quiet superstars to find the secrets of their astoundingly consistent and profitable growth. What they have in common is a culture—a community—based on a shockingly simple precept: Think big, but act small. It works for retailers like PETCO, Cabela's, and O'Reilly Automotive, manufacturers like Medline Industries, service companies like Sonic Drive-In, private educational companies like Strayer, industrial giants like Koch Enterprises, and software companies like SAS. These companies think big ideas about solving customers' problems, making better products, and creating value. And yet they never stop acting like start-ups—staying humble, treating every employee like the owner, and teaching managers to get their hands dirty. Jennings and his researchers have updated this book with new stories and insights about why these companies continue to thrive—through the economic downturn—and have now increased revenues and profits for fifteen consecutive years. Any company, no matter the size or industry, can benefit from following their examples.


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Last week the Legislative Council of Victoria passed the Summary Offence Act 2013, which outlaws the right to protest in Victoria, by a vote of 20-18.
Several activists involved in the Tunnel Picket protests were arrested during in Parliament as the voting was taking place. One of those activists, Sean Bedlam, is the subject of our interview today.
From September onwards the police in Victoria will have the power to 'move on' groups of people at their will, including those involved in peaceful protests and pickets. Those who refuse to comply with these orders can be issued with fines of $750, exclusion orders, and jail terms of up to 2 years.
Sean Bedlam (interviewed here) is a comedian, artist and activist based in Melbourne. An active member of Occupy Melbourne and other social justice campaigns, Sean states "activists in Australia are reaching out to people all over the world, particularly in America, because Australia is a client state of the United States (while at the same time) we are reaching out to the Indigenous people of Australia, the first nations, and that has become a burning central issue. Now, the powers that be know that if we are making contact with the powers that be around the world and if we are making contact with indigenous Australians, you've got an incredibly powerful network, and they don't want the network to form."


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You can search through Bank Branches of Bihar branches in patna of District patna in Bihar State by using the search box or you can browse through the table using the conrols at the bottom.
You can find bank branches for Allahabad Bank in patna in the table alongside. Details like address, contact numbers, IFSC codes and MICR codes are also provided. One can narrow down the search either by selecting any particular city from the drop down list or by selecting the city given on the right side. With the help of this Allahabad Bank branch locator you can find details of Allahabad Bank branch in patna
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Allahabad Bank patna branches strive to provide all necessary services that are available at the central location of the bank. For any bank or financial institution to survive, it is essential that it extends its reach to as much number of cities as possible. To deal with the increasing number of customers, having Allahabad Bank branches in patna is an attempt to reach out to its customers located in patna. Similar expansion in other cities has resulted into many bank branches spread across the country. It becomes difficult to maintain details of each branch. As a solution to this, all Allahabad Bank branches in patna are listed in Bank Branch In. We need to approach a Allahabad Bank patna branch for carrying out various transactions like depositing or withdrawing, applying for a loan, verifying the codes for online transfers, enquiring about clearance of cheques, asking about new services , etc. But it is not practically feasible to visit the central office every time. This led to the concept of branch banking.


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YUNNAN China LIFEBOOK SCRAPBOOK MAP
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Orphanage maps on Lifebook (or scrapbooking) pages are 8-1/2" x 11" including the red border. Many other Chinese characters and phrases can also be cutout to include in your Lifebooks/Scrapbooks.
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These cutouts feature a 5"x7" map of Yunnan province, plus over 40 other elements you can choose to add to your Lifebooks or scrapbooks. Some items are province-specific and others include a china flag, chinese characters and phrases, a china outline map and other colorful images.
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