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2100 Main Street Stevens Point
Stevens Point, WI 54481
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ColoradoRuss needed a new stationery design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 64 designs submitted by 21 freelance designers.
Morning Coffee Realty
I am a real estate brokerage company that focuses exclusively on financially distressed situations. We work with foreclosure and short sale situations - people who have lost their job or had other problems and are or are going to be behind on payments.
My target audience are sellers who are in foreclosure or short sale situations. These are people who have had financial problems of one kind or another. My entire business is focused on taking care of their problem and letting them relax. Morning Coffee Realty - morning coffee is the beverage that head for first think in the morning before they can start their day. My slogan is "Relax... We'll take it from here" - I want to convey the impression that they can give their problem to me and relax and feel confident that the problem will be taken care of.
Company name - Morning Coffee Realty
Slogan - Relax... We'll take it from here (unless you can think of a better one)
I would like a business card that will die cut and folded. The size of the card will be 3 1/2X2 1/8 (yes, that is 1/8" taller than standard). It may be folded either vertically or horizontally. I was thinking (not a requirement, but just a starting point) that the bottom of the card would be rectangular and the top, fold-over part would be cut in the outline of a coffee cup with a cup printed on the cutout and maybe the company name on the cup. Please be aware of the exposed bottom layer when the card is closed.
I need a color logo on the card. It may be the coffee cup image that is on the front of the card or it may be on the inside of the card and just put the company name on the front. This logo will be used on letter head and other paperwork and converted to black and white for fax cover sheets, ... Please include both a color and black and white.
Please provide a background image for all areas of the card. I was thinking of an image of a light cappucino or something like that. Must be fairly simple, light, and relazing.
All text on the back flap and the back of the main card.
Text may be printed in raised UV ink.
Foil stamp desings may be used to make it pop
I just want people to see it and look at it twice, say cool, and remember my name!!!

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Nemours Participates in the Partnership for a Healthier America Summit
More Organizations Pledge to Make the Healthy Choice
Michelle Obama speaks at The Partnership for a Healthier America Summit.
At the Partnership for a Healthier America (PHA) Summit held November 29-30 in Washington, D.C., several major national companies and nonprofits announced plans to make healthy eating and physical activity for children "business as usual."
The Partnership, of which Nemours is a founding member, has a mission of supporting First Lady Michelle Obama's Let's Move! campaign by working with the private sector to fight childhood obesity. The theme
that emerged at the summit, a gathering of leaders from business and industry, academia, nonprofits and government, was: "Make the healthy choice the easy choice."
For example, the YMCA of the USA announced that it is adopting new healthy living guidelines for food, sugar sweetened beverages, exercise, and screen time for the 700,000 children it serves in child care, after-school, and summer programs. Though the guidelines are voluntary for individual YMCA chapters across the county, Delaware YMCA President Michael Graves is fully on board.
"The YMCA of Delaware has partnered with Nemours Health & Prevention Services to advance our shared interest in youth development and healthy living for the past seven years," Graves said. "Together we have been providing healthy snacks and exercise in our afterschool programs. We have worked to advance Nemours' 5-2-1-Almost None model of healthy behavior for children. The recent announcement from the YMCA of the USA and the Partnership for a Healthier America bolsters our efforts to help kids grow
up healthy."
Other announcements made in conjunction with PHA, including some made last week at the summit:
- Walgreens will be selling fruits and vegetables, whole grain products, and other nutritious items in order to create food "oases" in vulnerable areas known as food deserts. They anticipate involving 1,000 stores, which serve 5 million customers.
- Walmart plans to build 300 stores with groceries in neighborhoods that struggle with access to healthy foods.
- Hyatt Corporation is starting a "Healthy on the Road" initiative at its hotels.
- Childhood Obesity 180 is a collaboration among major out-of-school time organizations, including the Boy and Girl Scouts, YMCA of America, La Raza, Pop Warner, and others to bring more focus on and share best practices for improving child health and physical activity.
- Bright Horizons and New Horizon Academy child care centers have committed to the standards of Let's Move! Child Care, hosted by Nemours. These centers will follow guidelines set forth for food and beverages, physical activity, screen time, and breastfeeding and will voluntarily undergo independent assessment of their progress.
- All of Kaiser Permanente's 29 birthing hospitals have committed to the standards of baby-friendly hospitals to support breastfeeding — recognized to have a positive and lasting impact on children's weight and health.
As many speakers at the summit observed, nutrition has gone mainstream. The public is starting to demand healthier options and business is finding that there is a competitive advantage in offering them.
Nemours co-facilitated the Child Care track at the summit. John Lord, Nemours Board Chair, introduced the commitment of New Horizons Academy child care centers to follow the standards for Let's Move! Child Care. Debbie Chang, Nemours Vice President of Policy and Prevention, led a discussion group on ways to improve access to physical activity in child care facilities.
"Top Chef" Tom Colicchio preparing a 30-minute, low cost dinner at the Partnership for a Healthier America Summit.
As part of the summit's events, White House chef Sam Kass emceed the "Great American Family Dinner Challenge." Top Chef's Tom Colicchio and other notable chefs prepared 30-minute low cost, healthy dinners for families who judged their efforts. Colicchio's team eked out the win.
First Lady Michelle Obama made the capstone speech at the summit. She thanked the PHA partners and attendees describing the progress to date in the fight against childhood obesity and emphasizing the need to help our
children rediscover play.
"These days, 'play' for some has become a fully sedentary activity," Mrs. Obama said. She urged everyone to "innovate, inspire, and invest" to help children lead active,
healthy lives.
In summary, Debbie Chang said: "This conference shows that childhood obesity prevention has evolved into a solid movement. The sold-out attendance, the public-private commitments, and the leadership of the First Lady and the Partnership for a Healthier America demonstrate strength of purpose, focus, and a sense of urgency to indeed solve the problem of childhood obesity within a generation."
John Lord observed: "Nemours has been a leader in examining childhood obesity from all perspectives and in engaging community partners to tackle the problem in a comprehensive way. Nemours has been especially adept at blending policy, research, and practice change to have a positive impact thus serve as a model for the nation. Nemours' leadership on Let's Move! Child Care is helping to put early childhood wellness front and center with regard to nutrition and physical activity practices."
About Nemours
Nemours is an internationally recognized children's health system that owns and operates the two free-standing children's hospitals: the Nemours/Alfred I. duPont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, Del., and Nemours Children's Hospital in Orlando, Fla., along with outpatient facilities in five states, delivering pediatric primary, specialty and urgent care. Nemours also powers the world's most-visited website for information on the health of children and teens, KidsHealth.org, and offers on-demand, online video patient visits through Nemours CareConnect. Nemours ReadingBrightstart.org is a program dedicated to preventing reading failure in young children, grounded in Nemours' understanding that child health and learning are inextricably linked, and that reading level is a strong predictor of adult health.
Established as The Nemours Foundation through the legacy and philanthropy of Alfred I. duPont, Nemours provides pediatric clinical care, research, education, advocacy and prevention programs to families in the communities it serves.


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With another February sneaking slowly out the door, we've reached another milestone at A Dash of Bitters–our fourth anniversary–and with it comes another look back and forward.
Looking Back
When we last celebrated an anniversary, I was feeling a little glum. Unemployment had cruelly struck and I was lamenting my limited prospects for the future. Well, year four turned out rather better than I was expecting it to. No, I didn't make it to Tales of the Cocktail, but that wound up really the only bleak part of my cocktail calendar. I made three trips to NYC for cocktail events and racked up a lot of Amtrak miles in the process. In April, I participated in the Beefeater 24 Thursday Drink Night at Quarter Bar in Brooklyn (special guests Dan Warner and David Wondrich); in November, I made it down for the Live portion of the Bar Smarts Advanced certification; and in December, I participated in Junior Merino's Liquid Lab.
I was a judge for Rhode Island's statewide IronTender competition, which introduced me to some … well, interesting drinks but more importantly to some great new friends. Ted Haigh included me along with some great vintage friends in the latest edition of his Vintage Spirits and Forgotten Cocktails. Then came the Foodbuzz nomination, which still surprises me.
I became a published cocktail/spirits writer during this last year, with a regular column in Edible Rhody magazine. (Locals should look for the Spring issue to–yes, I'm going there–bloom around March 20.) Speaking of print media, this past year also saw Jen's mug gracing the New York Times (which has fuck-all to do with me, but hey, I'm still proud of and stunned by that.)
Jen's burst of fame came as a direct result of her participation in the Food52 website and cookbook project. And just this week, I was startled to see a familiar face in Food52's Cook Spotlight feature. (Which reminds me, I should post more cocktail recipes to that site.)
Sooooo, yeah, it wound up being a very good year.
Looking Forward
But it's Year Five that excites me even more: I'll be moderating a panel at Tales of the Cocktail and editing the official Tales blog this year. (Which reminds me, I should arrange my flight and hotel soon.) And of course, there's this baby:
And some of you may be wanting another update. We've been very busy, I can tell you that much.
We're planning to open in mid-March; the date right now depends a lot on the contractor because we're mostly set. Our DIY demolition work is finished and we're ready for the contractor's team to come in and rebuild the bar and dining room. Nemo and Jenny have hired pretty much the entire staff–cooks, servers, and dishwasher–and our first staff meeting is tomorrow afternoon. We have a preliminary menu and a full cocktail menu for both brunch and dinner. (The food is preliminary because Nemo's cooking is ultra-seasonal. If he's planning a braised lamb shank and it's suddenly 60º out, there's no sense in having announced braised lamb three weeks in advance.)
On the beverage front, I'm putting together a list of spirits and barware that we'll need to order. Adam Mir, our sous chef is in charge of the beer list. We're talking with beer distributors and hope to have a fun announcement to make, soon, regarding our beer program. Nemo's fronting the wine program; we've been tasting wines all week and have another tasting tomorrow, so we should have our list of Old World wines ready next week. We've tasted coffees from New Harvest Coffee Roasters in Pawtucket. And finally, I've been in touch with a local soda bottler, Yacht Club Beverage, and we hope to speak to them soon about supplying our soft drinks.
DISCLAIMER: I am no longer a part of Cook and Brown.


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Fi'zi:k 2014 handlebars, saddles and shoes – Eurobike 2013
Cyrano Bull/Snake/Chameleon handlebars, plus new tri/TT saddle and off-road shoes
Next season might be the biggest one yet for Fi'zi:k, who have launched a new range of Cyrano road cockpits, new triathlon/time trial and road saddles and more shoes for triathlon, cross-country racing and cyclocross at Eurobike 2013.
All the new products are available now, with European prices included below (US and UK pricing is to be confirmed).
Cyrano handlebar system – three designs to fit rider flexibility
Fi'zi:k have already established a saddle system that focuses on rider flexibility – the Aliante is for the less flexible 'Bull', the Arione for the most flexible 'Snake' and the Antares for the in-between 'Chameleon'. Now the company are expanding the philosophy to include handlebars. Created under the Cyrano name, the three-unit family uses the same Bull, Snake and Chameleon monikers for different levels of rider flexibility.
The shallow-drop Bull bar has a drop of 130mm with an 80mm reach. Fi'zi:k say many Bull riders tend to be of larger stature, so the shape of the drop has to work with larger hands. We tried the bar and found it had none of the usual cramping issues for those with shovel-like palms.
The bar shape has also considered the shifter and hood shapes of all the big players in the drivetrain market, and comes with suggested positions for SRAM, Shimano and Campagnolo units.
Next in the Cyrano line is the Chameleon bar, which increases reach to 85mm and drop to 135mm.
The Cyrano 00 handlebar for 'Snakes'
The most radical bar in terms of appearance is the Snake, with a big drop of 140mm and a reach of 85mm. While this model stays true to the classic French or Merckx drops, it's actually much squarer than those traditional bends, as it's designed for use with modern shifters, not those of Merckx' era.
Each of the three bar shapes is available in three models (00, R1 and R3), with pricing varying according to material and weight. Prices and claimed weights are listed below.
|Cyrano handlebar
|Body material
|High modulus unidirectional carbon
|Unidirectional carbon
|Ergal (7075) aluminium
|Matte black/yellow details
|Glossy carbon/red R1 details
|Matte sandblasted black/white R3 details
|31.8mm (clamp) – 28.8mm (top)
|31.8mm (clamp) – 28.8mm (top)
|31.8mm (clamp) – 28.8mm (top)
|Size (c-to-c)
|Claimed weight
|Suggested retail price
A matching Cyrano stem is available for the bars, made from Ergal aluminium with titanium bolts and weighing 128g (110mm, 7 degrees). It will be available in lengths between 70mm and 130mm, in 10mm increments, and in 7- or 20-degree angles.
Volta road saddle – new model based on classic design
Fi'zi:k's Volta road saddle
Perhaps the most surprising thing in Fi'zi:k's 2014 lineup is the new Volta saddle. The company found that, despite their three styles of saddle, some pro riders were still requesting classic designs such as the original Selle Italia Flite, Concor and Rolls or the Brooks B17 or Colt.
What is it that all these designs have in common? Aside from vertical sides, they all feature a deeply curved top shape at the sit point. The clue is in the name for 'Volta' – think vaulted ceiling, or archway.
Fi'zi:k measured all of the original designs and found the relationship and shape of the arch was within millimetres, irrespective of brand or design. So, they recreated the look with modern materials and production methods.
Although based on a traditional shape, the Volta looks pretty futuristic, and its weight has a lot in common with modern high-end saddles. With carbon-braided rails, the Volta R1 is a svelte 165g (€250) and the K:ium alloy-railed R3 a still impressive 205g (€169).
R3 saddle range brings carbon to wider audience
The Aliante R3 with carbon rails
Fi'zi:k's three key road saddles (the Airone, Antares and Aliante) come in three models – 00, R1 and R3. The 00 editions have always impressed us, with their prohibitively high prices if nothing else.
For 2014, a new range of carbon-railed saddles will be available, but under the R3 umbrella. They share the same rails as the 00 models but use a fibreglass, thermoplastic wingflex hull instead of a pricier carbon one.
Weights stack up favourably, with an R3 Arione with braided carbon rails claimed to weigh 165g (€199) compared to a 135g 00.
Tritone triathlon/time trial saddle
The Tritone triathlon/time trial saddle
Fi'zi:k have launched their first noseless saddle, aimed at triathletes and time triallists who favour a forward position and are looking for greater comfort. The new Tritone has a 55mm-wide nose, and a truncated shape that widens sooner than a conventional saddle for greater seated support and greater hip rotation. Length is 24cm, which complies with UCI rules for time trials, widening its appeal.
A pressure-relieving channel runs the full length of the saddle, starting at almost the full width of the nose and tapering towards the rear. Silk-screen printed silicone strips run along the top of each side of the channel to increase grip and help you maintain position.
The new foam material, which we're told is more elastic, is certainly very generous, has a density specifically developed for the Tritone and is aimed at improving comfort for prolonged seated efforts. The nylon carbon fibre-reinforced shell is both light and stiff, and sports extra-long 85mm rails to fit every time trial or tri bike.
The Tritone's carriage kit includes two water bottle mounts and provision for a CO2 canister, inflator and inner tube
What really sets the Tritone apart is its supplied modular carriage kit. This provides the ability to fit two bottle cages, a CO2 canister and inflator and spare inner tube to a minimal frame that bolts neatly on the rear underside of the shell to give a completely integrated look. The CO2 canister sits below the saddle and screws through the frame at the rear, with the inflator screwing onto the outside. The inner tube straps on below, also below the saddle.
The angled bottle cages sit at approximately 45 degrees to the saddle's centre line, and are as close as possible to the rear of the saddle without interfering, making reaching for a drink much simpler than with some extended bolt-on designs.
Also beneath the saddle is a tough plastic hook under the nose, designed in conjunction with the forward section of the rails to allow easy and secure racking on varied diameter bars.
The Tritone will be available in two models, the 250g K:ium (€179) or a 220g version with braided carbon rails for €250. Colour options are black/black, black/white or black/red.
Thar 29er saddle
The Thar 29er saddle with manganese rails
Fi'zi:k have also released what we believe to be a world first – a 29er specific mountain bike saddle. The company claim that the Thar has been designed in response to 29er riders pushing their saddles as far forward on the rails as possible, to counteract the slacker seat tube angles some 29er hardtail frames use to accommodate the larger wheel. The Thar comes with a short nose, and the area where the sit-bones rest is therefore closer to the front of the saddle.
Fi'zi:k analysed the nose length of the saddle, measured from where the saddle is 75mm wide, and compared it to the competition. The popular Selle Italia SLR has 22mm forward adjustment from this point, whereas the Thar has 77mm thanks to its use of Fi'zi:k's 'Mobius' rail. This enters the saddle at a steeper angle than traditional saddle rails, maximising its length and preventing the seatpost clamp being pushed to an unsafe area of the rails.
The Thar with K:ium rails weighs a claimed 195g (€129), while the manganese railed version is 225g (€99).
M3 cyclocross shoe/M5 mountain bike shoe
Fi'z:ik's M3 cyclocross shoe
The M3 cyclocross shoe has been updated for 2014. It features a super-stiff carbon sole and improved rubber tread to offer more grip while still accepting a pair of studs or spikes at the toe. The uppers use a combination of leather, anti-scratch leather and ventilating nylon mesh with three sailcloth straps – two Velcro and one ankle strap secured by an aluminium micro-adjust buckle.
The shoe has in part been developed by Focus professional Francis Mourey, who for some time led this year's Cyclocross World Championships in Louisville. Claimed weight for a size 43 pair of M3s is 280g and they'll come in black with yellow highlights.
The M5 mountain bike shoe has a nylon, carbon-reinforced sole that also has provision for studs. The uppers use Microtex, nylon mesh and anti-scratch leather, and sailcloth straps with the same aluminium buckle as used on the M3s. A pair of M5s in size 43 is claimed to weigh 329g and colour options are white/orange, black/silver and black/red.
Prices for the shoes are still to be confirmed. For more information on Fi'zi:k products see www.fizik.it.


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Please note that Harthill Stud operates according to the HBLB Codes of Practice on CEM, EVA, EHV, EIA and Guidelines on Strangles. As such, we will be unable to accept your horse onto the Stud without all necessary documentation and satisfactory health tests.
Essential tests for visiting mares:
EVA – blood test within 28 days prior to arrival
EIA – blood test within 28 days prior to arrival
CEM – (clitoral swabs) completed within the breeding year, and after any coverings prior to entry to the stud
Strangles – Blood test within 28 days of arrival
– All horses at Harthill Stud must be vaccinated against tetanus.
– Vaccination against Flu, EHV and rotavirus is recommended.
– Mares coming to foal must be vaccinated against EHV in months 5, 7 and 9 of their pregnancy.
Arrival Time: All arrivals to be by prior arrangement.
All relevant booking forms must be filled in and signed when the horse arrives at stud.
Visits: All visits to the stud to me made by appointment, and preferably co ordinated between 1pm and 3pm.
All the information given on the nomination form is required for issuing accurate covering certificates and producing accurate invoices. Any missing information may result in an inaccurate covering certificate or invoice being issued. It is the mare owner's responsibility to ensure the stud receives all the relevant information as no responsibility will be accepted by Harthill Stud if covering certificates or invoices are inaccurate based on the information given. Any relevant forms must be completed and signed before the mare arrives, even if horses are sent by a Third Party (e.g. transport service)
Passports / Identification: It is a legal requirement that horses are accompanied to stud with their passport. These will be checked on arrival, for the records of vaccinations and that the declaration has been signed in the Passport concerning administration of medicinal treatments (DEFRA regulations).
We invoice on a monthly basis and expect settlement within 20 days of date of invoice. The final account for all board fees, veterinary work, other costs incurred and outstanding invoices must be paid before the horses leave Harthill Stud. Horse owners who send a third party to collect their horse must make arrangements to pay in advance of collection. Horses will not be allowed to leave before payment is made in full. Payment are accepted by cash, cheque, debit or credit card. (Credit cards charged at 2.5%). Interest will be charged on overdue accounts. VAT will be charged on all accounts.
Veterinary work is invoiced by Cheshire Equine Clinic and in the same way, their invoice must be settled before collection. Please respect the Clinic's wishes by giving us 48 hors notice of collection.
If a mare bred to a Harthill stallion (Ramiro B, Arkol, Peppermill) is certified 'not in foal' on or by October 1st of the year in which she is bred, a N.F.F.R is offered. For external stallions different terms may be applicable.
It is the mare owner's responsibility to inform Harthill Stud if their mare is scanned not in foal on or before 1st October (certified by their vet in writing) to be eligible for the N.F.F.R. Any N.F.F.R claims after 1st October may be forfeited.
The exception to this is Power Blade for whom all non-pregnant mares certified by Oct 1st all receive a 100% stud fee refund. Late certification by your vet will forfeit this refund.
Farrier: All mares must have hind shoes removed before arrival. Horses will have their feet trimmed when necessary and any costs charged to the owner's account. Any specific shoeing requirements must be notified to Harthill Stud when the mare is booked in.
Worming: Mares and foals will be wormed on arrival – mares with Equest and foals with Panacu. These will be charged to the owner. All horses will have worm egg counts (and be wormed where necessary) in line with Harthill's worm control policy devised in conjunction with Cheshire Equine Clinic. The owner will be charged for wormers and worm egg counts.
Veterinary Packages: All fees for 'Set Fee' packages for routine veterinary reproductive work carried out on a mare whilst at Harthill Stud will be invoiced directly to the owner by Cheshire Equine Clinic. CEC require their bill to be settled before the mare may leave Harthill.
Veterinary Care: If stud staff at anytime consider additional veterinary attention is required, or if any abnormality or issue is noted by our vet, we will endeavour to contact the owner before requesting extra attention. However, if the owner is not available for whatever reason, Cheshire Equine Clinic will administer the treatment they consider to be most appropriate and in the best interests of the horse and charge the owner accordingly. Any additional veterinary costs will be charged to the horse owner by CEC.
Insurance: Harthill Stud accepts no responsibility for visiting horses and does not carry insurance cover; it is the owner's responsibility to provide their own insurance cover.
Horses whilst at Harthill Stud will receive every possible care, attention and supervision, but Harthill Stud accepts no responsibility whatsoever for accident, theft or disease, nor does Harthill Stud give any express or implied guarantee of success.
All mares are inseminated/ foaled at their owners risk and Harthill Stud is not to be liable for any damages or compensation in respect of any injury or damage howsoever caused to any mare/foal, including (but not limited to) those caused through artificial insemination/foaling.
Harthill Stud reserves the right to refuse entry to the stud to any horse in the event that any of these conditions are not complied with or where they consider that the horse is an unacceptable health risk.


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If you've been stewing for years about the fact that no one has yet to make a cat-version of Best In Show, brace yourself—our wily photographer (and resident cat enthusiast) stumbled upon this feline-fête that's got our whole office in hysterics. Specifically, the Fashionable Feline Extravaganza, an event thrown by the North Shore Animal League, to celebrate the birthday of the Alqonquin Hotel's resident kitty, Matilda. Part fashion show, part Cat Lady convention, this year's bash played host to a procession of Persians, Siameses, Sphinxes, Cheshires, and a handful a Tabbies dressed up as everything from Edward Cullen to Elizabeth Taylor—plus, what pet party would be complete without an Avatar? So, brace yourself—our gallery of fur-balls is not for the feline faint of heart.
The 17 Summer Fashion Trends Editors Are Wearing


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Both Extreme Publishing's TBM magazine and clothing brand Dirty Smart used images and references to the late TV presenter, whose name has dominated the media as the perpetrator of alleged mass-sexual abuse.
TBM's email marketing ploy used Savile's catchphrase "now then, now then" in the subject line, and the line "how's about that then" above a large image of the presenter posing in his underwear and smoking a cigar.
The image appeared in black and white with a colour picture of TBM magazine in Savile's lap. Accompanying text read, "Christmas is coming and what better way of relaxing than to pull up a comfy velour settee, light up a Cuban cigar and finger through a copy of your favourite magazine – delivered direct to your door. TBM… the publication that doesn't take itself too seriously. 'As it 'appens!'"
DirtySmart's Halloween email advertisement gave consumers a choice of two images to click on for the chance to receive a 50% discount. The two images, one of a pumpkin and one of Jimmy Savile's face, were displayed beneath the words, "choose your fate".
Both ads received consumer complaints calling the ads offensive and irresponsible in view of the media coverage surrounding the allegations of sexual abuse against Savile.
TBM and DirtySmart made it clear they had no intention of causing offense or of making light of sexual abuse allegations, and that in both cases, people that received the emails had opted in to the e-newsletters and were equally able to opt out.
The ads were banned by the Advertising Standards Authority and both advertisers were told to "ensure they prepared their ads with a sense of responsibility to consumers and to society, and to ensure they did not cause serious or widespread offence".


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If I Could
Cary Rogers 12/9/2006 2:34:26 PMWOW! What a stunner! I wish I were there experiencing it in person...but this is the next best thing! Wonderful capture, Elizabeth! #569762
Elizabeth J. Bernier 12/9/2006 2:47:31 PMThank you Cary,your kinds words are much appreciated!!!One of those mornings where it was worth getting up before the sun,those were the actual colors!!! #3685073
Donna La Mattino Pagakis 12/9/2006 7:25:03 PMAmazing Elizabeth, the colors are so very beautiful! #3685702
Elizabeth J. Bernier 12/10/2006 7:53:32 AMThank you Donna! #3687236
Bill Houghton 12/10/2006 10:52:43 AMWOW!! Elizabeth, what a beautiful scene.
Kristi A. Howson 12/10/2006 2:19:13 PMI just love the mood from the light and colors here Beth. You should put this up on your wall. #3688170
Susan Fox 1/3/2007 7:20:38 PMWonderful color! Love the composition too! #3777991
Vladan D. Djordjevic 1/12/2007 5:19:34 PMBeautiful scene! Great color and lighting! #3813305
Colette M. Metcalf 1/24/2007 3:47:28 PMCongratulations on all your finalists, Elizabeth!! #3861743
Cyn Valentine 1/24/2007 3:50:31 PMCongratulations Elizabeth!! #3861787
Elizabeth J. Bernier 1/25/2007 8:28:55 AMThank you all so much...your comments mean so much to me! :) #3868166
The Judges at BetterPhoto.com 1/25/2007 12:04:50 PMGreat moment and wonderful color #3869660
Kristi A. Howson 1/25/2007 2:30:05 PMCongratulations Beth on #4...WOW. Best of luck in the next round! I just love the colors in this one. It really does capture the mood at the beach when the sun is coming up so well. Excellent Luv! #3870553
Donna La Mattino Pagakis 1/25/2007 2:49:26 PMSimply stunning, a huge congratulations on your finalist image! #3870721
Nick Lagos 1/25/2007 4:26:26 PMBeautiful image Bethy....you simply can't beat being on the beach when it's Sunrise/Sunset....congratulations on your great month #3871380
Morteza Safataj 1/25/2007 6:29:13 PMFantastic shot Elizabeth!!congratulations on your winner. #3872051
Jill Flynn 1/25/2007 7:06:04 PMBeautiful hues and color Beth! Outstanding image. Congratulations on your WIN! #3872325
Kristi A. Howson 1/25/2007 7:17:31 PMSo great to see this glorious Seascape win Luv! Congratulations on this and all your wins. You've had such a great month!!!! #3872402
Kay E. Mahoney 1/25/2007 7:49:54 PMCongratulations on your second place winner. #3872618
Cary Rogers 1/25/2007 7:59:45 PMCongrats, Elizabeth! :-) I knew this one was very special when I first saw it! #3872677
Su Sana E. P 1/25/2007 8:53:42 PMElizabeth, huge Congratulations on this Magnificent Winner!! #3872894
Les Rhoades 1/26/2007 1:42:01 AMCongratulations on your December second place WINNER! #3873505
Colette M. Metcalf 1/26/2007 4:08:41 AMCongratulations to you on your win, Elizabeth!! #3873903
Charlene Taylor 1/26/2007 5:57:09 AMAn outstanding picture Elizabeth!! Congratulations on taking 2nd place. #3874388
Cyn Valentine 1/26/2007 5:57:59 AMCongratulations Elizabeth..gorgeous winner! #3874390
Ron Roberts 1/26/2007 7:50:23 AMCONGRATULATIONS NICE WORK I ENJOY ALL YOUR STUFF RON I'M NEW HERE I LOVE IT #3874852
Janine Russell 1/26/2007 9:48:09 AMElizabeth, congratulations on your Second Place Win. #3875222
Gerda Grice 1/26/2007 10:06:08 AMBIG congratulations on your 2nd place win for this stunningly beautiful image, Beth, and on all your wonderful Finalists! -Gerda #3875337
AMALIA Veralli 1/26/2007 1:41:20 PMBeautiful image! Love the colors. Congrats on your win. #3876046
Claudia Kuhn 1/26/2007 5:14:05 PMGorgeous colors in this beautiful image, congrats to you on your win!! Way to go girl! #3876596
Gail Sullivan 1/27/2007 5:11:41 AMBeth...hearty congrats on your win with this fine scenic image! #3878010
Jeff Robinson 1/29/2007 4:48:40 PMStunning capture and a very well deserved win Beth!! Jeff #3888474
Donna La Mattino Pagakis 1/31/2007 5:32:54 PMCongratulations on your win! This is spectacular Elizabeth! #3897764
Gary Jacobson 2/4/2007 10:05:08 AMCongratulations Beth! This one is a beautiful sunset and you have captured the color variations very well. Way to go on your second place finish!!!!! --Jake #3910655
RONALD WILLIAMSON 2/8/2007 3:33:02 PMCongratulations Beth! that is a spectacular sunset.Just looking at that picture puts me in a different world. #3927010
Shirley A. Kinney 2/8/2007 9:28:16 PMAwesome capture. Wonderful colors. Contrats on your win. #3927912
Ariel Lepor 2/9/2007 4:19:01 PMElizabeth, the colors are so calming and beautiful! I need to get up before sunrise!
Congratulations on your win! #3930654
Patrick R. McMullen 2/13/2007 9:42:43 AMThe perfect photo Elizabeth! Really love it.
Elizabeth J. Bernier 2/18/2007 6:39:47 AMThank you all so much for your very kind and encouraging words,getting a second place was a thrill for me at this site where there are so many wonderful photographers,I was indeed honored!!! #3960598
Mary K. Robison 9/25/2007 1:28:10 AMElizabeth, this is GORGEOUS ~ the ultimate way to start or end your day!
Raymond Pauly 2/13/2009 11:10:57 PMThis is exceptionally Beautiful, Elizabeth! Lovely perspective, colors and clarity! Congratulations! #7163131
C A 3/11/2009 1:03:57 AMWonderful shot! Congrats on this beauty! #7269809
Gary Lange 3/11/2009 8:46:53 AMI happened to stumble on this, Elizabeth. Wow, terrific colors here! Way to go on this winner, even if it is a couple of years late. #7271887
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Hey developers, if you ever wondered what we at Windows Phone Central look for when reviewing apps and games, you'll want to check out the latest episode of the AppBizDev podcast, run by Alan Mendelevich (AdDuplex) and Senior Technical Evangelist for Windows 8 in Microsoft's Developer and Platform Evangelism group, Ben Riga.
In case you haven't heard of it before, AppBizDev (www.appbizdev.com) focuses on the business end Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8—advertising and monetization. It's a solid tool for tips and advice how to make the most of your app strategy.
This week, I was lucky to be a guest on the show and we focused on how to pitch an app to us. Check it out by heading to the AppBizDev website (http://www.appbizdev.com/2013/05/episode-16-pitch-perfect-with-daniel.html and follow Alan and Ben on Twitter (@ailon and @benriga) to keep up.
Oh and yes, we'll be doing our own Podcast again later today. Stay tuned.


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Valley Movie Tour
- Süre: 255 Dakika (Tahmini)
- Ürün kodu: VMT
Escape the city and visit some of the natural areas of the Wellington region.
As part of our film location tour, see the vision Peter Jackson and location scouts had when looking to film scenes such as:
- Helms Deep
- Minas Tirith
- Gardens of Isengard
- Hinged Trees of Isengard
- Aragorn Washed Ashore
- Rivendell
- Orc Chant.
We will go for walks in some of Wellington's natural areas including parks, along rivers and in native reserves.
Lunch will be at Rivendell in the Kaitoke Regional Park.
NOTE: Our tours do require a minimum of 2 passengers for departure. If this minimum is not met, passengers will be contacted the day of departure using your provided details and alternative dates offered or cancellation accepted. If you are in Wellington for a few days, especially during the quieter winter and shoulder periods, we STRONGLY suggest not leaving your chosen booking day until your last day in Wellington.
Visit our full website here: www.movietours.co.nz
Our pickup locations include:
Cruise Ship wharf pickup/dropoff point - THIS IS FOR CRUISE SHIP PASSENGERS ONLY.
9 Bunny Street - Wellington Railway Station; Hotel Waterloo and Backpackers; The Dwellington.
75 Featherston Street - Rydges; The Terrace hotel accommodations.
145 Wakefield Street - i-SITE; Nomads Capital; Trek Global; West Plaza Hotel; Rosemere Backpackers; Comfort Hotel.
21 Cambridge Terrace - xBase Backpackers; Wild Zebra Backpackers; Halswell Lodge.
YHA cnr Wakefield Street and Cambridge Terrace - QT Museum Hotel; Bay Plaza Hotel; Copthorne Hotel.


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Which Traits Predict Success? The Importance of Grit
What are the causes of success?
At first glance, the answer is easy: success is about talent. It's about being able to do something – hit a baseball, play chess, trade stocks, write a blog – better than most anyone else. That's a fine answer, but it immediately invites another question: What is talent? How did that person get so good at hitting a baseball or trading stocks? For a long time, talent seemed to be about inheritance, about the blessed set of genes that gave rise to some particular skill. Einstein had the physics gene, Beethoven had the symphony gene, and Tiger Woods (at least until his car crash) had the golf swing gene. The corollary, of course, is that you and I can't become chess grandmasters, or composers, or golf pros, simply because we don't have the necessary anatomy. Endless hours of hard work won't compensate for our biological limitations. When fate was handing out skill, we got screwed.
In recent years, however, the pendulum has shifted. It turns out that the intrinsic nature of talent is overrated – our genes don't confer specific gifts. (There is, for instance, no PGA gene.) This has led many researchers, such as K. Anders Ericsson, to argue that talent is really about deliberate practice, about putting in those 10,000 hours of intense training (plus or minus a few thousand hours). Beethoven wasn't born Beethoven – he had to work damn hard to become Beethoven. As Ericsson wrote in his influential review article "The Role of Deliberate Practice in the Acquisition of Expert Performance": "The differences between expert performers and normal adults are not immutable, that is, due to genetically prescribed talent. Instead, these differences reflect a life-long period of deliberate effort to improve performance."
That's interesting, right? Talent is about practice. Talent takes effort. Talent requires a good coach. But these answers only raise more questions. What, for instance, allows someone to practice for so long? Why are some people so much better at deliberate practice? If talent is about hard work, then what factors influence how hard we can work?
The ability to ask these questions, to peel away layers of explanation, is one of the reasons I'm drawn to the psychological sciences. And this leads me to one of my favourite recent papers, "Deliberate Practice Spells Success: Why Grittier Competitors Triumph at the National Spelling Bee." The research, published this month in the journal of Social Psychological and Personality Science, was led by Angela Duckworth, a psychologist at Penn. (Anders-Ericsson is senior author.) The psychologists were interested in the set of traits that allowed kids to practice deliberately. Their data set consisted of 190 participants in the Scripps National Spelling Bee, a competition that requires thousands of hours of practice. After all, there are no natural born spellers.
The first thing Duckworth, et. al. discovered is that deliberate practice works. Those kids who spent more time in deliberate practice mode – this involved studying and memorising words while alone, often on note cards – performed much better at the competition than those children who were quizzed by others or engaged in leisure reading. The bad news is that deliberate practice isn't fun and was consistently rated as the least enjoyable form of self-improvement. Nevertheless, as spellers gain experience, they devote increasing amounts of time to deliberate practice. This suggests that even twelve year olds realise that this is what makes them better, that success isn't easy.
But that still begs the question: Why were some kids better at drilling themselves with note cards? What explained this variation in hours devoted to deliberate practice? After analysing the data, Duckworth discovered the importance of a psychological trait known as grit. In previous papers, Duckworth has demonstrated that grit can be reliably measured with a short survey that measures consistency of passions (e.g., ''I have been obsessed with a certain idea or project for a short time but later lost interest'') and consistency of effort (e.g., ''Setbacks don't discourage me'') over time using a 5-point scale. Not surprisingly, those with grit are more single-minded about their goals – they tend to get obsessed with certain activities – and also more likely to persist in the face of struggle and failure. Woody Allen famously declared that "Eighty percent of success is showing up". Grit is what allows you to show up again and again. Here are the scientists:
Our major findings in this investigation are as follows: Deliberate practice—operationally defined in the current investigation as the solitary study of word spellings and origins—was a better predictor of National Spelling Bee performance than either being quizzed by others or engaging in leisure reading. With each year of additional preparation, spellers devoted an increasing proportion of their preparation time to deliberate practice, despite rating the experience of such activities as more effortful and less enjoyable than the alternative preparation activities. Grittier spellers engaged in deliberate practice more so than their less gritty counterparts, and hours of deliberate practice fully mediated the prospective association between grit and spelling performance.
There are two interesting takeaways from this study. The first is that there's a major contradiction between how we measure talent and the causes of talent. In general, we measure talent using tests of maximal performance. Think, for instance, of the NFL Combine: Players perform in short bursts (40 yard dash, short IQ test, catching drills, etc.) under conditions of high motivation. The purpose of the event is to see what players are capable of, to determine the scope of their potential. The problem with these tests, however, is that the real world doesn't resemble the NFL Combine. Instead, success in the real world depends onsustained performance, on being able to work hard at practice, and spend the weekend studying the playbook, and reviewing hours of game tape. Those are all versions of deliberate practice, and our ability to engage in such useful exercises largely depends on levels of grit. The problem, of course, is that grit can't be measured in a single afternoon on a single field. (By definition, it's a metric of personality that involves long periods of time.) The end result is that our flawed beliefs about talent have led to flawed tests of talent. Perhaps that explains why there is no "consistent statistical relationship between combine tests and professional football performance." We need to do a test that measures how likely people are to show up, not just how they perform once there.
The second takeaway involves the growing recognition of "non-cognitive" skills like grit and self-control. While such traits have little or nothing to do with intelligence (as measured by IQ scores), they often explain a larger share of individual variation when it comes to life success. It doesn't matter if one is looking at retention rates at West Point or teacher performance within the Teach for America program or success in the spelling bee: Factors like grit are often the most predictive variables of real world performance. Thomas Edison was right: even genius is mostly just perspiration.
Taken together, these studies suggest that our most important talent is having a talent for working hard, for practicing even when practice isn't fun. It's about putting in the hours when we'd rather be watching TV, or drilling ourselves with notecards filled with obscure words instead of getting quizzed by a friend. Success is never easy. That's why talent requires grit.
At Behance's annual 99 per cent conference, author Jonah Lehrer, who writes about neuroscience for the New Yorker, spoke about the latest research on creativity and what makes people successful.
He concluded that the character trait that separates successful people from the rest is grit: "Grit is not just about stubborn persistence. It's also about choosing the right goal in the first place. ... The unfortunate reality is that it's not all going to happen. How can we make sure all our struggle and sacrifice will be worth it? Make sure it passes the underwear test."
The underwear test has to do with psychological adaptation, and how we get used to things being a certain way. It explains why we get excited about new things, and then the excitement inevitably wears off. Lehrer says that the only ideas worth pursuing are those you'd be willing to invest 10,000 hours into.
Watch his full talk here:
Which Traits Predict Success? (The Importance of Grit) by JONAH LEHRER PERMALINK 17 September 2014.


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Google Dabbles in Dream Tech in Hush-Hush X Lab
Nov 14, 2011 12:21 PM PT
Google scientists are laboring away on futuristic projects in a top-secret lab somewhere in the San Francisco Bay Area, The New York Times claims.
This lab, which is apparently so hush-hush that few Googlers even knew it existed prior to the report, is allegedly called "Google X."
More than 100 futuristic projects are said to be under way there.
These include a space elevator project, experiments working to connect home appliances and dinner dishes to the Internet, robots that can go to work instead of their owners, and the development of driverless cars for the mass market.
Google Cofounders Sergey Brin and Larry Page, who's also CEO, are reportedly involved in the lab, together with other top executives, including Chairman Eric Schmidt.
Google didn't respond to requests for comment by press time.
What Might Google Do?
Research in the Google X lab reportedly includes work on a space elevator, a system capable of lifting a payload miles into the sky in order to put it in orbit, which could theoretically be more efficient than sending it via a spacecraft launch. The top of the elevator would be attached to Earth by an immense cable.
Such a concept has been a staple of science fiction for some time, and the problems to be overcome include the immense weight of a miles-long cable and the mechanical system that can operate a car vertically over such a great distance.
Connecting home appliances to the Internet is another idea that's been batted around in the past. It's part of the vision of the Internet of Things. This is a term first used by technology pioneer Kevin Ashton in 1999, when the IEEE began discussing the need to replace IPv4 with IPv6 because it feared IPv4 Internet addresses would run out due to the rapid growth of Internet access.
"In many of the scenarios discussed in the New York Times article, we're talking about a highly personalized version of what IBM has been pushing as the Smarter Planet," Charles King, principal analyst at Pund-IT, told TechNewsWorld.
The Smarter Planet is IBM's vision of a wired-up planet where massive amounts of data are collected to let governments proactively make decisions about maintaining and running the infrastructure. The IT infrastructure would be provided by IBM, of course.
Google's Got Tomorrow Today
Google earlier this year announced Android@Home, an initiative that lets Android apps discover, connect and communicate with appliances and devices in the household.
As part of that, Google introduced Android Open Accessory so devs can build new hardware accessories that work across all Android devices.
Earlier this year, Nevada became the first state in which driverless vehicles can be legally operated on public roads, a law that was passed after pressure on the state legislature from Google. However, other states haven't rushed to follow suit.
Their objections to putting driverless cars on the road include the lack of laws to cover the technology.
Fallout From the Future
Equipping home appliances with always-on Internet connectivity "would come with considerable intrusions into people's privacy," John M. Simpson, director, Consumer Watchdog Privacy Project, told TechNewsWorld.
User controls so that people can decide whether or not they want to share information through their appliances, and how much information they want to share, are essential, Simpson added.
Legal authorities might also need to get involved, Pund-IT's King suggested.
"The type of information that would be collected, generated and probably stored in order to create the necessary dataset to generate an automated response would provide an incredible insight into individuals' private lives," King warned.
Driverless cars would open whole new areas of the law when they hit the mass market.
"Once you put these things out onto the open road, it's going to create whole new areas of liability that are going to ensure the livelihood of lawyers going into the Nth generation," King remarked.
A driverless car from Google caused a five-car crash back in August near the Googleplex headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., although Google claimed a person was driving the vehicle at the time of the accident.
"I'd have to assume there are probably law firms in New York where the champagne is being opened and Google is being toasted," King added.


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Our building holds a distinct place in the city's architectural history. Built in 1910 on Central Park West, we will celebrate its Centennial in October of this year. It has been landmarked by the City of New York and is on the State and National Registers of Historic Places as part of the Central Park West Historic District.
The building was designed by architect Robert D. Kohn who was considered a pioneer in his use of Art Nouveau style for the building. Kohn also had a personal stake in the design of the building, as he was on the Board of the Society and had been a lifelong member.
In its recommendation for Landmark status, the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission stated that,
"…the New York Society for Ethical Culture has a special character, special historical and aesthetic interest and value as part of the development, heritage and cultural characteristics of New York City…and that it is both a tangible symbol of the Society's permanent social contribution and a rich architectural element of the fabric of our City."
Contact Marie Orraca to learn more.


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Criminal justice reform is an idea whose time has come in Massachusetts. Last year, MassINC, together with a coalition of prosecutors, defense attorneys, law enforcement and correction officials, and other public safety experts made the case that Massachusetts is spending too much keeping too many in prison, with far too little to show for it. Now we know that Massachusetts residents agree as well.
Criminal justice reform is an idea whose time has come in Massachusetts. Last year, MassINC, together with a coalition of prosecutors, defense attorneys, law enforcement and correction officials, and other public safety experts made the case that Massachusetts is spending too much keeping too many in prison, with far too little to show for it. Now we know that Massachusetts residents agree as well.
Last week, the non-partisan MassINC Polling Group released the final report on an extensive research project on public opinion in Massachusetts. They found that Bay Staters are ready to reform a criminal justice system they see as ineffective at their top priorities: preventing crime and rehabilitating criminals. They support reforms that have worked in other states. And while saving money is important, the bottom line for residents is having a system that works, regardless of the cost. On almost every aspect of the criminal justice system, public opinion is in sync with the actual data about how the system is doing.
Prisons: Both the experts and the public agree that we have too many inmates in Massachusetts prisons. Since the 1980s, the percentage of the state's population behind bars has tripled. The public thinks this is a problem — two-thirds (67 percent) would rather reform the system to send fewer people to prison, instead of building more prisons (26 percent).
Reentry and Recidivism: One reason the public wants to reduce prison populations is that they see time in prison as counterproductive for many offenders. Three in five (59 percent) think that former inmates are more likely to commit new crimes because they have been hardened by the experience in prison. The latest recidivism figures suggest this concern is warranted: 60 percent of prisoners exiting Massachusetts state and county facilities in 2005 committed new offenses within six years.
To combat this problem, experts recommend more programming to prepare inmates for life outside prison. For example, nearly all (88 percent) of residents think that providing job training for prisoners would be effective at reducing crime.
Sentencing and Parole: Much of the growth in prison populations is driven by law requiring offenders be sentenced to mandatory minimum terms for certain crimes.
Often these sentences prevent an effective period of parole, meaning inmates are released into the community without supervision. In 2011, half of inmates released from the Department of Correction received no supervision.
That's not what the public wants. More than half (53 percent) think that post-release supervision is very effective in reducing crime. And only 11 percent favor mandatory minimum sentences; the vast majority prefer that judges have some form of discretion to decide how offenders are sentenced.
High-Release Areas: MassINC's 2013 report found that 10 urban communities, including Fall River and New Bedford, endure half the state's violent crimes and receive half of offenders returning from prison. We took care to capture the opinions of these communities in the polling, and we found that they are just as enthusiastic about reforming the criminal justice system as residents elsewhere.
Overall, opinion in Massachusetts matches closely with recent polls conducted nationally and in other states, which have shown a willingness to reform the criminal justice system. Other states, including "red" states like Arkansas, Mississippi, and Texas have already taken steps to reduce their prison populations, saving money and cutting crime in the process.
There is movement on the national level as well. Last month, U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder announced new guidelines for granting clemency to non-violent drug offenders. And last week the National Research Council released a major report concluding that "the nation should revise current criminal justice policies to significantly reduce imprisonment rates."
We first released these findings at an event with Gov. Deval Patrick in February. The governor took the opportunity to announce a 5-year plan to reduce recidivism by 50 percent. This is a welcome first step, but it will be up to the next governor to decide whether Massachusetts will adopt the kinds of reforms being adopted nationally and in other states. Public opinion is ready for reform; the question is, are our elected leaders ready as well?
Ben Forman is research director for MassINC.


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Last week, we told you about NVIDIA's first Player's Choice Awards - a way to let the players speak out about which Tegra Zone games have the best graphics, the best gameplay, and are just the most fun to sit down and play. Not only that, but NVDIA is giving away seven Tegra Zone Gamepacks to seven lucky winners just for voting in the PCA. So, if you haven't done so already, head over to the Tegra Zone and vote for your favorites! (alternatively, just hit the QR code on the right to go there on your mobile).
Speaking of awesome Tegra Zone games with incredible graphics, have you seen Sonic the Hedgehog 4 Episode II? It's beautiful. The difference between the Tegra 3 version of the game and the non-Tegra version is like night and day. Don't believe me? Take a look for yourself:
See? the textures and sceneries really are gorgeous in this game. You don't have to take my word for it, though - hit the widget below to grab it for yourself!
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Okay, so maybe you don't have a Tegra 3 device to play Sonic on, and that makes us sad. Since we don't like being sad, we've once again teamed up with ASUS and NVIDIA to give away yet another Tegra Zone Gamepack! But... what's in a Tegra Zone Gamepack, you ask? Oh, it's just a boxful of awesome:
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Ashoka Indian Cuisine
You'll find Ashoka's well-known wheel symbol on the front door, but the conquests you'll find inside involve turmeric, coconut sauce and tandoori clay ovens.Ashoka was an Indian emperor who reigned over most of present day India after a number of exciting military conquests. At this Marina restaurant, you'll find Ashoka's well known wheel symbol on the front door, but the conquests you'll find inside involve turmeric, coconut sauce and tandoori clay ovens. Every restaurant has a signature, and here it comes in the form of chicken tikka masala: a bowl of succulent, roasted chicken breast simmered in a clay oven with roasted onion, tomato purée in a delicate cream sauce. The smoky taste of the clay oven also shows up in the prawn tandoori, a sizzling, steaming dish of tiger shrimp marinated in a blend of spices. Ask for a seat near the back of the restaurant so you can watch Bollywood classics. Nothing like a little Om Shanti Om to go with your chai tea.
Menu Highlights:
Chicken Tikka Masala, $11
Champ Tazadar, $15
Prawn Tandoori, $13
Garlic Naan, $3
Mango Lassi, $3.50
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While much has been made about the shortage of priests in the last decade, the number of men committing themselves to the permanent diaconate seems to be doing well.
Many dioceses are ordaining permanent deacons in excess of 20 a year. Here's a look at some of the permanent diaconate classes making the news:
— Over the weekend the Archdiocese of Indianapolis ordained its first class of permanent deacons. There were 25 men in the inaugural class. The Criterion archdiocesan paper quickly posted a photo gallery from the ordination and has had ample coverage leading up to the ordination. Included are profiles of the newly ordained and an overview of their ministry and role in the church. Those articles and many more can be found on this page.
— The Arkansas Catholic reports that the Diocese of Little Rock has accepted 50 men into a new formation class for permanent deacons, with ordination anticipated in 2012.
— As previously noted on the CNS Blog, 26 men were recently ordained to the permanent diaconate in Boston by Cardinal Sean O'Malley.
— On the complete opposite side of the country, the Archdiocese of Los Angeles ordained 19 men to the permanent diaconate at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels. The Tidings coverage of the ordination can be seen here.
— And in the Southeast, the Georgia Bulletin covered the ordination of 20 men to the diaconate in Atlanta earlier this year.


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interesting article:
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Re: Future of wind power?
This could actually work. And as a bonus, when you burn hydrogen you get fresh water as a byproduct, water shortages being the next great crisis. (making the water byproduct useable is "just" an engineering problem) The energy loss rates are huge at each stage, but are 100% clean after the initial manufacturing/setup costs.
(damn there are some ignorant commenters on wired.com--almost as bad as youtube)
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try reading the comments on any SFGate.com article.. the comments there are soo stupid.. its often entertaining to read them.
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Orange County is in for a major foodie treat. Chef Ryan Carson brings his touring restaurant, 'Pri-v¿, to taco asylum for a nightly tasting at 7 p.m. on these select dates: Sunday till Tuesday, Feb. 19 and 20, and Feb. 26 and 27
The globally influenced gourmet taco eatery at The Camp in Costa Mesa is opening its kitchen and doors to Carson, formerly the chef de cuisine at AnQi, for a pop-up stint where diners can enjoy 'Pri-v¿'s 11-course tasting menu for $99 per guest (excludes beverages, tax and gratuity).
'Pri-v¿, his touring pop-up restaurant, has thrilled diners in Los Angeles, and hopes to open a permanent location later this year.
Chef Carson is known for mastering molecular gastronomy, and 'Pri-v¿'s inventive menu will include some complicated scientific food wonders.
Yet he's also bringing guests a taste of "nostalgia and playfulness," such as his interpretation of an Otter Pop, a filet mignon with celeriac creamed spinach, black garlic, bone marrow and truffled 'tater tots'; for dessert, a chocolate banana milkshake, chewy peanut butter ice cream, pretzel crisp and micro celery.
The menu will focus on globally influenced "post-modern American" dishes. For the complete menu visit, http://www.tacoasylum.com.
Wine will be available for course pairings, along with taco asylum's choice of craft beers and specialty nonalcoholic beverages, at an additional cost.
Some nights are sold out, but you can be added to the waiting list. Reservations can be made by calling (909) 576-9210 or emailing firstname.lastname@example.com.
For more information, visit chefryancarson.com/tacoasylum.
The Camp is at 2937 S. Bristol St., B102.
Beauty services benefit
Get your beauty fix for charity at the Valentine Beauty Pampering Expo to benefit Hopeful Hearts from noon to 6 p.m. on Sunday at the Newport Beach Tennis Club. All beauty services will be performed on site, and you can shop for specialty items and apparel with 15% of proceeds going to Hopeful Hearts, a nonprofit building both awareness and support for families affected by congenital heart disease.
Vendors at the expo will include makeup artists, hairstylists, spray-on tan services and more.
If you would like to donate but cannot attend, you can send a donation to Hopeful Hearts Foundation, P.O. Box 8255, Newport Beach, CA. 92658. Newport Beach Tennis Club is at 2601 Eastbluff Drive in Newport Beach. For more information, call (949) 200-3910, or visit hopeful-hearts.org.
Get an edge in Laguna
Weekends in Laguna Beach just became even better thanks to the Pacific Edge Hotel's recently launched happenings at the Deck, its restaurant overlooking the sand.
From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday, it's debuting its Gospel Sunday Brunch, where you can soak up the sun and lift up your soul while enjoying brunch offerings like praline French toast and country-fried steak and eggs.
The Deck is also serving three twists on traditional Bloody Marys (The New Orleans Bloody Mary, South of the Border Bloody Mary and BLT Bloody Mary). Or play hooky from work at Ditch Friday, when the Deck is offering food specials and all drinks are doubles from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m
The Pacific Edge Hotel is at 647 S. Coast Hwy. For more information, call (949) 281-5709 or go to pacificedgehotel.com.
A bargain on frames
Alexander Gray at OC Mart Mix is our favorite boutique for finding the world's best indie frames, and it's celebrating Valentine's Day with a sale through Feb. 14.
All frames and glasses will be reduced 40%, with an additional 10% off if you "like" Alexander Gray on Facebook or follow on Twitter. Top designer brands on sale include Salt Optics, Barton Perreira, KBL, Fendi, Jennifer Creel and Fabien Baron. It's open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays, and from noon to 5 p.m. on Sundays.
Alexander Gray is at OC Mart Mix at 3313 Hyland Ave. Suite C in Costa Mesa. For more information, call (949) 284.0564, or visit http://www.alexandergrayoc.com.
Morrison Hair hits OC
Big news just hit the hair styling world in Orange County.
Renowned stylist James Morrison, the former co-owner of Toni & Guy, just opened Morrison Hair, with his wife Rachel Morrison, in an intimate salon in North Laguna Beach.
It's a place where you can feel at home and then leave with a new style that accentuates your natural beauty.
Morrison Hair is a departure from ubiquitous stark salons. It's housed in a cozy Spanish bungalow with wood floors, arched doorways, a fireplace and beautiful natural light. The modern and Bohemian décor features Belvedere salon chairs, and a pair of sling chairs made from vintage wildfire tarp.
Guests can sip tea near the fireplace, easily check in via iPads with a few taps of the screen and purchase products via remote using handheld devices. Morrison Hair carries top-of-the-line products from Kérastase, L'Oreal Professional and Philip Kingsley.
James oversees a team of talented and experienced hairdressers at his dream salon. Morrison Hair is at 1140 N. Coast Hwy.
Open by appointment from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays. For more information, call (949) 497-3616 or visit http://www.MorrisonHair.com.
Pamper yourself
Glow Skin Care in Costa Mesa is a place where you can find relaxation in a sometime crazy world.
Stepping into owner and aesthetician Ginger Leibfreid's relaxation room, you are greeted with tranquil music and soothing smells that put you at ease. Even on the walk into the retreat, you are surrounded by lush vegetation thanks to the neighbors at PlantWorld.
As you lay down on Ginger's comfy table, she pampers, massages, cleans and nurtures your skin with steam, cleansers, masks and hot stones. (Ginger uses to-quality Eminence Organic Skin Care and Epicurean Discovery products for her treatments.)
You will walk out of this place with a fresh outlook on life, ready to smell the flowers of the outside nursery and wonder why you haven't discovered this place sooner. You can also stop in LuLu Boutique, which shares the same property, for a shopping fix of casual designer apparel.
And with Valentine's Day coming up, consider some pampering specials for your loved ones. Glow Skin Care's current specials available through February include: a relaxing facial that costs $70 (regularly priced $85) for 60 minutes; a no-frills facial that costs $45 (regularly $55) for 45 to 55 minutes; an express facial that costs $25 (regularly $35) for 20 to 25 minutes.
You can add microdermabrasion to any special for just $15. All facials are available in a series, purchase five and get the sixth free.
To book your appointment, call or text Ginger at (714) 501-3700. Glow Skin Care is at 1724 Tustin Ave.. For more information visit glowskincareoc.com.
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New deal for Morrison
West Brom's longest serving player, midfielder James Morrison, has signed a new four-year contract.
The Scottish international has put pen to paper on a deal which will keep him at The Hawthorns until the summer of 2016. Morrison, who joined the Baggies from Middlesbrough five years ago, has played a major role in establishing the club in the Barclays Premier League.
Morrison had two years remaining on his previous deal. West Brom head coach Steve Clarke said: "After strengthening the squad during the transfer window, it's equally important to hold on to your best players."
He added: "I'm delighted James has signed a new deal and the new contract is fair reward for his hard work and efforts.
"He's been at Albion for a number of years now and has always been one of the key players.
"This is a good message to send to the rest of the squad, that if you do well and keep improving you will be rewarded.
"It's also a big coup for the club because I'm sure that if James was on the market, there'd be a few clubs interested in him."
The club's sporting and technical director, Dan Ashworth, added: "James has been one of our most effective players in the Premier League over the last couple of seasons and fully deserves his improved deal.
"The fact we've got a player of James' calibre to sign a longer contract is a sign that the club is moving in the right direction."
Morrison helped West Brom win the Championship title in his first season at the Hawthorns. Clarke revealed Albion are also still in talks with central defender Jonas Olsson over a new contract.


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VERGENNES — Repairs were under way in various sections of Vergennes Union High School as the school year began last Wednesday, and a series of heavy and unexpected rainstorms early last week wreaked havoc on several language classrooms.
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(CNN) -- Initially known as Campos Meta 1 and then Hispania Racing, the HRT team are still seeking stability after a less than spectacular entrance into Formula One in 2010.
The Spanish marque, which used seven drivers in 37 races, have already suffered a disrupted preseason for 2012, initially failing an official crash test.
The failure meant the Madrid-based team missed the three official preseason testing events, forcing their two drivers to squeeze in valuable time behind the wheel of the F112 during a filming day.
HRT's best performance in F1 was Italian Vitantonio Liuzzi's 13th-place finish at the rain-hit 2011 Canadian Grand Prix, where only 18 drivers ended the race.
Narain Karthikeyan
Karthikeyan made history by becoming India's first F1 driver when he took to the track for Jordan at the 2004 Australian Grand Prix.
The 35-year-old was also the only Indian on the track when his country made its grand prix debut in New Delhi last year. He lost his seat to young Australian Daniel Ricciardo for the last 11 races of 2011, but has still retained his seat.
Karthikeyan has had a varied career in motorsport, which has included the Le Mans 24 hours race in 2009 and a stint in the NASCAR truck series.
Pedro de la Rosa
The veteran Spaniard has been involved in F1 since 1999, when he made his debut with Arrows, and he spent several years at McLaren after a stint with Jordan.
The 41-year-old raced just once last season, when he replaced Sauber's Sergio Perez in Canada after the Mexican had been involved in a heavy crash at the Monaco Grand Prix.
In 2006, De la Rosa grabbed the only podium finish of his 86-race career with second for McLaren at the Hungarian Grand Prix.
Australia: De la Rosa DNQ, Karthikeyan DNQ
Malaysia: De la Rosa 21st, Karthikeyan 22nd
China: De la Rosa 21st, Karthikeyan 22nd
Bahrain: De la Rosa 20th, Karthikeyan 21st
Spain: De la Rosa 19th, Karthikeyan DNF
Monaco: Karthikeyan 15th, De la Rosa DNF
Canada: De la Rosa 22nd, Karthikeyan 23rd
Europe: De la Rosa 17th, Karthikeyan 18th
Britain: De la Rosa 20th, Karthikeyan 21st
Germany: De la Rosa 21st, Karthikeyan 23rd
Hungary: De la Rosa 22nd, Karthikeyan DNF
Belgium: De la Rosa 18th, Karthikeyan DNF
Italy: De la Rosa 18th, Karthikeyan 19th
Singapore: De la Rosa 17th, Karthikeyan DNF
Japan: De la Rosa 18th, Karthikeyan DNF
Korea: Karthikeyan 20th, De la Rosa DNF
India: Karthikeyan 21st, De la Rosa DNF
Abu Dhabi: De la Rosa 17th, Karthikeyan DNF
Brazil: De la Rosa 17th, Karthikeyan 18th


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Two days after my son Tommy was born we learned he had a serious congenital heart defect. Prior to his diagnosis he had what a young British intern described to my husband as "a bit of a fit." It was his first seizure and what could have been called a stroke in an adult.
We believe that was his traumatic brain injury that caused his cerebral palsy.
Did you know that cerebral palsy is NOT a disease? You can't catch it.
What is cerebral palsy (CP)? Cerebral palsy, also referred to as CP, is a term used to describe a group of chronic conditions affecting body movement and muscle coordination. It is caused by damage to one or more specific areas of the brain, usually occurring during fetal development; before, during, or shortly after birth; or during infancy. Thus, these disorders are not caused by problems in the muscles or nerves. Instead, faulty development or damage to motor areas in the brain disrupt the brain's ability to adequately control movement and posture.
"Cerebral" refers to the brain and "palsy" to muscle weakness/poor control. Cerebral palsy itself is not progressive (i.e. brain damage does not get worse); however, secondary conditions, such as muscle spasticity, can develop which may get better over time, get worse, or remain the same. Cerebral palsy is not communicable. It is not a disease and should not be referred to as such. Although cerebral palsy is not "curable" in the accepted sense, training and therapy can help improve function.
Tommy didn't progress physically like other kids but since he was my first child and had such a rough beginning we just thought he was delayed. When he was 14 months old, even after we brought him back to Philadelphia for his one year follow-up at CHOP and his heart got a "looking good" by his cardiologist, he had a massive seizure. Once he was stabilized he was brought to Buffalo Women's and Children's Hospital he was diagnosed with a seizure disorder and spastic diplegia.
Did I know spastic diplegia was a form of cerebral palsy? Nope, I did not. Did I know what CP was? Apparently nope, I did not know about that, either. We told our parents and tried hard to explain it to them, too. When it was time to tell my grandmother my mother suggested I actually use the term spastic diplegia rather than CP because she would be afraid of the term CP.
Can cerebral palsy be treated? "Management" is a better word than "treatment." Management consists of helping the child achieve maximum potential in growth and development. This should be started as early as possible with identification of the very young child who may have a developmental brain disorder. A management program can then be started promptly wherein programs, physicians, therapists, educators, nurses, social workers, and other professionals assist the family as well as the child. Certain medications, surgery, and braces may be used to improve nerve and muscle coordination and prevent or minimize dysfunction.
As individuals mature, they may require support services such as personal assistance services, continuing therapy, educational and vocational training, independent living services, counseling, transportation, recreation/leisure programs, and employment opportunities, all essential to the developing adult. People with cerebral palsy can go to school, have jobs, get married, raise families, and live in homes of their own. Most of all people with cerebral palsy need the opportunity for independence and full inclusion in our society.
We are often afraid of what we don't know.
Tonight I am attending Niagara Cerebral Palsy's Annual Awards Gala. Since Tommy's death my husband and I sponsor an award given to someone at Niagara Children ETC who lives the mission and shares it with all the students. it is my annual opportunity to thank them for the profound impact the school had on our family and on all of those they serve.
NCP is just another example of why my glass is half full!
Have a yummy and inspired day!
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