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Servicing People With Disabilities
When the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) passed its Accessibility Guidelines for Buildings and Facilities in 1991, most health club owners were stricken with the fear of having to upgrade their existing facilities. While many of the standards put in place are costly, they also allow individuals with disabilities to benefit from participation in the activities available in health and fitness centers, which are an integral part of the rehabilitative process for many disabled members.
If you want to expand your market, improve your reputation in the medical arena and provide the best service for all of your customers, then following the guidelines and standards will be a win-win situation for everyone. All new buildings and renovations must follow these standards, but existing facilities have not yet been required by law to make these changes. It is up to you to make these decisions that will favorably impact your facility in many ways.
Federal, state and local laws now mandate that individuals who are disabled be afforded access to and egress from all areas within a health and fitness facility. This refers to all pathways/walkways both inside and outside your club.
An easy way to test your club is to remember the key term "equally accessible" when determining if you are user friendly to all members. For example, you should have ramps instead of lifts wherever possible because ramps are usable by everyone, not just disabled individuals.
You want to make your members confident and comfortable about coming into your club by allowing them to be as independent as possible. Identifying what makes people independent in your club will help you exceed customer expectations and increase your credibility in the medical community.
ACSM's Health/Fitness Facility Stand-ards and Guidelines devotes a chapter to providing access to people with disabilities. You may want to adopt some of the following guidelines in your club, if you haven't already done so.
* Parking: A minimum of one parking space per 25 of the total number of spaces available must be for individuals with disabilities. These must be at least 96-inches wide and provide an adjacent 69-inch-wide access with appropriate signage indicating exclusive use of the parking space.
* Flooring: Floors within a facility must be at a common level throughout or must be accessible (connected) by pedestrian ramps, passenger elevators or special access lifts.
* Accessibility: An accessible pathway at least 36-inches wide must be provided in all activity areas in the club. This is often overlooked in equipment areas.
* Stairs: All steps, stairs and ramps must be stable, firm and slip-resistant. A strip of contrasting color must be on the top and bottom steps (for people with vision problems).
These are just a few of the guidelines for making your club equally accessible to everyone. By committing to these standards, you have the opportunity to change the lives of many people who previously would not have become members of your club, and you will further enhance your image in the medical community by simply showing that you care.
- Molly Foley is the director of ReQuest Physical Therapy and ReQuest Physical Therapy for Women, joint ventures with North Florida Regional Medical Center and the Gainesville Health and Fitness Centers.
A Brief Overview of the ADA
The Americans with Disabilities Act is wide-ranging legislation intended to make American society more accessible to people with disabilities. It is divided into five titles: Employment (Title I), Public Service (Title II), Public Accommodations (Title III), Tele-communications (Title IV) and Miscellaneous (Title V).
While the employment provisions of the ADA apply to employers of 15 employees or more, its public accommodations provisions apply to all sizes of business, regardless of number of employees.
Whom Does the ADA Protect?
The ADA's protection applies primarily, but not exclusively, to "disabled" individuals. An individual is "disabled" if he or she meets at least any one of the following tests:
* He or she has a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more of his or her major life activities
* He or she has a record of such an impairment
* He or she is regarded as having such an impairment
Other individuals who are protected in certain circumstances include those, such as parents, who have an association with an individual known to have a disability, and those who are coerced or subjected to retaliation for assisting people with disabilities in asserting their rights under the ADA.
Ways to Make Disabled Members Feel Comfortable
* Offer appropriate education for your staff
* Install a lift or ramp in your swimming pool
* Offer a variety of equipment (upper-body ergometers)
* Provide assistance to everyone on the exercise floor
* Ask your members for their feedback


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Jury finds ex-Guatemala army officer lied on US citizenship forms about role in 1982 massacre
RIVERSIDE, Calif. – After just a few hours of deliberations, a California jury convicted a former Guatemalan army officer of lying about his role in the massacre of at least 160 people more than 30 years ago on a U.S. citizenship application.
The federal jury found Jorge Sosa guilty Tuesday of making false statements and obtaining citizenship unlawfully. The 55-year-old former second lieutenant could face both a prison sentence and loss of his U.S. citizenship when he's sentenced Dec. 9.
The verdict followed a five-day trial that brought haunting testimony from Guatemala's 36-year civil war to a present-day courtroom in Riverside County, where Sosa previously lived and taught martial arts. While Sosa is not charged with war crimes, the case included accounts from former soldiers about how they brought men, women and children to the well in the village of Dos Erres to be killed, their bodies dumped inside.
"It was a significant case for our office, and I believe justice was done today," assistant U.S. attorney Jeannie Joseph said after the verdict was read.
Sosa listened to the verdict through a Spanish interpreter and appeared to take notes, as he did for much of the trial, without visible reaction.
His lawyer, Shashi Kewalramani, said Sosa would appeal.
"They were clearly swayed by what happened in Dos Erres, as any person would be," Kewalramani said of the jury. "It's difficult to divorce yourself from the background that's here."
Prosecutors said Sosa was a member of a special forces patrol that went to Dos Erres in December 1982 to search for weapons believed stolen by guerrillas. The weapons were never found and prosecutors say the patrol decided to kill the villagers after some of the soldiers began raping the women.
More than two decades later, Sosa failed to mention his military service or role in the massacre on his application to become an American citizen even though the paperwork inquired about affiliations and past crimes, prosecutors said.
Kewalramani said authorities knew Sosa was in the military because he told them about his service when he unsuccessfully sought asylum in 1985, and referred to this application when he later sought to naturalize. He said the case is about how Sosa, as a former soldier, answered the questions on his immigration forms, not the atrocities of war, which ought to be addressed in Guatemala.
During the trial, two former soldiers testified they saw Sosa standing near the well in Dos Erres where they were ordered to bring villagers to be killed and that he fired his rifle at the screaming, dying victims inside. One of the survivors of the massacre recounted the horror of watching soldiers bash small children into a tree and toss their bodies into the well and seeing his mother yanked from the family as she pleaded for her life.
Another survivor, Oscar Ramirez, was in court Tuesday to listen to the verdict. Ramirez's mother and eight siblings were massacred in Dos Erres, and he was taken from the village as a toddler by a soldier and raised by the soldier's family.
"The most important thing is they're doing justice for the victims," said Ramirez, who only learned two years ago through DNA testing that his family had been killed.
Sosa left Guatemala in 1985 and sought asylum in the United States, claiming he was fleeing Guatemalan guerrillas. When he was denied, he went to Canada, where he became a citizen. He later married an American and got a green card, and applied to naturalize in 2007.
Sosa is one of four former soldiers allegedly involved in the Dos Erres massacre who have been arrested by U.S. Homeland Security officials. One of them is serving time for lying on his naturalization application about the killings while another has been held as a material witness in the case against Sosa.
A fourth was deported from the U.S. and prosecuted in Guatemala. He is one of five former members of the special forces who have been sentenced there to more than 6,000 years in prison for the killings.
Guatemalan authorities say they hope Sosa will be extradited to face similar charges.
In 1994, Guatemala opened an investigation into the Dos Erres massacre, and several years later, authorities issued arrest warrants for more than a dozen former soldiers. But the cases languished until the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in 2009 ordered Guatemala to prosecute the perpetrators of the killings.
The following year, the U.S. — which had supported Guatemala's military governments during the country's civil war — arrested three former soldiers and searched Sosa's home before he left for Mexico and later Canada. He was arrested there and extradited to the U.S. last year.

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Ascending the CSO Engagement Continuum IV – Institutional Partnerships
As can be expected, this last step on the civil society engagement continuum has been the most difficult for the World Bank to achieve over the years. This is because institutional partnerships necessarily involve common goals, shared decision making, and even long term relations. While there are a number of examples of Bank – CSO partnerships in the areas of education, health, and environment, many of these are still ad hoc and pilot in nature. Nonetheless, as the latest edition of the World Bank–Civil Society Engagement Review of Fiscal Years 2010–12 shows, this period represented a watershed in terms of promoting institutional partnerships by providing CSOs with a seat at the decision making table in several funding mechanisms.
During the past three years, the Bank did enter into new partnerships with CSOs on number of fronts. In the area of access to information and open data, for instance, the Bank held joint training workshops on geo-mapping and collaborated on data collection on several programs such as Open Aid Partnership (see photo). In the environmental area, the Bank launched the Global Partnership for Oceans (GPO) in 2012 which includes more than 100 governments, CSOs, and business partners. To date, some 27 CSOs are supporting the initiative, including Conservation International, the Environmental Defense Fund, and World Wildlife Fund. The Bank also established partnerships with Foundations in a number of areas such as health and education, support to fragile states, and gender mainstreaming.


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Anonymous user content (resource overusage)
Websites that let anonymous users create and/or upload content can cause significant overuse of resources on your hosting account.
Is this an issue for me?
Here are some common causes of this on a site or application:
- Letting anonymous users register on the site
- Letting anonymous users contribute to site content
- Lack of CAPTCHA on user registration or email forms
- Exceedingly large MySQL databases
- Unrestricted user file uploads
How can I correct this issue?
You can correct any anonymous user issues by following one or more of these steps:
- Remove all current content from anonymous contributors.
- Incorporate methods to prevent bots from automating content uploads (e.g. CAPTCHA, disable anonymous users).
- Disable new user registrations and/or posts.
- Migrate to a VPS or dedicated server if the above steps are not an option.
Next steps
If you are still experiencing issues with resource usage, review your hosting for other possible causes at Common causes for resource overusage (Linux).
Note: You will want to make sure that you are correcting the underlying cause to any resource issue. Simply removing sites and/or files without correcting the underlying issue can cause the problem to recur.


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Hooray! It's Donna Day time again and this round's theme is cheesecake, chosen by an accomplished cheesecake-maker, Peabody of Culinary Concoctions by Peabody. Aside from the basic recipe, you can browse her archives for truly amazing cheesecake recipes. And if that wasn't enough, she posted HHDD reminders for us with absolutely stunning cheesecake photos! Don't visit on an empty stomach…that's all I'm going to say!
I debated on doing a sweet cheesecake, maybe something incorporating local ingredients like mango and candied pili nuts, but there was a savory cheese cake recipe that I had been wanting to try for a while. Coincidentally enough, in keeping with this event's inspiration, it came from Donna Hay magazine (issue 29). The recipe is for Baked Ricotta Cakes and was part of a beautiful picnic spread. I was actually so taken by the whole spread and it's very easy-going, kite-flying, kick-back-and-picnic kind of feel. I love picnics!
As I was putting everything together, admiring the pristine whiteness of the ricotta, I felt like adding another flavor dimension to the cakes. Hmmm…my head pivoted back and forth surveying my small kitchen, my nose in the air sniffing for that missing something. Ah, pesto! I had a bottle of homemade pesto in the fridge and I thought this would be perfect with the cheese.
Baked Ricotta Pesto Cakes
(recipe adapted from Baked Ricotta Cakes from Donna Hay magazine, issue 29)
- 500 grams ricotta cheese
- ½ cup freshly grated parmesan cheese
- 2-3 tablespoons homemade pesto
- 2 eggs
- Sea salt and cracked black pepper
– Place ricotta, parmesan, and pesto (2 tablespoons) in a bowl and mix to combine. Taste to see if you want to add more pesto. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
– Add eggs and mix well.
– Spoon mixture into greased muffin cups and bake at 160C (320F) for 40-45 minutes (but check at 30 minutes) or until golden.
– Cool in pan, and then turn out onto wire rack once cooled.
Doesn't it all sound so deliciously simple to make? It is! Just some notes:
– The original recipe calls for 8 x ½ capacity muffin tins and to bake for 30 minutes. I used a regular muffin tin, filling 10 of the cups, and baked this for 45 minutes. There was no way they could have come out at 30 minutes…still way undercooked. Could both my oven and my oven thermometer be wrong?
– I could not turn this out of the pan when it was still warm, it was still a tad too jiggly. I turned it out when it was cool and this worked perfectly.
– The recipe says you can serve this warm or cold. I prefer it room temperature or cold.
The ricotta cakes in the magazine were served with some marinated teardrop tomatoes. I wanted to make these too (it looked so refreshing and pretty!) but unfortunately I haven't seen any teardrop tomatoes around here. So a regular tomato salad would have to do. I just sliced a tomato, drizzled with extra virgin olive oil (the best you've got) and balsamic vinegar, a sprinkling of fleur de sel and freshly cracked black pepper (be generous!), and I was all set.
These little cakes are very light with a mousse-y texture. And the pesto was perfect in this, bringing that other flavor dimension that I had hoped for. I used three tablespoons and I thought that was just right. This isn't really something I would eat solo but they are a great with salads…especially tomato salad (the pesto works there too – completing that illustrious triumvirate of basil, tomato, and cheese). These cakes are a delicious and fresh way to add the cheese component to any salad.
Thanks Peabody for being a terrific host!


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Magic Mike: Packers Neal transforms game
By Jason Wilde, ESPN Wisconsin
~GREEN BAY – The news came with an unpleasant sinking feeling, as bad news often does. Only Mike Neal couldn't have been more wrong.
Having been through so much – some of it bad luck, some of it self-inflicted – during his first three NFL seasons, the Green Bay Packers oft-injured defensive end figured the club was simply counting the days until it could be done with him. Why else would the coaches suddenly move him – in a contract year, no less – to outside linebacker?
After playing only two games as a rookie second-round pick in 2010 because of rib and shoulder injuries, and having had seven ineffective games in 2011 after missing the first nine games with a knee injury, and after serving a four-game suspension to start last season for violating the league policy on performance-enhancing substances (for what he says was prescribed Adderall use), and after the team took defensive end Datone Jones with its first-round draft pick in April … well, Neal's a bright guy. He knew what his move meant.
Or he thought he knew, anyway.
"It's been a toggle mentally, I have to admit," Neal said as the Packers prepared for Sunday's game at Baltimore – where Neal will play a vital role with four-time Pro Bowl outside linebacker Clay Matthews sidelined for at least a month with a broken thumb.
"At first, when they drafted Datone and moved me out there, I started looking at it as, 'Maybe this is just them trying to find me something to do,' and then if I didn't work out, I'd get traded or released.
"But at the same time, it's kind of been a blessing in disguise."
That it has – to both Neal and the team. To say that Neal could save the Packers' season by playing well at outside linebacker while Matthews is sidelined would be a bit of an overstatement. To say the Packers may have saved his career by having him move, well, that's not so far-fetched.
A renowned weightlifter, Neal bulked up to 295 pounds to play defensive end, with his weight having peaked at 305 with very little body fat. Now, he acknowledges that most of his injuries were the result of him trying to be someone he's not – a big down lineman. Without the move, Neal said, he probably would have already suffered another injury and perhaps be headed for an achy post-football life.
"Most definitely," said Neal, who said he now weighs in at between 275 and 280 pounds (the Packers list him at 285). "I think one of the biggest things with me was the size I was, that wasn't my natural size. You see me now, the weight I'm at now is natural; even if I took a week off from working out and ate, I wouldn't gain more than a couple pounds. I think just the constant lifting and grueling just took a toll on my joints and ligaments.
"Those were all my issues – joints and ligaments. I think taking some of the weight off, and being more flexible with my body, that might prolong my career a couple years. That's a good thing for me."
It's also a good thing for the Packers, who must find a way to survive without Matthews. If last Sunday's victory over Detroit was any indication, Neal will help them do that. After getting the starting nod opposite Matthews – and ahead of 2012 first-round pick Nick Perry – Neal was credited with one sack and six tackles in the game. Pro Football Focus also had him for five quarterback hurries and three run stops, which explains why coach Mike McCarthy called the performance the best game of Neal's career. Entering Sunday's game, Neal has 11 tackles, one sack and one interception while splitting time between outside linebacker and down lineman in the team's nickel and dime personnel groups.
"I like where we are and I like where we're heading with that. If we can keep Mike on the field, Mike's a big, strong, quick-twitch athlete," defensive coordinator Dom Capers said. "He can give you some quickness and he can overpower some people."
That's exactly what Matthews saw during Neal's rookie season. Although he only played in two games that year, Matthews saw Neal's unique pass-rush ability against Washington, when he had a sack, a quarterback hit and a quarterback hurry in 53 snaps. Matthews went to Capers after that game and compared Neal to Pittsburgh outside linebacker LaMarr Woodley.
"You can tell by looking at someone's athleticism if they'd make a good outside linebacker, and they don't specifically have to play that position. It could be anyone from a D-lineman to a safety to a middle linebacker," Matthews explained before suffering his thumb injury against the Lions. "With him, you could tell he had a unique ability of his explosiveness, his change of direction, everything that makes a great outside linebacker. We're trying to find places for our best playmakers, and he's one of them, and he's doing a great job. Obviously he's come a long ways, and he's still got a long ways to go.
"To come out here and play a two-point stance, not only rush the passer but drop in coverage, he's playing fantastic. He shows he has a unique ability to not only play inside but outside, and excel at it. So you know he's a fantastic athlete. I'm looking forward to more times I get to play with him."
That will have to wait, but in the meantime, Neal will have to keep delivering on the potential that Matthews and outside linebackers coach Kevin Greene saw in him initially. Greene actually had wanted to move Neal earlier in his career, but the injuries and then the suspension scuttled that idea until this winter.
"I know I've really been knocking at that door for a couple years, saying, 'You know, this guy may be able to play a little outside linebacker.' Because of his explosability and his athletic ability," the excitable Greene said, creating his own word in the process. "So I've been thinking for a while that if I could put my hands on him, he could do it.
"I think it is a matter of time before he really sees the light and that bulb clicks on and he sees exactly what I'm preaching as far as all my technique and fundamentals rushing the passer. I think it's just a matter of time, because he's a smart kid and athletic as hell. So I'm glad that they finally saw fit to let me work with him."
It hasn't always been perfect, of course. Neal is still adjusting to the coverage portion of the outside linebacker job description, and against Washington in Week 2, he completely botched a coverage that could have resulted in a big play for the Redskins. Instead, when the ball caromed off wide receiver Joshua Morgan's hands, Neal was there to intercept the pass.
"That's falling into a pile of poop and coming out smelling like roses, that's what that is," Greene said with a laugh. "But we're not robots, we're human, and we make mistakes out there. So I gave him a minus, obviously, for the play, but I gave him a positive for the impact play. Because the coaching point is, what he did wrong is coachable, but what he did do was make a play. There's a lot of positives in that dark cloud."
And, as it turns out, a lot of positives in what seemed like a dark cloud of a position switch. Now, it's up to Neal to keep improving. He's in the last year of his rookie contract, and with continued growth, he could prove to be a core player the Packers want to keep long-term. Or, he could strike it rich on the free-agent market with another team.
For now, though, Neal's focus is on the Ravens and doing everything Greene tells him.
"I think KG's the biggest person on me because he knows how bad I want to be good. I think sometimes I get more frustrated with myself," Neal said. "He's always telling me, 'Dude, you're good, you might make a mistake, but wipe it off and keep going.' On Sundays, I'm able to let it all out. In practice, I'm a little shaky still, but in the games, I just keep playing. It's been fun for me.
"I've made more plays this year honestly than I've made in the past (three years) on the line. So I just want to keep on the same track. Regardless of what happens, as long as I do my job and make a few plays, I think we'll be fine."
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NoteCase Is Back in Pro Form - but There's a Hitch
Oct 10, 2012 5:00 AM PT
NoteCase Pro is a note-taking and outliner application with a hefty list of features if you venture beyond the free version and buy into the shareware license. Even if you settle for the unregistered lite version, NoteCase Pro is an impressive tool for cataloging your notes and collected information into a hierarchically organized database. NoteCase Manager was well known in the Linux/Unix world. It was included in at least nine distros as part of the default setup. Many of the distros that did not include NoteCase as a default offering included it in the package management repository.
I used the now-defunct open source (completely free) version of the old NoteCase Manager app for several years before the developer killed the project in 2008. Newer versions of Ubuntu no longer offered the old package so I had to abandon the app.
I was pleasantly surprised to discover that the old database files with the .ncd extension successfully loaded with the Open file menu in NoteCase Pro. I did not have to fiddle with any file import options.
But now that I have moved onto other note-taking and outlining solutions, the return of NoteCase as a commercialized cross-platform software package may be too late. NoteCase Pro's supported platforms includes Microsoft Windows, Linux, Apple OS X, Solaris, FreeBSD, Nokia Maemo and Sharp Zaurus. It also has an app version for the Android platform.
What It Does
Like its retired kin, NoteCase Pro stores notes as separate files in a hierarchical manner. This hierarchy is displayed in a tree window within an adjustable panel on the left. Each note is referred to as a "node" within a tree of notes.
NoteCase Pro's forte is organizing notes in a sensible, tree-like system. Note-taking is not confined to data you manually enter. Rather, it stores scanned images and customizable text formatting for fonts. These include bold, italic, strike-through, text and background color. One of the most useful features is the ability to embed pictures in the text note. These are powerful features that are not usually found in other tree-type note managers or outline programs.
Its uses seem unlimited. Whatever data you need stored, NoteCase Pro lets you keep them all in one central place. You can apply encryption and embed photos and scanned images.
Unlike other tree-like note systems, NoteCase Pro enhances documents with rich-text formatting: font formatting, bold, italic, underline, strikethrough, superscript and subscript, custom colored text and text background, as well as variable line spacing.
Getting It
You will not find NoteCase Pro easily in open source distro repositories. Given its not-free-as-in-free-beer marketing status, it is unlikely that the lite or trial versions will be received with open arms through those software for Linux distribution outlets.
That leaves you downloading NoteCase Pro from the vendor's website linked above and similar shareware outlets. But for the major Linux OS distros, at least you will not have to compile compressed files in order to install it. Various package formats are available.
Available Versions
The unregistered free version is quite usable. You need to purchase a license to unlock some of the advanced features.
The product also comes in a trial version. More like its shareware brethren in the Windows World, you get a half dozen or so additional features turned on that are disabled in the unlicensed free version.
When you run the unregistered version, a window directs you to choose either the lite version, the trial version or an option to buy the licensed version. You can turn off this nag screen by checking the box.
Among the most annoying disabled features is being able to save your files in formats other than the native .ncz format. This prevents exporting some or all of your database for use in other programs. There also is no note count limit in the lite version, unlike the trial version, which has a limit of 10 notes.
Pricing for Other Versions
This is an area not normally included in this column, but since the unregistered version is still highly functional, I am providing the cost of buying registered versions in case that mitigates your decision to try the latest free version, v3.7.1 released this month.
- single user, exact version, single OS license-- US$8.59
- single user, one major version, single OS license-- $21
- single user, one major version, all supported OS license-- $33
- single user, lifetime version, single OS license-- $46
- single user, lifetime version, all supported OS license-- $82
Plug-in Delight
NoteCase Pro uses a collection of free and for-purchase plug-ins to add to its features base. This sets NoteCase Pro apart from other outliners. It also makes it easy to use for many other purposes. The vendor provides documentation for user-creation of plug-ins as well.
Each registered Plugin has an own sub-menu in the Plug-ins menu. Each Plug-in's sub-menu has a Help item, which opens the documentation of the corresponding Plug-in as a new NoteCase Pro file.
Using It
It is easy to navigate within the hierarchy of notes in NoteCase Manager. Options are cleanly presented in logical lists as drop-down menus under Notes, View, Edit, File, Format, Bookmarks, Scripts, Tools, Plugins and Help.
Many of these menu commands have shortcuts associated with them on a configurable tool bar row. These are pretty standard and cover most of the usual file commands. For example, you can click icons for opening nodes and files. Other icon commands are redo and undo, cut, paste and delete.
Similar to viewing a content directory, note titles are visible along the left panel. The content of the highlighted note is displayed on the right. There are no file limits. Find specific details quickly by using the search for and find next options under the Edit drop-down menu.
You can execute text-formatting commands such as bold and italic, underline and strike-through and more from a drop down list at the end of the tool bar. Other icons in the row call the link and picture insert wizards.
Bottom Line
NoteCase Pro is an impressive note-taking and outlining tool. It is too bad that the new vendor took so long to revitalize the abandoned NoteCase Manager app that was truly open source.
I am not keen on recommending a paid software product to Linux OS users. If you do not mind the nag window and slightly reduced functionality of the free unregistered version, NoteCase Pro can be a very useful alternative to whatever you are using now.


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Green Chemistry for Cell Penetrating Peptide Synthesis Discussion James Chou | added on Aug 08, 2011 Bioactive peptides are of interest as potential intracellular therapeutics in human disease. Bioactive peptides have high target specificity, low toxicity, and low accumulation in tissues. Using green chemistry technology could modify the amino acids for better cell penetration.
|peptide synthesis, chemistry education, chemistry of nature, chemistry of peptide synthesis
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IYC TV Commercial Suggestion Ivan Faria | added on Aug 05, 2011 Communication to evolve.
Survivor Chemistry Discussion Eleanor Corcino | added on Aug 02, 2011 Out wit. Out play. Out last.
|engaging the youth, engaging others, hands-on activities, play, competition
|students, teachers, club, secondary schools
how can we make chemistry more interesting..??? Suggestion Raj Shah | added on Jul 28, 2011 there are many people in the world who do not understand chemistry....chemistry should be made more easy, interesting and fun living......how can these be done...???
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Chemistry and Poland Suggestion Marcin Chlystun | added on Jul 20, 2011 The next 6 months between July 2011 and December 2011 are under Polish Presidency of the European Union. This is perhaps a good moment to turn the attention to the Polish Embassy in Kenya for collaboration on prospective projects promoting chemistry.
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The following information is provided as tech resources for county site coordinators.
Copyright Notice
- Create an image of the copyright notice for inclusion on the county site
- Create a webpage with the copyright notice and link to it
Name & Email Address
- To help in preventing SPAM you could show your email address as: noname at xxx.com. Be sure to place a notice reminding your contacts to replace the blank space and "at" with the @ sign.
- You can create an image of your email address and include it in the page HTML code
- You can use the Email Obfuscator to create a mailto link that confuses SPAM robots
Free Search Engines
Free FTP Tools
HTML Resource
- W3 Schools – online tutorials on HTML and more
Other Tech Resources
- Google Help for WebMasters
- Zamzar – free online file conversion
- TheFreeSite – listing of various free webmaster tools
- Content Management Systems – the NCGenWeb server can support a variety of content management systems.


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Thinkbox Software Announces Krakatoa for MAXON CINEMA 4D
Los Angeles, CA
today announced that it has acquired code to bring its powerful particle renderer, Krakatoa, into MAXON's CINEMA 4D modeling and animation software. Initial efforts to link the plug-in with CINEMA 4D were led by Ugly Kids artist Daniel Hennies, who collaborated with a developer to program a bridge to the stand-alone version of Krakatoa (SR). Leveraging the C++ API of Krakatoa SR, Hennies and a small team were able to fully integrate the particle renderer with CINEMA 4D and first demoed the technology at SIGGRAPH 2013.
"I was really motivated to incorporate Krakatoa into my workflow since the majority of my projects involve creating fluids, particles and high quality renders, which are time and memory intensive in CINEMA 4D," explained Hennies. "I didn't want to switch creative applications so I took matters into my own hands. Krakatoa renders blazingly fast in CINEMA 4D and handles particles in a way that wasn't possible before. The plug-in was fun to develop and I'm eager to see it grow with the expertise and support of Thinkbox."
"It is great news that Thinkbox and Daniel Hennies are enabling Krakatoa for CINEMA 4D; we've had multiple requests for Krakatoa. This bridge is a huge win for our users and I am looking forward to great artwork rendered with Krakatoa C4D," noted Oliver Meiseberg, Product Manager CINEMA 4D, MAXON Computer.
"We're super excited about bringing Krakatoa to CINEMA 4D and are thankful that Daniel has done the heavy lifting on integration," said Chris Bond, founder, Thinkbox Software. "We're always on the look out for ways our solutions can better serve artists; extending support to additional software packages is just one of the many enhancements up our sleeve."
Following the acquisition, Thinkbox is refining the tool's feature set and plans to launch the official Krakatoa C4D Beta in early 2014. Krakatoa is currently available off-the-shelf for Autodesk® Maya® and Autodesk® 3ds Max®.
About Thinkbox Software
Founded by Chris Bond in 2010, Thinkbox Software develops production-proven tools for visual artists and backs each product with highly responsive support. Used across entertainment, engineering and design, Thinkbox's products include Deadline high-volume data management software used to render or process files and several other artist-driven software tools to create, visualize and modify datasets for visual effects, animation and digital simulations. For more information, visit
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Whole Foods Drops on Weak 2013 Outlook
Whole Foods shares are dropping sharply after the company's fiscal first-quarter earnings report.
Shares were down 5% at $92.24, after the company reported earnings of 78 cents a share on sales of $3.86 billion. That was a match on the top line, and a penny better on the bottom line than Street consensus.
But the company offered a weak outlook for the rest of fiscal 2013. "The company does not expect to produce the same level of EPS growth over the remainder of the year as it produced in the first quarter," the company said in a press release, "due primarily to tougher gross-margin comparisons, particularly in the second- and third-quarters of last year, along with its ongoing strategy to expand value offerings across the store."
The company pegged FY13 EPS between $2.83-$2.87, which is says it's maintaining. But Street consensus is for EPS of $2.90, according to FactSet.


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SANTA BARBARA — The UC Irvine men's volleyball team, ranked No. 1 in the nation, captured the UCSB Invitational with a 25-17, 25-17, 24-26, 22-25,15-13 victory over No. 6 UCLA at Robertson Gym Saturday.
It is the fourth time UCI has won the tournament (2003, 2007, 2012) as the Anteaters improve to 3-0 on the year. UCLA goes to 2-1.
Junior middle blocker Collin Mehring was named the tournament MVP, while junior outside hitter Connor Hughes was selected to the all-tournament team.
Sophomore opposite Zack La Cavera led UCI against the Bruins with a career-high 17 kills and four aces. Junior outside hitter Jeremy Dejno added 13 kills without committing an error (.481) and recorded two aces and seven digs. Hughes and middle blocker Scott Kevorken each recorded 10 kills with Kevorken totaling a match-best five block assists. Setter Chris Austin had 35 set assists and seven digs, while libero Michael Brinkley recorded a team-high 16 digs.
Robert Page paced UCLA with 17 kills followed by Scott Vegas with 15 kills. Evan Mottram totaled a match-high 20 digs for the Bruins, coached by former UCI head man John Speraw.
UCLA setter Connor Bannan, a Corona del Mar High product, had 53 assists.
In the first set UCI used a Bruin service error and a block by Scott Kevorken and Connor Hughes to take a 17-12 lead. Hughes would have the set winner 25-17.
In the second set UCI opened a 6-0 lead on three UCLA miscues and a kill by Kevorken that was followed by a kill and ace by Jeremy Dejno. UCI never looked back taking the set 25-17.
In a closely contested third set, the lead was never more than two and the teams were tied 18 times. At 24-24, UCLA had a kill and a UCI attack error to win the set 26-24.
The Bruins went on a 3-0 run to take an 11-8 advantage in the fourth set and that is all they needed as they never relinquished the lead and won 25-22.
UCLA held an 11-9 advantage in the fifth set before Dejno put away back-to-back kills to knot the game at 11-11. The teams traded points until 13-13 when a triple block by Hughes, Kevorken and Kyle Russell set up match point. Hughes ended the match with a kill.
The Anteaters, the defending national champions, will return home to face No. 4 Pepperdine Tuesday and No. 9 USC Friday. Both matches begin at 7 p.m. in the Bren Events Center.
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I was 24 years old when I married my wife in 1974. The average price of a new home was $34,900 and the average median family income was $12,836, according to government data. At the time I was a restaurant manager in Florida and brought home $269 every other week and we had a strict budget to make ends meet and cover monthly expenses.
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Fast forward 39 years and it's incredible how much prices have risen and the economy has changed. The national median price for existing homes was $180,000 in December 2012, according to the National Association of Realtors and the average median household income was $50,054 in 2011, according to the Census Bureau.
No matter how much has changed over the decades, basic personal finance principles hold steady: a well-formed and adhered to budget will lead to greater savings and a financially-sound retirement.
Baby boomers navigating their way through retirement planning are finding new obstacles that their parents and grandparents didn't face: we are living longer, pensions are antiquated and the financial crisis wiped out much of our retirement plans. All these factors mean boomers have to be more diligent in our budget creating and savings and need to stay in control of your life and adjust to living on a fixed income.
Boomers in, nearing or planning for retirement need to stay within their budget and always be looking look for ways to reduce spending to help shore up their savings. Rent.com recently surveyed 1,000 U.S. renters and found that 74% of respondents follow a budget, while 61% spend more than they take in each month.
Overspending is easy, but it can be detrimental to boomers living off a fixed-income in retirement. Kari Taylor, director of renter insights for Rent.com, offered boomers the following five tips to help curtail overspending and to effectively reduce their expenses:
1) Create a Budget. This is the most important step for retired boomers to keep themselves on a steady financial track. According to a survey of renters by Rent.com, almost 30% of renters 65+ don't follow a monthly budget so it's easy for them to end up in sticky financial situations. Take a month to review all spending habits and create categories, such as food, housing, entertainment, etc. to see how you are spending money and then make adjustments accordingly.
2) Shop Smart. The Rent.com survey also found that 58% of 65+ renters say rising costs make it difficult for them to save. There are a few ways to manage those costs, such as: buying common household items in bulk, keeping an eye out for coupons, or shopping store brands on items that you don't value as a premium purchases (e.g., paper towels). Seniors who don't necessarily want to store bulk buys can also go in with friends and split the cost of a large bulk purchase to both save money, and space.
3) Manage your Meds. Always have a conversation with your doctor before changing any medical routine or medication, but it can be worthwhile to review what generic medications are available. Generic medications can offer serious savings without sacrificing treatment. Boomers shouldn't be afraid to shop around, medicine prices aren't the same at every store. Check with AARP for more hints and tips on ways to save with doctors and providers.
4) Create Efficiencies at Home. Rent.com found that 67% of 65+ renters cited monthly rent payments as the biggest monthly budget eater so plan to off-set those costs by lowering other household costs such as electricity, water, phone, etc. See if your family wants to do a family cell phone plan to share the savings (this will often make keeping in touch with each other free as well!). Talk to your utilities company: often prices can be negotiated and there might even be a senior citizens discount that is applicable to your situation. Be mindful that energy costs can add up quickly and take simple steps to reduce your use by always shutting off lights, setting the thermostat on a slightly lower level in the winter and wearing a sweater and not bumping up the air conditioning in the summer.
5) Evaluate your Entertainment. Retirees often find themselves looking for ways to fill their schedules. Unfortunately, entertainment costs can stack up quickly – travel, food, movies, treating family members, etc. There are certain non-negotiables, but there are often alternatives to help off-set those costs you don't want to compromise on. Check out Skype as an easy and cheap way to see family on a more regular basis; host a movie/game night at home with friends where everyone brings a pot-luck dinner and shares in the costs; see movies early in the day – often theatres show movies at up to half off before noon.


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Forget stock-picking. Anyone can do that. The true test of Wall Streeters' mettle is if they can forecast something really important, like what films will be the summer's big winners, and how they will rank. To gauge this essential talent, Thomas Weisel Partners has its Summer Blockbuster Movie Sweepstakes.
And the winner is well, Don De Laria of Regal Entertainment, the cinema chain, who scored the highest, picking 7 of the top 10 films ("Pirates of the Caribbean," "Cars," "X-Men," and so on). But because nonbrokerage clients were not eligible for prizes, Rolfe Winkler of Matador Capital Partners was the official winner, taking home two tickets to a premiere of "Employee of the Month."
In last place, and out of prize contention anyway, was Jessica Moshofsky of Thomas Weisel, whose list included films like "The Puffy Chair" and whose score was zero.
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All of the Library's Special Collections may be searched using the online library catalog. Each special collection has its own designator or collection code as noted below. The paper card catalog, though retained as furniture, was closed and last updated in March of 1999. The paper card catalog will contain some information about older materials selected and retained by the library.
Many of these collections are stored in the Rare Book Room. This room, especially designed for the storage of many of these volumes, is climate controlled and has a dry fire suppression system to aid in the preservation of these materials.
Access to the Rare Book Room may be gained by registering at the library service desk. Seating in the Rare Book Room is limited to eight people at a time.
Collection Code: WOMEN
GRAWA is the Greater Rochester Association for Women Attorneys. In cooperation with Appellate Division Law Library, GRAWA has established a collection of materials that represents the vast and important contributions of women in the field of law in NY state. This collection will include books purchased by the library on the subject of women in the legal profession. More importantly, the members of GRAWA will collect speeches, judicial decisions and other important documents from prominent women jurists, including those of the late Justice M. Dolores Denman. The Appellate Division Law library will store, catalog, and provide access to these documents. This collection will be housed in the large library discussion room (B-128). The Collection was dedicated to the memory of Justice Denman on May 21, 2003.
BIBLIOGRAPHY of the WOMEN IN THE LAW COLLECTION
Collection Code: LOCAL
The library maintains a small local history section which details the history of the city of Rochester, the county of Monroe, and the surrounding area. This collection features writings by the Rochester Historical Society, Blake McKelvey, and other local authors. Although much of this collection has been gathered over time, a portion of the local history collection was purchased with funds received as part of the 2000 Craig Coste Outstanding Service Award received by former employee Joseph Valenti from NYSLAA. The collection is housed in the large library discussion room (B-128).
Landmark Records and Briefs of the US Supreme Court
Collection Code: Records & Briefs
Call Number: KF 101.8 K87
Stored on the second floor with other historical material, this series contains reprints of the records and arguments heard by the court in landmark cases such as Roe v. Wade, Dred Scott, and Brown v. Board of Education. The library owns the entire set up to and including the 1973 term of the court, and all records from 1980 to date. We will attempt to fill in the missing years (1974-1979) as budgets allow.
Collection code: MAPS
(located in the Map Room)
The library owns plat books of:
City of Rochester: 1875, 1900, 1910, 1918, 1926, 1931, 1941.
Monroe County: 1872, 1902, 1924.
Niagara County: 1875.
Ontario County: 1874, 1904.
Orleans County: 1913
Schuyler County: 1874
Seneca County: 1874
Steuben County: 1873
Wayne County: 1874, 1904
Wyoming County: 1902
Yates County: 1876
The library owns individual maps of the City of Rochester for the following years: 1907,1910, 1914, 1920, 1924, 1926-33, 1935-44, 1946-47, 1949, 1951-56, 1958, 1960.
INVENTORY of the MAP COLLECTION
Collection Code: RARE
These volumes are stored in the Rare Book Room and noted in the old card catalog with the letters TB or V above the classification number.
No existing records can be found to explain how the "Treasure Books" found their way into the law library's collection, but they are an interesting mixture of imprints from the late sixteenth through mid-nineteenth centuries. Written in English, Latin and French, there are some three hundred treasure books covering a variety of legal topics, such as: history of the law, biography, accounts of famous trials. Authors include Tapping Reeve and Sir William Blackstone. This collection includes books with publishers' imprints as early as 1565.
Collection Code: RARE
(noted in the old card catalog with the letters CH above the classification number)
This collection was part of the library of New York's Court of Chancery which was abolished in 1846. Chancellor Reuben Hyde Walworth was the last chancellor. The Seventh Judicial District was created in 1847 with its headquarters in Rochester. In 1849, the judges and attorneys of the district petitioned the state legislature to move the Chancellor's Library to Rochester. Several other communities were also urging their claims to the library, so the legislature, by the Laws of 1849, Chapter 300, granted the judges of the state Court of Appeals the authority to move the library to some point west of the Hudson, or to divide it and locate the sections at suitable western points. The judges ultimately chose to divide the collection between the courthouses of Syracuse and Rochester. These new libraries were called Court of Appeals libraries and were placed under the supervision of the Regents of the University of the State of NY. The Laws of 1900, Chapter 258, changed the name of the Rochester library to the Law Library of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, Fourth Judicial Department and gave control of the library to the justices of the Appellate Division Fourth Dept. Over 180 titles were received in Rochester as its part of the Chancellor's Library. Since many of the titles represent series of books, there were many more books than titles.
The Library has an extensive collection of portraits of former judges and composites of past Rochester Bar Association members. These portraits are distributed throughout the library, and include brief biographical information regarding their subjects.INVENTORY of PORTRAIT COLLECTION
Collection Code: REF
Call Number: F 129 .R7 P65
The most recent edition is kept in the Reference collection on the first floor. Old editions from 1845 to last year's edition are located behind the library service desk.
Collection Code: STORAGE
(noted in the card catalog with an abbreviated version of the particular country's name above the classification number)
This collection is an interesting amalgam of statutes, encyclopedias, handbooks and treatises from a number of countries. Publication dates span the last two centuries. These materials are kept in the basement archive area of the library and can be retrieved for users by the library staff. The only country for which the library actively collects legal information is Canada. Current Canadian Law is on the first floor in the MAIN collection with call numbers beginning with KE.
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2011 USASA Nationals Halfpipe & Monster Mash
Sinclair & Gold Claim Gold as Farrow Conquers Legends In The Monster Mash Pipe Jam
By Mike Lewis
After a season spent competing in pipe, slopestyle, boardercross, GS, and slalom; over 1,600 amateur shreds earned the opportunity to storm Copper Mountain, Colorado April 2-7 for the largest USASA Nationals in the event's 20-plus year history.
The event also marked the first time since freeskiing joined the ranks that snowboarding and skiing were held separately, allowing for a deeper field on both sides. "We are looking at record-breaking attendance this year due to the separation of snowboarding and skiing. This is truly a huge step forward for our organization" says Jason Toutolmin, Executive Director of USASA. Skiing kicks off this weekend with shredders' sloppy seconds.
There are literally hundreds of different competitions taking place throughout the week in the five disciplines and five groups, which are further broken out by age, sex, and adaptive categories, but the big show got underway at the Copper Super pipe on Tuesday, April 5 for the Open division men's and women's pipe competitions. This contest is the proving grounds for future pipe superstars and Olympians, and the 2011 batch of competitors did not disappoint.
The day's qualifiers began with a field of 38 dudes and 31 ladies, a crew that was whittled down after the first two-runs to 12 guys and 8 ladies. As ex-pro Jason Borgstede provided hilarious commentary and DJ Parris the 80's metal tracks, the finals kicked off under bluebird skies as the immaculate pipe held up to the withering temperatures.
Both the ladies and the fellas delivered with huge amplitude and technical prowess, and when all was said and done, 17 year-old Steamboat Springs' local Taylor Gold took top honors. "It was a really fun pipe," said Gold, who was off to The Launch in Park City. Rounding out the top spots for the guys were Silverthorne's Brett Esser, and Mounty Holly, Vermont local Benjamin Farrow.
On the ladies side, Frisco, Colorado's Rebecca Sinclair took the day with her huge airs and technical spins, with Arielle Gold taking the silver back to Steamboat along with her brother's gold, and Jenna Dramise landed third for the Truckee crew.
After the awards, it was back to the pipe for the Monster Mash sunset session, a jam contest that saw the top finishers of the day joined by legends such as Danny Kass, Ross Powers, Chad Otterstrom, and Brennan Swanson amongst others. As The Dingo announced, judges Todd Franzen, Adam Merriman, and Jay "Ninja" Isaacs tallied the scores for a $5,000, winner-take-all, prize to be donated back to USASA.
"For the second time, Monster brings all the pros back home to the USASA Nationals in Copper Mountain," Danny Kass told USASA. "The nationals is where all the top competitive snowboarders started and learned the tools they would need to reach their highest achievements. I started my first nationals at age 12 and continued in it until I was 18. It is exciting for me to ride and see the next generation of shredders on a long road to the X Games and hopefully the Olympics."
The next hour saw some Guinness Book breaking pipe chains, amazing doubles, and the run of Benjamin Farrow's life, capped off with back-to-back nines and a 12, to earn him the title of the second Monster Mash.
Stay tuned tomorrow as we move over to the slopestyle course.


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Sept. 4, 2008
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - Sophomore Edith Reshef provided the lone marker in Wednesday's non-conference soccer match as MIT earned its first win of the campaign with a 1-0 decision over Simmons College.
The Engineers welcomed back junior forward Liz Theurer, who missed the season-opener recovering from illness. Theurer's impact was immediate as she generated three scoring chances in the first 10 minutes of the game. Her first opportunity at the net came on a break-away attempt just four minutes into the tilt, but Theurer's blast from 10 yards out hit the top of the cross bar. Simmons keeper Rachel Elliot made two strong saves in the same stretch to keep the Engineers off the board.
MIT (1-1) controlled the play for most of the contest, outshooting the Shark (1-2), 12-3. After a scoreless first half, the Cardinal and Gray lit the board early in the second frame. Separating from the Simmons defense, Theurer sprinted toward the goal from the right side of the post before sliding the ball over to Reshef, who tapped in the eventual game-winner in the 50th minute.
MIT's defense yielded zero shots in the second half while senior Stephanie Brenman collected three saves en route to the shutout. Elliot stopped seven shots in a losing effort for Simmons.


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Race tech: New gear at the 2011 Amgen Tour of California
New gear, team-only mods, and other tech
GoPro have outfitted a number of teams and riders in this year's Tour of California peloton with their tiny high-definition video cameras to provide fans with a rare in-the-peloton look at the race from a rider's point of view.
While some final details were still being sorted out, GoPro's Dean Dealy told BikeRadar that cameras would be fitted to bikes used by the HTC-Highroad, Rabobank, Garmin-Cervélo, Radioshack and Liquigas teams. Footage would then be collected each day, edited, and included as part of daily television coverage. Additional clips were likely to appear on the company's website.
Custom modified brackets were built in an effort to allay rider objections to having extra widgets attached to their bikes, including one integrated into SRM's aluminum computer mount and a tidy clip-in bit that snaps right into ICS-equipped Fi'zi:k saddles. GoPro also worked with HTC-Highroad TechDev manager Lars Teutenberg on a third clamp-on, rear-facing mount to work on any saddle with conventional rails. Dealy said GoPro don't have plans to bring the modified mounts to market – though enterprising home mechanics wouldn't have too much trouble recreating them.
Dean Dealy of GoPro was busy fitting a number of team bikes with custom mounts for the company's tiny video cameras, such as this one that hangs below an SRM computer
HTC-Highroad bikes equipped with beefed-up Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 rear derailleurs
HTC-Highroad's Specialized S-Works Venge carbon fiber aero road rigs arrived at the Tour of California with Shimano Dura-Ace Di2 electronic groups across the board – but with one notable variation from the consumer version. While standard Di2 rear derailleurs boast all-carbon-fiber pulley cage plates in an effort to save a few grams, HTC-Highroad's mechs instead used custom assemblies with aluminum inner plates.
HTC-Highroad TechDev manager Lars Teutenberg was mum on the reasoning behind the modification but a cursory hands-on inspection showed the hybrid cages to be notably more rigid than stock setups. The more ductile metallic construction likely makes HTC-Highroad's derailleurs more tolerant of crashes, too.
The standard carbon fiber inner pulley cage plates have been replaced with stouter aluminum ones on this HTC-Highroad Di2 rear derailleur
Oakley debut new frame colors and lens tints in South Lake Tahoe
Oakley sports marketing man Steve Blick was busy making the rounds at the Tour of California, making sure sponsored teams and riders had whatever eyewear they wanted and/or needed prior to the start of the race. Included in his impressively well-stocked gear bag were some new frame colors and lens tints.
Making a fresh appearance after a multi-year reprise is the translucent 'crystal red' frame color in select styles. Adding to that is a new 'sky blue' hue that Blick says is similar – but notably not identical – to that used by the Sky team.
Oakley have added this new 'sky blue' color option to their collection, though they're quick to point out that it's not quite the same tint used by the Sky team
Oakley are also launching a new 'Echelon' collection aimed at road riders, with purpose-built lens tints, including a Ruby Iridium-coated VR50 photochromic option for heightened contrast of typical road features and better usability in varying conditions. "On the road, this is a good lens on days that may start early with zero light or rain that may have changing conditions throughout the day," Blick told BikeRadar.
"The riders are claiming to have better vision under the lower light conditions as if you're in a clear lens. For a guy like Swifty who won in them today, they worked in both sun and rain. It's a lens a rider can depend on to get the job done with the signature Oakley Iridium 'pop', and the rider can leave the eyewear on his face without taking it on and off under changing light conditions."
Oakley's new road-riding-specific "Echelon" collection includes dedicated tints such as this Ruby Iridium-coated VR50 photochromic lens


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SOURCE: Reed's, Inc.
January 21, 2014 08:30 ET
LOS ANGELES, CA--(Marketwired - Jan 21, 2014) - Reed's, Inc. (NYSE MKT: REED), maker of the top-selling sodas in natural food stores nationwide, announced today that it is in a search for a new CFO. The current CFO, James Linesch will be leaving at the end of the month.
Chris Reed, Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Reed's, Inc., commented, "We have enjoyed working with Jim Linesch for the past 5 years. He has made many valuable contributions to our company including the inspiration and technical 'macgyvering' that gave us the Reed's Culture Club Kombucha line of products. We're getting a great response, but I am looking for the right business partner with a strong background in analysis. With our sales and marketing budget close to $10 million a year and growing by $2-3 million a year, we need someone with experience evaluating that spend to help us generate the best return on investment."
About Reed's, Inc.
Reed's, Inc. makes the top-selling natural sodas in the natural foods industry sold in over 13,000 natural food markets and supermarkets nationwide. Its six award-winning non-alcoholic Ginger Brews are unique in the beverage industry, being brewed, not manufactured and using fresh ginger, spices and fruits in a brewing process that predates commercial soft drinks. The Company owns the top-selling root beer line in natural foods, the Virgil's Root Beer product line, and the top-selling cola line in natural foods, the China Cola product line. In 2012, the Company launched Reed's Culture Club Kombucha line of organic live beverages. Other product lines include: Reed's Ginger Candies and Reed's Ginger Ice Creams. In 2009, Reed's started producing private label natural beverages for select national chains. Reed's products are sold through specialty gourmet and natural food stores, mainstream supermarket chains, retail stores and restaurants nationwide, and in Canada, as well as through private label relationships with major supermarket chains.
For more information about Reed's, please visit the Company's website at: http://www.reedsinc.com or call 800-99-REEDS.
Follow Reed's on Twitter at http://twitter.com/reedsgingerbrew
Reed's Facebook Fan Page at https://www.facebook.com/ReedsGingerBrew
Some portions of this press release, particularly those describing Reed's goals and strategies, contain "forward-looking statements." These forward-looking statements can generally be identified as such because the context of the statement will include words, such as "expects," "should," "believes," "anticipates" or words of similar import. Similarly, statements that describe future plans, objectives or goals are also forward-looking statements. While Reed's is working to achieve those goals and strategies, actual results could differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements as a result of a number of risks and uncertainties. These risks and uncertainties include difficulty in marketing its products and services, maintaining and protecting brand recognition, the need for significant capital, dependence on third party distributors, dependence on third party brewers, increasing costs of fuel and freight, protection of intellectual property, competition and other factors, any of which could have an adverse effect on the business plans of Reed's, its reputation in the industry or its expected financial return from operations and results of operations. In light of significant risks and uncertainties inherent in forward-looking statements included herein, the inclusion of such statements should not be regarded as a representation by Reed's that they will achieve such forward-looking statements. For further details and a discussion of these and other risks and uncertainties, please see our most recent reports on Form 10-K and Form 10-Q, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, as they may be amended from time to time. Reed's undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise.
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