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NEW YORK (MainStreet) First to go was the Christmas Club accounts savings vehicles banks offered to customers so they'd have money set aside for holiday shopping.
Now what's slipping away is the venerable "rainy day" fund savings vehicles that guaranteed a household would have cash in an emergency such as a job loss or serious health issue.
Global consumers are increasingly turning their backs on emergency savings funds just as the economic evidence suggest they need it most.
According to London-based Lloyds Bank, 36% of U.K. consumers say they have no rainy-day fund, and another 31% say they're not saving any money at all.
The drought seems to be across the board, but it's consumers between the ages of 25 and 54 that are really pulling back on emergency savings. The Lloyds Bank Savings Index reports that only 40% of that demographic have a rainy-day fund equal to more than one month worth of household income.
That won't go far in the event of a financial catastrophe, and consumers know it.
In fact, the Lloyds data point to an interesting contradiction: 88% of U.K. adults say that having a rainy-day fund is important, yet only 49% say they have enough to cover basic life needs in the event of an emergency. Of those who say they haven't saved any cash in the past year, 43% have a simple but somewhat chilling explanation there is no money left in the household budget at the end of the month.
"Many consumers are still feeling the squeeze; this means they don't have the spare money to put into savings," says Andy Bickers, savings director at Lloyds Bank. "However, it is encouraging to see that the vast majority of people feel that it is important to save regularly, and the amount of people saving has remained stable again this quarter."
Financial consumers looking to launch a rainy-day fund should:
Pay yourself first. Take 5% of your paycheck and put into an emergency savings account before you pay bills. If you don't make it a priority, you'll have problems getting a rainy-day fund off the ground.
Use a "passive" fund. Banks don't pay decent interest on savings accounts (the BankingMyWay Weekly Rate Tracker pegs the current average U.S. savings account interest rate at 0.067%), but a passively managed mutual fund or exchange-traded fund filled with stable companies can give you a much higher rate of return with minimal fee expenses.
Save your change. Start taking all of your loose pocket change, and all your change from those $10 or $20 cash purchases, and stash it in a jar and don't touch the cash. You can also save change from your debit card. Bank of America, for example, offers a "Keep the Change" program in which it rounds off the remaining change from a debit card purchase and steers it automatically into your savings account.
It's no secret savings is all about discipline, but a healthy dash of creativity will help. If you apply both, you can beat the odds and bring your rainy-fund back to life.
By Brian O'Connell


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Economy of India
Quotes on economic activity and policies in and of India through the ages.
Economy through various periods
Colonial Economy
- "The village communities are little republics, having nearly everything they want within themselves, and almost independent of any foreign relations. They seem to last where nothing else lasts. Dynasty after dynasty tumbles down; revolution succeeds to revolution; Hindoo, Patan, Mogul, Mahratta, Sik, English are all masters in turn; but the village communities remain the same... If a country remains for a series of years the scene of continued pillage and massacre, so that villages cannot be inhabited, the scattered villagers nevertheless return whenever the power of peaceable possession revives. A generation may pass away, but the succeeding generation will return. The sons will take the place of their fathers; the same site for the village, the same position for the houses, the same lands, will be occupied by the descendants of those who were driven out when the village was depopulated..."
- By: Charles Metcalfe in The Fifth Report for the Select Committee of the House of Commons, on the Affairs of the East India Company, in 1830.
- "India's bane is the profesional 'povertywallas': the politicians who have incessantly mouthed slogans such as 'garibi hathao' … and the economists who write continually about 'abysmal poverty'. Both have generally espoused policies, such as defending public sector enterprises at any cost, discounting and even opposing liberal reforms, promoting white-elephant style projects that use capital-intensive techniques on unrealistic grounds such as that they would create profits and savings when in fact they have drained the economy through losses..."
- By: Jagadish Bhagwati summarising Lal.
- Source: Preliminary Thoughts on India's Economic Growth
- The doctrine of controls and regulation on private enterprise led to: "a nightmare… [a]n untrained army of underpaid engineers… operating… without clear-cut criteria, vetted thousands of applications on an ad-hoc basis… months in… futile microreview…. again lost months reviewing the same data… interministerial licensing committee… equally ignorant of entrepreneurial realities… also operat[ing] upon ad hoc criteria in the absence of well-ordered priorities…. seek approval for the import of machinery from the capital goods licensing committee… foreign agreements committee… state financial institutions. The result was enormous delays… years… with staggering opportunities for corruption…"
- By: Gurcharan Das
- Source: Ibid
- "...The ease with which firms are able to enter into and exit from business activities is an important determinant of the investment climate. For business start-ups, a large number of clearances have to be taken both at the Central and State level. Such a system introduces delays and creates avenues for corruption. Studies show that with a heavy regulatory burden on business, India still ranks in the bottom quartile of comparable nations in the ease of doing business…. Indian labour laws, particularly Chapter VB of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, allow firms less latitude … Small-scale reservation has not succeeded in producing the expected results, and has constrained investment in some critical sectors, such as knitwear, with large growth potential. There is little justification for continuance of such reservations…. Easing the entry-exit barriers will be critical…"
- In: Indian Economic Survey 2004-05
- Source: Theoretical Basis of India's Budget 2005-06
Pro Views
- "…in July 1991… with the announcement of sweeping liberalization by the minority government of P.V. Narasimha Rao… opened the economy… dismantled import controls, lowered customs duties, and devalued the currency… virtually abolished licensing controls on private investment, dropped tax rates, and broke public sector monopolies…. [W]e felt as though our second independence had arrived: we were going to be free from a rapacious and domineering state…"
- By: Gurcharan Das
- Source: Ibid
- "the train has left the station..."
Dissenting Views
- "We need not feel embarrassed to advocate economic nationalism...Our government functionaries also must not feel shy to work closely with business. Jointly they should ensure that India's economic interests are protected -- through trade, investment, and foreign policy measures.."
- "It is almost a cliché to describe India as rich in institutional infrastructure and poor in physical infrastructure."
- By: P Chidambaram
- Source: A Passage to Prosperity
- "Terminals at gateway airports like New Delhi and Bombay are shabby, crowded and chaotic. Nearly every aspect of airport services, from runway maintenance to air traffic control and baggage handing, needs huge upgrades to cope with the increased demand."
- "When Robert McNamara was president of the World Bank, he visited Dharavi, near Mumbai airport, then, as now, one of the largest slums in the world. Looking at the abject poverty in the shantytown, he broke down, possibly realising the enormity of the task ahead."
- Source: Profiting from poverty
- "If we stop thinking of the poor as victims, or as a burden, and start recognising them as resilient and creative entrepreneurs and value-conscious consumers, a whole new world of opportunity will open up."
- By: C K Prahalad
- Source: The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid: Eradicating Poverty Through Profits. ISBN 0131467506
Indian Economic thinking
Jawaharlal Nehru
- "We have achieved political freedom but our revolution is not yet complete and is still in progress, for political freedom without the assurance of the right to live and to pursue happiness, which economic progress alone can bring, can never satisfy a people. Therefore, our immediate task is to raise the living standards of our people, to remove all that comes in the way of the economic growth of the nation. We have tackled the major problem of India, as it is today the major problem of Asia, the agrarian problem. Much that was feudal in our system of land tenure is being changed so that the fruits of cultivation should go to the tiller of the soil and that he may be secure in the possession of the land he cultivates. In a country of which agriculture is still the principal industry, this reform is essential not only for the well-being and contentment of the individual but also for the stability of society. One of the main causes of social instability in many parts of the world, more especially in Asia, is agrarian discontent due to the continuance of systems of land tenure which are completely out of place in the modern world. Another-and one which is also true of the greater part of Asia and Africa-is the low standard of living of the masses.
India is industrially more developed than many less fortunate countries and is reckoned as the seventh or eighth among the world's industrial nations. But this arithmetical distinction cannot conceal the poverty of the great majority of our people. To remove this poverty by greater production, more equitable distribution, better education and better health, is the paramount need and the most pressing task before us and we are determined to accomplish this task. We realize that self-help is the first condition of success for a nation, no less than for an individual. We are conscious that ours must be the primary effort and we shall seek succour from none to escape from any part of our own responsibility. But though our economic potential is great, its conversion into finished wealth will need much mechanical and technological aid. We shall, therefore, gladly welcome such aid and co-operation on terms that are of mutual benefit. We believe that this may well help in the solution of the larger problems that confront the world. But we do not seek any material advantage in exchange for any part of our hard-won freedom."
Mahatma Gandhi
- "God forbid that India should ever take to industrialism after the manner of the west... keeping the world in chains. If our nation took to similar economic exploitation, it would strip the world bare like locusts."
- "Democracy must in essence, therefore, mean the art and science of mobilising the entire physical, economic and spiritual resources of all the various sections of the people in the service of the common good of all."
- "We have believed and we do believe now that freedom is indivisible, that peace is indivisible, that economic prosperity is indivisible."
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According to a reent book, there are four sources of today India's Economic Thought (The Indian Economy, J.J. Boillot by Gyan Books New Delhi, january 2008) 1/ The Gandhian economic concepts were embodied in the plan formulated by Shriman Narayan and Acharya S. N. Agarwala in 1944. This plan contained a development strategy and a view of social organisation far removed from Nehru's. Though these ideas may smack of economic romanticism, they had a profound influence on economic thinking during the decades following Independence with the birth of a significant movement of cooperative organisations and NGOs that are still alive and influential 2/ The first modern economic ideas made their appearance in 1938 with the setting up of a National Planning Committee under the leadership of Jawaharlal Nehru, one of the main figures of the Indian independence movement. Inspired by Fabian socialism during his long stay in Great Britain, Nehru also admired the success of the then prevalent Soviet model. India has been under his influence till the early1980s. 3/ Another trend situated to the far left of the Nehruvian ideology led to the birth of the Communist Party of India in 1925 (CPI). Although it supported the nationalist movement, the Communist Party had a strong identity based on Soviet orthodoxy before its split in 1964 leading to the creation of a pro-Chinese faction calling itself CPI (M). Today Bengal or Kerala States governement are strongly influenced by this mixed economy ideology. 4/ The last line of thinking appears deeply rooted in the caste system with the influential traders and money lenders big supporters today of the liberal ideology of Adam Smith laissez-faire. Over the years, the liberal economic ideology gradually assumed importance among the two main political parties that dominate national politics, the Congress and the BJP.

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Fig and Goat Cheese Phyllo Cup Recipe
08.12.13 by Jackie
This is a very easy appetizer recipe. All you need is phyllo dough, fresh figs, dried figs, goat cheese and a bit of sugar. I "bruléed" the fresh figs to add another dimension of flavor and served them in the cute phyllo cups.
It feels like the end of the summer already; figs are already peaking and I'm anxious to cook with what's ready to ripen on our trees. I'm so excited and I can't wait!
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HealthServices needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 185 designs submitted by 27 freelance designers.
Eventus Health
We are a start-up health care services company and are developing innovative care management service offerings.
The logo should be very professional, and should make us look innovative and credible. It should also communicate to the audience that we are a company founded on providing care management based on "best science".
Some of the other health care companies in similar business with logos we like are: n-of-one.com, athenahealth.com, aetna.com, moksha8.com, cardinalhealth.com.
The graphic could represent any of the following - (i) partnership (ii) full care circle (iii) good quality (iv) correct treatment path.
The target audience is physicians and health insurance executives. They are relatively conservative, so the design should be innovative, but should also appeal to them.
• The logo should be modern, clear, corporate and sharp
• It should convey professionalism, reliability, credibility, innovativeness
• We want a solid graphical image to accompany our company name
• We are open to creative ideas of all types, but would like to avoid medical icons and people graphics
• We prefer something that can act as a stand alone logo and still convey what we do
• The logo should contain the name of the company ("Eventus Health") in the title
• It should be accompanied by a small creative graphic
• The logo should work well on a white background, however, we would like to have it with a transparent background
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Appropriate and healthy feeding of your baby during the first year of life is extremely important. More growth occurs during the first year than at any other time in your child's life. For the first few months, breast milk or formula is all that's needed. As your baby grows, starting a variety of healthy foods at the proper time is important for proper growth and development. And, starting good eating habits at this early stage will help set healthy eating patterns for life.
Don't give solid foods unless your baby's healthcare provider advises you to do so. Solid foods shouldn't be started for infants younger than age 4 months for the following reasons:
Breast milk or formula provides your baby all the nutrients that are needed to grow.
Your baby isn't physically developed enough to eat solid food from a spoon.
Feeding your baby solid food too early may lead to overfeeding and being overweight.
As a general rule, solid foods don't help babies sleep through the night.
The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends that all infants, children, and adolescents take in enough vitamin D through supplements, formula, or cow's milk to prevent complications from deficiency of this vitamin. In November 2008, the AAP updated its recommendations for daily intake of vitamin D for healthy infants, children, and adolescents. It's now recommended that the minimum intake of vitamin D for these groups should be 400 IU per day, beginning soon after birth. Your baby's healthcare provider can recommend the proper type and amount of vitamin D supplement for your baby.
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These are some things to consider when feeding your baby:
When starting solid foods, give your baby one new food at a time?not mixtures like cereal and fruit or meat dinners. Give the new food for two to three days before adding another new food. This way you can tell what foods your baby may be allergic to or can't tolerate.
Begin with small amounts of new solid foods?a teaspoon at first and slowly increase to a tablespoon.
There are no strict rules about what order you should give different foods in. Many people start with an infant cereal and gradually add fruits, vegetables, and proteins.
Don't use salt or sugar when making homemade baby foods. Also, avoid feeding homemade spinach, beets, green beans, squash, and carrots for infants younger than age 6 months because of the risk for methemoglobinemia, a blood disorder that can interfere with oxygen delivery in the blood, due to high concentration of nitrates. Canned foods may contain large amounts of salt and sugar and shouldn't be used for baby food. Always wash and peel fruits and vegetables and remove seeds or pits. Take special care with fruits and vegetables that come into contact with the ground. They may contain botulism spores that cause food poisoning.
Cow's milk shouldn't be added to the diet until the baby is age 12 months. Cow's milk doesn't provide the right nutrients for your baby.
Fruit juice without sugar can be started when the baby is able to drink from a cup (around age 6 months or older). However, it is not a necessary part of a healthy infant?s diet and should be limited to a maximum of 4 to 6 ounces daily. Fruit juice is associated with both obesity and malnutrition in children. Whole fruits and vegetables are a much healthier option.
Feed all foods with a spoon. Your baby needs to learn to eat from a spoon. Don't use an infant feeder. Only formula and water should go into the bottle.
Avoid honey in any form for the first year because it can cause a type of botulism.
Don't put your baby in bed with a bottle propped in his or her mouth. Propping the bottle is linked to ear infections and choking. Once your baby's teeth are present, propping the bottle can cause tooth decay.
Your baby's healthcare provider can advise you on how to wean a baby off the bottle.
Avoid the "clean plate syndrome." Forcing your child to eat all the food on his or her plate even when he or she isn't hungry isn't a good habit. It teaches your child to eat just because the food is there, not because he or she is hungry. Expect a smaller and pickier appetite as the baby's growth rate slows around age 1.
Healthy babies usually require little or no extra water. Ask your child?s doctor about giving your baby additional fluids throughout the day. Once your child is taking solids, offering sips of water is usually fine.
Don't limit your baby's food choices to the ones you like. Offering a wide variety of foods early will pave the way for good eating habits later.
Fat and cholesterol shouldn't be restricted in the diets of babies and very young children, unless advised by your baby's healthcare provider. Children need calories, fat, and cholesterol for the development of their brains and nervous systems and for general growth.


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University of Glasgow Press, 1977 - Foreign Language Study - 250 pages
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real women, size 12-14
I got an email from one of those extremely popular TV shows that no one I know actually watches. I was trying to feed myself with one hand and spooning sweet potato into the baby's mouth with the other. The email had come up on my phone and I thumbed over it messily, unable to resist.
Would I be interested in coming on the show, the email asked, to talk about my experience as a real woman?
I was interested! Yes! I will talk about being a woman on national television! It's a powerful, sometimes difficult, confusing, meaningful experience! For me, personally, there is this big question about yoga—is it possible to go through life as a modern woman without doing it at all?
But wait. There was a little more.
They were looking specifically for someone size 12-14, who isn't comfortable with her appearance. This, succinctly, was the working definition of "real woman."
So, how about it? The emailer was obviously in a hurry, but she was friendly.
Eden banged on the table. MORE. Seriously, cow, what's the hold-up? (She refers to me as her cow, you know, with her eyes, even when I'm not actively giving milk. It's a pesky habit.)
I laughed at my phone and gave her more. Then, immediately, without thinking, I wrote back. And then I thought for a minute.
I am generally a proponent of the "we all know what was meant" school of thought. I think maybe this is an underrepresented group on the internet—generally I pretend I'm not a member, in order to avoid being unnecessarily yelled at. Political correctness in language has become so nit-pickingly obsessive that it can sound a lot like a desperate effort to make up for the wanton callousness of the in-person world. Some pieces have so many disclaimers, you can hardly find the subject text. ("I fully recognize my own privilege, in its every complex, subtle, tiny iteration: to begin, I am sighted, so I am able to clearly make out these letters that form the words I am typing, which gives me a significant advantage in life over people who suffer from a range of ocular differences that affect the way that they perceive and are able to interact with the visual world. Of course, not everyone will understand this as an 'advantage,' per se, and to even use this sort of judgment-laden language reveals my own implicit biases…")
I also totally appreciate how tempting it can be, as a relatively smart person who reads a lot, to quibble over semantics. You feel like you're accomplishing something, doing nerdy battle against the forces of ignorance and oversimplification and raising the red pen of equality. I spot a typo in the New York Times, sometimes, and a small, smug smile seizes my lips and I shake my head disapprovingly. "Ha! Gotcha!" The writer assumes that everyone is male—I roll my eyes and resist the urge to leave a pithy, biting comment. I AM NOT A MAN, thanks very much. (I need to maybe work on my biting comments, anyway).
So when you say "real woman", giant TV show, I know what you're talking about.
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C has an aunt who used to work for a princess. Yes, a princess that lives in a palace in a kingdom not so far away. I would sit enthralled by her stories of riches so grand it was almost unreal…like my own personal One Thousand and One Nights. Gold and jewels and family vacations on private jets, mammoth shopping jaunts and bespoke sports cars and magnificent feasts.
The parts that captivated me most, not surprisingly, were the magnificent feasts.
As she is a kindred spirit when it comes to food and cooking, these were always the most colorful parts of her tales. Stories of the amazing meals prepared, the ingredients used, the sights and smells of the large (large!) pantry and kitchen. Befriending the chefs, she managed to learn the cuisine…which she brought back with her (along with a hoard of spices and dried herbs) and continues to share with us. The dinners she prepares are much-anticipated events involving multiple courses and an incredible array of exotic flavors.
Although this dish is not hers (I'm quite sure I adapted it from one of my Donna Hay magazines actually!), she was the one who introduced me to sumac. Sumac spice (not the poison plant!) is an unbelievably deep and velvety red, its flavor tart and a bit astringent. Unlike other aromatic spices that are used in more complicated dishes, what I like about sumac is you can simply sprinkle it on anything to which you would like to add a sour kick (much the way you would add a squeeze of lemon juice). So you don't need a degree in spiceology to use it 😉
Fried Eggplant with Sumac and Garlic Yogurt Dip
- Olive oil
- 300 grams small Asian eggplants (they are short and skinny)
- 2 heaping tablespoons Greek yogurt
- 1 teaspoon olive oil
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- Sea salt
- Freshly cracked black pepper
- Sumac
– Heat a couple of glugs of olive oil in a skillet. Slice the small Asian eggplants lengthwise into two. When oil is hot lay eggplants cut-side down in the pan. Fry until golden brown and then turn. Fry the other side until eggplant is cooked. I like mine with crisp edges but still soft in the center. If you'd like to fry it until totally crisp go ahead!
– While the eggplants are frying, prepare the yogurt dip. Mix yogurt, garlic, and olive oil in a bowl. Add sea salt and freshly cracked black pepper to taste. Store it in the fridge until ready to serve. Top with a sprinkling of sumac just before serving.
– When eggplants are done, fish them out of the pan and drain on a paper towel-lined plate. Dust liberally with sea salt and sumac. Serve with the yogurt dip.
– Serves two as a side dish.
As the name implies, small Asian eggplants are smaller versions of the long skinny eggplants most commonly used here. I love them solely based on their looks, as what's not to love about a vegetable's cuter version (one of the reasons I also love Brussels sprouts)? You can see them in this enticing still life of local vegetables. If you can't find them where you are, substitute with any of your friendly neighborhood eggplants, and just slice them thinly.
Fried eggplant and yogurt is a pairing that works wonderfully for me – please have it freshly fried as the contrast between the warm eggplants and the cool yogurt adds to its deliciousness. The sumac adds a pleasing vibrancy to the whole dish, highlighting the eggplant's mild smokiness and the garlicky zing of the yogurt. We had this with our dinner, but you can easily prepare this as part of a larger spread of appetizers…or even as a video-marathon snack! If you are a bit health-conscious you can roast the eggplants instead with just a smidge of olive oil and salt. If you have leftovers (you won't), mash the eggplants and yogurt together and you have a spread for tomorrow's lunch.
Discovering new spices is one of my food thrills, especially if the discovery is peppered (no pun intended) with stories about royal feasts! I'm definitely glad for my introduction to sumac. Do you use it in your cooking? Any favorite ways to use it you would like to share? Yours may be the next sumac recipe that I post! 🙂


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A trio of Tedeschi Trucks Band performances with special guests on the bill at Keswick
Tedeschi Trucks Band fans, rejoice! WXPN Welcomes the blues rock ensemble, currently touring in support of their 2013 release, Made up Mind, to the Keswick Theatre. They will be headlining three nights of performances this December with special opening guests on each bill. Continue reading →


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Frida Kahlo and Our Lady of Guadalupe gaze down lovingly at diners, their ornate frames nestled among carved crucifixes and colored glass hearts. They are emblematic of the care owners Vanessa and Jeremy Swan have for their customers at Mi Corazon, a new restaurant in charming Kenneth Village. No growth hormones, corn syrup or genetically modified foods will pass through patrons' lips on their watch. Only naturally raised, organic ingredients are used in their homemade Mexican specialties. Most of the dishes taste as if someone's talented abuela from Oaxaca has been cooking all day, but a few lack the complexity and quantity one might expect from the price tags.
Right off the bat, the chips are different. They're thin, delicate and in perfect juxtaposition to the dense, roasted flavors of the salsa roja. (If only there were a margarita to go with it. Mi Corazon is currently waiting on its liquor license, but allows you to bring in your own wine or beer for a $5 corkage fee.) Refills on the chips and salsa arrive before you know you need them. The service here is top notch, with staff moving in seamless harmony. Our waitress had no problem with the various special requests of our large party and food was delivered at a snappy pace.
Standing out among all the things on the table was the Chile Verde ($17.50). No meat chunks swimming in green sauce here. This pork is stewed slower than an uphill-bound cement truck, every warm fiber imbued with fresh green chilies and spices. The Fish de Oaxaca ($17.50) runs a close second. The wild-caught red snapper in cream sauce with jalapenos, red peppers and onions literally melts in your mouth. Juicy black tiger shrimp from the waters off Baja California, grilled with spices and squeezes of lime, make the Tacos de Camarrones ($16.50 for 3) the best taco on the menu, far superior to the uninspired potato, tinga or fish tacos. However, the crispy carnitas and the creamy rajas tacos, the latter with roasted poblanos, corn and pepitas, did satisfy mightily.
The Mexican rice that comes with most entrees is fragrant and light. The velvety pinto beans are obviously freshly made. The Corazon Salad ($7), while full of beautiful farm-fresh greens, has a citrus chili vinaigrette we found too sweet and lacking heat. The verde sauce on the enchiladas (cheese, $10) is rich and complex. I was really looking forward to trying the famous mole sauce, but sadly, they were out.
Authentic Mexican sauces are a good reason to come to Mi Corazon. The service and the naturally raised meats, seafood and produce are excellent reasons too. The environment is comfortable (though a cool mural would kick up the folk decor a notch) and would be a great spot for a lazy Sunday breakfast. On weekends they serve Chicano specialties like chilaquiles and molletes.
The steep prices and lack of margaritas might challenge some Mexican food enthusiasts, but these things may change. Even still, there's a lot to love about Mi Corazon.
LISA DUPUY has reviewed more than 100 area restaurants. She welcomes comments at email@example.com.
What: Mi Corazon Mexican Restaurant
Where: 1402 W. Kenneth Road, Glendale
When: Tuesday through Thursday, lunch 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., dinner 5 to 8 p.m.; Friday, lunch 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., dinner 5 to 9 p.m.; Saturday, breakfast and lunch 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., dinner 5 to 9 p.m.; Sunday, breakfast and lunch 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., dinner 5 to 8 p.m.; closed Monday
Prices: Starters and salads $5 to $9; Enchiladas, burritos, tacos and entrees $9 to $18.50; lower prices at lunch.
Contact: (818) 500-8100, www.facebook.com/MiCorazonRestaurant


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Im in for tomorrow. Do you have a set time or anything? Let me know. Im trying not to say exactly what you have planned so pm me with details. Hey ccrat are ya thinking about it still? Anyone else off work tomorrow and up for a ride?
Yeah, it's still a possibility. Please keep me informed of the plans and I'll see if I can do it.
Tomorrow Nov. 16 at the Salisbury, Md. Gander Mountain between 930 and 10 am. So far just 02tac and myself but everybody is welcome of course. The ride will be about 70 miles between Salisbury the main point of interest but who knows where we could end up.
Are any of you Delaware/Maryland inmates planning to attend one of these screenings?
Below is a list of US screenings of Gaurav Jani's 2 documentaries, effective 11/09/09. Guarav, the film maker, and Sobby, will be present at the screenings.
18th November Georgetown, DE
Screening: One Crazy Ride
Venue: Theater, Arts & Sciences Building
Delaware Technical & Community College
Georgetown, Delaware 19947
Time 6:00 pm
20th November Rehoboth Beach, DE
Screening: Riding Solo To The Top Of The World
Venue: Movies at Midway, 29 Midway Shopping Center, Route 1
Rehoboth Beach, DE 19971
Time: 6:00 pm
Phone 302- 645-0200
21st November Cleveland, OH
Screening: Riding Solo To The Top Of The World
Venue: Case Western Reserve University
Clapp Hall, Room # 108
2080 Adelbert Road, Opposite Rainbow Babies Hospital
Cleveland OH 44106
Time: 5:00 pm
Phone: 216-368-2000
22nd November Milton, DE
Screening: Riding Solo To The Top Of The World
Venue: Milton Theatre
110 Union Street
Milton, DE 19968
Time: 2:00 pm
Phone: 302-684-3400
22nd November Milton, DE
Screening: One Crazy Ride
Venue: Milton Theatre
110 Union Street
Milton, DE 19968
Time: 4:30 pm
Phone: 302-684-3400
Info on the films, and trailers, can be seen at:
Hey Jon. I just watched the trailer, looks like a good movie. What night are you planning to attend?
I was thinking Sunday, the 22nd in Milton,DE; for the 4:30pm showing. (Tenative). Anyone interested?
Anybody know what the price is?
I'm considering Sunday, the 22nd, also.
Sunday the 22nd is good for me.
According to the info on the Milton theater web page:
" A donation of $5.00 or more is appreciated. All proceeds are being generously donated back to the Milton Theatre."
Seems reasonable. If you're short on funds, you can always claim you lost your wallet. Did you ever hear from anybody in Virginia. I was kinda hoping someone would drop it in a mailbox and it would get mailed back to you.
No i have not heard a word about my wallet. Im pretty sure its sitting on the side of the highway between croaker and richmond. Lawnmowers are probably my only chance at ever seeing it again. Unless somebody down that way is really bored and feels like taking a walk, it would be worth$ the walk. I think im in anyway. Hey 02tac are you thinking about going?
Whats up slo? Anybody on for tomorrow? 430 show Milton
I'm up for it. Just checking to see who's interested. Anybody else going?
Cyclejon, you going?
I'm gonna ride down Sunday afternoon for the 4:30 showing. I've never met most of you Delaware/Maryland guys, and wouldn't recognize you. Anyone want to meet somewhere near the theater. I'm not familiar with the area
Sloburban--PM sent
Im planning on heading up rt113 and coming back down rt9 in the morning just for something to do. I could be waiting at taylors bridge on rt9 at 2 oclock. Im not real familiar with Milton but i think we can find it. Im also stopping for a bite somewhere like Mcdonalds on the way back down.
hackhawk--PM sent. Sloburban and I would like to join you at Taylors Bridge.
Gotcha. 215ish Taylors Bridge school rt9 Anybody else? Hey 02 where are you?:huh ccrat?
I have been off in la la land. I might show


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How do you find the right shades to complement your face? There's nothing like shopping for a new pair of sunglasses to make you feel like a certain storybook heroine. One pair is too big, the next is too small, and even if you get the right size, are you certain they're the most flattering style? Uncertainty is never enjoyable, so we called eyewear aficionado Benjamin Montoya--the designer of Benjamin Eyewear --to weigh in on the must-have styles for every face shape in our first-ever How To story. Scroll through for his tips and shop our must-try picks.
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When working with wide cheekbones and a narrow chin, otherwise known as a heart-shaped face, aviators are your best bet. That said, Montoya suggests staying away from oversized aviators with lenses that slope sharply from the nose pad to the outer cheekbone; this shape can weigh or drag the face down. Instead, pick ones that have a more rounded silhouette throughout. Additionally, cat-eye sunglasses that are not too narrow or pointy will also work for this shape.
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Lucky for oval faces, Montoya says that just about every frame type complements this shape. "Just make sure that when choosing sunglasses--whether oversized or not--you pay attention to the width of the frames and the distance between the two lenses," he says. "There should be a gap on either side of your temples, and the sunglasses should not slide down the nose or cause discomfort in the nasal area." The color of the frame is important as well, Montoya points out, and in this case, you'll want to stick to colors that look best on you clothing-wise and translate that to sunglasses.
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Severe thunderstorms raging across northern Florida and southern Georgia early on Wednesday morning were expected to expand across portions of the East Coast, from Virginia, through the Carolinas, National Weather Service meteorologist, Corey Mead said.
Storms could drop roughly 2 to 5 more inches (5.1 to 12.7 centimeters) of rain in areas and launch fresh tornados, before they begin to weaken on Thursday, Mead said.
There have been 27 confirmed weather-related deaths and more than 200 people injured across Arkansas and Mississippi, the hardest hit of six states struck by the storm system, as tornadoes reduced homes to rubble, shredded trees and launched vehicles through the air.
Deaths have also been reported in Oklahoma, Iowa, Alabama, and Tennessee. The Florida Highway Patrol has reported one weather-related drowning death, CNN reported on Wednesday.
A state of emergency was declared on Wednesday in Pensacola's Escambia County, Florida, where emergency officials fought to save motorists stranded by flood waters. County officials asked residents not to drive amid rising water, damaged roads, and storm debris and closed schools, government offices, and a court.
Severe conditions may persist into Thursday, though "it looks like the weather may be quieting down as warmer, more humid air is pushed offshore by a cold front moving through the Appalachians," Mead said.
President Barack Obama has declared a major disaster in Arkansas and ordered federal aid to supplement state and local recovery efforts, the White House said.
Shelters have been set up for thousands of families forced out of their homes while the National Guard, local police and residents who had lost all their possessions sifted through the rubble looking for more victims.
More than 2,000 houses and 100 commercial properties have been reported damaged.
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Pennsylvania's New Oxford High School marching band stirred controversy earlier this week after a halftime show that commemorated the Russian revolution included olive military-style uniforms and giant hammers and sickles. There was an immediate public outcry against the performance prompting the superintendent to issue an apology for the display. Additionally, the band has reportedly made significant changes to the halftime show.
The theme for the New Oxford High School marching band was "St. Petersburg: 1917." The band's performance featured red flags, military uniforms, and giant hammers and sickles, even as the school's athletic teams are called the Colonials and feature red, white, and blue uniforms. The website for the band included a large group photo with students donning a hammer and sickle.
An angry parent notified Fox News to alert them to the school's antics. The parent, who asked not to be identified, attended a football game at the school with his children on September 14 and was appalled by the performance he witnessed. He told Fox News,
It was Glee meets the Russian Revolution. I'm not kidding you. They had giant hammers and sickles and they were waving them around. Who thought this was a good idea?
There is no reason for Americans to celebrate the Russian revolution. I am sure the millions who died under Communism would not see the joy of celebrating the Russian revolution by a school 10 miles from Gettysburg.
It would be tantamount to celebrating the music of 1935 Berlin. If I was Lithuanian, Estonian, or Ukrainian, I'd be a little hot. I'd be really hot. It's insulting to glorify something that doesn't need to be glorified in America.
The Blaze reports that another parent "equated it to unexpectedly seeing your children waving swastikas during a halftime performance, noting that communism has killed more people than Nazis."
But Conewago Valley School District Superintendent Rebecca Harbaugh argued that the halftime show is "not an endorsement of communism at all."
"It's a representation of the time period in history called St. Petersburg 1917," she said. "I am truly sorry that somebody took the performance in that manner. I am."
"If anything is being celebrated it's the music," she said. "It is what it is. I understand people look at something and choose how to interpret that and I'm just very sorry that it wasn't looked at as just a history lesson."
Attempting to shake the school's unpatriotic image, she added that the school did "an entire show on freedom" in 2008.
Despite the superintendent's assertions, parents are still infuriated by the halftime performance. In fact, the influx of complaints has compelled Harbaugh to admit that "many people have expressed concerns about the show."
She argued that the purpose of the show was to underscore "a dark time in our world's history and that's the way it was portrayed on the field."
"It's not an uplifting performance," Harbaugh said.
But for some connected to the school, such a theme was too harsh for a high school band to portray at a halftime show.
One student posted on his Facebook page,
I think the question is whether it is appropriate for a high school band to commemorate an event that led to unimaginable brutality of millions of Russian citizens. Stalin was just not a very nice guy. The tie to socialism is also a sore subject in this day and age.
Harbaugh attempted to quell the situation by indicating that the school recognizes some fault in the matter and has made the necessary changes:
We are taking steps to address many of the concerns expressed to us. This is a learning opportunity for not only our students who have learned about the Revolution and its tragic consequences but it also a learning opportunity for us as teachers and administrators.
The performance will now be called "The Music of Shostakovich," with the hammer and sickle replaced by the traditional color guard band equipment.
Some are still in disbelief over the performance.
Paul Kengor, executive director for the Vision & Values center at Pennsylvania's Grove City College, said he believed that the halftime show was a joke initially. "This is surreal," he told Fox News. "This is like something out of the Twilight Zone — but it's even stranger than that."
Kengor said even if the school was not celebrating the revolution, "they seem to be commemorating this to some degree."
"The Bolshevik Revolution launched a global Communist revolution that from 1917 through the 1990s was responsible for the deaths of over a hundred million people," he said. "What the Russian revolution unleashed was a nightmare — a historical human catastrophe. This is something that should be condemned and not in any way commemorated or laughed at."
Gerson Moreno-Riano, dean of Regent University's College of Arts & Sciences, found the performance shocking:
The Russian revolution was one of the most violent episodes of the 20th century. Lenin put into place a doctrine of mass terror to crush the opposition and thousands and thousands of people. It's full of violence, terror, destruction, and in some weeks thousands of people were executed — some thrown with rocks around their necks into the river to drown.
It's quite frankly horrific that a high school would be celebrating that at a football game.
Even worse for Moreno-Riano was the photograph of the band on the school website that showed the students holding a hammer and sickle.
"To raise the emblems of the hammer and sickle — the emblems of so much violence, destruction and terror — is a lack of knowledge of history," he maintained.
Moreno-Riano contends that the best case scenario is that those who orchestrated the performance were simply ignorant of the historical reference.
"The worst case scenario is someone who is trying to celebrate something they know about — and they're trying to insert this into their educational agenda," he said.
Despite the controversial choice of entertainment, however, the Evening Sun reported that the judges of the Cavalcade of Bands Association Inc. show at Manheim Township High School awarded the New Oxford High School marching band first place on September 22.
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In 2012, the City Council has planned to voluntarily reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 7% below 1990 levels, as outlined in the U.S. Conference of Mayors Climate Protection Agreement, which Laguna adopted in 2007.
The city has taken steps recommended in the city's Climate Protection Action Plan to achieve the goal, but staff is hard-pressed to calculate the reduction in emissions, according to environmental analyst Michael Phillips, who updated the council Tuesday night on the implementation of recommendations in the city's plan.
"We probably don't know the 1990 emission," Phillips said.
However, Phillips reported the city has purchased alternative fuel vehicles, replaced incandescent lighting in public buildings with fluorescent lamps, designed new public buildings for natural lighting and ventilation and worked with Waste Management, which handles the city's trash disposal, to convert its diesel fleet to low-emission vehicles.
Charging stations, bicycle racks and a bike path have been installed. More sidewalks and outdoor furniture encourage folks to get out of their cars and walk.
The council also recently approved an outdoor lighting ordinance to control light pollution and is developing an ordinance banning single-use plastic grocery bags.
Phillips' report included the status of five priorities set by the council in January 2011, three of which have been completed:
•An environmental and sustainability section has been established on the city's website http://www.lagunabeachcity.net. Content includes information on such items as solar rebates and hazardous waste disposal, and resource documents like Vision 2030 Final Report and the city's action plan.
•A comprehensive energy audit of city-owned facilities and operations measured energy use and proposed actions to reduce it, which have mostly been implemented.
•Information about nonprofit, "green" building has been made available at City Hall.
Ongoing efforts include:
•Creation of a sustainability element to be included in the city's general plan that states the city's goals, policies and recommended actions.
•Power purchase agreements, which would allow the installation of solar power systems in city-owned facilities in return for a guaranteed competitive electric rate.
To date, no structure has been identified for enough consumption to make the project financially feasible, as well as acceptable to uphill neighbors who would look down on the installation. City staff will be keeping an eye on evolving technology for less-obtrusive panel systems.
"The Susi Q was built for future solar power," said Chris Prelitz, former chair of the defunct Environmental Committee, now being restructured. "It can be installed for nothing.
"There are a million things the city can do without costing it a dime."
Savings, Prelitz said, can be measured by the lowered costs.
Phillips' report also contained suggestions about the use of reclaimed or captured water.
"Reclaimed water has come up," said City Manager John Pietig. "It takes a distribution system, but we can take a look at opportunities such as landscaping on city facilities. I don't know of a comprehensive system that would feasible."
Councilman Kelly Boyd said Phillips should meet with water district officials who might know of programs of which the city might be unaware.
Mayor Pro Tem Verna Rollinger proposed holding public forums to educate the public.
Village Laguna commended the city on its commitment to the Climate Protection Agreement but also suggested some improvements:
•Concerns about how solar panels look from neighborhoods far above can be addressed and view obstructions minimized.
•Extend bus service and develop remote parking sites.
•Discuss with the school board ways to reduce private vehicle traffic to and from the schools.
•Discuss a gradual increase of recycled water for landscape use with the water districts and the South Orange County.
•Educate the public on how much electricity is being saved.
Related council action
In other action related to the environment, the council supported adoption of the draft Special Protections for areas of special biological significance.
In Laguna that means Heisler Park, and the city was used as an example to develop the draft based on the best management practices and infrastructure improvements to control pollution and discharges in park rehabilitation.
If the state water board adopts the draft, the city will be required to obtain a permit to discharge storm flows in the special area. Administrative and mandatory compliance monitoring costs will increase.
The council also approved an $800 appropriation for travel expenses for Councilwoman Toni Iseman, who has been appointed as Orange County representative to the League of California Cities Environmental Quality Committee.
Iseman said the $800 would probably come out of the council's travel budget without the need for an additional appropriation.
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I am trying to find the config file that would allow me to set the root login dialog box to not have the little box "Remember Password" checked by default for all users. I have looked all around without success, and a web search has not been helpful.
Last edited by Jerry3904 (2014-01-10 21:32:23)
I might have found it: /etc/xdg/libfm/libfm.conf, which on my system starts out like this:
I am going to try that and, given that this question stirred up so much interest, report results back.
Sorry, mixed up my two problems. That last post was trying to get a single-click for desktop items, but it didn't appear to work even after changing that value to "1", rebooting and creating a new user. Rats.
To enable single-click for desktop items, go to "Settings Manager -> Desktop -> Icons tab -> Single click to activate items".
As for the "remember password" issue, I don't believe Xfce has such an app/funtion. It's probably something distro-specific involving gksu/gksudo or possibly the new pkexec functionality.
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Thanks for the single-click solution. I had looked at the mouse/touchpad settings, but didn't think to look at the icons one.


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May 2, 2006
Equinix to Present at CIBC and Cowen & Co. Investor Conferences
Foster City, CA — May 2, 2006 — Equinix, Inc. (Nasdaq: EQIX), the leading provider of network-neutral data centers and Internet exchange services, today announced that company executives will present at the CIBC Media, Internet & Telecom Conference in Boston on May 10th and at the Cowen & Co. 34th Annual Technology Conference in New York on May 31st.
Margie Backaus, chief business officer, and Jason Starr, director of investor relations, of Equinix, will present at the CIBC Conference on Wednesday May 10th at 10:15 AM. The CIBC conference will be held May 9th to 10th at the Ritz Carlton, Boston Hotel.
Peter Van Camp, CEO of Equinix, will present at the Cowen & Co. Conference on Wednesday, May 31st at 2:30 PM. The Cowen & Co. Conference will be held May 31st through June 2nd at the New York Palace Hotel in Manhattan.
Live audio webcasts of the presentations will be made available on the Investor Relations section of the Equinix Web site at http://invest.equinix.com.
Forward Looking Statements
This press release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from expectations discussed in such forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause such differences include, but are not limited to, the challenges of acquiring, operating and constructing IBX centers and developing, deploying and delivering Equinix services; unanticipated costs or difficulties relating to the integration of IXEurope into Equinix; a failure to receive significant revenue from customers in recently built out data centers; failure to complete any financing arrangements contemplated from time to time; competition from existing and new competitors; the ability to generate sufficient cash flow or otherwise obtain funds to repay new or outstanding indebtedness; the loss or decline in business from our key customers; the results of any litigation relating to past stock option grants and practices; and other risks described from time to time in Equinix's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. In particular, see Equinix's recent quarterly and annual reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, copies of which are available upon request from Equinix. Equinix does not assume any obligation to update the forward-looking information contained in this press release.
Equinix and IBX are registered trademarks of Equinix, Inc. Internet Business Exchange is a trademark of Equinix, Inc.


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Persuasive Games: How I Stopped Worrying About Gamers And Started Loving People Who Play Games
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Every week at my company Persuasive Games we get repeated calls and emails from people interested in playing Stone City, the Cold Stone Creamery training game we created back in 2005. In the game, the player services customers at the popular mix-your-own flavor ice cream franchise by assembling the proper concoctions while allocating generally profitable portion sizes.
The vast majority of people who contact us are not human resources managers or training executives looking to build their own training games. They are ordinary people, often young people, who just want to play or buy the game.
You'd never expect such interest if you read Justin Peters' recent Slate article about educational games. As Peters charges, "Animating mindless, boring repetition doesn't make the repetition any less mindless or boring. No sane Cold Stone employee will be fooled into thinking that Stone City is anything other than a soul-crushing training exercise."
Why, then, would so many people be so interested in the game? Perhaps some are misconceived teenagers yet to have been disillusioned by a soul-crushing job. Perhaps others are as smart and skeptical as Peters suspects they might be, and they want to see how possible workplaces represent their expectations for labor. But my sense is that most of them just like ice cream, are intrigued by the Cold Stone work experience, and want to have a go at it for a few minutes.
Where is the disconnect? For one part, Peters' expectations are very high. As he explains in the article, Peters' ideal model for educational games is Civilization, Sid Meier's classic game about building a society based on scarcity of resources. There is no doubt that Civ is a great game, one that any designer could learn from no matter their expressive goals. And Peters is right that there is considerable educational potential in this kind of game; Kurt Squire, a well-regarded education scholar, even made it the topic of his doctoral dissertation.
For another part, Civilization is just one kind of game. It is a kind of game that demands significant commitment and devotion. It is a gamer's kind of game. Are the would-be players of Stone City just too stupid or inexperienced to know about the much more complex and sophisticated kinds of games that they could get their hands on instead? I don't think so. I bet many of them play Civ as well. I think they are looking for a different kind of experience, one that might not have as much to do with video games as it does with ice cream shops.
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Like the teeming slums that are its setting, the new musical "Rio" is seriously overcrowded. This re-imagining of "Oliver Twist," set in modern-day Brazil, is so stuffed with incidents, characters, songs and confusing action that its simple melodramatic tale gets lost in the process.
Written by the Canadians Mitch Magonet and Joey Miller and presented by the New York Musical Theatre Festival, the show begins with 12-year-old Pipio (Nicholas Daniel Gonzalez) running away from an orphanage to find his mother. He winds up in the crime-ridden favelas of Rio de Janeiro, where he promptly witnesses a massacre of street children by a crooked police captain (Lelund Durond), a plot element inspired by a real-life incident.
A gang of ruffians bring him to a local druglord, Samson (the charismatic, strong-voiced Nik Walker), who assigns Pipio to the care of his gorgeous girlfriend, Neves (Tanesha Ross). The two form a close bond, while Samson is preoccupied with making sure that his float wins at Carnival — it has something to do with loading it with drugs and then smuggling it out of the country — and fending off his professional and romantic rival, Pantera (J. Manuel Santos).
A game cast of 12 plays dozens of characters, including various gods and goddesses, priests and nuns, and a flamboyant transsexual. The ballad-heavy score sounds fairly generic, and even with two percussionists onboard, the accompanying five-piece band lacks true Brazilian flavor.
The action culminates, naturally, at Carnival, which at least gives the attractive, scantily dressed actors a chance to display their well-toned bodies. But their bare skin pretty much gives off the only heat in this ambitious but unwieldy musical.


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James Hegarty needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 50 designs submitted by 16 freelance designers.
I need a simple logo that will catch peoples attention and be able to put on work shirts, cars and newspapers. Need to have brief description on what my business does and incorporate my phone number into the logo so people can call me as soon as they see it. Dont want really bright colours.
Black and white would probably be better for the newspaper ads, the pictures Im after would just need to be basic not any complicated graphics, maybe like cartoon pictures maybe. A couple of different logos would be good maybe one logo for t shirts, hats and cars and a different one for newspaper and advertising. You would probably only want one or two colours maybe for the clothing logo.
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These are the basic things I want on the logo. I like to have basic graphics in it. The main work we do is within Australian agriculture with sheep, so graphics like sheep or shearing handpieces and wool would look great. My business travels a lot and all work is done on peoples farms. I would like a simple logo that catches peoples eye when they walk past, that also can be put on shirts and hats and cars. I would like a seperate logo or banner that would be good to put in papers and flyers, simple colours on these.
- must have a good easy to read heading that says HEGARTY CONTRACTING
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Psychiatric Hospital in Maine is Saved from Federal Funding Cuts for Now
As overcrowding issues validate claims of an increase in the need for mental health treatment services in Maine, the Governor announces the crisis facing Riverview Psychiatric in Augusta has been averted.
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services had notified the state Riverview's certification status would be revoked by Monday, September 2, 2103, which would have resulted in the loss of twenty-million dollars worth of federal funding support.
The Governor says a letter was received last night stating the feds were satisfied with the hospital's plan to address their concerns about over staffing and corrections officials being used in the hospital to subdue patients.
State lawmakers approved a plan yesterday to create a mental health wing at the state prison. In addition, 20 beds at Riverview will be de-certified allowing it to continue using correctional officers. But it will no longer get Medicaid or Medicare reimbursements for those beds.


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Wallace Stevens Award
The Wallace Stevens Award is given annually to recognize outstanding and proven mastery in the art of poetry. Established in 1994, the award carries a $100,000 stipend. Recipients are chosen by the Academy of American Poets Board of Chancellors. No applications are accepted.
Any poet who meets one of the below criteria is eligible:
- U.S. Citizen
- resident of the United States for the ten-year period prior to January 1 of the prize year, or
- Deferred Action for Childhood Arrival (DACA) status, Temporary Protected Status (TPS), Legal Permanent Status (LPS), or any subsequent categories designated by the U.S. authorities as conferring similar enhanced status upon non-citizens living in the United States.
Please note: By law the Academy of American Poets must report cash prizes awarded to individuals to the Internal Revenue Service. If individuals have a Social Security Number (SSN) or an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN), the individual will receive a 1099. If the individual does not have an SSN or ITIN, the individual will receive a 1042 and could be subject to a withholding of a percentage of the cash prize.


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Prospects Daily: Turkish lira surges to near three-month high against U.S. dollar, Eurozone annual inflation slows to a 52-month low, Turkey's annual GDP growth in 2013Q4 beats expectations
Financial Markets…Developing-country stocks advanced on Monday, heading for the longest streak of gains since July, as Russia and the U.S. sought a diplomatic solution to reduce tensions over Russia's annexation of Ukraine's Crimea region over the weekend. The benchmark MSCI Emerging Market Index gained 0.5%, trimming its quarterly loss to 1.3% in the first quarter of this year. Russia's Micex stock index rose for a second day, but the gauge is still down 10% this year, heading for its steepest quarterly drop since 2011.
The Turkish lira surged to near three-month high against the dollar following a positive local election outcome over the weekend. Turkey's currency jumped 1.9% to 2.1497 per dollar, the strongest level since January 2, and it was the best-performing developing-country currency on Monday. The lira has strengthened 11% since reaching a historic low of 2.39 on January 27. Meanwhile, Turkey's benchmark stock index rose 0.6% to the highest level since December 25 and the country's 5-year credit-default swaps slid 12 basis points (bps) to 220 bps, the lowest since December 19.
High Income Economies…Rising deflation concerns and hiking expectations for an interest rate reduction from the European Central Bank, flash estimates showed that Eurozone annual inflation fell from 0.7% (y/y) in February to 0.5% in March, which is a 52-month low. Prices of energy continued its downward trend, while all other components of the harmonized index of consumer prices increased in March from last year. Core inflation that excludes energy, food, alcohol and tobacco, eased to 0.8% from 1.0% in February. On a three-monthly annualized basis, the CPI fell 1.5% (3m/3m saar) in March, unchanged from February, while the core CPI decreased 3.0% following a 2.9% decline in February.
Dutch GDP rose by an upwardly revised 0.9% (q/q) in Q4 2013, following Q3's 0.3% increase. The larger-than-expected increase was driven by higher-than-expected production and investment in the construction sector, and smaller-than-expected decreases in household spending and the government expenditure. On a quarterly annualized basis, GDP increased 3.7% (q/q saar) in Q4, after increasing 1.2% in Q3.
Developing Economies…Europe and Central Asia: Turkey's economy expanded at the seasonally adjusted rate of 0.5% in the fourth quarter of 2013, compared with the revised 0.8% (q/q) expansion in the third quarter. Year-on-year, the economy advanced 4.4%, slightly up from a revised 4.3% (y/y) in the previous quarter, beating market expectations. For the full year of 2013, the economy grew 4.0%, rising from a revised 2.1% growth in 2012.
Sub-Saharan Africa: South Africa's trade balance swung into surplus in February, after recording a large deficit in January, as exports expanded at a fast pace. Exports grew 7.9% (m/m) in February, boosted by sales of vehicles and transport equipment, machinery and electronics, chemical products and base metals, while exports of precious metals contracted. Meanwhile, imports fell sharply by 13.2% (m/m) on account of lower purchases of machinery, mineral and agricultural products. As a result, the trade balance recorded a surplus of ZAR 1.72bn, up from a deficit of ZAR 17bn in January.
Kenya's annual headline inflation, measured by the consumer price index eased for the second consecutive month to 6.3% in March, following a 6.8% (y/y) increase in February, as prices of food, electricity and gas slowed, remaining within the central bank target of 5.0%+/-2% for 2014. Month-on-month, prices rose to 0.45% in March from 0.38% in February.


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Why Alan Mulally Ended His Flirtation With Microsoft
Ford CEO Alan Mulally flirted with Microsoft for longer than previously known before driving away.
Mulally on Tuesday ended months of speculation by saying he won't leave Ford for Microsoft. But the Ford CEO had been telling people inside Ford for weeks that he wouldn't be the next Microsoft CEO, people familiar with those discussions said.
Other people familiar with Mulally's thinking said the Ford executive soured on the Microsoft job in part because of what he perceived to be leaks from Microsoft about the search process. Microsoft's board has been seeking a new leader since Steve Ballmer said in August he planned to retire within a year.