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Biography: Dr. Rebecca Jordan received her M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst under the advisement of Francis Juanes. Her dissertation research investigated the visually guided mating behavior of Lake Malawi cichlid fish. Rebecca took a post-doctoral position as a Science and Technology Council Fellow with James Gould at Princeton University. There she expanded her interests to animal learning in general and incorporated work with undergraduate science learning. After two years at Princeton, Rebecca took a Visiting Assistant Professor position at Elizabeth City State University as part of a partnership with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. In Elizabeth City, Rebecca continued her work with fishes in the capacity of providing undergraduates with research experience. She focused mainly on poeciliids. Also in Elizabeth City, Rebecca broadened her study of science learning to incorporate informal audiences. Rebecca is currently an Associate Professor of Environmental Education and Citizen Science in the Departments of Ecology, Evolution, and Natural Resources and Human Ecology at Rutgers University New Brunswick. Here she works with graduate students and undergraduates in the study of behavior in Lake Malawi cichlids or in the study of science learning in grades 6-Life learners. As Director of the Program in Science Learning, however, she he devotes most of her research effort to investigating public learning of science.


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T-Mobile Pulse
The Googlephone for everyone?
You may not come across it playing around with the phone, but the Pulse has a compass built in. We found the A-GPS system to be very quick to locate our position and maintain an accurate fix while we were moving. It's a shame there's no full satnav app inside, though Google is at least working on one for Android 2.0.
The apps are the key to Android
The Android Market app is where you can find all the exciting software customisation stuff that helps makes the Android platform so appealing. It's neatly arranged, simple to navigate and search, and the download process is speedy and hassle-free. There may not be as many apps as in Apple's App Store but it's growing fast and there's plenty of free stuff to try out.
A few third-party apps are pre-loaded too, including Documents To Go, a document viewer for Excel, Word, PowerPoint and PDF files which can be upgraded to a full editing and document creation tool. A suite of DataViz's RoadSync software provides full remote synchronisation with Microsoft Exchange Server corporate push email, contacts and calendar.
The Pulse's applications sync neatly with any online Google services you use. A USB cable is supplied for hooking up to a PC for synchronisation or to use in mass storage mode. We were unable to test its PC Suite software, however, as none was supplied with our review sample.
The Pulse gets the basics right when it comes to call quality and network performance. Voice calls came over clear, and we had no complaints about the volume.
Battery life is reasonable. The Pulse comes with a 1500mAh battery pack, and T-Mobile estimates it can deliver up to 210 minutes of talktime or 300 hours on standby. In our tests, with extensive use of the phone's features, we found ourselves re-charging every day.
The T-Mobile Pulse is a terrific value Android smartphone for pay-as-you-go types. It may not have the extensive re-skinning that other more expensive Android phones flash around, but it still delivers a great user experience and has all the customisation flexibility this user-friendly platform allows. There may be some compromises - the camera, for instance - but with Wi-Fi, HSPA, Assisted GPS, a large touchscreen and a decent bundle of applications, the Pulse is far from light on functionality. All round, this Pulse takes some beating. ®
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Bunting Making Team Building
What's Included
- Work as a team to create some beautiful bunting!
- Expert craft instructor
- You'll be shown some creative and decorative techniques
- The whole group are involved
- Personal and bespoke to your group, with specially selected fabrics, lace, ribbons, buttons to match your themes and colour. Send us some inspiring pictures, and we can use these as the basis to source your materials
- No limit to how much bunting you can make in the session time
- Involves cutting, construction, hand and machine sewing and is perfect for people with or without craft experience.
- Use at the wedding, just let us know the colour theme
- Make it a Vintage class for an extra £3pp
Perfect for bonding, the mobile bunting making team building activity is great for building relationships within your team, and letting everyone get to know each other. This activity creates a really chilled atmosphere, making it easier for colleagues to get to know each other while working together to create some beautiful bunting. If you're thinking of using the bunting in office or for an office party, we can offer specific fabrics and colours to match a themed occasion for you!
All of our mobile bunting making team building activity sessions last up to 3 hours, giving your team plenty of time to really bond and have a good time in a relaxed setting. All we need is 30 minutes to set up, and then our professionals and all the equipment can come to whatever venue you choose. We can also offer a mobile vintage bunting making experience with different fabrics, lace and buttons for anyone who loves everything vintage.
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House Speaker John Boehner on Thursday said he supports the chairman of a House committee who on Wednesday cut off the microphone of the committee's top Democrat at a tense hearing about the IRS's targeting of conservative groups.
Rep. Darrell Issa has done an "effective job" as chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform committee, "and I support him," Boehner told reporters.
Boehner told reporters Issa, a California Republican, was "within his rights" to adjourn the hearing when he did.
Issa on Wednesday abruptly adjourned a hearing with IRS official Lois Lerner, who resigned last year as the agency's director of tax-exempt organizations. Lerner again invoked her Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination Wednesday.
Issa adjourned the hearing before Rep. Elijah Cummings of Maryland could speak. Issa gave the Democrat time to ask a procedural question but cut him off when Cummings began attacking Republicans. "Close it down," Issa told staff.
The incident has sparked outrage among Democrats. The Congressional Black Caucus has asked Boehner to take Issa's gavel away.
Boehner isn't entertaining that idea.
"The issue here is our effort to try to get the truth of the abuse by the IRS of groups around the country that some in the administration don't agree with," Boehner told reporters.
— Robert Schroeder
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Father of 2 Texas brothers killed in accident charged with murdering suspected drunken driver
HOUSTON – A Texas man whose two young sons were killed in a traffic accident has been charged with murder in the fatal shooting at the crash scene of a suspected drunken driver.
Brothers David Jr. and Caleb Barajas were helping their father push their broken-down pickup truck when a vehicle driven by 20-year-old Jose Banda plowed into them. The December accident happened just 50 yards away from the Barajas' rural Houston-area home.
Banda was later found shot. Brazoria County sheriff's investigator Dominick Sanders says witnesses saw David Barajas Sr. next to Banda's vehicle when shots were fired.
Barajas has been indicted for murder and was being held Monday in the Brazoria County Jail on a $450,000 bond. Court records did not list an attorney for him.


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Mozilla ... you do know 64-bit OSes aren't going to disappear soon, right?
Subject: General Tech | November 22, 2012 - 01:03 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: mozilla, firefox, dumb, 64-bit
Once upon a time was a little company called Mozilla who had a browser that knew some tricks no other browser did. After a while the Mozilla foundation decided to split up several projects and the Firefox browser was born, again capable of things that no other browser was doing at the time. The other browsers were quick to pick up on these tricks and to emulate them, but Firefox held onto a respectable share of overall usage which slowly eroded as other browsers came onto the scene to steal away some of that share. Apparently this depressed Firefox as it decided to start on a steady diet of add-ons and stuffing extras in below the belt which eventually caused such bloating as to make those who cared about Firefox suggest it might want to think about slimming down a bit or at least wear something a little larger, maybe a size 64.
Instead, according to various sources such as DailyTech, Firefox has decided to dump all development of a 64-bit version of its browser. IE10 supports 64-bit, Opera supports 64-bit and Chrome does on Linux and is working on a Windows version for the near future, leaving Firefox in the company of Lynx. While the news stories are specific to the Firefox browser, it leaves one suspicious about the Firefox OS which is being developed for mobile devices; just what features are going to be abandoned as too hard to continue developing for.
"Fans of the non-profit Mozilla Foundation have waited... and waited... and waited more still, for Mozilla's popular Firefox browser to add 64-bit support. With pickup of 64-bit SKUs of Microsoft Corp.'s (MSFT) Windows operating system rapidly accelerating, it certainly seemed a 64-bit browser would be just around the corner.
Instead Mozilla has made the curious decision to pull the plug on the long-delayed project, while offering only small clues as to why the decision was made."
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Shame on them. I bet FF would be less sluggish if it has those extra 64-bit extensions.
I just wanted to point out that there is a 64-bit Firefox based browser.
I actually heard of it through an article on this site.
It is my new favorite browser, until 64-bit chrome at least.
Forgive my ignorance, but what is the advantage to a 64-bit browser?
I used 64bit IE and noticed no change in performance even with 30 tabs open (my home brew speed test).
The only thing I noticed at the time was something I tried to do was not supported in a 64-bit browser and I had to go back to the 32-bit.
It would be nice to see 32-bit retired except for certain legacy programs, much like 16-bit did when 32-bit was introduced. That way we are programming for multicore 64-bit primarily across the board.


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Breanne Racano of 'Entourage' – Crush of the Day
Ari Gold's date is hotter than a Vincent Chase premiere. While the fast-talking 'Entourage' agent struck out with a much younger woman in this week's episode, we fell hard for the gorgeous starlet, played by Breanne Racano.
Racano has had bit parts on 'Bones' and 'CSI: NY' and is currently filming 'Freaky Deaky' with Christian Slater and Billy Burke. We love the casual shot of her clowning around backstage with creepy costar Crispin Glover.
About her work on the flick, Racano tweeted, "High heels and a 44mm gun … Badass day on the set.'
Since things didn't work out with Ari Gold, we'd like our own shot with this brunette beauty. Check out her adorable screen test below.


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Social Occasions by Mon Cheri 216879
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- $318
Two-piece dress set, strapless crepe knee-length sheath with bow at center back neckline, belted natural waist, concealed side pockets, center back slit. Matching scalloped lace zip back bolero jacket with short sleeves and removable straps included.
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Subaru WRX Concept
Lower and sleeker than the last iteration, the concept WRX keeps the hood scoop and fender ducts.
The design incorporates a small greenhouse and a sharp character line running from the front fender to the rear. It also gets a carbon fiber roof to lower its weight and center of gravity. Subaru did not detail WRX rollout plans, but a redesign is widely expected for the 2014 model year.


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May 22, 2009
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - For the second time in her career, junior Casey Flynn was selected to the Intercollegiate Women's Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA) All-Region Second Team. The award is the fourth in the program's history as Deanna Lentz '06 received plaudits in 2005 and 2006.
Earlier this month Flynn collected her third straight New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) All-Conference award and second First-Team pick. She led the Engineers with 52 goals, 22 assists, and 74 points, setting new Institute standards for goals and points in a season.


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24" x 8" Return Air Grille Stamp Face.( White)
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24" x 8" STAMP FACE RETURN AIR GRILLE:
Return Air Grille Description
All-steel construction
1/3" spaced fins set at 20 degrees
Exceptional free area
5/16" Margin Turn back
Bright White Finish
Design for Wall or Ceiling application.
When Ordering your New Replacement Return Air Grille.
The Proper way to Order the Correct Replacement Return Grille is by measuring the Hole Size. Measure the Holes Width and Height.
If the Return Air Hole measures 25" wide by 20" tall, you will need to order a Return Air Grille 25x20. The Overall Return Air Grills Size is 1-3/4" with and height 1-3/4" Height bringing the Return Air Grilles Size to 26-3/4" x 21-3/4". The extra 1-3/4" is designed to hide the old paint markings on the wall or ceiling.
Average face velocity = 390 fpm, based on filter capacity rating of 2 CFM per square inch of gross filter area. Free area averages 75% of grille core. For quick calculation free area (sq. in.) = listed width x height x .75.
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· What is "Free Area"? · Free area is the total minimum area of the openings in the supply outlet or return inlet (usually in square inches) through which air can pass. · Also known as the "see-through area". (See also "effective area"). · What is "Effective Area" ? · Effective area is the net area (in square feet) of a grille utilized by the area stream in passing through the face openings. It is used the equation: CFM= Face Velocity X Effective Area. This is the basis for most engineering data.


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We provide many networking opportunities designed to support students looking to secure internships and full-time employment.
Starting in the fall and continuing through the spring, companies looking to hire the best and brightest MBA candidates visit UNC Kenan-Flagler. Typically more than 100 organizations come to UNC Kenan-Flagler during the academic year to present information about career opportunities within their company. Receptions before or after each company presentation provide opportunities for informal networking between company representatives and MBA students.
More than 150 employers conduct MBA interviews at UNC Kenan-Flagler each year. The Career & Leadership team makes it easy for students to review and apply for these interview opportunities. For a list of companies that come on campus to recruit UNC Kenan-Flagler students, see the MBA Hiring Employers.
At UNC Kenan-Flagler we work to maximize one-on-one interactions with potential recruiters. Every September, we organize the MBA Networking Forum. Through this forum, you can network with many companies who come back to recruit on campus later in the year. While other career fairs are mainly another method of submitting resumes, the UNC Kenan-Flagler MBA Networking Forum offers you the unique chance to connect with key recruiters in a relaxed, conversational environment.
Our MBA students also participate in national career fairs open to several schools like those organized by the National Black MBA Association (NBMBAA) and the National Society of Hispanic MBAs (NSHMBA). In addition as a UNC Kenan-Flagler student you will also have access to invitation-only career fairs like:
Every year companies hire a number of MBA students in full-time or internship positions that do not have a physical on-campus presence. UNC Kenan-Flagler provides a number of resources for students to extend their job search:


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Separate Account Managers in Sustainable and Responsible Investing
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About This Strategy - [Return to Top]
Assets Under Management (AUM): $59.14M (in US$ millions)
Required Minimum: 25,000,000
Benchmark used: Barclays Capital US Aggregate Bond
Strategy type: Bond (Fixed Income)
Strategy description: The strategy uses a relative value strategy, and typically invests at least 80% of its net assets in green bonds of any maturity. Green bonds may include those issued by companies that develop or address environmental solutions, or that support environmental projects, among others. The strategy seeks to apply environmental, social and governance (ESG) integration across sectors and holdings as part of its risk and opportunity assessment, and also seeks to avoid investing in tobacco companies.
Strategy web link: External Link
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Institution Name:
Calvert Research and Management
Approach to Sustainable & Responsible Investment: Calvert's Sustainable Research Department (CSRD) researches and analyzes corporate social responsibility practices. For industries that are problematic, CSRD has developed a three-part methodology. It includes a "bottom up" analysis of each company, a "top down" approach to the industry, and a comprehensive examination of broader themes and emerging issues. In general, the "bottom up" analysis includes research on each company's social record, such as environmental compliance, waste management etc. The "top down" analysis involves a series of biases that identify and weigh broader social issues relevant to specific industry practices. This analysis identifies industry themes and trends from a technology, policy, or structural perspective. And lastly, the comprehensive issue research integrates emerging and changing issues into the ESG research process. Company Research: The company research is conducted by Calvert's internal ESG Research Department, and operates in tandem with the investment research of the portfolio managers. Calvert receives from each portfolio manager a list of companies that constitute the manager's buy universe, conducts the social research on each company, and provides the manager with a list of companies that meet our social and environmental criteria. These lists are updated daily, and are accessible to each manager through a password-protected extranet accessible only by Calvert and by the manager. The company research is kept updated as well; we revaluate each company within the Calvert Social Index universe and the Russell 1000, 2000, and EAFE Index each year, and refresh the research more often when events warrant greater frequency. Industry Research: Companies' social performance, like financial performance, is evaluated in the context of their industries. Many industries raise unique social issues, and CSRD occasionally writes industry briefs to serve as background and guidance to company analysis. Issue Research: ESG research is conducted in an environment of constant change. New technologies and new issues arise frequently. Sometimes, these new issues can be easily incorporated into our existing social analysis framework; on occasion, new issues raise questions about social analysis that must be addressed in a broader, cross-cutting fashion. In the past two years, for example, CSRD has written issue briefs dealing with new issues in the information industry (antitrust, electronic privacy, patenting and intellectual property protection, and electronic commerce) the biotechnology industry (genetic patenting, genetic discrimination, ethical treatment of research subjects, commercialization of genetic property, biodiversity prospecting, and genetic modification of plants and animals), and corporate transparency and disclosure. Value Added: Calvert strives to assure that social and environmental research are conducted in ways that facilitate well-managed portfolios, and that social/environmental analysis remains compatible with construction of mutual funds with strong financial performance. Over the past two years in particular, there has been some convergence between social and financial analysis, particularly in the area of corporate governance. Governance has traditionally been interpreted to include information on board structures and performance, takeover provisions, executive and board compensation, independence, and auditing. Now, in the wake of the corporate governance scandals, there is greater interest among fund managers in broader definitions of governance, including any and all variables that reflect on the exercise of good judgment, ethical principles, and responsible management.
Research conducted: Internally
Researcher name: We have a team of 14 individuals which is comprised of 11 in-house analysts.
Contact info:
4550 Montgomery Ave., Ste. 1000N
Bethesda, MD 20814
United States
Phone: 800-327-2109
Fax: 301-654-7820
Email: email@example.com
Web: http://www.calvert.com (Opens in a new window)
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- Climate / Clean Technology: Combination of Positive and Restricted/Exclusionary Strategies - Over the past decade, Calvert has made moving the needle on the issue of climate change a business priority—in terms of our investment products, advocacy efforts, and our own corporate public policies and carbon footprint. Calvert works actively with a number of organizations, including the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), and the Investor Network on Climate Risk (INCR), to advance climate change solutions. To adapt to climate change, we believe governments, businesses, and investors need to focus sharply on developing alternative energy, energy efficiency, and the broadest array of energy options.
- Pollution / Toxics: Combination of Positive and Restricted/Exclusionary Strategies - We favor companies that find opportunities to mitigate their environmental footprint, have better-than-average environmental records relative to their industry peers, and are responsive to stakeholders. Calvert seeks to invest in companies that: • Demonstrate leadership in addressing climate change through appropriate policies and strategies, energy efficient operations, and the development of renewable energy and other alternative environmental technologies; • Disclose sources of environmental risk and liability and take actions to minimize exposure to future risk; • Implement natural resource conservation and efficiency programs as well as strong pollution prevention programs, and demonstrate a strategy toward sustainable development; and • Integrate environmental sustainability and responsiveness at management and board levels, and have programs to engage stakeholders for environmental improvement.
- Other Environmental: Combination of Positive and Restricted/Exclusionary Strategies - We assess corporate compliance with federal, state, and local environmental regulations, as well as beyond-compliance commitments such as design for environment and energy efficiency programs. We favor companies that have solid environmental records relative to their industry peers. We also search for companies that are outstanding in their environmental practices. From a sustainability perspective, Calvert evaluates energy options—and the companies involved in energy development—in the dual contexts of addressing both climate change and the world's escalating energy demands. In weighing energy options, governments, investors, businesses, and the public face tough policy and investment choices in working to secure a sustainable future. Overall, Calvert favors companies in the energy sector that are developing leading sustainable technologies and alternative energy options that reduce carbon emissions—and that meet strict environmental and public safety standards. Since water supports all life, Calvert regards access to clean, affordable water and adequate sanitation as a basic human right. Accordingly, we believe every company whose products or services entail water usage has a corporate responsibility to enforce sustainable practices across its supply chain. At its most fundamental level, water supply is a local issue, affecting communities, work opportunities, agriculture, families, and a region's social welfare. While water issues cut across all industries, the industries presenting the greatest sustainability risks are those that require a high volume of water, a supply of clean water, or face risk from intensifying water competition. Companies that rely directly on water for their products, such as those in the beverage and agricultural industries, pose the highest risks. In addition, clothing manufacturers, food and drug companies, hotels and resorts, and chemical companies are greatly dependent on water for the production of their goods or services—and are closely scrutinized by Calvert. The oil and gas industries, where water is a critical process ingredient to almost all areas of exploration and production, are also closely monitored.
- Community Development: Positive Investment - We include and invest in companies that have built solid relationships with the local communities in which they operate. We examine philanthropy, employee volunteerism, and support of women-and minority-owned businesses. We look for companies to invest in that: • Demonstrate a solid commitment to the communities in which they operate; • Develop programs that target neglected communities, including low-income and minority populations; and • Build strong working relationships with local and community development organizations.
- Diversity & Equal Employment Opportunity: Combination of Positive and Restricted/Exclusionary Strategies - Calvert seeks disclosure of policies, programs, and performance metrics in three areas: diversity, labor relations, and employee health safety. Evaluations focus on quality of policies and programs, compliance with national laws and regulations, and proactive management initiatives. Calvert invests in companies that demonstrate inclusive diversity policies, fair treatment of all employees, robust diversity programs and training, and disclosure of workforce diversity data.
- Human Rights: Combination of Positive and Restricted/Exclusionary Strategies - For many years, Calvert has led initiatives pressing companies and entire industries to respect human rights—from improving factory labor practices, curtailing human trafficking in global supply chains, and divesting from Sudan—to promoting freedom of expression and the right to privacy on the Internet. Calvert believes it is critical for companies to adopt core human rights standards throughout their operations and proactively manage human rights-related risks. Calvert evaluates corporate policies and actions in many areas. We work directly with companies and with coalitions of investors, human rights groups, and industry leaders to establish global standards and effect change from the top-down. For example, we participated in the SEC rule-making process of the Dodd-Frank Act provisions that require companies to disclose their efforts to source and remove conflict minerals from their supply chains. Calvert has also pressed companies to endorse the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and to accept the principle of Free, Prior, and Informed Consent (FPIC) as the standard for operating in proximity to indigenous lands and communities. In the area of the Internet, Calvert joined the multi-stakeholder Global Network Initiative (GNI) to establish international, baseline human rights standards for technology companies and governments with regard to free expression and privacy issues. In our view, companies that directly and aggressively address human rights issues can reduce these business risks and costs, facilitate overseas expansion, protect and extend their brand reputation, and generate valuable goodwill among consumers, investors, and the community.
- Labor Relations: Combination of Positive and Restricted/Exclusionary Strategies - Calvert believes that safety, freedom, and dignity in the work environment are fundamental rights, regardless of an employee's country of origin, gender, race, or socioeconomic status. To that end, we urge companies to establish robust codes of conduct, with strong labor and safety provisions, and to take active steps to enforce them across their global operations. Fostering safe work environments and high labor standards is not only the right thing to do for the health and well-being of employees—it also yields multiple benefits for the community, the environment and, ultimately, the company itself.
- Conflict Risk: No Investment - Our stand on Sudan is entirely appropriate for Calvert, consistent with our commitment to human rights since our pioneering decision in 1982 not to invest in companies doing business in South Africa's then-apartheid regime. That was the first such commitment made by any US socially responsible investment firm, or by any mutual fund.
- Board Issues: Combination of Positive and Restricted/Exclusionary Strategies - For over two decades, Calvert has regarded board diversity as a critical governance goal. A company's board membership should broadly reflect its customer base and employees. The array of viewpoints, skills, background, and experience provided by boards whose members have diverse backgrounds gives the company a broader foundation to draw upon for strategic decision-making—especially in today's highly competitive, global marketplace. We believe that to be marketplace leaders, companies must actively seek women and minority candidates for their boardrooms.
- Executive Pay: Combination of Positive and Restricted/Exclusionary Strategies - Doling out excessive payments to executives at the expense of other employees is in direct contrast to shareholders' interests and often increases employee turnover. We have found that excessive executive compensation during a period of lackluster business performance may be an early indication of bigger trouble at a company. Poorly designed compensation programs that encourage executives to manage for short-term performance—at the expense of long-term profitability—are another concern, potentially compromising the governance goals of a corporation. We strongly believe it is in the best interests of a firm to align senior management's risks and rewards with those of employees, shareholders, and the long-term performance of the corporation. "Pay-for-performance" compensation plans, for example, typically link executive compensation to clearly defined and rigorous criteria.
- Alcohol: Combination of Positive and Restricted/Exclusionary Strategies
- Animal Welfare: Combination of Positive and Restricted/Exclusionary Strategies
- Defense/Weapons: Combination of Positive and Restricted/Exclusionary Strategies - Warfare and the devastation it entails are deplorable. The far-ranging, destructive impact of war on populations, local and Indigenous cultures, the environment, and regional economies, is self-evident. Yet, Calvert believes that under certain circumstances—including in response to threats to national security, terrorism, and humanitarian crises—military intervention may be necessary when diplomacy has failed. Moral ambiguities arise, however, when defensive or humanitarian missions employ the same types of weapons and force that are used in conventional warfare. In view of these complexities, governments and people may question, in any given conflict, whether armed force and the types of weaponry used are necessary or justified. Sustainable and responsible (SRI) investors and others who wish to avoid supporting certain aspects of war may find it difficult to consider investing in companies involved in weapons-related businesses, such as weapons production, weapons technology, chemicals, or the production of other materials used in conflicts. This difficulty is compounded when these products also have commercial or scientific applications that generally advance society. International Treaties Offer Guidelines That's why, at Calvert, we evaluate companies according to several objective, internationally accepted standards, including international humanitarian law (IHL).* We also follow the guidelines under the Treaty on Conventional Armed Forces in Europe (CFE) and the UN Register on Conventional Arms that relate to "inherently offensive weapons." Also known as the "law of war," IHL issues from the Geneva and Hague Conventions and is adhered to by the 192 member states of the United Nations. IHL seeks to protect civilians, property, medical personnel, and others not directly involved in fighting and discourages or bans outright certain methods of warfare—such as land mines, cluster bombs, blinding laser weapons, and weapons of mass destruction. IHL states that the use of these weapons causes injury or suffering beyond what is necessary to achieve a legitimate military objective. Inherently Offensive Weapons In terms of inherently offensive weapons, Calvert has determined that both the CFE and the UN Register are the appropriate international standards upon which to base our analysis of different forms of weaponry. The CFE has the force of law because it has been ratified by the US government and dozens of European countries. The UN Register fills the gaps in the CFE and also carries with it the imprimatur of the United Nations. Together, they provide Calvert with criteria grounded in law and foreign policy custom. From both a sustainability and investment perspective, the issues surrounding global conflict are clearly complex and this complexity will grow with the increasing use of drones, robots, and other new technologies. Calvert believes the international "laws of war" provide a valuable framework for helping investors sort through the difficult issues surrounding modern-day weaponry and warfare—and for evaluating companies involved in these areas. *It is important to note that IHL is distinct from, but complementary to, international human rights law. While human rights law protects individuals at all times, IHL only applies in situations of armed conflict. An important note on firearms and nuclear weapons: Calvert believes that civilian firearms, including hand guns, are a separate issue from weapons of warfare and fall under the umbrella of Calvert's product safety criteria. Nuclear weapons are not covered under IHL since they can't distinguish between military and civilian targets. Calvert has determined that nuclear weapons violate the spirit of IHL and therefore does not invest in companies that produce, manufacture, or distribute them.
- Gambling: Restricted/Exclusionary Investment - Calvert generally avoids investing in companies in the alcohol, tobacco, and gambling industries due to their inherently harmful effects. Many of our portfolios entirely exclude companies that manufacture cigarettes, cigars, loose tobacco, and chewing tobacco, although we recognize the cultural and religious importance of tobacco to many Indigenous Peoples. We also generally avoid investing in companies with direct involvement in the gambling industry, such as casinos, equipment providers, and gaming establishments, including cruise ships. However, Calvert also recognizes that many Native American groups rely on gambling as a source of tribal income, and that this revenue may be used to finance schools, roads, or other community projects. Accordingly, at times we may invest in debt projects offered by tribal gambling businesses that appear socially beneficial. In the area of alcohol, we may also consider for investment companies, including restaurants and retailers, that derive only a small portion of their revenues from alcohol sales, as long as the company is otherwise attractive from both a financial and sustainability perspective.
- Tobacco: Restricted/Exclusionary Investment - Calvert generally avoids investing in companies in the alcohol, tobacco, and gambling industries due to their inherently harmful effects. Many of our portfolios entirely exclude companies that manufacture cigarettes, cigars, loose tobacco, and chewing tobacco, although we recognize the cultural and religious importance of tobacco to many Indigenous Peoples.
- Other/Qualitative: Shareholder resolutions Any shareholder with $2,000 of company stock, held for one year, can file a resolution calling on a company to take a particular action, such as changing a company policy or asking the company to report to its shareholders on a particular issue of concern. If not settled favorably and withdrawn beforehand, these resolutions may come to a vote in front of all shareholders at the company's annual meeting. Calvert routinely files or co-files up to three dozen resolutions each year with a wide range of companies on our priority objectives. Working in coalitions Calvert believes there is power in numbers; we often partner with other major investors and NGOs — representing a wide range of voices and interests — to advance common objectives. Calvert can be a co-filer of a shareholder resolution or participate in multi-stakeholder dialogue around industries or particular companies, conduct joint research, and play an active role in broad-based public policy platforms. Dialogue with company executives Before investing, Calvert regularly initiates conversations with company management as part of our sustainable research process and corporate engagement. Through periodic calls, letters, and in-person meetings, Calvert continues its dialogue with management of companies in which we invest. These interactions provide Calvert with a sharper sense of the company's commitment to, and performance on, ESG issues, enabling us to press for improvement in specific areas of concern. Multi-stakeholder dialogues Calvert works with other investors, corporations, and members of civil society to formulate standards and principles for new and challenging corporate responsibility issues. Such exercises present efficient and effective ways to raise standards across an entire industry.
- Shareholder Engagement - Shareholder Resolutions: Filed or co-filed with companies on environmental, social or governance issues
- Shareholder Engagement - Private Dialogue: Conducted with companies on environmental, social or governance issues
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- Agent - An agent is a component of the connectivity framework that monitors a data source for changes. If a change occurs (e.g. objects are created, deleted, or changed) it creates a record out of the object and sends it to SMILA.
- Annotation - Annotations are additional information on attributes or attachments. Annotations can have annotations themselves.
- Aperture - Aperture is a Java framework for extracting and querying full-text content and metadata from various information systems (e.g. file systems, web sites, mail boxes) and the file formats (e.g. documents, images) occurring in these systems.
- Attachment - Attachments are parts of records used to store large binary data such as document content.
- Attribute - Attributes are parts of records and contain simple data objects that are easily represented in XML, such as String, Integer, Float, and Date.
- Blackboard or blackboard service - The blackboard service manages SMILA records during processing in a SMILA component (connectivity, workflow processor). In addition it hides the handling of record persistence from these components. For a complete description see Usage of Blackboard Service.
- BPEL - BPEL is an XML-based language defining several constructs to write business processes. It defines a set of basic control structures like conditions or loops as well as elements to invoke web services and receive messages from services. It relies on WSDL to express web services interfaces. Message structures can be manipulated, assigning parts or the whole of them to variables that can in turn be used to send other messages.
- Crawler - A crawler is a component of the connectivity framework that actively crawls a data source, creates records out of the objects found in the data source and sends them to SMILA (e.g. FileSystemCrawler or WebCrawler).
- Delta indexing - Delta indexing is also known as incremental or generation based indexing.
- DFP - The Data Flow Process is a set of processing steps. These steps cover the following aspects and is described in the data flow process description:
- Storage descriptions
- Extraction of messages from the queue
- Process based information handling (e.g. splitting, routing, ...)
- Data annotation through BPEL
- DFPD - The Data Flow Process Description is a set of process related configuration files. Files in this set are optional. The following components are contained in the DFPD:
- Source/target references (e.g. queue)
- References to different storages or collections
- BPEL (change and delete process in several files organized in system/data processes)
- Eclipse - Eclipse is an open source community, whose projects are focused on building an open development platform comprised of extensible frameworks, tools and runtimes for building, deploying and managing software across the lifecycle.
- Equinox - Equinox is a base technology from Eclipse implementing the OSGi specification. Not only delivering a high performance class loading mechanism Equinox also provides an environment for managing component dependencies.
- ID - An ID identifies a record in SMILA and is part of a record. IDs are complex objects, aggregated of various keys (data source IDs, object IDs within the data source, element and/or fragment IDs).
- IRM - Abbreviation of Information Reference Model
- ODE - Apache ODE (Orchestration Director Engine) executes business processes following the BPEL/WS-BPEL standard. It talks to web services, sending and receiving messages, handling data manipulation and error recovery as described by your process definition. It supports both long and short living process executions to orchestrate all the services that are part of your application.
- OSGi - The OSGi specification is about managing a component based software system. It defines an in-VM Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) for networked systems. An OSGi Service Platform provides a standardized, component-oriented computing environment for cooperating networked services. This architecture significantly reduces the overall complexity of building, maintaining, and deploying applications.
- Pipelet - A pipelet is a reusable component (POJO) in a BPEL workflow used to process data contained in records. See Pipelets and ProcessingServices for details.
- Pipeline - A pipeline is the definition of a BPEL process (or workflow) that orchestrates pipelets, processing services, and other BPEL services (e.g. web services).
- Processing service - A processing service is a reusable component (OSGi service) in a BPEL workflow used to process data contained in records. See Pipelets and ProcessingServices for details.
- Record - A record is a sole element in SMILA that contains data to process (e.g. content and metadata of a document). Each record has an ID and it can contain attributes, attachments and annotations.
- SCA - Service Component Architecture is a set of specifications which describe a model for building applications and systems using a Service-Oriented Architecture. SCA extends and complements prior approaches to implementing services, and SCA builds on open standards such as Web services. The SCA programming model is highly extensible and is language-neutral. Go to SCA and Tuscany for discussing.
- SDO - Service Data Objects are designed to simplify and unify the way in which applications handle data. Using SDO, application programmers can uniformly access and manipulate data from heterogeneous data sources, including relational databases, XML data sources, Web services, and enterprise information systems. The SDO programming model is language neutral.
- SOA - Service Oriented Architecture is a computer systems architectural style for creating and using business processes, packaged as services, throughout their lifecycle. SOA also defines and provisions the IT infrastructure to allow different applications to exchange data and participate in business processes. These functions are loosely coupled with the operating systems and programming languages underlying the applications.
- Surrogate Process - A surrogate process is a process that embeds several components. Additionally this process adds further functionality to these components (e.g. runtime functionality, error prevention, transactions, manageability ...). In the SMILA application surrogate processes als add business processes and further features (e.g. callability from external processes or applications...).
- STP - SOA Tools Platform is an eclipse open source project that builds frameworks and exemplary extensible tools that enable the design, configuration, assembly, deployment, monitoring, and management of software designed around a Service Oriented Architecture (SOA). An interesting subproject is the SCA Composite Designer.
- Tuscany - Apache Tuscany is an implementation of the SCA specification 1.0. It is available for Java and C++. It also supports SDO specification 2.1 for both Java and C++. Go to SCA and Tuscany for discussing.
- Workflow - see pipeline
- WSDL - WSDL is an XML format for describing network services as a set of endpoints operating on messages containing either document-oriented or procedure-oriented information. The operations and messages are described abstractly, and then bound to a concrete network protocol and message format to define an endpoint. Related concrete endpoints are combined into abstract endpoints (services). WSDL is extensible to allow description of endpoints and their messages regardless of what message formats or network protocols are used to communicate.


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Today, the Peterson Laboratory Building on Panama Mall serves as an effective showcase of Stanford University's architectural history. The tall, stacked windows that span its textured stucco façade mark the campus's transition from Richardsonian Romanesque design to Beaux Arts formalism during the inter-war period.
Daylight cascades through the windows into an indoor courtyard, providing an open environment for the students of the building's two resident design programs to meet and collaborate. But four years ago, things were very different.
First built in 1889 by the university's original architects, Shepley, Rutan and Coolidge, modifications beginning in 1949 fundamentally altered the building's character. A one-story structure replaced the courtyard, entombing the sandstone and stucco, with a basic masonry façade in place of the windows. The internal layout would be further complicated by the addition of second and third floors in 1962.
On May 22, Palo Alto Stanford Heritage, or PAST, is awarding a Preservation Award to Cody Anderson Wasney Architects, the firm selected by Stanford in 2007 to recapture the building's more historically significant design -- namely, a layout consistent with that created in 1914, when John Bakewell Jr. and Arthur Brown Jr. would add the building's south wing. The pair are best known for designing many of the university's most distinctive structures between 1913 and 1941, including Hoover Tower, and were responsible for the Peterson building's characteristic U-shape and stacked window façade.
"We give these awards to projects that exemplify the saving, preservation and rehabilitation of older historic structures," said Scott Smithwick, an associate at the firm and the president of PAST. Removing the third floor, and restoring the open atrium, the firm relied on the original building plans and worked closely with Santa Clara County's historic preservation officer and the university's historical experts, he said.
PAST has been awarding such accolades since 1996 as part of its annual centennial home celebrations. At this year's event, owners of more than a dozen Palo Alto homes will be awarded centennial plaques to mark the 100 years since their construction, while three other projects will be honored with Preservation Awards, including the former AME Zion Church on Ramona Street. PAST members Brian and Carolyn George will also be presented with a lifetime achievement award to honor their longstanding commitment to historic preservation efforts in Palo Alto.
"In this day and age when so many people decide to tear down the old and build new structures, part of our mission is to encourage the preservation of older homes," Smithwick said.
Speaking at the event will be author Inge S. Horton, who last year published a book chronicling the careers of 50 female architects who were active in 1890-1951 in the San Francisco Bay Area.
"Julia Morgan is perhaps the most well known, but she had a group of close-knit friends who were also women involved in architecture," Smithwick said.
The lecture, entitled "Julia Morgan's Cohorts," will focus on these personalities. "This is a group of people that are often not paid much attention to. Hopefully, this will give them the recognition they deserve," he said.
One 19th-century woman who is perhaps more widely recognized is Juana Briones, whose landmark 1844 home in Palo Alto has been subject to much public debate in recent years. The building's current owners, who have held the property since 1997, are set to demolish the home after a lengthy legal battle that has spanned 12 years.
"The house is one of the oldest structures left in the entire state," Smithwick said.
In May last year, PAST successfully campaigned to have the house declared one of 2010's 11 most endangered historic places in the country by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. But after a series of court hearings, the house is now set for demolition.
The organization's commitment to preserving the historically significant components of buildings in the area has spurred the launch of its convention/easement program. PAST's first covenant was signed two years ago with the city for the protection of the children's library. Members now perform a yearly walk-through to inspect the maintenance of historic features of the building.
"More recently, the owners of a home that is currently for sale asked us to become holders of a covenant that protects the outside and historic character of the structure for the lifespan of the house," Smithwick said. The mechanism is one that has already been used to preserve buildings of historical significance across the country.
"This is a way for private owners who value the heritage and historical importance of their homes to protect them for as long as the house remains standing, and I hope that this is the first of many."
What: A celebration of National Historical Preservation Month by Palo Alto Stanford Heritage (PAST)
Where: Woman's Club of Palo Alto, 475 Homer Ave., Palo Alto
When: Sunday, May 22, from 1 to 3 p.m.
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Alfredo Álvarez Plágaro | Identical Paintings
February 24th – April 20th, 2016
The Madrid-based artist
Alfredo Álvarez Plágaro
(b. 1960 in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain) is now showing a new group of Identical Paintings, as he calls this work series. They consist of groups of up to one hundred identically sized paintings made with mixed media on canvas and wood, each group executed in a simultaneous artistic process. Instead of finishing one picture and then copying it, Plágaro works in parallel on the entire series. Installed together, the pictures create an overall dense and shimmering pattern or in some cases allow for remote associations with certain motifs.
On closer scrutiny, the paintings betray not only small differences but also finely painted details. Plágaro draws on various substances for his mixed media technique, resulting in fascinating phenomena playing across the surfaces of the pictures. The paint looks porous in some places and elsewhere oscillates between transparent or opaque. This in turns lead to variations in how the paint layers absorb the light, which is at times reflected back and in other passages penetrates the surface to make the colors glow from within.
The possibilities for the installation of the individual modules are exceptionally flexible and diverse: they can all be rotated in a different direction – but always all in the same one – or arranged in different configurations, so that they strike up exciting dialogues with the exhibition space. When viewing the pictures, the knowledge of their open-ended arrangement inspires playful contemplation: What images would arise if the paintings were arranged in a row, in a long frieze or in a block?
Alfredo Álvarez Plágaro executed his first Identical Paintings in the late 1980s. Since then, he has continued to develop this body of work while remaining true to his basic principle. New trends are thus evident in the current exhibition, which the artist himself describes as follows:
The colors have exploded! They are now much stronger, livelier, almost flashy, and there are numerous compositions with complementary colors.
On a technical level, the following has changed:
In the new works, I have applied the paint directly onto the unprimed canvas, using many different techniques, with layers of acrylic, oil and latex paint as well as polyester resin. The new works therefore have varying textures and surfaces. It is also important that accident plays a bigger role in the more recent works. This makes repetition that much harder.


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Academy Complex
Since May 1970, the NYSP has maintained its own training facility. A complex of three buildings, known collectively as "the Academy," are situated on the 400-acre State Office Campus in Albany, New York. From this location, the Academy serves the entire Northeastern United States as a training and conference center for the law enforcement community.
The complex, which consists of a one-story main building with classrooms and administrative offices, and two three-story dormitories, contributes to the education and preparation of young men and women for a career in law enforcement.
The central core of the main building houses:
- A 285-seat auditorium equipped with upholstered seats with attached writing boards that can be positioned by the student for taking notes. It is used for general assemblies and as the principal lecture hall.
- Four 44-seat audiovisual instruction rooms which facilitate small, interactive classes. The rooms can be expanded, by mechanically activated partitions, to create two large 88-seat rooms.
- Several conventional-type classrooms.
- A library which is used as a resource center for research projects and curriculum development.
The building's west wing has a 10,000-square foot gymnasium, two locker rooms with showers, a weight training room and a computer training room.
The Academy's cafeteria-style dining room can accommodate more than 200 people. In addition to feeding recruits and employees, the cafeteria staff often serve seminar and training participants from other agencies.
The Video Production Unit, housed in the main building, is a state-of-the-art multimedia support unit responsible for producing training and instructional video programs, documenting major crime scenes, analyzing and examining videotape evidence and providing audio-visual assistance for classrooms, seminars and teleconferences.
In the basement of the main building is the NYSP's indoor firearms range. This 10-position firing range is equipped with an electrically-controlled target retrieval system. A rheostat permits variations in lighting to simulate any light condition a trooper might encounter, from bright sunlight to total darkness.


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At Final Count 83% Support Sheen on 9/11
Infowars.com | March 26, 2006
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In a sample of over 50, 000 unique votes, CNN.com calculated that 83% of those voting support Charlie Sheen and his concerns about 9/11 (44, 519 votes). Only 17% do not support Sheen's views (8,907). This count has been verified with CNN.
This is an amazing result that will hopefully encourage other national television outlets to shed light on the cover-up surrounding 9/11.
(cnn poll results on 3/24/06)
No Longer The Minority: 82% Plus Support Charlie Sheen
Over four-fifths back his public stance on 9/11
Paul Joseph Watson & Alex Jones/Prison Planet.com | March 24 2006
Despite the best efforts of the now whimpering attack poodles of the mainstream media, an online CNN poll shows that over four-fifths, or 82 per cent, agree with actor Charlie Sheen that the U.S. government covered up the real events of the 9/11 attacks.
Every establishment media mouthpiece aside from CNN tried to hang Sheen on his own words but it simply didn't work because those same questions are firing the synapses in the heads of millions upon millions of other taxpaying American citizens.
We are now in the majority and the cynics are beginning to feel the breeze of fear as they desperately cling to ignorant dogmas spoon fed to them by an empire in descent, while in the back of their mind and in their soul knowing that they have sided with the wrong team and the wrong side of history.
As of Friday morning you can still vote in the poll and I encourage you to do so by clicking here. A.J. Hammer and CNN Showbiz Tonight need to be given their due as the only mainstream television news show to give balanced coverage of serious 9/11 questions.
This is a watershed moment in the struggle to create a powerful, educated and active contingent of individuals with no hierarchical structure but with a unified cause.
Charlie Sheen is the forerunner of the third wave of 9/11 skeptics to go public.
The first wave was concerned and informed American and worldwide citizens who educated themselves and formed action groups and organizations to inform others.
The second wave was former government officials and people of high office risking their political reputation to voice their doubts on 9/11, people like Paul Craig Roberts, Professor Steven Jones, Michael Meacher and Andreas von Buelow.
The third wave is high profile individuals who already have a substantial media platform from which to speak the truth, Hollywood stars and cultural icons. Charlie Sheen must be commended for risking his entire career for the sake of the truth and the future of America.
The fourth and final wave will be people who were in government at the time of 9/11 or those employed by the Bush administration at the time of 9/11, such as secret service officials and others close to the administration, going public with what they know. By this I don't mean watered down shills like Richard Clarke but individuals with hardcore information that could be the catalyst for impeachment.
At that point the call for a new independent investigation of 9/11 will be deafening and impossible to ignore any further.
Our efforts in stalling these control freaks is really beginning to pay dividends. Our patience for freedom will outlast their lust for power and the human spirit will triumph over evil.
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fruits & vegetables in juicer
whats the healthy fruits & vegetables to blend in a juicer, for kids and adults.
whats the healthy fruits & vegetables to blend in a juicer, for kids and adults.
A fruit and veggie smoothie that we enjoy is aprox. 4-5 leaves of kale, stems removed, with 2-3 pears, some mint, and about 3/4 to 1 cup of water.
I blend mine in a vitamix. If you don't have a vitamix, reduce the amount of the ingredients to fit a regular blender.
I love to juice just straight carrots or a carrot/apple combo. I also like to juice cucumbers with beets (although the beets can stain pretty easily if kids spill it). I also like to juice yam with pears or yam with cantalope. Even though some say not to mix fruit and vegetables I find I can juice broccoli, cauliflower, carrots and throw in an apple and that it tastes really good! (And never upsets my stomach.)
Just want to say YAHOO to Claudia and Celeste!! These are terrific suggestions. I hope that many parents will try these out. Also, a VitaMix is an investment worth making. I taught elementary school for 15 years and I truly believe that being more mindful of what our children are eating can make a world of difference in test scores and more importantly, life. If we begin to pay more attention to our lifestyle habits then no children will be left behind!
Try a Cherry Smoothie- 1 oz tart Montmorency Cherry Concentrate, 8 oz water, 1 banana, 1 cup frozen peaches, 1/2 cup frozen Raspberries. Place in blender, add ice & blend.
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Turkish Soccer Fans Respond to Flare Ban with a Giant Trollface and, Of Course, Flares
There is no more united group in the world than sports fans, at least when they're angry. Tell them that they can't do something or shouldn't say something and prepare to feel the wrath of their misplaced passion.
And no group sticks to this rule more than European soccer fans. Soccer is a baffling obsession to its fans, and their rivalries can top those of most world wars. Officials in Turkey found themselves learning that the hard way when they instituted a ban on flares.
The hometown fans were forbidden from lighting flares during last Sunday's match between Eskişehirspor and Bursaspor. Rather than just light a couple of flares to thumb their noses at the rule, they took it to a whole new level: they unfurled a giant "trollface" banner and lit a whole mess of flares on either side of it.
Another YouTuber in the crowd caught some footage from underneath the giant flaming trollface. It's so joyous to see fans fighting for the sport they love, it almost makes us want to voluntarily attend a live soccer game just so we could participate. If we didn't have to drive.
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Exchange Club Banquet to Honor Missoula Law Enforcement [AUDIO]
On Wednesday night the Missoula Exchange Club will present their 40th annual Law Enforcement Banquet at the Double Tree Hotel.
Missoula County Sheriff's Department spokesman Jason Johnson says the event is especially to honor representatives from the Missoula Pollice Department, The Missoula County Sheriff's Department, Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks, the Montana Highway Patrol and the University of Montana Office of Public Safety.
This semi-formal dinner and banquet will be at 7 p.m., and tickets are still available by contacting 240-0277.


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Just when you thought the 2013 federal tax-filing season couldn't get any weirder, it has.
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Late last week, a federal judge ruled that the Internal Revenue Service doesn't have the authority to regulate tax preparers. As part of his decision, Judge James Boasberg of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia also issued an injunction against the IRS preventing it from implementing its tax preparer registration and competency testing system that the agency has been phasing in since 2011.
Now the IRS is fighting back.
The Department of Justice has filed a motion with Boasberg asking that he suspend his injunction while the tax agency appeals it.
Federal lawyers argue that the IRS has a "reasonable likelihood" of winning its appeal and that the public will suffer "irreparable harm" if his injunction isn't suspended. With tax-filing season set to finally begin Jan. 30, Uncle Sam's attorneys say the injunction will cause a "substantial disruption to tax administration" and "massive confusion" for both tax preparers and the public.
So what does all this legal wrangling mean to us taxpayers who just want to get our returns to the IRS so we can get our refunds? In most cases, despite the arguments in the IRS court filing, not that much.
The only problem that some taxpayers might encounter is if their paid tax preparer didn't obtain or renew his or her Preparer Tax Identification Numbers, or PTIN.
Although the IRS has halted PTIN issuance in the wake of the Boasberg ruling, another federal court earlier held that the PTIN and its associated fee are legal. Based on that decision from the Eleventh Circuit, the IRS set up its tax return filing system to require a PTIN from paid preparers.
Without the ID number, a tax preparer cannot file returns for clients.
Most paid tax preparers got or renewed their PTINs before the end of 2012, says Cindy Hockenberry, a manager with the National Association of Tax Professionals. But those who procrastinated are out of luck right now, as are their clients.
And, says Hockenberry, given that there will be a rush of filers when the delayed tax season opens in less than a week, some tax preparers may have just hired additional staffers who need, but now can't get, their PTINs to do their jobs. "It's certainly not their fault that they can't get their PTINs. There was no way to see this coming," she says.
The IRS has promised to issue additional PTIN guidance "in the near future." Your guess is as good as mine as to what time frame is considered near future.
If the IRS can't convince Boasberg to suspend his injunction for as long as it takes his legal peers to review it, the agency asked Boasberg to suspend it for at least 14 days so that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia can take a look at the matter.
Hockenberry suggests another option for the Internal Revenue Service.
"I'm surprised the IRS didn't have a member of Congress include a provision in the debt ceiling bill giving them authority to regulate prepares," she said.
Hmmm. Are you listening IRS? The Senate doesn't vote on the debt ceiling bill until next week. You might want to send some of your legislative folks to Capitol Hill ASAP.
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Truvada (Tenofovir + Emtricitabine)
August 10, 2014
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What Is Truvada?
Truvada is a pill that contains two drugs used to fight HIV: tenofovir (Viread) and emtricitabine (Emtriva). Truvada is manufactured by Gilead Sciences. Generic versions have been approved under PEPFAR (see Fact Sheet 475).
The drugs in Truvada are called nucleoside analog reverse transcriptase inhibitors, or nukes. These drugs block the reverse transcriptase enzyme. This enzyme changes HIV's genetic material (RNA) into the DNA. This occurs before HIV's genetic code gets inserted into an infected cell's chromosome.
Who Should Take Truvada?
Truvada was approved in 2004 for treatment of people with HIV infection. It has not been carefully studied in children or older people.
Truvada is also approved for daily use by adults confirmed to be HIV negative, don't have symptoms of recent HIV infection and at high risk of becoming infected. PrEP should be used in combination with safer sex practices. This use is called pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP, see Fact Sheet 160).
While antiretroviral therapy is recommended for all persons living with HIV in the US, Canada and Brazil, there are no absolute rules about when to start antiretroviral therapy (ART). You and your health care provider should consider your CD4 cell count, your viral load, any symptoms you are having, and your attitude about taking ART. Fact Sheet 404 has more information about guidelines for the use of ART.
If you take Truvada with other antiretroviral drugs, you can reduce your viral load to undetectable levels, and increase your CD4 cell counts. This should mean staying healthier longer.
Truvada is not approved for treating people who have hepatitis B infection (HBV).
Some people with HBV get worse after they stopped taking Truvada. Get tested for hepatitis B before you start taking Truvada to treat HIV.
Truvada provides two drugs in one pill. It can be more convenient to use Truvada than some other combinations of drugs. This could mean fewer missed doses and better control of HIV.
What About Drug Resistance?
Many new copies of HIV are mutations. They are slightly different from the original virus. Some mutations can keep multiplying even when you are taking an ARV. When this happens, the drug will stop working. This is called "developing resistance" to the drug. See Fact Sheet 126 for more information on resistance.
Sometimes, if your virus develops resistance to one drug, it will also have resistance to other ARVs. This is called "cross-resistance."
Resistance can develop quickly. It is very important to take ARVs according to instructions, on schedule, and not to skip or reduce doses.
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U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson headed to Ukraine
U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson is headed to Ukraine to get a look at the situation there and said Monday that he supports the United States providing military aid, differing from President Barack Obama.
"I support giving arms to the government of Ukraine in order to help them protect themselves from the big Russian bear," the Florida Democrat told reporters Monday.
Nelson, a member of the Armed Services Committee, begins the trip later this week and will stop first in Istanbul, Turkey, for a policy conference, organized by the Aspen Institute Congressional Program, that will include a briefing on the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria. ISIS is the Islamic jihadist group that is being targeted by U.S. airstrikes in Iraq.
"We're going to be in this for months and months," Nelson said of the air campaign, echoing Obama. Asked if he is worried about the United States being drawn into a prolonged conflict, Nelson said ISIS must be contained.
"Of course, I'm worried. But I'm also worried about the very real possibility that if you don't stop ISIS, ISIS is going to take over that entire part of the world. ... You're going to have a major new player in the world that is bent on the destruction of anyone who dares look different, talks different, acts different and thinks different. ... The world doesn't need that kind of threat to its existence."
From Turkey, Nelson will go to Ukraine, where he will meet with President Petro Poroshenko, diplomats and other officials. He will also travel to Lithuania. "Those people are scared to death," of Russia, Nelson said.
Nelson's trip will last just under two weeks. Congress is on recess this month. Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, a Republican, has also argued for providing military assistance to Ukraine. Rubio, since June, had called on Obama to use airstrikes against ISIS.
Nelson said the United States has an interest in preventing Russia from advancing and breaking international law "by invading the sovereign territory of another country. Because if you start with one, Ukraine, then they'd go on to Georgia. They'd go on to the Baltic states …"


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From TAR 19:- Bill & Cathi is-a-must.- Jeremy & Sandy.- Amani & Marcus or Andy & Tommy.From TAR 20:- Bopper & Mark is a lock, I think.- Brenchel, just for pure entertainment. If they clash with NaNa, it will be awesome <3- Nary & JamieFrom TAR 21:- NaNa is a lock <3- Jaymes & James - Trey & Lexi will be interesting since they've married. - Abbie & Ryan is-a-must. - Amy & Daniel or James & AbbaFrom TAR 22:- Maxie- Pwinnie <3- Chuck & Wynona- I think Joey & Meghan will be brought back. More Meghan <3- Dave & Connor is a lock.
This is what happens when TAR doesn't air reruns on GSN anymore.
Quote from: RachelLeVega on June 21, 2013, 07:41:42 AMThis is what happens when TAR doesn't air reruns on GSN anymore.I believe it was relegated to a time slot past midnight (ET). I don't know if that was a factor in removing it.
I'd highly doubt it.
Quote from: αirlinesguy on August 07, 2013, 05:47:06 AMI'd highly doubt it.
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PFIND(9) BSD Kernel Manual PFIND(9)
pfind, pgfind - find process / process group by number
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The pfind() and pgfind() functions retrieve process and progress group structures from process and process group IDs. Both functions return NULL if the requested ID can't be found.
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General Comments: Futures were a little higher in consolidation trading. Traders expected bullish export sales data from USDA today. China is buying a lot of Cotton from its producers at high prices, and this leaves industry there to import. Most of those imports come from the US. Some traders think that US planted area will increase from the estimates released last week due to more favorable Cotton futures prices and sinking Corn and Soybeans futures prices. Corn and Soybeans futures could show some stability for the short term after the dramatic price action over the last week. Weather will also be watched as more wet weather in the Delta and Southeast could create less interest in Corn and more in Cotton to avoid having Corn pollinate in the hottest time of the year. Demand ideas remain strong overall based on the strong export paces seen in the USDA reports in recent weeks and on reports of tight domestic and world cash markets. Demand is still said to be strong, and sales for exports have held up well given the price strength in recent weeks.
Overnight News: The Delta and Southeast will see mostly dry weather except for rain over the next couple of days. Temperatures will average below normal this week and near to above normal this weekend. Texas will get dry weather except for a few showers in northern areas this weekend. Temperatures will average near to above normal by Friday and above normal this weekend. The USDA spot price is now 84.34 ct/lb. ICE said that certified Cotton stocks are now 0.421 million bales, from 0.422 million yesterday. Informa estimated US Cotton planted area at 10.367 million acres. USDA said that net Upland Cotton export sales were 148,300 bales this year and 59,300 bales next year. Net Pima sales were 19,800 bales this year and 4,900 bales next year.
Chart Trends: Trends in Cotton are mixed. Support is at 88.60, 87.10, and 86.20 May, with resistance of 89.80, 90.25, and 90.45 May.
Source: futuresmag.com


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Annual to bamboo-like; roots generally fibrous
Stem generally round, hollow; nodes swollen, solid
Leaves alternate, 2-ranked, generally linear; sheath generally open; ligule membranous or hairy, at blade base
Inflorescence various (of generally many spikelets)
Spikelet: glumes generally 2; florets (lemma, palea, flower) 1many; lemma generally membranous, sometimes glume-like; palea generally ± transparent, ± enclosed by lemma
Flower generally bisexual, minute; stamens generally 3; stigmas generally 2, generally plumose
Fruit: achene-like grain
Genera in family: 650900 genera; ± 10,000 species: worldwide; greatest economic importance of any family (wheat, rice, maize, millet, sorghum, sugar cane, forage crops, ornamental, weeds; thatching, weaving, building materials)
Reference: [Hitchcock 1951 Manual grasses US, USDA Misc Publ 200; Clayton & Renvoise 1986 Kew Bull Add Series 13]
See Glossary p. 26 for illustrations of general family characteristics. Generally wind-pollinated.
Stems < 8 dm, solitary or loosely clumped, ascending to erect, unbranched
Leaves generally cauline; sheath < internode; ligule < 1 mm, membranous, minutely fringed; blade < 15 cm, 0.52.5 mm wide, flat or rolled when dry; basal lobes 0
Inflorescence panicle-like, narrow, dense or open
Spikelet: glumes unequal, lanceolate, lower sometimes minute, upper 3-veined; axis breaking above glumes and between florets; florets 210, generally cleistogamous; lemma back round, 35-veined, awn < 22 mm, straight; palea ± = lemma, tip forked; stamen generally 1, < 1 mm; ovary tip glabrous
Fruit 36.5 mm, ± linear, ± sticking to palea
Etymology: (J.S. Vulpius, pharmacist-botanist of Baden, Germany)
Reference: [Lonard & Gould 1974 Madroño 22:217230]
Horticultural information: STBL.
Stem < 7.5 dm, glabrous or scabrous only near inflorescence
Inflorescence 425 cm, < 2 cm wide, ± dense; base often enclosed in sheath at maturity; branches 13 per node; spikelet stalk < 1 mm, slender
Spikelet 511.5 mm; lower glume generally < 1.5 mm, upper ± 2.55.5 mm; florets 36; lemma 4.56.5, awn 515 mm
Fruit 3.54.5 mm
Chromosomes: 2n=42
Ecology: Common. Generally open places, sandy soils
Elevation: < 2000 m.
Bioregional distribution: California Floristic Province, Desert
Distribution outside California: worldwide; probably native to Europe


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But my beloved red glittery eyes demand a pigmented red eyeshadow and good quality and inexpnsive eye shadows are VERY hard to find in the high street.
When I finished the teeny tiny little red eyeshadow part of famous 'ebay' 88 matte eyeshadow palette (the only shadow I used out of that palette, I had never liked that palette at all actually) I realised how difficult it was to find an inexpensive and good quality red eyeshadow on the high street. Matte shadows in general are harder to find, but blooming heck finding a matte red one really felt like mission impossible.
No point going to Boots or Superdrug, you'd be wasting your time. If you don't want to go through the expensive Mac route, Illamasqua does a gorgeous one (@LizzumsBB aka benebelle has some gorgeous swatches for you) but I'd rather not spend £16 in a eyeshadow if I could and would rather pay £1 more and purchase a pair of stunning lashes. Topshop does a lovely red shadow but 1) it's more a raspberry pink shade of red and 2) topshop annoys me, being so pretentious only selling their makeup in the poshest and biggest shops in England. Sleek finally released a red eyeshadow in one of their eyeshadow palettes but the palette was only a limited edition item, in honour of the Olympics and you still had to fork out £7.99 for it.
Ebay once again came to my rescue and you have no idea how excited I was to find a super pigmented red eyeshadow for just £1.76. Now for the confusing part. The shadow is made from the lovely folks at Stargazer. They have, I believe, 2 red eyeshadows. One is disappointing, and is called the 'fluorescent' one. Don't get that one, because it's dry and not that pigmented. You want to get the other one, also called the red velvet one by some sellers. I always wear a primer and a white base to maximise the duration and pigmentation of my eyeshadows but I took some photos for you, without any primer or anything to show you how pigmented this little bad boy is. POW!
I hope you will excuse the abysmally bad outdoor lighting. That's England for you!
This shadow is everything you want from a eyeshadow: very good pigmentation, soft but not too much fall out, very easy to blend and is £1.76. Why get anything else?
I told you people liked it
It's Sunday and that means it's Blogging Date with Sirvinya. If you have a few minutes to spare, please do check Sirvinya's beauty blog. Thank you for reading xx
What: Stargazer Red (velvet) eyeshadow
How much: £1.76 (+£1.44 postage)
Where: Ebay. Seller is called Supply me Beauty.
Link to product here.


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We, the Anishinabeg, the people of Odaawaa-Zaaga'iganiing, the Lac Courte Oreilles Tribe, will sustain our heritage, preserving our past, strengthening our present, and embracing our future. We will defend our inherent sovereign rights and safeguard Mother Earth. We will provide for the educational, health, social welfare, and economic stability of the present and future generations.
Read the monthly Lac Courte Oreilles Tribal Newspaper online covering news, events, photo ops and government news from LCO.
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Founder and senior pastor of Omega Fire Ministries Worldwide, Apostle Johnson Suleiman has revealed 2013 prophecies and he claims they are not prophecies given out of personal interest or animosity but are direct from the Holy spirit.
If prayers are made negative prophecies can be averted.
1. House of Representative to lose some members to death, prayers needed.
2. Alhaji Bamanga Tukur will be the last united PDP Chairman, as there will be great in-fighting in PDP.
3. There will be major boom and breakthrough in the agriculture this year.
4. CNN will lose major staff.
5. Nollywood will keep losing people unless prayers are made and repentance; Many have gone fetish and there is high rate of immorality. I see three major stars dying this year unless prayers are made.
6. Many barren women will become joyful mothers.
7. Emir of Kano Alhaji (Dr) Ado Bayero to pray against attempt on his life. He will lose some men.
8. Rapist will be on the prowl. Raping women little children and even pregnant women. watch where your kids go..
9. A sec deadlier than Boko -Haram is being trained and prepared.
10. South Africa to mourn a hero. They should pray for former South African president Dr Nelson Mandela and Arc-Bishop Desmond Tutu.
11. I see a Governor dying.
12. This year, the looting of National treasury will be on a massive scale.
13. President Goodluck Jonathan's own men from his place will fight him.
14. Igbos should forget about presidency.
15. In 2015, an opposition will lose, PDPD will fail.
16. I see the crisis in PDP widening more and more.
17. A yoruba movie actor to die surprisingly.
18. A year judgment for politicians and wicked leaders.
19. There will be scarcity of money in 2013, but food will be in abundance.
20. Chief of Defence Staff to be retired.
21. There is vacancy in Aso Rock.
22. Prayers to be made because I see the National flag flying half mask.
23. I see NUJ lose notable member through accident.
24. President Goodluck will lose someone precious to him either this year or next.
25. Auchi my hometown to pray against serious flood disaster.
26. A member of the United State of America's senate house will die.
27. President Barrack Obama's life will be attempted.
28. Alhaji Aliko Dangote will have issues.
29. Central Bank of Nigeria's governor will be made an Emir, but he needs prayers.
30. MTN needs prayers.
31. Massive retrenchment in Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN), but prayersneeded to avert it.
32. I see something happening in a foreign country ( natural disaster) and people could not fly in or out of that nation for days.
33. Nigerian Music entertainer Tuface Idibia will face blackmail and scandal.
34. Hon. Aminu Tambuwal ( Speaker) should not contest for presidency. If he goes for governorship, he will win.
35. Dame patience Jonathan will have health issues unless prayers are made.
36. Kidnapping will start in South Africa.
37. HID Awolowo, it is well.
38. The governor of Ondo to pray against poison.
39. President Robert Mugabe, I see death around him, he needs prayers.
40. Abuja the Federal Capital City will experience high scale attacks this year.
41. I see Traditional Rulers die.
42. Omega Fire Ministries (OFM) will witness worldwide recognition that will shock everyone.
43. Lots of Nigerians will be repatriated from African nations.
44. Oil will be found in a state
45. I see a new president.


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The agent of Arsenal and Liverpool striker target Mauro Zarate has claimed that the player is set to stay at Lazio.
Zarate has been linked with a move away from Serie 'A' in recent weeks, with the Reds and Gunners two clubs reported to be keen on the 25-year-old Argentine.
However, representative Luis Ruzzi insists his client is unlikely to move away from the Eternal City in the New Year, with a €10 million asking price likely to be the major stumbling block for any interested party.
"Mauro is not going to leave Italy, he will stay at Lazio," said Ruzzi, according to Sky Sports.
"Lazio want nearly €10 million for the transfer of Mauro, who is in contract until 2014, and it's not easy to find who wants to buy."
Liverpool have been linked with a number of strikers in recent weeks, with Brendan Rodgers tipped to make an addition in the position in January.
Demba Ba and Daniel Sturridge have both been placed on the Anfield radar, with Uruguayan international Luis Suarez currently carrying the burden alone on Merseyside.
Injury to Fabio Borini and the loan exit of Andy Carroll have left Liverpool stretched in the position, but that could change in the New Year.
Arsenal have also been linked with a move for strikers in the transfer window, with Dutch international Klaas-Jan Huntelaar on the radar.
Olivier Giroud was signed in the summer transfer window as Robin Van Persie moved away from the Emirates Stadium, but options outside the Frenchman are few and far between for the Gunners.
And, with Arsenal languishing in mid-table in the Premier League table, it would be no surprise to see a striker addition in north London.
However, a move for Zarate now looks highly unlikely.


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|Untitled, Woman on Couch, 1933
|Portrait of Unidentified Woman, 1937
|Portrait of the Racing Driver Jill Thomas, 1938
|Mrs. Charles Sweeny (Margaret, Duchess of Argyll) as Helen of Troy, 1935
|Untitled, Woman on Couch, 1933
|Portrait of Unidentified Woman, 1937
|Portrait of the Racing Driver Jill Thomas, 1938
|Mrs. Charles Sweeny (Margaret, Duchess of Argyll) as Helen of Troy, 1935
Wow. I'm lost for words. These pictures are incredible.
Ooh yes, please write an article about it and share it with us!
the infamous duchess
WOW. That first one especially!
Beautiful images and great to see a female photographer. Thanks for the comment on my dress for my cousins wedding. I didnt want to upstage her so I went with my mint dress which turned out great!
Dear Baronessa send me an email with your adress. I have a wee present(nothing fancy) for you. Kindly D
Ohmygosh, these are so beautiful. I am with Avalon76. I am in love with the first one, and also the Jill Thomas portrait.
I love these pictures! I was a big fan of Julia Margaret Cameron too back in my Art History days. Hadn't heard of Madame Yevonde so thanks for posting these.
Wow those pictures are beautiful, I could stare at them all day.
I am in love with the first photo!
Ohhh, my. These are AMAZING. Thanks so much for sharing. This is what I wanted my photos to look like. The colour!! Sigh.
-Andi x
This is so weird. I read this post last night, then today I was doing my volunteering at the Imperial War Museum and the person who owns the whole of Madame Yevonde's collection phoned and asked if the Museum would like part of the collection! I hadn't even heard of her until I read this yesterday. Bizarre. I thought of you straight away naturally.xox
Yesterday Girl: WOW. What a serendipitous turn of events, indeed!
I really want to learn more about the Madame now. I also want to see more of her work! Glad you enjoyed these too, everyone!
Lolita: the first is my favourite too!
Andi: that's cool! I WISH I had studied more art history back in uni! Madame Yevonde DEFINITELY should be added to the curricula!


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Blue Danube: Family Riverboat Adventure - Westbound on ms Treasures on MS TREASURES
Selected as one of the "10 Best River Cruises" by Fodor's Travel! And a two-time winner of "Top River Cruise Line" for families, as voted by the readers of Travel + Leisure! There is no better way to experience the heart of Europe with your family than on a leisurely Tauck Bridges Danube river cruise aboard ms Esprit, ms Joy or ms Savor. Unpack only once as you travel from Budapest, Hungary, to Slovakia, Austria ...
One of five 361-foot (110-meter) riverboats in Tauck's Destination Fleet, ms Treasures accommodates no more than 118 guests, while similar-sized riverboats average about 160. Guest amenities inside her 14 lush 300-square-foot suites include brocade upholstery, roomy walk-in closets with built-in drawers, spacious marble baths with full-size tubs, and two French balconies with floor-to-ceiling windows that open to idyllic riverscapes. She also sports seven 183-square-foot cabins, similarly furnished. Standard cabins (150 square feet) are cozy and comfortable and are similar in décor and style to our larger suites. 85% have floor-to-ceiling windows with real French balconies that open on to a balcony in the fresh air; all have in-room movies, minibar, adjustable heating and cooling, private bathroom and shower with pampering toiletries.
Indescribable Comfort
We couldn't find just the right words to describe the sumptuous new bedding and amenities we custom ordered for your in-cabin cruising comfort... 400-thread-count satin bed linens made from the finest combed cotton... puffy white duvets and pillows of very fine mako cotton, with a hypoallergenic 90% down filling... 100% cotton blankets, temperature balancing and so soft to the skin... and thick pillow-top mattresses that lull you to sleep... along with the Essentials Line of Molton Brown bath products, exclusive to Tauck... absorbent terry cloth robes and fluffy towels... hair dryers... but we do know they are key for waking up refreshed and relaxed for your traveling pleasure.
Amenities aboard ms Treasures
- Open seating in dining room; flexible dining times; vegetarian meals always available
- Alternate dining venue for classic favorites at lunch and dinner and lighter breakfasts in the morning
- Al fresco dining on Sun Deck, weather permitting
- American breakfast room service available in Category 7 suites
- Complimentary snacks served 10:00 AM – midnight
- Unlimited complimentary beverages aboard ship include regional wine, beer and premium spirits in addition to specialty coffee, water and soft drinks
- Onboard entertainment includes enrichment lectures, piano music nightly, in-room movies, culinary demos, local entertainment and "themed" fun
- Two 110-volt and two 220-volt outlets included in every cabin for small electronics; minibar stocked with complimentary water and soft drinks
- Complimentary Internet & Email available
- Fitness center; massages available; putting green on Sun Deck; jacuzzi on Sun Deck – available 24 hours
- Bicycles available aboard for use ashore
- Laundry service available
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