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About zenith
... by simply banning Free customers to Google services.
Obviously they need to inform Free customers why, and get the customer to act to inform Free they aren't happy...
What is wrong with you people? Can't you see this was a difficult decision. He even says; "Making the decision ... was extremely difficult."
See?! Not just difficult, but *extremely* difficult. All that money his company saves for simply ignoring the contracts with their long standing customers... sure, that is a abhorrent behaviour generally, but not if its difficult decision or even extremely difficult decision.
I mean, put yourself in his shoes for a minute. Can you image having to receive questions and comments? Do you know how difficult it is to listen? He's promised to make sure that he isn't even going to cease responding...
What more do you want from him? Blood?
Worth pointing out - the BBC has always done it's best (i.e. more than anyone else on the planet) in preserving it's massive archive.
In a project costing millions, they are currently digitising the BBC archive, with a view to making it available and free.
Gawd bless Aunty Beeb!
Here is that Steve Albini rant - don't be scared by swear words...;
"Some of your friends are probably already this f****d."
"That's a joke list that someone put together for fun, right?"
Yes, it is... :)
Mrs Streisand, meet Glyn Moody!
It also begs the question for identical twins... if your identical twin is a criminal, and they store your twins DNA sequence, they are also storing yours...
"As a programmer, I had to cringe at your use of the word "Incompetence"."
As a programmer, I disagree. This is out and out bad design.
Comments should be linked to a unique internal ID for a page/report/story, regardless of the URL - the URL is an end user concern, not a programmatical identifier. When the URL changes for a page/report/story, the comments, linked via a unique, internal ID, move with the page.
To use a URL in system as a unique ID for a page/report/story, when URLs are a flexible/changable system, is pure bad design.
Sorry about all the slashes/lines/clarifications... ;)
I have this in a system I use (but didn't design). Instead of incremental arbitrary database ID's, some nugget decided to use the concept of "page ID's" - page ID's are strings, and are effectively names and identifiers for the users. Everything is linked to each other via page ID's. When page ID's change - EVERYTHING that links to it has to be updated. It's very, very naive database design.
I think McDonald have the right idea.
The Streisand Effect shows that denying and restricting (any possibly denying) information has a negative affect.
In this case, the Lady McDonald could easily be seen to protest too much.
To simply laugh it off - and indeed, give the joke the due it's worth, as it was originally a joke - is obviously the best cause of action.
Digital Rights Management... er...
Captacha is not;
Digitial - it uses analog eyeballs as the determinating factor, and the analog human fingers as a converter to digital (via keyboard).
Rights - being identified as human via capcha does not award a "right", in the sense that a Gorilla that passes as capcha doesn't award them the "rights" of being identified as a "human".
Management - not managed in any sense, but totally on-the-fly.
Once again, Dan Bull proves he is a genius!
Utterly superb.
Consider it viralled... :)
To be fair tho - because the "Lords" are now awarded as honoury positions, and since they are non-electable and therefore, not desirable as position of ambitious power driven politicians, the Lords actually represents more balanced and sensible view points than the Common's, but they aren't controlled by party political agenda.
"Does the house of lords even wield any power anymore? No wonder "Great" Britain isn't so great anymore."
Er... do you have any clue what you are talking about...
Worth pointing out - my Chiropractor in the UK is an absolute genius and has sorted me out on so many occasions when GPs (normal doctors) had no clue or care to fix my issues.
I think everybody in Europe, has for generations, fought long and hard for freedoms of speech, without the presence of an "official regulator". Maybe, when that desire is ubiquitous in the psyche of a culture, it's not as necessary to have it regulated as it is for the Americans...
Sleeping's cheating!
I wasn't aware this was a "news" site, but a comment site.
Anti-Mike understands the term "artificial scarcity". That's because Anti-Mike is being deliberately stupid, so he can laugh at the efforts you go into debunking his stupidity. It's called Trolling. Learn not to feed them.
NewsNow is a fantastic site - as follower of sport, it's superb for tracking the news stories of my favourite team.
I'm glad that they've not bowed to pressure.
"If it ain't making money, it ain't a business"
Alternatively, how about the saying I've just made up;
"if it's worth something, it's made money"


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Nektar and Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center Announce Initiation of Investigator-Sponsored Trial Evaluating Etirinotecan Pegol (NKTR-102) as a Second-Line Treatment in Patients with Relapsed or Refractory Small Cell Lung Cancer (SCLC)
SAN FRANCISCO, CA, and BUFFALO, NY – Nektar Therapeutics (NASDAQ:NKTR) and Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center announced today that the first patients have been dosed in a phase II investigator-sponsored study of etirinotecan pegol in patients with relapsed or refractory Small-Cell Lung Cancer (SCLC). The study is being conducted at Roswell Park under the direction of Alex Adjei, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.P., Senior Vice President for Clinical Research and Chair of the Department of Medicine at Roswell Park.
Etirinotecan pegol is the first long-acting topoisomerase-1 inhibitor that concentrates in tumor tissue and provides sustained tumor suppression throughout the entire chemotherapy cycle.
"For patients with relapsed small-cell lung cancer, prognosis is poor with second-line therapy," said Dr. Adjei. "Approved topoisomerase I inhibitors have demonstrated anti-tumor activity in small-cell lung cancer, but their use is often hampered by significant toxicity and pharmacokinetics. Given this background, we are very interested in evaluating etirinotecan pegol as a potential treatment option for this patient population."
The primary endpoint of the phase II study is the 18-week progression-free survival (PFS) rate. Secondary endpoints include objective response rate (ORR), overall survival (OS), median duration of response (DoR) and the safety profile of etirinotecan pegol in patients with relapsed SCLC. This single-stage study will evaluate etirinotecan pegol in two patient cohorts: chemo-resistant (those progressing within three months after completing first-line therapy) and chemo-sensitive (those progressing at three months or later after completing first-line therapy). The study is expected to enroll approximately 38 patients who will receive etirinotecan pegol once every three weeks as monotherapy.
"We are very pleased that Dr. Adjei has identified and proposed this study of single-agent etirinotecan pegol in this difficult to treat patient population," said Robert Medve, M.D., Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of Nektar Therapeutics. "This is the third phase II investigator-sponsored trial evaluating etrinotecan pegol and demonstrates our continued commitment to fully understanding etirinotecan pegol's potential in resistant or refractory cancers where there are limited treatment options."
About SCLC
Small-cell lung cancer (SCLC) is one of the most aggressive and lethal cancers in humans. It accounts for 15-20% of all lung cancer. Although standard combination cytotoxic chemotherapy agents have shown antitumor activity with initial responses of 70%–90% for both limited and extensive stages of SCLC, long-term survival is low and most patients eventually develop progressive disease within the first 2 years.1-3 Consequently, there is a need for new therapies that are safe and effective, which also improve overall survival and quality of life.
About Etirinotecan Pegol
Etirinotecan pegol is a unique, targeted topoisomerase I inhibitor designed for prolonged tumor cell exposure. Etirinotecan pegol is believed to penetrate the vasculature of the tumor environment more readily than normal vasculature, increasing the concentration of active drug within tumor tissue to enhance anti-tumor activity. The BEACON study is a Phase 3 clinical study currently evaluating etirinotecan pegol for the treatment of locally recurrent or metastatic breast cancer. In addition to metastatic breast cancer, etirinotecan pegol is also being evaluated for the treatment of ovarian, colorectal, high-grade glioma and non-small-cell lung cancers.
About Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
The mission of Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center is to understand, prevent and cure cancer. Founded in 1898, Roswell Park is one of the first cancer centers in the country to be named a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center and remains the only facility with this designation in Upstate New York. The Institute is a member of the prestigious National Comprehensive Cancer Network, an alliance of the nation's leading cancer centers; maintains affiliate sites; and is a partner in national and international collaborative programs. For more information, visit www.roswellpark.org, call 1-800-ROSWELL (1-800-767-9355) or email email@example.com. Follow Roswell Park on Facebook or Twitter.
About Nektar
Nektar Therapeutics (NASDAQ: NKTR) is a biopharmaceutical company developing novel therapeutics based on its PEGylation and advanced polymer conjugation technology platforms. Nektar has a robust R&D pipeline of potentially high-value therapeutics in oncology, pain and other therapeutic areas. In the area of pain, Nektar has an exclusive worldwide license agreement with AstraZeneca for naloxegol (NKTR-118), an investigational drug candidate, which has completed Phase 3 development as a once- daily, oral tablet for the treatment of opioid-induced constipation. For naloxegol, an MAA has been accepted for filing in Europe, and an NDA has been submitted for filing in the U.S. This agreement also includes NKTR-119, an earlier stage development program that is a co-formulation of naloxegol and an opioid. NKTR-181, a novel mu-opioid analgesic molecule for chronic pain conditions, has completed Phase 2 development in osteoarthritis patients with chronic knee pain. NKTR-192, a novel mu-opioid analgesic molecule in development to treat acute pain is in Phase 1 clinical development. In oncology, etirinotecan pegol (NKTR-102) is being evaluated in a Phase 3 clinical study (the BEACON study) for the treatment of metastatic breast cancer and is also in a number of Phase 2 studies. In anti-infectives, Amikacin Inhale is in Phase 3 studies conducted by Bayer Healthcare to treat patients with Gram-negative pneumonia.
Nektar's technology has enabled eight approved products in the U.S. or Europe through partnerships with leading biopharmaceutical companies, including UCB's Cimzia® for Crohn's disease and rheumatoid arthritis, Roche's PEGASYS® for hepatitis C and Amgen's Neulasta® for neutropenia. Additional development-stage products that leverage Nektar's proprietary technology platform include Baxter's BAX 855, a long-acting PEGylated rFVIII program, which is in Phase 3 clinical development.
Nektar is headquartered in San Francisco, California, with additional operations in Huntsville, Alabama and Hyderabad, India. Further information about the company and its drug development programs and capabilities may be found online at http://www.nektar.com.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements can be identified by words such as: "anticipate," "intend," "plan," "expect," "believe," "should," "could," "potential," "may" and similar references to future periods. Examples of forward-looking statements include our current views regarding etirinotecan pegol as a potential new therapy for cancer patients; the value of our advanced polymer conjugate technology platform; and the potential of certain of our other drug candidates and those of our collaboration partners. Forward-looking statements are neither historical facts nor assurances of future performance. Instead, they are based only on our current beliefs, expectations, observations and assumptions regarding the potential of our drug candidates and our technology. Because forward-looking statements relate to the future, they are subject to inherent uncertainties, risks and changes in circumstances that are difficult to predict and many of which are outside of our control. Our actual results may differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements. Therefore, you should not rely on any of these forward-looking statements. Important factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those indicated in the forward-looking statements include, among others: (i) etirinotecan pegol is still in clinical development and the risk of failure is high and can unexpectedly occur at any time prior to regulatory approval for numerous reasons including safety and efficacy findings from the ongoing BEACON Phase 3 clinical study; (ii) the statements regarding the therapeutic potential of etirinotecan pegol are based on preclinical data and data from completed Phase 2 clinical studies and future clinical study results may not confirm these earlier findings; (iii) the timing of the commencement or end of clinical trials, target timeframe for the availability of clinical results, and the successful commercial launch of our drug candidates may be delayed or unsuccessful due to manufacturing challenges, changing standards of care, regulatory delay, evolving regulatory requirements, clinical trial design, clinical outcomes, competitive factors, or delay or failure in ultimately obtaining regulatory approval in one or more important markets; (iv) scientific discovery of new medical breakthroughs is an inherently uncertain process and the future success of the application of our technology platform to potential new drug candidates such as etirinotecan pegol is therefore very uncertain and unpredictable and could unexpectedly fail at any time; (v) patents may not issue from our patent applications for etirinotecan pegol, patents that have issued may not be enforceable, or additional intellectual property licenses from third parties may be required; (vi) the outcome of any existing or future intellectual property or other litigation related to our proprietary drug candidates; and (vii) certain other important risks and uncertainties set forth in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 9, 2013. Any forward-looking statement made by us in this press release is based only on information currently available to us and speaks only as of the date on which it is made. We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statement, whether written or oral, that may be made from time to time, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise.
1. Jett JR, Everson L, Therneau TM, et al., Treatment of limited-stage small-cell lung cancer with cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, and vincristine with or without etoposide: a randomized trial of the North Central Cancer Treatment Group. J Clin Oncol. 1990 Jan;8(1):33-8.
2. Livingston RB, et al., Small-cell carcinoma of the lung: combined chemotherapy and radiation: a Southwest Oncology Group study. Ann Intern Med. 1978 Feb;88(2):194-9.
3. Maksymiuk, AW, et al., Sequencing and schedule effects of cisplatin plus etoposide in small-cell lung cancer: results of a North Central Cancer Treatment Group randomized clinical trial. J Clin Oncol. 1994 Jan;12(1):70-6.
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Curried Spaghetti Squash and Chickpea Toasts
Serving Size: 6
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- 1 small spaghetti squash, halved and seeded (about 3 pounds)
- grilled peasant bread, for serving
- 0.5 cup chopped cilantro
- 0.5 cup water
- 1 15-ounce can chickpeas, drained
- 1.5 tsp madras curry paste or curry powder
- 0.5 tsp finely grated orange zest
- 0.5 tsp crushed red pepper
- 1.5 tsp ground cumin
- 1 Tbsp ground coriander
- 1 carrot, finely chopped
- 1 onion, chopped
- freshly ground black pepper
- salt
- 0.25 cup plus 2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
- toasted pumpkin seeds, for serving
- Preheat the oven to 350°. Place the halved spaghetti squash cut side up on a baking sheet and brush it with 2 tablespoons of the olive oil. Season with salt and black pepper. Roast the spaghetti squash for about 45 minutes, until the flesh is tender and lightly browned in spots. Let cool slightly.
- Meanwhile, in a large skillet, heat the remaining 1/4 cup of olive oil. Add the chopped onion and carrot and cook over moderate heat, stirring, until they are just softened, about 5 minutes. Add the coriander, cumin, crushed red pepper, grated orange zest and curry paste and cook, stirring, until fragrant, about 1 minute. Add the drained chickpeas and the water and simmer until the vegetables are very tender and the liquid has evaporated, about 5 minutes.
- Using a fork, rake the squash into strands; you should have about 2 1/2 cups of squash. Add the chopped cilantro and squash to the curry and season with salt. Serve the curried squash over grilled peasant bread, garnished with toasted pumpkin seeds.
Make Ahead: The curried squash can be refrigerated overnight. Add the chopped cilantro just before serving.


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Cool Geeky Things, Interviews,
New Serenity Comics: Zack Whedon Takes Us Aboard Leaves on the Wind
Browncoats, take note: Dark Horse's new Serenity comics will finally answer the question, #WheresSerenity? It's a query that has been on fans' lips almost since the beginning: after Joss Whedon's space western drama Firefly was canceled by Fox after only 11 of its 14 episodes aired, a small but extremely active fanbase — known as the Browncoats — took action and rallied to bring the show back.
Their efforts resulted in the 2005 feature film Serenity, which continued the exploits of Captain Malcolm "Mal" Reynolds and the rag-tag crew of the Firefly-class transport ship Serenity, as they eluded the evil Alliance and struggled to survive by any means necessary — legal or illegal.
While there have been several Serenity comics since 2005, the upcoming Serenity: Leaves on the Wind adventure is the first post-Serenity miniseries featuring the entire surviving crew! Captained by Zack Whedon (Serenity: The Shepherd's Tale) with art by Georges Jeanty (Buffy Seasons 8 and 9), this six-issue miniseries is highly anticipated by thousands of fans.
Curious? We were, too! Fortunately, we were able to interview Zack Whedon and ask him how the crew is dealing with the aftermath of the events of Serenity — in which they lost several of their crewmates and exposed some of the dirty deeds of the Alliance — and what's coming up next!
Read his responses below, and check out the covers to Serenity: Leaves on the Wind #1 and #2, as well as two interior pages from issue #1! You can pre-order the first issue of these new Serenity comics now to save 20%.
TFAW: Where is the crew of the Serenity when Leaves on the Wind begins?
Zack Whedon: They are hiding out in the middle of nowhere. They are in a place with no name, where no one would ever think to look, because they're trying to stay missing. They've gotten themselves a lot of attention with what they did during the events of the movie Serenity, and they're laying low.
TFAW: This is the first in-depth view we've seen of Mal and the gang since the movie. How have they changed?
ZW: I think they're all still reeling from the loss of Wash and Book — that was a very traumatic experience for them all. They're still dealing with that. River has reached a place of relative mental health, compared to how she was before the movie, so they're happy about that, but nervous that it could go the other way at any moment. Zoe is dealing with the prospect of having a child whose father has been killed, so that's tough on her. Even though they were successful in exposing the Alliance in Serenity [Editor's note: the crew discovered that the Alliance had released an experimental drug on the planet Miranda, killing most of its inhabitants and spawning the savage, crazed Reavers], it puts them in a difficult position, so they're feeling pinched by the Alliance.
TFAW: How is Mal, mentally and emotionally, right now?
ZW: Mal doesn't ever really admit his concern to anyone, but their situation is dire, and he knows it. So he keeps a stoic façade with his crew, but he knows they're in a desperate spot and need to make a move if they're going to survive.
TFAW: What is the dynamic of the crew like, with the loss of Wash and Book?
ZW: It's interesting. With Wash gone, there's certainly less humor — not that there isn't humor, but also there's the fact that two of their friends met violent ends. It casts some gloom over their situation. So they're not loving life at the moment. But it's interesting, they're all sort of dealing with different things, so even though they're on the same ship, or most of them are, they're living very different lives. Kaylee and Simon are still basking in the glow of new love, and Zoe is, as I mentioned, dealing with the prospect of having a child who doesn't have a father. So everyone's in a different place, even if they're in the same location.
TFAW: So you mentioned Kaylee and Simon; will the potential romance between Mal and Inara be explored?
ZW: Yes. [laughs] I'd like the readers to know as little as possible going into the first issue. That question is answered very quickly.
TFAW: What other characters will we be seeing? Are there any new ones to introduce?
ZW: There is a new character, a young rebel activist named Bea, who gets hooked up with our crew. She's sort of leading the Resistance — well, not leading them, but sort of spearheading their efforts to find Malcolm, because they think that he could be a great asset in terms of not only leading them, but in terms of being a figurehead for their movement. So she's pursuing him for that reason, and she factors in in a big way.
And there's some returning characters, some faces from the show and the movie. And then in terms of new characters, we made a couple of other Operatives. We meet them early on, but they play a larger part later. Their names are Denon and Kalista, and they are Operatives. Then, we're also introducing an Alliance officer named Officer Rogers, who is also part of the pursuit of Serenity. So lots of bad guys, and one good guy.
TFAW: So the odds are pretty equal!
ZW: Yeah!
TFAW: I can't imagine Mal would really take to playing the savior role. How does he respond to Bea?
ZW: He's not into it. You know, Mal is misunderstood by a lot of people, Bea included, and what she expects to find is not what she does find, when she meets him. The guy that she imagined is very different from the person that Mal actually is. He has no interest in playing that part for her.
TFAW: This is your second foray into writing Serenity comics, after The Shepherd's Tale. [Editor's note: Mea culpa! We temporarily forgot the magnificence of Whedon's FCBD Serenity comic.] What are your favorite aspects of Firefly and Serenity?
ZW: I love the dynamics of the crew, and trying to recreate that. Everything is so off-kilter in the first issue of this new series, that you don't really get to see them clicking together until later on. But I love recreating that. The show had such great chemistry between all these characters, and finding that again is fun.
And then, digging into the possibilities of the reaction to what they disclosed in Serenity. They dropped a big bomb with that revelation about Miranda and the Reavers and everything, so I've had a lot of fun with playing with how the world received that news.
TFAW: The fans of Firefly and Serenity are so enthusiastic, and so vocal! How do you deal with that kind of pressure?
ZW: Well, I'm not thinking about it. [laughs] I count myself as a fan, so I think that hopefully if I'm into the stories, that they will be too. You know, it's very important to me to preserve the tone of the show and the movie, and of the universe, and to not stray from that. To create new stories that feel like ones you could have seen on the show. So I don't think about it, except to get excited that there's such a large audience waiting for it. That's not usually the case, when you're writing something.
So it's exciting that there are a bunch of people who are enthusiastic about the universe, to pick up the comic on the first day and dig into it. I'm excited to share it with them. I'm really, really pleased with the first issue, I think it came out amazing.
TFAW: Will there be more comics after this six-issue miniseries?
ZW: I think this six-issue series will be it for me, at least for a long while. I just have a lot going on, and the process of writing comics is much slower and much more difficult for me than it is for some people. So I'm going to take a break, but my sincere hope is that they can get other great writers to keep it going, maybe in six-issue chunks or something like that. Georges is an amazing artist and has done an incredible job so far with the series, so I hope that if it does continue, it will continue with him. Because he's doing an awesome job.
TFAW: Do you have anything else going on that you want to talk about?
ZW: Right now I'm working on a television show for AMC, a show called Halt and Catch Fire, which is set in Dallas in 1983. It's about a computer company that's getting into the PC business. I'm on the staff there. It was created by Chris Rogers and Chris Cantwell. It's an amazing pilot, and I'm very excited.
Our thanks to Zack Whedon for updating us on Serenity: Leaves on the Wind! Make sure to order these Serenity comics (and catch up on previous ones) here at TFAW — you'll save 10-50%!
Are you a Browncoat? What do you hope to see in the pages of Serenity: Leaves on the Wind? Post your comments below!


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Become an Associate Account Executive – Sales - Bigger Base, Uncapped Commission - Phoenix at DISH
Phoenix, AZ 85003
About the Job
Our Associates earn an average of $55-$65K
Take home up to $3,600 bonus in your first 6 weeks + paid training!
DISH is a Fortune 250 company with more than $13 billion in annual revenue that continues to redefine the communications industry. Our legacy is innovation and a willingness to challenge the status quo, including reinventing ourselves. We disrupted the pay-TV industry in the mid-90s with the launch of the DISH satellite TV service, taking on some of the largest U.S. corporations in the process, and grew to be the fourth-largest pay-TV provider. We are doing it again with the first live, internet-delivered TV service – Sling TV – that bucks traditional pay-TV norms and gives consumers a truly new way to access and watch television.
Now we have our sights set on upending the wireless industry and unseating the entrenched incumbent carriers.
We are driven by curiosity, pride, adventure, and a desire to win – it's in our DNA. We're looking for people with boundless energy, intelligence, and an overwhelming need to achieve to join our team as we embark on the next chapter of our story.
Opportunity is here. We are DISH.
Job Duties and Responsibilities
How would you like to be an Associate Account Executive - Sales for a FORTUNE 200 and Fortune Most Admired company with an abundance of resources available for training, support, marketing, compensation, and advancement?
DISH associates take 100% inbound calls, with absolutely no cold-calling. Pay is an hourly base rate PLUS uncapped commission AND a weekly Training Incentive. The average total compensation is 50k-60k and top performers are earning over six figures!
- Drive new customer growth by building value for DISH's services to prospective customers
- Apply solid sales skills to understand customer's needs and close all sales with integrity
- Use web based tools to stay current on industry-wide products, features, and services
- Consistently exceed in all sales metrics
Skills - Experience and Requirements
Do you have what it takes?
- Pursues everything with energy, drive and a need to achieve
- Tech savvy with the ability to smoothly find your way around a desktop computer
- Can be counted on to exceed goals successfully and is consistently striving to be a top performer
- Goal oriented, self-motivated, confident, thorough and tenacious
- Learns quickly when facing new problems; a relentless and versatile learner
- Adaptable and flexible to change. Willing to work the shift and hours it takes to get the job done
- Sales experience will make a huge difference in your ability to take on this challenge - though not required
- College degree preferred
- Fluent in English and Spanish
- Medical, Dental and Vision
- 401K with company match + profit sharing
- Paid time off and holidays
- Life and short/long term disability insurance
- Discounted Employee Stock Purchase Program
- Tuition reimbursement
- High-end Rewards and Recognition program to include shopping sprees, luxurious dinning, exciting travel
- destinations, and top of the line merchandise
We need driven individuals who can adapt as we continue to grow and who are motivated to advance while taking on new responsibilities. We love to promote employees from within and offer Associate's exciting career path opportunities with generous compensation increases!


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HAVELOCK � Working construction and other odd jobs in the beach community of Oak Island about 15 years ago, Bryan Mayer was told he had a good voice and should try giving music a shot.
HAVELOCK � Working construction and other odd jobs in the beach community of Oak Island about 15 years ago, Bryan Mayer was told he had a good voice and should try giving music a shot.
Today, he�s making trips to Nashville, Tenn., has shared the stage with some of country�s and Southern rock�s top acts and has a video out for his song �Leaving Town.�
Mayer is scheduled to perform beginning at 9:30 p.m. Saturday at Kegs on West Main Street in Havelock.
Mayer said he was encouraged to play bass in his middle school band because of his height.
�I fell in love with it,� he said. �I ended up getting a guitar and started a garage band in the eighth grade.�
Mayer, the son of a former Harrier pilot who spent many years at Cherry Point, went to East Carolina University after graduating from New Bern High School in 1995.
�Maybe I was spending more time playing guitar than I was going to class,� he joked of his time at ECU. �College didn�t work out so well for me.�
He ended up in Oak Island and was playing guitar on a pier when a bartender encouraged him to play inside for tips.
�I played for maybe an hour or an hour and a half and made 40 or 50 bucks in tips,� Mayer said. �She asked me what I was doing the next weekend, and I said �nothing,� and she told me she just canceled the band and I was going to play Friday and Saturday night.
�Once I got that taste of someone actually paying me to do something that I really enjoy and love, I was bit there. After some odd jobs of working in a fish market, delivering pizza and bartending and waiting tables, I became a full-time singer and songwriter in 2005.�
Mayer, who some may know by the nickname �Stretch,� has performed across the Southeast. He�s opened for performers such as Lynyrd Skynyrd, Trace Adkins, Edward McCain, Craig Morgan, Colbie Caillat and the Marshall Tucker Band. He opened the WRNS Guitar Pull for Jana Kramer and Thompson Square Wednesday at Cherry Point.
Mayer�s CD, �Long Story Short,� has been out since late 2011 on QAM Records and is available through iTunes and Amazon, among others.
He later wrote the single �This is Me,� which has reached No. 127 on the country music charts mainly through local play on WRNS.
�I hope one day it will be a top 40 song, but to get to that you need to get that song spun on multiple radio stations,� Mayer said. �That�s not the end of it. The hope is that I can get some national spins in the near future and make it a top 40 song.�
He went to Nashville over the summer and with the help of Stokes Nielson of The Lost Trailers produced a video for the song �Leaving Town� that was released last month.
�It�s on YouTube and the hope is that it will get some airplay on CMT and GAC,� he said.
Mayer said the music business can be difficult.
�Unfortunately, I�ve realized it�s not always about talent,� he said. �I�ve seen karaoke singers in little dive bars who are teachers, construction workers and blue collar workers who have incredible voices. It�s about politics and it�s about people spreading the word about you.
�It�s the toughest business in the world. You can�t go get a degree and become a signed national artist. There�s no formula for you. You can go to law school and become a lawyer. There�s no rock and roll school that will give you the answers.�
Mayer believes the answers lie in continuing to write and play songs that people enjoy.
�To me, as long as I write good music that people love, that�s my goal,� he said. �If along the way it gains some national or worldwide attention through the Internet or through a record label, then that�s great. But, my goal is to deliver good music to my fans who appreciate the music that I write.
�I think that�s the focus you have to have. I think you have to keep that one foot in reality.�
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For the nation's 45 million elderly Social Security recipients, the bad news tempered the good: They learned this week that a 2013 cost-of-living increase will raise their monthly Social Security income – but by only a fraction.
The 1.7 percent adjustment, which comes to an average of less than $24 per recipient per month, is the smallest increase in decades.
That amount "obviously says that Social Security is not likely to keep up with the costs facing our world," said Christopher Hoene, executive director of the California Budget Project, which advocates for low-income Californians. "We haven't been in a period of inflation, but it's hard to believe such a small increase will keep up."
For many of today's elderly, advanced age already brings a delicate and difficult numbers dance.
Some – like 89-year-old Marcia Howard and her friend, Dolores Scott, 80, who live across the hall from one another at the Eskaton Roseville Manor subsidized housing community for seniors – are living close to the financial edge.
"I worry about making ends meet," said Howard, a widow. "I can't go out and buy new clothes. I buy my pants for $7 at Wal-Mart. I have to watch what I spend. I can't do like I used to. If we go to lunch, it's Taco Bell.
"I never thought about having to pinch pennies at this age."
The two women represent a significant segment of the aging population: older adults scrimping by month to month, counting on Social Security as their safety net.
One in five elderly Californians, and 46 percent of those who are single or widowed, rely on Social Security for 90 percent or more of their income, according to Social Security Administration data. Even when bolstered by pensions and savings plans, Social Security makes up at least half of the income for 52 percent of older Californians.
And experts know that the enormous generational wave of baby boomer retirees will rely on Social Security even more: One-third of them have no retirement savings at all, according to a Wells Fargo retirement study.
"For baby boomers, pensions are much less common now than they were," said Cheryl Matheis, AARP senior vice president. "Many baby boomers don't have a separate retirement plan at all. What they have is Social Security."
Without reform to address long-term solvency issues, the Social Security trust fund can pay full benefits to recipients – essentially a set calculation based on one's earnings – for another two decades, then 75 percent of its obligations after that, the Congressional Budget Office estimates.
"It's a common thing for people to say that they don't expect Social Security to be there for younger generations," said Matheis, "but that's based on no understanding. Congress will not let this program go. It's very well-respected.
"When people say, 'I'm not counting on it,' I think, 'Well, what are you counting on instead?' "
Candidates differ
While policy experts and politicians on both sides of the aisle agree that reform is crucial to preserve the future of Social Security, it's largely been lumped in this election season with concerns over Medicare solvency, an even more pressing need.
Even so, there are critical differences between the presidential candidates.
Republican challenger Mitt Romney advocates a slow increase in the Social Security retirement age – now 67 for people born in 1960 or afterward – as well as slower increases in future benefits for higher-income recipients.
President Barack Obama opposes attempts to privatize Social Security as well as any reduction of future benefits but calls for people with annual incomes of $250,000 or more to contribute at a higher rate to shore up the trust fund.
Most of the time, Social Security benefits don't exactly amount to a windfall. The average Social Security payment for California's 3.7 million senior recipients is $13,800 annually, or $1,150 a month, barely above the federal poverty line.
Despite that, AARP data show that 9 percent of elderly Californians fall below poverty level, with incomes less than $10,890 a year. Without Social Security, another 28 percent of older Californians would fall below the line.
Those living just a breath away from poverty on Social Security are overwhelmingly female: Elderly women typically earned lower salaries and took more time out of the workforce, if they worked at all, and now they've outlived their husbands.
Dolores Scott spent years raising her children while her late husband, Francis, worked as a paving contractor. When he was injured on the job, she went to work as a cook at a convalescent home.
The couple never had much, and Scott's Social Security check reflects that. She receives $729 a month, so little that she also qualifies for a Supplemental Security Income payment and Medi-Cal.
Because she lost her eyesight to macular degeneration, she moved two years ago from subsidized senior housing in Grass Valley to Eskaton Roseville Manor, not far from her daughter in Citrus Heights.
"I feel so lucky," said Scott. "It's cozy and comfortable here. I don't have a lot, but I have everything I need."
'Great coping skills'
Elderly people scraping by as best as they can on small, fixed Social Security benefits usually don't complain about their circumstances, said gerontologist Rosanne Bernardy.
"I don't hear them complaining," said Bernardy, executive director at Ethel M. Hart Senior Center in midtown Sacramento. "All these things seem so tough, but they come up gradually. Seniors have great coping skills. It's quite amazing."
Still, when Social Security checks arrive at the beginning of each month, attendance temporarily drops at the senior center. People are too busy paying bills and stocking up on groceries to attend their usual exercise classes and bridge games.
Many of the center's seniors who make do on Social Security and little else have asked for help applying for food stamps, and many struggle with rising rents.
"Maybe when they first received benefits, they didn't have the medications they do now," said Bernardy. "Life changes in a way that's more expensive, especially if the spouse dies. We see widows in really tough circumstances.
"What's sad is that they're literally never able to buy anything new. I hear people talking about how they want to give birthday gifts to their grandchildren. And it's just not in the cards for them."
Marcia Howard's first marriage ended a decade after World War II. But her later marriage to Charlie Howard, whom she'd known since their high school days in Paso Robles, ended only with his death 17 years ago at age 73.
She raised her daughter and worked off and on through the years in a variety of clerical positions. Her husband worked as a chef.
"I thank God I have his Social Security," she said. "My own Social Security payment would be half that amount."
The $917 Social Security check she receives each month provides her only income. Out of that, she pays the rent for her apartment as well as her Medicare fee, utility bills and food costs. Factor in gas and insurance for her 1991 Toyota, and there's rarely much cushion at the end of the month.
She regularly attends a Bible study with her daughter, and she likes to go to lunch with a group of friends who have met twice a month since 1980. It's a quiet life, a comfortable life, but she worries about making ends meet.
Not long ago, she signed up for the federal Lifeline program for low-income seniors to reduce her monthly phone payment.
"Before that, I was getting down to having hardly anything," she said. "When I got paid, it all went right back out."
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The debate on gun control has heated up once again since the shootings in Newton, CT. But regardless of which side of the debate you might be on, there's one thing just about everyone will agree on: taking on the NRA on this issue will be no easy task.
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Variable speed limit signs improve rural school road safety
Hon Simon Bridges
Associate Minister of Transport
24 January 2013 Media Statement
Variable speed limit signs to improve rural school road safety
As most children prepare to go back to school next week, Associate Transport Minister Simon Bridges has today announced a significant increase in variable speed limit signs. This is part of a wider rural school safety programme launched today.
"Road safety around rural schools is a major concern in many rural communities, where parents dropping off and picking up their children must also deal with high-speed through traffic," says Mr Bridges.
The first step in the rural school safety programme will be an increase in the number of schools trialling variable speed limit signs designed to reduce speeds during school drop-off and pick-up periods, from the current seven to 23 sites by the end of 2013.
Variable speed limits trials at rural schools began in early 2012 as part of the Government's Safer Journeys action plan.
"The NZTA's evaluation of the trial has shown that the variable speed limits have been effective in reducing vehicle speeds both before and after school and in improving driver behaviour around schools."
In addition to the increase of schools conducting a variable speed limit trial next year, two other initiatives will be undertaken as part of the rural school safety programme.
Working in partnership with the Ministry of Education, local councils and the Police, the NZTA will also assess the degree of road safety risk and prioritise all other rural and peri-urban schools and identify actions needed to improve safety at the highest risk schools.
"A High Risk Rural Schools Guide will also be developed to be used by communities, schools and road controlling authorities to assess risk and identify opportunities for improving road safety at rural schools."
The plan is to produce a two-part High Risk Schools Guide, one for rural schools and then one for urban schools.
"Safer Journeys – New Zealand's road safety strategy to 2020 – envisions a safe road system increasingly free of death and serious injury. Safe speed is an important part of this system. Through the rural school safety programme we are helping to ensure some of our most vulnerable are better protected on our roads."
Questions and answers: variable speed limit signs
1. What is a variable speed limit sign?
It is an electronic sign which allows the speed limit to be changed locally at agreed times and to agreed speed limits.
A variable speed limit of 70km/h is being trialled at schools on roads with a 100km/h permanent speed limit. A variable speed limit of 60km/h is being trialled for schools on roads with an 80km/h permanent speed limit.
2. What schools are taking part in the variable speed limit trial?
Seven trial schools have signs installed to date. These schools are:
• Kai Iwi School,
• Kaihere School, Hauraki District
• Myross Bush School, Invercargill
• Opiki School, Horowhenua
• Paki Paki School, Hastings District
• Te Uku School, Waikato
• Whenuakite School, Thames Coromandel
These schools were chosen based on road safety concerns expressed by the local communities. Initial workshops were carried out to identify particular issues relating to road safety at each school during drop-off and pick-up periods.
Other criteria included the school's location (required to be on a road with either an 80km/h or 100km/h permanent speed limit) and a turning traffic risk to be present outside the school.
3. What happens next?
The NZTA and its road safety partners plan to expand the number of variable speed limit trial sites from the current seven to 23 sites by the end of 2013.
The additional schools are:
• Amisfield
School, Waikato
• Ararimu School, Papakura
• Dairy Flat School, Dairy Flat
• Elstow-Waihou Combined School, Matamata Piako
• Kaimai School, Western Bay of Plenty
• Loburn School, Waimakariri
• Newstead School, Waikato
• Opoutere School, Thames Coromandel
• Pahoia School, Western Bay of Plenty
• Puni School, Waiuku
• Pyes Pa Road School, Western Bay of Plenty
• Swannanoa School, Waimakariri
• Te Wharekura o Te Rau Aroha School, Matamata Piako
• Tirohia School, Hauraki
• Waikuka School, Waimakariri
• Westmere School, Wanganui
The success at the current trial sites suggests that it is worth expanding the trial at different locations, including local roads. Further discussions are underway with these local communities before the NZTA can confirm they will be included in the trial.
For further information: http://www.nzta.govt.nz/resources/rural-school-speed-management-trial/docs/rural-school-road-safety-qas.pdf


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- 53 newly restored films from 41 editions of the Olympic Games, presented together for the first time
- Landmark 4K restorations of Olympia, Tokyo Olympiad, and Visions of Eight, among other titles
- New scores for the silent films, composed by Maud Nelissen, Donald Sosin, and Frido ter Beek
- A lavishly illustrated, 216-page hardcover book, featuring notes on the films by cinema historian Peter Cowie; a foreword by Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee; a short history of the restoration project by restoration producer Adrian Wood; and hundreds of photographs from a century of Olympic Games
https://www.criterion.com/current/posts ... %20MonitorFilms included:
Stockholm 1912
The Games of the V Olympiad Stockholm, 1912 (dir. Adrian Wood)
Chamonix 1924
The Olympic Games Held at Chamonix in 1924 (dir. Jean de Rovera)
Paris 1924
The Olympic Games as They Were Practiced in Ancient Greece (dir. Jean de Rovera)
The Olympic Games in Paris 1924 (dir. Jean de Rovera)
St. Moritz 1928
The White Stadium (dirs. Arnold Fanck, Othmar Gurtner)
Amsterdam 1928
The IX Olympiad in Amsterdam (dir. unknown)
The Olympic Games, Amsterdam 1928 (dir. Wilhelm Prager; supervisor Jules Perel)
Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936
Youth of the World (dir. Carl Junghans)
Berlin 1936
Olympia Part One: Festival of the Nations (dir. Leni Riefenstahl)
Olympia Part Two: Festival of Beauty (dir. Leni Riefenstahl)
St. Moritz 1948
Fight Without Hate (dir. André Michel)
London 1948
XIVth Olympiad: The Glory of Sport (dir. Castleton Knight)
Oslo 1952
The VI Olympic Winter Games, Oslo 1952 (dir. Tancred Ibsen)
Helsinki 1952
Where the World Meets (dir. Hannu Leminen)
Gold and Glory (dir. Hannu Leminen)
Memories of the Olympic Summer of 1952 (dir. unknown)
Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956
White Vertigo (dir. Giorgio Ferroni)
Melbourne/Stockholm 1956
Olympic Games, 1956 (dir. Peter Whitchurch)
The Melbourne Rendez-vous (dir. René Lucot)
Alain Mimoun (dir. Louis Gueguen)
The Horse in Focus (dir. unknown)
Squaw Valley 1960
People, Hopes, Medals (dir. Heribert Meisel)
Rome 1960
The Grand Olympics (dir. Romolo Marcellini)
Innsbruck 1964
IX Olympic Winter Games, Innsbruck 1964 (dir. Theo Hörmann)
Tokyo 1964
Tokyo Olympiad (dir. Kon Ichikawa)
Sensation of the Century (prod. Taguchi Suketaro, supervisor Nobumasa Kawamoto)
Grenoble 1968
13 Days in France (dirs. Claude Lelouch, François Reichenbach)
Snows of Grenoble (dirs. Jacques Ertaud, Jean-Jacques Languepin)
Mexico City 1968
The Olympics in Mexico (dir. Alberto Isaac)
Sapporo 1972
Sapporo Winter Olympics (dir. Masahiro Shinoda)
Munich 1972
Visions of Eight (dirs. Miloš Forman, Kon Ichikawa, Claude Lelouch, Yuri Ozerov, Arthur Penn, Michael Pfleghar, John Schlesinger, Mai Zetterling)
Innsbruck 1976
White Rock (dir. Tony Maylam)
Montreal 1976
Games of the XXI Olympiad (dirs. Jean-Claude Labrecque, Jean Beaudin, Marcel Carrière, Georges Dufaux)
Lake Placid 1980
Olympic Spirit (dirs. Drummond Challis, Tony Maylam)
Moscow 1980
O Sport, You Are Peace! (dir. Yuri Ozerov)
Sarajevo 1984
A Turning Point (dir. Kim Takal)
Los Angeles 1984
16 Days of Glory (dir. Bud Greenspan)
Calgary 1988
Calgary '88: 16 Days of Glory (dir. Bud Greenspan)
Seoul 1988
Seoul 1988 (dir. Lee Kwang-soo)
Hand in Hand (dir. Im Kwon-taek)
Beyond All Barriers (dir. Lee Ji-won)
Albertville 1992
One Light, One World (dirs. Joe Jay Jalbert, R. Douglas Copsey)
Barcelona 1992
Marathon (dir. Carlos Saura)
Lillehammer 1994
Lillehammer '94: 16 Days of Glory (dir. Bud Greenspan)
Atlanta 1996
Atlanta's Olympic Glory (dir. Bud Greenspan)
Nagano 1998
Nagano '98 Olympics: Stories of Honor and Glory (dir. Bud Greenspan)
Olympic Glory (dir. Kieth Merrill)
Sydney 2000
Sydney 2000: Stories of Olympic Glory (dir. Bud Greenspan)
Salt Lake City 2002
Salt Lake City 2002: Bud Greenspan's Stories of Olympic Glory (dir. Bud Greenspan)
Athens 2004
Bud Greenspan's Athens 2004: Stories of Olympic Glory (dir. Bud Greenspan)
Turin 2006
Bud Greenspan's Torino 2006: Stories of Olympic Glory (dir. Bud Greenspan)
Beijing 2008
The Everlasting Flame (dir. Gu Jun)
Vancouver 2010
Bud Greenspan Presents Vancouver 2010: Stories of Olympic Glory (prods. Bud Greenspan, Nancy Beffa)
London 2012
First (dir. Caroline Rowland)
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While the price of this too rich for my blood, what I find mind blowing about this is Leni Riefenstahl's Olympia I and II, both landmarks in film making, are FINALLY getting the blu ray treatment! Not only that, but a 4K restoration! The good thing about Criterion, like many such "boutique" labels, they won't butcher the work for content they will release things in the most valid form possible. In fact, back when Leni was alive they even worked with her to release Olympia I and II on laserdisc (some have even suggested Disney should licence Song of the South to Criterion).
Other notable things in this set are blu ray releases for the Tokyo Olympiad (another breakthrough film making it's blu ray debut) and the 1936 Berlin Winter Olympics film.
Of course equally awesome is the restored silent era footage. Sadly they couldn't accurately reproduce the score of those (due to the fact that they are lost) so they had to improvise and make modern day scores, but the good thing about that if you don't like the fact that it's not original you can just mute sound completely (though I'm guessing there will be an option to turn the score on and off)
I hope they make single releases of Olympia so I can afford it.


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5 reasons this man probably isn't 123 years old
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Carmelo Flores – according to Wikipedia, Bolivia did not start issuing birth certificates until 1940. So only baptismal records or other church records could substantiate this claim.
This may be the baptismal record as transcribed by Family Search:
It indicates a baptism on 16 Jul 1906 in San Andrés de Machaca, La Paz, Bolivia
⌛ Genealogists should be used to verify vital records.
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Gird yourself, folks, we're about to go deep down the rabbit hole. You may remember Allen Covert from Burnsy's
Covert was there to promote his new endeavor, a digital media company called Cherry Tree that entertains children with patriotic stories and life lessons. Covert told Fox News, "As a parent with young children, I would always find little things that bothered me when I was reading bedtime stories or watching shows or listening to children's music. I couldn't find any stories, games or television shows that were fun and exciting while also being morally instructive and patriotic. I just felt that some parents would want stories that show strong themes of morality and patriotism."
Well… that doesn't seem so bad, I guess. "Patriotism" tends to sound scarily Gestapo-like when conservative bloggers say it, but let's see where he's going with it…
Familiar faces in the Cherry Tree series include Tex the T-Rex (a patriotic dinosaur with new books coming out July 4th – his birthday!), Special Hops (pro-military rabbits), and The Eagles (a family that passes on traditional values). Also coming soon is "Potty in the U.S.A," a potty-training series with toddler versions of Betsy Ross, Thomas Jefferson, and Lewis and Clark. They'll also teach children about the Pledge of Allegiance and the Revolutionary War.
Phew, well thank the Christian God there isn't just The Lorax turning our kids into pinko, tree-hugging queers with his dago mustache and slam poetry, now we have pro-military rabbits to teach them about our heroic American robot murder planes while they poop. TRUCKASAURUS, MOTHERF*CKER! (*guitar solo*)
All this was just the intro to the interview with Covert. But shockingly, the rest of the piece wasn't too interesting.
3. In A Clockwork Orange, Malcolm McDowell is strapped in with his eyes propped open and forced to watch images until he was "cured." If you could give President Obama, Rep. Nancy Pelosi and Leader Harry Reid the "Clockwork Orange treatment," what movie would you make them watch?
The Undefeated by Steve Bannon. It would make their heads explode like in the movie Scanners.
That's the Sarah Palin movie, incidentally. Let us never speak of it again.
7. If Democrats and Republicans had theme songs for 2012 what would they be?
For the Democrats it would be "Liar" by The Sex Pistols. For the Republicans it has to be "Stuck in the Middle With You" by Stealers Wheel
8. Who would be on the perfect Red Eye panel?
Me (of course), Bill Schulz, the late great Andrew Breitbart, Thaddeus McCotter and Carrie Keegan. [Townhall]
"Stuck in the Middle?" So the Republicans want to cut my ears off now? I don't get it.


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- Total > % of GDP: Total health expenditure is the sum of public and private health expenditure. It covers the provision of health services (preventive and curative), family planning activities, nutrition activities, and emergency aid designated for health but does not include provision of water and sanitation.
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What this means for you is nothing less than a chance to heal your inner warring nature. But... if you are unprepared for this extraordinary astral frequency, you could be putting yourself at risk.
For those who are not awakening to their True Astral Nature, such a potent force could also spell disaster. This is because the "shadow" side of the upcoming Chiron-Mars transit is all about anger, hate, frustration and of course, war.
So the key is to be prepared. How? By aligning yourself with the powers of inner healing.
Because when you do this one thing, you take command of the frequencies and direct them toward the highest good... instead of letting the forces of negativity and war overrun your life!
Now, in order to make sense of all this, it's important to recognize the vibrational influence of the planet Mars.
You see, Mars is not just a "God of War". Mars, in its high vibrational frequency, is all about defending a worthy cause. Mars is the Noble Warrior when aligned with the high vibrational frequency of healing.
That's why, when you commit to healing now you actually protect yourself from the "shadow Mars"... the Mars that's run amok due to unchecked fear, resentment and anger.
The question is: "How can you ensure you align with healing and not danger?"
After all, we all have old wounds, pains, resentments and frustrations that can really bring us down? Of course we do!
Most of the time, we can live with these "unhealed wounds" – just like the mythic Chiron did. But there are times when "putting up with the pain" can send us into a tirade... or draw unwanted, angry, or even dangerous people to us.
Align with the healing power of Chiron and overcome the "inner War" holding you back!


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Explore below the franchises and business opportunities available in Sunderland (SR). Franchisors have varying ways of defining territotories so though they may be displayed below it does not mean that a franchise is definitely available in this location. Also, some franchise business models may not necessarily be suitable to this specific location, though this is something that each individual franchisor would be able to explore with you directly.
The Healthcare Practice offers you the opportunity to run your own medical and Hhealth insurance Bbusiness without being alone.
Start a Dream Doors Franchise and succeed with a kitchen and bathroom door replacement showroom business.
The Business Partnership is the UK's leading business broker which offer a comprehensive franchise investment package.
Families® Magazine offers a rewarding and flexible home based business which will increase in value and provide a regular income.
The Time For You Franchise is easily the most successful domestic cleaning business in the UK.
The TIPI Circle franchise starts at just 19,500 making it one of the best value coaching franchises on the market.
The VISION Franchise is a lifestyle magazine business opportunity putting you in control of your time and the money you can earn.
The Komnata Quest Franchise is one of the biggest escape room networks in the world.
Leadership Management UK offer a unique business coaching and training programme to help businesses succeed.
The Alternative Board is the world's largest peer to peer support and business advisory franchise.
The Creation Station Franchise is the UK's leading and most successful art & craft activities childrens franchise.
Ripples is one of the most respected bathroom retailers in the UK with over 25 years experience in designing bespoke bathrooms.
The World Options Franchise is a delivery franchise that only uses the best courier companies.
The ChipsAway Franchise is the UK's leading and most successful automotive paintwork repair franchise.
techclean franchisees have access to a number of income streams and is the UK's leading expert specialist IT equipment cleaning business.
NIC provides you with a management franchise in the lucrative commercial cleaning and support services industry.
The ActionCOACH is the world's number one business coaching franchise.
Platinum Property Partners is a successful property investment company.
Nationwide Cleaners offers a work from home, flexible hours, low cost cleaning franchise.
The Scamps and Champs Franchise is probably the most exciting management opportunity available in the country right now.
Bloom offer franchisees the opportunity to run their own successful Baby Development Business.
Recognition Express are the most successful franchise network for the promotional product sector in the UK, with over 45 franchisees in the UK and Europe.
The Keepsake Co is one of the UK's fastest growing suppliers of hand-crafted baby keepsakes.
Trophy Pet Foods have the correct skills, experience and know-how necessary to make your new animal food delivery business succeed.
A SureCare Franchise is an ideal opportunity for anyone looking to invest in a business that offers excellent financial rewards.
With already over 1050 locations in the world, Studio Figura is now focused upon strong expansion in the UK.
The Kumon Franchise is one of the world's largest educational franchisor with over 600 centres in the UK and Ireland.
Revive! is the premier provider of high quality paint repairs to the automotive market and is a leading automotive franchise.
First Class Learning is the UK's fastest growing English and Maths Tuition Franchise.
Franchise Property Services is a new and unique company dedicated to providing a complete turnkey property solution.
The No Letting Go property franchise is the UK's largest provider of inventory management services with offices throughout the country.
Join a multi-award winning Domestic Cleaning and House Keeping Franchise with Bright & Beautiful.
The Agency Express Franchise is the UK's largest national 'For Sale' board estate agency sign franchise.
With an Eazi-Apps licence you will be involved with the fastest growth market in history with your own mobile app business.
Tutortoo are looking for entrepreneurs who want to run their own lucrative children's tuition business.
Concept Building Solutions is a claims management company, specialising in insurance claims and reinstatement property repairs.
The CNA International Franchise is perfect for driven senior professionals and those looking to rapidly build their own successful recruitment business.
Dramatically increase your wealth by helping kids with the Tutor Doctor children's education franchise in a billion pound industry with high profit margins.
Caremark is a highly professional company offering a very lucrative home care business opportunity.
MatchPoint offer FREE advice and guidance that will help you to find your 'perfect' franchise partner.
The InXpress franchise is a delivery business and one of the world's most successful resellers of premier carrier services.
Become part of one of the world's largest estate agency businesses with the CENTURY 21 franchise.
The MAP Finances franchise is the only independent financial advisor to be franchised.
Surface Medic is a team of professional repair specialists who can repair almost any internal or external surface.
Cloudy2Clear are the UK's number one glass replacement franchise.
The Aspray franchise is a one stop insurance franchise shop for property insurance claims management and repair work.
Kall Kwik is a B2B design and print franchise with multiple income streams.
Dublcheck is a leading franchised commercial cleaning organisation, with hundreds of highly successful franchises across the UK.
DNS Accountants is the ultimate accountancy franchise solution.
The Ableworld Franchise is one of the leading retailers in the mobility and home care sector in the UK.
There is genuine potential for multiple revenue streams with the Suit the City Franchise.
Join the UK's most exciting, franchised 'Personal Matchmaking' Network.
Mr. Electric is a world renowned residential and commercial electrical installation and repair company, with a global network.
Pink Connect provides a comprehensive range of business communication products and IT solutions for businesses.
ColourWheel are now offering the right people the opportunity to run their own adult art class business.
Oscar Pet Foods Franchise is one of the UK's largest pet food home delivery franchise businesses.
CHAMPS Academy is the UK's leading and most successful kids and teens confidence and life-skills coaching business.
Coensus-hr is offering an opportunity to sell a world class range of on-line Assessments and an advanced Applicant Tracking System, APS Pro.
Daisy First Aid franchisees provide family first aid training in the comfort of your own home or in designated venues throughout the UK.
DE Photo is the UK's largest and most successful sports and event photography franchise.
Due to the success and high demand, Strollercise is now looking to franchise accross the UK.
Bracey's Accountants are an established, successful network of accountancy practices growing throughout the UK
Oven Wizards is the UK's fastest growing oven cleaning franchise.
The Mumbler Franchise is expanding and they are looking for new franchisees to join them running their own Community Website Business.
Add a Little SPARKLE is the UK's newest and fastest growing wedding business franchise.
Due to the amazing success of Cricket tots they are now expanding throughout the UK.
The LighterLife Franchise provides a low risk business opportunity that offers high returns with a low investment.
The Wilkins Chimney Sweep franchise model ticks the boxes for a sustainable, growing, profitable business.
Establish yourself as a website specialist with the Eazi-Sites Licence opportunity.
Antal is one of the world's largest and most successful international recruitment companies.
Owning a Talking Tots Franchise means you can enjoy the freedom and flexibility of running your own Talking Tots Pre-School Business.
Clear Brew offers a home-based opportunity that provides franchisees with high profit margins and massive growth potential.
Ovenclean is the UK's leading professional domestic oven cleaning specialists.
Mother Nature Science have now released counties across the UK and all major international cities for franchise development!
The FiltaFry Franchise gives you the opportunity to run a successful total fryer management service from home.
The Dawn Breakers Franchise is a unique Personal Training Business that stands out from the crowd.
The Manna-seh franchise provides you with a lucrative opportunity to manage your own children's breakfast, afterschool and holiday club buisness.
The Kidslingo Franchise is an award-winning children's languages business running the Frenchtastic & Spanishtastic programmes across the UK.
The Ovenu Franchise is the largest established oven valeting business throughout the world.
Razzamataz are proud to bring you the newest and most exciting children's activity sector franchise in town - the Razzamataz Early Years Franchise!
Jigsaw provides weekend performing arts schools for children introducing them to.dance, drama and singing.
Kiddy Cook is the first and most successful children's cooking franchise in the UK.
ARTventurers provides you with a multi award winning art and creative play business.
The My Best Friend Franchise offers a business with a proven business model and fantastic reputation.
The Pass the Keys Franchise is the only Airbnb management franchise available in the UK.
Cook Stars is an award winning children's cooking class and party franchise with multiple income streams.
The Jo Jingles Franchise provides an exciting and flexible opportunity to run your own Children's Music, Singing and Movement Business.
With the Hometyre franchise you can grow your mobile tyre fitting service with potential to run a multi-van operation over time.
Pitman Training is the UK's leading independent vocational training provider, transforming careers through learning.
The MagiKats Franchise has potential for great profits with the opportunity to open more than one Tuition Centre.
The Healthy Feet Franchise offers you the opportunity to run your own successful mobile foot care business.
Run your own exciting and unique Baby Sensory Franchise with classes for parents and their babies.


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Macpup Foxy 3.0 Puppy With Enlightenment Released
One thing I enjoy about Linux is that is comes in all shapes and sizes. Macpup Foxy 3.0 features the Enlightenment window manager and a Mac OS X-like user interface. Macpup Foxy 3.0 is based on Puppy Linux 4.3.1 which uses the Linux kernel 220.127.116.11. Macpup Foxy 3.0 includes all the applications from Puppy 4.1 and 4.3.1 service pack plus Macpup Foxy 3.0 features Firefox 3.5.4, GIMP 2.6.3, and a few other enhancements. Here's a short release announcement.
I booted up Macpup Foxy 3.0 in RAM to get a few screenshots and spent only a few minutes playing around. I wasn't particularly impressed by the desktop feel of the distro out of the box. The brown background with birds didn't do it for me and my resolution was a bit off. Both of these things were corrected easily though and a window even popped up on startup offering resolution changes which was a nice touch. Another thing worth noting is the application selection in Macpup Foxy 3.0. This is a minimalist distro yet it has a powerhouse of applications to use out of the box.
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By Howard Nusbaum
November 7, 2013
Our newest infographic focuses on steps timeshare owners can take to help them navigate the resale market. As you know, ARDA has worked closely with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and many states to educate consumers about how to avoid scams in the secondary market over the years. This latest effort—our easy-to-follow infographic—will provide guidance to consumers that are confused about where to turn.
The incidents of reseller-related scams are growing as owners are reporting them to the appropriate authorities more frequently, and lawmakers are taking steps to put stronger protections in place.
ARDA has released ten consumer advisories about specific bad practices and created a section on its advocacy-based website devoted to resale resource information.
Feel free to share this infographic and accompanying press release with your owners and constituents—and direct them to ARDA-ROC's Timeshare Resale Resource Center for more information.
By Howard Nusbaum
August 26, 2013
We've taken a page out of the successful "Travel Effect" campaign from our friends at the U.S. Travel Association, and developed an infographic looking at the "Timeshare Effect"—a look at how timeshare vacations have a positive effect on lifestyle, family memories, and finances.
As you all know, we hear from our owners every day about how their lives have been positively changed because of their timeshare ownership. This is a way for us to capture this anecdotal sentiment with hard facts for other would-be timeshare owners.
We look at how timeshare vacations have a positive effect on lifestyle, family memories, and finances. On the financial side, it's clear that owning a timeshare enables families to take annual vacations for much less than what they would pay for a traditional hotel, saving an average of $25,000 over 20 years of vacationing.
We also look at how owning a timeshare has significant effects on lifestyle. Since timeshare owners have essentially pre-paid for their annual vacation, they are much more likely to take that vacation, which leads to many health and wellness benefits.
And finally, we share some compelling statistics from U.S. Travel on the importance of vacations for family memories. Check out all the details here!
July 17, 2013
Did you catch personal finance guru Dave Ramsey on the popular Fox & Friends show, doling out advice on the "do's and don'ts" of travel spending this morning?
Dave gave timeshare a "don't" vote, not only wrongly claiming that there is a 98% dissatisfaction rate amongst people who buy timeshares, but also claiming that most owners are "stuck" with their timeshare, there is no flexibility or choice of vacation destinations, and that timeshare is not a "good investment."
While Dave is an excellent advice-giver when it comes to true financial investments, I respectfully disagree that he is qualified to offer advice on something that isn't supposed to be a financial investment at all—vacationing. Whether you are renting a hotel room, buying a timeshare, or even just taking grandma out to dinner for allowing you to vacation on her couch—vacations do not offer a financial ROI, they are a lifestyle enhancement.
Timeshares as "bad investment" is simply a matter of apples and oranges. However, timeshare does have a key value proposition—for example, contrast the lifetime expense of vacationing, assuming you take a 2-week vacation in a hotel property and spend $3,000 each year. In just ten years, you will have spent $30,000, which is $10,000 more than the average cost of a timeshare! And that doesn't even count the savings from eating some meals in your timeshare unit, rather than the 21 meals out in a week.
Not only do our owners report an 83% satisfaction rate* (a complete 180 from Dave's claim of only 2% satisfaction!), but we hear time and time again from happy owners who take vacations with timeshare year after year—thanking themselves for the wise purchase that grants them the discipline of better vacationing. They are doing what is truly important: spending time with people they love. Whether it's heading to their favorite beach resort that feels like a second home, or exploring a new destination through the vast network of properties all over the world, timeshare owners do have a choice.
So Dave, please stick to traditional investment advice and leave the vacation advice to the lifestyle gurus! At the end of the day, the time one enjoys with family (including the comforts of home that a timeshare offers) offers a huge dividend—just ask those you love. It's that simple.
Thanks for the advice Dave, but I think you should take "two weeks of timeshare," and then call me in the morning!
*Source: Shared Vacation Ownership Owners Report – 2012 Edition, prepared by The Research Intelligence Group for the ARDA International Foundation.
By Howard Nusbaum, CEO and President of ARDA
May 8, 2013
It is National Travel and Tourism Week (traditionally the first full week of May and first celebrated in 1984), and therefore it makes sense to blog about the importance of vacation planning.
But before I go there, I should take a minute to dissect the thought of what constitutes a vacation versus other types of trips. Now I'd admit up front I have a bias—not all time off, and certainly not all travel, equals vacationing. And I don't just mean business travel (something I do a lot of and have learned to enjoy and value) but I also mean the very important, enjoyable, and family-life affirming "obligatory travel."
So what do I mean by "obligatory travel?" I mean family life cycle events. For example, over the next thirty days I will gladly and proudly attend two college graduations (one in Ohio and one in New Hampshire), a Mother's Day trip to celebrate my 87-year-old mom, and a friend's wedding to which I was pleased to be invited to attend. This isn't counting the five business trips I will be taking between now and the end of June.
So, what is my point? I get a lot of travel and all of it is highly enjoyable and often important to me. However, none of it rejuvenates me the way true leisure travel does.
Now, don't get me wrong, I'm not "dissing" obligatory travel or business travel. They are both important to the relationships we value most in our lives, and are at the heart of what we do at work and home; however, they should not be mistaken for or "horse-traded" for vacationing. Vacationing is about wanderlust, new adventure, recharging your batteries, spending time with those you love—without an agenda or the emotions (and yes, sometimes baggage) of life cycle events.
We all deserve to get away and truly connect. Your kids, your spouse, your boss, your co-workers, and your inner guru will all thank you. It matters. So plan a vacation this week—and I don't mean Cousin Bertha's 90th birthday celebration!
March 7, 2013
Today we are exactly one month away from Timeshare's Big Global Event—ARDA World (April 6-11 in Hollywood, Florida). As our dedicated staff, engaged volunteers, and active members ready themselves for this annual industry extravaganza, I'd like to take a few minutes of your time to "prime your ARDA World pump," thus ensuring the best experience and opportunity the ARDA World convention has to offer.
1) Go to our Convention schedule web page and check out the meeting agenda. Planning out your itinerary from the many professional development opportunities to the general session is key to getting the most out of what is offered. Think of it as the "vacation buffet table"—peruse what is there to enjoy before you fill your plate, that way you will get what you want. Be strategic!
2) Check out the exhibitor list as these are the companies offering the cutting edge products and services designed just for your business. The exhibit hall is large and chock full of great business opportunities. Map out your experience!
3) Prepare to party: and that means pace yourself and bring comfortable shoes, because you will want to hit it all—from the opening AIF Golf Tournament presented by RCI, to "The Opening Night" brought to you by ICE and RCI, to Interval International's Party with a Cause, and finally the ARDY Gala Awards.
4) Promise yourself you will learn something new. It may be a chance to better understand the next generation through "co-creation" at the Sales & Marketing Forum, or taking note of thought leader and keynote speaker Don Tapscott to better understand the value and impact of information technology, or the chance to understand the opportunities for creating a healthier sold out resort at the Legacy Resort Workshop. Opportunity abounds!
5) Put yourself out there. With more than 2,500 of the industry's top professionals at ARDA World, be a networker. Make a new business friend and enhance your business relationships by leaving your comfort zone—promise to make at least one new acquaintance each day.
You've got thirty days to get ready for the one event of the year that matters most to your business—be a scout and spend some time getting ready to maximize your ARDA World Experience.
By Howard Nusbaum, CEO and President of ARDA
February 20, 2013
A recent focus group we conducted confirmed what many of you may have suspected—there is a belief among would-be timeshare purchasers that the product is inflexible. In an effort to help dispel this myth, we recently issued a press release on exchanging.
As noted in the release, it is the flexibility provided by exchange programs that make owners say timeshare is a better way to vacation. Last year, 38 percent of traditional timeshare owners either banked or exchanged their timeshare, according to ARDA's AIF 2012 Shared Vacation Ownership Owners Report.
We also shared stories of owners exchange experiences from companies Interval International and RCI. Both Interval and RCI recommend that owners first develop a list of ideal vacation destinations, be flexible with dates of travel, and understand their product type and exchange program in order to best evaluate and use their trading power.
We will continue to communicate the flexibility of timeshare and welcome your ideas!
January 24, 2013
The latest results of a new study "Travels Means Jobs," conducted by the U.S. Travel Association, got a lot of play recently in the press...and for good reason. It found that people who start their careers in hospitality and travel end up with better earnings and growth potential—even if they move into other fields.
To provide insight into the benefits of a travel industry job and the career progression of workers who began in travel, the U.S. Travel Association analyzed data collected by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
Here are a few key findings:
And I believe that timeshare (although not separated from other travel jobs in this study) has even another advantage over general travel jobs, with more positions in robust sales and marketing, regulatory compliance, and financial services. This job diversity offers timeshare employees the ability to start in resort operations and then move into finance, real estate, sales and marketing, and other disciplines while staying within vacation ownership and often within the same company.
As a board member of U.S. Travel, I am proud of these findings and am excited to have this data available as we recruit the next generation of professionals. And in our industry advocacy work, this critical data will serve us well as we engage local, state, and national leaders about the timeshare industry and its role in travel.
Note: This blog post is based on a January 2013 Developments magazine article.
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13" x 24" - Small - 23 Magnets.
Our Magnetic Pet Bed is a sturdy yet comfortable spot for your pet to relax on, with the added benefit of magnetic therapy. Our pet pad contains powerful ceramic ferrite magnets, manufacturer's gauss rating of 3650 - 3950 per magnet, Bio-North (negative facing the body). This pad is constructed with a very durable quilted fabric, a layer of convoluted foam, along with a non-skid backing. Our strategically placed magnets coupled with magnet size allows for optimum performance of magnetic lines of flux to penetrate up into the body. Magnetic Therapy is suggested to help improve circulation, reduce inflammation, and can help to soothe aches and discomfort for your beloved pet.
Magna-Pak offers round disc ceramic magnets. Unlike all other shapes, discs create the purest most effective magnetic field, resulting in the most therapeutic value for the customer. Magnetic lines of flux radiate in a curved shape. In square or rectangular magnets, the curved flux lines are disrupted, thereby reducing the magnetic force. These other shapes can be large heavy magnets that look impressive but yield less magnetic force than an equal weight disc magnet. Using disc magnets allows us to make a lighter, stronger magnetic pad. Through our construction, we keep the magnets as close to the body as possible for maximum performance.
The washable, removable cover is a heavy-duty cotton polyester blend. The colors for the covers can vary at times.
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Benjamin Button Children Never Grow or Age
(NEW YORK) -- It seems like Gabby Williams has been a newborn forever, and she has. She still wears diapers and nurses every three hours.
But the little Montana girl with the long hair is 6 years old. As each of her younger siblings were born and grew into toddlers and then developed into older children, she stayed the same.
A normal six-year-old would weigh an average of 46 pounds and be about four-feet tall. Gabby is 10 pounds and only about 24 inches long.
"She had all her medical tests when she was first born and they couldn't find anything," said Gabby's mother, Mary-Margret Williams, 37, who lives with her family in a suburb of Billings, Mont.
Her condition -- so rare that there is no name for it -- will be showcased in My 40-Year-Old Child, a one-hour TLC documentary that airs Sunday night at 9 p.m.
The film follows Gabby and her family, as well as Nicky Freeman, a middle-aged Australian in the body of a 10-year-old, as they try to unravel the medical mystery.
They are Benjamin Button children -- only about a half dozen of them in the world, who age only one year for every four in the life of a normal human being. And so far, doctors can find nothing wrong with them.
Their chromosomes are normal, but they all have cognitive deficiencies. Gabby is blind and will never speak.
"She cries when she is hurting and sometimes smiles," said Williams. "But there's not a whole lot of communication."
"She is definitely very slow, but she knows when mama and grandma are holding her," she said. "She comforts to people around her. She knows her sisters, who have watched her quite a bit and listens to them play. We have a wild bunch around here."
Williams and her husband, John, have three other children -- Sophia, 7; Anthony, 4; and Aleena, 3. And she is expecting another girl in March who, so far, has shown no abnormalities.
"They watch me very carefully because of Gabrielle," said Williams.
Doctors didn't think Gabby would live long after she was born in 2004.
"She had a real scary birth," said Williams. "The doctor [told] me that she wasn't breathing. It took the whole crew to get her going again. I thought she was OK for awhile [and] then she wouldn't eat. ... They sent me home and said, 'I don't think this baby is going to make it for much longer.'
"We took her home and decided to love her as she is," said Williams. "Gabby is still with us today. She is tougher than most of us."
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99-15 42nd Ave Building Review
Queens, NY 11368
About property
Type of the building
Number Units
Number of Floors
Year built
99-15 42nd Ave is a Multi-Family building located in North Corona, Queens constructed in 1931. This 3-story building has 6 units. The building is within Community District 404 and zoned for the following schools - Pioneer Academy, John Bowne High School. Nearby transportation include the 7, 7 Express, E, M, R subway lines.
Available Units
Currently no rent listings in this building
Currently no sale listings in this building
Subways Nearby
These trains run through North Corona. In addition, city buses are also available in this area.
Available Subway Lines:
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Crime in This Neighborhood
Crime rate: 5 out of 10
Approximately 12.3120 crimes (felony) per 1000 residents
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Shamrocks? How About ShamPOOS?
Those almost make me long for the days of anthropomorphized, lumpy-armed clover characters.
Ok, I think it's time we addressed the elephant in the room, guys.
Otherwise he'll just keep trampling on all the shamrocks.
Besides, maybe he'll remember what one looks like.
Hey, you know what it is? I think I figured it out: the bakers just need a base of reference! A small photo, perhaps, or some shamrock-shaped things, perhaps made out of plastic...
Psst. Feelin' "lucky," punk?
Thanks to Trina D., Michele T., Cara H., Alena C., Sara, Coreena N., Nell B., Robin, and also the elephant in the room, who, when confronted with today's wrecks, offered this insightful commentary: