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As the curtain comes down on Ehud Olmert's political career, others take the stage to explain why Israel's political class seems to be so plagued by allegations of personal corruption. The most highfalutin so far comes from Yossi Klein Halevi, writing for The New Republic:
The reason is that Israel was founded by revolutionaries who replaced the cautious morality of rabbinic Judaism with a rigorous but ultimately transient socialist ethic. The refugees who came from the Middle East and Eastern Europe were too disoriented to offer a cultural alternative. When socialism waned, the society lost its moral certainties. No official ethos has replaced Labor Zionism. Add three more factors—the rise of consumerism, the constant threat of war and terrorism, and the ongoing occupation—and the strain on ethical norms becomes formidable.
The frustrating result, says Klein Halevi, is that Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni (who has a reputation for integrity) will gain from this. "Her most notable achievement as foreign minister," he says, "was negotiating the U.N.-sponsored ceasefire at the end of the war. That ceasefire has allowed Hezbollah to re-arm beyond its pre-war capacity, and last week's virtual takeover of the Lebanese government by Hezbollah is one more result of Livni's ceasefire."
Presumably, a tougher leader than Livni is needed now, somebody who understands that narrow consumerism leads to softness, softness to appeasement, and so forth.
THIS IS NOT the place to deal with the silly idea that the cease-fire was either solely to Livni's credit or her fault (or the even sillier insinuation that it was avoidable). It is Klein Halevi's big notion—that the country seems in need of a new "official ethos," that the decline of socialism has left selfishness, etc.,—that is worth our time, if only because it is so pervasive. It is, in the Israeli center, a disease that presumes itself the cure.
In the first place, nobody who's experienced at first hand the decline of Israel's old labor aristocracy, along with the rise of its youthful global business class, should doubt that this has been a good trade. Exposure to international and competitive markets, the standards of science-based entrepreneurship, the percolation of quality management ideas into Israeli companies (as different as Iscar and Cellcom), the spread of electronic commerce (cutting out all kinds bureaucratic transactions,) the blowback of cosmopolitan values from global corporations—all of these—have measurably improved Israeli civil society and the quality of life.
Anyway, dismissing Israel's success at globalization as consumerism is itself a throwback to reflexive socialist prejudices which Israelis, and The New Republic, presumably, have left behind. My old moshavnik friends from Kfar Yehoshua have four children: one builds clean rooms for Teva, one develops software for Texas Instruments, one makes movies, another is an architect. I can report that their narcissism is not less (or more) under control than that of their parents.
But, clearly, it is not socialism that Klein Halevi is pining for. It is social solidarity per se: the idea that Jews must unite ("bringing together the Likud along with Kadima and Labor") to fight Gaza and Iran and other enemies; unite to put (as Olmert allegedly could not) the Jewish commonwealth above private interests.
This is the kind of solidarity right-wing Israelis, like rightists everywhere, instinctively traffic in, the big family projected onto politics, the thing Hegel told us civil society outgrows, the patriotism Oliver North's voice cracks over. The Jewish version is what Israeli centrists will also fall back on when they are feeling insecure and, not coincidentally, when they are hitting up Diaspora Jews for dough.
This is the kind of solidarity right-wing Israelis, like rightists everywhere, instinctively traffic in, the big family projected onto politics, the thing Hegel told us civil society outgrows, the patriotism Oliver North's voice cracks over. The Jewish version is what Israeli centrists will also fall back on when they are feeling insecure and, not coincidentally, when they are hitting up Diaspora Jews for dough.
WHICH BRINGS US to the material cause of Olmert's fall. If you want to understand why Israel's politicians have seemed so slack about their spending habits and bookkeeping, you have to understand the ways Israeli public élites have been awash in the money of Diaspora millionaires at least since the time of Labor boss and finance minister Pinchas Sapir. Not just politicians, mind you, but Jewish Agency functionaries, university presidents, the heads of foundations and think-tanks, the heads of philanthropies, and so forth. Electoral politics are expensive and foreign Jews are sort of honorary Israelis, right? We need to build, and isn't their money, well, Zionist?
In recent years, Ezer Weizman, Ariel Sharon—and now Olmert—have all been under investigation for taking big bucks from fawning big shots. And if corruption means bending yourself to play on their prejudices (tribal solidarity is one), so be it.
There is, after all, the corruption of politicians using their influence to help foreign donors make business connections or simply show-off. But there are also public intellectuals and government officials censoring themselves so as not to offend the sensibilities of philanthropists. Read in this context Nahum Barnea's Yediot Aharonot column on Sheldon Adelson's subvention of Shimon Peres's most recent conference (presented and translated by the excellent Daniel Levy).
By the way, Adelson also funds the think-tank that Klein Halevy works for. Bibi Netanyahu happens to be Adelson's favorite politician. Funny, how when Klein Halevy discredits Livni—also vaguely ridicules the cease-fire with Hezbollah, calls for a nationality unity government, etc.—he is borrowing Netanyahu's lines. Funny how, in all of his talk about politicians hampered by charges of personal excess, Klein Halevy doesn't find the space to tell readers that Netanyahu was virtually hounded from office during 1998 by similar charges; that he has recently been fighting the claim that he spent something like 130,000 NIS on a six-day trip to London to plead Israel's case during the Lebanon war (you know, the one Tzipi Livni so naively ended).
LOOK, I DON'T mean to pick on Klein Halevi, who can in any case take care of himself. I have myself run an Israeli entrepreneurship program lavishly funded by the American mogul, Sam Zell, and know something about trimming my sails. My point is Barnea's, that bad apples generally come from bad barrels. The problem is not that Israelis consume but what Diaspora Jews have swallowed—and the institutional codependence their money has engendered. No doubt, the problem will be sorted out at the AIPAC convention, now starting up in Washington.


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- Yim Sovann, Chief Executive Committee & Spokesperson, Cambodian National Rescue Party.
- Dr. Vannartih Chheang, Lecturer in Asia Pacific Studies, University of Leeds.
- Mu Sochua, Opposition Member, Cambodian Parliament.
- Mu Sochua, Opposition Member, Cambodian Parliament.
With a handshake and a smile, Cambodia's warring politicians have declared an end to the year-long political deadlock. But as the opposition prepares to finally fill its seats in Parliament, is it too early to declare the crisis truly over?

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Sell off the big public hospitals. The only hospitals that may need to be publicly owned are those in small towns that nobody wants to buy. Fund Local Government to run them. Forget the setting up of hospital boards. They'll end up being run by a medical industry. Why would you leave the medical system in the hands of a professional group that has put us in the current mess?
There is no more reason for governments to run hospitals than there is for them to run airlines, power stations and banks.
All the Commonwealth Government has to do is work out how to protect the needy, the chronically ill and those who are just unable to pay their accounts. It's a welfare problem, not a health problem and you solve it through the welfare system.
You don't need to protect the fat, the lazy, the unfit and those who won't lift a finger to help themselves.
It's time the Government wiped its hands of this mess. Sell off the hospitals. Let someone else take the blame for stuffing them up. It will be an enduring legacy.
Put out a tender. Bring in the merchant banks and float them off. Sell the hospitals off to organisations who can run them properly - this won't be bumbling medical organisations.
Case in point.
I was at the John James hospital in Canberra last Saturday and Sunday and there's nobody there. It was like a morgue. They only work 9 - 5, Monday to Friday. No wonder they're going broke. They need Jerry Harvey and the people who run the big mining companies in there to sort them out.
The hospitals have become bloated. They're full of hangers on, people doing junk research. Whatever the specialists say, the hospitals are not lean fighting machines. A lot of the staff are in poor shape.
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An easy 30p minutes on the stepper.
In the meantime stay tuned and don't get sick on the weekend.
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- mobisenzAsked on September 09, 2010 at 03:39 AM
After paypal processing, user selects "go back to ..." from paypal, which sends back to a jotform page showing "Please wait while redirecting".
It sits there and does nothing.
I have selected a custom thankyou URL in the form.
Can I make a suggestion, and that the redirect go directly to the custom URL from Paypal, and skip the jotform page. My customers do not know anything about jotform, and thet shouldn;t be sent to a foreign domain upon return from a secure payment.
- JotForm FounderaytekinAnswered on September 09, 2010 at 08:23 AM
The URL you used on the Custom Thank You URL is not accessible. It is a password protected page. That's proabably why it cannot redirect there.
It might also be because it contains a question mark in the URL.
Please use one of those URL shorteners such as bit.ly to create a new URL that does not contain a question mark and see if that helps.
- mobisenzAnswered on September 09, 2010 at 09:28 AM
The password protection is not relevant, jotform should redirect in any case.
Re the ?, I'll try that but I still do not see the relevance. A redirect should not care about the validity of the URL it is redirecting to. If it does then you are somehow processing the URL, why would you do that?
I still think that having my future customers go to a jotform page right after they make a paypal payment is not good for business confidence, they should not know about jotform as they are not dealing with jotform. Jotform should stay out of the way of the transaction.
This is a serious issue and if it can't be done I will have to ditch jotform for taking orders.


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NOCKAMIXON � It�s what is commonly referred to in sports as a �sandwich� game.
Palisades is in a two-week stretch during which it plays four Colonial League boys soccer games, three of which are against the top teams in the league.
The other, Wednesday afternoon, was against Wilson, the last-place team in the Colonial League South, so it might have been easy for the Pirates to let down a bit after beating rival Southern Lehigh on Monday.
If there were any signs of a letdown or looking ahead, however, they were not on display Wednesday. Palisades was off-target for most of the first half, but eventually found the mark to post an easy 5-0 victory over the visiting Warriors.
�I thought we played well,� said Palisades sophomore Tyler Andre. �We had a really good passing. We were putting all of our shots in. We just had a really good game.�
The Colonial League South standings are crowded at the top, led by Saucon Valley (8-0). Palisades (8-1), Moravian (7-1) and Southern Lehigh (7-1-1) are right there in the mix. Palisades plays at Moravian on Friday, then hosts Saucon Valley on Tuesday.
�It was definitely a big boost in our confidence after losing to Northwestern,� senior Matt Moninghoff said about the Southern Lehigh win. �We did what we had to do. We got that goal early on and we played a little defensive.
�We look forward to playing teams like Moravian and Saucon � those big games that we know are going to be huge.�
The Pirates couldn�t afford a hiccup against Wilson, and they got on the scoreboard six minutes in as Andre cleaned up a rebound after freshman Cooper Moyer had his initial attempt saved and the ball popped out to the foot of Andre.
But it stayed at 1-0 for most of the remainder of the half. The players, however, didn�t seem too worried.
�Even on the field, we were talking, �It�s coming, it�s coming,�� Andre said. �When have the amount of pressure we had up there and were putting the shots we are, we know we�re going to put one in eventually.
�It�s just when we put the first one in, the next ones will keep coming.�
It started with Andre drawing a foul in the box with just 1 minute, 6 seconds remaining on the first-half clock. Moninghoff banged home the penalty kick for Palisades� second goal.
Then, 33 seconds later, Moninghoff assisted Moyer and, just like that, Palisades had a commanding 3-0 lead at halftime.
�That�s what got us started, really,� Moninghoff said. �That second goal really got everybody pumped. As soon as we tapped, we were like, �Let�s go get another one.�
�Then we had that next 30 seconds where everybody pushed up and we really pressured the ball. That�s like we played when we played the higher teams. I don�t mean to disrespect (Wilson) � they really had a great fight today � but that�s the way that we played against Southern Lehigh and Northwestern.�
The second half was a rout, as Palisades added goals in the 46th minute, as Janson Terry headed home a corner kick from Colin Marsden, and Moyer picked up his second goal of the game on a breakaway in the 55th minute.
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8 Reasons You Should Try Open Shelving in Your Kitchen
A Ship-Shape Farmhouse Kitchen With Wood Paneling
Fixer Upper hosts Chip and Joanna Gaines painted one wall a neutral gray and brought in shiplap for a feature paneled wall, matching detail in other parts of the home. A white subway tile backsplash and quartzite countertops add a modern element to the rustic space. Industrial-style shelving made from plumbing pipes and wood planks offer open storage, and a custom kitchen island made from vintage wood contributes style and utility in the kitchen.
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For those of you that are always trying to tame a big mess at home, I would suggest you skip this one. But for everyone else, here are eight reasons you might want to consider giving open shelving a try in your own space.
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After 12. A custom shelving unit was installed to house the microwave and espresso machine, freeing up valuable counter space.
If you've ever done a kitchen renovation, you know that cabinetry is often one of your biggest expenses. However, going with an open shelving plan in your kitchen can actually save you quite a bit of money. It could even work well as an interim solution; if you know you'd eventually like closed cabinets, but can't quite afford the upgrade yet, install inexpensive open shelving.
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It would be all too tempting to dive straight into the news of his latest work, but perhaps first an introduction to this prolific figure is in order.
Born in Taiwan and based in Los Angeles, James Jean is a highly accomplished artist with no less than eighteen awards to his name. To give you a flavour, he has won five 'Best Cover Artist' Eisner Awards, three Harvey Awards of the same title and three Gold Medals from the prestigious Society of Illustrators. Considering the beauty and diversity of his work, it seems fair to argue that those achievements are well-deserved. He is perhaps best-known for his Fables cover illustrations, a popular comic-book series published by DC's Vertigo. However, he has also made himself known in other ventures too, having worked with an impressive list of clients. He has even collaborated with Prada, for whom he designed a mural, clothing, and a visually unique backdrop for their 2008 Spring/Summer show in Milan.
Though able to handle a range of mediums and a variety of subject matters, Jean retains a distinctive style: often sumptuous, frequently floral and always evocative. As can be seen in the photograph of his REBUS installation (above), bright colours draw the eye and intricate detail holds it. Having retired from commercial projects three years ago, Jean has turned his full attention to painting, which is why the upcoming release of his newest instalment is so exciting.
REBUS is a sort of printed portfolio, showcasing new work as well as milestones in his creative career. Just four days ago, Jean updated his blog with photos of the newly published French edition (pictured below), causing a great stir among followers. Two days later, he tweeted "Yes, in September (possibly August) we'll have signed copies of REBUS available [here]." It goes without saying that this collection is a must-have for fans, and potentially worth a look at for any aspiring fine artists.
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Does Pore Strip Make more Blackheads – Seeing the blackheads are raised and attached to the pore strip is one of the satisfaction of its own felt many women. Especially seeing how the pores in the nose look clean after using it. No wonder pore strips so the most popular choice in affairs against blackheads in the nose. But not all women like this product you know, because there is the assumption that expel blackheads by pulling it will actually make the pores getting bigger and increasingly add blackheads, Hmm, what is the right explanation, pore strips help reduce blackheads or make it worse?
Does Pore Strip Make more Blackheads
Facts and Myths About the Pore Strip
Touted as a blackheads solution, pore strips have the ability to pull and remove oxidized oils (blackheads), dead skin and dirt, but only on the surface. Though it feels clean, the pore strips pass the dirt and oil hidden inside the pores. Missed dirt, coupled with dead skin that regularly increases, will accumulate and become acne or blackheads seeds. That's why even if you've been using pore strips, blackheads will still exist and grow. In fact, the pore strip will not be able to eliminate, let alone prevent blackheads.
Another fact, pores are hair follicles, where each pore has a sebaceous gland that produces oil. This causes the pores very easy to be clogged by oil. Well, the pores will enlarge when clogged. The use of pore strips can help remove dirt and clogged oil, so after use, the pores look smaller. However, if it is mentioned that the pore strips make the pores smaller or enlarge is certainly not appropriate, because pore strips only help lift the dirt that clogs the pores.
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To safely use pore strips, make sure you do not have sensitive or susceptible skin allergies, because this skin condition is not recommended to use pore strips. The use of pore strips can trigger friction in the skin even some content on the pore strips such as menthol and Polyquaternium 37 may aggravate skin texture due to skin friction and adhesive when releasing pore strips.
As for normal skin, as long as you follow the rules and instructions for use, the pore strip is fairly safe to use. The best, limit the use of pore strips maximum only once a week. Also after the use, immediately rinse the skin thoroughly, and apply moisturizer to open pores that can immediately return to normal size. In essence, although it does not work optimally to cleanse the pores, the pore strip has no harmful side effects for normal skin.


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If not already in place, install a Nessus scanner on the same host as SecurityCenter. It does not need to be started or otherwise configured.
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ARCTIC DIMENSION Design – LifestyleCross-sectoral Business Opportunities : ARCTIC DIMENSION Design – Lifestyle Cross-sectoral Business Opportunities Business Opportunities Quick Check China and Hong Kong HONG KONG : HONG KONG Country facts in a nutshell / Hong Kong: Country facts in a nutshell / Hong Kong Population: 7,6 million inhabitants number of households age structure GNP 23.000 USD capita Hong Kong Island: Center, Admiralty, Causeway Bay, Kowloon: Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon Tong, Shatin Marital status division (Married, Divorced, Widowed, Single) and how it differs in urban and rural areas Educational level Everyday lifestyle: Everyday lifestyle Life in HK is busy. Work plays an important role and days are often long. Saturday is a working day as well (1/2 day). Homes are in average small and several generations may share a flat. It is common for young professionals to live with their parents until they get married. Eating is important part of social life and it is very common to have dinner with friends / family in a restaurant in the evening and weekends. It is said that a person eating alone has a heavy heart. All possible kitchens around the world are available in Hong Kong, but Hong Kong Chinese prefer Chinese food. Regarding beauty for women it is ideal to be slim, and perfect, white skin is favored. For men it is good to be a bit heavy on the waist to show that one has money to take good care of the family. Fitness, i.e. jogging and workout at gyms is more and more popular, though still more favored by westerners than Hong Kong Chinese. Tai Chi is practiced in parks throughout the year especially by middle aged and elderly. Leading department stores in Hong Kong: Leading department stores in Hong Kong Lane Crawford Department store chain with shop-in-shop concept Clothes, accessories, table and bedware, gifts, cosmetics Most international brands like Mulberry, Calvin Klein, etc Causeway Bay, Admiralty, IFC (exclusive layout), Tsim Sha Tsui Wing On Clothes and accessories, household and bedware like "Sokos" Also foreign brands Chinese style Shopping malls (galleries with separate brand shops); Harbour Place Lee Theatre Pacific Place IFC Time Square Festival Walk, Kowloon Tong Several other in Central, Admiralty, Causeway Bay, Tsim Tsa Tsui, Shatin, Olympic City Japanese department stores in Hong Kong: Japanese department stores in Hong Kong Mitsukoshi Shop-in-shop Products according to brand names clothes & bags & jewellery combined according to consumer group Household, table and home ware, cosmetics SOGO Japanese department store Products arranged according to brand names Household, table and homeware, cosmetics Seibu By brands Lifestyle chains and department stores in Hong Kong: Lifestyle chains and department stores in Hong Kong Franc Franc – "Design for Life" Japanese interior shop chain present in Shinjuku, Shibuya, Osaka, Fukuoka, Hokkaido and Hong Kong Furniture, lighting, appliances e.g. CD players, microwave ovens and rice cookers, goods specially for bedroom, bathroom and kitchen including tableware Colorful Scandinavian style, Japanese corner, currently "Christmas Special"- promotion GOD –"Goods of Desire", "For good living" Lifestyle chain, 4 stores in HK Furniture, lighting, home accessories, dinnerware & drink ware, bathroom / housekeeping accessories, fashion & bags, stationery and functional accessories. Exclusive own design, GOD lable, modern Chinese, oriental style "Race course" bed ware won Elle's Product of the Year award Lifestyle chains and department stores in Hong Kong: Lifestyle chains and department stores in Hong Kong Shanghai Tang - "Taste of China" Chinese lifestyle chain First and only Chinese life style brand Idea by David Tang in 1994 Wearable, relevant, commercial products Collaboration with leading European and Asian designers Modernized Shanghai Style: innovative use of traditional motifs, bright colors, using old artisan techniques Stores: Hong Kong, London, Shanghai, Singapore and New York Designed luxury-goods: dress and suits for women and men made of silk and other prestige materials, accessories, interior decoration, gifts. Imperial tailor. Everything with own brand and design 2006 themes: forbidden city, contemporary arts Clients mainly tourists and westerners, not so much HK or Mainland Chinese Lifestyle chains and department stores: Lifestyle chains and department stores Muji – "Lower price for a reason" Japanese lifestyle chain A globally known brand Muji is short for Mujirushi Ryohin, which means "no brand" Natural and simple design to propose rational lifestyles for today's world, natural colors More than 5,000 items as Muji products (private label) Muji Products: Clothes for men, women and children,bags, accessories, cosmetics, food, home organizers Muji Cafe / Muji Meals: bakery cafés and restaurants Muji Campsite Operating campsites (3 sites in Japan?) Promoting outdoor activities Florist selling flowers Living spaces: home furnishing Retailing market: lifestyle chains and department stores: Retailing market: lifestyle chains and department stores JUSCO Maybe not here, from my mind it is rather low priced concept Little bit like "Tiimari" but with wider assortment of goods Pacific Cafe – "The Perfect Cup" Cafe chain with internet access Present in Hong Kong and Singapore Selling small items related to coffee/tea drinking mugs coffee beans & blends, tea music Environment with comfortable music selection, warm lighting, couches and sofa chairs, an international selection of newspapers and lifestyle magazines, private space and space for community socializing Characteristics of the retailing market in Hong Kong: Characteristics of the retailing market in Hong Kong Offering in Hong Kong is impressive: all leading global brands are in Hong Kong Especially clothes, shoes, handbags and jewellary A lot of interior designers Interior shops: Causeway Bay, My favorite shop, small stores in Sohossa Tequila Kola, Shambala (oriental) etc. in Ap Lei Chau Very brand oriented Shop-in-shop concepts Brand stores in shopping malls, small stores e.g. in Soho, spas, yacht or country or golf or fitness clubs etc. Lifestyle concept in Hong Kong: Lifestyle concept in Hong Kong Leading lifestyle trends Western style is preferred over Chinese. Only modernized Chinese style is used. E.g. Shanghai Tang is mainly for westerners and tourists. Trends, latest versions are important. Last season is not interesting anymore, and even new goods are on sale in two weeks. Hi-tech and technical features are important Use and sell: It is usual to up-grade to latest version and sell the older model to second hand traders or friends How does lifestyle concept show on the consumer good market Trecking and sports goods stores in Times Square, Mong kok High-technology, Leisure, LOHAS, home decoration Lifestyle issues are discussed SCMP Theme and supplements Promotion catalogues, HK Magazine, Perspective, and other magazines Cooking, fashion style Among your friends: food, clothing Promotional events: electronics, telephones, cosmetics Campaigns and free gifts are widely used in marketing. Consumer groups with good consuming power: Consumer groups with good consuming power Teen age people Get a lot of money from their parents Working young persons living with their parents Good income but low living expenses Children Parents and grandparents as purchasers BEIJING : BEIJING Beijing Facts 2004: Beijing Facts 2004 Population 14.213 million number of households, 4.75 million age structure (population census in 2000) 0-14 1.36 million 13.6% 15-64 7.8 million 78% Over 65 0.84 million 8.4% Education level (population census in 2000) College and above 17% Senior secondary school 23% Junior secondary school 35% Primary school 18% Marital status (2004) population aged 15 and over 12.79 million single 24% first married 67% re-married 1% divorced 1% widowed 4% Beijing Facts 2004: Beijing Facts 2004 Per capita disposable income, 15638 RMB Per capita living expenditure, 12200 RMB Retail sales 219.2 billion RMB Per capita retail sales 14711 RMB Everyday lifestyle in Beijing: Everyday lifestyle in Beijing Living, young people like to live separately with their parents, rent or buy apartment, young couple with child who is less than 3 years old normally live together with parents Leisure, having dinner together with friends, go to bar, for weekend, go to the suburbs of Beijing Fitness, 2-3 time per week to fitness center, Yoga is very popular among young ladies. Losing weight is always the hot topic. Retailing market in Beijing: Retailing market in Beijing Leading department stores Beijing Wangfujing Department Store (local) Pacific Department Store (Taiwan) Parkson Department Store (Malaysia) New World (HK) Sogo (Japan) Leading design / decoration chains and shops The Home World Group (local) Orient Home (local) B&Q (UK) OBI (Germany) IKEA (Sweden) Retailing market in Beijing: Retailing market in Beijing Life style concept stores: the business idea and display is build around a certain life style theme Wangshi, sell honey, royal jelly, flower powder Shanghai Xue, traditional Chinese dress L'occitaine, French, body care products, fragrant products Characteristics of the retailing market Supermarket chain is the largest retail format. In Beijing we have Jingkelong and Wu-Mart Hypermarkets by international retailers, Carrefour, Wal-Mart Convenience store, 7-Eleven, Quik Specialty stores Home electrical appliances, Guomei, Suning, Dazhong Home decoration and furnishings (see the above) Clothing and apparel, casual brands from HK, Esprit, Giordano, Baleno Branded specialty stores (typically located in shopping arcades of hotels, increasingly setting up own flagship stores). Online purchasing is increasing, eBay, Taobao.com Lifestyle concept in the Beijing market: Lifestyle concept in the Beijing market Leading lifestyle trends Healthy life - food safety - functional food - nutrition products (Amway, Tishi, Babycare etc.) - outdoor sports - fitness center - green decoration (non-pollution, simple style, light color) Youth trends - young Chinese motivated by sports fashion, music and high-tech gadgets - Urban Chinese teenagers typically download hip-hop tunes to trendy Samsung mobile phones, wear Nike training shoes, eat MCDonald and drink Coca-Cola (From EIU) Luxury brands keep on coming How does lifestyle concept show on the consumer good market - chain stores, like special food, outdoor sports equipments, body care products, clothing - direct selling, like the nutrition products (Amway, Tianshi) - shop in shopping mall, like luxury brands SHANGHAI: SHANGHAI Everyday lifestyle in Shanghai: Everyday lifestyle in Shanghai Living Conditions: good Living Surroundings: not so good Housing: average price 7.000-15.000 RMB/M2 Leisure: dine with friends and relatives, home cinema DVD, outdoor activities and gym, shopping, Karaoke, traveling, playing cards and majiang Working Conditions: high competition and pressure, frequent overtime, long-time and crowded traffic, higher salary, better welfare, global organization and international working method Retailing market: Retailing market Leading department stores Pacific, Isten, Printemps, Parkson, Oriental, Friendship, Leading design / decoration chains and shops B&Q, IKEA, Homemart Life style concept stores: the business idea and display is build around a certain life style theme (like Body Shop, Pentik Shops in Finland, Muji in Japan) Watson's, City Mart, Herborist, Natural Beauty, Chiltina, Physical, Nep.star Drug Store Characteristics of the retailing market Single shops or chains? Chains Own brands (private label) or a range of branded products? Both Shop-in-shop concepts? Yes Are these type of shops located in shopping malls, in certain district, spas, yacht or country or golf or fitness clubs etc. Most are located in shopping malls, certain district, large resident community Lifestyle concept in the Shanghai Market: Lifestyle concept in the Shanghai Market Leading lifestyle trends: health & well-being, high tech/design, digital home, relaxing, simple and convenience How does lifestyle concept show on the consumer good market In chains and shops that are built around the lifestyle concept Old shops may do not recognize the impact of lifestyle concept Some new shops are leading new lifestyle concepts What kind of lifestyle concept already are on the market like High-technology, Leisure, relaxation and simple home decoration, on-line shopping How widely are lifestyle issues discussed In media like magazines and TV: Very wide in Shanghai. Shanghai have one TV channel on fashion and lifestyle, lots of magazines and papers of fashions. Among your friends It is widely and deeply discussion, but we will discuss it sometimes. Which topics, themes? Leisure (Travel, Art Show, Shopping, Drama etc.) Have you seen promotional events around this theme? Tell examples GUANGZHOU: GUANGZHOU Brief-Guangzhou: Brief-Guangzhou Guangzhou is the capital city of Guangdong Province, covers an area of 7,434.4 Sq. km. It's the political, economic, commercial, cultural center which combines manufacturing, transportation, finance, information, education and human resources as a hub. It's the largest coastal city in the southern China, which is adjacent with Hong Kong and Macao. Guangzhou is one of the most economically dynamic and flourishing areas in China. Cities with best consuming power in Guangdong province: Cities with best consuming power in Guangdong province Guangzhou, Dongguang, Shenzhen Guangzhou-Population (2004): Guangzhou-Population (2004) Unit: person Guangzhou-Population (2004): Guangzhou-Population (2004) Birth Rate: 9.56% Death Rate: 5.74% Natural Growth Rate: 3.82% Number of Marriage Registration (couple): 61,885 Number of Divorces: 11,265 Rate of Divorces: 18.21% Number of Married Women of Childbearing Age: 1,445,809 Late Married Rate (aged >23): 77.64% One-child Rate:82.36% More than One-child Rate:0.80% Life Expectancy: 76.83 years old Basic Statistics on National Population Census 2000-Guangzhou: Basic Statistics on National Population Census 2000-Guangzhou No. of Households: 2,820,647 Average Family Size (person): 3.21 Average employed person in family (person): 1.79 Population by Age Group: Age 0-14: 1,633,142 , 16.43% Age15-65: 7,702,721, 77.48% Age 65 & over: 606,159, 6.10% Population with Various Education Attainments: College & above: 400,530, 4.03% Junior college: 525,815, 5.29% Secondary Technical School: 619,955, 6.24% Guangzhou-GDP 2004: Guangzhou-GDP 2004 GDP per capita: over USD6,800, 14% annual average growth rate Total Retail Sale of Consumer Goods: RMB170 billion Per Capita Annual Disposal Expenditure for Consumption of Urban Households Guangzhou-Strong Purchasing Power: Guangzhou-Strong Purchasing Power Disposable Income per Capita Expenditure per Capita Guangzhou-Growing Life Quality: Guangzhou-Growing Life Quality City employee salary total amount: RMB44.314 billion, Increase rate -14.3% Employee average salary: RMB25104, Increase rate-13.4% Guangzhou-Main Indicators of Culture (2003): Guangzhou-Main Indicators of Culture (2003) Release of Various Films (films): 91 Chinese-made Films: 47 (51%) HK & Import Films: 44 (48%) No. of Film Spectators (10000 person-time) : 241 No. of Cinemas (units): 27 No. of Theaters & Music Halls (unit): 15 No. of Public Libraries: 15 No. of Performance for Arts Performance Troups (time): 2892 No. of Exhibitions: 965 No. of Broadcasting Stations (unit): 2 No. of TV Stations (units): 3 No. of Newspaper published (kind): 84 No. of Books published (kind): 4946 No. of Magazines published (kind): 281 Guangzhou People Everyday Life: Guangzhou People Everyday Life Eating in Guangzhou is very famous around the world. Guangzhou people enjoy delicate food, such as dim sum, gong fu tea, soups with traditional medicinal materials, healthy herbal teas. People pay more attention on the healthy, natural green food. Guangzhou is now expanding its urban district area, people will trend to live a little far away from the downtown, with more spaces of living facilities, such as swimming pool, fitness facility, and green plants. Living quality is improving. Weekend pleasures: shopping, massage, Yoga, facial, spa, golf, club, KTV, disco, bars, sports, tourist, etc. Guangzhou-Retailing Market: Guangzhou-Retailing Market Leading department Stores: Friendship, Grandbuy, Xin Da Xin, Leading shopping mall: TeeMall, Grandview Mall (the biggest shopping mall in Asia), Hong Cheng Plaza Life style kauppojen paikka Shopping malleissa Characteristics of the retailing market: Retail shops are mainly grouped in the 2 pedestrian streets, and within the shopping malls. Friendship department stores: Friendship department stores Chinese value Friendship stores into premium category Higher quality department store Mainly products made in China Life style concepts not visible Wide selection from home electronics to jewellery, clothes and food Life Style Concept Stores: Life Style Concept Stores Clothing: Li Ren Fang, Buyizhai Decorations: Ding Hao Foot Massage: Mu Zu Tang Beauty & Spa &Hair Design: Celebrity Hair Design Center Golf Club: Guangzhou Luhu Golf & Country Club Furniture & living decoration: Guangzhou Meiju Center Fitness: Total Fitness Club


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Why some people decide that finals week is an optimal time to flirt or begin a relationship is beyond me, I just consider it a poor evolutionary strategy. Everyone is already stressed to the max without wondering if they smell/look good or whether their future offspring with this person will go to Grand Rapids or Holland Christian High School. But how do you flirt with somebody during this time if you are keen on being an evolutionary dead-end (at this time anyway)? Well, if you already awkward to the max you are half -way there, as nobody who is unawkward has ever met somebody at Calvin College, ever.
- go with the "Study Break" method. Invite your intended over for a "study party", and three hours in suggest going to get coffee or to a movie.
- Have a movie night to help your floor, bio class or anybody but your room/house/apartment mates relax. Show cute Christmas movies (think Elf) in order to showcase what a wholesome character you are.
- Bring a group with you to coffee if you are too scared to go solo with your intended. Then you can all start awkwardly flirting with your UNlearn and Calvin College hoodies on. Then the coffee drinking public of Grand Rapids will truly understand what I and the RA have to witness everyday.
- Go to ITC, find an open computer next to a cute, single guy (you will know he's single if he is sitting all alone and with a CUPPS mug instead of a cup from Starbucks or Bigby's, since no Calvin people will go there alone and dudes will not go there unless there is a female in the group they are going with) and casually strike up a conversation. Try talking about "the reason for the season" (note: this is NOT Mithras).
- Giggle a lot. But only if you are female. If you are a dude, sit there with a slightly uncomfortable looking grin and either stare intently into her eyes like an axe murderer or stare at her shoes
But, you may ask, I have already found the perfect mate that God created for me…how do I keep the love alive during this week?
- look at your ID card. Do you have a meal plan? If you do, good. Skip breakfast and use your meal equivalency that evening to surprise your bf/gf in the ITC with a bagel. Draw two chairs up close (facing each other) and share it in the most sickly-sweet manner you can think of.
- Work at computers right next to each other in a public spot. The couple that writes papers on the book of Mark together stays together (or perhaps Luke, since he wrote about the "reason for the season" that isn't Mithras).
- Make plans to spend the short break together, it'll give you something to look forward to and to sigh about. In fact, plan on getting engaged during break (8 out of 10 couples at Calvin get engaged over Christmas break, because Calvinists have no originality).
- Make snow angels.
You can thank me once you are engaged and have decided whether your future progeny are spending their high school years at Grand Rapids or Holland Christian.


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These are fine! Especially that coat rack.
I don't know will I choose it nevertheless to my home. I'm afraid I could get bored it soon.
Yeah, I particularly like the coat rack one as well.
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i love this last picture so much!!!!!!!!! it's so lovely....
i am a mother since 3 months so everything baby-related excites me ;-)
Hi Nay! Thanks for dropping by and congrats on motherhood :)
Wall decals are a great way to change a room without having to do everything from the paint to the upholstery. We think they're great fun!


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Conference workshops are in-depth professional development opportunities created for museum professionals by their peers in the field or the museum service industry. These workshops are hosted offsite by local museums and organizations, providing an additional opportunity to explore and get inspired.
Registration fees range from $35-50 per person. Space is limited. Pre-registration is recommended. Seats may not be available during onsite registration.
Wednesday, July 18, 2018
9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Development 101: The Museum Leader's Guide to Practical Fundraising (Development and Finance)
Today's museum leaders need proven fundraising skills that not only sustain their organization's mission, but also realize their strategic goals and future vision. Most learn these skills on the job, coupled with other unrelated responsibilities. Explore practical ways to dedicate the appropriate amount of time to fundraising, with the right prospects, to elevate your organization's fundraising program.
Facilitated by Jenny Burch, Knight Ridge Consulting
Location: American Writers Museum (1 mile north of the Hilton Chicago. Transportation not included.)
Cost: $50
9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Exhibit Insights: Illinois Holocaust Museum Take a Stand Center (Exhibit Planning and Innovation)
Endorsed by the National Association for Museum Exhibition (NAME)
The Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center in Skokie has just opened a new 4,000 square foot permanent exhibition – the Take a Stand Center – that uses state of the art technology to bring the stories of survivors and social justice leaders to life. This pre-conference program provides an opportunity to explore the new exhibition with peers, experience the groundbreaking interactive, holographic technology from USC Shoah Foundation's Dimensions in Testimony program as a visitor, participate in a moderated critique of the experience, and hear from staff who worked on the project during a brief presentation and Q&A session. IHMEC's Take a Stand team will share behind-the-scenes information on the planning and oral history collection process and provide background information on the technology.
Facilitated by Cynthia Torp, Solid Light, Inc. and NAME Southeast Regional Rep, and Elizabeth Chilton, Executive Director, Paint Creek Center for the Arts
Presenters include Shoshana Buchholz-Miller, Vice President of Education and Exhibitions, Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center (IHMEC); and Kia Hays, Program Manager, Dimensions in Testimony at USC Shoah Foundation.
Location: IL Holocaust Museum and Education Center (1 hour North of Hilton Chicago, Transportation Provided)
Cost: $50
9:30 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.
Prototyping for Effective Exhibits (Exhibit Planning and Innovation)
Prototyping is a means for modeling and testing exhibit elements to ensure they function as intended and are relevant and accessible to their intended audiences. The Prototyping for Effective Exhibits workshop will provide information on how prototyping can vary based on project types and stages of planning and design. Presenters will share examples from past projects at various stages of planning (ideation to the final product) and reflect on methods used. Presenters will then facilitate a hands-on session, during which attendees will create and test prototypes with small teams. Attendees will have a 30-minute lunch break.
Facilitated by Charity Counts, Association of Midwest Museums
Presenters include Cathy Hamaker, exhibit developer, The Children's Museum of Indianapolis; Tricia O'Connor, content developer, Solid Light, Inc.; Kevin Snow, creative director, Luci Creative; Nathan Combs, senior project manager/fabricator, Ravenswood Studio; and Orilla Fetro, Adler Planetarium
Location: Adler Planetarium (1.5 miles from the Hilton Chicago. Transportation not included.)
Cost: $50
11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
How to Handle What Can't Be Handled (Collections Care and Management)
Have you ever been asked to care for or display objects without touching them? Jeff Stafford has spent his career working on projects with unique constraints. During this seminar, attendees will participate in a presentation followed by a Q&A discussion related to packing, handling and shipping "difficult to handle" artworks. Jeff will share examples of some particularly challenging projects involving tar, bronze, glitter, glass, textiles, unstable mixed media installations, etc. and the solutions developed for safe handling and shipping of those works. Attendees will be able to see examples of the materials used in U.S. Art Company projects, and engage in a discussion about particular challenges they may have encountered with collections and exhibits at their own museums. Includes a light lunch provided by U.S. Art and a tour of their 115,000 sq.ft. Chicago facility. Transportation is provided.
Jeff Stafford has been the Special Projects Manager for the Mid-West Region for U.S. Art Company since 2014, and has 20 years of experience handling art for a wide range of museums, private collectors and corporate clients in the Chicago area, focusing on complicated installations, rigging and large institutional collection relocation.
Location: U.S. Art Company Chicago Facility (20 minutes from Hilton Chicago, Transportation Provided)
12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Building and Testing Mobile Apps with Beacon Technology (Exhibit Planning and Innovation)
Experience this historic lakefront mansion and museum and enjoy a hands-on experience creating mobile content and a mobile app! The workshop will include a presentation from museum staff about the museum and some of their challenges and solutions for content delivery. Attendees will have time to explore the museum while using the museum's beacon-based mobile app. Following the tour, team members from Encurate Mobile Technology will present the typical steps for building an app, including a discussion of considerations for developing beacon-powered apps in small museums and historic homes. Presenters will share lessons learned from experimenting and testing beacon technology in a compact museum environment.
In the hands-on portion of the workshop, Encurate will lead attendees through the a step-by-step process of creating content and operating a content management system (CMS) for a mobile app. Participants will use hardware and software provided by Encurate.
Facilitated by Nancy Harmon, Encurate Mobile Technology
Location: International Museum of Surgical Science (4 miles north of the Hilton Chicago, Transportation Provided by Encurate Mobile Technology)
Cost: $35
12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
American Sources: Using Artworks and Objects as Primary Sources (Interpretation and Programs)
This workshop models an approach for using works of art and historic objects as primary sources to address critical skills in analytical thinking, inquiry, and visual literacy. Through democratic facilitation processes, learners can establish and pursue their own lines of inquiry and deepen their understanding of the past.
Facilitated by Kristin Enright and Jack Gruszczynski, Art Institute of Chicago
Location: Art Institute of Chicago (5 blocks north of the Hilton Chicago. Transportation not included.)
Cost: $35
12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
The Museum Accessibility Toolkit (Audience Development and Community Engagement)
The Museum Accessibility Toolkit will give museum and cultural workers the tools to create more accessible spaces. Through hands-on exercises in label and social narrative writing, attendees will leave with the resources to make their institutions more accessible and accommodating.
Facilitated by Courtney Sass, British International School and Sandy Guttman, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Location: Chicago Design Museum (1 mile North of the Hilton Chicago. Transportation not included.)
Cost: $35


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A female version of 'David vs. Goliath' that does not end well
When one thinks about a David versus Goliath type of fight normally it has style-versus-style implications attached to it. The long-standing theory behind most martial arts is that technique will be more effective than size and strength the majority of the time. This was Helio Gracie's premise behind his adaptation of Jiu Jitsu and I would venture to say that this holds true more often than not.
What we see here, however, is a true David versus Goliath match where the only unknown factor is the experience level of the two combatants. This is stand-up match pitting a smaller woman against a much larger woman who is both wearing MMA gloves.
Apparently, there is a backstory involving, surprise surprise, a man. The back story here is really irrelevant as what we are more interested in is the question of A) whether or not these two women have any real skill and B) will the smaller woman be able to overcome the obvious size advantage?
Right out of the gate one of the two questions are answered yet the match-up remains intriguing still. These two have obviously seen a little mixed martial arts on television but it does not appear that either train UFC.
The matchup in and of itself proves one thing definitively: just because you have seen it on tv and it looks relatively easy that is definitely not the case. To have any chance of intelligently defending yourself you must do more than watch tv and it would behoove you to actually do a little training.
Neither www.mixedmartialarts.com nor I promote street fighting or physical acts of violence in any form or fashion, however; we wholeheartedly support the advancement of one's knowledge and ability to protect themselves as well as those around them in situations of peril.
Jacob C. Stevens is a life-long athlete and cerebral martial arts enthusiast who is also skilled in the art of linguistic manipulation, his published work, Afterthoughts and Handgrenades, can be found here…


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Basically boys had sperm germs, much like cold germs. You can't see 'em and they could be anywhere. Just as it is easy to catch a cold, I could catch myself pregnant or very sick with an STD if I wasn't very, very careful.
To hear Momma tell it, all boys were infested with these cootie like critters. They can be found in their underwear, on their hands and sometimes left behind where they may touch. So I was ALWAYS to wash my hands before and after anything possible. I could get pregnant if any of these germs found their way in me - from any body opening and at any time.
I'm a severe Spermophobe, even until this day. I never go out on the town without wearing my drawers and I keep a safe distance from all men. God forbid, one of those critters catches a breeze and comes home with me. Fully stocked with Purex, Lysol and Listerine.
However, as I sit here writing this I'm still suffering from a gosh darn chest cold.
Go figure. =O(
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New makeup brand that beats them all - Lingren Cosmetics
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New makeup brand without all the nasty stuff.
Great for allergic and people that suffer from a chronic skin disease such as Lupus/SLE or for people their just don't want to put chemicals in their face.
I was literally flabbergasted how good these product is, so pigmented and the liner stays on, unfortunate I only have these 3 things, but Im going to "invest" in all of it and more swatches and review will come.
The Lip pot - Dolce Vita gives you a natural healthy looking lips with for your everyday / work makeup, smells coconutty and sweet and keeps your lips for drying out. Absolute love love Lingren Cosmetics.
Lingren Cosmetics - Makeup with out perfume, parabens, oil ( that dries out the skin, Talc clog, dyes and other addictive, and best of all NOT TESTED ON ANIMALS.
"Lingren Cosmetics stand s for natural makeup based on minerals and plants. For example, we have products made of coconut, the jojoba plant and natural minerals."
They will soon have their international / English stor open so bookmark the page already now !


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Provence Family Bike + Adventure Tour
Where Adventure Meets Luxury: A Trip for All Ages
ItineraryPrint Itinerary
Day 1
Welcome to Provence!
Meet your guides at the Avignon TGV train station and be whisked to the Coquillade village, your five-star, family-friendly home for the week. Once we eat lunch, we'll tackle the essentials during a safety talk and bike fitting. Then it's time for our first ride to Roussillon, an artsy town with buildings painted in a palette of vibrant colors. Continue to Gargas, put on your miner's helmet, and head into the underground ochre caves and tunnels for a guided walk. We'll complete the loop back to La Coquillade, leaving you free to make a splash in two pools and get acquainted with the sprawling grounds before a casual dinner at the hotel's ristorante.
Meals: Lunch / Dinner
Destinations Gargas, Roussillon
Accomplished: 12 miles / 19 km
Accommodations: La Coquillade
Day 2
Canoeing on the Sorgue
Today we follow a winding bike path that meanders through vineyards, past perched villages, and around the ruins of the Mur de la Peste—a historic wall built to stop the spread of ancient plagues! We'll take our time riding to Fontaine-de-Vaucluse for lunch and then trade our bikes for a paddle and a canoe. Though the river is clear and inviting, only the bravest will want to take a swim—the water's temperature is never higher than 55 degrees Fahrenheit. Back on dry land, we explore the charming town of Isle-sur-la-Sorgue and treat ourselves to an ice cream break. Return to the hotel via a short transfer and spend some time together by the pool. Tonight, with views over the Luberon Valley, your family will be spoiled with the authentic flavors of a Provençal feast.
Meals: Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner
Destinations Fontaine de Vaucluse
Accomplished: 16 miles / 26 km
Accommodations: La Coquillade
Day 3
From One Saddle to Another
After breakfast, it's off to the hilltop village of Gordes to experience the vibrant weekly market. Between stacks of rainbow baskets and colorful local delicacies, kids can pick out a few tempting snacks as we shop for our lunch. A quick transfer brings us to meet our new mode of transportation: chevaux (horses)! You don't have to be a cowboy to enjoy this ride along the quiet trails of Provence's wild. Saunter past Croagnes, Lioux, and the foothills of the Plateau de Vaucluse to be rewarded with jaw-dropping views of Roussillon and the Luberon. Dismount and mosey on back to La Coquillade. Tonight's dinner in Roussillon is a crowd pleaser—pizza is on the menu!
Meals: Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner
Destinations Gordes, Joucas, Croagnes, Lioux
Accomplished: Horseback riding
Accommodations: La Coquillade
Day 4
The Hills are Alive!
Greet the day with a mellow hike from Bonnieux to the magical medieval village of Lacoste, punctuated by fruit orchards and small hamlets. The looks of wonder on children's faces as they look out over the Luberon Valley will be memorable forever. After a well-deserved lunch, we return to our bikes and ride to our friend Andre's olive oil mill. He'll tell us all about the history of olive oil making in the region and treat us to a tasting that will challenge bourgeoning taste buds with delicious nuances. Get a lift in the van or continue riding back to the hotel from here. Tonight, enjoy dinner on your own at the hotel or in beautiful Bonnieux, known for its stone streets and tempting boulangeries!
Meals: Breakfast / Lunch
Destinations Lacoste, Ménerbes, Beaumettes
Accomplished: 8 miles / 13 km
Longer Option: 19 miles / 30 km
Accommodations: La Coquillade
Day 5
Market Day in Roussillon
It's market day! We ride to Roussillon once again, this time to find it bustling with artisans selling giant bolts of fabric, heaps of fragrant dried flowers, bars of French-milled soap, and bright bunches of sunflowers. The excitement continues as we pedal on to Rustrel, the so-called "Colorado of Provence." Along the way, pause for a picnic lunch featuring the local products of farms and orchards, then get ready to monkey around on a ropes course and zipline. Grab your harness, hook, rope, and pulley and go sailing over the landscape of Provence. Keep the exhilaration going with an optional ride or take tuckered-out family members back to the hotel for some down time. Our final dinner celebrates our time together in the hotel's laid-back bistro.
Meals: Breakfast / Lunch / Dinner
Destinations Roussillon, St Saturnin les Apt, Rustrel
Accomplished: 16 miles / 26 km
Longer Option: 29 miles / 46 km
Accommodations: La Coquillade
Day 6
Au Revoir
Breakfast is followed by a fond farewell to Luberon however you see fit—take a last loop ride down to Roussillon, sip a traditional French café, browse for souvenirs in the village, or hit the hotel court for a family game of doubles tennis. Your guides will see you off at the Avignon train station.
Meals: Breakfast
DuVine itineraries may be subject to slight route changes, hotel substitutions, and other modifications.
Arrival Details
Airport City: Paris or Marseille, France Pick-Up Location: Avignon TGV Station or Avignon city center hotel Pick-Up Time: 11:30 am
Departure Details
Airport City: Paris or Marseille, France Drop-Off Location: Avignon TGV Station Drop-Off Time: 12:00 pm
Younger Travelers
- This tour is recommended for children age 7 and older
- For safety reasons, children must be at least 7 years old to ride their own bike; trailers and tag-along bikes are available for younger children
- Safety triangles provided to all children on tour
Inclusions + Details
- Thoughtfully selected accommodations that reveal the true character of the region
- Luggage transfers
- Daily breakfasts, all lunches, nutritious snacks, and après velo cocktails
- 2 gourmet dinners at our favorite local restaurants and renowned culinary establishments
- Carefully selected local wine, beer, or spirits with every meal
- Wine tastings and activities as outlined in the tour itinerary
- Entrance fees to historic sites, museums, parks, and all other exclusive events
- Gratuities for baggage, porters, and hotel service
- Top-of-the-line bicycle selection and bike helmet
- Complimentary DuVine gear, including a custom cycling jersey, DuVine t-shirt, water bottle, and drawstring bag
- GPS in most destinations
- Expert bilingual guides with extensive local knowledge
- Support vehicle that follows the day's route, distributes refreshments, and offers lifts
- Pick-up and drop-off before and after your tour from predetermined meeting points
- Daily bike maintenance to ensure optimal performance
- Airfare
- Dinner on one free night
- Gratuities for DuVine guides
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Barry M Gelly Hi-Shine Nail Polish in Papaya and Greenberry: £3.99
Is it just me or this is the longest winter ever?! This ridiculously cold weather is driving me crazy! I've been looking for anything that reminds of summer and warmer times and that's when I stumbled upon these beauties.
I picked up two shades from Barry M's Gelly Hi-Shine nail polish line recently; a gorgeous sea-foam green and a beautiful peachy orange.
Now, I personally usually go for a double layer when it comes to nail polishes, but a single helping seemed to do the trick. The shades are fairly bright- almost neon, but not quite. And there's no need for a top coat due to the all ready shine of the varnish.
I've had these colours on for about a week now, and there's barely any chips in sight (usually by this time there's next to no varnish left on my nails.)
They make me feel all summery- which is great if, like me, you live in England right now.
Plus I've had a ton of compliments on the colours.
Will most likely be buying more of this line. Well done Barry M!
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Brief Poem
A Very Brief Poem
I know the possibilities of tomorrow's panorama
sometimes escape through the sheets of rain
that often the neon lights sing
louder than the call of the incandescent
if you care to listen
a pair of binoculars stranded on a beach
somewhere in the Midwest
the aroma of yesterday
sometimes lingers through the lavender doorways
the purple silhouette allows
the mountains to remain visible
a starfish, some kelp
the shells await your touch
want to inform
you of their brief secrets
Questions & Answers
This struck me as a collection of thoughts, each of which was destined to be a poem. Starfish and kelp/beach in the Midwest created that impression for me.
I can feel the words of your lovely poem; it awakens my senses.
It was a peaceful read for me; and I got lost in the pink purple haze of the image. Nice.
Opens the door of the imagination. Nice!
Nicely worded. I enjoyed the imagery.
A lot of great descriptions in this poem that give way to some great visualizations. Great work. I hope to see more poems from you .


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Let us know this tantalizing country.
Summers are warm and pleasant with cool nights while the winters are sunny, with reliable and frequent snowfalls. In short there is a changing weather throughout the year.
Austria is a rich cultural and traditional country and can be greatly seen in the architectural buildings and artistic activities. This place is famous for the birthplace of the famous personalities in the world history such as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven etc.
- There are various museums such as Natural History Museum, the Museum of Modern Art and the Museumsquartier.
- Do see the Ferris Wheel in the Prater amusement park. Other places worth visiting are St. Stephen's Cathedral, the Chapel of the Hofburg, the Parliament and the Votive Church.
- Graz city is the famous city to explore on foot. Other attractions are Landesmuseum Johanneum, surrounding the Alte Galerie's gothic paintings, the Neue Galerie in the Herbenstrein Palace, the Cathedral and the Mausoleum of Emperor Ferdinand II.
- You can also enjoy skiing on the tallest snow covered mountain of Grossglockner in Carinthia. Also experience Hohe Tauern National Park is one of the large peaceful mountain environments in Europe for trekking; and the glaciers of the Silvretta mountain ranges drop noticeably to Lake Constance with its abundant vegetation.
- Never miss to go to a well-preserved medieval city of Retz, which possesses subterranean wine-cellars, medieval city walls, windmills and a Dominican church. You can also explore Austria's most mountainous province, with forests, pastures, valleys, mountain lakes, alpine villages, churches and castles.
- The overwhelming and magical sight of the Eisriesenwelt in Werfen has ice caves with great ice sculptures all the year round.
- Also go to the last protected area of European rainforest in the Donau-Auen National Park which is a floodplain area of wilderness that cultivates a diversity of plants and animals.
- You can enjoy the Lederhosen Festival in Windischgarsten, Salzburg festival provides a varied music concerts. You can also involve in elegant dancing in the night at a traditional Austrian ball at the annual Johann Strauss Ball, which takes place in a beautiful ballroom within the Hofburg Palace in Vienna.


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A smoked beer with a definite smoky taste,
coppery with an almost honey sweetness, a sort of smoky toffee with a definite bitterness and a slightly floral nose.
You can buy all the ingredients for this as a kit here
1 110g Williamettes Hops
2 500g Smoked Malt
3 Beer Enhancer 1Kg
4 Muntons Medium Spray Dried malt 500g
5 Coopers Medium Liquid Malt 1.5kg
6 Crystal Grain Malt 250g
7 Gervin Ale Yeast 1 sachet
We're going to have steep some of these grains to get them to work properly. Get a nice big pan or a pressure cooker and heat 3 litres of water to 78 c. You could just heat the water in kettle and it will work ok.
Put the Crystal Malt and the Smoked malt in a large jug/bowl/bucket- At least 5 litres capacity! Then pour over the water you heated to 78c- IF you use the kettle you may have to add two lots of water. That's fine!
Put that lot aside for an hour, then strain it into a big pan, either pour it through a big bag or a sieve. Don't squeeze it! Just allow it to drain through.
Then add 85g of No1(Hops) ,all of No5 (Liquid Malt) and about 13 litres of water. You can use less or two big pans but it is better in 13 litres gallons-
At this point you've got the liquid from your smoked malt, the liquid malt and some hops in the pan/boiler
Now boil it, After 40 minutes of boiling add the rest of No 1 (The Hops) and turn off the boil.
Leave for about 20 mi
Strain into a nice clean bucket. Use a big jug if the tap gets blocked, and it will! Use a colander or a straining bag.
Squeeze most of the liquid out of the hops but don't go mad and don't burn your hands...
Add all of no4 ( Medium Powder Malt) and all of no3 (Beer Enhancer)and stir well to dissolve.
Top up to 5 gallons/40 pints with cold water and leave to stand until cool below 23C
Add the yeast as per instructions on the packet and leave in a warm place to ferment.
It should take about 6 days at 22c, use a hydrometer to check, it should be about 1010.
Leave in a cool place for 24 hrs and bottle or barrel.
Prime with 1/2 tsp of sugar per pint or 55g if you're adding the sugar to a bottling bucket!
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Homework 1 (posted Jan 29, due Feb 10) | Solution (posted Feb 23)
Homework 2 (posted Feb 19, due Mar 3) | Solution (posted Mar 17)
Homework 3 (posted Mar 19, due Apr 7) | Solution (posted Apr 23)
Homework 4 (posted Apr 9, due Apr 21) | Solution (posted Apr 30)
Lecture notes (courtesy of James Schmidt)
Schedule: Tue Thu 11:00-12:20, 3015 ECE Building.
Prerequisites: ECE 515 (Linear Systems) and Math 285 or 441 (Differential Equations).
Instructor: Daniel Liberzon
Office: 144 CSL
Email: liberzon at illinois.edu
Office hours: Fri 11:00-12:30 unless posted otherwise (no homework questions, please)
Homework TA: Guosong (Oliver) Yang
Email: yang150 at illinois.edu
Office hours: Mon 2:30-4:00pm in 368 CSL
Required text:
H. K. Khalil, Nonlinear Systems, 3rd edition. Prentice Hall,
Supplementary text: E. D. Sontag, Mathematical Control Theory, 2nd edition. Springer, 1998. Available from the author's website.
Assignments and grading policy: Homework (4-5 problem sets) - 50% of the grade, final exam - 50%.
Brief course outline:
1. Mathematical background.
2. Fundamental properties of dynamical systems: existence and uniqueness of solutions, continuous dependence on initial conditions and parameters, comparison principles.
3. Stability analysis: Lyapunov stability of autonomous and nonautonomous systems, LaSalle's invariance principle, converse Lyapunov theorems, stability of feedback systems, effects of perturbations.
4. Systems with inputs and outputs: input-to-state stability and related notions, Lyapunov characterizations.
5. Nonlinear control: control Lyapunov functions, universal formulas for feedback stabilization and disturbance attenuation.
6. Advanced topics (time permitting): center manifold theorem, averaging, singular perturbations.


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My Favorite Thing on TV
At the moment is a public service announcement that is absolutely brilliant. It shows clips of people doing typically rude things that you might see people doing anywhere around Seoul on a typical day: talking loud on their phones on a crowded subway, pushing and shoving, not letting people out of the elevator before trying to get on, etc. At the end of the commercial a single sentence comes on the screen. Forgive me for not being able to write hangeul, as my Dell computer has still not been fixed (that's a long angry story for another time) and I'm forced to blog at you from the iPod touch. That simple, genius message is
Eolmana deo bukkeureowoya haeyo?
Which I would translate as one or more of the following:
Shouldn't we be a lot more embarrassed?
This should make us more ashamed
We should be much more ashamed
Et cetera et cetera.
Way to shame, PSA.
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The ones that spend time on the internet and sometimes "catch" viral videos probably know about the Simon's cat who makes poor author's life miserable at time, but highly entertaining for the rest of us. Here is the first video with the cat trying to wake up his owner:
And another one which is more appropriate to the current season in Bucharest, snow business:
The reason I write about this famous cat is that I recently got from a colleague two of the comic books which continue the career of the YouTube cat: "Simon's Cat in his very own book" and "Beyond the Fence". They are funny to read and I can testify that at least some of the chapters are real, like the ones on the cat and the vacuum cleaner and on how to put the cat into a cage :)


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Scientology applied religious philosophy is used the world around to help people do better in life. This blog is all about Scientology.
Monday, March 27, 2006
Scientology: A New Slant On Life
One of the first books I read on Scientology was Scientology: A New Slant On Life. I found it to be a great introduction because it not only gave me useful tools (such as the two rules for happy living) but you got to see the viewpoint of the founder of Scientology, L. Ron Hubbard. To me that was important because this is the guy who came up with this stuff, so getting a vibe of what he is like and how he looks at the world gave me a good feel for the subject itself.
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The Summer Island Playhouse was presumably a theater located in the Summer Islands on planet Deneva. It was a popular cultural site, visited by many Denevans over the years, including Vice-President Garson Tiernan and Starfleet Lieutenant Jasminder Choudhury. These two reminisced about their visits to the playhouse in the wake of the destruction of Deneva by the Borg in 2381. (TNG novel: Losing the Peace)
|the planet Deneva
|cities and settlements
|Archer • Jet City • Mallarashtra • Norris Farm • Scj Ranch • Sol's Ranch • Tellerton • Lacon City • Rose Farm
|nations and provinces
|landmarks and institutions
|Deneva Station • Denevan Colonial Museum • Summer Island Playhouse • Tate Spaceport
|Argo Islands • Bolshoi (Borders Mountains) • Malcom Island • Menshoi (Randall Mountains) • Northstar • Sibir (Sibiran Range) • Summer Islands
|bodies of water
|Aurelius Ocean • Bealtaine Strait • Bolsibir Sea • Iapetus Ocean • Terringen Ocean • Toran Sea
|Denevan culture and exports
|Denevan crystal • Denevan plum pudding • Denevan whiskey


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As with any epic sports challenge, there is bound to be spectators who want to know more. You have come to the right place! Here are a few of the most commonly asked questions people ask Robert Nelms.
Who coached the team?
The players on the Thunder play hard and work hard but their coaching staff is always there to have their back. The staff consists of Billy Vitolo, Ricky Fernandez, Mario Lopez.
What are some past milestones?
Since Nelms joined the staff, the Thunder have managed to maintain a 2.64 ERA (which is second only to USOTB's Sarinsin). In 2014, they led the country with an impressive 2.22, followed by a 2.45 in 2015 where they took second place.
Is the Thunder one of the best teams in the league?
Everything is debatable but the Thunder are good. As a matter of fact, no program in the country has managed to better the Thunder's record of 33 wins during the last three seasons.


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Went for a ride yesterday afternoon to see what we could see.
What we saw was ice, ice, and more ice! Winter in Wisconsin is brutal, but it sure can produce some of the prettiest sculptures and scenery around.
I actually stood on the lake to take these pictures. There's something powerful and creepy about standing on top of a massive chunk of floating ice.


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Short Stuff 2
Bigger Fish
Powerful Short Plays from a Selection of New Writers
In under 5 months Bigger Fish Theatre have formed a theatre company, produced a night of original short plays at the Telegraph Hill festival in March and now bring a new selection of writing to London. A small selection of seven plays made it into Short Stuff Two at Theatre 503, after the team read over 200 submissions from around the world.
The evening held a refreshing set of topics, against the political debates usually displayed during a night of new writing. Feminism through the eyes of a traveller girl, forbidden fruits in the literal sense and a closet transvestite's uncovering.
The Craft by Andrew Biss had the entire audience in fits of giggles as two actors delivered their real thoughts whilst being on stage. Actors of any age can relate to Biss' hilarious quips about moody, handsome facial expressions when delivering monologues, the stunned look of forgetting lines and not giving a damn or even the awkward stage kiss with your behind the scenes enemy. Janice Hallett's creation, Bylines, is a cleverly constructed play within a play about two co-writers who batte to beat each other but can't write without one another. A brilliant concept which works well under the direction of Bridie Donaghy. Fran Bushe's Ofwed offers a view in to what life would be like if our whole lives were examined, with a pass or fail. A great way to share a view on our current schooling system and the pressures from society.
Bigger Fish brought together a diverse cast of 16 actors to perform the new writing. Jay Mailer performed with impeccable comic timing, his character larger than life in Biss' The Craft. Isabella Laughland (previously seen in BU21) gives another passionate performance in Ruby Thomas' Dummies. Hannah Edgar took the audience straight back to school with her performance of Paige in Micah Smith's Mad Queen's Chess. Edgar's portrayal of a young teen with oodles of attitude brilliantly mirrored the behaviours of the disruptive kids from school, a powerful contrast to the sensitive, lost young girl that's discovering feminism and a lack of freedom from a culture and community she's always known.
Bigger Fish have found an incredible set of writers and given them a platform to show off their latest work. Follow Bigger Fish on Twitter or Facebook to track down their next event.
Click for Tix:@Theatre503
Time: 120 Minutes inc a small interval
Running: JUN 17
♥ Thank you to Alasdair Melrose for the invite


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I tend to have very interesting, chaotic dreams, but often times they give me some good ideas for brief little story concepts and whatnot. So, here I will share three brief little dream-derived writing ideas. These are free to use if you want. I mean, I'll probably never get around to them. Tell me if you do use them, though!
EDIT: I forgot the third one! I'l touch on it later, since it's longer.
The Gods are a trinity, three beings of the ocean deep. They have determined who enters the ocean and lives, when the fish come, and when the people will go into drought and hunger for centuries.
The first is a man, with the body and head of a sperm whale. He is judging and cruel and demands constant appeasement, and is endlessly hungry. He is massive, towering hundreds of feet tall, and he carries with him a fishing pole big enough to hook basking sharks, a net big enough to capture a city, and a hook on a pole thingy you see fishermen use, massive as well.
The second is a beast, aggressive and short-tempered, a four-headed mixture of shark, lobster, seal, and dolphin. It is covered with black and blue mottled plates of chitinous armor, ruffs of dark fur, silver scales, and dozen of legs and fins of all different species. It's tail is long and eel-like, prehensile, and between all it's heads rest it's true mouth, and octopus' beak.
The third is the most passive, yet the most dangerous. It resembles a sea urchin, made up of branching spines, with long flattened tentacles like kelp, and bony armored plates covered in coral and shelled creatures. It rarely moves and never reveals it's horrible mouth, a bottomless chasm of teeth and tongues, except to eat.
Noir Angel
An angel, newly formed and naive, ventures to earth to discover the fate of another angel who shed her wings to willingly become mortal. There, she discovers a never-ending battle between the forces of good and evil and all things in between that common mortals are unaware of. As she searches for her friend, she doesn't realize the corruption that the mortal world brings upon her until, giving up, she finds that she can no longer enter heaven. With her time running short before she truly becomes mortal, and her power growing limited, she becomes further and further disenchanted, especially after encounters with an old fallen god-spirit with waning powers (Native American?), a collection of vampires who yearn to take her blood to become more powerful, and a smattering of demons who have been enjoying themselves on earth.
Her and a demon who is slowly and unwillingly becoming mortal out of punishment for something or other meet and start to rely on each other for antagonistic survival.
It'd totally end with them falling in love, and with the power of LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE she regains the full use of her abilities and there's probably some epic fight scene where she brings down the wrath of god and then is like "Fuck heaven, I will be a mortal, they need me more" and blah blah blah happy ending.
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Today i focused on learning Hindi. For the past two days we have been enrolled in a school about 150 meters above Woodstock School called Landour Language School, were teachers specializing in teaching crash course Hindi classes instruct us for four hours a day. Yesterday we learned some nouns and a few key factors about the Hindi language. All the teachers move really fast so it is hard for me to fully comprehend and retain all the information but they have assured me it just takes practice everyday so that is exactly what i have been doing. Learning a foreign language was so hard in high school, probably because i was also focused on so many other things but over the past two days i have probably learned more Hindi than i ever learned in my entire two years of honors Spanish. Also it helps when almost everyone you talk to only speaks Hindi so you have to conform to them. Luckily Indian people are the nicest people i have ever met so the are patient with my mispronunciations and backwards way of saying things.
Funny story, i left the window open to our room while one of my roommates, Holden from Boston, was sleeping. Thirty minutes later i came back and my peanut butter Nature valley bars were all eaten and the wrappers were ripped to shreds and there was little pieces of peanut butter on the floor. I didnt know who could have done this but as i thought about it i realized the possibility of a monkey climbing in the window was actually really possible. Monkeys are everywhere and the scavenge for food like nobodies business. Also i found my Limca bottle that i was using to keep water in had a hole bitten into it and it was leaking on the floor. Gotta love the crafty monkeys.
Last night we had a great opportunity to see a very interesting dance done by young boys that dress like girls. These boys are basically gymnasts that do crazy acrobatic moves to music with bells attached to their ankles. They were very passionate about what they do which was refreshing to see. These boys stayed in our dormitory along with a few of the locals from down the mountain who came to see the show. The local kids were so friendly. They just came right into my room and asked to to hang out with them. We ended up having a lot in common and they new a far amount of english and American culture which was a relief from having to explain everything i do to people. We roamed the dark, wet, street until one in the morning which is unheard of around these parts. Everyone falls asleep very early because once it gets dark it gets to quiet to stay awake, literally. It was almost spooky walking around this late but They told us they would be back next friday and could not wait to see us again. I am eagerly awaiting their arrival.
Today was the first day i have gone down into the market of Mussorrii. It was so different than Delhi in that the trash was a fraction of what i saw in Delhi and the people all seemed very friendly and accommodating. I bought a wool vest and some palmagranates. The wool vest was about three dollars american and is the warmest clothing i own now and the palmagranates are about as fresh as you will ever get them. I bought about six of them and it only cost about 2 dollars which is about 100 rupees.
Tomorrow we go on our first day hike which isn't going to be too far but it should be beautiful and insightful to what im going to see later on. My legs are defiantly feeling the burn walking up and down these mountains everyday but im sure its good training for the treks i will be completing. Next week we plain on traveling north to Spiti, which is known for uncharted areas and unknown valleys. We will be trekking as well as building small houses for some of the locals in the town. I cant wait to interact with some of these people because ive been reading this book i checked out of the library here about the city and so far it seems like a really interesting place with many temples and religious people. Namaste Ji.


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Professione: EFL teacher. Certified fitness instructor.
Esperienza di insegnamento: EFL teacher.
Fitness instructor.
Homeschool parent.
Volunteer teacher to children in community.
Interessi: Meeting new people and communication. Learning new things. Exercise, movies, games role play and tabletop), music, and cooking.
Istruzione: Communication major at Dallas Baptist University. 60-hour Foundation TEFL certification. Fitness trainer certification. CPR and first aid certification. Associate's degree. Paralegal certificate.
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Hewlett-Packard trumpeted a well-received internet strategy and announced a new partner at last week's HP World user conference in San Francisco.
Led by newly appointed CEO Carly Fiorina, various company executives gave users a glimpse of the company's future plans, which will focus mainly on delivering rentable internet applications, building vertical portal sites and developing dynamic brokering middleware for the Web.
HP also announced a partnership with Oracle, under which the companies will work on integrating the Oracle8i database and related internet products with HP technologies like its ESpeak brokering software.
HP is also working with Qwest Communications International, an internet provider in Denver, and Intelisys Electronic Commerce in New York, a provider of internet procurement products, as part of its Apps-on-Tap strategy to let users rent critical corporate applications such as enterprise resource planning programs.
"HP has become more focused," said Ralph Fusco, information technology director at Liz Claiborne Inc in New Jersey. "It is the reason why the company has become very much a part of the internet culture at our company."
On the hardware side, HP last week demonstrated database, multimedia and internet applications running on a simulated Merced server at HP World. Merced is the forthcoming 64-bit chip jointly developed by Intel and HP.
The first HP servers based on the systems should start shipping by mid-2000, said Eric Clow, an HP technology marketing manager. He added that the company will continue to offer its PA-RISC systems.