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Sony threatens iPod?By Derek Sooman
Back when I was a kid, the Sony Walkman was the iPod of the day. Walking down the streets of my home city, you would be hard pressed not to see someone listening to a mix tape on one of the little gadgets. Well, years have gone by, and the wheel has turned and now the iPod fills that function. But that does not mean that Sony hasn't got its eye on the mp3 player market, once again with plans of domination.
In Europe and North America the iPod is king, but it seems that in Japan Sony's new line up of MP3 players is giving Apple a run for its money. And although Apple is still the top vendor of hard drive players to the gadget loving masses in Japan, there is a swing towards Sony products in progress.
Might this trend spread to Europe, America and the UK? Could Sony seriously challenge Apple with a new player that blows iPod away? Maybe not right now, but in the future is it certainly possible.
"There is no question that Sony has the potential of being much more competitive," said Tim Bajarin, an analyst at Creative Strategies, a U S based research firm. "It could emerge as a more formidable rival to Apple over the next three years."


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When you get good at photography, it can be really fun. Nonetheless, it requires some effort and know-how to do it correctly. The article that follows gives you some really good pointers that will come in handy when getting started.
When you have the shot set up, don't delay! If you take too long, you'll never get the perfect shot you envision. Your subject might run away or change position so that the moment you wanted to capture gets lost. A fast camera will help you take better photos.
Be simple with your camera settings. Take it one step at a time by mastering one function, such as shutter speed or sport setting, before moving on to the next. If you focus on features too much, you will miss some great natural pictures. Sometimes, snapping the picture right away is the best decision.
Give your the white balance feature on your camera a try. Interior photography often comes with a yellowish hue due to the light available from light bulbs. Rather than adjusting the lighting in the room, switch the camera's white balance to change the atmosphere. This should give a much more professional looking appearance to your photographs.
Take some notes as you are snapping photos. Sifting through hundreds of photographs, you may have a difficult time remembering the emotions and thoughts that you were experiencing when you snapped each picture. Bring a notebook with you and write down a description of every photograph you take with the corresponding number.
Just like a military sniper, once you have your picture ready and in focus, you should pause to hold in a breath and steady yourself before taking the shot. When you move quickly, even if the movement is minute, it will interrupt the shot's clarity and ruin a shot. Take a moment before taking the picture to gather your breath and ensure the shot is straight.
Even if you don't know your models, make sure they feel comfortable. People sometimes feel threatened when their picture gets taken. Be friendly, strike up a conversation and ask permission to take pictures. The simple act of conversation can change the perception of the camera from an invasion of privacy to an expression of art.
Whether you want to pursue photography as a profession or just want to take better amateur photos, you should learn everything there is to know about photo composition. Like other art forms, if the composition is lacking, the work is not the best it can be. Unique composition can turn an everyday photograph into a piece of art.
There are three important items to bear in mind when photographing any landscape item. These include the foreground, mid-ground and background of the image. This technique of composition is well-established in many forms of visual art, and photography is certainly among them.
If you are taking pictures of more than one person, think about talking to them about their attire before the shoot. While it is unnecessary for everyone to match, your photos will turn out nicer if everyone is wearing complementary colors. Warm and neutral colors will be most attractive for pictures in natural environments. If your subjects want to wear bright colors, suggest that they also include some black pieces so their attire is not too overwhelming.
When taking a photo, shoot quickly. You never know when that "perfect" moment can disappear, so be prepared to get it at any moment. Expressions can change, animals will run away, and the mood you associate with a landscape can disappear. Don't worry about correctly using every setting on the camera or you could lose your shot.
When evaluating a potential scene for your photos, see if you can find patterns to make it more interesting. Patterns are rather interesting to ponder in a photograph. They also make visually interesting backgrounds for other subjects.
Learning about the ISO settings on your camera can be important to the way your pictures turn out. The more the ISO is the higher you can view, that means all aspects of the photo. If this is not an effect you are consciously aiming for, visible grain can make your photo look awful.
Create more unique photos by using a variety of angles. Taking a straight, head-on photo of a subject can be effective, but the alternatives available are nearly endless. Try looking at things from above, or look at them from below. Frame shots sideways or diagonally to create a dynamic, unusual composition.
Effort and knowledge are the two keys to being successful at photography. You will see that some of these tips will help you instantly, while others will require a bit of practice to get right. Don't forget that photography is meant to be fun, so keep having fun with it. Keep the above tips close by to become a more successful photographer.


text: AndrewCollins Posted June 29, 2018 (edited) For Sale -: My 36 Key Lachenal "New Model" steel reeded, metal ended Anglo in C/G - serial number 171898 It has conventional Lachenal accidentals - with an extra Bb/C#, F/G# and C drone on the left hand and F#/D#, F/G & Bb/G# on the right hand - see layout chart. The bellows, pads & valves and hand straps are in good order - it is ready to play. Comes with the original wooden case and a modern hard case if required Weight 1.3kg - excluding case(s) I have some more photos and can do some sound clips - please message me if you are interested It is located in Norfolk UK ; happy to discuss couriers / transport by mutual friends etc, or I will be at Sidmouth Folk Week. £2400 - offers considered If it sells through c.net then I will make a donation Edited July 29, 2018 by AndrewCollins Reducing price Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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When putting this clue from the Hillbilly Space Journeymystery together I was not all that sure about my fabric choices.
This was the first time that I didn't feel really good about the end result but I've come this far and I simply can't give up now. These are my Super Nova's (exploding stars).


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Smith passed on the title role, which eventually went to Jamie Foxx
Will Smith has explained why he turned down the chance to star in Quentin Tarantino's 2012 western Django Unchained.
Smith was offered the title role, a 19th century slave seeking to free his imprisoned wife, but turned it down because he disagreed with the character's motivation. Jamie Foxx eventually accepted the part, joining an impressive ensemble cast that also included Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington and Samuel L. Jackson.
"It was about the creative direction of the story," Smith told The Hollywood Reporter. "To me, it's as perfect a story as you could ever want: a guy that learns how to kill to retrieve his wife that has been taken as a slave. That idea is perfect. And it was just that Quentin and I couldn't see [eye to eye]."
"I wanted to make that movie so badly, but I felt the only way was, it had to be a love story, not a vengeance story," Smith added. "I just couldn't connect to violence being the answer. Love had to be the answer."
SEE ALSO: 15 Famous Actors Who Were Nearly Cast In Big Roles In Your Favourite Films
Django Unchained opened in cinemas in December 2012 and went on to gross over $425 million (£280 million) at cinemas worldwide, making it Tarantino's biggest ever hit. It was nominated for five prizes at the following year's Oscars, winning one, Best Supporting Actor for Christoph Waltz.


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After some non-directional few days, the move finally occurred, reaching the lower areas of value marked during this week posts.
Yesterday´s US session provided balanced price action in a narrow range. Although tested lower end of range around 1.27200 mark, that level was never breached. Some positive data during Asia provided some footing for a retracement towards the 1.2780 POC, where sellers acted intensively. Price action finally broke into the levels I´ve been watching for a few days. Nevertheless, I did not expect the retracement during Asia on China´s numbers.
What to look for?
– A key swing zone has been breached – 1.2720´s (CORRECTION: previously 1.2750 was wrongly stated, -wich in fact was not a swing spot)
– symmetrical profile usually indicates accumulation/distribution, depending on the context. In this case, distribution after vertical development makes it for a strong downward bias, unless rejection of lower levels is achieved by motivated buyers.
– Vertical development from a previous swing zone over a 100 pip range 1.2750-1.2650 . These type of moves usually witness price rotation that usually leads to "fill" the profile, unless the move develops in such and intense and brisk manner that leaves the profile unfulfilled, which I don´t think will be the case now.
Thus, I´ll be looking for some rotation in the 1.2719-1.2663 area and looking how price action develops to see if this is just a probe/test into lower areas of value or some more downside should be expected. So far, I have not seen the buyer´s response I would like to in order to verify the scneario that this is just a test of lower value areas. In that sense, ragaining the 1.2720 level will be key. POC has shifted down to the 1.2746 area. In the event 1.2720 is regained -I´m not inclined to it, though-, then I´ll be looking towards 1.2746. Provided the move continues down (which I´m leaning into it), the closest POC is at 1.2632 which is also another key swing point.


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Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Okra How I Long for Thee...
When I arrived at the vegan Garden of Eatin' for lunch yesterday, my okra-desire was at its peak. For some reason (could be the Paul Prudhomme cookbook on my nightstand), I was obsessed with the vegetable that people love to hate. I cooked andouille and shrimp stuffed mirliton last week (again, Chef Paul), and had my sights set on some Louisiana-type stuff. But my tears of joy when I saw the blackboard with the word 'okra' on it, were replaced by tears of sadness, as Vince, Ms. Brown's all-around helper, erased 'okra' from the board. It was one o'clock and they were already out. Must have been good. Damn good. But lunch was great without it, from the stewed 'chicken', to the greens over rice, to the cauliflower fritters, and finally, the stewed eggplant, which almost made up for the tragic okra-less-ness of the meal.
But I'm not here to talk about food. I'm here to talk about booze. When I met her sipping vintage Veuve Clicquot and Dom Perignon at a tasting in Ft. Lauderdale, I had no idea that LaTanya White was schooling to become a master mixologist. We were just grinning about the fact that we were drinking rare and expensive wines and cognacs at the St. Regis, and getting paid (more or less) to do it. But today LaTanya is in New Orleans, volunteering at Tales of the Cocktail, a great event, and she is lucky (and talented) enough to have been chosen among the TOP 10FINALISTS for the Conde Nast Traveler/Grand Marnier custom cocktail contest.
The CARIBBEAN GOLD recipe that she submitted is made with GrandMarnier, star fruit puree, passion fruit juice, egg white and edible gold (is there any other kind?). So I thought I'd pass along this link where you can cast your vote for CARIBBEAN GOLD to be the Toast Heard Round The World http://www.cntpromo.com/sw_grandmarnier_02.asp Good luck LaTanya-let's hope to all drink the Caribbean Gold together real soon. God knows we all need a good drinking partner....LaTanya can be reached at http://www.71proofllc.com/
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If you're walking 2 laps while a friend is running 3 laps around the same track and your speeds are synced up just right so you both begin and end at the same time, then at what point in your set does your friend pass you? What if you're doing 4 laps and your friend is doing 5? Or 2 and 4?
I was surprised by the answer: your friend will not actually pass you. Despite doing more work, they'll catch you at precisely two points, the beginning and the end. This applies any time your friend is doing one more lap than you. In the general case where you do m laps and your friend does n (w.l.o.g. n strictly greater than m) you will be passed (n-m)-1 times.
One way of seeing this is to fix your frame of reference to your position by imagining that you do not move but rather that the track is revolving around you. Your friend is running their 3 laps but the track is moving them back 2. So relative to you they are only running 1 lap while you stand still at the start location. This is the sort of model that makes the general case intuitive.


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Carolyn Gray
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Presenting as part of the session: Uncovering the City - Saturday, November 6 at 1:00 pm
Carolyn Gray is a theatre artist, and a founding member of Adhere and Deny Object Puppet Theatre. She won the Manitoba Day Award for Excellence in Archival Research for her play The Elmwood Visitation (Scirocco) and the John Hirsch Most Promising Manitoba Writer award. Her latest play North Main Gothic (Scirocco) premiered with Theatre Projects Manitoba for their 20th anniversary season. She currently teaches theatre at Brandon University.
Description of Carolyn Gray's talk:
Going Underground
Digging for a little-known story about psychic phenomena in Elmwood, Carolyn Gray became interested in writing about her city – and what she found just under the surface became the impetus for her play The Elmwood Visitation. She buried her next play North Main Gothic deep underground, far below in that unique and mysterious labyrinth that connects our old downtown buildings with the Winnipeg casinos. Her latest work, a Y/A novel The Grotto Hunters, is a subterranean mystery set in rural Manitoba. That first act of uncovering the story of psychic Elmwood has inspired her to look down for stories, and as well, send her characters underground to discover what is hidden.


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noun English and Scandinavian Mythology.
the monster killed by Beowulf.
Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019
Examples from the Web for grendel
Historical Examples of grendel
Cain (gen. Caines, 107): descended from him are Grendel and his kin, 107, 1262 ff.
He lends his sword, Hrunting, to Bewulf for his battle with Grendel's mother, 1456 f.
Grendel now, monster cruel, be mine to quell in single battle!Beowulf
The hideous creature of the night was the mother of Grendel, as all knew well.A Book of Myths
Jean Lang
Of the grip of that Grendel 'neath the great roof upbuilded.The Tale of Beowulf
(in Old English legend) a man-eating monster defeated by the hero Beowulf
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Lucy Wood, Environmental Planning Director at Barton Willmore joins Roy Pinnock, Dentons to discuss forthcoming changes to the Environmental Impact Assessment Regulations.
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Dentons' Planning TV is a platform for engaging in and reacting to the latest developments in the dynamic world of planning. Its mission statement is simple: to provoke debate and facilitate engagement at all levels in the city planning process.
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A Tynemouth man has successfully completed a 100km Sahara desert trek to raise funds for a children's charity.
Rob Craigs, 29, decided to raise funds for Starlight Children's Foundation when his one-year-old daughter Sophia was taken to hospital with an allergy.
"Sophia was referred to our local hospital and there she was diagnosed with a milk allergy," he said.
"Thankfully Sophia is better now but I wanted to fundraise for Starlight so they can continue their incredible work for seriously ill children in hospitals across the country."
Rob flew out to Marrakesh in March and started his six-day trek to Ouarzazate.
"I felt on top of the world when I completed the trek," he said.
"For miles all I could see was sand dunes and rocks."
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The Creation Code: A theory about the true Code in the Bible
The practice of manipulating the Bible in a way that it is understood to say certain things that may not be made from its plain form stretches back to antiquity. The practice was however popularized in the late 90s by Michael Drosnin after he manipulated the Equidistant Letter Sequences discovered by the mathematicians Doron Witztum, Eliyahu Rips and Yoah Rosanberg to predict among other things the assassination of the then Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin. However, the thing with Drosnin's idea of the code in the Bible is that it wasn't capable to address the so many important issues that we now know to surround the Bible. One would certainly think the idea of the code in the Bible must be the one that must help us to settle the so many issues that have divided various Bible readers like questions about the nature of God, the moral issues raised by this book, the absurdities, the contradictions, the cruelty and so many other bizarre things which almost every honest Bible reader today agrees they make up the Christian Bible. Rather, it could only be used to make sensational claims like predictions of certain world phenomena, things like a comet that hit Jupiter, predictions about the end and similar news making stories which do not at all enrich and engage anyone educationally and intellectually. Surely, this shortcoming with Drosnin's idea is partly what prompted this project. The aim of this project is simply to borrow the very basic idea that there are some codes in the Bible to explain the presence of the parts of this book which have been viewed as problematical when treated strictly literally. If the Bible is problematical when read strictly literally then it might be because it was not intended to be read plainly at the first place. So what we see here is that contrary to the skeptical outlook that currently surrounds this text, the Christian Bible can still be positively approached by any rationalistic and intelligent reader under the assumption that there is actually a theory of the code in the Bible buried deeply within these contradictory and problematical parts that we find in the Christian Bible when we read it strictly plainly. Surely, some part of this project is to introduce this new theory of the code in the Bible. However, because I have researched this concept in tandem with the theme of creation in the Christian Bible, this project therefore is also about the creation story. What does this story really teach? Is it a text that we must read strictly plainly?


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I've added a page for my scenery library objects and uploaded them at last, as I've finally got around to checking that there's nothing in there that shouldn't be.
They can be found under the top menu, "Flight Simulator", "Scenery Object Libraries", "IJP FSX Object Libraries". Or just by clicking here, because it's easier.


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I created this for a Dragonfly ATC swap. Congrats to the person I am sending this to. I love how the eyes turned out!
- Card Base: Product packaging, Latvian bookpage, colored with Gelatos – purple. Background stamp – Unity stamp, inked with Distress Ink – Concord. Chomped
- Dragonfly – So Suzy Stamps – Dragonfly, on watercolor paper, stamped with Distress Ink – Shutters, colored with watercolors. Body is Flower Soft – Sage and Meadow. Eyes are sequins filled with glitter glue and flat back clear gems.
- Letters: These are in the light area below the tail; now, I would probably put them in the lower right so they were more visible. "d-fly," was created with 40 year old rubons!
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About Dr.Ting Wang
Dr. Ting Wang, M.D. & M.S. focus on Asian rhinoplasty
At 29th & 31st Dallas Rhinoplasty Symposium
"Dallas Rhinoplasty" 2nd Edition Chinese Version
translated by Dr Li Zhanqian, Dr Niu Yonggan and Dr Wang Ting et al, 2009
Trained by Dr. Dong Hak Jung, King of Asian Rhinoplasty, in Seoul Korea 2009, 2011
Visiting of famous Dr. Ronald Gruber's Rhinoplasty Surgery Clinic in 2009 & 2014
Accept Certification from Assistant Prof. & Dr. Josh Korman(Stanford/Cornell), at San Francisco Bay Area and Silicon Valley, California, USA
With Top Asian Breast Plastic Surgeon, Dr. Nagumo(Tokyo, Left 1st) and Dr Chang DL from Taipei Veteran Hospital in 2006
Dr.Ting Wang, graduated from School of Medicine, China Medical University in 1997; trained at Dallas Rhinoplasty Symposium with rhinoplasty skill lab training, Beijing Plastic Surgery Hospital, All Armed Forces Aesthetic Surgery Training Center-Huangsi Hospital, Dr. Dong Hak Jung's Rhinoplasty Clinic in Seoul Korea and Shanghai Conbio Huang-Pu Aesthetic Surgery Hospital. Dr. Wang operated numerous success aesthetic procedures for celebrities, movie stars and foreign guests from Hong Kong, Malaysia, North American, Japan, Europe, Singapore, Australia, Korea, India and Russian. He is now a senior member of Rhinoplasty Specialty Committee of China Medical Doctors Association.
In order to polish his skill, Dr. Wang visited top plastic surgeons Dr. R. Gruber, Dr. Nagumo Tokyo Plastic Surgery Hospital, Korman Plastic Surgery Center, Bay Area, CA USA.
Rhinoplasty (Rib, Ear and/or Nasal Septum Cartilage Transplantation; silicone Implant revision), Nature-shape implant breast augmentation, Ultrasonic assisted liposuction, Facelift, Lower eyelids surgery(Blepharoplasty).
Education and Training
China Medical University Medical School 1992-1997
Dalian Maternity & Child Care Hospital Surgeon 1997-2001
Peking Union Medical College Plastic Surgery Advance Workshop 1998
All Armed Forces Aesthetic Surgery Hospital CME Program 1999
Dalian Medical University Basic Medical School 2001-2004
Dalian Medical University Plastic and Aesthetic Surgery Clinic 2004-2005
Dr Ting Wang's Plastic Surgery Clinic 2005-now
Nagumo Tokyo Clinic in Breast Surgery Training, Tokyo Japan 2006
Korman Plastic Surgery Center Training CA USA 2006, 2010
Dr. Jung Dong-Hak Simian Plastic Surgery and ENT Hospital, Seoul Korea 2007, 2009, 2011
Dr Ronald Gruber's Rhinoplasty Clinic Training CA USA 2010
Dallas Rhinoplasty Symposium and Surgery Skill Lab, Dallas TX USA 2012
Qualifications and Affiliations
Board Certified Aesthetic Plastic Surgeon License of Liaoning Province, Chinese Medical Association 2006
Attending Surgeon(Middle-Class Qualification Certificate of Speciality), Ministry of Health, China 2005
Chinese Medical Association, Member in Society of Plastic Surgery 2005
Medical Doctor License(Surgeon), Ministry of Health, China 2000
Qualified Medical Doctors, China 1999
Honors and Awards
Publications and Presentations
Autologous Cartilage Corrects Retracted Nasal Columellar( Part-I,Part-II,Part-III, in Chinese) by Dr Wang Ting China Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (Chinese version) Nov. 2009
"Dallas Rhinoplasty" 2nd Edition Chinese Version translated by Dr Li Zhanqian Dr Niu Yonggan and Dr Wang Ting etc, 2009
Measurement of costal cartilage during rhinoplasty in Chinese female by WANG Ting1, YANG Ming-jie1, DU Yi-nan1, GU Hong-bo1, Zhang Yu1, Liu Liang1, Qin Hong-zhi2
Inhibition of B16 Melanoma Growth in vivo by Retroviral Vector-Mediated Human Ribonuclease Inhibitor. Ting Wang, Mingjie Yang, Junxia Chen, Tonya Watkins, Xiuyun Cui. Angiogenesis 2005 March
RI Gene Therapy on Skin Melanoma. Ting Wang,Mingjie Yang,Zhao Wang.Chinese Journal of Aesthetic and Plastic Surgery, June 2006


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The Difference Between a Bookkeeper and an Accountant
Fledgling businesses may benefit from hiring a professional to help them begin their new enterprises. You may have wondered if you should enlist the help of a bookkeeper or an accountant. But first you need to know how each of them could benefit your small business and what the main differences are between them.


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Celebration buses are in vogue nowadays, driving around cities all throughout the nation and also allowing teams have their very own exclusive birthday celebration, wedding anniversary, bachelor, and also "even if" events for hrs at a time. Depending on the firm and also the design of party bus, you could obtain a really various experience. So just what should you remember when you most likely to employ a party bus for your following huge function? Check out listed below to discover your list.
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What Are The Features Of The Party Bus?
Not all celebration busses coincide. Some included equipped bars, dancing posts, border audio speakers with jukebox playlist, lots of comfy seats, and also the much more pricey ones also include jacuzzis! Nevertheless, few had all the above for inexpensive, so you ought to prioritize exactly what you desire in a party bus. Do you wish to do great deals of dance? Ensure you obtain one with the adequate area. Does the jacuzzi interest you? Head out of your method to discover one. Survey your good friends that will certainly be involving your celebration to see exactly what they desire. The better you and also your visitors are, the much better the event and also your experience will certainly be.
What Are The Fees For Event Busses In Your Location?
You should allocate an excellent party bus, and also every business comes close to prices differently. Numerous fee by the hr, however, some will certainly bill a level cost for the evening. (Make certain you understand just what "an evening" suggests in the business language.) Additionally, watch for excess charges that might remain in the small print. Some charges consist of additional gas fee if you wish to be driven to a certain area beyond the suggested area, a cleaning charge if your event trashes the bus, as well as ludicrous points like a food, beverage, and also motorist's cost. See to it you check out the small print prior to enrolling in anything. Some celebration busses could wind up more affordable compared to they originally appeared.
What Are The Reviews As Well As Reputations Of The Business?
This is crucial. Also if one party bus is less expensive all over, if it has awful evaluations of both the bus and also the chauffeurs, after that you wish to remain away. Never ever jeopardize your security to conserve a dollar. Many party bus chauffeurs are male, so if you're having an all-women event you wish to pay added focus right here. Likewise, research the general safety and security and also problem of the busses. If older designs are being utilized, you could wish to carry on. The last point you should check out is exactly how they stand with the law – have the celebration busses been associated with any type of crashes or unlawful tasks? You do not wish to be captured up because.
Event busses are a remarkable method to entertain your close friends. They could be an acting celebration as you are carried somebody further away, or you could have the motorist walk around your city all evening while your celebration. In either case, see to it you do your study initially!


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Hat: Scala // Ciao Bella Top: Old Navy (under $7) // Jacket: MakeMeChic (old, similar here) // Culottes: VBxTarget // Boots: Target (under $30)
Can y'all believe that we are almost done with the first month of 2018? This month flew by. I'm not sure if it's because of all the things that went on, or if I'm just not stopping to smell the roses enough. I've been working a lot on my blog and I also started a new diet so I've been engulfed in research and many other things. I've been watching a lot of YouTube tutorials on photography, editing software like Lightroom, and even makeup. I took a close up in my last post for Younique 3D Fiber Lashes and I noticed how bad my makeup actually looked. So I turned to makeup gurus on Youtube and paid attention to certain things. I've noticed a remarkable difference (after spending quite a hefty penny) in my makeup and skin in general. I'm going to confess that I've been using a beauty blender for foundation and concealer this entire time, but switching to using brushes has been life changing for my face. It applies so much smoother and you get more product on your face, along with getting an airbrush like finish. I also watched how to properly do a smokey eye because I have all of these new brushes that I've been dying to use. Basically, I'm so glad I spent the money and time on changing my makeup because since I only really do a full face of makeup on the weekends, this will last me a long time. During the week I wear extremely minimal makeup. If you follow my Instastories sometimes you can see that I have little to no makeup.
Just to give a quick update on my Keto diet, so far so good. I don't know how this is possible but I lost 5lbs (probably mostly water weight) and I also lost inches. This is an extremely hard diet to maintain if you aren't patient and aren't willing to put in the time to do your research. I'm very proud of myself that I'm able to do this all on my own without a nutritionist and it's obviously working because I feel so much better. My brain is more alert, and I'm losing weight. I forgot to take progress pictures at the beginning so I took them after a week. To be fair I will track everything for a month and then wait a week and take all of my progress pictures so that you can see what a month can do. I will talk about what my meal plans have looked like, and how I feel after a month on the blog. Just so anyone who is thinking about trying Keto can read more about my personal experience. I still haven't tested myself to see if I'm in Ketosis yet, but am planning on doing that this week.
I also wanted to point out that I've been in love with hats lately. A long time ago I used to wear them all the time because I was told I actually looked better with a hat on haha. I feel like it adds a little spunk to any outfit. It also makes me feel really confident and different. I recently started wearing hats more, and I think it's because I'm trying to switch it up with my style a bit. I feel like I started to kind of get boring. I love that I'm able to recreate different outfits with stuff that's already in my closet, but I felt like it was just getting repetitive. That might have something to do with how stressful the end of last year actually was. Anywho, I've been really testing out different things (at least they are different for me), and hats have been one of them. This hat is actually a review from Scala Hats. I've reviewed a few things from them before and have always been a fan. However, this hat really steals the show. I am in love with it and nothing compares to this one. The quality of it is great. It is definitely a winter hat, because it's really warm. You can get this hat here.
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MAG shows its mug
The first images of the game that could not be done on the 360, Zipper Interactive's Massive Action Game or MAG, have surfaced. We've got character artwork, location concepts, as well as the very first screenshots which for a 256-player online game, one that is not an iteration of SOCOM by the way, don't look bad at all. There's a total of 26 images — some below, the rest in the gallery.


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Akikan Description:
Plot Summary: The story revolves around a typical high school boy named Kakeru Daichi and the can of melon juice soda that he bought from a vending machine. The can suddenly transforms into a beautiful but standoffish girl that Kakeru nicknames "Melon," and more "Akikan" ("empty can") girls appear. However, Akikan girls need to be infused with carbon dioxide in order to turn into a human.
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Shounen
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The Basics
Name: it means "protector of men and defender of mankind", kinda redundant.
Birthdate: August
Eye Color: Brown
Hair Color: Auburn Black
Height: 5'5″
Your webpage: https://sinofsilence.wordpress.com
Are you taken?: By who or what?
Are you a virgin?: I guess I am.
How many & what kind of pets do you have?: the puppy ran away
What's your job?: part time royal pain in the behind
What's your Dream Job?: To be an artist.
Who is your best friend?: I wonder…
What instruments do you play?: Any instrument available. I say I play them but I never said I know how to. Technically, there's a difference. 😛
What are your hobbies?: anything that I can do for more than an hour that doesn't bore me half to death.
What are your goals?: finish college, get into my dream grad school, have enough money to build, fund and sustain the academy and still be able to sustain myself with a porche 911, couture clothes, jewelries and white and black tie events. ("Try to reach for the stars because even if you don't quite reach them you won't end up with a pile of mud either." I forgot who said that.)
Would you ever sky dive or bungee jump?: YES, OF COURSE! That is if I EVER get pass my fear of heights.
What kind of books and/or magazines do you read?: a lot. basically, what I can get my hands on. (I don't finish the ones that bore me to death on the first 15 pages, unless it's a text book, because for me it's just too painful for a read. I don't want to suffer.)(edit: ok, i lied, I don't get past the fourth page if it bores me. But boring is subjective, depending on the daily fluctuation of my insanity quotient. But if I ever don't get past the 15th page for the 5th try. I usually give up the book altogether. Unless, I really have to really read it for class. As an intellectual masochist, I don't really deprive my teachers from inflicting intellectual pain on me.)
How would you describe yourself?: I'd like to say normal but then I would be lying.
What is a topic you wish you knew more about?: Everything! Bring it on!
What do you daydream about?: whatever I'm looking forward to at the moment. (And right now, believe it or not, it's class.)
What are your religious/spiritual beliefs?: I believe in GOD. PERIOD.
List 3 Things You Would Change About Yourself
One: my insecurities
Two: my uncertainties (sometimes, it makes life a lot more interesting, though.)
Three: my bad habits (those I consider bad, at least.)
Shy or Outgoing?: It depends on who I'm with or where I am.
Truth or Dare?: DARE!
Books or Movies?: BOTH. Don't make me choose. It feels like choosing over a best friend and a lover. (and although a lover, for me, seem more fleeting than best friend, I still love them with different but similar intensity that only I would ever probably understand.)
Romantic Comedy or Action Adventure?: As long as they know how to keep their acting and/or stories straight and makes sense, it doesn't matter. One more thing, as long as it doesn't bore me half to sleep.
Cats or Dogs?: Dogs. Cats are prideful and ungrateful. Both of them are sweet in their own cute little ways, though.
Mountain or Beach?: Beach because I love the sun and the feeling of sand in my feet. But then, we all get sick of sand in our feet after a while.
Sweet or Salty?: Bitter. I like my chocolates and coffee rich and black.
Do You…
Smoke?: I tried.
Drink?: I can hold my alcohol, if that's what you mean. (Everybody drinks, you know. It's probably the most bearable way of getting fluids in our body. And we all need that. Water, at the very least.)
Get annoyed easily?: Depends on the subject of annoyance and my current mood — mostly on the subject of annoyance.
Like to travel?: Of course! The farther the better!
Like to drive fast?: Fast Lane, Freeway, German Autobahn, the faster the better! I'm going to get myself a porche 911 someday… Or at least get other people to get me one. Haha!
Sing well?: I don't think so. And my parents and siblings agree with me.
Want kids?: Yes, I guess. I'll probably adopt.
What would you name a boy?: Ianuar Lucas Carlisle (from Ianuarius, Latin "of Janus", the first god or "January", the first in Roman calendar; Lucas, "light"; and Carisle, "from the protected tower/from the walled city")
What would you name a girl?: Tatiana Victoria Caela (from Tatius, the roman king who was said to have ruled over the Sabines and Romans with the legendary Romulus; Victoria, Latin "victory"; Caelum, Latin "sky/heaven")
Have You Ever…
Performed on stage? In what?: Of course, stage plays mostly.
Been in a car accident?: Yes, I think. Something minor involving a car heading straight towards a wall.
Been out of the country?: What do you think?
What Is…
The last CD you bought?: I can't honestly remember.
The last movie you saw in the theater?: I think it was The Curious Case of Benjamine Button.
The last movie you rented?: Requiem for a Dream (2000) and Vitus (2006).
Your greatest fear?: Height and cockroaches. I wholeheartedly believe that once a cockroach sees me, it will mutate into a giant cockroach and eat me.
Your greatest strength?: My sensitivity to other people, I guess. (Not that it stops me from being mean when I want to be.)
Your greatest weakness?: My sensitivity to other people, I guess. (It doesn't doesn't do my conscience any good when I'm being mean. Even if the object of my meanness deserves it. I detest the weak, the spoiled and the stupid.)
Your happiest memory?: Winter 2008.
Your Favorite…
Movie: Le Mystère Picasso (1956, experimental, Henri-Georges Clouzot), Byôsoku 5 Senchimêtoru (2007, Animated Feature, Makoto Shinkai), Artificial Intelligence: A.I. (2001, Science Fiction, Steven Spielberg), One Who Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975, Drama, Miloš Forman), Modern Times (1936, Comedy, Charlie Chaplin), Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens (1922, Horror, F. W. Murnau), Le Scaphandre et Le Papillon (2007, Biography, Julian Schnabel), Vertigo (1958, Psychological Thriller, Alfred Hitchcock), Le Fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain (2001, Romance/Comedy, Jean-Pierre Jeunet)
TV Show: Gossip Girl, Heroes, Crime 360, Numb3rs, Alias
Actor: Johnny Depp, Tom Cruise, Charlie Chaplin
Actress: Dakota Fanning, Meg Ryan
Food: mostly pastas
Drink: mango juice, wine
Color: gold, silver, white, black, amethyst
Scent: rain, forest, freshly opened box of crayons, freshly cut grass
Season & WHY: Winter. solitude and an ending to give way to a new beginning, season of remembrance.
Day of the week & WHY: Friday. The end of the school week and the start of the weekend.
Store: Depends on what I'm going to buy.
Quote: "When you die God and the angels will hold you accountable for all the pleasures you were allowed in life that you denied yourself."
What Do You Think About…
Abortion: is a choice. One I wouldn't make myself.
Homosexuality: is a choice. Who are we to judge?
God: exists. At least for me he does.
Jesus: is just one of the many faces and names of God.
Satan: is the "enemy" of the Christian God. The villain Christianity needs but never wanted.
Heaven: is anywhere with the ones I love.
Hell: is anywhere without them.
Miracles: happen everyday.
Astrology: is a funny way of thinking that celestial bodies somehow affect our personality and future.
War: defeats everyone regardless of who are the victors.
Ghosts: are something I have yet to see.
Reincarnation: is an interesting concept.
Karma: is a hindu name for "what you give is what you get".
Luck: is something you have only when you believe you have it.
Aliens: live among us. Maybe.


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I-65 upgrade between Columbus and Seymour begins
WALESBORO, Ind.–The Indiana Department of Transportation says today starts six weeks of construction for the "Next Level Roads" project, where travel lanes will be added to Interstate 65 between Columbus and Seymour. Motorists may encounter brief delays where flaggers direct traffic around work sites.
Preliminary work scheduled for Monday includes a caution light at the U.S. Highway 31/S.R. 250 intersection being replaced with a traffic signal for use while the I-65 project is underway.
Beginning Wednesday, crews will remove and replace pavement markings on State Road 58 between International Drive and Old Lane Drive. For two weeks, lanes will be reduced to 11-foot widths while operations to widen pavement and construct right turn lanes at I-65 ramps take place.
E & B Paving is the primary contractor for the enhancement plan designed to completely reconstruct I-65 into a six-lane roadway between U.S. 50 and State Road 58. The interstate, from State Road 58 to State Road 46, will also be repaired and resurfaced.
A formal, groundbreaking ceremony of the $143 million INDOT project is scheduled for Friday, April 6.


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That Time I Judged Another Parent Too Quickly
For about six months, I've been working at a women's gym in the neighborhood I was raised in, the Crenshaw district of Los Angeles. Most of the community's residents are black. And though gentrification is rapidly changing the district's racial and economic demographics, the area has historically been inhabited by the working-class poor.
The other evening a black man came into the gym with three young children. He thought his wife might like it and was excited about discovering the pretty new facility. He had lots of questions about prices and the classes offered. His children were also excited and went from one machine to the next trying to see if they could catch a ride.
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I did my best to answer his questions, but he was often distracted by his children, as they called out for his attention frequently. I was probably even more distracted by them, as it can be very dangerous for young children to climb on gym equipment. I asked him to get his babies, and although he tried to get them to sit still, they just wandered in a different direction as their curiosity called to them.
Why do you think I'd do something horrible to my own child?
Finally one boy knocked something over, and the father raised his voice and said, "Come here now!" His tone was so stern, I felt my body tense and I raised my hands to my face, fearing what would come next. The boy did not come, and the father said two more times, "Come here," each time with a little more force. Finally the boy turned toward his father, and I shouted, "Please don't do anything to him, not here, not in front of me."
The father's eyes rose to meet mine, and he asked, "Why do you think I would do something horrible to my own child?" The boy came over to his father, placed his back against his father's chest and the father rested his arms around the boy's shoulders. I breathed a sigh of relief. "Let's just talk business," the father said. I apologized, and we moved on.
The most difficult thing about spending time in my old neighborhood is the level of verbal and physical neglect of children that I encounter. Of course, it is not all that I see—I also see parents who take good care and speak lovingly to their children. But when I witness children being admonished, pushed to the ground, left standing alone in tears or being unsupervised, I'm saddened. I remember how often adults, not understanding how much I understood of their words and conduct, hurt my feelings when I was child. I know those children being yelled at, cursed at and shoved, are going to remember those events all their lives. And at those times I do my best to remind myself how difficult parenting is and how easy it is to become exasperated with one's children.
I was mortified by the father's question of me. "Why do you think I'd do something horrible to my own child?" I felt a deep sense of shame wash over me, and I wanted so badly to explain myself. But I didn't know how to begin that conversation, so I answered all of his questions about the gym and gave him a one-month free membership for his wife. Shit, I'd have personally paid for a free year for her to make it right. The tension from our encounter had eased, but there was still some heightened energy between us.
I see black parents using corporal punishment to discipline their children far more often than any other group of parents. One Washington Post writer shares how many feel they must hit their children "so that they don't get into trouble outside the home by falling prey to gang violence or getting shot by police. ... They must toughen their children to prepare them for the harsh realities of being black in America."
RELATED: The Powerful Parenting Lesson I Never Expected
Before he left the gym, he turned to me and said, "If I can strike the perfect tone between power and urgency, my son, who has autism, will listen to me. If I'd failed to do so, I would have needed to leave altogether." Once I got over myself my embarrassment, I was grateful to have encountered a father who was simply doing what was needed to control his son's behavior in an environment where he was at risk of injury. But I continue to wonder, is it possible for me to discern the blurred line between parenting styles and the community I grew up in?
I had let my perceptions of the community I grew up in color my perceptions of the father. But I'm happy I was wrong about this father's intentions. I'm also happy I have the courage, however reactionary to stand up for a child when needed. I'd rather be wrong than watch a child suffer the humiliation of being hit in public.


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Pre-Action Interviews Available May 3, 2004
from http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/pac/dapp/opla/preognotice/pilot.pdf
A pilot program to provide for an optional pre-first Office action interview for applications assigned to Art Units 3624 and 3628 (Class 705/ Subclasses 35-45-the finance and banking art) will be initiated on May 3, 2004. The pre-first Office action interview will be granted if a request is filed with (1) a grantable petition to make special filed under MPEP § 708.02, and (2) unless already included in the petition to make special, a general statement of the state of the art and an identification of no more than 3 references believed to be the "closest" prior art along with an explanation of how the broadest claim distinguishes over the prior art.
If the request for a pre-first Office action interview is granted and resources permitting, the examiner, after a preliminary review of the application, will call the applicant no later than 60 days following the grant of the request but before a first Office action is written and mailed, to set up the pre-first Office action interview (a) the attorney may request either a telephonic or personal interview, and (b) the scope of the interview will include: (i) a discussion of the features of the claimed subject matter that make the invention patentable; (ii) a discussion to assist the examiner in developing a better understanding of the invention; and (iii) a discussion to establish the state of the art at the time of the invention.
The pilot program will last six months, after which an evaluation of the pilot will be conducted. A notice will be published in the Official Gazette and will be posted on the USPTO website after the evaluation to indicate whether the Office will make the pilot program permanent.
Concurrently to run with this pilot, the Office requests comments from the public on the granting of pre-first Office action interviews under the conditions of (a) filing a petition to make special under MPEP § 708.02; (b) a letter requesting an interview; and (c) a discussion of the state of the art and an identification of no more than three (3) references believed to be the "closest" prior art along with an explanation as to how the broadest claim distinguishes over the submitted prior art. The time period for comments will end concurrently with the end of the pilot.
Business Methods Partnership Meeting April 24, 2004
from http://www.uspto.gov/web/menu/pbmethod/bmpm.htm
Also, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) will hold its Spring 2004 business methods customer partnership meeting on Tuesday, April 27, 2004, from 1:00 P.M.-5:00 P.M. at the USPTO Patents Theatre, Crystal Park 2, Suite 200, 2121 Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA 22202. The meeting will be hosted by the director and managers of the Business Methods workgroup and members of the public are invited to attend subject to space limitations. The meeting is an opportunity for an informal discussion on topics such as quality initiatives, how the second pair of eyes operates, determination of statutory subject matter, and other topics specific to business methods. Additionally, industry leaders will discuss the importance of business methods patents from their perspective. While public attendees will have the opportunity to provide their individual input, group consensus advice will not be sought.
Requests for attendance at the partnership meeting should be submitted to the attention of James Trammell via facsimile at (703) 746-5534 or Joseph Thomas via facsimile at (703) 746-5897, or by electronic mail through the Internet to email@example.com or firstname.lastname@example.com. Requests for attendance must include the attendee's name, affiliation, title, mailing address, and telephone number. Facsimile number and Internet mail address, if available, should also be provided. Requests for attendance must be received by April 9, 2004.
For more of the latest news on business method patents contact Bill Heinze (email@example.com), at Thomas, Kayden, Horstemeyer & Risley LLP in Atlanta, Georgia USA.
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Dr. David Kuhar, a medical officer at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Ebola Hemorrhagic Fever Resource center on CDC's website offers comprehensive overview and information, including:
"There is no specific treatment for Ebola, which is spread by contact with the bodily fluids of infected people or animals. Therefore prevention is one of the best ways to contain the virus.
Access to timely and accurate life-saving information is hence absolutely crucial. This is where UNICEF is focusing its efforts moving forward," said UNICEF Representative in Guinea, Dr. Mohamed Ag Ayoy.
UNICEF, working closely with WHO, partners and communities, is sharing information on how to prevent the spread of the virus while also promoting care seeking behaviours for those already affected. Governments, UN agencies and partners are collaborating closely to ensure a prompt response to this humanitarian crisis.
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It is difficult not to notice the two different directions in cloud evolution; two major approaches are evolving, two different ways to look at how application infrastructure should be built.
Virtualization centric solutions – in this approach, Cloud main function is to provide different provisioning and management services around servers virtualization. Server images are key component in this approach. These images are deployed on virtual servers. This is the atomic deployment and management unit for the cloud. Applications provisioning is usually a set of images deployed on a number of servers. The virtualization infrastructure provides many of the enterprise level features such as high availability, replication of data, Storage allocation and management, and even in some cases scalability for the application. This approach evolves from the bottom up, starting by solving infrastructure inefficiency, server utilization issues, resource management etc'.
Service centric approach – The cloud is a bunch of high level services , for customers to choose from when developing and deploying applications. Data services, Platform services, Management services etc'. in this approach, different vendors offer a comprehensive framework for the application which includes everything needed for the application to run, all this usually wrapped in a friendly user interface, "shields" the customer from all the underlying infrastructure (want more storage – move this slider, want more scalability for the application – slide the cluster size control higher). Great examples for this approach are Heroku, PHPFog etc'.
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Eyespot of corn
Eyespot is caused by the fungus Aureobasidium zeae. The initial symptoms of eyespot are small, water-soaked or chlorotic circular spots. The tissue at the center of the spot later dies and turns tan-colored with a brown ring at the margin. The spot is surrounded by a yellow "halo" that can be seen clearly when the leaf is lighted from behind. Spots may join together into large necrotic areas and the entire leaf may die. The spots remain visible even after the leaf dies. The disease is more common when corn follows corn. Cool temperatures (60s°F to low 70s°F) favor disease development; thus, eyespot may appear early in the season on lower leaves and again near the end of the season on upper leaves.
Resistant hybrids and inbreds are available. Crop rotation and tillage reduce survival of the fungus. Foliar fungicides labeled for eyespot are available.
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For most of the days, the terrain was composed of fairly runnable, forested hills. Mossy rocks and blueberry bushes covered the ground. The hills were divided by marshes which required much physical strength to run through as they could be deep, muddy, and filled with vegetation. There were also some greener sections that were very challenging to navigate within due to their limited visibility. Because of the massive number of participants at O-Ringen (see Tori's post about the spectacle that is O-Ringen), many elephant tracks existed on almost every route choice. This could be a good thing because it packed down the moss on the hills, making it easier to run along and also caused there to be less other vegetation in the way; however, in the swamps this worsened the runability because it would churn up the muck, making for some particularily mushy sections that orienteers could easily get stuck in or fall down into. There were also lots of rock features scattered about the hills.
Some of the days also included a wide range of paths from large gravel roads to small single tracks, as well as meadows, cut lines, small areas of private property, clearcut areas, small lakes or larger hillsides.
The format of the event for most classes involved two longs, a rest day, another long, a middle, and a final long in the format of a chase start. In my category (D18E), alll maps were 1:15,000, with the exception of the middle at 1:10,000. This was challenging because I train and race much less frequently on 1:15000 maps then any other scale and also becasue the terrain was very detailed. Relocation, if needed, also presented a challenge because many of the hills, surrounded by marshes and dotted with rocks, looked quite similar.
The first race was probably the most technical of any of the long races, and maybe even the middle. It was very, very challenging. There were fewer trails then the other stages, and also very complex contour details involving many knolls and small form-line hills. Additionally, fallen trees, marked as a green line (half of the distinct tree 'X' symbol) were scattered across the map.
The second race had mostly larger, broader contour features, and more trails, especially in certain areas where indistinct cutline-like trails criss-crossed all over the hillsides. The vegetation was quite distinct and useful for navigation.
The third race started off in similar terrain to the previous days, but continued gradually into areas with steeper hillsides and finished wth a couple controls in a dark green area with plenty of rocks.
The fourth race finished similarly to the third, since they were at the same arena, but started off with some particularly fun navigation, running between especially complex contour areas surrounded by featureless marshes.
The final stage started with some very tough physical climb (that could partially be avoided depending on route choice), ran through a technical area, and finished with many controls on a large, fairly featureless hillside before crossing over a river, then quickly along a paved area and into the arena.
All and all, O-Ringen provided challenging terrain that common themes between the maps but was still diverse enough to be quite interesting. The courses were quite difficult but lots of fun anyways. I look forward to racing O-Ringen again someday!
Emma S.


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Sens. Kerry, McCain Introduce Online 'Privacy Bill of Rights'
Sens. John Kerry and John McCain teamed up Tuesday to introduce a bill that would provide Internet users with a commercial privacy bill of rights.
The Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act of 2011 is intended to create a framework to protect the personal information of all Americans. Customers should have the right to security and accountability, the right to know how their information is being used, and right to have the smallest amount of data collected about them as possible, the senators said.
"Americans have a right to decide how their information is collected, used, and distributed and businesses deserve the certainty that comes with clear guidelines," Kerry, a Massachusetts Democrat, said in a statement. "Our bill makes fair information practices the rules of the road, gives Americans the assurance that their personal information is secure, and allows our information driven economy to continue to thrive in today's global market."
McCain, an Arizona Republican, said the bill allows companies to continue marketing and advertising to consumers, but "does not allow for the collection and sharing of private data by businesses that have no relationship to the consumer for purposes other than advertising and marketing."
Specifically, the bill states that:
- Collectors of information must implement security measures to protect the information they collect and maintain.
- Collectors of information must provide clear notice to individuals on the collection practices and the purpose for such collection.
- Collectors of information would be required to collect only as much information as necessary to process or enforce a transaction or deliver a service, but allow for the collection and use of information for research and development to improve the transaction or service and retain it for only a reasonable period of time.
Companies must provide users with the ability to opt-out of data collection unauthorized by the bill and opt-in to the collection of personally identifiable information. This requires a "robust and clear notice" about data collection, and the ability of users to access and correct their information.
The bill would be enforceable by state attorneys general and the Federal Trade Commission, though not at the same time. It also bans private rights of action. The FTC would also be able to approve nongovernmental organizations to oversee safe harbor programs that would have "the ability to be exempt from some requirements of the bill." The Department of Commerce can weigh in on these exemptions, which it will submit to the FTC.
The bill comes several weeks after the Obama administration gave its seal of approval to a "consumer privacy bill of rights" intended to allow consumers to avoid unwanted online tracking or data collection.
A bill of rights is "something that consumers want, companies need, and the economy will appreciate," Lawrence Strickling, assistant secretary of Commerce for communications and information, told the Senate Commerce Committee, of which Kerry is a member. At the time, committee chairman John Rockefeller and Kerry pledged to move forward on legislation soon.
Microsoft, HP, Intel, and eBay released a joint statement in support of Kerry and McCain's bill.
"We have long advocated for comprehensive federal privacy legislation, which we believe will support business growth, promote innovation and ensure consumer trust in the use of technology. The complexity of existing privacy regulations makes it difficult for many businesses to comply with the law," the companies said. "We support the bill's overall framework, which is built upon the Fair Information Practices principles. We appreciate that this legislation is technology neutral and allows for flexibility to adapt to changes in technology. The bill also strikes the appropriate balance by providing businesses with the opportunity to enter into a robust self‐regulatory program."
The Center for Democracy & Technology said the bill "contains many strong elements."
"With the proliferation of tracking technologies in recent years, consumers need basic protections to allow them to see how their data is being used, and to give them control over their own information," said CDT Consumer Privacy Project director Justin Brookman. "The Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights Act provides a solid foundation for the discussion of how to enact such protections over the months ahead."


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HYPER JAPAN brings the best of all things Japanese to the UK, and this summer, that includes traditional culture as well as the pop and Kawaii. The Federation of British Bonsai Societies are repeat Gold Medallists at the Chelsea Flower Show, masters of the art of carefully guiding the growth of plants.
At this summer's HYPER JAPAN, they'll be displaying some of their work, as well as demonstrating to our visitors how to create bonsai. Bonsai will also be available for sale.
You can see more at their website.


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We are pleased to announce that the third annual Antelope Valley Christian Writers' Conference has been scheduled for May 2-3, 2008. Never heard of the Antelope Valley? It's a semi-rural desert community in the High Desert of Southern California, near Los Angeles.Whether you're an absolute beginner -- a seasoned professional -- or somewhere in-between, this may be for you. If you enjoy writing, and you'd like to learn how the publishing business works, you are welcome to attend. We have assembled a distinguished faculty of experienced writers and editors, each of whom has a ministry dedicated to helping other writers to succeed.
Here, you will have the opportunity to interact with professional writers and editors, and attend workshops in a wide array of creative categories. You'll meet fellow writers who share your calling - your zeal - and perhaps your frustrations as well. You can trade ideas, share experiences, and support one another in prayer.In the general session, and in the workshops, we will discuss: How can you improve your writing skills? How should a Christian approach his writing? What's keeping you from getting published? What do editors and publishers look for, when evaluating a manuscript? You can learn how to hone your craft and achieve your goals through excellent instruction and one-on-one mentoring. Together, we can help you take your writing to the next level, the best it can be.
In addition to our workshops, you can take advantage of: Group discounts for churches and schools;
A writing contest with cash prizes;
Free critiques from our faculty;
Books from Barnes & Noble;
Free wireless Internet; and Complimentary refreshments and a continental breakfast.
Have we piqued your interest?
We will meet in the facilities of The Antelope Valley Church, a non-denominational congregation on the Westside of the city of Lancaster. Several budget- priced hotels are in the local area for your convenience.For more information, please take a look at our website, at www.avwriters.com.
See you there!
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JANUARY 12, 2016: It is a long way from New Zealand to the
motocross hotbed of central Europe, but that's the journey on which
South Island teenager Courtney Duncan hope she is about to
It probably comes as no surprise to those who know of the Yamaha
rider's exploits and to travel from the small Otago town of
Palmerston to the hustle and bustle of racing the Motocross World
Championships in places such as Belgium, Germany and France has
always been the aim for the Kiwi Yamaha rider.
The 19-year-old Duncan heads to Qatar in a few weeks' time to
tackle the opening round of the Women's World Motocross
Championships - that event sharing the programme with the start of
the parallel but separate men's competition - on February 27.
If she impresses at that event, she's hoping it will lead to a
full campaign with the six-round women's series continuing in The
Netherlands (March 28), Germany (May 8), France (June 5) and
Switzerland (August 7) and wrapping up at Assen, in The Netherland
again, on August 28.
She has beaten most of the motocross boys in New Zealand and has
turned heads each time she's raced overseas, whether it be winning
in Australia or the United States, and it was just a matter of time
before she hit the world stage, although she will still have to
prove herself.
She has the backing of New Zealand's two-time former world No.2
Josh Coppins, of Motueka, the head of the Altherm JCR Yamaha Racing
Team and has been training regularly with him as she builds towards
her world campaign.
For most of last year she was in recovery mode, regaining her
strength after tearing her ACL ligament in her left knee - in a
freak basketball accident, totally unrelated to motocross.
"I knew straight away what had happened. I was just passing a
basketball around before I was to go into the gym and something
felt funny.
"It had happened before, so I knew what it was," said
She was flown to Auckland for surgery on her knee and then began
the long process of rehabilitation.
"I did my exercises pretty much every day. Had the weekend off,
but every day it was just about getting fit again.''
She got back on the bike in late October.
"I thought I would be a bit nervous getting back on the bike,
but it just felt like home."
She is now back to full fitness and her coach and mentor,
Coppins, is quietly confident that she will impress in Qatar and
says "she needs to".
"Courtney is only officially confirmed for Qatar at this stage,"
he said. "It's quite an expensive undertaking to do a full campaign
and she's not got a factory ride. She needs to show what she's made
of at Qatar and we can go on from there.
"We in New Zealand know how good she is, but you're only as good
as your last ride and nobody has seen her overseas for a while. Her
biggest competitor is herself. Keeping the bike on two wheels is
very important.
"The idea last year was for her to do two rounds and build from
that, but then she injured herself and had a lengthy lay-off.
"I don't know what she'll make of Qatar. I raced there myself in
2002 and finished second to (Belgian former world champion) Joel
Smets. It was among the sand dunes and Joel was on a 450
four-stroke and I was on a 250cc two-stroke, but the track is all
man-made now and a lot of it is clay-based, so it's totally
different really.
"Unfortunately, the Qatar race clashes with the date for round
two of the New Zealand Motocross Championships and I can't be in
two places, but I will be following her progress as closely as I
Duncan's Yamaha YZ250F bike is currently being prepared for her
in Belgium.
"Yamaha New Zealand has really stepped up to make this
possible," said Coppins. "They can see the potential in Courtney
and they are helping to bridge the gap."
Fellow Yamaha rider, 21-year-old Italian Kiara Fontanesi, was
the 2015 women's world champion and she will no doubt be the one to
beat again in 2016, unless a Kiwi girl called Courtney Duncan can
upset the form book.
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POSTED BY Nick Kapur ON 1:26 pm, July 10, 2006 - POSTED IN News reel
Well, rumors have been swirling the last few days about a deal that would send Trot Nixon straight up to the Phillies for Bobby Abreu.
While I'm sure some Phillies fans would be ecstatic to see their team aquire another outfielder who will run face first into walls, I have to say, this would be a *GREAT* trade for the Red Sox – they would get a durable OBP machine in exchange for an injury prone "gamer" who still hasn't figured out how to hit left-handed pitching (.227 average this year). And I think that Paul did an excellent job putting to rest the idea that Abreu is somehow not a clutch hitter in his comment on this post.
The irony is, Red Sox fans are nearly as in love with "gamers" like Trot as Phillies fans are, and would probably boo Abreu nearly as much. After all, Trot Nixon has somehow acquired that elusive status as a "True Red Sox" (Red Sock?), probably because he has crashed into a certain requisite number of walls in his career.


text: Joey Diglio sprinted home from second base with the game's only run as the T-Bird 8th grade baseball team won the Junior High Invitational over Crestview 1-0 on Saturday afternoon. Sammy Heider went 2 for 2 and drove in the winning run, and Brendan Stolly threw a complete game, 3-hit shutout with 10 strikeouts. Brendan also had two hits. Congrats to coaches Jeff Engle and Mike Santaguida for a great season.


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This topic provides the Microsoft support policies for running currently supported versions of Microsoft Exchange Server in production in a hardware virtualization environment. This topic also provides recommendations for running Exchange Server in production in a hardware virtualization environment.
Hardware virtualization software enables you to run multiple, separate operating systems concurrently on a single physical machine. Microsoft has the following three software offerings that provide hardware virtualization functionality:
- Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Technology/Microsoft Hyper-V Server: Windows Server 2008 provides 64-bit virtualization technology called Hyper-V. Hyper-V is a hypervisor: a layer of software that sits just above the hardware and beneath one or more operating systems. For more information about Hyper-V, see Virtualization and Consolidation with Hyper-V.
- Microsoft Virtual Server: Virtual Server is software that provides server virtualization technology that was engineered for the Windows Server System platform (Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2003 R2). For more information about Microsoft Virtual Server, see the Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 Product Overview.
- Microsoft Virtual PC: Virtual PC is software that lets you create separate virtual machines on your Microsoft Windows desktop, each of which virtualizes the hardware of a physical computer. For more information about Virtual PC, see Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 Product Information.
Click here to read the full guidance on how to virtualize Exchange!


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A total of more than $50,000 is offered through the 13 awards, grants, and scholarships that make up the awards program of the American Association of School Librarians (AASL), a division of the American Library Association (ALA).
The 2007 awards include:
AASL Collaborative School Library Media Award - Sponsored by the Sagebrush Corporation, $2,500
The AASL/Highsmith Research grant - Sponsored by the Highsmith Co., Inc., up to $5,000 based on research expenses
ABC-CLIO Leadership Grant - Sponsored by ABC-CLIO, up to $1,750
The Distinguished Service Award - Sponsored by Baker & Taylor, $3,000
The Distinguished School Administrator Award - Sponsored by SIRS/ProQuest, $2,000
The Frances Henne Award - Sponsored by Greenwood Publishing Group, $1,250
The Information Technology Pathfinder Awards, Elementary and Secondary - Sponsored by Follett Software Company, $1,000 to the school library media specialist and $500 to the library
The Innovative Reading Grant - Sponsored by Coughlan Publishing, $2,500
The Intellectual Freedom Award - Sponsored by ProQuest $2,000 to the recipient and $1,000 to the media center of the recipient's choice
The National School Library Media Program of the Year (NSLMPY) Award, School District and Single School categories - Sponsored by Follett Library Resources, $10,000 each category
The School Librarian's Workshop Scholarship - Sponsored by Jay W. Toor, President of Library Learning Resources, $3,000
An application and information about each award is available online at http://www.ala.org/aasl/awards/.
AASL/ALA, http://www.ala.org/ala/aasl/.


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Hi guys! October 5, #Bloggys2015 will announce those blogs qualified for Voting. I hope mine will make it. For now, please continue to comment and share 😀 Thanks ❤
We met a month (or so?) ago. He had great humor! But he never heard me laugh. He says sweet things to me. His words inspire me to continue to teach and write even in my saddest times. But he has never saw me smile. He has never wiped my tears. Yes this is us. We write to each other everyday. I, in exchange, advise him on his love life. I read about his tales about a life across lands. Yes this is us. We are sharing life's moments together and yet far apart.
–Friendship Online
I know that his ideal day is eating meals with okra for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. He has his teaching and book promotion gigs all around the Philippines but his favorite will always be his province. He reads the same book as me because he shared about the challenge of doing so on FB. I know he used to live in a small apartment near La Salle but is living the life in a condo in Ayala. He used to wait for a FX as I'd pass by him on a jeepney.
(Yes obsessed!)
His destination? I'd hope to be the same as mine.
I know his career is his passion. I know because it is painted in each picture and status he posts. As I hope to buy his works or go to his next event, I hope to be a little closer. I hope he can dust off the secret to being a success and inspiration on my shoulders. For I'd shower under it like pixie dust 😀
–Professor Crush
There was once a girl who I was deeply jealous of. She was tall She had fair skin. She had a loving family. Each day she'd go to the same school as me and enter each class with a string of admirers. Oh how I'm jealous of her! I've befriended her to try to get my wrongful nerves out. Instead, I found it more irritating that she is very very sweet. She is the friend you can come to for comfort and will mention your name in her prayers at night. I've said some hurtful things to her because of my jealousy. There I found out the best thing about this girl–now a young woman and teacher–is that she isn't just sweet but kind. She forgave the moment I asked. Maybe she would have anyways if I haven't. I will never forget meeting this person….
–She Gave Me a Heart-Shaped Letter
Do you want me to write a flash fiction piece about you? Comment and share about these pieces, then I'll work on it for free 😉


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I'll be there! I realize that's not exactly a selling point for most of you, but I figured I'd put the word out on the off-chance any forum members, or Sheri's beauties care to say "Hi" and share a holiday drink with me.
I'm honored to be reprising my role as Char's evening companion…so, yeah I'm definitely in for great night!! You'll find me at Char's side (I'll be the dude with a silly grin plastered on my face!), or in the event she is off mingling, I'll be resuming my destined-to-fail flirtations with the magnificent Marci and will most likely be submitting a few good-natured, yet indecent proposals for her consideration. (I publicly apologize to Marci in advance for having to put up with me.)
Last year, all of the women got a little more dressed up than usual, and looked absolutely breathtaking…trust me guys, you won't want to miss the party for that alone!
Looking forward to it, see you then!
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Certificate courses > 1. Weight Management Essentials | 2. Nutrition for Fat Loss | 3. Physical Activity for Fat Loss | 4. Weight Loss Coaching
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Advance Enrolments NOW OPEN with the following immediate benefits:
Existing customers: Did you enrol in a previous SmartShape course for $337. If so, you get this same price now using Coupon code 'custdisc' (we will verify all enrolments at this price).
What is the course about?
Having the right mindset is crucial to fat loss success. Now, you can learn the psychology of weight management in one easy course.
This program combines the very best from wellness coaching and positive psychology with specialist insight, motivational techniques and business advice for weight management.
In this inspirational course presented by Matt O'Neill, you'll learn powerful techniques to help you and your clients achieve long term, food, fitness and weight management success.
What do people say about this course?
"Great presentation! Clear, upfront and immediately practical. Lots of examples to deal with different situations" - T Miles
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Who is lecturing?
Matt O'NeillBSpSc(Nut&Diet), MSc(Nut&Diet), APD, AN, Nutritionist & Director, SmartShape Centre for Weight Management
Learn and use the SmartShape 5-Star Success Model
In this SmartShape course you learn the five key areas of weight management to help you become a highly effective Nutrition Coach or Weight Loss Coach.
Each star includes five elements to create a total of 25 elements or "star factors" to help you become an effective Weight Loss Coach:
1. Coaching - You'll start with a clear, step-by-step framework to organise your client sessions for maximum impact. You'll learn the 5 A's Coaching Process to Assess, Advise, Agree, Assist and Arrange your clients' success.
2. Profiling - You'll be able to perform comprehensive client profiling for Weight, Health, Diet, Activity and Vitality to gather essential client information and guide your specific recommendations for diet, exercise and wellbeing.
3. Tools - You'll discover how to effectively use a practical toolbox for client Goal Setting, Action Planning, Skill Building, Self-Monitoring and Progress Tracking.
4. Solutions - Then, you'll be shown how to offer personalised solutions for the five barriers to weight loss; Situations, Habits, Thoughts, Emotions and Relationships.
5. Business - Finally, you'll be able plan how to get and keep weight management clients using a powerful business model that will Inspire, Motivate, Manage, Reward and Retain (or Refer) clients.
The 5-Star Success Model is unique to SmartShape and provides a clear framework for you to build your weight loss coaching sessions and programs.
Watch the course introduction
Click to see why you should choose a SmartShape Certification & what you'll learn in Weight Loss Coaching (24 minutes).New & updated course outline, including business & practice set-up advice
Session 1 - Your exciting role as a weight loss coach
The online player used for this SmartShape course is device and user-friendly to ensure your positive learning experience. It even remembers where you left off, so you can resume viewing when you next open the presentation.
This course is ideal for:
Appproximately 10 hours with written activities.
How is it assessed?
Course assessment is optional, but required if you wish to obtain CEC points from Fitness Australia. Assessment consists of:
We will apply for at least 10 CECs from Fitness Australia.
Accreditation & qualification
We will apply to have this short-course Accredited for Continuing Education with Fitness Australia. It provides specialist training in weight management & fat loss in addition to what is provided in the Fitness Instructor (Certificate III) and Personal Trainer (Certificate IV) qualification.
In Australia, there is no formal regulation or qualification as a Weight Loss Coach or Consultant. By completing this course and and the other three courses to obtain your SmartShape Certificate in Weight Management, we are confident that you can use the title Weight Loss Coach or Weight Loss Consultant.
Matt is passionate about providing best-practice teaching that is not available elsewhere. Matt's courses have empowered health and fitness practitioners to get superior results for their clients for over 20 years.
BONUS Access to Matt's "Weight Loss Coaching" Notebook via Evernote
Weekly news and research updates included
With this course, you will receive access to weekly psychology, behaviour and weight loss motivation news updates, direct to your smartphone and computer via the Evernote App.
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This simple app allows Matt to share the best, handpicked and tagged nutrition news, research and links with you. Access to Matt's shared "Weight Loss Coaching" folder is included with your course, so you can stay at the cutting edge of nutrition.
Enrolment Call 02-9987 2735 to enrolOnline Course Fee - $AUD375Add $24 for a printed copy of all course slides in notes book posted to you.Add $54 for notes book posted overseas.30-Minute Tele-Interview Assessment - $AUD99Optional for assessment & CECs from Fitness Australia (when approved). This is with Matt O'Neill, where you will also receive expert verbal feedback on your coaching skills. UK, US, NZ > Currency Converter Save with group access for all your staffThis course is ideal for staff training. Enrol 4 people as a group and receive a complimentary 5th enrolment. For larger staff numbers, ask us about discounts.
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