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Vico Magistretti was born in Milan in 1920. He graduated from the Polytechnico in Milan in 1945. In the wake of the devastation of World War II, the young architect was inspired by modernist ideals. He sought to create a new kind of design which was simple, functional, rational, elegant - and anonymous. He wanted to produce "anonymous traditional objects" which seemed to have evolved organically rather than to have been designed. This attitude was evident already in the first pieces he exhibited in the late forties, including bookshelves suspended from metal tubes, a bookcase which resembled a ladder, and stackable tables. Magistretti has influenced generations of designers with his emphasis on what he calls "concept design." Concept design, he says, "starts from a precise executive and functional concept and is so simple that it endows the object with its distinctive character." This type of design is so simple that it can be described without a drawing. He rejects the opposite way of working, which he calls "styling design" and which means useless or redundant decoration. In the course of his long and productive career, Vico Magistretti has won innumerable awards and honors, including three Compasso d'Oro awards. His work is in museums worldwide. In his Milano studio, he continued to create designs whose simplicity and freshness express the essence of his spirit until he passed away in October 2006.
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A handful of Christian arguments and tactics
When Christians show up on this site, it is usually to argue. Rather than present positive evidence for their beliefs, they choose instead to throw out what I call side arguments on a variety of topics. These side arguments are not necessarily meant to show that Christianity is true, but they are meant to show that non-belief is an untenable worldview. Instead of presenting any positive evidence for the existence of a God, a Jesus, angels, devils, etc., they'll attack from different angles. The following is not meant as a comprehensive covering of all the possible apologetic directions Christians are in the habit of taking, but just a few of my favorite.View Post
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by Michael Caruso
The Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill presented "Winds of Yore…and Now!" Saturday, Feb. 23. The oddly named concert paired Piffaro, the Renaissance Wind Band, with Orchestra 2001, the longstanding ensemble specializing in contemporary music, in a program of music both old and new. Some things worked; others did not.
The concert opened with the brass and woodwind players from both ensembles playing Banchieri's "La Battaglia," Lassus' "Hor che la nuova e vaga primavera" and Gabrieli's "Salvator noster." Piffaro's older instruments functioned very much in the tradition of the concertino in the baroque concerto grosso, with Orchestra 2001's modern instruments surrounding those bright, tart tones with their more mellow fullness as the concerto grosso's tutti.
Arne Running's "Renaissance Redux" featured a brass quintet from Orchestra 2001. The three-movement work came across like a suite derived from a film score for a motion picture set in the Renaissance, such as Franco Zeffirelli's Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton vehicle, "The Taming of the Shrew." That movie's score was composed by Nino Rota, an alumnus of Philadelphia's Curtis Institute of Music. Unfortunately, Running's piece fell far short of Rota's exalted standard – and it was played rather noisily Saturday evening.
Orchestra 2001's director, James Freeman, led brass and woodwind players in three selections by P.D.Q. Bach (a.k.a. Peter Schickle): "Fanfare for the Common Cold," "Canzon per Sonar a Sei –Count Them – Sei" and "Echo Sonata for Two Unfriendly Groups of Instruments." Although Schickle's dialogue is now so hopelessly dated as to elicit nothing more than an embarrassed giggle, the music itself makes good-spirited fun of baroque traditions. All three pieces received delightful renditions.
The two most interesting portions of the program came on either side of its intermission. Prior to the interval, Piffaro's shawms, sackbuts and dulcians played Kile Smith's "Redtail and Hummingbird." Following the break, it was the chance for a brass quintet plus bassoon from Orchestra 2001 to perform the Philadelphia-based composer's score. Piffaro's musicians played without a conductor while Smith led the modern players.
Piffaro then paired an excerpt from Smith's "Vespers" (commissioned in 2007) with Praetorius' "Christ lad in Todesbanden." Played from the church's loft, the sound of the old instruments floated out over the audience as it must have done in centuries past in the Praetorius and with a sweetness in the Smith that reminded me just how lovely a work his "Vespers" truly is. Soprano Julienne Baird joined Piffaro for a delicate rendition of Cavalli's "Delizie contente che l'ame beate," but Orchestra 2001's reading of Jacob Druckman's fantasy on the old score seemed to take longer than the centuries between Cavalli's death in 1676 and the date of the concert. Perhaps I've repressed the memory of it, but I can't recall hearing a duller piece of drivel.
Chestnut Hill's Woodmere Art Museum presented flutist Lisamarie McGrath and cellist Jeffrey Solow in recital Sunday, Feb. 24. Their program opened with Solow's own transcription for flute and cello of Beethoven's "Sonata for Two Flutes," continued with Telemann's "Sonata in E minor," Villa-Lobos' "Assobiio a Jato," three preludes drawn from Bach's "Suites for Solo Cello," and concluded with Yuko Uebayashi's "Suite for Flute and Violincello."
Solow explained that Beethoven composed his "Sonata for Two Flutes" just prior to leaving his native Bonn for Vienna in 1792. Although there were a few awkward moments due to the cello's range falling so far lower than that of the second flute part, McGrath's tone was appealing.
McGrath and Solow were heard to better advantage in the Telemann. Although the composer is often considered merely a journeyman compared to contemporaries Bach or Handel, the "Sonata in E minor" is a lovely score, and both musicians played it strongly yet sensitively.
Yannick Nezet-Seguin conducted the Philadelphia Orchestra in a splendid performance of Stravinsky's seminal "The Rite of Spring" Saturday, March 2, in the Kimmel Center's Verizon Hall. The full score, whose Paris premiere in 1913 caused an actual riot in the theater, was enthusiastically received by an audience that packed the house.
One hesitates to write about Nezet-Seguin's charisma for fear of slighting his incredible musical talents, but it's amazing how powerfully his personality crosses over the stage and out into the auditorium and electrifies an audience, eliciting an ovation for the young maestro by his simply walking out to the podium. It happened Saturday evening. Fortunately for everyone concerned, his interpretive gifts backed by technical prowess surpass his star-power.


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Okay I hope you're not tired of hearing about my Hollywood adventures because I've got to share with somebody! Talk about your fun! In fact let's tack on another exclamation point for good measure: fun!
So for this week's list I'll do a short recap of some of what we did this week and tomorrow I'll be covering the breakfast I had with Bill Wackerman, Senior Vice President of Glamour Magazine; Leslie Russo, Associate Publisher for Glamour; Kirsten Smith, screenwriter and director; and Francesca Silvestri of Freestyle Productions.
But for now here's the juicy stuff, the things you REALLY want to know. Here's my list of firsts I got to experience the past four days.
1. First ride with a chauffeur. Suave arranged our trip (and can I say they treated us good? For four glorious days we were queens) and when they sent me my itinerary I did a double take because they had scheduled for a driver to pick me up at my home and take me to the airport. Another took me from the airport to the hotel and the whole time we were in L.A. we had a car and driver at our disposal for any outings we might desire.
That, my friends, is cool. To have someone open the door to a sleek black luxury vehicle then to slide onto a cool leather seat and say "Please take me to Santa Monica Pier" or wherever your heart desires. No one demanded that I listen to their music, no one was screaming in the back seat or smashing goldfish crackers into the upholstery. It was wonderful.
2. First time I've had a gift basket waiting for me. We checked into the Hotel Sofitel in Hollywood and when I got to my room there was an enormous gift basket waiting to welcome me. Hair and beauty products from Suave (I'm hooked on the exfoliating beauty wash and lotion), slippers, snacks, DVDs, and fun stuff including a Flip video camera for my shooting pleasure. Yes, that's right—a cute little pink Flip video camera so I'd be able to properly document my fun. We soon discovered that there were plenty of "Flip Worthy" events including our afternoon at Santa Monica pier where we grabbed drinks at Bubba Gump's and our waiter quizzed us with Forest Gump trivia. Not having seen the movie I didn't do too badly--Beth at Role Mommy Flipped the whole thing so maybe she'll post it and you can play too.
3. First time I've had a king sized bed to myself. Really, it was huge and I can honestly say that it was the most comfortable sleeping experience in my life. There was a yard o' bed in every direction with me in the middle and a pile of the softest, comfiest pillows on the planet. After getting home last night at nearly 1 am I fell into the softness thereof and wondered if I could get Suave to send me one of those beds too—that would be good.
And then there was the shower—this enormous glass cube that's bigger than my whole bathroom back home with one of those huge rain-like heads coming from the ceiling that showers water gently down upon you in this waterfall of luxury.
You know you're traveling with bloggers when they take pictures of their beds and shower.
4. First manicure and pedicure. I've never actually had a professional manicure or pedicure—sure I've done my own nails plenty of times but paying someone else to do it has just never happened. I've already detailed my morning at Lukaro Salon but after the hair cut and consultation with Luke O'Connor I was whisked off to the manicurist and got all my digits done. I was chastised for not filing my nails properly by a short Korean woman whose opening line was (I kid you not) "How's the weather up there?" Haven't heard that one since fourth grade. Nonetheless the experience was divine. After I was finished I sat in the sunny courtyard, my feet wrapped in protective bubble wrap to dry, sipping freshly squeezed orange juice and listening to the fountain splashing in the background. It was good.
5. First time tasting sushi. For dinner Monday night we were whisked off to Nobu, considered the finest Japanese restaurant in L.A. and oh so exclusive. Apparently their specialty is sushi and I figured if you're going to try something for the first time why not try it with the masters?
The décor was amazing and the interior intimate as we sat at the two main tables in the middle of the room. There was a family-style menu that had been pre-arranged for us but they said that if anyone was chicken-livered enough to not eat sushi they'd provide their regular menu which had plenty of cooked items. I decided to be daring and the meal started out with warm edammame sprinkled with sea salt which was yummy. I'm definitely buying some of that once I get back to reality—even the kids would eat that and think it was great.
Then there were two courses of sashimi which stumped me. Something about seeing those raw little pieces of fish on the platter, jiggling in all their rawness, made me shudder in horror. I watched Liz and Beth and Amy slurping it down but I couldn't bring myself to try any. Of course by this time it was about 8:30 and I can tell you right now that the edammame was good but it certainly wasn't any plate of pasta and I was hungry. So I finally got brave and slurped down a piece. The sauce was very good but it kind of covered up the taste of the fish itself which begs the question: "If a dish requires sauces to mask the true flavor isn't there something wrong with the whole set up?" And all the sauce in the world can't cover the feeling of that little fishy slipping down your throat like a wriggling slice of Jello.
Two more courses of tempura shrimp and crab (delicious), raw tuna salad (good if you avoid the tuna parts) and seared black cod (really tasty) and I was feeling pretty brave so when the sushi rolls came I grabbed one and popped it in my mouth just like a big girl.
Then the taste hit me. The seaweed was bitter and vile and suddenly I found myself with a sushi roll in my mouth that tasted so nasty I felt my stomach rising. The thought of chewing it up and having to deal with all that flavor was terrifying but it was so big I couldn't actually swallow it whole so I sat there like some five year-old in this horrific conundrum, not being able to swallow my bite whole but without the courage to chew it up. My kind dinner partners swore that if I spit it out in my napkin they'd never tell but somehow I couldn't bring myself to pull that stunt in one of the most exclusive night spots in L.A. so I chewed. Fast. Really fast and got that hideous beast down with a shudder. No wonder the Japanese are so thin. I would be too if that's what was on the menu every day.
That's it. Now I know about sushi and I'll never make that mistake again.
6. First dinner with a supermodel. While I was busy gagging over my sushi roll someone looked over at the table next to us and there, about eight feet away, was May Anderson, the Danish supermodel. It was an odd experience and I tried hard not to be obvious about staring but she looked like a million people you'd see at any old place and quite unremarkable except for a set of killer cheekbones.
She had no makeup and her hair was sporting that unkept-chic look and I swear if someone hadn't have pointed her out to me I'd have never known who she was or thought anything about her—I mean she was tall and thin and blond but we're talking L.A. here people, every other person is tall and thin and blond. She and her guests were acting rather strangely (there were speculations around the table about their odd behavior) but they kept at their meal for some time and I actually did see her take one bona fide bite of food, but that's about all I could swear to. Finally Cindy from Hello Dollface decided to be brave and go over to talk with her.
They chatted for quite some time and when they had finished their meal Cindy was gutsy enough to ask May if she could have a picture taken with her. Amy Clark from Momadvice.com who was sitting next to me popped up too to get her picture taken and after the shot May gave Cindy this goodbye hug which Cindy later described as being hugged by a praying mantis—her fingers, limbs and body were so long and spindly and skinny—but when I saw the pictures it was absolutely amazing. This plain woman without any noticeable makeup or attractiveness was stunning, completely stunning. I've never seen someone so comfortable with a camera—she struck this instant pose and knew exactly how to work it and the results were jaw dropping.
So that's what a supermodel looks like. Amazing.
And it doesn't surprise me that she's dining on sushi. That would keep you from gaining weight, blech!
But despite the sushi disaster the rest of the meal was delicious, the four-hours spent at Nobu were lovely and fun and we had a great time. Cross "try sushi" off of my list of things to do before I die. Check.
7. First Elvis sighting. As for other celebrity sightings, Monday afternoon after our salon excursion Liz, Amy and I grabbed our driver and had him take us around the town a bit. We went to Grauman's Chinese theater and saw the Walk of Fame but the theater was roped off for the premier of Mark Wahlberg's new movie Max Payne (that name just kills me—what a hoot!). As we drove down Beverly Boulevard there was a crowd gathered in front of some music store or theater or something and wouldn't you know it, there was Slash doing his celebrity thing. He tried to get me to stop for a little Guitar Hero challenge but parking was difficult and we couldn't stop—some other time.
Even though I couldn't stop fo Slash I did get my chance with Elvis when we walked by the theater once again. He's a lot tanner and shorter than I'd imagined. Elmo, Captain America, Batman, Jack Sparrow, it was like Halloween with all these characters milling around in the crowd in front of the theater and it wasn't until we saw them again on our way back that it dawned on me what they were doing—they were working the crowd for money and photo ops. Crazy. The whole thing was going fine until a rather ragged and used-up Marilyn Monroe got into it with a couple of tight-shirted cops that were holding things back. It was really sad actually, kind of a Norma-Desmond-meets-Norma-Jean moment where you shook your head and wondered what set of circumstances would lead a person to earn a living that way.
But I got my picture with Elvis. He was kind of in my personal space so it wasn't the most comfortable experience as you can see but I was with some wild women who forced me into it, what can I say?
8. First time seeing the Hollywood sign. I've been to Los Angeles before but it's been years since I ventured any where near Beverly Hills or Hollywood and Tuesday afternoon after our breakfast with Glamour and Suave Beth, Liz, Amy, Dawn and I grabbed our faithful driver and set out to see the sites again. He took us as far up the mountain as we could go then we hiked the rest of the way to see the famous Hollywood sign and to scare Liz by standing too near the edge. Not a bad view.
9. First celebrity encounter. Here's what you really want to know right? Who did we see? Well Tuesday night started out with a cocktail hour at the hotel before being whisked off to the Glamour Reel Moments premier.
We stepped out of the car and there was the crowd on the side, held back by barriers and straining to see who was getting out—was it anyone famous? No it was just some mombloggers but we walked straight up the red carpet and in the door of the Director's Guild where there was a set of risers with thirty or so photographers waiting for stars to arrive who started snapping off pictures as we walked in. Then they had us stand in front of the backdrop and the photographers took our pictures just like some Oscar moment. "Foot forward, arm on the hip, don't blink" was all I was thinking in the glare of the lights. Wow.
We continued along the red carpet and they had a place for us to wait as the stars arrived. Let's see—I had to write all the names down for fear of forgetting someone—first came Kirsten Dunst who sneaked around the back and walked right behind us (later at the party she sat about four feet away, chain smoking up a cloud—I scored her empty pack of cigarettes after she left and gave it to Liz for a souvenir who will probably put it up on ebay for millions of dollars). My assessment? Great legs, a little too "blond" and VERY skinny.
Then came David Spade—quite short, that goes without saying—and his oddly-clad girlfriend wearing what could only be described as a large, striped cookie-monster though I think it was supposed to be a sweater.
About that time Liz whispered "There's Ted Danson! I see Ted Danson!" and over behind the backdrop was a tall man with white hair talking to someone but I couldn't quite make him out without my glasses. We debated back and forth about whether or not it was Ted and as the two men walked past us Liz whispered, "Is it Ted?"
At which point my psycho reflexes took over as I whacked her hip with my clutch. "That's not Ted Danson but the guy he's with is Matthew Perry!" A big collective gasp of "CHANDLER!" went up after he went by. I think Dawn pretty much went to pieces at that point and the rest of the night we pretty much ran into him all over the place—I actually accidentally stepped on his foot as the crowd at the after-premier party smashed us together. But as interesting as it was I have to say he didn't look too good—puffy eyes and a general haggard look to him. He kind of hung around the edges of the party most of the night with his Ted Danson-look alike buddy but didn't seem too interested in things.
Who else showed up? Sheryl Crow who looked remarkably blond and rockerish in her jeans and knee-length black leather coat. She gave Rosanna Arquette a big ol' hug like they were long lost sisters as we stood there trying not to look like we were staring.
Anna Faris, the star of one of the movies worked the red carpet for quite some time while Lisa Kudrow sneaked in the back way behind the backdrop. Then Courteney Cox and her husband David Arquette arrived—Cindy ran into her in the bathroom and she reported that Courteney confessed to being very nervous. David looked much thinner than I expected, Courteney looked fabulous and seemed very nervous but happy. Lucy Liu sat at the end of our row, looking very beautiful in a black dress and boots—she's really stunning—and there were dozens of other actors and actresses that I recognized but couldn't put a name to their face until later. Sarah Wright, Madeline Zima, Larry Smith, plus lots of others.
Gabrielle Reese hung out next to us for a bit, then Brittney Snow and Laura Dern arrived about the time they asked us all to take our seats in the theater. Twenty minutes later Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher arrived to sit two rows ahead of us and looking very dashing together, followed by Jennifer Aniston who was stunningly beautiful (petite and gorgeous in her flowing knee-length dress). While we all waited for the movies to start the stars milled around, congratulating each other and shaking hands and enjoying the pre-movie excitement.
10. First time attending a movie premier. The movies themselves were quite good—Courteney Cox's debut The Monday Before Thanksgiving starred Laura Dern as a woman who'd lost her mother the Monday before Thanksgiving and has an experience a year later that shows her how happy she can be even if living by herself. It was nice, not amazing, but quite nice.
The next was The Spleenectomy and was the debut of screen writer Kristen "Kiwi" Smith who wrote Ella Enchanted, She's the Man, Ten Things I Hate About You, Legally Blond and more. It was cute, quite funny and Anna Faris did a great job as the main character, a single mom who wants to be an actress in her local community theater but who is sadly lacking the skills—it had some funny lines.
Finally Demi Moore's film Streak starred her daughter Rumor Willis and Brittney Snow and was about how a college woman changes her ideas of body image and was probably the best of the three. It too had some funny parts and was well-directed—Demi has some talent behind the camera.
11. First celebrity mix up. After the premiere we were shuttled to the party at Chateau Marmont—one of the biggest celebrity "it" places in Hollywood and has had everyone from Greta Garbo to Johnny Depp hanging out there. It was rather smashed and as I worked my way through the crowd you could see people checking other people out to figure out if they were anybody special. You could almost hear them thinking "Who is that? Are they anybody?"
Funny thing is with all those dimmed lights I got mistaken for Laura Dern. At first someone came up to me and said "Oh my gosh! You're . . . !" But the music was so loud I couldn't hear the name the woman said—all I knew is that I'm pretty certain she wasn't saying "Scribbit." I shook my head and said "No, I'm not" and then she realized when she looked more closely that obviously she was mistaken. But this went on pretty much most of the night, I had two other people tell me they thought I was Laura Dern and then—the kicker—I was waking by Rita Wilson and as I went by she did a double take and reached her hand out and said "Oh my gosh you were fabulous! I loved what you did . . . " then stopped the second she got a better look and realized that I wasn't Laura.
Funny. It was rather the running joke of the evening that I kept getting mistook for Laura Dern but I guess it could be worse. They could have mistaken me for Jack Black, right? I just hated to disappoint them so much when they realized that it was just me. By the end of the evening I figured out that the trick was simply to look rather grumpy and bothered and to not make eye contact with anyone and then people are fairly certain to think you're famous.
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If you believe the eyes are the window to the soul, somewhere out there in oceanville is one helluva big soul. A giant eyeball that washed ashore in Florida has got the marine world all a flutter trying to figure out where (or what?!) it came from. The giant blue eyeball was found by a beachcomber on Pompano Beach near Ft. Lauderdale. And I'm totally jealous because all I ever find on the beach is dried up seaweed and the occasional shell that I pretend I'm going to make into a necklace and then never do. Can you imagine running across this sucka?!! These photos will have your eyes popping out of your head too.
The eye was rushed to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Research Institute to try and figure out what kind of creature it came from. Most likely scenario: A giant squid, a whale, or some type of giant fish. No word on how the eyeball lost its owner, but somewhere there's a big ass fish swimming around with the world's largest eye patch. Har har.
But NBC News put the question to its readers and some of the comments were pretty eye opening. Some favorites:
- It's Old Blue Eye from Frank Sinatra.
- Here's lookin' at you, squid!
- Jeepers creepers, where'd you get that peeper?
- Phone home, E.T., now with voice recognition for the vision impaired.
- That's my third eye. Been looking everywhere for that thing.
- Has any one checked the New Jersey governor's eyes to make sure [one] did not fall off him?
- Somewhere a school of sea creatures are missing a pupil.
So what do you think it's from? And better yet, if you had this eye, what would you do it? A paperweight would be cool. I could also have fun bringing it to friends' homes, ringing their doorbell, and flashing it when they peer through the peep hole. Why eye oughtta!
What are your mystery eye ideas?
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RyanSammy needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 15 designs submitted by 9 freelance designers.
Money Guide
The website will be devoted to Personal Finance, we are trying to create a modern and clean site that easily displays content (written posts, videos, charts, images) while being functional and pleasing to the eye. We are into to simple and modern design techniques while keeping the website professional looking.
The target audience will be mostly male but will still include females between the ages of 18 - 50 years. They will be interested in personal finance and business.
We would like to stay with a green color scheme for the website. Please feel free to experiment with different colors if you feel it will make your design better.
The design should be Simple, Modern, and Professional at the same time. It should be easy to read and understand.
Please include a featured section on the homepage for featured content. Also include Twitter, Facebook, & RSS Subscribe button somewhere on the page.
We will need a Homepage & a template for Internal Pages. The internal pages does not need a featured section but should have a "related content" section and places for links and ads in the columns.


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The Panoramio Geotagged Contest rewards each month 28 photos uploaded and selected by the Panoramio Community. You can see them all on the results page for August 2010 edition.
I normally just publish the 4 winners in the blog, but this month I was so impressed by one of them that I will publish 5.
First Prize of Scenery category
taken in Brazil by luciano passos cruz
First Prize of Unusual Location category
taken in the Taiwan by 安路 Michael. (It is the second Month that the Unusual Location prize goes to Taiwan)
First Prize of Heritage category
taken in the Germany by funtor
First Prize of Travel category
taken in Spain by ZEUS74.
I specially love the Look Around this photo creates.
My peronal choice
taken in Hungary by Racz (Shaman) Peter
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Chicken, Chicken Meal, Duck, Pearled Barley, Oat Flour, Corn, Fish Meal, Whole Egg, Brewers Rice, Chicken Fat (preserved with Mixed Tocopherols and Citric Acid), Beet Pulp, Cheese, Flaxseed, Brewers Dried Yeast, Lecithin, Salt, Monocalcium Phosphate, Potassium Chloride, Calcium Sulfate, Glucosamine Hydrochloride, Chicory Root Extract, Yucca Schidigera Extract, DL-Methionine, Chondroitin Sulfate, Lactobacillus Acidophilus, Bifidobacterium Longum, Lactobacillus Plantarum, Lactobacillus Salivarius, Enterococcous Faecium, Vitamin A, D3, E, B12 Supplements, Choline Chloride, Niacin, Pantothenic Acid, Ascorbic Acid, Riboflavin, Thiamine Mononitrate, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Folic Acid, Menadione Sodium Bisulfite (Source of Vitamin K Activity), Biotin, Zinc Sulfate, Iron Carbonate, Manganous Oxide, Copper Oxide, Cobalt Carbonate, Calcium Iodate, Sorbic Acid, Sodium Selenite.
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Protein 27.9%
Fat 18.4%
Linoleic Acid 3.8%
Linolenic Acid 0.6%
Calcium 1.3%
Phosphorus 1.0%
Sodium 0.4%
Potassium 0.6%
Magnesium 0.12%
Zinc 135 mg/kg
Iron 229 mg/kg
Manganese 70 mg/kg
Copper 14.7 mg/kg
Cobalt 0.4 mg/kg
Iodine 1.54 mg/kg
Selenium 0.47 mg/kg
Fiber 2.7%
Moisture 8.4%
Ash 7.0%
Carbohydrates 35.6%
Vitamin A 20,800 IU/kg
Vitamin D 1,620 IU/kg
Vitamin E 190 IU/kg
Vitamin K 1.60 mg/kg
Vitamin B12 0.11 mg/kg
Choline Chloride 2,660 mg/kg
Niacin 88 mg/kg
Pantothenic Acid 36 mg/kg
Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C) 49 mg/kg
Riboflavin 9 mg/kg
Thiamine 10 mg/kg
Pyridoxine 5.6 mg/kg
Folic Acid 1.6 mg/kg
Biotin 0.3 mg/kg
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(kcal/gm) 4.380
(kcal/lb) 1,990
(kcal/gm) 4.140
(kcal/lb) 1,875
(kcal/cup) 430
Food Density
(oz/cup) 3.65
Pepsin Digestibility 90.0%
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First three ingredients are named meat products.
Uses some low quality grains and controversial fillers.
The first three ingredient in this food are all named meat ingredients. Two of these are meat (chicken and duck) inclusive of water content (about 80%) and once that is removed it is likely that these ingredients would be more accurately placed somewhat further down the ingredient list (ingredients are listed in order of weight). Note that in the case of the first two ingredients this is an example of the practice of splitting (see note on main page), but in this case serves to increase our level of confidence in the amount of meat product in the food since the split ingredients (meal form included) still rank ahead of the first grain by weight.
The primary grain in the food is barley, which is a decent quality grain. The next is corn, however, which is a cheap grain that is frequently problematic in dog food, being the cause of a great many allergies. Fish meal is a further meat ingredient in the food, but we note that the manufacturer does not claim to use ethoxyquin-free sources (ethoxyquin is a chemical preservative commonly added to fish destined for meal, and is believed to be carcinogenic).
Brewers rice is another low quality ingredient, a low quality grain and by-product.
Beet pulp is filler and a controversial ingredient it is a by-product, being dried residue from sugar beets which has been cleaned and extracted in the process of manufacturing sugar. It is a controversial ingredient in dog food, claimed by some manufacturers to be a good source of fibre, and derided by others as an ingredient added to slow down the transition of rancid animal fats and causing stress to kidney and liver in the process. We note that beet pulp is an ingredient that commonly causes problems for dogs, including allergies and ear infections, and prefer not to see it used in dog food. There are less controversial products around if additional fibre is required.
Overall, the level of meat ingredients in this food is well ahead of most in this class and we have given it a four star rating on that basis. Unfortunately the rest of the ingredients are of mixed quality, including the use of low quality grains and controversial fillers. Despite the four star rating, we would not recommend this product for dogs that suffer allergy or itchy skin problems.
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The California 1000 is an exclusive invite-only car rally featuring modified sports cars built by enthusiasts that drive their machines as they were intended. The 3-day rally is hosted by Targa Trophy, who has been around since 2007 and prides itself on promoting authentic Automotive Lifestyle Culture. Not to be confused with a racing event, the premise of the California 1000 is centered on a 1000-mile journey, which features various visually-stimulating checkpoints including Monterey and San Luis Obispo, CA. This year, JDM and euro tuners including 911 Turbos, Gallardos, R8s and more gathered at the historic Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood, CA where the festivities began.
All teams were required to use an iPhone or iPad to access the Targa Trophy app, which provided maps, route details, checkpoint instructions and social media applications needed to complete the California 1000. Additionally, each team received a road book detailing the route they should follow along with a list of checkpoints. Odometer readings and starting/finishing times were recorded at the starting point and arrival point, with points deducted for any minutes over and under the Targa Trophy Time.
A big finale party was held at the Roosevelt Hotel, which was the starting point for the rally. Liberty Walk's Lamborghini was invited, along with BMW M3s and a few other well-known cars in the scene. The rally was a success and for those who weren't there to take it all in – there's always next year.
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Day 3
1st - Dax Snow - Lamborghini Gallardo - 870 pts
2nd - Betim Berisha - Porsche 997 Turbo Projekt Grip - 860 pts
3rd - Jan Ciliers - Porsche Cayman S - 845 pts (wins 3rd closest to the time)
3rd - Casey Wallace - Nissan GT-R - 845 pts
3rd - Michael Petruzzo - Subaru STi - 845 pts
Overall Triple Crown Podium
1st - Jan Ciliers - Porsche Cayman S - 2610 pts
2nd - Betim Berisha - Porsche 997 Turbo Projekt Grip - 2480 pts
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Every five or six weeks, Doug Rice and his wife, Julie, climb on their motorcycles and ride to Franklin or Malad in Idaho where they buy a few lottery tickets, have lunch and just enjoy being away from the Salt Lake Valley.
"It's a place to go, something to do," Doug Rice said. "We don't have any illusions about hitting it rich in the lottery. I think the biggest jackpot we ever hit was for $90 but lunch was on my wife that day because it was her ticket."
On Wednesday, Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead signed a bill into law that allows the Equality State to set up and run a lottery. As for the Rices, who live in West Jordan, and untold other Utahns, that means about a year from now if lottery mania beckons, they will have another array of destinations to help them get their fix.
"Once the lottery is up and running in Wyoming, I'm sure that we'll ride to Evanston occasionally to buy lottery tickets. But we'll still go to southern Idaho, too," he said.
For nearly 25 years that part of Utah's neighboring state, roughly a two-hour drive from Salt Lake City, has been the place to go for Utahns afflicted with lottery fever. Tens of thousands make the trek every year, particularly when the multi-state Powerball jackpot climbs into the hundreds of millions. (It stood at $260 million Wednesday night).
Yet now, with Wyoming poised to become the 44th state to offer lottery prize drawings, the grip that towns such as Malad and Franklin have held on the hearts, minds and pocketbooks of Utah gamblers may soon be weakening.
"Hopefully, we'll be able to get our share of Utahns who want to play the lottery," said Dawn Darby, executive director of the Evanston Chamber of Commerce. "We're are only about 70 miles away from Salt Lake City and Ogden, so we'll be a shorter drive for a lot of people."
K.C. Spackman, who owns and manages the La Tienda store in Franklin the self-proclaimed "Home of the Utah Lottery" said he doesn't expect his business to drop off much once Wyoming starts to offer its games, even if Evanston is a little closer than his store, which sits just across the Idaho line, north of Logan.
"We'll probably lose a few Wyoming customers. But a lot of Utahns who come up here to buy lottery tickets like to make a day of it," Spackman said. "They'll stop off at Gossner Farms in Logan to buy cheese and milk, and at Pepperidge Farms. Evanston, on the other hand, is just Evanston. There aren't a lot of stops between there and Salt Lake City."
A Wyoming lottery, though, would be another attraction for the Evanston area, which already is known in Utah as a place to buy fireworks and bargain-priced liquor and beer.
"Ideally, when Utahns come here to play the lottery, they'll spend a little more time here, maybe grabbing a bit to eat or doing some shopping," the chamber's Darby said.
Although Mead said he personally was "lukewarm" about a lottery, Wyoming's governor indicated he was persuaded to support the effort for several reasons.
Foremost were the prospect of Wyoming benefiting from potential revenue, and of it retaining the money that residents have been spending on lottery tickets in bordering states.
"For me, it was a question of how many people we have leaving the state, and in doing so taking Wyoming money and not only buying a lottery [ticket] but the Coca-Cola, and the hotdog, the movie maybe or the dinner," he said.
A lottery would bring an estimated $25 million a year to Wyoming. After expenses and prizes it would net the state an estimated $6 million annually.
Cathy Costanzo of Salt Lake City, the mother of a 27-year-old daughter with autism, said it is a shame Utah Legislature hasn't started thinking along those same lines how Utah money could go to benefit Utahns. She'd like to see the funds a Utah lottery could generate used to support programs for the disabled.
"We know the money is being sucked out of our state, but they don't seem to care," she said.
Costanzo said she only occasionally plays the lottery because it is hard for her to get away.
"I was joking with my son the other day, though, that I was feeling lucky lately and maybe we should buy a few tickets. Once Wyoming starts their lottery, it might be a little easier to play."
The Associated Press contributed to this story.
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What • Wyoming approves a state lottery
When • It could take a year or more to establish
Powerball? • A nine-member board will decide whether to include it
Use of proceeds • The first $6 million will go to local governments, then to a public school foundation fund.


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Skip to comments.Labor disclosure rule is unfair to business
Posted on 04/25/2013 6:42:56 AM PDT by Truth29
(snip)The issue is relevant because this spring, the U.S. Department of Labor is expected to issue a new interpretation of the advice exemption to the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act. The Labor Departments new interpretation would require businesses to do just that, report to the Labor Department the attorneys or consultants who advise them on union-organizing activities.
The paperwork burden raises the cost of doing business The reporting requirement is one more thing companies have to spend time and money on. I calculate, based on the number of firms in America, that the cost of the proposed rule could be in a range of $7.5 billion to $10.6 billion during the first year of implementation, and between $4.3 billion and $6.5 billion per year thereafter. The total cost over a 10-year period could be approximately $60 billion. This does not include the indirect economic effects of raising the cost of doing business in the United States. Costs of the plan are detailed here.
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It also allows the Obamaites to engage in a witch hunt against attorneys who advise businesses on fighting organizing campaigns (dig up and publish their political contributions, secretly record them saying something embarrassing, try to get them disbarred on a trumped-up charge, etc. etc. etc. etc.)
I'm trying to figure out what the problem is here.
I see problems with NOT disclosing who the company has hired as attorneys or consultants to advise them on union-organizing activities.
I also can't see how this is a big burden on companies. It will come down to a routine filing by the attorney or consultant.
Read the linked study in the article. Also, this is a further action by the NLRB packed by Obama with illegal appointments under legal challenge. Additionally, this would require a formal disclosure whenever a company seeks legal advice in this area. So much for attorney client privilege. It will also open up the attorneys to direct action by militant unionists and their allies.
Thus, opening the attorneys and consultants to blackmail and threats. It's not hard to understand how this works.
Really sad the huge majority of Americans is apathetic about it.
gunsequalsfreedom is correct. the proposed rule forces the company and lawyer to disclose amounts paid, timeframe. so much for privacy of private company. if it is a publicly-traded company and you can convince the shareholders to disclose, so be it. otherwise no way this is right. what gives you or anyone the right to know when someone consults a lawyer for any reason?
Correction to my post: Truth29 is correct, not gunsequalsfreedom!
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Hi! I have an old Fujitsu Siemens laptop. It was bought in 2004, and has Windows XP. I can't get any hardware details, because it has no charger (I'm getting it soon). But anyway, the computer was super powerful when it was new, and it could easily run many games. It should still work, and I think I'll install Puppy to it, because Windows is full of viruses and it is also slow. I have some Puppy-related questions.
1. Can I install Puppy through Windows XP, and delete XP completely? (also all of the stuff I have installed on XP)
2. I will use the computer for programming. Is it easy/possible to install Gnu Compiler Collection and some IDEs (Eclipse, Code::Blocks and Emacs)?
3. Does Puppy come with GCC or some other programming tools preinstalled?
4. If Puppy doesn't support my hardware or isn't good for programming, which are the best light-weight free sofware alternatives?
5. How hard it is to install Puppy Gnu/Linux? (From the scale of 1-10. 1 is one-click-install and 10 is Gentoo)
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Hello Fine[
esign?] >> Welcome to Pup!
Pssst.. mine's as old with a crummy video card.
Pup, including most any Nix can satisfy your requests. I'll suggest you flip through
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Posted: Tue 04 Mar 2014, 23:11
Post subject: Re: Is Puppy Gnu/Linux good for me/my computer
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finerd wrote:
1. Can I install Puppy through Windows XP, and delete XP completely? (also all of the stuff I have installed on XP)
4. If Puppy doesn't support my hardware or isn't good for programming, which are the best light-weight free sofware alternatives?
5. How hard it is to install Puppy Gnu/Linux? (From the scale of 1-10. 1 is one-click-install and 10 is Gentoo)
Welcome to the forums
While I can't answer number two and three...
1. Through XP? Not that I'm aware of. You would either need to burn a copy of Puppy (of your choice) to a CD or use a program like
if unable to use BootFlash) to create a bootable copy on a thumb drive and then repartition your hard drive and install Puppy manually.
4. There are several to try, although Puppy is, in my experience, one of the best in terms of low resource requirements. There is also Lubuntu, Peppermint, Crunchbang, Slitaz and AntiX, to name a few. Depending upon your hardware, they may or may not be as snappy as Puppy can be.
5. It depends on your skill level. But for newcomers to Linux who don't know anything about how to partition a hard drive or install an OS, I would say a 10. If one has some experience and can do those things, maybe a 6 or 7. I am fairly well (but not highly) experienced with Linux and Puppy threw me for a loop when I installed it for the first time. It is very manual, hands on (but quick) operation.
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Hi finerd,
Welcome to the forum.
Plugging Fujitsu Siemens into the search box on this page
(select Puppy Forum) reveals that several models had problems running some of the older versions of Puppy, and gave solutions to some –but not all-- problems. Newer Pups –employing newer kernels and more drivers-- may have resolved those problems, so the first Pups to try would be the more recent ones. That being the case, you might consider using any of the newer Pups created by the Japanese team which can be downloaded as an exe file, that you run under windows. You'll find information regarding Puppy Linux Window Installer starting here:
The first link on the first sentence of the first post will take you to various Pups available in that format. Pups to consider: Slacko Puppy Non-PAE 560.exe, Precise Puppy Linux 570 Retro.exe, Puppy Linux 528.exe, Non-PAE because your CPU probably won't boot a PAE kernel designed to handle over 4 Gbs of RAM. Sometimes when a developer creates a Pup which can use a PAE kernel, (s)he'll also create one which doesn't and refers to it as "retro."
Once you've executed the Linux Window Installer, you'll be able to boot into either Puppy or XP. It uses the "Lin & Win" method which does not modify your mbr. Since you're thinking of wiping XP from your computer –I've done that with several older computers-- once you can boot into Puppy, the first thing I would do is to run Grub4Dos. You'll find it on either the System or Setup submenu. Grub4dos will automatically create a boot menu list which will include Windows, any Pup, and most other Linux Distributions if they're already on your hard driv(s). This will make it easy to test other Pups, and --following the instructions given on the link for always having a bootable system-- wipe XP from your hard-drive.
Instructions for always having a bootable system
if you intend to entirely wipe XP from your hard drive. Substitute your Pup where Lupu is referenced. And as "The Well-Minded Search" is no longer available, use the psearch link above.
Once your system boots via Grub4dos, you can try any Pup. These instructions, however, would have to be modified for Pups whose name begins with X, or contain the designation NOP. Most Pups use Rox as its default file-manager, or at least include it as an alternative. X identifies a Pup as using the Xfce-thunar windows-file-manager combo. IIRC, all NOP pups do as well, as do Pups named Saluki and Carolina. The thunar file-manager works similar to, but not exactly like, rox
1 While in Pup, create a Folder with a Unique Name. [Right-Click any empty space and select New>Directory]. The folder should be at the root of a partition. Just click one of the drive-icons on your desktop. Each opens to the root of a partition. Note the name of the drive/partition under the icon. For this example, we'll assume you created a folder named "MyPup" on the sda2 partition.
2. Download an ISO to the folder you created. While downloading, you'll find that folder by browsing to /mnt/sda2/MyPup.
3. Right-Click the ISO to mount it. A folder will open showing its contents.
4. Copy –drag & drop, select copy-- the necessary files to the folder you created. See the link to the instructions for always having a bootable system as to which are the necessary files. If in doubt, copy it. [Rox permits you to select several files at once: Left-Click on an empty space and holding the button down drag it over all the files you want. Once several files have been selected, you can add or de-select files by Ctrl-left-clicking them].
5. Right-click the ISO to unmount it.
6. Re-run Grub4dos to add the new Pup to your boot menu. Or follow the instructions in the above link on how to add a Pup to Grub4dos without having to re-run it.
For programming, you'll have to download the devx.sfs to the root of the partition on which you've placed your Pup. SFS files are loaded/unloaded rather than installed. There are other ways, but I recommend SFS-Load (or Load-on-the-fly) on the Setup submenu. You can download the devx.sfs pertaining to your Pup (each Pup has its own) using PPM (Puppy Package Mananger) also on the Setup submenu. The devx.sfs includes a gcc compiler, python and some programming tools. But as I don't program, I'm really not familiar with it. However, I suggest you look at the following sub-forums:
and do a psearch –via the first link-- for information regarding the programming language you're interested in. Note about Pets and SFSes – not all pets and SFSes built for one Pup will function under a different Pup. You'll find a discussion regarding compatibility here,
, but devx's are specific to the Pup they were created with, or derived from.
Apropo of compatibility and your request regarding other possible distros to consider, most recent Pups are "woof" builds, or derived from them. That means, with the exception of Pups built from T2 binaries, they are binary compatible with the distro from which their binaries were derived. Indeed, Puppy Package Manager will permit downloading from repositories of their "base" distro, which –in theory, at least-- would enable you to download the programming language applications from such distros. Warning, PPM is not entirely accurate regarding dependencies of "foreign" distros, especially with respect to "base" systems which the developers of such other distros included, the developers of applications assume to be present, and Puppy has left out. But at least in theory, you should be able to install the programming languages available to Ubuntu Lucid Linx, Precise Pangolin, or Raring Ringtail into Puppy Lupu/Lucid, Puppy Precise, and Puppy Raring, respectively. Similarly, Exprimo and Wheezy are binary compatible with debian Squeeze and debian Wheezy binaries. And the Slackos are binary compatible with Slackware (but check the beginning of a Slacko thread regarding what Slackware kernel it uses).
Also, before discussing Puppy-Alternatives, you should know that there is no better distro for use on an older computer –the original Pups and subsequent retro-pups are designed for that-- nor any more welcoming Forum than this one. There are no cliques here; no exclusive development team group. If you know nothing, someone will inform you. If you want to know more, just ask. If you have something to contribute, do. Programmers, developers and creative people in general are especially appreciated. Just a word of advice regarding contributions: let them speak for themselves. If someone has suggested a technique or method or applications and you disagree, even think it idiotic, start you post with something like the following: "Regarding the problem of X, I think the following should also work" or "...X, this is how i would do i". Linux is about choice: ultimately the better choice will prevail.
Alternate distros: You might want to consider Slax, which I believe mikeb enjoys using on several older computers. Although Slax is a "true" derivative of Slackware, I don't know how slackware applications can be used in it. You might also want to consider the lxde version of Zorin, i.e., Zorin lite. Check its system requirements. The only "older" computer I've used it on is a Thinkpad T42 which was manufactured in 2004, but in which I installed additional memory. Zorin is a "true" Ubuntu derivative which can install applications from appropriate ubuntu repositories. Question pertaining to "how to" concerning other distros are probably better addressed on the forums of such distros.
Hope this helps,
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Welcome to the forum
If it were my machine, I would start by playing with the litter of Puppies available to you using
Live CDs
I would start by cleaning off MSOSXP entirely and repartitioning your HDD. (You can use Puppy to save your personal data from XP.)
Use *Gparted* to reformat the HDD.
Boot up a Live CD of Puppy (start out with Puppy 5.7.1 and if it doesn't work, then work backwards to Puppy 525 RETRO or similar)
Keep experimenting with Live CD's of Puppy until you find one that runs the machine best.
Then you can decide how you want to install Puppy.
Here is a reference point for finding Puppies:
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It was one of those days where people remember precisely where they were when they got the news. Like assassinations, market crashes and so many other seismic world events, the day Seattle lost the SuperSonics — officially, July 2, 2008 — didn't just come and go. It seared itself into the hearts and psyches of NBA fans in that Pacific Northwest city.
"It killed me, man," former Sonics coach George Karl said Wednesday night. "I was in the Seattle area with my daughter, in Olympia. There were rumors and then it was over. It happened so quick."
There had been promises, there had been worries, there had been political wrangling. When the clock ran out, all that remained were accusations, recriminations and, yes, tears. The reality was stark: Starbucks impresario Howard Schultz and his partner had sold the SuperSonics to an investment group headed by Oklahoma City businessman Clay Bennett. Talks about a publicly financed arena broke down, and the Sonics were headed to Oklahoma and a new life as the eventual Thunder.
Forty-one years of NBA history was over. The source of some of the league's biggest names and most entertaining teams — and the only Seattle franchise to claim a championship in major professional sports — was gone.
"Destroyed," was the word chosen by Boston's Jason Terry, who grew up in Seattle and starred at Frankin High, which is about 5 miles from the Sonics' old haunt, Key Arena. "There [were] all kind of 'Save the Sonics' shirts, signs and blogs."
As of Wednesday though — four years, six months and seven days since the moving vans rolled in — Seattle is as close as it's been to getting the NBA back. Investor Chris Hansen was close to a deal to purchase the Sacramento Kings and relocate them to the Emerald City, according to multiple media outlets.
First reported by Yahoo! Sports, Hansen — who already has a deal to build a new arena, this time largely through corporate funding — was offering the Maloof family that owns the Kings more than $500 million. The team's future in Sacramento has been shaky for several seasons because of squabbling over a new arena in the California capital, with possible destinations such as Orange County and Las Vegas mentioned in the past.
Seattle, via Hansen, has been an interested party from the start, though. According to Yahoo!, the Kings would be renamed the SuperSonics, begin play in time for the 2013-14 season and be based in KeyArena for two years while their new home is constructed.
Just how imminent the sale might be morphed through the day Wednesday; some reports out of Sacramento had the Maloofs reconsidering Hansen's offer. Details of Hansen's financing for the arena in Seattle's "SoDo" section — south of downtown — still must be worked out. In October, he reached an agreement with local government to build the $490 million facility near the city's other stadiums, Safeco Field and CenturyLink Field. An estimated $290 million would come from private investments, with $200 million in public financing repaid through rent, admission taxes and Hansen's own sources, the Associated Press reported.
The NBA, meanwhile, has its own requirements for a franchise sale and relocation. For the former, an application for transfer must be filed, due diligence is performed on the people and finances involved and then the league's Board of Governors votes, with 75 percent approval — 23 out of the current 30 teams — needed for new ownership.
For relocation, a team must apply by March 1 if it wants to move in time for the following season. The NBA's relocation committee than has 120 days to study the proposal and make its report to the Board of Governors. When the owners vote, a simple majority — 16 of 30 — is needed for approval.
The NBA declined to comment on Monday's news reports. It is believed that KeyArena, the Sonics' home before their departure and the driving force in Schultz's decision to sell, would be acceptable as a temporary home should the deal go through.
Hansen is a Seattle native and San Francisco resident who made his fortune working with Blue Ridge Capital and, since 2008, as managing partner of the Valiant Capital firm he founded. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and two members of the Nordstrom department-store family are among his fellow investors in the NBA deal.
His co-conspirators, of course, would be the Sonics fans who had their hearts broken in the first offseason of Seattle rookie Kevin Durant's career. And that's what many of them would feel like co-conspirators if they gain re-admittance to the NBA at the expense of some equally passionate Sacramento fans.
"There are a lot of people here who don't want somebody else's team," said Steve Kelley, a Seattle Times sports columnist who began covering the NBA in Portland in the 1970s. "They feel like the pain was so great when the Sonics left, they would rather have, say, an expansion team in 2016 than take another city's team."
Expansion isn't on the league's radar, however, and this might be Seattle's best hope for the foreseeable future. Besides, even subtracting the Sacramento sympathizers and those still resistant to the slightest public funding of a private sports enterprise, that leaves a large group eager for their Sonics.
"Many people here are over-the-moon excited," Kelley said. "Combine it with the Seahawks" — the city's pro football team is advancing in the NFL playoffs — "and they're like, 'How can this week get any better?' Fans here have been heartbroken and riding the roller-coaster [since the Sonics left], but I think most of them feel really good about this."
For most of four decades, Seattle fans had one of the league's most competitive franchises. The Sonics entered the league in 1967-68 as an expansion team and climbed above .500 by their fifth season. At the end of their 11th, they were playing in The Finals. A year after that, they were NBA champions.
Members of that team — Fred Brown, Gus Williams, Dennis Johnson, Jack Sikma, Wally Walker — became some of Seattle's most beloved athletes ever. They had company from
Sonics teams before and after, including Lenny Wilkens, Spencer Haywood, Slick Watts, Tom Chambers, Derrick McKey, Nate McMillan (aka "Mr. Sonic"), Shawn Kemp and Gary Payton, right on through Ray Allen, Rashard Lewis and Durant. Wilkens began his Hall of Fame coaching career while still playing, and legendary Bill Russell, Bernie Bickerstaff, Karl and McMillan had successful stints on Seattle's sideline.
As recently as 2004-05, the Sonics won 52 games and the Northwest crown. But improvements to Key Arena in 1994-95 (the team played in Tacoma that season) weren't sufficient to generate the revenue streams desired by ownership, and attendance sank to the bottom third of NBA teams over their final decade in town.
For some Seattle residents, the NBA's exit led swiftly to an out-of-sight, out-of-mind attitude toward the league. "People have largely ignored the NBA," Kelley surmised, "to such an extent that a lot of them have embraced the soccer team [the MLS's Seattle Sounders]."
Any time Kelley wrote about the NBA, particularly the Portland Trail Blazers, he got cold, quick feedback that "We don't care anymore," he said.
That might have been their bruised feelings speaking, though. A local group set up SaveOurSonics.org, a site dedicated to returning the NBA to Seattle. And the players who made their names playing in the franchise's green and gold uniforms still reign among the city's sporting elite.
"This is a basketball town," Kelley said. "Shawn Kemp is a hero here still. When Gary [Payton] comes to town, it's like [Barack] Obama coming to town. Detlef Schrempf still is here and he's loved. Kemp is about the most popular guy in town — even he's taken aback by it. He's like the Pied Piper — when he walks down the street, people are yelling out to him."
Many NBA players, past and present, yell right back in their memories of and affections for Seattle.
"It was a great basketball town," said Kendall Gill, who played for the Sonics for two (1993-95) of his 15 NBA seasons. "After they rebuilt KeyArena, I didn't think the team was ever going to leave. I'll tell ya what, fans there didn't deserve it because that was a great basketball town. It's also a great place to live — I was too young, I couldn't appreciate it but it was a great place to be."
Minnesota guard Luke Ridnour was drafted 14th overall by Seattle and played five seasons with the Sonics. He lives in Washington in the offseason and still sees, hears and feels the passion of jilted Sonics fans.
"So to get the team back, it'd be pretty cool," he said. "I hear they would call them the SuperSonics and everything would be the way it was before, even the same uniforms they used to wear, so that'd be cool too. The Sonics have a rich tradition, they were there for 40 years and it'd be great to have them back."
Said Terry: "My heart is in Seattle. I've always dreamed that one day they'd get a team back there."
Boston guard Avery Bradley, a native of Tacoma, said: "People are going to be excited. Every time I go back home I see people wearing Seattle stuff, so I think it's going to be big for the city."
Said Karl: "I had so many good years. It revamped my career. I come back from Madrid, Spain, take a team that was under .500, makes the playoffs and wins the first round. The next year we go to the conference finals and then we stub our toe a little bit and lose to Denver [the first No. 1 seed upset by a No. 8]. The depth of that team's talent, it was the most talented defensive team I ever coached. It was fun."
So Seattle was a great NBA city? "I think it's a great sports city," Karl said. "It has an East Coast feel. Seattle is an individual city. Outdoors, entrepreneurs, there's just a lot of mental action there."
If the Kings deal goes through, there soon might be a lot of basketball action there again.
"A part of me is disappointed because I've enjoyed my time in Sacramento," Karl said. "I'm not going to lie – I'm happy Seattle's going to have a team but I am disappointed Sacramento can't keep theirs."
NBA.com correspondents Michael Kelly, Brian Robb and Randy Renner contributed to this report.


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This document describes the recommended coding style for CMake files in KDE, i.e. CMakeLists.txt files and *.cmake files.
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Use spaces for indenting, 2, 3 or 4 spaces preferably. Use the same amount of spaces for indenting as is used in the rest of the file. Do not use tabs.
CMake commands are case-insensitive (only the commands, not the arguments or variable names). So all the following versions work:
add_executable(foo foo.c)
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Add_Executable(hello hello.c)
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But this would be ugly.
In KDE the all-lowercase style is preferred. Mixing upper- and lowercase should not be done in KDE CMake files.
To make the code easier to read, use empty commands for endforeach(), endif(), endfunction(), endmacro() and endwhile(). Also, use empty else() commands.
For example, do this:
if(FOOVAR) some_command(...) else() another_command(...) endif()
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Marian McPartland, a British musician who hosted a jazz program on National Public Radio for more than four decades, has died at age 95, NPR said on its website.
McPartland, the longtime host of Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz, died of natural causes at her Long Island home on Tuesday, NPR said.
As host, the jazz pianist paired conversation and duet performances, reaching an audience of millions as she interviewed jazz luminaries, before stepping down in 2011.
Born Margaret Marian Turner in Slough, England, she married American soldier and cornetist Jimmy McPartland in 1946 and discovered music at an early age.
She told NPR in 2005 that her interest in music started after she heard her mother play piano, saying "From that moment on, I don't remember ever not playing piano, day and night, wherever I was."
McPartland recorded and performed throughout the 1950s and into the next decade, then turned to lecturing at colleges and in 1964 began an interview and music program on New York's WBAI-FM, which paved the way for Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz on NPR in 1978.
Among her scores of albums, she was paired with jazz legends including Dizzy Gillespie, Carmen McRae and Shirley Horn. Her honors included a 2004 lifetime achievement Grammy award.
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Take Back the Night Honors Survivors and Raises Awareness of Sexual Violence
Take Back the Night, an event to raise awareness of sexual violence, begins with a rally Thursday, April 18, at 7 p.m. on Simpson Plaza at the University of Wyoming.
Events also include a march, dance and a performance by Slam Nuba, a slam poetry collective from Denver.
The rally will be followed at 8 p.m. by a march starting in Simpson Plaza. The march will head west to Second Street, east on Garfield to 13th Street, and back to the Wyoming Union. At 9 p.m., immediately following the march, The Magic Beans, an indie band from Boulder, Colo., will headline the moonlight dance in the Wyoming Union.
The event is co-sponsored by the UW STOP Violence program and the Albany County SAFE Project, along with student groups Men's Action Network and SPEAK Out.
The STOP Violence program at UW provides education, outreach and advocacy to the university community on sexual assault, relationship violence and stalking.
The Albany County SAFE Project advocates for and supports victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, stalking, child abuse and elder abuse; and works to create social change through education and awareness to end violence.
The Men's Action Network is a Registered Student Organization (RSO) that provides education, awareness and empowerment to UW men in regards to healthy masculinity and prevention of sexual and relationship violence.
SPEAK Out! is a Recognized Student Organization (RSO) that fosters awareness of social justice and gender issues on campus.


text: Mobile Record Keeping Simplifies Business November 14, 2012 09:35 AM Tweet TAGS: Marketing, Overseas December 18, 2014 By Ben Potter AgWeb Social Media and Innovation Editor Email Mobile record keeping simplifies business Mobile technology allows us to do much more on the go, both personally and professionally. A new wave of mobile apps has accelerated the agronomic side of farming with better, more efficient processes. But farming isn't just about raising a crop; it's a business. There are also tools available to improve record keeping, compliance and other aspects of the job. Dino Giacomazzi, a fourthgeneration California dairy farmer, jokes that "you can't run a dairy from the office, but you can take the office with you." Giacomazzi accomplishes much of his mobile office management through Dropbox. Dropbox users can create folders and add files just as they do on their home PC. By granting permission to other computers, smartphones and tablets, those devices can access the folders and files, and even edit or add files of their own. Getting devices to "talk to each other" is a critical component for successful record keeping on the go, Giacomazzi says. He says this and other mobile tools allow him to turn any location—a pickup truck, the local coffee shop or even an airplane—into an office. Office To Go. "Here's an example of how I manage bills using Dropbox," he says. "My mother is the bookkeeper and works from home. When bills arrive, she scans them to Dropbox using a Fujitsu ScanSnap S1500 scanner and her HP laptop. I looked at the bills on my Apple MacBook Pro while flying to Las Vegas for a conference. I made comments on some, filed the rest, and when I arrived at my hotel, Dropbox synced the bills back to my mother." Improved record keeping for Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) compliance is another valuable component of on-the-go computing. You can do it yourself through customized spreadsheets or one of several software packages. This functionality helps farmers more easily track anything from Bt refuge configurations to crop protection products and their labeled application rates. The functionality doesn't stop there. Some programs allow users to georeference photos and take notes. Deeper analysis can even log wind speed at the time of application, spray droplet size/pattern and more. "These new programs are really making it easier to keep EPAcompliant," says Brandon Cavins, a sales representative for FarmLogic. "With our mobile app, you can pull a full EPA report from your phone." Record keeping doesn't help only farmers. Crop insurance companies are making life easier with their own set of tools. At the new mobile-optimized website http://m.rcis.com, for example, insurance agents who offer crop insurance through Rural Community Insurance Services (RCIS) and their customers can submit a notice of loss, view comments and track changes as they occur. Users can search claims by name or policy number. "We spoke with agents and developed a solution that addresses real-world needs," says Rick Greenwood, cheif technology officer for RCIS. "For our agents, it means fewer requests for claim updates to a regional service officer or area claims supervisor, resulting in more time for them to spend on other activities." Greenwood adds that the latest software additions allow agents to e-mail reports to themselves or anyone they wish. This means claims will move through the system more quickly, since reports can be filed right from the field rather than after the adjuster gets back to the office. The benefits of digital tools are undeniable, Giacomazzi concludes. "Mobile technology allows me to spend less time at the office and more time with my crops, cows, employees and family," he says. For more information on the latest mobile technology, visit www.agweb.com/TechOnTheMove. Back to news


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Apparently having someone lick your eyeball can be a bad thing.
Who knew?
Japan and other parts of the world are facing a mini pinkeye epidemic, reports The Huffington Post, due to teenagers engaging in eyeball licking.
And yes, it's exactly what you think it is.
Also called "worming," eyeball licking is kind of like the making out equivalent of getting to first-and-a-half base for those who partake: a little more intimate than a peck on the cheek, but not quite "rounding third," either.
"I don't ask just anyone to do it," 29-year-old student Elektrika Energia of the U.S. Virgin Islands told HuffPo. "Guys I like a lot are more likely to not think it's so weird. I've never had anyone turn me down though."
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Harry Potter and The Legion of Honour
Earlier today France bestowed upon Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling the honorary title of "knight" in the legion. Rowling was inducted into the Legion of Honour by French President Nicolas Sarkozy during a ceremony in a gilded hall in the Elysee presidential palace. In 2003, prior to the publication of the French language edition, Harry […]Read more


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May 18, 2012
AMR Team Reveals Top YouTube Tactics for Automotive Marketers
Study is among finalists for Deloitte Consulting Award
LOS ANGELES -- YouTube is a platform where you can upload video content and broadcast yourself to friends, family and the world. With up to sixty hours of content being uploaded every minute and more than four billion videos viewed each day, it's no surprise that marketers are turning to this outlet to reach their audiences.
To encourage niche marketers to take greater advantage of the video sharing website, YouTube recruited a group of full-time MBA students from the UCLA Anderson School of Management Applied Management Research Program (AMR) to conduct a field study. The task: find techniques that could generate effective video content and increase advertising revenue for YouTube.
The students included Pamela Cheuk, Brien Downie, Cheng Lee, Eric Thomasian and Tina Zee. They are among the top five of eighty total teams that qualified for the prestigious Deloitte Consulting Award, presented to the team that exemplifies outstanding leadership, collaboration and ingenuity in its solution of a complex problem. The accolade, which includes a $5,000 prize to be shared among the members, will be revealed in late May 2012.
YouTube asked the team to explore the key video elements that marketers utilize to reach particular marketing objectives in a targeted industry and demographic. This project focused on automotive marketing to millennials (18-34 year-olds). The research served as a pilot to support the launch of a larger scale study that YouTube could use to explore other industries and population segments. The group collaborated with their client through weekly status calls and meetings at the YouTube headquarters in San Bruno, CA and the local Google office in Venice, CA.
"With the continuous growth of YouTube users, the team capitalized on the opportunity to conduct research on cutting edge technology," said UCLA Anderson Associate Professor with Tenure Bruce Carlin, the team's faculty advisor. "The individuals pooled their expertise from their respective fields of experience to deliver constructive recommendations to YouTube and the auto marketers. The AMR platform allowed the students to work with a high profile client and apply their in-class learning to an authentic consulting endeavor."
The initial stage of the project required identifying target video elements and extensive research on automotive marketing objectives and the millennial population to design the survey.
To drive the research, the team asked:
How should automotive marketers design their videos on YouTube for Millennials?
To understand if there was a correlation and if so, to what magnitude that particular video's elements had on reaching marketing objectives among the targeted audience, the team conducted a series of survey sessions. The results revealed: Female millennials proved very receptive to YouTube videos; shareability increased with short videos that highlighted product features; and cultural references enhanced the marketing goals of brand perception and purchase consideration.
Among the team's recommendations to YouTube:
1. Conduct a larger scale study referring to this research and methodology.
2. Develop an Auto Marketer Playbook to clearly establish the best practices for creating effective YouTube videos.
3. Broaden the survey scope to target other trades that also have room for improvement to boost additional YouTube activity and advertising solutions.
The students submitted their recommendations in a written report and oral presentation to senior level executives at YouTube Video Advertising and Google Automotive. "YouTube is one of the world's fastest-growing advertising platforms, and our advertisers and their agencies are always looking for more, better data about building brands online," said Eric Meyerson, Head of Content Partner Communications at YouTube. "As brands move beyond traditional interruptive experiences and more toward integrative experiences, we'll need to better understand the impact of online advertising in a new, creative ways. This project will undoubtedly stimulate more exploration in the future."
"It was a great accomplishment to introduce something new that this billion dollar company has never explored," said student Eric Thomasian. "This project has personally been my best and most rewarding experience at UCLA Anderson. I've been inspired to pursue the online video space after graduation."Contact Information
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I realize the title of this post - along with today's date, might have led you to believe I'm sitting here typing with a bottle or two by my side...getting my party on a little early.
But the truth is, I'm on the couch. In my slippers and Steve's pajamas. Drinking a diet root beer and enjoying the quiet of the house. The Mr. is snoozing after a grueling game of "Batman" on the XBOX and I am quite content with just letting him nap for the moment.
The night is young. And I see a comfy, relaxing night ahead with the Mr.
I plan on giving a healthy visit to 2011 and welcoming 2012 in my first post of the new year.
For now, here are some photos of the last couple days of our year...
Thursday was a very full day. You can't go wrong - starting your morning with a lil' Kelly. She came over with a bag of eggs and bacon. And us amazing chefs...
We whipped up a mighty breakfast.
We sat down. Spooned some scrambled eggs onto our plates. A dash of pepper. A little cheese.
I was lucky enough to get the secret prize!!
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Mack Financial needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 162 designs submitted by 43 freelance designers.
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We are a Non Profit company that has a network of financial relief services that we refer our clients to for example, debt settlement, debt resolution, Bankruptcy, Tax settlement, etc etc.
Financially challenged people in need of a service to help them reduce their debt and get back on their feet.
We have our non profit parent company company Strategic Debt Management and a division of our company called Relief Alliance. We have another division called Debt Settle 4 Me that we need logo's for that all have a similar look and feel so consumers are aware they are all related. This should make the spec for this assignment much easier.
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Leaves basal or cauline, alternate to whorled, simple to compound
Inflorescence: 1° inflorescence a head, each resembling a flower, 1many, generally arrayed in cymes, generally subtended by ± calyx-like involucre; flowers 1many per head
Flowers bisexual, unisexual, or sterile, ± small, of several types; calyx 0 or modified into pappus of bristles, scales, or awns, which is generally persistent in fruit; corolla radial or bilateral (rarely 0), lobes generally (0)45; stamens 45, anthers generally fused into cylinder around style, often appendaged at tips, bases, or both, filaments generally free, generally attached to corolla near throat; pistil 1, ovary inferior, 1-chambered, 1-seeded, style 1, branches 2, generally hair-tufted at tip, stigmas 2, generally on inside of style branches
Fruit: achene, cylindric to ovoid, generally deciduous with pappus attached
Genera in family: ± 1300 genera, 21,000 species (largest family of dicots): worldwide. Largest family in CA. Also see tribal key to CA genera: Strother 1997 Madroño 44(1):128. See glossary p. 25 for illustrations of general family characteristics.
Stems ± tomentose
Leaves alternate and generally clustered in axils, linear to (ob)lanceolate, sometimes persisting as stiff spines, glabrous to tomentose
Inflorescence: heads discoid, axillary or in ± rounded, terminal clusters; involucre cylindric to hemispheric; phyllaries in 12 ± equal series, often keeled; receptacle naked
Disk flowers generally 48; corollas cream to yellow, lobes long, spreading; anther bases ± sagittate, tips obtuse or acute; style branches papillate to short-bristly, tips truncate to conic
Fruit obconic or fusiform, often angled; pappus 0 or of generally many bristles or slender scales
Species in genus: 10 species: w North America
Etymology: (Greek: 4 together, from 4-flowered heads of some)
Reference: [Strother 1974 Brittonia 26:177202]
Esp flower buds TOXIC to sheep (toxicity poorly understood).
Plant < 15 dm, spiny
Stems evenly tomentose
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Inflorescence: heads 13 in axils of previous year's growth; peduncles generally 415 mm, generally bracted; involucre 79 mm, obconic; phyllaries 5, ovate
Flowers 57; corollas 7.59 mm, pale yellow
Fruit generally 45 mm, densely long-white-hairy; pappus of ± 25 slender scales, 67.5 mm
Ecology: Sagebrush or saltbush scrub
Elevation: 12002300 m.
Bioregional distribution: s East of Sierra Nevada, Mojave Desert
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