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Mercuria necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 180 diseños de 47 diseñadores freelance.
Cartridge King
Cartridge King is a new printer cartridge and toner manufacturing facility, manufacturing cartridges and toners for virtually every main stream printer in use today. Launch date is fast approaching.
The finished product comes at a lower price and a guarantee of service to match if not surpass the productivity of any original manufacturer. Thus it is destined to be the King of the industry.
It is the first local manufacturing plant of this kind in Ethiopia, and is expected to be the biggest brand in the Horn of Africa. Your logo will be show cased with an outstanding advertising budget, and soon to be a household symbol - this I can guarantee. Unfortunately, i cannot guarantee the prize money just yet as i may have to extend and increase the prize money if I have not chosen one after the first week, and guarantee at that point after seeing some designs and having achieved some confidence in what I may have to settle for.
I do have a couple ideas which i have uploaded reference photos for, but i am not fixed upon them, and open to any ideas which have inspired you.
Please keep in mind that this is a logo for printer ink, and so use of colour and conveyance of laser precision in /through the logo are equally as important as the primary concept of being the KING.
Best of Luck!
The target audience is everyone who knows what a printer is and that it needs a refill on occasion. However, more specifically, Cartridge King will be focusing on two main groups :-
1. Govt institutions and large corporations
2. Individuals shopping at retail outlets
Cartridge King will be the first local manufacturing facility, and will compete with the likes of original manufacturers such as HP, EPSON, CANON, etc. It must be a clean cut and professional looking logo, not too cartoony.
Key selling points :-
King :- Through the price, print quality, print quantity and availability, the KING element should be the foremost portrayed concept as stands well above its competitors in these fields.
Precision :- Laser printers were a revolutionary concept as it carries with it the idea of laser precision.
Colour:- Although the majority of sales will be for administrative black and white printing, the logo must be bursting with colour. It needn't be every colour available but very strong and vibrant colours.
The logo will be used on packaging materials, promotional materials, and company stationary. As a result, it will need to be vectorized and any other graphic terms used to describe its ability for shape changing without losing its integrity.
We are looking for an eye catching logo.
An intelligent / clever logo.
Professional looking.
Bursting with colour.
Very precise.
Emphasis on KING (Not necessarily text, perhaps a well placed crown above/near CARTRIDGE)
Some ideas I had :
1. a drop of ink falling into a cartridge with a colourful crown splash (as per reference pics)
2. colour bars coming together to form a controlled splash of ink, perhaps a crown shape (and possibly its inverse reflection so as to not defy the laws of physics)
3. colour bars coming down or going up to form a crown shape (see reference pictures)
4. perhaps a background printer, printing a page of full colour, perhaps a crown on the page.
5. whatever you think is an awesome idea.
It has to be memorable, something that will pop into ones head whenever they click the print button.
Keep in mind that this logo will be on administrative print materials, advertising materials, and on corporate gifts.
Best of Luck.
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CHICAGO/BOCA RATON, Florida (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc 18 percent dividend increase and comments that U.S. sales patterns were more normal late last week after a slow start to the year helped boost shares of the world's largest retailer 2.6 percent on Thursday.
The retailer also reported a bigger-than-expected profit increase, which was helped by a lower-than-anticipated tax rate.
Still, the company's results solidified a picture of a U.S. consumer worried about the impact of higher payroll taxes and gasoline prices, along with slow tax refunds that put some spending on hold.
Walmart U.S., Wal-Mart's largest unit by far, had a slow start to February, which Walmart U.S. Chief Executive Bill Simon attributed largely to the tax refund delay. The company expects sales at Walmart U.S. stores open at least a year, or same-store sales, to be about flat during the current first quarter. A year earlier, such sales rose 2.6 percent.
But the company has also been focusing hard on its strategy of offering low prices and the economic pressure could help it in the long run, some analysts said.
"I think Wal-Mart is quite well positioned actually," Stewart Samuel, a senior analyst with food and grocery researcher IGD, said. "If there is any sort of trading down, Wal-Mart will benefit from that."
The forecast was likely not as bad as the market feared after a Bloomberg report, citing an internal Wal-Mart memo on the weak sales that sent the stock down on Friday, Janney Capital Markets analyst David Strasser said in a note to clients.
Meanwhile, the company raised its dividend to $1.88 a share for fiscal 2014. Based on Wednesday's close, that gives the Dow Jones Industrial Average component a yield of 2.7 percent, compared with a yield of 2.6 percent for the broader index and 1.97 percent for the benchmark 10-year U.S. treasury bond.
Efforts such as extending its layaway program and matching competitors' prices initially attracted shoppers during the competitive holiday season, but Walmart U.S. same-store sales rose just 1 percent in the fourth quarter. The company had forecast an increase of 1 percent to 3 percent, and analysts, on average, had anticipated a 1.5 percent gain.
A year earlier, Walmart U.S. same-store sales rose 1.5 percent.
Wal-Mart said the U.S. division, its biggest unit, gained market share in major categories of food, consumables, health and wellness and over-the-counter medications, as well as in entertainment and toys, which are big sellers during the holiday period. It cited data from Nielsen and the NPD Group.
The company is also changing some package sizes and other offerings in its stores to accommodate shoppers hurt by the payroll tax increase, although Simon said the company has not seen customers trading down yet.
"We are confident that our low prices will continue to resonate, as families adjust to a reduced paycheck and increased gas prices," Simon said in a statement.
The results from Wal-Mart are the latest sign of pressure on U.S. consumers due to the January 1 expiration of a 2 percentage point cut in payroll taxes, a delay in income tax refund payments and a 30 cent increase in gasoline prices this year through last week.
Consumer sentiment for lower-income individuals fell for a third straight month in January to its lowest level since November 2011, according to University of Michigan data.
"Wal-Mart is a proxy for the broader U.S. consumer. We have been hearing that February is off to a slow start and this adds to that view," Joseph Feldman, a senior retail analyst at Telsey Advisory Group, said.
Wal-Mart has cashed some $1.7 billion in tax return checks at its U.S. stores so far this year, Simon said. At this point last year, that amount was about $3 billion.
That not only delays spending, but may also affect what people buy. For example, Simon said that when consumers cash a tax check in the week before the Super Bowl, they tend to buy a television. The retailer does not know how the later refund checks will be spent.
"The delay in income tax refunds has really affected their business and they have been seeing lower volumes driven by the increase in payroll tax," said Kim Forrest, a senior equity research analyst at Fort Pitt Capital Group in Pittsburgh. "And those are things we can't escape from because more money is going to the government and less money came from the government."
Wal-Mart earned $5.61 billion, or $1.67 per share, from continuing operations in the fiscal fourth quarter, up from $5.19 billion, or $1.51 per share a year earlier.
Wal-Mart had forecast a profit of $1.53 to $1.58 per share from continuing operations, and analysts expected it to earn $1.57 per share, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
Revenue rose 3.9 percent to $127.92 billion.
The company forecast first-quarter earnings per share of $1.11 to $1.16, up from $1.09 a year earlier.
It also forecast fiscal-year earnings per share of $5.20 to $5.40, including about 9 cents in increased costs for its e-commerce operations. It earned $5.02 per share in fiscal 2013.
Wal-Mart spent $157 million last year on its own probe of alleged bribery allegations in Mexico, Brazil, China and India, and on improvements to its compliance programs. A New York Times article in April 2012 unveiled alleged bribery at the major Mexican unit.
The company said its forecast includes about $40 million to $45 million in first-quarter costs related to foreign corrupt practices act and compliance matters.
Wal-Mart saw traffic weaken in a majority of international markets in the fourth quarter. Consumers in China were shifting to weekly stock-up trips from daily shopping, while convenience shoppers in Brazil, Canada and Mexico shopped less and bought fewer items. Sales growth also slowed at its British Asda unit.
Reporting by Jessica Wohl in Boca Raton, Florida; Additional reporting by Chuck Mikolajczak in New York; Editing by Maureen Bavdek

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Ford Hybrids Not Living Up to MPG Claims?
(NEW YORK) -- Are you a car buyer who trusts what you read on the window sticker? New findings by Consumer Reports may make you think twice.
The magazine says its tests show the new Fusion Hybrid and C-Max hybrid don't live up to Ford's claims that they get 47 miles per gallon.
"We actually just completed our formal instrumented testing of them in fuel economy," says Jake Fisher at Consumer Reports. "We got 37 miles per gallon for the C-Max and 39 for the Ford Fusion Hybrid."
That is significantly lower than Ford's mileage claim and the biggest discrepancy Consumer Reports has ever found between a manufacturer's estimate and actual real-world performance.
Fisher predicts, "If someone were to buy these vehicles and see 47 miles per gallon and get 39 or 37, they'd probably be pretty disappointed."
Despite achieving 10 miles per gallon less than advertised, Consumer Reports finds both vehicles actually get excellent fuel economy, even at 37 mpg. It's the best mileage testers have ever seen in mid-size vehicles.
In a written statement to ABC News, Ford responds: "Early C-Max Hybrid and Fusion Hybrid customers praise the vehicles and report a range of fuel economy figures, including some reports above 47 mpg."
Ford insists that different driving styles will yield different results. The company says there are tools inside the hybrid vehicles to optimize fuel economy.
Despite Ford's assertion that 47 mpg is achievable, Consumer Reports says it doesn't believe that is the case in real-world, typical driving conditions.
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No verification machine, no voting - Afari Gyan
The Electoral Commission has announced that voting will be suspended at any polling station should the biometric verification machine being used suffer a break down.
The biometric verification machine was the subject of a heated controversy between the two main political parties, the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) some months ago.
Whereas the NPP were calling for the use of the machines to guard against multiple voting, the NDC argued that the machine will only make the electoral process cumbersome.
Addressing a selection of news editors Thursday, EC Chairman, Dr. Kwadwo Afari Gyan, revealed that the biometric verification process has been inculcated into the law backing the December 7 polls and as such the unavailability of the verification machine would mean voting would have to be suspended.
The EC Chairman added that after pondering on several scenarios in the event of a breaking down of a verification machine, the EC concluded that "no verification machine, no voting".
Dr. Afari Gyan added that the EC would however make available back-up verification machines to ensure the smooth running of the process.
With barely three weeks to the polls, the EC also announced that it has increased the number of polling stations from 23,000 to a little over 26,000, with each polling station catering for an average of 700 voters.
In all, about 14 million voters are expected to take part in the crucial December polls.


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Common Stories
You—yes, you—are a commoner.
Not "commoner" in the sense of class. Think "communal." Do you shop at a farmers' market, visit museums, or take your kids to the playground? Do you ride a bike, hop a bus, drive a car, or walk along a sidewalk? Surf the World Wide Web? Those kinds of community spaces and services are "the commons," and to be a "commoner" is to value these resources and the good they bring to society, according to author Jay Walljasper. Walljasper, a proponent of the commons movement and fellow at On the Commons, has compiled All That We Share, a series of essays (many his own) urging us to recognize, celebrate, and work to preserve the commons.
The essays are grouped according to themes such as economics, the environment, and the importance of protecting the commons in today's society. Brief stories of "commons heroes," lists of movies and music that "evoke a spirit of sharing," and tips for being a commoner break up the text and keep it lively. The guide concludes with Walljasper's fictional "State of the Commons 2035," a somewhat tongue-in-cheek report on the success of the commons in unexpected places: rural and suburban communities in so-called red states.
Readers new to the concept of the commons will learn much from this book, starting with a definition. The commons is not, as Walljasper points out, a village green or campus cafeteria. The book reminds readers of the numerous commons encounters they have in a given day, some provided by governments or benefactors, others handed down, in spirit or in deed, from indigenous peoples, all frequently taken for granted. Read this book and start to see the commons all around.
Yet the book offers something new even to those who already call themselves commoners. Innovations in acronyms and vocabulary, for starters: "Glocal" (go local), "YO-YO ethic" (You're On Your Own), "WITT" (We're In This Together), and "commoning." To accomplish the latter, contributors to All That We Share suggest a number of methods: extend the land-trust concept to watersheds and streets, support the arts through public trusts, save newspapers through reader pledges or the nonprofit model.
For inspiration, look to the efforts of Reginaldo Haslett-Marroquin, who established a Latino food cooperative in Minnesota; the anti-gang, reclaim-the-parks "Summer Night Lights" program in Los Angeles; and the legacy of Enrique Peñalosa, the former mayor of Bogota, Colombia. Peñalosa's achievements, from transit to education to pollution prevention, set a high standard for commons protection. Unfortunately for those who might want to replicate his efforts, the book says little about how Peñalosa—and his people—paid for them.
51 Ways to Spark a
Commons Revolution:
What you can do, alone and with others, to share life.
That is the book's one shortcoming. After so many motivational essays, the question of "how" lingers. What's missing from All That We Share is a map to All That Lies Ahead. Consider today's political climate: Momentum is gathering to repeal health reform, not expand it. The tax-cut compromise revealed the obstacles to convincing the wealthy to pay more to finance collective programs. And cap and dividend? In this Congress? The ideas in All That We Share are clearly worth fighting for, but there is a lack of specific strategies for the coming battle in a nation that just made a significant electoral swing to the right. The book's solutions rely on widespread acceptance of commons values and goals, but how will that be accomplished? Who will spread the word?
To that question, Walljasper has an answer. The commoners will. You will. Start small, start local. But start.
Kim Eckart wrote this article for Can Animals Save Us?, the Spring 2011 issue of YES! Magazine. Kim is a Seattle-based writer.
To deliver us from current economic and ecological calamities will require more than administering a few tweaks to the operating system that runs our society. A complete retooling is needed—a paradigm shift that revises the core principles that guide our culture top to bottom. At this historical moment, the commons vision of a society where "we" matters as much as "me" shines as a beacon of hope for a better world. —Jay Walljasper
What the privatization of public spaces has to do with our likelihood of taking to the streets.
We've been privatizing our way to disaster. It's time to chart a new course.
From socks to cars to skills, how sharing and swapping gives you more.


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Around The League is predicting the Week 1 starting lineups for all 32 teams, analyzing the potential impact of each rookie class.
Texans: Clowney pick revamps Texans
Highlighted by No. 1 overall pick Jadeveon Clowney, the Texans did an impressive job of reloading in the 2014 NFL Draft. But who will be starting under center in Houston? Chris Wesseling explores. Read
Colts: Enough weapons on roster?
General manager Ryan Grigson did not have the luxury of first- and fourth-round picks in the 2014 NFL Draft. Have the Colts supplied Andrew Luck with enough roster depth to surpass the Broncos and Patriots? Read
Jaguars: Will Bortles start?
The futures of coach Gus Bradley and general manager David Caldwell are riding on the Blake Bortles selection. Will the quarterback sit his rookie season or eventually supplant incumbent Chad Henne? Read
Titans: Sankey on learning curve
Bishop Sankey is the offseason favorite to emerge out of Tennessee's three-headed backfield. Chris Wesseling writes the rookie needs to be one of a handful of young Titans to graduate to a Pro Bowl level. Read
Broncos: Ware addition boosts defense
The newly acquired DeMarcus Ware figures to add a dynamic pass rusher to the Denver defense. Gregg Rosenthal takes a look at the Broncos' roster heading into the 2014 season. Read
Chiefs: Can linebacker Ford crack the lineup?
Linebacker Dee Ford was selected by the Kansas City Chiefs with the 23rd overall pick in the draft. Will this dynamic rookie crack the starting lineup? Around The League investigates. Read
Chargers: Verrett figures to make an impact
First-round draft pick Jason Verrett figures to have an immediate impact in the San Diego Chargers' secondary. Gregg Rosenthal breaks down the rest of San Diego's starters. Read
Raiders: McFadden vs. MJD highlights RB battle
Who will win the battle for the starting running back job between veterans Darren McFadden and Maurice Jones-Drew? ATL explores that and other choices faced by the Oakland Raiders. Read
Patriots: Browner, Revis revamp secondary
New England signed former Brandon Browner and Darrelle Revis this offseason to bolster the secondary. Marc Sessler opines who joins the two cornerbacks in the Patriots' 2014 starting lineup? Read
Bills: Watkins raises team's expectations
Can new addition Sammy Watkins spark the Buffalo Bills to their first postseason berth since 1999? Marc Sessler writes whether or not this year's Bills team looms as a dark-horse playoff contender.Read
Dolphins: Tannehill eyeing improved protection
Dolphins quarterback Ryan Tannehill was sacked a league-worst 59 times last season. Will four key additions to Miami's offensive line keep the franchise signal-caller upright in 2014?Read
Jets: Smith vs. Vick highlights QB battle
There is a battle in the Big Apple for the New York Jets' starting quarterback job. Will Michael Vick or Geno Smith get the nod? Marc Sessler states his case for who deserves the No. 1 spot. Read
Steelers: Shazier primed to flash skill set
Ryan Shazier and his 4.38 40-yard dash speed arrive in Pittsburgh. You can pencil him in as a starter, but what about the other 10 defenders? Chris Wesseling explores the Steelers' depth chart.Read
Browns: Manziel working way up pecking order
Can rookie Johnny Manziel usurp incumbent Brian Hoyer for the Browns' starting QB job? Chris Wesseling breaks down how Cleveland's roster shapes up after an eventful offseason.Read
Bengals: Can Bernard make mark as No. 1 back?
Giovani Bernard is an emerging force, but will he be the sure-fire No. 1 running back in the wake of the Bengals drafting Jeremy Hill? Chris Wesseling looks at Cincinnati's depth chart for 2014.Read
Ravens: High hopes for Mosley, linebackers
C.J. Mosley joins a linebacker corps that may be the best since Ray Lewis was in his prime. Chris Wesseling predicts who else joins Mosley, as well as the rest of the Baltimore Ravens' starters. Read
Vikings: Bridgewater ready to unseat Cassel?
A quarterback controversy could be bubbling in Minnesota if Teddy Bridgewater can outplay Matt Cassel. But who would be the No. 1 signal-caller if the season started today? Gregg Rosenthal has the answer. Read
Packers: Safety first with Clinton-Dix pick
Ha Ha Clinton-Dix is one new face in the Green Bay Packers' secondary. Does the safety figure to start? Gregg Rosenthal opines where the rookie ball hawk and his teammates fit in.Read
Lions: Ebron adds more pass-catching punch
Eric Ebron joins a loaded Detroit Lions offense looking to find stability under new coach Jim Caldwell. Will the first-round tight end earn the starting job? Gregg Rosenthal explores the issue.Read
Bears: Allen's arrival deepens defensive line
Jared Allen highlighted a busy offseason for the Bears' pass rush. Who joins him on the new Chicago defensive line? Gregg Rosenthal sets up the likely depth chart for 2014. Read
Seahawks: Harvin ready for bigger role
After missing almost all of 2013 with injuries, receiver Percy Harvin is expected to assume a starting role for the Seattle Seahawks. See the rest of the projected lineup for last season's Super Bowl champs.Read
Rams: Building a contender from the inside
The Rams have done a stellar job building up their roster from the inside, but with holes at wide receiver and the secondary, can St. Louis win with Sam Bradford at QB?Read
Cardinals: Ready for a Super run?
The Cardinals selected Deone Bucannon in the first round of this year's draft with hopes he'll become Arizona's enforcer in the secondary. With a top-notch defense are the Cards Super Bowl contenders?Read
49ers: Jimmie Ward more than a safety?
First-round draft pick Jimmie Ward should be third on the depth chart at safety -- but that doesn't stop Around The League's Gregg Rosenthal from predicting the 49ers' new addition will snag a starting role.Read
Buccaneers: Evans teams up with Jackson
Mike Evans joins Vincent Jackson in a reloaded Tampa Bay aerial assault. Where does he fit in the Buccaneers' 2014 depth chart? Marc Sessler takes a crack at prognosticating where the puzzle pieces fall.Read
Saints: Bailey a part of revamped secondary
Champ Bailey joined the Saints via free agency in the offseason. Will the 35-year-old veteran cornerback make the starting lineup? Marc Sessler pencils in who gets 2014 first-team reps in the Big Easy.Read
Panthers: Benjamin injects life into aerial attack
Kelvin Benjamin definitely will see his share of targets in a thin Panthers wide receiving corps. Will he be a No. 1 wideout? Marc Sessler gives his take on where Carolina stands heading into 2014.Read
Falcons: Matthews fortifies offensive line
Jake Matthews will be a plug-and-play offensive tackle for the Falcons. But which side will he protect? Marc Sessler attempts to answer the question by predicting Atlanta's 2014 depth chart.Read
Cowboys: Can Lawrence replace Ware?
Will Demarcus Lawrence plug the hole left by departed pass rusher DeMarcus Ware? Chris Wesseling breaks down the Cowboys' potential depth chart for the upcoming 2014 NFL season.Read
Giants: Beckham injects speed into offense
The New York Giants reloaded their receiving corps. Will first-round pick Odell Beckham make up for the loss of Hakeem Nicks? Chris Wesseling gives you Big Blue's 2014 outlook.Read
Eagles: Sproles' role to increase in Philly
Darren Sproles' arrival gives Eagles coach Chip Kelly the opportunity to expand the running back's role given DeSean Jackson's departure from Philadelphia. Chris Wesseling predicts who else will start.Read
Redskins: DJax to elevate aerial attack
The Washington Redskins boast one of the most improved wide receiving corps in all of football, highlighted by the addition of DeSean Jackson. Chris Wesseling outlines where DJax fits in Jay Gruden's offense.Read


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If you're new, come for lunch after second service and meet the leaders of the church and hear more about Bluewater!
If you're new, come for lunch after second service and meet the leaders of the church and hear more about Bluewater!
"Bluewater" is a sea-going term that refers to wide-open stretches of ocean. It speaks of both depth and distance. It suggests expansiveness and possibilities in our faith journey. When you're in bluewater, you're in deep.
Our name also reminds us that we are on a voyage - a mission - in this world. We know that God isn't just a distant hope, but a present force for change. As he changes us, we change the world.
Miracle Work: A Down-to-Earth Guide for Supernatural People is now available at Amazon or at Logos Bookstore in Honolulu. Also available as a Kindle e-book.
Hear Danny Yamashiro's hour-long radio interview with Jordan about his life and book on his weekly program The Good Life.
Pastor Jordan was interviewed by Shane Blackshear of the Seminary Dropout podcast. Shane has interviewed a number of Christian leaders for his podcast, including Philip Yancey, Richard Foster, and many more. You can hear his interview with Pastor Jordan on Shane's web site at http://www.shaneblackshear.com/jordanseng/, or subscribe to the podcast and listen to all of them!


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Hey look, it's a 2003 Hyundai Elantra hatchback! No wait, it's the new BMW 3 series GT confirmed today.
Reader Jason Macierowski made the comparison, but then we've known for a while that modern cars look the same.
We love five-door family cars, but when your luxury car strikes an uncanny resemblance to a Hyundai, that's not a good look.
Photo Credit: Hyundai


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We're all still feeling shockwaves on the news that Ben Affleck will play Batman in the Man of Steel follow-up Batman Vs. Superman. But still it's business as usual in Hollywood, and as Affleck's committed to one film, another is falling to the wayside. Deadline reports the newly minted Dark Knight is dropping out of adapting Stephen King's The Stand, and Crazy Heart helmer Scott Cooper is stepping in to take his place. This could prove a career-defining moment for the emerging director, as Warner Bros and CBS Films are grooming the pic to be a tent pole release that could be the start of a trilogy franchise. This plan makes considerable sense since the last adaptation of The Stand was a 1994 mini-series that clocked in at 366 minutes.
The 1978 novel is set in a world that has been ravaged by a virus that killed most of the population of the planet. Those that survive this apocalyptic plague begin having visions that drive them to communities established in Nevada and Colorado. But as these groups attempt to rebuild a functioning society, a battle of good versus evil builds.
Warner Bros and CBS Films first announced plans to adapt the lengthy novel into a film back in early 2011. By the following summer, the studios were searching for the right helmer for this property, and initially eyed Harry Potter's David Yates, who seemed an especially inspired pick as he's shown a definite skill with building arcs over multiple pictures. Shortly thereafter, Harry Potter scribe Steve Kloves was in talks to draft the screenplay. But by the fall both Yates and Kloves were out of the picture, and Affleck was being handed the gigs of both writer and director. (Yates later said he left the project because he felt the source material lacked the level of spectacle needed to make a successful blockbuster.)
For his part, Affleck seemed a solid choice for The Stand's writer-director, having previously adapted two crime novels, Dennis Lehane's Gone Baby Gone and Chuck Hogan's Prince of Thieves, into two heralded dramas, Gone Baby Gone, and The Town. But it soon appeared Affleck was encountering obstacles in the screenwriting process, as Warner Brothers hired David Kajganich (Blood Creek, The Invasion) to come on board as a writer. Just last fall, Affleck confirmed he'd hit a wall on the project's development, then no updates followed until today's, where Cooper's involvement was revealed.
Cooper will reportedly be re-writing the script, presumably the one Affleck and Kajganich got going. For now it's unknown when The Stand might roll into production, but in the meantime, you can look out for Cooper's Crazy Heart follow-up Out of The Furnace. The drama, which stars Christian Bale, Casey Affleck and Zoe Saldana, is set to hit theaters on December 6th.


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One of the most influential blogs on the Internet belongs to Angie at Bakerella. Her fun, playful style, crafty, creative ideas, and ceaseless passion for everything cute and sweet in life is infectious and inspirational. When I first started blogging, Bakerella was where I headed for tips on everything baking, especially when it came to the crucial photography moments. But, despite Krafted by Kelly's two year history, my first time making cake pops was last week. And Bakerella's famous book has already spawned various kits, international editions, and most recently, a cake pop toy set. When I finally decided to make cake pops, I wasn't quite ready to master the complicated shapes and characters she details in her book, but to capture her colorful, fun-loving take on baking and decorating, I knew funfetti cake pops with rainbow sprinkles and non-pareils would be a faithful homage.


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Bluffton's review panel for accommodations taxes recommended approving 75 percent of total requests from nonprofit groups Tuesday, including $17,500 for an intense obstacle race planned by Old Town developer Thomas Viljac.
The $112,900 recommended was $37,475 less than requested but $12,525 more than committee Chairman Bret Anthony or Finance Director Shirley Freeman wanted to spend to maintain a $50,000 reserve to get through the low-season tourism months ahead and provide for potential new applicants. The committee had $148,155 at its disposal.
The bed-tax fund, expected to be $331,000 total before distributions this year, goes to tourism-related activities and facilities that serve or attract tourists. Nonprofit groups can lobby every quarter for a cut of the money before a panel of seven residents.
Questions over the best use of the money have prompted debate between elected officials and regular recipients. Town Council and Mayor Lisa Sulka asked for proposed changes from staff, which submitted ideas that included limiting funds available for distribution to fund town-led initiatives and requiring matching funds rather than encouraging it.
The Hilton Head Island-Bluffton Chamber of Commerce, which automatically receives 30 percent of state accommodations tax money as the town's official marketer, represented Army veteran and developer Viljac as his nonprofit sponsor. The group asked for $40,000 of the Face Your Fears endurance challenge's $65,000 budget, with the difference coming from private sponsors.
Viljac billed the event as a marketing and exposure opportunity for Bluffton and Palmetto Bluff - the event location - that promises to bring higher-income visitors to a good cause. He estimates 350 participants.
Proceeds from the event scheduled for February will benefit four military charities, with 10 to 15 percent going toward seed money for next year, Viljac said.
He said he's seen events of the type in six states over the past 27 months as he's researched, and the location beats the usual remote landscape, making it highly attractive.
"This challenge has the ability to sustain itself after year one," he said. "I've seen it."
But committee members questioned the size of the request and asked whether Viljac could pare costs down. Committee member Tim Holsinger expressed frustration with the chamber for what he called "red-headed stepchild" treatment from an organization that always pushes the town for more money to start events rather than use its own resources.
"That really just bites me in the back bad," he said.
Viljac said he needed the chamber's nonprofit status while he finalizes his own.
Susan Thomas, vice president of the Hilton Head Island-Bluffton Convention and Visitor's Bureau, argued the indirect marketing benefit is vast, while the chamber intends to track every expenditure and return with an economic impact report with on-site surveys from participants.
"This is a new event that's coming to the town asking for some seed money with the idea that it's going to raise awareness and heads and beds during the offseason, during a low-season month, and it will build on its success," she said.
The committee recommended giving $17,500 toward Face Your Fears.
That recommendation, along with nine others, will need approval from Town Council, which meets Tuesday.
The other recommendations included:
- Bluffton Historical Preservation Society
Requested: $30,000Recommended: $30,000
- Farmers Market of Bluffton
Requested: $5,000 Recommended: $5,000
- Hilton Head Island-Bluffton Chamber of Commerce (separate request)
Requested: $10,000Recommended: $5,000
- Bluffton Arts & Seafood Festival
Requested: $10,000Recommended: $10,000
- Lowcountry Tourism Commission
Requested: $9,600 Recommended: $9,600
- May River Theatre
Requested: $7,500 Recommended: $5,000
- Old Town Merchants Society
Requested: $9,800 Recommended: $9,800
- Palmetto Bluff Preservation Trust
Requested: $25,000Recommended: $20,000
- Society of Bluffton Artists
Requested: $3,475 Recommended: $1,000


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Notice: Although this Canadian online stock brokerage review/comparison is dated back to Dec 2006, the information below is updated regularly.
Are stock trading commissions eating away at your profits (or increasing your losses)? Ticked off at paying at least $29/trade at one of the big bank discount brokerages? Well, there are some new players in town! They are MUCH cheaper and offer similar features. Who are we talking about? From my research, there are a number major (cheap) discount brokerages in Canada that are worth mentioning which include: E-Trade (now i-trade), Virtual Brokers, Qtrade, Interactive Brokers, and Questrade (voted #1 by Million Dollar Journey Readers).
As an update and side note, almost all discount brokerages are very competitive with low trading fees (under $10/trade). In addition to trading fees, keep an eye on annual maintenance fees if you are below the minimum balance, and especially foreign exchange fees. Most discount brokers will hide the fee in the exchanged amount.
Lets do a little table comparing all the features (last update January 4, 2019):
|Mutual Funds
|Comm Free ETFs
|Scotia i-Trade (formerly e-trade)
|Yes/ Yes
|$24.99 or $9.99 /trade with $50k in assets or 30+ trades /quarter, $4.99/trade with 150+ trades /quarter
|Yes (select group)
|$25/ quarter for low activity. $0 if balance > $25k, $30/ quarter for US friendly RRSP.
|Yes/ Yes
|Min $1 /USD trade. Max 0.5% of trade value ($0.005/ share)Min $1/CAD trade. Max 0.5% of trade value ($0.01 / share)
|$10 USD/ mo (only if you don't trade $10 worth of commissions/mo, waived if $100k USD balance), $50/year annual RRSP fee. Min $10k to open an account.
|Yes/ Yes
|$4.95 for up to 495 shares ($9.95 max), $9.95 per mutual fund trade. ETFs are free to buy, reg commission to sell.
|Yes (only when buying, selling is regular comm)
|$0, but $19.95/ quarter if balance < $5k
|BMO Investor Line
|Yes/ Yes
|$9.95/ trade no minimum balance
|$100 / yr if less than $25k balance
|RBC Direct Investing
|Yes/ Yes
|$9.95/ trade no minimum balance, $6.95/ trade if 150+ trades / quarter
|$25 / quarter if less than $15k balance
|CIBC Investors Edge
|Yes/ Yes
|$6.95/ trade no minimum balance
|$125 / yr if under $25k balance
|Credential Direct
|Yes/ Yes
|$8.88 / trade
|TD Direct Investing
|Yes/ Yes
|$9.99/ trade no minimum balance, $7/ trade if 150+ trades / quarter.
|$100 / yr if under $25k balance
|Yes/ Yes
|$8.75/ trade or $6.95/ trade if assets > $500k
|Yes (select group)
|$100/ yr admin fee if under $25k balance, $60/ yr for USD RRSP
|Virtual Brokers
|Yes/ Yes
|Three options; 1) $0.01/share with cap of $9.99. 2) ETFs are free to buy, $0.01/share to sell min of $0.99/trade. 3) $6.49/ trade + ECN fees
|Yes (only when buying, selling is regular comm)
|$50/ yr if under $15k balance, $50/ yr for USD RRSP
Due to popular demand, below is the foreign exchange fee/spread charged by each of the brokerages to convert your CAD->foreign currency.
|Forex Fee/Spread (each way)
|1.5% (not confirmed)
|1.75% for < $10k, 1.60% for > $10k but < $25k
|Virtual Brokers
As you can see from the charts, there is no perfect brokerage that would suit everyone. However, there are some general guidelines:
- If you are just starting out as an investor, the most popular discount broker for MDJ readers is Questrade. Our family has multiple accounts with them because they provide low trading fees, and no commission charges when buying ETFs. This is the perfect setup for passive ETF investors (my wife's account is 100% indexed with Questrade – see passive investing strategies here). You can see more brokers that charge $0 for trading ETFs here.
- If you are looking for a USD RRSP, for larger accounts (>$50k), I like RBC Direct Investing for USD RRSPs. With a larger balance, they offer relatively low trading commissions, no fees, and automatic journaling of shares (for the DLR/DLR.U trick). For smaller accounts, Questrade offers the best product. With a small balance (greater than $5k), they offer no fees, ultra low commissions, commission-free ETFs, and journaling of shares via online chat. Here is my Questrade Review that I've written.
- For long-term index investors who use ETFs only, then Questrade likely offers the best overall product. No commission on buying ETFs and a no-fee USD RRSP for US-based ETFs.
- If you are looking for an RRSP account to invest in mutual funds, then you have 3 options, big bank, E-Trade, or Questrade (additional fee applies).
- If you're looking for an RRSP account (with little interest in mutual funds) that has no fees, low minimum deposit, low commissions and you trade less than 790 shares at a time and LESS THAN 50 trades/year, then Questrade is your best bet.
- If you're looking for an RRSP account but with a larger balance and typically trade greater than 790 shares at a time and MORE THAN 50 trades/year, then CIBC Investors Edge is best.
- If you're looking for a non-registered trading account with ridiculously low commissions and margin interest, then Interactive Brokers is a no-brainer. There is a $10USD / month minimum fee with IB which means that if you spend less than $10USD in commissions in a month, they will charge the difference to your account. For example, if you spend $6 USD (6 USD trades) in commissions in a month, they will charge you an extra $4 USD. These monthly fees are tax deductible. IB also offers extremely cheap currency exchange. The biggest downside of IB is that you have to pay for your real-time data. I use IB for my trading and my big bank brokerage for my real-time quotes.
- There is one feature that I like a lot about big bank brokerages and that is FREE dividend re-investments (DRIP). For example, if you buy enough shares of CIBC to pay you $100 in dividends/quarter (enough for 1 share), you can set it up so that your brokerage will automatically purchase more shares of the same company with the dividend payout.
I personally use a big bank for my RRSP and Interactive brokers for my non-registered trading account. I'm sticking with my big bank for now because of the free DRIP. Update Jan 10/07: E-Trade AND Questrade now offer free DRIP!
There you have it! A simple review of some of the discount brokerage options out there. I believe that it's only a matter of time before the big bank brokerages start reducing their fees. In the meantime, look at your personal situation and see if any of the companies listed in my review suit you. You can potentially save a substantial amount of money.
If you are interested in stock trading, here are some free online stock trading tools that I have used and recommend.
Update Nov 2013: Lately, I've been more focused on reducing my forex charges which can add up over time. This is especially the case when buying US stocks within a Canadian based RRSP. To save on these fees, I wrote an article rating the top discount brokers that offer USD RRSPs. For ETF index investors, a discount broker that offers commission-free ETFs is a way to reduce trading fees when rebalancing and/or adding to the account. Here is a review of discount brokers that offer commission-free ETFs.
Update Feb 15/07: As you can see, I've added CIBC to the chart. With their new commission structure, you get 50 trades for $395/year. This works out to be around $7.90/trade with no limit to the number of shares you can buy. After the 50 trades are up, it gets even cheaper, $6.95/trade. What I REALLY like about this structure is that you can purchase the same stock as MANY times as you like during the day, and you'll only be charged for 1 trade. The same applies for selling, you can sell the same stock as many times as you want during the day and be charged for only 1 trade. This still may not be the lowest cost solution for the small time investor, but once you start making bigger trades, CIBC has the lowest trading fee of all brokerages in Canada.. I commend CIBC for taking the initiative that the other big banks have not taken, that is to reduce trading fees for Canadians.
Update Feb 23, 2007: I have opened a new RRSP account with Questrade.
Update June 25, 2007: Here is a detailed Interactive Brokers Review.
Update July 10, 2007: Here is a CIBC Investors Edge Review.
Update July 17, 2007: Canadian Capitalist has written a review of RBC Direct Investing.
Update July 19, 2007: Here is a detailed E*Trade Canada Review (now i-trade).
Update: Jan 2, 2007: IB now requires a minimum initial deposit of $10,000USD to open an account.
Update: April 8, 2008: We've written a review of TradeFreedom discount brokerage.If you would like to read more articles like this, you can sign up for my free weekly money tips newsletter below (we will never spam you).


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DRC at Joslin Diabetes Center
Diabetes Research Center
Since its inception in 1898, the primary mission of the Joslin Diabetes Center has been to care for people with diabetes, and conduct research to provide new knowledge about diabetes and its complications that will lead to new treatments, prevention and/or cure of these disorders.
This mission is interpreted in its broadest context because diabetes is a heterogeneous and complex disorder, there is a close relationship between diabetes and other metabolic disorders including obesity and atherosclerosis, and progress in understanding cellular processes and disease pathogenesis should ultimately lead to major advances for diabetes.
Research within Joslin involves a wide variety of biologic disciplines ranging from the most basic model systems to studies of pathophysiology in animal models and humans to the evaluation of new therapies in patients.
The Diabetes Research Center (DRC) has been funded by the NIH/NIDDK since th late 1980's and it's presently in its 26th year of funding. The primary aim of the Joslin DRC is to provide a facilitating framework for conducting multi-disciplinary basic and clinical research and to encourage the scientific development of young investigators. Special attention is paid to fostering rapid translation of basic research to the next level.
This is accomplished by the three major programs of the Joslin DRC:
Core Laboratories which provide services, reagents, specialized technical expertise and education directed at enhancing the productivity of research programs.
Pilot and Feasibility projects that support the development of new investigators and allow established investigators to explore new areas, and strengthen bridges to surrounding institutions.
The Enrichment Program which provide a series of seminars, workshops and visiting professors to provide continuing education, stimulation, and foster collaborations with external research programs.
DRC Cores
- Advanced Genomics and Genetics Core
- Advanced Microscopy Core
- Animal Physiology Core
- Bioinformatics Core
- Enrichment Core
- Flow Cytometry Core
- Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Core
Other Cores at Joslin
News | Joslin Research
- Genes Influence Response to Glycemic Control as a Preventive Therapy for Cardiovascular Complications in Type 2 Diabetes
- Finding New Targets to Treat Vascular Damage
- Umbilical Cells Shed Light on How Obesity May Pass from Mother to Child
- In Cells, Some Oxidants Are Needed
- Dr. Jennifer Sun, Investigator in the Section of Vascular Biology, Receives RPB Physician-Scientist Award from Research to Prevent Blindness
DRC Executive Committee
- King, George L, M.D. - Chair/PI
- Blackwell, Keith M.D, Ph.D.
- Bonner-Weir, Susan Ph.D.
- Goodyear, Laurie J., Ph.D.
- Kahn, C. Ronald, M.D.
- Kasif, Simon, Ph.D.
- Shoelson, Steven E., M.D., Ph.D.
- Wagers, Amy J., Ph.D.
- Weir, Gordon, M.D.
DRC Core Directors
Advanced Microscopy Core
- Bonner-Weir, Susan Ph.D.
Advanced Genomics/Genetics Core
- Doria, Alessandro, M.D., Ph.D.
- Patti, Mary-Elizabeth, M.D.
Animal Physiology Core
- Goodyear, Laurie J., Ph.D.
- Feener, Edward P., Ph.D.
Bioinformatics Core
- Kasif, Simon, Ph.D.
- Doria, Alessandro, M.D., Ph.D.
- Tseng, Yu-Hua, Ph.D.
- Wagers, Amy J., Ph.D.
- Serwold, Tom, Ph.D.
Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Core
- Wagers, Amy J., Ph.D.
- Goldfine, Allison, M.D.
- Kulkarni, Rohit N., M.D., Ph.D.
Pilot & Feasibility Studies
To apply click here
Adjunct Investigators
Page last updated: October 28, 2016


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We take great pride in bringing you not only the most popular new music titles, but also great artists whose work flies a little lower on the radar. Below are just a few of the new critically acclaimed records on their way to The Urbana Free Library:
Cold Cave- Cherish the light years
There have been many bands described as having a sound reminiscent of the 1980's. There have even been entire styles based on aspects of the decade; No Wave, Cold Wave, Dark wave, Synth pop, etc. One of the most compelling (to me) artists to work in these styles is Cold Cave. Cold Cave is essentially one person: Wesley Eisold, former vocalist of Los Angeles based hardcore band Give Up the Ghost. If you like Bauhaus, Joy Division, and other darker synth oriented music, you'll probably like Cold Cave. Check out the album Cherish The Light Years.
DEVO- Hardcore vol.1 & vol. 2
DEVO is back! Actually, a re-release of Hardcore is on its way. What is hardcore? Hardcore is a collection of DEVO seminal demo's! Recorded on various 4-track machines and in tiny studios, basements, and garages between 1974-1977, Hardcore reveals DEVO's strikingly clear vision: rock n' roll stripped bare of its collective cool and jerked back into propaganda fit for post-modern man. Threaded beneath it all are lyrical themes of post-McCarthy paranoia, middle-class ephemera, and DEVO's long-running topic of choice: sex, or lack thereof.
Swamp Dogg's Southern Sould Girls
Swamp Dogg rides again!- Swamp Dogg (Jerry Williams) is somewhat an underground secret among soul music fans, but his two latest re-releases (Total destruction to your mind and Rat on!) should make him better know among music fans generally. Our latest Swamp Dogg acquisition is not by the Dogg himself, but is instead a compilation of the work of two other artists- Sandra Phillips and Bette Williams. Most of these tracks were produced by Swamp Dogg, and some were penned by legendary writer Gary "U.S." Bonds. If you love deep southern soul, check this one out…
Gogol Bordelo-
Love punk music? Love Gypsy Music? Pura Vida Conspiracy is here!
Vince Gill
Finally, Vince Gill pays tribute to one of the richest veins in country music, the Bakersfield sound, with the appropriately titled Bakersfield. What is the Bakersfield sound? Bakersfield, California had been a destination for dustbowl Okie's, migrant workers, and drifters when it became a hotspot for country artists that were working opposite the increasingly slick Nashville sound. The Bakersfield sound is distinctly western, and sometimes incorporates Tejano and Mexican influences . Legendary Bakersfield artists include Jean Shepard, Speedy West, Susan Raye, Merle Haggard, Buck Owens, and later Gram Parsons, Emmylou Harris, and Dwight Yoakem.


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I tried to enter the command
nano ~/.bashrc in order to include some path into the
.bashrc file in home directory but I'm not able to run any command and I get always the following error:
rag@rag-Satellite-C640:~$ nano ~/.bashrc
Command 'nano' is available in the following places
* /bin/nano
* /usr/bin/nano
The command could not be located because '/usr/bin:/bin' is not included in the PATH environment variable.
nano: command not found
Why this is happening with any command that I'm trying?
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If only Brett Hundley had shown up early.
In a 38-33 loss to Arizona State that ended UCLA's Rose Bowl hopes, the quarterback finished with 253 yards and two touchdowns on 18-of-26 passing. He needed a supreme second-half stretch to make his numbers respectable.
Before the break, he looked on track for one of his worst performances of the year. After a 42-yard touchdown to Devin Lucien on the Bruins' first offensive snap, he went 0 for 5 with a pick-six to Carl Bradford. His streak of interception-free games ended at three. After two quarters, he was 3 of 9 for 65 yards, a touchdown and a turnover.
The Sun Devils (9-2, 7-1 Pac-12) also sacked Hundley a season-high nine times, including one play where he tripped over his own feet. Early in the fourth quarter, Will Sutton dropped him for an 8-yard loss. It was the defensive tackle's third sack of the season, a down campaign for the reigning Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year.
Two plays later, however, the Bruins (8-3, 5-3) unveiled a beautiful playcall on fourth-and-2 — faking the handoff to Myles Jack before tossing the ball to defensive end Eddie Vanderdoes. The true freshman rumbled for an 18-yard gain, and three plays later, Hundley hit Shaq Evans in stride for a 27 yard touchdown.
ASU tipped and intercepted the two-point conversion, but the Bruins had cut the deficit to a manageable 38-33 with 11:25 left in the game.
And Hundley? At that point, he was 10 of 10 for 142 yards and a touchdown in the second half.
Splendid return
UCLA's unlikely MVP of the night was cornerback Ishmael Adams, whose tremendous career debut at kick and punt return set up each of the Bruins' first three scoring drives.
With receiver Devin Fuller and running back Steve Manfro sidelined, Adams returned his first four kickoffs for 167 yards. He also turned Arizona State's first punt into a 49-yard return — UCLA's longest of the season — filling in there after senior Shaq Evans consistently lost yards in the past few weeks.
Arizona State even kicked out of bounds late in the third quarter to avoid Adams.
The Bruins needed every one of those yards. With their offense stuttering after a first-play touchdown, they only totaled 69 yards on their first three scoring drives: a 42-yard pass to Devin Fuller, and 48- and 23-yard field goals by Ka'imi Fairbairn.
The sophomore kicker's first make tied a career-long, and put him at 3 of-7 this season from 45 yards or farther.
Down again
Left tackle Simon Goines had missed four straight games after injuring his right MCL, the latest in a career full of knee problems. This past week, head coach Jim Mora said he was hopeful the sophomore would finally suit up against Arizona State.
Goines started, but didn't last long. With a little over 12 minutes left in the second quarter, he re-injured that right knee. Helped off the field, he was unable to put any pressure on his right leg.
No flags
ASU entered game fourth-best in the country with 30.2 penalty yards per game. UCLA was fourth-worst at 79.0.
Both were remarkably disciplined early on, combining for just three penalties through most of three quarters. The Bruins did have an awful lapse in the third quarter when safety Randall Goforth and receiver Darius Bell were on the field simultaneously.
Both wear No. 3, incurring an illegal procedure penalty.
The Sun Devils made two crucial errors deep in UCLA territory not long after that: a substitution infraction with second-and-goal on the 9-yard line, and a false start on third-and-goal on the 13.
ASU settled for its first field goal of the night. Zane Gonzalez nailed a 28-yarder amidst cries of "BLOCK THAT KICK," stretching the lead to 38-27 heading into the fourth quarter.


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MIDDLETON — The Tax Kiosk now accepts ACH and Credit Card payments for Middleton. Residents can go to www.nhtaxkiosk.com to make payments. There are fees involved, but the convenience may be worth the fees as you don't have to rely on regular office hours or leave your home. The cost is 2.95 percent for credit cards and 40 cents for ACH payments. The kiosk is updated every day, showing posted payments, and residents can print their own receipts.
Dec. 21st marked the winter solstice, 8 hours, 58 minutes and 43 seconds (of daylight) — measured at Concord.
Happy birthday to Sue Nolen, and happy belated birthday to Joe Bailey — we won't forget next year!
Police Log
Nov. 26 — Trespassing stock; New Durham Road.
Nov. 26 — Welfare check; Route 153.
Nov. 26 — Littering, unlawful activities; Pinkham Road.
Nov. 26 — Police information; Drew Drive.
Nov. 27 — Runaway; Dudley Drive.
Nov. 27 — Suspicious person/MV/activity; Access Road.
Nov. 28 — Alarm activation; Adams Way.
Nov. 28 — Paperwork service; Kings Highway.
Nov. 30 — Welfare check; Fox Road.
Dec. 1 — Conduct after an accident; Deer Run Road.
Dec. 1 — Paperwork service; Kings Highway.
Dec. 1 — Runaway juvenile; Route 153
Dec. 1 — Incident; Lakeshore Drive.


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Carrie Underwood's Blown Away continues to be Billboard's best-selling album for the second week, topping both the country and all-genres chart.
But there's a new No. 1 country song — Jason Aldean's "Fly Over States" — which reaches the pinnacle after a 20-week climb.
Three albums are making their chart debut: Turnpike Troubadours' Goodbye Normal Street (No. 14), Pat Green's Songs We Wish We'd Written II (No. 15) and the Wood Brothers' Live: Volume One: Sky High (No. 73).
Loretta Lynn's All Time Gospel Favorites returns to the chart at No. 74.
There are three new songs as well, with Lee Brice's "Hard to Love" claiming the highest debut slot at No. 51 and followed by Jake Owen's "The One That Got Away" (No. 55) and Lady Antebellum's "Wanted You More" (No. 57).
Following Underwood within the Top 5 albums array are Lionel Richie's Tuskegee, Luke Bryan's Tailgates & Tanlines, Rascal Flatts' Changed and Eric Church's Chief, in that order.
The No. 2 through No. 5 songs are Miranda Lambert's "Over You" (last week's No. 1), Kip Moore's "Somethin' 'Bout a Truck," the Zac Brown Band's "No Hurry" and Underwood's "Good Girl."


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Text description provided by the architects. The existing Cologne/Bonn Airport is a landmark. The demands of wide-body jets, the associated requirement for additional functional and circulatory areas, intensified security arrangements and baggage handling all combine to demand a restructuring of the airport.
Both on the air and landsides, the solution consists of tensioned steel umbrella structures that also provide roofing over the new vehicle access driveway. Outside the existing building, the same steel umbrellas form a light and translucent terminal hall with adjacent terminal gates.
The roof membrane, with north facing skylights flooding the departure hall with daylight and thus eliminating the need for artificial light. The skylights are protected from high sun angles by exterior sunshades of perforated steel. The solid roof areas are clad in terne-coated stainless steel.
The architecture is transparent and structurally expressive, intentionally simple and reserved so as not to conflict with the strong architectural presence of the existing building.
The daylight-filled holdrooms and retail spaces provide a relaxed atmosphere for departing passengers, affording them panoramic views of the runways, apron and existing airport structures. The functional clarity of the addition has turned an operationally cumbersome older terminal into an efficient economical facility, with no operational impact or expensive renovation work of the existing building.


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Optimizing fibre for consumer device connectivity
ClearCurve® VSDN® Optical Fibre
ClearCurve® VSDN® Optical Fibre
ClearCurve VSDN® optical fibre is designed to support emerging high speed interconnects between computers, operating systems, gaming consoles, tablets, and more.
It is necessary that optical fiber used within consumer environments is able to be bent and pinched without losing quality, speed, or connectivity. ClearCurve VSDN fibre optimized design addresses these challenges with ultra-low bending loss and superior mechanical reliability.
In addition, ClearCurve VSDN fibre maintains high bandwidth at large alignment tolerances and enables inexpensive connectivity solutions by allowing relaxed alignment tolerances through an 80 µm core size and high numerical aperture.
Additional Resources
Additional Resources
ClearCurve VSDN Optical Fibre Product Specification Sheet
Technical Resources
In 2013, LaserFocusWorld called ClearCurve VSDN "a novel fibre design with an optimised smaller diameter that can survive bending and pinching, allowing consumers to create high-speed home optical networks." This article, written by senior editor John Wallace, serves as an informative technical resource.
In The News
In The News
Thunderbolt™ and USB 3.Optical Cables Will Be Showcased at CeBIT
Corning will debut Optical Cables to the European market at CeBIT 2013 in Hannover, Germany. Optical Cables by Corning are designed to bring the benefits of optical fibre to the consumer market for the two fastest computer and peripheral connectivity protocols -- Thunderbolt™ and USB 3.0.
Corning to Introduce Optical Cables for Data-Rich Consumer Electronic Applications
Corning Optical Communications LLC will introduce Optical Cables by Corning, designed for use with consumer electronics, at the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES), in Las Vegas. The cables are compatible with Thunderbolt™ and USB 3.0, the two fastest computer and peripheral connectivity protocols.
Corning Introduces New Ultra-bendable Optical Fibre for Consumer Electronics
Corning introduced ClearCurve® VSDN® optical fibre, the newest innovation in the ClearCurve® family of bend-insensitive fibres. This fibre is uniquely designed to support emerging high-speed interconnects between computers and other consumer electronics devices.


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Your high performance future. Delivered.
Zyvex Technologies pioneered the development of commercially available nano-engineered materials, beginning in 2005 with the world's first carbon nanotube enhanced products in a partnership with Easton Sports. Zyvex has continued to introduce innovative new materials and products to customers in aerospace, automotive, marine, industrial and sporting equipment industries.


text: After watching Game 1 vs Detroit, I feel like our team is the biggest bunch of babies in the NHL. We fake fall on every play and got a lot of cheap calls. Still happy we won but we need to toughen up and stop being actors and trying to get all the calls.


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Clinical Research
Is This Study Right for My Child?
Resources: Links to Videos and Web Sites
Contact the IRB
What is clinical research?
Clinical research is research that directly or indirectly involves humans as subjects and can include any of the following:
Direct interaction or intervention between a person or group of people and an researcher such as:
- Medical history from interviews or reviews of medical charts;
- Physical examinations;
- Blood and urine tests;
- Collection of tissue specimens;
- x-Ray, MRI or other imaging study;
- Interviews, questionnaires and surveys.
- Interventions such as a drug, vaccine, diet, psychological counseling or medical device.
Indirect interactions between a person or group of people and a researcher, such as a review of medical records.
What are some of the types of clinical research?
Clinical research includes a wide range of research including:
- Investigation into the mechanisms of human disease
- Studies of the genetics of disease
- Studies of therapies or interventions for disease. These are known as clinical trials
- Studies to develop new technology such as diagnostic tests and devices
- Epidemiological and behavioral studies
- These studies examine the spread of disease, factors that can affect health, and how people make health-related decisions.
- Outcomes and health services research
- These studies seek to identify the most effective and most efficient interventions, treatments, and services.
What are the steps in a clinical research study?
The investigators must first develop a research idea. The best ideas are often based on a problem experienced by the researcher's patients. The researcher usually reads medical journal articles and talks with colleagues in order to learn what others have already done and to improve their ideas.
Before a researcher can begin a study, they need to secure funding to pay for study personnel, statisticians, lab tests, supplies and other costs. A study that only involves a questionnaire could be very inexpensive while a study to test a new drug therapy could be quite expensive. Some research, particularly studies of new drugs, is funded by pharmaceutical companies but most of the research that takes place at CHOP is funded by the National Institutes of Health, large foundations or by CHOP itself.
Once the researcher has secured funding to pay for the costs of the study, they need to develop a formal protocol that outlines their plan in detail. The research protocol is the recipe for the study. It outlines the objectives, describes which individuals will be allow to take part, lists all of the procedures and specifies the plans for analyzing the data. The protocol also describes all of the steps that will be taken to protect the individual participants.
Even with grant support and a protocol, the study still needs one more approval from the IRB (institutional review board) which is the hospital's research ethics committee. The members of the IRB have expertise in scientific areas, the conduct of research, research ethics, federal and state laws that govern research and at CHOP, the issues of importance to understanding children and their development.
The IRB is made up of individuals who are independent of the research study. Its job is to protect the rights and welfare of study participants. Its members include:
- doctors and other scientists
- nurses, pharmacists and other care providers
- bioethicists
- lay people without scientific training
- people from the community who are not employed at CHOP
The IRB system ensures that an independent group has examined each study and approved it before the research begins. The IRB is also responsible for approving the study consent forms. The IRB makes sure that the consent form accurately describes the purpose of the study, the procedures, the risks and benefits and the protections of the participants confidential information.
Once the IRB has approved the research protocol and consent forms, the investigator can finally start to enroll participants and conduct the research. Some studies only involve a short questionnaire and then are over; others involve experimental treatments that last for years. Regardless of how long the study lasts, the investigator has to follow the plan outlined in the protocol and has to monitor the participants to ensure that the study is safe for them. At least once a year, the investigator has to send a report to the IRB.
When the study is completed, the investigator gathers all of the data collected and begins to analyze the results. For more complex studies, it can take years to finish the analysis and many research papers might result. The process for other studies could be quite quick. In addition to publishing results in medical journals, the results of studies can be presented in lectures and at scientific meetings.


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My mother, 'no longer the boss'
"Mom, it's Peggy."
"Hello, Peggy, it's good to see you." My frail, 90-year-old mother does not rise from her position on the couch. She looks at me with clear blue eyes and smiles. She is weak, and rising from a sitting position is an ordeal, so she remains in place, sitting on a special pad to protect her thin body from the pressure of sitting. I kiss her on the cheek, so soft and papery.
She would not like to know what she looks like now, with missing teeth, scraggly hair and wearing a diaper. Her appearance had been so important. Because she couldn't afford the clothes she loved, she learned to sew at a young age, and tailored beautiful outfits. Now she wears comfortable soft pants and tops that we have picked out for her. We buy colorful fleece jackets; she always loved color and knew exactly which ones she could wear to best advantage. Now she is not aware of what she is wearing, and her colors are mainly for us, her kids, and the people who care for her in the facility for people with advanced dementia. She is a favorite of the staff, so sweet and sharing, careful of the feelings of others.
It is a clear, crisp day in early September, a day typical for Minnesota: low humidity, brilliant blue sky. I talk about the loveliness of the day and encourage her to sit outside with me. She agrees, as she does to any of my suggestions. She is a different kind of mother to me now: no longer the boss, but the child.
We slowly walk across the central meeting room in this building where she has lived for the past three years. It's divided into four "homes." Like her, the seven other dementia patients who share her living area have loved ones who can no longer care for them.
From the time we were little, Mom warned us that she would never impose on us when she was old. In the depths of the Depression, she had been displaced from her bedroom by an elderly relative who lived with her family of four sisters, mother and father, and she never forgot it. Dad was forced to commit her here; he was her same age and in failing health, and he could no longer cope with her care.
While he was alive, they saw each other all the time. He would walk over from his assisted-living building next door. He is now gone for two years. Her real home, her husband of 65 years, her children, her profession, her hobbies and skills, even her green thumb -- these have all faded from her life. She can't remember that she was a home ec teacher, a mother of eight, with an adoring husband; that she could grow anything, could sew beautifully, always dressed impeccably and didn't care for entertaining.
I live a thousand miles away in Baltimore, and I visit her every three months. Spacing the visits like this means that I see definite changes in her memory with each visit. I am a physician and I can't help noticing that she is slipping each time I see her.
I cannot let her know in advance of my visits because she cannot use a telephone, and she has virtually no memory of recent events. Even if told of my visit by her caregivers, she would not retain the information.
So I just show up. She is never surprised to see me. The ability to be surprised seems not to have survived the ravages of her dementia. She accepts what comes to her. Despite this, she has never yet failed to recognize me, although recognition has been a little slow lately. First I see a puzzled expression on her face, as she searches her moth-eaten memory for my name, my identity. Then she smiles and greets me by name, introduces me all around with all three names, first, middle and nickname. Names she gave me. Relief floods over me each time.
I lead the way as we slowly step from the meeting room and walk through the glass doors to the outside. She haltingly pushes her walker in front of her as she negotiates the doorway. Brilliant sunshine assaults us as we step into the enclosed courtyard. There is a cupola in the center, with benches inside, and smooth, paved paths around the outer edge. Flowers have been planted all around the perimeter and in waist-high planters scattered here and there.
We walk together to a grouping of three rocking chairs in the shade of a birch tree, really a lovely spot. We have sat here before, many times. I grab a rocker, and she gingerly transfers from her walker into a chair. I ask a few questions, focusing on the weather and our immediate surroundings. She has lost nearly everything, except what is in the immediate here and now. She can become temporarily sad and confused if she cannot remember someone I talk about, so I don't mention my family. It is easier if we just talk about the beautiful day.
Then another patient, a woman in her 70s who is in excellent physical condition, thin and trim, speed-walks by, on her twice-daily constitutional. She drops down in the remaining rocker on the other side of my mother, asks her how she is and why she is not walking. I know her well; we see each other at each visit. But despite her physical well-being, she has severe dementia, too.
As she sits, I get up to walk a bit in the sun, and as I leave, I overhear the fellow patient ask who I am. I almost cry when I hear the answer.
"Some lady from church," my mother says.
Cecilia Brennecke is a radiologist and medical director of radiology at Johns Hopkins at Green Spring Station.


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As if ZDT (Zero Dark Thirty) was not enough. Wait until you all see Manhunt which I just did at Sundance. It's a CIA propaganda film justifying torture, targeted killings etc. The agents who were in the film attended the screenings: Nada Bakos, Cindy Storer and Marty Martin. Martin was in charge of the OBL investigation. All obviously had CIA clearance to talk etc. Martin justifies the "torture techniques." Martin, of course, ought to be investigated for violating the torture law and jailed if found guilty, along with the next guy below.
Jose Rodriguez, former head of the Counter Terrorism Center, is a primary talking head justifying waterboarding with only a passing statement or two by Ali Soufan, former FBI agent, disagreeing. Of course, there was no mention of the destruction by Rodriguez of the tapes of the waterboardings that he oversaw. It was extremely upsetting to sit and watch Rodriguez on the screen as an oracle and Martin treated as a hero by the audience.
While part of film is the story of the female analysts who worked away on the case, and the killing of CIA agents at Khost, the film goes a long way toward justifying torture—in fact, all the way. One irony of the killings at Khost is that the Jordanian doctor who blew himself up to do it was angered by the Iraq war. That war was begun in part on false "evidence" obtained by the US torturing al-Libi who provided the claimed links between Saddam and al Qaeda.
Among the films many failures and omissions is its editing away of the reasons al Qaeda says it attacked the United States. At least twice Osama is shown giving an interview in which he expresses his anger at the United States–each time he is cut off before giving the reasons for that anger. The film ends with General McChrystal speaking pablum on the way to ultimately stop terrorism: understand Muslin and Arab culture. Should not the audience have been given the opportunity of hearing why al Qaeda says it attacked the United States: presence of the U.S. military in Saudi Arabia, sanctions against Iraq and support for Israel? While nothing justifies the intentional killing of thousands of civilians, perhaps addressing some of the underlying causes might lessen the impetus to commit such acts. Nor does the film address the dangers of blowback. While it opens with the efforts of Osama and others to rid Afghanistan of the Soviets it fails to point out the US aid to those efforts including the arming of Jihadists that ultimately blew back against the U.S.
Shockingly, this travesty of illegality was paid for by HBO and got a coveted spot at Sundance of which of which they are a sponsor.
Putting this film together with ZDT, the Green Zone, Argo etc we seem to have a real rehabilitation of the CIA's image. That Rodriguez could act as Oracle and Martin as hero shows the high costs of Obama's failure to prosecute. Anecdotally at least most of that liberal Sundance audience accepted what was done and applauded it. I am afraid this debate in the context of protecting the "homeland" has been lost for now.
The great counter to this experience was seeing Rick Rowley and Jeremy Scahill take on JSOC, targeted killings and drones in Dirty Wars. I thought it was the best documentary at Sundance. It received standing ovations and gave me some hope. Perhaps it was a different audience. People were most upset at the killings of Americans without due process and also at the point Dirty Wars proved again and again: there are reasons America is hated; drones and "targeted" killings that destroy communities are high on that list.


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Bonds: The bond market was weak overnight in front of the economic data this morning, but prices have recovered slightly this morning. The SEP13 30yr bond futures are still down 8 ticks to 139'09. This market is slightly below our key pivot of 139'12, and thus we believe if this market stays below here we could see another leg down soon, especially if Bernanke mentions considering tapering this year. We are also tracking the MAR16 eurodollar interest rate futures. Today this market is down 3 ticks to 9862. It is below a key level of 9868, and we would not be surprised to see this market make a big move lower over the next several months, again, especially if the Fed is more hawkish on tapering tomorrow.
Currencies: The Euro currency continues its very bullish trade, today trading up 67 ticks to 134.16. 133.40 is a big market profile level, and can serve as a support level for the Euro. Our near term target for the Euro is 134.50. The Aussie dollar is down 38 ticks today to 94.28. It seems as though the Aussie is at the mercy of the central bank's statements on their opinion that the Aussie is still overvalued. We would not be surprised to see this currency head lower.
Commodities: Gold is now down $19 on the morning to $1363. We believe that gold continues to be in a very bearish technical environment, and our next market profile target to the downside is $1348. We would not be surprised to see gold make new lows for the year and head below $1300. Natural gas has rebounded nicely this week, with JUL13 NG trading up $.07 to $3.95. We detect a potential reverse head & shoulders pattern in this market, with a first price target at $4.03.
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Fred Wilson B.A., attending the 2006 homecoming football game, heard President Tom Hochstettler announce that the playing surface of Griswold Stadium had been named in his honor. Wilson, longtime head football coach at the College, retired in 1987.
Jim Misko B.A. backed off after 42 years of professional real estate work in sales, exchanges, development, and syndication, and has filled his life with writing, hiking, and biking. His latest book, a novel titled For What He Could Become, came out in February 2006 and the first printing is almost sold out. (See also Bookshelf). His real estate book, How to Finance Any Real Estate Any Place Any Time, is in its third printing. Misko and his wife, Patti Krumm Misko '57, have lived in Alaska for 32 years and now head for their home in La Quinta, California, when the snow flies.
Richard Fiske B.S. took up mountain climbing at the age of 54. In 1999 he took a year's leave of absence and after seven years of preparation, attempted to climb Mount Everest. He reached 27,000 feet but had to come back down when the weather turned bad. Since then he has been doing motivational speaking for Stonecroft Ministries and several Fortune 500 companies.
David Sellers B.A. and his wife, Dianne Shiner, moved from Holden Village to Whidbey Island, Washington. Retired from the Central Intelligence Agency as chief psychologist, he continues to work as a consulting psychologist. His most recent travel was to Tanzania, where he and Dianne volunteered as teachers at Massae Girls' Lutheran Secondary School, near Arusha.


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Colleges seek to help students with learning disabilities
Endowed with a new freshman's hunger for independence, Alix Generous thought she could conquer college without seeking help for the learning disabilities she'd dealt with since she was 11.
She was wrong.
In her first year at the College of Charleston, Generous decided against using the school's assistance programs for students with dyslexia and other disorders, even though she'd relied on such help throughout her childhood. "I was like, 'Now I'm 18 and can do what I want,' " she said. "I definitely had that attitude. But a lot of it also was ignorance."
"It totally screwed me up," said Generous, who grew up in Maryland. "In the easiest classes, like intro to theater, I got a C."
Generous finally started accepting help, and her grades improved. She later transferred to the University of Vermont, where she's now a junior. She gives talks about her experiences to audiences across the country.
But tens of thousands of other college students keep their learning disabilities a secret.
Now some schools are focusing more attention on getting such reluctant students to disclose their learning disabilities before they run into severe problems in the classroom – and bring down those schools' increasingly important graduation rates.
Just a quarter of students who received help for their disabilities in high school acknowledge in college that they need the same assistance, according to the National Center for Learning Disabilities.
While 94 percent of high school students with learning disabilities get some kind of help, just 17 percent of college students do.
"Many (learning-disabled) students first get to college and really want to do it on their own," said Sarah Williams, an East Carolina University associate professor of special education who's helping North Carolina's public universities handle learning disabilities better. "They're really tired of the whole system."
The problem is expected to only get worse. A study that the American Academy of Pediatrics published in 2011 found that learning disabilities in children rose steadily from 1997 to 2008, while diagnoses of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder – often grouped with learning disabilities – jumped 33 percent.
Students with learning disabilities are far more likely than others to drop out of four-year colleges. Just 34 percent complete four-year degrees within eight years of finishing high school, the National Center for Special Education Research reports. That compares with 56 percent of all students who graduate within six years, according to the National Student Clearinghouse, a research center.
That's a growing problem for colleges, which have been pressured by the federal government to improve their graduation rates. President Barack Obama has proposed tying federal funding for colleges, in part, to that measure of universities' success.
Few schools are doing enough to help students with dyslexia, ADHD or other disorders find the help they need, some experts say. Although the Americans with Disabilities Act requires every university and college to have a disability office, it can be hard to find or understaffed.
Combined with 18-year-olds' natural inclination to go it alone, the difficulties often lead newly arrived college students to run into classroom troubles quickly, said James Wendorf, the executive director of the National Center for Learning Disabilities.
The big drop-off in the number of students who disclose their disabilities "is not happening because learning disabilities are magically disappearing," Wendorf said. "It's not like the summer after 12th grade swipes clear the brain."
It can be hard for these students to ask for help in college, however, and not just because of ignorance or a perceived stigma associated with disabilities. Many college disability centers require documentation of students' learning disabilities.
A set of tests used to verify whether a student has a disability, necessary for those who have no documentation or haven't been tested before, costs as much as $5,000, according to academic-support and disability-services coordinators at several colleges and universities – a price that K-12 schools pay but many higher-education institutions won't.
While more and more colleges offer innovative programs in which staff members work closely with students who have learning disabilities, many charge extra for those, too. Some schools have turned to grants and private donors to cover the cost, but students often are expected to pay for the programs.
At Arkansas' University of the Ozarks, the Jones Learning Center serves about 65 students and costs $22,900 per year, on top of the university's $23,750 tuition. The center, which boasts a 4-to-1 staff-to-student ratio, recruits students with learning disabilities from across the country, said its director, Julia Frost.
"You wouldn't think a school would seek out students with learning disabilities, but we do that," she said. "If you've got a program and staff that serves those students, then you need students."
But programs such as Ozarks' can help only students who help themselves. With many reluctant to come forward, some schools are taking steps toward them.
The University of North Carolina system is among a growing number of higher-education institutions that are experimenting with the Universal Design for Learning, which uses alternative educational tools that help students with learning disabilities perform better in mainstream classrooms.
Professors might present materials using specific colors or interactive technology to help students with dyslexia or other disorders grasp concepts that are particularly challenging for them. Advocates say the method also helps students who don't have disabilities.
But introducing new teaching methods has its own challenges.
"I think we have to always remember that while professors are amazing experts in content areas, many of them have had no training in pedagogy," said Williams, who's introducing the Universal Design for Learning to three North Carolina campuses. "We have to find practical ways to help them know how to do that."
At several traditional schools, disability advocates said they were beginning to see students be more comfortable disclosing their problems.
"A student understands this is just about leveling the playing field," said Eve Woodman, Princeton University's director of disability services.
About 2 percent of Princeton students admit to either learning disabilities or ADHD, she said.
Then there are the handful of schools that accept only students with learning disabilities, including Beacon College in Florida and Landmark College in Vermont.
Too few conventional colleges are devoting the necessary resources to helping students with disabilities, Beacon President George Hagerty said. "It's both unfair and unethical to bring students to an institution that is not well-equipped to support those students," said Hagerty, whose campus serves about 200 students.
Schools also are being challenged to prepare students who have learning disabilities for life after college. Paul Jarvis, an 18-year-old freshman who came to Ozarks from Milton, Ga., is counting on that. After college, Jarvis said, "I'm going to have to do stuff without the support. But these schools have prepared me."


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Monday, February 04, 2008
Sonic Boiler, Teabag Bin & More
From the news archives, here's an assortment of somewhat offbeat tea-related items.
For the gadget lovers, the New Zealand press reports on an inventor and saxophone player who's whipped up with a "sonic boiler," a device that supposedly boils water very quickly.
I'm not sure why you'd need a bin set aside specifically for your used tea bags, but if you do, the Teabag Bin is tailor-made for you. From the manufacturer's blurb:
"This stylish little container made from high grade steel or plastic sits happily next to the kettle and swallows up used teabags keeping your kitchen mess free. Available in chrome, brushed steel and a selection of colours the Teabag Bin is a must have item for your home."
Not content to simply drink your tea? According to this article - Things You Never Thought You Could Do with Tea! - you can use it to tenderize meat, polish furniture, freshen stinky carpets and more.
shop for tea books.
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I've used one of those tea bin things. It was fiddly and to be honest pretty unhygienic, or at least messy, as you end up with a great pile of teabags and trickles of tea running down the side. Then you have to empty it anyway - which is considerably fiddlier than simply putting the teabag in the bin in the first place....
I'm not sure what problem this is supposed to be the solution for!
- Heather Cowper said...
Hello Bill, I thought you might be interested in my blog post about a tea tasting I enjoyed in Bristol - I gave your blog a mention.
- StevenJack said...
Hi Bill, it is very good post about tea.I've used one of those tea bin things.
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In the September 2007 issue of ONE, Paul Rimple wrote about women in Georgia who have chosen a life of service to God and humanity by entering religious life and joining one of various monasteries in Georgia, such as St. Mary Monastery:
The seven sisters of St. Mary Monastery in Bediani, a remote village in the southern mountains of Georgia, begin their day with communal prayer at 4 a.m. Three hours later, they are tending the gardens and the bees, milking cows, making cheese, embroidering vestments and cleaning the chapel.
Georgia's religious houses are expected to be self-sufficient, which requires ingenuity on behalf of the sisters. But the sisters of Bediani also care for six single mothers and their children, who live near the convent and have little means of earning a living.
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