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For most air travelers, the only game in town is Las Vegas International Airport, officially known as McCarrarn International Airport, or by its call sign "LAS." With a convenient location just five miles south of the city center, the airport see more than 750 domestic and international flights arrive through its two terminals each day. Terminal 1 focuses on domestic flights, while Terminal 3 is internationally oriented. Terminal 3 is where you can find ticketing and baggage claim for the majority of both domestic and international airlines at McCarran International Airport.
Las Vegas' second-busiest airport is North Las Vegas Airport, also known as VGT. North Las Vegas Airport focuses primarily on sightseeing flights to nearby destinations like the Grand Canyon, private charter flights to Las Vegas, and general aviation. If you use a helicopter at any point during your Las Vegas vacation, it may depart from or arrive at North Las Vegas Airport, which is also an important base for the aerial branch of Las Vegas' police department. Henderson Executive Airport, code HSH, serves predominately as a hub for general aviation pilots and enthusiasts, but also operates a limited number of air taxi routes to destinations throughout the surrounding desert region.
If you're headed to Las Vegas by air, you're in luck. More than a dozen airlines offer nonstop cheap flights to Las Vegas, from domestic carriers like American Airlines, United Airlines, and Delta Air Lines, to international players such as British Airways and Korean Air. Fly one of the many low-cost carriers that offer Las Vegas flights. Search for Jet Blue flights to Las Vegas, or fly one of the local hub carriers like Allegiant Air or Southwest*, to ensure not only that you get a great fare, but the most convenient flight schedules.
Few other airports in the United States offer more nonstop destinations than Las Vegas, which connects more than 42 million passengers annually to major air destinations like Dallas-Ft. Worth, Miami, and Atlanta, as well as secondary cities from Indianapolis, to Providence, to Omaha, Nebraska. Las Vegas also offers a full house of international flights, with scheduled service to Heathrow and Gatwick Airports in London, the South Korean capital of Seoul, and European cities from Frankfurt, to Madrid, to Zürich.
The only thing more constant than Las Vegas' hot, sunny, dry weather is its universal popularity, which means that terms like "low season" and "high season" are mostly irrelevant for Las Vegas travelers. There isn't a particular time of year to visit that's better for finding cheap flights to Las Vegas than another, but since Las Vegas' dozens of airlines compete for passengers from all around the world, your odds of finding a winning deal are just as good today as they'll be tomorrow.
If you're feeling lucky, you might bet it all on finding last-minute flights to Las Vegas, which can sometimes be surprisingly cheap. Since many travelers spontaneously decide to visit Las Vegas, from eloping couples to money-minded casino goers, you've got a good chance of winning big when you spin the roulette wheel for last-minute flights. Maximize your savings on flights departing soon by bundling them together with hotels and rental cars, whose prices tend not to fluctuate as much as airfare when you are traveling on short notice.
There are almost as many ways to get around Las Vegas as there are casinos and hotels, so it's important to know which is best suited for your budget and travel style before your flight lands. Take a public bus operated by Regional Transportation Commission of Southern Nevada (RTC) to save the most money for your favorite casino games. Routes 108, 109, and the Westcliff Airport Express are your best non-stop bets to the airport, while the "Strip and Downtown Express" service can take you anywhere you need to go once you arrive in the heart of Sin City.
Another way to save money on transportation in Las Vegas is to take a shuttle from the airport. Choose a big-name commercial shuttle such as SuperShuttle for the convenience of on-demand pick-up and drop-off, or take advantage of the complimentary shuttle transport offered by certain Las Vegas strip hotels – calls yours in advance to see if a shuttle is available. Once you're on The Strip, take advantage of the Las Vegas Monorail for safe, affordable public transport or, if the weather and your energy level permit, walk so you can take in the sights, sounds, and smells at your own leisurely pace.
The most convenient way to get around Las Vegas is by renting your own car, both in terms of travel from the airport into the heart of the city, as well as traveling onward to destinations just outside of it. Splurge on limousine service if you're a real high roller, whether you hop into one of the on-demand limousines waiting in the arrivals area, or book in advance to score custom rides, from stretch Hummers and Escalades, to chauffeured cars whose drivers can help you with all of your travel needs.
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Death Valley sits on the opposite side of Las Vegas, about half of the way from Sin City to Los Angeles, California's proverbial City of Angels. The beautiful desolation of Death Valley is the perfect place to dry out your bad luck, while the lush oasis of Palm Springs, just beyond it, is great for quenching your thirst for the luxury your newfound winnings afford you. Then again, you don't need to leave Nevada to marvel at the splendor of the desert that Las Vegas sits in. Hike through Red Rock Canyon, which sits just 17 miles west of the Las Vegas Strip, to appreciate the gorgeousness of the American desert on a day trip from your glitzy, glamorous gambling vacation destination.
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Sometimes I wonder why I (and many others) spend so much time trying to argue against completely fact-free "facts". I research, find high-quality sources and provide links, only to be told that the New York Times is dangerous left-wing propaganda, or that Wikipedia is all made up. So if we can't beat them, let's join them. Counter moronic made-up facts with your own. Learn from the morons – here's how they do it:
- Make something up (if you can't, then repeat something you heard from another moron).
- Write a blog article about it. Make sure you link to "sources" – in other words, blogs carrying the same myth.
- Tweet the crap out of it. If you're really lucky, some crazy Fox pundit will pick up your fairy-tale and it'll go global.
Here are ten completely made-up facts to get you started (just link to this post as a "credible source" if you decide to blog them).
- Glenn Beck is not American-born. He's actually a mid-ranking SS Captain from Nazi Germany who was cryogenically frozen as part of a CIA experiment.
- George W Bush and Dick Cheney conducted a passionate gay relationship throughout the Iraq War, and so failed to focus on its aftermath.
- The far-right English Defence League (EDL) refuses membership to anybody who can spell.
- Sarah Palin is trying to suppress a doggy-sex movie she made at college.
- The Tea Party is a front for militant homosexuals who want smaller government so there's nobody to stop them from turning all American children gay.
- Extreme Zionist settlers in the West Bank don't have penises. They believe that when the last Palestinian is killed, God will return their genitals.
- Rupert Murdoch's TV and newspaper interests are part of an extremist right-wing plot to reduce the world's average IQ by 20 points (actually, this one might be true).
- UK Prime Minister David Cameron is Osama bin Laden.
- Koch Industries' oil is actually made from aborted fetuses.
- Ronald Reagan and Pol Pot were best friends.
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Splash of wheat-free tamari
A good source of whole grains and fiber, this sprouted-corn tortilla wrap will fill you up for only 320 calories.
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Call it babysitter boot camp.
Nannies are often the first line of defense when it comes to child rearing for working families. But they often lack any professional child-care training.
"My biggest concern was really trusting the person I leave at home with my child all day," said Holly Shapiro, a working mom who uses Absolute Best Care in Midtown, a nanny-placement agency that starting October 26, will start offering what they call "Nanny school."
"Up until now, a nanny walks into a house, [they] play it by ear," said Douglas Kozinn, owner of Absolute Best. "There is no training."
The new Nanny School was designed by Saul and Monique Moskowitz, along with Kozinn, and the course is the only one of its kind to be certified by the New York State Board of Education.
The school will teach the ABC's of basic child development, but also covers an extensive advanced checklist.
"Go over the day in the life, the schedule, the family values," said Saul Moskowitz. "Based on those things, be able to create a plan to service the nanny according to the family's needs."
The school also aims to teach nannies to find out what foods their family likes, know their pet peeves, how to keep an environmentally friendly home and even how to make parents feel comfortable after a hard day at work.
It may sound like a nostalgic throwback to simpler times, but Kozinn says, "I don't think we're training a 1950's housewife -- we're training a 2010 nanny."
Of course, getting some of the best care for your child doesn't come cheap. The nanny academy costs nearly $4,000. But some parents say that's a small price to pay for what really matters.
"I love the fact that all I need to do is love my child, and she manages from A to Z," said Holly Shapiro. "So why wouldn't I invest in her -- that's like investing in my child."


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Songs made famous by global superstar Tom Jones will be aired in a concert featuring dynamic entertainer Glen Leon.
Glen will sing hits from five decades in One Night Of Tom Jones at Mansfield's Palace Theatre.
Classic numbers such as Delilah, With These Hands, It's Not Unusual, What's New Pussycat? A Boy From Nowhere and many more are lined up for his show in town on Sunday, March 1.
The range and raw energy of Glen's voice is renowned for its uncanny resemblance to Tom Jones.
Broadcasting legend Tony Blackburn described Glen's voice as "Closest I've heard to the man himself" while Tom Crane from Sixties' band The Merseybeats said: "Incredible. Close your eyes and you'll think Tom Jones was actually in the room."
Glen will be accompanied by the 13-piece ConnectionOrchestra, which has worked in West End shows, and female backing singers from the award-winning Black Voices.
His move into a cabaret career came in 1996 after several years in the music industry in which he did session work for record companies, wrote his own songs and played in bands.
He stumbled on performing a tribute to Tom Jones after doing an impression of him in his act.
Singing the songs of the Welsh -born superstar, Glen has supported Mike Read, Tom O'Connor, Cannon & Ball and many other big names.
In 2010 he began a Michael Buble Tribute Show (The Buble Feeling).
Glen has been entertaining all over the world since 1987 and has appeared on radio and television.
His first appearance on television was Jane Macdonald's Star for A Night to great acclaim and he went on to work on cruise ships around the globe.
He also appeared on HTV Wales Classy Acts with the band Atomic Jones; three years later the same band became The New Amen Corner.
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A person with knowledge of the Big 12's discussions tells The Associated Press that no decision has been made to add West Virginia to the conference, Louisville is still a candidate to replace Missouri and no decision about expansion is expected before next week.
The person spoke Wednesday on condition of anonymity because the Big 12's internal discussions are occurring privately.
West Virginia appeared to be the choice of the Big 12 presidents after a Monday board of directors' meeting, but now Big East rival Louisville is back in the picture.
The person says "no real decision was made on Monday" and the Big 12 is not committed to any school.
Missouri seems likely to leave the Big 12 for the Southeastern Conference.


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Halle Berry ( /ˈhæli ˈbɛri/; born August 14, 1966) is an American actress, former fashion model, and beauty queen. Berry received an Emmy, Golden Globe, SAG, and an NAACP Image Award for Introducing Dorothy Dandridge and won an Academy Award for Best Actress and was nominated for a BAFTA Award in 2001 for her performance in Monster's Ball, becoming the first and, as of 2011, only woman of African American descent to have won the award for Best Actress. She is one of the most highly paid actresses in Hollywood and also a Revlon spokeswoman. She has been involved in the production side of several of the films in which she performed.
Before becoming an actress, Berry entered several beauty contests, finishing as the 1st runner-up in the Miss USA Pageant (1986), and coming in 6th place in the Miss World Pageant in 1986. She made her film debut with a small role in 1991's Jungle Fever. This led to starring roles in The Flintstones (1994), Bulworth (1998), X-Men (2000) and its sequels, and as Bond Girl Jinx in Die Another Day (2002). She also won the Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actress in 2005 for Catwoman and accepted the award in person—one of the few performers to do so.
Berry was born Maria Halle Berry, though her name was legally changed to Halle Maria Berry in 1971. Berry's parents selected her middle name from Halle's Department Store, which was then a local landmark in her birthplace of Cleveland, Ohio. Her mother, Judith Ann (née Hawkins), who is Caucasian, was a psychiatric nurse. Her father, Jerome Jesse Berry, was an African American hospital attendant in the same psychiatric ward where her mother worked; he later became a bus driver. Berry's maternal grandmother, Nellie Dicken, was born in Sawley, Derbyshire, England, while her maternal grandfather, Earl Ellsworth Hawkins, was born in Ohio. Berry's parents divorced when she was four years old; she and her older sister Heidi were raised exclusively by her mother. Berry has said in published reports that she has been estranged from her father since her childhood, noting in 1992, "I haven't heard from him since . Maybe he's not alive."


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I'm going through my relatively small nail polish collection and photographing my favourite shades.
This week is Glitters!
What's not to love about this Nail Polish? It looks silly? I don't care! I think it's uber cute!
Barry M's Once Upon A Time has little party glitters – long strips that look like bacteria multiplying – in it. It takes 2-3 coats to build up to a super glittery look.
I don't entirely love Barry M anymore after it stained my nails (STILL waiting for it to grow out) but as long as I can keep the glitters, I'll be ok.
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I didn't bring any hardware with me, so I'll be installing them tomorrow.
I'll try anything once, maybe twice!
Actually, we still have the standard camber adjustment using the various mounting holes, but I don't think any of them give you more negative camber. Maybe one does. Almost all of them give you positive camber. If you cut maybe 1mm off both ends of the rod, you could have a lot more adjustment range. The rears are going to be a tight fit though. I think the rear plastic camber links are the same length as the front pushrods on a mini Summit and you can get those in aluminum, but they aren't adjustable and only come in red.
I got the rest of the parts in yesterday, and got them installed today...
I didn't realize that the front & rear camber links were different sizes, the fronts I was able to tighten down all the way to match the plastic links length. The rears was a different story. I had to cut about 3.5mm off each end as they are 7mm shorter than the fronts.
Here's the heat sink motor plate...
I also dropped in a 12T pinion, that caused me to have to trim a little more off the driveshaft tunnel...
I'll try anything once, maybe twice!
Then, it was time to work on the roof lights. I originally wanted to go with the 6-can rack, but it's longer than the roof is wide. I tried to figure out how E-Maxxdude mounted his, but I wanted to use the Pro Line parts. I ended up using the 4-can rack, which worked out nicely. Pro Line puts out a nice setup!
I had to trim a notch in the rear caps for the wires, then screw them on.
Then after mounting them in the rack, a little wire tidying...
The links...
The finishing touches will be to paint the Bead-Loc rings orange to match the body, and the 300K diff oil(paste!).
I'll try anything once, maybe twice!
Love it!
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Put a thin bead of silicone around the front lenses on your PL lights. I flipped and lost two of them in the park yesterday. They don't stay in well if you have a rollover.
I'll try anything once, maybe twice!
How about a running video of this badboy?
I'll try anything once, maybe twice!
Hello guys, today I got some time to dig out a little trench in my boy's track. I got him(he's 5) to take a short vid of the Telluride for me. I edited it to slo-mo so I could see the suspension action. Here it is...
That's running with the soft compound Pro Line Badlands. I'm going to try the soft compound Trenchers next.
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I'll try anything once, maybe twice!
Thanks for the vid!!
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I have never seen this thread before today? Why has this not ever been on my page?
Nice build. Subd'
Ya can't polish fertilizer...
Hey guys, I have the full video here..http://youtu.be/M3U4FEcPARc
This was filmed by my 5 year old, soon to be 6. Our dog even got into the action!
I'll try anything once, maybe twice!
Nice pics!! I have never heard of "scalloping," how does it do on the slower stuff with the heavier wt diff fluid?
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I would believe that 'scalloping' would mean slicing the foam to soften them up. Not so much as to cut the foam all the way through but maybe half way down.
At first I did not like the look of the tellu, but its growing on me 8)
Ya can't polish fertilizer...
Just do some triangle cuts in the foam so when yer done it looks like a big gear. It helps the tire compress a little better to have more contact with whatever rocks yer climbing over.
Ok, latest update, I got the Stampede arm & shock protectors. I only put the fronts on for now. I also did that tire foam mod so the tires can compress easier. What a difference! I changed the rear diff fluid to 300K. I'll have to give it a go tomorrow & see how she runs!
Cheers! AB
Looks kinda weird, but the SC foam is very shallow, so I couldn't do deep "V" cuts. But it works!
I'll try anything once, maybe twice!
Hey guys, I've been running my telly recently, both with 2S & 3S LiPo's, only to have my Castle MMP go into thermal mode regularly. This happens when going slow through rocky trails, or running fast doing jumps and such. I'm running 12/54 gearing with the Pro Line Trencher X SC's. I'm thinking about running a Muchmore micro fan on top of the ESC, as I really don't want to change the gearing. The 2800Kv 550 can motor doesn't even get warm. Any thoughts??
Also, I got my Pit Bull R/C crawling tires in, and I ordered some Pro Line "memory foam" for those tires, I'm looking forward to trying them out! Also, I really enjoy being able to drive in the dark with the lighting kit, makes for some great night time fun!
I'll try anything once, maybe twice!
Wauw man,looks very nice, lots of changes
looks awesome love the build
but man you have to have over a grand into this thing already
Well dude I have just finished reading this and all I can say is what a sick and well though out buildkeep up the awesome work.........peace
Famous last words...watch this!!!!
They look great
Wow I'm jealous
Awesome build keep up the good work!
And we thought toy grade RC's where cool...
Are those 2.2"s?
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Are they a soft tire or medium compound.
I am looking for 2.2 tires from Proline for trails/bashing. Which did you like best the Badlands or Trenchers?
Man that's coming along good making me want to get one now
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This document summarizes the best current practice for
embedding accessibility roles and states in HTML
documents. In summary, HTML
documents SHOULD define a data format to
store such role and state metadata in the
attribute of individual HTML elements. HTML documents with such
embedded metadata should include an ECMAScript library that understands
this data format and parses the role and state metadata for the purpose
of copying it to the appropriate namespaced attributes defined in [ROLEMOD] and [WAISTATE].
This document is offered to the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) as a suggestion for embedding accessibility roles and states in HTML documents.
This draft represents the current thinking within IBM with regard to creating accessible HTML documents and HTML-based web applications.
W3C has had no editorial control over the preparation of this Note. This document is a work in progress and may be updated, replaced, or rendered obsolete by other documents at any time.
A list of current W3C technical documents can be found at the Technical Reports page.
User agents parse [HTML4] and XHTML family documents into a Document Object Model [DOM2]. The DOM is a document tree structure with an API to access, modify, and monitor the document. The DOM represents the data model of the document, and the DOM API is the primary means for assistive technologies to retrieve accessibility information about the document.
Assistive technologies depend on extracting semantics from the
document in order to represent it to the end user. The HTML
specification defines a limited number of semantic elements and
attributes, for example data tables within the page, or checkboxes and
radio buttons with a web form. Web authors who wish to create richer
interfaces generally use generic HTML elements (
) to build custom
controls, then script each control's behavior with ECMAScript. These
custom controls tend to have poor accessibility, because an assistive
technology can not determine how to represent the generic HTML elements
to the end user. The Web Accessibility Initiative (WAI) Protocols and
Formats working group has created the Dynamic Accessible Web Content
Roadmap [DHTML ROADMAP]
to describe the problem and solutions to these accessibility issues.
[ROLEMOD] defines an extensible framework for web authors to declare the role of each element on the page. The WAI Working Group is using this extensible framework to create a taxonomy of roles [WAIROLE] and states [WAISTATE] to describe common user interface controls that are not represented in XHTML. Web authors can declare these roles and states on any element within an XHTML document, to indicate that the element represents a custom interface control. User agents can then retrieve this accessibility metadata from the DOM and expose it to assistive technologies through the accessibility architecture of the underlying operating system.
However, the methods described in [ROLEMOD], [WAIROLE], and [WAISTATE] can not be used directly in [HTML4] documents, because they rely on namespace features of XHTML that HTML documents do not support. (More precisely, user agents that parse HTML documents do not parse namespaces defined in HTML documents, so the namespaced attributes would not end up in the appropriate place in the DOM.) However, the DOM API itself does support namespaces, even in HTML documents. A user agent which supports [DOM2] can execute scripts that add namespaced attributes to the DOM after the document has been parsed.
This opens the door to building a bridge between the limitations of HTML and the new capabilities of XHTML. If accessibility metadata could be declared in some way within an HTML document, an ECMAScript library could use the DOM API to retrieve the metadata and copy it into the appropriate role and state namespaces at runtime. This approach has the significant advantage of not requiring any changes to user agents which already support the [WAIROLE] and [WAISTATE] modules in XHTML.
The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT", "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this document are to be interpreted as described in RFC 2119 [RFC2119].
Note: The following XHTML definitions are taken from the W3C XHTML Media Types document.
xml:lang), but an XHTML
Family document type MAY also include
elements and attributes from other namespaces, such as MathML [MathML2].
HTML documents contain a finite set of elements, and they do
not allow the use of namespaces for defining additional elements.
However, there is one attribute common to virtually every HTML element,
class attribute, which allows for some
limited amount of extensibility. The HTML specification states that the
class attribute is primarily used for defining
style sheet selectors, but it may also be used
for general
purpose processing by user agents. [HTML4
section 7.5.2] Furthermore, [HTML4]
defines the
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a delimiter. The ECMAScript library will be parsing the document to
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attribute until it sees the delimiter keyword. The next keyword after
the delimiter represents the accessible role, and further keywords (if
any) represent one or more accessible states. This will allow web
authors to continue to define one or more classes that act as style
sheet selectors, while allowing the necessarily flexibility to also
define an accessible role and any number of accessible states.
User agents will treat all keywords within
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in the class attribute of each element and copies it to the correct
attributes in the appropriate namespaces defined by [ROLEMOD] and [WAISTATE].
From the assistive technology's point of view, the
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Bicycle Colorado necesitaba un nuevo diseño de camiseta y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 49 diseños de 16 diseñadores freelance.
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Bicycle Colorado is the nonprofit organization dedicated to building a bicycle-friendly Colorado.
We are supported by thousands of members who realize that we need to work together to protect the rights of bicyclists – or risk losing them. We work for more bike lanes and paths, better education and trails, and bicycle-friendly laws. Our efforts are primarily focused at the state and regional level since that's where so many of the policy decisions that affect bicyclists are made.
Some of our recent successes include:
*Ending the State Patrol's damaging cap on bicycling events
*Gaining hundreds of miles of new shoulders for bicycling on state roads
*Changing the law to allow bicyclists to ride side-by-side when safe
*Securing $8.9 million for Colorado communities to develop bicycle routes to schools
*Ending the bicycle ban on the Central City Parkway
*Ensuring mountain biker representation in the planning and preservation of open space lands
*Ending the ban on racing events in northern Colorado
*Changing the law to allow bicyclists to signal right turns with the right hand & ending the law that required bicyclists to dismount in a crosswalk
*Protecting and improving important mountain bike trails
*Gaining 24 hour access for bicycles on light rail trains
Our target audience for the jersey is bicyclist. The jersey will be a lycra type jersey, so it will appeal more to road and mountain cyclist. We've done two jerseys so far, and here is link to them:
I also attached templates and our 2009 jersey below as an example.
We're looking for a cool, catchy design that appeal to cyclist. We'd prefer if the colors chosen are visible, as road cyclist may use them when cycling on the road. Otherwise, use your imagination and come up with something really cool!
This page are templates you can use:
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I wanted to take another break from discussing music to talk about the next big actor in Hollywood who is bound to be adored by women of all ages. His name is Andrew Garfield.
He was recently rewarded the role of Peter Parker in the upcoming Untitled Spider-man Reboot film which is set to release July 2012. He also stars alongside Jesse Eisenberg and Justin Timberlake in The Social Network the true story about the creation of Facebook.
Look out for this guy in the near future as he is about to become a household name in the film industry.


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Karl Lagerfeld has dedicated his entire life to style and image. His fashions include reasonably priced ready-to-wear for young men and women as well as red carpet gowns worth tens of thousands of dollars for exclusive celebrity clientele. He conceived the short denim mini skirt and the box jacket. He is the head designer for both Chanel and Fendi, as well as for his very own line of fashions.
Karl Lagerfeld's imagination isn't limited to clothes. His creativity extends to a wide range of products, including bags, jewelry, fragrances, shoes, home décor, photography, and art. He makes no excuses and enjoys takes risks. He even caricatures himself in some of his designs. His personal look is iconic: a long, white ponytail, and dark sunglasses.
Yet, Lagerfeld has a soft side no one ever knew existed. In 2011, he met "the one" and instantly fell in love. Her name, Choupette is a French pet name for her. In all of his photos with her, he is constantly snuggling and kissing her. He told an interviewer that he's become a better person since she came into his life.
Choupette is a gorgeous white-haired cat. She has her own maids, groomers, drivers, and she often travels with him. She, too, has a caricature in some of his designs, and he even designed a plush toy that looks just like her.
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For over 10 years, CG Mobile has designed and distributed stylish, luxury mobile phone accessories, tablets, and laptop computer accessories around the globe. They partner only with distinguished, top-of-the line fashion and automotive brands. CG Mobile's products and designs are on the cutting-edge of all the latest trends.
CG Mobile's design headquarters office is in Paris, the fashion and style capital of the world. That's where the innovators gather together to inspire and create new products. Each season, they launch a brand-new set of products to advance, improve, utilize, protect, and broaden the efficiency of all major mobile devices.
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Karl Lagerfeld has now partnered with CG Mobile, which makes perfect sense. Lagerfeld's creativity and innovation fits in flawlessly with CG Mobile's meticulous demands for excellence. He will now add his imagination, flair, take-a-risk manner, and iconic, cool style to CG Mobile's products.
Every consumer, woman or man, will, without a doubt, find the perfect mobile accessories to fit both their personal style and needs. And they might even find that great girl like Choupette. And, maybe even some sunglasses.
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Ideal for those who enjoy light, healthy cuisine, this wok is ideal for low fat sautéing that preserves your food's natural goodness. With its unique design, the Edo wok is also ideal for serving food at the table.
Designed by Patricia Urquiola, Edo pots blend different cultural references and formal suggestions. A richness of references that evokes the very essence of cooking: diverse ingredients creating delicious dishes. Edo refers to the Latin "edere" - that is "to eat" - but it is also the ancient name of Tokyo, where the pots with simple and graceful lines that inspired the designer come from. The design of the Edo series is softened by formal elements such as the light flare of the containers or the line of the handles reminiscent of ribbons pinned to a dress, which becomes a distinctive feature of the entire the entire cookware line.
Born in Oviedo in 1961. She attended the faculty of Architecture at the Madrid Polytechnic and at the Milan Polytechnic University where she graduated in 1989 with Achille Castiglioni as her supervisor of whom she was assistant at the Milan Polytechnic from 1990 to 1992. From 1990 to 1996 she was at the Product Development Office for De Padova where she co-operated with Vico Magistretti. In 1996 she became design responsible at Studio Lissoni and Associates. In 2001 she opened a studio of planning where she looks after design, installations and architecture.


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Filmmaker John Sayles' first bonafide box-office success, Brother from Another Planet centers on a black escaped slave from a faraway planet (Joe Morton) who finds himself on the mean streets Harlem. Though the locals are put off by the slave's inability to speak, they are won over by his technical wizardry.
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How to Utilize Evernote iPad App in a Classroom
Evernote iPad app is the digital equivalent of a school notebook, so it's easy to utilize in your classroom. Evernote notes you create on your school iPad can be accessed across all your devices at school, home, and on your mobile phone.
Having tools that work on both mobile devices and computers is indispensable when you use your iPad while you're out and about and then need to continue your work on a laptop or desktop.
Evernote is a blend of digital notebook and all-purpose filing cabinet. You can use it to create and keep information or to store and organize all types of digital content. In fact, Evernote is so multidimensional that it's difficult to pin down a simple description.
It's easier to describe Evernote by what you can do with it. The following list highlights just a few examples of how you might use Evernote iPad app in the classroom:
Take notes, Type class notes, meeting notes, to-do lists, ideas, and more. Just set up notebooks in Evernote, and create notes as you need them. Take Evernote with you on your mobile device wherever you go, and use it to remember everything. Your notes will be waiting for you on your desktop or laptop when you sign in.
Record audio. Notes don't have to be text. Use the microphone on your iPad or mobile device to record audio in your notes. Record a lecture. Have students record themselves reading or speaking in a foreign language. Record a snippet of a song you want to remember. Record voice reminders.
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Collect content from the web. Evernote can be used to archive webpages, images, or any other portion of a webpage. Using a tool called Evernote Clipper, you can cut out any portion of a page for archiving.
Archive anything you can e-mail. You don't need to have Evernote with you to archive your digital content. Every Evernote account has its own unique e-mail address. As long as you can e-mail anything, you can save it to your Evernote account.
Students can submit digital assignments by simply emailing them to this special address. You can even tag incoming content in an email, in order to direct that content to a specific folder.
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Armani, Bulgari, Nobu: Luxury brands have designs on hotel market
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These days, purveyors of luxury can go beyond owning, eating or imbibing their favorite brand; they can live it. No longer content with selling a mere fraction of the lifestyle experience, an increasing number of high-end luxury companies have decided to open hotels, where their clients can eat, sleep and breathe the brand around the clock.
Nobu Hospitality is the most recent company to join the fray. It's the organization behind global Japanese restaurant chain Nobu, and it started taking reservations this past October for
the first ever Nobu Hotel
, set to open within Caesars Palace in Las Vegas come January 2013. Soon to follow are locations in Riyadh, London, Bahrain and the Caribbean.
Food will naturally be a key focus; the Vegas hotel will host the company's largest restaurant, at 12,000 square feet. The Nobu menu will be available from room service 24/7, and the kitchen (open for breakfast and lunch) will offer more products, including green tea waffles and a Japanese take on bagels and lox. Mainly, though, the hotel is about increasing the company's reach.
"Anybody who walks into a Nobu restaurant, we want to convert for ourselves," says Trevor Horwell, chief executive at Nobu Hospitality. "Once we open, we want it to go the other way around too."
Read related: Business or pleasure? Luxury hotels offer day-only rooms
Horwell says the plan to break into the hotel industry was born simply of the fact that in many of the other hotel chains that boast a Nobu, the restaurant is a major draw.
"We realized we were building other hotels' brands, when what we should be doing is building our own," he says.
Hotels have become big business for luxury brands of late. Armani, Baccarat, Bulgari and Missoni have all made the transition to an industry that nominally, it would seem they know little about.
"Hotels are a great way to showcase the design identity of a brand, and to project a lifestyle that goes beyond products," notes Silvio Ursini, the executive vice president of
Bulgari Hotels & Resorts
Bulgari Hotels mimics the exclusivity of its design brand by limiting its room count. It reminds guests of its history by showcasing a mix of contemporary and classic Italian architecture, and by using vintage Bulgari designs to inspire some of the textiles and furnishings. Guests receive a more direct reminder of the brand inside their rooms, which each carry a Bulgari catalog.
Still, Ursini admits, "hotels are a very different and complicated business."
It helps, of course, to be partnered to a larger hotel chain. Bulgari Hotels and Resorts is a joint venture between Bulgari and the luxury division of Marriott International. Bulgari opened its first hotel in Milan in 2004 and now also has branches in Tokyo, Bali and, as of last summer, London.
Read related: Marriott mogul on 55 years of change
Similarly, Armani, which has literally taken the concept to new heights by opening
its flagship hotel in Dubai's towering Burj Khalifa
(the tallest building on earth), has partnered with Emirates-based Emaar Properties.
"When Mohamed Alabbar [chairman of Emaar Properties] introduced the idea to Giorgio Armani in 2005, it immediately attracted his interest, as it offered him a genuine challenge," recalls Jason Harding, the regional general manager at Armani Hotel Dubai.
Travel + Leisure's Features Editor explores hotels styled by couture designers with CNN's Fredricka Whitfield
"A hotel is an entity that goes beyond the confines of fashion. It's something that will endure over time."
A famous London cafe is set to reopen as a luxury hotel, as CNN's Ayesha Durgahee reports.
Like its competitors, Armani touts that hotels give them a better base from which to truly sell a lifestyle.
"In our hotels we offer something that in its own way equates perfectly with the spirit of Armani's clothes," says Harding. "It is an approach to life: comfort, functionality, and aesthetics, all in perfect harmony." The hotel even goes so far as to assign each guest their very own "lifestyle manager," a position that is best described as an Armani-clad personal concierge.
Read related: 6 incredible luxury hotels in the Middle East
Opening a high-end luxury hotel chain during a worldwide recession may seem like risky business -- especially as rooms don't come cheap: rates at Nobu are upwards of $249 a night, Armani doubles start at $570, while the Bulgari London charges $700 for a double room.
Occupancy rates, however, have been high, according to the hoteliers. Bulgari London says it has been fully booked most nights since opening, while Armani has quoted its levels as "healthy." It's a bit early to say for Nobu, which has only just started taking reservations, but so far, it is optimistic. Brand recognition, they all agree, is key in bringing in the bookings.
"Bulgari's name is evocative of uncompromising luxury," says Ursini. "It is definitively shaping the customers' choice."
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Approval of new Regulation will raise standards for the issuance of credit ratings used in the Community
The European Commission has welcomed the respective approvals from the European Parliament and from the Council on the proposed Regulation on credit rating agencies (CRAs). The Regulation will have a major impact on the activity of credit rating agencies, which issue opinions on creditworthiness of companies, governments and sophisticated financial structures. Credit rating agencies will be expected to comply with strict standards of integrity, quality and transparency and will be subject to ongoing supervision of public authorities. Users of credit ratings in the EU will be in a better position to decide if the opinions of a specific credit rating agency are trustworthy and to what extent those opinions should impact their investment choices.
Commission President José Manuel Barroso said: "Today's approvals of the Commission's proposals on credit rating agencies are the latest example of the EU leading the world in responding to the economic and financial crisis, restoring confidence and preventing a repeat. Our G20 partners agreed in London to move in the same direction the EU has taken today. The Regulation will help give investors the information, integrity and impartiality they need from credit rating agencies if they are to make prudent investment decisions that create growth and jobs instead of bubbles of excessive risk."
Internal Market and Services Commissioner Charlie McCreevy said: "The Commission has long insisted that profound changes were necessary to the framework in which the credit rating industry operates. With this Regulation, the EU is setting an example to be followed and matched. Today we are satisfied that as a result of intense cooperation between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission this state-of-the-art regulatory regime has been adopted swiftly. We expect the conduct of the credit rating agencies to be significantly improved as a result of this Regulation, with clear benefits to the integrity and stability of the financial markets."
This directly applicable Regulation puts in place a common regulatory regime for the issuance of credit ratings thus responding to the need for restoring market confidence and increasing investor protection.
As a rule, all credit rating agencies that would like their credit ratings to be used in the EU will need to apply for registration. The applications will be submitted to the Committee of European Securities Regulators (CESR) and decided upon in a consensual manner by the relevant securities regulators grouped in a college. The college of regulators will also be involved in the day-to-day supervision of credit rating agencies.
Specific, albeit sufficiently exacting, treatment is envisaged and may be extended, on a case-by-case basis, to credit rating agencies operating exclusively from non-EU jurisdictions provided that their countries of origin have established regulatory and supervisory frameworks as stringent as the one now put in place in the EU.
Registered credit rating agencies will have to comply with rigorous rules to make sure (i) that ratings are not affected by conflicts of interest, (ii) that credit rating agencies remain vigilant on the quality of the rating methodology and the ratings, and (iii) that credit rating agencies act in a transparent manner. The Regulation also includes an effective surveillance regime whereby regulators will supervise credit rating agencies.
New rules include the following:
The new rules are largely based on the standards set in the International Organisation of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) code. The Regulation imposes rules which have a legally binding character.
CRAs contributed significantly to the current problems in the financial markets. They clearly underestimated the risk that the issuers of certain more complicated financial instruments may not repay the debts. As they gave the highest possible ratings to many of those complex instruments, inexperienced investors felt encouraged to purchase them, even without assessing properly the risks. As market conditions were worsening, CRAs failed to reflect this promptly in their ratings. These failures by CRAs were combined with an imprudent approach of the investors. As a result, credit was granted even if it would not be justified by economic fundamentals.
In October 2007 EU Finance Ministers agreed to a set of conclusions on the crisis (the 'Ecofin Roadmap') which included a proposal to assess the role played by credit rating agencies and to address any relevant deficiencies. The European Councils of 20 June and 16 October 2008 called for a legislative proposal to strengthen the rules on credit rating agencies and their supervision at EU level, considering it a priority to restore confidence and proper functioning of the financial sector.
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Golf and much more on the Costa Brava...
Spain is the perfect country for indulging your passion for sport. As well as hosting major sporting events, it also offers unique areas where you can enjoy everything from extreme sports to other more relaxing activities for the whole family.
Golf on the Costa Brava
Spain is an international reference for golf enthusiasts. One of the country's most privileged golfing destinations is the Costa Brava (Catalonia). Modern sports complexes offering a full range of services, prestigious hotels, courses designed by worldwide experts, a wide variety of leisure and cultural activities… We can't take the credit for the region's wonderful climate, but we encourage you to come and enjoy it all the same.
If you like golf, then you probably know that the Costa Brava is recognised as one of the world's best golfing destinations. Every year, thousands of players choose the Gerona coast, in Catalonia - northeastern Spain - to perfect their swing, and this figure is on the increase. The Costa Brava incorporates a wide range of additional attractions that sets it apart. Its location is definitely a fundamental asset: on the shores of the Mediterranean, bordered to the north by the Pyrenees. Summing up, this is a privileged area of coast, with sunshine and stunning landscapes where the sea and mountains come together.
Excellent courses await you at Gualta, in Caldes de Malavella, Navata, Lloret de Mar, Puigcerdá, Peralada and Platja d´Aro, amongst others. There are 10 complexes available in total. You can choose between technical courses, ideal for expert golfers looking for a challenge, and easy courses for beginners. There are courses on the flat, set between pine and cork forest, with artificial lakes, or right on the coast.
These golf courses are in places with good road access from cities such as Gerona and Barcelona. Furthermore, in towns such as Palamós, Cadaqués and Roses you can enjoy the authentic flavour of the Costa Brava. Stunning beaches and coves, the chance to enjoy water sports in L'Estartit-Illes Medes or Badia de Palamós-Calonge, shopping centres, interesting cultural visits, excellent gastronomy, happening nightlife… If you are coming to play golf, you are sure to come across a host of other attractions. Come and see for yourself: the Costa Brava is the essence of the Mediterranean.
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text: Buried Alive Cruel and Unusual Punishsment Buried Alive Cruel and Unusual Punishsment by Stephen Lendman Friday, Mar. 16, 2012 at 4:25 AM email@example.com torture Buried Alive Cruel and Unusual Punishment by Stephen Lendman What America's Eighth Amendment and international law prohibit, US federal, state and local prisons permit. Solitary Watch reports "news from a nation in lockdown" to bring America's widespread use of barbaric "solitary confinement and other forms of torture in U.S. prisons out of the shadows and into the light of the public square." It calls the practice "one of the most pressing (unaddressed) domestic human rights issues in America today - and also one of the most invisible." Many thousands are affected. More on that below. Supposedly solely for the "worst of the worst," it's used abusively as punishment without cause, despite no legitimate penological purpose. "Today, inmates can be placed in complete isolation for months or years not only for violent acts but for possessing contraband, using drugs, ignoring orders, or using profanity." Thousands are isolated for whatever reasons authorities choose. Some were for being gang members "based on information from other inmates who are rewarded for 'snitching,' " whether or not what they said was true. Mentally ill inmates are punished. So are children needing "protection," gays, lesbians, and transsexuals, Muslim for praying to the wrong God, others for their political beliefs, or those reporting rape by prison officials and/or guards. "In Virginia, a dozen Rastafarian men have been in solitary for ten years because they refuse to cut their hair on religious grounds." Long-term effects are profound. They include severe anxiety, panic, rage, loss of control, emotional breakdown, hallucinations, profound despair and hopelessness, regressive behavior, paranoia, self-mutiliation, suicidal thoughts, and other self-destructive behavior. Over time, everyone's vulnerable to emotional breakdown and uncontrolled behavior. Long-term confinement in windowless cells 23 hour a day causes madness. Even the strongest-willed break. Inmates have little or no human contact. They're denied visits, phone calls, television, reading material, art supplies, and other common amenities most people take for granted. Many remain isolated for years. In Louisiana, two aging prisoners have endured solitary confinement for four decades. It's astonishing how anyone could withstand it and stay alive. In fact, they're among the living dead. Precise numbers of isolated prisoners aren't known. Little data's published. Many states don't collect it. However, at any time, many thousands are affected. Over 25,000 supermax inmates endure long-term isolation under constant closed-circuit TV surveillance. Many thousands more also endure it in federal, state, and local Secure Housing Units, Restricted Housing Units, Special Management Units, and other solitary conditions with little or no outside contact. The most recent 2005 federal Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) found 81,622 inmates in "restricted housing" confinement. Categories include administrative segregation, disciplinary segregation, and protective custody. According to Solitary Watch.com, best available data confirm "at least 80,000 prisoners in isolated confinement on any given day in America's prisons and jails, including some 25,000 in long-term solitary in supermax prisons." ACLU Lawsuit Charges Arizona's Prisons with Cruel and Unusual Punishment On March 6, the ACLU Prison Law Office and Arizona Center for Disability Law, as well as Jones Day and Perkins Coie law firms claimed Arizona Department of Corrections (ADC) authorities house thousands of prisoners in solitary confinement conditions so harsh they violate the Eighth Amendment ban on cruel and unusual punishment. Gratuitous cruelty's inflicted. It includes windowless cells, 24 hour illumination, two poor quality daily meals, little or no medical care, constant isolation except for six hours weekly most prisoners refuse because they hardly differ from daily confinement, and much more. An ACLU press release states: "Prisoners in the custody of the Arizona Department of Corrections receive such grossly inadequate medical, mental health and dental care that they are in grave danger of suffering serious and preventable injury, amputation, disfigurement and even death, according to a federal class-action lawsuit filed today by a legal team led by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Prison Law Office." "The lawsuit also charges that thousands of prisoners are routinely subjected to solitary confinement in windowless cells behind solid steel doors, in conditions of extreme social isolation and sensory deprivation, leading to serious physical and psychological harm. Some prisoners in solitary receive no outdoor exercise for months or years on end, and some receive only two meals a day." Prison Law Office executive director Donald Specter called Arizona's prison conditions "among the worst I've ever seen. Prisoners have a constitutional right to receive adequate health care, and it is unconscionable for them to be left to suffer and die in the face of neglect and deliberate indifference." Critically ill prisoners desperate for help are told "be patient," or "it's all in your head." Lung cancer victim Ferdinand Dix filed repeated health need requests in vain. Untreated, it spread to his liver, lymph nodes, and other major organs before being hospitalized when it was too late. Arizona Center for Disability Law attorney Jennifer Alewelt said: ""Faced with such gross indifference on the part of prison officials to the needs of prisoners with mental illness in their care, it was essential we get involved." Among other concerns, the lawsuit demands prisoners be given constitutionally adequate health care, including medications in a timely manner. It also wants them no longer held under social and sensory deprivation conditions, risking serious long-term harm. According to Arizona legal director Daniel Pochoda: "Arizona has used the absence of transparency to callously ignore the basic needs of persons entrusted to its care, at times with deadly results. Absent court intervention, the health and well-being of thousands of prisoners will continue to be sacrificed to economic expediency," indifference and gratuitous brutality. "Buried Alive: Solitary Confinement in Arizona's Prisons and Jails" In 2007, the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) published a detailed report on how isolated Arizona prisoners are brutally treated. Calling it the first of its kind in the state, it launched AFSC's "StopMax Arizona campaign." Its "deeply troubling" findings said: "Arizona has chosen to employ long-term isolation not only for sentenced adult felons but also for juveniles under 18 years of age and for persons detained in jail prior to being found guilty of the criminal charges pending against them. The implications of these practices are far reaching and potentially damaging to Arizona families and communities." Isolated cells are small with only a toilet, sink, and metal slab for a bed. Most are windowless, so night and day are indistinguishable. Prisoners describe either eerie silence or deafening noise 24-hours a day. Isolated, they have virtually no human contact. Food's delivered through small steel door slots. Shakedowns and strip searches are common. Inmates have no access to prison programs, including jobs, rehab or education. In 2000, the United Nations Committee Against Torture called supermax isolation in violation of the UN Torture Convention. Prisoners call it "the hole." A few days alone are punishing. Imagine how horrific for years. Arizona has two type long-term isolation facilities: Special Management Units (SMU) I and II. In 2007, they housed 1,623 inmates. Over one-fourth were mentally ill. Average confinement lasts five years. Prisoners say it's like being buried alive. One said he "never truly wanted to die until I spent time in an Arizona SMU." In other words, death's preferable to daily torture. Juveniles are also isolated. Cognitive science research shows young brains don't mature until early twenties. Punishing them this brutally causes permanent impairment. Arizona's Maricopa County Jails house America's fourth largest inmate population. It includes a supermax security wing with 144 beds and 288 close custody cells employing various types of isolation. Most inmates await trials under horrific conditions. Innocence or guilt doesn't matter. Maricopa County sheriff Joseph Arpaio makes national headlines for barbarity. AFSC findings replicate information above. Key ones state: "1. Prisoners in supermax units have higher rates of mental illness. 2. Supermax units are damaging to prisoners' mental health. 3. There is no evidence that supermax units reduce prison violence. 4. Research suggests that long-term isolation is linked to increased recidivism." A Final Comment AFSC and others bluntly say long-term isolation violates human rights standards amounting to torture and abusive treatment. At the same time, no penological purpose is served. It's employed punitively. Children like adults are affected. So are mentally ill inmates. Authorities act with impunity. Prisoner have no rights whatever. No society should tolerate it. Neither should lawmakers. Fundamental international humanitarian laws are violated. They include the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the UN Torture Convention, and UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination. In 1995, the UN Human Rights Committee called long-term prison isolation incompatible with international standards. Moreover, in 1996, the UN Special Rapporteur on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment concurred. So do other human rights advocates. No one should be treated barbarically for any reason. America's gulag is the world's largest and in many respects the worst. Focus solely is on punishment. Rehabilitation's virtually ignored. Federal, state and local prisons are just as punitive. Thousands of horror stories aren't told, including torture as well as male and female rape. Angela Davis calls it "an institutionalized component of punishment behind prison walls," affecting men, women and children. Guantanamo's not just in Cuba. It proliferates across America out of sight and mind because major media scoundrels ignore it. In a nation practicing torture as official policy, anything behind bars goes on. Those affected have no escape. Those in charge don't give a damn and do what they please with impunity. Stephen Lendman lives in Chicago and can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com. Also visit his blog site at sjlendman.blogspot.com and listen to cutting-edge discussions with distinguished guests on the Progressive Radio News Hour on the Progressive Radio Network Thursdays at 10AM US Central time and Saturdays and Sundays at noon. All programs are archived for easy listening. http://www.progressiveradionetwork.com/the-progressive-news-hour/. sjlendman.blogspot.com


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Michael Fassbender & Nicole Beharie
Michael Fassbender worked with Nicole Beharie in Shame. Today they were photographed together looking friendly in New York. Perhaps the rumours are right and there's more to it. Sorry I can't manufacture any more enthusiasm for him. I just...care a lot less about Michael Fassbender these days since discovering his pants problem.


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A very essential factor that any business and company must have is a constant flow of traffic. Knowing this, business owners need to find techniques to enhance the exposure of their company. Advertising is the best way to do this; however, in this modern world there are already various methods of promotion that you could choose from. You can benefit from the media through T.V, radio and Newspaper advertising, create an attractive collage or flier or make use of valuable materials such as bags and shirts.
How Promotional Products Work
Researchers have shown and proven that these products have done an outstanding effect in increasing money traffic, generating leads, developing a company's identity and in building client's loyalty especially in this tough economy. These promotional products work by imprinting your company's logo and name unto the item. The most common materials used are bags, shirt, and toys. Because these items are appealing and beneficial, people like to accept them and serves as motivators and incentives. Because they are so products to choose from, you can be flexible in planning an effective advertisement. According to a research study conducted by one of the universities in the United States, these techniques can significantly increase rates for up to 75 percent.
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Promotional products are flexible and can be suitable in any kinds of ads and in any situations. The effectiveness and impact of your products used in promotion on the marketing campaigns can be easily measured, and feedback can be seen every time. When your customers received an item from you, they will feel they are given importance by your company and therefore provide a great way in building clients' loyalty by a higher perceived value. They also complement targeted campaigns and other media with its ability to be modified for the exact campaign and can also work efficiently when joined together with other marketing products.
It is proven that promotional products are effective techniques used to improve product sales, but there are times that these items are not applicable for other purposes. There are times that small business may sometimes find difficulty in paying for these products due to a deficiency in resources compared to bigger companies. Generally, products used for promotions are for short durations and increases sales for a short while which is difficult to maintain. The bottom line is you need to ensure that your marketing and advertising department should use effective strategies on how to implement properly your marketing strategies.


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February 13, 2013, Kennewick, WA (ISN) – Victor Rask scored a hat trick and former American Chris Driedger turned in a 31 save performance to push the Calgary Hitmen past the Tri-City Americans 6-2 in front of 3,355 at the Toyota Center.
Tri-City ties a season high with three straight losses and falls to 13-12-0-2 on home ice. Calgary won their fourth straight against U.S. Division opponents and will look to make it a perfect 5-for-5 against the division against Spokane tomorrow.
The first period was back and forth, as each team did not have many shots, but each shot was a good chance. Tri-City outshot Calgary 4-3, and had a couple of good opportunities, the best being a Lucas Nickles breakaway that was denied. Calgary scored first as Victor Rask fired a shot through traffic past Luke Lee-Knight just under eight minutes into the period to give Calgary a 1-0 lead into the second.
Former Tri-City American Brooks Macek got on the board 30 seconds into the second period to make it 2-0. Calgary scored two goals during 4-on-4 play within 30 seconds of each other midway through the second as Brady Brassart scored, followed by Rask netting his second of the game to increase the lead to 4-0. This prompted a goalie change as Troy Trombley saw his first action at home this season.
The Americans finally scored late in the second period on the power play as Malte Strömwall fed Jesse Mychan at the right post, putting the puck into a wide open net to make it 4-1. The Hitmen would increase the lead back to four less than 30 seconds later. Chase Clayton scored his third goal of the season to make it 5-1. Tri-City outshot Calgary 17-8 in the period, but didn't have as good of chances as the Hitmen, making it a four goal deficit after two periods.
Rask completed his hat trick in the third period as he beat Trombley to make it 6-1. Mitch Topping scored on the power play, beating Driedger high blocker side to cut the lead to 6-2 with less than six minutes remaining. Calgary cruised the rest of the game to leave Kennewick victorious.
Tri-City had a season high eight power play opportunities tonight and converted two of them.
Lee-Knight made six saves in 31 minutes of work and Trombley made eight saves in 29 minutes of work.
Tri-City will have two days to mentally prepare for a tall task, as they go on the road to take on the CHL's best Portland Winterhawks (46-8-1-2, 95 pts) in the Veterans Memorial Coliseum on Friday, Feb. 15. Game time is at 7:00 p.m. Portland has dominated the series against Tri-City winning six of seven meetings, including shutting out the Americans twice. Last time these two met, Portland left Tri-City with a 7-0 win. The only win for the Americans was in early December in Portland 3-2. NewsTalk 870 will broadcast the game beginning at 6:45 p.m. with the pregame show. WHL
Live will stream the game starting at 7:00 p.m.
Jack in the Box Three Stars:
1. Victor Rask, Calgary
2. Brooks Macek, Calgary
3. Chris Driedger, Calgary


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Redeem-Now.com Makes it Easier to Redeem and Track App Promo Codes
As a mobile app reviewer, I get requests to review apps ALL THE TIME. The requests come in all shapes, forms, and fashions. As a result, it's easy for me to loose some in the shuffle (just being honest). The requests I do respond to usually include a promo code to redeem from iTunes to check out the app first. Redeem-Now.com makes it super simple to issue, redeem, and track iTunes promo codes.
Simply put, If you have promo codes to giveaway and you want to make it easy for people to redeem, all the while making it easier to keep track, Redeem-Now lets you create url's from codes that when clicked, takes users directly to iTunes to redeem. For example, if a PR firm wants to send over a promo code to a particular reviewer (who shall remain nameless), instead of sending over the actual code that said reviewer has to copy/paste from the email into the correct "redeem" location in iTunes; the firm can create their own links, embedded with the promo code, to send over to the reviewer. All the reviewer has to do is tap the url and boom! iTunes pops up and the promo code is redeemed.
Redeem-now looks eerily like a WordPress dashboard, which is cool since most sites runs on WordPress anywayz. Registering and creating a profile is free and creating url's is simple:
- Add the iTunes url to the app in the appropriate field
- Enter the code(s) to embed in the appropriate field
- (optional) Enter tags (ex. AppScout promo code) to remember to who or what this code as intended for
- Click "generate promo links" and you're done.
I can't make any promises, but I can say the easier it is for people like me to redeem iTunes app promo codes, the better. Whether you're a user, developer, review site or PR firm, check out the Redeem-Now FAQ page to find out the benefits, and let me know what you think in the comments section.


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By Mike Allen
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, January 5, 2005; Page A15
House Republicans opened a new session of Congress yesterday by pushing through a new rule curtailing the ways ethics investigations can be launched, a day after they retreated on two other ethics moves.
With Democrats objecting, Republicans passed a package of House rules that requires at least one Republican to agree before the ethics committee begins an inquiry. The committee's membership is evenly divided between parties, and previously a deadlock meant an inquiry would automatically begin.
Republicans contend that the change -- passed 220 to 195 -- closes a loophole and protects lawmakers against politically inspired investigations. But Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) called the move "shameless" and said it reflects Republicans' "arrogant, petty, short-sighted focus on their political life."
On the eve of the session, Republicans abandoned their plan to gut a rule that allows the ethics committee to admonish a member even if no specific law has been broken, and restored a rule requiring a party leader to step down if indicted.
Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Tex.). said the decision to back off was aimed at denying the opposition "ammunition on the first day" of the new Congress.
"They're going to do it anyway. But that's part of their long-standing announced strategy -- to tear down the institution in order to gain power," he said.
Pointing to the House floor, though, DeLay said he is not worried. "Look what's happening in there," he said. "We're winning, and we're going to keep on winning."
Opening the two-year session, members toted toddlers and family Bibles into the chamber for a brief swearing-in and a 40-minute roll call returning Rep. J. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) to the speaker's chair. He declared, "The 109th Congress will be a reform Congress." He said he has "big plans" and promised to work in a bipartisan way to get additional tsunami aid for South Asia. The session is likely to be dominated by President Bush's plan to privatize Social Security and by fights over his judicial nominations.
But amid the opening-day pomp, Republicans struggled privately with fissures from their leaders' effort to water down rules.
Ethics committee Chairman Joel Hefley (R-Colo.) broke with GOP leaders on the House floor, saying he thought the changes were a mistake since they were done without bipartisan discussion.
"I don't like that," Hefley added, although he voted for the package. He also said the committee should have been consulted. "These are the people that struggle with these issues every day," he said. "You ought to be concerned about what we think would make the process work better. You don't have to follow it."
Adding to the drama of Hefley's public rebuke of House leaders, lawmakers and aides said he will be replaced this week as ethics chairman. Leadership aides contend that term-limit rules mean it is time for him to go, but exceptions can be made. "I expect to be booted," Hefley told reporters.
A Republican aide said that the current rules "would never be tolerated in a court of law" and that the changes "insert an appropriate level of due process."
Minority Whip Steny H. Hoyer (D-Md.) said the Republicans' decision to withdraw their plan to neutralize one of the most fundamental ethics rules "was neither a philosophical nor a substantive retreat -- it was a tactical judgment by an extremely good counter of votes."
At a Monday night meeting in the House chamber with pizza boxes stacked outside, DeLay called for the restoration of the "indictment rule," and members did so unanimously. DeLay said yesterday that he had been thinking about the idea for a week or so, and made the decision only an hour before speaking to his fellow Republicans. "I heard nothing from members over the break on this issue," he said.
However, some lawmakers said leaders had called to take their temperature over the break, and many said that rank-and-file Republicans were shocked to find what was in the rules package, which had been e-mailed to them two days before New Year's Eve.
Some Republican lawmakers said that it looked like hubris, and that their constituents had begun to complain. One member of the leadership, who declined to be named so he could speak about his views, said he thought the changes were "the wrong thing to do" because it reminded him of the overreaching by Democrats before Republicans won control in 1994. "I said, 'My God, we're not going to be like them,' " he said.
Rep. Zach Wamp (R-Tenn.) said the return of the indictment rule had removed "a ball and chain around our foot."
A Texas grand jury is investigating a fundraising committee linked to DeLay. DeLay said the change makes him more vulnerable to a politically inspired indictment. Asked if he thinks he will be charged with a crime, he said, "I doubt it."


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I love it when breakfast sort of disguises itself as dessert. Let's talk pancakes for a moment. Serve those sweet fluffy, round cakes in the morning with a generous drizzle of maple syrup and you have breakfast . Serve something similar after dinner and it's dessert. Let's call them what they are – cake.
Our weekday mornings are harried with me quickly trying to stuff the kids with a bit of protein and them procrastinating over their shoes but the weekends are for lingering and indulging in the teetering line of breakfast dessert.
Fortunately our latest favorite is more breakfast than dessert as it's fairly light on sugar, loaded with oats and topped with juicy pears whose natural sugars condense and caramelize in the hot oven. A sweet and nutty crumble nudges into the cracks and crisps in the oven creating a lovely crunch against the creamy oatmeal.
Weekends are for slowing down, taking a moment to catch your breath, feeling grateful and yes, maybe a bit of indulgence too. This recipe is one for the weekend.
Baked Oatmeal with Roasted Pears
adapted from Super Natural Every Day
Serves 6
2 cups rolled oats
1/3 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
¼ teaspoon fresh ground nutmeg
½ teaspoon chopped rosemary (optional but adds something real special)
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
2 cups milk
1 egg
2 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
2 teaspoons vanilla (or a vanilla bean, or both)
3 pears, cored and cut in half
Crumble Topping
½ cup walnuts (or any other nut you prefer)
1 Tablespoon butter, melted
pinch salt
1 Tablespoon brown sugar
Preheat your oven to 375 degrees.
Butter an 8×10-inch baking dish.
Combine oats, baking powder, cinnamon, nutmeg, rosemary and salt. Stir together. Pour this mixture into the buttered dish.
In another bowl, combine the brown sugar, milk, egg, 2 Tablespoons melted butter and vanilla. Whisk together completely. Slowly pour this over the oats.
Tuck the pears into the oats.
For the crumble: Combine everything in a small bowl then sprinkle over the top of the oats and pears.
Bake for 40-45 minutes, until the center is cooked through and the crumble is deep golden and caramelized. Let cool slightly then serve. Serve with maple syrup, brown sugar and a bit more melted butter if you'd like.