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Okay Facebook just dropped their last bomb at the Facebook F8 developer summit after an overwhelming number of updates since yesterday . Facebook wants you to tell your story to the world from your personal timeline page, you can head over at facebook.com/about/timeline to get started.
Facebook timeline is nothing but a visual representation of your life and the events surrounding it. It's more of a controlled and customized page where you can organize the important stuff and create an online storybook, ready to be used as a reference in case a complete stranger stumbles on your Facebook profile. On your timeline page, you can share and highlight most memorable posts, photos, videos and events that are close to your heart. This is the landing page where people would discover the real person and his journey, described in his own words.
Here is how Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook timeline looks like:
It is a fact that users update a lot on their Facebook profile. From their breakfast menu to movie partners to a rainy day, everything is posted on Facebook. Not all of these updates are important and not all of these things deserve to be archived. Most of the updates are real time in nature but there are a few shares which should be archived and bookmarked for quick reference in the future.
Facebook timelines attempts to fill this gap by allowing you to customize your timeline page with events, posts, photos, videos, dates and status updates, which are kind of milestones rather than "just an update". When you passed out of college, when you got engaged, when you received your first salary these are the things you would like to put on your Facebook timeline page rather than your random rants.
Timeline will help you summarize your stories on a single pagesaid Zuckerberg. Rather than search your entire profile for a really old post, Timeline is the go to place for finding out important stories about a person. It's the heart of your Facebook experience, completely rethought from the ground up,Zuckerberg adds.
Interestingly, Facebook did launched a story telling feature one year back which fell flat on its face. Back then, nobody used it because people don't have the time to type their entire anniversary party and wait for friends to engage with it. However, this timeline feature looks really cool, all you have to do is organize your previous updates into a single page and control who can see your facebook timeline.
Here is an introductory video which walks you through Facebook timelines in brief detail:
In my opinion, this timeline feature is geared towards strangers who would want to be friends with you and want to know more about you as quickly as possible. People don't have the time to visit your profile, scroll through all the updates and hit the Older postsbutton over and over again. Instead, they want a concise digest which tells who you are and what you have doing from the day you were born to this date.
On another note, this is the right time you clean up your Tagged photosalbum.


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Burger King is about to take a bite out of the burrito market.
The fast food chain will roll out The Whopperito across the country on Aug. 15 , according to Bloomberg.
"It's certainly one of the first times that we've tapped into the Tex-Mex category," Burger King's North American president, Alex Macedo, North American president at told Bloomberg. "It's one of the fastest-growing categories — consumers like the freshness of it, they like the mix of flavors."
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News of Burger King's burrito was first made public in June when it was tested at locations in Hermitage, Pennsylvania, according to "Today."
The Whopperito takes ingredients from the Whopper sandwich — beef, tomatoes, onions, lettuce and pickles — and wraps them into a tortilla.
The new item may give consumers another option in the fast-growing Tex-Mex market, which includes Taco Bell and Chipotle Mexican Grill, which has been recovering from a drop in sales after an E. coli and norovirus outbreak that left dozens of people sick across the country.
This summer, Chipotle also announced it was was also branching out from its main business, saying it will open a burger restaurant. The Tasty Made restaurant will open this fall in Lancaster, Ohio.

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Written By: NM State Athletic Dept.
EL PASO, TX- The New Mexico State men's basketball team suffered a tough one-point loss, 55-54, at I-10 rival UTEP. Senior forward Tyrone Watson led the Aggies (3-4) with 13 points.
With a 1:34 remaining in regulation, the Aggies had a 54-50 lead after sophomore guard Daniel Mullings tipped in a layup as the shot clock expired. The Miners (2-4) then cut NM State's lead to one, 54-53, with a three-point play with 27.2 left.
Following an Aggie turnover on the next possession, junior center Tshilidzi Nephawe was called for his fifth foul, while going for a rebound that sent freshman forward Chris Washburn to the free-throw line for two shots with 5.9 seconds to play. Nephawe fouled out with nine points. Washburn made both free throws, 55-54, to give UTEP its first lead since 4:23. At the buzzer, Mullings 3-pointer bounded around the rim but didn't fall.
The Aggies started the second half with a four-point lead and extended it to six, 40-34, when junior guard Kevin Aronis sank a 3-pointer at 15:03. NM State maintained an advantage until a pair of UTEP free throws tied the contest at 46-46 with 6:12 to play. Two minutes later, the Miners had its first lead of the second half, 48-46, but the Aggies answered with two Nephawe free throws to even the score on the next trip down the court, 48-48,
The NM State defense followed with a steal and fast break layup to regain the lead, 50-48. After UTEP knotted the game, sophomore guard K.C. Ross-Miller hit a jumper for two of his nine points, which were all scored in the second half, for a 52-50 lead with 2:39 left.
In the first half, Mullings nailed a jumper at the halftime buzzer to give the Aggies a 32-28 advantage at the break. Mullings had five points on a 2-of-2 shooting performance. Watson posted a game-high 13 points to help the Aggies to 50 percent (11-of-22) shooting at halftime.
After scoring first, the Aggies reclaimed the lead in the first half, when freshman center Sim Bhullar hit a pair of free throws at 6:47 to push NM State ahead, 21-20. Mullings followed with a 3-pointer on the ensuing possession for the Aggies' largest lead of the first half, 24-20.
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"I Do not Want to Be a Fool"
|Bert Thompson, Ph.D.
Through our mail box in a year's time come hundreds of letters. Some are from evolutionists or those sympathetic to them, boldly objecting to our work. Some are from friends, offering a word of encouragement. Some are from students, writing to ask for materials they can use in the preparation of a term paper, speech, or debate. And some are from people whose faith is faltering because it has been attacked by unbelief and is in danger of being destroyed.
This article concerns a letter from the latter category. A Christian student's graduate program in the sciences at a state university led him to study under a man he termed "a giant in his field...rocket-scientist intelligent...and a devout evolutionist." In his letter, the student said:
...working this closely with one who thinks as he does is beginning to cause not a small amount of cognitive dissonance in my own mind with regards evolution v. special creation. I really need your help, both as a Christian and a scientist, to clearly see what it is. Hundreds of thousands of scientists can't be wrong, can they? Consensual validation cannot be pushed aside in science. How can that many people be following a flag with no carrier, and someone not find out? The number of creation scientists pales in comparison.... I do not want to be a fool."
This young writer expressed what many people experience, yet are unable to enunciate so eloquently. It is not uncommon to encounter those who once knew what they believed and why they believed it, yet who now are terribly confused. "Cognitive dissonance" is the internal struggle one experiences when presented with new information that contradicts what he believes to be true. As he struggles for consistency, he must change what he believes or disregard the new information. This young Christian who once knew what he believed, and why he believed it, no longer knows either. He stated: "I am a confused young man with some serious questions about my mind, my faith, and my God. Please help me sort through these questions...."
There were two things he did know, however. First, he recognized that the beliefs he once held were inconsistent with those he was being taught. Second, he recognized that if he accepted these new teachings, then not only his beliefs but his actions would be inconsistent with his Christianity. His plea—"help me sort through these questions"—has been echoed countless times through the centuries by those who languish in the "cognitive dissonance" which results from replacing the wisdom of God with the wisdom of man. What answer could we give the young querist?
It is true that "most scientists" accept organic evolution. The co-discoverer of the DNA molecule, James Watson, once stated: "Today the theory of evolution is an accepted fact for everyone but a fundamentalist minority" (1987, p. 2). One university textbook widely used for almost two decades began with these words: "Organic evolution is the greatest principle in biology. Its implications extend far beyond the confines of that science, ramifying into all phases of human life and activity. Accordingly, understanding of evolution should be part of the intellectual equipment of all educated persons" (Moody, 1962, p. 1x). In the March 1987 issue of Natural History, evolutionist Douglas J. Futuyma noted:
That evolution has occurred—that diverse organisms have descended from common ancestors by a history of modification and divergence—is accepted as fact by virtually all biologists.... The historical reality of evolution is doubted chiefly by creationists, mostly on doctrinaire religious grounds (96[3]:34).
This kind of diatribe—that evolution is a "fact" accepted by "all educated persons" except a "fundamentalist minority"—has a devastating impact on impressionable young minds. Two questions are therefore in order. First, why do so many scientists believe in evolution? Second, are they correctin doing so; that is to say, is "consensual validation" reason enough to acquiesce in favor of organic evolution?
Why Do So Many Scientists Believe in Evolution?
There are a number of reasons that could be offered to explain why belief in evolution is popular, but two seem especially apropos here. First, for those who do not believe in a Creator, evolution is their only escape. Henry Fairfield Osborn, renowned evolutionist of the early twentieth century, suggested: "In truth, from the earliest stages of Greek thought man has been eager to discover some natural cause of evolution, and to abandon the idea of supernatural intervention in the order of nature" (1918, p. ix). British evolutionist Sir Arthur Keith once remarked that "Evolution is unproved and unprovable. We believe it because the only alternative is special creation, and that is unthinkable!" (as quoted in Criswell, 1972, p. 73). D.M.S. Watson, who held the position of the Chair of Evolution at the University of London for more than twenty years, echoed the same sentiments when he stated that "Evolution itself is accepted by zoologists, not because it has been observed to occur or can be proven by logically coherent evidence to be true, but because the only alternative, special creation, is incredible" (1929, p. 233). As Henry Morris has noted: "Evolution is the natural way to explain the origin of things for those who do not know and acknowledge the true God of creation. In fact, some kind of evolution is absolutely necessary for those who would reject God" (1966, p. 98).
Second, it may be that "The main reason most educated people believe in evolution is simply because they have been told that most educated people believe in evolution" (Morris, 1974, p. 26). Many people, including scientists, fall into this category. For the past century, evolution has been taught from kindergarten to graduate school as a fact that "all reputable scientists believe." As a result, people often believe that if they, too, wish to be "educated," it is a prerequisite that they believe in evolution. Where, in all likelihood, did the graduate student's professor receive his education? At the feet of evolutionists, no doubt. And where did they, in turn, receive their education? At the feet of evolutionists. Thus, the vicious circle continues unabated.
Are "Hundreds of Thousands of Scientists" Correct?
The graduate student asked: "Hundreds of thousands of scientists can't be wrong, can they?" This question may be addressed as follows. First, any argument based on "counting heads" is fallacious. Philosophy professors instruct their students on various fallacies of human thought, one of which is the "fallacy of consensus." In his book, Fundamentals of Critical Thinking, atheistic philosopher Paul Ricci discussed the "argument from consensus," and explained its erroneous nature (1986, p. 175). Interestingly, however, in the pages prior to his discussion, Mr. Ricci offered the following as proof of evolution: "The reliability of evolution not only as a theory but as a principle of understanding is not contested by the vast majority of biologists, geologists, astronomers, and other scientists" (1986, p. 172, emp. added).
Mr. Ricci fell victim to the very fallacy about which he tried to warn his readers—truth is not determined by popular opinion or majority vote. A thing may be, and often is, true even when accepted only by a small minority. The history of science is replete with such examples. British medical doctor, Edward Jenner (1749-1823), was scorned when he suggested that he had produced a smallpox vaccine by infecting people with a less-virulent strain of the disease-causing organism. Afterwards, he lived as a man whose reputation had been sullied. Yet his vaccine helped the World Health Organization eradicate smallpox. Ignaz Semmelweis (1818-1865) of Austria is another interesting case study. He noticed the high mortality rate among surgical patients, and suggested that the deaths resulted from surgeons washing neither their hands nor their instruments between patients. Dr. Semmelweis asked them to do so, but they ridiculed him. Today, the solutions posed by this gentle doctor are the basis of antiseptic techniques in life-saving surgery.
Often, scientific successes have occurred because researchers rebelled against the status quo. Sometimes consensual validation must be set aside for the sake of truth. If it is not, those of us who work in science shall become little more than cookie-cutter scientists rushing to fit into a predetermined mold.
Darrell Huff correctly observed: "People can be wrong in the mass, just as they can individually" (1959, p. 122). If something is true, stating it a million times does not make it any truer. Similarly, if something is false, stating it a million times does not make it true. And the prestige of a position's advocates has nothing to do with whether or not the fact is true or false. It is incorrect (to use one example) to suggest that because a Nobel laureate states something it is true by definition. Were that the case, when Nobel laureate W.B. Shockley suggested that highly intelligent women be artificially inseminated using spermatozoa from Nobel Prize winners to produce superintelligent offspring, we should have taken him up on his suggestion. Of course, such an idea was based on nothing more than the narcissistic dreamings of an over-inflated ego. As Taylor has commented: "Status in the field of science is no guarantee of the truth" (1984, p. 226). Factual knowledge is not based on: (a) the number of people supporting the claim; or (b) the importance of the one(s) making that claim.
Second, the idea of strict objectivity in science is a myth. While scientists like to think of themselves as broad-minded, unprejudiced paragons of virtue, the fact is that they, too, on occasion, suffer from bouts of bias, bigotry, and presuppositionalism. Another Nobel laureate, James Watson, remarked rather bluntly: "In contrast to the popular conception supported by newspapers and mothers of scientists, a goodly number of scientists are not only narrow-minded and dull, but also just stupid" (1968, p. 14).
History provides a sad but instructive example of how scientists sometimes treat their colleagues when "consensual validation" is threatened. Immanuel Velikovsky was a medical doctor, and a scholar in his own right. He was also an "evolutionary catastrophist" (a rarity in the evolutionary community). Dr. Velikovsky believed, among other things, that the miracles described in the Bible actually occurred, but that they had purely natural explanations. His books (Earth in Upheaval, Worlds in Collision, Ages in Chaos, and others) challenged much evolutionary thought, and caused ripples of global proportions in the scientific community. The ensuing controversy was not a pretty sight (see de Grazia, 1966; Talbott, 1976). In their book, Velikovsky Reconsidered, the editors of Pensée magazine offered the following assessment of what occurred in this instance:
The professional scientists' campaign against Worlds in Collision began well before the book appeared. Harlow Shapley, probably the best-known American astronomer alive today, led an energetic attempt to stop the publisher, Macmillan, from publishing the book. He arranged for denunciations of the book, still before its appearance, by an astronomer, a geologist, and an archaeologist in a learned journal. None of them had read the book. When it did appear, denunciatory reviews were arranged, again, in several instances, by professors who boasted of never having read the book.Velikovsky was rigorously excluded from access to learned journals for his replies. Then Shapley and others really got busy on the old-boy circuit. They forced the sacking of the senior editor of Macmillan responsible for accepting the Velikovsky manuscript. (He had been with the firm twenty-five years.) They forced the sacking of the director of the famous Hayden Planetarium in New York, because he proposed to take Velikovsky seriously enough to mount a display about the theory....The process thus begun did not stop. ...a great many "refutations" of Velikovsky's theory have appeared in print, some by very famous people.... Some of them are chiefly remarkable for dishonesty or incompetence. They misquote the text they are criticizing. They willfully misrepresent the theory Velikovsky advanced. And they are replete with errors of fact and theory (Talbott, 1976, pp. 38,39).
Eventually, Macmillan was forced to transfer Velikovsky's works to its competitor, Doubleday, which had no textbook division and thus was not subject to the blackmail that Shapley and his evolutionary colleagues were perpetrating. The whole sordid affair was made public in Dr. Velikovsky's last book,Stargazers and Gravediggers (1984), published posthumously at his request.
Dr. Velikovsky's treatment was scandalous, and remains a source of embarrassment to every scientist. Science is alleged to be self-testing and self-correcting. Even unorthodox views supposedly are welcome, since once put to the test, they will be weeded out if incorrect. But to deny someone the right to set forward a theory is not science—it is bigotry. While I as a scientist certainly do not share most of Velikovsky's views, I delight in the fact that science has room in its investigative method and procedures for even the most unlikely candidate of a theory.
Newspaper magnate William Randolph Hurst, Jr. once wrote about pressures from "fashionable ideas...which are advanced with such force that common sense itself becomes the victim." He observed that a person under such pressure may then act "with an irrationality which is almost beyond belief " (1971, p. A-4). This is exactly what happened in the cases of Jenner, Semmelweis, and Velikovsky—and the list could be extended with ease. Common sense became the victim, and people acted irrationally. Were "the scientists" in the majority? Indeed. Were they wrong? Yes. Just because "hundreds of thousands of scientists" believe something does not make it right.
Christ, in His "Sermon on the Mount," warned that "narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it" (Matthew 7:14). The majority ultimately will abandon God's wisdom in favor of their own. Moses commanded the Israelites: "Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil" (Exodus 23:2). Regarding this passage, Guy N. Woods has observed that this divine injunction
...was designed to guard the Lord's people from the corrupting influences of an evil environment, as well as from the powerful appeals of mob psychology to which so many in every generation succumb....
Man, by nature, is a social and gregarious being, tending to flock or gather together with others of his kind.... Man may, and often does, imbibe the evil characteristics of those about him as readily, and often more so, than the good ones (1982, 124[1]:2).
Yes, there are "hundreds of thousands of scientists" who reject the biblical account of creation. But, as Woods noted, "It is dangerous to follow the multitude because the majority is almost always on the wrong side in this world" (1982, 124[1]:2, emp. added). The "wisdom" with which we are impressed is not always the wisdom with which we should be impressed. Paul told the Corinthian Christians:
For it is written, I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and the discernment of the discerning will I bring to naught. Where is the wise? Where is the scribe? Where is the disputer of this world? Hath not God made foolish the wisdom of the world? For seeing that in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom knew not God, it was God's good pleasure through the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe (1 Corinthians 1:19-21).
It should not be surprising that so many "intelligent" people view creation, and Christianity, as the fool's way out. Paul himself commented that "not many wise after the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, are called: but God chose the foolish things of the world, that he might put to shame them that are wise; and God chose the weak things of the world, that he might put to shame the things that are strong" (1 Corinthians 1:26-27). Those highly intelligent are often the least interested in spiritual matters because "the god of this world" (2 Corinthians 4:3-4) has blinded their minds so that they cannot, or will not, see the truth. They ignore the fact that "the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom" (Proverbs 1:7).
We must not fall prey to mob psychology—the idea which suggests because "everyone is doing it" that somehow makes it right. Nor should we believe that "science" provides the answer to every conceivable question.
To treat science as a secular substitute for God is not only naive, it is idolatry.... Science and technology are the activities of imperfect people. The tendencies to misuse and exploit for personal gain operate here as in every other department of life. But the answer to abuse is not disuse, but responsible use (Poole, 1990, p. 126).
The graduate student said, "I do not want to be a fool." It was a joy to tell him that he does not have to bear that stigma. The Scriptures are clear: "The fool hath said in his heart, there is no God" (Psalm 14:1). We need not be intimidated by the pseudo-intellectualism of those who esteem themselves with higher regard than they do their Creator. The cartoon character Lucy was correct when she told Charlie Brown, "You're not right; you just sound right!"
At times, we need to focus on these issues and remember that it is far more important to study, and submit to, the Word of God than it is to be able to explain the ins and outs of quantum physics. One of those will "abide forever" (Isaiah 40:8); the other will perish. One of the graduate student's final questions was: "How, then, may we compete?" Frankly, there may be times when we cannot. We run a different race, operated by different rules. While the world may esteem us not at all, the One Who will eventually judge us shall esteem us as "sons by adoption," and "heirs of the kingdom." Who, then, shall have played the fool?
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Futuyma, Douglas J. (1987), "World Without Design," Natural History, 96[3]:34, March.
Huff, Darrell (1959), How to Take a Chance (New York: W.W. Norton).
Hurst, Jr., William Randolph (1971), "Editor's Report," in The [Los Angeles] Herald-Examiner, November 14.
Criswell, W.A. (1972), Did Man Just Happen? (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan).
Moody, Paul A. (1962), Introduction to Evolution (New York: Harper & Row).
Morris, Henry M. (1966), Studies in the Bible and Science (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker).
Morris, Henry M. (1974), The Twilight of Evolution (San Diego, CA: Creation-Life Publishers).
Osborn, Henry Fairfield (1918), The Origin and Evolution of Life (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons).
Poole, Michael (1990), A Guide to Science and Belief (Oxford, England: Lion).
Ricci, Paul (1986), Fundamentals of Critical Thinking (Lexington, MA: Ginn Press).
Talbott, Stephen L., ed. (1976), Velikovsky Reconsidered (New York: Warner).
Taylor, Ian (1984), In the Minds of Men (Toronto, Canada: TFE Publishing).
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Watson, D.M.S. (1929), "Adaptation," Nature, Vol. 123.
Watson, James D. (1968), The Double Helix (New York: Atheneum).
Watson, James D. (1987), Molecular Biology of the Gene (New York: W.A. Benjamin).
Woods, Guy N. (1982), " 'And be not Conformed to this World,' " Gospel Advocate, 124[1]:2, January 7.


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Hi Everyone,
I am writing an ISAPI Extension that will be installed on the /Microsoft-Server-ActiveSync virtual directory as a wildcard script map.
What I am trying to do:
The purpose of this Extension is to record, who all users has sync'ed their exchange account using device and whats the last connect time. I am using the System time to record the time of connection and the QueryString parameter to obtain the UserId, which is what you get in the HttpExtensionProc() function of the ISAPI Extension. In a way this is similar to the Intercepting All Incoming Requests example on MSDN for ISAPI. I am not touching to any other thing and passing the control to the actual handler AirSync.dll.
When I add my wildcard handler, It works fine and record the UserId and Current system time, but then The devices stop sync'ing with CAS. On the device, when I click on the Sync button in ActiveSync application, it fails and show me the Support code: 0x85010017.
Any idea of whats happening inside, I passed the request very gracefully withour touching any header or data to the next handler (AirSync). The user id was picked from the QueryString which was made available in the EXTENSION_CONTROL_BLOCK structure in side the HttpExtensionProc function of ISAPI Extension. Finally, the control was passed using the ServerSupportFunction HSE_REQ_EXEC_URL.
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Injury Bug Impacts Notre DamePosted by rtmsf on October 2nd, 2009
Every year around the few weeks prior to formal practice you start to see these types of reports of players getting injured during workouts. You hate to see it, but at least in most of these situations, the player knows that the year is lost and can start thinking about a full year of recovery rather than trying to rush it. Case in point:
Notre Dame Loses Scott Martin
Bad news out of South Bend today – Scott Martin, a 6-8, 219 lb. junior guard who was expected to start for the Irish in 2009-10, will miss the entire season due to a torn ACL in his left knee. Before transferring to Notre Dame, Martin averaged 8.5 points in his freshman year at Purdue, where he played 21.9 minutes per game. Those numbers would have been helpful for Mike Brey's team this year, as Martin seems to be in the same build as Ryan Ayers, a 6-7, 210 lb. guard who scored 11.1 ppg in 2008-09, his senior season. The injury occurred during preseason workouts yesterday, and an MRI earlier today confirmed the ACL tear.
It remains to be seen who will fill in now that Martin's Fighting Irish debut will be delayed another year. Besides Luke Harangody, no one on the team grabbed five rebounds a game last year, and now Brey will be forced to fill in with a smaller player (6-3 Ben Hansbrough, also in his first year after a transfer from Mississippi St.) or someone with little to no experience. While none of the incoming freshmen at Notre Dame garnered more than three stars from Rivals.com and Scout.com, they may see the floor more than expected. The Irish were already entering the season with questions as to how they would replace Kyle McAlarney, who was second on the team in scoring (15.0 ppg) and first in offensive efficiency. Undoubtedly, Mike Brey expected Scott Martin to help answer some of those questions.
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March 14, 2011, 9:09 am
Verdi's Don Carlo on PBS
Who needs public broadcasting? You know those kids in rural Colorado who've never been to an opera? Who can't afford satellite radio and who don't get to great museums or lecture halls? They depend on their local public TV outlet to open them to a world of culture. "Great Performances at the Met" presents a celebrated new production of Verdi's Don Carlo Sunday, April 3 at 1 p.m. on Rocky Mountain PBS.
Yannick Nézet-Séguin conducts and Nicholas Hytner directs a starry cast led by Roberto Alagna, Marina Poplavskaya, Simon Keenlyside, and Ferruccio Furlanetto.
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60 seconds with Azad Zangana on the impact of Brexit on the UK economy
It is an historic moment for the UK and for the European Union. The UK will now enter a prolonged negotiation for at least two years from around October onwards, once David Cameron is replaced as prime minister.
Through this period we are going to see a huge amount of uncertainty around the UK' s relationship with the European Union, with regards to trade, investment, migration and of course subscription costs as well.
Impact on investment, employment and sterling
In the short term, we are likely to see companies cut back investment, really just to wait to see whether they can find more details around how the UK's relationship will progress going forward. And of course that will mean a negative impact on GDP growth.
Households are also likely to suffer from a reduction in employment growth or maybe even job losses as well, related to Brexit.
And of course we have already seen sterling take quite a big hit. That is going to feed through into higher import prices and higher inflation, which will also reduce demand.
BoE may cut rates if growth falters
So, overall, weaker GDP growth for the UK and higher inflation. The Bank of England may react with interest rate cuts. I think that would be very positive, but we are not forecasting a recession at this stage, just a slowdown in growth.
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1. Shift transmission to neutral. Before installation of the emergency belt, to avoid personal injury and/or vehicle damage, secure the motorcycle. Both stand and motorcycle must be on solid, level ground. Failure to follow instructions could result in death or serious injury. 2. See Figure 1. Remove spring clip (4) (if present) and loosen rear axle nut (1). 3. Loosen rear axle adjuster (3) (or adjuster nut, if so equipped) on each side of motorcycle, and move rear wheel to full forward position. 4. Remove the damaged/broken belt. 5. Inspect sprockets and belt guard (2) for damage and/or debris. Remove any debris. If sprockets and belt guard are not damaged, proceed with the installation. 6. Remove belt guard. 40171-97,40146-00 1 WARNING i06186 Figure 1. Axle 1. Axle nut 2. Belt guard 3. Adjuster 4. Spring clip 2 4 1 3 7. See Figure 2. Install feeder strip on emergency belt. 8. Feed strip around transmission sprocket in a counterclockwise direction over frame cross support. 9. See Figure 3. Interlock the "v" ends of the emergency belt. a. Insert a hex socket key in the fourth (4) and ninth (6) tooth holes. b. Place the splice block (2) over the seventh (5) tooth hole. c. Install a socket head set screw (3) in the seventh tooth. Tighten using another hex socket key. d. Move the block to the next tooth, and repeat installation steps (b) and (c) in each tooth until all 12 screws are installed. NOTE There are 16 screws included in this kit. However, only 12 screws will actually be installed in the belt. The remaining four screws are spares. 10. See Figure 4. Grasp the emergency belt at the mid point of the lower run between your thumb and forefinger and lift the belt up to take up any slack in the belt. Measure the distance that the belt deflects (2) under tension (1). When two pounds of tension is applied to the lower run of the emergency belt, the belt deflection should be within the following measurements


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Tickets for Heaven Fest, the one-day Christian music festival, are currently on sale at this site.
The festival on Saturday, July 28 at The Ranch in Loveland features numerous stages with over 100 artists. Also included are a kid zone, a skateboard demo area and comedy area.
All the money from ticket sales go to organizations that serve the poor, the exploited, the hungry, the thirsty, and the fatherless. Suggested price is $35 for adults, $19 for children and children under 5 are admitted free.
Some of the feature artist include 2012 Dove Award winners Jamie Grace and Switchfoot, and Colorado-based bands Gungor and Random Hero. Also on the bill are Jeremy Camp, Flame, Underoath, Lincoln Brewster, Thousand Foot Krutch, Superchick, The Almost, The Afters, Salvador, Seventh Day Slumber, Love And Death featuring Brian Head Welch, Thi'sl, Sleeping Giant, Aaron Shust, The City Harmonic, My Child Bride, Jaci Velasquez, White Collar Sideshow, Braille, Trace Bundy, Icon For Hire, Sho Baraka, Aaron Gillespie and The NeverClaim.


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Nokia dinged with shareholder lawsuit over poor Lumia sales
Finns: Allegations are 'without merit', we will defend ourselves
As sure as rain follows a Met Office drought warning, we can expect a share price crash to be followed by a shareholder lawsuit. Now it's Nokia's turn.
A class action suit naming Nokia's CEO Steve Elop, and CFO Timo Ihamuotila has been filed by New York law firm, and serial class action rottweilers, Robbins, Geller, Rudman & Dowd. It claims that Nokia acted fraudulently when it failed to "halt its deteriorating position in the smartphone market" but did not tell shareholders. Not surprisingly, Nokia issued a statement saying that the claims "are without merit" and the Finnish firm will contest the suit.
When Elop announced the first Nokia Windows phones last October, Nokia's share price hit $7.31 per share. But after the last quarter's results the share price crashed to $4.24.
"Two million Lumias in three months is not encouraging; that's the same number that the Nokia N97 (a product which was a large-scale failure) shipped back in 2009, in first three months," the plaintiffs allege. "Today, if you bring a hit product to market, 5 million in three months should not be a problem (Samsung Galaxy S2). In addition, 10 million Symbian smartphones shipped was expected, but the 16 per cent gross margin in smartphones says these phones were shipped with big discounts in order to defend market shares."
Nokia's most recent loss was caused not by under-performing smartphones, but by a collapse in volumes and margins of its midrange products, particularly those in Asia. As the company put it, "lower seasonal demand for our feature phones and aggressive price competition".
This isn't mentioned in the lawsuit. Nor is an explanation of why sales of Symbian smartphones should have been maintained when Nokia had nothing new to offer its customers at the budget end of the market. ®
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Released nationwide today, March 22, Spring Breakers is one film that you go into thinking it's going to be cheesily entertaining but ends up being actually really awesome in its own right. Inspired by the film, Opening Ceremomy has teamed up with stylist Heidi Bivens to create a limited-edition capsule collection of so-bad-it's-good "spring break" essentials, including mesh tanks, rubber bracelets, lighters, bandannas, and sweatshirts splashed in unicorn heads, dripping ice creams, and DTFs.
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A man was arrested after disrupting a performance of the musical "Hamilton" in Chicago on Saturday night, reportedly screaming obscenities in support of President-elect Donald Trump.
John Palmer, 56, was taken into custody around 9:30 p.m. at the PrivateBank Theatre, located at 18 W. Monroe St. in the city's Loop, according to police.
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Palmer was charged with one misdemeanor count of criminal trespass to land, Chicago police said.
According to multiple reports, Palmer appeared intoxicated and began screaming things like, "Our side won! You lost! Get over it!" as well as several profanities.
The incident was reportedly sparked by cheers at the line "Immigrants - we get the job done" in the song "Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down)."
Audience members left the auditorium to ask staff to remove Palmer, according to BroadwayWorld.com, who then struggled with security for "at least two numbers."
Several audience members took to social media to describe the outburst, adding that Palmer was also threatening those around him. [[402182665, C]]
"This is why we train," actress Karen Olivo, who plays Angelica in the production, tweeted Sunday. "So when the obstacles come we conquer them with skill and precision."
Broadway in Chicago did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The incident came just one day after controversy surrounded Vice President-elect Mike Pence's attendance of "Hamilton" in New York City.
Pence drew boos and some support from the audience as he walked to his seat before the show on Friday night. Following the performance, the cast addressed Pence directly in a statement for which Trump demanded an apology. [[401994775, C]]
"We, sir, we are the diverse America who are alarmed and anxious that your new administration will not protect us, our planet, our children, our parents, or defend us and uphold our unalienable rights, sir," actor Brandon Victor Dixon said, adding, "But we truly hope this show has inspired you to uphold our American values and to work on behalf of all of us."
Trump took issue with the speech on Twitter, claiming Pence was "harassed" and calling for the cast and producers to apologize "for their terrible behavior."
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All my life money has had issues with me. I'd work hard to make it, put it in the bank and watch it disappear.
Oh there were patches there where money and I would reconcile and stay together for long periods of time, but inevitably I'd find my money cheating on me with my bills and I'd realize that money didn't love me as much as I loved money.
It took me a half a century to figure out how to keep money happy and believe you me, that makes me happy too. I want to share what I've learned with you and if I can help just one person to improve their relationship with money – well that would be a good thing.
1. Don't spend other people's money
Other people's money, that means credit cards,credit union loans, bank loans, student loans and anything else that you will have to pay back with interest.
Other people's money seems like a great idea when you're in the line at Macy's and the cashier says you can get 10% off of your purchase today if you sign up for a card RIGHT NOW. Trust me the one day sales and percent off coupons and those gratuitous credit limit increases will have you in debt up to your eyeballs in no time and that 10% off won't offset the 16 to 30 percent interest you'll be paying on your balance each month.
IF YOU CAN"T PAY FOR IT WITH CASH, YOU CAN PROBABLY LIVE WITHOUT IT. Remember your money will leave you when it discovers your affair with other people's money.
2. Don't spend money now that you think you're going to earn later
You just got a new job, big promotion, your tax refund is going to be awesome this year- so you think to yourself "I'm going to earn that money later, so why not go ahead and treat myself or the family to____". I think this was one of my major shortcomings, always spending money I thought I was going to earn before it was actually in my pocket, I like to call that "euphoria spending". Just think about it, if I'm spending as though I'm making more, when I'm not, then something is going a gangling as they say. Maybe it's the electric bill, the gas bill, money for the commute to work next week, lunch money for the kids…whatever. DON'T SPEND WHAT YOU DON'T ACTUALLY HAVE…YET.
3. Pay your bills in full every month
Keeps the bill collectors at bay, makes you feel rich , and helps you to keep your sanity. This is a hard one for some people, they tend to pay half of this and a quarter of that, steal from Peter to pay Paul and end up in this deep pit full of past due bills. I've never been one of those people, just wasn't in my DNA, but I wasn't always able to stay on top of things and would suddenly discover that the cell phone bill was 3 months past due because I got busy and wasn't keeping up. Continue reading and I'll tell you how I fixed that and how you can too.
4. Open an ING account
I am sure that by now there are other online banks that allow you to open as many accounts as you'd like and manage your money in the way that I am about to explain. Back when I started ING was the one that I found and that's the one that has worked for me
- Open an Electric Orange account and have your paycheck Direct Deposited there.
- Add a savings account and call it "Emergency Fund" because this is where you will stash a little money every month for unexpected things like a busted water heater or car repairs and the like
- Open one savings account for each one of your bills – this will keep you on track so that you don't miss any of your monthly payments. I name my accounts after my bills: The Rent, Gas bill, electric Bill, Cell Phone,Car etc.
5. Set up automatic transfers from your Orange account to each of the savings accounts
This will ensure that each month when that bill comes due – you have enough to pay it. Here is an example:
Bill and his wife earn $1000 per week. The table below shows their bills and the automatic transfers that should go into each account when they get paid every week,( the math may be off but I hope you get the idea):
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As I hope you can see – by saving money from each check to pay their bills, Bill and his wife are able to live happily with their money.
6. Open an external savings account
I need to have money that is hard to get to, so I have an account outside of ING where I transfer out 20% or so of my income each paycheck. That amount is based on how much I usually have left over after bills, groceries, gas, and other necessities.
Today, money and I have a healthy relationship based on mutual respect. I'm able to eat out, shop, shower my children with unexpected gifts, build up my savings – and pay my bills on time. We're finally happy together – and you can take that to the bank.


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it looks very beautiful:D...feathers are hard to draw,but you did a great job:D-5hs!!!
very colorful indeed ^^ fivesies and very pretty
very nice draw!
^ ^ you just love animals, don't you? Beautiful parrot... (parrot, can i take you home?)
great draw :) i drew a parrot when i first joined cheek it out i think its my second draw
> 5/5!
Awesome draw!! Very nicely done, 5/5 faves and collection.
So cool! Great details on the feathers,too! 5h


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Most of the fun of Halloween after you outgrow the candy-scarfing stage is thinking up scary snacks and treats to gross-out your family and friends.
Sometimes just naming them is a creative act.
Like Banana Scream Pie. Or Boo(ger) Burgers or how about Hallow Wienies? Slime on a Slab? Guts on a Stretcher? Bloody Worms, Ogre Butt…or, let's see…Scabs and Fingertips could be Pico de Gallo and chips. You can practically see the food that goes with each name.
Am I right?
Case in point: Witches' Digits, the best Halloween cookie EVER!
Second case in point: Deviled Spider Eggs, the best Halloween appetizer EVER!
Those two Halloween Hall of Famers are now joined by Gory Green Monster Eyeball Dip, which from the cook's point of view is the simplest idea ever, and from the unwitting partygoer's point of view might be too disgusting to contemplate. Perfect idea for both.
Make a grand entrance, announce the name of this dish, stand back, watch the horrified faces, and smirk. Never, ever admit to what it actually is.
Recipe: Gory Green Monster Eyeball Dip
Summary: Lumpy with eyeballs and unidentified chunky stuff, this is a super simple yet tasty Halloween gross-out appetizer. Ewwwww!
- A handful of grapes, both green and red, or whatever color grapes you can find
- Guacamole (either chunky homemade or store-bought)
- Mission brand Halloween Tortilla Chips (or any tortilla chip or vegetable dippers)
- Wash, dry and peel the grapes, using your smallest paring knife.
- Fold skinned grapes into prepared guacamole, scoop into serving bowl (make sure eyeballs are showing on top of dip), and surround with chips or vegetable dippers.
- Be sure to label the dip in your spookiest printing.
My favorite new prepared guacamole is Cabo Fresh Guacamole, which is 95% avocado, and the rest seasonings (no preservatives). It's organic, and delicious! If you want, make your own version from ripe fresh mashed avocados, chopped onion, tomatoes and cilantro, a squirt of lemon or lime juice, a pinch of salt, and maybe some fresh garlic. You can use Elizabeth Rafeedie's great recipe, or wing it.
I found these Mission brand Halloween Tortilla Chips, in black and bright orange, in Vons. Look for them, or use regular tortilla chips, and/or whatever vegetable dippers you like.
Preparation time: 15 minutes
Diet type: Vegetarian
Number of servings (yield): 8
Culinary tradition: Mexican
The #SundaySupper cooks are conjuring up some magic in our bubbling cauldrons to bring you everything from Ghoulish Gruel to Haunted Snacks to Spooky Sweets, and of course a few Bewitching Brews!
Witches, ghosts, goblins, vampires, zombies, monsters…everyone is invited. You don't want to miss this hair-raising party.
On the menu for our Trick-or-Treat #SundaySupper Halloween Party:
Bewitching Brews
- Shrunken Heads in Cider - Girlichef
- Candy Corn Martini - The Messy Baker Blog
- Wine Pairings - ENOFYLZ
Ghoulish Gruel:
- Steak Bites with Bloody Mary Dipping Sauce - I Run for Wine
- Eggs in Purgatory - My Catholic Kitchen
- Mini Jack-o'-Lantern Sloppy Joe Pies - Small Wallet Big Appetite
- Baked Mummy Cheese Dogs - In the Kitchen with KP
- Meat Head - Ruffles & Truffles
- Goblin Eggs - Bobbi's Kozy Kitchen
- Mummy Hot Dogs - Damn Delicious
- Spooky Kid Pizzas - Sustainable Dad
- Pumpkin Chili, Pumpkin Dip, & Wicken Witch's Brew - Daddy Knows Less
- Monster Mash - Cindy's Recipes & Writings
- Sloppy Worm Sandwiches - La Cocina de Leslie
- Gory Green Monster Eyeball Dip - Shockingly Delicious
- Marinated Mozzarella Eyeballs - Comfy Cuisine
- Deviled Eyes - Mangiamo!
- Eyeball Pinwheels - Home Cooking Memories
Spooky Sweets:
- Pumpkin Whoopie Pies with Biscoff Cream - The Girl in the Little Red Kitchen
- Spooky Ogre Eye Cookies - The Realistic Nutritionist
- Jack O' Lantern Cookies - Magnolia Days
- Spooky Good Popcorn Snack Mix - The Weekend Gourment
- White Chocolate & Coconut Dipped Strawberry Ghosts - Sue's Nutrition Buzz
- Monster Bites - Cravings of a Lunatic
- Vegan Halloween Sugar Cookies - Hezzi-D's Books & Cooks
- Monster Cookies - Dinners, Dishes, and Desserts
- Tunnel of Doom Cake - That Skinny Chick Can Bake
- Candy-Stuffed Rice Crispy Treat Pumpkins - Chocolate Moosey
- Crispy Graham Bones - The Meltaways
- Dulce de Leche Bat Cookies - Crispy Bits & Burnt Ends
- Witch's Fingers - Noshing with The Nolands
- Sweet Intestines with Broken Glass - The Little Ferraro Kitchen
- Graveyard Brownies - The Wimpy Vegetarian
- Boo Candy Corn & Chocolate Chip Cookies - Hip Foodie Mom
- Bleeding Devil Cakes - Momma's Meals
- Pumpkin Halloween Munch - Big Bear's Wife
- Halloween Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Cake Pops - Juanita's Cocina
- Jack-O-Lantern Carrot Cake - Galactosemia in PDX
- Ghostly Chocolate Orange Tarts - Happy Baking Days
- The Wicken Bao - The Urban Mrs
- Messy Monster Cookies - MarocMama
- Bewitchingly Delicious Butterscotch Broomstick Cake Pops - Mama.Mommy.Mom.
- Halloween Popcorn Cake - Pippis in the Kitchen Again
- Witches Morning Gruel - In the Kitchen with Audrey
- White Chocolate & Dulce de Leche Ghosts - Vintage Kitchen Notes
- Peanut Butter Candy Bar Cookies - The Cookie A Day Challenge
- Monster Cookie Revel Bars - Baker Street
- Halloween Cereal Bars - Basic N Delicious
- Ossi di Morti (Bones of the Dead Cookies) - Webicurean
- Pumpkin Pie Pinwheels - Midlife Road Trip
Please be sure you join us on Twitter throughout the day, today during #SundaySupper. We'll be meeting at 4 p.m. (PST) for our weekly #SundaySupper live chat where we'll talk about all things Halloween. All you have to do is follow the #SundaySupper hashtag, or you can follow us through TweetChat.


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As the Emmet County Wellness Coalition made plans for the final countdown to the Lifestyle Challenge which starts Friday, we should perhaps all consider participating in the Challenge that is bound to make a happier and healthier Emmet County.
Participants can register at the Regional Wellness Center which is co-sponsoring this year's Challenge with Avera Holy Family Health with assistance from the Coalition. Teams can be as small as two persons, and both weight loss and exercise will be emphasized. This year's Challenge starts this Friday and lasts 12 weeks with weekly weigh-ins. Registration is $35 a person.
So why is participating in the Challenge important?
Well, quite frankly, your life could depend on it.
Obesity is rivaling cigarettes now as the major killer in America. Strokes, heart disease and diabetes are all directly related to obesity. Losing weight and staying in good physical shape will give you a longer and happier life.
If you really think about it, investing in your health - in this case just $35 - is probably one of the best investments you'll ever make. Just think of what a person could save in medical and long-term care costs over the years. Staying in good physical condition could mean the difference between a retirement of sickness and poverty or health and happiness.
Anyone registering by Wednesday will receive a packet on the start of the Challenge on Friday. However, anyone can register up to the first day of the Challenge on Friday.
You can continue living the way you are now or you can create a new you.
It's all up to you.


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Join Ann Curry as two Alaskans try to track down childhood friends who also survived the state's massive 1964 earthquake. A woman wants to thank a friend and her mom for shielding her from harm, and a man searches for a former Little League teammate.
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During the past decade, chief procurement officers have seen their agendas increasingly influenced by issues of sustainability—the environmental, social and corporate governance initiatives by which organizations seek to achieve excellence today while providing for the needs of future generations.
Sustainable procurement has risen to become a top priority among companies for several reasons. One important reason is the more intense attention being paid to brand reputations. Although there might be a short-term gain to be had by cutting corners from a social or environmental perspective, markets and consumers may punish companies whose brands let them down. With problems ranging from tainted milk supplies to toxic materials that end up in children's toys, many companies in recent years have been penalized for failing to enforce sustainable principles at the heart of what they procure and how they procure it.
But beyond reputational risk factors alone, companies are also finding a host of practical benefits that result from a closer focus on sustainable procurement. One benefit comes from the necessity of dealing with the challenges posed by diminished supplies of raw materials—from agricultural items and metals to energy and water. This attention can drive both efficiency and innovation.
This article explores several distinct aspects of how sustainability is affecting the role of the procurement function. The initial section looks at the ongoing evolution of sustainable procurement. A second highlights the increased role of procurement as a tool for social and economic development. Finally, we look at the growing importance of cross-company collaboration as a means to drive a new generation of innovative procurement strategies.
Over the past decade, an increasingly large proportion of procurement teams have taken steps to update their purchasing criteria and guidelines as a means to more strongly emphasize supply and manufacturing factors beyond the basics of cost and quality. According to a biennial benchmark from HEC-EcoVadis, sustainable procurement in 2003 was a Top 10 priority among just 40 percent of firms; in 2011, it was a Top 5 priority at more than 90 percent of firms.
This focus on sustainable procurement is extending into a diverse range of areas—from developing a deeper understanding of how existing materials can be recycled and reused, to reducing sourcing requirements, to pursuing deeper supplier partnerships that drive innovation.
Few companies are more deeply engaged at the intersection of procurement and sustainability than Nestlé, the global food giant. For years, the company has been developing sustainable procurement practices, including a detailed supplier code. This focus on sustainability has been driven in particular by Nestlé's desire to gain a deeper understanding and knowledge of its food supply chain—from "farm to fork," as Chief Procurement Officer Kevin Petrie terms it.
Over time, this focus has led to an increasingly close relationship with suppliers, working together on issues ranging from water management and nutrition to using procurement for rural development.
What is driving Nestlé and other companies toward more focus on sustainable procurement? One answer is improving risk management capabilities—risks to customers and, as noted earlier, to a company's brand. A sustainability lens can screen out suppliers that may pose reputational risks, such as a manufacturer that uses toxic materials in its products or a supply chain partner publicly exposed as exploiting child labor.
Regulation is another driver. High-tech companies, for example, have long faced demands for the safe disposal of electronic goods, which, in turn, has affected their procurement policies.
Evolving consumer preferences are another key factor. As Nestlé's Petrie puts it, "The ability to touch more consumers, and the fact that consumers now have greater ability to voice concerns about the value chain and to demand full transparency on that, has really brought to life this area of sustainable procurement."
A final driver has to do with the fact that institutional investors are increasingly considering sustainable procurement factors as part of their assessments of a company's medium- to long-term prospects for return on equity. A growing number of global investment funds are including specific sustainability-related metrics in their portfolio allocations.
These factors add new demands and pressures that the procurement organizations will increasingly need to deal with. To meet those challenges, chief procurement officers are drawing on a range of tools and systems. Supplier codes of conduct and self-assessments, now widely implemented, were useful first steps, but complex supplier networks and growing sustainability requirements are demanding more sophisticated approaches. These approaches can range from tougher supplier scorecards, to databases that capture more granular supplier information, to more involved total cost models that incorporate sustainability criteria.
For organizations that operate in emerging markets or that deal with suppliers stretching across such markets, there is a growing realization of the role that their procurement budgets can play in boosting social and economic development at the local level. Many organizations are realizing that their purchasing power can be a more effective tool for development than the purely philanthropic gestures of old.
This approach to more sustainable development holds great potential, for society and for businesses.
As Anglo American's chief executive officer, Cynthia Caroll, has noted, diverting just 1 percent of her company's procurement spending to disadvantaged local sources would constitute a financial boon dwarfing most state aid budgets in regions such as Africa. That spending would simultaneously help Anglo American find new sources of supply, especially for agricultural or mineral inputs. In other words, expanding into less developed countries—thereby opting to work with smaller, less formal suppliers—can help develop new markets and local competencies.It needs to be said, however, that sustainable development can raise numerous implementation challenges for procurement. For example, dealing with smaller suppliers that often use less formal practices can add administrative burdens and increase the need for more and better training and oversight.
To implement more sustainable practices, the chief procurement officer needs to collaborate deeply with existing partners as well as with new ones. This collaboration is important because it can improve existing operations and can also be a major source of innovation for the procurement function.
Cooperation and collaboration can also be a means of addressing resource limitations and spiraling costs. For example, the chief procurement officer of a metals and manufacturing company faces stiff challenges in obtaining adequate supplies of essential raw materials. This challenge is pushing his organization's procurement function to collaborate more closely with both internal operational teams and external suppliers to find new technologies that require fewer or less costly raw materials for the same production output.
Nestlé's Kevin Petrie highlights how better collaboration can change the role of procurement within a business, especially as the company adjusts to a world with more constrained supplies of critical resources. "As this happens," Petrie says, "procurement needs to be a strategic partner with the business to ensure that the supply we need holds steady." With greater price volatility in most markets and with pressure from consumers and regulators to achieve more supply chain transparency, the strategic role of procurement is increasing.
A major challenge in stepping up to these new responsibilities, however, relates to talent and competencies, especially in terms of the available skills within the procurement function to drive new kinds of collaborations.
Cooperative initiatives demand specific and often different skillsets, which can be in short supply even in large firms, let alone smaller ones. As such, procurement leaders need to consider how they can build a new generation of skills-development capabilities. Sustainability presents a major opportunity to move procurement into newer, more complex areas, such as product design, but this will be feasible only if the company has the requisite skills to support that move.


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MADAM, Autoantibodies in pemphigus target preferentially desmoglein 1 (Dsg1) and Dsg3, and rarely desmocollins 1-3 (Dsc1-3). Pemphigus herpetiformis (PH) is one of pemphigus subtypes and characterized by pruritic annular erythemas with vesicles in the periphery, rarity of mucosal involvement and histopathological change of eosinophilic spongiosis. Recently, IgG anti-Dsc3 autoantibodies were suggested to cause skin lesion in a case of pemphigus vulgaris. In this study, we report the first case of concurrent bullous pemphigoid (BP) and PH with IgG antibodies to both Dsgs and Dscs.
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The NA7004 accepts data from any USB storage device from flash drive to hard drive.
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A shield around the digital outputs is but a further detail in Marantz's quest for quieter operation as it prevents digital noise from affecting sensitive analog circuits.
While it meets the digital-convenience demands of today's music lover the NA7004 also delivers sound quality that speaks to Marantz' leading position in the world of high end audio. Indeed, the NA7004 represents a rare marriage of current feature-set with high performance audio circuitry.
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BOSTON (AP) — The surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings is in serious but stable condition and likely can't communicate, Gov. Deval Patrick said Saturday after a pregame ceremony at Fenway Park to honor the victims and survivors of the attack.
"I, and I think all of the law enforcement officials, are hoping for a host of reasons the suspect survives," Patrick told reporters outside the ballpark. "We have a million questions, and those questions need to be answered."
Two bombs exploded at the finish line of Monday's Boston Marathon, killing three people and injuring more than 180 others. The suspects also shot a Massachusetts Institute of Technology police officer to death Thursday night, authorities said.
Twenty-six-year-old suspect Tamerlan Tsarnaev was killed Friday, and his 19-year-old brother, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, was captured later Friday hiding inside a boat parked in a Watertown backyard. He is being guarded by armed officers while he recovers at a Boston hospital.
Patrick declined to specify how Dzhokhar Tsarnaev had been injured. The governor also declined to comment on other explosives found on the suspects. He said there was no evidence any other explosives were in the area.
Patrick joined the chorus of praise for the police who tracked the suspects and captured the younger Tsarnaev. He also commended the people who rushed to the sites of the explosions to help the wounded.
"This was several days of great highs and great lows," Patrick said. "The tragedy was apparent and horrific, and the acts of grace and kindness people showed, and the extraordinary acts of kindness by the first responders, the law enforcement agencies, all of it spoke so well of the best in us."
Patrick appeared on the field with dozens of local and state police before Boston Red Sox's first home game since the bombings. A game scheduled for Friday night was postponed until Sunday while the manhunt for the suspect continued.


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what the phuck??........its all bout the 21 grams....lost in translation screenplay needs to be exposed for what it is....which is.....ahem.."one of sophia's cheesy diary entry about love turned into a film w/ daddy' s money"..........zzzzeeoptrope........
I would have given it to something else.
Lost In Translation was my favorite film of the year, but I don't imagine it was all that much on the page (I think Coppola has admitted as much). I would have given it to something else.
But that's why the movie that turned out was so brilliant--because of how loose the screenplay is. I'll say that I'd probably never want to read the screenplay itself, but just because it wasn't a tight script that the the actors HAD to follow doesn't make it at all inferior to say American Splendor's script. Sofia made it a combination of things: the script, the actors, and her spontaneity as a director. I applaud her for this, because I think the movie turned out better than it would have had it been a strict script to follow. Therefore I gave her Best Screenplay, anyways.
Best Screenplay: LOST IN TRANSLATION (Sofia Coppola)THE NOMINEES21 Grams American Splendor Kill Bill: Volume 1 Lost In Translation Mystic River


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Ghani calls for greater focus on science & technology
Ghani calls for greater focus on science & technology
KABUL (Pajhwok): President Ashraf Ghani warned on Sunday that relentless terrorist activities, political instability and climate change were threatening the region.
Addressing the OIC Science and Technology Summit in Astana, the capital of Kazakistan, Ghani said: "We are living in fast-changing conditions, surrounded by ambiguity."
The president underlined the need for a clear understanding that the fourth industrial revolution was not only a source of fear and displacement but also an opportunity for being optimistic about the future.
He added: "We should learn from past experiences. If we don't, then we have to be prepared to pay a huge price." Lesson should be learnt from the current situation, he said.
The first lesson was that Muslim countries, consumers in the past three revolutions, never tried to be producers. Thus Muslims had been novice in the science and technology sphere and should strive to become familiar with it.
Ghani said the third lesson was that science and technology could not be tactical and there was a need for a strategic approach; there should be a clear understanding of the barriers in the way of utilising science and technology.
"We should devise a proper plan to learn from each other and move forward. We should improve our cultural, social and educational systems," Ghani remarked.
Afghanistan was building a wide range of optical fiber in the region, which would be joined by Central and South Asian countries, the president concluded.
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