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Perth, Western Australia
February 19th 2006
Perth, Western Australia An Orange Light Emerged In The Sky
Date: February 19, 2006
Time: 9:00 p.m.
Number of witnesses: 1
Number of objects: 1
Full Description of event/sighting: I was lying on the recliner next to the pool looking to the SW. I had been observing several satellites for about 20 minutes. Not much "shooting star" activity but lots of satellites. An orange light emerged in the sky from over the roof of the house heading in a NW direction. Initially I thought it was the police helicopter as it was the brightness of the police copter's spotlight and about the same size. However, it was more of an orange colour compared to the spotlight which is more whitish. I'm pretty familiar with the police helicopter as it is around here quite often.
I fully expected to be able to eventually hear the helicopter and for the spotlight to be pointed in another direction as it always does. However, there was no sound and the light remained steady as it flew to the NW without changing direction. In fact, it moved pretty much like the satellites except that it appeared to be flying at normal aircraft altitude for this area and it was way, way, way larger and brighter than the satellites. As I said, it was of similar brightness and size as the police spotlight. Later I noticed the street light on Leach Hwy as I was walking inside and thought that they were very similar to the light in the sky.
It eventually faded out as it flew away over the ocean. Towards the end of its appearance it looked very much like a star. I tried to see if I could see other navigation lights but they were never visible. That may have been because the light was too bright to see them - or else they weren't switched on or just didn't exist.
There was nothing outlandish about it. It behaved like any other aircraft except that I can't work out what it was - for the first time ever.
The only thing it could have been would be a very small aircraft with a big spotlight - which would be unusual in itself.
Thank you to the witness for the report.
Brian Vike, Director
HBCC UFO Research
Brian Vike, The Vike Factor (Into The Paranormal)
Website: http://the-v-factor-paranormal.blogspot.com
Website: http://the-v-factor-paranormal-2.blogspot.com
[UFOINFO thanks Brian Vike for passing this report on.]


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Torii Mor Rose 2011
Winemaker's Notes:
Harvested on November 1st and 2nd at 20.5 to 20.9 Brix, this Rosé was produced by bleeding (saignee) Pinot Noir fermentors after de-stemming. The juice was then inoculated with the D47 yeast strain and fermented in a small tank for three weeks. The wine did not go through Malolactic fermentation and was racked and sterile filtered at bottling.
Editorial Reviews for Torii Mor Rose
Grapefruit and berries bloom through the nose. You'll be struck by the full mouth feel with softened edges and tinny undertones. Pert red and pink berries carry you to a deep, long, satisfying, finish. Think pink and orange Starburst candies, sans the artificial overtones. Pair with a summer Sunday brunch of eggs and fresh fruit with full-fat yogurt.
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Ballet-slipper pink and a nectarine nose! Super refreshing, dry, and elegant on the palate with lots of grapefruit and blood orange. Pithy, minerally finish. Love it!
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With a fragrant aroma, the 2011 Rosé is bright and forward with red raspberries, strawberries and citrus. The flavors are ripe and refreshing with red berries, grapefruit, and a nice spiciness through the lengthy finish. With a bright acidity and a juicy texture, this Rosé is ready to be enjoyed immediately. Tasted March 29, 201
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Grade six student Erin Lalach from St. Bernard School will soon get to follow her drawing on a Saskatoon transit bus.
"I'm super excited, I'll be making my mom chase the bus," she joked. "I can't wait for the museum either because it will be really fun."
But she isn't the only one as over 70 students from Saskatoon's Catholic and Public School Divisions got the chance to design their own bus wrap for the new PotashCorp children's museum.
"I definitely want to see my wrap at least once," said another grade six student from St. Bernard Rachel Herperger. "The new museum will be really hands-on and not boring like other museums."
Grade seven and eight students from North Park Wilson School also took part in the bus wrap desing project. The wrapped buses will hit Saskatoon streets in the spring.
"Students have been excited all week," said St. Bernard's grade six teacher Nicole Parent. "They're very creative kids and we hope to actually ride the bus."
The Children's Discovery Museum is in Market Mall right now and gets 15,000 visitors a year.
The new CDM will open in the Mendel Building sometime in 2018 and they're expecting 60,000 visitors a year.
Saskatoon kids design bus wraps for Children's Discovery Museum
Grade six student Erin Lalach from St. Bernard School will soon get to follow her drawing on a Saskatoon transit bus.


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RICHMOND, Va. -- Reynolds American Inc., the second-biggest U.S. cigarette company, should give investors some insight into its premium Camel brand and its value-priced Pall Mall brand when it releases its third-quarter results before the stock markets open Tuesday.
Americans are buying fewer cigarettes as they face rising taxes and greater smoking bans, health concerns and social stigma.
WHAT TO WATCH FOR: Most tobacco companies have raised prices and cut costs to bolster profits as declining demand cuts into cigarette sales.
But the decline in cigarette volumes industrywide has led to heavy promotional activity by the nation's largest tobacco companies.
Winston-Salem, N.C.-based Reynolds American said that those dynamics drove its cigarette volumes down nearly 7 percent to 18.1 billion cigarettes in the second quarter, compared with an estimated total industry volume decline of 1.7 percent.
During that period, its R.J. Reynolds Tobacco subsidiary sold 4 percent less of its Camel brand and volumes of Pall Mall fell 3.6 percent. Camel's market share fell slightly to 8.3 percent of the U.S. market, while Pall Mall's market share fell 0.2 percentage points to 8.4 percent.
The company has promoted Pall Mall as a longer-lasting and more affordable cigarette as smokers weather the weak economy and high unemployment, and has said half the people who try the brand continue using it. Still Reynolds has faced pressure from its competitors looking to attract more smokers looking to save money.
Reynolds American also sells Natural American Spirit cigarettes, and Kodiak and Grizzly smokeless tobacco.
Analysts pay close attention to the company's smokeless tobacco products _ a segment of the tobacco industry that's growing and becoming increasingly competitive as companies fight the decline in cigarette sales. Volume for its smokeless tobacco brands rose nearly 11 percent in the second quarter compared with a year ago. Its share of the U.S. retail market grew 1.7 percentage points to 32.4 percent.
Investors also will be interested to hear about the company's test market in the Des Moines, Iowa, area of a nicotine gum under the Zonnic brand aimed at helping people stop smoking that was expected to start in the third quarter. In 2009, Reynolds bought a Swedish company Niconovum AB, which makes nicotine gum, pouches and spray products. The test market is the first of its products to be sold in the U.S.
WHY IT MATTERS: As the first domestic tobacco company to report its third-quarter earnings, Reynolds American's results will help reveal key tobacco industry trends in the U.S.
Continued strength from Pall Mall could mean smokers are still switching to cheaper brands to save money, and those who tried the brand during the recession are remaining loyal. But if volumes of premium brands like Camel are rebounding, that could signal consumers are adjusting to higher prices on cigarettes following federal and state tax hikes.
WHAT'S EXPECTED: Analysts, on average, expect Reynolds American to report earnings of 79 cents per share on revenue of $2.2 billion, according to FactSet.
LAST YEAR'S QUARTER: Reynolds American reported adjusted earnings of 70 cents per share. Its revenue was $2.2 billion, excluding excise taxes.
Michael Felberbaum can be reached at http://www.twitter.com/MLFelberbaum.


text: Renewal time for brokers? But that is slowly changing, Westra points out, as the broker industry is slowly turning its attention to cultivating opportunities in the renewal business though greater participation and changing broker compensation including trailers. "Five years ago there was maybe 5 per cent of the overall business going to renewals for mortgage brokers," he says, "but now that is around 15 per cent. The broker channel is still a very fragmented industry – but some business can be recuperated upon maturity should borrowers new seek options." Counsel's growth has been accelerated by CIBC's departure from the mortgage channel by closing down FirstLine last year and the recent sale of The Mortgage Centre to Dominion Lending Centres. In addition, additional market share has come in the form of broker defections from ING following the acquisition of that popular lender by Scotiabank. Counsel's investors had been complaining about a clear corporate direction, spurring management to announce their intentions to sell most of its holdings and focus on the mortgage operation, Street Capital Financial Corp. Counsel has also applied for a licence to become a bank, having already received Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. approval to securitize mortgages. "That is one of the reasons for their success," says Westra. "They have always rated well on service surveys with mortgage brokers, and are extremely competitive the channel." Counsel had $6-billion worth of mortgage financings last year, or about 3 per cent of the market. Counsel typically doesn't hold the mortgages it obtains from brokers, but offers them for a fee to other institutions, such as pension funds and life insurers. Counsel should be looking to lever relationships with customers by offering other services like credit cards and non-prime mortgages if it does reach bank status. read more > 1 2 Leave a comment SHARE


text: Loved Hotel Mazarin. I cannot say enough good things about it. Best location, free breakfast, free internet, complimentary bottled water, gleaming clean rooms, beautiful courtyards. Stayed here our first night in NO, then went to see plantations, then returned to the city with the intention of staying the last two nights in the famous haunted hotel around the corner. Well,... More


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Mansfield's Crematorium and its four cemeteries in the district have achieved gold awards for their responsive and caring approach to helping the bereaved.
The accreditations have been awarded under the Charter for the Bereaved, a scheme run by the Institute of Cemetery and Crematorium Management.
Portfolio holder for the Environment, Councillor Andrew Tristram congratulated the teams on achieving a gold standard of service.
He said: "It is an area of service that the public perhaps do not like to think about too much but the quality of these services makes a big difference to people at a vulnerable time so it is very gratifying that in Mansfield we provide services at our crematorium and cemeteries that have been judged to meet the highest standards."
Mansfield's cemeteries in Mansfield, Mansfield Woodhouse, Warsop and Pleasley Hill, which are run by Mansfield District Council, were among 37 teams to achieve the gold award. The crematorium, run jointly by Mansfield District, Ashfield District and Newark and Sherwood District Councils, was among 47 teams in the country to be awarded gold for its service.


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I did an interview post with Andrew Richardson of Liquid Proust teas about tea group buying, about the non-commercial sheng Olympiad he hosts.
It's more or less an awareness initiative, related to sourcing unique themed versions of sheng pu'er, typically regional, through a group buy.
Other forms of group buying do get discussed here but those might typically be more for profit, about someone buying kilograms instead of smaller quantities and sharing unique product offerings and some savings while at the same time offsetting their costs. Short articles never get far about any subject; it's just a little about that one group purchase.
http://teaintheancientworld.blogspot.co ... mpiad.html
tea group buying, the sheng Olympiad
For general/other topics related to tea.
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Near Gettysburg in Adams County, Pennsylvania — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Major General Alexander Webb
Brevet Major General U.S. Army
1835 - 1911
Commanded 69th, 71st, 72nd, and 106th
Pennsylvania Infantry (Philadelphia
Brigade) which resisted Longstreet's
Assault - July 3, 1863
Cadet U.S.M.A. July 1, 1851, Brevet Second Lieutenant Forth U.S. Artillery July 1, 1855, Second Lieutenant Second Artillery Oct. 20, 1855, First Lieutenant April 26, 1861, Captain Eleventh Infantry May 14, 1861, Lieut.-Colonel Forty-Fourth Infantry July 28, 1866, Fifth Infantry March 15, 1869, Honorably discharged at his own request Dec. 5, 1870.
Major First Rhode Island Light Artillery Sept. 14, 1861, Lieut-Colonel Asst. Inspector General by assignment, Aug. 20, 1862 to June 28, 1863.
Brig.-General U.S.V. June 23, 1863, Honorably mustered out of volunteer service Jan. 15, 1866.
In command of 2nd Division, 2nd Corps in the Rapidan Campaign, and 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, 2nd Corps in the Wilderness. Severely wounded at Spotsylvania May 12, 1864. Chief of Staff, Army of Potomac Jan 11, 1865 to June 28, 1865. Asst. Inspector General, Division of the Atlantic July 1, 1865 to Feb. 21, 1866.
Awarded Congressional Medal of Honor "for distinguished personal gallantry at the battle of Gettysburg" where he was wounded.
Brevetted Major, U.S.A. July 3, 1863, "for gallant
Brevetted Major-General U.S.V. Aug. 1, 1864 "For gallant and distinguished conduct at the battles of Gettysburg, Pa., Bristoe Station, The Wilderness, and Spotsylvania, Va."
Erected 1915 by State of New York.
Marker series. This marker is included in the Medal of Honor Recipients marker series.
Location. 39° 48.777′ N, 77° 14.122′ W. Marker is near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, in Adams County. Marker is on Hancock Avenue, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Located near the "Angle" on Cemetery Ridge in Gettysburg National Military Park. Marker is in this post office area: Gettysburg PA 17325, United States of America.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Second Brigade (a few steps from this marker); First Pennsylvania Cavalry Cushing's Union Battery (a few steps from this marker); The High Water Mark (a few steps from this marker); Pickett's Charge (a few steps from this marker); 3rd Maine Regiment (a few steps from this marker); Battlefield Landmarks - South and West (within shouting distance of this marker); Artillery Brigade (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Gettysburg.
Also see . . .
1. High Water Mark. National Park Service virtual tour stop. (Submitted on February 14, 2009, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.)
2. Reports of Brig. Gen. Alexander S. Webb. Praising his brigade Webb wrote:
I feel that the general commanding has had abundant proof that as a brigade the Second can be relied upon for the performance of any duty which may be required of it. (Submitted on February 14, 2009, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.)
Categories. • War, US Civil •
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. This page originally submitted on February 14, 2009, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia. This page has been viewed 2,495 times since then and 66 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on February 14, 2009, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia. 6. submitted on August 11, 2011, by Henry T. McLin of Hanover, Pennsylvania. 7. submitted on February 14, 2009, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia. 8. submitted on February 16, 2009, by Mike Stroud of Bluffton, South Carolina.


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From: Carlton Winbery (email@example.com)
Date: Tue Aug 19 1997 - 13:50:45 EDT
Ben Crick wrote;
> Bishop John Robinson was drawn into the dating business by the Gospel of
>John. 19th century German critics placed it into the 2nd century; but the
>DSS and
> other finds forced the date back to 90-100 AD. Robinson still thought that
> unbelievably late, since the Gospel makes no mention of the sack of Jerusalem
> and the destruction of the Temple in 70 AD. Robinson abandoned the Werner
> Kümmel consensus of 1963. Owing to scholarly "sloth", the "tyranny of
> unexamined assumptions" and "almost wilful blindness", people had abandoned
> the traditional authorship and dating of the NT books, he claimed.
Would you agree with Bishop Robinson's thesis about the authorship of II
Peter? You seem a bit selective in your citation of witnesses and data.
I hope that most on the list can just let this go by without need of
detailed refutation. It would carry us far a field and probably would not
change any minds.
Carlton L. Winbery
Fogleman Professor of Religion
Chair, Division of Religious Studies
voice 318 487-7241
fax 318 442-4996
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Swipe, the budget mobile launcher firm has launched a new budget phone named Swipe Elite 3 in under price range of 6000 rupees. The 2GB RAM and 4G VoLTE is the main key features that highlights Elite 3. When it comes to design department, the volume and power button is mounted on the right strip. The handset is available in Space Grey and Champagne Gold colors. To avail Swipe Elite 3, the users have to pay Rs. 5,499 on Flipkart.
The specifications side contains dual SIM slot and well supports 4G connectivity and VoLTE call. The device offers 16GB of internal storage, which that can be expanded further up to 32GB via memory card. The Swipe Elite 3 mobile is powered by a Quad-core Spreadtrum processor at 1.3GHz clocked speed. The device Spreadtrum CPU is not powerful overall for heavy taking and gaming. It comes with 2GB of RAM size which is OK for this price.
The handset runs on Indus operating system which is based on Android 6.0 Marshmallow from the box. As for the glass it completes a 5-inch HD IPS display with resolution of 720×1280 pixels. There is an 8MP rear camera labeled by LED flash light, and offers a 5MP front shooter camera for selfie purpose and video calling.
Additionally, the Elite 3 provides 12 Indian language support and contain opera mini as pre-installed web browser.
Connectivity option includes 4G with VoLTE, Wi-Fi, Radio FM, Bluetooth, GPS, 3.5MM sound jack. It weighs at 175 grams and is backed by a 2500mAh battery.


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International freight shipping in Brisbane is a complex procedure that requires the services of an international freight forwarder.
A freight forwarder is essentially a company or a person whose duties are to organize shipments of corporations or individuals, and to get large orders from manufacturers to the market or to the final point of distribution.
Freight Shipping Company in Brisbane contract carriers to facilitate the shipment of goods. The forwarder himself is not a carrier per se, but is skilled in supply chain management. Basically, these forwarders can be thought of as a travel agency for the cargo industry or as a third party logistics provider.
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Freight Shipping can be booked for a whole host of carrier types, which include ships, trucks, planes and railroads. Some shipments can use multiple carrier types on route before it reaches its designated destination.
Freight shipping in Brisbane calls for very specific documentation as it has to go through multiple custom checks before being allowed to pass through. The forwarder would organize the carriage of your international shipment, along with helping the handling and processing of all the necessary paperwork. International forwarders also make sure that your shipment is arriving at the correct place at the specified time.
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In this country, millions of companies ship their product by truckload daily. The cost to package and ship merchandise directly affects the profit margin a business will have. The lower the shipping cost, the more profit a company can make on the product. Many factors affect freight shipping rates. These factors need to be identified and given proper attention to in make sure that the company getting cheap freight shipping cost.
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Just last week Secretary of State Hillary Clinton spoke about the virtues of extending a hand to foreign-exchange students and finding a place in their homes for them.
"Each year, thousands of engaged young people from around the world travel to the United States, eager to learn about American life and share perspectives from their own countries," Clinton said. "Families who welcome these exchange students into their homes and hearts not only enrich the life of an exceptional young person, they help build people-to-people connections that span the globe and last a lifetime."
The timing of Clinton's message couldn't have been more coincidental for Bondil Dencker, director of the Laguna Beach-based World Heritage International Student Exchange Programs.
The Denmark woman is in the midst of trying find homes for European high school students in Newport Beach and Costa Mesa, and what's incredibly frustrating, she said, is that sometimes there are families out there who are interested but simply don't know about the student-exchange program through World Heritage International.


text: BSI acquires Rocky Mountain gold-testing firm PRESS RELEASE April 30, 1999 The British Standards Institution (BSI), known worldwide for its Kitemark of product excellence and as a global leader in setting quality, safety and service standards for industry and commerce, has acquired one of America's leading companies for testing precious metals such as gold, silver, platinum and palladium. Rocky Mountain Geochemical, a 30-year old company originating in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, has been acquired by BSI as part of its international expansion strategy aimed at making it the preferred supplier of quality and inspection services to the world's leading businesses. News of this latest acquisition coincided with the publication of BSI's annual report for the year ended 31 December 1998 which discloses that BSI has acquired the CEEM Inc. training and publishing company in the USA and ACSA Loss Control, which operates in the car inspection business in Argentina and Brazil, for a combined consideration of £5.2million. In April 1998, BSI acquired Inspectorate PLC, a leading international inspection and testing company for £36.5 million which means that the new-look BSI group of companies now has a physical presence in over 90 countries around the world. Based in Reno, Rocky Mountain Geochemical analyses samples from potential gold and silver mining sites in Nevada, California, Colorado and Utah. Geologists use the company's test reports to plan exploration and drilling projects and to determine the viability of precious metals for mining development. It will be offering a greatly improved service - which is expected to produce significantly improved profitability. The purchase of Rocky Mountain Geochemical is the fourth acquisition to be made following last year's changes in BSI's Royal Charter, designed to give it greater operating flexibility. This has resulted in some 23 per cent (£27.9 million) of BSI's business now being in the USA and 46 per cent (£57.1 million) in the UK, compared with 68 per cent (£61.4 million) in the UK in the 12 months to 31 March 1998. The BSI annual report discloses that turnover increased from £89.9 million in the 12 months to March 1998 to £123.9 million in the following nine months to December 1998. Pre-tax profit for the comparative period rose from £6.6 million to £8.3 million. BSI Chairman Vivian Thomas says that the group's healthy results came from both organic growth and the impact from acquisitions. "The vast majority of current and projected growth is likely to take place outside the UK and this has influenced our strategic planning assumptions," says Mr Thomas. "The service and expertise we aim to provide throughout the world gives the increasing number of companies associated with BSI a competitive advantage in the promotion of their products and services. Our strength lies in the value we bring in adding quality, innovation and performance to their integrity", he adds. Chief Executive Keith Tozzi says in the annual report that in the coming months BSI will open new offices in 15 countries around the world - the first five in France, Spain, Poland, South Africa and South Korea are already open. BSI has led the way in developing the world's first integrated management system assessment (IMSA) linking together quality, environmental and health and safety systems. Among the first overseas IMSA registrations to be awarded last year was Glaxo Wellcome's Egyptian manufacturing facility, the first pharmaceutical company outside the UK to be registered. "We now have the structure, flexibility and the strategy to become the world's leading supplier of standards, quality management and environmental management systems assessment, testing and inspection services", says Mr Tozzi. "In the coming year BSI's priority will be to maximise the relationship we have with our customers by better using our knowledge and understanding of their business needs", he adds. CONTACT BSI PRESS OFFICE: Wilma Tulloch on +44 (0)20 8996 6330 ORMarc Edney on +44 (0)20 8996 6330


text: How often does Tesla not meet the deadline for the estimated timeframe for delivery? Mu estimated delivery is late Aug - September. I ordered on July 4, but still not in production yet. I want to make sure I get the current lease rates, which I read are available only if I take delivery by Sept 30. Is there a chance Tesla might miss the estimated delivery timeframe?


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I also had another question. If the ball is half outside of the penalty line and half on the penalty line and the keeper grabs it with his or her hands, is it a handball or not?
Hi Salvador, Perfectly legal as the location of the ball is considered to be INSIDE the PA thus the keeper can use the hands even on the part of the ball outside. Seems a bit funky but the LOTG require a definite yes or no to a restart location so when dealing with a 12 inch across ball and 5 inch boundary lines it was decided to eliminate the doubt about where the ball was in or out of the area if he ball is in contact or above the plane with a boundary line that ball is IN . By the same LOTG the keeper is permitted to use their hands on a ball that is considered to be inside their PA Cheers
Hi Salvador, As far as I can tell, NFHS rules hew to the same principle as the Laws of the Game - namely that the whole of the ball must cross the whole of the line to be outside the area that the line encloses. That being the case, the keeper in this situation would be allowed to handle the ball.
Hi Salvador NFHS has the same interpretation as the LotG. The Rules state that The ball is out of play when it has completely crossed a goal line or touchline,whether on the ground or in the air which is the same as the LotG. From that we can interpret that all of the ball must cross all of any line to be outside that area. In your example the decision is play on. The real challenge for the referee is to determine the location of the ball at that split second.
Salvador, as indicated in NFHS Rule 1-2-2, Boundary lines are part of the field of play; and Rule 1-2-3, the penalty area lines are part of the penalty area. Rule 9-1-1 states that the ball is out of play when it has completely crossed a goal line or touch line whether on the ground or in the air. This is true of all other lines. If any part of the ball is touching the line or in the air over that line, it is considered to be in the boundaries enclosed by that line. Thus, the answer to your question is that the ball is still in the penalty area and there would be no handling violation on the part of the goalkeeper. I do hope that your season is going well.
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On Thu, 24 May 2001, Kynn Bartlett wrote: > At 04:33 PM 5/24/2001 , Bjoern Hoehrmann wrote: > >I think it's a very simple reason: If you don't code properly, > >your pages won't show up. > > Except they do. What is the motivation for making those pages suddenly > NOT show up? Speaking as a developer of a non-mainstream browser, I have to say time and money. There is considerable effort required to write a browser that displays the poor Web pages out there. I have faced down many bug reports specifically about our browser's inability to handle some horrendous HTML. It would be much faster and cheaper if I could just ignore those reports and spend more time making the browser better for real HTML. If the mainstream browser vendor decided that it would only accept valid HTML, then development of Web browsers would be much simpler for the entire industry. So there is little motivation for the mainstream browser vendor. -- Liam QuinnReceived on Friday, 25 May 2001 00:57:50 UTC
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How is everybody doing!? I'm full on working on my thesis, but I am going to enjoy the holiday. I've been shopping yesterday and I can't wait to show you what I've got and tonight I'm going to the cinema. I still have a lot to show you from my Paris and Rotterdam trips (OMG still haven't finished those), but lately I've been in a blogging dip. I feel like I'm missing inspiration. I don't know what caused it.
23 April 2017 • DISNEYLAND, fashion, FRANCE, PARIS
Hey loves,
How's your evening going so far. Just wanted to check in. My instagram is full with bloggers having a great time at Coachella, which makes me really want to experience it meself. But I have to be responsible and finish my Master. But I do need to enjoy my life. So hopefully tommorrow's weather will be better than today and I will first go to the gym and later in the day see a movie! Can't wait for that. I'm like the biggest cinemalover in the world.
And the weekend has arrived! After the good news of yesterday I slept like a baby. It felt like all of the stress flooded out of me. I woke up with pain in my shoulders, but I guess that's because of all the stress I was under due to Uni. But now I can finally start with my thesis. Because I invested so much time in Uni, I haven't been to the gym in a couple of months now. I therefore planned my fitness routine to get back in shape (healthwise). Would you like to see a routine? Let me know.
Speak to you later,
13 April 2017 • BEAUTY, CHANEL, MAKEUP, MIKASA BEAUTY
Hi loves,
Today couldn't be any better! My proposal for my thesis got approved so I started immediately #notimetolose. To celebrate and treat myself I got some makeup from Chanel and did a little bit of online shopping. As you all know, makeup is a huge thing in my life. Besides fashion, makeup is my way of expressing myself. In order to create a good look you need to have the right tools. A while ago Mikasa Beauty reached out to me and let me know about their existence and what they stand for.
Enjoy your night!
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11 April 2017 • fashion, FRANCE, PARIS, TRAVEL
10 April 2017 • KATY PERRY, MUSIC, PERSONAL
Hey hey,
Sorry for the absence, but I have been under so much stress lately which triggered my migraine. I had migraine attacks for almost two weeks now. It was awful. I'm doing better now (TG!). I'm trying my best to ease my mind and do my best at Uni. But that's hard when it feels like everything you want to do is being pushed back. I have my final exam on wednesday, so I think it's a good time to get back in posting fashion and beauty related articles. But for now, here's a song that really got me thinking, Katy Perry ft. Skip Marley - Chained to the rythm. A big standing ovation for Katy's team on creating this music video. Every detail is so well thought.
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While I was in Indianapolis in April, Bruce Tomlinson and I went to a couple of places in search of great cocktails, including Nicky Blaine's in downtown Indy. Nicky Blaine's bills itself as a cocktail and cigar lounge. We had a couple of drinks (I had Booker's neat, and then water), and I had a cigar too (can't do that in a bar in Chicago anymore). Here are a couple of shots of the place - they have pictures of Kennedy and Lincoln at opposing ends of the bar to help guide your seating selection.
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Somehow this struck me as funny so I wrote it down.
And then I forgot to actually post it until now. Better late than never, I figure.


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The Killers
By Alexander Laurence
Killers debut album, Hot Fuss, is the hottest American
record of the year so far. We no longer have to leave it
up to the English to satisfy our musical palette because
we now have the Killers. They combine a love for British
music, with showmanship and killer hooks. The Killers are
Brandon Flowers (voice/keyboard), David Keuning (guitar),
Mark Stermer (bass), and Ronnie Vannucci (drums). This bunch
met in Las Vegas two years ago, after Brandon left his previous
band. They recreate the feeling and emotion of New Wave,
while saying something absolutely new.They are well dressed
and the bass player looks like Jesus Christ. These guys
are what the doctor ordered. I spoke to Ronnie Vannucci
the day their record was released. The Killers will be playing
in New York City soon.
I just saw you guys play at Weenie Roast 2004 just a few
days ago. That was good. You went on at about 5pm.
Ronnie: Oh yeah. That was hotter than hell. We loved it.
The sun really shone on us that day. We are still cutting
our teeth with things. It's good that we can get a good
spot on the main stage. We do what we do with every show.
It may sound cheesy but we give it our all. We hope people
enjoy it. It is a battle being in direct sunlight.
AL: Brandon's face was projected on the screen quite often.
He looked like he was sweating a lot.
Ronnie: Yeah. It's pretty hot up there.
AL: You grew up in the suburbs of Las Vegas? How has that
influenced the band?
Ronnie: Yeah, if you can call it that. It's a strip in
the middle and houses that surrounds it. I don't know if
growing up there has influenced us in any specific way.
Las Vegas has established itself with any music scene. You
have to rely on what is happening in neighboring cities
like Los Angeles. That is where people used to think they
needed to go to prove themselves or make themselves known.
I think that it comes down to having good songs. It doesn't
matter where you live.
AL: When did you meet each other?
Ronnie: About two years ago. David and Brandon met through
an ad. I met them at a gig. They had been The Killers a
few months before I joined. They didn't have a solid lineup.
I joined and then we found Mark. We decided that we had
to get really serious. We knew we had to practice every
day and write songs.
AL: How many shows have you played back then?
Ronnie: We played a few local shows. We have played a shitload
of shows in La Vegas. But our first connection with the
outside world was when we went to England in September 2003.
It is all still pretty new to us.
AL: You went over to England first before playing any big
tours in the United States?
Ronnie: Yeah. Our first tour was in England. We had played
New York City and Chicago when we were still unsigned. We
did a few things here and there, but England is where things
started for us.
AL: What sort of shows did you play there?
Ronnie: At first we were playing shitty support acts at
no name clubs. Then we got better supporting gigs. People
saw us play and thought we were a good band. Things started
to happen very fast.
AL: When did you record the album?
Ronnie: The record is half demos. We made a demo first.
That led to a single for an indie label in England. That
led to an EP and an album. We had a lot of songs recorded
already. When we thought about putting the album together
we kept a lot of the original demos because they all had
certain spontaneity to them. Half of the songs we recorded
before we ever went to England.
AL: You made a self-released EP when you played that first
Ronnie: Yeah. It was a four song EP of the demos. It was
released through Lizard King who was our label in the UK.
When we did the album we remixed the songs. It was a limited
edition. It created enough static to make some waves.
AL: When you worked on the final album, did you work with
a producer?
Ronnie: We worked with Jeff Saltzman. We gave him credit.
But we constructed all the songs and mostly did everything
ourselves. We had a guy recording for us. We gave him producing
points for recording us.
AL: Did you do live tracks or how did you go about recording
the album?
Ronnie: Yeah. No recording was more than three takes. That
is what I meant by the spontaneity of the record. We weren't
trying to make a big record. We just tried to write some
good songs and play good and try to make it the best we
could. We were just recording songs over the course of a
year when we had time. The original demos turned out to
be so good that we kept them.
AL: Did you do a lot of overdubs and vocal doubling?
Ronnie: No. There wasn't a lot of production involved.
It is almost like a live show or rehearsal. We would like
to work in the studio for a few months. We could see where
that takes us. Maybe we will do that with the second record.
AL: How do you write songs in the band?
Ronnie: Each song is different. Some songs will come from
all four of us. Someone will make up a melody or a line.
Some songs Brandon brought in. He had the songs and the
changes all written already. It was all there. Some songs
had maybe two of us working on it. Brandon and I worked
on "Believe, Me Natalie" together. Brandon and
David had written "Mr. Brightside" before Mark
and I were in the band. We are a band most importantly and
we work on all the songs together eventually. It makes it
fun because the creation of every song is so different.
AL: Brandon writes all the lyrics too?
Ronnie: Yeah.
AL: What does he write about in his songs?
Ronnie: All I know is half of his songs are half-fiction
and half-autobiographical. The songs are about different
subjects. If you wanted to know about anything specific
you would have to ask Brandon.
AL: There is a lot of romantic longings in the songs. It's
a make out album?
Ronnie: You think so? There is some romantic stuff in there.
That description would belong to us.
AL: I was reading the NME. They compared your band to The
Smiths. Are you Smith obsessive like they say?
Ronnie: We are not obsessed with The Smiths. The Smiths
were among the bands that all four members grew up with.
Those were our generation's bands. Those were some of the
first tapes we bought. Those were some of the first things
we discovered for ourselves so it's personal. It's very
easy for us to be in a room and make music because we have
a common background.
AL: Some of these articles also mention U2.
Ronnie: Yeah. U2 is a wonderful band. I still really look
up to them.
AL: What are some other bands that are definitely influences
but people haven't pointed out before?
Ronnie: We are fans of British music, but we are also fans
of American music. We like the Talking Heads, Blondie, and
others. We also like the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Strokes, and
Interpol. We like Tom Petty, Tom Waits, and Lou Reed. We
like music in general. We just don't listen to The Cure
and The Smiths. That needs to be known.
AL: Does Brandon Flowers have a shrine to Robert Smith
or Morrissey on his wall at home?
Ronnie: No! Hell no! Actually we did play some shows with
Morrissey. We talked to him and he was positive. That was
some good validation of what we were doing.
AL: What other bands have you played with that you liked?
Ronnie: We just recently did three shows with Yeah Yeah
Yeahs. We were really stoked to be doing shows with those
guys. There are some great bands in England that people
should listen to like British Sea Power, The Black Velvets,
The Departure, and Surfer Rosa from Norway. We really enjoyed
playing with those guys. There is a band in London called
The Glitterati. They just finished a tour with David Lee
Roth. They are really good.
AL: The song "Glamorous Indie Rock and Roll"
is on the UK album but not on the American issue. Why is
Ronnie: We decided that England would be more receptive
to that song. We wanted to make the albums a little different.
AL: Have you seen any good movies?
Ronnie: We saw Harry
Potter when we were in London. Daniel Radcliffe is apparently
a fan of The Killers.
AL: He is obsessed
with The Killers. I read that interview. I was shocked.
He is supposedly the second wealthiest teenager in England.
He could buy a bunch of copies of Hot Fuss and keep
it in the charts all year.
Ronnie: Wow! Who knows?
AL: What are you up to this summer?
Ronnie: We don't have a day off until the middle of October.
We are playing all the festivals except Reading and Leeds.
We will be at Glastonbury, T in The Park, V Festival, Fuji
Rock, and a few more. I don't know exactly where we will
be for the next three months.
AL: When will you do a proper tour of the great American
Ronnie: It starts in July.
AL: What is your favorite part about being a musician?
Ronnie: Playing live shows is probably the best for me.
What is good about that is it's true for the most part.
It's a true representation of who we are as people and musicians.
We are out there naked. We are giving them a show. That
is the best thing about music: going from a hot garage with
some songs to a hot stage with people who enjoy the music.
AL: You are really a great drummer. It's like the second
coming of Keith Moon.
Ronnie: Thanks. I haven't destroyed any drum sets yet.
Website: www.thekillersmusic.com
The Killers Live
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Sat 07/17/04 Albuquerque, NM Launchpad
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Thu 07/22/04 Dallas, TX Trees
Fri 07/23/04 Houston, TX Engine Room
Sat 07/24/04 Austin, TX Stubb's Barbeque
Sun 07/25/04 El Paso, TX The T Lounge
Mon 07/26/04 Tucson, AZ City Limits


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Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli released a video Tuesday, in which he said he had donated $18,000 to a Richmond charity to put any questions surrounding the Star Scientific matter to rest.
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May I Write of Heroes
Well, well, well… Here we are again. It's MAY. It's StoryADay! And I'm late, as usual.
The point is that I'm doing it.
I like doing themed collections. Last year, I wrote of death. I wrote nearly 70,000 words of death in 30 days. This year, I will write of heroes. No, I'm not going to go all heavy handed and write thirty stories about real heroes from everyday life. I'm a comic book geek… and because I'm doing the writing (and not you), I am going to write about what I want!
I have created a fictional world called Hypostatica. What this world is about and how heroes are incorporated will be shown in the writing.
My goal: To write 30 stories by the end of this month… not necessarily one per day, but averaged out, I should be good. I have no length goal. Things are getting pretty real in other areas of my life and… wait… why am I rationalizing to you? For that matter, why am I personifying the not-a-single-person who is reading this?
Wow, I've invalidated my entire life with that last sentence, so I'll act like I never wrote it! Yay ignorance!
Keep watching…er…reading… er… not reading? Ah, hell. My stories are coming soon. I'm out.
My wife has just informed me that may now has 31 days… When did this happen? I was not at this meeting. I do not appreciate it when existence changes without my knowledge, let alone my say-so.
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Wrights Creek Bridge Upgrade Complete
Media Release
26 November 2013
Joint release with:
Senator Ian McDonald
Senator for Queensland
Wrights Creek Bridge on the Bruce Highway south of Cairns is now double the width, with a $12 million upgrade officially opened today.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Development Warren Truss said the Australian Government-funded project had greatly improved traffic flow and safety on the south side of Cairns.
"Wrights Creek Bridge was a real pinch point impacting all vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists as they slowed to negotiate the narrow bridge on a tight curve," Mr Truss said.
"This project was significant because of the poor safety record at this location, with sixteen crashes recorded in the five years preceding September last year.
"This much wider transport corridor has helped ease congestion and improve freight travel on this primary route into Cairns from the south."
At today's ceremony, Queensland Senator Ian Macdonald said the bridge width had been doubled to 15 metres.
"In addition to improving freight flow, residents and business owners in nearby Davis and Hill Roads benefit from the project's new dedicated turning lanes from the Bruce Highway," Senator Macdonald said.
"The upgraded bridge also includes two-metre wide shoulders and an improved alignment."
The Australian Government is investing $8.5 billion over 10 years in partnership with the Queensland Government to make the Bruce Highway safer, more reliable and less prone to flooding.


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What's for breakfast? There was a time when the answer was "bacon and eggs." Then the egg fell victim to cholesterol concerns and the bacon copped to a "high-fat" rap, plus frying up eggs and bacon seemed like too much work. Pretty soon everyone you knew was pounding a fruit smoothie or gobbling an energy bar in the car on the way to work or school.
What's for breakfast? There was a time when the answer was "bacon and eggs." Then the egg fell victim to cholesterol concerns and the bacon copped to a "high-fat" rap, plus frying up eggs and bacon seemed like too much work. Pretty soon everyone you knew was pounding a fruit smoothie or gobbling an energy bar in the car on the way to work or school.
Meanwhile, the egg had been cleared of most of the charges against it, and bacon is considered one of those "fine in moderation" foods (two cooked slices have 73 calories, 6 grams of fat and 202 milligrams of sodium), while concerns have been raised instead about the sugar content of juice drinks and the processed soy and high-fructose corn syrup in energy bars. "Bacon and eggs" seems once again like a reasonable option for breakfast. And, come to think of it, not one that takes a lot of time or effort.
Leave it to Kelsey Nixon, host of "Kelsey's Essentials" on the Cooking Channel, to offer a simple and simply delicious recipe for baked eggs with bacon in her new cookbook "Kitchen Confidence" (Clarkson Potter, 2014). Her dish includes spinach and goat cheese, and is a Sunday-brunch-at-a-fancy-restaurant dish that is easy enough for a weekday morning.
If you want to cook it old school, stick with plain bacon and eggs. Here are some hints for cooking each.
Perfectly cooked bacon (adapted from "The Bacon Cookbook," by James Villas, Wiley & Sons, 2007):
1) To fry: Lay bacon in a single layer in a cold, heavy skillet. Set over medium-low heat and cook, turning once or twice, until crisp, 10 to 15 minutes.
2) To broil: Line a broiling pan with foil and lay bacon on a rack over the pan. Set the pan (with rack) 3 to 4 inches from the heat source of a preheated broiler. Broil 6 to 10 minutes, turning frequently and watching carefully to prevent burning.
3) To bake: Prepare as for broiling. Bake for 20 minutes in the upper third of an oven preheated to 350 degrees. (Best for thick-cut bacon that you do not want to become very crisp).
4) To microwave: Not recommended as it can easily result in dried-out, hard bacon.
Perfect fried eggs (adapted from "The Good Egg," by Marie Simmons, Houghton Mifflin, 2006):
1) Choose the right-sized pan (a 6-inch pan for one egg; 8-inch for two eggs, 10-inch for three to four eggs. For more than four eggs, fry in batches).
2) Use 1 teaspoon of butter or olive oil per egg.
3) Start with an empty, cold pan and heat it slowly over medium-low heat; then add the fat and heat slowly until it begins to sizzle; then add the eggs.
4) Break eggs into a shallow cup or saucer and then slide into pan. (This allows you to pick out any shells, and also to save an egg with a broken yolk for another purpose.)
5) Cook over low to medium heat. For sunny-side up eggs, cook 4 to 5 minutes, covered (for delicate white and creamy yolk) or uncovered (for yolk and white slightly browned on the bottom).
6) For eggs over-easy, cook as for sunny-side up (above) and flip during last 15 to 20 seconds of cooking. Use a wide spatula.
Yield: 4 servings
Recipe from: "Kitchen Confidence," by Kelsey Nixon, Clarkson Potter, 2014
6 slices applewood smoked bacon
6 ounces (4 loosely packed cups) fresh baby spinach
2 teaspoons cider vinegar
1 teaspoon whole grain mustard
Kosher salt and cracked black pepper
4 large eggs
2 ounces soft goat cheese, divided into 4 (� ounce) portions
Toasted baguette slices, for serving
Preheat the oven to 400 degrees. Line a plate with paper towels.
Fry, broil or bake the bacon until crisp, as above. Transfer to the prepared plate to drain. When cool, crumble.
Pour off and reserve all but 1 tablespoon of the bacon drippings in the skillet. Add the spinach to the skillet and saut� over medium heat until wilted, 1 to 2 minutes. Stir in the vinegar and mustard, and season to taste with salt and pepper. Continue cooking until no liquid remains, about 2 minutes more.
Using the reserved drippings, lightly grease four (1-cup) ramekins. Carefully crack an egg into a shallow cup or saucer; if any of the yolks break, cover and refrigerate for another use (within 24 hours). Gently slide one egg into each ramekin. Season each egg with pepper. Divide the spinach among the ramekins and top with crumbled bacon.
Set the ramekins on a baking sheet. Bake until the whites are set and the yolks are still runny, 10 to 15 minutes.
After removing ramekins from the oven, top each egg with � ounce of goat cheese and serve warm with toast.


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As telecommunications technology has advanced, citizens assume that their communication devices are capable of soliciting emergency assistance. According to Marc Andreessen, developments in information technology are finding their way first to consumers and only later making their way into other arenas (The Economist, 2011). Text, video and calls from voice over IP (VOIP) phones are increasingly popular; however, the ability to procure 911 help via these modes has not been widely implemented. As the technology of 911 becomes more complicated and more expensive, federal and state agencies have struggled to find ways to enable public safety capability to meet consumer assumptions. These agencies have begun to recognise and act upon the need for centralised planning.
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Five important bills lapsed as NA fails to assent them
The bills that have lapsed are; Anti-Rape Laws (Criminal Laws Amendment) Bill 2015; the Anti-Honour Killing Laws (Criminal Laws Amendment) Bill 2015; the Privatisation Commission (Second Amendment) Bill 2015; the Torture, Custodial Death and Custodial Rape (Prevention and Punishment) Bill 2015 and the Gas Theft Control and Recovery Bill 2014.
The Senate Secretariat has also notified that the five bills have lapsed.
One bill pertaining to gas theft and recovery was moved by the government itself, but it could not get parliament's attention for approval.
Similarly, the anti-honour killing bill also recommends amendments to the Pakistan Penal Code and the Criminal Procedure Code to address shortcomings in the existing laws.


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As part of an agency in the midst of developing a consulting capability, I read Sam Hill's Forum commentary ("No synergy," AA, Oct. 22) with great interest ... and more than a little alarm.
While he makes several worthwhile points, I wonder if he's missing the real reason agencies are-and in my opinion should be-developing consultancies.
Without question, agencies and consultants are apples and oranges. They offer different products, require different skill sets and foster different cultures.
But are these differences sufficient reason for agencies not to pursue this line of business? Sure, agencies may be motivated by enhanced profits and/or to defend our influence with clients against the incursion of outside consultancies. But the most compelling reason for offering consulting services is that clients need both.
More importantly, clients need linkage between the two.
Unfortunately, the brilliant analyses of management consultants often end up sitting on a shelf collecting dust. Conversely, agencies' work frequently is not as informed as it should be by such rigorous analysis. What clients desperately need is for the consultants' analysis to come to life in tangible ways in the marketplace. The company that can pull off that translation will provide powerful, unprecedented value to its clients.
So, yes, we're different, and, yes, it's difficult to put the two under the same roof. But in the best interest of our clients-and, in the long term, our industry-it will be well worth the effort.
Earl Cox
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Director of Strategic Planning
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Direct mail safeguards
"Direct hit after anthrax threat" (AA, Oct. 22) cast a dark cloud over the short-term fate of direct mail in light of the recent anthrax threat.
It should be noted that some leading direct marketers already have comprehensive mail production and processing security procedures in place to protect and reassure our clients, their customers and our own employees.
Under current conditions, clients and consumers need to be aware that the leading mail and fulfillment facilities are in fact secure buildings with around-the-clock security patrol on the floor. No one gets in without card access and no unknown or unexpected deliveries from the outside are accepted.
Direct mail must be professionally produced in a secure environment with accountability and be traceable throughout the entire process of development and delivery channels. Clients should insist on nothing less from their marketing partners.
While certain consumers may be uncomfortable with mail in the short term, most successful clients (and agencies) understand that direct mail is one aspect, albeit an important one, of the holistic marketing approach needed to reach today's consumers.
The winners are those that employ a media-neutral approach to an integrated marketing solution, and drive value through a range of interrelated and supporting initiatives encompassing a number of media channels, including direct mail, print and TV ads, interactive and e-mail marketing, tele-services, promotions and others.
Now more than ever it may be the time to deliver communications through multiple communication channels, providing our most important customers a choice in selecting the channels they are most comfortable with.
It's a challenging time, but marketers need to reassure clients and their customers that many procedures are in place on their behalf.
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Who was desperate?
In his "Adages" column, writer Richard Linnett suggested that Mother Jones was "desperate" for taking an ad from BP, the international oil company (AA, Oct. 22).
Desperate? Mother Jones' advertising revenue is up 20% this year. Our paid circulation is up 11% in the past year-nearly 40% since 1998. In June, the American Society of Magazine Editors awarded us a 2001 National Magazine Award for General Excellence.
Mother Jones has had plenty to say about big oil. But we're not likely to say that they are fools. BP chose Mother Jones for its campaign because it wanted to reach a savvy, engaged audience in a book that would draw attention. Mother Jones delivers.
Linnett heard all of this in our interview. Seems like he was desperate-for a cheap dig.
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President and Publisher
Mother Jones
San Francisco
* In "Hershey to increase ad budgets for key brands" (Oct. 29, P. 1), Hershey Foods Corp. is putting all its $65 million in annual restructuring savings into sales/marketing activities, with half going to advertising. The story said half the savings would go into sales/marketing.
* In "Brand groups lead i-efforts for Unilever" (Oct. 29, P. 32), Unilever's North American Inter-active Brand Center will continue to operate and lead global interactive strategy, though centers in Europe and Asia have been closed. The story said the North American center was being dismantled. Inter-active strategy is now being aligned more closely to the agendas of the leading brands, a spokesman said.


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(This was taken on Saturday night, 10pm, when Ollie suddenly decided not to sleep and dress up for play, all by herself. She put on the shoes and my cap, hopped on her little car and instructed the Papa to take a photo of her, for her.)
The homeschooling community shared the article:
It came at a time where I asked Laogong if it's OK that I'm not teaching anything school-style and school-way for Ollie. (I just want to make sure he sort of is having the same mentality as me.) I'm just letting Ollie play around, run around, swim, shop and live the daily life we live at the moment. She is not going to school yet and highly, definitely later on, No. I just want Ollie to play. Unstructured play. And wow, she is doing good, by my standards, of course.
I always face questions about homeschooling Ollie and mainly I'll say that I don't want her to be caught in the rat race (contradicting I know, especially when our family business is highly educational, the Singapore way, but well the business does not equate to parenting ideas).
I guess the sharing of the article came at the right time, assuring me that it's fine to let Ollie play away. But again, I guess, knowing myself, even without the article, I'm just doing it my way.
Dear Ollie,
Childhood is a very precious commodity.
Being able to be play it away, I think is very important.
Please enjoy your childhood as much as you can.
Play, play away.


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Double Star Mission Extension
09 November 2006On 8 November 2006, the Science Programme Committee (SPC) of the European Space Agency (ESA) has approved a 9 months extension of ESA involvement in the Double Star Programme (DSP) operations from 1 January 2007 to 30 September 2007.
ESA contributed to the construction/refurbishment and pre-integration of the eight European instruments, and is now acquiring data for 4 hours per day using the VILSPA-2 ground station near Madrid, Spain. ESA also co-ordinates the scientific operations for the European instruments. China's contribution included the two spacecraft buses, eight scientific experiments, and the launch. China also conducts the spacecraft and Chinese instrument operations.
The orbits have been designed to complement the Cluster mission by maximizing the time when both Cluster and Double Star are sampling the same scientific regions at different distances from the Earth. The two missions allow simultaneous observations of the Earth's magnetosphere from six points in space. To facilitate the comparison of data, half of the Double Star payload (with the exception of the NUADU instrument) is made up of spares or duplicates of Cluster experiments; the other half consists of new Chinese instruments.
Scientific highlights
The 2.5 years of DSP mission has brought many new perspectives concerning the boundaries of the magnetosphere and the fundamental processes that are playing a role in the transport of mass, momentum and energy into the magnetosphere. Double Star is providing new results thanks to its orbits skimming many key plasma regions (bow shock, magnetopause and near Earth plasma sheet), with its new instrumentation (neutral atom imager) and high telemetry rate for the particle instruments (allowing 3D electron and ion distribution function up to 4 s resolution). We can also see, for the first time, the evolution of structures and physical processes at small scales within the Cluster tetrahedron, and then at large scales with Double Star. Among the main science results obtained during the first extension are:
Density holes in the solar wind
Magnetic reconnection
Geomagnetic substorms
Plasma entry in the magnetosphere
Inner magnetosphere and energetic particles
Scientific rationale to extend the mission
A large number of papers have appeared in refereed literature since the Double Star launch. A special issue of Annales Geophysicae on the first Double Star results was published in November 2005 and contained 24 papers. Since most Double Star papers are associated with Cluster data, Double star papers are counted with the Cluster list of publications, and as of November 2006, this list contains 531 papers.
The principal goal for extending the mission a further 9 months (January 2007 to September 2007) is to complete the dayside season with new conjunctions between Cluster and Double Star. During the proposed second extension period, the orbital planes of Cluster and Double Star TC-1, which were originally aligned, will become separated by around 60 deg. in azimuth or 'local time', providing new Cluster-Double Star conjunctions, or rather constellations. Many magnetospheric processes that take place on the dayside and nightside magnetosphere are believed to extend in local time, but there has been paucity in observations to fully characterize them. For instance:
The new large separations between Cluster and Double Star will also enable the study of the effect of big solar events like large coronal mass ejections or high speed solar wind streams on the magnetosphere on a global scale. Having Cluster on the dawnside and Double Star on the duskside during a large part of the extension will facilitate the monitoring of the impact of such events on the magnetosphere, and the resultant magnetospheric compression, in particular the level of symmetry between the dawn and dusk flanks.
Furthermore, after the malfunction of the IMAGE spacecraft in December 2005, Double Star TC-2 is presently the only Earth orbiting spacecraft with a Neutral Imager. During the proposed 9 month extension, a few solar storms are expected to occur and could be particularly well studied with the Neutral Atom Imager instrument NUADU.
Finally, new solar terrestrial missions are just being prepared for launch and they will certainly enhance the scientific objectives of Double Star as well as benefit from the Double Star extension. First, the recently launched NASA Stereo spacecraft will look at the Sun's explosive events, like Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs), and characterize their propagation in the heliosphere. Double Star will simultaneously look at the interaction of these CMEs with the Earth's bow shock and magnetopause. THEMIS, another new NASA mission will study the origin of the geomagnetic substorms. The five THEMIS satellites have apogees opposite to Cluster's and the Double Star TC-1 apogee is located approximately in between. About half of the magnetosphere and its environment will be covered simultaneously with these three missions, making a total of 11 spacecraft.
"This will be the first time in history of Space Physics that such a high number of spacecraft is in operation simultaneously and represents an unprecedented scientific opportunity to study the global solar-magnetospheric environment and the physical processes involved", comments Philippe Escoubet, Double Star and Cluster project scientist of the European Space Agency.
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Trump Spokeswoman Katrina Pierson: If GOP Voters Come Home TRUMP WILL WIN ELECTION (Video)
Trump campaign spokesperson Katrina Pierson went on Varney and Co. this morning to discuss the state of the race.
Katrina told Stewart Varney that if Republican voters come home Donald Trump will be the next president of the United States.
Katrina Pierson: What I can tell you is we are confident Mr. Trump is going to win this race. I heard you in your opening say that early voting is in favor of Mr. Trump. We feel confident about Florida. We feel confident on Ohio. He is going to be out there pounding that pavement. We're all going to be out there pounding that pavement. What we know Stewart is if Republicans come home, and it is time to do just that, he will win in November.
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