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Watching FC Barcelona outclassed in the quarterfinals of the Champions League and now facing a must win scenario in El Clásico has finally shown how unbalanced the club has become. With a final in the Copa del Rey still looming, most clubs would feel fortunate to be in a position to win one title let alone the possibility of two at this point in the season, but Barcelona is more than a club. The problem most pressing to the club now is how to utilize the greatest player of all time to his fullest potential with however many remaining seasons he decides to play.
Match Review: FC Barcelona vs. Athletic Club or:
How I learned to stop worrying and love the club. Things seemed dire before the match, third place in La Liga, one foot out of the Copa del Rey, but let's conveniently forget to talk about Champions League play and the Lionel Messi free kick in San Mamés. It took three perfect works of art to change everything back to normal for the club. A three to one victory in Camp Nou not only sees FC Barcelona progress to the next round and silence numerous doubters, but also remind the world of the three exquisite match winning forwards the club possesses.


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Running through our Great Lakes, at the Straits of Mackinac, is a 63-year-old oil pipeline called Line 5 that pumps more than 500,000 barrels of oil a day. A leak from this pipeline in the Straits of Mackinac, with its associated currents, would be a disaster that would not only be impossible to contain, but would harm our economy, ecology and health.
The owners, Enbridge — a Canadian corporation, swear up and down that the pipeline is safe, even while acknowledging in this paper that there are multiple danger zones that they are "monitoring closely" ('Line 5 – separating fact from fiction,' The Sault News 5/21/2016). In fact, Line 5 has not been independently verified to be safe.
Just a few weeks ago, we learned about a Line 5 oil leak and contamination that sat for decades in the Hiawatha National Forest in the U.P. ('30 years later, contamination remained at site of pipeline spill,' Detroit Free Press, 5/10/2016.)
Until Enbridge agrees to operate in our Great Lakes 100 percent transparently and safely, they forfeit the right to use our waters — and this pipeline at the Straits should be shut down immediately.
I do not oppose pipelines. I support the jobs pipelines create, the heating oil they transport, and their ability to safely transport oil. But Line 5 through the Straits, and the debate surrounding it, is unique. Beyond the immediate threat this 63 year-old pipeline poses, the debate is also about future jobs and how we will position northern Michigan in the coming largest natural resource competition in the history of the world: fresh water.
Within our lifetime, fresh water will become the most valuable natural resource in the history of the world — and we're blessed with 21 percent of the world's supply. We are uniquely positioned to show the world how to use and protect it. The same way Stanford University helped create Silicon Valley, we can create thousands of jobs by showing the world how to better use and protect freshwater with a fresh water institute.
If we continue to trust the wrong people, an oil leak in our Great Lakes will forfeit our credibility and ability to lead in the fresh water arena.
Enbridge says Line 5 is the most "most closely inspected and respected pipeline" in its system – which doesn't mean much coming from a company responsible for the largest inland oil disaster in the history of the U.S., right here in Michigan in 2010. The state agency that oversees Line 5 is the very same government agency that brought us the Flint water fiasco.
We no longer should accept "Trust us" from politicians or corporate executives whose concerns are short term and limited. Nor should we accept fearmongering: shutting down the Line 5 pipeline at the Straits of Mackinac would still allow for the continued propane distribution from Rapid River in the U.P. – making sure affordable heating propane is uninterrupted to our families in the U.P. and the northern Lower Peninsula.
Let's 1) Shut down the Line 5 oil pipeline at the Straits of Mackinac; 2) independently verify if it's safe; and 3) work with the Governor's task force to seek alternatives to this pipeline.
I'm the fifth generation of my family to live in northern Michigan. My family left for me land I could hunt, fish and make a living on. We owe our children and grandchildren the same and more.
More than 50 townships and communities have passed resolutions calling for action. Please join our call to shut down the Line 5 oil pipeline that runs through the Straits of Mackinac, and together let's show the world how to better use and protect freshwater and build a northern Michigan and U.P. where our families can stay, and succeed.
Lon Johnson, former chairman of the Michigan Democratic Party, is running for the U.S. House of Representatives in Michigan's 1st District.

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Allan Ageman, Managing Partner
Saying that Allan Ageman has some knowledge about the staffing Industry is a huge understatement. Allan has been in the staffing field for over thirty 30 years. He is a highly dedicated and ethical professional leader with the ability to quickly and effectively implement solutions to the long term and day-to-day business problems that are a constant in the staffing business. Prior to joining The Bachrach Group, he owned two highly successful search firms. Agemen adamantly emphasizes that in order to run a successful search firm, the recruiters and sales team need to have the flexibility and ability to understand the client and candidate's needs, as well as a commitment to integrity and ethics.
Allan's management style has created an exceptional atmosphere for TBG's employees to be highly successful and to thrive and grow in an exciting, fast paced environment. In Allan's own words: "It takes performance, that's what has won us our clients. Not yesterday's performance; that's past history. Clients want performance today. At TBG, that's what we give them!"
Anthony Fanzo, Partner
Anthony manages the day to day production at TBG. Anthony started his staffing career over 20 years ago as a full desk technology recruiter. Since then, Anthony has had leadership roles managing multiple markets with A-L Associates, Spherion/Mergis Group and Staffmark.
He has been integral in the development and expansion of TBG into new practice areas and is committed to opening new offices around the country.
Previously, Anthony had a successful career as a stock broker with Prudential Securities and Goldman Sachs. He holds a BS degree in computer science from Fordham University, and held series 7, 6 and 63 licenses.
Success Stories
Allan has come through for me on a number of difficult searches when other service providers couldn't. He and the team are on top of their game and I would recommend them to anyone who asked me. Not only do they supply professional services but they also make it a fun and enjoyable experience. They are the go to firm to use if you have any challenging or difficult searches.
Having been in Recruiting industry for my entire career I have worked with many contingency search firms. Bachrach is definitely top tier and has been a tremendous resource for me in helping me fill difficult positions. Allan's team consistently demonstrates the highest degree of professionalism- taking the time to properly understand my business as well as the finer points of the individual position we are filling resulting in a smooth, efficient process.
In my role as both Recruiter and Recruiting Manager at Citi, I worked with Allan for over 17 years. During that time, he and his staff were responsive and collaborative. They delivered results regardless of the task.
Mr. Ageman boasts profound expertise across multiple domains and is an excellent relationship manager as well as a strategic staffing partner.
I have worked with Allan and his team for many years. He provides my firm with top level candidates for some of the most difficult roles on the street. His service level and knowledge level of my business are what set him and his company apart from many of their competitors.
I've worked with Allan for over 20+ years in providing technical resources for various staffing levels in the IS market. He has always been dedicated and professional in defining the needs and locating the correct candidates. Instead of being flooded with resumes, only candidates that fit my requirements are provided.
I have been working with Allan and his companies for 13 years and he has enabled Broadridge and ADP to succeed by providing the exact resource needed to achieve the desired result. We have been successful because of Allan's out of the box solutions. When Allan makes a commitment he delivers. This is an excellent trust relationship so I know when I reach out to Allan he is there. I was initially drawn to Allan because of his credibility in the industry and his firm's business knowledge. The scope of engagement between our firms has grown as Allan has started new solutions. I have been a proponent of Allan and his firms to the point I always recommend him and his firm to my clients and vendors. Integrity is an essential part of the firms I elect to do business with and Allan and his firm continue to display that quality.
Allan is highly competent, personable and results oriented. He asked all the right questions and set me right at ease regarding the quality of people he could secure for the various projects I oversee. His staff is quite knowledgeable and always responds positively to any recruitment assignment given them. When issues arise, his staff is quick to secure responsibility and resolve the matter with minimal to no effort on my part. His agency is one of the first I call and I rely on their efforts a great deal.
I've known Allan for many years. Time and time again I've brought him in to do tough competitive searches and time and again he and his team have delivered. I trust him to be able source difficult to find candidates that can pass muster at the top hedge funds I've been at and to be a great guy to work with throughout the process.
I have known Allan in a variety of capacities for many years. I was employed at The Bachrach Group as a Recruiter for their accounting and financial staffing division. Working for Allan and his team was everything I could have asked for in an employer. Allan's approach to managing his team was quite refreshing. He encouraged creativity, flexibility and innovation.
The one attribute that stands out to me, even after all of these years, is his honesty. In my opinion, honesty, integrity, and genuine respect promote one of the most crucial elements in a healthy work environment, and that is exactly the type of environment and corporate culture Allan promotes and fosters over at The Bachrach Group.
Since then I have moved on to another company but regularly keep in touch with Allan for staffing support in my organization and also as a friend. I would recommend any of my friends or family to work for him and most definitely recommend any organization to utilize his seasoned staffing professionals to recruit for their open positions.


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I'm starting the school year with the kidlets today. Naturally, this means (1) I broke (or think I probably broke my toe) yesterday when my three year old dropped a plate on it (2) the 21 month old is running a 103 degree fever (3) I still haven't unpacked all the books I plan on using (4) my mother-in-law is going to be stopping by this afternoon (5) the house is a wreck. In spite of all this, we have indeed made it through math, history, story time and the oldest is working on a geography project sneakily disguised as fun by yours truly.
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Self Reliant Living Tips and Tricks' LiveJournal:
Have you ever wondered what happens to that can of green beans that you accidently drop and kick under the shelves in the store? Many companies save up these dented cans, in addition to expired cereals, slightly damaged packaged food, etc. and sell to wholesalers, who then sell them in lots to smaller stores. In the past few years, "dented can stores" have been gaining in popularity. I drove by one on a weekly basis for about five years, never knowing what it was. One day I decided to stop...Brand-name cereals for $1/box. Del Monte canned vegetables $0.10/can. Kleenex 3-packs for $1.00, Starbucks coffee $1.50. I was hooked. I could go in, and average out about $10 for a banana box stuffed full of food. Yeah, the cereal might be a week or so past the due date, but it's still sealed. The canned goods have a dent, but as long as the can isn't bulging or click when you push on it (or of course, leaking), it's still good. Boxes might have some of the packaging removed, but the bag inside is still sealed. This is like the Goodwill of the food industry.Another interesting type of store I have found are grocery re-packers. These places will purchase 1,000 lb. bags of flour, sugar, noodles, dried beans, etc. at low, bulk pricing, and repackage into more "family friendly" sizes, and keep the cost down. Granted, the packaging doesn't look as nice as it might in the store, but nutritionally, it's the same. Personally, I like to keep at least 60 lbs. of flour on hand at all times, and with the property I currently have, growing wheat is not an option, so these re-packers are a good alternative for me.Typically at dented can stores, they will have a lot of some items, and few, if any of others, just depending on what they were able to get that time around. I have found that buying at least a three month supply of what they do have in stock helps keep my grocery bill down quite a bit. The one closest to me re-stocks every two weeks, so every two weeks, I go in and buy a large supply of the items they do have in stock. After about two months, I had a supply of every non-parishable item I could think of, and now I am just at the replenish stage of keeping a minimum of three months worth of stuff on hand. Since there are items that they don't get in, I do end up having to go to the grocery store, but my monthly grocery store bill is only about $50/month (primarily butter, dog food, coffee creamer, milk, and cheese).If you have an Amish community near by, they will typically have a dented can store from my experience. The one I currently go to is ran by the people that deliver the groceries to the near-by Amish stores that saw an opportunity to make some more money. So, if you see a store that says "dented can," "discount grocery," or something similar, it might be worth your time to check out.


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Executive Summary
The value of the full package of welfare benefits for a typical recipient in each of the 50 states and the District of Columbia exceeds the poverty level. Because welfare benefits are tax-free, their dollar value is often greater than the amount of take-home income a worker would have left after paying taxes on an equivalent pretax income.
- In 40 states welfare pays more than an $8.00 an hour job. In 17 states the welfare package is more generous than a $10.00 an hour job.
- In Hawaii, Alaska, Massachusetts, Connecticut, the District of Columbia, New York, and Rhode Island welfare pays more than a $12.00 an hour job—or two and a half times the minimum wage.
- In nine states welfare pays more than the average first-year salary for a teacher. In 29 states it pays more than the average starting salary for a secretary. And in the six most generous states it pays more than the entry-level salary for a computer programmer.
- Welfare benefits are especially generous in large cities. Welfare provides the equivalent of an hourly pretax wage of $14.75 in New York City, $12.45 in Philadelphia, $11.35 in Baltimore, and $10.90 in Detroit. For the hard-core welfare recipient, the value of the full range of welfare benefits substantially exceeds the amount the recipient could earn in an entry-level job. As a result, recipients are likely to choose welfare over work, thus increasing long-term dependence.


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[News] Anime Ahoy! New Titles Brought by NIS
Along with this morning's NIS announcement of video games! The good folks over at NIS America bring you further joy with its anime licenses. Expect these titles in the near future:
Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day Complete Series Premium Edition– A group of friends tackle the ghosts of their past after a traffic accident split their once close group apart. Extras include a hardcover art book with sketches, illustrations, character bios, and more. Release date is set at July 3 2012. ($69.99 USD)
Kimi ni Todoke -From Me To You- Vol. 3 – The continuation of the love story of Sawako Kuronuma. What does the New Year have in store for our protagonist and her first love?!?! Extras include 28-page hardcover art book, 2 mini episodes featuring Kurumi's interpretation of classical fairy tails, and an episode 0. Release date is set at July 3, 2012 ($69.99 USD)
I have yet to see either of these shows but I hear pretty good things so hopefully this news will make you pretty excited and brighten up your day.


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Let the Large-Scale Solar Power Backlash Begin: Objections to California Solar Plans Mounting?
It's not quite as simple as just plopping a solar power plant out in the Mojave... photo: Thomas via flickr
With all this talk about placing large solar power plants (either solar PV arrays, or solar thermal facilities) out in the desert, or in similarly wild places, of California—and with Sen. Feinstein's proposal to make 500,000 acres of the Mojave into a solar power no-go zone—the debate about whether we should really be sacrificing large areas of wilderness to satisfy our seemingly insatiable desire for more energy is heating up. Here are some quick excerpts I've noticed over the past couple of days:The Desert + Solar Panels = Cleaning Nightmare
The Infrastructurist brings up a very good (and often overlooked) point about developing solar power in the desert, as well as really raising the central question in the debate:
Where are we going to get 10,000 or 20,000 square miles of desert to do all this? The assumption — much like that of the early American pioneers — is that there are vast tracts of land somewhere out there in the West waiting to be put to our use. Has anybody ever heard the term "environmental impact?" Is it even conceivable that you can mark off this much land on the map and not come across some endangered species?
Here's another consideration that you never hear about. One of the biggest problems with solar mirrors and photovoltaic panels is they get covered with dust and grim and lose much of their effectiveness. They have to be washed off frequently. Where, in the middle of the desert, do you find enough water to wash down 10,000 square miles of solar collectors at least once a month?
That said, I won't leap to the conclusion that author then makes about nuclear power looking increasingly good: Although he's right in saying that you can produce a whole heck of a lot of power in a small area, there seem to be so many other issues, environmental and financial, with it that we really ought to be looking elsewhere for solutions to our energy problems.
San Luis Obispo County on the Frontlines
Time Magazine also highlights some of the problems with developing large-scale solar power. This time its a combination of NIMBYism and what I think are valid concerns about preserving wilderness.
Focusing on solar power plans in San Luis Obispo County, the complaints range those of Mike Stronbridge who says "these solar guys are going to come in, and they're just gonna [sic] destroy the area," and then goes on to worry about the effect on of the power plants on the endangered San Joaquin kit fox and on the region's water supply.
John McKenzie, a planner for San Luis Obispo County sums up the issues in the region: Protecting of biological resources, water-supply concerns and agricultural protections. The big thing McKenzie says is that the County pretty much has no experience dealing with these sort of issues, as they relate to developing solar power. And while the county is trying to proceed as efficiently as possible in evaluating these concerns, there could be "a whole slew" of stumbling blocks in the way of actually bringing these solar power plants online.
via: The Infrastructurist, Time Magazine
Solar Power
550 Megawatts: A Thin-Film Solar Record Worth Announcing!
500 MW of Solar Power Plants in California, Southwest to be Developed by NRG Energy & eSolar
850 MW Solar Thermal Power Plant Seeks California State Approval
BrightSource to Build 500 Megawatts of Solar-Thermal Power in Mojave Desert
Sen. Feinstein Wants to Prohibit Renewable Energy Development in 500,000 Acres of the Mojave


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Determinants of Baker and Fraser for the Quality of Life in a Patient with a History of Graft-versus-Host Disease (GVHD)
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Alerted by a recent report about a bug in the MageBase DPS extension I went on a debugging tour. In the particular user setup the extension errorred out in this line
if ((float)$resultXml->AmountSettlement != $order->getBaseGrandTotal()) { throw new Exception("Mismatched totals"); }
even though it shouldn't have.
Sending both values to the Magento log directly before this line revealed the following:
(float)$resultXml->AmountSettlement = 13;
$order->getBaseGrandTotal() = 13;
Clearly something is going on since to the untrained eye 13 = 13 seems like the same amounts.
Thinking that maybe the comparison also takes type into consideration we tried by adding an additional (float) cast in there, $order->getBaseGrandTotal() is after all saved in the database as a mysql decimal field "13.0000"
if ((float)$resultXml->AmountSettlement != (float)$order->getBaseGrandTotal()) { throw new Exception("Mismatched totals"); }
Unfortunately the outcome was the same.
The solution we have come up with is to make the comparison a bit softer:
if (abs((float)$resultXml->AmountSettlement - $order->getBaseGrandTotal() >0.0005)) {
If the two absolute values of the two amounts are within 5% of a cent it is good enough for me.
Have you come across a similar behaviour with php before? Any other explanations you know of?
ps: The change will be uploaded to Magento Connect with the next version.
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Report NEP-GEO-2008-10-21This is the archive for NEP-GEO, a report on new working papers in the area of Economic Geography. Vassilis Monastiriotis issued this report. It is usually issued weekly.
Subscribe to this report: email, RSS or Twitter.
Other reports in NEP-GEO
The following items were announced in this report:
- Michael Fritsch & Yvonne Schindele, 2008. "The Contribution of New Businesses to Regional Employment - An Empirical Analysis of the Direct Employment Effect," Jena Economic Research Papers 2008-077, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena.
- Tharakan, J. & Tropeano, J.P., 2008. "On the impact of labor market matching on regional disparities (CORE Discussion Paper 2008/46)," Working Papers 200802, Grenoble Applied Economics Laboratory (GAEL).
- Edward L. Glaeser & William R. Kerr, 2008. "Local Industrial Conditions and Entrepreneurship: How Much of the Spatial Distribution Can We Explain?," Harvard Business School Working Papers 09-055, Harvard Business School.
- BOURDEAU-LEPAGE, Lise & HURIOT, Jean-Marie, 2008. "L'idée de région et le fait urbain./ The idea of region and the urban fact," LEG - Document de travail - Economie 2008-03, LEG, Laboratoire d'Economie et de Gestion, CNRS, Université de Bourgogne.
- Natércia Godinho Mira, 2008. "Indústria transformadora portuguesa: especialização das regiões e/ou concentração geográfica de indústrias?," CEFAGE-UE Working Papers 2008_13, University of Evora, CEFAGE-UE (Portugal).
- Gerald A. Carlino & Albert Saiz, 2008. "City Beautiful," Working Papers 08-22, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia.
- Patuelli, Roberto & Grimpe, Christoph, 2008. "Knowledge Production in Nanomaterials: An Application of Spatial Filtering to Regional Systems of Innovation," ZEW Discussion Papers 08-064, ZEW - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung / Center for European Economic Research.
- Johannes Gräb & Michael Grimm, 2008. "Spatial inequalities explained - Evidence from Burkina Faso," Ibero America Institute for Econ. Research (IAI) Discussion Papers 173, Ibero-America Institute for Economic Research.
- Karlsson, Charlie & Johansson, Börje, 2008. "Knowledge, Creativity and Regional Development," Working Paper Series in Economics and Institutions of Innovation 148, Royal Institute of Technology, CESIS - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation Studies.
- Item repec:pse:psecon:2008-54 is not listed on IDEAS anymore
- Item repec:hal:journl:halshs-00328991_v1 is not listed on IDEAS anymore
- Florida, Richard & Mellander, Charlotta & Qian, Haifeng, 2008. "Creative China? The University, Tolerance and Talent in Chinese Regional Development," Working Paper Series in Economics and Institutions of Innovation 145, Royal Institute of Technology, CESIS - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation Studies.
- Gilles Duranton & Andrés Rodríguez-Pose & Richard Sandall, 2008. "Family types and the persistence of regional disparities in Europe," Working Papers 2008-07, Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados (IMDEA) Ciencias Sociales.
- Mellander, Charlotta, 2008. "Occupational Distribution within Swedish Industries - an identification and market relation analysis," Working Paper Series in Economics and Institutions of Innovation 150, Royal Institute of Technology, CESIS - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation Studies.
- Montrone, Silvestro & Perchinunno, Paola & Torre, Carmelo M., 2008. "Identification of relationship between housing difficulty and property values in urban areas," MPRA Paper 10970, University Library of Munich, Germany.
- Dirk Dohse & Tanja Staehler, 2008. "BioRegio, BioProfile and the Rise of the German Biotech Industry," Kiel Working Papers 1456, Kiel Institute for the World Economy.
- Matsuki, Takashi & Usami, Ryoichi, 2007. "China's Regional Convergence in Panels with Multiple Structural Breaks," MPRA Paper 10167, University Library of Munich, Germany, revised 17 May 2008.
- Arthur Huang & David Levinson, 2008. "An Agent-based Model of Retail Location with Complementary Goods," Working Papers 000056, University of Minnesota: Nexus Research Group.
- Rudiger Ahrend, 2008. "Understanding Russian Regions' Economic Performance during Periods of Decline and Growth: An Extreme-bound Analysis Approach," OECD Economics Department Working Papers 644, OECD Publishing.
- Zhu Wang & Daniel Yi Xu, 2008. "Network Effects and Geographic Concentration of Industry," Working Papers 08-14, NET Institute, revised Sep 2008.
- Sassi, Maria, 2007. "Structural Change And Economic Convergence Across The Eu-15 Regions: Can The Agricultural Sector Play a Role?," 81st Annual Conference, April 2-4, 2007, Reading University, UK 7961, Agricultural Economics Society.


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A fortnight ago, Jaypee Greens started bookings for its housing project -- Aman -- at the 70-acre residential township on the Greater Noida Expresssway. All the 3,000 flats, priced at Rs 2,100 a sq ft, were sold out by the first day. Exactly a year ago, the Jaypee Group company was offering flats along the same expressway for Rs 4,500-6,000 a sq ft.
Two days later, another Delhi-based developer, BPTP, announced that it had received bookings nearly four times more than its offer of 1,000 flats at its 1,500-acre township at Faridabad.
Welcome to the great Indian home rush at a time when the glitter of the premium segment has faded. Real estate companies are now going to the other extreme and falling over each other to offer affordable housing at a price range of Rs 500,000 to Rs 50 lakhs (Rs 5 million).
The varied pricing is a function of affordability being a relative term, depending on the location. For instance, a Rs 50- lakh (Rs 5-million) apartment in Mumbai is considered affordable housing. In a city like Nagpur, the same price will qualify for premium housing.
There is no confusion, however, with the huge target consumer base: 23 million Indians earning at least Rs 5,000 a month who do not own a house but aspire to do so, according to a study by Asish Karamchandani, CEO of Monitor India, a management consultancy firm.
That's a good enough reason for Unitech's GM (Corporate Planning) R Nagaraju to say the company would be "churning out affordable flats just like a factory produces goods".
The country's second-largest developer has shelved all premium housing projects for now. Poor response from buyers also prompted the company to recently convert its luxury project, Unitech Grande in Noida, to a mid-income project.
If Jaypee and BPTP hit the jackpot in the National Capital Region, others weren't far behind. The Lodha Group, for example, has broken the sub-Rs 2,000 per sq ft price barrier in Mumbai by launching a 6,500 unit affordable home project at Dombivli at Rs 1,998 a sq ft. The integrated township will be spread over 125 acres with 3,500 houses.
The scene is the same elsewhere in the country. Bangalore-based CSC Constructions has launched three projects in the IT city, offering 2,000 apartments at Rs 500,000-13 lakhs (Rs 1.3 million). Encouraged by the response, CSC has six more such projects in the pipeline.
Chennai hasn't escaped the low-cost housing bug either. A subsidiary of Puravankara Projects, for example, sold 2,500 such homes in the Tamil Nadu capital within days and is now planning to develop 60 million sq ft of such properties over five years across five cities.
There are no firm estimate of the total number of such affordable flats on offer, but back-of-the-envelope calculations show top developers such as DLF, Unitech, HDIL and others are planning over 55 million sq ft of new launches this financial year, around 90 per cent of their total number of new projects.
According to a study by PropEquity Research, 74 per cent of residential apartment sales in Mumbai in the first quarter of 2009 came from the low-cost segment. The trend was the same in Gurgaon and Chennai, too, where the corresponding numbers were 60 and 58 per cent. In all these cases, the apartment sizes were reduced and the average prices corrected 15-25 per cent, PropEquity data show.
This shift towards low-cost or affordable housing started after home sales fell up to 70 per cent in the early part of this calendar year from their peak in 2007-08.
"People were earlier going for aspirational houses, as their salaries were going by 20 to 25 per cent every year. But now they have realised that salaries are not going to go up any time soon and those who have reached the top levels have already bought houses," said Anshul Jain, chief executive officer, India, DTZ International Property Advisors.


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Congressman Wm. Lacy Clay was first elected to the U. S. House of Representatives in 2000, succeeding his father, the Honorable Bill Clay, who served for 32 years and was a founding Member of the Congressional Black Caucus.
Prior to his election to the U.S. House, Mr. Clay served for 17-years in both chambers of the Missouri Legislature.
The Congressman, who is serving his 8th term in the U.S. House, is a senior member of the powerful House Financial Services Committee where he serves as the Ranking Member on the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit. This key subcommittee has major oversight responsibilities over banks, credit unions, brokerage houses, the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and credit rating agencies.
Mr. Clay is also a senior member on the Oversight and Government Reform Committee, which has major oversight and investigative responsibilities for the operations of the federal government.
Recently, Congressman Clay expanded his congressional portfolio to include a seat on the House Natural Resources Committee where he is working to combat climate change, protect wilderness areas, safeguard clean water and clean air and make sure that future generations enjoy America's remarkable natural assets.
The Congressman is the St. Louis region's senior Member of Congress and the Dean of Missouri's U.S. House delegation.
Wm. Lacy Clay is a native St. Louisan.
He is a graduate of the University of Maryland.
Mr. Clay also holds honorary degrees from Lincoln University, Harris-Stowe State University, the University of the District of Columbia and Logan College.
Congressman Clay is the proud father of Carol and Will.
He resides in St. Louis and attends St. Nicholas' Catholic Church.


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- Friday, September 20, 2013 from 8:00pm to 10:00pm
Monica Bill Barnes & Company will be performing at the Ellen Theatre on Friday Sept. 20th and Saturday Sept. 21st at 8:00 pm.
Pecha Kucha Plus (PK) is bringing Monica Bill Barnes & Company from New York. In the world of dance, Monica Bill Barnes is not outside the box, she's standing on top of it.
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|Let p be a prime. The class of all p-soluble groups G such that every p-chief factor of G is cyclic and all p-chief factors of G are G-isomorphic is studied in this paper. Some results on T-, PT-, and PST-groups are also obtained.
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Director David Michôd wrote about movies before he made them, working as an editor on Australia's Inside Film magazine. He must have studied his subject well, because Animal Kingdom, which opens next Friday (I saw it at a press screening), feels nothing like a rookie feature. Michôd didn't base his characters on real people ("I felt reluctant to engage in what now seems to be a whole culture of turning criminals into celebrities," he says in the press kit), but his fictional crime family feels chillingly real. More importantly, his film mixes documentary-style realism with fictional techniques to create a gripping story with an operatic sense of danger and dread.
Animal Kingdom's Cody family becomes more ruthless as it deteriorates, destabilized by the deaths of two of its members. We watch the story unfold through the eyes of the family's youngest member, 17-year-old Josh (James Frecheville, whose blocky jaw and touching solemnity reminded me of Lucas Black in Friday Night Lights). Josh winds up in his grandmother's house after his mother's death (She ODs in the first scene of the film, which doesn't waste a frame). It's a paranoia- and testosterone-charged warren, since his uncles and one uncle's best friend, Barry, who use it as their home base, all rob banks or deal drugs for a living. But Josh takes it all in stride and so does Michôd, filming the family with a stripped-down lack of sensationalism that makes its sociopathic behavior all the more disturbing.
Josh's grandmother (Jacki Weaver) is a petite, girlishly aging, perpetually cheery woman who seems sweet and nurturing at first (her boys call her Smurf, presumably because of her penchant for wearing blue and other bright colors). In fact, she's a succubus, keeping her "beautiful boys" tucked under her wing in a borderline incestuous relationship and ordering hits with sociopathic cool.
You can see the appeal of her barely muzzled pack of dogs to the fatherless Josh, especially when Barry (an appealingly solid Joel Edgerton), who has children of his own, becomes something of a mentor to him. But as the family destabilizes and the uncles' paranoia deepens, Josh realizes that he's not safe in his grandmother's house. She's not his only option: His girlfriend (Laura Wheelwright, who plays her character with a convincing blend of sullen rebelliousness, naïve self-confidence, and touching bravado) and a cop (an eloquently understated Guy Pearce) who tries to convince him to testify against his uncles both have stable home lives and offer him a glimpse of a different world. But it may be too late for him to take advantage of what they're offering.
There's a Shakespearean sense of impending doom in the uncles' increasingly desperate scrabble to survive and Josh's struggle to figure out who he can trust, if anyone, and how to evade the trap that's closing in around him. Dolorous music, slow tracking shots, and judicious use of slow motion make us feel the explosive violence always lurking just under the surface and underscore the weight of Lucas' dilemma, as he struggles to make a moral choice in an almost completely amoral world.
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GLENDALE — Seeking its second consecutive California Community College championship, the Glendale Community College women's cross-country team appears to be on track and on course after its performance on Friday afternoon.
But according to Coach Eddie Lopez, there's a little more to it than just the results.
Led by the ever-improving Angie Gonzalez, the Lady Vaqueros were victorious at the Santa Barbara Invitational, tallying 36 points in the women's 5,000 meters to second-place Orange Coast College's 49 and Trade Tech's 83.
"We won, but we didn't run well," said Lopez, whose men's squad finished fourth (84 points) in a four-mile race, led by Rico Gutierrez' second-place mark of 21 minutes 54.28 seconds.


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Tuesday, November 06, 2012
Making a Contribution
I was thinking about this concept of "making a contribution" more this morning. While I certainly don't think it's wrong for a wife to work part-time or casually when her family is young, I do think there's a subtle influence by the world that maybe we should check on. I have taught piano and done a few odd jobs over our 23 years of marriage. Not every year but occasionally and we certainly appreciated the extra income. But I think maybe we should shift our thinking just a little and realize some truths that tend to get overlooked.
Here are some examples:
* When you are careful when you are grocery shopping and stay within your budget, you are making a contribution.
* You make a contribution when you give gifts that are within your means.
* You are contributing to the household income when you cheerfully accept hand-me-downs from friends or family and are thankful for God's provision.
* When friends have a bigger income, bigger house, more toys and a bigger budget for special occasions, you are making a contribution when you rejoice with them and push envy and discontent away.
* When a friend wants to go for dinner and you've already used up your budget for the month, you make a contribution when you cheerfully suggest that they come over to your house instead, even if it's just for scrambled eggs and toast.
* When you provide a meal every night for your family to sit down to, you are making a contribution.
* When you refuse to complain to your husband about his wages and instead cheerfully thank him for his hard work, you are making a contribution.
* When you have the opportunity to go on holidays with your family and you are grateful for the opportunity, you are making a contribution.
* When your child asks for a special treat at the grocery store that you can't afford, and you cheerfully say no but promise that you'll find something to do or eat at home, you are making a contribution.
* When you manage your household finances in such a way that your family can give generously to a missionary or church project, you are making a contribution.
* When you are wise in how you spend your funds on your clothing and your children's and refuse to get caught up with the "latest and greatest" fad or name brand, you are making a contribution.
* When you save up to give your children a special experience or treat, you are making a contribution.
* When you plan ahead and bring snacks with you instead of buying a snack or lunch when you are shopping, you are making a contribution.
* When you give up the little things that used to make you so happy, like a specialty coffee drink every day, you are making a contribution.
* When you are happy to stay home for "date night" and drink tea with your husband, you are making a contribution.
\* When you take your kids to the library and teach them the joy of sharing books with others, you are making a contribution.
* When you do some research on the best way to run your home, to save on energy costs, to keep your household clean and tidy, you are making a contribution.
I could go on but I'm sure you get the idea. "Making a contribution" looks different in every family but wives, realize that one of the best ways you can do that is to spend (or not spend) your family money wisely. Your care of the household budget is one of the biggest ways by which you can bless your husband and your family.
And if you do have a part-time job or an occasional money-making day, praise God for it. And decide with your husband how it will be spent - whether to contribute to the family income that month, pay down a debt or even to put toward a class you want to take or a hobby you enjoy doing. Just recognize that you "make a contribution" each and every day by your joyful service of your husband and your family.
I'd love to hear other ideas in the comments about how you can "make a contribution"!
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- Kim Shay said...
Our kids all had part time jobs when they were in high school. It was to help them save money for university as well as for their own use. Their own money meant we had to spend less of the family income. I made sure I supported that by driving them to work, picking them up, and making sure they were well fed before they took a shift. I think that's a way to contribute as well.
- Apple Jack Creek said...
Thank you for this. My mom sent me a link to this post, knowing it was something I'd need to read.
I was hit with delayed PTSD in early 2011 and forced to leave a high paying career in IT to recover and cope as best I can (with insurance coverage denied). It has been so difficult to see the things I *do* contribute to our family, because the scale and type of my contributions has changed so dramatically. When I was first off work, I couldn't even put my own dishes in the dishwasher after supper, but now I manage all the meals and cleanup ... so yeah, I'm contributing more than I was, and it is good to celebrate that.
Thanks for the reminder. :)
(You may know who I am ... your father was pastor at the church we attended when I was very small, in Lively - and I have very vague memories of playing at your house sometimes!)
- Juanita Stauffer said...
Apple Jack Creek:
Could you give me a little hint as to your name? I'm drawing a blank but your profile doesn't help too much. ;-)
You can email me privately if you wish: jamandbooks at gmail dot com.


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Wednesday, June 17, 2009
Saving Money on Stitching
Y'see, I didn't get into this game of writing needlework mysteries because I loved needlework. I have come to love needlework because I am writing a mystery series about it. This came about because my then-editor at Berkley/Prime Crime was looking for someone to write this series. I had just broken up a collaboration with dear friend Gail Frazer, and was at loose ends. It turned out to be a terrific idea my editor had – once I learned enough needlework to make the first book believable. (To this day I am embarrassed to see the several errors that snuck in that first book about needlework – and no, I won't tell you what they are.)
Anyway, another way to save money on needlework is to substitute the high priced silks some patterns call for with low-priced DMC or Anchor cotton floss. If you miss the subtle sheen of silk, a spool of Kreinik Blending Filament can add a slightly-less-subtle glitter that is very attractive. Plus, you get to work your pattern twice, when you go over it again with the filament.
But probably the best way to save money is to ignore that flier and go into your stash (you DO have a stash, don't you?) and start sorting through, straightening out, bringing some order to the thing. I've been doing that and came across a piece of crewel I'd almost forgotten I had. It's a bit more than half done, and a very attractive thing. So next time I'm looking for something "new," I'll get out the sheep in the meadow piece and just maybe get it finished this time.
I spent two days last week in Duluth, at a quilt show. I have given up any ambition to make a quilt on my own; it's just not something I have any talent for. But I love to go around at the shows looking at the gorgeous quilts. For me, the highlight of the show was a king-size quilt depicting a realistic bear splashing through water. I'm sure I've seen a photograph of that bear in that pose, but what the artist in fabric did was cut out thousands – literally, thousands – of one-inch squares and painstakingly stitch them together to make a pixel-ated picture. Up close it's barely recognizable, but the farther back you stand, the sharper the image. When I think of this quilter with her eyes inches from the fabric, my own cross in sympathy. What an acheivement!
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- Sheila Connolly said...
My grandmother did needlepoint. My mother did needlepoing (most likely to please my grandmother--my mother was in no way craft-oriented). I've inherited their combined stash, including a pair of monogrammed wool-holders and a number of unfinished pieces. And lots of pretty wool, now decades old. Am I planning to do any needlepoint? Got me. But I'm keeping it all.
- June 17, 2009 at 8:33 AM
- Monica Ferris said...
Ohhhhhh, needlepoint, I LOVE needlepoint. I haven't inherited any UFOs, but I understand from those who have that finishing these pieces is like spending time with the loved one.
- June 17, 2009 at 9:58 AM
- Camille Minichino said...
I've inherited some miniatures stashes and had many happy hours just sifting through things, getting ideas from tiny objects you just don't see any more, like sacks of coal!
Stash-sifting definitely can stem the tide of shopping!
- June 17, 2009 at 10:43 AM
- Betty Hechtman said...
My mother took up needlepoint late in life. It was the only craft she ever did. I've never found any UFO's, so I'm guessing she actually finished everything she started and went as far as having the finished pieces made into pillows.
When I look at them, it is just what you said, Monica - like spending time with a loved one.
- June 17, 2009 at 1:15 PM
- Linda O. Johnston said...
Needlepoint can be so beautiful and intricate, Monica. How great that you learned much more about it as you've written your mysteries.
- June 17, 2009 at 4:48 PM
My paternal grandmother was an expert needleworker, and I have several of her pieces, including a pair of baby mitts knitted for my father, not on knitting needles, but on HAT PINS! Just think about that for a moment. My maternal grandmother wanted nothing to do with needlework, but my mother joined the Embroiderers Guild about 35 years ago. I will inherit her stash. To add to mine. God help me.
- June 17, 2009 at 6:09 PM
- Monica Ferris said...
Julie, I've actually heard of knitting on hat pins. Today you can buy knitting needles that thin, made of steel. (They also make fine murder weapons.) But what a grand thing to have, tiny baby mitts knit for your father. How very sweet and precious!
- June 17, 2009 at 9:33 PM


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Boats on the Yellow River in Shandong Province
The Yellow River has devastated lands around it as long as people have known how to write about it. Forty-three hundred years ago, one Yellow River flood lasted for thirteen years. Twenty-five hundred years ago, the Chinese began building a series of levees. Naturally, those levees have failed many times over the centuries.
The worst flood in human history occurred in 1887, when the Yellow River overran the dikes in Henan Province. That flood covered 50,000 square miles. It inundated eleven large towns and hundreds of villages. Nine hundred thousand people died, and two million were left homeless.
The most bizarre flooding of the Yellow River occurred in June, 1938. The Japanese were invading China, and Chiang Kai-shek decided he might stop them by letting loose a flood upon them. He ordered the levees blown. The resulting flood slowed the Japanese only slightly, but estimates of the Chinese who died in the resultant flooding vary from 200,000 to 900,000.
The Yellow River takes its name, Huang He, from the Chinese word for the yellow silt it carries in vast amounts. The irony is, that silt enriches Chinese farmlands whenever flooding occurs.


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Discussion in 'BlackHat Lounge' started by clopper, Nov 24, 2010.
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At the end of the presentation, each participant should be able to:
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Rensselaer is located along the Hudson River directly opposite Albany, New York. This town has a rich industrial history stretching back to the 19th century, when it became a major railroad junction. It is still important in railroading as the location of the 14th busiest Amtrak station in the country. It was one of the earliest locations of the dye industry in the United States, and the first American location for the production of aspirin.
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This is a new version of my Baseball Bed that uses no bats on the head post. It was requested this way by the customer. I may start offering it this way as an options.
It is a standard twin and was built in September 2012. Shown in our standard Baseball blue and baseball green colors.
I also built a Baseball Dresser and a Baseball Nightstand to match.
For more building pictures see my Current Projects link at wwbeds.com or poggyskids.com.
-- Watch live video from our shop. http://www.wwbeds.com/#!current-projects/c3c1
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#1 posted 09-18-2012 12:02 PM
Another cool bed, well done as always Chris!
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#2 posted 09-18-2012 12:27 PM
nice the customer should love it.
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#3 posted 09-18-2012 01:00 PM
Anyone who luvs baseball would luv this. Nicely done.
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Great idea!
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'The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 1': What the Critics Are Saying
'Catching Fire' director Francis Lawrence returns with Jennifer Lawrence, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks and Philip Seymour Hoffman, and introducing Julianne Moore
The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 1 is soaring into the theaters on Thanksgiving weekend, and is already tracking to potentially top $150 million in its U.S. debut.
Catching Fire director Francis Lawrence reprises his duties for the franchise's third installment, which again stars Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Woody Harrelson, Elizabeth Banks, Stanley Tucci, Jena Malone and Philip Seymour Hoffman, and introduces Julianne Moore and Natalie Dormer to the Suzanne Collins series.
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Read what top critics are saying about The Hunger Games: Mockingjay — Part 1:
The Hollywood Reporter's Todd McCarthy warns that it "spreads perhaps 45 minutes of dramatic material across two far-too-leisurely hours. ... Unfortunately, Mockingjay — Part 1 has all the personality of an industrial film. There's not a drop of insolence, insubordination or insurrection running through its veins; it feels like a manufactured product through and through, ironic and sad given its revolutionary theme. ... The central challenge faced by new-to-the-series screenwriters Peter Craig and Danny Strong was to bring the story to the brink of the inevitable confrontation between the oppressors and the oppressed. From a dramatic point of view, this would have ideally occupied either the initial third or first half, let's say, of a 140-minute movie, which would have then continued to accelerate toward cathartic action and ultimate resolution." Still, "given more opportunity here than in the two previous films, Banks gamely pushes the role into quasi-Oscar Wildean territory."
The New York Times' Manohla Dargis notes of the franchise, "Each Hunger Games movie makes so much noise — it's where the deafening clamor of commerce meets the roar of true fan love — that it's a wonder you can detect the human heartbeat under the tumult. But it's there, thumping and sometimes racing in a franchise that, more than most industrial movies and even putative indies, speaks to both its audience and its time." Director Lawrence "does a serviceable job again of pulling the parts together, ... [it] is streamlined, blunt and easy," and the script "gets the job done, but the performers matter far more than the words they deliver," as the late Hoffman, "who looked so uncomfortable in Catching Fire, is here loose, funny and stingingly real." Yet because of the final book's plot and District 13's underground status, Mockingjay "doesn't silence Katniss, but in some respects, it sidelines her. ... In chopping the last book into two movies and by embracing the blockbuster imperative — big bangs and action — the filmmakers lose sight of her."
Time's Richard Corliss notes that though there is no actual Games in this installment, it "allows for only one massing of troops, one ISIS-style public execution of hooded men and one Navy SEALs-ish guerrilla raid, in which Katniss takes no part." It "springs to life around the 80-minute mark," but "the distinguished actors, including Oscar winners Lawrence and Hoffman, often deliver their dialogue in a flat, disengaged tone, as if at a first reading. And though we still believe that Lawrence, who turned 25 in August, can do no wrong, she isn't given much opportunity to do anything spectacularly right here. Her performance is a medley of sobs and gasps, in mournful or radiant closeup." Altogether, "If The Hunger Games series were an actual dystopian reality show now available on DVD, Mockingjay — Part 1 would be the making-of extra."
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Time Out's Cath Clarke says, "While it definitely takes its foot off the action, Mockingjay – Part 1 goes deeper and darker," as its politics "are as intensely gripping as the games in the earlier films — and more deadly. ... [It] might just have more to say about the ethical ambiguities of war than Brad Pitt's pseudo-thinking war drama Fury." Additionally, "for a franchise with bang-on casting, the chemistry between Katniss and Peeta has always been a bit limp, so there are no complaints here about keeping them apart. Besides, Katniss has the infinitely less lame Gale to take hunting."
The Guardian's Henry Barnes deems it a "multimillion-dollar stopgap. Director Lawrence ekes a paltry story out. The special effects are limp and the script a little creaky, although somehow it still manages to thrill." Also, "Katniss is somehow less fun than the woman Tucci's TV host labeled The Girl on Fire. Yet she must fight on against the Capitol. Panem demands it. The franchise demands it more."
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Spencer Sutherland Talks Giving Back for #JJJHolidays
I really love the holidays!
It's never really been about the gifts (well at least in my adult life :) — it's more about the Holiday spirit, the energy and the excitement. And it's not just the kids — Everyone seems to be jollier — smiling more. And most of all they seem to care more about others during the holidays. Not sure why that is?
It's so cool seeing people actually seek out ways to help others. Whether it's a person, an animal, a place or a thing — volunteering, donating or buying gifts that are tied to charitable causes. It's ALL GOOD!
I think its really cool when celebs use their influence for "good". In fact, I always have a greater level of respect for those celebs that take the time to help out. DO you?
There are so many ways for everyone to make a difference in whatever is important to them. Whether it's dropping some change in a Salvation Army bucket, buying a less fortunate kid a Christmas present, or donating clothes to a coat drive, purchasing a charitable gift for a gift exchange- like a whistle that supports Fallen Whistle!
One of the first times helping out a charity was earlier this year when for my 21st Birthday. I performed an online concert through a website called StageIt! All of the money I made from ticket sales went to the Make-A-Wish Foundation. It felt great to contribute to the amazing life experiences that Make-A-Wish grants kids. After I did the show, I got so much out of it knowing I may make at least a small difference in someones life. It was then thatI realized I wanted to find ways to give more. You guys can too!
Giving back is so easy nowadays – in your own community as well as internationally. There are sooo any people and things in NEED — Seemingly endless, sadly. So just figure out what is important to you – like what you want to help support and simply look online and you could be making a difference even later today!
Hope everyone finds the spirit and has an amazing holiday!
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Human skin creates an illusion, hiding one's insides with an outer layer that makes up one's physical appearance. William Ian Miller calls human skin, "the barrier between the soul and the world." Since the skin is what the world sees of the self, its qualities are often conflated with moral depth and personal traits, imbuing… Continue reading Power and Strength in Men's Personal Care Brands: A Study of Advertisements by Old Spice, Axe, and Dove Men+Care
School-Family Partnerships as a Tool for Equity
Studies have shown that parental involvement in education is one of the most important factors contributing to student success in school, regardless of socioeconomic status (Fraser, Garg, 2014). Yet, low-income parents are statistically less involved in their children's education than other demographics (Raftery et. al, 2012). Many people write-off low-income parents' perceived lack of support… Continue reading School-Family Partnerships as a Tool for Equity
Materiality and Discursive Depths in Iconic Branding – Coca-Cola Case Study
When one thinks of branding agencies, images of creative, visionary, and competitive ad men like Donald Draper from TV's Mad Men come to mind. Branding seems to be an unscientific discipline in which brand managers like Draper are struck with inspiration and weave together a magic story, logo, and slogan that creates a mystical allure… Continue reading Materiality and Discursive Depths in Iconic Branding – Coca-Cola Case Study
Purpose of Education: Equity and Societal Transformation
In the United States, the public education system has constructed and systematically widened the wedge between students privileged and unprivileged, and thus, the state has left the victims of the system increasingly unprepared to function in and to benefit society. Even those who receive a privileged American education may still be ill-equipped to thrive in… Continue reading Purpose of Education: Equity and Societal Transformation


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Westchester, CA – June 21, 2012 – Olson Homes, the leading developer of in-town urban living, announces the sneak preview of the model home for its newest residential community Gateway Walk , located in the heart of Westchester.
Homebuyers will enjoy living where the Westside meets the South Bay™. Hop on a bike and ride the short distance to the beach for swimming, surfing and volleyball. Homeowners can head up the coast to Santa Monica, and Marina Del Rey where there are shops, restaurants, entertainment and spend a day exploring around town. Gateway Walk offers the best of both worlds that is ideal for an active lifestyle.
Gateway Walk's Grand Sneak Preview Event will be held on Sunday June 24th from 10AM to 6PM. The event will offer potential residents the opportunity to tour the model under construction and experience the surrounding community, and enjoy lunch provided by Chile Verde restaurant.
Gateway Walk will consist of 14 detached single family homes up to 1863 sq. ft., with 3-4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, and 2 car side-by-side. Expected to be completed in 2012, Gateway Walk will offer desirable commutes to the nearby employment centers in the South Bay – including Los Angeles, Hawthorne, Manhattan Beach, and Marina Del Rey, as well as close proximity to the nearby beaches, and many retail, dining and entertainment options.
The homes, built to exceed LEED green living standards, feature energy efficient amenities including Energy Star appliances; water efficient and lead-free faucets; highly water efficient toilets; auto shut-off motion sensors in all baths, space saving tank-less water heaters, and built-in recycle bins, among many other features.
The Olson Company's numerous successful urban living developments across Southern California over the last 22 years reflect its commitment to the homebuyer as top priority. With its notable homeowner satisfaction, The Olson Company has garnered prestigious Eliant Awards in six categories in 2010, including a number one ranking for the "Design Selection" experience, and second for delivering an incredible experience during the Purchase, Construction, and Customer Service phases, and ranked second for "Overall Quality" and "Sales from Referrals." The Olson Company believes in "livability," and implements a thoughtful and detail-oriented approach from concept through execution. As part of their unique approach to providing these communities, The Olson Company understands all that goes into buying a new home and provides tailored services to support the needs of homebuyers, such as financial education and continued support services.
The Gateway Walk is located at 5780 W. 85th Place, Westchester 90045. For more information or to sign up for the interest list, visit the new website at Gatewaywalk.com For additional information on other Olson Homes communities visit: Olsonhomes.com


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|Posted: September 17, 2008
Bio- and nanotechnology applied to textiles
|(Nanowerk News) Following-up the enormous success of last years congress, AITEX is now going international to organise its second edition. Researchers, scientist, commercial and marketing personnel, technicians, and many prestigious professionals from Europe will present and debate during a couple of days about the latest innovations in the textile sector. The first day will be dedicated to recent developments, case studies and projects to improve competitiveness in small and medium enterprises. The second day will be exclusively devoted to research and development with a special focus on the newest advancements in the fields of nano and biotechnology applied to textiles.
|More than one hundred companies and research centres attended the first edition of this congress. However, the expectations for Novembers gathering are even higher hoping that the use of simultaneous translation will encourage a wider international audience and a larger number of speakers to participate. In words of AITEXs director, Vicente Blanes, the congress will help to bring together the brightest minds in the world of textiles, which will surely inspire everybody to try even harder to innovate in both their R&D capabilities and their business management approach.
|AITEX is now looking for participants to share their experiences and developments in the textile industry as speakers in any of the seven different thematic sessions or contributing with a poster to be displayed. The call for papers is open and just the title and the abstract are required for registration. AITEX will cover the accommodation expenses of those presenting their work. They are also planning some parallel activities to get to know the city of Alcoy and its surroundings.
|What: Competitiveness and Technological Innovation in the Textile Sector
|When: November 5-6, 2008
|Where: Alicante, Spain
|For more information and abstract submissions please contact:
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|Source: AITEX
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Jaden and I spent a day together a couple weeks ago. This time, I got to hear all day, 'Where did Eh Eh go?'
To say Evan and Jaden have different personalities is an understatement. My day required a lot of patience. I was reminded of a joke in my family......when God made me and asked if I wanted patience, I said, "no, I don't want to be a physician." And Jaden clearly is related to me.
Although not all my plans were executed, we did have fun adventures.
Jaden enjoyed playing on two playgrounds.
We had a coffee and muffin date!
My boys are not ones who typically fall asleep in places other than their beds or strollers, but Jaden was so tired that he did not quite make it to the checkout line. (He insisted on having his hood on.)
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My husband snores! And it's not one of those cute little noises that makes you go 'awe'. My best friend's dog used to snore (well he probably still does) and it was so cute and endearing. Just a little squeak of a noise that lets you know they are sleeping.
Well this snore of my husband's also lets me know he is sleeping it just also happens to stop me sleeping. The only other person I know who snores is my Nana Iris. I used to have to share a room with her at christmas time when the entire family was staying in one house. She suffers with insomnia so when I'd tell her in the morning that she'd been snoring during the night she'd say, "oh that's good, it meant I got some sleep last night." Totally oblivious to the fact that it meant I got no sleep that night!
You see those shows on tv about how to stop snoring by using different pillows, laying a certain way or sticking something in your mouth to keep the airway open. Give up those options I say, I've got something even better.
Most times Tim just snores for a little bit as he's falling asleep and then it stops, so its not really a problem. But the other night he was snoring and it woke me up and I was so tired I couldn't be bothered telling him to roll over. So I did all that I could think to do. I started morse code. Morse code on his chest. tap tap tatap tap with my index & middle fingers. Sending out an SOS. He woke up wondering what was going on and I just pretended to be asleep. But it worked. It stopped the snoring!
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Star Wars - Knights of the Old Republic
Veesha Scikul
"Those whackos? They used to be just a swoop gang, until you punk Jedi wannabes showed up and caused all that ruckus last year. Since then, that freak and her gang of... freaks ain't been nothing but trouble.
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|It is said among the Scarabs that Veesha was once more of a hero to them than a leader. That all changed when the gang uncovered an ancient droid that began to grant them Force powers in exchange for their faith in an ancient Dark Force god named Ar'Akanis. Now, Veesha is a cold, calculating cult leader with a killer instinct.
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A female Cerean leader of the Scarab swoop gang on Nar'Shadaa. Veesha's men were embarrassed by Jedi Padawans Daken Rao-Kun and Erall Diggs, but in the process, she gained the notice of a powerful Dark Side Force-user calling himself Ar'Akanis. Just before the start of the Jedi Civil War, a strange and powerful droid descended into the Scarab's Den, a repurposed warehouse in the slums of Nar'Shadaa. The droid was an envoy of Ar'Akanis, and due to a special Force Crystal embedded within the Droid, it could act as a long-distance conduit of Ar'Akanis's power. The Scarabs became cultists worshipping Ar'Akanis, with Veesha acting as the Matron of the cult. She and the rest of the Scarabs marked their bodies and wore facepaint, listened to the ministrations of the droid, the Messenger of Ar'Akanis, and performed missions for him. Most recently, one of their missions involved the assassination of a crime lord's infant daughter and her ritual dismemberment, followed by painting the symbol of Ar'Akanis on the face of the crime lord's building using the blood of his own daughter. This caught the attention of Nar-Sec, who decided to call on the Jedi Order for their help in resolving the issue before it escalated into a full-scale turf war between the local crime lords.


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Q. How Safe are Fagor Pressure Cookers?
A. Fagor Pressure Cookers, which are U.L. (Underwriter Laboratories)-approved, are perfectly safe and do not pose any risk for explosion. All of our models contain three safety mechanisms that permit steam to escape when over-pressurizing occurs. Unlike older models, the lids will not open until all the steam has dissipated and pressure has been completely released. (Source: Fagor America)
From CBS:
The company that made the pressure cooker used in the Boston Marathon bombs said they are "deeply saddened" by the attack.
Fagor America, Inc., a New Jersey subsidiary of an appliance manufacturer in based in Spain, released a statement Wednesday saying it has been contacted by investigators and is fully cooperating.
The pressure cookers "are not intended to be used for any other purpose other than cooking," the statement said. The two bombs killed three and injured over 170 when they exploded by the finish line of the marathon Monday.
Authorities said Tuesday that explosives in the Monday attack were made from metal pressure cookers stuffed inside black vinyl bags. Photos of fragments from the bomb, which were included in an FBI bulletin leaked to Reuters from a federal official, also revealed a Tenergy batter, pieces of wires, circuit board and nails — which officials said were used to maximize casualties.


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Tbilisi, Georgia - Dozens of dolphins have washed up along a section of Georgia's Black Sea coast, where they have never before been seen, officials and local residents said on Monday.
Scientists from ministry of environmental protection were travelling to the coastline near the village of Anakliya, about 280km west of the capital, Tbilisi, to take water samples and try and determine what caused the more than 30 dolphins to wash ashore in recent days.
Rustavi-2 television, citing unnamed sources, said specialists were considering two theories: ongoing military exercises conducted by the breakaway region of Abkhazia, or a spike in radioactivity from materials dumped into the sea from a nearby Russian military bases.
The Black Sea is one of the world's most polluted seas, with its only outlet via Turkey's Bosporus.


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The School
The International Preparatory School (IPS) was started in 1982 to serve the international and Portuguese communities of Lisbon, Sintra and Cascais. The school very quickly grew from its initial 10 pupils to its current enrolment of about 290 children between the ages of 3 and 11 years.
Despite its rapid growth, the school has maintained the familiar, welcoming atmosphere that characterised its early days. IPS prides itself on welcoming all nationalities into a British based school specialising in primary education.
The school's major resource is its professional and highly motivated classroom teachers. In addition we are also proud to provide:


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If you are looking for home accessories for your outdoor house decorating ideas, this hanging flower pot can be perfect for green exterior dwelling design. Hanging flower pots are very useful and become more and more popular nowadays as we recently mentioned. In this best sample modern flower pot design pictures gallery there are two models, with four and with six horns from which they hangs. All these flower pots are handmade so they are unique and original. They retails for $67.00, it's not too expensive, right? This home garden furniture design is in charcoal colored stoneware clay. Besides they are great indoor and outdoor home decoration and you even create compositions by combining them. Beautiful flower pots designed by Karin Eriksson are ideal for those who don't want simple ceramic pots. When space is at a premium they are great solutions to grow your plants. So what do you think? via
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Syrian militants, rebels capture key hills, power station
BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian militants and other rebels captured strategic hills and a power station in the northwest on Tuesday, a push that brings them closer to several President Bashar Assad's strongholds, activists said.
The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights and the Aleppo Media Center said the militants were advancing in the Sahl al-Ghab region north of the central province of Hama.
Syria's state news agency SANA says troops repelled the attack, killing and wounding dozens. The Observatory said 11 militants were killed in Tuesday's battles.
The militants launched their offensive in the northwestern Idlib province in March, when they captured the provincial capital. Tuesday's fighting was near the town of Jisr al-Shughour, which they captured in April.
The allied anti-government forces include al-Qaida and other Islamic militants, as well as Western-backed rebels. In a speech to his supporters on Sunday, Assad vowed to win the war, though he acknowledged his troops had lost territory and were running short on manpower.
Syria's crisis, now in its fifth year, has killed more than 220,000 people and wounded at least a million people, according to the U.N.
Also Tuesday, government forces and members of the main Kurdish militia evicted Islamic State fighters from the northeastern city of Hassakeh, according to the Observatory.
Redur Khalil of the Kurdish People's Protection Units, or YPG, said IS was still holds some pockets in the city. The IS attack on Hassakeh last month displaced tens of thousands of people who fled to safer neighborhoods under YPG control.
The Observatory said dozens of families returned to their homes Tuesday after IS fighters were evicted from the area.
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Barney's has a fashion army to be sure, but who knew they were so little and round? Mr. Potato Head has invaded, and the windows are looking like tons of fun.
The Barney's window are a piece of installation art, but I like to look at it as bringing back my vintage toy love. Mr. Potato Head was my favorite thing, and if I ever went to Barney's I'm sure I'd love it too, so I'm happy to see them interacting so lovingly.
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From his studio close to the banks of the River Wylye in South Wiltshire, Nick Andrew paints the nearby water-meadows, lakes, forest and especially the river in all seasons and times of day.
Nick paints using acrylic on canvas, paper and board with bold, vigorous brushstrokes to capture a sense of the atmosphere, movement, pattern, colour and contrast which draw him to these beautiful surroundings. He aims to express something of the vitality and freshness of the natural world and his own quiet, solitary involvement with the subject.
He also explores themes further afield: Since January 2016 he has been researching London green spaces in his 'Sticks in the Smoke' project. Find out more in the projects page. And follow his regular 'Sticks in the Smoke' blog. Prints of his sketchbook drawings are available in the 'Sticks in the Smoke' Prints page.
Read here about our forthcoming 'SOUTHLEIGH SUMMER + WILDWOOD' exhibition: 22 – 28 August
at Shaftesbury Arts Centre, Bell Street, Shaftesbury. SP7 8AR
Find out here about Art Mentoring, Workshops, Courses, Painting 'Clinic' and Painting Retreats at Nick's new cARTshed STUDIO, set within the creative ambience of Bull Mill, and surrounded by stunning riverside, woodland and meadow landscapes. Also cARTshed GIFT VOUCHERS!
Winner of the Individual Artists Award 2017 at the Wiltshire Life Awards. Read more on the News Page
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DeForest Williams, who came close yesterday to being the latest Baltimore murder statistic, was feeling like a very lucky man.
Mr. Williams was wounded by bullet fragments when a shot rippedthrough the window of his car shortly before 3 p.m. as he drove with his girlfriend in the 1700 block of East Fayette Street. Police said he had driven unsuspectingly into the middle of a fight between two groups of youths.
But the result could have been much worse.
"I'm living, so I'm blessed," said Mr. Williams, a 23-year-old junior at Morgan State University.
After he realized he had been shot, Mr. Williams walked to the emergency room of Church Hospital, about two blocks away. Interviewed after he was treated and released, he wore white shorts and tennis shoes that were still spattered with blood, and he held a cloth and an ice pack to his head. But three hours after the shooting, he was going home. He was in good humor, laughing and cracking jokes. How did he feel?


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"Look, Granny. Basil sprouting!" exclaimed my granddaughter as she took me to see the tiny seedlings on the table in her playroom. Earlier that day, we had wandered around my yard, hand in hand, looking for sprouting things. We marveled at the tulips poking through the leaf mulch, the buds forming on the lilacs, and the hellebore Lenten Rose blooming on the sunny south side of the house. The hellebore is the first thing to bloom in my garden and I am always tickled when it blooms before Easter.
A few days later, my husband and I took our granddaughter to Seedy Saturday, a nationwide movement that promotes the cultivation and preservation of heirloom and endangered varieties of food crops. Our local event had a kids' planting table, and before our granddaughter planted her seed in the Styrofoam cup that she had filled with soil, she cradled it gently in her tiny hand as if she were in the presence of something holy.
I have a healthy respect for seeds. Coming from an Italian background, I grew up with a vegetable garden in the backyard. It was a riot of plants that produced abundant crops, many of which my father planted from the seeds he saved annually. Tomato seeds germinated in little pots by the basement window; others we sowed directly into the ground. From seed to table, I grew up with crunchy carrots, juicy tomatoes, meaty roman beans, tender lettuce and bitter radicchio that tantalized (or tortured) my taste buds and nourished my body.
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Seeds keep up rooted
I used to wonder why my father kept seeds when it would have been so much simpler and tidier to buy them. But, keeping the seeds was a symbolic way for my father to stay connected with the land that his family had farmed for generations in the old country. My father's method of gardening, including his insistence on planting according to the phases of the moon, kept us rooted with our past.
I shared some of this with Mohawk seed keeper Terrylynn Brant, who sees an intimate connection between the seed, ancestors and land, and who, like my father plants her crops based on the moon.
Brant grew up in a family that was able to maintain its agricultural practices despite government policies that threatened the traditional agricultural way of life of the communities of the Haudenosaunee. From an early age, she had a passion for gardening, which she believes is her gift from the Creator, and she has always been mindful of the importance of keeping the seeds of her ancestors, some of which, she told me, go back to time immemorial.
A seed is a sacred thing
For Brant, a seed is a sacred thing and a metaphor for the innate dignity and goodness of the individual.
"Seeds have their own inherent responsibility given to them by Creator. It's basically to grow and to reproduce themselves. That's the duty and responsibility they've been given…to continue who they are and what they are" and the seed will always do its best to honor the task creation had in mind for it.
Brant applies this concept to people. "The Creator sent us here as beautiful, perfect beings. He intended us to grow beautiful, to be compassionate with our fellow man, to share everything we have, to love one another. And yet, we are the ones who mess that up…We should look at the seed, and we should be reminded every time we hold it in our hands what is pure, what is good, what is right, but we do not."
There is a genius to a seed that we miss when we lose contact with the soil and the source of the food on our table. Sowing a seed, nurturing its growth, and plucking its fruit off the vine does more than feed our bodies; it nourishes our spirit.
When we wonder at basil sprouting or feel our heart leap up at the blooming of the Lenten Rose after a dark winter, we touch the goodness inherent in our selves, and intuit the possibility for our own transformation and that of the world. The seed helps us get back to the garden where we glimpse the perfection and harmony for which we long.