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Yellen will talk inflation, China-Envestnet's Jay Hummel
Envestnet's Jay Hummel, author of The Essential Advisor, talks with Bobbi Rebell about his outlook for the markets, and what investors should be paying attention to this summer.
That's taking a break from their two day winning streak here with Maher is Jay homily is managing director at and that's net and also the author of the essential advisor. I great to have you thanks for him right so let's talk about the markets as I said we are taking a break architect out what's striking today. That's an actual pullback after two great days I also think people are on and wait for the Fed. And speaking of that Janet Allen is going to be speaking tomorrow what should we be looking for from her iron from the Fed in general. I think she's gonna talk a little bit about inflation she's also gonna talk about when that we should be concerned about China a lot of that commissioners have spoken this week about their opinion. So we expect Curtis to weigh in on that as well. What trans Casey and the market these days. I got to look at oil everyone's talking about oil at that fifty dollars a barrel and you're also looking at that the softness and this is spending that got talked about this week. So few negative signs the market but overall that the market news has been really good and we think it's. Leading to a summer summer rally. So speaking of that there is a traditional saying people say you know sell in May go way here we are the end of may heading into Memorial Day weekend. What's your thinking and you obviously a little bit optimistic. Yup I think there's a lot of money on the sidelines already have you know past trends in play out in the future. I also think that digital transit changed with the investors now these to go away and they didn't have digital tools to take a look at their accounts. I think the selling mango way probably won't happen as much as it has in the past. That's interesting do you think the investor culture has changed. Recently because of that book Smart touch even when they're on vacation. I do with the notable change for the advisors we serve they're there all bringing out investors client portals and it isn't about waiting for your quarterly statement in and deal with your advisor once. A quarter now there investors are looking at it real time in the much more connected and there there investments that can be dangerous after vice investors in this market. State your plan state your financial plan work with your advisor to make sure that you're taking the long view don't know react to the noise it's it's very easy to. That over reacted that day in and day out of the market. And then going forward what do you think. How do you think it'll play out longer term especially if we see for example I fed rate hike in June as many people think what will that mean for the broader markets. Well I I think it makes us see if it's like December there was a lot of noise and nothing really happened that ended December hike and so I think it I'm anxious to see it all the noise at least. Anything more subjected them to release on December are. Thank you so much thank you. I thank you and Beth Nancy.


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Intellify Learning and SmarterServices Partner to Enhance Analytics for Student Success
Growing Data Partner Ecosystem Opens New Possibilities for Higher Education
Boston, July 20, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Educational intelligence provider Intellify Learning and assessment applications provider SmarterServices™ announced today their data partnership to boost student retention and success initiatives. The companies are facilitating how higher education can leverage data from multiple applications to gain new perspectives on student performance and needs.
At the forefront of education data standards, Intellify Learning (www.intellifylearning.com) has added SmarterServices' readiness assessment, SmarterMeasure™ Learning Readiness Indicator, to its ecosystem of data sources. Through Intellify's cloud-based analytics solution Intellify Essentials, universities and colleges will be able to access and analyze data from The Learning Readiness Indicator and other sources such as the LMS and SIS with greater ease and timeliness. The combined view of a student's learning readiness with his performance and activities creates valuable new insights for both educators and students.
"Student performance is top of mind for higher education. The ability to describe and explain the determining factors enables greater action," said Gautam Parasnis, CEO of Intellify Learning. "We are pleased our partnership with SmarterServices opens additional non-cognitive dimensions for educational intelligence. From students to success coaches, understanding the real-time impact of learning styles as well as strengths and weakness on student engagement and performance is game-changing for retention and success."
Dr. Mac Adkins, CEO & founder of SmarterServices said, "Based on data collected over 15 years from over 4 million students, we are confident that the non-cognitive factors we measure really matter. However, it is one thing to collect data and another to make it actionable. SmarterServices is excited about this partnership with Intellify because reporting the variables we collect through Intellify Essentials will enable shared clients to more efficiently make actionable meaning from our data."
Intellify Learning will be demonstrating Intellify Essentials at InstructureCon 2017 in Keystone, CO on July 25-27, 2017. Stop by Intellify's booth to learn more about why SmarterServices and other data partners are foundational to higher education. During the same week stop by SmarterServices' booth at Blackboard World in New Orleans.
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Intellify Learning transforms data into insights and action that empower education. The company provides a range of scalable, cloud-based solutions to aggregate, manage, analyze, and deliver educational data from multiple sources. Using open data standards and other processing capabilities, Intellify streamlines the analytics process for institutions and companies in higher education and K-12. Our solutions are tailored to meet fundamental and advanced analytics requirements to realize educational intelligence. For more information about Intellify Learning, visit www.intellifylearning.com.
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SmarterServices™ solves unmet market challenges facing learners, instructors, institutions and organizations by developing unique educational technology solutions that help improve a learner's success in various learning environments. We provide SmarterAssessments – an assessment platform that delivers SmarterMeasure suite of readiness assessments and SmarterProctoring-technology platform that includes a management system, and proctoring tools. Since 2002, over 4.1 million learners from over 600 educational institutions and organizations have benefited from SmarterServices' products. Learn more at http://www.smarterservices.com/.
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Hot slow news day rumor mongering: Ichiro gone after 2007
Japan Baseball Daily ("Voted Worst-looking Web Site of 1994") offers this hot hot hot rumor:
Ichiro Tells Sankei Sports that he is out of Seattle after 2007!
His answers concerning the state of the Mariners were described as "dripping
with sarcasm." Says that he is at the stage of his career where he wants to
accomplish personal goals, one of which is to win a championship. So he is angling
to go to a contender once he obtains free agency at the end of the schedule. Ichiro
in Boston or New York? Stay tuned!
I want out of Seattle after 2007, too, but no one interviews me about it.
On the Sankei Sports site, though, Google translates the MLB headlines as
* Entirely record above previous season…Jojima, to 2nd year real starting!flag photo
* You adhere to the door closer…Otsuka, in Sendai independent [tore]
* Ikawa in Ibaraki of the local end which "finishes securely†independent [tore] reopeningflag photo
* As for [suuini] relationship is not [bonzu] apologizes in declaration
* Matuzaka, in Los Angeles to arrival independent [tore] piling up campflag photo
And there's not a word of it anywhere else yet. So… uh… yeah. We obviously have no idea until the story either gets out (and is clarified/denounced) or is denounced. But there's nothing else going on, and I know this is going to be thrown out in comments 90 times if I don't write this up, so… here! Go nuts!
What does this mean? A trade? Have tension, dissention, and apprehension begun? Who knows?!? But feel free to work yourself up into a frenzy over it.
26 Responses to "Hot slow news day rumor mongering: Ichiro gone after 2007"
jamier on
January 12th, 2007 10:20 am
ichiro will be 34 in 2008, and it's probably a bad idea to spend $15mil/year for 6 years or whatever he's going to get.
BUT, i luv ichiro and hope he stays anyway.
Ed Tsantamount on
January 12th, 2007 10:21 am
If I was Ichiro I would have requested a trade a few years ago. Don't blame him one bit if
it's true. I've expected it. I also expect the managment to bungle any kind of trade for him. Next.
88fingerslukee on
January 12th, 2007 10:22 am
Yeah, I guarantee we get something along the lines of Carl Pavano and Scott Brosius for Ichiro.
ScottH on
January 12th, 2007 10:24 am
This is not good. I don't think he will sign with us again, and there is no way Bavasi will be able to get enough for him. I would guess that we lose Ichiro and get nothing in return.
PADJ on
January 12th, 2007 10:26 am
If this is accurate and true, can anybody blame the guy? I'm not up to date on contracts, but does Ichiro go FA after the 2007 season? That would put a bad FO in a bad position.
Swungonandbelted on
January 12th, 2007 10:33 am
I want to see how the FO tries to spin this one, as it will be (if it turns out to be true, and I have a sneaking suspicion that it will) a direct result of their sheer incompetence in putting a competetive club together.
BrianV on
January 12th, 2007 10:49 am
If Ichiro wants to go somewhere else after this year then more power to him, and I hope he gets his ring. I blame the M's management for not even being able to give the appearance of competence.
Paul B on
January 12th, 2007 10:50 am
As soon as they decided to bring back tweedledee and tweedledumber (Bavasi and Hargrove), it meant Ichiro was as good as gone.
Can you imagine how mind-crushingly painful it must be for an intelligent person to play for Hargrove?
Spanky on
January 12th, 2007 10:52 am
This is only bad in one scenario…if the Mariners are "semi-contending" come July. If the M's are BAD (as expected) they trade Ichiro for some young players. I can live with this! If the M's are good and in first, they make a push into the playoffs and maybe convince Ichiro that the worst is over and he should stay for the good years now that he's weathered the bad years. I can live with this! If they're close (say 5 games out or less), you can expect the FO to try to crank up the marketing machine to say they're in the playoff hunt and try to acquire some (two-)bit pieces to "push them over the top"…but not really pull the trigger on a significant deal. M's fade, then lose Ichiro for NOTHING! This makes me want to vomit!!!
msb on
January 12th, 2007 10:53 am
can we get Deanna the Japanese link?
in other news, Phil Rogers (and Johnny Pesky) think Portland deserves a MLB team.
strong silence on
January 12th, 2007 10:56 am
Ichiro leaving after this season is the only reason for me to go to the ballpark this year.
msb on
January 12th, 2007 10:56 am
when you go to http://www.sanspo.com/mlb/mlb.html, what the non-Japanese reader sees is just a shot of D-Mat ….
Eleven11 on
January 12th, 2007 11:03 am
Oh brother, nothing good can come from this. Ichiro leaves as free agent. Bad. We lose his value for a draft pick which we will screw up. M's trade him now. Bad, Bavasi would do it. M's trade at deadline. Bad. value down, Bavasi would probably still do it. Only one good scenerio, Trade him now after you fire Bavasi and hire anyone else with a pulse (or not).
Evan on
January 12th, 2007 11:10 am
Ichiro's the reason I'm a fan of the Mariners. I only showed up in 2001.
I wonder how I'd feel about him if he became a Yankee. There's only one player I continued to like after he became a Yankee, and that's Boomer Wells. Everyone else (A-Rod, Randy, Giambi) seemingly became a complete ass upon arriving there.
88fingerslukee on
January 12th, 2007 11:15 am
Matsui seems to be okay.
Evan on
January 12th, 2007 11:17 am
Yeah, but I never liked him.
scott47a on
January 12th, 2007 11:18 am
This has been coming for a long time.
I hope he does go and win a championship somewhere else. The guy deserves it.
Maybe we'll get lucky and Matsui will get hurt again and the Yankees will be desperate to add an outfielder. That seems like the only likely chance that Ichiro will bring much as a rent-a-player.
Also, and I don't like saying this, he's infinitely more valuable now than he is in July. Does anyone think they will trade him before opening day? Does Bavasi have the guts?
msb on
January 12th, 2007 11:18 am
don't suppose we could wait until he actually leaves to panic …
Jim Thomsen on
January 12th, 2007 11:36 am
I think there's very little chance Ichiro returns after this season. He's not represented by Scott Boras; there's every chance in the world that his concerns run higher than the materialistic. Seattle is a franchise that insists on going nowhere; there's no reason he should insist on wasting the last few years of his greatness on a team hell-bent on not rewarding it.
And that insistence on driving Ichiro away will be Bill Bavasi's enduring legacy in baseball, I suspect. Bavasi will never again get a job in baseball of any great responsibility for that reason, in my opinion.
I wouldn't automatically assume that Ichiro will wind up in Boston or New York, however. One of the Southern California teams may be a better fit by 2008.
Mariner Fan in CO Exile on
January 12th, 2007 11:41 am
I am one of Ichrio's biggest fans, and have argued, even against the likes of our own Dave, about his value relative to other players past and present. I also think we'll see him being productive many years into the future.
That said, he won't be worth a big 5 or 6 year deal after 2007, and that's what he'll likely demand and get. Plus, there's little chance we'll give him a contending team that isn't full of swiss cheese holes.
Short of backing into a World Series (or just dominating the AL this year – yeah right) I can't imagine why he'd stick around, rumor or no rumor.
If we are in it late in the year (and our attempts to sign a contract extension have failed), I say we stick it out, and expect the departure. If we are out of it, I think we get something of value for him while we can. I hate to think that way, but the FO only does more damage to the team to participate in some long drawn-out off-season process that results in Ichiro not coming and us passing on other options while we wait.
I think we assume he gets a hefty contract whereever he goes, throw our best offer at him before anyone else can, and if he won't go for the extension during the season or agree to terms shortly after it ends, then we should take the hint and not do another Alex Rodriguez drama play over it.
MarinerDan on
January 12th, 2007 11:47 am
If this is true, maybe the ownership group will be so pissed that Bavasi et al. have let the club reach the point where even their golden boy wants out that they will finally wake up and can the current administration.
As to whether Ichiro is worth a long-term commitment beyond 2007, I'm not sure that he is. That being said, I would still like the M's to sign him.
jaysbaseballfan on
January 12th, 2007 11:48 am
Abreu is done with the Yankees after this offseasn. I can see Ichiro in pinstripes. He wants to win, and they'll throw the money at him. Is he there style though? I mean, he's not a homerun hitter.
Mariner Fan in CO Exile on
January 12th, 2007 11:54 am
#22 – I could see Ichiro going to a market that hasn't had a huge-name Japanese player yet. I wouldn't even put Boston in the hunt, as Matsuzaka made it pretty clear he didn't want the Ichiro spotlight in his sphere of influence. Maybe by end of next season that's no big deal to Matsuzaka, but with Boston's investment in him (and his importance to that rotation), I guess they do very little to piss him off.
Jim Thomsen on
January 12th, 2007 11:56 am
I wonder if a serious in-depth study has been done on the likelihood of Ichiro retaining his current value over the next several years. It seems difficult to project because his skills are so speed-dependent, and there's no reliable way of predicting when Ichiro's speed will go. It's slipped a little from 2001, of course, but isn't at the point where it's a liability (at least in my opinion). But there doesn't seem to be a steady rate of decline so far that I can see, and therefore there doesn't seem to be a PREDICTABLE rate of decline.
So I'm not sure that we should operate from the assumption that any four- or five-year deal for Ichiro absolutely won't be worth it. Sure, he'll be overpaid like everybody else, but Ichiro is such a historica anomaly that I don't know how anybody can state with any confidence that he'd be a definite liability by the end of such a contract period.
Everything else being equal, I personally would take that gamble. Because, as has been pointed out ad nauseum at other times, Ichiro's value to Seattle far transcends his field performance. And if that field performance is still pretty good …. then something like four years and $60 million could be a Seattle-only bargain. (Don't forget that Ichiro's value here is far different than it would be in New York and Boston.)
Deanna on
January 12th, 2007 11:57 am
Am I really the only person who reads USSM who can read Japanese?
Ichiro Articles on Sankei Sports
And this is the article that Gary was referring to: Ichiro says he will change teams via free agency after this season is over – "For my own good"
I only skimmed the article, I'll try to read it more carefully in a bit.
DMZ on
January 12th, 2007 12:00 pm


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Chaffetz Relays Story of Tripoli Chief Who Got Call from Stevens About Attack
The deputy chief of mission at the U.S. embassy in Tripoli was contacted by a persistent Ambassador Chris Stevens the night of the Benghazi murders, trying to convey that the consulate compound was under attack, a Republican congressman said.
Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah), who is chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on National Security, Homeland Defense and Foreign Operations, relayed on Fox last night a conversation he had with the envoy on a fact-finding trip to Libya shortly after the Sept. 11 attack.
"He's a good man. His name's Gregory Hicks. And I -- I think he's trying to do the right thing," Chaffetz said.
"He said that shortly after 9:40 p.m., what happened is his phone rang. And he didn't recognize the number, so he didn't answer it. Then it rang again. Again, he didn't answer it because he didn't recognize the number," he continued. "But then, given the persistence, he did answer it. It was Ambassador Stevens. And Ambassador Stevens was saying, we're under attack. We're under attack."
"Now, I can't say that he told me specifically that he was asking for help, but that's kind of what I read into it. He hung up the phone. He immediately called in to Washington, D.C., to trigger all the mechanisms that needed to be put on, and then he wasn't able to contact them. And there were hours and hours where we didn't know where our ambassador was."
Chaffetz said he felt the trauma in Hicks' voice. "It was hard to listen to. He's gone through a lot, but he did a great job."
House Armed Services Committee Chairman Buck McKeon (R-Calif.) sent President Obama a letter yesterday pressing the commander in chief to detail what directives, if any, he gave the military that night.
"There appears to be a discrepancy between your directive and the actions taken by the Department of Defense. As we are painfully aware, despite the fact that the military had resources in the area, the military did not deploy any assets to secure U.S. personnel in Benghazi during the hours the consulate and the annex were under attack," McKeon wrote. "I find it implausible that the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Commander of U.S. Africa Command, and the Commander of U.S. European Command would have ignored a direct order from the Commander in Chief."
Chaffetz lauded as "spot on" the job McKeon is doing as he and other GOPs investigate the scandal.
"I talked specifically to General Ham. He's a four-star general. He told me personally he did not get a directive from the White House from the president of the United States to engage in the firefight to help protect those people," Chaffetz said.
"Mr. President, you can't have it both ways. You can't say that you're doing everything you can to protect the people in Benghazi, when we're under attack, a firefight that starts at 9:40 at night, goes until the wee hours of the morning, and say you did everything when the military did not engage."


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March 12, 2012
Young, Black and Male in America
Monica Almeida/The New York Times
The news for young black men is not good: they are disproportionately singled out for discipline in school, they are more likely to be stopped and frisked by New York City police officers, and according to Michelle Alexander in her book, "The New Jim Crow," nearly one-third of black men are likely to spend time in prison at some point in their lives.
Would pulling back on draconian drug laws or legalizing marijuana be enough to fix this imbalance? What else needs to be done?Read the Discussion »


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"Terrorism is a tactic not an enemy".
This evening at the Cornell Club in Mid-town Manhattan, the man who is without a doubt the most qualified individual to be the next American Secretary of State (with Richard Armitage and Strobe Talbott as not so close seconds) under either a Democratic or Republican administration, Richard Holbrooke, spoke for forty-five minutes at an event sponsored by the Oxonian Society (www.oxoniansociety.com). The following are notes compiled by yours truly from this event. Apologies are made in advance for any errors of transcription (shorthand never having been one of my strong points).
According to Holbrooke, who currently serves as an advisor the Senator Clinton's campaign, the Bush regime has wrong footed the matter of the proper response to the event of 11th of September 2001 by, identifying 'our enemy' as terrorism:
"Our enemy since 9 / 11 is not terror or terrorists....But, Al Qaeda and like-minded groups who seek to destroy secular Arab regimes in the Middle East".
Terrorism according to Holbrooke, cannot be 'defeated' but merely 'contained', in which the damage from the same is 'limited'. What needs to be done, is to 'attack the root causes' of terrorism, but not 'terrorism itself'. As per Holbrooke: "the current administration has lead the public to a complete mis-understanding", of the nature of the enemy that we face.
Turning to the subject of the Balkans, where of course he made himself famous by negotiating the Dayton Accords of 1995, Holbrooke was on the whole optimistic about the future of the area, arguing that like Ireland, its future will be of a predominately peaceful and prosperous variety. With the only fly in this optimistic ointment, being the fraught issue of Kosovo. According to Holbrooke, the issue of Kosovo is one of Albanian "liberation from centuries (sic!)of Serbian oppression". With the Bush Administration being at fault in ignoring the problem for four years, when it could have been easily resolved. Now with Russia's Putin, "having gotten his mojo back" (a phrase which Holbrooke used three times in the coure of the evening), there is about 'ninety-five percent' probability of there not being an agreement between Serbia and Kosovo. With the deadline of December 10th, more and more resembling a 'train wreck'. With the possibility of 'serious violence' occurring. The only remedy for this situation being 'reinforcing NATO troops', and, recognizing Kosovo's independence outside of a UN framework, where Moskva can exercise its veto power. In short, Holbrooke argues for "strong visionary leadership" by the United States, a necessity due to a 'divided EU and a hostile Russia. Not surprising of course for anyone who has read his articles in the Washington Post, Holbrooke was overtly anti-Serb, stating that 'thank God' Montenegro is independent of Belgrade.
On Iraq: Holbrooke stated that there "has to be a solution, just not a good one". With the USA leaving Iraq in the next Administration, since it cannot 'stay indefinitely'. And, that "success as defined by George Bush [is] not achievable". But, unfortunately, the current administration in Washington, DC would not adhere to reason and logic, and that consequently on the 21st day of January 2009, there would still be upwards of 160,000 plus American troops in Iraq. And, that withdrawing them, would be the work of not months but perhaps a year or two at best.
On the Israel-Palestinian peace negotiations, Holbrooke while admitting that the was not an 'expert', blamed the late PA President Arafat, for the breakdown of peace negotiations which took place in late 2000 and early 2001. The Arafat being 'short-sighted' and in essence 'created the circumstances of failure', which lead directly to the second Intifada. A failure which was inadvertently abetted by the Bush regime's failure to push for an resumption of negotiations between the parties, and in essence to fully and totally back Israel regardless of the consequences. Or as Holbrooke put it: 'now the lid was off', in terms of American support for Tel Aviv. Concerning the upcoming Annapolis Conference being organized by Secretary of State Rice, Holbrooke expressed puzzlement about the method being employed to organize the meeting between the parties: not "the correct way of going about the process", and, "not similar to what was done at Dayton". And, that the entire event gives evidence of a faute de mieux mentality to cover up the lack of action by the Bush administration for almost seven years with this hugely important problem.
With some final remarks on Cuba after Castro (not "likely to follow the Central European pattern"), and, the need for young people to go into the foreign service (the ideal age being 21 or 22 not 30 or 31 as at present), the evening was concluded.
What can one make of the man and the likely policies that he may pursue if he does become Secretary of State? Without a doubt, Holbrooke is an ultra-intelligent, masterful and experienced individual. He will if he is given his head, make a erste-klasse, American Secretary of State. I myself still tend to doubt that he will be appointed regardless of who wins the election in November 2008. It seem to me too much of the always the bridesmaid but never the bride, type of situation. Hopefully I will prove to be wrong. What does worry me however, is that in many ways, Holbrooke, with some degree of nuance and at a much, much higher level of sophistication and style, is au fond, not too much removed from the underlying mentality of the Bush and Clinton regimes, in which the USA is (sans phrase of course) the 'indispensable power' `a la Mme. Albright. In particular it does not appear that Holbrooke will concede much if anything to Russia in terms of the latter's return to the world stage. Indeed, Holbrooke repeated the language of his Washington Post articles in which he complained about the fact that Bush's kowtowing to Putin, had no positive results: "Bush has gotten nothing from Putin". And, that Russia's current diplomatic high profile, is merely a result of "ninety dollar oil" and the "Iraq". And, while one may agree that at times Putin's diplomatic tactics do give the appearance at times of a monkey toying with a Sevres vase, that fact does not obviate the matter that Russia is back. Both diplomatically and economcially. And that the Russia of today and tomorrow is not the Russia of 1993 or 1999. For Holbrooke to conduct American diplomacy under the latter premises will have the end result of endless difficulties for American diplomacy and relations with both Moskva and the EU. One can only hope that Holbrooke suffers a change of heart about the matter if he does reach the top of the greasy pole at Foggy Bottom come January 2009.


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Three office buildings in Mission Viejo and Irvine have sold in two transactions that, combined, industry observers valued at more than $90 million as investor demand for Orange County commercial properties heats up.
The sales to large national investors are a sign that the county's office market is recovering from the drubbing it took after the mortgage industry began to contract in 2007, said real estate broker Ryan Gallagher of HFF.
Before that, lenders such as New Century Financial Corp. of Irvine were among the region's largest occupiers of office space. New Century's 2007 collapse was one of several contributors to an overabundance of space on the market that pushed down rents for years.


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15 Gifts Crafters Will Love
Vituri Urban Shoulder Bag
What: Smart urban styling, a detachable shoulder strap, and a gusseted outside pocket are just three of the features that make this bag a winner.
The Twist: Inside, padding protects a laptop, and pockets hold paper, tools, and more for the scrapbook fiend on the go.
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Desktop Organizer
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Eraser Maker
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The Cost: $7.99 to $19.99
Where: Making Memories
Corner Squeeze Punch
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Where: Andrews McMeel Publishing
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Alabama Yams With Oranges
by Danica Waters / image courtesy of www.unwinnable.com
Traditionally, any yam served in my childhood home during the month of November was baked, mashed with butter, cream, a wee bit of salt and brown sugar, and covered with mounds of fluffy marshmallows that were subsequently broiled until nearly black and gooey on top. Come to think of it, the only time we actually ate yams back then was during the month of November.
Upon having children of my own and deciding early on there was no way I was going to feed my babies processed baby nasty-food, I did some research into the nutritional merits of these terrific tubers. It seems they have a far lower glycemic index than regular potatoes. They also happen to be packed with potassium, manganese, vitamin C and vitamin B3 while registering low on the sodium counter. Best of all, kids actually like to eat them with little or no negotiation, marshmallows or no marshmallows. I started serving them regularly to the whole family as a tasty side that could double as homemade baby food. Two birds with one stone? That's how I roll! Baked in their skins with a dash of butter, seasoned with salt and pepper, or cut up and oven-roasted, yams are delicious and appear on my household menus at least once a week.
However tasty the good old fashioned yam might happen to be all by itself, the holidays call for something a bit more elegant, more celebratory. This is it. From the Heritage of Southern Cooking, author (and southern cooking guru) Camille Glenn has this to say:
" This is the Deep South way with yams or sweet potatoes. It seems to always show up with the Thanksgiving turkey, but it is just as compatible with a good ham or chicken. Do not peel either the potatoes or the orange. If you don't have a luscious rich sauce, you have been too cautious with the butter."
Amen. Be sure to slice the oranges as thin as possible – if you have a mandoline slicer, use it, but if not, just be sure to cut the slices super-thin. Use real butter, and for heaven's sake, listen to Ms. Glenn! Don't be shy! It's the holidays, after all. This dish is excellent served with Green Beans Sauteed With Olive Oil; the citrus overtones keep the palate fresh and thoroughly entertained.
Alabama Yams With Oranges
(Heritage of Southern Cooking, by Camille Glenn)
6 yams or sweet potatoes, fully cooked and cooled (I bake mine for approximately 30 minutes at 400 degrees – the yam shouldn't be too mushy, but it should be cooked to the point that it can be easily sliced)
3 navel oranges, thinly sliced
1/2 to 3/4 C (1 to –1/2 sticks) butter
3/4 C sugar
1 C fresh orange juice
2 Tbsp fresh lemon juice, or more to taste
Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Peel and slice the cooked sweet potatoes very thin and place one layer in a shallow buttered baking dish. Top with a layer of orange slices. Dot generously with butter and sprinkle with sugar. Continue layering. You should have 3 layers, ending with a layer of potatoes, butter, and topping it off with sugar.
Mix the orange juice with the lemon juice and pour it over the potatoes.
Bake until a pleasant syrup has formed and the top is tinged with brown.
Serves 6 – 8
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In an interview last week with Business Marketing, just-named acting ad chief David Middleton said DDB is proceeding on a branding campaign scheduled for later this year. Mr. Middleton, VP-corporate communications for Houston-based Compaq, said the embattled computer vendor is standing by its advertising agency and that DDB is "not in trouble."
"DDB is doing a good job," Mr. Middleton said. "We're happy with them, and we are expecting good things from them. We're see ing good things, actually."
Compaq's new president-CEO, Michael Capellas, who replaced the ousted Eckhard Pfeiffer, is overseeing the campaign, he added.
New leadership, new ads
The new global campaign will in clude television, print, outdoor, ra dio and Internet advertising. Additionally, Compaq is said to be at work revamping its Web site to hone its ability to compete with Dell Computer Corp. by selling direct over the Internet.
Mr. Capellas "is certainly in vesting a good deal of time and energy and effort in the subject area, which is, of course, expected with any CEO," Mr. Middleton said. "We're very happy he's spending as much time as he is. He is highly engaged."
Mr. Capellas, who was Com paq's acting COO and initially hired as its CIO, was named CEO of the company July 22, less than a week before Compaq announced its second-quarter loss and planned cutbacks.
On July 28, Compaq posted a second-quarter loss of $184 mil lion and said it will take a $700 million to $900 million restructur ing charge in the third quarter to cover plant closings and as many as 8,000 job cuts.
Wall Street had greeted Mr. Capellas' appointment with skepti cism, and Compaq's share price dipped slightly on the news, falling 44 cents to close at $24.50 a share.
Mr. Capellas was named CEO only after Continental Airlines President Gregory Brenneman and Oracle Corp. President Ray Lane rejected the post, according to a variety of media outlets.
Agency under pressure?
Mr. Middleton's vocal backing of DDB disputes the implication that the agency is under added pressure on this campaign, which was made by Mr. Salzman in a July interview with Business Marketing's sister publication, Advertising Age.
Mr. Middleton, a former execu tive at NEC Technologies and IBM Corp. who joined Compaq two years ago, assumed control of Compaq's advertising after Mr. Salzman resigned as VP-worldwide advertising and brand strategy on July 15.
After resigning, Mr. Salzman told Advertising Age that DDB is under the gun to deliver the cru cial global campaign for the $300 million account.
He said his marching orders to DDB were to "put the amount of effort into it that they would put into a new-business pitch."
Mr. Salzman pulled the most recent Compaq campaign, intend ed as an interim effort, within the past month, because "the overall judgment is the campaign didn't meet expectations."
Despite Mr. Salzman's remarks that the new ads are "critically im portant" to Compaq, Mr. Middle ton said, "Nothing more or less than normal rides on this work than we normally expect from a vendor."
Still, much does seem to be rid ing on the new branding effort.
Two days before Compaq an nounced its second-quarter loss and subsequent restructuring charge, International Data Corp. released figures showing that dur ing the second quarter, Compaq retained its lead in U.S. personal computer shipments over rival Dell Computer Corp.but only by a slim margin. Compaq's mar ket share is 16.6%, while Dell's is 16.3%.
Management issues
Although Compaq Chairman Benjamin Rosen restructured Compaq and sold off its AltaVista business in the period between the tenures of Mr. Pfeiffer and Mr. Capellas, many of the company's problems remain unchanged.
It is still struggling to integrate its acquisition of Digital Equip ment Corp., to cope with falling personal computer prices and to develop a direct-marketing strategy to counter Dell.
Some observers say Compaq's hybrid approach of selling through resellers and selling direct is a key problem hampering the company.
Mr. Middleton argued that Compaq's resellers are a central ad vantage. If Dell's brand is "direct," Compaq's is "choice," he said.
"Resellers for Compaq have al ways been a very important ele ment in our total offering to the customer," he said. "We firmly believe that will be the case going forward, and we want to embody that in our communications."
Mr. Middleton is currently han dling both his duties and those of Mr. Salzman. Mr. Middleton said no decision had been made about who would fill the job permanently.
Mr. Salzman told Advertising Age he resigned after becoming frustrated with overall progress at Compaq. The executive said he's evaluating two Internet-related posts in California, as well as other job options.


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|The Old Barn Restaurant in Goshen won the inaugural Best Alabama Catfish Restaurant Contest. From left are judges Alabama Department of Agriculture & Industries Commissioner John McMillan and WSFA-TV anchor Judd Davis of Montgomery, restaurant owner Amy Chandler, judge Jim Allen of Alabama Farmers Cooperative and Alabama Catfish Producers Chairman Will Pearce.
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Amy Chandler, owner of The Old Barn Restaurant in Goshen, has a secret recipe for her Southern-style catfish. That special blend of seasoning and breading earned her high marks from judges who dubbed her establishment Bama's Best Catfish Restaurant.
In the inaugural contest sponsored by Alabama Catfish Producers, judges oohed and ahhed at the broiled and blackened catfish Chandler served. But it was her fried catfish filets that nudged her into first place, said judges who visited the restaurant in early August.
"August was National Catfish Month, and there was no better way to celebrate than announcing Bama's Best Catfish Restaurant," said Dallas County catfish farmer Will Pearce, Alabama Catfish Producers chairman, who accompanied the judges. "We appreciate Amy and all the restaurant owners across the state who select U.S. farm-raised catfish for their customers."
The Old Barn Restaurant was among four finalists chosen from nearly 150 customer nominations. Other finalists received an engraved plaque from the Alabama Catfish Producers. They were David's Catfish House in Andalusia, owned by Bill Spurlin; The Green Leaf Grill of Mentone, owned by Jimmy Rogers; and Pat's Country Cuisine in Centre, owned by Pat and Ron Jackson.
|The other three finalists, selected from nearly 150 nominations in Bama's Best Catfish Restaurant Contest, were, clockwise from above, David's Catfish House in Andalusia, owned by Bill Spurlin; The Green Leaf Grill in Mentone, owned by Jimmy Rogers; and Pat's Country Cuisine of Centre, owned by Ron and Pat Jackson.
Chandler, 38, and her husband, Scottie, opened the restaurant 11 years ago intending it to be a hunting lodge. After installing a commercial kitchen in what was once an old barn, they decided to try the restaurant business. They've enjoyed success in other contests, too. Last year, The Old Barn Restaurant won Alabama's Best Steak Restaurant.
"We are so honored and excited to win," said Chandler, whose enthusiasm and attention to detail didn't go unnoticed by the judges. "We put our heart and soul into everything we do. We won't serve anything that isn't the very best we can make it."
The only requirement for a restaurant's nomination in the contest was that it serves U.S. farm-raised catfish. Judges for the event were Alabama Commissioner of Agriculture and Industries John McMillan, WSFA-TV news anchor Judd Davis and Alabama Farmers Cooperative's Jim Allen.
"Judges taste-tasted catfish at the top four restaurants, and they had a hard decision," Pearce said. "We want all of the restaurant owners in Alabama who serve what we grow to know we appreciate them."
As the winner, The Old Barn Restaurant received a championship plaque and $250. Chandler told judges that serving anything other than U.S. farm-raised catfish was not an option.
"We tried catfish from several different suppliers when we first opened, but we chose Kelley Foods of Alabama because its fish tasted the best," Chandler said. "There was never any doubt our catfish had to be grown in America. There's a difference in how it tastes, and we know we're serving our customers a food that's safe."
The Alabama Catfish Producers is a division of the Alabama Farmers Federation, the state's largest farm organization with more than 350,000 members. Alabama farmers currently produce more than 100 million pounds of catfish per year with an annual economic impact to the state of over $158 million.
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We've teamed up with BetVictor to preview the day's racing.
Perfect flat racing ground (good) for the start of Newmarket's July meeting and I hope to see Atty Persse (1.50) gain a first group success having overcome a wide draw to land the King George V Stakes at Royal Ascot last time. That three lengths success was over 12f and today's slight step up in distance should suit with James Doyle back in the plate.
The selection is 3/1 (from 11/4) with BetVictor and that looks a fair price for this son of Frankel. The colt has brought along steadily by Roger Charlton but if he is to be a realistic St Leger contender (16/1 at BetVictor) he must go close this afternoon. Raheen House is the highest rated horse in the field and his fourth in the King Edward VII Stakes is, arguably, the best form on offer but I hope to see Atty Persse improve past the Brian Meehan-trained runner.
The Coventry Stakes winner Rajasinghe has to concede 3lbs to his 11 rivals in the July Stakes but two colts who have caught my eye of late have been Hey Gaman (12/1 at BetVictor) and invincible Army (2.25) with marginal preference for the latter who is 7/1 with BetVictor.
Trained by James Tate in Newmarket the juvenile was a fluent five lengths winner over C&D last month and that form has been franked by the subsequent win of fourth horse home – the runner up and third have yet to reappear. Champion jockey elect Silvestre De Sousa takes over in the saddle for the first time and the selection gets an each way vote.
Cartographer is likely to be all the rage for the three-year-old sprint handicap but at 25/1 with BetVictor I think Ultimate Avenue (3.00) might be a shade overpriced dropping back down in trip having failed to stay over a mile on his sole start so far this term. The colt cost £340,000 as a yearling and is bred to come into his own over further, but he doesn't look devoid of pace and Jamie Spencer keeps the mount.
Wings Of Desire is fitted with cheek-pieces for the first time having not quite had the rub of the green in the Hardwicke at Royal Ascot on his reappearance. The returning Frankie Dettori takes the ride and it would be no surprise to see the Italian make a winning comeback from his shoulder injury.
Preference, however, in the Princess Of Wales's Stakes is for Frontiersman (3.35) who bypassed the Royal meeting having finished runner up to the excellent Highland Reel in the Coronation Cup last month. Trainer Charlie Appleby fits his four-year-old with cheek pieces for the first time later today and at 7/4 with BetVictor he must go close if in the same mood as at Epsom.
At Doncaster, James Garfield (2.10) can make it third time lucky having finished third in both starts including when looking in need over another furlong when placed in the Windsor Castle Stakes last month. The selection holds an entry in the Group 2 Gimcrack Stakes at York next month and shouldn't remain a maiden by the end of the afternoon.
Tribute Act (3.20) looked a filly going places when a well backed favourite at Kempton last month and she will be very hard to beat if she can transfer that improvement to turf from a 7lbs higher mark.
Beach Break (4.25) is going the right way for Newmarket handler Ralph Beckett and made all to win a Catterick maiden when last seen on the track at the beginning of June. The selection has only had five career starts to date and is open to further improvement - especially if getting an uncontested lead this afternoon.
At Newbury this evening Mr Minerals carries a 6lbs penalty for a fluent win at Kempton last week and that was a much-improved effort by Richard Hughes's lightly-raced gelding who has won two of his three career starts, albeit both successes have come on an all-weather surface.
The vote, however, goes to another potential improver in La Rav (7.05) who ran out a facile winner at Salisbury over seven furlongs last time for Jamie Spencer and Luca Cumani and who promises to be well-served by today's additional furlong.
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ABC: Ben Collins
"Truth telling" about Indigenous suffering and displacement through colonisation must be a key part of treaty negotiations, a prominent Western Australian Aboriginal commentator says.
Aboriginal people from around Australia met at Uluru earlier this week, to discuss recognition of Indigenous Australians in the constitution.
But after three days of talks they released the Uluru statement rejecting "simple acknowledgement" of Indigenous people in the constitution, and calling for a treaty.
Kimberley delegate to the convention, Wayne Bergmann, said there needed to be an understanding of what really happened to Australia's Indigenous people.
"Much like in South Africa where you had the Truth Commission where [the] Indigenous history of what happened — [the] Stolen Generation, massacres, dispossession — where the truth and history can be told," he said.
"Until we accept the past and understand that is part of our history, that's the only basis in which we can move forward and heal as a nation."
Mr Bergmann said many Australians may not be aware that first contact between some WA Aboriginal people and those of European descent happened as recently as 50 years ago.
While such events occurred much earlier in the eastern states, he said there was acknowledgement at the convention Aboriginal people from all over Australia had suffered over time.
But, the former Kimberley Land Council chief executive said, there were gaps in the knowledge of too many Australians.
"We've all suffered the same history and we're all suffering the same challenges, there have been different types of impact on all of us but there's one thing clear — as descendants of the first people, we need to have some reconciling of that history and a real acknowledgement of our place in society," he said.
Treaties can lead to real outcomes: Bergmann
The Uluru Statement called for the "establishment of a first nations voice enshrined in the constitution", and a Makarrata Commission to "supervise a process of agreement-making between governments and first nations and truth-telling about our history".
While attending the convention as a delegate, Mr Bergmann also helped MC and chair proceedings.
He said he believed there may eventually be a series of treaties or agreements around Australia, reflecting the desires of the various language groups.
Mr Bergmann asserted the door was now open for Indigenous groups to come together and "engage with states and Commonwealth for a full and final settlement about the things that are important to them".
This meant sovereignty, rights to protect country, and to benefit from and manage country.
"Jurisdictions all around the world, Commonwealth jurisdictions have treaties with first nations people. It's only bringing Australia in line with the rest of the world," he said.
"I've seen first hand some of those things structured in Canada, where first nations people, where they have their settlement, what they call their community is pretty much their local government — like a local government shire.
"They still receive a budget allocation for health, housing and they administer it pretty much within their town site.
"And they make the calls about how it happens."
Mr Bergmann said a treaty body would be more effective than the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (ATSIC) was.
"I can remember reading some of the minutes of the first meetings of the Kimberley Land Council and the senior men and women in those minutes were calling to engage with the government on a treaty," he said.
"It's really nothing new in terms of the Aboriginal history of what we've been arguing for.
"The exact concept or the exact mould this will be cast in is the subject of this process now if the Commonwealth Government, the Opposition all move forward with it.
"I think this is something the Australian public also need to get behind, I think that will ultimately determine what the politicians decide to do in Parliament."


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Bowling Solidifies Conference StandingsFebruary 13, 2014
The Alley Pats hopped in their snow plow vans once again to head to Richmond, Kentucky for the Thomas N. Burris Memorial hosted by the United States Bowling Congress (USBC).
The Patriot men had a strong showing early, rolling a team total of 933 in game one allowing them to get out of the gate in the top five. Fortunately, for the Patriots it was a sign of good things to come as they nailed down a 1040 team total (third highest team score on the day) in game number three, propelling them to a 10th place overall finish. The Patriots were led by Jamie Wallingford (Bardstown, Ky.) with a five game total of 984 and a 22nd place finish. Shawn West (Louisville, Ky.) had one of his strongest performances of the year, nailing down a 26th place finish with a 975 five game score. With their strong showing Patriots were able to defeat NCAA Division One opponents Northern Kentucky and Alabama. In addition, the Patriots were able to use their momentum to roll over NCAA Division II Bellarmine University.
For the women, Tiffany Webb (Louisville, Ky.) led the way with her 871 five game total and 33rd place finish. Even with her strong performance, Webb had little breathing room as Nicole Denman (Louisville, Ky.) was right on her heels with an 868 and a season high 35th place finish. In the overall standings the lady Patriots were able to snag a 10th place finish, defeating Campbellsville, Lindsey Wilson, and NCAA Division I Louisville. The Lady Alley Pats rolled a five game total of 4241 with a baker score of 6077.
The Thomas Burris Memorial marked the end of the conference season for the Patriots and with strong showing the Patriots solidified their conference tournament seeds. The Lady Alley Pats will begin the conference tournament title defense with a fourth seed, only one spot down from their third seed in last year's event. The Lady Patriots finished the season with an 8-10 conference record, which tied them with nemesis Campbellsville. During the regular season the Lady Patriots defeated the Tigers twice in their three meetings, giving the Patriots the tiebreaker and sole ownership of the fourth spot. The men finished their year with a 7-14 record and a sixth place finish. The Patriot men finished just one win shy of battling with the University of the Cumberland's for fifth place, but like their chances in a tough MSC field.
The Alley Pats will have one more tune up before conference tournament play this weekend as they travel to the northeast side of Indianapolis, Indiana to compete in the Backhaul Hoosier Classic.


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Video: Venus and Serena Williams Dance with School Girls in Ikoyi Lagos
Tennis superstars,Venus & Serena Williams paid a visit to the Government College (Junior) Ikoyi. The Williams sisters were at the school, courtesy of Proctor & Gamble (makers of Always Sanitary Pads) and Connect Marketing Services. They also used the opportunity to address rumors that they hail from Nigeria. The rumors were sparked by the fact that one of their sisters, who died in 2003, was named Yetunde. Read their statement;
We have heard from many people asking whether we hail from the Badagry area of Lagos in Nigeria. But we are using this opportunity to clear the air once and for all. We are proud Americans, we are not from Nigeria but we love the people of this country no doubt' – Serena
Venus also supported her sister by saying their parent never told them they are from Nigeria.
According to the managing director of Connect Marketing Services, Mr. Tunji Adeyinka, "the Williams Sisters are in Nigeria for a great course, to provide encouragement, motivation, and empowerment for the African girl child and women in general – so the decision to visit the young women of Government College Ikoyi was inspired by the message of the Breaking The Mould campaign – these young girls need the right role models to help them activate their dreams"
Venus and Serena Williams spoke to the girls about a wide range of issues, from their ambitious beginnings to the secret behind their success as Tennis players. The sisters stressed on family, and the need for older sisters to set the right example for their younger ones, according to Venus, "my role model has always been my elder sister, Serena – she made me aspire to greatness. Also family is very important…" She also went on to emphasize that a loving and supportive family is the bedrock of greatness, saying she was grateful to her family for providing her with the proper discipline and moral compass that pointed her towards greatness from a very tender age.


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A team from Switzerland has to feel it succeeded a man different surface structures through a bionic finger. The patient could feel the difference between rough and smooth through sensors in the bionic finger.
The finger was linked to Aabo Dennis Sørensen who lost his hand in 2003 after a fireworks accident. He has repeatedly with the team at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne cooperation , including in 2014 when he got a bionic hand with touch.
Now the finger with electromechanical sensors, was connected to the electrodes already present in his upper arm. The sensors were then connected to a computer. These computer to put the signal into a sequence of commands that the associated nerves were stimulated in the remaining stretch of the upper arm via man electrodes. The pattern simulated that which would occur naturally as a real finger sweeps over a surface.
To the test , the researchers confirmed the finger to a machine which automatically slid across different types of plastic with different texture. If the finger moved, the Sørensen blindfolded for the investigation took a sense of texture where the place where previously was the index finger of his hand amputated. He could guess the right type of surface in 96 percent of cases.
Sørensen says in a message from the EPFL to feel very close to the feeling in his arm came true. He could feel the coarseness and the difference between the bumps. The idea is to eventually combine with fingertips feeling full armprotheses.
Besides testing Sørensen did the researchers also tests with people who had lost no arm. In these subjects, four electrodes, the size of a thin needle were inserted into the upper arm. These volunteers were divided into 77 percent of the time difference.
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Tristero, author of Digby's Hullabaloo who famously wrote "Darwin's not a stuff-shirted Nigel Bruce, pip-pipping his way across the Empire", is the online alter ego of composer Richard Einhorn, pictured at right, who has spent the last year and a half composing The Origin: An Opera-Oratorio Inspired By Charles Darwin to premiere in February 2009 (naturally).
At Digby's Hullabaloo you will find a detailed explanation of The Origin including two trailers. Also check out Richard's other audio clips and the website of Kitka, the haunting Eastern European women's vocal ensemble that "sings Darwin's autobiographical writings; they are his public persona, his worldly voice."


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I have a client who wants to add a referral plan to their eCart web site.
The third party would include a link on their web site, to my client's store, and then receive a % commission of the referred sales.
My first thought was to include a URL variable in the link so that a session was set once the visitor arrived via that link.
Then record the variable in the Orders table.
1- Session is set on first page, setting the Affiliate ID from the URL.
if (!session_id()) session_start();
if(!isset($_SESSION["affiliateid"])) {
$_SESSION["affiliateid"] = "".$_GET['affiliateid'] ."";
2- Then that session is stored in the Orders table on the confirm.php page.
But if I'm not mistaken, entering data from a URL is a security risk. Am I correct on that?
What would be the safest method to simply include a referral ID with each order (if one exists)?


text: Ophir Optronics Inc. presents an InGaAs laser power meter that is compatible with its smart head displays. The PD300-IRG features a noise level of approximately 100 fW, suitable for precision measurements in fiber optic communications applications. It also offers a spectral response range from 800 to 1700 nm and measurement accuracy of ±3%. The power meter's head has a 3.5-mm aperture and a built-in optical collimator that measures directly from the laser or through a fiber optic connector, enabling accurate measurements of parallel and divergent beams.


text: Portugal vs Serbia Prediction and Tips. Great match for betting and earning money on Sunday in Euro 2016 Qualifiers in Group I. Portugal play home match against Serbia and we expect very interesting and exciting match. Both teams have very quality players and we will see very tough match. Portugal ...Read More »


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she is clearly a long shot, but likely to get a close look by others as a potential running-mate.
State Sen. Toni Boucher, R-Wilton, added a little intrigue and maybe a dash of excitement to the 2014 governor's race Tuesday with her surprise announcement that she's formed an exploratory committee for a possible gubernatorial bid.
She joins what is becoming a somewhat crowded GOP field of would-be contenders for the Republican nomination. At this stage, she is clearly a long shot, but likely to get a close look by others as a potential running-mate.
A 17-year veteran of the General Assembly, having served in both chambers, Boucher can best be described as feisty and fearless, which may explain her motivation in getting into the contest against others who are better known and likely better financed for the fight.
But her outgoing, and outspoken personality would be a perfect balance to all three of her male contenders, each of whom have a more quite, reserved -- some might say stuffy -- personality and demeanor.
Her biggest hurdle, as both a gubernatorial candidate and potential running-mate, is location.
Divided base
She, like her three major contenders -- Senate Majority Leader John McKinney, R-Fairfield, Danbury Mayor Mark Boughton and Greenwich businessman and 2010 GOP nominee, Tom Foley -- all hail from Fairfield County, a Republican stronghold in the state. Each has a strong base of support, but a base that is somewhat divided and weakened nonetheless by the crowded field.
It's a money game right now for McKinney, the only officially announced candidate, Boughton, who also has an exploratory committee, and Boucher. They have about six months to raise enough money to demonstrate they have strong enough support -- dollar-wise -- to mount a viable statewide campaign against an incumbent governor.
Foley, the 2010 self-funded millionaire challenger, barring no unexpected surprises, is seen as the odds on favorite to win the party's nomination going into the convention next May.
McKinney and Boucher will have to decide long before the convention if they'll stay in the gubernatorial contest or seek another term in the Legislature. Boughton, who is facing no real threat to his mayoral re-election this year, isn't under the same pressure, making him Foley's main opponent.
Boucher's exploratory committee, however, is specifically non-specific, designed to explore a run for an unspecified statewide office. She'd likely be receptive to accepting an offer for the number two spot.
But that would also put her in competition with state Rep. Penny Bacchiochi, R-Stafford, a six term legislator who has already declared her candidacy for lieutenant governor and is actively visiting with town committees across the state to gather up support.
Ray Hackett is The Bulletin's editorial page editor. He has more than 25 years covering Connecticut politics. He can be reached at (860) 425-4225 or firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Christmas Project
Do you have lots of American or other friends who know you love Hungarian food? Introduce them to your favorites. The best is to let them see, taste and have the recipe so they can make it at home.
Make something tasty. Cookies, tarts, torte, whatever. Take a picture. Post it on Facebook with the recipe in English (you might need to translate). Tag your foodie friends. And bring them samples!
We send and bring desserts to every occassion, and serve Hungarian dishes whenever people come by for dinner.
A great place to post those pictures is on the HungarianBookstore.com Facebook page. Naturally, include a link to this blog in all photos and Wall posts. :)


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HORROR FILMS (Crestwood House) - Hardcover Book
Frankenstein's monster, Dracula (Lugosi and Lee), werewolves, mummies and human monsters. A book aimed at young readers giving a general history of the horror films and their histories. A new Crestwood House book that is a throwback to the books we loved in school libraries!
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Hwy 15 daytime lane closures in St. Cloud cancelled
Overnight lane closures will continue
ST. CLOUD, Minn. – Motorists on Highway 15 in St. Cloud will continue to find all four lanes open to traffic during daytime hours through most of this construction season. Highway 15 was scheduled to be reduced to a single lane in each direction for about one week beginning Sunday, June 5. Those 24-hour-per-day lane closures have been cancelled.
Overnight lane closures on segments of Highway 15 between Highway 23 in St. Cloud and Benton Drive in Sauk Rapids will continue, from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m., up to seven nights per week, until further notice.
The overnight closures are needed as part of a project that will resurface Highway 15 between Highway 23/Division Street in St. Cloud and the Benton Drive interchange in Sauk Rapids, and improve the Highway 15/12th Street N and Highway 15/County Road 1 intersections.
When complete, the project will result in a smoother ride, improve traffic flow and accessibility and improve pedestrian safety along Highway 15 in St. Cloud.
For more information on 2016 roadwork on Highway 15 in St. Cloud, Sauk Rapids and Sartell visit mndot.gov/d3/stc/.
A separate Stearns County project to improve County Road 1 at Highway 15 in Sartell will begin later this year.
For real-time travel information anywhere in Minnesota, visit www.511mn.org.
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CLT is a framework provider to DECC specifically to provide commercialisation support services for the Energy Entrepreneurs Fund, a £35 million grant programme for cleantech innovation. CLTs role has included:
- Designing a venture planning method to prioritise support to help commercialise the outputs of grant funded projects.
- facilitating planning sessions with sucessful grant applicants, and preparing a incubation support plan for the company and DECC.
- collaborating with other DECC EEF Framework suppliers to deliver support services to the grant applicants
The Energy Entrepreneurs Fund is part of a wider DECC Low Carbon Innovation initiative:
- DECC aims to invest £150 million into development and demonstration of low carbon technologies over the next 3 years and will focus on the priority areas including offshore wind, marine, energy efficiency in domestic & non-domestic buildings, electricity storage, renewable heat (storage, pumps and networks), energy from waste and biomass, carbon capture & storage, hydrogen and fuel cells.
- The focus of the framework is to provide technical and programme delivery expertise with the objective of accelerating the commercialisation of economic low-carbon technologies. A range of interventions will be prepared appropriate to the target markets and innovation communities, which may include SMEs and large industrial companies.
To be eligible to join the CLT Cleantech Incubator Programme and obtain consulting support from CLT a business must be an SME based in the South East of England or have a material association with the South East, such as collaboration with a South East based university. In addition, the business should meet one or more of the goals ERDF seeks to achieve:
- The prospect of growth and job creation
- Delivery of value added clean-tech services or products from the South East
- The delivery of carbon savings or other environmental benefits
- Collaboration with South East universities or knowledge base
Should your business satisfy any of these criteria, CLT will arrange a meeting to assess how this programme could help you commercialise your clean technology or product. Those companies accepted onto the programme will receive fully funded consulting support, the value of which depends on the approved tasks and is classified as de minimis state aid. Applicants are expected to make commercial progress in-between each support task.
To find out more about how the CLT Cleantech Incubator Programmes can help your clean-tech venture through ERDF support, please contact CLT or call 07766 134496.
Carbon Limiting Technologies (CLT) Incubator Programmes for Low Carbon Innovation
DECC Energy Entrepreneurs Fund
Helps cleantech start-ups and potential high-growth SMEs to further commercialise their products and services
Innovation funding for low-carbon technologies: opportunities for bidders
The CLT Cleantech Incubator Programme provides funded consultancy support to low-carbon and clean technology based businesses


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The Helmet Mohawk is Yellow, Yellow like a Banana and a School Bus.
Joining the extensive Iron Horse catalog of motorcycle helmets is this New Hairy R's Yellow MOHAWK for use on all types of high-gloss finish helmets: Motorcycle Helmets, Motocross Helmets, Snowmobile Helmets, Snowcross Helmets, ATV Helmets, Quad Helmets, four-wheeler Helmets, BMX Helmets, and Bike helmets.
Workers, put them on your hard hat and show some character. These will make you more visible at the races. Parents, you will finally be able to see your kids! It's a hot-new item, a way to 'stand out' from others, gain attention, and bring some more fun into the sport.
Other colors include White, Red, Blue, Green, Black, Pink, Multi and Orange. Mohawk only (the helmet is not included).