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What is a photo booth rental?
A party photo booth is a fun, interactive experience where guests can take a series of photos (usually three or four) that are immediately printed out on a strip as a keepsake. When you rent a party photo booth, the company sets up the booth or photo station at your event; a photographer staffs the booth and coaches guests on how to use it throughout the event. Often the photo booth rental company provides props like silly hats, wigs and glasses. There are different types of party photo booth rentals. An open-air booth has a curtain or backdrop that allows more freedom of movement and enables more people to use it at one time. The traditional enclosed photo booths that you may have seen at the mall or the fair tend to cost more to rent, as they are harder to transport and also cost more for the pros to purchase. The national average cost for party photo booth rentals is $400-$500.
What is a mariachi band?
Mariachi bands are rooted in Mexican culture. Traditional mariachi bands consisted of two or more members playing stringed instruments, wearing regional costumes adapted from the charro (Mexican horseman or cowboy). Modern mariachi bands, which are likely what you're looking for when searching for a mariachi band for hire, feature at least four members who play stringed instruments (violin, vihuela, bass guitar called guitarron) and one or more trumpets. The costumes have remained the same, but now trumpets are synonymous with mariachi music. Mariachi bands for hire often play a wide range of music, including styles originating from Mexico and adopted from elsewhere. These include jarabes, waltzes, serenades, corridos (Mexican ballads), ranchera, cumbia, and more. Mariachi bands for hire bring a festive and soulful element to a party, birthday, wedding, corporate affair, fundraiser or community event. UNESCO has inscribed mariachi music on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
How much is it to rent a photo booth for a party?
Renting a party photo booth for your next event will get your guests engaged and provide a take-home favor for attendees. The cost to rent a party photo booth will vary depending on the type of booth, the day and time of year, the length of the rental, and any add-ons you select. The national average cost for party photo booth rentals is $400-$500. Here are some examples of average party photo booth rental costs:
- Weekday packages: $300-$550, depending on features included and length of rental. A three-hour weekday package for $500 could include guest book, personalized photo strips and DVD of all the photos.
- Weekend packages: $450-$700, depending on features included and length of rental.
- Additional hours: $100-$150 per extra hour.
- Add-on features:
- Photo guest album services: $75.
- Personalized photo strips: $30-$50.
- Custom photo backdrops or vinyl skin branding of the booth: $150-$300.
- Live social media connectivity (ability to share photos to social media accounts): $100-$250.
How much does a mariachi band cost?
A mariachi band will bring your party or event alive with their fabulous costumes, beautiful playing and strong vocals. The cost of a mariachi band for hire will depend on how many players are in the group. Each musician in a performance group needs to be paid, so pricing is usually based on the number of mariachis (musicians), the location of the event (and travel time required), and the length of the performance. Day of the week also affects cost, as does day — Christmas, New Year's Eve and other major holidays will cost more than regular days. The national average cost for live bands of all types ranges between $740 and $1,200. Depending on where you live and regional rates for performers, you might expect to pay between $65 and $120 per hour, per player. Mariachi groups may have 12-15 players available for performance at one time, depending on your budget. Here are some examples of how the number of players affects average cost:
- Four mariachis: $300 per hour for weeknights, $400 per hour for weekends.
- Five mariachis: $350 per hour for weeknights, $400-$450 per hour for weekends. Weekends may have a minimum number of hours.
- Six mariachis: $400 per hour for weeknights, $450-$500 per hour for weekends.
How many mariachis can a band have?
A mariachi band for hire can have as many players as you like. Modern mariachi bands typically have a minimum of four players with the trumpet playing a vital musical role along with stringed instruments such as the violin, guitarrón (a Mexican bass guitar with a deep body), vihuela (a Spanish stringed guitar) and guitar. Strong vocals are also an important component of mariachi bands for hire, since one or more of the players will be singing during the performance. For a truly spectacular show, you can hire a mariachi band with 15 or more players. The medley of stringed instruments, multiple trumpets, soaring vocals, and even an accordion or harp is powerful and beautiful. Mariachis typically wear the traditional costume of charros — Mexican horsemen. The look is a very regal, monotone suit, often in black or white, with silver adornments and embroidery. Mariachi bands often wear sombreros as well. Traditional mariachi bands were only made up of two or more players, according to a UNESCO report celebrating the cultural heritage of the musical style. The style of music originated in the state of Jalisco. Now the style of music is symbolic of Mexico but is celebrated all over the world, and adds a fabulous vibrancy to any group's events, parties and weddings.


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amoeba necesitaba un nuevo diseño de papelería y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 50 diseños de 14 diseñadores freelance.
I currently sell one iPhone game and will likely do more. Also provide IT consulting services for small-medium sized businesses. So any design should be convertible by theme, coloring, or other elements so that it can be applied to either product. I like the little "amoeba" that I am using on our website right now at amoebaware.com, but I'd appreciate something that can be used in more settings and scales well from business card to poster.
Small-medium businesses for services. Consumers for products.
I originally chose the name two years ago. amoeba's are single-cell organisms that multiply by splitting themselves. One, becomes many. Ware means goods/services. Notice the stylized spelling of the name with a lowercase "a" and uppercase "W".
I don't really have any requirements, except your design should be wholistic and adaptable to many print scenarios. Ideally, all art work would be original or usable by company without having to pay license or royalty. It should be designed with Illustrator/Photoshop using multiple layers for your artwork so I can work with it in the future to further stylize and make changes for other purposes. The existing website was done to highlight my iPhone game. I have multiple themed colors for the site ranging from Blue, Green, Purple and Red. I think the graphics and any artwork should be abstract, yet striking. I would expect to see something like a logo as well as other graphics and fonts that would be associated with a corporate identity and could easily be used for invoice headers, stationery, and other print media, as well as being augmented to provide a logo and convey same look and feel on company website. The winning designer's content will likely show up in website design using same/similar elements.
Thanks and have fun!


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The Many Dimensions of Racial Inequity
Abstract"Black-white inequality persists across the many institutions of American society, reflecting racial differences in education, health, economic security, and civic and cultural life.
We estimate black-white differences in a variety of domains; to compare disparate measures, we adopt some very approximate statistical assumptions that permit us to describe the experiences of the average African-American and the average non-Hispanic white as their percentile rankings in a national distribution...
None of these percentile rankings should be taken as precisely estimated. But the patterns they reflect reveal an underlying inequality that persists across many domains of American society. Because causal relationships between these various domains are often multi-directional, it is likely that black-white inequality can be substantially reduced only by sustained policy attention to many, if not all of these domains simultaneously."


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Lakewood provides support and access to geographic data for other city agencies
and Lakewood citizens. This data could be in the form of a PDF or an
interactive map.
GIS supports front line groups that affect Safe
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BruceM necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 545 diseños de 94 diseñadores freelance.
Seeking brandable logo for a personal development company that helps people design and create the life of their dreams through seminars and CD/DVD programs.
The design must be 'brandable' and I require:
1) A UNIQUE font treatment,
2) A UNIQUE image with a focus on lifestyle.
This logo must be designed to convey a sense of TRUST to my ideal customer, who is moderately financially successful, discerning and looking for a trustworthy guide through the maze of the personal development world.
NO images of females, flowers or anything that resembles a software company logo please. READ THE FULL BRIEF to avoid wasting your time and mine please.
The logo must fit in with my website design at http://www.designer-life.com, BUT please do not use my old logo as your reference point. Feel free to be creative.
Ratings System:
2 star and below - not really what I'm looking for.
3 star - getting closer but need revisions or a different take on your
4 star - design is being considered
5 star - I really like the design and will make the final selections from these.
Designer Life
Designer Life needs a new logo. Please visit http://www.designer-life.com to see the website it will fit into.
We love our current logo, but have to discontinue using it (long story), BUT please do not use my old logo as your reference point. Feel free to start from scratch and be creative.
The new logo needs to be classy and brandable, yet still convey a feeling of adventure lifestyle design.
Here's what we do:
Designer Life helps people design and create the life of their dreams.
Most of our clients are seeking financial freedom and we help them discover their passions, design their future and teach them the mental skills required to be successful in life.
We are a company that loves our clients and often develops a personal relationship with them, so the logo sould reflect an open hearted feeling, not a cold corporate identity.
We reserve the right not to choose a winner, but we very much hope to award the best designer and recieve a unique brand.
- A UNIQUE font treatment.
- The words 'designer life' must be in lower case if using a sans serif font.
- A UNIQUE image with focus on lifestyle. Please be creative with the icon - not just generic icons. I'd be interested in exploring the idea of a hammock as an icon to represent living 'the good life' so to speak.
- Logo on a white background.
- Logo in vector format.
- A brandable logo symbol and font OR unique font treatment sans image.
- A logo that conveys an inspirational feeling.
- Females, silhouettes or flowers.
- Anything that looks like a computer software logo.
- My tagline in the logo.
Descubre cómo funciona un concurso de diseño u obtén más información sobre nuestros servicios de diseño de logo.


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Appealing to the more discerning late night London crowd tired of identikit, faceless bars and clubs with no creativity and soul, The Cuckoo Club features 5,000 square feet of ostentatious design, spread over two floors, and a founding committee that reads like a who's who of creative talent in London, described in the influential Vogue List as "formidable".
Recently redesigned by Barbara Hulanicki, interior designer & founder of iconic fashion house Biba, featuring some of Europe's most proficient mixologists and an electrifying and eclectic musical output, The Cuckoo Club delivers unbridled, unquestionable glamour for London's party cavalry.
The Venue
The Cuckoo Club, now a late night institution on the Mayfair/Soho border, has always been a luxuriously quirky space where contemporary and traditional design are mixed cleverly to create a very special and versatile environment for any occasion be it intimate clubbing, live music or all manner of celebrations and events. We are able to offer style and substance in equal measure with high-end interior design split over two floors.


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Not having such a great day? It happens to every mom, especially during the harried holiday season, and for all sorts of reasons: You were up all night. You're feeling inexplicably sad. You're stressed to the max. (Or maybe a little bit of all three!) First, remember that you can't do it all perfectly and you won't always be in a good mood, says psychologist Patricia Farrell, Ph.D., author of How to Be Your Own Therapist. "Life isn't a straight highway—your baby needs to learn this, too." Then try a few of the following solutions to U-turn a day that's headed south.
When you're exhausted...
Don't try to burn the candle at both ends today. Take it easy instead.
Hit the floor
Set your baby up with a bunch of toys and activities on the rug or carpet, then lie down next to her while she plays, suggests Paige Babcock, a mom of two in New Milford, Connecticut. She'll enjoy having you nearby, and you'll sneak in some rest.
Enforce naptime for everyone
We know, it's hard to give up your only time to check e-mail, but just this once sleep while your baby sleeps—you'll be surprised by how easily you doze off (and how much better you feel when you wake up).
Meter your java dose
"Having more (or less) than your usual amount of caffeine can lead to irritability and exacerbate fatigue," says Cynthia Sass, R.D., former spokesperson for the American Dietetic Association and coauthor of Your Diet Is Driving Me Crazy.
But do drink up!
Dehydration can leave you feeling even more tired than you already are. Aim for at least eight 8-ounce servings of fluid, including fruit and vegetable juice, milk and even coffee and tea.
Don't skip meals
Too conked to cook? Just chowing down on a simple PB&J—if it's on whole-grain bread with an all-fruit spread—supplies complex carbs that can boost serotonin levels in your brain and help you feel more focused, according to Andrew Packard, M.D., author of The Packard Weight Health Plan.
Save sweets for last
Treats are fine, but eating sugary foods on an empty stomach can bring on a huge energy crash, says Sass.
Give yourself an extension
Instead of feeling bad that you're too tired to accomplish much, reprioritize and put off everything that doesn't need to be done immediately.
Tweak sleep
Move bedtime—yours and your baby's—earlier tonight. "Most likely she'll still sleep until the same time tomorrow, and you'll both feel refreshed," says sleep expert Jodi Mindell, Ph.D., author of Sleeping Through the Night.
When You're Stressed...
Anger and frustration can contaminate your whole day if you don't press the escape key. When tension starts to mount, try one of these time-out tips.
Get over your spouse spats
"Remember, it's not 'your baby' but 'our baby,' and as much as you wanted this bundle of joy, there are some trying times in the best marriages after a child is born," says Farrell. You and your partner need to admit once in a while when you're tired, need a break or feel like parenthood isn't what you expected, rather than directing negative feelings toward each other.
Go ahead and giggle
Laughter is a quick way to evaporate stress, so pop in a funny DVD or scan YouTube for silly shorts after your baby's in bed.
Focus on your furball
If you have a cat or dog, chances are it's fallen a notch on the totem poll of your affection since the baby came along. But studies show that spending time with a pet lowers blood-pressure response to mental stress.
Pick up the phone or log on
If a not-so-stellar mommy moment has you on edge, "talking about it will help you realize you're not alone, you're not the worst mother in the world and your child is not the most incorrigible," says Yvonne Thomas, Ph.D., a Los Angeles-based psychologist. Besides, one of your friends will always have a worse screwup story than yours.
Say you're sorry
You raised your voice, burst into tears, said something you regret. "What you do after the outburst is most important," says Thomas. Hug and kiss your baby and go back to being the comforting parent you are. Telling your child "Mama was mad, but it's okay now" will help you both feel better.
Put perfectionism on hold
When your baby dumps sweet potatoes on her head, try to look past your frustration about the orange mess. "We often make ideals, like clean clothes, more important than people," says Cheri Huber, coauthor of Time-Out forParents: A Compassionate Approach to Parenting. So take a deep breath and grab a sponge: This phase will be over before you know it.
When You're Blue...
Who doesn't feel down now and again? Break out of a temporary slump with these blues busters. (Of course, if you consistently feel disinterested in your baby or in your normal activities, talk to your doctor; these can be signs of postpartum depression.)
Don't be a martyr
Ranking your needs (eating, bathroom breaks, reading) below everyone else's is bound to wear you down. "It's hard to take care of others if you're not taking care of yourself," says Huber.
Loosen up
"Rigidity will get you nowhere but frustrated," Farrell says. Schedules help provide structure to your day, but if you really need a break, don't let a routine stand in the way of just sitting by the fire with a cup of hot chocolate.
Plan a naptime escape
"If (please, God) your colicky or cranky baby naps, don't fold laundry or change the diaper pail," says Jen Singer, author of 14 Hours 'Til Bedtime. "Put your feet up on the couch and watch television or read a book that has no pictures in it." Doing something that's not baby-related will help to boost your spirits.
Spread some "eau de joy"
Studies show the scent of baby powder induces happiness, says Alan Hirsch, M.D., author of Life's a Smelling Success. No need to bury yourself in a cloud of white dust: Just a whiff will do it. Try powder-scented bath products, moisturizers, deodorant, even dryer sheets.
Turn a bad body image upside down
If lingering pregnancy pounds are the source of your blues, take a brisk walk with your baby or put on some upbeat music and dance in the living room (she'll be a captive audience!). You won't budge the pudge in one exercise session, of course, but you will increase your body's levels of endorphins—brain chemicals that induce euphoria (and that might inspire you to finally fit regular workouts into your schedule).
Indulge your vanity
A study by Pantene found that 88 percent of women feel good about themselves when their hair looks the way they want. So skip the ponytail and take the time to blow-dry and style your locks.
Count your blessings
Psychology professor Robert Emmons, Ph.D., of the University of California, Davis, found that being thankful helped reduce stress in parents of 2- to 3-month-olds, and made them feel that they had more support from their spouses. So think about something you're thankful for—those ten little fingers and toes, perhaps?—and chances are things will quickly go from blue to rosy.


text: Pietersen (C) impresses with bat and ball during the second Test with South Africa [GETTY]Kevin Pietersen enjoyed rare success as a bowler and Stuart Broad took five wickets, as England gave South Africa some anxious moments before the second Test ended in a draw at Headingley on Monday.The result means South Africa go into the third and final Test at Lord's on August 16 with a 1-0 lead, with England needing to win to prevent South Africa from taking over their number one place in the Test rankings.South Africa-born Pietersen followed up a thrilling century in the first innings by taking the first three wickets with his occasional off-spin bowling, despite never having taken more than one wicket in an innings in 87 previous Test matches.Broad then took five wickets in 37 balls before South Africa declared at 258 for nine, leaving England an improbable 253 to win in 39 overs. They made 130 for four before the players agreed to a draw with six overs remaining.England opened the batting with Pietersen, who hit 149 in the first innings, and the star of the match hit three fours in the first over from Morne Morkel. But he was caught at mid-on on 12 when he mistimed a drive against Vernon Philander without scoring any further runs.Alastair Cook and Andrew Strauss tried to keep the scoring rate close to the required rate of almost six-and-a-half runs an over. But the chase ended after Strauss hit a full toss straight back to off-spinner JP Duminy while on 22, Cook fell to Dale Steyn four short of his half-century and Matt Prior was run out for seven.Jonathan Trott and Ian Bell batted together for an hour before the players shook hands shortly after 1730 GMT.Busy afternoonAn entertaining final afternoon did not seem likely on a rain-hit morning as Jacques Rudolph and Graeme Smith progressed serenely to an opening partnership of 120.Play was twice interrupted by rain and only 21 overs were bowled, despite lunch being delayed by half an hour.Pietersen struck with his second ball, trapping Rudolph lbw in the last over before lunch - the second time in the match Pietersen had dismissed Rudolph with his second ball - and followed up in his second over after lunch with Smith's wicket. It was the start of a hectic afternoon in which 116 runs were scored for six wickets in 27 overs.While Pietersen prised open the South African batting, also dismissing Hashim Amla, he leaked runs with some loose deliveries. After he had taken three for 52 in nine overs, captain Strauss took him off and brought back fast bowler Broad.With his fourth ball Broad trapped AB de Villiers lbw, ending an enterprising innings of 44 off 45 balls. He won another verdict against JP Duminy off his next ball and followed up with the wickets of Philander and Jacques Kallis before tea and Morkel soon after the interval, as South Africa sought quick runs before declaring.Broad finished with five for 69, with all his wickets taken for 29 runs in 37 balls.Although both James Anderson and Stuart Broad produced some hostile deliveries on an overcast morning, Rudolph (69) played some stylish strokes, while captain Smith was solid.Rudolph, returning to what was his home ground during five years playing for English county Yorkshire, drove fluently to reach his half-century off 92 balls with nine fours. He also had an all-run four and added another three boundaries in facing another 30 deliveries before his dismissal. Rudolph was opening the batting in place of Alviro Petersen, who batted at number eight after he suffered a hamstring injury while making top score of 182 in the first innings. SOURCE: AFP Sport Cricket South Africa United Kingdom


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A beach nourishment project that will replenish sand lost along portions of Bogue Banks during Hurricane Irene is on track to begin early next year.
A beach nourishment project that will replenish sand lost along portions of Bogue Banks during Hurricane Irene is on track to begin early next year.
The Irene Delta Beach Nourishment Project will pump approximately 913,000 cubic yards of sand onto sections of beach in Emerald Isle and Pine Knoll Shores identified following surveys after the 2011 hurricane as having the greatest need of sand.
Each of the towns approved at their November board meetings required financial documents, including authorizations for construction contracts, interlocal agreements between the towns and budget amendments.
Carteret County Shore Protection Manager Greg �Rudi� Rudolph said a lease agreement related to the use of the offshore sand source for the project goes to county commissioners for approval in December, clearing the way for work to begin in January or February.
The sand to be used was dredged from the Morehead City harbor channel and placed three miles offshore by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
The approximately $15 million project is being funded through a combination of federal, county and local funds.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency is expected to pay reimbursement funds of about $7 million, and about $8 million will come from the two towns and the county through Carteret County Beach Commission funds.
The beach commission agreed to fund $5.8 million, the Town of Emerald Isle�s share is $1.4 million and Pine Knoll Shores is contributing about $512,000.
Rudolph said the beach commission received only one bid on the project from Great Lakes Dredge and Dock, which came in over budget, but they were able to negotiate for a lower price.
But the result is a slight reduction in the amount of sand that will be placed along the designated areas. The project plans originally called for about 990,000 cubic yards of sand. That has been reduced to about 913,000 cubic yards.
However, Rudolph said, the overall scope of the project remains the same, with the same areas as originally indentified receiving sand.
The project will include one stretch of beach in Pine Knoll Shores and two stretches in Emerald Isle.
In Emerald Isle, the beach will be nourished between 5th Street and Pier Pointe in eastern Emerald Isle and between Myrtle Drive and Ocean Oaks Drive in western Emerald Isle.
Rudolph said work will likely begin in Pine Knoll Shores and work toward Emerald Isle.
Contact Daily News reporter Jannette Pippin at 910-382-2557 or email@example.com. Visit JDNews.com to comment.


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Camp Bright Star summer scholars celebrated at closing luncheon
IEA – Inspire, Encourage, Achieve – is a Southeast Texas nonprofit with a commitment to serving at-risk youth through programming that helps them identify their strengths and achieve dignity and respect. Student achievement of nearly 30 Camp Bright Star "scholars" was celebrated at Carrabba's Italian Grill during a closing luncheon of Camp Bright Star, a six-week summer enrichment program.
With the help of Entergy as founding sponsor and other major supporters, including Valero, Charline Dauphin, the Wilton and Effie Mae Hebert Foundation, Total, the Gladys D. Bevil Charitable Trust, H-E-B, the YMBL, Linda and Joe Domino and BBVA Compass, Camp Bright Star scholars counter summer learning loss by acquiring knowledge in subject areas associated with reading, science, technology, engineering and math. Each morning of camp, inspiring messages and favorite "read aloud" passages of books are introduced by community leaders, many of whom were in attendance at the luncheon to congratulate the youth on their accomplishments.
In addition to awards presented in the areas of leadership, service, perfect attendance, and team spirit, scholars received Certificates of Achievement acknowledging their progress. Dressed in business attire, they led the order of the program – which included a motivational song as well as recognition of board members, sponsors, volunteers, parents and other guests.
Equipped with life lessons learned from personal development sessions facilitated by IEA team members and local community leaders, including IEA board members Kevin Roy, Bishop Curtis Guillory, Pat Avery, Linda Domino, J. Coffy Pieternelle, Robert Turner and a host of other individuals and professionals, the youth displayed profiles that highlighted key concepts of their Camp Bright Star experience, with space dedicated to career paths they plan to pursue.
A portion of the program was devoted to presentations by scholars who discussed how they related academic content to meaningful life application. For example, a service project involved constructing an outdoor deck at IEA's outreach facility. The design of the deck represents the shape of a plant cell with plants and patio furniture corresponding to three-dimensional parts of a cell, adding a warm, inviting touch to the outdoor space. During the event, scholars also shared testimonials about their appreciation of activities that promote health and wellness, including basketball, boxing, dance and yoga.
Beaumont Mayor Becky Ames reminded scholars of their value by saying, "You really do matter and we absolutely support what you do." She provided additional encouraging sentiments and concluded her comments with, "It's evident you have gained so much from Camp Bright Star."
IEA executive director Angeliqueca Avery summarized the successes of the program by telling scholars, "It has truly been a pleasure working with you and witnessing your progressive change over the past six weeks; our team at IEA has been inspired by your growth, and we hope that your experience in Camp Bright Star will encourage your continued progress."
The strong support for IEA was apparent by the presence of luncheon attendees, which featured much of the Jefferson County judiciary, including Judges Bob Wortham, Larry Thorne, Randy Shelton, Donald Floyd and John Stevens. Officials including County Commissioner Michael "Shane" Sinegal, Chief of Police Jimmy Singletary of the Beaumont Police Department, BISD Superintendent Dr. Timothy Chargois, and Jefferson County Juvenile Probation Chief Ed Cockrell joined a host of business and community leaders, along with IEA's caring and committed staff and volunteers, who contributed their time, talent and resources to support the success of the scholars.
IEA founder Regina Rogers offered final remarks, reminding those in attendance of the real value of Camp Bright Star.
"It has been an emotional but very gratifying experience helping these young people discover their strengths during the past six weeks," said Rogers. "I feel confident that the love in this room has empowered all of us to be inspired by what we have heard and witnessed today."
The mission of IEA – Inspire, Encourage, Achieve – is to initiate and support educational programming and rehabilitative services for at-risk youth in Southeast Texas by inspiring and encouraging them to achieve. Services are offered at the Minnie Rogers Juvenile Justice Center and in the community through the organization's outreach programs, including Ben's Kids and Parent Project.
For more information, call (409) 839-8778 or visit www.ieainspires.org.


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Christ Our Ransom
Jesus ransoms us from the wrath of God, which means that we never need fear His condemnation if we trust in Christ alone for our salvation. In ransoming us from God's wrath, our Savior also rescues us from bondage ...Read More
Our Kinsman Redeemer
Jesus has paid the moral debt we owed to the Father for breaking the law of God. He was not obligated to pay this debt, and the Father was not obligated to accept this payment. But in their great love ...Read More
The Ransom Theory
Our sin has made us debtors to God, not to Satan. Therefore, the ransom paid was paid to God the Father. At the Cross, Satan received nothing but the destruction of his power and the guarantee that his kingdom will ...Read More


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In an effort to improve a passing game led by the first pick in the 2010 draft, the Rams have been loading up the depth chart at receiver every season since then. This year, a first-round pick and a third-rounder were devoted to the position. Last year, receivers arrived via rounds two and four. In 2011, it was round three and round four.
For Brian Quick, the second-round pick in 2012, four is the operative number. Per Jim Thomas of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, that's precisely where Quick resides on the depth chart.
He's trailing Chris Givens (round four last year), Austin Pettis (round three in 2011), and Tavon Austin (round one in 2013).
It also means that rookie Stedman Bailey, this year's third-round choice, is No. 5 at best on the depth chart. (Greg Salas, a fourth-rounder in 2011, is long gone.)
Regardless of where they currently reside in the pecking order, a cluster of five receivers taken in the last three drafts at round four or higher should set the stage for some stiff competition in training camp.
It also sets up an intriguing game of musical chairs for the sixth roster spot at receiver — if the Rams opt to carry six into the regular season.


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Anyone can teach. We advise anniversary added every day. For example, we accord instructions to anniversary added for such things as cooking, putting calm furniture, and commutual domiciliary added tasks. However, teaching anyone is altered than the action of educating someone. Accede the aberration amid breezy acquirements and bookish learning. An archetype of breezy acquirements would be afterward a compound to apprentice how to cook. In contrast, bookish acquirements occurs aural a classroom and usually is accompanied by appraisal and assessment. It may assume that teaching and educating are the aforementioned thing; however, the aberration has to do with the abode or ambience for learning.
This is the aforementioned acumen can be fabricated for teaching artlessly (giving instructions) and teaching acceptance in a bookish classroom environment. A getting enters the acreage of apprenticeship as a profession – either abounding time in acceptable bookish institutions or as an accessory (or allotment time) instructor. The affidavit alter for why anyone would accept to be in the classroom. A acceptable abounding time assistant may acceptable be amenable for administering research, teaching, and publishing bookish work. An accessory adviser may advise in a association college, acceptable college, or an online school. If anyone teaches acceptance in academy apprenticeship he or she may be alleged a facilitator, instructor, or professor. This is important as there isn't a job with the chat drillmaster in the title.
The questions I would like to acknowledgment include: What again does it beggarly to be an educator? Does it announce something altered than the assigned job title? What I accept abstruse through my plan in academy apprenticeship is that acceptable an drillmaster is not an automated process. Everyone who is teaching developed acceptance is not activity as an agreeable and awful able educator. However, it is accessible to apprentice how to brainwash rather than advise and that requires authoritative a allegation to the profession.
What Does It Beggarly to Teach?
Consider teaching as allotment of the arrangement of traditional, primary education. Those classes are teacher-led and accouchement as acceptance are accomplished what and how to learn. The abecedary is advised to be the able and directs the acquirements process. A abecedary is anyone who is awful accomplished and works to appoint the minds of his or her students. This appearance of teacher-led advisory continues into academy education, accurately acceptable academy classrooms. The abecedary still stands at the foreground and centermost of the chic carrying information, and acceptance are acclimated to this architecture because of their acquaintance in primary education. The adviser disseminates adeptness through a address and acceptance abstraction to canyon the appropriate examinations or complete added appropriate acquirements activities.
Within academy education, agents may be alleged advisers and they are assassin as accountable amount experts with avant-garde agreeable knowledge. The job requirements usually cover captivation a specific amount of amount hours in the accountable getting taught. Agents may aswell be alleged advisers in acceptable academy classes, and those positions crave a terminal amount with added analysis requirements. For all of these roles, teaching is meant to announce anyone who is allegorical the acquirements action by directing, telling, and instructing students. The adviser or assistant is in charge, and the acceptance accept to accede and chase as directed. Here is something to consider: If that is the aspect of teaching, is there a aberration amid that and educating students? Is the role of a abecedary the aforementioned as that of an educator?
What Does It Beggarly to be an Educator?
Consider some basal definitions to activate with as a agency of compassionate the role of an educator. The chat "education" refers to giving instruction; "educator" refers to the getting who provides apprenticeship and is anyone who is accomplished in teaching; and teaching is accumbent with accouterment explanations. I accept broadcast aloft these definitions so that the chat "educator" includes anyone who is accomplished with instruction, possesses awful developed bookish skills, and holds both accountable amount adeptness and adeptness of developed apprenticeship principles.
Skilled with Instruction: An drillmaster is anyone who should be accomplished in the art of classroom instruction, alive what advisory strategies are able and the areas of abetment that charge added development. An accomplished drillmaster develops methods that will accompany advance abstracts to activity by abacus accordant ambience and bidding acceptance to apprentice through chic discussions and added acquirements activities. Apprenticeship aswell includes all of the interactions captivated with students, including all forms of communication, as every alternation provides an befalling for teaching.
Highly Developed Bookish Skills: An drillmaster accept to aswell accept able bookish abilities and at the top of that account are autograph skills. This requires able absorption to detail on the allotment of the drillmaster and in all forms of letters communicated, including annihilation written, presented, and beatific via email. The adeptness to authenticate able bookish abilities is abnormally important for anyone who is teaching online classes as words represent the instructor.
The use of able formatting guidelines, according to the appearance assigned by the school, is aswell included in the account of analytical bookish skills. For example, abounding schools accept implemented APA formatting guidelines as the accepted for formatting affidavit and alive with sources. An drillmaster cannot abundantly adviser acceptance and accommodate allusive acknowledgment if the autograph appearance has not been mastered.
Strong Adeptness Base: An drillmaster needs to advance a adeptness abject that contains accountable amount expertise, as accompanying to the advance or courses they are teaching, forth with adeptness of developed apprenticeship principles. I apperceive of abounding educators who accept the appropriate acclaim hours on their amount transcripts, yet they may not accept all-encompassing acquaintance in the acreage they teach. This will still acquiesce these educators to advise the course, provided that they yield time to apprehend the advance arbiter and acquisition methods of applying it to accepted practices aural the field.
Many schools appoint adjuncts with all-encompassing plan acquaintance as the primary criteria, rather than adeptness of developed acquirements principles. Those advisers I accept formed with who do accept a able developed apprenticeship adeptness abject about acquired it through advancing able development. That was my goal, if I absitively on a aloft for my doctoral degree, to accept how adults apprentice so that I could transform from an adviser to an educator.
Becoming an Agreeable and Awful Able Educator
I do not accept that abounding advisers carefully accede the charge to accomplish a transformation from alive as an adviser to activity as an educator. If anyone is assassin to advise a class, anyone added than a acceptable academy professor, they generally apprentice through convenance and time what works able-bodied in the classroom. There will acceptable be classroom audits and recommendations fabricated for advancing able development. Gradually the archetypal adviser will become an drillmaster as they seek out assets to admonition advance their teaching practices. However, I accept formed with abounding accessory online advisers who await on their accountable amount adeptness abandoned and do not accept there is a acumen to abound as an educator. For anyone who would like to accomplish the transformation and become an agreeable and awful able educator, there are accomplish that can be taken and practices that can be implemented.
Step One: Abide to Advance Your Advisory Practice
While any drillmaster can apprentice through time on the job, it is accessible to become advised about this growth. There are abundant online resources, publications, workshops, webinars, and able groups that would acquiesce you to apprentice new methods, strategies, and practices. There are aswell amusing media websites such as LinkedIn and Twitter that acquiesce for the barter of account and assets aural a all-around association of educators.
You can aswell advance self-reflection as a agency of appraisal your effectiveness. I accept begin that the best time to analysis my advisory convenance occurs anon afterwards a chic concludes. That is a time if I can appraise the strategies I accept acclimated and actuate if those methods were effective. Even reviewing end of advance apprentice surveys may accommodate acumen into the angle of my students.
Step Two: Abide to Advance Your Bookish Skills
I apperceive from my plan with online adroitness development that this is an breadth of development that abounding educators could use. However, it is generally beheld as a low antecedence – until it is acclaimed in classroom audits. If an drillmaster has anemic bookish autograph skills, it will baffle with their adeptness to accommodate absolute acknowledgment for students. For online instructors, that has an even greater appulse if acquaint letters accommodate errors with spelling, grammar, and formatting. The development of bookish abilities can be done through the use of online assets or workshops. Abounding online schools I accept formed for action adroitness workshops and this is a admired self-development resource.
Step Three: Abide to Advance Your Accountable Amount Expertise
Every drillmaster has accountable amount adeptness that they can draw upon. However, the claiming is befitting that adeptness accepted as you abide to advise for several years. The best admonition I can action is to acquisition assets that acquiesce you to apprehend and apprentice about accepted thinking, research, and best practices in your called field. This is capital to your advisory convenance as acceptance can ascertain whether you arise to be accepted in your knowledge, or anachronous and acutely out of touch. Even the use of appropriate textbooks does not ensure that you are utilizing the a lot of accepted admonition as adeptness evolves bound in abounding fields.
Step Four: Abide to Advance Your Adeptness of Developed Learning
The endure footfall or action that I can acclaim is to accretion adeptness about developed acquirements theories, principles, and practices. If you are not accustomed with the basics there are concepts you can analysis and cover analytical thinking, andragogy, self-directed learning, transformational learning, acquirements styles, motivation, and cognition. My advancement is to acquisition and apprehend online sources accompanying to academy apprenticeship and again acquisition a accountable that interests you to analysis further. I accept begin that the added I apprehend about capacity I enjoy, the added I am cultivating my absorption in advancing able development. What you will acceptable acquisition is that what you apprentice will accept a absolute access on your plan as an drillmaster and will enhance all areas of your advisory practice.
Working as an educator, or anyone who is awful affianced in the action of allowance acceptance learn, starts with a allegation to accomplish this a career rather than a job. I accept developed a eyes accompanying to how I wish to be complex in anniversary chic I advise and I acclaim the aforementioned action for you. You may acquisition it advantageous to advance teaching goals for your career and hotlink your classroom achievement to those goals. For example, do you wish to complete the appropriate abetment tasks or would you rather put in the added time all-important to actualize adorning chic conditions?
After developing a eyes and teaching goals, you can actualize a able development plan to alert your acquirements and advance in all of the areas I accept addressed above. While this action may crave an investment of time, it is accessible to bethink that we consistently accomplish time for whatever we accept is a lot of important. Getting an drillmaster is not comestible a focus on job functions, rather it is cultivating a adulation of what you do and acquirements how to excel for the account of your students. Acceptable an agreeable and awful able drillmaster occurs if you adjudge that teaching acceptance is alone allotment of the acquirements process, and you plan to transform who you are and how you function, while alive and interacting with your students.
Dr. Bruce A. Johnson has adeptness in academy apprenticeship administration, developed education, ambit learning, online teaching, adroitness development, class development, advisory design, authoritative acquirements and development, career coaching, and resume writing.


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Visit the coastal town of Valparaiso, known as "The Jewel of the Pacific" and a UNESCO world heritage site. Built upon 44 hills around a bay, the hills create an amphitheatric setting with the port as its focal point. Every inch of it is vivaciously covered with art: art with political purpose, art with playful tones, art of love, even ugly art- but art all the same. Leave the ocean breeze behind and stop for a few days to visit Chile's warm and rural Casablanca wine valley. It is here that you will find the quaint, yet highly sophisticated, winery: Matetic Vineyards. Matetic Vineyards prides themselves in being not only organic, but also biodynamic. Biodynamic practices not only take into account the natural well-being of the grape vines but also the entire well-being of the valley at large. They use quartz to help with photosynthesis, chickens to eat bugs (including portable chicken coops) instead of pesticides, gravity rather than electricity in wine processing, and many other rigidly calculated natural practices to promote the highest quality of grapes for their wine.
After breakfast, your driver will meet you and bring you back to Santiago, where you will catch your flight home or onto your next exciting destination. [B]
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Amidst an otherworldly landscape, you'll travel among salt lakes and hot springs, volcanoes and lush oasis in the highest and driest desert in the world. Red snow-capped volcanoes merge with pastel colored desert expanses that are interrupted only by the outlines of the hills, salt formations, and giant dunes. Hike among sand dunes and bizarre rock formations of the Valley of the Moon, observe flamingos and experience extra buoyancy in the saline lagoons of the Atacama, mountain bike desert trails through red-rock canyons, walk among the ruins of ancient pre-Columbian villages, watch the daily eruption of the Tatio geysers and photograph the ever-changing colors of the amazing scenery. Time your visit to coincide with a New Moon and you'll have the chance to observe some of the clearest and most brilliant night skies in the Southern Hemisphere.
We work with a selection of three unique properties that each offer an all-inclusive experience in the Atacama Desert. Stays range from 3-5 nights (or more upon request) and the character, location, and excursions differ slightly from lodge to lodge. Detailed pricing and links to the accommodations are found under the accommodations tab.
Day 1: Arrive in Santiago - Fly to Atacama Desert
Morning arrival into Santiago via your international flight or onward connection within Chile. After clearing customs and collecting luggage, check in with your LAN flight to Calama. Upon arrival airport reception by lodge staff and transfer to the hotel. Participation in an afternoon excursion is dependent upon flight arrival time. Otherwise relax and refresh, enjoy dinner and overnight at the lodge of your choice. One of the guides will discuss the various excursions you can select over the next few days. At Explora Hotel de Lareche and Alto Atacama, excursions are generally conducted in small groups and half and full-day options are available at various activity levels. Awasi Lodge provides private guides who customize each day for you personally.
The northern skies of Chile are famous for being some of the clearest in the world. The combination of an extremely dry climate, high altitude and the distance from any source of environmental or light pollution makes them a perfect and clear window into the Universe. Consider partaking in an astronomy tour one evening – an hour in length and offered ever night except during the week of the full moon.
Days 2 - 5: Atacama Desert Explorations
Four full days of exploring the fascinating Atacama geology, fauna and culture. Choose from a variety of excursions, catering to different interests and activity levels. Visit the high mountain-village of Chiu-Chiu, trek across expansive salt flats, observe the incredible Taito Geysers, hunt for petroglyphs along sandstone cliffs, float in saline lagoons and enjoy an easy mountain bike ride through the Katarpe Valley. The Valley of the Moon offers some of the best hiking and most dramatic scenery in the Atacama. Day ventures to Laguna Chaxa include a visit to the Reserva Nacional los Flamencos, excellent for observing flamingos and other birds. Extreme adventure enthusiasts can attempt to climb some of the Atacama's five major volcanoes, ranging from 17,300-19,712' (acclimatization days are required.) Mountaineering and some other excursions into the Andes have an acclimatization requirement so be sure to liaise directly with your guides to plan your time accordingly. Explora Lodge has several explorations that include horseback riding.
Alto Atacama, located in a protected canyon outside of San Pedro de Atacama, also offers complimentary transport into the town of San Pedro between 8:30 – 23:30 if you want to explore on your own one evening. Continued overnights at Atacama Desert Lodging.
Day 6: Departure
After breakfast, transfer to the Calama airport for your afternoon flight to Santiago for international departure or onward travel.
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Fly from Buenos Aires to Iguazú Falls, a place of supernatural beauty with 275 separate waterfalls located within a two-mile stretch, some plunging from a spectacular height of 260 feet. With your naturalist guide by your side, spend your days hiking miles of lush trails and learning about the rainforest's ecosystems and resident animals – watch for butterflies, monkeys, caiman and a variety of birds, such as parrots, toucans and hummingbirds. Overnights are in a falls-view room at the Sheraton Iguazú Resort and Spa, located right inside the National Park.
Price: 3 days/2 nights at $995 per person based on two people sharing accommodations.
Flights to Iguazu not included.
Arrive in Iguazú Falls where you'll be met and taken to your hotel. The Sheraton Iguazu is located inside the National Park, giving you the opportunity to spend this afternoon on your own viewing the falls. Walk on the extensive trail system that features numerous view points of the Falls. Overnight in a Falls View Room and dinner at the Sheraton Iguazu Resort and Spa. [BD]
Today we explore the tropical rain forests and multiple waterfalls of Iguazú National Park with a naturalist guide. Iguazú Falls consists of 275 separate waterfalls along a nearly two mile long fall line along the Iguazú River on the border between Argentina and Brazil. Spectacular falls plunge 260 feet in a thunderous roar of mist and rainbows among giant ferns, vines and orchids. Today will be our introduction to the rainforest ecosystem full of butterflies, monkeys, caiman, peccary, deer and abundant birdlife especially parrots, toucans, hummingbirds and guan. There are miles of trails, a train to the Devil's Throat overlook, walkways with foot bridges, and a boat crossing to more trails, all providing strategic access for unlimited photographic viewpoints.
Ideally situated in the heart of the Iguazú National Park, Sheraton Iguazú Resort & Spa combines a beautiful landscape with friendly service and comfort. Located within walking distance of the spectacular Iguazú Falls, many of the 176 guest rooms have views of the Falls themselves. For a relaxing start or end to the day, try out the new spa.
Day 3: Cross the tracks of Chile's last narrow gauge railway to Viña Gonzalez Bastías, which retains a sense of yesteryear and makes three of its four wines with Uva País. Come mid-afternoon, head back to Casa Bouchon and tour Bouchon Family Wines.
"Our guides were all phenomenal: Natalie and Nicholas at Torres del Paine were wonderful, Damion in Santiago, Carmen in Buenos Aires all excellent. Marianna in El Calafate very knowledgeable...all so passionate about their work. Wildland did a fabulous job at organizing great guides, drivers, setting up the trip and I am so grateful."
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Susan FerrissReporter The Center for Public Integrity
Susan Ferriss is a prize-winning former foreign correspondent who has been investigating treatment of children by the U.S. justice and immigration system, law enforcement and the school-discipline process. She joined the Center in 2011. She won a first-place investigative prize from the national Education Writers Association for her 2012 series revealing how thousands of Los Angeles school police citations were pushing mostly Latino and black kids, almost half younger than 14, into courts for minor infractions. She is also a two-time Casey journalism award finalist for her police stories and an investigation into excessive expulsions of students in Kern County, California's "expulsion capital." In 2014, she won Columbia University's Tobenkin national journalism award for reporting on discrimination for "Throwaway Kids." This report documented how Latino farmworker kids were forced to attend alternative schools in California so far away from home they either dropped out, or only attended one day a week while enrolled full time on paper. As a reporter at the Sacramento Bee, Susan produced prize-winning immigration stories and covered state government and politics. And as a Latin America correspondent for nearly a decade with Cox Newspapers, Susan covered everything from indigenous rights movements and death squads in Colombia to transnational migration and drug trafficking. Her series on failed economic reforms in Mexico won top honors from the Overseas Press Club and the Inter-American Press Association and was a Loeb business reporting finalist. Susan is co-author of The Fight in the Fields, a history of Cesar Chavez and the farmworker movement and producer of The Golden Cage, a documentary about farmworkers. She was a Knight fellow at Stanford University and is a graduate of the University of California, Santa Cruz, and UC Berkeley.


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Lisa and Nick Planty of Lake Placid, and Michael and Pamela Cavallero of Weddington, North Carolina, are happy to announce the engagement of their daughter Renee Cavallero to Brad Lotocki, son of Dave and Lynn Lotocki of Herndon, Virginia.
The future bride graduated from Lake Placid High School in 2002, received her bachelor's degree in nutrition from Virginia Tech in 2007 and her master's degree in elementary education from George Mason University in 2012. She is currently employed as a fourth grade teacher in Virginia.
The future groom graduated from Oakton High School in Vienna, Virginia in 2002. He received his bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Virginia Tech in 2006. He is currently employed by NASA?at Goddard in Maryland.
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Guillem Balague
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Guillem Balague wonders if Neymar will be a success at Barcelona
Guillem Balague has concerns over Neymar's move to Barcelona and asks if he'll click with Messi?
Last Updated: 28/05/13 10:34am
The worrying thing is that in the days before and after Neymar announced he was moving to Barcelona we saw a picture of him having dinner, training with a camera on his head and with a new haircut.
I remember Pep Guardiola saying to someone when Santos met Barcelona in the World Club Cup: "Look at Neymar. He has a new haircut for the competition, he has some boots that have his name on and now look at Lionel Messi - he is his usual self".
So there is definitely that question mark about Neymar. There is only one player in the history of Barcelona that came straight from Brazil and succeeded. The others have had a stop somewhere in Europe; an opportunity which Neymar is not going to have.
A lot of what Neymar does he should stop doing at Barcelona. He's undoubtedly a natural talent. I can only see Messi and Neymar working together in a way that perhaps they don't even imagine at the moment.
Messi is the focal point of Barcelona. With Neymar you have two focal points and that may be difficult to accept but in the long run it could be good for the team.
I think it will be good for the team but we will see.
We will talk more about Neymar on Revista and also talk about Jose Mourinho, of course, on the show from 7pm on Tuesday.
Guillem answers your questions...
Got a question for Guillem? Then send it firstname.lastname@example.com or use the feedback form below, and then look out for his answer next week.
Hi Guillem, Firstly I love your enthusiasm for the sport and I think you are doing a wonderful job. Coming to the question, how do you see Neymar fitting into the Barca line-up? Also, with the arrival of Neymar, what kind of effect would it have on Messi's number of goals and his performances? Thank you, Simar Singh
GUILLEM SAYS: Thank you again for the kind words. I don't think we should see the quality of Messi in the number of goals he scores but in the influence he has on the game. Everybody has got to raise their game at Barcelona. It is not about Messi reducing his potential but of everybody else raising their potential. So it is not a Messi problem, it is everybody else's problem. Neymar will be one that obviously influence the side straight away and they need everyone to raise their game for Barcelona to get back to where they were. I don't know if they can ever be the same but they can be close.
Hi Guillem, Great work this season. I just wanted to know your thoughts on Sevilla. They used to be such a force and seemed to have a great scouting system, so what went wrong? Could they end up going from European highs to the second division, as Deportivo did? Can they ever get back in Champions League contention? Thanks, Marcus Albright (Tottenham/Sevilla fan)
GUILLEM SAYS: Thanks you for your kind words and it's certainly been a very pleasurable season. We told the story of Neymar on Revista in November 2011, so it's good that it came out well. We also broke the story about Pelligrini and Manchester City, so things are going well.
On the subject of Sevilla, the only problem is that people expect them to still be challengers for the top four and European competitions. They cannot do that because there is not the same money. So much so that I don't think it will become another Deportivo but everyone is for sale, including Jesus Navas, who funnily seems like a difficult asset to sell. People are not convinced he could adapt to another country while teams in Spain aren't prepared to pay that kind of money for him. Negredo is another one who will be up for sale.
I know English clubs are considering him but it depends how much Sevilla are asking for. At 18million euros he would be a bargain - he could be the next Michu if you like. It is not the same kind of money but 18m euros for a player who will score 20-odd goals per season in the Premier League is a bargain in my eyes. On Champions League qualification, we need to see how everything works financially in Spain. They can have their moment but I see Atletico Madrid, Valencia, Barcelona and Real Madrid are stronger in their squad than Sevilla. So they may not be in contention for a while.
Hi Guillem, How do the Spanish fans and media perceive Serie A? I know the attendances seem to be down but there are some big players there now in Mario Balotelli and Marek Hamsik, and, of course, from next season Fernando Llorente. Plus, Juventus have even been linked with Wayne Rooney. Is the Italian division on the up? Cheers, Billy Wright (Arsenal fan)
GUILLEM SAYS: Serie A has been a bit off the radar. The Premier League is now the second favourite league in Spain after La Liga. Now of course there is a lot of focus on the Bundesliga but there are so many historical clubs in Italy and financially they seem to be starting to get things right. But Balotelli and Cavani, even if he stays, are just not the kind of crowd attraction that you need. They are probably the fourth league now in Europe.
If Real Sociedad get in the Champions League, do you think there will be a one-season wonder and sell all their best players, or can they become a regular threat at the top of the table? Thanks, Michal Hollins (Chelsea fan)
GUILLEM SAYS: That is interesting because Philippe Montanier is leaving for Rennes and they are going to have to look for another coach. They don't want to sell anybody because they want the same team in the Champions League and if they do that and improve defensively they could be one of the surprises, like Malaga, and could make it into the next round and you never know. But I am not sure if they keep improving as a team if they can raise the wages to a point where everyone is happy and everyone stays. But I see them making an impact for one more year at least.
If David Albelda leaves Valencia at the end of the season how do you think he will be remembered? How good was he in his prime and how strong was his midfield partnership with Ruben Baraja? Thanks, Tom Mason (Crystal Palace fan)
GUILLEM SAYS: Albelda is a legend and some of the games he has played with Baraja made him one of the best defensive midfielders around in Europe. He is consistent as well. With the ball he is not the best so he does not make an impact in the eyes of a lot of people. But without the ball and the work he put in makes him one of the top midfielders in Spain in the past decade.
Hi Guillem, There has obviously been a lot of talk about Falcao's future, with Monaco, Man United, Chelsea, Real Madrid and PSG all linked - but which club's footballing style would suit his talents best? Thanks, Alex Durrant (Celtic fan)
GUILLEM SAYS: Falcao should play for a team with a lot of wingers, with a lot of pace and one that likes counter-attacking football. So Manchester United would have been perfect for him. I was told there was a payment form Manchester United to keep track on any offers that Falcao may receive. Remember that a big percentage of Falcao belongs to a third-party so they were charging clubs to do that and obviously it got to the point when money was put on the table. Manchester United could not match what Monaco offered - 55m euros.


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MIDDLEBURY — The Middlebury College men's basketball team will make its fifth consecutive NCAA Division III tournament appearance when the Panthers host a regional tournament Friday and Saturday in Pepin Gym.
The 24-3 Panthers will take on Morrisville State (19-8) on Friday at 7:30 p.m., preceded by a game between Albertus Magnus (27-1) and St. Joseph's of Long Island (21-4) at 5:30 p.m.. The winners meet on Saturday night at 7 p.m. in the regional final.
Tickets are priced at $6 per game for adults and $3 for students and will go on sale at 10 a.m. on Tuesday at: http://boxoffice.middlebury.edu/index.php. Those interested may also call 802-443-6433 or stop by the McCullough box office during normal business hours.
More tickets are expected to become available (returned from visiting teams) on Thursday and will go on sale at noon. If any tickets remain, they will go on sale at 4:30 p.m. on Friday and 6 p.m. on Saturday.


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Junior year itinerary
Greece, Italy and CSB basketball all part of Hannah Hylla's academic year
June 4, 2012
By Hanna Hylla '13
Editor's note: Hannah Hylla faced a tough decision when her junior year began at CSB - go on a study abroad trip to Greece and Italy and miss half the Blazers' basketball season, or stay here and play the entire season for CSB. The senior and Albany (Minn.) High School graduate recounts her decision-making process as a student-athlete.
Over 50 percent of College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University students study abroad during their academic career. I wanted to be part of that tradition.
But there was a dilemma - I'm a post player for the Blazers' basketball team, and going abroad for the fall 2011 semester meant I would be away from my teammates and miss the first eight games of the 2011-12 season if I chose to participate in the Greco-Roman study abroad program.
Ultimately, I was reminded why I had chosen a Division III athletic program at a strong liberal arts institution when I decided to take part in this life-changing academic opportunity and study abroad in Athens and Rome. To me, playing basketball for the Blazers gave me an opportunity to be an athlete, but more importantly it also allowed me to be a student.
Although I would miss half of my basketball season, I knew I would find a replacement for my passion for athletics while abroad. As a participant in the Greco-Roman program, I learned about the historical aspects of athletics by visiting sites such as Olympia, home to the first Olympic games in Greece, and the Colosseum in Rome. Not only was I able to strengthen my passion to pursue a sports-related career, I was given a cultural experience far beyond anything I could have received in a classroom.
While abroad, I faced many challenges. One of the most difficult was staying in shape for the second half of the basketball season that I would return to in December. In Rome, I applied for a membership at the local gym, which became a far greater hands-on experience than imagined.
As a gym member, I was the only fluent English speaker and I was lucky if an instructor knew even a little English. I was forced to apply what I had learned in the classroom in a real life scenario, and it challenged the way I viewed myself and the world. For the first time in my life, I was the minority and my ability to communicate was altered.
My experiences abroad challenged my previous perceptions and fostered an initiative to continue to learn on a global level.
As I returned to the United States, the idea of playing basketball again after a remarkable five months seemed overwhelming. The thought that I had missed five weeks of preseason and eight games challenged my preparation.
Being back on the court felt great, although the effects of being away for five months became very apparent. Luckily, I was not the only player abroad during the fall semester. Fellow teammate Morgan Dale, a junior education major, decided to study abroad as well, in the London program.
The idea that we were both able to study abroad for a semester and then return to the team after Christmas break was extraordinary. The coaching staff was supportive of our opportunity, and I'm not sure that many other athletic programs would allow their athletes to do what we did.
Maybe it's this strong academic support within both communities that explains why CSB and SJU are ranked first nationally among baccalaureate institutions in semester-long study abroad programs, according to the annual report on international education, Open Doors 2011, published by the Institute of International Education.
CSB and SJU offer 17 semester-long study abroad programs in 14 countries on six continents. The Office of Education Abroad works with each student at a personal level to ensure the best possible program and experience.
The opportunities, both academically and athletically, that CSB and SJU have offered me make these institutions unlike any other in the country.


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Episode 24 – Perfect Storm
May 16th 2013 on ABC
The storm rages the Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital and resources become scarce. One doctor goes to labor, another doctor's affair found out and an engaged doctor have second thoughts about marriage.
Episode 23 – Readiness Is All
May 9th 2013 on ABC
The doctors of Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital prepare for a super storm heading towards Seattle; Owen's desire to be a parent gets stronger as he becomes closer to Ethan; and one wrong move puts the lives of Meredith and her baby in jeopardy. Meanwhile, Jo looks to Alex for help in a moment of crisis, and one doctor gets the shock of her life.
Episode 22 – Do You Believe in Magic
May 2nd 2013 on ABC
The doctors reach out to Bailey but she continues to shut everyone out; after an incident with Ethan's grandmother, Owen fears the child could end up in foster care; and a new craniofacial specialist arrives at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital to work on a young patient; meanwhile, a magician's assistant is rushed into the ER after a magic trick goes terribly wrong.
Episode 21 – Sleeping Monster
April 25th 2013 on ABC
Bailey finds herself at the center of a CDC investigation surrounding the death of several of her patients, as Jackson and the rest of the board members argue over how to address the crisis with the public. Meanwhile, Cristina teases Alex about his unspoken feelings for Jo, and Owen continues to take special care of Ethan as the condition of his parents remains uncertain.
Episode 20 – She's Killing Me
April 4th 2013 on ABC
Upon receiving some unsettling news, Meredith and Derek take preventative steps for their children's future; a group of Syrian doctors arrive at Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital for a crash course in basic surgical skills that they plan to apply in the field; and April decides to come clean to Matthew regarding the truth about her virginity. Meanwhile, multiple pre-op patients develop infections, causing one doctor to wonder if she is at fault.
Episode 19 – Can't Fight This Feeling
March 28th 2013 on ABC
A gas tanker explodes on a Seattle highway, causing multiple injuries — including paramedic Matthew; Meredith and Jo help a frantic mother (Sarah Chalke) whose child is suffering from a mysterious illness; and Owen bonds with a young boy whose parents are in critical condition. Meanwhile true colors are revealed when Alex is forced to work with Jo's boyfriend on an ailing patient.
Episode 18 – Idle Hands
March 21st 2013 on ABC
Meredith freaks out when she hears all the conditions her baby could be born with as she finds out what the sex of her baby is. Callie and Arizona set another step in their post-plane-crash relationship and the new board finds out running things isn't as easy as they imagined.
Episode 17 – Transplant Wasteland
March 14th 2013 on ABC
The hospital new management causes a physician to question her future at Seattle Grace. The doctors and interns juggle transplant patients, each of them come with their own obstacles.
Episode 16 – This Is Why We Fight
February 21st 2013 on ABC
While the hospital is hanging on a thread, the team looks for an investor to help them purchase the hospital. All while keeping Owen and the Pegasus team in the dark about their good intentions for the hospital.
Episode 15 – Hard Bargain
February 14th 2013 on ABC
Callie comes up with an idea to save the hospital while Owen addresses the plan to sell to Pegasus to the doctors and nurses. April's date surprises her with a secret of his own.
Episode 14 – The Face of Change
February 7th 2013 on ABC
Competition heats up as several of the doctors fight to become the new face of Seattle Grace; April brings in an emergency case, and Jackson and Alex work with a transgender teen couple. Meanwhile, the hospital implements new policies which test the patience of the staff.
Episode 13 – Bad Blood
January 31st 2013 on ABC
As Derek and April work around the clock to find a solution for the hospital, Cristina struggles to respect the wishes of a family whose son is dying. Meanwhile, Arizona empathizes with a teenager who faces problems similar to her own.
Episode 12 – Walking on a Dream
January 24th 2013 on ABC
The Seattle Grace doctors are on edge when a new medical professional enters the hospital; Arizona struggles with the emotional and physical pain of a phantom limb; and while battling pregnancy hormones, an overly-emotional Meredith is confronted with her worst fear.
Episode 11 – The End is the Beginning is the End
January 17th 2013 on ABC
Meredith, Derek, Cristina and Arizona receive big news regarding the plane crash lawsuit, Richard avoids Catherine's romantic advances and Jackson takes on one of Mark's old patients.
Episode 10 – Things We Said Today
January 10th 2013 on ABC
Bailey puts her wedding day on hold and continues her efforts to save Adele's life, Cristina and Owen remain undecided about their pending divorce, while Arizona and Callie try to get their spark back. Meanwhile, the hospital becomes inundated with a group of bikers after a horrible accident.
Episode 09 – Run, Baby, Run
December 13th 2012 on ABC
As the rest of the doctors prepare for Bailey's wedding, Richard helps her through a bout of pre-wedding jitters. Meanwhile, Lizzie butts heads with Meredith, and Callie and Jackson try to convince Derek to participate in a risky surgery that could fix his hand.
Episode 08 – Love Turns You Upside Down
December 6th 2012 on ABC
The new batch of interns find themselves involved in all the drama at Seattle Grace: Meredith asks Heather to go above and beyond to help fix Derek's hand; Cristina starts a healthy competition between Stephanie and Leah, which inadvertently leads to a medical emergency for Cristina's patient; Alex sees Jo in a new light as they work to save a baby's life, and April teaches Shane a valuable lesson during "lumps and bumps" duty.
Episode 07 – I Was Made For Lovin' You
November 29th 2012 on ABC
Cristina and Owen continue to figure out their relationship amidst the pending lawsuit; and Bailey argues with Ben over plans for their upcoming nuptials.
Episode 06 – Second Opinion
November 15th 2012 on ABC
As the doctors continue with their lawsuit, they're forced to confront the realities of their injuries. Meanwhile, Bailey tricks Arizona into helping her with a pediatric case, and Cristina tries to find normalcy in her new environment.
Episode 05 – Beautiful Doom
November 8th 2012 on ABC
As Meredith and Cristina rely on each other as they cope with increasing responsibilities at their respective hospitals and cope with life after the plane crash; Cristina helps Dr. Thomas with a challenging heart surgery.
Episode 04 – I Saw Her Standing There
October 25th 2012 on ABC
Aware that Derek might never operate again, Meredith stops talking about the surgeries she's performing. Meanwhile, Richard calls on Dr. Catherine Avery to help him perform a complicated procedure, as things continue to heat up between Jackson and April; and Arizona's struggle to accept her fate forces Callie and Alex to face their guilt.
Episode 03 – Love the One You're With
October 18th 2012 on ABC
The survivors from the crash are asked to make an almost impossible decision that will affect the rest of their lives. Meanwhile, tension grows between Jackson and April after they're forced to work together, and Alex tries to restrain himself with one of the interns.
Episode 02 – Remember the Time
October 4th 2012 on ABC
The doctors try to cope with the heartache and injuries caused by the plane crash; everyone at Seattle Grace struggles to return to normalcy amidst the chaos.
Episode 01 – Going Going Gone
September 27th 2012 on ABC
The doctors of Seattle Grace are faced with the aftermath of last season's plane crash. As they try to move on with their lives, they must learn to adapt to the changes, cope with their losses and move forward with their relationships and careers.


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China is planning to pass a rule that would require government officials to stick to purchasing locally made cars, according to the Wall Street Journal.
The "Buy China" rule comes after slowed growth and greater competition in the market, which poses a problem for the local car industry.
Last week, China's Minister of Industry and Information Technology posted a list of 412 cars--none of which were foreign models--that are likely to be approved for government officials' use, according to the WSJ. Currently, the most popular model among government officials is the Audi A6, half of which are sold in China.
The "Buy China" effort is more symbolic than anything, because of the 14.5 million cars purchased in China last year, cars bought by government agencies made up less than 5 percent of annual auto purchases in the country.
But the rule could make a difference in the PR department, considering how often we've seen Chinese citizens lambast government workers with lavish spending habits.
Remember the local government office worker's spending spree in Macau, and the case of 20-year-old Guo Meimei, who posted photos of her cars and purses online and created a scandal for China's Red Cross?


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GUIUAN, Philippines (Reuters) - The head of U.N. disaster relief visited the heart of the Philippine disaster zone on Tuesday and stressed the need for long-term planning as well as emergency relief to ensure farmers and fishermen can resume their livelihoods.
Valerie Amos toured the devastated coastal town of Guiuan in Eastern Samar, where Super Typhoon Haiyan made landfall on November 8 wiping out just about everything in its path, as a government official estimated the reconstruction bill would reach $5.8 billion.
"We've had people here for a couple of days and I hope that by tomorrow we will be reaching a number of those coastal communities where they still have their boats but we haven't been able to get to them with food so we urgently want to get to them with food," Amos told Reuters.
"But, in addition to that, we have to link it up to our colleagues who are going to help people to plant so that they don't go hungry next year, help to make sure that people have fishing nets so that they can continue with their fishing and of course, immediately, we have to start to do the assessment so that we know what the longer-term damage is and the cost and how that money will be raised."
The Philippines and international armed forces and aid agencies are struggling to get help to devastated areas due to the extent of the destruction, which has left four million people displaced, threatening Aquino's reforms that have helped transform the country into one of Asia's fastest-growing emerging economies.
In another blow, the Supreme Court ruled that a widely misused fund for legislators' pet projects was unconstitutional and ordered the money be returned to the Treasury.
The scandal over lawmakers' misuse of "pork barrel" funds has become the biggest crisis of Aquino's three-year rule, tainting his image as a corruption fighter and undermining his ability to push economic reforms.
Congressman Ben Evardone, who is from Eastern Samar, said the ruling would make it difficult to raise funds for post-typhoon reconstruction.
"While all sectors of society in the national and international community are in a frenzied mood to look for resources to support the typhoon victims, the Supreme Court appears to be insensitive to our situation," he told reporters.
The cost of rebuilding houses, schools, roads and bridges could reach 250 billion pesos ($5.8 billion), making it likely that the government will seek cheap loans from development agencies, a senior official said.
If the government is successful in deploying resources for reconstruction, the economy may even grow faster, said Arsenio Balisacan, economic planning secretary, adding the country's strong economic fundamentals remained intact.
Most analysts don't see the economy taking a long-term hit. The central bank raised its inflation forecasts for this year and next, but said the faster pace of price increases was not expected to force a rise in interest rates just yet.
Aquino is personally overseeing relief operations in the worst-hit city of Tacloban in one of Asia's biggest humanitarian efforts which could last months, if not years. An ATM opened under tight security in the city on Tuesday in a symbolic sign of progress.
Authorities estimate more than 3,900 people were killed when Haiyan made landfall. Estimates of the death toll have varied widely, and the governor of worst-hit Leyte province said more than 4,000 people could have been killed on the island of Leyte alone.
The relief effort is key to the fortunes of Aquino, 53, who got off to a bad start when the disaster struck, playing down the extent of the crisis and appearing aloof.
Last week, his popularity was under threat, but - until the Supreme Court ruling anyway - he appeared more confident, rationalizing the extent of the damage.
"There's been some improvement in the government's relief efforts," said Peter Wallace, president of the Manila-based Wallace Business Forum consultancy. "Being able to move to Manila a number of displaced people, provide them with sustenance, we see that happening now. Clearing of the roads have been done, which is also extremely important."
Tecson John Lim, city administrator of Tacloban, said the central government was trying its best.
"The president has been through a lot. Perhaps some of the things he mentioned might not have been exactly prudent," he said. "I think he has seen and is learning to put this aside, whatever biases he might have had."
Additional reporting by Rosemarie Francisco, Eric dela Cruz, Manuel Mogato and Karen Lema in Manila and Nathan Layfne in Tacloban; Writing by Nick Macfie


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Raqeeb - Sunidhi Chauhan does it again
So I was pleasantly surprised to see her song featured as the title song for the movie Raqeeb. And what a song. Starring Tanushree Dutta, who did a fantastic job in the song, the song packages oomph and sex appeal to give the movie a great start. Sadly, it goes downhill from there.
From an IT fan's perspective, I was pleased with the movie, with numerous references to IT and even some technical terms. As a software aficianado, I could definitely relate to those.
But besides the title song (which is also played during the movie end credits, this time sung by K.K.), the movie - a murder mystery - did not have much else to offer, and could have been a lot better executed. Overall, performances by Sharman Joshi and Rahul Khanna are good. Tanushree Dutta is decent, but certainly not even close to being another Bipasha Basu, so fellow fans, let's not start making those comparisons yet!
Rating: 1/5
Classification: NC-17 for language and plot
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Correct assessment of the film! I'd quickly pushed aside the Sunidhi Chauhan aspect of this movie, as I was too busy watching the dancers. Now recall how I did indeed like her singing, of course!Tanushree is lovely to look at, but what I think Bipasha has over her other than years of expereince (their sex appeal being equal) is a voice that's got a very unique sound; unique as Sunidhi's too come to think of it. I actually liked Coporate, so clearly I'm a Bips fan. I liked her most in Omkara though. OK and here's critical eye working; these women are absolutely gorgeous in both face and figure, but I have noticed a small distracting flaw in each:
1. Tanushree has a hairline that's not supurb, so when compared to the rest of her perfection it stands out, as evidenced in those wet, in the water scenes.
2. Bipasha's eyebrows have been over tweezed (maybe out of jealousy by some eunuch makeup artist?) It was hard to find anything to critique, not that anyone is asking, but you know the ego can take over at times, LOL. So Bipasha, grow those out a bit please. :)
All the best!
- Tuesday, June 10, 2008
- theBollywoodFan said...
Agreed, Sita-ji! Tanushree and Sunidhi also gave me one of my favorite songs of 2005, 'Bheega Bheega Sa' from Chocolate (here's the video -- the song ended up being yet another unoriginal Pritam song, but I still like it). That hairline does stand out in the wet/water scenes.
As for Bipasha...I was a much bigger fan until I was disappointed with her after the 'New 7 Wonders' event last year, in which she was one of the emcees. I remember being amazed that she could not stand straight and speak without fillers. One would think she would have gotten (or asked for) some training before representing her country at that stage! And while she was at it, the least she could have done was tend to the eyebrows! =)
Still, I liked her in Corporate, Raaz, Rakht, Aetbaar, Phir Hera Pheri, Omkara. Even in Dhoom 2 to some extent. And I am hoping for big things from 'Bachna Ae Haseenon'.
- Tuesday, June 10, 2008


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Analysis: Large Sunday Evening S&P 500 Gaps Seldom Reversed on Monday
One might assume that opening gaps are closed by the proverbial cooler heads. Not so.
While evening hours began for Treasury futures in May 1987, it was not until September 1997, two months into the Asian financial crisis, that this parade was joined by Sunday evening trading in the S&P 500 (INDEXSP:.INX). Each time the first print hits with a big up or down move on Sunday, I wonder whether this is a gap-and-go or whether this is the start of a bull or bear trap to be reversed as early as the next day. My sense was, more often than not, the large gaps from Friday's close to Sunday's open were "fades," something to be reversed.
But why guess when you can analyze?
The dreary drama of the debt ceiling debate led to a large gap lower on Sunday, October 13, and while I was pretty sure this was a fade, I had to wonder, given the capacity of political children playing with matches to start a fire someday. So I constructed a simple test: If the gap from Friday to Sunday lies outside of an in-sample 90% confidence interval for all close-to-open gaps, what happened to the S&P 500 cash index on the following Monday? Holiday Mondays and the reopening of the market following the September 2001 closure were excluded.
The results are displayed below with gaps higher depicted in blue and gaps lower depicted in pink. I have to admit I was a little surprised by the results. My predilection is to assume the opening gaps are something caused by the anxious only to be closed by the proverbial cooler heads. There have been a total of 20 gaps lower, of which a grand total of five were reversed during the day on Monday; the corresponding numbers for gaps higher are 23 of which seven were reversed. Last Monday was one of the five gaps lower reversed during Monday.
What were the largest Monday gap-and-go moves in the same direction? The largest gap higher was October 13, 2008, the day when Hank Paulson et al dragged the nation's top bankers into a room and told them they were taking TARP funds whether they liked it or not. The largest gap lower was August 8, 2011, just before another debt-and-default-ceiling manufactured crisis was settled. If it seems to you that Uncle Sam is involved in changing investors' perceptions of the survivability of life on Earth, you may be on to something.
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