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The University of South Carolina's School of Journalism and Mass Communications is working with the University of Iowa, Teesside University (in England) and Gvale University (in Sweden) to improve education and training in the digital creative industries
Funded by a €140,000 ($186,000) grant—half from the European Union and half from the U.S. Department of Education's FIPSE (Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education) program—the four schools are participating in a two-year program to ensure that students have the skills and attributes needed for jobs in the creative industries. The Europe-U.S. team will also establish long-term networks between education and industry. It will present its findings to the U.S. Senate and the European Commission's Culture and Education Directorate General. The goal is to help develop policies that improve partnerships between higher education and the creative industries.
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Investigators: Primary investigator is Jim Terkeust, Director, Institute of Digital Innovation, at Teesside University, England.
Funding Agency: Jointly funded by the European Commission and the U.S. Department of Education's Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education.
Amount: 140,000 euros (November 2010 – November 2012). The amount is split among four universities:Teesside University (England), Gavle University (Sweden), the University of Iowa (U.S.) and University of South Carolina (U.S.)
Abstract: Atlantis, the legendary lost technologically advanced civilization, is the namesake of a two-year international grant program devoted to adapting higher education for the EU and U.S. digital creative industries. A team of academics from the United States, England, and Sweden are mapping ways to insure graduates entering the job market are entrepreneurial and skilled at adapting to the rapid workplace changes of a global digital civilization.
The scope of the project includes refining the definition of "digital creative industries," establishing industry panels, reviewing policy, consulting with policymakers and stakeholders, and crafting new models of instruction. At the conclusion of the grant, the team of experts will address the U.S. Senate and the European Commission's Culture and Education Directorate General to make policy recommendations on educational partnerships with creative industries.
Columbia meetings: April 13, 14, 15 at Newsplex. The audience will be about 12 people connected to the Atlantis Project. The meeting format will consist of brief presentations by the speakers followed by a Q& A session. Click here for the agenda.
What we'd like to learn from higher education: We are interested in hearing how higher education can prepare people for work in the digital creative industries and for creating jobs in the digital creative industries. For example, if USC launched a program called "Media Innovation and Entrepreneurship" and one of its graduates created a great app for the iPhone/iPad, what type of networking opportunities, small business startup assistance, incentives, and so on would be available from USC? What if someone for this new program created a video game? A short film? A website? How is USC interacting with government to create jobs in small businesses? How is USC interacting with small businesses to create jobs? How can USC foster collaborations among the Business School, Media Arts, Computer Science, Music, and Journalism and Mass Communications in order to create a program in media innovation and entrepreneurship?
What we'd like to learn from government: We are interested in hearing about digital creative industries in South Carolina. We want to know if the state government has any policies or funding to create jobs in the digital creative industries. How can higher education assist state government in preparing people for work in the digital creative industries and for creating jobs in the digital creative industries? How is SC government interacting with small businesses and with higher education to create jobs in digital creative industries?
What we'd like to learn from industry: How can government make it easier to create jobs in the digital creative industries? How can higher education help? What policies help? What policies hurt? Which skills are abundant? Which are scarce?

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These New Jerseyites are the stuff of legend and cults. Led by guitarists Glenn Mercer and Bill Million (originally featuring future avant-star drummer Andy Fisher, aka Anton Fier), the Feelies dressed like nerdy preppies and paid only passing attention to the conventional demands of rock'n'roll. Even during the original band's period of highest visibility, for example, live dates in New York tended to be infrequent and often fell on holidays.
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Turning to another media, the high school reunion scenes in Jonathan Demme's "Something Wild" show the Feelies (credited as the Willies) performing shards of five songs, including "I'm a Believer," "Crazy Rhythms" and "Fame," with tentative Bowiesque lead vocals by Weckerman.


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Thank you all for continuing the flow of my question. I have attempted all known potential fixes to my issue including the above reset to factory settings. This however created more known iOS 9 issues for me and my current issue remains. Posted same question on Apple support to no avail. I am going to walk through afresh again to see if anything positives comes of it.
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There is a new update that should be coming out in the next two weeks to correct this according to Apple. This a widely spread issue with no current correction. Those having this issue will need to wait. Thanks to those in this thread for proving support and advice.
I am having the same issue. Safari, the App store and every other app minust FB, Messenger, Google Maps and Google Chrome will not stay connected. I switch all of them to green, exit out of the settings tab and then go back in and the tabs are swtiched back off.
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The former FLOTUS also explained to Ellen Degeneres how Barack stepped in and saved the day.
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In what the Chicago Sun Times has called "an unusual move," Cook County Judge Dennis Porter granted a direct verdict, ruling that Servin's conduct was "beyond reckless" in the March 2012 shooting of Rekia Boyd, 22. Proving recklessness was key to all three charges, of which officer Servin has been cleared.
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Though expansion stage companies need reproductive organs to execute their business growth strategies and to successfully scale during the expansion stage, I find that many companies are missing them or are experiencing a level of dysfunction.
At the early stages of your company, you found your product market fit and hopefully developed a product and go-to-market vision for the expansion stage. As you get to the expansion stage, you need to work on getting your basic units set up (see my post on the power of 3). As you go through the expansion stage, one of the key success factors is building your reproductive organs. These are the key capabilities and resources that allow you to reproduce your best people and methodologies in each of your key functions! They are some of the core company development strategies at the expansion stage of a company's development.
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Your reproductive organs consist of three capabilities:
1. Scalable Methodologies that allow new people to go up the productivity ramp as quickly as possible. These mostly include the departments that generally need to scale up the quickest, including sales, marketing, customer service, product development, and professional services (if it is part of your business model). Methodologies are more scalable if they are simpler to understand and it is easier to find and train people who can execute them. You can rely on ad-hoc approaches to getting things done at the early stages of a company, but you need clear and shared methodologies if you are going to scale up your company.
2. People Factory that finds, recruits, trains, motivates and retains the best people to execute your core methodologies. You can rely on your network, outside recruiters, and your VC in the early stages of your expansion, but at some point you are going to need to build your internal people factory to truly scale your company with exceptional people.
3. Management Systems that help keep your staff aligned toward your long and short-term goals. You can rely on ad-hoc meetings and the daily fray when you are a small, single office, but you need to adjust your management systems as your company adjusts in size and sophistication. Think in terms of getting your people focused on your long-term aspirations (corporate, target customer segment, brand, product, and people aspirations), and getting everyone aligned and in a rhythm against shorter-term goals (annual, quarterly, and weekly goals) that drive toward those aspirations.
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As you develop your reproductive organs, you need to adjust your reproductive organs as your company develops and grows. Generally, your approaches need to be sophisticated enough to allow them to function but simple enough that they don't waste time with needless work.
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Generally, as the expansion stage company gets larger, you need more sophisticated reproductive organs. The best companies have their reproductive organs mostly in place and they have an easier time scaling up the company. Think about it. You have your product market fit and a solid economic model. You are going to grow by doing more. Good reproductive organs will help you reproduce and do more faster!
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Post subject: Wright / Schindler Furniture Stolen!
From today's LA Times, two disturbing thefts:
The thieves seemed to know exactly what they were looking for.
They entered an unmarked warehouse on a South Los Angeles side street, moved through a warren of file cabinets, yellowing papers and jettisoned desks, and breached a small storage room.
Inside was a cache of furniture designed by two of the most celebrated American architects of the 20th century, Frank Lloyd Wright and Rudolph Schindler.
The thieves made off with two of Wright's striking floor lamps and a cushioned chair believed to have been designed by Schindler — a haul with a potential value of hundreds of thousands of dollars.
Six years after the heist at the USC warehouse, the identities of the perpetrators remain a mystery.
There is a second puzzle: Why didn't the university report the theft to police at the time or seek the public's help in recovering the irreplaceable pieces?
Detectives only learned of the larceny in recent weeks, after an anonymous letter to the Los Angeles Times revealed the crime.
The architect, already famous and enjoying a midlife sojourn in California, ringed the living room with tall windows that provided dramatic views down Highland Avenue and of the surrounding hills.
The furniture he fashioned for the room included the 6-foot-high cast iron and glass lamps. His protege, Schindler, later worked on the house, adding his own unique furnishings.
For decades, the Freemans' eclectic crowd of artists, scientists and leftists savored the home and its decor. "Casablanca" actor Claude Rains was a regular at the couple's so-called salons, and Harriet Freeman feted legendary choreographer Martha Graham at a dinner party in the living room.
Samuel Freeman died in the living room in 1981. Harriet suffered a stroke and spent her final months in a bed in the living room. She died in 1986. Childless, they left the home and furniture to USC, hoping the university would treasure the property as a site for meetings, classes and historic preservation.
The Freeman House suffered severe structural damage in the 1994 Northridge earthquake. Tiles tumbled from the house and broke. It took the university years to secure more than $1 million in restoration funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and other sources.
Around 2000, in advance of the work, USC moved the contents of the home, including the Wright and Schindler furniture, to the architecture school's rented warehouse. The brick facility on 24th Street, formerly a city power station, has a cavernous interior with at least one separate, locked room.
Some broken tiles were stored in the main room while the furniture was placed in the locked area, according to people familiar with the warehouse. For the next decade, the pieces that had delighted the Freemans and their guests would sit in the dark, glimpsed only occasionally by USC faculty, staff and students.
There was no sign of a break-in or vandalism, and nothing but the Wright and Schindler furniture seemed to have been taken.
Kenneth Breisch, an associate professor who oversaw the graduate program in historic preservation, said that as far as he knew, there was only one key to the room and it was maintained by the facilities department.
The staffer who had discovered the missing items contacted Breisch to see whether he knew anything. Told no, the staffer said he planned to alert campus police, according to Breisch.
In fact, the stolen floor lamps and chair had significant value. The lamps are particularly rare and coveted by collectors. A nearly identical piece Wright made in the same period for a Hollywood Boulevard residence sold at auction two years ago for $100,000.
Told of the lamps' theft recently, architect and author Thomas A. Heinz, the foremost expert in Wright's interiors, exclaimed, "Wow. Wow."
"Because these are so rare, I would say it's a tremendous loss," said Heinz, adding that Wright created about a dozen such lamps.
Schindler's chairs are also in demand. Last July, two of the architect's redwood "sling" chairs were reported stolen from an Olympic Boulevard storage unit rented by the Friends of the Schindler House, the nonprofit that maintains the architect's former West Hollywood residence.
Board member Robert Sweeney told the police the chairs were original to the Kings Road landmark and estimated their value at $25,000 each.
Despite the clear value of the items taken, no one at USC filed a report with campus police, LAPD or the university's insurance carriers. Word of the theft circulated among some at the architecture school, but few, if any, outsiders were told.
It remained a secret until last summer when someone's conscience appeared to have been prodded by a listing at a Chicago auction. The listing described the lot for sale as a "textile block from the Samuel Freeman House, Los Angeles" and identified the seller as a private collector in Chicago. It was a 16-inch square, the size of the original Freeman blocks, and had discolorations indicating decades in the elements. It sold for $5,000 in June.
Weeks after its sale, The Times received an anonymous email describing the warehouse theft. The author also included a link to the auction and wrote that even if the sale was not connected to the theft, it was troubling. How could the tile have fallen into private hands when its ownership had passed directly from the Freemans to USC, the writer asked.
A search of campus police databases and inquiries to half a dozen employees turned up nothing about a theft, she said. But further investigation by USC's Office of Professionalism and Ethics, a new unit set up after recent scandals, determined that the tip had merit.
On Jan. 22, campus police filed a report with the LAPD, identifying the three missing items. The university blamed the 6½-year delay in contacting authorities on a miscommunication between employees, according to police.
"It's quite alarming, frankly, that there's a gap," said Lt. Perry Griffith of the Los Angeles Police Department's Southwest station, who reviewed the report before handing it off to the department's Art Theft Detail.
In a statement, USC said it was fully cooperating with the police probe and pursuing its own internal investigation.
"The university is reviewing its procedures and security measures related to the Freeman House and its assets," the spokeswoman said in a statement. She added that the university "is working with its risk management team on the insurance claim process."
LAPD Det. Don Hrycyk of the art theft unit said his investigation was at the preliminary stage.
"There was no forced entry, so it looks like someone who had access to a key," Hrycyk said.
USC declined to identify those with access to the room and said in a statement, "It appears unlikely that there was only one key, however we expect that to be part of the investigation."
The passage of time had made dusting for fingerprints and other forensic techniques all but impossible. Memories have faded, and witnesses are out of reach.
"A lot of these people are no longer at USC," Hrycyk said.
The tile auctioned in Chicago is not part of the LAPD investigation, he said. USC said it had "no verification" as to whether it was stolen from the house.
Jeffrey Chusid, a Cornell University professor who is a leading authority on the Freeman House, said the auctioned tile appeared to be an original. Chusid, who lived in the house when he taught at USC in the 1980s and 1990s, said it was unlikely to be one that fell from the home during the earthquake because those were largely broken. During the 1990s, a vandal pried a tile from the street-side of the house, he said, "and that might be floating around."
Richard Wright, the president of the Chicago auction house, said the seller told him he obtained the piece several years ago from a dealer. Wright said he believed that the tile was originally from the Freeman House's garage and that it was removed after the 1994 earthquake.
"It's my understanding that there was some restoration done to the house," Wright said. "Given the not-great condition, it had been a tile that had been replaced."
Wright said the collector who consigned the tile had attested to the legal title of the concrete block. Still, he said that in the world of art auctions, "it is not always perfectly clear how things get out."
It is situated on a narrow, winding street that dead ends on a cliff side and has little parking. To the rare visitor, the home's disrepair is obvious, with splintered wooden beams, peeling paint and gaps in the cement-tiled walls.
USC said it is examining "options to ensure there's a promising future for the Freeman House."
"It's always been hard to make it a priority of the university," Chusid said. "It's just unfortunate."
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Thanks for posting, Craig. Lacking an explanatory headline, the piece begins sort of like a mystery tale --
perhaps fitting to the subject.
"Inside job" (my term) seems to fit the bill, here . . . ?
This photo. from page 78 of "Wright in Hollywood" (Robert L Sweeney, 1994), might have served as an
illustration to the
piece -- if the bench shown is the "chair" reported in the piece ?
Sweeney, normally thorough in his reporting, does not mention a Schindler chair in connection with the
house; however, Schindler is said to have furnished two Freeman bedrooms in 1928.
Perhaps Schindler provided chairs to go with his dining table ?
The photo is credited to USC by Sweeney:
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Inside job? Why wouldn't the first theft be reported?
By weird coincidence, if google searches would lead one to be a suspect I would be on it. I've been researching Schindler and Wright tables for inspiration for the dining table we are designing.
Last Friday I had someone knock on the door mid afternoon on a freezing day, something that never happens. The person was not dressed for the weather, I brought him inside and he turned out be the owner of a Schindler House in LA who was in town to interview a possible presidential candidate. Although I was familiar with Schindler, I never spent much time researching his work. The polar vortex and following heavy snow had me homebound providing the perfect opportunity to research.
In research, I learned that Schindler designed a cubist floor lamp in 1926 (Lovell Health House). Was this several years before the Wright cubist lamp? Schindler'a sofa and sling chair are incredible. Enjoyed looking at his work and reading about the relationship between Schindler and Wright.
Anyway, the owner was a very nice guy and just published a book on his property, The Walker House, for those interested:
(our table is still in design. We have 8 (DCW) Eames chairs that we've had for many years for seating if anyone has any suggestions)
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Thanks, Mod mom. The Schindler Lovell residence is the beach house; the Lovell Health House is Neutra's. I'll look for images of Schindler light fixtures, which are particular favorites of mine, too . . .
For the USC theft not to be reported might suggest that the cover-up came from the source, and/or from the abettor(s), of the crime ?
Here is the entirety of Sweeney's discussion, in "Wright in Hollywood," of Schindler's interior work at Freemen, pp 76, 78, 79:
And here are four interior views of the house; I am not able to immediately date these photos, other than to say that the first two are from "In the Nature of Materials," 1941.
In the first and fourth photos we see what I now realize are cantilevered side chairs which are Schindler's:
. . .
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Which Wright cubist lamp are you referring to? The Schindler floor lamp can be seen in several Wright houses, including the reproduction at Jacobs 1.
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I have to agree with one letter writer after the article...that this house should have been sold to a private party who would have restored it. Look at the state of the other block houses in private hands...and now look at Freeman. Granted Freeman may have more problems than the others in terms of foundation, but a private owner like a Joel Silver would have done a better job in caring for this house.
Perhaps the best thing for the house now is to dismantle it...sell off all those blocks for $5000 each (as one apparently earned at auction)...and use the money to start rebuilding the structure with a better foundation and materials.
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Would a reproduction of a Wright house
on its original site
be a unique phenomenon ?
Here's a shot of the Wolfe house of Schindler, showing a floor lamp that appears elsewhere in the work, including a reproduction seen in photos of the restored How house:
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Here we can see reproductions of the tall Taliesin lamp and the Schindler lamp, neither of which are original to Jacobs 1:
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My bad, SDR. The lamp is in the Lovell Beach House.
Andrew Romano (owner of Schindler's Walker house 1922-26)) posted a lovely interior of Schindler's Lovell Beach House which shows 2 cubist lamps, one that is either resting on a book shelf or mounted on the wall below clerestory windows and the other on the floor near the window next to 2 Eames molded plywood chairs. I asked and Andrew told me the lamps were from 1926. I haven't seen the photo in my searches and he noted it was difficult to get into the house.
He also noted that there is a documentary by @valentina.vision and a TV show by Josh Gorrell in the works.
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Photo taken at the How house; credit Michael La Fetra:
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Not that lamp. Both (2 different lamps in the Lovell BeachHouse) are much more similar to the Wright cubist floor lamp I believe known as Taliesin2.
I don't know how to share it but found this older photo of it:
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Thanks, Mm. Where did Mr Romano post his photo ?
There is an early photo of the Walker dining room on this page; it can be enlarged:
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Oh -- you're talking about the stacked lamp at Lovell ?
Pretty cool, isn't it . . . !
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Andrew posted it on his instragram: andrew_romano
He credits the photo to someone else but unfortunately my wifi is buggy and I can't access it. Interesting person to follow.
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Loving Malcolm, this morning on my porch I thought, what small thing could I do today to honor his birthday...the first thing that came to me was smile...I think of all my heroes/sheroes, he's got the most easeful and brilliant smile...his smile was my first invitation to really deeply listen to him...especially as a counterpoint to my father's rageful scowls regarding race matters.
I'm starting this post too late in the evening to effectively connect the music part of this sacred jazz journey I'm on with Malcolm's radiance, but on the interfaith side...I wanted to share this short passage from a speech Malcolm gave at Corn Hill Methodist Church in Rochester, New York 5 days before his assassination. "To straighten out my own position...I'm a Muslim...I believe in God, the Supreme Being, the creator of the universe...I believe in one God, and I believe that that God had one religion, has one religion, always will have one religion. And that that God taught all of the prophets the same religion, so there is no arguement about who was greater or who was better: Moses, Jesus, Muhammad, or some of the others. All of them were prophets who came from one God. They had one doctrine, and that doctrine was designed to give clarification of humanity, so that all of humanity would see that it was one and have some kind of brotherhood that would be practiced here on this earth. I believe in that.""Smiling is very important. If we are not able to smile, then the world will not have peace....Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy." Thich Nhat Hanh
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"So That All of Humanity could see that it was One" Birthday Smiles for Brother Malcolm
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AV Design Helps Visitors Relive the Rich History of New York
The New-York Historical Society Museum & Library, which explores the political, cultural and social history of New York, underwent a three-year, $70-million renovation that now features a new 3,400-square-foot space. Electrosonic designed and supplied the audio, video and control systems for the renovation of the city's oldest museum. Platt Byard Dovell White Architects and Lee H. Skolnick Architecture + Design Partnership were the design team on the project.
The Robert H. and Clarice Smith New York Gallery of American History forms the new Great Hall. Built by DCL in Boston, digital signage at the theater entrance provides visitors with information about the museum's offerings. With the help of AV consultant TAD, Electrosonic designed a system of signage software and players, which Unified Field used to craft content.
Near the admissions desk, an interactive 'living painting' by Small Design Firm is displayed on a 2x5 videowall made up of ten narrow-mullion 55-inch monitors. The painting on the videowall initially appears static, but a computer application running in the background makes the painting come alive as visitors step into the range of the integrated motion detector.
The New York Rising exhibit uses five rotating display housings containing portrait oriented 46-inch touchscreens. When a visitor rotates one of the touchscreen cases, the images on the touchscreen pan with it, highlighting the artifacts on the wall directly in line with the display.
Adjacent to the Smith Gallery is the 420-seat Robert H. Smith Auditorium, a multi-purpose space for presentations and performances in the evenings, and an 18-minute multi-screen media experience titled "New York Story" during the day. The presentation features a three-projector system and begins on four 6-foot wide screens that expand to ten as the tale unfolds. For the finale, the screens lift up to reveal a 72-foot wide backscreen. The stage machinery was by PDO and LA Propoint. Electrosonic designed the projection system to cover the three screen planes.
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Kids experience their own history at the DiMenna Children's History Museum, the first ever museum devoted to children's history, designed by Lee H. Skolnick and fabricated by Explus, Superior Exhibits, Murphy Catton and DCI.
Electrosonic's design consulting team provided design services for the auditorium and portions of the Great Hall and Dexter Hall. Working with Donna Lawrence Productions, the team created two full-scale mock ups of a theater section to test the design of the multi-screen projection.
The design consulting team also devised an innovative solution for the auditorium's sound system. Since the main screen had limited space behind it for speakers, Electrosonic hid the speakers in the apron and ceiling of the stage, giving the illusion that sound is coming from the center of the screen. The design consulting team continued its audio role post-installation, supporting Donna Lawrence Productions with the final audio mix on site.


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Taking Back Baltimore
Schools closed. Major League Baseball shut down. Troops enforced a citywide curfew. Baltimore was determined to quash any repeat of rioting that erupted after the funeral of Freddie Gray, who died after he sustained a spinal cord injury in police custody. Schools were to reopen today, but a sense of normalcy seemed far off. Other cities, including L.A., watch with anxiety.
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The mean streets of West Baltimore speak volumes. Away from the glorious redevelopment downtown are empty row houses, boarded-up doors, piles of trash. One bright spot: a fairly new CVS in an area bereft of stores. Now it is a wreck, burned by rioters. Take a stroll through the district that was the setting for "The Wire" -- and the source of rage shaking a city to its core.
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Gay-marriage activists hoping for a slam dunk in the Supreme Court found hesitation and divided justices. All eyes are on Anthony Kennedy, the probable deciding vote, who wondered aloud about altering a marriage norm that "has been with us for millennia." Read what other justices had to say and why Kennedy is key. Here's a look at earlier gay-rights rulings.
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As deaths in Nepal's earthquake neared 5,000, another number was alarming: at least 9,000 hurt, many with skull fractures, internal injuries, mangled limbs. Ill-equipped doctors in rough clinics make agonizing decisions about whom to help first. One says he has seen 450 die just on his shifts. The prime minister's pledge to be better prepared next time is little comfort now.
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As barometers of the West's drought go, few can top Lake Mead. The sprawling reservoir, which supplies water to California, Arizona and Nevada, is at its lowest level since it began backing up behind Hoover Dam in the 1930s. Read what water managers are predicting and how they plan to cope as the telltale "soap ring" along the lake's rim grows bigger by the day.
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10 Reasons, Why Tirthan Valley is best offbeat destination from Delhi?
(Watch Fishing Video at the end of this post)
Many of us have never heard of this place before, or if you are someone who loves to explore hidden destination, then you must know about this heaven. The name is not so popular amongst the top tourist destinations, infact it is not so popular in the unexplored destinations' list too. "Tirthan Valley" : I would say the best unexplored destination of Himachal Pradesh.
Most of us have visited Manali a number of times but all of us are fed up of those crowded roads, commercialisation on Mall Road and a lot of hustle bustle as it has become a very common tourist destination for North Indians.
Usually these days I have seen a trend that we always look for destinations where we can spend some time peacefully that is close to nature and away from these typical destinations. I may be wrong in my opinion but people I am surrounded with or me personally always opt for it. Tirthan Valley was also one of our choice to spend our long weekend with nature.
Let me tell you why we chosen it and why it could be a best offbeat destination from Delhi :
#1 The Perfect Riverside Getaway
Tirthan valley could be the best riverside destination which is still untouched by tourism commercialisation. The Tirthan River touches some of the greenest forests of Himalayas before meeting the Beas River near Larji. On your way you will see Beas river alongside the National Highway. Many quaint villages touches the picturesque banks of the river, some of the popular villages are Gushaini (8 kms from the Greater Himalayan National Park) and Nagini being the most preferred stay options and close to Banjar too.
#2 Beautiful Riverside Homestays
Unlike many other offbeat places, you will not find any luxury resorts there. Tirthan valley has a lot of good homestays. When we were planning our trip we searched a lot over internet and compared a lot of them on airbnb and tripadvisor, people have mentioned a lot of names like Raju's Guest House, Khem Bharti Homestays etc. Most of them are very beautiful and beside the river. We did some more research as we were looking for something which is little closer to nature. We chose Tirthan Himalayan Holidays. It was indeed a new homestay, but we enjoyed a lot there because of its great location & awesome hosts.
** There is a 1.5km off road trek to reach Tirthan Himalayan Homestay where you can't take your own vehicle. You have to park it in Gushaini.
#3 Hidden Waterfalls (Treasure of Nature)
Tirthan Valley is well known for its hidden waterfalls. One of them is just an uphill hike from the Rolla village and you will be experience a waterfall hidden in the forested valley. Sit & relax by the beautiful waterfall and breathe in the ambience of the natural surroundings. We were not able to take pictures there there as we were not carrying our cameras/phones when we went there. After that we cam down to Sai Ropa Village (its the place where our homestay was), grabbed a peaceful corner beside the Tirthan River and just enjoyed the nature.
#4 Gateway to many Himalayan Treks
Tirthan Valley & Great Himalayan National Park (GNHP) is a blessing in disguise for nature lovers. Beautiful lush green forests to blooming flowers and meandering streams, the place is also a gateway to various well laid out trek paths. Depending on ones capability and difficulty level, you have an option to choose from half day, full day, overnight or multiple day camping cum trekking. We were in touch with an awesome guy (Panki Sood) who himself lives in Tirthan and he planned our 1 day trekking trip. Unfortunately, we were not able to do that trekking with him due to some problems and less time. But he could really be a great trek organiser for you plus I am very sure that he can help you in feeling best out of best experience in Tirthan Valley.
#5 Mountains Kissing the Clouds
The idyllic views of Tirthan valley are dominated by huge cloud-kissing himalayan mountains, dense forests and sprawling alpine meadows. The valley is also one of the best bird watching destinations and a paradise for bird watchers in Himachal Pradesh. There are close to 200 bird species which can be found in Great Himalayan National Park and Tirthan Valley.
#6 Fishing in Tirthan Valley
Well, fortunately with the help of our hosts Mr. Chanderkant & his brother Ramakant we were able to catch a Fish….:) (Wow).
You really need a lot of patience and waiting time to catch a fish. Thanks to Ramakant who helped us in catching the first fish of our life and then ate it in the evening….LOL
#7 Camping under the Stars
As surreal as this may sound, sleeping in the open meadow on the shores of Tirthan River could be a life time experience and cant be described in words. Although we didn't spent the entire night in the camp, but we did experienced this bliss till late night. We did Bonfires, camping, grilling and music under the starlit sky without any kind of artificial resources and without any external disturbance. This place is indeed perfect for a well-deserved break from hectic city life.
#8 Great Himalayan National Park
If you are a wildlife and nature lover then also Tirthan Valley could be a great destination to plan. GHNP or Great Himalayan National Park was awarded UNESCO World Heritage Site status in 2014, in recognition of its outstanding significance for biodiversity conservation. The park protects over 1,000 plant species, including many medicinal herbs, 31 mammal species and 209 bird species, as well as amphibians, reptiles and insects. There is a very nominal entry fees to visit the park before sunset and you can enjoy the nature of your own. Unlike other National Parks, No Safaris are being operated here. You can do a walking safari yourself…. 😉
#9 Perfect Short Road Trip Destination
If you are still planning for Leh/Ladakh road trip but not able to make it due to lesser time and busy schedule, then this could be a shorter alternate to quench your thirst for sometime till you able to do the bigger ones. Tirthan Valley is approximately 12-15 hours drive from Delhi. If you start early or preferably at night, then you will be able to reach Tirthan by 12 or 1 PM. The road conditions till Mandi and then till Aut are very good. After that it becomes one way at some places but still drivable. Would suggest not to drive on hills in the night if you are a first time driver on hills, you may take 1 hour break before you enter Himachal & start uphill driving after sunrise.
#10 Mesmerising Meadows & Wooden Bridges
The tranquility and untouched natural beauty of many of the small and big meadows in Tirthan Valley and various places will unfailingly capture the heart of every visitor. One of the meadow was beside our homestay where we did our camping. Apart from meadows you will find very beautiful small and big wooden bridges at many places which local villagers use for river crossing. Trust me, after visiting Tirthan Valley you will fall in love with the virginity and beauty of this place.
How to Reach Tirthan Valley :
Delhi – Ambala (188 KM) – Chandigarh – Roopnagar (282 KM) – Kiratpur – Bilaspur (371 KM) – Mandi (440 KM) – Pandoh – Aut (481 KM) – Larji – Gushaini – Tirthan (511 KM)
Climate in Tirthan Valley :
Climate is really nice and pleasant with a temperature being less than 24 degree Celsius in summers and it goes below zero degree celsius in winters. Due to the flowing Tirthan River you will always feel the moist of it and lots of greenery add to that nice feeling.
Best Time to Visit Tirthan Valley :
Tirthan Valley is a very nice, quite, relaxed and pleasant place through out the year. The Best Season to visit Tirthan Valley is of course during "Spring Season". It gets Fully loaded with apple orchards and the beauty of Tirthan Valley gets ready to mesmerize any soul on earth.
In winters the place gets very cold, Also we heard it from many past experiences of many people that this valley will not disappoint you a bit from March to November and is considered the best time to visit Tirthan Valley if somehow you don't get a chance in Spring season.
The Trout fishing season also starts from March to October and to do Trout Fishing you need to take a daily license at Rs. 100 per person per fishing rod only.
So guys! get ready, go pack your back and hit the road to Tirthan Valley…..:)
Also, Feel free to ask/comment your questions/views in the comment section below anytime now or after your visit.


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Stratus V2 Gaming Controller - White
- Bluetooth Controller by SteelSeries in White for play on iOS devices such as smart-7 on home consoles
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Lassa Kaul
Director, Doordarshan
Date: February 13, 1990, Location: Srinagar
Kaul was allegedly killed by militants on his way home. The then Governor Jagmohan explained the murder on the grounds that Kaul had incurred the wrath of the "terrorists" by broadcasting programs, which the militants thought were "un-Islamic".
Mohammed Shaban Vakil
Editor, Al-Safa
Date: April 23, 1991. Location: Srinagar
In April 1991 some unidentified gunmen barged into the office of the Al-Safa newspaper and shot dead its editor Mohammed Shaban Vakil. The killing is still wrapped in mystery. Many believe his famous column Kadva Sach (The Bitter Truth) might have entailed his death.
Ghulam Muhammad Lone
August 29, 1994. Location: Kangan
Lone, a newspaper agent and freelancer who contributed to several publications was killed by a group of masked gunmen when they fired indiscriminately inside his house. Lone's eight-year-old son also died in the shootout. Police had said militants killed Lone but his family blames Army.
Mushtaq Ali
AFP and ANI
September 10, 1995. Location: Srinagar
Ali, a photographer for Agence France-Presse (AFP) and a camera operator for Asian News International, was killed when a 'parcel bomb' addressed to Yusuf Jameel, Srinagar Correspondent for the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) and Reuters, exploded in his hands on September 7. After three days he succumbed to his injuries.
Ghulam Rasool Sheikh
Editor Rehnuma-e-Kashmir and Saffron Times
April 10, 1996
Sheikh had written about increase in killings and arson incidents across his hometown, Pampore. Family members say a militia group backed by Indian security forces had kidnapped him March and later murdered him.
Altaf Ahmed Faktoo
January 1, 1997 Location: Srinagar
Faktoo was an anchor for the state owned Doordarshan television station in Srinagar. He was assassinated on January 1 by unidentified gunmen, who used a silencer gun to shoot him. He had received repeated threats. Faktoo had aired pro-government news reports that were critical of the separatist movement.
Saidan Shafi
March 16, 1997
Shafi was a reporter with "Kashmir File", a Doordarshan news program, and "Eyewitness", a five-minute fortnightly news capsule. He was fatally shot on March 16 in an ambush by two gunmen in Srinagar. His personal security guard also was killed in the attack. "Kashmir File" was critical of militant Kashmiri separatists in the state, and he told colleagues he had received threats from some people for what they said was his "biased" reporting.
Pradeep Bhatia
The Hindustan Times
August 10, 2000 Location: Srinagar
Bhatia, a photographer for Hindustan Times, was one of at least 12 people killed in a bomb attack on Indian paramilitary troops in Srinagar. The militant group Hiz-ul-Mujahideen claimed responsibility for the attack. However, the spokesman of the outfit Salim Hashmi was quoted in the August 11 edition of The Hindustan Times as saying, "We are deeply grieved over the death of a press photographer and injuries to some journalists."
Parvaiz Mohammed Sultan
News and Feature Alliance
January 31, 2003. Location: Srinagar
Sultan, editor of the independent newswire service News and Feature Alliance (NAFA), a local news gathering agency, was shot dead by an unidentified gunman. Associated Press (AP) reported the killer used a pistol with a silencer. Sultan, 36, had worked for several local Urdu language dailies during his career. In addition to running NAFA, he contributed investigative stories and columns to the Urdu-language newspaper Chattan, one of the oldest newspapers in Kashmir. Police blamed the murder on militant groups but have not yet conducted a thorough investigation. No group claimed responsibility for Sultan's murder, and many of the leading militant organizations, including Hizb-ul-Mujahideen as also All Parties Hurriyat Conference condemned the murder.
Ashok Sodhi
Daily Excelsior
May 11, 2008. Location: Samba
Sodhi, a senior photographer with the Jammu based English language Daily Excelsior was killed in crossfire in Samba, close to the border with Pakistan. Suspected militants holding several hostages exchanged fire with security forces. Three militants, one soldier, and three other civilians were killed in the battle, which lasted several hours.
Javed Ahmed Mir
Channel 9 (a local cable channel)
August 13, 2008. Location: Srinagar
Security forces shot and killed Mir while he was covering protests during the resurrected Azadi campaign that started over Amarnath shirne land transfer in June. The cameraman, who had two other jobs to support his wife and three children, was called from a wedding to cover a growing protest rally on a main road in Srinagar, and was shot in the head while waiting for equipment to arrive from the news channel.
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|IBM Expands Green Horizons Initiative Globally To Address Pressing Environmental and Pollution Challenges
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Dalmatian cuisine
Traditional, old Dalmatian cuisine. The local raw materials, culinary specialties and procedures, as well as simple dishes such as Kamenice (oysters) – delicacy, sea shells, which it raw and have aphrodisiac effects
Ligne the heat, artichokes in oil, octopus with potatoes, marinated eel and many other recipes in this category Recipes
Fish and seafood
Octopus, sardines, squid, cuttlefish, fish ropušniceústřice, mussels, crabs. Guaranteed to purchase fresh local fish market, order the seafood specialty restaurant, or the fish themselves ugrilujete on the terrace of your apartment.
Olive oil, vinegar
Vela pods olive oil purchased in local stores selling wine and oil, suitable gift from Dalmatia. You can taste and buy local wine vinegar. Its flavor is excellent.
Fruits and vegetables
Tangerines, oranges, figs, grapes, blitva, Rogac, lemons, mushrooms. All purchased at the market, figs, lemons and other fruit grows wild around. On the walk you taste yourself


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Why Solving A Problem Is Stressful, When We Are Actually Problem Solver
Summary – An important factor to solving problem that we often forget
I think I found out why we are so stressed when handling major problem. 🙂
Ok, I'm sure most of us are good problem solver. We handle problems on a daily basis, from as big as how to live our life to as small as to how to kill time while waiting for a tv show to start. We knew almost every trick on how to manage stress. And had had lots of experience handling it.
But still, why when we were faced with a problem, those major ones like debt, bad in-laws or evil boss, we often stressed out when we cannot solve the problem as fast as we can. I think I know why…
I really believe that one of the contributing factors is due to the television we watch. First of all, I'm not saying that television is bad and must be banned for the sake of humanity :). This is just an opinion.
Almost all television series especially sitcoms will show the problem faced by the husband and wife, or parents and children. Most importantly, it also shows how the problem is solved within the 20 minutes show. Maybe, just maybe.. we are actually influenced by this, and we expect all our problems to be solved in the shortest time, hours top. We are now lacking one of the key ingredient to problem solving, which is patient.When parents faced their rebellious children, they expect the children to be obedient almost instantly. They have no patient what so ever to slowly advice the children. They expect results immediately. We all know, for those rebellion type, the harder we go against them, the harder they will rebel.
When a husband found out that his wife is seeing another man, he immediately scolded her, and those stupid ones may even resolve to divorce. Simply because we lack the patience. In Islam there are ways to resolve marriage associated conflict, advising, sleep separately, third party etc.
These two examples show how patience is sometimes needed in solving problems. There are other situation that may need prompt action, but that would be discuss in another time.
Maybe that's why we can see the older generation is more patient than ours. Hm..
Conclusion – life is not a show on a television. Some problems need time and patience to be resolved.
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Ramadhan is a very good tools to recover back the patience quality we may have forget. Be patient to break the fast, Be patient when somebody flame you, Be patient when you know there's nothing more you can do.
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50th birthday jokes really help get the party started. Laughter is the best medicine they say - and I agree. What better way to celebrate than having a good-natured laugh with some 50th birthday jokes! If you'd like to "roast" your friend or loved one, there are some good roasting jokes on this page.
These are jokes I've collected over the years. Some of them, I made up just for you to use at your 50th birthday celebration. Please don't post them on other sites! Thanks very much.
Tip #1: Always tether your glasses to your person. Without them you won't be able to find your dentures!
Tip #2: Keep a journal or diary. It will help you remember what you did yesterday.
Tip #3: Take advantage of your age! Complain about your health and talk your kids into doing all your chores.
Tip #4: Science has finally made it possible for a 50-year-old to look as young as a teenager - with a simple head transplant!
Tip #5: Buy an iPad, digital camera and an MP3 player. Although you won't know how to use them, you'll at least appear trendy.
Tip #6: Become friends with people much older than yourself - you'll feel so much younger.
Tip #7: Never attempt to pick up something you dropped, except under strict medical supervision.
A wonderful source of jokes about getting old: the late Joan Rivers. You can find tons of her material on YouTube.
Use her material for inspiration, rather than copying her jokes. Or just tell stories about her and the jokes.
There were three ladies talking about how they feel about being 50 years old.
The first lady said, "There are times I find myself with the milk jug in my hand, and the fridge door open, but I can't figure out if I was taking it out, putting it back, or pouring myself a glass."
Another lady replied, "Yes sometimes I'm at the foot of the stairs and I don't remember if I was going up or just came down."
The last friend chimed in, "Well, thankfully I don't have that yet. Knock on wood." As she knocked on the table, she looked around and said, "Oh, someone's at the door. I'll get it!"
The senior discount at Denny's is only a few years away!
When you can see it in your rear view mirror!
These are only a few of the many, many funny 50th birthday jokes you can tell at your party to get a great laugh.
You will even have the 50 year old laughing at them!
Could be a risk of a "laughter leak"!
Have you ever heard a great over the hill joke? Tell us your joke!


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Goldwise or us means URL Holdings Ltd a company licensed under the Second hand Dealer and Pawnbrokers Act 2004 trading under the name of Goldwise;
You or seller means you the person wishing to sell gold or otherwise transact with Goldwise.
Know your customer
Goldwise is required to verify the identity of any person selling items to us. A copy of one of the following must be supplied for identification purposes:
- Current NZ Driver Licence,
- Current NZ Passport, or
- Current HANZ 18+ Card.
We cannot accept any other form of identification.
You will need to provide a proof of address which is less than 3 months old by including in the courier package either a copy of:
- a recent power, gas or phone bill clearly showing your name and address, or
- a recent bank statement with your name and address
You agree that where we suspect any attempt to deal in any stolen goods including, but not limited to the items submitted to Goldwise, we may report any relevant information to the Police and appropriate agencies forthwith.
The seller warrants and agrees that
- They are at least 18 years of age and that the goods for sale are owned by the seller and no other party has any claims or charges (registered or unregistered) over the goods;
- The information contained in the sale and purchase agreement is true and the seller has the authority to enter into a sale and purchase agreement;
- Proof of ownership of any items can be provided if requested;
- On despatch of the agreed purchase price from Goldwise to the bank account advised by you, all ownership will pass directly to Goldwise. Goldwise will not be held liable for any loss if payment has been actioned to the bank account advised by you and Goldwise may at its discretion on sell, or otherwise dispose of, the goods. ;
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- The goods offer for sale are not from, or the result of, any illegal activity;
- Goldwise may hold the goods for a minimum of 14 days as required by the Second Hand Dealers Act and will be made available on request to the Police and any other relevant authorities;
- Goldwise may pass on personal information about the seller to related companies of Goldwise for marketing etc purposes; and
- Goldwise may remove any stones etc from jewellery (as Goldwise can only pay for gold based on its weight) and any such removed stones etc will not be returned to the seller. Please remove any stones or other non-gold items you wish to keep prior to sending goods to Goldwise.
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On receipt of courier packs we will:
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Goods will be valued by our specialists – an offer price will be communicated via email or in person for your acceptance. Any offer is good for 24 hours or as otherwise specified on the offer document. If you accept the offer, the funds will be transferred via overnight direct credit to your nominated bank account or if you prefer to visit our premises, cash payments can be arranged.
In some situations during the gold testing process (your goods will be assayed with acids and filings may be necessary) small marks may appear on the goods. The seller accepts this fact and that the goods may contain a mark or marks if returned unsold. If for whatever reason you do not accept our offer and decide not to sell to Goldwise, your goods will be returned to you via courier free of charge.
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You hereby acknowledge, understand and agree that we shall not be liable for any loss, damage in excess of the amount you are able to claim under our insurance terms and conditions and hereby waive any and all claims for additional damages resulting from the loss or destruction of your items.
By signing a Goldwise contract or by using any website of Goldwise you accept and agree to the terms and conditions listed above and the terms and conditions of our insurance (collectively our "Terms and Conditions"). We reserve the right to alter our Terms and Conditions, and revised Terms and Conditions can be viewed on our websites.
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You acknowledge that Goldwise has the right to correct any trading or administrative errors or omissions including but not limited to reversing or cancelling orders without your consent.


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Step 1
Decide on what type of management you would prefer for your business. An LLC can be made up of one or more owners called members. In some states, a member can be another LLC or other type of business entity. Members can designate one or more managers from amongst themselves to make decisions on behalf of the business, or can run the business themselves. Consequently, LLCs can be member-managed or manager-managed.
Step 2
Identify and make a list of potential partners for an LP if you do not want the membership structure of an LLC. LPs are made up of two or more individuals who share ownership of one company. There are two types of owners in an LP. A general partner manages the company. A limited partner has little or no management responsibility.
Step 3
Create a list of the registration fees and types of documents required to start an LLC and LP in your state. Business.gov has a list of links to state corporate offices all over the nation. Each state site has a fee schedule and information on the documents required to start a business. Fees vary from state to state from less than $100 to as much as three or hundred dollars for a single document filing. Business.gov has a clickable map linking to state government business offices in all states, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands and Guam (see Resources).
Step 4
Create a sample operating agreement for an LLC and a partnership agreement for an LP. This may help you decide what type of structure is most appropriate for how you plan to run your company. Agreements for LLCs and LPs include information such as how profits are allocated, the rights of members or partners, how disagreements are resolved and ownership percentages. An agreement for LLCs and LPs may also dictate how ownership is transferred among members or partners. The Citizen Media Law Project at Harvard University provides samples of agreements for LLCs and LPs (see Resources).
Step 5
Create a list of the taxation options of LLCs and LPs. LLCs and LPs are taxed in different ways. LLCs have more taxation options than LPs. There is no federal tax classification for LLCs. Members choose to have the company taxed as a partnership or a sole proprietorship. In an LP, partners are taxed based on the share of each individual's income from the company. The Internal Revenue Services publishes guidelines on taxation options for LLCs and LPs (see Resources).
Step 6
Compare the liability characteristics of LLCs and LPs. In an LLC, members are protected from being personally liable for the debts and obligations of the company. In an LP, general partners are held liable for company obligations. The liability of limited partners is restricted to the extent of their contribution to the company.


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I'm sure everyone is aware that 2012 is a leap year. That is, 2012 has 366 days – 1 day more than the common 365 day year. Generally speaking, the extra day corrects for the fact that the earth takes a little longer than 365 days to circle the sun. Personally, I look at it as extra time to accomplish things on my Not-So-Bucket-List list. It's also an extra 24 hours where one can be awesome, or slack off, or spend time with friends, or do pretty much anything.
The point is, 2012 has 24 extra hours and they probably shouldn't be wasted doing things that aren't awesome. Of course, what I consider awesome and what you consider awesome might be vastly different. I don't consider spending quality time with a giant eight-legged-nasty awesome. Someone who spends their life studying such eight-legged-nasties might clearly disagree with me. Awesome really is in the eye of the beholder. But 2012 has 24 extra hours, so that means we each get 24 extra hours to do things that we find awesome.
With that in mind, I thought I would write a list of things that I want to try to accomplish this coming year – a list of things that I think will be awesome should I manage to complete them. To make things extra crazy, I thought I'd add a specific timeline to each of them. I'm not saying that I have to hold myself to these timelines, but I always work best when a due date is involved. Also, because I'm efficient, some of these items come from my Not-So-Bucket-List.
- Visit Matt in Ottawa (which makes 14 trips in 13 months – crazy!)
- Submit 2 papers to 2 different journals
- Start training for marathon #1 & #2 in May
- Start training for 160 km bike ride by end of year
- Start the push-up challenge
- Visit Rick in Calgary, and go ice-climbing (15 trips in 14 months – w00t)
- Start the pull-up challenge
- Run 30 km Around the Bay
- Paint the kitchen or bathroom (or both)
- Raise $1000 for the Big Brothers Big Sisters Bowlathon
- Submit 2 papers to 2 different journals
- Submit grant application to CFI
- Do the CN Tower Climb (for WWF) twice
- Run Toronto Marathon
- Run Ottawa Marathon
- Travel with Rob
- Attend & present at the Annual Meeting of the Statistical Society of Canada
- Teach Geo-spatial Epidemiology
- Visit Rick to go mountain climbing
- Start a 30 day challenge at yoga
- Bike 80 km
- Visit Rick to go mountain climbing
- Submit 2 papers to 2 different journals
- Unicorn run with Carolyn
- Travel to New York
- Bike 100 km
- Bike 120 km
- Paint the guest bedroom
- Run Toronto or Chicago Marathon
- Bike 160 km
- Learn to make dairy-free pumpkin pie
- Learn to make Goulash
- Learn to make coque-au-vin
- Submit 2 papers to 2 different journals
- Travel off continent for Christmas
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- Vacation Starts Now (consumedbywanderlust.wordpress.com)
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- New calendar developed which does away with leap years – Mirror.co.uk (mirror.co.uk)


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I am the guest designer for the swedish scrapbooking kit club called The green hyena during the month of March! I posted a sneak of what I have created with one of their Add On kits and thought I´d post a sneak here too.
The kit included a pack of Phrase Cards from Pebbles "Garden Party" and they had such spring like colors.
My other favorite were the neon colored wood veneer hearts!
I will be sharing the things I create during the month and ofcourse I will share them here aswell!


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Michael, aka Spaz, sang to her : "I've got two tickets to paradise,Won't you pack your bags, we'll leave tonight…"
They've never looked back. Happy Anniversary!
Some are meant to be together, no matter how long it took them to find each other!
Congratulations Jane' and Michael!
Foo Bar, Melbourne, Florida