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This past weekend, the NBA free agency period kicked off and there were a number of historic contracts given out.
Mike Conley, a point guard for the Memphis Grizzlies, signed the biggest contract in the history of the sport: a five-year, $153 million deal, making him only one of three players to sign a deal for more than $30 million per year.
The only other players to accomplish that feat are Kobe Bryant and Michael Jordan, as per Fox Sports.
A number of other huge contracts also made headlines.
Damian Lillard, point guard for the Portland Trailblazers, signed a contract extension for $120 million over the next five years. Another guard, DeMar DeRozan of the Toronto Raptors, signed a five-year $145 million deal.
Guards weren't the only ones cashing in on the $1.8 billion spending frenzy over the weekend. The New York Knicks signed veteran Joakim Noah to a four-year deal worth $70.2 million and Dwight Howard signed a three-year deal with the Atlanta Hawks for $70.5 million.
After seeing these huge dollar amounts thrown around, you're probably asking yourself, "How is this possible?"
Well, we're glad you asked, as there a few different reasons why this is happening.
First, players receive 51% of the NBA's basketball-related income, according to CBS Sports. As SB Nation points out, there is a total pot of $6 billion, so players are entitled to receive about $3 billion in compensation. They are also guaranteed to "get their share of basketball-related income guaranteed to them under the collective bargaining agreement."
Even though the NFL has a larger amount of revenue to share, about $6 billion of the total $13 billion, that leads into the next important point.
There are fewer players in the NBA than in the NFL.
There are 32 teams with 53 roster spots in the NFL, which adds up to a total of 1,696 players in the league at any given time. The NBA, by comparison, only has 450 players in total at any given time, thus creating a larger average salary per player. The NFL pays on average $3.5 million, while the NBA is at $6.7 million.
The average career for a NBA player (about five years) is also longer than someone in the NFL (about three years), due to the nature of the sport. Therefore, it is more likely that a player will play out his entire contract if they are destined to stay in the league for a longer amount of time.
On top of the smaller team sizes, NBA teams typically go over the soft salary cap of $94 million, which jumped $24 million this year and will go up another $20 million next summer. This is thanks in large part to a new television deal worth about $24 billion, as per the Palm Beach Post.
However, there is a cap on how much an individual player can make.
That means someone like LeBron James, who has over ten years in the league, could sign a deal that is worth 35% of the total cap, even though a team could offer him $50 million yearly salary. So, even though he may be worth that on the open market, teams aren't allowed to make that offer. Therefore, he can sign a deal that is worth $33 million per year and those extra dollars are now free to spend elsewhere.
It is rumored that Kevin Durant will sign a deal worth about $50 million over the next two years with his new team the Golden State Warriors, but he can only sign a deal worth 30% of the cap because he has only played 9 years in the league. That is why most experts agree that he will sign a deal with an opt-out clause after the first year and then sign a new deal.
As Tom Ziller points out, that percentage drops to 25% for "players signing their first contract after their rookie deal." There are some ways to sign for more money, if for example a player picks up a MVP Award. There are also any number of reasons a team may find a certain player valuable and they have to pay the new market value to retain or sign that player.
The Grizzlies have in Conley a top 10 point guard, who is solid defensively and can score 15 points per game while dishing out 6 assists. Simply put, if the Grizzlies didn't ante up and pay him, another team would have likely given him the same max deal, so they had to make him that offer or risk losing a very important player. Also, players like Noah fit a certain need for a team like the Knicks and can't risk not filling that slot.


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Our supplier being the largest processor and supplier of fats and oils to Australia takes a pro-active approach in addressing and responding to a wide range of consumer issues, including ecological and environmental concerns.
One such pro-active measure is membership and involvement in the Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil - a not-for-profit global association formally established under Article 60 of the Swiss Civil Code.
By taking a multi-stakeholder approach, the Roundtable provides a unique forum for the pragmatic co-operation, consideration and promotion of sustainable production and use of Palm oil.
Our supplier imports significant volumes of refined, bleached and de-odourised Palm Oil form Peninsula Malaysia. Our supplier sources and procures Palm Oil from well-established plantations, many of which would have been converted from existing rubber plantations over two decades ago. As such, there are no implications of present or planned rainforest destruction in these areas.
Our supplier has no contracts with plantations in Borneo or Sumatra for the supply of Palm Oil.
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text: Matchbox / Hotwheels Retros Aug 30, 2009 20:14:55 GMT Quote Select PostDeselect PostLink to PostMemberGive GiftBack to Top Post by bigalan on Aug 30, 2009 20:14:55 GMT Was wandering round Asda today and thought I'd check out some toys for my sons Christmas. As he's only 18 months (and my older two are girls) I have really paid much attention to the 'older' toys for boys.They had Matchbox and Hotwheels cars for a quid - I could have spent a fortune!!! Started off with an Ambulance and a Prius but then dug deeper and found a lot cooler stuff underneath:08 Ford F350 Ambulance08 Toyota Prius08 Dodge Charger Police Car (Sort of retro)08 Dodge Challenger (again retro-ish)70s Chevy VanVW Type 18168 Toyota LandcruiserPontiac GTO71 Oldsmobile Vista Cruiser (with dogs in boot!)64 Mini Cooper S68 Monaco Police CarGonna go back during week for another trawl for more Retros for me... eh I mean him! ;D


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Here you can browse the Minutes of Evidence which were ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 1 February 2011.
Rt Hon Margaret Hodge (Chair)
Amyas Morse, Comptroller and Auditor General, Robert
Prideaux, Director of Parliamentary Relations, David Finlay,
Director, and Marius Gallaher, Alternate Treasury Officer
of Accounts, were in attendance.
Witnesses: Martin Capstick, Director, Strategic
Roads and National Networks, Department for Transport, Graham
Dalton, Chief Executive, Highways Agency, and Ginny Clarke,
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Boys warm themselves over an impromptu fire at dusk near the abandoned Zoroastrian towers of silence in Yazd, Iran. Zoroastrians brought their dead to towers of silence to be eaten by birds before the practice was outlawed by the Iranian government. The bodies of the dead were considered unclean by Zoroastrians and so corpses were put atop the towers (often hilltops) so that the earth would not be polluted by the remains. Today Zoroastrians in the community are buried in a nearby cemetary, although placed so that the body does not touch the earth.
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Children, be careful. The next time you're out at the playground, be sure you don't get hit by an unmanned spy plane.Last week, according to UVOnline and local news reports, a military drone crashed into "Kid's World" -- a children's park near the airport in the city of Imphal, on India's eatern border."The plane was hovering around the area and suddenly came down crashing into the Kid's World," says UVOnline. "Luckily as the day was not a Sunday not many children were in the park."
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Everything feels like a déjà vu of the 2011 high-speed train wreck.
On Aug 16, four days after the devastating blast in the coastal city of Tianjin, local officials once again turned their daily press conference into a national spectacle, not for its brilliance, but for its jaw-dropping level of confusion. In front of live broadcasting cameras from all over the world, the city's chief propaganda official could not answer the basic question of "who's in charge of the emergence response?" In previous occasions, they had also dodged questions in utterly clumsy ways, such as abruptly walking out while journalists watched in disbelief.
The scene is reminiscent of the press conferences after two high-speed trains collided in Wenzhou four years ago. In the aftermath of the accident that killed 40 passengers, the nation was incensed by the arrogant and smart-ass comments from the spokesperson of the Railway Ministry. His notorious comment that "no matter whether you believe it, I believe", instantaneously became a joke on the internet.
But the two events resemble each other on a deeper level. The chaotic governmental response in the initial few days of the disaster, which dealt another heavy blow to the government's (remaining) credibility, betrays the fundamental lack of unity in the Chinese officialdom which often tries to project the image of a tightly clenched fist. And in both cases China's societal forces make use of that precious vacuum to pierce into the territory with determination. The impact of such small breakthroughs, after years of retreat, is yet to be seen.
From the authority's side, the difficulty with handling the Tianjin blast, as with the Wenzhou train wreck, lies with the structure under which the different administrative jurisdictions are organized. The accident happened in Tianjin, in a GEOGRAPHICAL sense. Administratively speaking, it happened within the bailiwick of the Tianjin Port Group, a state owned entity that falls under the "dual management" of both Tianjin and the Ministry of Transportation. And in that administrative enclave, the different regulatory responsibilities are divided like puzzle pieces among the Tianjin municipality, the Ministry and the Port Group. Fatefully, the permitting schemes relating to the storage of explosive chemicals and the fire department in charge of the port are run by the Port Group under an authorization from the Ministry, not by the municipality.
With the train accident, the Railway Ministry was ultimately responsible for what happened on the rail track, but since it also happened geographically in Wenzhou, Zhejiang province, it made the local authority unavoidably involved. The tension between the Railway Ministry and the Wenzhou local government flared up in the initial stage of the rescue work, when the latter disagreed with the plan to remove the car from the track before confirming that nobody was still alive inside it. It put the Railway Ministry, and the entire official communication effort on embarrassing defense mode for five days, until Premier Wen Jiabao came to the rescue.
Official communication after the Tianjin blast was even more disastrous. An evaluation conducted by a think tank affiliated with the People's Daily accused the six post-blast press conferences as "producing secondary communicational difficulties", a sophisticated way of saying "they did more damage than good." Instead of dispersing doubts, officials actually created more of it by acting completely clueless in front of the press. Censor did not help either: "Cutting the broadcasting is only counter-productive in this era of smart phones."
While some were quick to ridicule the seemingly incompetent bureaucrats, others offered an alternative explanation: these officials, who invariably came from the municipal government, were meticulously following a clear bureaucratic logic. They did not want to second guess the intentions of their colleagues who were actually responsible for the incident. Neither did they want to cover somebody else's back. Unlike their Wenzhou counterparts who made that tension explicit for everyone to see, the Tianjin authority took a much more passive approach. The theory goes that it is likely they really did not know what was stored inside that warehouse and had no authority to decide who should be in charge of the rescue work.
The apparent lack of mandate and coordination from the government side had a more far-reaching side-effect: its complete loss of the ability to set the agenda. Yes, the self-valorization is still there, but it was quickly muted by waves of to-the-point questions. The aftermath of the blast saw the return of the 24-hour news cycles that the Chinese society had not seen for a while. They were propelled by social media platforms such as Weibo, which fed new raw materials into public attention on a real time basis. Yet it was ultimately the more market oriented media outlets that had been driving the evolution of the discussion and the news agenda. After the initial shock by the magnitude of the explosion, it was the media that quickly drew the public's attention toward the massive loss endured by the firemen who first responded to the accident. Southern Weekly's decisive Aug 13 exclusive interview with a survived fireman, who told the newspaper on record that they were not informed of the hydro-reactive nature of the chemicals in the warehouse, set the tone for an intensive round of public questioning of the authority's liability. The Paper rode on that tide and interviewed the fire department's spokesperson at the central government level, who incidentally revealed the fact that those first-responding firemen did not fall under the official fire-fighting system, but were "hired hands" employed by the port itself. Caixin immediately followed on that lead by digging out the exact three teams that first showed up at the site and were instantaneously devoured by the explosions. Yet their sacrifice had not been accounted in the official death toll released to the public. The bitter irony of "unequal death" has since then become a commanding mood of the Chinese internet.
The Southern Weekly-Paper-Caixin news relay was impressive, but it was just one thread that the Chinese media were persistently following through. Simultaneously, other bold outlets, including a new Shanghai-based digital platform called Jiemian.com, were trying to uncover possible corruption behind the string of green lights that the warehouse owner (supposedly a private company) managed to obtain before setting up a deadly time bomb in the vicinity of a densely populated area. Clues led journalists to the management and shareholders of the company, including Zhi Feng, its General Manager, who happened to share a very rare surname with a former vice mayor of Tianjin. This line of investigation culminated at the end of the Aug 14 press conference where officials had to exit the venue under the bombardment of one single question: "Who is Zhi Feng?"
Four years ago, the train tragedy defined Sina Weibo as the no.1 social media outlet that had the potential to replace traditional market-orientation media as China's agenda-setter. The Tianjin blast seems to have catalyzed the re-invention of the traditional media. The perfect storm of media inquiry this time excites a veteran observer into saluting his former colleagues: "In the past few days, most of the first-hand media coverage with added value all came from the familiar bloc of Beijing News, Southern Metropolis Daily, Southern Weekly, Caixin and iNewsweek. Despite the increasingly suffocating and difficult environment, you guys are still charging ahead. Stay safe!" It indeed looks like a renaissance for which those news organizations have been saving up. Almost overnight, they unveiled to the world the formidable arsenal they have accumulated: WeChat live broadcasting, 360 degree panorama photography, and HTML5 aggregation of information. All of a sudden, drones seemed to have become a standard piece of equipment in a journalist's backpack. And the images that they produced within hours of the incident stunned the world. Many of those news organizations probably have become substantially stronger after this battle: viewership of their materials on digital channels exploded, which almost certainly translates into a larger follower-base online.
A widely read blog by a young journalist who ventured into the core area of the explosion epitomizes this "charging ahead" spirit, showing that the "renaissance" likely goes beyond an instrumental level. Without even carrying a bottle of water, he sneaked into ground zero that was sealed off by the police and stayed in the war-zone for a full day to capture first-hand images of the event. These were heartbreaking documentations of the broken Chinese dreams. The most surreal pictures were the debris that was blown out of the apartment buildings: cash, a Teddy bear and a bouquet. "Everyone's life is like a pottery jar with lots of stuff in it. But it's too fragile. Shake it, and it's broken."
The metaphor is not new, nor is the sentiment. What's interesting is how naturally a journalist's eye-witness account of a blast scene turns into a sort of elegy for the vulnerability of middle class life. It is a resonance reinforced by almost every memorable mega-events in recent years, from the 2011 train wreck to the 2012 Beijing flooding to the Shanghai stampede earlier this year. The plight and insecurity of the Chinese urban middle class are part of what have fueled the pointed questioning and fearless investigation of the Chinese media. Just like what a survivor wrote after escaping from his expensive Vanke apartment building hundreds of meters away from the epicenter: "This high-end neighborhood is only two-hours of driving away from the Tiananmen Square. It's full of foreigners and multinational corporate executives. Yet only a few banging noises rendered it an empty war zone. Who can imagine that nearby this 'little Europe' something equivalent to a tactic nuclear weapon has been installed?"
The familiar motif prompted an influential Weibo commentator to pull out a four-year-old post written at the wake of the train accident on what he termed "corruption terrorism":
"At the early stage of corruption terrorism, the middle class does not have to worry too much. You are not the ones who work at coal mines or production lines. But when it further exacerbates, most of the population can't stay out of it, as you cannot avoid taking a train, driving a car or going across a bridge. Your apartment may have a quality problem, so is the food you buy from the supermarket. In its most advanced stage, even the privileged cannot escape from it."
It seems that after four full years, the country has arrived at the exact same spot. Just as his predecessor did after the Wenzhou train collision, Premier Li Keqiang's belated arrival at the blast site brought certain order to the post-disaster disorientation. And one of the first things he had to say publicly was the commitment to equal treatment of firemen who lost their lives in the mission, a direct response to an item high on the media agenda.
Some were pessimistic. To them, there is little sign that the iron curtain shielding the corrupt politician-business bond, which is probably the real culprit of the explosion in the first place, is letting loose even a little bit, despite "almost half of Beijing's best journalists concentrating their efforts on Tianjin." But for other observers, the mushroom cloud over Tianjin might have changed something permanently: "After Tianjin, the Chinese public's NYMBY ("not in my backyard") protests against industrial facilities will almost certainly become unstoppable." Be it a legacy or a spell, this sounds like the most plausible post-Tianjin scenario that the country needs to face. We may still be circling around our Ground Zero, but something is definitely growing out of it. At the moment, we can't tell if it's going to be beautiful or ugly.


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The other day in my daily commute I happened to catch a NYC novelty. Those of us that live in the city often see the various "acts" on subway platforms and trains. These "artists" range from singers, musicians, to break dancers, and the age groups range from adolescents to seniors. The level of talent at moments is so moving that I can't help but take a moment of pause and revel in their offerings & leave one of my own in their tip jar.
At these moments I begin to wonder what would happen if these individuals were given a chance? How far could they make it? Their ability to hold public forum and captivate an audience in transit & in the toughest city in America is remarkable. Let me play devil's advocate for a moment, what if these artists had the record deals, dance troops, & organized ensembles? Would our ticketed shows we pay for be any different? I'm just saying, it's something to think about.


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The dancing art is among the oldest, and thanks to those with the talent and desire to move in an artistic way, dance instructors stay busy. An intensive week-long learning session was underway in Castlegar.
There was so much interest last week that the Turning Pointe Dance Studio could not hold it all.
Giving it their best effort at Turning Pointe Studio and also at Castlegar United Church, 76 girls toiled under the watchful eyes of Renee Salsicciolo of Kootenay Danceworks Academy of Rossland, and Charlene Hart, an independent instructor who has performed with So You Think You Can Dance Canada.
There was something for everyone as ballet, jazz and hip hop styles were accommodated.
It was an especially warm and humid week and the effects were evident on the hardworking students.
Kudos to all for the energy and dedication in pursuit of their athletically artistic goals.


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More needed to reduce radon-related cancer
More than 35 years after studies first linked radon to lung cancer, researchers and public health officials are urging new legislation to prevent an estimated 3000 Canadians from dying every year after exposure to the radioactive gas.
Radon is the second-leading cause of lung cancer, after smoking, accounting for about 16% of lung cancer deaths annually, reports the Canadian Cancer Society.
Radon is a naturally occurring by-product of uranium that can seep into any building from the soil. Radon cannot be seen, tasted or smelled. The carcinogen may accumulate in any home — regardless of a region's geographic risk — particularly in basements and crawl spaces that have not been properly ventilated.
Radon levels in Hamilton schools not known, resident says
A Waterdown resident is urging the local school board and provincial government introduce mandatory testing in high risk areas for radon — the second leading cause of lung cancer among Canadians.
A colourless and odourless gas that is naturally produced by the breakdown of uranium in soil, radon can seep through a crack in a building's foundation.
Robert Graham has been in a two-year long battle with government officials to have testing done at school sites.
"I think the fear is if they test a few of the schools, especially the one-level schools, that if they found that they have high levels that everybody is going to panic," he said. "It's not to cause panic it's just to see are kids still going to schools that may have this radon leakage problem - you don't know unless you test."
A grandfather to four children, Graham said the Hamilton-Wentworth District School Board has so far been mum on whether it will test some of its facilities.
High Radon Levels Alarm Prince Edward Island Woman, Calls for Testing
Lynn Douglas's Hunter River home five times over acceptable radon limit
When Lynn Douglas's husband was diagnosed with lung cancer, it came about 30 years after he gave up smoking.
That led to the couple talking about testing their home near Hunter River for radon, which turned up in levels more than five times higher than Health Canada uses as a guideline.
Douglas's husband, Andrew Wells, died in October, about a month after his diagnosis and before the testing was done.
When Douglas got the results they caught her by surprise.
"I'm a fairly well informed person. It just wasn't on my radar," she said.
Radon is a naturally occurring radioactive gas produced by the decay of uranium and the amount present depends on an area's geology. The gas is odourless, colourless and tasteless so the only way to find it is through testing.
Radon Testing of Homes Urged
Health advocates are urging New Brunswickers to have their homes tested for a potentially dangerous and cancer-causing gas.
About 25 per cent of homes in the province have radon levels that exceed national guidelines, according to a two-year Health Canada study.
That's higher than anywhere else in the country, the study shows.
Radon exposure is the second-leading cause of lung cancer, after smoking, said Barb MacKinnon, of the New Brunswick Lung Association.
Radon, the Second Leading Cause of Lung Cancer After Smoking
ORONTO, Nov. 8, 2012 -- /CNW/ - It is a normal reaction to try and avoid danger when we see it. When faced with a hazardous object it is reasonable to stay away from it or, if possible, to remove it. When we smell smoke, we know to check for a fire and call for help. But what if the threat is not so easily detectable? What if it is present in our everyday lives and we cannot see it, smell it or taste it? This is exactly the kind of hazard that radioactive radon gas is. While undetectable by human senses, it presents a very real danger, in fact, it is the second leading cause of lung cancer after smoking.
Test Your Home for Radon During Lung Cancer Awareness Month - Radon Gas Identified as Second Leading Cause of Lung Cancer, After Smoking
TTAWA, NOV. 1, 2012 — /CNW/ - Recent research by Health Canada estimates that 16 per cent of lung cancer deaths among Canadians are attributable to indoor radon exposure, making radon gas the second leading cause of lung cancer after tobacco smoking. The good news is that it is easy to reduce the risk.
"November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month and an opportunity to raise awareness of this significant, but relatively unknown, health risk", said the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health. "Health Canada is encouraging all Canadians to conduct a simple test to measure radon levels in their home and to take steps to reduce exposure, if necessary."
Government Research Indicates More Deaths Linked to Radon Exposure than Previously Known
In April, Health Canada released new updated information about human exposure to radon. Research by the agency indicates hundreds of additional cases of lung cancer are caused by exposure to radon than previously believed from earlier research.
In response, Health Canada published a new informational pamphlet about radon. It reads, "Long-term exposure to high levels of radon in the home may increase the risk of developing lung cancer. For smokers, the combination of smoking and exposure to radon can significantly increase the risk of lung cancer. Radon exposure is linked to roughly 10% of lung cancers in Canada, and is the second leading cause of lung cancer after smoking." The agency goes on to state that the only way to know if radon is a problem in one's home is to have it tested.
Radon Gas Deadlier Than Thought: Radioactive Substance Causes 16% of Lung Cancer Cases, Health Canada Says
Radon seeping invisibly into some Canadian homes causes hundreds more lung-cancer deaths a year than previously thought, a Health Canada study based on a recent testing blitz has concluded.
The department has almost doubled the estimated risk posed by the radioactive gas, saying it likely accounts for 16% of lung cancer cases, up from the 10% estimate that had been accepted for decades.
About 3,200 Canadians a year likely die because of exposure to radon, produced naturally when uranium in the soil degrades, say the study authors. Efforts to reduce radon levels need to be stepped up, they urge in a paper appearing in the journal Radiation Protection Dosimetry.
Students Safe Despite Elevated Radon Levels: Health Officer
Despite elevated radon levels, Souris Consolidated School is safe for staff and students, says the province's chief health officer.
Dr. Heather Morrison said radon only causes health effects after high levels of exposure over a long period of time.
"If there's one key message, that would be it," she said.
Recent test results showed levels of 588 becquerels per cubic metre and 386 becquerels per cubic metre in two rooms at the school.
Health Canada's guideline sets the acceptable level at 200 becquerels per cubic
Morrison said she made recommendations to the Education Department and the Eastern School District to have work done right away to reduce the radon levels.
She also said radon is much less of an issue in the summer than it is in the winter, in part because there are more windows open in the building to help air circulate.
"That's why also the risk for students


text: Loretta Lynn remains in good condition in a hospital near her home in Hurricane Mills, Tenn. The Country Music Hall of Fame member was admitted Tuesday (March 20). "She is being treated for pneumonia in the right lung and as long as she continues to respond favorably to the medication, [doctors] expect a full and speedy recovery," Lynn's spokesperson said Friday morning (March 23). "However, they want to keep her under observation for at least the next 48 hours." The "coal miner's daughter" is said to be in good spirits and wants everyone to know she is getting excellent care. "She truly appreciates all the prayers and good wishes," her publicist said. Lynn's illness has forced her to cancel her scheduled appearance on the Grand Ole Opry tonight (March 24). Fans who wish to send get well cards and letters may send them to: Loretta Lynn, C/O Audium Records, 20 Academy Place, Nashville, TN, 37210.


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Q: What is the Listing Dashboard page?
A: The Listing Dashboard displays potential buyers for your listing and gives you the ability to contact their agents.
Q: How do I get to my Listing Dashboard?
A: If you have purchased a Listing Dashboard, there will be a button in the left sidebar labeled "Market 360". Click "Market 360", the click "My Listings" from the drop down menu.
Q: How do I purchase a Listing Dashboard?
A: If you have an active listing, you can purchase your Listing Dashboard by calling 650-397-6500 (ext 1).
Q: How do I contact agents through this tool?
A: To reach out to an agent with a potential buyer:
1: Click on MARKET 360 on the left hand side of your account, then click on MY LISTINGS from the drop down menu
2: When the page reloads click on the address of your property HIGHLIGHTED IN BLUE
3: The page will again reload and you will then need to locate and click on the tab labeled OUTREACH
4: You will then be taken to a screen that shows you a list of agents you can contact with matching buyers. To the left of each agents name will be a empty box. If you click on the boxes to the left of the agents name a BLUE check mark will appear and the to contact the agents click the BLUE CONTACT AGENTS
NOTE: Agents will only receive one email from you, even if they have more than one potential buyer.
Q: How will I know if the other agent opened my email?
A: In the RESPONSES tab, you will see the agents you have emailed as well as the responses they have sent you in regards to your initial email.
NOTE: When you contact other agents, they will receive a link that shows them all their clients who are potential matches for your listing.
Q: Can I call other agents?
A: You can click the phone icon next to each agent's name to reveal their phone number.
Q: How do stop receiving notifications about new potential buyers?
A: On the right side of the page, there is a checkbox for "Email me when there are new buyers." If you'd like to stop receiving such emails, simply uncheck the box.
Q: I have feedback or questions, who can I talk to?
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I grew up Catholic and every year we celebrated All Saints Day and All Souls Day. Or more accurately: we justified having big honking Halloween Celebrations because the days are all so close: October 31st, November 1st (All Saints) and November 2nd (All Souls). If you're not Catholic and you have no idea what I'm talking about, here's a quick summary from wikipedia.
All Souls' Day is a day of prayer for the dead, particularly but not exclusively one's relatives. In Western Christianity the annual celebration is now held on 2 November and is associated with All Saints' Day (1 November) and its vigil, Hallowe'en (31 October).[2] In the liturgical books of the western Catholic Church (theLatin Church) it is called The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed, and is celebrated annually on 2 November, even if this date falls on a Sunday.[3] In Anglicanism it is called Commemoration of All Faithful Departed and is an optional celebration.[4] In the Eastern Orthodox Church and the associated Eastern Catholic Churches, it is celebrated several times during the year and is not associated with the month of November.
Some believe that the origins of All Souls' Day in European folklore and folk belief are related to customs ofancestor veneration[15] practised worldwide, through events such as the Chinese Ghost Festival, the JapaneseBon Festival. The Roman custom was that of the Lemuria.
If you live in Texas, or grew up here, you'll recognize that these days also coincide with Dia de los Muertos aka Day of the Dead. Also from wiki:
The holiday focuses on gatherings of family and friends to pray for and remember friends and family members who have died. The celebration takes place on October 31, November 1 and November 2, in connection with the triduum of Allhallowtide: All Hallows' Eve, Hallowmas, and All Souls' Day.
To me, the fact that the Catholic holiday and the Mexican holiday fall on exactly the same days and celebrate just about the same thing isn't much of a coinkidink, though both traditions go back centuries from different parts of the world. If you do a minimal amount of digging around, you'll find that there are traditions of honoring the dead in just about any culture you can think of. Catholics, though, other than the requisite
Halloween All Souls Festivals have a special mass, you say some extra prayers, light some candles. Dia de los Muertos, however, is on a completely different level.
During the three-day period families usually clean and decorate graves;[4] most visit the cemeteries where their loved ones are buried and decorate their graves with ofrendas (altars)...Toys are brought for dead children (los angelitos, or "the little angels"), and bottles of tequila, mezcal or pulque or jars of atole for adults. Families will also offer trinkets or the deceased's favorite candies on the grave.Ofrendas are also put in homes, usually with foods such as candied pumpkin, pan de muerto ("bread of dead"), and sugar skulls and beverages such as atole. The ofrendas are left out in the homes as a welcoming gesture for the deceased.[4] . Pillows and blankets are left out so the deceased can rest after their long journey... these sometimes feature Christian cross, statues or pictures of the Blessed Virgin Mary, pictures of deceased relatives and other persons, scores of candles and an ofrenda. Traditionally, families spend some time around the altar, praying and telling anecdotes about the deceased.
So here I am: a recovering Catholic living in a state right next to Mexico and not only that, but my mom's birthday would have been today, November 1st. Our first without her. I'd like to say that attending a mass in her honor would be enough for me, but I'd be lying if I did. It occurred to me that spending some time putting together some things that she would like if her soul came to visit would be a nice way to remember her on this day. Now, I don't pretend to believe my mom's ghost is gonna show up on Saturday and sit down with me for a nice chat, but if she did... if She Did...
My "ofrenda" maybe doesn't look super authentic, but let's get real: If I had festooned this thing with papel picado and incense, Bonnie would have given me the side-eye. I also didn't use marigolds, which are pretty standard, but honestly, they don't smell all that great. I did make sure to put a few of her favorite things: white chocolate truffles and dark chocolate kisses, iced coffee, a long letter with pictures telling her what everyone in the family has been up to since she passed (so much! so, so much, it's amazing how much happens in 6mths, you don't realize til you have to share it with someone who didn't see it). Some of her favorite Barry Manilow songs on the ipod. And some things that remind me of her: a necklace she gave me, one of the crocheted ornaments my sister in law made for her that she decorated her Christmas tree with for eight straight years, photographs, and since it's her birthday, some cake.
It's fine if you think it's a little weird or a little hoo-doo-ey. It's not for you. It's for me. I think about and miss my mom every single day. She's been gone for almost 6 months and it hasn't even begun to hurt less. The only thing that changes is that I find different ways to deal with it that don't involve bursting into tears and making other people uncomfortable. And I gotta tell you, putting this together, remembering the little things she liked, thinking about what I'd like to tell her if her soul, for just one day, came back to visit... It was nice. And if you knew her, you'd know she would've liked that.


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Why Cheap Whiskey Is the Best Whiskey
When my old granddad was a just a wee teething baby, to his delight, his old granddad would swish some Old Grand-Dad around his ailing gums, just like my old granddad's old granddad's old granddad did before him. And just like my old granddad, I love a cheap whiskey like Old Grand-Dad.
Cheap whiskey -- basically any whiskey that can be bought in a fifth under $25 -- is more than just a budget alternative to the bougie, expensive, single-batch, artisanal, esteemed brands of that sweet brown firewater. Cheap whiskey is a drink of the people, a sentimental link to a rich history of booze-swillers, and a requisite rite of passage. Cheap whiskey is the best whiskey. To paraphrase Irish singer-songwriter who rose to fame in the late 1980s Sinead O'Connor, "Nothing compares 2 U, cheap whiskey."
A quick and efficient drink meant to be enjoyed by the people should be accessible to the people. Cheapness is a virtue. At least in this case. Its low price allows it to be drank in high volumes, with minimal care; there's no need to sip it over ice, or ration it. And it's also perfect for mixing. It just is. Fact: nobody has ever asked a bartender for a Pappy Van Winkle and Coke and lived to tell about it.
For just a few dollars, shots of cheap can fly, and the tumblers can flow like salmon in a cool Alaskan stream! Or something. The intrinsic value of well whiskey, the generic fallback for barkeeps the world over, is knowing exactly what you'll get when you order it, at any bar across the nation. It's the same reason people go to Starbucks on vacation: it's low risk, medium reward.
But I'm also on a first-name basis with the cheap stuff. It's Jim. It's Evan. It's Old Gran-Dad! They are my friends and family. They were there in college. They will be there at my wedding. There's statistically a 50% chance they'll be there at my divorce. And whether I like it or not, they'll likely be at my funeral, in the clammy hands of my cousin Jerry. They were there when my parents were young, too -- one of them may be the reason I exist in the first place (ew).
Cheap whiskey is nostalgia in a (sometimes plastic) bottle. When I turned 21 (and logically, took my first sip of alcohol), I didn't casually sip a single malt and reflect on its oaky flavor profile. I took shots of the cheapest whiskey my part-time job at Blockbuster could afford me. And then promptly lost my job at Blockbuster the next morning.
But it's not just a part of my history. It's part of the collective history of badasses. Frank Sinatra would basically only drink Jack Daniel's -- and he's been generally credited with putting JD on the map. Keith Richards pretty much spent the entire '70s with a bottle of Jack in his hands. And while Jack's kind of a bridge between the cheap and sorta cheap, for rich dudes who could probably afford swimming pools of Pappy, the fact that they basically lived on sub-$20 bottles of whiskey speaks volumes.
Otherworldly author Haruki Murakami once said, "Whiskey, like a beautiful woman, demands appreciation. You gaze first, then it's time to drink." And I'm like, pretty sure he was talking about Old Crow.
I have scars from cheap whiskey, both emotional and physical.
Even our founding fathers knew what was up when it came to the brown stuff. George Washington was the single biggest producer of whiskey in Revolutionary America! You know what else he was the single biggest producer of? "Freedom." If I am to believe that truck-stop place mat in Trenton, at least.
My experiences with cheap whiskey have been the most important, and (ironically) the most memorable. It's been responsible for some of the best nights of my life, and also some of the most regrettable mornings after -- but those mornings after were key to my growth from a rascally 21-year-old into a semi-mature, mid-to-late-20s-year-old. I have scars from cheap whiskey, both emotional and physical. That time I broke into a petting zoo and rode a llama would have never been possible without $2 shot night at the Loretto Pub and Grill. And, in turn, I would never have learned that llamas can spit over 20ft, without issue.
Yup, cheap whiskey is the best whiskey. Just like llamas are the best camelids. But, that's a different story.
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Woman claimed she was 'sleepwalking', not fleeing from police
A woman fell two storeys from her window amid a police check and then exclaimed when she was caught: "I wasn't trying to run from the police. I was sleepwalking!"
The Indonesian woman, said to be in her 30s, broke her right leg from the fall.
Petaling Jaya OCPD ACP Azmi Abu Kasim said: "We believe she was just trying to flee."
She was one of about 120 people arrested by police in Petaling Jaya, Selangor for drug and immigration offences on Tuesday night (Jul 22).
The woman claimed she was asleep and dreaming when she heard loud knocks and got frightened. She panicked, climbed out of her room window and fell to the ground below, The Star reported.
Malaysian police said the woman was found not to have proper documents and will be charged accordingly.
Source: The Star
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A wintery mix made the sky gray as I drove towards Paoli. In the midst of all the snow, I heard I could find a shop that would bring some color into the everlasting white that has enveloped the north for some time now.
When the winter overtakes, having yourself surrounded by flowers helps to keep a little spring and summer by your side, and I placed myself in that setting for a minute this past weekend.
Cottage Flowers is a little rustic oasis, and the owner Heather is just the sweetest thing. She kept the shop open a few extra hours for me on Saturday as I got to take a peek inside her world of flowers that she has created for herself. With antique book pages covering the walls and little knickknacks here and there, I felt like I had stepped into a scene from Alice In Wonderland.
10 years the shop has lived now, and Heather has used this as her home base, where she creates floral arrangements for special events and weddings. Inspired by our Wildflower Lookbook, I was eager to photograph this place when I heard about it.
Take a step into Cottage Flowers…
Thank you for letting us in, Heather!
If you live in the Philadelphia area and need a florist for a special occasion, be sure to stop in to Cottage Flowers!
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With the holiday season nearly upon us, people are preparing for the most festive time of year: shopping season! As a small business owner, remember to keep your customers in mind during this hectic period. Many shoppers rely on purchasing gift cards because they are easy to buy and easy to give. Below are some other reasons why offering gift cards can help your business.
Last Minute / Impulse Purchases
With stress being an overwhelming factor in many people's lives, shopping can be a daunting task. Undoubtedly, someone will always forget, or run out of time to purchase a gift on their list. A great remedy is for shoppers to purchase a gift card from the recipient's favorite store. Another advantage of gift cards is that they can make for great impulse buys. Hang the cards at eye level around the store or at your point of sale stations and they will prove a tempting purchase.
Extra Revenue
Gift cards can create extra revenue long after the holiday season has passed. When the gift card receiver is ready to cash in their gift, they may use the gift card to "upgrade" their purchase. Many customers end up spending more money than provided on the original gift card, which means higher than anticipated revenue for you!
Marketing Tool
Because gift cards are limited to your specific store, they can increase your customer base. A person receiving a gift card, who has never been a customer, must visit the store to make their purchase and thus, has the potential to return. Gift cards that reflect the store's image and branding can also help launch new marketing campaigns.
People like to get exactly what they want, and with so many choices it can be hard to purchase the perfect gift. Don't be left out in the cold this holiday season. Have custom gift cards printed and offer gift givers and receivers with what they really want, the gift of choice.


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Girls don't buy toys! This is the new and exciting new finding from A Cartoon Network Exec, as reported by Paul Dini (who has a strong track record writing women in comics) to Kevin Smith (who, uh, doesn't). Anyway, it's been doing the rounds on the internet. Apparently the people who produce superhero cartoons don't want to produce anything for a potential female audience, not because girls don't like superheroes (they do) But because girls don't buy toys.
This is news to me, as I suspect it's news to Disney, Mattel, Hasbro, and anyone who has ever hidden a plastic cake down their top after pretending to eat it, or has suffered the agony of Barbie's shoe hiding in their shoe, or who has seen the pink aisles in any toy store ever.
Maybe Cartoon Network execs cannot see the colour pink, and are thus unable to register the entire section of toys aimed at girls.
I suspect though – suspect – that they just haven't figured out how to market superheroes into toys for girls. And as I, as a big fan of superhero cartoons, have a vested interest in these cartoons selling their toys, and as a former and current buyer of girls' toys have some experience in the area, have decided to take it on myself to do Warner Bros' marketing execs' jobs for them.
Disclaimer: I am assuming in this section that girl-children do in fact, prefer to shop for toys marketed at them, but not that they intrinsically dislike superheroes. My sample size of one particular four year old feeds this assumption by asking me to read her Ame-Comi Girls but refusing to watch Batman "because it's for boys."
DEAR PEOPLE WHO MAKE TOYS BASED ON SUPERHERO CARTOONS: THESE IDEAS ARE FREE. Disney or WB, I don't mind who you are, just go forth, make and sell your toys in the Pink Section. All I ask is that you reward me with cartoons. A third season of Young Justice will do nicely.
(My regular readers may think that I'm generalizing in the following. That's okay. YOU know and *I* know that some girls do, in fact, like and play with superhero action figures, and that some girls don't. And some girls like make up and some girls don't. And some girls will never like superheroes, ever. But go with me here.)
It has been said plenty of times, and it deserves to be said again: If you own the rights to a universally recognised character who is a PRINCESS who wields the power of TRUTH and can TALK TO ANIMALS, and you are not milking in all the pocket money from all the little girls in the world, you are doing it wrong. Who cares if she's too 'tricky' to make a movie out of? That doesn't stop you marketing her for fully grown women, so why not stick your cartoon's name on some toys for girls?
- A plastic tiara with the star set in a fake gemstone
- gold colored skipping rope.
- Star-themed plastic jewellery
- actual honest-to-gosh swimming costume
- bangles
- Three-color body glitter. Everyone loves body glitter.
- lunch boxes, bags, T-shirts.. everything you already produce with Superman and Batman on? ADD WONDER WOMAN AND DOUBLE YOUR AUDIENCE.
(PS. Also Vixen needs to get out more. She is a SUPERMODEL who has ALL THE POWERS OF THE ANIMAL KINGDOM. She is little-girl wish fulfillment through and through.)
2. Secret Identity fashion dolls.
Superheroines were made to be dolls, seriously. They combine imaginative roleplay with multiple lives and changing fashions. So Black Canary Barbie in fishnets was too risque for some mums? Well then, here's your cue to listen to that other thing female fans have been telling you for decades: costumes need sorting out. In the meantime, package up the leggings-based Canary from Young Justice, give her a wig and a complete change of clothing, and market a florist shop playset separately. Do the same with Supergirl (student); Bumblebee (scientist); Wonder Girl (photographer); Flamebird (tennis pro) Wonder Woman (any job you want – Diana would rock at it.) And while you're at it, please recreate Barbara Gordon's completely reversible Batgirl costume.
Additionally, please find a way to make plastic change colors for a Ms Martian doll.
This doesn't have to be limited to superheroines! Ken dolls are marketed to girls, too. Do a Bruce Wayne/Batman, a Clark Kent/Superman and a Dick Grayson/Nightwing to go with. Add some non-super characters like Lois Lane, Renee Montoya, Maggie Sawyer to complete the line up. (Renee obviously can also come packaged as The Question if you want, but she doesn't have to be.)
And let's try to market the dolls at girls who play with dolls, not grown ups who can afford £50-100 for a single Barbie.
3. Roleplay weapons
Okay, so some parents don't want their children playing with toy weapons. That's perfectly acceptable, actually, but don't act like they can't be marketed to girls – go talk to Hasbro about how they're tapping into the Katniss market, and repackage some of your existing roleplay toys with a girl-friendly twist:
Bows and foam arrows: Purple for Hawkeye (not Hawkguy), green for Artemis
Foam projectiles: In bat shapes for Batgirl
Toy firearms: Black Widow
Bow staff/batons: Mockingbird
Purple swords: Psylocke
Girls love imaginative play! They love distress-and-rescue stories, they love dressing up and taking the roles themselves as much as they love acting things out with dolls. they love taking roles themselves while their dolls take on other roles. Just like boys do. The only difference is girls are more likely to play with toys-for-girls (e.g. "dolls") than toys-for-boys (e.g. "action figures"). So make the thing you're selling a toy-for-girls. Girls will buy a foam sword if it's pink and the package features a woman wielding it.
4. Up-dressing.
Cosplay and roleplay is one thing, and it's a market open to be tapped if you just stick Wonder Woman and Black Widow alongside Superman and Iron Man (one tip: Supergirl doesn't wear pink. Check your own canon). Let's take a moment though, and look at that other sort of dress up girls love to do: looking pretty and accessorizing. MAC did a number with their Wonder Woman line for women, but there is zero reason why you can't tone that down for proto-women. Girls love looking pretty. The aforementioned nearly-five year old loves jewellery and make up and having pretty hair.
And if you're thinking you can't do Superhero themed jewellery, I say: SHUT UP AND TAKE OUR MONEY. Apart from all the Wonder Woman stuff above:
- LANTERN CORPS RINGS. Not those bulky manly plastic ones you get on the counter in your LCS (though those as well), but delicate plastic-and-resin designs packaged with Aya and Star Sapphire and Saintwalker on the label. Jewellery that harnesses the power of emotions, folks. Why are you trying to sell this to boys?
- FLASH RINGS. Because rings.
- Crucifixes in purple packaging for Huntress. Hey, it worked for the Buffy toy people.
- Vixen's Amulet. It gives you the power of animals.
- Oracle earrings/ necklace. Okay I admit it, this one's just for me.
- Kryptonite necklaces. (Green plastic gems) Because there's always one who wants to be a supervillain
- Jubilee's earrings. Okay, that's probably a lawsuit with TfL waiting to happen, but it would be glorious!
- Facepaints. Harley Quinn, Mystique, Starfire, Raven. You've got a bunch of characters with really well designed faces. Market them.
- earrings and necklaces and rings of all your favorite symbols. You've GOT these symbols, profit from them!
- X-Man everything. EVERYTHING.
5. Crafts.
You know what else girls love? Crafts. Doing things. Making things. Being creative. I'm not even going to list them all. And you're working for a company that produces art in the visual medium. This shouldn't be hard. Grab some of that art and print it on things. It's like printing money, only legal.
- Shrinkits.
- Plaster of paris moulds.
- Stringing beads in your characters' colors.
- Coloring books
- Join the Dots
- A Poison Ivy gardening kit.
You're welcome, cartoon executives! I'm not even a toy person and I'll give you these ideas FOR FREE. But if you want these to sell, you're going to have to do something for me, and my niece, and for every girl whose money you want to take for yourself.
Make us stories with all those wonderful female characters you have.
Thank you.
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Participants: Daniel, Laurie, Ellis, Peleg, Tal, Jon
Back in the group for the first time in a few weeks. The games are currently held at Laurie and Daniel's house, so that they don't need to get a babysitter.
Finca: This game was set up and being explained as I arrived. Tal's eyes were glazed over, so I took her place. Daniel and Laurie played as a team.
Like the first time I played it, the game feels pastoral and mathematical, despite the pretty board and nice wooden fruit bits over which Laurie sat adoring. I don't mind it - not very high praise, but not damning either - and the calculations aren't that great, unless you want to start calculating what each of your opponents plans to do, which you really should but which I couldn't be bothered. As a result, I lost out on my final delivery.
Daniel and Laurie played slowly, but they also won by over 20 points. I came in last (actually Peleg left mid-game).
Dominion: We played with cards from the base set only, and it wasn't an inspiring set: Moat, Workshop, Bureaucrat, Gardens, Remodel, Thief, Laboratory, Library, Mine, Witch.
Actually, a Thief/Workshop/Gardens combo might have done well. But note that there are no extra buys and only Laboratory gave an extra action, and that only one. I played with the most Labs, with Moats, Gardens, and Remodels. I won by some 6 points over second. Ellis did poorly; I think he needs to play it more.
Participants: Gili, Eitan, Jon, Estzer
My first play at the JSGC in quite some time, I just happened to have to be in Jerusalem on Wed evening. Knowing that Estzer cane from Hungary, I brought her a game that I received from someone while I was in Hungary but which contains no English instructions. I hope she will be able to translate the rules for me (BGG has been no help in this regard).
Detroit-Cleveland Grand Prix: I had played this at the Dallas games group on the night before my first BGG.con, and had been interested in picking it up ever since. It's rare to find a mid-weight strategy game that works well for up to six. It worked fine with four, too.
I read the rules briefly, but messed up a few of the rules, without any detriment to the game. For one thing, I allowed people to move cars in any order, rather than in the order listed on the card. This provided more, rather than less decision making, so I don't think it was a bad thing, but also made more cards more useful. I also allowed people to immediately play a movement card together with a switch card and had the switch card expire right before their next turn. Apparently this is a good thing, as none of us would have been willing to sacrifice a turn to play a switch card, otherwise.
I also had the last round give a double payout, bit Eitan (who was leading before the last round) objected to this after the fact, since it makes a lucky swing of events in the last round too punishing.
Our biggest objection to the game was that people whose car had already finished (and sometimes even those whose cars had not finished) had too much kingmaking power on the final results. In the case of players whose cars have all finished, I could solve this by having them play their cards randomly and the cars moved in the order on the card (which is how the game is supposed to be played). However, this doesn't address all kingmaking situations. It remains a flaw in the game, perhaps a small flaw if you go into the game accounting for this.
Otherwise, we all enjoyed the game experience, though I lost very badly. Gili won.
Hearts: I wanted to teach Team Hearts, but it turns out that Estzer hadn't even played Hearts, so it was enough for her to learn just the rules for the regular game. We played two hands; in the second hand we played with teams, but didn't use any particular passing conventions.


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The SAG-AFTRA Foundation is offering an introductory video editing class at our NYC Actors Center. This two hour class is for SAG-AFTRA members interested in learning how to edit narrative projects (e.g. short film, web series) using iMovie. In this class you will learn the basics of how the program works and some of the basic functions used in iMovie by editing a short scene. All materials will be provided in the class.
Please Note: This class is not an introduction on how to use a computer, so basic computer skills are needed. No exceptions.
- Working knowledge of Apple Macintosh Computers.
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When you are awake your mind is aware of everything that is going on around and in you. If it didn't you wouldn't be able to function in this multidimensional and chaotic setting called "world". Your mind is aware of all thoughts, bodily functions, emotions, feelings, and external stimuli but you may not necessarily be conscious of all these things.
Your mind is all-encompassing, capable of receiving and transmitting information automatically to and from your body's energy. You lock onto the information by becoming conscious of what is happening in the mind field. For example, you may be studying for an exam and not conscious of the fact that someone is behind you. Your mind knows the person is there but you are not conscious of it. And then you get an eerie feeling that someone is looking at you. Your consciousness has locked onto the mind's knowing that there is a person behind you. You look around and there he is.
Your consciousness may or may not be fully in your mind field while you are awake and navigating through the complex world. It all depends on your state of consciousness at the time. It takes practice to expand your consciousness to include more and more of the mind. The mind is fully awake and aware, in the moment at all times but your consciousness may be narrowly fixed on one object, not aware of what the mind is aware of.
The practice of mindfulness is the key to increasing consciousness. Being aware of your body and the environment, in the present moment, can expand your consciousness within the all encompassing mind field.
The purpose of this blog is to explore the aspects of pure awareness. What is pure awareness, what is it like to be in the state of pure awareness and what do people in the know have say about it? Anything else that might help piece together specifics about pure awareness is also welcome on this blog.
Saturday, January 19, 2013
Expand Your Consciousness
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Joining forces to set a world record
Shanghai, 9 April 2012 – With the help of cleaning specialist Karcher, the world's biggest cleaning crew today set a new Guinness record in Shanghai, China. More than 100 men, women and young people used walk-behind sweepers to clean a square at the Pudong New International Expo Center. The venue was chosen to coincide with the four-day China Clean cleaning show, which opened today at the Expo Center, attracting 200 exhibitors.
Karcher China employees first showed participants from several nations, including Shanghai Deputy Mayor Shen Jun, how to use the KM 70/20 C and KM 70/30 C sweepers, which sweep paths and courtyards easily and quickly. By way of comparison, with a broom you can sweep an area of 100 m2 in an hour. With the Karcher sweepers you can clean the same area in around six minutes. After a short practice run the official world record bid began at 9.20 a.m. in the presence of an adjudicator from the Guinness World Records Institution. The square was cleaned thoroughly lane by lane for two minutes and the record was achieved.
It was a third Guinness World Record for Karcher. In 1988 the company carried out the biggest-ever facade cleaning project on the Colonnades in St. Peter's Square in Rome, Italy. Last year, Karcher employees took part in the world's longest Segway parade in Berlin, Germany.
Karcher has 8,700 employees in 54 countries and 80 subsidiaries. The family-owned company, founded in 1935, manufactures cleaning equipment in Germany, China, Italy, Romania, the United States, Brazil and Mexico. Fifty thousand service points in all countries ensure that customer service is available all over the world. More than 600 engineers and technicians are engaged in designing new engineering solutions at the company's development centres. In 2011 Karcher earned its highest-ever annual sales revenue – EUR 1.7 billion – and sold the most items of equipment – 8.25 million – in the company's 77-year history.
Karcher has been represented by a sales company of its own in China since 2002. From its head office in Shanghai, over 130 employees supply the country with cleaning technology, cooperating with more than 300 trading partners to do so. Since 2004, Karcher has operated a production facility in Ningbo with a payroll of over 230 employees. The world market leader is currently constructing a new 27,000 m2 factory in Changshu that is scheduled to start production later this year.


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Sunday, 7 August 2011
Orange and Poppy Seed Waffles
I am sharing these with Relax and Surf Sundays hosted by Shibley Smiles and Simple Lives Thursday#55 hosted by gnowfglins and friends.
Serves 4
2 eggs, beaten
350ml/1½ cups milk
60ml/1/4 cup vegetable oil
1 teaspoon vanilla extract (optional)
Orange zest
3 - 4 tablespoons fresh orange juice
250g/2 cups plain flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
½ teaspoon bicarbonate of soda
Pinch of salt
1 - 1½ teaspoon black poppy seeds
In a bowl, mix the wet ingredients together. In another bowl, stir together the dry ingredients including the poppy seeds. Pour the wet ingredients into the dry and combine well. Add more milk if necessary. Cook according to your waffle maker instructions.
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This looks so delicious! Yummy!:-))ReplyDelete
Mmmmmm, lovely especially with all that fruit on top :)ReplyDelete
Yum yum um, sorry been AWOL a bit, finishing upnat uni. Read lots but not commented.ReplyDelete
As always delicious :)
I thought of you yesterday, I made a decent hm bruchetta for brekkie with windowsill tomatoes and basil (due to frozen north climate). Even took a pic, it was that tasty! Thank you for insiprin me to enjoy and think about my food.......
Thank you Moni.ReplyDelete
Thanks Jacqueline.
The homegrown berries on top were really delightful :)
Hi Orkneyflowers.ReplyDelete
Absolutely no need to apologise. I've been not so good either. Uni the past month must have been tough. I hope its all over for you for now.
You are so kind to me - Thank you. I haven't had a good bruscetta for ages, your I know would have been perfect.
They look so good! Love waffles!ReplyDelete
Absolutely fantastic...love ur presentation..ReplyDelete
Proud following u..:)
u r welcome in my space too..
Tasty Appetite
Thank you so much Mrs Bok.ReplyDelete
Thank you so much Jay.
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Its actually very light. I do hope you get to try them. Happy eating.
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7 Steps to a Highly Effective Mobile Strategy
Our research indicates a relatively small number of enterprises (less than 25 percent) have a specific mobile strategy in place. Most struggle with individual mobile projects or try to link mobility to a broader IT strategy. We believe this is not the best approach for most companies.
We believe that companies must focus on building out a mobile strategy that addresses the peculiarities inherent in mobile computing. The strategy leverages a number of uses across a variety of lines of businesses within the company so as to maximize the ROI (return on investment), standardize on architectures and platforms, and provide the most secure infrastructure available to eliminate (as much as is possible) extremely costly data loss and security breaches inherent in mobile business. Below we briefly present seven important steps companies should take to formulate an effective mobile strategy.
Defining risks— Before a realistic assessment of any mobile strategy can be put in place, companies must define evaluation criteria. Indeed, many companies look at technology and applications in isolation, without defining any potential risks to the organization: both risks if the project is undertaken and also if it is not.
Knowing the limits of technology— It is imperative that companies not only examine the abilities of any technology to provide needed functionality, but also to explore any limits of the chosen technology. Setting realistic expectations for any mobile technology, both to IT resources deploying the solution and to the ultimate users, is a necessary component of any successful mobile strategy.
Protecting data from loss— Companies must take concrete and immediate steps to assure protection of mobile corporate information assets. Security must be a multi-faceted approach and encompass a variety of techniques covering all areas of exposure.
Compliance in the mobile enterprise— There has been a virtual plethora of security breaches in the past 1-2 years. The move to mobility, with far more devices "free to roam wild," will cause a major upsurge in occurrences of data breaches, some of which may not even be discovered, or not discovered for a significant period of time. Companies must formulate a mobile security strategy, before the problem becomes overwhelming.
Getting the organization on-board— Formulating an effective mobile strategy within any organization requires bringing a representative portion of the entire population into the process. While IT may be the most appropriate to evaluate the technology, it is incumbent on the organization to get buy-in from a variety of groups involved in creating, supporting and deploying mobile solutions.
Measuring success— It is important from the outset to assess what "success" means in any mobile strategy. Too often, companies embark on a strategy that has no real measurement or follow up to see if the strategy was implemented successfully. Each company will have somewhat different metrics, but all companies should evaluate their mobile strategy based on pre-determined metrics to which all groups can agree.
Staying flexible and embracing change— Companies should not assume that once created, a mobile strategy is a fixed and/or finished product. Indeed, with the high rate of change in the marketplace (e.g., devices, connection types, applications), it is incumbent upon the organization to monitor and modify the policy on a regular basis.
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Remember that old sci-fi story, "A Pail of Air" by Fritz Leiber, where the Earth got stolen away from Sol by a dead star whizzing through, and the Earth's whole atmosphere snowed out of the sky? That's happening on Io, except on a daily basis.
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NASA has developed a concept for a nuclear submarine to explore Titan's methane lakes.
We can land men on the Moon, land rovers on Mars, and send probes off to the farthest reaches of the Solar System. Unfortunately, everything is very expensive, and we generally can't land multiple robots on distant celestial bodies, much less a single one. However, with the UK's space penetrator, we could inexpensively bombard a planet with sensors and instruments.
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Trace all your operators and devices movements inside the warehouse and understand your onsite flows.
Determine the optimal path for each motion operation inside your warehouse, having in account the guessed path and the warehouse organization.
Use the motion data as the main insight or correlated with other systems data (WMS) to analyze the performance of your operators in each action.
Detect improvements and get recommendations for better space distribution inside your facilities.
Set security alerts (i.e., movements in forbidden areas), detect network errors, etc.
Improve your process design by an in-depth knowledge of the products, volume, time, operators, and devices involved in each action or process.
Monitor movements of clients inside the hotel (when they leave, when are they back, which areas are they using, etc.).
Use your WiFi data to create security alerts (i.e., movements in forbidden areas), detect network errors, etc.
Detect hot areas in your hotel by time, day, season, etc. to optimize the service.
Analyze customer behavior based on the profile (origin, gender, age, type of stay, etc.).
Connect your motion intelligence with other business intelligence, reporting or analytics tools to widen your customer behavior knowledge.
Study the movements of your employees inside the hotel to detect operational efficiency improvements.
Boost your operational efficiency through in-depth knowledge of your warehouse movement flow.
Warehousing companies need to reduce costs to remain competitive, and every second lost in an unnecessary movement or on a wrong path has a significant impact on their operational excellence. Leveraging data captured by their current WiFi infrastructure allows them to enjoy motion intelligence and powerful movement insights at an affordable cost.t.
Understand how your clients move around inside the hotel.
Personalization and customer experience are top-of-mind for all c-level managers in the hospitality industry. So, gathering information about how guests move during their stay, without investing in costly hardware or infrastructure, opens a new world of opportunities for them.


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DAC > Verification Methods
Advanced Verification Methods:
So Many Possibilities, So Little Time
DAC Co-Located Event
June 14, 2010
Anaheim, CA
Significant improvements in verification effectiveness have been achieved through recent technology developments in the areas of formal verification, constrained-random simulation, high-level design/verification, and verification planning. In order to plan for methodology upgrades, designers and verification engineers need to understand what are the measurable results of the integration of these methods into real-world design flows.
The workshop will present a survey of recent verification solution advances and will bring insight into the effects these technologies are having on leading edge design projects. Measurable impact on quality, time-to-market, schedule, efficiency, and actual ROI will be analyzed. Participants will be able to hear from real customers about their verification problems and their experiences in the deployment of these technologies.
9:00-9:40 Introduction and Verification Challenges: Industry Keynote - Brian Bailey, BB Consulting
9:40-10:25 Customer Panel: What technologies / solutions are yielding the highest ROI?
- Laurent Arditi, ARM
- Jai Kumar, Intel
- Ali Habibi, nVidia
- Other invited: Sony, ST, Qualcomm, Broadcom, HP, …
10:25-10:40 Break
10:40-11:40 Formal Verification:
- Technology Provider Presentation
Title: Advances in Formal Verification and its Widespread Adoption as a Sign-off Tool
Presenter: Rajeev Ranjan, CTO - Jasper Design Automation
Abstract: Technological advances in formal verification have led to increased controllability and observability in the design and verification process. Jasper formal verification pushes the envelope on performance and capacity with new engines, algorithms, and distributed runs across multi-threaded machines and farms. Its application is not restricted to, and has gone above and beyond the typical verification use. Formal can now be used early in the design cycle by RTL designers to gain confidence and prove the functional correctness. The advanced technologies which enable early formal use for RTL developers are behavior indexing and a persistent database, to name a few.
- Customer Testimonial
Title: Formal Verification: So Many Applications
Presenter: Laurent Arditi, ARM France
Abstract: Thanks to recent improvements in the formal verification (FV) tools, this approach can now be recognized as a valuable complement to simulation-based validation. Traditional applications of FV are proofs of embedded or architectural properties. We will show how we have applied FV on the ARM CortexA9 processor in these areas, providing a fully automatic flow to maximize the number of exhaustive proofs as well as counter-examples, if any. But FV has many other applications. We will detail how it was a key methodology to answer other problems, mainly related to customer support requests.
- Customer Testimonial
Title:Verification nVidia addresses critical verification challenges with formal verification
Presenter:Ali Habibi, nVidia
Abstract:Formal verification has been in use and adopted at nVidia across a spectrum of
applications ranging from architectural modeling, RTL design and debug, block level
verification, protocol certification, design & IP re-use to post-silicon debug. Model checking
is one of the main techniques being used due to its high capacity proof engines and
ability to identify complex corner case bugs which are extremely difficult to catch in
11:40-12:30 Simulation / Testbench
- Technology Provider Presentation
Title: Advanced innovations in testbench technology
Presenter: Badri Gopalan, Principal Engineer, Synopsys
Abstract: As verification complexity increases, the need for modern verification technology such as constrained random testbench, coverage, and assertions has become imminent. Synopsys has historically pioneered these technologies which have enabled users experience consistently faster and more effective verification. Now with SystemVerilog testbenches and design code exceeding 10M+ lines, Two recent innovative technologies have significantly improved functional verification: Multicore processing, in the area of verification speed; and the second, Echo Testbench Coverage Convergence, in the area of verification automation. In addition new approaches in constraint solving have significantly improved testbench runtime and capabilities. In this session, these recent technology innovations are presented and described.
- Customer Testimonial
Title: VCS Echo Testbench Coverage Convergence Technology for Rapid Verification Closure
Presenter: Maruthy Vedam, Senior Staff Manager, Digital Design and Verification, Qualcomm Technologies
Abstract: Verification of today's complex digital designs forms 70% of design cycle, and as a result reducing verification time while maintaining or improving quality goals directly impacts time to market of any product. Creating coverage models, running tests and analyzing results while retaining seeds that provide good coverage are more or less manual, highly iterative, and very time consuming. VCS Echo testbench coverage convergence technology offers an automated way to address this challenge. In this presentation, the results and benefits of application of the VCS Echo technology to a recent project are shared.
12:30-13:20 Lunch
13:20-14:10 High-level Design and Verification
- Technology Provider Presentation
Title: Verification from the System-Level down to Implementation
Presenter: Mark Glasser, Mentor Graphics
- Customer Testimonial
Title: User Experience in High-Level Design and Verification
Presenter: Ashok Mehta, TSMC
14:10-15:00 Verification Planning
- Technology Provider Presentation
Title: Verification Planning Advances Using a Metric Driven Verification Closed Loop Process
Presenter: Michael Stellfox, Distinguished Engineer, Cadence Design Systems
Abstract: The recently announced Unified Verification Methodology (UVM) provides significant benefits to the industry to increase the productivity of verification teams. One of the key system verification aspects of UVM is its ability to span transaction level (TLM) and register transfer level (RTL) abstractions. Just handling the abstractions of TLM and RTL isn't enough to provide a comprehensive verification strategy. System level verification requires the consideration of software, and hardware/software interfaces. Since the scope of the system to RTL verification problem is so broad, a systematic approach is needed for verification planning and tracking metrics that measure progress to manage successful project completion. This talk will cover the requirements and highlight solutions available today for addressing this industry challenge.
- Customer Testimonial
Title: Verification Methodology and Productivity Gains using High Level Synthesis
Presenter: JC Yeh, Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) and Mike Stellfox, Cadence
Abstract: High level synthesis promises productivity and IP reusability gains. An additional productivity improvement opportunity is the throughput of functional verification. This talk presents our verification methodology for design verification with high level synthesis, and experimental results when using the Cadence solution.
15:00-17:00 Coffee Break + Demonstrations + Networking
- Cadence, Jasper Design Automation, Mentor Graphics, Synopsys
Click here to visit the DAC 2010 official website for more information and for conference registration.


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Sunday, January 12, 2014
Shamwari 4 has arrived in Aiken
After a marathon trip over from England, Shamwari has finally arrived in Aiken, SC. He looks in grand health and is enjoying the South Carolina sunshine here at Bridle Creek Farm in Aiken. After cruising around his paddock a couple of times he settled right down to eating grass, and I'm looking forward to getting him on track in the fitness program with my other four-star horses as soon as he's had a chance to catch up on some rest after traveling.
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Wednesday May 4, 2016
Mudhugauv (Music review), Malayalam – Rahul Raj
Halli sreehalli offers something different for Chinmayi; a sensuous and raucously jolly tune that she sings confidently, superbly supported by Rahul. The nadaswaram underscore and Chinmayi's vocalizations complete the package aptly. Rambo has Vijay Yesudas handling a cool 80s pop tune that features some funky Charlie's Angels theme allusions, with a smattering of Ilayaraja'ish phrases – Rahul layers the song with enough and more flamboyance, and this comes out even better in the violin version of the song. Thoominnal is the soundtrack's most conventional song, but wonderfully pleasant, in Haricharan's dependable singing. Mudhugauv is a short, captivating soundtrack from Rahul Raj.
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Google just informed me of this photograph of Kover watch no: 2570 on the Watch-wiki website http://watch-wiki.org/index.php?title=Datei:Kover_London_pocketwatch_movement.jpg
The mechanism looks very similar to my watch (no: 7629) but the outer case appears to be tortoiseshell, whereas mine is embossed (perhaps repoussé or chased) with a classical design showing two people.
Note to self: must take some decent photographs of my watch and publish them here.
A Google translation to English of the comment on Watch-wiki reads:
Kover, London, Work No. 2570, 50 mm, 99 gr., Circa 1759
Silver double-spindle housing pocket with tortoiseshell-over housing and decorative nail decoration
A silver double-cased verge pocket watch with tortoiseshell outer case and stud decoration
Image copyright: the auction house auctions Dr. H. Crott
Watch-wiki says elsewhere about Kover:
English clockmaker
Kover was active around 1720 to about 1760 in London. A watch movements in the Dennison Collection proven.
Here is the auction lot description which refers to Kover no: 2570. 1500-2000 EUR for the Kover watch and 7 others.
Notes to self:
Research the Dennison Collection (see 7 October 2011 post)
Look at the book: Watch & Clockmakers of the World; Author: Baillie, G. H.; ISBN 140679113X, Page 183 (see 6 October 2011 post)
Get hold of a copy of Collector's Encyclopedia of Pendant and Pocket Watches 1500-1950


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INDIANAPOLIS -- The Buffalo Bills have placed an unmistakable emphasis on preparing EJ Manuel for 2014 better than they did last year.
A major part of that, though, depends on Manuel staying off the trainer's table.
"He played last year and really didn't practice that much," Bills coach Doug Marrone said this morning at the NFL scouting combine. "If you think about all the players that played in the league, he probably practiced the least and played.
"For us, the priority, just like all the players, is to make sure that we keep him healthy. It's important for us, important for his development."
The Bills also have tripled up on Manuel's coaches As a rookie, Manuel worked with one coach, whose plate was too full. This was one of Marrone's biggest miscalculations.
Offensive coordinator Nathaniel Hackett also served as quarterbacks coach and, making in-game instruction even tougher, called plays from the press box for much of the season.
The Bills added former Detroit Lions quarterbacks coach Todd Downing and hired former San Francisco 49ers offensive coordinator and Baltimore Ravens receivers coach Jim Hostler to be a senior offensive assistant.
Marrone noted the Bills also could add a veteran quarterback to the roster through free agency. Manuel lacked an experienced voice last year, too. Last year's QB depth chart had one NFL start prior to 2013.
Nobody can criticize the Bills anymore for not giving Manuel enough support.
"We're excited about it," Marrone said, "because when he was in there, with the lack of time that we had, there were things that he did very well."
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For Immediate Release
Monday, June 5, 2017
Bob Philbin
Dump the Pump. Ride Public Transit Today.
(Harrisburg, PA) With continued fluctuation of gas prices, Capital Area Transit announced today that it will join with other public transportation systems nationwide to participate in celebrating the twelfth annual National Dump the Pump Day on Thursday, June 15. The slogan for this year's National Dump the Pump Day is "Dump the Pump. Ride Public Transit."
Sponsored by the American Public Transportation Association (APTA), the 2017 National Dump the Pump Day is a day that encourages people to ride public transportation instead of driving a car.
Started in June 2006 when gas prices were $3 per gallon, this national day emphasizes that public transportation is a convenient travel option that also helps people save money, reduces traffic congestion, and reduce carbon pollution in the air. According to the April APTA Transit Savings Report, individuals in a two-person household can save an average of more than $9,823 annually by downsizing to one car.
Additionally, public transportation is a cornerstone of local economies in urban, suburban, and rural communities. In fact, a public transportation helps to make a community economically prosperous and competitive. Every $1 invested in public transportation nationally generates approximately $4 in economic returns, powering community growth and revitalization.
Capital Area Transit was incorporated in 1973 when Cumberland County and Dauphin County Commissioners and the City of Harrisburg organized CAT to provide mass transit Fixed-Route and Paratransit shared-ride services, which today conveniently and safely transport more than 2 million riders a year in the thousand square mile capital region. Visit www.cattransit.com, follow CAT on Facebook or Twitter at @CATTransit, or call CAT's Public Information Office at 717-238-8304 for more information. "Where CAT Goes, Community Grows."
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Communicating through Transitions
You may have noticed my voice absent on TRB over the last several months. I've been navigating some serious career transitions, role transitions in our family, physical transitions (we're expecting a baby!), and just overall figuring out where my priorities are. Sadly, writing for myself has fallen right off the edge as I write and write and write. . . . . for school.
But all these transitions have given me a new appreciation for how important communication is in my own partnership and how important it can be in every relationship we have.
I've shared in the past that a lot of the communication Nateanite and I do is via text – we use Google Hangouts a whole lot! The professional transitions I've been experiencing have meant that I am less available for conversation during the work day and that has meant a transition in our communication. It's been hard! We are tired at the end of the day so hashing out changes in our childcare schedule, what we need to get done before the meeting with the mortgage broker (they try to kill you even before you've met face-to-face!), enrolling kids in pre-school, talking about unusual bills can turn into a minefield. It's not what we're going for, but exhaustion can turn easy things into very hard things.
The recognition that our exhaustion affects our communication has led me to open with statements like "I've had this on my mind and want to talk about it, but I'm really tired and feeling extra sensitive." That has helped a lot. Acknowledging that we're human and have shortcomings is an important reminder to have.
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At CEG we think about rental slightly differently, so we have split it in two camps - what we call Equipment Rental & Full Service Rental.
From either side of our business - you'll always receive high quality equipment, tested to the highest standards and competently delivered with a smile.
Are you looking to hire equipment on it's own, without any additional support?
Maybe you're a production company and you simply have a dry hire requirement. Within our Equipment Rental department we can provide kit rental at competitive prices, as well as organising transport and logistics for you.
Are you a Lighting Designer and need a rental company to assist you with your next project?
Our Full Service Rental department is here to help. We can work with you from project inception all the way through to execution, and then debrief. As well as this we can provide WYISWYG facilities, prep/pre-rig space and time to help you with your pre-production.