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This page was last modified on 08/12/2011
Note: This page is not for reporting defects and bugs. Those should be reported in the Novell Forums. Only limitations that are consequences of the nature of the phone should be reported here.
Device Summary
|Currently Supported for Novell Data Synchronizer?
|Approximate last test date:
|Ease of Setup
|Fully Supported
|Fully Supported
|Fully Supported
OS Requirements:
Setup Instructions
Basic instructions on getting your Mobility Pack running on your Nokia N97 device:
1. Make sure that your Mobility Pack server is up and running and you have the following information:
- Server address
- Port (if non-standard)
- Whether the server requires a secure connection or not
2. You will need to download a program called "RoadSync" before you can set up an account. Go online on the device and search for "roadsync download nokia n97". You can download a trial version for a limited time and then you must buy the full license. Download and install this program.
3. Click the little silver button next to the Green and Red buttons. Click on "Applications". Scroll down to "Roadsync" and open that application.
4. Once you get into Roadsync, select "Options", then click "Settings" and "Settings" again.
- If a notification pops up saying "Please wait. Sync in progress.", click the check mark. Then go back to "Options" and choose "Cancel Sync". Then trying going back into "Settings again. It should work this time.
5. Click on "Server Settings". You will now be prompted to enter some needed information - Enter your:
- username
- password
- server name
- domain
- use SSL
6. Once you have entered this information, navigate to the second tab on the current page. A warning will pop up saying that everything will be removed and re-downloaded during the next sync. This is ok, so click "Ok". This will save the settings for the sync.
7. Hit the "Back" button twice to get back to the main screen. Now click "Options" and then click "Sync".
8. Your N97 device should now start syncing all the items that you selected. Go to mail, calendar, or contacts to view the synced items.
- If a notification pops up saying "Website has sent an untrusted certificate. Accept anyway?". Choose "Options" then "Accept Permanently" then click "Yes".
SSL Considerations
How to configure your mobility server to use a self-signed cert for testing purposes
Working Features:
Device Limitations (not defects):
- Attempting to search by E-Mail address fails on this device. Running the latest version, to date, version 21.2.045 and this is a limitation of the Symbian S60 5th Edition OS.
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Other Notes
Please do not use this wiki to report bugs or defects. Instead, use the Novell Data Synchronizer Mobility Pack Forum or contact Novell Technical Support.
Further Reading
Thanks to the contributors for this device information!Contributor 1, Contributor 2


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France stands united with its Belgian friends
Belgium/attacks - Communiqué issued by the Presidency of the Republic
Paris, 22 March 2016
The President of the French Republic expresses his full solidarity with the Belgian people.
He is in constant touch with the Belgian authorities to extend all the support that they may require in these tragic circumstances.
Through these attacks in Brussels, it is all of Europe that has been struck. Which demands that she take indispensable measures given the seriousness of the threat. France, which was herself attacked in January and November last year, will assume her full share in this. She will relentlessly pursue the fight against terrorism at the international and the domestic levels.
In these circumstances, the Government of France has decided to further reinforce its security arrangements, the border police and transport infrastructure.
The President of the French Republic conveys his heartfelt condolences to the victims' families and near and dear ones, and his warm friendship to Belgium.

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I'm sure more often than not, we just want to make it simple & natural with something cozy and put together, that doesn't look like we just hopped out of bed. On rainy days, that's exactly how I feel and if I could, I'd be out wearing a soft blanket and Uggs.
Although that may not be the ideal look, a cozy oversized sweater comes right on top, like this knit from H&M. This sweater is so, so soft and the oversized ribbed v-neck and sleeves makes this an easy one to cozy up to! It's quite lightweight and provides you with the right amount of warmth, which is a plus for cooler weather. I was taking these shots in 60 degree weather with light rain, and I couldn't be more comfortable.
You can wear this a number of ways .... off the shoulder, with your favorite bralette or with a laced tank. Lounging at home? Just throw on some flannel pj pants & a pair of cable knit socks and this makes the best lounge wear look ever! Scroll down for more of this look and other sweater recommendations!
Kept it natural with La Mer's Soft Fluid Foundation, Becca x Jaclyn Hill Champagne Coll. Palette & Mac's Liptensity Lipstick in Smoked Almond.
In H&M stores, soft blush, beige, and heather grey are available, but other colors are listed online.
H&M V Neck Sweater (here and here)
Madewell Vintage Bandana
Madewell Vintage Bandana
Nordstrom Street Level Handbag (Soldout, but another great option here)
Oversized sweaters are just one of those pieces that work for everyone and anyone! So grab yourself one and another for your bestie! Have a fantastic week and I can't wait to chat with you again soon!
Warmly ~


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- Employee Theft
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The Construction Practice Group at Hilb continually monitors the ever-changing construction and surety industries, and builds our clients' bonding relationships by matching the contractor's business plan with the risk appetite, target market, and individual characteristics of the surety. This means we constantly monitor trends in rates, work programs and capacity, carrier financial strength, and carrier commitment to the marketplace.
We maintain strong relationships with virtually all of the major national and regional underwriters to facilitate a surety relationship that is optimal for you. And we have solid connections with leading CPA firms, financial institutions, and law firms, to help you create the partnerships that are necessary to advance your business plan.
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Protect your home and its contents against flooding
Flood insurance protects your property from water damage to the structure and/or contents, coverage which ordinarily would be excluded from a traditional homeowners policy. Homes in a predetermined "flood zone" are required by mortgage lending companies to carry flood insurance. While flood insurance can be purchased through many different insurance companies and is offered through FEMA, a policy costs the same no matter which company it is purchased through.
Even renters should be protected against loss and liability
If you rent an apartment or dwelling, renters insurance is a package of property and liability coverage designed to protect physical damage losses that could occur to your owned contents. This type of policy also provides liability coverage for personal and premises exposures. Since many optional endorsements are available on a renters policy to add or increase coverage, contact a licensed Personal Lines professional at The Hilb Group to discuss what type of coverage best suits your needs.
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Your body is going through so many exciting changes as your baby grows inside of you. The changes experienced through pregnancy can put stress on your pelvis, spine, muscles and ligaments that affect how you feel and function. Chiropractic care is a natural, safe and effective method to help reduce stress in your body from pre-conception through pregnancy and into post-partum. Dr. Crystal is certified by the Academy Council of Chiropractic Pediatrics (CACCP) and certified in the Webster Technique; a safe, effective and researched method of analyzing and adjusting pregnant women.
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Children are the heart of our lives and a pure joy in our practice. If your child has a symptom or you are seeking wellness care, our goal is to help your family build a strong and healthy foundation, developing a thriving nervous system that controls all aspects of overall health. We offer a safe, holistic approach to uncover the cause of symptoms and we treat the cause with gentle techniques developed specifically for children. Dr. Crystal is a member of the International Chiropractic Pediatric Association (ICPA) and has completed an extensive post-graduate certification program in chiropractic pediatric care.


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I've been on a ricotta cheese kick lately. It's a great secret ingredient to so many meals. And not just for dinner. These past couple of weeks, I've used ricotta for these dishes:
- Check out these delicious pancakes. I used blueberries instead of raspberries. They turned out amazing! A different kind of texture for pancakes than I'm used to, but I really enjoyed them. I bought the lemon curd at Trader Joe's.
- The second I saw this recipe in Bon Appetit, I knew I had to make it. My omelet skills aren't that great, but the taste was incomparable.
- Use ricotta as a garnish. This dish with added tomatoes, spinach, and parmesan is my new fav! I topped it with ricotta and chives. Yum!
- Spinach lasagna – one of my husband's and my favorite meals! A healthy alternative to beef.
- On toast with sliced strawberries for a quick and nutritious breakfast.
What are your favorite ways to use ricotta cheese?


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Welcome to the forth week of Jenn and my link up, Style Swap. Last week I was flattered to have Laura of I do deClaire and Lydia of Chic on the Cheap Style Swap looks of mine for their posts. This week I've Style Swapped with Valerie from The Style Files. She'd gotten her swap inspiration from Tara. I loved Tara's look when I originally saw it and Valerie take was great too. I don't have a cute pink blazer, but I decided to use their looks for inspiration to create my own spin. I have to admit it feels good to be able to wear dress clothes like this again after freezing all winter long. I love my vests, but I'm ready to say goodbye to them until next fall.
Link up details down below, I can't wait to see your posts!
The Link-up Details:
- Pick a blogger buddy and choose to do a "Style Swap" with each other, just like Jenn and I did today. Pick one of each other's looks you love and create your own spin on it, therefore "swapping styles," then link to each other and to us. This will build your audience in two ways: one, with the blogger collaboration, and two by linking up with us. Awesome, right?
- The second way is to simply choose a blogger you love and take one of their looks and swap your style for theirs. Then, link to the blogger out of courtesy and link up with us as well.
We politely ask that you follow Jenn and I on at least one social media outlet before linking up. Here's all the links you need to easily follow:
Jenn: Bloglovin / Pinterest / Instagram / Twitter / Facebook
Ginny: Bloglovin / Pinterest /Instagram / Twitter / Facebook / GFC (use button)


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Archive for February, 2012
Riding For A Fall
Each year, Barclays publishes its Equity Gilt Study. Among other things, this magisterial document records inflation-adjusted total returns to UK shares, gilts and cash for each year since 1899. On average, government bonds have returned something in the order of 1-2%, plus inflation, per year. Last year's returns of 17% – or 21% in the case of index linked gilts – can therefore be regarded as anomalous.
They have also left gilts offering dismally poor value. Ten year yields have been hovering at about 2%, in line with the Bank of England's supposed target for CPI inflation, and significantly below the most recently reported level of 3.6%. Most starkly, perhaps, all yields on index linked gilts with maturities shorter than twenty years are negative. An investor buying the ten year index linked benchmark and holding it to maturity would be locking in an annual real return of -0.5%.
Gilts, of course, have been seen as a safe haven from the storm that rocked European bond markets over the autumn. They have also enjoyed ongoing support from the Bank of England's programme of quantitative easing, and from expectations that the base rate will not rise until some time in 2014.
While peripheral eurozone bond markets continue to attract scrutiny, however, the fact is that they have made a strong recovery over the last few weeks. Interest rate expectations change: twelve months ago, the same futures markets that are betting on unchanged rates for the next two years were expecting an increase of 2.5% over the same period. And the Bank will not buy gilts forever. (Indeed, even the increased size of its asset programme at £325bn pales next to the £594bn of net gilt issuance which the Debt Management Office expects to have completed since the start of the recession – see here for the conceptual logic of this.)
It is looking more and more as if the world has moved on from the rabid bearishness of a few months ago. So far, the gilt market has yet to move with it. It puts this blog in mind of the staple gag in those old Hollywood cartoons where a character runs off the edge of a cliff without noticing and manages to defy gravity for a few impossible seconds, legs paddling furiously in mid air, before looking down and giving in to the inevitable.
Of course, a world calamity that sees the UK collapse into deflation could entail some more upside for the bond market. (The ten year government yield in Japan is 0.98%.) Without such an outcome, however, gilts are surely poised to fall some distance before they reconnect with reality.
It was the height of summer, 2011. The Arab uprisings and Great East Japan Earthquake had already made for a nervous start to the year. In Europe, new bailout terms for Greece were failing to contain fears of a sovereign credit event, expected by many to trigger catastrophic financial contagion. And then at the end of July, growth figures for the US economy were revised down in the middle of tense budget negotiations that threatened government insolvency.
The result, as we know, was meltdown. The world watched in horror as the perfect storm unfolded under the influence of events on either side of the Atlantic. It was as if the US and Europe were planets that had aligned to exert a baleful influence on the world economy.
Today it is clear that there has been a realignment. The Greek circus limps on and Europe retains the power to terrify. At the same time, however, a consistent stream of positive economic data from the US has laid the spectre of a double dip recession to rest. The planets seem to be pulling in different directions.
Markets yesterday were a case in point. With the latest agreement on Greece delayed, the FTSE 100 index swiftly fell by over 1% in early trading. Relatively little of this loss had been given up by lunchtime. And then at half past one, employment and housing data from the US showed more of an improvement than the consensus was expecting. US index futures spiked up and London began to recover some ground.
On the New York open (2.30 pm GMT) the S&P 500 started out flat. Then at 3 pm, there was more positive data on the US mortgage market and business conditions. American markets began to rise, taking Europe with them. At 4.30 pm the FTSE 100 closed the day pretty much unchanged.
The question seems to be, who will win the tug of war: the US, or Europe? Into the orbit of which planet will we be drawn?
It is hardly worth saying that a cataclysm from the eurozone could upset the apple cart – though with bond yields in peripheral countries way below their November peaks the market is taking the view that this risk has reduced. And if Europe does continue to avoid out-and-out disaster, then at some point it is possible that the background to last year's crash will be exactly reversed: US growth will be stronger and fears over sovereign debt will recede.
Time, as ever, will tell.
Taking Stock
Shares have enjoyed a strong start to 2012. The MSCI World Index of developed country stock markets closed yesterday up 6.5% on the year so far. The Emerging Markets index has done even better, closing up 13.9%. And yet looking at the headlines one might think this overdone. Banks in particular seem to be suffering, with Deutsche Bank for example reporting a 76% collapse in profits only yesterday. Last year markets were arguably too pessimistic in the face of mixed economic data and robust corporate earnings growth. Could they be growing too bold at present and overreacting the other way?
Let's look at the S&P 500 index. Fourth quarter earnings season in the US is well underway, with just over half the members of the index (273 companies) having reported as of yesterday. Earnings per share for those companies rose 3.5% on the quarter, falling short both of analysts' estimates (+4.8%) and the 5.4% rise in the index itself. On the face of it this could be taken as a sign of over-optimism.
Digging a bit deeper, however, we find that if we exclude results from the financial sector – which has posted a fall in EPS of over 18% so far – non-financial companies have reported an increase in earnings of 8.2% (against a forecast of +6.5%).
What is important about this is that it is the big banks which were most exposed to last year's market turmoil. If Deutsche's investment banking division, for example, had broken even over the quarter instead of posting a €422m loss, profits across the bank as a whole would have beaten analysts' estimates. We have seen similar stories in US bank results, where poor performance from the market-exposed parts of the business masked continued modest improvements in key bread-and-butter measures such as the size of provisions for loan losses.
Even if we choose to ignore this level of detail, however, stock market indices have a long way to go before they begin to look overvalued. For example, the p/e ratio of the FTSE 100 index has averaged about 14 over the last ten years. Even assuming earnings growth of zero, to match this valuation from the current p/e level of 10.4 would require growth in the index of some 35% – a rise in price to over 7,800.
Of course, it is still possible that some kind of catastrophic collapse will overtake us, and market valuations reflect that fact. But it is at least equally possible that calamity is avoided, that the world's tortuous recovery continues its uneven path and that over time even the wounds of the banking sector will heal.
The rally in equities so far this year has been swift, and rather surprising. Based on what we know about the valuation of stock market earnings, however, it is too early to say that price levels have got ahead of the fundamentals.


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Modern manufacturing is becoming more complex as product variation and production volumes increase. Composites manufacturers have less time and ability today to make optimized decisions, resulting in waste and inefficiencies. Leading companies are realizing that implementing IoT (Internet of Things) is the way forward to gather real-time data from the production floor. Nevertheless, integrating such innovation into your organization requires planning ahead and paying attention to the key factors described in this article.
Use the following guidelines to lead you to success:
Industrial IoT opens a new world of improvement especially around data collection of material and assets' location and conditions. Site maps can display exactly which assets are present at each work station and can indicate bottlenecks and process inefficiencies. This allows you to further analyze the manufacturing steps taken at each work station and to see if they can be optimized or accomplished in less steps, driving a smoother process.
Implementing Industrial IoT- Define your goals!
Implementing IoT, like any initiative or project, must begin with a clear definition of your organization's goals. To ensure IoT gets budget and management's attention it must serve your company's main objectives. The process should begin with mapping out where your organization wants to go in the long term, and what needs improvement. Formulating and defining your company's goals is key to ensure you focus on making the biggest impact in your organization. Tracking material & assets, increasing throughput, reducing bottlenecks, saving raw material and improving quality control are all meaningful targets.
Take a step-by-step approach
IoT can revolutionize manufacturing at your facility. However, trying to achieve all objectives at once will hold you back. Define a couple of key scenarios that require immediate improvement and focus on those first. Composite part manufacturing holds many options for improvement, for example:
- Material shelf-life management
- Tool tracking
- Rework and waste reduction
- Material yield improvement
- Quality control and audit improvements
- Automatic cut plans generation
Focus on the "low hanging fruit" and bring your organization immediate value.
Get the complete Guide to Industrial IoT here:
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Hockney Pillow
The hand-painted Hockney pillow lives up to its namesake: this print is modern, unexpected, and down-right fun. A study in balance, the soft pink palette is tempered by bold, abstract lines. We love this pillow in a bedroom or living space, and it adds an element of surprise to a nursery. If you're really thinking pink, pair Hockney with the Poppy print. Craving something classic? Mix in the Eden.


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We woke up the next morning, to see the aftermath of the storm: everyone was sweeping up, cleaning up, washing the mud off of their steps.
We headed downstairs for breakfast…got the "traditional Nicaraguan breakfast" (again! I just love it!)
It kept raining on and off, shifting into downpours every once in a while. I guess you could say the weather was pretty bad. L and M stopped at an internet cafe to check some email and a few other things (L even sent me an email, telling me to remember how awesome Nicaragua was!)
Then we went to El Gato Negro. It's an awesome, English-speaking cafe and bookstore. We figured with all the rain, we wouldn't be able to go to the cloud forests or the volcanoes, so we decided to take our last day in Nicaragua as a day for relaxation. We spent a good part of our day there, reading the magazines, ordering tasty drinks (smoothies, fancy coffees, teas) and food (hummus plate, fruit plate, sandwiches, brownies). We met and chatted with the owner and some of the other visitors there. There was a black cat that roamed around the bookstore (the shop's namesake) that we played with. The funny part (maybe only to me) was that I kept wanting to call the cat, and the cafe, "Le Chat Noir", since I learned French in high school I suppose that confusion happened a lot to me…I would want to say "Merci" instead of "Gracias".
I think because it's an English-speaking cafe, locals know they can find tourists, and tourists tend to buy souvenirs! I have to admit, they were right! Two guys came to us (twice, I think!) and tried to sell us pottery they had made. I decided that this was going to be a good a time as any to buy something. They were all very beautiful pieces, mostly vases, jewelry boxes, and candle hurricanes. I went ahead and spent a good chunk of the cordoba I had left ( I didn't have that much left at that point, anyway!) on a vase with turtles etched into it. It had the blues, greens, and browns that are found in my bed linens, so I figured it would be a good match. My friends bought a few things as well.
We stayed pretty much until closing (3pm) and headed out to find a cab that would take us back to Managua, to the airport. Before we got the cab, I stopped in to a shop to see if I could buy one more thing: an ornament (or something I could convert into an ornament). I had decided that I wasn't going to spend a lot on souvenirs, but I also decided that my new souvenir policy would be to get an ornament from every place I visited. That way, every Christmas, I could recall all the great places I'd been! I bought a small magnet that I knew I could attach a hook to. Perfect!
On our journey back, we drove through Masaya, past volcanoes, and along long winding streets. Halfway through the journey, our cab driver actually switched out with another cab driver. I think it was because he usually doesn't go that far north, so the two men set a deal so that they'd split the money from our fare and drive half way.
It was sad to go back up to Managua: We knew our journey was coming to a close. It was also upsetting to see just how much devastation the storm had caused. We drove by many people who were trying to fix things after their homes were flooded. We saw pools of water most likely 2 feet deep in places!
We finally made it to Managua, and stopped at a restaurant for dinner…our last meal in Nicaragua! I don't remember the name of the place we at at (sorry!) but it was pretty good. Towards the end of our meal, a musician began to set up and play. It was very nice guitar music.
We then caught a cab to the airport. While we were waiting, M and L napped, and A and I got involved talking to a business man from NYC. He told us how he does business both in the US and Nicaragua, as well as many other places in Central America. He gave us his business card, and told us if we were ever back in Nicaragua, that we should let him know, and he'd have us over for dinner (the best Indian food in Nicaragua!)
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NFL Draft > 2012 Prospects > OT > Josh Oglesby
Josh Oglesby Scouting Report
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2012 NFL Draft Prospect Scouting Report:
Josh Oglesby, OT, Wisconsin
Health has been the concern for Wisconsin's Josh Oglesby for his entire collegiate career. He's got the size, strength and frame to be a left tackle, but the light hasn't appeared to come on for him. Due to six surgeries done on his knees, including a torn ACL in 2010, whichever NFL team takes a chance on him will be taking a big risk. These health issues alone will push him into the late rounds, if not undrafted altogether.
Oglesby was a highly-touted high school recruit. He was poised to become the next big offensive linemen for the Badgers but as stated, injuries derailed his career. He can play tackle, but doesn't have that quick-twitch reaction, nor the ability to seal the corner due to sloppy technique. If an offensive line coach can groom him for a couple years, he'd be a suitable starter down the road; at this moment, he's nothing but a reserve that teams will have to hope is able to commit himself to mastering his craft. Oglesby has so many natural gifts, but he has not yet appeared to master the game and how to most effectively use his body, arms and hands as a blocker.
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Back to Basics
Jeana reflects on the past five years and talks about her break from "reality."
The show was a lot of fun for 4 years, I have lots of great memories to take with me, made tons of friends all over the world, and I have a 5-year video of my crazy life that is being syndicated. Scott Dunlop's little show about "Behind the Gates" has really taken on a life of its own. It has turned out very different from his dream, and more like a societal experiment in the weirdest culture ever. Can you imagine hundreds of years from now some race finding the episode of "you gold digging whore, you aren't my friend?" What in the world will they think? It's time to take my newfound celebrity status and try to make a difference in the OC. Start small, I always say.
Why did I leave the show? Well now I need to take time to focus on my career and my family. Filming took up so much summer time, coincidentally the most lucrative time of year for real estate and it cut into my salary significantly. The recession didn't help of course. And remember this isn't like Desperate Housewives - I am not getting killed off or anything like that. Slade came back, so I'm not ruling anything out in regards to the future. I did feel I wasn't being appreciated, and I am older then the other girls and we have different interests.
Gretchen enjoys the nightlife and all the newest hottest parties. After years of sadness she is ready to move ahead in her wonderful life with Slade. I wish them well in their quest for marriage, babies and the whole enchilada. Tamra and Alexis have their sweet babies, their husbands, and the gym. Lynne was doing all cuffs ahead, but struggled with moving homes twice and dealing with teen tantrums and her husband's job slow down. This is not unlike every other American these days - just much more public. Vicki traveled extensively for fun and work all summer, and dealt with Brianna's illness. She is still a two-income family, so I imagine she doesn't feel the pinch as bad as the others.
For me, the housewives' "reality" was just too much drama as a group, not allowing enough quality time with my family, and not enough substance in my relationship with the girls. I would go out with the girls for the evening, and come home depressed. I started seeing Rebecca, and Ben, Frankie, Trevor, Keith and Chaz - my "back-up dancers" as my boyfriend refers to them. Through them I got my happy place back again. When I am alone, I am depressed and eating and not working out. I missed my boyfriend terribly; dating a man who is geographically undesirable is very hard.
I evaluated my life and got back to basics: holding Open Houses, marketing meetings with Tom Ferry, my business coach twice weekly. I got my Vision board together with my wish list and started checking things off. Get a agent, get a writer for my book, expand my role with Duzoxin which is rapidly developing into as a premiere product in the market and helps me tremendously in getting back on track with their new "Do YOU" campaign (which by the way means lots of contests and giveaways for my fans - so be sure and see my blog for news about that at jeanakeough.blogspot.com). My Duzoxin weight loss regiment combines wonderfully with Smooth Shapes which helps gets rid of that cellulite which seems to never leave despite how much weight you lose. I'm a spokesperson for them also and highly endorse them both. Just Google to find out more about each. I had people always coming up to me saying I inspired them to lose weight, get a job in Real Estate, and that they admired my parenting, and how helpful I was in explaining short sales and loan modifications. I love public speaking and sharing my successes, so becoming a spokesperson for products that I believe in has been a natural move for me and a new part of my career.
I do not own a moving company but I should invest in one! I moved Shane from AZ to Stockton, Kara out of Berkeley and into UCLA, and then Matt out to Irvine then to AZ, then back to California, in a 3 month period. I HATE packing and my kids think only Mom can do it. As a result of dating a man who worked out of town, all my kids being busy and my girlfriends from the show were filming constantly and not having time for me, I occupied myself in other ways like taking cooking lessons from Chaz Bradley, and it is now a passion with me. I am so excited Ryan Scott from Top Chef is going to give me lesson's this month! And Chef Chaz is helping me create a wonderful unique Thanksgiving experience. I love all my other Bravo friends from the other shows, Housewives, Top Chefs, Shear Genius, Project Runway, My life on the D List. I will always be apart of the Bravo Family, as I am a part of the Playboy family.
I am now dating a wonderful man that makes me think about myself, without feeling guilty. That forces me to slow down and enjoy life, in its simplicity. I am not sure where it will take me but it is an adventure I am ready to go on. My mother lived for us, she never bought herself anything, we were her world, we were first and she never took time for herself, I never heard her have a date night, a spa day or lunch with the girls. That created an unreal expectation I put on myself. I never felt I did enough for my kids. Being Mom and Dad and feeling guilty, made me over compensate financially. When I couldn't give them as much as I used too, they all revolted for a few months. We are in a better place now, their opinion's are important in making financial decisions and they like being part of the family decisions. Our vacations were to Bakersfield, and Stockton to see Shane play, and the beach and the backyard, instead of the usual Mexico and New York. I felt like I was not taking care of myself. Instead of working out, I was going to Shane's games, Colton's games, Kara's boyfriend's games, spreading my self to thin and eating the wrong foods. That has changed. Now I am working out again, eating right, taking Duzoxin and taking time for myself. I can even say no to people now, which is liberating. I never said no to anyone before.
I have only this year with my baby, Colton. He is a senior in high school, and he will most likely go to college far away. He was missing being with me and having me around. He has always been my anchor, my rock and I really abandoned him in his junior year. When he got wheels and freedom I felt he could handle the world and I didn't need to micromanage him. I was wrong, he did several attention getting things, and point taken I stopped everything to get my life and his back on track. I was possessed with travel, work, hair, nails and TV filming.
The whole Tamra, Gretchen thing, it is their thing and they can deal with it. Tamra did apologize in the end, on E! Entertainment at the end of the season. As I have always said, if you can't say something positive, helpful or educational, say nothing. Don't drunk dial! Tamra and the others I am sure want me to be happy and only asked about Matt out of concern for him and curiosity if I was dating anyone special. I helped her a lot this summer with her issues with Simon, and both of them have helped me also.
As for the comment made by Vicki that I "start a lot of drama," you would have to ask her for an explanation. In watching 4 years of the show, I don't see one incident I started but she is entitled to her opinion. In regards to her "toxic" comment, who knows in what context it was made? Editing something shot 6 months ago it is hard to say. I have very strong opinions on things and she and I are a both Type A personalities on overdrive, we will always clash but always be there for each other. All I know is we are leaving to go to New York together and looking forward to a little R & R and some fun times In the city with our New York counterparts. Getting ready to shoot with Wendy Williams, ABC news, and Andy Cohen on Thursday. I spent the day with Tammy Knickerbocker, and saw Quinn over the weekend, talked to Kimberley Bryant (from Season One) on Sunday and have emailed Lori a few times. We may not be as close as we once were but there is a bond we all share - being made a fool of on TV! No, I am just kidding Kathleen I promise! Thank you to Bravo. Lauren, Shari Levine, Kathleen French, Andy Cohen, Scott Dunlop, Jack, Pete, Greg and all our wonderful camera crew, sound crew and runners! What a fun experience and thanks for taking the ride with my family.
I have watched my family grow up on TV the last 5 years, we have made mistakes, shared our happiness, Kara's making Varsity Volleyball, Editor of the yearbook, Valedictorian, getting into Berkeley, Shane getting into the Jucco World Series, getting drafted and starting his career with the Oakland A's, his childhood dream, and maturing into a man, Colton growing up before our eye's into a wonderful, helpful, kind and considerate young man, and did I mention great cook? Now he is working for a caterer, looking at colleges and playing baseball. And our misfortune's, Matt's very public struggles with alcohol, Colton's broken nose, broken hand, my issues with loan modifications that we shared with the TV world to be a part of the answer to families struggling and to be honest about issues to show that we are like everyone else, we have high's and lows and we get back on and try again. We aren't perfect, but we live in the beautiful Coto de Caza, Orange County and it is everything dreams are made of and I wouldn't want to live anywhere else. So even though I am saying good bye for now, you can still keep track of us here on bravotv.com or please visit me on http://jeanakeough.blogspot.com where you can keep track of what is going on in my life from this moment forward.


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It ain't over it seems. Apple (AAPL) aside, the big news after hours was American Express (AXP). The earnings are awful, the business is in the dumps and now AMEX wants to withdraw any 2008 forecast. Bloomberg reported:
Profit in the company's U.S. card business dropped 96 percent to $21 million from $580 million a year earlier as provisions for losses more than doubled to $1.5 billion from $640 million. uncollectible debt in the unit rose to 5.3 percent of loans from 2.9 percent a year earlier.
After hours, my old friend Capital One (COF) was knocked for a loop on the news as well. The credit card industry has proven itself to be no better that two-bit loan sharks. They rape customers with exorbitant fees, ruin your life if you cannot pay and now lie to protect themselves. I am totally disgusted with the way they have handled themselves.
For the longest time, I have wondered how stupid these companies think we are. Hiding bad debt in securitized and off-balance sheet positions and telling us that their charge-off rates were normal. They think we will buy anything… To be honest, I am totally bewildered as to how these companies keep on slinging the crap and getting away with it.
But not tonight. Maybe now the news is going to finally show all those perma-bull newspaper men ( you know who you are) how wrong they have been and how they could have helped so many if they would have opened their eyes and stopped being so full of themselves.
Back in April, I wrote about the "False Sense of Security" and asked:
With all of the downgrades along with the fact that we are seeing a historic rise in defaults, what is it that I am not seeing?
Now I get it. It is not good…and don't tell me that AMEX didn't have any idea how bad things were. Really a crock! I am sure tomorrow will bring in the same faces on CNBC to tell us that there is no recession and that there is plenty of liquidity. Maybe they will bring in Brian Westbury to tell us that the economy is doing fine and there is no recession. This guy is unbelievable!
Just keep on evaporating the net worth of America and do it with a smile.. Oh yeah, can you tell…I am pissed!
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Australian designer Thulie Ellis found her fashion calling at an early a age. Born in South Africa and raised in New Zealand, Thulie was inspired by her surroundings, enhancing her love of fashion. After a stint at FBI, Syndey's premier fashion school, Thulie decided to launch her own collection.
Blending femininity and glamour, she created, "Flashes on the Silver Screen", which launched earlier this year. Thulie created the collection with the modern woman in mind, a woman who enjoys the lush feel of silk against her skin or the dangling of pearls against her neck. Thulie welcomes Chocolate Fashion Blog readers to the Thulie experience, a contemporary collection with a story to tell.
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Latics will visit Turf Moor to play Burnley in the Lancashire FA Senior Cup Quarter-final.
The fixture will take place at Turf Moor on Wednesday, 29th January, 2014 (KO 7pm).
Admission prices for the game TBC.
Quarter-final Ties
Wigan Athletic v Preston North End
Burnley v Oldham Athletic
Bury / Accrington Stanley v Blackburn Rovers
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we need someone who can sell at least some of the flowers. How about this one:
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[WIP] Flower Girl
All development of pixel art, maps and other graphics.
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She remains me Aeris from FF7. Anyway nice contribution, but hands looks a bit odd.
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Oh no, the sadness, why did you have to remind me of Aeris :'(
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NaNoWriMo 2012 part 3
We've assembled a cast of characters HERE.
We've developed the Protagonist HERE.
Let's see more about the storyline.
In Tarot for Writers, Kenner provides spreads in increasing complexity to help outline a fully developed plot. We'll begin with the most simple, a three-card spread with cards to represent: Beginning, Middle, and End.
Apparently we are writing an epic, because we pulled all Major Arcana cards for this story: The Chariot, the Devil, and the Hierophant.
The Beginning: Our protagonist (has anyone given her a name?) rushes off to save her brother using all the resources at her disposal, including her determination and book smarts. She is lacking in actual real world experience, but she is nothing if not determined.
The Middle: She becomes ensnarled in the seedy underbelly of experimentation and invention as she seeks out her brother and to stop him from sharing what her family created with those who would use it for nefarious purposes. She is in way over head and cannot find her way out or back to her father who needs her help.
The End: Our protagonist saves both her brother and her father. Together, they combine their education and theoretical knowledge with what they learned out in the world to continue to honor and build their family's legacy.
What story would you tell with these cards and characters?
Images from The Steampunk Tarot.


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In light of the EU's destruction of the Safe Harbor that we've previously discussed in this blog, we take the opportunity to update with the latest from EU Commissioner, Věra Jourová, who, in an address to the EU Parliament's Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee ("LIBE") yesterday, stated that there are already agreements "in principle" with the U.S. Department of Commerce on Safe Harbor 2.0.
Highlighting that there have been "several meetings at a technical level" with EU and U.S. officials, Ms. Jourová stated that "For the coming weeks, intensive technical discussions will continue and we have agreed to be in regular contact before I go to Washington in mid-November . . . These discussions are not easy, but I am confident that by then we should already have seen progress."
The progress may be slow coming as previous announcements of the EU postponed any possible development of a new Safe Harbor until January 2016. According to Ms. Jourová, the U.S. has to offer "globally equivalent" safeguards "to the ones we have in Europe." That requirement comes in addition to the self-verification portion of the Safe Harbor, which requires "effective detection and supervision mechanisms." Jourová said the "the U.S. has delivered on this by committing to a stronger oversight by the Department of Commerce, stronger cooperation with European data protection authorities and priority treatment of complaints by the Federal Trade Commission." But more work is needed. And a final hurdle is the Safe Harbor's requirement that the "intervention of public authorities, in particular for reasons of law enforcement and national security" be subject to "clear conditions and limitations" as well as ""sufficient judicial control over such activities."
Pending bills in Congress may help the EU resolve its concerns. Ms. Jourová mentioned that "the U.S. has undergone a period of internal review" with regard to the USA Freedom Act, Presidential Policy Directive 28 and the Judicial Redress Act (currently in the Senate). She said that "we now need to focus on these and other elements and to carefully analyze the extent to which they meet the requirements of the [Shrems] judgment."
Stay tuned!


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Welcome to the Applied Mechanical Repairs WebsiteApplied Mechanical Repairs is a respected and trusted name within the local Narellan automotive industry. This family owned business has been servicing and maintaining a wide range of vehicles in the Narellan area since 1994 including customers from Camden, Harrington Park, Narellan Vale, Mt Annan, Spring Farm, Currans Hill, Campbelltown and Oran Park and Gregory Hills. We have since 1994 been a trusted mechanical repairs workshop for customers throughout the Macarthur region. Our customers cars and light trucks of all models rely on us for:
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Video helps veterinarians treat opioid overdoses in working dogs
The University of Illinois has produced a video to help veterinarians and law enforcement teams treat working dogs that encounter opioids in the line of duty. The university reached out to the AVMA and other organizations for help in creating the video.
Some opioids, such as fentanyl and carfentanil, are so potent that even a small exposure can be deadly. Many law enforcement officers have begun carrying naloxone, which can reverse the effects of an opioid overdose. Naloxone can be used effectively to provide emergency treatment for working dogs, but the version carried by law enforcement officials is often a nasal spray rather than the injectable version commonly used by veterinarians.
Law enforcement officials are encouraged to take a dog suffering from an overdose to a veterinarian immediately. However, research indicates that administering naloxone on-site can be a proactive, life-saving option. The new video provides information for veterinarians who have a relationship with dog handlers and need to provide advice by phone.
The University of Illinois Police Training Institute provided expertise and financial support for the video. Other collaborators included the university's Division of Animal Resources and Extension Office and the Illinois State VMA.
As a follow-up, University of Illinois veterinarians and the Police Training Institute plan to study training of dog handlers and opioid-related adverse events in working dogs.
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In other news, House Oversight Chairman Darrell Issa is still refusing to release the evidence that would supposedly corroborate his claims that the White House was in cahoots with the IRS. What's he waiting for?
Also — Edward Snowden is reportedly revealing documents to the local press in Hong Kong that detail U.S. hacking of Chinese networks. Because privacy and whistleblowing. Or something.


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Franklin & Marshall
On the historic campus of Franklin & Marshall College a new fine arts building will replace the Herman Arts Center. This is the first phase of a proposed New Arts Quad which will define the southwest entrance to Franklin & Marshall's campus.
The billowing suspended lightweight architecture of the new building is articulated with thin in wall
trusses – like a box kite. The state of the art geothermal heating and cooling of the new building, roof photovoltaics, and its super-insulated envelope are part of the aspirations of a sample future architecture of near "net zero" energy. A large reflecting pool doubles as campus stormwater overflow. The reflections of the hovering building at night glowing in the water add to the special articulation of this place defining the new Arts Quad.
Knippers Helbig is designing the building envelope, which comprises vertical facades, soffit claddings and skylights. A double layer of glass channels filled with translucent insulation and spans up to 14' shall provide the interior space with diffuse light. Frameless glass on ground level maximizes transparency and sustaines the architectural concept of separate opaque building volumes.


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Dean Medwid
As Mindfield's President, Dean implements systems and structure to support the company's rapid growth and execute on the plan to fulfill the company's vision and mission. Prior to joining Mindfield, Dean was in charge of the Canadian operations for the Altrom Group, a subsidiary of Genuine Parts Company. Dean has completed entrepreneurial programs at MIT and in 2006 was recognized as one of Business in Vancouver's Top 40 Under 40 executives. When outside the office Dean is a dedicated father who coaches hockey and baseball and enjoys spending time fly-fishing.


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By making a group reservation through Hostelworld.com you agree to the following terms and conditions as set by Hostelworld.com and as set by the hostel in question.
- In order to make a group reservation on Hostelworld.com it is necessary to pay a deposit. The balance is due directly to the hostel according to their payment conditions.
- The booking deposit is non-refundable.
- Please note that any cancellations must be notified directly to the hostel at least 24 hours in advance of your scheduled arrival date, unless otherwise stated in the hostel's conditions.
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The remainder of the amount due will be charged to your credit card on arrival. Should numbers or room selection change, the per person deposit times the number of people who actually travelled will be deducted from the total accommodation charge levvied by the hostel.
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The property offers its guests 6 spacious and cozy rooms, 4 en suite rooms with shower and 2 rooms with shared bathrooms and showers. Each room can accommodate from 2 to 6 persons.
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friendly staff helps you plan the best route and find the best places of the city
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The hostel is perfectly also designed to accommodate groups, with spacious common rooms, relax area and kitchen well equipped.
We offer a personal, cozy atmosphere in an exciting city.
Central and convenient location without any noise.
Do Re Mi it is not for people who love to party or stag parties.
We are looking forward to welcome you in our peaceful hostel for a pleasant stay.
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Nox is a very good android emulator which has a millions of daily users, this is one of the new android emulators which was released this year only and have come up very quickly to compete with another well-known android emulator like bluestacks and Youwave, because it was so amazing that everyone started using it, it really has some cool features which other emulators don't have.
How to download and install Nox app player in Windows 10
There are a thousand new features in the nox player which makes it stand out. And also whenever a new version of Android is out, you will be able to use it nox App player immediately, as they take only 1-2 weeks to port it in to their software and also most of the bugs are removed and you will be able to use all the latest feature of Android and the apps you use it.
Features of Nox Player
- It is one of the best freeware android emulators which packs a number of great features and remain free for everyone from the time of release to today.
- It is regularly updated and the version of Android is always the latest one released by Google so that you can try out new features as soon as the open source code is out.
- The user interface and the user experience of the application is just awesome, everyone loves it. It has a neat materialistic design so that everyone likes it.
- Nox app player has some special keys and key mapping facility using which you can play all the Android games on your computer easily.
- There are options to have internet connectivity from the computer to the software, which works like the Ethernet cable connected to your android.
- The latest beta version of the application has the parallel apps feature which is now available in many flagships and it is one of the most required features for most of the people out there.
How to install the Nox App Player in Windows 10?
The installation process is pretty simple and easy for you if you have some basic knowledge about the computer. The installation process hardly takes 5 mins and all you have to do is some simple tasks that are mentioned below.
Make sure that your computer is free form virus and update it to the latest available version and then use the link below to get to the Nox app player's official website and download the emulator's EXE file.
Now just open the downloaded file and right click on it and click on run as administrator, you will have the application installed. That's it you can open the emulator and add your google account and start downloading your favorite apps and use them.


text: The Alliance holds annual meetings twice each year, one in April and one in the fall in conjunction with NRCA's Fall Committee Meetings and Legislative Conference. The purpose of the full member meetings is to conduct member business, receive project updates, analyze and select new projects, learn from outside speakers and experience exclusive one-on-one networking. To make the Alliance effective and get the most from organization, member attendance and participation is vital. The full member meetings provide members with a chance to provide their input on vital industry projects; it also offers exclusive one-on-one networking opportunities with presidents and CEOs of Alliance member firms.


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For Court Martial Practitioners
... and students of the Military Justice System.
|"The Handbook gives swift and easy access to the relevant statutory provisions and to caselaw, reported and unreported, in this specialised field...It should be at the right hand of every CO"
(Lord Thomas of Gresford QC).
"...an indispensable guidebook to inform civilian legal practitioners about the frequently misunderstood service justice system....Particularly excellent are the illustrative examples from case law of these offences, which demonstrate not only the nature of the service offences but also sentencing practice."
(Pennant Magazine, November 2014).
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Soldiers have their ROE, Military Lawyers have the Military Justice Handbook.
The military justice system (MJS) comprises the body of law that governs the disciplinary processes within the three Services. It is important to have a separate justice system to ensure that wherever in the world a serviceman is, if he commits a crime or a disciplinary infraction, he knows he will be dealt with according to military law. The prosecution of civilians subject to Service discipline and young offenders is also included. Until 2006, each Service had its own disciplinary system and disciplinary act. The Armed Forces Act 2006 introduced a uniform system for the three Services, harmonizing the offences and methods of disposal. This was an enormous undertaking, which has been largely successful. The legislation still remains a complex area, which is daunting to those who are unfamiliar with the system. This handbook attempts to cover the key provisions. To make the task of advising clients a little easier, by "speaking the same language," a useful list is included of some common acronyms used in the Services. Bearing in mind the volume of law and regulation, this book is principally designed to give some useful background information about the Service disciplinary system and provide an insight into the main offences charged at summary hearing and court martial. It is a sort of "road map" of the military justice system, which complements the excellent Manual of Service Law and Judge Advocate General's guidance. Whether you are new to the MJS or an old hand, this book is an essential addition to your armoury.
There is a foreword by The Lord Thomas of Gresford QC, one of the leading advocates for change, who has appeared in some of the most important cases before the ECtHR concerning the military justice system. Other contributors have been serving military lawyers and civilian practitioners.
An easy size to carry around, the Military Justice Handbook provides an explanation of the summary system, extended powers, the court martial process, appeals, jurisdiction and much more. A chapter is dedicated to operational matters and the defence of self defence.
Purchase Options: There is a variety of purchase options, from the physical book to various forms of electronic text format. If you wish for an electronic version, you can choose the format for the fully searchable and indexed* downloadable version, from Word © or pdf format to read on any electronic device, including smartphone, which has a compatible programme to read it (Adobe © or Word © reader).
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If you are involved in any way in the MJS, the Military Justice Handbook is a must for your library - can you afford not to buy it?
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Steelite International support Stoke on Trent's next generation
1 October 2009
Steelite International were proud to be involved in the official opening of the new Hospitality & Catering and Hairdressing facilities in Stoke on Trent College's new Lifestyle building Tuesday 22nd September 2009.
Steelite International is working closely with the Hospitality and Catering team offering students training in the history of hotel ware, manufacturing methods and the importance of tabletop presentations to the whole dining experience.
Kevin Oakes, CEO Steelite International said: "We are delighted to be working with Stoke on Trent College on such a pioneering project. As the UK's leading supplier to the global hospitality sector, Steelite International fully understands the importance of providing the next generation of chefs and caterers with quality training and education. Stoke on Trent College has achieved this with the fantastic facilities in the Lifestyle Building. Students experience first hand the excitement and challenges of the professional kitchen developing menus and food presentations to be enjoyed by paying customers.
"Steelite International knows how important it is to support the future of the hospitality industry and we look forward to continuing our excellent relationship with Stoke on Trent College."


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I stole this from a parish e-mailing of the Russian Church Abroad. An interesting directive from the patriarch….:
"At the directive of our patriarch at a pastoral conference in 2008 and with the advice of preeminent liturgical theologians the priests of the Russian Orthodox Church are advised that molebens and panikhidas should not be served after the Divine Liturgy. They advise us that the Divine Liturgy offers the all-encompassing prayer of the Church for all people in all needs and that a molebens or a panikhida in conjunction with the Liturgy could indicate a lack of faith in the prayers offered at the supreme mystery of the Church, the Divine Liturgy. There could be no more effective prayer for anyone than that offered at the Divine Liturgy. Prayers offered at molebens and panikhidas are by all means beneficial, but it is appropriate that they be served only on days when the Divine Liturgy is not celebrated. On Memorial Saturdays the typicon prescribes that a general panikhida be served the day before the Memorial Divine Liturgy. It is also appropriate to serve molebens on days before or after the celebration of a saint but not on the day of the Divine Liturgy. You are encouraged to ask for molebens and panikhidas, and a priest will schedule and serve the service on a day when the Divine Liturgy is not celebrated."


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Killswitch Engage Announce Winter Headline Tour With The Devil Wears Prada
December 11, 2009 by TWRY Staff
Filed under Daily Music News, Tour Dates & News
Fresh off a summer trek as one of the main stage attractions of the second annual Rock Star Energy Mayhem Fest, Killswitch Engage will take the show on the road for a headline trek across the US, which is their first for this album. The tour will begin on February 4 in their home state of Massachusetts and will cover significant ground across the country for seven weeks. To keep things interesting, KsE have elected to play smaller venues in a handful of cities in order to create a more intimate setting for their fans.
Joining Killswitch as main support will be The Devil Wears Prada and metal act Dark Tranquility, who hail from Gothenburg, Sweden.
The tour will canvas the country beginning in early February and will run through the end of March. The dates are as follows, with additional dates being confirmed and announced shortly. Please check www.killswitchengage.com for information on pre-sale tickets that will be available for these dates.
2/4 House of Blues, Boston, MA
2/5 House of Blues, Atlantic City, NJ
2/6 NorVa Norfolk, VA *KsE and Dark Tranquility only
2/8 House of Blues, Lake Buena Vista, FL
2/10Tabernacle, Atlanta, GA
2/11 Amos' Southend, Charlotte, NC
2/12 Sonar, Baltimore, MD
2/13 House Of Blues, Cleveland, OH
2/15 House of Blues, Chicago, IL
2/18 First Avenue Loop Station, MN
2/19 Eagles Ballroom Milwaukee, WI
2/20 Royal Oak Music Theatre Royal Oak, MI
2/21 The Egyptian Room at the Murat Center, Indianapolis, IN
2/23 Cain's Ballroom, Tulsa, OK
2/24 Stubb's Waller Creek Amphitheater, Austin, TX *KsE, Dark Tranquility and special guest
2/25 Warehouse, Live Houston, TX
2/26 Palladium Ballroom, Dallas, TX
2/27 Concrete Street Amphitheatre Corpus Christi, TX *KsE, Dark Tranquility and special guest
3/01 Sunshine Theatre, Albuquerque, NM
3/03 House of Blues, Las Vegas, NV
3/05 Marquee Theatre, Tempe, AZ
3/06 The Wiltern, Los Angeles, CA
3/07 The Warfield, San Francisco, CA
3/09 Roseland Theater, Portland, OR
3/10 Showbox SoDo, Seattle, WA
3/12 The Great Salt Air, Magna, UT
3/13 Fillmore Auditorium, Denver, CO
3/14 The Midland by AMC, Kansas City, MO
3/15 The Pageant, St. Louis, MO
3/16 Rocket Town, Nashville, TN *KsE, Dark Tranquility and special guest
3/18 Irving Plaza, New York, NY
3/19 Irving Plaza, New York, NY
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Some comfort foods translate across all cultures and languages. Nearly everyone likes a hot bowl of noodle soup. Almost every cuisine has its sausage link. South Korea and southern America agree on the glories of fried chicken.
It's about time that koshari, the pride of Egypt, achieved that level of global ubiquity.
Like so many of the best foods, koshari's origin story is rooted in necessity. It's also a bit of a mystery. Shahrokh Parvi, writing for the Guardian, says the dish dates back at least 150 years, but Claudia Roden, the living-legend food writer born in Cairo to Syrian parents, claims that she never once saw or heard of koshari in her childhood.
Either way, authorities agree that the food was invented by poor working-class home cooks who needed to throw together a meal. An Egyptian chef in Canada once told me the legend: The unknown inventor dug through her pantry, cooking up rice, macaroni noodles, lentils and every other starch she could find, mixing them together and topping the bowl with hot sauce and fried onions. That's still largely how it's made today.
It's a festival of carbohydrates. Instantly filling, straightforwardly delicious and naturally vegetarian, koshari takes a humble assembly of ingredients and produces magic. Homey and garlicky, it's a darn near perfect food. And now, for the first time, it's available in Dallas. Well, OK, Richardson.
Mubrooka Egyptian Street Food started out as a delivery-only service before Bosayna Elhouni and her husband, Sam Badran, found the space for their brick-and-mortar restaurant and opened it in early summer. At Mubrooka, koshari comes with all the standard trimmings — rice, lentils, macaroni noodles, tomato sauce, garlic vinegar, fried onions — plus a few spaghetti noodles for good measure ($7 regular, $8 large, but just order the large).
The components are all cooked separately, then combined to order. With the spicy version of the sauce, the dish becomes as comforting as a warm blanket. If a complaint must be made, the fried onions on top could be a little crispier. It's hardly a big deal.
Koshari alone is reason to make the drive to Mubrooka (and reason alone for Mubrooka to open a few dozen more locations), but Elhouni and her team have more temptations in store. They're one of the few kitchens in Texas turning out ta'meya, the Egyptian version of falafel, made with fava beans instead of chickpeas. Take a bite and the inside of the ta'meya balls will reveal a rich green (89 cents for one piece, $7 for a sandwich).
Carnivores should take a long look at the hawawshi sandwich, a round pita sliced open and filled with a layer of minced beef, onions, peppers and spices ($9). The sandwich gets baked in the oven until the bread is crisp and the filling inside is steaming hot — give it a minute to cool down or pinch the sides inward to allow steam to escape.
Elhouni has added new features to her menu since the early days, of which the most eye-catching is fattah ($15), a fork-tender lamb shank served on a bed of soft rice. If the lamb wasn't sumptuous enough already, a well-spiced tomato sauce tops it off, along with a showering of parsley. Fattah translates literally to crumbs or, perhaps, croutons, hinting at the layer of pita bread concealed at the bottom of the plate, soaking up sauce and meat juices. Along with koshari, fattah can be the centerpiece of a feast.
And a feast at Mubrooka won't all be centerpieces. There's an extraordinary stable of side dishes, so many that ordering them gets a bit confusing. On the digital menu display behind the category, they're grouped in categories, and I thought that I might need to order them in groups too. No such trouble — all the sides are equals (and all $3, or less if ordered as part of a combo meal).
They're not quite all equal in my heart. The pickled tomatoes, with a garlicky rub on top, are an acquired taste; the fried eggplant is deliciously crisp. Baba ghanoush here is a little on the oily side, while vegetable moussaka — yes, like the Greek moussaka — is a rich, hearty tomato-based stew that tastes perfect spooned onto a wedge of pita bread. (Moussaka is $5.) There are also good crinkle-cut pickled turnips and carrots.
Elhouni and her family traveled a long road to open North Texas' first Egyptian restaurant. She came to the United States to seek treatment for her daughter's autism, which Egyptian schools were not equipped (or willing) to handle. Her husband was unable to join them in America for several years, but the family finally united in the Dallas area and began to plan their restaurant.
As Elhouni told the Observer in July, landlords were unconvinced by a group of restaurant-business rookies who had just moved to the United States. So Mubrooka, which means "blessed woman," began as a delivery service operating out of a rented kitchen. A word-of-mouth following developed as early customers spread the gospel of koshari. That success helped them find, and finance, the Richardson store.
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This success also means the owners can help promote Egyptian food to a local audience of diners who may not have ever considered that such a cuisine existed. Egypt could not ask for a better ambassador to Texas than Mubrooka.
"I'm telling you, every 400, 500 feet, you'll find koshari. You find it everywhere," Elhouni said of her home country. "All the people love it."
With a little luck, the same description will apply to Dallas in 20 years. Wouldn't that be nice?
Mubrooka Egyptian Street Food, 904 Audelia Rd. #300, Richardson. 469-778-1818, mubrooka.com. Open Monday through Saturday 11 a.m.-10 p.m. and Sunday 11 a.m.-8 p.m.


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Hi everyone! Wow, I thought I was the only one who liked this show, but apparently it has many fans!
I have to agree with Scottj, the show doesn't fit in the normal parameters of a sitcom and the characters are completely the opposite from the standarized characters we're used to see. This show really gives you something else to laugh about!


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Creating a working environment with agility and performance in mind is what every project manager should strive towards. Your team members and coworkers will look to you for guidance and coaching. This means that the bulk of the expectations will rest on your shoulders.
Even if that's the case, there are certainly some fool-proof tricks that you can implement for kick starting your team's productivity. How can you create agile performance management in order to boost the productivity and quality of work that your team is conducting?
Understand the expectations
Just like in any corporate enterprise, your executives will have certain expectations from you and your team. You need to make sure that you are personally aware of their goals and expectations. Your team is going to communicate only with you, so what you communicate is going to be the law for them.
With that said, misunderstanding the wishes of your executives can result in devastating consequences down the line, not only for you but for your team and projects you are working on. An agile working environment is based on accurate information and mutual trust – you can't have that if you don't understand what's at stake and what to aim for.
Communicate the bias
Performance management is a tricky subject because of its subjectivity. Your coworkers and team members will always feel like the performance that was presented aren't the actual data. The bias of the person performing the evaluation should be kept to a minimum.
You should be as objective as possible when evaluating the work of your team, regardless of how close you are. Keeping important hidden from your executives can lead to mistrust and rifts between coworkers – you don't want to create an environment where everyone feels awkward.
Implement a tracking system
The best way to perform agile performance management is by implementing a tracking system for everyone. Everyone who works with you or your team should have a spot on the tracking sheet and clear tasks assigned to them. This will keep everyone productive and focused during each day; because seeing how other people are achieving their tasks will kick start those who are slacking off.
A tracking system can be anything from a dedicated online platform or a simple Google spreadsheet with clear duties and deadlines. Implement anything that your coworkers will be comfortable with filling out on a daily basis and your performance should go up in no time.
Educate your coworkers
Tracking your coworkers and creating an agile working environment is one thing, but letting your coworkers know its happening is another matter entirely. Talk to your superiors about conducting a mandatory seminar for all the workers affected by this change. Helping people understand why they are being tracked and what it means for the future of your company will make the transition much easier.
You can easily create a few presentations, talk about the past and future ways of tracking performance and then focus on the benefits of the new system and how to use it individually. It's painless for you and it makes you look good in the executives' eyes – anyone who goes an extra mile to educate their co-workers clearly cares for the well-being of the company.
Highlight the role models
Once the agile performance system is in place, you should start making examples in your internal structure. Going through the data on a daily and weekly basis can help you determine who did the best job for that week. Highlighting these individuals will help a great deal – while others will be inspired and happy for the person who got applause (and maybe a small reward), they will work harder to have a chance at being the best for the next week.
Role models have always been the center stage of performance development in internal company relations. You can even visit a professional writing platform and prepare small speeches or thank-you notes for your coworkers. Don't waste an opportunity at a free performance boost and make sure that you congratulate the people who are going through the trouble of providing you with usable data.
Involve everyone
Your team shouldn't be the only one who is going through agile performance management tracking. Involve everyone who has a job description even remotely close to working on projects. Excluding some people and involving others will quickly create rifts in your department.
If some people are being tracked for data and performance, then everyone should be – including you. Talk to your superiors about your jurisdiction and make sure that you are the person in charge of the tracking project (with them overseeing you, of course).
Evaluations and revisions
The purpose of collecting so much data on a daily basis is to conduct evaluations and revise your game plan. Just because one week was productive and you got a lot of work done doesn't mean that it will happen again soon.
Evaluate your data based on individual performances and how everyone pitched in to help complete the projects you are working on. Agile performance management means that you can easily revise the job descriptions and responsibilities of each member of your team. The personal feeling should be left aside when conducting evaluations, just like with tracking beforehand.
Performance assessment meetings
People will want to know what you have been tracking and concluding on a weekly basis. Dedicating an hour of your time to a performance evaluation meeting is a good way to connect with the department.
Casually talking about how everyone is doing and how they did the week before is a great way to give people some sense of completion. They will feel like they are actually performing and it will help them do even better in the following weeks. While it may not seem as much, letting people know if they did good or not is an essential part of agile performance management and shouldn't be skipped, regardless of the hectic nature of your work.
In the end
The more care you put into tracking and evaluation, the more people will care. If everyone sees concrete morale and performance boost across the department then no one will tell you to stop. While there will be some growing pains with creating and implementing an agile tracking system, the results will always be worth it. Your executives will also appreciate the dedication and effort you put into implementing a performance data tracking system.


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