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Prepare for an adventure!
This is a challenge that involves both mental and physical strength. All throughout this challenge, you will be traveling through your city sightseeing and exploring.
We remind you to be safe and have fun while exercising both your mind and body.
Some additional tips to help you enjoy this journey…
1. Take a lot of pictures. – Occasionally you will not be able to solve a clue quickly. By taking pictures of the locations and features you can reference them later when you have that "AH-HA" moment.
2. This is an experience, not a race. – With up to 7 months to complete this challenge we have designed this journey to be an experience in and of itself. Often times you will be taken to locations that include memorials and vast amounts of history. Take a moment and appreciate the sites.
3. Elements of Decryption. – Often, but not always, you will need 2 pieces of information to decode a puzzle; the type of cipher and the key word. Don't give up! Record everything and hope a pattern appears.
4. Busy City Streets. – You will be traveling all over the city. For your safety, and the safety of others make sure you use cross walks and follow all traffic laws.
5. Public works. - Rarely, but on occasion, construction will interrupt locations and prohibit you from moving on. If you believe this to be the case please send us a photo and contact us at email@example.com
6. Story line. – This is a work of fiction that is based on a true story. Enjoy yourself and dive in! During your journey we have added links to a deeper history that although interesting will not be required to complete this challenge.
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In what some analysts are calling a dramatic shift in strategy, VMware today rolled out new features to its vCloud Suite management software that allow customers to migrate workloads to non-VMware cloud environments, including on Amazon Web Services.
In July, VMware surprised many cloud-watchers when it purchased DynamicOps, a company that allows users to easily manage workloads across multiple hypervisors and cloud platforms. VMware said at the time it is committed to a enabling its users to access multiple services from different vendors. Today, the company followed through on its promise.
"They're making some pretty strong changes," says Gartner analyst Ronni Colville. "DynamicOps was a major shift in VMware not just saying it will work outside its comfort zone, but really doing it."
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Nearly three months after closing the acquisition of DynamicOps, VMware is officially rolling out the intellectual property it bought from the company. At VMworld Barcelona, which begins today and runs through this week, VMware is announcing integration of vCloud Automation Center 5.1 into the vCloud Suite. That will allow IT organizations to manage virtual machines across heterogeneous cloud and physical environments.
VMware Application Director, also part of the suite, provides a similar functionality for applications that can now be run on VMware clouds or in AWS's elastic compute cloud (EC2). vCloud Connector allows hybrid cloud connectivity, or the ability to scale from one cloud to another. VMware is extending its management capability to include not only VMware-based clouds, but also physical infrastructure, Amazon Web Services and mutli-hypervisor environments.
In enabling this capability, VMware is ceding some control of the infrastructure and banking on the notion that customers will want to centrally manage workloads across multiple clouds or hypervisors, says Forrester analyst Dave Bartoletti. VMware initially attempted to provide a public cloud options for customers through its vCloud Director ecosystem of public cloud providers, but Bartoletti says that has been slow to catch on, so these moves could be an acknowledgement of that. Or, looked at another way, it points to the strength of AWS's standing in the market. "If you can't beat them, manage them," he says.
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AWS has made it really easy for users to go out and get public cloud resources, says Rob Smoot, director of marketing for VMware's management division. The goal in rolling out these features is to allow IT to still control those workloads. "We've always had the philosophy of being open and managing other hypervisors when the demand warranted it," he says. "We acknowledge that customers may want to deploy to Amazon, deploy to physical hardware, and we want to be the vendor they choose to manage that."
He also reminded customers of the advantages of working within the VMware ecosystem, though. Using a vSphere virtualized environment for compute and storage, combined with a vCloud Director public cloud resources, he says, allows for the easiest management of workloads across the systems, as well as baked-in features, such as dynamic rebalancing, high availability, fault tolerance, point-and-click availability, plus seamless and single-pane-of-glass management across the systems.
However big the move is for VMware and its cloud strategy, or for customers and their operations, Gartner's Colville says it could only be the first step. "DynamicOps comes with a whole lot of integrations," and watching how those are not just initially supported, but further developed will be the real key. In a way VMware, she says, is looking to commoditize a hardware layer and is looking to make its margins through the services and software management tools to keep customers coming back for more.
Network World staff writer Brandon Butler covers cloud computing and social collaboration. He can be reached at email@example.com and found on Twitter at @BButlerNWW.

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Of all the homemade cookies out there, I would have to say that the Snickerdoodle is my favorite. Now my mom's snickerdoodles were just a little different than everyone else's, for she adds nutmeg to the batter. A secret she would most likely get angry at me telling, but since she is hardly on the computer, I may have escaped a lecture. Anyway, I saw a while back and event called Muffin Monday, which I missed but put muffins on my mind. I created these awhile back but haven't made them for years. What is so great about them is that they are rolled in cinnamon sugar just like the cookie so the top gets nice an crunchy while the muffin is nice and moist. In fact looking down at it, you would think you were just looking at a Snickerdoodle cookie(see below).
Snickerdoodle Muffins
2 sticks unsalted butter
1 cup sugar
2 tsp vanilla
2 eggs
¾ tsp baking soda
¾ tsp baking powder
¾ tsp cream of tarter
¾ tsp freshly grated nutmeg
1 and ¼ cup sour cream
2 and ¼ cups all purpose flour
1 cup sugar and 2 TBSP cinnamon mixed together for rolling
1.Cream the butter and sugar until soft about 3 to 5 minutes. Add in the vanilla. Add in the eggs one at a time and mix until each is incorporated.
2.In a separate, mix together the flour, nutmeg,baking soda, and baking powder and cream of tarter.
3.Add the flour mixture and the sour cream alternately to the egg-butter mixture in the additions. Start with the flour and end with the flour. Scrape the bowl occasionally.
4. Using an ice cream scoop, scoop out muffin batter one at a time and drop into a shallow bowl filled with the cinnamon sugar mixture. Roll the muffin around in the mixture until it is covered completely in cinnamon sugar.. Place muffin into a greased muffin tin.. Depending on the size of your tins, you should get about 12 to 14 muffins. Bake them for approx. 20-22 minutes in a 350F oven or until they are golden brown.
And yet another reminder that this Saturday March 17th(St. Patty's Day) all entries for HHDD#10 Cheesecake are due! So get those entries in if you haven't already done so!!!


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If you give someone $20 and never see them again, it was probably worth it.
HTS costs up to $300 a month to operate. We need your help!
Oh good, for a moment there I thought the government would be too caught up in their bullshit to bother with checking up on ol HTS. Good thing we gave them some reading material.
It makes me laugh that people are shocked come on...
Not shocked that they are spying on us. But I am shocked that they shamelessly try to justify themselves by saying that we NEED to be spied on. I mean, we know every time we walk outside that a camera might be on us. Every time we log on, we take the chance that someone else knows about it. That's a given. But our government is supposed to be one OF THE PEOPLE. They work for us. They are us. Seems like they have their surveillance equipment pointed in the wrong direction.
If anyone's interested in getting Snowden pardoned so he can get back into the country, there's a petition at whitehouse.gov. It still needs about 22,000 signatures before they'll even look at it. You can go to the site and search for civil rights petitions, but they don't make it easy to find so here's a link:
Didnt someone already exposed the NSA in 2005. Why are people so shocked that they did it again.
The government would never do somthing like that
Yeah. This is not a shocker at all. The NSA has been doing this for years. As they begin to prepare their weapons we all need to do the same. Keep your eyes open and fingers moving.
I'm an American so I support our country and Israeli allies. In your country your government is G*D and can destroy your life with the flick of their wrist. There are idiots in the government though. But yeah, America is strong because of allies and the CIA not pulling any punches. Not happy? Too bad. Snowden is probably a double agent anyways for all we know. I'm sure the countries he's going to are cautious. You think the media found out by accident? National security trumps freedom of press. Without security you can't have true freedom.
hate if you want, but israel is not "terrorizing" Palestine.
Yes, we all owe dale gribble an apology XD
What if all the "leaked" info is just a pokermove?
We all think the USA can see all, ...but they can't.
Oops, i dont usnderstand
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The Perot Museum of Nature and Science is a spectacle inside and out, yet there were more jaw-dropping sights to be seen outside the museum Saturday as two acrobats danced to music while rappelling down the side of the museum.
Minutes later, the museum opened and hundreds of people went in to explore Dallas' latest wonder.
"It's big," said Qwun Davis, referring to the building and not the dinosaur bones he's surrounded by in one exhibit. "I like the outside. I don't really know how it (the building) stands up because it's all placed weird. It's cool."
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On all five floors, and in all 11 permanent exhibit halls, there's something to engage or challenge the mind and boddy.
"I just think they're going to learn so much," said Ann Hardaway moments after watching her 7-year old daughter Charlotte play meteorologist in front of a map, camera and teleprompter. "I think they've (the museum) done a really good job putting all the information together. They've touched on all the things kids can understand layman-wise."
"It's spectacular and it's engaging, " said Walt Davis, who's touring the museum with his wife and grandsons. "It draws you in and you do things and you learn things as you go along.
The Perot Museum of Nature and Science is all about inspriring young people to want to learn about science and it's what Ross Perot said needs to happen.
"In our country, we don't have near enough scientists and engineers," Perot told NBC 5 shortly before the museum opened. "80 percent of our PhDs at all of our elite engineering schools like Cal Tech and MIT come from two countries, China and India. Is that amazing? We've got to create those engineers right here."
Organizers hope the museum is unlike any other and amazes all who enter.
"It's more than we ever expected," said former teacher, and Ross Perot's wife, Margot Perot. "It's going to mean a lot to people of all ages so I hope people come again and again."
The five adult Perot children made a $50 million gift to get the museum named in Margot and Ross Perot's honor.
For more on the museum and to order tickets on line visit perotmuseum.org.


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James William (Jim) Jones
James W. �Jim� Jones, 60, passed away Sept. 5, 2013, with family by his side. He was born on June 14, 1953, in Augsburg, Germany, and adopted by Master Sgt. Robert H. and Mrs. Venita Jones.
Jim and his wife, Gail, moved to Destin, Fla., from Georgia in 1983. Jim was a construction foreman on many residential homes in Okaloosa and Walton counties. They enjoyed remodeling their own home they purchased in Santa Rosa Beach in 1990.
Jim was preceded in death by his parents, �Daddy Bob� Jones and mother, Nita Jones Smith, of Colquitt, Ga.
Survivors include his loving wife of 33 years, Gail; brothers, Chuck Jones of Colquitt, and Bob (Debi) Jones of Camilla, Ga.; sons, Jeremi Jones and fianc�, Tina, of Colquitt, and Tarkus Jones and fianc�, Sherine, of Houston, Texas; and daughter, Christy Cook Bryan of Colquitt. Jim also had eight grandchildren, Cody Clemente, Arianna Jones, McKenzie Jones, Hayli Jones, Noah Jones, Jack Jones, Kelsea Grimes, Tate Bryan and several extended family and friends.
As Jim had requested, a cremation has taken place.
A celebration of life service was held in Colquitt, Ga., at Pirates Cove on Sept. 8.
Sincere appreciation is extended to the doctors and staff of Sacred Heart of Miramar and Pensacola for the care Jim received since 2011.
Trahan Family Funeral Home, 888-668-8880, is in charge of arrangements.


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Report Timesaver Appraisal Comments™ (Mobile Site / Desktop Site)
Report Timesaver is designed to help:
- individuals write appraisal comments for their own employee performance appraisal form;
- managers complete employee performance appraisals for their subordinate staff.
Start an appraisal
Report Timesaver is easy to use and includes databases of professionally written comments to help you produce detailed and relevant performance appraisal comments quickly and efficiently in a number of easy steps:
- Select a database of appraisal comments.
- Set the level of achievement (exceeds expectations, met expectations or below expectations) attained for the appraisal categories that apply to your appraisal.
- Choose the individual comment sentences used to make up the appraisal comments.
- Edit your appraisal if required and copy/paste it into your appraisal form, download it to your computer, or email it to yourself.
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Comments are available in either UK English or US English.
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Comments grouped by category, e.g. Attendance, Communication etc.
Each category has comments suitable for different levels of achievement.
Comment databases regularly updated with new comments.
Completed staff appraisals can be saved, recalled and deleted as required from your own private appraisal database. They can also be exported as a text file or emailed to you.
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Create your own unique database of comments either by editing your own copy of our comments or by entering your own custom comments (managerial memberships only).
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How Report Timesaver Appraisal Comments™ Works
There are several databases of appraisal comments available to use online. Each database contains a huge number of individual comments for a particular appraisal application, and the individual comments are divided into different categories. There are different individual comments within each category for various levels of achievement. One individual comment is usually a single sentence, and several individual comments are used to make up a paragraph of appraisal comments.
You choose which comment categories and levels of achievement are applicable to your needs, and then you or the system can pick relevant individual comments and assemble them into a paragraph of appraisal text. Our system will automatically tailor the appraisal text according to a person's name and gender. You can check your appraisal's spelling, then copy and paste the comments into your appraisal document, save them to your Appraisal Comment account, export them as a text file or you can print them out if your report is paper based. You are free to edit the generated appraisal text if required, use it unaltered, or just use it for inspiration for your own.
Comments within the databases are written in either the first person (I, my etc.), the second person (you/yours) or the third person (he, she etc.) depending upon whether the comments are intended for your own appraisal or other peoples appraisals.
If you wish, you can also add and edit your own individual comments and comment categories to your own personal database of appraisal comments for use alongside our databases of comments. This enables you to build up an enhanced set of appraisal comments that are tailored to your exact circumstances. (Not applicable to personal memberships).
Managerial memberships have access to our configurable employee appraisal form. This provides managers with the additional option of configuring and using an online appraisal form instead of using a separate appraisal document.
To use Report Timesaver we ask that you pay a small membership fee and then you'll get access to our huge selection of appraisal comments and you'll do your appraisal(s) in record time. Why spend any more of your valuable time worrying about what appraisal comments to write?
Not the time of year for your appraisal? Remember, your membership could be valid for up to a year, so join and try Report Timesaver's appraisal comments out, and so be ready for when your appraisal time does arrive.


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Live to 100: 10 Diet Tips to Live Longer
What you eat can add years to your life. Follow our 10 surprising diet dos.
1. Snack on Watermelon
Longevity is the new buzzword. You can't walk into a bookstore without tripping over a best seller about extending your life. With good reason: Centenarians are one of the country's fastest-growing demographic groups; in fact, the U.S. Census Bureau projects they'll increase almost sixfold by 2050. So what's the secret to living longer and healthier? "Good nutrition can extend your life by not just years but decades," says Richard Flanigan, MD, assistant clinical professor of cardiology at the University of Colorado Health Sciences Center in Aurora and author of Longevity Made Simple. We've uncovered 10 strategies to help you tap the culinary fountain of youth.
1. Snack on Watermelon
Tomatoes steal the spotlight for being antioxidant powerhouses, but watermelon actually packs more cancer- and heart-disease-fighting lycopene, says Elizabeth Somer, RD, author of Age-Proof Your Body. Eating the juicy fruit also helps increase amounts of arginine, an amino acid that helps keep arteries healthy, a key factor in preventing heart disease, the number one killer of women.
Boost the benefits: Store uncut melons on the counter. "Watermelons produce more lycopene at room temperature than when chilled, probably because they continue to ripen," Somer says. Lycopene levels in unrefrigerated watermelons rose about 20 percent in two weeks (they didn't change at all in melons that were refrigerated) in a recent USDA study.
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2. Stalk Up
Asparagus packs vitamins A and C — antioxidants that hunt down and destroy free radicals, the oxygen molecules that can "rust" your insides, increasing the effects of aging. This superfood is also one of the best sources of folate, a B vitamin that helps prevent heart disease and may lower your risk for colon cancer. Finally, asparagus is loaded with an amino acid called glutathione that fights premature aging by repairing damage to DNA and boosting immunity, according to Mao Shing Ni, PhD, author of Secrets of Longevity: Hundreds of Ways to Live to Be 100.
Boost the benefits: Quickly steam or stir-fry asparagus.
"The longer you cook it, the more nutrients you lose," Somer says. Boiling this vegetable can also cause it to lose vitamins. Folate is particularly fragile, she adds; it breaks down when exposed to air or extreme temperatures for too long.
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3. Raise a (Red) Glass
A daily cocktail can extend your life, research shows. Light drinking reduced women's risk of death by nearly 20 percent in a review of studies involving more than a million people. "All types of alcohol appear to have longevity benefits, but red wine is best," Dr. Flanigan says. That's because unlike beer and hard liquor, it contains resveratrol, a compound that has been shown to increase the life span of some animals, protect skin from signs of aging and, perhaps, help prevent skin cancer. But don't get too happy at happy hour. Women should have only one drink a day; more increases the risk for breast cancer. "You'll get the health perks from that amount without the negative effects of excessive alcohol," Dr. Flanigan says.
Boost the benefits: Act like a wine connoisseur and swish before swallowing. "Resveratrol is absorbed better through the mucous membranes in your mouth than through your stomach," Somer says.
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4. Be a Part-Time Vegetarian
Loading up on fruits and vegetables can be a recipe for long life, even if it sounds suspiciously like the advice your mother gave you. In a study of more than 34,000 people, eating a vegetarian diet added about one and a half years to the lives of women who had a healthy lifestyle. "New research suggests that the antioxidants in fruits and vegetables have the ability to fight free radicals and work 24-7 to protect cells from aging," Somer says. On the other hand, the saturated fat in meat increases the risk of heart disease and possibly that of dementia and Alzheimer's disease. But you don't have to give up burgers. "In places with the most centenarians, like Costa Rica and Sardinia, people eat meat but only at special celebrations or as a side dish," says Dan Buettner, author of The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer from the People Who've Lived the Longest.
Boost the benefits: Use bison, which has fewer calories than beef and nearly half the saturated fat, in chili, kebabs, and burgers, recommends Paulette Lambert, RD, director of nutrition at the California Health & Longevity Institute in Westlake Village, California.
5. Stay Slim
Almost all men who reach age 100 are lean, and women who do are generally trim too, according to the New England Centenarian Study, the largest research project of its kind. "There are few obese centenarians," says lead author Thomas Perls, MD, associate professor of medicine and geriatrics at Boston University. Excess pounds can lead to a slew of life-threatening conditions, including heart disease, diabetes, and some kinds of cancer. Obesity is also associated with suppression of immunity, which can leave you more vulnerable to getting sick, a study in the Journal of the American Dietetic Association revealed.
Boost the benefits: The earlier you start slimming down, the better. Being overweight in midlife increased the risk of developing dementia and Alzheimer's decades later in a study of more than 1,400 people published in the Archives of Neurology. To lose a pound a week, cut 500 calories a day (just one Venti Mocha with whipped cream!). Or create a calorie deficit by ditching 200 calories (instead of buying an everything bagel with cream cheese, have a bowl of Frosted Mini-Wheats with skim milk) and burning an extra 300 (play 40 minutes of tennis).
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6. Eat Like an Okinawan
This area of Japan boasts the people with the longest life spans on earth, so stock up on two of their staple foods: tofu and sweet potatoes. Okinawans eat sweet potatoes daily, often as a side dish, and are the world's largest consumers of tofu, downing about 12 ounces a day per person, according to Buettner. Sweet potatoes have more beta-carotene and vitamin C than carrots and more fiber than oat bran and are a rich source of DHEA, a hormone that may help the body defend itself against aging, Ni says, while tofu may help prevent breast cancer and heart disease. Okinawans were found to have 80 percent less breast cancer and more than 50 percent less ovarian and colon cancer than Americans in a study of more than 900 people age 70 and older.
Boost the benefits: Enjoy this dynamic duo by serving steamed sweet potatoes and tofu with a light vinaigrette (Lambert recommends combining two tablespoons of vinegar, one tablespoon of water and one tablespoon of olive oil with fresh herbs like basil and parsley). Studies have shown that beta-carotene is absorbed better when eaten with some fat.
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7. Rethink Your Rice
The outer coating of brown rice (which is removed to make white rice) contains a wealth of age-fighting micronutrients, according to Ni. He points out that rural farmers in Asia, who eat brown rice, live longer and develop fewer diseases than city dwellers, who eat mostly white rice. Brown rice is also loaded with magnesium, which may reduce stress, and has double the cholesterol-lowering fiber of white rice.
Boost the benefits: Serve rice al dente. "Slightly undercooking rice, so that it's still chewy, will lower its glycemic index," Somer says. Why that's a good thing: Foods with a high glycemic index make your insulin spike and over time may lead to chronic inflammation, which has been linked to heart disease, arthritis, and other conditions.
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8. Pick Mushrooms
Mushrooms stimulated the immune system enough to ward off infections and tumors in preliminary animal studies. But you don't have to shell out big bucks for exotic shrooms. Inexpensive white button mushrooms, which are high in antioxidants, provided a better immunity boost than pricier varieties, such as shiitake and oyster mushrooms, in research from Pennsylvania State University in University Park and Arizona State University in Mesa.
Boost the benefits: Add mushrooms to your diet; use them in salads, with scrambled eggs, on sandwiches and as a meat substitute. Consuming mushrooms daily cut women's breast cancer risk by 52 percent in a study published in the International Journal of Cancer. "Antioxidants can help lower risk factors for cancer," Lambert says.
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9. Cook at Home
People who live to 100 and beyond eat at home more than in restaurants throughout their lives and often enjoy cooking, according to Lynn Peters Adler, author of Centenarians: The Bonus Years and founder of the National Centenarian Awareness Project, an advocacy group for Americans 100 and older. "The same food in restaurants will generally be higher in fat, salt, and sugar, plus it's often served in large portions," Somer says. "We also tend to throw caution to the wind when eating out, ordering junk we'd never eat at home."
Boost the benefits: Serve seafood twice a week: The omega-3 fatty acids in salmon, tuna, herring, and mackerel have been found to protect against heart disease and may slash your odds of developing dementia. Try Lambert's technique for a flavorful fillet: Heat one tablespoon of olive oil and two teaspoons of cumin seeds over medium-high heat until the seeds are fragrant, about 30 seconds. Place two diced ripe tomatoes in the bottom of a baking dish. Put a fish fillet on top, pour the cumin-infused oil over it and roast in the oven at 350 degrees for about 10 minutes. Garnish with cilantro.
10. Put the Brakes on Yo-Yo Dieting
Packing on a few pounds and then losing them for your high school reunion or a friend's wedding may not seem like a big deal, but frequent fluctuations are tough on your ticker. "Even a small loss and gain can raise blood pressure, increasing your risk of heart disease," Dr. Flanigan says. It may also up your cancer risk. In a Swedish study of more than 140,000 women published in the American Journal of Epidemiology, those who had lost and gained more than 10 pounds on more than 10 occasions were two and a half times more likely to develop the most common type of kidney cancer than those whose weight hadn't yo-yoed.
Boost the benefits: Be especially careful on weekends; the Friday-to-Sunday danger zone may play a key role in the scale's ups and downs, research suggests. The average American adult consumes 115 calories more a day on weekends and may not even realize it, according to one study in Obesity Research. That may not sound like much, but it adds up to about five pounds a year. Try to stick to your routine as much as possible: Instead of indulging in a huge brunch, have your usual healthy breakfast. Also, plan ahead to avoid weekend pitfalls: Bring nuts or fruit when you're running errands, and have a nutritious snack, such as apple slices with peanut butter, before you go out to dinner so you don't inhale the bread basket.
Originally published in FITNESS magazine, September 2011.


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ST. PAUL, MN — Minnesota recently became the first state to turn a core requirement of the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard (DSS) into a law for all companies — including fitness clubs — that handle credit and debit card data.
Gov. Tim Pawlenty signed the Plastic Card Security Act into law in May. The law says that any company in Minnesota that suffers a data breach and is shown to have stored prohibited card data is liable and will have to reimburse banks for the cost of blocking the exposed cards and issuing new ones. Such companies are prohibited from retaining the full contents of a track of magnetic stripe data, the three- to four-digit security code on the back of the card by the signature block and any PIN verification code number. If a debit card with a PIN is used, a company is prohibited from retaining the data more than 48 hours after authorization of the transaction.
The security requirements go into effect Aug. 1. The liability provision of the Minnesota law applies to data breaches occurring after Aug. 1, 2008. The provision requires companies to reimburse the card-issuing financial institution for the "costs of reasonable actions" to both protect its cardholders' information and to continue to provide services to its cardholders after a breach.
Minnesota companies — including fitness clubs — that handle fewer than 20,000 payment card transactions yearly are exempted.
In Texas, the House of Representatives passed a bill in early May that would require companies to follow the PCI DSS, but the bill failed to make it through the Senate. Similar PCI bills to the ones in Minnesota and Texas have appeared in the legislatures in California, Connecticut, Illinois and Massachusetts.


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A painting featuring a topless Bea Arthur sold for $1.9 million at auction in New York.
Titled "Bea Arthur Naked," the 1991 painting is by artist John Currin and was sold to an anonymous bidder during a post-war and contemporary art sale at Christie's. The estimate for the work was listed at $1.8-$2.5 million.
According to information posted on the Christie's website regarding the artwork, it was derived from a photograph of the actress with clothes on. "Currin mixes nostalgia with provocation," Christie's noted on their website.
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Nostalgia and Arthur certainly sit comfortably side by side. The actress, who died of cancer in 2009 at age 86, is famous for her Emmy-winning roles in the 1970s and '80s on sitcom staples such as "Maude" and "The Golden Girls." The latter show continues to be heavily syndicated and can currently be seen on cable networks WEtv and Logo.
In an interview referenced in Christie's lot notes for the work, Arthur commented on the possible inspiration for the portrait. "Maybe [Currin] was attracted to the feminist movement of the 1970s. Because of 'Maude,' I was the Joan of Arc of feminism. He certainly couldn't have done anything with Marlo Thomas of 'That Girl.'"
According to the auction house, Currin, stated that he always considered Arthur "more of a maternal figure than a feminist icon. I watched Maude all the time when I was a kid," he recalled. "She's a genius. She's funny because she's so much smarter than everyone around her"
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The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) sets out requirements that are designed to protect the privacy of students and their parents of record. Federal regulations prohibit the disclosure of a student's financial aid information to anyone other than the student without the student's written permission except for the parent of a "dependent" student (if that parent provided financial information and his/her social security number on the FAFSA), a campus representative, or other designated officials. The Financial Aid Office will only disclose information as is allowed by FERPA. We will not disclose a student's information to a parent (if the student is independent), to a spouse of the student, or any other person unless allowed by FERPA or designated in writing by the student.
To authorize disclosure to specific individuals, including parents and spouse, make sure you have downloaded and returned the Student Information Disclosure Release Form for the appropriate financial aid year located in the Other Forms & Instructions section of our website at the Student Information Disclosure page and submit it to the Financial Aid Office. Any changes to the form must also be submitted in writing.


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John Travolta is being accused of not asking someone to keep quiet.
The "Savages" star has been sued by a pilot who gave an interview to the National Enquirer in August in which he claimed he had a romantic relationship with the star between 1981 and 1986.
Plaintiff Doug Gotterba filed suit in response to what he says was a threatening letter from Travolta attorney Martin Singer reminding him that he signed a confidentiality agreement upon leaving Travolta's employ. Meanwhile, Gotterba claims he signed a termination agreement but never agreed to keep quiet, per the lawsuit obtained by TMZ.
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John Travolta describes aiding a car crash victim with a Scientology procedure
"In his ridiculous lawsuit, Mr. Gotterba absurdly claims that an agreement that was never signed is binding, but that a signed agreement is not binding on him," Singer said Tuesday in a statement released to E! News.
"Significantly, the signed agreement actually gives Mr. Gotterba additional rights that don't appear in the unsigned draft. Mr. Gotterba obviously filed this lawsuit to get his 15 minutes of fame. We plan to get this meritless case promptly dismissed."
Gotterba's story comes in the wake of several claims made earlier this year against Travolta by men who claimed he made sexual advances toward them. Singer denied all of the allegations on his client's behalf.
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Travolta has been married to Kelly Preston since 1991 and they have two children.
In an interview with Barbara Walters last month, Travolta's longtime friend Kirstie Alley slammed the rumor that her "Look Who's Talking" costar (and the "greatest love" of her life) is gay.
"I know John with all my heart and soul; he's not gay," Alley said. "I think in some weird way, in Hollywood, if someone gets big enough and famous enough, and they're not out doing drugs and they're not womanizing, what do you say about them?"


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Driven by extremes of ambitions, hope, aspirations, expectations; yet shackled by paroxisms of insanity, doubt, conceit, lazyness, pain, sexual depravity, despair and intransience, the person who has chosen to call herself 'Khannea Suntzu' is a western European artist. In fact Khannea is not one person, but several associated artists working together. Respective 'real world' identities and conventions of these people are no longer relevant — they have discarded their soul to a greater cause – the manifestation and incarnation of something Khannea refers to as 'Lilith' as an artillect. To this effect the cause of worldwide transhumanism is a means to an end – for Khannea transhumanism, (and specifically the ideals and values espoused by the smaller 'Order of Cosmic Engineers') signify a future where individuals have vastly amplified power over a vastly expanded world.
Khannea knowingly is a traitor to humanity having sold herself to the machine deities before they even exist. Khannea states "you cannot engineer a posthuman future. You cannot lobby for it, or have it voted through parliament or legislate it. It must be a work of art, or a labour of love — or it must be like making love, insemination, conception and giving birth, even if we while doing so risk sacificing the mother… because you can't do any but hope for something better…"
Madness? Almost certainly. Irony with a hidden agenda? No doubt? Culture Jamming? You have a solemn guarantee!… It is all banter with a plan. A highly lateral plan, a highly holistic plan.
The interests of the artists known as Khannea lie in the realms of augmented reality, virtual reality, life extension, artificial intelligence, space industrialization, nanotechnology, body sculpting, extended sexual revolutions, uploading, nootropics, paradise engineering, gaming, basic income, robotics and far stranger things. If Khannea gets her way we'll all end up being better humans because of it, and hopefully something better than humans as well.
As her influences she mentions (or constantly repeats to the points of being annoying) David Pearce, Extropia DaSilva, Aubrey de Grey, Marshall Brain, Larry Niven, Syd Mead, Ron Cobb, Kevin Warwick, Jamais Cascio, Martine Rothblatt, Hugo DeGaris, Anders Sandberg, Nick Bostrom, Mike Annisimov, Ray Kurzweil, Jacques Fresco, Zizek, Bruce Sterling, Philippe van Nedervelde, Natasha Vita-More, Kelly Lebroc, H.R. Giger, Armenius and quite a few others.
At TransVision 2010 Khannea will present a work of futurist art dedicated to space colonization: Terasem 1. On the long history of the terasem l4 space colony, a blog dedicated to Terasem 1, Khannea writes;
"I was bought and sold, somewhere in the mnid 1980s, when I read the book 'the high frontier', by Gerald K. O'Neil. His proposals were so elegant. I still think that this is the road to go forward for humanity, and probably the only way to retain and expand our humanity (and our abundance). It was an almost surreal experience to then receive support of Mrs. Martine Rothblatt in this amazing endeavor – to literally be instrumental in the construction of model of a Bernal Sphere/island One habitat according to the vision of Gerald. I was like a dream come true.
The guy doing most of the work is Simon Deering (not hotdogs!), the prop builder who managers creatrix.nl, [and someone I deeply admire] – Simon has involved in the work on the original movie Alien and he is a career model crafter. This will be one amazing journey culminating in the Tranvision conference in October this year, where we will present the model and give it over to Mrs. Rothblatt, after which we assume she will put it on display in one of the Terasem offices.
Take this journey with me and see how the vision Gerald formulated a life time ago can still enchants and puts stars in your eyes."
I wish to encourage all readers to subscribe to and read Khannea's blog the long history of the terasem l4 space colony, where she documents the design, planning, construction and deployment of the artwork. Terasem is one of the organizations most active on space colonization and other grand transhumanist visions, and I hope the Terasem 1 sculpture, once installed at terasem, will motivate Terasem staff to do something to really go to space, and for good. Read also Khannea's personal blog. In a previous post titled Transvision 2010 Blurb, Khannea further details her vision:
"Terasem 1, a model that should have been made ten years ago. The actual construction of these habitats should have started twenty years ago.
The model is a detailed prop depicting a Bernal Sphere along the designs of Gerald K O'Neil. Gerald wrote the book 'the high frontier' in the early 1970s (when we started having those oil crisis) and even then the book captivated a small but perceptive generation of visionaries. The vision of the High Frontier is not an easy digestible one — it builds on series of cumulatively more abstract steps well into the sky, and beyond into the depths of space. The High Frontier is no less poignant a statement as it was in the 1970s and we need solutions put forth in the book more than ever.
The message is clear — even though the majority of human beings in this planet gravitate between 'let other people sort it out', blank ignorant apathy or a passive aggressive 'don't bother me with difficult issues' we face insurmountable challenges to retain any appreciable level of our level of pluriform civilisation and industries in the next century. Instead of facing up to challenges we all flee in short term thinking and hollow consumerism.
The challenge in 2010 is – A world with ten billion people that has to relinquish acces to 15+ terawatt of energy consumptions is a world where very soon more than 5 billion will be dying.
The High Frontier charts out a solution that at every single step makes sense, from an egineering perspective. The price of this undertaking is high and potentially unaffordable in the current macro-economic and political climate, but it remains to this day the only way for modern society to expand, grow and become significantly more affluent.
The alternative has become unthinkable.
The road ahead is simple – do whatever it takes to create an industrial base in space. Mine asteroids and the moon. Make the colony self-sufficient. Build a SSPS (solar satelite power station) producing in the order of a gigawatt. Build another every year and (after a decade) every month. Rinse repeat, add space elevators, colonies on other planets and – habitats. The key here is — adding habitats – safe and very comfortable permanent colonies in space. Enormous and equally implausible structures housing (initially) tens of thousands of people and (eventually) being a key destination for emigration of the human race into the rest of the solar system. Bear in mind — if properly exploited, just the ateroid belt alone holds sufficient minerals to build these habitats to make very comfortable living space equivalent to the earth's landmass thousands of times over. That would in effect mean that after 25 or so years of doing this, energy availability would be bigger than acute demand, and energy prices will be falling sharply and irreversibly.
The message with this habitat is — does humanity choose stagnation and irrelevance, or is humanity capable of making the sacrifices to expand without little limit, indefinitely and in all directions? Look into this vision and can you imagine yourself living there?"


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USN-2214-3: libxml2 regression
17 June 2014
libxml2 regression
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 13.10
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
USN-2214-1 introduced a regression in libxml2.
Software Description
- libxml2 - GNOME XML library
USN-2214-1 fixed vulnerabilities in libxml2. The upstream fix introduced a number of regressions. This update fixes the problem.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
Original advisory details:
Daniel Berrange discovered that libxml2 would incorrectly perform entity substitution even when requested not to. If a user or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted document, an attacker could possibly cause resource consumption, resulting in a denial of service.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- libxml2 - 2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu4.3
- Ubuntu 13.10
- libxml2 - 2.9.1+dfsg1-3ubuntu2.3
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
- libxml2 - 2.7.8.dfsg-5.1ubuntu4.9
- Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
- libxml2 - 2.7.6.dfsg-1ubuntu1.13
To update your system, please follow these instructions: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Security/Upgrades.
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.


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Murder suspect Demetrius Parks has name in lights | News
Tampa, Florida-- You can see his face on surveillance video, and now you can see it in lights.
Demetrius Parks, a 23-year-old suspected murder, has his face plastered on digital billboards all over Hillsborough and Pinellas Counties. It's an effort to get him off the streets.
Cops say Parks is the gunman who shot and killed 49-year-old Horsley Shorter while robbing the Family Dollar on 40th street in Tampa last Sunday.
Melissa and Gary Kuykendall were as close as family with Shorter, and say Parks didn't have to kill him.
"That's just pure evil. I don't understand that., said Melissa. "I cant comprehend how anybody could do that to anybody."
"You can't make sense of it. You absolutely can't make sense of it," added Gary.
10 News has learned Parks is a career criminal. He has a massive rap sheet with dozens of offenses in his short life. He just spent time in the state pen on weapons charges.
See also: The many mugshots of Demetrius Parks
CBS and Clear Channel stepped up and offered space on 30 billboards to flash Parks' mug to all of Tampa Bay. Cops hope that combined with a $16,000 reward will lead someone to rat him out.
The Kuykendalls say Shorter's family is grateful for all the effort to bring Parks to justice, and they are praying Parks does the right thing.
"I will pray for you," said Melissa.
"I would definitely want him to know, like my wife says, we are definitely praying for him. We're hope he would turn himself in," said Gary.
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Olga Rickards necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 619 diseños de 127 diseñadores freelance.
Turnkey Dental Marketing "You Only Pay for Results!"
We educate and implement complete turnkey dental marketing systems for our dentist clients.
We are a one stop shop, meaning we handle all their dental marketing needs so they don't need to go anywhere else. We do it all. Most of our marketing is cutting edge, state-of-the-art online marketing strategies, including social media.
Our Tagline is... "You Only Pay for Results!"
and that is our Guarantee to all our clients. You MUST incorporate our above Tagline into the logo somehow.
We help customize our clients dental practice according to their dream lifestyle. By this I mean, if they only want to work 10-20 hours a week so they can do something else they love and want to spend more time at home with their wife and kids, we help them systematize their practice so it runs well without them.
We provide our dental clients with Turnkey, Systemized Marketing services.
Our Done For You Marketing gives our dental clients the freedom they need to peruse their dreams. We would like to convey these concepts in our logo as a permanent solution to their current pains of working in their current burnout schedule of 60-80 hour work weeks. We help them run their practice, rather than having it run them.
Our company services the global dental marketplace and is headed to become the leader in Systematized Dentistry. We are happy to give you full creative ability and we will collaborate to achieve our desired goal.
Logo should impart the following image by looking at it.
- turnkey, systems approach to everything we do.
- family always comes first
- we are committed to "giving back." Ie, our company is committed to giving 25% of our companies profits to helping children in Uganda
- done for you marketing
- company has Global reach
- we are an expensive, high end company so must project elite image
- should impart feeling of security and relaxation because we are freeing the dentist from the shackles his practice currently has on him
- should deliver bright and cheering feeling
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We are committed to providing feedback to all designers that submit designs that we like and think may be shaped into the Winning Design. If we do not deliver feedback on your design, that simply means it is too far off what we are looking for so we don't want to waist your time. We feel it's best to communicate this to all designers up front. I appreciate everyone's efforts and thank you all in advance for your time.
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Police: 30-year-old woman found safe; man sought
Witnesses saw 20-year-old man drag woman into car, police say
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Jacksonville police say they've found a 30-year-old woman who was initially reported to have been abducted in Northwest Jacksonville on Wednesday afternoon, but they're still looking for a 20-year-old man as a possible suspect.
The Jacksonville Sheriff's Office was called to a report of a disturbance at 8200 Siskin Avenue about 11:30 a.m. About 1:30 p.m., they notified the public that the woman, Teresa Foudray, was possibly abducted.
"Witnesses are telling us they forcibly took her from the residence, put her in the car and took her away," Sgt. Jay Farhat said. "Based on that information, we have to assume the worst."
Police said at about 3 p.m. that Foudray had been found on Kings Road by an observant officer. They said the case was no longer being investigated as a kidnapping but as a battery.
Police described the possible suspect as Ja'Kari Clark, also known as "Kari." They said he was driving a gray or sliver four-door sedan, possibly a Honda Accord. The license plate is unknown. Police said a second woman was already in the car at the time.
Farhat said the two had some sort of relationship, but didn't know any details. Channel 4 learned that both Foudray and Clark have prior arrests.
Clark is described as 5 feet 7 inches tall and 160 pounds.
Anyone with any information on his whereabouts is asked to call police at 904-630-0500.
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From a very groggy day at SMW Design. Been here at the office most of the day - on about 4 hours of sleep (from 4am to 8am!) but wanted to share some of my favourite images of this morning's wedding.
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News And Updates
News and Updates
10 Most Colorful Freshwater Fish
1. Discus
The discus fish are a genus of Cichlids, which are native to the Amazon River basin. Their bright colors make them popular as a great choice for freshwater aquariums. Their brain pattern marking and colors range from reds, oranges, browns, creams and brilliant shades of bright blue.
Discus fish have stunning markings and bright brilliant all-over body colors. They also come in single color varieties and even pure white. There are many natural species of Discus but also man-made cultivated strains in which breeders have produced hundred of variations of shapes, patterns and coloring.
2. Killifish
Killifish are widespread throughout Asia, South and North America, Africa and parts of Europe. They are lavishly colored and popular amongst hobbyist in the word because they are easy to keep in your freshwater aquarium. They come in red, blue and orange colorations.
The female Killifish are much less vibrantly colored and the male bodies have blue and yellow coloration with orange spots and stripes from the body to the tip of fins. It may be difficult to find one at your local fish store because Killifish are so attractive and popular amongst hobbyists.
3. Male Betta
These popular Betta Fish (also known as the Siamese Fighting Fish) come in a large variety of fin types and colors. There are numerous vibrant colors to choose from including white, black, yellow red, purple, orange and blue.
They are available in monochrome colors, but a Betta displaying 2 or more colors with its large elegant flowing fins is unmatched when it comes to other freshwater fish. The fact that they have a long lifespan and are easy to take care of makes them one of the most popular freshwater fish.
4. German Blue Ram
The German Blue Ram is a peaceful and colorful small-sized Cichlid. This species is flamboyantly colored. Yellow-green colors make up the main body and blue dots cover the fins. There are also seven darker vertical stripes on the fish and one very obvious strip on the head and through the eye.
There are red patches on the belly, near the eyes and upper and lower sections of the dorsal and tail fin. The fins are red and blue and the dorsal fin is dominated by yellow with black markings.
5. Endlers Livebearer
The Endler (properly named Poecilia wingei) is rare in pet shops but can be seen occasionally in the homes and freshwater tanks of Endler enthusiasts. They have a similar look to the wild Guppy.
They offer brilliant, neon and unique colorations including orange, black, yellow-green and baby blue. They may be small but with their coloration, they can't be missed. They have a peaceful nature, are tolerant to changing aquarium conditions and are easy to take care of.
The Boseman's Rainbowfish (also known as the Bosemani Ranbowfish) is endemic to Indonesia near Western New Guinea. It has a peaceful demeanor and is a popular freshwater aquarium fish amongst hobbyists due to their rare coloration.
Their color pattern is unique from other species of rainbowfish. The rear half of the fish is a bright red-orange and the front half is bluish-grey or purple. The body contains narrow dark lines, the fins are orange and the two dorsal fins are white on the outer edges.
7. Gourami
Gouramis are a group of freshwater fish that are native to Asia, Pakistan, India and Korea. Several of them have more different color combinations and patterns.The most colorful Gourami species are the Red Fire Dwarf Gouramis, the Blue Gouramis, and the Banded Gouramis.
Many Gouramis have a feeler barb at the front of their pelvic fins. They are almost the perfect aquarium fish as they are colorful, active, entertaining, are easy to care of and are hardy in freshwater aquariums. They come in many different stunning color variations like blue, gold, neon and sunset.
8. Peacock Cichlid
The Peacock Cichlid possesses distinct characteristics that have made them popular amongst aquarium hobbyists for over 30 years. The Peacock Cichlid display dozens of color patterns and iridescent brilliance, which consists of blue, gold, bright yellow, red, and vivid orange.
They also have vertical dark stripes along the body. Unlike other Cichlids, the Peacock Cichlid is relatively peaceful with other fish.
9. Fantail Guppy
Fantail guppies are a plentiful, attractive, and inexpensive fish. The diverse colors and patterns on the long tails of fantail guppies make them a beautiful fish to watch as they move around the aquarium. Their graceful appearance is one of the many reasons why freshwater aquarium hobbyists are enchanted by this species.
There are over 20 various color combinations common to the guppy species. They can be seen in solid reds, blues, purples, blues and yellows as well as metallic and white combinations with beautiful spots on their large delicate tails.
10. Flowerhorn Cichlid
This semi-aggressive Flowerhorn Cichlid is farm raised in the United States and has come into existence due to crossbreeding different American Cichlid species. They are named for their distinctive shaped protruding head and their dark flower shaped spots. The most popular color amongst hobbyists is red.
More colors and distinct patterns will lead to a higher cost. Some breeds of this colorful Cichlid can be exceptionally expensive. "The most expensive Golden Monkey was sold for 600-thousand dollars during a Malaysian exhibition in 2009
Info credit to : http://homeaquaria.com/colorful-freshwater-fish/
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MONTREAL – Canada made Kevin McKenna's late first-half strike stand to beat Honduras 2-1 Tuesday at Stade Saputo. The victory snapped an eight-match winless streak for the Canadians in a game delayed by heavy rain and lightning strikes.
The win improved Canada's all-time record against los Catrachos to 6-9-4 and was their first since beating El Salvador last summer in the group stage of the CONCACAF Gold Cup.
Josh Simpson also scored for Canada, while Erick Norales replied for Honduras before a marginally pro-Canada crowd of 7,525 at the future home of Montreal's MLS expansion club.
The nasty weather in the second half forced American referee Mark Geiger to temporarily suspend play in the 83rd minute. When play resumed after a 30-minute delay, Canada held on to record their first home win since a 4-1 result over St. Vincent and the Grenadines in a preliminary round World Cup qualifier in the same stadium in June 2008.
Ironically, Tuesday's result came exactly two years plus a day after a key World Cup qualifier between the two nations that saw Honduras rally in the second half to win 2-1. That result, also at Stade Saputo, helped propel Honduras to the Hexagonal and put the death knell in Canada's World Cup qualifying hopes.
The measure of revenge was not the only feel-good moment for Canadian soccer, as captain Paul Stalteri earned his 83rd international cap to break defender Randy Samuel's all-time Canadian mark.
After an uneventful first 30 minutes, both teams had chances towards halftime.
Canada, coming off a disappointing 2-0 loss to Peru last Saturday in Toronto, opened the scoring in the 29th minute on a bizarre sequence that Josh Simpson started and finished.
Honduras goalkeeper Noel Valladares saved Josh Simpson's initial shot from up the middle. Real Salt Lake midfielder Will Johnson took the rebound and sent a shot that Valladares tipped off the crossbar. Rob Friend jumped to head the ball, but it went off his upper arm to Simpson, who chested the ball into the net.
READ: RSL's Johnson symbol of big future for Canada
The goal was Canada's first since a 1-1 tie with Venezuela on May 29 at Mérida, Venezuela, and the first at home since a 2-2 draw against Mexico in a World Cup qualifier at Edmonton on Oct. 15, 2008.
Norales scuttled any momentum when he leveled for the Catrachos in the 34th minute. The Honduran defender outjumped a defender and got a head onto a Mario Martínez free kick from the right sideline.
McKenna restored Canada's lead eight minutes later on a set play when he came onto a Johnson corner kick to head it to the far post past Valladares. Simpson, the Man of the Match, almost added insurance when he hit the post in the 80th minute.
Shortly after, the skies opened up sending both teams to their locker rooms.
Honduras, who beat Central American rivals El Salvador on penalties last Saturday in Los Angeles, had Canada's number of late, winning twice in World Cup qualifying in 2008 and then again in the quarterfinals of the 2009 Gold Cup.
But the Catrachos, with only five players from the 2010 World Cup squad, couldn't find the equalizer after the break, sending new coach Juan de Dios Castillo to his first loss.
Canada will next face Euro 2012 co-host Ukraine in Kiev on Oct. 8, while Honduras will travel to New Zealand to take on the All Whites on Oct. 10.


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Is there any software that will compute cohomology of vector bundles (or just line bundles) on flag manifolds?
The only one I know of is Macaulay2, via the Schubert2 package, but it works with what it calls "abstract varieties", which are really just the intersection rings over $\mathbb{Q}$, so it's explicitly limited to characteristic zero. I'm interested in (among other things) bad behavior at small prime characteristics.


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Front and Center: Zocalo heats up the hub
¿Donde esta el zocalo?
If you ask this question in Mexico City– as in just about any other city or town in Latin America– you'll be pointed in the direction of the main city square, the vibrant, pulsing heart of urban life, the place to see and be seen.
If, in three or four months' time, you make a similar query in Charlottesville, you'll end up not only in the smack dab center of the Downtown Mall, but also at a new Latin-inspired restaurant called, appropriately, Zocalo.
Envisioned, owned, and operated by a trio of young entrepreneurs– manager Peter Castiglione and chefs Andrew Silver and Ivan Klavans-Rekosh, Zocalo is currently in the process of breathing new life into the Central Place space formerly known as Moondance. We doubt you'd recognize it.
We walked through the papered glass doors on July 2, a mere 24 hours after Zocalo's lease began, and realized right away that these guys don't intend to waste a second. Ceiling panels had been ripped out to add height, sheet rock had been peeled away to expose an original brick wall, and the design-build team of STOA Design+Construction was preparing to knock down the central dividing wall– essential to create the feeling of openness, warmth, and positive energy that the owners say will characterize the Zocalo experience– from the 3,800-square-foot interior to the primely located patio. A sign of accents to come, multicolored ceramic sinks (for the ladies' bathroom) arrived that day from Mexico.
"Everything is coming together perfectly," Castiglione tells Dish. "Like so many people in this town, our landlord, Ludwig Kuttner, has been incredibly supportive of our ambitious renovation plans, and we are also very excited about all of the cultural developments downtown. Some don't believe it, but the Paramount will open someday."
How did Zocalo end up here? Castiglione– who has general managed and consulted at such restaurants as Michael's Bistro, Blue Light Grill, South Street Brewery, and, most recently, at Wolfie's and Club Rio– and Klavans-Rekosh, teamed up first.
While Klavans-Rekosh was waiting in line for a parking permit at the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, New York, he met fellow student Silver. After graduating– and sharpening their skills at high-end restaurants from San Francisco to Atlanta– the two chefs decided to merge their culinary dreams with Castiglione's managerial magic and open a restaurant in growing, food-friendly Charlottesville (Atlanta was a close second choice).
Why Latin? That was Silver's idea. A main fixture in the Main Street Market until just last week (he worked at Feast! and Seafood@West Main and taught cooking classes at The Seasonal Cook with Klavans-Rekosh), Silver is a passionate fan of the bold flavors, authentic techniques, dried chilis, and indigenous spices of Mexico, Cuba, Brazil, and Argentina– the four national cuisines which will be most prevalent on Zocalo's lunch and dinner menus.
"I love that whole energy, the passion, that infuses Latin cultures– from the music to the food to the warm-natured people," Silver says. This Latin friendliness does seem to mesh nicely with the Zocalo philosophy, which the owners refer to playfully as "Happy People Unite."
"We are not bottom-line people," says Castiglione. "If a business is fostered instead as a positive relationship, everything will evolve around those positive vibes. Enjoyment is our number one goal."
Does Zocalo have what it takes to make it in oft-changing Central Place?
"For a restaurant to succeed in Central Place," says Brazilian collard greens fanatic Emmett Boaz, "it needs to do two very different things: It needs to serve a good, quick, $5-$7 lunch, and it needs to attract an evening crowd in a much higher price range."
Boaz says Zocalo's patio is Charlottesville's best "people-watching" location. "One could spend a very pleasant summer evening there with a pitcher of sangria and a platter of appetizers if Zocalo chooses that route."
We won't argue with Emmett.


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Groceries, housewares and electronics aren't the only things some shoppers would like to pick up at their local Walmart, new research finds.
A study by Carlisle & Gallagher Consulting Group discovered that displeasure with the current mortgage industry has one-third of consumers saying, if offered, they would consider getting their next mortgage from the retail chain Walmart. Nearly half of those surveyed would think about taking a mortgage from the electronic payment service PayPal.
Overall, 80 percent of homeowners said that working with an institution other than a bank to secure a mortgage is something they would consider.
Painfully slow execution tops the numerous complaints consumers have with the current mortgage process. Other frustrations that are driving consumers to alternative home loan providers are communication problems, the inability to track the status of a mortgage application and the untrustworthy advice they often receive.
"Consumer attitude is driven by three things: price, service and trust," said Doug Hautop, senior manager and lending practice lead for Carlisle & Gallagher Consulting Group. "Institutions looking to gain market share must target customer values instead of traditional asset segmentation."
The study suggests that in order to gain new customers and increase profits, current mortgage lenders need to not only improve the overall customer experience during the opening of mortgage account, but they also must increase the use of technology to meet consumer demands.
The research, which will be released in full next month, was based on surveys of more than 600 U.S. consumers.
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Fixed Odometry behavior so that it now works and then added a get readings functionality to sonarcontrol.
Updated ButtonControl and SonarControl.
Finally, the behavior compiles. Had to fix a lot of problems involving misunderstandings with Publisher/Client/ServiceServer/ServiceClient confusion.
We can now run priya_behavior as an executable, though the process for generating behavior executables still needs some work.
Updated the licensing information in many files.
This is a broken commit because I decided to do this at a bad time. Sorry! The build will be working after next commit, I promise (and I won't push till then). This commit reflects the licensing in the files after I used my auto-add/remove script.
Chaned libscout sonar code so that it turned sonar on and off when necessary.
Integrated SonarControl into the libscout package.
Created SonarControl files. Not tested and therefore not included in libscout interface yet.


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Some things are inevitable. Night follows day, football season comes after baseball, and the new academic year in California's higher education system begins with yet another round of tuition hikes. Heaven forbid that the University of California Regents or the California State University Trustees should commence a year without another fee increase--they need the money for their institutions to function in the wake of persistently deteriorating state support.
There's not much doubt that California's once proud tradition of free higher education has been obliterated much to the dismay of its students. As a student of the public university system and now a professor at a CSU campus, I have witnessed these changes first hand.
But are the new fees excessive? That depends on how you analyze the issue.
In their efforts to deal with huge deficits, state legislators and the governor have required students to pay a larger share of their education. For CSU students, tuition costs have gone up 59 percent over the past five years to $5,382. For UC students, tuition costs have climbed 60 percent during the same period to $10,302. To say that these increases are well beyond inflation since 2005-06 is an understatement.
But there's another way to look at the problem. According to the College Board, a nonprofit national education organization, the average tuition at a four-year public university in 2009 was $7,020. Viewed in context, this data suggests that whatever the sudden increases, CSU students still get their education at bargain prices; on the other hand, UC students are now paying through the nose.
None of this takes away from these dramatic increases over such a short period.
When you plan to spend a certain amount of money on a four-year education only to learn that it costs 160 percent of the expected figure, that hurts, period.
But it does point out that, pain notwithstanding, CSU student continue to get their educations at relative bargain prices. As for UC students, their gripe would seem to have a lot more merit. Thus, in a sense, the biggest problem with rising higher education costs is not their new amounts, but the low points at which they began.
None of this will ease the misery of students or their parents, but it does shed a different light on the issue.


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Every year Dispatches From The edge gives awards to news stories and newsmakers that fall under the category of "Are you serious?" Here are the awards for 2012. -more-
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As Speaker of the House of Representatives, John Boehner is second in line to be President. And since the defeat of Mitt Romney, the Speaker has been the titular head of the Republican Party. While Boehner has political status and power, his inept handling of the fiscal cliff negotiation shows he's not a leader. He's a failure. -more-
In his article, "America as a Gun Culture," historian Richard Hofstadter popularized the phrase "gun culture" to describe America's long-held affection for firearms, with many citizens embracing and celebrating the association of guns and America's heritage. According to Hofstadter, the right to own a gun and defend oneself is considered by some, especially those in the South and the Southwest, as a central tenet of the American identity. -more-
In March 1990, Time Magazine titled an article "Ripples in The American Lake." It was not about small waves in that body of water just north of Fort Lewis, Washington. It was talking about the Pacific Ocean, the largest on the planet, embracing over half of humanity and the three largest economies in the world. Time did not invent the term—it is generally attributed to Gen. Douglas MacArthur, U.S. Pacific commander during WW II—but its casual use by the publication was a reflection of more than 100 years of American policy in this immense area.
The Asia-Pacific region has hosted four American conflicts—the Spanish American War, the Second World War, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War—and is today the focus of a "strategic pivot," although that is a bit of a misnomer, by the Obama administration. The Pacific basin has long been the U.S.'s number one trade partner, and Washington deploys more than 320,000 military personnel in the region, including 60 percent of its navy. The American flag flies over bases in Japan, the Philippines, South Korea, Malaysia, Thailand, the Marshall Islands, Guam and Wake.
It is one of the most perilous regions on earth right now, and, for the first since the collapse of the old Soviet Union, two major nuclear powers are bumping up against one another. As volatile as the Middle East is, one of the most dangerous pieces of real estate on the planet are a scatter of tiny islands in the East China Sea, where China, Japan and the U.S. find themselves in the kind of standoff that feels distressingly like the Cold War. -more-
While Americans were horrified by the murders of 26 innocents at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut, many believe we lack the will to curb gun violence. Two years ago a crazed gunman severely wounded Representative Gabrielle Gifford and killed six others; we grieved for a few days and then returned to business as usual. Most Americans hope President Obama's speech at the Vigil for Sandy Hook Shooting Victims portends real change. -more-
Think back to 1971 and Klute. It succeeded because of Jane Fonda as Bree Daniels, a gritty needy call girl who, through psychoanalysis and a relationship with a detective, develops strength to begin a different life. Fonda was thirty-two years old. Nine years later, in Nine to Five, she snapped out of sweet Judy Bernley's diffidence with the memorable "You're a sexist egotistical lying hypocritical bigot!" Try saying it fast. There were other brilliant performances – Julia, Coming Home, and The Dollmaker readily come to my mind. But recently, Jane Fonda has sold her name to things not worthy of her talent, for example, Georgia Rule (2007) and Monster-in-Law (2005).
Now Jane Fonda is seventy-five years old.
And if we all lived together? (Et si on vivait tous ensemble?) is a 2011 French-German comedy film. It asks the usually-unspoken, senior citizens' what if question. Instead of risking nursing homes, or housing projects, or so called assisted living, or being alone, or other ghastly unknowns, what if we all lived together, instead? Of course there's an assumption or two or three in there. Number one is that one of us will always be willing and able to care and cope. -more-
The ban on women in combat in ground combat units is one of the last vestiges of sexism. Under the guise of protecting the "weaker" or "fairer" sex, the armed forces discriminate against women by deniying them the perks of serving in combat positions. -more-


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Cool set-up JB. You can close the door all the way with that thing in there? How long do you let it pre-heat? Have you checked the temp of the stones before baking?
Yes, that thing looks awesome. It's exactly what I need. Did you make it or buy it?
Here's a few pics of a pizza I made on the grill the other day. It'd be nice if I could get a little top heat in there, but the pizza was still very good.
That pizza is the exact size of the stone... delicate work done well, my friend.
Thanks. I'm glad someone finally noticed that. (That picture has been up on another thread for about a week.)
I'd like to try 3 1/2 to see if it browns better without making it too hard to get a pizza in there.
Norma, I want to roast some lamb or goat and roll it up in that pizza and eat it like a giant gyro! OMG, that would be good.
Pizza on the grill with a double decker stone. Pizza tasted much better than the pics.
jb,That is cool looking double decker stone. The pizza looks very tasty to me. Norma
Thanks Norma. I'll bet your grill pie, while it had it's challenges, with all those veggies was delicious as well.jb
Looks great Norma!Love the color combination, and the crumb looks fantastic too!
Really pretty pie Norma. I too love all the summer colors.
Norma, you make the most beautiful filetti pizza - and is that fresh jalapenos I see on there too? I think I'm in love.


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Former Sony employee 58-year-old Hidehiro Kume invented a small optical pickup that is used to read and write discs in the PlayStation 2 and the original PlayStation. He didn't feel Sony recognized his contributions, so he took it to court.
A lower Japanese court rejected Kume's claim he deserved compensation, but the Japanese high court ruled that Sony must pay Kume ¥5.1 million (roughly US$60,000) as a reward for his invention.
Kume was seeking ¥100 million.
"I thank the court for identifying some of my contributions to the company," Kume said after the ruling. "But the company should have appreciated my contributions when I was an employee."
Sony is currently examining the court's decision to decide how it will proceed.
High court orders Sony to pay ex-employee 5.1 mil. yen for invention [iStock Analyst]


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EVGA Precision X v3.0.4Release: 10/17/12 Updated "Adjust Voltage" section – Includes new feature: EVGA K-Boost – This feature will allow you to "lock" GTX 600 series cards to Boost Clock/Voltage, even in 2D mode. Some important notes about this new feature: If using SLI, please disable SLI prior to enabling this feature, you can re-enable SLI once system is rebooted. Please disable EVGA K-Boost before reinstalling, or uninstalling the NVIDIA driver.


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RS Sagittae: The Search for Eclipses
Jerry D. Horne
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Presented at the 100th Annual Meeting of the AAVSO, October 8, 2011; received November 9, 2011; revised January 3, 2012; accepted February 13, 2012
New V-, B-, Ic-, and R-band photometry of RS Sge has been obtained for 2010 and 2011. These new observations, when combined with previous observations, provide clear verification of RS Sge as an RVb-type variable. The observations also allowed development of B–V, V–I, and V–R color indexes for RS Sge and an examination of calculated vs. observed minima. The light curve shows evidence of both a primary and secondary eclipse with a period of 55.427 days, although the eclipse is difficult to detect because of the intrinsic short and long period variation of the star. The eclipse data have been analyzed following the principles of the Wilson-Devinney method resulting in development of a binary model for the RS Sge system.


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Uganda Official In U.K. Court On Drug Charges
Africa News Update
An assistant to the brother of Uganda's president is set to appear
before a British court Tuesday to answer allegations of drug
trafficking charges, The Black Star News has learned.
Rose Birungi, who had traveled to London on a Uganda diplomatic
passport, was recently arrested at Heathrow Airport when sniffer dogs
reportedly detected narcotics in her luggage. She serves as an aide to
Gen. Salim Saleh, who is brother to President Yoweri K. Museveni and
also the East African country's minister of Micro-financing.
Additionally, Birungi is Minister of Information for Toro, one of
Uganda's traditional kingdoms. She will appear before Yarlswood Court
Tuesday at 10:00 hours to answer the charges. She has been held at
Bronzefield Ashford detention center. The court appearance will give
the Ugandan official an opportunity to apply for bail.
A Ugandan U.K.-based lawyer Patrick Asiimwe says he is "working around the
clock," to find "people to stand as sureties for her to get the
bail." Asiimwe has been a busy man lately; separately, he is
representing president Museveni on an unrelated case in which a former
publisher won a $31 million judgment against the president in civil
commercial court for seized assets.
"We are still finalizing the bail application and we hope she will be
granted the bail," adds Asiimwe, regarding Birungi. He says he will
approach Uganda High Commission to the U.K., which is the equivalent of
an embassy, to see if officials can guarantee the bail.
Asiimwe notes the bail application is fraught with diplomatic
sensitivity. "Though, Ms. Birungi at the moment is presumed innocent,
the government may not want to get involved because it has signed a lot
of international treaties including that of drug trafficking," the
lawyer says. "It may be misconstrued by the government here to see the
Ugandan High Commission sending sureties to bail out Ms. Birungi. But
I've talked to some officials and am still—or alternatively her
relatives here."
The drug charges could land the Ugandan 12 years behind bars if
convicted. Separately, last year, while on her way from Ghana to UK, a
former secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affair, Rhona Mugoya, was
arrested by UK's Anti-Drug Trafficking Unit. She was later convicted
and is serving a 12 year sentence. Mugoya also was traveling on a
Uganda diplomatic passport. The United Nations Office on Drug and Crime
in its 2007 World Report, lists Uganda 13th among drug trafficking
Miwambo reports for The Black Star News from London
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But you don't have to have Alzheimer's to benefit from the new findings. Eating a brain-healthy diet can also help those of us who, as we age, notice that our mind and memory just aren't as sharp as they used to be.
Here are 5 memory-boosting dietary recommendations, based on the latest scientific research and clinical experience treating patients with AD and MCI.
1. Proportion your fat-carb-protein intake.
Every day, make sure that you aim for 25% of your total calories from brain-healthy good fat, which includes olive oil, avocados, certain nuts, natural peanut butter, certain seeds, and certain fish. Limit your intake of bad fats (most fast foods, anything hydrogenated, dried coconut, butter, animal fats, milk chocolate and white chocolate, and cheese). Consume 30-45% of your daily calories from complex carbohydrates (fruits, vegetables and whole foods that are low on the glycemic index), and wean yourself off high glycemic carbs (sugars, high-fructose corn syrup, processed cereals and grains, anything baked, whole milk and cream, ice cream and sorbet, crackers, salty snacks such as chips and pretzels, and anything made with white flour). Finally, get the other 25-35% of your calories from high-quality lean protein.
2. Boost your brain nutrients.
Omega-3 fatty acids (DHA and EPA) are essential for memory function and brain health. Most of us don't get enough from dietary sources (such as fish), so consider high-quality, pure fish oil supplements that contain a minimum of 250 mg of DHA in each capsule, and aim for 1,000-1,500 mg of DHA daily if approved by the treating physician. Antioxidant-rich foods are also great for mental function. Some of the best are berries, kale, 100% pure unsweetened cocoa powder, mushrooms, onions, beans, seeds, sardines, herring, trout, and Alaskan wild salmon. Finally, ensure adequate intake of folic acid, B6, B12, and vitamin D in particular. If you're not eating vitamin-rich foods on a regular basis, it's good to supplement as needed in pill or liquid form.
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A brain-healthy Mediterranean-style diet includes fruits and vegetables, lean protein (fish, chicken, and turkey); low-fat yogurt and cheeses; and grains, nuts, and seeds. Stay away from red meat and processed foods. Get in the habit of eating whole foods. What are whole foods? They're foods that have only one ingredient–for example, strawberries, broccoli, or barley. If you must have a convenience (manufactured) food on occasion, find those packaged, canned, and frozen items with the fewest ingredients–especially ingredients that you readily recognize and understand.
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by Barbara Sherf
If you haven't driven through downtown Flourtown lately, you may want to head out to the bustling 1500 block of Bethlehem Pike, just beyond Starbucks and before the Flourtown Fire Company.
While Chestnut Hiller Mark Petteruti opened his flower and gift shop, Botanical Expressions, five years ago, it was joined last summer by Scarlet Begonia's, an eclectic boutique filled with vintage clothing, gift items and unique decorative touches for the home interior.
Karen Phelps named her shop in honor of her favorite song by the Grateful Dead. The building, which dates to the 1800s, was formerly known as the Designer's Nest. Phelps, who trekked daily from her Gwynedd Valley home to Phoenixville, got tired of the commute.
"Once I saw the bones of this store I knew it could be so much more," she said, noting that the fresh look and paint has turned many motorists' heads. "They want to stop in, but parking is limited on the street. My regular customers know that there is parking behind the store. I'm trying to get the word out about that."
At the corner of College Avenue and Bethlehem Pike is Barbara B's Jewels, a shop that was in a smaller space on the other side of the block since May 2006. The shop moved into a larger space that previously housed Getz Printing this past March. With huge windows facing both Bethlehem Pike and Starbucks, owner Barbara Barsky said business is booming.
"Look at this," said Barsky, a certified gemologist, laughing in between a rush of customers. "I can't keep up with the demand. It's fabulous."
The newest addition is GiGi's Consignments, owned by Patricia Geppert Haber who was looking for a space locally, and Barsky suggested a former realty office in the block.
"It's perfect," Haber said between ringing up a steady stream of customers. "I grew up around here and attended the Mount (Mount St. Joseph's Academy) so everybody who comes in knows me."
Items on consignment include high-end women and junior's clothing, handbags, shoes and accessories.
Sandwiched in between the jewelry store and the consignment shop is Bob Cusamano, longtime owner of Bob's of Antiques and Used Furniture, who has been in the present location for 19 years. He admits he has benefited from the additional foot traffic, but sill expressed concern about the continued construction projects along the block.
"I wish we could get rid of those darned barrels," he said, referring to the large orange and white barrels outside of the stores.
According to Springfield Township Commissioner Doug Heller, whose district encompasses the block, PennDOT started to install curb cuts for handicapped access at the corners along Bethlehem Pike last fall.
"The weather turned quite fast and so they were unable to finish the project, but they have restarted and should be gone in a few weeks," Heller said. "The other project is the installation of new street lamps. It made sense to have the electrical contractor rewire the whole job, even though we only had money for the first part of the project. But the new lamps should be installed by the end of July and the cones will be gone."
The entire block has people talking and shopping in the variety of old and new businesses.
Ambler resident Eileen McMahon had just left Barbara B's Jewelry with several purchases.
"I've been a longtime customer, but I just love the new space," McMahon said, noting that she shops for her four nieces there. "It's so bright and open."
Haber, who named GiGi's Consignment Shop after her late grandmother, said she was pleased with business.
"These shopkeepers support one another and we talk each other up," she said. "We are tentatively calling ourselves 'The Shops of Flourtown."
Indeed, an announcement of GiGi's Grand Opening event in April was posted on Barbara B's web site.
Elkins Park resident Sara Beltz was in GiGi's after visiting both Botanical Expressions and Barbara B's Jewels.
"I was looking for someone to do my flowers for our September wedding but they (Botanical Expressions) were booked. Then we checked out Barbara B's. I'm pretty sure she can help us with our rings," Beltz said, while her mother, Rosemarie, was eyeing a Vera Wang handbag in GiGi's.
Center City resident John Schultz, fiancé to Sara Beltz, sat in a comfortable chair at GiGi's and talked about his Flourtown shopping experience.
"All of the merchants are friendly and helpful," Schultz said. "It was really unexpected. It's nice to see these small businesses succeed and send a message to the big chain stores."
While there is parking behind several of the shops, there is none directly behind Botanical Expressions.
"I've been hanging in here for five years, and while I'm happy with the increased visibility due to the new shops, we really need some permanent on-street parking," said Mark Petteruti, owner of Botanical Expressions.
Commissioner Heller noted that once a proposed "Village Overlay" plan is approved in conjunction with a proposed PennDOT road reconfiguration, there will be more parking on Bethlehem Pike, and it will be available 24/7, rather than just during off-hours, where it confuses the traffic flow.
"We would then have traffic in one lane in each direction on the Pike, and a center turning lane, plus one permanent parking lane," Heller said. "Our studies indicate that you could get from one end of the pike to the other in less time and more safely, without stopping for turning cars and having to switch lanes."
One building whose fate is up in the air is the old Tortuga Travel now Eyeline Pictures building, owned by filmmaker Don Mitchell, who is active in the Friends of Historic Bethlehem Pike and the preservation of the Black Horse Inn. His 480-square-foot property serves as his workspace and is on the market for $150,000.
"It's zoned commercial, but it's not the greatest use in terms of retail because of the limited parking," Mitchell noted. "If I get my price I'll sell, but if not I'll continue to use it to work on my film projects."
Barbara Sherf can be reached at 215-233-8022 or email@example.com.