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The house cleaning at Yahoo (NASDAQ:YHOO) continued Sept. 25 with CEO Marissa Mayer announcing that it was replacing current CFO Tim Morse with Ken Goldman, who was CFO of Fortinet (NASDAQ:FTNT).
Goldman starts Oct. 22 and brings with him 38 years of finance experience, mostly in the technology sector. While media reports differ about the type of CFO Goldman is, there is no debating the fact Yahoo has hired someone whose been in the trenches an awfully long time.
With the sale of half its Alibaba shares, Goldman will oversee the allocation of that cash, some of it likely going toward an acquisition or two. Here are three potential targets:
The most natural acquisition is Lockerz, the teen rewards-based e-commerce business that Kathy Savitt founded in 2009 and ran until August when Mayer hired her longtime friend as chief marketing officer. Although Savitt quit Lockerz day-to-day, she has invested $4 million in the company and will become chairman of the board.
To date, approximately $75 million in capital has been raised from Liberty Interactive (NASDAQ:LINTA), Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, DAG Ventures and Live Nation Entertainment (NYSE:LYV). Similar to Pinterest in style, its revenues can't be very large at this point. However, if Mayer offers enough, I'm sure Greg Maffei and John Malone would consider selling their 38% interest.
Bottle Rocket Apps
According to sources connected to Business Insider, Mayer's town hall included her stressing that Yahoo's strength is personalization of both content and ads. In that regard, she intends to commit significant resources to mobile and personalization. To achieve some of its goals for mobile, Yahoo will acquire smaller companies not for their products, but rather their talent.
I've gone to the latest Inc. 5000 ranking to find potential targets. At No. 62 in the 2012 ranking is Dallas-based Bottle Rocket Apps, a developer of handcrafted mobile applications for clients like ESPN and National Geographic. With revenues of just $6.1 million in 2011, it probably won't make Yahoo's radar, but that doesn't mean it shouldn't.
In the past three years, Bottle Rocket Apps has gone from one employee to 58, with everyone focused on making beautifully designed, easy-to-use apps. So popular are its creations that Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) has made several of its apps part of its iPad Hall of Fame. Bottle Rocket Apps is precisely the type of business Mayer is talking about.
Lastly, I would be remiss as a finance writer to not mention something related to financial services.
Yahoo Finance, although long in the tooth, still is one of YHOO's more popular sites. If Yahoo were to make an acquisition, this would be a sensible area to focus on. However, my suggestion is probably not one that it will exercise given its track record in large acquisitions. Nonetheless, I think it could really spice up its finance portal while delivering reasonable profitability.
The target I have in mind is Morningstar (NASDAQ:MORN), the Chicago-based purveyor of investment information to both individuals, financial advisers and institutions.
If Mayer is serious about personalization, no company could help her cause more than Joe Mansueto's company. Even though Morningstar does a huge amount of business behind the scenes with investment professionals, it still generates a great deal of love from individual investors.
The trick is getting Mansueto to sell; he owns almost 50% of the company. At 55, he has been at Morningstar since he founded it in 1984. I don't imagine he has a plan B. Not to mention, it wouldn't come cheap. Morningstar's all-time high of $85.50 was achieved in December 2007. An offer would have to be in that ballpark, meaning the acquisition would cost Yahoo $3.7 billion after subtracting cash.
Bottom Line
Bold moves are required at this point in Yahoo's history. Time will tell if Mayer does the safe thing by repurchasing shares, or instead chooses to make a defining acquisition.
I think most of us know what that choice will be. If so, put another nail in the coffin.
As of this writing, Will Ashworth did not hold a position in any of the aforementioned securities.


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This Is Your Country On Fat: Presenting 14 Years Of Exponential American Obesity
by Tyler Durden
A week ago we had the displeasure of reminding America that in 8 years three quarters of the population will be obese. We said that "many forget that a much more serious long term issue for the US (assuming anyone cares what happens in the long run) is a far more ominous secular shift in US population – namely the fact that everyone is getting fatter fast, aka America's "obesity epidemic." And according to a just released analysis by BNY ConvergEx' Nicholas Colas, things are about to get much worse, because as the OECD predicts, by 2020 75% of US the population will be obese. What this implies for the tens of trillions in underfunded healthcare "benefits" in the future is all too clear." Subsequently, The Atlantic decided to do a follow up on what it titled "The True Cost Of Unwalkable Streets" in which author Kain Benfield says: "Perhaps the single most alarming public health trend in the United States today is the dramatic rise in the number of people who are overweight and obese, bringing serious risks of heart disease, diabetes and other consequences leading to life impairment and premature death. This is bad enough as it is, but I contend that it is particularly unfortunate that we do not sufficiently recognize the extent to which these trends are caused by environmental factors, particularly the shape of our built environment."
Alas, resorting to the traditional American pastime of assigning meaningless blame when faced with a probem of epic proportions, instead of attempting to proactively resolve it, is about as expected as that of the four people around you, three will be, quite soon, morbidly fat. Because no matter who, why, when or where the obesity epidemic started, it won't end until the US welfare state is, pardon the pun, sucked dry (see "Welfare – the Great Delusion"). And if ordinary American citizens are shocked by how little Wall Streeters and politicians have changed their behvaiour, they would be speechless if only they looked in the mirror.
So while we don't have quite the suitable reflective device, here is a chart that should do the trick, coming from the same Atlantic piece. If this doesn't get one to rush out and scarf down the local (within 10 kcal or under walking distance) $0.99 McSomthing meal, nothing will.
Lastly, while the partisan bickering over whether Jeff Sessions is right or not in his estimate of a $17 trillion addition of Obamacare to future unfunded liabilities, goes on we wonder… Seriously? Because supposedly while $82 trillion in future unfunded liabilities is perfectly ok, $99 trillion is obviously a partisan hack to derail the great American plot to eat itself to death? Or something.
Instead of encouraging and enabling Americans to believe that any and every health-related issue they develop (of which the bulk originate from simply eating far too much, such as scarfing down on sugar, sugar and more sugar – which just happens to be the topic of tonight's 60 minutes), will be dealt with on someone else's dime, we have another suggestion: offer every American $100 for every pound they lose until they get to just below their ideal weight, and offer them a further $1000 each year to stay below that weight. Total cost: a tiny fraction of whatever Obamacare would cost, and the future benefits to one's credit card, to social healthcare outflows, and to society in general, would be unmeasurable.
And for those who missed it, here is 60 minutes on whether sugar is toxic (full transcript here).

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Most people's e-mail addresses are wrong. Sure, people still get all their e-mail. But if your address is "email@example.com," odds are that we don't and you're not.
When you are born, you are given a name and you have very little choice in the matter. Some might even say you have none at all. Most parents pick names even before they know what their kid looks like. But there's a reason to this - if we let children pick their own names, we'd have to wait until they were old enough to talk, and immaturity would lead every one of them to pick something ridiculous.
If kids chose their own names, we'd have people named SpongeBob Squarepants Johnson and NSYNC Smith. Because of the lack of foresight that comes with being four, we protect our children from their own errors in judgment by handing them a name and saying "live with it."
It's a bit of a trade off though; if kids could choose their own names, no one would ever be named Tanner. "But mom - I don't want to get beat up for the next ten years." Ever notice that kids with names like that are track stars? How do you think they learned to run so fast?
With the exception of those given to you at work and school (and even those have exceptions), we do get to choose our own e-mail addresses and Instant Messenger names, and we'd be better off if we didn't. How many of us make a horribly poor choice? Well, how many of us have addresses ending with the year "1998?"
But choosing the current year (which is only the current year for a maximum of 12 months) is not the only mistake people make. Some people put their birthday on the end of their address, which would be great if everyone memorized each other's birthdays. Your e-mail address or IM name should be easy to remember, or it fails to serve its purpose. If your phone number is shorter than the numbers at the end of your name, I will never send you e-mail. Especially if random letters in your name are capitalized.
Then, of course, there are vanity names. People take addresses devoted to their favorite teams, actors, singers, and writers (anyone?), but often choose these too quickly. No one wants to change his or her IM name every two months, so using any reference to pop culture is shortsighted. I bet someone out there slapped himself in the forehead before saying, "Chumbawumba_fan? What was I thinking?"
The opposite end of the spectrum is when your e-mail address or screen name is an attack on something you hate. Politicians, athletes, the kid down the hall - hey, it happens. And it's probably pretty funny for a while - until you apply for a job. "Um, yeah, you can e-mail me at email@example.com. Can't wait to hear from you, Mr. Turner."
The manager of the Atlanta Braves is actually named Cox, and they've got a pitcher named Millwood and two outfielders named Jones. While I was at spring training this year, they had a bullpen catcher named Alan Butts. If I didn't take the picture myself, I wouldn't have believed it.
Many people try to describe themselves in their address, but end up choosing words that they don't quite understand. There are a lot of girls out there that want to come off as sexy, so they have names like "vixen," and "temptress," and other such synonyms for "slut" and "tease." It's getting to the point where I expect an IM from someone named "Ihookupwith17guyseveryweekend." Or "Ihookupwith17guyseveryweekend2002."
But the worst e-mail or IM gaffe is when someone chooses something that doesn't resemble him or herself at all. Sure, you're smart or good looking or great in bed. And we needed Hotmail to remind us. Hey - Basketballstud24. You may play basketball and your jersey number might be 24, but unless that's an abbreviation for student, you've probably been kidding yourself for years.
When you choose an e-mail address or a new screen name, please take something that represents who you really are, and who you will be for at least the next three years. Use as few numbers as possible. Choose something easy to spell. Don't use capital letters unless they're at the beginning of words. Make it simple on the rest of us. And for god sakes, don't name your kids "Tanner."
I'm sure I've stepped on a lot of toes with this column. If so, I apologize, and I encourage you to send me your feedback. I can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com. Sorry - that's DeBBie_GiBsOn_faN98.


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The center will also provide clients access to IBM's emerging portfolio of standardised cloud services. These include:
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Whether you work with a builder or venture out on your own, it is a "gotta have it" type of world. That is what many of your customers are saying about home controls and automation.
They want to access the office network from home, peek in on the teens while away, turn on the spa before entering the driveway, and set parameters for the security system remotely. That's what digital communications allows them to do.
Those contractors who gravitate between the commercial and residential market, as many do according to recent independent ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR research, are in a position to take advantage of exponential growth in this area. Residential electrical contracting also offers an opportunity to garner recurring revenue, through the execution of a service and maintenance agreement, a must-have when working in a market characterized with lots of hand-holding.
How does digital operate in the home? The communications/signaling technology controls or manipulates the home environment: security, whole-house audio, lighting, heating, air conditioning, ventilation and more. Behind it all—or at least behind most of this type of connectivity—is digital data communications, the series or pulses of digits that communicate to and from products throughout the home.
Digital signal processing is in the news because of all the consumer products that now incorporate this communication platform—think high-definition television and the like. In electrical contracting, particularly the low-voltage side, digital communications enable a variety of applications. But, in order for adoption to occur, users have to be able to perform functions simply and without hours of frustration currently associated with products in which they are lacking expertise.
"Consumers want technology that is simple to use," said Darrel Hauk, president and chief executive officer, Channel Vision Technology, Costa Mesa, Calif. "For example, to be able to see the person at the front door by changing the channel on the television, talk to the person while on their cordless phone and listen to music throughout the house. In the connected home, each area is wired for satellite, cable, phones and networking, without over-complicated systems. That's what digital communications does for the home environment."
When digital communicators first emerged in security applications—aka the digital dialer in the 1980s for alarm signal transmission over the plain old telephone system (POTS)—the machine-to-machine language depended on the manufacturer and the equipment, and there was no perceived need for each separate product to talk to each other.
But as the industry matured, consolidated and became more application-savvy as well as information-technology and microprocessor intensive, open protocols and universal communications became more the norm, and that's where we are today—trying to figure out ways for all the little pieces of the digital puzzle to walk with and talk to each other in amicable fashion. Manufacturers have done a stand-up job making that happen.
Some products are end-to-end digital, while others rely on some form of analog signal (continuous electrical signals) converted to digital or an interface that allows it to communicate. Cameras are a good example. Many still receive an analog signal and convert it to digital, no harm done. The important part is that there are numerous options and services now available, thanks to the digital revolution. It is only going to get better.
Application in action
Here is a capsule of what is happening in the digital home across the United States:
- Two fast-growing areas of digital home health services are wellness monitoring and e-health services, which will quadruple over the next five years, according to Parks Associates, Dallas. At an assisted-living facility outside of Portland, Ore., Alzheimer's patients wear sensors that allow their children to keep track of their parents' vital signs and activities using a secure Internet connection.
- Interactive services such as targeted advertising, voting for game shows and gaming over the television are also key areas of interest in U.S. households, according to Parks data.
- Incorporating music from portable music players and other mobile devices to dispense throughout the house is the next hot application.
With all the digital home options and services now available, in the adoption stage or ready to emerge strongly, residential contracting can certainly be the sweet spot in the electrical contractor's revenue base in coming years.
ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR magazine, through Renaissance Research & Consulting, New York, conducted an in-depth study on the specific role the contractor currently plays in the residential market. The home-control market was explored. According to the Special Research Report "Electrical Contractors' Roles in the Residential Market," companies who work on automation or controls handle the work internally (rather than sub out) and do so almost always with the same staff rather than a separate division or department.
Even more significant is the contractor's role in selecting the brand used in the automation or control work. High percentages said they also typically specify/select brands and/or design systems if they work in a given category, suggesting a far broader role than one limited to installations. In addition, almost 60 percent of those who currently perform residential work expect its volume to increase over the next three to five years. About one-quarter of electrical contracting firms that do not currently perform residential work predict that they will be doing so in the next three to five years.
Home options and services
The home and office are an extension of each other. Users can work off the network at home or check in on the office through surveillance over the Internet. They expect and want the same level of convenience at their residences that they have access to at work.
"Whether it's entertainment, satellite, broadband connectivity, intercom, audio and some management of HVAC and lighting, everything is based on digital technology," said Jim Paulson, general manager, commercial and residential solutions, GE Security, Tualatin, Ore. "Soon you'll be able to plug the iPod into the electrical outlet and play the music over the entire home's system. That's where we're headed."
With the right wiring, compatible devices and a little imagination, Paulson said, homes can offer everything from remote security and appliance control, energy cost savings and plug-and- play computer network and home entertainment functionality.
"The connected home ties together appliances, heating and air conditioning, computers, security systems, smoke detectors, lighting, home entertainment devices and more and lets users control them all via remote control from a telephone, cell phone, over the Internet, at home through wall-mounted keypads or touchscreens, or even through portable screens carried throughout the home," he said. "A connected home allows all the electronics and systems to work together and gives owners access to their home from anywhere on the planet. It can also be an intelligent home, one that is wired to take care of itself and alert you to any problems."
Paulson said there is no question that more digital data is becoming available for consumer electronics in the home.
"High-definition television may be leading the revolution, but products like VoIP [voice over Internet protocol] telephones, TiVo, iPod and the revolutionary place-shifting technology that Slingbox [which enables the user to watch television by turning an Internet-connected PC into a personal television] demonstrate are just the tip of the iceberg. The key to being able to make the most of these emerging technologies is the high-speed backbone that connects the digital content with the products that display it, such as home theater systems, distributed audio, the television in the den, home offices and family computers," Paulson said.
Driving digital data
Consumers have choices they never had in the past. In terms of video, they can choose from cable or satellite and easily integrate security cameras whether at the front door or the nursery. But the real driver is digital content delivered through broadband Internet services.
People want alternative services like VoIP telephones, digital music services, digital photo services and digital content on command. The structured wiring system provides the ultimate vehicle to distribute these services in the home.
"It's all about connectivity," said Avi Rosenthal, national program manager, On-Q/Legrand, Harrisburg, Pa. "Our job is to manage and deliver content, no matter what that is."
For example, Rosenthal said the digital home may include streaming MP3 video on demand.
"Our products enable the delivery and use of content," Rosenthal said.
Electrical contractors, he advised, should focus on the lifestyle of the user, what content they want in the house, and how to deliver the things that they want to use.
"In the future, expect more communications to control technology, for example lights and security. More flexibility and more content will also be important. Expect for multisource, multizone audio capabilities, such as the ability to play four different sources of music or video in numerous areas of the home. But the biggest move is in content management, such as multiroom, multisource systems," Rosenthal said.
Digital communications is reinventing home automation, making it easier to use and fostering greater acceptance by the consumer as well as creating new applications custom-tailored for the user. It's all about what they want to accomplish within the home or remote office.
Wireless is always part of the solution, whether a radio frequency sensor or local area network device. Manufacturers are embracing the latitude of application digital communications affords and working with interoperability such as open protocols, interfaces and other hardware and software so a vast array of systems and services can talk to each other and work together. The implications are fantastic, for you and your customers. EC
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By ANNE BAYEFSKY AND MICHAEL B. MUKASEYSeveral Republican senators continue to oppose the possible nomination of Susan Rice, currently the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, to be secretary of state in President Obama's second term. Their opposition stems largely from Ms. Rice's repeated insistence, five days after terrorists murdered four Americans at a U.S. facility in Libya, that the slaughter stemmed from spontaneous Muslim rage over an amateur video. Sen. John McCain at one point called Ms. Rice "unfit" for the job.
Former U.S. attorney general Michael Mukasey on whether U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice is qualified to be secretary of state. Photo: Associated Press
In 1929, Henry Stimson dismantled the nation's only cryptographic facility, located in the State Department, with the airy observation that gentlemen don't read one another's mail. (He sobered up by World War II, when as secretary of war he oversaw a robust code-breaking effort.) More recently, Clinton administration Secretary of State Warren Christopher diminished the office by making several futile pilgrimages to Syria, where he once waited on his airplane for over half an hour in Damascus before being told that Syrian dictator Hafez Assad was too busy to see him. Assad calculated correctly that the slap would be cost-free.
By this modest standard, some might find that Susan Rice is fit. But moral fitness is also relevant, and it is in that category that the Benghazi episode is relevant.
The president has said that Ms. Rice should not be criticized because she "had nothing to do with Benghazi" and so couldn't have known better when she gave her false account. According to Mr. Obama (and to her), she simply repeated talking points provided by an amorphous and anonymous "intelligence community."
But Ms. Rice did know at least a couple of things. She knew that she had nothing to do with Benghazi. She knew that after the attack the president insisted that U.S. leaders not "shoot first and aim later" but rather "make sure that the statements that you make are backed up by the facts." She knew that the video story line was questionable, as Sen. Dianne Feinstein (chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence) and administration officials had already suggested publicly that the attack was al Qaeda-related. And she knew that the president had a political interest in asserting that al Qaeda wasn't successfully attacking senior American officials but was instead "on the run," as he maintained on the campaign trail.
Senators might therefore ask Ms. Rice why she was put forward to speak about Benghazi, and what part her personal ambition might have played in her willingness to assume the role known during the Cold War as "useful idiot."
Ms. Rice might also be asked what she knew about al Qaeda's operations in Libya. As a member of the U.N. Security Council and its "Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee," she is privy, for example, to information about the al Qaeda-affiliated Libyan Islamic Fighting Group, which is under sanctions and, according to the council, "maintain[s] a presence in eastern Libya."
Senators might also explore Ms. Rice's broader record at the U.N. Why, for example, did she think it was appropriate to absent herself from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's September speech to the General Assembly, the purpose of which was to offer the global community a painstaking explanation of why Iran must be stopped before it can weaponize its growing stock of enriched uranium.
Then there is the matter of U.S. participation for the past three years in the U.N. Human Rights Council, alongside such paragons as China, Cuba, Russia and Saudi Arabia (soon to be replaced by Pakistan, United Arab Emirates, Ivory Coast and Venezuela). Ms. Rice has continually defended America's presence on the council while boasting to Congress that the U.S. "succeeded in getting Iran to withdraw its candidacy last year." She omitted that, in return, the Obama administration stood aside while Iran was elected to the U.N.'s top women's rights body, the Commission on the Status of Women.
Faced with the Human Rights Council's obsessive condemnations of Israel, Ms. Rice told Congress in April 2011 that "the results there were worse when America sat on the sidelines. . . . Israel was relentlessly bashed." America's "engagement and leadership," she said, "are paying dividends." Yet two weeks earlier, the council had concluded its March 2011 session by adopting more resolutions bashing Israel than at any other session in its history.
In February 2011, Ms. Rice vetoed a Security Council resolution condemning Israel for building settlements, but she voiced agreement with the resolution's substance in extreme terms, even touching on construction inside existing settlements and within Israel's capital. "Israeli settlement activity" has "corroded hopes for peace and stability in the region," she said, adding that it "violates Israel's international commitments [and] devastates trust between the parties. . . . [W]e agree with our fellow council members—and indeed, with the wider world—about the folly and illegitimacy of continued Israeli settlement activity."
This month, asked to comment on plans by Human Rights Council "experts" to create a special "investigation unit" and report on America's use of drones as violations of international law and possible "war crimes," Ms. Rice said mildly that the U.S. has "questions about the appropriateness of this approach but we will look at it on its merits."
On the critical issue of Iran's nuclear program, Ms. Rice has been able to achieve only one sanctions resolution, in June 2010, and with less support than any of the multiple Security Council resolutions passed during the George W. Bush administration.
With respect to the ghastly scenario in Syria, Ms. Rice's efforts in the Security Council have been stunningly meager. The Russians (with whom America supposedly "reset" its relationship) and the Chinese have her thoroughly stymied.
Other examples, of both her inexplicable absences from the U.N. and her inconsequential presence, could be adduced. And though the president, not the U.N. ambassador, makes foreign policy, one is entitled to ask how a Secretary Rice would view the acts and omissions of Ambassador Rice.
Amazingly, the other person most frequently mentioned as a possible secretary of state is Sen. John Kerry, who in the 1970s not only threw away his military medals and testified that his fellow soldiers in Vietnam were war criminals, but also said during a 2004 presidential debate that the U.S. shouldn't use its military power without invoking a "global test" and garnering international approval. So all this may be a matter of choosing the lesser of two evils—but at a minimum Americans should know fully what they are choosing.
Ms. Bayefsky is director of the Touro Institute on Human Rights and the Holocaust. Mr. Mukasey served as U.S. attorney general from 2007-09 and as a U.S. district judge from 1988 to 2006.


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This soft, creamy butter is highly emollient when used in skin and hair care. The high levels of essential fatty acids and phytosterols in Cupuacu Butter help restore elasticity to skin, and soothe irritation and inflammation. This butter is also thought to contain some UV protective factors.
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Strike in South African Mine Turns Deadly; The One-Square-Meter House
Aired August 20, 2012 - 04:00:00 ET
CARL AZUZ, CNN ANCHOR: Whether you are starting a new week or a new school year, we welcome you to CNN STUDENT NEWS. Hello, I`m Carl Azuz. Today, we are taking you to Cuba, to Syria, even up to Mars. But today, we are starting on the continent of Africa. All right, first up, we`re talking about a tense situation surrounding a mining operation in the country of South Africa, specifically. This all started about a week ago. The miners argued that because their jobs were very dangerous, they wanted to be paid more for their work, about three times more. The company that owns the mine, which is called Lonmin, said no, so the miners went on strike. This all happened at the Marikana mine. It`s about two hours away from Johannesburg, which is the largest city in South Africa. The strike turned deadly last week when police officers opened fire on the striking miners. 34 workers were killed, 78 others were wounded. A police commissioner says the officers were forced to defend themselves after the miners fired on them. Journalists at the mine could not say for sure which side fired first. People came out to protest the shooting over the weekend. They were carrying traditional machetes, the large knives you see right here. Lonmin, the company, says the strike is illegal. It set a deadline for the miners to report back to work. That deadline is today. Next up, we`re moving north to Syria. Around 300 military observers from the United Nations are leaving the Middle Eastern country. They`ve been in Syria for four months. They were supposed to monitor a cease-fire that the government and rebels agreed to back in April. Well, that cease- fire never happened. In fact, the violence just got worse. That`s not the reason why U.N. observers are leaving, though. Their mandate, their authorization to be in Syria ended yesterday. The United Nations says it will still have a presence in Syria and will keep working to find the solution to the country`s civil war. Our next headline brings us back across the Atlantic Ocean, but it doesn`t take us out of the water. You see Cuba and the Florida Keys coming around right here. Diana Nyad is attempting to swim from one to the other. This is a practice video from a few years ago. Nyad started her swim on Saturday. The 103-mile trip is expected to taker her 60 hours if she`s able to complete it. Nyad`s team says she`s been making good progress, though she`s been stung by jellyfish on her face, hands and neck. She`s tried this a few times before. She told CNN there`s some extra pressure this time around. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) DIANA NYAD, ENDURANCE SWIMMER: On the one hand, I`m feeling some pressure. As you mentioned, it`s not the first time. We can dig back, way back to 1978, when I was very young, in my 20s, coming up to the last couple of years. And a number of failures at this. So I`m feeling a tremendous, you know, inner pressure that this has got to be it, this has got to be the last time. And on the other hand, I`ve got to tell you, I am sky-high excited. My adrenaline is just pumping out of my skin. I`m ready for this. (END VIDEO CLIP) (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: See if you can ID me. I`m a device that was suggested by Albert Einstein in 1916, but wasn`t invented until decades later. My name is an acronym that stands for what I do. Light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation. I`m a laser, and I can be used in construction, medicine, and scientific research. (END VIDEO CLIP) AZUZ: That scientific research can happen in a lab or on another planet. The Curiosity rover has been on Mars for two weeks now, and it`s definitely leaving its mark on the place. This weekend, its mission was set to fire its laser at some of the landscape. Curiosity is on Mars to investigate whether the planet could have ever supported life. A laser is part of that. The rover was set to take aim at N165 -- that is a three- inch rock. The plan was for Curiosity to sit about 10 feet away and hit the rock 30 times in 10 seconds with that laser. Then it would analyze the gas that`s released so that it can try to identify the chemical elements in the rock. Leo McCarthy helped set up an organization that offers scholarships to high school students. More than 140 have gotten one so far, and in order to qualify, these students have to take on a challenge. McCarthy came up with the idea when he was struggling through a personal tragedy. Now it`s the reason why he`s one of this year`s "CNN Heroes." (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) LEO MCCARTHY, CNN HERO: October 27th, 2007, was a beautiful autumn day. Mariah, she was with her two friends. I didn`t know the last time I kissed her would have been my last time. Later that night, they were walking down this path when an under-aged drunk driver swerved off the road and hit them. Mariah landed here. She died that night. They were only a block away from my house. Mariah was only 14. And I`m thinking, how did this happen? It is so preventable. My name is Leo McCarthy. I give kids tools to stay away from drinking. Our state has been notoriously top five in drinking and driving fatalities in the country. The drinking culture, it`s a cyclical disease that we allow to continue. Mariah`s challenge is be the first generation of you kids to not drink. In the eulogy, I said if you stick with me for four years, don`t use alcohol, don`t use illicit drugs, I`ll be there with a bunch of other people to give you money to go to a post-secondary school. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I promise not to drink until I am 21. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I promise not to get into a car with someone who has been drinking. UNIDENTIFIED MALE: I promise to give back to my community. MCCARTHY: I think Mariah`s challenge is something that makes people think a little bit more to say we can do better. Mariah`s forever 14. I can`t get her back. But I can help other parents keep their kids safe. If we save one child, we save a generation. (END VIDEOTAPE) (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Time for "The Shoutout." Approximately how many square feet are in one square meter? If you think you know it, then shout it out. Is it one square foot, 5 square feet, 10 square feet or 20 square feet? You`ve got three seconds, go. One square meter is equal to a little more than 10 square feet. That`s your answer and that`s your "Shoutout." (END VIDEO CLIP) AZUZ: So it`s an area that`s bigger than your desk but not by too much. It`s not a lot of space, but one architect has designed what he calls a house that is just one square meter. He says if you live in it, you could have the biggest house imaginable. You just have to have the right mind-set. Here is his explanation. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) VAN BO LE-MENTZAL, ARCHITECT: I think it is the word`s smallest house, because it is just one square meter. I mean, it`s about 10 square feet, and you can sit in it, work in it and sleep in it. My name is Van Bo Le-Mentzal from Germany, .Berlin, and I`m an architect and I`m the founder of the so-called one square meter house. The one square meter house has everything you need to call it a house. It has a roof, it has a door, a lockable door. It has a foldable desk and a window. And you can sleep in it. It`s very small. It`s a tiny space if you stay in that house the whole day. But if you define your house as a kind of center base and declare the park as your garden or the city as your living room, this house is possibly the biggest house that you can imagine. I`m from a refugee family, so when I came to Germany from Laos, back then, I had nothing. All my life I was confronted (ph) with the question, what is home? Where do you belong to? Where is my home base? And where do I want to settle? And the one square meter house is one of the answers that I found for myself. I can settle wherever I want, because this is the one square meter that nobody is allowed to touch. It`s mine. (END VIDEOTAPE) AZUZ: As I said, it`s all about mind-set. It has no bathroom, no coach, no kitchen, no television. You can`t really store or cook anything in it, but you can have it as your own space, and take it with you wherever. It`s all in how you define a house, and that`s what we`re talking about on our blog today at cnnstudentnews.com. Log on, tell us what you think makes a house a house. Finally, what`s better than a day at the amusement park when you don`t have to leave home to get there. An Ohio couple built this backyard rollercoaster for their kids. Now, watch this. It may only have one hill, but that hill is 12 feet tall, and as you can see in this Youtube video, it`s enough for everyone to have a good time. Took the couple three weeks to build the thing. How would you describe the experience of building a backyard rollercoaster? There are some ups and downs, just like in our puns. But it`s good to have a video camera so you can keep track of that. It`s time for us to ride, but we will loop back tomorrow with more CNN STUDENT NEWS. See you then. END


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Roswell, New Mexico's place in UFO lore is being celebrated in a big way via an enormous new alien statue that towers over the city. According to a local media report, the 22-foot-tall depiction of a green ET was installed on the city's Main Street earlier this week. The massive monument comes courtesy of a recently-opened Dunkin' Donuts / Baskin-Robbins that drew inspiration from Roswell's famous alien-themed McDonald's.
According to the company, the styrofoam statue was constructed over the course of four weeks at a total cost of $35,000. "We wanted to create a landmark," said a representative from the chain of coffee shops, "something that will stay here forever." Considering that the statue weighs a whopping 2,000 pounds, it's probably a safe bet that the muscular-looking ET is going to be a hanging around the city for quite some time.
Find out how the community reacted to waking up one morning this week to discover enormous alien looming over their community at the Coast to Coast AM website.


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100 Years of Grand: The Grand Canyon Centennial Project
A digital archive celebrating the Centennial of the Grand Canyon National Park. A collaborative project of the Arizona State University Library, Cline Library, Northern Arizona University and the Grand Canyon National Park. Additional materials are available via the project website.
- 4 English
- Boundaries
- Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe Railway Company
- 4 Grand Canyon (Ariz.)
- 4 Hayden, Carl Trumbull, 1877-1972
- 4 Legislation
- 3 Bass, William Wallace, 1849-1933
- 2 Cameron, Ralph Henry, 1863-1953
- more
- 2 Maps
- 2 Railroad
- 1 Ashurst, Henry Fountain, 1874-1962
- 1 Mining
- 1 United States. Congress. Senate
- Tertiary History of the Grand Cañon District with Atlas
- History of the Grand Canyon National Park
- Stage Coach Trip to the Grand Canyon, 1895, by Josephine Frankenberg of Tempe
- Letter from A. E. Demaray, National Park Service to Carl Hayden
- Letter from Carl Hayden to J. R. Eakin, Grand Canyon National Park
Letter from W. W. Bass to Carl Hayden written on Bass Camps and Trails stationary. Bass urges Hayden to consider the implications to his farming and mining rights if the bill is passed.
- Contributors
- Bass, W. W., Hayden, Carl T.
- Created Date
- 1918-10-07
Letter from W. W. Bass to Carl Hayden urging him to visit the Grand Canyon in order to see what effect the National Park bill would have on the farmers and miners of the Grand Canyon. Bass urges Hayden to "correct a threatening evil" and the monopoly such a proposal would give to the Santa Fe Railway line, includes newspaper clipping.
- Contributors
- Bass, W. W., Hayden, Carl T.
- Created Date
- 1917-09-22
Letter from attorney Thomas J. Croff to Carl Hayden informing him of the Atchison, Topeka, and Santa Fe railroad company's ownership of land inside the proposed national park boundaries.
- Contributors
- Croaff, Thomas J., Hayden, Carl T.
- Created Date
- 1917-02-06
Letter from W. W. Bass to Carl Hayden stating his vehement opposition to the National Park bill. Bass's concerns include a monopoly by the Santa Fe Railway and a clash between the Native Americans and the Department of the Interior.
- Contributors
- Bass, W. W., Hayden, Carl T.
- Created Date
- 1917-02-12


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themusicman necesitaba un nuevo diseño de camiseta y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 66 diseños de 8 diseñadores freelance.
"Gobble Gobble Bitches"
I'm a Virginia Tech alum who wants to help support my alma mater's charities and foundations by using Zazzle to sell fun shirts/other merchandise and donating proceeds back to Tech -- all with using a super-fun "underground" slogan & design to accomplish it!
The target audience is current Virginia Tech college students ("Hokies"), but since alumni are so very supportive, this should appeal to the younger alums around the world, too. It should be a fun, spunky design that makes others want it!
Hi there,
This should be a super-fun project for a great designer who has a sense of humor and knows what he/she is doing! :)
There's a famous slogan among the Virginia Tech football supporters: "Gobble Gobble Bitches". I'd like to have this slogan designed into a t-shirt/logo that I can put up on Zazzle.com and then donate a percentage of the (insanely small) proceeds back to Virginia Tech. At the same time, building up a fun bond among alumni. I could see this going viral and helping support great outreach causes!
This should be a COOL, ENERGETIC logo....so when people see it, they say, "Damn where did you get that?! I want one!".
It should use the famous Virginia Tech "orange and maroon" colors found here: http://www.branding.unirel.vt.edu/l…usage.html
However, it should NOT use the official Virginia Tech trademarked logos at all.
Here are the Zazzle specs for apparel:
I'm not sure if should have a football in the design or not - I'll let your creative juices help lead the way on that. :)
We'll want to get this in the best format for uploading to Zazzle, as well as the original .psd so we can resize down the road as needed.
I've attached the "terms" of this (work-for-hire, copyright, privacy, etc.).
Thanks in advance!
P.S. - A great job WILL be rewarded! :-)


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A chair with a sense of humour? That pretty much describes the Post Chair by Ottawa-based furniture designer Peter Wehrspann. One glance at its cheekily retro fabric - old Canada Post mail sacks - and you can't help grinning.
Making you feel good, not just physically, but emotionally, is key to Wehrspann's design philosophy.
"As people, as consumers, we have needs, like sitting down," says the woodworker and metal artist who also works as a wood technologist and instructor at Carleton University. "If something helps us in our daily lives, then we have a better sense of well-being. It makes our lives richer."
Case in point: Water Bodies, a swirling, two-part coffee table he made for his parents. He designed it from sketches of Northern Ontario lakes where his father goes canoeing. He's absolutely right when he says "the table is calming. (Designs) have a psychological impact."
Not that Wehrspann creates in such a consciously deliberate fashion.
The Post Chair ($599), for example, sprang from pure serendipity. Sitting in his Carleton office adjoining a wood workshop, he explains that he was returning from a camping trip when he spotted some Canada Post canvas mail bags circa 1920s at a garage sale. He snatched them up with no particular use in mind.
Eventually, they became the basis of a chair, one he's since reproduced for clients using beloved old T-shirts instead of mail sacks, for example, for one hip, young couple (like all his designs, the chair is available as a custom product).
"I try to take risks with design. If I don't feel completely comfortable with something then I'll try it, and someone will react."
And while the 34 year old can talk design theory with the best of them (he recently completed a master's degree in industrial design at Carleton), he says he's at his happiest when creating and building.
His office bears that out: a tin of latex paint squats on the floor next to a weathered filing cabinet while his tool box - the hulking, fire-engine red type that car mechanics use - contains everything from woodworking tools to heavy wrenches for metal construction.
Designers like Wehrspann, in fact, tend to have a touch of the Renaissance man about them. One minute they're sketching a high-level concept; the next, they're firing up the table saw. Mind you, Wehrspann, a frank and open-faced fellow who's wearing jeans and sagging socks the day we meet, admits to minimal interest in such quotidian tasks as balancing his chequebook.
He is, however, intently interested in sustainable design. For him, that means sourcing local or recycled components. He originally hoped to make his comfy and durable-looking IS Lounger ($699), for example, from clients' or neighbourhood trees that had been removed because of disease.
When cost made that prohibitive, he decided to give clients the choice of using materials either certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) as sustainably grown and harvested, or reclaimed wood from a Toronto recycler (although now based here, Wehrspann is a native of Toronto and maintains his company Holtzund-metal there).
His respect for the natural world includes turning to it for design ideas. Usually referred to as bioinspiration or biomimicry, that means applying nature's solutions to contemporary needs. Velcro, for example, was invented by George de Mestral, a Swiss electrical engineer, after he noticed that burrs stick to almost anything with a loop (in his case, his dog's fur) thanks to the hundreds of tiny hooks on the seeds.
Bioinspiration has been around for millenniums but, like other designers, Wehrspann is finding fresh applications. They can range from his playful birch, aluminum and glass table Il Ragno Italiano (translation: The Italian Spider) to his plans for furniture that, like a locust's legs, can be easily folded and stored, just the thing for the hip, small-unit condo market.
It's no surprise, then, to notice that his office shelves include, in addition to The Woodbook and A Short History of Nearly Everything, a tome titled Insects and Wildlife.
Indeed, local sourcing, custom design and bio-inspiration are behind the examples of his furniture featured in the recently published Bespoke: Furniture from 101 International Artists (Schiffer Publishing).
Has he considered producing his custom-made furniture on a larger, less expensive scale?
Absolutely, he answers.
Then he laughs at himself for trying to justify potentially profitable mass marketing ("So more people can enjoy it") and says with a shrug, "Well, I would like to have a certain lifestyle, too."
Feel-good furniture
A chair with a sense of humour? That pretty much describes the Post Chair by Ottawa-based furniture designer Peter Wehrspann. One glance at its cheekily retro fabric - old Canada Post mail sacks - and you can't help grinning.


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The Twitter of the Blue Bird
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Saturday, September 12, 2009
Kirsten Dunst the Yellow FloWer Star
New York Stories 1989
This is Kirsten Dunst's first ever scene in a film, as Lisa's (Mia Farrow) Daughter, uncredited. I imagine Dunst is the bigger girl on the far left. Either way we see her very first appearance was overseen by her plant spirit.
Kiki's Delivery Service 1989 (English Dub with KD as Kiki was made in 1997)
Funny business as Kiki is KD's real life nickname. Kiki is an easy K2.
Interview with the Vampire 1994
Little Woman 1994
Kiki is on the far right going up the stairs.
Jumanji 1995
ER Season 3 Episode 10 "Homeless for the Holidays" 1996
The Virgin Suicides 1999
Bring It On 2000
Crazy Beautiful 2001
Spider-Man 2002
Kiki as Mary Jane Watson or "MJ".
Mona Lisa Smile 2003
Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind 2004 (Thanks for spotting it Jon Kidd!)
Playing Another Mary here..
Spider-Man 2 2004
Wimbledon 2004
Elizabethtown 2005
Marie Antoinette 2006
Spider-Man 3 2007
How to Loose Friends and Alienate People 2008
Will update and ad to these images asap.
Peace in floWers!
11 comments:
- Sedroc said...
Wow. I laughed out loud when the flower opened in the Jumanji scene.
- September 12, 2009 at 7:20 PM
- Pedro Garcia Millan said...
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- September 12, 2009 at 9:21 PM
- A Few Shots to Shaman said...
Just realized was Venom from Spider-Man 3's wife in Mona Lisa's Smile... Weird... Crazy Beautiful's is my favorite I think.
- September 12, 2009 at 9:42 PM
- A Few Shots to Shaman said...
Really the flower coming from her head is extravagant... Also ER E=5 R=18 18+5=23.... MJ M=13 J=10 13+10=23
- September 15, 2009 at 12:27 PM
- Jake Kotze said...
The Crazy/Beautiful yellow crown is awesome, its the last thing you see at the end of the credits.
I didn't put it in because it doesn't move and is small..
However you just might soil yourself if you knew what she was saying and reading while the yellow flowers emanate from her head in Little Woman..
Peace In
- September 15, 2009 at 1:22 PM
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- September 28, 2009 at 9:08 PM
- JSteveKane said...
Ever read "Jeff Noon's" Vurt (cyber punk to rival William Gibson ) and how does Vurt begin with a "curious yellow"
- October 12, 2009 at 2:02 PM
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i love her acting in the Interview with the Vampire movie.
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The Architectural Association receives Taught Degree Awarding Powers by the Lords of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council.
The Architectural Association (AA), the oldest independent school of architecture in the United Kingdom, is pleased to announce that it has been granted the power to award its own degrees. As of 1 October 2019, the AA has the right to establish new academic programmes and degree awards and is working to create some of the world's most pioneering courses in architecture to shape and build the future.
Taught Degree Awarding Powers (TDAP) give UK higher education institutions the right to award bachelor's and master's degrees. Prospective students worldwide can apply to the AA Foundation Course (Foundation Diploma), Experimental Programme BA(Hons), Diploma Programme (MArch), and nine taught postgraduate programmes encompassing History and Critical Thinking in Architecture (MA), Projective Cities (Taught MPhil) and Sustainable Environmental Design (MSc/MArch), amongst others.
AA Director, Eva Franch said, 'since our founding in 1847 we have never ceased to create new horizons, institutionally and academically. This is a significant milestone for the AA and demonstrates how we have grown and progressed as an institution that has always valued independence. Receiving TDAP marks a new era for our institution; these are exciting times for the AA. The process has required considerable work from all members of staff and students. I would like to take this opportunity to credit them for this major achievement'.
President of the AA Council, Victoria Thornton added, 'the TDAP process has recognised our strong governance, academic standards, scholarship and teaching as well as the environment supporting the delivery of taught higher education programmes'.
The School's application for Taught Degree Awarding Powers was supported by the Architects Registration Board, the Royal Institute of British Architects and The Open University.


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wisetrack necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 102 diseños de 22 diseñadores freelance.
KCLEE Photography
I am a photographer in the stages of establishing and creating a new website. I take images of just about everything. Images are modern and diffferent but classy.
Targeting families, mothers with newborns and couples to be married looking for modern, fresh and contemporary styling and customization to their images. Clients/subjects are of differing ages. I will be showing a variety of images as well travel photography and fine art images of lanscapes and everyday objects.
Logo and header required for the website. Modern, fresh, edgy,timeless,classy, fresh and creative should be reflected in the design. Logos and typeface that I like or find very attractive can be seen at (no copying!!! please):
jessicaclaire.com- like the creative use of typeface
soulfotos.com- like the combination of colours- typeface size differences
Banner size to be is 750x 150.
Please also submit card design option
The final look and structure of my site will be similar to moonriverphotography.com so you can use this as a reference in the interim.
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text: Rose Acre Farms is among the twelve Indiana State Poultry Association members who have donated 108,000 pounds of Indiana poultry products for Hoosier food pantries. A donation ceremony took place Monday at the Statehouse outside the Lt. Governor's office. This event has gone on for 63 years. There are more than 253,000 households in Indiana who rely on food pantries to feed their families. 108,000 pounds of poultry will feed approximately 200,000 people.


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The Sequoia High Sierra Camp (Giant Sequoia National Monument, California)
It used to be that hikers wanting a shower, hearty meal, and warm bed in the Sierra backcountry had to win the lottery – literally – for a spot at a Yosemite High Sierra Camps. Then Tennessee businessman Burr Hughes bought 40 acres of red fir and lodgepole pine from Giant Sequoia National Monument and five years ago opened this private camp perched 4,000 feet above Kings Canyon. The concept is similar, only cushier: canvas bungalows with plush king beds, cabernet and lamb shanks, and views of two national parks (Sequoia and Kings Canyon).
At 8,500 feet, the camp is reached by a three-quarter-mile hike in from the access road. And from 10,365-foot Mitchell Peak – a three-mile ascent that Hughes calls one of the best hikes in the West – you get a stunning panorama across to the highest peaks of the Sierra, which will make you feel like you actually did win the lottery [from $250; sequoiahighsierracamp.com].
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Concept 015
Horizon Perspective
This series provides frameworks to illustrate a foreground and a horizon using perspective. They can actually be used as an alternative to a timeline. You can place icons for products that are launching on the grids closer to the beginning (bottom of the page) advancing toward the horizon above (the launch). You can also illustrate goals or targets and list the items that must be accomplished before the goal can be met. Consider using these horizon frameworks both coming from the horizon and going toward the horizon – both are useful.
These frameworks are developed so there are individual paths – 1 through 8 paths. Each path is segmented and can be colored differently so that it can be vividly associated with a particular topic/object.
This type of chart isn't used very often, which makes it more impactful when it is used. See cn014 and cn099 other horizon charts.
You should download the animation example. If you're fairly competent at animations, it will be easy for you to advance the items on their paths and reduce their size at the same time to capitalize on the perspective element of the frameworks/concepts. Refer to the tutorial for information about formatting and using these series.
Keywords: perspective, distance, paths, horizon, travel, advance
Categories: Timing, Concepts
Links to instructions for getting the framework into your presentation
- Determine the best file type for your needs
- Download the file
- Import the framework into your presentation
Frameworks available in this series
Click on a name for more information.
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Recipe Summary
Recipe Servings: 4 portions
Recipe Preparation Time: 5 minutes
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1 pound white beans, soaked overnight and rinsed
1/2 cup chives
4 cloves roasted garlic, peeled
3/4 cup Lucini® Premium Select Extra Virgin Olive Oil®
Salt and freshly ground pepper
5 cloves garlic, peeled and crushed
1 red onion
Add soaked beans to a large pot with the five cloves of garlic (raw, peeled and crushed) and the onion. Cover with two quarts of water and add 1/2 teaspoon of salt. Cook over medium high heat until tender. Once cooked, drain and discard the garlic and onion.
In food processor add cooked beans with half of the Lucini® Premium Select Extra Virgin Olive Oil®. Process for about 2 minutes until smooth. Then add chives and four cloves of roasted garlic along with the remaining extra virgin olive oil. Process for 1 minute.
Taste for seasoning. Add salt and pepper. Add more of the extra virgin olive oil if necessary for a smoother texture. Serve as a spread for bread or as a vegetable dip.


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Welcome to Self Confidence Guide
Dynaudio Confidence Reviews Article
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Ten Ways To Build Up Self Confidence And Win Friendsfrom: Jim Holden - Staff Writer
People who struggle with a lack of self-confidence often struggle in making friends, and this is because they are usually either too afraid of criticism, or simply do not have enough will to initiate conversation. Of course there are many other reasons why people who lack self-confidence also lack friends, and those reasons can vary from person to person. If you are one of them therfore, here are some important tips which you can follow:-
1. Be positive! People tend not to want to make friends with negative individuals, as very often it just does not work out, so in order for you to make friendships for yourself therefore, you must learn how to think positively. Avoid concentrating your attention on your deficiencies for instance, and instead, try to focus on the things which you have achieved, even the small ones. Other people will also look at you as an interesting person, and fun to be with, if you are positive.
2. Praise yourself for each job well done, because you need to recognize your personal accomplishments, be they big or small, as this will help you build up your self-confidence and increase your desire for making future tasks work. You should also reward yourself for those things which you have done well.
3. Do not be self-conscious! The biggest enemy of individuals who want to build their self-confidence is their self-conscious feelings, so make sure that you prevent yourself from entertaining thoughts of this nature by diverting your attention away from anxiety and fear. Hold your head up high if you are among the crowd, because all human beingsare created equal so you do not have to be ashamed of who you are.
4. Be yourself! You have probably heard this a million times, but you still do not seem to get the whole point of it! Do not think that you are someone who belongs to the lower class, but do what you do best, and at all costs be yourself.
5. Do not seek perfection! Nobody is perfect, so do not try so hard to become someone who is. If you make a mistake and people criticize you, shake it off and do not take it as the end of the world, but rather just think that every once in a while, you will fail in some way or anpther, because everybody does. It is normal to make mistakes, so make a difference to yourself by standing up and admitting every time that you fail.
6. Think of yourself as beautiful! Beauty is subjective, so even if you are not within the world's standard of "beautiful", face the mirror, smile and tell yourself that you are indeed a beautiful person. You should also say good things about yourself in front of the mirror, you will find that it will help you a lot.
7. Take responsibility! Building up your self-confidence will not come easy, and you will need to work on it. One of the important things that you should do is to take responsibility for situations and events. This does not have to be big, you can start in a small way, and work your way up.
8. Set realistic goals! You will begin to notice that once you achieve one partiular goal which you have set yourself, you build up your confidence, so much so, that when you take on the next task, you will find that you again achieve it, this time probably more easily.
9. Take good care of yourself! Self-confidence begins if you feel good about yourself, and to do that, you need to eat properly, make sure that you get enough rest, and exercise regularly. The changes that are brought by doing these things, will make you look good from the outside and make you feel great on the inside.
10. Avoid stressful environments! Undertake each task in plenty of time, to avoid a pile up, and do the tasks one at a time. If you are stressed, it will lead to a lack of self-confidence, so you should make sure that you know how to manage your time effectively accomplish all of the day's work.


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Southwest Mango Chicken Salad
Total TimePrep/Total Time: 30 min.
Makes6 servings
- 1/2 cup orange juice
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 tablespoon minced fresh cilantro
- 1 tablespoon lime juice
- 1 tablespoon jalapeno pepper jelly
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cumin
- 2-1/2 cups cubed cooked chicken breast
- 1 can (15 ounces) black beans, rinsed and drained
- 1 cup cubed peeled mango
- 2/3 cup julienned sweet red pepper
- 2/3 cup julienned peeled jicama
- 4 green onions, chopped
- 3 cups fresh baby spinach
- 3 cups torn mixed salad greens
- 1/3 cup pepitas or salted pumpkin seeds
- For dressing, in a small bowl, whisk the first seven ingredients. In a large bowl, combine the chicken, beans, mango, red pepper, jicama and onions. Drizzle with dressing and toss to coat. Refrigerate for at least 10 minutes.
- Just before serving, toss chicken mixture with spinach and salad greens. Sprinkle with pepitas.
Nutrition Facts1-2/3 cups: 314 calories, 12g fat (2g saturated fat), 45mg cholesterol, 266mg sodium, 28g carbohydrate (12g sugars, 6g fiber), 26g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 3 lean meat, 2 fat, 1 starch, 1 vegetable, 1/2 fruit.
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Jan 2, 2010
I did not make this recipe yet - looks good, but I wanted to let everyone know a good use for the leftover pepper jelly. Pour it over a block of cream cheese and serve with butter crackers (such as Club or Townhouse) for an addictive appetizer.
Jul 31, 2009
I did the same thing - kept the green separate so they don't get soggy. The recipe didn't specify, but I think you should probably use pumpkin seeds without the shell. I'd never used pumpkin seeds before, so I used the ones with shells still on, and my husband kept picking them out of his mouth because he couldn't chew them.The jalapeno jelly was kinda expenseive, and I have no idea what I'm going to do with the rest of it. If anyone has an idea for a substitution for that ingredient, that would be great.
Jul 19, 2009
I've been a subscriber since your Premier issue and this is one of the tastiest main dish salads yet. The jalapeno pepper jelly really adds a great taste touch to the dressing. Definitely a keeper!cloggerjan
Jul 9, 2009
Just made this salad today and it's a keeper! Lots of flavor and the dressing is subtle but delish! I did have to go out and buy jalapeno pepper jelly. I bought the green jar which is mild. The red jar of Jalapeno is hot. Since I knew I would have leftovers I didn't mix the salad greens with the chicken & dressing mixture. Should be great tomorrow too!


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Artistic Director of the
Festival – Valery GergievThe international ballet festival
is one of the most significant events in the ballet season, drawing
ballet-lovers from all over the world to St Petersburg. The main strategy of the
festival is to attract stars of world ballet to Russia's cultural capital.
Regular participants in the festival include Mariinsky Theatre stars Diana Vishneva, Ulyana Lopatkina, Alina Somova, Viktoria Tereshkina, Yekaterina Kondaurova, Igor Zelensky, Leonid Sarafanov, Andrian Fadeyev and Vladimir Shklyarov. Since it was established,
the Mariinsky international ballet festival has seen performances by such
internationally acclaimed stars as Vladimir Malakhov, Agnes Letestu, Aurelie
Dupont, Mathieu Ganio (Opera National de Paris),
Roberto Bolle, Maria Kowroski, Manuel Legris, Alina Cojocaru, Johan Kobborg, Paloma Herrera, Nikolai Tsiskaridze and Svetlana Zakharova at the theatre. In line
with tradition, each festival opens with a ballet premiere and it concludes with
a gala concert featuring stars of international ballet. More information
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Taylor Swift on Her New Album: 'It's Already My Favorite Thing That I've Ever Created' [VIDEO]by Michelle McGahan | PopCrush
Taylor Swift was her usual adorable self when she spoke to reporters in China about the conclusion of the RED Tour, the art of writing lyrics and her highly-anticipated upcoming album.
When asked if the ending of the tour means that she'll have more time to work on her next record, Taylor couldn't wait to gush about the new album.
"That is my favorite question yet!" she chirped happily. " … This will be our last leg of the RED Tour. We're not going to announce some other leg of the tour," she said, laughing. (Swift will kick off the tour's final leg tonight in Shanghai.)
"But what that does that does mean is I can throw myself into the next project," she continued. "I've already been working very hard on it and it's already my favorite thing that I've ever created. So the idea that after Asia, I get to go back and finish everything and get everything completely done and wrapped up for a new project, it's very exciting. It's exciting to be here and to know that this is the end of a musical era in my life that I'm proud of. It's also very exciting to move onto the next one."
And in that next one, Taylor plans to stick the method of songwriting that she knows best: the stories and experiences in her life that fuel her lyrics.
"As I've grown up, the things I've written about have completely evolved with how I was growing. I was writing songs about what it was like to be 18, what it was like to be 20, what it's like to be 22 and now I'm 24 and I'm still writing songs about my life," she explained. "I think I really just love the unity it brings me and the audience because chances are they've felt the exact same way I felt when I wrote the song and I think it kind of reminds them — and it reminds me — that the human experience isn't so lonely."
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PASADENA, Calif., Feb. 11 — Cold on Mars forced NASA to keep its Spirit rover parked for a day, interrupting a planned monthlong drive to a nearby crater, the space agency said Wednesday.
NASA could not send commands to Spirit late Tuesday because the cold prevented the rover from rotating a high-gain antenna toward Earth. The rover's motors, used to position the antenna, were under a frigid shadow.
"It's very similar to starting your car on a cold day," said project manager Pete Theisinger.
NASA routinely warms the motors by passing an electric current through them. However, engineers had not set the current limit high enough to compensate for the lower-than-normal temperature of the shaded motors.
The space agency got the antenna pointing in the right direction later in the day. By then, it was too late to continue the journey.
Temperatures on Mars can reach 100 degrees below zero Fahrenheit (-70 degrees Celsius), which is about the coldest it gets at Earth's South Pole.
NASA planned for Spirit to resume moving overnight Wednesday, when scientists want it to travel nearly 83 feet (25 meters) toward a crater about 800 feet (250 meters) away.
Earlier this week, Spirit traveled a record 70 feet (21.2 meters) across the rocky Martian surface. Scientists planned for Spirit to reach the crater within the next three weeks.
Spirit's twin, Opportunity, continued to scoot along a rock formation at its landing site halfway around the planet. It has been taking detailed pictures of the finely layered rocks. Initial results suggest the rocks formed from volcanic ash or compacted, windblown dust.
NASA sent the two rovers on an $820 million mission to look for geologic evidence that ancient Mars had liquid water for a long enough time to permit the development of life.
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Portland, Maine – 'the Forest City'
It is fitting that Portland, the largest city in Maine has long been known as 'the Forest City'. Trees, forests and open spaces blend well with our urban environment and our geographic setting located on Casco Bay and the Gulf of Maine. It is the synergy and balance between our built environment and the natural environment that make Portland a great place to live, work & play.
The Forestry Section has been managing Portland's community forest resources: shade & ornamental trees along with city woodlands and parks since the late-nineteenth century. Our municipal community forest consists of over 20,000 trees along over 300 miles of public roadways and in our parks & public grounds. Our Horticulture group create and maintain beautiful display gardens along with maintaining landscape elements from green roofs and rain-gardens to our Deering Oaks rose garden and downtown planters.
With help from the Maine Forest Service's 'Project Canopy' program and the US Forest Service – Portland recently completed a city-wide GIS based tree inventory, conducted management plans for our woodland parks and created a 'Portland Forest Video' as part of the MFS 'Profiles of Woodland Stewardship' series.
Portland has received the 'Tree City USA' award from the National Arbor Day Foundation since 1978.
Our Forestry Division provides a great deal of opportunities for tree planting each season. Programs include:
- Co-Op Tree Program
- Tree Replacement Program
- HCD Residential Tree Program
- Capital Improvement Program / Street Reconstruction Project Planting
- Memorial Tree & Gift Tree Program
COMMUNITY SUPPORT – In 2014 'the Friends of Forest City Trees' was formed by Portland residents to advocate for Portland's trees & forests. With a focus on environmental benefits of trees, edible landscape (orchards & food forests), sustainable trees & forests.
A Short History of Trees in Portland | Read now.
Excerpted from: Green Spaces Blue Edges: An Open Space Plan for the City of Portland
Historical Yearly Forestry Reports: 1900 - 1934 | View reports.
Our annual city reports contain an interesting view back and make for interesting reading.
Shade Trees | Open excerpt.
The following is an excerpt from History of Portland by William Willis, written in 1864.
- Invasive Pests
- Invasive Threats to Maine's Forests and Trees
- Forest & Shade Tree - Insect & Disease Conditions for Maine
- Bugs (Insects, Spiders, Mites, etc.)
- Emerald Ash Borer (EAB)
- Emerald Ash Borer (EAB)
- Emerald Ash Borer (EAB)
- Emerald Ash Borer (EAB)
- Hemlock Wooly Adelgid (HWA)
- Hemlock Wooly Adelgid (HWA)
- Asian Longhorn Beetle (ALB)
- Asian Longhorn Beetle (ALB)
- Asian Longhorn Beetle (ALB)
- Winter Moth
- Browntail Moth
Contact Us
212 Canco Rd, Ste A
Portland, Maine
INTERIM PARKS director
Alex Marshall
Jeff Tarling
Email Forestry
Jill Mulkern
Ph: 207-808-5454
(207) 874-8575
- Staff Directory
- Recommended Tree List
- Forestry Resources
- Co-Op Tree Program Registration Form
- Memorial / Gift Tree Program Registration Form
- Co-Op Nurseries
- Forest Plan
- Baxter Woods
- Future Forests of the Northern U.S.
- Tree Conditions Report
- Yardscaping
- Longfellow Arboretum
- Maine Forest Service - Insect & Disease Fact Sheets
- Maine Bug Watch
- US Forest Service
- ISA - Tree Selection "Trees Are Good"
- Right Tree, Right Place
- Cornell University Tree Selections
- U.S. National Arboretum
- Cary Award - Trees / Shrubs


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TOEIC Grammar 1800 is a multiple choice quiz system for English which provides over 1800 questions across 20 grammar categories.
TOEIC Grammar 1800 was designed to replicate questions with a business focus commonly found in the popular TOEIC (TM) English proficiency test.
TOEIC Grammar 1800 can help learners to improve their grammar, word selection and vocabulary.
Custom timer setting can assist learners to improve response times under exam time constraints.
Research suggests that kids and adults learn most quickly when playing learning games with real-time error-feedback.
Grammar Up provides learners with an opportunity to improve strategies for grammar success.
You can study the grammar rules by topic. All questions are sorted by topic. It also tells you the areas that each topic covers.
✓ Adjectives word choice
✓ Adverbs word choice
✓ Causative Verbs
✓ Conditionals
✓ Conjunctions
✓ Nouns Word Choice
✓ Prepositions
✓ Pronouns word choice
✓ Similar words
✓ Verb tense
✓ Transitions
✓ Two-word verbs
✓ Verbs word choice
✓ Word families
✓ Adjectives word form
✓ Adverbs word form
✓ Nouns Word form
✓ Verbs word form
✓ Non-count Nouns & Articles
✓ Infinitives & Gerunds
Mixed TEST MODE:
In mixed test questions are presented randomly from all the topics.
A summary of the practice test is presented at the end of each test. It shows you the time you took, the score, which questions you answered correctly and where you were wrong. And yes, you can E-MAIL the results.
The app records your progress as you start giving practice tests.
It shows you a beautiful bar chart so that you can track your weak areas and give more focus on them.
The slick user interface allows you to choose from possible answers.
You don't need to press too many buttons or encounter any alert messages.
The app is very interactive and needs minimum user input. Innovative use of iPhone's small screen real estate.
Shake your iPhone/iPod to skip a question.
• Over 1800 multiple-choice questions.
• Choose number of questions you would like in each test.
• Shows test results in HTML format.
• E-mail yourself the test results and track your progress.
• A new module, "Progress Meter" keeps track of how you are performing in a particular topic or mock test.
• Choose your own timer settings.
• Shake your iPhone/iPod to skip a question.
• Cool sound effects. (You can turn them off if desired.)
• Choose your own zoom factor for your question graphics.
• Special algorithm that randomizes questions every time you take a test.


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With Donald Trump's debate "going down his gold-plated crapper," as Stephen Colbert put it Wednesday night, Colbert gave a few hints of what to expect from his own rival debate.
His South Carolina Serious, Classy Republican Debate, as Colbert christened it a night earlier, will happen sometime in January — and that's not all.
"This will be the finest debate ever televised," Colbert promised.
"All the candidates are invited — including John McCain," in what Colbert said would be the "best surprise twist in TV debate history."
He promised a Trump-worthy spectacle: Every candidate's podium would be overhung by a chandelier that the audience, equipped with dimmer switches, can dim when a candidate makes a remark they don't like.
"This is the most real actual debate ever. I am on the South Carolina Republican primary like white on the Republican primary," he said.
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FBI: Israel Keyes may have buried N.J. woman in Tupper Lake area
TUPPER LAKE – Federal authorities are trying to determine whether a suspected serial killer was involved in the disappearance of a northern New Jersey woman, who they believe may be buried in the Tupper Lake area.
The FBI released a statement today that Keyes admitted that on April 9, 2009, he abducted a female victim from a state on the East Coast and transported that person over multiple state lines into New York. They go on to say Keyes murdered the victim and buried her in upstate New York near the Tupper Lake area.
Investigators believe the victim of the April 9, 2009 homicide may be Debra Feldman, who resided in Hackensack, N.J., at the time of her disappearance. To date, Ms. Feldman's body has not been recovered.
Keyes is also suspected in the April 10, 2009 robbery of Community Bank in Tupper Lake. After his arrest in 2012, Keyes was charged with the murder of 17-year-old Samantha Koenig, an Anchorage barista who was kidnapped from the coffee stand where she worked. Her dismembered body was pulled from a lake north of Anchorage two months after she went missing. Keyes later confessed to the 2011 murders of a Vermont couple and indicated to authorities there were victims in a total of 10 states. Investigators believe Keyes did not know any of his victims prior to their abductions.
He was found dead of an apparent suicide in an Alaska jail cell last year.
Anyone with information about the disappearance of Feldman is asked to call 1-800-225-5324.