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- Initial coroner's report says boy's injuries caused by birdshot, government statement says
- The Department of Legal Affairs is investigating the death
- The government says the victim was 17; opposition groups say he was 16
- Investigation follows news that the government will give a new trial to 20 medical staff involved in protests
Bahraini authorities opened an investigation Friday into the death of a teenage anti-government protester after a report by the medical examiner of the public prosecution blamed the death on injury caused by birdshot and a report from Bahrain International Hospital blamed the death on a drop in blood pressure that led to cardiac arrest.
Opposition groups al-Wefaq and the Bahrain Center for Human Rights say he was killed by security forces,
Citing the general director of northern governate police, the Ministry of Interior said Friday in a statement that the boy, identified as Ahmed Jaber Ali Al Qattan, was taken Thursday to Bahrain International Hospital, where efforts to resuscitate him failed.
An official with the Ministry of Interior "reiterated its commitment to implement greater transparency in law enforcement and noted that the Department of Legal Affairs was immediately assigned to investigate about the circumstances of Al Qattan's death," a news release from the government's Information Affairs Authority said.
The public prosecution ordered the body taken to Salmaniya Medical Complex Public, where the coroner's initial report blamed the death on an injury caused by birdshot, the release added.
The Department of Legal Affairs has been assigned to investigate the death and the outcome will be made public, the statement said.
Al-Wefaq, the country's largest opposition party, and the Bahrain Center for Human Rights said the teen was killed during a demonstration in the capital city of Manama. Both groups gave the boy's age as 16; the government put his age at 17.
On Friday, thousands of demonstrators evaded a roadblock set up by Bahraini security forces to attend al-Jaber's funeral, said Matar Matar, a former member of Parliament from the al-Wefaq Party, who said that he attended a portion of the funeral.
After the burial, mourners took to the streets to demand the downfall of the regime and chanted slogans against the al-Khalifa ruling family, Matar told CNN. When security forces responded with tear gas and rubber bullets, a few people in the crowd threw stones at the authorities, he added. Several people were injured during the clashes, but by night calm had been restored to the capital, he said. The Ministry of Information says security forces interfered to disperse more than 20 individuals involved in blocking nearby roads.
"There was a great sense of outrage today," Matar said. "The government claims they will investigate the death and that an independent commission of monitors has been formed, but the injuries and deaths continue to happen. Woman and children must be careful."
CNN cannot independently confirm Matar's account; the Bahraini government could not be reached for comment to respond to the allegations.
Protests have occurred in Bahrain for months despite a crackdown by the kingdom's Sunni monarchy, backed by troops from Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. The al-Khalifa family is Sunni Muslim; two-thirds of the country's people are Shiite.
More than 30 people have been killed during the demonstrations, which began in February and during which activists say Bahraini security forces used live ammunition against protesters.
Opposition groups say more than 1,000 people -- mainly Shiites -- have been detained and more than 2,000 have lost their jobs for allegedly taking part in the protests.
The incident comes on the heels of a government announcement that it will give a new trial to a group of 20 medical staff convicted of trying to overthrow the government.
Bahrain's Information Affairs Authority said the public prosecutor announced the new trial for the medical staff, who received prison sentences ranging from five to 15 years.
The 20 were detained during protests. Their conviction last week sparked anger among human rights groups and the international community. The U.S. State Department said it was "deeply disturbed." Amnesty International called it a "travesty of justice."
"The retrial will be conducted before the highest civil court in Bahrain," Attorney General Ali Al-Boainain said Wednesday in the government's statement.
"The Department of Public Prosecution seeks to establish the truth and to enforce the law, while protecting the rights of the accused. By virtue of the retrials, the accused will have the benefit of full re-evaluation of evidence and full opportunity to present their defenses."
However, doubts have been raised by some of those involved over how different the new trial would be.
Two medics who spoke Thursday to CNN via Skype said that a statement issued by the government in Arabic differed from the English version -- and that the Arabic version would apply to their case.
Fatima Haji said the medics' lawyers were trying to clarify what the government intended.
Haji said she feared the new trial could follow the same procedure as the military court trial that resulted in their conviction.
She suggested the government was trying to manipulate the international media by trying to give a different picture of events.
Dentist Nada Dhaif said the government had sought to attack them in the media, and that the military court had not listened to evidence or witnesses in their defense.
If they had been given a fair trial in the military court, then all the medics would have been found innocent, she said.
According to a translation of the Arabic statement, the attorney general said the prosecution wants to "ensure that the law is correctly applied."
The attorney general "stressed that the charges do not include convicting a person because of his or her humanitarian duty or political opinion, since the law does not permit that," the translation states.
In Wednesday's announcement, the Bahraini government rejected the suggestion that the medical staff were being charged simply for doing their jobs.
"Contrary to allegations that the medics were tried for treating patients, the charges included possession of unlicensed weapons; taking over specific sections of Salmaniya Medical Complex; participating in illegal protests on hospital grounds; refusing to treat certain patients; misuse and theft of hospital property and supplies; propagating false news, and inciting sectarian hatred," the statement said.

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Mayor Of London Says Internet To Blame For British Press Sins
from the piffle-and-tosh dept
The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, is something of an institution in the UK, famous for his blond mop of hair and outrageous opinions. He's also been a journalist on and off for two decades, and is close to Rupert Murdoch, so it should perhaps come as no surprise that he's penned a characteristically witty defense of British newspapers. They're currently under threat of having governmental regulation imposed upon them in the wake of the UK's Leveson Inquiry, written in response to years of journalists breaking the law in search of hot stories, as Johnson acknowledges:
They have shoved their slavering snouts into the parlours of weeping widows, and by their outrageous lies they have driven the relatives of their victims to suicide. When you read Leveson in full, you are left to ponder the mystery of how people can behave like this. Are these journalists that much nastier and more cynical than the rest of the human race? Why do they seem to have got out of control? The answer is simple. The press are no nastier than anyone else; quite the reverse. On the whole, journalists are highly intelligent, amusing and frequently idealistic.
But if that is the case, how is it possible they have been shoving their slavering snouts all over the place? Johnson has a simple explanation:
for some papers the costs are becoming prohibitive. Every year, every month, they are losing ground to blogs and Twitter and Google News; every year the internet eats more destructively into the business case for old-fashioned journalism. That is at least one of the reasons why some journalists have been driven to behave so disgracefully, squawking ever louder, no matter how erroneously, in the hope of being noticed.
Yes, it's all the Internet's fault. Those poor journalists lost their otherwise robust moral compass because Big Bad Google and friends have been progressively stealing their daily bread. Of course, we've heard this narrative about Google destroying newspapers many times before. It's what publishers around the world are saying, while asking for a cut of Google's revenues. It's what Rupert Murdoch has been saying, although he still wants to be included in Google's search results.
But this whole idea is "an inverted pyramid of piffle", to use a famous phrase of Johnson's. It wasn't Google and the Internet that destroyed traditional journalism, it was the newspapers themselves by refusing to evolve as new technologies have come along that changed the relationship with the reader in significant ways. Johnson's attempt to deflect blame away from the guilty parties onto the agents of technological change is simply shabby.
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The Pastrami Burger Makes a Comeback at Carl's Jr.
Jul 26, 2006
Popular Limited-Time Offering Returns to Menu
CARPINTERIA, Calif. – July 26, 2006 – The marriage of meat that spawned a new way to think about burger toppings is back: the Pastrami Burger™ hits the menu again at Carl's Jr. today. Introduced as the original meat-as-a-condiment hamburger in late 2004, the mix of thinly sliced pastrami, tangy yellow mustard, tart pickles, fresh produce, and a juicy, all-beef patty drew rave reviews from customers and cries for its return when its run expired in early 2005.
"The Pastrami Burger was one of the most popular limited-time burgers in our history," said Brad Haley, executive vice president of marketing for Carl's Jr. "And it's understandable why, since it combines two great tastes – a delicious Carl's Jr. burger and a classic, steaming hot pastrami sandwich – into one awesome mutant burger. So, we're pleased to be able to bring it back this summer to give existing fans what they've been asking for and to give first-timers another chance to enjoy what they may have missed."
Pastrami burgers, longtime favorites at local landmark burger joints such as The Hat in Los Angeles and Crown Burgers in Salt Lake City, made their major debut in the QSR industry when Carl's Jr. caught on to the phenomenon and introduced one in November of 2004. The unexpected pairing met praise among a wide audience, and its meat-on-meat appeal is even credited with being the inspiration for the Philly Cheesesteak Thickburger, introduced at sister chain Hardee's this past April. Today, Carl's Jr. brings the cult classic full circle with the return of the Pastrami Burger to nearly one thousand restaurants across the west.
The Pastrami Burger at Carl's Jr. features a charbroiled, all-beef patty topped with hot, thinly sliced pastrami, red onion, dill pickles, lettuce, tomato and mustard, sandwiched between two toasted, seeded buns. Participating restaurants will offer the Pastrami Burger at a suggested retail price of $3.79 for a single ($5.59 for a combo) and $4.79 for a double ($6.59 for a combo).
This year, Carl's Jr. celebrates 65 years in the quick-service industry. What began as a lone hot dog cart in Los Angeles, Calif. in 1941 is today an international organization that employs nearly 30,000 people worldwide. Carl's Jr. is a wholly owned subsidiary of CKE Restaurants, Inc. (NYSE: CKR) of Carpinteria, Calif. As of the first fiscal quarter ended May 22, 2006, CKE Restaurants, Inc., through its subsidiaries, had a total of 3,141 franchised or company-owned restaurants in 43 states and in 13 countries, including 1,062 Carl's Jr. restaurants, 1,963 Hardee's® restaurants and 100 La Salsa Fresh Mexican Grill® restaurants. For more information, or to find a Carl's Jr. near you, go to www.ckr.com or www.carlsjr.com.
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Fear, Uncertainty and Doubt
Fear, uncertainty, and doubt (FUD) is a tactic of rhetoric and fallacy used in sales, marketing, public relations, politics and propaganda. FUD is generally a strategic attempt to influence public perception by disseminating negative and dubious/false information designed to undermine the credibility of their beliefs. An individual firm, for example, might use FUD to invite unfavorable opinions and speculation about a competitor's product; to increase the general estimation of switching costs among current customers; or to maintain leverage over a current business partner who could potentially become a rival.
In context, a number of companies perceiving that Linux, as a free alternative to their own software and systems, was something against which they could not compete. These companies have used FUD as a weapon of last resort to try to keep their own businesses alive. In particular with regards to the case of SCO .vs. IBM, SCO's CEO is said to have made the following statements;
- "IBM has taken our valuable trade secrets and given them away to Linux,"
- "We're finding… cases where there is line-by-line code in the Linux kernel that is matching up to our UnixWare code"
- "…unless more companies start licensing SCO's property… [SCO] may also sue Linus Torvalds… for patent infringement."
- "Both companies [IBM and Red Hat] have shifted liability to the customer and then taunted us to sue them."
- "We have the ability to go to users with lawsuits and we will if we have to, "It would be within SCO Group's rights to order every copy of AIX [IBM's proprietary UNIX] destroyed,"
- "As of Friday, June 13 [2003], we will be done trying to talk to IBM, and we will be talking directly to its customers and going in and auditing them. IBM no longer has the authority to sell or distribute AIX and customers no longer have the right to use AIX software"
- "If you just drag this out in a typical litigation path, where it takes years and years to settle anything, and in the meantime you have all this uncertainty clouding over the market…"
- "Users are running systems that have basically pirated software inside, or stolen software inside of their systems, they have liability."
It has since been established that these statements are simply a doomed competitor trying to employ FUD as a last-ditch attempt to stay afloat.
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Hello friends;
It is Joe here again with ; just finished my first chapter but got stuck on one of my challenges. I am not using any IDE i am using command line, and the compiler returns an error: "The local variable userNum may not have been initialized"
My questions are:
1 - How do i make my code work?
2 - How do i initialize that variable and is it really necessary?
3 - There must be a way to shorten the variable declaration of int from 1 to 12, which one is it?
4 - Is it necessary to close the reader variable with reader.close() in this case? Because i have not been using it with strings exercises I/O and it does not give any problems.
Thank you for your help. My challenge bellow:
"Write an application that accepts a number from the user and prints its multiplication table values (multiply it by 1 through 12 and print the results)"
The following is the application i am writing:
import java.io.*; public class multiplicationInput { public static void main (String[] arguments) { int userNum; //variable for user input int num1, num2, num3, num4, num5, num6, num7, num8, num9, num10, num11, num12; //variables with set values from 1 to 12 BufferedReader reader; reader = new BufferedReader (new InputStreamReader (System.in)); num1 = 1; num2 = 2; num3 = 3; num4 = 4; num5 = 5; num6 = 6; num7 = 7; num8 = 8; num9 = 9; num10 = 10; num11 = num10 + num1; num12 = num11 + num2; try { System.out.print ("\nEnter a number for multiplication:"); //Output asking for user to input a number userNum = Integer.parseInt (reader.readLine( )); //The number the user input is assigned to the userNum variable } catch (IOException ioe) //Handling input/out exception errors { System.out.println ("I/O Exception error has occurred, using 1..."); num1 = num2 = 1; } /* * was supposed to handle number format exception, but i will ignore it for now until application is working * The code bellow is how i wanted to show the multiplication table with the user entered number * multiplied by the set values and the result displied. Once i know exactly where my code is failing * will continue with other lines until multiplied by 12 */ System.out.println (num1 + " x " + userNum + " = " + (num1 * userNum)); } }


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I'm here to report that my "Buffing Phase" is going quite nicely this month~ Yay!! I'm on track to be at a good solid 125 for the Warrior Dash race in 3 weeks!!
The past 2 days I've weighed in at 127!!! And the cool thing is I'm at my "ovulation" time too~ NICE!! It's so nice to finally see the scale go down after months of being rather STUCK at 130!!
I attribute my success to a few things:
- SPRING TIME!! I have so much energy when it's warmer out- I'm more active and I'm outside so much more
- SQUATS!! I am back to doing REAL squats and deadlifts--the smith version just isn't the same!! I'm STOKING my fat furnaces!!
- SKIMPING on my CARB intake...I'm finally keeping my carbs under control! Eating less than 4 servings a day and upping my protein intake!
- SUPPLEMENTS~ consistentcy with supplements--Multi, Calcium, HT Pills, Fish Oil, Joint, Addrenal, NO2 and I've gone off of Creatine for a bit.
- SPINACH, salads and other greens-- I've been eating my greens!
- SUPER focus on increasing my AEROBIC fitness-- this helps your body build more mitochondria which helps a person burn fat!
Yesterday I had all intentions of going on a run, but I got sucked into working on the computer all day and then had to get ready to go to town. I hopped into the shower and it dawned on me that I totally gapped out about going for my run! OH Well...I had worked out 4 days in a row, so a day off must have been needed.
A run is on tap for today and then some OUTSIDE work on my farm.
Have a good one!!
OH Man!! Was I BEAT after yesterday...Thank GOD I don't have to go anywhere beside the gym today!! I am enjoying the laid back quality of today. Just me and my computer for a bit!
My day yesterday went well, but I didn't get in my upper body workout. I did get my run done and stayed active most of my day with moving junk and MOWING! I just wanted to get around the house a bit, but the Crazy mower was getting bogged down constantly- I had to clean it out and restart it over and over again! I can't wait to get a riding one~ just have to get HUBBY to pull the trigger on it. It's gonna be "his" deal, not mine, lol!
Anyway, the kids are good-- they have had benchmark testing all week. So NO HOMEWORK!!! YAY!! Silly Layla has lost her glasses AGAIN-- If they don't turn up today, I will have to get a new pair ordered ASAP. She has really bad vision in one of her eyes-- a muscle problem- so she's supposed to "patch" her good eye in order to make the bad eye work. Without glasses her good eye takes over even more-- so...I must get her a pair.
The AC guy was supposed to come this morning---- I guess that's not gonna happen being that it's past noon already. I just hope they don't decide to show up right at my "gym time". -my downstairs AC isn't working quite right-- part of the time it doesn't blow air thru the vents??
If you are still reading this, congrats, lol!! Blah, blah, blah--- time to eat!
Talk to you later babes!!
I have a sore booty today-- "happy dance" ...YIPPIE!!
My workout yesterday was Squats, Deadlifts, Knee Extensions and Lunges! I spent the day in at my "old" house- working on getting things out of the attic and shed, organizing, packing, mowing the lawn and uprooted about 20 more baby tress from my planter to transplant to our farm.
Today my to do list is crazy full again and I've already gottent the trash out, done the dishes and made breakfeast :
- Get Cuji into groomers
- Meet with the painter for an estimate
- Get truck tires aligned
- Coaching call with a client
- Workout- run (from and to the tire place so that I don't have to sit there an WAIT!) and lift upper body
- Plus, get to work on the 4 training programs I have to write this week!
Busy, busy, but GREAT!!
Hope your booty is sore like mine, lol!!
The NEW Team BuffMother contest will be starting on April 23rd.... The main place that the contest info will be promoted is on my blog on www.buffmother.com I'll be sending out more info this week- I've decided it will be a 7 week contest-- The first week will be about "getting ready" and the remaining 6 will be all about kicking tail!!
Any ideas on what to call it??
Yesterday was great...I spent the whole day with my Buddy TRAVIS!! I got dolled up-- Here's a couple pics:
and then We went shopping (for him), had a steak lunch and then come home to build a fire.
Travis started the fire with his "Flame Thrower"
The kids are STOKED for EASTER tomorrow-- and I am too...just have to go buy the basket stuffers today.
It's rainy here--which is fine, cuz I have work to complete on the computer-- so I'll see you later!!
Have a Wonderful Easter EVE!
HI Ya!!
Sorry I missed posting yesterday here in the rally room...I had another busy day. I wonder sometimes if I'm "manic", LOL! I go like a mad woman for a couple days and now today it's almost noon and I'm still in my bathrobe?? HA! :hehe: Actually, I am so very, very thankful I have a handsome "Sugar Daddy" who works his tail off so I can "PLAY" with my own business, on my farm and as a stay at home mom! God has really blessed me! I am at a wonderful place in life and expect it to continue FOREVER!!
Yesterday, I got my SQUAT on! It's been a couple months since I've done free bar squats. My new gym doesn't have a squat rack- only a smith machine. My squat rack is still at my old house-- Here's a picture I snapped after I squatted and while I was doing dead lifts....and YES, that's the CUTEST puppy in the world there with me!
All together the leg workout included:
7 sets squats- 45, 95, 95, 115 x4 sets
5 sets knee extensions- 2 super high rep sets single legs x45#, 3 sets with 90 pounds
5 sets dead lifts- 45, 95x10-20 reps
3 sets of mule kick/jumps- from Zuzuka Light's workout
about 100 side jump lunges broken into 2 sets
1 set sumo pushups with a row/twist at top
Hip rotations- standing in a lung position rotating hips like a dancer, sort of... I need to video this! 2sets of 10
one set knee ups for abs
My workout on Monday went great too-- Gunner and I lifted chest hard and heavy-- my high set was 135x2 reps (didn't trust him to spot me)
and I ran on the treadmill afterward. even minute intervals 7 for my easy 9 for my hard-- during 2 hard mins I did 30 sec at 9; 30 sec at 10. The incline was at 2 most the time, but I did up it to 2.5 for about 4-5 mins. During the 20 mins (including warm up and cool down) ...I covered 2.5 miles.
Today is running day again... I guess I need to hit the trail and do hills?? I'll also be lifting back with Gunner at 3...
I should be up for it mentally and physically-- it's cycle day 3 for me today....feeling that buffing mojo coming soon!! I love BUFFING!!
In other news....
Once I get my updated site up and running, I'll announce the new contest-- hoping for that this week!! Here's a peek at it under construction--http://buffmother.mockingbirdcreative.com/
The new site for now is just the exterior portion for now, but we are going to be transitioning the rally room to a similar format within the next month or 2-- it's gonna be a process, but it'll be worth the pain as it'll enable us to grow bigger and for us to communicate easier in the long run!
I had a little conversation about "insanity" on facebook-- thought I'd share-- Keep in mind I have NOT done the workouts, but I KNOW They are INTENSE and very HARD!!
"All-OUT April!!" Is ON!!...I am going all out on my running this month~ prepping for my first 5k race in 10 years~ eeekk!!! What's your fitness goal for this month?
Let me catch you up on the past 3 days:
Friday I worked out like a banshee...I had 30 mins and I got in a killer HEAVY upper body lifting workout during that time-- I even threw in some abs.
Then, I came home did a Zuzuka workout-- ZWOW #11... I had a hard time mastering the mule kicks...but I think by the end of the 10 mins I figured them out-- it's fun to try new exercises!!
and then I Saw a couple long lost friends in the mirror..Ms Hammie and Miss ITband! My running legs are coming back!!
Right after this picture on Friday, I went for a great 5k (3.1 mile run) of intervals outside.
THEN I strapped on my boots, put on my pants and hat--and got my FIRE ON!! Here's a picture of our fire that we built Friday night at the base of TWINS Falls...there was a bunch of old wood that had washed down the gully-- Travis and I lit it up and a BLAST doing it!
Saturday, was another busy, active day--without and official workout. I was SORE from my workouts on Friday + Tired from staying up so late on Friday night. Somehow I found the energy to run errands, bring Gunner to a friend's house, and I dug up about 20 little yearling trees from my old house to bring out to the farm.
On Sunday, I worked in my garden. While I was out there, I got SCARED to death by this big BLACK snake. When Travis heard me scream he knew it was a snake and came to my aid in killing it. He held it down with the rake and I cut it's head with the clipper you see on the ground. NASTY Thing! Black snakes are not dangerous to humans, but I don't like having this big one around to scare me or the girls. I'm sure there are plenty more out there to help keep the rodent population under control, lol!
Anyhow, even after seeing the snake the girls decided to go down to the creek. I bought them all new boots to wear on their journey. Arn't they CUTIES?!
I'm almost done planting my garden-- got some seeds left to plant. AND I have a bunch more trees to transplant from town....I'll be keeping busy outside for a while...I LOVE IT!
I had tentatively planned to do a hill run yesterday, but opted out of it. I'll be getting my run in today instead. It's actually been working great for me to run M, W, F each week.
Well, I have a "to do" list to attack!! Have a great MONDAY!!
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My wednesday was spent on the MOVE-- working hard on mowing, fertilizing, weeding, moving, cleaning, sorting, and then RUNNING!! I am very proud of myself for getting in my second run of the week.
Today I was down to 128.6...the first time I've seen 128 in a few weeks, YAY!! Staying active works and running works! Now if I can keep losing a pound a week for April, I'll be very happy to have my weight come in at about 125 for the WArrior DASH! It's so much easier to run a bit lighter!!
Tuesday- I didn't get a leg workout in, instead Gunner and I played tennis. So Legs are on tap for today!
I have to go unload my van, get some boxes unpacked and eat lunch so I'm fueld for my workout at 3!
Keep working hard!!
p.s. my plan is for us to start a 10 week contest on th 9th or 16th...I'm just waiting for my new website to be finished prior to starting.
The Warrior Dash is less than 6 weeks away and I'm Running SCARED!! Scared of the race KILLING me! Literally I am SCARED of failing, feeling horrible in the race and dying of physical exhaustion, lol!!
I've been striving to get in my runs lately and feel like I am improving on them each time. At this point I've been consistently hitting it 3x's a week. Last night I ran 6 hills despite being so tempted to skip it all together...I am very happy that I did it, but my body is EXHAUSTED from them and the upper body lifting workout I did before it yesterday afternoon.
The weather has been so amazing since Saturday-- it's so energizing!! the kids have been out exploring on our land-- playing in the creek a bunch-- catching all sorts of tad poles, crawfish and butterflies. Here's TIA with a really beautiful butterfly on her arm-- simply amazing!!!
Anyhow- today I am in Bentonville at our old house--working on a BIG "to do" list that needs to be done so we can get finished with this move/leasing process. I certainly hope that by mid April we'll have it DONE!!
Gotta go for now~ I'll check back in with you tonight after my workout! Legs are on tap-- if you want some inspiration for a leg workout, check out this old blog post of mine-- http://blog.buffmother.com/206
Have a productive day!!
It's interesting how life progresses....It's always a battle to stay balanced through each "SEASON". Weather seasons last just 3 months but life seasons last odd amounts of time and seem to change without warning--I'm not sure I like that? My life seasons seem to last anywhere from 1 to 3 years--and most certainly contain some "Indian summers" within each one, lol!!
Most recently in 2011 I went through a season of Transition-- (spring)
Prior to that in 2009-2010 I went through a season of change, rest and challenge--(fall/winter).
Previous to that in 2005-2008 I went through an excited, dream filled, productive, growth, season... (summer)
And previous to that, well....I can't remember! I was in the throws of FULL-ON MOTHERHOOD, lol!! 2001-2004 were my crazy busy momma years! (fall/winter)
Looking forward...It only makes sense that it's time to revisit the "Excited Dream Filled Productive Growing Season", another SUMMER of my life!! ...BUT FIRST I must go through a SPRING....
Spring time is about Planting, prepping, preparing, fertilizing, pollinating, WORKING! It's about laying the foundation for a productive GROWTH season-- It's about putting in the work needed to make harvest time plentiful!
What to do I need to do in EACH area of my personhoood to have the best spring possible??
Mind- DREAM about each seed planted...PLAN for the outcome I desire...PREPARE with a mindset that will allow no other outcome than success...Stay positive throughout any challenges that could through my harvest plans off target...Take a flexible, yet diligent mindset to every task at hand.
Body- work it, feed it, rest it properly so that each day will be productive...Once harvest time comes I want to have the physical energy to enjoy it! I am living for the long haul...I won't overtax my system and over burden myself-- I will slow down the pace enough to smell the flowers! Each day will be a physical triumph-- my body was made for the labor in front of me this SPRING and each season to come!!
Spirit- I will press into the deep reason behind my existence-- what is my purpose? What is the ULTIMATE GOAL of my labors? I am meant to love and show love to others. Every thought in my mind and each physical act should reflect the love I have been given by GOD for others. I can't control if others accept that love, but I can live through that SPIRIT!
A HUGE part of my season right now is teaching my children. My 12 year old son and my 10 & 9 year old daughters need my guidance, instruction and TIME! When they were younger I was FORCED to give them time...now it's more MY CHOICE. I need to be ON PURPOSE about investing in them...I need to be self sacrificing and self less enough to realize this "SEASON" is a SPRING TIME in their life. What they learn NOW will reap a harvest later in my children's life-- it want it to be a GOOD harvest!
Teaching them about responsibility, pressing into their talents, working hard, finishing jobs, being a good friend, about their bodies, about the world, etc...It's my job, not the TV's or their friends or their school teacher's....The JOB is mine! Time to PLANT within them the seeds of Success!!
MY life is not only about my kids, nor do I think It'd be healthy if it was just about them. I look at my life in quadrants-- Like a pie-- 1/4 of it is about partner in life to my husband! EVERY portion of the PIE is owned by my GOD...He's the ruler over each piece. I have 100% confident that HE is good and will guide me the wisdom I need for each area of my life.
The tricky part of each season is to practice that wisdom and show to stay properly balanced in each area of life without staying "static" or just maintaining. The goal is to continually GROW weather it be Spring, Summer, Fall or even Winter! I'm thankful that I am in a "Spring" of my life...it'll make it that much easier to grow, enjoy, dream and produce!! I love it...SPRING IS HERE!!
Have you thought about what "season" of life you are in? Rest assured that what you do today will affect the length and outcome of not only this season, but those to come. I pray that no matter where you are at, you will press into being your best!! Keep BELIEVING that you can attain your DREAMS!!
Love, Michelle
Hi all!! I expect many of you are enjoying "Spring Break" with your kids during this month. I am headed into Spring Break next week...so I thought I'd take some time while I have it to give you some news!!
- Last week we finished up our "21 day Kick the Habit" contest- I have gathered the entries and will be announcing the winners later this week. Each winner will get a FREE Long Sleved "BuffMother!" t-shirt. Perfect workout wear for your "warm up" time at the gym or your chilly morning cardio! If you missed the contest, don't fret...I'll be publishing the 21 day program as a FREE downloadable e-book for all of TEAM BuffMother to be available this April.
- We will be having a 10 week Team BuffMother contest staring at the beginning of April. This year I'll be sharing my private coaching videos with you as we go along through the 10 weeks. It's a ton of GREAT info and you'll be continually inspired which will help you stay consistent through the 10 weeks!! The winner will get a Miracle 8 training package with me-- a $2000 Value!!
- The updated BuffMother.com website is almost complete!! My team of experts have been working hard toward making it fresh, new and pretty! The next update task will be our Rally Room. Thanks for all your support and promotion of www.BuffMother.com!! Without your commitment I couldn't afford to keep investing into the site~ You ROCK!!
- Team BuffMother is doing the Warrior Dash in Kansas City on May 5th...EVERYONE Is invited!! Our team wear is based upon LMFAO's song "sexy and I know it"....I'll be having tanks printed for all participants--but the rest of our outfit is up to you, some ideas include- wild animal print pants, headbands and gloves-- white retro sunglasses, fishnet stockings for under your shorts- a crazy afro wig- some rapper bling, etc...Let's have fun~ "I WORK OUT!"; "Wiggle, Wiggle, Wiggle, Wiggle, Yeah!"!!!
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By Andrew M. Seaman
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – More people survived cardiac arrests in Denmark after the country encouraged bystanders to step in and perform CPR, a new study shows.
Researchers found the proportion of cardiac arrest patients who got to the hospital alive and survived over the next year increased between 2001 and 2010 as the initiatives were introduced.
"The main message from this study is that national initiatives to improve cardiac arrest management seem to have an impact with an increase in bystander CPR rates and survival rates," Dr. Mads Wissenberg, the study's lead author from Copenhagen University Hospital Gentofte, told Reuters Health in an email.
Approximately 300,000 people in the U.S. go into cardiac arrest every year and about 90 percent of those die, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
The American Heart Association says immediately starting CPR when a person goes into cardiac arrest – when the heart stops beating – can double or triple that person's chances of survival.
CPR, or cardiopulmonary resuscitation, involves pushing down onto a person's chest to keep oxygen-rich blood flowing to the body's vital organs until medical help arrives. For cardiac arrest, that help typically involves using an automatic external defibrillator (AED) to shock the heart.
According to the researchers, who published their study in the Journal of the American Medical Association, Denmark noticed about 10 years ago that few people stepped in to perform CPR and a minority of cardiac arrest victims survived more than 30 days.
The country took several steps to increase the number of people performing CPR. Those included introducing mandatory training for elementary school students and people getting driver's licenses, distributing instructional training kits, offering telephone guidance to bystanders and placing AEDs in public places.
To see whether those and other initiatives were linked to improved outcomes, the researchers analyzed data from 19,468 people who went into cardiac arrest someplace other than a hospital between June 2001 and December 2010.
At the beginning of the study, Wissenberg and his colleagues found that only about 21 percent of patients had a bystander step in to perform CPR during their cardiac arrest. By the end of the study in 2010, that number had more than doubled to 45 percent.
There was only a small increase in the use of AEDs, but that was expected because most weren't placed in public places until the end of the study.
Still, the researchers found the chance of people surviving cardiac arrest until they got to the hospital increased from about 8 percent to 22 percent. Their chance of survival after 30 days also increased from about 4 percent in 2001 to about 11 percent in 2010.
And the proportion of people who were still alive one year after cardiac arrest rose from about 3 percent in 2001 to about 10 percent in 2010.
But the credit for better outcomes doesn't belong to CPR alone, according to Wissenberg. He said increases in survival are likely linked to many factors, including events that happen before and after a cardiac arrest patient gets to the hospital.
The researchers also can't say the national initiatives directly caused the increase in participation or survival.
"Nevertheless, the results of this study indicate that the increased rate of bystander CPR was an important factor in improving survival," Wissenberg wrote.
Dr. Graham Nichol, professor of medicine at the University of Washington in Seattle, said implementing a national program like Denmark's is novel, compared with implementing smaller regional programs. He said it's something needed in the U.S.
"It's important that people know that this is an easy thing to do and everyone should learn it and learn how to respond to a medical emergency," Nichol, who wasn't involved in the new study, told Reuters Health.
"I'm optimistic that we can do that. It's going to take an ongoing effort from a lot of people to achieve that," he said.
SOURCE: http://bit.ly/JOTmp1 The Journal of the American Medical Association, online October 1, 2013.


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New Jersey's Budget Battle
A White House report shows education and the military would see big reductions in New Jersey if automatic cuts to the federal budget take hold this week.
The report says about $11.7 million would be cut from funding for primary and secondary education, along with roughly $17 million for about 210 teachers, aides and staff who help children with disabilities.
According to the report, about 11,000 civilian Department of Defense workers would be furloughed. About $52 million would be cut from Army base operations funding and roughly $7 million from Air Force operations.
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Advocates, 150 Children with Type 1 Diabetes Urge FDA to Enable Critical Research on Life-saving Artificial Pancreas to Move Forward
(WASHINGTON, D.C., June 22, 2011) – Kevin Kline and four children with type 1 diabetes urged the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to take immediate action to accelerate the research and review of artificial pancreas systems at a hearing before the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs. The hearing, "Transforming Lives through Diabetes Research," was part of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation's (JDRF) 2011 Children's Congress, a biennial, three-day event aimed to raise awareness for type 1 diabetes and the importance of Congressional leadership to help accelerate research to cure, treat and prevent the disease. "The testimonies given today served as a call to action for Members of Congress to continue their support for type 1 research funding and ensure agencies like FDA are doing their part to speed the review and approval of safe and effective therapies and treatments like the artificial pancreas that will help to lessen, and ultimately eliminate the burden of type 1 diabetes," said Jeffrey Brewer, president and CEO of JDRF.
The hearing came on the heels of a recent announcement from FDA, releasing draft guidance on "Low Glucose Suspend" systems, which reduce the risk of low blood sugar, for public comment. The announcement was a long-overdue, but important first step towards the future availability of the artificial pancreas, as the 3 million people living with type 1 diabetes are in desperate need for better tools to manage the disease and prevent its life-threatening complications.
"I know FDA has made the artificial pancreas a priority, and I commend the agency for that. But there is more the FDA needs to do," said Kevin Kline, Celebrity Advocate Co-Chairman, JDRF. "Many of these children here today are wearing the components of an artificial pancreas – insulin pumps that deliver insulin and continuous glucose monitors which give sugar readouts every few minutes. The challenge, however, is that these devices don't yet work together to automatically control their blood sugar levels. In other countries, there are devices available that take the first step by automatically shutting off the insulin pump when someone is low."
At the same time, studies on the next generation artificial pancreas systems – which turn insulin both on and off automatically – are delayed and JDRF and numerous clinical experts are urging FDA to take immediate action to allow outpatient studies to proceed. The artificial pancreas is a transformational technology and one that is urgently needed by patients. Numerous published, peer reviewed studies conducted in hospital settings have shown that even early versions of an artificial pancreas can significantly improve glucose control for type 1 diabetes. Additionally, advancing the artificial pancreas could prevent costly complications that are burdening our economy – a new study by leading health economics experts shows an artificial pancreas could save Medicare nearly $2 billion over the next 25 years.[1] And leading clinicians and researchers from around the country along with a bipartisan majority of Congress have voiced their support for FDA to take the next steps in the regulatory process toward the development of an artificial pancreas. The letters of support can be found here.
JDRF's goal is to find a cure for type 1 diabetes. But there are transformational treatments, such as an artificial pancreas, which could help individuals live better with type 1 diabetes today and keep them healthy until that cure is found. The FDA must provide clear and reasonable guidance for the next step in the testing of artificial pancreas systems to ensure these devices are brought to market as quickly as possible.
"After participating in clinical research since I was three years old, I can honestly say the closed loop artificial pancreas trial was the most amazing experience of my entire life and holds so much promise for people living with this disease," said Kerry Morgan, a 17-year-old JDRF Children's Congress delegate from Glen Allen, Virginia who testified today.
Mary Tyler Moore, JDRF International Chairman submitted a written testimony which stressed that "We need immediate action by the FDA to ensure the artificial pancreas can move to the next stage of testing – if not, this promising technology could be delayed for years and available overseas long before it is available in the U.S., as some technologies already are. I know that if I had had an artificial pancreas 40 years ago, I would likely not be facing such a heavy burden of complications as I do today."
The witnesses also thanked the Senators for their support of funding for diabetes research, highlighting progress in areas such as understanding the genetic and environmental causes of the disease, trials testing ways to halt the immune attack which causes type 1 diabetes, and new eye therapies to prevent vision loss.
"We have an opportunity in this country to be a leader in the development of a technology that will transform the day-to-day management of type 1 diabetes and reduce the risk of the devastating long-term complications for the millions living with this disease," added Brewer.
Today's hearing was chaired by Senator Susan Collins (R-ME), co-chair of the Senate Diabetes Caucus and a long-time champion for diabetes research. Others who testified included Dr. Griffin Rodgers, Director of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) at the National Institutes of Health; Dr. Charles Zimliki Chair, Artificial Pancreas Critical Path Initiative, Food and Drug Administration (FDA); and four children and teens with type 1 diabetes. They included Caroline Jacobs, 14, from Shapleigh, Maine; Jack Schmittlein, 13, from Avon, Connecticut; Kerry Morgan, 17, from Glen Allen, Virginia; and Jonathan Platt, 7, from Tarzana, California. Testimonies from the hearing are posted here.
About JDRF
JDRF is the worldwide leader for research to cure type 1 diabetes. It sets the global agenda for diabetes research, and is the largest charitable funder and advocate of diabetes science worldwide.
The mission of JDRF is to find a cure for diabetes and its complications through the support of research. Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease that strikes children and adults. People with type 1 diabetes have to test their blood sugar and give themselves insulin injections multiple times or use a pump – each day, every day of their lives. And even with that intensive care, insulin is not a cure for diabetes, nor does it prevent its potential complications, which may include kidney failure, blindness, heart disease, stroke, and amputation. JDRF estimates that there are as many as three million people in the United States who have type 1 diabetes.


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Shoofly pie (or Shoo-Fly pie) bars are a modern twist on the classic Pennsylvania Dutch pie made with sugar syrup (more on which kind of syrup later). Shoofly pie bars start with a buttery oatmeal shortbread base – solid enough for you to hand-hold the bars. Above the shortbread is a blend of spiced brown sugar crumbs and sugary syrup that solidifies into a moist/spongy cake layer (it's what coffee cake wishes it could be). The top is scattered with a few more of those brown sugar crumbs for good measure.
Though you may never have tried shoofly pie (and I can almost guarantee that you've never had shoofly pie bars), shoofly pie bars are one of those desserts that feels familiar and homey (after all, they're mostly butter and sugar) – nothing avant garde like cucumber juice. Shoofly pie bars taste like a timeless dessert: a simple, sweet touch to end a meal.
But, the way your shoofly pie bars taste has a lot to do with what syrup or syrup blend you use.
What Kind of Syrup Can You Use in Shoofly Pie Bars?
Since the predominant flavor the the shoofly pie bars comes from the syrup that you use, you want to make sure that you choose a syrup you love. Ideally, you should use some kind of sugar syrup. These syrups range from light to dark and have a stronger (some say more bitter) flavor the darker they get. From light to dark, here are your choices:
- Golden syrup (light treacle) is produced from the first boiling of sugar cane juice. If you live in the U.S., you may have never tried golden syrup. It's very popular in the U.K.
- Molasses (dark treacle) is produced from the second boiling.
- Blackstrap molasses is produced from the third boiling.
Any of these products (or a combination thereof) will work in shoofly pie bars. You just need to choose the one that tastes best to you.
Which Kind of Syrup Did I Use?
I used a golden syrup – Lyle's Golden Syrup, to be specific. I found it at an upscale grocery near my house, but it is also available on Amazon. An Amazon review describes it well:
I bought this to use in a couple of recipes I have that call for corn syrup (which I refuse to use!). This is a much more natural option and has a really wonderful, light caramel-y, slightly nutty and slightly citrus-y sweet flavor! It is sublime.
Having made shoofly pie bars with Lyle's, it's hard to imagine making them with anything else. I'm sure that they would be good, but their flavor profile would be completely different. Some may say that shoofly pie should always be made with molasses and that using molasses rather than golden syrup is what distinguishes shoofly pie from treacle tart (the British dessert shoofly pie is based on). I say, "Bah humbug!" If you must call my shoofly pie bars tart treacle tart bars, then go ahead and do so. I'll just say that I'm taking shoofly pie back to its roots.
If you can't get a hold of golden syrup and want a similar experience, you can try a blend of 1/3 molasses, 1/3 light honey, and 1/3 light corn syrup (as recommended by Sallie on Not So Humble Pie). Sallie also suggests using either King's Syrup or Golden Barrel Table Syrup (both are blends of corn syrup and sugar syrups that are not overly sweet).
Shoofly Pie Bars Recipe
I wanted to convert shoofly pie into hand-held bars and (do I even have to say it?) cupcakes, but I needed a starting point. The recipe that ended my search for shoofly pie, the one I knew I must try, came from Sallie's guest post on Not So Humble Pie. Here's an excerpt:
Harold Jamieson missed his Shoo Fly Pie. His mother had made it. His ex-wife had made it. His sister made it. However, they had either passed on or still lived in Pennsylvania. So armed with Harold's mother's recipe, his daughter-in-law's recipe, an antique booklet from the Dutch Pantry in Selinsgrove, PA and a version of the pie from the Farm Journal Pie Cookbook, I baked and tweaked for weeks. By the time I had Shoo Fly Pie the way I liked it, my family was Shoo Fly Pied out. But I've always had a soft spot in my heart for the syrup and molasses based breakfast pie. Yes, you read that correctly, it's a breakfast pie so guilt no more about eating "dessert" first.
Do you see what I mean? Do you have any doubt that Sallie knows her Shoofly pie? Here's my adaptation of her recipe.
Shoofly Pie Bars
For the shortbread base
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter room temperature
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 1 cup rolled oats
For the crumbs
- 1 cup flour
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter room temperature
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1/8 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/8 teaspoon ground ginger
- 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves
For the syrup filling
- 3/4 cup syrup see section above on which syrup to use
- 3/4 cup hot but not boiling water
- 1 large egg beaten
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
Prepare the shortbread base
- Preheat oven to 350 F.
- In a small mixing bowl, mix all crust ingredients. I like to do this by hand. Stop when the ingredients start to stick together; do not over mix.
- Press the mixture into the bottom of a baking pan.
- Bake for 20 minutes.
Prepare the crumbs.
- In a small mixing bowl, mix all of the crumb ingredients together. I also do this part by hand. These crumbs won't stick together the way that the shortbread crust did. The crumbs will be small and loose, like fine breadcrumbs.
Prepare the syrup filling.
- In a small mixing bowl, whisk together all of the syrup filling ingredients.
Put it all together.
- Preheat oven to 400 F.
- Place about 1/3 of the crumbs over the pre-baked shortbread base.
- Pour half the syrup over the crumbs.
- Place another 1/3 of the crumbs over the syrup. It will all glom together. Don't worry. You're not trying to create distinct layers.
- Top with the remaining half of the syrup.
- Top the whole thing with the remaining 1/3 of the crumbs.
Baking instructions
- Bake for 10 minutes.
- Lower heat to 350 F and bake for another 20 minutes.
- Wait for the shoofly pie bars to cool and then cut, eat, smile, and share.


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Ive got an idea myself that had its impetus when I was a teen and Ive just been obsessed with it ever since because it keeps expanding as I go through life, and my own experiences give the character more and more depth when tacked onto his story.
Thats mainly what I take away from your post is that I need to JUST DO IT whether its made into a film or not, because I really want to know what its like on the other side when you have a final product from all your efforts.


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Wow. This is good news. I really wondered how committed the Pack would be to bringing Finley back. His attitude, his drops and the fact that the team carries 4-5 TEs on the roster led me to believe the Pack would be ready to let him go. My guess is that Mike McCarthy himself stepped up and demanded that the front office figure something out with Finley. McCarthy and Rodgers have both talked openly about the match-up issues Finley causes for defenses. And we all know that McCarthy's entire offensive system is predicated on creating mismatches. So I'm guessing McCarthy talked Ted's ear off about getting Finley re-signed at least for the near term…and Ted delivered.
In the end, I'm glad we re-signed Finley. I wasn't so sure there for a spell last year, but the guy is a freakishly good athlete who can really help this team. Good move. I also like that we signed him to a shorter-term deal. Finley is injury-prone and the team may have some ongoing concerns about his behavior – two factors that could make signing him to a long-term deal extra risky.
This does bring up the issue then of what the Packers might do with the franchise tag. There is lots of talk of tagging Matt Flynn and then trying to trade him for a high draft pick like New England did with Matt Cassel a few years ago. I'm not in favor of doing this because it's risky. And I also don't see the Cassel/Flynn situations as really being the same. Cassel led NE to an 11-5 record and had an entire season's body of work as evidence of his quality. Flynn has essentially played really well in 2 games in his career. I think there is a market for Flynn definitely, but risking getting stuck with a $14 million salary for a back-up QB just isn't a good idea (even if it's for just one year). Another major reason why I think the Pack will let Flynn walk is that they could get (I believe) as high as a 3rd round compensatory pick for letting him go. If this happens, my guess is that TT steps back and considers the fact that they got Flynn in the 7th round, so any compensatory pick higher than the 7th round would be OK with him.
The Packers might consider tagging Scott Wells. As I wrote the other day, I think Scott Wells' value to our offense was finally, appropriately recognized last year by his Pro Bowl nod. The guy is a very good player and without him I think this offense would suffer. I read the other day that Don Banks at SI.com has the Packers going after center Peter Konz from the Badgers in the first round – primarily because Banks has noticed the Pack doesn't seem to be doing anything to re-sign Wells. I think it's possible that the Pack decides to tag Wells AND tries to draft Konz. It would be a succession-planning move of sorts. Konz could learn from Wells for a year and then Wells could get a nice contract elsewhere in 2013. In the end, I'm guessing the team would prefer to have the starting center return and the franchise tag would be an easy way to do this without having to commit to anything longer term for Wells.


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MWC 15 Special
As expected, HTC today unveiled its latest and as said, it's most personal, beautiful and powerful smartphone yet, the HTC One M9. The newest flagship in the globally acclaimed HTC One family, the HTC One M9 is a classic yet timeless celebration of beauty and elegance that combines high style and performance, enabling you to get the most from your mobile phone. Building on a three-year pursuit of excellence, the HTC One M9 melds the best of the award-winning HTC One M7 and HTC One M8 into a stunning, iconic design. Distinct metal edges combine perfectly with graceful curves for a jewellery-grade look. Small and easy to hold, the crafted, all-metal unibody design is highlighted by an exquisite dual-tone silver and rose gold finish that is as distinctive, as it is durable.
Mirror-polished gold sides cascade effortlessly into a hairline brushed silver back panel, encasing a bright and vivid display.
The HTC One M9 also comes with a new version of Sense which is HTC Sense 7. It's said to be an extension of you, since the new HTC Sense 7 experience puts you in control of everything. Highly customizable and intuitively Themes puts you at the centre of the smartphone experience, intelligently analyzing your favorite photos to modify the look and feel of your apps, color scheme and backgrounds.
As your always-on travel companion, your smartphone is perfectly placed to enrich your mobile life. Sense 7 reinvents the home screen to deliver the most useful apps to the homepage based on your location. Whether at home, work, or play, you're never more than a click away from the features you need with this contextual, customizable widget. A more intelligent HTC BlinkFeed also makes it easier to uncover the hidden gems that surround you by using location data to recommend points of interest, news and information.
With HTC's yet best camera, the HTC One M9's cameras are designed to capture every moment in amazing quality, allowing you to relive those moments again and again. The main camera features an incredible 20 megapixels that accentuate every crisp, intricate detail and a sapphire cover lens that protects from scratches. For vivid video that looks like the latest blockbuster, the camera also shoots movies in 4K resolution.
The ultimate companion of the impulsive snapper, the HTC One M9 addresses low-light shots with a powerful UltraPixel front-facing camera. Dynamic auto exposure and UltraPixels that capture 300 % more light than standard cameras deliver sharper, more natural and balanced self-portraits in any lighting conditions.
HTC Sense 7 with HTC's EYE Experience software makes taking creative pictures easy. A host of new editing effects including Shapes, Prismatic, Elements and Bokeh allow you to add a little bit of individual artistry into every shot, with the Zoe app automatically editing them, putting them to your choice of music and letting friends remix the collection with their own shots to create a shared celebration from every moment.
With so many incredible images, quickly showing your friends those brilliant shots could become an issue. Wherever they're stored, the new One Gallery makes it easy to search through your entire photo library, viewing images saved on the phone, on social media, and on select cloud platforms. The gallery puts your whole image library at your fingertips, searching by date, location, event, album or even the images themselves with Image Match.
A truly great viewing experience deserves sound that puts you on the front row. The HTC One M9 guarantees a larger-than-life soundtrack courtesy of HTC BoomSound. The HTC One family's iconic dual front-facing speakers, now combined with 5.1 channel Dolby Surround sound3 simulation, get you even closer to the action, delivering extraordinary, cinema-style surround sound. Uniting HTC BoomSound and Dolby Audio creates immersion vibrant audio experience, so you can enjoy movies with rich, clear and powerful sound even without connecting headphones or external speakers. Whether listening via the stereo speakers or headphones, even the most discerning music fans will be blown away by the phone's support for perfect, 24-bit high-definition sound that surpasses even CD quality. HTC's unique combination of HTC BoomSound, Dolby Audio, a finely tuned sound profile, and Qualcomm Immersive Audio gives all of your music and movies an unmistakable HTC One M9 flavor.
Smartphones are fast becoming the central hub for home entertainment and HTC Connect makes it easy to enjoy your multimedia experience beyond your phone. A three-finger swipe on the screen connects the phone to compatible TVs or external speakers from leading manufacturers including Harman Kardon. HTC Connect's integration with Qualcomm AllPlay smart media platform and Blackfire Research wireless media technology, allows you and your friends to stream high quality content from your smartphones to multiple home entertainment devices around the house. The playlist feature also allows multiple smartphones to share a speaker with Qualcomm AllPlay. For the ultimate connected smartphone-powered TV experience, the HTC One M9 comes exclusively preloaded with the Peel Smart Remote app. Instantly connecting you to the shows you love, the app even learns from your viewing habits, transforming your phone into a personal TV guide and remote control.
For a standout look, the HTC One M9 will be available with a range of unique and customizable accessories including the second generation HTC Dot View case, which adds more retro personalization thanks to a host of new features and color options. A transparent back keeps your smartphone pristine without hiding it from the world with the case injecting fun into even the most tedious commute by transforming into a mini games arcade. The new HTC Dot View case won't even get in the way of apps such as Instagram, Snapchat and Badoo with through-the-case notifications alerting you to the latest photos, messages and check-ins.
Life has no limits, and when your adventurous side takes you into the unknown, an IP68 water resistant Active Case and Active Headset means that your phone can boldly follow wherever the action takes you, keeping up with the pace of the most epic adventures.
The HTC One M9 will be available globally in dual-tone silver and rose gold, single-tone gunmetal grey, single-tone gold and dual-tone gold and pink in from mid-March. The expected retail price is something around 749 Euro.
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Basel Bike Polo Tournament Video
We still love a good bike polo tournament edit. Check this one out, the Basel tournament from earlier this year.
Video by Simon Denzler.
bikepolo.tv creates unfair advantage?
The North American Hardcourt Bike Polo Championships (NAHBPC) received 2972 unique viewers over the three-day event in August this year. The figure is undoubtedly higher as many screens had more than one spectator – some with whiteboards and notepads. European tournament broadcasting has not been as consistent.
bikepolo.tv and Mr.Do's Vimeo coverage provide players with resources to review and plan successful responses to the teams being watched. At this time those teams are North American, with the exception of some international teams playing in North American tournaments. Is this creating an unfair advantage for European players?
Playing in the Rain: London Open 2013 by Wigan Will
Photo's courtesy of Wigan Will.
Return to the Valley Tournament
2nd Annual Bike Polo tournament in beautiful Fitzroy Harbour, Ontario, hosted by the Valley Boys, a group of players born and raised in the Ottawa Valley. Good vibez in this video.
Video by Modified Bike Polo.
London Open 2013 Final – The Milky Way vs The Magic Way
The Milky Way (Luca, Will, Clement) vs The Magic Way (Josh, Emmet, Dodi)
Video courtesy of Mr Kawasaki.
London Open 2013 Losers Bracket Final
The Milky Way (Luca, Will, Clement) vs Spring Break (Ryan, Jono, Adam)
Epic goal by Luca at 16mins 15sec in.
Video courtesy of Mr Kawasaki.


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If you have a business and you are finding it hard to drum up customers or you have a low footfall in the area that your business is based in, then using print to increase awareness of your business is a cost effective and easy way to get more people noticing who you are and what you have to offer. Today we are going to go through the main ways that businesses can use print to increase awareness.
1.) Business Cards
Business cards are a great way to instill your company's name and offering every time you interact with someone who can benefit from your company's services, or knows someone who can. Customers can be bumped into randomly, they can be sought out at events and workshops, or they can be recommended by people that you are already mixing with. One thing all of these customers will ask you for is an easy way to remember you, your company and your information and there is no better way of doing this then through the use of a well designed business card which has all of the essential information on it in a nice, wallet friendly size and style.
2.) Posters
Posters are a good way to increase the awareness of your company as they tend to get noticed by large numbers of people. This is especially true if your business and its location is not often noticed, but nearby is an area that gets plenty of exposure. Posters in areas, waiting rooms, on billboards and other advertising stands are an excellent way to blast out your company name and image to as many people as possible.
3.) Leaflets
Leaflets are a really good way to give more information about your company, and really good if you want to inform people about pricing information, opening times and key benefits. The great thing about leaflets is that they can be distributed almost anywhere, meaning you can scatter them around at exhibitions and shows, leave them in other company locations for people to pick up, hand them out on the street, post them through doors or simply have them available for when people request further information. They are also a cost effective way of giving people more information without spending too much money on a lengthy tome about the origins of your company and the story behind the founders!
4.) Postcards
Postcards are really good, cost effective method for increasing awareness of a company, and in particular for alerting people to deals and discounts that are seasonal or short term. Postcards are relatively cheap to produce and really easy to distribute, and can be used to alert people, make them aware, or stay in touch to manage relationships with existing customers. The great thing about post cards is that they are good for a single, simple message which means that your potential customers have very little to remember, making them a great option for awareness raising.
Ben is a marketing expert who works for a speclisit A4 poster printing company.


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The Arduino Due and Arduino Starter Kit are back in stock! These two new Arduino products were a huge hit, and now we've got more ready to ship.
Are you ready for the next generation of Arduino? Then get ready to meet the Arduino Due! This microcontroller board sports an ARM Cortex-M3 microprocessor – a 32-bit microcontroller runs at 84 MHz and has over 512 KB of flash memory. The Due also has 4 hardware serial ports, can act as a USB host, and even has 2 digital to analog converters. If your project needs some serious horsepower, check out the Due!
The Arduino Starter Kit is a great way to get started with Arduino. The exclusive Starter Kit Book will guide you through 15 fun and innovative project that will teach you how yo use LEDS, switches, motos, transitors and more! Creative projects like the Spaceship Interface make working with the Arduino a treat.


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Jeffery Yap-Innotivo-Born to Impress Packaging Design
At Design Interviews
Interview with Jeffery Yap : Frank Scott: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?. Jeffery Yap : This packaging design was to represent the Brand's (INNOTIVO) core value, the brand of Innovative Intelligence, basically the design was set to be slick, simple and futuristic way. .Frank Scott: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?. Jeffery Yap : when i started to create the brand identity, my art direction for the product packaging is to have a futuristic and also solid visual impact design that fits the product functionality, .Frank Scott: What are your future plans for this award winning design?. Jeffery Yap : I am seeing myself to be more participative in engaging unique brands and companies around the world in enhancing their product and packaging to be recognise as a franchise identity. That will be so much fun! .Frank Scott: How long did it take you to design this particular concept?. Jeffery Yap : within 48 Hours because it was rushing for the production dateline. .Frank Scott: Why did you design this particular concept? Was this design commissioned or did you decide to pursuit an inspiration?. Jeffery Yap : I was given alot of freedom in coming for this design as the client allowed me to, this is a gadgetry product so what i pursued was simplicity, luxury and performance design. .Frank Scott: Is your design being produced or used by another company, or do you plan to sell or lease the production rights or do you intent to produce your work yourself?. Jeffery Yap : It was only done for my client only, but i will be willing to work with any potential client that are looking to improve their gadgetry packaging design and transformed to be a franchise best seller. .Frank Scott: What made you design this particular type of work?. Jeffery Yap : It's the passion i have for design, not particularly in just packaging but the vision to see the entire functionality and positiveness in it. .Frank Scott: Where there any other designs and/or designers that helped the influence the design of your work?. Jeffery Yap : I am always in the habit of looking and understands other designer works from websites, and when you have seen enough and thought through with your own concept, you have your own style of designing. .Frank Scott: Who is the target customer for his design?. Jeffery Yap : Target Audience from 18 and above who is frequently a online consumer that values safety driving on the road and technology savvy consumers .Frank Scott: What sets this design apart from other similar or resembling concepts?. Jeffery Yap : This Product and Packaging design was top of the category comparing to the retail selling ones or direct ebay sellers, that's nothing come close to this design as i have initially done the research before i created this design .Frank Scott: How did you come up with the name for this design? What does it mean?. Jeffery Yap : A Successful brand must not only focus on the product itself, i valued in building brand equity and product relevancy and practicality at the same time, the name, INNOTIVO is a brand for all the cool and latest gadgets with great design products and trendsetting packaging design that helps customers understands the brand better and simpler. .Frank Scott: Which design tools did you use when you were working on this project?. Jeffery Yap : adobe softwares. .Frank Scott: What is the most unique aspect of your design?. Jeffery Yap : It's a retail yet online selling ready product packaging, i realise some packagings are too commercialise and lack of eye-grabbing attention which it's hard for consumer to differentiate from the brands, but this one does stand out from the rest of the competitors with the combination of precise branding, quality product and user friendly packaging design. .Frank Scott: Who did you collaborate with for this design? Did you work with people with technical / specialized skills?. Jeffery Yap : Yes, i have been working with suppliers in china in specialising and come out with this model of packaging. .Frank Scott: What is the role of technology in this particular design?. Jeffery Yap : it's a bio-degradable design which is eco-friendly for recycling. .Frank Scott: Is your design influenced by data or analytical research in any way? What kind of research did you conduct for making this design?. Jeffery Yap : i did have meetings with my china supplier to figure out the best way to produce this design, and also comparing the flaws from the samples that other competitors did, then come out with the best solution, it was purely a pleasure to work by considering not just design but also practicality aspects. .Frank Scott: What are some of the challenges you faced during the design/realization of your concept?. Jeffery Yap : it the matter of finding balance in simplicity and sophisticated in the designing and most importantly user-friendly in terms of the instruction printed on the packaging. .Frank Scott: How did you decide to submit your design to an international design competition?. Jeffery Yap : It was the sales quantity that amazed me, it was sold nearly 5000 units in 5 days, so i decided to submit this design to A Awards. .Frank Scott: What did you learn or how did you improve yourself during the designing of this work?. Jeffery Yap : Balance, practicality and user-friendliness .Frank Scott: Any other things you would like to cover that have not been covered in these questions?. Jeffery Yap : No, thank you so much .
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Video-seeking drone ordered out of fire area
PLYMOUTH, Calif. — Cal Fire confirmed Sunday evening that a drone being flown over the Sand Fire nearly caused air-attack operations to be stopped because of the potential danger to firefighting planes.
The unidentified person flying the drone was apparently trying to get video of the blaze and was told to stop by fire officials.
As of Sunday evening, the Sand Fire,which had consumed about 3,800 acres, was 50% contained, according to Cal Fire.
Meanwhile, a blaze that began Saturday afternoon around Yosemite National Park threatened a small community.
The Sand Fire began Friday in the Sierra Nevada foothills and has since raced through more than 6 square miles of drought-stricken grasslands east of Sacramento.
Ten homes and seven outbuildings have been destroyed, and about 1,200 people have been evacuated, Cal Fire spokesman Scott McLean said. He said one firefighter has suffered a minor heat-related injury. About 1,500 personnel are on scene battling the fire, which is moving in a north-northeast direction, McLean said
CalFire said a vehicle that drove over dry vegetation started the fire, which has sent up huge plumes of smoke and worsened air quality in the Sacramento area.
Firefighters battled the flames through the weekend in triple-digit temperatures. At first, the fire moved away from vineyards in the Shenandoah Valley, but a wind change caused the flames to split and some crossed fire lines and headed down into a section of the wine country, Tolmachoff said.
The wildfire burned within 200 yards of the Story Winery in Plymouth on Friday, and the business was closed Saturday.
"We've got CalFire guys using our tasting room as a lookout point," owner Rob Campbell told the Sacramento Bee.
Sunset Saturday brought some relief, with slightly cooler and calmer weather.
"The wind has died down. It's definitely helping the firefighters out," Tolmachoff said. "We're not seeing the large flames. But now it's extremely smoky."
Meanwhile, a 500-acre fire that began Saturday afternoon threatened homes and cabins in Yosemite. Evacuations were ordered in Foresta, a community of about 45 homes inside the park where many park employees live, spokeswoman Kari Cobb said.
An additional six homes outside the park also were evacuated, she said.
The area is well away from the heavily touristed Yosemite Valley, but road closures could add a half-hour to the drive in for park visitors, Cobb said.
About 300 firefighters were battling the blaze in an area scorched in a 2009 fire, Cobb said.
Wildfires also burned in other Western states. The nation's largest wildfire, the 618-square-mile Buzzard Complex in eastern Oregon, was 95% contained Saturday as crews also battled other fires in the state.
There was also progress on Washington's largest wildfire, the 390-square-mile Carlton Complex in north-central part of the state, which was almost 60% contained. Cooler weather and rain helped firefighters get a handle on the lightning-caused fire, but heat and wind picked up Saturday. Officials increased their estimate of burned homes from 150 to 300 Friday.
In Utah, evacuation orders for 200 homes in Summit County and 10 homes in Utah County were lifted. No homes burned and there were no injuries. One of the fires started early Saturday when two teenagers playing with fireworks ignited dry grass and brush, police said.
Other wildfires burned in Utah, Colorado and other states in the West.
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State v. Usee, 2011 WL 2437271 (Minn. App. June 20, 2011)
A jury convicted defendant of attempted murder and other violent crimes. He asked the court for a Schwartz hearing (which is what they call these things in Minnesota) to evaluate whether a posting by the prosecutor on her public Facebook page improperly influenced the jury. According to affidavits that defendant submitted to the court, the prosecutor made the culturally insensitive remark that she was keeping the streets safe from Somalis.
The trial court denied the motion for a Schwartz hearing. Defendant sought review. On appeal, the court affirmed the denial of the motion.
It held that there was no evidence that the Facebook posting led to any jury misconduct. The jurors had been instructed not to research the case. (And we all know that jurors take those instructions seriously, right?) Any harm to defendant's interests, the court found, would merely be speculative.


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What should I consider when sizing a runner block?You need to match the block's breaking strength, to the breaking strength of the rigging on your boat. If you're not sure of the standing rigging's breaking strength on your boat, check the Typical Rigging Breaking Load chart on the Harken website.How much does the load change on my footblock as the angle of deflection changes?As the angle of deflection increases, the load goes up. For example: At 91 kg (200 lb) of load and 45 degrees of deflection, the block will see 76% of the load or about 79.5 kg (175 lb). If you have a 60 degree bend and 92 kg (200 lb) of load, the block will see 100% of the load, or 91 kg (200 lb). ( At 180 degrees of deflection, the block will see 200% of the load or 182 kg (400 lb). Block loading vs. Angle of Deflection.I would like to clean up the deck of my boat by leading the line from the mast, aft to the cockpit. I want a block that is low profile, has some articulation, but won't hit the deck. What are my options?Our family of Teardrop blocks fit your criteria. These blocks will not hit the deck when the line is slacked off, are low profile to keep lines close to the deck, and have sufficient articulation to ensure a fair lead.Selecting the right padeye for the right Teardrop block can be confusing. Below is a chart showing the appropriate padeye-to-block combinations. Note: when selecting a padeye for a Teardrop block, make sure the breaking strengths are the same. Also make sure the block fits in the padeye loop.
What size blocks fit the 598 and the 669 Big Boat stand-up toggles with control tangs? The brilliant thing about these toggles is you can build almost any type of control system. Although you can fasten the tang pin directly into the headpost, it works better to use the shackle. The control block shackle presses into the rubber stand-up to hold the block up. The chart below will help you choose a block that will work in your system. Note: No block should have a greater working load than the working load of the car. Blocks with 8 mm shackles or greater will not work.
I have an older Harken Big Boat Black Magic® AirBlock® that has a broken roller bearing. Can I send it to the factory for repair by a qualified Harken technician?Although it doesn't happen often, sometimes Harken gear components wear and need to be repaired or rebuilt. In this situation, don't panic! Just pick up the phone and call Harken Customer or Technical Service (262-691-3320), and explain your problem. We will issue a "Return Goods Authorization" number and arrange to have the gear returned to us for repair.
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At Gemvara, we believe that the Princess Black Diamond Band Jewelry you wear should be precious because it's personal. Every beautiful Gemvara design is made just for you, in your choice of gems and precious metals. Your child's birthstone is Amethyst. Your favorite gem is Pearl. Add your own meaning to every design, creating beautiful memories and brilliant reminders. Gemvara uses only the highest quality materials to craft your Princess Black Diamond Band Jewelry with meticulous attention to detail. Our precious metals are recycled or responsibly mined. Our wide selection of Princess Black Diamond Band Jewelry by talented designers means you can find jewelry that's just your style. Black diamond embodies all the mystery of the night. Clean your Princess Black Diamond Band Jewelry with mild dish soap: use a soft brush where dust collects. Gemvara's fine quality Princess Black Diamond Band Jewelry is designed to be passed down for generations to come, crafted by hand in the United States.
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If readers are anything like us—and we suspect you are, since you're reading this—the UPS guy comes to your door bringing goodies almost every other day. So wouldn't it be sadistic to scare the shorts off him with The Stranger door knocker? Yes, yes it would.
This knocker is an old-tyme knocker fastened to your door, but with half of a severed arm firmly gripping the end. Mildly scary in-and-of-itself, but there's also a motion sensor that detects when someone's approaching and activates the arm to start knocking by itself! Both frightening and cool, in the same way that Orlando Bloom is both masculine and feminine.
Note, this is totally different from giving yourself "the stranger". That's another animal entirely. Available now for $14.99 plus the cost of 3 AA batteries.
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It used to be the sunny side of life and now its always natural. Not that it used to be unnatural bytheway :).
The brand change has been on official minds for quite some time and the first slogan that came to mind was "value for money". As soon as our tourism minister, Dr. Zulfa came with this idea, it was torpedoed by various big-shots of tourism industry across the board, as the slogan seems to down-sell our tourism product. Since then, the search for a better slogan and logo had gone on and ultimately the winning slogan and logo was conjured up by a 'QUO KEEN' of Bangkok and London'.
Re-branding is the creation of a new name, term, symbol, design, or a combination of them for an established brand with the intention of developing a differentiated (new) position in the mind of stakeholders and competitors. Re-branding could be done for various reasons such as the need to shed a negative image,or to differentiate from competitors. In our case, its more like that somebody somewhere up in the ministry just got bored at staring up at the old sunny side of Maldives logo and vowed to change it at whatever costs! Anyways, the final product is good and thanks to wherever it is due. However we would like to note that our key tourism indicators still look good and keeps getting better.
Below is a comparison of key tourism indicators as a percentage over 2010. The only indicator that has gone south is the average stay duration which could account for the Chinese tourists who opt for shorter stays.
Ps: A heated thread in Minivan on this issue provides a lot of background on the issue.