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BI2130 - Human Anatomy and Physiology Laboratory I
Credits: 1
An examination of the structure and function of the human body. Laboratory supports the corequisite lecture with a hands-on look at both the anatomy and physiological processes of cell biology, cell reproduction, the skeleton, articulations, muscles, and muscle tissue. Additional course fee required. Falls. Corequisite(s): BI 2110.

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Industry News
Sebastian What's Next Award Winners Chosen at Live LA Event
Diva Poulos backstage pre-showPhoto 3 of 15
Signing the Sebastian wall in the courtyardPhoto 10 of 15
Juan Chacon from Bellus Academy and his modelPhoto 11 of 15
Anthony Cole backstage pre-showPhoto 14 of 15
Young Talent winner Rachel Carr at work backstagePhoto 15 of 15
The Sebastian Professional's What's Next Tour came to a halt in Los Angeles last night, April 28, but the end of the tour was the beginning of some big, hair-raising excitment.
Sebastian What's Next Awards are the culmination of a multi-city "Black Ops" tour during which Sebastian Design Team Members shared inspiring styling with each market's audience while encouraging them to enter the What's Next Challenge. The What's Next Awards are an opportunity for established and up-and-coming stylists to design the next great leap for hairdressing and create their own design interpretation of Sebastian's "Urban Explorer" theme, an homage to the energy of four "urban markets on the rise" as Sebastian's Education Director Carole Protat aptly put it.
From an original field of nearly 400 entries, finalists were narrowed down to four in each category (Established Stylists and New Talent/Student Stylist). These remaining eight competed by creating their designs on site at St. Vibiana's Cathedral in downtown Los Angeles under the watchful eyes of four discerning judges. Then, with their work complete, they went on stage during the show in front of hundreds of fellow stylists and salon owners to have the winners announced.
Rachel Carr from Salon Vivace in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania won the New Talent Category with her riff on the uber-cool energy of San Francisco.
Daniel Lozado of Puerto Rico won the Established Talent Category. He described his design, inspired by Sao Paolo, as an homage to the Latin woman and to Latin culture, both containing plenty of heat.
A runway show featuring Design Team Headliners Anthony Cole, Omar Antonio, Marylle Koken and Diva Poulos kept the crowd engaged, entertained and always wondering What's Next? The answer is Alter Ego, a new collection launching in July that had its debut last night.


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Dead Frog in Woman's Pret a Manger Salad Ruins Everyone's Appetite
Fast food chain Pret a Manger prides itself on providing "natural, tasty food" to New York's lunch break crowd, but it seems they may have put a bit too much emphasis on "natural," leaving much to be desired in terms of taste.
Wall Street Journal Digital Features Editor Kathryn Lurie posted an Instagram photo of what she claims is a colleague's Albacore Tuna Nicoise Salad that was a bit too organic.
That is to say, it had a dead frog in it.
"She was pretty shaken, understandably," tweeted Lurie of her friend, to which WSJ editor Troy McCullough responded, "Imagine how the frog feels!"
As The Atlantic Wire notes, this is far from the first time a frog has hopped up in someone's salad, but that doesn't make it any less unappetizing.
A Pret rep responded to a request for comment by the Gothamist with this statement:
At Pret A Manger, we take issues like this very seriously. Our lettuce is sourced from farms that do not use any pesticides on its produce, therefore organic matter does very rarely manage to pass through our production process. We are currently looking into this issue to make every effort that this does not happen again.
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Book Nook
The book store operated by the Friends of the Cedar Falls Public Library.
The Friends of the Cedar Falls Public Library operate The Book Nook, located on the first floor just inside the entrance to the library. Staffed by volunteers, a quality selection of used and almost new books is available at great prices. All proceeds are used to enhance the library. The Book Nook is supported primarily by donated materials.
Book Nook Hours:
Monday 10:00-7:00
Wednesday 10:00-4:00
Saturday 10:00-4:00
Friday 10:00-4:00
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Tebow Time only lasted a New York minute.
Tim Tebow arrived at the Jets' facility on Monday morning and was told he had been cut. As if it would fly under the radar, a three-paragraph news release was sent out at 8:18 a.m. That early exit from Florham Park, N.J., serves as a microcosm for the quarterback's one-year stint in the Big Apple.
The truth is, we learned a lot more about the New York Jets than we did about Tebow last season.
As the Jets' perplexing season progressed, it became obvious that the franchise wasn't on the same page in regards to then-general manager Mike Tannenbaum's high-profile acquisition of Tebow. In fact, there's no way to tell what page anyone was on.
Owner Woody Johnson said he was surprised by the "enormity" of the Tebow coverage during the preseason although he allowed ESPN to carry on its Tebowmania coverage on the front lawn of the team's practice facility in Cortland. Later, he'd say the move was "forced" on him.
Meanwhile, head coach Rex Ryan and offensive coordinator Tony Sparano barely utilized Tebow at all on the field. Ryan stated before the season that they'd have a package for Tebow that could see him on the field for up to 20 plays a game. Instead, Tebow only played 77 offensive snaps the entire year to account for just 7 percent of the Jets' offense. Moreover, he lined up at a position other than QB in 25 percent of those offensive snaps.
Tebow doesn't deserve blame for choosing the New York Jets over the Jacksonville Jaguars. At the time, Jacksonville was still invested in their presumed quarterback of the future, 10th overall pick Blaine Gabbert, who was only entering his second season. Plus, the Jags didn't seem to have a clear-cut plan for Tebow like the Jets did.
And not in a million years did Tebow, or anyone, think a Jets team that made it to back-to-back AFC Championships in 2009 and 2010 had apparently become a distraction away from being 6-10 and failing to make the playoffs for a second straight year.
Being the ultimate optimist that he is, Tebow at least initially figured he could provide a spark the same way he did for the Florida Gators on the way to the 2006 national title. He'd move the chains with inspired runs, he'd catch the defense off guard with long passes and he'd bring Fireman Ed to his feet to lead the chants of "J-E-T-S! JETS! JETS! JETS!" After all, the 2011 Jets needed that, ranking 25th in the NFL in total offense and 22nd in rushing offense. It turns out the 2012 Jets needed it even worse, finishing 30th in total offense.
The media, fans, haters, etc. don't deserve blame either for the so-called "circus." Tebow made us talk about Tebow. Taking the 1-4 Denver Broncos to the playoffs with multiple miracles, then beating the Pittsburgh Steelers with a game-winning overtime touchdown in the playoffs would get us talking about anybody from JaMarcus Russell to Colt McCoy. In an age where a rookie quarterback is expected to deliver before developing, Tebow delivered.
It also helps that he's a Heisman winner and two-time national champion in college.
Regardless, it's hard to imagine a professional football team wouldn't consider picking up a player because he "brings too much publicity." The Jets welcomed it and so would others. Nonetheless, the Jets reportedly tried to trade Tebow for a seventh-round pick prior to the draft and couldn't find a taker. That could signal the end to Tebow's NFL career.
Or it might make it that much more incredible if he picks up where he left off. Not in New York but a mile high in Denver.


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|2008-09-30, 22:54
|Link #221
Le fou, c'est moi
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Las Vegas, NV, USA
Age: 29
Interestingly enough, ever since the 1980's the "war is good (for the economy)" meme went the other way around: we kept having these mini-recessions when we went to war ever since the First Gulf War. A decline in usefulness of the much-vaunted and equally hated Military-Industrial complex? Maybe.
Also, I think in geopolitical terms those who are gloating at the US right now will pay the price later, not because of any conscious American revenge, but rather because their economies will be affected too. I said it before somewhere else, but if the US comes crashing down, we'll take the world with us. Not a nice prospect wherever you are. And your point about not having a point of reference in world politics isn't a happy one either, IMO. That's just more chaos, not more, hmm, "self-determination."
|2008-09-30, 23:00
|Link #222
Gregory House
IT Support
I'm rather surprised to hear that from you... It almost sounds as if you're advocating having the US policing the world's economy or something like that, (or having any other single, centralized state doing so). The fragmentation of relationships of power is something GOOD in my book. At least we know now that having a centralized point of failure is bound to bring about not-so-good things.
And I'm not gloating at the US... I'm more than conscious that our economy will be affected. I think I mentioned it in my previous post.
|2008-09-30, 23:23
|Link #223
Le fou, c'est moi
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Las Vegas, NV, USA
Age: 29
Try the Middle East, for example: so the US leadership was an utter, abject, shameful failure. That's clear enough (thanks again Bush!). But what will happen if the US withdraws its influence from the region in a hurry? Will there be peace and cooperation? I seriously doubt it. Iran will want to assert itself as the master of the region; Saudi Arabia will want the same, Holy Wahhabi Islam and all; Egypt may want to go back being Nasserific; Israel will scramble to protect itself from a hostile neighborhood; and Turkey might prefer itself over other, more volatile nations to lead the region...
And the voice for reason won't be heard. Who ever listens to writers and philosophers when the time comes to wage war?
C&C Generals II: Middle Eastern Mess, or that's how I see it anyway. True, superpower bullying isn't fun, but the UN and other similar organizations on the more local scales are not strong enough to assert themselves in its place. I don't really doubt that it's going to happen -- I believe that my generation will see the relative decline of US power worldwide over time, ala the British Empire post-1900, Pax Americana isn't meant to last -- but while I don't see what we have now as righteous hegemony, I don't think what comes after will be something to look forward to either.
...but that's all off-topic, so I apologize to the thread readers and participators for dragging it out a bit.
|2008-10-01, 00:50
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Gregory House
IT Support
Oh, I'm not saying it's going to be some sort of panacea or something like that (you'll never hear me advocating magical solutions to overly complicated issues such as, umm, the entire world ). I'm just saying it will be a step in the right direction for once--even if that step is not intended.
|2008-10-01, 12:22
|Link #225
Loyal Haruhist.
Join Date: Nov 2004
Age: 32
Unlikely, what Irenicus said is not only true in the middle east but in asia too.This is particuliarly worrying considering Asia is rapidly becoming the core of the global economy.
I am not american, but I am convinced that most of us will regret the good old days of the "pax americana".No global hegemon is perfect, but this one was relatively benign and even positive in some aspects if like me you think that democracy, freedom of thougts and other niceties are good things.
Oh, well, I doubt the current crisis will have an important effect on the global standing of the US.12 aircraft carriers and 86 battleships are more effective than billions of dollars on that aspect.
|2008-10-01, 12:32
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Kuu-chan is hungry
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Raleigh, NC
Bailout Wall St. please! Stories like these definitely don't help the government explain to people why the bailout is needed.
|2008-10-01, 12:41
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Gregory House
IT Support
And how can we forget the freedom obtained by countries where the US waged war on just for some sort of economic gain?
And what are the niceties and good things? The stupid and self-destructive consumerist society all countries around the globe have come to inherit?
I know I come off as rather bitter, but it's the truth, you know.
|2008-10-01, 12:47
|Link #228
Obey the Darkly Cute ...
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: On the whole, I'd rather be in Kyoto ...
Age: 61
|2008-10-01, 12:56
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Feeling comfy
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Singapore
Age: 44
Meanwhile, the banks will collapse, and new banks will pick up the pieces, but along the way, ordinary Americans will suffer. In the long run, this will indeed be a healthy blood-letting. But, again, I wonder if Americans are willing to pay the likely price of this drastic get-well plan?
There is another alternative. If the United States government doesn't want to own its own institutions, why not let foreign governments buy them? The trillions that Americans have spent on imported goods have fattened many sovereign wealth funds over the years. These funds would probably be quite happy to take controlling stakes in these troubled, but potentially lucrative, assets.
Presumably, the above idea would be an even harder sell than the Great US Socialist Bailout Plan.
"And the underlying issue, Baker says, is that the US has lost close to $4 trillion in housing equity. The toxic assets at the heart of the financial meltdown are mortgage-backed securities. But with house values plummeting, it's impossible to gauge how much these securities are worth."
I hope that Americans, and indeed the whole world, will now learn this important lesson: Real estate can fall in value just as easily as it can rise in value. Property-fuelled consumption has always been a leading cause of financial crises all over the world. People constantly make the mistake of thinking that property is a "safe bet" that cannot fail. Once again, we are reminded, very expensively, that there is no such thing as a "sure bet".
Credit is freezing up in the US because no one knows the value of mortgage loans any more — we only know that they are steadily declining. From the same source that Vexx had quoted, I found this suggestion:
Meanwhile, the US has a far deeper problem to resolve. American consumers cannot be allowed to continue funding their expenditure by borrowing against their properties. The mortgage crisis clearly shows that this is an unsustainable trend. Many Americans are steadily growing poorer today because they've depended too heavily on rising home values to prop up their bank accounts.
In the long run, American households must be encouraged to start saving again, and to spend within those savings.
But that's a problem to be solved over time. The crisis on Wall Street, on the other hand, needs to be resolved now.
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|2008-10-01, 13:16
|Link #231
Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: PMB Headquarters
On second thoughts, maybe it does have an effect. I think this current economic turmoil will be a wait and see speculation thing as to how bad it will affect the world. It might not hurt just the middle class, but everyone on a whole different scale.
|2008-10-01, 13:25
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I disagree with you all.
Join Date: Dec 2005
|2008-10-01, 13:34
|Link #233
Not Enough Sleep
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: R'lyeh
Age: 42
the credit problems is going effect everyone, it is call the trickle down effect
|2008-10-01, 13:37
|Link #234
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2008
She doesn't seem affected by this crisis.
|2008-10-01, 13:37
|Link #235
Casual prosumer of anime
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Germany, most of the time.
Assuming that the banks are still wary about loaning to one another and this uncertainty continues, this could affect the people who need to take out loans to buy cars, homes and so on.
Small and medium-sized business owners could lose entire businesses if they don't get the credit they need from their banks.
People's retirement accounts could lose a lot of money if they are heavily invested in stock markets.
|2008-10-01, 13:38
|Link #236
Pilot in Training
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Earth
Yeah, it will affect normal citizens like me. I might have to suspend college if I can't get a loan. Or how about the businesses that will tank? unemployment will rise. I just hope it doesn't rise with inflation, or I might not be able to post here since internet would be insanely expensive.
Hard times for all in the US are coming.
Also, people are already loosing portions or all of their 401Ks.
|2008-10-01, 16:13
|Link #237
Le fou, c'est moi
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Las Vegas, NV, USA
Age: 29
Why, how ingenious! While there's no guarantee that throwing trillions at banks and financial intermediaries will really convince them to loan out again, the government itself becoming a lender bypasses that problem. Papa Sam doesn't -- or shouldn't, ideally -- care all that much about getting a profit off its loans, it cares a lot more about allowing businesses to receive capital for their operations; and in any case the position of a lender has far more leverage than the one-time beneficiary role will have, allowing for future, crucial, necessary adjustments to be made in the economy as needed. But of course, that's "socialism" and a big no-go, uh-huh.
Although I'm not sure it'll come out that excellently in the long run. I can hardly call myself an expert or even an amateur of Japanese economic history, but I vaguely recall that the Japanese eventually had to change out of that model and not perfectly smoothly while at it.
|2008-10-01, 17:17
|Link #238
Obey the Darkly Cute ...
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: On the whole, I'd rather be in Kyoto ...
Age: 61
|2008-10-01, 19:32
|Link #239
Senior Member
Join Date: Jun 2008
New Senate bailout bill pricetag: $850B
Yep, watching debate, they are about to vote on c-span... it is gonna cost 850 billion... lots of earmarks... including a large sum for "mental health parity"?
get to the phones and scream bloody murder!
(are you kiding me, hold on, gotta look up the number...Email and phone call made)
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|The sun room in a multi million dollar home in Bedford, NY that is for sale. (aboev)
Have become obsessed with the town of Bedford in Westchester County New York. "Why would a California girl living in a tiny cottage in the Hollywood Hills become obsessed with a town and the real estate there that is thousands of miles away?", you might ask.
Well it is simply. A few weeks ago, I went to New York to visit best of friend AM and to do something called editor desksides...where you go and sit and chat with magazine editors and talk about your product. One of my desksides was with the very venerable Margaret Russell, Editor-in-Chief of Architectural Digest (seen here with fashion icon Ralph Lauren). Margaret was so nice to take a half hour with me in her Conde Nast office to chat about the COCOCOZY home furnishings collection and blog.
Anyhooo...after seeing Margaret, I was getting on a plane back to Los Angeles, so I picked up the September issue of Architectural Digest and there was an article about Ralph Lauren and all of his homes...including Lauren's spectacular estate in Bedford, NY. Lauren has a rather lavish estate...a little too grand for me...but made me think...what if I could get a farm in Bedford one day and grow it into an estate? I mentioned this to TE...he seemed perplexed as to why Bedford and somewhat surprised when I told him he would be getting the farm with me!
So I did a little research on Bedford and found that in addition to Ralph Lauren, Martha Stewart has a farm there, actress Blake Lively and actor Ryan Reynolds, actor Richard Gere, billionaire George Soros and the list goes on. It is a small town with a population of just over 17,000. Founded in the 1600s this small quaint village is only about an hour from New York City. The real estate opportunities all seem to include lots of acreage...good for a horse farm potentially. Maybe the next name on the list will be Coco of COCOCOZY. Who knows!
Here are a few Bedford beauties to chose from...like any of these?
Bedford Beauty #1 - Old Post Road - Listed for $14.5 million dollars. 12,000 square feet on 75 acres with 9 bedrooms. Listing here. (above and below)
Bedford Beauty #2 - Pine Brook Road - Listed by Coldwell Banker at $4,850,000, this 9900 square foot home sits on a 4.4 acre lot in Bedford NY. (above and below)
Bedford Beauty #3 - East Field Drive - Nearly $8 million dollars for this 12,000 square foot estate. 7 bedrooms, 8 baths, and indoor tennis court and pool! See full listing here. (above and below)
Which of these three homes might you take if offered to you? I think I would pick #2.
Happy Tuesday!
P.S. Had a fab Labor Day weekend. Hope you did too. Check list got worked on. Got a new car (after TE and I walked out of the first dealership, found a car the next day at a nice dealer closer to me), had house re-painted, got guys working on deck too, had some minor repairs done around the house, had new cushions done for all outdoor furniture (this was an ordeal of taking close to 20 seat cushions and pillows to JF, getting fabric and then picking up said completed cusinos), met TEs dad and stepmom (who are just fantastic) - had breakfast one day and dinner one night with them and TE's son, drove out to Claremont and visited with my mother who is back from Paris (nice time catching up), went to a large family luncheon and saw relatives I haven't seen in years (so nice to see everyone including my aunts AJ, SS, LS, RM, and JS), made two visits to Home Depot...and the list goes on and on. Productive.
P.P.S. Running off to work!
P.P.P.S. Happy September!


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Houston is the largest city in Texas and the fourth largest in the United States. It is huge, both in population and in land area. "Urban sprawl" is a term tailor-made for this city, due to Houston being the largest unzoned city in the country. Houston is a multicultural city home to some of the nation's largest Asian, Arab and Latin American populations. But its culture is not limited to diverse population — it also boasts a world class symphony and theater district that includes a full-time ballet company and opera.
Houston is the largest city in the United States without any appreciable zoning. While there is some small measure of zoning in the form of ordinances, deed restrictions, and land use regulations, real estate development in Houston is only constrained by the will and the pocketbook of real estate developers. Traditionally, Houston politics and law are strongly influenced by real estate developers; at times, the majority of city council seats have been held by developers.
What this means to visitors is that Houston covers a larger land area with less population than might otherwise be expected. The city is primarily built on the energy industry and nearly everyone owns a car and drives everywhere they go. However, the city is becoming more dense and walkable, particularly in the Midtown/Montrose areas. With a few exceptions, almost everything to see or do is in Houston's urban core inside the 610 Loop and more specifically in between downtown, the Galleria, and the Texas Medical Center.
The city has a number of districts. Historically, these districts were called "wards" and they tended to have distinct populations. Redevelopment has rendered most of those distinctions meaningless, but the modern version of Houston still has districts.
Get in
By plane
Houston is served by two major commercial airports and two smaller regional airports.
The large airports are:
The smaller airports are:
By train
By car
Houston's major freeways include:
Approximate mileage to nearby cities (in miles):
By bus
There are many private bus companies in Houston that exclusively serve Mexico.
Get around
By car
Houston has a number of major highways that make getting around Houston fairly easy. (See list of freeways under the "Get in" section.) A number of obstacles, however, can make driving in Houston a less than pleasant experience. One is construction, which seems to be ever-present, and the other is traffic. Evening rush hour in Houston begins as early as 4 PM and can last more than 2 hours. Morning rush hour is between 7 and 9 AM. During rush hour, traffic on the highways can come to a halt. The strip of the West Loop near the Galleria, between US-59 and IH-10, is an area you should definitely avoid during rush hour if possible.
Some of the freeways have an H.O.V. (High-Occupancy Vehicle) lane, which are limited-access lanes located in the median strip of the highway. The HOV lanes are operational Monday - Friday in the morning hours (5AM - 11AM) in the inbound direction and in the outbound direction in the afternoon and evening (from 2PM - 8PM). The HOV lanes are restricted to cars with 2 or more passengers, however some HOV lanes require 3 or more passengers during peak travel periods (6:45-8:00AM and 5-6PM, for IH-10 west; 6:45-8AM only for US-290). The HOV lanes are marked with signs bearing a white diamond on a black background. Highways with HOV lanes are: IH-45 North, IH-45 South, US-59 North, US-59 South, IH-10 West (Katy Freeway), and US-290. In addition to its usual Monday through Friday hours, the Katy Freeway HOV lane also runs on Saturday in the outbound direction and on Sunday in the inbound direction.
By public transportation
Currently, public transportation in Houston is limited to METRO [29], which operates bus lines as well as the new and very popular light rail line called METRORail [30].
METRORail is a seven and a half mile light rail line that runs between downtown, midtown, the museum district, the Medical Center, Reliant Park, and the Fannin South Park & Ride (which is a handy place to park and is located near the 610 loop). It costs $1.25 for a one-way ticket. (Also see the stay safe section.)
By taxi
By Limousine
Traveling via a limousine has become more popular lately. Many Houston limousine companies offer full ground transportation options such as town cars, classic cars, stretch limos and luxury vehicles that can be utilized for special occasions like airport transportation, parties, school dances, business functions and weddings. Consider hiring a limousine service to handle your travel needs.
By bicycle
Houston is so enormous, spread out, and (most of the time) humid and hot that bicycles are only good for exercise or to get to somewhere that is closeby. It wouldn't be good to ride a bike to somewhere important as, by the time you're likely to get there, you will be sweaty and tired. Most city buses have easy to use racks in the front that can get traveler and bicycle near to a final destination. The city of Houston has 290 miles of marked bike routes, plus another 80 miles of hike and bike trails in city parks, with concrete plans for even more expansion. For more information on the Houston Bikeway program, including a complete map of all marked bike paths, visit the City of Houston Bikeway Program website [32]. On the other hand, if you have a little bit of stamina and perseverence, Downtown, midtown, rice, uptown and the medical center/hermann park/museum district area are within a 30 minute ride.
Houston, like many American cities, is diverse. As the state's largest city and the nation's fourth largest, Houston is home to more than 100 languages. Signs can be found in Spanish, Vietnamese and Chinese, among others, but English is the lingua franca. Knowing some Spanish may help in certain neighborhoods, but most people will speak English.
Travelers planning to visit multiple attractions may benefit from Houston CityPASS [33], which grants admission to 6 Houston attractions within 9 days of first use for a much reduced rate and includes expedited entry in some cases. The included attractions are: Space Center Houston; Downtown Aquarium; Houston Museum of Natural Science; Houston Zoo; Option Ticket One with choice of either Museum of Fine Arts or The Children's Museum of Houston and Option Ticket Two with choice of either George Ranch Historical Park or The Health Museum.
Events & Festivals
Houston is home to one of the top universities in the country, Rice University. Its beautifully wooded campus is ideal for an afternoon stroll or jog.
Many of the shopping malls are concentrated to the west of downtown in Uptown.
In general, prices in Houston are lower than in other major US cities.
Houston has outstanding dining options, and is widely considered the most restaurant-oriented city in the United States, with a wide variety of ethnic restaurants, superb Tex-Mex, a great number of steakhouses, fine dining, as well as chain restaurants. For some of the best surprises, stop by any nondescript taqueria and order nearly anything at random. Montrose is probably the best district of town for ethnic foods, while downtown has more upscale establishments.
Local Beer
Houston has multiple telephone area codes and mandatory 10-digit dialing. For any number, even within your own area code, you need to dial areacode + number. For local calls, you do not dial a 1+ or a 0+ before the number. Some calls within Houston are considered long distance, and for those you need to dial 1 + areacode + number.
Houston's area codes are: 713, 281, and 832.
Stay safe
Like most large US cities, Houston has its share of crime. Residents of Texas are allowed to carry concealed firearms after completing training and a thorough background check. Almost all people who possess a firearm do so responsibly, and crime among this group is practically nonexistent. Like many other US cities, certain areas of Houston are considerably less safe including the area within Loop 610 on the east side and some areas in Southwest Houston near Beltway 8 (Sam Houston Tollway).
Travelers to Houston should follow common safety procedures such as staying away from deserted areas in the middle of the night, keeping their valuables in sight, keeping purses/wallets in a secure location, and always put valuables in a car trunk. For emergency assistance, travelers can contact Houston Police Department by dialing 911. In addition, travelers should dial 911 to report most crimes in progress. For non-emergency assistance and for crimes not in progress such as minor assault, car theft, home invasion, property damage, and theft, dial 713-884-3131 and request police assistance. The Houston Police Department also allows citizens to file online reports for minor property damage and theft if they are under $5,000 in damages.
Natural disasters
Houston is like much of the Gulf Coast in that it is very vulnerable to hurricanes in the summer and fall. If a hurricane is forecast to make landfall anywhere near Houston, listen to officials and heed mandatory evacuation orders if one is ordered. The last major hurricane to hit Houston was Hurricane Ike on September 13, 2008.
Houston is very hot and humid in the summer, with temperatures around 31°C-38°C (87°F-100°F), and summer climate in Houston is easily comparable to the average climates in tropical cities like Manila or Panama City during the summer. However, in the winter, Houston can be mild with temperatures ranging from -1°C-18°C (30°F-64°F), and winter climate is usually comparable to winters in the rest of the Southern United States or Southern California.
METRO Rail
METRO Rail is the starter line of an expanding system which starts at UofH Downtown, through downtown proper, into Midtown, the Museum district, the Texas Medical Center, and the Reliant Complex near the south side. Houston natives have a tendency to park along the rail line or the south side lot to go into downtown or medical center as it is easier to get in and out of those areas with the train without the hassle of parking and traffic.
Please be careful when coming near the METRO Rail track, especially at intersections.
Follow the signs since the trains move very quickly and run at almost all hours of the day and night. It runs almost silently. At many streets, left turns are not permitted. Also watch the signs and signals, because some will change as trains approach. Do not drive on the tracks as there are large raised white domes that separate the roadway and the rail line. In some areas signs may indicate driving (or walking) on the tracks is permitted (currently only in the Texas Medical Center) but make sure it is safe to do so.
Drive across the tracks only when you are sure it is safe to do so, especially at night as the train's whistle is quiet and is often not heard by a driver inside a car.
If that isn't your thing. try the simple thing most Houstonians do when they need to release tensions of big ciy madness: take a walk in the beautiful parks or go walking and shopping downtown. If you know someone who lives in Houston, you can have a lunch on a gorgeous spring day outside. Sometimes the most relaxing and peaceful things don't always involve money.
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Canadian Cyclist was the only Canadian publication invited to attend a factory tour last fall in Taiwan, hosted by TAITRA, the Taiwan External Trade Development Council. TAITRA administers the Taipei Cycle show, the third largest bike industry show in the world (after Eurobike and Interbike), and the largest for manufacturers (Eurobike and Interbike are mainly for retailers). Here is one of our factory visits - to read the overview to our visit and access all the articles, go to the main page Here
Mac Mahone / Unitrade Cycle
MacMahone is quite different from the majority of companies we visited in that it is a trading company rather than a manufacturer. By this, I mean that they design and market bicycles and components under their brand names but do not actually produce them in their own factory. They are not alone in this regard; Specialized, Trek, Cannondale, Rocky Mountain and most others all have at least a portion of their lineup produced outside of a wholly owned factory.
Mac Mahone, as well as producing bikes and accessories under their own name for a variety of markets, also oversee design and production for both OEM and ODM clients. Black Mountain, Labyrinth and MBK are all Mac Mahone brands. One area they particularly specialize in is titanium bolts and fittings, for use in seatposts, clamps, stems, etc.
In North America you will not see much of Mac Mahone's own branded products; they tend to go primarily to the Asian and European markets.
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The fashion for matte-finished paint has reached the point where even major manufacturers like BMW and Mercedes now offer it as an option. While you could argue that the extra skin friction robs you of that last smidgen of top speed, there is no getting away from the fact that the matte finish does make a car look more purposeful.
Of course the car itself is the starting point, and a matte-finished Toyota Prius would simply look unpainted. But the matte finish of a mean machine like the already thuggish-looking Brabus Bullit Coupe gives it even more attitude.
Today we are at Movie Park Germany, outside Bottrop-Kirchhellen, on the set of the famous vampire hunter Van Helsing. While it is commonly known that a silver bullet will kill a vampire stone dead, our matte-gray Brabus Bullit Coupe looks like it can rip the heart out of any creature of the night we might encounter here.
Underneath its war paint, the Bullit Coupe certainly has the right stuff. Unlike the Bullit saloon I drove in late 2007, which had to have its wheel arches extended to cover its bigger wheels and tires, Mercedes-AMG has thoughtfully provided extended arches as standard on the C63 AMG Coupe that Brabus use as the base car. The taller bonnet of the facelift-style AMG car helps too.
"While this sounds like an expensive way of doing things compared to starting with a smaller-engined C-Class Coupe, you would have to change and uprate so many more components, it would definitely work out more expensive and complicated," Brabus' Deputy Development Chief Jörn Gander explained.
Where the Bullit saloon had a pretty potent 730 hp, times have moved on and Brabus has since uprated their most powerful version of the venerable biturbo V12 motor to a rousing 800 hp (788 bhp) at 5500 rpm.
As before, the peak torque figure has been electronically limited to 811 lb-ft to prevent the gearbox and rear axle being reduced to scrap under the onslaught of the 1,047 lb-ft at 2100 rpm that this motor recorded on the dyno.
These big numbers are the culmination of years of progressive development by Uli Gauffres, Jörn Gander and their engineering team. Step-by-step, they have managed to extract more and more power from the 36-valve Mercedes M275 engine.
Where AMG take the basic Mercedes motor from 5,513 cc and 517 hp to 5,980 cc and 612 hp, Brabus have upped the ante with a further displacement bump to 6,233 cc and 800 hp for this R-spec motor with its two big, high-performance turbochargers and quad water-cooled intercooler system.
In the past, the handicap of any Brabus car with the M275 engine was the old-style five-speed automatic transmission. While even the standard cooking version of this motor in an S600 has more than ample power and torque to cover the big gaps between the five ratios, despite continuous software updates, this gearbox has relatively tardy response compared to today's state-of-the-art seven-speed automatic. On top of that, it simply cannot provide the same level of in-gear acceleration and fuel economy with just five ratios.
Low-volume special cars are a Brabus specialty however, and selling such cars to ultra-wealthy clients is a whole different ball game. Thus, Brabus took the plunge last year, and during the development of the second-generation CLS-based Rocket 800, they uprated the torque handling ability of the wet-clutch AMG Speedshift MCT gearbox from 664 to 811 lb-ft and mated it to their 6.3-liter V12.
While the internal strengthening work was a fairly straightforward affair, matching disparate engine and gearbox components that were never meant to work together was more easily said than done.
"We had to modify the rear of the V12 block, and an all-new flywheel machined from a solid billet now mates this to the MCT gearbox's wet-clutch system," explained Jörn. "We then added a larger capacity cooling system for the gearbox oil."
The bigger engine and all its ancillaries take the weight of the C-Class Coupe up to 4,012 pounds. When all is said and done, the conversion puts about 220 extra pounds in the nose, just slightly behind the front axle.
As you would expect, Brabus have also done an amazing job on the interior to make it look and feel special. The deeply contoured seats are trimmed in the highest quality soft black hide, with red stitching to accentuate the contours. Red stitching is also used to highlight the trim panels on the doors, center console, dashboard and steering wheel. The dashboard top is covered in Alcantara to minimize reflections in the windscreen.
The quilted leather pattern used on the carpet and up the sides of the transmission tunnel is a Brabus trademark, and even the leather floor mats with their red piping have this pattern. It looks great on a show car, but you would want to put down over-mats to protect the floor from scuffing in daily use.
Quilted leather covers every square inch of the trunk interior as well, so there is no sudden drop in quality no matter where you look. Ordinary is an alien concept at Brabus!
The devil is in the details, and the special lightweight aluminum paddle shifters on the steering wheel and the Brabus alloy pedal set add to the feel that this is a serious driving machine.
The "Brabus Bullit 800" script is cut out of the stainless steel sill protector plates with a high-pressure water jet, and the dual layer construction gives a three-dimensional effect. The lettering is blue illuminated at night and when the lights are on.
Finally, the speedometer has been recalibrated to read to 400 km/h, and a Bullit 800 plaque is applied to the carbon-fiber-look trim on the passenger side of the dashboard.
"We sold 25 of the original Bullit saloons, and have a client in Dubai who owns two cars. He will probably buy a Coupe as well now," said Jörn. "The development costs of cars like these are high, hence the stratospheric price tag. But luckily there are enough wealthy car enthusiasts in the world who like the idea of a big, powerful motor in a compact car."
I never cease to be amazed and inspired by the sharp bark of the tuned V12 bursting into life after just a second of encouragement from its pre-engaged starter. The deep burble of the big engine is totally at odds with a car the size of the C-Class Coupe, even one that looks as menacing as this. But the rabid exhaust note echoing around the buildings puts the denizens, winged, clawed or otherwise, on notice that a serious new player is in town.
As we prowl the streets, the Bullit 800 feels good to be in. Its cabin fittings look and feel exclusive enough to justify the $500,000 asking price. At prowling speeds, the king-size motor is barely ticking over and is just begging to be let loose. With no trade in town and since vampires are terminally allergic to sunlight, we head off to the nearby autobahn to stretch the Bullit's legs.
Brabus say that fired off the line perfectly, the Bullit 800 will take just 3.7 seconds to pass 62 mph, 23.8 seconds to reach 186 mph, and carry on to 230 mph on its 3.42:1 final drive ratio.
A small handful of supercars can pip it to the 62-mph benchmark, but they do so helped by all-wheel drive for optimum traction off the line. What happens after that is more significant, and in the real world, the biturbo V12's relentless mother lode of torque will have the Bullit 800 Coupe catch, pass and then leave its challengers in the dust.
We cannot do any serious performance testing as this precious prototype has a date with the Geneva Motor Show in a matter of days, but we can get a good snapshot of its potential.
With this kind of torque on tap, the basic 40 percent locking action of the torque sensing limited-slip differential is vital to the car's ability to put its power down. And stay pointed in the intended direction of travel!
The uprated Brabus suspension is a race-style, height-adjustable coilover system using Bilstein gas dampers with 10-way adjustable bounce and rebound control and larger antiroll bars.
As the car is lower than the base AMG, Brabus had to get the geometry back on course, so they modified the lower suspension arms with offset joints, and also use solid bushes in salient places for better feel and response.
The ability to tweak bounce and rebound settings independently has allowed the engineers to achieve a surprisingly comfortable ride. However, if you think about it, a good secondary ride and adequate wheel travel is a great advantage when you have to deploy a lot of power over bumps.
The wheels are the latest Brabus Monoblock R design in 8.5x20 and 9.5x20 sizes with 235/30 and 275/25 Dunlop SportMaxx rubber, front and rear respectively. These are the largest wheels and tires that will fit the C-Class Coupe's wheelwells, resulting in a smaller footprint and less mechanical grip at the driven wheels than any other Brabus car powered by this awesome motor.
The big brakes behind these 10-spoke alloy wheels use 380mm vented discs in front clamped by 12-pot calipers and 360mm vented discs at the rear with six-pot calipers. They provide enormous braking force to counter the sub-orbital capability of the engine.
Unfortunately, the packaging of the C-Class does not allow for a fuel tank any larger than the standard 17.4-gallon one, so the major real-world weakness of the Bullit 800 Coupe is its range. Use the performance in anger frequently, and you will be the gas station owner's new best friend.
The difference the seven-speed gearbox makes is amazing. I have always thought of the big V12 as a slightly lazy engine because of the way it revs out, but when paired with seven more closely spaced ratios, it comes alive and feels so much more responsive.
The shorter gear ratios keep the engine in its optimum working range more of the time, not that this was ever really a problem even with five ratios. But the newfound snappy character is in tune with what you would expect from a compact two-door Coupe.
If I had to sum up the performance of this car in one word, it would be bombastic. Drop the hammer and all hell breaks loose. Wheelspin, ESP light flashing, long black lines on the tarmac. But once it hooks up, you are slammed back in your seat and the car begins its serious mission of reeling in the horizon.
"Geneva Show car! Don't break it!" Jörn Gander's words are echoing in my head over the V12's sonorous engine note. It is time to return to base, so I disengage the warp drive and cruise back to Brabus HQ in Bottrop.
One obvious standout from my short test is the smoother and more progressive drive than the original Bullit. "The software is the key," Jörn explained. "Back in 2007, the systems were more digital, and you felt it. The faster, new ECUs provide a much more seamless integration between the engine, transmission, ESP and other systems, giving the car a more analog feel."
That evening, the Internet came alive with news of the Brabus Bullit 800 Coupe. Sightings, speculation and quite obvious excitement. Maybe someone saw us on the autobahn, or perhaps it was a creature peering out of a window on the Van Helsing set. Do vampires use camera phones?
As we prowl the streets, the Bullit 800 feels good to be in. Its cabin fittings look and feel exclusive enough to justify the $500,000 asking price.
Brabus Bullit 800
Longitudinal front engine, rear wheel drive
6.3-liter, V12, 36-valve. Twin turbochargers, quad air-to-water intercoolers
Seven-speed AMG Speedshift MCT, uprated to handle 811 lb-ft of torque
Peak Power: 800 hp
Peak Torque: 811 lb-ft*
0-62 mph: 3.7 sec.
Top Speed: 230 mph
*electronically limited from 1,047 lb-ft
Brabus race-style, height-adjustable coilovers w/ Bilstein 10-way adjustable dampers; larger antiroll bars
380mm vented discs w/ 12-pot calipers (f), 360mm vented discs w/ 6-pot calipers (r)
Wheels and Tires
Brabus Monoblock R 8.5x20 (f), 9.5x20 (r)
Dunlop SportMaxx 235/30 (f), 275/25 (r)
MSRP: $500,000 (est.)


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This is a selection of my best selling business tracks. Featuring three contrasting styles, each track will add sparkle to your project.
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From PostgreSQL wiki
Governance Charter of the Relationship between the PostgreSQL project and Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
The Core Team of the PostgreSQL project currently consists of the following people: Peter Eisentraut, Magnus Hagander, Tom Lane, Bruce Momjian, Dave Page. The Core Team appoints its own members.
The Fundraising Group of the PostgreSQL project initially consists of the members of The PostgreSQL Foundation Inc. at the time of its termination. Thereafter, the Fundraising Group appoints its own members.
The Fundraising Group elects the SPI Project Liason and the SPI Board Observer. These may be the same person. The appointments are subject to the veto of the Core Team. The appointments may be replaced by voting on new representatives at any time. The SPI Board Observer will submit to SPI on an ongoing basis a list of persons eligible for automatic SPI contributing membership in recognition of their contributions to the PostgreSQL project.
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One Planet Living is an initiative of Bioregional and its partners to make truly sustainable living a reality. One Planet Living uses ecological footprinting and carbon footprinting as its headline indicators. It is based on ten guiding principles of sustainability as a framework.
The concept of One Planet Living builds on sustainability work carried out over the past few decades but specifically grew out of Bioregional's work to build the BedZED eco-village in south London. Living and working at BedZED and analysing its impacts drew us clearly to the conclusion that to achieve sustainability, we need to make it easy, attractive and affordable for people everywhere to lead whole sustainable lifestyles – not just green buildings, but wider infrastructure and products and services as well – all wrapped up in a simple and clear story which people can understand.
Since its creation in 2003, One Planet Living and its ten principles show in practice that a simple way for us to plan, deliver, communicate sustainable development and a green, circular economy is possible.
Rooted in the science and metrics of ecological and carbon footprinting, 10 One Planet principles are used to structure thinking and inform holistic action. These principles stemmed from Bioregional's experience of working on BedZED, a pioneering eco-village in South London, UK. Together, the principles provide a holistic framework to help organisations and project teams examine the sustainability challenges faced, develop appropriate solutions and communicate the actions being taken to key stakeholders such as colleagues, the supply chain, clients, customers and local and national government.
Encouraging active, sociable, meaningful lives to promote good health and well being
Creating bioregional economies that support equity and diverse local employment and international fair trade
Respecting and reviving local identity, wisdom and culture; encouraging the involvement of people in shaping their community and creating a new culture of sustainability
Protecting and restoring biodiversity and creating new natural habitats through good land use and integration into the built environment
Using water efficiently in buildings, farming and manufacturing. Designing to avoid local issues such as flooding , drought and water course pollution
Supporting sustainable and humane farming, promoting access to healthy, low impact, local, seasonal and organic diets and reducing food waste
Using sustainable and healthy products, such as those with low embodied energy, sourced locally, made from renewable or waste resources
Reducing the need to travel, and encouraging low and zero carbon modes of transport to reduce emissions
Reducing waste, reusing where possible, and ultimately sending zero waste to landfill
Making buildings energy efficient and delivering all energy with renewable technologies
One Planet Living is happening all over the world.
Every project or organization in the One Planet Living initiative – One Planet Program - develops a 'One Planet Action Plan' based on the 10 principles. The Action Plan outlines the strategies, actions and targets to achieve One Planet Living. This provides a pathway for implementation that can be monitored and adapted over time. The Action Plan is made public so everyone can see the commitments being made. As well as an Action Plan, every project or organisation reports annually on progress and publishes the results.
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My Desktop Icons Won't Work
"My desktop and taskbar icons do not open properly, they have an LNK extension and have a spreadsheet icon which they open up to or say they can't open. The first thing I see is a box asking if I want to allow MS corp to make changes. I have a Toshiba laptop running win7."
It looks like the file associations for your icons have been changed from their respective programs to where they attempt to launch your spreadsheet program instead.This may be because the associations have been broken by a program improperly changing the registry or because the association has become corrupted in your registry.
If this were just one or two programs, you could try to reset your default programs by typing Default Programs in your start menu search box and clicking on the icon. Then select Set your default programs.
Then you could find the program or programs that won't open and change their associations by selecting the program and then choosing Set this program as a default or Choose defaults for this program.
But since all of your icons are affected, you may need to fix this issue in the registry. Fortunately, Microsoft has a fix available for the issue. Click here, and then double click the zipvista.reg file. It will add some entries to registries and then restart your computer. This fix works on both Vista and Windows 7 systems.
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I asked around my friends about how I can cook this precious gem. In the past, we just ate it by slicing thinly and spreading on top of the rice when the rice was almost done. Then I would mix with sauce made of soy sauce, sesame oil;, a simple sauce spread and mixed with rice and eat. It tastes best keeping the unique mushroom flavor intact. Since the wild Songi mushrooms are expensive (sew some selling at $29.99/lb), I didn't usually buy a lot, but now I have enough, I thought I would try different songi busuht recipes. Here's another recipe for songi busuht with bulgogi.
Serving Size: 2-3
Preparation Time: 30 minutes


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CENTENNIAL, Colo.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ciris Energy, Inc., a company dedicated to the development of cost-efficient conversion of coal to natural gas through natural means, announced that Greg Jenkins is joining the company as the new Chief Operating Officer.
Jenkins brings extensive experience from 30 years of leadership roles in the oil and gas industry. His primary focus will be the commercialization of the company's microbial coal to natural gas conversion technology that is currently undergoing late-stage testing in its first commercial scale project in the Powder River Basin of Wyoming. Previously, Ciris' In-situ Bioconversion (ISBC) technology has been shown in three separate pilot field studies to efficiently convert coal to natural gas using naturally occurring microbial communities. The ISBC technology generates natural gas from both new coal seams, as well as depleted CBM fields, by energizing a natural process where microbial communities synthesize natural gas from coal. Based on the company's pilot studies, the process cost-effectively yields greater amounts of methane than traditional methods and is environmentally friendly. The ISBC technology is covered by an extensive intellectual property portfolio of both US and foreign issued and pending patents.
"We are excited to have Greg join Ciris Energy", said Jay Short, PhD, Chief Executive Officer at Ciris. "Greg's wide-ranging experience comes at a perfect time to take our new technologies to market with a shift to expanded commercial focus in the coming year."
Jenkins' previous experience in the oil and gas industry has included the roles of Chief Executive Officer, President, Executive Vice President, and Chief Financial Officer of several corporations including Syntroleum Corporation, El Paso Corporation, Hadson Corporation, and Santa Fe Energy Company. Jenkins will oversee the operations of Ciris Energy in leveraging efficient technology to become a leading large-scale producer of natural gas.
About Ciris Energy, Inc.
Ciris Energy, Inc., a private company founded in 2007 and headquartered in Centennial, Colorado, USA, is focused on enhanced natural gas production from low rank coals worldwide. Ciris Energy uses scientific innovation to effectively harvest untapped energy resources that traditional methods leave behind. Ciris is developing two independent technologies to efficiently convert low-rank coals to natural gas. The first method, ISBC (In-situ Bioconversion process), is a natural process that activates indigenous microbes in coal seams. The second, ESBC (Ex-situ Bioconversion process), combines coal sizing and depolymerization technology with microbial bioconversion to generate methane and other chemicals from mined coal. Both methods reduce the cost of energy production and are environmentally friendly compared to traditional methods. By rejuvenating unproductive coal territories through proprietary technologies that stimulate and optimize natural occurring processes, Ciris Energy is leading the way to efficiently produce natural gas through clean and sustainable methods.


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Taipei, June 15 (CNA) Taiwanese PC vendor Acer Inc. said Friday it has learned lessons from the departure of its former CEO and President Gianfranco Lanci to whom it made a huge severance payment. According to Acer's 2011 annual report, the company paid NT$1.28 billion (US$42.9 million) in severance to Lanci last year, a record high in the PC industry. "We paid the amount in accordance with international practices and the terms of his employment contract," Acer Chairman and CEO J.T. Wang explained to reporters on the sidelines of a shareholders' general meeting. "The numbers were indeed high, but that was because that our board of directors hoped to settle the issue quickly by that time to avoid further turbulence in the company," he added. After the resignation of Lanci in March 2011, Acer soon discovered high channel inventory and disputed accounts receivable in Europe, Middle East and Africa operations, which caused a one-time US$150 million write-off and resulted in operational losses. Since the second half of last year, Acer has extended the inventory management to the channel side so as to accurately access the channel sell-out information, Wang said. "We have learned a lot of lessons from this issue, so we have been improving our management systems, wage systems and auditing systems to prevent such a situation from happening again," Wang said. Moreover, Acer had established a task force to take action against Lanci to protect shareholders and the company's interests, he said. Some actions are already in the legal process and cannot be discussed, he added. Earlier this month, Acer said it had revised its remuneration system to strengthen its operational stability and growth and reduce the risks that can arise from its payment system for executives. To enhance the remuneration practices for executives at Acer, the board of directors established a compensation committee last August and hired HR consulting firm Towers Watson to help develop executive remuneration guidelines in line with international benchmarking practices, the company said. The new system is aligned with global best practices and will help the company better retain its talent, according to Acer. (By Jeffrey Wu)ENDITEM /pc
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A's deserve their spot among the game's elite teams
There is nothing that particularly stands out about the Oakland A's -- except their success.
There was a feeling among the general public that the A's were lucky a year ago to overtake a fading Texas on the last day of the season to claim the American League West.
There is nothing that particularly stands out about the Oakland A's -- except their success.
There was a feeling among the general public that the A's were lucky a year ago to overtake a fading Texas on the last day of the season to claim the American League West.
The A's answered those doubters, and then some, this year.
There wasn't any drama at all. Oakland officially put an end to the divisional race during the weekend, and now a franchise that hadn't had a winning record in five consecutive seasons heading into last year has won back-to-back division titles.
And they do it without much fanfare.
"Marquee players are not available to us," said vice president and general manager Billy Beane. "We had a [regular-season roster] of 25 functioning Major League players. You can have a roster with three or four star players and five or six poor players. I'll take the team that is pretty good [from] top to bottom."
That's what Beane has.
And it works.
The A's went into Wednesday's game against the Angels with 94 wins, one fewer than Boston, and more than the 28 other Major League teams.
It works because not only do the A's have depth on their roster, but manager Bob Melvin has been a master the past two years at maximizing the abilities of that roster. The only certainty about the A's is that the lineup card has to be checked every day.
"[Melvin] is open-minded," said Beane. "He is a tremendous communicator. The players respect him, the media respects him and the front office respects him.
"Even when he was in the other dugout, he was a guy I was impressed with. We were lucky a guy like Bob was available when we [dismissed Bob Geren during the 2011 season]. When you change managers in the middle of the season, you don't usually have a lot of talent available. Bob was available. He's a fantastic fit."
The bottom line is Beane can tinker all he wants, but unless the right man is in the dugout to piece the puzzle together, nothing positive will happen. There are a lot of pieces looking to be put in the proper spot, and not one of them actually came up through the A's system.
The only original A's player among the starting nine is Cuban defector Yoenis Cespedes, who signed with the A's in the spring of 2012 in a negotiation that benefitted the A's, because they didn't have as deep of pockets as the other teams in pursuit.
While others were offering six or more years, the A's signed him to a four-year, $36 million deal that allows Cespedes to become a free agent when it expires.
Cespedes, who will turn 30 shortly after the contract expires, felt his four years in Oakland would enhance his bargaining power. The A's felt that four years was all the further their budget could stretch.
"We aren't a team that can talk about a six-year plan," said Beane. "With our current [financial] situation, even this was a stretch, but we felt it was one we could take. "
The A's only have two contracts guaranteed past this year -- Cespedes through 2015 and Alberto Callaspo through '14. They have options on the contracts of four others for next year, including Brett Anderson, who also has an option for '15.
"In general, we need to keep a very fluid roster. It's not bad. It gives us an ability to make adjustments when we feel they are necessary. We don't feel trapped [by a contract]. Most of our players are short commitments and not a lot of dollars. "
The A's have only used 18 pitchers this season, but they have employed 26 different position players, which is more than any other team in the American League. They have had 17 players appear at DH, eight at second base, seven at first base, six in both center field and left field, five at shortstop and third base, and four at catcher. Twelve A's players have more than 200 plate appearances.
Josh Donaldson is the one consistent regular, having started 153 games at third base. The only other A's players with more than 100 starts at one position are Josh Reddick in right and Coco Crisp in center (104 apiece), and shortstop Jed Lowrie (112). Cespedes has started 90 games in left, Derek Norris has made 70 starts behind the plate, Brandon Moss has made 87 at first, and Eric Sogard has made 97 starts at second.
"What we try to do is take a guy's strength and put him in a position to do succeed," said Beane. "When the game situation changes we bring in a player with a different set of skills. The last two years we have been designed to have interchangeable parts. "
It has worked.
"For some reason, we won 94 games [last year], second to only the New York Yankees, and it was perceived a fluke," said Beane. "This year? … We have a real mature core to this team. We win on the last day of the season last year, and you are on an emotional high. But when you come to Spring Training you don't know what's going to happen.
"We came out wanting to win, and we have. We won in Spring Training and we've won in every month of the season. We [clinched] on Sunday and the celebration was nice, but it was subdued. The big party was last year. We still have work to be done, and we know it."
Give Melvin credit for that. He's the guy who has to keep the day-to-day focus on winning the current game, not relishing in the accomplishments of the previous day or week or month.
"He's not flashy, but he's so consistent," said Beane.
It's Melvin's way of managing and the A's have adopted that style for the way they play.
Tracy Ringolsby is a columnist for MLB.com.


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Woman on Street ~ San Miguel Mexico
Millie A. Talarico 5/16/2012 9:16:15 AMGreat eye, love this capture and I visited this quaint and colorful town many years ago, Carol~! #1463281
Leslie McLain 5/16/2012 2:31:23 PMTerrific street scene, Carol. Love those San Miguel colors. #10139562
Lindley Johnson 5/16/2012 5:06:50 PMTerrific street image, Carol! Wasn't San Miguel wonderful? #10139664
Ellen Hodges 5/17/2012 8:02:47 AMSuper cool capture and perfect in every way, Carol!!! #10140332
Anthony G. Comella 5/19/2012 11:31:58 AMTerrific, in fact Superb!!! #10142473
Lyn Darlington 5/19/2012 1:51:32 PMWonderful capture and colours! #10142620
Stephen Zacker 5/19/2012 6:53:22 PMThis is awesome #10142857
Guy D. Biechele 5/21/2012 9:19:54 PMPerfect! Wonderful color and scene. #10145203
Phyllis H. Burchett 5/22/2012 6:50:09 PMWonderful MT entry Carol!!! #10146441
Carol Flisak 5/28/2012 8:53:29 PMThank you everyone! #10158132
Leslie McLain 6/18/2012 4:57:27 PMCongrats on a terrific finalist, Carol. #10186348
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Ellen Hodges 6/18/2012 6:55:51 PMHuge congrats, and very best luck on this awesome finalist, Carol!!!! #10186948
Lindley Johnson 6/18/2012 7:06:04 PMCongratulations on your beautiful finalist, Carol - gotta love San Miguel! #10186992
Lyn Darlington 6/18/2012 9:06:14 PMHuge congrats on this finalist! #10187407
Stephen Zacker 6/19/2012 3:24:54 AMAll the elements make for a fantastic image. Congratulations #10187920
Christopher Budny 6/19/2012 5:39:10 AMWonderful capture, Carol; congratulations! #10188185
JO ANN CLEVELAND 6/19/2012 5:50:15 AMCongratulations on this awesome finalist Carol!
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Millie A. Talarico 6/20/2012 9:23:44 AMCongratulations on your win, Carol!! #10191409
Leslie McLain 6/20/2012 9:32:25 AMCongrats on your beautiful winner, Carol. #10191423
JO ANN CLEVELAND 6/20/2012 10:42:32 AMBig congratulations on this awesome 2nd Place Gold Winner Carol...
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Debra R. Harder 6/20/2012 5:30:49 PMHuge congratulations, Carol, on your GOLD! Love this!! #10192819
Ellen Hodges 6/20/2012 6:40:10 PMHuge congrats on a fab winner, Carol!!!! Perfect timing!!! Yeah!! #10192979
Carol Flisak 6/21/2012 5:13:01 AMMillieanne, Leslie,, Jo Ann, Danny, Terry, Lindley, Guy, Debra and Ellen...
JudyAnn Rector 6/21/2012 9:41:22 AMWonderful image, Carol... CONGRATULATIONS! #10194149
Rona L. Schwarz 6/21/2012 11:57:43 AMThis is brilliant, Carol, even if some of it was serendipitous! Love the colors details, and comp! Congratulations on a superb gold win! #10194341
Phyllis H. Burchett 6/21/2012 8:36:30 PMCongrats Carol! #10195069
Carol Flisak 6/22/2012 5:18:20 AMJudyAnn, Rona and Phyllis... thank you so much! #10195411
Lyn Darlington 6/22/2012 5:28:04 AMHuge congrats on your gold win! #10195422
David M. Montero 6/23/2012 7:38:15 AMCongratulations on your Gold medal Carol! #10196656
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Stephen Zacker 6/26/2012 6:49:10 AMThought we would see this again :-) Congratulations #10201068
Kimber Wallwork-Heineman 6/30/2012 3:58:42 PMGreat capture - I love SAn Miguel
Merna L. Nobile 7/1/2012 9:43:36 AMDo what you love, and it will make your soul rich. CONGRATULATIONS, for being an award winner for the month of May, 2012. Merna #10209036
Carol Flisak 7/3/2012 5:29:08 AMThanks Lyn, Dave, Cindy, Stephen, Kimber and Merna! #10212070
Carmody Baker 3/25/2013 4:51:32 PMCarol this is a great photograph! #10623713
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Booking Through Thursday--Favorite Unknown
This week's Booking Through Thursday question:
Who's your favorite author that other people are NOT reading? The one you want to evangelize for, the one you would run popularity campaigns for? The author that, so far as you're concerned, everyone should be reading–but that nobody seems to have heard of. You know, not JK Rowling, not Jane Austen, not Hemingway–everybody's heard of them. The author that you think should be that famous and can't understand why they're not…
I guess I don't read that many authors that nobody has heard of, because I can't truly answer this question the way it's phrased. However, I do have a pretty long list of authors who are not unknown or unread, but who I think are underappreciated. My list includes the book I've read that puts them on my list...
Elizabeth Bowen (The Death of the Heart)
Dawn Powell (Dance Night)
Elizabeth Hardwick (Sleepless Nights)
J.L. Carr (A Month in the Country)
May Sarton (Kinds of Love)
Lynne Sharon Schwartz (Rough Strife)
It doesn't surprise me that a couple of these books are published by NYRB Classics. I'm sure I could go on. Who is your favorite underappreciated author?
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- Kristen said...
I loved May Sarton's Kinds of Love. It was quietly magical and yet I can never describe it appealingly enough to get others to read it.
- January 22, 2010 at 7:34 PM
- SFP said...
I've read all those but the Carr and the Sarton. Is Lynne Sharon Schwartz still publishing? I haven't seen her name in a good long while.
- January 23, 2010 at 11:08 AM
- litlove said...
I would love to read May Sarton - I've never known where to start, so any recommendations would be great! I love Clare Chambers for pure pleasure and Penelope Fitzgerald for great literature, and don't think they are particularly widely read.
- January 23, 2010 at 11:28 AM
- Gentle Reader said...
Kristen--I think Kinds of Love was quietly magical, too--that's a lovely way to put it!
SFP--that's a good question, I'm not sure if Lynne Sharon Schwartz is still publishing. The last thing I read of hers was a really great book about reading called Ruined By Reading, published in 96. I think her most recent novel was The Writing on the Wall, published in 2005. Not sure what she's up to now, though.
litlove--I've only read Kinds of Love, which I enjoyed and definitely recommend, and some of her poetry. What I really want to read are her journals, about having a stroke, and about aging, which are supposed to be great.
- January 23, 2010 at 11:52 AM
Did I give you Rough Strife? I loved that book when I read it years ago.
- January 23, 2010 at 4:06 PM
- Gentle Reader said...
Liz--Yes! You gave me this copy. Great book, right?
- January 23, 2010 at 4:16 PM
- Bybee said...
I started to read a Lynne Sharon Schwartz novel and got sidetracked; meant to finish it.
- January 24, 2010 at 12:17 AM
- Little Miss Nomad said...
My people used to be well-known or are well-known in their countries. Raymond Queneau (Zazie in the Metro), Victor Palevin (The Helmet of Horror), Pat Barker (Regeneration trilogy), and Dodie Smith (I Capture the Castle). Among non-fiction writers, William Finnegan (Crossing the Line) and Sara Wheeler (Terra Incognita) are fantastic and under-read.
- January 24, 2010 at 8:35 AM
- Gentle Reader said...
Bybee--LOL, maybe that's why she remains a lesser known author!
Little Miss Nomad--I love your list! I've been meaning to read Pat Barker and William Finnegan, thanks for reminding me :)
- January 24, 2010 at 10:32 AM
- Dorothy W. said...
I really enjoyed the Dawn Powell I've read and also Elizabeth Hardwick. I struggled a bit with Bowen, and the rest I've yet to try. I wouldn't have much of a list myself, because I tend not to read very many obscure or unknown authors. I might put Jenny Diski on my list, although she's more known in England than the U.S., I think.
- January 24, 2010 at 12:25 PM
Bravo! I love your list. I considered three of your choices when posting to the question: Elizabeth Bowen, May Sarton, and J.L. Carr, all three of whom I want to read more the works. I didn't enjoy Bowen's The Heat of the Day as much as I did the others. May Sarton is just a fine prose stylist.
- January 24, 2010 at 2:02 PM
- Gentle Reader said...
Dorothy--I'll have to look up Jenny Diski. When I was thinking about this meme, I realized I don't read many obscure authors, either. Some have lost favor, but most were at least popular at some point :)
Matt--As they say, great minds think alike! I'd really like to read more Sarton, I just love her writing.
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Choosing a major based on earnings doesn't do the trick either, according to the report: "Choosing a major with high average earnings does not guarantee favorable outcomes for all students."
The seriousness of defaulting may not be fully appreciated by borrowers. Defaults are reported to credit agencies, which means credit ratings will be negatively impacted, which in turn can prevent making purchases on credit.
Having a high student debt burden also can lead to defaulting on other obligations, such as credit-card debt, according to the report. It also can deter college students from pursuing graduate study, which, although this is heresy, I believe is a good thing. From a financial-management perspective, smart sequencing requires delaying grad school until college debt is paid off.
There are flexible repayment options available to borrowers that can help when making payments becomes difficult. Do borrowers know about these options?
The Department of Education is testing "new ways to reach 2.5 million borrowers with the greatest risk of encountering payment difficulty, such as borrowers who have left college without completing their education, missed their first loan payment, or defaulted on low balance loans, and get them back on track with their loan payments.
The department will also evaluate these strategies to identify which can be used on a larger scale and which are the most effective."
The bottom line is this: Student loans are one way to pay for education, not the only way. Eighteen-year-olds need guidance before entering into debt, and in choosing a college based on a value proposition instead of the size of the campus or whether it is in a large city.
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