text: Porsche, Mercedes, BMW: Who's Winning LA's Status SUV Battle? 5:35 PM PDT 3/17/2012 by Gary Baum FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME Dismissed by some Porsche purists (many of the brand's loyalists abhor SUVs and crossovers) when it debuted in 2002, the five-seater has proved critics wrong, excelling as the quickest in its class. It's now Porsche's top-selling offering. At school drop-off, image-obsessed moms and dads are flocking to the same five crossovers as Bentley and Maserati enter the family car wars: "Cayenne is really flashy"; "Mercedes says 'older money.' " This story first appeared in the March 23 issue of The Hollywood Reporter magazine. It's 7:45 a.m. on a recent Thursday at Harvard-Westlake Middle School in Bel-Air, and preteens surge out of a lineup of cars that represent all the major luxury automakers, from BMW to Bentley. An Escalade with blacked-out windows zooms up, followed by a boxy Land Rover and two Mercedes-Benz E-class sedans. A Cadillac CTS sedan swings around smoothly, followed by a Range Rover and a new Volvo XC70 wagon. It's no surprise one of the most elite private schools in the country boasts a parent-driven motorcade rivaling the cars in Jay Leno's collection in luxury and variety. What's notable is that, of the nearly 100 cars that pulled up to the tony junior high that morning, nearly half fell into the so-called luxury crossover category. These are vehicles that marry the smooth ride of a car with the body of a no-frills SUV, only slightly less hulking. On the keeping up with the Joneses Westside, these are cars that project an image and style that many residents wouldn't dream of giving up. Toddlers in Burberry and Marie Chantal? Check. Going without a burled walnut dash and nappa leather? No way. STORY: Justin Bieber's Grandparents Flip SUV in Ontario In affluent L.A. circles, what parents drive is clocked as keenly as the designer labels the mothers (and fathers) wear. And THR's visits to a handful of schools reveal that the prep set has zeroed in on the Audi Q7, Porsche Cayenne, Lexus RX, BMW X5 and Mercedes-Benz GL. The cars are popular because they offer -- with varying degrees of success -- a combination of utility and stylishness cloaked in the prestige of luxury brand names. "What's great is that crossovers can be tough and rugged -- you know you can cover any kind of terrain. And they look cool and sleek, too," says Maggie Dumais, head of licensing and branding at Innovative Artists Agency. Her own "kid hauler" -- she has three children -- is a Volvo XC90, which replaced a Chrysler Town & Country minivan once she moved past "the car-seat phase." The lifestyle competition is about to get much more intense with the forthcoming debuts of some decidedly over-the-top, mine-trumps-yours crossovers. Maserati, the Italian sports-car maker, is entering the fray with its Kubang concept. Due out in 2013, the vehicle, expected to start at more than $70,000 (no official pricing information has been released), is built on a Jeep Grand Cherokee platform and boasts a twin-turbo V8 engine sourced from sister company Ferrari. And in March, British luxury automaker Bentley unveiled the EXP 9 F concept car, which is powered by a W12 engine and features a diamond-quilted leather interior and touches like bespoke picnic hampers. If Bentley gives it the green light, the car will go into production in 2016. Expect a price tag around $200,000. STORY: Steve Jobs' Mercedes Trick: How He Got Away Without License Plates in California Although crossovers are still fairly new -- the moderately priced Subaru Outback and Honda CRV ushered in the movement in the mid-'90s -- they've seen a dramatic rise in popularity, while "traditional SUVs have definitely declined," says Tom Libby, a senior analyst at automotive data firm R.L. Polk & Co. The Lexus RX kicked off the crossover boom in 1998, "and it just took off," he says. "The other manufacturers were forced to respond." These days, adds Libby, the category accounts for 20 percent of the auto market nationwide. One male TV writer tells THR (half in jest) that he wouldn't be surprised if industry moms accounted for the bulk of crossovers bought in Los Angeles. "It seems like all the women I work with have bought a Cayenne lately," he says. "It's like they all got the same memo at the same time." The Porsche (spacious perhaps only when compared with the company's 914 two-seat roadster or 911 coupe variants), which recently debuted a hybrid version that mother of two Reese Witherspoon snapped up, is now the brand's top-selling model, notes Libby. Steve Elzer, senior vp media relations at Sony and a father of two, drives the Audi Q7 because "it really came down to superior handling as we did our test drives. It was a smooth, sturdy ride without feeling like we were in a tank or truck." STORY: How the Oscars and Hollywood Turned Their Backs on Green Cars But it's a safe bet not everyone rates handling among the top reasons to buy one of these "It" cars, which range from about $39,000 for a base Lexus RX to about $107,000 for a turbocharged version of the Cayenne, which also counts Sharon Stone and Mariah Carey as fans. Ride selection, for some social observers, speaks volumes about who you are as a person -- and parent. "I see Audi and BMW moms hanging out together," says one stay-at-home mother in Beverly Hills who drives a Q7. "They seem a little more down-to-earth than Lexus and Mercedes moms." "Mercedes definitely says, 'older money,' " agrees Ryan Porter, an auto industry veteran and editor of Celebrity Cars, a blog dedicated to snapping celebs in their rides. "And the Cayenne is really flashy, but Porsche is one of those brands that car people love -- they could just be car freaks." The Audi Q7 is "really the conservative luxury car," he says. "Very understated." But don't count the minivan out yet. Style maven Brooke Davenport, a mother of three who lives in the Hollywood Hills and drives a Range Rover, says she has spotted "a lot of Honda Odysseys lately" when picking her brood up from Curtis School, the exclusive K-6 on Mulholland where recently split Heidi Klum and Seal send their kids. The Honda minivan was the only nonluxury vehicle that rounded the drop-off spots at Harvard-Westlake and Campbell Hall with any real frequency. Its success could be attributed to a quirky ad campaign and a sporty, unconventional-for-a-minivan design (check out its so-called lightning-bolt beltline). "A lot of mothers you wouldn't expect are buying the Odyssey -- women with tremendous amounts of money," says Davenport. She has a friend "who's always decked out to the nines in Chanel, and she'll pop out of an Odyssey -- it's so funny. I'm seeing a lot of social women driving them who are up at the school but also hitting lunches around town." While minivans might be carving a niche for themselves, they aren't the final frontier in the world of carpooling. With the eco-friendly-car arms race in full swing, the competition has bled into the crossover segment. Indeed, driving a hybrid or diesel-powered crossover is a surefire way to avoid getting dinged for willy-nilly consumption in the school parking lot. And all five of L.A.'s most popular carpoolers are offered in fuel-efficient variants: the RX and Cayenne can be had as hybrids, and the Q7, X5 and GL are available as diesels. STORY: Lake Bell Reviews the Best (and Worst) Offerings From L.A. Auto Show Author, producer and mother of two Gigi Levangie Grazer drives a hybrid RX (industry fans of the RX model also include Halle Berry and Salma Hayek) and calls the period when status crossovers replaced dowdy minivans "a watershed moment in carpooling." But the hybrid aspect of her Lexus -- "there's no noise" -- is her favorite part of the car. Says Grazer, "I have to make amends for driving a big silver Escalade in the '90s." ♦♦♦♦♦ FAMILY CAR THROWDOWN: How do they stack up? Label-loving L.A. parents disproportionately like to be seen in these select vehicles. ♦ Audi Q7 Fully Loaded: $79,925 Industry Fans: ICM's Doug MacLaren, producer Mark Vahradian The seven-seater with a 14-speaker entertainment system hit the market in 2005 and is best known for its mileage-enhancing turbo-diesel engine. A face-lift for 2011 brought an eight-speed transmission and optional LED driving lights. A center aisle in the second row of seating offers easy access to the third row. ♦ BMW X5 Fully Loaded: $97,092 Industry Fans: Gwyneth Paltrow, Alanis Morissette The X5 allows Bimmer die-hards to remain in-brand while opting for as many as seven seats and cargo capacity of 75 cubic feet. The 4.4-liter V8 variant has 400 horsepower. The model debuted in 1999 and got a significant update in 2006. Access to the optional third row requires flipping the second-row seats forward. ♦ Lexus RX Fully Loaded: $59,180 Industry Fans: Halle Berry, Salma Hayek One of the earliest crossovers, the five-seater has been a best-seller since its 1998 debut. All-wheel drive is available, but partisans prefer its smooth-like-a-sedan front-wheel ride. The RX gets 18 mpg in the city, but the hybrid returns an impressive 32 mpg. A lack of an optional third row of seats makes the RX a choice for smaller families. STORY: 'Revenge' Star Madeleine Stowe's Car Crushed By Uprooted Tree ♦ Mercedes GL Fully Loaded: $89,919 Industry Fans: Ben Affleck, Christina Applegate The GL has nine air bags, 83 cubic feet of cargo space and a system that tightens seat belts before impact. Optional upgrades include heating for all three rows of seats, with climate controls in the rear. Easy access to the third row is made possible by a center aisle in the second row. ♦ Porsche Cayenne Fully Loaded: $140,105 Industry Fans: Mariah Carey, Sharon Stone Dismissed by some Porsche purists (many of the brand's loyalists abhor SUVs and crossovers) when it debuted in 2002, the five-seater has proved critics wrong, excelling as the quickest in its class. It's now Porsche's top-selling offering. But a tight backseat and limited cargo capacity make it a somewhat impractical family car. ♦♦♦♦♦ REPORT CARD: The crossovers that pull up at two local private schools. Campbell Hall Lexus RX 2Mercedes GL BMW X5 Audi Q7 Porsche Cayenne Crossroads Lexus RX Mercedes GL Audi Q7 Porsche Cayenne 5BMW X5 Findings based on morning visits to Campbell Hall on Jan. 19 and Crossroads School for Arts & Sciences on Jan. 20. FACEBOOK TWITTER EMAIL ME Gary Baum email@example.com garymbaum


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I haven't worked this much magic in a while. It's this Moon. It is calling me in the most urging of ways. I am blessing jasmine water I brought home from this spring. And I have cast so many spells for meditation, protection, blessing. May the Moon shine her blessings upon you all. What are the chances I can sleep tonight?
Drawing down the supermoon
I haven't worked this much magic in a while. It's this Moon. It is calling me in the most urging of ways. I am blessing jasmine water I brought home from this spring. And I have cast so many spells for meditation, protection, blessing. May the Moon shine her blessings upon you all. What are the chances I can sleep tonight?
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Be ware ...Crazy witch ranting over seasons, birds, diet and toddler meditating....
Greetings blogfriends. If the title has not scared you, you are very brave souls. Are you enjoying this majestic Summer? I love the feeling of the Sun on my skin. I love the sweet smelling evening breeze that travels through greek neighborhoods, because of all the night blooming summer plants that grow in almost every garden. I love walking in the evenings and breathing in the glorious air. But these days i already feel the Wheel turning and it is too soon. Are you listening to me Mother Nature? Too freaking soon. Greek Summers usually begin in late May and end in mid September. This particular one, began in late June(there were rains and it was sometimes a bit chilly till then) and i know this sounds pretty normal, but not for Athens! And we just had a couple of cloudy days! Most people welcomed this break, and i can deal with it, as long as the Summer continues normally pretty soon. Don't get me wrong, early Autumn is my favorite time of the year. But, this is the time for Summer, wonderful, steamy, hot , greek Summer.
Summer rant over, now lets move on to the bird rant. I am better today. These past days i could not stop blaming myself and second guessing me for every single decision i made to help my sweet bird. I kept telling myself that we learn from failure more than in success. That i tried my best and provided her the best possible care i could have. That it was her time to transition and move on. But, i beat myself up pretty hard, because i felt that she trusted me and i betrayed her, even though that ever since she got sick all i did was try to help her.I tried three medications, chamomile, apple cider, baths, eye washes, separated her from her cage mate for privacy, made her a cotton bed, fed her and gave her water when she could not see, held her in my hand to keep her warm, breath warm air on her when she was trembling and strong breaths when she could not breath, i sang to her and talked to her to know that she was not alone But, i was so hard on myself for not trying the last medicine first, for not separating from the other bird sooner, for not removing her bathtub the previous night, for not feeding her in the mouth before she stopped seeing I understand now that no matter what i probably still would have lost her and that i did everything in my power. It is time to move on and allow myself to heal and grow.Even the doctor could not point out a better course of treatment, i really did the best i could. And yet even now, days later my stomach ties up in knots, when i remember her last moments. Thank the Goddess i am not a veterinarian because i would be hospitalized by now.
Have i told you about my new diet and workout routine? It is rather simplified. I am on a variation(my own variation to be exact) of the warrior diet. I drink lemonade with stevia during the day and i have a rich meal at night., mostly consisting of healthy protein and lots of veggies and maybe some sugar free ice cream or a little cheese. Sometimes during the day i eat a couple of pieces of fruit, but lemonade keeps me energized all day, so i rarely need it. Intermittent fasting used to scare me, but now i realize it is much easier than i thought and weirdly enough gave me vast amounts of energy. Ever since i started it, i have not lost a day of work out. My work out routine these days is 20-40 minutes on my trampoline and then my daily yoga session with Adriene( i am currently on day 11 i think) which is usually around 30 minutes.or less. So, usually i work out a little more than an hour, or if i am not in my most bouncy mood i skip the cardio and only do yoga. Once a week, i try to eat some healthy(hence the trying part) carbs, to boost my metabolism. I eat 800- 1200 calories which is little, but still more than what i used to eat and barely lose weight and i feel better than ever. I do not have the fastest metabolism but it is not that bad if you consider the fact that i am dieting for over a year now. That being said, tonight i had a very decadent and tasty meal that consisted of half a stuffed squash with goat cheese and eggplant, grilled tenderloin and a cup of sugar free ice cream, along with some sparkly water. I love this diet! It may be all i have eaten today, but this is the first time i enjoyed food in a very long time!
Tonight, although the moon was waxing i had a cleansing ritual for our home. There was a lot of death this past couple of weeks and the energy was heavy and raw. My little witchling helped me and chanted the prayer with me. I love practicing magick with her. Doing yoga and meditating though, not so much. Although i have to admit having a toddler climb on you while you are trying(and failing) to do a crow pose adds an element of danger that keeps the practice interesting, and there is nothing cuter of a two year old trying to "meditate" of monkeys(she loves monkeys!). The first time i was explaining the concept, she was trying to rest her hands over my knees instead of hers and she was huffing and puffing while trying to notice her breath, but when she found out she could focus her thoughts in anything she wanted, meditation became all about monkeys. If only you could see her cute little face, while she was squeezing her eyes tightly and talking about monkeys in our river. So funny! I could not stop laughing..It took me by surprise!
May the Goddess bless you and keep you safe.
Losing a pet
My sweet little white canary died in my hand, after I held her there almost all day. I fed her, gave her water and many different treatments but I lost her. In the end she wanted water and she drank and drank until finally her tiny head slowly came down to my palm. I miss her so much, she was such a wonderful creature, but in the end she was in so much pain and I am glad it didn't last longer. May her sweet soul find peace and freedom.
Birthdays and goals
Greetings blogfriends! The day before yesterday was my 31st birthday. I had to spend it without my husband because he was on a small tour, but thankfully at around 2 am he came back, so I got to see him on my special day. It was very quiet and I spent the day with a friend and my little fairy, but as always I got to thinking of the year passed and the things I accomplished. In the past my accomplishments were more academically oriented, but this year I was mostly focused on getting more healthy and strong. I wanted to strengthen my back and fix my thyroid and lose weight that seemed impossible at the time with those two issues.Having a low metabolism and not being able to move don't really scream weight loss. But gradually the bad days became less and then the good days were more and now I get to work out almost every day for half an hour on my trampoline and do some strength training or yoga after that. I found out about yoga with Adriene from one of you( I am sorry, I can't remember which one) and I am currently doing her 30 days program. I never thought I would consider exercise a privilege, but chronic pain completely transformed my way of thinking and forced me to take care of myself and make me a priority. I also discovered intermittent fasting and right now I am doing the warrior diet, only more protein focused. I have managed to lose since my last birthday 27kilos( I think that translates into 59 pounds but I wouldn't trust my math), which is quite decent considering all the obstacles. I take a vast amount of supplements in hope of a healthier thyroid gland which I will check around September. Fingers crossed on that one.. This year I also stopped ignoring the truth about my voice, which translates into a lot of work, but it is so worth it. So, I have a lot of studying to do, which sometimes scares me in a counterproductive way, but I am fighting through it. All in all it was a good happy year and I am making myself feel proud of what I managed to do, instead of the things I have failed in. This is the first year I managed to do that and I am happy to say, that this was the least depressing birthday in a while.
On a totally unrelated note, on of my birds( my favorite one, the white Canary) is very sick. We are trying to help it with a bunch of treatments, if you are able and feel like it please send healing thoughts and wishes for her. She is such a peaceful soul.
Summer afternoon
The trickling sound of the water fountain and.
The wind chimes 's song.....
While a few rays pass through the leaves over my head to come and gently caress my skin.
Greetings blogfriends. These days are hard. Friday night we lost a very beloved uncle of a heart attack. It was extremely sudden since he was only 57 and had no health issues at all. He had a recent check up and everything was fine. He was my husband's uncle and the father of one of my favorite people in the world, a young witch that I consider a sister. My heart breaks for her.
These last couple of weeks I had very often bad feelings, as a premonition that was not coming, that left me shivering in the middle of the Greek summer. During one of those times I told my husband " we will see your parents ". But I shook of the overwhelming sensation thinking it might be a complicated meeting that would make him sad. But the feeling came over and over again.
Ever since we got the news, we got overwhelmed by pain and everything paused. We weren't the best parents for our little one and she felt something was wrong. So last night although the Sabbat was gone I wanted to mark the day and make a wreath for our front door as well as bake a cake in honor of the harvest. So, as the sun was setting we got in the car and drove in order to pick up a few flowers, came home and made these two.
Immediately the energy shifted and the little witchling was more at ease and so were we. Be blessed, be loved and be magical!

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The occasion of Guild Wars 2's second beta weekend is good enough to put the game on pre-order discount from one e-tailer. That, plus some preoders from heavily anticipated big hits this fall, and a couple of unusual combo sales, highlight the first post-E3 edition of The Moneysaver. More than 60 savings are below. Dig in!
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This afternoon, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and Blind Xpress recalled over 139,000 custom-made vertical and 315,000 horizontal blinds. The recall came after a two-year-old died from being caught in the loop of a vertical blind cord that was not attached to the wall or floor.
The recalled blinds were sold at various blind specialty stores in Michigan, Ohio and Indiana from January 1995 through December 2011 for $16 to $380.
This recall involves all Blind Xpress custom-made vertical blinds that do not have a cord-tensioning device that attaches to the wall or floor, as well as all horizontal blinds that do not have inner cord stop devices.
Do you own these blinds? Stop using the product immediately and contact the Window Covering Safety Council (WCSC) to receive a free repair kit. For more information, contact the WCSC toll-free at (800) 506-4636 anytime or visit www.windowcoverings.org
Want to make sure you don't have any recalled baby gear at home? Read more of the latest baby product recalls.


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Bombings targeting Iraq military kill 5 soldiers
Two bombings targeting an army checkpoint and a convoy near the Iraqi capital killed five soldiers Sunday, officials said.
Violence has been on the rise across Iraq since a deadly crackdown by government forces on a Sunni protest camp in April, raising fears that the country could see a new round of widespread sectarian bloodshed similar to that which brought the country to the edge of civil war in 2006 and 2007.
The first attack took place when a roadside bomb blast hit a military convoy near Musayyib, a town 60 kilometers (40 miles) south of Baghdad, killing three soldiers and wounding 10, officials said.
Shortly before sunset, police said two soldiers were killed and nine were wounded when a suicide bomber drove his explosive-laden car into an army checkpoint in Baghdad's western suburbs of Abu Ghraib.
Two medical officials confirmed the casualty figures. All officials spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to talk to journalists.
Sunday's attack came a day after deadly bombings across Iraq that targeted cafes, markets and restaurants, leaving 69 dead. Insurgents frequently target the security forces, as well as Shiite civilians and others in an attempt to undermine the Shiite-led government.


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Films For Action Presents: The Top 100 Documentaries Inspiring the Shift to a Sustainable Paradigm.
"Our society needs a new story to belong to. The old story of empire and dominion over the earth has to be looked at in the full light of day – all of our ambient cultural stories and values that we take for granted and which remain invisible must become visible."
Film offers us a powerful tool to shift awareness and inspire action. It offers a method to break our dependence on the mainstream media and become the media ourselves. We don't need to wait for anyone or anything.
Just imagine what could become possible if an entire city had seen just one of the documentaries below. Just imagine what would be possible if everyone in the country was aware of how unhealthy the mainstream media was for our future and started turning to independent sources in droves.
Creating a better world really does start with an informed citizenry, and there's lots of subject matter to cover. Our country has to come to terms with the true history of the United States. It has to learn about basic ecology. It needs to understand some basic truths about peak oil and the monetary system, the truth about capitalism and governments.
Films For Action Presents: The Top 100 Documentaries Inspiring the Shift to a Sustainable Paradigm.


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f.Channell wrote:Here's how to use all that honey.
Mead is delicious if you've never had any.
A beekeeper on Taiwan's northeastern coast reported 6 million insects missing "for no reason", and one in the south said 80 of his 200 bee boxes had been emptied, the paper said.
Beekeepers usually let their bees out of boxes to pollinate plants and the insects normally make their way back to their owners. However, many of the bees have not returned over the past couple of months.
Possible reasons include disease, pesticide poisoning and unusual weather, varying from less than 20 degrees Celsius (68 degrees Fahrenheit) to more than 30 degrees Celsius over a few days, experts say.
- Deserted beehives, starving young stun scientists***
A colony collapse disorder working group based at Pennsylvania State University has become a central clearinghouse for all the suspected causes, which include:
•An overload of parasites, such as bloodsucking varroa mites, that have ravaged bees. The parasites reportedly spread to Hawaii only last week.
•Pesticide contamination. Hotly debated suspicion centers on whether "neonicotinoid" insecticides interfere with the foraging behavior of bees, leading them to abandon their hives.
•Fungal diseases such as Nosema ceranae, which is blamed for big bee losses in Spain. It was spotted by University of California-San Francisco researchers who were examining sample dead bees last week.
•The rigors of traveling in trucks from crop to crop.
A complex problem
"We may have a perfect storm of many problems combining to kill the bees," Hackett says. And bees are social animals, who cue each other through "bee dances" to find food. "Something could be just disrupting bee society and causing the problem. That's very difficult to tease out."
Weaver says the beekeeper federation is "bombarded with lots of interesting theories," including "far-fetched ideas like cellphones," the notion that radio waves from mobile phones are zapping the bees' direction-sensing abilities.
"But right now there's not a lot of evidence to support any of these theories," Weaver says. "We think science is the only way to get to the bottom of this."
f.Channell wrote:Here's how to use all that honey.
Mead is delicious if you've never had any.
Asian Parasite Killing Western Bees - Scientist
SPAIN: July 19, 2007
MADRID - A parasite common in Asian bees has spread to Europe and the Americas and is behind the mass disappearance of honeybees in many countries, says a Spanish scientist who has been studying the phenomenon for years.
The culprit is a microscopic parasite called nosema ceranae said Mariano Higes, who leads a team of researchers at a government-funded apiculture centre in Guadalajara, the province east of Madrid that is the heartland of Spain's honey industry.
He and his colleagues have analysed thousands of samples from stricken hives in many countries.
"We started in 2000 with the hypothesis that it was pesticides, but soon ruled it out," he told Reuters in an interview on Wednesday.
Pesticide traces were present only in a tiny proportion of samples and bee colonies were also dying in areas many miles from cultivated land, he said.
They then ruled out the varroa mite, which is easy to see and which was not present in most of the affected hives.
For a long time Higes and his colleagues thought a parasite called nosema apis, common in wet weather, was killing the bees.
"We saw the spores, but the symptoms were very different and it was happening in dry weather too."
Then he decided to sequence the parasite's DNA and discovered it was an Asian variant, nosema ceranae. Asian honeybees are less vulnerable to it, but it can kill European bees in a matter of days in laboratory conditions.
"Nosema ceranae is far more dangerous and lives in heat and cold. A hive can become infected in two months and the whole colony can collapse in six to 18 months," said Higes, whose team has published a number of papers on the subject.
"We've no doubt at all it's nosema ceranae and we think 50 percent of Spanish hives are infected," he said.
Spain, with 2.3 million hives, is home to a quarter of the European Union's bees.
His team have also identified this parasite in bees from Austria, Slovenia and other parts of Eastern Europe and assume it has invaded from Asia over a number of years.
Bulk bees are exported as "package bees", which are cardboard and wire mesh units that contain 1-1.5 kg of bees, a queen bee and a food source. Exporters paid $20/kg delivered for bulk bees and $20/queen bee. These prices are the same as last season.
A major development was the opening of the US market for live bees, albeit with fairly restrictive pre-testing requirements. New Zealand officials and beekeepers have been trying for over 30 years to access this market in anticipation of demand from almond growers in California for pollination. This industry may be in a crisis situation next February-March as there have been huge new plantings of almonds, honey bee stocks have been decimated by varroa and other conditions not fully understood at this time, and the costs of trucking hives in from as far away as Florida are increasing. There are also restrictions in bringing in hives from the southern states where there are africanised bees and fire ants. Because of the impending shortage of hives, pollination rental fees paid to US beekeepers increased from around NZD70 to NZD150/hive, with spot prices of over NZD200 being paid. Some sources are saying there will be a demand for 1 million hives for almond pollination next year.
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Mexico City
What you need to know before you go
Mexico City hosts a variety of buzzing locations including museums, restaurants, parks, and endless shops. To learn how Mexico evolved over time, visit the National Museum of Anthropology but keep in mind that most tourists say one day isn't enough. If you'd prefer to spend pesos, shop El Bazaar Sabado—the Saturday market—for colorful, high-quality, one-of-a-kind creations, such as embroidered tops or wall hangings.
Once you've worked up an appetite, hit Restaurante El Cardenal for locally sourced meals, such as the pork mole poblano. Walk it off later at Chapultepec, the largest city park in the Western hemisphere.


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EL PASO, Texas (Reuters) – There was no evidence of an attack that led to the on-duty death in November of a U.S. Border Patrol agent, the FBI said on Wednesday in the case that prompted President Donald Trump to renew calls for a border wall with Mexico.
Agent Rogelio Martinez, 36, died of blunt-force trauma, the cause of which has not been determined, an autopsy report released late on Tuesday showed.
"To date none of the more than 650 interviews completed, locations searched, or evidence collected and analyzed have produced evidence that would support the existence of a scuffle, altercation, or attack," the Federal Bureau of Investigation El Paso Field Office said in a statement.
The National Border Patrol Council, a union representing border patrol agents, said in November that it believes Martinez was killed by rocks in an ambush.
Union officials were not immediately available for comment on Wednesday.
Martinez and another agent, who survived, were in sparsely populated Culberson County, about 130 miles (210 km) southeast of El Paso, when they suffered head injuries and broken bones. Agent Stephen Garland, found in a culvert with Martinez, has trouble remembering the incident, according to local media reports.
The agent who survived told a dispatcher at the time that he and Martinez were hurt and was quoted as saying "We ran into a culvert," and "I ran into a culvert," the FBI said.
The FBI said it has made no arrests. It had identified two people of interest but they were cleared after a forensic analysis showed they were not linked to the death.
The El Paso County medical examiner said Martinez had fractures to his skull, jaw, clavicle and ribs, and bleeding in his brain.
Before the FBI statement, Martinez's fiancée, Angelica Ochoa, said she did not believe that cross-border criminals were involved.
"(He) was at the wrong place at the wrong time," Ochoa said in an interview on Wednesday from a family home in El Paso.
The Culberson County Sheriff, one of the first agencies on the scene, told the Dallas Morning News in November the agents may have been side-swiped by a truck. The office has not spoken publicly on the incident since then.
Shortly after the agent's death, Trump tweeted: "Border Patrol Officer killed at Southern Border, another badly hurt. We will seek out and bring to justice those responsible. We will, and must, build the Wall!"
Reporting by Julio-Cesar Chavez; Writing by Jon Herskovitz; Editing by Lisa Shumaker
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[ 公寓 @ The Curve ]
After dinner at Mizi, we went to The Apartment @ The Curve, for a drink. I actually prefer coffee, but Fox likes beer, so does the friend.
Been to this restaurant before, for dinner. But I never write about it, for no nice photo, lazy to write. Frankly, I don't really like a post without photo, just find rather dull and boring, especially something about food!
Hm, anyway. They actually serve nice food, good to taste. And the cozy environments makes you feel like your relaxing at your own home. Hehe, if only I have a home like this~
Mojito Classic
Hm, don't know how should i describe this, but I really can't stand the taste
Sour and bitter, plus the strong taste of lime, gosh..
Drinks, are the theme of the nights, no food. But I was so busy to take photos with the 450D. Hehe.. Many shots, but very little nice shots.
So, do give some comments please?
The corner next to the DJ counter
There placed few sofas, and a small coffee table, cozy n relax
It should feels great when you come here having a drink with your good friends in the companion of nice music


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Corn yields in the United States this year are expected to hit another record yield in 2004, say USDA analysts, who are forecasting 10.41 billion bushels of production from 73.2 million acres, with a national average yield of 142.2 bushels per acre.
And corn used for ethanol production is expected to increase by 13 percent.
The projected farm price of $2.60 per bushel is 15 cents higher than the midpoint of the 2003-04 range.
The predictions were announced at the annual Agricultural Outlook Forum at Arlington, Va., by USDA's Interagency Commodity Estimates Committees.
The forecast yield is up almost 300 million bushels over 2003. However, says commodity analyst William Tierney, reduced carryin stocks will be partially offsetting, and total supplies are projected at 11.32 billion bushels, up just 110 million over 2003-04.
Tierney, who is with the World Agricultural Outlook Board, Office of the Chief Economist, USDA, says an expanding ethanol market will push use of corn by another 1.3 billion bushels in 2004-05.
"Ethanol production has expanded rapidly and as of January 2004 is approximately 3.1 billion gallons per year, with additional capacity planned or in the process of being built." Ethanol producers have made a commitment to those states that have banned MTBE in gasoline fuels that they will have sufficient supplies of ethanol to replace the MTBE.
Feed and residual use of corn is expected to decline from 2003-04 levels because other feed grains are expected to provide additional feed, and beef production is expected to decline.
"With normal weather, grain sorghum production will increase from the drought-reduced levels of prior years," Tierney says. "With larger supplies, feed and residual use of sorghum is expected to increase. Total beef production is projected to decline as more heifers are held back to rebuild the cow herd. In addition, byproducts from ethanol production will displace feed grains in some rations."
Other corn food, seed, and industrial uses are now "mature markets," he says, and while they are continuing to grow, that growth will depend on an increasing population and expanding economic growth. Corn used to make high fructose corn syrup is expected to grow 1 percent. The syrup is used mostly in soft drinks, a market that is being hit by weight-reduction campaigns. Corn used to make starch is expected to increase as the economy grows and consumes more paper and building materials. Corn cereals and other corn products are growing along with population growth.
U.S. corn exports are projected at 2.1 billion bushels, Tierney says, an increase of 100 million from the 2003-04 forecast.
"The global setting for U.S. feed grain trade is more favorable than for wheat, and corn exports will face less competition from China and South Africa. But normal growing conditions for Argentina in 2004-05 should lead to an increase of exports from that country. Feed-quality wheat exportable supplies should return to a more normal level, displacing some corn feed use. The European Union, Russia, and Ukraine will all return as major feed-quality wheat exporters."
With more feed-quality wheat available on the world market, corn imports will decline in some countries, such as South Korea, the European Union, the Philippines, and Israel. Eastern Europe will have more-normal feed crops and higher feed exports. With the accession of 10 Eastern European countries to the European Union, much of Eastern Europe's grain exports will go to the rest of the European Union, reducing the external import needs of corn and freeing up more feed-quality wheat for export from the EU.
China's corn imports "will have a major impact on the U.S. share of the world feed grain trade," Tierney says. "Although Chinese domestic corn prices rose sharply in the fall and winter of 2003-04, and the government announced a number of measures to increase crop plantings, China's farmers are expected to continue to switch crop land to soybeans, cotton, and other high-value crops. In addition to competition from more-profitable crops, corn and wheat plantings are imperiled by the conversion of arable land to non-agriculture uses and by the reduced availability of water for irrigation."
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Saturday 23rd January. Hitachi Europe Head Office at Whitebrook Park, Lower Cookham Road, Maidenhead, SL6 8YA. 3-round McMahon tournament. Time limit 60 minutes plus overtime. Flexible komi with players bidding to play black. Registration by 9:45. Prize giving by 19:00. Supported by Hitachi Europe Ltd. Contact Eddie Best. A BOOKS
Saturday 30th January. Wanstead House, 21 The Green, Wanstead, London E11 2NT. 3-round McMahon tournament. 50 minutes time limit with 50 in 5 overtime. Registration by 9:45; prize giving 17:45. Contact Ken Kneller B
Saturday 6th February. 10:00 to 17:00. Nippon Club. Contact David Carter-Hitchin
Saturday 13th February. Frodsham Community Centre, Fluin Lane, Frodsham, Cheshire, WA6 7QN. 3-round open (top 8 players) and 5-round handicap. Registration by 10:30. Prize-giving by 18:30. Contact Tony Atkins 07880795473 B / C BOOKS
Saturday 20th February. St. Columba's Church, Downing Place, Cambridge CB2 3EL. 3-round McMahon tournament. 60 minutes time limit with 40 in 4 overtime. Registration by 10:45. Prize-giving by 18:30. Novices' Tournament 14:00 - 16:00 with teaching in the morning. Contact Alex Selby Paul Smith for Novices' B BK
Saturday 27th February. Portland Building, University Park, University of Nottingham, NG7 2RD. Maps 3-round McMahon Tournament. 60 minutes time limit with 40 in 5 overtime. Registration by 9:45; prize giving 18:00 Contact Laurence Ogden B BOOKS
Friday 5th March–Sunday 7th March. Teachers Club, 36 Parnell Square, Dublin 1, Ireland. Friday evening: Irish Rapid Play. Saturday and Sunday: Irish Open, 5 round McMahon tournament. 60 minutes time limit with 15 moves in 5 minutes overtime. A Tournament in the Pandanet Go European Cup. Contact Eoghan Barry. A BOOKS
Saturday 13th March–Sunday 14th March. Tongadale Hotel, Wentworth Street, Portree, Isle of Skye IV51 9EJ. 6 round McMahon; also Novices League (12:30 Saturday). Contact Carel Goodheir B
Sunday 14th March. Loughborough Grammar School, LE11 2DU. Youth titles at U8, U10, U12, U14, U16 and U18 will be contested, in addition to the titles of overall British Youth Champion and British Schools Team Champions. A mixture of even and handicap games. Beginners and those new to the game will be made particularly welcome. Contact Tony Atkins 0118 9268143 C
Sunday 21st March. 10:00 to 16:00. The Fieldhead Hotel. Markfield Lane, Markfield, Leicestershire, LE67 9PS. Teaching day mainly for 2 to 10 kyu players by Matthew Macfadyen and Toby Manning. £15 (including lunch), students £12; non-members £20. Contact Toby Manning 01530 245298
Saturday 27th March. Age Concern Hall, Provost Wynd, Cupar, KY15 5HE. 4-round McMahon tournament with 40 minutes time limit, then 30 stones in 5 overtime. Registration by 10:00. Prize giving 18:00. Contact Yohei Negi. B
Sunday 28th March. Arundel Football Club, Mill Road, Arundel, West Sussex BN18 9PA. 3-round McMahon Tournament. 60 minutes time limit sudden death. Registration by 10:15. Prize giving by 18:30. Contact Sue Paterson 01903 889825 B BOOKS
Sunday 4th April. This affects the dates of events like the British Open.
Monday 5th April. Bourne End Community Centre (near Maidenhead), SL8 5SX. Registration by 09:45. Finish by 16:00 For teams of 3 from the Thames Valley area, or come and maybe join a scratch team. Contact Xinyi Lu
Friday 9th to Sunday 11th April. Edinburgh. Events as follows:
Friday 9th April. Canon's Gait, 232 Canongate, Royal Mile, Edinburgh, EH8 8DQ. Lightning Tournament, part of British Go Congress. Registration 18:30-19:15. Contact Edwin Brady
Saturday 10th - Sunday 11th April. Teviot Row House, 13 Bristo Square, Edinburgh EH8 9AJ. 6 round British Open Tournament, part of British Go Congress. 50 minutes time limit with 30 moves in 5 minutes overtime. Registration Saturday 09:15-09:45. Round 4 Sunday 09:30. Prize giving 17:45. BGA AGM on Saturday evening at 18:30. Contact Edwin Brady B BOOKS
Saturday 17th - Sunday 18th April. Barford Village Hall, Church Street, Barford, Warwickshire CV35 8EN and 22 Keytes Lane, Barford, Warwickshire CV35 8EP . Training weekend with Guo Juan, 5p, 10:00 to 17:00. Social activities Friday and Saturday evenings. Contact Kirsty Healey
Sunday 25th April. Nippon Club, Samuel House, 6 St Albans Street, London, SW1Y 4SQ (near Piccadilly Circus). 10:00 to 18:00. 3 or 4 rounds (45 or 30 mins) depending on number of teams. Entry fee includes lunch. Contact Jonathan Turner
Saturday 1st May - Monday 3rd May. Diamond Room, Selwyn College, Grange Road, Cambridge, . Note that the Diamond room is on the corner of Cranmer Road and Grange road. Matthew Macfadyen will be attending to provide game analysis! A table at the Bella Italia restaurant (CB3) has been booked on the Saturday night for an evening meal at 7pm. Let Geoff know that you want to join if you have not already done so. For qualifiers only (all British players who are members of the BGA with rating above 1899 from a tournament in 2009/early 2010). You will be sent a letter of invitation. 6 round Swiss tournament. 90 minutes time limit with 20 moves in 5 minutes overtime. Registration 09:15 - 10:00. Each day, rounds at 10:00 and 14:15. Entry fee will be £20. Contact the championships organiser to enter before midday on 29th April. BC A
Sunday 2nd May. Whewell's Court, Trinity College, Cambridge CB2 1TQ (opposite main college entrance). 5 round McMahon tournament for kyu players only. 35 minutes time limit with no overtime. Part of MSO Cambridge. Registration by 09:30. Finish 17:30. Andrew Kay C
Sunday 9th May. Woosehill Community Centre, Emmview Close, Wokingham, RG41 3DA. 3 round McMahon tournament. 60 minutes time limit with 30 moves in 5 minutes overtime. Registration by 10:00. Prizegiving 18:45. Contact Ian Marsh B BOOKS
Friday 28th–Monday 31st May. Nippon Club Salon, 2nd floor, Samuel House, 6 St Albans Street [off Jermyn Street], London SW1Y 4SQ. League for qualifiers from the Candidates' Tournament. The time limits are 105 minutes main time, 15 moves in 5 minutes Canadian overtime. Registration at 10:00-10:30 on Friday 28. From round 2 on, games start at 14:30 and 10:00. Contact the championships organiser. BC A
Saturday 29th May - Sunday 30th May. Small board rapid on evening of 28th May. Mason's Hall, 7 Artillery Lane, Dundee, DD1 1PE. 5 round McMahon. 80 minutes without overtime. Contact Pete Clinch A BOOKS
Sunday 13th June. Foxcombe Lodge Hotel, Boars Hill, Oxford, OX1 5DP. A tournament for teams of one male and one female who play alternately with no conferring. The top 8 pairs play for the title. Remaining pairs play in the handicap section. Contact Francis Roads
Saturday 19th–Sunday 20th June. Leech Hall, St John's College, Durham, DH1 3RJ. Registration by 11:30 Saturday. Prize-giving by 17:00 Sunday. 6 Round McMahon with 40 minutes time limit and Canadian overtime. Contact Durham Go Club B BOOKS
Saturday 26th–Sunday 27th June. Min-Y-Mor Hotel, The Promenade, Barmouth, LL42 1HW Registration by 12:30 Saturday. Prize-giving 15:30 Sunday. 5-round McMahon tournament. 50 minutes time limit with overtime of 20 stones in 5 minutes. Contact Tony Pitchford B BOOKS
Sunday 4th July. Hub Theatre, The Open University, Walton Hall, Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA. 3-round McMahon tournament. 65 minutes time limit with 30 moves in 5 minutes overtime. Note: No lunch provided Registration by 10:15. Prizing giving 18:30. Contact Tim Hunt A
Saturday 10th July. From 11:00 to 16:00 *NEW VENUE* St Mary's Priory RC Junior School, Hermitage Road, Harringay, London, N15 5RE For schools that have entered the UK Go Challenge and children who could not play in a heat. Special Challengers section for beginners and novices who did not play a heat. Contact Tony Atkins More Info
Saturday 21st – Sunday 29th August. Soho Theatre, 21 Dean Street, London W1D 3NE. 14th edition - two Go events planned: Small Board afternoon of Friday 27th August, MSO Open Sunday 29th August.
Sunday 22nd - Friday 27th August. Cherry Orchard, Port Erin, Isle of Man IM9 6AN. 10th edition - many events planned: Main Tournament mornings 22nd-24th/26th/27th, Afternoon Tournament 22nd-24th, Handicap Tournament afternoons 26th/27th, Die Hards or DayTrip 25th, Quiz, Rengo, Music, 13x13, closing dinner (evenings). Contact Leo Phillips A BK
Friday 27th August. Soho Theatre, 21 Dean Street, London W1D 3NE. 14:30 to 18:15. 13x13 boards. Entry fee £10 (Juniors £9).
Sunday 29th August. Soho Theatre, 21 Dean Street, London W1D 3NE. 10:30 to 18:15. 4-round McMahon. 40 mins + 30 in 5 overtime. Entry fee £15 (Juniors £13.50). B
Sunday 5th September. Stockport Masonic Guildhall, 169 Wellington Road South, Stockport, SK1 3UA. Large car park at rear, near to public transport links. 3-round McMahon. Registration 09:45 to 10:00. Prize giving 18:00. Contact Chris Kirkham B BOOKS
Saturday 11th September and Sunday 12th September 2010. The Queens Hotel, The Promenade, Penzance, TR18 4HG, tel. 01736 362371. Handicap Tournament takes place on Saturday afternoon. Registration by 13:30. Open Tournament takes place Sunday. 3-round McMahon. Registration by 09:45. Buffet lunch. Prize giving by 18:45. BGA Teaching Event Saturday morning, 10:00 to 12:30. Contact John Culmer A BOOKS
Sunday 19th September. Even Swindon Community Centre, Old School, Jennings Street, Swindon, SN2 BG. 3-round McMahon Tournament. 60 minutes time limit + overtime. Registration by 10:15. Prize giving 18:15. Preferably by email or mail to Paul Barnard (for email see club page) 16 Braemar Close, Swindon, SN3 1HY, but phone entries will also be accepted on 01793 692408 evenings before 21:30. A BOOKS
Sunday 19th September. Game 1 in this year's Title Match between Matthew Macfadyen and Vanessa Wong played at Concord School, Shrewsbury, (with live relay on KGS).
Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th September. 5-round McMahon Tournament. Belfast Boat Club, Lockview Road, Stranmillis, Belfast BT9 5FH. Contact Ian Davis B
Saturday 2nd October. The Gateway Centre, Chester Street, Shrewsbury, SY1 1NB. 3-round McMahon tournament. 65 minutes per round plus 'inflated' overtime: 20/5, then staying at 40/5. Registration by 10:25; prize giving by 19:00. All entries will be acknowledged with details of Shrewsbury's hotels and attractions. Contact Gerry Mills A BOOKS
Sunday 10th October. Game 2 in this year's Title Match between Matthew Macfadyen and Vanessa Wong played in Barford, Warwickshire, (with live relay on KGS).
Sunday 17th October. Nippon Club, Samuel House, 6 St Albans Street, London, SW1Y 4SQ (near Piccadilly Circus). 10:00 to 18:00. 3 or 4 rounds (45 or 30 mins) depending on number of teams of 3. Features second division for weaker teams. Entry fee includes lunch. Contact Jonathan Turner
Sunday 24th October. Game 3 in this year's Title Match between Matthew Macfadyen and Vanessa Wong played at Concord School (with live relay on KGS). If required, Games 4 and 5 will be played early next year at locations to be announced.
Sunday 31st October. St. Mark's Community Centre, St. Mark's Road, Bath BA2 4PA. 3-round McMahon tournament. 60 minutes per round plus overtime. Registration by 09:45 GMT; prize giving about 18:00. Contact David King B BOOKS
Saturday 6th November. Science Concourse, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL. 3 round McMahon tournament. Registration by 10:30. Prize-giving by 19:00. Contact Wissen Lau A
Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th November. Commodore Inn, Main Street, Grange-over-Sands, LA11 6DY Tel 015395 32381 5-round McMahon tournament. Time limits 50 minutes with increasing overtime (20/5, 30/5, 40/5, 40/5 etc). Registration by 12.45 Saturday. Contact Bob Bagot B BOOKS
Sunday 21st November. Junior Parlour, Whewell's Court, Trinity Street, Cambridge CB2 1TQ. 8-round double elimination, then handicap, tournament. Time limit 15 minutes. Registration by 10:25. Prize giving 17:00. Contact Paul Smith
Saturday 27th November. The National Space Centre, Exploration Drive, Leicester, LE4 5NS. 3-round McMahon Tournament. Time limit 60 minutes with 40/5 overtime. Registration by 09:45. Prize giving by 18:15. Contact Peter Fisher B BOOKS
Saturday 27th November. The National Space Centre, Exploration Drive, Leicester, LE4 5NS. There will be an Extraordinary General Meeting of the BGA at 13:30. The agenda consists of one item: Consideration and approval of the 2009 Accounts. Copies of this will be made available at the meeting and in advance, following approval by Council, by contacting the BGA Secretary.
Saturday 4th December. If you want to meet informally in Edinburgh on 4th December contact Martha McGill
Saturday 4th December. Burpham Village Hall, Burpham Lane, Guildford, GU4 7LP. 4-round Handicap tournament. Time limit 50 minutes adjusted for size of handicap. Registration by 10:15. Prizegiving 18:55. Contact Pauline Bailey.
Saturday 4th December–Sunday 5th December. Western Gate Building, UCC, Cork, Ireland. 5-round McMahon Tournament. Time limit 50 minutes with 30 seconds byoyomi. B
Tuesday 28th–Friday 31st December. International Students House, Great Portland Street, London. McMahon tournament with 7 rounds. Time limit 90 minutes with 20/5 overtime. A Pandanet Major in the Pandanet Go European Cup. Sponsored by Winton Capital Management. Contact Geoff Kaniuk. A
Tuesday 28th–Friday 31st December. This event is held in parallel with the London Open above at the same premises. It is a 7 game man-machine match between John Tromp and Darren Cook's computer.


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ARLINGTON -- A year after becoming the first player to win the Triple Crown in nearly half a century, Miguel Cabrera is on pace to have 42 more RBIs and a batting average 57 points than the one he had last season.
Cabrera, the reigning American League MVP, is hitting .387 with 10 home runs and 47 RBIs. He's on pace to hit 38 homers, six fewer than he did in 2012, but is also on pace to have 181 RBIs, which would eclipse the 139 RBIs he had last season.
"It's pretty hard to improve on a Triple Crown," Tigers manager Jim Leyland said. "He's the best hitter in the game. He's got a real fluid swing. He can hit the ball out of the ballpark to all fields. He can take a base hit. There's not too many guys that can take a sinker, down and in, and hit a bullet to right field."
In the Tigers' 2-1 victory over the Rangers on Friday, Cabrera doubled home the first run in the fifth inning before scoring the second on a sacrifice fly in the same frame. He then hit three home runs and drove in five runs during Sunday's 11-8 loss. He went 9-for-16 (.563) in the four-game series against the Rangers.
Not to mention that he's batting .509 with runners in scoring position, driving in 40 runs in 55 at-bats during that situation this season.
"You can have some interesting conversations if you get into stats a lot. It doesn't make any difference," Leyland said. "He's one of those special guys that don't come around often and he's been special for a long time."


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Over the last couple of decades, eCommerce has grown by leaps and bounds. Today, millions of people shop online, and many of them prefer it over visiting brick-and-mortar locations to purchase the products they want. Business owners everywhere are looking for the fastest way to get involved and start selling their own products online. You may be one of them!
Even if you already have a website, there's no reason you have to start over to build an online store. You can create a store using an eCommerce platform and connect it to your existing website. Let's get into the details of shopping cart software and how to choose the best.
A shopping cart software is a type of software that allows customers to shop on a website, creating a list of products they want to buy by adding them to the virtual cart. The customer can view the online shopping cart to see what products have been added to it, and can choose to add more products or remove them.
When the customer is finished shopping, the shopping cart software provides a secure means of paying for the products in a virtual checkout. The owner of the eCommerce website is then informed of the purchase so they can start fulfilling the order through packing and shipping the items.
There are three general types of shopping cart software. They're differentiated by the ways they're added to a website, how they're distributed, and by who takes charge of updating the software.
Open-source software is released with an open license that allows any developer to access and edit the source code. An open source shopping cart has both benefits and drawbacks. Usually, the software is free, and with its source code available to developers everywhere, addons, bug fixes, and modified versions are often readily available.
However, since an open source shopping cart is not controlled by any one person or company, you may struggle to find help with it. A centralized customer support line may not exist, and if it does, they may only be able to offer support for an unmodified version of the software, or they may be unfamiliar with the specific customizations you use. In addition, you'll be responsible for obtaining the software and installing it onto a web server, which will need to meet the software's system requirements. You'll also need to perform updates yourself by uploading the new version of the software onto the server.
Licensed software is much more straightforward than open source. It's developed by a single company and available for your purchase and use. All development on the software is done by the company that created it, although they may provide a method for independent developers to create addons or plugins for it (through an API: application programming interface). Usually, there's a one-time fee for use of the software, although some use a monthly or annual model. Some software licenses also don't cover updates beyond a certain time limit, so you may need to pay again to get a new version. Tech support also may not be included in the license, or may expire after a set time.
Licensed shopping cart software needs to be installed and maintained the same way as open-source: by uploading it to a web server that meets the software requirements and that is PCI compliant. You will also need to upload new versions yourself.
A hosted eCommerce platform, also know as a SaaS (software-as-a-service) solution, combines both shopping cart software and web hosting. Instead of needing to find your own web server that meets the requirements of the software, the whole package is provided as a service. This eliminates the need to download software and install it yourself. In addition, updates and maintenance are performed by the developers. Hosted eCommerce platforms also provide a web-based interface for you to manage your store, rather than requiring you to download software, so you can run your business directly from a web browser.
Hosted shopping cart softwares are generally the most hassle-free way of getting an eCommerce shopping cart for your website. Most charge a monthly fee which varies depending on the plan you sign up for, with more expensive plans providing more built-in features and other advantages. Free trials are also available to help you choose the eCommerce solution that's right for you.
There are two main components of shopping cart software, both of which are made up of smaller parts that work together for the final result.
The storefront is the eCommerce website accessible to customers. It includes product pages, category navigation, and checkout pages in which the customer can enter their payment information to complete the purchase. It may also contain additional pages such as the "About Us" page with company information, a Contact page with related information and a contact form, Store Policy pages including shipping, return, and privacy policies, and more.
The storefront's appearance can usually be altered by design themes or templates, which are often available from a variety of sources. Most eCommerce software has a theme store where merchants can choose from a selection of free and premium (paid) templates, and third-party designers often create their own templates for sale as well.
The administration area, also know as the backend of your website, is the part of the shopping cart software used for store management and order processing. Other names for this part of the software include the dashboard, the backend, and the control panel. Administration can be either web-based, in which the store owner logs into a website for access, or desktop-based, in which the merchant must use software downloaded onto a computer to make changes which are then sent to the online storefront.
What you find in the store administration strongly depends on the eCommerce software you use. At the very least, you'll have product and category management in which you add products, edit their information and images, and assign them to categories. All shopping cart software also includes a list of recent orders and their status (such as "new," "shipped," and "complete"). The best shopping cart software also provides you with analytics and other information, tools for customizing your store and marketing to customers, and more.
With eCommerce becoming a multibillion-dollar industry, there's no shortage of shopping cart software these days — but 3dcart stands out from the competition. 3dcart has been developed with over 20 years of experience and industry knowledge that has successfully identified and included all the most-needed features of a powerful website shopping cart. Today, 3dcart is the most feature-rich, scalable, and overall most powerful shopping cart solution for any size business.
Where other carts skim off the top of your profits by charging a percentage fee for every transaction, 3dcart does not leverage fees on top of those normally charged by your payment processor.
3dcart hosts its merchants' online stores on fast, powerful servers and sets no limits on space. You can create all the pages you need and upload as many images as your products require.
Traffic limits and overage charges are a thing of the past. 3dcart provides unlimited bandwidth so your online store can handle any number of visitors at any time.
Search engine optimization is crucial for your website's success. Cutting-edge SEO features have been built into every part of the 3dcart software so you can optimize every page within minutes.
3dcart's low pricing ensures every business can sell as many products as needed. Sell up to 100 products for $19/mo. and unlimited products start at $29/mo. — or choose an annual plan to save even more.
Send newsletters, abandoned cart emails, and more right from your 3dcart Online Store Manager, and create all the promotions and coupons you need. Plus, Daily Deals, wish lists, gift registries, and more.
Connect your 3dcart store to Facebook, Amazon, eBay, eBay Motors, Houzz, and more to reach millions of potential customers right where they prefer to shop — and manage it all from your 3dcart dashboard.
All the information you need is at your fingertips, including robust statistics and reporting on sales, customers, and more. Plus, full Google Analytics support further rounds out your data.
3dcart connects with more types of payment than any other shopping cart. Accept credit cards, PayPal, Amazon Pay, Google Pay, Apple Pay, digital wallets, bitcoin, and tons more for hundreds of countries.
Automatically calculate shipping right in your customer's cart so they're never surprised at checkout. 3dcart also calculates tax for anywhere in the world with a quick, customizable setup.
Want to use your favorite marketing, CRM, shipping, tax, or other software instead of our built-in tools? No problem! 3dcart integrates with hundreds of services like MailChimp, Avalara, ShipStation, and more.
3dcart is fully PCI DSS compliant, meaning our security standards exceed the high requirements mandated for eCommerce. Your online store is fully protected from hacks and data theft from day one.
No matter what time or day of the year, 3dcart support is always available through live chat, email, or phone. Plus, our support is never outsourced — you will be helped by experts in our home office.
Explore all the features 3dcart has to offer for building an online store or start a 15-day free trial with no credit card required to start configuring your shopping cart and adding it to your website.
To choose the right shopping cart for your business, compare your needs to the features offered by the shopping cart software. Also investigate how easy the software is to use, because features are no good if you can't use them!
Build a complete website with 3dcart, or easily use it with your current website or platform.
You can use 3dcart with any website by creating a subdomain and connecting it to your 3dcart storefront. Choose a theme that matches your branding, or customize one yourself or with the help of a 3dcart expert. Add a navigation link on your main website that leads to your 3dcart store, and add a link to your store menu to take visitors back to your main page. It's that simple!
WordPress site owners often use a plugin like WooCommerce for their online stores, but before long its limitations become clear. You can add 3dcart to a WordPress site with the same method as listed above. Since WordPress themes have a built-in menu, often in a sidebar or header, add a link to your store in WordPress by creating a new menu item with a custom URL.
3dcart connects with your Google Merchant Center with an automated feed that enables you to create complete product listings in Google Shopping. These include product images, star ratings, pricing, brand, and more. You can also create AdWords PPC ads using the same product data, which will appear alongside search results. 3dcart also makes full use of Google Customer Reviews which displays an aggregated star rating on your storefront based on customer feedback. Shoppers can also pay with the information they have saved in their Google Account through our integration with Google Pay, preventing them from needing to enter their information on your website.
3dcart's Amazon integration makes it possible for you to sell on the Amazon Marketplace while managing orders and inventory in your 3dcart dashboard, even if you don't sell the same products directly from your own site. Seamless integration with Fulfillment by Amazon means you can ship your products to an Amazon Fulfillment Center for picking, packing, and shipping, which also qualifies your products for Amazon Prime and gives you a better shot at winning the Amazon Buy Box. You can also accept payment via Amazon Pay, which allows customers to use the saved information from their Amazon accounts to complete their purchases.
3dcart's native Square integration means you can accept all types of payments Square processes, including all major debit and credit cards, both online through Square Pay and in person with Square Register. Using Square and 3dcart together means all your sales, online or offline, will be tracked in the same place, ensuring your inventory remains consistent. 3dcart is fully compatible with Square's POS software so you can use the same system for online and face-to-face transactions.


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Transfer learning is a deep learning approach in which a model that has been trained for one task is used as a starting point to train a model for similar task. Fine-tuning a network with transfer learning is usually much faster and easier than training a network from scratch. The approach is commonly used for object detection, image recognition, speech recognition, and other applications.
Transfer learning is a popular technique because:
- It enables you to train models using relatively little labeled data by leveraging popular models that have already been trained on large datasets.
- It can dramatically reduce training time and compute resources. With transfer learning, the model does not need to be trained for as many epochs (a full training cycle on the entire dataset) as a new model would require.
Training from Scratch vs. Transfer Learning
The two commonly used approaches for deep learning are training a model from scratch and transfer learning. Both approaches have benefits and can be used for different deep learning tasks.
Developing and training a model from scratch works better for very specific tasks for which preexisting models cannot be used. The downside is this approach typically requires a large amount of data to produce accurate results—for example, when text needs to be verified and a large number of data samples are available. If you don't have access to a pretrained model for a text analysis task, developing a model from scratch is recommended.
Transfer learning is useful for tasks such object recognition, for which a variety of popular pretrained models, such as AlexNet and GoogLeNet, can be used as a starting point. For example, if you have a botany project where flowers need to be classified and limited data is available, you can transfer weights and layers from AlexNet models, which classify over images into 1000 different categories, and replace the final classification layer.
The graph below shows the network performance for models with transfer learning and models trained from scratch. With transfer learning, it is possible to achieve a higher model accuracy in a shorter time.
How is transfer learning implemented?
The approach generally follows these process steps:
- Load a pretrained network. Select a relevant network that has been trained for a task similar to the new task.
- Replace the classification layers for the new task. You may also choose to fine-tune the weights depending on the new task and data available. Generally, the more data you have, the more layers you can chose to fine-tune. With less data, fine-tuning may lead to an overfitted model.
- Train the network on the data for the new task.
- Test accuracy of the new network.
For more information, see Deep Learning Toolbox™ and Computer Vision Toolbox™.


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I just got my galaxy note 10.1, downloaded FPSe and I was playing a game. Worked great. Then I tried using my bluetooth keyboard (logitech) and it lets me map the keys, so I use WASD for the dpad. Except, when I load into the game, the arrow keys are the only things that respond. Then I decided I'd try the Wiimote. Got that set up, worked on droidemu, tried it on FPSe. Again, it let me assign the buttons near as I could tell, but nothing would work in game. I read somewhere this might be do to Samsungs Keyboard, and how I can't turn the dang thing off. If that is not the case, any help would be appreciated. If it IS the case, I may have to root, which I am a little concerned about as it is (never done it, this is my first Android product).
I've also read on other forums that other people are having problems with this too, and it could be due to an update. Again, any help would be appreciated.
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Week of 5/31/10 - 6/4/10
* City Council Session: Wednesday morning
* Meeting with Yvonne Deckard, Director of the Office of Human Resources, regarding bargaining
* Mayor Adams drop-in regarding mental health care needs and funding
* Retirement party for Nancy Arlington, Portland Association of Teachers
* Monthly meeting with Lisa Turley, Director of the Bureau of Emergency Communications
* Meeting about Bureau of Emergency Communications/Police Protocols: Chief Reese (Portland Police), Lisa Turley (Emergency Communications) and Joanne Fuller (Multnomah County DHS)
* Meeting with Jackie Gesner, Constituent, regarding HIV/AIDS prevention for older women
* Citywide Wellness Committee Meeting
* Meeting with union leaders Mark Bello and Mark Gipson
* Visitors Development Fund Board Meeting
* Rose Festival Day of Service with Commissioner Fish and the Rose Court
* Third Fleet Reception on board the USS Bunker Hill with Jim Lascher. Spoke with Sheriff Dan Stayton regarding mental health care in jails.
* LIFE Fellowship Church Annual Graffiti Clean-up
* Gladstone Street Revival -Pulling Ivy Street Improvement - Village Building Convergence event
* Starlight Parade
Out of town: Monday and Tuesday, at son Maxwell's graduation from Princeton University
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A women's 135-pound bout between Amanda Nunes (6-1 MMA, 1-0 SF) and Julie Kedzie (16-8 MMA, 0-0 SF) is slotted for next month's "Strikeforce: Overeem vs. Werdum" event.
Officials today announced that both fighters have agreed to the bout.
Featuring a pair of quarterfinal fights in Strikeforce's heavyweight
grand prix, "Strikeforce: Overeem vs. Werdum" takes place June 18 at American
Airlines Center in Dallas, and the night's main card airs on Showtime.
Nunes vs. Kedzie likely will be part of the preliminary card.
Nunes, a Brazilian who fought throughout the country, recently made his her U.S. and Strikeforce debut and posted a stunning 14-second knockout of Julia Budd at Strikeforce Challengers 13. Since a submission loss in her 2008 pro debut, she's strung together six consecutive victories, all of which have come via knockout (four in the first round).
Kedzie, a Greg Jackson-trained fighter who turned pro in 2004, is one of women's MMA's most experienced fighters. The EliteXC and BodogFIGHT vet currently is riding a four-fight win streak (all via decisions), which included wins over notables Kaitlin Young and Sarah D'Alelio. Since a 2007 loss to Gina Carano, Kedzie has posted an 8-2 record.
For more on "Strikeforce: Overeem vs. Werdum," stay tuned to the MMA Rumors section of the site.
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Price puts 'best foot forward' in rehab start
PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. -- As far as Rays ace David Price is concerned, he is ready to return to the rotation. And the left-hander made a convincing argument on Wednesday evening, when he breezed through five innings of two-hit shutout ball, striking out eight and walking one for Class A Charlotte in his second rehab start, against Class A Bradenton.
"I put my best foot forward tonight," Price declared with a big smile.
Asked if he plans to lobby manager Joe Maddon to put him back in the rotation, he grinned again and said, "What I did today, that will be my lobbying."
The 2012 American League Cy Young Award winner, who has been sidelined since May 16 because of a strain in his left triceps, breezed through the first four innings, striking out eight of the first 14 batters he faced, including all four in the second inning. (One batter reached on a wild pitch.)
Price didn't give up a hit until the fifth inning, when Jose Osuna hit a leadoff single. In total, only four Marauders reached base against Price, who made 72 pitches, 54 for strikes. He threw 15 out of 19 first-pitch strikes and reached 95 mph on the radar gun.
"If that wasn't good enough, I guess I'll have another one of these [rehab starts]," he said, smiling.
Asked if he thinks he needs another outing in the Minors, he said, "I don't think so. Obviously, that's not my decision. I don't know what the plan is. But they've had one for a while. I just take it day by day. I didn't even know how many pitches I was going to throw until this morning.
"It was good to have good results. I felt good. Just getting back into my routine, that was the main thing. This was definitely a step in the right direction."
The Rays will reassess Price's situation on Thursday or Friday and make a decision then. Maddon has said that if Price does not experience any soreness or stiffness, "it's not impossible" that he could return next week, when the Rays are in Houston.
"It'll be awesome to get back," Price said. "I'm tired of missing road trips."
Whenever Price returns, his pitch count may be limited at first. Price didn't tire toward the end of Wednesday's outing and could have gone more than five innings, but, he admitted, he did feel the heat and humidity.
"It was like an oven in the bullpen warming up," he said. "It's humid out here. That takes a lot out of you. It's definitely more humid here than it is in the Trop. But I didn't feel tired whatsoever."
In his first rehab start, also against Bradenton, Price allowed two runs, only one of which was earned, on two hits in 2 1/3 innings, in which he threw 49 pitches. He struck out four and walked two.
So far this year, Price is 1-4 with a 5.24 ERA. He pitched 55 innings before being injured.
Last season, Price, the Rays' No. 1 Draft pick in 2007 and their first 20-game winner, went 20-5 with a 2.56 ERA, and he struck out 205 in 211 innings.


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A library is a project whose functions can be reused in other scripts. To learn how to properly create, include, and use a library, see the sections below.
Managing libraries
Gaining access to a library and including it in your project
- To include a library in your project you must have at least a read-level access to it. If you are not the author of the library that you want to include, you need to contact the author and request them to grant you access.
- You also need the project key of the library you are including. If you have access to the library, you can find the project key under File > Project Properties... Otherwise, you need to ask the author of the library to give you the project key.
- Select Resources > Libraries...
- Paste in the project key of the library that you want to use into the Add a Library text box.
- Click Add to add the library to your project.
- Click on the Version dropdown and select a version of this library that you want to use.
- Check to see if the default Identifier name is the one that you would
like to use with this library. This is the name that your script uses to
refer to the library. For example, if you set it to
Testthen you could call a method of that library as follows:
- Enable Development mode if you want to override the selected version. For more information, see Testing and debugging a library.
- Click Save to save the libraries you have added and close the dialog box.
Using a library
You can use your included library just as you would use a default service. For
instance, if you have chosen
Test as an identifier for your library, just type
Test immediately followed by a period to see autocomplete information listing
the methods of the library.
The reference documentation for an included library can be opened by following these steps:
- Select Resources > Libraries...
- The name of the library that you have included is a link that opens a new browser tab which contains the reference documentation for this library.
Removing a library
- Select Resources > Libraries...
- Click on the X button to the right of the library to delete it.
- Click Save for the changes to take effect.
Creating a library
To create a library that you or other developers can include in other scripts, you must first save a version of the library project.
Sharing a library
To share your library with others:
- You must have at least one saved version of your script.
- Grant at least read-level access to all potential users of the library.
- Give those users the library's project key, which can be found under File > Project Properties...
Best practices
Here are some guidelines to follow when writing a library:
- You should choose a meaningful name for your project since it is used as the default identifier when your library is included by others.
- If you want one or more methods of your script to not be visible (nor usable) to your library users, you can end the name of the method with an underscore. For example, myPrivateMethod_().
- Only enumerable global properties are visible to library users. This includes function
declarations, variables created outside a function with
var, and properties explicitly set on the global object. For example,
enumerableset to
falsecreates a symbol you can use in your library, but this symbol isn't accessible by your users.
If you want your library users to make use of Script Editor autocomplete and the automatically generated documentation, you must have JSDoc-style documentation for all your functions. Here's an example:
/** * Raises a number to the given power, and returns the result. * * @param {number} base the number we're raising to a power * @param {number} exp the exponent we're raising the base to * @return {number} the result of the exponential calculation */ function power(base, exp) { ... }
Resource scoping
There are two types of resources when you are working with libraries: shared and not-shared. A shared resource means that both the library and the including script have a built-in access to the same instance of the resource. The following diagram illustrates a shared resource using the example of User Properties:
A not-shared resource means that both library and the including script have built-in access only to their instance of the resource. However, a library can provide access to its not-shared resources by having explicit functions that operate on them. Here is an example of a function that you would include in your library to expose its Script Properties:
function getLibraryProperty(key) {
return ScriptProperties.getProperty(key);
The following diagram illustrates a not-shared resource using the example of Script Properties:
This table lists the shared and not-shared resources for your reference:
|The same instance is visible to all including scripts when created in the library.
|Script Properties
|The same instance is visible to all including scripts when created in the library.
|The same instance is visible to all including scripts when created in the library.
|Simple triggers created in library are not triggered by the including script.
|User Properties
|Logger and execution transcript
|Sites, Spreadsheets and other containers
|A call to
getActive() returns the container of the
including script.
|MailApp and GmailApp
* This means that the library does not have its own instance of the
feature/resource and instead is using the one created by the script
that invoked it.
** This means that library has its own instance of the resource/feature and that all scripts that use the library share and have access to that same instance.
Testing and debugging your library
When you are using a debugger within a project that has a library included you are able to step into a function of the included library. The code shows up in the debugger in the read-only mode and at the right version.
When you are writing a library and doing a lot of testing, you should use Development mode. Once the development mode is on, the following becomes true:
- Anyone who has editor-level access to the script has the latest changes made to the files in the library project even if it was not saved as a version.
- The autocomplete is still generated based on the selected version.
- Anyone with only the read-level access to the script still uses the selected version regardless of whether the development mode is on or off.


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The PHPit.net site has posted a book review today, a look at Packt Publishing's "AJAX and PHP: Building Responsive Web Applications".
Welcome to the first book review on PHPit, which is the first one in the new "Book Reviews" section on PHPit. There are many PHP & MySQL books these days, and more are being released every day, which makes it a hard task to pick a good PHP book. That's why I've decided to create this new section which will help you pick the best PHP books available. I will take a look at certain PHP books, and do a thorough review on each of them. Every review will end with a conclusion and a recommendation.