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Join TSN in a 30 teams in 30 days tour of the NHL in preparation for the upcoming season. This edition looks at the Calgary Flames. Get the lowdown on their off-season and the issues they face this season. And use the Your Call feature to give us your take on the Flames.
Change was good for the Calgary Flames last season. After dwelling in the cellar for much of the start of the year, GM Darryl Sutter stepped down and the team got into a winning groove. The team went on a 27-11-9 run the rest of the way and nearly snuck into the post-season.
Trying to continue that momentum into this year will be the task, but it won't be so easy. The Flames didn't make many moves in the off-season and will try to grind it out with an aging core that doesn't include mainstay Robyn Regehr on the blue line.
Here's a look at what's in store for this season.
Additions: RW Lee Stempniak, D Scott Hannan, C Paul Byron, D Chris Butler, LW/RW Pierre-Luc Letourneau-LeBlond.
Subtractions: C Daymond Langkow, D Robyn Regehr, D Adam Pardy, LW Fredrik Modin, RW Ales Kotalik.
Prospect Report: The Flames scooped up forward Sven Baertschi from the Portland Winterhawks in the 2011 NHL Entry Draft. The 18-year-old from Switzerland is already considered the top prospect in the organization.
T.J. Brodie made the big club at the start of last season, but couldn't stick. He could be in position to be a regular this season, but there are a lot of names ahead of him on the depth chart (Giordano, Bouwmeester, Babchuk, Sarich, Hannan, Butler, Carson and Mikkelson).
Breakout Player To Watch: Mikael Backlund. Trying to find a skilled playmaker to make life easier for Jarome Iginla has been top priority for years - with little or no luck. The 22-year-old Backlund is pencilled into that duty this coming season. He finished with 10 goals and 15 assists as a rookie and his talents will get a chance to be showcased this season.
Marquee Matchup: Nov. 4 at Buffalo - The team will get their one and only look at long-time Flame Robyn Regehr, who was a cornerstone of Calgary's blue line for more than a decade.
Other Dates To Watch: Feb. 23 vs. Phoenix – It will be the first game against former Flame Langkow, who waived his no-trade clause to allow Calgary to deal him for Lee Stempniak.
Reason To Get Excited: The way it all ended last year. Sure, they didn't make the playoffs, but the GM change to eventually bring in Jay Feaster got Calgary back to playing a level of competitive hockey that was expected of them to start the year. That and watching Backlund fill the top line with Iginla should be a treat for Flames fans.
Home Hardware: It could be a long shot, but Jarome Iginla scored 43 goals last year and could be enough of a goal-scoring threat this season to challenge for another Rocket Richard Trophy.
Hot Seat: Jay Bouwmeester. The gift and the curse of talent is eventually reaching that potential. With Bouwmeester, he needs to tap into it for the Flames to be successful.
Your! Call: Do the Flames have enough to get back into the playoffs this year?
The Flames are banking on a lot of things working in their favour this season. They need Jarome Iginla to keep up his star status. They need Bouwmeester to move to the elite level on defence. They need Miikka Kiprusoff to be better and durable at the same time (he had 71 appearances last year).
More than anything else, they need their supporting cast to play at a consistent level all season long. Players like Alex Tanguay, Matt Stajan, Olli Jokinen and David Moss have to bring the effort every night and be productive.
Save for maybe Stempniak, Feaster did not add any impact players to the roster in the off-season.
So, unless he's got something in the works, he thinks this group can be just as competitive as the one that was among the NHL's best from January onwards. In the ultra-competitive Western Conference, that level of play all season might just have them in the playoffs.
TSN's Bob McKenzie sets up the start of training camp, going one-on-one with the GMs from all seven Canadian teams.
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A soldier from New Jersey was among three Special Forces troops killed in Afghanistan this week, the Department of Defense announced.
Staff Sgt. Timothy R. McGill, 30, of Ramsey, N.J., Staff Sgt. Liam J. Nevins, 32, of Denver, Colo., and Spc. Joshua J. Strickland, 23, of Woodstock, Ga., died Sept. 21, at Forward Operating Base Shank. They had been conducting range training in Gardez, Paktia Province, when an enemy combatant attacked their unit, the Pentagon said.
McGill, who was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 19th Special Forces Group, based in Middletown, R.I., had previously served with the Marine Corps for several years before enlisting in the Army National Guard in 2008.
Among his many awards and decorations are the Army Commendation Medal, Parachutist Badge, Naval Unit Citation, and more.
McGill, a graduate of Ramsey High School, left behind his parents and two sisters, the Army said.
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38 U.S. Code § 8157 - Joint title to medical equipment
(a) Subject to subsection (b), the Secretary may enter into agreements with institutions described in section 8153 (a) of this title for the joint acquisition of medical equipment.
(1) The Secretary may not pay more than one-half of the purchase price of equipment acquired through an agreement under subsection (a).
(2) Any equipment to be procured under such an agreement shall be procured by the Secretary. Title to such equipment shall be held jointly by the United States and the institution.
(3) Before equipment acquired under such an agreement may be used, the parties to the agreement shall arrange by contract under section 8153 of this title for the exchange or use of the equipment.
(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary may transfer the interest of the Department in equipment acquired through an agreement under subsection (a) to the institution which holds joint title to the equipment if the Secretary determines that the transfer would be justified by compelling clinical considerations or the economic interest of the Department. Any such transfer may only be made upon agreement by the institution to pay to the Department the amount equal to one-half of the depreciated purchase price of the equipment. Any such payment when received shall be credited to the applicable Department medical appropriation.
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the Secretary may acquire the interest of an institution in equipment acquired under subsection (a) if the Secretary determines that the acquisition would be justified by compelling clinical considerations or the economic interests of the Department. The Secretary may not pay more than one-half the depreciated purchase price of that equipment.
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Analysis: Still clearing throats, Obama, Boehner seek leverage before serious 'cliff' talks
WASHINGTON (AP) -- One month before the deadline, negotiations between President Barack Obama and Republicans to save the economy from a plunge over the fiscal cliff are still in the throat-clearing stage. Serious bargaining is on hold while the two sides vie for political leverage.
Deal or no deal, nothing is likely to become clear until far closer to the year-end deadline, when the lure of getting away for the holidays will sharpen the focus of negotiators.
"There's a stalemate. Let's not kid ourselves," House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, said Friday, punctuating the end of a week of political theater by divided government. "Right now we're almost nowhere."
He spoke as Obama all but called Republicans heartless louts from a Charles Dickens story. Their failure to pass an extension of middle class tax cuts would amount to a Christmas "lump of coal" for millions, Obama said in Hatfield, Pa. "That's a Scrooge Christmas," added the recently-re-elected president, who claims a voters' mandate to extend existing tax cuts for all but upper incomes.
Boehner, too, claimed a mandate after voters renewed the House Republican majority on Nov. 6. But the speaker's political hand was weakened -- witness his postelection announcement that the GOP would put revenues on the bargaining table. His control seems to have eroded further in the weeks since, as a smattering of the GOP rank and file let it be known they could support the president's tax plan under the right circumstances.
US seeks way forward for Mideast peace talks, at a time few are listening to Washington
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Obama administration sought Friday to direct Israel and the Palestinians back toward direct peace talks, even as the two sides and much of the world seemed to be ignoring the U.S. attempts at leadership on a Mideast peace strategy.
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton met senior Israeli and Palestinian officials Friday, with each side locked in a pattern of actions that the United States had expressly warned against: the Palestinians winning U.N. recognition of their claim to a state on Thursday and the Israelis retaliating Friday by approving 3,000 new homes on Israeli-occupied territory.
The administration has campaigned for nearly two years to prevent the Palestinian action at the United Nations, fearful it would anger Israel so much that the resumption of direct talks between the Jewish state and Palestinians would be impossible. The administration remains concerned as well that statehood could mean International Criminal Court action against Israeli soldiers for their conduct in Palestinian or disputed territory -- a scenario Washington believes would greatly debilitate peace hopes.
"We have to convince Palestinians that direct negotiations with Israel represent not just the best but the only path to the independent state they deserve," Clinton said Friday night in a speech at the Saban Center for Middle East Policy in Washington. "America supports the goal of a Palestinian state, living side by side in peace and security with Israel. But this week's vote at the U.N. won't bring Palestinians any closer, and it may bring new challenges for the United Nations system and for Israel."
Most of the world's governments brushed aside Israeli and American concerns, with U.N. member states voting 138-9 to recognize Palestine as a nonmember observer state and grant it the most significant upgrade in diplomatic status in its more than six-decades of conflict with Israel. The United States insists that the result has changed nothing on the ground, but it is struggling to shift the focus to where it believes progress on an Israeli-Palestinian peace deal is possible.
Wyo. murder-suicide happened during college class; 3rd person found dead in neighborhood
CASPER, Wyo. (AP) -- A man wielding a sharp-edged weapon killed one person in a Casper neighborhood Friday before killing a male teacher and himself in front of students in a community college classroom, causing a campus-wide lockdown as authorities tried to piece together what happened.
Police found the suspect and teacher dead at a science building on the Casper College campus, which was locked down for about two hours, school and police officials said. The other victim, a woman, was found in a street about two miles away.
Casper Police Chief Chris Walsh said the murder-suicide took place in a classroom with students present, but he didn't know how many students or what the class topic was.
He said investigators were still trying to determine a motive.
Walsh said an "edged weapon" was used it at least one of the killings, but he didn't offer specifics and it was unclear if the same or a similar weapon was used in all of the deaths.
In mass rally, Egypt protesters vow to stop draft constitution passed by Islamists
CAIRO (AP) -- Protesters flooded Cairo's Tahrir Square on Friday in the second giant rally this week, angrily vowing to bring down a draft constitution approved by allies of President Mohammed Morsi, as Egypt appeared headed toward a volatile confrontation between the opposition and ruling Islamists.
The protests have highlighted an increasingly cohesive opposition leadership of prominent liberal and secular politicians trying to direct public anger against Morsi and the Islamists -- a contrast to the leaderless youth uprising last year which toppled autocrat Hosni Mubarak.
The opposition announced plans for an intensified street campaign of protests and civil disobedience and even a possible march on Morsi's presidential palace to prevent him from calling a nationwide referendum on the draft, which it must pass to come into effect. Top judges announced Friday they may refuse to monitor any referendum, rendering it invalid.
If a referendum is called, "we will go to him at the palace and topple him," insisted one protester, Yasser Said, a businessman who said he voted for Morsi in last summer's presidential election.
Islamists, however, are gearing up as well.
Missouri couple hopes to live as normally as possible after winning half of Powerball jackpot
DEARBORN, Mo. (AP) -- To announce one of the biggest events of their lives together, Cindy and Mark Hill returned to the place where it all began -- the high school where they became sweethearts in the 1970s.
Surrounded by family and friends, the two were introduced Friday as winners in this week's huge Powerball lottery -- an extraordinary stroke of luck that gives them half of the $588 million jackpot.
The nostalgic high school homecoming seemed to reflect the couple's hopes of staying true to their roots and living simply, at least as simply as possible for winners of one of the biggest lottery prizes in history.
"We will still be going down to the corner cafe for breakfast or fish day. I can guarantee you," Cindy Hill said. "You know it's just us. We're just normal human beings. We're as common as anybody. We just have a little bit more money."
The Hills, who have three grown sons and a 6-year-old daughter, said they don't play the lottery regularly. They spent $10 on five tickets with random numbers. The result: After taxes, they will take home a lump sum of $136.5 million.
GI charged in WikiLeaks case admits he tied a bedsheet into a noose during confinement
FORT MEADE, Md. (AP) -- As a military prosecutor held up a knotted bedsheet in court, Pfc. Bradley Manning acknowledged on Friday that he fashioned a noose and contemplated suicide shortly after his arrest on charges of engineering the biggest leak of classified material in U.S. history.
The pretrial testimony appeared to support the military's argument that it was trying to protect the former Army intelligence analyst from harming himself by taking away all his clothes, keeping him in strict isolation and shackling him when he was outside his cell.
Manning's lawyers argue that the conditions he experienced for nine months at the Marine brig in Quantico, Va., amounted to illegal punishment, lasting well past the time he was having suicidal thoughts, and that the charges against him should be dropped as a result.
On Friday, prosecutor Maj. Ashden Fein produced a knotted, peach-colored sheet from an evidence box on the prosecution table and held it up, displaying a loop in the fabric.
"You made a noose out of this?" he asked Manning.
Suspect in quarter-billion-dollar insider trading case was once a model ethics student
BOSTON (AP) -- Mathew Martoma knew from an early age he wanted to blend his interests in health care, business and law into a career, and he excelled as a bioethics student. Yet the 38-year-old Florida man now finds himself embroiled in what could prove one of the biggest ethical lapses in Wall Street's history.
Federal prosecutors allege Martoma, a former hedge fund portfolio manager, persuaded a medical professor to reveal secret data from an Alzheimer's disease drug trial. They say that allowed Martoma to engineer a record-setting insider-trading scheme that reaped more than a quarter-billion dollars in illegal profits.
The FBI arrested Martoma on Nov. 20 at his $2 million Palm Beach County home on two counts of securities fraud and a related conspiracy charge. His lawyer says there was no misuse of secret information. Phone calls by The Associated Press to listings for Martoma were not returned.
The arrest has surprised and puzzled some academics who knew Martoma before he aligned himself with a billionaire, SAC Capital Advisors hedge fund owner Steven A. Cohen. They say the criminal behavior prosecutors allege doesn't match their memories of an intelligent, ambitious and idealistic young scholar.
"It's sort of a tragic story it seems to me, if there's any truth to it," said Ronald Green, Martoma's supervisor at the National Institutes of Health in the late 1990s, and a Dartmouth College religion professor who directs the school's Ethics Institute.
Minn. college football coach says dismissal of child porn case like waking up from nightmare
MANKATO, Minn. (AP) -- A Minnesota football coach sidelined by accusations of child pornography involving his own children reacted with relief Friday after a judge dismissed the case, saying he was "thankful to be waking up from this nightmare."
Todd Hoffner, the head coach at Minnesota State-Mankato, was effectively cleared when a judge agreed with his assertion that innocent family videos had been misinterpreted. He had been escorted off a football practice field and arrested in August after a university employee came across cellphone videos of his children dancing and playing naked.
"My wife and I have anticipated this day for a very long time," Hoffner said in a news conference at his attorneys' offices. "It has finally taken a person with courage and authority to realize what these videos were."
Hoffner said he wanted to return to work as soon as possible. The university said he will remain on administrative leave until its own investigation is complete. Hoffner has been on leave since the videos were discovered on his university-issued cellphone in August and turned over to police.
Hoffner testified earlier that his three young children asked him to videotape a skit they had concocted after taking a bubble bath. His wife, Melodee, has defended him, as have supporters who held candlelight vigils on his behalf.
As goodbye tour wraps, Glen Campbell considers scheduling more live shows in 2013
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Glen Campbell may be wrapping up a goodbye tour but that doesn't mean he's done with the stage.
Campbell is considering scheduling more shows next year after playing more than 120 dates in 2012.
The 76-year-old singer has Alzheimer's disease and has begun to lose his memory. He put out his final studio album, "Ghost on the Canvas," in 2011 and embarked on the tour with family members and close friends serving in his band and staffing the tour.
Campbell's longtime manager Stan Schneider said in a phone interview from Napa, Calif., where the tour wrapped for the year Friday night, that recent West Coast shows have been some of the singer's strongest. Campbell will break for the holidays and if he still feels strong he'll begin scheduling more shows.
AP Enterprise: AP survey shows Bonds, Clemens, Sosa likely to fall short in Hall vote
NEW YORK (AP) -- Baseball's all-time home run king and the most decorated pitcher likely will be shut out of the Hall of Fame in January. A survey by The Associated Press shows that Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens, as well as slugger Sammy Sosa, don't have enough votes to get into Cooperstown.
With steroid scandals still very much on the minds of longtime members of the Baseball Writers' Association of America as they cast their ballots, the trio failed to muster even 50 percent support among the 112 voters contacted by the AP -- nearly one-fifth of those eligible to choose.
Candidates need 75 percent for election
So Bonds, the only seven-time MVP, and Clemens, the only seven-time Cy Young Award winner, are likely to remain outside the Hall along with career hits leader Pete Rose, who was banned for betting on baseball as manager of the Cincinnati Reds.
"I'm not going to vote for anybody who has been tainted or associated with steroids," said MLB.com's Hal Bodley, the former baseball columnist for USA Today. "I'm just not going to do it. I might change down the road, but I just love the game too much. I have too much passion for the game and for what these people did to it."


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Woman allegedly attempted to kill boyfriend with breast
A German woman was arrested after she allegedly attempted to kill a man by choking him with her breasts.
According to Your Jewish News, Franziska Hansen, 33, attempted to kill Tim Schmidt, 30, because she was jealous of his career.
Hansen said she felt it was a sex game gone wrong, but Schmidt felt it was intentional. She later admitted to trying to kill him.
Hansen later admitted the plot during a phone conversation, he said. She said: "Treasure. I wanted your death to be as pleasant as possible."
Schmidt escaped Hansen and ran naked to a neighbor's house, where he called police.
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Breast cancer remains the second leading cause of cancer death in women in the US and it is estimated that 40,460 American women will die of the disease in 2007.1 Moreover, recurrence has a significant impact on breast cancer mortality. Indeed, distant metastasis; the most common form of recurrence in the majority of cases2-4; represents the main cause of death in women with breast cancer.5 In recent decades improvements in early detection and the recognized benefits of adjuvant systemic therapy in reducing risk of distant relapse has contributed to a steady decline in breast cancer mortality,6,7 but despite these advances distant metastasis remains a challenge. Improvements in screening and imaging techniques have helped in the early detection of breast cancer and this, in turn, has resulted in a greater number of patients presenting with early-stage breast cancer.
In patients with early disease, a multimodal approach to treatment is essential for improving survival. Breast cancer recurrence, particularly distant recurrence, in women with early stage disease is associated with increased mortality.8 Treatments that can address the risk of breast cancer recurrence, especially distant metastases, have the potential to remain disease-free and improve overall survival in women with early-stage breast cancer. Adjuvant systemic therapy has demonstrated its benefits in reducing the risk of occult micrometastatic infiltration and is now recommended clinical practice for patients with nodepositive and high-risk, node-negative breast cancer.9 The challenges associated with distant recurrence in early-stage breast cancer are discussed in this review, with a focus on adjuvant endocrine therapy.
Early Breast Cancer and Distant Metastases
Widespread screening coupled with advances in imaging technologies has resulted in earlier detection of breast cancer. Consequently, more than half of the women currently presenting with breast cancer in the US have an early-stage form of the disease.10 Early-stage invasive breast cancer is defined as breast cancer that has not spread beyond the breast or the axillary lymph nodes, and includes ductal carcinoma in situ, stage I, stage IIA, stage IIB, and stage IIIA breast cancers (see Table 1).9


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Choking can be a life-threatening emergency.
Kids might be choking if they:
If you think a child is choking:
If a child starts choking and becomes unconscious and stops breathing:
If a child is able to breathe and talk while gagging or coughing, then the airway is not blocked. Keep an eye on the child if this happens — most likely, he or she is having a coughing attack and will be fine afterward.
If a child had a serious choking attack and has difficulty breathing or speaking, call 911 immediately. After you call 911, call the child's parents.
Preventing choking is much easier than treating it. To help prevent choking:
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The Department of Health and Environmental Controls compiled this data based on the number of obese and overweight residents in each South Carolina county in 2010.
These are the counties listed from the ones with the fewest overweight residents to the ones with the most.
Berkley County: 52.8 percent
Charleston: 56.5 percent
Beaufort County: 56.9 percent
Of the top 10 least overweight counties, five are in the Upstate.
Pickens County: 57.4 percent
Spartanburg County: 57.7 percent
Union County: 60.0 percent
Richland County also made the top 10 with 64.4 percent
Anderson County: 64.5 percent
Greenville County: 64.8 percent
Calhoun County: 64.9 percent
Newberry County: 65.1 percent
Laurens County: 65.1 percent
Horry Count: 65.9 percent
Colleton County: 66.6 percent
Williamsburg County: 66.9 percent
Georgetown County: 66.9 percent
Aiken County: 66.9 percent
Cherokee County: 67.1 percent
Barnwell County: 67.2 percent
Florence County: 67.6
Greenwood County: 67.9 percent
Saluda County: 68.0 percent
York County: 70.1 percent
McCormick County: 70.4 percent
Oconee County: 71.0 percent
Lancaster County: 71.9 percent
Jasper County: 73.0 percent
Orangeburg County: 73.4 percent
Lee County: 73.5 percent
Chester County: 73.7 percent
Sumter County: 74.0 percent
Chesterfield County: 75 percent
Edgefield County: 75.2 percent
Only one Upstate County was in the bottom 10: Abbeville: 77.7 percent
Hampton County: 77.8 percent
Bamberg County: 78.1 percent
Darlington County: 78.3 percent
Dorchester County: 79.8 percent
Fairfield County: 79.8 percent
Clarendon County: 80.7 percent
South Carolina's fattest county is Allendale, where 88.5 percent of the population is obese or overweight. That means only 11.5 percent of the people there are normal weight.
In the United States, 64 percent of the population is overweight or obese, making a majority of SC counties worse than the national average.
According to the National Institutes of Health, obesity and overweight together are the second leading cause of preventable death in the United States, close behind tobacco use.
An estimated 300,000 deaths per year are due to the obesity epidemic in the United States.
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(NEWS RELEASE) -- The No. 22/24 Louisville men's soccer team fell 2-1 to Rutgers on Sunday afternoon at Yurcak Field. The Cardinals fall to 5-4 on the year and 1-1 in BIG EAST action. Rutgers improves to 5-3 on the year and 1-1 in BIG EAST play.
The Cardinals started the game with offensive pressure. Dylan Mares had the first shot on goal in the sixth minute of play then Greg Cochrane came back with one in the seventh minute. Brock Granger had a shot deflected over the cross bar in the 13th minute. Cochrane had a shot from the far left side that was saved by the Rutgers keeper in the 15th minute.
The Louisville pressure paid off in the 18th minute when Cochrane received a cross from Will Vitalis in the middle of the field and sent it through the net for the first goal of the match, giving the Cards a 1-0 lead. After the goal the Cardinals' score the offensive pressure seem to let up and Rutgers took advantage. The Scarlet Knights Max Moller found the back of the net heading the ball in off a deflection in the 27th minute to knot the game at 1-1.
The Cardinals finished the first half with two more chances but couldn't convert. Freshman Marlon Hairston sent a shot just wide in the 34th minute while Cochrane had a shot on goal in the 41st minute. Louisville finished the first half with an 8-4 shot advantage and a slight 3-2 corner kick advantage. Cardinal keeper Mike Mauro finished with two saves while Kevin McMullen finished with five saves to end the period.
The second half started off with even play. In the 59th minute Rutgers' Kene Eze got behind the Cardinal defense and sent a slow roller into the net to take a 2-1 lead. The Scarlet Knights had another shot by Moller in the 68th minute but Mauro grabbed the save. Andrew Farrell moved to the front late in the second half while the Cardinals looked to score the equalizer.
Farrell had a header go just wide in the 78th minute. Then Farrell played a ball to Alex Obbey a few seconds later but his shot was blocked by a Rutgers' defender. The Cardinals had three straight corner kicks in the final minutes but were unable to convert.
Louisville finished with an 11-8 shot advantage and an 8-4 corner kick advantage. Mauro finished with three saves while McMullen finished with five.
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Price is per person in double occupancy. Price includes accommodations, and meals as indicated in the itinerary. Prices and itineraries are subject to change without notice. Bottled water served free of charge. On joining the group on Day One, passengers board the vessel on a short walk from the lobby of the Hotel Tropical.
Not included are airport transfers, airfare, departure taxes, visa fees, soft drinks or alcoholic beverages, or items of a personal nature.
The boat has changed the name of it s cabins to Green cabin and Yellow cabin:
- Yellow cabin: The five cabins in this category are large and have beds side by side
- Green cabin: The four cabins in this category have bunk beds with above and below berths with a single size mattress above and a single sized mattress below.
- Departures: year around
7 nights package - Fixed departures for individual bookings every other Saturday.
4 nights pacakge - Fixed departures for individual bookings every other Monday.
- Transfer details: Pick up and drop off at the airport only.
Transfer IN: Meeting point at reception of the Tropical Hotel at 07:00am.
Transfer OUT: Disembark at the pier of Tropical Hotel at 08:30am
- Services are provided with English speaking guide. Guides speaking other languages are subject to availability upon booking and rates informed upon request.
- The itinerary may suffer some changes due the water level of the river and weather conditions.
- Prices and itineraries are subject to change without notice.
Single Travelers
No single supplement will be charged if the passenger is willing to share with another same sex passenger. Guests may request single occupancy with a fare supplement of 40% of the cruise cost. Single accommodations on the cruise may not always be available. The single cabins on the boat are not as large as the double cabins.
Triple Cabins
Some of the cabins on the M/Y Tucano can accept three travelers. This is helpful for families. In cabins "3" and "4" a third narrow bed can be placed between the single beds. Cabin "0" has a queen size bed and also a single bed. There is no discount for triple occupancy; passengers pay the double rate.
Cabin Assignments
Unless specific cabins are reserved when passengers sign up for a trip, cabin assignments are made at our discretion. Subject to availability, the larger cabins on board the vessel are assigned without additional charge. If however, two passengers would like to guarantee a particular cabin, there is a reservation fee of $300 per cabin. Cabin reservations are on a first come/ first serve basis and are subject to availability. All of the cabins on Tucano are outside cabins with windows, private baths, air conditioning, and hot water showers. Four of the cabins are larger than the others and have single size beds side by side. These are cabins numbered 3, 4, 5 and 6. In order to accommodate parties of three travelers, we are able to insert a third narrow bed. Cabin "0", has a queen size bed beside a single bed. Four cabins have a single size mattress above and a single sized mattress below. These are cabins numbered 1, 2, 7 and 8. Please note that passengers that have chosen single accommodations and pay the single supplement will be assigned one of the smaller cabins. Passengers that travel as singles and are willing to share accommodations may not reserve a particular cabin.
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On regular departures children 14 years and under who share a room with an adult are eligible for a discount of 20% off the Cruise Rate, subject to cabin availability.
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We strongly recommend that passengers spend one night in Manaus in a hotel prior to the cruise. On request, we can book reservations at the five star Hotel Tropical where the Motor Yacht Tucano boards passengers. Check-in time is 12:00pm. Early check-in is available at additional cost.
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I'm in an awkward situation. I just received a Valentine's Day card in my work in-box from my boss. I'm a single female but my boss is married. I think I have a great working relationship with him. I'm a hard worker but I've always been able to cut up and joke around with him just like he does with most of the people in our department. I'm worried he's taken my friendliness as something more. I have no idea how to handle this. I don't want to offend him or embarrass him. If at all possible, please provide me with your advice before the 14th.
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Dear Uncomfortable with boss's Valentine:
My advice to you is dependent upon a couple of things your email did not address. Did your boss give a similar, friendly Valentine to other women in your department and/or office? If that is the case, you have nothing to worry about. What kind of message and salutation were scribed in your Valentine? If there were no sexual or romantic innuendoes and it was purely a friendly gesture, you should not feel uncomfortable by it. If, however, you were the only one to receive a Valentine and its content was of an inappropriate nature, I suggest you have a talk with your boss where you let him know you respect him as a boss and want to keep your relationship strictly professional. In this latter instance, be sure to hold onto the card and document your communications with him regarding it in case you experience any negative repercussions.
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A co-worker disparaged me and my work deliverables to our boss. I know this because unbeknownst to my co-worker, our boss wanted me to be aware that this person came to him and had said negative things about me and my work. It kills me that this co-worker acts like he's such a good friend. Now that I know what he did, it's hard for me to have anything to do with him. Right now, he has no idea I know he tried to throw me under the bus. I really want him to know I am well aware of what he told our boss. My boss didn't say I shouldn't say anything, but I realize he may have thought it was understood that I keep what he told me to myself. What do you think I should do?
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Although it is admirable for your boss to have brought your co-worker's two-faced behavior to your attention, it does not sound like he nipped this disingenuous behavior in the bud as he should have.
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The 2013 Carolina Panthers already have a different look in the front office with new General Manager David Gettleman. He's just begun his work and his first deal was to pick up an inexpensive free agent DT, Colin Cole. I've already pointed out how that's not a good sign for veteran Ron Edwards. The Panthers need cap room and Ron might well be gone. Such is the nature of the business.
With the rookie wage scale in mind, what should we be looking for in a well-done draft?
The most obvious to me is to consider trading down out of the #14 overall spot. If they stay and WR Cordorrelle Patterson is there, he might wind up being a great choice. It depends on Pro days at the various college campuses with a lot of "name" players sitting the combine out this year.
With a trade down, they swap places with the lower-ranked pick usually for multiple later ones or their second-rounder as well. The exceptionally deep draft in DL talent this year, more specifically at the DT position, means the Panthers can get a starting DT even at pick 32 overall.
The Panthers enter the 2013 draft just like they did the 2012 draft – without a 3rd-round pick. Carolina's third round choice belongs to the Niners via the Frank Alexander trade last year. For Rivera's sake, a similar trade this year might be in order so the Panthers could be busy dealing throughout.
Since we agree the DT area is a top priority and I mentioned Cordarrelle Patterson, the Miami Dolphins at 12 are looking heavily at free agent Mike Wallace, who is possibly going to make $13-15 million a year. He's widely regarded as the fastest man in the NFL and the most dangerous receiver to take it for 6 after the catch simply with that speed.
As such, he's going to command a lot of money. It's money the Dolphins are willing to spend with their talented young gun in QB Ryan Tannehill, and he's a guy who can get the ball downfield to such a receiver. Tannehill has also shown a willingness to attempt those passes but his help at WR in 2012 was thin to put it kindly.
The reason I dwell on this is that it could make the option to trade down a little more difficult. The Dolphins could ink Wallace, then take WR Patterson at 12 and make the Panthers look hard at Keenan Allen from California or the other way around. If that's the case, both teams will still be looking to draft a DT with their following pick because that looks like Miami's other big area of need with corner possibly being up there.
However Gettleman's strategy plays out, I'm looking for one of the top-6 or so WRs in the draft – again if they go DT-WR instead of WR-DT. That would be ideal, and the safer way this year is to go WR-DT.
If so, don't be surprised to see Gettleman take the best WR available at 14, assuming it's either fellow I've mentioned here. At this point, anyone else, aside from possibly La. Tech's Marcus Patton, might be a bit of a reach.
After rounds 1 and 2, they have no 3rd round pick again but have one in each of the remaining rounds.
I'd look at an OG next, and some combination of TE, 2nd DT, 2nd WR, FS and/or OLB. I'm not quite sure as to the coaching staff's confidence level of the state of the secondary, but the focus will probably be on WR, OG, and TE on offense while the interior DL needs new bodies, the OLB corps could use someone new because I think Beason's out, and they don't want to depend on Thomas Davis' trick knee.
Perhaps D.J. Campbell can breathe some new life into a below-average group of safeties, but SS Charles Godfrey is capable if unspectacular while the FS position is a weakness. Campbell is the key here.
The need at WR along with the lack of a third round pick complicated with the aforementioned thin WR class makes trading down a dicey proposition if the Carolina Panthers are looking to get not just 3 starters but an heir for aging wideout Steve Smith. The priority placed upon that position depends on the thoughts on Brandon LaFell.
I thought he made some key first-down catches, but had that famous drop-six. I'd like another weapon for Cam out there, myself.
With multiple needs on defense, sometimes the path is to just outscore your opponents, and the Indianapolis Colts showed drafting heavily on offense can produce playoff dividends and that's a tempting direction to go.
They could get a WR in the first, another or a TE in the second, a guard in the 4th, and the TE or WR they didn't draft in the second in the 5th before they draft on defense.
If David Gettleman can get them effective and inexpensive help in free agency and pulls off a draft that nets 3 or 4 new starters on offense, the 2013 Carolina Panthers would field a top-five NFL offense.
I really hope he can pull the rabbit out of the hat.
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The day before Thanksgiving had me involved with some travel and finalization of a bunch of paperwork. On a previous post I had discussed the merits of the Zip System by Huber. Yes I actually sell some products as a result of the interest generated by a few of my posts. I was at a piling house ideal for the use of open web floor trusses and snapped some photos of the Zip Wall and Zip Roof systems in use. JT Holden of Holden Beach, NC, is a progressive builder who is open for trying new products. He is in an area where water infiltration is of primary concern. Although the Zip System does not require housewrap or felt paper for that matter, Johnny assures a quality product by applying housewrap over the 7/16″ Zip Walls and a protective barrier of Ice and Water Shield on top of the 5/8″ Zip Roof sheathing. He is delivering a house that exceeds specifications of being moisture resistant. There is quite a few of the ocean from the upper deck of the structure. Open web floor truss are primarily use for piling / girder type floor systems because of their ability to clear span and pick up interior bearings thus limiting the number of girders (either LVL rows or 2×12′s) required. Floor girders work great in areas where "break away" pilings are required, and the open web configuration gives adequate room for plumbing, wiring and HVAC ducts, where furring down below is difficult. There is an update on the popular post ICF Stands Tall as the wood phase of construction continues. Eric Dunn has completed fireplace mantle made of steel with a built in heat shield. It has a ceramic insulative base to prevent the TV or whatever is to be located above it on the shelving from overheating. He was transporting it to be painted before presenting it to the customer in Lumberton NC, who he has done a number of projects for. Returning customers are signs of success. So after gorging yourself with turkey on this special holiday, take a few moments to exercise the ole digits by roaming around the latest posts of Timberology. Oh and Happy Thanksgiving to you.
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In the interest of offering construction solutions that reflect the theme of my last post, we need to review the forces of nature that come into play. Construction, to the point of "dry in" that could take as little time as a week or as much time as several months. This website is a proponent of Component Construction for that very reason; to limit the exposure of the structure to the elements during the construction process (as well as alot of other meaningful reasons). Engineered wood products are not simply components though. They are also the materials which envelope the structure, and add to energy conciousness by means of practical application. There are various high performance products available, but Huber Engineered Wood is some of the best, and therein is the mission statement of Timberology, public exposure to the best of the best. Of course, weathering shelter from the elements is not a static process, it is a continual one. The products shown here are ones that address the ongoing process, in the most efficient manner. AdvanTech floor sheathing boasting a 50 year limited warranty, is probably the most respected and used with the general contractors in my area. Coastal eastern states understand the need to protect against moisture issues, such as mold and rotting wood. Utilizing what they term "advanced resin technology" AdvanTech is resistant to moisture, and does not warp, cup or delaminate under wet conditions. Any home builder who has experienced such severe rain conditions where holes have to be drilled in the sheathing to drain the water can appreciate this. Other attributes of the product include excellent nail holding capacity and strength in bending stiffness, when compared against OSB or plywood. Huber's Zip System is another exclusively unique line of products design to withstand extreme coastal conditions. Zip wall sheathing reduces air leakage against traditional house wrap, both from the outside in and from letting conditioned air to escape outwards. These structural PS-2 rated panels stop moisture penetration while lowering the utility bill at the same time. As mentioned, the panel is a perfect fit in maintaining the R value as a protective barrier for the home's insulation. The seams are taped with their propriatary taping product (manufactured by 3M) which actually replaces the housewrap normally used. Similarily, roof felt can be extracted from the building list of materials when using the Zip roof sheathing. The costs of using products of this nature are proporsionally returned in energy performance over the course of the home's lifespan. The gift to our earth that returns the enviromenetally sound favor. This leads me to the element chart illustrated. Five elements can be said to describe the chemical make up of our planet. What caught my interest here is Timberology is the combination of wood and metal. Fit's in quite "naturally" with the element chart, from which the other forces of nature are given.
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WINNIPEG, MB – The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are excited with the unveiling of the 2014 CFL schedule, which kicks off the entire CFL season on Thursday, June 26th at Investors Group Field when the Bombers welcome the Toronto Argonauts.
"We are extremely excited with the release of our schedule and our return to the West Division," said Blue Bomber President and CEO Wade Miller. "For the second straight year, our fans and Investors Group Field will open the CFL season, and we anticipate great things both on the field and in the stands this year."
The warm, summer months of Winnipeg will once again be about Blue Bomber football, with three of the first four games being played here in Winnipeg, including a matchup with the expansion Ottawa REDBLACKS on Thursday, July 3rd, Ottawa's first regular season game in franchise history. The Blue Bombers will also welcome rival and Grey Cup champion Saskatchewan Roughriders twice this season, including a Thursday, August 7th contest, and in the Manitoba Lotteries Banjo Bowl on Sunday, September 7th.
In all, the popularity of football on Thursday's in Manitoba's capital dominates the schedule, as the Bombers will play their first four home games on Thursday evenings, with one Friday night game, one Sunday afternoon game, and three Saturday games. All weekday home games have been moved to 7:30 p.m. kickoff to accommodate fans arriving at Investors Group Field.


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Elbert "Bert" Arrington
Elbert "Bert" Arrington grew up in western Howard County. He talks about his farm and the schools and roads near his Marriottsville home, as well as, the various groups he belonged to and how he met his future spouses. Before the start of World War II, he joined the Air Force and traveled to many places in the United States and abroad for diverse military training.
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Anita Fox
Anita Fox moved to Columbia in 1969 after visiting the New Town on several occasions. She recalls the Exhibit Center's tours and watching the area grow from a country setting of 4,000 residents to a bustling suburb. Her many community activities are discussed, which include many firsts for Columbia, as well as her "on the side" chocolate business, Cordially Yours.
Alfred & Mary Bracey
Alfred and Mary Bracey have felt a sense of community in Columbia, ever since they moved there over 30 years ago. Maybe that is why, even after retiring from their jobs, they do not want to live anywhere else. The married couple talk about some of the places they have seen being built in town, as well as, some of the social and community groups they enjoy.
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Price: $169.99 $199.99*
You save: $30.00 (15%)
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Product Information
Customer Reviews
Gain confidence and distance with the X2 Hot Hybrid. The new, Tour-inspired head design features an iron-like appearance to inspire confidence while also enhancing turf interaction and playability. A thinner, lighter Hyper Speed Face™ Cup design delivers higher ball speeds and huge distance with every shot. The high-performance, Aldila® Tour Blue Graphite Shaft equips the Callaway® X2 Hot Hybrid with outstanding feel and control.
- New head design resembles an iron but performs like a fairway wood
- Thinner, lighter Hyper Speed Face™ Cup design delivers higher ball speeds and huge distance
- Tour-inspired, iron-like shape inspires confidence, enhances turf interaction, and increases playability from all lies
- Aldila® Tour Blue Graphite Shaft
- New Universal 51g Grip
- Callaway
3 Hybrid SPECS:
- Loft: 19°
- Lie: 58.5°
- Length: 40.5"
- Volume: 114cc
- Swing Weight: D0
4 Hybrid SPECS:
- Loft: 22°
- Lie: 59.3°
- Length: 39.8"
- Volume: 111cc
- Swing Weight: D0
5 Hybrid SPECS:
- Loft: 25°
- Lie: 60°
- Length: 39"
- Swing Weight: D0
6 Hybrid SPECS:
- Loft: 28°
- Lie: 60.8°
- Length: 38.3"
- Swing Weight: D0
Country of Origin: Mexico
Customer Reviews
Rated 5 out of 5�by 12 reviewers.
Rated 5 out of 5�by Chuck Callaway graphite # 5 hybrid Great product that has improved my distance and reduced my tendency to slice the ball. I should have bought this club sooner as I really am enjoying it! July 30, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5�by hacker 21 It hits very straight. I have only had 2 chances to use the club and it has been helpful for my game. I was really impressed by Dicks service as I ordered it on Sunday and it was delivered to my office on monday afternoon. July 7, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5�by Glol67 Great hybrid Ball takes off great , really improved my game and looks good too July 3, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5�by jrb It is an excellent club. Squares up very nicely. Nice club - squares up nicely and feels good at address. Good distance and when I swing right it really comes of the club face with some zip. I like the shaft and grip - it feels good in your hands. July 1, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5�by Hank Callaway Men's X2 Hot Hybrid NICE! really good feel when I contact the ball. Highly Recommend June 29, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5�by Coloradohacker54 Even better than the Bertha hybrids At a recent demo day, the Callaway rep suggested that the X2 Hot Hybrids were a great replacement for the Berthas. The 4 Bertha has been my favorite distance club and I found that the X2 hot is even better. It has an excellent balance, is very forgiving yet provides excellent accurate distance. I am looking forward to trying out the X2 Hot Fairway woods next. June 26, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5�by Golf guy Fantastic Club hits as well on the course as it did in the store. Great addition. June 24, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5�by HappyGolfer Great Hybrid and Value I purchased the X2 hybrid during the recent golf sale. Performance has been better than expected as I upgraded from the original XHOT hybrid. I ordered online and the club was shipped next business day. Great value since I saved because of the sale. June 24, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5�by Longball Best hybrid Easy to hit and long - ball lands soft. Easy to draw and fade June 23, 2014
Rated 5 out of 5�by Jim64 This producr helped alot I was having trouble hitting my midirons solid. With this Hybrid i am not only hitting it solid but i am now hitting a lot more greens . This leads to more pars and birdies. I am a much happier golfer now June 16, 2014


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The Lancashire Secular Humanists have launched their new web site, which now includes a blog, which they've asked to be included on Planet Humanism.
The Lancashire Secular Humanists have launched their new web site, which now includes a blog, which they've asked to be included on Planet Humanism.
Please welcome our newest member, Spiritual Humanism, to Planet Humanism!
Please welcome Canadian blogger Andrew, AKA the Armchair Antichrist, to Planet Humanism.
The British Humanist Association (BHA) has a reasonably new but already quite active daily community-oriented blog site over at HumanistLife, which they've asked to be added to Planet Humanism. Being a supporting member myself, I'm more than happy to do so.
The BHA is the UK's national charity supporting and representing people who seek to live good lives without religious or superstitious beliefs.
You can support the work of the BHA by becoming a member or donating to the BHA (and you don't even need to be British!)
Sorry for the haitus, but I've got around to adding the first couple of new blogs of 2010 to Planet Humanism.
First off, we have Triangulations from Sabio, which describes itself as "[n]avigating a world without gods or spirits with sympathy and reflection ", which should come as no surprise as something that humanists can identify with.
Next up we have The Last Tavern, which is "[a] discussion on philosophy, life, society and the world we live in".
Please join me in welcoming them to the PH family.
I'd also like to take a moment to mention Freethought MC, a unsigned/indie socio-political hip hop artist (former spoken word poet), secular humanist & activist from the Orlando area of the USA. You can check out his humanism-related music and musings on his official web site on MySpace. His new (self-financed) album is being promoted on Song Cast.
Happy new year, everyone! Wishing you all the best for 2010.
Just a quickie to let subscribers know that Skin Hunger has evolved into Expanding the Proscenium. Good luck with the new site Gregory.
Oh, and don't forget to tell all of your blogging humanist friends, family, significant others, readers and/or pets about Planet Humanism, and get them to add their voice.
And, if you happen to know of any (that aren't already listed), feel free to let me know about humanist groups in your area(s), which I'll add to the sidebar. The more the merrier.
Please welcome Mark from Using me! to Planet Humanism.
Please welcome Minority Within a Minority to Planet Humanism.
The International Humanist and Ethical Union (IHEU) have asked for their news feed to be added to Planet Humanism.
If you didn't know (as if… ;-) the IHEU is "the world union of over 100 Humanist, rationalist, secular, ethical culture, atheist and freethought organizations in more than 40 countries" whose mission is "to represent and support the global Humanist movement" and with a goal of "a Humanist world in which human rights are respected and all can live a life of dignity".
Please join me in welcoming Jumile and his Hurtling Through Space to Planet Humanism.
I've been a bit rubbish lately, and not updated Planet Humanism as quickly as I should, but please welcome:
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Also, you may want to update your bookmarks for A Thinking Man, who has moved to a self-hosted blog on its own domain.
Sweet. :-)
Please welcome Ray Whiting on humanism to Planet Humanism.
The third new blog is as many days, the HumanistDad, has joined Planet Humanism. Welcome, sir!
Please welcome No Double Standards to Planet Humanism.
I noticed that some feeds don't supply author names, which was causing a bug in the template code. This has been fixed.
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Playboy, December 1998, Volume XLV, No. 12, Braille Edition, Part 1 of 4 Parts
It's an easy joke to make, amusing contradiction, the Braille Playboy, holding it and trying to make a point about the book qua book: that the codex form isn't always as we think, that different books must serve different needs. Magazines, okay, not books, and there's the question of how to represent the airbrushed female flesh that defines the magazine (that flesh—itself a simulation, standin for real bodies we might once have believed we'd touch as we touched our own—is not included in Braille translation, only the articles and other text). So, stripped of whatever sex it had, I hold it here, and holding, see (a joke) the appeal of books in Braille, light like puffy paint printed on puffed rice, not the dense untextured pages that the slighted sighted use. Holding an artifact like this I know what I am missing: dreams of passing light, the feathered breath of paper, comprehension through touch, unceasing darkness that I don't know is darkness.
Those girls in those puffy-painted shirts: I don't want to say they haunt my dreams (they don't, or not exactly—the 80s style returned without my knowing so recent days in malls are arrested by reminders of the past), but I wonder what light it might have made in my life to run my hands down their shirts, faces, pretending I was blind.
I get that writing this this way won't reach you either; I'm not just a chump for irony. Better would be translating it to Braille, etching it in skin with a needle tip so you could feel it swelling up all along my book—my back I mean, these things with spines get entwined in brain; these corpuses are so easily conflated when we lose ourselves in books—in time. When did I wonder what it would be like to live in a sightless world? When did I try it for a couple hours? Dilettante, blindfolded, idiot trying to learn a world by wading in it, then I felt a fool, forgot it until just now.
So far I am untattooed, not just because of wussiness but for lack of an idea good enough to sear on flesh. I've got a commitment problem, and I'm not just talking about the increasingly unhinged activity of lonely, isolated relatives who collect delusions and cocoon themselves in snowy climes. Something must be done. Nothing can be done. That's called living, homes. The only thing I've ever thought enough to ink on me would be an image of an arm, and on that arm, a tattoo of an arm, until you could no longer see it in the density, but then the thought: too cute to be worth the pain? Too self-reflexive? Or else as many digits of Pi as I can remember and stand. My wife's name. A heart, not the simplified kind but the bulbous ugly blood nexus that makes us go.
I've considered signing in to Shelley Jackson's Skin, a 2095-word story in progress "published exclusively in tattoos" according to her FAQ. Check its progress here. Weird to offer up a link that might as well be down or gone or disappeared by the time this meets your eyes or hands or ears or heart, but it's the most honest way to direct your attention there. Like ass-crack abutting lower back stamp reading "irony." What if I committed a URL to skin, a gateway to the cluttered paradise we thought the Internet would be. In WilliamGibsonWorld we'd all have dataports by now to allow the net to penetrate us physically.
I've been watching 1990s movies about the future of the world: virtuality, immersivity, and verisimilitude; then we felt that we could lose ourselves in bits. Now it seems a little quaint. We ain't got that far that fast, and the meat we walk around in continues to exert quite a bit of force: bodily desire, revulsion, the sunburn peel, hunger for Doritos, a memorable scent like sandalwood: these things are hard to shake. We'll never shake them, shackles. Even writing them I think of them. I suspect it'll be the same for books: if there's something in the artifact that connects to us and what is written there, then they're not / we're not just ghosts in shells, waiting to shed ourselves and become something else.
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Mei Li
Senior VP, Corporate Communications
NetSuite Inc.
Phone: 650.627.1063
E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com
NetSuite Financials Enables Businesses to Rapidly Move Key Operational Processes from Stone-Age, On-Premise Software to the Industry's Leading On-Demand Accounting and ERP System; Add New Applications With a "Flip of a Switch"
30% Off First-Year NetSuite License for Customers Switching to NetSuite From Microsoft Great Plains or Any Sage ERP Product
London, U.K. — May 21, 2009 — NetSuite Inc. (NYSE: N), a leading vendor of on-demand, integrated business management software suites for mid-market companies and divisions of large enterprises, today announced NetSuite Financials, a new edition of its leading on-demand accounting and enterprise resource planning ( ERP) software. NetSuite Financials gives businesses access to NetSuite's award-winning on-demand financial and accounting functionality in a modularized format that provides the highest degree of flexibility and value as they seek to lower operating costs and eliminate capital expenditures by moving key business processes to the Cloud. For a limited time, NetSuite Financials is available at a 30% discount from the list price for any company switching to NetSuite from Microsoft Great Plains or any Sage ERP product. For more information on NetSuite Financials and this special sales promotion, please visit www.netsuite.com/financials
NetSuite Financials is especially designed for companies eager to trade their current legacy, on-premise accounting systems for NetSuite's modern, software as a service (SaaS)-based design, which leads the industry in offering all the major cost-saving and operational efficiency benefits associated with cloud computing. NetSuite Financials, built on NetSuite's unique integrated on-demand platform, enables companies to accelerate the move to cloud computing by starting with the migration of their most important financial and ERP processes. These companies can then easily add customer relationship management (CRM), Ecommerce or deeper ERP functionality as their operational needs change, a move NetSuite's integrated suite architecture makes as simple as "flipping a switch."
"Whether businesses implement our full suite to run their entire organization, or start with NetSuite Financials and add other applications and functionality as their needs dictate, NetSuite is uniquely placed to deliver the cost-savings and operational efficiency that come from taking an integrated, cloud-based approach," said Craig Sullivan, Vice President, International Products. "Even in the cloud, integration complexity is an issue that customers will have to address if their core applications were not initially designed to work together. The suite approach eliminates the high costs and complexity associated with integrating applications from multiple vendors and NetSuite customers can easily extend their investment with new applications and capabilities via email, clicking a link on SuiteApp.com or a phone call to their account representative."
Key Features and Functions
NetSuite Financials supports the key back-office operations and business processes of an organization. While other accounting software products deliver a few key workflows at best, NetSuite Financials is a comprehensive financial management and ERP suite that includes:
- Financial Management: Comprehensive tools that allow a business to control all its financial data and processes, including: general ledger / accounts receivable / accounts payable, budget management, multi-currency transactions and reporting, revenue recognition, recurring revenue management, allocations and financial reporting.
- OrderManagement: The key link between the sales organization, financial management and order fulfillment, NetSuite Financials streamlines the order-to-cash business process, minimizing paperwork for the finance and sales teams, increasing accuracy of orders and ensuring that customers get deliveries on time, boosting customer satisfaction and long-term loyalty.
- Inventory and Supply Chain: A complete set of inventory management, manufacturing and procure-to-pay process management features that give a business control of supply chain activities across the organization and beyond with partners, vendors and customers.
- Billing Process Management: NetSuite Financials' built-in flexibility and sophisticated billing logic lets companies tailor customer billing processes to their specific business needs. With NetSuite Financials, a business can bill customers based on complex criteria such as usage; bill one time or on a recurring basis; manage different payment terms—monthly, quarterly or annually; bill in advance, in arrears or pro-rate partial months. In addition, customer self-service capabilities provide faster service and increase customer satisfaction, turning billing into a competitive asset.
- Revenue Recognition: Complex revenue management capabilities, closely coupled with billing and driven directly from the order, ensure companies can handle changing revenue recognition policies—or even recognize revenue over the term of the contract if necessary—eliminating the risks that come with spreadsheet-based processes or immature financial systems.
- Services Resource Planning (SRP): Specifically designed for the demanding and global needs of enterprise-class services organizations, NetSuite Financials delivers the key capabilities needed to integrate the services project lifecycle into one seamless workflow—from marketing and sales to project management, services delivery, billing, revenue management and driving repeat business.
- Human Capital Management (HCM): NetSuite Financials give organizations powerful employee resource management tools for streamlining payroll operations, employee compensation, as well as self-service capabilities to enable collaboration and reduce administrative overhead.
- Business Intelligence and Analytics: NetSuite Financials includes SuiteAnalytics for built-in, real-time business intelligence that drives smarter, faster decision-making. No data warehouse or expensive data analysts are needed thanks to embedded role-based dashboards which enable employees at all levels of the company to turn data into knowledge with pre-built key performance indicators, trend graphs, scorecards, graphical report snapshots and more.
For more information about NetSuite, please visit http://www.netsuite.com.
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Scratch the Surface
By Susan Conant
Author Felicity is facing a real mystery when she finds a cat--and a corpse--on her doorstep. Who was he? Who killed him? And what publicity value could it all have for her newest novel? The answers may lie with an avid pet-hater; a highbrow professor who's read every cat mystery ever written; or perhaps with Felicity's own number-one rival in the field, a reclusive, bestselling author. With a burly, kilt-wearing detective on her side, Felicity must sort out a case more puzzling than any she's ever plotted on paper.