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India is a land shrouded in mystery. From the beauty of the Taj Mahal to the markets of New Delhi, it is a country unlike any other in the world. For centuries, the drink of the Maharajas has been equally mysterious – an ambrosia called Chai.
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Ingredients:black tea, spices, natural and artificial flavors (soy lecithin)
Caffeine: 30-60 mg.
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Did an awesome job installing my drop down DVD player. I trusted them with my brand new Jeep Cherokee. I highly recommend Lucky's!
400 PERCENT MARKUP ON ITEMS! DO NOT BUY FROM THEM – My advice to you - BUY ONLINE AND GET SOMEONE ELSE TO INSTALL IT! I recently visited Luckys and spoke with an employee who said he could get me new lights for 125, installed. I told him that would be great, and Id be back in a few days to purchase them. A week later I came into the store and the (manager or owner) told me that the guy was no longer working there and had quoted me way too low of a price. He, instead of honoring it, told me that he could do it for 200 installed. I saw him order the part online, and he charged my card and tells me that he'll call when the part is in. Two days later he calls telling me to come pick it up...I arrive (with receipt in hand) and he hands it to me in the box. I asked him if they could install it for me, as thats what we had talked about. He said "No, you didn't pay for the installation, it says so on your receipt". Honestly-the installation takes 15 minutes to do-so I don't see why, after paying 200 for a 35 dollar part (I visited the website I saw him go on and to get the part to their store was 53 dollars total) they couldn't install it for me. He was rude (answering phone calls in the middle of the conversation), but worst of all they charged a 400 percent markup on one item. IT IS THEFT! BUY ONLINE OR GO SOMEWHERE ELSE IN LEX!
Great place – Great Place to get custom things done to your car.
Lucky's is a good place they tinted my car and my husbands car, they are very professional and friendly.
This place does an amazing job. I had to do some research on them prior to just going in and getting some work done on my car. Overall, this is a great place they do a good job and they are very knowledgeable about what I needed done on my car. I will bring my other car in here in the future.
This place is great I've been able to get everything done in one place. I was planning on take my 2009 charger to car shows and I was able to get rims, tinting, and a new system here. They were friendly and helpful in getting my car into the shape it needed to be in for the car showes.
This place is great – Recently just took my car in to get tinting and rims done and they did a great job on my car this is a great place and they were able to answer all my questions that I had.
joy of my life – I got my rims done here and boy are they nice. They were quick and nice. They did a great job taking care of my car especially because it's my pride and joy in life.
I came in to get a tint done on my car and they good a job very friendly here.
Came here to get some rims and they did a great job
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Portland >Food & Dining > Nuestra Cocina
2135 SE Division St, Portland, OR | Directions 9720245.504897 -122.643969
Tue-Sat: 5pm-10pm
Neighborhoods: Hosford - Abernethy, Southeast Uplift Neighborhood Program
Margies and fundido: fun indeedo. Best Mex in town, now with covered patio dining. Olé!
Bringing a burst of color to Division with its pumpkin façade, things only get more festive when you actually go inside this cheerful Latin looker, especially once you've ordered a round of the exceptional house margaritas. My ideal meal is the Yucatan lime soup, pork tacos, cebiche special and naturally, the dessert crepes.
Great drinks and great food. Be prepared to wait for a table on a weekend.
Very good! – Fantastic food great prices. Service is friendly. Very clean. Can be noisy when crowded. The garlic sauce is amazing and extremely garlicky. All the food has been good.
New favorite restaurant - not your typical Mexican style! – I love this place. The food is not just good, its imaginative and great. Drinks are excellent, too. Tequila, mango and hot chili flavored beverages compliment the food. Great place to share plates - the stuffed peppers, tacos and the ceviche are always good bets. Gets crowded at peak times.
every meal is 5 star – I have gone here about 20x and evey meal is fantastic, and they have the best cinnamon ice cream ever. I love the eating bar, love the ambiance and the wait staff are terrific. go here you won't regret it
Good food, great prices, one downfall – I have to admit I have heard a lot of good things about this restaurant, so I talked my fiance into taking me there. Once we entered we were greeted and were told the wait would be 35-40 mins, so we decided to stay with the option of having a drink and appetizers at the bar. The drinks were out of this world good, spicy margaritas and a chile mango martini. Before we knew it our table was ready (it really only took 20 mins for a table to open up). The wait staff was very knowledgeable and answered any questions we had. We were served hot tortillas with a very mild salsa to start with which were very tasty.
Everything up until this point was going very good, until the hostess came by our table to see how we were doing where upon she proceeded to start talking about how she was going to get married and she has a little girl, she even pulled out a photo to show us, and then she said she was sick. We got our food ate and then when our meal was finished she came back to the table and chatted us up even more, at this point it was getting a little annoying. I opted not to eat dessert so that we could leave and not be approached once again.
The food was amazing the drinks were amazing, everything up until that point was going well, but after awhile we were just starting to feel a little harassed.
Exceptional! – At the risk of never being able to get a table again,I will confess...If I lived nearer to this restaurant, I would eat here every night. I've traveled all through Mexico, and lived in Texas. This is not Tex-Mex (food covered in cheese) this is as good...or better than any Mexican food I ever had in Texas, and brings back memories of many fabulous meals I had in Mexico. The Enchiladas Verde are perfect, The Tortilla Soup is just as it should be....and the Chile Relleno is the best I've ever eaten. The sauces are excellent.....I could name every dish...but they are all wonderful. The staff is (sincerely) friendly, the bar is great. This is as they say....The Real Deal!
Best margarita in town – The bar here is fantastic! It's always busy but worth the wait. I prefer to sit at the bar and snack on appetizers - the bartenders are always a lot of fun. :) Though all the food on the menu is awesome, the sopes & the chile relleno are my faves.
Good food - try the ceviche. – One day I was craving ceviche. So I came to Yelp, typed in ceviche & Nuestra Cocina was one of the places that came up. After reading all the great reviews, we decided to give it a shot.
We did have to wait a bit for a table, but we were able to chill at the bar and have some drinks while waiting.
Once we were seated, we ordered the Ceviche of the Day and it definitely satisfied my craving. My husband order lamb shoulder for his entree and I ordered carnitas - both were excellent.
We also enjoyed our drinks as well - Sangria and a traditional margarita.
We will definitely be going back.
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Location: Mojave Desert California
We still have an invite for teams that have given up or not able to finish their 'complete package' to join forces to make this challenge happen even if it takes longer than the 'final' deadline. It seems like so much talent is wasted by being spread out amongst so many different projects.
We have two launches coming up in the next month, one to 110,000' and the other to 30,000' for testing and I can't help but think there is a better way; something like a combined 'Team N-Prize' and thus reduce the time, effort, and cost of going it alone.
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...something like a combined 'Team N-Prize' and thus reduce the time, effort, and cost of going it alone.
Dear Rick,
Why not you start a new subject called "Team N-Prize"? The groups interested in joining their efforts can say what shall they offer to the others. For sure many people is doing the same in each group.
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Hi Joshua,
A 'Team N-Prize'? I'll think about that. I believe I suggested that awhile back on the N-Prize website. I think the problem may be in the timing. Any team presently serious about the challenge is probably wanting to do it on their own and teams that have little done may have already vanished; if you look at the lack of recent comments from the teams they are either being super secret or are no longer. I think some interest might come after this last extention by Paul runs out next year.
Problem with working on 'your own project' is that things come up to distract you. I've just been hired to work on 6 motors for another project and these type of things come up all the time.
We did test our video tracking system this weekend, received video from 60 miles at 90,000' up. Even recorded an interesting flight by someone in some of the still frames from the GoPro/Canon cameras. Should be able to easily track ISS.
As you mention, some other teams are probably also doing this in addition to trying to get their launch vehicle built.
Will be doing some rocket testing this weekend with some university students I'm mentoring. And I suppose that's why I'm interested in the N-Prize, makes a great STEM project (-;
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I absolutely can NOT fathom Elvis Presley being 75 years old!
Elvis 75 logo: Elvis Presley Enterprises organized a contest for the design of the celebration of Elvis'75th birthday. The entry by 'Carsten' wwas selected by EPE to be utilized in the celebration of Elvis' 75th birthday year in 2010.
According to the media department of Graceland, EPE received over 300 entries making the selection a difficult one. "Elvis 75" is expected to bring many thousands to Memphis in January 2010. (News, Source: Elvis Matters)
I think it looks good, but could have been better lol
Still wish Evi or 4THEHEART or any of our other talented artists' on here would have entered (sorry, if I left someones' name out)
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I absolutely can NOT fathom Elvis Presley being 75 years old!
I'm not really sure if I like the logo or not...maybe it will grow on me?
Personally, I think they should have taken submissions from some of the graphic geniuses here at TCB-World!!!
TCB-World...OPEN for business!!!
Not sure if I like this or not.... it`s kind of..well....something!
I too am having trouble imagining Elvis being 75......SEVENTY-FIVE!!!!!
This is one I thought was cute, there's also a wallpaper on Elvis.com "WHat happened in Vegas, started in Memphis"
Just pretend, I'm holding you, and whispering things soft and low.
And think of me, how it's gonna be and just pretend I didn't go
heck i could of done a way better logo than that thingyim way superior to the dude who made that im much more creative i dont like the logoand yep there are members here who could of made away better logo
Last edited by elvisfan4ever; 05-07-2009 at 04:16 PM.
It's not that bad. It's a lot better than the colorful one that depicted the 3 decades of Elvis' career that came out a few months ago.
I don't know much about art, but I know what I like.
And I don't like that.
Rather amateur I think.
Still, it's a step up from that stupid ELVIS IS nonsense from a few months back ... now didn't that one die in the arse!
Getlo - cute'n'cuddly
I like the photo-just seems the design is rather plain. Perhaps the goal was to be understated?
Work in Progress!
theres just sumthing about it that i dont like but at the same time its okay,but i think it could've been better.
Play it James!
It's okay.Something spectacular would have been much more better tho'.We're talking about Elvis' 75th birthday here.
The One and Only King of Rock'n'Roll.
That's the winner logo? Could have been so-so much better....
Let the stars fade and fall, and I won't care at all, as long as I have you.
"You've got it all together like a lovin' machine
You're lookin' like glory and walkin' like a dream...
Mother nature's sure been good to Y-O-U"
Yes, the logo could have been a lot better, but it is nowhere as bad as the "Elvis is" thing.
It's lame! It could be more flashier,I'm not saying that you need bells and whistles but it is for Elvis' 75th birthday.
The One and Only King of Rock'n'Roll.


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It won't let me download any books. Im currently using a online book reviewing service and it says to download the books onto this program. The book files goes into my computer files but it wont go into this program itself. Help??
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Ok.I have Windows Vista, I downloaded ADE from this site. I am working from NetGalley.com to review books and the website says that if i dont have a Kindle I should be able to download the EBook straight from the website to ADE.
"this site" - ?
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3rd Hudsons are really onto a recipe for success. Great service, great portions and great fresh ingredients is at the order of the day. The best ground meats are selected and it is claimed to contain more than 20 % less fat than normal. The toppings are freshly made as well and include traditional favourites as well as more exciting options. Be sure to try the mint and jalapeno salsa, in itself an explosion of flavours. How does a perfectly cooked patty topped with tomato relish, biltong dust, chilli cream cheese and sliced battered jalapeno rings sound? Too good to be true? Not here.
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Although gourmet burgers with a wide variety of toppings are at the top of the list, the menu also offers ribs, steaks, chicken, fish and salad dishes.
Start off with tender calamari that literally melts in your mouth. Or try the messy, sticky pork ribs and Gibson's secret cream sauce that complements the sweet potato fries perfectly.
The meat they use for the burger patties is full of flavour and yo can taste that it is the best of the best cuts used. The Mr Chutney burger with cheddar, bacon and chutney is a must-try and, just to treat yourself more, have a bar-one milkshake made with real bar-one chocolate.
Informal, fun and comfort food with a modern twist is what this joint is all about.
For dessert, make it a real experience by teaming this with a Bar-One milkshake with real melted Bar-One chocolate!
For that authentic Irish pub experience give The Brazen Head a try. Situated in the historic university town of Stellenbosch, this local hang out delivers hearty pub grub as well as a lively atmosphere.
Expect a warm hospitable atmosphere, that the Irish refer to as 'Craic' is duplicated here with furniture, décor and subtle background music that will have one feel instantly transported to a Dublin Pub.
The pub cum restaurant offers good old Irish food along with traditional South African fare to cater to the palate of its patrons.
Specialty drinks that add a stamp of authenticity include Guinness and Kilkenny, famous Irish whiskeys like Tullamore Dew and Jameson's along with Bailey's.
The Brazen Head also offers great lunch specials, Sunday Roasts and a big screen TV for sport fanatics. The venue also hosts corporate events.


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Add Pennsylvania's top union leaders to the chorus of Democratic voices calling on Republican Mitt Romney to release his tax returns.
No big shock here, but leaders of the Pennsylvania AFL-CIOwent on the record today backing Utah Sen. Harry Reid in his feud with Romney over what might be in said tax returns.
Reid has said the tax returns would show Romney paid no taxes in some years, earning a "put up or shut-up" retort from Romney, who said he has paid taxes every year and called on Reid to produce evidence to support his claims.
Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus joined in the fight, calling Reid a "dirty liar."
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Pennsylvania AFL-CIO president Rick Bloomingdale said in a statement released by the union that Romney could put it all to rest by releasing a decade worth of his tax returns.
"Stop attacking people asking fair questions and take your own advice," Bloomingdale said. "put up and release your tax returns."
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The Maxwell School's public administration institute will bring together young professionals from across Africa who are currently employed by government and non-governmental organizations or who are seeking to build careers in public service. The program will be led by public administration and other social science faculty at the Maxwell School as well as teachers from across Syracuse University. In addition to classroom sessions, the participants will meet with local, county and state government officials to gain a first-hand experience of American public administration and policy making in practice.
"We're honored to be one of the inaugural university partners for the Young African Leaders Initiative. Maxwell's 90-year tradition of preparing leaders to make a difference in their community makes the school a natural home for this urgently needed, path-breaking program," said Maxwell Dean James B. Steinberg.
The YALI was established in 2010 by President Obama to help provide young African leaders the skills and knowledge necessary to spur growth and prosperity, strengthen democratic governance and enhance peace and security across the continent. YALI will bring 500 Africans to the United States each year to attend programs being organized by selected universities across the country. All sessions will emphasize leadership but will focus on three themes: public administration, civil society and business management. The program will culminate with participation in a Presidential Summit on Africa at the end of July.
The Maxwell School of Syracuse University is a premier academic institution in the United States committed to scholarship, civic leadership and education in public and international affairs. Maxwell is home to Syracuse University's social science departments and to numerous nationally recognized multidisciplinary graduate programs in public policy, international studies, social policy and conflict resolution. Maxwell's graduate program in public administration-the first of its kind in the nation-is consistently ranked as the leading graduate public affairs program in the country.
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A Hemet charter school attracting high-achieving middle school students earned the Inland area's top Academic Performance Index score, new data shows.
Meanwhile, Alamos Elementary School in Temecula Valley Unified School District posted the highest mark for any Inland elementary school.
The index ranges from 200 to 1,000, with 800 being the state goal.
More schools in the Inland area and statewide are meeting that target on the 2012 index, which the state released Thursday, Oct. 11.
Under the state system, schools in Temecula Valley and the San Bernardino City unified school districts had some of the highest scores. Several schools in the region also showed significant progress.
Interactive map of 2011-2012 Inland APR/AYP results
The top-scoring Western Center Academy, which has sixth- through eighth-grades in the Hemet Unified School District, received a 955 on the index, which is based largely on standardized tests students took last spring.
Western Center Academy, at the Western Science Center near Diamond Valley Lake, was chartered by Hemet Unified and is in its third year. All Western's academic classes are honors courses, so the school attracts students who want a difficult, rigorous curriculum emphasizing science and math, Principal Paul Bailey said.
Students and teachers work with paleontologists and archeologists at the science center and museum. They also collaborate with Metropolitan Water District staff on water testing at the lake and on aquatic biology labs displayed for the public at the museum, Bailey said.
Parents are committed and willing to drive to the edge of town to take their children to school, he said.
Temecula Valley again came out atop the index for any district in Riverside County, with 870. But by the U.S. accountability measures, it became one of the latest high-performing districts to face sanctions for failing to meet federal goals.
Alamos Elementary, which is in Murrieta, scored 951.
Fifth-grade teacher Teresa Cubbedge said she and her peers work closely by grade level to identify and address students' learning needs. For English and math, students are grouped for appropriate lessons based on their ability. Students are moved from group to group depending on how well they are doing, she said.
Teachers' lessons emphasize problem-solving methods, she said. On Thursday, Cubbedge reminded students not to tell her their answer, but show her how they reached it.
"I'm not interested in perfection," she told students. "Show me what you have so far."
"We're teaching them how to access information," Cubbedge said. "It's not about the answers. It's about the strategies."
Alamos Principal Chrissy Lansing said one of the school's strengths is its teaching staff, nearly all of whom have been at the campus at least five years.
"They know each other," she said. "They work together well."
Alamos has been one of Riverside County's top schools for the past several years. The high scores are a nice reward for the teachers' efforts, Lansing said, but they are not the motivation.
"It's not what drives them," Lansing said. "They just want to do what's best for the kids."
At another Inland campus, outreach to high school students' parents was a big reason for a large increase at San Bernardino High School.
Its score climbed 37 points to 658, the most of any large high school in the area. San Bernardino High had more than 2,200 students in 2011-12.
San Bernardino Principal Sandra Rodriguez said the campus needs to improve more but the school, teachers, students, parents and district all worked hard.
San Bernardino's was the biggest jump among Inland-area comprehensive high schools.
She said the turning point was the school's efforts to involve parents, most of whom are low-income and 47 percent of whom never graduated from high school themselves.
"Parents want their children to do well, but don't always know how" to help them succeed, Rodriguez said. The school worked with parents on ways to provide small incentives at home whenever their teens succeed at school, she said.
The school also had study guides, after-school and Saturday tutoring sessions targeted for specific groups of students, such as English-learners, African-Americans and sports teams.
Most of California's public schools met or surpassed the statewide target, State Superintendent Tom Torlakson said in a news release.
Riverside County Superintendent of Schools Kenneth M. Young praised county students' continued improvement.
"Our students registered a 6-point year-over-year API improvement, third best of any California county with 10,000 or more graduates," Young said in a news release.
"Over the last decade, Riverside County overall scores are up 130 points. That's the second-largest long-term increase of any comparable California county."
Statewide, about 53 percent of schools scored at or above the state target of 800, an increase of 4 percentage points over last year. Ten years ago, only 20 percent of schools met or surpassed the index target.
Along with the annual index, Torlakson unveiled the California Department of Education's new "School Quality Snapshot," available at www.cde.ca.gov/snapshot/, a free, online accountability tool that puts a variety of academic results and other information in one place for the public.
As required by federal law, the state released results for the federal school accountability measures created under No Child Left Behind: Adequate Yearly Progress and Program Improvement.
The API is based mostly on the state's standardized test scores, with more weight given to English-language arts in all grades, followed by mathematics test results in elementary and middle schools and high school science.
Also contributing to this report: Staff writer Michelle L. Klampe, email@example.com
Follow Dayna Straehley on Twitter: @dstraehley_PE and watch for her posts on the Inland Schools blog: http://blog.pe.com/schools/
Inland schools with the highest Academic Performance Index, which ranges from 200 to 1,000:
District, School, API
Hemet, Western Center Academy, 955
Temecula Valley, Alamos Elementary, 951
San Bernardino City, Richardson PREP HI Middle, 939
Temecula Valley, Ysabel Barnett Elementary, 927
Riverside, John F. Kennedy Elementary, 926
Temecula Valley, Crowne Hill Elementary, 926
Redlands, Mariposa Elementary, 923
Temecula Valley, Reinke Elementary, 922
Temecula Valley, Rancho Elementary, 920
Corona-Norco, Temescal Valley Elementary, 919
Inland schools with the most improvement on the Academic Performance Index, excluding small alternative schools for which the state says the index is less reliable and fluctuates more from year to year.
District, School, API
Banning, Hoffer Elementary, 77 points
San Bernardino City, Davidson Elementary, 73 points
San Bernardino City, Serrano Middle, 60 points
Alvord, Valley View Elementary, 59 points
San Jacinto, San Jacinto Valley Academy, 57 points
Colton Joint, Ruth O. Harris Middle, 54
San Jacinto, North Mountain okMiddle, 51 points
Riverside, Central Middle, 50 points
Riverside, Harrison Elementary, 49 points
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As mentioned in previous posts, I have been cleaning out my garage and came across a wide selection of National Geographic magazines. As also mentioned before, I am very interested in how women and men (as well as girls and boys) are portrayed in the media. Therefore I have been looking through some of the magazines and found interesting examples of gender roles, stereotypes and gendered expectations.
As many of the magazines are from the 1950s to about 1980s, they may seem irrelevant, outdated and not so significant when discussing today's issues. But it is interesting how much things can change, yet still stay the same. Take for example women's portrayed roles in advertisements, something I am very passionate about. To summarize overall research; women are portrayed in more roles outside the home now than previously (including positions of power), but the sexual objectification of women in advertisement is also greater now (and more explicit) than it has ever been before. Basically, women are now "allowed" greater freedom in terms of life choices, but at the price of relentless sexual objectification. [Read more...]


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This paper describes research testing the Targeted Coverage Followup (TCFU) interview which will attempt to resolve instances of people who appear to have been counted twice in the census because of child custody arrangements, seasonal homes, moving, college or other similar situations. The research utilizes the cognitive interviewing method on a targeted convenience sample of respondents known to have multiple addresses. This report describes in detail the data we collected and discusses various issues with the TCFU form and recommendations for improvements for the next round of testing.
Jennifer Hunter Childs, Anissa Sorokin, and Nathan Jurgenson. (2011). 2009 Targeted Coverage Follow-Up (TCFU) Cognitive Testing. Center for Survey Measurement, Research and Methodology Directorate (Survey Methodology #2011-06). U.S. Census Bureau. Available online at <http://www.census.gov/srd/papers/pdf/ssm2011-06.pdf>.
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Being a part of one of the greatest Barcelona teams of all-time ensured Busquets' rise to the top happened quickly.
The tall defensive midfielder came through the academy to make his mark on the B side in 2007 under Pep Guardiola and was soon promoted to the senior side the following year, winning six trophies with the club in his first season.
An unsung hero, his hard work allows the silky smooth stars in Pep Guardiola's side to strut their stuff and he is a vital cog in the Barcelona machine. Making his debut for the senior Spain side in February 2009, only 18 months later he would play all by 30 minutes of their successful World Cup campaign.
Strengths: Cool and composed, he passes the ball simply and is robust in the tackle to break up opposition attacks.
Weaknesses: Prone to theatrics, his desire to hound the referee over decisions does not make him a popular figure.
Career high: Winning the 2010 World Cup with Spain after sealing a first-team place.
Career low: Getting Thiago Motta sent off with a piece of theatrics in the Champions League semi-final in 2010.
Style: Robust, composed, a simple but effective player.
Quotes: "If I was a footballer, I would like to be like Busquets". Spain coach, Vicente del Bosque.
Trivia: Busquets' father, Carles, was also a footballer, having played as backup goalkeeper for Barcelona for several years during the 1990s.


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Bikinis, hipsters, and thongs may be the top-selling underwear styles, but granny panties are having a moment. Fashionista unearthed the latest figures from market research authority NPD, the sale of high-cut briefs doubled in two years from $79 million in 2010 to $197 million in 2012. Over the past decade colorful lace thongs and patterned bikinis have dominated retail shelves, while basic full-coverage underwear has had the same depressing stigma as mom jeans. As Fashionista points out, "market researchers have been predicting the "end" of the thong since the mid-aughts." But a sudden interest in retro, vintage styles with higher waistlines have contributed to the return of comfy undies.
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Once reserved for laundry days and outfits that don't reveal panty lines, the new styles of high-waisted briefs are now designed for showing off. Trendsetters like Rihanna, Miley Cyrus, and Beyoncé are all wearing them onstage as outerwear, often paired with cropped tops and boots. Celebs like Fergie, Katy Perry, and Krysten Ritter are letting them peek out from sheer dresses on the red carpet. And actresses like Amanda Seyfried, Sofia Vergara, and Kerry Washington have all worn high-waisted hot pants on recent magazine covers. And let's not forget about Taylor Swift's fondness for the retro, high-waisted bikinis she's been rocking all summer long.
More on Yahoo!: Awkward Underwear Scene Faceoff: Famke Janssen Vs. Alice Eve
Hanro, an underwear brand that sells color pairs for about $38, confirms the trend. "We've definitely noticed an increase in fuller coverage briefs and boy-leg styles," Jan Snodgrass, US president of Hanro of Switzerland told Yahoo! Shine. "There has been a measurable increase starting in 2011. Customers are making a point to seek out these styles. Our cotton seamless full brief has been Hanro's top-selling style for a long time."
Meanwhile, online retailers are stocking their inventory to meet the demand. The popular lingerie site Figleaves offers 59 pairs of sexy full-coverage briefs. Hanky Panky, "Home of the World's Most Comfortable Thong," has an entire section devoted to high-rise briefs.
Angelica Melendez, DK & DKNY Intimates' creative director, feels the return of full-coverage underwear was inevitable. "The high-waisted trend is back because of a cross-generational appeal. They provide a retro credibility to the younger generation that's ready to wear crop tops, high-waisted shorts and skirts, while also appealing to a more mature audience for its elongation, extra coverage, and slimming effects," Melendez told Yahoo! Shine. Despite the "granny panties" label, Snodgrass feels the full-coverage look is fresh, young, and modern. "It also goes hand in hand with the more ladylike, demure, ready-to-wear trend we've been seeing on runways," she said.
The popularity of Spanx (and other slimming undergarments our grandma's once referred to as "girdles") might factor into the equation. "Wearing high-waisted underwear is almost like wearing shapewear, but without the commitment of full on shaping pieces," Isabel Baert, INTIMACY Head of Buying, told Yahoo! Shine. According to Javitch, the cut is designed to flatter the torso area. "They come in at your waist," she said. "Even if you have a tummy or if you're a little bit rectangular, they extenuate your silhouette."
Chantelle, the leading French lingerie outfitter worldwide, has turned the style into a science. The brand unveiled three high-waisted styles for their fall/winter 2013 collection. "Each high-waisted bottom is made with various materials to sculpt each area of the body — to round the backside and smooth where the thigh meets the hip," Kristin Palermo, publicist for Chantelle lingerie, told Yahoo! Shine. "The bottoms are fit-tested extensively to ensure they don't shift or ride while wearing." The shimmery Galuchat panty gives the illusion of shark skin, while their So Light model is crafted with sheer tulle. (Their underpants range from $25 to $50.)
One of biggest reasons for the return of granny panties is also the most obvious: They're really comfortable. "[Granny panties] are often the most comfortable option available in bottoms—there's no cutting or awkward lines—it's a very smooth look," said Baert.
Looks like grandma had it all figured out. No surprise there.
*Additional reporting by Erika Ostroff
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According to new industry data, a growing sector of the U.S. solar energy industry has reached a major milestone, with 5 million square feet of building-integrated solar air heating collectors now installed in North America. Rhone Resch, president and CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), says these systems represent 250 megawatts (MW) of thermal energy and displace nearly 100,000 tons of CO2 each year from the atmosphere.
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World Must End 'Dirty' Fuel Use - UN
A long-awaited UN report on how to curb climate change says the world must rapidly move away from carbon-intensive fuels.
There must be a "massive shift" to renewable energy, says the study released in Berlin.
It has been finalised after a week of negotiations between scientists and government officials...
Energy Investors Are An Uncertain Kitten
Global investment in renewable energy last year declined for the second year in a row. Even worse: For the first time since renewables became plausible, growth in new capacity slowed.
"Is this the clean-tech crash?" asked Michael Liebreich, chairman of Bloomberg New Energy Finance, to start his keynote at the group's annual summit in New York.
In a word: No.
U.S. Senators Call On Obama Administration To Settle Solar Trade War
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Warning of damage to the U.S. solar industry, seven U.S. senators have sent a letter to the Obama Administration calling for a negotiated settlement instead of tariffs on imports of Chinese solar photovoltaic (PV) products.
The seven include Senate Finance Subcommittee on International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness Chair Debbie Stabenow (D-Mi) and Committee Member Maria Cantwell (D-Wa). The seven state that leadership from the administration is needed to prepare a long-term settlement...
SEIA Honored as Part of Worldwide Webby Awards Competition
WASHINGTON, DC – In recognition of its "remarkable achievement" in the area of website design and development, the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) is being honored by the International Academy of Digital Arts & Science as part of its prestigious 18th Annual Webby Awards competition.
CPUC Decision Provides Key Safeguards for California Solar Consumers
In response to a decision by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to assure that owners of rooftop solar systems will continue to benefit from Net Energy Metering (NEM) for 20 years, Carrie Cullen Hitt, senior vice president of state affairs for the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), released the following statement:
SEIA Membership Elects New Directors
By a vote of its members, the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) announced today that the following industry leaders have been elected to serve on SEIA's Board of Directors: Susan Brown, Principal at Brightergy; Tony Clifford, CEO at Standard Solar Inc.; Todd Glass, Partner at Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati; Ed Murray, President of Aztec Solar Inc.; and Laura E. Stern, Co-founder and President of Nautilus Solar Energy, LLC.
SEIA Joins Sen. Reid and Gov. Sandoval to Celebrate Nevada's $5B Clean Energy Industry
Clean energy investment in Nevada has accelerated rapidly in the past five years thanks to Nevada's widespread leadership and support for the clean energy economic sector, reaching at least $5.5 billion just since 2010, according to a new report available at cleanenergyprojectnv.org.
SEIA, SHC Alliance Support Efforts to Expand Renewable Thermal Technologies
Saying it will help to create jobs and expand the use of clean, renewable energy in Massachusetts, the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), along with its Solar Heating and Cooling Alliance (SHC), are urging the State Senate to adopt S. 1970, allowing renewable thermal technologies to qualify for the Alternative Portfolio Standard and provide a credit that incentivizes renewable thermal technologies.
SEIA Supports Legislation to Increase Access to Distributed Generation
Saying it will benefit Massachusetts consumers by improving access to net metering, the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) today announced its support for legislation in both the State Senate and State House of Representatives, which will allow public and private distributed generation (DG) solar projects to continue, while preserving and expanding jobs in clean, reliable solar energy across the state.
U.S. Senators Call On Obama Administration To Settle Solar Trade War
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Warning of damage to the U.S. solar industry, seven U.S. senators have sent a letter to the Obama Administration calling for a negotiated settlement instead of tariffs on imports of Chinese solar photovoltaic (PV) products.
The seven include Senate Finance Subcommittee on International Trade, Customs, and Global Competitiveness Chair Debbie Stabenow (D-Mi) and Committee Member Maria Cantwell (D-Wa). The seven state that leadership from the administration is needed to prepare a long-term settlement...
Celebrating The 60th Anniversary Of The First Practical Solar Cell
Sixty years ago on April 25, 1954, Bell Laboratories demonstrated to the world one of the most significant breakthroughs ever recorded in the history of solar energy and of electricity – the first solar cell capable of converting enough sunlight into electricity to generate useful amounts of power.
Sun Shines on Students at Solar Go-Kart Races
Geraghty Anne Ellis is 15 and doesn't yet possess a driver's license, but Saturday she was zipping around FGCU's campus with no fear of being pulled over by police.
OneRoof Energy Expands Solar Leasing Program to Massachusetts
California solar services provider OneRoof Energy has begun offering residential solar leases to homeowners in Massachusetts.
Vermont Expands Net Metering Program with Utility Support
While battles rage with utilities taking on both solar customers and businesses around the country, Vermont has quietly expanded its net metering program by nearly four-times without so much as a skirmish.
Enjoy a special sneak peak of the hotly-anticipated U.S. Solar Market Insight 2013 Year in Review report - to be released tomorrow.
With the coldest winter in two decades gripping much of the country this year – and wild price swings for natural gas rattling the markets, not to mention American consumers – it's easy for many people to overlook the "hot start" in 2014 for solar energy.
But so far this year, it's been good news followed by even more good news for the U.S. solar industry.
On January 24, 1848 – 166 years ago today – a discovery was made at a place called Sutter's Sawmill that would change the course of California and even American history. Gold was discovered near the old sawmill, setting off the California gold rush.
Today SEIA, along with the more than 1,000 member companies, celebrates the association's 40th anniversary. With over 12 years in the solar industry, I can say it is amazing to see all that we have accomplished so far.
Trade disputes often have a nasty way of becoming trade wars.
On January 24, 1974 – with Richard Nixon in the White House, but knee deep in the Watergate scandal – five people met in the noisy basement of the Washington Hilton to discuss the possibility of establishing an association for the nascent solar energy industry.
They agreed to create "a broad-based trade association supporting prompt, orderly, widespread and open growth of solar energy resources." This was the beginning of the Solar Energy Industries Association's (SEIA) four decades of successful advocacy.
As the third most populous state in the nation, New York has a huge upside when it comes to developing renewable energy sources – and that fact hasn't been lost on Gov. Andrew Cuomo. On Wednesday, during his 2014 State of the State Address, the Governor confirmed that solar energy remains a priority for his administration.
Today, I was asked to take part in an online discussion on Capitol Hill as to whether Congress should extend renewable energy tax credits? Well, in some ways, this discussion is putting the cart before the horse. Most importantly, are incentives for renewable energy sources achieving their goals? In the case of solar, the answer is a resounding yes.
When it comes to renewable energy, you could call it the "shot heard round the world." According to a new report by GTM Research and the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), the U.S. installed 930 megawatts (MW) of photovoltaics (PV) in Q3 2013, up 20 percent over Q2 2013 and 35 percent over Q3 2012. This represents the second largest quarter in the history of the U.S. solar market and the largest quarter ever for residential PV installations.
As the UN Climate Conference ended with a whimper last week, the U.S. continues to move forward in its attempts to curtail climate change.


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1. The Plymouth Public Library is closed today. But there is a lot to do on this February Vacation.
2. It's Winter Vacation Kids' Week at Pilgrim Hall Museum. The museum offers free programs for children under 18 between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. Draw a map with a quill pen, make a book, design a compass rose, make a dreamcatcher, draw your portrait, and create a bead necklace. Craft activities are available from 10-1; Treasure Hunts are available all day. This week, all children under 18 are admitted free to the museum, but must be accompanied by an adult. Plymouth residents visit for free year round.
3. Plimoth Plantation is offering activities throughout February Vacation. The Visitor Center is open and brimming with hands-on family activities. Every day features drop-in activities like writing with quill pens, trying on Pilgrim clothes, making Wampanoag-style clay pots and playing Wampanoag games. Little ones can exercise their imaginations in our Discovery Station while their bigger brothers and sisters stage a kids' version of a Shakespeare play. Each day also features an interactive Wampanoag or Colonial music program. Cost is $8 per person and $6 for members. Contact email@example.com for more information.
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Get your children outside having fun while still learning about the natural environment. The Soule Homestead Education Center is now enrolling children ages 5-10, for the environmental-based outdoor February vacation week program. Children will learn to use binoculars and magnifying glasses to explore the fields of the 120-acre organic farm, looking for signs of winter animals and bugs. Adventures unfold as children hike Soule's three-fourth mile nature trail. Inside activities include hands-on activities like constructing a bird feeder, creating animal track stamps, and assembling a silly surreal animal booklet. A short theme-related story is read at snack time and an interactive game is played before the program wraps up for the day.
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On arrival in Indonesia, Jose Mourinho expressed his hope that Chelsea's historic game on Thursday night will be one to entertain.
The Blues take on the BNI Indonesia All-Stars on Thursday in Jakarta but two days ahead of that match, the passion for the team is already clearly in evidence as we add a new country to the list of places played.
Those fans will see a game that is primarily about preparation for contests to come, but having given the Chelsea fans in Thailand and Malaysia something to cheer, the aim is to win and hopefully win in a memorable way.
'The strategy is always simple - we want to improve and to improve the players have to play seriously,' Mourinho explained. 'This is the most important thing for our team and the other important thing is to respect the fans Chelsea have around the world.
'It will probably be a full stadium and the best way to respect the fans is to play well and make the people happy. I think the Indonesian coach and players have the same desire we have and to have a good match you need two good teams, so hopefully together with the other team we can give the fans what they want.
'The Indonesian team will play with big motivation and I am going to use two teams, 45 minutes for each player like in Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur, because of our objective is to give players minutes and play the best we can at this moment.
'The point is to develop our team and we won't spend hours analysing the games they have just played against Liverpool and Arsenal, but probably after this game I will be impressed with some of their players and their team. Hopefully two good teams can give a good game for the fans.'
Mourinho was speaking at a conference near the team's hotel just an hour after arriving in the Indonesian capital, and he was asked by a local journalist the reason why Chelsea travel to Asia to play games.
'Chelsea is big club that wants to be even bigger,' he responded, 'and to be a big club you don't just need to win trophies, you need much more than that and one of things we need is a big fanbase worldwide and one of the reasons we travel a lot this pre-season is for that objective.
'We must feed the passion we feel has built up around this club and we are here because we want Chelsea bigger and bigger and bigger.
'The pre-season is going well,' he reported.
'We are without six of our players because they were in the Confederations Cup and are still in the holiday period but the group in Asia is working very hard. We think we are going in the right direction.'
Mourinho was also asked to respond to a comment by Manchester United manager David Moyes, saying that a lot of Premier League sides will not have their squads finalised until late in the open transfer window.
'It depends on the philosophy of each club but the sooner you have the players the better because you have time to work,' Mourinho said, 'but yes, he [Moyes] is right because the market is open until 31st August and many clubs wait for the last moment to make their decisions. These decisions affect a lot of clubs, so it looks like no club is safe that is keen to sell and it can steal the balance that a manager has when he is working with a team.
'We are lucky because we don't have players to sell and none of my players are leaving under any circumstance, but many teams until the last moments will be under pressure, not knowing what squad they will have.'


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MARQUETTE - The Tampa Bay Buccaneers juggled their practice squad Tuesday and Escanaba native Jace Daniels ended up being the odd man out. He was released in favor of wide receiver Skye Dawson.
Daniels said Dawson was picked up because the Bucs had injuries at the wide receiver position and not because of his performance.
He said the move is what it is, but he'll keep working in hopes of latching on somewhere.
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"They needed a receiver right now and I was on the bubble," he said Wednesday morning from Marquette. "The coaches told me to stay in shape and be ready for a call."
Daniels was cut on Saturday when the Buccaneers trimmed their roster to the regular season limit 53 players, but was signed the team's practice squad on Sunday before being released again Tuesday.
Daniels was optimistic though, saying a new opportunity could come at any time with the frequency of roster turnover in the NFL.
"My agent is still talking to Tampa Bay and the other 31 teams, and seeing what's going on with injuries around the league," he said.