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ARALLU Doesn't stand behind any Religion. ARALLU are
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I don't understand the appeal of pet battles myself. Probably because I'm "old" - Pokemon was something my nieces and nephews played. So I really don't understand it or why it will be a great addition to WoW.
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NEWPORT, R.I. -High school and undergraduate college students are being challenged to address the pressing issue of childhood poverty in a filmmaking contest. The competition is part of Story in the Public Square, a joint initiative of the Pell Center at Salve Regina University and The Providence Journal.
The maker (or makers) of the winning film will receive $1,000 and two other films will be selected for honorable mention. All three will be honored during this year's Story Day conference, April 11, 2014, when participants will explore the theme of Moving Images: Public storytelling in film, video, TV and animation. Winning productions will be published online by the Pell Center. For more information about the initiative, please visit www.publicstory.org.
"Nearly a quarter of American children live in poverty today," said G. Wayne Miller, who directs Story in the Public Square. "In a recent speech in Providence, Marian Wright Edelman, the founder and director of the Children's Defense Fund, said 'If we don't stand for ending poverty in the richest nation on earth, we don't stand for anything.' So, we challenge students to tell a story through a short video, film or animation that would enlighten viewers about childhood poverty - and move people to take action individually, collectively or through public policy."
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Born in 1974 in Casablanca, Seejay graduated in Finance, in Lille, France. He first worked at Arthur Andersen, followed by banking, and then joined the family business in real estate and textiles. He was the president of FONOON, the first Moroccan home textiles consortium.
Founding member of the first cyber culture and electronic music (EM) association in 2000, la Théière électrique, Seejay is one of the des pionneers of EM events in Morocco, with happenings of over 500 people, photography shows, and the first electronic afterwork at Vertigo, every Thursday.
After being away for 10 years promoting Moroccan textiles abroad, Seejay got back into music, first trough social networks with MUSIC'ALL (2012). This exclusive group, secret and members only, is dedicated to sharing top sounds and fresh musics. The group philosophy is « sharing is caring ». MUSIC'ALL has become a reference in music, especially in electronic music. With over 600 members and music lovers, MUSIC'ALL is proud of having all the best DJ's in Morocco as members and followers.
Proud of the success of MUSIC'ALL, Seejay launched the JEUDEEP parties for the members of the group. Soon enough, it has become the rendez vous of the week for all the happy fews and music lovers in Casablanca. The concept of JEUDEEP is live performances with two DJ's playing back to back, Seejay plus guest.
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TORONTO, Jan. 13, 2014 /CNW/ - Excellon Resources Inc. (TSX:EXN; OTC:EXLLF) ("Excellon" or the "Company") reports that employees returned to work over the weekend and production has resumed at the Platosa Mine in Durango, Mexico following a pause in operations for a safety review. Operations were paused after two employees, Evaristo Nova Soto, a 31-year-old electrical supervisor, and Jorge Carillo Rivera, a 25-year-old general serviceman, were fatally injured during routine operations on the evening of January 9, 2014.
A preliminary investigation was completed by the Secretaría del Trabajo y Previsión Social and Protección Civil, in cooperation with the Company and the Sindicato Nacional Minero Metalúrgico Napoleón Gómez Sada (the Platosa Union). The area of the mine where the accident occurred remains closed off for further detailed investigation by the authorities and the Company's safety experts to better understand the cause of the accident and implement an action plan to prevent similar accidents from ever happening again.
The three employees who were also affected by the accident have been released from hospital following precautionary observation over the weekend.
"The team at La Platosa is working rigorously to implement further preventive safety measures to minimize any hazard risks in the workplace," said Brendan Cahill, President and CEO. "Our top priority is the health and safety of our people and we are working together to identify and manage any risks in a timely and effective manner. We strive every day to ensure that our workers arrive home safe and healthy."
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MIAMI (Reuters) - Barely a week after announcing his retirement, Representative Bill Young of Florida, the longest-serving Republican member of Congress, is "gravely ill" according to a statement released on Thursday by his family.
Young, 82, who represents a Florida west coast district including the cities of Clearwater and part of St. Petersburg, announced on October 9 that he would not run for re-election in 2014 due to poor health and because he wanted to spend more time with his family.
Young also expressed disappointment over the current political deadlock in Congress in an interview last week with the Tampa Bay Times.
A former chairman of the powerful U.S. House Appropriations Committee who still chairs the Defense subcommittee, Young had been recuperating from a back injury at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.
"U.S. Rep. C. W. Bill Young's condition turned for the worse overnight and he is gravely ill. His doctors say his prognosis is guarded," the Young family said in a statement released by the congressman's staff.
The announcement of his retirement prompted warm words from both parties in Congress, with Democrats hailing his bipartisan approach to political solutions.
Young opposed the Republican leadership over the government shutdown and said last week he was prepared to vote for a budget resolution that included funding for the Obama administration's controversial health-care reform law.
Due to his deteriorating health. Young's staff said he was unable to cast a vote to reopen the government Wednesday night.
His retirement opens up a Republican seat in Congress for what could be a tight race in 2014 in a district that is favorable to Democrats. The district was won by President Barack Obama in the presidential elections of 2008 and 2012.
(Reporting By David Adams; editing by Gunna Dickson)
While I may not agree with you on many political issues, I recognize how much you have done for Pinellas County, Florida and the Country. Thank you for your 42 plus years of service.
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We detail which New York team's turf (Citi Field or Yankee Stadium) boasts the best brews, food, fans and more.
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It doesn't really matter if you're pumped about opening day for the Mets (Citi Field, Roosevelt Ave at 126th St, Flushing, Queens; 718-507-6387, mets.com; Mon 1 at 1:10pm; available tickets $63–$330) or the Yankees (Yankee Stadium, 1 E 161st St between Jerome and River Aves, Bronx; 718-293-4300, yankees.com; Mon 1 at 1:05pm; sold out). Everyone (or at least anyone we'd like to hang out with) can get behind an outdoor, sunny afternoon of boozing, snacking and manicured-grass watching.
Citi Field | Yankee Stadium | |||
Architecture | Citi Field, opened in 2009, is a beautiful, throwback-style park. Its brick exterior and the Jackie Robinson Rotunda hark back to the design of the late Ebbets Field in Flatbush, where the Brooklyn Dodgers played during the first half of the 20th century. Also, it doesn't look like it was designed in art class by a six-year-old who really loves the color blue (cough, Shea Stadium, cough). | All the signature structural features of the now-demolished old stadium have been re-created in the new house, christened, like Citi Field, in 2009: The famous white facade, Monument Park—even the outfield dimensions—are exactly the same. The only difference is a Mohegan Sun Sports Bar, jutting out above the center-field wall and partially blocking views of the field from some areas of the stands. | ||
Stereotypical fans | Lovable losers so deprived of success that they have the gall to use the phrase "team of destiny" whenever the Mets manage to make the playoffs. | Super confident dudes who get drunk on Bud Lights and hurl profanities at second baseman Robinson Canó for not hustling enough. | ||
Beer | Its roster of craft brews is more impressive than the Mets' lineup. Look for Goose Island and Sixpoint Sweet Action drafts ($8.75 and up) throughout the season. | Buds and Bud Lights, yeah. But a solid selection of domestic (Yuengling, Blue Moon) and imported (Stella, Amstel) suds can be found at the Beers of the World stand and will run you in the $10 to $12 range. | ||
Eats | The main attraction is Shake Shack, located out beyond center field. (Unsurprisingly, lines for its burgers [$6.75] are often long.) Otherwise, you'll be able to chow down on a plethora of nontraditional park fare like BBQ, tacos and sushi. | You can't go wrong with the trusty old ballpark standby, a hot dog from Nathan's Famous ($5.50). New Yorkers will notice a number of other familiar outposts, such as Brother Jimmy's BBQ, Dylan's Candy Bar and Famous Famiglia pizza. | ||
Cheap seats | $12 and up | $13 and up | ||
Talking point | About the only positive thing the offense-challenged Amazin's accomplished during the off-season was voiding left fielder Jason Bay's contract. | The Bronx Bombers are contending with a rash of major injuries to what seems like half the roster. | ||


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Anaerobic InfectionsAnaerobic infections are common infections caused by anaerobic bacteria. These bacteria are naturally occurring and plentiful in and on the bod...
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On February 22, 1900, the first Fourth Degree exemplification or degree ceremony was held in New York City. The Fourth Degree imparts a lesson on the virtue of patriotism. The primary purpose of this degree is to foster the spirit of patriotism in members and the community at large and encourage active Catholic citizenship. Local units, called assemblies, draw their members from Knights of Columbus councils. The qualifications for membership in the Fourth Degree are: membership in the Knights for at least six months and being a Third Degree Knight. A Fourth Degree Knight may become part of the assembly's color corps. These members are recognized widely by their distinctive attire of tuxedo, feathered hat (chapeau), cape and sword. These members regularly take part in civic events such as parades and wreath-laying ceremonies, and at ecclesial functions at Catholic churches. The various colored capes and chapeau feathers denote different officer positions within the Fourth Degree.
The first Iowa assembly to be instituted was Loras Assembly located in Davenport, Iowa in November 1902. Presently there are a total of 41 assemblies in the Father Padilla Province, Iowa District, under the leadership of District Master Patrick T. O'Keefe of Des Moines, Iowa, who is the executive officer and representative of Supreme Master Dennis J. Stoddard. The Fourth Degree is the highest and most prestigious degree within the Knights of Columbus. It is a group of outstanding Knights who are dedicated to the service of their Church, their country and our Order. These men are unified in the Fourth Degree to support religious, civic and charitable causes. Membership in the Fourth Degree may be made to any Assembly provided the applicant is over eighteen years of age, a practical Catholic in union with the Holy See, and a Third Degree member in good standing in his council.
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A 55-year-old Oklahoma City man is still missing after a hit and run boating accident last night on Lake Eufaula.
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OHP says a pontoon boat that was carrying 10 people -- including five kids -- was tethered to another boat when a 20-foot-long white and dark ski boat hit the pontoon boat at around 30 miles per hour.
That impact caused the ski boat to go airborne and land on the second boat, which injured the knee of Midwest City man on that second boat.
Gary McIninch, 55, was on a pontoon boat but was ejected into the water on impact. He hasn't been seen since.
OHP says initially, the ski boat circled back after the accident, and someone onboard even asked if everyone was OK. After being told everyone was not OK, and someone was missing, the ski boat sped away, according to troopers.
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Farmers will need to adapt as Corn Belt shifts north
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Corn acres in Manitoba, Canada, which is 700 miles north of Kansas, have doubled over the past decade as the weather has changed and prices have increased. In Kansas, 2012 brought the fewest corn acres in Kansas in three years.
The impact of the weather shift is causing agriculture to shift.
"These changes are happening faster than plants can adapt, so we will see substantial impacts on global growing patterns," said Axel Schmidt, a former senior scientist for the International Center for Tropical Agriculture now with Catholic Relief Services.
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In January, the U.S. Department of Agriculture updated its plant hardiness map for the first time since 1990. The new map shifts many regions into zones that are 5 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than in the late 20th century.
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I doubt it is evidence of climate change. I much strongly believe it is the evidence of the advancements of corn hybrid genetics over the last 20 years. 80 day corn didn't have much yield 20 years ago, but with higher corn prices northern "limits" of the corn belt can enter the market on a profit-per-acre basis. Too many advancements in corn planting, growing, harvesting, and breeding technology for me to think it is a global warming trend.
I agree. Hybrid advancements have allowed amazing yield performance under extreme growing condition swings. I believe the "cornbelt" area will expand more so than shift from south to north. Corn hybrid advancements down the road such as drought tolerance technologies will keep corn being raised in areas of limited moisture as long as the corn market stays strong. Even the soybean breeding advancements have created varieties in the earlier. 04-.08 range that can generate 50+ BPA yields for the northern growing environments. Many agronomic technological and production advancements have kept and will keep the yield trend moving.
This is an economical issue. Land rent in North Dakota is so much cheaper than land rent in Iowa or the other corn producting states that we are making it an economical decision to grow more corn further north. Also, with the Ethenol mandate, there are more opportunities to sell corn in South Dakota and North Dakota that there was 10 years ago. If ethanol goes away or land rent in North or South Dakota goes up, we will see this change back to normal. It has nothing to do with seeds or climate, but everything economics.
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For a unique unity ceremony, Exclusively Weddings offers this Unity Sand Ceremony Shadow Box. The set includes a personalized shadow box as well as two pouring vases. Coordinate with your wedding hues by choosing sand (sold separately) in your chosen colors. More details…
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Simulated pearls and crystals adorn this chandelier pendant for enchanting style.
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After completing the game, you enter prestige mode. You keep all your weapons, items and spells but all the enemies become much harder and you will have to complete each level again. This is only a prelude - bigger things to come!
if anyone has previously played this game on ArmorGames during its initial launch, bugs were experienced. These have been hopefully fixed for this version and it should be a much better experience. Enjoy!
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People here experienced problems with ailments - we have just pushed an update which should address this and a few other minor problems. Sorry about that!
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A tribute to the Grande Maison's expertise, the Rendez-Vous Art watch, measuring 33 mm in diametre, appears in a crystalline version that lights up the wrist with some 4.50 carats of these precious stones. Created by the expert fingers of true watchmaking artists, this Haute Joaillerie piece celebrates the union of beauty and precision through the complex gem-setting technique of snow-setting.
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The Pennsylvania Game Commission invites Pennsylvania youth, grades 6 through 12, to participate in the first annual Youth Wildlife Art Contest.
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Welcome Spring 2014 CBA Transfers to "Business@ the Beach". The entire staff at the CBA Advising Center wishes you a smooth transition to CSULB!
To ensure that you begin your academic career successfully, we have scheduled Mandatory Transfer Advising Workshops for Spring 2014. You will have an "advising hold" and will not be able to register for Fall 2014 without attending this workshop. To sign-up for these workshops you must first register on our online appointment scheduler: Student Success System http://csulb.edu/cba/sss/students/. Please complete the following instructions to register:
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These workshops are presented with one goal in mind: Your academic success as an upper division transfer student at CSULB.
A sample of the topics covered in the workshop includes the following:
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Your CBA Advisors and I look forward to seeing you at the workshops. We want to ensure that your academic experience at CSULB is the very best!


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BOARD OF GOVERNORS DIVISION OF CONSUMER CA 06-9 April 10, 2006 TO THE OFFICERS AND MANAGERS IN CHARGE OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS SECTIONS: SUBJECT: Consolidation of Interagency CRA Examination Procedures Members of the FFIEC Task Force on Consumer Compliance recently approved the attached revised Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) examination procedures for Large Banks, Small Banks, Wholesale/Limited Purpose Banks, and Strategic Plan Banks. The revisions incorporate the CRA regulatory changes published in the Federal Register on August 2, 2005 (70 Federal Register 44256), by:
In an effort to consolidate all current CRA examination guidance in one location, this CA letter also makes several administrative changes to the existing set of relevant CA letters. First, we are rescinding CA 97-04 and 95-3, which contained previous versions of the CRA examination procedures, and at the same time are incorporating the revised procedures referenced above, as well as the Instructions for Writing Public Evaluations, and the FFIEC Community Contact Form. Second, we updated the Instructions for Writing Public Evaluations to reflect the current CRA statute and regulations. Third, we are rescinding CA 05-5, which contains the Intermediate Small Bank Examination Procedures, but are simultaneously incorporating them into this CA letter. If you have any questions, please contact Timothy Burniston, Manager, Reserve Bank Oversight (202-452-3488), or Beverly Smith, Manager, Applications and Special Projects Section (202-452-5291). Sincerely,
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Visitors to the Blalock Building at the Johns Hopkins University Medical Center are greeted by portraits of two great men. One, of renowned heart surgeon Alfred Blalock, speaks for itself. The other, of highschool graduate Vivien Thomas, is testimony to the incredible genius and determination of the first black man to hold a professional position at one of America's premier medical institutions.
Thomas's dreams of attending medical school were dashed when the Depression hit. After spending some time as a carpenter's apprentice, Thomas took what he expected to be a temporary job as a technician in Blalock's lab. The two men soon became partners and together invented the field of cardiac surgery.
Partners of the Heart is Thomas's extraordinary autobiography. Trained in laboratory techniques by Alfred Blalock and Joseph W. Beard, Thomas remained Blalock's principal technician and laboratory chief for the rest of Blalock's distinguished career. Thomas very rapidly learned to perform surgery, to do chemical determinations, and to carry out physiologic studies. He became a phenomenal technician and was able to carry out complicated experimental cardiac operations totally unassisted and to devise new ones.
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Simple, ANY album ever to be released, what is your favorite? Mine is Pink Floyd- Dark Side of the Moon.
Choose one? I'm afraid I can get no closer than this: http://www.avforums.com/forums/blogs/pecker-51915/506-my-favourite-albums.html Steve W
Van Morrison - Astral Weeks 2nd place: Bob Dylan, Highway 61 Revisited Honorable mention: Shins, Wincing the Night Away (Today's answers, I might name a different set of three next week )
Hmmmmm, tough question. I tend to vary between two, but then get excitable about new albums. Anyway I'm gonna say- Depeche Mode - Violator & Arcade Fire - Funeral
Good choice, mine would be between that and Pink Floyd: The Wall, used to spark so much imagination when I was young and just listened to it over and over while studying the LP artwork, still love it even now. Such timeless and unique albums both of them!
If I'm forced to go with one album (well, Kirsty, out of the eight records...) I guess it would be the one I've played most consistently over the years. Discounting compilations and 'best ofs', that would probably be Miles Davis's Kind of Blue. Second place would go to CSNY's Deja Vu. Dave
Sigur Rós - Ágætis Byrjun. No other album has has come close to having such an emotional impact on me than this. Should be a good thread
I know just what you mean Tetlee...I fist listened to this during my early formative teenage years and feel the same way as you. It's a truely fantastic masterpiece. However, it's too dour to make my album of all time. There's a clear winner for me. An album made by 5 rock musicians who individually and collectively were at their peak in 1979. It's UFO's Strangers in the Night. Utterly, utterly brilliant in every way. It's light and dark, it sweeps and rocks and sings and talks. It's clearly my desert island disc...the one I never tire of.
Hard to choose 1, but if i was to choose by the albums i've listened to most in my life it would have to be Pop Will Eat Itself - Cure For Sanity.
So timeless i have loved them both for aslong as i can remember, im now 16. May surpise you to know quite a few people my age love them both aswell. To the person who said Led Zep II, i like, but on balance think i prefer Led Zep III. Probably because i remember listening to it for the first time. Immigrant song when you are 8 years old or something, very energetic and exciting. Also good to see Kings Of Leon being recognized for something other than Only by the Night.
Oops. Wrong thread. Pretty hard to choose one of all time. Quite liked Feeder's "The singles", even if it was a greatest hit album...
Always difficult to decide on favourite albums, so many fantastic ones to choose from, here`s a few of mine.... Survivor - Vital Signs UFO - Force It Fleetwood Mac - Rumours Journey - Evolution Bily Joel - An Innocent Man
Air - Moon Safari DJ Shadow - Endtroducing Over the years I've listened to these albums more times than I care to mention
For me probably The The 'Infected'. I listened to it EVERY night for 1 full university year, I could not believe how good it was. And I never tired of it, and can still listen to it now - amazing album.
I'm going to be boring as well. The Beatles, Abbey Road. The 1st LP I bought and I never tire of it. Can't argue with some other choices on here though, especially "Strangers In The Night". That is one of the best live LPs ever released; up there with "Made In Japan", and "Live:In The Heart Of The City".
Another vote for Urban Hymns by the Verve. Though Ok computer by Radiohead comes pretty close to being a perfect album
Where to start!....but if I had to choose. Steely Dan Aja Fleetwood Mac Rumours Keith Jarrett At the Blue Note That's 3 of course,so if I had to pick only one it would be the Jarrett(which is a cheat as it's a 6 disc concert collection!)


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Students Rally at White House After Obama Announces bin Laden's Death
Published: Monday, May 2, 2011
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Hundreds of Georgetown students raced through the streets of Washington Sunday, congregating in front of the White House to celebrate the announcement of Osama bin Laden's death.
A crowd of thousands rallied to celebrate the killing of the face of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Brandishing signs and American flags, revelers packed Pennsylvania Avenue and Lafayette Square to the north of the White House. Chants of "USA" and "Obama Killed Osama" filled the night air, while the sizable Georgetown contingent added in their own cheers of "Hoya Saxa."
"This is insane," Lindsey Duhamacel (NHS '13), one of the many Georgetown students that attended, said. "Being in D.C. when things happen like this, it's great to be in the middle of it."
As soon as word broke that the leader of al-Qaeda had died, text messages were sent and phone calls were made as students on the Hilltop organized their friends to make the trek to the White House to celebrate the American accomplishment.
"I watched the speech on the TV and then sprinted down here," Ari Pattek (SFS '12) said.
Georgetown students were joined by those from other universities in the District, including American University and The George Washington University. Students could be seen climbing trees and lampposts to get a better vantage point.
Across the District, car horns and patriotic cheers echoed as the city celebrated what President Obama called the culmination of a 10-year effort in his address to the nation. Bin Laden was killed in a firefight at a compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, by U.S. Special Forces Sunday.
At the rally, Duhamacel reflected on the importance of the occasion.
"It's a big part of Obama's presidency so far," she said.
For many Georgetown students in attendance, a late-night rally in front of the White House seemed a natural and necessary part of the undergraduate experience.
"I've always heard about people rushing down to the White House for various things, like the election," Eric Johnson (COL '14) said. "I never expected it to be like this."
Other students agreed that the historic nature of the event made it impossible to miss.
"I would kick myself tomorrow if I wasn't here," Pattek said. "Stuff like this is why I go to Georgetown."


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For Kids, Games Can Build Strong Minds Here's a new reason to zap video games: Those electronic playthings keep kids from games that stimulate their minds in important ways. Citing the latest research on the brain, experts say chess, Scrabble®, Monopoly®—even jigsaw puzzles or tic-tac-toe—do more to help children build analytical, organizational, and creative skills. As adults, your kids will need those abilities, which may keep their minds sharp as they reach old age. Start early Play time is essential for healthy brain development. This is how children develop imagination, and build cognitive, physical and emotional maturity, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). Play time is also essential for physical development. Unstructured play is one way to encourage children to be more physically active. Physical activity helps your child develop dexterity, balance, and agility. Learning benefits These mental game-playing "workouts" serve as warm-ups for more serious learning. Children learn how to pay attention to adults and feel comfortable with other children. Time spent pretending to be an adult can help a child develop problem-solving skills and socially acceptable behaviors. The AAP encourages parents to limit video and television viewing by school-age children to an hour or two a day. For infants and toddlers, parents should turn off the TV. Provide stimulation Create a safe place in your home that will stimulate your child's sense of play. Gather age-appropriate items together that promote play. Here are some ideas: For little ones, provide containers to dump and fill, or blocks to handle and stack, and toys that make noise, like pots and pans or large plastic spoons Give toddlers trucks and plastic animals, or walker wagons and pull toys for when they start moving around Older kids will probably enjoy playing "dress up" in your old clothes, drawing pictures, and having pretend conversations on your old cell phone
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Shares of Valeant, which bought contact lens maker Bausch + Lomb Holdings Inc for $8.7-billion in August, rose 10 per cent to $132 in early trading in Toronto. The stock more than doubled in 2013 on the strength of the company's acquisitions.
Montreal-based Valeant would need a market capitalization of about $150-billion to crack the top five, Chief Executive Michael Pearson said on a conference call with analysts and investors. It is now valued at about $38.4-billion and sits within the top 15 pharmaceutical companies by that measure.
"Unless you aim high, you don't achieve high," Pearson said. "How we get there, we can't say at this time."
Valeant is pursuing a so-called merger of equals as well as smaller deals, with its interests focused on the Middle East, Asia and Russia markets, company officials said.
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Microsoft's chief operating officer used to be the new guy in the company's top executive ranks.
Not anymore. Now, two years into his post, the heat is on: The software maker is still raking in cash, but it needs to adapt its old-line, shrink-wrapped software business to an online world. One of Turner's many jobs is to help convince partners--in many cases, Microsoft's front line with customers--that it won't leave them behind.
Welding a services model to the company's existing business is no small matter. Microsoft has to be careful to not derail its profit pipeline with Windows and Office, yet it needs to launch new services, like Windows Live, Office Live and online business software to keep up with competitors such as Google, Salesforce.com and many others.
At Microsoft's largest partner conference of the year last week in Denver, Turner told News.com about the progress he's made since last year, the challenges that remain, and what it's like knowing that only half of Microsoft's customers actually pay for their software.
Q: A year ago you were pretty fresh in the COO role. Now, a year later, what surprises you still? What are some of the things that you are still working on, and what are some of the things that are better than you thought--or worse than you thought?
Turner: I think that we're much better today about having a common definition of success through our subsidiaries. I feel really good about the fact that we have a common scorecard, a common goal sheet, that people are on the same page as it relates to both how they're compensated as well as how their performance review is (done). That sounds like a trivial thing, but with 80,000 people scattered around the world, if you don't have that common framework that people are working under, then they see things through a different lens. The performance of the company, some of the things that we've put in from an execution standpoint--from an operational excellence standpoint--I think have really made a huge difference, and it shows up in the numbers that we've released through the first three quarters.
I think that we're a company that has long believed in innovation. And I think we're a company that's learning to be operationally excellent. I don't think we've learned it. I think it's in the process of being learned, and that's something that I'm proud of--the progress that the team has made in that regard. They're adapting to that.
People wonder if that will stifle innovation. But all great teams have great discipline. If you do it well, discipline is not the enemy of enthusiasm, it actually becomes the enabler to do the things that you want to do. That's where the innovation really takes hold. That's where you're seeing these products hit these cycles. You know--bam--we're right back out there with another SQL Server version, another Visual Studio, and now Windows Server 2008. Those are huge launches on highly successful products that are coming in the marketplace in a good cycle. If you can keep turning that and keep showing that, partners win, customers win, and the whole ecosystem wins. So that's the theory; that's what we're working on, and it's fun. I love my job.
You talked about being more predictable, in having product releases regularly. There was that study that came out recently about software assurance (a Microsoft software licensing program) which found more ambivalence on the part of large customers to sign these deals, in large part because they aren't seeing regular releases. They don't see the road maps, and they're not confident that they're going to get their money's worth. What's your view on that?
Turner: I'm not seeing that or hearing that from the customers in the marketplace. We're not seeing any slowdown in that respect. There's an obligation on us, though. Steve Ballmer stood up last year and said something to the effect of, "never, ever, ever, ever, ever again will we have a delay like we had with Vista." I think that people care less about what you say and more about what you do. And--boom--(we're) showing that FY08 innovation coming to the marketplace. That's the kind of cycle that our customers expect. If we don't deliver it, people won't see the value in it. All we can do is continue to demonstrate the ability to do it and believe in it.
I do know this: Nobody is investing more, and nobody is trying harder to bring their own IP into the marketplace. I do know that. No other technology company is trying to do it the way we're doing it.
One of the things we are seeing is that there are more and more different versions of Microsoft's products. Is that what customers want?
Turner: You mostly let customers decide. It's harder on partners. But most customers are the ones driving for a different offering: they want different functionality or a different price point, or both. We typically listen to customers and where they lead us, then that's where we're going to end up building the products.
On the flip side of that, one of the secrets of the company is that we've really changed a lot of our licensing programs. So we went from 107 different licensing programs a year ago down to 23. One of the questions I get is, "When are you going to simplify licensing?" When I came in, that was one of the key things that I chartered with Joe Matz, who runs our worldwide licensing group for me. He's shrunk those dramatically, and our customer satisfaction number around licensing has improved dramatically. Partners want it. We've made a lot of changes in that regard and we still have a long way to go.
The thing that I want people to know about Microsoft is we're willing to listen, we're willing to improve, we've made progress, we want to keep getting better, and we need the partner input. They give us a lot of great input, and we need that. I got several notes already today.
What are some of the things on your road map for the year? What are your main priorities right now?
Turner: I'm working hard on making sure we're winning customers, and that includes share, it includes Linux, it includes making sure that we're bringing value to the marketplace for customers. I'm making sure that we just make it habitual to take care of customers, that we really step up our game, that I really rally the partners to help us step up our game because they represent us. The customers vote by what they buy. Being a trusted adviser is a more and more important thing in a decision-making process for an IT person. I want us to keep stepping up the customer satisfaction and the partner satisfaction that we're driving.
When I look at growing the business, we have huge opportunities in emerging markets. I mean, if you look at the BRIC countries, Brazil, Russia, India, China--you know, those are great opportunities for us to figure out how to grow our business, to really figure out how we can get after antipiracy in a thoughtful way, how we can continue to monetize new things that we have coming to the marketplace like HPC, this high-performance cluster computing. When you think about that and how we can get better at that, there's a big opportunity for us to grow new businesses, software plus services, Office Live. You know, what a challenge for us to figure out new ways to grow our business and grow it through partners.
And the last one, but certainly the most important one, is people. That it's people who actually make things happen, that it's people who create value, that it's people who take care of customers, that it's people who communicate those road maps.
That's the one thing that I think about the most: Do we have the right people? Do we have the right team? Is there something I can be doing to develop or grow them or train them or help them? Or what do they need from me?
On the issue of product road maps, on the Windows side it seems like we're actually getting less clear direction from Microsoft. They're not even talking about when we're going to have the first service pack for Vista, which I imagine, for your team trying to sell Vista, seems like a step backwards, at least externally.
Turner: Well, no, I think that's certainly a fair challenge to us. I think that we got out of the gate a little bit slower than any of us would have liked from an application compatibility standpoint, but we fixed that. We've spent a ton of time making sure we've got 10,000 devices and 1,900 applications, and we've spent a ton of time getting that right.
When you look at the security engineering that went into Vista, we're very pleased with the progress. That's a journey. That's not a destination, so we're working on that, but good progress has been made. There'll be a (Vista) SP1, and there'll be another release of the next Windows after Vista. You'll hear more about that in the upcoming months.
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The birthplace of basketball has proposed a political rematch. The mayor of Springfield, Mass., says he wants to set up a basketball game: On one side would be President Obama and the other side would be Sen. Scott Brown. His recent election cost the Democrats a key vote in Congress. The president's office says it's studying the invitation. Brown contends he's ready to play.
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