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If you´re hooked on coffee and appreciate European style coffee, you´l be glad to hear that one of the European customs that argies have adopted is the Café shops that you commonly find in France, Italy and Spain.
These "Cafés" or "cafeterias", were places where guys hanged out to watch a soccer game, talk bout politics, etc, kinda like a Pub in the U.K.
They serve the Italian and french style coffees served in small cups called "demi tasse"opposed to the north American watered down versions.
A typical example of these coffee shops in Buenos Aires is the cafe Rivas located in San telmo neighbourhood at the corner of Estados Unidos and Balcarce streets. With its vintage looks and stategically located with a vantage view of the intersection, you can stop by for a fast espresso or"cortado" (espresso with a shot of Milk) or eat lunch or dinner. These places are opened all day long, except on Mondays.
Sunday, 22 June 2014
The Café Rivas in San telmo
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Etiquetas: Argentina, Buenos Aires, cofee, Food
Thursday, 12 June 2014
From the past - Coyoacan, Mexico City
I have fond memories from my two tours in mexico. today I give you some photos of the historical neighbourhood of Coyoacan in Mexico City.
See the Pdf here.
Publicado por Dario Ricardo en 18:14 0 comentarios
Etiquetas: Architecture, From the Past, Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico D.F, Travel
Sunday, 1 June 2014
If you like modern stuff, move to Dubai
New things become old and stay for a while, old stuff decays and desapears. Greetings from Vintage town, Montevideo.
Publicado por Dario Ricardo en 11:14 0 comentarios
Etiquetas: Cars, Montevideo, Uruguay
Saturday, 24 May 2014
Seek and you shall find.
Definitely it does´nt matter where you live there is always something new to photograph. In my quest for spectacular sunsets I found this great angle from which to capture the city of Montevideo´s skyline.
El Puerto del buceo has a long pier that brings you far enough into the river to catch the city and still get some foreground. But I´ve been to this part of town many times but never saw this spot. Its a matter of perseverance.
Publicado por Dario Ricardo en 16:48 0 comentarios
Etiquetas: Montevideo, River Plate, Sunsets, Uruguay
Thursday, 15 May 2014
Things you see on the streets
Another fine example of the beauties you can find parked on the streets of Montevideo is this SAAB Montecarlo from the 60´s in mint condition.
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Etiquetas: Cars, Color Rojo, Montevideo, Uruguay
Friday, 25 April 2014
From the Past - Madrid
How bout some photos of Madrid. See the Pdf here.
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Etiquetas: España, From the Past, Madrid, Spain
Sunday, 20 April 2014
Waves of the River Plate
Last Sunday afternoon was a very depressing one, so I dashed to the Rambla to see if I could catch a nice sunset. To my surprise the River Plate was at its peak bashing waves against the river walk, and as Robert Capa once said. If your photos are not good enough, its because you were´nt close enough.
definitely I got close enough, enough to get soaked at least, but I got some nice shots too.
See the Pdf here.
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Category Cloud Computing Security
Type White Paper
Length 8
Publish Date May 17 2012
Date posted May 23 2012
Interest in the Cloud has risen dramatically in the last two years. While cloud computing increases business agility, scalability, and efficiency, it also introduces new security risks and concerns. Often security is the main barrier between interest and adoption. This white paper from Cisco outlines the most common security concerns with Cloud adoption and offers advice to deal with these concerns.
Hi John, I was maybe over-simplifying (and I ran my version by its inventor) but interesting point re. Metcalfe's Law. Like Moore's Law (and...
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How do you protect people from those using your. Shuffle from fraudulent activities such as catfish.
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Madison Area Running Series is a series of run/walk events in Madison, WI and its surrounding areas
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Remember how I was having my little spat with Polly Perfectionist on Tuesday about losing track of the lap count? Today I was NOT going to go through that again. So I carefully concentrated on a different element for each 100 yards (4 lengths of the pool = 100). The first hundred was just concentrating on getting that little warm up, on going easy. The second was triumphantly knowing I hadn't lost count YET!
The third I set my focus on my kick. The fourth on smooth breathing... etc. Pick an element for each 4 length rotation.
In the end, I finished my 1200 in 43 minutes, which is about when I called time on myself on Tuesday. And I feel good! Take THAT, Polly!
Oh, and yes, I got my 15 miles on the bike in after work, but I chose a bike path whose twists and turns slow me down. Probably a good thing, as it was rather warm... our little break from the heat seems to be over for now. Or at least, now being separated from those 100's by a few days, the 90's are feeling hot again.
In short, life's still good. Spark on!
Yesterday after work I did the requisite "run 30 minutes" from the training schedule. My way. I respected the run 8 minutes / walk 15 seconds cycle, but I went a little longer... i.e. I didn't count the 9 minute warm up as part of the 30, and I finished out the fourth 8 minutes.
Today's schedule calls for a 15 mile bike workout. Well! Whenever it says "bike" but not "brick", the temptation is to make my work commute part of the bike. Problem: the bike commute figures out to somewhere between 6.2 and 6.7 miles... even doubled that doesn't make 15.
Plus the bike commute adds the complication of wardrobe changes & carrying a lock cable, and all that rot. So... between that and listening to the body which would like a little more recovery time after the run... I'm opting out of trying to combine the commute into the picture. I will bike AFTER work.
And I will... I have a cute new "tri" suit to try out on the bike... and tomorrow I'll try it on my walk portion of the workout. I intend to wear it for the open water swim in a week and a half. Nothing should be "new" on race day... all equipment should be tried and tested.
By the way, those swim socks? I was impressed with how well they dried off in my kitchen during my work day. And they did not impede my kick in the water, although I was conscious of them. Tomorrow, I'll wear them again for my morning swim.
I am starting to think about the tapering process... I haven't really been tapering THIS week, as the color run isn't a "real race"... it's "just another workout". But I'm thinking I might taper a little bit on the swim workouts next week, in preparation for the open water swim (which is essentially a dress rehearsal).
Life is good. Spark on!
Uma Rockie Vertigo! Combined a couple of the suggestions from the comments to yesterday's blog. For short I can call her Uma, or Rockie, depending on the sound track in my head.
This morning's challenge? Tamping down Polly the Perfectionist who is stamping her little foot in frustration at me for losing track of the swim laps. I swam for about 43 minutes but since I wasn't doing rest stops between the 4-lap hundred yard bits... managed to allow my mind to drift and lost track. I know I did at least 1100 yards, as I took a conservative bend on where I was in the count, rather than risk shorting it. I was supposed to do 1200 but stopped myself for time. That is the one thing about swimming before work, there is a cut-off.
Got the pet porter out of the shed and have it up on the deck for the kitties to explore today. They are up for their annual shots and too big to both fit in the box they rode in last year. They were very curious about it. I'll just leave it there today, clean it up at some point before we make the trip on Friday.
Oh, and about the swim... tried out a new bit of gear today: swim socks. They are supposed to be wearable in the swim, and protect the feet going to transition from the lake to the bike. I wore them in the pool today, just to see how they'd do. Not bad, not bad. I can see where they would be a great aid if the lake were cold (I don't think this one will be by the 28th).
Out of time, gotta go! Spark on, and live LIFE!
Some of you have been around long enough to see me name my car and now my bicycle. It might seem silly to some, but I used to do this all the time... and then I stopped. I was married to a man who did not have that element of whimsey, and I was a mother and a career woman, and felt I was too... I don't know, busy? Grown-up? Or did I just lose my inner child for a while?
Whatever, there were several years when the cars did not get names. They were just the ____ (fill in brand name... Subaru, Ford...).
Where am I going with this? My new bike has a name (Brenda Starr Trek), but my mountain bike does not! It's time she got one. Oh, yes, the mountain bike is definitely a she, too. She's blue but her brand doesn't give me much inspiration to work with (Univega?) She's taken me down rural trails and at one point in time allowed me to chase after a then BMX riding son (major reason at the time of her purchase).
Have to give this some thought. Suggestions are welcome.
Yesterday was my niece's birthday, and I went with her and her mom to go watch her dad perform on stage in a Melodrama. Great fun was had by all... followed by a carrot cake b-day cake. Knowing that was coming made me a little saner with the popcorn at the play.
Today is a rest day on the training schedule, and my body is cheering for it... definitely ready. The rest of the week will probably take me away from Spark except for the basics of logging in,tracking and spinning the wheel as I move into two a days with long swims in the morning on Tuesday and Thursday, and a medium bike ride on Wednesday between. Friday I'll need to drive to Omaha to pick up my Color Run packet... so if you don't see me around much... think of me being active and smile for me!
Life is good, if busy. Spark on!
Somebody else has to start supporting the consumer economy, not just me. Nonetheless, the bike shop sale I *wasn't* going to bite for? Yeah, I bit. After riding my sister's "comfort hybrid" I was going to borrow it for the tri. But I got to thinking, then I dropped by "just to see what they have." Uh-huh.
Seeing what they have, turns into test rides (rode a couple of different models)... and long and short of it is that "Brenda" ended up in my garage and took me on our first training ride this morning. Extra credit goes to those who look at the photo and groan at the two degrees of separation in the pun of the name.
That said, Brenda and I took a nostalgia trip as part of a 22.8 mile tour de city. I ended up cycling in parts of town on residential streets that were part of my grade school through high school years. I zipped by the house my parents had rented when we first moved to town (I was 7), and up the hill that used to seem so huge to my first grader legs. I cruised past the house we lived in until I moved out, too... and up the *other* "big hill" that was the challenge of my middle childhood. Guess what? There are bigger hills than those close to my current home... and I grin and push myself up those, making the childhood hills seem smaller.
Anyway, this afternoon it will be the melodramas, then a birthday celebration for my niece, and finally a recovery walk in the evening before calling it a training week and prepping to go back to work tomorrow.
Life is good. Spark on!


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THIS CAME OUT A LONG TIME AGO, BEFORE THE NINTENDO GAME "SUPER SMASH BROS BRAWL" EVER CAME OUT. PLEASE STOP ASSUMING THIS IS ANYTHING NEW OR GOOD. I MADE IT A LONG TIME AGO, IT WAS ONE OF MY FIRST ANIMATIONS OF FLASHES EVER. A better one is coming, based off of the game, called Brawl:2.
Heh, it may not be classic, it's still good. The artwork is something I could only dream to ever make (which is why I don't make flash).
Point of warning though: The action is just a little too slow-paced to get the feeling of Melee right. But otherwise... GOOD!
I would have gave it a ten with some backround, otherwise it was very good
It was nice
Only draw back, not often a background, shame, but other than that great job... and damn Ness is scary =P You twinked him a bit =P
As cool as this flash was, I think the most important thing you included in it was the script. Not a lot of people seem to understand that random is ok, but nonsensical isn't.
very good
it was good ur just missing one thing.. a backround theme.. Laguns theme from ff8 would rock with that lmao


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It's finally here. The NBA season begins today.
22 days until the start of the NBA season.
25 days until the start of the season. Here's today's motivational quote.
28 days until the Wizards' first game.
Today's motivational quote.
Aggression is an effective form of energy when focused on the right direction and shielded from all others. -John Driscoll
31 days until the first game of the regular season. Here's today's motivational quote.
Blocking shots isn't just about keeping the ball out of the basket.
"My leadership is my biggest strength. You can't gameplan or scout what I do." -A.J. Price
"As soon as you're born, you start dying, so you might as well have a good time." -Cake, "Sheep Go To Heaven"
"Against criticism a man can neither protest nor defend himself; he must act in spite of it, and then it will gradually yield to him." -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
"Maybe you are the "cool" generation. If coolness means a capacity to stay calm and use your head in the service of ends passionately believed in, then it has my admiration." -Kingman Brewster Jr.,...
"The secret of change is to focus all of your energy, not on fighting the old, but on building the new." -Socrates
"If you have no confidence in self, you are twice defeated in the race of life." -Marcus Garvey
"When the effective leader is finished with his work, the people say it happened naturally." -Lao Tzu
"I will pay the appropriate amount homage to the past, but we have to change." -Ted Leonsis, June 10, 2010
"You can spend minutes, hours, days, weeks, or even months over-analyzing a situation; trying to put the pieces together, justifying what could've, would've happened... or you can just leave the...
"Vision without execution is hallucination." -Thomas Edison
"The brick walls aren't there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we want something. The brick walls are there to stop the people who don't want it badly...
"By concentrating on precision, one arrives at technique, but by concentrating on technique one does not arrive at precision." -Bruno Walter
"It's like any bad habit we have. If you're a smoker, you ain't going to drop those habits in a day. I've got to help them kick some of these bad habits that we're in." -Randy Wittman, January 25,...
"I guess I have a lot to prove. I mean, last year I felt like I underachieved." -Chris Singleton, July 9, 2012.
"When you look at the last 20 years in the NBA, there have been seven teams that have won the NBA championship. Six of those seven teams drafted the number one or number two pick; their...
"I don't know, I think Blake Griffin is the American Jan Vesely." -Jan Vesely, June 24, 2011.
"When just about every man gets pushed into a corner, the tough guy is going to come out swinging and he's going to come out giving his best effort. Some would get back into a corner and cower or...
"Nobody succeeds beyond his or her wildest expectations unless he or she begins with some wild expectations." -Ralph Charell, author.
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*August 28: 1st - 5th Grade Supply Night @ 4:30 to 5:30 PM
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We want to invite you and your kindergartner to join us for an ICE CREAM SOCIAL on Thursday, August 28 at 6:00 PM at Crater Elementary.
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Accounting Practice Harmony, Accounting Regulation and Firm Characteristics
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Former Chief Judge of 1st Circuit Dies
Posted Dec 17, 2009 7:29 AM CDT
By Debra Cassens Weiss
A former chief judge of the Boston-based 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has died at the age of 90.
Frank Coffin served as a judge for 40 years and was chief judge of the circuit for 11 years, the New York Times reports. He is also a former congressman and the author of two well-regarded books on judging, On Appeal and The Ways of a Judge.
Coffin died Dec. 7 after complications from surgery to repair an aortic aneurysm, a friend told the Times.
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The Book of New Forest Lists
De Martin O'Neill
Uncover a different side to the historic New Forest. Eye-catching photographs combined with a wealth of lists - some factual, some just for fun - provide a novel insight into this special place.
Acerca del autor
Martin started his career as a journalist and has worked in senior management, marketing and communications roles for conservation bodies, charities and councils. He has written widely on local heritage and many of his photographs have been published in magazines and books. A number have won competitions. Martin grew up in the Derbyshire Peak District and now lives in the New Forest.
Fecha de publicación 22 de febrero de 2011
Dimensiones Cuadrado pequeño 120 páginas
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Etiquetas facts, history, heritage, culture, park, national, forest, new, humour, pony, images, pictures, photography, guide, list
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Beards in prison hold next religion test for Supreme Court
WASHINGTON When the Supreme Court comes back from its summer break next month, it will pick up where it left off, returning to the subject of religious freedom. But the court's focus will shift from corporations to prisoners.
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Washington Post owner Jeffrey Bezos is replacing Publisher Katharine Weymouth with Politico's first chief executive, Frederick Ryan Jr., a former Reagan administration official now charged with continuing to build the reach of Post journalism through digital initiatives, company officials...
3 killed, 2 critically hurt in Kansas City shootings
A quiet south Kansas City cul-de-sac with many older residents was the scene Tuesday afternoon of the city's worst multiple killing in more than 2 1/2 years.
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What is TechBikers
TechBikers was launched in 2012 by a group of tech and start-up enthusiasts in London. Our goal is to combine networking with a good cause. In 2013 we organized a ride from Prague to Berlin for the German and Czech start-up scene and thereby raised money for dotHIV.
The ride was a great success. You can read our recap of the tour to get a feeling for what you missed.
But don't worry, the 2014 ride from Copenhagen to Berlin is open coming up! It is longer than any ride we have attempted so far, but that will make the achievement so much greater!
Register now for the Copenhagen → Berlin ride!
About the team
You are probably wondering who we are, and why we are doing this. The simple answer: we're a group of people from all over Germany, with a passion for startups and the desire to do good. Oh, and we also like cycling. If you're interested, we also have a more long-winded answer.


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Tel: (302)239-0332
Grades: NS - 8 | 526 students
The Independence School inspires students to become independent, intellectually curious individuals who possess an exceptional spirit for learning, leadership and citizenship.
School Overview
|School Membership(s)School Assoc.
|National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS)
Association of Delaware Valley Independent Schools (ADVIS)
Delaware Association of Independent Schools
|Religious Affiliation
|Grades Offered
|Grades Nursery/Preschool - 8
|Year Founded
Student Body
|Total Students
|526 students
|Student Body Type
|% Students of Color
State avg.: 21%
|Students by Grade
Academics and Faculty
|Total Classroom Teachers
|55 teachers
|Student : Teacher Ratio
National avg.: 13:1
|% Faculty w/Advanced Degree
|Average Class Size
|19 students
|Classroom Dress Code
Finances and Admission
|Admission Deadline
|Feb. 1 / rolling
|Yearly Tuition Cost
|Tuition Notes
|Tuition Assistance Program is available
|% on Financial Aid
|Admissions Director
|Cindy Weir
|Admissions Associate
|Carol Bergner
|Total Sports Offered
|10 sports
|Baseball, Basketball, Cross Country, Field Hockey, Lacrosse, Soccer, Tennis, Track and Field, Volleyball, WrestlingBaseball, Basketball,
Cross Country, Field Hockey,
Lacrosse, Soccer,
Tennis, Track and Field,
Volleyball, Wrestling,
School Notes:
- We inspire students to believe in their abilities.
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"No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world." ~ Robin Williams
I've paid homage to comedians on this site several times because comedy is a powerful form of philosophy. In fact, by far the most viewed post on this blog is The Philosophy of George Carlin, which I published 6 years ago when he died.
Robin Williams, another brilliant human being lost too soon, is another example of a comedian (and actor) who made us think. How many artists would have the combination of courage, intellect and wit to name their album, Reality...What A Concept?
Humor is an effective tool for reflecting upon the folly of conventional wisdom; entertainment provides quicker access to truth than seriousness because it disarms the audience and allows for the truth to present itself in a more subtle way. Therefore comedy can be considered a form of philosophy and comedians can be considered philosophers.
With that, I leave you with some of Robin's own words:
You will have bad times but they will always wake you up to the stuff you weren't paying attention to.
Why do they call it rush hour when nothing moves?
What's right is what's left if you do everything else wrong.
Never pick a fight with an ugly person. They've got nothing to lose.
We had gay burglars the other night. They broke in and rearranged the furniture.
Okra is the closest thing to nylon I've ever eaten. It's like they bred cotton with a green bean. Okra, tastes like snot. The more you cook it, the more it turns into string.
The second amendment says we have the right to bear arms, not to bear artillary.
If it's the psychic network, why do they need a phone number?
I'm sorry, if you were right, I'd agree with you.
But only in their dreams can men be truly free. It was always thus and always thus will be.
You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it.
There is still a lot to learn and there is always great stuff out there. Even mistakes can be wonderful.
Thank you Mr. Williams. I am comforted by the thought that anyone who is remembered never really leaves us...
The Philosophy of George Carlin
Inscribed above the entrance of the ancient Greek temple of Apollo Delphi, site of the sacred Oracle, are the words "Gnothi Seauton", which translates to Know Thyself. The ancient Greeks and many of the greatest thinkers and philosophers before and after their time taught this lesson: There is no greater knowledge than that of the Self. However human nature is such that knowledge of things outside of the Self—worldly things—is the unfortunate preference.
For mastery of life, you must acquire mastery of Self. An important part of this mastery is to distinguish between knowledge that is helpful and knowledge that is potentially harmful. What do you know and how do you know it? More importantly, what do you not know?
Think of all the knowledge you have obtained to this present day. Where did it come from? What you "know" predominately comes from sources other than you: Your knowledge has come from parents, friends, schools, television, the Internet, and any other information source from which you have received messages. These are sources that tell you, either implicitly or explicitly, what you should be and how you should act.
Information, truth, and knowledge do not share the same meaning. For example, you may think that you know yourself but how much of this knowledge came from sources other than your Self? And much of this knowledge is just information--it consists of descriptions, labels that point at you but they are not you. Can you see this?
The great 20th century spiritual leader and psychotherapist, Anthony De Mello, said, "We think we know, that is our tragedy; so we never discover." This is similar to the teachings of Socrates, who taught that wisdom is the awareness of one's own ignorance. And we also find overlap with Lau Tzu's Taoist teaching from the Tao Te Ching: "One who knows does not speak; one who speaks does not know." This wisdom touches upon the folly of making predictions based upon what we know (or rather what we think we know).
Perhaps Shakespeare draws the most succinct distinction between knowledge and wisdom best: "The fool doth think he is wise but the wise man knows himself to be a fool." And thus we have a lesson for mastery of life: Knowledge is a wonderful tool that can be used to navigate the outer world; however the greatest knowledge for your own mastery of life is of the inner world, which begins with the awareness that there are things that you do not know about your Self.
The tragedy of knowledge is thinking that we know...
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"I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. He will put some things behind, will pass an invisible boundary; new, universal, and more liberal laws will begin to establish themselves around and within him; or the old laws be expanded, and interpreted in his favor in a more liberal sense, and he will live with the license of a higher order of beings. In proportion as he simplifies his life, the laws of the universe will appear less complex, and solitude will not be solitude, nor poverty poverty, nor weakness weakness. If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them."
~ Henry David Thoreau, Walden
Humans are curious beings. We spend the majority of our time building foundations but leave little or no time for living in the actual structure, and this assumes the structure is ever completed.
Foundation-building in life is essentially an act of sacrificing now for the prospect of having something better later. But the key word is "prospect," which implies only a potential for reward in a future that is not certain to come.
Consider some examples of foundation-building:
Building a foundation is the "responsible" thing to do. But building your castle in the air, to borrow Thoreau's metaphor, is the philosophy of living now as yourself, as opposed to waiting indefinitely to be yourself later, after having built a foundation.
"We have to recognize accident, i.e., the fact that there is no formula, no 'principle', which covers all things; that there is no totality or system of things. And this recognition at once supports a life of 'responsibility and adventure' and leads to scientific discovery." ~ John Anderson
Almost every reflection on life I have ever seen or heard from those who have lived a self-actualized existence says that the risk of (or indifference to) financial failure is essential for achieving the ability to spend more of your time doing what comes naturally, to be your Self, to be self-actualized.
As Thoreau suggests in his famous 'castles in the air' quote, success comes when one "advances confidently in the direction of his dreams." Therefore an act of failure in conventional terms is seen only as a temporary setback for those who live authentically in the present.
But to be self-actualized and enjoy life now does not require financial irresponsibility. All that is required, like all things in life, is a healthy balance of responsibility and adventure.
Now consider other examples of building castles in the air:
"What do you think I am doing now?"
For a specific example, what if you could find meaningful work now that you enjoy but it only paid a minimal amount to cover only the bare necessities? You may not be able to "save for retirement" anymore but you would already be in retirement, if you think of it with a healthy perspective: You would build the castle and live in it now, as opposed to spending most of your life building a foundation first. Why save money for "the good life" when you already live the good life?
The idea of 'castles in the air' brings to mind a similar lesson, the fisherman's parable, which is where I will leave you today:
One day a fisherman was sitting by his boat while playing with his child on a beautiful beach; his fishing pole resting against the boat.
A wealthy businessman came walking down the beach, trying to relieve some of the stress of his workday. Curious and horrified at the sight of the fisherman wasting the day, the businessman asked, "Why aren't you out fishing?"
The fisherman looked up at the businessman, smiled and replied, "Because I already caught enough fish for one day." The businessman followed, "Why don't you catch some more?"
"What would I do with them?" replied the fisherman. "You could earn extra money," said the businessman, "then with the extra money, you could buy a bigger boat, go into deeper waters, and catch more fish. Then you would make enough money to buy nylon nets. With the nets, you could catch even more fish and make more money. With that money you could own two boats, maybe three boats. Eventually you could have a whole fleet of boats and be rich like me."
"Then what would I do?" asked the fisherman. "Then," said the businessman, "you could really enjoy life."
The fisherman looked at the businessman quizzically and asked, "What do you think I am doing now?"
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Parlez-vous effectors?
Article first published online: 12 AUG 2010
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03420.x
© The Author (2010). Journal compilation © New Phytologist Trust (2010)
New Phytologist
Special Issue: Featured papers on 'Effectors in plant–microbe interactions'
Volume 187, Issue 4, pages 877–879, September 2010
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Martin, F. (2010), Parlez-vous effectors?. New Phytologist, 187: 877–879. doi: 10.1111/j.1469-8137.2010.03420.x
Publication History
- Issue published online: 12 AUG 2010
- Article first published online: 12 AUG 2010
- Abstract
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- bacteria;
- effectors;
- fungi;
- nematodes;
- plant disease;
- small secreted proteins;
- trafficking;
- type III secretion
In the high valley of the Arc river in Haute Maurienne, France, glacier rivers and threatening seracs make loud roaring sounds, the snow is slowly retreating from the alpine meadows and hundreds of plants are rushing to generate their seeds in these highlands where winter lasts for 8 months of the year. In walking through this colorful cornocupia of flowering plants, enchanting forests of dwarf willows and rock lichens competing for light and nutrients – a peaceful struggle for life – it is hard to believe that a war is taking place in the entangled vegetal crowd. Necrotic spots, blisters and yellow pustules are the visible testimony of the invasion of plant leaves and stems by deadly bacterial and fungal parasites. Pathogenic microbes interact with their host cells to create unique niches for replication and dissemination. The invasion of plant tissues by these pathogenic microbes relies on a battery of secreted molecules, including exotoxins, phytohormone-related metabolites and hydrolytic enzymes (e.g. cellulases, pectinases and proteases) acting on the host tissues. Mutualist symbionts also use secreted metabolites to modify the host expression (Felten et al., 2009). Studies developed over the last five years have demonstrated that secreted proteins also act as powerful effectors. These secreted protein effectors are emerging as the prime weapons and decoys of plant parasites and also as targets for host recognition and immunity (McCann & Guttman, 2009; Panstruga & Dodds, 2009). Effectors are defined as molecules that manipulate host-cell structure and function, thereby facilitating infection (virulence factors or toxins) and/or triggering defense responses (avirulence factors or elicitors) (Kamoun, 2007). This dual (and conflicting) activity of effectors has been broadly reported in many plant–microbial pathosystems. The research topic is currently investigated by employing a variety of approaches (biochemical, physiological and developmental), together with cellular biology, bioinformatics, functional genomics and proteomics, rapidly moving towards genome-wide and evolutionary analyses (Kamoun, 2007; Schornack et al., 2008; McCann & Guttman, 2009; Panstruga & Dodds, 2009; Kebdani et al., 2010; Khang et al., 2010).
However, despite tremendous progress in recent years many questions still remain unanswered. Very little is known about the genes that determine whether effectors can or cannot suppress the basal defence (Niks & Marcel, 2009). To understand how molecular information is exchanged among species, and how this information is related to the functional character of the plant and microbial interface, the 22nd New Phytologist Symposium 'Effectors in plant–microbe interactions' brought together scientists working on plant–microbe interactions across a range of organisms (viruses, bacteria, fungi and nematodes) (Lebrun & Kamoun, 2010). In addition to topical review papers (Ciuffetti et al., pp. 911–919; Genin, pp. 920–928; Terauchi and Yoshida, pp. 929–939), this issue of New Phytologist contains a feature that presents some of the most exciting results discussed at the symposium. The papers herein discuss the evolution (Chen et al., pp. 941–956; Genin, pp. 920–928; Khrunyk et al., pp. 957–968; Nguyen et al., pp. 969–982), secretion (Szczesny et al., 2010b; pp. 983–1002), trafficking (Wang et al., pp. 1003–1017) and the target (Macho et al., pp. 1018–1033; Manning et al., pp. 1034–1047; Römer et al., pp. 1048–1057; Szczesny et al., 2010a, pp. 1058–1074) of effectors.
It appears that bacteria and eukaryotic microbes share a common small protein-coded 'language' to interact with plants that is distinct from general nutrient exchange. Effectors of bacteria and filamentous micro-organisms (fungi and Oomycetes) act on a wide range of plant cellular processes (Kamoun, 2007; Genin, 2010; Manning et al., 2010; Römer et al., 2010). However, to alter the host cell, effectors must reach a host target. Apoplastic effectors reside in the plant extracellular space, but most effectors investigated enter the host cell. The ability of microbial proteins to gain access to the host-cell cytoplasm, and subsequently to organelles and the nucleus, is therefore a crucial step in pathogenesis and probably in mutualistic symbiosis. There are several cellular mechanisms by which this protein secretion and subsequent host-cell entry can take place. Bacterial proteins can be auto-transported, they can pass through the general secretory pathway, or most importantly from the standpoint of virulence, they can be secreted by one of several specialized mechanisms found in pathogenic bacteria (McCann & Guttman, 2009; Genin, 2010). Many Gram-negative bacterial pathogens encode type III secretion systems (T3S), syringe-like macromolecular complexes, to directly deliver a cocktail of effector proteins into the host cell (Cornelis & Van Gijsegem, 2000; McCann & Guttman, 2009; Genin, 2010). Type II secretion (T2S) systems could also promote disease and contribute to the translocation of effector proteins that are delivered into the plant cell by the T3S system (Szczesny et al., 2010b).
As plant-invading fungi have a common phylogenetic origin and a long history of co-evolution with plants, they probably share ancestral functions involved in interactions with host plants. Studies on genes/functions involved in pathogenicity and symbiosis have highlighted a particular class of effectors corresponding to secreted small proteins (SSP). Genome-wide surveys and transcript profilings have shown that several SSPs belong to protein families in Magnaporthe grisea (a fungal rice leaf pathogen) (Terauchi and Yoshida, 2010), Ustilago maydis (corn smut) (Khrunyk et al., 2010), Leptospheria maculans (a fungal rapeseed leaf/stem pathogen), Melampsora lini (flax rust), Laccaria bicolor (a mycorrhizal symbiont) (Martin et al., 2008; Martin & Selosse, 2008) and Oomycete Phythophtora spp. (Kamoun, 2007; Kebdani et al., 2010). Genome-wide transcriptomics experiments showed that M. grisea, U. maydis and L. bicolor genes, specifically expressed during infection, mainly encode SPPs. Together, these recent studies strongly suggested that SSPs play a role in the interactions between plant-invading fungi and their host. The main hypothesis is that symbiotic and pathogenic fungi mobilize a rich assortment of effector SSPs that interact with, or manipulate, host plants during infection or symbiosis. This research topic is currently investigated by a wide range of approaches combining bioinformatics, functional genomics (transcriptomics, reverse genetics, biochemical/biological assays) and proteomics. As hundreds of species of fungi undergo genome sequencing and annotation, we are moving rapidly toward genome-wide analyses of fungal effectors (Kamoun, 2007; Terauchi and Yoshida, 2010). In contrast to bacterial effectors, eukaryotic effector proteins are internalized into the plant cell in the absence of the fungus or oomycete, suggesting that they do not require a microbe-encoded transport mechanism. Several effectors of eukaryotic microbes, including biotrophic and hemibiotrophic fungi and oomycetes, appear to fuse to the host membranes via binding of an N-terminal motif, RXLR (arginine, any amino acid, leucine, arginine), to phosphoinositol-3-phosphate (PI3P) (Kale et al., 2010).
One of the most pressing questions in the study of effectors is to characterize their biochemical activities to understand how they alter plant processes and increase the reproductive success of the pathogen. Recent findings illustrate a diversity of effector structures and activities (Kamoun, 2007; Genin). Many of them act as suppressors of specific plant defense through enzyme activities, such as proteases and/or acetyltransferases (Macho et al.; Szczesny et al., 2010a). Some effectors, such as the soybean cyst nematode (Heterodera glycines) CLE effector proteins, can also alter host gene expression and development in mimicking morphogenetic plant peptides (Wang et al.). The high number and diversity of SSPs lead to the proposal that they interfere with many aspects of the plant metabolism to allow the efficiency of the pathogenic or mutualistic process to be optimized.
Recent data suggest that host plants also use this protein-based language to control invading mutualistic microbes. It has been suggested that correct symbiosome development in Medicago truncatula requires the orderly secretion of nodule-specific cysteine-rich (NCR) peptides that are targeted to the bacteria and enter the bacterial membrane and cytosol through the coordinated up-regulation of a nodule-specific pathway (Van de Velde et al., 2010; Wang et al., 2010). As several thousands of novel plant SSPs have been found in Arabidopsis and Poplar by RNA-Seq and protein profiling (X. Yang, G. Hurst, G. Tuskan, pers. comm.), I hypothesize that plants hosting eukaryotic microbes are not a silent partner in the pathogenic or mutualistic symbiotic equation. Rather, they too – through the use of SSPs – might manipulate the growth and development of invading bacterial and fungi within their tissues for their own protection or benefit.
The scientific rewards from comprehensive research programs on microbial effectors include a greater fundamental understanding of the interactions between organisms at the community level and benefit for sustainable agriculture. A deeper understanding of the complex array of factors affecting host–pathogen interactions and co-evolution could indeed ensure efficient targeting of parasite-control methods in forest and agricultural ecosystems.
I thank Jonathan Plett and Jerry Tuskan for inspiring discussions on the small secreted protein effectors. This review was drafted when hiking in the High Valley of Maurienne in the French Alps. Research in my laboratory is supported by the European Commission within the Project ENERGYPOPLAR (FP7-211917) and the Network of Excellence EVOLTREE (FP6-016322), and the US Department of Energy – Oak Ridge National Laboratory Scientific Focus Area for Genomics Foundational Sciences (Project Plant–Microbe Interfaces).
- 2010. Specific resistances against Pseudomonas syringae effectors AvrB and AvrRpm1 have evolved differently in common bean, soybean and Arabidopsis. New Phytologist 187: 941–956. , , , , , , , .
- 2010. Host-selective, Ptr ToxA and Ptr ToxB, as necrotrophic effectors in the Pyrenophora tritici-repentis–wheat interaction. New Phytologist 187: 911–919. , , , , .
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- 2009. The ectomycorrhizal fungus Laccaria bicolor stimulates lateral root formation in poplar and Arabidopsis through auxin transport and signaling. Plant Physiology 151: 1991–2005. , , , , , , , .
- 2010. Molecular traits controlling host range and adaptation to plants in Ralstonia. New Phytologist 187: 920–928. .
- 2010. Phosphoinositide-binding mediates entry of effector proteins from eukaryotic pathogens into host cells. Cell 142: 284–295. , , , , , , , , , et al.
- 2007. Groovy times: filamentous pathogen effectors revealed. Current Opinion in Plant Biology 10: 358–365. .
- 2010. Cellular and molecular characterization of Phytophthora parasitica appressorium-mediated penetration. New Phytologist 185: 248–257. , , , , , .
- 2010. Translocation of Magnaporthe oryzae effectors into rice cells and their subsequent cell-to-cell movement. The Plant Cell 22: 1388–1403. , , , , , , , .
- 2010. The use of FLP-mediated recombination for the functional analysis of an effector gene family in the biotrophic smut fungus Ustilago maydis. New Phytologist 187: 957–968. , , , , .
- 2010. Effectors, effectors et toujours des effectors. New Phytologist 186: 290–292. , .
- 2010. The Pseudomonas syringae effector protein HopZ1a suppreses effector-triggered immunity. New Phytologist 187: 1018–1033. , , , , .
- 2010. Intracellular expression of a host-selective toxin, ToxA, in diverse plants phenocopies silecing of a ToxA-interacting protein. New Phytologist 187: 1034–1047. , , , .
- 2008. Symbiosis insights from the genome of the mycorrhizal basidiomycete Laccaria bicolor. Nature 452: 88–92. , , , , , , , , , et al.
- 2008. The Laccaria Genome: A symbiont blueprint decoded. New Phytologist 180: 379–390. , .
- 2009. Evolution of the type III secretion system and its effectors in plant–microbe interactions. New Phytologist 117: 33–47. , .
- 2010. Two virulence determinants of type III effector AvrPto are functionally conserved in the diverse Pseudomonas syringae pathovars. New Phytologist 187: 969–982. , , , .
- 2009. Nonhost and basal resistance: how to explain specificity? New Phytologist 182: 817–828. , .
- 2009. Terrific protein traffic: the mystery of effector protein delivery by filamentous plant pathogens. Science 324: 748–750. , .
- 2010. Promoter elements of rice susceptibility genes are bound and activated by specific TAL effectors from the bacterial blight pathogen, Xanthomonas oryzae pv. Oryzae. New Phytologist 187: 1048–1057. , , , , , , , .
- 2008. Characterization of AvrHah1, a novel AvrBs3-like effector from Xanthomonas gardneri with virulence and avirulence activity. New Phytologist 179: 546–556. , , , , .
- 2010a. Suppression of the AvrBs1-specific hypersensitive response by the YopJ effector homolog AvrBsT from Xanthomonas depends on a SNF1-related kinase. New Phytologist 187: 1058–1074. , , , , , .
- 2010b. Functional characterization of the Xcs and Xps type II secretion systems from the plant pathogenic bacterium Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria. New Phytologist 187: 983–1002. , , , , , , .
- 2010. Towards population genomics of effector–effector interactions. New Phytologist 187: 929–939. , .
- 2010. Plant peptides govern terminal differentiation of bacteria in symbiosis. Science 327: 1122–1126. , , , , , , , , , et al.
- 2010. A nodule-specific protein secretory pathway required for nitrogen-fixing symbiosis. Science 327: 1126–1129. , , , , , , , .
- 2010. Dual roles for the variable domain in protein trafficking and host-specific recognition of Heterodera glycines CLE effector proteins. New Phytologist 187: 1003–1017. , , , , , , , , , .


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In a rather shocking move, Amazon will be purchasing the leading digital comics provider, comiXology. ComiXology is a widely used site around here at Major Spoilers and I'm sure you might just use it too, so this is a fairly large announcement.
In the press release sent out by comiXolgy the details of the deal are not disclosed and simply let us know that the acquisition will happen. As of now we don't know how how much Amazon will be spending to purchase comiXology, but that isn't the news I'm most interested in. I'm wondering what the relationship between the two entities will be.
Will my Amazon Prime account let me have access to more free comics? Will my Amazon gift card allow me to buy the latest issues of Chew? Will we be able to purcahse comics after clicking on the Amazon link located at MajorSpoilers.com? All questions that I am dying to know answers to but will just have to wait to find out.
The press release did say that the deal would be finalized within the second quarter of 2014 so we should know more within the coming weeks.
What do you think about this announcement? Do you think it will push the digital comic medium farther along than it is now? Do you not like the big company buying up the up-and-comer? Give all your thoughts in the comments and read the full press release below!
SEATTLE—April 10, 2014—(NASDAQ: AMZN)—Amazon.com today announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire comiXology, the company that revolutionized the digital comics reading experience with their immersive Guided View technology and makes discovering, buying, and reading comic books and graphic novels easier and more fun than ever before.
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Founded in 2007, comiXology offers a broad library of digital comic book content from over 75 of the top publishers as well as top independent creators. Following the acquisition, comiXology's headquarters will remain in New York.
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Pantone has announced the 2012 Color of the Year: Tangerine Tango
I couldn't be more excited. Maybe because I've been a fan of this sumptuous color in all of its tints tones and shades way before it was cool! I've been carrying my huge tangerine colored leather hand bag since 2004...it's all over our Creative Muse branding in soft shades and is the color of our window trim at the shop! Without planning it...today I'm just finishing up my lunch...a stuffed pepper...and you guessed it...it's a brilliant orange pepper! My bitty boy is wearing warm jammies today with orange robots...and there is a big bowl of juicy clementines on my counter! Yay for synergy! I'm claiming 2012 as the Year of Transformation...and what a better color to "paint" it with?
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Officials say they found the brush fires and a hay bale on fire at Agri Park Drive near the Apartments at Harpers Pointe just after 12:30 p.m.
The Fire Marshal's Office was called to investigate because officials say the fires appeared to be intentionally set.
Assistant Fire Marshal Tracy Summar says during the investigation, they also discovered a barn on Gresham Lane had been set on fire, but the fire was out when responders got to the scene.
Summar says two subjects of interest have been identified in connection to the fires and that charges are pending against them.
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The British Business and General Aviation Association (BBGA) is looking for a new chief executive to replace Guy Lachlan, who will be leaving the organization in late June to pursue an opportunity outside aviation. BBGA has more than 160 member companies and represents a business and general aviation industry that is estimated to generate more than $5.3 billion for the UK economy.
Aviation in the United Kingdom
Final agreement over the way the European Union's new "common basic standards for aviation security" are implemented in the UK will not be achieved by the existing April 29 deadline and could well be delayed at least until late June due to the country's general election, which at press time is widely expected to be held on May 6.
The Royal Aeronautical Society is on a recruitment drive at the Dubai Airshow (Stand W144) looking to build on a membership base that already extends to a local branch here in the United Arab Emirates. The show also marks the swansong for the London-based organization's chief executive, Keith Mans, who is about to retire and be replaced by former Messier-Dowty CEO Simon Luxmoore.
The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) has said it will show greater flexibility in how it takes over responsibility for air operations, flight crew licensing, oversight of non-European operators, air traffic management and airports over the next few years.
The European Business Aviation Association (EBAA) has been representing the industry for more than 30 years, since its foundation in 1977. Arguably, 2009 could prove to be the most challenging year ever for Europe's business aviation community as it deals with pressures resulting from a severe economic downturn and a new wave of regulatory challenges.
Short-haul operators in Europe have been seeing almost no growth in passenger numbers and have struggled to reduce capacity to offset lower traffic as the global economic downturn has turned to recession. After a disappointing 2008 that saw load factors fall, European Regions Airline Association (ERA) members now suffer "a considerable worsening" in demand.
The UK's Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) issued four safety recommendation as a result of the Sept. 15, 2007 fatal crash of a Eurocopter AS 350B2 Squirrel in Lanark, Scotland. The accident killed all four aboard–the pilot (world champion rally car driver Colin McRae), his young son, a friend of the son and an adult friend of the family.
Now more than five years old, the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) is succeeding in fulfilling its primary mission of implementing a single set of rules across 31 countries but the agency must reassess its stance on certification fees, according to industry stakeholders.
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More than two decades and countless discussions after the term "work-life balance" entered the workforce lexicon, we don't seem to be any closer to figuring out how to achieve it. Author Matthew Kelly believes he knows why.
"The question has always been framed in the wrong way," Kelly told me in a phone interview last week. "The term itself is fatally flawed."
He says the term implies that work and life should be separate, when in reality, they are intertwined. "Most people spend the majority of their lives working. So when you tell them their work isn't a part of their life, they don't respond very well to that."
In fact, prior to the early 1990s, when Fortune 500 companies started addressing the topic in their employee surveys, Kelly believes employees didn't give much thought to having a work-life balance at all. After interviewing more than 3,000 people as research for the book, Kelly and his colleagues found the same holds true today: workers don't truly care about balance at all. What they want is satisfaction in both areas of their lives – personal and professional – at the same time.
An internationally renowned speaker and business consultant, Kelly has built a career around a core principle he developed as a first-year business school student: "becoming the best versions of ourselves." Today, as president of Floyd Consulting, Kelly helps organizations and people become the best versions of themselves on a daily basis.
In his new book, Off Balance: Getting Beyond the Work-Life Balance Myth to Personal and Professional Satisfaction, Kelly refocuses this core principle to help others become the most satisfied versions of themselves. When I spoke to Kelly last week, he discussed how employers could use the insights from his book to tap into their employees' needs and create a more satisfied – and more productive – workforce.
Employers need to take ownership of employee satisfaction
While no one is more responsible for their satisfaction levels than themselves, Kelly says, companies do have a responsibility to help their employees achieve satisfaction. And a large part of that responsibility lies in defining its culture. "A lot of company cultures are passive aggressive, saying, 'We care about our people, and we want them to have a work-life balance and satisfying personal and professional lives,' but there's an underlying pressure to work a 60- to 70-hour week," Kelly says.
Companies have an obligation to be honest and open with their employees about what is expected of them. He uses Microsoft as an example of a company that takes on this responsibility well. "At the start up of Microsoft, all these guys were working an 80-hour work week, but they knew what they were signing up for."
At the same time, however, companies also need to be aware of the higher workloads their people are taking on and extra hours they are putting in, especially in light of the recent "macroeconomic meltdown." Employees simply can't withstand that kind of pressure over a sustained amount of time. "It's okay if we know the fourth quarter is the busiest quarter, but every quarter shouldn't be like that," Kelly says.
In addition to defining one's culture, Kelly says it is of vital importance for a company to have a compelling, clearly defined vision – "something people can work toward" – in order to keep them engaged.
"Highly engaged people tend to have a vision for their life, and there are dreams that they are working toward," Kelly says. Therefore, in order to increase engagement, employers should find ways to let employees pursue their passions at work – in any way possible, no matter how small.
"If we can nudge people closer to their core strengths so they're spending a little more time doing something they're really impassioned about…even if big changes aren't made in that area, if employees are seeing their employers are interested in that, I think it makes a seismic shift in the culture."
Help Your Employees Increase Their Level of Satisfaction with One Simple Exercise
In Off Balance, Kelly outlines various ways to increase one's level of satisfaction. Here's one you can suggest your employees try today: Suggest they carve out a half hour each week – say, on a Friday afternoon or a Monday morning – and take out a notepad. Then, on a scale of one to ten, rate their level of professional satisfaction and rate their level of personal satisfaction. (Professional satisfaction, after all, can influence personal satisfaction and vice versa.) This exercise will do two things: First, it helps people identify the source of their dissatisfaction. Once they've identified this source, they can then begin to work toward changing it for the better. This step is where you come in. Be open to discussing ways your employees can increase their satisfaction at work – whether that means taking on a new challenge or perhaps scaling back in other areas.
Matthew Kelly is the New York Times bestselling author of The Rhythm of Life and The Dream Manager. His newest book, Off Balance: Getting Beyond the Work-Life Balance Myth, comes out today.
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Hike Claims 20 Million Users; Introduces Hidden Mode
Robin Sinha | Monday June 16, 2014
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Hike Messenger introduces 'unlimited free SMS' plan
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Gurman Bhatia | Thursday June 13, 2013
Popular messaging application WhatsApp crossed its all-time daily record by processing 27 billion messages in a single day.
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Reaction to Chines* Nuclear Test
Governments worldwide have expressed regret over China's nuclear test on Tuesday, but most argue it should not be allowed to derail Comprehensive lest Ban talks, and no nuclear power has announced plans to resume testing.
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Committee for Greater Shepparton seeks to unite community
The Committee for Greater Shepparton, which aims to drive initiatives, policies, projects and activities that improve the city, was launched last night.JARROD WHITTAKER June 18, 2014 3:10am
A group of prominent people has heard unity is key to securing better political and economic outcomes for the region.
Last night saw the official launch of the Committee for Greater Shepparton.
About 150 people attended Shepparton's Park Lake Hotel for the launch of the group, which represents a diverse range of community and business interests.
Its aim is to drive initiatives, policies, projects and activities that improve Greater Shepparton.
Committee interim chairman David McKenzie said the turnout showed people recognised they had ''the potential to play a bigger role in the future of the region''.
''Short of putting up your hand and running for council, how does somebody do that?'' Mr McKenzie said.
''Becoming part of a committee like this, putting your extra resources and available time and effort into something that's developing strategy and thinking long-term.''
He said the committee could provide a united and ''clear voice to decision-makers''. The event featured the launch of the committee's draft Strategic Directions 2014 to 2016 document.
The document identified the committee's four key focus areas.
These included making Greater Shepparton the food capital of Australia and building a ''creative community'' by improving arts and culture. Improving transport and digital connections with other parts of Australia and building an inclusive community were also identified as key priorities.
People have until June 27 to provide feedback about the document.
The committee was launched by Victorian Public Transport Minister Terry Mulder, who stepped in for Victorian Premier Denis Napthine, who was unavailable following the death of his mother.
Mr Mulder paid tribute to the committee, which he said could provide clear direction to government.
''A lot of communities I go to, you've got four or five different groups, overlaps, people get tired, people wear out and people don't actually end up getting clear direction,'' he said.
''So to have a Committee for Greater Shepparton of prominent business people, successful people who are prepared to share and to work together, is a massive step for Shepparton.''
Committee chief executive Matt Nelson said the group was designed to provide a voice for the entire community.
''There is a tendency that these can be commercial-based organisations,'' Mr Nelson said. ''We want to represent the community.''
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