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This reclaimed wood sleeping cabin was built by Simple Shelter Texas on a 40 acre site in California. Starting with a pile of reclaimed fencing and some other reclaimed wood, Victor Summers built this simple shelter to house a bed and seating and it even has room for a wood burning stove. Summers is a builder of one-of-a-kind, custom garden structures using reclaimed materials. He collects reclaimed wood and carefully plans his designs to minimize waste and keep costs down.
The original inspiration for this shelter came from Shinto temples and a desire for a low-key place of rest and contemplation. Mounted on 24″ reclaimed utility poles, the cabin is perched above the ground and accessed by a rustic ladder. All of the materials were recycled and reclaimed, except for the roof, which is corrugated tin and purchased was from Home Depot.
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One in five adults still smokes, and it continues to be the leading cause of preventable death and hospital admissions.
Nonetheless, recent gains have been made, with bans on cigarette vending machines and laws against smoking in public places.
In February 2014 the European Parliament approved the Tobacco Products Directive, aiming to make smoking less appealing to young people. Measures include putting health warnings on two thirds of the pack, front and back; banning small packs and some flavours; and tighter controls on the sale of e-cigarettes.
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MCLEAN, Va., April 4, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Gannett Co., Inc. (NYSE: GCI) announced today that Steve Hauber has been named chief executive officer of Clipper Magazine, a leader in the local, regional and national direct mail advertising industry. Hauber succeeds Steve Zuckerman, who was one of Clipper Magazine's founders 30 years ago and is retiring. Gannett acquired Clipper Magazine in 2003.
Hauber formerly was CEO of Gannett Healthcare Group, a leading healthcare media company and the largest provider of continuing nursing education within the U.S., with a portfolio of nationwide print and digital products for nurses and allied health professionals.
" Steve Hauber is an enterprising executive with nearly 20 years of management and advertising experience across many categories of business, including retail, automotive and real estate. He has great skill for identifying strategic opportunities and he is the right fit to take this great brand forward," said Jack Williams, president of Gannett Digital Ventures. "At the same time, we are grateful for Steve Zuckerman's 30-year stewardship of this successful brand.""I'm thrilled to be a part of one of the best local-to-national advertising organizations anywhere and to be leading the talented Clipper team at such an exciting time," said Hauber. "Clipper's outstanding employees have shown a strong commitment to growing the brand and I look forward to working with them as we build upon their impressive work and accomplishments." Hauber started his career as a television account executive in Central Pennsylvania, which is the home of Clipper Magazine. Hauber formerly held sales and marketing positions at top media outlets such as The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Random House, The Los Angeles Daily News and Genesis/New World Entertainment before joining Gannett in 2002. Clipper Magazine mails 235 million magazines to approximately 28 million homes in 29 states each year. In addition to its flagship full-color local advertising magazine, which also publishes under the brands Mint Magazine, Savvy Shopper, Rewards Magazine and PaperMint, Clipper offers cutting-edge digital marketing solutions with coupon and deal sites including the newly launched DoubleTakeOffers website, Clipper Cash App (in select markets), CouponClipper.com and Loyal Customer Club. Clipper also operates Clipper Graphics, The Menu Company and Spencer Advertising and Marketing, a full-service advertising agency.
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Dr. John Mitchell, Professor of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering, Stanford University
Dr. John Mitchell is the Mary and Gordon Cary Family professor in the Stanford Computer Science and Electrical Engineering Department. John's research on computer security focuses on identity theft, Web and network security, trust management and distributed access control. John is also the director of The Stanford Computer Forum, a cooperative venture that encourages collaboration between the Computer Science Department, the Computer Systems Laboratory, and the Information Systems Laboratory at Stanford, and more than 60 companies located in Silicon Valley, the rest of the U.S., Asia, and Europe.
The author of several programming books, John holds a B.S. from Stanford University and a M.S. and Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
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Dr. Sachar Paulus, former senior vice president of product security at SAP and former chief security officer of the SAP group, is a recognized thought leader in the security community. He is member of key advisory organizations of the EU commission regarding information security and security research. He is now a part-time professor for Security Management at University of Brandenburg, where he leads a competence centre for security qualification and industry cooperation.
Before joining SAP in 2000, Sachar worked as a consultant for SECUDE GmbH and KOBIL Systems GmbH, as well as doing cryptography research for the Institute of Experimental Mathematics at Essen University, where he received his Ph.D. in number theory and at the Department for Theoretical Computer Science at Darmstadt University of Technology. Sachar received a M.S. in computer science from the University of Saarland.
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It was the night thousands of Carolina girls have been waiting for. The British invasion boy band One Direction brought their highly anticipated tour to Time Warner Cable Arena and no one left disappointed. It was deafening as Directioners finally set their sights on Liam, Harry, Niall, Louis and Zayn. With handmade t-shirts, painted arms, ripped jeans and a few lit up shirts, thousands of girls jumped around the arena singing along to every word the boys sang.
With a comfort and ease, all five guys ran the stage like pros making sure to visit as close to the fans as possible. It was hard not to smile along as the band joked with each other on stage, laughed along to private jokes and made girls scream with every wink and word they sang.
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Recently, the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB), through a committee of over a 150 heads within the interactive marketing industry put together a guideline for Social Advertising Best Practices. The IAB is a national organization made up of the world's leading online advertising agencies. Their mission is to communicate statistics, speak for the industry with one voice, and fend off any limiting legislation that may impact the industry or slow down the growth of online advertising.
Over the past few years, the online advertising community has been under more scrutiny for how data collected about individual online surfing habits within Social Media is used and how it runs the risk of encroaching on individual privacy rights. Faced with threats of legislation from Congress, the IAB formed a committee to offer guidelines that would help inform the public about what individual data is collected on the social networking sites and how it is used within social ads.
As marketers begin exploring social networking sites – they are finding a treasure trove of data on individuals, their interests, social habits, and much more public and private data that cannot normally be collected in traditional advertising. Where I bought a book, who I discussed that book with, what I said about it, products that I talk about – are all just a small sampling of information that can be obtained. Privacy advocates argue that this information is being collected and shared without consumer permission and that this data has the potential to increase the onset of "Behavioral Targeting" and drive marketers to peer into the private data about individuals, violating their right to privacy, and potentially leading to various forms of profiling or other invasive uses.
First, the guidelines focus solely on that of "Social Ads" or those ads that "incorporates user interactions that the consumer has agreed to display and be shared. The resulting ad displays these interactions along with the user's persona (picture and/or name) within the ad content." Examples of these ads include banners ads where your picture is displayed or a quote by you. These ads may include personal (i.e. your age) or inter-personal (i.e. interactions between you and others) also known as "Social Graph".
For consumers this is a win – an industry move, brought on by regulatory fears, that are steps to ensure that the public is aware of what information is being collected, how their information is being stored, collected, and used. Hopefully this prevents users from one day waking up to find their face plastered on an ad which they scarcely agreed to five years ago while quickly banging out a facebook profile! Expect to see more privacy checkboxes that are less legal and more up front about what they do.
For companies advertising via social ads, this is fully voluntary – but a safe bet to avoid consumer, industry and government backlash. Be sure you have communicated to the consumer what data is being collected and how it is to be communicated. For example, if a consumer has allowed their face to be used on an ad for toothpaste, ensure you have shown that consumer what that looks like before the world sees it. Also, be aware yourself what data you keep around, how it was obtained and when it was collected before it is used in any other advertising. Good policy is good business and being completely up-front with the user is the best approach (even at the risk of loosing the consumer's permission). Approach the managing of this data as you do email addresses within the CAN-SPAM guidelines.
Traditionally, self-regulated industries do not go far enough to satisfy the concerns of privacy rights activists. Doing so would probably put both out of business. However, this is a good first step. Policy statements that come out from industry representatives such as the IAB are warning shots to advertisers and companies to watch out – there is more on the way.
Federal legislation has been, for good reason, apprehensive about jumping into the early regulation of Internet activities unless those activities are egregious (i.e. the protection of children, etc.). Legislation too early will risk becoming outdated before it becomes law. Social Networking, from a legislature's view, is the second coming of the Internet – we have yet to even understand the complexities of it.
It would be silly to think that social media – including advertising practices within social networks – will not be regulated. It is inevitable. And when this legislation does come down – it will be by a much more educated legislature (since almost all members of Congress and the Senate are currently using it now as a prime way of communicating with their constituents). Companies would be wise to not only begin the process of establishing (or modifying their existing) a policy of how consumer data is managed and how their "customers" are protected.


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Dapper Day visit 9/6
I grew up in Southern California but I wasn't too interested in Disneyland beyond my younger days. It's a guy thing. When I was 6 or 7, I was excited to go but somewhere around 12 or 13 it became that place for girls, little kids and tourists. I went to college in the area and I saw some of my friends getting season passes. But they had girlfriends and I naturally concluded they were whipped. Things changed when I had a family of my own and Disney magic took its hold swiftly and completely. The first time we took my oldest -a very girly girl who can never get enough of princesses and mermaids - she came in a Rapunzel t-shirt but left in a Cinderella gown. Pricey but it was worth it. We became annual passholders last year and even though we had to yank cable to budget for it, I consider it one of my best entertainment purchases.
So last friday was Dapper Day! Finally, little princesses aren't the only ones who get to dress up. I'm a big fan of formal wear. It's just alot of fun dressing like a grown up. The whole casual dress movement might have started off to "free" us from formality, but it operates more like an injunction. You MUST wear that t-shirt, shorts and flip-flops or you're clearly unwell.
What I wasn't looking forward to was the heat. Summertime in Southern California is mild but you can really start to bake in the fall. The week prior was a string of triple digit temps and Friday was no different. This did not bode well for a day of dressing up. Particularly for fellas. The more layers we have, the better looking our outfits get. I had an unlined seersucker sportcoat that was perfect for warm weather but when it's 97 outside the parking structure, er no.
The heat did thin the crowds out. We arrived at 3 and we were able to get onto the the kid's favorite rides with very little wait time. Pirates (twice!) Astroblasters (thrice!), Star Tours, - the wait times didn't top 20 mins and most of that time was spent indoors and airconditioned.
Dapper Day brought out the hipsters and their skinny suspenders (with clips) paired with a belt. The belt and suspenders look is supposed to be ironic, I guess, but so many of them wore it that started looking banal. Still, they were well behaved. I'll take them over the trash that infests Magic Mountain. Outside the hipsters, there were some die hard dressers that, despite the heat, still rocked that sportcoat. Some even in three-peices. My favorite outfit was on a couple who came in late 1800s costume. Tall hat, tailcoat, vest, cravat. The fella even had his mustache twirled. Undoubtedly dapper.
We had dinner in the park. I'm really pleased with the quality of Disney's food. The French Market's french dip is one of my favorites and I wish they served it for dinner. Counter service food is obviously not gourmet, but it's pretty good especially compared to how it was when I was younger. In fact, it seems like many amusement parks are upping their food game. Universal Studios and Legoland also have great offerings. The only one that seems to be stuck in the past is Magic Mountain.
I was surprised that the park closed at 10. We saw Fantasmic and tried to leave before the fireworks ended. Half the park had the same idea and the path out of Adventureland was really jammed. We should have taken then train out. We got to see the fireworks - certainly better than looking at the back of somebody's head - but it's a much different experience without the music. By the time we got to Main Street, the fireworks were just ending and the park was closing so there was another big traffic jam through to the exit and then to the parking structure trams. Kudos to Disney for running as many trams as possible. We didn't have to wait too long before we were on our way out.
In spite of the heat and the early closing, we had a great time. It was fun to see people dressed up and I can't wait to pull out that seersucker for the spring Dapper Day.
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Research and Markets ( http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/n5lks8/tablet_pc_market) has announced the addition of the "Tablet PC Market in India: Adoption Scenario & Future Opportunities" report to their offering.
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A Knowledgefaber research report titled "Tablet PC Market in India: Adoption Scenario & Future Opportunities" provides an overview on the current Indian and worldwide market for tablet PCs and future growth prospects with regards to tablet PC sales. The report provides detailed coverage of the worldwide tablet PC market in terms of operating system, screen-size, application processors and mode of connectivity along with adoption trends in apps for tablet PCs. The report lays special emphasis on the tablet PC market in India, providing details on current adoption scenarios of desktop and tablet PCs in India. It provides details on growth projections in tablet PC sales for various screen-sizes, besides market-size by OS, application processors and mode of connectivity. The report also covers competitive landscape for tablet PC vendors in India covering both domestic and international tablet PC vendors. Current adoption trends across verticals such as education, government and healthcare, along with verticals with future potential with regards to tablet PC adoption, have also been identified in the report.Executive Summary: The tablet PC market has emerged as one of the most dynamic segments in consumer electronics in recent times. Consumer demand patterns for computing devices have been constantly evolving with the ability to multi-task, portability, network connectivity, long battery life, along with decent software and hardware being the most sought after requirements in computing devices. With the rise in the mobile population and increased proliferation of Wi-Fi and mobile broadband networks such as 3G and 4G, tablet PCs have emerged as a viable option to fulfil the communication, entertainment and connectivity requirements of consumers on-the-go. The need for devices like tablet PCs has also gained impetus with BYOD gaining traction amongst enterprises across the globe.
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Updated: December 21, 2012 6:12AM
It's a Thanksgiving ritual: Major TV networks must separate the haves from the have-nots among their freshman crop.
New TV series are promised an initial run of 13 episodes. In success, nine more are ordered in late fall to fill out the entire September-to-May season; in failure, the show ends there (CBS' "Partners" and ABC's "Last Resort"), or sooner if it's a quick bomb (CBS' "Made in Jersey" and NBC's "Animal Practice").
Among shows earning full seasons: CBS' "Elementary" and "Vegas"; Fox comedies "Ben & Kate" and "The Mindy Project"; NBC's "Revolution," "Chicago Fire," "Go On" and "The New Normal"; ABC's "The Neighbors" and "Nashville"; and CW's "Beauty and the Beast" and "Arrow." NBC's "Guys With Kids" won four additional episodes.
Fox's "Mob Doctor" remains on the air for now but will not produce additional episodes; neither, likely, will the CW's "Emily Owens, M.D."
This fall has been largely lackluster. Though climbing DVR usage provides eventual boosts to ratings for many shows, none has been the kind of buzzy, genre-defying hit on which networks depend. That mantle has been claimed by AMC's "The Walking Dead," which has eclipsed all other TV dramas in terms of young-adult viewership, a first for cable.
On the bigger networks, "Vegas" and "Elementary" are the most popular new shows, and "Revolution" is tops among young adults. But more newcomers are persevering with borderline ratings.
"A lot of series that have been picked up for the year have shown the standards are lower" for longevity, says Sam Armando, analyst at Chicago ad firm SMGx.
CBS remains tops overall, but is down 10 percent from last year.
NBC alone has reason to cheer; it is up 20 percent from last year, and has moved from fourth to first among young-adult viewers.
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Somewhere between a Lexus CT 200h and an Acura ILX. But a little quieter and definitely bigger than a breadbox. That's the best comparison we could come up with when trying to get an idea of how big Tesla's more moderately priced sedan will be when it hits the market sometime around 2016.
Tesla Motors chief Elon Musk, speaking to the California Public Utilities Commission recently, estimated that the Model E will be about 80 percent the size of the Model S sedan. You can see the video of this below. Now we're not sure exactly what that means, but we can practice a little geometry with the Model S's 196-inch length and 77-inch width and have some fun with the possibilities. And a quick perusal of sports sedans will reveal that the Model E's footprint will be a little bigger than the Lexus in question and slightly more petite than the ILX.
Either way, Musk's estimate rounds out the equation of sorts for the Model E, even though he doesn't use that name in the video below. The car will have a minimum 200-mile range, Musk said (perhaps from a 48-kWh pack?) at about half the cost. And with 80 percent of the size. As for when we'll start seeing sales of the Model E, which is supposed to start at $35,000, that deadline has migrated over the years from as late as 2017 to as early as next year and then back to 2016.


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Students accepted to the program will be required to submit to a criminal background check facilitated by Marion Technical College and conducted by The Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation and Identification. Students with certain felony, misdemeanor, or drug related arrests as specified in ORC 109.572, will be ineligible for admission into the program. The Disqualifier List is included in the MLT Admission Packet for review. Students with any criminal background may be ineligible for admission. Potential employers for MLT graduates require criminal background checks as conditions for employment. Individuals who have been convicted of any crime, including felony, gross misdemeanor, misdemeanor, or drug-related arrests may be ineligible for employment. Therefore, completing the MLT program does not guarantee future employment.
Accepted students will also be required to submit to a drug screening upon admission into the program and at least once during the program. Positive drug screenings will result in forfeiture of the clinical/practicum. Students may be subject to drug screens for cause during the program. Any student who refuses/fails to cooperate, or complete any required drug screening will be considered "positive" and dismissed from the program.
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You don't need to change the world; you need to change yourself. ~ Miguel Ruiz
We live in an exciting time; technological advancements are blurring the boundaries between man and machine, but there's also a rising sentiment towards human values, nature, and Eastern philosophy. The latter is often described as the New Age. The interpretations of such a concept vary widely, but I believe there's a fundamental theme to it that resonates with a deep inner desire, which the post-modern world has failed to fulfil. This post is about the ascension of human consciousness towards a new age.
Search for spirit
The benefits of technology are ambiguous; it has given us a sense of control over our environment, but it has, both symbolically and literally, distanced us from nature. People have become cogs in the complex machinery we call modern society, but lost touch with their spiritual nature. Being slaves of a destructive economic system, a lot of people have lost faith in materialism and started looking for meaning and purpose. Ancient spiritual practices like yoga and meditation have answered to this increasing desire of having a sense of self.
We are part of a delicate and intricate cycle of life here on Earth. The Earth itself is also a living organism, even though it may not be defined as such by biologists. Rather, it is regarded as just an ecosystem, creating the environment for a complex cycle of life. Scientists have come to recognize the vulnerability of that ecosystem, and warn for any irreversible damage that we may be causing. However, the situation is not changing, because we fail to see that life is not just a function of biology, but also an expression of spirit.
Spirit is the reason why we feel connected to nature; it's through spirit that we bond with animals. What characterizes the dominant scientific view on life is that it leaves spirit out of the equation. This may be understandable, because it's hard to measure, but it also means we constrain our natural ability to be in harmony with life. The result is global pollution, extinction of species, and the destruction of our own.
Corruption from the top down
Personally, I believe technology has given us a lot, but it has made us lose track of the real miracle that is life itself. The proof is everywhere to be seen; the way we treat the Earth and our fellow living beings is disrespectful to say the least. Fortunately, there are developments in environmental awareness and clean-tech, but the short-sighted paradigm of unlimited economic growth (unlimited consumption) hinders the stimulation of such advancements. Money comes first and everything else second.
But money is not the same as wealth in the same way that technology does not necessarily make us more sophisticated. Since childhood we've been led to believe that our life's purpose is to be an economical asset to the world, and the better we do that the better our lives will be. But the system is finance isn't fair, because it enslaves people to those who have capital. Hard working people have lost their homes and pensions by the hands of greedy bankers. Fortunately, there is a bigger emphasis on human values now than ever before.
Crux of the New Age
In order to understand the New Age, it's important to know where we came from. Human history plays a big role in the recognition of our true nature. For that matter, a particularly interesting series to watch is Spirit Science – The Human History Movie. Another knowledgable man who talks a lot on subjects like the Old World is Drunvalo Melchizedek, an esoteric researcher, like in his video Birth of A New Humanity. I would recommend watching these videos for the sake of allowing yourself a new feeling for history, sacred geometry, and metaphysics.
For that matter, the New Age can also be seen like a Grand Renaissance; the rebirth of humanity and human values, that stretch back all the way to ancient traditions, much older than the Classical societies. The world is already changing, because people want independence, quality of life, and connection. The truth is that deep inside we're all looking for the same things. In the absence of knowledge, money has become a substitute for love. Fortunately, the economic collapse is showing us that something needs to change.
The importance of intimacy
Our individualistic society has made us strangers to our own neighbors. Our phones may have gotten smarter, but we have become dumber. When I sit in the train I'm always noticing the mesmerizing influence of smartphones when I observe the people around me; they're completely unaware of their environment, while continuously seeking contact in an illusionary world. The truth is that social media hasn't given us a greater sense of connection nor friendship.
I have hundreds of 'friends' on Facebook that I never speak to. In fact, I use social media more as a substitute of reading the newspaper; I'd rather read about people I'm at least slightly acquainted with, or check links and articles from people who share similar interests. However, it doesn't provide me with the intimacy that I desire in human relations. For that reason, one of my aims is to do more offline projects in the future, such as organizing workshops, giving lectures, and performing live music.
A lot of people use social media for the wrong reasons; not in the sense that it isn't right, but more in the sense that it doesn't work. They seek attention, because we all have a desire for intimacy. However, if you sit next to someone in the train, I'm sure you'll feel more intimate speaking to a stranger face to face, rather than WhatsApping on your phone. I myself am a bit more introverted, so I rarely start a conversation, but I like to listen!
Don't get me wrong – I owe a lot to technology. After all, the internet gives me the means to write this blog. But technology shouldn't consume us to the point that we're merely existing in a virtual world and not living the real thing. It is typical of the New Age movement to seek that intimacy; people coming together to eat, dance, make music, give and receive massages, and getting to know each other.
Ascension comes with courage
Of course, creating a new society means giving up on certain things, and facing the truth of our own responsibilities in making that happen. A world that respects life and lives in harmony with the resources of the Earth can't afford to produce junk food. Nor can it afford the economic paradigm of unlimited growth. Right now our economy runs on the sales of mediocre products that are designed to have short lifespans. This creates a lot of rubbish and pollution, wastes precious resources, and stimulates the exploiting of cheap labor.
In order to break the status quo, it's necessary to have the courage to do away with old habits, and the inventiveness to come up with something new. Being able to think outside of the box has always been challenging, because it's often criticized rather than rewarded. However, it's the overcoming of fears that ultimately set us free. Rising to new challenges empowers us in the quest towards fulfilment and independence.
There are different movements going in different directions. On one level it seems as if people are becoming increasingly distant and selfish, whereas on another level we're actually moving closer towards each other and are starting to feel more connected. Both observations are true, and it is a matter of choice in which world you want to live. Those who are too concerned with their self-interest just need more leverage to force them to take a look in the mirror. The New Age is a collective effort that starts within the individual.
In conclusion
When it comes to talking of the New Age, the central themes revolve around a search for meaning, spirit, humanity, and intimacy. We're collectively becoming more aware of everything that's wrong in our society, and start to look for solutions. Clean technologies will need to be further developed if we want to reverse the destruction of our planet. Ideas about wealth and prosperity will have to be re-evaluated in order to establish a sustainable economy. The New Age is about respect for life, harmony with nature, the recognition of spirit, and fair trade.
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People arent the only ones who can get depressed. Pets can, too especially if theyve lost a human or animal companion or experienced a change in environment. So how do you know if your four-legged friend is feeling down? Put the following nine signs on your radar and talk to your vet if you notice any of them. Much like with humans, there are numerous options for treating depression in pets, and the sooner you recognize the signs, the sooner your pet can start getting treatment.
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While some animals, especially cats, might stop grooming themselves when theyre depressed, others take it to the extreme, overgrooming themselves. Nardi once treated a cat grooming so much that he developed a secondary skin infection. Also, some depressed pets begin to shed excessively, which could indicate poor nutrition caused by a pets refusal to eat.


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Low inventory and rising prices have created a situation where multiple offers in hot markets are increasingly common. When prices are rising and new listings are priced using 3-6 month old comparable new inventory is often underpriced. Educated brokers and buyers understand this and quickly offer list or better.Â
Large investors and local investors, expecting prices to again reach their 2006 peak are buying everything is sight, perhaps creating a new speculative bubble. This creates a challenge for buyers. In addition to the standard methods buyers must employ outside the box strategies listed below to succeed in multiple offer situations
The most critical step to succeed in multiple offer situations is to be an "All Cash†buyer presenting proof of funds with your offer. Many sellers are as concerned that the buyer will close as they are about the price.  If you do not have cash in the bank, show a fully approved loan subject only to appraisal.
If possible, evaluate the property's condition and waive inspections prior to making your offer. If the systems are old, the roof is old, or the siding is damaged take them into account in your offering price. Homes with unknown conditions, code violations, termite evidence, missing wiring or plumbing, mold, shifting walls or foundation problems or other red flags are valid reasons to avoid the home or negotiate an inspection period, but keep it short 3-5 days. Offer to provide the seller the inspection report.
Provide adequate earnest money in the form of certified funds. Many offers will include $1,000 or $2,000 of earnest money so to strengthen your offer consider offering a 10% or 20% earnest money deposit.  Higher amounts of earnest money communicate to the seller your intention to close and financial strength. If you decide not to purchase this property, you can always attempt to recover your earnest money through litigation. This litigation would be to establish the earnest money was a penalty, not a reasonable approximation of the seller's actual damages. Most sellers' will settle rather than hire an attorney to fight to retain the earnest money.Â
Present a clean contract; avoid too many contingencies for example: a spouse or partner's approval to approval, attorney's approval, seller providing a warranty, a survey, or leaving or repairing certain items. These items may make the difference to the seller saying no to your offer over another.
Do not request the seller pay closing costs. Find an affordable attorney or title company to represent you.Â
When responding, provide everything in the form the seller requested. Corporate sellers that have specific forms and specific timelines and requirements. They will reject your offer if not completed in full and as instructed. Additionally, their agent may not even be required to present incomplete offers even if it is the highest.
Know the value of the home. Make your best offer. You may not have a second chance. This may be well above list price. Consider an Escalation Clause; if two offers are deemed to be equal state you are willing to increase your offer by X dollars to break a tie with an equal offer. Often 1% of the purchase price is a guide especially if you are in love with the home, provided you are not willing to lose this home over 1%.Â
Permit your offer to be held as a back-up 10, 15, 20 days. It is not uncommon for the high bidder to make an irrational bid and not deliver earnest money or stop payment. The seller may accept a higher bid with an inspection, financing, or appraisal contingency that fails early in the contract. A seller might want or need a back-up buyer. This is especially true if they went out and contracted non-contingent on a new home.
Offer to close quickly, 10 to 14 days for vacant homes. Sellers are concerned about liability, theft, holding costs and hazards with a vacant home.  Offer to close at the seller's convenience with occupied homes. Be flexible if the seller needs to find a new home, provide them that time.
Have your REALTOR communicate with the seller's agent to get as much information about the number of offers, range of offers and time limits in a multiple offer situation. Have your agent request to be present if the agent is presenting the offers in person.
Communicate your offer prior to the deadline but not too far prior. Sometimes the listing agent will shop your offer seeking a slightly higher from a preferred client or agent or a competing agent in their office may see your offer.  CONFIRM THE OFFER WAS RECEIVED.
If possible try to meet the seller and make a positive personal impression, develop a warm relationship. Meet the five nearest neighbors, make nice, and enlist them in promoting your offer and their desire to have you as their neighbor. These people may be long-time friends and still in contact with the seller even if the seller has moved. Let them know you plan to live in the home verses leasing to a tenant. If you plan to paint, landscape, improve, be active in the community, have children their ages, went to the same college, or share similar interests, don't keep that a secret. Develop an advocate.
Follow up persistently.  Sellers may take a while to respond that shouldn't mean you remain in the dark. Ask for an answer either way. I like to ask if my buyer were the highest so the buyer can move on if we weren't.  Then I ask if we were close. If so, I communicate that the buyer and perhaps a higher offer. Many sellers will consider higher offers even after the deadline. Â
In hot markets the goal is to get any home at all without paying too much over today's real market price. Many markets, including mine are seeing 5-10 offers the day a property hits the market, as many as 70-80 offers within a week for properties that are underpriced. Some agents will purposely underprice new listings to draw multiple offers.Â
For an owner occupant or the small time investor offering more than the big players in a "best and final†round there may be harsh consequences. They are essentially paying the future price today. As we learned in the 2006, that price may not be higher than what we paid and may in fact be lower.Â
To summarize, a 62 year old couple was walking alone the beach shore. They found a lantern and cleaned off the sand, a genie appeared and for releasing her granted the couple two wishes. The wife said I wish I could take a first class two year cruise around the world. Instantly two tickets appeared in her hand. Then she asked honey what do you wish for? He said I wish I had a wife 30 years younger than me, instant he was 92 years old. As a final piece of advice when making best and final offers, be careful what you wish for, you might get it.
Atlanta is now one of the Hottest Markets in the US. The window to buy at 1998 to 2002 prices is closing fast.
Bruce Ailion, Â
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Rockers have been presenting themselves as artistes at least since the '60s, some with more justification than others, but when Metric headlines SCOPE Miami Pavilion during Art Basel, the Canadian band will truly put pop and fine art together under one roof. The group already has a history of syncing seamlessly with the event — after all, they played in town during Art Basel week back in 2010, but when Metric tops the bill at the official opening party for the SCOPE Art fair they're sure to achieve even more symbiosis with the spirit of the week's festivities.
When Metric makes its way to the SCOPE stage on December 6 for a show sponsored by VH1's You Oughta Know they'll be blasting through the best tunes from all across their discography, of course, but there'll be another, more Art Basel-centric element to the evening as well. Metric, along with the other acts on the bill at the opening party, will have the most cutting-edge set design of any band in recent memory — they'll be playing alongside artwork by a trio of artists chosen specifically for the scenario: Brent Birnbaum, Hugh Hayden, and Patrick Martinez. So fans will have to make sure to keep their eyes and ears at an equal level of alertness.


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High performance companies typically share a key differentiating characteristic across industries...they are development-centric. They rely on operational processes that continuously improve the competencies and proficiencies of staff while simultaneously producing dynamic results. They understand that having a bench of talented, capable leaders is critical to long-term success. And they know that size doesn't matter, but rather scale, efficiency and growth all result from employees who can and will do more. For credit unions, building this type of culture means using tools and systems that encourage development through the work, not separate from the work. Beginning at the frontline and working all the way up to the board room, learning and development has to become a central part of doing business, and it has to be driven by the efforts of leaders at every level. This engaging and entertaining session on building a developmental culture will provide leading industry examples and cutting edge research, to amplifying efforts and make work accomplishments matter more.
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Doctor Recommended!
It's official, my joining up with Medi-Weightloss is doctor recommended. My husband initially seemed a little concerned about me going so low carb and low calorie (he's a rail thin marathon runner, who carbs up heavily before long runs, so he's totally not got the low-carb mindset)...
Got a very detailed, very nice, followup letter in the mail from my doctor after the results of my comprehensive physical last week. He summarized the letter with this paragraph.
Once my husband saw that letter, he was completely on board! :D
My doctor referred me to Medi too : ) She said it was the perfect program for someone like me who has never had a weight issue (thus no real underlying emotional issues/whatever) and needed a way to quickly get excess weight off! I gained 80 pounds during pregnancy, and had no clue where to even start to get them off. It was the best recommendation!!
MWL is doctor recommended a great deal of the time. My personal physician recommended it to me as well.
Try adding this note from your doc into the September thread where a whole lot more people will see it. There are just way too many threads to get through every day so most people will go to the Newbie thread, recipe threads, and the monthly thread on a daily basis.
An ob/gyn at the practice where I go is actually the medical director for my MWL center. Most of the dr's from that practice rotate through the medi clinic as the dr there to see patients. Not to mention the Dr's and nurses from the ob/gyn office that have had huge results with MWL. My theory was - if it was good enough for the dr's and nurses..it had to be good enough for me!
The doctor that owns our local clinic is also my friend's OB/GYN of many years. That was one of the main reasons that I was willing to try it. I figured that he wouldn't be involved in some fly-by-night operation.
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Lancaster residents piped over Red Oak water issue
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LANCASTER - When the City of Red Oak increased water rate fees three months ago and paved the way to buy water from Dallas, one city stood in the way.Now, many Lancaster residents are angry over the fact Red Oak officials and city engineers plan to pipe a 66-inch water line down stretches of Houston School Road and through their city.
'The clash is going to be with owners of semi-rural property that fronts on Houston School Road,' said Lancaster resident and attorney Thomas Allen. 'They want to protect the semi-rural nature of their part of the country, yet growth pressure coming from Glenn Heights and Red Oak, spurred by successful litigation, is going to put pressure on the city of Lancaster to turn Houston School Road into a major thoroughfare.'Many of the residents who voiced opposition at meetings in recent months, according to Allen, said they didn't want their prized pecan trees cut down.
One water line proposal would have pipes going through a nature preserve. 'The manager of the nature preserve vowed to fight the matter in court,' Allen said. Red Oak City Manager Ken Pfeifer said engineers from both cities are moving forward on meeting with their southern Dallas County neighbors to settle any qualms some might have. When asked at a council meeting in October, Lancaster City Manager Jim Landon said citizens there are 'very, very' aware of the issue.


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The search for the names of Benjamin's parents, siblings, grandparents, etc. began during the 1930's by his children. This blog will document the search both past, present, and future...
Saturday, September 13, 2008
Curtis Plumbing Company
This is the Curtis Plumbing Company in Preston, Idaho. On the right is Cyrus Jerome Curtis, son of Benjamin Kingman Curtis. The person on the left and the person standing in the doorway of the business are unknown.
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The paper describes a study that was conduced in South Africa in 1998 concerning the attitudes classroom teachers hold towards including learners with special needs in regular school classrooms. The survey focused on areas such as the role of regular teachers, their attitudes and knowledge about inclusion, collaboration and team teaching, recourses, the rights of learners, and family support.
The Monahan, Mario and Miller (1994) survey was used for the purposes of the survey. This twenty-five statement instrument is designed to measure teachers' attitudes towards learners with disabilities.
The results of the present study suggest that the attitudes of teachers with little experience of inclusive education towards the placement of learners with special needs in regular classrooms, may not be different from those of established practitioners. The majority (more than 80%) is respondents agreed that the education of learners with special needs is not the primary responsibility of the regular education teacher.
Careful planning and the training of the decision-makers and the teachers will be important to ensure that those learners who really need it, receive differentiated curriculums.
Courses should confront issues of inclusive teaching and accommodation of diversity in education. The shaping of positive attitudes towards persons with disabilities will need to form an extremely important aspect of training.


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Sequenom, Inc. Announces Issuance Of Patent For Methods Of Detecting Fetal Aneuploidy
SAN DIEGO, Dec. 6, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Sequenom, Inc. (NASDAQ: SQNM), a life sciences company providing innovative genetic analysis solutions, today announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will issue U.S. Patent No. 8,340,916 on December 25, 2012 with claims to novel methods for detecting fetal aneuploidy using massively parallel sequencing. The patent is entitled Diagnosing Fetal Chromosomal Aneuploidy Using Massively Parallel Genomic Sequencing and was invented by Drs. Dennis Lo, Rossa Chiu and Alan Chan of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. Sequenom has exclusive rights to this patent.
About SequenomSequenom, Inc. (NASDAQ: SQNM) is a life sciences company committed to improving healthcare through revolutionary genetic analysis solutions. Sequenom develops innovative technology, products and diagnostic tests that target and serve discovery and clinical research, and molecular diagnostics markets. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in San Diego, California. Sequenom maintains a Web site at www.sequenom.com to which Sequenom regularly posts copies of its press releases as well as additional information about Sequenom. Interested persons can subscribe on the Sequenom Web site to email alerts or RSS feeds that are sent automatically when Sequenom issues press releases, files its reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission or posts certain other information to the Web site.
Forward-Looking Statements Except for the historical information contained herein, the matters set forth in this press release, including statements regarding the Company's commitment to improving healthcare through revolutionary genetic analysis solutions, are forward-looking statements within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially, including the risks and uncertainties associated with market demand for and acceptance and use by customers of its products, reliance upon the collaborative efforts of other parties, the Company's financial position, its ability to position itself for product launches and growth and develop and commercialize new technologies and products, particularly newer technologies such as noninvasive prenatal diagnostics, laboratory developed tests, and genetic analysis platforms, the Company's ability to manage its existing cash resources or raise additional cash resources, competition, intellectual property protection and intellectual property rights of others, government regulation particularly with respect to diagnostic products and laboratory developed tests, obtaining or maintaining regulatory approvals, litigation involving the Company, and other risks detailed from time to time in the Company's most recently filed Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2011, and other documents subsequently filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission. These forward-looking statements are based on current information that may change and you are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date of this press release. All forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement, and the Company undertakes no obligation to revise or update any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances after the issuance of this press release.
(Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20040415/SQNMLOGO)SOURCE Sequenom, Inc.
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Hi Clay--
Our local library was able to get a copy, amazingly. Caveat emptor: I am absolutely no scientist and my reading of technical information might well be incorrect.
If it is correct though, it seems that although Salmonella in solution can definitely be killed by UVC, the dosage required is pretty high, and must be combined with a pretty long exposure time. The problem for us chocolate folks is twofold:
1) We've got an opaque irregular surface to treat
2) Contamination of bugs like Salmonella and E. Coli are most likely during drying, and penetration of the testa during that phase seems quite possible. Obviously, if the pathogen is not on the surface, then UV treatment wouldn't catch it.
Curious as to where the source of the information you have on UV comes from - and I am assuming UVC, right?
Hi There,
finally we start to find some research on "raw" chocolate.
I am a chocolate maker and continuously i get asked to sell "raw" beans because are healthy.. there is even a chocolatier that claims to make chocolate by using uncooked raw beans because they are better!!
I don't mind the "raw" movement but i wish they would give the right information to the customers..
Thanks Seneca for the link, i will make a great use of it.
If anyone has more scientific test/proof on this matter,please post for the others!
I think it's wise to consider all cocoa at the fermented & dried stage as potentially contaminated, especially with salmonella. If the beans have been roasted and *properly* winnowed (i.e. shell content reduced as close to 0% as possible in a food-grade environment), I'd be less concerned, but there still is a risk if the roast wasn't sufficient to ensure a multiple-log kill. Here's a relevant link:
It's my understanding currently that UV wouldn't be an effective process.
In general, this should be an area of strong concern especially for smaller producers, who often don't have effective HACCP plans, and may also be under-insured for their real level of risk.
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''Roots'' Raimon Smit 2009 Your have to hear the song to understand it. It's about the roots of humanity, about people. About how people change and how they fit in the modern world. That everything we do is plant in faces and emotions. EADGBE Intro: E B A 2X E B A B F C G 2X F C G A verse:1 F C G The weather changes all F C G Not if you try to beat it from small F C G You leave life by the line F C G A It's not your reason to decline------------- F C G The summer ends and seasons start F C G Shadows seprate themselves as art F C G They know you better F C G A Than the other me-------------------- Chorus: E B A These were build up from the roots E B A They are followed by the top E B A B everything inbetween is dreaming------------------ E B A B hey hey----------------- Verse:2 F C G As soon as the weather F C G people change from style F C G As it all goes hand in hand F C G A Like everything in our lives is for rent----------- F C G All it creats is a world F C G That's spinning for it's end F C G And all we do is dial F C G A Till it falls and ends--------------------- Chorus: E B A All the things we see are just faces E B A They will come and go E B A B Till people will see, do they know?------------------ E B A B do they know-----------------
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Glucose: it gives us that extra spike of energy, powers our cells, and soon, it might even power implantable medical devices. A team of researchers from Joseph Fourier University in Grenoble, France recently implanted the first working glucose biofuel cell in a living animal (in this case, a rat) — a feat that proves electrical power can be harnessed from body fluids.
The researchers' device featured enzymes inside graphite discs that in turn were put inside dialysis bags. The device was implanted in the abdominal cavity of two rats, where the enzymes triggered the glucose to oxidize, ultimately generating electrical energy. Results were promising — the device managed to output 6.5 microwatts, which is slightly less than the 10 microwatts required by pacemakers. One of the rats had glucose in its urine for three months, which means that the device lasts for a significant amount of time.
If the research team is able to improve efficiency, similar biofuel devices could be used to power everything from insulin pumps to bone-growth stimulators. Next up: testing the device in larger animals (humans, perhaps?), and streamlining its design.
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The global cosmetics company is to reward efforts towards replacing animal use in product safety testing with a 'Lush prize' of £250,000 (€312,000) set to be divided between five categories to those demonstrating excellence in the sector.
The new initiative is seeking nominations from specialist institutions, an individual or team working in the sector making progress in areas like science, research, lobbying and public awareness.
The prize is set to be presented at an annual award ceremony in November every year where Lush is ultimately seeking to reward the work "of exceptional individuals, groups or organizations pushing for change in this area."
Moreover, the company says that if a nominee is deemed to represent a major breakthrough in 21st Century Toxicology they may be awarded the full amount.
Rewarding efforts
According to the global player, the annual prize is the biggest in the non-animal testing sector and can be awarded to projects anywhere in the world to reflect the international nature of the issue.
A panel of ten independent judges including research scientists, campaigners, politicians, members of the public and academics are to pick winners in October from a short-list compiled by the Lush Prize Team.
Other efforts in this area
Back in April, Lush rolled out its largest-ever global anti-animal testing campaign, whereby staff staged protests and performance stunts in over 800 stores across 49 countries to coincide with World Week for Animals in Laboratories.
One 'performance' in particular at the company's UK flagship store caught most of the media's attention whereby a girl trained in public sculpture and extreme endurance performance re-enacted what the company says animals go through in cosmetics testing labs.
Then Lush campaigns manager, Tamsin Omond said; "The performance represented a fraction of the pain that animals endure daily so that the cosmetics industry can continue testing on animals rather than committing to alternatives and ending product development,"
The stunt featured 28 year old Jacqui India being force-fed, having her eye irritated and bandaged and her skin braised and injected with ingredients, all in full view of the public in the Regent Street shop window.
"The torture will end for India when her performance finishes; for the majority of tested animals their torture ends with death," Omond had told CosmeticsDesign-Europe.com.


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The Detroit Free-Press is reporting that a Chilean artist sued cruise ship auctioneer Park West on Thursday, alleging the company is printing and selling copies of his work without his permission.
"From 1999 until today, every day, these forgeries have been sold behind my back by these unscrupulous entities," the news outlet quotes artist Alex Perez as saying after filing the suit in U.S. District Court in Detroit. "These organizations have no shame."
The Free-Press, a sister paper to USA TODAY, quotes Perez as saying he contracted in 1996 with Rami Rotkopf, a Ft. Lauderdale art dealer and founder of Smart Publishers of Fine Art, to promote and sell his artwork. The Free-Press says Perez alleges Smart Publishers assigned his contract to Park West without his permission, and Park West began reproducing and selling his artwork at land-based and cruise ship auctions, in some cases with a forged signature.
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Perez' suit against the Detroit-based cruise ship auctioneer comes less than a month after 27 customers alleged in a separate lawsuit that the company sold them fake, forged or overpriced artwork. The company also is facing several other state and federal suits over its practices in the Detroit area and Seattle.
The Free-Press says Park West is denying the allegations.
"This is a totally ridiculous lawsuit," the news outlet quotes Park West lawyer Rodger Young as saying of the latest filing.
Young tells the Free-Press that Park West won a defamation suit in Florida against Perez about three years ago preventing him from saying anything adverse about the company.
Park West operates the art auctions on a number of cruise lines including Norwegian Cruise Line and, until this year, Royal Caribbean.
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