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Lady Gaga
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News about Lady Gaga, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
Behind the Business of Department Store Holiday Windows
A statistical look at the blood, sweat and baubles involved with one of the season's most beloved traditions.
December 5, 2014, Friday
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Madonna Stars in New Versace Ad Campaign
She follows the path of past Versace mannequins, among them Amber Valletta, Christina Aguilera and Lady Gaga.
December 4, 2014, Thursday
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Celebrating Singers, Current and Not So Much
PBS does music, with specials highlighting Bing Crosby, Bruce Springsteen and Peter, Paul & Mary.
December 1, 2014, Monday
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Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga Hit No. 1
Their standards collection, "Cheek to Cheek," narrowly beat out a new album from Kenny Chesney and last week's No. 1, Barbra Streisand's duet collection "Partners."
October 1, 2014, Wednesday
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Chameleon and Lion Sample Songbook
"Cheek to Cheek," the forthcoming album by Tony Bennett and Lady Gaga, represents the latest pop dalliance with the Great American Songbook.
September 14, 2014, Sunday
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Robert Wilson's Video Portraits of Lady Gaga to Have First American Showing
"23 Video Portraits of Lady Gaga" will be on display at the Watermill Center in Water Mill, N.Y.
July 11, 2014, Friday
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Lady Gaga Becomes a Live Nation Client
Live Nation, the concert promoter, announced a management deal with the performer's new manager, Bobby Campbell, on Wednesday.
June 12, 2014, Thursday
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Who Is a Feminist Now?
While many actresses and celebrities proudly call themselves feminists, others do not want the label.
May 22, 2014, Thursday
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Pied Piper Bonds With the Faithful
Though Lady Gaga's "Artpop" album was considered a commercial flop, her audience seemed to embrace her on the first night of her "artRAVE: the ARTPOP ball" tour at Roseland Ballroom.
March 31, 2014, Monday
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Her own career, she said, had depended on being herself and ignoring frequent advice to conform.
March 14, 2014, Friday
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Gaga in Greece, Grande combats diva rumors
The day's top showbiz news and headlines including Lady Gaga arrives to Greece, Ariana Grande combats diva rumors, and the cast of "Downton Abbey" premieres season five. Bob Mezan reports.
'Ice Bucket Challenge' Raises Millions
With people as varied as former President George W. Bush and Justin Bieber, the viral "Ice Bucket Challenge" has now raised more than $41.8 million for Lou Gehrig's disease.
Williams died from asphyxia due to hanging, Stone in talks for Broadway
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Gaga: album was mismanaged; Eurythmics plan reunion
The day's top showbiz news and headlines including Lady Gaga says her album has been "gravely mismanaged," the Eurythmics plan a reunion, and Forest Whitaker is honored. Bob Mezan reports.
American Music Awards Red Carpet 2013
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LOS ANGELES, September 12, 2012 — Which political team - Team Romney or Team Paul - has made a bigger impact on the American people this year? Which team lit the fire under a new generation of young political activists? In the long run, which team will make the bigger difference to America?
Both teams stood their ground, and while Team Paul had enthusiastic rallies from the beginning, by the end of August both were drawing large crowds.
Team Romney finally won over traditional conservatives, while Team Paul won the hearts of libertarians. Having some fun, let's call Team Romney "Dexter's Laboratory" and Team Paul, "The Big Bang Theory."
Team Romney/Dexter's Laboratory
This year the RNC showed Mitt Romney as the candidate with a broad and diverse collection of supporters on the stage, from Condi Rice to Mia Love, South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley to Senate candidate Ted Cruz of Texas, and U.S. Rep. Arthur Davis of Alabama.
Of note, is that in his role as a leading Democrat, Davis gave the introduction for President Barack Obama at Democratic party's convention four-years-ago.
Romney has failed to charge many batteries with less than 60 days left in the race. He has not used the "underground railroad" of 2012 that could have helped to energize and unite the Team Dexter political laboratory. But had he, it would have provided him a network of "secret routes" and "safe houses" to bring 21st century diversified cultures of people out of the bondage imposed by Democratic politics and the economic crises Americans are living with today.
America's urban communities need to escape from the failure of Democratic policies imposed on them by outsiders.
The devastation the Democratic Party has unleashed on urban neighborhoods harms them socioeconomically as their policies create dependency, not strength. Urban America needs to be liberated from the racist, defeatist, self-destructive rhetoric that comes from the Democrats.
If Romney helps them, the former Governor of Massachusetts could find himself surrounded by new intercity conservatives and libertarians going into the campaign for a second term, abolitionists and allies sympathetic to his cause. For now he is failing to connect with the urban communities, and his team leaders continually derail him from getting voters who are open to listening to his message.
Team Romney has become a group of lab technicians who fail to put their finger on the pulse of the intercity people. They have only performed the practical hands-on work in the laboratory states they find to be of value to win this race. Simply stated, these political lab-techs are not willing to go "outside of the box" of prior conservative campaigns, unwilling to take chances to win those lost voters who could make or break this race for them.
Urban communities have become annoyed at Romney's lack of understanding of and lack of vocal support for building small businesses for the urban communities.
Team Ron Paul/The Big Bang Theory
The Republican National Convention may be over, but Ron Paul's Minnesota's delegates sure left a big-bang impression as to their views on party rules.
Many of the delegates were deeply concerned regarding the process. Their endless continued support of Ron Paul as nominee, instead of Mitt Romney, has the Republican Party quietly trying to calm the storm of young intellectuals who are working to render powerless all future delegates of the RNC.
The typical Ron Paul supporter has loudly expressed his or her independence from the party line. Delegates from Minnesota claim that the types of rule change made last week at the convention will defeat stifle grassroots movements like the one that enabled Paul to win the majority of those Minnesota delegates.
Many felt something wrong before the convention started on Monday. A specially chosen committee endorsed new rules for 2016 RNC that essentially gave the party's presumptive nominee a new veto power right over delegates, who typically are selected candidates for delegates at the local and state level.
Under the new rules, a presidential campaign can replace any delegates it does not like. Some have found this to be unfair and unpatriotic, and the proposed rule change set off a firestorm of controversy, and not just among Ron Paul supporters.
Tea-PAC groups and other conservatives, including U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann and radio talk show host Rush Limbaugh, are speaking out against the proposed changes as well. Anytime quick changes are made on major issues affecting the American people, red flags go up.
Even with the change, the question of whether these young, geeky, and intellectual political Ron Paul voters will go away remains. Will they be easily scared off by the RNC to start their own party? Or do they have the determination to focus and fight for what the Constitution stands for and hold the RNC accountable?
The fact that the RNC leadership wants to frequently banter about the rules and regulations of the process of how the delegates are chosen is a clear sign that the Ron Paul supporters need to stand firm on the true scientific theories of what is right and wrong with the GOP.
The Team Paul/Big Bang Theory group are constitutional libertarians that, with surprising frequency, ignited the Ron Paul movement through blogging and videos.
No matter which team you are on, the more staid conservative or the passionate youth, we have to stay ignited for justice. Willie Lawson of the Willie Lawson show says:
"One has to understand the frustration contained in what continues to be this "get along to get along" ride into disaster. I have come to the conclusion however, that more people have become more vigilant and active. I think with that we can continue to move the country back closer to the founder's inventions.
"But, I don't think that the election of any one person will make the difference.
"I think that we should consider more the kind of people they are getting into local offices. I think that the make-up of congress should continue to be addressed. State governments understand their protection from the federal government through the 10th amendment. People have to continually use the power of the voting process and speak out."
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This Almost Makes Me Cuss!!!
Did you just break my collaborations?
Apple is cutting us off from sharing any of our Pages documents in the Cloud? Yosemite is not yet available and apparently any earlier OS is no longer working in the cloud. I get it that I was using (and encouraging the use of) a beta product. I also understand the merging and interoperability of the iOS apps and documents. But a sudden, blunt cutoff is bad for customer confidence and satisfaction.
Hope this is just a momentary reversible mistake, Apple!
Update: After almost 2 hours on the phone with Apple Support:
It appears that there is no workaround.
However, it is not as bad as the above screenshot would make you think. If you do convert to iCloud drive, the Senior Representative said you could access the files from a Mavericks machine, but the syncing of the document with two (or more) people working on it was the real issue. He couldn't confirm that changes would be pushed up to the cloud.
The Analog-Digital Challenge
When I came home, I ran across this challenge that Rae Niles shared on the ADE list a decade ago. She had gotten it from an anonymous source in Abilene High School I added a few lines myself, and sent it out to my school's teaching staff with this note:
I ask you to forgive the idealistic notion that this is going to be an immediate/easy change... but let's gear up for a major change in our learning culture. Please don't take this as a challenge to the effort or quality of instruction in your classroom, it is meant more to challenge us to think about why the changes coming are worthwhile.
Let's have a little competition at school and get ready for the future.
I will use a laptop and you will use paper and pencil. Are you ready?
- I will access up-to-date information - you have a textbook that is 5 years old.
- I will immediately know when I misspell a word you have to wait until it's graded.
- I will learn how to care for technology by using – it you will read about it.
- I will see math problems in 3d, you will do the odd problems.
- I will be able to communicate richly using multimedia and review, reflect and revise my communication for a superior final product – you will write 10 facts as a summary our assignment.
- I will create artwork and poetry and share it with the world you will share yours with the teacher (and maybe the class).
- I will be able to experience just-in-time learning on demand while your teacher will try and predict when the computers might be needed and try to schedule the lab.
- I will have 24/7 access to the biggest library in human history, you have the entire class period several times a year if your teacher scheduled the computer lab.
- I will learn to troubleshoot technology problems, you will wish you had technology.
- I will work interactively with information while yours will be printed and photocopied.
- I will select my learning style you will use the teacher's favorite learning style.
- I will organize my notes electronically, archive them, learn to search and find information in my portfolio, you will struggle with heavy static books/notebooks and a bulky three ring binder with torn, smeared wrinkled and sometimes illegible content.
- I will collaborate with my peers from around the world and (maybe) you will get to collaborate with peers in your classroom.
- I will take my learning as far as I want while you must wait for the rest of the class.
- I will know the difference between and effectively use: ordered lists and unordered lists, hanging indents, a text cell, calculated field, a graphic created with vectors or bitmaps, transparency, chromakey, layers, web authoring, scripting, markup language and basic programming – you will struggle to write within the margins of your paper and build big enough tables to contain your notes, even when you reach an new understanding.
- I will build additional skills that will transfer to adulthood jobs, social interaction, politics, and life successes while you are limited to only the most rudimentary tools for learning.
The cost of a laptop per year? - $300/year average
The cost of teacher and student training? Expensive
The cost of well educated US citizens and workforce? - Priceless
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Mobile iPad Lab on the Cheap: DYI Charging Cart
Our district is in the throws of "Racing to the Top" and at the same time we are still under severe budget constrictions. Every technology dollar budgeted is directed towards 'Testing Computers'. Meanwhile, my dream and educational vision is to increase student use of the technology for problem solving, creativity, communication, collaboration, and amplifying their understanding. The challenge is doing more with less.
I fundraised, scrimped, saved and advocated for the purchase of a 'Class Set of iPads' at my school and even though the iPads themselves are about half the cost of laptops or desktop computers, there are still those additional costs for a full set of apps, protective covers, and then the big one: a charging cart for moving the iPad lab from classroom to classroom. The Bretford Charging Cart is really nice, sturdy, secure. A worthy mode of transporting and charging those wonderful iPads. But when you are starting with nothing and penny pinching, that cart is about the equivalent of 5 iPads.
My first stab was a milk crate– hmmm… didn't roll, 24 iPads were pretty heavy, wasn't even slightly secure, iPads were exposed to dust and dirt, and the clincher was- how do I charge all this stuff?! In my job role, I am so tired of wires, cables, adapters, cords, chargers, etc. Sometimes networking seems to be more like tangling than connecting!
So the essential question was: "Could I innovate and make my own iPad Lab Charging Cart?"
So the next choice was a rolling file cart. I was pleased to find that this particular cart would accommodate nearly 40 iPads in two rows with the charging dock facing up. Here is a step by step to help you build your own iPad Rolling Classroom Lab!
–note that this set of instructions is for a lab that charges, but doesn't provide the hardware for wired syncing
1) Purchase Vaultz Locking Mobile Wheelie Chest. This link is available for your convenience, but I have seen these at Staples, and Office Depot.
2) Test for iPad Capacity.
Of course, before you start to modify or invest in other parts for this project, it would be good to check and see if your iPads will fit as nicely as mine did. I didn't purchase an iPad case that added substantial thickness or width to the overall size of each iPad. So try your iPads and see if you will be able to accommodate as many as you need. Ultimately the finished project will position the iPads over the wheels and leave room for the chargers in the front of the box as seen here above left.
Remember, you want to be able to charge these in the cart, so there should be room above the iPad for the charging cables without undo stress.
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3) Use a Hole Saw.
I wanted my iPad Cart to accommodate chargers, cables and a powerstrip to plug the chargers into inside the box, so the teacher could lock the iPads up each night while they were recharging. So I used a hole saw to cut a port in the front left bottom corner of the box. In retrospect I could have used a smaller diameter hole saw, it just needs to be big enough to thread the plug of the power strip through. After all this is set up, I will cover the hole with a square of felt with a slit for the cord to pull through.
4) Build your Charging Station. Buy 6 USB 4 Port Chargers (for 24 iPads).
I wrestled for a while with finding powerstrips that would allow 6 or 8 Apple iPad Chargers to sit side by side on one powerstrip. I would think that there is something like this out there, but as I was working through this, I realized that it would be hard to fit three of these powerstrips, with their cables and the iPad chargers into the space I was saving for this. So then I begin looking for third party USB charging stations. None of what I found provide the full amperage that a single Apple iPad charger provides, but the one I selected Provides standard USB 5V at up to 2A (max). From experience, this meant that if four iPads were plugged in to one of these, it would take approximately four times as long to charge as if I used the Apple Charger. If school ended at 4 PM and started at 9 AM the following day, there would be more than enough time to get a full charge restored to the iPads (17 hours). I have heard that the new iPad takes a bit longer to charge than iPad 2 and iPad 1. Some background information from––> Gizmodo.
I found that I needed to remove some of the plastic wings that were apart of the aesthetic design of the chargers.
These wings may also serve to stabilize the charger on the wall or powerstrip, but once my chargers were attached to the powerstrip, that would not be an issue, since they would be so close side by side, they would stabilize each other.
Your powerstrip may not require you to cut these off.
I had access to a grinder, but you may need to use a vice with a sander to do the same job. Careful of the hot plastic, it burns!
I initially want to have capacity for 24 iPads in my cart. The power strip I chose had 5 outlets, so I put four of the 4 Port USB chargers on that block, then I added a three outlet extension cord to the 5th outlet on the powerstrip. Eventually I could have 28 iPads charging in this cart: (7) 4 Port USB charging blocks.
As I mentioned before, as an educational technologist, wires are necessary, but I often get overwhelmed and frustrated dealing with the spaghetti that is the bane of my existence. I wanted to keep this neat and easy to use for my teachers and students. The next step was to cut a piece of 3/8" plywood so that it fit in and formed a wall between the charging chamber and the iPad chamber.
The plywood fits down below the metal rail that the top of the cart rests in.
I also cut and used wood glue to adhere a 1" X 1" to the bottom of my chamber wall. This will help reinforce (keep from bowing) and stabilize the wall. I will also put velcro on the bottom of it, to help keep the wall in place.
Next comes the cover to hide the wires, powerstrip and USB Charging Blocks. Using leftover scrap from the 3/8" plywood, I cut notches in it to pass the USB charging cables through. The slits don't have to be exact in size or depth, just relatively evenly spread apart. I made enough for 7 charging blocks in case I get as many as (4x7) 28 iPads to populate this case.
I found that a sharp razor knife was the easiest way to cut black felt to cover the two pieces of plywood. You could hot glue the felt, but I found it fast and easy to use a staple gun. I then used scissors to cut slits where the cords would slide through.
Note: It is amazing how nice jury rigged things look once you cover them in black felt.
9) Neatening Everything Up
I started to use wire twist ties to group the four wires so they would not be randomly going everywhere, then I decided to use nylon ties. The nylon ties were much tighter, and provided a cleaner look. I only want enough of the cables to stick through as necessary to reach the iPads.
I used a few more small strips of velcro to hold the top to the side of the divider plywood. Even though the velcro had a pretty strong adhesive, I used the staple gun to secure the felt and velcro to the plywood. Everything was wedged pretty tight so that probably wasn't necessary, but kind of helped seal things up.
10) Cushion for the Bumpy Sidewalk
Our school is an outdoor school with rather old sidewalks between wings, so I put a couple of sheets of foam under the iPads to provide a little additional cushioning. It probably was not really necessary, but it didn't cost me anything extra, so why not?
11) Last Step: Velcro the Power Strip Cable
The last thing I did was use a small wood screw to fasten a velcro wrap to the side of the case so that during transport the Power Strip Cable was not dragging around on the ground.
Shopping List (not all items are mandatory)
Vaultz Locking Mobile Wheelie Chest
Two scraps of 3/8" plywood
5 port surge supressor powerstrip
6 Cosmos 4-Port Wall USB Chargers
~24 Small Nylon Ties
24 USB –>iPad Dock Cables
Small Piece of Black Felt (less than a square yard)
Short Extension Cord with three plugs at the end
Figure 8 electrical AC Adapter cord
Foam packing layer
Hole Saw
Razor Knife
Staple Gun
Table, Band, or Circular Saw to cut wood
Sander or Grinder to modify the USB chargers if necessary
I would love to hear from you if you have any comments, corrections, or suggestions. Leave your comments below or send me an email!
What Do Kids in the Hall Say About Your Class?
Classroom Culture is one of the last, but most important areas that teachers still have considerable control. As educators, we set the stage for our classroom. We can't do much about the baggage that our students bring with them into the classroom, we don't often get to choose the textbook or course standards, and we often are limited considerably by our physical environment (paint, temperature, sound levels, type of lighting, etc.). But we do have considerable control how learning activities are staged.
So the essential question is: What do the students say among themselves about your class?
Answering this question may be a depressing thing to contemplate. I think most all teachers want their students to like them, and maybe even more they want them to like their subject area and course.
So I believe this is a very important reflection activity for us as educators… What do they say? and What would we like them to say?… Once we have answered these questions, the next obvious question is How do we get there?
Some of the first answers to the last question from workshop participants is:
Respect your students, and teach them to show respect to each other. Make them feel safe (physically, emotionally, and intellectually) in the borders of your domain.
Carefully choose your words and perhaps watch video of your self interacting with your students in both whole group as well as small group settings. What does your body language say?
Provide not only wait time following questions, but give students time to reflect and interact with each other.
To create life long learners, passionately share your failures as opportunities to learn. Model life long learning. Props to David Warlick for this thought.
You will no doubt begin to come up with many more ideas, but I would like to leave you with one additional strategy to consider. Now that digital cameras are on most everyone's phones, and cameras are readily available in other forms, MAKE PICTURES all the time! Capture your students working, struggling, discussing, debating, laughing, entertaining…. or better yet have a couple of students assigned to be photojournalists for the week.
What are you communicating to the students and what does this have to do with Classroom Culture?
How about:
- I care about you.
- I like you.
- I want to remember you.
- What you do in here is important.
- What your (brother, sister, kid down the street) did was important.
- People/Students are a focus of this classroom.
This is just one small (fun and easy) strategy for developing a positive classroom culture, and it will take many other strategies to complete that transformation. But there are many side benefits to having a visual record of your classroom… even curriculum goals will benefit: seeing themselves doing stuff in your class will cause the concepts to be revisited and reinforce the permanence of the cognitive structures being created.
Each Choice We Make, Leads Us to the Future
In last week's episode, Leo used one of those inflammatory types of expressions that cause a gut reaction: REDLINING the INTERNET.
Now this may be a bit of exaggeration used to make a point. But it certainly got me thinking!
Redlining from Wikipedia: It describes the practice of marking a red line on a map to delineate the area where banks would not invest; later the term was applied to discrimination against a particular group of people (usually by race or sex) no matter the geography.
He said that the effect of our social graphs and digital footprints have become a sort of Social Redlining – how it works is this…
- We search for certain things (cookies record this)
- We click on certain links (cookies record this)
- Then when we load in a new webpage, the web server 'serves up' advertisements that correspond with the 'profile' or social graph that you have subconsciously created.
Anyone that has shopped for bird feeders on Amazon, for instance, has gotten the email: "Customers who have shown an interest in bird feeders might be interested in the following products: (numerous related products follow).
For most of us, this is a good thing. It is a given that websites are going to serve up ads. That is how they pay the expenses of gathering content, hosting it, etc. Most of us would rather see ads for stuff we are interested in, so even the consumer benefits.
What was interesting about this though is it has an amplifying, steering affect, which may become a drawback. It may narrow your choices and restrict your experience in a bad way. If you click on one style of music several times, you may never be exposed to other styles. The marketers are making an assumption about you, which may or may not be completely true and like a self-fulfilling prophecy you become more ingrained in the things that were once only a part of the whole picture of who you are.
I am not suggesting that we explicitly teach students to change the way they click and search the internet. But I do thing there is value in discussing this as we talk about modern economics, marketing, consumer behavior and technology (media) literacy.
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I think I have learned a lot of things that make me happy. Yoga is a huge thing that helps with this. I also notice I feel so much happier when I express my feelings and don't keep things I need to say bottled up inside. But, I'm afraid to mark this off the list quite yet. 2 years ago


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Second Tribal Consultation Conference
The UTTC Honor Guard presents the Colors to open the North Dakota United States Attorney'Äôs Office'Äôs 2012 Tribal Consultation Conference.¬Ý Photo: United Tribes News Dennis J. Neumann
The North Dakota United States Attorney'Äôs Office'Äôs hosted the 2012 Tribal Consultation Conference on April 26, 2012 at United Tribes Technical College in Bismarck, North Dakota.¬Ý The event brought together tribal leaders and law enforcement leaders from across the state to discuss how they can work together to improve public safety in tribal communities in North Dakota.¬Ý The keynote speaker for the Conference was the Hon. James Cole, Deputy Attorney General, United States Department of Justice.¬Ý DAG Cole is the number two official at the Department of Justice and advises and assists the Attorney General in formulating and implementing Departmental policies and programs and in providing overall supervision and direction to all organizational units of the Department.
United States Deputy Attorney General James Cole (c) addresses the Tribal Consultation Conference as UTTC VP Russell Swagger (l) and North Dakota U.S. Attorney Timothy Purdon (r) look on.¬Ý Photo: United Tribes News Dennis J. Neumann
In addition to DAG Cole, the Conference also feature presentations by DOJ'Äôs Bureau of Justice Assistance and Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention on new initiatives and studies that are available to assist tribes and law enforcement in North Dakota in addressing public safety issues. The Conference also featured working breakout sessions.¬Ý Breakout sessions topics included (1) Domestic Violence in Tribal Communities: Are We Making Progress?; (2) Law Enforcement Challenges in the Bakken Oil Patch; (3) Brainstorming Tribal, State and Federal Court Partnerships in Reentry; and (4) Environmental Enforcement in Indian Country: Working Together to Protect Tribal Lands and Wildlife.¬Ý The breakout sessions were designed to gather input from tribal and law enforcement participants on key areas of concern.
United States Deputy Attorney General James Cole (r) and Standing Rock Sioux Tribal Court Chief Judge William ¬ÝZuger (l) in discussions at the Tribal Consultation Conference.¬Ý Photo: United Tribes News Dennis J. Neumann
¬ÝHosting an annual Tribal Consultation Conference is a key part of the USAOND'Äôs Anti-Violence Strategy for Tribal Communities in North Dakota as the conference allows the USAOND to consult with tribes and law enforcement about public safety issues and solutions in Indian Country.
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Deion Sanders nicknamed "Prime Time" and "Neon Deion", is a former National Football League cornerback and Major League Baseball outfielder, he has a net worth of $40 million. Deion Sanders has earned his net worth as one of the most versatile athletes in sporting history. He played for the Atlanta Falcons, the San Francisco 49ers, the Dallas Cowboys, the Washington Redskins, and the Baltimore Ravens, playing multiple positions such as cornerback, but also occasionally as a wide receiver, kick returner, and punt returner. In baseball, he played for the New York Yankees, the Atlanta Braves, the Cincinnati Reds, and the San Francisco Giants. He is currently an NFL Network analyst. He was born in born in Fort Myers, Florida and was a letterman in football, basketball, and baseball at North Fort Myers High. During his career, Deion appeared in many commercials for dozens of major brands like Nike, Pizza Hut and American Expres and Pizza Hut. He also released a rap album called "Prime Time" and made several cameo appearances in television shows and movies. In February 2011 Deion listed two of his Dallas area homes for sale. One was listed for $7.5 million and the other for a whopping $21 million. The $21 million mansion is 30,000 square feet and has 8 bedrooms, ten car garage, movie theater, bowling alley, basketball court, twelve acre lake and more…
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A New Zealand Fiordland penguin is set for a long distance swim across the Tasman today after its release from care at the Phillip Island Nature Parks Wildlife Shelter.
The Fiordland penguin, one of only 6000 left in the wild, was 1800 kilometres off course when found by rangers at a Wilson's Promontory beach. He was severely underweight and transported to the Phillip Island Nature Parks Wildlife Shelter for care.
Wildlife Rehabilitation Officer Rosie Fennell said the unusual visitor spent three weeks at the Wildlife Clinic while rangers monitored its condition and attempted to get it back to a healthy weight for release into the wild.
"He weighed only 1.58kg when he first came to us. A healthy Fiordland penguin weighs 3 to 5kgs," Fennell said.
"Needless to say he was eager for his daily feeds and yesterday's final swim tests indicated he was fit enough to make the journey home."
Despite being a long way from its New Zealand breeding grounds, the penguin's homing instincts will play a role in getting him back on course.
"These penguins spend a lot of time in the water and can swim a fair distance in search of food."
The penguin was released on Tuesday morning at the Penguin Parade beach on Phillip Island.
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Two mega trends will continue to have a major impact on our lifestyles over the next years - the continued growth of information technology and the challenges and opportunities arising through the development of low carbon economies. The COMPOS chair responds very well to both of these trends.
Through mobile technologies working has become more interactive than ever before and the nature of work has changed dramatically. New technologies, activity models and networking have increased the need for working in a flexible way and in new places.
The COMPOS chair manufactured by the Finnish company PIIROINEN was developed from a user centred design perspective resulting in a product full of inspiration, making use of both open and closed spaces and enabling working alone or together in smaller groups. Multifunction use and transformability have been the cornerstones in the design process. The COMPOS chair was designed for open plan workspaces, public seating areas and flexible working.
Samuli Naamanka designed the chair and there is a material innovation behind the COMPOS collection: the seats of the chairs are produced from Finnish linen and corn starch which is polymerized from natural fibre.
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Florida's Weakest Banks Vanish
The second-largest Florida institution is EverBank of Jacksonville, which had $12.5 billion in total assets as of June 30. The institution's holding company EverBank Financial filed for a $200 million initial public offering in October, but the IPO hasn't taken place yet. Everbank and the holding company on April 13 entered into two consent orders with the Office of Thrift Supervision, agreeing to improve its foreclosure practices. The thrift services a total of $58 billion in residential mortgage loans, according to the OTS.
The third-largest bank in the state is BankUnited, which is held by BankUnited, Inc. (BKU). The "new" BankUnited which was formed by an investor group led by John Kanas to acquire the old BankUnited FSB from the FDIC after the thrift failed in May 2009.
The investor group took the thrift public in January. The holding company on Thursday announced an agreement to acquire Herald National Bank (HNB) of New York for roughly $71 million in cash and stock.
BankUnited continued to post strong earnings, with second-quarter net income of $49.7 million, for an ROA of 1.85%, as a loss-sharing agreement with the FDIC made up for any drag on earnings from problem assets inherited from the old BankUnited. The thrift remained very strongly capitalized and primed for further acquisitions, with a total risk-based capital ratio of 41.50% as of June 30.The fourth-largest Florida institution is Raymond James Bank, FSB which is a subsidiary of Raymond James Financial (RJF). The thrift posted strong earnings of $26.7 million for the second quarter, for an ROA of 1.38%. Capital Bank, NA of Miami jumped up to become the sixth-largest institution headquartered in Florida, with $4.5 billion in total assets as of June 30. The bank was chartered on July 16, 2010, as NAFH National Bank, held by North American Financial Holdings, which was organized by a group of investors led by R. Eugene (Gene) Taylor, a former vice chairman of Bank of America (BAC). The new bank immediately acquired two failed banks in Florida and one in South Carolina, from the FDIC. After acquiring Capital Bank of Raleigh, N.C. on June 30, NAFH changed its name to Capital Bank, NA. Florida Community Bank, NA of Miami was the tenth-largest institution in the state as of June 30, with $3.1 billion in total assets. The bank began operations in January 2010, after its parent, Bond Street Partners, had been granted a "shelf charter" by the OCC, to allow the investor group to purchase failed banks. The bank was originally named Premier American Bank, NA, when it purchased the failed Premier American Bank from the FDIC on January 22, 2010.
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I just ordered a this amazing tapewriter from PS Ik hou van jou. It's a Dutch site, but don't worry if you are not Dutch. Amazon also has a great alternative! I love the look of the letters. These old-fashioned embossing tapewriters are so much better than the modern printing ones! Because I love the look of these labels so much I decided to create some magnets from them. This way I can use the labels over and over again without damaging my lockers! So today I'm going to show you this quick and easy DIY project for tapewriter magnets.
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What you need for DIY tapewriter magnets
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How to create these cute DIY tapewriter magnets
1. Use your tapewriter to create the words you like for your magnets.
2. Remove the backing of the tape and put them on your magnetic sheet. My sheet was recycled from an old refrigerator planner, but you can also buy one at Amazon.
3. If you want your magnets to have 'fancy' ends I found that the easiest way is to cut the tape first and use it as a guide to draw the shape with pencil on your magnetic sheet. Cut out the shape and place the tape on top of it afterwards.
4. For your rectangular magnets you can just cut along the edges of the tape.
5. Your cute DIY tapewriter magnets are ready!
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This is genius ! I have a vintage Dymo at home, I'm soooooo doing this !
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wat leuk gedaan zeg! heb die lettertang ook gekocht bij PS en ben er al helemaal fan van! leuke DIY (en helemaal leuk dat je onze MoodKids kaarten hebt hangen!) groetjes maike
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Such a nice idea!! I just labeled all my kitchen jars with my dymo also easy to make headlines in a photoalbum
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Sunday, February 24, 2013
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Pump Me Up: DC Subculture of the 1980s - at the Corcoran now (go see it!) // fashun shoes on Cheralee, Carla, and Kate Greene
weekend in Hot Springs // awesome mustache drink markers
key to my heart: Chocolate Chocolate // pretty card by Lacee Swan (who I was lucky to meet in person at the IFB Conference!)
adorable monkey hats at the IFB Conference // two recent favorites: Taryn Reed sliced agate bracelet and Sydney Hale Co. fir and blue sage candle
Super Bowl hot dog bar // panda cat
Righteous Cheese at Union Market // snow day
More real-time moments on my instagram, @districtofchic.
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Love those CC brogues!
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Such fun photos! LOVE those monkey hats, and the photo of your cat is too cute :)
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everyone is obsessed with union market-- apparently i need to get there!
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Angels manager Mike Scioscia has been one of the most persistent proponents of "schedule reform" over the past few years. His team will be one of the first to face the consequences created by one of the first steps MLB is making in that direction.
The Houston Astros will move to the AL West in 2013, creating two 15-team leagues with balanced five-team divisions for the first time. As a result, interleague play will have to be an every-day part of the 2013 schedule.
The preliminary draft of that schedule has been sent to teams and the Angels are scheduled to open the season in Cincinnati against the National League's Reds on April 1.
As part of the changes the Angels will also play just four games against the Dodgers instead of the six annual meetings the two teams have had in each of the past 14 seasons. The two-game home-and-home series are tentatively scheduled for May 27-28 at Dodger Stadium and May 29-30 at Angel Stadium.
The rest of the interleague schedule is increased, however. The Angels will play series against the Cubs at home and at Wrigley Field, travel to Cincinnati and Milwaukee and host the Pirates and Cardinals.
The preliminary schedule is subject to change before it becomes official.
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Hardware news tagged LTE
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Intel Introduces Compact LTE Platform for Next-Generation Smartphones.
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Monday, January 31, 2011
Intel Finalizes Infineon Deal, Ready to Develop Highly-Integrated Smartphone SoCs.
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Intel Completes Acquisition of Infineon Wireless Solutions Business
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
HTC Plans to Release LTE Smartphone Next Year - Chief Executive Officer.
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HTC Predicts Widespread Adoption of LTE in 2011
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Portable Entertainment Devices with 3G/4G Baseband on the Rise - Analysts.
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100 Million of Portable Entertainment Devices with WWAN to Be Shipped in 2011
Monday, August 30, 2010
Intel Acquires Technologies for Cell Phones from Infineon.
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Intel to Acquire Infineon's Wireless Solutions Business
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Nokia Sells Wireless Modem Business to Renesas Electronics.
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Nokia and Renesas Form Strategic Business Alliance
Thursday, July 1, 2010
The Number of Mobile Phone Users Will Exceed Five Billion by Year's End – Analysts.
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The Amount of Mobile Phone Subscriptions Continues to Grow
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2012: The Decisive Year for WiMAX - Analysts.
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WiMAX is Warned: 2012 is Vital
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High-Definition Mobile Voice Incoming, But Not So Fast – Analysts.
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Shipments of 3G Modems Skyrocket, But Revenue Growth Slows Down.
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Infineon and Nokia to Jointly Develop LTE Transceiver Solutions.
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Ang Lee Responds to the Life of Pi Tiger Mishap
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He needs some downtime after all the Life of Pi madness.
The show is in the vein of Homeland.
Daniel Day-Lewis made history, and The Hunger Games is now toplined by an Oscar-winner.
Is it Steven Spielberg, or could someone else triumph?
From the humbled to the jokesters.
Ang Lee's handsome discovery is a win for us, too.
You'll walk out of Ang Lee's latest fervently believing in the magic of movies.
"My problem is that I took the whole thing too seriously."
Sony is now seeking other candidates.
NYFF goes 3-D.
Ang Lee brings us the tale of the shipwrecked teen.
Because it's said to be Avatar-esque.
Adapted from the novel by Yann Martel.
"There are some locations [in Tree of Life] I even scouted before."
Plus: Ang Lee finds an unknown to headline 'Life of Pi.'
"Everybody who goes to an Ang Lee movie wants to be sublimely depressed by the end of the film. And if you have 'Woodstock' in the title, you think you're going to be seeing Joe Cocker screaming onstage."
Plus: Everybody's sick of Sandra Bullock in real life too.
"When I went to his office, the first thing he said to me was, 'Wow, you have really nice legs.' I thought, 'This part is mine.'"
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Local record stores surviving, thriving ahead of annual celebrationon April 18, 2014 @ 2:32 pm (Updated: 4:44 pm - 4/18/14 )
It's like Christmas day for music lovers. Saturday marks the 8th annual Record Store Day, a day to celebrate the continued survival and even success of record stores in Seattle and around the world.
In an age of digital downloads, it's a surprise to some record stores still exist, but business is actually growing thanks to a resurgence in vinyl.
Soundscan reports vinyl sales soared 33 percent to 6.1 million albums last year.
Mike Batt, owner of Seattle's Silver Platters Records, says the independent record stores continue to do well because people want the community and connection they provide.
"It's a celebration of what we have to offer the community and instead of being just being a faceless thing on your computer screen, you can come in and talk to our people who love music," Batt says.
The music industry has gotten behind Record Store Day in a big way, offering special limited releases from bootlegs to b-sides by everyone from Creedence Clearwater Revival to Nirvana. That makes it a Black Friday of sorts for the independent stores.
"We usually have, at all of our stores, anywhere between 30-100 people lined up at the door before opening waiting feverishly because some of these pieces are limited. Some of them - we'll only have a few copies," he says.
Along with the special releases, local stores like Silver Platters and West Seattle's Easy Street Records will also feature live performances and other events to commemorate the day.
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Global Affiliations
In nearly 20 years , the University has developed and benefitted from a range of affiliations around the world to support its mission. Some of the most productive of these affiliations are through memberships in networks of institutions of higher education with a shared mission. Other traditional affiliations popularly called partnerships are formalized through jointly signed Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) or agreements for collaboration and cooperation between institutions based on intent. In recent years, many institutions around the world have stepped back to consider whether intent is sufficient for the formality of a MoU or agreement preferring to sign when a project or collaboration is well underway. Supporting the University mission is best done through a number of solid, working affiliations and not the number of signed MoUs of intent to collaborate.
The following database represents all institutions that have a connection to AUI either through a shared membership such as the Global Liberal Arts Alliance, signed MoUs or specific agreements detailing cooperation and responsibilities such as the exchange of students.
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Naperville's Ramona Ustian seemingly has been successful wherever she goes. Most recently she's pushed the charity organization Blessings in a Backpack into the national spotlight.
The organization helps more than 64,000 kids in more than 600 schools throughout the country by giving them food to eat each weekend.
"The beauty of our organization is that we can provide food for students in our program for just $100 a year per child — that's the cost of a weekly download off of iTunes, or a trip to Starbucks," she says.
Ustian is serving a two-year term as the national board chairman. In July she could be re-elected for another two-year term. She became involved in 2008 and joined the board four years ago.
"I replaced Doug Meijer, co-chairman of Meijer Foods, whose company has been one of the organization's greatest supporters," she says.
Since Ustian took on the leadership role, the organization's reported tax returns show that assets from June 30, 2011, to June 30, 2013, grew from $1.4 million to $4 million, a whopping 186 percent increase.
"We were also chosen by People Magazine to partner with them and were recognized in 2012 as the Charity of the Year," she said.
Ustian hasn't been afraid to take chances in her life.
She grew up near St. Louis and attended Illinois State University where she majored in accounting and went on to work as a CPA for the Deloitte & Touche accounting firm for three years. After that, she worked for 10 years in finance and planning, investor relations and corporate planning before the entrepreneurial bug bit, and she became a clothing consultant.
"I had clients I worked with through appointments, and I helped women put together their wardrobe," she said.
Ustian then elected to change directions completely, and in 2009, bought a St. Louis-based wholesale coffee business that began in 1905, which she continues to oversee today. The small company has less than a dozen employees but services accounts that include Walmart, Pepsi, Sam's Club and the Schnucks supermarket chain.
"I guess I'm just an entrepreneur at heart, and there are good people working here," she said.
That entrepreneurial spirit has served her well, pushing her to try new things.
"As far as the Backpack group goes, I met Doug Meijer and found myself drawn into the mission," she say.
"When Doug told me that 1 in 5 elementary school students are at risk of not having enough food to eat over the weekend, I was shocked. This is not a problem in Africa or Asia, this is right in our own backyard."
Ustian rightly points out that kids who come to school hungry on Monday mornings "don't feel good and can't pay attention" and are likely to act out because of issues that are totally unrelated to the classroom.
"What chance does a student have to pay attention, behave and learn something under those circumstances?" she asks.
About his predecessor, Meijer says he could talk for hours about Ustian and the differences she has made in less than two short years.
"I can't say enough about her," Meijer said. "During my time as chairman, there were a lot of issues, and we were just trying to keep the organization afloat.
"We put a tourniquet on things, but Ramona has been really instrumental in getting things stabilized and on track and getting us more national exposure."
Meijer adds that Ustian reflects "a passion for the organization and does a lot of behind-the-scenes work" from a financial standpoint.
"We were in a banquet in the past year with 500 people, and you could see her working the room and handing out business cards," he said. "Her work ethic is impressive."
Ustian says it is easy to believe in the Backpack cause.
"There are so many stories to tell," she says. "One visit to a school is all you need to do to realize the many impacts this program has on the students' lives."Tags: Blessings in a Backpack, From the Top


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16 Jan 2014 Bosnian Public Holidays Legislation Stalled (Federalna novinska agencija-Sarajevo) Almost 5 years after Bosnia's Council of Ministers approved an initial draft law on public holidays in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the process of turning that draft into law is seemingly stalled.
• 23 Nov 2012 Bosnian Public Holiday November 26 (Federacija Bosna i Hercegovina News-Sarajevo) The governments of Bosnia and Herzegovina has announced that Monday, November 26, 2012, would be an additional day in lieu non-working public holiday in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
• 10 Nov 2012 Bosnian 2013 Public Holidays Announced (Federacija Bosna i Hercegovina News-Sarajevo) The governments of Bosnia and Herzegovina (the Bosnian Federation and the Republic of Srpska) have announced the dates of the 2013 non-working public holidays in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
• 21 Oct 2012 Bosnian 2012 Kurban Bairam Public Holiday Moved (Federacija Bosna i Hercegovina News-Sarajevo) The government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH) has announced that the previously-announced date for the upcoming Kurban Bairam (Feast of Sacrifice) non-working public holiday had also been moved to Friday, October 26, 2012.
• 15 Nov 2010 Bosnia Announces November 16 Public Holiday (Federacija Bosna i Hercegovina News-Sarajevo) The government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH) has announced the date of the upcoming Kurban Bayram (Feast of Sacrifice) public holiday as Tuesday, November 16, 2010.
• 16 Nov 2009 Bosnia Declares November 19 Regional Public Holiday (Radio Srbija-Banja Luka) The Prime Minister of Bosnia's Republika Srpska, Milorad Dodik, has announced that Thursday, November 19, 2009, the day of the upcoming funeral of Patriarch Pavle, would be a day of mourning and an official non-working public holiday in the Republika Srpska.
• 04 Nov 2009 Bosnia Changes Date Of Upcoming Kurban Bayram Public Holiday (B92-Belgrade) The government of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH) has changed the date of the upcoming Kurban Bayram (Feast of Sacrifice) public holiday from Saturday, November 28, to Friday, November 27, 2009.
• 13 Aug 2009 Bosnia and Herzegovina Announces Ramadan Dates (B92-Belgrade) The Islamic Sheikdom of Bosnia has announced that the first day of the month of Ramadan would be Friday, August 21, 2009, in conjunction with Macedonia, Kosovo, and Albania.
• 18 Jul 2009 Bosnia Finally Approves Draft Law On Public Holidays (Federacija Bosna i Hercegovina News-Sarajevo) After 15 years of wrangling between its ethnic components (the Bosnian Federation and the Republic of Srpska), Bosnia's Council of Ministers has finally approved a draft law on public holidays.
• 26 Nov 2008 Bosnia's Statehood Day Public Holiday's Woes Continue (Limun-Sarajevo) Only 2 of the 3 members of the Bosnia-Hercegovina Presidency attended this year's Statehood Day. As per custom, Chairman Nebojsa Radmanovic, the Serb member, was absent.
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Regions: Bosnia and Herzegovina, at the federal level is divided into two entities: Republika Srpska (RS) and the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH). Each of the three main communities of Bosnia and Herzegovina has its own religious public holidays which are often subject to change.
• Religious Public Holidays: The government of Bosnia and Herzegovina has decided to allow its citizens two working days per year to fulfil their religious needs. These days are not considered official holidays and the measure has been introduced to respect the religious and ethnic diversity of the country. Croats will usually take a second day for Catholic Christmas, while Muslims take a second day for the Eid al Adha public holiday.
• Statehood Day (November 25) is, in principle a nationwide public holiday, but in practice it is only observed in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina (FBiH), while the Republika Srpska (RS) prefers to observe a public holiday on November 21.
• Bosnia and Herzegovina International Codes BA and BIH (2 and 3-letter ISO3166 codes) and .ba (ICANN national top-level internet domain). � Other Sources of Information The following specialized websites are also a good source of Bosnia and Herzegovina information and news: Central Bank of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Bosnia and Herzegovina central bank), ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (Bosnia and Herzegovina maps, demographics and economic statistics), the IFES (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and voter participation in Bosnia and Herzegovina), and Wikipedia (includes Bosnia and Herzegovina commemorative dates that are not necessarily public holidays).
Observance : Any entry in the Observance column indicates that, in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the holiday may be regional or non-official or limited to certain religious and/or linguistic groups, or begin at a time other than midnight. Note that religious holidays are included only if they are national public holidays, or if the national labour code has specific holiday allowances for employees of specific religions.
Religious Holidays : Public holidays in Bosnia and Herzegovina that are based on certain religious calendars may be subject to local variations due to differing interpretations between different religious authorities, or to seemingly arbitrary changes in the date a holiday is celebrated because it conflicts with another holiday that is based on another calendar, or because the day of the holiday is deemed inauspicious (bad luck). To find out more about these uncertainties, see the footnote below, if any, for each specific religion.
Muslim Holidays : Muslim bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Bosnia and Herzegovina were evaluated using the Umm al-Qura Calendar of Saudi Arabia which is used in Saudi Arabia and in most of the Persian Gulf States. Holidays may occur a day later in countries outside the Gulf region. The sunrises, sunsets, moon phases, moonrises and moonsets used in these calculations are based on the location of Mecca (latitude 21.42�N, longitude, 39.82�E, GMT+3 hours, no summer time rules).
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Refrigeration Systems
The Next Big Switch
An APPLIANCE Staff Feature
Refrigeration suppliers and OEMs seem well prepared for the 2010 phaseout of R-22 in new equipment—but can they convince commercial users to make the move to more environmentally friendly systems?
Each brazed-plate heat exchanger in a new Danfoss line consists of a series of thin, corrugated metal plates that are brazed together to improve heat-transfer efficiency. The plates are compressed in a rigid frame to create an arrangement of parallel flow channels. One high-viscosity fluid travels through the odd-numbered channels, and the other high-viscosity fluid flows through the even.
"Our brazed-plate heat exchangers are space saving, offer a highly flexible design for manufacturing, and require less use of refrigerants," said Peter J. D'Ambrosio, strategic global marketing manager, heat transfer. "As an added benefit to the customization options, the brazed-plate heat exchangers, because of their high heat-transfer performance, contribute to an increase in overall cooling capacity. This not only reduces energy consumption, but it provides the best value over the longest period of time as well."
The company offers 15 models. Model B3-048 is designed with a special patent of different corrugation depths on the same plate. With a capacity of 30–80 kW, this model allows a larger water flow rate, lower pressure rate drop, and lower refrigerant charge.
A number of supermarkets have already made the change. They got rid of the R-22, even reconfigured entire stores to use new refrigeration systems with friendlier refrigerants, leak less of them, and use less energy.
But these proactive retailers are just a small percentage of the 34,000 commercial food establishments in the United States that will need to make the change, sooner or later. The final phase-out of R-22 production for use in existing equipment doesn't happen until 2020.
Speaking at the International Air-Conditioning, Heating, Refrigeration (AHR) Expo in New York City in January, DuPont refrigerants global business manager Diane Iuliano Picho said, "In about 100 weeks we expect that the HVAC&R industry will experience an increasingly tight supply of R-22, as well as available labor to support the transition to alternatives."
DuPont (www.dupont.com) is recommending equipment owners and contractors implement immediate reclamation and recovery practices, and begin the transition to alternatives sooner rather than later. The company offers Isceon non-ozone-depleting HFC retrofit refrigerant blends, and Suva HFC refrigerants.
Undoubtedly some retailers will try to avoid the new investment as long as their current equipment is functional, but when the commercial refrigeration systems users decide to make the change, the industry will be prepared to assist them.
This isn't their first refrigerant phaseout.
Commercial Cooperation
Commercial refrigeration users are more cognizant of the costs of the refrigerants themselves (consumers rarely factor the price of a system recharge into their refrigerator or air-conditioner buying decision). Commercial users, and in particular large installations like supermarkets, can pay substantial costs just to maintain their systems. These users can also realize substantial dollar savings with incremental increases in energy efficiency.
On the other hand, such users have far more capital invested in refrigeration equipment, and can find it difficult to justify changes.
At the end of 2007, the industry and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency created the new GreenChill organization to promote more-advanced supermarket refrigeration systems. Members include refrigerant/chemical suppliers such as DuPont, Arkema, Honeywell, Dow, and INEOS Fluor Holdings, along with OEM members like Hill Phoenix, Kysor/Warren, and Hussmann. Several supermarket chains also helped found GreenChill.
The Copeland
SystemPro condensing unit is manufactured with sealed, tested EK filter driers and tricolor hermetic moisture warning indicators, to significantly reduce on-site installation materials, tube prepping, and brazing in commercial refrigeration applications. While some other units require four on-site braze joints, this condensing unit requires only one, helping to prevent potential contaminants that can result from on-site brazing. The system is engineered for applications with limited space that utilize fractional-horsepower-sized condensing units, making it ideal for retail refrigeration applications like reach-in cases, food prep tables, and under-counter units. The unit was a winner of a 2008 AHR Expo Innovation Award in the refrigeration category. Emerson Climate Technologies, a business of Emerson.
GreenChill promotes configurations such as the Distributed System, which puts compressors in close proximity to the cases. Another option is a Secondary Loop System, which keeps a long piping system but replaces the refrigerant in the tubing with a heat transfer fluid that is environmentally safer than the refrigerant. A reduced refrigerant charge is used in a much smaller closed-loop system to cool the heat transfer fluid.
More Chemical Investment
The industrywide cost of transitioning to new refrigerants (and insulation-blowing agents) is massive. Arkema Fluorochemicals has made a substantial investment in new fluorochemical production—about a quarter-billion dollars for next-generation refrigerant development, manufacturing, and product stewardship in the last decade.
It's a balancing act for Arkema and other suppliers. "We've invested heavily to ensure that our industry has sufficient capacity to serve our customers with the latest fluorochemical technology while we continue to work on the development of new fluids with a negligible impact on the ozone layer and a low global warming potential (GWP)," says Emanuel (Manny) Katz, regional group president, North America, for Arkema Fluorochemicals business.
Arkema (www.arkema.com) has four facilities—France, Spain, China, and Calvert in the United States—producing its Forane products for use as refrigerants, foam blowing, and other applications. Arkema used technological experience gained at its Zaramillo, Spain, HFC-32 plant to develop the start-up plant in Calvert City, KY, turning Calvert City into the world's largest HFC-32 production site. The plant went on-line in June 2007, making commercial-grade HFC-32 and using it to blend next-generation refrigerant R-410A.
Making use of these new refrigerants is easier on OEMs. Compressor makers such as Panasonic Industrial Co. (www.panasonic.com) have readied units that can use R-22 or R-410A. Panasonic is the world's largest manufacturer of rotary compressors for home air-conditioning, and its goal with the R2 compressor was to create 13-SEER units with enhanced reliability, efficiency, and low noise. The compressors use rolling-piston technology, and the piston has a special steel composition to prevent wear and extend life. A special vane coating applied using physical vapor deposition (PVD) also enhances durability. Longer-life applications are facilitated with a larger accumulator. Lubrication comes from a high-volume oil pump and a higher-capacity oil reservoir. "With recent product improvements, the result is a compressor with a low applied cost and performance very similar to a scroll compressor," said Sam Piccarreta, director.
CO2 Cools Coca-Cola
ACC created a curved shape for the shell of its new S-series compressors and reduced noise levels and vibration. The unit is designed to fit appliance customers' existing dimensions. The shape of the shell does not change the compressor dimensions and the electrical connection system is the same. Only a small change is made in the tube connection space position for the tube and valve adapter. Fifty models of the S compressors range from 18.00 to 34.42 cm3. The unit works with R-134a, R-404A, and R-22 refrigerants.
"It has a higher heat-transfer coefficient than traditional refrigerants, which can lead to increased efficiency in the heat-transfer equipment it is used in," said Giovanni Simeoni, head of sales and marketing, product development, and R&D for the ECO-Heatcraft division, which developed the system. "The higher volumetric efficiency of CO2 refrigerant (known as R-744) also means that the cross-sectional area of pipes used in heat-transfer equipment can be reduced. As a result, equipment has the potential to be smaller, lighter, more efficient, and better for the environment."
CO2 has long been viewed as one of the potential solutions to the problem of environmentally harmful refrigerants. CO2 is non-flammable, nontoxic, and inexpensive. Even public perception of CO2 has been touted as an advantage—CO2 is often viewed as a "natural" alternative.
Practical CO2 refrigeration systems for real-world applications have emerged slowly, mostly in commercial applications, but the technology is gaining speed. In fact, Coca-Cola is relying exclusively on CO2 at the Beijing games. "At the 2008 Olympic Games, all of our coolers and vending machines will feature CO2," said Antoine Azar, Coca-Cola's CO2 project global technical manager.
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This is my HG fragrance. Its a smell that I think wouldn't work well on a lot of people, but it smells nice on my skin. It was about $30 for the bottle which is cheap imo because I got the largest size. I also have a few mini bottles. I can wear this year round. It smells kind of floral. I'm horrible at describing scents but its definitely floral. It lingers all day which is also great. I really like this perfume, although I'm not too thrilled about it being Ed Hardy...
I....am crazy on the fence with this fragrance. I actually like the fruity, generic smells of most perfumes.
This one isn't.
It smells almost masculine, not particularly strong, but certainly masculine. After the dry down, it smells of a creamy, buttery cinnamon which...is particularly odd. I smell my wrist and I'm left confused.
Unlike Katy Perry's Purr (which I adored upon first spray) or Betsey Johnson's perfume (which I am almost repulsed by) this is smack dab in the center of the spectrum. Not severe hatred, or adoration...rather, curiosity. Not here, nor there. But somewhere.
I'm still on the fence, but I do wear this. I wish it were more like it's predecessors, Love Kills Slowly and Born Wild though. I'm not a fan of anything that strays TOO far from the fruity, sparkling fragrances.
Everyone on the reviews I've been reading has a different take on this perfume. This lady I work with wears this perfume & I loved the way it smelled on her. I didn't even realize it was the same perfume that I've had for about 3 years sitting on my dresser, until she told me she wears this. This perfume smells totally different on me, than on her. I still liked it on me, but it's just a different smell. The lasting power could be improved. I also have Ed Hardy's love kills slowly perfume, & I'm so in love with that one. It smells amazing on me. So, if you didn't like this perfume for whatever reason, try love kills slowly...I think it's better & it gives that "wow" factor, which this one did not. Overall, this isn't the most amazing, noticeable perfume. But, it still smells good & is very casual. I don't think I would buy this again though.
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Like a few other reviewers, this is something that I might pretend to "forget" what I am wearing if someone asked. I think it's the Jersey Shore/DB-bonanza that the tattoo community associates with the ED Hardy brand. But, at the same time, if I like something, I'm gonna wear it, gosh darn it. I get SO MANY compliments on this. Fruits and most florals smell TERRIBLE on me, but this has enough spice to make it work with my chemistry. It just smells sunny and clean, nothing like the other ED Farty scents. It's also becoming harder to find, but you can get some great deals online.
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If anyone asks me what I'm wearing I would never admit that I'm wearing Ed Hardy because of the image associated with the brand, but this fragrance is beautiful. On my skin it opens up fresh and fruity and dries down with an almost soapy scent. The scent is subtle but long lasting and clean smelling. The bottle IMO is hideously ugly, but that won't deter me from keeping this in constant rotation in my collection.
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I don't care what the brand is. When it comes to fragrances, if it smells good, that is ALL THAT MATTERS.
This stuff smells heavenly, that's all. The word that comes to mind (for the olfactory-to-literary type) is Sensual.
It's a very strong scent (lol pungent... with real panther bits).
Right. So, ultimately, there's no sense in reading a review to find the right perfume.
You have to try it (and no, sampling it in store is not enough, you have to walk around for a day or two with it on and see how you feel). Perfumes do NOT smell the same on everyone, and the way they make you feel is such a major element to whether it's right for you. Most days, I feel this perfume "suits" me (and some days I don't!). So, you know... when everything's said and done, reading perfume reviews is kind of useless.
Oh the bottle's pretty too; I like the geisha design and the cream/gold color scheme. It's also kind of heavy (which is a negative bc why a heavy bottle, but also a positive... I feel like heavier items these days can sometimes connote higher quality).
*Also -- someone below me compared the smell of this to "Unforgivable" (Sean John). I wouldn't say they smell alike but they do weirdly remind me of eachother.
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I loooove this perfume! It's smells absolutely amazing on me and lasts ALL day and even til the next day. I asked for it on Christmas and got the gift set, then I went out and bought another bottle when i was halfway through the first one so I would never be without it. I could wear it everyday and on special occassions. I honestly feel like it's my signature scent than everyone can link to me. It smells soooo clean and fresh but still has notes of exotic flowers that linger on your skin and clothes so nicely, definitely not strong but i dont know why it lasts so long on me :) I would repurchase again and again until I find another one I like....which I haven't for almost 3 years!!!
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I didn't buy this exact product or the product at all. My brothers girlfriend however picked up love & luck for men by accident not knowing it was a mens cologne. It comes in a similar bottle but blue. The scent smells a little spicy and we had no clue it was a mens cologne till I was near a man who happened to be wearing it. I must say that this scent could by a unisex fragrance. I think it smells sexy and is more of a female fragrance than a males. I don't know if it is the same for all male ed hardy products but the oils in this cologne are way better than that of the ed hardys female products. This cologne lasted on me for the whole day and then some the next day. It smells amazing i recommend it for girls!
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I like this scent. I reminds me of Pac Sun's Tilt. But like that one, this just doesn't last.
I am obsessed with Ed Hardy. I'm an Ed Hardy freak, to put it simply, haha. I just looooove their stuff! I've been wanting to try their perfume for a while, because if I liked it, it would be a bonus to have the awesome bottle sitting on my dresser.:) Well, it seems that you can get the women's Ed Hardy perfume gift sets at Ulta, but you can only actually spray the men's Ed Hardy perfume. I went to Sephora recently, and saw that you could spray this one on. I've read good reviews before for it here on MUA, so sprayed some on. Well, to me, it was nothing special. I didn't really enjoy it, but didn't hate it either. On me, it was just a middle-of-the-road, unoriginal scent that wasn't really my style. Maybe it would smell better on other people, but it didn't work for me. Oh well! Since perfumes smell different on everyone, you could definitely get a better experience from this than I did. So, I'm not trying to discourage you from buying it, but I'm not highly recommending it either. Sooo...*scratches head*...have a happy new year!:)
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