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Woah -- Samsung is working on a phone called Neo. The Galaxy Note 3 Neo appears to be a cheap Note 3, with a weird six-core chip, according to a new leak.
The well-known Chinese executive and censorship critic posts a list of how often his comments on social networks are deleted. It's a lot.
Former Google China chief gets kicked off China-based microblogging sites after complaining about state controls over the Internet.
The fingers on the BeBionic 3 hand configure themselves according to electrical signals in the user's skin. The hand's power grip has been improved to 31.5 pounds.
Who says you need high-end equipment to shoot a good stunt film? Filmmaker Freddie Wong shows you how to do it with a smartphone.
The founder of Microsoft's Chinese research group, who Microsoft sued in a failed attempt to prevent from joining Google, has just published an English translation of his Chinese book, "Making A World Of Difference."
Lenovo's slim tower H320 40411FU is a high-value system that's well-suited to home entertainment, day-to-day productivity, or a mix of both.
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Lenovo's slim tower H320 40411FU offers a high-value system that's well-suited to either home entertainment, day-to-day productivity, or a mix of both.
Microsoft's latest security measure involves telling everyone not to press F1. Well that's reasonable. If you read everything Microsoft says. Also the juiciest weirdest firing ever happens to the developers of the most successful video game ever.


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Get your dancin' shoes on ladies and gents, because West Bay Rhythm is ready to take you back to the grooves and moves of the '70s. WBR is a full 11-piece R&B, Soul, and Funk band covering all the hits you know and love, including "Signed, Sealed, Delivered", "What is Hip", "Heaven", "Papa's Got a Brand New Bag", "Sweet Home Chicago", "Suavecito", "25 or 6 to 4", and "You're Still a Young Man". Our setlist is constantly evolving and currently includes well over five hours of material - more than enough to keep you on your feet all night long! If you are hosting a party, corporate event, or fundraiser, and you need more than a band that just plays music, call us. We entertain, MC, take requests, and turn every event into one heck of a good time.

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Bike Nation, OCTA and the City of Fullerton Announce Plans for a Pilot Bike Sharing Program
Posted on 12. Nov, 2012 by avickers in Announcements, Archive, Bike Nation Fullerton, Front Page, Media Releases
November 12, 2012 (Fullerton, CA) – Bike Nation announced today that it has won a contract from the Orange County Transportation Authority (OCTA) to develop a pilot bike share program in the City of Fullerton, CA. The $1.5 million OCTA contract will install a total of 165 bikes and 15 stations at a variety of locations within the City. In addition, Bike Nation has committed to co-invest in the program by adding up to 35 stations and 350 bikes to the Fullerton system, resulting in a potential bike share reach for Fullerton of 50 stations and 515 bikes. The Orange County-based company previously announced this year extensive privately-funded bike share programs in Los Angeles, Anaheim and Long Beach. Bike Nation user memberships are transferable to any city within its bike share systems.
"We are pleased to partner with OCTA and the City of Fullerton to bring bike share to the city for the first time and appreciate their collective commitment to provide a safe, low-cost, healthy transportation alternative to Orange County residents," said Derek Fretheim, Bike Nation Chief Operating Officer.
Bike Nation is the only North American bike share company that owns and manufactures its own "Made in the USA" compliant bikes and equipment. The bikes are chainless and feature active GPS technology and airless tires, reducing the need for on-road service. The kiosks are modular, portable, wirelessly connected and solar powered so that monitoring and load balancing is easily managed. Bike Nation's kiosks, docks, station platforms are made in Orange County and its bikes are manufactured in the United States. The company is supporting and sustaining local manufacturing jobs and projects to create over 150 service jobs through 2013.
The bike share system is made up of self-service kiosks where individuals can rent and return a bicycle anywhere within a network of stations. Stations are located in close proximity for quick trips where users live, work and visit. The usage fees for the bike share system are incentivized for turnover and trips of less than 30 minutes in duration with a single 24-hour membership priced at $6, with discounts for three-day ($12), weekly ($25), monthly ($35), yearly ($75) and yearly student/senior rentals ($50).
Incorporated in 2009, Bike Nation provides privately funded public bike sharing systems to cities, agencies and other entities. The company is considered a leader in the bike share industry by providing fourth generation technology and bikes. Bike Nation strives to offer a convenient, affordable, user-friendly and healthy alternative to polluting forms of transportation that become part of the overall transportation fabric within the community it services. The company is headquartered in Tustin, California.
For more information on Bike Nation, please visit our website homepage: www.bikenationusa.com, blog: www.wp.bikenationusa.com, Facebook: www.facebook.com/bikenationusa or Twitter: www.twitter.com/bikenationusa accounts.
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It's 2014!! And the future's so bright, you gotta wear shades (or so the saying goes). But before you invest in your next pair of frames, take a moment to consult this handy guide featuring Miranda Kerr, Gwen Stefani, and more.
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To live and surf great waves for the rest of there life, is the dream of all surfers.
Your Guide to the Best Breaks in Bali, Portugal and Morocco.
During the northern hemisphere winter of 2003/2004, two very different people meet each other whilst on holiday in Northern Africa. These two very different people had one thing in common, they both loved surfing. And not just the sport or act of surfing but the lifestlye, the travel and adventure involved in the search for new places to surf in far off countries and diverse cultures.
The two co-founders, Josh and Simon, blessed with the love for surfing.
These two guys could not have been more different, Josh coming from one of the worlds birthplaces of modern surfing, Australia. He was born and bread with the ocean on his door step, and started surfing at a very young age, competing in contests and went on to become one of Sydney´s top surf photographers, and later one of Portugals most respected big wave water photographers.
Simon on the other hand, hailed from Austria, land locked on all sides. Without the ocean nearby, from an early age his afternoons and weekends were instead spent snowboarding and in the summer wakeboarding. It was not until later in life that he was blessed with the love for surfing, that consumes so many of us. But this passion, while it arrived later in life, was still by all means a very strong love affair, one that was pursued at all opportunities.
The Camps of Rapture – A Network of Surf Camps
Simon and Josh were both entrepreneurs in the own rights, and when they meet whilst surfing and traveling in Morocco, it was fate they should put their heads together and find a way to do what they loved in life for ever. To live and surf great waves for the rest of ones life, is the dream of all surfers. If only there was a way to do this and to make enough money to live this wonderful lifestyle, hence Rapture Camps was born.
Morocco – A Fun Place To Be
With Simon´s internet know-how and Josh´s bussiness savy, they meet at the end of the next summer, and packed a van with everything that they might need for 6 months in Morocco, and headed south. The camp was set up in a large house in a quiet and peacefull village close to the famous but very busy Taghazout. This village was called Tamraght, here they meet Fatiha and Youssef whom still work in the camp, and who both played a major role in helping establish the camps strong hold here.
Their plan was simple, to set up a surf camp that allowed all surfers to travel to safely and surf in exotic countries, ultimately it had to be affordable for everyone. This would inturn allow them to surf more often and themselves live in these beautiful countries around the world.
The thing that set these two individuals apart from other bussiness founders was that monetary wealth was not the goal, instead their belief in a happy lifestyle and their love for surfing was what propelled them.
Surf Camps in Bali and Portugal
After that first season in Morocco, 2004/2005, Simon traveled to Bali and Josh to Portugal were another camps were born. The Rapture founders have had help along the way, we should not forget this. The endless stream of friends and family that have helped in what ever way they could. Simon´s friends from Austria, and Josh´s mates from Australia, and all the others that they have meet along the way, whether it be managing the camps, to sourcing vehicles, to teaching surf lessons.
Josh now lives in Bali where he manages the very successful Camp at Padang Padang with his lovely wife that he did indeed meet whilst running the camp in Morocco. Simon is just always on its way moving around between the camps.
Hopefully after reading this you will see the Rapture Camps the way that we see it, as the homes of these two friends, and not just another surf camp.


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Sony: Microsoft is "kicking the living crap out of publishers"
Accuses of protecting "an inferior technology" with harsh exclusivity policy.
Rob Dyer, SCE America's SVP of publisher, slammed Microsoft's exclusivity policy for its Xbox 360 platform by saying it is only "protecting an inferior technology".
In an interview with Industry Gamers, Dyer quoted Microsoft's strict restriction of disallowing games or content if it is not "in parity" with competing platforms, before saying such shackles were only "kicking the living crap out of the publishers".
"I think what [Xbox Europe boss] Chris Lewis and the other representatives at Microsoft are doing is protecting an inferior technology. I think they want to dumb it down and keep it as pedestrian as possible so that if you want to do anything for Blu-ray or you have extra content above 9 gigs or you want to do anything of that nature, you'd better sure as heck remember that Microsoft can't handle that," he said.
"And that's a huge problem with them. It first started on the smaller pubs, and we can talk about what's happened on XBL and the policy they have there that requires publishers to have a whole litany of things in order to get onto their network or they have to go through and be published by Xbox, by Microsoft, which essentially lets them dictate how long they'll be exclusive and whether or not they own the IP, etc, etc,."
"It's now progressed to not just be these smaller indie pubs that are obviously very easy to kick around. It's moved up the food chain. It's gone to B and A level publishers."
"So potentially any time we've gone out and negotiated exclusive content of things that we've announced at things like DPS or E3, publishers are getting the living crap kicked out of them by Microsoft because they are doing something for the consumer that is better on our platform than it might be perceived on theirs.
"So from a creativity standpoint and what we are doing to try to make it better for the consumer, our view is Microsoft's doing everything they can to eliminate that because they have an inferior technology."


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Domain WHOIS http://whois.nic.af
The Afghanistan Network Information Center is a department under ICT Directorate, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology. AFGNIC also performs activities for the public, such as oversee the administration of IP address assignment /Registration in Afghanistan through coordination with National Internet Registry of Afghanistan (NIRA).
AFGNIC plays a vital role in the development of Internet infrastructure in Afghanistan by conducting workshops/seminars in different parts of country with the help of National and International experts in the field of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT).
AFGNIC actively operates a service in which Internet users in Afghanistan can easily participate by making it possible for individual / organizations with preferences in Afghanistan to register domain names. For the benefit of Internet in Afghanistan, AFGNIC also ensures the proper management and activities of the following internet infrastructure related bodies. AfgNIC's main areas of activity are:
National Internet Registry of Afghanistan (NIRA) is not-for-profit, Government organization responsible for providing the service of allocating and registering Internet resources in Afghanistan. This entity is responsible to provide registry services in the local language and culture, allowing better services to LIRs (Local Internet Registry) and ISPs (Internet Service Providers) requiring Internet resources. Such an Afghan Internet registry will allocate IP address space, autonomous system numbers, and other identifiers that might from time to time be appropriate, maintain databases of registry information, make appropriate views of the databases (for example, DNS, WHOIS, registration of Internet resources) available for query from the database which will be available publicly and tasks to be performed that are expected of registry.
Realizing the need for information security and reliability, the AfgNIC (Afghanistan Network Information Centre) calls for establishing a CSIRT namely AfCERT (Afghanistan Cyber Emergency Response Team) in Ministry of Communications and Information Technology.
The aim of establishing AfCERT is to develop a common understanding among all stakeholders on the nature and implementation of information security measures in Afghanistan. AfCERT can conduct a rapid response to contain computer security incident and recover from it.
Afghanistan's name in Cyber Space or the Internet is .AF (Dot AF), which is the Country Code Top Level Domain (ccTLD) for Afghanistan.
Afghanistan Network Information Center (AFGNIC) was incorporated on 1st January 2003, to carry out .AF ccTLD domain name registration and management, and to undertake operation of the domain name system. AFGNIC manages and administers .AF Country Code Top Level Domain (ccTLD) in a fair and neutral manner.


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Fruits and vegetables continue to post double-digit gains in the organic food and products sector.
New numbers from the Brattleboro, Vt.-based Organic Trade Association show that 2013 organic sales of fruits and vegetables totaled more than $11.6 billion, up 15% from 2012.
Those numbers represent both fresh — the dominant market segment — and processed fruits and vegetables, said Maggie McNeil, director of media relations for the for the association.
According to the association's Organic Industry Survey, 10% of all fruits and vegetables sold in the U.S. are organic.
However retail scan data used by The Packer show organic's share in retail is 6%.
The OTA survey shows total sales of organic products in the U.S. were $35.1 billion in 2013, up 11.5% from 2012. Organic food, with $32.3 billion in 2013 sales, accounted for 92% of all organic sales, according to the survey.
"The U.S. organic market is experiencing strong expansion, with organic food and farming continuing to gain in popularity," Laura Batcha, executive director and CEO of the association, said in the release. "Consumers are making the correlation between what we eat and our health, and that knowledge is spurring heightened consumer interest in organic products."
The survey said consumer purchases of organic food account for more than 4% of the $760 billion annual food sales in the U.S. in 2013, up from a 1.8% share in 2003. The 10% average sales growth of organic food since 2010 far exceeds the 3% annual growth in sales of total food sales during the same period, according to the survey.
Varying estimates
The survey's 2013 estimate for total organic fruit and vegetable sales of $11.6 billion is much higher than the estimate for organic fresh produce sales in 2013 compiled through The Packer's Produce Market Guide, which uses retail scan data from FreshLook Marketing.
The Packer's Guide, which will come out in June, shows organic fresh produce sales of $3.46 billion in 2013, up 21.5% from $2.85 billion in 2012, and an increase in pounds sold from 996 million in 2012 to 1.21 billion in 2013, an increase of 21.6%.
Compared with the OTA's estimate that organic fruits and vegetables in all forms account for 10% of total fruit and vegetable sales, FreshLook research estimates that organic fresh produce accounted for 6% of total retail sales in 2013, up from 5.3% in 2012.


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Homemade Gift Tag Idea
Looking to make a special holiday gift pop? Try this sweet idea for a DIY gift tag: Outline the shape of your favorite cookie cutter onto colored paper, and then cut out the design and tape onto your wrapped present.
Better yet, if you're giving a box of homemade sweets, use ribbon to fasten the cookie cutter right onto the present itself.
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While other athletic clubs hibernate, Majestic Oaks welcomes Old Man Winter's frigid embrace with snow-savvy cheer. Played using golf clubs and a fuzzy tennis ball, snow golf provides nine holes of family-spanning fun and takes less than an hour to complete. Traversing the course, most of whose holes are under 100 yards, provides a reason to enjoy a brisk winter afternoon with friends while getting some light exercise. Hot chocolate and coffee (a value of $1.50 each) can keep your foursome of snow-golfers warm or can be used to punish snowmen who overindulge in mulligans.
Under the guidance of new course superintendent David Simeon, who draws on nearly a quarter century of experience and a degree in turf management, the links at Greens of Howard Lake underwent a thorough makeover and renewal in 2011. Course architect Ed Lahr made myriad improvements, such as regrading the fairway on hole 2 and enhancing it with a pond. In addition to rejuvenating the course's turf and waging a war on weeds, the overhaul led to a renovated clubhouse where players can rent premium clubs for playing the links or carrying knapsacks over their shoulders on contemplative walks through the course. After the last swing is swung, they can also fuel up with pizza and beer onsite or stop at the pro shop to pick up new gear.
Course at a Glance: * 9-hole, par 36 course * Length of 3,313 yards * Course rating of 35.4 * Slope rating of 115
Designed by prolific course architect Joel Goldstrand, Rum River Hills Golf Club's 18-hole course weaves through 6,308 yards of water-lined fairways and undulating greens. Water hazards present challenges from the very first tee, where aggressive players may choose to lay up or drive balls over a pond to cut the corner off of a fairway that dog-legs right, setting up a favorable approach onto a green 413 yards away. Rum River Hills tests players' short game with undulating greens that take golf balls through more sharp turns than a golf cart driving through a grocery store.
A full-length driving range allows players to warm up before they take to the course, and the club's PGA instructors offer lessons for those looking to improve their swing mechanics. After a day at the links, course patrons can drop in at McDuff's Restaurant, which serves an expansive menu of salads, burgers, steaks, and pizzas. Inside the sunlit dining room, 11 TVs let guests catch up with live sports, while outdoor patio seating caters to those hoping to reverse engineer the technology of the lawn mowers maintaining the course below.
Course at a Glance: * Designed by Joel Goldstrand * 18-hole, par 71 course * Length of 6,308 yards from the farthest tees * Course rating of 71.0 from the farthest tees * Slope rating of 117 from the farthest tees * Four tee options
Early in the spring, when the threat of snow still hovers over the state of Minnesota, the golf course at Sundance Golf Banquet Bowl is open. Later in the fall, when the threat of snow once again looms and golf carts begin to go into hibernation, the course remains open. Over the years, the 18-hole, par 72 course has become reliable place for determined golfers to battle for being the first or last of the year to sneak in a round. Recently, Sundance augmented its links with a bowling alley, inviting visitors to escape the elements and pick up some strikes in the process. Away from all the competition, the facility's bar and grill refuels tanks with popular house-made pizzas, half-pound burgers, and plenty of beer and cocktails.
Designed by course architect Kevin Norby, The Refuge Golf Club cleaves through 350 acres of woods and wetlands to frame an 18-hole, par 72 course. Native grasses, wooden cart bridges, and immaculate bluegrass fairways characterize this northern-style course, which challenges golfers with tight tree lines and abundant sunbathing opportunities for losing shirts in sand traps. If golfers haven't spotted much wildlife throughout the course, they might find a gallery of hawks, deer, and feral caddies watching at the 17th, the course's second-most-difficult hole. Clubbers must blast tee shots over a forced carry before safely landing on an open fairway that leads to a green flanked by bunkers on both sides. Players can warm up for rounds at the 20-stall driving range and contoured putting green, and PGA professionals help golfers hone their game during private lessons. Meanwhile, a 13,000-square-foot clubhouse built of rock and cedar beckons for post-round revelry in the facility's restaurant, bar, and pro shop.
Course at a Glance: * 18-hole, par 72 course * Total length of 6,534 yards from the back tees * Course rating of 71.9 from the back tees * Course slope of 139 from the back tees * Five sets of tees per hole
With 27 challenging kentucky-bluegrass fairways in front of lush bentgrass greens, The Ponds challenges golfers to play a trio of nine-hole courses or combine two of them for three unique 18-hole rounds. Water hazards make for an especially difficult approach to the green on the Red Course's signature first hole, whereas the White Course's ninth hole ends with a green flanked by sand traps. Wetlands and sloped greens make up the Blue Course, which players can travel in new electric-power carts.
Before hitting the fairways, golfers can warm up at the driving range, chipping green, putting green, or pleading-with-your-clubs green. After the round, replace any golf balls that got away at the pro shop, which stocks brands such as Nike and Titleist.
Red Course at a Glance: * 9-hole, par 36 course * Length of 3,380 yards * Four tee options
Blue Course at a Glance: * 9-hole, par 36 course * Length of 3,453 yards * Four tee options
White Course at a Glance: * 9-hole, par 36 course * Length of 3,401 yards * Four tee options


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Here's a story I just read on Yahoo:
America's Most Overpriced Real Estate Markets
May 11, 2007
No matter the locale, its denizens almost always gripe about the stiff cost of living, housing and doing business. But in some places the financial pain is clearly more acute than others.
Take San Diego. A slumping housing market, where only 5% of residents can afford the median home, and a high price-to-earnings ratio made the oceanfront city our most overpriced real estate market. Had weather been included as a statistical measurement, there's no doubt San Diego would have avoided our list of top 10 most overpriced cities–but we didn't factor in sunshine.
Arriving at the relative value of a given market isn't as simple as calculating median home prices, income rates and cost of living. Instead, our list of most overpriced real estate markets incorporates a more meaningful methodology.
Behind The Numbers
Using the 40 largest metro areas, we started by estimating a "price-to-earnings" ratio for each market. (Like the P/E of a stock, this value attempts to measure the price a homeowner would pay for one dollar of return.) Using data from the National Association of Realtors (NAR), the U.S. Census Bureau and the Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight, we took each market's median home price and divided it by annual rents minus taxes and insurance for those properties. (We assumed for this exercise that other costs don't vary drastically from city to city.)
The average P/E for the 40 markets is 28. Note: Unlike, say, the S&P 500 index of stocks, ours is not a weighted-average P/E. If it were, certain cities with greater overall sheer market value would carry more weight.
We incorporated a second metric: an affordability index. Calculated from National Home Builder Association and Wells Fargo data, the affordability score is the percent of the population who can afford to buy the median-priced home, assuming a 6% mortgage rate. In a city like Los Angeles, No. 4 on the list, a wee 2% of homes are affordable for residents pulling down a median income.
Consider Detroit. Almost 88% of its homes are available to those with a median income, and its 17.5 P/E ratio appears relatively low, but that doesn't make real estate in the Motor City a good investment. Already stagnant home prices have decreased at a rate of 1% over the last year and, of the major metros, Detroit is the only one on our list to have lost jobs since 2005 (other than New Orleans, which we left off; in the wake of Hurricane Katrina the city's statistical figures were such anomalies that it wasn't comparable to the rest of the cities).
So which markets are in bubble territory? Look for a high P/E ratio, low affordability, low income growth and a high cost of living.
San Francisco, ranked fourth, fits that bill. Despite home prices growing at a 2% clip over last year, according to the NAR, the city by the bay ranks third to last in expected income growth, reports Moody's. Not good news in a market where only 7.5% of housing is affordable for the median-income earner. Combine that with a housing P/E ratio over 50, and it isn't difficult to imagine some softening on the horizon.
The usual suspects littered our list: Miami Miami came in second, followed in order by: Sacramento,m Calif.; San Francisco, Calif.; Washington D.C.; Honolulu; New York; Los Angeles; and Boston. San Jose, Calif., rounded out the top 10.


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dcgaffer commented on the blog post Late Night: And Then
My father in law (now passed away) was one of the most reasonable and gentlest man I've met. He also was on an aircraft carrier and survived the Kamikaze waves at Okinawa. One time I said something complementary about the Japanese, and I nearly was banished from his household. Perfectly understandable for a survivor, though I was shocked by it.
The vulgarity is when we cheer for death like its a sports competition. But again, how is that new? From the Romans Colosseum to the ladies who attended the daily guillotine sessions in Paris during the French revolution, the instinct is not peculiar to us.
dcgaffer commented on the blog post Late Night: And Then
Yes its is vulgar, while reason prevails.
But then one thinks back on the someone jumping from the 100th floor of the burning WTC, and realizes that some family member will never, ever escape either in media or their mind's eye, of the last moment of their loved one's life.
The blood lust is wrong, and oh so human. If the bloodlust is limited to OBL who set set this all in motion (to large a claim for anyone admittedly) then maybe we can can get back to stomping out the bloodlust for arabs, or muslims and other whole classes of nations or peoples.


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Document Type Master's Dissertation Author Douglas, Anneli firstname.lastname@example.com URN etd-01312006-100621 Document Title The development of a conceptual model for the effective management of corporate travel Degree MCom (Tourism Management) Department Tourism Management Supervisor
Advisor Name Title Prof B A Lubbe Keywords
- corporate travellers
- corporate travel management
- value conflicts
- survey
- South Africa
- travel management company
- business travel
- corporate travel
- suppliers
Date 2005-07-22 Availability restricted Abstract Corporate travel is that segment of the business travel market that can be described as travel undertaken by the employee of a particular organisation that has a substantial travel volume and where travel arrangements are generally consolidated into a centralized function.The management of the corporate travel function is ideally the responsibility of the corporate travel manager. The corporate travel management programme cannot be successful without the support of the senior management of the organisation, the corporate travellers, the travel management company (TMC) and various suppliers. Each of these stakeholders (management, travellers, the corporate travel management companies and the suppliers) has certain motivations and aims and uses certain processes to manage corporate travel. These do not always coincide and this can lead to so-called value conflicts. When these value conflicts occur between the role players, the effectiveness of the corporate travel programme may be negatively influenced.
The overall purpose of the research study was to identify these value conflicts and propose a model, which incorporates a common goal. The common goal that all the role players should strive towards is the achievement of an effective corporate travel management programme that satisfies the needs of all the stakeholders involved in the process. To this end, specific research objectives were identified and included:
-- The identification of the role players in the corporate travel management programme.
-- The identification of the values and objectives of each party in the corporate travel management process.
-- The identification of the value conflicts that exist between the respective parties involved in the corporate travel management process.
-- The assessment of whether organisations in South Africa manage their corporate travel programmes effectively.
-- The development of a conceptual model for the effective management of corporate travel.
A literature review as well as empirical research was conducted to achieve these objectives.
The literature review provided a demarcation of the broad concepts of business travel, corporate travel and components of the corporate travel management programme such as the travel policy, travel data, the travel expenditure procedure and the travel management process. Also discussed in the literature review were the roles of management and corporate travellers, the travel management company (TMC) and the suppliers. The literature review also identified the nature of the relationships between the stakeholders in the management process. Furthermore the actions required by stakeholders to ensure an effective management process were drawn from the study of the literature on the subject and discussed.
Finally, an appropriate model that could depict the components and process of effective corporate travel management were sought. The so-called 'Soft Value Management Model' was selected and conceptualised in terms of corporate travel management.
The empirical research was conducted as a formal, descriptive and explanatory study and based on the conceptual model for the effective management of corporate travel. In applying this model it was first necessary to describe the needs and values of the role players involved in the corporate travel market within South Africa, as it existed, without manipulation or control of any elements involved under the study.
The four stakeholders namely management, corporate travellers, TMCs and suppliers made up the target populations of the study. Management were represented by the individuals concerned with managing the corporate travel function of organisations in South Africa while corporate travellers were defined as all employees of a specific organisation within South Africa. TMCs were selected travel companies specialising in corporate travel, and suppliers included airlines, hotels and car rental companies. Due to the nature of the databases available, non-probability sampling methods, namely convenience and purposive sampling, were used in this study. The researcher used quantitative as well as qualitative methods to gather data. Quantitative methods used to collect data from corporate travellers and organisations included self-administered, structured questionnaires with no field workers, while in depth interviews and partially unstructured questionnaires, a qualitative method; was used to collect data from TMCs and suppliers.
Quantitative data analysis primarily included the use of descriptive statistics and non-parametric tests, while qualitative data analysis involved content analysis through coding and categorisation to assess the needs, values and opinions of role players within the corporate travel market.
A limitation of the study within which data analysis occurred was the low response rate. However, this study shows a number of significant results and provides a valuable contribution to the corporate travel literature.
This study shows that the role players within the corporate travel market all have their own specific needs and opinions about technology, revenue agreements, and what constitutes an effective travel management programme to name but a few. Furthermore, the results show that value conflicts exist between corporations, corporate travellers, TMCs and suppliers. The results should enable role players to identify these value conflicts and by applying the process in the model, goal achievement could be ensured. The implementation of the proposed model could ultimately lead to a more successful, effective travel management programme to the equal benefit of all involved.
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(Davis, CA) — The University of California, Davis, is launching a new interdisciplinary institute devoted to education, research and outreach in innovation and entrepreneurship, with the help of a $5 million commitment from alumni Mike and Renee Child.
(Davis, CA) – Aspiring entrepreneurs are invited to collaborate, develop and test their business ideas in the annual UC Davis business plan competition. The registration deadline is Feb. 14.
The biggest bang in this year's UC Davis Big Bang! Business Plan Competition came from the S2E Energy founder with a thin, transparent material designed to conduct the sun's power more cheaply and efficiently than existing solar technology. As first-prize winner, Jon Servaites took home $10,000 at the May 25 finals of the 12th annual competition, which is organized and run by UC Davis MBA students.
Second prize of $4,500 went to the creators of Happy Baby vending machines, for on-the-go access to diapers, organic snacks and other baby products.
Three young scientists with a potentially lucrative idea for getting patients out of hospitals faster took home the $15,000 first prize at the annual Big Bang! business-plan competition organized by UC Davis MBA students. The event rewards innovation at UC Davis and encourages entrepreneurship in the region at large.
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This year I bought a package of Coleus seeds just for the heck of it. Well, they are just beautiful. Never saw anything like them. A wide variety of colors and some have very large leaves. For sure I'll buy another package next year.
- Posted by Bill - 6(email@example.com) onThu, Aug 3, 00 at 15:42
Hi Barbara,
I have also grown Coleus from seed and enjoy selecting the ones that will brighten the garden.Also Heuchera from seed will give a lot of variation for not a lot of money.
- Posted by Marcie - 5(firstname.lastname@example.com) onTue, Aug 8, 00 at 19:46
My new favorite plant that I grew from seed this year is the azalea flowering snapdragons. They are so pretty, and they fill in so nice with very little pinching. The flowers are bigger than the other dwarf snappers, and there are many different colors. I also grew some nicotiana from seed, and they are almost as tall as I am! They smell wonderful at night, too!
- Posted by Debby(email@example.com) onSun, Apr 29, 01 at 3:40
Nastuteums, are so great all you have to do is just throw them but I live in San Diego and they don't winter well, but really tase, smell and look great even in a short summer |
- Posted by my self(firstname.lastname@example.com) onMon, Apr 30, 01 at 11:03
i like to use coffee grounds i add some to the soil and the plants just love it:)(already used coffee grounds that is):) |
- Posted by johnc623 (Zone 5)(My Page) onMon, May 7, 01 at 23:28
I'm not trying to promote anyone here but I have bought Martha Stewart's Seed Tape Zinnias the past two years, they were great last year - long lasting color, various heights, colors, etc... They were great for cut flowers, the more I cut, the more I got. They are definitely a favorite to grow. |
- Posted by Meghane 7b NC(My Page) onWed, May 9, 01 at 22:03
Heavenly Blue morning glories. One takes one pack, and you've got them forever due to the miracle of reseeding. |
- Posted by Photo_Dad 5b/SEPA(My Page) onMon, May 14, 01 at 15:18
My wife picked up a wisteria seed pod off the ground at a garden center a few years back, planted some of the seeds, transplanted a seedling, and grew a vine which flowered in its second year. Sold that house this year; heard the new owners were ripping the wisteria out. Bummer. My wife was so proud of that plant... |
- Posted by karin(firstname.lastname@example.com) onMon, May 14, 01 at 16:38
sweet peas and moon flowers. I sprinkle them around the yard and they climb up bushes, shrubs and trees, adding color and fragrance. |
- Posted by Dtkaty z8b Katy,TX(My Page) onWed, May 16, 01 at 12:13
You just can't beat zinnias, cosmos & moss rose. |
- Posted by Shirley_Q 7(My Page) onSat, May 19, 01 at 22:45
I have good luck with Zinnias.They bloom all summer and add color to your garden.You always have cut flowers if you need them .They do not need alot of attention.So Zinnias are my favorite plant grown from seeds. |
- Posted by frances 6(email@example.com) onSun, May 20, 01 at 13:05
moonflower, morning glory and coleus. the moonflower is mysterious and the scent at night is wonderful. the heavenly blue morning glory because of it's wonderful blue color. the coleus because no two are alike. |
- Posted by Janine 5(email@example.com) onSun, May 20, 01 at 13:53
My favorite this year was Heuchera 'Emperor's Cloak' . This is one beautiful plant!!! It looks similar to the new Mardi Gras heuchera...so colourful (purples, pinks, reds, peachy). There was a 50% rate of green seedlings but the others were beautiful. I am going to get more next year for sure so I can have waves of them... |
- Posted by Iness 4/5(firstname.lastname@example.com) onMon, May 28, 01 at 9:50
Delphiniums! (Delphinia?). They're quite easy from seed, particularly if started indoors, they flower the first year (though late), make a fantastic cutflower, and make you feel like a "real" gardener. |
Definitely zinnias! I haven't bought seed in years - just pop off the seed heads and plunk them into the ground, and next year, a whole new crop of flowers! Plus, they cross pollinate, so you never know what you'll get! |
- Posted by Julie_B z5 WI(email@example.com) onTue, Jul 31, 01 at 20:47
Anyone heard of "church steeples"?? What is the story with these??? |
- Posted by atrypa 3(email@example.com) onThu, Aug 2, 01 at 23:49
Columbines and columbines and columbines!! Oh yes, also columbines! And African daisies...very fertile. |
- Posted by RBS 7-GA(firstname.lastname@example.com) onThu, Aug 9, 01 at 19:39
Cherry tomatoes are doing great (Sweet Million and Sungold) and the cosmos look fantastic and just keep blooming. Have had NO luck with growing morning glory or nicotiana from seed, barely got any marigolds or nasturtiums. Am I a plant klutz? Everyone says they are so easy to grow..... |
- Posted by Aileen 5(email@example.com) onWed, Aug 29, 01 at 0:43
I'll have to agree with the rest of the ZINNIA lovers. I planted a box of seeds from Menards (around $5/box for thousands of seeds) and planted them along my walkway. They grew so thick and lush, I had neighbors asking what type of flower bushes I planted. They need no attention and just keep flowering. Also, I have plenty of flowers to cut for the house and when I visit friends. Also, my COSMOS are also doing very well. The only thing is that they got so tall that a storm blew over a couple of plants - but have now have a house full of cut flowers! They are beautiful cut flowers. My NASTURIUMS and MORNING GLORIES were so easy to grow from seed. The seeds are so large that they are easy to handle. As for perennials, I tried growing scabiosa from seed this spring and they flowered this year. Now I'm trying my luck with some other perennials: columbine, speedwell, balloonflowers, purple coneflowers, shasta daisy, yarrow, and lady's mantle. If you have any advice or experience with these, let me know. |
I love the Zinnias I planted from seed this year, some are 4' high and gorgeous colors. I will try to save seeds of the prettiest ones. My all time favorite is heirloom organic tomatoes that I saved from seed in 2000 (ate the tomato, fermented and saved the seeds). I am enjoying the fruits of dozens of tomatoes from that lovely tomato 2 years later. Also, am fermenting and saving seeds from this years crop. What a trip, I used my own vermi castings to fertilize them, so it's ALL organic. God Bless America! my victory garden has returned. Dee |
Here is a link that might be useful: Red heirloom tomato
My favorite from seed has to be moonflower. I wanted cobaea scandens(sp?) but it wouldn't even germinate for me(try again next year...) I also have to add sweet william since it grows so easily and looks great with little care. |
- Posted by butterbeanbaby 5/6 MO (My Page) on Sun, Sep 22, 02 at 18:45
Babs, I've tried cobaea every year for about four years, all different brands, and have come to the conclusion that they are uncooperative so I gave up. Two of my favorites from seed are nasturtium and morning glory but my VERY favorite is alyssum... just throw a packet in the garden, don't even have to do anything with it! |
- Posted by Shadyflwrs short season 7 (My Page) on Sun, Aug 3, 03 at 6:36
Favorites Daylilies Tall Bearded Iris Pacific Coast Native Iris Japanese Iris Penstemons Columbines Have also enjoyed This year I am trying the following which are up and growing |
Nasturtiums - I use as a groundcover in some areas. zinnias - great colors and butterflies love them. Cosmos - nice to have something that tall, they have a nice airy look. All three are so easy and available everywhere. |
Can anyone tell me how and when to start pansies?? Thanks! |
Delphinium belladonna (ConneticutYankee).Flowers first yr. from seed.I cull and seek-out deep blues and pure white.Tried T&M's Delphinium Casablanca, but just did not compare well with CY |
- Posted by boomchuckchuck southern CA (My Page) on Sun, Jan 25, 04 at 0:04
Four-o-clocks and Nasturtium. They are my "filler" plants. The Nasturtiums die just as the Four-o-clocks come on, and vice versa. After a year, thefour-o-clocks create a little tuber, which can easily be replanted to other spots...and they smell pretty. I can't understand why so many people hate them. boomchuckchuck |
- Posted by lookingglassgarden 6 VA (My Page) on Fri, Jan 30, 04 at 16:30
I took 4 o clock seeds from my grandmothers garden and I love them. I save the seeds every year for more but find they self seed some also. Every year I direct seed Zinna, Cosmos, and Marigolds especially. To the poster who says she puts out moonflower seeds all over the yard to grow up trees and things. What a great idea. I love moonflower but always try to trellis it or "control" it. Im going to try your idea this year. |
Somehow Murraya and Box Orange from seeds germinate quite successfully for me. It seems like I can never resist trying something new every year just for my own growing satisfaction. |
Nigella damascena, lol. The first time I was successful growing it I was stunned at how pretty the blooms were. They're winter growers here so I sow the seeds on Thanksgiving along with Chinese forget-me-nots, larkspur, "Alaska" nasturtiums, Lathyrus sativus(azure pea), and a few others. Most of my seeds have to be bought and planted every year since it gets too hot here for seed production of these cool weather plants. For summer I really, really love Mina lobata, it looks like stained glass to me. |
- Posted by BeigestoneHill z 6 /7VA (My Page) on Sat, Jan 31, 04 at 14:20
poppies poppies poppies I love them all. I just throw the seed out in the snow and off they go. I would like to start growing some ornamental grasses from seed, anyone had any luck doing that? Lynn |
For sure, my Rheum palmatum- it's in it's fourth year and it's huge! It was even quite large in it's second year, also love poppies and cosmos from seed, just can't beat those two! absolutely love the self seeding-- |
Last February I went over to Epcot and picked up some seed pods from the Jacaranda trees. I took them home, broke open the pods, planted the seeds in regular top soil and in about June I transplanted 4 trees into the yard. The trees now (1 year later) are all 5 ft. tall and are doing great. |
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Mon, Aug 15, 11 at 15:21
Our son and his wife are expecting in March! I had a Very Hungry Caterpillar quilt in my finished stash. We went to visit them and I took the quilt along with a copy of the Very Hungry Caterpillar book that belonged to my son when he was young. He said it was his favorite book. I washed the quilt before giving it to them so it is now soft and cuddly.
I entered the quilt in a quilt show in 2009 and it won a blue ribbon. The link shows it hanging at the quilt show. The blue around it is the quilt that is hanging behind it. Linda OH |
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Congratulations, Linda!! Is this their first? The quilt is adorable. |
Congrats!!! |
Thanks! This is our first grandchild. All of us are so excited! Linda OH |
- Posted by geezerfolks (My Page) on Mon, Aug 15, 11 at 18:29
Congratz, Linda! You are going to have so much fun being a gramma. SharonG/FL |
- Posted by quiltingdiva (My Page) on Mon, Aug 15, 11 at 18:30
love the caterpillars. did you ever get around to making that lil twister? |
How exciting for you! I am still waiting for my turn to be a grandmother.... and I have 4 special baby quilts that I made... still waiting for a baby in our life!! |
- Posted by polardream (My Page) on Mon, Aug 15, 11 at 20:54
What wonderful news! Congrats to everyone - your quilt if really cute and so much fun that you had your son's book to include with it! Sue |
- Posted by magothyrivergirl (My Page) on Mon, Aug 15, 11 at 21:00
Very exciting! Also sweet your son remembered his favorite childhood book - good thing you saved it all these years. Very cute quilt. It will be cuter snuggling a baby! |
Congratulation to all of you, that is very exciting. I love the Very Hungry Caterpillar. beverly |
- Posted by lafonda_ranch (My Page) on Tue, Aug 16, 11 at 8:58
Congratulations!! My ds and dh are both March birthdays, so the baby will be in good company. I also love that story. I think the fabric is adorable, and who wouldn't like a blue ribbon quilt! Robbi |
Thanks for sharing your extra special news. First time grandma! This is a really special occasion! fantastic that you had the quilt on hand to present to them - along with your son's book when he was a child. Kristene |
Congrats!!! I love being a grandmother. I think it is a gorgeous quilt. It's going to seem like years before March gets here lol!!!! Rosa |
Congratulations! So much fun looking forward to GKs, and once they arrive, you can spoil them and when they get to be too much, you can pass them back to their parents. Nice quilt for the little one. My son loved that book. ~Geraldine |
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GAWK > SEC Filings for GAWK > Form 8-K on 3-Jan-2014 | All Recent SEC Filings |
Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement, Financial Statements and Exhibits
Asset Purchase Agreement
On December 31, 2013, Gawk Incorporated (the "Purchaser"), and High Profile Distribution, LLC (the "Seller") closed on an Asset Purchase Agreement, dated December 31, 2013 (the "Asset Purchase Agreement"), whereby the Purchaser purchased from the Seller, all rights, title and interest in and to the television series currently entitled "House Game", together with all other literary material and other intellectual property relating thereto in consideration in exchange for the Purchaser's issuance to the Seller of 18 Series C Preferred Shares representing $18,000,000 worth of the Company's Common Stock upon conversion in accordance with the Company's Amended and Restated Articles of Incorporation and its Certificate of Designation of Rights, Privileges, Preferences and Restrictions of Series C Convertible Preferred Stock (the "Issued Shares").
In connection with the Stock Purchase, the company has continued its focus on the business of online distribution of all digital content.
The foregoing description of the terms of the Stock Purchase Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the provisions of the agreement filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this report, which is incorporated by reference herein.
Board Consent Extending Deadline to Exercise Warrants
On December 30, 2013, the Board of Gawk Incorporated (the "Company") modified
Section 2 of the Warrant Agreement dated November 14, 2013, by extending the
exercise deadline entitling Poker Junkies, LLC to purchase from the Company
8,000,000 shares of Series B Preferred Stock from December 31, 2013 until the
new date of June 30, 2014.
The foregoing description of the terms of the Action By Written Consent of the Board of Directors of Gawk Incorporated dated December 30, 2013 ("Board Consent") is qualified in its entirety by reference to the provisions of the Board Consent filed as Exhibit 10.2 to this report, which is incorporated by reference herein.
5.02 Departure
of Directors
or Certain
Election of
Appointment of
Departure of Officer and Director; Election of New Officer and Director
On December 31, 2013, the Board of Gawk Incorporated (the "Company"), accepted the resignation of Scott Kettle as the Company's Chief Executive Officer ("CEO"), President, and Director, and appointed Mr. Kettle to serve the Company as Chief Information Officer ("CIO"). On the same date the Board appointed Mr. Mars Callahan as the Company's new CEO, President and Director. On the same date, the Board appointed Mr. Ryan Wyler as the Company's Chief Technology Officer. John Hermansen, the Company's Chief Content Officer, continues to serve in that capacity, and he remains a member of the Board.
The foregoing description of the terms of the Action By Written Consent of the Board of Directors of Gawk Incorporated dated December 31, 2013 ("Board Consent") is qualified in its entirety by reference to the provisions of the Board Consent filed as Exhibit 10.3 to this report, which is incorporated by reference herein.
Mars Callahan - Chief Executive Officer (CEO), President and Director
Mars Callahan, age 42, was born in Studio City, California. By age eleven he was touring with a children's musical group for Columbia Artists and by fifteen he had landed a supporting role on the hit television series The Wonder Years. National commercials and several other TV appearances on shows like Growing Pains, Cagney and Lacey and ER led Mars to the big screen where he appeared in films with Tom Hanks (Bachelor Party, That Thing You Do), Charles Grodin (Clifford) and Brad Pitt (Kalifornia).
Not satisfied sitting around and waiting for others to create a screenplay for him to act in, Callahan decided to create his own material. It is the writing that gets actors from all over to want to work with Callahan as is evident by the academy award winning actors that seem to play parts in all of his pictures. First came the acclaimed short film, The Red Bag. This was followed by the first of Mars' independent feature films Double Down starring Jason Priestly and Richard Portnow. Then came the highly successful and critically acclaimed PoolHall Junkies starring Christopher Walken, Chazz Palminteri, Rod Steiger and Mars Callahan in the lead role of Johnny Doyle. A festival and indie hit, the film was nominated for Best Sports Film at the 2003 ESPY's and had doors opening up all over Hollywood for Callahan, from both the independent and studio world. The success of the film even inspired The Game Show Network to hire Callahan to create a billiard television show for their Network.
Choosing his next film wisely, Callahan once again wore several hats on his cinematically complicated picture writing, starring, producing and directing What Love Is, which was released by Sony Pictures and The Weinstein Company. Starring in the ensemble cast with Callahan was Cuba Gooding Jr, Matthew Lillard, Anne Heche, Gina Gershon and Sean Astin. One of the first films to shoot in HD 4:4:4 film stream mode using Viper digital cameras, this was the beginning of Callahan's obsession with using forefront technology through his film making. Since that time, several of Callahan's projects in both film and television have used cutting edge technologies creating shows for network television as well as indie platforms, that are helping to shape the way content is being accepted and viewed by the general public. The preferred method of delivery for the new generation of viewers is on demand, with innovative technology leading the charge. Callahan has been testing the boundaries of technology and storytelling for years. With his credibility in both the studio and indie world the transition from filmmaker/creator/distributor to Gawk, CEO should and will be smooth sailing for the visionary that Mars Callahan is, as he leads the charge of expanding the model of the newest form of delivery and distribution with Gawk.
Mr. Callahan does not serve as a director of any other publicly registered company.
John Hermansen - Chief Content Officer (CCO) and Director
John Hermansen, age 43, has produced over 250 episodes of television and five feature length motion pictures. He began working in production and as an assistant director on such notable studio films as Con Air, The Crucible, Almost Heroes, Waiting for Guffman, Home for the Holidays, as well as working with directors Tim Burton, Jodi Foster, Peter Yates, Barry Levinson, Christopher Guest, and James Cameron, leading to him becoming one of the youngest members to be accepted into the Director's Guild of America.
In 1999, John went on to Executive Produce, among others, MTV's #1 hit show Taildaters (over 130 episodes), MTV's Burned, GSN's Vegas Weddings Unveiled, The Style Networks' Ultimatum, VH1's Love Songs.
John then went on to produce such notable feature films such as Poolhall Junkies, starring Christopher Walken, Chazz Palminteri and Rod Steiger, Kickin' It Old Skool, starring Jamie Kennedy, Gray Matters starring Heather Graham, Bridget Moynahan, Tom Cavanaugh, and Sissy Spacek and What Love Is starring Cuba Gooding, Jr., Matthew Lillard, Gina Gershon, Anne Heche and Sean Astin. In 2008, Hermansen produced the feature film Revenge of the Zeroes starring John Goodman and Jamie Kennedy.
John currently resides in Los Angeles, Ca. with his wife and two children.
Mr. Hermansen does not serve as a director of any other publically registered company.
Ryan Wyler - Chief Technology Officer (CTO)
Ryan Wyler, age 38, was born in Long Beach, California. Exposed early to the world of entertainment & business his parents were directors for the Miss USA Pageant, several touring youth performing groups, and owners of video stores across the Western United States.
In 1987 (at age 12) Ryan was already programming in C and a Sys-Op (system operator) of several BBS (Bulletin Board Systems) in the Phoenix Metropolitan area. By age 17, Ryan had developed and integrated several network focused on business solutions for regional establishments. In 1997, Ryan joined Arizona based GoodNet, the leading Internet & backbone provider that was later acquired by WinStar Communications. With the Y2K digital pandemic, Ryan lead several solutions and deployments to insure the readiness to Motorola's SATCOM division which was created and maintains the global wireless Iridium satellite cluster.
In 2001, Ryan created several automated deployment strategies for American Express. Ryan's strategies enabled a 3000% growth to the core web enabled service infrastructure at American Express by supporting the booming demand for Internet enabled services. In 2004, American Express outsourced their technologies department to IBM Global Services. Impressed with Ryan's work at Amex, IBM then commissioned Wyler to further develop technologies called "VSA" (Virtual Systems Admin) to manage and automate the key infrastructure of many of its customers including Nissan, Honeywell, Johnson & Johnson, American Express, and many more.
Advancements and recognition within IBM allowed for Ryan's mobility and access within senior leadership at the company. This recognition led to a very special project involving IBM's CEO, Sam Palmisano and Apple's CEO Steve Jobs. The project improved and brought Apple systems into the IBM infrastructure. As a result of his work within the two companies, Ryan earned a direct iTunes Distribution agreement, making him one of the very first independent distributors on the iTunes platform. The distribution agreement, led to Ryan launching his own company, which he called, BridgeTone. Established in 2004, BridgeTone immediately became a destination for independent artists to thrive. In addition to utilizing its direct iTunes distribution agreement the company became a production company for music videos, festivals and worldwide tours. Several of the artists have reached gold record status on the iTunes platform and on labels all over the world. In addition to the iTunes success with music artists Ryan has led several viral campaigns that have resulted in over 500 million views on YouTube.
Returning to American Express in 2011 as a lead technical architect, Wyler created the development and deployment of the massive Big Data cluster, comprised of over 2,000 nodes consisting of over 32 Petabytes of raw storage, migration of the data warehouse from Sybase IQ to Teradata Systems, and deployment of High Availability storage appliances, saving American Express tens of millions of dollars per year.
With the continued progression of technology, Ryan's experiences over the last 20 years have been the ultimate training ground for him to become the Chief Technology Officer of Gawk. Art, commerce, technology, and his ability to create sophisticated, elegant and scalable solutions for the on-line distribution of content is why Ryan Wyler's career thus-far, has been the perfect precursor to his assignment at Gawk.
Scott Kettle - Chief Information Officer (CIO)
Mr. Kettle, age 45, is the founder of a series of successful family-owned and operated public companies in the telephony and telecommunications industry in the wake of the government-mandated break-up of AT&T's monopoly some 25 years ago. Beginning with Thrifty-Tel (TTEL) in partnership with his father William Kettle, a steeply discounted provider of long-distance telephone service and pioneer of Flat Rate Communications, Kettle moved on to the wholesale sector serving as CIO for Five Star Telecom from 1994 to 1999. In 1998, Mr. Kettle founded and served as President and CEO of Tele Com Specialists, Inc. a software company. Kettle moved into the emerging DSL area, founding SpeeDsl, Inc. Within two years, from 1999 until 2002, SpeeDsl became the largest provider of DSL services to businesses in America ranking as high as #1 in customer satisfaction. The next venture was as the visionary driving force behind eWAN 1, Inc. (EWAN) serving in the capacity of CEO and President. eWAN pioneered the burgeoning IPTV sector.
Mr. Kettle's extensive public company experience and more than twenty-five years of executive management give him the qualifications and skills to serve as a senior executive for the Gawk team
(d) Exhibits.
The following Exhibits are furnished herewith:
Exhibit Number Description 10.1 Asset Purchase Agreement, dated December 31, 2013, between Gawk Incorporated and High Profile Distribution, LLC 10.2 Action By Written Consent of the Board of Directors of Gawk Incorporated dated December 30, 2013 10.3 Action By Written Consent of the Board of Directors of Gawk Incorporated dated December 31, 2013 |


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China has claimed that it is very likely that it overtook the United States as the world's top trading nation, a title the United States has held for decades.
According to the latest data, China's total trade grew at an annual rate of 7.6% to $4.16tn last year.
Zheng Yuesheng, a spokesman for China's customs administration, said it is very likely that China has overtaken the United States to become the world's largest trading country. China became the world's biggest goods exporter in 2009. Its imports have also risen amid an expansion in its economy.
The United States is yet to release it full-year figures, but its trade for the first 11 months of 2013 totaled $3.5tn. The United States is scheduled to release its full-year figures next month.
However, there have been concerns in recent months over the accuracy of China's export data. There has been speculation that some Chinese exporters may be overstating their shipments in an attempt to bypass restrictions on bringing funds into the country. For their part, Chinese policymakers have taken measures to counter the problem.
In May last year, the State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE), China foreign exchange regulator, said it would increase its scrutiny of export invoices and impose tougher penalties on firms providing false data.
Analysts said the recent measures could be working to squeeze out these fake trade activities. They stressed they think these activities would be relatively contained this year compared with last year.
Some analysts also said that even if the issue of inflated numbers was taken into account, China would still take the top spot from the United States.
They argued that the gap between the overall trade of China and the United States is likely to be almost $250bn in 2013. In their opinion, that is a significant difference and it is unlikely that any adjustment to the final figures will alter the position of the two countries.
Analysts added that the gap between the two countries was likely to become even wider in the current year. For the full year, China's exports rose at an annual rate of 7.9% in 2013, while imports grew 7.3%.


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Back in 2011, Gizmag looked at Robodynamics' Luna personal robot. At that time, the details were a bit scarce, though the company did say that the machine was shipping that year. As 2014 draws to a close, Luna has still to reach market, but the maker has launched a Kickstarter to raise money to start manufacturing while giving us a closer look at the robot's specs. Read More
Looking like a cross between Pixar's Luxo Jr lamp and Apple's iMac G4, Jibo is an interactive electronic buddy that is touted as the "world's first family robot." Designed to engage with people in a human-like way, Jibo takes on various roles around the house including mail deliverer, environment controller, storyteller, telepresence device, event reminder, and cameraman. Read More
NASA's Robonaut 2 (R2) isn't half the robot it used to be. On Monday, the space agency released images and video showing new legs that will be added to the robot assistant currently working aboard the International Space Station (ISS). The currently upper-body-only R2 will receive its new limbs early next year. Read More
Full-bodied humanoid robots are undeniably fascinating, but why pay for the lower part of the body if you don't need it? For that matter, why pay for the arms if you don't need them, either? That's the thinking behind the SociBot and SociBot-Mini interactive robots, which we just "met" at the International Robotics Exhibition. Read More
GiraffPlus is an EU-funded project that uses telepresence technology to monitor the elderly in their own homes. The system has already been tested in a demo apartment in Örebro, Sweden. Now GiraffPlus is being taken further afield to be tested in real homes in Sweden, Italy and Spain. Read More
Business grows more global everyday and what was once done by a single corporation is now more likely to be spread over many small businesses. Ideally, managers and remotely-based employees would like a virtual presence at a location, but telepresence robots are often more like smartphones on remote-controlled sticks, so they lack a feeling of personal presence and naturalism. At the InfoComm 2013 Conference and Expo in Orlando, Florida, iRobot, in collaboration with Cisco, have unveiled the Ava 500; a telepresence robot that combines auto navigation and a high-definition screen for a more natural telepresence. Read More
If you've ever tried typing while talking to technical support with the phone crammed between ear and shoulder, then you know the meaning of frustration. Now imagine doing that upside down inside an airplane wing while juggling wires, crimps and a schematic printout. For some field engineers, that sort of thing is an everyday occurrence, so IBM in collaboration with the University of Sheffield Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC) in the UK is developing a mobile maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) prototype robot. It's a combination of a smartphone app and a camera/projector mounted on a robot arm, that allows supervisors and experts to have a more active presence on the job. Read More
Ironically, humanoid robots may have to put aside their arms and legs if they're to gain a foothold in our daily lives. All those servos required to power multiple limbs can get expensive, they quickly drain the robot's batteries, and cause all sorts of problems if even one of them breaks. Eschewing this complexity leaves you with just a head and torso, a compromise adopted by several prospective household robots. Among those is a new communication robot by Waseda University's Ory Lab, launching later this year. Read More
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He's a amazing boxer...I remember seen him fight when I was just a little girl...he's the best miami has to offer.....I have complete faith in him! and know no one out there can go toe to toe with him.... :0)
Best Local Boxer Miami 2006 - Juan Arroyo
Although his best fighting days are behind him, it's difficult to beat Arroyo for narrative arc. From rough roots in Allapattah, he became one of the best boxers Miami has ever seen. He's gone seven rounds with Hector Camacho, one of the all-time greats. He's been in Roberto Duran's inner circle. He's fought the world champion in his weight class, appeared on ESPN, and enjoyed a 21-bout winning streak. He also became a crack addict and serial robber who was in and out of jail for twenty years. Arroyo has since turned his life around, hasn't touched drugs in years, and at age 41, is still winning some fights.


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Women Pay It Forward. That's Something to Celebrate.
Tomorrow is International Women's Day—a time to celebrate everything women contribute to the world, as well as build support for their rights and participation in places where they may lag behind. As this video from microfinance organization Kiva highlights, women … Continue Reading


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The Top 10 Questions on the Internet
You know the phrase, there are no stupid questions. I'm not sure I 100% agree—asking certain people certain questions can quickly deduct points from your hip/smart/savvy IQ. Yes, I found it endearing when my mom asked me, "What's the Harlem Shake?" If a twenty-something coworker asked me that, I would think she has her head in the sand. But, lucky for her, she would never ask me that. Because we have the Internet.
Yahoo! search data revealed the top 10 questions 18 to 35-year-olds are afraid to ask out loud (based on searches in March):
- what is a meme
- how do I use pinterest
- how to boil an egg [this tops searches on rs.com, too]
- what is hummus
- what is the Harlem shake
- what is 401k
- what is march madness
- what is a hashtag
- what is a narcissist
- where is Coachella
Okay, confession time: What was the last thing you searched to avoid looking stupid? Here's mine: This weekend I looked up, where is sesame place?


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Couple and Family Therapy Program Faculty
Nationally Recognized Faculty
The faculty members in the CFT Program at NDSU are nationally recognized as leading scholars in their respective areas of research including: LGBT affirmative training and therapy; Transgender families; Single-parenting; Spirituality and therapy
Thomas Stone Carlson, Ph.D. Professor & Program Coordinator
Information and CV for Dr. Stone Carlson
Research Interests Include: influence of homophobia and heterosexism on clinical practice and training, evaluation of LGBT affirmative therapy competence among therapists, evaluation of feminist and social justice training practices and influence of spirituality on clinical practice and training.
Therapy Interests Include: narrative therapy, relational accountability in couples therapy, feminist approaches to therapy with men, LGBT affirmative therapy, and socially just approaches to therapy.
Christi McGeorge, Ph.D. Associate Professor
Information and CV for Dr. McGeorge
Research and Therapy Interests Include: heterosexism and homophobia, gender equity, family play therapy, feminist theories, parenting, women's history, and single parents.
Kristen Benson, Ph.D. Assistant Professor
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Research and Therapy Interests Include: gender identity and family/partner relationships, diversity issues in family therapy, collaborative approaches to family therapy education and training, and qualitative methodology.


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Heather Sundberg teaches Insight Meditation (Vipassana), a form of meditation in the Buddhist tradition, which emphasizes cultivating insight through present moment experience. She began teaching meditation in 1999 primarily to youth and families. She has completed the four-year Spirit Rock/Insight Meditation Society Teacher Training and continues to be mentored by Jack Kornfield. She is also a graduate of the Spirit Rock Community Dharma Leaders program (CDL2). Beginning her own meditation practice in her late teens, for twenty years Heather has studied with senior teachers in the Insight Meditation (Vipassana) and Tibetan (Vajrayana) traditions, and has sat 1-3 months of retreat a year for over a decade. She held the position of Spirit Rock Family Program Teacher & Manager from 2001-2010. She is a Teacher for Mountain Stream Meditation Center in the Sierra Foothills, and also teaches classes, daylongs and retreats nationally, especially at Spirit Rock Meditation Center. She is currently training in Somatic Experiencing therapy and offers meditation counseling to students in person or by phone on a donation basis.
What is Insight Meditation?
Insight meditation (Vipassana) is the practice of cultivating a precise nonjudgmental attention, which can clearly experience the present moment, and by doing so creates the possibility for ever-deepening insight into the nature of things. Often associated with mindfulness meditation, insight meditation as it is practiced in the west traces its roots to the Theravadan traditions from Thailand, Burma, and Sri Lanka.
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The ZT-10D is easy on the eyes with the rounded lines and black nickel plating. The installation is pretty simple, and all the hardware locks solidly into place. It has the option for AMD users to be able to rotate the cooler no matter how their socket is aligned. It feels "beefy" in your hands, with all six of the 8mm heat pipes and 8800 cm² worth of 0.5mm thick aluminum fins. It does come fan-less, but that leaves you with the option for high CFM, or lower CFM and quieter operation; with LEDs or without. For those of you who run at stock clocks and want a simple attractive cooling solution, run the ZT-10D passive. Everything I see in this cooler impresses me in the sheer amount or mass of it, and the attention to detail to things such as cooler orientation for AMD users is something I don't see often enough.
I was able to achieve really impressive results with the fan they included for me to test with. Now, I didn't lower the fan speed with the two fan adapters as I wanted to show the performance as a reference to what fan or fans you choose to include with your purchase. Considering I was able to operate in near silence, and still keep in the top ten performing temperature levels, the ZT-10D could very well be the new BARAM cooler of yesteryear. Meaning that as it sits, you may pass it up, but throw a couple of good fans on this cooler and you have a heat eating monster of a cooler. If we had the award I would give this cooler the "sleeper award", as it is very unassuming at first glance when still packed up in the box.
With only one hit in the U.S. for sales, and locating four or five e-tailers over the pond, availability is quite limited currently. Although the score is going to show a hit in the Availability section, don't let the overall number fool you! With pricing set at $59.99 at Newegg.com, it surpasses the magic $50 mark. For that initial investment you get a very attractive cooling solution, but at this point it is still a passive cooler. Keep that in mind for your purchase, as you can add a pair for as little as say $15 to $20 more and have a great air cooling solution, or keep the price a bit less by grabbing only one. The pricing is what I would expect from a cooler that makes it into the top ten of our testing, but I really would want a fan either shipped in the box from ZEROtherm or if I had to buy one. While the cooler has the ability to cooler processors passively, I would only suggest you do so on a processor that is running stock or maybe a slight overclock if you are running on an AMD. As for the Intel side, I think they are a bit too warm to actually pull off too much of an overclock.


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Yes they can have fertile eggs. Being in Florida you can expect them to get broody and hatch young any time during the year. They look to be in peak breeding condition. When ducks pair up it is very common for them to be intimate without egg production. When her body is ready to lay eggs they will have all the mechanics 'worked out' and produce a fine family of interesting color patterns and/or markings. Do you close them up a night? All the critters that your catching can and will do harm to them and any eggs/young they will produce. Have you prepared a place to nest in. They prefer to nest directly on the ground. She will seek a place that is hidden from sight and will dig a shallow blow shaped depression in the ground and line it with grasses and soft feathers from her belly. She will lay an egg a day and only set on the nest long enough to deposit the egg. Then she will cover the eggs with nesting material to protect them from sight and sunlight. When she has laid 6-10 eggs she will start to set tight and brood them. Note the color changes of the hens bill(tip). Each change will tell you at what stage in the brooding cycle she's in. This is more distinct in the darker colored hens. Hope you are feeding a good complete duck ration. If you have a Tractor Supply store near they carry a 16% layer that is very good for ducks. Demor is the brand name-it has no animal by-products or antibotics/hormones. No need for oyster shells or even grit. When the ducklings hatch out use the higher game bird starter for the first 1-2 weeks then switch to the 15% grower/finisher. I'm getting all excited about your future family. Good luck with them. |
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Yes we do close them up at night. We made a duck house with solid plywood floor and roof the door has windows of a metal mesh smaller than chicken wire as I know those racoon paws squeeze through the smallest of small.We do have a fence around it but mostly they wander and free range my 2 and a half acres. We do feed them that mash but they REALLY prefer things like bugs,worms,snails and roots. They are quite sociall |
- Posted by runningtrails 5 (My Page) on Mon, Nov 24, 08 at 15:47
You are so fortunate to have such a beautiful family of ducks! I can't wait to see the babies, when they come. Beautiful pictures! I would like to have a few ducks on our property, eventually. |
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The clump is about 14" in diameter with about 12 stalks growing out of it. Of course the stalks will have to be cut back for mailing. I am looking for things on my list. And also am in need of semi-shade plants hardy to zone 9. In particular I would like gingers, large crinum, and large amaryllis. Nothing with pink flowers please. Otherwise try me. You may have something I did'nt know I wanted. |
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I can't seem to locate any bulk compost supplier/delivery service in Ocean County. Does anyone know of any?
I need 3 yards of compost for my lawn. My municipality has free compost but the amount I need would be difficult to transport from their lot to my house in my X-Terra. :) |
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Have you tried Reynolds in Manahawkin or Living Landscapes in Barnegat? I don't think either will be cheap but I know Reynolds will deliver. Although if you are up near the Toms River area that may be a problem. |
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September 18, 2012 ballot measures in Oregon
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One county posted election information on their website about the September 18, 2012 election in Oregon.
- There was one measure on the ballot and it was approved.
- It concerned voter approval of county spending for any public rail transit system.
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Hello one and all! This is Dan Nokes of 21st Century Sandshark Studios infamy! I am corresponding with you fine folk, to let you know that the powers that be at VIRGINIA COMICON have seen fit to make me the small press guru for this year's rounds of one day shows! I am hoping to take this grand opportunity and responsibility to assemble and showcase some of the spectacular talent that the Mid-Atlantic indie comic's scene has to offer! It is with a medium to large amount of pride that I announce in detail the first round of participants for the upcoming January 15th episode of aforementioned conning event! Starting with…
CHRIS OTTO- Is a regular at the Virginia Comicon. He is the creator of the episodic, Webcomic, canine slice of life piece, called simply: A DOG'S LIFE! He is also taking this franchise into new territory with writer Ben Taylor with upcoming homage BARK TO THE FUTURE! Chris's brainchild and other important info can be found here! www.adogslifecomic.com
JOSH LYMAN- Is an artist extraordinaire whose is best known for his Mini Sketchcards and assorted merch, as well as for work on the Voltron Art book! A wide sampling of his range and capabilities can be seen here! www.facebook.com/groups/218965628114830/
CHRIS FLICK- Is quite possibly the hardest working man in comicdom!…This talented writer/artist is the creator of the comic shop pop culture romp with a werewolf known as CAPES & BABES! To date the man has made over 600 strips and has released the first 400 in two trade paperbacks! More on this sequential enigma can be found here! www.capesnbabes.com
ICONOGRAPH STUDIOS- Are a consortium of aspiring multi-media moguls who have dipped their creative toes into not only comics, but online reality programming, and independent film as well! This dynamo of likeminded wunderkind can be found here! www.iconographstudios.com
MICHAEL MUNSHAW-is another talented artist from the DC Metro area, who on top of his burning and churning through a hefty commission list is hard at work for such indie powerhouses as Visionary Studios. More on this pencil pusher and ink wizard can be found here! www.home.earthlink.net/~mmunshaw/id7.html
BILL MEIGGS-is a semi local who is a mainstay of The Virginia Comicon! Although known for his inking skills, he is also a pencil and composition master who is always willing to put a new masterpiece in your sketchbook or living room! Some examples of his masterworks can be found here! www.billmeiggs.deviantart.com/
MARK DELBOY-is a webcomic creator who is as local as it gets….QUITE LITERALY! His current strip: Richmondabulous…well?….the title is rather self explanatory! To get in on the ground floor, follow this link!… www2.richmond.com/entertainment/richmondabulous/
VISIONARY COMICS-is a small press publishing juggernaut of such titles as their collaboration with Image Comics: DEADLANDS and DIETY! More on this collection of creative folk can be amassed by following this link thing here… www.visionarycomics.com
BILL MCKAY- An art guru from Southern Maryland who has gained notoriety from working with Moonstone Publishing, specifically on the undead romp known as ZOMBIES VERSES CHEERLEADERS! More on this creative hitman can be found by clicking on the link-a-ma-bob here! http://billmckay.deviantart.com/
LOUIS SMALL JR.- First came to prominence with his work on Vampirella, but has worked for publishers large and small including Valliant and Caliber to Marvel and DC! To learn more about this virtuoso of the pencil and pen feel free to click here! http://www.comicvine.com/louis-small-jr/26-53719/
CLAYTON MURWIN- Is the editorial/publishing and creative goliath behind HEROES FALLEN STUDIOS, which is helping to bring the stories of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans through the medium of comics with UNTOLD STORIES FROM IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN ( Volume II to be released December of 2012) More about Clayton and Heroes fallen can be found by clicking on the link here! http://www.heroesfallenstudiosinc.org/
VINCE WHITE: Is a freelance graphic artist in persuit of indie stardom. He has engaged in many creator owned projects over the years, his most recent being the super hero romp WILL POWER! More info on this artistic type person frequenting our con can be found by following this link…http://willpowercomic.com/about.html
JERRY GAYLORD AND BRYAN TURNER- are caricature artists, commisioneers extraordinaires, and journeyman comic book artists on the sequential road! More on these two creative hooligans can be found by following these links! JERRY-http://thefranchize.deviantart.com/ BRYAN-http://sauceboy.deviantart.com/
DAN NOKES-Is the creative force behind 21st Century Sandshark Studios! He is the writer/artist on such projects as The Paranormals, The Pistoleers, and Adam and Eve: Bizarre Love Triangle in The Zombie Apocalypse! His upcoming endeavors include: Unconditional-A Teddy Bear's Tale, The Reptile and Mister Amazing-The Return of Kat Carson, and Impossible Space Tales of The Last Pit Stop! For more info on Dan follow here http://21sandshark.com/blog/
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