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Cody was born on February 5, 1982 in Fargo, the son of Denis Conner and Deborah (Schmidt) Fraser. He graduated from Moorhead High School. Cody was currently employed at Dempsey's Irish Pub. Cody was a talented, humble musician and well-loved for his kindness, thoughtfulness, and unending friendship. Cody had a special place in his heart for those less fortunate. Cody loved and cherished family, friends, and humor. He loved his brothers beyond words – Chris, Stacy, and Casey. The bond between the brothers was priceless and uplifting. Cody played in Bad Mojo and Moody River Bands – whose bond and brotherhood is unbreakable and lives on. Cody took pride in his Irish heritage. Cody's spirituality was non-judgmental and very real and personal . Cody's song writing and poetry was so passionate and inspirational.
He was a gift to all of us. His inspiration lives on. We felt privileged and honored to be a part of his life. Now Cody….peace is yours.
Cody is survived by his parents, Denis (Twylla) Conner and Deborah (Brad) Fraser; grandmother, Orvilla Ness; brothers, Chris, Stacy (Patricia), and Casey; stepbrothers, Ben and Brandon Hill, and Sean Fraser; stepsisters, Rhiannon Fraser and Lizeth; nephew, Liam Conner; special child, Otis; aunts and uncles, Ron (Jeanene) Conner, Dean (Kassie) Schmidt, Keith (June) Erieau, Tom, deceased (Janelle) Conner, Bryon (Lori) Conner; cousins, Shawn Erieau, Tammy Husarik and Shawn, Brad, and Jeff Conner.
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Kenya Seeks Nuclear Power Infrastructure
Re:Definition of irony (180 comments)
The Germans should just ship their nuclear plants to Kenya! Problem solved!
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Re:Definition of irony (180 comments)
The Germans should just ship their nuclear plants to Kenya! Problem solved!
Oh how I wish for some smaller vehicles.. (891 comments)
Like say a compact pickup. I'd buy one if I could. (preferably turbo diesel, while I am dreaming) But the Ranger was discontinued, the Colorado is big enough to be a full size pickup of 10 years ago, and the Durango is big enough to be a semi truck, much less the "full sized" trucks. And it's not just the "merican" companies. The last time the Tacoma was mid sized was in 2004, now it's ginormous (same thing with the Frontier).
He kinda cherry picked what phones he used.. (770 comments)
He kinda cherry picked what phones he used to make the point he wanted to make.
When I switched off my original Motorola Droid a few months ago it was up to date and had gone through two major upgrades in the time I had it..
With Android being so diverse and wide a market I say picking your MFG is the important part. And what I see in that list.. HTC is the brand to avoid. But I already knew that. Motorola or Samsung for me please.
Re:How about activsync (122 comments)
Yes, noticed the Typo the moment I hit publish.. even preview didn't save me.
How about activsync (122 comments)
How about just switching their phones off the antiquated BES teat and supporting activsync natively like every other phone out there? That would fix their server crashing problem once and for all.
brings back memories.. (152 comments)
Storing Hydrogen in Carbon brings back memories of this: http://slashdot.org/~GMontag/journal/22583
increase NASA's budget! (288 comments)
NASA is one of the FEW places where the $ spent MORE THAN PAYS OFF in actual $$s into our economy:
Every dollar spent on NASA actually GENERATES between $7 and $22 for our economy:
People who think spending $ on NASA is bad are the same kind of people that think treating an infected wound with HIV infected dog poop is good.
Minimum time of owning stock & futures. (524 comments)
There really should be a minimum time that you must own stock & futures. Right now it is just all games and millisecond gambling. I mean really if you only own the stock for 1/10th of a second, why do you care if the company is doing good or failing. And if you can sell futures before they mature, how does that in any way relate to the real product that the paper represents.
Non voting stock should have a minimum 3 month ownership, if you buy stock in a company, you shouldn't be able to sell it again for a minimum of 3 months.. This would cause investors to actually investigate the stock they are buying.
And futures must be held till they come due.. If you are buying oil futures 6 months out, the actual value of the oil 6 months later should be what will determine if you gain or lose money.. You shouldn't be able to sell those futures before then.
That would put some stability back into the markets.
Of course I am just a layman and have no experience in the actual markets.
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How well can humans adapt when the climate changes (coastal areas underwater, rivers flood, fertile land does not get rain)?
Just fine thank you very much.
Humans are the masters of adapting and surviving. I have no doubt that even if the very worst predictions of the global warming alarmists comes true the human race will survive. And prosper. Oh there will be a thinning of the herd, possibly myself included in that number. But do we really need or want 7,8,9 billion or more humans? By environmentalists own words we are the problem.. well then we are also the solution, a self correcting one. Like bacteria that bloom in a petri dish when food is added, then most (but not all) die off when the food supply is exhausted.
Besides evolution and Darwinism requires some to fail, if there were no failures there would be no evolution.. Dinosaurs would still roam the earth. Stop trying to prevent change. Change is good in the big picture, even if bad in the small.
If you are so worried about it, move to Greenland where you will benefit from the coming changes.
Why always hydrogen? (199 comments)
I am sure there is a good reason, but why are we always fusing hydrogen? Why not heavier, easier to grab - move - focus elements? Like fusing Iron or something, it'll turn into something higher up the elements ladder. Because we can shuffle iron about with magnets quite easily, compared to hydrogen that isn't magnetic. Just some very fine iron dust into the big magnet thingy and hit it with all that pressure. Or if not Iron, something else.. Why always hydrogen?
pull out of california entirely? (639 comments)
I hope they just pull out of California entirely, lock stock and barrel.. And offer incentives to their current partners in California to relocate to other states.
That might just wake up the legislators to some inkling of the modern world.. But probably not, most of them think digital watches are high tech.
Red? (404 comments)
So with blue and green 1w handheld lasers... are there Red ones available? With that we could get white!
These policies are why I set my profiles private (318 comments)
It is because of these policies that I set my profiles to private and not searchable, and why I don't put my picassa pictures to public. I'd share more if I didn't have to provide my real name, but as it is, I share as little as possible and still have the services be usable.
So that begs the question. Are neanderthals human? (406 comments)
So.. Just how "different" are/were they? It sounds to me like we are calling neanderthals non homosapiens when in reality they are no more different from us than say a tall blond Scandinavian is from a short Asian.. Or a chihuahua from a great dane.
Re:WTF is Jell-O (84 comments)
How is squished up insects worse than bones??
Insects are a good source of protein, common food in some parts of the world, and if humans ate more of them it'd help with the global food supply.
time to cancel DVD delivery (488 comments)
time to cancel DVD delivery.. hardly use it anyway, not worth $8..
Re:Camera finished, not satellite (45 comments)
why did they do the CCDs first? Over the course of the next year those are the things most likely to improve from advancing technology..
Like building a hybrid car by starting with lead acid batteries and taking decades to build the chassis.. By that time Lithium Ions would be out. etc.
why fiberoptic?? copper would work better (103 comments)
Seems to me that a good copper wire and high voltage AC would be far more efficient and at a high enough voltage the wires could be very thin and still deliver loads of power..
Instead of converting electricity to light and back again, just keep it electric.
Re:If we didn't have nuclear power, we would be fi (657 comments)
But if we use breeder reactors that burn the plutonium then the only place at risk is the plant itself.. It's our backasswards old plants that are the problem, not modern nuclear plants.
It's like arguing against modern hybrid or electric cars because ones built in the 70's were gas hogs.
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wish I had mod points..
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Does this look like normal cultural/environmental damage or do folks with more experience think this may be damage from adult kudzu bug?. They're supposed to be hibernating, but it's 55-72 degrees in here & they're not always in the same place. I see them on many plants, often on this Plumeria tip where there is now damaged spots. There is absolutely no info I could find out there about what adult kudzu bugs eat. I think it's house plants (or whatever might still be green where one is) - they don't seem particular about genus at all. |
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- Posted by loveplants2 8b Virginia Beach, (My Page) on Sun, Dec 29, 13 at 18:29
Hi Tiffany! I had to go and google this Kudzu Bug since I have never heard of this pest and haven't had any issues with all of my Plumeria except for the normal Thrips and Spider mites. This Kudzu Bug seems to be located primarily In The south east and looks like they are spreading into Virginia and Maryland. They seems to be after the Soybeans and Legumes, but sounds like they have been tasting your Plumeria. I would think the latex would make them think twice, but these insects make their own decision... My friends down South haven't mentioned anything about this pest so I really can't say much about what the effects from the bite looks like on the tree. You could always send an email and a pic to Dr. Richard Criley ( University of Hawaii) I am sure he could help you identify and or answer any questions. I keep looking at those browns spots and I would say it is from a sucking insect. Doesn't look like black spot ( fungus) Sorry I couldn't help... Take care and nice to see you here on the Plumeria side!! ;-) Laura |
I hope the kudzu bug doesn't spread like the plant. I've got that stuff in a few spots in my backyard. every year and several times a year I cut it back but it never dies. this year I'm hitting it with a backhoe and some fire LOL. Mike |
- Posted by purpleinopp 8b AL (My Page) on Mon, Dec 30, 13 at 9:04
TY, Laura. Having never had Plumeria before, I'm not in a position to gauge the damage you see in the pic. Since they are a new pest, there is very little known about them, but I have no doubt about what they are. Oh, and apparently they can bite, hope I don't experience that part. The adults are also hanging out on Hoya and Begonia, a few others. I'm trying to determine if they are causing damage or just hibernating (the only info about the adult phase says they hibernate for winter.) If hibernating means moving around, damaging plants, I guess that's what they're doing. I haven't seen any signs of the juveniles, but not totally sure I *could* see them. Don't think they're breeding in the house, but not totally sure. I started another discussion about them in clinic forum, with a link to file a report for those that see these things. I've been gathering pics to submit. I wasn't sure if this Plumeria pic showed damage from pests, or something else. Mike, there's no Kudzu around my house either. Sure, there's a lot of it in the area, but none in our yard or the yards next to ours. These bugs showed up on plants this summer and I saw the adults on too many different plants to name before most plants came inside for winter. I think it's pure folly to think only Kudzu, Wisteria, and soybeans are in danger. Next to me at the moment, I see one on a Plectranthus 'Mona Lavender' leaf. Everything written about overwintering adults I've found is about how they are bothering people, not plants. The ones in our house haven't been spotted anywhere but on a plant. I've not noticed the odor they keep talking about, but I'm not at all intimidated by a little of that. Hope you show that Kudzu who's boss, Mike! |
It looks more like cold damage or physical damage than insect caused to me. I would just pull those two developing leaves off and see if it returns. That would be a fairly strong indication that its caused by an insect (assuming its not exposed to the cold). |
- Posted by purpleinopp 8b AL (My Page) on Tue, Dec 31, 13 at 14:46
TY for the input and suggestion. I don't know how picky this Plumeria is about cold, to make the experiment valid. It's chilly by this window, and down to about 55 in here on really cold mornings. I was expecting it to defoliate completely since it was in the low 40's a few nights before I brought potted plants inside (mid-November.) No idea what to think, I'm a total Plumeria newb. Any reports of them showing up in TX yet? |
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Seriously? I have comment moderation on just in time this week, because the wing-nutz are out swinging. It's making me crazy too.
Last week I got an email about Cardinal Bernadin being a homosexual and head of a lavender conspiracy. These stories keep circulating, so they must be true, right? I don't know what Bernadin was - I never paid much attention to bishops before I started blogging. Never had much time for them - wasn't ever impressed by them. However, I have to ask, did the Church officially condemn Bernadin as a bad man? He's dead now, and I've heard people praising him for having forgiven a false accuser. The man is dead.
We know there were many SSA priests from back then and there remain many today as well. So one must ask: Does the Church enforce its rules? Has it ever? Is every archbishop and bishop part of a lavender mafia because they continue to admit SSA men to the priesthood? Really Fr. Sirico?
Likewise, is Cardinal Schönborn a pornographer/homosexual? That's what at least one blogger claims, frequently calling him out as the "homo-porn Cardinal Christoph Schönborn". Does the Pope call him that? Is there a Vatican commission studying the allegations? Why is he still a prince of the Church in that case?
St. John's Abbey in Collegeville.
Yep - it once had the reputation of being a hotbed of homosexual behavior and I too have written about the gay retreats that have been scheduled there. But if it continues to be so bad - that it is really more of a clearing house of all things gay and corrupt and exploitative of donors, alumni, students and Church, why isn't the place under interdict or closed down? Why do bloggers keep blogging so-called exposes with impunity? Obviously Collegeville is aware information is being published and circulated.
I rarely check stats but did so today because I've limited comments over the past few days and wanted to see how it affects readership. Anyway - that was why I checked and how I noticed some one from the abbey is reading my blog. No surprise - posts come up in search engines. So. I know they know, and they know I know and we know who the other bloggers are, spreading the other stories.
Why? How? How does this stuff keep repeating. It seems to be a cyclical thing.
It's like the Barbara Marx Hubbard speaking engagement at the LCWR conference, which everyone seems to enjoy discussing and no one takes seriously. Even Archbishop Sartain, in charge of the doctrinal assessment, congratulated them on a job well done after the event concluded.
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At today's Denver City Council meeting, as we've reported, an ordinance establishing possible fines and even jail time for home pot smoking that can be seen or smelled from a neighboring property is expected to be presented.Big photos below.
Marijuana activists have already decried the "sniff test" proposal, calling it unconstitutional. But it got us to thinking: What other places in Colorado smell so criminally bad? Here's our top five.
Number 5: Any LoDo alley on Saturday morningFlickr Creative Commons/Bradley Gordon
On Friday nights, people letting off steam after a long week flock to LoDo to fill up on substances that eventually need to come out again -- and a lot of folks don't wait to get home before emptying themselves in a wide variety of aromatic ways.
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Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Classical Preview
This weekend, concertgoers will get a peek into the future with a performance by conductor Edo de Waart, music director designate of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra.
The concert's first half consists of a work called In Praise of Music by Pennsylvania native Dominick Argento (b. 1927). Typical of many 20th-century composers, his style reflects many influences—tonality, atonality, 12-tone method—but never became "avant-garde," unlike several of his postwar contemporaries.


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8-9 PM · ABC · Debuts Sept. 23
CONCEPT A new game show from the exec producer of The Biggest Loser tests family
members' knowledge of each other.
THE SCOOP The show was inspired by a pastime of executive producer and host JD Roth and his
family: ''We'd go around the table and [ask] 'What's your favorite color?
Your favorite vegetable?''' says Roth. ''It's about how well you know your
family.'' To find stumper questions, the team talks to the competing
families' bosses, teachers, dry cleaners, and even looks up trivia on
birth certificates.
BOTTOM LINE Watch it with your loved ones if you dare! ''Your kid is gonna turn to
you and ask 'Dad, do you know the day I was born?' And you're gonna have
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Published: Sunday | May 3, 2009
"This was the first time I was going to hear myself on record. I was on North Street early when they were setting up, trying to hear my song. I was frustrated, because I did not hear my song up to 11 p.m., but he was using strategy. Then the dance started to pick up, girls were coming in and so on," Cole said.
"Then he put on Rough and Tough and as long as you and I (The Sunday Gleaner) talking it don't stop play," Cole said.
It figuratively 'mash up' Forrester's Hall and literally destroyed the other two sessions, as "the people leave the other dances and come to Jubilee Tile and tear down the green bush".
Christmas morning performance
His performance of Rough and Tough on the Christmas morning 1962 concert at the Ward Theatre sticks out in Cole's mind ("Oh my, it was overwhelming for me"), although he had performed it at the Independence celebrations in Denham Town, Coronation Market, and on Wellington Street, close to Chocomo Lawn.
He has performed Rough and Tough in many countries and Cole points out that he is getting more shows now than in 1962. "In the last five years, I have been to places that I have not been to in the last 30 years or so," he said. So Cole will be doing a jazz festival in London in July, after which he will be off to Japan where he had been about three years ago. And, he is continuing to make new music, with two discs slated for release soon. One is Lucky Dog, done along with his son, drummer Squiddley Cole, and the other is Riding High, produced by G Bravo out of Leggo Studio.


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Co-angler Cup quest continues with tight race
GAINESVILLE, Ga. – For competitive anglers, "culling" means replacing a particular fish with a larger one. So, then, it may seem odd to hear of a Forrest Wood Cup competitor taking the opposite approach. No to worry, co-angler Dearal Rodgers of Camden, S.C. knows what he's doing and he implemented a selection strategy that led him to the top spot on Lake Lanier.
Moving up two spots from third on day one, Rodgers fished dropshots and caught one of only two co-angler limits – a 9-pound, 1-ounce bag that boosted his opening weight of 8-15 to an even 18-pound total. His tackle selection was intrinsic to his success.
"I went out there today with more dropshots; different varieties of weight and colors of worms and it paid off," Rodgers said. "I'm using darker colors in the morning and lighter colors in the afternoon. I'm culling my (terminal tackle) also – that's a very important point.
"Once the sun gets out, the fish are reacting to the line – I can tell that. They're reacting to the weight and they're reacting to the size hook you use. So, as the sun gets higher and higher, I start downsizing. I even have 4-pound line that I could go to if I had to."
As Rodgers noted, having multiple tackle levels ready to go helped him avoid the mental trap of thinking a spot was dead when, in some cases, the fish had simply become too wary.
"Once you sit over a brush pile and you fish it, fish it, fish it; the fish don't leave, they just quit biting after you catch a couple," he said. "I just realized in my mind that the fish were still down there and I just kept downsizing until I got one to bite."
Divis improves to second
On day one Frank Divis Sr. of Fayetteville, Ark. placed fourth and trailed Rodgers by 3 ounces. Today, he also gained two spots, although the gap widened to 12 ounces. Pairing 8 pounds, 8 ounces with his day one score of 8-12 gave Divis a 17-4 total.
Divis worked a dropshot and found a certain color of Zoom finesse worms that the fish couldn't resist. The law of supply and demand nearly squashed his hopes for continued improvement, but help from a friend has Divis optimistic about the co-angler finale.
"There's s certain color that Zoom doesn't make anymore and I had four worms (in this color)," Divis said. "On my first cast, I caught one about 3 pounds. The next cast, I catch another one; the very next cast, I catch my third one."
Divis said that after this flurry of activity, his pro partner Ish Monroe insisted that partners share baits. So, pro and co-angler shared the four worms the Divis had and caught all of their fish on that quartet. By day's end, Divis was down to a single battle weary worm, but pro Greg Bohannan, who missed the top-30 pro cut, found a bag of the exact color Divis needed.
"Greg Bohannan saved the day," Divis said. "With (these worms), I can win tomorrow."
Divis said he caught his fish by working the perimeter of the brush piles Monroe targeted. "I forced myself to fish a little deeper away from the brush piles. I think the bigger fish feed around the brush piles and I think it's the smaller fish that are in (the structure)."
Wright catches the right "one"
He led the co-angler division on day one, but J.R. Wright of Truckee, Calif. managed only one fish today and slipped two spots to third. Pairing a 2-pound, 8-ounce fish with his day one limit catch of 12-5 gave him a 14-13 total.
Wright caught his day one fish on a dropshot with a Robo Worm (margarita mutilator) and an undisclosed bait that he used to target suspended fish. His day one pro, Greg Pugh fished slow and methodically, parking over brush piles for lengthy presentations. Day two found Wright struggling with a much different approach.
"I fished with Andy Morgan today and he was fishing the fastest of anyone I've ever fished with," Wright said. "We'd pull up, two or three drops and he was gone. I never had the chance to throw the bait that worked (best) yesterday. I had to go with a drop shot and a heavier weight.
"I caught my one fish and that was it. But it was a pleasure to fish with (Morgan). That's fishing – it could happen to anyone."
Pipkens makes big move into fourth
Fourth place co-angler, Chad Pipkens of Holt, Mich. missed his limit by one fish, but he rose 11 spots from his 15th place day one finish. Pipkens caught 8-11 on day two for a 13-12 total.
"I only had four, but we caught big fish today," he said. "I had a 4 ½-pounder in the first 10 minutes. I got four bites and caught four fish."
Paired with FLW legend, Larry Nixon, Pipken caught his fish by dropshotting over scattered brush.
Hunter hauls in hefty spot for fifth
Typically, following a second place performance with a one-fish day would send a competitor tumbling down the standings. However, Brandon Hunter of Benton, Kentucky can attest that the right fish can minimize the loss.
Fishing a Zoom Baby Brush Hog on a Carolina Rig, Hunter hauled in the largest co-angler fish thus far – a plump 4-pound, 6-ounce spot that paired with his day one weight of 9-5 for a fifth place total of 13-11.
"I only caught that one fish, but 4-6 is like catching two or three fish here," Hunter said. "I wasn't getting the bites on the dropshot today. I just wasn't feeling it, so I changed it up a little bit, threw the rig and got a bigger bite."
Notably, John Niedosik of Avondale, Ariz., also had a one-hit wonder kind of day. His only catch weighed 3-7 and landed him in sixth place with 11-14.
Best of the rest
Rounding out the top-10 co-angler leaders at the Forrest Wood Cup were:
7th: Alan Hults of Gautier, Ms., 11-2
8th: Brad Roberts of Nancy, Ky., 11-2
9th: Gayle Janes of Bermuda Dunes, Calif., 10-12
10th: Matt Peters of Gainesville, Ga., 9-15
Tomorrow's takeoff is scheduled for 7 a.m. Eastern time from Laurel Park, located at 3100 Old Cleveland Hwy. in Gainesville, Ga.


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According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the demand for advanced practice nurses and other MSN-prepared RNs is expected to increase in coming years because of an aging U.S. population and healthcare policy changes. South Carolina is no different from the rest of the country in this regard.
According to the Office of Healthcare Workforce Research for Nursing, 8.2 percent of South Carolina's RNs hold advanced degrees, which is five percent lower than the national average. Most of these are advanced practice nurses such as nurse practitioners, nurse anesthetists, clinical nurse specialists, and certified nurse midwives. Many advanced practice nurses are employed in South Carolina hospitals, while others work in physicians' office and clinics. The South Carolina Department of Health reports that there is a particular need for CRNAs in hospitals, followed by CNSs and NPs. Hospitals are increasing their recruitment efforts for these specialties and even offering higher salaries.
For more information, check out the South Carolina Board of Nursing and the South Carolina Nurses Association.
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Clemson University (Clemson, SC). Clemson offers a number of MSN tracks in advanced practice, including those with a focus on gerontology. There are also non-clinical tracks such as administration and education.
South University (Columbia, SC). South University offers an online MSN for some tracks that can be completed in as little as 18 months. The job placement rate for graduates is 100 percent.


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Employers are required by law to send out W-2 and 1099 forms by January 31st of each year. Take the next few weeks to organize your tax documents to make it easier when you do decide to file.
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War Hero Honored At State Of The Union Address [Video]
Of all places, I didn't think one of the most inspiring moments of the week would come from the State of the Union address, but it came at the end of President Obama's speech.
Of all places, I didn't think one of the most inspiring moments of the week would come from the State of the Union address, but it came at the end of President Obama's speech.
With all the gun violence that has overwhelmed this country in that past few months, President Obama has signed a 23-part executive order that is designed to negate some of the violent acts with guns. These orders are in addition to all the laws that Mr. Obama wants Congress to pass soon.
The first debate of the 2012 presidential election campaign between Barack Obama and Mitt Romney got started a little after 9 p.m. ET from the University of Denver's Magness Arena. Jim Lehrer, host of 'Newshour' on PBS, moderated the event, which covered domestic policy.
One of the most popular songs in the country right now is "Call Me Maybe" by Carly Rae Jepsen. I see posts and quotes on Facebook from the song, viral videos of baseball teams singing it, and even people on TV are referring to the song. It's popularity was unquestioned before, but I knew it would not be long before the Prez was even singing the song. Everyone have some fun and sing with him.
What's next? Our President on a ring-tone! Yup, it's true. President Obamas' recent impromptu acapella performance of Al Green's huge hit "Let's Stay Together" during a fundraiser at the Apollo Theater in New York last week is now available as a ring-tone on his official website
The Medal of Freedom is the highest honor any of us could ever aspire to achieve in our young lives, and yesterday, President Obama handed out the awards during a White House ceremony.
Today's Showbiz Top 5 includes: Vanity Fair's list of the highest paid creative people in Hollywood, the scoop on President Obama's celebrity friends, news on Jennifer Aniston's latest movie "Just Go With It", Charlie Sheen's most recent statement to the public, and of course an update on Lindsay Lohan's shoplifting charges. Get the skinny from Kidd Kraddick's Kellie Rasberry by clicking 'READ MORE'...
President Obama's 2011 State of the Union (titled "Winning the Future") focused heavily on all political parties working together -- Republican and Democrat congress members even watched in a mixed seating arrangement, rather than occupying separate sections of the House. Obama also announced his administration would move forward with health care reform, work on immigration law, build infrastructure to help us compete with advanced nations like China, and make a serious effort to reduce the national deficit, among other topics. Watch the full speech after the jump:
Between the time President Obama addressed the nation, last night, about the tragic weekend shooting spree outside an Arizona grocery store ... Representative Gabrielle Giffords wrestled in her hospital bed and opened her eye to see her astronaut hubby, Mark Kelly adoringly by her side!
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In case you, like I, missed it last night. Here's the speech that President Obama gave at the memorial service last night in Tuscon. It's a little long, but a very inspirational speech.
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The Kitchel solo has been paired with the eponymous solo David Sharpe, which is installed in a side space midway back that's surrounded on three sides by East Meets West. This show features a half-dozen photos by David Sharpe, an established and well-respected fine-art photographer working in Denver. For years Sharpe has focused on doing unfocused shots of the landscape taken with homemade and primitive cameras. Photographers such as Sharpe don't have to work as hard to gain the contemporary status that representational painters like Kitchel do, because photos are clearly contemporary. In fact, photography forms the basis of many other current media, notably those videos that Robischon will soon be projecting on the window.
Sharpe was born in Syracuse, New York, and got his BA in art history at nearby Colgate University. In the early '80s, he did graduate work at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, but he earned his MFA in photography at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan in 1984. He returned to Colorado that same year and has been exhibiting his photographs in various venues ever since. His work was formerly shown at the now-closed Ron Judish Fine Art as well as Spark Gallery, an artists' co-op of which he was a prominent member during the 1990s.
Sharpe uses pinhole cameras made out of oatmeal boxes, soda cans and other cylindrical things that are totally sealed against light save for one tiny pinhole. Instead of using film, Sharpe puts photographic paper in his ad hoc cameras. Like the glass-plate photographers of the late nineteenth century who traveled with developing labs, Sharpe has a specially outfitted pickup truck with a light-tight chamber made from an old, decommissioned refrigerator. There, he can change his photographic paper and download the exposed images into what he calls a "safebox." His developing process is also interesting -- and also homemade. Sharpe's darkroom is in a two-story detached garage behind his house. He has cut a hole in the second floor so that he can project his images onto photographic paper on the first floor. This method allows him to enlarge his pinhole originals to the heroically sized silver-gelatin prints on view at Robischon.
For this group of photos, Sharpe recorded three distinct Western locales: the eastern plains of Colorado; Utah's Great Salt Lake; and the coast of Mendocino, California. All the photos are closely interrelated -- both formally and by the gray-toned, grainy prints that are the calling card of the pinhole method. There's also the curvature of the horizon, an inevitable consequence of Sharpe's cylindrical cameras.
There's an iconic quality to many of the artist's compositions -- especially the images of the Colorado plains, as in "Eastern Plains Suite 2.10," and those of Robert Smithson's nearly lost earthwork, as in "Spiral Jetty," at the Great Salt Lake. In both photos, a strong central element predominates; in others, such as "Mendocino 1.1," there's an empty space in the middle, creating the look of Japanese watercolors with the blurry edges of the pinhole standing in for the expressive brushwork. The two Mendocino photos are only the tip of the iceberg for this series, with many others from the group currently being shown at the prestigious Linda Fairchild Contemporary Arts in San Francisco. But they are illustrated and discussed in a small, handsome catalogue that's available for purchase at Robischon.
In the past, Sharpe often has exhibited his photos unframed; it looked good but brought in a lot of conservation issues, such as the accumulation of dust and dirt over time, and the inevitability of crushed corners. For the show at Robischon, Sharpe has had them framed, and I think that's a smart move on his part.
Kitchel and Sharpe both prove how relentlessly interesting the Western landscape is to contemporary artists. Because Robischon keeps its sales private and does not use red dots to mark the pieces that are sold, I'll need to go out on a limb here and say that I think Kitchel's paintings and Sharpe's photos are also popular with collectors. And unlike those video projections that will someday fill Robischon's window, it's easy to imagine people buying them and hanging them in their homes and offices.


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2013 and earlier Mazda CX-9 Prices Paid and Buying Experience
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ramrodatl Posts: 2Got an offer on a 2011, Crystal White Pearl Mica Grand Touring with NAV, DVD Entertainment System, Towing Prep Package, Power Liftgate, Roof Rails, Remote Start Engine and Sirius Sat Radio for $35,802 (before TTT).
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cachaca Posts: 1CX-9 Touring with Moonroof/Bose, power liftgate, roof rack, crystal white, MSRP $36561
Final price: $31500 + TTL + tax. However I had a $10000 trade in (2005 Jeep Liberty Limited about 40k miles). The price I got for the trade-in is somewhere between the KBB and edmunds pricing. I am not sure whether it is reasonable, maybe the dealer will make more money from the trade-in than the new car they sold to me. -
ramrodatl Posts: 2Got a 2011 Mica White Pearl GT FWD with NAV, Sunroof, Dealer Installed Dual DVD-in headrest, Cargo Net, All Weather Mats, Roof Rack, Bose surround sound, Power Liftgate, Towing package, etc for $35k with 0% financing and 90 days no payments. Its the best deal I've seen (esp in light of the throw in on the DVD). Thoughts?
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marcnj Posts: 8It is saying that there is $500 bonus cash, $500 lender cash and $1000 Dealer cash available. Was wondering if we are entitled to the $1000 dealer cash as well? link: http://www.edmunds.com/mazda/cx-9/2011/car-incentives.html?style=101366198
igozoomzoom Waleska, GeorgiaPosts: 797The $500 Bonus Cash is available on all purchases and leases.
The $500 Lender/Mazda APR Cash is available when you finance through Mazda's captive lender.
The 0.0% for 60mos or 2.9% for 72mos APR financing is used in conjunction with the $500 Lender/Mazda APR cash.
The $1000 Dealer Cash (Marketing Support) can only be used with "standard" Mazda Capital Services or non-Mazda Capital Services leasing or retail purchases.
So- you can use $500 Bonus, $500 Lender & get 0.0/2.9% APR but you must qualify for and finance with the captive lender.
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tarheel2015 Posts: 3urasports, you may want ot check my earlier post of Aug 22. I paid $31,200 (which included shipping etc) with only an additional cost of a $200 Doc fee for a 2011 AWD Touring w/ Moon roof, Bose, power lift in Suitland MD. I can give you more details if you are interestred. Good luck
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ukrishnan Posts: 6Exchangeuser: Like i mentioned i got a 2011 cx9 AWD touring with moonroof,powerlift, 4.3MID, bose audio for 31250 plus900 dollar tax( after my trade in) 200 dollar processing fee plus 200 dollar tags; if you dont have a trade in you should have about 2000 dollars in tax so your total out of the door should be $33650 for one with AWD. Anything you pay over 34k is a ripoff and that too for Front wheel drive. just my thoughts;
jph1326 Posts: 1Tried to get a 2011 CX9 Sport AWD in NC. They said there were only two in the region in color I didnt care for. Sent emails to all the dealers around DC, Baltimore, and Philly that showed 2011 CX9 Sport AWD in stock.
Accepted offer of $26,948 + tax 3% ($808.44)+ tag fees ($114.75)= $27,871.19 OTD
They were upfront, they dont charge doc fees or admin fees, and they include freight. Alot of email offers assumed 500 loyalty, didnt include freight/shipping charges, and were overall shady.
I think I got a great deal. Only options are heated/power front seats. -
dandy7 Posts: 3I am planning to get a touring AWD with Moonroof+bose+power lifgate for $32,999 +9.8% tax+tag+licensefee
Can someone claim this to be a good deal or is it a Rip off?
Please let me know as I have to finalize in a day or two. I am buying in Wahington state and the destination charge itself is $800. -
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the boom and insure the antenna is level
The moveable plate (with the boom) is designed to be offset from vertical. The boom is installed on the inside of the moveable plate to center the antenna weight over the mast and rotator as well as provide the down force to keep the plates together. The offset varies between 6-12 degrees depending on your ubolt, boom size and the tiltplate model. When installing a tiltplate there are several ways you can insure your antenna will be level in the operational position. Here are 3 methods you can use. Method 3 was offered by one of our customers, Dave / K8DH.
Your feedback on these instructions is welcome.
1) Protractor method
After your install the tiltplate on your tower, install a representative section
of your boom on the moveable plate. Manually close the plates together and
tie or clamp them together for the offset angle measurement. If you have
adjustable woodworking clamps, they work well. Use a protractor to get an
accurate offset measurement. Calculate the
element to plate angle as 90 minus the offset angle. Now install your antenna and
set the element to plate angle using the calculated
John / KD7UI built a jig to assist in the process instead of using a protractor to do the alignment. Click here to see John's document.
2) The "get it close and adjust as needed" method
Tilt the tower over to the maintenance position. Use the estimates below and install with the boom rotated so the elements closest to the tower make the angle noted below between the elements and the moveable plate. Same basic process as above but using estimates. Raise the tower and if the antenna is not perfectly level, tilt over and adjust as needed. This is an easy process if you have a motorized tilt or don't mind a few manual tilt cycles.
Boom Sizes, Element to plate angle
1 inch, 84 degrees
2 inch, 82 degrees
2.5 inch, 80 degrees
2.75 inch, 79 degrees
3 inch, 78 degrees
3) The "Remove a Tube" method that can be used with
a Steppir antenna
This method is offered by Dave Head / K8DH for installing his 4 element Steppir.
It should only be used in installations where the ground is level around
your tower or is sloping upwards in the direction you tilt your tower.
This is so that a ladder is not needed to reach any
part of your antenna. Here is a summary of the steps David
A - Tilt the tower and use a carpenter's level to be sure it is level.
Make sure you measure it at the mast end, as some towers can be seen to droop
when horizontal. Level at the base is not necessarily level at the mast.
B - Remove the 4 fiberglass tubes on the antenna on the opposite side from the
tower. Don't forget to first "Home" the elements inside the tubes. This has to
be done carefully as this, of course, will unbalance the antenna, and it will be
resting on the 4 fiberglass tubes on the tower-side of the antenna. If you are
"building your steppir on the boom" then just insert 1 of the tubes on the tower
side to keep the weight down.
C - Now, using a a large rod or tube (e.g. a Radio Shack 5' mast), insert it on
the bottom end of the boom truss mast that is fixed to the moveable section of
the tiltplate. Using this as a lever, raise the 4 elements of the SteppIR that
have been resting on the ground on the tower side of the antenna to a vertical
position. Make sure that the
tiltplate is completely folded closed, as far as it will go. Use a rope or other
fastening to clamp the two tiltplate sections together so that they are closed
as far as they can go (touching.)
D - Carefully loosen 3 of the 4 U-bolts holding the boom to the moveable part of
the tiltplate. Grab the 1st director of the 4 el. SteppIR which is very close to
the tower and tiltplate and, carefully loosening the remaining U-bolt, ensure
that the fiberglass tubes of the antenna are absolutely vertical. Again, the
carpenter's level can be used for this. Be careful - if you lose control, the antenna can get away from you and crash to the ground, possibly
damaging the fiberglass tubes. Barely loosen that 4th U-bolt so the antenna
will move with some effort. When the element is vertical, tighten the 4th
U-bolt. Check it with the level, and adjust again if necessary. If you can
get some help with this step it is easier.
E - After getting the antenna elements vertical, its just a matter of tightening
all 4 of the U-bolts, put the fiberglass tubes back on and you are ready to
raise the tower back up.
Mark / WA2ILB has a
variation on this using the EHU mounting plate as the guide.
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GSGC hosted a well-received conference in Zambia this May. The "Believe Summit" included at least one representative from each of our partner organizations, along with several potential partners. All 17 sat down with five GSGC leaders to discuss best Read More
The Girl Who Never Smiled … by Paige Hasson
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Conquering the Summit: A Newcomer's Guide to the GSGC …by Erin West
Believe Summit A relatively new member of GSGC, I was privileged to attend our recent "Believe Summit" in Zambia. I have a passion for Africa, and was excited to interact with representatives from the seven projects we currently fund in Sub-Saharan Read More
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This young girl in southern Africa is on her way. She's going to school, and we know that if she stays in school and completes her education, she has a fighting chance to break a cycle of poverty. She has a chance for a brighter future. Now Read More
Meet Sima- GSGC Partner in Victoria Falls
At GSGC empowerment workshops, abused and impoverished girls realize that they are not alone and not at fault. Some cry, and then laugh with new friends as they begin to heal – together. Sima Khumalo Moyo, our partner at Rose of Charity in Read More
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Ngonda is an artist in the making. Her work along with the work of about a dozen other girls was recently exhibited at the Livingstone Museum. Several months ago, one of our Zambian partners, Father Chikoya, from the Livingstone Anglican Read More
Nyika Speaks, And The Children Listen
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"It has been my honor to serve the 10th Judicial District as criminal court judge since February 2006 when I was appointed by Gov. Phil Bredesen and then elected in August 2006," she said.
"I have enjoyed the opportunity to work with thousands of jurors, as they serve our district, circuit court clerks, deputy clerks, probation officers, the drug court, law enforcement officers and judges in Bradley, McMinn, Monroe and Polk counties.
"In 2006 I was asked what changes I would make if I was elected as your Criminal Court judge. I said I would work hard to bring dockets under control so that prolonged delay could be brought to an end, and I would work hard to see that all people are treated fairly in Criminal Court.
"My dedication to efficient management of the docket has ensured that court clerk personnel and law enforcement officers have not wasted time needlessly on cases," Reedy said.
According to the records of the Circuit Court Clerk's offices in the 10th Judicial District there has been a 30 percent reduction in the number of defendants with pending criminal cases since Reedy was elected eight years ago.
This is despite the fact that the Annual Report of the Tennessee Judiciary shows a 30 percent increase in the number of criminal court filings during the same time period in the district, she said.
"We have met increased demand while reducing our docket without any additional taxpayer expense.
"During the last 20 years, I have had the honor to serve my district publicly as an assistant district attorney general, assistant public defender, deputy clerk and criminal court judge. This foundation of life experience and public service insures the citizens of the 10th Judicial District that I am able to continue to serve as Criminal Court judge with competence," she said.
"I am a wife, mother, stepmother and grandmother," she noted.
Reedy is a member of Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church, where she has served and continues to serve in a variety of positions.
She is a member of the Tennessee Trial Judges Association, the Cleveland High School Criminal Justice Advisory Board and the Sunrise Rotary Club. She actively participates in the 10th Judicial District Drug Court.
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Applying to be a Biology Major
Students are introduced to the study of biology at Swarthmore by taking Biology 001, Cellular and Molecular Biology, and Biology 002, Organismal and Population Biology. Either course may be taken first. A diversity of advanced courses, some offered in alternate years, affords the student the opportunity of building a broad biological background while concentrating, if he or she chooses, in some specialized areas such as cellular and developmental biology, animal or plant physiology, microbiology, neurobiology, genetics and evolution, ecology, or ethology.
Applying to be a double major
Students are permitted to double major in Biology or a special major in Biology (e.g., Psychobiology) and another department if they have and maintain a grade point average (GPA) of 2.00 in all courses taken in the Division of Natural Sciences and Engineering Division. All other requirements are the same as for the Course Major in Biology, including the senior comprehensive examination.
Students must submit a Sophomore Plan of Study during the second semester of their sophomore year to the Registrar. This application includes a list of the biology courses the student plans to take during the next two years as well as a short essay explaining the rationale for the sequence and selection of courses and seminars. The department chair and the academic coordinator provide information about the major at a presentation scheduled by the Dean's Office early in the spring semester before the sophomore applications are due.
Course entry requirements
- Three courses in Biology (may include one CR [credit] from an Advanced Placement Examination). If the student does not have AP or transfer credit, both Bio 001 and Bio 002 are required.
- Two courses in Chemistry (not Chem 001), including introductory Chem 010 and at least one semester of Organic Chemistry. (CR from AP or placement in Chem 010 is also acceptable).
- Two courses in Mathematics or Statistics (not Stat 001 or Math 003) or the completion of calculus II (Math 23 or 25). The Biology Department strongly recommends a course in statistics for majors. (CR from AP or placement in math is also acceptable).
Applicants must have an average grade of C (2.00) or better in Biology 001 and Biology 002 (or if AP credit is given, in the first 2 Biology courses taken at Swarthmore); in addition, the applicant must have an average grade of C (2.00) or better in all courses taken in the Division of Natural Sciences and Engineering at Swarthmore College (Biology, Physics and Astronomy, Chemistry & Biochemistry, Mathematics & Statistics, Engineering, and Computer Science). Unpublished grades in biology for the first semester of the freshman year will be considered in the C average requirement; passing grades of CR in other courses in the Division of Natural Sciences and Engineering are acceptable.
Applicants who have completed all requirements including obtaining appropriate grades are accepted as a course major in Biology. Applicants who are in the process of completing all these requirements are accepted contingent upon successful completion of the missing courses. Others who will not complete these requirements by the end of the current semester are deferred until the requirements are met. A student who has been deferred should re-apply for the major when most or all of the requirements have been met. If the faculty in the Department of Biology feel that the student will have difficulty completing the requirements for application for the major, the student is neither accepted nor deferred at this time and may apply later when most of the requirements have been met. All students who have applied for the Major in Biology and who have been accepted or deferred are assigned an advisor in the Department of Biology.


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Archive for the 'European market research' tag
Will Social Media Kill Market Research?
by Ben Leet, Sales Director
It's easy to sit and blame Mark Zuckerberg. After all, isn't he the one that radically changed the way that humans interact with each other, creating this frenzy around two buzzwords: "social media"?
However Facebook hasn't changed the way human beings think, interact or communicate–it's simply given us a tool to do this more efficiently than we could have done before. Read the rest of this entry »
Best of Blogs: uSamp's Farewell to 2011
Fall 2011 marked uSamp's foray into the market research blogosphere. The Greenbook Blog, Next Gen Market Research, Innovation Evolved, Research Access, Love Stats, Forrester, MRGA's Social Advisory…you've certainly inspired and set the industry standards high! We wanted engage in the dialogue that is central to our field of work. We wanted to join in on the debates around DIY, gamification, privacy, sample quality, and consumer insight. It has been our objective to add value to a space already a-buzz with information.
uSamp is comprised of thought-leaders both wizened MR folks, and young innovative minds. We will continue tapping the intel we have inside in hopes that we can provide a feisty debate, a helpful take-away, a peek into how we work, even just a chuckle or two. We pride ourselves on transparency, and will continue to develop our blog to foster an open, intelligent and colorful community. We hope that you have enjoyed uSamp's perspective thus far, as we will continue ramping it up in the new year.
To close out 2011, we decide to bring back some of the greatest hits from our freshman album. Without further ado, we invite you to revisit the following posts:
- The envelope pusher, cheekily titled: Does Size Matter?
- The European perspective, courtesy of London's own Ben Leet: 2012 EU Forecast
- The standard seeker: Online Sample Quality
- The panel-whisperer: Sensitivity to Sample
As always, we encourage your feedback and live for your ideas. Thanks for a terrific 2011, and here's to lots of discussion and insight in the new year!
2012 EU Forecast: Can the market research industry beat uncertainty in Eurozone?
by Ben Leet, Senior Director HRT and Survey Solutions
Ben joined the uSamp UK team at the very beginning, and is charged with building out our new client relationships in Europe. Prior to joining uSamp Ben held senior positions with Decision Tree Consulting, Toluna and Ugam, the first of which saw Ben designing, conducting and delivering full service research programmes to blue chip clients for over 5 years, before joining the online panel business at Toluna in early 2008. This combination allows Ben to understand all aspects of the market research process, adding value to uSamp clients along the way. Ben is a Graduate of the Nottingham Business School in the UK with a BA (Hons) in European Business.
Conservative Innovation: How MR is Keeping Pace with Technology and Global Expansion
by Ben Leet, Sales Director
Ben joined the uSamp UK team at the very beginning, and is charged with directing the UK sales team, and building out our new client relationships in Europe. Prior to joining uSamp Ben held senior positions with Decision Tree Consulting, Toluna and Ugam, the first of which saw Ben designing, conducting and delivering full service research programmes to blue chip clients for over 5 years, before joining the online panel business at Toluna in early 2008. This combination allows Ben to understand all aspects of the market research process, adding value to uSamp clients along the way. Ben is a Graduate of the Nottingham Business School in the UK with a BA (Hons) in European Business.
uSamp's very first blog entry heralded the inauguration of uSamp UK by featuring a Q&A with European MD Gaelle Normand. Since then, our office has expanded. We serve as a reminder of uSamp's international presence, and the global integration of the MR industry as a whole.
We may be virtually connected at all times, but this the past month has reminded us that sometimes breathing the same air as MR Thought Leaders is better than a Skype chat. On a smaller scale, uSamp gathered our global team and clients at Paramount, the top of the Centrepoint building in London for our European launch party. On a larger scale, MR professionals from near and afar assembled at the ESOMAR Congress in Amsterdam. There were several late nights across the events, but also some interesting debates and discussions with clients, colleagues, and even the odd competitor!
As you can imagine, the MR industry was a-buzz with healthy debates ranging from online panel representivity (a blog post in itself!), all the way through to innovations such as gamification, mobile research and social media monitoring.
Q & A People Spotlight: uSamp's Culturally Diverse European Team
with Managing Director for Europe, Gaelle Normand
As uSamp's first Managing Director for Europe, Gaelle Normand couldn't be a better fit. It's as if uSamp created a wish list of everything we wanted, and found Normand. Born in France, she has worked in five countries in Europe, and speaks several languages. She is truly a European citizen, and loves being able to apply her extensive cultural knowledge and experience to make business more efficient and better adapted to the range of customer needs. She holds an M.Sc from EM Lyon, a leading international and European business school.
Q: What opportunities do you see for uSamp in the European market?
A: The European market is actually several markets, each with its own culture, language, and particular needs. At uSamp, we understand the variances and we have hired people who have expertise in all key EU markets. Furthermore, we see Europe as a unique opportunity to expand our industry leading sampling business focused on European standards, customer service and access to hard–to–reach online survey respondents. The European market also provides us with new and compelling ways to showcase SaaS–based sampling solutions, which are the hallmark of our company.
Q: As Managing Director of Europe, what are your goals for our European operation?
A: We're working toward simply becoming the preferred partner in Europe for global survey respondent solutions and online technology for market research.
Q: You've attracted quite a team. Can you provide more details about them?
A: We have a very talented group, experts in their fields with different cultural backgrounds and local expertise in all key EU markets. We're creating a close-knit group even with their diverse backgrounds. Dedicated, too. And because we're a global company, we also offer 24/7 coverage for all projects.
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A New Jersey judge ruled Friday that same-sex couple must be allowed to marry in light of the U.S. Supreme Court's DOMA ruling.
The original ruling that paved the way for civil unions in New Jersey specified that if the Legislature didn't pass marriage equality, civil unions had to be equal.
They never were.
The Legislature set up a commission to follow the law and more than half of the first thousand couples to get a civil union in the state filed complaints of discrimination. UPS announced soon after the civil union law passed that it would not include those couples in its healthcare coverage because it only covers married spouses.
And since the Supreme Court ruled in June, federal benefits go only to married couples, not those in civil unions or domestic partnerships or any other made-up relationship states create.
It's unclear whether the state will appeal. The Legislature passed marriage equality last year, but Gov. Chris Christie vetoed it.


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