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NEW YORK-Color and trend connoisseur Doty Horn has launched a new color marketing firm called ColorVoyant.
Horn, who most recently served as the director of color and design for Benjamin Moore, has developed a 2013 color forecast titled Fusion, which she previewed this month at PrintSource.
Fusion fuses together emerging trends and common threads from the worlds of art, fashion and pop culture. ColorVoyant offers four supporting themes for 2013, including what she terms "cooperative," "modern primitive," "mutant" and "eruption."
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Great product descriptions are key in getting good quality leads through hire platforms such as Erento. Your potential customers are more likely to contact you, if your product descriptions offer them all the information they need, and make selecting the right product easy.
This is why devoting time and effort into crafting descriptions for your product is a smart investment.
But what exactly is a great product description? In this article, we'll share our 5 most important tips!
How do customers get in contact with you? Sure, a lot of them call you. But we are sure you have seen an increase in customer enquiries via the internet. After all, more and more customers are using online platforms to gather information about products or services before they purchase or hire something. This is why we will take the chance today to present you with important factors which will influence customer satisfaction in online marketplaces such as Erento. The reality is that only truly satisfied customers come back, recommend your products or services to others and continue to be loyal to you in the long run.
Do you also believe that a picture says more than a thousand words? It does not matter if it is on Facebook, Twitter, your blog or on your own website; your entries should not be just a sea of text. This is why we use images, diagrams, and infographics on websites, company blogs and within social media activities. They help to attract more attention and spark more interest within potential customers. In today's post, you will find tips and tools to show you how to use your images in order to add more value to your content.
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We have a lot to look forward to this year, and not only in developing a stronger relationship with our partners and customers. We are proud to introduce Erento's new branding – and most specifically our new logo.
Enjoy quality time with your family this season, we at the Erento editorial department will also be slowing things down and closing until the start of the New Year.
In today's blog post, we want to look at the growing importance of the internet for you as hire company. We have all been witness to how the internet has changed the music industry. Currently, we are also seeing how the hotel industry and the taxi business are being shaken up by alternative offers such as Airbnb and Uber. This revolution seems to have no end, more and more industries will witness radical change. Therefore, do not close your eyes to "this internet thing". Take part in the revolution. After all, the internet also provides a plethora of opportunities for you hire companies out there.
If you had asked me last year what I thought the Sharing Economy was, I can guarantee you would have received a blank expression and confused answer. Yet, in no less than six months I now see and hear the term on a regular basis. I thought perhaps it was just me, but it would seem that many of my friends and family are coming to the same realisation.
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I picked this up on a whim while traveling. It is such a pretty warm pink shade that is creamy and is flattering on my tan skin. I love it!
I purchased Pure Ice in Envy and fell in love with the color (pink/brown, reads as a neutral but feminine and flattering to my pale olive skin tone) but was looking for something with a touch more pink in it.
I thought Undercover would be that for me but it just fell short. The formula was thick and goopy, the end of the brush was too big and shaped oddly to where I could not get that close to my cuticles, it had some minor bubbling and the color was TOO pink for my taste. On top of that, I had chipping the very next day.
I do not recommend.
Love this polish. It is a pretty rosey pink, almost a soft terracotta color. Looks pretty with light green or greys...anyway...the formula is great. I wore it without any base or top coat and it didn't chip for quite a few days. Just touched it up today after having applied it about two weeks ago! Dries fast...Great neutral color. The price is great!
This is absolutely the worst nail polish I have ever used. I was excited to try this new product and thought the color looked nice. I put it on at night, with my favorite fast drying topcoat and it looked very nice. I think went to sleep, woke up, took a shower and noticed it was chipping. I promise that I don't engage in fights, wild gyrations or funky dancing while sleeping, so I have no idea what caused it to start chipping so quickly. By the time I got home from my dance class, 4 nails were chipping so bad that I had to remove the polish.
So, I tried it again a few weeks later. OMG, this time I didn't even get to sleep before it started chipping and looked like it was wearing off. I was doing some typing, but seriously, this has never caused a problem before with nail polish.
So, I thought perhaps I had gotten a bad batch and went to the WnW website and sent a customer comment report, including the batch number. Then I waited, and waited and waited some more. No response from WnW.
A week later, I returned to the website and sent another comment report, restating what I had said before and letting them know that I had written to them before. Then I waited, and waited, and after 3 weeks I decided to start posting my review of this product.
It is bad enough to feel ripped off by a product that promises it will "Mega Last" and it only lasts a couple of hours, but then for Customer Service to totally ignore two Customer Comments is the last straw.
I do plan to try to call them and see if I can get any response. But as of right now, I will NEVER buy any product from them again. And I will let everyone know about this bad experience.
My advice is to hope you don't get a bad batch and don't move after you put it on, for at least 10 days, if that's how long you want it to last. I bet even then, it will chip. Sadly, at this point, my bottle of polish seems to only be fit for a cadaver.
I love this polish!! The colour is a really nice pink that I can wear with almost any outfit. I wear this polish to work a lot, it's probably my favourite work appropriate polish because it's not just a boring neutral that I wear all the time. The brush is great, I can get most of my nail in one streak. It doesn't chip easily, usually a few days before it starts chipping on me (I always wear it with a base and top coat), which is longer than most polishes last on my nails. This polish is definitely worth the cheap price!
Another great color in the megalast line of polishes. I would describe this color as a medium tone pink, nothing bubblegum or Pepto Bismol about it. It is very flattering with my skin tone and I love that the brush is wide enough to cover my whole nail in one swipe. I actually used one coat and got a very concentrated color. Reminds me of one of my old OPI polishes (Japanese Tea Garden?) though I can't remember the exact name. I will have to look that up and update but so far I am loving it and since spring is coming up, I see this making a good choice to wear on my nails. Will buy gain.
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Dirt cheap, hasn't chipped in 3 days, nice brush - it's a steal and a totally worthy drugstore impulse buy.
Really great rosey pink - it is basically a neutral with my skin tone.
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This is the color you wear to meet your mother-in-law, or the color you wear to work when you want to look professional. It's a very pretty neutral brownie matte pink. I'd probably wear this color between March and October, depending on your region. The formula and the brush are just fabulous. The brush is like a paddle and is fairly wide. You could do a thing where you stroke once and your pinky nail is done. If you have narrower nails you may have trouble. But, really, the formula is the perfect consistency of being thin enough to work with but thick enough that it levels itself out and looks smooth. So I work with the wide paddle brush to cover my nails completely and it works just fine. Also - "3 free" but a lot cheaper! I always use base coat and top coat and love the results.
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This is one of my favorite colors from the wet-n-wild collection. It's a brownish pink color, which goes on nicely. It's a great work color because it gives you a nice color without being "in your face".
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Nice color and a great quality polish!
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This has become one of my favorite polishes. This is the perfect nude pink that will look wonderful on many skin tones. Need three coats to look perfect but it's totally worth it! This is the only nail polish that I have ever used up and repurchased and that's saying something because I never use up nail polishes.
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So I just recieved a download notice for Autocad Building Design Suite Standard. We only had a licence for Autocad MEP. Have they bundled Autocad MEP into Building Design Suite and we now get the other software's as part of our licence?
Hi Shawn,
AutoCAD MEP is still available as a standalone product, however Subscription customers currently have the option to automatically upgrade to Autodesk Building Design Suite Standard at no additional cost, or select to opt out and remain with AutoCAD MEP.
As the Contract Manager, you should have received a notification on 11/14 as well as one today with the permanent information.
Thanks. I didn't see the email on the 14th... so it was a nice surprise to get the upgrade info.
I trust the cost of the subscription will not be increased either!!!!!!
yea its going to increase because its a suite
I called my reseller and I believe that I was told that the Building Design Suite Standard subscription price was actually less than Autocad MEP's was. I think they're really trying to push the suites, which is fine for me. We're actually spending the money and upgrading to the Building Design Suite Premium.
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In addition to filing annual income and capital tax returns (due six months1 following each taxation year end), Canadian corporations may be required to meet several other Canadian annual filing and remittance deadlines. Some of the more common compliance requirements to be considered at this time of year are outlined below. Other filing requirements (e.g., T4A information return to report certain benefits to shareholders) also may apply.
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Aditya Birla Minacs Worldwide offers BPO to big businesses. A provider of business process outsourcing (BPO) services, the company specializes in accounting and finance, customer care, knowledge and process, IT, and marketing. Services include managing customer relations through contact centers, managing application development and IT infrastructure – more... support, and designing creative and Web marketing campaigns. Clients come from the entertainment, financial services, manufacturing, and telecommunications industries. Aditya Birla Minacs has about 35 offices spanning Asia, Europe, and North America and provides services in more than 40 languages. It is a subsidiary of India-based Aditya Birla Nuvo.
The company opened an office in New Brunswick, Canada in 2011 to better serve its North American clients. It also moved its Canadian headquarters from Toronto to suburban Oshawa in late 2011.
Back in early 2010, Aditya Birla Minacs acquired Compass BPO Ltd, a firm with finance and accounting business process outsourcing expertise. The deal extended Aditya Birla Minacs's toehold across many global regions as Compass has operations in the UK, US, Middle East, and in India. A few months later, Aditya Birla Minacs bought the Bureau of Collections Recovery, an outsourced accounts receivables firm based in Minnesota. The purchase enhanced Aditya Birla Minacs's already strong debt collection capabilities in the US.
Aditya Birla Minacs was formed in 2007 when Minacs Worldwide merged with TransWorks Information Services. PSI Data Systems was renamed Aditya Birla Minacs IT Services (or Minacs IT) in 2009 and is the company's arm for providing outsourced IT services in the areas of application development, enterprise resource planning support, IT infrastructure management, migration, and product engineering.
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This article contains a handful of significant addition in Brood War including the planets, modules, the defend order, and a sneak peak at scenarios.
At the start of designing this expansion, we knew that we wanted to include 6 new planets. Not only would this add more variety, but it would allow us to include some interesting locations such as space stations and mining platforms. Lastly, this addition allowed us to introduce new area types, unit restrictions, and rules for larger galaxies.
Specific Unit Limits
In order to make the new air-to-air units more viable, we decided to create a new type of area. These areas have special unit limit icons displaying either the "ground" or "flying" texture. Such areas may only be entered by units of the specified type.
From a thematic standpoint, these areas represent deep space, water, or enclosed locations that certain units cannot enter. From a design standpoint, this allowed us to make specialized units like Firebats and Valkyries more viable.
Strategic Areas
The other new planet feature is the Strategic Area icon (gold hex). A player that controls a Strategic Area may treat all of his orders on the same planet as if they were special (gold) orders. In addition, his special orders on the planet are do not require the associated module.
Not only did this allow us to make areas of military importance, but it opens up new strategies for players. Should you take the Strategic Area first, or go straight for the enemy base?
Brood War provides three new modules with varying abilities. Although each faction receives all 3, the cost for them varies from faction to faction. Not only do these modules provide useful abilities, they also give players something to spend Gas on early in the game.
Support Module
Cost (in gas) - Zerg:2, Terran:1, Protoss:2
This module is for players who wish to focus on assist units, but not at the cost of military strength. It simply allows the player's first assist unit in each area to not count towards the area's unit limit. Not only does make his assist units more versatile, but it makes areas easier to defend with more military units.
Defense Module
Cost (in gas) - Zerg:2, Terran:2, Protoss:1
This module is for players who wish to equalize the attacker's inherent advantage. It allows him to switch two of his unit's skirmishes when he is defending. This allows him to keep his heroes out of dangerous skirmishes, or place his heavily armored units into the line of fire.
Offensive Module
Cost (in gas) - Zerg:1, Terran:2, Protoss:2
This module is for players who wish to attack his enemies at any cost. It allows him to sacrifice his own transports in order to ignore his opponent's Air Support modules. Not only does this let him directly attack opponent's bases, it also makes his opponents think twice about buying the Air Support module.
Defend Order
This new order type provides two benefits for defensively minded players. It is also unique as it is never placed in the order stack, and is instead immediately resolve during the planning phase.
The first benefit this order provides, is it allows a player to reinforce an area that he controls. Quite simply, it allows him to move units into a friendly area before his opponent can attack.
Second, it allows him to place a guard token in the area. He may later discard this token at the start of a battle to give his units +2 health in each skirmish. Although this is a one time benefit and cannot be added to other health bonuses, it can save a player's units during a crucial battle.
Scenario Play
Scenario play was one of the most requested features for Brood War. Each of the included scenarios is designed for a particular number (or range) of players, and follows a particular story line from the StarCraft universe.
Each scenario lists the setup of the Galaxy, starting units, and victory conditions. They are each unique, flavorful, and a new challenge for veterans of StarCraft: The Board Game.
For example, the below scenario is designed for two teams of two. The victory depends on if one team can retrieve two important artifacts from deep within enemy territory.
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Thank you for tuning into our preview articles for Brood War. While these articles have detailed the highlights of this expansion, they really only scratch the surface. These previews have detailed some of the new options provided for players, without even mentioning the specifics of 165 new cards and countless other components. I guess you'll just have to pick up Brood War and see the magic for yourselves!
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African Rue Control: Ground Applications
Kirk McDaniel, Extension
Brush and Weed Control Specialist
Keith Duncan, Extension Brush and Weed Control Specialist
College of Agriculture, Consumer and Environmental Sciences
New Mexico State University
African rue (Peganum harmala) is native to North Africa and to the Mediterranean region. It was introduced into the U.S. around the 1920s and was first noticed in the Deming area but is now common near Carlsbad and throughout southern New Mexico. The plant favors disturbed and barren areas such as oil pads, roadsides, parking lots, corrals, stockyards and abandoned crop fields. African rue is expanding into rangeland and can dominate pastures as it is very drought tolerant. The plants deep and robust perennial root system is a major obstacle to plant control.
African rue is a small bright green succulent perennial herb with a bushy growth habit that reaches about one foot in height at maturity. The plant dies back to its roots in winter and initiates new growth in late March in southern New Mexico. After spring growth the plant often becomes senescent as soils dry in early summer, but then will undergo a second growth phase later in the season as rains are received. Leaves are alternate, smooth, and divided deeply into narrow lobes. Single flowers are borne along the stem and in the leaf forks. Flowers have five white petals and produce a cylindrical 2-4 celled fruit with many seeds.
African rue is known to contain four poisonous alkaloids and is toxic to cattle, sheep and horses. The effects on livestock include loss of appetite, trembling and loss of coordination. Severe poisoning can result in hemorrhaging in the heart and liver. Because of its bad taste and smell the plant is usually avoided by livestock, unless other forages are unavailable. The seeds are the most toxic part of the plant, with leaves somewhat less toxic.
Why Herbicide Application
Because of African rue's elaborate root system, efforts to eliminate the plant by means other than herbicidal control are very difficult. The plant quickly grows back after mowing or burning, and deep cultivation only divides and spreads the roots. Numerous herbicides have been investigated for African rue control in field tests conducted by New Mexico State University, but only chemicals that are moved deep into the plant's root system have shown to be effective. Foliar active herbicides must be applied when the plant is actively growing to maximize chemical uptake and movement (translocation) through all portions of the plant.
Soil active herbicides are applied to the surface and must move with the wetting front after rain events, which are often minimal and infrequent in southern New Mexico. Herbicide control by either foliar or soil active methods is usually slow, requiring a year or more to kill a plant that is individually or broadcast sprayed.
General Considerations
Weather conditions at the time of spraying are extremely important to successful herbicide activity. Coverage is best with low wind speeds and cool temperatures. High air temperatures increase the spray solution volatility and thus, reduce herbicide available to be absorbed by the plant. Optimum wind velocity is 3 to 8 mph and air temperature should be above 50° F but not exceed 85° F. Do not spray a foliar active herbicide if a rain storm is expected within six hours of application.
The plant condition and growth stage at the time of application are critical for control success. Spraying African rue in the early vegetative and bloom stage in spring (April) is optimal. Do not spray African rue that has been stressed from drought, disease, insects or other causes that might have resulted in plant damage.
Herbicides recommended for African rue control often damage other plants as well, in particular grasses. Thus spraying should not be conducted in areas where grass preservation is desired. Individual plant spraying will minimize grass damage relative to broadcast spraying but still expect some damage.
Specific Guidelines
Broadcast Foliar Spray Treatment
The proper time to foliar spray African rue varies from year to year because of specific weather conditions. Expect average to above average winter moisture to produce a prolific burst of vegetative growth on African rue in spring, which is desirable before spraying. In droughty years African rue will have poor vegetative and flower growth, and spraying is not recommended. At the time of spraying the soil temperature at a 6 inch depth should be between 70° F and 50° F. In most years, the application season and this soil temperature range occurs roughly from April 1 to May 15, plus or minus 15 days.
Mixes with imazapyr alone or in combination with other herbicides have consistently provided the best African rue control in New Mexico. Imazapyr is very active on the root system and is the most common product used for commercial African rue control. Imazapyr is usually applied at a 0.75 lb a.i. per acre rate, which is equivalent to 3 pints of product per acre. A surfactant should be added to the herbicide mixture at rates specified on the herbicide label. Imazapyr is a nonselective herbicide so, anticipate damage to associated plants.
Table: Recommended spray mixtures for broadcast application on African rue
Trade name | Herbicide/chemical name | Rate/acre product | Rate/acre Active ingredient (a.i.) |
Arsenal ™ | |||
Habitat ™ | Imazapyr | 3 pint | 0.75 |
Escort ™, Ally ™ | Metsulfuron | 3.2 to 6.4 oz | 2 to 4 oz |
Spike 20p™ * | Tebuthiuron | 10 to 15 lb of pellets | 2 to 3 |
Row 1 and 2 provides best control under most New Mexico conditions. * Apply only on sandy soils. |
Table: Recommended spray mixtures for individual plant application on African rue
Trade name | Herbicide/chemical name | Rate/acre product | Rate/acre Active ingredient (a.i.) |
Velpar ™ | Hexazinone | 4 ml squirted on the soil surface next to each treated plant |
Mix 50:50 with water in a back pack sprayer |
Arsenal ™ | 3 pint | 0.75 | |
Habitat ™ | Imazapyr | 1 to 3% mixed in water | Spray foliage to wet |
Row 1 provides best control under most New Mexico conditions. |
Metsulfuron is another herbicide that provides fair to good African rue control when applied at a rate of 2.0 oz a.i. per acre or higher. Metsulfuron is formulated as a 60 percent active dry flowable material that when mixed in water is sprayed as a liquid. Metsulfuron is very active on broadleaved weeds but typically results in less harm to grasses than areas sprayed with imazapyr.
Broadcast Soil Spray Treatment
African rue growing on rangeland with sandy soils and mixed brush may be controlled with tebuthiuron. Unlike the liquid foliar active herbicides, tebuthiuron is a dry pellet formulation that dissolves and moves into the soil with rainfall and is absorbed by the roots. Tebuthiuron provides fair to good African rue control. However, a relatively high rate of application is required and the herbicide will likely damage associated vegetation. This herbicide can be applied at any time of the year but prior to anticipated rainfall is optimal. The principal use of this herbicide when applied at lower rates is for control of woody shrubs, such as creosotebush, oaks and sagebrush.
Individual Plant Treatment (IPT)
For practical reasons IPT is used in areas where African rue is growing sparsely and is easy to treat. IPT is an effective way to control the plant but the method is time consuming and costly if the African rue population is dense. Adding a blue dye to the spray mixture helps to identify treated plants.
Hexazinone is a liquid that is applied to the soil surface next to individually treated plants. Hexazinone moves into the soil profile with rain and is taken up by roots. Thus application prior to anticipated rainfall is preferred, but the product usually works at any time of year. For IPT, Hexazinone should be diluted as a 50:50 mix with water in a backpack sprayer. A quick squirt of the handle with the nozzle turned to a straight stream generally administers about 4 ml of solution, which is the desired rate of application. Check the handle pressure and practice with water in the sprayer to calibrate this delivery rate.
Imazapyr diluted as a 3 percent mixture with water is another effective IPT. A backpack sprayer with its nozzle adjusted to wet the foliage provides satisfactory control.
The information given herein is supplied with the understanding that no discrimination is intended and no endorsement is implied by NMSU's Cooperative Extension Service.
To find more resources for your business, home, or family, visit the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences on the World Wide Web at aces.nmsu.edu.
For more information on controlling African rue and other brush and weed species, contact your county Extension agent.
Contents of publications may be freely reproduced for educational purposes. All other rights reserved. For permission to use publications for other purposes, contact firstname.lastname@example.com or the authors listed on the publication.
New Mexico State University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and educator. NMSU and the U.S. Department of Agriculture cooperating.
Printed and electronically distributed June 2006, Las Cruces, NM.


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Do Not Look Elsewhere Until You Read These Great Tips About Cats by Lani H. Marmas
From MN150
May 21, 2012 - Humans and cats have lived as companions for centuries. Cats have been the focus or muse for poetry, music and even cinema. Thus, it isn't hard to understand why they appear to feel superior. The below article can help you take control over your cat's care.
If you have drape cords in your house, keep them away from your cats. Whenever cats jump on these cords, they may get tangled up in them. This could kill them. Therefore, ensure that drape cords are pinned away from your cat's reach.
Put bitter apple on all electrical cords. Most office stores sell a tube that you can stick all of your wires and cords through if the spray fails. An inexpensive method to hide electrical cords would be to thread them through used paper towel rolls. Any electrical cords that are really thin (and incredibly tempting) should certainly be hidden whenever you can.
Decrease the chances of your cat becoming harmed or killed by spraying all electric cords with something to keep them from chewing it. Bitter apple is a great choice and can be found at most pet stores. In the event that doesn't work, cover those cords up however you can. Apply certain paper towel rolls to tuck loose cords. The cords on electronics ought to be hidden too.
Cats might have nocturnal tendencies. What this means is their behavior is quite active during the night. If you find that your nocturnal kitties are waking you up in the middle of the night time, the solution might be as simple as closing the doorway or cat outfits to your bedroom. They should stay away from you at night and then they won't be able to jump on your feet.
In case your cat is outdoors, it must have a tagged collar. Cats enjoy traveling a long way away, so a tag might help your cat return home when lost. Make sure at a minimum to put your pets name and your phone number on the tag.
Some cats like to scratch up floors and furniture. If you're having problems with your cat clawing up furniture, then purchase a scratching post or kitty tower. Put cat nip onto it to attract them to it. Even though this may take time, your cat should eventually claw the device rather than your furniture.
Are you the owner of both your dog and cat? Most dogs won't hesitate before munching on your cat's food. For this reason, you need to place your cat's bowl in an area that's to high for any dog to achieve. This is a good way to keep your pets from fighting over water and food.
When your cat accompanies you on a trip, remember to consider the health of the ears. When you may like some good tunes, your cat will appreciate other things. To keep your cat calm and collected over the course of your vacation, keep the stereo low - or perhaps off entirely.
A battered appearance isn't a good reason to discard a beloved cat condo or scratching post. Your cat will love the post most when it has been well used. Should you throw it away too soon, that cat may look to your furniture for some clawing although it slowly breaks inside a new scratching post.
If a cat urinates often or perhaps in odd places, it should probably visit the vet. Many cats develop these behaviors in response to a health problem, such as urinary tract infections. Some inexpensive antibiotics can clear up a very damaging illness.
If you are considering a long-haired cat breed then you should also think about the extra maintenance required. Long-haired cats shed constantly, and the fur winds up on your clothing, floors, and anything else in your home. Only select a cat with long hair if you can clean up after it consistently. Additionally, take into account that longer-haired cats may have difficulties with hairballs.
Chemicals that have phenol in the shouldn't be used around a cat. This is a chemical that is normally found in Lysol, Pine-Sol along with other household cleaners. The smell offends them and being exposed to it for several hours can cause liver problems.
You will find things you can eat that your cat cannot. These food types include grapes, onions green tomatoes and garlic. In case your cat eats these food types, he may become sick or even die. Even though everyone knows that cats love milk, this can actually cause a cat to have an upset stomach.
If possible, have your cat eat dry food. Kittens have small teeth so they need soft food. After they grow up though, dry, harder food will strengthen their teeth and keep them clean. Your cat might enjoy consuming more if you mix dry and wet food.
Like the majority of cats, your cat probably believes the universe revolves around it. Bu, if you make the most of those tips, you ought to be able to get your cat to know who really owns the house. Cats are wonderful pets and can bring joy to your life if you follow these tips.


text: The Big Read : Modibo Keïta: A devoted pan-africanistFriday, September 05, 2008 Modibo Keita (or Kéïta); (4 June 1915 - 16 May 1977) was the first President of Mali (1960 - 1968) and the Prime Minister of the Mali Federation. He espoused a form of African socialism. He was born in Bamako-Coura, a neighborhood of Bamako, which was at the time the capital of French Sudan. His family were Malian and practising Muslims. He was educated in Bamako and at the École normale supérieure William Ponty in Dakar, where he was top of his class. Beginning in 1936, he worked as a teacher in Bamako, Sikasso and Tombouctou. Modibo Keïta was involved in various associations. In 1937, he was the coordinator of the art and theater group. Along with Ouezzin Coulibaly, he helped found the Union of French West African Teachers. Keïta joined the Communist Study Groups (GEC) cell in Bamako. In 1943, he founded the L'oeil de Kénédougou, a magazine critical of colonial rule. This led to his imprisonment for three weeks in 1946 at the Prison de la Santé in Paris. In 1945 Keïta was a candidate for the Constituent Assembly of the Fourth Republic, supported by GEC and the Sudanese Democratic Party. Later the same year, he and Mamadou Konaté founded the Bloc soudanais, which developed into the Sudanese Union. Political life In October 1946, the African Democratic Rally (RDA) was created in Bamako, which was led by Félix Houphouët-Boigny. Keïta assumed the post of RDA Secretary-General in French Sudan. In 1948, he was elected general councilor of French Sudan. In 1956, he was elected mayor of Bamako and became a member of the National Assembly of France. He twice served as secretary of state in the governments of Maurice Bourgès-Maunoury and Félix Gaillard. Modibo Keïta was elected constituent assembly president of the Mali Federation on July 20, 1960, which consisted of French Sudan, and Senegal. Senegal would later leave the federation. President of Mali After the collapse of the federation, the US-RDA proclaimed the Soudanese Republic's complete independence as the Republic of Mali. Keita became its first president. As a socialist, he led his country towards the progressive socialization of the economy; at first starting with agriculture and trade, then on October 1960 creating the SOMIEX (Malian Import and Export Company), which had a monopoly over the exports of the products of Mali, as well as manufactured and food imports (e.g. sugar, tea, powdered milk) and their distribution inside the country. The establishment of the Malian franc in 1962, and the difficulties of provisioning, resulted in a severe inflation and dissatisfaction of the population, particularly the peasants and the businessmen. Although Keita was initially viewed by the United States as a socialist, he made it clear that he sought good relations with Washington. In September 1961, he travelled to America in the company of Sukarno and met with President John F. Kennedy. Keita, afterward, felt that he had a friend in Kennedy. On the political level, Modibo Keïta quickly imprisoned opponents like Fily Dabo Sissoko. From 1967, he started the "revolution active" and suspended the constitution by creating the National Committee for the Defense of the Revolution (CNDR). The exactions of the "milice populaire" (the US-RDA militia) and the devaluation of the Malian franc in 1967 brought a general unrest. On November 19, 1968, the General Moussa Traoré organized a coup d'etat against Modibo Keïta, and sent him to prison in the northern Malian town of Kidal. Modibo Keïta died in prison on May 16, 1977. His reputation was rehabilitated in 1992 following the overthrow of Moussa Traoré and subsequent elections of president Alpha Oumar Konaré. A monument for Modibo Keita, was dedicated in Bamako on June 6, 1999. As a Panafricanist Modibo Keïta devoted his entire life to African unity. He first played a part in the creation of the Federation of Mali with Léopold Sédar Senghor. After its collapse, he moved away from Léopold Sédar Senghor, but with Sékou Touré, the president of Guinea, and Kwame Nkrumah, the President of Ghana, he formed the Union of the States of Western Africa. In 1963, he played an important role in drafting the charter of the Organization of African Unity (OAU). In 1963, he invited the king of Morocco and the president of Algeria to Bamako, in the hope of ending the Sand War, a frontier conflict between the two nations. Along with Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia, Keita was successful in negotiating the Bamako Accords, which brought an end to the conflict. From 1963 to 1966, he normalized relations with the countries of Senegal, Upper Volta and Côte d'Ivoire. An advocate of the Non-Aligned Movement, Modibo defended the nationalist movements like the Algerian National Liberation Front (FLN). Timeline of events in Independent Mali Pre-independence influences on Mali Sense of history: The name of the country was taken from the greatest period in the region's history. Thus, 80 years of the French civilizing mission was unable to completely obliterate precolonial history. Economic ties: Despite the construction of the Dakar- Niger Railway, and statistics that show the majority of the Niger Valley's external trade passed through Dakar, precolonial trade survived. Salt traders still brought Saharan salt to Timbuktu and Gao, while other desert traders still journeyed through the Sahara to Algeria and Morocco. Still other traders traveled from the Middle Niger Valley south towards Ghana/Ivory Coast, and east to Mossi country in Burkina Faso, and further east to Hausa country in Niger and Nigeria. Religious ties: Malian Muslims regularly made the hadj to Mecca or to other shrines like Touba (Senegal). Conflicting consequences of French colonial rule: centralized, bureaucratic government; belief in economic progress; politics dominated by charismatic individual leaders and mass parties, the desire for equality as French citizens or independent Africans. Conditions in Mali at independence The population was overwhelmingly rural. It was also overwhelmingly Muslim. According to a 1993 publication on Africa, Mali was 90% Muslim, 9% traditional and 1% Christian. The economy was overwhelmingly agricultural. According to a 1956 study by the Bureau International du Travail, the French Soudan had only 3% wage-earners, compared to 93% in Great Britain, 65-70% in France, 40% in Japan and 5% in Africa as a whole. [Source: Le Syndicalist Libre, nø3, (22 September 1956).] As of 20 Juin 1960, the date that Mali became independent, 95% of the population was involved in agriculture. [Source: Alain Maharaux, L'Industrie au Mali, (Paris: L'Harmattan et CNRS, 1986), 13-14.] There were only 36 industrial units in 34 locations in Mali. This was a legacy of French policy that treated the Soudan as a supplier of raw materials and a market for French industrial output. There were 9 rice processing plants, 7 electrical generating stations, 6 bottling companies (4 in Bamako), four bakeries (all in Bamako), 2 vegetable-oil processing plant, 1 cotton processing plant, only 3 metal fabricating sites, 1 ship construction, 1 brick manufacturing, 1 candy factory, 1 consumer chemical plant (soap and perfumes). The Soudan depended on financial subsidies from France and the rail connection to Dakar. The Soudan possessed only extractive and light consumer industries. Imports provided all heavy construction material, automobiles, and fuel oil. All financing for major development projects came from France (like the Niger River bridge at Bamako, under construction since 1947 and finished in 1961. The end of the Mali Federation During July 1-3, 1959, the PFA held its first congress to organize the government of the Mali Federation. Modibo Keita represented the Soudan while Mahmadu Dia and Leopold Senghor represented Senegal. . Modibo Keita: A school teacher who began his political activity as a member of a Groupe des Études Communistes in Bamako during WWII, along with his brother Kassé Keita. He founded the Bloc Soudanis as the first political party in the Soudan in early 1946 (forerunner of the Union Soudanis and US-RDA). On November 26, 1956, he was elected mayor of Bamako . Léopold Senghor: A Catholic Senegalese veteran of WWII who was not connected to the Wolof (dominant ethnic group in coastal Senegal, which included Dakar and Saint Louis). He began his political career as an "apprentice" to Socialist mayor of Dakar, Lamine Guèye, but rebelled in 1947, after his successful campaign of 1946. On February 11, 1948, Senghor began to publish his own newspaper, Condition Humaine in Dakar, and established his own party, the Bloc Démocratique Sénégalais. He was the first African member of the French government to support the Fifth Republic in 1958. . Mahmadou Dia: Mahmadou Dia was the low-caste son of a Tukolor WWI veteran. He was educated in a Mouride (Muslim) school. He was also fluent in Wolof and the first African sujet to obtain a prewar baccalauréat degree. Questions on the form of independence: The Soudanese and the Senegalese differed on the form of government: the Soudanese wanted immediate and complete indpendence from France, while Senegal wanted a more moderate relationship in a confederation of the French community. The Senegalese view prevailed on September 23-24, 1959 with the agreement on independence for the Mali Federation. On September 28, the leaders notified De Gaulle that the Mali Federation would seek independence within the French Community, and on November 26, notified the French government of the precise terms of the constitutional change needed. On December 14, 1959, De Gaulle voiced the approval of the French government for Malian independence. Official forms of independence: On June 8 and 10, 1960, respectively, the legislative assemblies of Soudan and Senegal adopted the constitution of the Mali Federation, paving the way for the declaration of independence. Modibo Keita was the president of the Mali federal government, and Mahmadou Dia was vice-president. Independence began on a good note, at midnight on June 20. On July 28, Mali was admitted to the United Nations by a unanimous vote of the Secuirty Council. Within a few months after the independence of the Mali Federation, all of the other states in AOF became independent. External efforts to undermine the federation: The French sided with the autonomists, under the assumption that any attempt to group Africans was a prelude to political succession. Félix Houphouet-Boigny offered support to autonomist forces in the Soudan, while Guinea's Sékou Touré assisted rebels in the Casamance. Most vexing was the question of relations with France, which were made even more sensitive by the resumption of violence in Algeria. Senghor supported France while Keita was opposed, and in the end, Dia sided with Senghor. In addition, the Sengalese and Soudanese disagreed on how to distribute revenues in the Mali Federation. The Soudanese, who were less numerous, represented a disproportionate part of the civil service from the days of the GGAOF. The Senegalese saw this as a transfer of taxes from the productive coastal region to the poorer and less populated interior. On the other hand, the Soudanese condemned the Senegalese for corruption and lethargy with respect to the struggle for independence. In the end, the different priorities of interior and coastal states doomed the Mali Federation. On September 20, 1960, the Senegalese expelled the Soudanese leaders and workers, including more than a thousand railway workers and their families, when the Soudanese refused to accept Senghor as president of the Federation of Mali. Modibo Keita served as the president of Mali until he was overthrown on November 11, 1968. In that period, he established a one-party state and converted the party organization into the state. All decisions were made at national party congresses attended by representatives of local party organizations. In 1962, Modibo Keita's RDA attempted to reduce the country's dependence on France by establishing its own currency, the Malian Franc. Businessmen protested, since this made it harder for them to trade with the exterior, and the government clamped down with hundreds of arrest. Two people died and ten were injured in riots. Two of Keita's main political opponents (plus a leading merchant) were executed, while 75 received sentences ranging from one year to life in prison. In 1968, a group of relatively unknown junior army officers (captains and lieutenants) overthrew Keita's government. Lt. Moussa Traore agreed to speak for the group after they seized the national radio station, and as a result, became the leader of the new government when the revolution succeeded. Mali under Moussa Traore Traoré's rule was marked by closer relations with France and some relaxation of the policy of African socialism, but during the 1970s oil crisis, he and his family amassed huge profits through their control of import/export trade. Protests by students began in the late 1970s, and a confrontation between government troops and a crowd of citizens in Bamako in March 1991 led to another military coup. In 1991, Mouusa Traoré was overthrown by forces loyal to General Ahmadou T. Traoré (known as "ATT"). ATT held elections for a civilian government as promised, and in 1992, Ahmadou Alpha Konaré was elected president of Mali. Created by a decree of the 16th of June 1895, one year after the establishment of the Ministry for the Colonies, French West Africa (AOF), a federation of colonies, is an entity for coordinating French presence in West Africa. At its inauguration, it consists of four colonies: Senegal, Sudan, Guinea and the Ivory Coast. It is placed under the authority of a Governor General resident in Saint-Louis in Senegal, then in Dakar, with subordinate Lieutenant Governors. These titles will change, the Governor General becoming the High Commissioner and the Lieutenant Governors becoming Governors. The frontiers of each of these colonies are negotiated with colonial powers in the neighbourhood through conventions or defined by administrative decisions in the cases of French colonies adjacent to one another. As French colonization progresses, administrative units are established, large territories and subdivisions within them. Dahomey, Niger and Mauritania are successively incorporated into the AOF. In 1921, a part of Sudan becomes Upper Volta, which will be dissolved in 1932 and reconstituted in 1947. In 1946, the French Union passes an electoral law permitting African populations to appoint members of parliament and senators to the French parliament. In 1951, territorial assemblies elected through universal suffrage are organized on the basis of a double electorate. A regional council of 40 members, 5 from each territory, assist the High Commissioner. The blueprint law of 1956 endows each territory with a governing council presided over by the Governor of the colony whose ministers are appointed by the territorial assembly elected through universal suffrage by a single electorate. In 1958, adhesion to the French community is approved by all the territories except Guinea. In the two years that follow, all the territories are granted independence and are admitted to the United Nations Organization. The offices of High Commissioners and Governors are closed. Author: DO | Related Topics |


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Do you feel that? A lessening in the strength of the evil being the surrounds us all and plagues this website with unfortunate regularity? That's because, and this is basically just a formality at this point, hedge fund manager (and self-described) guru Tim Sykes has officially shuttered his day trading operation, Cilantro Fund Partners, LP, the one-man act he started in a Tulane dorm room in March 2003.
Many of you will likely feel conflicted about this news. On the one hand, you might say it is Sykes's way of finally acknowledging the fact that he is a failure. That he has no place in the trading world. That his Bloomberg account finally expired, etc. On the other hand, it means that he will now be able to devote his entire existence to full-on media whoredom, without little things like the executing of trades getting in his way. Regardless, tears, whether or joy or sadness, will be shed. For those of you wondering if Tim will be changing his screen name, currently CilantroFP, to something more appropriate, given his new employment status, the answer is that he has not yet decided, but would like DealBreaker readers to offer any suggestions they might have.
Full "press-release," in which Sykes fails to give us an update on where things lie with his invitation to next year's Trader Monthly "30 Under 30" party, after the jump.
Cilantro Fund Closing, Read All About It In New Book
Today, it is both with great sadness and joy that I am announcing the closing of my hedge fund, Cilantro Fund Partners, LP and the official release of my debut book An American Hedge Fund. Thanks to the success of my TV show, 'Wall Street Warriors', I've been inundated with questions from people wanting to know more about stock trading and hedge funds. I am sick and tired of how little the general public knows about these subjects. Some of you might not think this is relevant to you, but you're wrong. Whether you're in finance or not, this is about protecting our right to freedom of speech.
SEC regulations prohibit hedge funds from advertising, talking to the press and detailing our businesses to anybody worth less than $1 million. This has created an environment ripe with manipulation and ignorance, causing trillions of dollars in unnecessary losses. I, along with the rest of the hedge fund industry, have been prohibited from discussing our profession because it is not fit for public consumption. This is absurd. We represent the very definition of American Entrepreneurship and yet we have been forced into silence. Hedge funds have $2 trillion invested, are responsible for nearly 40% of all market activity and yet nobody has any idea as to the inner-workings of this colossal industry. Great sums of money are made and lost every day and yet our inability to pass on our experiences to others prohibits us from learning–this is extremely dangerous.
Wealthy and non-wealthy investors alike should be free to learn about hedge funds and the speculative strategies they employ in order to practice safer and more profitable investing.
No longer will I play by these misguided rules. I should be free to discuss my business, for I am an American entrepreneur. I call this freedom of finance. Freedom of finance is the concept of a hedge fund manager's right to discuss business freely without fear of penalty or censorship. I practice what I preach; An American Hedge Fund is my story.
Perhaps more importantly, my book also aims to get people excited about finance. It's incredibly important to start learning about business and finance at a young age, but due to the boring subject matter, young people instead turn to 'American Idol' and 'America's Next Top Model'. I can definitely relate–all but a few finance books have bored me to tears. So I made sure to not make that mistake and based on over 150 pre-release testimonials, it looks like I've succeeded. Here's a passage from my latest review from Spencer Jakab of the Dow Jones Newswire:
"The tale is "like a Catcher in the Rye for traders" in the words of Aaron C. Brown, an executive at giant hedge fund company AQR Capital Management and an author in his own right of the acclaimed book "The Poker Face of Wall Street." There's certainly a dash of Holden Caulfield to Sykes, but there's at least an equal part Larry Livingston, the trader in Edwin LeFevre's classic "Reminiscences of a Stock Operator." Though nominally fictional and written in the first person, Livingston's story is a thinly-veiled biography of Jesse Livermore, the "boy plunger" who captivated Wall Street in the early 20th century with his bold, instinctive trading. To round out the package, there's a good bit of James Cramer in Sykes too."
So please check out An American Hedge Fund and let me know what you think. This is just the first of many products my new publishing company, BullShip Press, will be launching over the coming months and years. Yes, that's seriously the name of my new company, it's inspired by what I think most people on Wall Street are full of and what I'm determined to cut through. So get ready to be educated and entertained.
Tim Sykes's Official Website [Timothy Sykes]
Comments (31)
What's the severance package at Cilantro?
How abt a new id – TOAST!
Haha Bess you are such an instigator. I'm sure Timmay really wants to hear MORE about what DB readers think about him.
He should change his screen name to DBagBarMitzfahBoy
Wow. Is his dumb book as poorly written as his missive about the closing of his fund?
damn, I was just about to wire him $10 M….too bad the fund is closed…
Does he realize that in" The Catcher in the Rye" Holden has a nervous breakdown??
Or is that his point? -
I love the drudge'esque flashing light.
Where can i buy puts on BullShip press?
Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!! Where will I reinvest the $4.60 left over from my initial $10.00 investment in Cilantro? Where will I ever find such an elite fund again?
"I am sick and tired of how little the general public knows about these subjects."
Some would argue that Mr. Sykes has no knowledge of these matters either. -
This guy is such a tool, I cant put it into words. I hope I meet this j/o out somewhere so I can mock him pubicly
LOL, this chutzpah blows away Goldman's 26 Sigma Event letter by a mile.
"Guys, I regret to announce… the belated closing of my fund, CilanHEY DOODZ CHECK OUT MY NEW BOOK ITS TOTALLY AWESOME CUZ IM EDUCATING THE AMERICAN CONSUMER ABOUT FUCKING UP AS GOOD AS I DID,,GO CAPITALISM WOOHOOooo"
Sykes: the AQR guy insulted you. Cramer made his fortune feeding misinformation to credulous reporters. You are not even as good as Cramer is. -
Well, he's got that ping-pong table in the background, maybe if the whole writer thing doesn't work out he can take up professional ping-pong.
I'm sure there's a huge demand for pro ping-pong/publishers in New York. He's got the leg up. -
I guarantee you, I've been shedding more tears for the New York Mets today than I'll ever shed for Mr. Sykes.
There is some odd parallelism there, though. -
Sykes said: "..It'll be a lot easier for me to teach 1,000 people to make $10,000 …"
Uh oh….Here is a warning about Sykes/BullShit Express:
1) He closes the failed Cilantro Fund because it had an audited track record which documented his failures, then
2) Now, with the Fund closed he can BullShit his "trades" to newbies and suckers.
For example, Sykes will name a bunch of possible trades and then take credit for anything that works.
3) Sykes will not have any audited track record; so all aboard the BullShit Sykes express! -
Your "story book" is terrible. There have been so many other blowouts, and unlike yours many are actually interesting like Hunt brothers, LTCM, Livermore etc.
What's so special about your BLOWOUT? NOTHING!! Have you not read FOOLED BY RANDOMNESS, or do you not know what BLACK SWAN Means..
Vic's implosion, LTCM implosion were a treat to watch. You are just a kid nobody cares about. Even Jesse Livermore Lost it all 3 times or maybe more..
Tim, can you tell me again..What's so special about your failure?? Frankly 2mil isn't much..so you never made it..So how can you lose it all.
Moreover your's is not a story of someone WHO LOST IT ALL and had GUTS TO carry on and make it all back again.
ONCE YOU lost your money, you just changed your profession.haha…
What a FIGHTER..haha
Book is not worth $20 -
Wow, Keith is now out of a job! He just started with Cilantro last week!
Their's not to reason why,
Their's but to do and die.
Into the valley of Death
Rode the Cilantro.
But seriously, what's he gonna do post CNBC? Fame is fickle, and he doesn't have a second story of the American dream to write right now.
Think any brokerage would hire him, or will he be cold calling? -
Tim is a marketing genius, remember this post 2 years from now
Next, he will be selling cheesy DVD's on trading penny stocks on infomercials….
Big fall for Sykes: a failed american hedge fund manager.. -
Daytrader Daytrader
Clearly he doesnt know what his doing– his down 33% YTD– IDIOT
It's beyond sad that he doesn't realize what a laughingstock he has become in the trading world. The guy is getting ripped to shreads everywhere. His book isnt selling that well…..the only thing he grabs onto is a few reviews by bloggers that comapre his book…to…..hold on….LOL…Livermore's book.
Now he is falling even farther by selling a DVD on trading penny stocks……yeah…that will be a huge seller. The guy is toast. -
I read most of your book on here…rather boring…yes you are very honest….but that doesnt make it good/interesting. It's like a baseball player who bats .150 writing a book on why he can't hit…..who wants to read that?
Who are you trying to pedal your DVD to? Surely not the inexperienced people you say that are your target audience for the book. That would be leading them off of a cliff.
You might be laughing at the end…but that will be as you are bouncing around in a padded cell in some mental hospital. Give it up man…you are burying yourself. Close your fund….take whatever capital you have left and trade these "great ideas" for yourself. Your "media" career is already in shambles. You are walking around with a bullseye on your forehead. -
We like Tim Sykes OK, however…
..problem is NOBODY trusts him to manage money anymore because he is a "fuck-up"! And he does not trust himself to manage a hedge fund….
…even his family will not let him manage their money, so why should he be SPAMMING us with his shitty book/dvd……
Next, he will be selling cheesy dvd's on trading penny stocks on infomercials….
Big fall for Sykes: from a failed american hedge fund manager..to snake oil salesman….. -
Timmay if you had any real belief in your trading strategies then:
A) Your hedge fund would still be open
B) You would be trading your strategies
C) In the case where you honestly did not trust your own discipline, you would hire a REAL trader to properly execute the strategies.
It's simple, put your money where your mouth is. -
Sykes book is NOT a classic, but rather a way for Sykes to make excuses and money from his failures.
Sykes horrible book is not worth $20. -
I read TIM Sykes mediocre hedge fund book since I knew him at Tulane, and like him as a person. However, the book is an empty and uninspiring story about how Sykes became a self-absorbed irresponsible stock trader. This book is NOT a "classic" and story is NOT "Rocky-like"(as author Sykes claims). This book is basically like a blog of an average person who got lucky trading stocks and then his luck ran out (which it really should be – blog and nothing more).
Beware of all the phony glowing reviews for Sykes Book. Its the good ole boy network in high gear where authors/investment advisers use the buddy system to give fake good reviews to each other.
Sykes put the term "stock operator" in title in order to confuse all future book searches for Jesse Livermore's excellent story (Reminiscences of a Stock Operator, by Edwin Lefèvre (1923)). This cheesy trick might help book sales, but needless to say, Sykes has nothing in common with the great trader Livermore.
Sykes comes across like a hyper/immature/video game player-type Trader, which worked for him for a few years; then the law of averages caught up with him. His "return to the mean" continues during the past two years; and his very poor investment strategies are DOWN -37% since Jan 2006. His continuous bad performance throughout 2007 shows that he does not learn from his mistakes; and readers can only cringe while watching Sykes slow motion demise into a worthless snake oil salesman. -
Re: Sykes hedge fund book:
Is it more sad or amusing when someone's young ego spurs them to write a book when they possess neither literary skill nor talent? Sykes has commented elsewhere that his goal to become "a great teacher, not a great investor" but in this sad excuse for a tutorial he proves to be neither as his amateurish errors practically drive him from the market, credibility (what little he had) completely shredded. Perhaps, however, it's not truly his fault: let's face it, when it comes to imparting wisdom from Wall Street it is simply not possible that a raw twenty-something simply has much to say.
Not that Sykes doesn't try however. In perusing the "comments" portion of these reviews, he's certainly not reluctant to chime in and offer a defense at nearly every turn. Find me ONE other author here at Amazon that feels so compelled to argue his own incompetence. Tim Sykes should end his determined quest to become a media personality as his grating manner and decidedly non-telegenic looks suit him far better to shine shoes.


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I have had many folks call asking why we have not been making consistant apperances at the farmers market. I can't really go in to details but there were several political issues with the market and essentiallty bad management has caused the market take a huge step back. With rising fuel costs, and a slow economy it simply has not been possible to make the 90 mile drive from my home every weekend. I do plan on doing the market when the bees in Taos need tending. Which will be 2nd weekend in August and the first of September. Thanks to all of our customers who by our honey at Cids. We love making it if you love to eat it.


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The Zoning Enforcement Officer is a key staff member to the Planning & Zoning and Inland Wetlands Commissions. This employee's primary responsibility is to ensure that Land Use Regulations are adhered to throughout the Town. Other responsibilities include reviewing all plot plans for new houses; reviewing all plot plans for residential additions, fences, and swimming pools, issuing Certificates of Zoning Compliance for residential, commercial, and industrial properties and, issuing permits for all free standing and wall signs. |


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Dr. Jorge Manrique is the Integrated Development Team Leader in P&T Front End Studies America, currently managing the Unconventional Reservoirs Support Team in Houston. In this role, he provides advice and support for development and optimization of unconventional assets. Prior to that, he was the Integrated Development and Implementation Leader for EOR and CO2 Capture and Sequestration Team.
Prior to joining Shell in 2007, he was a Senior Production Advisor with OXY, working close to executives, chief engineers and assets, providing technical support, setting corporate standards and best practices for production operations and performance optimization worldwide. Past roles include time as an independent consultant and executive positions with Knowledge Reservoir, in Houston, Yukos E&P, in the Russian Federation and tenure with Schlumberger in a variety of roles. In all these positions, the common threads have always been the quest for production optimization and for creating a "differential," covering from applied formation evaluation to real time financial optimization of developing assets.
Author of several technical papers, Dr. Manrique's interests and expertise cover reservoir characterization and simulation, applied geomechanics, horizontal wells and well stimulation technologies, CCS and EOR applications.
Dr. Manrique was recipient of the 2008 Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) Gulf Coast Production Engineering Award and has been recognized several times as Outstanding Technical Editor for the SPE Reservoir Evaluation & Engineering Journal. He was recently invited to the Forum Series Implementation Committee and is currently member of the Production & Operations Committee. He has served on several technical committees for the SPE Annual Technical Conference & Exhibition (ATCE) organization, chaired several Applied Technology Workshops and was Chairman of the 2009 Tight Gas and Shale Gas SPE Forum.
Dr. Manrique is an active member of several professional associations – SPE, SPWLA, AAPG and AIChE. He graduated with a B.Sc. in Petroleum Engineering from the Universidad Nacional de Ingenieria, Lima-Peru, and holds MSc ('90) and PhD ('93) in Petroleum Engineering from The University of Tulsa. Married to Karla Sanchez de Manrique MS (ChemE, U ofTulsa '93) with three sons - Jorge, Joseph and Jason - they all live in Houston, Texas.
Jorge in his own words:
Why did you choose TU?
Because of my Dad. He retired as Chief Petroleum Geologist from Petroleos del Peru. I was working in Peru, and 2 "monsters" of our profession, Kermit Brown and Hank Ramey were giving courses in Peru. They were fascinating not just on how much they knew but on how human they were. They, together with an old professor of mine, Felix Guerra (now deceased), convinced me to go for grad school in the US. Long story short, I was accepted to seven universities to do my MS, at decision time my father said… "all the books and technology, EOR, formation evaluation, well testing, NODAL are coming out of Tulsa for a reason... if you go, you go there, do your best and don't look back". So Tulsa it was.
Did TU provide you a good education for your career?
The best. After several years working around the world, I've hired, fired and come across graduates from many universities and poly-techniques around the world. MIT, Princeton, Imperial, Heriot-Watt, Trondheim, Stanford, U of Oklahoma, Kansas, Penn, CSM, LSU, New MexicoTech, Texas A&M, UT Austin, Caltech, Cornell, UFA, Tomsk, and many others... and there is something special about Tulsa grads. It is the no-nonsense focus on applied engineering, the understanding of the producing system and the sense of practicality. Once you start working, you realize our industry is a business and how to impact the bottom-line and ROI, while others dedicate their careers to "study and understanding" we jump in with both feet making things happen.
Any fond memories you would like to share?
Memories pile up while I write, with many fond memories of undergrads and grad students. I still remain in contact with many around the world from Alaska to Tulsa to Brazil to Doha to Jakarta to Beijing and back. Tulsa was not an easy road, but professors there treated me like family (Drs. Guerrero, Schmidt, Miska, Shoham, Azar), the camaraderie (Thompson, Kasap, Pilivari), and there were the no-nonsense ones always pushing you to do better (Reynolds, Brill). My thoughts go especially to Godofredo Perez and Walter Poquioma, who were my family during my Tulsa years.
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Both New York and Pennsylvania are facing severe economic challenges at both the local and state levels. The fundamental question is how the Empire and Keystone States — as well as their municipalities — can come up with balanced budgets. Well, here are four techniques to help balance state and local budgets.
Technique number one: Cut spending...especially in the costly areas of education and health care. this may involve eliminating programs or reducing services to save money.
Technique number two for balancing budgets: Increase taxes — whether income and sales taxes at the state level or property and other taxes at the local level. Increased taxes will mean more income.
Technique number three for balancing budgets: Increase fees or come up with new fees at both the local and state levels in order to generate revenue. Perhaps possible higher fees for professional licenses, for recreational licenses, for auto registrations, for the use of pools and other recreational facilities, and so on.
And technique number four for balancing budgets: Saving money by redesigning how state and local governments operate by eliminating, consolidating and streamlining state agencies and merging or dissolving local governments and their services.
So ladies and gentlemen of the Empire and Keystone States, even though times are tough, there are techniques to help balance state and local budgets. Of course, at the end of the day, political leaders have to have the will and the wisdom to use these techniques and others to balance budgets.
The techniques I just mentioned have one thing in common: They are all controversial.
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Just wondering how growers here clean and present their stuff.
What items do you wash if any? What is your washing protocol- do you add an antibacterial to the water, how do you dry your produce? How do you clean root crops? How do you clean your leafy greens and lettuce. Also would really be interested in hearing innovative ways of packaging and presenting- really trying to avoid plastic. Thanks again folks! |
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- Posted by veggierosalie CAN 3 (My Page) on Sun, Aug 16, 09 at 10:18
Hi there I spray off the root crops and we bunch them with elastics (with leaves on) rather than putting in bags. We do this for carrots, beets, radish, kohlrabi. The only thing I pre-bag is potatoes. We sell some carrots and beets in bulk and let the consumer bag them at the market (we take an electric scale and sell by the pound). We don't wash the lettuce or tomatoes. We use a cloth to wipe soil off of large cucumbers, and a spray system to wash potatoes (basically a table with a grill the potatoes are placed on and a water hose). A lot of vendors pre-bag radish and carrots etc but the customer has no way of knowing when the produce was picked. If you keep the leaves on they can see the veg is fresh. We put about 12 carrots in a bunch and charge $4.95 ea bunch. Beets are 8-10 per bunch and charge $4.25ea. if I can figure out how to put a photo on here I will |
- Posted by hanselmanfarms (My Page) on Sun, Aug 16, 09 at 20:19
My produce is just rinsed with regular well water. NO antibaterial. Tomorrow, our local university is coming out to test our produce to see how safe our produce is coming directly out of the garden. Some kind of study to see if produce really needs to be washed before eating. We don't use anything but commercial fertilizer and roundup-type herbicide long before planting. As far as displaying our produce, we use alot of 25# tomato boxes for almost everything, except early crops. We don't rubberband anything, but sell by eaches. We have customers that might only want 1-2 green onions or radishes, and by selling individual items they buy what they want/need. |
- Posted by canuckistani 5b (My Page) on Tue, Aug 18, 09 at 10:05
Thanks for the info! Do you guys think keeping the roots on the produce and having them soak in water while they're waiting to be sold is a good idea? A lot of the leafy stuff wilts pretty quickly in the heat. |
- Posted by hanselmanfarms (My Page) on Tue, Aug 18, 09 at 19:48
I usually leave the roots on, and alittle water is ok. But soaking radishes CAN cause them to split. You are better off to take a spray bottle of ice water and spray all of them down every so often. Keep most of the leafy stuff in a cooler with a frozen bottle. Wrap the bottle with newspaper or paper towel to prevent freezer burn. As the produce that is on the table starts to wilt alittle, trade it out with some of the produce from the cooler. Put the tabled produce in the cooler for a quick refreshing cool down. |
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Mar 23, 2010 8:43 PM by Courtney Meznarich
An Illinois man is awaiting extradition to San Luis Obispo County for allegedly engaging in sex acts with a local teen.
The Superior Court issued an arrest warrant on March 11 after an Arroyo Grande Police Department investigation into Lionel Meza, 43, revealed he had engaged in sexual activity with a 16-year-old Arroyo Grande female. Detectives with the Round Lake Beach Police Department in Illinois arrested Meza on March 15.
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