text:
Anyone who has had the privilege of trying Mexican wines can tell you that they are fantastic. The Valle of Guadalupe, just outside of Ensenada in Baja California is home to some of Mexico's premiere wineries. Every year in September, the Association of Viniculture organizes "Fiestas de la Vendemia", a month long festival promoting wines from the region. Unfortunately, many of these boutique wineries do not receive the exposure or the distribution that they deserve. The problem has been getting these wines into the hands of consumers on the other side of the border without charging exorbitant import and distribution fees.
I recently came across a company who is looking to do just that – selling wines from Baja's finest boutique wineries by utilizing a unique e-commerce business model engaging their customer base with social media. Baja Wines was founded in San Diego, California and Ensenada, Baja California in 2010 by Marvin Nahmias and Roberto Tame. The two entrepreneurs made a decision to launch the company after years of living in the United States and being unable to find the wines they were looking for.
While Baja Wines is their most recent endeavor, the pair already had a great deal of experience with their other e-commerce site in Mexico, www.agoten.com. The deal-a-day site for wines was a huge success, so the transition over to Baja Wines wasn't a difficult one. Nahmias explains the advantage of the "Direct2U" business model, "We had to help the vintners sell wine in the US direct to consumer, and try to "transfer back" most of the gain to them to permit them to grow. We had to do this in a selected group as costs are very high, and we wanted this great region to be known in the states. We built the business model, organized around 15 vintners that represent 33% of the wine production in our country (95% comes from Baja Region), and were able to help them take their wine to the states and start selling Direct to Consumer."
Social media has played a big role in connecting Baja Wines with their customers. They are extremely active on both Facebook and Twitter (follow them @bajawines) , and frequently send out updates about specials or new wine additions to their loyal followers. When asked about how social media has impacted their business, Nahmias says "At the end of the day, when buying a wine online, you consulted Robert Parker, chateaus, Michelin. Today, we consult the person closest to us that "knows" something about wine. That's where we want to be. I ask my partner Roberto every time I try a new wine, I don't ask or review until I hear my friends or trusted sources, this is the new face of selling wine. Its measurable, it's hard to do it right. We measure everything. We do strategies, not tactics, and truly use the medium as a multi-way communication channel, not just one way."
For those readers who are unfamiliar with wines from the Baja region, Nahmias has the following recommendations, "I've tried all, really, and all are great. I personally love XikBal Cab Blend with a sandwich, torta or hot chilli spiced mangos (try it!), with mole it goes great. I love Amado IV, el Sombrero if I can afford it, and a Paulinha. The Ensambles from Paralelo (Hugo D'Acosta) are always a favorite in my house." Baja Wines currently delivers to 20 U.S. states and hopes to expand its distribution footprint even further by next year. As more and more Americans discover wines from Mexico, Baja Wines is sure to be a key player in the Mexican wine industry.


text:
Retail Financing & Leasing FAQs
What terms and rates are available to my customers if they finance with Ally?
Ally offers a number of financing and leasing options to match you customers' needs. We change our programs often to respond to market conditions, and to meet the needs of dealerships like yours. For product-specific information, please contact an Ally Auto Finance Product Specialist at email@example.com.
Was this helpful?- Yes
- No
I am interested in offering Ally retail and leasing products in my dealership. What is the next step?
Please contact an Ally Auto Finance Product Specialist at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Was this helpful?- Yes
- No
What makes Ally retail financing & leasing right for my customers?
Ally combines flexible financing options with more than 90 years of experience serving customers. With Ally, your customers will have access to our self-service website and financial tools and the piece of mind that their account is in the hands of one of the world's premier auto services providers.
Was this helpful?- Yes
- No
How long has Ally been working with auto dealerships?
Ally is built on the foundation of GMAC's 90-year history of working with auto dealerships. Today, we are one of the nation's largest providers of:
- Auto financing
- Vehicle service contracts
- Vehicle maintenance contracts
- F&I products
Was this helpful?- Yes
- No

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Simple. Affordable. Hassle-Free
Customer Service (800) 723-1955
I Drive Safely » Sitemap » Infographics » The Fast and the Furious: A Lesson in How NOT to Drive. |
In the new Fast and the Furious film, the best drivers in the world are brought together to take down a terrorist. But throughout the movie, they break dozens of traffic laws. From England to Spain, the gang speeds, (more crimes).
In this infographic we take a look at all the violations they commit, and which one of the characters would benefit from an online traffic school course. Spoiler alert: ALL OF THEM.
To embed this infographic on your website, copy the code below:


text:
ZooAmerica > Animals > | |
Southern SwampsThe Florida Everglades, or "Grassy Waters" as it was called by the Native Americans, is a vast prairie of sawgrass. Within and surrounding this freshwater marsh are islands of hardwood trees called hammocks, palmetto pine scrub, cypress heads, and coastal mangroves, each a natural and distinct community in itself.
Calendar of EventsFriday, March 6, 2015 Animal Tales…A Zoo Adventure for Preschool & Kindergarten at ZooAmerica Tuesday, March 10, 2015 |
201 Park Avenue - Hershey, PA 17033 - 717-534-3900 - email@example.com |


text:
Alec Baldwin is a dad again. Alec and his wife, Hilaria, welcomed a baby girl today in New York City. "We are overjoyed to announce the birth of our daughter Carmen Gabriela. She is abs
Alec Baldwin has another Twitter meltdown during James Gandolfini's funeral
Uh-oh….Alec Baldwin has had another Twitter meltdown this time, during the funeral of Soprano's star, James Gandolfini. Alec and his wife Hilaria were attending the funeral of the the late actor in New York City when the UK's Daily Mail began reporting that Hilaria was tweeting from the funeral services. During the funeral, tweets were…
Is Alec Baldwin Making the Move to Late Night?
Ever since NBC suits announced that Jimmy Fallon will succeed Jay Leno as host of The Tonight Show next year, names have been swirling on who could replace the Late Night host. Throw this one into the ring…
Shia LaBeouf Out of "Orphans" Broadway Debut Over Feud with Alec Baldwin?
The tweets keep coming this Thursday morning and it appears the paparazzi aren't the only folks with a bone to pick with Emmy winner Alec Baldwin. Shia LaBeouf, Baldwin's former would-be co-star in the upcoming Broadway musical Orphans, has released a torrent of emails from Dan in Real Life stunt coordinator and the Orphans fight…
Did Alec Baldwin Hurl Racist Rant at Black Pap?
Alec Baldwin is making headlines after an alleged run-in with a pesky photographer. Alec vs. The Paps: Nothing new there. But it's what the Emmy Award-winning expectant dad is accused of saying to the photog that has the former 30 Rock star on the defensive. G.N. Miller is a former New York City police detective…
- «Previous Page
- 1
- 2
- 3
- 4
- …
- 12
- Next Page»


text:
Components of working memory and somatic markers in decision making
- Tina L. Jameson,
- John M. Hinson,
- Paul Whitney
- … show all 3 hide
According to Damasio's somatic marker hypothesis, affective reactions ordinarily guide and simplify decision making. In an earlier study, we used a modified version of the gambling task developed by Bechara and colleagues so that we could explore the relations among decision making, working memory (WM) load, and formation of somatic markers. This prior work found that an increased WM load produced by secondary tasks interfered with the development of somatic markers and led to poorer gambling task performance. In the present study, we tested whether secondary tasks affect the executive functions of WM, verbal buffering, or both. Our findings indicate that verbal buffering alone does not interfere with gambling task performance or the development of somatic markers. Interference with the executive functions of WM is necessary to disrupt gambling performance and somatic markers.
- Baddeley, A. D., Chincotta, D., &Adlam, A. (2001). Working memory and the control of action: Evidence from task switching.Journal of Experimental Psychology: General,130, 641–657. CrossRef
- Baddeley, A. D., &Hitch, G. J. (1974). Working memory. In G. H. Bower (Ed.),The psychology of learning and motivation (Vol. 8, pp. 47–89). New York: Academic Press.
- Bechara, A., Damasio, A. R., Damasio, H., &Anderson, S. W. (1994). Insensitivity to future consequences following damage to human prefrontal cortex.Cognition,50, 7–15. CrossRef
- Bechara, A., Damasio, H., Tranel, D., &Damasio, A. R. (1998). Dissociation of working memory from decision-making within the human prefrontal cortex.Journal of Neuroscience,18, 428–437.
- Bechara, A., Damasio, H., &Damasio, A. R. (2000). Emotion, decision making and the orbitofrontal cortex.Cerebral Cortex,10, 295–307. CrossRef
- Bechara, A., Dolan, S., Denburg, N., Hindes, A., Anderson, S.W., &Nathan, P. E. (2001). Decision-making deficits, linked to a dysfunctional ventromedial prefrontal cortex, revealed in alcohol and stimulant abusers.Neuropsychologia,39, 376–389. CrossRef
- Bechara, A., Dolan, S., &Hindes, A. (2002). Decision-making and addiction (part II): Myopia for the future or hypersensitivity to reward?Neuropsychologia,40, 1690–1705. CrossRef
- Bechara, A., Tranel, D., Damasio, H., &Damasio, A. R. (1996). Failure to respond autonomically to anticipated future outcomes following damage to the prefrontal cortex.Cerebral Cortex,6, 215–225. CrossRef
- Damasio, A. R. (1994).Descartes' error: Emotion, reason, and the human brain. New York: Grosset/Putnam.
- Damasio, A. R. (1998). The somatic marker hypothesis and the possible functions of prefrontal cortex. In A. C. Roberts, T. W. Robbins, & L. Weiskrantz (Eds.),The prefrontal cortex (pp. 36–50). New York: Oxford University Press.
- Dawson, M. E., Schell, A. M., &Filion, D. L. (2000). The electrodermal system. In J. T. Cacioppo, L. G. Tassinary, & G. G. Berntson (Eds.),Handbook of psychophysiology (2nd ed., pp. 200–223). New York: Cambridge University Press.
- Dunbar, K., &Sussman, D. (1995). Toward a cognitive account of frontal lobe function: Simulating frontal lobe deficits in normal subjects. In J. Grafman & K. J. Holyoak (Eds.),Structure and functions of the human prefrontal cortex (pp. 289–304). New York: New York Academy of Sciences.
- Evenden, J. L. (1999). Varieties of impulsivity.Psychopharmacology,146, 348–361. CrossRef
- Fuster, J. M. (1999). Cognitive functions of the frontal lobes. In B. L. Miller & J. L. Cummings (Eds.),The human frontal lobes: Functions and disorders (pp. 187–195). New York: Guilford.
- Hinson, J. M., Jameson, T. L., &Whitney, P. (2002). Somatic markers, working memory, and decision making.Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience,2, 341–353. CrossRef
- Hinson, J. M., Jameson, T. L., &Whitney, P. (2003). Impulsive decision making and working memory.Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, & Cognition,29, 298–306. CrossRef
- Krawczyk, D. C. (2002). Contributions of the prefrontal cortex to the neural basis of human decision making.Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews,26, 631–664. CrossRef
- Manes, F., Sahakian, B., Clark, L., Rogers, R., Antoun, N. M., Aitken, M., &Robbins, T. (2002). Decision making processes following damage to the prefrontal cortex.Brain,125, 624–639. CrossRef
- Miller, E. K., &Cohen, J. D. (2001). An integrative theory of prefrontal cortex function.Annual Review of Neuroscience,24, 167–202. CrossRef
- Miyake A., &Shah, P. (1999).Models of working memory. New York: Cambridge University Press.
- Patton, J. H., Stanford, M. S., &Barratt, E. S. (1995). Factor structure of the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale.Journal of Clinical Psychology,51, 768–774. CrossRef
- Shallice, T., &Burgess, P.W. (1991). Deficits in strategy application following frontal lobe damage in man.Brain,114, 727–741. CrossRef
- Smith, E. E., &Jonides, J. (1999). Storage and executive processes in the frontal lobes.Science,283, 1657–1661. CrossRef
- Whitney, P., Jameson, T. L., & Hinson, J. M. (2002, November).Working memory and behavior: From executive control to self-control. Paper presented at the 43rd Annual Meeting of the Psychonomic Society, Kansas City, MO.
- Title
- Components of working memory and somatic markers in decision making
- Journal
Psychonomic Bulletin & Review
Volume 11, Issue 3 , pp 515-520
- Cover Date
- 2004-06-01
- Print ISSN
- 1069-9384
- Online ISSN
- 1531-5320
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- Additional Links
- Topics
- Industry Sectors
- Authors
- Tina L. Jameson (1)
- John M. Hinson (1)
- Paul Whitney (1)
- Author Affiliations
- 1. Department of Psychology, Washington State University, 99164-4820, Pullman, WA


text:
Please note that online trip planning is now available. Please also note that these ADA pages will no longer be available starting in May of 2009. Schedules > Weekday > 5 Montgomery-Carlisle - Inbound Effective Date: 01/17/2009 Select a desired time to display information specifically for that trip. Carlisle/Menaul, 5:58a, 6:40a, 7:06a, 7:33a, 8:00a, 8:26a, 8:51a, 9:16a, 9:41a, 10:06a, 10:31a, 10:56a, 11:21a, 11:46a, 12:10p, 12:35p, 1:00p, 1:25p, 1:50p, 2:14p, 2:37p, 3:02p, 3:27p, 3:52p, 4:17p, 4:42p, 5:08p, 5:33p, 6:01p, 6:27p, 6:51p, 7:58p, 8:54p |
Back to the ABQ-RIDE home page. |
Copyright ©1994-2009 City of albuquerque. All rights reserved. Official web site for the City of Albuquerque www.cabq.gov |


text:
Adam 2112
Adam comes from a long line of mediums. He can trace his family origins back centuries and find clairvoyants and mediums in his lineage. Adam uses meditation techniques and trance mediumship to assist him to discover other people's life pathways. A very warm and gentle soul, Adam has a special way of touching both sprit and earth energy to find answers to your problems.


text:
Price: $1.99
Verson reviewed: 1.60
iPhone Integration Rating:
User Interface Rating:
Re-use Value Rating:
Overall Rating:
Toy cameras are simple inexpensive film box cameras made of plastic, often including the lens. Many were originally developed as novelties or prizes, however became popular even among professional photographers due to the strange and unique optical effects they often produce. Prototype toy cameras were mass produced, such as the Diana and LOMO LC-A; in fact, the term Lomography is now essentially synonymous with toy camera photography.
In his series of toy camera apps for the iPhone, Takayuki Fukatsu has implemented many of these whimsical effects for the digital age. QuadCamera is described as a multi-shot-camera app for the iPhone. It takes a series of 4 or 8 photos in succession and saves them as a single photo arranged in a grid, similar to the LOMO ActionSampler camera which actually has four lenses.
Upon launching QuadCamera the user is presented with an active camera screen. A tap in the lower right hand corner brings up the settings pane. Here you can adjust the time between photos (0.10 to 3 seconds), grid size and layouts, and color effects. Your images are automatically saved to the camera roll for review and upload at a later time. That's pretty much all you need to get started experimenting with your photography skills. I've been amused and amazed at the results I've gotten.
But that's not all. A companion application called QuadAnimator can be downloaded from the Art&Mobile website. This nifty addition is a flash extension for QuadCamera that animates your stills. This alone makes QuadCamera worth the $2 cost—no SLR required!
In summary, QuadCamera is a sweet little app that adds fun and creative effects to the often flat and ordinary iPhone pics and is especially great for capturing action sequences. I have found it to be stable and easy to use. Upcoming are two more effect settings and a price increase, so get it while the price is right.
Tagged with: $1.99, camera, image, lomo, motion, photos, quadcamera, Takayuki Fukatsu


text:
VERIZON FIOS wireless connectivity
Brand new to Ubuntu. I have a Dell Mini 9 with Ubuntu 8.04.1.
My wireless will not connect to Verizon FIOS router- Dell says this is a FIOS problem, FIOS says its Ubuntu. . . what's the solution?
Have a look at "Dell Mini 9
by alanrochester - 2009-08-13 13:24
Have a look at "Dell Mini 9 wireless problem" at http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-1104658.html
This suggests replacing "networkmanager" with "wicd"


text:
September 2010TransOral Robotic Surgery (TORS)Sentara Norfolk General Hospital and an Eastern Virginia Medical School head and neck surgeon are the first in the state to offer the TORS procedure. The surgeon uses the advanced technology of the da Vinci® robot to enter the body through the mouth to remove cancerous, and non-cancerous, lesions of the mouth, throat or voice box. Patients benefit by avoiding a large surgical incision on the face and neck.It's easy to think about your mouth as a natural opening for feeding your body. But with the new TransOral Robotic Surgery (TORS), the mouth also serves as a natural opening for removing cancerous and selected non-cancerous lesions. That's good news for the estimated 49,000 Americans1 who will be diagnosed this year with cancer of the tongue, voice box, mouth and throat as well as people with non-cancerous diseases of the head and neck. The traditional open surgical approach requires large outside skin incisions to open up the neck and face for removal of cancerous and non-cancerous lesions. The TORS approach incorporates the da Vinci robotic surgical system to offer many advantages. With the robotic endoscopic video equipment, 3-D magnification and small instruments, the surgeon has an enhanced view of the surgical field, without external surgical cuts. This offers patients many benefits. Advantages of TORS vs. Traditional Open Surgery: -Less scarring, less risk of infection -Quicker return to daily activities -Shorter time in the hospital -Better swallowing results following surgery -Lower risk of blood transfusion -No routine tracheotomy during surgery -Depending on the presence or absence of cancer in the lymph nodes and the extent of the primary tumor, patients may need to have radiation therapy and chemotherapy following surgery. 1 National Institutes of Health, 2010 estimates for oral cavity, pharynx, larynx and tongue cancers
July 2010Hybrid Cardiac Operating Suite Advanced Care for Heart PatientsSentara Heart Hospital is the first in the area to introduce a Hybrid Cardiac Operating Suite. Heart patients throughout the region will benefit from this high-tech cardiac operating room that incorporates the technology of cardiac catheterization and electrophysiology labs. The Hybrid Cardiac Operating Suite combines the very best medical expertise of Sentara cardiothoracic surgeons, electro physiologists and interventional cardiologists with the most advanced heart technology available. This unique Operating Suite expands the ability to provide less invasive heart surgery for more people with severe heart disease and/or other medical complications. It also gives the ability to offer new procedures for treating atrial fibrillation currently not possible in a normal operating room or electrophysiology lab. With a 56-inch HD screen in the Operating Suite and Control Room, all members of the surgery team can readily assess the patient and the progress of the treatment. Images and data from 17 different inputs – including angiograms, ultrasound, 3D electrical mapping, CT and MRI high resolution images of the heart – can all be simultaneously displayed on the monitors. The Hybrid Cardiac Operating Suite is setting a trend around the country for this unique type of care for cardiac patients. For the future, Sentara Heart looks to offer other innovative procedures like replacing heart valves using only a catheter. Atrial fibrillation is one of the most common cardiac problems to be treated in this new Operating Suite. This condition, where the heart beats irregularly, affects over 2.2 million* Americans and greatly increases *American Heart Association,http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=4451 May 2010Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy Surgically Removing Cancer From the EsophagusEvery bite of food placed in the mouth ends up traveling down a long muscular tube, the esophagus, leading to the stomach for digestion. Each year in the U.S., approximately 16,470 people – mostly men – will be diagnosed with cancer of the esophagus.* Factors That May Increase Risk of Esophageal Cancer** - Age 65 or older - Being Male (3 times more than women) - Smoking - Heavy Drinking - Diet low in fruits and vegetables - Acid reflux - Barrett esophagus The esophagus is nestled inside the chest cavity making the surgical removal of esophageal cancer (esophagectomy) a complicated and lengthy procedure, lasting up to 8 hours. Surgeons have to remove the cancerous esophagus then reconstruct a new passageway for food to travel. Unlike the traditional approach where the surgeon removes the cancer through a large surgical incision in the chest, the Sentara surgeons use a minimally invasive approach that results in potential patient advantages of: less blood loss, fewer blood transfusions, a shorter hospital stay and a quicker recovery. The procedure involves using a thoracoscope, a thin tube-like instrument with a light and tool to examine and remove cancerous tissue inside the chest. The scope reaches the esophagus through a small incision, avoiding the need to open the chest. A laparoscope is used in the abdomen to prepare the stomach for use as a replacement pathway for the removed esophagus. In addition to surgery, chemotherapy and radiation therapy may be used in an attempt to improve the long term survival for patients with esophageal cancer. For more information on this procedure at Sentara Leigh Hospital call 1-800-SENTARA or to learn more about the Sentara Cancer Sentara Cancer Network visit sentara.com/cancer. *http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/wyntk/esophagus **http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/wyntk/esophagus/page5 March 2010Hybrid Vascular Operating RoomNew Options for Patients With Vascular DiseaseSentara Norfolk General Hospital has opened a new high-tech operating room with the latest technology that is saving and improving lives of people with vascular disease. This Hybrid Vascular OR (operating room) is the first of it's kind in southeast Virginia."Hybrid" simply means combining different components together. That's the concept for developing the Hybrid Vascular OR. Advanced Imaging equipment is combined with the technology used for less invasive vascular procedures and the surgical technology required for more invasive, open surgeries to create one operating room where vascular surgeons can perform the full range of vascular treatments - from simple to complex.
This uniquely designed operating room is much larger than most. The fully-equipped sterile operating room coupled with the skills of the board certified fellowship-trained vascular surgeons and the vascular-trained technicians and nurses makes it possible for a seamless conversion from a minimally invasive procedure to an open surgery should the need arise.
The Hybrid Vascular OR offers life-saving advantages for people suffering with vascular disease. As some vascular diseases don't show any symptoms until an emergency procedure is needed, it's comforting to know the vascular team is on call, 24-hours a day.
High resolution X-ray and CT imaging gives vascular surgeons the ability to see in unprecedented detail what needs to be repaired.
The Hybrid Vascular OR allows surgeons to perform less invasive surgery for more people who have complex vascular conditions that can lead to loss of circulation, hear failure, and even death, including: - Blockages or clots in veins or arteries - Abnormal narrowing or bulging arteries (thoracic aortic aneurysms, abdominal aortic aneurysms)
January 2010Evaluating the Heart Through the Wrist Radial Artery Access Cardiac CatheterizationCardiologists at the Sentara Heart Hospital, Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center and Sentara CarePlex Hospital are entering the body for heart catheterizations at an usual place - the wrist. The technique is called radial artery access and it offers patients some unique advantages.Over a million cardiac catheterizations are performed each year in the United States by diagnostic and interventional cardiologists who specialize in evaluating and treating heart conditions. Traditionally this procedure begins at the upper leg area where a thin plastic tube (catheter) is inserted into the femoral artery to provide a direct route to the heart, beginning the procedure at the artery in the wrist. It takes special training for the physician to navigate this pathway and patients are enjoying the benefits of :- A more comfortable, shorter recovery- Reduced risk of bleeding- Avoiding an overnight hospital stay.Recovery is EasierWhen the radial (wrist) access is used for cardiac catheterization, patients are able to sit up in a comfortable chair right after the procedure and even walk around. A clear, balloon-type wristband applies pressure to seal the artery and prevent bleeding. Diagnostic catheterization patients are able to go home just a few hours following the procedure.In comparison, after cardiac catheterization using the femoral (leg) approach, patients must lie flat on their backs for several hours with pressure applied to the leg to prevent bleeding. An overnight hospital stay may also be required.The radial access technique has been used in other countries since the early 1990's, but is just now becoming more widely available in the U.S.
Radial access may be especially helpful for people who are obese or those with poor leg circulation.
For more information on physicians performing this procedure at Sentara Heart Hospital, Sentara CarePlex Hospital and Sentara Williamsburg Regional Medical Center, call 1-800 Sentara (1-800-736-8272). Find more information on heart care at www.sentara.com/heart


text:
Wilton Manors Achieved Burger Nirvana at Riverwalk Burger Battle IV
As Huizenga plaza emptied after a long, meaty and sometimes rainy Burger Battle some people seemed shocked that Wilton Manors' Rosies' Bar and Grill won both best overall burger and best burger in the bar and grill category.All photos by Zachary Fagenson Partying at overall winner Rosie's Bar and Grill.
They must not have stopped by Rosie's tent. It was a unicorn of burger joy. There were multicolored club lights illuminating everyone inside in a rainbow glow. Pink feathered boas covered the tables. The crunchy potato chips on their Bacon Bitty Bang Bang Burgers (also topped with bourbon bacon jam and roasted tomatoes) were a throwback to childhood barbecues. A woman circled the tent trying to convince people to put their tokens -- their votes for fan favorite -- down her shirt.
See also:
- Ten Best Mac & Cheese in Broward and Palm Beach
- Funky Buddha Opens In Oakland Park, Beer Flows Freely (Photos, Video)
Georgie's Alibi repped the gayborhood just as well. While the two-time winner didn't take home any hardware, their spicy chorizo patties were a happy escape from all of the beef. They were also one of a few restaurants to provide a dessert, a sugary cotton candy milkshake.
It was only rivaled by Burger Freak's fried oreos dusted with powdered sugar.Waiting in line.
The night's purpose was the attainment of Burger Nirvana. Nirvana, a concept in religions like Hinduism and Buddhism, is a state of total spiritual release and freedom that signifies unity with the infinite (which some call god), and the end of constant reincarnation. Let's just forget that it's reached in part by practicing vegetarianism (and non-killing).
Finding Nirvana in a burger (if possible) is all about finding perfection in the most simple ingredients. There was no line at Timpano's stand. The cooks weren't even there explaining what was on their burger, however the patty was well seasoned and had one of the best chars of the night.Charm City's brisket burger with bacon cheese fondue and crispy onions.
Some restaurants went sauce heavy in the quest for Nirvana. Burger Zone enrobed a passable patty in spicy-sweet pineapple-jalapeno sauce while Downtowner Saloon put blue cheese and pesto on patties that could have stood on their own.Downtowner Saloon's blue cheese and pesto burger.
Sponsor Content


text:
Bits: Chipper returns to Braves lineup
June, 11, 2012
Eric Karabell | ESPN Insider
Atlanta Braves third baseman Chipper Jones came off the disabled list Sunday and went hitless in three at-bats. Jones, seemingly recovered from a calf injury and back hitting third in the lineup, saw his batting average slip below .300, but he's a reasonable option for mixed leagues considering he brings modest power and batting average. Just be prepared for the next malady.
The Braves called up right-hander Julio Teheran to replace Tim Hudson (ankle) as Sunday's starter, and for four innings things went well. Then, the Toronto Blue Jays scored six times in the fifth inning. Teheran was charged with four runs, and he's back at Triple-A Gwinnett, where his ERA is 3.15. Teheran, 21, is a decent stash for NL-only and dynasty formats, and will be heard from. Meanwhile, Hudson is expected to start Wednesday.


text:
Comment: Why the 35%? (Score 3, Informative) 570
I skimmed a lot of comments and didn't see one directly addressing the question posed in the summary.
Basically, 35% of Americans have debts in collection status because it's easy to have an account go to collections and then linger there forever. You can imagine people's "debt responsiveness" as being exponentially bound to the time since the last payment. A debt that recently had a payment made is almost certain to have its next payment made. A debt that's a few months late has a decent chance of getting a payment made soon. A debt that is 6 months (or more) late has a very low chance of ever being paid again. This is why debt collectors buy/pursue old debts. The original creditor will likely accept pennies on the dollar just to get something out of it, while the collector wants to obtain the whole amount. If they can even get half, they come out way ahead. It's a profitable business.
I used to work in this industry (wrote software) so I could tell you some things about it.


text:
Credits & Info
- Views
- 60,963
- Score
- 4.41 / 5.00
- Date
- 12/23/2010
- Category
- Illustration
- File Info
- 818 x 1157 px
- 1,014 kb
- Tags
- holiday
- anime
- manga
- visualkei
- Frontpaged December 23, 2010
Share this submission?
Related Stuff
Author Comments
Happy Holidays from my comic, Chihana! Please visit http://www.justinianarts.
Note: The one guy is not actually a vampire, they are part of a Visual-Kei band and he is "in character" so to speak.
EDIT: Wow thanks for the frontpage guys!
Rated 5 / 5 stars
I love the comic. I found this pic on newgrounds and I started to read your series pretty good. Cant wait for updates.
Rated 5 / 5 stars
your good at drawing visual kei style
I've seen your website justinianarts.com
i found it when i was loooking at you arts
l i enjoy reading your story
Thank you. Sorry the comic's on break right now, it'll pick up again soon :)
Rated 5 / 5 stars
Beyond my capabilities, and the work is excellent.
Your work is so good, if you compare my work (which is drawn in a similar style to yours) to your work, your work is always miles ahead of mine. But instead of just saying this, I will give you the lowdown on what I think.
1. I am a fan of manga-style drawing. I say that the guys all look very creepy, but you managed to combine Halloween styles with Christmas styles.
2. The work, as I said, is placed streets ahead of other people's including mine. If the stars are out of five, you deserved 7- no, 14 stars.
Rated 5 / 5 stars
I didnt think it was possible to fall in love with a picture. Nice job!


text:
The 86-year-old Albuquerque Tribune is to cease publication from Saturday. Its owner, the EW Scripps company, announced in August that it would sell the afternoon title or stop publishing. Daily circulation has fallen to 9,600 from about 42,000 copies 20 years ago. (Via Albuquerque Tribune)
Sign up for the Guardian Today
Our editors' picks for the day's top news and commentary delivered to your inbox each morning.
Sign up for the daily email


text:
Sections: College Football Duke suspends 2 football players from games Associated Press DURHAM, N.C. Comments
Sections: College Football BC Eagles spring football to-do list BC Eagles spring football to-do list Rich Thompson Boston College coach Steve Addazio has a major rebuilding project to complete before the start of Comments
Sections: College Football BC seeks new at QB in spring football workouts BC seeks new at QB in spring football workouts Rich Thompson Sophomore quarterback Darius Wade is the early favorite to overhaul the Boston College offense. Comments
Sections: College Football Former Wisconsin player, twin to plead guilty to charges Associated Press MADISON, Wis. Comments
TORCH PASSED: Darius Wade goes through drills yesterday at Boston College as he attempts to take over the quarterback... Read More
NOT FLYING AWAY: Boston College coach Steve Addazio is not concerned about being rumored as a candidate at Michigan.
REELING THEM IN: St. John's Prep tight end Jake Burt is one of seven players from Massachusetts expected to sign with... Read More
TWO GOOD: Ohio State coach Urban Meyer and running back Ezekiel Elliott celebrate after winning the national... Read More
FOR THE WIN: Coaches Mark Helfrich of Oregon and Urban Meyer of Ohio State pose with the championship trophy yesterday... Read More
LEADING MAN: Quarterback Marcus Mariota and the Oregon Ducks are favored to beat Ohio State in the national... Read More
AIR BALL: Marquette's Luke Fischer, right, and Providence's Paschal Chukwu go after a loose ball yesterday in Milwaukee... Read More


text:
Building a Database in the Cloud? E-Book Explains How.
Clear and concise, practical, filled with time-saving tips—the reviews are in on Building a Database Cloud for Dummies.
This quick-reference guide, organized into six short chapters and supplemented with helpful illustrations, provides a clear overview of the cloud and step-by-step instructions on deploying database as a service. Download the complimentary e-book today and learn how to:
Database clouds allow businesses to drive down costs while increasing business agility and IT performance. See for yourself how to save money, simplify management, and improve resource efficiency with a database cloud.
Download the e-book today. Exadata is powered by Intel® Xeon®.
Intel, the Intel logo, Xeon, and Xeon Inside are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries.
How to register


text:
Concept designer Mohamed Kerroudj has created a render of what he thinks iOS 7 should look like. His concept redesigns the Lockscreen adding more features and uses than previous generation firmwares. The added features replace the current Camera Grabber on the iOS Lockscreen and add things like Calendar, Settings toggles, and Notification Center alerts.
Kerroudj has also redesigned part of the music player, which he shows in the videos of the new iOS 7 concept. Take a look at the videos below and let us know what you think in the comments. [Read more...]


text:
Holiday Gift Guide – Spotlight: Warner Brothers
Posted in News and Opinions by Gino Sassani on December 9th, 2010
Our fourth edition of the Upcomingdiscs Holiday Gift Guide takes us to Warner Brothers. For this edition I'm going to help you tackle those people on your Christmas list that have Blu-ray players and love genre television shows. Warner has the best selection of Blu-ray supercharged television shows and seasons to pick from. From the small screen to that big screen hanging in that certain someone's home theater, Warner Brothers is the place to shop.
Read the rest of this entry »


text:
Caramelized onion and provolone cheese sandwich
(Read article summary)Soft buttery provolone cheese pairs nicely with caramelized onions for a delicious sandwich.
Grilled Shane
After pushing the envelope of what a grilled cheese can be, I decided to tone it down a bit and make a somewhat standard grilled cheese sandwich, featuring caramelized onions. The caramelizing process is an easy one, as long as you make sure not to burn the onions (especially the small pieces). This time, I used white onions.
Caramelized grilled cheese sandwich
Caramelized Onions
Provolone (Grande Provonello)
Sun-Dried Tomato Parmesan Bread
[Editor's note: Assemble onions and cheese on slices of bread and bake in a warm oven until the cheese melts.]
The cheese: provolone (grande provonello)
Provolone is the beautiful cheese you often see strung up with twine and hung from the ceiling of Italian food shops. But what is it? Imagine Mozzarella – with a much fuller flavour.
Like Mozzarella, Provolone comes from the family of pasta filata cheeses. Italian for "spun paste," pasta filata cheeses are pulled-curd cheeses mixed with heated whey, then kneaded and stretched to a wonderfully pliable consistency.
So what makes Provolone different from other pasta filata cheeses like Mozzarella or Caciocavallo? Aging ability.
Molded into fanciful shapes, wrapped up in cords, and hung to ripen, Provolone develops an oily, golden brown rind. As it ages, the cheese becomes richer in yellow colour, firmer in texture, and more pronounced in flavour. (ILoveCheese.co.uk)
Prior to eating this particular variety of Provolone cheese, I had no strong feelings either way towards provolone. However, after eating this provolone cheese, that was soft and buttery, I realized how good Provolone cheese could be.


text:
Current Time
see + do
Calzada Gandhi and Paseo de la Reforma
Mexico City
Mexico 11560
Tel: 52 55 5553 6386
view web site ›
Mexico City
Mexico 11560
Tel: 52 55 5553 6386
Concierge.com's insider take:
A must-see collection of artifacts from Mexico's pre-Columbian cultures is housed in this 1964 building. (It was designed by architect Pedro Ramírez Vásquez, whose brilliant designs helped transform the city in the 1960s.) There are more than 20 archaeology and ethnography exhibits, but the star attraction is undoubtedly the Sala Mexica, with its depictions of the Aztecs' bloodthirsty gods, along with their sacrificial altars and vessels for holding human hearts.
Open Tuesdays through Saturdays 9 am to 7 pm.
User Reviews
write a review ›BEEN HERE? TELL US WHAT YOU THINK
Be the first to write a review of Museo Nacional de Antropología and share your tips with the Concierge.com community.


text: VIDEO Fashion Tattoo Ideas And Designs Video Back to Top ▲ Tattoo Ideas And Designs Video Tattoo Ideas And Designs Video How To Pick The Right Tattoo For You Share on Facebook Share on Twitter 0 Shares Getting a tattoo is sort of like getting married; It only takes one drunken evening to get one, but can take plenty of long and painful hours to get rid of. Use these tips to make sure you find the right one for you, and one that you'll be happy with as you age. Comments Show Comments More Like This Promoted Around the Web Special Features


text:
Australia's international marine conservation engagement
Australia is a world leader in the management, conservation and sustainable use of the marine environment. Australia maintains an active presence and participation in international marine fora to promote Australia's interests by ensuring effective and complementary approaches to marine conservation, on a regional and global level.
Engagement in regional fora
Australia actively participates in a number of environmental fora and agreements with neighbouring countries in the Asia-Pacific region. These include:
The Coral Triangle Initiative (CTI)
The CTI is a recently formed partnership between Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Solomon Islands and Timor Leste. The CTI is focussed on improving marine conservation and management and through this, sustainable livelihoods, food security and economic development. Australia is a strong supporter of the CTI and has official partner status. The department leads Australian Government engagement which includes provision of financial, technical and administrative support for the establishment of the permanent Regional Secretariat and support for national scale activities in Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Timor Leste.
Enhancing Pacific Ocean Governance (EPOG)
Australia acknowledges the strong commitment to ocean conservation and management embodied in the Framework for a Pacific Oceanscape (the Framework) as agreed by Pacific Leaders in 2010. The Australian Government is supporting this Framework under the $5.4 million Enhancing Pacific Ocean Governance project, an investment funded under the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade's Government Partnership for Development Programme. The overarching goal of the Enhancing Pacific Ocean Governance (EPOG) project is to empower Pacific Island countries and territories to effectively manage marine and coastal resources for sustainable economic development and food security, while maintaining productive ecosystems and biodiversity.
The EPOG project will support regional organisations and Pacific countries to move towards a more holistic, cross-sectoral approach to ocean governance. There are four interlinked components to support actions identified in the Framework, including supporting marine planning, improved oceans data management, maritime boundary delimitation and regional oceans leadership and coordination.
EPOG is a collaboration between Australian public sector organisations (Department of the Environment, Geoscience Australia, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Attorney General's Department and Sydney University/GRID Arendal) and key Pacific regional and national agencies (Pacific Island Forum Secretariat, the Secretariat of the Pacific Community, the Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Programme and the Forum Fisheries Agency) and is working in coordination with other major donor investments in Pacific oceans governance (including investments by France and Germany, and proposed/planned investments by the World Bank and Global Environment Facility).
For more information, please see the brochure at the following link or email: firstname.lastname@example.com
The Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC)
Through the APEC Marine Resource Conservation Working Group (MRCWG), Australia supports the development and implementation of projects that lead to improved sustainability of the marine and coastal environment.
Website: www.apec.org
The Arafura and Timor Seas Expert Forum (ATSEF)
ATSEF was established to support the sustainable management and use of the resources of the Arafura and Timor Seas through collaboration between government and non-government stakeholders in Australia, Indonesia and Timor Leste. ATSEF operates under a non-binding memorandum of understanding between the three counties. ATSEF also supports the $3 million Global Environment Facility Arafura and Timor Seas Ecosystem Action (ATSEA) program. The department leads Australian Government engagement with ATSEF and ATSEA and also currently acts as National Coordinator for ATSEF Australia.
Australia - France/New Caledonia Coral Sea Transboundary Collaboration
Through collaboration with France-New Caledonia and France under the Coral Sea declaration Australia is working with the research community and other stakeholders to generate a shared understanding of transboundary environmental interests in the Coral Seas as an input to transboundary management. To this end Australia and France-New Caledonia hosted a workshop in March 2013 to provide a scientific foundation for working towards the establishment of complementary management arrangements in relation to trans-boundary interests between Australia and New Caledonian waters in the Coral Sea.
Areas beyond national jurisdiction
'Areas beyond national jurisdiction' include the high seas water column and seabed beyond the limits of national jurisdiction as defined by the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea –"UNCLOS".
Marine areas cover around two thirds of the planet's surface – and waters beyond national jurisdiction cover 64 per cent of the surface of oceans and seas. Marine areas and biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction are also the least known and least protected areas on Earth.
The use of areas beyond national jurisdiction has grown exponentially over the past decades, presenting risks to biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction. Established activities have intensified, while the longer-term impacts of new and emerging activities in areas beyond national jurisdiction are difficult to predict with any certainty.
At present, there is no global, comprehensive international agreement on how biodiversity and marine genetic resources in areas beyond national jurisdiction should be managed, conserved or exploited.
At the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20), held in June 2012, UN Member States agreed to make a decision by the end of the 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on whether to start negotiations on "an international instrument under UNCLOS" to address the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction.
The United Nations Working Group
The United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) provides the international legal framework for the utilisation of the resources of the world's oceans. Australia is a State Party to UNCLOS and its associated implementing agreements and engages in a number of UN fora to strengthen multilateral frameworks for the conservation of biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction.
The group responsible for addressing BBNJ is the Ad Hoc Open-ended Informal Working Group to study issues relating to the conservation and sustainable use of marine biological diversity beyond areas of national jurisdiction
This Working Group has been tasked with making recommendations to UNGA on whether to commence negotiations for an international instrument to address biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction.
Three meetings of the Working Group have been scheduled over 2014 and 2015; the first meeting was held on 1-4 April 2014, the second was held on 16-19 June 2014 and the final meeting will be held on 20-23 January 2015. The meetings of the Working Group allow UN Member States to exchange views on the scope, parameters and feasibility of a prospective international instrument and to formulate recommendations to UNGA on the prospective commencement of negotiations.
Australia's engagement
As a major coastal nation, Australia has an interest in ensuring the sustainable conservation and use of oceans, including the management of the high seas areas above and adjacent to its continental shelf.
It is in Australia's national interest to promote effective management of areas beyond national jurisdiction. Australia has a significant maritime jurisdiction which is bordered by the high seas in parts of the Pacific, Indian and Southern Oceans.
Australia has submitted its views on the scope, parameters and feasibility of an international instrument to the Working Group.
Regional Fisheries Management Organisations (RFMOs)
The Department of Agriculture leads Australia's engagement on international fisheries issues, including RFMOs. The department works with the Department of Agriculture, with a particular focus on species conservation issues.
Website: www.daff.gov.au/fisheries/international
Protecting marine species
In addition to domestic measures to protect threatened marine species under the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999, Australia engages with the international community to protect threatened marine wildlife.
Regulating international trade in marine species
Australia is one of more than 150 countries that are a party to Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES). Each member country controls the import and export of an agreed list of species that are endangered, or at risk of becoming endangered, due to inadequate controls over trade in them or their products.
Agreements for protecting migratory species
Through the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS), Australia is signatory to a number of multilateral agreements and memoranda of understanding that promote the conservation of migratory marine species and seabirds.
- More about the Convention on Migratory Species
- Memorandum of Understanding on the Conservation of Migratory Sharks
International action to protect whales
The key forum for progressing Australia's agenda on whale conservation is the International Whaling Commission (IWC).


text:
action (ˈækʃən) | |
—n | |
1. | the state or process of doing something or being active; operation |
2. | something done, such as an act or deed |
3. | movement or posture during some physical activity |
4. | activity, force, or energy: a man of action |
5. | (usually plural) conduct or behaviour |
6. | law |
a. a legal proceeding brought by one party against another, seeking redress of a wrong or recovery of what is due; lawsuit | |
b. the right to bring such a proceeding | |
7. | the operating mechanism, esp in a piano, gun, watch, etc |
8. | (of a guitar) the distance between the strings and the fingerboard |
9. | (of keyboard instruments) the sensitivity of the keys to touch |
10. | the force applied to a body: the reaction is equal and opposite to the action |
11. | the way in which something operates or works |
12. | out of action not functioning |
13. | physics |
a. a property of a system expressed as twice the mean kinetic energy of the system over a given time interval multiplied by the time interval | |
b. the product of work or energy and time, usually expressed in joule seconds: Planck's constant of action | |
14. | the events that form the plot of a story, film, play, or other composition |
15. | military |
a. a minor engagement | |
b. fighting at sea or on land: he saw action in the war | |
16. | philosophy behaviour which is voluntary and explicable in terms of the agent's reasons, as contrasted with that which is coerced or determined causally |
17. | (Brit) short for industrial action |
18. | informal the profits of an enterprise or transaction (esp in the phrase a piece of the action) |
19. | slang the main activity, esp social activity |
—vb | |
20. | to put into effect; take action concerning: matters decided at the meeting cannot be actioned until the following week |
—interj | |
21. | cue See also cue a command given by a film director to indicate that filming is to begin |
[C14: accioun, ultimately from Latin āctiōn-, stem of āctiō, from agere to do, act] |
action ac·tion (āk'shən)
The state or process of acting or doing.
A deed.
A change that occurs in the body or in a bodily organ as a result of its functioning.
Exertion of force or power.
ACTION American Council to Improve Our Neighborhoods |
piece of the action
A share in an activity or in the profits, as in They wanted a piece of the action in this land deal. [Slang; mid-1900s]


text:
Get Directions Weekly Ad Coupons
Find Another HomeStore
Find More HomeStores
Furniture is our passion. Great product design doesn't end with a great sketch. We deliver style, quality and value every day. Ashley Furniture does it all; we design, build, ship and deliver it to pass savings on to you. Our design and engineering teams are dedicated to creating furniture styles that will complement any decorating style. Ashley Furniture production teams carefully build each piece, ensuring quality construction and workmanship. Our furniture is carefully shipped to each Ashley Furniture HomeStore location using our own transportation fleet. We deliver value from our floor to the HomeStore to your door, every day. State-of-the-art worldwide testing labs help bring quality & design to your home. We realize it is a privilege for our products to be invited into our customers' homes and we strive to exceed their expectations. State-of-the-art worldwide physical testing labs allow us to continually analyze the quality of our raw materials, construction methods and finished products. Ashley prides itself for always being on the cutting edge of casegood and upholstery technology. Finished products undergo extensive critical evaluations for durability, appearance; feel (hand) and overall performance.
We believe that we do more product testing and quality control than any other furniture company.
Let inspiration come to you. Sign up now to get special offers and the latest design trends.


text:
The teacher, shaken by his statement, hurriedly set the other children to working on their coloring books. Taking Johnny aside, she asked, "Who is your father?" "George Bush," he replied.
Tom Matthews
Fort Lauderdale
Save her from the hit man: Congratulations to Bob Norman for having the guts and balls to do what he did: expose those crooks. ("Deliver Us II," February 5). I am a 20-year employee of the North Broward Hospital District and am not shocked at all that the district is robbing us. I am a nurse in an area that is going to be affected by the change in census that this mess is going to create. Hopefully no one will lose their job; nurses are always the ones to pay for financial messes.
I also found it quite interesting that the only rebuttal Wil Trower could come up with was that Norman violated privacy laws; sounds like a guilty man to me. Keep up the good work. Please don't disclose any personal information about me. You know, they could get a hit man after me!!
Name withheld by Request
Via the Internet
An unholy mess: I recently read the restaurant review by Lee Klein in the January 29 issue of New Times about Chez Laurent ("Chez Blasé"). It was one of the most unfair critiques I have ever seen.
My husband and I have had dinner there frequently since it opened, and we have never had a bad meal. We have always found the food and service excellent. We have often ordered the coq-au-vin, New York strip steak, duck breast, and other entrées and always found them delicious. The accompanying vegetables were perfectly cooked and hot. The sauces were expertly made reductions that had obviously taken time and expertise.
We enjoyed the scallops and chocolate espresso cake so much we wrote to Suzanne Jones, who authors the "You Asked for It" feature in the food section of the Sun-Sentinel to see if chef Laurent Altvatter would share the recipes. He graciously did, and they were featured in one of her articles last year.
Chef Laurent has a saying: "Fast food isn't good and good food isn't fast." When food is cooked to order, it takes longer than at a burger joint. If Mr. Klein wants speed in getting his meal he should go back to a Denny's or Wendy's type of restaurant. Lee Klein mentioned "fake flowers" but there are fresh, lovely roses on every table daily. What he called "mismatched busily patterned table lines," are four distinct, authentic, expensive fabrics made in and imported from Provence, France.
Mr. Klein seemed upset because he was asked if he had a reservation when he entered. The hostess told me there is a good reason to ask this logical question even if some tables are empty. They check the names off the reservation list when people arrive. Or if customers request a special table, she can direct them to the correct one.
Mr. Klein's opinions are completely opposite from ours and our friends' who dine there regularly. We and many others love Chez Laurent, and that is why we keep going back so often.
Audrey Van Becelaere
Lauderdale by the Sea


text:
Expand all Collapse all | Results 1 - 4 of 4 |
1. CMB 2014 (vol 58 pp. 182)
On Finite Groups with Dismantlable Subgroup Lattices In this note we study the finite groups whose subgroup
lattices are dismantlable.
Keywords:finite groups, subgroup lattices, dismantlable lattices, planar lattices, crowns Categories:20D30, 20D60, 20E15 |
2. CMB 2010 (vol 54 pp. 39)
Elements in a Numerical Semigroup with Factorizations of the Same Length
Questions concerning the lengths of factorizations into irreducible
elements in numerical monoids
have gained much attention in the recent literature. In this note,
we show that a numerical monoid has an element with two different
irreducible factorizations of the same length if and only if its
embedding dimension is greater than
two. We find formulas in embedding dimension three for the smallest
element with two different irreducible factorizations of the same
length and the largest element whose different irreducible
factorizations all have distinct lengths. We show that these
formulas do not naturally extend to higher embedding
Keywords:numerical monoid, numerical semigroup, non-unique factorization Categories:20M14, 20D60, 11B75 |
3. CMB 2007 (vol 50 pp. 632)
Transformations and Colorings of Groups Let $G$ be a compact topological group and let $f\colon G\to G$ be a
continuous transformation of $G$. Define $f^*\colon G\to G$ by
$f^*(x)=f(x^{-1})x$ and let $\mu=\mu_G$ be Haar measure on $G$. Assume
that $H=\Imag f^*$ is a subgroup of $G$ and for every
measurable $C\subseteq H$,
$\mu_G((f^*)^{-1}(C))=\mu_H(C)$. Then for every measurable
$C\subseteq G$, there exist $S\subseteq C$ and $g\in G$ such that
$f(Sg^{-1})\subseteq Cg^{-1}$ and $\mu(S)\ge(\mu(C))^2$.
Keywords:compact topological group, continuous transformation, endomorphism, Ramsey theoryinversion, Categories:05D10, 20D60, 22A10 |
4. CMB 2004 (vol 47 pp. 530)
A Characterization of $ PSU_{11}(q)$ Order components of a finite simple group were introduced in [4].
It was proved that some non-abelian simple groups are uniquely determined
by their order components. As the main result of this paper, we
show that groups $PSU_{11}(q)$ are also uniquely determined by
their order components. As corollaries of this result, the
validity of a conjecture of J. G. Thompson and a conjecture of W.
Shi and J. Bi both on $PSU_{11}(q)$ are obtained.
Keywords:Prime graph, order component, finite group,simple group Categories:20D08, 20D05, 20D60 |


text:
CA Conrad
CA Conrad is the author of five books including A Beautiful Marsupial Afternoon (2012) and The Book of Frank (2010), both from Wave Books.
Discover this poet's context and related poetry, articles, and media.
Poems By CA CONRAD
Articles By CA CONRAD
- You've Come a Long Way, Baby
Human. Animal. Gay. Straight. Poetry.
Audio & Podcasts
Poetry Off the Shelf-
Confessional Poetry Off the Shelf
CA Conrad talks about Anne Sexton's landscapes of grief.
October 2013: "what we came here to do"
Poems from Hannah Gamble, Nate Marshall, and CA Conrad, plus Peter Quartermain on "stubborn poetries."


text:
Henleys Mens Twin Pack Boxer Shorts
RRP £19.99 Now £9.99
You save £10.00
Henleys Men's Twin Pack Basic Boxer Trunks in black / yellow.
Branded waistband, fitted style.
95% Cotton, 5% Elastane. Machine washable.
We regret that boxer shorts are non-returnable due to hygiene reasons.
- Delivery info
- Standard Delivery £3.95 (3-5 working days)
Next Day Delivery £5.95
(see terms and conditions for full details) View Full Delivery Policy - Returns info
- If you are unhappy with your purchase for any reason, return it to us (unworn) within 21 days and we'll give you a full refund or exchange (see terms and conditions for full details)
View Full Returns Policy


text: "It was an amazing experience to be with more than 1,000 researchers and hear the latest discoveries in breast cancer research," Yoder said. "Attending this meeting enables me to bring the best and most up-to-date information and care to women here in our community." Since its inception in 1992, the DoD BCRP has become the second largest source of breast cancer research funding in the United States and has received more than $2.68 billion in congressional appropriations, resulting in more than 10,000 unique awards that fulfill unmet needs in breast cancer research. Unlike other cancer research funding organizations, the BCRP is a pioneer in the inclusion of consumer advocates in every aspect of the research process. Since the program's inception, more than 750 survivors have participated in the program, including setting the program's vision, participating in the review of proposals, making funding recommendations, and aiding in the research process. "Through this approach of combined involvement, the BCRP enhances partnerships between the survivor community and scientists," said Gail Whitehead, DoD BCRP Public Affairs liaison. "The survivor's unique perspective brings a sense of urgency to the program, ensuring the BCRP remains focused on its ultimate goal of eradicating breast cancer." To learn more about the DoD BCRP, visit http://cdmrp.army.mil.


text:
Personal SavingsWe believe that a long-term savings strategy is the cornerstone of providing for a financially secure future. As a financial steward to our customers, Mechanics Bank strives to assist our customers in becoming financially "FIT" (Financial Independence Together). Designed for individuals who want to receive an easy-to-read quarterly statement summarizing their account.
Please contact us at 800-797-6324 or see current rates. |


text:
ñ Indies Launches Soon! In the meantime enjoy previews and/or selected scenes from our first round of features. For some we threw on a preview - for some just a few randomly selected scenes. Tell us what works or ask us questions by clicking here. First up we're working with KIE films out of Miami, producers of the new Celia Cruz documentary - Celia The Queen (authorized by her estate and family with the filmmakers picked by La Reina herself) - 'cause we have a long standing relashionship with them, and it's nice to start out in our own backyard. Generation ñ partners with independent producers to create distribution channels for their work, first for download, later through DVD. By creating unique boutiques that relate to the fractured interests of the very diverse Latino market, ñ hopes to monetize the Latino market for independent films in a way that's never been done. By matching content to specific markets that are under served by traditional media. Matching product to demographic, through ñ indies, producers can finally reach their market.
Water Mud and Factories is a story of fractured families and lovable losers set against the backdrop of one girl's Quince (sweet 15 birthday party) in Hialeah, Florida, (the "New Jersey" of FL) known for it's titular 'Water, Mud & Factories'.
KIE Films
Click poster for preview
Cuba On My Back is a tale two cousins divided by an ocean of politics and strife. In Miami & Cuba. Comedy & tragedy intermingle, plus a lot of good music, belly laughs and tears. "Recalls Godard", says El Nuevo Herald.
Alabao Films
With Bro's awards from Flickapalooza and kudos from the Village Voice, this homo-erotic comedy of manners, (or lack thereof) makes a case for the seedy underbelly of miami and the wild side of friendship. It's Entourage meets Almodovar.
This lauded documentary about Puerto Rican boxer Melissa Salomone lands all the right shots, while treating it's subject with dignity and respect.


text:
One-stop entertainment
Show Control by AV Stumpfl has been designed for controlling various elements, such as multi-channel sound and video players, light systems and projectors via one central control unit only.
HD Player
Our HD PLAYER product range contains cost efficient solid state playback devices for video, images, text and other media.
SC Master
The SC Master is a high-quality show controller with a powerful multi-channel MP3 player
SC-USB Modul
The USB-DMX-IO-2 Interface allows you to send and receive DMX512 signals via our multimedia software Wings Platinum.


text:
Travis Williams Seeks Release from Hurricanes After Marijuana Allegations
Categories: Sports
The 'Canes had surprisingly become a model of good (or at least legal) behavior under former coach Randy Shannon, but the wheels seem to be falling off the morals bus under new coach Al Golden. Linebacker Ramon Buchanan was arrested earlier this year after a drunken and belligerent run-in with Miami police, but has since been reinstated. Red shirt Freshman Jeffrey Brown was arrested on charges of rape on Wednesday and suspended from the team.
InsideTheU.com reported this week that four other players were also suspended for the season opener. An incident on April 27th led to the reported suspension of Williams, running back Storm Johnson and cornerback Keion Payne. An April 29th incident that apparently involved police led to the suspension of offensive lineman Jermaine Barton.
The incident on April 27 may have involved marijuana.
"I didn't like being like being targeted as a drug user," Williams told InsideTheU.com via The Sun-Sentinel. "They can give me whatever test they want, whenever they want. As far as me being regarded as a drug user, I am not. I wasn't happy here. It wasn't about playing time because I was playing in the spring. Things just happened and I can't make everybody happy."
Williams sat out last season with a knee injury, and will now transfer at the conclusion of this semester. He was a redshirt freshman who had yet to play for the team. Ironically, he was listed as the second stringer in his position after Buchanan.
The team has not confirmed the suspensions.
Follow Miami New Times on Facebook and Twitter @MiamiNewTimes.
Sponsor Content


text:
Loan sharks coerce tenants who can't repay debt into creating drug farms
Tenants forced to grow cannabis
Loan sharks are forcing social housing tenants to convert rooms into cannabis farms when they are unable to make repayments.
The tactic, employed by unscrupulous lenders, was uncovered by a former police officer of 31 years' experience who is now working for 3,500-home South Liverpool Housing Group.
Ian Roche, co-ordinator of SLHG's witness and victim encouragement and support scheme, said the practice was a new phenomenon. 'I have not heard of it before - it has only come up in recent months.'
Tenants targeted in a handful of cases included those who borrow money to pay off rent arrears but do not have access to conventional financial products.
'It is quite easy to meet a loan shark and there is never any contract,' Mr Roche added.
'As part of repaying their debt, if they [tenants] can't pay cash up front they are being told "if you can't give us the money you will grow cannabis for us".
'Their [the loan sharks'] people will come in and convert a room into a cannabis farm.'
A spokesperson for the Birmingham-based Illegal Money Lending Team, which investigates unscrupulous lenders, said it was helping to prosecute a case where a loan shark had coerced a borrower into creating a drugs farm.
Peter Jackson, managing director of the Social Landlords' Crime and Nuisance Group, said police around the country were reporting that tenants were being targeted to cultivate cannabis farms but that he was unaware of any link with illegal lenders.
'There is a view that the proliferation is largely as result of customs being more efficient in stopping the cannabis coming into the country from abroad.'
Since 2009 several people have been jailed for periods of up to eight years for running cannabis farms in a bid to pay off debts.
Councils including Oldham, Watford, Derbyshire and Tyneside have reported cases.
Mr Roche said tenants could avoid facing drugs charges and tenancy action by seeking help from their landlord. 'If they [tenants], are found with cannabis farms they are at risk of facing tenancy action. People don't realise there is help available.'
Readers' comments (6)
Cor............ When I saw this headline I thought it was another of Shapps' new initiatives!
Still it is 1st April.Good one Fear & Loathing!!
Landlords need to do more to let Tenants know that if they are in trouble with money they need to go and see them. No landlord will evict a tenant in need, most can't as they are charities.
Landlords can, however, help. They can put them on to HB officers to see if that is a possibility. They can agree payment plans. They may even be able to offer lines of credit themselves in some circumstances.
The message is simple, don't fret, don't speak to loan sharks, go and speak to your landlord.
Obviously, if you're in the private sector it's a bit different, but then many landlords will choose the tenant in situ over the cost of eviction and finding a new tenant. Even if they have to swallow a tenant paying a reduced amount.Can they not be given greenhouses in which they can grow poppies - the rate of return would be far higher, and of course the landlords could keep an 80% cut.
April Fool
Good to know that loan sharks have been involved in farming industry ...
Good to know that loan sharks have been involved in farming industry ...
Have your say
You must sign in to make a comment


text:
For More Information
Eleanor Pelta
Partner - Washington, D.C.
Immigration Resources
Immigration Alerts
AILA Publications
Now Available: AILA's Focus on Immigration Practice Under AC21
Written by Eleanor Pelta and A. James Vázquez-Azpiri
Related Events
Practice Overview
- Eleanor Pelta, Eric S. Bord, A. James Vázquez-Azpiri, and Lance D. Nagel listed in Chambers USA 2010
- Eleanor Pelta ranked #1 for Immigration in Chambers USA 2008
- Eleanor Pelta was selected as one of the "Top 10 Immigration Lawyers" for the Legal Times' Leading Lawyers 2006.
- Eleanor Pelta was elected as First Vice President, American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA).
- Eleanor Pelta is noted as a "Leading Individual for Immigration - Business" in Chambers Global 2010
- Our Immigration team includes speakers of Cantonese, English, French, German, Japanese, Mandarin, Serbian, Spanish, and Tagalog.
Related News
- Overview
- Our People
- Publications of Interest
- Upcoming Events
- Related News
- Related Resources
- Frequently Asked Questions
- << Back to Practices
Areas of Experience
The Immigration and Nationality Practice combines a highly recognized team of business immigration lawyers and paraprofessionals with cutting-edge, Web-based technology to provide global clients with extraordinary service and advice.
Providing immigration assistance from San Francisco, Washington, D.C., Boston, Moscow, and London, we offer the international resources of a top-tier law firm and the specific skills of a dedicated immigration team.
Our interdisciplinary and collaborative relationship with other Morgan Lewis practices—including Employee Benefits, Tax, and Business and Finance—allows us to deliver to clients the benefits of integrated legal resources across a broad spectrum of legal matters. We recognize the close connections between a multinational corporation's immigration program and its other essential operations, including internal employment policies, corporate compliance and governance, and plans for expansion and corporate development.
The areas in which we provide support and counsel include:
Inbound Visas and Permanent Residence
- H-1B Visas for temporary specialty workers
- L-1A and L-1B Visas and Blanket L Petitions for intracompany transferees
- E-1 and E-2 Treaty Investor and Trader Visas
- O-1 Extraordinary Ability Visas for scientists, researchers and others
- Training visas
- TN-NAFTA Visas for Canadians and Mexicans
- H-2B Visas for temporary workers
- Consular processing of nonimmigrant and immigrant visas
- Labor certification
- Multinational managers and executives, extraordinary ability, and outstanding researchers visas
- National interest waiver
- Due diligence for immigration aspects of corporate change
- Auditing and government (ICE) investigations
- I-9 compliance
- Corporate immigration policy development and implementation
- Social Security no-match counseling
- Training
- Experience with key countries around the globe
- International employment law
- Program and policy development
- Keeping clients up to date about developments in immigration law


text:
Mardel Price $9.99
Record your hopes, dreams, prayer requests, achievements, goals, and more in this beautiful, leather-like journal. Featuring an embossed cover design, lined pages, and a compact size that's perfect for on the go writing, each journal is as pretty as it is practical. Great gift idea!
Front cover reads, "Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed; for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go. Joshua 1:9"


text:
Quality, Value and Services under one Roof
NameBrand Liquidation is the premiere online wholesale distributor and closeout drop shipper that helps small businesses and entrepreneurs to compete against larger enterprises who buy bulk below wholesale merchandise products. NameBrand Liquidation offers high quality goods at wholesale and bulk prices.
Products are sold by the pallet or truckload, and prices of our wholesale supplies are as cheap or, in many cases, cheaper than wholesale suppliers who buy in bulk. NameBrand Liquidation prides itself on being a wholesaler who supplies existing businesses, buying below wholesale products on a local, national and international market. Our wholesale products minimum order is only a case of any product, giving small businesses the opportunity to quickly turn merchandise rather than having the dollars tied up in inventory.
We bring you finest and widest diverse selection of best quality and branded products from baby items, apparel, electronics, and furniture to so much more. We are known to be a BRANDED wholesale products distributor on a national and international wholesale business. Let NameBrand Liquidation help you have the best branded products while spending less as we offer you the lowest prices on superior quality wholesale products and general merchandise.
© Copyright 2012, Namebrandliquidation.com


text:
Assessment of the Board of Directors and Executive Management
The Board of Directors conducts an annual self-assessment process to improve the performance of the Board and its cooperation with Executive Management. This process is directed by the chairman and is facilitated by internal or external consultants.
Assessment criteria
The assessment process is based on written questionnaires and evaluates the Board's composition and the skills of its members, including whether each board member and executive participates actively in board discussions and contributes with independent judgement. It is further assessed whether the board member is inspirational and whether the environment encourages open discussion at board meetings.
The self-assessment conducted in 2012 resulted in a further development of the strategy process and a continued focus on succession preparedness.
Audit Committee
The Audit Committee also conducts an annual self-assessment based on written questionnaires.
Assessment of executives
The performance of each executive is continuously assessed by the Board, and once a year the chairman of the Board also conducts a formal interview with each executive.


text:
The pons also communicates through the spinal cord. It makes sense that problems in the pons could cause paralysis, because I know that any issue involving the spinal cord can cause paralysis as well.
This article makes me want to have my sodium level checked. I have cut way down on my salt intake because I have high blood pressure. I hope that this is not drastic enough to cause low sodium to the point that my pons could be affected. I don't have any of the symptoms of central pontine myelinosis, but it wouldn't hurt to make sure I'm not at risk.
I never would have thought that sodium levels could affect my brain! I guess everything you put in your body, or don't put in your body, matters.


text:
Platinum Record
Platnium Luxury Auctions set record price at March auction.The approximately $1.5 million was the highest residential sale achieved in the city for the past years.The March auction attracted interest from bidders around the world.Platinum conducted the sale in cooperation with prestigious Palm Beach firm Fite Shavell and Associates.
73 Year Old Man getting his Auctioneer License
Story of 73 Year old, Ike Elcher getting his auctioneer license. Showing a story of his life and his household collection.
Bid Calling Lesson #1
By:singingpine at Youtube
First lesson on calling as an auctioneer. Counting up to 10 with words put in between them just as you would if you were to be bidding off an item at an auction.
Fine Little Auctioneer Song
Just a fun little Auctionner song sang by Leroy Vandyke.
eBay Frauds Beware
By:iwantcollectables Youtube
This is an old but informative video of what to be aware of on eBay to make sure you are not being scammed.Though this is an 5 year old video, this kind of activity is still very much going on today. If you are interested in buying something on eBay, I would suggest checking out this video before you do so.
Tips on How Not To Bid At An Auction
By:Vantango1980 on Youtube
This is a video about an estate auction.It shows how you should be more aware of your surrounding. If others are not bidding against you there is usually good reason why. This also shows how its crucial to know what your doing and to have experience or else you will make big mistakes like they have in this video.
What To Expect At A Car Auction
By:Sportscarmarket Youtube
Interesting video on Youtube about what to expect when you go to a car sales auction. It explains how it takes a lot of money to make the payments.It explains how the contracts are conducted with 8% buy fee, 10% on memorabilia.
Mob-connected Hotel Up For Auction On eBay
Mob-connected hotel open for auction on eBay with a starting bid of $2 million.This location is on the shores of Fox Lake. This hotel once drew Al Capeone. The reason this hotel is being put up for auction is because it fell on hard times.The hotel is said to be haunted.
Munch's 'Scream' made new Art Auction record
Everybody knows of the famous painting 'Scream.' Now we can also know that on Wednesday that painting set the new record for most expensive artwork.The winning bid was Sotheby's auction for $120 million.Officials say the proceeds will go toward building a museum in Norway. This makes me want to learn about art so I can maybe hit that big amount one day.
Albert Levy organizing his first auction
Island antiques dealer, Albert Levy is planning on organizing his first auction in his Worth avenue gallery. It's slated to begin at 2 on Sunday May 6th, 2012. He has hired a licensed auctioneer to conduct sales. This is a well antcipated event as the projected sales is to be roughly $1 million with 75 of the sales coming from Palm Beach.


text:
Influences from Spain, Italy and other Mediterranean countries combine with North American ideas to create a Spanish/Mediterranean style of home. These range from older homes with small windows and large doors topped by arch windows, to new-style Mediterranean homes that have larger windows, use banks of windows and employ much larger arch windows. Grid patterns create an illusion of multiple panes. Use careful attention to design a grid pattern that complements the rest of the home. French swinging or French-style sliding doors are best for patios.
Spanish/Mediterranean/Stucco Architectural Style (3 images)
Spanish/Mediterranean/Stucco Recommended Windows
New and older Spanish/Mediterranean/Stucco style homes can all benefit from the utilization of arch window styles in their design. These arch windows complement the lines and pattern of the home as a whole. A large picture window can also be used in conjunction with the awning window as a finishing touch.
- Arch
Windows Radius Vinyl Replacement Windows – Milgard's radius vinyl replacement windows (also known as arch windows) create dramatic effects in both contemporary and traditional homes. Add to nearly any other window style for greater impact. Use to make striking door transoms. Available in virtually endless grid options. - Picture
Windows Picture Vinyl Replacement Windows – Maximize your view in living rooms, dining rooms, and master bedrooms with Milgard picture vinyl replacement windows. Combine with one or more operating windows for ventilation.
Spanish/Mediterranean/Stucco Recommended Doors
French Patio doors – either swinging or sliding are the best type of patio doors for this style of home. They maintain the ingrity of the style while ensuring a functional and sturdy option.
- Sliding
French Doors Sliding French Doors – Traditional in appearance, solid in construction. Durable vinyl frames won't absorb moisture and never need painting. Available with multiple grid and glass options. - In-Swing
French Doors In-Swing French Doors – Traditional In-Swing French doors open in to your home, allowing you to make the most of limited outdoor space.
Spanish/Mediterranean/Stucco Recommended Series
Milgard WoodClad series complements the wood trim and coloring often found in Spanish/Mediterranean/Stucco style homes.
- Enjoy a carefree fiberglass exterior with the beauty of a furniture-grade natural wood interior. Learn More >
WoodClad™ Series
Fiberglass Windows
- Make the most of your home's views with the sleek, trim sight lines of our durable aluminum patio doors. Learn More >
Standard Aluminum
Patio Doors
- Enjoy a carefree fiberglass exterior with the beauty of a furniture-grade natural wood interior. Learn More >
WoodClad™ Series
Fiberglass Patio Doors


text:
Nokia has announced on its official blog that owners of its Windows Phone devices should be on the look out for a new update soon. Called Lumia Amber, it was originally teased during the launch of the Lumia 925 earlier this year, as it would contain at least one of the new features seen on the 925. Sure enough, amongst other goodies, the new Pro Camera app is present and correct.
It's compatible with the Lumia 920, 820, 720, 620, 520 and 810 phones, but in some cases a few of the more complex features won't operate on the basic devices. Also, the Pro Camera app is only compatible with the Lumia 925 and Lumia 920. What is Pro Camera? It can replace the standard camera app on your phone, as it gives you complete control over the camera's operation, just like a normal camera. Take a look at the video for a preview of just one of its features.
Then we've got Nokia Smart Camera, an app available through the Windows Phone Store which needs Amber to operate. It's designed to bring life to action shots and also contains a burst mode and an editing feature. The Lumia Amber update will also improve the camera's performance, in areas such as noise reduction, exposure and autofocus.
Additionally, a flip to silence and a double tap unlock gesture will be added to the phone, while a new system called Glance can be selected, which adds a clock and other system notifications to the lock screen.The Lumia Amber update has been released today, but it may take a while to reach your phone depending on your location and whether your network has approved the update yet. Nokia says the Lumia 920 and Lumia 820 will be getting Amber first, with all other phones following by the end of September.
Just in case this is the first time you're updating your phone, Nokia has put together this handy video guide to make it easy.


text:
Gain Control of Meeting Spend
Online meeting management software is essential to any company or corporation that handles meetings. As organizations strive to tighten spend across the enterprise, purchasing and travel departments seek to consolidate processes to gain more visibility into meeting spend. This is what is called Strategic Meetings Management (SMM). Meeting planners must reach these budget goals while still trying to improve their meetings. A world-class tool like Cvent can help them achieve that.
Cvent offers a comprehensive solution that allows companies to implement enterprise-wide Strategic Meetings Management programs. The Cvent Strategic Meeting Management solution streamlines the corporate meetings and event process from the planning and sourcing phases through registration and travel booking. With over 100 customizable reports, Cvent aids the planner in measuring meeting spend. Planners maintain complete creative control over their events; procurement departments can view the costs incurred and implement controls to rein in meeting spend.
Not ready for a full SMM program or dont need all the bells and whistles of our core SMM offering? Check out Simply, Cvents lighter and less complex offering for simple meeting management.
Cvent's SMM Software Provides Results at Every Stage of the Meetings Management Process
Plan/Budget: Strategic Meetings Management can require complex and intricate financial planning. Streamline the meeting planning process with workflow and policy management, system integration, department calendars and budgeting tools.
Measure/Report: Use our meeting management software to create reports and measure all aspects of your strategic meetings management program, and share key meetings metrics across departments to evaluate meetings ROI.
Source/Buy: Research meeting destinations on the Cvent Destination Guide, compare venues and service providers on the Cvent Supplier Network, and send them customized RFPs to quickly receive bids on your event requirements.
Manage/Register: Balance event logistics such as email messaging, attendee management, payment processing, housing and travel. Allow attendees to register and manage all of their details online, and integrate with top booking tools.
Corporate and Enterprise-Level Meeting Planners
Cvent's enterprise software for strategic meetings management is feature-rich, but is also easy-to-use. Planners can create events on the Cvent system after a single 90 minute online training session.
- Exercise extensive creative control without knowledge of HTML
- Negotiate better deals and evaluate ROI by viewing historical event data
- Compare meeting venues and event services on the Cvent Supplier Network
- Request bids from multiple suppliers at once
Corporate Travel Management
In many corporations, meetings travel is managed separately from other corporate travel, which can make it difficult to manage spend. Cvents online meeting management software makes meetings travel a part of the larger travel process.
- Travel can review the meetings process, but still give creative control to meeting planners
- Cvent integrates with major travel booking tools
Corporate Procurement Departments
Cvent's Strategic Meetings Management Program focuses on providing corporate management with a snapshot of spend across every facet of the meeting planning process.
- Bring site selection, budgeting, registration, payment processing, travel, housing and reporting functionality into one system
- Allow managers to see the big picture, enabling them to streamline the process and identify unnecessary costs
Video Presentation
Business Travel News & Cvent Webcast: Making Meetings More Efficient
Hear from strategic meetings management industry experts on optimizing your meetings processes, including tracking, reporting, and incorporating strategies to save costs. Learn how your organization can better manage meetings costs and as a result drive a higher return on investment.


text:
You must be logged in to save your search, you can Register an account with SciCrunch to save your searches.
orIf you have forgotten your password, please enter your account email below and we will reset your password and email you the new password.
SET9 is a member of the SET domain-containing histone methyltransferase family that can specifically methylate histone 3 at lysine 4 position. Although nucleosomal histones are poor substrates for SET9, the active enzyme can stimulate activator-induced transcription. Here, we show that SET9 can monomethylate the TBP-associated factor TAF10 at a single lysine residue located at the loop 2 region within the putative histone-fold domain of the protein. Methylated TAF10 has an increased affinity for RNA polymerase II, pointing to a direct role of this modification in preinitiation complex formation. Reporter assays and studies on TAF10 null F9 cells expressing a methylation-deficient TAF10 mutant revealed that SET9-mediated methylation of TAF10 potentiates transcription of some but not all TAF10-dependent genes. This gene specificity correlated with SET9 recruitment. The promoter-specific effects of SET9-methylated TAF10 may have important implications regarding the biological function of SET domain-containing lysine methylases, whose primary targets have been presumed to be histones.
Welcome to NIF. Explore available research resources: data, tools and materials, from across the web
Search for resources specially selected for NIF community
Search across hundreds of additional biomedical databases
Search Pub Med abstracts and full text from PubMed Central
Enter your search terms here and hit return. Search results for the selected tab will be returned.
Click here to login or register and join this community.
Narrow your search by selecting a category. For additional help in searching, view our tutorials.
Displays the total number of search results. Provides additional information on search terms, e.g., automated query expansions, and any included categories or facets. Expansions, filters and facets can be removed by clicking on the X. Clicking on the + restores them.
Displays individual records and a brief description. Click on the icons below each record to explore additional display options.


text:
Thomas W. Sturgill, MD, PhD
Signaling through the MAP kinase pathway
The Sturgill lab continues its studies of MAP kinase signaling pathways. The current focus is on the group of diverse enzymes activated by MAP kinases and called MAPKAP kinases (MAP kinase activated protein kinases). These include the RSK, the RSK like but nuclear MSK, the MNK, and the MAPKAP kinase 2 like groups. All of these have roles in cancer but have been understudied. RSK2 regulates the c-fos promoter and estrogen receptor function. The MSKs regulate gene transcription by phosphorylation of histones and transcription factors. MAPKAP kinase 2 is activated in stress responses, such as hypoxia within tumors, and regulates the stability of AU-rich mRNAs including VEGF. In the MK2 (-,-) mouse, macrophages are unable to secrete cachetin/tumor necrosis factor alpha. This work will be extended to breast cancer. With support from the Cancer Center, Dr. Carol Chrestensen of the Sturgill lab has obtained a DOD breast cancer fellowship to study the role of MAPKAP kinases in breast cancer.


text:
The Blood Type Diet Archives Volume 8
Posted By: marieDate: Wednesday, 20 January 1999, at 12:26 a.m.
I also get migraines that are triggered by the sun. Have to wear a hat when I go outside, and it's not one of the light straw ones either. And dark glasses. Lots of other things trigger them too, but it's always nice to know that you are not alone with your problems! Best wishes. Marie


text:
Thanks X201 & PES. That last segment just had a nice mood to it - probably down to the choice of music and the sound of that V12 reverberating around the hills as much as anything else. |
#5061467, By GingerMagician Top Gear returns
GingerMagician 3,012 posts
Seen 8 months ago
Registered 11 years ago


text:
On Friday, Love's Travel Stop celebrated the opening of its first CNG fueling stations in Oklahoma City and Norman. The Oklahoma City-based company has partnered with Chesapeake to add CNG to its fuel offerings. Love's has announced plans to open 10 CNG fueling stations this year. "As more corporate and government entities convert their fleets to run on CNG and consumer demand for natural gas vehicles begins to grow, Love's wants to be ready to meet the needs of these customers," said Jenny Love Meyer, Love's vice president of communications.
photo credit: Derek Gates – jink via photo pin cc


text:
If you are already a guest or a member sign in below.
2 avocados, peeled, seed removed, mashed ½ red onion, finely diced 1 tomato, finely diced ½ long red chilli, finely diced ½ cup coriander, finely chopped 2 tablespoons olive oil Juice of 1 lime Dash tabasco Salt to taste
Serve with corn chips sour cream. Great with fish.
13 Feb 2008 | There's no legislation defining farmers' markets in Australia—each has its own charter which sets out what the market allows and doesn't. So can you be sure that farmers and producers are the ones getting your custom?
17 Jul 2007 | Not too long ago you had to go to special shops if you wanted organic food. Now you can find plenty in supermarkets, but mostly you'll pay a pretty high premium over the cost of standard produce. Is it really worth it?
Receive FREE email updates of our latest tests, consumer news and CHOICE marketing promotions.


text:
firstname.lastname@example.com 1-800-659-6151 8:30AM to 6:00PM EST.
Founded in 1971, Autograph Foliages is a leading manufacturer of artificial plants, trees, palm trees, custom-made trees, floral, greenery, Fire Retardant silk foliage, Polyblend® Outdoor Plants and Trees and Christmas Trees for Commercial interior and exterior applications. Based in Cleveland, Ohio, our quality silk foliage, plastic plants and silk tree components are shipped world wide to Autograph thousands of dealers, florists, decorators, interiorscapers, plantscapers, landscape contractors, wholesalers, Christmas buyers and display builders. Installations include shopping malls, hotels, casinos, restaurants, hospitals, theme and amusement parks, commercial and residential buildings and anywhere artificials are needed.
Since 1971, Autograph has molded a line of artificial outdoor shrubbery and trees designed to withstand the ravages of sun, ice, wind and people. Autograph's proprietary formula and construction make up the Polyblend® success story.
Check out Autograph's Clearance Section of PVC Christmas Items including Pre-Lit Trees, Wreaths, Garlands,Ornaments, and Glittery Accents and More! Items are Sold at Drastically Reduced Prices. Everything MUST Go! Good While Supplies Last!


text:
"We are tired, we are fed-up, we can't live in this way," said Aida Utaggio, protesting Friday against the Italian government's proposed budget for next year.
Prime Minister Enrico Letta's budget for 2014 was the target of union ire, with civil servants and transport workers demonstrating against further austerity and budget cuts.
The protests were part of a two-day strike, organized by the left-wing unions COBAS and USB.
"With this budget the government is continuing to hurt a country which is already on its knees," said COBAS spokesman Piero Bernocchi, according to Reuters.
USB's union coordinator Pierpaolo Leonardi said Letta's government was imposing directives from the European Union, disregarding the plight of Italian workers.
The strike has already led to the cancellation of more than 100 flights and 80 percent of the capital's buses not running. The Associated Press said some school and health workers were also on strike.
Italy has been in a recession since the middle of 2011.
When Letta introduced the budget on Tuesday, he said, "I don't want to make dramatic claims but this is a significant step in the right direction, with lower taxes for companies and workers."


text:
Sarah Lucas to represent UK at 2015 Venice Biennale
Artist Sarah Lucas is to represent the UK at next year's Venice Biennale.
Lucas, who emerged as one of the original Young British Artists in the late 1980s, is known for her suggestive sculptures and photographs.
She will follow artists like Jeremy Deller, Steve McQueen, Tracey Emin, Gilbert & George and Anish Kapoor, who have all filled the British Pavilion at past editions of the prestigious event.
The Biennale is sometimes branded "the Olympics of contemporary art".
The British Council has commissioned leading artists to represent the UK at the Biennale since 1938, with the aim of celebrating the best of British art.
Sarah Lucas makes crude art from crude materials.
Old tables, rusty buckets, fried eggs and raw chickens become visual metaphors of human body parts. It's not subtle. But then, it's not meant to be. Her art is physical, not cerebral.
It's 'in yer face' art - laddish, cocky and confrontational, frank and fearless. It's bawdy and ballsy - quite literally: male reproductive organs feature large in her work.
There is more though, to this onetime rebellious Young British Artist - now a fifty-something establishment favourite - than filthy jokes and dirty mattresses.
Her work is full of ambiguities and contradictions, awkward pairings and headless figures. It's vital and critical. It's about how we see ourselves and let ourselves be seen. It's about life and death, art and illusion.
Sarah Lucas might not be to everyone's taste, but she is a quintessentially British artist.
Lucas has become known for transforming ordinary objects like tights, vegetables, mattresses and fried eggs into evocative sculptures that resemble human body parts.
'Formidably inventive'The British Council's director of visual arts Andrea Rose described the artist as "a formidably inventive sculptor".
"To prick convention could be a term coined for Lucas' work," she said. "It's impolite. Like zest in the artworld mix, her work will bring wit and savour to the Biennale."
Gregor Muir, executive director of the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London, who was on the selection panel, said Lucas had "affirmed her status as a leading international artist" in recent years.
"Having consistently pushed the limits of her practice, there's a sense that Lucas - seemingly more active than ever - is coming into her own.
"Initially entering the fray as a Young British Artist, Lucas continues to make her presence known through a powerful and progressive relationship with her work. Her output remains urgent while being rooted in a rich artistic tradition, to include feminism and surrealism."
Dozens of other countries send representatives to the biannual showcase. The 56th Venice Biennale will run from May to November 2015.