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Barnes & Noble Unveils New Ad Campaign For Highly Acclaimed NOOK® HD And NOOK® HD+
The campaign was developed by Barnes & Noble with advertising partner Mullen and directed by Todd Field of Smuggler, with visual effects by Logan NY.
"The tablet battle will be in full swing this holiday," said Dave Weist, Executive Creative Director, Mullen. "We knew we had to focus on product design and user interface but we also had to wrap this in a human story that transcended tech and specs. That personal connection to reading in all its wondrous forms is deeply rooted in the NOOK brand."
The spot, which can be viewed at www.youtube.com/NOOK, will break tonight on The X-Factor, The Office, Glee, Scandal and The Voice, and is scheduled for over one billion impressions nationally, across all major networks (ABC, NBC Universal, CBS and Fox) plus cable networks (e.g. Food Network, HGTV, Bravo), during all top-rated network shows. This unprecedented television media buy will include broadcast on primetime programming like The Voice, Modern Family, X-Factor, Dancing with the Stars, The Big Band Theory, Grey's Anatomy, Two and a Half Men, Mike & Molly, NCIS, 2 Broke Girls, New Girl, The Mindy Project, The New Normal, Once Upon a Time and many others. The commercial will also be broadcast during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade and the American Music Awards, a first for Barnes & Noble. Additional media elements also include a presence on CNET this Fall.
Just in time for the holiday season, the new NOOK HD and NOOK HD+ are optimized to deliver unparalleled experiences in the areas that company research showed NOOK tablet owners use most: reading, Web, video and email. The reading experience is unmatched, offering beautifully rendered text, magazines in spectacular HD and lightning fast page turns. In fact, NOOK HD boasts the world's highest-resolution ever on a 7-inch tablet and NOOK HD+ has a stunning 9-inch full HD display. Thanks to top-end processors, the newly designed Web browser in NOOK HD and NOOK HD+ is super-fast, making it simple and smooth to surf favorite sites with a tap, pinch and zoom. New to the Web, ArticleView™ allows you to customize your online reading experience. Both NOOK HD and NOOK HD+ offer access to a collection of popular movies and TV shows through new NOOK Video. And an all-new built-in email app offers new features in an easy-to-use, clean format that supports a host of popular personal and work-related email services including Microsoft ® Exchange ActiveSync.
Starting at the low prices of $199 for NOOK HD and $269 for NOOK HD+, nearly half the cost of the leading large-format tablet, both products deliver an amazing value for customers. NOOK HD is available in "Snow" and "Smoke" and NOOK HD+ is available in "Slate." Experience the entire NOOK family of products at www.nook.com or at the NOOK Digital Shops and displays in one of Barnes & Noble's more than 700 bookstores and other leading retailers including Best Buy, Target and Walmart. Barnes & Noble offers Always Free NOOK Support in all of its neighborhood bookstores, with more than 40,000 NOOKsellers across the country ready to assist customers with setting up their NOOK devices or choosing their next great read. About Barnes & Noble, Inc. Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE:BKS) is a Fortune 500 company and the leading retailer of content, digital media and educational products. The company operates 689 Barnes & Noble bookstores in 50 states, and one of the Web's largest e-commerce sites, BN.com ( www.bn.com). Its NOOK Media LLC subsidiary is a leader in the emerging digital reading and digital education markets. The NOOK digital business offers award-winning NOOK ® products and an expansive collection of digital reading and entertainment content through the NOOK Store™ ( www.nook.com), while Barnes & Noble College Booksellers, LLC operates 667 bookstores serving over 4.6 million students and faculty members at colleges and universities across the United States. Barnes & Noble is proud to be named a J.D. Power and Associated 2012 Customer Service Champion and is only one of 50 U.S. companies so named. Barnes & Noble.com is ranked the number one online retailer in customer satisfaction in the book, music and video category and a Top 10 online retailer overall in customer satisfaction according to ForeSee E-Retail Satisfaction Index (Spring Top 100 Edition). General information on Barnes & Noble, Inc. can be obtained via the Internet by visiting the company's corporate website: www.barnesandnobleinc.com. NOOK ®, NOOK Store™, NOOK Video™, NOOK Video Apps™ are trademarks of Barnes & Noble, Inc. Other trademarks referenced in this release are the property of their respective owners. Follow Barnes & Noble on Twitter ( www.bn.com/twitter), Facebook ( www.facebook.com/barnesandnoble) and YouTube ( www.youtube.com/user/bnstudio). About NOOK Media LLC NOOK reading and entertainment products make it easy to read what you love, anywhere you like™ with a fun, easy-to-use and immersive digital reading experience. With NOOK, customers gain access to the expansive NOOK Store™ of more than 3 million digital books, plus periodicals, comics, apps, movies and TV shows, and the ability to enjoy content across a wide array of popular devices through free NOOK Reading Apps™ and NOOK Video apps, available at www.nook.com/freenookapps. NOOK owners receive Always Free NOOK Support in any of Barnes & Noble's nearly 700 bookstores. Find NOOK devices in Barnes & Noble stores and online at www.nook.com, as well as leading retailers including Best Buy, Walmart, Target and many others. NOOK products will also soon be available in the United Kingdom through www.nook.co.uk and leading retailers. For more information on NOOK, follow us on www.twitter.com/nookBN or www.twitter.com/nook_UK and www.facebook.com/nook.Check Out Our Best Services for Investors
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Santa Monica, California, March 26, 2012 – British rockers Keane will kick off a North American tour in support of their fourth studio album Strangeland in Boston, MA on June 12th (see below for complete itinerary). Mystery Jets will support on all dates except Nashville, Chicago and Milwaukee.. Strangeland was produced by Dan Grech (Radiohead, The Vaccines, Howling Bells), recorded at Sea Fog, Keane songwriter/pianist Tim Rice-Oxley's studio in South Downs, UK, and will be released May 8th on Cherrytree/Interscope Records.
Fan presale will begin March 28th at www.keanemusic.com at 10am local time with public on sale set for March 30th. For more information and a video message from the band visit www.keanemusic.com.
The internationally acclaimed band debuted first single "Silenced By The Night" on Jimmy Kimmel Live March 12th followed by their first ever play at the SXSW music festival where they performed to packed audiences throughout the festival. Entertainment Weekly says the track "crackles with candy-colored '80s synths and soaring open-air choruses." Keane recently performed "Silenced By The Night" and "Disconnected" acoustically for NME.com.
Keane is singer Tom Chaplin, drummer Richard Hughes, keyboardist Rice-Oxley and bassist Quin. Four years have elapsed since Keane's last album Perfect Symmetry; two since Night Train, the EP which followed its three full-length predecessors to the top of the British album charts, securing them a place in pop history. If Keane's feverishly loyal fan base wondered what the group's next album would sound like, they weren't the only ones. In the eight years following the release of 2004's 9× platinum Brit award winning Hopes & Fears, every Keane album has marked a clear progression from the previous one: the anxious emotional terrain mapped out by Under The Iron Sea to the iridescent poptimism of Perfect Symmetry.
See below for a complete list of Keane North American tour dates:
June 12th Boston, MA House of Blues
June 14th N. Bethesda, MD Music Center At Strathmore
June 15th New York, NY Beacon Theatre – on sale 3/31
June 16th Philadelphia, PA Merriam Theater
June 18th Montreal, QC Olympia de Montreal
June 19th Toronto, ON The Sound Academy
June 21st Nashville, TN. Marathon Music Works
June 22nd Chicago, IL The Vic – on sale 3/31
June 23rd Milwaukee, WI Pabst Theater
June 25th Denver, CO Paramount Theater
June 26th Salt Lake City, UT The Gallivan Center
June 29th Los Angeles, CA The Orpheum Theatre
June 30th Oakland, CA The Fox Theater – on sale 4/1
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Be a Healthier Host: Cookouts
by Dana Angelo White in Healthy Recipes, Meal Makeovers, May 26, 2010Want to host a cookout without busting a gut for bikini season? Use our tips and lightened-up versions of classic alfresco fare to throw a backyard bash that your guests will love and feel good about.
5 Ways To Keep the Calories Under Control
- Go light on the apps. Pick only two starters so everyone doesn't fill up — we like chicken wings and chips & salsa.
- Drink responsibly. People tend to drink more when cooking out, especially if it's hot. Have lots of ice–cold (and calorie-free) sparkling water and pitchers of lemon water at the ready.
- Offer vegetarian options. Try grilled vegetable sandwiches or veggie burgers.
- Serve fewer sides. Just like the apps, pick two favorite side dishes. This way your guests won't be tempted to try six different things.
- Save room for dessert! Serve small desserts like cookies or cupcakes along with a big fruit salad.
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Our made-over versions of picnic favorites are so good, no one will know they're lightened up.
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Easy way to entertain your guests without spending a day or a fortune. If I were to choose a veggie burger to go with the cook out, I will definitely go for Amy's All American Veggie Burger which scored 3 or so in one of your April posts. As you made the post, I checked on the Nutri info. With calcium, iron, Vit A and C at really high percentages, it could pass for a home made recipe. This is one of the few recipes I had seen rarely recommend the use of FILTERED WATER as part of the ingredients.
These are just great to control the amount of calories in out food. Thanks for sharing.
good advice for BBQ lovers as well. skewered vegetables on the BBQ? Oh yeah.


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It was another day of incredibly close times in Valencia. Against some expectations, Pirellis soft-compound tyres degraded quite quickly, and though the unexpectedly cool conditions warmed somewhat in the afternoon, the wind also had to be factored into set-ups. Sebastian Vettel used his Red Bulls updates to good effect, but it was Force India who caught the eye as his nearest rival. We take a team-by-team look at day one in Spain
Red Bull
Sebastian Vettel, 1m 40.973s, P2/1m 39.334s, P1
Mark Webber, 1m 40.984s, P3/1m 39.901s, P9
Vettel said he was happy with how things went, but that it was hard to draw definitive conclusions over the value of several updates. Webber said there was room for improvement, and that his RB8 was better balanced on the medium tyre than the soft.
Force India
Nico Hulkenberg (afternoon only), 1m 39.465s, P2
Paul di Resta, 1m 41.105s, P6/1m 39.700s, P6
Jules Bianchi (morning only), 1m 42.175s, P15
Hulkenberg really got the job done in the sole session that he did, setting second fastest time behind Vettel, though that probably depended on relative fuel loads. Di Resta said that his car felt good straight away and that the pace was there on both single-lap runs and longer runs. Bianchi mainly focused on evaluation of front wings in FP1.
Kamui Kobayashi, 1m 41.838s, P12/1m 39.595s, P3
Sergio Perez 1m 41.861s, P13/1m 40.511s, P16
The two drivers focused on different programmes. Perez spun in the second session but got going again, while Kobayashi had a hydraulic problem in FP2 which prevented him from doing long runs.
Michael Schumacher, 1m 41.117s, P7/1m 39.601s, P4
Nico Rosberg, 1m 41.182s, P9/1m 39.926s, P10
Schumacher was happy enough with his day, apart from a minor clutch problem in FP2, while Rosberg said his only real problem was the tendency for the front brakes to lock, especially in Turn 12.
Pastor Maldonado, 1m 40.890s, P1/1m 40.075s, P13
Bruno Senna (afternoon only), 1m 39.644s, P5
Valtteri Bottas (morning only) 1m 42.299s, P16
Williams reported a good day evaluating new aero parts while also conducting the usual set-up work and tyre comparison. All three drivers were reasonably satisfied with their days, though Maldonado said his set-up still needed tuning.
Fernando Alonso, 1m 41.065s, P5/1m 39.733s, P7
Felipe Massa, 1m 42.109s, P14/1m 40.244s, P15
Alonso reported a positive day in which some updates worked better than others. Massa worked mainly doing aero comparisons, so his times were not particularly representative.
Romain Grosjean, 1m 41.784s, P11/1m 39.868s, P8
Kimi Raikkonen, 1m 41.620s, P10/1m 39.945s, P11
Lotus were disappointed that the day was less warm than yesterday, but Grosjean said he was happy with his long-run pace which bodes well for the race. Raikkonen said he was quite happy, but that traffic hurt him in his long run in the afternoon.
Jenson Button, 1m 40.994s, P4/1m 39.990s, P12
Lewis Hamilton, 1m 41.158s, P8/1m 40.147s, P14
Button said that he and his crew did a lot of work to alleviate a wheel-locking problem and that while the single-lap performance wasnt as bad as it looked on paper, they had a good direction for tomorrow. Hamilton simply admitted that they didnt get it right and that he struggled, but said that he is confident they know what to do to sort things for FP3 and qualifying.
Vitaly Petrov, 1m 43.209s, P20/1m 40.963s, P17
Heikki Kovalainen, 1m 42.442s, P17/1m 41.197s, P19
A new floor and front wing were available, as technical director Mark Smiths new right-hand man John Iley made his first official appearance for the team. As Petrov worked with some new KERS maps, Kovalainen said that his first impressions of the aero changes were positive.
Toro Rosso
Daniel Ricciardo, 1m 42.777s, P19/1m 41.121s, P18
Jean-Eric Vergne, 1m 42.758s, P18/1m 41.263s, P20
Ricciardo said his car felt better on a higher fuel load and that more work was thus needed for qualifying, while Vergne worked on honing the set-up around the revised exhaust layout tried by the Australian in Canada.
Timo Glock, 1m 45.338s, P24/1m 42.424s, P21
Charles Pic, 1m 44.173s, P21/1m 42.958s, P22
Pic was entrusted with the lions share of the set-up work after Glock fell victim to a stomach bug. The Frenchman said he thought they had identified a reasonable way forward for FP3 and qualifying, while Glock said he was feeling a little better as the day progressed.
Narain Karthikeyan, 1m 45.120s, P23/1m 44.201s, P23
Pedro de la Rosa, 1m 44.996s, P22/1m 44.260s, P24
Once again HRT were struggling with their brakes, their Achilles heel in Montreal. Changes improved things for De la Rosa in FP2, before a mistake put him in the wall. Karthikeyan struggled to get his soft tyres up to temperature in FP2.
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One of my lovely blog readers Rachael recently had a great question about the Thermomix for me and I thought that I'd share it and my answer on the blog today (since there are lots of people with similar questions out there).
You might recall that a few months ago I actually won a Thermomix. I feel so lucky to have this machine for free because I know that so many people out there are umming and ahhing about getting one themselves but might find the cost pretty prohibitive.
"Hi Kristy,
We are looking to purchase either a thermomix or a kitchen aid mixer for mothers day- lucky me!! Any thoughts on which would be better?? I'm really not sure if I would use the thermomix every day and for the $$ you spend not sure if it would be worth it. I do quite a bit of baking/ birthday / wedding cupcakes etc and my old mixer has just died so wondering whether a kitchen Aid might suffice. I need to make lots of buttercream icing in the coming months!! Would love to hear your thoughts or maybe those of your readers too??
Thanks for your question Rachael. I've had my Thermoix for a couple of month now and honestly, I've been using it less.
I think you have to think about what appliances you already have and also what kind of assistance do you need in the kitchen.
To me it sounds like you really want to do a lot of baking. Whilst I think that the thermomix does a pretty good job at mixing cakes, it's essentially exactly like a food processor, so if you've ever mixed cakes in a food-processor, that's the kind of result you'll get. I have a kitchen aid too, and for cakes and baking, you can't beat a kitchen aid.
I would only shell out for the Thermomix if you have a real desire to start making most of your foods from scratch (like making all your own sauces, stocks, nut butters etc). If you've got someone in your family with food intolerances it can be great in terms of milling flours and making things without additives.
I personally don't think it does a fantastic job at cooking all-in-one meals like stews and pasta sauces.
It does really good soups, it makes great béchamel sauce, great dips, good custard, good sorbet and lovely polenta. The risotto's are ok, but I think you can do better on the stove, though it's certainly good to have your hands free.
I hope that helps a bit. It's really a personal thing. Lots and lots of people rave about the Thermomix, but I think it's partly because they've paid $2000 for it and kind of have to justify their purchase a bit (I know that I would be like that!). Don't get me wrong, it's absolutely a high quality machine. Essentially though, it's just an extremely powerful blender that can heat at the same time.


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CLEVELAND - A University of Michigan recruit did something that is certainly adding fuel to the Michigan-OSU rivalry fire. Logan Tillman tweeted a picture of himself burning a piece of mail from the Ohio State football office. The 6'7″, 320 pounder will play offensive tackle for the Wolverines.
God Ohio State is taking a beating lately. Scandals. Cheating. Hiring scumbag coaches. Everybody de-committing of sex predators. Recruits setting their letters on fire right in their fucking face. Disaster. Tough time to be a Buckeye that's for sure.


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Moving to a retirement village is not only a lifestyle decision, it's also a financial one. Extremely high exit fees can mean you may not have enough money left over to seek alternative or more suitable accommodation if you find it unsuitable.
About 5% of Australians aged 65 and older live in retirement villages. Retirement villages are a growing sector, with the number of villages increasing by more than 8.5% over the three years to July 2010. The majority of accommodation options in a retirement village are independent living units; only about 7% are serviced apartments. While independent living units can give you the option to purchase services such as meals and cleaning, a retirement village is usually not suitable if you need a high level of care - in that case, consider a nursing home.
Many of the services available in a retirement village can also be accessed from your own home, especially if you move to a low-maintenance unit. You can get in a cleaner or gardener, order Meals on Wheels, receive daily calls from Red Cross and have an emergency button installed. Retirement village residents such as Merryl often mention the lifestyle and community spirit as one of the reasons they enjoy living in their village. "It feels as though we live in a resort," she says. "The people are extremely friendly and there is a tremendous spirit. We have a wonderful manager and an active social committee." Tip: Contact your local council to find out what activities and services are available for older people in your local area.
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Should you decide to move to a retirement village, state laws give you some limited protection. But you'll still need to look beyond the sales pitch and go through the contracts carefully to fully understand the financial implications. Pay particular attention to the following five issues:
1) What type of contract?
The main types of contract arrangements are:
· Strata title You pay an agreed amount to a former resident or the operator, and then own the unit. You usually also need to enter into a service agreement with the operator.
· Loan and licence may be offered by not-for-profit organisations such as churches. You usually pay a contribution in the form of an interest-free loan.
· Leasehold The lease is usually registered on the title deed, which protects you if the village is sold. You pay a lump sum for the leasehold.
Entry, ongoing and exit fees can apply to all three contract types.
Tip: Alternatively, look out for retirement villages with a rental agreement which usually only charge rent and none of the other fees.
2) Entry costs
There are large variations in entry fees for retirement villages, depending on factors including location, facilities, the age and condition of the unit and other fees to be paid.
According to Peter McMullen, National Director of Health and Aged Care from real estate services firm Jones Lang LaSalle, entry fees for a two-bedroom unit in a retirement village could range from $200,000 to $400,000 in less affluent areas, to between $1 million and $2 million in very affluent areas of Sydney. On average, a two-bedroom unit in a retirement village costs about 90% of the median house price in the area in which it's located (the median house price is based on all types of properties and not restricted to two-bedroom units). Two-bedroom units that are less than 10 years old cost on average just above the median house price, whereas older-style units (more than 30 years old) can be available for half the median house price.
Tip: In some states, such as NSW and SA, you have a 90-day settling-in period during which you can move out and pay only market rent and some costs. But beware, depending on terms of the contract you may only get your entry fee back once your unit is resold.
3) Ongoing costs
Ongoing costs cover any services provided, maintenance and a management fee for the village owner. According to Jones Lang LaSalle, average monthly fees for a retirement village are about $350 per month for independent living units, but can range from $280 to $650 per month and up to $1000 per month for resort-style villages in very affluent areas.
One area of concern for residents is that the services these fees cover may sometimes change. "We used to have two emergency buttons in the bathroom, one of them inside the shower," says one resident. "One day I came home and my wife told me they had removed the emergency button in the shower. We weren't notified of this in advance."
The main problem, however, is that ongoing fees can increase more than expected. "The only disappointing aspect of finances has been the increase in monthly fees," says Merryl.
Some states regulate increases in monthly fees. In NSW, unless there are fixed increases for ongoing fees in your contract, increases greater than the Consumer Price Index (CPI) can only come into effect if the residents agree or if the Consumer, Trader and Tenancy Tribunal (CTTT) orders so.
However, the operator is still in a much stronger position than the residents. "We rejected the budget for two items of about $50,000 in total and went before the CTTT," says John. "The Tribunal agreed with us, but now the operator has lodged an appeal and we have to decide whether we can keep defending this, given that large legal costs could arise."
Other ongoing costs include services such as your telephone, gas and electricity.
Tip: Check the terms of the contract on what happens if you move out of your unit or die, as you or your estate may be responsible for ongoing fees for months (if not years) afterwards, depending on when your unit is sold.
4) Exit fees
Exit fees – also known as deferred management fees – can be very complicated and may include one-off and/or annual charges over a specific period of time, for example 10 years. Examine your capital gain entitlement carefully as you may only get part or none at all, this could mean you suffer a significant capital loss – see Devil Is InThe Detail, XX. You may also have to pay an amount for refurbishment of the unit, such as new carpet or paint.
Residents point out that it can take a long time before you receive your exit entitlements; this usually depends on how soon your unit is resold. The worst example we've heard about is from Steve, whose mother passed away eight years ago with her estate only now receiving the exit entitlements.
Tip: In some states, such as Victoria and SA, depending on your contract there can be special rules so that you will receive your entitlements after a certain period if you need to go to an aged care facility and pay an accommodation bond – even if your unit hasn't sold.
5) Future care
The majority of accommodation options in a retirement village are independent living units. It's a good idea to think about your future needs and check if the retirement village also offers serviced apartments or if the operator is an approved provider for community care packages which may allow you to stay in your unit for longer.
Nursing homes are sometimes located within retirement villages – but don't assume your future care is secured if you move into such a village. Nursing home places are regulated by the federal government, not state, and their allocation is determined on a needs basis rather than whether or not you're an existing village resident.
TABLE NOTES * For the first nine years, plus a one-off 5% sinking fund fee in the first year. All figures are rounded.
Nine years ago, Joan and Edward each bought a two-bedroom unit in different retirement villages with different fee and capital gains structures; both cost $360,000 to buy. Edward paid a 32% fee (3% annual fee for nine years plus a 5% sinking fund contribution) while Joan paid a one-off 20% fee. Joan receives only a 20% share of the capital gain, whereas Edward gets 80%. In the case of an 8% capital gain, Edward comes out on top; in the case of a 2% capital gain, both suffer a similar capital loss. By comparison, if they'd bought a low-maintenance unit, they would have received the full value – $720,000 in the first scenario and $430,000 in the second.
Note: Other costs such as refurbishment and selling costs have not been taken into account and would also have to be deducted from the payout figure.
CHOICE verdict
It's crucial that prospective retirement village residents get financial as well as legal advice. While lawyers and financial advisers versed in retirement contracts may not be easy to find, it is well worth the effort. Contact the fair trading/consumer affairs office in your state or territory for further information and to familiarise yourself with the relevant laws.
CHOICE will continue our research into retirement village contract traps. In particular, we're concerned about:
· Lack of transparency due to non-standardised contracts that are difficult to understand.
· Lack of ability to change accommodation options because of high exit fees.
· Contract traps, which affect a potentially vulnerable consumer group at a time of life when choices are already limited.
If you're considering moving into a retirement village, apart from checking on the contract traps, consider:
· Talking to your family and friends.
· Visiting a sufficient number of retirement villages to compare services, facilities and financial arrangements.
· Whether the services and facilities at the village will still be suitable as you get older. Are there any stairs, for example, and are the paths easy to access?
· Whether there is adequate parking for visitors.
· Whether you can access local facilities such as GPs, shops, hospitals, libraries, churches, clubs and public transport.
· Whether you can make changes to the inside of premises – for example, in the event you need a wheelchair.
· Whether you can have someone stay over for a visit or move in.
· Whether you can have a pet.
· Whether or not the grounds are pleasant and well-tended.
· The security arrangements Is there sufficient external lighting?


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Hey TFC Bornz0r, As far as I know, the server transfer option is currently down. I don't have an ETA on when it will become available again I'm afraid. Cheers, Vuxadin.
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It has been down for some days now, it will be hopefully be back up soon. But no one knows when. Edit; ninja'd. D:
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Hey, Apologies for not updating you all sooner but the transfer service has been down while we have been making an upgrade so that it can handle transfers where the username exists on both servers. We are going to be bringing it back on Monday, we hoped to bring it back sooner but due to the various issues with 3.5 it was delayed so that we could give our full attention and prioritize gameplay issues. This is a particularly important change for us as it will allow EU players who have been on NA a long time a chance to transfer to EUW/EUNE.
EuW and EuNe can transfer NA too ?
This is one of the best news ever, Transfer between EU AND NA :3 GG WP!
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January 7-8, 2008 Tornado Outbreak
An unusually early severe weather outbreak hit the Missouri Ozarks Monday afternoon, January 7th, into the early morning hours Tuesday, January 8th, 2008. Numerous supercell thunderstorms spawned at least 33 tornadoes that resulted in significant damage to homes , trees and power lines. The supercell thunderstorms were followed by a violent squall line that produced damaging straight line winds in excess of 70 mph. In addition, the storms produced torrential rainfall and flash flooding. The storms developed as an intense storm system tracked out of the Rockies and interacted with an unseasonably warm, moist and unstable airmass across the Ozarks. Take a look at the Severe Event Summary from the Storm Prediction Center for a meteorological overview of the event.
National Weather Service Springfield, Missouri issued 33 severe thunderstorm warnings and 62 tornado warnings in approximately a 12 hour period. A total of 161 severe weather reports were received from mid afternoon on January 7th through the early morning hours on January 8th.
National Weather Service Springfield would like to thank emergency management, law enforcement , weather spotters and amateur radio operators, volunteer and cooperative observers, and radio and TV media for all of their reports and cooperation during this major severe weather event. Thank you for serving our community!
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Dr. Braunstein is a professor with a joint appointment in the Department of Political Science and the W.O. Farber Center for Civic Leadership at The University of South Dakota. He received a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Colorado, Boulder, in 1999, where he also founded a successful non profit organization dedicated to providing citizens with access to a wide range of public voter information. He is a Research Associate in the Government Research Bureau.
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- Ph D, Political Science, University of Colorado, 1999
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I know you don't watch me walk away. I know you don't watch me walk away.
I know you don't press your forehead against the double glass to keep me in your sight. There is no straining for that one last look, no time suspended in the final unblinking stare. You don't stay with me until I am just another city glow fading in to night. Tonight I have said I don't want to do this anymore. Archetype: The Fiction Writer's Guide to Psychology. A. Victoria Mixon, Editor. Unmissable articles on writing.
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Characters are the heart and soul of every story. Almost every great story is about people. Exercises for Fiction Writers - Page 2. English 50 – Intro to Creative Writing: Exercises for Story Writers More Exercises: Write the first 250 words of a short story, but write them in ONE SENTENCE.
Make sure that the sentence is grammatically correct and punctuated correctly. This exercise is intended to increase your powers in sentence writing. Write a dramatic scene between two people in which each has a secret and neither of them reveals the secret to the other OR TO THE READER. Write hard. Write true. And write on. Writing Realistic Injuries. Quick Contents Introduction General remarks What's normal?
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The smartest red carpet rigs from TV's biggest night, from old school tuxes done right to the freshest takes on formal wear. Here are the guys who aced the black tie dress code
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Ahead of Monday's Emmy Awards hosted by Seth Meyers, we've ginned up your official broadcast drinking game, which turns every Emmys cliché into a good thing. Tune in to NBC at 8 p.m. EDT, and drink every time you spot one. read more
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Hello Anime vice, it is I, M, again here to put on my lab coat, cook up some science, and review the Visual novel turned Anime, Steins; Gate courtesy of Nitroplus. Appearing sometime in 2011 it gained a good amount of popularity with close friends of mine, culmination in my desire to have a Steins gate marathon over the course of my weekend. So now that that's over, how do I feel about Steins gate?
Stein's Gate set in the modern 2010 this spiritual successor to Chaos Head though not entirely in its themes. The story is of 18 year old self described mad scientist ranking up there with Cave Johnson Rintarou Okabe, head of rang tag group of scientist including a 18 year old girl and brilliant neuroscientist Kurisu Makise, student and computer engineer Hasida Itaru, and lastly cute and honestly mildly autistic high school girl, Mayuri Shiina. They together have discovered accidentally that when you combine a phone with a microwave and add a little bit of a crt tv you get time travel complete with all the uses and consequences thereof. This, of course, attracting the attention of the unwanted in the process. Let me put it to you this way, if I have to say anything more than more than an anime about a bunch of college kids cooking up science and finding time travel through combining a cell phone and a microwave not only is this review not for you, but I feel the need to pose this question; what the hell are you doing on this planet breathing my air?
Steins Gate, man oh man, let me tell you. It's been a long time since I've seen an anime this good, hate to spoil the surprise, but it's really good. I entered in with a high level of skepticism with Steins gate and rightfully so, the first episode is one of the most confusing and rather poorly done entry into anything I have ever seen however with every step Steins gate gets better and by the end, to be honest, I'm having a hard time figuring out to begin.
The show for all intents and purposes is divided into two distinct segments, the first twelve episodes are a excellent and pretty funny slice of life anime that basically deals with the development of time travel, the second section of 12 episodes are a very serious for lack of a better word adventure against time itself to stop some bad stuff from going down; that mostly deals with the applications and consequences of time travel. These episodes divided cleanly by a single one, episode 12, that has probably the biggest shit got real escalation curve I have seen in an anime to date. It performs with juggle of themes unbelievably well all while never breaking character for anyone.
Speaking of which, Steins Gate above all has a strong sense of character. It has a ridiculous cast while at the same time as managing them realistically. They react to things as people should; frightening things bring fear; if a character is hurt by another they react like they should. More so the conversations feels natural. Instead of seeming forced, relationships between characters seem sensible and even within their motifs these characters do seem more like people. Media has always had a problem with finding a way to bring a three dimension to a character without forcing melodrama or contrivance. In Steins Gate the drama while dramatic hardly seems melodramatic, unless the story itself address it as melodramatic, such is the case with many characters whose tropes are discussed and their tendencies to follow the trope are often the butt of jokes without necessarily breaking the fourth wall and demolishing seriousness with it. People are pretty funny to be honest and that's what the humor is in Steins gate, people being what they are.
Most importantly there is the Science, Sci-fi is often one of the most underused or overly generic genres available sadly, so it brings me great joy to see Steins gate push for Science fiction in a semi-different way. While time Travel isn't a new idea most of the implementation of it in Steins Gate is new enough. Using Time travel in ways that are unique without being completely insane. Admittedly some of the science is bullshit, but time travel is a new science to the characters and often enough they can only theorize why things are working more than knowing, the fact that a good portion of this show is simply a bunch of college kids performing weird experiments just to figure out how this new science works makes Steins Gate a little unique compared to its generic high school romance brethren that dominate the slice of life world or the space Mecha that dominate anime sci-fi.
I know this is turning into just rapid fire gush for Steins Gate, but I can't express how much it deserves it. It's not perfect for sure, the characters can be a bit much sometimes being so realistically socially inept as the story claims they are, a tendency to have plot twist with predictability up there with death and taxes, combined with its propensity to try to force information down your throat can turn away people early on. A main sticking point some might have is the small holes in the science of Time travel in Steins Gate, but to be honest every science fiction has a little space magic, mass effect has element zero, Star Trek has more small holes then the back of a gun range. Simply put if science fiction were entirely science fact, then all our microwaves would have a time travel setting.
Steins gate all around brings a package I can't begin to express the quality of. Despite its imperfections I'm happy to give Steins Gate a very special place. In all the Manga and anime I've seen, a number well over a hundred by now, and of all I've only truthful been able to say two manga and four anime series have a 5 out of 5 ranking out of all that I've seen in my life. Something that hasn't changed since the Mirai Nikki manga ended, but I'm happy to change that. So without further stalling; I give Steins Gate a impressive 5 time traveling bananas out of 5. Well that's all Vice users, now I'm off to sleep, tomorrow me and the other boys are going to get together to all kinds of science stuff and make a podcast, see you later!


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Culture Project presents the world-premiere production of Tennessee Williams's final play, In Masks Outrageous and Austere. It is almost hard to believe that this play comes from the same man to pen such classics as Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and A Streetcar Named Desire. You won't find any naturalism here. Instead, expect the surreal, the erotic and the downright strange.
Masks is set in an undisclosed coastal location where Babe, the richest woman in the world, is being held against her will with her younger gay husband and his even younger secretary/lover. The group was kidnapped and is constantly monitored by the Gideons, a secret-service-like group reminiscent of The Matrix's agent Smith. The group battles their own confusion and paranoia, and a nasty infestation of tent worms, in addition to each other. But they're not alone and eventually meet their quirky opera-singing neighbor, Matron, and her mentally challenged son, Playboy. The already outrageous world spins more and more out of control as they lose their trust in each other and ultimately come to a violent end.
The scenic design by James Noone fantastically sets the stage for the disorienting world of the play. The entire theater has been transformed to envelop the audience with 360 degrees of LED screens and mirrors and a floor covered in authentic sand. Upon entering, the audience soon notices that they are being filmed, with the images projected onto the screens surrounding them. Everyone is constantly being watched, brilliantly establishing the paranoid atmosphere before the actors even take the stage.
The theme of paranoia is clear before the play begins, but nothing can be sure once the action begins. The play itself is confusing, which is no doubt purposeful. Identities are unclear, relationships are based on lies, and there's no clear reason behind any of the events. But the plot itself is so hard to follow that greater themes and deeper meanings are hidden, if not lost completely. Needless to say, this leaves the actors with a host of challenges.
The iconic Shirley Knight, for whom Williams wrote Creve Coeur, offers an arresting, but muddled performance of Babe. Her frazzled line delivery convinces us of Babe's constant state of inebriation. Yet the deeper meaning of her lines is often lost amongst her frantic pacing and unconventional breaks within phrases. Ms. Knight dances precariously on the line between authentic drunken antics and a simple case of forgetting her lines.
The majority of the cast rises to the challenge, however. Alison Fraser as Matron is a delight, fully embracing the ridiculousness of her character with over-the-top body language and a hilariously affected voice. Connor Buckley as Playboy is also noteworthy. Even without lines, his intensity and commitment make it impossible to look away from him. The group of Gideons, including Ward Horton, Scot Charles Anderson and Kaolin Bass, are equally intense, excelling in moments of precise choreography and otherworldly stares.
It's clear why Masks is only now achieving its world premiere, and it doesn't compare to the greatness of Tennessee Williams's early plays. But the themes of corporate greed, materialism and paranoia are just as timely now as when Williams was writing, and the experience delivered by Culture Project is haunting. It's an adventure worth taking.
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So you are looking for a free business checking account; can you find one? sure! should you base your choice of a bank account solely on the fact that the bank is offering you a free checking account? not at all! why? remember, there are no free mills. A bank that offers you free checking may suffer from other deficiencies that may offset the advantage of the free checking account.
While choosing a new small business checking account you should look at the whole picture. Is it a small bank or a big bank (usually bigger is better), what other services it offers, how about credit and loans? What other fees apply? is the location convenient?
In any case, you should always separate your small business banking from your personal one, never mix personal and small business banking. Why? there are many reasons, one of them is for tax purposes. It is required that you separate personal transactions from business transactions. It will be a nightmare and time burden going through all transactions and figuring out business from personal.
Here are tips for choosing the best bank business checking account that fits your needs:
1. the fact that your personal banking is at a specific bank does not necessarily make it you first choice for your business banking needs. Personal banking is different from business banking. You should choose a bank that fits best your business needs.
2. you should shop around. make a list of all your business banking needs than meet with several banks to see which one is willing to offer you the best deal. Make sure you compare the costs and charges associated with each one.
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4. Bank Charges - how much it will cost you to have a small business bank account. Many major banks provide "free" banking for set periods to new businesses, so this may also be of interest.
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This is a video editing blog. I try to give you insight into my mind and the process I go through in editing stories. I'm not just a video editor. I produce, I shoot and I write as well.
The world we are in now doesn't seem to have many job opening for just one skill-set. Nowadays you need to know multiple skills, multiple platforms and multiple parts of many different parts of many different jobs. I encourage you to learn as much as you can about…well everything.
The story I'm going to use for this post is Miss Doe
I didn't just edit this story. I wrote the story too. Here are a few tips and trick on how I write stories like this.
When I log sound I don't write the entire sentence down anywhere. I write the beginning of the sentence and then maybe a few key words to help me remember the rest of the sentence. I want to have just enough written so I remember what was said in each soundbite I log. I'm not writing this on paper. Depending on what NLE you're using you can make comments, add markers, add locators and then add text to those. I arrange my browser so I can see that text. Based on all the information I've logged I start putting soundbites down to the timeline.
Put your soundbites down on the timeline
They don't need to necessary need to be in any order
Once I've got my soundbites on the timeline I start building a story with only sound. I arrange the soundbites so I can create a story without any narration. I have a got a good skeleton of the story.
What's a skeleton? For me it's just soundbites strung together. There is no b-roll or narration yet. I watch this over and over. I arrange and re-arranging until I get some cohesive story.
When I write narration, I just want to create bridges. They connect the soundbites. I write simple sentences. I try to make them as conversational as I can.
I'm not a great writer. I am a good writer.
I try to keep my sentences plain and simple
I read it out load, trying to make it sound as conversational as I can
I try to apply both these rules to writing this blog as well
The story begins with two soundbites butted together followed by the narration, Jack and Lori Cavanaugh spend their mornings watching wildlife.
I'm just writing to video. I know I have a shot of each person, and a shot of wildlife. Simple stuff here.
I have a narration, But on Christmas Day, followed by a soundbite, We have the deer come across our property all the time, followed by another narration, a strange sight caught their eye, followed by another soundbite, Christmas morning, I looked out the window with my coffee. I simply just created a bridge between the soundbites. It's that simple. Ok, it's not that simple. It's takes practice to write narration.
This story is a deer with an arrow in her nose. We don't have video of the deer but we do have still pictures. The question I had for myself was when to reveal the deer.
When Lori's talking about the deer at [:20] I decided to show a shot of the deer for just a second, but not long enough for your eye to comprehend exactly what's happened. I chose a tight shot so as to just reveal the dear and not exactly what's going on with the deer.
The narrations is, a deer they nick-named Miss Doe was clearly suffering.
We are [:29] in to the story. I've revealed her injury. I felt good that I didn't drag this moment to far out.
I show a picture of the doe again at [:42]. She's the story. I only have pictures of her. The challenge for me in this story was to not over-rely on her pictures. I also wanted to try and make sure I was showing her enough.
The next narration is, Jack and Lori called immediately called the division of wildlife.
You'll notice when the reporter says Lori I don't immediately cut to Lori. On this story here at [:46] and at [:06] I tried to make cuts but the edits didn't feel right. They felt rushed. I was forcing S.W.A.P. I don't want to force edits. Since they are the main people in the story, I didn't think the viewer wouldn't understand who they are. So the edits are where they are for pacing purposes.
Speaking of pacing. You'll notice the pacing of this story is very simple. There is emotion in this story. I'm not going to rush it.
At [1:01] Lori get's emotional after her soundbite. At [1:04] her soundbite ends. I leave her up sniffling for almost 4 seconds. I never try and cut away from emotion.
I try my very best to keep what I write to a minimum. It doesn't always work. I like when the people tell as much of the story as possible. Try putting as much of the story down on the timeline and then you may realize you may not need that much narration after all. More words doesn't necessarily mean better writing. Watch the story again. There are a few cliches. I know. I tried but some of those simple cliches worked. Pay attention to how much the soundbites drive the story. Most of the information you get is from soundbites. Obviously we don't get all the information from soundbites, and that's where narration comes in.
Try writing and editing a story
You're writing will get better over time
You're storytelling skills will improve with writing
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To establish a walking pilgrimage route across England, from Cornwall to Norfolk. This route passes through diverse landscapes connecting significant Christian and pre-Christian sites, creating a spiritual and cultural journey which offers opportunity for reflection and inspiration.
The pilot project between Brentor and Glastonbury has now been extended through Cornwall, creating a continuous route of over 250 miles. Our attention is now focused on the section between Glastonbury and Avebury, with a new guidebook almost ready for printing
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To identify how successful the company is and how the employees contribute to the success of the company.
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The study intends to determine the effects of employee motivation and job satisfaction to HSBC's business success. The study limits itself on gathering information from employees of HSBC. They will be helpful in knowing how are they motivated and satisfied by the company.
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For this research data will be gathered through collating published studies from different books, articles from different related journals and studies, and other literary instruments. The next thing that will be done is to make a content analysis of the collected documentary and verbal material. The study will then summarize all the necessary information. By summarizing it additional knowledge of the study will be imparted to the researcher. The study will then make a conclusion based on the said information. Data Collection and Analysis
The analysis shall use interviews of selected HSBC Bangladesh Personnel. Moreover, the study shall also use previous studies and compare it to its existing data in order to provide conclusions and competent recommendations. Primary Data
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A 39-year-old Ina woman has been arrested in connection with three area robberies following an investigation by the
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Raquel Ashby has been arrested in connection with robberies at the Cash Store in Mt Vernon, the Cash Store in West City, and the Bank of America in Benton. Ashby is held in the Franklin County Jail. Bail has not yet been set.
On June 15, the Mt. Vernon Police Department responded to The Cash Store at 3300 Broadway for a report of an armed robbery.
A white female possibly in her late 40's, wearing a pink shirt, blue jeans, and yellow surgical face mask entered the store and demanded money. She inferred a weapon, but never displayed one, and received an undisclosed amount of money.


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Elisabeth & James jeans, Free People lace pants, Balmain shorts, Queen's wardrobe shorts, Alexander Wang top, Jeffrey Campbell wedges, Deadly Ponies bag, Michael Kors watch
Over the past few months I started shopping online. I've discovered many fantastic stores from other bloggers and although it's great to actually go shopping, and there are some marvelous stores here, there are so many great things from around the world that I just can't find in Madrid. There's also the added comfort, when the thermometer outside is sitting at 36º centigrade, of looking around shops from an air-conditioned sitting room. The only problem is that it's so difficult to choose. I would need a goldmine to actually buy everything I like. Hence the wishlist. I have already bought various things that I'm thrilled with and I love it when the postman arrives with a parcel.


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Here's why I'm kind of a shitty reviewer – I find a few favorite places, and stick to them. Once I like something it's hell to tear me away. I might end up writing about the same place 2, 3, or umpteen times. Good thing the majority of them have rotational menus.
Here's why I'm most definitely a shitty son, friend, and in this case brother. When your Birthday comes around, we're going out to eat. Sure, I'll ask you where you want to go, but I know very well that you're going to leave that up to me. I'll take pictures of my food, and depending on how close we are – I'll do the same to yours. It really is more a gift to me than it is to you, but chances are you'll like it.
So it should come as no surprise that in honor of my sister's birthday, I gifted myself a trip to Root 174 for their first Sunday opening. Of course my sister and her fiance were invited.
When we arrived for our reservations at 6:30 there were still quite a few tables available, but by the time we left nearly every seat was filled. I suppose it had to do something with the food, and maybe some recent praise from some guy named Mark Bittman.
Mussels were on special, and the Sarahdactyl considers herself a fan. The highlight for me was the grilled corn bread – dense, buttery and great for sopping up the spicy-sweet broth.
This was really what I came for. I had wanted to try it on my first visit, but it wasn't a fitting appetizer when dining with a vegetarian. I'm glad I came back for it. The brulee itself was still lightly sweet from the cream, but had unctuous marrow undertones, and a crisped Parmesan top. I preferred it without the apple germolata, but I could see others liking the tangy contrast.
The salmon sausage was another special, and yes that is the most phallic looking sausage I've ever seen. It was also my least favorite dish of the night (favorite presentation though!). The flaked salmon filling reminded me more of a salty salmon jerky and the pea tendrils could have stood another minute in the sautee pan. I would have preferred a seared filet to go with the cocoa cranberry couscous, which I did enjoy.
A more successful special was Fuller's Mac and Cheese. A rustic dish, chuck full of heavy hitters. This was also where I found the same girl who had just happily eaten bone marrow to be curiously apprehensive about the greenery in her dish. Come to find that in 25 years of living, my sister had never tasted a brussels sprout before..our father is vegetarian, how the hell could this happen? I'll leave disucssion on terrible parenting for the comments and get back to the food – not a bad way to try your first brussels sprouts.
Continuing with the heavies, Dan opted for steak and potatoes. A flavorful and perfectly medium rare hanger, with crisp fingerling potatoes, and topped with deep fried cheese. That's winning.
A Birthday isn't a birthday without cake, and so we split two of them.
The PB&J Cheesecake was studded with bits of peanut butter crumbles, it was served with a slightly denser angelfood cake that looked like a play on Wonder bread, and strawberry jelly. We we're already quite full, but we all kept going back for one last more bite.
I'm not going to say the PB&J cheesecake was topped, but if it could be this is why. A dense, fudgey pseudo-brownie topped with vanilla bourbon icing and a creamy (I want to say blueberry) curd. I would so gladly make myself sick on a tub of that icing, and given how full I was I nearly did with a mere spoonful.
I mentioned earlier that by the time we left nearly every seat was filled. Despite a full house, we never felt rushed and were always well taken care of. So there you have it, Root 174 remains a favorite, and a great place to give yourself a gift on someone else's birthday.


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CEO Canteen Automatic Dario Franchitti Limited Edition Unveiled by TW Steel
AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS (August 5, 2013) - TW Steel is delighted to honour brand ambassador and multiple IndyCar Series Champion, Dario Franchitti, with a brand new limited edition timepiece – the CEO Canteen Automatic Dario Franchitti (CE1200 – 50mm), the first model from the brand new CEO Canteen Automatic collection.
Franchitti, a proud ambassador for the brand 'Big in Oversized Watches' since 2010, has undoubtedly cemented his status as one of IndyCar's all-time great drivers. Now a three-time Indy 500 Winner, following his latest success at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in 2012, the four-time IndyCar Series Champion continues to collect the accolades in North America.
In the wake of his continued on-track successes, and also the popularity of his two previous TW Steel timepieces – the Grandeur Tech editions (TW607 & TW608) and the Swiss Automatic Limited Editions (TW887 & TW888), TW Steel is proud to unveil the all-new CEO Canteen Automatic Dario Franchitti Limited Edition.
Limited to a production run of just 500 pieces, the CE1200, will be available as a 50mm execution only. It features a 9015 Automatic movement from Miyota with a sapphire glass see-through caseback. The 9015 is only fitting for Dario's new model as it's a more refined movement, with an increased focus on performance featuring 24 jewels with 28.800HZ (8 beats per second) – enjoying less deviation and less friction between the moving parts.
"Dario is a true watch aficionado, we're delighted to produce another piece with his signature design to it," stated TW Steel CEO, Jordy Cobelens. "He continues to compete at the highest level and we've incorporated that into his latest model by using the likes of the 9015 movement for better performance. Dario's TW Steel executions are popular and I know this will be no different."
"I'm tremendously excited to have another TW Steel designed with my name attached to it," enthused Franchitti – who competes for Target Chip Ganassi Racing in IndyCar. "At 50mm this is truly my 'Big Time' addition to the collection and I love it, it's not subtle but it's definitely got a refined masculinity to it. We've carried the theme of the previous watches into this one but by going with the Canteen style, we're opening up a new level of interest and appeal I'm sure."
The CE1200 boasts a black dial housed in a sandblasted PVD dark titanium coated case with a hammered bezel. As with previous Franchitti editions, the number 10 stands out in a bold red, reflecting his current car number, while the 2 and 7 sport green to honour the No.27 he raced to win his first Indy 500 and IndyCar Championship back in 2007. The piece also features a stylish black leather strap with thick stitching and metal pieces and is 10 ATM water resistant.
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A Brownfield is real estate which requires some form of cleanup and/or investment to make it suitable for industrial, commercial or residential use. The reason for cleanup may be the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant. Cleaning up a property may be funded by tax incentives to encourage development of Brownfield land.
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• Offers an alternative to urban sprawl and the loss of open space
It is the mission of the Brownfield Redevelopment Authority to identify and to facilitate improvement of environmentally distressed, functionally obsolete, and/or blighted areas so as to promote revitalization within the city of Holland. To date, the City has approved 7 Brownfield projects the details for which can be found in the Full Brownfield Plan.
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Shown in the photo above, the Baker Lofts building is an example of a successful Brownfield project. The former Baker Furniture factory located at 24th Street and Columbia Avenue is now a combined use residential, retail and office facility.
The developer has the opportunity to gain up to 4 million dollars for site redevelopment costs through captured taxes (Tax Increment Financing).
This project created 10 to 20 new part time and full time jobs in addition to the construction work. This project will also result in a long term increase to the City's tax base and the reuse of a formerly vacant industrial building.


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Their parents overthrew a communist government, but some young Czechs aren't happy with the outcome.
PRAGUE, Czech Republic — It's been 20 years since Czechoslovakia's young people initiated the overthrow of their communist government.
Now, a sizable slice of the next generation isn't happy with the political culture that their parents helped bring about. One group of young Czechs has petitioned government officials for change with specific demands that echo strains of 1989's Velvet Revolution.
Inventura Demokracie, a student group made up of 15 core members with an additional 1,700 Facebook fans, wants to reform the political system, which it sees as beset by public apathy, corruption and cronyism, according to the group's spokesperson, Silvie Mitlenerova, a 21-year-old political science student.
It does not, however, want to bring about a revolution, said Mitlenerova.
"We would like to improve communication between politicians and the public," she said. "We don't only blame the politicians, but the public too."
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Having been born within a year or so of the Velvet Revolution, which brought about the collapse of communism here in 1989, Mitlenerova's generation is the first to grow up in a democracy. And they are savvy enough to see the flaws in the current system, but smart enough to seek advice from older political hands in order to maximize their ability to bring about successful reforms. Today's students are more about persuading politicians behind closed doors.
In the run-up to last month's anniversary of the Velvet Revolution, Inventura Demokracie knocked on doors and pressed politicians on four specific areas, an initiative they dubbed: 'Give us a present.'
On their list of grievances were liberal protections from prosecution under parliamentary immunity, legislative reform and reform of unregulated lobbying and media councils.
Almost all the political leaders they sought after agreed to meet with them — all, that is, except Mirek Topolanek, who was prime minister until his right-of-center coalition collapsed in a no-confidence vote this past spring. "Topolanek refused to meet us," Mitlenerova said. "He told us we bore him."
Jiri Paroubek, on the other hand, who is the leader of the social democrats, the largest left-of-center party in the country, not only met with the students but told them he agreed with everything on their list.
"Mr. Paroubek, [made] no sense," Mitlenerova said. "He repeated, 'when I'm prime minister I will pass all these but until then I can't help you.' He really stuck to that sentence."


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These are my pages in Antje's Goddess journal, over at 1001 Journals. These aren't terribly good, for my scanner is being cranky so I was forced to photograph them instead. But you can get the general idea, I hope.
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I'm not certain if it was an intentional thing or not, but I like how you factored the hands into all 3 pages! In the first, the hands are raised, in the second, holding a myriad of contradictions, and in the third, henna-decorated and posed as tho' to ward off anyone NOT a goddess! You are VERY good with paper, my friend! AND with needle & thread. Also with animals and plants. And jelly. Oh, yes! Definitely with jelly!
Really nice pages Anita I esoecially like the top one great background, they look great from your camera, I never think to scan my stuff..
So are these pages going into a book or is the whole book your work.. I went to the 1001 site but DAH me didn't get it.. What I saw there wasn't as good as your work..
Your paper work is super. You come up with great ideas.
i really like these. The middle one is my favorite.
Oh I am sooooo lucky!
Thank you so very much for your lovely work in this Journal. I hope I get to work on something for you some time.
These are great Anita, I really like the middle one, very pretty.
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- The revenue growth came in higher than the industry average of 4.1%. Since the same quarter one year prior, revenues slightly increased by 7.8%. This growth in revenue does not appear to have trickled down to the company's bottom line, displayed by a decline in earnings per share.
- Looking at where the stock is today compared to one year ago, we find that it is not only higher, but it has also clearly outperformed the rise in the S&P 500 over the same period, despite the company's weak earnings results. Despite the fact that it has already risen in the past year, there is currently no conclusive evidence that warrants the purchase or sale of this stock.
- The company's current return on equity greatly increased when compared to its ROE from the same quarter one year prior. This is a signal of significant strength within the corporation. Compared to other companies in the Pharmaceuticals industry and the overall market, SUCAMPO PHARMACEUTICALS INC's return on equity significantly trails that of both the industry average and the S&P 500.
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