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Welcome people!!! It's your girl "Kapri" being up close and personal with you guys, Of course ya'll know im a 24yrs old adult movie Actress based in LOS ANGELES, CA I'm new to industry but ready to work. I'm very easy to get along with, im friendly i love talking to people bout there situation cause i love to help out others anyway I can cause i've been threw somethings myself growing up. I'm an outgoing person i love to to work out in the gym, I'm not the type to judge people...But dont get things twisted when i said i'm not a mean ok? Just Stay on my good side.
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TomTom runner is GPS sports watch designed for all who want to track their performance. It's not the first smart watch built by the company. Previously it joined hands with Nike for NIKE+ Sports watch in 2011. But it is the first solo smart watch of the company.
The TomTom runner is priced at around $169 and AU$185 .It is also available in Steroid-pumped version, which is priced at around$199 and AU$218.TomTom multisport watch has something special for cyclist and swimmers, It has an altimeter a cadence sensor. TomTom has its own GPS mapping system which escalates it to a new level of tracking and precision available in popular wrist based fitness devices like the Nikefuelband and Fitbit Flex. You can upload all the running data on the TomTom My sports website and other lot of host websites.
The TomTom runner watch is made up of two parts, one is the core watch itself, and the other is the rubber strap. To connect it to the computer you can easily remove the core watch from the rubber strap. For charging the watch also you need to remove it. You don't need to worry about the watch getting loose as the two fit seamlessly well together. This means that you can change the strap of the watch as your choice. The watch comes in Grey and pink. The core watch module has a scratch resistance LED display, and the GPS is placed below the screen to form the four-way button. Weighing in at 50g, the runner is lighter than its rivals like Nike Sports watch (63gm).It is 11.5mm thick and has a very sleek feel which makes it ideal to wear every day.
Tomtom runner has a built in accelerometer and sensors which helps you both outdoors and on treadmill. Once you are synced you are ready to go.To see the battery status, internal storage and other storage just push the left button. With the right button you can select run or treadmill. Tomtom has a Quick fix GPS technology which helps it to map the location quickly and accurately. You can access the training partner by hitting the down button, which offers you with four different modes to challenge yourself they are zone, race, goal and laps. Goal lets you set target and will vibrate if you reach the target, while with race you can compare your current run to previous one to see your increased or reduced speed.
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Vegedus wrote:I'm leaning on "no" to multiple characters too, unless there's a good reason for it. Of your two concepts I like the first one better, but the second one could work IF it was played completely straight, including Unfortunate Implications, so it's creepy and odd rather than funny.
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Vegedus wrote:Aaaand the super-freaks cometh.
@Asmo: Luv it. Your second power isn't quite clear though: You can transform the envirornment around you, as long as it fits with possible alternate paths of history? So you could go "Hey, remember how the Nazis won the war?" and suddenly there'd be swastikas and tanks everywhere? Is there any more to it than changing the envirornment?
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Why become a soccer ref?
Soccer's a great game, and if you're reading this you probably feel the same way. Reffing soccer lets you be around the game you love and be outside, all while getting paid! Plus, being a ref is an opportunity to develop leadership and decision-making skills that will definitely help you later on.
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Referee grades explained
- Grade 9 is the introductory level for refs ages 12-15. This will allow you to referee in-town games, and, in some cases, U10 travel games.
- Grade 8 is for refs ages 16 and older. Grade 8 refs may ref 11v11 games and tournament games. If you are a Grade 9 ref, you MUST upgrade to Grade 8 when you turn 16.
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Michelle is Headed to Japan!
Japanese fans - Michelle is headed your way in October! She will be performing at the LIVEecoMOTION eco/charity event hosted by MTV Japan. The show will take place at the Tokyo International Forum Hall on October 3rd. Michelle will be doing an acoustic set performing "Loud Music" and other fan favorite songs. For more details visit the Tour Page.
#15 on VH1's Top 20 Countdown!
Michelle's "Loud Music" video climbed up to the #15 spot on VH1's Top 20 Countdown this week. Let's takeover the countdown and get Michelle to #1 spot! VOTE NOW to get the video on the charts. Don't forget to get your friends involved and share your votes on Facebook & Twitter.
Michelle posted this message on her Twitter this morning: @MichelleBranch: Just wanted to send a big "thank you" to all the fans who have been voting for Loud Music on the VH1 Top 20 Countdown. You guys rule. xx
Keep voting and spreading the word! How many times have you voted for the "Loud Music" video? Share your comments with Michelle below.
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Michelle at the Buddy Holly Tribute Event
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It was only a matter of time before LEED credentialing launched a cottage industry in green education. The professional-training-course and educational-guide company Kaplan, which preps students for critical exams such as the SAT and LSAT, now offers study guides and sample tests for the LEED v3 exam. And in the world of higher education, a number of schools have created graduate programs emphasizing technical training in sustainable design.
The University of Florida, the University of California system, and the New Jersey Institute of Technology are just a few of the institutions that have recently begun granting sustainable-design certificates—by day and by night, in the classroom and on the Web, and, in some cases, to architects and English majors alike. Master of Science programs in sustainable design are offered by schools including Philadelphia University and the Catholic University of America.
Does an emphasis on flexibility—including programs tailored to student preferences and available to so many—undermine academic standards?
Ted Landsmark, Assoc. AIA, is president of Boston Architectural College (BAC), which offers a Master of Design Studies as well as a certificate in sustainable design. Landsmark says that flexibility is a fundamental characteristic of sustainability itself. Fittingly, neither of the school's programs is conducted at its Newbury Street campus, nor is its faculty centered around Boston.For its certificate program, the BAC offers a selection of 31 courses, all available online. "What has emerged is a sustainability learning community that is in a position to address sustainability challenges in different parts of the world," Landsmark says.
A writer and student of sustainable design explains why an online certificate program fits her needs.
Continuing education can sustain one's career during an unexpected downturn, and that is the main reason I turned to the Boston Architectural College's sustainable design certificate program. The BAC offers 30 graduate-level courses in green building design, sustainable community planning, green policy and advocacy and sustainable construction, each short (8 weeks) but intense and fact-filled, and all conducted online and taught by highly-esteemed professionals.
With a master's degree in journalism, I began my career with Architecture magazine in the late 1970s and pride myself on the knowledge I have gained in the last 30 years. I'm not trained as an architect, but I am a student of the built environment, having written about the full spectrum of building and design issues. The BAC program embraces students with my background, as well as others associated with design and construction. So, two years ago, when I was down, but not totally out, I felt the need to reconnect. About the same time, a friend asked me to join a blog about green housing design. What did I know about sustainability? I turned to the Internet and found the BAC.
Through two courses at the BAC, I've learned that "green design" is not just building with efficient products, but it's a holistic approach to the built and natural environment. We're looking to change development patterns and cultural mores. We're creating a new blueprint for the future in which city centers will play an increasingly important role. Mass transit will connect dispersed regions. Green spaces will receive deserved attention. With the knowledge gained at the BAC, I hope to play role in ushering in a more enduring future.
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Yet for programs emphasizing sustainability, this recent development in education is in some ways unsustainable. Though the BAC's courses are accredited, the sustainability programs are not accredited per se, as there's no accrediting agency for sustainability. The schools lend these post-professional programs credibility, Landsmark says, despite the skepticism that surrounds online education.
"We have found that people in remote areas are interested in taking part because they trust that courses from an accredited college will have a rigor that might not emerge from private sources," he says. "Courses we teach online are directly comparable to regular courses offered" at the BAC.
With course offerings increasing from 12 to 31 between January 2009 and May 2010, the BAC's sustainable-design program is modular—so much so that a prospective student does not even necessarily need an undergraduate degree to acquire a certificate in sustainable design, according to the executive director of educational initiatives, Curt Lamb, AIA. The modularity of this program is an effort to appeal to a wide array of students from the "allied fields" of real estate, facilities management, journalism, and, of course, design.
Chris Grech, associate professor at the Catholic University of America and director of its Master of Science in Sustainable Design (MSSD) program, describes the spread of sustainable-design programs as a sort of temporary corrective. "I would prefer to see an architecture degree including a greater component of sustainable design so that an MSSD becomes redundant," Grech says. "You could argue that if the faculty wanted to change the curricula, they wouldn't need to implement a sustainable-design program."
Nevertheless, Catholic University offers an MSSD as well as a two-track certificate in sustainable design. The master's degree, which is now three years old, calls for 30 hours of coursework, while the certificate takes just 12 hours. The technical track comprises two energy-modeling courses (Systems and Simulation I & II), a materials course, and an elective. The nontechnical track—which requires no prerequisite coursework—substitutes sustainable design and ethics courses for the energy-modeling classes.
"The certificate is a sort of hook or a tempter, really," Grech says. "We found some prospective students who didn't want to oblige themselves to apply for the whole program, so in a sense the cert is a taster."
Do these programs offer an escape for designers—and others—facing a lack of work in a blighted economy? Grech says that the industry had already changed in fundamental ways before the recession. "That was the initial reason for setting up the program: to appeal to practitioners, irrespective of the recession. To increase their skills and inform them about new industry standards."
The larger economic picture has certainly influenced enrollment at his school, says Rob Fleming, AIA, director of the new MSSD program at Philadelphia University. Older students pursuing new skills to build a case for keeping their jobs, along with younger students unhappy with the sustainability practices at their current firms, make up most of the school's first class for its certificate in sustainable-practices program.
The biggest factor in the growth of these programs, Fleming says, is an education gap. "The fact that these [programs] exist means they're filling some sort of vacuum in traditional programs," he says.
Although a 12-hour certificate program does not a sustainable designer make, those who begin on a nontechnical track in sustainable design can become invested in the field long-term. "Two students who started on the certificate have gone on to the full [Master of Science] program," Grech says.
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November 4th, 2013 Catholic Online (www.catholic.org) Scientists say that interaction with technology via the mind alone is no longer the stuff of science fiction. Case in point: government group Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA plans to spend $70 million over five years on it Systems-Based Neurotechnology for Emerging Therapies project. Their stated aim is to develop devices to provide better therapy for soldiers and veterans with mental illness. But the idea has horrifying implications. LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - The agency hopes to develop a device that works along the lines of deep brain stimulation, a surgical treatment for Parkinson's that uses a pacemaker implanted in the brain. DARPA says that the goal of the Systems-Based Neurotechnology for Emerging Therapies initiative is to learn more about how the brain works. They hope their research can offer better treatment for veterans and soldiers with mental illness.The ultimate goal will be a surgical treatment where a neuro-stimulator, similar to a pacemaker is implanted in the brain to treat some of the symptoms of diseases like Parkinson's and dystonia. It's already here in one form: 100,000 people around the world have a DBS implant and are being considered as a treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder, Tourette syndrome, epilepsy and depression. DARPA wants its device to measure and analyze brain activity in real time, deliver treatment and then monitor how well that treatment is working. "SUBNETS is a push toward innovative, informed and precise neuro-technological therapy to produce major improvements in quality of life for service members and veterans who have very few options with existing therapies," DARPA program manager Justin Sanchez said in a release. "These are patients for whom current medical understanding of diseases like chronic pain or fatigue, unmanageable depression or severe post-traumatic stress disorder can't provide meaningful relief." Dr. Helen Mayberg, a neuro-scientist at Emory University School of Medicine says that researchers are bound to learn a lot about how to brain works even if the device doesn't get completed. It's not the first time such a device has been developed. The MIT Technology Review reported earlier this year that Samsung was researching a tablet that can be controlled with the brain through EEG-monitoring electrodes. "If you told people 20 years ago that they would be carrying computers all the time, they would have said, 'I don't want that. I don't need that.' Now you can't get them to stop," Andrew Chien, vice president of research and director of future technologies research at Intel Labs, told Computerworld says. "There are a lot of things that have to be done first, but I think (implanting chips into human brains) is well within the scope of possibility." All in all, mind-controlling devices that are surgically implanted into an organic brain have nightmarish potential. Such a device could theoretically be used by dictators and despots in order to control their populations. A birth foretold: click here to learn more! Article brought to you by: Catholic Online (www.catholic.org) |


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Phone: (508) 849-3304
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The Student Government Association (SGA) is comprised of all students, who have registered at Anna Maria College and who have paid the Student Activities fee. The Student Council consists of the thirty one students, who have been elected to represent different aspects of student life at Anna Maria College. The Student Council of the Student Government Association is the official representative of the student body, the link between administration, faculty, and the students. The Student Council meets every week and any student is welcome to attend these meetings.
Many of the student activities are planned and sponsored by the Student Council of the SGA. Some of these are yearly traditional events, such as Halloween trick or treating for the children in Paxton, the semi-formal, Spring Weekend, and JFK night. Other events sponsored by SGA include dances with DJ's or live bands, trips to sporting events off campus, bowling with the faculty, faculty-student jeopardy games, stress-free nights, African Drummers, international dinners, retreats, and educational presentations.
The Student Council shall consist of the following voting members: President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary, Publicist, Two Student Academic Affairs Representatives, Four Social Representatives, Two Cultural Representatives, Two Commuter Student Representatives, Two Resident Student Representatives, Four Class Representatives, Two Food Service Representatives, Two Athletic Representatives, Two Student Wellness Representatives, Two Spiritual Life Representatives, and Two Yearbook Representatives.
The Executive Committee is comprised of the President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary and Publicist.
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Community Gallery: Your Snow Photos
February 27, 2015 at 4:18 pmAfter this week's snowstorm, you sent in your photos of the winter wonderland. The best are below.
February Short List Winner: Best Place For Pizza
February 26, 2015 at 2:35 pmThe votes are in, and it's official: the winner of February's Chapelboro Short List for "Best Place For Pizza" is…
'Best Of' Bracket – Entertainment
February 19, 2015 at 5:00 amWe all love going out for a fun night on the town or a great weekend show – that's why our overflowing Chapelboro Events Calendar is so popular. After last year's epic Chapelboro Restaurant Bracket, we're back to find your favorite local venue – whether it's a music club, museum, theater, or an outdoor stage! We've made […]
Best Writing About Dean Smith
February 18, 2015 at 9:31 amThe passing of Dean Smith has produced remembrances from some of America's best national sportswriters. Below is a collection of those pieces:
2015 Agricultural Summit
February 18, 2015 at 5:00 am(All photos courtesy of Laurie Paolicelli) More than 100 people turned out for the 2015 Agricultural Summit, held at the Whitted Building in Hillsborough. Featured speakers included: Jeff Manley co-founder and director of The Rock Ranch, a 1,500 acre working-farm located in Upson County, Georgia and Annie Baggett, agri-tourism marketing specialist with the NCDA&CS Marketing Division and owner of Sunshine Lavender Farm located in Schley, in northern Orange County. Since 1992, food sales from farms directly to consumers in Orange County increased from $40,000 to $1,422,000 according to an Orange County, NC Census of Agriculture Data, 1992-2012. Farms selling food directly to consumers increased from 29 farms in 1992 to 120 farms in 2012.
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Short List Voting: Best Place For Pizza
February 12, 2015 at 12:11 pmPlenty of sites and publications offer "best of" lists and top ten awards, but how many let YOU vote on the best businesses and locations around your town? After all, it is YOUR town. Who else is more qualified to choose? Chapelboro.com's Short List is a monthly award decided entirely by the readers and residents in YOUR […]
Share Your Dean Smith Stories
February 8, 2015 at 5:20 pmTributes to Dean Smith are pouring in from luminaries like President Obama and Michael Jordan. We want your tributes too! Send us your personal stories about the Coach – the stories only you know, not just the famous ones about cutting down the nets after another championship season. Did he help you in a small […]
Ten Best Of January
February 4, 2015 at 5:00 amToday we're featuring the best articles published on Chapelboro.com over the past month. From sports and science to health and history, we bring you local writers on issues that matter to you. Read your favorites again, or catch up on articles you missed!
Short List Submissions: Best Place For Pizza
February 3, 2015 at 11:10 amPlenty of sites and publications offer "best of" lists and top ten awards, but how many let YOU vote on the best businesses and locations around your town? After all, it is YOUR town. Who else is more qualified to choose? Chapelboro.com's Short List is a monthly award decided entirely by the readers and residents in our […]
January Short List Winner: Best Automotive Place
January 29, 2015 at 11:43 amThe votes are in, and it's official: the winner of January's Chapelboro Short List for "Best Automotive Place" is…


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My name is Dave (hi dave) and I\'m a glockoholic
I am a brand new G19 owner, 24 years old, just sent out my CCW permit application today.
PA does not require a class for a concealed permit, but I would like to take one anyway - its just a matter of saving up my pennies (for a good one) :kay:
Found this site through Glocktalk.com, been reading a couple of days and have found some great info thus far. Loving the site. :rock:


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A.J. Burnett Masterful in One-Hit Shutout of Cubs
Final: Pirates 5, Cubs 0
WP: A.J. Burnett (13-3, 3.27 ERA)
LP: Casey Coleman (0-2, 7.40 ERA)
A.J. Burnett continues his amazing bounce back season. Tonight, he carried a no-hitter into the eighth inning. Adrian Cardenas' pinch-hit single to right field with two outs was all the Cubs could muster off the veteran right-hander.
Burnett finished the game with a complete game shutout, striking out eight and walking two. It was Burnett's first complete game since 2010 and first shutout since he was a member of the Blue Jays in 2006.
Neil Walker provided the offense for the Pirates with a grand slam in the first inning, his 11th home run of the year. He picked up his fifth RBI of the game in the seventh with a sacrifice fly to score Travis Snider.
Travis Snider went 1 for 4 with a walk and two runs scored in his Pirates debut. It looks like he will be slotted in the two-hole, playing right field. His one hit was an infield hit. He's fitting in nicely, I guess.
Andrew McCutchen had a nice day at the plate going 3 for 5 with a double. The two-bagger was laced to right field and was probably the hardest ball he's hit in a good week or so.
Pedro Alvarez also had a good game at the plate going 2 for 3 with a double and a walk. The double was his first extra base hit in nine games.
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MEXICO CITY METRO PROJECT. About Graham's World Show - National Geographic Channel - Asia. British filmmaker Graham Hughes is taking his love of travelling to the limit, embarking on an epic - challenge to step foot in every country on earth in a single year without flying.
This series documents his madcap attempt to break a world record by visiting 200 countries and travelling 90,000 kilometers in 52 weeks of non-stop travelling - virtually all of it on public transport. Racing against a ticking clock, Graham sets out with no support, a limited budget and only a video camera for company. Hotel Casa de los Milagros - Tequisquiapan, Queretaro. Tel Aviv World's Most Gay Friendly City. Top 10 Reasons to Visit Mexico - hotels museums food parks.

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 Before arriving in Mexico during our ongoing Trans-Americas Journey we estimated that we'd spend about eight months in the country. By the time we finally tore ourselves away we'd spent 18 months driving 24,737 miles through 29 of the 31 states in Mexico. Guia del Viajero. Visa requirements for Swedish citizens. Visa requirements for Swedish citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Sweden.
In 2013, Swedish citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 173 countries and territories, ranking the Swedish passport 1st in the world (tied with Finnish and British).[1] Visa requirements map[edit] Countries and territories with visa-free entries or visas on arrival for holders of regular Swedish passports Visa requirements[edit] Visa requirements for Mexican citizens. Visa requirements for Mexican citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Mexico.
In 2013, Mexican citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 133 countries and territories, ranking the Mexican passport 23rd in the world.[1] Visa requirements map[edit] Mexico No visa required. Países que solicitan visa a nacionales mexicanos. Landscape and Marine Views of Norway. Settlement Centre - Forsíða. World Air Traffic 24 Hour Period. How to Pack Everything You Own in One Bag.
The Most Beautiful Metro Stations in Paris. By Jessica | February 16th, 2009 Paris is an art lover's city.
But I'm talking here about more than just the impressive collections of art found in the city's famous museums and galleries. Seven Things to Do in Iceland (Why You Should Go Right Now!) - Nomadic Matt's Travel Site - StumbleUpon. The world's economy is crashing, and no country is feeling the pain of this global credit meltdown more than Iceland.
The country's overextended banking industry has collapsed, and the country has declared bankruptcy. Yes, I said the COUNTRY. The last few weeks have seen its currency completely freefall. The current exchange rate is 122 Krona to a dollar, up from 77 in May 2008. Geiranger - Geirangerfjord - Trollstigen - Aalesund 360 panorama sky cam - visit norway - StumbleUpon. Earth album alpha - a slicker google maps + flickr mash-up - StumbleUpon. World's 15 Least Visited Countries.
Where were you dreaming of travelling to this summer?
Spain, Greece or Turkey? Perhaps somewhere more exotic, such as Morocco or Sri Lanka? While millions of people ponder these tried and true holiday spots, it's worth sparing a thought for the nations for whom the arrival of a tourist is a genuinely newsworthy event. It might be hard to believe in this globalised world but some countries – whether for reasons of isolation, war or just a lack of obvious things to do – have slid completely off the tourism map. 29 life lessons learned in travelling the world for 8 years straight. MOVE on Vimeo - StumbleUpon. Your Likes. Tips and Resources for Round the World Travel and Career Breaks. Discounts for products I've used that might be of service to people here.
I receive nothing from these companies in the form of commission or kickbacks. Packing list and packing tips for your travels * For food travelers, I've listed a different list here. Round out your First Aid Kit. 11 Reasons to Stop Dreaming and Start Planning Your Round the World Trip. Sign up today for Plan Your RTW Trip in 30 Days and start receiving email lesson plans tomorrow – it's free!
If you're a traveling family, sign up for the Family Edition of Plan Your RTW Trip in 30 Days. You may never have heard or read the letters R-T-W before. If you don't know their meaning, that's all right. If you do know their meaning and have contemplated taking one, then you have come to the right place. Amazing Places To Experience Around The Globe (Part 1) - StumbleUpon. Preachers Rock, Preikestolen, Norway Blue Caves - Zakynthos Island, Greece Skaftafeli - Iceland Plitvice Lakes – Croatia.
Motivation - StumbleUpon. 66 Beautiful Small Cities & Towns In Europe - StumbleUpon. - Living Bueno - How to Live Anywhere in the World for&Free - StumbleUpon. Skeptical Face Travel for free?
This dudes crazy right? Today is part two of what I am calling the "Knowledgeable Nomads" series, in which I will be teaching my readers how they can travel the world while ballooning their savings accounts rather than draining them dry. In the first part of this series I discussed general topics such as how to figure out what you want, devising your own getaway plan, quitting your job, creating a mobile income and taking the leap. 101 Things To Do Around The World | TravMonkey World Travel - StumbleUpon. Travel Quotes - StumbleUpon. Explore - see where you can go for how much. 17 cultural reasons why this European never wants to live in America. Warning: If you are pissed off easily, don't read this post. Although plenty of (American) commenters agree with me, I'm also getting a flood of angry comments and hatemail, but this is my (as always) frank and honest non-watered-down opinion, take it or leave it!
Read on to the conclusion to see my positive thoughts about Americans before you conclude that this is Anti-American propaganda. If you are coming here from Stumbleupon or Facebook, please share this post with your friends if you enjoy it :). You may also enjoy reading my post about the 29 life lessons learned in travelling the world for 8 years straight, and make sure to look around the site for some language learning tips! Normally, after I spend considerable time in a country/city, I like to summarise my cultural experience there and tend to put a positive spin on it, as I did with Germany, Amsterdam, Brazil, and even Paris, which was actually a negative experience for me.


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New Kenya Specialist Program
Register today to become a Jambo Kenya Specialist!
The Kenya Tourism Board is proud to announce our renovated specialist course - Jambo Kenya Specialist Program. With the implementation of this new program, in order to be considered a "Kenya Specialist" and to have access to related privileges, all agents must complete this new course, including the final exam. Existing KATS agents and Master KATS are kindly asked to please register for the new course at www.JamboKenyaSpecialist.com.
Jambo Kenya Specialist Benefits Include:
* U.S. Jambo Specialists earn (3) CEU's from The Travel Institute / Canadian Jambo Specialists earn (6) CEU's from CITC. Additional CEU's are earned for attaining Master Specialist certification. Learn all the details during your coursework.


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This is a pair of vintage (1940s?) Goodform (Good Form?) aluminum "Navy" style chairs. Super popular and collectible today. Made of lightweight aluminum, so easy to move around. Quite solid – both chairs seem to be sturdy. Very much like the "Emeco" chairs – just a different maker.
One chair has been cleaned up by the previous owner – he said he used a little steel wool and paint thinner. This has revealed the clean aluminum shine. The other chair has not been cleaned, and shows some yellowing of its finish, as well as a few paint spatters. I tried the steel wool with a bit of vinegar and water, and it did indeed seem to clean the yellowing off just fine. The second chair is also missing one of its swivel chair tips, but I imagine replacement tips could be found online without too much trouble.
Pickup in Bradford (Haverhill) MA, just a mile off 495. I can usually be available evenings and weekends.
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All these reports about Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi being pregnant and engaged beg a question: What kind of man would settle down with a woman famous for getting drunk and sleeping in a dog bed?
We've rounded up five facts about Jionni LaValle, the "Jersey Shore" princess' potential Prince Charming:
1. "He's a wrestling coach for little kids." And he's going to school to be a gym teacher, Snooki told Jay Leno last year.
2. He gets along with her family. LaValle's vacationed with Snooki's parents more than once, and according to her, he fits right in. During a road trip to Pennsylvania last year, Snooki tweeted, "AW my dad and boo are bonding :)" along with a photo of them side by side in the car.
3. He doesn't care about celebrities. "He doesn't give a [expletive] about [celebrities]," Snooki told People magazine last year. She also said LaValle "freaked out" when he saw a photo of himself and Snooki in a magazine: "He said, 'I don't want to be in that world.'"
4. He likes the Miami Dolphins. For Christmas, Snooki got her man "some signed Dolphins things," she told People. "He's obsessed with the Dolphins and Dan Marino."
5. He shares her love of pickles. In October 2010, shortly after she and LaValle started dating, Snooki tweeted a photo of breakfast her new beau made for her — pickle pancakes. She also posted this message: "Omg my boyfriend made me a pickle pancake…yeahhhh he's amazing! If you love pickles like I do, pickles are good with anything. Let me liveeeE! :)"


text: White House under assault over Obamacare, NSA, BenghaziBy Michael Pearson, CNNUpdated 0754 GMT (1554 HKT) October 30, 2013Just WatchedObama WH takes heat on several frontsreplayMore Videos ...Obama WH takes heat on several fronts 02:14Story highlightsThe White House is on the defensive over claims some could lose health coverageThe administration is also facing criticism over spying allegationsBenghazi is also resurfacing as senator threatens to delay nominationsThe controversies are sure to fuel partisan rancor as midterm campaigns ramp upIn a place accustomed to tough stretches, this has been a particularly tough few days at the White House.After emerging from the showdown over the Republican-led government shutdown relatively unscathed, the Obama administration finds itself under assault on three fronts: problems surrounding Obamacare, the revelations of the U.S. spying on allies, and the 2012 attack on the U.S diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, the latter for which a senator has threatened to hold up all of the Obama administration's nominations.The controversies are sure to fuel continued Republican attacks on President Barack Obama and his Democratic allies as the nation gears up for midterm elections next year, and the White House has portrayed the attacks as so much partisan chatter.But to CNN senior political analyst David Gergen, they reflect the relative inexperience of the Obama White House."This is an administration that has been very, very good at its politics, but has never been very good at execution of policies from Day One," he said Monday."It's an administration which has some really smart people in it, and a lot of younger people. It doesn't have very many heavyweights."The worst part for Obama may be figuring out what to do about it all -- not just the various individual fires, but more generally how to "take control of his own government," CNN chief political analyst Gloria Borger said. If you're the President, how do you make sure that subordinates aren't withholding information you should know? How do you strike the right balance, and explain it clearly, on things such as gathering intelligence versus maximizing privacy and protecting key relationships? And how do you make sure those tied to your administration avoid big missteps that could come back to bite you?"Four out of five Americans have little or no trust in their government to do anything right," Borger writes in an analysis. "And now Obama probably feels the same way."Does Obama still have faith in government?Here are the latest details on the issues causing the administration the most heartache today:ObamacareAnother week, another congressional hearing on the problem-plagued rollout of Obama's health insurance program.This time, Marilyn Tavenner, head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services -- which is in charge of the Obamacare website -- became the first administration official to formally apologize to Americans for the troublesome start.She offered the apology Tuesday in an appearance before the House Ways and Means Committee."We know that consumers are eager to purchase this coverage, and to the millions of Americans who have attempted to use Healthcare.gov to shop and enroll in health care coverage, I want to apologize to you that the website has not worked as well as it should," she told lawmakers. Obamacare website administrator apologizesThe website, which would-be applicants have found difficult to use, at best, embarrassingly crashed over the weekend, leaving consumers completely locked out.Then, the White House found itself on the defensive over revelations that, despite claims to the contrary by the Obama administration, some who have purchased insurance on the open market will lose their coverage and have to buy new policies.An insurance industry source told CNN Monday that the vast majority of Americans who have purchased coverage on the individual market will find their policies changed or even canceled under Obamacare rules.It's been known for some time that some of the policies would have to change -- the Department of Health and Human Services said in 2010 as part of a federal regulation that up to two thirds of individual policies wouldn't meet regulations allowing them to continue under what's called "grandfathered" status.That refers to plans allowed to continue even though they don't provide all the rights and protections of those offered under Obamacare.White House spokesman Jay Carney argued Monday the administration has always said some health care plans would not meet new Obamacare requirements."There are existing health care plans on the individual market that don't meet those minimum standards and therefore do not qualify for the Affordable Care Act," he said. "There are some that can be grandfathered if people want to keep insurance that's substandard."And those who lose coverage will be able to buy more comprehensive coverage on the health insurance exchanges -- some of them at a subsidized price, he said.But the reality that so many plans will disappear or have to change seems to fly in the face of what Obama said so often in selling the plan to voters."If you like your health care plan, you can keep your health care plan," the president said in 2009, and frequently since.It also offered Republicans ammunition to renew their attacks on the plan."The larger problem is how Obamacare is hurting people out there," Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday. "It is about college graduates and middle-class families getting hit with massive premium increases they can't afford."NSA spyingAfter months of seemingly endless leaks about U.S. surveillance programs, the pressure on the administration rose to new levels in recent days with revelations published by the German news magazine Der Spiegel that the United States was collecting the communications of allied leaders, including German Chancellor Angela Merkel.Obamacare and NSA spying: What did Obama know, and when did he find out?German leaders respond angrily to the news, with Merkel demanding a stop to the practice and proclaiming that her country's confidence in the United States had been "shaken."But it was comments by the administration claiming that Obama did not know of the practice until recently that drew the sharpest criticism -- from both the right and the left.Rep. Peter King, the Republican chairman of the House Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence, was incredulous that the president didn't know what was going on."He certainly should have known, if he didn't," the former chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee told CNN's Wolf Blitzer on "The Situation Room." "I think that's almost more of a serious issue that something like that at that level would be conducted without him knowing it."Rep. King on NSA spying: If Obama didn't know, he should haveAnd Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-California, said not knowing about the program was a "big problem" for both Obama and the Senate Intelligence Committee, which she chairs."As far as I'm concerned, Congress needs to know exactly what our intelligence community is doing," her statement said. 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I Remember U LyricsArtist: Chaka KhanAlbum: Come 2 My House From a long time ago When my eyes were new It could be just a feeling But I don't think so I'm trusting all my senses That's how I know I remember you I remember you A warm and simple memory Soft and all aglow Like a mother's love That every baby knows I've listened to my heart And it tells me so I remember you
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You might have read that we recently surveyed people working in the industry for their thoughts about their jobs and the world they work in. We've now taken this one step further by asking graduates about their expectations of a career in this field.
Escapee wins BAFTA for Flock! game
Our very own Escapee, Chris Bradwell, has won a BAFTA for his fantastic work on the game Flock! just five years after graduating.
CG Whiz Awards video
Regular readers of the blog will know that last week we had the awards ceremony of the CG Whiz competition. We managed to grab the three winners and some of the judges, including Steve Venning from The Mill, to film their views on the competition. We think everyone had a great time, and over the next few months we're hoping to have blog posts from Adam Droy, the overall winner, and runners up Ronan McMeel and Marco Barrato, to see how the competition prizes have helped them break into the CG industry.
Latest work from the Skillset VFX Course
The Skillset Visual Effects Course is now underway and the work which the guys have produced after just six weeks is incredible!
Taking online, offline: Escape studios meets the Twitterers
Over the last few months we've spent a lot of time meeting various people from the CG world on Twitter, and have been discussing everything from the latest Autodesk upgrades or Softimage updates, to Nick's doodles and even elephant clocks (this conversation really did happen). After all of this interaction, we thought it was about time that we got to meet some of you face to face, so on Friday we invited three of the more vocal Twitterers to a beer and CG evening at Escape Studios.
V-Ray for 3ds Max Service Pack 4a - released.
Hi all, the Chaos Group have released Service Pack 4a for V-Ray for 3ds Max and has been added to the download section of their website.
VFX in the making of 2012
Check out this interview with Marc Weigert, the 2012 Co-producer and VFX Supervisor behind the blockbuster 2012. His team of over a 100 artists worked on this feature and formed the central VFX hub for the movie. To their credit they completed an astonishing number of shots within a very short timeframe using a traditional pipeline, including eyeon's Fusion and Generation. Here he chats to eyeon's CEO Steve Roberts about the Visual Effects in the film.
Softimage 2010 Service Pack 1 officially released!
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They forgot language-differences. Deutschland is Germany in English, for example, yet we still call it Germany.
sometimes a new country's name might not be pronounceable when
transliterated for a different audience. Can you imagine how difficult
it is for Japanese cartographers to make maps of foreign countries? I
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Ed Sheeks, project leader with Civic Works, sits on a cool roof he and a crew installed. Also from CIvic Works are left, front to back, Crystal Hudson, James Simpson, and Daysha Bragg. (Kim Hairston, Baltimore Sun / September 26, 2013) |
Leigh Peterson has one of the coolest roofs in Baltimore. Her rowhouse near Patterson Park sports a blinding white cap, topped by a row of shiny solar panels.
Peterson, 29, a graduate student at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, doesn't need to see her roof to know it's cool, though. She just has to count the dollars she's saved on air conditioning. She got her roof coated as part of a comprehensive energy retrofit of her 109-year-old house, and her August electricity bill was about half what she paid last year.
"I'm a grad student, so I'm always into saving money, because I don't have much of it," she said. "But I'm also environmentally concerned as well."
Peterson is one of a small but growing number of Baltimoreans putting energy-saving "cool" roofs on their homes or places of business. A new report by the Abell Foundation suggests white or cool roof systems like hers could help fight global climate change while also making the city a healthier place to live — and urged local and state governments to do more to expand installation efforts.
"Longer lasting, cost-competitive and often safer to install than traditional black roofs, cool roofs could become Baltimore's next climate mitigation priority and environmental target," concluded the report, written by Joan Jacobson, a freelance journalist, researcher and former reporter for The Evening Sun and The Baltimore Sun.
Ideal for flat or gently sloping surfaces, cool roofs involve more than slathering a coat of white or shiny metallic paint on an existing layer of tar. They come in two basic types, both intended to reflect sunlight and keep the building below from heating up as much. One involves applying a liquid acrylic coating that dries into a rubber-like surface, while the other features a thin membrane laid down over the roof to seal it.
They can reflect up to 80 percent of sunlight they receive, the report says. Studies show they can cut air-conditioning costs by up to 20 percent and even lower indoor temperatures inside buildings without air conditioning. White or light-colored roofs may reduce the amount of solar heat homes get in winter, but the savings in warm weather more than offset any extra heating needed when it's cold in all but the northernmost climes, studies show.
There are health benefits as well, advocates say. Kurt Shickman, executive director of the Global Cool Cities Alliance, said a study his group just finished in Washington found that in areas where cool roofs were installed along with tree plantings at the street level, heat-related deaths declined by 6 percent to 7 percent. This past summer's relatively cool, rainy weather resulted in 15 heat-related deaths in Maryland, about a third as many as in 2012 and the fewest since 2009, according to the state health department.
Cool roofs can cost about the same as traditional ones, proponents say. Installation and materials range from $3.90 to $9.50 per square foot, compared with $4 to $8.25 per square foot for an asphalt roof, according to the report. Upkeep on cool roofs also is less, because they don't heat up and crack as much.
New or existing roofs covered with liquid coatings can easily last a decade, the report said, and two to three times longer with regular recoating every five years. The membrane roof coverings generally require replacement of the existing roof first, but also can last 25 to 30 years with minor maintenance.
Hundreds of cool roofs have been installed across Baltimore since the first one went on a home in Charles Village in 1981, according to the report. The city's housing and community development department has helped pay for reflective roofs on about 130 homes occupied by low-income families, while Civic Works, a nonprofit group affiliated with Americorps, has installed another 150, according to John Mello, the group's green project director.
The city has since made cooling homes and businesses with reflective roofs part of its climate action plan, so municipal agencies are ramping up their efforts. This year, the report notes, the city got $2.8 million from the state to make grants to low-income homeowners to put cool roofs on 500 homes as part of a weatherization program.
The city also hopes to put cool roofs on 22 to 50 homes a year as part of its "Baltimore Energy Challenge," which works to install a variety of energy efficiencies in homes as well. Alice Kennedy, city sustainability coordinator, said she expected to spend about $100,000 a year over the next three years on the effort, which targets low- to moderate-income households.
But more could be done, the Abell report argued. It suggests Baltimore and Maryland imitate aggressive installation campaigns in other cities and states. In particular, Jacobson urged the city to mandate cool roofs on new and renovated structures as part of its green building standards, much as California has done.
"I think there's some real opportunities, looking at neighboring cities, to take what they're doing and do it in Baltimore," Shickman agreed. New York City, for instance, has worked with local energy companies and corporations to coat government buildings and require cool roofs on all new and renovated private buildings.
City Hall isn't prepared to go that far. Rather than require it, Kennedy said local officials hope that by spreading the word about the savings and other benefits building owners will readily embrace cool roofs.
"It's something we would definitely like to encourage," she said.
Many appear to have gotten onto the bandwagon already, Kennedy said. From her window in the Benton city office building downtown on Baltimore Street, Kennedy said, two-thirds of the roofs she could see have white or reflective coatings.
Washington, D.C., also has a cool roof law, Shickman said, but there developers already are embracing cool roofs as they strive to meet the voluntary green building standards set under the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design program. Cool roofs are encouraged under those guidelines, he noted.
The Abell report also called for the state to make cool roofs eligible for financing and rebates now offered for upgrading the energy efficiency of a home or business. The state does have a goal of reducing energy consumption 15 percent by 2015, it pointed out.


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YUBA CITY, Calif. (AP) - Police have shot and killed a man in Northern California who was being chased by officers following two armed robberies.
The shooting in Yuba City occurred around 2:45 a.m. Wednesday.
Police say the suspect, who has not been identified, matched the description of the man who robbed a Yuba City Burger King and a Marysville Taco Bell.
Police pursued the vehicle the man was in and opened fire after the chase ended, killing him.
It's not clear what prompted them to shoot or whether the suspect was armed.
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The UVic EcoCAR team has transitioned into being the UVic Hybrid Team. We will be participating in the Formula Hybrid competition and plans are already underway for the new vehicle. As such, we've decided to start a new website which will soon be updated with content from the Formula Hybrid competition. The current website will stay as-is for the forseeable future. Visit our new page... (Click to read more)
On June 13th our team arrived back in Victoria after two exciting but gruelling weeks at the EcoCAR 2 Competition! Overall, the team managed to come in tenth place (the highest placing Canadian team), and received a number of awards in the technical presentation component of the competition, which we are very excited about! The first portion of the competition took place at the GM Proving... (Click to read more)
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Gavin Rossdale
- He is half Scottish.
- After leaving Trauma records Rossdale's band Bush signed with Atlantic Records in hope of gaining the publicity, money and respect that they deserved. The result was the album "Golden State".
- The album flew with critics who praised the album as Bush's strongest outing yet. The album however was not publicized well by Atlantic and despite a sold out tour the album did not sell well. Bush has been inactive since 2001.
- Has a Puli sheepdog named Winston who is featured on the cover of Bush's debut album.
- Married to singer/actress girlfriend, Gwen Stefani (lead singer of No Doubt).
- He and his wife are friends with Roger Federer and Mirka Vavrinec (Federer's girlfriend).
- Released "Wanderlust" solo album on June 3, 2008. Single "Love remains the same" debuted on VH-1 at #9.
- He and Gwen Stefani won the 7th spot on Forbes' list of Hollywood's 20 Top-Earning Couples, earning $28 million between June 1, 2007 and June 1, 2008.
- His wife Gwen Stefani gave birth to their second child, a baby boy named Zuma Nesta Rock Rossdale on 21 August, 2008. The baby was born at 12:46 p.m. PST in Los Angeles, and weighed in 8.5 lbs.
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text: Daniel Katz @ The Computational Legal Studies blog recently posted an interesting slide presentation on a proposal for what a 21st Century legal education program might look like. Katz sets up the presentation as a proposal for a MIT School of Law. Although it is an interesting topic and the slides will certainly get you thinking about the future of the the profession and how we might educate new professionals, the slides provide very few details. Katz, however, promises a paper will be coming soon on SSRN.


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Mesenchymal and stemness circulating tumor cells in early breast cancer diagnosis
- Guislaine Barrière,
- Alain Riouallon,
- Joël Renaudie,
- Michel Tartary,
- Michel Rigaud
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Epithelial mesenchymal transition (EMT) is a crucial event likely involved in dissemination of epithelial cancer cells. This process enables them to acquire migratory/invasive properties, contributing to tumor and metastatic spread. To know if this event is an early one in breast cancer, we developed a clinical trial. The aim of this protocol was to detect circulating tumor cells endowed with mesenchymal and/or stemness characteristics, at the time of initial diagnosis. Breast cancer patients (n = 61), without visceral or bone metastasis were enrolled and analysis of these dedifferentiated circulating tumor cells (ddCTC) was realized.
AdnaGen method was used for enrichment cell selection. Then, ddCTC were characterized by RT-PCR study of the following genes: PI3Kα, Akt-2, Twist1 (EMT markers) and ALDH1, Bmi1 and CD44 (stemness indicators).
Among the studied primary breast cancer cohort, presence of ddCTC was detected in 39% of cases. This positivity is independant from tumor clinicopathological factors apart from the lymph node status.
Our data uniquely demonstrated that in vivo EMT occurs in the primary tumors and is associated with an enhanced ability of tumor cells to intravasate in the early phase of cancer disease. These results suggest that analysis of circulating tumor cells focused on cells showing mesenchymal or stemness characteristics might facilitate assessment of new drugs in clinical trials.
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- The pre-publication history for this paper can be accessed here:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2407/12/114/prepub
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- Mesenchymal and stemness circulating tumor cells in early breast cancer diagnosis
- Open Access
- Available under Open Access This content is freely available online to anyone, anywhere at any time.
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BMC Cancer
- Online Date
- March 2012
- 10.1186/1471-2407-12-114
- Online ISSN
- 1471-2407
- Publisher
- BioMed Central
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- Topics
- Industry Sectors
- Authors
- Guislaine Barrière (1)
- Alain Riouallon (2)
- Joël Renaudie (2)
- Michel Tartary (1)
- Michel Rigaud (1)
- Author Affiliations
- 1. Astralab clinical laboratory, 7-11 Avenue de Lattre de Tassigny, 87000, Limoges, France
- 2. Department of gynecology and surgery, Clinique du Colombier, 92 avenue Albert Thomas, 87100, Limoges, France


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Public Libraries Briefcase
No. 9, 3rd Quarter 2004
A publication of the BRASS Business Reference in Public Libraries Committee
Finding Company Information: Selected Titles and Tips
Written by
Pamela Morgan
Chicago Public Library
Print Directories | Free Web Sites | Other Ideas
Public librarians often receive requests for company information: sales leads, prospective employers, providers of a service, makers of tangible products. For the generalist, it is important to gather some basic information about the company during the reference interview. What does the company do? Is it a public or private company? Where is the company located? What else can you tell me about the company? Finding out as much as possible will allow you to match the patron information need with the appropriate resources. In order to provide informaton on companies, it is helpful to have an understanding of key terms and concepts: public vs. private, subsidiary vs. parent company, popular name (United Airlines) vs. official name (UAL Corporation). See "Core Competencies for Business Reference: Company and Industry Research" for more information.
Not all company directories are the same. These selected sources have different angles and strengths. Knowing the nuances will help point people in the right direction.- Standard & Poor's Register of Corporations, Directors and Executives
- Good for locating executives of a company.
- Ward's Business Directory of U.S. Private and Public Companies
- Good for information on larger private companies.
- LexisNexis Corporate Affiliations
- The "Brand Name Index" makes this directory helpful when only the trade name or particular brand is known.
- D & B Million Dollar Directory
- Also lists public and private companies that are larger (must have a certain number of employees and/or a certain sales volume).
- Manufacturers Directories from Manufacturers' News, Inc.
- Directory of manufacturers. Available by state.
- Annual Report Gallery
- This free annual report service allows you to search by company name, ticker symbol, industry, sector, and more.
- IRIN - Annual Report Resource Center
- Search more than 11,000 current and historical annual reports from over 4,700 public companies. Search by ticker symbol or company name. Also provides links to charts and other company information.
- Verizon SuperPages
- Search for U.S. businesses with the online yellow pages. It is possible to search by keyword, business name, street address, zip code, phone number, keyword, and more.
- SEC Filings & Forms (EDGAR)
- The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's EDGAR system contains financial filings for public companies. Unique and detailed information may be found in these reports such as full balance sheets, executive compensation, merger & acquisition activity, portfolio holdings and corporate decision making. Foreign company securities (ADRs) that trade on U.S. stock exchanges may also be included. First time or infrequent users are encouraged to read About EDGAR. There is also a tutorial.
Individual Company Web Sites – A company's web site can provide a wealth of information including press releases, products and services, company officers, company history, stock quotes, annual reports, and more. It can also be used to verify print information, which can go out of date. Tip: On a company web site, annual reports are frequently located under "Investor Relations" on a web site. Other alternatives may include (but are not limited to) "Shareholder Information," "Earnings Releases," "Company Reports," "Company Profiles," "Corporate/Careers," "Financial Information," "Customer Service," or "About".
Subscription Databases – Whether generating a client list or gathering current news about a company, online databases have much to offer. Some examples of databases available at public libraries:
- ABI/INFORM (ProQuest)
- Business & Company Resource Center (Gale Group)
- Business Source Premier (EbscoHost)
- ReferenceUSA (infoUSA)
Disclaimer: This publication has been placed on the web for the convenience of BRASS members. Information and links will not be updated. Posted 26 July 2004.


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The Atlanta, Georgia Office
The Atlanta office of Wood Partners oversees development and construction in Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana.
The Southeast has enjoyed significant growth over the last several decades. Its pro-business attitude, mild climates, large ports and well-educated workforce have led numerous Fortune 500 companies to call it home or establish major operations here.
The largest metropolitan area in the Southeast, Atlanta is consistently ranked as one of the fastest growing markets and best places to live in the country. This net migration trend is expected to continue for decades to come, favoring the Southeast over other regions for vigorous job growth.
Established in 1998, our Atlanta office is the largest within the company and is home to our investor relation, risk management, finance, and accounting services.


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Amy Winehouse Has Quite A Talent!
Saturday 10:33 PM, 03/07/2010
Singer Amy Winehouse has been in the game for a long time which, was obvious yesterday when we spotted her leaving a pub in Camden outside of London. Amy smoked a cigarette the whole way from the car in to the pub but didn't touch it a single time! She also refuses to give up her old ballet shoes for reasons unknown. What a character!
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Dare to Wear Sequins in the Day!
Saturday 2:14 PM, 03/07/2010
Would you ever match a sequined dress with a pair of flip-flops? No? Supermodel Lily Cole did yesterday and we love it! Lily looked great in a green sequined dress and leopard pring Louis Vuitton scarf and we don't even care that she wore it with black flip flops. Who said you can't wear your party dresses with flat shoes!
Which Twilight Star Complains "My Feet Hate Me"?
Monday 6:22 PM, 28/06/2010
Of course its Kristen Stewart! Who else is promoting not one huge movie like Twilight: Eclipse and then at the same time "Welcome to the Riley's" her Indie film at the same time?! Kristen says the biggest problem is her feet, who are really angry at her for all the high heels she has been having to wear lately while doing all the red carpet events for both movies. Wow Kristen, we wouldn't complain about wearing all those gorgeous shoes with all those amazing designer dresses - we would swop with you anytime! (Source:
This Week's Best Dressed Celebrities
Monday 2:40 PM, 21/06/2010
Its all sparkles and pretty soft colours this week. Stars like Taylor Swift, Rachel Bilson and Lauren Conrad have gone girly on the red carpet and we are loving their looks! Take a look at who else inspired us this week with their fantastic fashion!
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Sobriety Suits You Stephanie!
Sunday 12:33 AM, 20/06/2010
The Hills Stephanie Pratt has really gotten her act together since she got a DUI and looks great since she got sober! Yesterday we spotted her on Robertson Boulevard with Lauren Bosworth and Steph looked fresh and pretty in jean shorts and wedges!
Whose Shoes Got Ruined Last Night?
Tuesday 10:54 PM, 15/06/2010
British singer Leona Lewis that's who! She was partying at London's Mahiki Club last night after performing earlier in the evening at the O2 arena and there was such a crowd of paparazzi and fans waiting to catch Leona outside the club, she had to be hustled into her car by security. In the middle of the chaos poor Leona stepped into something pretty gross-looking on the sidewalk with her gorgeous shoes! We really hope they are not ruined for good! Poor girl!
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