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GroStylesRead MoreThousands of miles separate India from Florida, but the fashion world can be far more accessible and affordable than the real one. For a case in point, look no further than Gro Styles, a chic Indian boutique with locations in Orlando, Tampa, and Fort Lauderdale. Rack after rack of colorful saris?many covered in sequins or embroidery?line the walls at each store, as do sparkling necklaces. Pair these accessories with a flattering skirt or tunic.8923 W Oakland Park Blvd.Sunrise, FL US
D & B StyleRead MoreOhConcept's design team scouts fresh-from-the-runway silhouettes, accents, and prints to create their line of trendy urban womenswear. Though its apparel is its most prominent department, the OhConcept look doesn't stop at clothes. Designers also keep an eye on the season's hottest fashions to create glittering jewelry, looping infinity scarves, and whimsical home accents.3211 Northwest 103rd TerraceSunrise, FL US
De La Flor GardensRead MoreWith a fragrant host of photosynthesizing wares, De La Flor Gardens delights guests with colorful arrangements and occasion-appropriate projects. Eschew singing telegrams or carrier pigeons trained in interpretive dance for a colorful explosion of sentiment corralled into a carefully arranged collection of flowers. The Appreciation bouquet intersperses white and purple blossoms among eye-catching pink roses ($44.99), perfect for expressing gratitude to a mom, teacher, or friend. Or, show off your romantic side with the Token of My Love bouquet ($49.95), which nestles yellow roses, hydrangeas, and other brightly pigmented blooms into a charming wicker basket that may be repurposed for a picnic or as a storage bin for smaller, even more charming wicker baskets.10781 Stirling RdCooper City, FL US
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flamingo road nurseryRead MoreFlamingo Road Nursery owner Jim Dezell is used to the surprise on people's faces when they come to the nursery for the first time. "People commonly come in and say, ?Wow, I never knew there was a garden center like this,?" he says. Maybe they're wowed by the park-like landscaping, complete with display gardens designed to inspire shoppers with ideas for plant combinations. Maybe they're blown away at the fountains, statues, and thousands of pieces of pottery. Or maybe they've just seen the pond surrounded by colorfully painted "shops" and palm trees. It's a "true experience" that's as much about shopping as it is about creating "memory and traditions", wrote Today's Garden Center in 2011, when it picked Flamingo Road Nursery as the most revolutionary garden center in the nation. In addition to helping shoppers navigate the selection of flowers, trees, and other plants, the knowledgeable staff can also help them complete landscaping projects with outdoor artwork, waterfalls, and more. "It's professional advice here," says Jim. "We really try to understand our customers' needs and offer solutions that will both excite them and provide long-term enjoyment." He even recommends people bring in dimensions and photos of their space so the staff can get a better idea of what will grow well there. Flamingo Road Nursery offers delivery and complete installation services. Other garden-centric items, such as fountains and colorful adirondack furniture, give customers more chances to enjoy their outdoor living spaces. The nursery also hosts an on-site Farmers Market shop, which hosts a large assortment of fresh fruits, vegetables, and artisan foods?some of the produce is even picked at the nursery itself. On the weekends, a beekeeper visits the store to explain how bees make honey to visiting kids, using the in-store observation beehive as a teaching tool. On Saturdays and Sundays, authentic southern BBQ including pulled pork, sausage, chicken, and ribs that have been slowly smoked for 5?10 hours are served under the giant tiki hut. The nursery holds seasonal celebrations as well, including an annual fall festival with pumpkin patch and a Christmas festival replete with sleigh rides, Santa visits, and a Christmas tree forest.1655 S Flamingo Rd.Davie, FL US


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The Return of the Giant NYC Dance Club
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July 4, 1976 Was a Ramones-less Weekend in NYC
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Remembering Dee Dee Ramone's Rap Album
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Meet Lady Casa, America's Most Famous Raver
By Ben Westhoff and Sarah Purkrabek
Ridiculous Kanye West-isms, In Illustrated Form
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Casting Martin Scorsese's New Ramones Movie
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A Tour Around Ace Frehley's Bronx
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Rap is her game, but chatter is Nicki Minajs medium. It surrounds her (has there ever been a more talked-about female rapper?) and fuels her creativity (Nicki Minaj, Nicki Lewinsky, Roman Zolanski, and Onika Maraj are just a few of the voices in her head that she organizes into verse). In the week that her long-awaited debut, Pink Friday, finally sees release, adding to the din seems only appropriate. Below, Nicki fan Zach Baron and Nicki non-fan Rich Juzwiak hash (...tag) it out.
Zach: Will it ruin the suspense/debate if I admit right at the top here that Nicki Minaj made a bad record? Because, jeez, Pink Friday really is sort of difficult to listen tothe sound of one of raps world-class personalities having all her clever foibles and idiosyncrasies blasted away and replaced with . . . platitudes about the power of women? Worse, actually: badly sung platitudes about the power of women. But the question I want to ask you is this: In the grand scheme of rap in 2010, does the failure of this album even matter? Ultimately, at the end of the year, Im rating Nicki like I rate one of her biggest fans, Kanye West: as a fascinating, exceedingly bonkers, total personality. The record to me is almost beside the point.
Rich: This, indeed, is pink garbage. I wouldnt even give it as much credit as youI dont hear platitudes about the power of women so much as self-aggrandizement masquerading as empowerment via a few bones thrown to Nickis imaginary sisters. I mean, this woman doesnt even quote Helen Reddy properly! Wheres the U.N.I.T.Y.? Regarding your question, Ill answer with another question: Why are so many people so bent on defending Nicki Minaj at each underwhelming turn? She flubs a freestyle when put on the spot, and its, Girls dont freestyle! She botches performances left and right with blatantly relied-on backing tracks, embarrassing dancing, and missed notes, and its, Well, shes just not a seasoned performer yet. She releases weak pop single after weak pop single and its, Well, shes just trying to get her name out there. She cuts an embarrassingly cheap-sounding, lazily hooked album and its, Well, it doesnt matter. So why, Zach, why? Why cant people face the fact that they were probably wrong about this girl? Shes given ample evidence. By the way, Im not sure that her exceeding weirdness is anything beyond scowl-deep. Pink Friday is proof.
Zach: Well, yeah, lets talk weirdness for a second: Nicki at her best really is weird! Her verse on Monster, which I will concede is not on Pink Friday, is maybe the most dazzlingly zany minute and a half of music Ive heard in 2010. That song presents a fake Jamaican, '50s-era B-movie villain, big-blinking ingénue, gum-and-neck-snapping Valley Girl, and, of course, fire-breathing, dizzyingly technical rapper, all within a handful of bars. Her performance therewhich also manages to humble, among others, a guy named Jay-Zconsists of way more than just a mere scowl. As for Pink Friday, I wonder mostly where that person went. Surely even you can enjoy the way she flat-foots Eminem on the track they share here, Romans Revengenot just because he deserves to be shown up by someone like Nicki, but because she does it so deftly that she still has time to have a intra-persona, English-accented debate with herself on the tracks hallucinatory outro. If only Roman Zolanski, Nicki the Harajuku Barbie, and all her other demonstrably distinct incarnations were present pretty much anywhere else on this record!
Rich: I think theres a difference between inherent weirdness and showmanship, and Nicki falls clearly on the side of the latter. What has she said thats bested her scowls? How weird are her words, actually? And since you bring it up, Romans Revenge, while boasting the best Pink Friday production (Swizzs snares are hypnotic, and the keys bringing the mood are a fucking trip), is extremely problematicNickis gay male character goes toe-to-toe with a homophobe (and not just a passive, anti-gay-epithet-using one, but someone whos actually said on record, Hate fags? The answers yes) and doesnt even broach the subject? What kind of a gay dude is she? None that Id fuck. Thats to say nothing to her playing host to Eminems faggot on this very record, as well as his piss-on-women misogyny. They say Nicki supports her gay fans and is pro-woman, and I say, Surely, it gets better.
Truth be told, Ive never been very taken by this person. Nicki Minaj has regularly put on elaborate shows of not saying very much, but Pink Friday actually makes me appreciate her guest work a lot moreI see that even when shes been random without much reason, when shes selling nonsense not out of cleverness but out of no other choice, at least part of the reason is because shes trying to pack in as much entertainment as possible, by hook or by British accent or by free association. One thing I never expected from Nicki Minaj is boring. And Pink Friday is full of boring. Like, if youre going to do r&b, you best bring the hooks and make sure theyre catchy. She doesnt. Is repeating two or three words ad nauseum entitlement or laziness? Or does she actually think this is how pop music works? Is the chorus of Right Thru Me that sounds like vaguely melodic snoring supposed to be impressive? The mind reels.
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On Monday evening, presidential hopeful Ron Paul spoke to a large crowd of Southeast Idaho residents in the Idaho Falls Civic Auditorium. Before Paul arrived, the enthusiastic crowd filled the auditorium with chants of "Ron Paul, the solution! Bring us back the Constitution!" and "End the Fed!" Former military man George Marriott led the pledge and Paige VanderSloot began the meeting with a prayer. When Paul and his wife Carol arrived, the crowd cheered emphatically. Paul said it was one of the best welcomes he ever experienced.
BLACKFOOT — The Idaho State Republican Caucus is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m. on Tuesday. Doors at the caucus sites will open at 5 p.m. to allow people to register.
People wishing to participate in the caucus must be in line by 7 p.m. After that time, no more people can come in to participate in the caucus.
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· In Blackfoot at the Blackfoot High School old gymnasium
· In Thomas at Snake River High School cafeteria
· In Shelley in the Shelley High School gymnasium
BLACKFOOT — Detectives from the Bingham County Sheriff's Office are continuing their investigation into a shooting incident in the Rose area last Wednesday.
Sheriff Dave Johnson said, "we don't know what really happened. It involved a shotgun at the parents' home."
Nineteen-year-old Dakota Oleson received shotgun pellets to his abdomen and left arm after a shotgun went off in a bedroom at the home of Justin and Christie Oleson.
The alleged shooter is a younger brother.
R. David Moore, Blackfoot's chief of police, has filed as a candidate for District Seat A in the Idaho House of Representatives.
"There seems to be a loss of contact with the constituents, Moore said. "I see a lot of personal agendas in the Idaho legislature right now. I want to represent the constituents of Bingham County."
Craig Rowland, the Bingham County Director of Emergency Management, Parks and Recreation and Abatement District, is running for sheriff.
"I have spent the biggist part of the past eight years on the outside, looking in at the sheriff's office," Rowland said. "I see changes that would benefit not just the sheriff's office but also the county and its cities.
"My campaign is 'Communications and Cooperation,'" Rowland said. "I see the need for communications and cooperation with agencies in the county and with more people who live in the county.
BLACKFOOT — Amy Sorensen wanted to find a creative way to catch people's attention and promote presidential candidate Mitt Romney. That is why she brought her "Mitt is bringing sexy back" sign to the Romney rally on Thursday. Little did Sorensen know that her sign would receive national attention. Now, Sorensen's picture has been displayed in the Washington Post, the LA Times, Reuters and numerous blogs.
Items of note from Feb. 24-29.
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DUMPSTER FIRE: Feb. 24, 5:36 p.m.: A woman said she is driving on Camas Street and there is a metal dumpster on fire.
MISSING WALLET: Feb. 24, 6:18 p.m.: A caller reported a missing wallet. They said it is zebra-striped and there is $400 inside.
PATIENT LEAVING: Feb. 25, 7:22 a.m.: A caller at Bingham Memorial Hospital said a man is attempting to leave. They said he is getting dressed and determined to leave when he is dressed.
IDAHO FALLS - On Thursday afternoon, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney attended a rally at Skyline High School. A flood of Southeast Idaho residents crowded into both of Skyline's gymnasiums to see the presidential hopeful. Despite the close quarters, spirits were high. Amy Sorensen, a member of the Bingham County GOP and an attendee of the rally, was excited that a candidate visited this area. "A lot of the time we are ignored, so it is nice to have a candidate who cares about what we think," said Sorensen.
BLACKFOOT — In the Christopher Cox case, Magistrate Judge Charles Roos unsealed most of the documents regarding this case.
The 38-year-old Cox is the former Snake River Junior High School principal who is accused of three counts of sexual abuse of a child under age 16. It is alleged the victim was 14-years-old at the time of the incidents. She has since left the area.
Judge Roos said he was going to vacate the order [to seal the case] because it "was not properly done."
A group of citizens has submitted a recall petition against Blackfoot school board member Peter Lipovac to the Bingham County Clerk's office .
The Idaho Code refers to this recall petition as a "prospective petition."
The determination by the clerk triggers a 75-day deadline for whomever is behind the recall effort to submit the required number of signatures to the clerk's office, said Bingham County Prosecuting Attorney Scott Andrew. (This is called "perfecting" the petition.)


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Posted: 07/01/2011 - Today, StarMetro will begin offering new scratch-off fare cards. These new fare cards will come in seven day unlimited and seven day reduced fares.
Posted: 07/01/2011 - Today, StarMetro will begin offering new scratch-off fare cards. These new fare cards will come in seven day unlimited and seven day reduced fares.
Posted: 07/01/2011 - The Florida Highway Patrol will be out in full force during the Independence Day holiday weekend, which begins this afternoon and extends through midnight, July 4.
Posted: 06/30/2011 - To promote safety and reduce congestion over the Independence Day Holiday, the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) is suspending road construction activities on all major roads in Northwest Florida.
Updated: 06/28/2011 - The driver of the vehicle advised a pedestrian appeared without notice and was struck.
Posted: 06/27/2011 - An early morning car crash in Jackson County leaves one dead and one injured.
Posted: 06/23/2011 - Beginning Tuesday morning June 28 and continuing through Wednesday, June 29, crews from the City of Tallahassee will perform routine landscape maintenance on medians along Thomasville Road between Live Oak Plantation Road and Waverly Road.
Updated: 06/24/2011 - The family of a young south Georgia woman who died in a car crash speaks with WCTV. Sha Wetherington, 22, was on her way to a job interview when she lost control of her car.
Posted: 06/22/2011 - Rolling-road block on I-10 and landscape maintenance on Thomasville Road.
Posted: 06/22/2011 - Despite recent declines in gas prices, fuel prices are still about $1 more per gallon than last year and are expected to offset year-over-year increases in holiday travel
Updated: 06/21/2011 - Segment between Monroe and Bronough - Gaines Street between Monroe Street and Bronough Street will be closed to all traffic overnight, Tuesday -- Wednesday, June 21-22.
Updated: 06/21/2011 - Blueprint 2000 is set to begin the third Design/Build widening project for Capital Circle Southeast.
Posted: 06/20/2011 - Segment between Monroe and Bronough.
Posted: 06/16/2011 - State Road 267 commuters will continue to encounter daily lane closures from 8 a.m. until 6 p.m., Friday, June 16 and Saturday, June 17 while construction crews from C. W. Roberts Contracting resurface the roadway, perform drainage work and construct guardrail between I-10 and State Road (SR) 20
Posted: 06/15/2011 - Segment between Monroe and Bronough
Posted: 06/10/2011 - State officials are cracking down on commercial drives who drive drowsy. The goal of these inspections is to make sure commercial drivers are logging their time on and off the road.
Posted: 06/09/2011 - Attorney General Pam Bondi's office plans to appeal a Broward County judge's ruling that said tickets issued by police officers for running a red light are unconstitutional because the fine is higher than that levied when a driver is ticketed by a red light camera.
Updated: 06/09/2011 - An early morning crash has left one man dead.
Updated: 06/09/2011 - The City of Tallahassee Commission unanimously approves seven new red light cameras for Tallahassee.
Updated: 06/07/2011 - TPD is working a traffic crash in the 1800 block of West Tennessee Street. A vehicle struck a utility pole and wires are down.
Updated: 06/08/2011 - A 57-year-old Crawfordville woman was killed in a one vehicle traffic crash near the intersection of County Road 367 and Highway 365 also known as the Shell Point Road and Spring Creek Highway triangle.
Posted: 06/03/2011 - The intersection of US 90 (Mahan Drive) and Winery Way reopened Friday, June 3 and will remain open through Sunday, June 5, 2011. However, the intersection will be closed from Monday, June 6th to Friday, June 10th to complete the installation of curbs and paving of the roadway in this area.
Updated: 06/01/2011 - A semi making a turn brushed a traffic light pole. The pole broke at the base and the horizontal arm with the traffic control lights fell on the top of the trailer.
Posted: 05/31/2011 - The single car accident on the evening of May 30 took the life of 22-year-old, Maron Butler.
Posted: 05/31/2011 - Construction workers from Capital Asphalt will begin resurfacing work on Monroe Street from Jefferson Street to Thomasville Road Tuesday night, May 31.
Posted: 05/26/2011 - Morris Young, Gadsden County Sheriff, along with members from the Gadsden County Sheriff's Office, is heading to D.C. with message for Congress: Florida motorists should not be forced to share the road with bigger, more dangerous trucks.


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Surely you caffeine addicts will agree, coffee truly is the sexually oriented drink – It picks you up! It illuminates your world, if I may say so. Designer / Bookmark Maker Wonsik Chae takes this concept to an elegant level by making the drop-in tea bag light up your environment chemically. For those whose eyes are sensitive to brightness in the mornings, I recommend a different cup. For those who love lamp(s), drop it!
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There's another aspect to Iverson's brilliance, something the ESPN guys tried to describe last night: Quite simply, he's the most menacing player in the league. There's just something different about him, a darker edge that the other stars don't have. Once I was sitting midcourt at the Fleet Center when Iverson was whistled for a technical, yelped in disbelief, then followed the referee toward the scorer's table and screamed, "[Bleep] you!" at the top of his lungs. The official whirled around and pulled his whistle toward his mouth for a second technical.
And I swear on my daughter's life, the following moment happened: As the official started to blow the whistle, Iverson's eyes widened and he moved angrily toward the official, almost like someone getting written up for a parking ticket who decides it would just be easier to punch out the meter maid. For a split-second, there was real violence in the air. Of course, the rattled official lowered his whistle and never called the second T. By sheer force of personality, Iverson kept himself in the game.
Look, I'm not condoning what happened. It was a frightening moment. At the same time, I haven't seen a player bully a referee like that before or since. And that goes back to the "seeing him in person" thing. Iverson plays with a compelling, hostile, bloodthirsty energy that the other players just don't have. He's relentless in every sense of the word. He's a warrior. He's an alpha dog. He's a tornado. He's so fast and coordinated that it genuinely defies description. He's just crazy enough that officials actually cower in his presence. And none of this makes total sense unless you've seen him.
Now Philly is holding a freaking tag sale for him, replete with a leverage-killing deadline and a "40% OFF -- EVERYTHING MUST GO!" sign. Since one of the worst GMs of the decade (King) will decide where he goes, it's impossible to predict what will happen. Just know these four things.
First, as soon as this trade happens, Iverson will play out of his mind coming out of the gate, followed by a series of stories and features from his new teammates saying things like "I can't believe how good this guy is" and "he's completely transformed this team, we think we have a chance to win every night now," followed by the Sixers fans flipping out and demanding King's departure. I wish there was a way to wager on this scenario in Vegas. I can't believe softer contenders like the Magic, Nets or even the Mavs have underestimated the undeniable force of his personality, the potential of his crunch-time scoring if there were other scoring threats on the court, or even the fury he'll unleash on a new team. He will practically KILL HIMSELF trying to haunt the Sixers over the next three season. Mark my words.
Barry Gossage/NBAE via Getty Images Hey, Isiah ... here's your Answer right here.Second, in the ironies of ironies, Isiah Thomas kept stockpiling dreadfully expensive contracts and waiting for a superstar tag sale, finally giving up this season and buying out Jalen Rose's deal. Now he probably could have had Iverson and C-Webb for Rose's expiring contract, Channing Frye, Nate Robinson, Marbury and the Bulls' pick. Classic. Even when Isiah isn't involved in a major story, he still comes off terribly.


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CHANGCHUN, China and LOS ANGELES, Jan. 8 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- China Yongxin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: CYXN; "China Yongxin Pharmaceuticals" or the "Company"), is a leading manufacturer, distributor and retailer of Chinese traditional medicines, pharmaceutical products, natural health products, health food, cosmetics, and medical equipment in Northeastern China. The Company today announced that it had opened three new stores in 2009.
Reflecting a transition in the Company's sales strategy, the Company opened three new retail stores in 2009. Among them, two stores are located in Tianjin City with an average operating area of 100 square meters per store. Covering a local customer population of 23,000, each store offers more than 1,500 products and has achieved an average revenue of $429 per store per day.
With an operating area of 140 square meters, the new store in Changchun City offers more than 3,000 products to a local customer population of 27,000. It has also realized an average revenue of $429 per day.
With the new stores, the Company now has 96 stores in total in China (including 22 franchisees), offering a broader product portfolio including 98% of the items listed on the recently issued Essential Drug List (EDL) in China. With expanded marketing activities, these new stores contributed to increased revenues in 2009 from the Company's retail drug operations, which increased by approximately 30% over the prior year. These new stores also helped to improve the Company's 2009 gross profit which was $15.2 million and gross margin of 32.6%, representing a significant improvement over the $11.9 million in gross profit and gross margin of 20.1% for 2008.
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These links between high triglyceride levels, diabetes and heart and blood vessel related disease indicate that lowering triglyceride levels should be a prime concern for all diabetics. The American Diabetics Association state that a triglyceride level of greater than or equal to 400 mg/dl puts people with diabetes at high risk for macrovascular disease, a level of 150-399 mg/dl puts them at borderline risk, and a level below 150 mg/dl puts them at low risk for macrovascular disease.
Eating unsaturated fats, including polyunsaturated & monounsaturated fats, can help to lower triglyceride levels.Reduce triglyceride levels by eating fish or fish oil. Polyunsaturated & monounsaturated fat reduce blood levels of triglycerides. Trans fats and saturated fats raise them. Too much fat around your waist, high blood pressure, high triglycerides, high blood sugar &abnormal cholesterol levels increase the risk of heart disease, metabolic syndrome & stroke. Read lables please!
Seeds, wholegrains, fruit & milk help reduce heart disease, manage cholesterol, blood pressure, & weight & the risk for many diseases. Your diet should include foods from all the food groups: grains/starch, veggie, fruit ,milk, protein & healthy fats like Olive oil or avocado's. Milk & fruits cause slower rises in glucose levels. Eat low glycemic, what I like to call slow foods....& remember portion control cause if you overeat slow foods you can still get a high sugar count.


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This line is possibly a reference to this line of Ye's in the song "The One" from the G.O.O.D. Music compilation album Cruel Summer (itself taken from a famous Biggie Smalls line from Diddy's "Victory")
If you ever held a title belt you would know how Michael felt
Tyson, Jackson, Jordan — Michael Phelps
Although Ye has compared himself to Michael Jordan and Michael Jackson, the following lines lead the listener to believe that this is more so a reference to Mike Tyson than any other Michael.
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Offshore call centers are regarded as an important strategic decision for organizations to save the cost. Despite wide spread use of the practice, many organizations seem to be reluctant to openly admit this fact when interacting with customers and confusion exists about where to draw the line to make customers comfortable while interacting with the call center representative. This paper draws on upon the existing knowledge of trust in e-commerce, inter personal deception theory and personalization of service, to study the effects of location of call center, context of interaction, type of call center and the practice of National Identity Management (NIM) on trusting belief and trusting intentions of customers in a call center.


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And speaks from beyond the grave!
Moishe Rosen, the founder of Jews for Jesus, died Tuesday (via Failed Messiah). He was 78.
And whoa! He has left one of those "If you're reading this, then I am dead" messages on the Jews for Jesus Website!
"I hope I can count on you to show love and respect for the Jewish people," he writes, "but Jewishness never saved anybody. Judaism never saved anybody no matter how sincere. Romans 10:9 & 10 make it clear that we must believe in our hearts and confess with our mouths the Lord Jesus in order to be saved. There are no shortcuts. There is no easy way. Within Judaism today, there is no salvation because Christ has no place within Judaism."
He also writes a bunch of inside-baseball stuff regarding the movement. And also: "I don't suppose that I will be writing you any new material, but there are a few articles in the works that might still come through." Can't wait!
Born into an Orthodox family in Kansas City, Rosen and his Jewish-born wife converted to Christianity, and he was ordained a Baptist minister. In 1973, he founded Jews for Jesus, which today is the most prominent sect of the Hebrew Christian movement. As its name suggests, adherents believe Jesus was the Messiah but also consider themselves Jewish.
"Mr. Rosen said he modeled his evangelical efforts on Vietnam War protests he saw while living in the San Francisco area," the Washington Post reports.
De mortuis nil nisi bonum goes the famous phrase: Speak no ill of the dead. Today, what say we leave it at that, hrmm?
Moishe Rosen, 78; Founded Evangelistic Group Jews for Jesus [WP]
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Giovanni Corino Barolo Arborina 2004
Nebbiolo from Piedmont, Italy
Winemaker's Notes
One week maceration's long with temperature varying from 25 to 30 Celsius degree - after the separation between the skin grape and liquid , passage in steel for precipitation of the funds.
When finish fermentation of the sugars and malolactic fermentation, we start to move the wine in small wood of French oak 50% new and 50% old where remains for 2 years. After this time we assemble the wine in steel where remains for 6 months, at the end of which he is bottled and allow us to keep for two years before to sell.
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Wine Spectator - "Very ripe strawberry aromas, with hints of violet and black licorice. Full-bodied, with big, velvety tannins and beautiful ripe fruit. Long and beautiful. There's so much there. Just hiding right now. Needs time. Best after 2012. 250 cases made."
The Wine Advocate - "The 2004 Barolo Vigna Arborina presents a very typical profile of candied cherries, menthol, spices and sweet toasted oak. Initially quite clenched, the wine opens beautifully with air, revealing terrific depth and the firmer tannins that are characteristic of this site. This perfumed, fresh Barolo still needs at least another few years in bottle to come together. It is made from a southwest facing plot in the vineyard. Anticipated maturity: 2011-2024."
International Wine Cellar - "Good full red. Knockout Barolo perfume offers currant, brown spices, leather and dried flowers. Sweet, lush and concentrated; even smoother and more pliant than the Giachini. A very round, fine-grained wine with enticing suggestions of brown spice and flowers. Finishes long and complex, with red fruit flavors complicated by woodsy underbrush."
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2006 marked a new era for the Corino family: Renato and Giuliano split the estate. While Giuliano kept the Giovanni Corino label, Renato started his own new label, and they divided the vineyards amicably and equally. The Giovanni Corino estate remains directly next to the classic Giachini vineyard, from where their flagship wine comes (and nearly all of the fruit for the old-vine "Vecchie Vigne" cuvee). Giuliano also maintained some of the holdings in the famed Arborina Cru and is our only producer that was spared the devastation brought on by violent hail storms in 2006. The "Vecchie Vigne" Barolo comes from vines averaging 30-50 years old and is released one year later than the other wines. His Dolcetto & Barbera are equally terrific – classic, easy-drinking, very fairly-priced versions of these staple Piedmont wines.
Integrated insect and disease control is employed. Sulfur- and copper-based products prevalent. Only manure is used as fertilizer. Spontaneous cover crops (grass cover) are left between the rows of vines. There is minimum use of SO2 in wines in order to prevent oxidation. View all Giovanni Corino Wines
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Notable FactsNot just regulated to red wine, Piedmont also produces some notable whites, particularly those near the district of Gavi and Asti. Gavi produces still white wine from the Cortese grape. The wine is dry with a crisp, citrus-like acidity – fairly neutral but pleasant. Arneis is another grape/wine made in the area, creating a fuller wine that displays some nuttiness in the aroma and taste. Asti is well known for its sparkling wine – in particular Asti Spumante and Moscato d'Asti. Asti Spumante is typically higher in alcohol, sweetness & fizziness, while its higher-class cousin, Mostcato d'Asti, contains lower alcohol levels, a few less bubbles, and a more restrained and delicate representation of Moscato fruit.
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A little ditty about Italy...This country has about as many wines as its had governments. With 20 different regions, hundreds of DOCs and even more indigenous varieties, the amount of wine made in Italy is mind-boggling. Most of the juice, however, remains in the country for thirsty Italians. Wine is food in Italy and its rare that a meal is consumed without a glass of vino. That said, it's not common to find many folks drinking wine without food either. In turn, it's a match, and a mighty good one at that. In fact, it's safe to say that Italian wine is a foodie wine – one that goes on the table for a myraid of meals.
For regions, the most popular are Tuscany (home of Chianti), Piedmont and the Tre-Venezie, which includes Veneto, Trentino Alto-Adige and Friuli. Other communes of note are in Southern Italy, and a few good wines are made elsewhere in the country. The islands of Sardinia and Sicily are members of the Italian winemaking community as well.
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Those jokes explain why archaeologists have uncovered no comedy clubs from thousands of years ago.
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Has RFS been around to take credit for it? ;)
I'm not getting the humor.
While we might not see the humor in that joke, the form is something still used today. Often you will hear something rare made fun of by insinuating that such and such has never happened before. It might not be the funniest form of joke, but it's still in use today.
It would be a few hundred more years until the Jews came along and made comedy funny.
Best joke I've heard since the Magnificent Muraco and Mr. Fuji were on the comedy circuit in the mid-80s.
How about that pharaoh? He's so old, he can remember when the Sphinx was just a kitten!
But seriously, folks, what's the deal with all these pyramids? Did pharaoh's parents refuse to let him play with blocks when he was little?
No, really, pharaoh is a great guy...he's always nice to his mummy!
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Initial claims for unemployment insurance dropped by 5,000 to a seasonally adjusted 330,000 in the week ending January 19, the lowest level since January, 2008. The four-week moving average, a measure that smooths out volatility, was 351,750, dropping by 8,250 from the previous week's revised average of 360,000.
A word of caution is in order on the seasonal adjustments:
The decline may reflect the government's difficulty adjusting its numbers to account for layoffs after the holiday shopping season. Layoffs spike in the second week of January and then plummet. The department seeks to adjust for those seasonal trends, but the figures can still be volatile.If numbers like these continue past the volatile weeks of January, though, it would be a very good trend. Generally speaking, initial claims below 375,000 and definitely below 350,000 signal strong job creation. Again, though, we have to wait to see what happens as seasonal adjustments become less of a factor.


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Rating: 5.0
By Jeremy Lee, campaignlive.co.uk, Thursday, 06 September 2012 11:50AM
Hurrell will work alongside Laura Chamberlain, the current head of account management. The role has been split as the agency seeks to increase its focus on this 54-strong function.
As well as Glue Isobar, Hurrell has been the client services director at Meme, a division of Engine. She has also worked at Fallon and Rainey Kelly Campbell Roalfe/Y&R on accounts including the BBC and Ben & Jerry's.
Tom Knox, the joint chief executive at DLKW Lowe, said: "Charlie's breadth of experience will enable her to lead the way in meeting the challenges we face today and tomorrow."
He added: "Working with Laura, she will bring new perspectives, ensuring that our account people have the necessary skills to fulfil our mission to make the creative output truly remarkable."Follow @Jezzalee
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- Publication date: 27 August 2010
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Following her hugely popular RTE TV series, 'Catherine's Italian Kitchen', and her latest show, 'Catherine's Roman Holiday', Catherine Fulvio presents her personal collection of recipes to brighten up Irish kitchens with delicious flavours of Italy. This wonderful selection of vibrant recipes, influenced by Catherine's long summers spent at her home in Sicily, have been gathered from Italian friends and her husband's family in Sicily and Rome, and perfected at her Wicklow cookery school. With over 100 dishes for all levels of cooks, including familiar recipes with a twist - pizzas, pastas and risotto - as well as the unfamiliar - homemade limoncello, a traditional lemon liqueur, or Stromboli, a mouth-watering bread filled with mozzarella and pancetta, from the volcanic island off the coast of Sicily. So, expect the passion of Sicilian cooking, the heartiness of Roman fare, along with tasty treats from Tuscany, Naples and Venice. Catherine's infectious enthusiasm for food pervades every recipe as she leads you through your Italian cooking experience. Featuring photography of spectacular Sicilian and Roman scenery taken from the TV series, this is truly Italian food for an Irish kitchen. Buon Appetito!
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Presenter of the popular RTE TV series 'Catherine's Italian Kitchen' and 'Catherine's Roman Holiday', Catherine Fulvio is chef/proprietor of Ballyknocken House and Cookery School in Co. Wicklow. An experienced food writer, Catherine is contributor to many leading Irish newspapers and magazines, including Image and Sunday World. Some of her international features include BBC's Good Food Channel, NBC's 'Today Show' and Stekki Recipe Japan.
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Padres get pitchers for Cy Young winner
San Diego Padres pitcher Jake Peavy arrived home Thursday night after being on an East Coast road trip with the team, and his three boys stayed up to greet him. They collected his pictures from around the house and carefully arranged them "into a shrine" near the front door.
Peavy stayed up late with them and, exhausted, took a nap with 5-year-old Wyatt late yesterday morning. Major League Baseball's trade deadline was 1 p.m. Peavy figured he'd wake up still a Padre.
And he was. Until 12:58 p.m.
In what literally amounted to a last-minute deal, the Padres traded Peavy to the Chicago White Sox, parting ways with arguably the most dominant starting pitcher in club history but also with more than $55 million in salary obligations over the next three-plus years. In return, the Padres received pitchers Clayton Richard, Aaron Poreda, Adam Russell and Dexter Carter, only one of whom – Richard – is currently on a major-league roster.
It was the same trade the two teams had brokered in May, only for Peavy – whose contract includes a provision requiring his approval on any trade – to veto it.
"May wasn't the right time," Peavy, 28, said in a hastily arranged news conference before last night's 11-7 Padres win against Trevor Hoffman and the Milwaukee Brewers, "and now things are a little different on a lot of fronts."
The Padres, then hovering near .500 and in the midst of a 10-game win streak, have gone into the tank. The White Sox, then in fourth place in the five-team AL Central division, have become playoff contenders. And a right ankle injury has kept Peavy off the mound since mid-June, cooling trade offers for the National League's 2007 Cy Young Award winner.
One thing that never changed, though, was the interest of White Sox General Manager Kenny Williams.
"Kenny's pretty persistent," Padres GM Kevin Towers said. "It was pretty clear to me back in May that Peavy was a guy he targeted and really wanted. When this thing kind of caved in in May, Kenny basically told me: 'Somehow I'm going to end up with Jake Peavy. I don't know exactly when, but I'm not going to give up on this.' "
Williams took another swing yesterday, about 2½ hours before the trade deadline.
Towers had been on the phones all week and said he was surprised at the dearth of nibbles about Peavy despite the club's insistence on shedding a contract that pays him $15 million, $16 million and $17 million, respectively, over the next three years, plus a $4 million buyout in 2013. He's also due $3.6 million for the remainder of this season. Peavy himself was resigned to rehabbing his ankle, pitching a few games in September and being traded in the winter or spring.
So resigned that the deal nearly didn't come off because Peavy turned off his phone so he could nap in peace.
His agent, Barry Axelrod, finally reached Peavy's wife on her cell phone at 12:20 p.m.


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1. Houston Texans - At some point during the season, every good team deserves a mulligan for performing poorly against a weaker opponent. I'm giving one to the Texans for last Sunday's 43-37 overtime victory over lowly Jacksonville.
2. Denver Broncos - The Broncos have all but won the AFC West, but Denver must hope losing running back Willis McGahee (leg) doesn't disrupt the team's offensive rhythm.
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Friday, 16th March, 2012, 05:39 PM #31
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Well, I guess you could always make her a thief where he wakes up the next morning to discover she's run off with all his stuff. Tracking her down could be a good opportunity for your DM to introduce a plot hook.
Friday, 16th March, 2012, 06:32 PM #33
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In campaigns I run, they exist. Some players have their characters partake, some do not.
Mostly its fade to black stuff, with the appropriate boot scene the following morning/hour/ten minutes.
The books above are good starts to a 'whore' build.
One thing you might want to consider first is how the character got to that point of life.
Is it as a pleasure slave? Than levels of expert are the way to go.
Is it down on their luck and just turning to the world's oldest profession?
Or is it a Rogue that is using the position as a way to case targets?
Most see whore and the red crosses the eyes. But in truth we are all whores to something one way or another. We just have a different price and trade to provide.
The background and the world will be what dictates the build for you.
If your needing PC levels I would just use Rogue and/or Bard with high levels of diplomacy, profession(compainship), bluff, sense motive. All those synergized together makes for an excellent person who knows what his or her client wants.
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Friday, 16th March, 2012, 07:27 PM #34
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Regarding the situation as being 'offensive' or 'immature' - courtesans, the medieval predecessors of whores (and the kinds you could meet in RPGs) could be described more as 'mistresses' (i.e. women rich men 'kept - paid for her lodging, life, servants, clothes etc in exchange for visiting them, not necessarily in exchange for umm... y'know what, but also for simple companionship and advice.
You could take this angle and give the 'courtesan' ranks in Diplomacy and Sense Motive and a commoner/aristocrat class.
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Friday, 16th March, 2012, 09:28 PM #35
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Not the legendary Houri (from which whores get their name) of middle eastern mythology?
They predated the legendary "Whore of Babylon"? (Who incidentally wasn't a whore at all, but the term clearly shows that the "World's oldest Profession" is indeed older than the middle ages.)
Courtesans are around today, alive and well and pretty much unevolved. You'll find their modern day counterparts as hangers on for rock stars, flocking to the big winners at the tables of Vegas or Monte Carlo, and on the elbows of the rich and powerful throughout the world . (Think "Trophy Wife" )
Whores, to use the common term the way it was intended, or "professional women" (with the emphasis on the second word) if you want to be polite, are another thing entirely.
They aren't the stereotype girl in her teens with lots of curves, too much makeup and not enough skirt, nor are they all the hollow faced, sunken eyed drug addicts we hear about. Some are in the trade by choice, while others had the choice made for them by someone else.
Many who "get help" getting off the streets end up going right back to it. In some countries it's legal and nobody is forced. In others girls get sold and kept as property.
Any one image you have of the trade is wrong, because there are so many people in so many circumstances plying it.
So if you want to build such a character in game, you're actually pretty free to make up any back story you like for her. It's as "realistic" as any other can be.
Rich girl kidnapped and sold for political reasons? (She can't go home now because no "common woman" can ever inherit the titles she's supposed to have.) Harem girl who's master was killed? Tough street kid looking for an angle and a way out? Upper class lady slumming, looking for excitement? Perhaps someone under a curse, that she can't refuse when offered money? (Saw that one in the old Thieves World books.) Runaway just trying to survive? Drug addict who can't leave her pimp because he's the only one who knows exactly which cocktail of drugs she needs?
Any and all of these can and do happen in the real world (except for the magical curse one, of course). There are college students studying law or medicine who need to pay for tuition.
The bottom line is that in most countries it's a "profession" with a very short shelf life. People get out, burn out or just plain get killed very fast, very young. They're friend, confidant, psychoanalyst, punching bag and occasionally lover. (That last is often the least important part of their "service" by the way.)
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Not sure how far we will level, but from there:
disciple of aaluran 1 (5th level of it), fey enticer 5, imagist 1.
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Are you using the Appearance stat with this? If so, elves get a +4 from the start if you go from the table on page 40. That should help a bit with the Imagist class.
Take a look at Savage Progressions: Level-Adjusted Races for level-adjusted races. Used with LA buyoff you can progress your character bit by bit, if gaining a single level, buying it off, then gaining another level and buying it off is allowed.
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