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Top 10 things to know about before you buy or lease a new car
Ten tips to help you buy or lease a better, cheaper new car.
1. What total price do you want to pay for the car or if leasing what value have they assigned to the car on the lease document. What will it cost to finance the car through purchase or lease?
Before you go into a car dealership know how much you want to pay for the car in total. Even if you are leasing the car, you should know what value they have assigned to the car on the lease. This value will determine your monthly lease payment and the residual value of the car should you choose to purchase it at the end of the lease.
2. Go over your current budget and determine the maximum car payment you can comfortably afford.
If you don't already have a budget you may want to develop one before you go out looking for a car. Determining how much of your discretionary income is available for a car payment is the first step to making a satisfying car purchase or lease. You don't want to walk into a dealership and tell them you have no idea what you can afford. I can almost guarantee you that they will find a pricey monthly car payment for you to make.
3. What do you need the car for? What specific features will be needed?
Are you using the car for a short work commute or are you planning to take extended vacations or tow a camper or trailer with the vehicle? If this is the case you may need a truck or SUV. Consider all the possible uses for the car you are purchasing, you don't want to underestimate the type of vehicle you will need. For instance, if you think you will need a truck only once or twice a year it may be more cost effective to rent one as needed.
4. Check Consumer Reports Magazine for overall ranking.
One of the best sources for new car testing data is Consumer Reports Magazine. Before purchasing a car check out the latest report on the model(s) you are interested in. This is a quick source of data on price, reliability and crash tests. This research can quickly help you narrow down your best car choices and also help you determine what a fair price is.
5. Call your auto insurance company and ask them what it will cost to cover your proposed new car.
People do not always realize that the type of car you drive and model year can affect the insurance premium charged. Whether or not you lease or own a car can also affect the premium. It is always best to call your insurance company prior to signing the papers to determine exactly what the insurance costs will be for your proposed car. In my experience insurance companies are always happy to provide quotes for this very purpose. The time to ask is before the new car is acquired so that there are no surprises later.
6. What is the car's average gas mileage? How long is your daily commute to work? Is good gas mileage an important consideration for you?
There are a variety of models on the market with exemplary gas mileage. There are also a lot of SUV's and large trucks, with poor gas mileage. Sometimes one of the determining factors is the average cost per year to operate the car. Part of this cost is the cost of fuel. To estimate you yearly fuel costs take the average number of miles you drive per year and divide this by the estimated miles per gallon for the car you are considering. This will give you the number of gallons used per year. Multiply this by the current price of a gallon of gas. This will give you an estimate of amount of dollars spent on gas for the year for this model. Did this amount surprise you? Is it higher than you thought? If so, you may want to consider a more fuel efficient model.
7. Do you need a four-door or two-door model? How large is your family?
If you have more than two people in your family it may be preferable for you to have a four-door car. The ease of use of the backseat is reason enough for this. Another consideration is if you have small children in car seats or frequent elderly passengers a four-door car will come in very handy. One final note, two-door cars are often classified as sports coupes and often the insurance premium is higher for anything in any sports car category.
8. Check seat comfort and instrument panel design for ease of use.
What is the cargo area size? Is it adequate for groceries, luggage, etc…?
Once you have narrowed down the type of car you want to lease or purchase make sure you spend time at a dealership sitting in the car(s). There is a wide variety of seat designs, fabrics and instrument panel layouts available on the market. You will want to make sure that the car you select is comfortable, especially for long trips. And that the instrument panels are not awkward to use.
9. What is the car's resale value?
You may also be interested in knowing the car's resale value should you want to sell it after a predetermined number of years. Several consumer magazines provide this information. There is a significant range in resale values between models. It is best to know this upfront so that you can get the best return for your car when you sell it in the future.
10. Where is the closest dealer located for purchase, warranty work or general maintenance?
Research the dealerships in your area and visit several of them. Note the amount of customers waiting for maintenance work, their demeanor (i.e. Do they look irritated?), the length of wait time before you are helped and the overall tone of the salespeople and other employees. All of these factors will give you clues as to whether or not this is the place you want to purchase and later service your car.


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GEICO's Halloween Week kicks off with #MusicMonday
By Nathan Erb on October 25, 2010 at 10:52 AM
Posted in: Odds & Ends
Whether you're hosting a Halloween party and need some songs for your playlist, or you're just trying to get into the Halloween spirit while you're trying on your Lady Gaga costume, I've put together my top 10 Halloween songs (in no particular order). And as a bonus, I threw in some music from movies and TV shows. Share your favorites in the comments! But please don't send us pictures of you trying on that Lady Gaga costume.
- "Thriller" – Michael Jackson
- "Monster Mash" – Bobby 'Boris' Pickett
- "Boris the Spider" – The Who
- "Dragula" – Rob Zombie
- "Halloween" – Dave Matthews Band
- "Werewolves of London" – Warren Zevon
- "(Don't Fear) the Reaper" – Blue Oyster Cult
- "Black Magic Woman" – Santana
- "Halloween" – The Misfits
- "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" – Marilyn Manson
- "This is Halloween" – The Nightmare Before Christmas – Danny Elfman
- "Ghostbusters" – Ray Parker Jr.
- The X Files opening theme
- "Science Fiction/Double Feature" – The Rocky Horror Picture Show
- The Addams Family opening theme
- The Munsters opening theme
- "Halloween Theme" – John Carpenter
We'll keep the Halloween spirit alive all week with new posts every day, so check back.
23 responses to "GEICO's Halloween Week kicks off with #MusicMonday"
A lot of these are great, don't forget about the Made for TV Movie, "Hocus Pocus" and the song, "I cast a spell on you". One of my all-time favorites. (The movie too.)
I too love "Hocus Pocus" and the song "I Put A Spell On You" I watch for it each year, but haven't located it yet this year. I'll keep looking.
"Somebody's Watching Me" by Rockwell w/ Michael Jackson
Phantom of the Opera
"Superstitious" by Stevie Wonder
"Witchy Woman" by the Eagles
Twilight Zone Theme
Had a killer GAGA party for my 16 yr old granddaughter. Bet yer GREEN with envy, huh, little guy?
Marilyn Manson also did a version of "This is Halloween" from The Nightmare Before Christmas. It was pretty good.
JEEPERS CREEPERS MOVIES AND SONG. Good stuff…
oingo boingo DEAD MANS PARTY~!!!
enter night
Everyday is Halloween by Ministry
Cry Little Sister (Lost Boys Theme) by Gerard McMahon, though there is a recent re-make, too.
Monster Mash by ??? (Oldies)
ok, so Monster Mash was already said in the original post, thanks for reading it lol, Metalica "One"
Tubular Bells – "The Exorcist" Theme Song!!
How about "Psycho Killer" by The Talking Heads?
The theme from halloween, is so scary
How about the song the kids jump rope to on Nightmare on Elm Street?
I love Hocus Pocus song also!
I've always thought that "My Humps" was a bit creepy.
Chh chh chh pah pah pah… "One, two Freddy's comin' for you…"
Actually, why stop at 10 songs? You would get so very sick listening to the same ones over and over all night if you are throwing a party or listening to music blaring on your front porch while handing out candy….
"Sandman" by Metallica
"Dream Warriors" by Dokken…both songs from the "Nightmare on Elm Street" series.
"Funeral for a Friend" (Elton John).
These following are more obscure, but something to think about if you are putting songs together for Halloween or just want to listen to some seriously good dark music…
The entire album from "Scenes from a Memory" by Dream Theater. Past life regression stuff… a young man undergoes hypnosis and the end of his session has a surprising twist…
The entire album "Artistic" from The Used because it has a dark after death experience theme of a crazy emo-type man who commits suicide and haunts his ex. (i.e. "There's Blood on my hands like the blood in you.." Or maybe that's just how I interpreted it!
Night on Bald Mountain
How about the song, Abra Cadabra….I want to reach out and grab ya????
Donavin's Season of the Witch covered on the Super Session album featuring Stephen Stills, Al Cooper, and Mike Bloomfield
"Purple People Eater" by Sheb Wooley and "The Witch Doctor" by David Seville are great, too.
I love Young Frankenstein. Best movie….ever.
something moved … by frehleys comet
psycho circus… by kiss
dolls.. by frehleys comet …creepiest song ever
Nightmare on my Street by Fresh Prince

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The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences will host a free neck, head and oral cancer-screening event from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. May 2.
The screenings will be performed by the Department of Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery in the UAMS College of Medicine and will take place on the sixth floor of the Winthrop P. Rockefeller Cancer Institute, located at 4301 W. Markham St. No. 623, according to a UAMS statement.
Parking will be available in the UAMS Lot 3, at Cedar Street and Capitol Avenue, and parking tickets will be validated.
"Oral, head and neck cancer is a form of cancer affecting any part of the oral cavity, pharynx, throat, thyroid and larynx (voice box)," the news release states. "Those at risk include people who smoke, chew tobacco or consume excessive alcohol, as well as those who have previously had cancer in the area.
"Signs and symptoms of oral, head and neck cancer include sores in the mouth that do not go away, a growth or swelling in the neck, persistent sore throat, trouble swallowing or voice changes."
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A sheriff's deputy noticed the car speeding on Keyser Mill Road shortly before 11 p.m. and pulled it over.
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It MUST be rewritten, see the light, and make a switch!!
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the true queen of Atlantica.
Denahi is the semi- antagonist in the 2003 film, Brother Bear, voiced by the late Jason Raize. He is the brother of Kenai, the film's main protagonist. He has a normal brotherly relationship with Kenai and their eldest brother, Sitka, until Sitka is killed by a bear in a fight that Kenai provokes. After that, Kenai sets out for revenge, but Denahi blames Kenai rather than the bear. Kenai eventually kills the bear, but, as punishment, the spirits turn him into a bear. By the time Denahi arrives, Kenai's transformation is complete, leading Denahi to believe that the bear killed Kenai as well and swears revenge for the death of his two brothers. He continuously sets traps for and attacks the bear until the end of the film, when he discovers that the bear actually is Kenai, at which point he ceases and accepts his brother's fate. His role as an antagonist is an interesting one, in that he is actually fighting the one he thinks he is getting revenge for. The film is also narrated by his older self.
Denahi did not appear in Brother Bear 2, because his voice actor, Jason Raize committed suicide in 2004, 2 years before the sequel was released.
- Denahi's voice actor also portrayed Simba in the Broadway version of The Lion King.
- Denahi was voiced by the late Harold Gould when he was elderly.


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About WILPF Donate Issue Committees International WILPF Get Involved Publications and eNews Branch Directory
Cuba and the Bolivarian Alliance Committee
The mission of the Cuba and the Bolivarian Alliance Committee is to normalize relations between the U.S. government and the countries comprising the Bolivarian Alliance. The Committee has a particular focus on Cuba because of the U.S. blockade imposed against Cuba in 1960. The Committee conducts education on the advancement of women's rights under the Cuban and Bolivarian revolution, promotes legislative advocacy to lift the travel ban to Cuba, and works to end the U.S. militarization of the Caribbean and Latin America regions.
What is the Bolivarian Alliance?
The Bolivarian Alliance is a regional bloc of nations organized in 2004 by Cuba and Venezuela. It aims for social, political, and economic integration of Latin American and Caribbean nations to promote regional autonomy and alternatives to the neoliberal program of the US-led "Free Trade" pacts. Current member nations are Antigua and Barbuda, Bolivia, Cuba, Dominica, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Venezuela. Observer states include Grenada, Haiti, Paraguay and Uruguay. ALBA, the acronym of the alliance's Spanish name--Alianza Bolivariana para los Pueblos de Nuestra América—means "dawn" in Spanish; it signals the desire of the members for a new day within and among themselves and between the alliance and the rest of the world. The Bolivarian process, like the Cuban revolution, is ongoing; women and people of color speak and work for the need for "the revolution within the revolution" to guarantee their full rights and inclusion in that process.
Issue Committee Overview
Since becoming an Issue Committee, our organizing efforts and leadership structure have continued to grow and evolve. WILPF plays an integral role as a member of the Women and Cuba Collaboration, a national project comprised of three organizations: the Women's International League for Peace & Freedom, the EveryWoman's Movement for Cuba/LELO and Hermanas. The Collaborations' vision is to build a multi-racial, multi-cultural network of women formed to end the blockade of Cuba and, through this work, contribute to building a women's movement for racial and economic justice in the U.S.
We also collaborate on a variety of educational and awareness-raising activities around organizing to end the U.S. Blockade through legislation, the Free the Five Campaign, and the US-Cuba Sister Cities Association.
Some links we follow:
- News from the Venezuelan Embassy: www.venezuela-us.org
- Cuba's multilingual digital daily news: http://www.granma.cu/ingles/index.html
- Committee to Free the Cuban Five: http://www.freethefive.org
- Magabana's blog on Haiti, Cuba, and Venezuela: http://hcvanalysis.wordpress.com
US-based news and policy advocacy sites:
- Center for Democracy in the Americas: http://www.democracyinamericas.org
- Latin America Working Group: http://www.lawg.org
- North American Congress on Latin America: http://www.nacla.org
WILPF Cosponsors U.S. Tour Premiering the Film "Maestra"
Click here to view and download an itinerary of the tour.
|Norma Guillard
|Catherine Murphy
WILPF is proud to be one of the main cosponsors of the U.S. premiere of "Maestra,"(Teacher) a new documentary about the experiences of the young women who participated as teachers in the 1961 Literacy Campaign that eradicated illiteracy in Cuba in one year's time. Accompanying the film will be Professor Norma Guillard from Cuba, feminist activists who joined the campaign at 15 years old and is featured in the film, and Catherine Murphy, Director/Producer of the film. The national ten city tour will take place from march 19 – April 9, 2011. Other cosponsor of the national tour include U.S. Women & Cuba Collaboration and the Literacy Project.
"Maestra," celebrates this amazing story on the 50th anniversary of the literacy campaign through original film footage of the period, photographs and personal interviews of the teachers who are now in their 60's, 70's and 80's. As the Cuban women tell their stories, they reflect on the transformation of their own lives and the whole of Cuban society as a result of the literacy campaign. This documentary explores the connections between national liberation and personal liberation, and the importance of empowering women and girls.
Guillard is traveling from Cuba to be part of the national tour that carries the theme, "The 1961 Cuban Literacy Campaign: Transforming Cuban Women and Society." Guillard is Afro-Cuban and works primarily on issues of race, gender and sexual orientation. She is an adjunct professor at the University of Havana teaching psychology and gender and a past president of the Cuban Association of Psychologists. She is also an Advisor to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization or UNESCO and to the United Nations Development Program on the issues of gender in the prevention of HIV/AIDS. She is a principal collaborator at the National Center for the Prevention of AIDS and the National Center for Sex Education (known as CENESEX in Cuba), which spearheads the work to educate against homophobia and lobby for civil unions in Cuba. Additionally, she is one of the founders of "Oremi", the first organization of lesbian and bisexual women in Cuba.
Catherine Murphy lived and worked in Cuba in the 1990s, earning a Master's degree in Sociology at the Facultad Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO) program at the University of Havana. As an independent producer, Murphy's work has largely focused on social documentaries. She has worked on the films "Gay Cuba", "The Greening of Cuba", "Venezuela Rising", subtitled "Stealing America" by Dorothy Fadiman, "Out and "Refusenicks" by Sonja de Vries, and is associate producer on Eugene Corr's "From Ghost Town to Havana" and Saul Landau's "Will the Real Terrorist Stand Up". She also served as an archival researcher for Harry Belafonte's current documentary on his life.
The national tour will go to Washington DC/Baltimore, Jackson, Mississippi, Bozeman, Montana, Seattle, WA, San Francisco, CA/Bay Area.
For continued information on the itinerary of the tour, please go to www.womenandcuba.org
For more information, contact Cindy Domingo at firstname.lastname@example.com or (206) 856-0324For more information on "Maestra," go to www.theliteracyproject.org
WILPF welcomes Professor Norma Vasallo to the United States
Professor Norma Vasallo, Chair of Women's Studies at the University of Havana, has been granted a U.S. visa after a long delay and will come to the U.S. in March/April, 2011 for a 4-5 city tour including Baltimore, MD, Washington, D.C., Bloomington, Indiana, and Edinboro, PA. She will be visiting and lecturing at several universities: Goucher University, University of Maryland—BC, Indiana University, Edinboro University, West Virginia University and Towson University.
Dr. Vasallo's tour is cosponsored by WILPF and U.S. Women & Cuba Collaboration.
Dra. Vasallo is a leading Cuban scholar and educator in the fields of social psychology and global feminisms, and a prolific author. With the co-sponsorship of the Federation of Cuban Women, Dr. Vasallo is the convener the biennial International Conference, "Women in the 21st Century," which this year will take place May 16-20, 2011 at the University of Havana. Through plenary talks, panels and workshops, conference participants will engage in interdisciplinary dialogue and exchange experiences around the themes of gender, feminisms and women's studies. U.S. Women & Cuba Collaboration's next delegation will attend this conference.
Dra. Vasallo's original national tour scheduled for October-November last year was cancelled due to the delay of the U.S. visa. It is our hope that we will be able to reschedule a full national tour in the fall of 2012 when Dra. Vasallo will attend the Latin America Studies Association Conference scheduled in San Francisco, CA.
For Vasallo's U.S. itinerary and topics, please click here to view and download a pdf file.
For more information, contact Carydad at email@example.com and / or 304 685 7588 (cell) or 410 887 3748 (office). Please contact Carydad if you would like to schedule an event in any of the cities on Vasallo's itinerary.
New Travel Regulations Issued by the Obama Administration
On Friday, January 25th, 2011 the Obama Administration's new travel regulations were published in the Federal Registry, effective immediately and apparently with no comment period. Read the White House's press release on the new regulations.
For further information, please to to www.lawg.org
Click here to view and download a pdf version of the White House press release detailing the new regulations concerning travel to Cuba.
WILPF has been working to normalize relations between Cuba and the U.S. since the imposition of the blockade in 1960. Resolutions passed by the 15th WILPF International Congress in 1962, the 21st Congress in 1980, the 26th Congress in 1995, the 27th WILPF International Congress in 1998 and the 2004 Congress in Sweden have all supported the sovereignty and right to self-determination for the Cuban people.
In the tradition of woman-to-woman diplomacy, WILPF members have been traveling to Cuba to learn about the realities of Cuban women's lives and the success of the women's movement under the Cuban revolution.
In the 1960's, in response to the U.S. government travel ban to Cuba, Helen Travis, a trade union and social justice activist and an active member of U.S. WILPF, traveled to Cuba and was prosecuted by the U.S. government. After a number of appeals, Travis' case was accepted and successfully overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court after the Court decided that U.S. citizens have a protected freedom to travel. Since then many groups including WILPF, U.S. Women & Cuba Collaboration, Venceremos Brigade and U.S. Labor Exchange have used this case to challenge the U.S. ban on travel to Cuba.
Beginning in the 1990's WILPF began organizing delegations of women to attend peace and women's conferences in Cuba and to meet with women in the Federation of Cuban Women (FMC). These delegations visited schools, hospitals, farms, urban gardens and neighborhoods to exchange information on our countries and to build solidarity with the Cuban people. During President Clinton's administration, under the relaxation of rules for travel to Cuba, WILPF was able to bring delegations under a license issued by the U.S. government, making travel "legal" under our government guidelines.
Through these various delegations, hundreds of women traveled with WILPF to Cuba. Under George Bush, Jr.'s administration all licensed travel to Cuba ended, the blockade was intensified and scores of travelers to Cuba were prosecuted even though Helen Travis had won the right to travel in the 1960's.
In 2006, WILPF International sent a women's delegation and issued a report with recommendations on potential areas of work to continue building solidarity with the people of Cuba.
WILPF members carry out their Cuba work through the Cuba and the Bolivarian Alliance Committee and play leadership roles in U.S. Women and Cuba Collaboration and U.S.-Cuba Sister Cities Association.
1. The U.S. is, and has been, waging a "low-intensity war" on Cuba for over 40 years through the blockade on trade and travel, support of anti-Castro terrorists, and a U.S, media that constantly projects an image of a brutal, repressive,totalitarian dictatorship that belies the reality of Cuba.
2. While U.S. peace activists haved focused on ending the wars on Iraq and Afghanistan and the violence in the Middle East, the Bush administration was quietly stepping up its plans for the takeover of the Cuban government. A Coordinator for the Transition to a Free Cuba was appointed by the State Department and shortly thereafter the Commission for the Transition to a Free Cuba was reconvened. Its task was to up-date the Commission's 2003 plan which resulted in the overt funding of Cuban dissidents, draconian restrictions on travel to Cuba, expanded barriers to trade, and an escalation of government provocative rhetoric.
3. The U.S. war on Cuba jeopardizes the welfare of Cuban women. The Revolution brought even more benefits to women than it did to others in the population, with woman's equality of pay, free childcare, unlimited education and career opportunities, elder care (which formerly fell mostly to the women), and free and quality reproductive services, such as family planning and access to safe abortion. All these gains would be threatened if the plans of the U.S. government and the Commission for Assistance to a Free Cuba were implemented after a takeover.
What can you do? Here are some suggestions:
• Form a committee in your branch to educate members and the public to challenge the U.S. Policy on Cuba
• Join the Cuba Advocacy Network (CAN!) and work to bring change in policy through the U.S. Congress
• Promote a delegation to the International Women's Peace Conference in Havana
• Join the WILPF Cuba and the Bolivarian Alliance Committee
For help with getting off the ground in any of these efforts, contact WILPF's Cuba and the Bolivarian Alliance Committee c/o the national office, or Nancy Abbey, 831-465-8272 , email: firstname.lastname@example.com


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(usually uncountable, plural directnesses)
- The state or quality of being direct.
Variant of direct
- by the shortest way, without turning or stopping; not roundabout; not interrupted; straight: a direct route
- honest and to the point; straightforward; frank: a direct answer
- with nothing or no one between; immediate; close, firsthand, or personal: direct contact, direct knowledge
- in an unbroken line of descent; lineal
- exact; complete; absolute: the direct opposite
- in the exact words of the speaker: a direct quotation
- not needing a mordant: said of certain dyes
- by or of action of the people through popular vote instead of through representatives or delegates
- Astron. from west to east
- Math. designating or of a relation between variables in which one increases or decreases with the other: a direct proportion
Origin of directMiddle English ; from Classical Latin directus, past participle of dirigere, to lay straight, direct ; from di-, apart, from + regere, to keep straight, rule: see regal
transitive verb
- to manage the affairs, course, or action of; guide; conduct; regulate
- to order or command with authority
- to turn or point (a person or thing) toward an object or goal; aim; head
- to tell (a person) the way to a place
- to address (words, remarks, etc.) to a specific person or persons, or in a specific direction
- to write the name and address on (a letter, etc.)
- to plan the action and effects of (a play, film, etc.) and to supervise and instruct (the actors and technicians) in the carrying out of such a plan
- to rehearse and conduct the performance of (a choir, band, etc.)
intransitive verb
- to give directions; make a practice of directing
- to be a director, as of a group of performers
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April 3, 2012
HathiTrust is pleased to announce the composition of its new 12-member Board of Governors, which will lead the library collaborative into its next phase. The board, which replaces the Executive Committee established by the founding members in 2008, will oversee HathiTrust's 10-million volume digital preservation repository, research center, and other initiatives. The decision to create the board was made during the HathiTrust Constitutional Convention held in October 2011, which was convened to chart HathiTrust's governance structure and priorities going forward. Members of the Board elected at-large from the participating institutions are:
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They will join six other members appointed by the founding institutions, each of whom will serve a term of five years:
"The caliber of all the nominees was outstanding, and it speaks well for the future of HathiTrust to have this group of wonderfully qualified, enthusiastic leaders installed as our new board," said John Wilkin, Executive Director of HathiTrust.
The board officially begins work on April 16, 2012. Among its first priorities will be to implement the remaining proposals passed during the Constitutional Convention. These include the establishment of a distributed archive of print monographs corresponding to the digital copies held in HathiTrust, the creation of an approval process for proposed new initiatives, a fee-for-service model for content deposit, a mechanism for allowing non-partners to contribute content to the repository; and a coordinated effort to expand access to digitized U.S. federal government documents.
HathiTrust is a collaboration of major research institutions and libraries working to ensure that the cultural record is preserved and accessible long into the future. There are more than sixty partners in HathiTrust, and membership is open to institutions worldwide. The HathiTrust Digital Library brings together the digitized collections of some of the world's largest libraries, making them discoverable and accessible today and for generations to come. More information about HathiTrust can be found at HathiTrust.org.
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Lomography announces Konstruktor - world's first 35mm DIY SLR14 June 2013
On the heels of Pentax's new retro-looking lineup, Lomography has introduced its own colourful SLR camera for $35 (£22). Assembly required. The Konstruktor Kit, which is the world's first 35mm DIY camera, enables analog photography lovers to build... >>


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iTunes Account Required for iPhone? Say What!?
Stop the presses! The Wall Street Journal is claiming that it heard from a source, who heard from a friend, who knows a guy that has a brother who was told by a street corner hooker, that Apple will require iPhone users to register an iTunes account in order to use the phone. Oh the humanity.
Ok, this isn't as extreme as it might sound. Registration is free, and since I already have an iTunes account I won't be screaming bloody murder.
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Christopher L. Davis
Chris practices family and criminal law, and civil litigation. He also handles real estate transactions, as well as commercial foreclosures and litigation for various lending institutions. He frequently serves as a mediator, arbitrator, and evaluator for both the state and federal courts.
Chris is the former chair of the Vermont Judicial Conduct Board, and served on the board for nine years. He has been an adjunct professor of Business Law at the University of Vermont for over thirty years. He is a past member and vice-chair of the Vermont Professional Conduct Board, and past chair of the Supreme Court Committee on the Adoption of the Model Rules of Professional Responsibility. Chris is a frequent lecturer on family law and legal ethics.
Chris is named by New England Super Lawyers as one of Vermont's top divorce lawyers. He is also recognized as a leading family law attorney by bestofus.com and the Best Lawyers in America®, and was named Vermont's "Family Lawyer of the Year" for 2011.
Chris serves on the Board of Directors for the Vermont Youth Rugby Association and the Tree Farm Management Group (a local sports complex) and is a member of the Vestry of the Cathedral Church of St. Paul's in Burlington.
Chris has been a nationally-ranked rugby referee, and continues to travel throughout the United States and Canada to referee matches and to train fellow referees. He co-founded the Burlington Rugby Football Club. When the rugby fields are covered with snow, Chris is on his skis in the mountains. Chris lives with his wife in South Burlington. Their adult sons live in Boston and Tahoe City.
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Since it is intestinal health month, we decided to graphically bring you health information concerning probably the most important part of the whole intestinal system: Poo.
Poo really is no laughing matter. Much can be learned about your intestinal health, and your overall health for that matter, by the state of your feces.
Everything from the shape, size, smell, color, could indicate disease, poor diet, or something else. Even the color and smell of your urine can give you a hint about your overall health.
I looked around the Web for some of the best graphics to help you understand your own digestive health a little bit better. And since the average human will produce 9,000 pounds of poo over their lifetimes, this should help everyone:
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We've been told that an airport spa is a great idea, but it takes more than equipment, products, and technicians to create an experience reminiscent of a five-star establishment. In fact, Terminal Getaway is built upon the expertise from well- traveled individuals with experience both working in and visiting some of the best spas in the world. Call us picky, but we don't think you should have to compromise luxury, quality, and service just because you're in the chaotic environs of the airport—so we're bringing it all to you.
Everything from our plush treatment rooms (yes, rooms), on-trend services, mainstay hospitality, and extensively trained licensed technicians reflects our philosophy — without the price tag of a luxe resort or hotel— while being everything a getaway should be. So much more than a spa to grab a quick chair massage or polish change (though we can take care of that too), Terminal Getaway offers 45/60/90-minute full-body massages, an extensive array of nail services, and facial and waxing treatments for those who have time for an extended escape.
While you can't control the stress associated with the airport, you can control what you do with the time you have to spend there. We want you to think of Terminal Getaway Spa as your temporary respite. Our therapeutic treatments, carefully chosen retail products, and friendly staff all play a role in getting your trip off to the right start… or making that long layover a far more pleasant experience.


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The Optimax Stationary Mount Loader is ideal for handing a variety of materials such as logs, scrap metal, waste and bulk material. The unit can be equipped with a variety of different grapples in order to effectively meet the users needs.
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Kosher Broccolini in a Creamy Wine Balsamic Sauce Recipe
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Kosher Broccolini in a Creamy Wine Balsamic Sauce Recipe
- Prep Time : 7 minutes min
- Cook Time : 10 min
- Ready Time : 17 min
- 5 cups Water
- 3 pounds broccolini
- 2 tablespoons Balsamic vinegar
- 1/2 tablespoon red wine
- 2 tablespoons liquid non-dairy creamer
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 Tablespoon Dijon-style mustard
- 1 tablespoon light brown sugar
- 1 tablespoon garlic powder
- In a medium saucepan, bring water to a boil over high heat.
- Add broccolini and boil for 4 to 6 minutes, or until bright green and barely tender. Drain well. Transfer to a serving dish and keep warm.
- Combine all sauce ingredients in saucepan, heat through, stirring continuously. Remove from heat and beat until smooth and creamy.
- Drizzle sauce over broccolini, serving any additional sauce on the side.
Broccolini is a cross between broccoli and Chinese kale.
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The Global apparel RFID semiconductor market is to grow at a CAGR of 19.8 percent over the period 2012-2016. Mandates made by retail giants that require suppliers to use RFID is one of the key factors contributing to this market growth. The Global RFID Semiconductor market in the Apparel industry has also been witnessing increasing R&D spending. However, the high initial investment required to deploy RFID devices could pose a challenge to the growth of this market.
In recent years, the vendors in the Global RFID Semiconductor market in the Apparel industry are increasing their R&D spending on RFID semiconductors. Leading vendors such as NXP Semiconductors, Impinj, Alien Technology, and EM Microelectronics have increased their investment in the R&D of RFID
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By Ninette Cheng
Northwest Asian Weekly
Happy New Year to my fellow pop-culture junkies! December was a fairly slow month.┬Ā Two films, ŌĆ£The Social NetworkŌĆØ and ŌĆ£Rabbit Hole,ŌĆØ featuring Asian American actors, could very well be in contention for awards, while Far East Movement continued to rise.┬Ā ŌĆ£K-TownŌĆØ might have finally sealed the deal, ŌĆ£Hawaii Five-OŌĆØ added another Asian cast member, and Bruno MarsŌĆÖ case has been postponed once again.
Is ŌĆ£The Social NetworkŌĆØ a future Oscar winner?
December has been a good month for David FincherŌĆÖs film, ŌĆ£The Social Network.ŌĆØ┬Ā The critical darling, staring Jesse Eisenberg and Andrew Garfield (and featuring Brenda Song in its ensemble cast) has so far racked up awards from the Boston Society of Film Critics, the Washington DC Area Film Critics Association, the Hollywood Film Festival (including an ensemble cast award), and the National Board of Review.┬Ā Coming up are HollywoodŌĆÖs heavy hitters, the Golden Globes and Academy Awards.┬Ā I thought the film was quite enjoyable, and I hope to see it perform well!
Sandra Oh plays a grieving woman in ŌĆ£Rabbit HoleŌĆØ
Sandra Oh has kept pretty quiet, but I am happy to finally report some news!┬Ā The GreyŌĆÖs Anatomy star is featured in this monthŌĆÖs ŌĆ£Rabbit HoleŌĆØ (the film opened on December 17).┬Ā The drama circles around Nicole Kidman, who stars as a mother grieving over the loss of her 4-year-old son.┬Ā Oh plays the supporting role of Gaby, a woman in the same support group as KidmanŌĆÖs character.┬Ā Will the film be the potential Oscar upset that some are predicting?┬Ā WeŌĆÖll have to wait and see!
On a side note, I would love to see the day when I report an Asian entertainer up for an Academy Award. And I hope that itŌĆÖs not just for playing a small role in a potential award-winning film.
Will Far East MovementŌĆÖs ŌĆ£RockateerŌĆØ fly to the top of the Billboard Charts?
I mentioned in my annual winners and losers column that this was a huge year for the Far East Movement and its role for Asian Americans in pop music. Its newest song ŌĆ£RockateerŌĆØ stood at #41 on the Billboard charts, while ŌĆ£Like a G6ŌĆØ was at #14.┬Ā With two music videos coming out, the groupŌĆÖs success should continue on into January.┬Ā On a side note, Far East Movement performed in Seattle on New YearŌĆÖs Eve!┬Ā Who was lucky enough to catch them live?
Is ŌĆ£K-TownŌĆØ finally coming to your living room?
The monstrosity that is ŌĆ£K-TownŌĆØ might have finally found a home.┬Ā Yes, I know. Everyone was holding his or her breath!┬Ā The producer, Tyrese Gibson, and cast members Scarlet Chan and Joe Cha tweeted that the reality show, following a group of young Asian Americans in LA, had found a network.
GibsonŌĆÖs tweet reads, ŌĆ£Ladies and Gentleman, proud to say we just closed our K-Town Deal!! Who and what is K-town?? IŌĆÖm glad you asked, standby.ŌĆØ
The show is expected to premiere in mid-2011.
ŌĆ£Hawaii Five-OŌĆØ welcomes Reiko Aylesworth
ŌĆ£Hawaii Five-OŌĆØ has announced plans to add Reiko Aylesworth to its cast.┬Ā The part Japanese actress (who is from Seattle!) is best known for her previous work on ŌĆ£24.ŌĆØ She will play Daniel Dae KimŌĆÖs ex-fianc├®e.┬Ā The role will also be a reunion for Aylesworth and Kim, as they previously worked together on ŌĆ£Lost.ŌĆØ┬Ā There is no word as to when AylesworthŌĆÖs first episode will air.
Bruno Mars escapes court for two more months
I mentioned last month that Bruno Mars was arrested for drug possession in Las Vegas on Sept. 19.┬Ā MarsŌĆÖ court date was set for December 14, but the judge has now moved it back to Feb. 4.┬Ā Is it just me, or do the famous just keep getting lucky and these types of cases keep slipping between the cracks?
Will ŌĆ£The Social NetworkŌĆØ or ŌĆ£Rabbit HoleŌĆØ win any major awards?┬Ā Will Bruno MarsŌĆÖ case ever go to court?┬Ā Stay tuned! IŌĆÖll see you next month! ŌÖ"
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Young Lovers T-Shirtsby: Josh Spear
Loving these Young Lovers Label limited-edition t-shirts. Anyone that has spent anytime in NYC will get a laugh out of the New York Smile, Rats, City Don't Sleep or my favorite, Lovers. 100% cotton, sweatshop free.
Nike Gatoby: Josh Spear
I wont even comment on what other plastic shoes these Nike Gato's ($42) remind me of. What do you think? Via Nice Kicks
Y-3 Salaby: Josh Spear
The Y-3 Sala, a recent addition to my collection. Polka dots for spring, of course! I couldn't resist after seeing them in London last week.
Inspired by the iconic indoor football boot, the Y-3 Sala shoes feature distinctive 3-Stripes with a clear TPU middle stripe. Upper: nylon with polka dots, luxe cow nappa and luxe goat suede leather accents. Lining: canvas and goat leather.
Pray For Japanby: Josh Spear
Despite the media turning it's attention to other global issues, not a day goes by that I don't think about my friends in Japan. Wear this shirt and remind people that thousands of people still need our help.
Tie-Upsby: Josh Spear
Tie-ups are the first belts wholly realized in fine and recyclable plastic. Customizable: You choose the belt, buckle and tongue color and sizes. These belts are fun and earth friendly.
Trussardi1911by: Josh Spear
Love these Trussardi Camouflage Slip-On's. A sophisticated (and tad expensive) espadrille. ¥43,050 on Restir.com
Salvation Army Japan Reliefby: Josh Spear
Beautiful t-shirt for an important cause, supporting the Salvation Army in Japan. Design by Hydro 74. Pre-order yours now.
Welcome In Mediterraneeby: Josh Spear
Tanger. Palerme. Tripoli. Beyrouth. Visit the cities. Get the t-shirt. Enough said.
Chronicles of Neverby: Josh Spear
Loved the sunglasses I discovered from this Australian brand Chronicles of Never here in Sydney. Karl Lagerfeld inspired, started by a former Ksubi designer.
Roden Gray Online Storeby: Josh Spear
One of my favorite stores in the world (and certainly the best place to shop for men's clothing in Vancouver) Roden Gray has a pretty solid online store I didn't know about! Check it out for some of my favorite brands like Comme des Garcons PLAY, Common Projects, S.N.S. Herning, and many, many more! They're also the only place I've seen that carries Sophnet in their store, the best brand from Tokyo.


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Infectious Disease Research Institute (IDRI) is a research organization. The institute acquires vaccines, drugs and diagnostics for several infectious diseases and conducts researches. Its products include vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics. The institute offers products for the treatment of tuberculosis, leishmaniasis, leprosy, malaria, pandemic influenza and chagas disease. IDRI carries out research and development programs in the areas of tuberculosis, leishmaniasis, leprosy, malaria, pandemic influenza, and chagas disease. It has collaboration with Abbott Laboratories, Academia Sinica, Aeras, Federal University of Goias, Gennova Biopharmaceuticals, Universidade Federal de Uberlandia MG, UK Consortium on AIDS and International Development, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research and other companies. The institute is affiliated with Lilly TB Drug Discovery Initiative, Washington Global Health
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This Awesome All-Emoji Cocktail Menu May Be Too Clever for Its Own Good
Somewhere in tiki heaven, Don the Beachcomber is laughing. Or maybe sexting a friend.
Somewhere in tiki heaven, Don the Beachcomber is laughing. Or maybe sexting a friend.
Paging Don the Beachcomber.
There's a two-per-person limit on the ultraboozy Samoan Fog Cutter.
Owners say a huge offer has been made on their real-estate.
As one local Tiki legend passes, another rises from the grave.
Five places to relive, and one place to mourn, L.A. fleeting golden age of Tiki culture.
The one night only pop-up will deliver seldom seen and much anticipated tiki drinks.
Enjoy tiki treats in Southie for a few days.
For tonight's first round Franklin Mortgage's Mike 'Juice' Treffehn is sitting in as guest bartender.
Mix was a nominee for "bartender of the year."
It's going to be the ginchiest, Moondoggie!
Tiki delights might ensure that Monday never comes.
And yet again Philly goes into the drinking seasons without a proper tiki bar.
Sable bartender joining River North tiki bar.
The Farmers' Cabinet folks are planning a South Seas venture for the former nightclub space.
It's not a proper tiki bar, but it's surely the next best thing.
Polynesian-inspired cocktails that were once only available on Thursdays, are now offered everyday.
It's funny how some forecasters appear to looking back when reporting on whats to come.
The Hawaiian cocktail bar opens tonight; here's a look at the menu, the drinks, and the dishes.


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Oklahoma vacations are full of natural wonders, fun family attractions and urban excitement. The prairie state is great for family vacations and weekend getaways. Check out the great listings we have for Oklahoma accommodations, tours and vacation ideas!
Oklahoma is a nature lover's paradise, so during your Oklahoma vacation, have an outdoor adventure at one of Oklahoma's many state parks or forests. There are also over 430 campgrounds in the state where you can spend a few days with fellow adventure travelers. try hiking Osage Hills State Park near Tallgrass Prairie Reserves or swimming and boating at Kaw Lake. Check out Alabaster Caverns State Park where you can explore the world's largest natural gypsum cave or hike and bike Black Mesa state park, and stand at the highest point in Oklahoma. You can even see real fossilized dinosaur footprints on the preserve! Looking for a thrill? Head to Little Sahara State Park and go off roading or ride an ATV through the desert park. You can enjoy almost any kind of outdoor adventure you can imagine during your Oklahoma vacation.
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text: A popular means of documenting personal interests and life events, the practice of scrapbooking dates back centuries. In contrast to the modern practice of pasting family photographs and vacation mementos onto brightly colored paper, early scrapbooks were often compilations of newspaper clippings, artwork, hand-copied quotes, and letters. In addition to being aesthetically interesting, old scrapbooks provide unique insight on the lives of their creators. What did an individual decide was worthy to keep? How does ephemera reflect personal, local, and national events?


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MRYS provides young people from targeted communities with a warm, safe and healthy environment to meet up and hang out with friends, to take part in a range of needs based, structured programmes and activities, to interact with positive adult role models.
They can also avail of up to date relevant and accurate information on issues that affect them, get support for formal education and the chance to take part in a range of activities and events that they may otherwise not have access to, for example, Youth Exchange Programmes.
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As the old man walked the beach at dawn, he noticed a youth ahead of him picking up starfish and flinging them into the sea. Finally catching up with the youth, he asked him why he was doing this. The answer was that the starfish was stranded. The old man said, "How can your effort make any difference?" The young man looked at the starfish in his hand and then threw it to the safety of the waves. "It makes a difference to this one" he said.
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A December 2, 2004, survey of drug prices of 41 retail brand-name medications advertised on Web sites of 12 Canadian pharmacies and 3 large American pharmacy chains found that 43 of the 44 drugs were less expensive at the Canadian pharmacies (Article, p. 397). The three drugs more expensive at the Canadian pharmacies were drugs for erectile dysfunction (impotence). Researchers estimate that Americans could save approximately 24 percent per dose if they purchase their prescription drugs from Canada.
Researchers comparing published studies of the efficacy, effectiveness, safety and side effects of second-generation antidepressants in treating depression found not much difference among them (Article, p. 415). "Response rates differed only minimally and … overall rates of adverse events and discontinuation of therapy were similar …," they say. Second-generation antidepressants include selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), selected norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors, and other drugs. Adverse effects (side effects) differed, but few studies used a standardized scale to measure these effects. Researchers conclude that choosing the most appropriate antidepressant for a given patent is difficult.
A study of a program that treated 13,077 patients with musculoskeletal disorders (painful conditions of the muscles, bones, tendons, and joints) with either regular care or a special health program found that the special program shortened temporary work disability and reduced the number of patients who went on permanent disability (Article, p. 404). Regular care included treatment by a primary care physician with referral to a specialist if needed. The targeted program included unlimited visits to a rheumatologist, education, and free medications. While the special program was relatively expensive, by the end of the second year, the program saved between $8 and $20 for every dollar invested and overall saved more than $5 million.


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text: In The Market For: Havana Tropics Posted by Jenny Kang on Jul 21st 2011 7:06PM ShareShare this page How do you battle the soaring temperatures of summer in style? With a little inspiration from the tropical allure of Havana, Cuba's capital city. Have fun with color in these vintage shapes to create a classic style that will help you through this heat wave. Photos from left: Yves Saint Laurent & Prada Spring '11 (Chris Moore/Catwalking/Getty Images), ImaxtreeItems from left: Topshop Espadrilles, Marc by Marc Jacobs Flower Ring, Dior MotuOne Sunglasses, Norma Kamali Bandeau Bikini Top, Norma Kamali High-Waisted Bikini Briefs, Lanvin 22 Faubourg Cabas Cotton-Canvas Tote, Topshop Scallop Shirt, ASOS Ruffle Hem Pencil Skirt, Prada Bananas Earrings


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By Alex Brownsell, campaignlive.co.uk, Wednesday, 02 June 2010 08:00AM
The TV, print and outdoor campaign, promoting L'Oreal Elvive Full Restore, featured the Girls Aloud singer stating that after using the product her hair felt "stronger, full of life, replenished, with a healthy shine".
However, the campaign was criticised due to the fact that Cole is wearing hair extensions, which is mentioned in small print in the ad with the line "Styled with some natural hair extensions."
Forty viewers complained that the campaign misleadingly exaggerated the benefits of its product, and also because some believed the products were not suitable for use with hair extensions.
L'Oreal argued that the ads did not promise that consumers would look "exactly like Cheryl Cole", and that viewers understand the effects vary according to hair type and styling.
The ASA agreed that consumers would understand the message of the ads to be that they can achieve "some positive and achievable effect" to their hair, and not exactly like Cole's, which had been "professionally styled", and so deemed the campaign unlikely to mislead.
It also dismissed complaints about the products' suitability for use with hair extensions, as it judged that consumers would interpret the line as referring to the model's hairstyle.
Complaints about a previous L'Oreal campaign starring Cole were also dismissed last year.
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ICICI Bank Ltd and Axis Bank Ltd, two of India's top private-sector lenders, are betting on a pick-up in loan demand after the general election ends next month, as big companies revive investment plans.
The two banks, which beat quarterly net profit estimates helped by a surge in retail loan demand and higher fee income, also expect pressure on asset quality to ease slightly in the current fiscal year that began on April 1.
Narendra Modi is favourite to become prime minister for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which has a strong lead in opinion polls.
He has promised to be a business-friendly leader, and investors hope a stable federal government led by Modi will help ease uncertainty and improve corporate outlook in an economy facing its worst slowdown since the 1980s.
"We know projects have been stuck. And in an uncertain environment there haven't been any new project announcements for a very long time. So, we haven't seen a demand pick up, neither on infrastructure nor even in the broader corporate loan market so far," Axis Bank Chief Executive Shikha Sharma said on Friday.
"The expectation is that when the uncertainty of the elections is behind us, then maybe risk appetite will come back and people will start to invest. That's when you would expect to see any pick up in demand," she said. "As far as the economic cycle is concerned, we think the worst should be behind us."
Axis, India's third-largest private-sector bank by assets, posted a forecast-beating 18.5 percent rise in its fiscal fourth-quarter net profit, while top private-sector bank ICICI also beat expectations with a 15 percent rise in profit.
The banks said their loan books would grow at a slightly faster pace than the projected 15-16 percent credit growth in the banking sector this fiscal year, joining their rival HDFC Bank Ltd in giving a positive outlook.
"If investment in sectors like infrastructure comes back it would be positive for banks," said Jagannadham Thunuguntla, chief strategist at SMC Global Securities. "It's a matter of revival in corporate sentiment and how sustainable it would be. That would depend on policy decisions by the new government."
Indian banks have recorded a slowdown in earnings growth and a surge in bad loans in the past year, as a large number of companies struggled in the slowing economy. Many big infrastructure projects have also stalled.
Some banks shifted focus from corporate lending to consumer credit, which is mostly secured against borrowers' assets, to avoid a rise in bad loans. The sector's non-performing loans as a percentage of total assets rose to about 4 percent last year from a low of 2.3 percent in 2011, according to Moody's.
The sector stock index has, however, risen nearly a third since February, as hopes of a rebound in economic growth, although moderate, brightened the outlook for credit demand in Asia's third-largest economy.
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Fashion Luncheon at the Chateau Marmont!
A business lunch in West Hollywood reveals that the world of well-dressed ladies who lunch is here and now - and tastefully represented by Luncheon Ensemble Barbie® Doll, too…
Trekking down Sunset Blvd. in the middle of the day has its rewards – the glitzy stores, flashy billboards and trendy restaurants make for spectacular eye candy!
And that's what I anticipated on my way to a business lunch at the legendary Chateau Marmont — the regal Loire Valley castle in the heart of West Hollywood. I was meeting a friend of a friend, someone wanting advice about the book publishing industry. So we agreed on the Chateau because we love the ambience and, of course, celeb sightings!
Luckily, traffic was light, and I arrived 20 minutes early — not a bad thing if you enjoy people watching. Unfortunately, there wasn't a celebrity in sight, but the restaurant was full of gorgeous women dressed in some of the loveliest daytime couture I'd ever seen!
These days, people generally don't dress for a lunch date, so this outing felt like a magical step back in time. After all, when was the last time you saw a woman decked out like Alexis Carrington, right down to the hat and gloves? I greatly appreciated the attention these ladies lavished on their appearances — not a hair out of place, not even a wrinkle on their silk blouses in variant pastel shades.
Finally, my lunch date arrived in a floral-patterned white suit and a 1920s-style cloche hat — not surprisingly, she fit right in! I couldn't help but notice her striking resemblance to the new Luncheon Ensemble Barbie® Doll from BFMC. A chic diva wearing a turban and swing coat, Luncheon Ensemble Barbie® has enough verve to turn heads at the fanciest establishments — like this WeHo hot spot!
I initially assumed Luncheon Ensemble Barbie® was meant as an homage to a splendid bygone era, but after the sartorial style on display at the Chateau Marmont, it's obvious today's ladies who lunch are still the world's most fashionable women!
Everyone loves to be wined and dined at a popular A-list restaurant, but do you prefer dressing up for lunch or dinner?
Chris Varaste started out at ABC-TV, producing segments for the Emmys, Tonys & Grammys. A fascination with fashion and pop culture led to his first published book, Barbie: Face of the American Dream – and an appreciation for all things Barbie! His insights on collectibles/brand success have been published in the New York Times, The Economist, and Spotlight Cinema Networks.
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Whistle Stop Book Tour of the Northwest
|Erik does in fact bear an uncanny resemblance to Pierre Trudeau. Credit: Duncan Cameron/National Archives of Canada, PA-136972
Rodale, the publisher of our new book, is sending us on a speaking tour of the Pacific Northwest to promote Making It. Bringing this sort of groovy, DIY info to all you hardcore locavores, transitioners, freegans, goat herds and urban hillbillies in SF, Seattle and Portland seems a bit like bringing coals to Newcastle. But heck, we're not complaining– we're thrilled to be able to head north into your gorgeous lands.
San Francisco Events:
Friday, April 29, 7 PM: Speaking at Book Passage
Corte Madera Book Passage Store–not the one at the end of Market, the one on the other end of the ferry line: 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera, CA 94925
Saturday, April 30, 12 PM: Meet us at 12 noon on the lookout point of Sutro Heights Park.
We'll take a walk along the cliffs and forage a salad, then hang out and chat while we eat. BYOB and anything else you want to eat or share. Afterward we might retire to the Cliff House for cocktails. If it's pouring rain that day, you'll find us at the Cliff House bar instead of in Sutro.
Seattle Area Events
Sunday, May 1st, 2 PM: Speaking at the Elliot Bay Book Company
1521 10th Avenue, Seattle, WA 98122
Sunday, May 1st, 7 PM: Speaking at the Land Trust Building on Vashon Island
This talk is brought to you by a partnership between Books by the Way and the Vashon Island Growers Association (VIGA)
Monday, May 2, 7 PM: Speaking at the University Place – Pierce County Library
3609 Market Place W., University Place, WA 98466
Portland Events:
Tuesday, May 3rd: Possibly will do a gathering in some public place this evening, to meet any of you who want to come out and chat. TBA. Suggestions welcome.
Wednesday, May 4, 6-7:30 PM: Lecture at The People's Food Cooperative
3029 Southeast 21st Avenue, Portland, OR 97202
(And before you all ask why we're not speaking at Powell's, the answer is we'd love to, but they're all booked up. The timing wasn't right. We hope someday to speak there, and will definitely be visiting anyway just to look around.)
Los Angeles Bread Bakers Demo This Weekend
First off, along with co-founders Mark Stambler and Teresa Sitz I'm proud to announce the Los Angeles Bread Bakers (LABB). Click on the link to join us via Facebook.
This Saturday April 9th at 2 p.m. LABB will demonstrate how to create a starter (levain) at Good Magazine's Launch Weekend. The event will take place at:
Atwater Crossing
3229 Casitas Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90039
Looking forward to meeting new LABBistas. LABB's goal is to share techniques, put on workshops and build wood fired ovens. If you're not in LA we hope you'll consider forming bread baking groups all over the world!
Deep Bedding for Chickens
|We've got about 5-6″ of loose stuff on the floor of our chicken run. Underneath that, it's black gold.
Around this time of year, folks are getting chickens. Some for the first time. So I figured it was time to talk about deep bedding again. I know we've written about it before, in our book, or on this blog, but this advice bears repeating:
Doing this is called "deep bedding."
Deep bedding solves a whole lot of chicken-related problems in one easy step:
- It goes a long way toward controlling odor.
- It reduces flies (it not only absorbs poop, it actually fosters parasites that kill fly eggs)
- It makes the coop area much more attractive to look at.
- It gives the chickens more to do (ie scratch) which keeps them happy, which keeps them from developing bad behaviors
- It saves you work, because you don't have to clean it out very often. Maybe not at all. Depending on your set up.
(This is a little off topic, but in a similar way we also advocate thick mulch over any bare ground in your yard. It will improve the soil, encourage worms, discourage weeds, conserve water, etc. If we had lots of spare time, money and a big truck, we'd drive around LA dumping mulch on the many, many parched landscapes that desperately need it.)
How deep? What do I use?
The deeper the better. Say 4 or 5 inches to start, and you will add more to that as it breaks down. As to what to use, you can use any dry organic matter–leaves, husks, straw, dry grass clippings, pine needles. We use straw, and a lot of dead leaves fall into the run, too.
If you want to use straw, try this: just toss a few flakes* of straw into the center of the coop, and the ladies will do all the work of distributing it for you. Scouts honor. Go away, come back in an hour, and it will be so level and even, it will look like you spread it yourself.
Start to think about your chicken coop/run as a compost pile rather than as an animal enclosure. That is what it will become. The chickens break down the bedding material, all the veg scraps you give them, and their own manure, through their constant scratching. Over time, the floor of the coop and/or run becomes a deep soft deposit of compost. Ours is sort of like quicksand. We throw all sorts of stuff in there–kitchen scraps, huge stalks of bolted lettuce, armloads of nasturtium, squash rinds–whatever goes in vanishes within a day or two. The hens peck at it until all the good stuff is gone. Then they trample it. Then they bury it. It all becomes one.
Wear and weather break down the bedding, so you will need to add fresh material every so often. You may also choose to harvest the compost that accumulates in the run. When you do so is up to you. We don't harvest more than once a year, but your mileage may vary. When you do clean it out, replace what you took with lots of new bedding.
You will probably want to transfer what you harvest into a compost pile to finish up before it goes into your garden.
Note: The hen house is different
Our hens don't spend any of their waking hours in the hen house, except to visit in the laying box. This means they never scratch around in there, which means this whole "living compost" system just doesn't work in the house. The poop remains where it falls beneath the roost, untouched. Because of this, we have to clean the house out regularly. To make clean up faster, we don't use straw or leaves inside–though we could–instead we use wood shavings, because those scoop out fast and easy, like a cat box. The soiled litter goes into our compost pile.
|Hens so hot, they had to be put behind bars!
*Flake, a vocab word: Straw bales are compressed in such a way that when they are unbound, they come apart in sections about 4 or 5 inches thick. These are called "flakes."
Urban Homestead, Urban Homesteading: These Terms Belong to All of Us
Our attorneys at the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the law firm, Winston & Strawn, have filed a petition to cancel the bogus trademark registrations for the terms "Urban Homestead" and "Urban Homesteading."
You may read the EFF's press release here, and the actual petition here. It is a thing of beauty. We are very fortunate to have access to the talents of some of the best people in this business.
We hope that this petition will prevail for everybody's sake. It goes without saying that these trademark registrations are ridiculous and hurtful and an insult to the generosity of spirit which is integral to this movement. We help each other–we don't hold each other back.
Our lawyers tell us that the petitioning process takes a while, so don't expect lots of news right off the bat. Just know that the wheels of justice are turning.
(If this is all news to you, read this previous EFF post on the subject. And here's our own original post.)
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Geoff Lawton Soils Video
Help, I'm turning into a soil geek. I just spent an evening viewing a video entitled Soils featuring permaculturalist Geoff Lawton.
What I like about this video is that it's not just about soil, but Lawton actually shows you what you can do to improve your soil. In the DVD he demonstrates how to build a compost pile (lots of carbon material), contoured vegetable beds, a compost pile heated shower and a simple vermiculture system using an old bathtub to name just a few projects. You get practical tips in a professionally produced DVD. Here's a trailer:
Soils is available for around $40 US on the Permaculture Research Institute of Australia website, which also has an interesting blog. In an email the Institute said that they allow educational screenings of Soils as long as you don't charge admission. So get some friends together, watch this video and then go shovel some manure! It would also make a nice addition to a school library.
Thanks to Scott Kleinrock of the Huntington Ranch for the tip on this one. Scott said the Geoff Lawton Food Forest DVD is also worth viewing.
Meet the drones
|Action shot! Check out those huge, beautiful eyes
I found this drone scrambling around on the ground in our yard. I don't know why he was there. Perhaps he was all worn out from nightclubbing. Perhaps the ladies in his hive had booted him out. It's hard to say. But I enjoyed taking a close at him, to appreciate the difference between him and his sisters, the worker bees, first hand.
Drones are longer than the workers, and a lot thicker through the body. Not so large that they'd be mistaken for bumble bees, but they're definitely big, husky boys. The queen is longer than a drone, but much more slender–and anyway, unless you happen to catch her mating flight, you'll never see a queen out and about. So if you spot an extra-large honey bee, it's a drone.
The other dead giveaway for drones is their huge, shining eyes. Drones have one function only: to mate with a virgin queen. Should one come by. And should they be able to catch her. So they have to be on constant lookout, and moreover, they have to be looking up at all times, because she won't be stretched out on a lounge chair, waiting for him to bring her a cocktail. She'll be flying super-high up. He needs those huge eyes to spot her.
(As an aside, I don't know why drone has become a synonym for a mindless worker (e.g. office drones). Drone should be a synonym for a highly privileged but ultimately disposable male, a male who lives off the work of others, his sole function to continue his genetic line, i.e, an aristocrat. I read a P.G. Wodehouse novel in which a gentleman's club–in the historical, English sense of the term, not the euphemistic strip-joint sense–was named the Drone's Club. And that was the best use of drone I've yet encountered.)
The last thing–and the coolest thing–you should know about drones is that they don't have stingers. They cannot sting. Or bite. Or even wound you with a sarcastic remark. They're lovers, not fighters. So if you've always wanted to pet a bee, don't be afraid to pick one up.
Erik has been reading up on the amazing, secret life of drones lately, and I hope he'll post about that soon. It will blow your mind.
Miner's lettuce
|Miner's lettuce reminds me of tiny lily pads
I was delighted to find a specimen of this delicious little weed growing in our yard among the poppies: miner's lettuce (Claytonia perfoliata), but I don't think it will thrive.
This plant is native to the West coast of the U.S. (and down into S. America, I believe) but it doesn't do well in LA.* I never see it on the streets in my neighborhood, it's too hot and dry. The only place I ever spot it–and rarely at that–is in wet, shady places in a few parks.
However, it loves the weather up North. In San Francisco, it takes over entire yards. Folks up there seem a little overwhelmed by it–and all I do is marvel that they're not eating it as fast as it can grow.
See, miner's lettuce is one of the best of all edible weeds: tender, mild, succulent. The perfect salad green. Search it out where it is buffeted by sea breezes, and it will also taste of salt.
You can buy seed for this plant and attempt to establish it as a feral green in your yard, or even grow it in beds. I've never tried here–I prefer to hunt my weeds.
Tell me, where else does it grow? How far East has it spread? Comment if you know it or grow it.
If you want to learn more about miner's lettuce, here's a nice longer article about it at Hunter Angler Gardener Cook
* ETA: I overgeneralized. I should have said "my side of LA." A commenter from Westchester points out she grows it just fine, so folks on the west side of LA and the beach communities should try some seeds, or look for it when you're out.
Los Angeles Announces Parkway Cemetery Program
Merging interest in "green" burials and urban land remediation, the City of Los Angeles just announced a groundbreaking new program: parkway cemeteries. Like many cities across America, Los Angeles has a huge debt, $350 million to put a number on it. So it comes as no surprise that city officials are seeking innovative ways of enhancing revenue sources.
Most often a tangle of weeds and compacted earth, parkways have seen attention in recent years as space for community orchards and vegetable plots. With LA's new program, for just a $375 application fee and approval of the homeowner, you can designate your final resting spot on the street of your choice.
In announcing the plan Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa positioned the parkway cemetery program as a transportation solution, "Why subject your relatives to lengthy commutes to visit your grave when we can have distributed 'drive-through' cemeteries?" Adding, "We've got all that lawn out there so why not use it?"
A special thanks to Doug Harvey for tipping us off to this story.


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The warrior stood and faced God,
Which will always come to pass,
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Just as brightly as his brass.
"Step forward now, old warrior,
How shall I deal with you?
Have you always turned the other cheek?
To my church have you been true?"
The warrior squared his shoulders and
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'Cause those of us who carry guns
Can't always be saint.
"I've had to work most Sundays,
And at times my talk was tough,
And sometimes I've been violent,
'Cause the world is awfully rough.
"But, I never took a penny
That wasn't mine to keep.
Though I worked a lot of overtime
When the bills got just too steep,
"And I never passed a cry for help,
Though at times I shook with fear,
And sometimes, God forgive me,
I've wept unmanly tears.
"I know I don't deserve a place
Among the people here,
They never wanted me around
Except to calm their fears.
"If you've a place for me here, Lord,
It needn't be so grand. In life
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So if you don't, I'll understand."
There was a silence all around the throne,
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Juba — South Sudanese rival groups have agreed to negotiate a ceasefire in the Ethiopian capital, Addis Ababa, and further negotiate an agreement to stop the two-week violence which erupted on 15 December in the capital, Juba, and rapidly spread to some other major states.
The violence fitted president Salva Kiir and his former deputy Riek Machar in the wake of misunderstandings between presidential guard units in the capital.
Kiir described the incident as an attempted coup by Machar and his group while the latter dismissed the claim saying that was simply a misunderstanding between the soldiers. He accused Kiir of using to get rid of his political opponents.
The fighting spread largely on tribal lines when the Nuer civilians were targeted in Juba by the SPLA forces loyal to president Salva Kiir.
Attempts to bring the two warring parties to the negotiating table failed as preconditions were set before the 31 December deadline.
However, the two sides have reached a compromise by dropping some of their preconditions to the talks.
President Salva Kiir had dropped his demand that Machar should accept a ceasefire before negotiations can start while Machar demanded the release of his 9 colleagues detained by Kiir in order for the ceasefire to be negotiated.
The former vice president told Sudan Tribune on Tuesday that he had already sent his delegation to Addis Ababa to negotiate a ceasefire with the delegation of the government of president Salva Kiir.
The delegation includes two members of the ruling party's political bureau and the acting governor of Jonglei state.
"I have already sent my delegation to Addis Ababa. They include Madam Robecca Nyandeng de Mabior, prof Peter Adwok Nyaba, Taban Deng Gai and Hussein Mar Nyuot, among others," he said.
He further accused Salva Kiir of preventing from leaving Juba some of his delegates who are not in jail and were supposed to be in the advance team to Addis Ababa.
A source from the ministry of foreign affairs also said president Kiir on Tuesday also appointed a delegation that would go to Addis Ababa for the talks.
He said he did not know the names of the personalities that will compose the government's team.
The two principals, Kiir and Machar, are also expected to join the face-to-face talks soon, the official further revealed.
Machar's forces recaptured the strategic city of Bor, the capital of Jonglei state on Tuesday, some hours before the deadline for the negotiations supported by the IGAD countries.


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What would MLK do? What would MLK say?
There is very little evidence that MLK would have anything good to say about today's Republican Party. Indeed – for many folks today's Republican have gone about as low as you can go.
Here is a mash up of points by MLK and "Willard" Romney…
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