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CHICAGO, Ill. – After starting 2-0, the Tigers finally faced defeat to conference opponent to No. 14 St. Xavier University (Ill.) on Saturday, Nov. 10. In a hard fought game between two rivals, it was turnovers and a failure to get to the free-throw line that did the Tigers in. The Cougars took advantage of the Tiger's mistakes and handed ONU a 90-79 loss.
The game was nip-tuck the entire first half as both teams were finding different ways to score. After only eight and half minutes of play the Cougars (1-2, 1-1) led 25-19 after a Dominique Harvey dunk. However, the Tigers (2-1, 1-1) outscored St. Xavier 11-4 over the next four minutes to take a one-point lead 30-29, and with the help of the defense they kept the lead until the 6:47 mark. St. Xavier eventually took a seven-point lead with only one minute remaining after scoring a quick nine points and that how much the Cougars led by at the half.
In the first half, Olivet shot 16-for-33 from the field (48.5 percent), 5-for-11 from the three-point line (45.5 percent) and 3-for-4 from the free-throw line (75 percent). They were outrebounded by St. Xavier 20-18 and committed 10 turnovers. St. Xavier shot 48.6 percent from the field, 36.4 percent from the three-point line and 60 percent from the free-throw line. The Cougars committed six first-half turnovers.
The second half began in favor of the Tigers as they scored the first 10 of 14 points to cut the lead to only one point. Over the next five minutes ONU kept the deficit to only two when they made it 63-61 at 12:12. However, over the next six minutes the Cougars went on a 16-6 run to take a 12-point lead. The closest the Tigers would get the rest of the game was six points at 4:05 when they trailed 79-73. The Cougars largest lead was 15 at the 2:06 mark.
Senior Jake Boyce (Lockport, Ill.) led the Tigers with 24 points (career-high) on 12-for-18 shooting from the field. He also had 12 rebounds (career-high) in 31 minutes. This is his second double-double of the season.
Sophomore Austin Davis (North Augusta, S.C.) finished with 12 points on 4-for-6 shooting from the field, all three-pointers. He also had four rebounds and five assists in 31 minutes.
Ben Worner (Washington, Ill.) finished with six points on 2-for-7 shooting from the field and 2-for-2 from the free-throw line. He also had six rebounds in 34 minutes.
Sophomore Matt Ryan (San Diego, Calif.) finished with 10 points on 3-for-5 shooting from the field and 4-for-4 from the free-throw line. He also had two assists in 15 minutes.
Dominique Harvey led St. Xavier with 25 points on 9-for-14 shooting from the field, 3-for-6 from the three-point line and 4-for-5 shooting from the free-throw line. He added seven rebounds. Brad Karp finished with 23 points on 10-for-20 shooting and eight rebounds. Anthony Grant added 16 points and four assists, and Jack Krieger finished with 15 points and three rebounds.
Overall, the Tigers shot 33-for-67 from the field (49.3 percent), 6-for-18 from the three-point line (33.3 percent) and 7-for-8 from the free-throw line (87.5 percent). They outrebounded St. Xavier 40-35, committed 17 turnovers and totaled 22 assists, and nine offensive rebounds.
St. Xavier, meanwhile, shot 34-for-70 from the field (48.6 percent), 8-for-22 from beyond the arc (36.4 percent) and 14-for-24 from the free-throw line (58.3 percent). The Cougars had 18 assists, nine turnovers, nine offensive rebounds and eight steals.
Worner has made 126 career three-pointers, good for 16th all-time, 12 behind Jeff Park and Ryan Paxson (138) for 14th.
Olivet will be back in action at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 14, against conference opponent Holy Cross College (Ind.).
Boxscore: http://web.olivet.edu/sports/basketball/men/games/2012/onumbb03.htm


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Calvary Baptist Church is Christ and family centered, and is also in the center of our community. Our mission is to love God, others, and to share with others the Good News of Jesus Christ, as we teach to pray, serve, and promote spiritual growth. Baptism is part of Christianity from the beginning, from the number given in the Acts, and the Pauline epistles. Christians consider Jesus the sacrament of the beginning of baptism. We give glory to God faithful, and true, God has given us the Bible. We are a conservative of God, preaching the Bible, and winning the heart of the Church. We also try another way to honor, and pray for the achievement. As our senior pastor Dr. Mike Rouse always says; not you not me, it is our Lord Jesus Christ." Jesus gave his Church a very specific to-do-list before leaving earth, and returning to the Father. "We believe we should go around the world, and preach the gospel to every creature," this is the most important directive of the Church. Jesus also said, "makes his disciples." Our vision is to support a local healthy growing, and flowering church and, to work hand in hand with our vision for world evangelism. We believe that you cannot really have one without the other. Baptized in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit (after the Great Commission), but some baptize in Jesus' name alone. Most Christians baptize infants, and many others do not. "Our vision is to grow the kingdom through church growth."
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Hell hath no fury like a teen queen scorned, darlings. Make that a trio of teen queens. I hear that Selena Gomez's BFFs Taylor Swift and Demi Lovato have rallied around her to help her through her rehab drama and Bieber break up. And most importantly to embark upon my very favorite adventure: plotting revenge.
Ah, minions–revenge! Few things fill my soul with such fiendish glee and utter delight! I often wish that Taylor would move to Manhattan so we may become besties, and now that I hear she's a master avenger, I want that dream to come true even more.
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McMurry University, the pre-determined site for the 2008 NCAA Division III
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Japan coach Alberto Zaccheroni has called up 14 European-based players for the squad to face Korea Republic in a friendly on 10 August in Sapporo.
Among those named were Shinji Kagawa of Borussia Dortmund, Schalke's Atsuto Uchida, Keisuke Honda from CSKA Moscow and Daisuke Matsui, who recently signed for French club Dijon.
Jubilo Iwata defender Yuichi Komano, a member of Japan's 2010 FIFA World Cup™ team, returns to the Blue Samurai after recovering from a shoulder injury sustained last October, while Cerezo Osaka and Japan U-22 midfielder Hiroshi Kiyotake won a first call-up to the senior side.
"This will be an important game for us before going into the World Cup qualifiers," said Zaccheroni.
Since the Italian's arrival almost a year ago, Japan have played Korea Republic twice - drawing 0-0 in Seoul last October and winning on penalties after a 2-2 extra-time draw in the 2011 AFC Asian Cup semi-finals in January.
"Korea [Republic] are a wonderful side and whenever we play against them, it is always heated," Zaccheroni added.
"A team can grow through a tough serious game, and this will be a good one. It has been a while since we last played a game like that. I am hoping we can get our feeling back with this game before going into the qualifiers."
Japan are also scheduled to play Korea DPR at home on 2 September as final preparation for the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifiers.
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Goalkeepers: Eiji Kawashima (Lierse SK), Masaaki Higashiguchi (Albirex Niigata), Shusaku Nishikawa (Sanfrecce Hiroshima)
Defenders: Yuichi Komano (Jubilo Iwata), Yasuyuki Konno (FC Tokyo), Yuzo Kurihara (Yokohama F Marinos), Masahiko Inoha (Hajduk Split), Tomoaki Makino (Cologne), Atsuto Uchida (Schalke), Maya Yoshida (VVV Venlo)
Midfielders: Yasuhito Endo (Gamba Osaka), Yuki Abe (Leicester City), Makoto Hasebe (Wolfsburg), Hajime Hosogai (Augsburg), Akihiro Ienaga (Real Mallorca), Yosuke Kashiwagi (Urawa Reds)
Forwards: Daisuke Matsui (Dijon), Tadanari Lee (Sanfrecce Hiroshima), Shinji Okazaki (Stuttgart), Keisuke Honda (CSKA Moscow), Takayuki Morimoto (Novara), Shinji Kagawa (Borussia Dortmund), Hiroshi Kiyotake (Cerezo Osaka)


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FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - Kevin Langford scored 16 points and grabbed seven rebounds to lift TCU past Centenary 72-66 on Saturday night.
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God Stories
We love hearing stories of how God is moving in the lives of His faithful and we often share these stories during our worship services to encourage you. So you know God answers prayers. So you know you're not alone in your struggles.
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In December 2010, Lake Forest served as the Northside host for the Christmas Village Toy Store, which provides assistance for families in greater Charlotte who want to purchase affordable new toys for their children at Christmas. Rather than simply giving a handout of gifts to at-risk families, we believe in empowering them by providing an opportunity to purchase gifts at a deeply discounted rate. All profits from the store itself are then reinvested into our community to help the poor. Here is a video about what God did through the generosity of individual gifts of time and resources.
"My Story" by Cathi Walsh is an illustration of our Unique Mission – Loving people as they discover and live out their role in God's story – played out through community groups.
"My Story" by Randy Roth with Kyle Dillard is an illustration of welcoming whom Jesus welcomed – people who've given up on church but haven't given up on God.
"A God Story" told by Mitch White is an illustration of loving like Jesus – with grace and truth.
Bryanna Sierra-Paunovich shares an illustration of living like Jesus – always on the missio Dei.
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Water Log
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Download size2 MB
Last updated10/11/2013
Works with
- Windows Phone 8.1
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App requires
- owner identity
- photo, music, and video libraries
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Water Log is a simple application designed to help remind you to drink water on a daily basis. It can give you notification reminders, as well as be pinned to Start to visually show daily water drinking progress. Use it to track your daily water consumption progress! History: v22.214.171.124 - Removed Unification support, as the publisher no longer supports this functionality - Fixed a couple minor crashes v184.108.40.206 - Fixed an issue where notifications stop showing and Unification notifications stop getting added. - Fixed an issue where counts don't reset in the background. v1.5 - Added support for Liquid Daffodil's Unification. Never miss your reminders again! Go to Settings > Enable Unification Notifications to enable this. v1.4 - Fixed an issue where Notifications get re-enabled after you turn them off - Fixed an issue where 256MB phones were showing settings that are not available v1.3 - Fixed an issue where the background service would get disabled, causing reminders and daily reset to not work - Split out settings so that 'Reset Daily' and 'Show Reminders' can be set independently - Made 'Reset Daily when app is launched' a user controlled setting - Added ability to edit yesterday's result - Added ability to restart Background Service when app is launched - Misc other bug and UI fixes v1.2 - Added logging of daily results (yes, finally!) - Added a chart to let you view your progress - Added automatic resetting of counter each day - Added optional sound effects - Fixed an issue where the reminders could go off more often than the user's preference v1.1 - Fixed a bug where the notifications were not showing any information - Updated the ad control which will hopefully address an issue where the ad was crashing the app. (If you are still hitting this, please let me know by using the feedback button in the About page.)
5/26/2015Superb app!! Please add option to add how many glasses I drink in the reminder notification itself ( as it is possible like in the windows 10 messaging app)
1/3/2015How is the user supposed to know the size of the cup?
11/24/2014Simple and easy. Can be improved a lot. A lot.
10/13/2014Useless app.. Because I have set the goal of drinking 12 glasses of water a day and this stupid app only reminds me to drink only 2 glasses of water.. Fix this problem...
8/14/2014Simple y fácil de usar. Cumple al 100% con la funcionalidad. Se puede configurar y así personalizar para cualquier necesidad.
7/30/2014Excellent app, very happy to have a unique app like this to remind you to drink water especially in a dry climate like Phoenix, Arizona. A lot of times, I forget to drink enough water and this app really helps me. Thank you!
6/23/2014Its ok the first day, the next day it won't open which is useless.
6/17/2014Really cool and simple. Should implement a "liter" or "fl oz." label.
5/27/2014Depois da última atualização do Windows Phone 8.1, as notificações passaram a funcionar sem problemas!
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A police standoff that began in the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago with the attempted arrest of an Indianapolis shooting spree suspect ended six hours later with one man dead, the suspect in custody, and a high-ranking officer recovering from a head wound, officials said. More Here.
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Rockin' seniors
Seniors at Newton County Senior Services Center at the Turner Lake Recreation Complex, from left, Hugh Smith, Irene Alexander and Mildred Scott are limbering up to "rock around the clock," as they take part in the center's 2009 Rock-a-Thon today and Friday. The group is taking pledges from supporters for $5 for every 15 minutes a senior rocks; $10 for 30 minutes; $15 for 45 minutes and $20 for an hour. The fundraiser is set to be held from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. today and from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday. The fundraiser is held in conjunction with Older Americans Month, which will conclude with the Tri-County Picnic at Turner Lake on May 29. To make a pledge, call 770-787-0038 or go by the center.
Booting burns
Covington Firefighters will be out with boots in hand over the Memorial Day weekend, Friday through Sunday, collecting funds for the 20th annual Georgia Burn Foundation's "Give Burns the Boot" campaign. Look for firefighters at Kroger on U.S. Highway 278 and the Wal-Mart Supercenter on Ga. Highway 142. Funds generated will be used for fire safety education, supporting Georgia burn centers and assisting burn survivors in their recovery. One of the special ways burn survivors are assisted is through Camp Oo-U-La, Georgia's only camp held exclusively for burn-injured children. Last year Covington firefighters collected $8,008.28. This year's goal is $10,000, according to Engineer Jody Roberson, far right, who is coordinator of the campaign. Other CFD firefighters shown here are, from left, Wes Daniel, Brad Smith, Allen Stoud, David Powell and Lance Collum.
Porterdale officials angered over 911 fees Councilman rips up contract
COVINGTON - Porterdale City Councilman Robert Foxworth didn't hold back his feelings as he faced the Board of Commissioners Tuesday night.
NCSO moves to 12-hour shifts
COVINGTON - If you think you're seeing more deputies patrolling the roadways lately, it's because Newton County Sheriff Ezell Brown has implemented a new 12-hour shift rotation. The result? The same number of deputies in the department, but more deputies on duty at the same time giving better coverage of the patrol area.
Local residents oppose railroad purchase
COVINGTON - Residents of rural southeastern Newton County are content with the little-used rail line that snakes from Porterdale, through their properties to Newborn, and on to Shadydale. What they don't want is a walking and biking trail to take its place.
Money for trails, SPLOST would fund railroad purchase
COVINGTON - The bulk of the funding for Newton County's possible purchase of 14 miles of Norfolk Southern Railroad line in Newton County would come from two earmarks secured for trails programs by Congressman Jim Marshall, D-Ga., with additional funding available through the county's special purpose local option sales tax.
Briscoe finds himself in the dark despite success
INDIANAPOLIS - Ryan Briscoe is a little surprised to find himself mentioned among the favorites for Sunday's Indianapolis 500.
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Salem baseball survives tough year
CONYERS - Sometimes a baseball team has to go with the hand it was dealt. Such was the case for the 2009 Salem Seminoles, who survived team dismissals and a rash of injuries to finish a respectable 11-9 in the top-heavy Region 8-AAAA. The fact that a fifth-place finish kept first-year coach Chad Kitchens' team out of the playoffs after reaching the Class AAAA final four a year ago, didn't make the 2009 season was a failure.
Alcovy boys post first winning record
COVINGTON - The Alcovy boys soccer team may not have made the playoffs, finishing fifth in Area 4-AAAA, but its season was far from being disappointing.
NFL looking to expand "Rooney Rule'
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - NFL teams looking to hire general managers may soon be required to interview at least one minority candidate.
Bryant's free throws give Lakers win
LOS ANGELES - In an inconsistent start to the Western Conference finals, Kobe Bryant was the steadying presence the Los Angeles Lakers needed.


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While rumors were flying for a while that Lindsay Lohan would be hosting Saturday Night Live as a move to get her career back on track, an insider at NBC has revealed:
It's not true.
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The Seagate Backup Plus Slim is the thinnest portable drive on the market that gives you up to 2TB of storage space.
While it might not hold that title for long, at the current street price of just around $120 for 2TB (or about $70 and $50 for 1TB and 500GB, respectively), it sure is affordable. And in my testing, the new drive proved to be one of the fastest of its type, if not the fastest. On top of that, it includes helpful backup software for your computer, social-media content, and even mobile devices.
On the downside, the drive lacks security features and has only a two-year warranty, which is shorter than you get for many other drives on the market, including those from Seagate. If you can live with that, the new Slim makes an excellent choice. Check out our list of best portable drives for other options.
At just 0.4 inch thick, the Seagate Backup Plus Slim is about the same size as other recent portable drives on the market, such as the
Like most portable drives, the new Slim is bus-powered. This means it needs only one Micro-USB 3.0 port and comes with a standard USB cable included. This cable will take care of both data and power connections when the drive is connected to a computer's USB port. In my testing, the 2TB version of the Slim worked well with all USB 3.0 and USB 2.0 ports I tried it with.
The drive has an aluminum casing that makes it feels very solid, though still quite light. It's available in black, blue, silver, and red.
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Seagate Dashboard (Mac and Windows)
Out of the box, the drive is formatted in the NTFS file system and works right away with a Windows computer. However, you can download and install an NTFS driver for Mac to make it work with Macs without reformatting. If you want to reformat it into HFS+ to work natively with Macs, you can use an HFS+ driver for Windows to make your Windows computers read and write to the Mac file system.
Like the Backup Plus Fast, the Backup Plus Slim comes preloaded with the new version of the Seagate Dashboard backup software. There are three main backup functions: PC Backup, Mobile Backup, and Social. The PC Backup part is basically the local backup; here you can either customize real-time local backups or let the software, by default, pick what should be backed up for you. After that, the drive will back up continuously when changes have been made to data. In my trials, this function worked very well. Note that this part is available only for Windows. The Mac version of the software has only the other two functions.


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|Pyongyang, February 14 (KCNA) -- There took place a meeting in Sofia, Bulgaria and seminars by the Diversity Party of Indonesia and an Indonesian company on February 7 on the occasion of the birth anniversary of leader Kim Jong Il.
The chairman of the Bulgarian preparatory committee for celebrating the 72nd birth anniversary of Kim Jong Il said:
Kim Jong Il was born in the secret camp in Mt. Paektu on February 16, 1942 and grew up to be the great revolutionary.
His greatest exploit is that he developed and enriched the Juche idea, fathered by President Kim Il Sung, into the guiding idea in the era of independence.
He also smashed the moves of the imperialist allied forces to stifle the DPRK and firmly defended the sovereignty and security of the country with his original Songun politics.
He made a great contribution to ensuring peace and security of the world.
The chairman of the National Leading Council of the Diversity Party of Indonesia said:
Kim Jong Il is the greatest man who put the power of the DPRK on the highest level with his distinguished leadership ability and warm love for the country and its people.
He formulated the Songun politics as the main political mode of socialism and, by dint of it, defended the sovereignty and dignity of the country and developed the Korean People's Army into the invincible revolutionary armed forces.
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From Friday 24th September, 2010 to Friday 30th September, 2010, the Frankie Morello boutique in 3, Corso Matteotti, Milan, hosted the famous fashion dolls by the American artist, Andrew Yang: The Kouklitas.
The name comes from the Greek work, koukla, meaning doll. Each doll is unique and has a unique pattern. It is hand-sewn using muslin as fabric, and is carefully stuffed.
The face is also painted by hand, and its clothes are created using fine materials and creative methods typical of haute couture.
Once finished, the doll is given a name and history. For the meeting with the maison Frankie Morello, the artist created 25 "limited edition" dolls wearing the most significant outfits of the autumn/winter 2010-2011 women's collection.
"We have always been excited about seeking out new and unconventional artists who have some sort of link with fashion, and Andrew perfectly reflects this type of creativity.
We liked the idea of seeing our clothes worn by atypical models like his fashion dolls", declared the two designers.
Andrew Yang was born in Salt Lake City, Utah, where he grew up surrounded by his mother's collection of dolls. Wishing to test his own creative urge, he created his first doll from scraps of muslin during the summer of 2008, and then continued to create dolls dressed in clothes drawn from international haute couture, including such names as Lanvin, Marc Jacobs and Alexander McQueen.
His creations are offered for sale in some of the most prestigious boutiques in the world, including Collette in Paris, and Berney's in New York.
He currently works as a freelance photographer, illustrator and designer at the same as making other Kouklitas in his Brooklyn studio.


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Yall blew the place up! I felt that energy, that was the LIVE-est show I've ever seen Korn perform. They opened for Slipknot and I am proud to say the audience dedicated all of their energy to Korn and had close to nothing left to give afterwards. Apologies to Slipknot, but maybe they should've opened for Korn?? The chemistry on stage was amazing and I appreciated getting to see the crew...


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Last Friday's post, "Big Data Gets Bigger: Now Google Trends Can Predict the Market", sleuthed out a likely reason why almost the same approach tried by the new paper's authors a few years back just sucked air, and the new version, released last week, was a butt-kicker on relative to the buying the DJIA stocks and holding. The Google Google Trends data itself had changed – getting bigger and better by becoming more timely and reported much more often, according to descriptions published by Google a few years apart.
Scholarly inclined readers can find the whole enchilada here: "Quantifying Trading Behavior in Financial Markets Using Google Trends" (by Tobias Preis of Warwick Business School in the U.K., Helen Susannah Moat of University College London, and H. Eugene Stanley of Boston University). Those who like to cut to the chase can read on. Looking at the performance of the Google Trends Portfolio over a the seven year period (2004-2011) covered in the paper underscores the conclusion that something changed in the data used to make the predictions a few years back. Almost all of that whopping 326% return in the study happened in the last couple of years studied. The chart from the paper is below
We don't know exactly how much backfilling of the trends data was done when it grew up, but it sure doesn't look like there was much juice in it before 2009.
Let's take closer look at exactly what the trading strategy for the Trends portfolio was. There were 98 search word used to measure the general level of investor anxiety. The top performer was the single word "debt" , shown in the chart above, and behind the 326% champ portfolio in all the news reports. The full list of trend words and their returns based on US and global trend measurements (with the US version on the left and its global cousin on the right are shown below)
The top ten runner-up words, after "debt" with predictive value for the DJIA on the upside were:
"color, stocks, restaurant, portfolio, inflation, housing, dow jones, revenue, economics, and credit".
There were many fewer words with rising search trends that predicted negative returns. The strongest one, in a sense the "opposite of debt" was
"ring", followed by "environment", fun, labor, train, fond, garden, transaction, crash and home".
Some of these sound a bit random to me. I can see the "debt" connection, especially for the years 2009-2011 where the big returns came from. The wreck of '08 was built out of debt. But what's up with "restaurant, ring, fun, train and garden"? To give them credit, the authors seem to have had similar doubts, and stuck with "debt" for the test portfolio they focus on.
Skeptical investors will also ask about whether these results include transaction costs. They don't, but in this case, it probably doesn't make as much of a difference as it would in a fast trading strategy that was in and out many times a day, let alone many times a millisecond. This thing traded twice a week, tops!
So the largest number of trades in any year was only 104. With big liquid names like the 30 stocks in the DJIA, the trading costs are going to be pretty small. The current thirty are here. Even smaller if index futures were used, so let's give them a pass on transaction costs.
They measured their Trends data on Sundays to determine whether to go long or short the next week. So today being Sunday, let's do the same.
Drum roll please – what does the Google Trends "Debt" Oracle Oracle have to say for the coming week? You can see the latest for yourself here, but as of Sunday night, 9:45 EDT, April 28, it looks like this:
A definite drop in people searching for "debt" so the Genie says the market is headed up this week.
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SmallDemons Releases "Collections" Feature for Storyverse
November 19, 2012 | 3:27 pm
By Colleen T. Reese
Today, SmallDemons, a book discovery and literary culture app, quietly released what can ultimately only be described as the Pinterest for books.
We've written about SmallDemons before, but for those of you unfamiliar with the application, SmallDemons aggregates cultural references made in books and uses them to aid in book discovery. Users contribute references, passages and images, as well as rank and create topics in a user-generated, user-controlled, wiki-format.
These references make up what is called the "Storyverse," or the universe of books, so to speak. The Storyverse is categorized by Books, People, Places, and Things.
So instead of a behaviorist approach to book discovery (i.e., if you like book "A," you'll like book "B"), SmallDemons calls for a user to discover books via culture, and to do so actively. (The point being that you can follow references to find new books or, vice versa.)
The new "Collections" feature will allow users to create boards that combine those categories. For instance, if you wanted to create a board about your favorite fiction novels and the Philadelphia coffee shops in which you prefer to read them, you could do so. You could create a Collection of your favorite villains, or your favorite fictional foods; you could even create a Collection of the real-life actors you'd like to see portraying various fictional characters on film.
Creating Collections bridges the gap between merely seeking out cultural interests and cultivating a more complete idea of what those interests really mean. It certainly does add an interesting new layer to book discovery.
After books are broken down into minute details, the Collections feature then regroups them into larger details, constantly converging and divulging—much like culture does in real life.
We're excited to see how users will interpret this new feature. In the meantime, here are a few screen caps our friends at SmallDemons were gracious enough to provide use with:
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Letters to the Editor: 07.24.07
Law is unclear
It is a positive development that the governor has abandoned his charge of a third degree felony against the community college officials of Texas for misrepresentation of funding requests, but he still doesn't get the legal problem with the term "state employee." Anyone who works for a subdivision of the State of Texas is a state employee. Each and every community college is a creation of the Texas Legislature.
He also seems to be claiming that there is full funding of community college health benefits. This has not been the case for many years and the percentage of funding was much less than his version of state employees.
The claim that the college community thinks it is above the law is also false. How can you claim to be above the law when there is no clear law as to who is and is not a state employee? What the governor should do is stop trying to justify a poorly reasoned veto, which he clearly has the right to do, and make every effort to restore the funding. By his action, he has placed a major burden on existing community colleges and on already over-burdened local taxpayers. The governor serves all the people of Texas, as do community colleges. Help restore the funding and let's get on with the business of education.
Mike Westergren
Garcia's success
It would seem that the Republican District 32 hopeful from Corpus Christi has given up on attacking Juan Garcia's record and asked his supporters to go after our private citizens. After all, the bogus ethics complaint didn't work. That and Mr. Garcia's latest legislative triumph helping the Cave family achieve closure in the tragic loss of their daughter is a record of success.
So instead of attacking the argument that Garcia would be the superior choice over an Austin lobbyist for our district, they follow the typical right wing formula to attack the messenger. While I'm sure Mr. Emerick (Letters, July 7) doesn't need my help, I would like to correct one of the fabricated comments from Mr. Huffman's partisan talking points (July 16). As a former member of the Portland City Council, I can say, Mr. Emerick served on the council with distinction and never lost a city council race. In fact, in his final council race he was the top vote recipient with a record for the number of votes at that time.
In summary, Juan Garcia has done an excellent job representing our district in his first term and I plan to support him again in 2008.
Peggy Locascio
Unsightly piles
I don't know what mentality that some residents in our fair city possess. As soon as their pile of trash is picked up from in front of their homes, two or three days later they have another unsightly pile. It seems like a perpetual trash dump in front of their houses. A few such residents can make a neighborhood look like a dump. This seems to take place all over our city. Bulk trash pickup is advertised in our newspaper every day. There is simply no excuse for this. Put bulk trash out on scheduled pick- up weeks. Let's have a little pride in our neighborhood and in our city.
Progress made
Wonderful! You have created a TV schedule that can be used and understood by thousands more people in your area. It covers many more servers with information in legible form.
I applaud you.
Nancy Steward
Bad system
I am a disabled veteran. I have gone to the V.A. at Old Brownsville Road for a number of years, but finally had to quit. They were not doing anything for me. They put me in the hospital on my Medicare so they wouldn't have to pay. They charged me for medicine that I get free from Humana, and only see you maybe twice a year -- on and on.
The staff at the V.A. are fine people, but the system stinks. I wonder how many vets like me are in the same boat?
I enlisted in 1941, made the invasion of North Africa, gave four and a half years' service. The system needs changes.
Warren Gamewell
Irksome birds
It's not my intent to be an animal hater or bad neighbor, but I've noticed a huge increase in pigeons in our neighborhood and it's no wonder why; a neighbor feeds them every day -- as if we don't have enough seagulls down here.
What's the old saying? "Don't feed the seagulls!" Why? If you've ever been pooped on by a hungry swarm, you know. Back to pigeons. They've invaded every overhang and shelter around. They aren't very neat about it. Here's the heart of my beef with these over-sized cockroaches: They drop piles of poop where our kids play, under the eaves of the elementary school outdoor pavilions. At Woodlawn Elementary (gliding distance from the gravy train), almost the entire slab is covered in pigeon poop. Imagine trying to play basketball and after handling the ball, wiping your face? Imagine teachers bringing the kids out of the sun (when school starts back up) and sitting them down to exercise or rest on that? I don't think so. My plea to the community is to quit feeding them, and to the CCISD maintenance staff, how about pigeon spikes?
Russ Laya
Rickety bridge
The word "maintenance" seems to have been eliminated from our language, at least as far as Corpus Christi is concerned, especially in regards to the Memorial Coliseum and the Harbor Bridge.
The latter seems to be the more important as far as the safety of tens of thousands is concerned. I have to drive to Corpus Christi for medical treatments three times a month. And, believe me, every time I cross over that bridge, it looks a little worse.
Is it supposed to be a joke when some state bureaucrat recently stated that funds for maintenance of the Harbor Bridge are not available right now? On the other hand, Mr. "Toll Road" (Gov. Rick Perry) dreams about a new bridge with -- you guessed it -- toll lanes.
As I have used the Harbor Bridge at different times of the day for more than 40 years, I can assure you that while it was a little crowded at times, it still appeared adequate.
Bill Schmidt
Flying nuisance
I have been out of town a lot lately, so I admit to not fully understanding the Citgo dead bird issue. However, if those structures are equally effective on pigeons, Citgo is certainly welcome to place a couple of tanks near my home.
Jim Cottingham
Jim Cottingham
Disappearing tree
There are so many examples of reckless spending of public funds collected by high tax rates it's hard to choose just one. Examples can easily be found at the national, state, county and city levels.
A recent, and very blatant, example is the decorative painted wall with palm trees and landscaping added last year on South Padre Island Drive near the Olive Garden, which at the time seemed a totally unnecessary expense to the taxpayer. Then, a year later, that was demolished and scrapped in order to make yet another change to the road. Isn't anyone interested in knowing who made those decisions?
Debra Chapman
Hunter fan
When state Rep. Juan Garcia got elected to the Legislature, I voted for him because I did not like what Gene Seaman had done to the office. But now Garcia is worse than Seaman ever was.
I have a chance to redeem myself. Having someone like Todd Hunter running will give us a chance to vote for a real conservative, who will support my ideals.
I'm ready for that positive change.
Rebecca Gilpin
More choice
Most recently, letters have appeared regarding H-E-B and competition. For a country to prosper, competition is necessary and healthy. If we did not have competition, prices would sky rocket and we would not have choices as to what we purchase.
H-E-B is definitely an asset to our community; however, a competitor without H-E-B would ensure that the products and prices we all want are available and that we would have a choice to decide exactly what we want to buy and where we want to shop.
H-E-B PLUS does not offer all the major brands; instead they offer only their brands. When you question their management about this, you are told "sorry, we don't carry that anymore."
We, as customers, should be offered not only the store brand, but also other brands. We should be able to make the choice and decide what we want and what we want to pay for. Another grocery chain in our city would surely be a benefit to us all.
Frank Gasiorowski
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Gmail now allows you to send an SMS to contacts who are offline. The service is free; however, there is a restriction on how many SMSs you can send.Read More
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Back in 2009, Google launched the automatic message translation tool in Gmail Labs, which enabled you to translate emails that are in foreign language into a desired language that you understand. The auto translation of messages became immensely popular and successful, and thus Google decided to graduate it from Gmail Labs and move into the real world. That is, the feature will now be enabled by default to all users.Read More
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Materials Matchmaking: Articulating Whole Library Advisory
The latest issue of Reference User Services Quarterly (vol. 50, issue 3 | Spring 2011) has a wonderful article written by Tara Bannon Williamson of the Denver Public Library and edited by Barry Trott, Adult Services Director at the Williamsburg Regional Library in VA. In the article, Williamson makes the case for "whole library advisory" or "materials matchmaking" instead of just Readers' Advisory. I thought it was a really fantastic article and wanted to give you all a heads up in case you haven't yet seen it. I can make copies and bring it to our next MLSRART meeting if someone wants a copy – just email me.


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RALEIGH - Frank D. Whitney, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina, announced today a superseding indictment in the case of United States v. Meg Scott Phipps, 47, of Haw River, N. C. The original indictment was returned on September 4, 2003, and contained various charges related to the investigation of the Meg Scott Phipps Campaign 2000 for Commissioner of Agriculture, and subsequent events during her tenure in that position. A federal grand jury sitting here returned the 30-count superseding indictment today.
Two new counts are added to the indictment. New Count Twenty-Six charges extortion under color of official right with respect to $2,000.00 in cash, which the indictment alleges Meg Scott Phipps received from a representative of an independent food concessionaire at the 2001 North Carolina State Fair. New Count Twenty-Seven charges bribery concerning programs receiving federal funds and relates to the same payment allegedly received by Phipps. (Counts Twenty-Six, Twenty-Seven, and Twenty-Eight of the original indictment have simply been renumbered as Counts Twenty-Eight, Twenty-Nine, and Thirty.) Minor changes were made to paragraphs 42, 44, 81, and 91 of the Introduction to the indictment. Also, a Forfeiture Notice was added, giving notice to the defendant that property obtained as a result of the alleged offenses or used to facilitate said offenses may be forfeited to the United States if there is a conviction in the case.
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Fr. Phillip Lowe and Monsignor Federico Britto march in the Order of the Holy Sepulchre investment procession at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City, October 2010.
Neumann University Trustee Monsignor Federico Britto and Neumann professor Father Phillip Lowe were invested as knights in the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem on Oct. 2, 2010 in New York City.
The origins of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre date back to the First Crusade when Jerusalem was freed from Muslim control. The Order has roots in the defense of the Holy Sepulchre, the tomb where Jesus was placed after he died on the cross, and continues its reverence today. Currently, the Order has members around the globe who seek to support Catholic churches, parishes, holy sites, and education in the Holy Land.
As knights, Britto and Lowe will support the church through prayer, promoting social justice and cultivating financial contributions.
"I was thrilled to be accepted into the order as a way of supporting the churches in the Holy Land. It has really become an important part of my charitable activities. This is a good goal to help the church within the Holy Land to prosper. The Catholic church is a minority in the Holy Land," Lowe said.
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Belknap, Patricia G. and Wilcowski, Ronnie G.
Benavides, Elsa Cristina and Santigo Arnoldo.
Bournelis, John P. and Hannah N. Woman's name changed to Collins.
Briggs, Nicole Kristine and Thomas Patrick.
Buia, Alexandru and Pearson, Angela.
Cole Jr., William Boyd and Cole, Laura Anne. Woman's name changed to Jones.
Cruz Pequero, Lidia and Sanchez-Reyes, Alvaro.
Day-Peterson, Mary Edith and Peterson, Duane Richard. Woman's name changed to Day.
Ford, Lonnie Richard and Kathleen. Woman's name changed to Burlison.
Halsey, Jessica Rosanne and Jayson Lee.
Hermanson, Paula and Paul. Woman's name changed to Cutter.
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Spring/Summer 2006 (Vol. 7, Iss. 2)
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- Letter from the Dean
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- A Coach Reflects
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- Making A Team Happen and Enjoying the Result
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Meat is bad: bad for you, bad for the environment. At least, that's the usual argument. Each year, the doors to the UN climate negotiations, which kick off again in Durban, South Africa, on 28 November, are assailed by demonstrators brandishing pro-vegetarian placards. The fact is that livestock farming accounts for a whopping 15 per cent of all greenhouse gas emissions. We can't all go veggie, so just how much meat is it OK for an eco-citizen to eat?
It's not just the demonstrators who are concerned about food's impact on the climate. This week, a major report concludes that food production is too close to the limits of a "safe operating space" defined by how much we need, how much we can produce, and its impact on the climate.
Meat is a major contributor to that: 80 per cent of agricultural emissions come from meat production, and the problem is getting worse. As people get richer, the demand for protein gets stronger, says Molly Jahn, a former undersecretary at the US Department of Agriculture, and one of the authors of Achieving Food Security in the Face of Climate Change, commissioned by the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR).
It's unrealistic to expect everyone to give up meat entirely, and many of the world's poor need to increase their meat consumption to overcome malnutrition and food insecurity.
The solution is to eat less meat rather than no meat.
In 2007, Colin Butler of the Australian National University in Canberra estimated that the average person consumed 100 grams of meat a day, or about one burger (a quarter-pounder is 113 g). The rich eat 10 times more than the poor – in other words, some people get 10 burgers a day while others get none.
Butler showed that if every person in the world ate 50 g of red meat and 40 g of white meat per day by 2050, greenhouse gas emissions from meat production would stabilise at 2005 levels – a target cited in national plans for agricultural emissions. That's about one burger and one small chicken breast per person every two days (The Lancet, DOI: 10.1016/S0140- 6736(07)61256-2).
Butler's 2007 figures didn't take into account the fact that we throw out a lot of the animal mass produced because we consider it inedible. Western countries are the biggest offenders: while many cultures are not fazed by a meal of brains or testicles, Butler estimates that Americans and Australians throw out up to half the cow mass they produce.
At New Scientist's request, he updated his calculations. He estimates that globally we discard between 5 and 10 per cent of the animal. This means we can only allow ourselves 80 to 85 g of red and white meat, or one burger and one chicken fillet every three days.
That's an upper limit. Emissions may need to be cut further.
Our allowance would drop further if more people were as wasteful as the Americans and Australians. And, according to CGIAR, in addition to the waste between the abattoir and the plate, one-third of all produced food is spoiled because of poor refrigeration, pests and bulk packaging that encourages consumers to buy more than they can eat. All of which eat into our meat allowance.
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Fixler Selected by Astros in MLB Draft
June 8, 2007
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Junior catcher/first baseman Jon Fixler was selected on the second day of the Major League Baseball Draft by the Houston Astros on Friday, June 8. The Astros chose Fixler with pick number 591 in the 19th round of the draft.
The Riverwoods, Ill., native hit .286 for the season in 2007, leading the Hoosiers with two home runs and 35 RBIs. He added nine doubles and scored 16 runs in addition to stealing a pair of bases on the season. Fixler appeared in 49 of IU's 54, earning 44 starts for the Hoosiers.
His finest weekend came against Penn State, when he went 5-for-13 with nine RBIs over the four games, as IU earned a split with the Big Ten's third-place team. He also bashed his second home run of the season, a line-drive shot over the left-center field wall that iced a victory for the Hoosiers. Against Florida A&M on March 17, Fixler drove in a career-high five runs in leading Indiana to a 5-3 victory over the Rattlers.
Additionally, Hoosier signees Brock Huntzinger (Pendleton Heights High School) and Kyle Leiendecker (Homestead High School) were selected in the draft. Huntzinger was selected in the third round by the Boston Red Sox with pick number 114 after going 7-1 this season with a 0.29 ERA and 95 strikeouts versus just seven walks. Leiendecker was selected with the 767th overall pick by the Cleveland Indians in the 25th round. He has played both outfield and pitched for Homestead this year in leading them to the semi-state round of the Indiana state championship.
"I'm incredibly happy for all three players," head coach Tracy Smith said. "Every baseball player dreams of playing in the major leagues and so this is a great moment for all of them. Now they have to see if they get what they are worth, and if they aren't happy with what is offered to them, we'll be happy to retain them as members of the Hoosier baseball family."
Fixler is the first Hoosier draftee since Corby Heckman was selected in the 32nd round of the 2005 draft by the Seattle Mariners. Fixler is also the highest Hoosier draftee since All-American Vasili Spanos was taken with pick 332 by the Oakland Athletics in 2003. He became the 21st player to be drafted under Smith since 2000.
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TriVision Studios 2010 in Review
With 2010 coming to a close, TriVision Studios proudly celebrates the ending of a successful year, having worked with various entities from Fortune 100 companies to start-up businesses, government agencies, NGOs and some of the world's leading multi-national organizations.
Below is a snapshot of some of the major brands TriVision has worked with this year. It has been an exciting beginning to a promising decade and TriVision would like to thank everyone for their continued loyalty and support. TriVision looks forward to 2011 and wishes everyone a happy and prosperous New Year!
Building a Brand and Website for Air Network Solutions
As part of a full branding package, TriVision created the logo and brand for Air Network Solutions, a technical consultancy that has been providing proven results in a wide range of wireless technologies since 2002. Air Network's mission is to help clients understand the current and future wireless technology market, develop new product concepts and create prototypes, and bring products to market.
Air Network Solutions' full-scope services include research and market analysis, technical reviews, system engineering, prototyping, product launch support, and more. The objective is to help companies in the wireless industry to inform their decisions, evaluate their capabilities, understand their challenges and improve the products and services they bring to market.
As part of the branding proess, TriVision generated multiple logo options for Air Network Solutions. After consultation with the client, a logo and color scheme was selected that best reflected the company's mission and corporate identity. In addition, TriVision designed the company's business stationery and website www.airnetsol.com.
To find out how TriVision Studios can help your company or product in building its brand and online presence, please contact us at 1.866.600.5528 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Haider Salim and Hangama Live in Concert
For the first time together in California, two of Afghanistan's most renowned musical artists, Haider Salim and Hangama, are performing live in concert on Friday, December 31, 2010 at the Marriott Hotel in San Ramon, CA in celebration of the New Year.
Both artists belong to a short list of surviving singers from Afghanistan's 1970s musical era who have been able to maintain their popularity throughout several decades among both young and older generations alike.
Haider Salim, well-known for his distinctive voice and a distinguished list of classic songs, has had great success in his career, releasing an extensive album collection. His popularity and recognition around the world is undisputed, as he has been singing for over three decades. Some of his latest albums, which were designed and promoted by TriVision include Sapidah, Sarood-e-Shab and Lab-e-Khaamosh.
Hangama, considered by some to be the most popular female singer of her generation, became a household name in Afghanistan during the mid-1970s when she performed the first few songs that were ever recorded and broadcast on Afghan television. Today, those songs remain classics within Afghanistan's music archives.
For the past 15 years, TriVision Studios has developed a close relationship with Haider Salim, helping design and promote his work, including the development and maintenance of his official website www.haidersalim.com.
TriVision is proud once again to be involved in promoting the concert of two of Afghanistan's most prominent artists who have made such significant contributions to the music of Afghanistan for over 30 years. For more information about this concert, please click on the thumbnail to the left.
10 Online Marketing Trends for 2011
Looking at 2011, online marketing is growing rapidly in part because of our volatile economy, the meteoric rise of new channels, and the increased demand for financial accountability. A recent survey of marketers, ten key online marketing trends revealed:
Marketing budgets are tight and more focused than ever, with online gaining share
Businesses must work harder to keep e-mail relevant, with more audio and video be attached and embedded
Search continues as an online marketing mainstay, but complexity grows.
Marketers expand targeting & personalization on their websites in an effort to make them sticky.
Proliferation and adoption of other online channels persist.
Mobile continues its march toward greater significance as widgets and applications increase.
Marketers continue to nurture social media. Web analytics unifies online data across channels.
Web analytics unifies online data across channels.
IT Bottlenecks drive adoption of on demand marketing solutions.
Online marketing data bridges the gap between analysis and action.
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Do We Still Need Websites?
by Pete Blackshaw, AdAge.com
So with all this relentless talk about Twitter accounts, Facebook fan pages and cool new apps, I have a serious and timely question. Do brand websites still matter?
Yes, I know -- even asking this question is a bit digitally sacrilegious. Websites are to digital strategy as models are to fashion, but do we really need them?
I mean, didn't things seem a tad curious during the World Cup when brands like Adidas and Nike actively promoted their Facebook page -- not their primary website -- at the end of their TV spots? Just this weekend, I saw a similar cross-feed to Facebook for Kohls. Talk about kicking the ball into a different goal.
Think about all the hoops we've jumped through to register proprietary domain names, in every country and business type -- this perpetually rationalized by an almost unstoppable parade of GoDaddy ads (titillation and all). As a domain-name collector myself, it's hard not to feel a twinge of asset deterioration.
But before you start penning the "ditch the brand website" memo, hold your tweets for a moment. Websites are not going away -- they might be more important than ever -- but they serve a different and evolved purpose today, especially in this new "social" context.
Think wholesale, less retail. Think distribution, less destination. Think serving, less selling.
At the end of the day, brands today live a decentralized, if not fragmented, existence. The brand "home" has line-extended itself into a network of smaller residences and rented apartments -- or what we might call "brand stands" -- all primed for meeting and interacting with the consumer at various stages in the purchase, loyalty or advocacy cycle. A Facebook fan page is a classic brand stand.
A smart website feeds and refreshes the brand stands. It anchors the brand database, arguably the most coveted asset, and sets the tone and standard for the brand's ethos and attitude about feedback, expression and service. Put another way, it establishes that first critical (often unforgettable) impression. A great website also smartly syndicates, re-circulates and curates social content from the brand stands.
Websites are important because you own them. They feed into your database, and the users they attract tend to more loyal and viral, a big reason we should never give short shrift to direct feedback flows. If you carefully analyze the migratory patterns of Apple influencers, for example, you'll find that the Apple website is one of the most critical and effective marketing tools. The same applies to Patagonia, which effectively uses its website to nurture what VP-Marketing Rob BonDurant described at a recent Word of Mouth Marketing Association conference as a "tribe" of advocates.
Importantly, if we're truly entering a POEM (paid, owned, earned) media mix model, brand websites are key. They anchor the owned, reinforce the paid and incubate the earned. Moreover, if search results are material to either your brand's reputation or purchase cycle, websites take on an elevated level of significance, as they consistently index at the top of search results. Linking is also a product of trust, and research studies consistently rank websites higher than other ad or marketing vehicles on the trust factor.
So what brands need today is a complete rethink and "refresh" of their site strategy. Flexibility and agility should be the orders of the day. They also need open feedback protocols and warm welcome mats (for example, the friendly and inviting "contact us") that drive consistency with the happy brand faces on all the external brand stands. They need to empower visitors with easy search and discovery, and enable tons of pass-along opportunity.
Most important, they need to be built to feed the next generation of brand stands sitting on mobile devices and app platforms, many of which will encompass next-generation e-commerce. Think of your next website as the mission-critical building block from which social media, mobile, e-commerce and other digital innovation draw.
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'Sherlock' wedding video: Watson's marriage photos revealedAdd to Favorites | Sherlock
Can't get enough of John Watson's wedding in the "Sherlock" Season 3 episode, "The Sign of Three"? The BBC has you covered on that and has released a video showing extra photos from the big event. Even though Holmes himself supposedly edited the snapshots, he still looks awfully uncomfortable.
Warning: Spoilers are ahead and in the video for those who have not yet watched the episode.
As Holmes ( Benedict Cumberbatch) points out, the Watsons' wedding photographer was quite good -- even if he was a megalomaniacal murderer as well. That talent (for photography, not killing) is evident in the photos. While there are the standard wedding party photos, and pictures of friends from the party, there are also a few gems.
The best one, in fact, may be the picture in which young Archie (the blood-loving ring bearer) gives Sherlock a big hug. It's both adorable and ridiculously awkward -- it kind of sums up the whole episode perfectly in this way.
The next and final "Sherlock" Season 3 episode airs Sunday, Jan. 12 on the BBC, while the season premieres on PBS Sunday, Jan. 19.
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THE Anglican Church of the Province of Central Africa (CPCA) yesterday said it had taken over most of the properties from defrocked Bishop, Nolbert Kunonga, following a recent Supreme Court ruling.
The court, a fortnight ago ruled that Bishop Chad Gandiya's faction was the rightful owner of the properties which Kunonga had grabbed.
Gandiya's press officer, Precious Shumba, said although the CPCA had faced resistance in some of the parishes, most of the buildings had been taken by midday yesterday.
"We have about 72 parishes across the diocese of Harare which covers Mashonaland Central, Mashonaland East, Mashonaland West and Harare provinces," Shumba said.
"I can say we have made significant progress in repossessing our buildings, including the churches and rectories [priests' residencies] and most parishioners will tomorrow have their services in their churches."
The Supreme Court recently ended a five-year Anglican wrangle, stripping Kunonga of powers to control the church's buildings which he had been granted by High Court judge Ben Hlatshwayo in 2009.
The CPCA obtained a writ of execution and started evicting occupants of their buildings, including those who used the buildings to run crèches and schools.
Last week, buildings were repossessed in Mabelreign, Marlborough, Highfield, Glen Norah, Waterfalls, Mbare, Glen View, Tafara, Mabvuku, Kuwadzana, Ruwa, Borrowdale, Highlands, Chitungwiza, Goromonzi and Chinhoyi.
Shumba said the police initially failed to co-operate, citing lack of manpower.
This however, improved towards the end of the week as they assisted the deputy Sherriff in ensuring Kunonga's supporters moved out.
There were however some skirmishes at the Anglican Cathedral in Harare's city centre, with Kunonga and his faithfuls resisting eviction, citing an application they had lodged with the High Court seeking to stop their eviction.
Reverend Naboth Manzongo of the Gandiya faction, was hit with a brick in one of the skirmishes.
At least six Kunonga supporters were arrested in the confrontations.
Attempts to get comment from the Kunonga camp were futile, as its spokesperson, Admire Chisango said he was in a meeting every time he answered his mobile phone.
Kunonga's cellphone went unanswered.
in some churches, the evictions were carried out smoothly.
"Reverend Biggy Kamukombe was occupying our buildings in Marlborough and he did not wait for the deputy Sherriff to move him," said Reverend Samuel Sifelani said.
"We had a peaceful handover on Friday. The church which was renting our building has since moved," said Sifelani.


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Wild Duck Breast Cooked Sous Vide Style
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Chef Atli uses a Sous-Vide cooking technique and shows you how to make a delicious wild duck breast appetizer that is both sweet and savory.
- 4 Ounce(s) Weight Wild duck breast
- 1 Table Spoon(s) Rapeseed oil
- 2 Table Spoon(s) Butter
- 1 Tea Spoon(s) Thyme
- As Needed Honey
- As Needed Salt
- As Needed Pepper
- Using a Sous-vide cooking technique take the wild duck breast, drizzle with grape seed oil and wrap in plastic wrap, making sure the ends are very tight.
- Place the duck breat in a water bath at 55 degrees Celsius or 130 degrees Fahrenheit for 4 minutes.
- After 4 minutes remove the duck from the water bath and allow it to rest for 4 minutes.
- Next remove the plastic wrap and season with salt, pepper and a little bit of honey.
- Place olive oil in a hot pan with the butter, thyme, next add the duck breat. Cook each side for 30 seconds.
- Remove the duck breast from the pan and allow it to rest for a few minutes before plating.
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Aztec culture flourished in the highlands of central Mexico between the twelfth and sixteenth centuries, AD. As the last in a series of complex urban civilizations in Mesoamerica, the Aztecs adopted many traits and institutions from their predecessors such as the Maya and Teotihuacan. The Aztecs also devised many innovations, particularly in the realms of economics and politics. Aztec civilization was destroyed at its height by the invasion of Spanish conquerors under Hernando Cortés in 1519. The Aztec peoples, who spoke the Nahuatl language, survived and intermarried with the Spaniards; today there are still over one million speakers of Nahuatl in rural areas of central Mexico
Ancient Aztec religion was focused on how the gods, humans and nature were interconnected. There was a strong emphasis on the worship of Huitzilopochtli. The military conquest and ritual sacrifices were all related, and in a great part focused on helping Huitzilopochtli keep the sun strong so that disaster could be averted every 52 years.
The calendar and the sun
The artist carved the Aztec calendar stone in 1479. Naturally, it was dedicated to the sun god. It was a massive carving, 3 feet thick, almost 12 feet across, and weighing almost 25 tones (22.5 tonnes). It was carved from basalt - a solidified lava, this being an area where volcanos were common.
But then it was lost - buried under the central square of Mexico City - for over 300 years.
Then, in 1790, renovations began on the central square (Zocalo) of Mexico City. On December 17th, the massive carving was unearthed, renewing interest in Mexico's ancient cultures. It was the Aztec calendar stone, or, more properly, theCuauhxicalli Eagle Bowl.
Aztec temples were called, by the Mexica people of the empire, Teocalli; God houses. The priests of the Aztec religion went to these temples to worship and pray, and make offerings to the gods to keep them strong and in balance. Often a whole area of a city would be dedicated to religious activities. Some monuments would be made to specific gods. Some were built for specific celebrations. The buildings you probably associate with the Aztec religion are the great pyramids. These were four sided, stable structures that can withstand the earthquakes that are common in the area. These would have stairs up one side, and a flat top, often with a shrine on the top.
Types of sacrifices
Though the human sacrifice is the most talked about, there were actually many types of sacrifices. The people believed that they owed a blood-debt to the gods. They wanted to avert disaster by paying the endless debt. So blood was a common theme - the sacrifice that the gods required. So, animals would be sacrificed, as well as humans. Also, there was ritual blood-letting, where people would cut themselves to offer their blood to the gods.
Human Sacrifice
Human sacrifice was practised to by many people for many centuries. But it was Aztec sacrifice that really took the ritual to new heights. How many people were sacrificed by the Aztecs? We don't know how many were sacrificed over the years, it's possible that some accounts are exaggerated, but it was probably thousands each year - tens of thousands or more all together. Some estimates claim 20,000 a year.
The Aztecs had 18 months in one cycle, and for each of the 18 months there was ritual sacrifice. The victim would be painted as a part of the ritual, they would be placed on a slab where their heart would be removed and held up to the sun. The body would be thrown down the stairs of the temple/pyramid.
There were other ways that humans would be sacrificed - shot with arrows, drowned, burned, or otherwise mutilated. Killing in a fight (like the Roman gladiators) also took place.
Languages similar to the Aztec language have existed in Central Mexico for perhaps 1400 years. As early as 600AD, languages known as Nahuan were spoken by peoples in the area. It is believed that these language speakers came from the north in waves, settling in central Mexico. Speakers of languages such as Nahuatl (the Aztec language) began to gain power, and by 1000AD (CE) it is likely that Nahuatl speakers were the dominant power. One of the last Nahuatl speaking groups to come to the area was the Mexica, who would become a powerful force in the founding of the Aztec empire. As the empire grew, so did the influence of Nahuatl (also called Classical Nahuatl, Mexicano or Aztec). Naturally, those who wanted to get along with the powers-that-were needed to speak it. It was a language of trade, and a language of prestige. It was used in literature extensively.