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• The basics. Foundation pieces anchor both outfits and rooms. In clothes, foundation items are the skirt or slacks, the dress or suit. In a room they're the main upholstered pieces: sofas, chairs, or bedding.
• Pops of color. Every outfit and every room needs a spike of color. A teal tie or citron scarf, sherbet orange pillows or raspberry lampshades.
• The bling. A touch of sparkle completes both an ensemble and an interior. It doesn't have to be much, but it does have to reflect light. Metallic buckles on shoes or belts, a ring that glimmers, a wrist watch or bangle bracelet does for an outfit, what a crystal bowl, silver candlesticks, or a mirror does for a room.
• The wrap. Jackets and outerwear are to outfits what drapes are to rooms, says Griffin, they're the finishing wrap that completes the package.
• Combine textures. A little cashmere here, a little satin there, rooms like outfits need contrasting finishes. Put sleek with rough, shiny with matte, and soft with hard.
• Lay it out. When putting together an outfit, it helps to lay the clothes out swapping out tops or ties, earrings and belts, until the ensemble clicks. Putting a design board together with paint swatches, floor samples and fabric clippings lets you visualize a room the same way.
Now go and put some clothes on that room.
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The Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx release planned for April was held up by a few hours due to a critical bugfix.
The CD and DVD images for Lucid Lynx were already ready to go April 27 when the last test revealed that a bug was allowing only Ubuntu in the dual-boot grub bootloader. The initially critical declared bug was to be resolved by a zero-day update, in that a simple sudo update-grub command should take care of it. However, because the bug coincided with another late-appearing migration-assistant bug, the Ubuntu team decided to rebuild the media for the release.
While the CD images for Lucid are being rebuilt, the DVD images might take a bit longer. The Ubuntu version will get immediate attention, with the Kubuntu, Xubuntu and Mythbuntu versions to follow. The ISO image files will undergo numerous tests, which might also take some time, after which downloads from the mirrors should become available.
While the CD image regeneration might take six to eight additional hours, the DVDs will likely extend beyond the deadline set for April, so it looks more like beginning of May. It's currently unclear whether Canonical will release the CD images still today or there will be a staggered release of the CDs (today) followed by the DVDs and further Ubuntu derivatives. Details on the late changes are in the Ubuntu incident reports wiki.
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Smoothing polymer clay
I would like to ask about smoothing polymer clay.
When I sculpt human figures with bare skin, I cannot manage to sculpt very smooth skin without a small dimples. The worst thing is that these dimples come clearly visible when painting the figure.
When sculpting, I use sculpting tools and my fingers to smooth the surface and for the final touch I brush the sculpture with soft brush and turpenoid.
I use flesh color super sculpey mixed with super sculpey firm. Most of the dimples were almost impossible to detect on flesh color super sculpey, but this problem was solved after mixing some grey sculpey witgh fleshy stuff, but still there are some dimples.
Any ideas or suggestions? Or should I just work even more carefully?
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You can brush it down with turpentine or white spirits to get a very smooth finish. You can also sand cooked sculpey with fine grade sand paper to get an even smoother finish.
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just use rubbing alcohol on a small brush, but dont use too much or leave it on too heavy it will kinda melt the polymer


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Crowdlending for Entrepreneurs Is Finally HereWritten by Dave Lavinsky on Monday, July 7, 2014
What Is Crowdlending?
1) Your chances of raising Crowdlending are much higher since banks reject many more loan applications
2) Crowdlending gets you lower interest rates than banks because you are eliminating the bank as a "middle man"
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The Internet of ThingsWritten by Jay Turo on Wednesday, July 2, 2014
I had the good fortune to attend GTK's and Pillsbury's amazing Internet of Things Private Executive Event in Palo Alto last week.
Today's Market: A Bubble Waiting to Burst?Written by Jay Turo on Wednesday, June 25, 2014
The incredible prices paid for high flying technology stocks this past year - whether it be in the form of acquisitions, in the cases of Dropcam, Open Table, WhatsApp, OcculusVR, and Nest, or in the form of financings, in the cases of Uber, Airbnb, Dropbox, has raised the age old questions, worries, and doubts about whether this market and these technology deals constitute a bubble.
Getting Robbed at the Bank, Part IIWritten by Jay Turo on Wednesday, June 18, 2014
Last week, I talked about Getting Robbed at the Bank - how today's Low Interest Rates (0.1%!) combined with High Inflation Risk make this one of the worst times ever to build wealth via savings.
Getting Robbed at the BankWritten by Jay Turo on Wednesday, June 11, 2014
I took my six and eight-year old sons to the bank this weekend to open their first savings account.
Jay Turo
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Why Wall Street Can't Be Trusted and What to Do About ItWritten by Jay Turo on Wednesday, June 4, 2014
Over the last three weeks, we have discussed the various factors that drive the 25% IRR return potential of the startup and emerging company investing class.
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The Perfect InvestorWritten by Jay Turo on Wednesday, May 28, 2014
There were a lot of Warren Buffett "hero worship" type responses to my posts last week on "Doing As Warren Does" and applying the principles utilized to make Berkshire Hathaway the most successful investment company of all time.
And it is understandable why so many people - from very different world views and levels of financial sophistication - rightly consider Mr. Buffett to be the "Perfect Investor."
His qualities in this regard are almost cliché - honest, humble, frugal, opportunistic in the face of adversity, and possessing of an other-worldly foresight as to where and how to find outsized returns.
But there are a couple of problems.
First, Mr. Buffett, for all of his amazing track record, is 83 years old.
And he is on record as saying that he rarely invests in technology companies as he does not feel qualified to properly diligence and understand them.
Both of which beg the question as to whether the "Buffett Way" is still the way to win in this global, technological age of ours?
And if it is not, then who will be the The 21st Century Warren Buffett?
The Perfect Investor for our era?
While the identity of this person will be almost impossible to discern before the fact, he or she will almost assuredly possess these characteristics:
They Will Love Risk. Relative to the Mid-Century America in which Warren Buffett developed his philosophy and approach, our era of global and hyper-warp speed technological change requires a much different approach to uncertainty and loss.
While Mr. Buffett was able to build an alpha-performing portfolio without significant risk-taking on any one position, the modern investor simply does not have this luxury.
Instead, they must be far more comfortable and proficient with an "Outlier" approach, where a few big wins offset middling performance - and even complete loss of principal - on the significant majority of held positions.
They Will Focus on Market Opportunities More than on Execution. While quality, determined execution will always be at the heart of successful business-building, our Modern Day Perfect Investor will recognize this as a necessary, but by no means sufficient condition for business and investment success.
Far more important will be "visionary" assessments of global markets, specifically as to which types and forms of technology will disrupt these markets over the next 5 to 10 years.
Think Dropbox for Storage, AirBnB for Travel. WhatsApp for Communication, and Nest for the Internet of Things.
They Will Possess a "Modern" Morality. The idea that that which is moral and right needs to be updated alongside the wild, rapid, and continuous updating of our technologies is a hard one for those of a certain age and era to accept and embrace.
Yes, perhaps "prudent" and "conservative" in this Brave New World of ours are as much barriers to success as they are emblematic of it?
Maybe pomp, flash, celebrity - as opposed to being things to be frowned and looked down upon - instead are assets to be nurtured and promoted.
Maybe morphing one's business model on annual, quarterly, or even monthly basis is not a sign of scattered focus, but rather a necessary competence to survive and prosper in our modern conditions of permanent uncertainty.
It may sound and be unsettling.
But to paraphrase an old but yet very modern philosopher it is sometimes only chaos that can give birth to a dancing star.
In short, our Modern, Perfect Investor will probably not look anything like Warren Buffett.
Other than in the one quality that matters above all else…
…outsized results earned over time.
That never goes out of style.
To Your Success,
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Who, Why, When: 15 Minute Due Diligence for the Modern InvestorWritten by Jay Turo on Wednesday, April 30, 2014
Over the last two weeks we have discussed the motivations of private equity investors, and then characteristics of companies with breakout potential.
So now we are at brass tacks: actually making Yes/No decisions on specific deals and opportunities.
In other words, handicapping the probability of a company's investment return projections actually coming to pass.
And relatedly, fair pricing and terms upon which to consummate a deal.
It is upon these "Due Diligence" matters where the real - as opposed to the theoretical - money on early stage deals is made.
Now, due diligence - as it is done by serious, professional investors - is an enormous undertaking.
It often requires hundreds and sometimes thousands of hours of accounting, legal and background reviews and checks, along with third party validation and research as to claims regarding market opportunity, competitive landscape and customer pipeline, traction, and satisfaction.
It can be as time, energy, and expertise intense as any business process or project one could possibly imagine.
And because it is so, for almost all individual investors doing it thoroughly and right is almost always completely unrealistic.
Luckily, there are some shortcuts that can yield similar investment insight.
I call them the "Who, Why, and When" 15 minute Modern Due Diligence Checklist.
Who. Easily the most important question to ask of any endeavor of importance: Who is involved? What are their personal and professional histories and backgrounds? Of leadership, business, investment and life success? Who are the professional partners (Law, Accounting, Banking, etc.)? Who is on the Board? (Is there a Board at all)? Who are the Customers? The Partners? The Employees?
When it comes to whether a deal is good or not, the answers to these "Who" questions is more often than not all you need to know.
Why. Why is a deal happening? Why are those who are involved in fact…involved? Why is the deal being offered to you?
When. The old adage that "Time kills all deals" is also a great harbinger into the likelihood of a successful investment outcome.
How long has the deal been shopped? How urgent/desperate are those involved to get the deal done?
Now, these questions cut both ways. I as much want to see entrepreneurs that need to get a deal get done versus those that perhaps just want it to be so.
Need, in its best sense, drives urgency and action.
Want is often lighter, less substantial, and thus more prone to delays and "almosts" versus results and return.
Who. Why. When.
Mediocre answers to any of these and almost certainly the deal is not right.
But as they are all spot on, well then the next question to ask is often "What are you waiting for?"
In Investing, Does Fortune Really Favor the Bold?Written by Jay Turo on Tuesday, April 29, 2014
Last week my post on investment motivations generated a lot of great responses.
Many were of the genre that "…Yes these companies you describe sound amazing - awesome technologies, exciting markets, management with knock-your-socks off resumes, but when it comes to actually investing them…."
…How do I even have a chance of separating the wheat from the chaff?
The superstars from the also-rans?
Or, more to the point, the ones that will make money from the ones that won't.
This is the ultimate question, isn't it?
First of all, we are certainly not referring to "stock picking" to beat the markets. Everyone knows that this is not possible. (And if you have even a sliver of remaining doubt on this point, read this article).
And we're not talking about high profile, private companies that have already raised tens (and sometimes hundreds) of millions of dollars and are deep in the investment news cycle.
High-flying venture-backed companies like AirBnB, Dropbox, Uber, TangoMe, and Domo.
For these companies and hundreds of others backed by venture capital firms, by the time the public knows about them, almost always the best opportunity to invest in them has long past.
And, for the most part, we are also not talking about businesses or projects competing in mature and well-covered like Real Estate.
For sure, there are lots of solid real estate investment opportunities, but as it is such an efficient and well-covered market – with tens of thousands of investors seeking projects and deals of all sizes that the likelihood of finding those that offer returns even slightly above average is pretty low.
And let's also cut out investing in "things" like art, collectibles, and commodities. While in places interesting for sure, statistics over a long period of time show that their average investment returns is significantly less than that of an S&P index fund.
So what investors seeking alpha are left with almost exclusively is that most special segment: startups and emerging companies.
Companies almost always with these characteristics:
They are Small. As in less then $10 million in in revenues and less than 30 employees. Not hard and fast rule, but holds true 95%+ of the tie.
They have an Ambitious Leader. At the beating heart of these companies is almost always a charismatic individual that leads big and manages small.
A leader with an articulate "point of view" on where a market and an industry are heading.
And who can then translate this vision to the day-to-day small business discipline required to turn dreams and visions into objective reality and results.
They Compete in Big Markets. This one is easier than ever before. Why?
Well, with a 7 billion person strong, $84 trillion global economy, almost every business – even those in the smallest of niches - has a large global opportunity.
Of course, to profit from them opportunities requires great leadership and management (see above) but the opportunities are everywhere.
Companies with Thoughtful Revenue Models. This is where the ability of a company's leader to think and act both "big" and "small" are so critical.
Quite simply, companies that build asset and equity value for their shareholders are vigilant in ensuring that their monetization strategies are built around long-term customer retention and satisfaction, and NOT short-term gain.
Companies that are Lucky. The new and eternal mantra of our age is luck. Books like the Black Swan, Fooled by Randomness, and the Age of the Unthinkable profess on it.
Famous technocrati like Brian Chesky, Drew Houston, and Garret Camp pray to it.
Aspiring entrepreneurs who seek their name in lights pray to it.
And the average man unwilling to step outside of his box gets none of it.
Yes, as it has been true since Roman times in our booming deal economy for investors and entrepreneurs like Fortune does Truly Favor the Bold.
The question, of course, is will it favor you?
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For the fourth single from his new Some of My Best Rappers Are Friends mixtape, G.O.O.D. Music crooner Tony Williams attacks being Caught Up alongside guests Kyle Lucas and STS – who coincidentally... More
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From the Monterey Herald: The Rancho Cielo construction program in Salinas has been called the "rock star" of the YouthBuild programs nationwide.
Yet when it came to funding the program, Rancho Cielo didn't getting paid to do another encore.
Officials at YouthBuild — a federal program where at-risk youth work toward their GED or high school diplomas while learning job skills by building affordable housing — have told Rancho Cielo that after two years it is "getting the best results, it is the most smoothly and most professionally run program," said Executive Director Susie Brusa.
This year, however, Rancho Cielo did not receive the $1.1 million U.S. Department of Labor YouthBuild grant it was expecting.
From the Salinas Californian -- Since 2010, a free soccer program run out of the Cesar Chavez Library has taught young people the basics of the game, like passing and formation — and much more, including how to communicate and develop team rapport. Dubbed "Biblioteca Cesar Chavez Futbol Club," [more information here (PDF)] the program was started by Carissa Purnell, the Salinas Library technology manager, with key assistance since the beginning from two CSUMB students.
It has become "an amazing thing," says Purnell. In addition to playing soccer, "students develop English skills on the field, they develop writing skills through handouts and exercises, and they break territorial lines to join in a common cause."
In the following interview, she describes how the club came to be and to grow, and the difference it's making across the community.
From the Salinas Californian: We're all horrified at the thought of children suffering violence directly. But what many of us don't realize is that simply being exposed to violence can harm a child for life — and impose huge costs on the community.
According to a recently released report, childhood exposure to violence, or CEV, is a national crisis, affecting about two out of every three American children.
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Note this too, the RF only works with the DVR STB's. It's a shame they didn't include that in the satellite PR150's. But they do have an IR port on the back for IR receivers.
I hope you like X1. I do.
They need to add more discrete IR commands, though for those of that use custom remotes. Like for my Harmony One, there's no DVR, Live, skip forward (30 sec) buttons on the XR2, and XR5. They got rid of a lot of buttons from the old remote.
If you don't have a guide command, how to you access it. From a menu I assume. Perhaps you can create a macro to simulate the guide button?
How do you get to the DVR page if there is no button. Again, can a macro be created to simulate this button.
Sounds like there might be a lot of programming work and angst to get this setup working!!
You access Guide, DVR, On Demand, Apps, Search, and Settings by toggling the Menu key. I don't think a macro would work. Because it doesn't always go back to a set point.
Edit: Sorry, there is a Guide button.
For my box, 01982 on my silver remote does nothing in terms of controlling the X1 unfortunately. Any other suggestions? Appreciated.
First of all, I want to say, ALL YOU GUYS ROCK! I learned so much on this thread and was able to accomplish what I thought was only a dream! I was really worried I was gonna be stuck using 2 remotes (one for tv/dvr, one for volume/receiver/input) and/or having to shell out for a fancy shmancy univeral remote. They put a lot of thought into the X1 dvr stb, but apparently not into the design of their remote (what, we don't run our tvs through a receiver or anything?!?!).
Onto my question... I am still trying to wrap my head around identifying the EFC code finder thing(?) for a specific button, and without getting far figuring it, I figured maybe I can ask you pros, experts, and knowledgeable ones and ask what the green D button on the x1 remote's EFC code is and/or how else I can transfer it to my old silver/black/red OK button comcast remote? I figure I'd like to assign it to the FAV button, Help button, or any of the picture-in-picture buttons. It's really the only thing missing,
actually...one thing I noticed that I was a bit disappointed with is the waste of the button of "MyDVR." I would rather try and make use of it, but I can't imagine where to begin and maybe you experts might have an idea. Maybe a macro of some sort...but pressing the menu/xfinity button doesn't start in one spot (just the last spot you were looking at).
and I just wanted to confirm (i intended to ask this to the xfinity rep to confirm about my programming tomorrow), is there no way to watch standard definition channels any longer??? (the HD channels in my area are in the 700's, but when I try and see channel 2, it goes directly to 702) It does this spouting "based on your video preferences" goes automatically to the HD version of this...
in any case, I appreciate any attention/consideration given and thank you guys in advanced...
P.S. Just confirming that there is a blank on my output resolution as well, after inputting 1080p60HD. But, confirming it on my TV, at least it actually is displaying at 1080p versus 1080i!
But i'd still like to see if I can't EFC apply the D/Green button to my old Comcast remote...
Thanks again in advanced!
You're right, I don't think it's possible to build a macro for that as the Xfinity Menu never starts in the same place.
I've begged Comcast to add this functionality for custom installs/universal remote users.
But considering they didn't even include a TV input button on the new remotes, I don't think we can count on that anytime soon.
The remote design team should be horse whipped .
I've been reading through this thread because I have the same aim: control a Comcast X1 box with an old silver (red OK button) Comcast remote. It's my understanding that the program code is 01982 for the X1 box. I've programmed buttons separately in the past, so I know what's that about, but I'd rather not search through 255 functions to find what controls CH+ and CH-, let alone power.
For my box, 01982 on my silver remote does nothing in terms of controlling the X1 unfortunately. Any other suggestions? Appreciated.
I had this same problem. I've discovered that the newer remotes that Comcast issues with the "Xfinity" brand do not work with the X1. Try to acquire a remote that is "Comcast" branded and it will work. The remote must have "Comcast" written near the bottom of the remote instead of "Xfinity." The Silver and gray "Comcast" remotes both work with the X1 using code 01982. There is one difference though. The gray ones work fine. On the silver ones the exit button does not work. The exit button on the silver remote, however, can be made functional with code 39877. To learn how to key map and whatever I use this source: http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/How_to_use_a_Motorola_DVR/Programming_the_Remote
Hope this helps.
anyone know how to EFC code the yellow A button to the old silver remote?
I'd really appreciate it...thanks!
If anyone wishes to know (through complete luck and even if it is listed as a "guide" button), the EFC code for the yellow A button is 18885; you can test it by pressing Setup18885.
Hope this helps those like me...
Ah, so you did. Sorry about that...overlooked the spoiler tags. It would've saved me a lot of trouble...
Sorry, for clarity I need to correct the statement quoted above.
The entry is in seconds, i.e. 0030 = 30 seconds, 0500 = 500 seconds etc. 500 / 60 = 8.333 minutes, NOT 8 Min. and 33 Seconds. To avoid confusion 0500 = 8 minutes and 20 seconds (0.333333 * 60 = 19.99999) 19.99999 rounded up is 20 seconds.
However, unless something has been discovered of which I'm not aware, the only 2 options for programming the skip are 0030 for 30 second skip and 0500 to return the box to it's original setting of 5 minutes. Whether or not 0500 actually causes the box to skip exactly 5 minutes, I am unable to ascertain. From the latest info I could find, nobody has offered proof of any other code working...e.g.. that 0045 would skip 45 seconds and so on.
Please let me know if there is recent news on programming the skip.
Re: X1 Remote and IR / Harmony Remote.
***** Solution *******
There are two options to update your Harmony One Remote, one worked for me the other didn't::
1) Downloaded software (Version 7.0.0 or something)
2) Online remote software on the Logitech website (Support -> Harmony Online Support)
When adding a device using option 1 the system didn't recognize the DVR no matter how I entered it. I tried Xfinnity X1, PACE, ect...nothing worked and I got an error saying "none of your devices can change a channel.
Solution: Use option 2 online and simply enter the device manufacture as "Xfinnity" and model as "X1". It recognized it immediately, populated ALL of the commands, and works perfectly.
So...the software doesn't work but the online updating program works!
I have tried without success to gate my Silver Comcast (red OK) Remote to work fully with my Pace X1 DVR Box. I have the Silver Remot working with my Pace X1 DVR using the 01982 code but the "Exit" button does not work. I have tried using the 39877 EFC code, got the remote to blink twice, but still have not gotten the "Exit" button to work........anyone have anyother ideas on how I can get the "Exit" button to work?
Remap a Key[edit]
This is the general procedure for remapping. Several common mapping options specific to the Motorola DVR are listed below.
(Option) Press and release the device key to make it the default. (I press the Cable Button)
Press and hold the "Setup" button until a device key blinks twice.
Type in the code 994. A device key will blink twice.
Press the key to get the code from. This can be:
Another button with an existing code or,
Press and release "Setup", then type in a 3- or 5-digit code. The code is called an 'Extended Function Code' (EFC). Most of the silver remotes use 5-digit codes. Most others use 3-digits. In most cases, you just add '00' to the front of the 3-digit code to get a 5-digit code (00173 = 173).
Press and release the button you want to put the code on. (I press the Exit Button)
If the remap is successful, a device key will blink twice.
can you please tell me what steps i need to take to get the light silver ones to work?
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Preliminary Results from Survey on Autism and Wandering
Earlier this month, we urged parents to participate in a survey about autism sponsored by the Interactive Autism Network. The survey aimed to study and understand wandering behavior among children and adults with autism.
In just three weeks, the Interactive Autism Network has received 856 survey participants, primarily parents with children who are autistic. Preliminary data from the survey, focusing just on children, was released this week in the report, "IAN Research Report: Elopement and Wandering." IAN discovered that about 50% of kids with autism attempted to wander off between the ages of 4 to 10 and about 30% continued to wander between ages 7 to 10. Half of the parents had kids who wandered off long enough to cause significant worry and concern. Plus, about 35% of the kids were rarely able to communicate their name, address, or phone number.
The survey also reported 58% of the parents ranked wandering as the most stressful behavior related to autism, and 64% were prevented from pursuing family activities because of the wandering. Only 19% of the parents have received guidance from a psychologist or mental health professional while only 14% have received guidance from a pediatrician or physician.
A high number of parents (67%) also reported they didn't see any seasonal pattern with wandering, and the top 5 reasons (in order) they believed wandering happened was because their kids: enjoyed exploring, liked to visit a favorite place, wanted to escape demands and anxieties, wanted to pursue a special topic, and wanted to escape sensory discomforts. Read the full report of the preliminary results at Interactive Autism Network.Add a Comment
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BATESVILLE, Ind., Aug. 7, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Hill-Rom Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: HRC) announced financial results for its fiscal third quarter ended June 30, 2014 and narrowed its 2014 earnings outlook. Adjusted earnings per diluted share of $0.59 increased 4 percent from $0.57 in the prior year, while reported earnings per diluted share of $0.45 increased 15 percent from $0.39. Adjustments to reported earnings and EBITDA are detailed in the reconciliation schedules provided.
Hill-Rom's quarterly revenue was $398 million, a 6 percent decrease compared to last year on a reported basis and a 7 percent decrease on a constant currency basis. Domestic revenue was $255 million, down 9 percent, while revenue outside the United States decreased 3 percent on a constant currency basis to $143 million.Management Comments"We are pleased to deliver adjusted earnings per share in line with our guidance, as well as expanded adjusted operating margin, despite continued revenue pressure across our portfolio," said John Greisch, Hill-Rom President and Chief Executive Officer. "In addition, consistent with our strategic objective of portfolio diversification, we will continue to pursue disciplined business development activity such as the recently completed Trumpf Medical acquisition."
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Minnesota Twins Catcher Drew Butera joined David Baumann Show to talk about the upcoming 2013 season for him and the Twins. Butera talked about playing with Joe Mauer, how he trying to improve his offense game, Did playing college baseball at UCF help him get to the major leagues ? and more.
Butera on Mauer : "Mauer Only sits, when he can't walk." Butera said as he wanted to erase the notion that Mauer takes days off.
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Album Rating: 2.5no it doesnt listen to good sounding albums
talking heads - remain in light
stevie wonder - innervisions
rush - permanent waves
have fun!
Album Rating: 4.0Will do, but the snare on this sounds amazing, even if it's compressed as fuck
Album Rating: 2.5does it dk dk dk hard like sadus?
Album Rating: 4.0Idk it's epic
Album Rating: 4.0KILL you have this at a 2.5 dude what do you like about it??
Album Rating: 2.5nothing much its just bog standard rock, solid enough i spose but it doesnt get my fancies tickled
ofc i havent listened in like a year
Album Rating: 2.5nah dude wrong album
METALingus m/
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Album Rating: 4.0 | Sound OffMetalingus was really the only song from their debut that I thoroughly enjoyed.
Album Rating: 4.5solid album
Album Rating: 4.5I love this album as a whole but the songs are lacking individually imo. AB clearly progressed as musicians from ABIII but now it lacks a bit of a cutting edge. Previous album had good songs individually but bad overall. I hope they can fix this next album.
Digging: Tremonti - Cauterize
Album Rating: 4.5Also, I'd love it if AB started playing longer songs. If they'd mix with prog metal it'd be so awesome. Some extra layers and complexity combined with a cutting edge could make their next album a 100% classic. They totally have the skill to do that. I'd be disappointed if they won't on their next album. We've had enough solid music now, it's time for masterpieces.
Album Rating: 4.5Damn, they've been making some pleasantly surprising choices for singles from this record ever since they released "Addicted to Pain." First "Cry of Achilles" (which kinda surprised me, but it makes sense because of that massive chorus), and then "Waters Rising" (which completely shocked me). It this rate, if they put out a fourth single, I wouldn't be surprised if they come out with that beast of a title track lol. Though I do hope they pick something more accessible like "All Ends Well" or maybe "Calm the Fire" - they'd be doomed to be big hits for Alter Bridge, who deserve all the airplay they can get.
Digging: Muse - Origin of Symmetry
Album Rating: 3.5Fortress is the best here they should put it out as a single...
Album Rating: 4.5^Agreed that it's the best song on the album, but after how "Cry of Achilles" underperformed on the charts relative to "Addicted to Pain" or even "Waters Rising," I'm not sure if their label would be quick to pick another progressive epic, especially if its chorus doesn't reach the towering heights of "Cry of Achilles," hence why I think "All Ends Well" and "Calm the Fire" are more likely
Album Rating: 4.0Cry of Achilles is by far my favourite from the album i fucking love that song!
Album Rating: 5.0Agreed, Cry of Achilles rules. Pretty much the best possible way they could have opened the album
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Scientists and volunteers from REEF, and our parters at Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Cayman Islands Department of the Environment, are gearing up for the annual Grouper Moon Project. Scientists will be on the ground and in the water this coming Tuesday for the full moon. Since 2002, the group has conducted ground-breaking research to study the Nassau Grouper spawning aggregations, to help ensure that populations of this iconic species recover. In 2011, with funding from Disney Wildlife Conservation Fund, REEF launched an education program to engage Caymanian students in the Grouper Moon Project. This exciting project brings the Nassau Grouper into elementary and high school classrooms through lesson plans and live-feed videos that connect classrooms with scientists in the field.
Three live-feed webcasts are planned over the next two weeks. While the students will be communicating directly with the Grouper Moon scientists, anyone can watch the feeds live or archived. The live-feed schedule is:
- Friday February 6th, from underwater at the Nassau Grouper spawning aggregation
- Monday February 9th, from the Grouper Moon base of operations on Little Cayman, featuring scientists explaining the research objectives, day-to-day activities, and research equipment used during the project.
- Wednesday February 11th, from underwater on the famous Blood Bay Wall.
All webcasts are planned to start at 11:45am EST and will last about 45 minutes. The live feeds stream through YouTube on TheGrouperTeacherREEF channel. The first live feed, on February 6th, will be here. We will post URLs for the other feeds on REEF's Facebook page. The webcasts are archived online here.
Now in its fourth year, the Grouper Education Program presents students with a multi-faceted view of Nassau Grouper, in which students create their own understanding of this important species. Key curricular concepts include: the historical role of Nassau Grouper in the Caribbean, its role as a top predator and its positive impact on local reef health, and the conservation challenges facing the species. It is expected that fifteen classrooms at ten schools will participate in the program this year.
The work of the Grouper Moon research project – a collaboration between REEF and the Cayman Island Department of Environment has led to fishing restrictions at the aggregation sites and an increase in numbers of the endangered fish. To find out more, visit www.REEF.org/groupermoonproject. The Grouper Education Program is supported by a grant from the Disney Worldwide Conservation Fund. In-kind logistics and technical support is provided by Southern Cross Club, Little Cayman Beach Resort and Reef Divers, Cayman Airways, and LIME.
In the first few weeks of July we have started receiving reports of several Manta ray sightings at French Reef, near Key Largo, Florida. Mantas are found in the temperate, tropical, and sub tropical waters world wide. However, sightings in Florida waters are uncommon. Some observers saw the mantas swimming in large vertical loops, leading them to think that these animals were coming into the shallow reefs to feed on coral spawn.
Mantas inhabit near-shore and pelagic waters, and can grow up to ~14ft in width. They are primarily filter feeders, using large cephalic fins located on the head to help 'funnel' plankton into their mouths.
So, if your diving in the Florida Keys keep an eye out for one of these magnificent animals swimming by - and be sure to record it on your survey!
As you can imagine, on any given day there is a lot that needs to get done at REEF HQ to keep all of our programs running. I want to take a moment to thank Jessica Morris for helping us out during October with miscellaneous,yet crucial tasks in the office. Jessica is a local SCUBA instructor and is eager to help REEF and learn what we're all about. She has already achieved her level 3 experience level and is ready to start surveying when she's not instructing. If any of our REEF members are down in the Key Largo area and in need of a SCUBA instructor or just want to dive with someone who is knowledgable about fish ID, you can reach Jessica at email@example.com. She is also a budding photographer and took the pics of the Dog snapper eating the trumpetfish that is posted on our online forum page at http://www.reef.org/forum. In the future, REEF hopes to provide opportunities for our members to assist us on various projects from their homes. But for now, if you're in the area and want to help out, just let us know and/or stop into REEF HQ for a visit. Meanwhile, we'll look for more surveys and great pics from Jessica this winter.
Bonnie Greenberg recently joined REEF as the office manager. She brings with her more than 20 years of experience in non-profit management and entrepreneurship: including work with Marathon Community Theatre, Habitat for Humanity of the Upper Keys , director of marketing with a family business in Pennsylvania and a few years working as a journalist for local media. She likes to snorkel, sail, spend time with friends, read great books now and then, and create a good meal. Having said for years she was writing her own version of the Great American Novel - Bonnie spent the past two years as the front desk associate with a small Florida Keys Resort while she toiled at her story. She's about half-way there. She holds a BFA from Emerson College. Bonnie resides in Key Largo, FL with her long-term boyfriend and 3 cats. Next time you find yourself in Key Largo, please swing by REEF HQ to meet Bonnie and the other REEF staff.
During the last week of April, divers from around the country gathered at Amoray Dive Resort in Key Largo, Florida for a REEF Fish Behavior Tour hosted by Ned and Anna DeLoach. After making two morning dives each day, the group spent their late afternoons and early evenings attending entertaining talks about the myriad fish they encountered on the reef. Lad Akins, REEF's Special Projects Director, dropped by to explain the science behind the recent invasion of Indo-Pacific lionfish in the western Atlantic. But the highlight of the week was the rare opportunity for everyone to create their own coral garden.
Yes, you read it right: After being giving instructions by coral scientist Ken Nedimyer of the Coral Restoration Foundation, participants headed out the following morning to Ken's coral nursery located in Hawke Channel where they transplanted cuttings of staghorn coral from a mother colony onto a set of nursery blocks.
After watching 90 percent of the Keys' staghorn coral die off from a variety of reasons over the past decades, Ken, an aquaculturist by trade, decided to do something about the disheartening problem. In the late 1990's, he began nurturing small buds of rapidly growing staghorn that by chance settled on his underwater "live rock" farm. Following several years of trial and error, Ken pioneered the first successful method for cultivating and transplanting large quantities of coral. His current success rate hovers at an incredible 90 percent.
After the REEF divers carefully epoxyed their branches on numerically coded pedestals and recorded measurement data, the group headed off to a site on Molasses Reef where, in 1984 the M/V Wellwood, an ocean-going freighter, ran aground destroying 644 square meters of coral reef framework. Federal agencies began extensive restoration of the site in 2002 including emplacement of numerous high-profile limestone modules (click here to read about REEF's post-restoration monitoring of the fish populations on these modules). Unfortunately, to date, the new structures have had limited success recruiting new coral growth. However, the area has one extraordinary success story and the focus of our second dive: Ken's rapidly growing staghorn coral garden – the two-year result of transplanting nursery grown corals to the grounding site.
Dates for next year's 2nd Annual Key Largo REEF Fish Behavior Tour at Amoray are scheduled for May 29 to June 5, 2009. The popular fish behavior talks cover Reproductive Strategies, What Fish Eat, Cleaning Stations, Discovering the Night Reef, and Fish Life Cycles. Participants will once again establish their own coral colonies and transplant this year's nursery crop onto the reef.
REEF TWA Advanced Assessment Team member, Rob McCall, has over 625 surveys under his belt and 281 fish species on his lifelist. But earlier this summer, during a dive in the Florida Keys, he found something that surprised him - the extremely rare Pugjaw Wormfish (Cerdale floridana). Here is his story -- Last June, while diving at Rock Key off Key West, I noticed a very slender (about the diameter of thin drinking straw) white fish about 6 cm long. I could see the fish had a rounded head but could not see dorsal or tail fins. The fish swam with a sinuous movement, much like an eel or worm, and dove into a burrow when it saw me. It did not immediately reappear and I soon swam off in search of other fish. That night I attempted to identify the mystery fish in my reference books, but was unable to get even a rough idea of what it might be.
Subsequent to the first sighting, I saw a similar fish on two other occasions at Rock Key. All sightings were within an area about 8 x 4 meters, with sand bottom bordered by high profile reef. On the second sighting, the fish dove into a burrow and did not reappear. On the third sighting, the fish immediately dove into a Yellowhead Jawfish burrow (the normal occupant was a male Yellowhead Jawfish who happened to be mouth-brooding eggs at the time; the jawfish was hovering above the burrow and did not seem particularly upset that the mystery fish "borrowed" his home.) The mystery fish did not reappear during the ten minutes or so I spent photographing the jawfish.
I stopped by REEF Headquarters in early August and asked Lad Akins, REEF Director of Special Projects, if he had any ideas to help me identify the fish. Based on my hazy description, Lad thought it might be a type of worm-eel. But when I researched online, it did not seem to be a good fit.
On August 22, while diving at Nine Foot Stake off Key West (and armed with my camera set up for macro) I came across one of the mystery fish – truly a case of me being in the right place at the right time. The fish was out in the open but dove into a nearby burrow – I don't know if it was his or a "borrowed" one – when he saw me. I decided to wait a couple of minutes to see if it would reappear, and within a minute or two, it stuck its head back out. Over the next ten minutes it made several darting forays from the burrow, getting a little more used to me, or perhaps a little more desperate to get home. This fish seemed longer than the one(s) at Rock Key – perhaps 8 cm or so.
The four sightings shared some common features. All were at 20-24 ft. depth with sand bottom. Three of the four burrows were within 5-10 cm of small coral heads or rubble clumps. Dorsal and tail fins are visible in the photos; the fish is not actually as slender as it appears to the naked eye.
I was pretty well stumped over identifying what the fish was, even with photos, until one night I was re-reading Ned DeLoach and Paul Humman's Reef Fish Behavior and under the article on Yellowhead Jawfish, I noticed a reference to Pugjaw Wormfish sharing a burrow with the jawfish. The next morning I researched it online and found a photo which appeared to be a very good match for my mystery fish.
We don't know how rare the Pugjaw Wormfish might be, but according to the REEF database, they have been reported only five other times: one in Florida, one in Cuba and three in Bonaire. Convinced there are more Pugjaw's waiting to make an appearance here in Key West, I've got the other instructors on our dive boat keeping their eyes open in the hopes that one of us will once again be in the right place at the right time.
Rob McCall is a scuba instructor in Key West and has been a REEF member and surveyor since 2000.
REEF is taking our message on the road this spring and summer to a few of the regional dive shows. Last month, several volunteers and REEF Director of Science, Christy Pattengill-Semmens, greeted visitors at the Northwest Dive and Travel Show in Tacoma, WA. The REEF booth provides an opportunity to spread the word about the fun of conducting marine life surveys and the valuable role that citizen science data can have in marine conservation and management. Our next stop is SCUBA Show 2009 in Long Beach, May 30 and 31. Come by and visit us at the booth!
REEF is working in close partnership with the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary (FKNMS) to diligently track lionfish reports and initiate removal efforts in South Florida. The first confirmed lionfish in the Florida Keys was reported and captured within 24 hours in January 2009 (see previous enews article). Subsequent early reports in March-June were met with successful rapid response. However, beginning in July, reports began to increase beyond the capacity and range of available trained responders. To help combat the growing problem, REEF introduced over 100 on-the-water professionals to the latest lionfish information and collecting and handling techniques during workshops held in Key Largo, Marathon and Key West earlier this Fall. The workshops were funded by the NOAA Aquatic Invasive Species Program.
Because most Florida Keys reefs are managed under the guidance of the FKNMS and some of the most visited sites are no-take Sanctuary Protected Areas, special protocols and permits were developed to allow removal of lionfish in safe, effective and environmentally considerate manners. The goal of the program is to continue to track sightings and remove lionfish as soon as they are sighted to minimize impacts on key reef areas. Successful control of invasive lionfish requires adaptive management to include involving the general public and REEF is proud to be a part of this effort. With a large corps of dive professionals trained and additional workshops planned for early next year, the Keys are working to stay ahead of the invasion through early detection and rapid response. To report a lionfish sighting, visit REEF's Exotic Species Sighting Form -- http://www.reef.org/programs/exotic/report For more information on the program or to join in future workshops, contact Lad Akins at firstname.lastname@example.com or call REEF HQ at (305) 852-0030.
REEF Field Surveys - Take a dive vacation that counts! There's still some space left on a few of the Field Surveys in 2010. Destinations include Cozumel with Sheryl Shea, Key Largo with Ned and Anna DeLoach, Bonaire with Jessie Armacost, and Grand Cayman with Lad Akins. These trips all offer unique treasures and are sure to please every level of diver as well as beauty above water for your non-diving companions. Join us on one of these exciting weeks full of fish ID, friendship, new discoveries and great memories! Our full field survey schedule, trip details, and sign up information can be found here.
New Field Stations - Welcome to our newest Field Stations who have joined us in the last month. Field Stations are shops, charters, instructors and organizations that support REEF in many ways - offering classes, REEF survey opportunities, stocking survey supplies, etc. For more information and to check out the other 170+ REEF Field Stations, go to the Field Station page on the REEF website.
REEF is proud to partner with over 130 dive shops, dive clubs, individuals and other organizations as REEF Field Stations.
This month we feature Naknek Charters and Diving, based in Friday Harbor on San Juan Island in Washington State. They became a REEF Field Station in October of 2008. Owners Kurt and Peggy Long first got involved with REEF about 10 years ago when they were on a liveaboard dive charter in the British Virgin Islands, and took an onboard REEF Fish ID class. Since then, Kurt has gone on to submit many surveys and has advanced up to REEF Level 5, and is now on the Pacific NW Advanced Assessment Team. One of the reasons that they became a Field Station was because they were very interested in educating divers and the public in general about the wonderful critters that live under the water. Peggy writes, "We live in a beautiful area with an abundance of wildlife. We want the public to realize that the beauty extends to the underwater world. This is America's best year-round cold water diving destination - we have walls, current, fish life. In other words we have it all!"
So what Field Station activities have they chosen to put into action? "Our goal is to hold a REEF weekend at least twice a year. This involves a Saturday morning class with a two-tank boat dive in the afternoon. We also offer an optional two-tank dive on Sunday. This is a great way for divers to learn about fish ID and helps them put that knowledge into practice. We sell REEF slates in our shop and our boat is identified with REEF decals." Peggy and Kurt have a 45' charter boat that can hold 14 divers and they run charters year round.


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CHICAGO – The families who get suckered into the truly horrendous "Ice Age: Continental Drift" should be angry. Not only does it fail when compared to the best animation of the year ("Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted," "The Pirates! A Band of Misfits," "The Secret World of Arrietty," "Brave") but it's less entertaining than most children's television.
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Kate Hudson Reveals Hell in 'A Little Bit of Heaven'Submitted by PatrickMcD on May 4, 2012 - 7:23am
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CHICAGO – Kate Hudson portrays a dying woman in "A Little Bit of Heaven," and the film is so annoying that her extinguishment can't come fast enough. The film insults both living and dying, and virtually everything in between, and brings along Lucy Punch, Kathy Bates, Gael Garciá Bernal, Peter Dinklage and Whoopi Goldberg for the funeral.
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CHICAGO – For the life of me, I couldn't exorcise it from my head. Amid all the splendor of such a picturesque film, this one question was like a gnat I couldn't swat: "Is this really rated 'PG'?" Indeed, "The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian" is rated "PG". But that didn't come without great scrutiny and much editing.


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Protecting the environment and tackling climate change
Environment monitoring helps to better understand and mitigate climate change by providing crucial information on vegetation, ocean currents, natural resources, pollution, air and water quality, and changes in greenhouse gases to name only a few. This is especially important given the growing concerns over climate change and its mitigation. Real-time observation can ensure the best use of our natural resources, monitor pollution and enable a fast response to natural disasters.
Deployment of the Copernicus system previously known as the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) system, is the EU and ESA contribution to this field of activity. Copernicus is part of a global system known as the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS).
Following the signing of the Delegation Agreement between the European Commission and ESA on 28 February 2008, a set of satellites for Copernicus are being developed and delivered by the ESA. ESA is responsible for the coordination of all European contributions to the Copernicus Space Component, in line with user needs.
Optimising transport
A high-level of accuracy in positioning, navigation and timing via satellites contributes significantly to a modern and reliable transport sector for cars, planes and ships, e.g. fleet management, vessel traceability, collision prevention, speed control and assistance for ship manoeuvres.
High-precision satellite radio navigation hugely benefits transport policy, enabling users to determine with great accuracy their position and therefore improve their navigation capability. Some examples are ship and lorry fleet management, improving the monitoring of road and rail traffic, assisting in the mobilisation of emergency services and tracking goods in real-time as they move through the various transport systems. It is also expected that air-traffic control can be revolutionised.
With the advent of the European Galileo system, satellite navigation services will be more precise, quality assured and continuously available.
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