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Dortmund Rises From the Ashes
From European champions to near bankruptcy, Borussia is on the verge of glory again
DORTMUND, Germany—If it seems like Borussia Dortmund is a surprise candidate to win the Bundesliga championship this year, you're not mistaken.
Before this season, the team hadn't occupied top spot in the standings in almost a decade, had a 28-man roster which included 17 players aged 22 or younger, and had posted an average finishing position over the last six seasons of eighth place.
But as Dortmund prepares to play host to Nuremberg on Saturday, it is on the verge of an unlikely triumph. Thanks to a high-tempo, attacking style that draws on the speed and energy of German football's youngest team, Dortmund has bamboozled opponents all season, currently sits five points clear at the top of the table with three games remaining, and can clinch the title with a win at its Signal Iduna Park stadium this weekend.
"We all know what's at stake," said Roman Weidenfeller, the Dortmund goalkeeper.
"We are an extraordinary team, with an extraordinary season behind us and we want to have an extraordinary end to it."
As meteoric as Dortmund's rise may seem to outsiders, the team's emergence this season is actually the result of a careful long-term strategy and signals the club's recovery from a period of financial recklessness that saw it tumble from the summit of the European game and almost go broke.
Only a decade ago, Dortmund was one of Europe's leading clubs: In 1997, the team won the Champions League with a 3-1 defeat of Juventus and, in 2002, celebrated its third Bundesliga title in seven years and reached the final of the UEFA Cup, losing to Dutch side Feyenoord.
But in an effort to maintain those standards, the team gambled on a bunch of expensive foreign stars—and quickly fell apart. The following season, it failed to qualify for the lucrative Champions League and Dortmund soon found itself in the lower reaches of the table, some $140 million in debt and on the verge of insolvency.
The club escaped bankruptcy in 2006 through a last-minute deal with Morgan Stanley and subsequently drew up a bold new blueprint to return the team to the upper echelons of German football.
"We wanted maximum success in our sport without adding a single cent of debt," said Dortmund chief executive Hans-Joachim Watzke, who played a key role in orchestrating the club's rescue in 2006 and has helped to bring Dortmund back on solid financial footing.
"[So] we focused on young, highly talented players to play modern, high-speed football."
The decision to focus on youth was a timely one. Following the country's humiliating first-round exit in the European Championship in 2000, the German Football Association, or DFB, had implemented a broad initiative to foster young talent and rejuvenate the national team.
Since then, the 18 Bundesliga clubs have almost doubled their annual spending on youth development, from €48 million ($70.4 million) in 2002-03 to €83 million last season, according to data from the league association.
The result has been a new generation of faster, technically superior players uniquely suited to the system imposed by Dortmund coach Jürgen Klopp, who joined the team in 2008—an organized, fast-paced style that is equal parts inspiration and perspiration and preaches constant movement.
Armed with a roster of young guns who don't tire easily and regenerate quickly, Klopp's team has taken the Bundesliga by storm: Inspired by forwards Mario Götze and Kevin Grosskreutz, midfielder Nuri Sahin and full-back Marcel Schmelzer, Dortmund has won 21 of its 31 games this season, scored 62 goals and surrendered just 19, and has led the standings since November.
More important to the fans of this 101-year-old club, which draws an average attendance of roughly 76,000 fans to its home games, the second-highest figure in Europe, it has allowed Dortmund to steal the spotlight from its bitter rival Schalke, whose own run to the semifinals of the Champions League has helped put Germany's industrial Ruhrgebiet region back on the football map.
"We don't envy Schalke for being successful in this year's Champions League," said Dirk Zimmermann, a 31-year-old member of Borussen Fans Herne fanclub.
"Dortmund will win the national league and let Schalke come closer to the Bundesliga trophy than they have been in previous decades."
Zimmermann says today's young squad is more accessible for the fans as they relate much more to the club than the players ten years ago used to. "Back then, the players were mainly concerned about themselves," he said.
For all that Dortmund looks certain to win the title this year, the biggest challenge could be finding a way to retain its core of young players.
Inter Milan and Real Madrid have both sent scouts to watch the team's midfield general, Nuri Sahin, in recent weeks, while Götze has been linked by some newspapers with a summer move to Barcelona or Manchester United.
Dortmund can't match the resources of the world's richest clubs—the team is the world's 22nd-biggest football club by revenue, with $155 million during the 2009-10 season according to Deloitte's Football Money League report.
However, Watzke hopes the club's stable structure and commitment to developing its players will persuade the top stars to stay put. In addition, five of Dortmund's youngsters joined Germany's national squad this year.
"It might sound anachronistic, but values such as trust and loyalty are important for us," he says


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Heart disease, also called cardiovascular (say: kar-dee-oh-vas-kyoo-lur) disease, mainly affects older people and means that there are problems with the heart and blood vessels.
You might know someone who has cardiovascular disease because 61 million Americans have some form of it. This disease includes a variety of problems, including high blood pressure, hardening of the arteries, chest pain, heart attacks, and strokes.
The heart is the center of the cardiovascular system. Through the body's blood vessels, the heart pumps blood to all of the body's cells. The blood carries oxygen, which the cells need. Cardiovascular disease is a group of problems that occur when the heart and blood vessels aren't working the way they should.
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Heart disease isn't contagious — you can't catch it like you can the flu or a cold. Instead, certain things increase a person's chances of getting cardiovascular disease. Doctors call these things risk factors.
Some of these risk factors a person can't do anything about, like being older and having other people in the family who have had the same problems. But people do have control over some risk factors — smoking, having high blood pressure, being overweight, and not exercising can increase the risk of getting cardiovascular disease.
Many people do not realize they have cardiovascular disease until they have chest pain, a heart attack, or stroke. These kinds of problems often need immediate attention and the person may need to go to the emergency department of a hospital.
If it's not an emergency and a doctor suspects the person could have cardiovascular disease, the doctor can do some tests to find out more about how the heart and blood vessels are working. These tests include:
If a patient has cardiovascular disease, the doctor will talk about how stopping smoking, losing weight, eating a healthy diet, and getting exercise can help. The person also may need to take medicine, have surgery, or both.
There are different surgeries for the heart and blood vessels. These include:
If someone you know is getting one of these operations, you might feel worried. The good news is that these surgeries can help prevent heart attacks, strokes, and other problems. The amount of time the person will need to spend in the hospital will vary, depending on the operation and the person's health. The person may be tired and worn out after the surgery, but you can help by making a "Get Well" card and paying a visit.
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1) I have found that the Psylo I'm running right now feels alot more nimble than the Z1. Between the 80mm and the 125mm settings it just steers alot quicker, which I really like.
2)Despite being a little bit more narrower than the 2004 Z1, my psylo can fit a bigger tire on it than I could with the Z1. On the Z1, a 26x2.5 michelin fit in the Z1 by a very small bit. With the psylo, it makes the comp 24.1 I run on front look like a small xc tire.
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Marketing execs falling behind the digital learning curve
Jun 28th
One of the best parts of my job is having the privilege of observing the inner-workings of companies and their struggle to become a digital literate (and hopefully, digital leading) company.
This is NOT an easy process. In fact, it can be gut-wrenching.
Many of today's marketing executives grew up in a less-complicated and relatively mature world of TV and print advertising. Not only are they not digital experts, they may not even know enough to ask the right questions that will lead to a successful strategy.
The urgent push to digital
Some companies aren't making it. Kodak, the dominant market leader for decades could not make the transition to digital and is bankrupt.
Others are re-training aggressively. Johnson & Johnson, one of my customers, is re-training all of their marketing personnel to rapidly improve their digital competencies.
Procter & Gamble recently jettisoned nearly 2,000 marketers, partly as an effort to re-tool and re-align skillsets with strategy and market needs.
I think all of this activity confirms one of the themes of this blog — social media success is not going to be a function of marketing vision or budget. It's going to rely on radical organizational transformation.
A new study by Jeffrey F. Rayport and Tuck Rickards and reported by The Harvard Business Review seems to confirm that companies are simply not moving fast enough.
We are losing the race
The report states that only nine companies — less than two percent of the Fortune 500 — would be regarded as having a "highly digital" orientation. To be highly digital, a company must pass four tests: it generates a high percentage of revenues digitally; its leadership (both the CEO and the Board) has deep digital experience; it does business significantly enabled by digital channels; and it's recognized as transformational in its industry.
It's no news that technology companies — Amazon, Apple, Cisco, Dell, HP, Google, Intel, Microsoft, and Oracle — have boards and executive leadership that are strong in digital expertise.
But boards are also on their way to becoming highly digital in sectors where you would least expect it: Pepsi, Wal-Mart, Ingram Micro, Sysco, Berkshire Hathaway and FedEx.
The authors state: "Given the increasing influence, even dominance, of social and mobile technologies, we expect to see a similar evolution take place in more 'unlikely' sectors: health care, industrial goods, natural resources."
"It's clear the tide is turning — and it's turning fast," the authors state. "We believe it's no coincidence that the largest and most successful companies in our economy are leading this change. Just consider what some established companies have done recently to address their digital capabilities gap at the highest levels of leadership and governance."
What are you seeing out there? How is your company making the digital transformation? Is it slow and steady? Is there a sense of urgency? Or, are you like many companies who are falling behind?
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It's easy to buy attention but can you earn it?
Jun 27th
By Srinivas Rao, Contributing {grow} Columnist
As the social web gets flooded with content creators, the supply of attention is decreasing while the demand is increasing. If you've ever taken an economics class, then you know that this causes the price of attention to rise. Attention isn't available at bargain basement prices. Even if you manage to get it cheap, it won't last long. There's a big difference between building a tribe and getting an audience.
Attention is a form a of currency on the social web.
I've always said that attention is a form of currency on the social web. When people choose to spend theirs with you, treat them accordingly. Embrace the nature of social conversations.
And the attention of an audience can be bought!
Anybody can get the attention of an audience. You can buy ads, and drive tons of traffic to your blog or company web site. But it's one thing to get somebody's attention and something entirely different to keep it.
Characteristics of a Tribe
1. The Attention of a tribe must be earned
The attention of a tribe is something that grows over time. It's created through a combination of great content, relationships and trust. It must be earned.
2. Members of a Tribe Will Defend Their Leader
A few weeks ago I wrote a post that really hit a nerve with one of my readers. He went so far as to say that I should be ashamed of my content and was doing a disservice to humanity (not exactly a light criticism). This was after my reply to his original comment. Rather than engage him, I decided to direct my energy towards something more positive. A few days later I went back to check on the comment thread ou`t of curiosity and noticed that a number of my readers had come to my defense. When you've truly built a tribe they'll become loyal, they'll sing your praises and defend you.
3. A Tribe is There by Choice
Unlike an audience who you can force to end up at your blog through ads, or a blog post that went viral, a tribe is there by choice. A tribe keeps coming back every single day. A tribe looks forward to your insights, products,ideas, and content.
4. Members of a Tribe Recruit Other Members
If you talk to anybody who has built a sizable audience, they will tell you to get really clear on who your audience is. It may seem counterintuitive. But once you figure who your message is not for, you'll attract the people who it is for in droves. Existing readers and tribe members will recruit the others. You don't need millions of people following your work, just the ones who really care.
5.The Ultimate Sign That You've Built a Tribe
If you want the ultimate test for your whether or not you've built a tribe, disappear for a week without telling anybody. A tribe will notice if their leader is missing. If nobody notices that you're gone, you've probably got some work to do.
So, now you have to ask yourself: Are you building an audience or a tribe? There's a big difference. It takes time, effort and a genuine desire to make a difference in order to build a tribe.
Srinivas Rao writes about the things you should have learned in school, but never did and his the host-co founder of BlogcastFM. You can follow him on twitter @skooloflife
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Blog comments are serious business
Jun 26th
If you have a company blog, you're probably dying to drum up a few comments that can lead to a community. yet established bloggers have some surprisingly diverse views on the value of commenting and engagement.
Gini Dietrich revved up an interesting debate last week with her examination of blog commenting strategies but I think some important points were missed and I'd like to add my voice to the discussion.
Gini identified three blog comment "camps" …
- No one comments.
- The blogger leaves the comments open for everyone to debate, argue, or agree with one another, but the blogger rarely responds;
- The blogger replies to every comment left on his or her blog post
… and she concludes that none of them are necessarily a predictor of success. There are widely-read blogs in all categories. Her position, and I agree, is that it's your blog and you can do anything you want with it.
Mitch Joel responded with a post called the Disease Called Blogging and explained his own interesting position on blog commenting:
I don't think that the blog comments are my responsibility. It's not a dialogue between the blogger and the reader … I have the spotlight already. The blog comments are your space to shine. The blog comments are not about me and how I respond.
As I perused the posts and the many ensuing comments, there were two big points that I think have been overlooked.
Comments create community, community creates benefits. The community here on {grow} has become an essential part of my business and personal life. Through the blog community, I have made great friends and business partners. I've found a group of people who are interested enough in me to maybe even hire me, buy one of my books, or ask me to speak at their event. I've hired people from the blog community, provided referrals, and provided help and counsel. The business benefits of blogging have been incredible.
Point number one: If you are writing a blog, why don't you want to have a supportive community? How can you create a community if you don't engage? Engaging just makes good business sense.
It's not just a comment. It's a gift. Nearly everyone I know would describe their lives somewhere between "busy" and "swamped." But somehow, each day dozens of people take some of their time — life's most precious commodity — and devote it to me and this community through the form of a blog comment. Wow. That is just so humbling. I never, ever take a blog comment for granted. What a gift.
Point number two: A comment is an amazing gift of somebody's time and talent. How can you simply ignore that?
For these reasons, I try to respond to every comment, even if it is a simple "thank you." Sometimes it's at 1 in the morning, sometimes it is a day or two late, but I do try to respond. It's not easy, but it's important that I show you gratitude and respect.
If you're a blogger, do you recall the wonder and excitement of the first comment you ever received? Did you respond? Of course you did. I still feel that excitement every day and I hope I never get to the point where I take my community for granted. if I do, you have my permission to give me a swift kick in the ass.
I can't promise responses on every single post or every single comment (especially if it is simply people nodding in agreement), but I wanted to explain the reasons behind my commenting philosophy.
Where do you fall on the commenting continuum, and why?
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Understanding the true nature of the social media marketplace
Jun 24th
OK … Stick with me for one minute. We're going back in time about 1,000 years but I promise it's going to come back to a great lesson about social media and marketing. Here we go.
As far as scholars can tell, formal marketplaces were first created in Europe around the year 1,000 AD. They solved a problem. Villages were competing with other villages for commerce. Unlicensed hucksters went from town to town and the whole thing was rather inefficient until a few rules were applied to the whole mess, usually by the local church leaders.
Here were some of the characteristics of these newly-organized markets:
It was highly personal and interactive. You stood face to face with your seller, looked them in the eye, and bought with a firm handshake. You purchased goods from people you knew and trusted. The market was transparent. The goods came from a farm or workshop right to the market.
There was immediacy. If somebody felt wronged or cheated, you knew it right away. Feedback on quality, service, and pricing was constant and immediate.
Success depended on word of mouth recommendations. There was no advertising, mass media, or marketing plans. If you wronged a buyer, word would spread throughout your marketplace like a plague. So you needed to treat people right … and maybe even do a little extra for your power buyers.
There were severe penalties for cheating. Like getting hung. Or losing a hand. Stuff like that.
I think you're starting to see where I am going with this?
The fact of the matter is that these values and expectations have been shared between buyers and sellers for centuries. We simply interrupted the natural course of business for about 100 years with the introduction of mass media. We learned that we can sell very efficiently by broadcasting ads through radio, TV and the Internet — and we still can — but we also created a digital divide between ourselves and our customers. The human side of business that people crave was disengaged when we turned to mass advertising.
The social web is simply bringing us back to our marketplace roots where personal connection, immediacy, and word of mouth validation are the most important marketing considerations. And if you cheat, you may not get hung today, but you will certainly be hung out to dry by angry customers with the power to publish their reviews for the world to see.
I think this is a powerful analogy to help managers who have grown up in the mass media world understand what's happening now. It's not really anything to be afraid of. The world is simply returning to a form of buying and selling that has been preferred for most of recorded history. Be human, be honest, be transparent, and pay attention to the feedback.
Make sense? Let me know what you think in the comment section.
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Easy brain age of 20
There is a easy trick for the brain age of 20 and its pretty simple,
HIT THE GUIDE BUTTON at all daily challenges,then it pauses you're game,
You can pause you're game whenever you want at any daily test.
But it doesn't work if you are going for the A+ achievement.
(Some test you can pause 4 A+but not all,like the daily tests)
i hope this helps got my 2 achievements verry quick this way:p
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Alright, thanks, sounds like a good trick.
why pause the game?how does this help you get a brain age of 20?
How does this work ?
You would have a better chance at A+ if the game had better response. Its a bit wobbly, if you know what I mean. Pause is a dirty word for some but it got me A+ for 3/4 of the games.
Is there a list of which games this works on? I tried but it increased the average time by a couple of seconds compared to not pausing.
for the memory/maths games it would help, and on the faster bit of games like traffic control then it'd help you get into position
personally I'd rather use the game to get there myself, as I'd then actually have a brain age that young - on the DS I had an age of 24, which is about 20 years younger than my actual age :-P
I have no clue what this is supposed to mean or help with.
You mean like get a math game, hit pause when the numbers come up and then unpause after you are done the math in your head?
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Ashim Ahluwalia is one proud man as his film, Miss Lovely, finds its way to the prestigious Cannes Film Festival. This turn shines a light on the the subject of the C-Grade films which were once regularly churned out by the entertainment industry. Until the era of multiplexes changed their destiny, they constituted an integral part of the business. These films still have a niche in small towns, but without Miss Lovely, their former legacy might have been all but forgotten.
For the generation that reached adulthood a decade or so ago, when the Internet was still evolving and there were none too many outlets for one's sexual curiosity, C-Grade films served as a means for audience members with particularly bold interests to find answers to their questions. The director himself had such experiences to draw inspiration from, having followed the genre during his youth at various cinema halls in Grant Road, Mumbai. He remembers that most of them were ostensibly Malayalam movies, but had clippings of blue films interspersed here and there.
Ashim Ahluwalia's film has been entered into the respected Un Certain Regard section at Cannes, where it opened on 16th May, 2012. He followed in the footsteps of Vikramaditya Motwani, whose masterpiece Udaan was also screened under the same category.
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1Clean all of the nail polish off your nails. If you have stains on them, file the part of your nail that you put nail polish on down and buff it until it is stain-free and shiny.
2File the top part of your nail down to make it look more rectangular.
3Press down your cuticles with a wet wipe until you feel it hurt slightly. Don't push it down too far or it will bleed.
4Put a clear base coat on your nails. Make sure to put the brush down by the cuticles and swipe upwards to create a smooth texture. Additionally, make sure that there is no excess base coat on your cuticle or finger.
5Put a nude color on your nails. Choose a pastel such as a light, pretty pink. Apply two coats of it.
6Make sure your color is dry. Now you will need a white nail polish. Put the french tip stickers right at the beginning of the white of your nail.
7Carefully paint your white nail polish right above the nail sticker.
8Wait until all nail polish is dry. When it's done, carefully remove the nail sticker.
9Put on a clear topcoat to secure the nail polish. Wait until everything's dry, and you're good to go!
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- Don't apply too thick of a coat of nail polish or else it will create little air bubbles.
- Try adding a second layer of top coat for extra shine and protection.
- File your nails in one direction to prevent splitting.
- Use nail polish remover and a cotton bud to clean up the edges.
- Try using tape to get the perfect french tip!
- Don't use dark colors as a base coat.
- This manicure will not look EXACTLY like acrylic nails.
- This manicure will take quite a bit of time to do it right.
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- A nude color of nail polish
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Español: hacer que las uñas naturales se vean como uñas acrílicas, Português: Fazer Unhas Naturais Parecerem Postiças
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How to Get over a Friend Who Backstabbed You
Getting over a backstabbing friend is easier said than done. The backstab can come out of nowhere and make you feel like you've never even known that person at all. The following are steps to help get over the situation.
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1Accept that it happened.
2Give some thought to why it happened, and what may have caused it. Were you nasty to this person? If you were really close to them, an option is to forgive and forget.
3Learn what not to do next time to prevent someone from taking advantage of you.
4Tell yourself that you deserve better.
5Move on if the person doesn't care and continues hurting you.
6Walk with your head high and make new friends.
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- Try to take the situation with maturity. As hard as it is, you don't want to do to them what they did to you by talking behind their back. Take the high road.
- Remember to be civil. Do NOT add fuel to the flames. If they have been especially cruel to you, they are not worth having as a friend.
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This is what awaits you:We would like to gladly welcome you to the Mentana Hotel. Use the lift to access the upper floors of our comfy hotel. Where you will stayA hand-held blow-dryer,...
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We would like to gladly welcome you to the Mentana Hotel.
Use the lift to access the upper floors of our comfy hotel.
Where you will stay
A hand-held blow-dryer, air-conditioning and a minibar stocked with mouth-watering goodies can be found in all of our hotel rooms. Having a desk in your room is standard in our hotel. All of the hotel rooms have satellite TV. With our compliments The hotel includes a convenient phone in all of the rooms for you to keep in contact with your loved ones.
You will find located in your room a shower, a bathtub and a hairdryer.
The windows in each of the hotel's rooms are sound proof.
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City tax: eur 5,00 per person per night to pay directly at the hotel (from 04.12.2013).
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- Single rooms: 16
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- Reception open day and night
- Safe deposit box at reception
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This old curch that was planned by Szenczy Istvan in 1772 is one of the oldest buildings on the beautiful Republici boulevard. The building also operates as a high school that called after the famous poet Ady Endre.
Today the building need a lot of renovation.
My favorite thing about it its the night view, it is lighted in a special way... i saw it a lot from my hotel window by night... :))
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Thursday, May 22, 2008
It's Picnic Time
Stay tuned for a blog celebration announcement a little later on. Check out my counter -- 100K -- how'd that happen?! I can't even believe! Woo hoo!
Stamps: It's Picnic Time (H&M Stamps); Stitched (Stampin' Up!)
Paper: Papertrey White, Wild Wasabi, Basic Black, Certainly Celery, Ruby Red
Ink: Onyx Black Versafine, White craft, Creamy Caramel, Close to Cocoa, Ruby Red, So Saffron, Certainly Celery, Old Olive
Accessories: paper piercer, ticket corner punch, black gingham ribbon, corner rounder, key tag punch, Ruby Red button, linen thread, sponge daubers
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Wow, looks yummy! What a cool card!!ReplyDelete
Wow, you did an outstanding job painting with your aquapainter. I can't seem to get the hang of it. My brush always seems too wet, even after I suck the water out of the tip with a paper towel. Oh well. Love this card!ReplyDelete
I love this card, Amy. It is so cute. By the way, I check out your blog every day, although this is the first time I've made a comment. Thanks so much for the inspiration!ReplyDelete
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i love this card amy and i love that image! :)ReplyDelete
lovely coloring on that sandwich - and such an adorable card. such wonderful little details that are so very you :-) (every time i see you use that ticket corner punch i want it... LOL... cant wait to get mine ha!)ReplyDelete
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PENTAX Introduces a Lightweight, Ultra Thin 40mm Limited Lens For Digital SLRs
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As part of the PENTAX Limited Series, the lens will offer exceptional image quality and construction, high contrast, high resolution, and minimal aberrations. Also compatible with the ist D digital SLR, this ultra thin lens will offer overall maneuverability during shooting as well as portability and storage convenience. This everyday standard lens will provide outstanding performance in a range of applications including snapshots, portraiture, indoor shooting and landscape photography.
Featuring a sophisticated appearance that incorporates an aluminum lens barrel, hood and cap, the lens offers a perspective similar to the naked eye with its 40mm focal length (equivalent to 61mm in the 35mm format), a large maximum aperture of F2.8, and a minimum focusing distance of 40 centimeters.
The PENTAX DA 40mm also features the PENTAX Quick Shift Focus System for instant switching to manual focus operation, a nine blade diaphragm to assure true-to-life reproduction of out-of-focus areas, and filter attachment versatility (a 49mm-size filter on the lens or a 30.5mm-size filter on the lens hood).
The PENTAX DA 40mm F2.8 Limited lens will ship in FEBRUARY 2005.
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Merrell Men's Moab Mid Waterproof Hiking Boots
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Take nature by storm in the Merrell® Men's Moab Mid waterproof hiking boot. Waterproof Duraleather and mesh upper materials ensure durability and flexibility for ultimate performance, while an Ortholite® anatomical footbed increases cushioning to soothe active feet after a long day on the trails. The Vibram® multi-sport outsole with TC5+ rubber grips rugged, natural terrain so you can trek safely anywhere in the Moab.
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- Vibram® multi-sport outsole with TC5+ rubber delivers exceptional grip on rugged outdoor terrain
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If you were a U.S. Doctor Who fan — sorry, Whovian — back in the 1980s, then this will be a gateway to a forgotten past. When PBS stations were the only place to see the classic Who serials — before DVDs — fans would get dressed up and volunteer to staff the phones during pledge breaks, to keep the show on the air. I love the woman in the Prisoner outfit doing the trivia questions and accidentally reading out the answers. Actually, this seems to be one of the PBS stations that actually put fans in front of the camera, so there's no talk about "Day-leks" and the like.
The best part is the woman waving the "TIME LADY LIB" sign.
Oh, and I'm drinking out of one of those "disappearing TARDIS" mugs as I write this — but sadly, after years of hot liquids going into the thing, the TARDIS has pretty much disappeared permanently. You can just make out the outline.
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"Periyar/ Thekkady/ Kumily" Top 5 Page for this destination Periyar Sanctuary by suvanki
Periyar Sanctuary Travel Guide: 51 reviews and 119 photos
0600 hrs New Years Day, I don't usually see!! Normally I'm brewing a hangover after the nights festivities, This year saw me up and ready for an early morning boat trip around Periyars lake to hopefully spot animals feeding.
Periyar is in the Western Ghats, 4km from the nearest town of Kumily.
Within the 777 sq km of forest and grassland, inhabitants include monkeys, antelope, wild boar, bison, and various birds, reptiles and insects.
The Big Two, that people come in the hope of seeing, are elephants and tiger, but as there are estimated to be less than 40 tigers, sightings are very rare. We were warned that we might not see much wildlife on our 2 hour boatride around the lake.
The lake was created in 1895 to provide water for the area, by flooding 26 sq km of land.
One of the first sightings of wildlife was of black cormorants, perched on the tree trunks that jut out of the water (remains of the forest that was flooded by the forming of the lake) They were quite eerie, perching with wings outstretched, to dry their feathers as the early morning sun broke through the mist. Wild boar were seen drinking by the waters edge, as kingfishers and other brightly feathered birds flitted about. Higher up, birds of prey soared over the hill tops.
Although we hadn't seen any elephants, and to see a tiger is on my Top 10 of things to see, I had enjoyed the scenery and calm atmosphere of the lake.
My thoughts had turned to breakfast, as we headed back to the quay. I hadn't eaten since last night (Last year in fact!!)
Suddenly there was a shout from the boat captain, as he pointed towards nearby trees, he turned the boat into a clearing in time to see an elephant lumbering towards the water, followed by a smaller elephant, then 2 babies! These were later joined by The old Colonel!
We spent quite a while transfixed by the antics of the babies drinking and throwing mud onto their backs by using their trunks. A very happy memory of Periyar!
After breakfast, we set off to visit a tea plantation and factory.
Although Munnar is the largest producer of tea in the world!, there isn't the opportunity to visit the factories there. We were told this was due to the owners wanting to keep their production methods secret.
At the factory we saw how tea is processed, and graded from the premium tips to the dustings which go into tea bags.
Afterwards we spent a while watching the women skilfully picking the tea, using special tools like shears, with a small sack attached to catch the clippings. It looked like back breaking work!
Some were taking a break, and I was invited to join them for a cup of sweet black tea, just how I drink it normally!
We then drove to a spice plantation, where our guide identified the various spices, that we usually see in their dried state. Coffee beans were also growing there.
Next, we went to an organic spice garden, owned by the Abraham family, who showed us round. The owner had a vast knowledge, and gave us a fascinating insight into spice growing.
We had the chance to buy spices from a shop in Kumily, all good quality, and cheaper than back home, especially saffron, which is grown in N. India.
We then returned to Spice Village for lunch and swimming.
Although we'd passed through many villages and towns on our journey to Periyar, I was itching to get a closer look at the shops, and experience something of the local atmosphere. As we had the afternoon free, I seized my chance.
Kumily is a small town, a short walk from my accomodation at Spice Village. Auto rickshaws (Tuk Tuks) regularly pass by this route.
Walking into the town passing shops and shacks, selling spices, souvenirs, fresh fruit and veg, cool drinks and bowls of spicy dishes, I noticed a crowd were gathered either side of the street.
Sari clad girls were lined either side of a passage way, holding platters with petals.
I was told that they were expecting the chief officer of tourism.
A group of lunghi clad men were beating rythyms on drums, alternating with another band, who resembled an American marching band. They were then joined by 2 Kathakali performers.
After waiting an hour, nothing was happening, so I decided to explore the town. The street was lined with more small shops and shacks, with a market and another area with seating under a large canopy, presumably for the visiting dignitaries.
A convey of cars sped by containing the VIP's, so I hurriedly returned to view the proceedings.
The crowd surged forward, and TV cameras appeared, as the chief of tourism walked through the 2 lines of girls who scattered the petals on the path in front of him, into the tourism office.
Shortly he reappeared and a procession of VIP's, followed by the drummers, band and girls carrying their platters with a burning candle, headed back up the road.
I started to head back to Spice Village, stopping to watch a mahout (elephant keeper) and his elephant, then remembered I hadn't sent any post cards home.
I spotted some outside a shop and went in to chose a few. As is usual, the shopkeeper started to bring out other goods, I tried to resist, but when he brought out a beautiful pashmina, and an equally gorgeous silk scarf, I gave up the fight. After some long and hard haggling over tea and cakes (and me returning to my hotel for a while to decide what I wanted to buy) I bought both, for less than half the price he'd asked for 1 item. The real bargain being the fun haggling and the conversation I'd had.
A great day, and I'm really glad that I ventured upto Kumily, to see a bit of local colour.
- Pros:Beautiful Scenery, wildlife. Local life in Kumily
- Cons:May not get to see any wildlife, can get busy, might have a long wait for a boat.
- In a nutshell:Wow!
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Very good photos and interesting tips
They are helping us to prepare our next trip to India
Thank you Gracias !!!
Hi Sue, great page on Periyar, I`m going there myself in January 2009 (part of a long India tour). The elephant pics are great ! Best regards, Michael
A stranger no more. Great pages and tips.
hey this is a cofee plant not pepper.......
Lovely, lovely photo's...really captured the magic! Blu
I think you followed the Kottayam-Kumali road to reach Periyar sanctuary. A better alternative route is there ie, Kottayam-pala-vagamon-kumilymuch much beautiful than the other route
Hi Nice pages.. I must have been to these places over 100 times, as part of my job with Manos as a tour guide... still loves to go back.. Periyar is my most favourite place...
Bats! I was sold until you mentioned the bats. Superbly written page.
Well, you were in India too! You have to go back then 4 the tigers!!!
seems interesting :-) i liked all the pictures here. :-)
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HOUMA -- A new coffee shop, Java Joz Coffee and More, is scheduled to open in July. It will be on Main Street near Martin Luther King Boulevard, in the parking lot of Rouses Supermarket.
Houma resident, Sue Verdin, a self-proclaimed coffee lover came up with the idea to establish a coffee shop drive-through for people who, like her, were always on the go.
"I like my coffee and I think a lot of people who also enjoy it and dont have the time to prepare it would like to have the convenience of a drive-through," the mother of two said. Shes also a wife, a part-time student at Fletcher Community College in Houma and, now, a business entrepreneur.
Verdin said she thought about opening a coffee shop for a long time, but she her husband Rickey waited until their youngest child got a little older.
Their daughter, Nicole Alvis, and niece, Melanie Barkley, will help run the family business.
Java Joz Coffee and More, an 8-by-26 building under construction somewhere in North Carolina, will be delivered in the next few weeks.
In addition to specialty coffees, the shop will offer a wide variety of other drinks including chai teas, smoothies, fruit juices and chocolate.
Verdin said the store will also serve homemade pastries and dog treats.
"We would like to have a little bit of everything for everybody. Whether it is your friends, your husband, your wife, your father, your kids and even your dog," Verdin said.
Store hours are 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays and 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays.
Florida-based Java Joz is a quick-serve coffee shop industry that began operation in 1999 with about 200 franchise and independent licensed owners nationwide.
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HOUMA -- The Leadership Terrebonne Alumni Association will hold its annual luncheon meeting from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Aug. 8 at the Ramada Inn, 1400 W. Tunnel Blvd., Houma.
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GOVERNMENT $PENDING: Poor-mouthing locals fund froth
Much like this guy, Riverside's vampiric "newsletter" just won't to die. (AP)
If you like vampires, you'll love "Explore Riverside," the so-called newsletter that refuses to die.
If you prefer to pause before paintings as you pull a plumbing permit, RivCo's Administrative Center is the place for you.
But should local governments, which burst into song — "Weeee ain't got no money!" — whenever it suits them, be funding froth?
The city faked "Explore Riverside's" death in 2012: "In an effort to be fiscally responsible" the newsletter "will no longer be distributed in paper form."� This would save (or free up) $115K a year — the cost of four glossy mailers at the time.
The death was short-lived. Feb. 2013: "…the city has decided to continue the print edition of Explore Riverside� through the current fiscal year." (Funeral services scheduled for July 1, 2013.)
But no! Two editions of "Explore" have been published this FY, including one that arrived a few days ago. One more to come. The City Council approved this in August. Total annual cost to produce and mail at least 122,000 of each edition: $183K.
If that sounds like more than the $115K the city quoted a few years ago, it is. And, says the city, it isn't. That's because the slick-o "Explore" is a wrap-around for another (actually useful) publication: the "Activity Guide" put out by Parks & Rec. Combining the two, says the city "saved" $59,000. Which raises a question: Why combine the two?
Three activity guides, detailed schedules of city programs ranging from kid karate to senior tennis, cost $132K a year. Citizens hang onto them for months. But the "Explore" wrap-around is stale before it arrives.
The big stories in the current edition: The November visit of a streetcar to downtown Riverside. And Live Nation to run Fox! Old news. But both quoted the mayor!
RivCo, meantime, has decided to continue paying the Riverside Arts Council to exhibit the artwork in the county HQs. It's not that much money — $175K over five years — but who, besides maybe artists themselves, visits the county hankerin' to check out what's hangin' on the walls? Why not instead display a giant digital thermometer tracking the total accumulated leave racked up by the highest-paid county employees? Visitors would be riveted to that!
I may sound like an ogre, but I'm not a total penny-pincher. It's perfectly appropriate for the Riverside (and other cities) to help non-profits stage community events — concerts, air shows, festivals, etc. These groups aren't wealthy and their events draw lots of people.
And that city activity guide is a legit public service.
But art in the county building plays to a limited (and probably disinterested) audience. And the "Explore" puff-letter is an ill-disguised showcase for electeds and their pet projects.
Why not finally let the thing die and use the savings — around $50K — to supplement (you should have this figure memorized by now) the jaw-dropping $25K Riverside will spend this year on books and materials for all of its libraries?
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Hale was originally scheduled to answer to the charges in March, but at the time, the state referred the case to the court diversion program. If Hale had successfully completed the program, the charge would have been expunged from his record.
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When Judd Apatow's "This Is 40" was first announced, it was described as not a sequel to "Knocked Up" by Universal even though the film is clearly a look at the lives of Pete (Paul Rudd) and Debbie (Leslie Mann) a few years after the events of that film. Now the new poster (like the recent trailer) ...Read More »
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Finally gave up, and will see what the retailer says tomorrow. I then found that what I thought was a pair of Big Apples on the shelf were actually Marathon Plus' with little wear. As they were 1.75s, I put them on the Go instead of the 1.95 Kendas. Folding got easier, so still looking to put 1.50s on it(for weight reasons as well). The Plus' mounted fairly easy and were much rounder than the Racers. Also noticed that there was no mention of country of origin listed on the Plus', so maybe pre Malaysia?
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This time, we're discussing personal favourites, but in a bid to make things more interesting, we're not discussing favourite series per se, but rather favourite single episodes – that one episode of any given show that we thought was a particular standout.
Having initiated the topic this time, Conanthe3rd is our main host for the evening, but joining for the festivities were: Arbalest, Vivisqueen, Yowanda-San and that self-important hipster, so-called Professor Irony.
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WASHINGTON, Nov 18, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire via COMTEX/ -- The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the firm named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled products immediately unless otherwise instructed.
Name of product: DiNotte Lighting Lithium-Ion batteries used with bicycle lights
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McCord to limit casino license role
HARRISBURG - Pennsylvania Treasurer Rob McCord went to court four years ago to gain access to closed-door meetings of the state Gaming Control Board, but now he's promising not to participate in the board's private discussions about a second Philadelphia casino.
Mr. McCord, a Democratic candidate for governor, received more than $57,000 in 2011 and 2012 from lawyers and lobbyists representing gambling interests.
Such contributions are legal, but Mr. McCord said in a letter last month that he would recuse himself from executive sessions involving the Philadelphia license. McCord spokesman Gary Tuma said the move was intended to head off the perception of a conflict of interest.
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DILLINER - State environmental officials and expert firefighters brought in by Chevron were continuing to monitor a burning Marcellus Shale natural gas well in southwestern Pennsylvania.
The well about 50 miles south of Pittsburgh in Dunkard Twp. erupted into flames Tuesday morning, injuring one worker and leaving one still unaccounted for Wednesday. State Department of Environmental Protection officials said the fire may burn for days, and that it will take time for multiple investigations to determine its cause.
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HARRISBURG - Latoya Green, 19, is charged with killing her 11-week-old daughter, Zai'mera Eden, who died Feb. 4 after being declared brain dead at Penn State Hershey Medical Center. Zai'mera was admitted five days before for bleeding in the brain. An autopsy determined she'd suffered traumatic brain injuries. Investigators said she also had rib fractures at different stages of healing, indicating multiple incidents of abuse over several weeks.
Ms. Green of Harrisburg was arrested Wednesday on charges of criminal homicide, reckless endangerment and endangering the welfare of a child.
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Modern warfare is sometimes compared to a video game, but within ten years combat training may become the most realistic video game imaginable. The US Army's Future Holistic Training Environment Live Synthetic program is a new approach to combat training that integrates various simulations into a single, remotely accessible system. Used on bases across the country, its goal is to provide the Pentagon with a cheaper, more effective way of training soldiers for future military operations.Read More
Horatio Hornblower meets Jean-Luc Picard on the ship's bridge of 2025 as Finnish applied research organization VTT and Rolls-Royce present their vision of seafaring ten years from now. Presented in 3D animation videos that projects current technology to the near future, the study shows a world where ship captains call on heads-up displays and high-tech workstations turn the bridge into an augmented reality command and control system.Read More
At CES 2014, Epson showed off its Moverio BT-200 smart glasses – just one of myriad Google Glass competitors seen at the show. But this month the company upped the ante by pairing its Moverio glasses with a wearable Thalmic Labs Myo armband that allows for gesture control of applications that Epson says move beyond "Minority Report."Read More
Studies have shown that a large percentage of amputees feel pain in their missing limbs. This condition, known as phantom limb pain (PLP), is caused by the part of brain responsible for a limb's movement becoming idle once that limb is lost. The ailment has so far proven difficult to treat, but a new study suggests therapy involving augmented reality and gaming could stimulate these unused areas of the brain, resulting in a significant reduction in discomfort.Read More
It took a heavyweight like Google to bring the notion of head-mounted devices to the mainstream, but other developers are also testing the waters and pushing the boundaries of what's possible to achieve in the smart glasses space. Exhibit A is K-Glass, a wearable, hands-free display developed by researchers at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST). Read More
When you want to augment a digital image creation onto the real world, you'll likely need to point your smart device's camera at the kind of markers found in Sony's TV Size Guide tool or on the front cover of magazines like Esquire. IKEA took this idea a step further by making its 2014 catalog the marker, but a new system from Israel's Cimagine Media uses a tablet or smartphone camera and sensors to position the virtual object in a room without the need for physical markers.Read More
Laster Technologies, a French company that specializes in "mobile informative eyewear," is raising money via a Kickstarter campaign to roll-out its new SeeThru smart glasses. SeeThru differs from many other smart glasses by shunning a camera in a bid to protect the privacy of those around the user.Read More
A pertinent question regarding Google Glass that is so far unanswered is whether it will be legal to use while driving. The prospect of having the distraction of email, messaging and social media apps in your line of vision when behind the wheel has raised concerns over the safety of the eyewear for drivers. Poised to play some sort of role in this debate is DriveSafe, an app for Google Glass that alerts drivers to when they are getting sleepy. Read More
Vuzix is looking to add to the functionality of its M100 Smart Glasses, teaming up with Nuance to incorporate voice recognition technology for a 2.0 OS release.Read More
Epson has announced the follow up to its Moverio BT-100 augmented reality glasses, which were released in Japan towards the end of 2011. The BT-200 smart glasses are reported to be 60 percent lighter than the previous generation, and include a host of new features aimed at changing how customers experience the world at large, and delivered entertainment.Read More
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