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Related MediaREAD: Criminal Complaint: Sotolongo Mortgage Fraud Ring
Local broker and partner arrested, charged in mortgage fraud case
FBI says 'ring' bought, sold upscale houses illegally
Published: Friday, March 29, 2013 at 6:34 p.m.
Last Modified: Monday, April 1, 2013 at 5:08 p.m.
Real estate broker and investor Ramara Garrett and her boyfriend and business partner Jim Sotolongo were arrested by the FBI on Friday and charged with conspiracy to defraud financial institutions into lending them millions of dollars in a mortgage fraud scheme that lasted seven years, a federal criminal complaint shows.
FBI: How It Worked
According to a criminal complaint filed by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, more than 70 properties were involved, and the deals went down like this:
STEP 1: James Sotolongo and Ramara Garrett would find a property to buy, then "represent" to the sellers/owners that the property needed renovations. Garrett was the Realtor on many of the transactions and received a standard Realtor's fee every time the property was sold and resold.
STEP 2: The "conspirators" would then select an inflated purchase/sale price to submit to the lender. The inflated price would bring in extra money from the lender that the conspirators could use as a down payment or "divide the money amongst them."
STEP 3: Sotolongo would send a straw borrower to meet with mortgage broker Christopher Mencis, who would submit loan applications containing false statements in various combinations, including inflated price and the borrower's income, assets and employment. Three straw borrowers told the FBI they provided Mencis only with their names, Social Security numbers and bank account numbers, and Mencis completed the rest of the application. If a lender's underwriter tried to verify the numbers, Sotolongo and others would provide false information or direct their employees to do so.
STEP 4: If an inflated home loan was approved, the loan was usually closed at Stephanie Musselwhite's Winter Park title company. To cover the imbalance in the books, Sotolongo and Garrett created two shell companies where money in excess of the real contract price was deposited and recorded as a payment due to the shell company. It then would "flow into accounts controlled by Garrett and Sotolongo." A second mortgage was often obtained simultaneously with the same misrepresentations and process.
STEP 5: In many cases, the straw borrower would sell the property to another straw borrower, a co-conspirator, and "the fraud scheme would be repeated." Eventually, with the real-estate collapse, many of the homes went into foreclosure.
The couple, who live in Wilbur-by-the-Sea, along with Winter Park title agent Stephanie Musselwhite and mortgage broker Christopher Mencis — an associate of Sotolongo — were the focus of a three-year investigation by the FBI's Fraud Task Force.
FBI Agent Robert Robichaud wrote in the complaint that Sotolongo, Garrett, Musselwhite and Mencis, as well as other co-conspirators who have not been charged, were part of the "Sotolongo Mortgage Fraud Ring."
For a period of seven years, between 2005 and 2012, the group made false statements to financial institutions for the purpose of influencing the banks on mortgage loan approvals, according to the complaint. The group launched a scheme to defraud the banks in order to obtain loans for upscale properties, some valued in the millions of dollars, the complaint states.
Sotolongo, according to Robichaud, bought or sold approximately 20 houses during that seven-year period but was also involved in approximately 70 fraudulent transactions. Musselwhite was the closing agent on most of the loans the ring obtained, and Garrett or Realtors who worked for her represented several individuals involved in a number of the fraudulent home purchases, the complaint states.
Neither Garrett nor the other defendants could be reached for comment Friday.
Mencis, who was not in custody as of Friday afternoon, acted as the mortgage broker on most of the loans obtained by the group, the complaint states.
The complex scheme was perpetrated via eight companies that included a used car firm in Winter Park linked to Sotolongo and co-conspirator Abdul Rifai; a title agency linked to Musselwhite and her daughter Melissa Musselwhite, also in Winter Park; and Garrett's companies Waverly Property Group LLC and Waverly Media LLC, the complaint states. The latter was raided by FBI agents in January in connection to the mortgage fraud investigation.
At their first appearance hearing in federal court in Orlando on Friday, Garrett and Musselwhite were each granted a $25,000 signature bond, or recognizance bond, and released. Sotolongo, meanwhile, was detained and booked into the John E. Polk Correctional Facility in Sanford without bail. His bail hearing is scheduled for Wednesday at 1:30 p.m. before U.S. District Court Judge Thomas B. Smith.
Sotolongo, wearing jeans, a white long-sleeved polo shirt and sandals, and Musselwhite, dressed in business attire, were bound with leg irons, handcuffs and chains around their waists in court Friday. Garrett, who is 37 weeks pregnant with Sotolongo's child, according to her attorney Brian Phillips, was not shackled or handcuffed. She too wore sandals, jeans and a white knit top. The trio answered direct questions from Judge Smith but said nothing about the case or the charges against them.
But the 25-page criminal complaint authored by Robichaud speaks volumes.
The four charged on Friday, as well as the Waverly Property Group and some of the co-conspirators that made up the Sotolongo Mortgage Fraud Ring, purchased several upscale properties in Volusia, Lake, Seminole, Orange and Pinellas counties, the complaint said. The group used "straw borrowers," or individuals with good credit scores, the complaint shows.
Robichaud said the use of straw borrowers allowed the ring to purchase more properties than if the four main defendants had bought the houses in their own name. Additionally, the use of the straw borrowers allowed the four defendants to sell or flip the houses to other individuals — often co-conspirators — and avoid financial liability when the houses fell into foreclosure, the complaint states.
The plan took off and exploded with the increases in real estate prices in the state, Robichaud said. The ring's fortunes continued to climb until 2007 and 2008 when the market began to plunge.
At last count, Robichaud said, the ring was involved in the purchase of 70 properties in Central Florida, many of which are in foreclosure or have been subject to final orders of foreclosure.
Robichaud said Sotolongo and Garrett would find a property to purchase from a seller. The first step of the fraud was to tell that owner that the house needed renovations. Then, the defendants would select an inflated purchase/sale price to submit to the lender. Robichaud said the lenders had no idea about the inflated price.
The third step was to have one of the straw borrowers apply for a loan from a lender. Sotolongo would direct the straw borrowers to Mencis or other mortgage brokers, Robichaud said. The mortgage brokers would then submit false statements in a handful of combinations that included: an inflated contract price, the intended use of the property, the straw borrower's income and employment, the straw borrower's assets and liabilities, and the source or amount of the straw borrower's down payment, the complaint said.
Musselwhite closed most of the deals and deposited excess money in two shell companies created by Sotolongo and Garrett.
The complaint lists at least eight high-dollar properties in Volusia County that were part of the scam.
Not only did Sotolongo and Garrett live in some of these upscale properties — most of them oceanfront or riverfront houses — but they also profited by renting out some of the properties as luxury vacation sites, the complaint states. The companies used for that plan included Waverly Property Group and Daytona Beach Luxury Rentals.
Garrett has been involved in other economic and political ventures in Volusia County. She had a past partnership with County Councilman Josh Wagner in a handful of projects, including a failed attempt to lease the Daytona Beach Pier in 2011 to open a restaurant and Floridian View magazine. Garrett also contributed to Wagner's re-election campaign, as well as to the campaigns of County Councilwoman Joyce Cusack and Daytona Beach Mayor Derrick Henry.
Waverly Media, with its bus benches stationed along busy roads around the area, sold political advertising in several of Volusia's political races last year, including Wagner's successful bid for the council. The company also ran ads for Carl Persis and Ted Doran, who both made unsuccessful runs for chair of the County Council. Records show Persis paid Waverly $13,000 and Doran paid almost $12,000. Wagner paid about $9,000, records show.
Garrett, her companies and her mother have also given maximum $500 contributions to several local candidates since 2010. Waverly Media and the now-defunct Waverly Property Group have donated $7,500 since that time, and Garrett and her mother have contributed another $6,750.
Garrett's contributions, as well as those of Waverly Media LLC and some of Garrett's employees, are also the focus of a separate state investigation concerning election fraud.
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ZF-2956: Consider the rel-attribute in getLinks
It would be nice if the Zend_Search_Lucene_Document_Html would use the rel-attribute of links. The getLinks method no fetches all links of a document.
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$linkNodes = $this->_doc->getElementsByTagName('a');
foreach ($linkNodes as $linkNode) {
- if (($href = $linkNode->getAttribute('href')) != '') { + if (($href = $linkNode->getAttribute('href')) != '' && $linkNode->getAttribute('rel') != 'nofollow' ) { $this->_links[] = $href; } }
Please categorize/fix as needed.
I don't think it's good idea to have this behavior as default since 'nofollow' initiative is not a W3C standard. But it's really useful to have such option.
links with 'nofollow' rel attribute can be excluded now using the following code:
$doc = Zend_Search_Lucene_Document_Html::loadHTML($html);
This functionality is merged into 1.5 and 1.6 release branches. So it will be included into ZF 1.5.3 and ZF 1.6 (documentation mentions it's only available starting from 1.6, so it's "undocumented" feature for the ZF 1.5.3)
Updating for the 1.6.0 release.

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The story of Jenůfa and her stepmother, the verger's wife, is set within the confines of a closed community. Rivalry, jealousy and social control degenerate into the murder of an illegitimate but innocent child. Leoš Janáček's third opera, based on the controversial play by Gabriela Preissová, is best known as Jenůfa, but by giving it the subtitle Her stepdaughter, the composer underlined the importance of the stepmother. Janáček's score was rejected for a long time by the National Theatre in Prague. Jenůfa was nevertheless his breakthrough as a composer in musical theatre, where he used the speech melody as 'the most authentic expression of the soul'. The Latvian director Alvis Hermanis, one of the masters of European theatre, makes his debut at La Monnaie. Our chief conductor Ludovic Morlot is the musical director.
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"They lead my people astray, saying, 'Peace,' when there is no peace, and because, when a flimsy wall is built, they cover it with whitewash" (Ezekiel 13:10).
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From the time we are born women are judged by our looks, but that doesn't mean we should just accept objectification as a given, fashion designer Norma Kamali says.
In fact, she says, it's time to challenge the universal behavior, and for women to be empowered by their experiences and begin to redefine the ideas of beauty. Kamali, 67, has created Hey, Baby, a short film calling for social change. She also has launched the website Stop Objectification, where women can upload photos, post empowering statements and share stories.
"This process will help cleanse and free yourself of the secrets you are keeping of humiliation and embarrassment as a result of objectification," Kamali tells MORE. "When we read each other's stories, we will uncover more of our own experiences that we have hidden in very deep emotional places, and then we can get men to read the stories and listen to the women in their lives tell their stories, and start to expand the awareness."
MORE spoke with Kamali recently about her campaign, how it relates to fashion and self esteem and what she hopes awareness of objectification will accomplish. An edited version of the interview follows.
MORE: After spending all this time in fashion, what prompted you to take on the objectification of women as a social cause? Some would say the two are closely related.
Norma Kamali: Fashion tells women we are not pretty enough, thin enough or rich enough to wear real fashion and that is only one type of objectification that impacts self-esteem and image for women. Sometimes, fashion can empower people and really enhance a woman, but fashion and the image of it can also make her feel less than she should. So, there's this fine line for me because I am a part of the fashion industry and I am one of these people who tells women I want to empower them and make them feel better. But at the same time, there may be images that our industry projects that tell her you have to look a certain way or live a certain lifestyle to really be fashionable. The objectification part of that is what I'd like to get women to talk about so we can understand better what is causing these self-esteem issues.
MORE: Have you always had this concern?
NK: Since I began in 1967, I have been profoundly aware of the fact that all women suffer from self-esteem issues. We all can be thrown off by a bad hair day or feeling a little overweight. So where does this come from? I have deducted, after interviewing countless women around the world, that it is objectification. If we cleanse ourselves by sharing the stories, freeing ourselves of the secrets, we can heal ourselves and have a healthy, more vibrant self image. And, when we share the stories with friends and family, we encourage other women to do the same.
MORE: When does objectification start?
NK: From the time we're little girls, almost at birth, everyone is prompted to comment on how we look. So, as women, we're always judged first by how we look, and our accomplishments are received in second place, but also are tempered by the way we look. I think profoundly of how Hilary Clinton, during her campaign for presidency, was often talked about how she looked first, and then what she was saying. … Women are objectified and men, in fact, are not. It's specific to women, it's universal. This is clearly one thing all women share. Not every woman has a child. Not every woman has the same lifestyle experiences. But every woman, from a very young age until the last day of her life, experiences objectification.
MORE: So, how do we start to stop it?
NK: I am telling stories now that I had held secret because I was humiliated and embarrassed, and thought, I just want this to go away. Well, it doesn't go away. It's an insidious little thing that piles up as more and more of these experiences exist for us and they affect who we are and how we behave.
MORE: Can you give an example of a time you were objectified?
NK: I graduated fromthe Fashion Institue of Technology. I was a fashion illustration major and I had worked very hard on my portfolio, I had an incredible instructor, I felt very confident about my work and thought going for a job was going to be an exciting opportunity for me to use my skills. Plus, my mother kept impressing upon me every day that I had to get a job. So, my first job interview: I walk into this office and there's a guy and he's got his feet up on the table, and he's eating a tuna sandwich, and he says to me, "Young lady, why don't you put your portfolio down there and turn around for me." I was 18, and, quite frankly, I was frozen. I didn't know what to do. I heard my mother's voice saying get a job, and so I turned around. And as I was turning around, I was sick to my stomach. I was embarrassed and humiliated. I was so upset and I stayed absolutely quiet. I can't tell you a word the guy said or what happened, except that I knew as I was in tears leaving that office and that I was never going to go back into a situation like that again.
I did not tell that story until six months ago, but by getting my stories out, I'm positive it will help me and other women. I really believe the more conversations we have with each other, the more we'll help each other. And what could be better than women who are more and more empowered every day? We'll make better wives, better partners, we'll be much stronger. We will be more invincible because we won't be able to be taken down so easily by things that are really not important. … If we want to buy $2,500 bags it will be because we just made partner and got a big bonus, not because we feel less in ourselves and our bag is going to give us more credibility than we deserve.
MORE: Have you found commonalities in the stories being shared?
NK: Every woman I've interviewed and I speak to has issues with food. Every woman. There's something wrong with that. … I've learned in last few years that the way I looked at food and the way I measured my happiness was controlling how I felt about myself, and it wasn't until I understood that if I ate healthier, I wouldn't be as addicted to food. I would be able to eat whenever I was hungry, rather than whenever I was anxious. I discovered that the better the food was, the more I could eat and feel good, versus the more I ate, the more I felt bad about myself. That took a lot of time for me. I was 65 when I figured it out.
MORE: How does the way we dress affect our empowerment?
NK: Clothing can help self-esteem, but it is temporary because sooner or later we take off our clothing. The way we dress says a lot about what we think of ourselves -- therefore, what we want others to think of us. But, ultimately, our actions and accomplishments affect our empowerment.
MORE: What ares some actions women can take to improve their body image?
NK: Take positive action. Start with the emotional release of the stories, then take another action to cleanse the body, as well. Remove sugar and highly processed foods. Exercise every day if you can in some way and find a cause or community activity where you can help others. By helping others you fill your soul, and what a better place to put a full soul then a cleansed body.
MORE: What changes do you hope to see in our lifetime?
NK: If all men understand the effect of objectification we experience in relationships and dating, in the office and a simple walk down the street, they will be the force of change. We just need to let them know what we experience every day.
… What a wonderful opportunity it will be for young girls coming into the world to not have the same experiences we've had, to not have to deal with what Hillary Clinton has had to deal with. I don't think men intend to hurt us, especially not if they have women they love, so it's important for us to not be so polite and so embarrassed to let them know our stories. Big changes can happen. I'm very optimistic. … A world of emotionally healthier, empowered women will be a great addition to the well-being of the world.


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ZF-4978: Improve error handling on erasing default decorators
Several form element, specially File and Image use own default decorators. When a user set's his own decorators with setDecorator and erases the default one it can come to problems. Therefor the following solution will be implemented:
- Create a marker interface per problematic decorator
- Problematic decorators implement this marker interfaces
- render() method in file element loops through all attached decorators and searches if this marker interface was implemented
- When no marker interface was found, raise exception
- After checking for decorator call parent::render()
- Of course also unit tests and documentation have to be added
Integrated with r13811.
But restricted to the file element. For all other elements the marker interface will not be used.
There are plans to rework how default decorators work. So this new feature is just an workaround until the new solution has been integrated.


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Getting hotter, slight chance of storms
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American Industry Classification System (NAICS) has been in effect since 1997
in Canada and the United States. It was developed to provide a consistent frame-work
for the collection, analysis, and dissemination of industrial statistics used by government
policy analysts, academics and researchers, the business community, and the public.
The fundamental principle of NAICS is that producing units that use similar production
processes should be grouped together and are assigned to each establishment of an enterprise
based on the primary activity of that establishment. Statistics compiled on NAICS are
comparable with statistics compiled according to the latest revision of the United
Nations International Standard Industrial Classification (ISIC, Revision 3) for
some 60 high level groupings. Oregon Workers Compensation Division uses these
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By Janet Ohlsen
I Love triathlons. I love to swim, bike and run.
In high school I struggled with negative thoughts as well as to be happy and get great grades. I was very good in art and sports. My art took me to college and I received a degree in Communication Design in 1979. I faired better in college but I partied and drank which made me feel good and tame my feelings-so I thought.
If you were to tell me I would lose interest in my favorite activities I would have said, "No way, not ME," but that is what happened slowly and painfully. I have been diagnosed with a bipolar mood disorder, heavy on major depression and as a topping, alcoholism- resulting in a wonderful compilation called dual diagnosis. These are all things I could not see or admit I had. For years I was slowly sinking into a depression that I used to fight to hide and deny. My focus, concentration, unexplained physical aliments and suicidal thoughts were building up along with anxiety. Then, sometimes, it diminished for short periods of time so I thought I was fine. But. It would not take long until I would be back to a sense of hopelessness, self loathing and not being able to "come out of it!"
It was frustrating not to be able to control my moods, deal with emotions or have the energy to reach out for help. It took three trips to the ER, for complications due to self-medicating, before I started getting help. It has been a long process involving general practitioner visits, rehab and then visits to a psychiatrist and psychotherapy.
Recently, NAMI asked me to be part of a National Public Radio (NPR) Morning Edition story about my experience with getting help and psychotherapy. The topic was "Shop for a Psychotherapist: Avoid the Lemons" as reported by Nancy Shute who is very attuned to the area of mental health. I had a very good experience with the whole process, being able to talk openly, and as it turned out it was a greatly therapeutic way of dealing will my illness. I talked about how important finding the right therapist is. Fortunately I got mine from a friend's referral. It took several visits to understand how it would help, but counseling is the biggest part of my recovery; finding someone you trust and "click" with. I have been working a lot with my therapist on negative thinking, which is a hallmark of depression.
I enjoy books about athletes with health issues who overcome incredible odds to become inspirational sources of courage for others. Courage has become my favorite word. It takes courage to go forth to get help and do what you love to do. After I was feeling better, I got certified as a triathlon coach.
The Project Athena Foundation picked me to pursue my athletic dream of competing in the upcoming IRONMAN triathlon, following my story submission a year ago. They are helping support me with some funds (the entrance fee is $650.00!!) and encouragement as well as coaching advice. In return, will be a "Goddess" to help raise money for the next recipient, which I feel strongly about. "Pay it forward" feels so good.


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Two equal warriors both dual wield both wiped your groups who would win in a 1v1 deathmatch in the deadmines
Illidan Stormrage
Edwin Vancleef
Two equal warriors both dual wield both wiped your groups who would win in a 1v1 deathmatch in the deadmines
I don't think this thread is really necessary.
Normal dude vs. Demon empowered night ekf who was one of the strongest mages alive as well as founder and leader of the demon hunters.
I voted Thrall just for the lolz
What a fantastic question.
First we have to consider the physical strength of both combatants, then their special abilities (stealth and demonic magic) and finally their focus and motivation.
Firstly, strength. I don't think this needs to be discussed. Vancleef is a grade A badass who lifts weights for fun and Illidan is some nancy elf who couldn't even get a girlfriend. Source: http://postimg.org/image/tj3tc0j1t/full/
Secondly, special abilities. As we all know magic is useless if it is being wielded by a pompous fool, also useless if you can't see the target. Vancleef would easily decimate Illidan with his mighty strength and subtle assault. Knifing him in the neck most likely. Source: http://postimg.org/image/9mj0u0uyr/
Finally, motivation and focus. Illidan is usually pretty focused, after all he spent 10,000 years focusing on how he didn't get the girl he wanted - like an angst ridden teen. However it is well known that ninja's posses ultimate focus and compared to that all other focus is the equivalent of drooling all over yourself and falling over. Source: http://postimg.org/image/cyjt4hk8x/
To conclude, Vancleef would safely win a fight against Illidan. Except.... Source: http://postimg.org/image/52lnng4k7/
Thanks for reading - and thanks OP for posing such a brilliant question.
The common man is like a worm in the gut of a corpse, trapped inside a prison of cold flesh, helpless and uncaring, unaware even of the inevitability of its own doom.
Illidan hands down
So a dead guy vs a dead demon. Its a tie, zombies do not go after each other.
READ and be less Ignorant.
My vote goes to Basic Campfire.
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Remembering BU prez John Silber, by Yosef abramowitz
Posted September 29, 2012
Dr silber was my nemisis: the darth vader to my luke skywalker, the voldermort to my harry potter and the authoritarian university president to my anti apartheid and free speech college self. There has been a great disturbance in the Force and I find myself surprising deeply moved by the loss of dr silber.
Yes, he tried to expel me from the dorms and then from the university itself for a simple yet charged act of hanging a series of "divest" banners from my dorm window.
Yes, he did set the bu police to spy on us protestors. Howard zinn and other faculty had reason to believe their offices were bugged. He zapped me real good at senior breakfast in a carefully crafted trap, into which I stepped. During my two week hunger strike, he brazingly told the daily free press I was having a temper tantrum and that he hoped I died. And when 30 students took over mugar library one night and refused to leave past midnight closing hours–police and tv camera outside–he stuck to the amnesty deal brokered by bu hillel rabbi joseph pollack.
He rarely tasted defeat during his tenure but I handed him his most celebrated loss prior to his narrow miss for the massachusetts governorship.
He loved the intellectual tussle. He loved people who showed as much chutzpah and courage and conviction as he. He was infuriated when he couldn't get his own way on his own campus, which was almost never. But deep inside he knew he was giving me and others the best education of our lifetimes, in and out of the class room.
And thanks to his over-stepping of boundaries by trying to evict his most persistent campus critic during the mid 1980s, the precedent set in abramowitz vs boston university stands to this day, providing free speech rights to individuals at all private institutions.
And when we kicked butt in abramowitz et al vs boston university, dr silber didn't contest the verdict nor appeal it. Instead, he wrote a letter of recommendation for me to law school. Classy.
May he rest in peace and his memory be a blessing.
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Timothy Michael Cardinal Dolan brightened the Christmas season for children, senior citizens, women religious, board members and staff during his visit on December 19 to the RSHM Life Center in Sleepy Hollow, NY on December 19.
He stopped by the afterschool classrooms of students grades kindergarten through fifth grade, distributing gifts to nearly 100 children.
The RSHM Life Center, a Catholic Charities affiliate, was established in 1995 to respond to the needs of the immigrant population of Sleepy Hollow and Tarrytown in Westchester County. The Center offers educational programs and social services to enable and empower low-income immigrants to acquire the skills and access the resources they need to improve their life situations.
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I asked my friend for some names of good books for Quantum Mechanics.
He's doing a BSc in Physics now, and he said to warn you that it's a complex subject so you should start slow and build up the basics before expecting to be all up in the concepts.
Here are some books he recommended:
* Classical Mechanics - Goldstein
* Introduction to Electrodynamics - David J Griffiths
These are just the basics really, it's up to you to read them if you want, but you need to know and to have understood everything in these books. He said to pay attention to the Hamiltonian Equation, and have a good idea about Vector Calculus, Differential Geometry and Vector Analysis.
After all that preliminary work-
The special Theory of Relativity- David Bohm
Introduction to General Relativity- Lewis Ryder
Introduction to Quantum Mechanics - David J Griffiths
Principles of Quantum Mechanics- R Shankar (Indian author, not sure if you'll be able to find it)
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Ready to get into holiday party mode? This fantastic giveaway from contemporary dish & tableware company: Rosanna, Inc . should do the trick! I have to admit I'm in love with this prize – Rosanna is offering up TWO sets of their super-cool 12 Days of Christmas appetizer plates AND another product of your choice to give to a friend ! So there will be TWO lucky winners that each get 2 prizes :)
The pretty, scalloped 12 Days appetizer plates ($96/set) would also work beautifully as salad plates for your holiday table. Between a partridge in a pear tree and 12 drummers drumming, you'll find Scottie dogs and swans, the Eiffel Tower, Audrey Hepburn-esque ballerinas, five 24-karat golden rings and a cast of other quirky characters…so lots of eye-candy to keep you entertained at the table!
How to enter:
• Please answer the following question in the comments section on this post:
"What Rosanna item (from their entire collection ) and to whom would you love to give this holiday? "
• Rosanna will give 2 winners their 12 days of Christmas appetizer plates AND the item they want to give as a gift!!
• Giveaway ends Saturday, November 17th at midnight PST . Good luck!
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1Anonymous SAYS:
I would love to give the 12 day's of Christmas collection to my mother. She would love them to bits….
2basteldren SAYS:
I have a best friend who has moved to Florida recently, and quite frankly I feel I have been neglecting her. I would think She would love the Set of beach bottles to commemorate her new home this Christmas, and maybe she will forgive me for not calling as much as I should.
3Coralee G SAYS:
I would love to give my mom the Haute Holiday dessert plate set. She's moving out on her own for the very first time in her life and would love to have something pretty to serve on!
4Mansi Desai SAYS:
I'd love to give my sister-in-law the charming "Red polka Dot" dinnerware set or the bright and vibrant "Tea's me" Tea set as this is her first christmas after her wedding, and the festive season also co-incides with their first wedding anniversary!! She'll love these colors and will be thrilled as she loves entertaining:)
5dubya SAYS:
my mother is the person who comes to mind. And she'd go gaga over those gorgeous dauphine candlesticks!
6Amaree SAYS:
My best friend and I met 7 years ago studying abroad in Paris. I would love to give her the Parisian wallpaper to remind her of all the great memories we had that year!
7Carey SAYS:
I would give the Red Dots set to my Mom – she would be over the moon for them…
And I have to add that I would get the Rococo Noir for myself…you know, for my birthday.
8renae m. SAYS:
My friend is crazy about crowns!! so I'd love to give her the King's Road tray or plates – gorgeous!
9wendy kemil SAYS:
Impossible to choose!!! But I think my friend that's getting married would love the American Bungalow mini vases – because she loves bright colors!
10Uptown Girl SAYS:
All the {red} dots in the all the world,
And teapots, plates, and saucers twirled,
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For my dear friend Anna Lousie.
What'ere the flavor or décor,
Served in this set would mean much more,
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If Rosanna sent one for me!
11bethany SAYS:
These plates are so cute! I would love to give my mother the yellow skirted pedestals for her kitchen! Love them!
12MalindaB SAYS:
I would love to give my mother the cake pedestals for Christmas! She has been wanting a cake stand for years but has refused to buy one for herself. I think she would love these cute pedestals!
13kgilligan SAYS:
I would give my friend Holly the Tea's Me teapot set. It is adorable and we have a tradition of throwing baby shower tea parties for our group of our best friends. She is pregnant right now and it has been a rough pregnancy and I know this would put a smile on her face.
14Sasha SAYS:
I would love the soda fountain plates. There are certain memories that you retain as an adult–in my family it was when we had dessert on certain dishes. I would like to start a new tradition in my family with these colorful creations.
15ChristyJan SAYS:
I'd love to give the Let's Play House baking set to my 5 year old granddaughter. It is just adorable!


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EPA Sued over Pesticide Approval A coalition of environmental and farm worker groups sued the Environmental Protection Agency after the agency approved the sale of four organophosphate pesticides that the groups say pose unacceptable risks to the environment and human health. The lawsuit alleged that the agency violated the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act and the Endangered Species Act when it decided in 2006 to allow the continued use of the chemicals, which are sprayed on fruits and vegetables in California. California has classified one of the pesticides as a cancer-causing substance, another as an air pollutant, and a third has been banned or severely restricted in 13 countries. The approval came despite a letter from unions representing EPA scientists urging Administrator Stephen Johnson to reject the applications. "Our colleagues in the Pesticide Program feel besieged by political pressure exerted by Agency officials closely aligned with the pesticide industry," the letter stated. "We are concerned that the agency has lost sight of its regulatory responsibility in trying to reach consensus with those that it regulates, and the result is that the integrity of the science upon which Agency decisions are based has been compromised."
According to Earthjustice the environmental law firm that represents the coalition, the substances have severe impacts on birds, fish, honeybees, threatened, and endangered species and have carcinogenic and neurotoxic effects on human health. The class of organophosphate pesticides is derived from nerve gas poisons developed during World War II. Clinton-era efforts to ban the pesticides were reversed by the Bush Administration. The EPA approved the four substances as part of a cumulative risk assessment of 20 organophosphate pesticides in 2006, in which the Agency concluded that with the adoption of risk mitigation measures, they posed no significant cumulative risk. The EPA and CropLife America, the trade association representing manufacturers of organophosphate and other pesticides, could not be reached for comment on the lawsuit.
FDA Warns GSK on Failure to Report Data GlaxoSmithKline received a warning from the Food and Drug Administration last week for failing to file regular reports about clinical trials on Avandia, a widely prescribed diabetes drug. The FDA called Glaxo's failure to provide reports a serious violation and urged the drug company to take steps to prevent future violations. The reports, which are required by law and used to catch potential safety issues, were discovered by the FDA in Glaxo's records. The FDA inspection found that between 2001 and 2007, the company did not inform the agency about the start of nine clinical trials and failed to provide progress updates on another dozen studies.
Avandia was linked to increased risk of heart attack in a New England Journal of Medicine study and now carries a "black-box" warning on its label. Once the highest-selling diabetes drug in the world, Avandia's sales have plummeted since the FDA ordered a warning label on the drug in November of last year.
UNC Renames Public Health School after CEO Gift The University of North Carolina School of Public Health will soon be known as the Dennis and Joan Gillings School of Global Public Health because of a $50 million donation to the school by Quintiles Transnational Corp. CEO, Dennis Gillings. Quintiles Transnational, a research contract and services provider for pharmaceutical companies, has annual revenue of $2 billion. Gillings, who announced the gift last year, was a professor in the UNC department of biostatistics for 17 years before he founded Quintiles Transnational in 1982. Currently, he serves on the advisory council of the school of public health. Gillings has previously given over $3 million to the university.
While UNC officials have praised the Gillings' charitable gifts, some local professors have voiced concern. Steve Wing, an associate professor of epidemiology at the UNC School of Public Health, and Cat Warren, an associate professor in department of English at North Carolina State University, wrote in the Raleigh News Observer last month that the Gillings donation to the school could extend corporate influence over the school of public health. The editorial also pointed out that the school has recently developed relationships with executives of Nestle, McDonald's, PepsiCo, and Kraft Foods. "If universities are skewed more toward the agenda of for-profit companies, they will be increasingly unable to promote public welfare when it conflicts with industry's bottom line," the professors wrote.
In the week following the professors' editorial, Barbara K. Rimer, dean of the UNC School of Public Health responded with her own editorial in the News Observer. "The Gillingses' gift was subjected to great scrutiny within the university to assure that it conforms to university policies and principles, including academic integrity and autonomy. Their $50 million pledge is a personal not a corporate gift," Rimer wrote. The school of public health's director of communications, Ramona Dubose, added, "The university does indeed have regulations designed to protect the integrity of our research, no matter what the source of funding. We do this in a variety of ways through agreements that stipulate our freedom from constraints in publishing results and disclosure forms that disclose potential conflicts." The university's policy on research relationships between the school and private entities is also available online.
Study Suggests Ending Cancer Trials Early Could be UnsafeA study published in the Annals of Oncology suggests new cancer drugs' effectiveness could be exaggerated when clinical trials are halted early. Trials are discontinued early if the drug appears to be unsafe, provides no benefit, or is so beneficial that denying access to the treatment would be unethical. Giovanni Apolone, author of the study, told the Guardian that pharmaceutical companies could be ending successful trials prematurely in order to gain "quicker access to the market." Halting trials too early because of patient benefit could lead to incomplete and imprecise information about the drug. Potential adverse (or additional beneficial) impacts of the medications could also go undetected if the trials are shortened. The authors found that 25 cancer trials were stopped early between 1997 and 2007. For 75 percent of those trials, the data gained from them was used to apply for FDA or European Medicine Agency approval.
Paul Meuller, an associate professor of medicine at the Mayo Clinic, warned that such data could be unreliable and lead to dangerous decisions by government agencies. "Decisions are being made on some fairly shaky evidence," Mueller told the Wall Street Journal Health Blog. While Mueller noted that halting trials early and bringing drugs to the market sooner could benefit the industry and patients' health, he said, "Trials should be carried out long enough in order to obtain data about outcomes important to doctors and patients."
Odds and EndsHouse Oversight and Government Reform Committee Chairman Henry Waxman (D_CA) last week issued a subpoena to the EPA demanding unredacted copies of documents concerning the agency's refusal to grant California a Clean Air Act waiver. The documents pertain to communications between the agency and the White House prior to the agency's decision to deny the waiver, which would have allowed California to proceed with policies to curb greenhouse gases. . . . The Food and Drug Administration held two days of hearings last week on possible agency guidelines designed to regulate embryonic stem-cell therapies. The FDA continues to face pressure to approve clinical trials of stem-cell-derived drugs from biotech companies.
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A free prescription drug take-back event will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on April 26.
At each site, individuals can anonymously discard unused, unwanted, or expired prescription and over-the-counter medications.
The attorney general's office is sponsoring three drop-off sites at the following locations: New Castle County: Shipley Manor, 2723 Shipley Road, Wilmington; Kent County: Heritage at Dover, 1203 Walker Road, Dover; Sussex County: Beebe Tunnell Cancer Center, 18947 John Jay Williams Highway, Rehoboth Beach.
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The large reservoirs within the Weber Basin Water Conservancy District are already half gone due to lack of moisture and heavy water use this year.
The reservoirs are designed for a two-year water supply, and the average depletion at this time of year is about 65 percent.
"So there is quite a bit of a difference," District General Manager Tage Flint said. "We get nervous when we start operating on that second-year supply without the hope of a lot more coming in. So this winter will be very important."
To conserve the remaining water supply, the district has called for voluntary water restrictions across all five counties the district serves, including Summit, Morgan, Davis, Weber and part of Box Elder counties.
If this coming winter is dry, Flint said they will be concerned and will likely call for mandatory irrigation restrictions.
"We would definitely not fill our reservoirs all the way to the top next spring, and then we would start with a condition that's even worse than this year," Flint said. "And we'd be looking at less reservoir storage at the end of next year. So it kind of compounds."
There are two factors that play into the low water supply this year.
The first is that even though the reservoirs were full at the beginning of the year, little precipitation throughout last winter led to very low runoff in the spring.
"In a normal year, that runoff would be used clear through June," Flint said.
Additionally, the summer has been hot and dry, causing water usage to rise as the plant materials demand a lot more water than usual.
"It's kind of two strikes in one summer," Flint said.
Recently, district officials have been asking the public to pay attention to their automatic sprinkler clocks and turn them down considerably from where they were in July.
"What we see happening a lot, is the normal homeowner will start watering their lawns in the springtime and they will ramp the times upward as it gets hotter," Flint said. "But they aren't nearly as diligent in ramping them back down as it gets cooler. And so those automatic clocks are still putting on a lot more water now then they need."
In September, lawns require about 50 percent of the water they need in July, and only once-a-week watering. The district is asking irrigation systems to be shut off entirely by October.
"The landscape does not need it, nor will it suffer long-term by not being watered beginning in October," Flint said. "We're not asking anyone to sacrifice their landscape. We're just asking them to be very diligent in cutting the water use down."
Flint also recommends more efficient sprinkler systems, using drip systems, paying attention to zones so plants with similar water needs are planted together and buying plants that require less water.
"In Utah, people traditionally have plants of European descent that need a ton of water," Flint said. "We have hundreds and hundreds of plants in our demonstration garden at our headquarters now that are lush and green and often prettier than the ones that are around, that are using much less water."
The voluntary water restrictions have proven effective, as the district has seen a 10 to 15 percent reduction in water use since the restrictions went into effect.
But in the long term, the district hopes to achieve a goal of a 25 percent per capita reduction by 2030.
"Because so much of our water is used outside among gardens, that's where the savings can really take effect," Flint said. "We're not promoting Tucson-type landscapes. We're not promoting cactus and gravel. We still maintain there is an opportunity to maintain a green, lush landscape and use at least 25 percent less water."


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ZF-11253: Db/Table/Abstract.php fetchRow discards any offset
The fetchRow function discards the offset, such that
$select = $teams->select()
->where('colour = ?', 'orange')
echo (string) $teams;
// SELECT `teams`.* FROM `teams` WHERE (colour = 'orange') ORDER BY `result` ASC LIMIT 1 OFFSET 10
// SELECT `teams`.* FROM `teams` WHERE (colour = 'orange') ORDER BY `result` ASC LIMIT 1
This is an old issue that has been marked resolved but it wasn't and has been ignored despite attempts to reawaken both old tickets.
patch from 1.10.8, but fix is still applicable:
Index: Zend/Db/Table/Abstract.php
--- Zend/Db/Table/Abstract.php (revision 1791)
+++ Zend/Db/Table/Abstract.php (working copy)
@@ -1358,10 +1358,10 @@
$this->_order($select, $order);
- $select->limit(1);
+ $select->limit(1, $select->getPart(Zend_Db_Select::LIMIT_OFFSET));
} else {
- $select = $where->limit(1);
+ $select = $where->limit(1, $select->getPart(Zend_Db_Select::LIMIT_OFFSET));
$rows = $this->_fetch($select);
I don't see the problem here. You have specified the count and offset in {{limit(1,10)}}, so why not use {{$table->fetchAll($select)}} then? In my opinion, the key use case here is do we have to assemble the select object or could we quick fetch a row like this ...
$row = $table->fetchRow(array('colour = ?' => 'orange'), null, 10);
Of course to get this work, we have to add an $offset parameter into the {{fetchRow}} method ...
public function fetchRow($where = null, $order = null, $offset = null)
Patch attached to support my suggested use case and fix the inconsistency pointed out here.
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CU secured a doubles victory with freshman Dhany Quevedo and junior Carla Manzi Tenorio winning their second match in three chances over the weekend defeating New Mexico's Kristin Eggleston and Maria Sablina, 9-8 (7-1).
The Buffs went 1-2 on the day against the Lobos.
In singles, CU faced off against Nevada going 3-4 during afternoon play winning all three matches in straight sets.
Manzi Tenorio made it three-for-three on the singles court winning for the third time in three days defeating Monika Magusiak, 6-0, 6-1. Manzi Tenorio leads the team in singles victories and has now won six matches in 10 chances this year.
Quevedo picked up her second win in three matches from the weekend defeating Sophie Stevens, 6-1, 7-6 (7-4).
Junior Mattison Sperry, who also won in straight sets and defeated Rymma Maslova, 6-2, 6-0. It was Sperry's first win over the weekend and third time this year.
"Overall we had a solid weekend of tennis with a great format to get the cobwebs out in match situations before starting dual match play next week against Air Force," said CU tennis head coach Nicole Kenneally. "We'll take Monday off and concentrate spending time on doubles and sharpening our singles play."
The LBSU Invitational was the last tune up for CU before dual play officially begins next week. The Buffs will travel to the United States Air Force Academy next Sunday, Jan. 27 beginning at 3 p.m.
CU will then return home and open the spring campaign in Boulder on Feb. 2 against Stephen F. Austin (11 a.m.) and Northern Colorado on Feb. 3 (10 a.m.). Both home matches will be played at the Millennium Hotel Harvest House bubble.
Long Beach State Invitational
Sunday, January 20
Doubles: Colorado vs. New Mexico
Michaela Bezdickova/Laura Richardson (UNM) def. Julyette Steur/Winde Janssens (CU) 8-5
Dhany Quevedo/Carla Manzi Tenorio (CU) def. Kristin Eggleston/Maria Sablina (UNM) 9-8 (7-1)
Nikolina Grbac/Michaela Oldani (UNM) def. Ashley Tiefel/Mazy Watrous (CU) 8-2
Singles: Colorado vs. Nevada
Dhany Quevedo (CU) def. Sophie Stevens (Nevada) 6-1, 7-6(4)
Carla Manzi Tenorio (CU) def. Monika Magusiak (Nevada) 6-0, 6-1
Mattison Sperry (CU def. Rymma Maslova (Nevada) 6-2, 6-0
Michelle Okhremchuk (Nevada) def. Julyette Steur (CU) 6-2, 6-1
Emma Verberne (Nevada) def. Winde Janssens (CU) 6-4, 6-2
Sheila Smiley (Nevada) def. Mazy Watrous (CU) 4-6, 6-1, 6-1
Hazuki Onaga (Long Beach State) def. Laura Wegleitner (CU) 6-3, 6-0


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I have 3 closes on 3:3 the Waiting. I think I know what the puzzle is about but I can't seem to find it. I tried various combinations but I can't seem to get it right.
I found this: http://www.scarecrowsfield.com --> The Immediate -> 3:3.
p.s. / update on an update: to follow the stone tradition: please do NOT give direct solutions to these puzzles but hints to the answser, the "nudges" in stone terminology. The game system forbids given direct answers. The fun is in the journey not the goal.
Nonetheless: any hints are welcome!


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Today post is by Juan Valencia, originally posted on his blog (available also in spanish there), i've found it really interesting with in deep articles regarding rsync,ssh and other commands.
When you receive and need to handle multiple text files that use characters that are not natural to the English language, you may run into the problem that is dealing with different character encodings. This is particularly noticeable in websites, where if the browser try to interpret the text file with an encoding that differs from the actual encoding that the file is using, we can see strange symbols where this characters were supposed to show, but it is not limited to websites, any program that is made to work with languages other than English may present a similar problem if it is not appropriately handled.


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The MIS Director is responsible for managing all technology-related operations for PCAR and NSVRC. Primary functions include planning, day-to-day management, supervision of the IT team and consultants, budgeting, and planning for staff training needs. This position is a member of the management team and has responsibility for effective inter-departmental communication and understanding of the various teams' technological functions and needs.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following:
Team Leadership and Supervision
Technology Planning
Hardware and Software Management
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Ideal In September: Bozcaada
With its windy coves, pristine waters and old stone houses, Bozcaada has been known as a place of tolerance throughout history. And its best days are in autumn as summer winds down.
Perhaps the best part of being in Bozcaada is that you feel you're far from everything…
You hear the sounds, see the colors and smell the smells far more keenly. The beauty and unique texture of the sea are the magnet. But this island has some rules of its own. You may be stranded, for example, if a sudden storm blows up and the passenger ferries stop running. But despite these limitations, Bozcaada offers an unforgettable holiday experience. Now for some brief statistics on the island, which was recently named one of the most beautiful islands on earth by the world's most prestigious travel magazines. Situated at the southwest end of the Dardanelles Straits, the island's shape on the map was likened to that of a grand piano by writer Şemsettin Sami. Some 36 square kilometers in area, it is Turkey's third largest island. And with just two neighborhoods, it is the only township in Turkey that has no village.
Bozcaada Castle, which dates back to ancient times, greets visitors at the tip of a tiny harbor. Serving as a museum today, the castle, with various modifications, was used for defense purposes in Ottoman times. The arrival of the Turks on the island dates to the first half of the 14th century. The first Turk to set foot here was Aydınoğlu Umur Bey, who came with eight ships in 1329. Subsequently taken in 1456 by Hamza Bey, the commander of Mehmed the Conqueror's fleet, Bozcaada was the first island in the Aegean to fall into Turkish hands. It boasts two lovely mosques from that period: Alaybey Mosque, built of hewn stone and eye-dazzling with its decorative stencil work, and the Köprülü Mehmet Paşa Mosque, built in 1655. Under protection as a natural and historical site, Bozcaada lies at the heart of a region that shaped history. Home of Troy, the inspiration of Homer, father of western literature; of Assos, the site of Aristotle's famous School of Philosophy; of Bababurnu, Anatolia's westernmost point; and of the legendary Mount Ida (Kazdağı). Is there any island in the world to compare with it, really?
The call to prayer rising from the minarets shares the same sky with church bells on Bozcaada, where people of different cultures have lived as brothers for centuries. As the island's writers say, it's like a marriage between a Greek island and an Anatolian village. And its Turkish citizens of Greek ethnicity are one of the assets of the island's population of 2,400. We learn that the Bozcaada Greeks, who had left the island for various reasons in the past, have started to come back. Welcoming us to his paternal home, İstirati Buğday has returned to the island with his wife Katerina and son Yorgo after an absence of 22 years. Buğday, who left the island when he was 12 years old, says he is happy to be back. Indeed, a number of artists have settled here, impressed by the island's cinematographic landscape as well as its rising economic prosperity and climate of tolerance. Sculptress Belgin Şahin, whom we meet at the Bozcaada Art Gallery, explains that the island is slowly becoming an island of art.
Upwards of 100,000 trees have been planted on Bozcaada in the last ten years. The use of plastic bags has been illegal since 2011. In addition to the Bozcaada Local History Research Center and Museum, two new beaches have also been opened for tourism. And closing the island center to traffic is among the targets. What's more, a plan to build a modern marina with a minimal capacity of 200 yachts on the island's north shore is also under consideration. Building a customs stations and opening up the island to cruise ships is another key project. One of the top items on the Bozcaada agenda is the vineyards, which island residents fear may be destroyed by rapidly expanding tourism. The sweet white "çavuş" grapes grown on the island, a third of which is covered in vineyards, are known to be the best in the world. Writer and journalist Haluk Şahin, who has lived on Bozcaada for a quarter century, describes the island's changing face and its vineyards in his latest book, Poyrazaltı (Under the North Wind). Bozcaada and all its beauty lie waiting for guests… at this very moment!
The most practical way of getting to Bozcaada is to fly to either Istanbul or Balıkesir on Turkish Airlines. From there you can travel overland to the ferry stations at Çanakkale or Geyikli and catch a seabus to the island. For timetables:
Octopus With Oregano
The restaurants and cafes on the island number close to a hundred. One of Bozcaada's young tourism professionals, Uğur Mutay says the island cuisine is especially rich in seafood and vegetable dishes cooked in olive oil. His recommendations include fried red mullet, grilled octopus with oregano, and the island herbs.
September Discounts
Hotels and bed&breakfasts on the island number over 150 with a bed capacity of 3,500. Experienced tourism professional Meral Ermiş says that September is the ideal time to visit the island for discounts of up to fifty percent on accommodations.
Grape Harvest Festival
Bozcaada is going to be hosting some exciting events in September. The Art, Culture and Grape Harvest Festival, September 6-7, the Local Tastes Festival on September 14, and the Bozcaada Liberation Festival on September 20.
Almond Cookies
Şermin and Tahir Günday are a married couple who have revived the languishing Greek ice cream and pastries traditions on the island. Not to be missed specialties include almond cookies, gum mastic ice cream, and tomato butter.
The Island Beaches
Popular beaches on the island are Ayazma, Sulubahçe, Habbele and Tuzburnu. Each one is accessible by minibus from İskele Meydan (Ferry Station Square). As well as surfing and diving, sailboat and yacht tours are also available.


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Invest in Africa confirm new partner
Ernst and Young join exciting initiative.
Invest in Africa are pleased to announce Ernst & Young, a global leader in assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services, as a founding partner of Invest in Africa.
By bringing together firms who have successfully been doing business in Africa for many years, like Ernst & Young and Tullow Oil (the initial Founding Partner of Invest in Africa), to share their experience and knowledge, Invest in Africa is working to challenge the perceptions of business on the continent and so inspire new investment into one of the world's fastest growing regions.
As the principal sponsor of Sunderland AFC, Invest in Africa are using today's Barclays Premier League match against Tottenham Hotspur to launch the 'Invest in Africa 2013' campaign to promote Africa as open for business by highlighting surprising facts about the size of the investment opportunities in Africa.
Michael Lalor, Lead Partner of Ernst & Young's Africa Business Centre said: "For us, the partnership with Invest in Africa is very well-timed. Our principles and our values are very well aligned with Invest in Africa and so we are very excited about the partnership."
Invest in Africa Programme Director William Pollen added: "We are delighted to have Ernst & Young on board as a founding partner, their experience and knowledge of investing and doing business in Africa is a fantastic asset. We look forward to working on a number of Invest in Africa initiatives in partnership with them."


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- On the Roof Of Anatolia
- The Soul Of Japanese Culture: Kansai
- "I would turn down all the wealth of Croesus for love."
- A User's Guide To The Brain
- The Tıme Of The Comıc Book Artıst Has Come
- Treasury Of Calligraphy
- 10 Reasons To Go To Kuala Lumpur
- Ramadan Exuberance In Istanbul
- A History Of Everyday Life In Pictures
- Taking Top Honors Even When Stale...
- When Color Comes To Water…
- Jazz Capital Istanbul
- Chicago Waiting
- When Vinyl Won't Do
- Spirou At 75!
- Final Days Of The Festival
- Robert College At 150 Years
- Before Hitting The Road
- Trial By Fire
- The Tour De France In Its 100th Year
- Miró In Izmir For The First Time
- Life Is A Long Bridge…
- Flashy And Cheap
- Pearl Of The Danube: Budapest
- City Of Warm Waters: Aqaba
- Folk Cultures In Croatia…
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- Northern Cyprus In Three Questions
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Trial By Fire
The Runfire Cappadocia Ultra Marathon tests the limits of the human body under conditions of nature. And it's taking place in Turkey, July 20 to 27.
Run in blistering heat, the Runfire Cappadocia starts in Uçhisar and runs through the Valley of the Pigeons, passing Damsa Dam, Yüksek Kilise (Analipsis Monastery), Güzelyurt, Ihlara Valley, Mt. Hasan and the Salt Lake before crossing through Çavuşin and the Ürgüp and Göreme valleys and ending back in Uçhisar. A total of 245 kilometers is covered in the race, which takes six days. Runfire Cappadocia is a challenging endurance contest in which runners are pitted more against themselves and nature than against each other.
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ZF-4003: uncessesary final method declaration
The Zend_Controller_Action class contains four methods declared with final modifier:
1 - final protected function _getParam($paramName, $default = null) 2 - final protected function _setParam($paramName, $value) 3 - final protected function _hasParam($paramName) 4 - final protected function _getAllParams()
The question is why. those functions are just wrapper functions for a protected variable and they use getRequest() which is not final. What about if i wana extend the functionality of them and make a general Action call for all my application for example load a default controller parameters from a config file without modify the request?
Please remove the boring final :)
Fixed in trunk.
Without unit test since i don't come up with a non-obvious way of testing this (without leading to fatal error if its final again).
Changing issues in preparation for the 1.7.0 release.


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"My patients in their forties frequently say, 'My hair just isn't the same.' And they're right," says Mirmirani. The changes—wrought by declining estrogen—are subtle, but they're there. "Both diameter and density decrease in your forties," says Mirmirani. So if you've always had more hair than you can manage, this gradual change may feel like an improvement. "You hear some women saying that suddenly their hair behaves better," says Mirmirani. But those who started with less of a mane may be less thrilled, says Liz Cunnane-Phillips, a trichologist (that's a certified hair scientist) at the Philip KingsleyTrichological Centre in New York: "I hear clients saying, 'My part is a little wider. My ponytail seems less full.' "
Whatever style you wear, thinner hair tends to look better worn in longer layers,which add volume. And if you've never colored your hair, you may consider starting. "Color coats and bulks up your strands," says Blandi.
In this decade, hair may also become noticeably drier as scalp sebaceous glands produce less oil. Women who have battled limp, oily hair may find themselves enjoyinga new era of manageability. "Suddenly you're not getting the greasies. Your hair is a bit coarser and holds a style better," says Trudy Hunt, creative director of Joseph's Salon and Spa in Louisville, Kentucky. "So if you were reliant on hairspray, you may be able to stop. And instead of styling with gels, you can use lighter foams." However, if your hair was already dry, it's probably time to switch stylers. "Chances are, you'll need to upgrade to creamier styling products like creams and waxes," says Hunt.
Changes in your hair may be accompanied by more obvious changes in skin and figure."Fine lines start appearing," says Callender. "And in your mid- forties,as your metabolism slows, you may also notice extra weight around your middle." If that's happening, you can use your cut to elongate your frame and create softness around the face. "A little length is more flattering," says Hershberger. "A severe cut can become harder to pull off unless you add some layers, which act like soft-focus lighting, drawing less attention to facial lines while simultaneously creating the effect of extra body." Modified shags and styles with soft waves are good options. A little asymmetry can be your friend (e.g., switch from a center part to one that's on the side). And bangs can grow a bit longer and get swept over to the side.
Another way to balance a figure that may be widening:Grow your hair longer. A woman who once had an over-the-ear cut might consider a short bob, and a woman with a short bob may graduate to a shoulder-skimming one. "Make sure you get out of the stylist's chair and stand up in front of the mirror while you talk with your stylist about your cut," says Hunt. "If your weight isshifting, your cut should be, too."
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Other than Love Spells, Potions, and Charms, Jasmine Essential Oil can be used on a daily basis.
-Aromatherapy, use it in an oil burner to create a soothing and aromatic atmosphere.
-With just a few drops, blend with your favorite lotion, body oil, and body wash.
-Dab a few drops on your wrists, rub them together and enjoy the soothing aroma all day long!
Religious Beliefs: Jasmine is the sacred flower of the Hindu god of love, Kama. It is also a symbolic bond of love, passion and of the Moon. Since ancient history, Jasmine has been the key ingredient for love potions, spells, to sustain or rekindle love and affection of someone you love.
In many religions or beliefs, Jasmine is associated with love, luck, fortune, anointing, balance, happiness, harmony, peace sleep and healing.
Jasmine Essential Oil is also believed to bring love, money, dreams, aphrodisiac and anti-depressant. It is also said to bring love and strengthens a relationship. For centuries, Jasmine has been treasured by women seductive and striking fragrance, which it earned its names, "Queen of the Night" and "Moonlight of the Grove".
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A Canada goose is normally a large black and white bird that flies south for the winter. But for the Sundance Film Festival, Canada Goose is an internationally-recognized Canadian clothing company that flew South to sponsor the festival's outerwear.
The Burnett Jacket from the Fall/Winter 2012 collection was chosen to keep more than 300 filmmakers and jury members warm. As you wander around Sundance, keep your eyes open for the black and white color scheme of this unique jacket with the Sundance logo on the arm band.
Kevin Spreekmeester, vice president of global marketing for Canada Goose, described the company's relationship with the film industry and their clothing line.
How did Canada Goose first get involved with the film industry?
"Our parkas have been the must-have gear on film sets anywhere it's cold for more than 20 years now and are known in the entertainment industry as the 'unofficial' jacket of film crews. Because of the high-quality craftsmanship, premium materials and functionality in each jacket, crew members rely on our jackets as their protection for surviving long shoots in the most demanding environments. In recent years, our jackets have also made their way on-camera in films such as Captain America, National Treasure, The Grey, Mr. Popper's Penguins, Whiteout, Eight Below and Battleship, as a way to help authenticate movies set in cold weather."
What inspired Canada Goose to become the outerwear sponsor of the Sundance Film Festival?
"We've had a long and natural relationship with the film industry, starting behind the camera. Then as our jackets started to appear on-screen, we wanted to ensure that movie-goers and consumers overall knew that this has been the result of an authentic and organic partnership, not a result of product placement, and that fit really well with the spirit of the Sundance."
Why did you choose the Burnett Jacket for this event?
"The Burnett Jacket is a brand new part of our Outdoor Performance collection so it provides all the functionality needed to survive winter, but with a military-inspired and industrial style, it's also a great street-wear piece. It features a soft-shell hood to offer a layered look and is insulated with white duck down for ultimate in warmth and protection. The official Sundance Film Festival customized jackets are white and feature the Sundance logo on one arm, fleece-lined hand warmer pockets, shoulder epaulettes with snap attachments to secure gloves, and heavy-duty, rib-knit cuffs to keep out the cold."


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The Solitaire game on my iPhone is way cool. It has features that aren't available on the standard Windows download for PCs. Namely, there is an unlimited amount of "undos" unlike the restricted one allowed on Windows XP. Plus, after you finish a game, you can play the same one all over again. After playing one game 17 times, I finally won. Sort of like the movie, Ground Hogs Day, starring Bill Murray, a story line that forces the main character to re-live the same day over and over again, until he grows up instead of continuing as the self-centered sensation seeker.
Last night, while driving my teenage daughter home on Queens Boulevard, I told her I was offered the opportunity to be the art director for a documentary. What was originally intended to be a film only to be shown at our neighborhood's final Centennial Celebration is now being considered to appear on Channel 13, in affiliation with the renowned New York Historian, Barry Lewis. Samantha congratulated me and told me how proud she was of me. As I slowed down at a stoplight, I said, "I want to be a good role model for you."
A pause hung briefly in the air until the traffic light turned green. I pushed my foot gently on the accelerator and resumed our ride home.
"Mom," Samantha said. The steady sound stream of cars passing each other was interrupted by my daughter's gentle flow of words.
"You're already a good role model to me," she said. "I'm so proud of you."
"Thank you," I said. I wanted to look into her eyes and say so. Instead, they began to mist. I continued looking ahead while responsibly holding the steering wheel. My thoughts drifted to my Mom. I wonder how her life would have been like if she didn't adhere to the stereotype of her time. Back then, in the early '50s, if women graduated from college, the norm was to marry and become a housewife, which is exactly what she did. She was swept up by this trend.
She was a daughter of a secretary and engineer from Schenectady suburbia and a Grade A psychiatry major attending the University of Rochester on a scholarship. For whatever reason, whether it was the stress of living up to her parents' expectations, if they had any, falling for my father's Ivy League charm, or just being swept up by the allure of joining the ranks of the privileged class, she made her move. Like placing the Queen of Hearts onto the King of Spades, she altered the final outcome of her life and married.
What if she chose the path less traveled, instead of following society's acceptable route by marrying up in the world. Would she have continued her education by going to grad school? She could have become a formidable presence in the field of psychiatry. I see her living in a classically decorated pre-war building on Park Avenue, on a floor high enough so the sun can shine in. The walls would be ensconced with works of fine contemporary artists; maybe even a Monet or Klee. She'd be passionately involved with the arts; serving on museum boards and attending fundraisers for scholarships offered to promising painters. Not someone on the kitchen phone smoking a non-filter Pall Mall cigarette while waiting for the washing machine in the basement to complete its rinse cycle as John Gambling rambled on the radio.
Not only was she one smart cookie, she was also a real beauty. Her deep-set eyes and high cheekbones were a close match to Queen Nefertiti's bust. Mom was tall and thin and carried herself with the grace of a ballet dancer. After she graduated she moved to my father's neighborhood, Forest Hills, Queens and landed a job at Elizabeth Arden's. She worked as a show room model mingling with the fashion elite. Who knows what untapped opportunities waited for her behind the famed Fifth Avenue red door?
Instead Mom walked hand in hand with our father off into the sunset. They had a no-frills wedding ceremony at the Fort Louis Army Base in Georgia, where my Dad happened to be stationed at the time. She eventually bore four children and attended to the day-to-day functions of household management through the years. A Bell & Howell home video camera documented our growing family and prosperity.


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If you loved Kristen Wiig's Gilly, Target Lady and Penelope characters (not to mention her incredible Kathy Lee Gifford impersonation) on Saturday Night Live, you may be sad to know she has signed off the show after seven hilarious years—with the help of Mick Jagger, no less.
But, USA Today reports, the actress, 38, is poised to join the leagues of successful SNL vets who have made the jump from late-night TV to movie fame. Honestly, one word: Bridesmaids.
According to the newspaper, Wiig already has at least six films scheduled to hit theaters through the next couple of years, including Imogene with Glee star Darren Criss, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty with Ben Stiller, Freezing People Is Easy with Paul Rudd and The Comedian with Robert De Niro. She's doing voice work in Despicable Me 2 and How to Train Your Dragon 2.
"She reminds me of Will Ferrell with her fearlessness and almost complete lack of vanity when it comes to making comedy," Paul Dergarabedian of Hollywood.com tells USA Today. ". . . She has this unique Lucille Ball–type accessibility and humor that makes her particularly appealing to women . . . She could be the new voice of comedy in film, both as a writer and performer, given her seemingly universal appeal."
Hey, by the sound of her six—six!—films coming up, we'd say it seems like universal domination.
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Portion of River Road to close Monday
Published: Sunday, June 16, 2013 at 6:30 p.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, June 13, 2013 at 9:55 a.m.
NEW HANOVER COUNTY | A portion of River Road will be closed beginning June 17 as crews work on Lords Bridge.
There will be no through traffic for either northbound or sounthbound traffic beginning at 8 a.m. June 17 through 5 p.m. June 21.
The closure will take place between River Oaks Drive on the south end and Island Bridge Way on the north end.
During that time, N.C. Department of Transportation crews will do maintenance work on the small bridge that spans Lords Creek 2.9 miles from Sanders Road.
For additional information regarding the dates and times of this closure, please visit http://www.ncdot.org and click on "Travel & Maps" then, click on "Traveler Information Management System" and use the dropdown menus for county or route, or call "511" from any phone.
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The information posted to this site is intended to help providers and others stay current about contracts, Requests for Proposals, Requests for Qualifications and Requests for Information, Quality Management, Public Notices and other important developments at DDD.Resources and ToolsOffice of Quality Management and Planning
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Virgil Lee Hill
Published: Friday, March 15, 2013 at 4:38 p.m.
Last Modified: Friday, March 15, 2013 at 4:38 p.m.
THOMASVILLE | Virgil Lee Hill, 85, of Thomasville, died Friday, March 15, 2013, at Hinkle Hospice Home in Lexington.
His funeral will be at 2 p.m. Monday at J.C. Green and Sons Funeral Home Chapel. Interment will follow in Floral Garden Park.
The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home.
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