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As you know, tough economic times have severely reduced state revenues, forcing legislatures throughout the nation to make deep cuts in state budgets. Nearly half the states have found that temporary closures and furloughs are necessary ways to save money while preserving the important functions and services of state government.
As part of its strategy to address its own budget cuts,
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As a result, no WCB employee (Hearings Division, Board Review, or Administrative Services) will be performing work duties on the aforementioned "closure-furlough" days. In addition, no ALJ/Board order will be issued nor any other action (correspondence, agreement approval, telephone conference, mediation) will be taken on a "closure-furlough" day.
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Lafayette Head Coach Frank Tavani's squad has taken three of the last four meetings in college football's most-played rivalry.
Oct. 5, 2006
Patriot League football rivals Lafayette and Lehigh will be one of 10 college gridiron series to be showcased as part of ESPNU Honor Roll: College Football's Top 10. Lafayette-Lehigh will be shown during Honor Roll: College Football's Top 10 Greatest Rivalries on Oct. 13 at 7:30 p.m. on ESPN2 and again on Oct. 15 at 8:30 p.m. on ESPNU.
This year's Lafayette-Lehigh contest scheduled for Nov. 18 at 1 p.m. at Lafayette's Fisher Stadium in Easton, Pa. will be the 142nd all-time meeting between the two programs on the gridiron. Princeton and Yale hold the next longest-running series at 128 games.
This series first kicked off on Oct. 25, 1884 in Easton, Pa. For the 17 of the first 18 years, Lafayette and Lehigh faced one another twice a season in a home-and-home series with a third contest being played in 1891 in Wilkes Barre, Pa. Only once during the 122-year run have these teams not faced one another on the gridiron - 1896.
Lafayette has won the last two games, and three of the last four in the series. The Leopards also hold a slim advantage overall with 74 wins to Lehigh's 62. Five of the games have ended in a tie (all in Easton, Pa.), including the 100th meeting (6-6 on Nov. 21, 1964).
Beginning in 1960 the media in attendance selected the game's Most Valuable Player. There have been only four two-time winners - two student-athletes from each school. In 1976 Lafayette's Mark Jones and Lehigh's Rod Garner were both selected, the only time co-MVPs were awarded.
Both teams hold a slight edge in games played at home - Lafayette 39-22-5 (.629), Lehigh 39-35 (.527). The Leopards have won the most consecutive games at 10 from 1919-28, while the Mountain Hawks' longest run is also the most recent - seven games from 1995-2001.
The Lafayette-Lehigh rivalry will be the second ESPNU Honor Roll: College Football's Top 10 60-minute telecast in a series of 10, which will also highlight college football's greatest quarterbacks, greatest games, greatest stadiums and many other topics beginning Oct. 6 and running through the remainder of the year.
In addition, Patriot League full-time members Army and Navy (I-A in football) will also be featured during the greatest rivalries episode as well.
ESPNU can be found on DirecTV channel 609 and Dish Network channel 148.

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If you are wondering if the new China Mobile iPhone is making a difference in Apple's bottom line, the Wall Street Journal reported some numbers on Thursday. Chief Executive Li Yue said the company added about one million new iPhone users last month, after it began offering Apple's smartphone -- for the first time -- in mid-January.
Prior to this, Chinese users could only look to China Telecom and China Unicom if they wanted to get an iPhone, although, of course, many unlocked or jailbroken devices were activated on Chinese networks.
The news came just hours after China Mobile, China -- and the world's -- largest wireless carrier reported a decline in annual earnings, its first drop since 1999. Despite that, China Mobile said, were it will work to increase network investments -- its 4G network went live in December of 2013. Costly handset subsidies, such as for the iPhone, could also weigh down 2014 profits.
China Mobile Chairman Xi Gouhua told The Wall Street Journal:
We added 1.34 million new 4G users in February and most of them are iPhone users. We are happy with the progress as we are still building our 4G network and the coverage is only available in some major cities.
One million iPhones sounds great, but China Mobile isn't satisfied, as the number is below their expectations, Xi hinted.
Most of our 1.34 million 4G users are using an iPhone. It's just been getting started for one or two months. So far it's hard to tell how that will affect our business.
China is the world's biggest smartphone market with more than 500 million mobile Internet users. China Mobile's 776 million users made up 62 percent of China's 1.25 billion subscribers in February, but only 28 percent of these are signed to more lucrative 3G contracts, which is by far the lowest percentage of China's three carriers.
China Mobile shares closed down 3.6 percent on Thursday after the earnings were disclosed, versus a 1.8 percent drop in the Hang Seng Index.


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This package is an implementation of a linear svm solver with a wide class of regularizations on the svm weight vector (l1, l2, mixed norm l1-lq, adaptive lasso). We provide solvers for the classical single task svm problem and for multi-task with joint feature selection or similarity promoting term.
Note that this toolbox has been designed to be efficient for dense data whereas most of the existing linear svm solvers have been designed for sparse datasets.
This is the code that has been used for sensor selection in the paper:
|R. Flamary, N. Jrad, R. Phlypo, M. Congedo, A. Rakotomamonjy, "Mixed-Norm Regularization for Brain Decoding", Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine, Vol. 2014, N. 1, pp 1-13, 2014.
|Abstract: This work investigates the use of mixed-norm regularization for sensor selection in event-related potential (ERP) based brain-computer interfaces (BCI). The classification problem is cast as a discriminative optimization framework where sensor selection is induced through the use of mixed-norms. This framework is extended to the multitask learning situation where several similar classification tasks related to different subjects are learned simultaneously. In this case, multitask learning helps in leveraging data scarcity issue yielding to more robust classifiers. For this purpose, we have introduced a regularizer that induces both sensor selection and classifier similarities. The different regularization approaches are compared on three ERP datasets showing the interest of mixed-norm regularization in terms of sensor selection. The multitask approaches are evaluated when a small number of learning examples are available yielding to significant performance improvements especially for subjects performing poorly.
@article{flamary2014mixed, author = {Flamary, R. and Jrad, N. and Phlypo, R. and Congedo, M. and Rakotomamonjy, A.}, title = {Mixed-Norm Regularization for Brain Decoding}, journal = {Computational and Mathematical Methods in Medicine}, volume = {2014}, number = {1}, pages = {1-13}, editor = {}, year = {2014} }
We provide a general solver for squared hinge loss SVM of the form:
We also provide a multitask solver where T tasks can be learned simultaneously with joint sparsity constraints (mixed norm regularization) and/or inter-task similarity promoting regularization.
This toolbox is in Matlab and the algorithm used for solving the problem is a Forward-Backward Splitting algorithm from the FISTA paper.
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"People tend to do these things for hours, but after 20 minutes you actually start burning muscle, not fat," he says.
Instead of straight cardio, Karas recommends interval training — alternating one minute of working out at a high intensity followed by a minute at a slower rate — for 20 minutes, which burns more fat than staying at the same level throughout. And don't forget strength training. Muscle uses more calories to maintain itself than any other body tissue. For every pound of muscle you put on, you automatically burn an extra 22 to 36 calories a day, says Karas. Strength-train every other day to give muscles time to repair.
Blasting the Air Conditioner
A study in the journal Food Science and Nutrition theorizes that modern technologies — such as air conditioning — help keep our bodies in a "thermoneutral zone," a temperature range in which we don't have to work to stay comfortable, which decreases the amount of calories we burn.
Also, when you're hotter you tend to eat less, so keeping your house cool may make you eat more. Study author David Allison, PhD, distinguished professor and head of the section on Statistical Genetics at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, suggests setting your air conditioner to the highest temperature you can tolerate, or turning it off altogether if you can stand it, though he stresses that this specific approach has not yet been scientifically shown to cause weight loss.
A Jam-Packed Fridge
Eating plenty of fruits and vegetables can help you stay trim, but if your fridge is so full that you don't even know what's in your produce drawers, your healthy intentions may be falling short. In fact, produce comprises about 25 percent of the food we throw out every day, according to University of Arizona research.
It's easy to forget about food when it's not staring you in the face, and then it goes bad before you've had the chance to eat it. Wash and cut up fruits and veggies as soon as you get home from the supermarket, then store them in airtight containers on eye-level shelves, suggests Karst. Keep a fruit bowl with apples, pears, bananas, or mangoes on the counter. And don't buy more than a week's worth of produce at a time.
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Reaching for a diet soda or a cup of coffee sprinkled with artificial sweetener instead of the sugary stuff makes you a virtuous dieter, right? Not necessarily.
According to a study in the journal Obesity, over a 17-year period, people who downed drinks made with artificial sweeteners had a 47 percent bigger increase in body mass index (BMI) than those who didn't drink them. While artificially sweetened drinks certainly pack fewer calories than full-sugar beverages, over-relying on them as a weight-loss tool may backfire. Researchers theorize that artificial sweeteners stoke your sweet tooth and set off cravings that lead you to binge on high-calorie foods later. Craving something sweet to sip? Make ice cubes out of 100 percent fruit juice (try concord grape, pomegranate, or cranberry) and plop them into a glass of seltzer or iced tea. As the ice melts it will sweeten the drink and add healthy vitamins and antioxidants.
Constantly Multitasking
Your rapid-fire, doing five-things-at-once lifestyle has a surprisingly negative effect on your diet. Of course when you're busy it's harder to carve out time for exercise or cook healthy meals, but new research suggests that serially switching tasks actually wears out your resolve and makes you more apt to give in to temptation. Emory University researchers conducted five different experiments on about 300 people and found that frequently toggling between different tasks can exhaust the executive function of the brain, which helps us regulate self control.
"When you help your kids with their homework, then respond to a work email on your Blackberry, then go right back to algebra, you're doing tasks that require very different mindsets, which is what we found saps self-control resources," says Ryan Hamilton, PhD, assistant professor of marketing and one of the study's researchers. Minimizing distractions may help you avoid a snack binge.


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From our career-focused majors to our applied approach to learning we are a leader in educational innovation.
The College of Management at UW-Stout offers a distinctive array of programs that prepare people for high demand positions in business and industry. Over 2500 students are enrolled in programs offered by the College of Management.
The B.S Business Administration programs offers students a solid foundation in business; what differentiates it from other business programs is its applied nature and technical emphasis. Students can select a specialized program of study in many of the technical areas, from quality management to sales. The business Administration program is candidate for accreditation with the ACBSP (The Association of College Business Schools and Programs). The ACBSP accreditation requirements are aligned with the prestigious Malcom Baldrige Award. UW-Stout received the 2001 Baldrige Award for its innovative, data driven, and stakeholder supported initiative.
Several of the College of Management programs are recognized internationally. The B.S Retail Merchandising and Management program prepares students to pursue leadership in the retail field, from mass merchandising, niche retailing and food marketing. The B.S Hospitality, Restaurant and Tourism Management has produced graduates that now lead that industry in venues throughout the world. The B.S in Service Management is a unique offering, created to meet the needs of the growing service based enterprises.
The two fastest growing programs at UW-Stout are in the College of Management. Golf Enterprise Management, launched in 2006, has students enrolled in both on campus and off campus cohorts. The B.S in Management provides an opportunity for distance learners to complete a baccalaureate program via instructional distance technologies. This program now boasts 8 locations around the state of Wisconsin as well as Minnesota.
The College of Management is very proud of its graduate program array that includes on campus as well as off campus learning opportunities for students. The M.S Training & Development; M.S Risk Control and M.S Technology Management are serving students who, in most cases, are working full time and continuing their education as working adults.
New programs are under development: watch for a new Bachelor of Science degree in Supply Chain Management, a new Master's Degree in Applied Management and a relaunch of the M.S in Hospitality and Tourism.
The faculty and staff who serve these programs as leaders and professors bring a passion for their respective disciplines and the students they serve. Many faculty serve as leaders in national and international professional associations and are engaged in professional development activities on a regular basis. They are committed to Stout and its programs and take a great deal of pride in the accomplishments of our graduates.
The College of Management continues to monitor the the economy and the business environment to best prepare its students for lucrative and successful careers. In addition to undergraduate and graduate education, the College sponsors several executive education programs. The People Process Culture Center facilitates an annual executive in residency sponsored by the Cabot endowment. The Hospitality and Tourism Executive in Residency is new and incorporates business and industry involvement in student professional development. Other new programs targeting the needs of business and industry are currently being developed.


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You know you're officially getting old when you see an athlete do a dance and you're thinking: "What the hell is he doing?"
That was my initial reaction to the dance Miami Dolphins receiver Brian Hartline's did after scoring his 10-yard touchdown in the third quarter of Monday night's 38-24 loss to the New England Patriots.
It was odd. It was stiff.
Is he rowing a boat?
Well folks, Hartline was actually doing the new dance (it's actually been around since April, so it's not so new) called the Cat Daddy. My kid and his friend informed me Hartline is cool. I'm not last night.
A quick Youtube check informed me they were right.
Chris Brown has even endorsed the Cat Daddy, so maybe Hartline, who Brandon Marshall has nicknamed "White Lightning," is cooler than we think.
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Kenneth Eckstein is co-chair of Kramer Levin's 45-attorney Corporate Restructuring and Bankruptcy Department and has played a prominent role in many of the largest and most complex chapter 11 reorganization cases over the past 30 years. His practice includes both in and out-of-court restructurings of financially distressed businesses on behalf of debtors, creditor committees, major secured and unsecured creditors, bondholders, trustees, examiners, and third parties seeking to acquire the assets or businesses of financially troubled companies.Mr. Eckstein has represented the debtors in the bankruptcies of Genco Shipping & Trading, General Maritime Corporation, Saint Vincent Catholic Medical Centers, Bally Total Fitness, Molecular Insight Pharmaceuticals, Ascendia Brands, Malden Mills, MicroWarehouse, Berry-Hill Galleries, Elite Models, Cross Media and The Wiz, Inc. Mr. Eckstein's representations also include the official creditor committees of Residential Capital LLC, General Motors, Chrysler, Cooper‑Standard, Magna Entertainment, Leap Wireless, Big V Supermarkets, SGL Carbon Corp., Cityscape Financial, Olympia & York, Integrated Resources, SLM International, Financial News Network, PSNH, Eastern Airlines and Texaco. His other representations include the Caesar's Entertainment First Lien Bondholders, Dewey & LeBoeuf Lenders, Adelphia/FrontierVision Bondholders, Owens Corning Bank Group, Calpine Canada bondholders and the Dow Corning Claimants Committee. He has represented bondholders, bank groups, acquirors and other major creditors in Washington Mutual, Tribune Company, Charter Communications, Steve & Barry's, Calpine Corporation, Northwest Airlines, PTS, Enron, Warnaco, NTL, Twin Lab, Amerco, Mediq, PacCoin, Big City Radio, Jitney Jungle, LTV, New Valley, Herman's Sporting Goods, Tucson Electric and Farley Industries. He has led his firm's representation of Deloitte LLP for the purchase of assets of BearingPoint's Public Services practice, the Examiner in Bruno's Inc. and the Independent Restructuring Advisor in Coram Healthcare. He has also represented the Trustee in Island Mortgage and in Sharp International.Mr. Eckstein regularly represents a wide range of lending and other financial institutions and distressed investors in chapter 11 cases, workouts and out of court restructurings. These institutions include JP Morgan Chase, Credit Suisse, BNP-Paribas, Morgan Stanley, Centerbridge, Anchorage Capital, Aurelius, Harbinger, Elliott Associates, Angelo Gordon, Farallon and others.Mr. Eckstein is a Fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy, an honorary association of approximately 800 leading senior insolvency professionals.


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The New USEF Drug Rule Goes into Effect April 1
The new USEF drug rule affecting the use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS) in U.S. Equestrian Federation (USEF) competition will go into effect on April 1.
The USEF Board of Directors voted to amend the therapeutic drug rule, restricting the use of NSAIDS to a single variety beginning December 1, 2011.
Prior to December to 2011, two of the seven approved but restricted (by quantity) NSAIDS will still be allowed. It just has to be carefully reported. (The combination of phenylbutazone ("Bute") and flunixin meglumine (Banamine) is still forbidden.)
Beginning April, 1, 2010, anyone administering two NSAIDs to a horse within five days prior to participating at a USEF-licensed competition will be required to complete and file a NSAID Disclosure Form with the USEF Steward/Technical Delegate or their Designated Competition Office Representative. This form will allow the USEF Equine Drugs and Medications Program to collect valuable data regarding the use of NSAIDs in competition horses.
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Freeman Feeling Beautiful Avocado & Oatmeal Facial Clay Mask Reviews
A favorite!I live this mask for my sensitive very oily combination skin(oily everything, but dry cheeks) and I LOVE it. In summer it sucks up all my excess oil and makes it feel super soft and smooth. In winter it soothes my itchy cheeks. I like to leave it on for an hour or more even, while I'm watching tv and doing housework etc (this is out of laziness. In a crunch I have let it dry ten minutes, and the r...read moreesults were basically the same, but I didn't feel like it was as DEEPLY effective, but that could be psychological...). I used to use St. Ives mineral mud mask, but it can dry out my cheeks (I still use it sometimes on my nose or to spot treat the odd blemish) and it can sting if it gets closer to the eyes, so I bought this. Excellent! The only thing I have against it is it doesn't tingle like my old mask. But that tingling menthol was probably what made my cheeks itch and my eyes sting, so I'll have to deal. Oh and the smell, at first is... Odd. It's avocado oatmeal clay mask.... And it smells like avocado oatmeal and clay! It's not artificial smelling, or medicine-y. I have now come to equate that smell with happy, pretty skin, so it's just fine for me now! — 4 years, 9 months agoDeiaBird | 1 reviews
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Good (:This product is great for my skin. After I use it, my skin feels fresh and soft. It also smells good, and feels good ;) — 4 years, 10 months agoRIPJozlin | 3 reviews
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NiceWell guess Im the 1st to review. Well I tried this last night and I have to say I actually like this. I used Proactiv's mask and dont get me wrong it worked for me but for a tiny bottle it costs alot. So I tried this to save some $ and what could it hurt, I dont even think I paid anything over $5. I put it on and watched family guy and after the show took it off and my skin was alot softer and cle...read morean. I have very oily skin and have it under control with Yaz but I still break out a little from time to time. So my opinion is that this is pretty good, especially for summer when my skin can get oily. Definitely worth a try, What do you have to lose? You wont pay more than $5 ;o) — 5 years agoMissPrettyKitty | 8 reviews
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Record: 7-9-0, Finished 2nd in NFC West Division
NFL Season Summary
Scored 426 points (26.6/g), 2nd of 28 in the NFL.
Allowed 355 points (22.2/g), 18th.
Differential of 71 points (4.4/g), 7th.
Expected W-L: 9.7-6.3.
Takeaway/Giveaway Differential +5 (0.3/g), 9th.
Simple Rating System: Total 4.0, Offense: 6.5, Defense: -2.6, SoS: -0.5, versus averages of 0.0.
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Since mid-November, the loyal world of NASCAR fans have been eagerly awaiting the return of their favorite drivers and teams to the airwaves. Originally, the NASCAR Preseason Thunder, where drivers and fans are able to interact as well as test for the upcoming season, had been scheduled for two track days at the storied Daytona International Speedway. However, after rain showers washed out Thursday's Preseason Thunder testing, NASCAR Sprint Cup Series drivers finally got some track time on Friday, Jan. 10.
The schedule was continually adjusted to account for weather conditions both at the speedway and at the team's headquarters in North Carolina. Conveniently for the Fox Sports 1 coverage, cars began making testing runs around the 2.5-mile tri-oval shortly before 1:00 p.m. in preparation for the 56th annual Daytona 500 scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 23.
Forty-one drivers turned laps in Gen-6 Chevrolets, Fords and Toyotas, which are entering their second year of NASCAR Sprint Cup Series competition. Those cars featured a new 4.5-inch spoiler, designed to add more rear downforce for stability. Results were positive. Thirty-three cars topped 190 mph and the new aero package performed well in traffic, which was tested in the draft during the final hour of testing.
"It's a comfortable zone for the teams to be into, so really this test is all about the teams and those guys working on their set-ups and their engine packages and things of that nature," said Robin Pemberton, NASCAR vice president of competition and racing development. "So far speeds look to be what we expected."
Two of the sport's biggest stars turned their first Daytona laps with new teams, including past Daytona 500 winners Kevin Harvick and Ryan Newman. Harvick now drives the No. 4 Chevrolet for Stewart-Haas Racing, while Newman is behind the wheel of the No. 31 Chevrolet for Richard Childress Racing.
Fastest of the test was Richard Childress Racing's Austin Dillon, who posted a top speed of 195.109 mph in the No. 3 Chevrolet. Rounding out the top five were Brian Scott (194.582), Matt Crafton (194.342), Aric Almirola (193.828) and Kyle Larson (193.411). Casey Mears and his GEICO Chevrolet had found their way to the top of the speed chart and sat sixth overall after wheeling around the 2.5-mile high-banked superspeedway in just 46.547-seconds (193.353 miles per hour). Six-time and reigning NASCAR Sprint Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson was 11th on the charts, with a fast lap of 193.021 mph.
Germain's new alliance with Richard Childress Racing and switch to Chevrolet is a familiar feel for Mears, who piloted the #07 Chevrolet for legendary team-owner Richard Childress during the 2009 season.
"It was nice to finally get on the track and turn some laps. The test went really well and our #13 GEICO Chevrolet SS felt great," Mears said. "All of the guys on our Germain Racing team did a great job in the off-season getting prepared to start 2014. It was nice to see some familiar faces at RCR (Richard Childress Racing) and that relationship seems to be working out well. I can't wait to get back to Daytona for Speedweeks."
Austin Dillon, the defending NASCAR Nationwide Series will be a top contender for NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Sunoco Rookie of the Year honors in 2014.
"I'm honored to be in the 3," said Dillon, who is driving a number that Dale Earnhardt drove to victory 24 times at Daytona. "This is special and walking into this [NASCAR Sprint] Cup garage this weekend is pretty cool. There are so many heroes in this garage for me, and just being in this garage is going to be pressure."
Jimmie Johnson is gunning for back-to-back victories in the Daytona 500. Last year at Daytona, he became the first driver since Bobby Allison in 1982 to sweep both NASCAR Sprint Cup Series races.
"There is no other sensation when you come into a race track like there is here," Johnson said. "Driving through the tunnel and popping out in Turn 4 and looking around and realizing you're here is always a great way to start the season."
Tony Stewart was in attendance for the test, but he wasn't behind the wheel of the No. 14 Stewart-Haas Chevrolet. Stewart, who is still recovering from injuries suffered in a sprint car accident back in August, had Mark Martin shaking down his car.
"February here is high on that bucket list," said Stewart, who is winless in the Daytona 500 in 14 starts. "We haven't won here yet. We've won here, just not on the right day. The second Sunday would be nice. That's all that's on the bucket list right now."
NASCAR Preseason Thunder testing at Daytona continues for four more days, as the NASCAR Nationwide Series' top drivers take to the track Saturday and Sunday. NASCAR Camping World Truck Series drivers will test Monday and Tuesday. Testing sessions for all four remaining days are scheduled to begin at 9 a.m. Tickets for NASCAR Nationwide Series testing are $10 each day and are available only at the gate. Children 12 and under will receive free admission throughout testing. Fans can also watch each day's testing at no cost from a section of the Oldfield Grandstands.
Also announced during the event was the voting procedures to determine the competition elements for the Sprint Unlimited at Daytona, the 75-lap, non-points race that kicks off the 2014 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series racing season on Saturday, February 15 (8 p.m. ET, FOX Sports 1, MRN Radio, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio). Fans will again set the number of laps in each of the three segments, while also voting on how drivers will line up at the start of the race and how they will line up for the restart of the final segment.
"We are excited to build off of the success of last year's event and give our fans another opportunity to help make key decisions that will enhance the excitement around this highly anticipated race," said Robin Pemberton, NASCAR vice president of competition and racing development. "This interactive element is unique to NASCAR – and all of sports."
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Ben's Mum says:
Hi All
I know I rarely come on in here anymore but can't put anything on FB as I have 'friends' on there from my yard.
We've had the most awful time. There was one person who was just so self centered and ignored all the yard rules. At some point she's fallen out with most people but it came to a head when she fell out with my friend. Thankfully I wasn't around. The yard owner had had enough and was going to give her notice but she left yesterday so it wasn't necessary.
She always sold herself as being an animal lover. How can an animal lover take posts from a field (which she had replaced out of choice without gaining the YO's permission) and just leave bloody great holes, which if one of the horses came across would probably break their legs. We've all got individual grazing in a huge field. So I spent part of this morning waliking thourough really high grass tryng to help the YO find the holes so she could fill them. We think we've found them all.
She's also said some really nasty things about our YO who is the nicest, kindest person you could hope to have running a yard. We know she's going to go around bad mouthing the yard, which was lovely until she turned up.
I'm so upset about it all and angry with her behaviour. It's so unnecessary and has divided the yard, however I do think that will heal in time.
There is something about the outside of a horse that is good for the inside of a man. ~ Sir Winston Churchill
Jul 10
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CharParsley620 says:
Thank God she's gone. We've all met them. They are vile.
It's lonely in the saddle since the horse died.
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brook says:
Thank goodness she's now left the yard, hopefully everything will calm down and get back to normal ! My OH and I rent a small private yard which is lovely as we can just carry on without having to worry about anyone else and as there are only two stables nobody else can come in or out. The down side is that we don't have an arena or any other horses in the yard so it's sometimes difficult to take one horse out without the other. I know that going it alone is'nt for everyone but if we moved it would defo be another place of our own. I really hope that things work out well for you all and your yard can look forward to happier times ahead X
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greyandbay says:
Sounds like you're well rid of her, hope your yard goes back to it's friendly old ways now.
The more I hear about yards, the more relieved I am we have our own field......
The outside of a horse is good for the inside of a man - Winston Churchill
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kevinhiatt says:
I know whats its like as thats one of the reasons originally I moved my horse Tonka home as the YO and the some of the liveries, which worked for 20 years, then Lara, but Sabrina needed another home so took her to a yard where I had my Hay from for years and they did me a favour by taking us in when Sabrina played up, except after a while I wish I had never seen that yard, the YO was a nightmare did not like mares, also barbed wire everywhere and in the mix where horrible liveries, now moved to a small yard where there is only 3 horses the YO is lovely and my horse has changed to how she was when I tried her for purchase, so 3 horses 10 acres and no barbed wire.
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SarahR123 says:
There is almost always one... sadly our YO can be a little bit like that of late - most recently, she started to fix a fence on which my daughter had effected a perfectly decent temporary fix, obviously left wire lying around as she was sorting it. My horse panicked and jumped the wire that was lying low and the others followed into a paddock that normally has just one other horse. She left them all in together (2 geldings, 2 mares) as she had to "have a shower before she got the kids as she was all muddy" Unbelievable! Fortunately, although my mare had kicked the "other" gelding there was no injury and they were all quite calm by the time I got there. I had to leave work early to go and sort HER mess on HER yard... And then there was the time she replaced lengths of wire in two fields and left the old wire lying loose in the field...
One of mine came home this weekend and the other one moves yards at the weekend!
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We had real "peach" on our old yard who made everyone's life a living hell, especially the young teenage girls - and this person was a teacher. She was a complete bully in every way and she took a dislike to me years ago after she nearly killed my thoroughbred Joe by leaving concrete struts lying around where he fell over them and sliced his leg open, not to mention damaging his pelvic muscles. It culminated when she decided to smack Blair on the face with goodness knows what (I suspect the hook end of a lead rope swung at speed) and fractured his maxilla. She was stone mental, she even followed us to the equestrian centre when we went to pratice on the clear round nights so she could heckle from the side lines (she also did it at a show), but as both Blair and our friend's horse were good and well behaved the only person who must have felt foolish would have been her and her ratty daughter. I've got my own place now and so has she, so at least she's leaving the others alone now too.
My Mare loved the YO that much like the other mares, the leader tried to push the YO through the gate when it was closed and mine tried to double barrel her but missed, the YO wanted to shoot my mare and was always hitting the horses in the face, and it turns out years ago she trashed a horse that much it went down and one of the women horse owners once picked her up by the throat. She hated me because I either laughed at her or relly stood upto her and left before me or.my horse killed her, the new yard at the moment the YO is lovely so are the others and the horses are the same so chilled out, the only problem I have now iswhen bringing my horse in the others walk alongside and now don't really need a lead rope.
I just think it's so sad and unnecessary to behave like she has. We all have a mutual love of horses and we pay an awful lot of money to enjoy them. We don't have to be best friends with everyone but we should be able to be civil to each other. And the other thing that seems to have been forgotten is that the yard is our horses home so we should try to make it as nice as we can for them.
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|By Deepak Gothe, Umachitra Damodaran, Manish Gupta, and Satyaranjan D, September 2007; updated April 2008
This article describes new features available in the Portlet Container 2.0 software. Portlet Container 2.0 is a part of the Java Application Platform SDK Update 5 software.
Note: See the Portlet Container 2.0 Release Notes and Installation Instructions for Java Application Platform SDK Update 5.
The article Introducing Java Portlet Specifications: JSR 168 and JSR 286 describes portlets as web-based components that enable integration between applications and portals and thus delivery of applications on portals. The heart of a portal is a portlet container, and as a servlet container is to servlets, so is a portlet container is to portlets. Portlet containers execute portlets and manage their life cycle.
The Java Portlet Specification 2.0, Java Specification Request (JSR) 286 was approved and released recently.
The JSR 286 includes the following new features:
Portlet Container 2.0 implements the above features of the Java Portlet Specification 2.0. In addition to this, Portlet Container 2.0 provides a portlet driver, a lightweight portlet rendering environment. This driver simulates some capabilities of a typical portal product like the Sun Java System Portal Server.
This article describes the new features that are available in Portlet Container 2.0 along with a sample application to demonstrate how to write portlets with these features. The steps to deploy portlets are the same as in Portlet Container 1.0. To know more about how to deploy portlets, see Understanding the Portlet Container 1.0 Software and Deploying Portlets.
An event is a life cycle operation that occurs before the rendering phase. Events can be described as a loosely coupled, brokered means of communication between portlets. Events allow portlets to respond on actions or state changes not directly related to an interaction of the user with the portlet.
A portlet can declare events in its deployment descriptor by using the
event-definition element in the portlet application section.
In the portlet application section, each portlet specifies the events it would like to publish through the
supported-publishing-event element and the events it would like to process through the
supported-processing-event element.
supported-publishing-event and
supported-processing-event elements must reference the event name defined in the portlet application section in a
event-definition element.
The portlet creates events using the
setEvent() method during action processing. This will be processed by the portlet container after the action processing has finished.
To receive events, the portlet must implement the
javax.Portlet.EventPortlet interface. The portlet container calls the
processEvent() method for each event targeted to the portlet with an
EventRequest and
EventResponse object. The portlet can access the event that triggered the current process event call by using the
EventRequest.getEvent() method. This method returns an object of type
Event encapsulating the current event name and value.
Event names are represented as
QNames to identify them uniquely. The event name can be retrieved by using the
getQName() method that returns the complete
QName of the event, or by using the
getName() method that only returns the local part of the event name. The value of the event must be based on the type defined in the deployment descriptor.
To create portlets that use the event feature, follow these steps:
portlet.xml file
<portlet-app xmlns="http://bit.ly/14tO1Qi" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://bit.ly/14tO1Qi http://bit.ly/14tO1Qi" id="myPortletApp" version="2.0"> <portlet> . . . . . . </portlet> <event-definition>
<portlet-app xmlns=" # portlet-app_2_0.xsd" xmlns:xsi= "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation=" # /portlet-app_2_0.xsd http://bit.ly/14tO1Qi" id="myPortletApp" version="2.0"> <portlet> <description>ContinentPortlet</description> <portlet-name>ContinentPortlet</portlet-name> <display-name>ContinentPortlet</display-name> <portlet-class>com.sun.portal.portlet.event.ContinentPortlet</portlet-class> . . . <supported-publishing-event>
<portlet-app xmlns= "http://bit.ly/14tO1Qi" xmlns:xsi= "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation= "
supported-publishing-event event in the portlet.
public class ContinentPortlet extends GenericPortlet { public void processAction(ActionRequest request, ActionResponse response) throws PortletException,IOException { QName qname = new QName("http:sun.com/mapevents" , "Continent") String value = request.getParameter("continent"); Continent continent = new Continent(); continent.setName(value); ResourceBundle rb = getPortletConfig() .getResourceBundle(request.getLocale()); continent.setDescription(rb.getString(value)); response.setEvent(qname, continent); } . . . }
supported-processing-event event in the portlet.
public class ContinentInfoPortlet extends GenericPortlet { public void processEvent(EventRequest request, EventResponse response) { Event event = request.getEvent(); if(event.getName().equals("Continent")){ Continent payload = (Continent)event.getValue(); response.setRenderParameter("continentDescription", payload.getDescription()); } } . . . } public class ContinentMapPortlet extends GenericPortlet { public void processEvent(EventRequest request, EventResponse response) { Event event = request.getEvent(); if(event.getName().equals("Continent")){ Continent payload = (Continent)event.getValue(); response.setRenderParameter("continentName", payload.getName()); } } . . . }
As an illustration, here is a sample application, compressed as a ZIP file. You can also download the binary EventingMap.war file to deploy and run the application.
Figure 1 shows the World Map, Continent Information, and Continent Map Portlets that participate in the event. Clicking on any continent in the World Map triggers an event. This event is processed by the Continent Information and Continent Map Portlets to show the relevant information.
In Java Portlet Specification 1.0 (JSR 168), the render parameters set in the
processAction() method are available only in the render phase of the same portlet.
By using the public render parameters feature, the render parameters set in the
processAction() method of one portlet are available in render parameters of the other portlets. Using public render parameters instead of events avoids the additional process event call.
To enable coordination of render parameters with other portlets within the same portlet application or across portlet applications, the portlet can declare public render parameters in its deployment descriptor using the
public-render-parameter element in the portlet application section. Public render parameters can be viewed and changed by other portlets or components.
In the portlet section, each portlet can specify the public render parameters to be shared through the
supported-public-render-parameter element. The
supported-public-render-parameter element must reference the identifier of a public render parameter defined in the portlet application section in a
public-render-parameter element.
To create portlets that use the public render parameters, follow these steps:
portlet.xml file by setting the public render parameters at the portlet application level.
<portlet-app xmlns="http://bit.ly/14tO1Qi" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://bit.ly/14tO1Qi http://bit.ly/14tO1Qi" id="myPortletApp" version="2.0"> <portlet> . . . </portlet> <public-render-parameter>
<portlet-app xmlns="http://bit.ly/14tO1Qi" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://bit.ly/14tO1Qi http://bit.ly/14tO1Qi id="myPortletApp" version="2.0"> <portlet> <description>WeatherPortlet</description> <portlet-name>WeatherPortlet</portlet-name> <display-name>WeatherPortlet</display-name> <portlet-class>com.sun.portal.portlet.WeatherPortlet</portlet-class> <supported-public-render-parameter>zip-id</supported-public-
processAction() method by using the defined public render parameter identifier as the key.
public class WeatherPortlet extends GenericPortlet { . . . public void processAction(ActionRequest req, ActionResponse res) throws IOException, PortletException { . . . res.setRenderParameter("zip-id", zip); } . . . }
Here is a sample application, compressed as a ZIP file. You can also download the binary WeatherMap.war file to deploy and run the sample application.
Figure 2 shows the Weather and Map portlets. The Weather portlet sets the zip which is declared as a Public Render Parameter. This parameter is supported by both Weather and Map portlets. Any change in the value of zip by Weather portlet is reflected during the render phase of both weather and map portlets.
A portlet filter is a Java technology-based component that can be used to modify the content of the portlet request and portlet response before or after any life cycle method of the portlet. The concept of a portlet filter is same as that of a servlet filter. The only difference is that a servlet has only one request handling method,
service() and therefore there is only one type of the servlet filter. A portlet on the other hand has four types of request handling methods and therefore there are four different types of portlet filters.
The portlet API defines the following interfaces for creating portlet filters:
Each of the above filter interface contains a single
doFilter(*Request, *Response, FilterChain chain) method which differs in the type of request and response object. For example, the
doFilter() method of
ActionFilter takes instances of
ActionRequest and
ActionResponse objects while the
doFilter() method of
RenderFilter takes instances of the
RenderRequest and
Each filter interface extends a common base interface called
javax.portlet.filter.PortletFilter. This common base interface contains the following two methods:
init(javax.portlet.filter.FilterConfig filterConfig) - The
init() method makes sure that every filter has access to a
FilterConfig object from which it can obtain its initialization parameters, a reference to the PortletContext which it can use, for example, to load resources needed for filtering tasks.
destroy() - Signifying the end of service of the filter.
init() and
destroy() methods of a portlet filter are called only once during their lifetime.
A single filter class can provide filter functionality for more than one life cycle method. Also, a single filter can provide filter functionality for more than one portlet. Multiple filters can be associated with one life cycle method of a portlet. The
doFilter() method of a portlet filter might create customized request and response objects by using the
*RequestWrapper and
*ResponseWrapper classes and by passing these wrappers to the
doFilter() method of the
FilterChain object.
To write a portlet filter, follow these steps:
init() and
destroy() methods of the
javax.portlet.filter.PortletFilter interface.
public class HitCounterFilter implements RenderFilter { private FilterConfig filterConfig = null; public void init(FilterConfig filterConfig) throws PortletException { this.filterConfig = filterConfig; } public void doFilter(RenderRequest renderRequest, RenderResponse renderResponse, FilterChain filterChain) throws IOException, PortletException { . . . StringWriter sw = new StringWriter(); PrintWriter writer = new PrintWriter(sw); . . . writer.println(); writer.println("==============="); writer.println("The number of hits is: " +count); writer.println("==============="); . . . filterChain.doFilter(renderRequest, renderResponse); } public void destroy() { } }
portlet.xmlfiles after you write the portlet filter class.
<portlet-app xmlns="http://bit.ly/14tO1Qi" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://bit.ly/14tO1Qi http://bit.ly/14tO1Qi" id="myPortletApp" version="2.0"> <portlet> . . . <filter>
Here is a sample application, compressed as a ZIP file. Download the PortletFilter.war file to deploy and run the sample application.
The number of times the sample portlet has been accessed is logged using a Filter. Access the portlet and check the application server log file. The log file shows the number of times the portlet has been accessed.
The resource serving feature enables a portlet to serve a resource. Portlets can create two kinds of resource links to serve requests:
serveResource() method of
ResourceServingPortlet. This way, the portlet can serve a resource that is protected by the portal security and can leverage the portlet context. Portlet container does not render any output in addition to the content returned by the
serveResource call. Thus, the
serveResource() method provides more control to you by giving access to write directly on the response object where portal server just acts as a proxy.
The presentation logic for the resource serving portlet looks as below:
<%@ taglib uri=
"#" prefix="portlet" %>
<portlet:resourceURL var="jsURL" id="js" escapeXml="false" />
/* Load Dojo library, if it hasn't already */
if (typeof dojo == "undefined") {
/* build script tag */
var script = document.createElement("script");
script.src =
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Secular companies do own Christian companies, we are not that aware of it though, and because of this, material churned out by Christian publishers could be questionable. Instead of focusing on the publishers what does this say about the readers?
Christians try to read theologically sound books.
When 'The Shack' graced the publishing scene and into Christian homes, the story was well told, the characters, colorful- but was it theologically sound?
What makes the book's contents so confusing for most evangelical Christians is perhaps that God is being portrayed by an African American woman(no one could possibly imagine that God could be whatever). Or could it be the answers that "God" provides in the story, may not be the explanation God will give?
Christians do read secular material.
Just as there are Christians who read nothing but faith-filled books there are others who have read secular books and will continue reading them, but does this make them less Christian?
For instance, Dean Koontz is not classified as a Christian author, but his books focus on thrilling, spirit filled plot lines. Magazines like US, People, magazines on weapons and fighting- are not Christian either, but how many Christians read those too? Newspapers are not necessarily faith filled yet we all read them.
Maybe people are suckers for a good story.
A lukewarm literary experience.
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"I have the right to do anything,"you say—but not everything is beneficial. "I have the right to do anything"—but I will not be mastered by anything. 1 Corinthians 6:12 NIV
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- Am I reading someone's testimony(testimonies can sometimes include language, indecent scenes, etc.)?
- Am I reading this to satisfy some unholy desire?
- Am I reading this because someone told me to?
- And most importantly- Will this please the Lord?
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Below is an assessment of the performance of some of the most important sectors and asset classes relative to each other, with an interpretation of what underlying market dynamics may be signaling about the future direction of risk-taking by investors. The below charts are all price ratios which show the underlying trend of the numerator relative to the denominator. A rising price ratio means the numerator is outperforming (up more/down less) the denominator.
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Comments: Consumer staples have bounced strongly off of a support level and have led in a vertical way since. Leadership seems likely to continue, though a period of weakness could occur for a few days given the strength of the move to begin with.
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Long Bonds (NYSEARCA:TENZ) – Yield Curve...Flattening?
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While Fools should generally take the opinion of Wall Street with a grain of salt, it's not a bad idea to take a closer look at particularly stock-shaking upgrades and downgrades -- just in case their reasoning behind the call makes sense.
What: Shares of iGATE (NASDAQ:IGTE) slipped more than 1% in premarket trading Friday after Nomura Securities downgraded the IT services specialist from Neutral to Reduce.
So what: Along with the downgrade, analyst Ashwin Mehta planted a price target of $35 on the stock, representing about 9% worth of downside to yesterday's close. So while momentum traders might be turned attracted to iGATE's price strength in recent weeks, Mehta's call could reflect a sense on Wall Street that the risks surrounding its growth trajectory are being largely overlooked.
Now what: According to Nomura, iGATE's risk/reward trade-off isn't too attractive at this point. "News flow at iGATE has been positive with: 1) successive large deal wins over the past five quarters; and 2) revenue CQGR improving to 2.4% over the past four quarters (vs. 1.4% over the prior four quarters) and likely sustenance of our forecast of nearly 3% CQGR in the medium term," said Mehta. "However, we are not too excited as: 1) our higher-than-consensus revenue expectations are largely unchanged; and 2) we believe its revenue growth is still likely to be below that for the industry." When you couple that downbeat view with iGATE's 30-plus P/E, it's tough to disagree with Nomura's bearishness.
Leaked: Apple's next smart device (warning, it may shock you)
Apple recently recruited a secret-development "dream team" to guarantee its newest smart device was kept hidden from the public for as long as possible. But the secret is out, and some early viewers are claiming its everyday impact could trump the iPod, iPhone, and the iPad. In fact, ABI Research predicts 485 million of this type of device will be sold per year. But one small company makes Apple's gadget possible. And its stock price has nearly unlimited room to run for early in-the-know investors. To be one of them, and see Apple's newest smart gizmo, just click here!
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Trinity Lake: Camping
Camping at Trinity Lake means treating your family to a quiet and often secluded getaway. Sites are simple and clean, and less busy in comparison to Shasta. Multiple campgrounds are spread out around the lake's 145 miles of shoreline.
To find a specific campground based on your needs, please visit our Campground Finder.
To view available campgrounds, click here.
- Single Site Camping — $8-$20/night
- Multi Site Camping — $30/night
- Electric Hookups — $24-$45/night
- Group Sites — $80-$120/night
- Extra Vehicle Fee — $6/day
- Day Use at Stoney Swim — $7/day
- RV Dump Station at Ackerman — $8


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Rated 5 out of 5 by Mary71 Looks Even Better In Person I had been tracking this item for awhile before I purchased it. The colors are an excellent match to my room. The online picture is an accurate representation of the color scheme. What the online image fails to do is show the high quality of the overall object. The canvas wraps around so there is no need to frame this - it is ready to hang as soon as you take it out of the box - and looks great! Additionally, the purchase and shipping of the item were both both easy and efficient. I think it took less than two weeks for the package to show up at my door and when it did, it was well protected and the piece was in perfect condition. World Market - you make it TOO easy! I will definitely be decorating my house with more World Market finds! February 19, 2014
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This fine-art coffee table book features 173 Orange County Children and is the 6th year of this charity fund raising project. Children's Hospital of Orange County is the benefactor by the 100% donation of the $100/family session fee. So far, the project has raised over $56,000!
Natural moment photography of weddings and portraits based in Southern California and available for travel. With my South African-born wife Nicki, we are living in southern Orange County CA with our two little ones Kate and Sparky. Have produced the Kids of Orange County Charity book project since 2008 and this book project has raised nearly $50,000 for CHOC by the 100% donation of the session fee. The 2012 edition of the book will be printed and sold right here on Blurb.
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This paraben and preservative free brightening serum is formulated with lactic acid and vitamin A to promote cell turnover, reducing the appearance of skin discolorations. An effective botanical concentrated complex of lemon peel, bearberry root, mulberry root, licorice extract, Gigawhite™*, derived from alpine plants, and Etioline™*, derived from a rare African plant, help to reduce the appearance of dark spots by helping to control the enzyme responsible for hyperpigmentation. Powerful patent pending anti-oxidant blend of white, red and green tea extracts combined with goji berry, pomegranate and grapeseed extracts help to neutralize free radicals, protect skin from environmental toxins and combat the visible signs of premature aging. Leaves skin clear and radiant.
White, red and green tea extracts combined with goji berry, pomegranate and grapeseed extracts help to neutralize free radicals, protect skin from environmental toxins and combat the visible signs of premature aging.
Lactic Acid - Derived from the fermentation of milk, it is an Alpha Hydroxy Acid (AHA), that acts as a keratolytic, helping to encourage the shedding of cells in the stratum corneum to encourage new cell growth and also acts as a hygroscopic substance (humectant), having the ability to attract or absorb water molecules from the surrounding environment.
Directions: After cleansing and toning, apply to the skin with a gentle tapping motion and massage into the face, neck and décolleté. Follow with moisturizer and sunscreen.
Net Weight: 1 oz.
Ingredients: Water (Aqua), Glycerin, Butylene Glycol, Polysorbate 20, C12-15 Alkyl Benzoate, Camellia Sinensis (Green and White Tea) Leaf Extract, Aspalathus Linearis (Red Tea) Leaf Extract, Arctostaphylos Uva Uris (Bearberry) Leaf Extract, Citrus Medica Limonum (Lemon) Peel Extract, Mitracarpus Scaber (Mitracarpe) Extract, Punica Granatum (Pomegranate) Extract, Morus Alba (Mulberry) Leaf Extract, Malva Sylvestris (Mallow) Flower/Leaf/Stem Extract, Mentha Piperita (Peppermint) Leaf Extract, Primula Veris (Cowslip) Extract, Veronica Officinalis Flower/Leaf/Stem (Speedwell) Extract, Melissa Officinalis (Lemon Balm) Leaf Extract, Achillea Millefolium (Yarrow) Extract, Alchemilla Vulgaris (Lady's Mantle) Extract, Zingiber Officinale (Ginger) Root Extract, Vitis Vinifera (Grapeseed) Extract, Lycium Barbarum (Goji Berry) Fruit Extract, Rosmarinus Officinalis (Rosemary) Leaf Extract, Glycyrrhiza Glabra (Licorice) Root Extract, Helianthus Annuus (Sunflower) Seed Oil, Prunus Amygdalus Dulcis (Sweet Almond) Oil, Palmitoyl Tripeptide-8, Palmitoyl Oligopeptide, Pamitoyl Tetrapeptide-7, Tocopheryl Acetate (Vitamin E), Retinyl Palmitate (Vitamin A), Tetrahexyldecyl Ascorbate, PEG-12 Dimethicone, Dextran, Sclerotium Gum, Caprylic/Capric Triglyceride, Sodium Polyacrylate, Cyclopentasiloxane, Dimethicone, Allantoin, Methyl Gluceth- 20, Lactic Acid, Carbomer, Leuconostoc/Radish Root Ferment Filtrate, Sodium Phytate, 1, 2- Hexanediol, Caprylyl Glycol. *Gigawhite™ is a licensed trademark of Pentapharm. Etioline™ is used under authorization of Sederma Inc.
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Last week the the Madera County Board of Supervisors voted 3-0 that Heartland Opportunity Center's amendment to the general plan, rezoning and conditional use permit fees -- an estimated $6,210 -- be waived. Heartland, which provides services for adults with developmental disabilities, has been operating a recycling center for about six years at the corner of Crane Valley Road (426) and Road 425B, not realizing it was zoned for residential use and the recycling center is considered a heavy commercial use, prohibited in a residential zone.
Matthew Treber, of the Madera County Planning Department, said the county notified Heartland of the issue earlier this year. Heartland looked for another recycling location but were unable to find anything affordable, so their only option is to apply for rezoning.
When John Reed, a commercial and investment realtor, heard what was going on, he decided to get involved. He wrote a letter to Norman Allinder, director of the Madera County Planning Department, and also spoke before the board of supervisors at the Nov. 20 meeting.
"Heartland Opportunity Center ... has provided comprehensive services to adults with developmental disabilities in Madera County for nearly 40 years, enabling individuals to maximize their potential and realize their dreams in a safe, supportive setting under the supervision of qualified and dedicated staff," Reed wrote in his letter.
Reed went on to note that Heartland started some of the first certified recycling centers in Madera County when California implemented its Beverage Container Recycling and Litter Reduction Act in 1987. The Heartland recycling operation used to be located next to Raley's but relocated to their present location about six years ago.
Reed wrote that this use has been in place for years in full view and that Heartland provides a needed non-profit service to the community and they do not have the funds or opportunity to relocate again.
"They exist on volunteers and donations and it's a very tight operation," Reed said. "Since they do such a benefit, I suggested that the county waive fees for the zoning change."
Reed's suggestion was met with a positive response from the supervisors. District 3 Supervisor Ronn Dominici said he's seen how much Heartland has helped its clients and he would be happy to do anything to help out the organization. Dominici asked everyone from Heartland that were present at the meeting -- more than 20 -- to stand up at which time they received a round of applause.
"We had support from the road department, from all the county supervisors -- the support was overwhelming and we had a good contingent of clients at the meeting," said Kristy Anderson, Heartland CEO.
District 2 Supervisor David Rogers made a motion to approve the request, saying the fees would constitute a hardship on the project that serves as a public interest.
The waiver was possible because the County Code requires that the board of supervisors make the following findings to approve the requested fee waiver:
1. The contribution of the project would benefit the whole community and imposing the fee would constitute a hardship which, in turn, would reduce the benefit to the county.
2. The public interest would be served by waiving or reducing the fee.
However, Heartland still has an additional California Department of Fish and Game fee which is an additional $2,150 -- a fee the supervisors do not have the jurisdiction to waive -- as part of the California Environmental Quality Act. The CEQA fee can be waived, though, if the project (general plan amendment and rezoning) has no effect on fish and wildlife, according to the fish and game website.
In the meantime, Reed will submit a request for an amendment to the general plan, rezoning and conditional use permits sometime next year.
Lahna Crabtree, director of Heartland in Oakhurst, says everyone at center is very appreciative to Reed and the board of supervisors for all their efforts to help the center.
Crabtree has been working at the center for 37 years and couldn't stress enough how important the center is for the workers. Crabtree said that three of the four men at the recycling center have been working there since 1988 and the fourth has been working there for 14 years -- making the recycling center very important to them.
"It's their life and means the world to them and their socialization," she said. "It's not about the money for them, it's the validation -- it makes them feel like responsible contributors. They're dedicated workers."
Heartland is open from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.


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Ready to bring a little excitement to those dates? Sometimes nothing is better than getting out in the sun and enjoying a great American past time. So ditch those cliche drinks and dinner dates this Monday and head on out to Citi Field for opening day of baseball. Baseball fan or not, opening day will always bring plenty of excitement to any date.
This Monday at 1:10PM Dillon Gee of the New York Mets will face off against Steven Strasberg of the Washington Nationals. When you are not screaming for your favorite players, browse around the stadium and you will find a wide variety of drinks, activities, and food, perhaps none more popular than the one and only Shake Shack.
Tickets currently start at $35.00 per person, making this an affordable afternoon for just about any couple. Citi Field is located at 123-01 Roosevelt Ave, New York, NY 11368.
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There are an infinite number of ways to express your creative voice, so try something new this Winter! There are several brand new art classes for children being offered by The City of Modesto Parks, Recreation and Neighborhoods Department in partnership with the Central California Art Association. Little ones of all ages can create a decorated walking stick and older children can also learn to work with leather, sand, sculpture, acrylics, and printmaking. There are many avenues to expression being offered as early as January 9, 2014, so take advantage of this opportunity to broaden your child's horizons!
Register in person at
Parks, Recreation and Neighborhoods Department office
1010 Tenth Street, Suite 4400
online at www.modestogov.com/econnect
or call (209) 577-5344.
For more information call the Parks, Recreation and Neighborhoods Department at (209) 577-5344.


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Hip-hop crew Doomtree's lone female emcee, Dessa, is unleashing a new solo album to the masses on Tuesday, January 19th. Entitled A Badly Broken Code, this album will get the royal treatment at a January 22nd release show at The Fine Line Music Cafe. Guests Cecil Otter and Jeremy Messersmith will provide additional musical entertainment. Tickets are available at Fifth Element in Uptown or at the Fine Line box office.
After the release of her new album, Dessa will embark on a two-month North American tour with P.O.S. which could provide a monumental boost for her ever-expanding fanbase. Check out a preview of Dessa's upcoming material by watching the video for "Poor Atlas".


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|Why is proper contract administration required?
|Contract administration and supervision play an important role in Government procurement to ensure that contractors meet all their obligations under a signed contract. It is the responsibility of each officer to ensure that the government gets value and maximum benefit for payment made by the government. It includes ensuring the quality of goods supplied meet specifications in the contract or if services are provided, such services are in accordance with the specifications/frequencies and in accordance with the agreed quality. For the procurement of work, it must include the scope of work specified and agreed in the offer/contract. In addition, supplies shall be provided within an agreed period and if works, the work shall be completed within the period offered or specified in the contract. If the contractor fails to supply or late to complete work, then action should be taken to impose fines/LAD where applicable.
|Is a Letter of Intent issued evidence that a contract is offered to a certain party?
|Letter of Intent is not binding on the Government to a contract agreement and does not imply that a contract existed.
|What is a Letter of Acceptance?
|Letter of Acceptance (LOA) is a letter confirming the acceptance of an offer based on the conditions set forth in the tender document, the draft contract documents that had been issued earlier, the conditions that had been agreed in the Letter of Intent and other conditions that had been agreed. LOA shall be issued to the successful contractor after completion of all negotiations and an agreement is reached. All conditions and changes that had been agreed in the negotiations should be clearly stated in the LOA.
LOA is a valid legal document and is part of the contract documents.
|How long is the period set within which to return the Letter of Acceptance?
|Normally, the contractor shall return the LOA in a period of 14 days from the date of the offered letter. Longer period may be granted but must be limited to a reasonable period.
|What is the format/form of Letter of Acceptance (LOA)?
|LOA shall be in the format/form prescribed by Treasury. Please refer to the relevant SPP that remains in force (SPP No.5/2007).
|Is the contract entered between the Department and the contractoror or between the Ministry and the contractor?
|Under Section 2 of the Government Contracts Act 1949 (Revised 1973), all contracts are tied on behalf of the Government and as such should be made under the name GOVERNMENT OF MALAYSIA.
|Who can sign the contract on behalf of the Government?
|Contracts can be signed by the Hon. Minister or an officer authorized by the appropriate Hon. Minister in accordance with the provisions of the Government Contracts Act 1949 (Revised 1973) (act 120).
All the Secretary Generals of the Ministry should identify the appropriate officials to sign the contract and ensure that delegation of power and the limits authorized in writing was obtained accordingly from the Hon. Minister of the Ministry concerned. This empowerment should be reviewed annually and updated. Only officers who have empowered can sign the contract.
|Is there a format/example to delegate power to sign a contract?
|Format to delgate power to sign a contract are shown in the Table in the Government Contracts Act 1949 (Act 120).
|Is the authorisation to sign a contract calculated according to a year's contract value or the total value of the contract?
|The authority to sign a contract covers the total contract value and not the value of a year's contract.
|What is the authorised officers limit to sign the contract.
|Setting contract limits is based on the total contract value of the contract and the contract value. If there are many contracts with large and small values, and at the Federal and State level, it is possible that more officials should be delegated the authority to sign contracts. It is up to the Agency to determine the number of officers and sets the value to sign the contract. For example, office cleaning contract, security services, grass cutting, office rental, photocopier rental and others are appropriately signed by the officer in charge of that service.
|Can the quantity contract or timed contract of Ministries/Departments be ridden by other agencies?
|Yes, other agencies can acquire the necessary supply of goods from the quantity contract or timed contracts of Ministries/Departments that have a contract as a major user certain goods or from their contractors on the same conditions, provided that:
|approval obtained from the Ministries/Deparments concerned;
|prior approval from Treasury or the State Financial Authority has been obtained; and
|contract does not involve additional contract ceiling amount (the balance unacquired by the Ministries/department can be purchased by the ridden agency).
| Specific procurement has been allocated to Bumiputera contractors or Manufacturers, and they have a priority price. However, the contractor has lost the status of Manufacturer / Bumiputera when the contract is still in force. Can action be taken against the contractor?
|The contract should have clauses that state explicitly that the contractor shall always retain the status of Bumiputera / Manufacturer, and if at any time the status has dropped/lost, the contract automatically is deemed to have expired or may be terminated. If that clause is specified in the contract, action can be taken to terminate the contract and performance bonds seized.
|A contractor normally cannot sub-contract part, any part or the entire contract to any party without the approval of the Government. There are sub-contract cases that has occurred. Can action be taken against the contractor?
|The contract should have clauses that state explicitly that the contractor cannot sub-contract part or any part or the entire contract to any party without the prior Government approval. If there is evidence that some or any part or the whole contract was subcontracted, then action can be taken to terminate the contract and performance bonds seized. Therefore, agencies need to monitor contracts and ensure that sub-contracting did not occur during the contract period.
|What type of action can be taken against a contractor/supplier who fails to comply with contractual obligations?
|Some form of actions may be taken, some of which are based on the provisions contained in the contract agreement with the contractor/supplier and the Government. A common action taken includes imposing fines/LAD and terminate the contract. In addition, the Agency may report to the Government Procurement Division(BPK), Ministry of Finance and Contractor Service Centre (PKK) on this matter. In this case, BPK/PKK can take some actions such as issuing a warning, suspend registration, cancel the registration and blacklist the board of directors (refer to SPP No. 6 of 2010).
|Who can sign the contract on behalf of the Government?
|Under Section 2 of the Government Contracts Act 1949 (Act 120) of all contracts must be made on behalf of the Government. Contract can be signed by the Minister or by any public official duly authorised in writing by the Minister.
|Should the contract documents be stamped and who should pay for it?
|Contracts must be stamped and the cost shall be borne by the contractor.