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Going Overseas
Blythe McGarvie has great memories of the years she spent working for the BIC Group in Paris: waking each morning to the aroma of baking that wafted up from the patisserie downstairs; the glint of sunlight on the Louvre as she drove past on her commute in a company-issued BMW; relaxing after hours with a glass of vin rouge at her neighborhood bistro, Cafe Rostand.
But the best thing about McGarvie's job abroad is the way it transformed her career after that savory, French-press version of the daily grind. The experience took her in a completely new direction, one she hadn't foreseen when her old employer in Maine was sold and she took the job with the BIC Group, the Paris-based maker of products such as pens and razors. When McGarvie returned to the United States, she was delighted by the number of calls she got from headhunters. She turned down some good offers and took a different leap, launching the LIF Group, a speaking and leadership firm. McGarvie, now 51 and based in Williamsburg, Virginia, loves the turn her life has taken. She says she never would have imagined herself as an entrepreneur before her experience in France.
Working abroad sounds like the stuff of fantasy, an adventure more likely for a footloose twentysomething. But with globalization a mantra in every part of the economy — business, education, the arts — making it happen is easier than in the past, whether you work for a company or on your own. And a stint abroad can have a bigger payoff, beyond even the intrinsic pleasures.
Midlife is an ideal time to do it. "You have a confidence level in your 40s and 50s that will help get you through the cultural differences," McGarvie says. After climbing learning curves for years, you can be more forgiving with yourself. "When I was in Paris," she says, "I gave myself permission to make three mistakes a day."
Working abroad can be a great fit with personal lives too, whether you are a mother with a newly empty nest or a single woman yearning for change. Women in dual-career relationships report that their spouses or significant others are often quite willing to take a break from already established careers. Other couples decide that the spouse will stay home, a decision that's not as stressful in a time-tested relationship. (McGarvie's husband stayed put, visiting on holidays and over the summer.) And if you're newly divorced, this can be a great way to flip the script of your personal and work life.
Ticket to Ride
American companies and organizations are sending waves of people across borders; 69 percent of multinationals reported an increase in overseas postings in 2006, according to one relocation firm. And the number of women working abroad for North American companies in 2006 was up nearly 400 percent from 2001, according to Mercer, a human resources consulting firm.
The same surveys show that it's tough for companies to fill these posts with able, willing candidates. Despite all that demand, midlife women still encounter lingering resistance. Managers may not expect them to be willing or able to pick up and go abroad. In other cases, "There's a cultural expectation that a woman has done the big climb up the ladder, and now is the time she gets to relax,'' says Perry Yeatman, 43, coauthor of Get Ahead by Going Abroad: A Woman's Guide to Fast-Track Career Success. "But the reality I see today is that a woman hits 40 and says, 'Damn. What else is it I really want to do with my life?'"
In 2001, Ellen Carberry, an entrepreneur with 20 years of experience, sold the Internet company she had cofounded to IBM and subsequently went to work for the corporation. She told her boss there that she planned to parlay the sale into a job with the company in China. They'd worked together at the start-up, and he had faith in her skills, she says. But "he laughed me out of the room.''
Nineteen months later, Carberry, then 42, moved to Beijing. How did she make it happen? When someone at IBM Asia Pacific asked her to send a PowerPoint presentation on a particular business problem, she persuaded the executive to bring her over to make the pitch in person. Before the short-term consulting assignment was over, she had a job offer.
That's just the way to do it, says author Yeatman, who is also a senior vice president for global issues at Kraft. "Raise your hand often enough that people really believe you want it."
Or, as her coauthor, Stacie Nevadomski Berdan, 41, says, "Stand up on your desk and shout your desire to go overseas. You can't tell enough people often enough." It worked for Berdan. She was a vice president at public relations giant Burson-Marsteller when she left for Hong Kong; she returned as a global managing director and has now gone out on her own.
Once you get the transfer, an international assignment can give you a spotlight you couldn't capture at home, or it can jump you ahead in the line for promotion. Kathy Repa, a colleague of Yeatman's at Kraft, took an assignment in Singapore at age 49 and says it gave her a chance to showcase her talents. As director of development for Kraft's Asia Pacific region, she had to get a lot done with limited resources and work in a team that comprised 14 nationalities. "When you work in a very complex business environment, people take notice," she says.
This past August, Repa returned to Kraft headquarters as a senior director in the human resources department with a significant promotion and pay raise. She now works with all the company's operations, domestic and international. "This is the role I had been working toward the past 20 years," she says.
The timing worked on a personal level too. Repa's husband, a white-water rafting instructor, was traveling elsewhere while she was in Asia. They were in different parts of the world seven months a year — which might have thrown them at an earlier age, Repa says.
Find Your Own Work Abroad
Getting yourself FedExed overseas by a corporate employer may be the simplest way to go. But other women find their own trade routes. ExpatWomen.com, a networking site that can help you do that, attracts close to 17,000 monthly visitors. The founders estimate that half of their audience is in midlife.
Elizabeth Coss is something of an accidental expat. Less than a year ago, she was running a creative arts therapy department at a major New York hospital, teaching at New York University, and feeling stuck at work and in her personal life. First she decided that she was willing to leave New York, her longtime home. She wasn't aiming overseas, says Coss, who is in her 40s. But researching new opportunities was like adding a part-time job to her workload. So along with monitoring her professional association's Web site and other sites in the mental health realm, she let all her friends and colleagues know she was looking. It was her supervisor and mentor at NYU who turned up the best lead.
Coss is now running the art therapy program at LaSalle University in Singapore and finding opportunities she couldn't have imagined before. Just weeks after her move, she traveled to Sumatra to do art therapy in an orphanage.
Coss has had her bad moments — getting lost, feeling flummoxed by the local banking system or challenges at work. "I did sit in my office and cry one day, about a month in, but I still didn't question my decision,'' she says.
Not only does she have renewed energy for work, she says her off-hours are also richer. In New York she was frustrated by how her social circle had changed: "Most of my friends were settled and married with kids." Now she finds that they're envious of her vacations in Bali or her apartment in Singapore, where she does yoga on the terrace, surrounded by birds and butterflies. She rapidly found a new circle of friends, including other expatriates.
Not that an empty nest is a requirement for relocation. Sally Carr, 47, was determined to move her whole family — husband and two girls — abroad. For years, she had wanted to leave the fast-paced culture of the U.S. and live somewhere very different. And after exiting a big corporate job some years before, she was still trying to create a work life that wouldn't be based on decisions made in her 20s, Carr says. As an executive coach, she thought she should follow her own advice to pause and figure out what she wanted.
First order of business: persuade her husband, a professional photographer, to move his business. They decided on Ireland in part because Carr's mother was born there, giving Carr dual citizenship. Then she started lining up clients for herself. "When you're so clear about what you want to do," she says, "I think the stars align." When she broke the news of her impending move to her largest client, a Philadelphia-based sales training organization, she found an unexpected benefit: The company had a big European operation and needed people with Carr's specialty. They would have plenty of business for her.
This past summer, Carr and her husband sold their house in New Jersey and found a new home in the village of Kilcrohane, near Bantry, where their girls are enrolled in a two-room schoolhouse. "I'm incredibly proud that I've put myself in a situation where I don't fully know how it's going to turn out,'' Carr says.
Of course, settling into a new job and new country isn't all romance. Your host city may have a Starbucks on every corner, but everything else — from plugging in your computer to bonding with colleagues — is different. Success hinges on your ability to crack the code.
Dianne Geoghegan turned 40 in London, directing European finance for a large U.S.-based entertainment company. She found she could balance the company's books just fine — but couldn't get the lightbulb in her office changed. Her repeated messages to the office maintenance man were ignored. It was when her administrative assistant cajoled him into the office that she saw the error of her ways. As the man worked, the assistant brought him tea and thanked him profusely. Such graciousness, Geoghegan realized, gets things done in London. "I'd still be sitting there in the dark if it wasn't for her," she says.
Letting go of the management style, tools, and habits that made you successful at home can be a problem for new expats. "There are a lot of people who have great pedigree and background, but they just can't break that 'this is the way we did it' mentality," says Laura Lee, 50, who worked as a marketing vice president for Pacific Century Cyberworks in Hong Kong. But Lee thinks midlife women who have established a track record and worked through many barriers are well suited for the delicate art of crossing cultures. She's comfortable saying yes to some new experiences (eating the jiggly fried jellyfish at her first business dinner in Tokyo, wearing a kimono to an event celebrating Japanese culture) and no to others (shaving the nape of her neck when she donned that kimono, because, she was told, a shaved nape is considered alluring).
Experienced expats recommend that if you're considering a move, you visit the country first and talk with American women who have lived there. Consider every opportunity, and look at the trade-offs. France isn't "an up-and-coming global business location like India or China, but once you factor in quality of life, it becomes really attractive," says Rebecca Powers, a consultant at Mercer. Conversely, China can be overwhelming, with its high costs, cumbersome travel, and extreme pollution. But experience there — or in another emerging giant, such as Brazil, Russia, or India — will give you a huge career boost.
Wherever you go, don't stint on research. Emigration, tax, and benefits issues are complex. If a company is relocating you, ask whether the employer will cover your income taxes, which are often higher abroad. Also get independent advice. And if you're making a move on your own, you'll need good counsel on many logistical issues.
At the same time, once you suss out the system in your new country, you may look at the U.S. in a new light. When Helen Peters relocated to Munich at age 48, she had recently divorced and was looking for a sense of freedom. From the first day at National Semiconductor, German colleagues taught her a new approach to time management: Work hard on weekdays, but leave the office behind on weekends — and during her six weeks of vacation. "It's a myth that Americans are more productive," she says.
Soft Landings (and the Occasional Crash)
There's no question that going global expands your horizons and opportunities. While in Hong Kong, Laura Lee was inspired by the women's bold, idiosyncratic fashion and decided to form her own accessories firm, Laura Lee Designs. Now back in the United States, she has operations in Washington, D.C., and Hong Kong and buys materials in Australia, Nepal, and Tokyo. Lee says she never would have pulled this off without the connections she made abroad and the experience of "living and breathing the culture of Asia."
But returning can also be the ultimate buzz kill. Whether you're working independently or reporting back to the corporate mothership, you'll need to reestablish old connections and make new ones. And after flexing your multicultural muscles, you may feel confined or bored. Maybe that's why some women turn right around and head back. "Overseas assignments can become addictive," says Andrea Martins, cofounder of ExpatWomen.com.
Last year Mary Walsh, 47, started her second tour with the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration in Singapore. Walsh keeps a house in Cape Cod but isn't sure when she's coming home. She does miss big American cars, malls, and movie theaters. But she revels in the Singapore roads, bordered with bougainvilleas; the rain forests, filled with monkeys; and the challenging assignments. It's "a very satisfying life, in which I can continually reinvent myself," she says. Or as Walsh's mother tells friends who ask about her wayward daughter: "She's in Shangri-la."
Work Abroad Resources
To take your act on international roads, check these resources.
Transitions Abroad
For first-hand accounts and advice, click on "Living Abroad,'' then "Reports from Expatriates.''
BR Anchor Publishing
This publisher specializes in books (some for children) on relocation.
Easy Expat
Country-specific info on taxes, healthcare systems, work rules and benefits.
Discussion forums, Afghanistan to Zimbabwe. Searchable archives of a weekly newsletter.
Expat Blog
Directory of blogs, listed by region.
Job Search
U.S. Department of State: Careers Representing America
Foreign Service listings and qualifications; Assignment Abroad videos.
Monster.com Global Getaway
Sheer volume (400 jobs in Australia) and cluttered interface make it a little cumbersome. But worth a look.
Transitions Abroad
International jobs portals by region, plus dedicated section on teaching English abroad. And see above under Research.
Lists jobs at nonprofits and other organizations, by country.
Women's Networks
Expat Women
Click on "Networks" for mentors and forums by region.
The Federation of American Women's Clubs Overseas Inc. provides links to over 75 volunteer organizations for U.S. citizens living abroad.
Michele Marchetti has written for Fortune, Glamour , and U.S. News & World Report.
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Among the childhood malignancies, brain tumours are the second most common malignancy, after leukemia. The incidence of these tumours in young people under 20 years of age has been increasing recently. Although survival has improved considerably, the prevention of brain tumours is an important aim, but continues to be a challenge.
So far, little is known about risk factors for brain tumours. Some factors (e.g. exposure to ionizing radiation) and family history of brain cancer are known to increase the risk of developing brain tumours. Other environmental factors (e.g., exposure to chemicals, nutrition during pregnancy or exposure to electromagnetic fields including cellular phone use) may be associated with brain tumours. With respect to the latter, the use of cellular phones and other communication technologies has increased dramatically over the last decade, especially in children and its role in the development of brain cancer in young people has yet to be studied.
One problem in the study of environmental risk factors and brain cancer in young people has been the limited number of children included in previous studies. Although the frequency of brain cancer may have increased in young people over recent decades, it is fortunately still a rare disease. Therefore, international studies are needed to answer such research questions.
An international multi-centre study involving experts from 16 European and non-European countries is being conducted to examine the potential associations between use of communication devices and other environmental factors and risk of brain tumours. The study is partly supported by the European Union.
Between 2011 and 2014, nearly 1000 young people between 10 to 24 years with brain tumours and a similar number of young people without a brain tumour will be invited to participate in the study. A detailed questionnaire will be used covering demographic factors, residential history and questions on risk factors in the environment including the use of cellular phones of young people.
The following centres are involved in data collection:
• Australia: the University of Auckland and MONASH University
• Austria: the Medical University of Vienna
• Canada: the University of Ottawa
• France: the Association pour la Recherche Epidémiologique dans les Cancers de l'Enfant et de l'Adolescent and the Université de Lyon, Institut National de Recherche sur les Transports et leur Sécurité, Institut national de Veille Sanitaire, Unité Mixte de Recherche épidémiologique et de Surveillance Transports Travail Environnement
• Germany: the Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich
• Greece: the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
•India : Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai
• Israel: the Gertner Institute for Epidemiology & Health Policy Research
• Italy: the Università degli Studi di Torino
•Japan: Tokyo Women's Medical University
•Korea: Dankook University College of Medicine
• New Zealand: the University of Auckland
• Spain: Fundació Centre de Recerca en Epidemiologia Ambiental (CREAL), Fundació IMIM, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, University of Huelva and University of Valencia
• Taiwan: the National Taiwan University College of Public Health
• The Netherlands: Universiteit Utrecht
Support for exposure assessment will be provided by Orange in France, Public Health England, Tokyo Metropolitan University, and the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute in Korea. The project is coordinated by CREAL, Barcelona, Spain.
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At the end of the last season with SK Telecom taking home the world championship, Riot Games promised to deliver champion ship skin(s) to celebrate the victory. It's been many months since that date, but today the developer has teased the upcoming release with an image of Zed hidden away in a trailer.
Those wary of the studio's typical April Fools Day antics are skeptical but Steve Mieczkowski, eCommerce Manager at Riot, has tweeted debunking those myths.
Catch the image in the embedded video or just view the picture above.
With a new patch due any day now, many are holding their breath to see exactly what the developer has included. With tons of skins and champion reworks in progress practically anything could be included or left out.
Check back daily to see if Riot Games has released anything League of Legends related.
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The MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) 2014 red carpet at The Forum in Inglewood, Calif. was red hot on Feb. 24. Esteemed members of the music community, including Miley Cyrus and Taylor Swift, joined other celebrities, like fashion-forward Nina Dobrev, on the annual show's sartorial runway while looking red hot on a fairly balmy day in Tinseltown.
As expected, a very slim Miley Cyrus walked the red carpet while showing some skin. However, for this diva, her leather outfit was not all that revealing. Indeed, the two-piece ensemble worn by the "Wrecking Ball" singer included a strapless bra top and a bottom half that was not unlike the look of edgy mom jeans only not made of denim.
Taylor Swift seemed to be fairly demure in her fashion choice, at least from the waist up. She had on a colorful playsuit that rocked long sleeves and no leg covering whatsoever. Talk about a stunning pair of pins.
As for Nina Dobrev? This television star was swathed in a red and black ensemble that featured a deep plunging neckline and a cinched in waist. "The Vampire Diaries" star carried a clutch that was color blocked in primary hues.
Nicki Minaj, who is performing this evening, was not nearly as outrageous with her sartorial statement as in year's past. In fact, the "Anaconda" singer was outright tame, wearing a covered up python-print mini dress. Gwen Stefani went retro in a shocking pink and black suit, looking like a 1950s pin-up girl in all her glory.
And so, as the VMAs 2014 red carpet winds up so the show can begin in earnest, plenty of celebrity fashionistas were on show at the newly revamped Forum on a blustery Sunday afternoon.


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John William Tarver
Position: RB
Height: 6-3 Weight: 227 lbs.
Born: January 1, 1949 in Bakersfield, CA
High School: Arvin
College: Colorado (school history) (Tarver college stats)
Drafted by the New England Patriots in the 7th round (166th overall) of the 1972 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 7 (8324th overall since 1950)
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Kristen Stewart's every move has been publicized, scrutinized and analyzed. And, for the most part, the "Twilight" actress has kept mum … until now.
In the March issue of Marie Claire, Stewart gets frank, opening up about making mistakes in the public eye, falling in love and how she's fully aware that people think she's "awkward."
The interview shows the "Twilight" star in a whole new light, so we rounded up some key quotes from her candid cover story.
Go Ahead And Judge Me
Stewart came under fire back in 2012 after she cheated on then-boyfriend Robert Pattinson with her "Snow White and the Huntsman" director, Rupert Sanders. Stewart issued a public apology and she and RPattz eventually reconciled before splitting for good last year.
Though Stewart doesn't directly address the cheating scandal, she does admit to the magazine that she has no regrets about slip-ups she's had in the past: "I stand by every mistake I've ever made. So judge away."
She Can't Help Who She Loves
In 2013, a newly single Stewart grabbed some down time for herself. She took road trips with friends, wrote poetry and reflected on her love life before coming to the conclusion that you can't control your heart.
"You don't know who you will fall in love with. You just don't. You don't control it," she says. "Some people have certain things, like, 'That's what I'm going for,' and I have a subjective version of that. I don't pressure myself. If you fall in love with someone, you want to own them — but really, why would you want that? You want them to be what you love. I'm much too young to even have an answer for that question."
She Knows She's "Awkward"
Stewart has had her fair share of uncomfortable moments (haven't we all?), but unfortunately for her, they've been in the spotlight. But the difference with the actress is that she embraces it. "I'm just not very good on TV, and it's not my main goal in life to get good at it," Stewart explains. "People are like, 'She just can't handle' — for lack of a better word — 'the spotlight.'
On Whether She Wants To Have Kids
Stewart got some practice for motherhood during filming for "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn-Part 2," and she wants to put those skills to use … some day.
"I had it too good [as a child] to not have that too [for my own kids]. If I were to put money on it, definitely, yeah. But you earn that, like, that's so not here yet," she adds. "I mean, at this point, I can't tell you if I want to hang out on Saturday.
She Just Says 'No'
Unlike some of her famous peers, Stewart is opting to say no to drugs: "I'm such a control freak. I'm glad I grew up in this era because I think if I grew up in my parents' age of drugs and discovery and crazy shit, I don't think I would do drugs well."
She Has No Idea What She's Doing
Though Stewart's initial bad luck at auditions briefly made her consider giving up acting in her tween years, she stuck with it and it's panned out pretty well for her. (Casting directors apparently thought 8-year-old Stewart looked like a boy.) Still to this day, she says she has "no idea" what she's doing.
"I had no idea 'Twilight' was going to be huge. Certain movies I've done I thought were going to be amazing did nothing," she remarks. "So it's fun not having so much control.
"It's kind of a fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants lifestyle — it's fun, but it's scary as f—. If it's not scary, it's usually — you kind of have to step back and go, 'You're probably making this decision because it's right on paper.' But unless you get that irking fear, it's not right."
For more, check out the March issue of Marie Claire.


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Queen's Day (Koninginnedag) in Amsterdam is a unique event
on the 30th of April each year.
It is the birthday
celebration of
Queen Beatrix of
the Netherlands.
In reality her birthday is on
the 31st of January but in
Amsterdam the winter is an
inappropriate time to
celebrate outside.
Queen Beatrix officially
celebrates her birthday
on the 30th of April, originally
the birthday of her mother.
On this date there is a
better chance for good
Isn't the Queen lovely?
This day is an opportune occasion for the well-known Orange Craze. The colour refers to the name of the royal family, the House of Orange- Nassau. The city turns into a boundless sea of orange revelry.
Queen's day attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors each year, which
makes the city crowded beyond any acceptable norms.
Despite overcrowding, the atmosphere on Queen's Day is traditionally
relaxed and joyful.
I am pleased to invite you to enjoy this fantastic atmosphere !
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Safehouses in The Ballad of Gay Tony
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The Ballad of Gay Tony supplies the player with only one safehouse, in the form of an apartment that serves as Luis Fernando Lopez's home. Located in Northwood, Algonquin, the apartment is close to Lopez Mother's residence and Playboy X's penthouse. The apartment provides the player with the usual amenities, including a bed, a television and access to Luis' wardrobe.
It is also possible to enter the Bohan Safehouse by using the backdoor of the building, and Playboy's from the air, although player is unable to utilize any of these safehouses' facilities.
Although he can't use safehouses from GTA IV, Luis can save vehicles in the parking spaces in front of Niko's safehouses.
- The default music playing in Luis' apartment is always set to San Juan Sounds.
- Three pictures of Luis' father are hung up around the apartment.
- Luis is an obvious fan of shoes, as his bedroom is taken up by boxes of them.
- Luis has what looks like an Xbox 360 elite next to his TV, although it is oddly shaped.
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. - The No. 46-ranked Arizona men's tennis team was shut out 4-0 by the defending Blue/Gray tennis champions and No. 17-ranked Texas Tech today in the first round of action at the Blue/Gray National Classic at the Lagoon Park Tennis Center.
The Wildcats will face the loser of the Auburn/Boise State match tomorrow at 4:30 CT in the second round.
"We had our chances on pretty much all the courts in the first sets," head coach Tad Berkowitz said. "Tech though stepped up and did a good job to recapture the momentum. The guys fought hard today against a good team."
After an hour and half rain delay the Wildcats had a rough start, dropping the doubles point on courts one and two. At No. 2, senior Geoff Embry and freshman Sam Barr went up against the No.59-ranked Texas Tech duo of Gonzalo Escobar and Vitor Manzini and dropped an 8-1 loss. In the No. 1 spot, junior Jason Zafiros and freshman Andre Vidaller were edged by the No.76-ranked pair of Raony Carvalho and Rafael Garcia 8-4 to secure the doubles point for the Red Raiders. The freshman-senior tandem of Kieren Thompson and Andres Carrasco were up 4-3 on Raphael Pfister and David Gonzalez on court three when the Red Raiders clinched the point.
In singles play, the Red Raiders continued their streak posting three singles victories to close the match.
No. 18-ranked Escobar upended Jay Goldman in straight sets 6-3, 6-2 in the No. 1 spot to tally a 2-0 lead. Goldman trailed 4-1 in the first set before notching two games, but Escobar grabbed the 6-3 first set. In the second, Escobar built a 3-2 lead and Goldman never recovered falling 6-2.
The Red Raider's advantage grew to 3-0 in the No. 2 slot. No. 22-ranked Carvalho followed up with a 6-4, 6-4 victory over Zafiros. The junior led in the first set 4-3 before Carvalho powered his way back capturing three straight games. In the second set, Carvalho marked up a 3-2 lead before Zafiros responded, but trailed 5-4 eventually falling 6-4.
With the Wildcats battling Texas Tech on the other four courts, the match was clinched on court five. Texas Tech's Pfister sealed the win for the Red Raiders against Thompson in straight sets. Pfister edged Thompson 7-6 (4) in the first set before marking up a 6-2 second set win.
In other action, Vidaller claimed a 7-5 first set win over Manzini in the No. 3 spot and the freshman was leading 5-4 when the match was suspended. In the No. 4 spot, Embry dropped a tight first set 7-6 (9) against Gabriel Wanderly and the two were even at 4-4 in the second before play stopped.
In the No. 6 position, freshman Mario Urquidi dropped the first set 7-6 in a tight 7-5 tiebreaker and was trailing 5-4 to Ryan Ybarra when play was suspended.
With the loss, the Wildcats drop to 5-4 while Texas Tech improves to 7-4.
Tomorrow's action has the Wildcats squaring off against the loser of the No. 37-ranked Boise State and No. 22-ranked Auburn match on the second day of competition at 4:30 CT (3:30 MT).
Follow the action as it continues through Sunday at Blue Gray National Classic. Live scoring can be found here.
Complete Results
Men's Tennis
No. 17 Texas Tech 4, No. 46 Arizona 0
Lagoon Park Tennis Center -- Montgomery, Ala.
1. No. 76 Carvalho/Garcia (TT) def. Zafiros/Vidaller (UA) 8-4*
2. No. 59 Escobar/Manzini (TT) def. Embry/Barr (UA) 8-1
3. Carrasco/Thompson (UA) vs. Pfister/Gonzalez (TT) DNF
Texas Tech Wins Doubles Point
Order of finish, 2,1*
*Clinched doubles point
1. No. 18 Gonzalo Escobar (TT) def. Jay Goldman (UA) 6-3, 6-2
2. No. 22 Raony Carvalho (TT) def. Jason Zafiros (UA) 6-4, 6-4
3. Andre Vidaller (UA) vs. Vitor Manzini (TT) 7-5, 5-4 DNF
4. Gabriel Wanderly (TT) vs. Geoff Embry 7-6 (9), 4-4 DNF
5. Raphael Pfister (TT) def. Kieren Thompson (UA) 7-6 (4), 6-2*
6. Ryan Ybarra (TT) vs. Mario Urquidi (UA) 7-6 (5), 5-4 DNF
Order of finish, 1,2,5*
*Clinched the match


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Mormon professor named world's top management thinker, delivers emotional speech
Laura Seitz, Deseret News
SALT LAKE CITY — Thinkers50 measured Harvard professor Clayton Christensen's life over the past two years and named him the world's most influential living management thinker at an Oscars-style event last week in London.
This is the second straight time at the top of the Thinkers50 list for the bestselling author, a Salt Lake native and Mormon described by a British reporter as "perhaps the nicest man ever to lecture at Harvard Business School."
"Christensen was controlled, thoughtful, sincere and provocative" during an emotional acceptance speech, Financial Times blogger Andrew Hill reported.
Christensen turned to the central message of his latest bestseller, "How Will You Measure Your Life?" — which earned a nomination for the Thinkers50 best book award — and urged those at the banquet to put their families first.
"If you find you've spent 60 hours in a week trying to advance in your profession and you wonder whether you should spend another 20 hours, that's a bad trade-off," Christensen said.
Hill referred to the respect Christensen, 61, had among those in the banquet hall, writing that Christensen closed by saying, "Thank you for being my friends."
"It sounds hokey," Hill wrote, "and perhaps you had to be there, but as they say at the Academy Awards, there wasn't a dry eye in the house."
Christensen created the influential business theory of disruptive innovation, that successful, established organizations fail to adapt even when they can see a disruption in their industry occurring all around them. He described his theory in the 1997 bestseller "The Innovator's Dilemma," which The Economist has said belongs in a canon of six business classics published in the past 50 years.
The immediate relevance of his theory was on clear display before the banquet Monday night, when Christensen joined a Thinkers50 panel about the future of business education.
"Half of U.S. business schools will be out of business in five to seven years because of online disruption," said Roger Martin, a business professor at the University of Toronto, according to BloombergBusinessWeek.
"The advent of online learning," Christensen said, "and the propensity of more and more companies to bring teaching of management in-house, versus outsourcing it, makes disruption a very big deal for business schools."
BloombergBusinessWeek's Oliver Staley reported that Christensen said business schools may need to disrupt their own models by allowing students to choose courses they need rather than maintain a one-size-fits-all curriculum. Not even Harvard will find it easy to adapt.
"I hope that we're scared stiff," Christensen said. "What we have to do is quite clear. Whether we can do it is another question."
Last month, Christensen questioned four decades of business-school convention wisdom that management's job is to maximize profits, according to an Inc.com story. That leads to "efficiency innovations" that burnish a company's bottom line, he said, at the cost of the greater long-term benefits to the economy of "empowering innovations." (Think research and development.)
The loss of empowering innovations in the American economy over the past few decades at the expense of efficiency innovations could have dire consequences.
"If you want to know what the future of America looks like, just look at Japan," he said. "You can feel the same thing happen in the United States, and I worry a lot about that."
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I'd never heard of a digital reader until Ames got one a couple months ago.
With a compact and lightweight design you can take the Reader Digital Book almost anywhere. And with plenty of internal memory and a slot for optional removable memory cards, you can take hundreds of titles, user-selected Web content or other supported documents for reading on the go. It will hold approximately 160 averaged sized eBooks in internal memory and hundreds more with optional removable memory cards.
They were tested out at yesterday's Word on the Street book and magazine festival. There's an article about it in today's Toronto Sun.
You know I love love love to read. Though handy, I don't know if I would like a digital reader. As the article says, there's nothing more "magic" as the printed page. But I said I'd never switch to a digital camera either and now I have two.
Would you considering using one?
Monday, September 29, 2008
Digital readers
4 comments:
- Isabel said...
Maybe someday but I'm not in a hurry.
- 29 September 2008 at 10:09
- Fleur de Lisa said...
Maybe, I don't know. I do love the printed page!
- 29 September 2008 at 10:30
- Janet said...
If someone gave one to me, I would :-)
But I like the feel of a book in my hands.
- 29 September 2008 at 17:19
- LadyWolf said...
That is really interesting.Might be nice for traveling,I always get dizzy when trying to read while on the road.But otherwise I prefer to read a book to myself.One of my biggest pet peeves is being read to,I just like getting into a book and into my own little world. =)
- 29 September 2008 at 21:59
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SEATTLE – A short trip south down I-5 past the Space Needle with the 12th-Man flag flying and the Husky volleyball team found an oasis of sorts in the Georgetown neighborhood. A new brand of Washington volleyball began this afternoon with the first official sand volleyball practice. Sand volleyball begins this spring as the 22nd varsity sport at Washington.
All eleven Huskies with remaining eligibility from the indoor roster will be playing on the sand this spring. The four graduating seniors from the fall will not compete. Sand volleyball Head Coach Keegan Cook led the first practice today at Sandbox Sports, an indoor volleyball facility in the Georgetown neighborhood near Boeing Field. Jim McLaughlin, Director of Volleyball and head coach of the indoor team, also provided some insight, but it was Cook walking the Huskies through their first ever sand drills.
Cook, coming off his first fall as an assistant coach with the indoor team, laid out a few of the principles as the Huskies dip their toes into the sand.
"Before today we talked about the goals of the program for this year, and the areas that we want to be really good in," said Cook. "The first is becoming better communicators, another is taking care of every contact, and the third is learning how to learn. They're getting an opportunity to learn a lot of new concepts and they need to become better learners."
In today's first practice, the team worked on a series of skills and adjusted to the different speeds. Passing drills came first, with the slower movement on the sand requiring more leaning and reaching than the players are used to indoors. Players worked on turning and passing a ball over their heads on the run, and worked on proper locations for passes.
On the sand, everyone has to set the ball, so the Huskies spent some time working on setting the ball in a way that would lead their partner. Before some serving drills, Coach Cook said how many of the techniques that made Washington one of the top serving teams in the NCAA in the fall would still apply, but serving short and long to mix things up would be more important.
"We are starting off with a lot of individual skills," said Cook. "Today was just some serving, passing and setting, kind of the non-scoring skills. Then we'll start talking about offense and defense, and then we'll get to a couple simple systems. But serving, passing, and setting will be a huge emphasis throughout the twenty days."
What was often a loose and upbeat practice, as the players shared some laughs over beginner's mistakes, became more and more competitive towards the end when the team split into two sides and rotated through some point play in pairs of two.
"It didn't take them long to shift form the learning phase to the competing phase, and they were getting after it by the end of that second hour," said Cook, who was pleasantly surprised by the instincts of a few of the players. "There were a lot of pleasant surprises. I think our players were downplaying their skill a little bit. They did great; their energy and their focus and their willingness to learn some new concepts was great today."
Washington has twenty practice dates scheduled for sand volleyball this year; three per week for the next five weeks and five more following a break. As the weather warms up, the Huskies will look to practice outside at several venues around the city, including Alki Beach and Golden Gardens.
"Getting outside and actually playing with the elements, that's a big piece," said Cook.
Plans for a local exhibition are still in the works, and UW's first official competition date should be announced shortly.


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Jan Hammer: Maliny Maliny
Maliny Maliny
Jan Hammer (keyboards)
Maliny Maliny (MPS 1784595)
Jan Hammer (keyboards), George Mraz (bass),
Cees See (drums).
Composed by Jan Hammer.
Recorded: Munich, Germany, August 1968
Rating: 100/100 (learn more)
Another one of the great ideas of my life that I never took to fruition occurred to me the very first time I put the LP version of Maliny Maliny, then known as Make Love, on my turntable back in 1976. From the start, I was bothered by the crowd noise from this live recording. You could hear glasses clink and silverware clang. It disturbed me. As I became a more educated listener through the years, I came to realize that such noises were integral parts of performance, and I came to love them. But I was still comparatively young and inexperienced in 1976. I immediately put my mind to thinking about how to eliminate those awful sounds from any future nightclub recordings. It came to me during the second or third cut. Of course, rubber eating utensils were the answer! And why not rubber drinking glasses too? What a brilliant idea. It was such a brilliant idea that it appears no one has attempted it yet. The way live music venues are going out of business these days, the market for "nightclub utensils" has probably dried up anyway.
There is some clinging and clanging that ushers in the title cut. And the crowd talks though much of this quiet ballad as well. But don't let that bother you. Drink it all in. The tune's introduction is a deep Hammer piano exploration. The piano drops out. Bassist George Mraz expresses his feelings in a solo of his own. The trio then introduces one of the loveliest melodies ever to come out of Hammer's head. You can imagine this piece being played in any style with any instrumentation. It would be satisfying under all circumstances. Even as the tune takes on a swinging attitude, the melody remains in your head. After some impressive riffing measures, the gorgeous theme returns to end the piece. You are gloriously sated. "Maliny Maliny" is a beautiful statement of intent and resolution. (Rubber utensils or not.)
Reviewer: Walter Kolosky
Tags: 1960s jazz
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Hard Reset LG Optimus L3 E405 to Restore Original Settings
LG Optimus L3 E405 Specifications and Features
LG Optimus L3 E405 is a Dual SIM Android smartphone which is powered by 800 MHz Cortex-A5 processor, Adreno 200 GPU, and 384 MB RAM. For the operating system, it uses Android OS v2.3.6 (Gingerbread). It sports 3.2" TFT capacitive touchscreen with 240 x 320 pixels resolution, Multitouch, Accelerometer and Proximity sensor. To store your data and files, 1 GB of internal storage is available along with microSD card support up to 32 GB.
The connectivity features consist of Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA; Bluetooth v3.0 with A2DP, EDR; and microUSB v2.0. On the camera sector, you can find a 3.15 MP camera with Geo-tagging and video recording capability. Unfortunately, the phone is not equipped with a secondary front-facing camera.
The Optimus L3 also offers other features such as: GPS with A-GPS support; Stereo FM radio; Compass; Email; Push Email; Instant Messaging; Adobe Flash; HTML 5; SNS integration; Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Google Talk; MP4/H.264/H.263/WMV player; MP3/WAV/WMA/eAAC+ player; Document viewer; Organizer; Voice memo; Predictive text input; and more.
Dimensions: 102.6 x 61.6 x 11.9 mm (4.04 x 2.43 x 0.47 in)
Weight: 119 g (4.20 oz)
Hard Reset LG Optimus L3 E405 to Restore Original Settings
First turn your LG Optimus L3 E405 off, then press and hold the Home key + Volume down key + Power key for over ten seconds. When the screen shows the LG logo, release the Power key. After the screen shows the hard reset screen, release the other keys. Leave your phone for at least a minute while it performs the hard reset, then your phone will be turned on.
Caution: If you perform a hard reset, all user applications and user data are deleted. This
cannot be reversed. Remember to back up any important data before performing a hard reset.
In the Home screen, touch > Applications tab > Settings > Privacy > Backup & Reset > Factory data reset.
Note that if you reset the phone in this way, you are prompted to reenter the same information as when you first started Android.


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Lefferts is in the South Richmond Hill area of Queens where the first settlers were the Rockaway Indians. Its modern history can be traced back to 1869 when Mr. Albon Man, a New York Lawyer, purchased the Lefferts farm. He then bought Welling Farm from the Indians for a bag of shells. He continued to buy the adjacent area and called his whole land Richmond Hill. With Edward Richmond and other assistants' help, Mr. Man and his son Alrick built streets and lined them with Elm and Cedar trees. The main avenue was later named Lefferts Boulevard.
Today the Lefferts community is composed of mostly Guyanese and Asian Indians, African Americans, Hispanics, and other ethnic groups.
Lefferts Community Library, actually named the Lefferts Reference Center, opened to the public on September 3, 1975. Since then, in the Richmond Hill area, the Lefferts Reference Center has been providing service as the regional branch for its immediate community and a higher level of reference and resource service between the local branch and Central library.
On May 31, 1978, the Lefferts Reference Center initiated the computerized library circulation system, the first of its kind in New York City. The computerized system checked out the books, now with attaching barcodes, to the customers' library cards. This technology greatly helped the library staff to issue items and accept returns, and offered the customers information about the items, fines, and other information on their cards.
In 2003, The Lefferts Reference Center again pioneered the use of new circulation technology. That spring, when the branch was renovated, new self check machines were installed. Customers can now check out books, music CDs, videotapes, and DVDs by using the machines themselves, which changed the function of the Circulation desk into the Customer Service desk.


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We reiterate our call to the Governments of Chad and Sudan to abide by the various bilateral accords they have entered into, including the most recent accord signed in Doha on May 3, to reduce tensions and normalize relations by ending support for rebel groups in their respective territories. The U.S. Special Envoy for Sudan, J. Scott Gration, is currently in Khartoum, Sudan, and is prepared to work with the relevant parties to end the "proxy war" and help achieve lasting normalization of bilateral relations between N'Djamena and Khartoum.
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College Hockey:Bemidji State Reacts To WCHA Expansion Ban
BEMIDJI, Minn. — Bemidji State will continue seeking viable conference options while continuing fundraising efforts for its men's hockey program in the wake of the WCHA's decision last week to maintain a moratorium on expansion of its men's league. Bemidji State had been pursuing membership in the WCHA on behalf of its NCAA Division I men's ice hockey program.
"We intend to continue having conversations with WCHA member institutions in the hope that reconsideration of the moratorium may become possible at a later date," said Bemidji State director of athletics Dr. Rick Goeb.
Bemidji State men's hockey will continue to make its home in the CHA for the 2007-08 season where it has been a member of the five-team conference since the its founding in the 1999-2000 season.
The long-term viability of CHA has been in question since the league dropped from six members to five following the departure of Air Force for Atlantic Hockey after the 2005-06 season, leading Bemidji State to explore its options for future conference affiliations.
"As we move forward, we will continue to assess all of our conference affiliation options and will give full consideration to financially-viable alternatives," Bemidji State president Dr. Jon E. Quistgaard said.
Quistgaard reiterated the need to raise $2.5 million in pledges by May 2008 in support of men's ice hockey at Bemidji State. The fundraising would create an operational fund that could be drawn against by the men's hockey program over a five-year period at a rate of $500,000 per year.
"Given this announcement by the WCHA, it becomes even more critical for our fundraising goals to be achieved in order to bridge the time period between now and our acceptance into a new conference," Quistgaard said.
The Bemidji State women's ice hockey program is a member of the WCHA, and has been a member since its inception for the 1999-2000 season.
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OXFORD, Miss. – Collecting eight first-place finishes, the Mississippi State track and field team boasted top performances in its rival's territory, as Ole Miss hosted the Mississippi Open on Saturday.
The Lady Bulldogs captured multiple wins, as senior Allison Storey posted a season-best 139-02.00 in the javelin throw, and Alyssa Hall neared her best high jump clearance this year at 5-07.00.
Also shining for the MSU women included Jody-Ann Muir, who clocked a 54.07 in the 400-meter dash to earn a spot in first, along with Kanishia Carey who finished ahead of the pack in the 800-meter run with a time of 2:13.80. Carmen Brothers also grabbed a top finish in the 5000-meter run, crossing the line in 18:03.41.
Chloe Phillips (4:25.66) and Emma Neigel (4:33.59) paced distance runners in the 1500-meter run, finishing second and third, respectively. Ebony Brinker and Sydney Rodkey garnered a pair of Top 3 field performances, as Brinker leaped a personal-best 40-09.75 in the triple jump and Rodkey pole vaulted 11-06.50.
On the men's side, the Maroon and White posted Top 3 times and scores in all events in which they competed. Highlighted by Tavaris Tate's first-place finish in the 400-meter dash, coach Steve Dudley's squad saw a day full of success. Juan Sanchez also earned a spot in first for the Bulldogs, as he finished the 1500-meter run in 3:49.10. Following Sanchez, freshman Patrick Monaghan clocked a 3:53.91 to finish third.
In the field, Pitor Antosik threw the javelin for 204-07.00, a score which ranks fifth on MSU's all-time list. His performance earned him a second-place finish. Placing second and third in the long jump, A.J. Ward and Antavius McGhee leaped for 23-04.00 and 22-09.00, respectively.
State's momentum continued as Jason Harper finished second in the triple jump (49-01.75) and Tate's speed gained him a spot in third in the 200-meter dash (21.17).
The Bulldogs will remain on the road next weekend, as they travel to Philadelphia for the historic Penn Relays on April 25-27. For more updates on MSU track and field, follow the team on Twitter (@msutracksarah).
Team Results
Men: Ole Miss, 107, Mississippi State, 54
Women: Ole Miss 91, Mississippi State 65
Javelin Throw: Allison Storey, Mississippi State, 139-02
3000m Steplechase: McKenna Coughlin, Ole Miss, 10:58.62
MSU: 3. Adrianna Poole, 12:04.42
1500m Run: Haley Cutright, Ole Miss, 4:25.40
MSU: 2. Chloe Phillips, 4:25.66; 3. Emma Neigel, 4:33.59; 4. Fabienne Amrhein, 4:33.70; 5. Renee Masterson, 4:35.90; 6. Cornelia Griesche, 4:37.60; 11. Madison Milhoan, 4:48.03; 12. Evie Savage, 4:51.50
110m Hurdles: Sharda Bettis, 13.64
MSU: 4. Ste'yce McNeil, 14.13
400m Dash: Jody-Ann Muir, Mississippi State, 54.07
100m Dash: Alexis Love, Murray State, 11.63
MSU: 11. Brittney Covington, 12.26
Pole Vault: Megan Walker, Mississippi State, 12-00.50
MSU: 3. Sydney Rodkey, 11-06.50
Triple Jump: Robiann Broomfield, Missouri State, 41-09.25
MSU: 3. Ebony Brinker, 40-09.75
800m Run: Kanishia Carey, Mississippi State, 2:13.80
MSU: 7. Christina Coleman, 2:26.62
High Jump: Alyssa Hall, Mississippi State, 5-07.00
200m Dash: Pamala Byrd, Hinds C.C., 24.38
MSU: 2. Jody-Ann Muir, 24.54; 6. Brittney Covington, 25.14; 10. Ste'yce McNeil, 25.77
5000m Run: Carmen Brothers, Mississippi State, 18:03.41
MSU: 3. Jodie McGuff, 18:34.10
Javelin Throw: Ben Lapane, Ole Miss, 218-00
MSU: 2. Pitor Antosik, 204-07; 3. Austin Britton, 175-04; 4. Nick Soefje, 142-00
Long Jump: Malcolm Davis, 23-04.75
MSU: 2. A.J. Ward, 23-04.00; 3. Antavius McGhee, 22-09.00;
1500m Run: Juan Sanchez, 3:49.10
MSU: 2. Patrick Monaghan, 3:53.91; 3. Cameron Vernier, 3:56.02; 5. Andrew Monaghan, 3:58.83; 7. Jacob Fuller, 4:03.03
High Jump: Seth Peace, Hinds C.C., 6-04.75
MSU: 3. Antavius McGhee, 6-02.75; 3. A.J. Ward, 6-02.75
400m Dash: Tavaris Tate, Mississippi State, 46.99
Triple Jump: Morris Kersh, Ole Miss, 51-01.50
MSU: 2. Jason Harper, 49-01.75
200m Dash: Isiah Young, Ole Miss, 20.39
MSU: 3. Tavaris Tate, 21.17; 7. Jarrett Samuels, 22.35
5000m Run: Seumas O'Rilley, 14:58.88
MSU: 3. Carson Britton, 15:11.15; 4. Matt Weickert, 15:15.17; 5. Nathan Lewis, 15:20.48; 6. Philip Johnson, 15:23.87; 8. Mike Clark, 15:32.42; 9. Julian Duarte, 15:36.65


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Immigrant Blues: This would be easier to understand if my native tongue was poetry Quiz
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Q. What is the speaker trying to give a title to?
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The immigrant experience
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Q. For how long does the man want his son to practice a second language?
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His father was spared nothing, even though he knew a second language
His father never seemed to have a heart
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The words for inside and outside are different in his first language
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The speaker
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The speaker's lover
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Christchurch Earthquake News
Christchurch Earthquake headlines with summaries.
Action on consents processes
Improvements in Christchurch City Council's consents' processes should be noticeable by March next year.
Extension of time for Port Hills land
Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee has announced an extension for people in the Port Hills considering the Crown's purchase offer for their land.
Bridge deck lifted to repair supports
Work has begun to lift the deck of a bridge in Christchurch so quake-damaged abutments can be repaired.
Nearly 240 more properties red-zoned
Nearly 240 more Christchurch properties are to be red-zoned as a result of a government review of Port Hills land. (AUDIO)
Quake memorial takes too long - CTV
A spokesperson for some of the families of people who died in the CTV building collapse says he's frustrated with how long it's taking to erect an official earthquake memorial.
Forsyth Barr building put up for sale
One of the last remaining earthquake-damaged high-rises in Christchurch's central city is to be sold, as is where is.
Over 1700 foreign workers given jobs on quake rebuild
Government figures show more than 1700 foreign workers are in Canterbury to help with the rebuild.
Lack of communication hindering rebuild - report
A report from the Auditor-General has found the Canterbury rebuild is being hindered by a lack of communication between the three public entities running it.
Christchurch gets trams back on the rails
The historic trams in Christchurch will be officially welcomed back to the central city on Wednesday after a three-year absence because of the region's earthquakes.
New land worries derail Port Hills rebuild
Some property owners on Christchurch's Port Hills have put their rebuilding plans on hold again, and have been told they won't know whether their land is safe until at least April. (AUDIO)
CERA says insurers need to pick up the pace
The Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority has told MPs that private insurers need to increase the rate of their work in the region by half if they're to complete it by 2016.
Insurance advocate wants EQC inquiry widened
Christchurch City councillor and insurance advocate Ali Jones wants the State Services Commissioner to broaden his inquiry into the Earthquake Commission beyond problems with its customer satisfaction survey.
Mayor unsure of need for residents' advisors
The Christchurch mayor has questioned the need for the Government's Residential Advisory Service, set up to advise residents about their earthquake insurance claims.
Insurers report progress on settling claims
Insurers involved in claims from the Canterbury earthquakes say they have completed 87% of residential property claims.
Community groups may have key role in disaster recovery
An American expert in post-disaster recovery says community groups can play a key role in helping build resilience to cope with natural disasters.
EQC misses deadlines, insists it's making progress
The Earthquake Commission has missed two of its own deadlines for having all quake contents and cosmetic damage claims settled in Canterbury but insists it has processed as many as possible.
Asbestos found at demolished site in central Christchurch
Asbestos has been discovered on the proposed site of Christchurch's new central city bus interchange.
EQC admits thousands excluded from customer surveys
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EQC works towards target for payments
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Extension for Port Hills property owners
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TC TO JEAN CARLYLE AITKEN ; 21 September 1842; DOI: 10.1215/lt-18420921-TC-JCA-01; CL 15: 99-100
[ca. 21 September 1842]
Dear Jean,—Perhaps this little Letter from our dear good Mother may be 'worth sending' to you.
I have heard no news from Dumfries for a great while, tho' I think I wrote to you some time ago.
We have been in Suffolk, rusticating with the Buller's: Jane was there some five weeks in all; I, who went to fetch her home, was constrained by hospitality and bright weather about a fortnight. In the middle of that period I made a three days excursion into Oliver Cromwell's birthland, and saw several things; of which I wrote to my Mother a long Letter from Cambridge;—perhaps they have sent it over to you? We are now safe home again: and I am beginning to try some attempts at working,—poor wretch that I am! This makes me the briefer today. Jane is growing better; the Liverpool Jeannie is still here. Our town is infinitely quieter at present; little stirring in this end of it but Painters, all painting "like lions" (as Jamie of Scotsbrig says) while the people are out in the country!
Jack is in North Wales; expects to see you all soon.
You need not wait for him with the Portrait:1 on consideration I perceive that he can do nothing towards forwarding it. So soon as the frame is well completed, let it be effectually packed, and set off. Perhaps Jenny's shirts &c might assist in packing or securing it? I am somewhat inexperienced in these things.
No more at present, my dear Jean. I hope to learn soon that you too are all well. Let us be thankful that so much good is given us all with blessings
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- DIA / Diameter a number between 13.0 and 15.0
- Power / Sphere / Rx a number between -20 and +20
In Addition for astigmatic patients:
- Cylinder a number between -4.00 and +4.00
- Axis a number between 0 and 180
- Cylinder and Axis are usually separated by a x
For Multifocal, Bifocal lenses or Presbyopia:
"Addition" or "add" is usually preceded by "+" or is listed as "low", "mid" or "high" depending on the lens manufacturer.
Product Information:
Biomedics 55 Premier contact lenses are store brand lenses sold at National Brand stores. They are sold under many different brand names however all the contact lenses are exactly the same. Your order will be filled with Ultraflex 2 Aspheric lenses. This is the brand most often sold by professionals. They provide clinically proven, superior performance in a two-week disposable contact lens. You can't beat the comfort, affordability and convenience of Ultraflex 2 Aspheric contact lenses. Wear these contact lenses every day for two weeks (remembering to clean them at night) and then replace them with a new pair. You get the crisp vision that comes with a fresh set of lenses, all at an affordable price.
Biomedic 55 Premier are 1-2 week disposable contact lenses manufactured by CooperVision. The advanced optics Biomedic 55 Premier let you enjoy an unsurpassed level of visual quality. By focusing light on a common focal point on the back of your eye, instead of a general area, the aspheric design gives you more precise, crisper vision. Biomedic 55 Premier more complex surface profile can eliminate spherical aberration and reduce other optical aberrations compared to a simple lens. Beyond outstanding vision, patented manufacturing means Biomedic 55 Premier also offers you exceptional comfort, handling, and performance.
Biomedic 55 Premier lenses are also sold under a number of store brands (including Ultraflex 55) specific to eye doctors and optical chains. All orders will be shipped as either Biomedics 55 Premier or Ultraflex 55.
We at 1-800-GET-LENS guarantee your Biomedics 55 Premier contacts (manufactured by Ocular Sciences) to be 100% exactly as your optometrist or ophthalmologist prescribed. Take advantage of our Lowest Price Guarantee (as low as $13.99) and buy your Biomedics 55 Premier contact lenses online from our safe and secure web site. The whole order process should take a few minutes. But if you encounter any difficulties at all, we'll be happy to take your order by phone. Simply call us toll-free at 1-800-GET-LENS (1-800-438-5367) and receive the attentive customer service you deserve. When you want fast, friendly service and great prices, we want you to think of 1-800-GET-LENS.
Biomedics 55 Premier Reviews
Definitely long-lasting. Been wearing the same pair for 9 months (out every night) with no significant irritation.
Way better than wearing glasses.
I have never had such great sight with any other contact lens. The Biomedics 55 Premier contact lenses give me just as good sight as I get with my glasses, which I never though was possible. The Biomedics 55 Premier contacts last a long time and are very affordable and they never make my eye irritated which is great.
Biomedics 55 Premier - like an old pair of slipper
So comfortable. I had another brand and was having trouble with them. I'm a new contact user and my Dr. switched me to Biomedics 55 Premier lenses. Awesome right from the first time I put the Biomedics 55 Premier in.