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Denver-based luxury destination club Inspirato announced today that it will open an interactive retail location in Cherry Creek Shopping Center on August 20. The first of five high profile locations planned to open across the country in the next few months, Inspirato's new member experience center in Cherry Creek Shopping Center will showcase the club's growing portfolio of vacation residences and personalized service in a completely unique environment.
Unlike traditional retail stores, the Inspirato member experience center will focus on educating consumers about what it means to be an Inspirato member, and inspiring them to embrace vacations as a vital aspect of a life well lived. In keeping with this approach, the experience center will be staffed by a team of Inspirato Personal Vacation Advisors, rather than salespeople, who will help consumers explore first-hand the many services and benefits of membership.
"Inspirato is no stranger to disrupting the status quo in the vacation industry," said Inspirato Founder and CEO Brent Handler. "So it's fitting that our experience centers are an entirely new way to market who we are and what we do. We want to show visitors what makes Inspirato residences such uniquely wonderful places to vacation, and invite them to learn how our Personal Vacation Advisors—who are our ultimate brand ambassadors—can make their travels so much easier and more meaningful."
To help visitors imagine what it would be like to vacation with the club, the experience center will include recreations of great rooms from Inspirato's Costero Signature Residence in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, and its Eagle's Nest Signature Residence in Vail. Other features include touchscreens for browsing the club's large and growing destination portfolio and a special kids' area to help even the littlest travelers begin to dream about their next family vacation.
The Cherry Creek member experience center will also serve as a clubhouse of sorts for the more than 500 Denver-based Inspirato members, where they can meet face-to-face with their own Personal Vacation Advisors, explore destinations for their next Inspirato vacation and attend special members-only events.
The experience center is located on the upper level of Cherry Creek Shopping Center between the West parking deck entrance and Neiman Marcus. Inspirato plans to open additional experience centers in Walnut Creek, California; Vail, Colorado; McLean, Virginia; and Newport Beach, California; in time for the holiday shopping season.
"Our mission as a company is to change the way family and friends experience the world," said Martin Pucher, Founder and COO of Inspirato. "And in this case, that means changing the concept of what a retail experience should be."


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MOBILE, Ala. (AP) -- Authorities in Mobile say they need help solving the slaying of a woman who was shot to death after yelling at a speeding car to slow down.
Police Chief Michael T. Williams says officers don't have much to go on in the slaying of Wendy Fisher. He's hoping someone who was in the car and didn't fire the fatal shot will come forward and talk to investigators.
Authorities say Fisher was outside her home on Saturday evening when she yelled at a driver to slow down in the neighborhood. A man got out and fired at Fisher, killing the mother of two.
Fisher's teenage daughter says her mother was worried a car would hit their dog.
The police chief says officers have only a vague description of the vehicle.

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Childlike in his innocence but grotesque in form, Frankenstein's bewildered creature is cast out into a hostile universe by his horror-struck maker. Meeting with cruelty wherever he goes, the friendless Creature, increasingly desperate and vengeful, determines to track down his creator and strike a terrifying deal. Urgent concerns of scientific responsibility, parental neglect, cognitive development and the nature of good and evil are embedded within this thrilling and disturbing classic gothic tale. This visionary production, directed by Oscar-winner Danny Boyle, will shock audiences into the mysterious world of Frankenstein.
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Criteria for assessing an CDX2 staining as
optimal included:
A weak cytoplasmic reaction in the enterocytes
and the neoplastic cells of the colon adenocarcinomas was accepted.
All other cells should be negative.
56 laboratories participated in the
assessment. At the assessment 17 achieved optimal (30 %), 19 good
(34 %), 14 borderline (25 %) and 6 (11 %) poor marks.
The following antibody clones were used:
mAb clone CDX2-88 (BioGenex, n=31; BioCare, n=1; Linaris,
mAb clone AMT28 (Novocastra, n=23)
In this assessment optimal staining could be
obtained with both clone CDX2-88 (14/33)*
and clone AMT28 (3/23). Sufficient stains (optimal or
good) were seen in 25 cases (76%) with clone CDX2-88 and in 11 cases
(44%) with clone AMT28.
* (number of optimal results/number of
laboratories using this Ab).
CDX2-88: The protocols giving an
optimal result were all but one based on heat induced epitope retrieval (HIER) in an
alkaline buffer such as Tris-EDTA/EGTA pH 9.0 (11/15)**, Bond Epitope Retrieval
Solution 2 (2/2) or EDTA pH 8 (1/1). Citrate buffer in combination with a
pressure cooker as HIER device could also be used (1/4). The mAb was typically diluted in the range of 1:25 –
1:200 depending on the total sensitivity of the protocol employed.
** (number of optimal results/number of
laboratories using this buffer).
AMT28: The protocols giving an optimal
result were all based on HIER in Tris-EDTA/EGTA based buffer (2/14) or HIER
in citrate buffer pH 6.0 (1/3). The mAb was typically diluted
in the range of 1:25 – 1:50 depending on the total sensitivity of
the protocol employed.
The most frequent causes of insufficient
staining were:
- Insufficient HIER – too short HIER time and/or use of citrate pH
- Too low concentration of the primary Ab.
The prevalent feature of an insufficient
staining with both clones was a negative staining of the duct
epithelial cells in the pancreas (Fig. 4a and Fig. 4b) and a too
weak or negative staining of tumour cells in one or more of the
three colon adenocarcinomas (Fig. 3a and Fig. 3b). The assessment
identified pancreas as a robust and easy interpretable stain quality
indicator. It was observed that a weak to moderate but distinct
nuclear reaction in the majority of the duct epithelial cells in the
pancreas (Fig. 4a) is a far better quality indicator than the very
strong reaction of the normal enterocytes of colon (Fig. 1a).
In several of the insufficient results the normal colon enterocytes
were stained, while one of the three colon adenocarcinomas was false negative, which stresses that colon cannot
be recommended as a positive control for CDX2.
In this assessment pancreas from two patients
were included. One patient was blood type A and the other blood type
0. In a number of laboratories using clone CDX2-88 a
"Mouse Ascites Golgi" (MAG) reaction
was seen (15 out of 33). The reaction was only seen in the tissue
from the patient with blood
type A. The intensity of this unspecific staining varied
from weak to strong (Figs. 4b and 5). In general the strongest MAG reaction was seen using the Ready To Use (RTU) format of clone
CDX2-88. All the clone CDX2-88
antibodies were supplied as an ascites format.
Clone AMT28 were all supernatant antibodies and no MAG reaction was
seen with that clone.
In the assessment MAG reaction was noted, but
had no impact on the marks given to the laboratories. However, it should be stressed that the
contaminant antibodies in some of the CDX2-88 ascites mAbs may
cause difficulties in interpreting stains in tumours from blood
type A patients. As the unspecific MAG reaction is ascites related
and not seen with mAbs produced as supernatants, the manufactures
should be encouraged to avoid the ascites production of mAbs.
In this first CDX2 assessment the mAb clones CDX2-88 and AMT28 are both useful for
the demonstration of the CDX2 protein. The clone CDX2-88 seems to be
more sensitive and robust than clone AMT28. However it is a drawback that
the clone CDX2-88 is an ascites format giving MAG reaction (Fig. 5). Both
clones require efficient HIER and the concentration of the clones
should be carefully calibrated. Pancreas is an appropriate control:
A weak to moderate but distinct nuclear reaction in the majority of
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College Hockey:Bemidji State 'sticks it to' North Dakota, beats Sioux for first time in 41 years
BEMIDJI, Minn. — Forty-one years have elapsed since the last time Bemidji State defeated North Dakota, but on Sunday night, the Beavers erased that footnote.
Dan Bakala (26 saves) and the Beavers (4-8-1, 2-6-1 WCHA) were able to get over the hump, clamping down to shut out the North Dakota Fighting Sioux (4-7-1, 2-6-0 WCHA), 1-0, in front of 3,746 at the Sanford Center.
The first victory over the Sioux as Division I opponents and first overall since the Nixon administration couldn't have come at a better time for the Beavers, who squeaked past UND to snap a four-game winless streak.
To Bakala, snapping that streak over a team they hadn't beaten since the Beavers were in the NAIA was just icing on the cake.
"Right now, we need any win that we can get," Bakala said. "But these guys have had our number for so many years and it was just nice to stick it to them. They didn't outplay us, we held our own. They didn't outplay us, we just straight up beat them."
Like Saturday night, Bemidji was able to hold serve with the Fighting Sioux for the first two periods. The two teams were scoreless in the first. Then, after North Dakota's Andrew MacWilliam and Mark MacMillan both took penalties on the same play, Jordan George found a loose rebound 1:12 into the ensuing five-on-three and tossed it off the top of Aaron Dell's (23 saves) pad for his seventh goal of the season.
That goal was the first power-play goal in seven games for the Beavers, but to head coach Tom Serratore, scoring that goal was more than about breaking a streak.
"Quite honestly, it was not necessarily the power play goal as much as you have to score on a two-minute five-on-three," he said. "And if you don't score on a two-minute five-on-three, I think we all realize what happens – momentum goes over there. It's a mind game with your power-play unit and with your team if you don't score on that. We needed to convert it and we did."
North Dakota kept shooting in search of an equalizer and found plenty of opportunities to do so. Jamie MacQueen, Darcy Findlay, Bakala and Matt Prapavessis all took minor penalties and Matt Carlson's checking from behind penalty get North Dakota a five-minute major in the third.
Bakala and the Beavers held on and didn't let North Dakota capitalize on any of their six power-play opportunities after going 2-for-4 Saturday night.
"The kids showed a lot of resiliency," said Serratore. "The boys earned it and I'm proud of how they competed."
For Bakala, it was his seventh career shutout. Serratore, however, was quick to put a lot of the credit on the shoulders of the Beavers' defense, which blocked 21 shots.
"Dan [Bakala] played very well, but again, I thought we played well away from the puck," said Serratore. "That goose egg was a team goose egg in my eyes."
For North Dakota, it was another loss indicative of a young team that can't seem to find consistent offensive output.
"I think we just have to look in the mirror," said UND senior defenseman Ben Blood. "I don't think it's anyone we've played."
Hakstol also alluded to some players in Sunday's loss not making contributions to a team that needed the sweep to get back on track.
He didn't single anyone out, but he said there were "a lot of people in the lineup tonight that didn't provide a whole lot to the team and their teammates."
Blood added that they are on the cusp of being able to win games consistently, but once again were unable to turn the corner.
"We're right on that edge," he said. "We were right there to take that step forward tonight, but we're not mature enough. We're not experienced enough to take that step to become a good hockey team."
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Its no secret that NYE is the biggest party in the world, and Hennessy is the top cognac in the world; see where I am going with this? It's only right to bring in the New Year with some of the sweet brown nectar. Although we all have our own versions of an amazing NYE its always cool to see how celebrities bring in the New Year.
On NYE, Kevin Hart, Ludacris, Nelly & their entourage of girlfriends and friends brought in 2014 at the Hennessy V.S and AG Entertainment NYE event at Compound in Atlanta. Fresh off of their couple's retreat, Kevin Hart and Ludacris were dressed to kill in classic black tuxedos. Their girlfriends Eudoxie and Enicko Parrish were just as stylish in almost matching black gowns with see-thru paneling. The couples smoked cigars and enjoyed Hennessy V.S cocktails alongside the newly engaged Keshia Knight-Pulliam and Big Tigger.
Hennessy V.S also threw a NYE bash at Atlanta hotspot, Velvet Room hosted by Meek Mill. Mill brought in the New Year performing three of his signature records to the crowd including, "Levels", "Dreams & Nightmares" and "I'm A Boss".
For more events and drinks click on #Drinks. Cheers and Salute!


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Where the Elite Meet to Beat
An organization for the Leather, B&D, D/S, S&M, and other kinky acronym people in the Twin City area. We promote erotic play that is safe, sane, and consensual. We are pansexual, pro-freedom, and pro-sex.
TIES (Tremendously Intense Erotic Situations)is a pansexual (GLBT, het, bi, asexual, any consensual sexual orientation at all, and any shape of wabbly bits is welcome) BDSM-oriented (Bondage & Discipline, Domination / Submission, Sadism / Masochism) organization. Based very loosely on New York's The Eulenspiegel Society, it's intended to be a venue for like-minded people to meet one another, a source of information for people in the scene, and as a gateway, in which other groups can meet each other and the public. TIES was founded in May, 1995.
This is a web site in transition - new host, new features, lots of new code I haven't had time to complete yet. Most of it will work, but not all of it will work well. When it's all been tested and updated, this paragraph will disappear.
TIES hosts several types of events: discussion meetings, social gatherings, parties at which BDSM play is encouraged (known as PlayParties), and educational seminars (well, we've produced one, and will probably do it again when the opportunity presents itself). Follow the TIES Meeting link on the left of this page to get more details on those. The most widely-attended event is our monthly burgermunch, or Munch (a social gathering at a semi-public place at which food is available), on the last Wednesday of each month. Further information on that can be found on the TIES Meetings and FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) pages. The calendar for these and other events can be found on the BDSM Events page.
TIES also hosts an email list, on which people can discuss almost anything
that their hearts desire, but which is intended primarily for discussions,
news, and notices relevant to the BDSM community. People who wish to join the TIES
e-mail discussion list can do so at the web page where you can subscribe to, or unsubscribe
from, the all NEW! TIES mailing list, aka firstname.lastname@example.com.
Take me to the TIES-list web page.
While TIES memberships are available, there is no requirement that anyone purchase one; there are no member-only events. Anyone who attends any TIES events is considered an Associate. TIES has four club officers (called Ossifers, because we take ourselves so seriously), no elections, and no voting, unless Midnight Writer wants an opinion poll. Not much politics, either.
TIES has very few rules of behavior, but they are very strict. All TIES Ossifers, Members and Associates are expected to honor rules of consent (to violate another's consent is grounds for banishment) and confidentiality (to abuse another's privacy is assumed to violate their consent - see above). TIES is very tolerant of any behavior that does not violate another's consent. It should be noted, however, that TIES does not consent to unlawful behavior that may cause legal difficulties for its Ossifers, Members, or Associates.
This web site and all of its contents (except for the Leather Pride Flag, which is specifically in the public domain) are copyright by Dan Brady (or the respective copyright holder, when other materials are used by permission). Some code was graciously donated (as in, MW couldn't have gotten by without it) by the folks at BetterNerds.com. They're good people, but they like us anyway.
This web site is coded and maintained by Midnight Writer, the TIES Manager (and Ultimate Dictator For Life). Suggestions, requests, and feedback for either TIES or this web site can be emailed to the TIES mailbox, found by clicking on the email us button below.


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My Favorite "House for Sale" Story
Welcome to the February 2012 edition of Jud's New England Journal, the rather curious monthly musings of Judson Hale, the Editor-in-Chief of Yankee Magazine,
published since 1935 in Dublin, N.H.
My Favorite "House for Sale" Story
Hard to pick one. But if I had to, this is probably it…
Published some thirty years ago, it was an old-fashioned lakefront sporting camp in Kokad-jo (short for Kokadjoweemqwasebemsis), about 20 miles northeast of Greenville, Maine, which, of course, is northwest of Bangor. (You know, we do a "House for Sale" story in every issues of Yankee — have for over sixty years.) Anyway, this place had nine acres, 2,000 feet of shore frontage, eight fully-equipped sporting camps plus a well-stocked country store with a nice owners' apartment, lovely mountain views, fabulous fishing and, well, it was a golden opportunity for someone who liked that sort of wilderness thing — and all for only $150,000, quite a lot back then but still a bargain.
For several years after, readers wrote us asking, "whatever happened to that sporting camp property in Maine?"
All we could reply was that a fellow from New York eventually bought it but here's the whole story…
According to the original owners, the Yankee story resulted in 93 inquiries from 26 states, including New England, Maryland, Michigan, Ohio, Florida, Indiana and Wyoming. Occupation of callers included doctors, attorneys, writers, stockbrokers, school teachers, a policeman, a pilot, a machinist, a chemist and a number of businessmen. Oh, and a policewoman, too.
The first person to inquire about it was obviously inebriated. He said how interested he was and how he loved the place. Ten minutes later he called back to ask why someone had called him because "he wasn't at all interested in real estate."
The author of "The Shadow" — remember that? — the late Walter Gibson, called. He was 83 at that time, still writing, and looking for a wilderness retreat. He'd actually visited the place, he said, back in 1912 and liked it.
A man afflicted with a severe stutter telephoned to make an appointment to see the property. The camp owners were away for a few days and, since their answering machine recorded messages for only a half minute, he'd had to telephone more that a half dozen times to complete his message. And he utilized the entire tape.
Seven California callers were, they said, looking to "go east" and quite a few wanted to move to Kokad-jo because they were "burnt out" and, they said, "sick of the rat race."
And so on.
The man who actually bought the property was from Cold Springs, New York. He'd seen it the year before when he and his son bicycled through the area. He said at the time he'd remarked how wonderful it would be to live there. So when he saw the property featured in Yankee, he felt fate was on his side. He immediately called to make the offer that was accepted and said he'd be at Kokad-jo three days later to wrap it up.
The day before he left for Maine, he walked into the Con Edison plant in which he'd worked for over twenty-five years and quit. Just up and quit.
He later told us in a letter that after signing the papers up at Kokad-jo the very next day, he and his son embraced and actually danced for about ten minutes. He said it was the best he'd felt in his entire life.
"Free," he said he kept repeating. "Free at last."
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Two Words — the excellent blog of the Center for the Art of Translation — posted an interesting, brief conversation with Natasha Wimmer about her forthcoming Bolano translations. I think any and all Bolano fans will be especially intrigued by this bit:
Natasha Wimmer: I've read The Third Reich (and in fact, it looks like I'll be translating it, though I have yet to sign on the dotted line). It's about an elaborate board game called The Third Reich (Bolaño was a great fan of war games), it takes place on the Costa Brava, and it pits a German tourist against an enigmatic South American who rents paddle boats on the beach. I loved it.
But this is just one of her Bolano projects. She's also translating Antwerp (technically his first novel, although it wasn't published until 2002) and Entre parentesis (a collection of nonfiction) for New Directions.
It took reading 44 pages of Intervenir/Intervene before I began to get a sense of what Dolores Dorantes and Rodrigo Flores Sánchez were up to. Recurring throughout these 44 pages—throughout the entire book—are shovels, shovel smacks to the face, lobelias—aha!. . .
As presaged by its title, contradiction is the theme of Peter Stamm's novel, All Days Are Night. Gillian, a well-known television personality, remains unknowable to herself. And Hubert, a frustrated artist and Gillian's lover, creates art through the process of. . .
It's a rare and wonderful book that begins and ends with violence and humor. At the start of Etgar Keret's The Seven Good Years, Keret is in a hospital waiting for the birth of his first child while nurses, in. . .
Last year, Han Kang's The Vegetarian was an unexpected critical hit. Now, it's just been published in the U.S. and has already received a great deal of positive critical attention. The Vegetarian was a bold book to attempt as an. . .
It's been almost a year since the publication of Nowhere to Be Found by Bae Suah, but despite being included on the 2015 PEN Translation award longlist, and some pretty vocal support from key indie presses, the book has. . .
Jorge Eduardo Benavides' novel La paz de los vencidos (The Peace of the Defeated) takes the form of a diary written by a nameless Peruvian thirty-something intellectual slumming it in Santa Cruz de Tenerife in Spain's Canary Islands. Recently relocated. . .
Anyone with any interest at all in contemporary Moroccan writing must start with Souffles. A cultural and political journal, Souffles (the French word for "breaths") was founded in 1966 by Abdellatif Laâbi and Mostafa Nissabouri. Run by a group of. . .


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|Who can take disciplinary action to blacklist contractors or suppliers who refused to return the Letter of Acceptance after they were picked in the tender on the grounds that the supply prices have risen and so forth. Can the Ministry/agency on its own blacklist these contractors/suppliers?
|The authority for the registration of suppliers for the procurement of supplies and services is the Ministry of Finance, while the authority for the registration of work contractors is the Contractors Service Centre (PKK) and the Construction Industry Development Board Malaysia (CIDB). This matter was stated in the Treasury Instructions (AP) 184. AP 166.2 (ix) and SPP Nos.6 of 2010 which provides for this type of action that can be taken against the supplier/company registered with the Ministry of Finance. Therefore, the parties that can impose any disciplinary action including blacklisting the supplier/contractor are the Ministry of Finance or the PKK/CIDB.
|What actions can be taken by the Ministry/agency on contractors or suppliers if their performance is unsatisfactory, late in delivery of supplies or late in work/not completed?
|For any procurement of supplies, services or work, the Ministry/Agency may take action in accordance with the terms of the contract if the supplier or contractor does not fulfill its obligations under that contract.
For example, suppliers who are late to supply can be fined and contractors who are late in completing their work shall be liable for compensation by Liquidated & Ascertained Damages (LAD) that has been determined and fixed.
Ministry/Agency may take actions to terminate the contract and the performance bonds seized. These actions can be implemented by the Ministry/Agency as Contract Administrator for contracts entered into by the Ministry/Agency with suppliers/contractors.
|Should the supplier/contractor be informed on the types of offenses and penalties?
|In inviting for a tender/quotation, the Ministry/agency may inform the tenderer/quoter by giving an overview of the types of offenses and penalties that may be taken against the tenderer/quoter, but the authorities to take action and impose penalties are still the registering authorities i.e the Ministry of Finance (supplies and services), or PKK/CIDB (work).
|What type of actions that can be taken against the contractor/supplier who fails to comply with contractual obligations?
|Some form of actions may be taken, among which are based on the provisions contained in the contract agreement with the contractors/suppliers and the relevant government agencies. In addition, the agency shall report to the Government Procurement Division (BPK) on this matter. BPK may take some actions such as issuing warning letters, suspending registration, canceling registration and blacklisting the board of directors.


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Be Funky
By user12607856 on Mar 09, 2009
After a tweet from ThinGuy (thanks!), I just had to try out BeFunky.com. One of each type of art style of my mug above, and I've also added them to the collection of thumnail images that get randomly selected to be at the top left of my blog.
Wonderfully simplistic BUI. I wish all site designers could make it this easy to use their site.
I don't think I've got the patience to create another A Scanner Darkly (which we finally watched over the weekend and were very disappointed), but it sure makes it easy to create simple artwork.
Hmm. Maybe another cartoon...


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A Preview of Apple's iPad Mini Event
- October 23rd, 2012
- iPad mini, MacBook Pro with Retina Display, October 23rd, 2012, World of Apple Events
- Alex Brooks
Today is the day that Apple will show off its latest offering, with expectations resting on a smaller, thinner and lighter iPad. Invites went out last week to select members of the media inviting them to the California Theatre in San Jose for a special event, Apple teased members of the media and onlookers with the simple phrase "We've got a little more to show you".
Whilst I'm not a fan of overanalysing Apple's invites it's a safe assumption based on the strength of rumours and past knowledge of Apple's subtle hints on invites that little is referring to the smaller 7.85-inch display iPad—expected to be dubbed "iPad mini".
However the smaller iPad might not be only smaller product Apple has up its sleeve today, many are also expecting a 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display to join its larger sibling that was released in June this year.
iPad mini
The iPad has been a rumour heavily debated for many months, unlike the iPhone 5 the number of actual product leaks for the iPad mini are few and far between. However solid sources have all but confirmed that the iPad mini will feature a 7.85-inch display with a resolution of 1024 x 768 giving a pixel density of 163ppi, higher than the iPad 2 but much lower than the Retina iPad's 264ppi. Many have suggested that it would be stupid of Apple to release a new iPad mini with a low resolution display but it seems that for the sake of price Apple will debut the iPad mini with a non-retina display and revise it in coming years.
Details of the rest of the features of the iPad mini remain slim, speculation suggests that we'll see the iPad mini feature Apple's A5 processor rather than the newer A6 and only 512MB of RAM. As with the larger iPad it's expected that Apple will ship WiFi and cellular models, purported inventory leaks in recent weeks have suggested a total of 24 models of iPad mini with models starting at 8GB ranging up to 64GB available in black and white.
Pricing has also been up for much debate, the most recent rumours suggest that the lowest end iPad mini will come in at $329 in the US and range up to $659, cellular models look to carry a $130 premium over the WiFi models. This pricing is much higher than Google's $199 entry price for the Nexus 7 (see chart below).
The iPad mini will feature a considerably smaller case and is said to be similar in design to the new iPod touch in that it has a slightly squarer case rather than the strong bevel of the iPad. The iPad mini is also expected to have a thinner front bezel on the sides to make the enclosure slimmer in width.
Expectations are for the iPad mini to be available for pre-order on October 26 with a general sale on November 2.
9.7-inch iPad
I covered some of my thoughts last week on what I think might be happening to the larger iPad. However outside of my theories there are rumours that the iPad will get a minor refresh, some sources suggest it'll be more serious than others.
At the low end of the scale some expect that Apple will simply refresh the iPad to include Apple's new Lightning connection. However there are some rumours that Apple will also take the opportunity to update the LTE compatibility of the iPad expanding its reach into European countries, Australia and some Asian countries. It's also possible Apple will take the opportunity to update the A5x SoC and battery as well.
However Apple refreshes the iPad, if at all expect it to not be a feature of the event. It's far more likely that Apple would do such an update quietly.
Macbook Pro with Retina Display
At WWDC in June Apple announced its first Mac with a Retina display—the 15-inch MacBook Pro. Rumours now suggest that Apple will release a smaller counterpart for the 15-inch in the form of a 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina Display.
The 13-inch MBPwRD is expected to start at $1699. Specs are unknown but the display is said to have a resolution of 2560 x 1600.
In line with the 15-inch it's easy to speculate that the 13-inch model will feature a fully "flash" architecture with an SSD as standard.
What Else?
Today's event looks set to be a busy one, alongside the iPad mini and new Retina MacBook Pro it's also rumoured that Apple will unveil new iMac and Mac mini models. Rumours have suggested that Apple will introduce a significantly slimmer iMac model, however the rumours did not pinpoint a specific date for the announcement.
For more details of what is expected in a future iMac and Mac mini refresh see this post I wrote about Apple's Ivy Bridge updates.
Mirroring Apple's event that it held in January to unveil a new focus on education and textbooks today's event is set to renew this focus. Apple is said to be making the iPad mini centre stage as a tablet for education markets. Over the weekend references to iBooks 3 also started popping up suggesting that Apple will update its software and also expand the availability of iBooks into new markets.
World of Apple will not offer live coverage of today's event. However those with an Apple TV will be able to stream the event live with the addition of the new "Apple Events" app on the Apple TV front screen today.
Today's Apple event will kick off today at the following times:
- 10:00AM – Pacific
- 11:00AM – Mountain
- 12:00PM – Central
- 1:00PM – Eastern
- 2:00PM – Rio de Janeiro
- 6:00PM – London
- 7:00PM – Paris
- 9:00PM – Moscow
- 2:00AM – Tokyo (Wednesday 23rd)
- 3:00AM – Sydney (Wednesday 23rd)
- 5:00AM – Auckland (Wednesday 23rd)
For those without an Apple TV some live coverage can be found on the World of Apple Twitter account or the following sites:
World of Apple will offer news and detailed analysis following the completion of the event.


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Amber Heard was one of the beautiful ladies who attended the Stella McCartney Resort 2015 garden party presentation held on June 5, 2014 according to RCFA. The event took place at the Elizabeth Street Gardens in New York.
Amber's Stella McCartney Fall 2014 dress she wore to the event was a wow for me however many did not like the design. The sleeveless short dress featured lots of interesting string detailing and a somewhat scalloped and sculpted hemline. The hemline showed off her beautiful and long legs. The colors of the dress worked really well with Amber's complexion giving her a bit of a rosy glow. Perhaps Johnny Depp gave that to her too! The dress was done in shades of orange, maroon and rust over black. She accented with solid black pumps and a colorful python clutch.
It seems some great earrings were called for here that perhaps picked up the colors in the dress. The shoes did not work here. The black pumps looked like they should have gone with a suit instead of a cocktail dress. A sandal would have been a lighter and more flattering choice for footwear. Amber's makeup was just perfect and soft to balance out the bold tones of her dress. She wore her hair in a tight bun which was a nice change for her.
The evening highlighted new pieces by McCartney who sought inspiration from her mother's clothing from the 1970's. Lots of prints and just a touch of whimsy. Several other notable ladies were in attendance including Liv Tyler, Emmy Rossum and Cara Delevingne. It really doesn't matte what Amber Heard wears. She is gorgeous. Love her with Johnny Depp. Love her with Stella.


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The Next Generation of Analytics: Are Financial Institutions Prepared?
By Jenna Danko on Aug 14, 2014
In this post, Ambreesh Khanna, VP of Product Management for Oracle Financial Services Analytical Applications, tackles Analytics 3.0. Today's consumers have high expectations − and for good reason. They have become accustomed to, and are increasingly likely to demand, anytime/anywhere connectivity and access to the products, services, and information they desire and need. As these expectations carry over to their banking relationships, banks are focused on keeping pace with rapidly changing requirements. Analytics is on the front-lines of this quest. Just like customer expectations are evolving, so too are analytics solutions. Are banks prepared to adopt and benefit from next-generation solutions?[Read More]


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What is Give and Go?
Keep America Beautiful, Goodwill, and Creighton's IRHG and Sustainability Council have teamed up to collect unwanted items from the residence halls during move-out.
These efforts keep materials out of the landfill and create jobs through Goodwill Industries.
What to Give
- Small appliances
- Small electronics
- Towels, blankets, linen
- Lamps
- Books
- Computers, printers
- Misc. household goods
- School supplies
- Crates / containers
- Dishes & cookware
- Clothing
- Shoes
Where does my stuff go?
All items will be picked up by Goodwill Industries here in Omaha. From their website: "Goodwill Industries, Inc., Serving Eastern Nebraska and Southwest Iowa, has been a leader in helping people fulfill their dreams through work since 1933. We train and employ people with disabilities and others who may be at a competitive disadvantage in the job market, such as at-risk youth." Sales of donated goods help fund the many programs offered by Goodwill.
Goodwill changes lives and strengthens communities through education, training and work.
Non-perishable food, toiletries, and detergents will be donated to Siena-Francis House or Together, Inc.


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Achieving long term capital growth with predefined and controlled levels of risk, by investing in stocks listed on the Saudi stock exchange. In addition, the fund will aim to achieve returns that exceed the average by benefiting from the expected economic growth in Saudi Arabia while maintaining a suitable level of diversification for fund assets and reduction of total risk by investing in different marker sectors.
Investment Philosophy
The fund implements an active and effective approach in managing the fund. The investment philosophy the fund manager follows is built upon a disciplined, yet flexible long term approach to value oriented investing in the Saudi market which allows Global to look beyond short-term market volatility.
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• Stock picking utilizing Bottom-up approach with emphasis on value
Our goal is to select companies selling at a discount to intrinsic value. We identify intrinsic value through rigorous fundamental analysis and research conducted by an experienced investment team. Research is done on a company-by-company basis to determine the economic worth of companies based on projected future earnings and cash flows taking into consideration economic and market activity.
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We believe that in the short run stocks may overreact to news and noise. On the long term basis, however, markets are efficient and reward those who have identified undervalued stocks at an early stage.
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Give your electronics a Second Life19
Give your electronics a Second Life
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If it has a battery or a cord, bring it to an Eco Station. Electronics and computers are accepted at no charge, and are taken to the Edmonton Waste Management Centre to be processed for recycling.
Casio QV-11
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This box caught my eye when one of the guys from the computer department was showing me how to do some of their web work.
I had to take a picture of it; not only is it already a relic of the digital age, the box features the World Trade Center towers.
The resolution is .26 megabytes. The output, according to the spec page is 320×240 dots. What would you even do with that? There's no place for a memory stick, it just has 2 MB of internal flash memory. The swivel lens is pretty cool though.
It takes four AA batteries, and when you shake it, it makes a vicious rattle, so I don't think I'll be shooting with it any time soon.
Oh, and for a major laugh, check out the battery pack this guy rigged up for his. Be sure to scroll down and see how he wears it on his belt. Now imagine him running through an airport with his camera.
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I secretly love it when people give me flowers.1
I secretly love it when people give me flowers.
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These came unexpectedly, from our Dean of Students, because apparently (a) it's spring, and (b) I saved her computer.
By getting it a new battery.
*feels appreciated*
Mischievous Technology
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After having had my computer go wonky on me for the fourth time in 24 hours — essentially unusable because the left-click would suddenly stop working (neither mouse nor trackpad would activate a left click, though right click, scrolling, cursor and keystrokes were ALL still fine!), I took the extreme measure of moving to reinstall the OS on another hard drive. (Granted, it's been a pending necessity for some time now, what with a full hard drive, and Mountain Leopard pending …)
However, would you believe that at the VERY END of the OS X Lion installation set-up, you are faced with the requirement of showing you can handle the fancy new reversed scrolling feature in Lion (by doing the trackpad scrolling gesture), … and then you have to do a left-click on the "Start Using OS X Lion" button. You have NO choice. That is the ONLY possible option. No keyboard command. No gesture. No spacebar or Return to continue. No option but a simple left click. The one, single simple input that just happens to have been a recent issue on my computer. And guess what, despite a clean install of the operating system, it's still not working. I have no other way to move orward. No other choices. I know, because Apple Tech Support and I tried to troubleshoot this on for over half an hour. And we came up with nothing. Nothing other than a "we know this won't solve the problem, but we COULD do a Force Quit."
So as I sat waiting for someone else at Apple to pick up the case escalation hotline, I tried thinking up some other options.
• No, I couldn't try accessing the Mac OS via a remote desktop app from another computer or the iPad — I was working with a clean installation, with no remote access permissions.
• Maybe I could try controlling the computer with the Magic Mouse?. But no go there — it had no batteries.
• Hmmm. Maybe that fancy Bluetooth trackpad?
And just as that though crossed my mind, I heard a mischievous chuckling coming from under some paper clutter off to the side of my desk. Paper clutter that supported a power adapter, and now also a box of computer tools from my hard drive installation.
What was the source of the chuckling? What was hiding under the papers?
Mustering my courage, I reached out and lifted the papers' edge…
2012/366 – Day 164
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Florence and Southern Tuscany
Visit the magnificent, artistic city of Florence, then rent a car and spend a few days at your leisure in Southern Tuscany, with its brilliant sunshine, captivating and picturesque views, Medieval castles guard narrow roads and classic farmhouses sit along eroding limestone ridges. This area produces some of the finest red wines in Italy, and the small towns of the region are postcard-perfect! This is a flexible vacation package. Select your number of nights in each city, desired hotel and activities.
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Mike Nall
Mike Nall, a former hurler for both UIC and Northwestern, enters his seventh year on the Flames' coaching staff as the Flames' pitching coach and his third as the team's recruiting coordinator.
Since Nall's arrival, UIC has seen extensive levels of success on the mound that has helped the Flames advance to three NCAA Regionals during his tenure.
The Flames' staff did not miss a beat in 2009. Nall helped talented righty Adam Worthington transition from being one of the top relievers in the Horizon League to becoming the conference's Pitcher of the Year as a starter. Worthington, who would go on to be selected by the Arizona Diamondbacks in the 2009 MLB Draft, posted the 10th-lowest career ERA in program history (3.78), while tallying the eighth-most strikeouts (177) in the second-most appearances (107).
The 2009 staff posted the second-lowest ERA in the Horizon League (4.62) and held opposing hitters to the second-lowest batting average (.290). Pitcher Chris Kovacevich also joined Worthington on the All-Horizon League Team.
In 2008, despite losing two of the program's all-time winningest pitchers to the professional ranks before the year, Nall restocked UIC's collection of arms with the likes of Derrick Miramontes and Mike Kool, a duo who anchored the starting rotation from start to finish, and helped the returning stable of veterans, such as Worthington, and young talent, such as emerging right-hander Peter Ifft, become a key ingredient to the Flames' second straight NCAA Regional trip.
Miramontes was named the Horizon League's Newcomer of the Year, while Worthington was selected as the conference's Relief Pitcher of the Year. Both were named to the All-League Second Team. Both Kool and Ifft were the Flames' hottest hurlers as the season wound down, with Kool allowing just five earned runs in his last 29.1 innings and Ifft earning a spot on the league's All-Tournament Team after winning the conference title game and before a stellar relief win over Dallas Baptist in an NCAA Regional contest.
A recurring theme is UIC's presence atop the Horizon League pitching statistical rankings under Nall's guidance. The Flames once again posted the conference's lowest earned run average and gave up the fewest total runs in the league.
Nall's staff played a huge part in the Flames' return to NCAA Regional play in 2007. UIC led the Horizon League with a conference-low 3.93 team earned run average and issued the fewest walks (142) while posting the second-most strikeout total (330). Behind the arm of Horizon League Pitcher of the Year Zach Peterson and the resurgence of Ryan Zink, UIC held the likes of top-ranked Vanderbilt and national powers Georgia Tech, Tennessee, and Long Beach State at bay at the plate.
Zink, who tossed a one-hitter in UIC's first-ever NCAA Regional win on June 1, 2007 against Long Beach State, went on to sign with the New York Yankees after he was drafted by the Bronx Bombers, while Peterson moved on to the Kansas City Royals organization.
The year before the UIC staff led the Horizon League with conference-lows in ERA, opponent batting average, runs allowed, earned runs allowed and walks. Led by Peterson, who won the league's pitching Triple Crown by topping the charts in ERA, wins and strikeouts, the Flames ranked among the top 35 programs in the nation in team earned run average.
In 2005 UIC pitching had a banner season behind the one-two punch of right-handers Zink and Peterson. The latter led the Flames with a 10-1 record, including wins in his last nine decisions, to go along with a team-best 3.31 ERA en route to All-Horizon League First Team accolades. Zink went 8-6 with a 3.78 ERA and a team-high 74 strikeouts to earn All-Horizon League Second Team honors and the Horizon League Tournament Most Valuable Player award.
Both Peterson and Zink made the Horizon League All-Tournament Team after the duo combined to shut down Milwaukee in the championship game.
In 2004 three Flames hurlers earned postseason honors from the Horizon League under Nall's tutelage.
In 2004 Zink was named to the All-Horizon League First Team and All-Newcomer Team as a freshman after going 9-3 with 92 strikeouts in 95.2 innings pitched. David Haehnel, who is currently in the Baltimore Orioles farm system and has pitched for Team USA, earned All-Horizon League Second Team honors by finishing with a record of 6-3 with 92 K's in 90 innings pitched, while teammate Tom Szalewski was named to the Horizon League All-Newcomer squad after going 4-2 with an ERA of 2.76.
In addition to his on-field and in-game coaching duties, Nall has served as the program's chief recruiter since 2007. He also plays a big role in scouting, scheduling and various other areas of the program.
Prior to joining the UIC coaching staff, Nall served as the pitching coach for Valparaiso in 2003. During his stint there, Nall helped the Crusaders improve their win total by eight, ERA by 1.77 runs, strikeout-to-walk ratio by one-third and opponents batting average by 46 points. Nall was also instrumental in the success of 2003 Mid-Continent Conference Co-Pitcher of the Year Tom Starck.
Nall, a 2001 graduate of Northwestern, also brings professional experience to the squad, playing in the Philadelphia Phillies minor league system after being selected in the 28th round of the 2001 draft.
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These infuser pockets are not to be confused with the parallel trend of pyramid tea bags, often called sachets. Pyramid bags are pre-filled with a larger leaf than regular tea bags, but the key is that they are in fact a teabag; ready to use. The paper infusers are more than just fun, as Serendipitea reports they are popular for "to go" orders because the long sleeve stays put as the tea brews. Serendipitea also reports the infusers are trendy for iced tea, which is one reason the new devices are selling well. Approximately 80% of the tea drunk in the U.S. is consumed as iced tea.
Still, making your own brew is associated with the realm of specialty tea. The specialty tea shops, whether catalogue, internet, or bricks-and-mortar, are the main vehicles for selling the infusers. Other methods for the imbiber to handle the loose tea are also trending upward. The Republic of Tea reports that as sales of loose continue to grow, their People's Brew Basket moves more products in tandem. This item is not paper, it is a polymesh nylon that can be continually reused and fits over a mug. I use this Brew Basket everyday because it allows for the most amount of tea with the best visual availability and aroma. Republic of Tea also sells a stainless steel brew basket for the same price as the nylon one.
Serendipitea sells the Telia paper tea infuser. Telia is a registered trademark of the Dansk Tefilter company located in Denmark. I appreciate the directions, which state, "store the tea filters in a dry place, away from items with strong odors." Such directions are relatively rare and educate the public about tea. In prominent letters, the box reads "Loose Tea Filters" and the large size is 9.1 inches (232 mm) long, of sufficient size for large tea pots. Dansk Tefilters also states in big letters "Unbleached" on both front and back and this seems to be a positive selling point. The goal of such infusers is succinctly stated on the front, "Make great tea conveniently." Telia has a simple construction, without an expanding fold at the bottom, and the price point for the product is a bit less than the more complex paper infusers.
Mention should be made of the pyramid bags, even though they are pre-packed. There is competition in even this narrow category. Revolution Tea claims to be the first to come out with a 100% biodegradable pyramid tea bag. This was in March 2005. The substance used to manufacture the bag is a corn starch derivative, more technically polylactic acid yarn. Revolution reports sales of pyramids up this year, and has 4 Fuso machines churning out the pyramids. Revolution says demand for the pyramid is so great they are considering converting a majority of their bags to this type.
This article excludes a vast array of infusers that do good work, such as metal-mesh tea balls of wide width, and specialized tea pots with infusers built into the centers. These count as "tea material" but the trend toward paper infusers is so great that the spotlight must be shined on them. Another paper infuser is the t-sac tea filter, described as the "ultimate loose tea brewer." The corporate name is t-sac GmbH based in Hannover, Germany and the t-sac is a Registered Trademark. The company has been
developing filter systems since 1982. The entire company focuses on filter development and they have patented their design. The t-sac infuser is the exact product often sold by specialty tea companies in the U.S. and around the world. The design of the infuser is close to perfection. It is made of wood cellulose and cellulose from Manilla fiber. The source of the fiber is the Philippines and Ecuador, which yield "extremely high strength of paper."
Amazingly, one square meter weighs only 16 grams, which is considerably lighter than coffee filter paper. When the paper arrives, quality control methods kicks in, and the paper is examined by a computer. The t-sac meets the strict German food laws. And the product is good for retailers. The company states, "t-sac products make the retail shelf more appealing as they complement the tea offering." The item is naturally brown because it is unbleached. Since the 1980's there has been a concern over the chlorine used in bleach to turn paper white. Most infusers are unbleached.
T-sac makes filters in sizes from one mug serving to large pot. Many specialty tea companies sell 2, 3, or 4 sizes. The simple filter hugs the side of a mug or pot, no holder is necessary. The company states, "a bottom fold, which opens automatically provides enough volume for the tea to properly infuse …with patented opening for easy filling and ability to stand up in your cup or pot." T-sac summarizes its corporate goal, "modern methods of preparing tea are in great demand."
T-sac is really a dominant figure in the tea brewing field. Even the Republic of Tea, which tends to stick with its own methods, sells t-sac on its web site. The English Tea Store, which exists only on-line as a web site, sells four sizes of t-sac. They state as a selling point that the infusers are chlorine-free and unbleached. The president of English Tea Store is Lisa Hickey. Their toll-free number, 877-734-2458, has a sophisticated component that I wish more company phone numbers would adopt. The English Tea Store number tells you what "position" you are in among those waiting in the "queue." When I called, the computerized answering system said, "you are in queue position one" and this is good customer relations. Kevin Hickey, vice president and co-owner, reports sales of t-sacs as "steady" but says the best seller is the Mesh Wonder Ball 2 inch infuser and sales of the mesh ball about double packs of the t-sacs.
Coffee shops that also sell tea are increasingly venues for infuser bags. These outlets obviously introduce the infuser to entirely new category of imbibers. I have spoken to young professionals, in their '20s, a prime consumer demographic, who have had their first experience with an infuser in their regular coffee shop when they ordered tea instead of coffee. In coffee shops, the process usually involves the store clerk, not the client, putting the tea in the infuser. Thus, the customer receives the cup with the infuser already in it. There is no specific fee for the infuser, just one price for the cup of tea.
Paper infusers are relatively low cost. One company with a focus on accessories is Tao of Tea, founded in 1997 and now with 35 employees. The enterprise, located in Oregon, is owned by Veerinder Chawla and is oriented to wholesale operations. They sell the paper infusers in boxes of 100 at a wholesale price of $6.50 for the small size and $7.50 for the large size, which generally go to cafes and restaurants. An interesting non-paper strainer sold by Tao of Tea is the bamboo infuser. I asked how one would keep this clean, and was told "tea is a natural antiseptic" and not to worry about the bamboo. I also was told it lasts a long time.
Tao of Tea has a tea shop for imbibers to relax in. The website is unusual in that it has a membership service available only to paying customers who are given a password.
Tao of Tea reports that paper infusers are growing in use as more consumers discover the superiority of loose tea. As a wholesale-oriented operation, these imbibers would tend to be in cafes and restaurants. As a further sign of this wholesale approach, the infuser is listed under "food service equipment."
Note must be made of a tea infuser at the other end of the price range, far above the average. Gypsy Tea states, "Support Fair Trade in Nepal with a purchase of a beautiful, custom designed sterling silver tea strainer. Taste the honor of Fair Trade through every steep." This silver strainer, shaped like a spoon, can be yours for $145. The demographic is very upscale, even wealthy. Silver does make a wonderful gift, and I have twice been given silver, including one rather heavy, as awards in India for my tea work. The slogan for Gypsy tea is "a tea for all your senses" and the sterling spoon strainer does appeal to the eye.
The paper filters have a parallel in the "cotton tea sock" in that both can be filled by the consumer. The main difference is that the tea sock is reusable. Ted Jones, owner of Tea Trader in Calgary, Canada reports that, "they last for a reasonable time." He also states they require washing in hot running water. Tea socks have a neck with a loop to assist handling. Tea Trade stocks two sizes. The manufacturer is Das Teenetz of Germany, which produces five sizes. They are unbleached, chlorine-free cotton. The cotton socks come with a holder that is a round plastic ring with a handle with small sharp points for attaching to the sock. The sock is then lowered into the hot tea, with the handle above the hot water.
SpecialTeas of Connecticut uses the Finum paper infuser. The Finum goes by the name "true-flavor filter" and comes in several sizes. A new item is the Finum "tea stick" that holds up the infuser even in extra short cups. Another new product is the slim tea filter for small teapots and mugs. Finum is made by the Riensch & Held GmbH company of Hamburg, Germany, founded in 1845. The company's trade icon is a turtle and they
have attained ISO 9001:2000. The company focus is "household filters." The boxes of filters have in red background "aromatreu" and the simple phrase, "easy-fill flap and expanding base." In large letters is the appeal to the imbibers, presumably usually women, "make your own teabags." The approach is for super-premium tea, as the label states, "for finest loose tea." Finum has won design awards, and Germany seems the center for paper infuser development. The true-flavor filters are made of abaca pulp, cellulose and sealing fibre. Abaca is a Philippine plant, "musa textilis" used in making a wide range of products, including rope and fabrics.
The Finum has an extra flap of paper at the bottom for its "expanding base" to hold the tea. These are really ingenious devices, yet simple and appealing to use. While most other filters state "unbleached" and even the large-size Finum states this, interestingly the extra large states "bleached with oxygen." Thus, the extra large Finum has the distinction of being white instead of the brown of so many of the others. The extra-large are big enough for food service use. The Finum boxes are trilingual for the most part. One small insignia is only in German, which I translate as "the green spot" and apparently refers to the environmental friendliness of the product.
Harney & Sons, one of the largest specialty tea companies, also uses Finum. Their 100-count package is different from Specialties, even though both packages are direct from finum. Harney & Sons has the added labelling, "no holder needed" and this indeed is a benefit of these paper infusers; they hug the side of the mug or tea pot. Full-size loose leaf can fit readily into these infusers, but the educated imbiber should not discount higher-quality smaller leaf. The newly trendy South India region has many fine teas in the smaller leaf sizes, for example. The paper infusers are a welcome marriage of convenience with premium and super-premium tea.
An advantage over metal infusers is nothing to clean. For shops selling tea "to go" the paper infusers can't be beat. The infusers are sold by specialty companies as an item on which a profit can be made. However the major role of these products are for the fun and convenience of the imbiber, including those with the full range of knowledge about tea. The infuser can help bring the consumer in tactile, aromatic and visual contact with the tea. The general consensus is that paper infusers are a growing trend. It is nice to see something so simple be a good harbinger for the trade.
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Shnysprkly1 wrote:I haven't created a genie in CAS yet, but my supernatural family's father is a genie that was freed by Cornelia Goth.
Genies can:
* Ensorcel sims -- the sim gets temporarily added to the family
* Summon food -- the genie summons a perfect group serving of any food in the game
* Magically clean sim -- the genie crosses his/her arms over the chest, and nod, a chime is heard, and the targeted sim is clean, including a positive "Magically Clean" moodlet
* Make house spotless and sparkly -- the genie crosses his/her arms over the chest, and nod, a chime is heard, and the house is clean
Plus, they have a neat idle animation where they float in a purple, sparkly cloud. This even passes on to children with vampires. I haven't crossed my genie children with any other supernaturals yet, though, so I don't know if it works with them as well. I think a genie-fairy with the genie idle would be pretty.
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Hapag-Lloyd Recognized for Data Quality Performance
The GT Nexus Shipper Council, a community of the world's biggest importers and exporters, has recognized Hapag-Lloyd for outstanding data quality performance over the past year. Hapag-Lloyd received the award for providing the best overall data quality to the community of shippers that are operating their supply chains on the GT Nexus cloud supply chain platform.
"The purpose of the Shipper Council is to work collectively as a group to improve key technology challenges with strategic partners such as the ocean carrier community," said Martin van Dam, Container Freight Manager EMEA at Cargill in Amsterdam, and Head of the GT Nexus Shipper Council Europe. "Data quality from ocean carriers is critical to every large shipper represented on the Council. Hapag-Lloyd has demonstrated commitment to improve data quality and delivered results. On behalf of the entire GT Nexus customer community, I congratulate them on a job well done."


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Ernest Jones
Position: DB
Height: 6-3 Weight: 180 lbs.
Born: January 3, 1953 in Boca Raton, FL
High School: Boca Raton
College: Miami (FL) (school history)
Drafted by the Seattle Seahawks in the 5th round (153rd overall) of the 1976 NFL Draft.
Weighted Career AV (100-95-...): 14 (6050th overall since 1950)
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2013 Alabama Crimson Tide Baseball
Alabama at Samford
Mar 19, 2013 at Birmingham, Ala. (Joe Lee Griffin Fld)
Score by Innings R H E
Alabama............. 508 010 100 - 15 14 3
Samford............. 100 300 300 - 7 10 1
Umpires - HP: Skip Powe 1B: Rickey Armstrong 3B: Terrence Mobley
Start: 6:00 PM Time: 2:46 Attendance: 1725
Terry faced 2 batters in the 3rd.
2013 Alabama Crimson Tide Baseball
Alabama at Samford
Mar 19, 2013 at Birmingham, Ala. (Joe Lee Griffin Fld)
Alabama starters: 22/cf Salem; 3/3b Roberts; 7/rf Moore; 5/c Booth; 18/1b
Smith; 6/2b Overstreet; 15/dh Carlisle; 1/ss White; 2/lf Miller; 44/p Hawley;
Samford starters: 7/lf Stone; 10/2b Allison; 17/dh Irby; 6/cf Ervin; 11/rf
Durdaller; 5/1b Bryson; 38/c McWhorter; 16/3b Rodriguez; 29/ss Navarrete; 33/p
Alabama 1st - Salem grounded out to 2b (2-1).
Roberts hit by pitch (1-2). Moore doubled down the lf line, RBI (2-0); Roberts
scored. Booth reached on a throwing error by 3b, advanced to second (0-0);
Moore scored on the throw. Booth stole third. Smith singled up the middle, RBI
(2-2); Booth scored, unearned. Overstreet singled to right center (1-0); Smith
advanced to third. Overstreet out at second c to ss, caught stealing; Smith
scored, unearned. Carlisle singled to second base (3-2). White doubled down the
lf line, RBI (3-2); Carlisle scored, unearned. Miller hit by pitch (0-0). Salem
flied out to cf (1-1). 5 runs, 5 hits, 1 error, 2 LOB.
Samford 1st - Stone struck out swinging (1-2).
Allison flied out to rf (0-0). Irby homered to left field, RBI (1-1). Ervin
walked (3-2). Durdaller reached on a fielder's choice (1-2); Ervin out at
second 2b unassisted. 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Alabama 2nd - Terry to p for McGavin. Roberts
grounded out to 3b (2-1). Moore walked (3-0). Moore out at second c to 2b,
caught stealing. Booth flied out to cf (1-1). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0
Samford 2nd - Bryson flied out to cf (0-2).
McWhorter grounded out to 3b (2-1). Rodriguez flied out to rf (2-1). 0
runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Alabama 3rd - Smith doubled to right center (1-0).
Overstreet walked (3-0). Handlan to p for Terry. Carlisle walked (3-1);
Overstreet advanced to second; Smith advanced to third. White struck out
swinging (3-2). Miller hit by pitch, RBI (2-1); Carlisle advanced to second;
Overstreet advanced to third; Smith scored. Salem grounded out to 2b, RBI
(1-1); Miller advanced to second; Carlisle advanced to third; Overstreet
scored. Roberts hit by pitch (2-2). Moore walked, RBI (3-0); Roberts advanced
to second; Miller advanced to third; Carlisle scored. Flach to p for Handlan.
Booth doubled to right center, 3 RBI (0-0); Moore scored; Roberts scored;
Miller scored. Smith homered to left field, 2 RBI (0-0); Booth scored.
Overstreet walked (3-1). Carlisle popped up to ss (1-0). 8 runs, 3 hits,
0 errors, 1 LOB.
Samford 3rd - Navarrete singled through the right
side (1-2). Stone flied out to cf to left center (2-0). Navarrete advanced to
second on a wild pitch. Allison struck out looking (2-2). Irby struck out
looking (3-2). 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Alabama 4th - Haarer to lf for Stone. White flied
out to rf (0-0). Gonzalez to 3b for Allison. Rodriguez to 2b. Miller hit by
pitch (1-2). Salem singled up the middle (2-2); Miller advanced to second.
Roberts grounded into double play 2b to ss to 1b (1-0); Salem out on the play.
0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Samford 4th - Haack to p for Hawley. Ervin walked
(3-1). Durdaller singled to center field (0-1); Ervin advanced to second.
Bryson singled, advanced to third on an error by lf, RBI (1-2); Durdaller
scored; Ervin scored. McWhorter flied out to rf, SF, RBI (2-1); Bryson scored,
unearned. Rodriguez reached on an error by 2b (0-0). Navarrete singled to
center field (0-0); Rodriguez advanced to second. Haarer flied out to cf (1-1);
Rodriguez advanced to third. Navarrete stole second. Gonzalez fouled out to rf
(2-2). 3 runs, 3 hits, 2 errors, 2 LOB.
Alabama 5th - Donham to p for Flach. Moore walked
(3-1). Booth popped up to 1b (1-2). Smith struck out swinging (3-2). Overstreet
doubled to right center, RBI (2-0); Moore scored. Carlisle struck out looking
(0-2). 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Samford 5th - Irby struck out swinging (1-2). Ervin
struck out swinging (2-2). Durdaller flied out to rf (2-1). 0 runs, 0
hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Alabama 6th - Powell to cf for Ervin. Waller to rf
for Durdaller. Leeth to p for Donham. White flied out to rf (0-0). Miller
struck out swinging, out at first c to 1b (1-2). Salem grounded out to 2b
(3-2). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0 LOB.
Samford 6th - Blanchard to lf for Miller. Pilkington
to p for Haack. Bryson singled to center field (0-0). McWhorter hit by pitch
(0-1); Bryson advanced to second. Rodriguez flied out to lf (0-0). Navarrete
struck out swinging (1-2). Haarer grounded out to p (0-0). 0 runs, 1 hit,
0 errors, 2 LOB.
Alabama 7th - Watson to c for McWhorter. Maronde to
p for Leeth. Roberts singled to right field (0-1). Roberts advanced to second
on a wild pitch. Moore singled through the left side (3-1); Roberts advanced to
third. Booth flied out to rf, SF, RBI (2-1); Roberts scored. Smith struck out
looking (3-2). Overstreet singled to right field (1-2); Moore advanced to
third. Dye pinch hit for Carlisle. Dye struck out swinging (1-2). 1 run,
3 hits, 0 errors, 2 LOB.
Samford 7th - Cucjen to 3b for Roberts. Vincent to
1b for Smith. Gonzalez doubled to left center (1-2). Few pinch hit for Irby.
Few singled up the middle (0-0); Gonzalez advanced to third. Powell singled to
third base, RBI (1-1); Few advanced to second; Gonzalez scored. Waller flied
out to rf (0-0); Few advanced to third. Bryson grounded out to 1b unassisted,
RBI (0-0); Powell advanced to second, advanced to third on a throwing error by
1b; Few scored. Watson doubled to left center, RBI (0-0); Powell scored.
Rodriguez grounded out to 2b (0-1). 3 runs, 4 hits, 1 error, 1
Alabama 8th - Davis to lf for Haarer. Curry to p for
Maronde. White singled through the left side (1-1). Blanchard walked (3-2);
White advanced to second. Colburn pinch hit for Salem. Colburn struck out
swinging (2-2). Cucjen reached on a fielder's choice (0-1); Blanchard out at
second 2b to ss; White advanced to third. Moore reached on a fielder's choice
(0-1); Cucjen out at second ss to 2b. 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors, 2
Samford 8th - Colburn to cf. Oczypok to p for
Pilkington. Navarrete struck out looking (1-2). Davis hit by pitch (1-2).
Gonzalez flied out to rf (1-1). Few grounded out to p unassisted (1-2). 0
runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 1 LOB.
Alabama 9th - Traglia to p for Curry. Booth grounded
out to 1b unassisted (1-0). Vincent grounded out to 1b unassisted (0-0). Cole
pinch hit for Overstreet. Cole struck out swinging (2-2). 0 runs, 0 hits,
0 errors, 0 LOB.
Samford 9th - Cole to 2b. Powell grounded out to ss
(1-0). Waller flied out to rf (0-0). Heaner pinch hit for Bryson. Heaner
grounded out to 1b unassisted (0-0). 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors, 0


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Coming next week: a webinar with Joanna Macy and Chris Johnstone
Next Thursday (April 18th) at 5pm BST sees a rather special Transition Network/Resilience.org team-up, with a webinar featuring Joanna Macy and Chris Johnstone. Next week I will post details on how you can follow it, for now I wanted to let you know so you can put it in the diary and also have a think about any questions you'd like to ask them. If you have questions please put them as a comment below or tweet them to me at @robintransition. Here's where it will happen, in this window below, so come back here, or here, on Thursday for the webinar.
What'll we be discussing in our hour-long chat? Here's how Joanna and Chris frame the conversation:
"Climate change, the depletion of oil, economic upheaval and mass extinction together create a planetary emergency of overwhelming proportions. Joanna and Chris's book Active Hope is about how to strengthen our capacity to face this crisis so that we can respond with unexpected resilience and creative power. Drawing on decades of teaching an empowerment approach known as the Work That Reconnects, they guide us through a transformational process informed by mythic journeys, modern psychology, spirituality and holistic science. This process equips us with tools to face the mess we're in and play our role in the collective transition, or Great Turning, to a life sustaining society".
Joanna Macy and Chris Johnstone are the co-authors of Active Hope – How to Face the Mess We're in Without Going Crazy. Joanna, a scholar of Buddhism, general systems theory, and deep ecology, is the author of twelve books on the interface between social change and spiritual breakthrough. Chris worked for many years as an addictions specialist, and now offers coaching and distance-learning courses about resilience, happiness and positive change.
Please join us, and do let me have any questions you would like to be fed into our conversation.


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Taiwan's rich cultural heritage has come to the New York area with the Chinese Arts Dancing Ensemble, which will be performing at "Lincoln Center Out of Doors – From Chinatown with Love" at Damrosch Park Bandshell, on Thursday, August 7.
Founded in 1995, the mission of the Chinese Arts Dancing Ensemble, based in Beitou, Taiwan, is to cultivate the beauty of movement and promote the development of dancing as an art form, but through their international performances, the company has also become an ambassador for cultural exchange, generates understanding and appreciation of the essence of Chinese culture.
The ensemble has represented Taiwan numerous times in many different countries' international folklore festivals and just finished performances at the North Carolina International Folk Festival, in Folkmoot.
Following the North Carolina performance, the Asian American Cultural Circle of Unity (AACCU) invited the Chinese Arts Dancing Ensemble to New York for a cultural exchange. The troupe's performance at Lincoln Center was organized with the help of the Chinese-American Arts Council, and the troupe also performed in Great Neck, Long Island.
For more information about Chinese Arts Dancing Ensemble, visit www.cadance.com.tw, email firstname.lastname@example.com.
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After 15 years, hundreds of sold-out shows and tens of thousands of miles traveled together, the members of 311— singer/guitarist Nick Hexum, rapper SA Martinez, guitarist Tim Mahoney, bassist P-Nut and drummer Chad Sexton—are true road warriors. But the Los Angeles–based rap-reggae rockers are also true pot enthusiasts—and proudly so—which makes navigating major state freeways a challenge, to say the least.
Fortunately, the many years of crisscrossing the US and the world, most recently in support of their latest CD, Don't Tread on Me (Volcano), has taught the band a thing or two about toking on tour—like how much to bring, where to store it and how to smoke without getting busted. Here, they share their secrets and one really cool invention with HIGH TIMES, and school us all in the real meaning of "life on the road."
Rule #1: Bring your own, bring a variety and bring a lot
In 311's world, there's no such thing as too much weed. "You basically want enough to last you the whole tour," says the band's resident pot keeper, P-Nut. "I'd rather not divulge exactly how much we had on this last stretch, but it was like a suitcase and a half. No, I'm kidding—it was enough to last about eight weeks."
"We're also fortunate to have friends in certain spots who are growers," adds Mahoney. "It's always nice to get the variety in taste."
If all else fails, the band can certainly count on their fans. "We get offered weed like 10 times a day," P-Nut points out. "But we are kind of picky."
Hexum doesn't discriminate when it comes to free offerings. "I get handed joints all the time and if it looks decent, that's good enough for me," he says. "These guys [P-Nut, Mahoney] are like, 'Thanks, we got our own.' Me, being a lesser stoner, I'm always like, 'Is there any weed that's not strong enough for you guys?' Because the shit they smoke puts me into fucking orbit and I can't even function."


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The No. 21 Wildcats (6-1, 1-1 in Pac-10) return to conference play this weekend when they travel up to the Pacific Northwest to take on the No. 41 Oregon Ducks. The Ducks (2-4, 0-4 in Pac-10) will play host to Arizona State on Saturday before welcoming in the Cats on Sunday. Oregon will be seeking to snap it's two-match losing streak after dropping last weekend's matches to UCLA and USC. The Ducks fell to UCLA, 5-4, on the final doubles match of the day and dropped its match with USC, 7-2. In it's Pac-10 weekend openers, Arizona split its matches with the Southern California school upsetting No. 8 UCLA, 5-4, and losing to No. 12 USC, 9-0.
OU is lead by the lone senior on the team, Alina Wygonowska. Wygonowska, ranked No. 61, has gotten off to a slow start this season (2-4) but did notch an impressive victory over USC's Kara Warkentin last weekend.
The Lineup: Name Yr. Hometown Uzma Kahn Fr. Hyderabad, India Lindsay Blau So. Ossining, New York Michelle Gough Jr. Johannesburg, South Africa Vanessa Abel Sr. Tucson, Arizona Laresa Marino So. San Diego, California Joanna Buczkowska Jr. Zakopane, Poland Brooke Taylor So. Newport Beach, California
Last Weekend:
The Wildcats continued their undefeated record against non-conference opponents this year with a 9-0 victory Friday over Texas Tech. The Cats have two out of conference matches remaining, No. 32 Marquette and No. 9 Texas in their quest for the school's first undefeated record against non-conference foes since 1996 when they went 9-0.
Home Sweet Home:
Arizona is off to one of its best starts in school history (6-1) after seven home matches. With a win this weekend against Oregon, UA would equal the 7-1 start of the No. 8-ranked 95 team. That team won its first seven matches before dropping a home match to No. 3 Stanford, 7-2.
Coach's Corner:
"We are looking forward to getting back to Pac-10 play. The girls are working really hard and are making continual improvements. As a coaching staff, that's all we can ask for."
"This is our first road trip of the year and I'm anxious to see how we play in a different environment. We've exceeded our expectations at home and it will be key to keep the momentum going on the road."
Last Season:
Arizona finished the season with an overall record of 8-14 placing them sixth in the Pac-10 Conference. The Wildcats advanced to the second round of the NCAA Tournament before being eliminated by top-ranked Florida.
Cats in the Polls:
After beginning the season with a 5-1 record, the Wildcats remained tied with Kentucky in the Feb. 9 WingspanBank.com rankings and are No. 19 in the Feb. 7 edition of the Bob Larson Coaches Poll. The first singles and doubles rankings will be released Feb. 16.The third team rankings of the year will be released Feb. 16. For a complete list of rankings, visit the ITA website at www.ITAtennis.com
Head Coach:
Brad Dancer is in his first year as head coach at Arizona replacing Stephanie London. Dancer played No. 1 singles and doubles at Michigan State, graduating with a degree in business in 1993. In his time at Michigan State, Dancer was a four-time Academic All-Big Ten member and was selected to the All-Big Ten team his senior year. Dancer's professional coaching highlights include serving as an assistant for the 1996 Fed Cup team.
Assistant Coaches:
Kevin Epley and Vicky Maes round out the coaching staff for the Wildcats this season. Epley comes to Arizona after serving as an assistant last year at Alabama. In addition to his duties at Arizona, Epley is involved in coaching at the professional tennis level including serving as an assistant for the Fed Cup team under head coach Billie Jean King. Maes, a four-time tennis All-American, returns to her alma mater as a volunteer assistant. Maes graduated from Arizona in 98 but not before becoming the most decorated player in the program's history. Maes was a two-time Pac-10 Player of the Year, a GTE All-American, and was selected to the Pac-10 All-Decade team.


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Aug 16, 2012
By Tom Weber
CARBONDALE, IL - Long before he was interested in football, Saluki senior outside linebacker Kevin Reed was a budding lacrosse star.
Most sports fans in southern Illinois have never even seen a lacrosse game in person. Maybe that's because the only Division I schools within a 500-mile radius that sponsor the sport are Notre Dame and Ohio State. Lacrosse is popular in pockets of the country -- primarily in the northeastern United States, but also in the state of Colorado, where Reed grew up.
"It's an old Indian game that originated in Canada," he explained. "It's a stick with kind of a basket at the end of it. You have a ball and the concept is like hockey, where you try to score it in the goal. You wear a helmet and shoulder pads and it's very physical."
After his family moved to Walnut Creek, Calif., near San Francisco, Reed became a three-time All-Conference lacrosse player and a member of the California Select team.
Reed also ran track and played for the football team at Las Lomas High School, but he admitted, "I didn't really know how to play football until I was a junior."
He said he was fortunate to be coached by former NFL standout linebacker Greg Biekert, who put Reed's blazing speed to good use on the defensive line.
"Coach Biekert taught me how to pass rush," Reed said. "I ended up loving football and making sacks."
Twenty sacks in his last two years of high school, to be precise. Reed soon had offers to play Division I football at schools such as Fresno State, San Jose State and San Diego State. His academics weren't up to par, however, so he landed close to home at Laney College.
In his second season at Laney, Reed tore the ACL in his knee and missed the entire year. He bounced back in 2010 with 13 sacks, re-establishing himself as a Division I prospect. He'll never forget the day he got the call from Southern Illinois University.
Reed admits the 2011 season, his debut in Carbondale, did not work out as planned.
"I thought we had an extensive defense in junior college, but it turns out it was extremely basic," he said. "Here, you have to know about 50 things when you go into a game -- calls, plays, adjustments, formations, tendencies. In junior college, we just went."
Struggling to learn Schweigert's complex scheme, the 6-foot-2, 229-pound outside linebacker played in just six games as a junior at SIU.
"My eyes would get big and I'd freeze," he said. "I was expecting to come in and do what I did at Laney College, and I couldn't even get on the field."
Listed No. 2 on the depth chart behind Jayson DiManche this fall, Reed said he has finally settled into a groove.
"This week is probably the most comfortable week I've ever had here," he said. "When I've been on the field, I know exactly what I'm doing."
Reed hasn't complained about a lack of playing time at Southern. His father, who is a police sergeant in Oakland, wouldn't approve.
"My dad was in the Navy and it was always, `yes sir, no sir' when I was growing up," Reed said. "If you're wrong, you get punished."
Although they live halfway across the country, Reed keeps in close contact with his parents. He feels fortunate to still have his dad, Kevin, Sr., who had a brush with death when Reed was a young boy.
"My dad was working undercover in a bad part of Oakland, and he was shot twice," Reed recalled. "He was in critical condition in the hospital and the bullets just missed his vital organs by inches."
Reed's mom has a much safer line of work -- she's a Genius Bar specialist for Apple.
"I'm a big Apple guy," Reed said. "I have an Apple TV, a couple iPhones, a Macbook - pretty much everything we own is Apple."
His goal for 2012 is to add some sacks to his collection.
These are the "dog days" of camp when bodies start to wear down and patience wears thin. Coach Lennon told the team after practice today that, "the great ones can break through that wall" of fatigue.
Quarterback Kory Faulkner suffered a minor knee injury in practice on Wednesday and did not practice today. Coach Lennon said Faulkner should be fine and they are being extra cautious because of his knee surgery last spring. The junior QB might practice tomorrow, Lennon said.
In his absence, backup QB A.J. Hill has filled in nicely. The play of the day was a deep post to WR Luke Standiford, in which Hill looked off the safety and then threw a perfect strike.
Lots of good one-on-one combat between the offensive and defensive lines today. DEs Kyle Cavil and Adam Brandt each beat their man twice. C Tanner Crum was an immovable force. LT Richard Wilson is the team's best pass blocker.
True freshman FB Kaid Koester, a Carbondale H.S. grad, is making a strong impression. He's a willing blocker and shows good hands as a receiver. Koester worked with the first team today, because FB Ray Agnew was sidelined with a minor injury.
Notes from staffer Tyler Wooten: "The DBs and WRs went live in one-on-one tackling drills today, and here are some of the notable performances...S Dante Lewis showed good wrap-up technique to take down WR David Lewis...WR Josh Sullivan got around CB Kaleb Humphrey with a wicked spin move...WR Carl Harris spun past S Darius Merriweather...CB Emmanuel Souarin packed a punch with several of his tackles today, including blows to WRs Kennington Easley and LaSteven McKinney...S Anthony Thompson didn't bite on WR John Lantz's juke move and wrapped him up in textbook fashion...LaSteven McKinney showed his explosive ability to change direction, dodging S Carlton Lewis...WR Billy Reed did the same thing to CB Trey Colbert, leaving the defender on the ground...CB Tay Griffin made initial contact on Kennington Easley, but Easley timed his spin just right to escape his grasp...John Lantz was stopped by CB Terrell Wilson who caught Lantz by the feet and brought him down...On several tackles today, S D.J. Cameron showed good mechanics to wrap up the receiver, which is a must-have when you're the last line of defense."


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Small businesses step out of Black Friday's shadow Saturday
Published: Saturday, November 24, 2012 at 5:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Friday, November 23, 2012 at 5:58 p.m.
After the crowds have shopped at large stores and sprawling malls on Black Friday, many smaller businesses — including several in both Volusia and Flagler counties — are hoping Saturday will be their day.
Small Business Saturday
• Some stores in Volusia and Flagler counties today are participating in "Small Business Saturday," an annual event launched by American Express Company in 2010.
• American Express card owners who registered their card for Small Business Saturday by Nov. 18 will get a $25 credit on their statement when they spend $25 or more at a participating retailer.
• For a map of area stores participating in Small Business Saturday, visit www.shopsmall.com.
• In Flagler County, the Palm Coast Business Assistance Center has a list of participating stores at www.palmcoastbac.
SOURCES: American Express; Palm Coast Business Assistance Center
Thousands of small stores, restaurants, spas — and even dry cleaners — across the U.S. will offer their own discounts and promotions to draw holiday shoppers on what's known as Small Business Saturday.
American Express created the day three years ago, it says, to help small businesses struggling during the recession. The credit and charge card company encourages cardholders, who have registered in advance online to make purchases with their cards in exchange for a $25 rebate paid for by American Express, if they buy something at a participating business.
American Express won't say how much the promotion costs, but Susan Sobbott, president of American Express OPEN, the company's small business division, says it is a considerable amount.
But even small merchants who aren't officially part of the event hope to get a bump in revenue during a weekend when they used to be all but forgotten in an avalanche of deep discounts offered by big stores and online retailers.
Perhaps more importantly, the day has become an opportunity for small businesses to build a corps of customers who will keep coming back year-round.
In Dixon, Ill., 51 small businesses have banded together to recruit local artists and performers to create a partylike atmosphere on Saturday, and they're also planning other events for the holiday season.
A year ago, the combination of the American Express rebate and the events helped give the participating businesses a collective revenue increase of more than 50 percent on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, says Lisa Higby, owner of Distinctive Gardens, a nursery and garden center there. But the benefit goes beyond a one-day jolt.
"It gives us a yearlong impact, much greater exposure for our business," Higby says.
American Express may have intended to give small merchants — and card usage — a boost in a tough economy, but Small Business Saturday is also helping small merchants get a bigger share of the spotlight and spending between Black Friday and Cyber Monday, a shopping holiday dreamed up to get people excited about shopping online on the Monday after Thanksgiving.
For some retailers, the sales they get after people push back from the Thanksgiving dinner table represents a significant chunk of profit for the year. That hasn't been so true for most small businesses. Ninety-one percent of the 1,003 small business owners said, in a survey commissioned by Bank of America, that the day after Thanksgiving has little, or no, effect on their profit.
To make the most of Small Business Saturday, many small business owners offer discounts as part of a marketing strategy for the entire holiday season.
American Express sends organizing kits to 50 chambers of commerce around the country to help communities create joint Small Business Saturday events, but many come up with ideas about how to promote the day on their own.
Some small business owners will have the kind of early bird specials that Black Friday is famous for.
The event has helped some small business owners turn a day that was often a disappointment into a successful one.
Small businesses that don't accept American Express cards are having promotions of their own.
A search of the special web page set up for Small Business Saturday reveals many businesses that most people don't think of as places to buy gifts, including restaurants and dry cleaners taking part.
Although the Thanksgiving weekend is shopping-focused, American Express purposely created the program so that any small businesses could take part. The company has found that restaurants are the top choice for consumers wanting to use the $25 rebate, followed by bakeries, clothing stores, gift shops and bookstores.
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Peter Frampton's Guitar Circus with special guest Kenny Wayne Shepherd
Opener: Steve Lukather
Presented by Hennepin Theatre Trust
State Theatre
Sun, July 21, 2013 at 7:30pm
$53.50 to $68.50
A limited number of Gold Circle tickets are available for $104.00.
Student/Educator Rush will be available for Peter Frampton's Guitar Circus.
Policy: 2 ticket per valid ID; $20 per ticket, cash only; available only at the State Theatre Box Office beginning 2 hours prior to the performance; student/educator must be present with valid ID at time of purchase; resale of rush tickets is strictly prohibited and all tickets are subject to availability.
Peter Frampton's Guitar Circus showcases the Grammy Award-winning guitarist and songwriter's greatest hits. Frampton is known for his extensive catalog including "Show Me the Way," "Baby I Love Your Way" and "Do You Feel Like We Do." Grammy nominated blues guitar phenomenon Kenny Wayne Shepherd, whose 2011 album "How I Go" peaked at #1 on the Billboard blues album charts, will perform first in a separate set.
Beginning his career as a teenager, United Kingdom native Peter Frampton remains one of the most celebrated artists and guitarists in rock history. At 16, he was lead singer and guitarist for British teen band, The Herd. At 18, he co-founded one of the first super groups, seminal rock act Humble Pie. His fifth solo album, the electrifying "Frampton Comes Alive!," is one of the top-selling live records of all time. His 2006 instrumental album "Fingerprints" won a Grammy Award for Best Pop Instrumental Album.
Peter Frampton has worked with such renowned artists as David Bowie and Matt Cameron and Mike McCready from Pearl Jam. In 2010 he released "Thank You Mr. Churchill," an 11-song set including the legendary Funk Brothers and highlighted by the evocative, two-part, eight-minute instrumental, "Suite: Liberté." "Peter Frampton's Guitar Circus" will kick off in May and feature him performing with different guitarists in cities nationwide including Robert Cray, Sonny Landreth, Kenny Wayne Shepherd and B.B. King.
A limited number of VIP Packages are available for $150 - $200. These are available ONLINE ONLY.
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Autism Spectrum Disorders Health Center
Autism Therapies: ABA, RDI, and Sensory Therapies
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What is Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) training?
Many children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and related conditions exhibit unwanted behaviors, such as head-banging or slapping others. For parents and other caregivers, trying to reduce these behaviors can be difficult and frustrating. In fact, efforts at discouragement often end up making the behaviors more frequent.
One approach for dealing with these issues is applied behavior analysis, or ABA, training. One of the most widely accepted autism therapies, 32 out of the 50 states in the U.S. have laws that require health insurers to cover it.
Autism and Your Child
Each child with an autism spectrum disorder will have his or her own individual pattern of autism. Sometimes, a child's development is delayed from birth. Other children with autism develop normally before suddenly losing social or language skills. In some children, a loss of language is the impairment. In others, unusual behaviors (like spending hours lining up toys) predominate.
Parents are usually the first to notice something is wrong.
Continue reading about types of autism spectrum disorders, such as Asperger's, Rett's, and more.
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ABA is based on the idea that people are more likely to repeat behaviors that are rewarded than behaviors that are not recognized or are ignored. Since the 1960s, researchers have recognized that ABA can help children with autism. ABA does this by helping them develop a number of skill sets while reducing the likelihood of their engaging in problematic behaviors. The technique is endorsed as a treatment for ASD by the American Medical Association, American Academy of Pediatrics, and the U.S. Surgeon General.
How does Applied Behavior Analysis work?
ABA training is usually conducted by a trained therapist. In traditional ABA, the therapist spends 20 to 40 hours per week working one-on-one with a child. Often, though, a therapist will use a version of the therapy known as "modified ABA." With modified ABA, the therapist spends 10-15 hours per week with the child to allow the child time for other therapies such as speech and occupational therapy. This also allows the child to spend time in a therapeutic social environment. All children with autism are unique and have specific learning needs. Consequently, the therapist will develop an applied behavior analysis program that's tailored to meet those needs .
The treatment begins with an assessment by the therapist. The purpose of the assessment is to determine which skills the child already possesses and where the child has deficits. The therapist next develops an ABA program aimed at increasing the child's skills in many areas. The program will likely include goals related to the child's:
- Academic development
- Communication skills
- Social skills and overall interaction with the environment