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Why Match.com Is Taking Part of Its Business Off-Line With 'The Stir'
Anika Anand
In time for Valentine's Day, a look at the business of encouraging face-to-face meetings among online daters.
It's a Wednesday evening at an upscale rooftop lounge in midtown Manhattan. Under gold and black tapestries that hang from the ceiling, several men are standing alone, staring at flatscreen televisions, while a few pairs of women sip cocktails, pretending to be deep in conversation.
Thirty-year-old Jen S., whose name has been changed to protect her identity, is fiddling with her phone while occasionally looking up at the crowded room.
"I just texted my friend and told her it's like a junior high dance with really expensive drinks," she said. "But it seems to be getting better as people are getting drunker."
In May, Match.com launched "The Stir" -- a program of local dating events that bring together Match members for activities like cooking classes, bowling nights, and happy hours. The company, owned by Internet giant
InterActive Corporation
(NASDAQ:IACI), wants to attract new members who might not otherwise try online dating.
At stake is the growth of Match, which is IAC's second most profitable division, bringing in about 24% of fourth-quarter revenue from 2.8 million paid subscribers, according to the most recent quarterly report. The Stir could help Match grab a larger share of the 102 million singles in the US
"We believe if we can get more people face to face through our singles events, we're going to have much more success and get more people to try Match.com," Mandy Ginsberg, CEO of Match.com, told Investors Business Daily in June.
Match members who pay for the service (many don't, making do with the limited number of free features) get an invitation to a Stir event, and they are allowed to bring up to five people as guests. People who commit three or six months have a better chance of receiving a Stir invitation. The Stir's invitees are selected based on where they live and their age. Monthly memberships range from about $21 to $42, depending on how long one commits to using the service.
"I came tonight to support my friend," says Christian H., 26, who adds that he has an "in-the-works" girlfriend, but if it doesn't work out, he would consider paying for Match.com and attending the events. "It's better than hitting the next or search button," he said. "At least when you come to this bar, you already know the deal. You know what people are here for."
In January, Match threw more than 400 events in 80 different cities, from Los Angeles and New York to Honolulu and Anchorage. In 2012, the company held more than 1,600 events with more than 150,000 attendees, according to Match spokesperson Amy Canaday. She added that 85% of members said they had a good time and would go to the event again.
Match.com launched in 1995, making it one of the first dating websites in history. The website and its 560,000 active users were eventually sold to IAC for $43.3 million in 1999, according to the company's 2000 annual report. Since then, Match.com has more than quadrupled the number of paid subscribers and has added 30 other dating brands, like OkCupid and Chemistry, to its Match division. OkCupid has also launched events.
From year-end 2007 to year-end 2012, the Match division grew its revenue more than 100% to $713.4 million, and increased its paid subscriber numbers by more than 100% to 2.8 million.
Mark Brooks, an online dating consultant based in Europe who covers global businesses, says there's no question that Match has to do events.
"Where else can they grow?"
He adds, "There's really two distinct kinds of singles: those that go out to meet people, and those that like to idate."
By not having events, Match misses out on those people who want to get out from behind a computer and meet someone in person, he said.
But events have had a history of failure at Match. Over the last decade, Match has tried to operate singles events and build speed dating businesses only to realize it wasn't worth the company's time and money. Match first tried to offer singles events in 2002 with its launch of MatchLive.com. Later in 2003, it launched SpeedMatching.com. Today, both URLs redirect to Match.com. "Back then it was very labor intensive and very costly," Canaday said. "This time, we have the scale and technology to do it right and do it cost efficiently."
In the past year, IAC's stock has fallen 3.44% to $43.50. The company's 2011 revenue was $2 billion, up 26% from the previous year. IAC's healthy financials allow it to experiment with events again and relieve some of the pressure for immediate and significant impact on subscriber numbers.
During IAC's fourth-quarter earnings call last week, IAC CEO Greg Blatt said although the events didn't "pack the immediate customer acquisition punch we were hoping for, they're really hitting their stride now." He estimated that Match would hold 4,000 to 5,000 events this year.
Match makes attendees pay the standard price for events like wine tastings or mini golfing. It initially wasn't charging for happy hour events, but the Match spokesperson said it is experimenting with charging fees for happy hours in select markets.
"We're testing to see if people are more likely to predictably show up when they pay, even a little bit," Canaday said. Right now, The Stir's only significant cost is hiring a facilitator to check people in at the event.
"This is not adding anything much to their bottom line that's measurable," Brooks said. "What it's doing is reinforcing the brand and getting people to talk.
Certainly that reinforces another comment that Blatt made during the fourth-quarter earnings call. "We're now starting to take margin on certain events, which drives up the revenue per user, but more importantly, the events are starting to have real impact on category and brand perception," he said. He added that after only half a year, approximately a third of US singles are aware that Match offers event dating and 67% of singles say these events make them more likely to try online dating.
"Of particular note, 15% of people who previously said they were not open to online dating say they are open to it as a result of events. This is very meaningful long-term to category expansion and competitive differentiation for Match," Blatt said.
But to truly get people to embrace the events, they have to be a success– bad events could be deadly for the brand, Brooks said.
"If they walk away from those events thinking, 'Oh God, I didn't see anybody I was remotely interested in,' then Match has failed."
One way Match can control the dating event is by having an active host.
"By that, I mean, the wallflowers are pulled from the wall," Brooks said. "Otherwise you end up with a bunch of people feeling stiff, uncertain, and unhappy."
At Wednesday's happy hour event, a perky and enthusiastic woman greeted guests when they walked off the elevator. She checked their names off a sheet of paper, then left them to fend for themselves.
"I'm disappointed to hear that," Brooks says. "They've not got it right."
Dominique Banino, a waitress at the bar, has taken it upon herself to talk to people who are sitting alone at the events. "I only do it
because I sense how awkward it can be," Banino said. "If they hired someone to be a liaison, it would make everything way better."
If Match's event strategy doesn't succeed, it could be undermined by companies like HowAboutWe. The New York-based startup asks users to suggest various dates– from skydiving to watching a movie– and other users respond to the requests. The company's homepage reads, "Now online dating is all about getting offline." More than 300,000 dates have been proposed on the site since its launch and membership rates range from $8 to $28 per month. Respondents find each other based on zipcodes.
(Other dating apps, like SinglesAroundMe.com, are now going further, using GPS locations to help individuals find each other. This trend has also raised
security concerns
, for obvious reasons.)
"What's incredible about HowAboutWe is that they're helping people define themselves by what they're interested in doing," Brooks said.
"The problem with the dating industry is people don't know how to write about what they're looking for until they meet that right person."
HowAboutWe reaches those who are event oriented, more likely to check their
(NASDAQ:AAPL) and
(NASDAQ:GOOG) for online dating updates, and less likely to be stuck at home behind a desk. It's the exact target audience that Match.com is trying to win over with The Stir.
"I bet 80% of people on HowAboutWe have tried Match.com," Brooks said.
Traditionally, Match has acquired paying customers by letting them sign up for free and then requiring them to buy a subscription if they want to send a message to someone or respond to someone's message.
Match doesn't disclose how many active and non-active users it has. David Evans, editor of OnlineDatingPost.com, estimated there are about 20 million profiles in Match.com's database. But only seven million have been active in the last thirty days and just 10% of those people are paying customers.
"If you send an email to 100 women, only ten have the capability of directly responding," Evans said.
That's why TJ M., 24, likes the events.
"It's a more practical version of online dating," he said. "It's more natural to meet someone in person than sending them an email."
An hour into the event, another Match member walks by TJ, pauses, and clinks his Heineken beer bottle with TJ's glass of gin and tonic. Alex D., 26, recognizes TJ from a previous event. Both guys begin complaining about the very obvious imbalance of the guy-to-girl ratio.
"My hope line is fading a bit," TJ said. "But I never lose hope."
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Took a Vehicle and Street Tactics class. Two scenarios and what they suggest:
You find an armed BG
In your command voice, with your firearm in low ready, you shout out, "Police....drop the weapon".
You are in a store/restaurant/public place and shots are fired. You draw your firearm.
Whether you shoot or not, right now, you look like the bad guy. You should be repeating the phrases:
"Police, somebody call the police"
"Police, is anyone hurt? Somebody call the police"
"Police, don't go near him, he still may be dangerous" (assuming you shot the BG and he is bleeding on the ground)
The theory behind this logic is that in the first scenario, you are NOT saying you are the police, but if the bad guy is actually a good guy, he will not try and shoot you as bad guys do not ever say the word police. If he is a bad guy, he may be more inclined to comply.
In the second scenario, again you are NOT saying you are the police, buy you want everyone to know that you are not the bad guy. Bad guys do not ever say the word police. If a crowd sees a person with a gun and there was a shooting, they will assume you were the shooter. This prevents other CCW holders from actually trying to shoot you, too.
Another point the instructor made was that you are in no danger of "impersonating" a police officer. People do it all the time, for example at Halloween and such. The only time you can get in trouble impersonating a police officer is when you do it for personal gain.
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Minutemen Fall To Hartford, 72-66
Nov 24, 2003
AMHERST, Mass. (AP) - Aaron Cook scored 20 points and Hartford held off a late run by Massachusetts for a 72-66 win on Monday night.
Hartford (2-0) led the entire game and went ahead by 12, 54-42, with 11:30 to play, but UMass pulled within 65-63 with a little more than a minute remaining. The Hawks, 25 of 30 from the line in the game, hung on.
Hartford hit 5 of 7 3-pointers in the first half and led by as many as 10 before taking a 42-34 halftime lead. Cook had 12 points in the first half.
Rashaun Freeman saved UMass (1-2) from early destruction with 17 of his team-high 19 points in the first half.
Gabe Lee scored 16 for the Minutemen, while Anthony Anderson, held scoreless in the first half, had 12 second-half points on four 3-pointers.
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What I Saw At Oracle OpenWorld - Oracle Fusion Applications
By Aaron Lazenby-Oracle on Oct 12, 2011
But I took a lot of notes. And I spoke to a lot of people. And Oracle made a lot of news. And now I have a little time to reflect on what I saw at Oracle OpenWorld in 2011.
One of the biggest developments, for me, was Oracle CEO Larry Ellison's announcement of the general availability of more than 100 Oracle Fusion Applications. (Thanks to Profit contributor Monica Mehta for the link) I've been tracking developments of this product line for two years, from live-blogging Oracle Vice President Steve Miranda's presentations at COLLABORATE to writing about Oracle Fusion Applications customers in the pages of Profit.


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Nov. 4, 2013
"It was good for us to see a different color jersey," said Alabama head coach Kristy Curry. "It was also good to get into a game environment with the lights and the fans."
The Tide defense forced 36 turnovers and limited West Alabama to only 27.7 percent shooting from the field. On the other end, Myers and sophomore Nikki Hegstetter (12 points) paced an Alabama offense that saw 10 different players score.
Alabama scored the game's first points when junior Daisha Simmons' layup went through with 18:23 to play in the first half. The Tide would not relinquish the lead from that point on. After West Alabama got on the board to cut the lead to 9-2 with 16:22 remaining in the first half, Alabama went on a 16-0 run. The Tide stretched the margin to 30 late in the first half before taking a 41-13 lead into halftime.
After the break, the Tide continued its stifling defense, holding West Alabama to 24 percent field goal percentage in the second half. Alabama also utilized its bench, as 12 players saw action for Tide.
Myers' 19 points came on 6-of-14 shooting from the field, including 2-of-6 on three-pointers. She also led the Tide with five of the team's 19 steals. Hegstetter shot 4-of-7 from the field and 4-of-5 from the charity stripe and pulled down four rebounds. Simmons, the top returning scorer, tallied six points, seven rebounds and three steals.
"I was pleased overall," added Curry. "There are still some things that we need to improve on and need to work through, free throws and rebounding, and we only had nine assists. We need to learn to trust each other more. I was pleased with our energy and effort. Their heart is in the right place, and that is all you can ask for."
Next up, Alabama opens its regular season on Friday, Nov. 8, at Chattanooga. Tipoff is set for 6:30 p.m. CT.


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- salt and pepper
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- almonds
Instructions:Clean the celery, and discard the tops and any tough stalks. Cut the stalks, hearts, and root into 3-inch pieces. Heat the butter until bubbling in a large skillet, dissolve the bouillon cubes in the butter, and add the celery, almonds, and seasoning. Cook until the celery and almonds are brown and glazed with the beef-flavored butter. Garnish with chopped parsley, and serve.
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There are some very cool sports venues throughout the world, but it'll be hard to top the North American Soccer League's floating field, which will debut in Jacksonville next year.
When Jacksonville Armada FC plays its home games next year, the team will do so on the league's first floating field. The team announced that the field will start out in downtown Jacksonville on the St. John River and be moved for home games at different sites in the area throughout the season.
Perhaps Armada FC's NFL neighbor should take notice of the soccer team's plan. The Jaguars don't appear to be interested in boosting ticket sales, since they still haven't signed Tim Tebow, and if they are planning on a relocation, maybe they too can get a floating field. Then, instead of flying straight to Los Angeles or London, the field can make stops along the way to the Jags new home city.
Armada FC's new venue comes with the fans in mind. Special "River Seats" can be purchased, allowing fans to watch the games from their boats anchored near the goals. Also, "soccer-fishing" competitions will be held during games and fans can return balls booted into the water for a prize. Don't forget about the swim-up bars that will be near the corner flags.
Tickets to the new venue go on sale today, but before you call, you might want to take one look at the calendar. Well played, NASL. Well played.
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The class was picking up the techniques so well, Wisconsin-based Amy Detjen felt the need to exclaim, "If all of you have this already, then how will we make the class last two hours?" Luckily, there were plenty of different stitch manipulations to practice, and plenty of questions to answer. Still, having a class full of quick learners at Vogue Knitting LIVE in New York is a great problem to have.
Detjen was teaching Through the Lookingglass, or the techniques associated with knitting back without turning your work around. Elizabeth Zimmerman came up with the technique of knitting backward by watching herself purl in the mirror, and mimicking the actions in reverse. Zimmerman's daughter, Meg Swansen, and Detjen have worked together for over two decades, and are now have a relationship similar to that of childhood friend or an old married couple. Regarding Swansen and Detjen's collaboration, Knitting With Two Colors, Detjen jokes, "Meg wrote it and I told her what I didn't like about it."
Her open and ironic sense of humor relaxed the entire Winter Garden room at the New York Marriott Marquis to the point where people were able to chatter throughout the entire class, instead of being silent, despite practicing a brand new technique. When one student had trouble figuring out how to manipulate the yarn while knitting in the other direction, Detjen suggested a method and then told her, "It depends on how much you are willing to wiggle."
Not to say that humor is what taught the lesson. Detjen used a set of size US 35 knitting needles and super bulky yarn, demonstrating the lessons with her back to the audience so everyone could see her knitting the same way they would view their own. While walking around the room, she showed people both on her needles and on the students' own sets as well.
"I feel like I have such power!" Theresa, a student practicing how to knit backward for the first time, exclaimed this sentiment in between mental fits of forgetting how to do it. Since knitting is a rote activity, learning something new does take time to set into the brain like a mold of jello, but the freedom of not having to turn the work at the end of every row is what feels so powerful.
Learning how to decrease while knitting backward was the next step in taking the skill to the next level, and some students were struggling at first with the decrease that leans to the left. When Detjen was watching a student named Meryl practice the stitch, she said, "And now, new stitch out the back." Meryl replied, "Which is the new stitch?" before recognizing her own work and feeling comfortable with the process.
Detjen listed the different ways stitching backward is useful to a knitter, including making bobbles and knitting entrelac. Many of the students were not as immediately keen on other uses of the technique; some knitters just hate the purl stitch and were pleased to find an alternative method of making stockinette stitch.
"I'm a sort of technique junkie," said Detjen, opening her class. The students in Through the Lookingglass felt empowered by their new technique, and by the end of class, they could not get enough of it.
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Enable Visual-Guided Selling
By Celine Beck-Oracle on Oct 14, 2010
We live in a visual world. I know this is stating the obvious, but in today's world, visual information, from graphics to youtube videos to complex 3D models, is changing the way we analyze and experience data, and make decisions. In a business environment, the challenge really is to synthesize multiple sources to a common visual representation and deliver visual information in the appropriate business context so as to maximize user's decision-making capacity. And this is what Enterprise Visualization is all about.
We have been working with a number of Oracle teams and partners to develop integrations that would help provide the right visual context and make visual information accessible directly in the enterprise applications that users are most familiar with in order to improve decision making and performance. One of these integrations developed by Latis Technologies, an Oracle partner devoted to Configure-to-Order implementations, generated a lot of excitement during Oracle Open World. The integration between Oracle E-Business Suite Configurator and AutoVue provides customers with the ability to dynamically generate 2D and 3D rendering for the configurations done using Configurator.
The ability to present in real-time how configuration options affect the physical view of a product can be very useful, especially if you are not an expert in configuration or in the products you are configuring! It helps verifying the accuracy of the configured products rather than simply checking a bill of material, and gives customers increased confidence that their order will be fulfilled to specifications and delivered in a timely manner. Not to mention that your sales team will be grateful for providing them with a solution that will help them better communicate products to customers, reduce customer uncertainty, and shorten the sales cycle; in a nutshell allow them to focus on what they do best: increasing your sales!
We are very excited about this new integration and would love to get your feedback on the topic! Please do not hesitate to post your comments / reactions on the blog! In the interim, please do not hesitate to contact Latis Technologies should you wish to learn more about the integration between Oracle AutoVue and Oracle Configurator,


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It is hard enough for women producers and DJs to foray this male-centric world of EDM but Los Angeles adoptee and Australian native Helena has a new label - and a new sound - to give any electro-house producer some competition leading into 2014.
With the looks to match her creative prowess, Helena will be one to watch as she pioneers her way into John Dahlback's label Mutants Records. Originally started as a means for Dahlback to take full creative control of his own productions, the label has since gone on to present work from seminal producers such as Avicii and Tommy Trash. Mutants Records has become synonymous with pushing the EDM boundaries and introducing a raw take on the traditional sounds of the genre.
'Breathe' is that intake of air right before you dive off the edge. It starts off with a subtle progressive rise before crashing into a jagged drop that is ready made for any festival, club or after-hour haunt. With no respite in energy, this track is Helena's ode to fresh beginnings with a new label and an exciting new year.
Listen to the preview of 'Breathe' here and look for the final release January 13 via Beatport.


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2007 INDOOR TRACK UPDATE: Finished 17th in the high jump competition (5-1.00) at the A-10 Championships (2/17)...At the Valentine Invitational (2/10), finished 22nd in the high jump (5-0.25) ... Placed third in the high jump (5-1.00) at the Rhode Island Invitational (2/3) ... Finished 11th (4-11.75) in the high-jump at the Reebok Boston Indoor Games (1/26) ... With a jump of 4-11, finished fourth at the New Hampshire Invitational (1/20) ... Jumped a season-best 5 feet 2 inches at BU (1/17) to finish fourth in the high-jump ... Versus Rhode Island (1/12), jumped 4-11.50 for a eighth place finish.
2005-06 (Junior): Outdoor Track: Placed 15th at the A-10 Championships (5/7) clearing 5-feet, 1-inch ... season-best mark was 5-feet, 1.75 inches where she finished second at the New Hampshire Invitational (4/29) ... Indoor Track: Led the team with a height of 5-feet, 1.75 inches which she cleared to finish third at the Northeastern Invitational (12/3) ... finished among the top eight in five of seven meets.
2004-05 (Sophomore): Top UMass high jumper during the indoor and outdoor season's ... Second-Team All-Atlantic 10 performer with a second-place tie in the high jump when she cleared a season-best 5-feet, 5-inches at the A-10 Outdoor Championships (5/7) ... finished seventh at the New England Outdoor Championships (5/14) with her mark of 5-feet, three inches ... took seventh-place at the Atlantic 10 Indoor Championships with a season-best mark of 5-feet, three inches ... during the outdoor season, won the high jump at the UConn Invitational (4/30) with her height of 5-feet, three inches ... during the indoor season, won the Boston University Six-Way Meet (12/4) when she cleared 5-feet, one inch.
2003-04 (Freshman): During the outdoor season, was the second-ranked high jumper for UMass ... at the Atlantic 10 Championships (5/2) tied for sixth-place with a height of 4'11" ... set her season-best mark at the Brown Invitational (4/10) with a jump of 5'3" to finish seventh overall ... had six top-10 finish during the season ... during the indoor season, finished second at the Boston University Quad Meet (1/21) in the high jump (5'3") ... at the Atlantic 10 Championships (2/21) finished 13th in the high jump (4'11") ... tied for 11th at the Adidas Boston Classic (1/30) where she high jumped 5' ¼" ... competed in every regular-season meet but one.
Before UMass: Four-year letterwinner in outdoor track and field and two year letter winner in indoor track and field ... named all-league her senior year ... marked a 5'6" in the high jump and a 34" in the triple jump ... named MVP in indoor and outdoor track and field her senior season ... also competed in field hockey and gymnastics.
Personal: : Katelyn E. O'Toole ... born September 25, 1984 in Methuen, Mass. ... daughter of Edward and Sandra O'Toole ... has two sisters, Alison and Lindsay ... majoring in economics.
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If my understanding is correct, the temperature of space (as defined by the temperature that a black-body will reach) has been decreasing since the big bang. It has never increased. Additionally, because of the existence of dark-energy, it seems most likely that the temperature never will increase.
Taking the large-scale universe as homogenous, how many times greater would the energy release rate of all cosmic processes have to be in order for the average temperature to hold constant against the cooling effect of dark-energy?


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CHOICE TABLES; North Carolina Is Cooking, And It's Not Always Barbecue
By BRYAN MILLER
Published: June 23, 2002
FOR more than a hundred years, the slender triangle formed by Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill, N.C., has been the country's capital of tobacco. Today, as the cigarette industry wanes, the region is enjoying a bumper crop of a different sort, this one a hybrid of high technology, higher education and quality dining.
The Triangle, as it is called, is home to 8,000 companies, numerous colleges and universities -- including two of the country's most handsome campuses, Duke and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill -- and ample sightseeing and regional festivals.
While I made the tourism rounds by day, my main pursuit was authentic Southern cooking. And as it turned out, after eight staggering meals in three days, I had only nibbled around the edge of the plate.
Allen & Son Barbeque
As soon as my plane landed, I made tracks for this regionally renowned Chapel Hill restaurant. Upon opening the door I was nearly thrust backward by a warm gust of hickory smoke billowing from the kitchen. Allen's -- along with Bullock's Bar-B-Cue in Durham -- is considered by residents as among the best reasons for gnawing ribs and soiling your shirt.
At 1:30 p.m. on a Wednesday, Allen's was crowded with well-nourished businessmen and families at tables covered with green-and-white-checked oilcloth. Plastic flowers on the tables and pig art galore add to the festive ambience.
The Piedmont, as the greater region is called, is known for its pulled pork -- slow-cooked, hickory-smoked shoulder of pork that is torn off the bone by hand. In this part of North Carolina, pulled pork is usually served with a vinegar and hot pepper sauce. A house favorite is the massive pulled pork sandwich garnished with lots of hot sauce and a mound of coleslaw ($4).
Main courses, like the fat, faintly smoky pork ribs, come with addictive little hush puppies and two vegetables (overcooked, but vegetables are not why you're there anyway). Entrees -- pork or chicken -- average $6 to about $8. I ordered a small plate of pulled pork, which is richly flavored but very lean, so it needs plenty of sauce.
Like many down-home restaurants in North Carolina, Allen's does not serve alcohol; if you ask for iced tea they bring out a carafe that holds enough for a school picnic. As for dessert, my delightful waitress ran off at least a dozen pies, cobblers and cakes. I can highly recommend the peach cobbler.
Mama Dip's Kitchen
Mildred Council picked cotton as a little girl, helping her family scratch out a living on their small farm. In summer, if the well went dry, she was recruited, being the tallest child, to climb onto the rim of the tall rain barrel to ''dip'' for water.
Today, 73-year-old Mama Dip, a tall, soft-speaking celebrity in these parts, owns an eponymous restaurant in Chapel Hill where students and residents flock for her fried chicken, barbecue and soul food. Alcohol is not available, but there's plenty of iced tea. You have to love a woman who, in her cookbook, gives a recipe for pork tenderloin and tells readers in the liner notes: ''This is good for breakfast.'' (''Mama Dip's Kitchen,'' University of North Carolina Press, 1999).
It's a nondescript place on the outside; and the large dining room is plain and functional as well, with wooden booths and decorative hurricane lamps. The matronly servers could not be more pleasant.
The fried chicken alone is worth a visit: lightly battered, perfectly blistered and uncommonly moist. The ribs were first-rate, too, fatty and succulent. For dessert, go with the house specialties -- warm pecan pie (covered with toasty pecans, and not too sweet) and the eggy bread pudding.
Magnolia Grill
This inconspicuous restaurant in a modest building near downtown Durham enjoys a national reputation for its innovative ''new Southern'' fare, a fairly recent genre. Many creations of the chef and owner, Ben Barker, are at first daunting, some with six or more ingredients. For such a sophisticated place, the setting is reminiscent of an upscale roadhouse -- a big yet cramped, cacophonous space festooned with changing exhibits of local art. That said, it's well worth visiting for exceptional dishes like grilled yellowfin tuna in a sauce made with smoked ham hocks, red wine and homemade barbecue sauce -- amazingly, it did not overwhelm the fish. Along with it came hush puppies, lemon remoulade, barbecued red beans and a spicy green tomato slaw.
Perfectly grilled pork tenderloin was sublime in a spicy sweet molasses and black pepper jus. The meat arrived atop a delicious crayfish-and-grits cake, along with smoked ham, beans, green tomatoes and mustard greens.
The pastry chef, Karen Barker, Mr. Barker's wife and partner in the business, changes her superb dessert repertory periodically. Two to seek out are the lovely buttermilk pudding cake with seasonal berries, and the tart, creamy goat-cheese blintzes with sun-dried blueberry compote.
Because of the relentless crowds and apparent understaffing, service can be hurry up and wait.
Magnolia Grill's wine selection, mostly French and Californian, has plenty of choices between $25 and $35, like our bright and pleasantly acidic pinot gris reserve from King Estate, in Oregon ($30).


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Mocean is now coming up on its second anniversary, having opened at 163 Beach 116 Street in January of 2003. The Laino family, which has been in Rockaway since the 1920's, owns the store, which is open seven days a week. Pictured, the store's façade.
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Paaah try a Trinidad Moruga Scopion.... you'll use the ghost chili to cool down!!!
I have had a habanero...brutally hot. The ghost chili is one I will not dare try. The habanero darn near seared my brain it felt so hot...it was like no other...I can't even imagine a ghost chili :/
YES...exactly...it's your brain being seared I swear. The habanero is a beast...but the ghost chili makes the habanero look like child's play...I mean how scary is that :/
Eating a habanero is like being sprayed in the face with Mace. There is no comparison.
Ghost chilli is hotter.
Really! never heard of it.
If you don't eat a lot of spicy foods, then bite into a pepper, then it probably would be painful. (I love spicy foods and enjoy habanero sauce, but I wouldn't eat the pepper on its own.)
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May 12, 2012
SEATTLE - Washington's Jacob Lamb was 3-for-4 with a home run and two RBI, but it wasn't enough as No. 11 UCLA baseball team beat the Huskies, 11-3, Saturday at Husky Ballpark.
The Bruins moved into third place in the Pac-12 as their record improved to 34-13 overall and 14-9 in the conference. Washington fell to 26-20 overall and 11-12 in Pac-12 play.
The Huskies, who were held scoreless in a 2-0 loss Friday, got on the board early on Saturday. In the second inning, Chase Anselment led off with a single. A would-be double-play grounder to third from Branden Berry turned into a break for the Huskies as the throw to second was high, putting runners at the corners with no outs. Trevor Mitsui followed with a double-play grounder to third, allowing Anselment to come home with the game's first run.
The Bruins drew even in the top of the third. With two outs and runners at the corners thanks to a single and a hit batter, UCLA catcher Tyler Heineman surprised the Huskies with a bunt down third-base line, scoring Cody Regis to knot the score at 1-1.
In the bottom of the third, Jayce Ray led off with a single. After a sacrifice bunt, Lamb, the Huskies' third baseman, lined a home run down the right-field line, his third of the season, to move Washington back in front at 3-1.
Bruins slugger Jeff Gelalich answered with a leadoff homer to open the fourth, his eighth of the season, cutting the lead to 3-2. The Bruins went on to put two more aboard on a single and a hit batter before an infield single from Brenton Allen brought home Trevor Brown. Kevin Williams and Beau Amaral followed with singles, each driving in a run to put the Bruins in front, 5-3.
UCLA added to its lead in the fifth. After loading the bases on a pair of infield singles and a walk, the Bruins got a one-out, pinch-hit single up the middle from Shane Zeile, tacking on two more runs. After reloading the bases on a hit batter, an Amaral sacrifice fly brought home another, pushing the UCLA advantage to 8-3.
The Bruins put another three on the board in the sixth as two-out singles from Pat Valaika and Chris Keck drove in one and two runs, respectively.
UCLA starter Nick Vander Tuig (7-3) earned the victory. In his six innings of work, he limited the UW to three runs (two earned) on 10 hits and no walks while striking out three. Husky freshman starter Tyler Davis (2-3) took the loss, givingup four runs on five hits over three and one-third.
Freshman DH Trevor Mitsui went 2-for-4 for the Huskies, who compiled 10 hits. Gelalich led the way for the Bruins, going 3-for-5. Williams was 2-for-3 with three RBI.
The series concludes on Sunday with a 1:00 p.m. The Huskies have also added a home game to the schedule as the UW will host Portland Wednesday at 5:00 p.m.
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Firefighters battled a three-alarm fire that burned through the roof of a three-story apartment complex Tuesday evening in Orchards.
There were no reports of injury, and it is believed everyone escaped the building. The attic and roof of One Lake Place, at 5264 N.E. 121st Ave., became engulfed in flames around 8:09 p.m.
Neighbors shouted "get out of the building" as smoke billowed from the second floor. Initially dispatched as a two-alarm blaze, the call was upgraded 50 minutes later to a three-alarm fire.
The cause of the fire remains undetermined as of Tuesday night.
Captain Scott Willis, spokesman for Vancouver Fire Department, said investigators believe the fire started on the exterior of the building.
"It's hard to say right now what started it," Willis said. "But fire investigators are on scene."
Firefighters were initially sent into the building at the north end of the complex and later commanded to evacuate. Crews from Vancouver Fire Department and Portland Fire & -Rescue Department doused the blaze with -elevated streams of water for nearly an hour to prevent the fire from spreading to nearby buildings. As the fire became contained, crews were sent back into the building.
Six units were involved initially and trees also caught on fire, according to emergency radio traffic monitored by The Columbian. Willis said that at full strength, 45 firefighters responded to the fire.
The "F" building, which caught fire, was evacuated along with adjacent buildings in the complex.
Residents clustered outside to watch while others in nearby buildings shut their doors and windows to keep out smoke.
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A judicial commission has ruled to censure a Southampton town judge after finding he committed "acts of misconduct," including riding in a police car with a drunken driving suspect he had just arraigned, officials with the state's Commission on Judicial Conduct said Wednesday.
Judge Edward Burke, Sr. has been formally censured for four separate acts of misconduct, officials said. Burke, who has served as a town judge since 2008, is accused of riding in a police car with a defendant he had just arraigned, recommending that man hire an attorney he was doing business with, using his judicial title to promote his law firm and making improper political contributions, the commission said in a news release. His attorney could not immediately be reached for comment.
The commission's administrator, Robert Temberckjian, recommended Burke be yanked from his post, but the nine-judge panel that oversees complaints of misconduct by judges instead voted to issue a written censure. "I recommended removal, but the Commission voted to censure the judge," Tembeckjian said. "I prosecute the case and recommend a result, but the Commission makes the decision." Burke can now appeal the decision to the state's Court of Appeals.
The commission also found that between 2008 and 2011, Burke imposed fines in more than 200 traffic cases that exceeded the maximum amount authorized by law even though a court clerk had allegedly advised the judge that the fines were too high. "Even if [Judge Burke] was not required to accept the clerk's advice at face value, her comments put him on notice of an important issue and should have prompted him to make sure he was acting in compliance with the law," the commission wrote.
Prior to his election to Southampton town judge in 2008, Burke had previously held the position from 1994 to 2000. Between 2000 and 2007, he was an acting State Supreme Court judge and a judge of the state's Court of Claims. In addition to his judgeship, Burke is currently a partner at Burke & Sullivan, a Southampton-based law firm.


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Razer continues to broaden its horizons in new areas, and Wednesday (6/25) formally announced plans for an Android-TV powered micro-console that will stream movies, music, and run apps—with a focus on games, of course—on your TV.
The Razer micro-console is scheduled to be released this fall. Tech specifications have yet to be announced, but you can probably plan on the best set of tech specs available in the micro-console world. As a premier provider of gaming mice, keyboards, and other peripherals, we assuredly expect connectors (USB) for them so you can use them with the Razer micro-console—potentially turning it into a productivity/Web surfing platform for the big (big) screen, much like the Mad Catz MOJO.
Razer's micro-console can be navigated through a mobile application you run on your smartphone—much like Roku devices and many 'smart' TVs, DVD players, etc. Voice control, which is an integral part of Android TV, will also be available.
"This is a console of the future. Built on Google's incredible Android TV platform, the Razer micro-console incorporates not only hardcore and casual gaming, but music, movies and other entertainment and social applications, all on an affordable system."
Min-Liang Tan, Razer co-founder and CEO
According to Tan, Razer's own design team—the same team responsible for the Razer Blade laptops, Razer Edge gaming tablets, and the modular PC prototype ("project Christine") shown at CES earlier this year—is designing the yet-to-named micro-console. (Let's hope they name it something easy to spell and pronounce.)
The Razer micro console is slated for release Fall 2014


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By Don Nesbitt
Introduction by Robert Flischel
Don Nesbitt first started on this project with the shooting of the original black-and-white photographs in 1966. The initial public showing of the entire black-and-white grouping did not occur until 2004 and was displayed in Findlay Market's own gallery space.
He revisited Findlay Market 42 years later, in 2008 to capture the similarities and changes time has brought to the landmark market.
The original show has traveled as a historical reference from the gallery spaces at Findlay Market and the Cincinnati Public Library to the Fitton Galleries in Hamilton, Ohio and the Harriet Beecher Stowe House in Walnut Hills.
Most recently, the show hung at The Gathering Gallery in Over-the-Rhine.
Don Nesbitt is a retired graphic designer and currently works as a freelance photographer for a variety of clients.


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abandoned concepts by SythgaraWatch
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I got a green light for uploading these as the project my friend was working on was abandoned. So here you go, few concepts from last year.
Do not use in any form, thank you
Do not use in any form, thank you
I love all of these concepts, especially the angel.
The angel is REALLY somptuous! (something you may have read more than once )
it's probably been said a bajillion times, but that wing lady ...omg!
like the one with the wing
zajebisty design, jak zwykle zresztą
dzieki. a propo to twojego tradea skoncze miedzy teraz a majem sorry ze tak dlugo ale czasu czlowiek nie ma
rozumiem, ja robiłem rok hehe równiez z braku czasu, ale częściej z braku pomysłu nie ma sprawy poczekam ile trzeba będzie hehe
Awww, it sucks that the project got dropped. From the looks of these designs, it would have been awesome.
Anyway, great designs! I think my favorite is the metal wing woman, but the spikey blue dude is a close second. I'd play a game with all three of them, though.
Anyway, great designs! I think my favorite is the metal wing woman, but the spikey blue dude is a close second. I'd play a game with all three of them, though.
Szkoda że idą pod kategorie 'abandoned' bo projekty naprawde dobre były.
Looks like a cross of Cybernetics with demonic powers. Why'd it get scrapped?
Other things to deal with mostly, and not enough people.
Pity that. Love the wings on the Witch-blade'esque design. An the demon fellow up top looked interesting enough. Not sure what to think about the female on the right.
think whatever you want : P
I should rephrase that. What's her purpose? I don't think (Sets of smoke alarms and my ears need a break)


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Cork, cuckoos and carillons!
Onward to "probably" my last new country of this year's travel. Time was running short and I didn't want to shortchange such an important part of my quest to convince myself that Europe and North America were once connected.
Changes in architecture (lovely chimneys)
Similar problems of mine remediation as the U.S. (here an abandoned copper mine in southern Portugal)
Naked trees. & the culprits who stripped them.
(an interesting external site that describes the processing of "Cork from tree to bottle.")
One of a street salesman's posters for sale...won't be long until I'm home and back in the groove!
One of the only remnants of the effects of the 1755 earthquake that destroyed Lisboa...this should really indicate the stability of the arch in construction!
On to Portugal's disneyland of royality...Sintra...a "must not miss" if you are in the Lisboa area. Touristy but wonderful, it has amazing castles and tremendous art works in them (this one a little reminiscent of this traveler and his relationship with the culprits who stripped those trees).
Exploring the "Maritime" of Portugal AND the rocks.
Running onto fossils by the bucketfuls....here belemnites and ammonite fragments (pyritized) form an almost desert pavement type of mosaic around the limestone that they are in (a close-up).
An introduction to
ancient methods of salt production in Rio Maior, Portugal...
the setting (a valley in which a salt dome exists close to the surface and ground water from a well in the center of the valley is saturated with salt);
the salt production facility,
a couple cleaning one of the production ponds,
the condition before cleaning starts (great alga mats!);
getting rid of the waste (by HAND...no pump!);
other members of the cooperative that still work the ponds using modern devices (pumps);
the scene from where I watched all this activity (really good Russian borsch, prepared by the wife of a couple that provided me with nourishment and lots of information about the area,
Glaciation in Serra da Estrela
How many of these adventures began...
I happen to notice an interesting rock on the counter of a hotel that I happened to accidentally find in a wonderful rural setting near Porto. I inquire and learn that coal (an anthracite) has been mined in this area up to 3 or 4 years ago and get the instructions....stay tuned! The question was could I find the mine.
Yes, I found the mine and much to my surprise there was a new highway cut behind the mine shaft that provided a great look at the stratigraphic section. As soon as I can I will try to show the section and some of the great fossils that were accessible without being run over by a speeding native.
Braganca, Portugal and a blue-schist citadel
I am currently back in Marin and getting ready to go back to work this fall (fortunately I don't feel like this Parisian about going back to work). I will continue to update and improve these pages with excerpts from some of my other adventures.
Not the last word but an definitely interesting end to the trip.


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Continuing on with the Ritter Sport reviews, today we have the Ritter Sport Milk Chocolate with Strawberry Creme bar. It's very attractive with it's bright pink wrapper, which stands out on the shelf very well, even amongst the other Ritter Sport bars which use darker color schemes. Also, this bar supported the Breast Cancer Awareness for October (yes I'm a bit late on this), so the pink works for it on a second level too.
Enough about appearances though, you can't judge candy properly that way. Chocolate must be tasted!
Snapping open the wrapper (yes Ritter Bars do that) you see the milk chocolate with it's nice creamy brown color and the strawberry creme interior is a pretty pink with dark red strawberry bits in it. It's an attractive looking chocolate bar. It smells sweet and lightly of strawberry jam.
The flavor is exactly like strawberry ice cream. I don't taste any of the milk chocolate at all! The flavor starts out sweet then crescendos into this very milky strawberry flavor. Then you taste the bits of strawberry which deliver a intense burst of strawberry flavors. It's incredible, I feel like I'm eating a spoon full of Breyers strawberry ice cream.
What can I say, this was really tasty. If you're a fan of strawberries, this is something you should try.
Rating: Will Buy Again
Links Ritter Sport Website (German)
well, i definitely want to knwo such an itneresting chocolate as wellPosted by CV company on 11/25 at 12:34 PM
buy resumes
to know how to choose healthy food!Posted by essay on 11/27 at 04:15 PM
Tiffany & Co. Necklaces, Pendants, Bracelets, Earrings, Rings and Accessories,being lot of women favorite goods.
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Steve Serby of the New York Post has a story on the amazing season that Victor Cruz has put together this year for the Giants.
"It's amazing, man," Cruz said. "It's something you dream of when you grow up and you hear all the chants that different stadiums have for different people. For me to have one in New York, it's just a surreal feeling. I get goose bumps every time I hear it."
New York gets goose bumps every time he takes a short pass from Manning and takes it to the house.


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Katie Schroeder | Photo: Massimo De Carlo | July 29, 2013
Expo Chicago returns for its second year, and it's poised to take the city by storm once more.
Planning an exhibition of 120 galleries representing 16 countries; forging partnerships with more than 30 leading institutions such as The Art Institute of Chicago and The School of the Art Institute; and coordinating Vernissage, the opening night cocktail party held in conjunction with the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago... Tony Karman is a man with big plans, and even bigger expectations for Chicago. As president and director of Expo Chicago (expochicago.com), Karman has set out to reestablish the city as a leader in the contemporary art community with his world-class exhibition, returning for its second year Sept. 19-22, and the inaugural year of Expo Art Week, Sept. 16-22, a week of special events, exhibits and performances in collaboration with Chicago's museums, theaters, restaurants and retailers. And though some say first impressions are the most important, Expo has not slowed down for round two.
"Planning is not just filling the fair," says Karman. "It's massive outreach to collectors, curators and art directors—all of it is an ongoing process." This year, a number of international galleries have joined the fair, including Taka Ishii, Massimo De Carlo and Marianne Boesky. "It's going to be an important opportunity for a collector or art enthusiast to survey what's going on globally in the contemporary art world," he says. Acclaimed architect Jeanne Gang of Studio Gang Architects will be refining her design of last year's expo space at Navy Pier, and visitors can expect a much larger site-specific program of large-scale installations and sculptures, so that "attendees will have a fuller and richer art experience, even when they're not looking at the booths," says Karman. Plus, the fair will feature an impressive schedule of discussions and lineup of keynote speakers—among them Shamim Momin, head of Los Angeles Nomadic Division and an adjunct curator for the Whitney Museum of American Art.
Visitors are also encouraged to experience the local art scene by taking advantage of a stronger effort to connect them with the gallery districts and cultural institutions (think shuttle services directly from the expo). "With my 30-plus years here, I've always been bullish in what's happening in our city, both culturally and civically, and I think it's very much the ethos of this fair—to make sure we're a service to all of those ecosystems as well as we can be," says Karman. "I'm hoping that we can provide a snapshot people may not otherwise see of what's happening here 365 days out of the year."
Though metrics weren't calculated (they fully intend to this year), Expo's debut was an obvious success. Getting Karman to admit it, though, is another story. "I don't know if I will ever acknowledge success," he says. "Success for me would be when all of those participating sell out their booths, the city benefits from an incredible influx of tourists and the world sees what's happening in our city."


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A Whole Food Market will be opening in Frisco, Co this spring, offering much needed jobs and hopes of prosperity for year around residents. Peek at the classifieds in the local Summit Daily News or pull up the jobs on High Rockies Craigslist and you will find a number of jobs posted daily in all categories. But this is February and in the middle of an E\epic ski season. Check the want ads a few weeks from now and it will be a different story.
For many year-around residents in Summit County, it is feast or famine most of the time which makes it hard to keep up with a regular life. During a good ski season, from about mid November until around mid-April, work in many industries in the area is plentiful and jobs are available for those willing to take them. But during the off seasons of mid April through the end of June, and again from October until the start of the ski season, work is scarce.
Whole Foods Market is one of Fortune's 100 best companies to work for and they have over 100 full and part time positions to fill in every department from produce, to bakery, catering, cashier, and more. They are hiring for associates, supervisors and management.
Offering a wide array of natural and organic products for your kitchen, home, and body, Whole Foods will be a very welcomed addition to our small but growing county. Our remote location and distance from major metro areas can sometimes make quality groceries and other supplies hard to find or at a huge mark-up. There are a few locally owned health-food type of store around, but the section is small and prices often high. Summit County is eagerly awaiting the opening of the Whole Foods Market with hopes of bringing affordable natural products and much needed year-around jobs.


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2011-12 (Senior): Qualified for Zone Diving...Won the one-meter dive against Ball State and the three-meter dive in the dual meet with Evansville...Finished 12th in both the one- and three-meter dives at the MAC Championships...Honorable mention Academic All-MAC selection.
2010-11 (Junior): Competed in nine meets...Competed in the one and three-meter dives at the MAC Champinoships...Picked up six second-place finishes...Honorable mention Academic All-Conference.
2009-10 (Sophomore): Competed in 10 meets, including the MAC Championships...Set new career bests in the one-meter and three-meter dives against Evansville...Finished third in the three-meter dive against Drury.
2008-09 (Freshman): In his first year with the Salukis, competed in five meets including the Sun Belt Championships, where he set a career best 213.15 in the one-meter dive.
High School: Won conference all four years of high school...Placed 20th at regionals freshman and sophomore years...As a junior, placed sixth at regionals, 15th at state...As a senior, won county meet, placed second at regionals, placed sixth at state...Recorded a personal best of 244.15 (6 dives) and 394.85 (11 dives)...Received all-conference honors and named academic all-conference all four years of high school...As captain senior year, was named all-state, all-American, and academic all-American...Was also a pole-vaulter and member of the National Honor Society.
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The challenge of managing distributed data can only be solved with NoSQL solutions
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The exchange rate is the rate at which one currency is exchanged for another, at fair, full present value.
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There are many levels to understanding how the exchange rate affects individuals (as tourists or investors), businesses that operate in other countries, institutional investors that trade currencies, and the financial health of a country's overarching economy.
Let's start easy. If you're an American planning a trip to Russia, you'll want to know how many rubles you're going to receive for each dollar. Use one of many currency exchange calculators found on the Internet and you might learn (for simplicity's sake) that one dollar will get you two rubles. That's usually a good thing, depending on the purchasing power of each currency. If one dollar will buy you a candy bar and one ruble will buy you a candy bar, you just doubled your candy-buying ability.
Take that to a country-wide level and it would be enticing for America (with the stronger currency) to import Russian goods. But Russia (with the weaker currency) would be less likely to buy goods from America, as the ruble has less purchasing power. However, Russia might get a bump in tourism as Americans realize they can get more for their money over there.
So a weak currency can actually help a country's economy by making its exports cheap. Also, if a company operates in a foreign country with a stronger currency, this can bolster its balance sheet when the foreign currency is converted to the home currency. In the example above, for instance, $100 earned in the U.S. would translate to 200 rubles.
Constantly changing exchange rates are indicators of how well a specific economy is doing. Everyone wants to keep tabs on whether the (insert currency here) is up or down.
What affects exchange rates? It's complicated. Currencies trade in something called foreign exchange markets, or forex. Individuals typically don't trade in this market; big financial institutions, multinational corporations, and hedge funds would be more typical participants. Just like with stocks, the supply and demand for each currency fluctuates continuously. Is a country's facing inflation or other economic trouble? That could make its currency less valued. And that could in turn hurt the economy.
How do exchange rates factor into your investment decisions?
The investment that you own does its bookkeeping usually in the local currency. In the US, always in US dollars. In other countries, it can vary. So be sure you understand what currency they are using.
Reports are almost always issued with numbers in that currency. And for comparison purposes that is usually the best way to deal with things. It lets you know if the company is doing better compared to last year or last quarter or not, and numbers like dividends paid or long term debt can be converted to ratios or percentages and related directly to earnings.
Of course, you want to know what the investment pays in your currency, or what it costs or is worth. Those numbers change daily with currency exchange rates. That complicates things. If you take for example per share earnings for the last five years, you can convert each of those numbers based on today's exchange rates or on the exchange rate on the date reported, etc. So you get two values for each data point. Which one matters? Usually you want the constant dollar one for investment decisions, but if your investment is intended to benefit from changes in currency exchange rates, then you want to use the adjusted value.
Another aspect is how much of the company's earnings are made in foreign currencies which then get converted to home currency equivalents for reporting.
The bottom line is, exchange rates add another level of complexity which can benefit a savy investor, but much depends on what you plan to do with the information. So be aware and select accordingly.
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Steven McCormack, Des Lacs As an educator, I would like to express to the Ward County Historical Society my appreciation for their efforts toward preserving memories, and for providing area students......
Agree. On the national front the republican power people continue crush labor. They do this in part by trade deals which favor labor overseas. They attack public workers( whose jobs cannot be sent overseas)by reducing wages and benefits and by attempting to privatize those. They want a world where they make $100 to $10,000 per hour while everyone else is paid as lillte as possible. If u work for wages and vote republican, u r gambling with no odds in your favor. Republican governors across the country r doing the t party work to reduce wages and benefits. They r also restricting voting in an attempt to reduce votes 4 democrats.
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COE Home > Education Resources > BOOKS R4 TEENS > > BOOK REVIEW - House on Mango Street
Cisneros, Sandra. (1991). The House on Mango Street. New York: Knopf. 128 pp.
Grade Range: 6-12
Genre: contemporary fiction
Summary and Critique
Cisneros writes short vignette-style stories, describing the experiences and memories of a young girl, Esperanza, growing up in an inner-city Chicago neighborhood. Esperanza gives voice to a multitude of characters who otherwise would remain invisible to many readers: poor-but-proud boys and girls, oppressed-but-hopeful men and women who live their lives in the small geography of Mango Street. The book portrays Esperanza's coming-of-age while attending Catholic school, making friends, and generally recording wise observations of the lives of those around her. In the end, the young teen comes to see herself for who she is, a storyteller.
This book has many layers of meaning, both literal and symbolic, and can be understood by young adult readers of all ages. Cisneros'poetic, stream-of-consciousness style, keen insights, and matter-of-fact assertions make this book highly readable and very memorable. Each short chapter is almost self-contained, dense, and lyrical as poetry. Teachers would do well to provide cultural information on the setting and Spanish-language references for those students needing this background information. Critics have praised this book for its appeal to wide audiences, strong female narrator, and tight prose.
Columbus Foundation's American Book Award in 1985
Friends and Enemies
Race, Ethnicity, and Culture
Challenges and Triumphs
Love, Sex, and Romance
The Indivdual vs. Society
Author Information
Sandra Cisneros is an internationally known Chicana author and poet. Born in 1954 in Chicago, Cisneros went on to write many acclaimed and award-winning books. The House on Mango Street has sold over two million copies and is often on required reading lists in schools. She now lives in San Antonio, Texas.
For more information on Sandra Cisneros:
http://www.sandracisneros.com This is the official website. It has study guides for all her books and information about the b4teens_author.
Media Connections
My Family/Mi Familia (1995) – Explores the struggles and triumphs of three generations of a Mexican-American family, beginning with one man's emigration from Mexico to Los Angeles in the 1930s and concluding with his descendants in the 1990s. Interesting to discuss the dilemmas and gifts of being bicultural.
Mi Vida Loca (My Crazy Life) (1994) This movie details the hard lives and friendship found among four young Chicana women in inner-city L.A.
And the Earth Did Not Swallow Him (1995) Coming-of-age story of a young boy who was a Chicano migrant worker in the 1950's.
A Home of our Own (1993). An Anglo widow and her family learn to deal with poverty, while being proud of who they are. Good for discussing the themes of family pride/family values, despite being poor.
Ruby in Paradise (1993) A reflective young adult, Ruby, carves out a new identity and learns to be independent. There are several good scenes where Ruby keeps a journal, and the voice-over reveals her poetic, insightful thoughts.
George Lopez (ABC) This sitcom is about a Mexican-American family living in Los Angeles.
"Summertime." Performed by Billie Holliday. Lyrics by George and Ira Gershwin. From Lady Day: Best of. Sony, 2001. This classic blues song talks about spreading your wings and flying, which is a good metaphor for Esperanza's life.
Online Resources
http://www.chicanas.com/chicfiction.html This Web site suggests other relevant Chicana literature that students may be interested in reading. Geared for grades 9-12 and up.
http://www.scils.rutgers.edu/~kvander/YoungAdult/age.html A bibliography of "female coming-of-age stories." Kay Vandegrift continuously updates this page, offering a plethora of multicultural titles. Some of these titles are also movies.
http://nths.newtrier.k12.il.us/library/books/English_win/comofage.htm Another bibliography of coming-of-age stories, for boys and girls.
http://www.teenink.com/ A general Web site for Teens where they can be expressive and post their stories and photos. Being published would allow students to connect with Cisneros'view of herself as a storyteller.
http://www.wiredforbooks.org/sandracisneros/ This is a thirty-nine minute interview with Sandra Cisneros from 1991. She discusses her major works and reads aloud from a short story,"Eleven."
http://www.lasmujeres.com/sandracisneros/ Short biography of the author, from the Web site"Las Mujeres." Students can also read about other famous Latina women.
http://www.webenglishteacher.com/ya.html Lesson-plan ideas for various young-adult novels. This Web site has great links to other relevant Web sites.
http://www.dvsac.org/prevteenweb.html Domestic violence hotline numbers and agencies, especially for teenagers. This book dealt with domestic abuse and some students may need some crisis-intervention information. The Web site talks about teen dating violence and had great links.
Related Texts
Rice, David. (2003). Crazy Loco: Stories. New York: Penguin. 144pp. Short stories about Mexican-Americans in the Texas Rio Grande valley. These well-written, powerful stories will appeal to teenagers of all ages.
Hoobler, Dorothy & Thomas. (1994). The Mexican-American Family Album. New York: Oxford University Press. 127pp. This nonfiction book illustrates the legacy and heritage of Mexican-American immigrants. It discusses their hardships and the gifts they bring to American culture. Primarily for grades 6-9.
Jimenez, Francisco. (2001). Breaking Through. Boston: Houghton Mifflin. 195pp. Autobiographical coming-of-age story of a young Mexican-American immigrant in the 1950's. This book encompasses many emotions, including humor and sadness. The reader will gain insight into the true story of a migrant teenager. Grades 6-12.
Lopez, Tiffany Ana. (1993). Growing Up Chicana/o. New York: Morrow. 272pp. Young adult short-story anthology. Revealing and hopeful, these short stories and essays are written by major Chicano/a writers. Many of these stories have been published elsewhere are reprinted in this unique volume. This book is recommended for high-school students.
Stavans, Ilan, ed. (2001). Wachale! Poetry and Prose about Growing up Latino. Chicago: Cricket Books. 146pp. This anthology includes poetry and prose from a wide variety of Latino authors. Students can also learn about each author through its accompanying autobiography, so it functions as a reference book on Latino authors, as well. Grades 6-12.
Carlson, Lori M. (1994). Cool Salsa: Bilingual Poems on Growing Up Latino in the United States (Edge Books). New York: Holt & Company. 123pp. These poems are written by both notable and up-and-coming Latin American writers on a variety of topics to which Teens can relate. A wide collection of topics and styles are represented here. Grades 6-12.
Walker, Alice. (1982). The Color Purple. New York: Harcourt, Brace, and Jovanavich. 245pp. The main character, Celie, endures years of domestic violence and learns to rise above her circumstances. The themes of searching for identity and empowerment are similar to Mango Street. Recommended for high school readers.
Teaching Ideas
(1) "Lessons from Life" Students will identify lessons that can be learned from Mango Street, as well as create their own short"Lessons from Life." First, discuss and record with students some inferences that can be made on the life lessons that Esperanza deals with during her adolescense. Share with students Life's Little Instruction Books. Have students design their lessons based on wisdom from their parents and other adults, as Esperanza did in her observations of those around her. Students can interview these elders and family. After quotations are collected, bind them together as your own book to share with others. [Adapted from To Kill a Mockingbird and Lessons from Life" by Joan E. Hoffman in Notes Plus. Urbana, IL: National Council of Teachers of English. March 1998, p. 4-5].
(2) "I Remember..." Discuss with students how Esperanza records her most precious and vivid memories in poetic prose. Have students write a memory poem in free verse using poetic language similar to Cisneros'view of her world. Start with"I can remember" or a similar phrase. Have students brainstorm their personal experiences and times they had strong emotions. Be sure they include sensory details, as Cisneros did. Have each detail as a separate line. Begin each line with the same phrase or refrain"I remember…." Or,"I'll always remember…." Students can share their poems. Evaluate the poem based on effort. [Adapted from "Writing an 'I Remember'List Poem" by Richard J. Butler in Notes Plus. Urbana, IL: National Counicl of Teachers of English. December, 1995, p. 3-4].
(3) "Stations" For middle-school students, set up four different stations around the room with enrichment materials and biographical items (printouts, pictures, art prints related to the topic, pertinent magazine and newspaper articles). Once a week have students choose a station. The Teens can read, summarize the text, and take notes on items that interest them. Use the information from the centers on your weekly assessment or end-of-book quiz/test. Students can answer an open-ended prompt (e.g.,"Make a connection with something you have read."). They can also create their own display, for extra credit. [Adapted from "Around the Room" by Karen R. Bowie in Classroom Notes Plus. Urbana, IL: National Counicl of Teachers of English. January, 2003, p. 5].
(Review written by Peggy Semingson and edited by Jennifer E. Moore)


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1.28.14 - Rite Aid Cleveland Marathon to Revamp Course for 2014 Events
Runner feedback prompts the course to head further west
CLEVELAND (Jan. 28, 2014) - The Rite Aid Cleveland Marathon, which draws more than 20,000 participants annually, has announced that the course for its 37th annual event on May 18, 2014 will be updated.
One noticeable difference will be the move from away from the FirstEnergy Stadium, Home of the Cleveland Browns, as the location of the start and finish lines. The stadium will be undergoing construction projects in the spring of 2014 and therefore the venue will not be available.
Race personnel are in conversations with a few downtown venues that could serve as the new start and finish locations for this year's events.
Race officials, who frequently seek feedback from participants regarding the event, course and other details of the race, received input on potential course changes being considered through a participant survey posted on its website and Facebook page in December.
"Another aspect of the course that was up for consideration was dropping the east side and keeping all three Sunday courses (10K, half marathon and full marathon) on the west side of the city," said Ralph Staph, race director. "Survey respondents overwhelmingly supported this idea and it will go into effect for this year's course."
Marathon staff have been working with the cities of Lakewood and Rocky River on identifying the best options for the course to go through those cities before returning back to Cleveland city limits.
"Planning a course is a very complicated and complex process," Staph said. "Folks don't realize how many details go into finding, securing, measuring and getting approval for all the roads that each of the courses affects. So, we appreciate the runner feedback, as it helps us gauge what matters to them - but we hope they understand that not all suggestions can be logistically accommodated."
Race officials have spent the better part of the past four months working through potential courses for each of the three races and negotiating with potential partners on start and finish locations for the 2014 event. The announcement on the final course will be made as soon as the courses receive approval from the city and each partner.
The 10K event, which held a world record for many years, will offer finishers a medal in 2014 for the first time in the event's history. Participants often requested a medal be offered in the 10K event, particularly due to the popularity of the race's spinning guitar finisher's medals in the half and full. There is a $5 discount available to those who register for the 10K event before Feb. 1. The code "RUNCLE10K" can be entered during registration at www.clevelandmarathon.com/Registration.
The event, which draws a few thousand participants annually to it's walking divisions of the 10K, Half Marathon and Marathon course, will be changing the length of time the course is open from eight hours to seven hours for the full marathon. The half marathon course will remain open for four hours, as in the past.
One of the 50 oldest races in the country, the 2014 Rite Aid Cleveland Marathon will take place May 17-18. The following opportunities are available for people to participate in the event: full marathon, half marathon, 10K, full marathon walking division, half marathon walking division, 10K walking division, 5K (run or walk) and Kids' Run. Online registration and further information is available at www.clevelandmarathon.com.
Last year, the half marathon sold out for the third year in a row and the marathon, 10K and 5K came close to reaching their respective caps as well. 20,134 people competed in the 2013 events over the course of the weekend. Race organizers are expecting more than 20,000 participants for the 37th annual event in May.
There are also opportunities for non-profit organizations to raise funds through their participation in the race through Cleveland Marathon Charities, for which information can also be found on the marathon's website.
About the Rite Aid Cleveland Marathon
The Rite Aid Cleveland Marathon is in its 37th year of providing a fitness experience for all individuals who want to participate regardless of their abilities. The event offers a 5K, 10K, half marathon and full marathon - all of which participants can choose to run or walk. More than 375,000 runners have participated, generating more than $18 million annually to benefit the Cleveland community. www.clevelandmarathon.com
Mission Statement:
• To provide a running experience for all individuals who want to participate regardless of their abilities.
• To produce an event that highlights the Cleveland community and provides a positive economic impact for the community.
• To give charities an opportunity to benefit financially from the Rite Aid Cleveland Marathon, Half Marathon, 10K and 5K events.
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