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President Barack Obama called for a greenhouse-gas emissions reduction scheme that protects against outsized effects on some regions of the country, his most detailed remarks yet as Congress prepares to issue a major climate-change bill.
"We've got to move to a new energy era and that means moving away from polluting energy sources towards cleaner energy sources that is a potential engine for economic growth," Mr. Obama said on Tuesday in a televised public appearance. "I think cap-and-trade is the best way from my perspective to achieve some of those gains because what it does is it starts pricing the pollution that's being sent into the atmosphere."
Under a cap-and-trade system, companies must hold allowances for each ton of carbon-dioxide released into the atmosphere. Companies that reduce emissions may sell off extra permits into the market, while companies that bust through emissions limits would have to buy additional allowances — effectively paying more to pollute.
"The way it's structured has to take into account regional differences, it has to protect consumers from huge spikes in electricity prices, so there are a lot of technical issues that are going to have to be sorted through," Mr. Obama said.
The remarks come as House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman Henry Waxman, (D., Calif.), finalizes a climate-change bill that he wants to vote out of his committee by the end of May. He has set March 31 as the target date by which he will release a draft of the legislation.
So far, the Obama administration has failed to provide a proposal to Capitol Hill, frustrating lawmakers who say that providing a detailed proposal would be more helpful. Last week, Rep. John Dingell, (D., Mich.), who until recently led the Energy and Commerce Committee, called for the Obama administration to play a leading role.
"I have told the administration that they should do that both on this and on health and on other things, and they should do it at the earliest minute," Mr. Dingell told reporters on Friday. "If they don't, the drafting or the completing of the legislation will be very difficult." – Siobhan Hughes

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Target Canada Airs TV Spot: Now, the Wait
By Karen Johnson
Target's Canadian television commercials have aired and Canadian versions of its REDcard-branded debit and credit cards are available online. But for most Canadians, getting into an actual store is still months away.
The retailing giant premiered a 60-second advertising spot during the Canadian broadcast of the Academy Awards on Sunday. It featured a patriotic cross-Canada montage, set to a remake of the theme song to the kids' show "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood," by Toronto-based electro-pop band Dragonette.
A spokeswoman for Target said the U.S.-based retailer is aiming to introduce itself as a new friendly new neighbor from the south.
"We thought, well, who better than Mr. Rogers?" spokeswoman Lisa Gibson told Canada Real Time.
The commercial shows a woman on a motorcycle with Target's mascot, a bull terrier named Bullseye, riding in a sidecar. They pass ice skaters in Toronto, a lighthouse in Atlantic Canada, and other iconic Canadian scenes.
Billboards and other advertising will come next month, Ms. Gibson said, to herald Target's arrival.
Canadians—the majority of whom live within 100 miles of the U.S. border—are already well-acquainted with the cheap-chic retailer. But its move north is seen by shoppers and analysts alike as a potential retail landscape game-changer here. By year's end, Target expects to have 124 Canadian stores up and running.
The first Canadian stores will open in Ontario in March, though an exact date hasn't been set. The province, which is home to Canada's largest city, Toronto, and its capital, Ottawa, will house the 24 stores that will comprise Target's initial Canadian rollout.
The second wave of stores will open later in spring across Canada's west, including the cities of Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton and Winnipeg, Ms. Gibson said.
A separate French-language commercial aimed at the Quebec market also premiered Sunday night during a broadcast of "La Voix," a popular singing competition. That 60-second ad featured iconic scenes from the French-speaking province, and an original song by Quebec band Alfa Rococo.
Target's 25 Quebec stores, though, are part of the third wave of planned openings and won't open until the fall.


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SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The Sacramento State women's basketball team will close out the calendar year as well as the non-conference portion of its schedule when the Hornets welcome rival UC Davis to The Nest at 2 p.m. on Sunday.
The Hornets (5-5, 1-1 Big Sky Conference) are coming off a split at the Montana schools in their Big Sky opening weekend while the Aggies (5-4) have won three straight games. UC Davis has also won three straight against the Hornets.
Record: 5-5, 1-1 Big Sky Conference (5th)
All-Time Div. I (1991-92) Series: 2-8
Last Meeting: L, 68-57 (Dec. 4, 2011)
Notable: The Hornets' game versus UC Davis is their last non-conference game of the season. The contest is worth 10 points in the Causeway Cup standings, which UC Davis currently leads.
Record: 5-4, 0-0 Big West Conference
Notable: UC Davis will play host to Washington on Friday night before visiting The Nest. Head coach Jennifer Gross (2nd season) has led the Aggies to three straight wins over Santa Clara, USC and CSU Bakersfield. Sydnee Fipps is scoring a team-high 18.7 points per game.
For all home games this season, Sacramento State fans can watch online via Big Sky TV, listen to an online radio broadcast or follow along via live stats.
Eastern Washington - vs. Warner Pacific
Idaho State - at Arizona State
Montana - none
Montana State - vs. MSU Billings
Northern Arizona - none
Northern Colorado - vs. Johnson & Wales
North Dakota - at Utah
Portland State - at Portland
Southern Utah - vs. Utah Valley
Weber State - none
The Sacramento State and UC Davis athletics departments have partnered with ScholarShare to sponsor the Causeway Cup. Currently in its ninth season, the Causeway Cup is the annual all-sports competition between the Hornets and Aggies. Each school has won the Cup four times. Last season, Sacramento State overcame a 35-5 deficit to win 52.5-47.5.
In conjunction with Health Net, Inc., the Sacramento State women's basketball team has brought back its Threes for the Disease campaign for a second season in support of ALS research and awareness. With the help of sponsor Health Net, Inc., every made three-pointer the women's basketball team has this year will once again be worth a $10 donation to the ALS Association, Greater Sacramento Chapter.
"ALS is an insidious disease that will only be solved with community partnerships such as this one with Health Net and Sacramento State," said Amy Sugimoto, executive director of the ALS Association, Greater Sacramento Chapter. "We are immensely grateful for their commitment to helping those battling ALS." A banner on the wall inside The Nest will track how many three-pointers the Hornets have made this season and members of the Sacramento State cheer team will update the total during games. So far the Hornets have hit 64 three-pointers.
Kylie Kuhns became just the fifth player in Big Sky Conference history to reach 1,000 career rebounds in the Hornets' Dec. 22 game at Montana. Kuhns' fourth rebound in the game gave the Salem, Ore., native 1,000 career boards. The senior had 13 total versus the Lady Griz and now has 1,009 rebounds in her stellar career. The Big Sky record is 1,174, set by Idaho State's Natalie Doma in 2008, and Kuhns needs 165 more boards to match it. Kuhns broke the previous school record of 931 rebounds earlier this season against Utah Valley on Nov. 20.
Senior Megan Kritscher has been a menace on defense this season as the forward leads the NCAA with 44 blocked shots. Kritscher tallied a career-high eight blocks at Eastern Illinois on Dec. 7, and had six rejections in the previous contest at SIU-Edwardsville on Dec. 5. Kritscher has posted at least three blocks in all but two games this season. She had 43 blocked shots last season but already has 44 rejections this year.
UC Davis' hot three-point shooting thwarted a second half surge by the Hornets and the Sacramento State women's basketball team lost, 68-57, on Dec. 4, 2011 at The Pavilion. After trailing, 29-20 at halftime, the Hornets surged back to tie the game twice in the second half. Sadie Clements hit a long jumper to even the score, 44-44, and the Hornets were down just three, 49-46, minutes later when UC Davis began a 16-2 run. The Aggies connected on four three-pointers in that stretch to take their largest lead of the game at 17 points with 3:35 left. Kasey Riecks had a team-high 14 points for the Aggies while Sydnee Fipps added 13 off the bench. Despite Kylie Kuhns' 15 points and 13 rebounds, the loss snapped a four-game winning streak for the Hornets. This year the Aggies bring a three-game winning streak into The Nest.
Sacramento State is third in the Big Sky Conference and No. 37 in the NCAA, averaging 15.3 assists per game. Point guard Fantasia Hilliard leads the conference, individually, and ranks No. 8 in the NCAA with 6.2 assist per game this year. Sacramento State ranked No. 5 in the NCAA, averaging 17.7 assists per game last season. Hilliard led the team and ranked No. 2 in the Big Sky and No. 37 in the NCAA with 4.8 assists per game and also became the fifth player in school history to reach 150 assists in a single season.
Kylie Kuhns recorded the 41st double-double of her career and fifth this season at Montana on Dec. 22. Kuhns is averaging 12.5 points and a Big Sky Conference-best 11.7 rebounds per game this year. She ranked No. 3 in the NCAA as a junior last season with 21 double-doubles. She paced the Big Sky with 13 double-doubles as a sophomore and posted two in her freshman campaign. Last season Kuhns had a double-double in all but 10 games and posted a season-long streak of 13 straight from Nov. 17 to Dec. 31.
Sacramento State is second in the Big Sky in scoring this year, averaging 69.5 points per game, which is actually a bit down by the Hornets' lofty scoring standards. The Hornets ranked No. 1 in the Big Sky in scoring in each of head coach Jamie Craighead's first three seasons. Last year the Hornets ranked No. 28 in the NCAA averaging 71.7 points per game. Before that, Sacramento State averaged 70.2 points per game during the 2010-11 season and put up a whopping 79.1 points per game in 2009-10, which ranked No. 6 in the nation.
This season the Hornets lead the Big Sky Conference in blocked shots at 6.5 per game, which ranks No. 3 in the NCAA. The big reason why is Megan Kritscher, who leads the nation with 4.4 blocks per game. Sacramento State checks in at No. 2 in the Big Sky in steals at 10.9 per game while both Fantasia Hilliard (2.5, 4th) and Alle Moreno (2.1, 7th) rank individually in the top 10. Sacramento State set new program bests in both steals and blocked shots last season. The Hornets made 401 steals and ranked No. 6 in the NCAA at 12.9 per game. They also tallied 147 total blocks and ranked No. 40 in the nation at 4.7 per game.
Kylie Kuhns grabbed 12 rebounds against Utah Valley on Nov. 20, but it was her 10th, an offensive board with 14:39 remaining in the second half, that pushed her to the top of the record books and past Heidi Carroll, who set the previous record of 931 rebounds in 1986. Kuhns grabbed 211 rebounds as a freshman, 321 as a sophomore and 360 last season as a junior. The senior has 117 thus far.
After setting the career rebounds record, the all-time steals mark is the next one in Kylie Kuhns' sights. The senior has 177 career steals and is just two away from tying Kristy Ryan's record of 179, set in 1994.
Senior forward Kylie Kuhns will likely make her 67th consecutive start on Thursday at Montana State and the 70th start of her career, both team-highs. Kuhns made three scattered starts as a freshman but has started every contest since the beginning of her sophomore season. Sophomore point guard Fantasia Hilliard has started 39 straight games, every contest since arriving on campus out of Sacramento High School. Junior guard Alle Moreno is just behind Hilliard with 38 straight starts.


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I went to a butterfly "zoo" with several friends two weekends ago. This was the most amazing thing EVER! There were butterflys everywhere, they flitter about, often landing on people, hitching rides on us very warm humans. They keep the room around 80-ish and its very humid. Even cold all the time me, was happily warm and after a while trending towards hot.
There is a display case showing the cocoons, where the conditions are perfect for them to hatch, but neglected to snap a photo of that. Hopefully this next weekend, TH and I will take a trip and I'll snap a photo of that. They also had a bee area, which was actually cool, as the bees had a "tunnel" to the outside where they gather nectar and then return to their hive within the "zoo". Also on had were ants and scorpions and shudder spiders! Needless to say I gave these last three insects a very wide berth. They also had a fairly large aquarium which didn't seem to mesh with the insect kingdom thingy, but twas major coolness.
The blue one landed on my back, and my friend's hair and sleeve. I have no idea what each one is named, I had their brochure which lists them, but alas lost it most likely the last time the clutter patrol was on duty I filed it into the trash.
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Butterfly Wonderment
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Wow! That's megacool! I've seen bees and bats at a zoo, but never butterflies. I also love aquariums.
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- December 31, 2013 at 1:15 PM
- Aek said...
Butterflies are cool creatures. :-) I think the blue one might be a blue morpho butterfly.
- December 31, 2013 at 5:01 PM
- The Huntress said...
OMG that is so cool! I'd love to see one of these in person.
- December 31, 2013 at 5:47 PM
- Bob Slatten said...
A few years back we went to the one in Key West.
A very cool, and beautiful, experience!
- December 31, 2013 at 9:35 PM
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Business a family affair for Anchor Point woman
On five-acres halfway between Anchor Point and Homer with views of the snowcapped Kenai Mountains, Susan Houlihan cooks food for the skin.
Her business Alpenglow Skin Care, is dedicated to producing 100 percent natural and made in Alaska lotions, soaps and even shampoos.
She grows her own calendula and mint, harvests cottonwood buds and wild Alaskan Rose petals during the peak seasons and gets goat milk from a neighboring farm for her homespun goods.
"Our products are deliciously — not overly — scented, feel wonderful on the skin and hair, and work incredibly well, in addition to being the healthiest products available," Susan said.
And that's something Susan will personally vouch for. She uses her own Cottonwood Balm and says she can't live without the Alaskan Herbal Hair Rinse.
Susan is passionate about health and educating customers about harmful ingredients in most corporate formulas.
"Unfortunately, the skin and hair care industry does not have the same level of regulation that the food industry does, so it's very easy for companies to mislead the customer into believing a product is safe," she said. "Toxic ingredients that are carcinogenic, hormone disrupting and create problem skin are omnipresent."
A natural beginning
The gardener, wife, mother and businesswoman, began making her own skin care products after trying everything in her 20s for her acne-prone "problem skin."
"My bathroom cabinet was full of products that didn't work for me and that had labels I couldn't understand," Susan said. "I didn't trust they were as healthy as proclaimed."
So she started researching ingredients and got a "how to" book on natural products.
A self-proclaimed "crafty person," she made face creams, balms and soaps for herself.
"I just wanted to make products with simple, healthy ingredients," she said, "and to my delight, my skin began to improve."
After sharing her creations with family and friends, her business started in 1999 with help from her husband, Patrick Houlihan
"Alpenglow began in our small cabin without running water or a driveway and a small garden for growing food and botanicals for our products," she said. "We had one table in the cabin so I had to make a batch of soap between lunch and dinner or we'd end up eating dinner on the couch."
After her husband built them a house with modern amenities, the cabin became the dedicated space for the business.
Organic growth
More than 10 years after her first sale of six soap bars to her neighbor, Susan's company — and family— has grown.
"We now have larger scale equipment like a 50-gallon and 25-gallon fancy heated kettle on hydraulic lifts," Susan said, "compared with my 10-gallon kettle that requires muscle to move from stove top to table top to dispense from."
The garden has also expanded from a little botanical plot to a 20- by 60-foot hoop greenhouse to extend the growing season, she said.
Alpenglow Skin Care creates some 60 different products and can be found in more than 50 stores statewide. She sells her products at farmer's markets and other fairs but does not have a brick and mortar storefront.
"I credit a lot of our growth to listening to our customers," she said. "It has allowed steady growth through these rough economic times. We are very practical and run a tight ship. There is very little waste of money, resources or time. Efficiency is imperative for profit."
Susan's husband and their two kids, Liam, 8, and Alana, 6, make up the majority of the work force.
Liam and Alana put caps on cream jars, count change in the farmer's market cash box, precisely weigh ingredients on scales and help harvest the wild botanicals, Susan said.
"They know more about gardening and botany at 6 and 8 than I knew at 30," she said. The business has even outgrown the small cabin and Susan is moving the operation into a 1,600 square foot workshop on their property.
"Alpenglow has experienced steady growth since inception but our goal has never been to become huge," she said. "Quality of life is priority, so I balance being a mother and wife, with a businesswoman in a way that works for us."
And that seems to be the key to Susan's success — her passion, keeping things and perspective and making things work for her family.
Business advice? Quality of life
Her advice for other entrepreneurs?
"Beginning entrepreneurs often attempt to tackle everything themselves to get their business started and to keep costs down," she said. "I think this is OK at the very beginning, while you fine tune the product and narrow down your customer demographics. Shortly after you have a product to sell, it's time to do what it is you are good at, and admit where you need help and hire that out. A good accountant, graphic designer or consultant is worth their weight in gold."
Also, always keep your vision in view, Houlihan said.
"If you are starting to feel overworked and underpaid or there isn't much joy in your work, re-prioritize," she said. "Keep quality of life in mind through all decision making processes … We only get one life to live, make sure it's filled with meaning, a sense of right livelihood and deep connection with your loved ones. That's what's most important."
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Timeline: The Tough Road to Greece's Elections
Greek voters Sunday delivered a stinging rejection of the country's two incumbent parties, resulting in a fragmented parliament that reflects widespread public anger with the political establishment after years of painful austerity.
The outcome of the vote could potentially usher in a prolonged period of fragile coalition governments and successive elections.
Here's a look at the timeline of main events during the financial crisis since Greece's last elections were held:
– October 2009: Socialists win landslide victory in national elections.
– October 2009: Greece discloses surprise double-digit budget deficit.
– May 2010: Greece seals €110 billion bailout from euro-zone countries and the International Monetary Fund.
– June 2011: Greek parliament votes in five year austerity program, Socialist government reshuffles cabinet.
– November 2011: Socialist Prime Minister George Papandreou steps down in favor of coalition government backed by the Socialist Pasok and conservative New Democracy led by former European Central Bank vice president Lucas Papademos.
– February 2012: European Union, IMF agree on new €130 billion bailout for Greece.
– March 2012: Greece launches bond swap deal with private-sector creditors to reduce public debt by more than €100 billion.
– May 6, 2012: National elections.


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Until last week, I wasn't a fan of Valentine's Day. That's because, like many holidays, it has become overly commercialized. Rather than be a reminder of love, it now serves to create anxiety (did I get her the right gift?), loneliness (I don't have anyone to spend Valentine's Day with), inadequacy (I don't have enough money to spring for a big dinner), stress (crap, I need to help my kid make 30 Valentine's cards for her classmates), pride (I just bought the best Valentine's gift ever) and overeating (do you really need a parenthetical on this?)
To me, love is not:
- Clingy. It's not "I can't live without you" or "I can only be happy if you are in my life." Yet, most Valentine's cards use phrases just like these.
- Controlling. It's not "You're mine or else you are no one's." Yet, "you're mine" is on most cards and candies.
- Bought. Yet most traditional Valentine's activities center around gifts given and received, expensive dinners out, and flowers.
- Boastful. It's not about on-upping your friends about how great your Valentine's day was.
- Envious. It's not about wishing you got more than you did.
Love isn't about feeling empty inside. Quite the opposite, it's about feeling abundant. It's not about getting. It's about giving.
So when I learned last week of the growing movement to rename February 14 Generosity Day, I became a fan again. Watch the video clip or go to the Generosity Day site for more information. Generosity Day is something that everyone can celebrate. You don't have to have a date in order to be generous. You also don't have to be wealthy. You can be generous by:
Saying yes for a day. Sasha Dichter, of the Acumen Fund, did that for a month, giving to any person who came to him and asked for his help. His Generosity Experiment is what led him to establish Generosity Day. It's scary to think that you will say yes to everyone who wants your help, but also thrilling. I've been trying this technique for a while. You can read about my results here, here, and here.
Alleviating the suffering of others. Give blankets to the homeless. Feed hungry animals in your backyard. Kiss a child's boo-boo. Hold the hand of someone who is fearful.
Teaching someone a life-changing skill. Show an elderly shut-in how to connect with others on Facebook. Become a literacy tutor and teach someone how to read. Share your unique knowledge and experience with others.
Being thankful. We are surrounded by kind people, but we rarely notice them. Where did your breakfast come from? Who grew and harvested the oats for your cereal? Who packaged it? Who drove it in a truck from one side of the country to another? Who rang it up for you at the grocery store? All of these people were kind enough to make sure you had breakfast to eat. Be thankful for them. Who paved the roads that you drive on? Who built your house? Who makes sure water comes out of your tap when you turn it on? The more you cultivate a thankful mindset, the easier it will be for you to thank people all around you—ranging from the waitress who serves you your dinner to the colleague who get the report in on time.
Making the world safer for others. Remove debris from the road. Fill the hole that is just waiting for someone to step into and sprain her ankle. Lobby to have a stop sign installed at the intersection that seems to have an accident every other day. Volunteer as a crossing guard.
Consoling others. Be there for friends, colleagues, family members and others who are grieving, alone, or going through tough times.
Listening to others. Give your ear. Sit down. Don't look at your watch, and don't interrupt.
Seeing others. Notice those around you. Acknowledge them. The more you notice, the more you will realize when someone is in need of your help—whether it's to open a door for a mother with a carriage or put a heavy bag in the overhead for an elderly person on an airplane.
Sharing your wealth with the less fortunate. Give money. Give food. Give shelter. Give comfort.
Giving dignity. See someone's potential, not his or her faults.
Giving knowledge. There is perhaps nothing more powerful than a book. I write books for a living. Whenever you give a book to someone else, you are also being generous toward book authors like me. Here are a few books to consider giving on Generosity Day and beyond:
Project: Happily Ever After (yes, that's a shameless plug) or If It Were Easy They'd Call the Whole Thing a Honeymoon for friends who are struggling in their relationships
All the Money in the World for people who struggle with financial decisions
The Organized Kitchen or Parents Need to Eat Too for people who love to give by cooking for others
Eight Steps to Happiness for those who are working on their spiritual development
And while I'm on the topic of books that everyone needs, your might want to pre-order the upcoming Be Fearless: Change Your Life in 28 Days.
How will you be generous? What do you do to be generous everyday? Do you think Valentine's is overly commercial? Or do you love and look forward to the holiday?


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Heaven have mercy, here comes another spate of weird search terms! Welcome to the internet's only Victoria's Secret angel accounting of your dark desires for knowledge, with…the weirdest search terms that brought you here! (November 15th edition, sure to be a collector's item, not sold in stores.)
Here's the deal: you look up your weirdest mysteries, we publish them in a complete betrayal of your trust, and if you make it to the end unscathed, you get to see a picture of a supermodel in lingerie. Deal?
i am trying to get laid in here
Lord, aren't we all? Well, except for asexuals, and Warren Beatty, because Warren Beatty could have any woman he wanted in his heyday. You may think it's that he got laid all the time so he never had to try, but the truth is actually the reverse: he never had to try to get laid, and therefore he got laid all the time.
The secret is not to try, see? If you can turn it down, you'll get it. This is as true in the dating scene as it is in the pork bellies futures index. Let it go, go pursue other interests, and then you can have it at its full value. Don't be that guy trying to get laid in here. Be pre-Bugsy Warren Beatty. Also–and this is just us–but have you tried engaging the other person as a human being and desiring them for who they are rather than just a means of salting your eggs?
(Salting your eggs is a new euphemism for sex we just invented. Try it on your friends!)
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Macho Culture: Killing Men, Killing Women — about once a week we like to a run more serious fare on the Man Cave, to talk about things that affect mankind. This one tackled men who think they aren't ever supposed to be wrong, emotional, or unsuccessful. How it hurts them, and how they, in turn, hurt others and damage themselves more.
facial hair for blondes
If you're a blond, congratulations! All your facial hair will be invisible unless you're backlit. This is why there have been no new Swedish beards since the last Viking died in 1999. However, if you're a blonde, facial hair should not be a concern of yours.
Ho ho ho! See how we pedantically played upon the feminizing -e in there? Ladies, you don't have facial hair. Except for all of you who do and are no less lovely for it. Why, a fetching bride whose lustrous lip-locks outdo her man's has proven herself his superior! The couple that mous* together grows together!
Mou – n. (mə) To grow a mustache. First usage, 2013, preceding paragraph, by Man Cave Daily
Why do you think Mario is so dedicated to his spouse Luigi? (You didn't think they were really brothers, did you? You did? Do you believe all the lies Nintendo tells you? You probably think Kirby is benevolent and the Final Fantasy fellowship didn't nearly destroy the world thanks to their bumbling.)
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The Dos And Don'ts Of Facial Hair, though to be honest, our entire collection of facial hair articles is pretty bitchin'. Did you know if you're starving on a liferaft you can survive for three days on the proteins in a 1″ mustache? That's a complete lie we made up just now! These are literally the most cutting-edge facial hair myths on the market today.
why was ghost mama so mean
Mamas–even ghostly ones–are mean because they love you and want what's best for you. Or your mother is a terrible, abusive person and you should flee. It's a decision every man must make: whether to stand by the woman who carried him, or whether to admit to himself that mama lacks the mental technology to love a child. Remember that lady who died recently and her son and daughter co-authored an obituary about how brutal she was with the beatings when she wasn't running a brothel out of their home? Yeah, that was a mean mama. And now she's a ghost. The answer is that in death, as life, we are but the echoes of our actions.
Whoa. Deep.
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You would readily think this question dropped its questor on What's 'Mama' About, Anyway?, because that's a movie about a ghost mama who is mean. But NO! Our research indicates Google instead led him to 10 Weird Questions with Tucker Max, an article that contains neither the word ghost nor mama, and only uses "mean" in the indicative sense, not the emotional one.
But that's not why this is crazy. It's crazy because of course the eponymous ghost Mama was mean. She's a redneck wolf-ghost whose kids are taken (or something. We haven't seen it yet, because it's halfway down our Netflix queue, right behind Bikini Scream Queens 4 and the much less popular Bikini Scream Kings IX: Back in Space! Don't you judge us. Don't you dare goddamn judge).
is bill pullman related to the railroad guy?
You're asking the wrong question. Haven't you heard of Mitochondrial Eve? Far back enough, we're all related to Bill Pullman. Now certainly you mean within recent parameters, but our actor Pullman is separated from 19th century engineer George Pullman by at least two generations and almost sixty years. That means, in some weird wormhole that only occurs in badly written internet fiction, the two could find themselves adrift in time and cling to each other for warmth…both thermal and human. And we the reader could not judge them, because they are not so closely related that this would be wrong. Also, since we're writing weird slash-fiction about historical characters,
Unless–ew, is George Pullman grandfather to Bill Pullman? The web, despite being the repository of human knowledge, offers no easy answers.
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But that's okay, because the correct question to ask when identifying Bill Pullman's place in our world is not one of comparison, but contrast — namely, is Bill Pullman the same man as Bill Paxton? No! The answer is forever no.
Imagine the scene: there you are at a trendy Los Angeles restaurant, with a fancy foreign name like Volterschlokker or Momofupoubelleskiveitch or Taco Bell, when suddenly you spy…that guy from that film! The one where he played an angry man, like…a soldier? Or a president? Or the private detective? It's all a blur, but you KNOW that dude! You have to tell him your sister's a big fan (you don't have a sister). It's Bill…something. How to avoid an embarrassing situation, as you intrude on his bacon and eggs shaped like a happy face atop a pile of pancakes?
Worry no more, gentle internet friend. We have gifted you The Field Guide to Bill Paxton & Bill Pullman. Go harass that man at breakfast with confidence.
men shouldn't worry so much
Ain't this the truth. It's very hard being a man: you have to fistfight saber-toothed tigers all the time, you're not allowed to have feelings, and as soon as you've brushed all the steaks out of your handlebar mustache, the Huns or the Spanish cavalry are invading the homestead again. If it isn't one thing, it's seven others, and then you gotta run home to make sure your wife hasn't fainted out of reach of smelling salts. Then together you count all your children to make sure you still have 13 of them and none of them have been replaced with changelings by malevolent fairies.
If you do all that and earn your thruppence for the week, you have to spend half of it immediately on a stuffed goose for St. Swithin's Day, and it's just like–like I can't take much more of this existence as some sort of Dickens character mixed with Teddy Roosevelt. Nobody understands, and if you'd just relax and let it ride, it would all come out the same.
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Six Things that Make You A Man (And Why You Shouldn't Worry about Them). You know what? You don't owe anybody an accounting of your masculinity. Just go pursue your interests and let the haters hate on. Kick back, pop open a cold one, and think warm thoughts of Lily Donaldson.
Brendan McGinley is editor round these parts when not writing comics or Cracked columns. You can say a neighborly hello to him on Twitter @BrendanMcGinley.
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Dear all,
I would like to hear about your thoughts how much the field of
user-interface design and interaction design related to "Ergonomics."
And how much we can learn from "Ergonomics" about the interaction design?
Then, why?
This, I have been thinking of for long time.
Looking back in 1990s, I learnt the user-interface design partially
applying the discipline of human factors study in a university, and I
realize there are any thing I can take from the field of Ergonomics.
Nowadays, Ergonomics people think everybody have to come to them to ask
about user-interface and usability.
Actually, we can find a lot of Ergonomics consulting offer the service in
user-interface design and even web design.
How do they do? And what is the most different outcome we can expect
usability design firms from ergonomics design firms.
Explaining the situation in Japan, the relationship about Ergonomics and
Usability is very close.
1) The most of user-interface/interaction researchers who work in analysis
of user-interface have the ergonomics background.
2) The international standard committee relating to usability belong to the
ergonomics society, and they try to rule in this field.
3) The ergonomics includes cognitive aspect in 90s, and pretend they have
been studying this for long time.
I think the filed of ergonomics and user-interface/interaction
study/practice is close: relation between artifacts and human,
but the aspect or perspective is very different. Every time I discuss with
ergonomics people, they like to treat the usability problems in
probability, and they like to conclude what is the human nature, e.t.c.
Those make me feel they are different.
Since I do not live in US and other countries, I will be very appreciated
if you provide your thoughts.
Masayasu Yamamoto
IT and Communications Systems Security
IT Services and Innovation
TUV Rheinland Japan Ltd.
Telephone: 045 470 3511
Facsimile: 045 470 3460
e-mail: masayasu.yamamoto at jpn.tuv.com
In brief, I would say that ergonomics has the same relationship to
industrial design that usability does to interaction design:
quantitative measures to measure qualitative work.
Like usability, it's a related discipline, and knowing about it helps
when designing products, especially those with a physical component.
This may be a cultural difference, but I don't know of many US firms
who are known for ergonomics also doing usability studies and
especially not interaction or UI design.
I think designing from a strictly quantitative point of view will
result in some seriously ugly designs. Like say...


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- A 1st: Reserved forest status for mangroves
Mumbai: Maharashtra has officially notified 15,087.6 hectares of mangrove land across the state as reserved forest, the first state to do so. "Only mangroves on government land have been notified as reserved forest. The land will now be transferred to the forest department, which will be responsible for its protection and conservation. Earlier, we needed to inform the collector for any action to be taken," N Vasudevan, chief conservator, mangrove conservation cell, stated. Mangroves on most private forest land are still to be notified as reserved forest. While initially 1,850 hectares of private land was proposed to be notified in Mumbai, the grievance redressal committee set up by the state allowed 1,775 hectares to be notified. A PIL has been filed challenging the process of notification. Another 10,000 hectares of private mangrove land, therefore, remains to be notified, an official said. It was in 2005 that the Bombay high court had directed the state government to declare mangroves as forests. Thereafter, the state government set up the mangrove conservation cell to demarcate mangrove areas. The cell obtained satellite maps of 2005 after the order was delivered to begin the demarcation and notification process. In case of Mumbai and Navi Mumbai, the process was completed by 2008. Navi Mumbai mangroves, which are part of Thane, were notified earlier. "Two months ago, we notified 114 hectares in Thane district, 2,908 hectares in Palghar and the remaining 478 hectares in Bhiwandi have now been finally notified," said Vasudevan. The biennial study conducted by the Forest Survey of India, Dehradun, showed the state's mangrove cover, which was static at 186 sq km between 2005 and 2013, had gone up to 222 sq km. This was the highest increase in mangrove cover recorded by any state in the country during the two-year period between 2013 and 2015. D Stalin, director of the NGO Vanashakti, called it a welcome news. "We only hope that the tag will mean more protection and will not be an excuse for diversion of these lands for so called development projects. It has taken over a decade for the government to notify the mangroves on its land; by the time it does so for those on private land much of the mangroves would have been destroyed. It is high time the government acted quickly," he said.
- Gurgaon to be 1st city without diesel gensets
Gurgaon: Gurgaon is set to become the first city in the country to get a full-scale smart grid that would rid it of blackouts and make it diesel genset-free, reports Sanjay Dutta. It will allow users to reduce power bills by turning into 'prosumers' -becoming suppliers during the day by feeding surplus power from solar systems into the mains and drawing in the night. At a meeting between power minister Piyush Goyal and Haryana CM M L Khattar on Monday, the Centre committed a grant of Rs 273 crore, or 20% of the Rs 1,382 crore needed for the first phase. Power Grid has floated the tender and bids are to be opened on July 22. The project is likely to be completed in 18 months from the date of award of tender.
- Underprivileged kids to get their 1st flight experience
Coimbatore: As many as 51 underprivileged children from a home in Coimbatore might be experiencing their first ever flight travel in the next few days. Air Carnival, a Coimbatore-based airlines, that has planned to start its operations by this month end, has announced that they would take the children from Sadhguru Sevasram free of cost on the launch day of the flight services from Coimbatore - Chennai and Coimbtore to Madurai. The joy trip for the children has been planned in association with Lions Club International. "We are also planning to provide clothes free of cost for all the children who would be taken on the flight,'' said Suresh Kumar, governor of Lions Club International District 324B1. The joy ride for the children is expected to be flagged off by the airlines' chief operation officer S I Nathan. Air Carnival's authorities said that their first aircraft, an ATR 72 - 500 has arrived at Coimbatore and the flight services will commence shortly. They said that the best available talents in the market have been recruited as flight crew for the aircraft which would seek to differentiate itself from rest of the players with its mantra "On time every time".
- 500 pledge to donate organs in 1st ever Maha mega drive
Nagpur: More than 500 citizens pledged to donate organs during the first ever mega organ donation awareness campaign, organized by the state, on Tuesday. The state machinery had arranged six stalls for the benefit of interested citizens. In the city, the campaign is being coordinated by Government Medical College and Hospital (GMCH), Zonal Transplant Coordination Centre (ZTCC) and state public health department. As a part of the campaign, a rally was also taken out in which over 5,000 students, doctors, NGOs and NSS volunteers participated. The students displayed posters highlighting messages related to organ donation. The rally, flagged off by divisional commissioner Anup Kumar and zilla parishad president Nisha Sawarkar, started from Kasturchand Park and culminated at Variety Square. At Variety Square, civil surgeon, Dr Umesh Navade, was the first to take pledge. Talking to TOI, Navade said, "No body should be afraid of donating their organs." Commenting on the Mumbai kidney racket, which was exposed recently, Navade said unscrupulous elements try to exploit the needy who require to undergo organ transplantation. However, this should not deter people from joining the movement and instead prompt citizens to join the noble cause, he said. The government is trying to improvise the system and make sure such incidents never happen again. Sawarkar said, "Every one should pledge to donate organ or body as it can give a new lease of life to many. There is need for mass public awareness about organ and body donation." North Nagpur MLA Dr Milind Mane, vice-president of zilla parishad Sharad Donekar, GMCH dean Dr Abhimanyu Niswade, IGGMC dean Dr Minakshi Wahane-Gajbhiye, Avinash Gawande, Dr Shrigiriwar, Dr Sudhir Gupta, Dr Dinkar Kumbhalkar, IMA Nagpur chapter president Dr Avinash Wase and others were also present on the occasion. On Wednesday, competitions like drawing, essay, rangoli and many more will be organized at different centres. At Variety square, at 10 am, various street plays will be performed regarding organ donation awareness.
- Chikungunya hits Ggn, 1st official case confirmed
Gurgaon: After a 35-year-old man from Bihar tested positive for Chikungunya, the district health authorities confirmed season's first case on Saturday. The 35-year-old, who lives and works in Gurgaon, had visited the Civil Hospital about a week ago but was not admitted. "There was no need to admit the patient in the hospital. However, we are monitoring his platelet count regularly," said Dr Ramesh Dhankar, Chief Medical Officer, Gurgaon. However, doctors confirmed the city has seen more than one case of Chikungunya this season, but say the official confirmation takes time. "We started witnessing the cases in the first week of August," said Dr Suresh Khanna, a city-based physician. "Earlier, we were getting a large number of cases of viral fever. But in August, a lot of cases with symptoms of Chikungunya came. Quite a few cases were confirmed by the third week of this month," he added. When asked about the official figure being one, he added, "I think official confirmation always comes late." Also, the doctors feel many cases go unreported as Chikungunya is not a notifiable disease. "It is not compulsory for private hospitals to report every case of Chikungunya to the district health department," said Dr Naveen Gupta, another city-based physician. "That is the reason not many cases are being reported officially. Chikungunya, however, has come up like an epidemic this year. Despite the official figures claiming only one case, people need to be aware about symptoms, causes and prevention of the disease," Gupta added. Till this time last year, the official figure was zero. Talking about the campaign to raise awareness about the vector-borne disease, the CMO said, "Similar kind of precautions need to be taken in both dengue and Chikungunya cases. There is a need to avoid accumulation of water anywhere in and around the house. We are working on a massive anti-mosquito campaign in schools and residential areas." Though Chikungunya rarely kills, the symptoms are quite severe and patients suffer a lot. "Like dengue fever, Chikungunya is a viral diseases also transmitted by Aedes Aegypti mosquito," said Khanna. "Even though symptoms of both dengue and Chikungunya are same, patients usually experience acute joint pain in case of Chikungunya. However, platelet count doesn't go down drastically as in the case of dengue. That is why, mortality rate is quite low in the case of Chikungunya. We generally administration non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs in Chikungunya, as in the case of dengue," he added.


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Chic Design by Phillips DeVeer Interiors
Today, I found this lovely design firm, Phillips DeVeer Interiors, located in Rowayton, Conecticut. I especially love all of the bright colors and sofisticated touch that they incorporated in each room.
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Love the blue and orange living room. Thanks for sharing. I will have to look at his web- site.ReplyDelete
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- Complete the application form
- Provide a personal statement including your financial need. The statement should be at least 250 to 500 words in length.
Submit to the Center for International Services and Programs (CISP), No later than November 16, 2014 at 11:59pm.
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• Be a full-time graduate student in the College of Engineering or the College of Business.
• Be from India and hold F1 or J1 student visa student.
• Have completed at least one academic year of Graduate credit hours at CSU at time of submission
• Have a cumulative (CUM) GPA of 3.3 or better at time of submission.
• Personal statement that discusses your financial need and educational career goals. The statement should be at least 250-500 words.
Students that currently have a Graduate Assistantship will not be considered for the scholarship.
Scholarships will be in the amount of $2000 and are nonrenewable.
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How to Get Rid of Your Old Electronics "So what can you do with your electronics when they're no longer of use? Here are a few environmentally friendly options." Wise Bread
5 Debt Lessons from the Wizard of Oz "Do you ever feel like Dorothy did, wanting to run away but not knowing where you should go? Perhaps your poor financial decisions are chasing you down and debt is eating away at your happiness. What's one to do? Here are some lessons we can learn from Dorothy. So click your ruby slippers three times, and take the journey with Dorothy toward freedom!" Dough Roller
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Portland residents speak out on bag fee
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WMTW News 8 at 11's Shernay Williams reports on comments by Portland residents about a proposal for a five-cent per bag fee on disposable bags during a Monday night city council meeting. Councilor later voted 6-3 in favor of the proposal.Video Transcript
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In the admin interface, on the Tags page, it would be nice if one is able to choose if a Tag is visible or not in the Tag Cloud.
I've myself got som pretty long Tags that doesn't fit in the Tag-Cloud, but I want the tag's beceause of the Search Engines.
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"Sin Trim" is when you strip me and hold me down and shave me and then make a festive wreath out of the trimmings often augmenting my natural bounty with figs and olives. Traditionally fermented wild boar blood broth is filtered through the trim into the open mouths of the brotherhood consecrating our bond to Mog the Destroyer.
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- Posted October 6, 2012 by
- JannetWalsh
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This iReport is part of an assignment:
The new American job: Part time?
Making your own way
Oct. 6, 2012
By Jannet Walsh
Murdock Minnesota
Making your own way is the only way in a challenging economy.
Earlier this year I started by own photography and media business, Jannet Walsh Media, taking on freelance work, such as photography, video and writing as it comes my way. Creating my own job was a natural progression after hearing I was over qualified and under qualified.
When there are few jobs in a challenging and rural economy, living in Murdock with a population of Murdock is 278, and the nearest big city of Minneapolis is almost a three hour car ride away, creating a job was in order. My freelance work can continue if I find full-time employment, with no lost efforts. If my future employer does not allow freelancing, I'd be happy to adjust, as I would be fully employed.
Last week I started to explore ways to monetize my blog, http://jannetwalsh.com, with advertisements on the sidebar and at the end of blog posts. It's a new venture for me, and will have to see if profits develop.
Although the nation's unemployment rates recently dropped from 8.1 percent to 7.8 percent, the lowest in three years, the unemployment rate is not clear. It could be said the unemployment picture is using the out of focus filter to deliver the unemployment facts. A major reason for the drop in unemployment rate can include people searching for work have just given up looking for work, lowering the unemployment rate, shrinking the number of people in the workforce.
My work plan
For myself, I think learning, networking and self improvement are all very important for displaced workers, like myself, trying to discover a new way to earn a living, while adjusting to the current job market or the lack of jobs in the market.
Adjust thinking for survival
The old career path is dead, so get over it. The thinking you will have a job or career for life, like my father worked for a railroad company his entire career, only the name of the company changed. Contract workers or independent worker, such as freelancers, are more common in today's work place. The term Protean Career, coined by Douglas Hall, is the idea of multiple flows of incomes or even several jobs, preparing for market changes, learning and training for future job markets and making changes rapidly to keep money flowing into your bank account, might define a more realistic career landscape needed for survivial.
Learning never stops. Here are a few things I have done in 2012 to keep my skills current:
*Completed Certified Life and Career Coach training
I hope to use this training in future job opportunities, such as writing, and everyday life and work.
*Participated in Poynter.org online learning
Social media is here to stay, and it's always good to learn new tips and tricks.
*Brushing up on web design at http://www.lynda.com
Online training can be done at home or anywhere. This will shows future employers my skills are current, and most importantly, I'm motivated to learn what is needed to get the job done.
I have joined the local chamber of commerce in Benson, Minn. and Willmar, Minn., to learn more about fellow business owners and make connections. I joined the chamber in Willmar before I even started a business as it was a great way to network.
Self Improvement
Besides learning new technology, trying to stay connected with family and friends, exercising and eating a healthy diet are all important ways to keep my personal fuel tank on full in order to keep going when the world is not turning in my favor. I've had multiple job rejections and more setback than I care to recall, all in one day. Having a routine keeps me going during the roughest days, or at least easier to recover.
Trying to structure each day, meaning having a plan for learning, networking and self improvement is not only necessary, but required for survival.
About Jannet Walsh
Jannet Walsh, an iReporter since 2010. She loves to test the latest iPhone apps, blog about her Irish roots and watch the local farm crops grow in Minnesota.
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The EEF, the manufacturers' organisation, revealed a sharp drop in business in the third quarter of this year among its members and is slashing its forecasts on the outlook for exporters.
The latest quarterly survey of EEF members found that a balance of only 4 per cent of manufacturers are reporting rising output. In the second quarter of the year it was 20 per cent.
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As the first female presidential nominee for a major party, Hillary Clinton can't stop making history. And on Thursday night, she made history by delivering her Democratic convention acceptance speech.
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In all enterprises, it's the business model that deserves detailed attention and understanding.
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Source: "The Attention Deficit Workplace" by Mitch Thrower
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The second layer of the perfect business model is to have renewable revenue sources.
The third layer of the perfect business model is to have actual revenue.
Business models with identified sources of revenue were not always the norm.
The perfect business model must have a way to build in its own high-margin products that can be sold while processing reliable renewable revenue streams at any margin.
The first layer of the perfect business model is to build a business with reliable revenue.
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Rio's Alcan: More Pain, Then Gain?
Despite efforts to put the ill-fated 2007 acquisition of Alcan behind it, the continued weakness in aluminum prices hints at yet another hefty impairment this year for Rio Tinto.
The Anglo-Australian company will look at the carrying value and goodwill of all its businesses ahead of the release of its annual results early next year. But analysts who met this week with Phillip Strachan, chief financial officer of the Rio Tinto Alcan division, say he conceded that consensus valuations are significantly different to the company's book value for aluminum.
Aluminum and the US$38 billion acquisition of Canada's Alcan at height of the market have long dogged Rio Tinto.
Chief Executive Tom Albanese and outgoing Chief Financial Officer Guy Elliott in February waived their right to annual bonuses after the company wrote off US$8.9 billion of its aluminum business for 2011, taking the value down to what it considered was the market level. The company in 2009 recognized an impairment charge of US$200 million for the aluminum businesses, and the year before wrote down the value by US$7.9 billion as the metals environment weakened significantly.
Several analysts who met this week with Mr. Strachan say they walked away convinced a further impairment will be necessary, despite the steps Rio Tinto is taking to slash costs, close unprofitable capacity and sell assets.
"It is difficult to see how a major impairment can be avoided," Investec analyst Tim Gerard wrote in a research report.
Investec's compilation of analysts' valuations indicated a US$10 billion reduction in the value of the aluminum assets over the last year.
Lyndon Fagon at JP Morgan in his own analysis after the meeting said that Rio Tinto's US$27 billion book value for aluminum is almost double his bank's US$14 billion net present value estimate.
UBS analyst Glyn Lawcock similarly wouldn't rule out further impairments if markets remain as they are.
A spokesman for Rio Tinto in Melbourne declined to comment on the review process or the possibility of impairments.
Mr. Strachan in a presentation released by the company said market conditions and the operating environment remained challenging for the aluminum industry, with the London Metal Exchange price having fallen 15% in the first half of the year from the prior six-month period. About 25% of smelting capacity outside of China is loss-making at current prices and costs, and inventories remain high, he said.
Rio Tinto, however, said demand remains strong, which paints a healthier long-term picture for aluminum. The company is targeting a margin of 40% on earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortization and is sticking with plans to exit or close assets.
"The message coming through is "watch this space," said Investec's Mr. Gerard, adding Rio Tinto has said it will do its share to curtail supplies of alumina and aluminum and expects other producers to pull their weight. "A series of announcements on accelerating production curtailments point to, at the very least, a bottoming in aluminum equities, and may indeed prove to be the catalyst for a recovery."
Rio Tinto has identified a number of assets in Australia and New Zealand, as well as its Sebree smelter in the U.S., for sale or closure. Mr. Strachan this week said it has also launched reviews of its Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne smelter in France and the Soral smelter in Norway, given critical power supply contracts negotiations that are underway.
Rio Tinto in March closed its Lynemouth smelter in England. It this week closed the US$151 million sale of the North American arm of its Alcan Cable operation, and said it expected to close the sale of the Chinese portion of the business for US$34 million later this year.
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The Namesake
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Ashima has been consuming this concoction throughout her pregnancy, a humble approximation of the snack sold for pennies on Calcutta sidewalks and on railway platforms throughout India, spilling from newspaper cones. (1.1)
Poor Ashima. She wants desperately to recreate Calcutta life in the United States, be she has to resort to Rice Krispies and Planter's nuts. No wonder the snack doesn't taste quite right.
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The apartment consists of three rooms all in a row without a corridor […] It is not at all what she had expected. Not at all like the houses in Gone with the Wind or The Seven-Year-Itch. (2.46).
For Ashima, America is not all it's cracked up to be. Can you blame her for being disappointed? Life as the wife of a graduate student is a humble one. She will not be living the Scarlett O'Hara life.
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They all come from Calcutta, and for this reason alone they are friends. (2.64)
Calcutta becomes a powerful bond for these émigrés, which holds them together even when they move apart and have families. Friendship is yet another way they can try to recreate their Calcutta homes over in the states.


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DETROIT (AP) -- The focus this weekend across Michigan is on getting out the vote for Tuesday's election.
The political parties will have volunteers out in force, knocking on doors and making phone calls to remind people to turn in their absentee ballots if they've got them or go to the polls on Election Day.
And the candidates will be keeping busy statewide Saturday.
Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Snyder holds a town hall meeting in Flint and rallies in Frankenmuth, Midland and Traverse City. He'll also stop at a tailgate ahead of the Bowling Green-Central Michigan football game.
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Virg Bernero also has a full day, starting with a get-out-the-vote event in Ann Arbor. He'll be at a rally in Pontiac before stops Saturday afternoon in Detroit.


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If you heard about or were able to attend the recent Calvin Symposium on worship, then you (knowingly or unknowingly) were touched by the work of Greg Scheer.
He seemed to be everywhere at once, playing bass, leading groups, facilitating discussions and making introductions
Between the preparation, planning and leading, he also has quite an active blog where he's been highlighting quite a lot from the Psalms recently. You can see a list of his posts here under his "Revenge of the Killer B's" topic (a title we're not particularly sure we understand, but fully appreciate nonetheless!). It even has it's own graphic:
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This itinerant project has found a permanent home on the Left Bank. Upscale objets made by artisans using Hermes remnants and overseen by Pascale Mussard, a sixth generation member of the Hermès family, include leather origami sculptures, silk cord necklaces and crystal and crocodile spotlights.
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Kay Burley's 'racy' new book gets Mandelson vote
Sky anchor's political bonkbuster features bad sex and a glowing endorsement from Lord Mandelson
The more liberal-minded viewers of Sky TV who periodically call for Kay Burley to be sacked from her day job as a news presenter may wish to reconsider their campaign following the release of extracts from her "racy" debut novel.
First Ladies is a political bonkbuster telling the story of "suave"
married prime minister Julian Jenson and his two lovers, one of whom is Kay Burley... sorry, one of whom is "sexy TV reporter Isla McGovern". The publisher optimistically describes the book as "an irresistible cross between The Thick of It and Jilly Cooper".
Early reviews of First Ladies, which is published in May, have been derisive, with Zoe Williams in the Guardian observing that "the political shenanigans are even more embarrassing than either the sex or the cliches that vertically infect each act like cross-generational syphilis. Seriously, the politics is terrible. The politics make you want to hide your eyes".
The poor reviews will come as no surprise to those who question her abilities as a newscaster. Last September, Labour MP Chris Bryant described her live on air as "a bit dim". In May the same year she was accused of political bias after advising an electoral reform campaigner, whom she was supposed to be interviewing, that his protests would make no difference and he might as well go home. Hence the 'Sack Burley' campaign.
But Burley has powerful friends - possibly including her ultimate boss, Rupert Murdoch. This can surely be the only explanation for the glowing endorsement of her political insight from no less a political heavyweight than Lord Mandelson.
Never mind what others might say, Burley's publishers HarperCollins (prop: Rupert Murdoch) found the perfect man to give them a kind review to plant on the book's cover - Lord Mandelson, whose memoir The Third Man they published last year.
Mandy's tribute on the book's cover reads: "Kay Burley uses her unparalleled knowledge of the worlds of politics, media and celebrity to racy effect."
Here's one such racy passage - in which the caddish Julian makes love to Isla McGovern's love rival, magazine editor Sally Simpson: "At that exact moment, Julian was expertly using his silver tongue to offer intense gratification to Sally as he held on firmly to her taut, tanned thighs, tightly gripped around his handsome face. Lithe and muscular, he effortlessly lifted her from the bed and onto his broad shoulders. Sally felt all the excitement and exhilaration of a fairground ride as he continued to offer intense pleasure before she was finally sated and he lowered her gently back onto the round bed."
If nothing else, First Ladies looks like an early contender for the Literary Review's 2011 Bad Sex Awards.
And, finally... Burley signed a two-book deal with HarperCollins. There's another one to come.