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This is an exciting day because we've finally got our new site up. After losing virtually everything this summer, we've finally faced the daunting task of starting over. With that comes lots of work; begging all the local photographers for pictures of our work, sorting through our amateur photos, and trying to come up with something interesting to say. That last one is the hardest, always. But, today the snow is flying and it's off-season so check back often as I plan to add photos daily. Thank you friends! ~Sarah
Peonies for Charlotte
Charlotte is a local gal who got married here last spring up at Couloir. What was so awesome about working with her is that she was totally on board with our farm-to-altar mindset, and miraculously wanted peonies at the very time they bloom. Here. On the property!
We took a few measly photos but they do not compare to the professionals from Kimbry Studios…
The wedding took place ( yep, in the snow, in June, at the top of the Gondola.) Reception followed in Couloir. Did I mention that it snowed?
Photos by Kimbry Studios
Style Me Pretty- the most pinned bouquet ever…
So, a couple of years ago this bride ( who was so gorgeous, for real) asked us to do her wedding flowers- the ceremony at a ranch north of town and the reception to follow in the Library at Amangani. Umm, ok!
We made her this beautiful bouquet of white ranunculus and tied the stems with twine. It seriously became one of the most-pinned bouquets in the history of Pinterest and if I die tomorrow, it'll be the closest I ever came to wedding florist fame . Anyway…word on the street was the wedding party got into a cake fight at the posh hotel and the rest was history.
Click to see the full story and more photos: http://www.stylemepretty.com/2010/09/30/jackson-hole-wedding-by-alison-for-christian-oth-studios/.
All photos by Alison Mayfield for Christian Oth Studios in NYC.
Style Me Pretty- the beautiful Maddie
This wedding at Shooting Star was just about perfect albeit a little bit hot for June:
The full story is featured on Style Me Pretty…
More inspiration & photos at http://www.stylemepretty.com/wyoming-weddings/jackson-hole/2014/03/24/jackson-hole-wedding-at-shooting-star/
photos by Carrie Patterson Photography!
Luxe Mountain Weddings-an oldie but goodie
This wedding was a few years ago at a beautiful private home near Solitude. I mean, so gorgeous, I think I asked the homeowners to adopt me. It wasn't awkward at all when they said "no thanks." Maybe next time…http://luxemountainweddings.com/2011/07/06/rustic-wyoming-meets-new-york-elegance/
photos by Heather Erson Photography!
Check us out on Luxe Mountain Weddings…
Natalia & Keith's ceremony was outdoors at Mormon Row and reception to follow at Hotel Terra: http://luxemountainweddings.com/2014/06/19/the-tetons-are-calling/
Take a look at photographer Jayme Chrisman photos of our bride Natalia…
Another feature on Luxe Mountain Weddings- Lauren & Jason
I'm actually really proud of the work we did on this wedding. Lauren was so very creative and we worked together intensely to get the look & feel just right for her wedding flowers…take a look at the full story on Luxe Mountain Weddings:
Photos by Taylor Glenn Photography
Business is blooming!
Diane & Mark…another winter wedding in the Tetons.
Diane & Mark got married around Valentines' Day last winter but they went soft & pastel the whole way. We used lots of cream, blush, and soft peach and feminine blossoms like Tulip, Garden Rose, Hydrangea, and scented Geranium Leaf.
They're ceremony was held at Our Lady of the Mountains…
And a beautiful reception dinner in the Terra Ballroom at Hotel Terra…
Thank you for the photos Ashley Wilkerson!
Always believe that something wonderful is about to happen.
It's the dead of winter here, and there are no holidays to prepare for. Spring is no where near close by…I have no more excuses. Time to load photos from last summer!
I get a little nervous doing this work. I always worry that the photos, though beautiful, will not adequately reflect the reverence of the day but somehow the magic comes through. If left to my own devices, the only photos of our work would be fumbling downloads from my phone. No thanks right?
Now, if I could just learn to line up the pictures just so, I'd be happy. It's a work in progress…this time of year is great for learning how to blog, edit photos, and get excited for next summer. As soon as the holidays are over, the phone starts ringing and emails start coming in. The ladies have gotten engaged and they're ready to start planning. And I get so excited to hear their stories, and see their ideas, and my mind starts racing at night…what to plant for them? When? How much? What color?
Meredith- A Winter Wedding
Originally, this wedding was to take place outdoors at the family ranch in Victor but there was just too much snow and wind. Fortunately, we were able to move the entire ceremony & reception over to the Wildwood Room as they were already catering the day. The bride was heartbroken however everyone agreed that the day turned out beautiful. We had string lights EVERYWHERE and literally hundreds of Gladiola blossoms hanging from the rafters. Candles, candles, and more candles…
Thank you for the photos Kisa Koenig!


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One Hundred Years of Solitude
by Gabriel García Márquez
One Hundred Years of Solitude Chapter 8 Summary
- One day, Amaranta, Aureliano José's aunt and the woman who's been raising him, realizes that he's now almost a man. In this novel, that of course means incest.
- They've been sleeping in the same bed since Aureliano José was a little boy, but now it's clear that he has the hots for his aunt and she's into it, too. For a while they do… well, it's unclear, but basically everything but actual sex. One day Úrsula almost catches them. Amaranta realizes that she needs to put the kibosh on this disgustingness, and she does.
- Meanwhile, the Liberals and the Conservatives are about to negotiate a peace settlement. It'll mean some congressional seats for the Libs, amnesty for the fighters… the usual.
- Colonel Aureliano Buendía is not on board with this at all. He takes some of his best men and starts new rebellions all over the country. Aureliano José goes off to war with him.
- After a while, Aureliano José leaves Colombia and starts uprisings all over Central America. He's part of a movement that wants to unify all the countries in the region.
- Macondo is having a nice little moment in the sun, though. The new mayor, General José Raquel Moncada, is a Conservative, of course, but he's a decent guy who is trying to make the war more humane. He's become BFFs with Colonel Aureliano Buendía through truces and prisoner exchanges. He's a great mayor, and everything is going swell in the city.
- One of the good things is the school. Aureliano Segundo and José Arcadio Segundo go there, as does their sister, who is now known as Remedios the Beauty, because she is extremely beautiful. (These people weren't exactly creative with the nicknames.)
- Right about this time, Aureliano José comes back, fully determined to marry his aunt Amaranta and get it on with her. At first she's kind of feeling it, but she says no so many times that it becomes easy to say no one final time.
- The next visitors to the house are the various women who have visited Colonel Aureliano Buendía in his army tent and become pregnant. He's the best soldier out there, and apparently this is a thing. There are seventeen little Aurelianos, all with his eyes. Úrsula baptizes them all and sends them and their moms on their way.
- General Moncada knows that Colonel Aureliano Buendía is about to come storming back into town for the bloodiest, most horrible rebellion yet.
- Úrsula and Pilar Ternera both feel that something horrible is about to happen and warn Aureliano José to stay off the street at night. He, of course, ignores them, gets into an argument with a soldier in town, and is shot and killed.
- That's one more Buendía down for the count. This is starting to get really sad.
- The soldier who killed him is shot in turn, and then things calm down for a little while.
- A few months later, though, a thousand of Colonel Aureliano Buendía's troops attack the town. General Moncada is captured.
- Úrsula sees her son and knows that Colonel Aureliano Buendía has become a harder, less emotionally connected guy than he was before the war.
- First things first, Colonel Buendía cancels all that land-transfer stuff that his brother José Arcadio (II) and his brother's unacknowledged illegitimate son Arcadio were doing.
- Second things second, Colonel Buendía holds courts-martial and condemns all the captured officers to death, including General Moncada.
- When he goes to visit his friend Moncada before the execution, Moncada curses him out for becoming just as bad as the people against whom he's fighting. Then he passes along a letter and some other stuff for Colonel Buendía to give to Moncada's wife, as they've done many times before.
- And finally, the firing squad.

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FILE - In this Jan. 12, 2009 file photo, elderly Sri Lankan women hold photograph of the Sunday Leader newspaper editor Lasantha Wickrematunge during his funeral procession in Colombo, Sri Lanka. On the second anniversary of his death, Paris-based Reporters Without Borders said Saturday, Jan. 8, 2011, Lasantha Wickrematunge's killers remained at large and accused Sri Lanka's government of stymieing an investigation. Wickrematunge, editor of The Sunday Leader newspaper, was shot dead by motorcycle-riding gunmen while driving to work on Jan. 8, 2009. (AP Photo/Gemunu Amarasinghe, File)


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Friday, June 1, 2012
Greenlighting 10 StartupsCarnegie Mellon University's Open Field Entrepreneurs Fund (OFEF) has awarded $500,000 to 10 startup companies from across the U.S. to assist them in growing their business ventures.
The fund was established by CMU alumnus and Flip Video Camera creator Jonathan Kaplan (TPR'90)and his wife, Marci Glazer, to provide early-stage business financing and support to CMU alumni who have graduated in the last five years.
The companies, whose locations range from New York to Silicon Valley, operate in a variety of industries, including medical, technology, consumer and educational fields (check out the full list of companies »).
Following CMU's focus on solving real-world problems, the companies' objectives include everything from reducing hospital-acquired infections and preventing vision loss in children to improving math and science education and making the wait for a restaurant table less frustrating.
"Carnegie Mellon graduates have what it takes to create great companies," said Kaplan, CEO of The Melt and five-time entrepreneur. "But without money and mentoring these young adults can often take jobs instead of taking risks. I want them to dream big and create the next great product or service just like I did."
OFEF is part of CMU's Greenlighting Startups initiative, which is designed to speed CMU faculty and student innovations from the research lab to the marketplace. Since Kaplan announced his fund last year, CMU has received more than $15 million to support Greenlighting Startups.
"Jonathan is truly a visionary, both as an entrepreneur and a philanthropist," said CMU President Jared L. Cohon. "His generous gift has spurred the continuing growth of Greenlighting Startups, allowing us to provide further support to students and alumni who are creating the types of companies and jobs that serve as the country's economic engine...Read more»
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Kilkenny goalkeeper PJ Ryan has become the latest member of Brian Cody's squad to announce his retirement from inter-county hurling.
Former All Star Ryan helped the Cats to seven All-Ireland titles since making his debut in 2002 but has decided to follow the likes of James 'Cha' Fitzpatrick and Eddie Brennan in stepping down from the inter-county scene.
"I leave with no regrets," Ryan told the Kilkenny People. "I arrived with nothing but hope, and I left with a pocketful of medals. I was blessed to be part of Kilkenny hurling during a golden era."
Ryan will be most remembered for a man of the match display against Tipperary in 2009 when his string of stunning saves helped the Cats to a 2-22 to 0-23 triumph.
Reflecting on that day, Ryan said: "I worked especially hard during the weeks leading up to that final.
"I spent so much time working in the hurling field in Johnstown and in the ball alley with my father that he was nearly ready to make a return to hurling."
It is believed that the 34-year-old Ryan will continue to turn out for his club side Fenians.


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text: Dr Mustafa Draper BA (Bristol UWE), PGCE, MA PhD (Birmingham) Department of Theology and Religion Lecturer in Islam and Contemporary Religion Contact details Telephone+44 (0)121 41 email@example.com AddressUniversity of Birmingham Edgbaston Birmingham B15 2TT UK I am a Lecturer in Islam and Contemporary Religion in the Department of Theology and Religion. My primary research and teaching interests are in Contemporary Sufism, New Age and Western Esotericisms, and CyberReligion. Qualifications BA (Hons) in Humanities (Bristol UWE) MA in Theology (Islam) (Bham) PGCE Secondary RE (Bham) PhD (Bham) Biography Youth and community worker and teacher in Birmingham Research Assistant on British Muslims Monthly Survery media project Principal Researcher: ESRC funded research project on Transnational Sufism Research Fellow and Teaching Fellow Lecturer in Islam and Contemporary Religion. Teaching Undergraduate Sufism: Belief and Practice (Year 2) Buddhism (Year 2) New Age and Alternative Spiritualities (Year 3) Contemporary Sufi Movements (Year 3) Postgraduate Contemporary Sufism Postgraduate supervision Contemporary Sufism New Age and Western Esotericisms CyberReligion Research I am currently researching in the following areas: Contemporary Sufism: charisma and healing Exorcism and magic in Muslim communities in Britain Other activities Admissions Tutor for Theology and Religion Programme Leader for MRes in Religion and Culture


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September 12, 2008 — (Bronx, NY) — Dr. Markus Bitzer of Albert Einstein College of Medicine has been named a grant recipient in the 2008 NephCure Foundation Research Scientific Grant Program. His Young Investigator Grant will provide $100,000 each year for three years. The focus of Dr. Bitzer's research is to discover how kidney failure develops and whether this disease process can be slowed down, halted or possibly reversed.
The award to Dr. Bitzer, who is assistant professor of medicine and of developmental & molecular biology at Einstein, is a part of $1.6 million program supporting basic research into the causes and treatments for two types of kidney disease — focal segmental glomerulosclerosis (FSGS) and nephrotic syndrome.
Nephrotic syndrome and FSGS damage the tiny filtering units (glomeruli) in the kidney, causing protein needed by the body to be discarded into the urine. Over time, these conditions can result in kidney failure and the need for dialysis or kidney transplant. The causes for most forms of nephrotic syndrome and FSGS remain unknown and there is no cure. The condition accounts for about one of every eight cases of end-stage renal disease.
Dr. Bitzer earned his bachelor's and medical degrees at Friedrich Alexander University, in Erlangen, Germany. He came to Einstein in 1998 for a postdoctoral fellowship in molecular biology and genetics, funded by the German Research Council and the National Kidney Foundation of Greater New York. He joined the Einstein-Montefiore Medical Scientist Research Training Program in 2001 and stayed on as a principal investigator in Einstein's Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, starting his own research project in July 2006. Dr. Bitzer resides in Pelham, New York.
NIH Funds Research to Detect Tuberculosis Progression in People with HIV
Einstein-Montefiore and CUNY Research Team Receives $9.4 Million to Lead Study of HIV/AIDS Care in Central Africa
Montefiore Einstein Physician-Researcher Awarded $4.2 Million National Institutes of Health Grant to Advance Asthma Care
Montefiore, Einstein and Columbia Awarded $3 Million for HIV Prevention
Home-Based Intervention Aims to Curb Childhood Tooth Decay and Obesity in the Bronx
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Opera: Il Trovatore (The Troubadour) Composer: Giuseppe Verdi Premiere: Rome, 1853. Publication series: "Scraps From The Operas Arranged For Two Guitars By Justin Holland" Number: 16 of 20 Published: 1868 Scrap: Andantino. You need to know that Manrico, the "troubadour", believes the old gypsy Azucena is his mother. In fact, in her panic she had thrown her own son on the pyre her mother was burned on, and then kidnapped the old Count's son and raised him as her own. This makes Manrico and his enemy, the young Count di Luna, brothers. In Act 4 of 4, Azucena has finally been captured by Count di Luna. So has Manrico. Azucena has visions of her mother being burned at the stake. She's certain the same fate is in store for her. The opening chords of this scrap accompany Azucena's plea to Manrico to wake her if he sees "the horrid glare of the stake." Manrico tells her (0:16) to find some peace in sleep. In the duet (0:37) "Ai nostri monti ritorneremo" ("Home to our mountains"), Azucena, half asleep, imagines the peaceful life of old they will have when they return to their mountains. Later, as the quarrel between Manrico and Leonora over the deal she cut with di Luna to secure Manrico's freedom reaches a peak, Azucena in her semi-delirious state quietly breaks in with her peaceful "Home to our mountains" vision again - a goose-bumpy scene if ever there was one. In case you're curious, Count di Luna will get nothing from Leonora; she's already near death from the poison she took. Di Luna will order Manrico beheaded. And a moment later Azucena will have the satisfaction of informing di Luna he just killed his brother. *** Justin Holland (1819-1887) was a 19th-century black American guitarist. He was the most important guitarist of his generation. Over 300 of his guitar arrangements were published. His earlier editions predate the Civil War. He would have been a household name to anyone who played guitar in that era of home music-making. Moreover, Justin Holland devoted much of his life to working for the end of slavery and the advancement of his race. He participated in the operation of the Underground Railroad in Cleveland. He secured recognition of African-American Freemasons by white Freemasons in Europe. He joined other African-American leaders in local, state, and national Negro Conventions. Guitar Primo (left) - Bob Wysong Guitar Secondo (right) - Donald Sauter Recorded: ca 2008 Credit: Sheet music from the Vahdah Olcott-Bickford collection (IGRA) - only one of the Scraps From The Operas series I couldn't find at the Library of Congress. Other stills from old copies of "The Victrola Book of the Opera" (5th through 10th editions, copyright 1919-1929.) Feel free to download mp3s of the "opera scraps" at: http://www.donaldsauter.com/justin-holland-guitar.htm#p3 More keywords: italo campanini louise homer riccardo martin giovanni martinelli aureliano pertile leo slezak alan turner nicola zerola


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This is a discussion on Binary packages 3rd party for sparc (pkgsrc) - SUN ; I am not quite sure if this is the right group to point to a package management system. When I started to use Solaris at version 2.5 the problem was to get 3rd party software for it. Usually you have ...
I am not quite sure if this is the right group to point to a package
management system. When I started to use Solaris at version 2.5 the
problem was to get 3rd party software for it. Usually you have to
compile things manually and you are about to become a maintainer for
all the 3rd party software on your machines. Sites like
sunfreeware.com tried to help and got things working.
I really would like to introduce you to an old and stable package
management system called pkgsrc. pkgsrc is the package management
system for NetBSD and DragonFlyBSD, however it was ported to Solaris
in 1999. pkgsrc itself consists of dozens of directories with
makefiles and is used to download the sources, cares for the
dependencies, builds everything and installs it. The compiled software
can be stored as pkgsrc packages which can be installed later without
recompiling. The dependencies aren't lost, of course. What I really
like about this system is the idea of maintained packages, monitored
by a large group of people - not as a small initiative.
If you are curious about it, just look at a webpage I made for further
explanation and how to get things started:
There are about 3000 binary packages ready for installation - so just
try it out. The packages were compiled on Solaris 9 sparc but should
work for 8/10, too. There is documentation about it and it just takes
you a few minutes to get started.
Please note: I am not a member of the NetBSD Team - this is just a
private initiative to build a trustworthy system of 3rd party
applications. If you like to try it out - feel free to do, if you
would like to help me, get in contact with me - you'll find the data
on the webpage or contact me in the forum. Just don't blame me for any
damage that may have caused to your system, I am using the packages on
15 production related Solaris 9 servers with success, however I
haven't tested all 3000 packages of them. I need your help and your
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A house fire causes hundreds of thousands of dollars in damage and leaves a family without a place to call home.
Home owner Misty Sartain fell to her knees and cried upon seeing her burned home Saturday afternoon.
The Grand Junction Fire Department responded to the call just before three o'clock. Home owner Brady Sartain was home at the time of the fire. He escaped the home but fire crews treated him on scene for minor smoke inhalation.
The Sartain's grandmother, Janet Forsgren, lives next door and says at first it looked like steam coming from the house.
Fire crews are still investigation the cause of the fire nobody was seriously injured during the fire. The American Red Cross has been called to assist the Sartain family. Damage to the home is estimated at $250,000 and the home is considered a total loss.


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Nick Clegg 'Optimistc' About Deporting Abu Qatada
Thursday 25th April 2013
Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has told LBC 97.3 he is now feeling 'optimistic' about the chances of deporting Abu Qatada.
Home Secretary Theresa May has struck a new deal with Jordon designed to address issues that were preventing the radical cleric from being returned to the country, where he is wanted on terror charges.
It is hoped that the new agreement wil reassure the courts that torture evidence will not be used against him.
Speaking on his weekly LBC 97.3 show Call Clegg Mr Clegg praised Theresa May for her work.
"It is so infuriating. It makes you want to pull your hair out in frustration to see this guy constantly play this along in the courts and not be deported.
"We want to see him deported, I want to see him deported. Theresa May has done actually a fantastically good job in making sure we can deport him."
However, despite reports this morning, Mr Clegg denied he has been approached about proposals for withdrawing from the ECHR in order to bypass the human rights laws that are keeping Abu Qatada here.
"I have no idea even in theory whether jumping in and out of the ECHR would make the blindest bit of difference... no one has made that case, no-one has made that proposal," he said, refusing to be drawn on the subject.
"I'm not going to be hypothetical about something which hasn't been put to me and hasn't even been demonstrated it might actually help get rid of him.
He went on to add the human rights are there to protect us all and it is in no-one's interest to "brush them aside."
However he is hopeful the new measures will render that argument unnecessary.
"I am for the first time in a long time quietly a little but more optimistic than I have been that we will eventually get rid of this guy," he said.
"It's not going to happen next Tuesday. No doubt there will be some further legal steps. But I think what Theresa May and her team has done has really, really helped increase the chance of getting him out of the country."


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In order of their respective seeds, the teams are as follows: No. 1 Notre Dame, No. 2 Jackson, No. 3 Sikeston, No. 4 Charleston, No. 5 New Madrid County Central and No. 6 Poplar Bluff. Cape Central and Caruthersville will battle for the No. 7 seed, and Kennett and Dexter will play each other for the No. 8 seed.
"I think it will be a great tournament," Sikeston head coach Gregg Holifield said. "There are a lot of good teams in it. I think there are going to be so many good teams in it-- I think it can go either way."
Kennett and Dexter will kick things off Monday evening at 5:30 p.m. in the eight-seed game, followed by Caruthersville and Cape Central at 7 p.m. in the seven-seed play-in game.
"We open up with Kennett," Dexter head coach Rob Nichols said. "(We) don't really expect anything in terms of wins and losses. We just want to go out and try to get a win against Kennett and see if we can get into the tournament."
Dexter is coming off of a 12-15 record in the 2006-2007 season, and a loss to Notre Dame in the Class 4, District 1 tournament. Notre Dame went on to defeat Sikeston in the district championship on a buzzer-beater, but took third in the conference tournament in 2006, defeating Jackson.
Nichols said that his goal for his young team is to instill a sense of pride before season's end.
"(We want) to try to earn a little bit of respect," Nichols said. "We've lost some respect over the past few years. That's what we try to preach to these kids, is to have pride in what they're doing and to try to earn a little respect back in that area."
The final game on Monday night will feature NMCC and Charleston, the defending conference tournament champions as well as the Class 3 state champions. The game is scheduled for 8:30 p.m.
"We get NMCC first," Charleston head coach Danny Farmer said. "We want to try to surprise somebody (this season). That would make our season, to sneak up on somebody. That's what our goal is."
Farmer has the same thoughts as Nichols, saying that there are three favorites in the tournament, Jackson, Notre Dame and Sikeston.
"Those three are the favorites," Farmer said. "Especially Jackson and Notre Dame, having their whole team back (from last year). They were tough last year--we had a lot of trouble with them."
Beginning Tuesday evening, Notre Dame will take on the winner of the Kennett vs. Dexter game at 5:30 p.m. Following the first game, will be Jackson going up against the winner of the Cape Central vs. Caruthersville game. The second game is scheduled to begin at 7 p.m.
Sikeston and Poplar Bluff will bring things to a close on Tuesday night, as they square off at 8:30 p.m.
"We play Poplar Bluff, and they're a much improved team," Holifield said. "I know they are going to be a tough opponent right off the bat."
Holifield said that the tournament last year was an outstanding success, taking place of the Sikeston Invitational that ran for 34 years.
"It's such a great atmosphere, and it's centrally located," Holifield said. "I think it's a great situation and I don't think you can beat the atmosphere we had last year, especially on championship night."
"I think it's one of the top tournaments in the state," he added. "Every year we have state titles or final four teams out of the SEMO Conference, and I think getting these teams together is a great idea."
The tournament will proceed after Tuesday night, to Wednesday in the consolation round, and then on to Thursday evening, where all of the winners will be playing their respective opponents.
The fifth-place game is set for Friday night at 6:30 p.m., followed by the third-place game which will be in action at 7 p.m.
All 10 teams will be shooting for the championship game, which will be played at 8:30 p.m. Friday night.


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The Club Kid Grows Up at Jeremy Scott
The pre-show buzz at Jeremy Scott's shows always ring with anticipation and people-watching. Will Kanye West show up again? Is that Vanessa Hudgens? Who is the person dressed head-to-toe in red with matching hat, earrings and glasses?
With just three minutes before show time, security guards start shooing photographers and looky-loos to their seats. At the last possible moment, pop stars Keri Hilson and Kanye West enter, leaving no time for photos or interviews. Photographers scramble, then scatter to perch across the runway for shots.
The show starts.
The collection is a riot of '90s-era club kid pastiche, from pink neon furry skirts to Manic-Panic-style streaked rainbow hair to shirts featuring reworked logos. The references were not lost on us, given that we used to dress like that in the 90s, as we told designer Jeremy Scott after the show.
"That's what I was thinking about," he said. "What I was wanting to wear, what I was dressing up in, and the fun I was having. I was just trying to recapture that."
"You're always looking at it with the eyes you have today, no matter what," Scott said of designing something based on nostalgia. "It's like when you see an old film and it's the '60s doing the 1860s, it looks like '60s. You can't even escape it."
"Nothing I designed was a duplication of anything exactly," he added. "It was a like a waft of air."
R&B star Keri Hilson, decked out in a Jeremy Scott skeleton leather jacket from his last collection, loved what she saw. "I think I need a cape or two in my life," she joked after the show.
She added that, as a performer, she likes coming to fashion shows to admire the production values. "Some keep it simple. Some like to keep it more avant-garde," she said. "It's very inspiring."


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Gennady Golovkin TKO 10 Matthew Macklin: Though I think very highly of Gennady Golovkin, I'm not yet 100 percent sold on the emerging star. Saturday's fight with middleweight Matthew Macklin should help us figure out where he really stands.
Golovkin has an impressive run of stoppage wins, but all but one of them have come against career 154-pounders. Macklin is a true middleweight, having been at the weight until 2007, following a defeat against fellow Brit Jamie Moore.
I expect Golovkin to have a tad bit of trouble with Macklin early on, but eventually stop him in the later rounds. Macklin took quite a beating at the hands of Sergio Martinez last March and has fought one round in the fifteen months since.
Still, he serves as Golovkin's first true test at the 160 pound limit and will be a good litmus test to compare to middleweight king Martinez. Golovkin via TKO 10.
Record: 3-0 [Froch KO Kessler]
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Gennady Golovkin KO Matthew Macklin: I may be one of the last people to get on the Gennady Golovkin bandwagon. To me, he seems like a very beatable power puncher.
But is Matthew Macklin the guy to do it? I doubt it. I expect a very similar fight to Macklin versus Sergio Martinez with Macklin again the loser via late stoppage.
Record: 7-5 [Froch UD 12 Kessler]
Chris Robinson, Hustleboss.com/BoxingScene.com
Gennady Golovkin TKO 9 Matthew Macklin: Just can't pick against Gennady Golovkin in this one. Matthew Macklin is very solid but his lack of movement will likely spell trouble against Golovkin, who is an accurate, deadly puncher.
Record: 8-3 [Froch W 12 Kessler]
Gennady Golovkin KO Matthew Macklin: Matthew Macklin is good, but he also is brave. His best work comes in close, and that's a bad place to be with Gennady Golovkin. There might be some turbulence, but this should end with a thud.
Record: 7-5 [Froch W 12 Kessler]
Michael Rosenthal, THE RING Magazine
Gennady Golovkin KO 7 Matthew Macklin: Matthew Macklin is a solid, tough boxer who would give anyone at least some trouble. This will probably look something like his fight against Sergio Martinez, though.
Gennady Golovkin, the much better all-around fighter, will break him down and knock him out. This time it will come sooner: Golovkin by seventh-round knockout.
Record: 7-5 [Froch W 12 Kessler]
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Gennady Golovkin KO 7 Matthew Macklin: Gennady Golovkin seems like a wrecking machine, while Matthew Macklin has turned into nothing more than a punching bag in two of his last three fights.
Can't see this going beyond five rounds. Gennady Golovkin simply has too much fire power for Macklin to withstand. Macklin will fight back, which will be make it interesting. But don't blink. One resounding Golovkin connect and it's all over.
Record: 9-3 [Froch W 12 Kessler]
John Scully, former trainer of RING and WBC lightheavyweight champion Chad Dawson
Gennady Golovkin KO Matthew Macklin: I am going with Gennady Golovkin by a later round stoppage in a good, competitive match with Mathew Macklin. GGG's power and accuracy will be too much by the end.
Record: 7-3 [Froch W 12 Kessler]
Gennady Golovkin TKO 10 Matthew Macklin: I think that Gennady Golovkin has sort of proven that he's got very heavy hands. Matthew Macklin is a very durable guy who stands up to a lot of punishment.
But I just don't think that Macklin's going to be able to stand up to Golovkin's punches through the course of the full fight. I'm thinking that it's going to be something like a late stoppage, maybe a ninth- or 10th-round TKO.
Record:1-0 [Mayweather W 12 Guerrero]
Gennady Golovkin TKO 10 Matthew Macklin: This is a very interesting and high-level fight in the middleweight division. Although he is considered the clear favorite, Gennady Golovkin has the toughest fight of his career ahead of him this weekend. Matthew Macklin is coming to win, and he has a decent shot to do so.
Golovkin has that rare combination of high skill and extreme power, and is one of the best boxer-punches in the sport. Macklin won't provide him with anything he hasn't seen. But the challenger is fairly skilled himself, and can crack a little bit.
I look for the fight to get to the last four rounds, with Golovkin clearly out-boxing Macklin. But the WBA champ is dangerous throughout, and I think he wears Macklin down and stops him in the last third of the fight. Golovkin TKO 10 Macklin.
Record: 2-0 [Matthysse TKO 8 Peterson]
Gennady Golovkin KO 7 Matthew Macklin: I have to go with Gennady Golovkin. He's a big puncher, and, obviously, he's got some of the heavier hands in the sport. He's a very patient fighter, and he doesn't get reckless, ever. He just takes a guy apart.
Matthew Macklin's a tough guy, and he's got a great chin. He did well against Sergio Martinez, but I don't see him doing that with Golovkin. I'll say Golovkin with a seventh-round KO.
Record: 6-5 [Froch TKO 10 Kessler]
Gennady Golovkin KO 9 Matthew Macklin: This is the biggest test to date for Gennady Golovkin, in Matthew Macklin he's in with a skilled, hard nosed guy who has solid Middleweight power.
However, if he is what we believe he is, he'll have too much for Macklin, it promises to be an all action fight that after a few rounds will likely really heat up.
Both guys like to go forward and by the mid rounds Golovkin's power will be taking it's toll on Macklin face and I suspect GGG will get the stoppage in around 9 rounds.
Both guys will come out of it with credit, Macklin for his bravery and Golovkin for further proving his ability with the march to Middleweight supremacy a step further along.
Record: 1-1 [Peterson W 12 Matthysse]
By the landslide margin of 19-0, with only one voter believing the fight will last the distance, the insiders see Gennady Golovkin perhaps scoring his 14th straight stoppage victory against Matthew Macklin in defense of his WBA middleweight belt.
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An aide for San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders has released a memo defending city staff's involvement in the late-night legislative deal that lifted a cap on redevelopment spending in downtown San Diego in October.
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Monday's memo to the City Council from Job Nelson, Sanders' director of intergovernmental relations, doesn't shed much light on who knew what when in the mayor's office. It essentially says the legislation, which took the council by surprise in early October and was subsequently signed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger despite some criticism from council members, saved the city time and money, points that had been made previously.
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The fight at the Citizens Bank Arena was not one of style but more of stamina, as the pair rumbled against the ropes over 12 rounds before Guerrero eventually broke the war of attrition.
The former featherweight and 130-pound titleholder won by decision with unanimous scores of 116-110 and marks Berto's second loss in three fights.
"I told Andre I was going to beat him down. I had to keep my word. I had to fight him on the inside and work his body," said Guerrero
"He didn't hurt me at all. He caught me with a few shots. He's a strong guy and he punched hard but I have a great chin."
Berto was seen as the puncher of the fight and was the heavier man, but it was Guerrero who scored the knockdowns, dropping his opponent to the canvas in both rounds one and two.
Four shots to the face floored the former welterweight world champion in the first round, before two left-hand hits had the same effect in the second and forced his right eye nearly shut.
Berto had his back to the ropes for the majority of the fight and let loose with some dangerous uppercuts, and won the sixth, eighth and ninth rounds on all three scorecards.
But it was his counterpart who dictated most of the action, smothering the Haitian-American and never letting him fully extend his power punches.
Guerrero threw 731 punches to Berto's 411.
The victory makes the 29-year-old a strong candidate to be Floyd Mayweather Jr's next opponent in the spring.
"Let's do this, Floyd," Guerrero said in the ring. "I got a victory against a great champion."
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My trick to use D7000: If you underexpose a shot, you may use Image Overlay (IO) to improve the brightness using the image overlay function on D7000. You may repeat the operation too. The downside is noise (similar to high ISO) effects will appear.Adjusting the gain will also improve the exposure, you may use NEF processing to adjust the exposure too.Also, you may also retain the White Balance (WB) setting on an image by using Image Overlay (IO), because NEF processing will disable WB tweak.
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#1. "RE: Image Overlay for underexposure" | In response to Reply # 0
Why would you want to do that? Could you give me a shooting situation that would benefit from doing that technique please?
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#2. "RE: Image Overlay for underexposure" | In response to Reply # 1
I agree with you Robin. This is certainly not a procedure you would use initially. It does work though but is a cumbersome way of lightening up your photo in camera when it's much easier to do in post processing software. Actually it's not the intended purpose of this technique. It's not an image overlay but a method of using the tool on a single photo. For me if I want to brighten up a photo in camera I would use the Quick Retouch option in the Retouch Menu. It's much easier. Len
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Seems like if you're checking the histogram with any frequency, you could do a reshoot at the time you take the initial frame and properly expose it.
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#4. "RE: Image Overlay for underexposure" | In response to Reply # 0
You mean copy the image first to create a duplicate, then overlay. Would not make sense to take a second photo to overlay since the camera may have shifted.Question is does that have any advantage over just changing the brightness on the computer.
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Until Alan posted this technique I never used any feature of the Retouch Menu in any of my cameras. So I tried it just to see what he was talking about. You actually don't have to copy the photo or overlay anything. First off you must have a raw file to use this feature. Then you can just increase the brightness of the photo and save it. You get the same photo brighter and the same file name except it's saved as a jpg. I don't see the advantage of doing this in camera versus post processing it on the computer unless you make prints directly from the camera or memory card. Len


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- The goal is to have 2 panels cut the same height and width that mirror each other, so in order to achieve this, I had to measure from the center of my fabric to find the width, so that my pattern repeat was equal on either side, and my pattern was centered.
- Once you have found the center of the fabric, cut out your panel so it will be the same width of your finished blind plus 2" ( 1/2" seam allowance on either side, plus an additional 1/2" on either side to wrap around the lining. There will be more about this step later.)
- Cut the length to whatever length you desire, just remember to add 1/2" at the top for seam allowance and about 1" at the bottom for a hem. I cut mine to be about 24" long.
- Cut your lining so that it is the same length as your panel, but 2" shorter in width as your panel.
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- Sew each side using a 1/2" seam allowance.
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- Turn the shade inside out again, and using your crisply pressed seam as a guide, pin the top edge together, keeping the 1/2" of wrapped fabric to either side at the back.
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- Clip the corners, press the seam open, then turn the shade right side out again and press to get a crisp clean line across the top.
- Stitch the bottom of the shade and the lining together using a zig zag stitch to prevent fraying.
- Press the seam up once, then once again to the desired length.
- I used Heat n Bond hemming tape, but which ever one you choose, read & follow the instructions!!
- Press tape under hem as per instructions.
- on a flat surface, figure out how you want your pleats to look by folding the fabric. Pin the pleats to hold in place when you are satisfied, and if you have a second shade, make sure the pleats are lined up so they match.
- Secure pleats by using more hemming tape! (I used Heat & Bond Ultra on the pleats for added strength. This is a 2 step process where you press the tape down in the desired position on the paper side. Then you peel the paper off and press the top of the fabric on the sticky side of the tape. Just make sure to follow the instructions on whichever tape you end up using.) I just placed the tape all the way along the top of the pleat on the back side of my shade.
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- Attach the hook side of the velcro to your mounted board using a staple gun. Put the blind in place, and voila! Professional looking faux roman shades. The best part about this mounting method is you can easily change out the blind anytime you like and can even convert it to a working blind in the future if you like!
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Late afternoon, Monday, May 23, 2011
A Severe Thunderstorm, with a possible tornado, swept across parts of northern Stewart County late Monday afternoon. Below is a map of the estimated track of this storm, using Doppler Radar data from Hopkinsville, KY. This storm showed strong rotation and at one point, in extreme northeastern Stewart County, wind velocities were estimated at 106.3 mph, 1405 ft above ground level. Based on radar data, the tornado moved swiftly across the area at forward speeds as high as 48 mph.
Damage reports from the Stewart County Emergency Management indicate injuries have occurred, along with extensive structural damage to homes and businesses and tree damage in Big Rock. At least 30 homes have reportedly been destroyed.
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Google's Intranet Search Engine
The familiar interface gives Google employees easy access to all kinds of data: contacts, shared bookmarks, refinements. Unfortunately, the design is kind of cluttered and the search takes a lot of time.
MOMA is the name of Google's intranet. An ex-Googler tells its story:
"MOMA was designed by and for engineers and for the first couple of years, its home page was devoid of any aesthetic enhancements that didn't serve to provide information essential to the operation of Google. It was dense and messy and full of numbers that were hard to parse for the uninitiated, but high in nutritional value for the data hungry. MOMA displayed latency times, popular search terms, traffic stats for Google-owned properties and, at the center of it all, a large graph with colored lines labeled with the names of Muppet characters. (...)
I came to take it for granted that any information I needed about Google could be found on the intranet, from the status of products in development to the number of employees at any point in the company's history. (...)
Google eventually clamped down on who had access the complete state of the business; ostensibly because such information needed to be restricted unless everyone was going to be registered as an insider and restricted from freely buying and selling the company's stock."
Here's another screenshot from a MOMA search for Googlers (credit: The Back Pack Zac Attak).
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I have this screenshot too : click here.ReplyDelete
18 seconds for search results is rediculous. That has to be some sort of mistake or weak/overloaded test system; not real world numbers. Google would never subject anyone to such latency. They love us all too much. And the search appliance does nothing but index and host searches. No one would ever wait 18 seconds for a search anyway. Google should change this screenshot. It could only serve to lower their sales numbers.ReplyDelete
I don't see the 18 seconds labelReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 22, 2011 at 12:40 PM
It's in the top right hand corner of the momma screen shot above.ReplyDelete
Is Moma still up as Google's Intranet? It looks great. This may serve as a format for people who plan to make a company Intranet. There are also useful tips in Simpplr's blog: http://www.simpplr.com/blogs/.ReplyDelete


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- Dec 5:
- Purdy: Kaepernick, Wilson a study in contrasts
- 49ers-Seahawks battle might come down to defense
- Seahawks CB Richard Sherman on Michael Crabtree, 49ers fans
- Colin Kaepernick, Russell Wilson playing at high level
- Joe Staley practices and could play Sunday against Seahawks
- 49ers preparing for Seahawks' cut-block tactics
SANTA CLARA -- Nearly a year after a debilitating injury, Justin Smith's left arm again is pushing offensive linemen back at top speed, creating the presence the 49ers will need Sunday to knock off the first-place Seattle Seahawks.
Smith showed his brute force last Sunday when he plowed left tackle Jake Long back into the pocket and grabbed ahold of Rams quarterback Kellen Clemens, resulting in a sack for NaVorro Bowman.
Just what does Smith call that pass-rush move?
"It's called, 'I-Wish-I-Had-Another-Move,' " Smith said laughing. "I wish I had a spin move or a speed move or something. It's all I've got at this point."
Smith used a similar move in manhandling Seahawks center Max Unger in the 49ers' 29-3 loss at Seattle.
"Justin is so strong and so physical," Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson said. "He's been doing it for a long time. He's a smart football player. You can tell his intelligence out there and his physicality really shows up on every play."
Smith intimated that Sunday's strategy will be to clog passing lanes and keep hands up against the elusive Wilson. The Seahawks (11-1) can lock up the NFC West and dethrone the 49ers (8-4) with a win Sunday at Candlestick.
While Smith's surgically repaired triceps feels "pretty good," he's battled a shoulder issue most of the season, which he typically rests on Wednesdays' padded practices.
"He's playing with a lot of strength," coach Jim Harbaugh said. "He's one of those guys, a rare, that if it was bothering him, if he had less strength you'd never know it or he wouldn't say anything about it. He's a great warrior with amazing perseverance."
Perseverance is key when it comes to chasing after the Seahawks' Wilson.
Smith praised Wilson for not forcing passes, not making dumb plays and for being an all-around solid quarterback.
"He's not just one dimensional, where he just runs it and just chuck it a little bit," Smith said. "He can throw the ball with great accuracy. He knows the route trees really well. If his options aren't there, he knows where to go with it. It's an all-around challenge. He's one of the bigger reasons he's sitting where they are."
Another reason is Marshawn Lynch, who Smith says he loves playing against since Lynch seeks out contact rather than run out of bounds.
In Seattle's 29-3 win over the 49ers, Lynch accounted for two rushing touchdowns, one receiving and 98 rushing yards. He ran for 107, 111 and 103 yards in the previous three matchups with the 49ers.
"He's a relentless, tough, mean, here-we-come running back," Smith said. "That's what we like. I love playing against him. That's the way football is supposed to be."
Seahawks coach Pete Carroll returned the compliment to Smith: "He's always bringing it and helps others get there in famous fashion. He's a throwback, old-school, hard-nosed guy. We have great respect for him."
Smith's pressure directly led to sacks by Ray McDonald and Bowman in last Sunday's 23-13 win over the St. Louis Rams. It was Smith's pocket awareness that resulted in two other sacks the previous game, when he stopped Robert Griffin III's scrambles in a 27-6 victory.
Smith partially tore the triceps in his left arm last Dec. 16 at New England, forcing him to miss the final two regular-season game before returning for the playoffs.
In the days leading up to Super Bowl XLVII, Smith said of his injury: "It's not like I had the flu or something like that and I couldn't play the game. I knew I was hurt. I couldn't do anything with it. I couldn't do a pushup so I sure as hell wasn't going to get out on the field and start getting mollywhopped."
A year later, he's on the field flashing the form that's annually earned him Pro Bowl invitations since 2009.
For more on the 49ers, see Cam Inman's Hot Read blog at blogs.mercurynews.com/49ers. Follow him on Twitter at twitter.com/CamInman.


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Photodynamic therapy blocks spread of cancer
Helsinki – Using laser light to destroy tumour cells lodged in lymphatic vessels can halt the spread of cancer, Finnish researchers headed by Tuomas Tammela have demonstrated. Their approach to destroy the tumour cells, which use the tumour-associated vessels as a kind of motorway to spread around the whole body, with help of photodynamic therapy (Science Translational Medicine, DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.3001699), opens the door to fight the formation of metastases, which cause 90% of cancer deaths. To test their hypothesis that destruction of tumour-cells on their journey to the lymph nodes can reduce recurrence of cancer after removal of primary tumours the Finnish researchers made use of the light-activated cytotoxic pro-drug verteporfin, which is already marketed by Swiss Novartis AG to eliminate abnormal blood vessels that form in the course of wet macular degeneration. In mice, in which the researcher had induced the formatation of a primary tumor, treatment with the pro-drug and its subsequent activation through an infrared laser reduced the rate of cancer relapse from 65 percent to 10 percent. In a pig model, Tammela et al. showed that the drug acts as a blocker of lymphangiogenesis, the formation of new tumour associated lymphatic vessels. Pig's lymphatic vessels became fragmented and clogged after treatment with the drug, hinting that photodynamic therapy may be able to destroy lymphatic vessels and also eradicate intralymphatic tumor cells nestled deep within tissues of human cancer patients. Up to now, treatment practice has not paid too much attention to residual tumour cells in metastatic transit inside the lymphatic vessels. The new findings may chance that.


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Keenan Allen all smiles about knee
Keenan Allen's left knee was a bother.
It forced him to miss his final three games in 2012, sidelined him at the NFL Combine, slowed him on his pro day, and, somewhere along the way, could have contributed to his fall in the draft.
On Friday, it was all behind him.
The Chargers wide receiver ran every drill in a morning practice at rookie minicamp, and he reported no worse for the wear. The participation comes after suffering a torn posterior cruciate ligament in October.
"It's just getting back into the flow, making sure everything's comfortable and my range of motion and everything is good," said Allen, a third-round draft pick last month. "That's basically what I'm looking at right now, and everything today felt great. ... No setbacks and no pain."


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Older adults are more likely to stay healthy, live on their own, and incur fewer health care expenses if they follow healthy behaviors, stay engaged with family and friends, and take steps to prevent chronic diseases1. To help today's 55+ age group be proactive in maintaining good health, Doctors Hospital at White Rock Lake is offering a free monthly lecture series so baby boomers can share memories of bell bottoms, tie-dye shirts and transistor radios with their grandchildren for many years to come.
The free, informative classes will be held in the hospital's West Tower at 9330 Poppy Drive, Suite 206. A light continental breakfast will be served at no charge. Registration is required and space is limited. Call 866-571-5633 today to make a reservation.
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Dear Friends,
I have received this email from a Journalist friend in the British Guardian. Please write an article on this subject and ask people to contact me on my Email, who wish to be interview.
I'm looking to interview someone of Somali origin who was born in Britain -- but who has now migrated from the UK back to Somaliland. The move needs to be the result of a positive 'roots' decision (as opposed to eg, accompanying a spouse who happens to be posted to the 'homeland' by his/her company). This person would be currently living in Somaliland, and would hopefully still have one or two usable family portraits we could print – either paintings or photographs. Any additional old pictures or drawings they have of the house or village or town which their ancestors left behind to come to the UK would also be excellent. We would also need to take a picture of the person I interview for the article.
All I would need would be 30 minutes on the phone to discuss their family story. Why did their ancestors come to Britain? How did they find it? Why did they go back, and what is it like?
The interview would appear in the Guardian as part of a special issue about people returning to their ancestors' homeland.
We need to highlight the positive contributions made by our people her and in Somaliland.
For Further information contact:-
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Saxo adds model portfolios to platform
Karsten Henriksen, head of modern wealth management for the UK market, said investors would be able to determine their risk profile using a tool called Ideator, and would then have a model portfolio created by Morningstar Investment Consultants to match the findings.
The portfolios can be accessed through Isa and self invested personal pension accounts that are provided by European Pensions Management, as well as through general investment accounts on the MWM platform.
Mr Henriksen said: "We are excited to offer our clients diversified model portfolios with funds and ETFs as an extra service free of charge.
"This is pure added value for clients who find it a challenge to build portfolios from scratch, and are faced with a choice of more than 3000 funds, unit trusts and ETFs to choose from."
"To ensure the portfolios are unbiased we have appointed Morningstar Investment Consultants as our advisors. As per our mantra - Your Wealth. Your Way - investors can either invest in the portfolios as they are or use them as a starting point and adjust them to fit their individual needs.
"This is another important step to meeting our clients' needs by providing simple, easy to use tools and transparent fees and guidance for those who want to take charge of their own investments."
The MWM platform was launched in the UK in March 2012 by Danish-owned Saxo Bank.


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The brain appears to possess a special area which we might call poetic memory and which records everything that charms or touches us, that makes our lives beautiful. From the time he met Tereza, no woman had the right to leave the slightest impression on that part of his brain. (5.12.6)
So Tomas is faithful, in an important way, to Tereza. It's just that his brand of fidelity is an unusual one.


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Jury Decides Simpson Must Pay $25 Million in Punitive Award
By B. DRUMMOND AYRES Jr.
Published: February 11, 1997
SANTA MONICA, Calif., Feb. 10— Writing one of the final chapters in O. J. Simpson's long legal case, a civil court jury here ordered him today to pay a financially debilitating $25 million in punitive damages to the families of Nicole Brown Simpson and Ronald L. Goldman.
The huge award constituted still another pointed contradiction of the much-disputed 1995 criminal court verdict that found Mr. Simpson not guilty of the double slaying that has gripped the nation with its uncomfortable questions about murder, wife battering, racism, celebrity and the quality of American justice.
The same jury had awarded the Goldman family 8.5 million in compensatory damages last week.
Mr. Simpson does not now have $33.5 million and likely never will. So it is but a guess how much less the plaintiffs' families will get, once the appeals and future court hearings are completed and Mr. Simpson's time in court, already pushing three years, comes to an end.
The surviving family members were overjoyed after hearing today's decision, but they insisted that the awards, while more than welcome, were not the big issue in their civil action. Rather, they explained, they were looking for closure -- ''justice,'' some called it -- to the worst thing that had ever happened to them.
''The jury decision of last Tuesday was the only decision important to us, to find the killer of my son and Nicole responsible,'' said Mr. Goldman's father, Fred. ''The money is not an issue. It never has been. It's holding the man who killed my son and Nicole responsible.''
Speaking for the Brown family, its lawyer, John Q. Kelly, said the issue was never money because that would have required putting a price tag on murder. ''And that's something you can't do,'' Mr. Kelly said.
Before the jury could make either a compensatory or punitive award, it first was required to determine whether Mr. Simpson was the killer.
Mr. Simpson, whose appeals will face both legal and financial hurdles, was not in court to hear today's verdict, which was permissible because the case was a civil action. And neither he nor his lawyers made a statement afterward.
The jurors who chose to talk after leaving the courtroom -- the court identified them only by number -- generally said the plaintiffs had more than made their case. That was the precise opposite of what jurors on the criminal court panel had said in their out-of-court discussions of their deliberations.
''Finding O. J. Simpson liable of the murders and acting with oppression and malice was one of the easiest decisions I have ever had to make,'' said Juror No. 11, a woman in her 30's.
Juror No. 266, a woman in her 40's later identified as Deena Mullen, said her decision was based on everything she heard in court, especially the evidence that by now has become part of the nation's legal lore: the bloody-soled shoes, the incidents of wife-beating, the bloody gloves, the sweat-suited figure in the dark, Mr. Simpson's taking the stand. ''He was not credible,'' she said.
Both juries heard basically the same case, with much emphasis placed on blood evidence by both sides. But there were some important differences.
The criminal case was tried by a predominantly black jury, and conviction required a finding that Mr. Simpson committed the June 12, 1994, slayings beyond any reasonable doubt. The civil case was tried before a predominantly white jury, and a verdict required only 9 of 12 votes, with the basic legal standard being that in all probability Mr. Simpson committed the slayings.
In the criminal case, the defense made much of allegations that police investigators were racists out to get a black American sports and entertainment celebrity. In the civil case, the jury heard little about racism because the court ruled that such allegations were inflammatory and speculative.
Further, the civil jury saw some new evidence, including pictures of Mr. Simpson wearing shoes like those that left bloody prints at the slaying scene outside Mrs. Simpson's condominium.
Finally, in the criminal case, Mr. Simpson did not take the stand, again his option. But in the civil case, Mr. Simpson was called to testify, the plaintiffs' option, and he gave what was generally considered a mixed performance.
Because of the complicated manner in which the civil suit was filed, the $8.5 million award was granted only to the divorced parents of Mr. Goldman, Sharon Rufo and Fred Goldman. The second award will be shared by Fred Goldman and the parents of Mrs. Simpson, Louis and Juditha Brown, who filed suit on behalf of the Simpson children, Sydney, 11, and Justin, 8, the ultimate recipients of that share of the money.
Both awards are expected to be appealed. They are subject to review and, in the case of the second award, very possibly reduction by Superior Court Judge Hiroshi Fujisaki, who presided over the four-month-long proceedings.
Under California law, punitive damages are supposed to factor in the reprehensibility of the crime but also should bear some resemblance to the defendant's worth.
Thus, there is the question of whether Mr. Simpson, whose once-great wealth of $10 million or so has been sharply whittled by his many legal fees, is worth anywhere close to $33.5 million.


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Is there something a person could install on your computer that would record your keystrokes and they access it from a different location?
Long story short, I let the boyfriend of one of my friends work on my computer back in the spring - it was running slow and certain programs took forever to open. He removed some programs and installed something called Piriform CCleaner, which I as far as I can tell cleans up my computer when I run it every two weeks.
At a later time he asked me out of the blue, with no reason, whether he "had me down" as using Internet Explorer or Firefox (whatever that other browser name is). I answered IE but when I asked him why he wanted to know he wouldn't give me a response - which has concerned me still to this day, what did he need that information for?
I've now had two situations where I am left questioning whether he has accessed information I put in facebook email and yahoo email to two different friends.
So far I've changed the passwords to both of those accounts, and looked under my control panel to see if there are any programs that look odd to me, but I didn't notice any.
I'm still paranoid though, is it possible that he could have installed something on my computer that is logging my keystrokes, and therefore would know what I changed my passwords to?? If so, any suggestions of what I should look for and where I should look for it on my computer would be greatly appreciated!!


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If you're ever wondering whether you're a social media influencer, well, here's what Philippine Blogging Authority, Janette Toral, has to say. Watch and listen, peeps. This is some awesome shiznit right here:
So, in a nutshell, if you're on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn and other social networks, I have good news – YOU ARE A SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCER, buddy!
Why is that the case? Well, here's a little preview why:
(I'll be coming up with a more comprehensive discussion on the 3 Rs of social media, peeps. It's going to be a Freemium so stay tuned! Special thanks to Fleire Castro for inspiring me with the 3R concept!)
But hey, that said, being an influencer entails a lot of responsibility – after all, social media is word of mouth on steroids. One major mistake and you can end up being persecuted in social media (cyber bullying and what-not) or worse – totally ignored by your target audience.
My takeaway from this is that I have to be a little more careful about the things I say or publish in social media. And that I should be open with whatever results I've been able to produce with my posts.
Sure, people will have their different beliefs and opinions on certain topics, but the thing is that whether they agree with you or not, they're there to react to your posts.
They took the time and effort to actually respond to you. And if you're able to do that, you're awesome!


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If anything, CCR's third album Green River represents the full flower of their classic sound initially essayed on its predecessor, Bayou Country. One of the differences between the two albums is that Green River is tighter, with none of the five-minute-plus jams that filled out both their debut and Bayou Country, but the true key to its success is a peak in John Fogerty's creativity. Although CCR had at least one cover on each album, they relied on Fogerty to crank out new material every month. He was writing so frequently that the craft became second-nature and he laid his emotions and fears bare, perhaps unintentionally. Perhaps that's why Green River has fear, anger, dread, and weariness creeping on the edges of gleeful music. This was a band that played rock roll so joyously that they masked the, well, "sinister" undercurrents in Fogerty's songs. "Bad Moon Rising" has the famous line "Hope you've got your things togetherHope you're quite prepared to die," but that was only the most obvious indication of Fogerty's gloom. Consider all the other dark touches: the "Sinister purpose knocking at your door"; the chaos of "Commotion"; the threat of death in "Tombstone Shadow"; you only return to the idyllic "Green River" once you get lost and realize the "world is smolderin'." Even the ballads have a strong melancholy undercurrent, highlighted by "Lodi," where Fogerty imagines himself stuck playing in dead-end towns for the rest of his life. Not the typical thoughts of a newly famous rock roller, but certainly an indication of Fogerty's inner tumult. For all its darkness, Green River is ultimately welcoming music, since the band rocks hard and bright and the melancholy feels comforting, not alienating. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi
Artist: Creedence Clearwater Revival
Software Format: CD
Pop Sub-Genre: Pop/Rock, Folk/Country Rock, Rock & Roll/Roots
Pop Musical Style: Rock & Roll, Country-Rock
Record label: FANTASY
- Subgenre: Rock & Roll/Roots, Folk/Country Rock, Pop/Rock
- Category Country-Rock, Rock & Roll
- Label: FANTASY
- Release Date: September 30, 2008
- Artist: Creedence Clearwater Revival
- Additional Artist: John Fogerty (Vocals)
1.StopGreen River 2.34
2.StopCommotion 2.44
3.StopTombstone Shadow 3.38
4.StopWrote a Song for Everyone 4.56
5.StopBad Moon Rising 2.21
6.StopLodi 3.13
7.StopCross-Tie Walker 3.18
8.StopSinister Purpose 3.21
9.StopThe Night Time Is the Right Time 3.09
10.StopBroken Spoke Shuffle [*] 2.39
11.StopGlory Be [*] 2.48
12.StopBad Moon Rising [Live][#][*] 2.07
13.StopGreen River/Susie Q [Live][#][*] 4.28
14.StopLodi [Live][#][*] 3.19
other Info.
- Online Item #: 11375871
- Store Item Number (DPCI): 244-01-3011
- Made in the USA or Imported