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This is a chance for a driven Senior Account Manager with T.V experience on an FMCG or drinks brand to work at one of the top UK agencies.. Although a large agency each team almost feels like an agency within. They are a top player in the integrated and Advertising arena. They are really pushing Digital and have a great Direct and shopper offering also. They have some of the top creative in London so you will get some award winning work out the door in 2013!
The agency is expanding due to the success of its campaigns and some large new business wins. Career progression and development is a top priority for them. This is a great opportunity to work on a global booze brand on a international basis. This agency could set your career for life! The team is really fun and has a great atmosphere.
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In a move that you'd expect only the Super Bowl crew of advertising agents would push forward, LG has created a spot for the LG G Flex with human lips. In a move that we've only otherwise seen Sony roll with on the Xperia Play, LG presents the LG G Flex as a device that's "the most human phone ever." We must assume that they mean the phone curves to the side of your face.
This spot begins with a Mexican singer playing a birthday song for Danny Boy, the character in the salmon button-up shirt. Afterward, the second character hands the first a present from himself and a photo of a person who couldn't be there for the celebration. From there it gets extra-strange.
Danny Boy opens the package and finds an LG G Flex box much like we've seen with the international release of the device. Inside though, there's no LG G Flex. Instead, Danny Boy finds his hand with a mouth on it. This hand begins to "ring", and he places it against his face.
The "phone call" is from the third character who is taking a vacation. This vacation is on a beach, which you can hear, and there's a crab. The crab reaches through the beard on Danny Boy's hand and pinches him.
This hand-phone has an ear on it as well, and Danny Boy feeds it a piece of cake, suggesting "you are with us, bro." The bearded hand-phone says "happy birthday again, Danny Boy, enjoy your new G Flex." And the world was heavily confused beyond measure.

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Aug. 16, 2006 - Drug-resistant staph is now the most common skin infection seen in city emergency rooms, a nationwide study finds.
And the drug resistant germ is no longer linked to just special risk groups, such as prisoners and athletes.
Known as community acquired MRSA -- methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus -- it's now truly out there in U.S. communities.
UCLA researchers Gregory J. Moran, MD, David Talan, MD, and colleagues, looked at 422 people who showed up in 11 city emergency rooms with skin or soft tissue infections in August 2004.
Despite the current prevalence of MRSA, more than half the patients -- 57% -- were initially treated with antibiotics that don't kill the bacteria.
"Doctors need to change what they've done for decades," Talan said in a news release. "Traditional antibiotics don't work against MRSA."
Fortunately, there are several antibiotics still effective against drug-resistant staph. And even without antibiotics, many people get better after having their boils or abscesses cut open and drained.
The study appears in the Aug. 17 issue of The New England Journal of Medicine.
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People with MRSA skin infections often think a spider has bitten them. That's because the infection often starts out as a painful red swelling, soon becoming a pus-leaking boil or abscess.
That pus is full of MRSA bugs. It's a very contagious infection.
It's easy to spread MRSA from one part of the body to another -- or from one person to another.
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The 11 cities studied were Albuquerque; Atlanta; Charlotte, N.C.; Kansas City, Mo.; Los Angeles; Minneapolis; New Orleans; New York; Philadelphia; Phoenix, Ariz.; and Portland, Ore.
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Most people would agree that maintaining a healthy relationship is hard work. From the ability to engage in effective conflict, to figuring out how to balance your work life with your home life, to crafting messages that skillfully reveal your deepest darkest secrets, trying to make your relationship succeed can be exhausting at times. But, have you ever stopped to consider all of the routine activities that you and your partner engage in that maintain your bond? You may not even realize when you're doing it, but many day-to-day occurrences have a significant impact of the status and stability of your romance. Along with many others, researchers like Guerrero and her colleagues (2001), Dainton and Stafford (1993), and Canary and Stafford (2001) have examined a wide variety of routine relationship maintenance behaviors. These routine strategies are defined as "behaviors that occur at a lower level of consciousness and are not intentionally used to maintain a relationship" (Hendrick, 2000, p. 295). Below is a list of five routine relationship maintenance behaviors that many individuals use to successfully keep their relationships going strong.
1. Engaging in Routine Talk
Talking and listening to each other about the day's ups and downs has been shown to have a significant impact on the positive emotions and feelings of closeness you share in your relationship (Hicks & Diamond, 2008). And this is not just limited to your end-of-day discussions. All of those other little chats through out the day count too. Whether you're telling your mate about the amazing time you had last night bowling with your friends or discussing dinner options, routine talk is beneficial to your relationship in more ways than one.
2. Sharing Activities
Just spending some time together by doing things with one another is a great way to maintain your romance and stay connected. Grabbing a bite to eat, going on vacation, or even watching a movie on the couch together all have the ability to strengthen your relationship (Aron et al., 2000).
3. Offering Assurances
Telling your partner how you feel about him or her and about your relationship can enhance the quality of your bond. Whether you're saying "I love you" or showing your partner that you're committed by telling him or her that you're "in it to win it," offering assurances is an excellent strategy to increase feelings of satisfaction, happiness, and liking (Stafford, 2003).
4. Being Positive
As explained by Dr. Steve McCornack, "THE most important "tactic" or "practice" for maintaining ongoing romantic involvements- and one that is more commonly overlooked- is POSITIVITY. One simply cannot overstate the significance of approaching interactions with partners with a positive frame of mind, and doing what you can to lift a partner's spirits on a daily basis through surprise gifts, notes, etc. Similarly, the damage wrought by complaining, insulting, sulking, and other forms of "negativity" is profound and poisonous."
5. Laughing
Incorporating a little humor into your daily routine is a wonderful addition to any relationship. Playful teasing, inside jokes, giving gag gifts, and even joking during conflict have all been shown to keep relationships going and maybe even help to repair some that may be heading south.
- Aron, A., Norman, C. C., Aron, E. N., McKenna, C., & Heyman, R. E. (2000). Couple's shared participation in novel and arousing activities and experienced relationship quality. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 78, 273-284.
- Guerrero, L. K., Anderson, P. A., & Afifi, W. A. (2001). Close encounters: Communicating in relationships. Mountain View, CA: Mayfield.
- Canary, D. J., and Stafford, L. (2001). "Equity in the Preservation of Personal Relationships." In J. Harvey and A. Wenzel (Eds.), Maintenance and the Enhancement of Close Relationships. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
- Hendrick, C., & Hendrick, S. (2000). Close relationships: A sourcebook. London: Sage.


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Only one third of small businesses in the New York region applied for credit in the first quarter, according to data released Thursday by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
The New York Fed's quarterly Small Business Borrowers Poll suggests small firms still face hurdles to getting credit, and many companies are foregoing new borrowing until their balance sheets improve.
According to the survey, most applicants sought $250,000 or less in credit and applied for working capital rather than investment financing.
More applicants sought new credit products rather than renewing existing credit lines, but renewals had greater success. Overall, bank products were harder to obtain than non-bank financing, the New York Fed found.
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The report also found two-thirds of all firms reported stable or increased sales in the first quarter, a higher rate than in 2010. But increased sales didn't translate into hiring, with 69% reporting no change in employment.
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Willie Nelson to open Greek Theatre season
Country legend Willie Nelson is set to kick off the 2014 Greek Theatre concert season.
The legendary singer-songwriter-guitarist, known for such immortal offerings as "Crazy," "Hello Walls," "Red Headed Stranger" and "Stardust," performs April 12.
The Texan will be joined at this show by two other critically acclaimed acts -- the Drive-By Truckers and Shovels and Rope. It's the only date on Nelson's spring-summer tour that will feature all three acts.
Tickets are $49.50 and are on sale at www.ticketmaster.com.
Nelson is supporting last year's popular "To All the Girls ...," an album that features the country legend in duets with such acclaimed female vocalists as Miranda Lambert, Carrie Underwood, Dolly Parton, Norah Jones, Loretta Lynn and Sheryl Crow.
Cell phone robbery suspect arrested
A man accused of trying to rob another man of his cell phone was arrested after trying to escape from a confrontation that resulted in the robbery, police said.
Police said 36-year-old Lavar Demark Brown attacked a man who was talking on his phone at the intersection of Bancroft Way and Telegraph Avenue around 9:10 a.m. Jan. 8. The male victim was walking toward Brown when he was attacked, police said, and earlier had walked past him during his conversation.
Brown also tried to take items from the victim's pockets, police said, but the victim broke free and ran to Sproul Hall on the UC Berkeley campus and contacted police. A UC police officer detained Brown blocks away from the robbery, and he was positively identified and arrested a short time later, police said.
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A free seminar on Successful Business Plans will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. Jan. 22 in the third floor Community Meeting Room of the the Central Library, 2090 Kittredge St. The session, offered by the Berkeley Public Library and the Alameda County Small-Business Development Center, "is a building block for any small business owner or entrepreneur looking for a simple way to understand how to write a business plan. It is a must for all kinds of businesses in all stages of development. Come prepared for hands-on exercises to help create an outline for your business plan."
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The San Francisco Shakespeare Festival touring company will give a free performance of of Shakespeare's "Julius Caesar" at 2 p.m. Jan. 26 in the third floor Community Meeting Room at the Central Library, 2090 Kittredge St.
"The 55-minute touring production presents a cast of five professional actors in costume, with set, props, and recorded music. The performance will be followed by a question and answer session with the cast." Details: 510-981-6241.
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IT support companies offer a range of services to firms that do not want to handle all IT issues in-house. They usually offer a range of packages designed to meet the needs of a diverse group of clients.
Many companies do not want to spend the time comparing minutiae regarding IT hardware, and would prefer to have someone else help them make the decision quickly and painlessly. This is especially true when IT is not a part of the core business.
Choosing a software suite that is both affordable and manageable across a company's entire value chain can quickly turn into a difficult logistics problem. IT support companies help choose the best bundle of software, find discounts for bulk licensing, and help to maintain the software through patches and updates.
Getting new employees onboard with standard company procedures is an ongoing problem, especially without a strong HR department. IT support companies can handle the IT side of employee training, making those transitions as seamless as possible.
Providing tech support is probably the most common support service, getting employees through minor difficulties without losing time or spending a fortune on full-time technicians.
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Issue No.06 - November/December (1992 vol.9)
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The approach taken by General Electric Aerospace to define the process it uses to develop and maintain software is outlined. It is shown that two major issues in process definition are deciding what information to include and what form of graphical representation to use. The lessons learned in developing and implementing this approach are discussed.

software development; software maintenance; General Electric Aerospace; process definition; graphical representation; software maintenance; software quality
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Asia Recovery on Summers News Likely Short-Lived
Asian bonds, stocks and currencies headed higher Monday after Lawrence Summers pulled out at the weekend of the contest to lead the U.S. Federal Reserve.
Investors said the market boost was caused by perceptions that Mr. Summers would have pulled the plug more quickly on the Fed's easy money policies than other contestants for the job.
A belief the Fed will soon begin scaling back its massive bond purchases has pushed U.S. rates higher since the summer, leading to an outflow of capital from emerging markets. Countries like India and Indonesia have been especially hurt by the outflows, pushing their currencies down and forcing authorities to tighten monetary policy to attract funds.
On Monday, there was some respite. Asian stocks moved higher with Indonesia's JSX and the Philippines PSE Composite both up 1.8% in early trading. Currencies and bonds in the region also moved higher. In Indonesia, a country that's been hard hit by the retrenchment of foreign capital, the government's 10-year rupiah bond yield was down 13.8 basis points to 8.21%, lower than a two-year high of 8.95% reached last week.
But some observers said the recovery in Asian assets is likely to be short-lived as economies in the region continue to grapple with large economic imbalances caused by massive foreign-capital inflows since 2009.
For one, the Fed is likely to wind down its extraordinary monetary policies whoever succeeds Chairman Ben Bernanke, amid signs the U.S. economy is recovering, said Tim Condon, a Singapore-based economist with ING Barings.
"I think this is very transitory," Mr. Condon said. "The Fed is not going to change its policy. The policy is to stop buying bonds when the unemployment rate gets to 6.5% and that probably means they're going to stop reducing purchases any time."
The Fed will hold its next policy meeting on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Other observers said Asian assets are likely to remain under pressure until governments in the region take bolder actions to rebalance their economies.
Many nations boomed on the back of capital inflows. But much of the money went to non-productive investments like real estate and consumption. Countries with large current account deficits – like Indonesia and India, where imports soared – have been punished by investors in recent months as funds flowed out.
"To the extent that interest rates won't rise as quickly as a result, it certainly provides some relief for Asian markets," said Frederic Neumann, co-head of Asian economic research at HSBC, of Mr. Summers's decision to bow out.
"So perhaps it's some short-term relief. But ultimately it's no longer about tapering, it is now really about structural reforms in Asia." He said both Malaysia and Thailand need to take action to bring down debt levels that have ballooned.
Indonesia has been among the most aggressive nations in tightening monetary policy in past weeks as its currency and stocks were pummeled. Bank Indonesia, the central bank, last week raised rates for the second time in two weeks as the rupiah continued to fall.
Eric Sugandi, an economist with Standard Chartered in Jakarta, said the bank's actions didn't look too hasty despite the fall in bond yields on Monday.
"I don't think BI is too early in raising rates as the move is needed to help ease pressure on (the rupiah) and restore market confidence," he said. "News on Larry Summers's withdrawal will only be temporarily affecting the market. It will be short-lived and may not have significant influence on BI's policy tightening policy."
Mr. Neumann agreed. "It's always important for central banks to act as aggressively as they can early on," he said. "Just because Summers withdrew his nomination, I don't think Asia is out of the woods yet. We may see rates rise further yet."
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The six hidden penises on the London Tube Map
Inspired by the 'hidden animals of the Underground' that some creative type drew over the Tube lines, we tried to find our own images in London Transport's classic map.
London is a veritable fountain of spouting cocks!
1. St John's Wood
2. The Mile End Bell-end
3. The Balham shaft
4. The Tooting horn
Here they all are together
What a majestic sight.
5. Here are some boobs and a willy
Notting Hill Gate and Tottenham Court Road shall forevermore be known as 'London's nipples'.
6. We also found the word "willy" – this can't be an accident
BONUS! There's also a "fuck Boris". Yay!
This is definitely a subliminal message by London Transport's disgruntled staff.
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Looking Out to the Next 75 Years
While Social Security is well financed for the next ten years, the OASDI trust fund
is predicted to eventually deplete. According to the Trustees, OASDI cost will increase at a faster rate than tax income over the next 75 years. From 2010 to 2030, the majority of the baby boom generation will retire, putting a strain on resources. By 2017, annual cost will exceed tax income. To cover these additional costs, special funds from the Treasury will be redeemed. By 2041, even these redemptions will be exhausted. Furthermore, the OASDI annual cost rate is predicted to increase from 11.20% of the taxable payroll in 2008 to 16.41% in 2030. By 2082, cost rate will increase to 17.50%, which is 4.20% more than the projected income rate. Individually, the Trustees also estimate that the DI trust fund will be exhausted by 2025 and the OASI trust fund will run out by 2042.
Addressing Potential Shortfalls
To address potential shortfalls in Social Security, both presidential candidates have recommended policies. Democratic candidate Barack Obama hopes to protect and strengthen Social Security by preventing privatization. He proposes a bi-partisan plan that will ask Americans earning over $250,000 to contribute additional payroll taxes to Social Security. This plan will be implemented ten years from now, to address Social Security's long-term solvency. Furthermore, Obama plans to strengthen retirement savings by eliminating income taxes for seniors making less than $50,000 and creating automatic workplace pensions for workers. Republican candidate John McCain believes that we should strengthen Social Security by supplementing it with personal accounts, and he believes that this can be accomplished without raising taxes. He also hopes to modernize Social Security by bringing choice and competition to entitlement programs.
Economists and think-tanks also propose solutions. The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think-tank, believes we must make changes immediately. Four million baby boomers turn 55 each year, placing a strain on the program. With more recipients and increasing costs, they propose three solutions. First, they advocate adjusting benefits based on income. Using "progressive indexing," which indexes initial benefit levels to price inflation, rather than wage growth, additional costs will be eliminated. Next, they believe that individuals should create personal accounts to supplement Social Security. Finally, they propose raising the retirement age by two months per year until it reaches 70, at which point the average life expectancy (or "retirement period") is 17 years.
Like the Heritage Foundation, other groups advocate increasing the retirement age. Last week, the American Academy of Actuaries issued a statement that proposed raising the early retirement age from 62 to 69. According to their statement, increasing the retirement age would equal a 14% average cut in retirement benefits. Many believe that this change is both unfair and ineffective. According to Bernard Wasow, of the liberal think-tank Century Foundation, increasing the retirement age will hurt low-income workers. Statistics show that poorer people die at an earlier age; thus, they will be affected disproportionately. Instead, Wasow believes that Social Security is not in crisis, and privatization plans will undermine guaranteed minimum retirement income and increase federal debt.
Challenging the Assumptions in Social Security Projections
Some challenge the assumptions of the Trustee's projections. For example, John Williams, who runs an online newsletter, believes that Social Security payments have been declining in real dollars. [See our article on Williams' analysis.] According to Williams, inflation is understated by as much as 7% each year, as Consumer Price Index (CPI) numbers are misreported. This flawed methodology reduces Social Security payments by 50%. Williams claims Social Security checks would be doubled if changes to CPI calculations had not been made. Furthermore, he believes understated rates of inflation affect GDP calculations. While CPI is not used to calculate GDP, there is a relationship between the two values. If calculations employ understated inflation rates, higher inflation-adjusted rate of GDP growth get reported. Thus, growth rates are misrepresented.
Similarly, Dean Parker, co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research, believes projections underestimate immigration. According to the US Census Bureau, immigration will rise from 1.3 million per year to more than 2 million by the middle of the century. Yet, the Trustee's projections assume immigration will decrease to a little over 1 million a year by the middle of the century. Ultimately, Parker believes increased immigration will improve Social Security's financial status. If Census reports are correct, around 30% of the projected Social Security shortfall would be eliminated due to immigration, he says.
Ultimately, the Trustees believe changes must be made to maintain Social Security's solvency. With informed discussion and timely legislation, they believe that Social Security can be preserved for future generations. Social Security is well funded and, with modest changes, we can insure ongoing solvency. However, these changes must be enacted sooner, rather than later.
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Bank of China Puts Further Strains on Currency Markets
Reports that the state-run Bank of China has suspended trading of currency swaps with some European banks should come as little surprise to close observers of the foreign exchange markets.
Less than a week ago the European Central Bank, the Federal Reserve and the Bank of Japan, among other global central banks, stepped in to help alleviate demand for U.S. dollars from European financial institutions. The problem apparently, is that many banks, and particularly those based outside of Europe, are busy reviewing their credit lines to those institutions caught up in the euro-zone's ongoing debt crisis, or to put in another way, some simply don't trust their potential counterparties.
"We shouldn't be too surprised this is happening, and anyone outside Europe would be concerned about what's going on with Greece and other countries, and this is jeopardizing credit lines and bunging up the plumbing in the currency market," said Gavin Friend, currency strategist at National Australia Bank.
A forex swap involves the exchange of currencies between two parties at a spot rate, and agreeing to reverse the transaction at a later date, based on the forward rate. The coordinated central bank dollar liquidity injection last week suggests some European banks can't get hold of enough greenbacks, and with the ECB and others constantly monitoring interbank liquidity, they decided, or were asked, to step in and help boost dollar flows.
The Chinese bank's decision not to trade with certain European banks in its local derivatives market is bound to put some European institutions under increasing, and unwanted liquidity strains.
"Banks constantly re-examine the risks on their credit lines, especially when there have been any credit downgrades, but the core problem in the market remains the debt crisis in the euro zone, and the exposure of some banks to Greece, all of which could lead to a European banking crisis," said London-based Mr. Friend.


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On Friday, March 21, Gwyn Lewis offered visitors to the Pacific Manor Shop You Name It!!, a selection of fruits and vegetables to go with dipping salts and sugars. Lewis, whose sister is longtime Pacifican Toni Boykin, the shop's owner, was there to discuss fair trade food. Visitors tried such treats as strawberries dipped in fair trade coconut sugar mixed with wild vanilla and cardamom, and cucumbers dipped in fair trade Himalayan salt mixed with fair trade smoked paprika.
What exactly is "fair trade?" Fair trade is about giving the people who produce the things you buy a fair price for their work. Lewis first learned about "fair trade" on a trip to the grocery store. It was 2012.
"I wanted to make some chocolate chip cookies and I picked up a package that said, 'fair trade chocolate chips,'" Lewis said. "I flipped the package over and began to read."
Lewis headed home and did research on fair trade and chocolate. She discovered that most of the world's chocolate comes from the narrow belt, 15-20 degrees north or south, along the Equator. Much of it is grown in areas hit hard by poverty.
"Then I started reading about how a lot of chocolate is harvested through child labor and slave labor," Lewis said. This set her on a fair trade food mission that has turned into a master's thesis (at San Francisco's Academy of Art University).
Lewis is trained as a software engineer. She has a bachelor of science in computer science. She is also a culinarian, spending a great deal of time in the kitchen. In addition she is an artist. Currently working on a master of fine arts in graphic design, her thesis, fair trade food, combines these interests. As such she has created a website — Make it Fair, Find Fair Trade Food in the Bay Area, www.makeitfairbayarea.com.
"Fair trade is an economic strategy for reducing poverty in developing nations," Lewis notes on her website. "It is a form of trade that builds equitable and long-term partnerships between producers in developing regions of the world and consumers in wealthier nations."
There are many principles to the fair trade partnership, but they include ensuring: payment at a fair price, gender equity, good working conditions, respect for the environment, and no child labor or forced labor.
On her website, Lewis identifies fair trade labeling, including FLO. "FLO is the registered trademark of Fairtrade International," Lewis explains. "The mark certifies that the product meets the social, economic and environmental principles set by Fairtrade."
"Farmers who are part of a fair trade cooperative can pool their resources." Lewis went on to say. "In addition to receiving a minimum floor price initially for their product, when their product is sold, an extra premium goes back into their community. This might help build a fresh-water well, or a school."
Lewis noted that fair trade is not a modern movement. It dates back to the "Moral Economy" of the 1700s.
"The Moral Economy stated that a farmer couldn't charge more than consumers could afford," Lewis said. "If you were growing wheat for bread, you had to sell it at a fair price, so the baker could sell it at a fair price."
Fair trade was again taken up by Quakers Thomas and Mary M'Clintock in 1827. Their "Free Produce Movement" boycotted Southern goods produced using slave labor. It was taken up again in the 1940s by Kansas-born Edna Ruth Byler. On a visit to Puerto Rico, she was struck by the overwhelming poverty of women doing needlework. She decided to market it for them at a fair price. This became the foundation of Ten Thousand Villages, the first Fair Trade Organization in North America.
This history, as well as the names of the many stores and cafes in the Bay Area carrying fair trade foods, are all part of Lewis's informative website. In Pacifica, the Beach Monkey Café on Linda Mar, the Chit Chat Café on Manor, and the Pacifica Farmers' Market in Manor Plaza are on that list. Along with chocolate, fair trade food items are: coffee, fruit, grains, nuts and oils, sweeteners, flavorings (herbs, spices, salt), tea, spirits and wild caught fish. Look to her website for recipes with fair trade ingredients.
"I think that it is not fair that others live in poverty so that we don't," Lewis said. "This is a life-long commitment for me."
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Taboo is like eating a little piece of Palm Beach history every time you step foot in this airy haven. It's been around forever (1941) on Worth Avenue, a place to be and be seen. A location for the swinging set to dance on weekend nights and the moneyed elite to cozy into a booth and enjoy a strong cocktail and menu that has stood the test of time.
Rumor has it the Bloody Mary was invented within the confines for Barbara Hutton to help quell a raging hangover. Sinatra and Kennedy frequented the spot. Rod Stewart still swings by often. On this occasion, like many others, The Monster has graced Ta-boo with his presence.
A large menu allows you to pick between seafood heavy appetizers, salads, thin and crispy pizzas, soups and chili, sandwiches and items from the grill. Additionally, a large selection of daily fish and meat specials round out the selections.
While the food might not revolutionize the world, most items are proficiently done with some being stand-outs. The Monster never remembers a bad meal at Ta-boo and a large part of the experience is soaking up the history and ambiance (much like a stroll and lunch down Rodeo).
Should The Monster get black bean chili and a chicken and brie sandwich or an arugula, radicchio and endive salad in balsamic vinaigrette with chicken Milanaise? Is this woman sitting nearby a victim of horrible plastic surgery or is she actually the offspring of a man and mule? Such are the questions one finds themselves asking while dining here.
Cold, spicy garden gazpacho with jumbo lump crabmeat is the call to start. True to its name it is spicy, chunky, laden with huge pieces of crab. On a warm day it's a lovely beginning to one's meal.
Warm Thai crab salad with sweet peppers, red onions and romaine lettuce with warm jumbo lump crab in a spicy Thai vinaigrette wins the entrée portion of today's meal. It's dripping in oil, again with plenty of crab and fresh produce. It's surprisingly tasty.
Given this is Southern Florida, The Monster must try key lime pie anywhere he ventures. This version is dense but not nearly tart enough. Not a horrible order but won't be chosen again. The chocolate mousse with Oreo crust is light and velvety and tickles the tongue. It's a much better call for those looking to delight in dessert before parading down Worth.
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If you want cheap access to the internet, or just don't want to enter a lengthy contract, pay-as-you-go broadband could be the answer...
Getting abroadband connectionat home will usually involve a lengthy contract and monthly line rental, which can put some people off. But there are some pay-as-you-go options, which could save you money or better suit your needs.
Here we'll explain how pay-as-you-go broadband works, and look at some of benefits.
Pay-as-you-go home broadband
No internet service provider (ISP) in the UK currently offers broadband on a pay-as-you-go basis.
However, short contracts are available from some providers, including Plusnet (www.Plus.net). Contracts with most providers are typically 12 months.
Shorter contracts usually come with a higher monthly cost, but you may think the added flexibility is worth paying a premium for.
The cheapest deals are usually on longer 18 or 24-month contracts, so it may be worth considering these too. Use our broadband price calculator to find the best option for you.
Pay-as-you-go mobile broadband
Most pay-as-you-go broadband packages are now offered by the mobile phone networks, in the form of mobile broadband - a connection you can take with you wherever you go.
Once you've chosen your USB dongle, which enables you to connect your laptop, netbook or tablet to the web, you simply pay for each day or week you use.
Alternatively, you can opt for a full 30 days. There are some great deals on the mobile broadband market, with pay-as-you-go packages from as little as £2 a day.
What is mobile broadband?
Instead of coming down a phone line or fibre optic cable, mobile broadband uses the 3G mobile phone signal to connect you to the internet. Your provider will give you a dongle, which you simply plug into your computer. You'll be able to access the web wherever you go, provided you have mobile phone reception.
Is pay-as-you-go broadband right for me?
Pay-as-you-go mobile broadband is perfect for light users or anyone on a tight budget.
It works in the same way as a pay-as-you-go mobile phone, where you simply top-up your dongle for however long you want to be online.
But you need to be aware that any data you don't use will normally expire after 30 days. You will also have to buy your dongle upfront, though this can cost less than £20.
While pay-as-you-go broadband is great for keeping track of your costs, you will usually get better value for money from a contract deal.
The benefits of 'no contract' broadband
Broadband without a contract is a great way of trying out technology to check it's right for you.
Although mobile broadband has now been around a while, it has only really become popular in recent years as prices have dropped and download allowances increased.
However, many of the packages available still involve a lengthy 12, 18 or 24-month commitment.
As it stands, heavy downloaders will not be able to ditch their home broadband in favour of a mobile connection. Speeds are generally much less than with a fixed line and customers face extra charges for exceeding their download limit.
Having said that, mobile broadband speeds are increasing and prices will continue to fall as the technology becomes cheaper and more widespread.
Eventually, it could become a real contender to fixed line connections, allowing users to ditch their landline and save over £160 a year on line rental alone.
Mobile broadband : Contract vs pay-as-you-go
Once you've decided you want mobile broadband, you have a choice of either signing a contract or using a more flexible pay-as-you-go service. Let's compare the two options:
As a general rule, you get better value for money when you commit to 12 or 18-month contract for your mobile broadband connection. Providers such as Three (www.Three.co.uk) will give you generous amounts of data, in many cases as much as 15GB, while others including Orange (www.Orange.co.uk) can give you "unlimited" downloads governed by a fair use policy.
But contracts aren't just for heavy users. There are also cheaper packages available, offering around 500MB or 1GB for less than £10 a month.
Another possible advantage of signing a contract is that you may be eligible for a "free laptop" deal that can help you spread the cost of buying a new computer.
The main drawback is that most mobile broadband contracts come with a lengthy 12, 18 or even 24-month minimum term. Think carefully before signing on the dotted line.
If you're only an occasional web user, or perhaps just want to try the technology before signing a long contract, pay-as-you-go mobile broadband may be a suitable option.
Although you'll need to buy a dongle outright - at a cost of around £15 or £20 - there is no minimum term to serve. You'll only one day or week at a time, giving you far more flexibility.
Unless you're only looking for a temporary solution, it is rarely cheaper in the long run to choose pay-as-you-go over a 12-month contract.
If you don't want to commit for too long, you might also consider a one-month rolling contract.
Student mobile broadband
These days broadband is a bare necessity for students, but once you've added line rental the cost of having a fixed line connection can really start to add up.
Provided you find the best deal, mobile broadband can sometimes be a more suitable option and better value for students moving into private accommodation.
Below are a couple of things consider when looking at mobile broadband for students:
Download limits and extra costs
In order to keep your bills down, you need to make absolutely sure that you don't exceed your monthly download allowance. Data limits range from 500MB to 15GB, and some providers offer an "unlimited" service - so shop around and find a package that suits your needs.
Fees for exceeding your allowance can be very high, but some providers offer data add-ons to prevent you being charged extra. But it's still normally cheaper in the long run to pay more upfront for a bigger allowance than adding more data once you run out.
Mobile broadband coverage
A mobile broadband connection not only helps you save money, it can also be taken anywhere you go with your laptop, netbook or tablet - whether it's the library, coffee shop or pub. Just make sure you check the mobile broadband coverage of your chose provider before signing up. It's a good idea to check more than one postcode to ensure you'll get good reception wherever you plan to go with your computer.
Choosing a mobile broadband provider
When it comes to choosing a mobile broadband package, you need to think about more than just upfront costs, monthly fees and the length of your contract if you have one.
You need to bear in mind:
- Coverage - Mobile broadband speeds can vary massively from urban towns and cities to rural areas, which often have quite poor 3G reception. This makes it really important to check your local coverage before signing up.
- Download allowance - It doesn't make sense to choose the cheapest package available if you're likely to exceed its small download limit. You should think about how you use the internet and opt for the deal that best suits your requirements - even if it means paying a little more.
- Speed - Mobile broadband is normally quite a lot slower than your fixed home broadband connection. So it's not really suitable if you want to play online games without lag or need high performance and reliability above all else.
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Can Twilex Win an Emmy for Their 'So You Think You Can Dance' Routine?
Judges' comments on "So You Think You Can Dance" should always be taken with a grain of salt. Every week there is a routine or dancer that is labeled "The Best" something: "The best dancer on the show." "The best routine to hit the SYTYCD stage." "The best…" "The best…" "The best…" However, on last night's episode, executive-producer Nigel Lythgoe threw out a more specific, and potentially, weighty comment.
After contestant Alex Wong (a ballet dancer) and All-Star Twitch performed a hip-hop number that had the audience and judges on their feet, Nigel gushed, "If this routine — and you –- are not up for an Emmy with [choreographers] Napoleon [D'umo] and Tabitha [D'umo] next year, I don't know why not." Watch the video:
I agree with Nigel. It will be nominated. The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences has loaded their Outstanding Choreography category with routines from SYTYCD each year since 2007, and the show has brought home the win in each of those years.
That said, I don't think this particular routine will win the Emmy. The three numbers that have won in past years (excepting a Wade Robson group number) have all been very lyrical, very emotional performances. In 2008, an upbeat jazz routine choreographed by Mandy Moore — that lands on most lists of favorite SYTYCD performances –- and a Shane Sparks hip-hop were shot down in favor of a slower jazz number from Wade. And, a romantic and sexy contemporary piece from Tyce Diorio beat out what I call Mia Michael's "door routine" and a smoking-hot Argentine tango choreographed by former contestant Dmitry Chaplin. A bit surprisingly, a wildly popular Tabitha and Napoleon hip-hop, danced to "Bleeding Love," was beat out last year. Watch the video below:
Could the voters change things up and give Twilex the win? Sure. But, I'd put another routine Alex has already done this season as a far more likely candidate for an Emmy. And, we're still only at the top 9.
Watch the various routines that have won the Emmy:
2007 – Heidi Groskreutz and Travis Wall, choreographed by Mia:
2008 – Hok Konishi and Jaimie Goodwin, choreographed by Wade:
2009 – Jessica King and Will Wingfield, choreographed by Tyce:


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Of Leather Wasps and the Inevitable Sex Component: Cyberpunk Heroines in The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and Other Fiction
By Sasha Mitchell
"Damaged, cyberpunk heroine", "bisexual cyberpunk avenger", "horny, cyberpunk hacker"… these are your Google results for Lisbeth + Salander + Cyberpunk, as featured in film reviews courtesy of Movieline, Telegraph, and the increasingly horny and irrelevant Rolling Stone (not a fan of the latter, sue me.)
But I am a fan of la protagonista cyberpunk, that bad ass mutha hacktivist/erotic dynamo, who wields her personal traumas as revolutionary fuel rather than continue breast-feeding a chauvinistic society by posing her pierceless, inkless, and character-bereft/Barbie body type (typically while naked but for elongated reptiles or butchered mammalian follicles) so that the dominant gender of the world might beat off before buying whatever alcoholic beverage the Kardashians are pimping and illegally squander finances that don't belong to them.
Curiously, only a handful of non-film review, Googleable commentary make the connection that The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo's Lisbeth Salander is cyberpunk. So what is a cyberpunk exactly? Those of you who frequent Acceler8or or have partied with RU would know this already, but another search of ye ol' engines will find you transhumanism virgins the following definitions:
* "…hackers, rockers, and other cultural rebels, clinging to a cult of individualism in a culture characterized by corporate control and mass conformity. [Those] adept at appropriating the materials of popular culture and making them speak to alternative needs and interests… [who] also know how to tap into the vast digital database to access information about corporations and their secret conspiracies, or to spread resistant messages despite powerful mechanisms of top-down control."
* "…marginalized, alienated loners who lived on the edge of society in generally dystopic futures where daily life [is] impacted by rapid technological change, an ubiquitous datasphere of computerized information, and invasive modification of the human body."
* "[individuals that are] manipulated, placed in situations where they have little or no choice… anti-heroes who call to mind the private eye of detective novels. This emphasis on the misfits and the malcontents is the "punk" component of cyberpunk."
* "[those who embrace and express the] "dark" ideas about human nature, technology and their respective combination in the near future." (This particular site goes on to clarify that: "Clearly, Cyberpunk is not an exact concept. Its meanings vary.")
So from this we might conclude, a cyberpunk is something of a morphable, hacktivist samurai, enhanced by metal for cosmetic effect and/or simply to exist as more efficacious meat in a world controlled by abusive, self-interested CEO's. Not entirely dissimilar to the world we already inhabit. How lurid indeed.
Fortunately, cyberpunks embrace the lurid — Lisbeth Salander, in particular, with her dark clothing, dark past, and dark hair (though she's a natural ginger). Her creator, Stieg Larsson, describes Lisbeth as a 24 year old woman with the stunted body of a primal adolescent, who nonetheless moves with the focused speed of a tarantula and who can successfully integrate amongst neurotypicals when necessary. I could remark on his further description of her as "Asian-looking" as being redundant to having said she resembles a perpetual teenager, but that might make me sound like the racist I sometimes am.
Is it cyberpunk to be racist? It certainly isn't progressive. But neither, necessarily, are the topical projections for a cyberpunk heroine. An image search for "cyberpunk" will get 'cha this. Note, if you will, how many topless, pantsless, or pigtailed schoolgirls you see here. Of course, Hollywood reckons the concept of cyberpunk be safe enough for middle America (i.e., Trinity from the mutedly palatable Matrix and whoever-the-hell Olivia Wilde played in Disney's Tron). Yes, per the little boys running film studios and the other ones coding visuals of steel-enhanced flesh, you'd think all a cyberpunkess offers is an asymmetrical haircut, hard-on promotion, and novel alleys for fashion marketing.
But Lisbeth Salander (in the book, at least) doesn't stop there- she demands societal accountability. That's why Larsson wrote the Millennium series (under the original title: "Men Who Hate Women"), to avenge the rape of a 15 year old girl witnessed in his youth. Similarly, our protagonist Lisbeth Salander suffered abuse first by her father, then a host of other paternal figures. Does she really need to be sexualized to the extent aspiring graphic novelists and Hollywood illustrators would have her be? Will that reclaim the power taken from her by those who only (mis)valued her sexuality to begin with?
Now, the future should definitely be sexy; but it would have to be so through greater individual morphological tolerance, not just fancies of lady robots touching each other, or a uniform of long black trenches with slits up to Lady Gaga's much-debated vagina. Which brings me to the unavoidable comparisons between Lisbeth Salander and formative cyberpunk heroine: Molly Millions.
Both Stieg Larsson's and William Gibson's progeny work in security, prefer their coffee black, and enjoy sex at their initiation. Both also have a sense of humor about their often-leather clothing: Millions sporting cherry red cowboy boots with Mexican silver tips; Salander opting for t-shirts featuring ET and slogans like "Armageddon was yesterday – today we have a serious problem." And while Lisbeth isn't modified for sealed eye sockets with computerized tickers and retractable scalpel blades, she was born to purpose. Though disparate to Millions, who Gibson writes was born to "tussle" ("guess it's just the way I'm wired," Molly explains), Salander was born wired for photographic memory.
Yes, both were also employed as subordinate meatpuppets (albeit, Lisbeth not necessarily electively so). It's no wonder the cyberpunkess would employ sex for empowerment, but it's so much more than being "deadly" and "hot", as Gibson himself admitted (on tweets, apparently… perhaps the douchiest soap box since douche soap… boxes). But even if Neuromancer was "the first time we had encountered a woman who was primarily a weapon," that's all he saw Molly as, right? Fortunately, Larsson didn't limit Salander as such. He wasn't inspired by men in his birthing of Lisbeth, like Gibson seemed to be in how he modeled Molly after Bruce Lee and Clint Eastwood. No, Lisbeth is something fascinating all her own — actually, most like a combination of Millions and Gibson's Neuromancer hacker protagonist, Case.
So why build characters by just swapping gender roles? Why not define new genders, where no one's the weaker because it's anatomically dickless. Anything else is luddism, I say — particularly the lingering view of women as legal prey. And even if luddism is innate (which I've sort of already proved by my Asian jab), surely it will be eradicated during enhancement, and rightly so.
Screw labels, Salander effectively communicates. And so I arrive at this:
* Gibson said it in a short story somewhere. "Cyberpunk is the stuff that has EDGE written all over it… Now ask me how I'd define EDGE. Well, EDGE is not about definitions. To the contrary, things so well known that they provide an exact definition can't be EDGE. They probably once were but now they aint. SO DON'T TRY TO DEFINE IT!!!"
I reckon my cyberpunkess personality would first be modified to maintain a chemical serenity equal to that which occurs prior to falling asleep… which for anxious little me, is unfailingly when I achieve uptmost clarity (and prowess) of being. I don't personally care for leather (the wearing of it at least), but I'd probably consider some defensive augmentations, like maybe a kind of concentrated ocular laser that causes the assholes a female unavoidably encounters when walking just about anywhere in human view to suffer acute epididymal hypertension should they voice unsolicited vulgarities.
For further reading on "Formidable Female Protagonists in Science Fiction by Decade"
By Jack, November 26, 2011 @ 11:13 pm
I did a Google Image search just now for "cyberpunk" (with SafeSearch off) and discovered a disappointing scarcity of topless pictures associated with that term.
By sasha, November 27, 2011 @ 9:45 am
really? because i counted 9 on the first results page via the link provided in the middle of my article.
my point is: why should cyberpunk be synonymous with inordinately sexified females? or males for that matter? if you wanna side with a naked future, perhaps you should helm that movement and give it a name. i, personally, do not ascribe that to be definitely cyberbunk. safe and fun sexuality free from bureaucratic cynicism, sure. soft porn for the sake of hard-up boys, bollocks.
By Ommz, November 28, 2011 @ 5:25 am
I also do not see these images to which you refer in Google images. Maybe one or two fit the description you gave, vaguely, at a stretch…
By Daen de Leon, November 28, 2011 @ 11:26 am
Lisbeth reminded me of some women I had known in Denmark: goth, intelligent, and angry. Angry at the assumption that they were placed there solely as eye candy for the men; that they had to fight for equality; that they suffered abuse and weren't taken seriously when they reported it. What Larsson highlighted, and what made such an impact in the Scandinavian countries, is that while those societies are much more egalitarian than others, they are not Utopian; abuses still exist, and there is still much distance left to run before men and women can truly be said to be equal.
By Dennis Crow, November 29, 2011 @ 5:42 pm
You can achieve that sparkly twilight state of consciousness, often with a mildly pleasurable electric vibrating flow sensation, by learning to regulate your breathing at a rate designed to decrease your normal blood % CO2. It can take a bit of practice to get right.
By Carla, December 2, 2011 @ 1:55 am
Maybe you accidentally Googled "cybergeisha" because I didn't see anything like what you described either.
So…..your point is that "cyberpunk" has become overly sexualized? Um……you waited until now to bring this up? This would have been relevant maybe in, say, 1994.
By sasha, December 2, 2011 @ 10:42 am
my point is that lisbeth salander is cyberpunk, a point not necessarily broadcasted definitively elsewhere. it is relevant considering the american movie version will be hitting theaters in a few weeks. which is the year 2011.
and im sorry you guys are ocularly disabled, cause i see a fair share of flesh through the link i provided.
carla, take your midol.
By ENKI-][, December 15, 2011 @ 1:16 pm
NB: the ranking in all google searches depends upon geographic location, previous search history, and a lot of other stuff. Every machine, user, and location combination will get very different results for the same set of search terms, so a variance in toplessness can be attributed to the accidents of the ranking algorithms.
Back on topic: cyberpunk is, at it's core, punk. Punk is typically sexually transgressive for the same reason it's socially transgressive. On the other hand, a certain amount cannot be read into Gibson's intent in creating Molly. Johnny Mnemonic, where Molly was introduced, was fairly strongly focused upon Johnny: Molly was a plot device moreso than a character. Then, Neuromancer (where she returned) was, according to Gibson, just intended as an update to the classic caper film designed to fit into the style of his earlier short stories. We can write lengthy essays about how Molly shows attributes X and Y because the author is a heterosexual male, etc., but we cannot attribute intent to Gibson other than that which he has expressed (and I suspect that we cannot necessarily even trust that).
As a character, Molly was crafted as a weapon. But, so was Case. So was Armitage. The effectiveness of these social weapons (which act upon society the way Jacques Vallee claims UFOs probably intend to do) is demonstrated by the existence of all three types as archetypes now. The Matrix has our Molly, and our Armitage (Morpheus begins as a strong enigmatic figure but does progressively break down, demonstrating that his facade of faith hides a mental house of cards — perhaps even intentionally!). I might claim even that Neo is a Case character, not solely in his role but in his (somewhat downplayed) loserdom. Case was at his core an intentionally weak character (and while the author of the above post associates this with femininity, I will not). Much like Shinji Ikari (the OTHER archetype of hero-as-sad-damaged-loser), he is passively dragged from a life of quiet squalor and self-destruction into a life of loud squalor and self-destruction. Neo fits this perfectly, in a way that cannot be said of the Jesus associations tacked on later (wherein Keanu Reeves fails to channel Paul Muad'dib). It's a fundamentally punk trinity wherein attributes are inverted: the man who is strong and sure is actually merely mad, the hero is passive and unsure but sensible enough to be suspicious, and the love interest is capricious and damaged but strong and clever.
I will not attribute the Molly archetype's popularity merely to sex appeal. She is actually the most reasonable and empathetic of the group. She may be emotionally damaged, but she is taking the initiative to improve her life while the others are either passively accepting orders (Case) or acting as a talking head for some greater manipulator (Armitage).
So, sure, Molly is represented as boyish. On one level, that's necessary to the plot. On another level, that's necessary in order to demonstrate that Neuromancer is not another buxom-girls-in-tinfoil scifi novel or another buxom-girls-in-red-dresses noir. In Girl with the Dragon Tattoo it appears to be intended as a shout-out to the original conception of Molly (of course, in films the Molly archetypes are nevertheless almost invariably and impractically buxom, the only indicators of a divergence from standard hollywood representations of femininity being a tendency toward short hair and pants — and this is also the case with the Swedish film adaptation of the novel, though I cannot say anything of the American remake of this Swedish adaptation since I have not seen it). If there's one thing we can say about Molly is that in any incarnation she did not conform fully to accepted gender roles, and that a fully 'feminine' Molly feels wrong (such as in Underworld, which took the style but not the content of the Matrix and was as a result even more lacking).


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An Old World shrub or small tree with tiny scalelike leaves borne on slender branches, giving it a feathery appearance.
- Genus Tamarix, family Tamaricaceae: many species.
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