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This week was full of articles and tips for how to add new things to your inbound marketing wheelhouse. Get started with webinars, aid your workflows in WordPress with new administrative plug-ins, or get started blogging or content strategy! Spring has sprung so celebrate nature's new life by injecting some new life into your efforts!
1. Smashing Magazine – Useful Free Admin Plugins for WordPress
Provided here are a series of plugins for WordPress to help people with their admin activities like including notes to other staff, calendars, revision tracking and dashboard tweaks.
2. Social Media B2B – Charting the B2B Social Media Lead Generation Process
Jeffrey Cohen offers a graphic illustrating how Social Media factors into the entire B2B sales funnel. It's a really useful overview of how lead generation works!
3. MarketingSherpas – Overall Content Marketing Strategy Leads to 2,000% Lift in Blog Traffic, 40% Rise in Revenue
Check out this real world example—with a list of their action items!—of how Distribion, a Distributed Marketing Group, grew their business using a coherent content strategy that employed inbound techniques.
4. TopRank – The Value of Small Business Blogging: 3 Key Questions and Answers
Cover the basics of why blogging is valuable to small business. Get inspired!
5. American Express OPEN Forum – How to Boost Business with Webinars
Get started with your own webinars with these good tips.
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Korean War veteran Frederick Jenkins, from Iowa, third from left, poses for a photograph at National World War II Memorial in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013. Veterans who had traveled from across the country were allowed to visit the National World War II Memorial after it had been officially closed because of the partial government shutdown. After their visit, the National World War II Memorial was closed again. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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One Beast of the East is getting long in the tooth.
A landslide may occur in the Central.
Hall of Fame presence changes the guard in the West.
In this first of two installments, here is what to expect as the American League season debuts Wednesday across the Pacific Ocean as the Seattle Mariners and Oakland Athletics play a two-game set in Japan.
Start with the East Division. Even with its lofty payroll, figure the New York Yankees to see the effects of an aging ballclub. First-year manager Bobby Valentine has instilled a new attitude in Boston, while Tampa Bay gets it done with pitching year after year. Rays manager Joe Maddon does not do things by the book either, which keeps opposing teams on their feet.
While all three teams figure to be in the hunt, my sleeper pick happens to be the Toronto Blue Jays. Not necessarily as a division champ. That honor goes to Tampa Bay. Rather, the Blue Jays will make their move toward one of the two available wild-card berths.
Their ace, Ricky Romero, has Cy Young stuff. Their lineup is explosive. Not only are Jose Bautista and Adam Lind scheduled to bat 3-4 in the lineup, but third baseman Brett Lawrie is a rising star in the seventh hole.
In the Central, an eye injury to Detroit Tiger third baseman Miguel Cabrera is only a temporary setback. Otherwise, the Tigers' vaunted offense will produce mind-boggling numbers with the arrival of Prince Fielder. It doesn't hurt to have Justin Verlander as the ace of the staff after wrapping up both Cy Young and MVP honors last season.
Even if Joe Mauer and Justin Morneau return to form, the Twins will finish a distant second, while Cleveland, Chicago and Kansas City fight to stay out of the basement.
The absence of Grady Sizemore continues to plague the Indians. In the Windy City, Robin Ventura experiences the harsh reality of having no managerial experience. Perhaps Year 2 will pan out for the former White Sox star. For the Royals, injuries to catcher Salvador Perez and closer Joakim Soria take a toll on their youthful squad.
Detroit may have a prince, but in the West the Los Angeles Angels have the king. Not only did the Angels sign future Hall of Fame first baseman Albert Pujols in the offseason, but they also acquired C.J. Wilson - taking away one of the more stabilizing forces behind the Texas Rangers' run of two straight World Series appearances.
The Angels' rotation now consists of four potential aces in Jered Weaver, Ervin Santana, Dan Haren and Wilson. Texas will look to Japanese sensation Yu Darvish as their savior. Jury's still out on the extent of his contribution.
One thing for sure, Rangers won't be cellar-dwellers with the presence of Seattle and Oakland.
So look for Tampa Bay, Detroit and Los Angeles as division champs with Toronto as one wild-card winner. As for the Blue Jays' opponent in the winner-take-all first-round playoff game, take your pick between Boston and Texas.
Follow the leader for your A.L. pennant and go with Pujols appearing in the World Series for a second consecutive year.
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Lauren Alaina, this year's American Idol runner-up to winner Scotty McCreery, has revealed the sweet cover art for her debut album, Wildflower, which is set to be released Oct. 11. The cover shows a nearly sepia-toned closeup of the teen singer.
The album includes 12 tracks, including one co-written by Lauren. "Each song tells a story that I really related to, and my hope is that the songs will touch your heart as well," Lauren says in a press release.
[1] http://www.countryweekly.com/news/blake-shelton-tastes-sweet-success-honey-bee
[2] http://www.countryweekly.com/news/it-s-boy-and-grandson-george-strait


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The Happy Hopper LbNA # 28840
|Wild Rose
|Placed Date
|Feb 7 2007
|Clermont, FL
|Found By
|Team JSABAIL
|Last Found
|Dec 31 2014
|Hike Distance
This box is at Lake Louisa State park on Hwy 27 in Clermont, FL. The trails are open 8:00 a.m. - 1 hour before sunset. Well behaved pets are welcome, but mut be on a 6 foot leash. There is currently a $5.00 per car entrance fee.
This is an easy, short walk. Probably not suitable for a wheelchair, but a stroller should make it ok. I'm not good at distances, but I would guess it's 1/2 - 3/4 mile round trip.
After entering the park, turn right toward the campground. Go through the "congested area" to the parking lot at the lake. On the right, as you enter the parking lot, is the nature trail. This is where you will start your trek.
Take the nature trail East.
Stop to learn about the bracken, hay scented and cinnamon ferns.
Read about the Green Swamp matrix.
Stop for a rest on the bench built by Troop 133. Thank you, scouts!
Keep going at the end of the boardwalk.
Soon you will come to a trail on the left. It looks like it may get very muddy at times, but you want to take it.
Go to the top of the sandy hill.
Find Cheryl's Lookout.
Read about the Cypress Swamps. (I have been informed that this sign is now gone)
To the left of the sign is an oak tree with palms at the base.
At the base of this tree, on the west side, covered with leaves is the Happy Hopper.
Remember to poke with a stick first.
Please make sure to re-cover the box well. You should not be able to see the box!


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gray and cream refinished bar cabinet
For months, something about our living room was nagging me…specifically, the empty corner in between the tv and the loveseat. We stuck an old end table there and attempted to style it, but all it did was call attention to the gaping space and lack of continuity in that area of the room. So we set our sights on this bar cabinet from Pottery Barn. Wine glass and bottle storage? Expandable serving space? Cool distressed finish? Yes please. I was seriously in love.
We were thisclose to ordering it, but doubt creeped in at the last minute. We'd either have to pay an arm and a leg to ship it to Oahu, or work with one of John's freight forwarders to get it here. And we worried that the dark finish might overwhelm the room with brown (since we already have brown couches, a dark wood coffee table, and an even darker wood trunk that serves as a media stand).
Still, we needed something for the space, and we'd really fallen in love with the idea of a cool bar cabinet that would make a great centerpiece for entertaining. And honestly, the purchase of large bottles of random liquors for my birthday jello shots was the last straw. We needed storage for those bad boys. No half-empty handles of Captain Morgan on my countertops, thank you very much.
So when this bar cabinet popped up on Craigslist for 1/8 the price of the PB version, and just begging for a makeover, we grabbed it.
I loved the plantation-style look of the wicker doors, I loved the steamer-trunk style hardware, and most of all, I loved this:
Expandable AND a built-in ice bucket? Oh snap! I couldn't resist. John and I enlisted the help of one of our friends with a truck, and we hauled it home (we "paid" our buddy with a delicious carnitas taco lunch, ha). But this thing was in pretty crappy shape. The brass hardware was a mess, it smelled horribly musty, and someone had gone a little nuts with wood filler and forgot to sand afterwards. I had plans to stain the top dark walnut and spray paint the rest a creamy white, to both balance out and complement the browns in our living room. But of course, this piece had other plans for me. Here it is getting a few coats of Rustoleum Heirloom White (notice the top is masked off):
Turns out the top was sporting some kind of laminate coating, super shiny and impossible to sand off. Stain = no go. We briefly considered building a new top (or covering the old one) with plywood and trim, but in the end we decided on a deep warm gray paint finish for the top, to complement our grayish-green living room wall color. I coated the top with Zinsser BIN Primer and painted it with a gorgeous Behr shade, Intellectual.
I loved the look of the gray on its own, but I wanted it to have an aged, multilayered look, so I took a chance with some sandpaper and a few dabs of Minwax stain in Dark Walnut. While I probably should have used a legitimate glaze product to do this, the stain actually worked really well! I sanded the edges of the piece to reveal layers of paint, primer and wood, and then went over the entire top with a rag dipped in stain. I rubbed it in and wiped it down until the gray had a warm, luminous quality. Love the final result!
Here's the whole piece after spray painting, hand painting, distressing, glazing and sealing with Minwax Polycrylic (spray for the doors and brush-on for the rest). The hardware got a good cleaning (all 20 pieces of it, ugh), and 2 coats of Rustoleum Universal Oil-Rubbed Bronze spray paint.
Side note: I gave the inner sections of the top the same gray/glaze treatment as the bar top itself, so when we open it, all the serving surfaces are the same. And I did ALL the gray sections with one little $3 sample jar of Intellectual that I had mixed up at Home Depot!
I topped our new bar with a few books, some mini carnations in a mason jar, and a Robert Lee Morris silver tray that my grandmother gifted me. Oh yeah, and Ignatius. That's the little red dude. John has had him for years.
The quality of natural light in this corner of the room is terrible, especially at this time of year, hence some color variations in the photos. But the one below is pretty true to life. I love the look of our new bar!
Can't wait to invite some friends over to gather 'round and grab a cocktail. But God forbid anyone dares put down a coaster-less drink on that brand new finish!
Linked up at Funky Junk Interiors, Creating a House of Grace, Home Stories A to Z, Domestically Speaking, DIY by Design, A Beach Cottage, The Shabby Chic Cottage, French Country Cottage, Miss Mustard Seed, The Shabby Nest, Remodelaholic, Tatertots & Jello, Between Naps on the Porch, Southern Hospitality, The DIY Showoff and the Blogger Block Party« lizard tales in the kitchen: favorite hummus »
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You have a blog about your island life?! I love it! And you and John are seriously talented in your furniture-refinishing addiction! I need more details on your rental. I see a vacation to Hawaii in my future! I've never been!June 14, 2011
Love the gray and white combo! You did a great job!
I found you through A Beach Cottage – what a fun blog you have. I have never been to Oahu, but we spent this past Christmas in Maui and it was amazing! We definitely plan to come back and do some island hopping! I will definitely be following along so I can live vicariously through your island life!June 14, 2011
Love the colour combo of this piece. You did an amazing job. Thanks for adding your link to BC Good Life Wednesdays.June 15, 2011
Eek! This is B.E.A.Utiful. Such a nice job. Don't you love happy finds like that? I'm so glad you commented on YoungHouseLove's patio so I could accidently find you!
I refinished a super odd but fantastically useful storage piece from a thrift store and couldn't be happier with it. Once I load it up with stuff, I'll do one more update.
My husband and I honeymooned on Waikiki Beach two years ago. We had big tourist plans but after multiple man-o-war stings at Kailua Beach on our third day, we never made it out of the southeast corner lol. We still had a fabulous time and can't wait to go back and see more!June 16, 2011
Wow…Your bar looks great! Check out the bar I made out of an old dresser at http://artsyvava.blogspot.com/2011/05/rebirth.htmlJune 16, 2011
THat is gorgeous! You did a fantastic job! When we built our house I knew exactly where our bar was going….we never did it! Then we had kiddos and our "bar" turned into a play room! BUMMER!June 17, 2011
This looks fantastic!! What a beautiful transformation!!June 17, 2011
Fantastic transformation. Love that it folds out and has a built in ice bucket. Party time!!!
KylieJune 17, 2011
You did a wonderful job! Would love to see the rest of the room too Fabulous makeover and excellent way to improvise by converting an old piece into a scrumptiously fabulous stunner! Visiting from Met Monday, we're neighbors ~ diane at home sweet homemadeJune 20, 2011
I have looked (drooled) over that PB piece myself but now that I've seen yours, I like it even better! Love that gray/white combination. The ice bucket is such a bonus, too. Happy entertaining!June 20, 2011
I'm a new follower from the blog party…I love what you did with the cabinet…I have a few pieces I would love to finish that are laminate…You have given me hope…
Would love for you to stop by and say "hi" when you can….June 29, 2011


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U.S. Services-Sector Growth Slows
The U.S. nonmanufacturing sector slowed more than expected in June, but employment prospects improved, according to data released Thursday by the Institute for Supply Management.
The ISM's nonmanufacturing purchasing managers' index came in at 52.1 last month, from 53.7 in May. Forecasters surveyed by Dow Jones Newswires had expected last month's PMI to fall to 53.0. Readings above 50 indicate activity is expanding. The non-manufacturing index has been in expansion territory for more than two years.
The expansionary report from the non-manufacturing sector–comprised mostly of services–helps to lessen the recession worries triggered by Monday's ISM report on the factory sector. That report showed manufacturing activity contracted last month and orders plunged.
Within nonmanufacturing, the ISM subindexes in June generally were mixed. Importantly, the employment index rose to 52.3 after it had fallen sharply to 50.8 in May from 54.2 in April.
The improving ISM employment index follows another good jobs indicator released earlier Thursday. The ADP survey beat expectations, showing the private sector added 176,000 jobs in May and the service sector created 160,000 positions.
Also within the ISM survey, the business activity/production index fell sharply to 51.7 from 55.6 in May, while the new orders index slowed to 53.3 from 55.5. Price pressures dropped again last month. The prices index declined to 48.9 from a contractionary 49.8 in May.
The ISM nonmanufacturing report is comprised mainly of comments from service-sector companies that make up the bulk of the U.S. economy, but it also includes construction and public administration.


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Q&A with Denver's Laughing Mouse Press
Typetrigger made its debut appearance in September, 2010, and it quickly left our circle of personal friends and found members in remote corners of the ether/planet. One of the earliest adopters and most intense supporters in those first months was NePlusUltra, a.k.a. Becky Hensley. We only later learned that she and another early Typetriggerer hauntologist Spencer Keralis are in the publishing world themselves, as founders of Laughing Mouse Press. Their interview blog, 12 Questions, asked Typetrigger founder Lily Pierson to participate not long ago, and we realized that we wanted to ask them a few things too.
TT: What is Laughing Mouse Press? What do you do--and why?
<Spencer> Laughing Mouse is a small press specializing in handmade books. The books are all limited editions and use a range of traditional binding methods from hand-sewing to your basic saddle-stitch. Some of the covers are hand silk-screened, others are digitally produced but hand-cut and bound. I'm a book historian by training, so I think keeping the book arts alive and meaningful by pairing handcrafts that are hundreds of years old with vibrant and powerful contemporary literary work is a significant and important thing. That said, we just started our first digital serial publication, 12 Questions. It's a questionnaire-based "blogazine" - so everyone, no matter how well-known they are or what field they're from, answers the same twelve questions. Eventually, I'd like to do digital editions of some of our print books, but we're not quite there yet.
TT: What genres is Laughing Mouse most focused on?
<Spencer> I'm most interested in poetry and short fiction. We've skewed heavily toward poetry in the last two years, but that's mainly because that's what I received as submissions. I'm very interested in work that combines text and images, and would be thrilled to see a proposal for a graphic novel or other image based form. I'm also interested in developing some 'zine retrospectives for long-time zinesters - where we combine their 'zines into one volume. I think that would be fun, and it's a good way to preserve ephemera that might otherwise be lost (again, the book historian speaking).
TT: How can small presses help emerging writers? Is there a big difference between small presses in what they can offer their authors?
<Spencer>The most important thing that LMP provides its writers is a supportive space to experiment with their writing. Several of my authors are working outside their principle media, so I have, for example, a photographer doing a book of poems. Becky likes to say that truly creative people are always "emerging" because they never stop pushing themselves to try new things. Traditional presses may be a little resistant to that kind of experimentation, but we don't have that hang up.
I think what I'm doing is different, though, from a lot of small presses. We're not making 'zines or simple chapbooks. Each book is a hand-made art object, but they also all carry ISBNs and are listed in Books In Print. So we're combining artisanal craftsmanship with the kind of professionalism you'd expect of a larger house.
<Becky> I'm gonna throw in my two cents...
What Spencer says about traditional presses is true, but I think that another important aspect is the way that a small press can establish a invaluable relationship between the press and the author.
Intimacy regarding the direction of the writing and the presentation of the book as an art piece can only be achieved when the press listens and is willing to understand the author's intent - a collaboration. It's really difficult to have any expectations of establishing that kind of relationship through a traditional press.
TT: You guys are in Denver (right?), and seem to be working a lot in your community. What is the role of the local in the writing world? How does that differ from the globalism of online communities like TT?
<Spencer> I tend to privilege the local over the online in general. One of my best experiences as a writer was with a writer's group I had in Minnesota. We were extremely demanding of each other, and became very close as artists and as friends. You don't get that, or at least I don't get that, from online communities. There's a different dynamic between people you invite into your home for a meal, who also workshop your poems, compared to a virtual community of any sort. I don't think a virtual community can offer that immediacy and intimacy. I haven't found that sort of community in Denver, yet. But lately writing has been a very solitary, private activity, and I've been focusing more on scholarly work than on creative work.
12 Questions has given me a little bit different take on the virtual community, though. We've found that the respondents we don't know well, or who aren't local, tend to be a lot more conscientious about cross-promotion and sharing their posts with their virtual communities. A virtual community takes a great deal of care and feeding to make it work and grow. 12 Questionshas been a real lesson in how that sort of community can operate. We're only a few months old and already have an international reach - yay for Toronto! - which is amazing to me. That extended network is something I think local talent could benefit from.
<Becky> Hurrah Denver!
For me, finding a balance between the local and the global is where it's at. Denver has a vibrant scene of writers, artists and people seeking community and my focus is to reach out and include those people--supporting a local community is just the start! As you reach out you discover that it never just stops in your back yard.
Typetrigger has that small, but big, spirit! You might have your friends in the city that you live in reading your work, but then you have someone in Seattle, NYC, and Austin following you! I found, while using Typetrigger, that it feels small no matter the number of users. That kind of safety, especially when you feel shaky as a writer, is such boon to your writerly ego.
TT: NePlusUltra was one of the most pivotal early members on Typetrigger. How did you find out about TT and what made you such an advocate for it so early on? Are you always a promoter?
<Becky> I was introduced to Typetrigger by a Twitter friend - someone I'd never met before, but who's opinion I valued.
She threw out that she had some invites and I grabbed one.
And honestly, I loved the name - Typetrigger. That's what made me, initially, check it out.
I've always been one of those unsure writers - Never trusting myself or having the courage to call myself a "writer".
But Typetrigger gives you an outlet to practice...and practice is what makes a writer, a writer.
That's why I loved it! It gave me a place to write that wasn't too huge of a committment, gave me prompts that got my creative juices flowing, and didn't expose me to the typical internet landscape of negative critique.
Am I always a promoter? I don't know...it seems like this year has proven to me that I am.
I just like good ideas and I love supporting people who believe in what they are doing.
And I find that the more you support those doing good things...that your good things will get support.
TT: What do you like most about Typetrigger?
<Becky> Typetrigger creates a space for a writer to practice.
I've always wanted to be a writer my whole life, but I've never been disciplined enough to get up at 6:00 am and write before work. With Typetrigger, you get the trigger, a convenient amount of time to attack it, and a place to publish it without regret.
It's a jump start and something every writer needs from time to time!
<Spencer> As I mentioned earlier, I've been focusing on my scholarly work - finishing a dissertation, in fact, and chunking out extracts for articles. What immediately appealed to me about Typetrigger was that it was a quick, finite escape from that other mode of writing. I think it's funny how on some of my earlier posts the fiction prose still has the cadence and tone of my scholarly writing, but later posts are more relaxed and a more creative voice comes through. Typetrigger's a great way to facilitate moving between those two modes of writing, and as an exercise in flash creativity I find it very effective.
Would each of you be willing to select one piece of writing on Typetrigger that you really enjoyed and tell us in a sentence or two what you liked about it?
<Becky> So, Praline was the person that introduced me to Typetrigger and her piece for the trigger "wish i had gone" resonated with me. The anxiety of moving forward, making decisions or not, and dealing with what happens next is so relatable to me. It's brilliant when someone can verbalize what you can not.
<Spencer> carrotcarmen was one of my first "readers" on TT and I always try to reciprocally read her work. One my favorites was her response to the trigger "mother knows best." The economy of her language, especially when writing about a situation that could turn the best prose purple, is incredible. I found that post profoundly moving.


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Synonyms of nastiness in English:
1 my mother tried to shut herself off from reality and from nastiness
unpleasantness, disagreeableness, offensiveness, vileness, foulness, unsavouriness, ugliness, squalor, filthiness, filth, pollution
[Antonyms] niceness, pleasantness
2 he was bewildered by her uncharacteristic nastiness
unkindness, unpleasantness, unfriendliness, disagreeableness, hostility, rudeness, churlishness, spite, spitefulness, malice, maliciousness, meanness, mean-spiritedness, ill temper, ill nature, bad temper, bad-temperedness, viciousness, ill humour, malevolence, venom, venomousness, malignancy, cantankerousness, cruelty, abusiveness
informal bitchiness, cattiness
[Antonyms] niceness, kindness
3 for some real nastiness this week, you had to watch 'The Sex Hunters'
obscenity, indecency, offensiveness, impropriety, indelicacy, crudity, vulgarity, grossness, pornography, smuttiness, smut, salaciousness, lewdness, licentiousness
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Social networking technology is reorganizing how we relate to
each other. No group is taking to these modes more than youth,
Danah Boyd explained in a
this month to the American Association for the Advancement of
Science. By capturing a young demographic, services like
MySpace are amassing
staggering numbers of users. Boyd, a doctoral student at the School
of Information at the University of California, Berkeley, reports
that News Corp-owned MySpace gets more pageviews than everyone but
Yahoo, and more than 50 million accounts have been created on the
social networking site.
Parents have met youths' migration to online socializing with
trepidation, warning of the potential for predators to anonymously
contact minors. Boyd notes, however, 'there are more articles on
predators on MySpace than there have been reported predators
Boyd argues that youth do not see the prospect of predators as
an essential aspect of their online experience: '[T]heir response
is typically to ignore the issue.' Rather, the kids are there for
one thing: peer group socialization. Boyd notes that the burger
joints of the 1950's are gone, as are the days of roaming the mall
uninhibited. Today, kids must fight tooth and nail to find a social
environment that is not controlled by parents or similar authority
figures. MySpace provides an arena, albeit virtual, where kids can
mingle, flirt, argue, and do all the things that kids do while in
the throes of adolescent socialization. In a world where every hour
is taken up by school, athletics, or parental supervision, MySpace
stands as a relatively supervision-free social atmosphere where
kids can try on different identities, learning who they are and who
they aren't.
Boyd sees MySpace as a liberating 'digital public' that helps
'youth to (re)create private and public youth space while
physically in controlled spaces.' Shut in their rooms after dinner,
kids can nevertheless explore socialization through real-time
internet chat and the management of their public profiles.
Similarly, the service puts individuals into a larger pool of
people than they would otherwise meet in their daily life, allowing
them to circumvent the traditional way in which they have learned
about their larger peer group: the media. Ultimately, Boyd wants us
to realize that youth have always co-opted the tools at hand for
their own means. MySpace or the burger joint, shopping malls or the
roller rink: It's all just 'hanging out.'
-- Nick Rose
Go there >>Danah Boyd at
the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Go there too >>MySpace
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To prepare the hazelnut-mint vinaigrette:
Combine the mint, shallots, garlic, honey, salt and oils in a blender. Blend together until the mint is nicely chopped. Pour into a container and add the vinegar and chopped hazelnuts. Allow the flavors to infuse at room temperature for at least 1 hour, or store overnight in a refrigerator.
To prepare the goat cheese balls:
Roll a tablespoon of goat cheese into a ball. Continue with this until all the goat cheese is used. Heat the cherry jam with a tablespoon of water until just melted. Pour over the goat cheese balls. Roll the balls around until completely covered with the jam. Then roll the balls in the prosciutto crumbs. They should be well crusted.
To serve:
Divide the vinaigrette among 4 plates. It should thinly cover the bottom of each plate and should be a nice bright green color. Place 4 peach wedges on each plate. Make sure there is space in between the wedges. Place a goat cheese ball in between each peach wedge. Garnish with cherries and watercress. The end result should be a colorful plate of green, orangey pink and red.


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We believers have three great spiritual enemies:
1. The External Enemy or the World in Ephesians 2:2. The "world" is the world system organized against God and Christians. Because of this enemy, Paul exhorts us, "Be not conformed to the world." John also exhorts us, "Love not the world." When I think of the world I think of most of what Hollywood produces. Hollywood is not just an entertainment industry but an industry organized against God. Just read Plugged In movie reviews of most movies and see how most are not family friendly because of crude language, sexual content, and negative content.
2. The Infernal Enemy or the Devil in Ephesians 2:2. The Devil is a roaring lion seeking whom he may devour. Both of these enemies (the world and the devil), however, are external and limited. The devil is not omnipresent. We don't have invite the world into our living room through our TV or Internet. So this makes our third enemy most dangerous.
3. The Internal Enemy or the sinful nature in each of us or what Paul calls the "Flesh" in Ephesians 2:3. I think I read this outline in J. Vernon McGee somewhere.
The old sinful nature is the "flesh" with which we were born. The sinful nature is the source of so many evil desires. The old nature's opponent is the new nature with which we were born again. The new nature is empowered by the Holy Spirit who is the source of good and godly desires. Paul chronicles this conflict in Romans 8:5-13.
Unlike the World and the Devil, we cannot ever not be in the presence of our "flesh" or sinful nature. Someone described the Christian as a "Walking Civil War." It is almost as if we have a split personality. A Doctor Jekyell and Mr. Hyde raging inside of us every waking moment.
How can we overcome the evil nature within us? How can we not be ruled by sinful Mr. Hyde? Paul provides two vital steps in releasing the power of the Holy Spirit to overcome our "flesh." First we must possess the Holy Spirit (8:5-11) and then we must yield to Him (8:12-13).
1. We must Possess the Holy Spirit to Overcome the Flesh (8:5-11)
In verses 5-11, Paul paints a stark contrast between the saved and unsaved as verses 5 and 9 make clear.
There are only two kinds of people according to Paul in these verses. Not Democrates and Republicans or the 1 percent and the 99 percent. But the saved who possess the Holy Spirit and the unsaved who do not possess the Holy Spirit. It is a clear case of the "Haves" and the "Have nots." If you are saved you have living in you the Person of the Holy Spirit who is able to give you victory over sin. "Greater is He that is in you, than he that is in the world" (1 John 4:4). There three contrasts between the unbeliever and the believer in verses 5-11.
A. The Contrast of Desires in 8:5.
When Paul wrote "do mind" he meant the desires, obsessions, and passions that drive your life.
Some people are obsessive over technology. One couple this weekend is having a "Black out." They are turning off all of their technology: cell phones, laptops, and TVs. That means no calls, except for emergencies, no movies, no Facebook. I'm sure they are in withdrawal at this very moment covered in sweat.
Other people are obsessive over sports. One youth pastor wrote: I have a friend that loves tennis. There's nothing wrong with that, but he doesn't realize what he's become. He wears tennis stuff. He reads tennis magazines. He talks about tennis all the time – even his hair looks like a tennis ball (Wayne Cordeiro, A Personal Relationship, www.preachingtoday.com).
What are you passionate about? Are you passionate about the things of God as much as you are about the things of this life? Are sports, technology, work, and recreation more important than time with God, His Word, His people, and His ministry?
B. The Contrast of State in 8:6
1. The Lost are walking dead zombies: Alive physically, but dead spiritually. Paul did not say the unsaved would die sometime in the future but they are now dead. George Bernard Shaw wrote, "Most people die at 30 but are not buried until 60." The lost are separated from God who is the source of life just waiting to be buried.
There are three kinds of death in Scripture and all three have some form of separation.
a. Spiritual death is spiritual separation from God. We are born spiritually dead (Ephesians 2:1) with no salvific relationship with God.
b. Physical death is separation of soul and body at death (James 2:26).
c. Eternal death is the separation of the sinner in Hell from God for all eternity. John in Revelation calls this death the second death (Revelation 20:14).
John MacArthur said, "Years ago I conducted the funeral for a baby girl killed in an automobile accident. Before the service the mother kept reaching into the casket, taking the lifeless little body in her arms and caressing her and crying softly to her. The baby, of course, could no longer respond to anything in the physical realm, because there was no life there to respond. The unsaved person is a spiritual corpse and consequently is completely unable, in himself, to respond to the things of God" (The MacArthur NT Commentary, Romans 1-8, 417).
2. The saved have God's life and peace. We have eternal life and "peace with God" which Paul says is the result of justification in Romans 5:1 and 10. For the believer the war with God is over. The unsaved are still enemies with God because of the next contrast.
C. The Contrast of Lifestyle in 8:7-11
1. The Lost are in a constant state of hostility("enmity") with God. For this reason the lost do not have "peace with God" but are still combatants. This constant state of rebellion ("not subject to the law or Word of God) may not be an overt shaking of a fist in the face of God but just the continual "NO!" to Christ as Savior. Therefore the lost cannot please God (8:8). The writer of Hebrews 11:6 agrees, "Without faith it is impossible to please God." What makes this lifestyle of rebellion so tragic is that we along with the entire universe were created to bring Him pleasure (Psalm 19:1).
2. Paul makes a strong contrast in 8:9, "But, you (believers) are not in the flesh but in the Spirit." Paul in 8:9, 10, and 11 focuses on the past, present, and future ministry of the Holy Spirit in our lives.
a. In the past at conversion (8:9), the Holy Spirit took up residence in us. He "dwells" or lives in us. Jude would later declare similarly, "These (unsaved people) be they who separate themselves, sensual, having not the Spirit" (verse 19).
b. Presently (8:10) the Holy Spirit dwells in our mortal body. Our body is dying because of the sin of Adam. In 5:12, Paul spoke of the consequence of the Fall of Adam. We die because we are Adam's descendent. "But" at the same time, the Holy Spirit gives us eternal life because of the death of Christ and His imputed righteousness. Paul assured us believers that our salvation is eternally secure because Christ was condemned in our place in 8:3-4. Our bodies are dying because of the sin of Adam but our souls are eternally alive because of the obedience of Christ.
c. In the future, the Holy Spirit will resurrect our mortal bodies (8:11). Because our bodies are dying does this mean our bodies are unimportant to God? No! God is going to resurrect our bodies. Paul mentions two more times that the Holy Spirit dwells or lives in us. That is both comforting and convicting.
I read about a mother who was preparing dinner one evening, when her little boy came running into the kitchen.
She asked, "Well, what's Mama's little darling been doing all day?"
He replied, "I've been playing mailman."
"Mailman," the mother wondered out loud, "how could you do that when you don't have any letters?"
"Oh, I had a whole bunch of letters," he said.
"What letters?"
The little boy answered, "All those letters I found in the bottom drawer of your dresser all tied up with ribbons . . . I put one in every mailbox on our street" (James Merritt, Friends, Foes, and Fools: The Wisdom of Proverbs for Fathers, page 40).
We are so afraid that people will find out what we say or do. The Holy Spirit hears every word and sees every action. He lives with us.
We must first possess the Holy Spirit by trusting Christ as our Savior. Next we must yield to the Holy Spirit who lives in us.
2. We Must Yield to the Holy Spirit (8:12-13)
Because the Holy Spirit lives in us, Paul can apply in 8:12-13, all he has said, "Therefore we obligated not to the flesh, to live after the flesh. For if you live after the flesh, you shall die, but if you through the Spirit do mortify (put to death) the deeds of the body, you shall live" (8:12-13).
The Scottish theologian David Brown wrote, "If you don't kill sin, sin will kill you." It is our responsibility to put to death the sins of our body with the help of the indwelling Holy Spirit. Therefore we cannot make excuses for our sin or blame someone else. We must confess our sins and yield to the Holy Spirit. He is called "Holy" for a reason.
Conclusion: Paul asked the Galatians an interesting question in 3:2, "Did you receive the Holy Spirit by works of the Law or by the hearing of faith?" He was equates getting saved with receiving the Holy Spirit. That is a unique way to witness.


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|Yooyoung Lee; James J. Filliben; Ross J. Micheals; Michael D. Garris; P J. Phillips;
|A Baseline for Assessing Biometrics Performance Robustness: A Case Study across Seven Iris Datasets
|November 07, 2013
|We examine the robustness of algorithm performance over multiple datasets collected with different sensors. This study provide insight as to whether an algorithm performance derived from traditional controlled environment studies will robustly extrapolate to more challenging stand-off/real-world environments. We argue that a systematic methodology is critical in assuring the validity of algorithmic conclusions over the broader arena of applications. We present a structured evaluation protocol and demonstrate its utility by comparing the performance of the open-source algorithm over seven datasets, spanning six different sensors (three stationary, one handheld, and two stand-off types). We also provide results for the ranking of the seven datasets measured by four performance metrics. Finally, we compare our protocol-based ranking with a parallel ranking based on an independent survey results from a collection of biometrics experts, with high correlation between the two rankings being demonstrated.
|The IEEE Sixth International Conference on Biometrics: Theory, Applications and Systems (BTAS 2013)
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The Alchemyst
by Michael Scott
The Alchemyst Resources
Follow the author on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and his blog. Plus, you can watch interview clips and see cover art for all the books in dozens of languages, as well as keep up-to-date on when the next installment hits shelves. Go ahead, jump on over there. You know you want to.
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Feelin' fancy? Take a walk around the real-life Nicholas Flamel's neighborhood in Paris through Google Earth.
Dying for more on our Immortals (sorry, Shmoop couldn't resist the pun)? Visit Flamel's Immortal Portal to read news and updates about the series, participate in the official fan forum, and take fun polls.
Online Games
Channel Sophie and Josh and take on the challenges of the Elder in this interactive online game based on The Alchemyst; it's filled with puzzles, logic games, and hosted by the author, Michael Scott, himself.
Mythology Websites
Explore the mythology of Ireland, and be sure to check out the entries on Scathach and Morrigan. Just be on your guard, because that Morrigan has quite the temper.
Learn more about those fascinating Irish myths. There's plenty to explore, and you just might meet some familiar faces.
Go back to the age of the pyramids to discover the ancient Egyptian gods and goddesses, like our old friend Bastet.
For when Pantheon doesn't quite cut the mustard.
Brush up on your Greek and Roman mythology with this entry on Hekate, goddess of magic, witchcraft, and necromancy. Hey, she's a Jill of all trades.
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Check out Dr. John Dee's inspiration, complete with da Vinci's flying machine plans.
Michael Scott reveals his inspiration for the Nicholas Flamel series. Plus, he gives us the skinny on the much-anticipated sixth installment, The Sorceress.
Michael Scott talks about his love of writing the Nicholas Flamel series.
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Flamel himself, rocking a beard.
She doesn't look too happy with her hubby.
Points for the pointiest beard Shmoop's ever seen.
… is not to be trifled with. This painting from the National Museum of American Art depicts the Witch of Endor conjuring up the ghost of the prophet Samuel.
Go ahead. Judge it by its cover.
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Career in a Year photos 2013: Nearly a 'Perfecto' for Yu
Day 93, April 2: Here is the blog post from the day after Yu Darvish's near perfect game in Houston in 2013:
A perfect game. Twenty-seven batters, 27 outs. A pitcher's dream game. No walks, no hits, no errors. In 135 years of major league baseball, there have been only 23 perfect games.
In 30 years of photographing major league baseball I have never photographed a perfect game. I could have in 1984, when on the last day of the season, California Angels pitcher Mike Witt threw one against the Rangers at old Arlington Stadium. Working for the Dallas Times Herald then, I opted to stay home that day, a Sunday, and watch the Cowboys play the Chicago Bears on TV. The Times Herald photographer assigned to the game, the late great Doug Milner, told me later that while shooting the end of the game he didn't understand why the players were so excited. It seems Doug didn't realize what he had just witnessed and was unaware that he had just photographed a 'perfecto.'
Texas Rangers pitcher Yu Darvish came within one out of achieving this historic feat in Houston against the Astros. He retired the first 26 batters he faced. Unfortunately, the 27th batter, Houston's Marwin Gonzalez, grounded the first pitch he saw between Darvish's legs and into center field to spoil the potentially historic evening.
Since I grew up playing and loving baseball, witnessing such a game would be a career highlight for me. Needless to say, it was disappointing to miss the rare opportunity to witness a perfect game. Actually, Yu didn't appear to be as disappointed as did his teammates, who also, I am sure, appreciated the magnitude of what he almost accomplished. Hopefully Yu (and I) will have another shot at a 'perfecto' somewhere down the road…
Please note: This is the 93rd entry in a year long daily blog for 2015, chronicling the "Career in a Year" of Senior Staff Photographer Louis DeLuca. Each day a photograph, taken on the current calendar day (April 2) from one of the years of his 37-year career, will be highlighted. View all Career in a Year photos here.


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Sarasota, FL 34236
Sarasota, FL: City of Sarasota property owners will receive an additional discount on flood insurance effective immediately as a result of City staff working closely with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to help reduce those costs. Property owners will now receive an additional five percent off their premiums. "This is excellent news," said Tim Litchet, Director of Neighborhood and Development Services. "This means we're doing a great job administering the floodplain regulations, and because of our efforts the citizens get a discount off their flood insurance policies." In total, property owners in a Special Flood Hazard Area will now receive a 20 percent reduction on flood insurance due to the City's participation in a FEMA program. The discount is set for the next five years.
FEMA administers the National Flood Insurance Program which offers reasonably priced flood insurance in communities which comply with minimum standards for floodplain management. Based on a point system, called the Community Rating System, a community which goes beyond the set minimum standards can earn discounts on flood insurance premiums. Discounts range from five percent to 45 percent. Every five years, a community is eligible to have its rating reviewed and possibly upgraded.
The Community Rating System grants points in four different areas: public information, mapping and regulations, flood damage reduction and flood preparedness. Depending upon the number of points earned, a community is placed into one of ten classes. Class 10 receives no discount and Class 1 receives the highest discount – 45 percent. Each class is separated by increments of five percent.
The City of Sarasota moved from Class 7 to Class 6, saving property owners an extra 5 percent over their current flood insurance premium. "We can't point at one item as to why the City moved up," said Buster Chapin, Senior Zoning Analyst and staff point person with the project. "We received points for a lot of things: including floodplain information in utility bills, flood preparedness, and elevation certificates for buildings. We also were awarded points for publicizing that we have flood information available." The City earned enough additional points to move into Class 6 for a total reduction of 20 percent on premiums. The rate changes will remain in effect for five years.
For more information contact Buster Chapin, Senior Zoning Analyst: 941-365-2200 ext. 4444.
For more information, please contact:
Jan Thornburg, Public Information Officer (941) 954-2613


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Boris Johnson Battles Snow. Is There an Election Coming?
London Mayor Boris Johnson has faced some criticism on previous occasions when London was hit by heavy snow. Did he do enough to coordinate the response and deal with the disruption? Did he bang together the heads of transport chiefs and local government bods and demand proper action on behalf of Londoners?
Jim Pickard at the FT points out that back in May 2009 Boris seemed to treat the subject almost as a joke when he was challenged by MPs on the transport committee.
"If you ask me whether I personally went around trying to repel each snowflake as it tried to settle over London, then obviously I would have to give you a negative answer. You do ascribe phenomenal powers to me – quite rightly, I think, as I think it is high time that we thought about a revision of the powers to have authority over basic meteorology, but it is not within my competence to get up into a helicopter and encourage the snow to stay away."
The committee's chairman, Graham Stringer MP, was not impressed: "I do not want absurd answers about trying to repeal snowflakes. Did you call people together? There has been some criticism."
Note the entirely different tone from the Mayor in his Daily Telegraph column on Monday. It's battling Boris over-seeing a war on the elements.
"Well, folks, it's tea-time on Sunday and for anyone involved in keeping people moving it has been a hell of a weekend. Thousands have had their journeys wrecked, tens of thousands have been delayed getting away for Christmas; and for those Londoners who feel aggrieved by the performance of any part of our transport services, I can only say that we are doing our level best.
Almost the entire Tube system was running yesterday and we would have done even better if it had not been for a suicide on the Northern Line, and the temporary stoppage that these tragedies entail. Of London's 700 bus services, only 50 were on diversion, mainly in the hillier areas. On Saturday, we managed to keep the West End plentifully supplied with customers, and retailers reported excellent takings on what is one of the busiest shopping days of the year.
We have kept the Transport for London road network open throughout all this. We have about 90,000 tons of grit in stock, and the gritters were out all night to deal with this morning's rush. And yet we have to face the reality of the position across the country.
It is no use my saying that London Underground and bus networks are performing relatively well – touch wood – when Heathrow, our major international airport, is still effectively closed two days after the last heavy snowfall; when substantial parts of our national rail network are still struggling; when there are abandoned cars to be seen on hard shoulders all over the country; and when yet more snow is expected today, especially in the north.
In a few brief hours, we are told, the snowy superfortresses will be above us again, bomb bays bulging with blizzard. It may be that in the next hours and days we have to step up our de-icing, our gritting and our shovellng."
All very Churchillian and hands on. Anyone would think there's a mayoral election coming in London. Oh, there is. In five months time.
Update: Ah, several eagle eyed readers point out that the mayoral election isn't until 2012. This is an excellent point. Er… but Boris is now 17 months away from facing the voters in London, which is closer than he was to judgement day in May 2009? And his election guru Lynton Crosby is on hand in London advising him, one presumes, to stay alert to voter concerns? It's been a long year.


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Bobby Fischer Against the World
When: Ended 05/1/11
Where: St. Anthony Main Theater
A child prodigy, Fischer was thrust into the spotlight at age 29 when he beat reigning Soviet champ Boris Spassky at the World Championships in 1972 in Reykjavik, Iceland. The height of the Cold War, and with Nixon's resignation imminent, 1972 saw America's confidence at an all-time low. Bobby Fischer represented his nation's international prestige in his match against the Russian. Unprepared for the media storm that came with his victory, Fischer slowly spiraled into a form of madness. Withdrawing from the world for decades, he resurfaced for an anticlimactic rematch with Spassky, a clear violation of a UN embargo. Now a fugitive, the brash and difficult Fischer retreated to Iceland and disappeared again from public view, only to die in 2008.


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Is chivalry dead? This is a common question that haunts the cerebral code of ethics in
family, romance, community, business, and person relationships. So we ask ourselves, is
chivalry really dead, as many entrepreneurs have stated? More importantly, do we bring
to business chivalry in mind, courtesy in expression, and generosity in activity? Courtesy,
generosity, and a chivalrous attitude must exist if commerce is to flow, deals are to be
made, and relationships are to be maintained.
Rude behavior is on the rise and killing our businesses. There is a high cost to this
incivility, and it damages business prospects. Have you ever walked into a business and
were met with rudeness, poor customer service, a lack of political correctness, or
improper etiquette? I'm sure we all have, and, as a result, we decided not to return. Yet,
because we don't speak out or report the incident, the problem persists, creating an
environment in which a lack of respect, courtesy, and customer service flourish.
We have to take personal responsibility in demanding the restoration of what has been
lost or thought to be dead: chivalry in the workplace and in business. An entrepreneur's
essential code of conduct and ritual is to be kind, polite, customer friendly, and
responsible for civility in the businesses that we run and patronize. It is important that
we consider the needs of the customer and that we treat others as we would want to be
treated. When someone is rude or acts completely out of character, refuse to partake in
the incivility or to respond with like sentiment. It is unacceptable, and rudeness should
be politely acknowledged and filtered through a courteous response that signifies the
entrepreneur's creed of character, morals, and values. Good manners open doors that
position and money cannot.
As entrepreneurs, learning the importance of interpersonal skills based on courtesy,
knowledge, and respect for others can generate opportunities, build relationships, and
create a solid costumer base. Chivalry isn't dead, nor should any business owner or
customer allow it to be.
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I'll be at the Guildhall in London today for the latest run down of the financial sector's favourite brokers, analysts and fund managers.
UK News
Live webstream: watch the Extel Survey Awards
The Extel Survey Awards 2009 are taking place today in Guildhall, London. The survey, which has taken place every year since 1974, captures the views of all sides of the investment community on their counterparts and produces rankings for brokers, quoted companies and individuals.
How will the oil supply cut trickle down?
The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries agreed on Wednesday to make its deepest output cut ever to counter slumping demand and falling oil prices. The output cut has been received with cautious optimism by analysts.


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Back editions of the weekly hand-out sheets In Flower This Week are available in this archive. The sheets are prepared by a volunteer at the Botanic Gardens each week. The list starts with the latest and goes back to 1997. (year-month-day)
Searching on a particular plant name results in a list of archive links, but these have the date built into the file name so it also gives a range of flowering times for any plants that have caught the eye of our IFTW volunteer.
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A Colerain High School teacher was placed on administrative leave after she was accused of misconduct.
School officials said a preliminary investigation indicated possible criminal activity, and the case was turned over to local law enforcement.
No additional information was released about the case, including the teacher's name.
Officials said Northwest Local Schools were cooperating with law enforcement.


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Women's groups in Turkey have condemned a new draft constitution, saying it sets the country back years in terms of gender equality.
A new constitution is being prepared to replace the current one, introduced after the military coup of 1980.
The document describes women as a vulnerable group needing protection.
The proposed constitution has already sparked fierce debate with a clause to allow women to attend university wearing the Islamic headscarf.
Speaking on Tuesday, Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan assured critics the new draft constitution will reflect the values and needs of all groups of society.
'Patriarchal society'
More than 80 women's groups have come together to voice strong opposition to the draft constitution, calling it a major step backwards for equal rights.
The current constitution in Turkey obliges the government to ensure equality for all - a clause that women's groups fought hard to include.
The new draft removes that, describing women instead as a vulnerable group in need of special protection.
Women's rights activist Selen Lermioglu calls that worrying proof that Turkey is still a highly patriarchal society.
"If the government accepts this it will show their ideology and mindset about women and men - that women are a group that needs to be protected," she said.
"No we're not, we don't need protection. We need equality and ask for that, not protection.
"If all laws and the whole constitution is prepared with this mindset, it can have a really bad impact," she added.
The group says it has not formed a common position yet on the issue of the Islamic headscarf, worn by more than 60% of Turkish woman but banned in state offices, schools and universities.
The government wants to change the constitution to ensure girls who cover their heads can attend university.
Women's activists, like the wider society here, are divided on that.
So far the new constitution has been drafted behind closed doors: now women's groups are demanding to be consulted.
They want to make this process an opportunity to push for more rights, not fewer, including a clause insisting on a temporary quota for women, to eliminate discrimination in all areas.
They argue that is the only way to lift Turkey from close to the bottom of the list in Europe on gender equality.
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U.S. Columbia River Users Call for 'Better Bargain' with Canada
U.S. Senators from the Northwest say it's time "to strike a better bargain" with Canada over hydropower generated along the shared Columbia River. That was one upshot of a Thursday Senate hearing to discuss how to renegotiate a nearly 50-year-old cross-border treaty.
A range of witnesses in the power generation business claimed Canada is getting a lopsided deal under the terms of the 1960s-era Columbia River Treaty. A Bonneville Power Administration executive testified the U.S. substantially overpays BC Hydro to coordinate water flows from upstream reservoirs.
Democratic Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon bemoaned that those "excess payments" come out of the pockets of Northwest ratepayers. Idaho Republican Sen. Jim Risch wondered what would make Canada agree to a better deal.
"I think this is going to be a really heavy lift to get the Canadians to try to do something about this. I mean, if I were sitting on the other side of the border, I'd look at this and say, 'Guys, here's the treaty. Where's my check?'" Risch said.
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Manufacturers to D.C.: Make Us a Can-Do Nation Again
Prior to the President's State of the Union address, National Association of Manufacturer's (NAM) chairman Doug Oberhelman (CEO of Caterpillar) and NAM president Jay Timmons posted this article on Real Clear Politics offering a challenge to our political leaders in taking steps to revive manufacturing. They cite the Skills Certification System as a critical pillar in our manufacturing economy. Read More »


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Can't Sell Your House? Knock It Down
Last year, we told you about home builders knocking down partially built houses after determining that razing them was more cost-effective than selling them in a down market.
Are individual homeowners following suit? The Sarasota Herald-Tribune reports that one South Florida couple brought in a wrecking ball to tear down their home, which they consider unsellable.
When Carl and Susanne Wise purchased a new house, they knew that selling their five-bedroom, four-bathroom house would not be easy. But the rent they could charge for the home–once assessed at nearly $1 million–would not cover its expenses, either. Renting the 13-year-old house would have required a pricey kitchen renovation, they tell the paper, while the rental income would have been consumed by property taxes and insurance.
But the Wises think the home's location, on Camino Real in South Sarasota, will be prime when the market improves. "The real value is going to be in the next deal," Mr. Wise is quoted as saying. Razing the home now frees the owners from taxes and insurance on the structure.
According to the Tribune, this isn't the only Sunshine State house being razed. Like the Wises, some decide that the cost of maintaining a home that has seen its value plunge and the headache of being a landlord aren't worth it. Others are snapping up bargain-priced homes just for the lot, with plans to rebuild in the future.
While this is one of the first such cases we've heard about, we wonder if more frustrated homeowners will bull-doze their way out of the housing crisis. Readers, what do you think?
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Joseph Cartagena – better known as rapper "Fat Joe" – pleaded guilty Friday in federal court in New Jersey to not filing federal tax returns on about $3.7 million in income.
The rapper, known for the songs "What's Luv" and "Lean Back," along with a public feud with 50 Cent, didn't file returns to the Internal Revenue Service between 2007 and 2010, according to court documents. He now owes $718,038 in back taxes and could face two years in prison, a $200,000 fine and prosecution costs.
"He is dismayed about the situation, but we have taken all steps necessary to make sure the government is paid back as soon as possible," said Jeffrey Lichtman, Cartagena's attorney.
The court documents indicate Cartagena earned about $1.3 million in 2007, $1.4 million in 2008, $320,000 in 2009 and $680,000 in 2010. He didn't file returns in any of those years according to the court documents.
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Leacanabuaile Stone Fort's walls have, as have the walls of nearby Cahergal Stone Fort, been reconstructed and measure almost 10 feet thick and almost four feet high. Its outer walls have been dated to as early as the 6th Century.
In the enclosure are the also reconstructed remains of a circular building (with a souterrain) and three square buildings.
The interior of Leacanabuaile Fort is much more complex consisting of a single circular building and three square buildings. Excavations have produced both Bronze and Iron Age objects.
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Irish Antiquities: Leacanabuaile Stone FortJourney to Leacanabuaile Leacanabuaile is located off the Ring of Kerry road (N70) northwest of the town of Cahersiveen, County Kerry, Ireland. The fort is on posted private land. (See the Irish Antiquities website above for photos of the interior of the enclosure.)
Ordnance Survey Map (V446806)Visitors Information Visitors information and general tourist information may be found at the Ring of Kerry Tourism and the Discover Ireland: Kerry websites. Additional Photos of Leacanabuaile
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Web Tool Analyzes Solar Cell Materials
Wednesday, 08 February 2012
An online tool developed by MIT researchers called "Impurities to Efficiency" - or I2E - allows companies or researchers exploring alternative manufacturing strategies to plug in descriptions of their planned materials and processing steps. After about one minute of simulation, I2E gives an indication of exactly how efficient the resulting solar cell would be in converting sunlight to electricity.
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Monday, 06 February 2012
Electrically conductive meshes made of metal nanowires promise exceptional electrical throughput, low cost, and easy processing in applications like video displays, LEDs, and thin-film solar cells. However, in processing, these meshes must be heated or pressed to unite the crisscross pattern of nanowires that form the mesh - damaging them in the process.
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Thursday, 02 February 2012
An international team of researchers has developed a process that improves the efficiency of generating electric power using molecular structures extracted from plants. The system taps into photosynthetic processes to produce efficient and inexpensive energy.
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Wednesday, 01 February 2012
Scientists at Sandia National Laboratories, in partnership with Jamie Johnson of Solar Power Electric™, have developed PV Value™ - an electronic form to standardize appraisals of homes and businesses outfitted with photovoltaic (PV) installations.
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The Jan/Feb Issue of Lighting Technology is Here
Tuesday, 31 January 2012
Check out the newly redesigned Jan/Feb issue of Lighting Technology. Cutting-edge research news, industrial lighting application stories, feature articles, products, and new technologies for license help bring in the new year.
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Quantum Dot Light Enhancement Substrate
Wednesday, 25 January 2012
A cost-competitive solution for increasing the light extraction efficiency of organic light-emitting diodes (OLEDs) with efficient and stable color rendering index (CRI) for solid-state lighting (SSL) was developed and demonstrated. Solution-processable quantum dot (QD) films were integrated into OLED indium tin oxide (ITO)-glass substrates to generate tunable white emission from blue-emitting OLED devices.
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Tuesday, 24 January 2012
Power generated by a wind turbine largely depends on wind speed. In a wind farm in which the turbines experience the same wind speeds but different shapes, such as turbulence, to the wind profile, a turbine will produce different amounts of power. Two researchers say that this variable power can be predicted by looking at atmospheric stability.
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All throughout May, I'll spotlight a different webcomic. Like with the month of independent comics and the month of LGBT comics, I figure I will let you webcomic creators out there suggest your comic for spotlight during this month. So if you want me to spotlight your comic, drop me a line at firstname.lastname@example.com!
Today we look at Bill Walko's The Hero Business, a nifty strip about a company that specializes in supporting superheroes, from marketing, to publicity, to costume design to tech support – pretty much everything! As Bill terms it in his description – "with great power comes great marketability!" And so far in this strip, it also goes hand in hand with great fun!
As Walko describes on the Hero Business website, the idea behind this series comes from the curiosity that peeks out from behind the general suspension of disbelief for stuff like, "how do these superheroes afford all of their technology? Heck, how do some of these heroes afford to live period?"
Hero Business is an all-purposes management firm for superheroes. They supply technology, costume design, publicity and, perhaps most importantly, they handle endorsements and the like (how everything gets paid for).
Naturally, they are kept quite busy by the plentiful amount of superheroes out there. The lovable cast of characters who populate Hero Business include a former supervillain who now is head of research and development, an old school superhero who now works as a consultant for the company (and as a sort of liaison between the company and the hero population) plus a bunch of other "normal" workers. One of these workers is Parker Jameson, the receptionist for the company.
As the strip debuts, we begin with Parker's first day on the job…
That's about what you can expect from the strip on a regular basis (it updates every Thursday)!
Here's a snippet from the beginning of the current storyline…
Fun stuff, right?
So go check out the site here. Walko does a wonderful job designing the site.
I usually hate metacommentary in the actual comics. As a series of its own, though? Hit me.
The artwork looks nice, the jokes were spot-on (the "I just had an Origin" one made me LOL) and the cast looks intriguing (especial El Malo, what's a villain doing there?) so I may follow this.
(Btw I suspect that meeting is pretty much how things get planned by the actual writers and editors. Not "Where the character should go now, logically" so much as "How can we insert the current fad in it?" )
Looks like a fun strip. Souns like it could go hand-in-hand with one of my favourites, Evil Inc. (Basically the same deal, from the villain's perspective.)
I got the print version of this in Boston. Bill had a postcard with a strip of a female character being ret-conned right in front of the receptionist. The comment that got me was when the character said "Am I Greek? I feel vaguely Greek." Until he mentioned it, I didn't realize he was specifically commenting on Donna Troy, but the strip was funny enough to shell out my cash. Haven't read it yet, still (damn my giant pile of comics!), but seeing these strips, it looks like I picked a good one.
[…] If you aren't following Brian Cronin's blog over at Comic Book Resources, you should be. "Comics Should Be Good" celebrates many wonderful facets of the four-colored world of comics. Throughout May, "Comics Should Be Good" is spotlighting a different webcomic every day. And today, "The Hero Business" got a little PR: […]
Wow, it's an honor to have a spotlight here. Thanks, Brian!
I will also add, a good way to get into THE HERO BUSINESS is through the "Coffee Break" done-in-one gags. You can access them in the "previously" section on the left of my landing page. I alternate between the done-in-ones and longer story arcs. Hope you guys find something to enjoy! Thanks for looking!
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According to a new European Commission report the number of suicides in Ireland is on the increase. The reports states that 2008 saw and increase from 82 to 92 suicides. After yesterdays Budget spending on mental health services will be down by 1.8 percent.
John Saunders, director of Shine, which represents people suffering from schizophrenia, spoke to the Irish Independent. He said "While it is unfortunate that mental health will see up to a 1.8pc reduction, we do welcome the statement recognising that mental health services are provided to vulnerable people, and therefore should receive preferential treatment.
"We acknowledge that this decision was made within the context of a severe recessionary budget, however, we would still like to draw attention to the fact that at just 5.3pc of the overall health spend, mental health continues to be at its lowest level in modern history.
"In recessionary times, financial stress, unemployment, and debt can cause intense strain for people and can negatively impact their mental health.
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O'Brien returns for showdown with England
Updated: Tuesday, 13 Mar 2012 15:31
Declan Kidney has made just one change to the Ireland starting team for Saturday's RBS 6 Nations St Patrick's Day clash with England at Twickenham, with Sean O'Brien returning to the backrow.
O'Brien, who missed the 32-14 victory over Scotland at the Aviva Stadium with a skin infection on his foot, returns to the side in place of Peter O'Mahony at openside flanker.
Other than that expected change to the backrow, the side remains the same as Ireland attempt to secure a fourth win in five games against England.
There had been injury concerns over O'Brien, Rory Best and Donnacha Ryan heading into the last-day showdown with England.
O'Brien returned to training yesterday and Kidney is confident the reigning European player of the year will be ready for the climax to the tournament at Twickenham.
A course of antibiotics was needed to treat the infection and O'Brien lost two kilos while ill.
Munster openside O'Mahony, who impressed on his full debut in Saturday's 32-14 rout of Scotland, drops to the bench to make room for the 25-year-old.
Leinster's Shane Jennings drops out of the squad to make room for O'Brien's inclusion.
"Sean trained well this morning and we wouldn't have selected him if he wasn't ready," Kidney said.
"It's tough on Peter because he played really well against Scotland."
Captain Best (ribs) and lock Ryan (shoulder) have been included despite carrying injuries that will limit their involvement in training this week.
Best will become Ireland's most capped hooker when he makes his 59th Test appearance, eclipsing Keith Wood's milestone of 58.
Ireland have won seven of their last eight Six Nations matches against England, including three of the last four meetings at Twickenham.
The contest is likely to decide who finishes runners-up with Ireland ending the competition strongly by thrashing Italy, drawing with France and blitzing Scotland.
A big performance from England would further strengthen Stuart Lancaster's claim to being named permanent head coach.
England name their team on Thursday.
Ireland team to face England in the RBS 6 Nations, Twickenham, Saturday 17 March, kick-off 5pm:
15 Rob Kearney, 14 Tommy Bowe, 13 Keith Earls, 12 Gordon D'Arcy, 11 Andrew Trimble, 10 Jonathan Sexton, 9 Eoin Reddan, 1 Cian Healy, 2 Rory Best (captain), 3 Mike Ross, 4 Donncha O'Callaghan, 5 Donnacha Ryan, 6 Stephen Ferris, 7 Sean O'Brien, 8 Jamie Heaslip.
Replacements: 16 Sean Cronin, 17 Tom Court, 18 Mike McCarthy, 19 Peter O'Mahony, 20 Tomás O'Leary, 21 Ronan O'Gara, 22 Fergus McFadden.


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"We want to grow unbelievably here. But things in India are very tough right now. The political situation has been very fluid over the past couple of months," GE India CEO John Flannery said in his address at the summit celebrating GE's 110-year India presence.


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I was planning to get sushi for lunch, but decided to cook at home instead to get some chores done simultaneously. This is a very simple dish; elemental and hearty. Enjoy!
2 chicken thighs, deboned, deskinned and cubed
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Heat up olive oil in a small skillet. Drop in the chicken and lima beans, and cook on medium heat for 15-20 minutes, stirring occasionally.


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The Town of Collbran is in need of employees after five people resigned in the last two days. Discord between the town's employees and the board of trustees leads to the resignation of all but two of the town's staff.
According to Mayor John Blady, Town Administrator Bruce Smith quit during a trustees' meeting Tuesday night. Then during another meeting Wednesday night the town's Clerk, Shirley Nichols, Public Works Director Eric Lloyd, Utilities Billing Clerk Suzanne Belotti and Public Works employee Keith Encke all resigned from their posts.
Three of the five will receive severance packages. Trustee Tammy Entwistle will serve as the town's clerk until a permanent replacement is hired.
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Sliced Oranges in Syrup
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Prep 5 mins
Cook 20 mins
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- 1⁄2 cup water
- 1⁄3 cup sugar
- 3 seedless oranges
- Cut thin slivers of peel from 1 orange. Don't cut into white membrane.
- Cover peel with boiling water; let stand 5 minutes. Drain.
- Heat orange peel, water and sugar to boiling; simmer uncovered until slightly thickened, 10 to 15 minutes. Cool.
- Cut oranges into slices.
- Pour syrup over slices; cover and refrigerate.
- Garnish with sprig of mint if desired.
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This is good. A simple dessert or with breakfast. This would probably be good with Balkan (thick) yogurt dolloped on top. Made for NA*ME Tag!
This was so good and so easy to make. I really enjoyed the sweet syrup over the oranges. Thanks! Made for Newest Zaar Tag.
Oranges are a favorite of mine, especially when I can find the home-grown, large navel variety, which, in this case, I did! This is a great, easy-to-make recipe that results is a tasty side for breakfast! I actually got 2 servings from it when I topped the oranges with a generous portion of chopped Medjool dates! Very delicious! [Made & reviewed for one of the players in the PRMR Holiday Special, just because I wanted to do it!]