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Tue Jan 09 2007
Jobs: Italian & Comp Ling: Computational Linguist, SYSTRAN S.A.
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1. Bianka Buschbeck,
Italian & Computational Linguistics: Computational Linguist, SYSTRAN S.A., France
Message 1: Italian & Computational Linguistics: Computational Linguist, SYSTRAN S.A., France
Bianka Buschbeck <buschbeck
Italian & Computational Linguistics: Computational Linguist, SYSTRAN S.A., France
Organization: SYSTRAN S.A.
Department: Linguistic Resources
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Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics
Required Language(s): English (eng)
French (fra)
Italian (ita)
SYSTRAN France, a Machine Translation company located in Paris, is seeking
a highly qualified Italian computational linguist to join an international team
for the development of MT dictionary resources.
Primary Responsibilities:
Development of Italian Machine Translation dictionaries
- Dictionary coding and maintenance for Italian language pairs
- Corpus-based work on dictionary extension
- Review of translation quality, error analysis and resolution
- Testing and documentation of the results of dictionary updates
- Improvement of Italian resources for automatic dictionary coding
- Linguistic support for client projects involving Italian
- Native competence of Italian and high fluency in English and French
- Profound knowledge of computational lexicography and NLP in general
- Strong skills in Italian, English and French morphology and syntax
- Familiarity with a Linux environment, Perl and scripting languages
- Strong communication skills and ability to work in a team
Advanced degree in Computational Linguistics, Linguistics or Translation Studies
(Masters, PhD), and 2+ years experience in an industrial or academic NLP Environment
About SYSTRAN:
SYSTRAN is the leading provider of the world's most scalable and modular
translation architecture. Its core technology powers revolutionary translation
solutions for the Internet, PCs and network infrastructures that facilitate
communication in 36 language pairs and in 20 specialized domains.
SYSTRAN's Machine Translation (MT) technology integrates multilingual
functionalities in information processing and exchanges, for applications such
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SYSTRAN is headquartered in Paris (France) with a subsidiary in San Diego
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Paris La Défense C 92044
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Demographic and motor features associated with the occurrence of neuropsychiatric and sleep complications of Parkinson's disease
- Renato Puppi Munhoz1,2,
- Hélio A Teive1,
- Hariklia Eleftherohorinou3,
- Lachlan J Coin3,
- Andrew J Lees4,
- Laura Silveira-Moriyama4,5
- 1Department of Neurology, Hospital de Clínicas, Federal University of Paraná, Curitiba, Brazil
- 2Associacao Paranaense dos Portadores de Parkinsonismo, Curitiba, Brazil
- 3Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Centre for Biostatistics, Imperial College St Mary's Campus, London, UK
- 4Reta Lila Weston Institute, UCL Institute of Neurology, London, UK
- 5Department of Neurology, FCM, University of Campinas, Campinas, UNICAMP, Brazil
- Correspondence to Dr Laura Silveira-Moriyama, Reta Lila Weston Institute of Neurological Studies, UCL Institute of Neurology, London WC1N 1PJ, UK; laura.moriyama{at}ucl.ac.uk
- Received 25 October 2012
- Revised 7 February 2013
- Accepted 12 February 2013
- Published Online First 5 March 2013
Objective To determine whether four key neuropsychiatric and sleep related features associated with Parkinson's disease (PD) are associated with the motor handicap and demographic data.
Background The growing number of recognised non-motor features of PD makes routine screening of all these symptoms impractical. Here, we investigated the hypothesis that standard demographic data and the routine assessment of motor signs is associated with the presence of dementia, psychosis, clinically probable rapid eye movement (REM) sleep behavior disorder (cpRBD) and restless legs syndrome (RLS).
Methods 775 patients with PD underwent standardised assessment of motor features and the presence of dementia, psychosis, cpRBD and RLS. A stepwise feature elimination procedure with fitted logistic regression models was applied to identify which/if any combination of demographic and motor factors is associated with each of the four studied non-motor features. A within-study out-of-sample estimate of the power of the predicted values of the models was calculated using standard evaluation procedures.
Results Age and Hoehn&Yahr (H&Y) stage were strongly associated with the presence of dementia (p value<0.001 for both factors in the final selected model) while a combination of age, disease duration, H&Y stage, dopamine agonists and catechol-O-methyltransferase (COMT) inhibitors was associated with the presence of psychosis. Disease duration and H&Y stage were the significant indicators of cpRBD, and the lack of significant motor asymmetry was the only significant feature associated with RLS-type symptoms but the evidence of association was weak.
Conclusions Demographic and motor features routinely collected in patients with PD can estimate the occurrence of neuropsychiatric and sleep-related features of PD.

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This morning E and I met my sister Francesca, her partner Steve and his three kids for brunch in North Fitzroy. We went to three places before we could find a place with enough room to fit seven of us. I was beginning to despair when we walked into the Green Grocer which seemed as full of latte luvvies as the previous two places. It has a narrow entrance with boxes of fruit and vegetables lining one wall and a counter full of cakes on the other side. This is truly the grocer the name suggests, as well as a café, which fit snugly into an old Victorian terrace house.
But there was room for us. We were ushered upstairs to a bright spacious room with original artwork on the walls, rows of wine bottles and a large window looking out to the cast iron balcony that overlooked St George's Road. I am not used to brunch with a gaggle of children, but was impressed with the staff's patience with the, changing their minds about their order. And the verandah gave them space to play and explore.
For my brunch I chose the veggie big breakfast. This consisted of a fetta and herb pancake, homemade baked beans, tomato, mushroom, spinach, avocado and hash brown with a pesto sauce. It was excellent. The food tasted fresh: less fried and stodgy than the usual big breakfast. The colours of wilted spinach and kidney beans in tomato sauce on the pancake were bright and appealing. I had been tempted to ask for toast rather than the pancake but was glad I didn't, as the pancake was thick and substantial enough to hold its own against all the flavours. The round little hash brown was crispy on the outside and had a pleasing chunky inside that went well with the meltingly ripe wedge of avocado.
I also had a freshly squeezed juice – apple, carrot and beetroot. This is my favourite combination and was pleasing. E had porridge which he said was not how the Scots make it – it had sultanas, banana, honey and some sort of seeds, but he says it was nicely warming on a cold winter's morning. I also tasted some of the sweet treats which the kids had (their breakfast was long ago) and found them pleasing too. Oh and I am told the coffee was good.
The staff were friendly and accommodating for both children and adults. Coming downstairs to the counter, I found myself tempted by all sorts of interesting food. I was just sad I had bought bread elsewhere and so a loaf of the excellent looking sourdough bread was out of the question. Maybe next time.
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I had no idea they had an upstairs area! It looks lovely. I haven't been to the Green Grocer in ages but have been meaning to try the dinner menu.ReplyDelete
I've never visited before but have been past a few times lately with longing looks,so I was glad to go there - I'll be interested to hear if you do get there for dinnerReplyDelete
The porridge sounds much nicer than the traditional Scottish way, if you ask me!ReplyDelete
Someday i'll visit. Looks AWEsome!!! Wow, as if i needed another reason to want to travel out your way!!!ReplyDelete
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Southern Baptist heavyweight Richard Land in the fight of his life
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (RNS) For the past 24 years, Richard Land has used his folksy charm and fiery rhetoric to become the public face of Southern Baptists. Now his future is in doubt, pending a probe of his remarks about the Trayvon Martin shooting and for alleged plagiarism. By Bob Smietana.


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The notion of God as father is a metaphor, of course, like much religious language. It is necessary approximation and analogy. When I became a mother myself, I was stunned at how little we have filled this metaphor with meaning from the real experience of parenting. The Heavenly Father of my childhood was implacable, inscrutable, all-powerful. But to become a parent in reality is to enter a state of extreme vulnerability. "To become a father," the French theologian Louis Evely aptly put it, "is to experience an infinite dependency on an infinitely small, frail being, dependent on us and therefore omnipotent over our heart." Raising a new human being in this world is a monumental spiritual task, yet we so rarely call it that. This does not become easier when, at some point, our offspring become little theologians and philosophers. They begin to ask huge questions about life and the universe — basic questions about how we got here and where God lives and why people die and why people hurt each other and what it means to be good and to be happy. These questions are the building blocks of religion and ethics. We refine them all of our lives, but at heart they remain the same. What changes is our ability to articulate and act on them. As parents, we want to support this part of our children's natures. With other mundane aspects of parenting — like how to help them sleep, or how to feed them, or how to teach them to read — we know that we need help. We seek maps, books, and counselors. But when it comes to these personal, existential questions of meaning, we often feel that we should intuitively have the answers. In my own life, and as I've spoken with different people across the country these past years, the spirituality of parenting is often a source of anxiety. It provokes a feeling of inadequacy. This is heightened in our age by the fact that so many of us are less connected to specific religious traditions and institutions than the generations that preceded us. And many of us inherit a mix of spiritual practices in our own histories, marriages, and extended families. As we prepared to create this program, we put out a call for the reflections and questions of our listeners and newsletter subscribers. Many, many parents wrote in, as well as grandparents and ministers and teachers. Each contribution has been wonderful to read. The breadth of spiritual searching and the diversity of spiritual moorings among them is startling, reflecting the plurality of the culture we inhabit. And more than a few who are deeply rooted in a particular tradition stressed that even they need guidance on how to teach and model a vocabulary of words and practice for exploring religion and meaning and ethics as they share ordinary life with the children they love. I read these reflections and I feel less alone. The struggles named are at once universal and utterly distinct, like human nature itself. How to give children a sense of the sacred? How to pass on what has been meaningful to us and spare them from what has injured us? How to treat the spirituality we recognize in them if we are skeptical of organized religion? How to give children consistent messages when there are differing views between mother and father, or between parents and grandparents? How to nurture the spirituality of a beloved autistic child? How to teach our children anything about God, though they ask us, when we feel less than certain much of the time ourselves? I don't believe I could have found a better conversation partner for this program than Rabbi Sandy Sasso. Her ideas have kept me pondering, and I'm delighted to send them out into the world via radio and Internet. She encourages us to begin with what we know, and also to let our children lead us on a new journey of questioning and learning. We can seek out maps and books and counselors on this part of their development too, and we should. She also urges parents to explore the place they come from, the communities or traditions in their family and background, even if they have left it behind at another stage in life. Don't let those who modeled the worst of your faith, she adds, define that faith for you. Understand yourself as an ancestor to the next generation, as part of tradition's unfolding story. Most of all, we should attend to our children's musings about life's wonders and injustices, their grief at the death of a pet or a loved one, their response to a homeless person encountered on the street. It is all right not to have answers for their large moral and existential questions. Unlike adults, children are not afraid of mystery. But they do need us to help them develop vocabularies and ways of living to keep those questions alive and growing. They need to hear how we think about large questions of meaning, and about what experience has taught us. They need to hear our questions and our stories. Stories are the vocabulary of theology for children. They also crave and will use ritual and routine, and we can form these from daily life and commonplace experiences. As I finish this program, I am returned to the insight I began with — that children can make the essence of religion come alive. They may ultimately teach us far more than we teach them. "Children open windows for us," Sandy Sasso says, "or can crawl through windows that we can't crawl through, and they open part of our life that maybe has been dormant for a long time." The rest is mystery, and our children will help us embrace that more joyfully too.
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Rabbi Sasso's books for children are written from a perspective of deep faith, but they are nonsectarian treasures endorsed by spiritual leaders from many traditions. God's Paintbrush is a classic; it helps children and adults think about everyday questions of religion and ethics together using both story and question. In God's Name is a tale for our time — exploring the "oneness" of God while also suggesting that we can and must honor the language and approaches of different others.
Our Web site this week contains an extended list of recommended readings about and towards the spirituality of parenting. We've also created a space for you to interact with other listeners on these issues, and submitting other resources you have found helpful. Look for more details on "The Spirituality of Parenting" main page.
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The world has been replete of "-isms" since the early 20th century which caused a lot of wars in their name: communism, socialism, fascism, nazism,, colonialism, imperialism, etc. Those will be with us a while and will take turns in making our lives miserable. Current adjuvant "isms" American-brand are: conservatism, liberalism, libertarianism, populism.
The others that count on a more personal and societal basis are: egoism that essentially obliterated altruism by 2013; collectivism that is slowly replacing individualism, monism taking over pluralism; isolationism which has long replaced exceptionalism and worst of all pessimism that is slowly but surely replacing optimism.
Buddha said that "fortune changes like the swish of a horse's tail". There is often in people to whom the worst has happened an almost transcendent freedom as they had faced the worst and survived it. "Le propre de tomber c'est d'apprendre à se relever" (the point of falling is to learn how to raise up again) the Franch say.
Practical definition: An optimist sees an opportunity in every calamity, a pessimist sees a calamity in every opportunity.
Dunkin reminds us daily: "Keep your eye upon the donut, not upon the hole." Heaven on earth is when we choose not to focus on what is missing from our lives but are grateful for the abundance that is present. Jesus and his church tell us to be grateful and give thanks. "Gratitude is a major tenet of character", Bill O'Reilly.
Examples and popular says abound like the famous: "Is the glass half full or half empty". You can easily imagine the optimistic v. pessimistic point of view in the former statement. This reminds me a colleague from the University of Rotterdam, The Netherlands, who said: "There are two categories of people in this world: those who give you a solution for every problem; and those who give you a problem for every solution".
Life is not about waiting for the storm to pass…it is about learning to dance in the rain. As classically illustrated in Singin' in the Rain (1952 musical comedy starring Gene Kelly and Donald O'Connor). The rain brings good things to life (like the GE slogan).
"When one door closes another door opens" says the optimist. Another way to put it: "A quelque chose malheur est bon." "Every cloud has a silver lining."
Optimism and positive outlook will affect the hypothalamus, mood regulator in the brain, and more dopamine will be secreted (the pleasure neuro-modulator). Pessimism would trigger serotonine, the depression modulator.
The true optimist develops an attitude of gratitude. Gratitude is the key to be happy in life. If we are not grateful we will not be happy, no matter how much we have, because we would still want to have what we do not have, therefore we would be in a perpetual unhappy state of want.
Who said there are no second chances? It maybe true that no one can go back and make a brand new start, but anyone can start from now and make a brand new ending.
The critical yardstick for optimism is whether you take things for granted or you take them with gratitude. Gratitude is not only the greatest of all virtues, but the parent of all the others.
"The essence of all beautiful art, all great art, is gratitude" Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher (1844 –1900)


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Beaded Masai Bangle Bracelet
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From the village of Usa River near the city of Arusha in north-central Tanzania, Gertrude Protas Kitia uses the ancient art of Masai beadwork in both traditional and contemporary designs and techniques. Gertrude designs these bright summer bangles using traditional Masai patterns, but the twist to this bracelet is its recycled core. The women of Gertrude's craft cooperative collect rubber tubing from the local motorcycle mechanic, which in turn forms the base for elaborate beading. The bangles are both firm and flexible with porcelain beads wrapped on the recycled tubing. These colorful bracelets uplift your spirits while uplifting Gertrude and the women she supports!
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""When I made the film The Invention of Lying, they gave me a private jet for getting back and forth between New York and London. I thought, 'I will never use it' but I ended up using it every weekend. You turn up, right, and the airport is completely empty. I mean, there's just someone at the desk and then the pilot, who says, 'Are you ready to go?' and you say, 'Don't you want to see my passport?' and he goes, 'Oh yeah, I suppose I'd better.'" "
BJT Management Series: Embraer's Ernie Edwards
Ernie Edwards was born in Amman, Jordan, to a Welsh father and Russian mother. He had already lived in the UK and Ghana by the time he was 11, when the family moved back to Wales. After an aircraft apprenticeship at Hawker Siddeley, he joined Saudi Arabian Airlines and then held a series of high-level positions at various manufacturers before becoming president of Embraer Executive Jets in 2011. Edwards is widely known for his graceful, calm, powerful leadership. Here, he discusses his career and management style.
My background is mechanical. I know how to rivet, drill, make engineering drawings, read drawings, bend metal, paint airplanes.
In 1976 I read an advert for Saudi Arabian Airlines. TWA had the contract to run the airline for the Saudis, and they were recruiting people to train their engineers and mechanics, so I applied for a job and went out to Saudi Arabia to seek my fortune.
After being there a year I met a Saudi prince, a gentleman who to this day I call my second father. I told him about my background and somehow I managed to talk myself into a job with him, selling [Cessna] Citations. That became my first selling job and my first foray into being in contact with America.
Over the years, when I have made career moves, I have always written to [the Saudi prince] to tell him what I am doing and how my family is doing. I have stayed in contact with him because I owe him the big break. From him I learned the necessity to give people a break, to give people a chance. I have tried to do that throughout my career. Everyone needs a big break.
You do not have to have degrees coming out of your ears or years and years of experience, but you have to have the hunger, the integrity and the desire to work hard and to succeed. There are people that I have hired over the years who may not have direct experience, but they have what I see as the will to succeed and the apparent integrity that I think we all look for in our employees.
It is one thing to have a business face, but what is the person like in his personal life? How does he transact himself outside of the office environment? I find that this is important.
We say: Our people are what make us fly. We have to listen to our people.
I listen, because that is what I enjoy doing. I like to hear the complete story before I start asking questions. So I don't interrupt in the middle of a presentation.
You have got to have employees who are comfortable speaking up when they feel strongly about an issue, because that is the only way you are going to get the facts. It is the only way you are going to get the help that you need to run the business.
Everybody runs their departments and their divisions—I won't say by committee, but by consensus. Now and again you will get somebody who does not agree with the consensus, and that is OK. We need to hear from those people, because they may have a point of view or an issue that is absolutely relevant.
Obviously if you are in the sales business and you are in a recession, it can get you down. You need to make sure that the team understands that it is not them. It is the circumstances around them. It is not the product—it is the economy. Make sure that the employees know that they are highly valued. Support and understanding is a big motivator when there are circumstances [such as the economy] that we can't control.
Honest mistakes are exactly that. What we try to do when a mistake has been made is learn from it. Discuss openly what happened. What were the circumstances behind it? What drove the decision or the action that caused the mistake? What did we learn from this so we do not do it again?
The goal from day one has always been to offer excellence in customer support. That is easy to say, but it can be a difficult business model to implement, because there are times when the decisions you make cost the company a lot of money.
Of course, if there has been abuse or negligence of the product [by the buyer], you have to be able to stand by your guns and say, "Mr. Customer, I understand you are upset but do you realize that your flight attendant dropped a knife on the leather seat and tore the leather?"
Ignoring a customer is probably the worst thing you can do to somebody. He has got to have direct dialogue—it cannot be a monologue.
My first trip to China was in 1999. I would like to think I did not march in there like the crazy Welshman some people think I am and start shoving my customs and my way of doing business on the Chinese. I would like to think that I listened, watched and learned from them, from their way of doing business.
The Middle East is the same thing. You cannot go in there with your Anglo-American attitudes and expect a Saudi or an Emirati to just roll over and say, "Yes we will do business your way." India is another great example. You will do business the Indian way, or you will not do business. It is just as simple as that.
What I value most about our employees and my team is team spirit and the willingness to cooperate to get the job done. The hard work is just a given. I do not think anybody survives today without hard work no matter which company you work for.
I hope that someone will carve on my tombstone: "He listened."
Leaders like Ernie is what we need more of. I am glad to see that Ernie is doing well . I lost track of him over the last few years . It was always a pleasure to do business with him.
Ernie really is that "someone" aside the average people in the aviation business, he's special and he has a great gift that is to activate and motivate the people around him to get things done with excellence, he's surely flying much higher above the crowd. He's got all of my admiration and respect.
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The Middle East is the same thing. You cannot go in there with your ""Anglo-American attitudes"" and expect a Saudi or an Emirati to just roll over and say, "Yes we will do business your way." India is another great example. You will do business the Indian way, or you will not do business. It is just as simple as that. hhhhmmmm?
Dear Ernie,
People who indulge in stereotyping tend to pursue situations and information that reinforce their beliefs. This has the effect of sealing the person off from experiences and interactions that might challenge his stereotypes, thus maintaining his narrow mindedness. Living for long periods of time in such a tightly self-controlled environment, a person's mind runs the risk of becoming ever more narrow, never opening up to the wide diversity of possibilities that are offered by other people.
Loss of Opportunities
A person who interacts with other people on an individual basis makes herself available to a wide range of opportunities. By accepting people on their own terms and recognizing that each person is different, she helps her own social, psychological and professional situation as well as those of others. People who stereotype groups of other people cut themselves off from these opportunities by making unfounded assumptions based on another person's race, color, gender or culture. Opportunities can appear in unexpected times and places, offered by unexpected people, and those who are open to them will benefit far more than those who move through life with a rigid and often badly flawed view of reality.
Great philosophy. Very true. He does listen and is very easy to work with.
Dear Ernie
I agree with the entire content of your interview and wish you lots of success in your present position. Maybe you remember our good times in Zurich?
I served my apprenticeship with Ernie. He was destined to go far...and he has!! Well done Ernst.
Embraer owes its prestigious position in business aviation today to Ernie and his customers, who believed in the Legacy jet over a decade ago.
His calm, yet sharp wisdom is enlightening and grounding, inspiring team members to focus on reality with confidence, patience and optimism.
Ernie is a true gentleman; a rarity among today's leaders.
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Skip to comments.NEWT LIVE ON CSPAN STREAMING NOW (8:53PM)
Posted on 04/24/2012 5:55:29 PM PDT by VinL
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It was really foolish for anyone to run against Mittens and the GOP machine. They lied and smeared and in the end they won, if that is what they call it.
Newt Gingrich: "This is the Most Important Election of Our Lifetime"
We have 23 Events in NC this week and we will be at all 23 events!
Right. Everybody lost because Romney bought the primary, through his vicious lies and smears of his top rivals, or so he thinks. $45 Million smearing his rivals and less than $2Million in positive ads about himself!
NOTHING positive about the snake.
I'm still in for an all-in bloody floor fight at the convention.
Keep praying
Divine Intervention.
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That is good news, indeed! Newt's very savvy about the political process, and I hope he sees there's still a chance to beat Romney for the nomination. If there is, Newt will find it.
This family and friends are all in for NEWT also.Will send another donation. GO NEWT and GOD BLESS the USA.
Amen, onyx.
Romney is the biggest Trojan Horse ever embraced by the GOP.
Praying for a miracle.
DE was a real disappointment today, but I voted for the best man on the ballot, so I make no apologies, nor do I have any regrets.
I'm spending my money on the congressional races. We are going to need a Tea Party congress to keep President Romney somewhat right of center.
I guess I will be okay with it. Like our founding fathers who were willing to give up their entire fortunes for a chance, and sometimes a really lousy chance at success, I am only give up a little. So, I think I will feel okay when all is said and done. At least we are trying.
To each his own. Romney will not beat Obama. I am supporting the principles I believe in. Will vote conservative as I have for many years. No Romney.
Plus 1 more!
Same here. Cue the Rocky Balboa music!
I'm voting Newt in NC.
After that, ABO.
We have 23 Events in NC this week and we will be at all 23 events!
Thanks, onyx. I missed seeing it, and this will be a good counter to all the MSM reports that have come out this afternoon/evening saying that Newt's dropping out.
I'll stand with Newt until Newt stands down.
I hope he takes it...I really do...but this whole thing is swinging toward Romney just as the b*st*rds manuvered it to do...and the public simply got on the bandwagon and followed the Piper...
Imagine...people voting for Santorum and he's not even running when we could have fought this with Newt. ....we are indeed a 'lost' nation of people brain-washed to believe any reality the media and government want them to believe.
I hope Newt can go on and on as long as he can....if ever someone needed a push from the Almighty now would be a very good time!!!!
"Newt Gingrich did acknowledge that he will need to consider whether to continue his campaign. "Governor Romney is going to have a very good night," Gingrich said, going on to say that if Romney becomes the nominee, then every Republican needed to stand behind him.
"Over the next few days, we're going to look, realistically, at where we're at," he said, promising to continue to campaign in North Carolina this week. "We're also going to think about how we can be most helpful to this country."
Vin, we fought hard for Newt. Know he is the best man for the job and the best candidate since Reagan. The establishment beat us via their massive media campaigns on Fox, Drudge, Super Pacs and incessant attacks on Newt.
Yes we did...I'd like to think some of those who came out to vote in my district were folks I had spoken to, even though the turnout was so low.
And I think it was more than just that which you listed which prevented Newt's coming back up...there was some serious arm-twisting going on as well..pay-backs etc. for endorsements etc. Not to mention Romney throwing his bottomless money machine around at every turn.
Conservatives have not manned their battle stations well. Newt COULD, if he chooses, put together a Third Party to be reckoned with, to meet the fearsome future coming ahead. It must be done, and done using a bit of genius. Newt is just the political master to get something going. The Washington GOP Establishment is not even the government that Newt knew, but become its own darkened force that must be dismantled.
God save us, and let's get it on. Love to all, and thanks for the ping, as I've been traveling and out of the loop— stuck typing on the dang cell keyboard! (Which I can not see let alone type.) :D
Take him at his word. Newt says he will campaign, and he will talk to his donors. I'm sure that's what he'll do. If he thinks he has a chance in NC, and if he thinks he can find money— he may stay the course.
He left himself an opening- the necessity that the GOP platform is conservative. He'll fight for that- if he gets the backing.
Day to day- he's in for now.
With Soros endorsing Romney and news hitting about just how liberal MR is ..anything can happen at the convention. There was a low voter turn out and I hope that is a sign that voters are not convinced Romney is the right man.
Praying hard here my friend... multiple times a day.
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When kids say stuff like this, almost three weeks after their last class, do you really think sharing it is being in an "echo chamber?"
thank-you for using my scribe post as an exemplar. I'm not sure where i will take this but the idea of blogging has given me an idea to maybe make a blog with friends. the blogging we actually did in math class actually helped. As you can see we have scribe posts for ever school day that we had math class. The blog, to me replaces notes, but your inclass notes are still important. The blog is like an assurance that every student understands concepts and and has fun understanding it =). At first bloggin was not fun and most thought that it would take time away from homework or after school life. about half way through the semester every1 had fun with the blog and spent more time to beat past emperors. well thats all i can say for the moment. thank you to all teachers for looking at the blogging concept. Maybe in the future the way students learn will improve through all this technology. lol, i wouldnt be surprised when im older i see children and maybe my own blogging, what they learned at school. =)
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In short: My first marathon and I loved it!In full: This really is a must-do race, despite the "challenging" second half! Organisation was great and the Wee Nessie children's race was a nice touch - daughter very pleased with her medal and t-shirt. It's an early start for a 10am race, with the bus to the start taking nearly an hour and a half, but luckily not too much waiting around a very cold, wet and windy start area. First half seemed to fly by, with plenty of downhills and only one uphill of any note, but the second half was tough, with a hill which seemed to go on for ever, then finally levelled out only to be replaced by another!Once in Inverness, it seemed a long way to the Ness Bridge (though it really wasn't), especially when I could hear people finishing on the other side of the river...The last 100m to the finish seemed almost unbearable, but I made it with a big smile on my face and emerged into the muddy quagmire of Bught Park feeling very tired, very emotional and very happy.Fab support from spectators at various points along the route, with a special mention for the guy playing Scottish music from his car parked by a five bar gate.No major organisational problems at all, maybe the showers could have been more clearly signposted and I didn't have the post-race meal so can't comment on that, all in all a fantastic day and I will definitely be back next year.Date of review: October 6, 2010
In short: Freezing conditions, but a great race otherwiseIn full: Snow and ice are always going to be a risk in Aberdeen in December, but I suppose you can't hold the organisers responsible for the weather! Although the conditions underfoot but paid to several people's PB hopes, I've nonetheless rated this highly for PB potential, as it is a nice flat run over a scenic lap and a half of the beachfront, which in non-icy conditions could quite possibly have seen several new PBs. (I got one, actually, but as it was my first 10k it doesn't exactly count...) A small field (of well muffled-up runners) participated, perhaps not surprisingly given the time of year and the adverse weather, but organisation was smooth, and I even won a spot prize, so thanks for that!In summary, a good and beginner-friendly race which was unfortunately marred only by the weather.Date of review: December 21, 2009
In short: Measurement was dodgy, but a nice route through the park.Date of review: October 11, 2009
In short: Very large but well organised race - slow to start due to number of entrants, not all starting in right place.Date of review: June 21, 2009
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September 19, 2011 WIC Update
SUBJECT 1: Breast Pumps
SUBJECT 2: Breast Pump Order
SUBJECT 3: Changes to Food Items in MOWINS
SUBJECT 4: New Missouri WIC Approved Food Lists - Effective October 1, 2011
SUBJECT 5: WIC Help Desk Meetings
SUBJECT 6: WIC Prescreening Tool
SUBJECT 7: State Staff Changes
JOB OPPORTUNITY: Nutritionist III – Jefferson City
Breast Pumps: The Missouri WIC program purchases breast pumps at a discounted rate through the Western States Contracting Alliance (WSCA). Attached is a list of items that are allowable and available for local WIC agencies to purchase at the discounted rate. To place an order, contact Bonnie Voigt at Medela at 815-578-2459 or by email at email@example.com. Please make sure Medela uses your local agency account, so the invoice will be mailed to your agency, rather than the state WIC office.
Please remember that the current contract price for the Medela Lactina Select multi-user electric breast pump is $299.00. This is the amount that should be listed on your breast pump loan agreement as the replacement costs if a breast pump is not returned or is damaged. If you have any questions please feel free to contact Kathy Mertzlufft, WIC Breastfeeding Coordinator, at 573-526-4792 or by email at email@example.com. (ONE ATTACHMENT)
Breast Pump Order: Medela is planning to ship the requested breast pumps on September 21, 2011. Please remember that the following procedure must be followed in order to verify receipt of shipment for payment and to send the required WIC tags.
- Immediately upon receipt of shipment, please locate the packing slip and verify that your agency received the products and quantities stated.
- Sign the packing slip to verify the order is correct.
- Fax the signed packing slip to Laura Weiler at the state WIC office at 573-526-1470. WIC tags will be mailed upon receipt of your packing slip.
- If your agency did not receive what was stated on the packing slip, please contact the state WIC office immediately.
If you have any questions, please contact Kathy Mertzlufft at firstname.lastname@example.com or by telephone at 573-526-4792.
Changes to Food Items in MOWINS: Food descriptions for items listed below will be revised and implemented on Monday, October 3, 2011:
Current Descriptions for WIC Checks New Descriptions for WIC Checks 4 OZ JARS INFANT FRUITS/VEGGIES APPROVED ITEMS ONLY 4 OZ INFANT FRUITS/VEGGIES APPROVED TYPES (1 TWIN PACK=2) 46/12 OZ JUICE APPROVED TYPES/SIZES 46 OZ CAN OR 11.5-12 OZ CONCENTRATE JUICE APPROVED TYPES 64 OZ JUICE APPROVED TYPES 64 OZ CONTAINER JUICE APPROVED BRANDS & TYPES HALF GALLON SOY MILK 8TH CONTINENT ORIGINAL PLAIN HALF GALLON SOY MILK 8TH CONTINENT ORIGINAL PLAIN OR VANILLA OUNCES GENERAL MILLS RICE CHEX GLUTEN FREE OUNCES GENERAL MILLS RICE CHEX OR CORN CHEX (GLUTEN FREE) 6 PACK (8 OZ) ENSURE ALL FLAVORS RTU 6 PACK (8 OZ) ENSURE (NUTRITION SHAKE) ALL FLAVORS RTU 6 PACK (8OZ) PEDIASURE ALL FLAVORS RTU 6 PACK (8 OZ) PEDIASURE ALL FLAVORS RTU (WITHOUT FIBER)
- Local WIC provider (LWP) staff must log off MOWINS by 5:00 pm, Saturday, October 1, 2011 in order to receive the food item updates on Monday, October 3, 2011.
- LWP staff must create new food prescriptions for participants who have been receiving food items that are being inactivated. Food prescriptions can be established by a WIC Certifier or CPA.
- The "Participant with Inactive Food Items" report, including participants' information (e.g. names, state ID numbers, name of formula) will be available for local providers on Crystal Reports in the Clinic Management folder on Monday, October 3, 2011.
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- Participants who have checks with the description "Half Gallon Soymilk 8th Continent Original Plain" are not allowed to purchase Soymilk 8th Continent Vanilla.
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WIC Prescreening Tool: The Food and Nutrition Service is pleased to announce that the WIC Prescreening Tool is now available on the USDA/FNS website. The WIC Prescreening Tool is a web-based application intended to help potential WIC applicants determine if they are likely to be eligible for WIC benefits. The Tool asks users to complete a series of questions regarding their categorical, residential and income eligibility for WIC benefits. Based on their responses to these questions, users are informed that they "may be eligible" or "may not be eligible" for WIC benefits. Users who are likely to be eligible to receive WIC benefits are provided with State-specific contact information and are encouraged to make a certification appointment with their WIC local agencies. Additionally, users are provided with a printable summary of their responses and a list of examples of the documentation that is required at an initial certification appointment.
The WIC Prescreening Tool is now accessible to all internet users via the "Am I Eligible?" links on the WIC homepage [http://www.fns.usda.gov/wic/]. It may also be accessed directly at https://stars.fns.usda.gov/wps/. The Tool is currently available in English, Spanish and Chinese (traditional). More languages are expected to be added in the near future.
State Staff Changes: There have been a couple of staff changes at the state WIC office. Lyn Konstant has taken a new position as Administrator for the Section of WIC and Community Nutrition Services. Programs in this section include: WIC, program for dietetic interns, breastfeeding peer counseling, child and adult care food program, commodity supplemental food program, summer food service program and Eat Smart.
We pleased to announce that Lisa Brown has accepted the position of WICNS bureau chief and Missouri WIC Director. Ms. Brown comes to us from SERVE Inc. in Fulton, a nonprofit organization that operates eight programs. Ms. Brown was the executive director and responsible for managing a staff of 20 and over 400 volunteers. She successfully turned around an organization that was on the brink of folding when she took the job.
Lisa has dual BA degrees in psychology and sociology from Drury University and a Juris Doctorate from the University of Missouri-Columbia. She has owned her own business and worked as a associate attorney in a law office in St. Louis and as a juvenile office attorney in Greene County. Lisa will start Monday, September 26. Please join me in welcoming her to the wonderful world of WIC.
Jeannie Phelps has taken a Health Program Representative I/II position in the Customer Service Unit. Jeannie will be testing MOWINS in the production environment and testing/tracking on issues that local agencies are having. She will work on the help desk from time to time. Previously Jeannie worked in the WIC vendor unit as a Senior Office Support Assistant.
Jason Seehusen has taken a promotion to the position of Senior Office Support Assistant (position vacated by Jeannie Phelps) in the WIC vendor unit. If you have vendor questions, you may have the opportunity to talk with Jason.
We will be updating the WIC picture directory in the near future.
WIC Positions
JOB OPPORTUNITY: Nutritionist III – Jefferson City
The Bureau of WIC and Nutrition Services (WICNS) has an immediate opening for a Nutritionist III in Jefferson City. This position will assist with testing risk factor issues and nutrition enhancements in Missouri WIC Information Network System (MOWINS). This person will be responsible for the development and/or revision of nutrition training webinars to address MOWINS releases. Additional responsibilities include, but are not limited to, providing technical assistance to and monitoring of assigned local WIC providers, assisting with special formula approvals, and assisting with the Program for Dietetic Interns (PDI) by providing nutrition classes/presentations and other PDI assignments as requested. This position will require some statewide travel, including some overnights. Work outside of normal hours may be necessary. Excellent customer service, written and verbal communication, teamwork, confidentiality and prioritization skills are required. A registered dietitian, licensed in Missouri, is required.
Interested applicants must apply and be determined eligible for the Nutritionist III classification by completing an application at www.ease.com, unless you have previously applied and been determined eligible for this position. If you are interested in applying for this position, please contact Julie Tracy by close of business September 26 to submit a resume. She can be reached at email@example.com.
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Reggie Bush tweets from yesterday :
reggie_bush Reggie Bush
Everybody complaining about the lockout! Shoot I'm making the most of it! Vacation, rest, relaxing, appearances here and there! I'm good!
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Right about now we would be slaving in 100 degree heat, practicing twice a day, while putting our bodies at risk for nothing.
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@reggie_bush And maybe that's why they drafted Ingram?
@reggie_bush you got bigger things to worry about like not being 3rd string running back this upcoming season
@reggie_bush for nothing? What about the 12mil you make....#buster some people would love that
@reggie_bush at risk for nothing??? You got about 20 million guaranteed at least....don't pull that shit on the fans! Not cool!
@reggie_bush @EZdoesit206 oh, while getting paid how many millions?
@reggie_bush lol work a 9-5 then.
no wonder you suck. @reggie_bush
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@reggie_bush for nothing? Haha maybe just for those millions and the houses ur families live in!


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Premieres Super Bowl Sunday — Feb. 2, from 6 PM to 10 PM ET/PT on Nat Geo WILD
WASHINGTON, Jan. 10, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- From the award-winning team that launched the careers of The Dog Whisperer and The Incredible Dr. Pol, Nat Geo WILD is proud to announce the latest face of the network — "Goldie." New to the Hollywood scene, this up-and-coming "actor," who also happens to be a goldfish, snagged the leading role in Fish Bowl, the highly anticipated four-hour reality special premiering Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 2, from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. (For more information, visit www.natgeowild.com and follow us on Twitter at twitter.com/NGC_PR.)
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Venerable household goldfish Goldie is excited for her big break to star in the event of the year on Super Bowl Sunday, stating, "I'm comfortable in my own scales and have no doubt the Fish Bowl will be the talk of the town." Sure, puppies are cute, kittens are ok and football … well, as Goldie likes to say, "It's just another day in the Bowl." Predatory cats, canines and field goals are just the beginning. This remarkable little goldfish handles whatever the tides throw at her — food, a scuba diver, crazy red crabs, erupting volcanoes, even a surprise visit from Dr. Pol and Cesar Millan.
The controversial decision to offer the lead to a newcomer was an easy one, explains Geoff Daniels, EVP and General Manager of Nat Geo WILD. "Goldie showed such promise in early casting auditions that we felt confident in the aquatic wonder's ability to entertain and captivate an audience, for four long hours, on a relatively young network, while the most-watched television event of the year just happens to be taking place."
In the vein of other reality series, where the daily drama of a character's life plays out in a "fishbowl" setting, Goldie will swim about her daily business in an actual fishbowl. Without filters and with remarkable candor, Goldie navigates through an average day in the life of a goldfish. When asked how this stacks up to her competition, Goldie offered, "Can Bruno Mars pack all of that into his halftime show? Right, I didn't think so, blub, blurb, bubble."
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With major technology companies and startups seriously embracing IoT strategies, now is the perfect time to attend @ThingsExpo 2016 in New York. Learn what is going on, contribute to the discussions, and ensure that your enterprise is as "IoT-Ready" as it can be! Internet of @ThingsExpo, taking place June 6-8, 2017, at the Javits Center in New York City, New York, is co-located with 20th Cloud Expo and will feature technical sessions from a rock star conference faculty and the leading industry p...
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In his General Session at 17th Cloud Expo, Bruce Swann, Senior Product Marketing Manager for Adobe Campaign, explored the key ingredients of cross-channel marketing in a digital world. Learn how the Adobe Marketing Cloud can help marketers embrace opportunities for personalized, relevant and real-time customer engagement across offline (direct mail, point of sale, call center) and digital (email, website, SMS, mobile apps, social networks, connected objects).
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Things are changing so quickly in IoT that it would take a wizard to predict which ecosystem will gain the most traction. In order for IoT to reach its potential, smart devices must be able to work together. Today, there are a slew of interoperability standards being promoted by big names to make this happen: HomeKit, Brillo and Alljoyn. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Adam Justice, vice president and general manager of Grid Connect, will review what happens when smart devices don't work togethe...
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IoT is at the core or many Digital Transformation initiatives with the goal of re-inventing a company's business model. We all agree that collecting relevant IoT data will result in massive amounts of data needing to be stored. However, with the rapid development of IoT devices and ongoing business model transformation, we are not able to predict the volume and growth of IoT data. And with the lack of IoT history, traditional methods of IT and infrastructure planning based on the past do not app...
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In the next five to ten years, millions, if not billions of things will become smarter. This smartness goes beyond connected things in our homes like the fridge, thermostat and fancy lighting, and into heavily regulated industries including aerospace, pharmaceutical/medical devices and energy. "Smartness" will embed itself within individual products that are part of our daily lives. We will engage with smart products - learning from them, informing them, and communicating with them. Smart produc...
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WebRTC sits at the intersection between VoIP and the Web. As such, it poses some interesting challenges for those developing services on top of it, but also for those who need to test and monitor these services. In his session at WebRTC Summit, Tsahi Levent-Levi, co-founder of testRTC, reviewed the various challenges posed by WebRTC when it comes to testing and monitoring and on ways to overcome them.
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For basic one-to-one voice or video calling solutions, WebRTC has proven to be a very powerful technology. Although WebRTC's core functionality is to provide secure, real-time p2p media streaming, leveraging native platform features and server-side components brings up new communication capabilities for web and native mobile applications, allowing for advanced multi-user use cases such as video broadcasting, conferencing, and media recording.
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The best-practices for building IoT applications with Go Code that attendees can use to build their own IoT applications. In his session at @ThingsExpo, Indraneel Mitra, Senior Solutions Architect & Technology Evangelist at Cognizant, provided valuable information and resources for both novice and experienced developers on how to get started with IoT and Golang in a day. He also provided information on how to use Intel Arduino Kit, Go Robotics API and AWS IoT stack to build an application tha...
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Case Study: C2B International
C2B International Increases E-Commerce Sales Of Birkenstock With SugarCRM
Business Issue
C2B International is the exclusive French footwear distributor for Birkenstock and its related brands. Having focused on the business-to-business channel for 20 years, in 2011 C2B launched nos-sandales.com—a consumer e-commerce site dedicated to the Birkenstock brand. To turn demanding consumers into loyal customers, C2B needed to implement CRM processes and tools.
- Analyze customer orders
- Segment its market
- Create targeted campaigns
- Support quality customer service
- Automate information flows
- Optimize the customer's path while online
The Solution: Sugar Professional
After evaluating several solutions, C2B chose Sugar for its ease of use, ability to get up and running quickly, strong functionality, scalability, and an open architecture that enables customization for specific business needs. To assist with customization and integration, the company selected Sugar Gold Partner Synolia for its expertise in CRM and e-commerce. Synolia integrated Sugar with three enterprise systems.
Business Benefits
- Lowered costs
- Increased customer loyalty
- Improved customer conversion rate
- Reduced customer churn


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I have a 20+ year old Kitchenaid. It's OK for dough, but I would not buy a new one. Too many stories about them literally falling apart.
Thanks for your insight Norma. I have been reading that the Bosch Compact is very good and some like it better than Kitchenaid. Do you have any experience with a Bosch?
Chaze:A number of us (including me) use the Bosch Compact for smaller batches of dough (I generally only make enough for 2 16" pizzas). I think it is a great machine.Barry
Craig, I thought you had the K5 made by Hobart.?


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Wednesday, May 1, 2013
Africair Orders Two Scott's Bell 47GT-6s
Africair, independent representative of Bell for Africa, has signed a purchase agreement with Scott's–Bell 47 (SB47) for two 47GT-6 helicopters. The Miami, Fla.-based operator said it would re-sell the pair of helicopters into Africa. SB47 unveiled the new Bell 47GT-6 earlier this month at Heli-Expo. The helicopter is based on the 47-3B-2A. It will receive power from the Rolls-Royce RR300 and feature an upgraded instrument panel. The 47-GT-6 is scheduled to enter service in 2016.


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SugarCRM Professional Receives 2009 SIIA CODiE Award for Best Open Source Solution
SugarCRM Awarded Additional Accolades to Highlight Top Honors for Continuing Product Innovation and Customer Success
CUPERTINO, CA - May 12, 2009 - SugarCRM Inc., the world's leading provider of commercial open source customer relationship management (CRM) software, today announced that Sugar Professional has been recognized as the "Best Open Source Solution" by the Software & Information Industry Association (SIIA) 2009 CODiE Awards. SugarCRM provides a robust, Web-based human interaction management platform for companies to manage the entire customer relationship.
For over five years, SugarCRM's commercial open source model has nurtured one of the fastest-growing CRM products in history. Currently, over 60,000 businesses and 550,000 users around the world rely on SugarCRM to manage customers. Concurrently, SugarCRM has invested heavily in an on-demand architecture that preserves the flexibility and choice that customers expect from open source solutions.
"Now in its 24th year, the CODiE Awards continue to recognize those companies providing the best new technology products and services across a broad array of industries," noted SIIA President Ken Wasch. "In addition, its winners are a prolific testament to the power of technology to deliver innovative solutions to businesses and consumers. SIIA warmly congratulates all of the winners and nominees of the CODiE Awards, whose innovation is essential for continuing America's leadership in the global knowledge economy," Wasch continued.
"We are honored to have won such a prestigious award," said Chris Harrick, vice president of corporate and product marketing at SugarCRM. "This award represents our continued dedication to providing the most innovative solution in the market today. The CODiE Awards honor the best and brightest in the industry, and we are extremely proud to be among the 2009 winners."
Additional accolades that SugarCRM has achieved in 2009, include:
- ISM Top 15 SMB CRM Award - SugarCRM 5.2 was selected as one of the 2009 Top 15 CRM software solutions in the SMB category, .
- Customer Interaction Solutions CRM Excellence Award - SugarCRM was announced a winner for the SugarCRM Suite Solution consisting of Community Edition, Sugar Professional and Sugar Enterprise.
- Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service - SugarCRM's customer, Geeks on the Way was named a winner in the "CRM Implementation & User Adoption Program of the Year" category.
- Small Business Computing Excellence in Technology Awards - SugarCRM was named a runner-up in the category of "Sales/Customer Management" to ACT by Sage 2009 and Microsoft Outlook 2007 with Business Contact Manager.
- Intelligent Enterprise 2009 Editor's Choice Awards - SugarCRM was selected a company to watch in the category of "Enterprise Applications."
About SugarCRM
SugarCRM is the world's leading provider of commercial open source customer relationship management (CRM) software. Founded as an open source project in 2004, SugarCRM applications have been downloaded over five million times and currently serve over 500,000 users in 75 languages. Over 5,000 customers have chosen SugarCRM's On-Site and Cloud Computing services over lock-in based, proprietary alternatives. In the last year, SugarCRM has been recognized for its customer success and product innovation by CRM Magazine, InfoWorld, Customer Interaction Solutions and Intelligent Enterprise.
For more information, call (408) 454-6900 or 1 87 SUGARCRM toll-free in the US, email firstname.lastname@example.com, or visit http://www.sugarcrm.com.
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June 12, 2011
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It was supposed to be simple. All Navy SEAL Nathan Malone had to do was rescue three young girls from a Colombian drug cartel, then allow himself to be captured just long enough to draw out a government spy. That was before his mission went disastrously wrong… and before his wife, Bella, was told that Nathan was never coming home.
Bella's mourned her husband's death for three long years, having no idea that he was still alive. Forced to assume a new identity, the man Nathan was is now dead. If he can get back to his wife, can he keep the secret of who he really is… even as desire threatens to consume them? And as danger threatens to tear Bella from Nathan's arms once more?
©2008 Lora Leigh (P)2012 Macmillan Audio
"Sweet Love Story, the Kind Every Woman Wants!"
This is the best of the Elite Ops books from Lora Leigh. I laughed, cried, and couldn't wait for each chapter. I read this book last year, but when I saw it on audiobook I bought it right away. This book has all the normal Lora Leigh style erotica - but the story itself is so much better than any of her other books. You can feel how much the characters love each other and how tormented they are without each other. The suspense and action are fantastic, keep you wanting more. I hope Lora brings the other Elite Ops and Seal books to audiobook, loved it!
Audiobooks have changed how I drive! I look forward to driving for work when I have a good book on deck.
"Simply Dreadful"
After about 8 hours of listening I could not stand this book! The author used repetition as if she were getting kickbacks for using certain words, e.g. "I'm a SEAL", "I loved my SEAL", "I'm the wife of a SEAL", "Irish eyes", "My Irish", "Special Ops", "Special Ops", "Special Ops". I cannot believe this book was written in 2008! It reads like a romance novel from 20 or 30 years ago…I couldn't stand to hear about this guy's "tight denim jeans encased in leather chaps" one more time. I enjoy romance and even the occasional erotica novel, but the sex scenes in this book went on FOREVER. "Wild Card" was entirely too long for the plot to have been so poorly developed…the actual story would have been okay, if the author put as much effort into plot as she did into the sex scenes. This book is almost 16 hours, of which maybe 2 hours were actual plot development. I won't even say "if you like sex, you'll like this book" because even the most sexually starved person will be like "get on with it already" or "not again". Halfway through, I started to fast forward through the sex scenes and there was nothing worse than hearing "she tasted like sunshine", "he was throbbing with need" after like 6 or 7 minutes were already skipped. Oy vey, this book was simply dreadful. The narrator was okay…her males had similar sounding moments, but overall she did a fair job with the various accents.
I love being swept away by a new romance and thankfully Audible's ever growing Library means I get to indulge myself over and over again
If you know L.L.'s books then you know what to expect - fantastic writing, great plot, awesome characters and strong leading men that are hot hot hot. I think this has been ABSOLUTELY her BEST book that I've listened to - it was tender, thoughtful, touching, torturous, tense and totally addictive.
I thought I needed to sleep but this is one you just don't want to stop listening to but, at the same time, you're enjoying it soooo much that you just don't want it to end.
Worth a credit? Not just a YES but a HELL YES.
"10% Story 90% Sex"
This book had the potential to be a reasonably good story. But it went the way of the extended erotica that just gets to the point I say get it over with already...good grief. Average chapter has 2 pages of story and 10 of the sexual encounter, or maybe it just seemed that way to me.
I am not anti sex but it becomes repugnant and the story is lost to the listener. Of course I realize there is a readership for this genre.
This is totally personal but I cannot abide this narrator and will avoid in the future. This is the 3rd book I have suffered thru her narration. We are just not capable.
I love a good love story, but a story is more than this. And sex can be more than this banging.
"surprisingly interesting"
I like this book. I am not one for Navy Seal characters but this book was pretty interesting. It involves the usual self doubt, over analyzing, and self loathing characteristics. However, this particular book kept me interested. I'm a loyal Danielle Steele reader and don't usually spend my nights reading authors such as Lora Leigh. I've recently added a few new authors to my list... needless to say! Anywho, the book has action, drama, and sex ..lots of very descriptive sex.
I wasn't sure at first with the two prologues but it eventually picked up and I was totally enthralled .
The narrator was really good. No complaints there.
"Good but naughty and a bit redundant"
Good Story but......
Overall the book was great. I like romance books with a strong storyline that includes strong, sexy men.
Yes, but probably not one with so much sex talk. Her voice is a bit annoying with the naughty bedroom scenes.
I wanted to fast forward thru some of it because the writer is redundant and makes the love scenes go on, and on, and on.
This book had, in my opinion, too much talk about blow jobs and was just plain dirty in some scenes. I'm all about a good romance but this writer's books seem to get pretty naughty.
Make no mistake between my personality and my attitude. My personality is who I am, my attitude depends on who you are.........
Couldn't wait for this to come into audio format and it was well worth it!!!! 15 hours of no sleep because right from the start your are absolutely glued!!!
All I have to say is I want to be on the "Navy Seal Rehab Team"!!! LOL
Narrator was incredible.............. Can't wait for the next book!!!
"Awesome Love Story"
A man's love for his wife while he's going thru hell.
Nathan/Noah, both sides of this man was so touching that you ache to console him.
Yes, Clarissa's performance is captivating which even drawn me into the story more.
Great book...will listen to more than once...story tugs at the heart and when that happens the author had done good.
Love my audio smut!! and Lora is one of my favourite raunchy authors. Well narrated and I didn't get bored at any point, big plus given the 15 hour sit.
If you like Lora's other books this one won't disappoint.
Only complaint is having wait till the next book is released.
I've always been a avid reader so now I'm a avid listener. I prefer the paranormal genre but I do like to switch things up. It's boring if you don't have variety. Of course I do love the romance and the hotter the better. Also, you can't beat a good thriller filled with suspense and a ending you can't even guess at until the very end.
"Wish I had got this one sooner!"
Yes, it was not what I expected. It was more! When I read the summary I got the impression it would be somewhat boring. I read reviews and saw so many liked it, so I finally decided to try it. I'm glad I did.
I think it's a little like the Wicked Lovers Series by Shayla Black.
It's one that I'll enjoy again and I already got the next book in this series before I finished listening to this one.
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From Grill to Table, Reinvent Holiday Classics Outdoors
Thanksgiving 2011 landing page
Year-round outdoor cooking is on the rise as consumers are becoming more adventurous chefs, forgoing the oven or stove-top and opting for turkey and trimmings cooked on the grill, smoker or fryer. According to HPBA's State of the Barbecue Industry report, 62 percent of consumers are cooking outdoors year-round and 15 percent are cooking part of their Thanksgiving meals outside. Whether it's for the convenience, minimal cleanup or crisp fresh air, consumers are willing to prepare the entire Thanksgiving meal – from the turkey to desserts – outdoors.
Along with new techniques, gadgets and recipes, Americans agree that there are many reasons they are cooking outdoors this holiday season – and all year round – according to new State of the Barbecue Industry report findings. Consumers say they'll cook outdoors for:
- Desire to eat tasty food (58%),
- Personal satisfaction of making a great meal outside (51%),
- Convenience (42%),
The National Turkey Federation (NTF) estimates 46 million turkeys will be cooked this holiday. With grilling, smoking or frying the whole turkey or turkey breast gaining popularity, HPBA and NTF offer tips for a safe and delicious meal:
Safety First
- Check to make sure the grill, smoker or fryer is in working order.
- Be sure to read the owner's manual for safety precautions.
- Stock up on enough charcoal, propane, oil or wood chips needed to cook the meal.
- Be sure to use the grill, smoker or fryer outside only – never indoors – while set-up on a flat, stable surface, preferably on a protective grill pad, and away from any combustible materials.
Turkey Time
- Purchase a whole turkey according to the weight recommendations in your grill's, smoker's or fryer's owner's manual.
- Thaw the turkey completely and pat it dry. Cook the bird un-stuffed.
- Brine the turkey for increased flavor and moisture.
- Outdoor cooking times depend on many factors: the size and shape of the turkey, the distance from the heat and the outside air temperature. Allow more time on cold or windy days and at high altitudes. Allow less time in very hot weather.
- Have a food thermometer handy to measure the internal temperature of the bird; the temperature should be 165° F, but most people prefer it to reach 170° F in the breast and to 180° F in the thigh.
Reinvent the Classic Side Dishes!
While the bird is the centerpiece of the meal, Thanksgiving's savory side dishes and trimmings can all be cooked outdoors. Everything from vegetables, to grilled breads and stuffing can be prepared out of the oven. Try these recipes for crispy smashed potatoes, grilled apples slices or grilled vegetable orzo.
Find more ideas at HPBA's Thanksgiving Recipe Box.


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First off, nice piece on the Diff, and you make a good point that still EOD the most important stat is Ws & Ls.
I'm just curious as to when you do and can take the Diff stat as some of significance, if we're keeping things in context while doing so.
As I type this our Diff is -41.
So I went back and looked at our the schedule overall for varying margins of victory & defeat. L: 11 run loss once, and a 7 run loss on 3 occasions. So that's 32 runs in 4 games that would surely make the Diff look more respectable, however just like a win is a win, a loss is a loss, I'm sure you'd agree. W: 7 run victory once.
So I tried to reason what would be a good number to judge a blowout on or at least a loss by a significant amount of runs, and do so by keeping in mind the context of our offense. Let's face it we are very middle of the road in that regard with SLG being our bigger weakness right now.
I chose >4 runs, if for no other reason than b/c it requires more than one swing of the bat to overcome, and it relates nicely to our 4.4R/G avg. The Tribe has 14 losses of >4, or 37% of their total losses. While also having 9 wins by >4, 23%.
I guess what I want to know is, would you feel that half way through the season a Diff of -41 (in which 37% of the teams losses are of 5 runs or greater) is actually a very telling sign of this team's true identity? We're not talking about a team that lost 1 game 22-0 which would really throw the stat out of whack.