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Home Sellers' Price Hikes Coming 'Unsustainably Fast'
NEW YORK ( TheStreet) -- Real estate consumer services and analysis firm Trulia
Trulia reports that the average home asking price rose by 11.7% from October 2012 to last month, based on data from its Price Monitor .
October saw only an incremental rise in home asking prices, at 0.6%, but the year-over-year figure is the largest jump since the housing bubble popped back in 2007-08.
Apparently, home sellers are hitching a financial ride on the increasingly robust real estate market.
According to recent data from CoreLogic
"Although October's asking home prices rose at the second-slowest pace in seven months, prices are still rising unsustainably fast," says Jed Kolko, Trulia's chief economist. "Even though the market is far from bubble territory, we still see the effects of fast-rising prices, including investors flipping homes and would-be sellers waiting longer to put their homes on the market."
On another front, Trulia reports that metro area home prices in so-called "blue states" are rising at a faster pace than those in red states (12.5% to 11.1%), if only because blue state home prices dropped further in the aftermath of the housing market collapse, representing a "bigger rebound after a steeper decline," as Trulia puts it.
The firm adds that home prices are more expensive in blue states overall, and their unemployment rates are higher, which could mean a rocky recovery for "blue" cities.
"Home prices are skyrocketing in many of America's bluest metros, like Oakland and Detroit, as the home-price rebound has bypassed most of America's reddest metros," Kolko says. "But red America shouldn't turn green with envy at blue America's recovery: Housing remains much more affordable in red metros than blue metros, and unemployment is lower too."
On one last note, homebuyers considering a rental alternative as home prices rise may need a reality check -- especially in San Francisco. Trulia reports that the average rental rate in the Golden Gate city has risen by 10.1% on a year-to-year basis.
That far outpaces the roughly 2% to 3% rise in rentals in big cities such as New York, Boston and Los Angeles as demand rises for new apartments in there.
Yes, that's a lot to absorb for real estate consumers and industry professionals.

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MARQUETTE – Four members of the Great Lakes Ski Academy were three-time winners at the Central USSA Region 2 event held Dec. 29-30.
Racing at Mont Ripley in the New Year Race, Brad Seaborg in Under-14 boys, Aidan Gayner in U12 girls, Megan Soria in U10 girls and Hayden Kauppila in U10 boys were the triple winners.
They weren't the GLSA's only racers to make the podium in a field that also included skiers from Wisconsn and Illinois.
Aaron Grzelak in U12 boys won in Saturday's giant slalom and Kombi races, Eric Gencheff in U16 won Saturday's GS, Joe Weber in U16 took Sunday's GS. Nate King (U16) took a silver and bronze.
In his first USSA race, Logan Audette (U10) earned two silvers and a bronze. Kayley Elmblad (U12) won silver three times, Josie Snyder (U14) got a silver and Nick Weber (U18) a bronze.
Other top-10 GLSA finishers included Luke Johnson (U18), Travis Hindman (U16), Nathan Soria (U16), Hanna Johnson (U16), Micaela Gayner (U16), Natalie Robinia (U14), Sadah Scheidt (U14), Collin Hicks (U12), Adam Skendzel (U14), Drew Thomas and Dylan Larson (U18).
Two weeks earlier, Gabby Gencheff had two podium finishes to pace the GLSA in the first MidAm of the season at Nubs Nob and Boyne Highlands in the Lower Peninsula.
With hundreds of the best skier racers at a variety of ages from around the Midwest and Canada, Gencheff took a silver and a bronze in two slalom races.
Teammate Colin Vogel was first among U18 boys in the giant slalom, while Luke Johnson finished eighth in a slalom race.
GLSA also had the distinction on contributing three U16 racers to the event as part of a new development program in the Central USSA. Joe Weber, Eric Gencheff and Nate King were invited to forerun the slalom events and participate in the giant slalom due to their performances in the 2011-12 season, where they were the top finishers in their age class.


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26 Weeks to 26 Miles: Week 16
Breast Cancer has touched the lives of far too many women in the Pacific Northwest, which is the primary reason Sunriver Resort decided to launch the Marathon for a Cause in early 2011.
In fact, the Sunriver Marathon for a Cause has donated more than $31,000 to support breast health initiatives in Oregon and Southwest Washington since its inception.
How can you reduce your risk of this omnipresent disease? This week, Marathon for a Cause sponsor Bend Memorial Clinic (BMC) shares insight on the BMC Health Hub, where Oncologist Heather West reveals the breast health benefits of regular physical activity.
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Hurrah! Dannii WILL return to X Factor!
After a few months of wondering exactly what Ms. Minogue would be doing about her X Factor judging spot we are happy to report that the Aussie beauty will be on the show this year! Hooray!
During a meeting with the show's producer yesterday it was decided that Dannii will miss the audition stages of the hit show, due to the minor detail that she'll be giving birth, but will return in time for the judge's houses part in September.
There will be guest judges filling in for Dan for the early stages of the contest and therefore saving her from all the major cringe worthy wannabes. It has not been confirmed who any of these guests might be, but it has been rumoured that big sis Kylie will pop along and do a bit of rating and slating, which if you ask us, is very cool!
A source told the Daily Mirror: "After the last series finished there was a lot of confusion over whether Dannii would stay or not. However it became clear how popular she was." Yes she is popular, we love her… and her clothes. Oh and her hair. And her accent's pretty cool too…
The insider added: "Dannii is delighted. She has a baby on the way, a loving boyfriend and a new TV deal." Wow, life sounds pretty sweet for Dannii right now.
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I've always felt competing pro football leagues were doomed to die with the NFL in place, but if the USFL has real kickoffs and allows real hits (even on the QB!), then this might be the time launch it.
Just make sure you get a lawyer to draw up an iron-tight hold-harmless contract for anyone who signs and print "Warning: Playing football can lead to physical injury, concussions, brain damage, and even death" on the side of the helmet.
You know, just in case the players didn't know that already.
USFL relaunching, Biletnikoff involved
FLORHAM PARK, N.J. — The USFL is back in business.
Well, almost.
A reincarnation of the league, with an entirely different business model, plans to kick off in March. On Thursday, it included Hall of Fame receiver Fred Biletnikoff among its advisers.
Biletnikoff will consult on football operations for the league, which originally went out of business in 1987 after losing millions of dollars and, despite winning a lawsuit against the NFL, being awarded just $3 in indemnities. That version unwisely chose to challenge the NFL, while this one will be more of a developmental league.
"We will not try to compete with the NFL at all," said CEO Jaime Cuadra after adding Biletnikoff and James Bailey, an executive for the Cleveland Browns and then the Baltimore Ravens for 21 years, to the USFL's board of advisers. The board will be responsible for guiding USFL management on various areas of operations, eventually focusing on a search for the league's commissioner.
"We will play in markets where there are no NFL teams or major league baseball teams. It's a league for guys who are on the bubble for making NFL teams, and we will have complete open access for the NFL. We want to build a model that is sustainable."
The USFL is looking at a 14-game season from March until June in eight cities. Its players would then be free to join NFL clubs at their training camps.
All player and coach contracts will be owned by the league, with salaries not approaching anything the NFL offers.
Cities currently being considered are Portland, Ore.; Salt Lake City; San Antonio or Austin, Texas; Columbus or Akron, Ohio; Oklahoma City; Omaha, Neb.; Raleigh/Durham, N.C.; Birmingham, Ala.; and Memphis, Tenn.
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Topic: Discussion for a new engine: Feedback System
I'm a bit of a newcomer/lurker in these forums. If anyone can suggest other communities that may be interested in this, please let me know!
I've been kicking around product plans for a while, including figuring what gets users on to a website and what makes them loyal. I think a lot of that has to do with interactivity of a website, this can make the difference between a good website and a bad one.
Any tools that encourage and empower users to talk about what they don't like and what they do, that gets them involved, increases a websites value in both feature capitol and customer capitol. As they get involved and see their efforts pay off, they become dedicated. This seems a prime candidate for an open source engine, as feedback is a simple something that could and should apply to any project. I haven't noticed yet any projects that approach this, but stop me if I'm missing something!
I see three distinct modules for tracking features: invention, feedback, and propagation. (Perhaps to be done in the way that devise does its modules.) Each of these work with a distinct part of a feature's lifecycle, and would be pretty useful on its own.
The engine internally would hold databases for features, including fields on referencing features, any users proposing it, any discussion (pre conception) and feedback (post), and finally a table to track which users have which features enabled for themselves.
This is addressed all over the place, from github to UserVoice/GetSatisfaction. Desired would be:
- A forum or <insert innovation here> for free input of ideas (aka discussable)
- Crowd ranking of favorite ideas (rankable, karmable)
Most of this implementation may be left to case by case decisions. The engine could provide a some script to help setup an ajax request with the appropriate data, and maybe a default modal box. Then projects could for example have a feedback button at the top, which would allow the user to select any element on the page and write about it.
For feedback on and propagation of discrete features, a is the ability to refer to them. This could be approached withan attribute: data-feature='name: rating box; version: 2.33;'. Features would be tracked loosely-- the engine wouldn't know about a feature until someone comments on it; doing so would post data including the name, version, URI/route/page info, state, and the user's comments.
Inspiration can possibly be taken here from the way G+ does feedback.
How features are rolled out is a pretty important topic. Currently this is handled either not at all (a big on off switch), by rolling out to some random increasing fraction (all UIDs divisible by 20), or in more advanced cases by progressively enabling to ranks of users (first admins, then ambassadors, then everyone).
The goal is to allow selection of the best of a site, just as the best ideas spread on a free market, the best ideas should spread on a website. This feels like an under-discussed/under-addressed problem. At its core it's why Google Buzz and Wave, and Facebook Answers failed to gain significant traction, and it's why every big website faces the innovators dilemma* of how to keep innovation fresh in a massive system. Those same forces are present no matter how large or small the company.
If we make features optional (like gmail or youtube labs), site admins can watch and control as the spread between users. There are some great tools already invented to help this process:
Invitation-only. Users can give a feature to other users of their choosing. This is natural growth, but unfortunately requires self-organization, which can be slow (its not lean!).
Alternatively, we can take a site which has already its membership through an invitation system, and spread features between the same users, from invitor to invitee, across the entire site (with some possible accommodation for inactive users).
These would have the benefit of being able to throttle or spur growth, and they provide an opportunity to gather feedback at every step in the way! When a user inspects a feature for the first time, they can submit one of three opinions, along with free comment: Share it, wait and decide, or disable it.
What do you think? Would it work? Would you like to see it exist? If there's lots interest, I may be able to devote significant energy in to making this a well-done open source project.
Thanks for reading,
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John,Based on the icons on my gas oven, I believe it heats from below, although the broiler element is in the top. I also have a warming drawer beneath the oven.I am using a thickness factor of 0.15.
I'm having some trouble with getting the crust to cook through. My latest attempt was for about 16.5 minutes at 500 and the crust was developing a nice crunch on the bottom but not done at the top. I may have to go longer, I don't think there is any way it is going to work at 475 for only 15 minutes.


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I am on the front-line. I have other duties, but I am often one of the first people to greet you when you walk in the door, email or call with a question. I don't always know the answer, but I'll find out and get back with you as soon as I can.
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Newlyweds Kitchen
Newlyweds Heather and Chris may be in love with each other but they're definitely not in love with their 70's style. But Wolfgang Schaber, Cat Cora and Peter Marr promise them a wedding present they'll never forget - a 21st century kitchen!
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Bread maker's Kitchen
Christine and Kevin love to spend time in the kitchen with their daughters, but its current state leaves them cleaning and less time in enjoying. It's up to the Kitchen Accomplished crew to answer their plea for a warm and family friendly kitchen.
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Young Cook's Kitchen
The Dowbiggins are a close family - a little too close when they are all in the kitchen together! The Kitchen Accomplished team is certain they can turn the uninspiring and small kitchen into a French Country masterpiece, and do so in only three days.
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Bachelor's Polenta Party
He's young, handsome and single, but his kitchen isn't! After three days, and the help of the Kitchen Accomplished crew, Graham returns home to find that his unglamorous space into a gorgeous warm room that opens up to his family room! Let the party begin!
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Hot & Spicy Kitchen
Forrest and Zakiyyah love to whip up Jamician inspired dishes, but their dark kitchen doesn't really go with their personalities or their cooking style. The Kitchen Accomplished Crew takes a dreary kitchen and turns it into a colorful Caribbean retreat!
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Country Contemporary Kitchen
Gretchen and Michael love to cook vegetarian meals together. However, the kitchen isn't exactly a pleasant place to hang out. The Kitchen Accomplished team take over the kitchen for and tranform it into a chic country atmosphere that can be called home!
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Bistro Kitchen
A single mother and her daughter spend a lot of time together cooking and entertaining. Their kitchen, however is far from quality. In three days, the Kitchen Accomplished team turns this dated space into a gorgeous and warm American Bistro.
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Growing Family Kitchen
The Kitchen Accomplished team are on a mission to turn a stark and incomplete kitchen and dining area into a traditional masterpiece. Cat and the expectant mom turn out delicious cuisine while Wolfgang and Peter race to complete the kitchen.
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Argentinian Flavor
This Argentinean family often hosts large dinner parties for the Hispanic community but their kitchen just doesn't accommodate the crowd. The Kitchen Accomplished crew takes on this worthy challenge by opening up the space.
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Fantasy Grill Kitchen
Cat, Wolfgang and Peter create an eclectic cooking space with a teppanayaki grill for a very busy family. This father of four can cook up some serious sushi and hibachi fare, but his completely outdated kitchen is no match for a man of his superior skills.
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Holidays Kitchen
A picture perfect kitchen for a picture perfect holiday! That's what the Bankston kids have in mind for their adored parents. It's a mad rush to get the kitchen of their dreams in time for the holidays when friends and family gather to celebrate.
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Quick & Healthy Kitchen
This super busy single mom and grandmother works two jobs to keep food on the table. More than anything, she wants a cheerful space that will allow for quick but healthy meals. Peter and Wolfgang tackle the dark kitchen while Cat creates a menu.
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User-Friendly Kitchen
Who says functional can't be beautiful? Cat, Peter and Wolfgang create a wheelchair-accessible kitchen that is universally appealing. Cat makes cooking easy for a woman who, despite her recent disability, still loves to cook!
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Delta Avenue project decision
The Gladstone City Commissioners seem to be a little unappreciated. The Monday evening "special assessment meeting" on the Delta Avenue project prompted more than one commissioner to admit surprise at the standing room only gathering of irate citizens the project will effect and another to say they'd like to be thanked for the good things they do too! Awww!
Well! I would like to thank the entire commission and staff for showing up on a Sunday for a special meeting, obviously interrupting their busy afternoon from laughing comments made by most at this dais. I for one was still appreciative. It took less than an hour for them to vote, unanimously, to go ahead with the project as planned.
Need I bore you with the details?
Oh, ok – it would cost a little over $5,000 additional to cancel the project, plus two years of lower status in being considered for another grant. They also kept the assessment.
Consider our hands slapped.
Yet how did we get to this point of surprise at a very full meeting that could have been avoided? Was it the lack of consideration for safety, and traffic, and snow removal that no one on that commission seemed to know how to address let alone correct, or will have to live with every day? Failure to have full and open, accurate communication to the residents, especially the special assessment, had nothing to do with the loss of cable TV live coverage of meetings (an excuse mentioned) although it was a contributing factor.
I've professed this in the very venue with respects to the board of education. Information and facts delivered openly, accurately, and in a timely manner, preferably live and on TV (for everyone to see your face and hear your words/your vote) is essential for informed happy residents. The city saved a few bucks canceling live coverage of meetings and it cost them this grief and our angst. Still our angst!
And, to the soft spoken gentleman at Sunday's meeting who asked about the safety of his 5 year-old daughter boarding a school bus in heavier traffic and cars that even now pass a stopped, flashing yellow lights school bus in front of his house – I am sure the flustered mayor meant he has informed the police department of this illegal practice.
Thanks Gladstone commissioners. I was not surprised at all.
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All Treat No Trick In Golubka's Halloween Raw Vegan Cookies For The Little One
Posted By Golubka On September 18, 2011 @ 12:20 am In Full Recipe List,Recipes / Desserts,Recipes / Raw | 4 Comments
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This Halloween is not only the first one that Paloma (now a 2 year old) can understand as a holiday, but, in a way, the first one for me. Although I've been living in the U.S. for twelve years, not having a young child and growing up without this tradition left me somehow indifferent to all the festivities. This year, everything's changed.
Paloma is in daycare now, and is very curios about all the Halloween decorations and pumpkins that they've acquired. It's funny how having a little kid can bring back the long gone excitement of the holidays.
I loved the challenge of making these raw cookies, playing with the shapes and colours. As for the flavours, I wanted to evoke true autumn tastes like pumpkin spice, carrot cake, nutmeg and clove, as well as include some new additions like matcha, mango, and black sesame. I was thrilled when everyone who tried the cookies loved the result.
I wanted to evoke true autumn tastes like pumpkin spice, carrot cake, nutmeg and cloves
This was a chance for me to experiment with sprouted oat flour, which I've been meaning to do for a while. I started with making a basic dry mix, and then added different ingredients for various cookie flavours.
Matcha powder (green tea powder) is another ingredient that I just started using. It's been getting lots of good great publicity, as I always see tempting matcha recipes on food blogs and in magazines. Delicious! The multi-coloured oak leaves are also edible. Made of fresh coconut meat, flax seeds, and various fruits and vegetables – the recipe is coming soon!
These are quite nutritious and work well as breakfast cookies. Paloma was thrilled to have one for breakfast along with the usual green smoothie.
I came up with three types of frosting – chocolate, caramel, and coconut butter. Some cookies were simply glazed, and some – layered similarly to Oreos.
Happy Hallowe'en!
For the Basic Mix
2 cups almond flour
2 cups sprouted oat flour
1/2 cup ground rolled oats
1 cup maple syrup powder
pinch of salt
For the Pumpkin Cookies
2 cups basic mix
1/2 cup raw almond butter
1/2 cup freeze dried carrots – ground
1/2 cup date paste
3/4 cup carrot puree (2 carrots, 1/2 cup freshly squeezed carrot juice, 1/2″ piece fresh ginger root – all pureed in a high speed blender)
1/2 cup carrot pulp left from making carrot juice
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/8 teaspoon each clove
1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
For the Matcha Cookies
1 cup basic mix
1/4 cup raw almond butter
1/4 cup date paste
1/2 tablespoon matcha powder
For the Mango Cookies
1 cup basic mix
1/2 cup oat flour
1/4 cup raw almond butter
1/4 cup date paste
1/2 cup mango puree (dried mango slices soaked in water for 2 hours, drained, and blend with water reserved from soaking)
For the Chocolate Cookies
1 cup basic mix
1/4 cup raw almond butter
1 tablespoon raw chocolate
1 tablespoon carob powder
1/4 cup date paste
For the Black Sesame Cookies
1 cup sprouted oat flour
1/4 cup maple syrup powder
1/4 cup raw almond butter
1/4 cup date paste
4 tablespoons coarsely ground black sesame seeds
For the Frosting
raw chocolate
caramel (in the raw chocolate recipe, substitute raw cocoa powder with lucuma powder and leave out mesquite powder)
coconut butter
1. The cookies can be shaped into simple squares or circles.
2. Shaping them in figure molds takes some more time, but makes for a pretty result.
3. If one of the mixes turns out too sticky and not firm enough, rolling it between a Teflex sheet and a sheet of parchment paper and drying a little in the dehydrator should ease the cutting/shaping process.
4. Once the cookies are shaped, dehydrate them at 115F until they are dry on the outside and slightly moist and chewy on the inside.
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It is hard to expect Microsoft Corp.'s Xbox 360 and Sony Corp.'s PlayStation 3 to remain on the market for twelve long years, like the legendary Sony PlayStation 2 originally launched in 2000 and discontinued only in 2012. However, both consoles have at least a couple of years ahead of them, believes Electronic Arts, one of the globe's biggest game publishers.
"I would anticipate seeing both Sony and Microsoft get behind their current-gen platforms at least for the next two years and bring us to a ten-year cycle as we saw in the previous cycle," said Peter Moore, president and chief operating officer of Electronic Arts, during a conference call with financial analysts and investors.
Core gamers in well-developed countries will unlikely buy a lot more PS3 and X360 units since they now have better options in the new generation of game systems. Some people will buy the older hardware in order to play older games going forward, but those sales will not be significant. Casual gamers will probably buy more Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 consoles thanks to their value, possible discounts on games and other reasons.
It is interesting to note that neither Microsoft nor Sony have announced plans to cut-down prices of their previous-generation consoles and sell them on developing markets. The PS3 is still pretty expensive in manufacturing and it is not easy to reduce its pricing. The situation with X360 remains unclear since it does not cost a lot and has a portfolio of high-quality games. It could become a success in Latin America.
It is highly likely that Microsoft and Sony will start to phase out the current-gen consoles after the first price-cuts of the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. Those slashes should probably happen before holiday 2015 or in 2016 at the latest.
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Quality and safety requirements
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To meet consumer demands for quality and performance, the BIC Group has developed high technology manufacturing equipment and processes. Since 1972, this has allowed BIC to manufacture lighters in great quantity, while maintaining strict quality controls.
All BIC® pocket lighters meet or exceed ISO 9994 safety standard specifications.
Putting it all together
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At each plant, qualified and trained BIC employees dedicate more than 25% of their time monitoring quality. In addition, quality assurance inspectors evaluate packaged lighters daily to ensure BIC's high quality and safety standards. All BIC® lighters are produced around the world with the same rigorous, highly effective quality control systems.
We use the highest quality raw materials available for the lighter body and components to ensure that our lighters meet or exceed all international safety standards for performance, quality, strength and durability.
We use sophisticated digital camera equipment to measure flame height and other characteristics precisely and reject any product that does not conform.
Quality and safety are built into every step of the lighter production process. Before leaving the factory, each BIC® lighter undergoes more than 50 separate, automatic quality checks during the manufacturing process.
International Standards have been established to ensure worldwide consumer safety. The most common is ISO 9994. It defines safety specifications of a lighter, including maximum flame height, resistance to elevated temperature, resistance to dropping, resistance to continuous burning flame, flame extinction, etc. All BIC® lighters meet or exceed ISO 9994 safety standard specifications. To assure both consumers and distributors of BIC's quality and safety, BIC Group has developed its own standards, which meet or exceed the standards established by the International Standards Organization (ISO 9994) and the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM F-400). The BIC Group also uses accredited, independent outside laboratories to verify compliance with these requirements.
A child-resistant lighter is a lighter that has been purposely modified in order to make it more difficult to operate. In some countries such as the United States, Canada, Australia, New-Zealand, Japan and European Union, a child-resistant safety standard is mandatory. All BIC® lighters sold in these countries are child resistant.
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There are 4 factories that produce BIC® lighters around the world. They are located in France, Spain, the United States and Brazil. The particularity of the BIC® lighter manufacturing process is that it is completely integrated, from the conception of the molds, machines and tools to the assembly line and final control of the products on BIC machines. This is the starting point of the safety of BIC® lighters.


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Topic: What are the drawbacks of using flash in website?
Kindly tell me the drawbacks of flash website.
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Kindly tell me the drawbacks of flash website.
A few of the major drawbacks would be that Flash doesn't always work well on user's systems, if you don't know Flash you cannot alter anything later and search engines don't read flash, which can make it difficult for them to rank your website properly.
According to SEO purpose flash website can not be read by the search engine and also it increases the loading time so flash website is not preferred.
The more you add flash the contents the more it gets slower. A site can get affected in many ways depending on the speed of loading
their are some drawbacks of using flash website.
some are the topic or list which are the disadvantage of using flash website:>
1. flash website want plugin to install.
2. Accessibility and Usability are Impaired
3. Most Mobiles Can´t Read Flash
4. Longer Loading Time
5. Flash does Not Display in Search Engine Previews.
these are the some bad factors which provide the flash website not effective.
There are some common drawbacks of using flash -
Speed & Bandwidth Limitations
Flash applications are usually large and as a result slowdown the speed to download the page. Internet savy's are impatient they like to browse faster
Usability spoiled
Accessibility impaired
Search engines don't like flash
plug-in required for flash
Many people don't like Flash pages
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Continuing my coverage of the [Data Center 2010 conference], Tuesday afternoon I presented "Choosing the Right Storage for your Server Virtualization". In 2008 and 2009, I attended this conference as a blogger only, but this time I was also a presenter.
|The conference asked vendors to condense their presentations down to 20 minutes. I am sure this was inspired by the popular 18-minute lectures from the [TED conference] or perhaps the [Pecha Kucha] night gatherings in Japan where each presenter speaks while showing 20 slides for 20 seconds each, This forces the presenters to focus on their key points and not fill the time slot with unnecessary marketing fluff. This also allows more vendors to have a chance to pitch their point of view.
Here are my charts on SlideShare.net:
I am thankful I had a great turn-out, with nearly every seat taken.
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EMU Mathematical Sciences Department
Winter 2007
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China Sabbaticals
Owen Byer and Deirdre Smeltzer each spent a sabbatical semester in China during the 2005-06 academic year. Owen and his family lived in Nanchong, Sichuan province, from August through December of 2005; Deirdre and her family took their place for February through July of 2006. The purpose of these sabbaticals was three-fold:
- to experience the Chinese culture;
- to gain new perspective by teaching English to Chinese college students under the China Educational Exchange program;
- to make progress on a geometry textbook currently being written by Owen, Deirdre, and a colleague at the University of Delaware, Dr. Felix Lazebnik.
The following two stories provide glimpses into the daily life of the Byer and Smeltzer families in China. This first relates Owen Byer's minor adventure while trying to get a simple haircut. The second is a description by Claire Smeltzer, age 9, of the wedding of one of Deirdre's Chinese colleagues at North Sichuan Medical College. For even more stories, and photos, visit the department web page at http://www.emu.edu/math/integram/china.
The Haircut
I went in for a hair cut yesterday. I was motioned over to the wash basin, where I tried to explain that I had already washed my hair, but then I remembered that in many shops they find it easier to cut the hair when it is wet, so I obliged. Barber #1 lay me down and gave me a lathery shampoo along with a scalp rub. Then I was ushered over to the chair for the haircut by Barber #2. He did a fine job, although it took quite awhile. I even succeeded in explaining how short I wanted it cut and that I did not want the sideburns he tried to leave me with. So, despite the fact that I had already been there for 40 minutes (rather than the 15 minutes I can get at the Hair Corral back in Harrisonburg), I was ready to leave happy.
But, no. Barber #1 again indicated that I should go back to the wash basin! What on earth? But I complied. I guess they wanted to wash out all of the little hairs that invariably get left on the top of my head after a haircut. The water was warm and it didn't take too long, so I was still happy as I jumped up ready to go do something important, like catch wasps with chopsticks.
But, no again! Barber #3 motioned me back over to the chair again, waving a hair dryer. I don't think my hair has ever been touched by a hair dryer; I wondered if maybe something akin to Samson losing his strength when his hair was cut would happen to me if went through with their plan. However, since I couldn't think of any personal characteristic that seemed so important that I couldn't lose it for this experience, I obliged again. But, I must have been fresh meat for Barber #3, because he didn't just dry my hair. After his obvious initial disappointment that I said "bu yao" (meaning "I don't want that") when he offered to use gel in my hair, he proceeded to fuss over it with a comb, teasing it this way and that. It was sometime during this second turn in the chair that I realized that I wasn't getting a haircut—I was having my hair styled! Of course, many of you probably do this regularly, but it was a new experience for me. Well, once my hour was up, they must have thought they earned their money, so they let me go. I must admit that other than being a bit poofy on top, I thought it looked pretty good. So, what did I pay for this entire experience? Five Chinese RMB, which is the equivalent of about 62 cents in the USA. And to think that I paid $7 for a haircut right before we came to China so that I wouldn't have to get it cut for a while once we got here!
― Owen Byer
A Chinese Wedding
Most of a Chinese wedding is eating. Most of an American wedding is the actual getting married part. When we walked in the door there were some people at the door, and they gave two pieces of candy per person. Then we went inside and sat down at a table (there were a lot of round tables that people sat at). There was a smallish plate in the middle of a table, with peanuts, sunflower seeds, and many assorted candies and snacks on it (as sort of an appetizer). Everybody talked and ate from the little plate. It was very noisy. Then, after a long time there was a small ceremony in which the bride and the groom went up an aisle to a platform while some confetti was flying into the air. (There was no flower girl or ring bearer or bridesmaids.) After that there was LOOOOOOOOTTSSS of food. It filled the whole table and there were three layers of plates of food!!!! We ate until we were bloated and then left. It was quite an adventure!!
― Claire Smeltzer
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Department News
Wedding Bells
Sarah Loyer, who taught in our department for the 2001-02, 2004-05, and 2005-06 academic years, married Jason Baxter on Saturday, November 4. Sarah and Jason were acquaintances as undergraduates at Messiah College, and began dating in January of 2006 after they reconnected. The couple now lives in New Jersey, where Jason has lived since his graduation from Messiah. Sarah is commuting to Delaware to continue the Math Education graduate program she began this semester.
Promotions and Contracts
Owen Byer and Deirdre Smeltzer both applied for and received promotion to the rank of Professor, effective August, 2006. Charles Cooley applied for and received a five-year contract, beginning in August, 2006. Being awarded a five-year contract is EMU's equivalent of being awarded tenure at universities with a tenure system.
Faculty Research
Yong Zhang began teaching Computer Science at EMU in the fall of 2005. Already, Yong is establishing an impressive record of research. Yong received an EMU Summer Research Grant in order to work on the Hidden Subgroup Problem, a problem in the area of quantum computation. Yong studied this problem from a structural complexity point of view. A draft of the resulting paper, "The central nature of the Hidden Subgroup problem", can be found on Yong's professional homepage.
December Graduates
Three students graduated from our department this December. Trevor Bare married Jenee' High in January and works with Conrad Siegel Actuaries located in Harrisburg, PA. Tim Harder plans on beginning graduate school in Computer Engineering in Fall 2007. Aaron Trimble is spending the spring semester studying mathematics as part of the Budapest Abroad program in Hungary, and then he will begin medical school at the University of Virginia in the fall.
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Problem Corner
Congratulations go to sophomore Ben Ruth and alums Stephanie Horst and Brent Siegrist for correctly solving the problem in the Spring 2005 Integram.
New Problem:
A game begins with n matches. Two players take turns removing matches. The first player can remove any number of matches except n. After the first turn, each player removes one or more matches, but not more than twice as many matches as the preceding player has taken. The player who takes the last match wins. Starting with n=1000, design a winning strategy for the first player.
Submit solutions to Deirdre Smeltzer: email@example.com.
Alumni, what have you been doing since leaving EMU?
Send your personal and professional updates to Deirdre Smeltzer at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Hearing from departmental alumni is interesting for us and helpful in providing specific answers for students who ask, "What can I do with a Math/CS major?"
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BTW, thanks for giving me the proper spelling of the term "je ne sais quoi." I wouldn't have even known where to start if I wanted to spell that phrase otherwise.
If it's making people so willing to just hand over the freedoms that Americans have fought for over the last 236 years, then I think we really do need to question whether this event actually happened or not.
It's a scary thing to watch.
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I think they are going about the solution to this the wrong way.
Most of the people who own these type guns would be the first to step up and defend this nation if we were invaded. And they are now creating thousands of criminals out of these people.
I can see where they argue that the kid may not have been able to do as much damage if he hadn't had that assault rifle. It is capable of shooting more bullets in less time. However if I understand correctly, that rifle shoots bullets that are about like that of a .22 caliber. The pistols he had are much more powerful. Probaly would have only took one shot from the handguns to do as much damage as 3 or 4 shots from the rifle. Am I right? Like I said, I'm not sure about this.
I also have a problem with the parents not being allowed to view their children. AS hard as it might be, THAT is something that I would have to do. I don't see how they can legally refuse that. They can't here in our state.
Do you honnestly think that the Federal Government could be behind a massicre at a school simply to use it as an excuse to put a few more restrictions on firearms??
Do you believe the Federal Government was behind the attack on The World Trade Centre aswell??
I dont pretend that Governments dont do naughty things...but usually its smaller naughty things. I know of at least Two people that I believe our Government assassinated for matters of National Security (i.e to protect a lie that was in their interest in making the general public believe)
But I dont think they would be behind something, like, for example the terrorist attack on the London Tubes..
I have of course heard conspiracy tales that they did that...but it pushes the boundaries of my sence that Governments wouldnt take the risk of looosing power over it.
I personally believe that the shooting at that school, and the shooting at that cinema, were simply the result of a nutter with a gun...I wouldnt even blame Gun Law...since in all cases, these guns were legal in their ownership.
I personally believe that Islamists were behind the Terrorist attacks on New York City, Whilst I concure that maybe the Federal Government were warned, I dont think the looking over of the threat was a deliberate ploy to allow it to happen. You cant take every threat as an apokalypse
If the World Trade Centre collapsed wrongly, as some people claim, IMHO its coz they were not built right, not because its proof that in some way the Federal Government blew them up in plain sight to cause their collapse in a certain way
Whilst I do believe that both The American Government and the British Government are behind state sponcered assasinations on both their own soil and foreign territory...I do not believe the attack on the London Underground was designed by the British Government for any ulternative agenda
I dont believe in those conspiracies any more then I do in the Ananakie
As for the rest of you. Your Federal Government has been taking away your Consitutional Rights since the Civil War...Thats what Big Government/Federations/Empires are all about. Complaining is something a lot of you do...Action...I've seen none...and I dont even mean taking your guns and rioting...I mean ive seen no actual constructive measures from any of you, whatsoever...Its enough to make me think that actually you might LIKE being in bondage because if you were consitutionally free you would have no Big Government to complain about
The Key is to Empower your State Governments, (or simply return to them what they should never have given up) Enough States Can bring majorities in the Congress...well...that would be if you all werent so blinded by Bi-Partisan Nonsence...
Who cares about Democrats and Republicans...Shouldnt you be fighting for your STATE rather then a party...Dont you see that until you have a unified State, your State cant act as a singularity in Congress properly....Thats how the Federation are stopping a rebellion on a State Level
Perhaps if You could see how your Federation formed you would understand what I am talking about. Its always been "this way" with you, because none of you are old enough to have known a Different America. Well...In England, we are about to witness, and have been witnessing over the last thirty years, the formation of a Federal Europe...Whose manifesto is more akin to your present American Federal Government...then the pre-civil war Federal Government.
The only way to solve your problems is to rewind to a Pre-Civil War Federation. You act like this is the first time your Government has stamped on you...but its NOT.
Soooo my constructive question to you all...how politically can you turn the clocks back Two Hundred odd years....Where have all the patriots gone... Bursts into song "Oh for the wings, for the wings, of a dove...." http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GCIKdjVooQ0
Thats sounds so totally British in its thinking
Sorry if that offends
I'm always so suprised to find that in all my dealings with Canadians...in terms of mindset, they are just like Britons...except with an American accent
I dont find them half as exciting though...because of their similarity
The American people are less gungho then their politicians...remember, their politicians can always be gungho coz they never actually do the physical fighting....the Males in the North might like to watch violence...but I suspect its more bravado then anything else.
Even those who argue passionately online...in person may be less intimidating...even with a gun
I cant speak about the South...Never met anyone from down there, and...have trouble understanding the accents to be honnest. Not so much with women...but with Males they just speak way to fast. I remember meeting Preach in the US...couldnt understand a word he said
You know...I'd love to know about the gun restrictions in middle eastern countries...coz I think thats pretty lacking.
Not to be rude...but your an armed nation...and that hasnt stopped your Federal Government denuding you of your consitutional rights since the Civil War has it.
Think from your Governments perspective...its not actually in their interest for you to be disarmed. Why would they need you disarmed...when they have you by the balls financially...
I spoke to some American who said their taxes would have gone up over 300 if the fiscal cliff had not been averted, overnight, per month
Your Federation could bleed you all dry of cash in months...thats far easier and safer in their minds then taking your guns...after all...youve all made it clear you dont want to give them up.
I'm not Anti-American...I'm Possibly Anti-Federal Government
To be honnest...I dont know where I stand on Gun laws...except, I personally dont want to see them lying around the place, nor would I feel safe knowing other people would have them. I certainly wouldnt want one myself...my GOD, a gun in the hands of a depressive will end up in a damn sight more then tears
If I was the Federal Government, supposing I wanted to disarm you, I would do it without asking for anyones guns period. What I would do is limit the amunition...and put up the prices...Thats how I'd work myself out of the fiscal cliff...forget an increase in tax, or a badly disguised health reform
Start thinking massive price hikes on Guns, ammunition, Alcohol and Smokes...and then actively encourage the buying of guns...that way the worst case scenario is that you get a shed load of money and nothing changes with the guns and population...best case scenario...you get a shed load of money until the population cant afford those items anymore
Then you can really start to oppress them with tyrany
Sorry...I got carried away then
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Giving proper credit for Main Street's success
As was reported by Kurt Hauglie in Thursday's Daily Mining Gazette, due to financial difficulties, the board of directors of Main Street Calumet has made the difficult decision to let executive director Tom Tikkanen go.
Over the past several years Main Street Calumet has either directly or indirectly been responsible for business development, infrastructure improvement, tourism development through a variety of community events and generally improving the business climate of the downtown era. We feel the involvement of Tom Tikkanen in the creation and development of Main Street Calumet and its subsequent successes cannot be overstated.
Consider that through Main Street's partnerships nearly two dozen businesses have been established with nearly as many commercial buildings purchased. All in an economic environment that had been in steady decline for years.
The efforts of Tikkanen and Main Street Calumet have resulted in the creation of dozens of new jobs, millions in infrastructure improvement and building rehabilitation and nearly five and a half million dollars in private investment.
The efforts of Tikkanen and Main Street have not gone unnoticed beyond the village limits. Main Street Calumet has been the recipient of the Governor's Award for Historic Preservation and Tikkanen himself was honored as the Main Street Manager of the year in the State of Michigan. An honor, we feel, that could have been bestowed on him several times.
Highly-successful annual events such as PastyFest, Heritage Celebration, Red Jacket Radio and the Copper Dog 150 can all trace their roots to Main Street Calumet and Tom Tikkanen.
Tom stayed at the helm much longer than his initial three-year contract required. He stayed out of sense of commitment and loyalty, attributes that are far too rare in today's business and government arenas.
We're sure this parting of the ways was not the way Tikkanen and the Main Street Board would have liked it to end. However, as has been the case during his entire tenure with the organization, Tikkanen handled his departure with dignity and grace.
We'd like to wish Tom Tikkanen the best of luck in all his future endeavors and sincerely thank him for everything he did providing outstanding leadership to Main Street Calumet. His impact has extended far beyond the home town he loves so much.


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In Florida, a lake, river or stream is considered "impaired" if it fails to meet specific water quality standards, according to its intended use. For example:
Class I waters must meet safe drinking water standards;
Class II waters must be suitable for growing and harvesting shellfish that are safe to eat;
Class III waters must be safe for a variety of recreational purposes including boating, swimming, etc. and also for the purposes of sustaining a well-balanced population of fish and wildlife;
Class IV waters are intended for use as Agricultural Water Supplies; and
Class V waters are intended for navigation, utility and/or industrial use.
Within each of these five categories, water managers rely on a variety of data to determine if the water resource has been impaired. To make this determination, they study the creatures living in the water resource (e.g., algae, bacteria, plants and wildlife) along with water chemistry and physical characteristics such as water clarity and/or turbidity.
A statewide data summary is available in the 303(d) Report which is compiled and updated every three years by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection. The state's minimum water quality criteria (or standards) are available in Florida's Administrative Code (FAC), Chapter 62-303, as part of the Impaired Waters Rule (IWR). » Read more about the Impaired Waters Rule.
Many types of data are collected in efforts to determine whether or not a water resource is impaired. Some of the information is collected by state agencies, while other data are collected by trained volunteers.
Biological data includes information about algae, bacteria, plants and other wildlife:
Algae sampling generally involves filtering water samples through special glass-fiber filters; these filters "trap" algal cells so they can be analyzed for chlorophyll concentrations in the laboratory.
Bacterial monitoring involves the collection and filtration of surface water samples, and the incubation of the filtrate (bacteria caught by the filter). After incubation, colonies indicator bacteria (i.e., fecal coliform, total coliforms, E. coli, etc.) appear as clusters of red or blue dots (depending on the type of test you use) on the filter. These colonies are counted, and an assessment can then be made about whether the waterbody is a potential health risk.
The term "wildlife" includes birds, fish, macroinvertebrates, etc., which are usually monitored by counting the number of different species and their actual abundance living in a water resource. The presence or absence of some animals is often an indicator of water resource health. For more on this, see Macroinvertebrates Learn More.
Water chemistry data are also obtained from in-situ (i.e., within the water) and lab analyses of surface water samples. This often includes analyses for various forms of nitrogen and/or phosphorus—two essential nutrient groups found in virtually all water bodies.
Physical characteristics such as water clarity and/or turbidity and suspended solids are measured. Good water clarity is necessary for light penetration into the water column, allowing aquatic plants to photosynthesize. The amount of oxygen dissolved in the water is measured; both plants and animals that live in water require oxygen for respiration.
For more information, please refer to Florida LAKEWATCH Circulars.
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It is important to note that even if some of these values exceed state standards, it doesn't necessarily mean a water resource is impaired. Water quality characteristics may vary considerably from one sampling event to the next in response to changes in weather conditions, stream flow, and many other variables. Scientists look for significant changes over a period of time, before they consider the waterbody impaired.
This approach of identifying and prioritizing impaired waters is part of the Clean Water Act of 1977 and also the 1999 Florida Watershed Restoration Act. As a result of these legislative acts, science-based pollution limits, called Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs), are being developed to promote the clean-up of each and every impaired waterway. For more information about impaired waters and the standards being used to evaluate them, read:
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Tonight on Spike, there is a free live fight card. Those nascent fans who saw UFC 100, this show will be action packed. No title bouts, but the two headline fights are both lightweight matchups featuring high energy, fun fighters.
Nate Diaz v. Melvin Guillard: Diaz is the little bro of my favorite fighter on the planet, Nick. Nate is a BJJ expert under Carlos Gracie (I think he might be a black belt now, not sure). He loves to talk shit during a fight. And that is right up Melvin's alley. Guillard is built like a 5'8" Incredible Hulk. Homeboy loves to throw huge bombs. He'll try to keep the fight standing. Diaz will try to get it to the ground. This is either going to end in a submission or TKO or KO. Either way, it is going to be explosive.
Roger Huerta v. Gray Maynard. I think FightDr likes Maynard, if I'm not mistaken. He is a top 6 or 7 lightweight in the world right now. Huerta could have been, if he had his head on straight, and didn't get the acting and modeling bug. Gay. Anyhow, should be a relly good fight, and probably bloody.
The rest of the card will be great too. This is not like boxing where you fall asleep during the undercard. All of the fighters you will see are extremely talented, and top notch in MMA. The UFC only has about 5-10% of the pro MMA fighters out there. The cream of the crop. So even if they're not at a title level, they are still really exciting to watch.
Tune in!
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About the Author: Richard E. Hoagland serves as U.S. Ambassador to Kazakhstan.
Good afternoon. That's a really good question. What to tell people who don't know about Kazakhstan? It's a surprising country. It's huge. It's the size of Western Europe, and one of just three countries in the world -- Russia and Turkey being the other ones -- that is actually geographically both in Asia and Europe. [It's] a very huge country, very modern. Within two years it is going to become one of the ten largest oil exporters in the world. It is already the sixth largest wheat exporter. It is the largest producer of uranium in the world. It has a diversified economy and a growing middle class. It's a surprising, pleasant, modern country.
If we wanted to talk about high priorities in U.S.-Kazakhstan bilateral relationship in U.S. policy, that's really very important. We have had -- we were the first country in the world to recognize Kazakhstan's independence after the fall of the Soviet Union. And we have consistently been building a stronger, more mature relationship for nearly 20 years now.
As I always tell journalists in Kazakhstan who ask about U.S. foreign policy, you know over the years it doesn't change dramatically. It's usually a change in nuance. It's a growth whenever possible. And our priorities, both countries together, have been first, I would say, nonproliferation of weapons of mass destruction. At the fall of the Soviet Union, Kazakhstan had the fourth largest nuclear arsenal in the world and voluntarily gave it up, and we continue to work on very sensitive projects to clean up the residue and detritus of that horrible period during the Cold War.
We also have very strong relations in regional security. Kazakhstan has on its border: Russia, China, the other countries of Central Asia. It's not far from Iran, and it's also very close to Afghanistan. Kazakhstan has been working with us since the beginning of this past decade very closely on Afghanistan and continues to do so and to do more. For example, they just announced a $50 million, five year program to provide education in universities and technical schools for up to 1,000 Afghans to help rebuild and stabilize that country.
On the economic front, Kazakhstan has gone through the global financial crisis just like every other country in the world. But the broad international consensus is that it reacted with responsibility and flexibility. It stabilized its banking system. Last year, even, 2009, it had 1.2 percent economic growth and is poised to do more this year. It still has a way to go, just like we have a way to go, like Greece has a way to go and other countries. But it's doing quite well, and it's maintaining its place in the world.
This is one of those obscure agreements that almost no one has ever heard about before. In fact, we have been working on it with the government of Kazakhstan since 2003. And sometimes these take a very long time but once in awhile there is a forcing event to make it happen, and that was the visit of President Nazarbayev this week to Washington to meet with President Obama. And both sides said we need to get this done.
What's the significance of it? About only 50 other countries in the world have a science and technology agreement with the United States, and what that does is open up the possibilities for much more collaboration, both in the public sector and the private sector, for research and development, sharing of information, sharing of technology, and it's actually a good way to build economic diversification.
Kazakhstan was one of the countries, one of the premier countries I would say, playing a role in the Nuclear Security Summit. And that's because, as the Kazakhstani government itself says, they have the moral right to participate in something like that, because they did give up their nuclear arsenal, and because they have been such strong partners in nonproliferation of all kinds of weapons of mass destruction over the years.
During one of the plenary sessions with President Obama, President Nazarbayev in his speech called for a nuclear free world, totally supports President Obama's vision to secure all nuclear materials within the next four years worldwide, and as I said before, continues to be a very strong and positive partner in this field, nonproliferation.
Editor's Note: Ambassador Hoagland taped this video on April 15, 2010, following the Nuclear Security Summit and President Nazarbayev's visit to Washington.


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I enjoy seeing Tarver get beat up on just as much as the next guy, but I don't really see any reason for this....except for that rematch clause in their original contract. I'm hoping Dawson can lay it on him even more this time and go on to more entertaining fights (Calzaghe, Taylor, others mentioned in the article, etc.)
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text: Paulo Nozolino at the Rencontres d'Arles Festival At the Palais de Luppé, just opposite the Arles Amphitheatre, L'Occitane is presenting work by Paulo Nozolino around the decline of lavender: a powerful and disturbing series, a high-impact oeuvre part of the 2013 edition of the Rencontres d'Arles photography festival, this year with the theme of the black and white image. By Caroline Taret Tweet Last July 3, the Portuguese photographer Paulo Nozolino, accompanied by Olivier Baussan, founder of L'Occitane and François Hébel, the director of the Rencontres d'Arles, were kind enough to answer a few questions about the exhibition currently showing at the Palais de Luppé. This black and white photography exhibition is presented as diptyques and was commissioned by L'OCCITANE en Provence, who here participates in Les Rencontres d'Arles for the first time. An event commensurate with the theme provided to the photographer, lavender. The subject could appear ordinary, but the angle of lavender's decline and its treatment by Paulo Nozolino make for a genuine cry of alarm. With this commission, L'Occitane pursues its engagement of alerting the public to the critical situation that Provençale lavender is suffering. Thanks to the research led by the French fragrant plants research organization the CRIEPPAM, the rallying of industry actors in Provence, and the fund created by L'Occitane en Provence, the situation has every chance of improving if donations are collected. This is the real challenge of this exhibition, which will travel around the world to transmit a message. Paulo Nozolino and his photographs will be lavender's ambassadors, alerting lovers of Provence to the problem. Make a donation!S.P.L.P. DOTATION – CRIEPPAMLes Quintrands – Route de Volx04100 MANOSQUET 04 92 87 70 52contact@sauvegarde‐lavandes‐provence.orgwww.sauvegarde-lavandes-provence.org Videos Paulo Nozolino exhibition in Arles Provence Photography RP Arles Olivier Baussan, Paulo Nozolino and François Hébel Rencontres d'Arles 2013 Photography RP Arles


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February 1, 2013 12:31 am
I work right next to his car dealership. I'm going to order a shirt and drop it off for him.
SurlyMae permalinkFebruary 1, 2013 12:36 am
@prodigal_punk was saying last night that he told her that suit belongs on display. Or in a shrine. Or something like that. I was a little tipsy.
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The Ecological Footprint can be understood as simply as a family budget, according to a new video released by the Community of Andean Nations (CAN).
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EarthPulse: State of the Earth 2010, which opens with a full page of Global Footprint Network data, offers the clearest endorsement yet by a mainstream publication of the idea of sustainability as living within the means of one planet. The issue reflects a growing understanding that the crisis of climate change is a symptom of a larger problem: humanity's growing metabolism of resources, and the strain that is putting on our natural systems.
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Not enough time to exercise is the number one excuse that we make for ourselves to get out of taking care of our bodies. How can we fit an exercise session into a busy schedule? Here are some tips:
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If you don't have a planner, then buy one or download one on your phone. If your schedule is jam packed with activities, start recording them as a doctor or CEO would to schedule appointments. This will allow you to see exactly how you spend your time. If you spend an hour studying or cleaning the house, throw that on this schedule. Try to structure your schedule so all tasks become clustered into one area of the day. For example if you go to class in the morning, try to fit your studying and chores in right after class to give you a larger free time window after. Next, schedule exercise into free time windows, even if they are smaller 10 minute time windows throughout the day.
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If you are operating on limited amounts of time then you need to move quick. This means having everything that you need to exercise ready to go. Have multiple gym bags; one in your car, one in the office and one in your room. This way, when you have a half hour for lunch or before you have to pick up the kids, you can change quickly to get your workout in.
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Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton traveled to Lima, Peru, on October 15 and 16. In Peru, she met with Peruvian President Ollanta Humala to discuss bilateral and regional cooperation. After her meeting with the President, Secretary Clinton said:
"...The United States and Peru work together on many shared challenges and priorities. We are working together to promote citizen security and to work against the drug traffickers. We are working to support you in your ongoing efforts against the terrorists who have for too long brought violence to too many people throughout Peru. We are working to protect Peru's magnificent environment and cultural treasures. And we are working to support your efforts to spur broad-based development that is as important in the cities as it is in the rural areas.
"To give one example, Peru and the United States are committed to preserving the Amazon Basin. So we are jointly developing a new regional initiative to maintain strong economic growth while also preventing deforestation and reducing carbon emissions. We believe it's important to preserve our resources for future generations and to help more people move from poverty to self-sufficiency; to help families feel safe in their communities and children have the chance to get a good education; to improve all services, such as health care, and to benefit everyone from strong, inclusive democratic institutions that respect human rights and freedom of expression."
While in Peru, Secretary Clinton also participated in an international conference on women's financial inclusion -- "Power: Women as Drivers of Growth and Social Inclusion" -- at which she delivered remarks to the plenary. In her remarks, Secretary Clinton underscored that "restrictions on women's economic participation are costing us massive amounts of economic growth and income in every region of the world" and identified four challenges women face to participate in the economy and to start a business.
"One, women still lack access to the education and business training that every entrepreneur needs," Secretary Clinton said. "Two, women still have more difficulty accessing markets for their products. Three, it is still harder for women to get financing because banks traditionally require credit histories or collateral that most women may not have. And four, women often lack the networks, mentors, and leadership opportunities critical for business success."
Earlier this year at the Summit of the Americas, Secretary Clinton launched the Women's Entrepreneurship in the Americas program, or WEAmericas, to take on these barriers one by one. In Peru today, the Secretary announced the Women's Entrepreneurship Trust Fund. Working with the Inter-American Investment Corporation, this new training initiative will help women throughout the region gain the confidence and know-how to achieve their business goals.
As the Secretary concluded her remarks at the conference, she said:
"...[W]e are entering what I like to call the participation age. It's a new era in human history where you can be a poor woman in the Andes or a poor man in Africa, and you can connect to the rest of the world. That connectedness means that every individual now has a chance to contribute to the global marketplace. And so let's use what we now have to make it possible for otherwise marginalized people to contribute in more and better ways. Because in the participation age, we need everybody we can possibly muster to be on the side of peace and prosperity, and I believe it's going to benefit us dramatically.
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norma, thanks for the info on papa dinos! i remember going there almost 20 years ago. The pizza has not changed much. it was ok, and i would get it for my family every couple of months. nothing to rave about. i would get tired of it and go elsewhere for a year or so when i was living in lancaster. it reminds me that lancaster never had any really good pizza places as far as i remember. i am glad you are at the market cranking out a great pie! mark
Nice job, Norma!!! You can definitely see the Trenton tomato pie heritage in their pizzas, much like Mack's.Furmano's, huh? I wonder exactly what was in those boxes?...http://furmanos.com/fsProductsList.aspAny idea on the brand of cheddar? Looks like the blocks are just sitting out as I had suspected. LOL
HMMMM, that sauce concoction should have a bit of an onion aftertaste as well, Norma, if they're following the original recipe. Swiss cheese? I had completely forgotten about this but my lovely wife Ann prepared a stromboli once using American processed, mozzarella, and Swiss which ended up tasting very similar to the Papa Dino's cheese mix so we may very well be on to something there. I have quite a few older Papa Dino's pizza pictures locked up on a disabled hard drive which I hope to have recovered shortly after tax refund time this winter. If I remember right, the Groffs would apply the sauce in more of a random circular pattern instead of laterally back and forth as demonstrated in your photo. Even so, the overall effect appears to be basically the same.