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Things get a little bit hot and heavy on tonight's episode of Big Brother as Daley and Hazel take their relationship to the next level.
The pair have caused consternation with their flirting in the main house for days, with their fellow housemates frequently getting upset by their behaviour and about the fact that Daley has a girlfriend on the outside.
However, now they're living alone in the safe house and it seems that the professional boxer isn't being so coy anymore.
On tonight's show Daley jokes with Hazel that the rules say you have to shower naked in the safe house. She doesn't quite obey his orders but after she strips off and has a shower in a very skimpy bikini, he teases her by showering naked.
Later in the day she asks him to request pancakes. He replies, "You want me to be the husband?!" She smiles, "You're the husband, man of the house!" After deliberating, Daley gets up and calls through to the house to request pancakes.
At bedtime the pair flirt even more and as they lie in their own beds, Daley admits:
"It just p*sses me off as you can lay in the bed with Dan and be so close up, and no one think of anything."
Hazel points out the obvious saying;
"Dan is gay. Would you get into bed and cuddle me? It wouldn't be seen like me and Dan…"
The hunk isn't having it though and continues:
"It's stupid though, that I'll feel uncomfortable about it."
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Even though his beard is twinkling with residual glitter, Jonny Woo, the queen of London's alternative drag scene, looks remarkably wholesome sipping afternoon tea in east London. The creator of the legendary club night Gay Bingo and gloriously camp stage show Night of a Thousand Jay Astons is currently performing the first run of a new show inspired by a near-death experience.
After two decades of partying, his body began to shut down."If your extended social circle drinks a lot and takes drugs, it's always at the back of your mind that one day someone is going to slip up," says Woo, 35. "My friends were surprised it was me, but I wasn't. I was always the person who'd go out an extra night, shovelling everything I could down my neck."
It happened in October 2006. "I was working nearly every night from 9pm until the early hours of the morning, which was normal, but a television crew was coming to film Gay Bingo on the Sunday and I wanted to make sure I had a clear head for that."
So, with the skewed logic of a true hedonist, Woo decided that he would lay off the drugs that week but allow himself to drink as much alcohol as he saw fit. "I've never bothered counting units," he says. "But I think it's safe to say it was a lot. I usually drink wine, spirits and cider. I don't like beer."
The filming was a success and Woo decided to celebrate. "I had a few drinks, took some ecstasy and then passed out at a friend's flat. I didn't feel ill or anything, I just felt really tired and when I woke up, I was surrounded by ambulance men." Woo was still too groggy to be frightened. "My friends have told me I'd been asleep quite a while when I started making strange noises." He was taken to Homerton hospital in Hackney, east London, where he spent two days on a ward. "I was conscious but I can't remember a thing about it. I'm told I was hallucinating."
Then Woo developed acute liver failure and was moved to the intensive care unit (ICU). At one point it was thought he might need a liver transplant. Luckily he didn't. However, if the liver is damaged the body's ability to remove or process alcohol and toxins and fight infection is impaired. As a result, Woo's kidneys started failing too and he developed pneumonia. He was sedated into a medically induced coma to make him comfortable, and wasn't fully conscious again for two weeks.
"I'd been put on a ventilator and had a catheter and dialysis, but by the time I came round, all the paraphernalia had been removed and I felt quite well. I had no recollection of being taken there," he says.
"I was so desperate to get out," he says, "I was trying to beat up the nurses. Then I calmed down and, for the next 10 days or so, I was just lying there with a throbbing headache. My liver was OK but I wasn't urinating because my kidneys weren't working and I couldn't eat so I was on a drip."
At one point Woo was about to fall asleep when a nurse noticed he was having extreme difficulty breathing. "Because my kidneys weren't working properly, my lungs had flooded [the body fills with excess water and waste when kidneys fail]. The sirens were going and I was surrounded by doctors. I was obviously in big trouble."
Woo was put back on a ventilator and went back on dialysis. "It does what your kidney should do," he explains. "Your blood gets sucked out through a tube, washed and put back in. You get cold because your blood cools down and you have to keep still, otherwise the tubes bend and the blood gets stuck."
I woke up the next day really hungry. That's when I knew I was going to be all right. Eventually, I was moved out of the ICU and for the first time since I'd been in hospital I looked in a mirror. I had a long beard, sunken eyes and a yellow pallor. I looked like some weird hermit. My legs had been reduced to twigs. All I could think was, 'Shit! My legs are going to look awful in heels.'"
After five weeks Woo was discharged from hospital. He was offered drink and drug counselling, but he declined. "I didn't dislike my old life. I was usually pretty compos mentis and I was very productive. Besides, that environment fuels my work. I wasn't told I had to give up alcohol, just that I shouldn't drink for three months and then approach it with caution, but I did make the decision not to take drugs any more. Amphetamines kill your appetite, so now I eat regularly and I get much more sleep."
"My life has definitely changed. My relationships with my friends are better. Not that I think I was ever nasty - my drug-taking was all about dancing and spreading the love - but the comedown was never pleasant."
Woo started performing again about four months after he left hospital. "I've always been drawn to dark material," he says.
"Before I fell ill, I did a hospital scene where I was dressed as a nurse and some tranny pretended to have a heart attack on stage, and for Gay Bingo I dressed up as a demonic nurse with a baby. It's no wonder I ended up in hospital - I'd been channelling nurses all week".
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Ok I have a new heating and cooling system being shipped and have a few questions.
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old system.
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Consolidated Industries HBA100ND5R
I have to remove the old system and place the new system in the attic. I have a HVAC guy coming out to do all the stuff that I can't do (top off the system with R410A sweat the copper to make the connections…..etc) However the more I have done the less he is going to charge me. So please double check my to-do list.
So for the outside unit I need to install a lager pad to fit this unit, attach power to unit. (I believe the old system had two 20amp breakers on it…….looking at the manual that should be ok for my new unit)
In the Attic the air flow will go from left to right. (return--- Furnace-----coil-----plenum where all my ducts connect)
Adjust return plenum so that it fits furnace.
Now my coil should attached directly to the furnace correct…..no sheet metal needed??
My cold air plenum might need to be adjusted to fit my coil.
Should I buy a drain pan for my coil or just build one from sheet metal?
Connect Vent pipe to new furnace.
Thermostat is a RiteTemp 8085C……..will this well with my new system being that it is a variable speed furnace? Do I need to run additional wires to the thermostat being that the old system was a single speed setup?
What am I missing? What else can I do?
Also out of curiosity i paid $2200 after tax credit for the new system....did i get a good price or could i have done better?
the return and supply connections might need some adjusting(1) suggestion is to have a sheetmetal pan with a 1" lip put under the air handler/coil/furnace with a 3/4 female threaded adapter so you can pipe that out to a viewable area.this would be considered your emergency over flow pan just in case the condensate pan within the coil area(as shipped)gets blocked up.make sure the duct pleniums both supply and return are screwed in not duct :no:taped 360 degrees around.cork pads can be gotten at grainger supply to put under the air handler before it is placed in the pan.then the coil also has a 3/4 female fitting and that is your primary condensate pan and needs to be trapped out and run out side.
Ah so the new coil comes with a drip pan built in. this drip pan will be piped outside....that makes life easier.
A few more questions.
Should i pipe the dip pan that goes under the furnace/coil out side also? I can just add a T to the existing PVC pipe. One side to the coil and one side to larger drip pan.
Do i need to put the furnace on 2x4 or 4x4's? The manual states that 0" is required below the furnace but it needs to be on wood.
the emergency pan should be directly piped out to a front stoop drop down or over the kitchen window...reasoning being if it is filled with water that will let you know the main pan is blocked up and needs cleaning.if you pipe it to the coil pan drain out you will have constant flow there aon hot days and the overflow situation will come thru the cieling below the unit!local www.grainger.com has the vibration pads you can walk in with cash no problem..item #5C027...after you connect all the components put them on corners and in the middle total 6 will do it..let the ducts pleniums hang free no support needed there.make sure you trap that coil if the exsisiting doesn't have it.
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If you're already wondering what you might get your favorite gal for her birthday, perhaps you should turn your attention to one of the fastest growing recreational activities for women - shooting sports. Hunting and target shooting, often assumed to be the exclusive province of men, are growing in popularity with women.
A new survey by the National Sporting Goods Association shows that women are participating in hunting and shooting in ever-greater numbers. According to the survey, 72 percent more women are hunting with firearms today than five years ago and 50 percent more are target shooting. Women are using rifles, handguns and airguns. The numbers further show that approximately three million women now hunt and over five million women shoot as a hobby, making up about 15 percent of the shooting, hunting and firearms community.
Some reasons include programs specifically designed to introduce women and girls to the traditionally male sports, as well as manufacturers waking up to a new market and designing products especially for women. For instance, a women's gun usually has a 28-inch barrel, whereas a men's gun will typically have a barrel of 30 inches.
Barbara Garrett, of Newhall, passed her one-year shooting anniversary in January. She started shooting after receiving a shotgun as a Christmas present.
"I had asked for a shotgun or a tractor," said Garrett, who owns a house in Castaic where the tractor would have come in handy.
Garrett loves the sport, and especially appreciates its fostering of excellent hand-eye coordination......
........Equal Opportunity
Fine, who is president of the California Clay Busters Trap Club and League, is thrilled with the increase in women and girls participating in the shooting sports. Brower is Treasurer of the Club.
"I have students as young as 13 or 14," said Fine. "They can absolutely shoot on the same level as boys and men.".....
.....Lydia Parsons, 17, a home-schooled 11th grader from Northridge, is one of Fine's prize pupils. Just last week she took the "High Ladies" trophy at the Scholastic Invitational at Oak Tree. Parsons shoots with a Beretta 391 semi-automatic shotgun and a steady hand. She's been shooting for three years now, having been introduced to the sport by her father......
...."What I enjoy, in addition to the whole competitive thing," said Lydia Parsons, "is being able to compete on a level, broad playing field with boys and girls where physical strength doesn't matter - something I couldn't get with soccer."
Lydia Parsons said her mother Marci Parsons is "very encouraging," to her in her pursuit, which she hopes to continue after she goes to college.
"She thinks it's great," said Lydia Parsons. "She displays my trophies around the house."
"Young girls have all the opportunities to excel in shooting sports as boys do. They can be state and national champions," said Fine.
The earlier in life children begin to shoot the better, according to Fine. Shooting fosters good hand-eye coordination and concentration, he said. "Ninety percent of shooting is focus," said Fine. "The rest is fundamentals."
All In the Family
Brower, who shoots with a Browning 12-gauge shotgun and has been part of the trap shooting club for six and half years, calls her fellow club members "a fascinating group," who, notwithstanding coming from different professions and backgrounds, all love the sport.
"It is a great sport and the people are very nice," said Brower. "I have found that a lot of men wish their wives or girlfriends enjoyed the sport like the women who shoot in the Thursday night league do."


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Phoenix Hits Seven Home Runs in Doubleheader Sweep Against Detroit
MILWAUKEE, Wis. (GreenBayPhoenix.com) - The Green Bay (17-18, 4-10 HL) softball team won both games in its doubleheader against Detroit (5-29, 0-12 HL) while combining for seven home runs in its Horizon League home opener Saturday, April 23 in Milwaukee. The games were played at Alverno College due to the late spring snowfall in Green Bay.
Game 1: Detroit 8, Green Bay 16 - After two scoreless innings, Detroit put a run on the board in the top of the third off an RBI double to left field to give the Titans the 1-0 lead.
With one out in the bottom of the third and the bases loaded, Kendra Woepse (Manitowoc, Wis.) singled to shortstop, scoring Alli Rivera (Geneseo, Ill.) and Sara Junion (Egg Harbor, Wis.) to take the 2-1 lead.
Green Bay boosted its lead to 3-1 in the bottom of the fourth when Amanda Pozolinski (Appleton, Wis.) hit a solo home run with two outs.
After Green Bay's defense retired the first three Detroit batters in the top of the fifth, its offense put four more runs on the board to lead 7-1. Junion led off with a double to left field before Rivera hit her first home run of the season to center field. With one out, Woepse singled to left before Paige Newtols (Green Bay, Wis.) followed with a two-run shot to left field. The Phoenix closed the inning scoring all four of its runs off home runs.
A combined 16 runs were scored in the 45-minute sixth inning as Detroit took the 8-7 lead scoring seven runs off six hits and three errors, including a three-run homer. Green Bay battled back in the bottom of the inning tacking on nine runs off seven hits and one error to seal the victory. With runners on second and third and nobody out, Rivera hit her second home run of the contest sending a rocket over the center field fence. With one out and runners on first and second, Cassie Scheel (Hartland, Wis.) added a three-run homer to left-center field, doubling the Phoenix lead to 14-7. With two outs, Amanda Omahen (San Diego, Calif.) hit a two run walk-off homer to right field to seal the 16-8 win.
The win was Green Bay's largest of the season and the second time this season the Phoenix has hit three or more home runs in a single contest. Sophomore Tieraney Planasch (Juneau, Wis.) picked up her fifth win of the season from the mound for Green Bay while Rivera went 3-for-4 at the plate with five RBIs.
Game 2: Detroit 2, Green Bay 4 - Detroit also started the scoring in game two of the series with a lead-off home run to left field before boosting its lead to 2-0 in the top of the fourth with a solo homer to center field. Green Bay cut the Titans lead in half with one out in the bottom of the fourth when Rivera hit her third home run of the day.
The Phoenix battled back in the bottom of the fifth, with runners on second and third, when Junion hit a double to center field scoring Jessica Hrncar (Bristol, Wis.) and Ashleigh Racer (Waterford, Wis.) to take the 3-2 lead. In the bottom of the sixth, Woepse singled to center field before Green Bay sealed the 4-2 win off an RBI by Pozolinski.
Green Bay scored four runs off five hits in the win as Planasch picked up the win, pitching her fourth complete game from the mound while facing 24 batters.
Green Bay's combined seven home runs in the doubleheader against Detroit brings the Phoenix homerun total to 12 this season, the third-most in a single season since 2007.
The Phoenix will wrap up its three-game series against Detroit Sunday, April 24 at 11:00 a.m. at Alverno Athletic Fields in Milwaukee, Wis. Green Bay will host UIC in a doubleheader Wednesday, April 27 at 2:00 p.m. at Ben Garot Field in Green Bay before wrapping up the series Thursday, April 28 12:00 p.m.


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Anyone familiar with the J/28?
They only made 71 of them ('86 to '88) Nice sailplan, not ideal interior but the V-berth looks usable, cool cockpit, is the 40" wheel really necessary? Could it be swapped out for say a 28" wheel? Should I add this boat to my list? Cored hull worries me...
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I think one of the guys that's a regular on this forum owns one... maybe Jeff H??? not sure though.
This is similar in concept to the J-32 - It was part of JBoat's early foray into the cruiser market. I really like the 32, but they are rather pricey as a rule. I expect this would be much like that.. somewhat overpriced but a nice, solid cruiser with a good turn of speed.
Don't be so hasty to dismiss the larger wheel.. sitting outboard with the wheel easy to reach makes a lot of sense for visibility and steering in waves, and it also provides an extra bit of leverage with things load up.. If you buy it and want to swap I've got a 32" wheel we can talk about..
edit: I just looked up the J/32...WOW! Now that's a pretty boat.
A 20 year old balsa core hull would concern me also.
I was just looking at the pricing of the J28 on yacht world. I agree with you kind of pricey. If you are looking for a 20 year old boat that you can use on the lake, i can think of few in that price range that i think would serve you better as weekender. A 28ft'er can get small for 2 or more people on weekends when the weather keeps you in the cabin. I justed picked one out on yacht world as an example.
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These were done for strength and lightness I believe. Cored hull is fine so long as the core is dry and hull not delaminated. I believe a survey with boat out of the water could easily detect these problems.
J boats tend to have areas of hull not cored near centerline for thru hulls, etc... which makes water intrusion into core less of an issue.
J boats usually have cored deck..Deck and coachroof have a LOT of holes for fittings, etc... which are great paths for water to follow to soak into core. While deck recoring is not nearly the work of hull recoring and not nearly the issue it is where I suspect you would have more problems in this 20 year old boat.
If you like the boat make the offer subject to survey and have the surveyor check for wet deck and hull. If these areas check out as fine then you will have a great boat that sails very well.
Mike I agree with every thing you said. I will say I am a belt and suspenders sort of guy. Neither gel coat or fiberglass is imperious to water intrusion. I know all about barrier coats. But one good bang against a dock during a storm when you are not there, can spider crack the gel coat and start a path way to the core. If I was not a racer, it is one less thing to worry about. A boat is a major investment for most people. I feel a balsa cored hull is an investment risk.
For a weekend cruiser that is left in the water all season long the J28 would not be my boat of choice. But if I want to go fast and could dry sail it I might be looking at the J28.
It has been my experance with Jboats that when they are HIT in a race the core is so STIFF it punches a nice allmost round hole with very local dammage
Compared to other styles of glass that may spread the dammage out over a much bigger area
Is that a good thing? Isn't the intention of long fibers in the matrix to spread the stress/strain and prevent a hull failure?
I'd rather smack a submerged piling and limp back with $2,000 in future glass work waiting at the yard than be submerged beside the piling with $200 in glass work and $12,000 in ruined equipment and gear.
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The Iron Sky core team is currently in New York shooting some scenes and cityscapes, which are going to be used for example as the backgrounds of a dogfight between Nazi UFOs and modern fighters.
Damn, Iron Sky should be reclassified as as natural disaster movie: in Frankfurt we were hit by a snowstorm that paralyzed the city, in Australia there were serious floods and cyclones, and now in New York torrential rains are flooding the subways!
That won't stop us, though! We will also arrange a combined informal fan and media meet on this Wednesday 17th of August at 7pm at Hotel Stay, 157 West 47th street. Come and meet us, get to see some hitherto unreleased materials from the film. We are also planning to do some guerrilla filming with our fans – stay tuned in our Twitter and Facebook as we finalize our plans on that!
The Iron Sky team, including the director Timo Vuorensola and producer Tero Kaukomaa, are also available for interviews for traditional media, blogs, etc! Please send interview requests in New York to Merja Ritola (merja ät blindspot.fi, +358 50 5937714).
Thanks for supporting us, hope to see you and your friends on Wednesday!
p.s. We set up a Facebook event for the meetup as well. If you know you're coming, let us know.
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was driving on the 22 with an evo, and as we merged onto the 5, he guns it, and so do i. I'm not sure if they are 5 or 6MT, but i was in 4th (at the end he claims he was in 5th) and pulled on him from 80-120ish. after that we cooled it and i let off and just follow him. after we exited, i asked him what gear he was in and he said "5th, and i was just crusing." suuuuuure...after i heard him downshift. so he proceeds to catch me off gaurd and takes off (guess he was trying to showoff to his gf), well i was in 1st and saw his front mount
Hard to believe? sure...but i do have vf30 with supporting mods..anyone care to comment?
btw, i was with my lil brother, and he had his gf. all i know is he had an exhaust, lowered, and tinted windows (from what i could see)


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BLOOMINGTON, Minn. – In response to the earthquake that devastated Haiti, the Toro Company announced that it would donate $10,000 to the American Red Cross International Response Fund to aid in the relief efforts.
Additionally, the company will further its commitment by matching all employee contributions to the Red Cross through March 1, 2010.
"The scope of the devastation is difficult to quantify or comprehend," said Judson McNeil, president of The Toro Foundation. "At Toro, our thoughts go out to all those impacted by this disaster. We support the Red Cross in their immediate relief efforts, as well as the long-term recovery and rebuilding process."


text: Senior reporter Frank Esposito returns to host this week's episode of Plastics News' Material Insights with news of a series of acquisitions. PolyOne Corp. has purchased two companies in Brazil to give itself market presence. Private equity groups were active in the acquisitions of Flow Polymers Inc. and Premix Inc. Plus, compounder RheTech Inc. has announced plans to open a new production facility in South Carolina.


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Based on survey findings and insight from a private gathering of key players from Europe Healthcare industry in Geneva, MSLGROUP today launched the whitepaper, 'You Share, We Care".
Paris, September 17, 2012: Based on survey findings and insight from a private gathering of key players from Europe Healthcare industry in Geneva, MSLGROUP today launched the whitepaper, 'You Share, We Care". With a focus on current industry challenges and trends, the whitepaper points to the profound transformation Europe's healthcare industry is experiencing - and the response that companies in the healthcare sector must formulate to survive and thrive.
According to Pascal Beucler, SVP & Chief Strategy Officer of MSLGROUP "The survey and its follow-up closed-door event have given MSLGROUP unique insight into current and future trends within the European healthcare sector, from pharma, to the fields of both nutrition and agribusiness."
MSLGROUP's whitepaper, the third phase of the network's European healthcare initiative, draws on survey findings and comments from seminar attendees and focuses on five particular areas:
- A new ecosystem: Word of mouth has always been important in healthcare, but thanks to social media, millions of people are today talking about drugs on the Web without involving a doctor. Alongside challenges, this reality also offers opportunities to engage with patient groups online, leveraging their clout to communicate a healthcare company's messages.
- A new deal: Healthcare actors must balance the need to provide universal health care, and long-term care, with the increasing demands in the coming years associated with an ageing population, technological development and growing patient expectations. Innovative reimbursement strategies hold the key.
- A new style of engagement: Healthcare companies must develop multi-pronged approaches to advocacy, focusing equally on the Pan-European and local levels. There is also an urgent need to develop holistic external communications strategies - that put digital at their heart - if companies are to be perceived as part of the solution to Europe's healthcare challenges.
- A new paradigm: From R&D, to reimbursement strategies and partnerships, there has never been a greater need for innovation in the sector. At the same time, it is crucial that healthcare companies better communicate the value of innovation to a skeptic public.
- A new mindset: In a world where the relationship between business and society has significantly shifted, healthcare companies need to increase authenticity in their communications, win trust, and build reputation. They also have to focus on creating shared value with stakeholders, through collaborative social innovation.
"As convergence between nutrition, wellness, chronic disease prevention and innovative therapies increases, and social media 'massifies' sector communications, a new mindset is required to best capture the very meaning of health; to genuinely engage with patients, and to influence policy makers and key opinion leaders," Elisabetta Moroni, practice leader for MSLGROUP's EMEA Healthcare taskforce commented. "Based on a survey and private conversations, we believe this whitepaper summarizes the key issues keeping healthcare leaders awake at night, and we hope provides a roadmap for the ways in which we can help them address those challenges through strategic communications."
The whitepaper can be downloaded here.
About the survey
The survey, developed by MSLGROUP's EMEA Healthcare Practice, targeted 70 top managers at healthcare companies from Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Scandinavia, Spain and Switzerland in order to capture their views on the macro trends shaping the healthcare market, from pharma, to the fields of nutrition and agribusiness. The managers responded to questions about the future of healthcare, focusing specifically on market access, advocacy and the changes brought about by digital communication. In an effort to ascertain managers' and companies' state of readiness to handle the 'healthcare revolution', those questioned were asked their views about recent and current challenges, including the economic crisis, the rising demand for healthcare, people's growing awareness around health thanks to active participation on the Internet, the commitment of companies and institutions with regard corporate social responsibility, new regulation within the pharmaceutical market, and implications for corporate reputation management.
About the closed-door event in Geneva
The results of the 'You Share, We Care' survey were shared during a private gathering that took place in Geneva this Summer, the purpose of which was to encourage reflection and stimulate debate among sector professionals with regard the most appropriate communications to deploy in today's ever-evolving socio-economic environment.. Some of the most insightful findings from the survey and conclusions reached during the meeting have been put together in the white paper released today.


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Fit for her
That is, the Honda Fit in its "She's" configuration, one of several products being marketed to women that apparently don't much impress Nancy Friedman. Says she:
How do we know this car is for women? Well, there's a heart instead of an apostrophe in "She's." It's available in pink or "eyeliner brown." And it comes with a PlasmaCluster A/C system "that pumps out specially treated air that improves your skin."
Eyeliner Brown, I assume, is Encyclopedia Brown's teenage sister. (Last eyeliner I actually paid for was blue, but you don't want to know about that.)
Also coming under scrutiny is Cadbury's new Crispello chocolate-covered wafer, which they say is "a lighter way to eat chocolate." Says Ms Friedman:
Because, as we know, women need a lot of coaxing to get over our well-documented hormone-linked aversion to chocolate.
I'm wondering if this is Cadbury's answer to Nestlé's XY-oriented Yorkie bar.


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Steamboat Springs The resort community will endure a weak spot in the March calendar this weekend, but tourism could be closer to normal March 13 to 14, and there's one more crescendo to come the weekend of March 27 to 28.
"This weekend is a soft one for us," said Mike Lomas, vice president and general manager at The Steamboat Grand. "But by March 12, we'll be very busy."
The lodging barometer published by the Steamboat Springs Chamber Resort Association forecasts that 11,105 visitors will stay in Steamboat tonight, down more than 800 from the corresponding Saturday in 2009.
Barbara Robinson, general manager of the Holiday Inn of Steamboat Springs, said last-minute bookings have helped her property in the past few weeks. The lodging barometer's prediction that U.S. Highway 40 hotels would be 68 percent full underestimated that effect Feb. 27, when occupancy jumped to 92 percent.
"We had some rooms as of midweek, but we got really busy at the last minute," Robinson said.
Contributing factors for the highway hotels include youth sporting events such as hockey tournaments, which can push several properties to capacity, and even airline cancellations, she added.
"We were almost full last week when one of the airlines called and said they needed 23 rooms," Robinson said.
The early glimpse of March 13 already anticipates that more than 12,000 visitors will be in town that night, but the number still is well below the 13,480 who had booked a reservation for the same Saturday in 2009.
Another factor in the resort lodging business is that condos and hotel rooms are being substantially discounted. The Aspen Times reported this month that the average daily room rate in Aspen was off 6 percent for January.
Average daily room rates were down close to 6 percent in Steamboat in the high-demand month of December, the most recent month for which data could be found Friday.
Lomas said Steamboat's average daily room rate was $182 in December, according to the Rocky Mountain Lodging Report. That's off from $192.40 in December 2008, according to the report. The lodging report is compiled by Ehrhardt Keefe Steiner & Hottman PC in cooperation with the Colorado Hotel and Lodging Association, Robert S. Benton & Associates and W.R. Hopping & Co.
Lomas said he was certain that room rates in Steamboat were being discounted more steeply during the season than the 6 percent reported for Aspen. And the discounted rates are being reflected in sales tax receipts that fund local government, he added.
"We're still getting a lot of late bookings," Lomas said. "We just had our weekly yield meeting, and March is still definitely in play. The phone is still ringing for March, which is a godsend."
The lodging barometer projects that mountain hotels such as the Grand will be 64 percent full tonight compared with 73 percent on the same weekend last year. Lomas said his hotel would have a higher occupancy rate this weekend than 64 percent but acknowledged that a soft spot in March has been a historic rarity.
"In the good old days, we would have been booked solid," he said.
The good old days may have been as recent as March 2008, when lodging properties were nearly full for the first weekend in March and again March 16 to 17 before the winter season dropped off dramatically after St. Patrick's Day.
Historic comparisons to different weekends in March are complicated by the fact that spring break dates at large public school districts across the country vary from year to year.
The seasonal resort forecast compiled by the Chamber and Steamboat Ski and Resort Corp. projects that tourism will bounce up at the end of the month and hit 50 percent occupancy at a time when levels had dipped to 30 percent in 2009 and 2008.
Robinson said her hotel would do strong business each of the next two weekends, and she's already optimistic about the pace of summer bookings.
"Triple Crown (baseball families) have been calling for the last month," she said. "I expect we'll see a positive swing this summer."


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In-The-Water Boat Show at Quarterdeck Resort
Headline-In-The-Water Boat Show at Quarterdeck Resort
Quarterdeck Resort on Gull Lake will be hosting an In-The-Water Boat Show from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday on its grounds.
The show will feature 26 of the newest models in the water along with live music performed by Soulmates and lunch available including a pig roast, brats, hamburgers, hotdogs and libations on the new patio at the lakeside Tiki Bar.
The show's sponsor boat dealers will also be giving away hats, T-shirts and other sports items throughout the weekend.
Come join Quarterdeck for a test drive of boats, fantastic music and food. For more information visit the website at www.quarterdeckresort.com


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Amazing Halloween House Has 'Gangnam Style' Light Show
The Edwards Landing Lights have done it again.
Last year, their Halloween light show featured LMFAO, but this year? They've gone Gangnam Style.
The house is in Leesburg, Virginia, and features a fully synchronized Halloween light show to Psy's 'Gangnam Style.'
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So fun!
It's gotten so popular that they've created a Facebook page, complete with rules for viewing…like don't go on their neighbors' lawns, and don't block other peoples' sight lines.
I know there are a lot of cool Halloween displays around the Jersey Shore, but is there anything like this? I'd love to see something like that in person!


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It's been called "the absolute bible of New Zealand wines" and "totally indispensable" by critics and consumers , and over the past 20 years I've watched Michael Cooper's Buyer's Guide to New Zealand Wines grow from a pocket-sized paperback to a tome so heavy SAS troops are made to complete torturous 10km training runs with volumes stuffed into their backpacks.
From Albarino to Zweigelt, over 3000 wines have been assessed by Cooper, covering close to 50 different grape varieties and wine categories. Always value-focused, Cooper has revealed his Best Red Wine Buy of the Year to be the Wild South Marlborough Pinot Noir 2010, which at $18 or less offers unbeatable value. "It's just as impressive as most pinot noirs in the $25-$30 price bracket."
His White Wine Buy of the Year is the Whitehaven Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 2011.
In addition to comprehensive updates on national vineyard areas, highly accurate vintage reports from every wine-growing region and the absolutely essential Classic Wines of New Zealand list, Cooper always writes an insightful essay on the state of the industry. The 2012 edition focuses on the way our wine industry had changed so dramatically over the past two decades.
In 1991, when his first book came out, Cooper tasted just 1000 wines, these days he says you need to taste about 10 wines every day to keep up with industry developments. He can't just "open a couple of bottles a night at home" any more. "Back then, a national vineyard tour could be completed in a month, taking in about 100 wineries and tasting around 1000 wines" says Cooper. "These days you'd be gone forever, trying to visit 700 producers and taste 4000 wines."
Easily New Zealand's most acclaimed wine writer, with 35 books and several major literary awards to his credit, Cooper was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit in 2004 for services to wine writing. He was also awarded the Sir George Fistonich Medal in recognition of services to New Zealand wine in 2009.
The 20th anniversary edition of Cooper's Buyer's Guide to New Zealand Wines 2011 (Hodder Moa, $39.99 RRP) is on sale now.
* Blenheim's MacDonald family has launched a new wine from its property on the Wairau Bar. The family - which affiliates with Rangitane, Ngati Rarua and Ngai Tahu - has lived at Wairau Bar since 1350, and its wine is called te Pa in recognition of its home. Te Pa has launched with a 2011 sauvignon blanc, and pinot noir is being trialled.
There is evidence the Wairau Bar was the very first settlement of Polynesian people close to 800 years ago.
"We have always cultivated our land - whether it's been crops, dairy, beef, or fishing in the river or ocean on either side of the bar," says Haysley MacDonald. "Te Pa captures a long family heritage of living off our land, and sharing our bountiful resources with other people."
According to the www.wairaubar.wordpress blog, "The Bar" is an 8km stretch of gravel bank formed where the mighty Wairau River collides with the turbulent waters of Cloudy Bay and the Pacific Ocean, dragging gravel and boulders into a long thin arc that divides ocean from lagoon. It's flat, windswept and at the mercy of the elements, but for the first people who reached these shores it was a perfect place to live. On one side the ocean was full of fish, while the massive lagoons that shelter behind the bar teemed with shellfish, eels, waterfowl and whitebait.
I'm also told the MacDonalds' 500ha farm once provided the Marlborough region with potatoes, complete with its own chip factory. Now a 150ha chunk of that land is under vine. The first vines were planted on the property in 2004 and the vineyard sits between the Wairau River and Cloudy Bay. The rich topsoil of the lower Wairau Valley, combined with the Rarangi alluvial deposits, help produce fruit with a complex flavour profile, according to MacDonald. The wine won a silver medal at the Christchurch International Aromatic Competition last month, "which, in its first vintage, bodes well for future success", says marketing manager Scott Wilson. The MacDonalds have run a contract harvesting business in Marlborough for seven years. "We've had enormous local support making our start in the wine industry," says MacDonald.
"That's what I love about this area. It's our family home, but the whole community is a family, too. We all want the same thing - to make great wine."


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Read about How to Configure Computer Local Area Connection with Network IP. We use IP's to Connect a Computer with others. Here I tell you about the Local address like where to Type IP in Windows. Lets Know about Windows Local Area Network Connection IP Address In Windows 8.
1. Go to Your Desktop Panel and Right Click "Network" icon and Select Properties.
2. Go to Your Desktop Panel and Right Click "Network" icon and Select Properties.
3.Click "Change Adapter settings".
4. Right click "Ethernet" icon and Select Properties.
5. Select "Internet Protocol Version 4(TCP/IPv4) and Click Properties.
6. In this menu do the Setting like this and the Red color box area should not be same with on other computer, change that 1 diffidently like 7, 8,9,10 etc., Now Do the IP with all your office Computers Now all your computer connects with local area network.
Do this same IP address on all your local computer but the last number sound be defend with others one.
If you enter a same IP with couple of the computers the both system show system error, to solve this error you should change any one-computer IP last number with other one.


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Dinosaur, CO – Superintendent Mary Risser announced today that restrictions on open fires go into effect Monday, June 11, 2012, for the entire monument. The low snowfall this winter, coupled with a dry spring and a large amount of flammable vegetation left over from last year, has created a high fire danger situation.
To protect visitors and park staff and the natural and cultural resources in Dinosaur National Monument, open fire restrictions have been issued. Building or using any open fire or campfire, except within National Park Service-provided fire grates at developed campgrounds located at Green River, Split Mountain, Rainbow Park, Echo Park, Gates of Lodore, and Deerlodge Park is prohibited. Charcoal fires or the use of charcoal in grills along the Harpers Corner Road and at Plug Hat Butte Picnic Area are prohibited. Stoves that use pressurized gas or liquid fuel are permitted. The use of campfires and charcoal in the backcountry, including along the Green and Yampa rivers, are prohibited. Building any type of fire in a fire pan is also prohibited.
Smoking is permitted only in enclosed vehicles, developed recreation site, or in areas cleared of all flammable material. Fireworks are strictly prohibited in
These restrictions will remain in effect until such time as the fire danger in the park becomes less severe. These restrictions are dependent upon extended fire weather and conditions and will be evaluated daily. At this time, there are no fires reported within the park.
If necessary, National Park Service Rangers will issue citations to persons violating the terms of this closure under authority of Title 36 Code of Federal Regulations 1.5(f). We ask for everyone's cooperation during this high fire danger period to decrease the potential for a catastrophic fire in Dinosaur National Monument this season.


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Sift together all dry ingredients into a bowl and add just enough water to make a dough. Cut a small piece of dough and roll between your hands to form a 3 to 5-inch log. Fry in 1 1/2 inches of oil at 350 degrees.
Recipe courtesy of Cheryl Smith
These easy steps will have you poaching eggs to perfection in no time.
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This is a continuation of my previous post, but since the problem in question has changed, I thought I'd make a new post.
My original post was:
My new question pertains to itsme86's recommendation of using the return value of fread() to determine the size of a text file. I want to do this because I'm storing the contents of a text file into a string, and then analyzing the string. It makes more sence to have the size (string[SIZE]) of the string dynamically allocated, as opposed to me hardcoding a guess (string[512]) into my program.
The problem I'm having is:
I've looked at the man page for fread(), and it's still confusing to me. I'm not how to utilize itsme86's recommended code below, as provided from my previouse thread.
If someone could help me understand this better, I'd appreciate it, also I appreciate itsme86's previous attempts to help me.Code:{ size_t data_len; data_len = fread ( buf, 1, sizeof buf, in ); }
You guys rock for spending your time helping us newbs,
Thank you,


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Saturday, 24 August 2013
August 24, 2013 , 8:14 AM by KuljaCoulston
Jo Toscano joins Hilary Harper every Saturday to tell us what's fresh in the markets. This morning she explains how to make a delicious pumpkin lasagne, and the various kinds of pears you can get right now.
Listen to the audio here:
THE READING HOUR - today
Hundreds of celebrations are happening in libraries, schools, businesses and homes around the country today to mark the Reading Hour event. The Reading Hour is nominally 5pm to 6pm, but events will be happening all day (including a special event supported by 774 ABC Melbourne and Love2Read at Deakin Edge from 4pm – unfortunately registrations for tickets to this event are now closed).
Comedian, writer and national Reading Hour ambassador - Tim Ferguson joined Hilary Harper this morning to talk about the importance of sharing a book with your child – a minimum of 10 minutes a day is all it takes, and he also discussed his involvement with the new interactive children's ebook – COWZAT! available for free download to all Australian families today only http://www.love2read.org.au/
WHY DO WOLVES HOWL - from PAUL WILLIS is the director of RiAus
There's a live streamed talk Paul mentioned during his chat with Hilary planned for next Tuesday on science issues relating to the election. For more information: http://riaus.org.au/events/sbth-innovation/
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Daliya Spasova
High School: Won 2010 Bulgarian national championship in 50-meter and 100-meter butterfly ... national runner up in 200m butterfly in '10 ... recorded second-place finish at 100-meter butterfly at international competition in Turkey in 2010 ... placed sixth in 50-meter butterfly at 2009 Balkan Junior Games.
Personal: Full name is Daliya Spasova ... born Nov. 15, 1992 ... daughter of Spas Spasov and Desislava Sergeeva.
Academic Major: Sports Administration.


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Flash ActionScript (CIS235)
3.0 Semester Hours
Students are taught how to create input driven interactive Flash sites using ActionScript. Students learn to create objects, control timelines, MovieClips and Sprites. AIR is also discussed. Repeatable to a maximum of 12 semester hours; 3 semester hours may apply to a degree or certificate.
Recommended Prereq: CIS115; WEB231 or consent of instructor.
Next Steps
Is this a course you want to take? Visit our online schedule to see when it's offered next and then learn how to enroll. If you still have questions, our Admissions Office is happy to help.


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Spring Football Practice No. 11 - Practice Report
April 18, 2008
CINCINNATI - Following the early morning earthquake in Southwest Indiana that brought shockwaves through the Queen City, the University of Cincinnati football team rattled windows around campus during practice No. 11 of 15 in another day of perfect conditions in Nippert Stadium. There were no aftereffects felt, but the Richter Scale peaked around the contact in the trenches between the linemen on the final Friday practice of the 2008 spring drills.
The team concluded its two-hour practice promptly at 11 a.m. Saturday morning's workout brings the third scrimmage of the preseason.
Comments from Coach Kelly ...
On areas of biggest improvement
On areas or positions making the biggest strides?


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forum: Food & Drink
#20201 Mon 09 Apr 12 1:11am
Miss GlutenFree
- Member Occupation Admin Officer & Mum
- From Queensland, Australia
- Member since Sun 14 Mar 10
Re: Whats For Supper?
Wow, everyone's Easter food sounds great! I took a break from my tradition this year and haven't eaten or made a single hot cross bun. Instead I tried my hand at home-made Boston Baked Beans (in the slow cooker) and they turned out fantastic. So that was breakfast for Easter Sunday.... totally untraditional so sorry folks, I just wanted to try something different
Tonight, after a weekend of quick'n'easy meals and total unhealthiness, we will be having something with a lot of vegetables. Not sure what yet but it will contain broccoli...
#20202 Mon 09 Apr 12 3:01am
Re: Whats For Supper?
I'm sure I could find something for you, Minnie . Kye, I held back the beets *just* for you .
My daughter's just left to (hopefully) miss the dreaded traffic headed back down south. 20km hold ups on Thursday for those headed north. Work (for most) tomorrow.
As for dinner tonight, don't know. More leftovers probably. Too early to think about it. Need a few hours away from food thought. Have to plan for Greek Easter next weekend.
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#20203 Tue 10 Apr 12 4:27pm
Re: Whats For Supper?
This place has gone *very* quiet.
Anyway, last night was leftovers.
Tonight, was Hokkien rice but I substituted the beef rib eye with chicken thighs.
#20204 Tue 10 Apr 12 6:51pm
- Forum champ Occupation Walking the Old Ways
- From Living in the Wild Woods
- Member since Wed 16 Jan 08
Re: Whats For Supper?
Chicken Chettinad, with Mint Chutney,
Dhal Makhani
Romili Roti
Fruit platter &/or Kulfi
#20205 Tue 10 Apr 12 11:24pm
- Forum champ Occupation Mommy, wife, chauffeur, chef, nurse, maid, occasional zookeeper...
- From North Carolina, USA
- Member since Thu 18 Mar 10
Re: Whats For Supper?
OH took the kids to stay at his mother's house overnight, so it's just me tonight. I think I'm going to just have a big salad with a piece of grilled tuna.
#20206 Tue 10 Apr 12 11:52pm
- Forum champ
- Member since Fri 19 Nov 10
Re: Whats For Supper?
polenta, veg soup, mixed mushrooms with garlic and parsley, frozen peas with ham and parsley, fresh and seasoned cheeses
#20207 Wed 11 Apr 12 2:50am
- Forum champ Occupation Retired nurse-midwife
- From High Point, North Carolina
- Member since Tue 17 Jun 08
Re: Whats For Supper?
Yesterday was chicken leg quarters, baked, then glazed with a mix of equal parts of cranberry sauce, orange marmalade and honey, broccoli, baked sweet potatoes and butter lettuce salad.
Tonight was leftover beef rib roast with gravy, sauteed mushrooms, shaved fennel salad with lemon and olive oil. Just a quick dinner since OH had to go out right after.
#20208 Wed 11 Apr 12 3:15am
- Forum champ Occupation Book Seller
- From Jacksonville, FL
- Member since Sun 04 Apr 10
Re: Whats For Supper?
The lasts deliver pizza for a while I hope......I've cooked a wee bit over the past few weeks, but not I can really get in the kitchen and really get back to real food!!!!!
#20209 Wed 11 Apr 12 11:06am
Re: Whats For Supper?
Dhal w vegs, palak paneer, cauliflower w spices, green beans and tomatoes w basmati rice (Thanks, again, Madhur).
Plan on leftovers until Greek Easter this weekend May make naan or roti or chapatti when I'm sick of rice but need to be aware of gluten. Probably will stay with the rice.
#20210 Wed 11 Apr 12 2:59pm
- Forum champ Occupation My OH and I own a new/secondhand bookshop.
- From Somerset, England
- Member since Wed 20 Feb 08
Re: Whats For Supper?
Home-made Italian Turkey burgers, it would have been chicken but i couldnt get what i wanted. Besides the turkey wasn't only cheaper but its healthier... bonus. I'm cooking these in the oven and just before taking them out i will pop on a little bit of mozzarella so its just melted.
Served with a Gratin of Parsnip, carrots and leek in a cream, pink peppercorn and fresh sage sauce.
Oh and ive also made a kinda salsa...... just simmered yellow mustard seeds with Cider vinegar and golden sugar for 1min and cooled, then add to chopped tomatoes and sliced spring onion.
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The Czech legal market is fiercely competitive and heavily reliant on foreign trade. Joanne Harris reports on all the comers, stayers, goers and refocusings
The Czech Republic has long been home to one of the most competitive legal markets in Europe. International firms piled in post-Iron Curtain and have come to dominate the scene. But a number of recent moves are causing lawyers to question whether there is still room for everyone in such a crowded market.
In November 2010 Gide Loyrette Nouel closed its Prague office as it recentred its Eastern Europe operations in Romania and Hungary. The 10-strong team was picked up by local firm PRK Partners, which seized the opportunity to boost its relationships with French clients.
This year, to date there have been two large teams shifting their allegiances. DLA Piper announced that it was hiring two of Wolf Theiss's three Prague partners plus a team of associates in a significant growth move for its Czech operations; and that news was followed swiftly by White & Case's announcement that it had taken on the bulk of domestic litigation boutique Horák & Chvosta. The US firm is already one of the biggest firms present in Prague.
White & Case Eastern Europe managing partner Jan Matejcek says the Czech office was lacking litigation and arbitration expertise. According to Matejcek, White & Case had previously instructed Horák & Chvosta co-founder Ludek Chvosta as a special counsel on disputes. Bringing Chvosta and his team on board therefore filled a gap.
DLA Piper's reasons for hiring Wolf Theiss partners Pavel Marc and Jakub Adam were different. Until their arrival the firm had just one partner in the country in Peter Valert.
"We just thought we needed to raise our profile and be better positioned to take the opportunities that we still believe are in the Czech market," Valert explains.
He adds that, although DLA Piper had been advising on a range of work, its focus had naturally fallen on his own area of practice, IP and IT.
"This move for us has of course boosted our corporate and our banking and finance capabilities. We feel that the addition of these partners and their team will give us the right platform to give us critical mass," says Valert.
Home front
While the most recent moves have involved international firms taking on teams from local or other international firms, PRK managing partner Martin Kríž thinks his firm's opportunistic snatch of the Gide team is a sign that things are changing.
"Local firms are actually growing and becoming strong, taking back the ground from the international firms," asserts Kríž. "Combined with the fact that the era of privatisation is over, it's much more difficult to create magic circle work in the Eastern European market. Magic circle deals are the exception rather than the rule."
Nobody in Prague would be surprised to see more firms pull out of the market.
"You never know when one of the other international players will pull out," remarks Lukáš Ševcík, managing partner at Kinstellar's Czech office. "It's just a result of the highly competitive market here. There are always some long-term rumours about most of the firms having plans."
Quite which firm might be next to consider its Prague presence is debatable. During research for this feature practically every international firm in town was named by competitors as "weak" in one area or another. This is an indication of the combative nature of doing business in the Czech Republic.
Energy reserves
However, in the immediate future most firms seem content to stay put. Last year's work was dominated by the rush into the photovoltaic energy sector. Government incentives to encourage investment in renewable energy ended at the end of 2010.
CMS Cameron McKenna Prague managing partner Iveta Placha thinks the end of these incentives marked the end of the energy boom for the jurisdiction, at least when it comes to transactional work. But Camerons is now working on litigation related to the solar projects. As the government changed the law when it ended the incentives, the firm thinks there is scope for action against the state.
"None of the investors are happy and we're grouping them to challenge the decision of the government," Placha reveals.
Any litigation or arbitration would take place outside the Czech Republic under international arbitration treaties. But other firms report plenty of litigation work inside the country.
The year of truth
Weil Gotshal & Manges Czech Republic managing partner Karel Musikar reports being "very busy" with litigation on behalf of the Czech state, notably the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of Finance. Musikar says Weil also has plenty of regulatory and competition work on the go.
Transactional activity is more varied. At Austrian firm Schoenherr Prague managing partner Martin Kubánek reports a "slight increase" in revenue last year.
"We hope that this year will be better, but I'm not sure – it could be worse," concedes Kubánek. "For some law firms this year will be the year of truth."
Kinstellar's Ševcík reports a pick-up in general M&A activity towards the end of 2010, in line with activity in several other European jurisdictions.
"I have to say we've seen increased activity across the office," he notes. "Surprisingly enough, that kicked in when I expected the market to go into summer holidays. The beginning of last year wasn't so good, but then it really picked up and started to move forward at the end of the year. It carried on nicely in January and February and now into March it looks strong as well."
A deal picked out by Ševcík is the proposed acquisition of bathroom accessory company Novaservis by Polish competitor Ferro. The CZK1.17bn (£42m) takeover might be small in global terms, but it is a good example of the sort of inter-regional cross-border M&A that is going on at the moment.
The return of private equity
A large part of this is driven by private equity investment.
"We're seeing a resurgence of private equity activity in the market," reports Matejcek.
His colleague, corporate partner Michal Smrek, says many of the deals are driven by privately owned companies with ageing management teams looking for succession plans. Smrek identifies three types of private equity investor: international funds dedicated to investment in CEE; larger, generalist funds making single investments in the Czech Republic; and local investors.
"Most of the activity's in the low [to] mid-market," adds Matejcek, pointing out that there are hundreds of small Czech companies with turnovers of less than $30m (£18.6m) that are ripe for investment or takeover.
IT and telecoms are popular areas for investment, with recent deals including a $100m injection by Summit Partners into antivirus software company Avast.
Ševcík agrees that private equity work is on the rise.
"We've done smallish deals but also larger ones, with both the buyout and private equity funds exiting and strategically buying," he says. "There's much more activity and the purchasers and the sellers seem to have found common ground on the pricing.
"If I were forced to say that there was a trend in something, I'd say that it's this increased private equity work."
Another area of growth, which was not expected by many, is real estate. Erwin Hanslik, managing partner at the Prague office of Austria's ENWC, points to work for an Austrian-managed Luxembourg real estate fund as an example.
"Investors are coming to the Czech Republic again, investing in and purchasing real estate," insists Hanslik.
Salans global real estate head Evan Lazar backs up Hanslik's observation.
"Since the second half of last year we've seen substantial recovery in private equity and real estate investment funds," he says. "We've seen much more in Poland, but the Czech Republic's following."
Real estate work appears to be a mixture of transactions and increasingly new developments in both residential and commercial properties.
"People are turning to development again," says Camerons' Placha. "It's like in the 1990s when everybody was developing. We have some clients who stopped developing five years ago and now they're starting to do residential projects."
Outside influence
Once again the work is dominated by cross-border and international clients. This ought to be good news for most international firms in Prague, as the majority admit that their Czech client lists are thin at best.
Even local firms are reliant on international clients. PRK's Kríž says this was one reason for taking on Gide's Prague team.
"We were always serving French clients, but this has obviously been a good boost for the French practice," he notes. "The French are everywhere and they don't tend to use Anglo-Saxon firms."
Austria-headquartered firms in particular spend most of their time advising German-speaking companies. Schoenherr's Kubánek estimates that just 20 per cent of the Prague revenue comes from domestic clients.
"We'd like to boost this [locally sourced] portion of Czech work," he says, revealing that this is the firm's goal for the next few years. "It's not easy for pure Czech clients to accept a law firm with such a German-speaking brand. It's about personal connections."
But Musikar is scornful of any division between international and domestic firms. He believes that with hard work and the right strategy it is possible for any firm to develop a strong local client list.
Musikar says his policy in his tenure in Prague began by targeting state-owned companies. As a result, he says, the firm has kept instructions from the private corporations that now own these businesses.
"I feel this is a great Czech law firm with an international headquarters," Musikar says. "Weil means nothing, it's just about how good the lawyers are in town."
Fee radicals
No matter how good the lawyers are, everyone says fees have come down significantly in the Czech Republic in the past few years. Some lawyers estimate that this drop has been as much as 50 per cent, due in large part to clients insisting on fixed fees.
"Many clients who never thought about it before are looking for fixed prices," confirms Placha. "We've never been used to the fact that the legal services market is really commoditised. The clients aren't just looking for a good lawyer – they're looking for a smart law firm, a very reasonable price and something extra. That's pretty new in this market."
Law firms will have to continue to find ways to stand out. Further moves between firms are likely – Wolf Theiss, for example, has already indicated its intention to replace the partners who left for DLA Piper. Firms will also try to diversify, like White & Case, into new practice areas to take advantage of changing opportunities in the Czech market and the surrounding region.
Whatever happens in terms of workflow, the Czech Republic will remain a fast-moving place for law firms.


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There is now good news for West Virginians with diabetes. Convincing studies show that complications of diabetes, such as blindness, kidney failure, and amputations can probably be delayed or even prevented by careful control of blood sugar.
Following a careful meal plan is the first step in controlling blood sugar. This is also the hardest step in diabetes control. Dining with Diabetes teaches people with diabetes to reduce sugar, salt, and fat in foods without giving up good taste.
What is Dining with Diabetes?
- A program designed for people with diabetes and their family members.
- A series of three classes that includes learning, demonstrations, and tasting of healthy foods.
- A grant-funded program offered free to people with diabetes in West Virginia
Who can participate?
- People with diabetes and their family members, caregivers, and support persons can enroll in Dining with Diabetes.
- Attendance is limited to 50 persons at each school.
Who are the instructors?Classes are taught by Extension Educators and diabetes health professionals, such as Registered Dietitians and Certified Diabetes Educators.
How can I enroll?
- There is no charge to enroll, however you must plan to attend all three sessions and a "Class Reunion" when you enroll.
- Dining with Diabetes programs are organized by county Extension Offices. Contact your Extension office to find out when the next Dining with Diabetes class will be offered in your area.
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Classes are held in locations that are accessible and convenient in each county. Churches, schools, vocational-technical centers, and hospitals have been hosts to Dining with Diabetes.
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How do I get more information?
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Minnesota Democrats have endorsed three state constitutional officers for re-election to second terms.
During today's opening session of the state DFL convention, delegates backed Mark Ritchie for Secretary of State, Rebecca Otto for Auditor and Lori Swanson for Attorney General without opposition.
We'll post the audio of the speeches when it's available.
Republicans have been frequent critics of all three incumbents. They recently blasted Swanson for not joining an lawsuit filed by other states to challenge health care reform. Ritchie came under fire for his handling of the 2008 U.S. Senate race recount. But during his lengthy acceptance speech, Ritchie described the recount as a point of pride for Minnesota.
"Those who want to rewrite history, it will be difficult for them in this climate to rewrite that history because we were so transparent," Ritchie said.
Republican Party of Minnesota Chairman Tony Sutton issued a statement after each endorsement.
On Ritchie:
"As the most partisan secretary of state in Minnesota history, Mark Ritchie has done tremendous damage to our state's once sterling national reputation for fair and open elections. During the 2008 election, Ritchie's failure to properly train local election officials resulted in unacceptable disparities in how absentee ballots were counted across the state. In addition, Ritchie was caught using state resources for his campaign and lied about it. To accomplish the kind of real reform Minnesota's election system needs, it's time to return this failed ACORN crony to the private sector."
On Otto:
"With even Rebecca Otto conceding that she gets no respect, it's time Minnesota once again had a visible, active, and strong taxpayer watchdog as state auditor. Under Otto's mismanagement, audits are now routinely submitted six months past their due date. Otto has been so ineffective that one of her own staffers is running against her. In November, Minnesotans need to replace this invisible and self-identified 'Rodney Dangerfield' with a real leader who can get results."
On Swanson:
"Lori Swanson has let Minnesotans down as attorney general. With her office in constant turmoil, former staffers have repeatedly spoken out about unethical and unlawful behavior under her watch. Her office is more interested in generating headlines than helping Minnesotans. Even the reliably pro-Democrat AFSCME labor union has refused to support her for reelection. Swanson has also wasted taxpayer money by spending $400,000 on lavish office renovations on things like extravagant solid oak doors. Minnesotans need a real advocate as attorney general, not a power hungry publicity hound."


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Q and A with Freddy Lou Barneberg
Every Friday, the Portland Tribune puts questions to a prominent - or not so prominent - local person.
So a clown walks into a hospital.
Actually, several clowns walk into a hospital. On the second Tuesday of every month. At 1 p.m.
And while at least one of these clowns does volunteer work at the hospital once in a while, entertaining child patients, the second Tuesday of every month is not for that.
The second Tuesday of every month, at a meeting room at Portland's Legacy Emanuel Hospital and Health Center, is for a meeting of Portland's Humor R Us club.
Life is funny. And these people are here to remember that.
They are not all clowns here. And few of them are professional funny-people. They are just people - a little on the graying side - who get together once a month to talk about humor, learn maybe a bit about humor and, mostly, learn to appreciate humor.
Humor R Us - it eventually hopes to have chapters nationwide - was founded by Cornelius resident Forrest Wheeler, a retired administrator of British-American consulate schools in Southeast Asia. He's also a professional clown and author of the book 'Using the Power of Humor to Improve Your Life.'
However, he referred Q and A to club secretary-treasurer Freddy Lou Barneburg, who is 68 and also a retired school administrator, because 'she's so bubbly and effervescent.'
She's also the clown who entertains the young patients at the hospital.
Portland Tribune: So is everyone in your club funny, or are there some who just think they're funny?
Freddy Lou Barneburg: Some are so funny that you just look at them and they make you want to laugh.
And it's not that they're particularly funny looking. It's just that they have such exuberance. You just pay attention and you know they're going to come up with something - they have a gift, I guess, of seeing the humor in life.
Tribune: Why a humor club? Does it make you funnier?
Barneburg: I think it enriches our life because Forrest gives us direction and understanding of ourselves that allows our natural abilities to see the humor in things. It actually produces good physical results. Endorphins are released … blood pressure is lowered.
Tribune: So what happens at your meetings?
Barneburg: Forrest asks us for suggestions and we learn more about humor. He gives lectures, written materials.
Last time we covered various kinds of humor. He defined the many types of humor. Sarcasm was one. I can't think of the others. …
He began talking about the big splash a fly made as it fell into the bowl of soup. Well, I found that tremendously funny. You know, a fly doesn't make a big splash.
Different personalities like different kinds of humor.
Tribune: Have you figured out your humor personality?
Barneburg: No. That doesn't help you with your article. But no.
I just know that humor is a leveler for life, for the ups and downs of life. It kind of helps you lift yourself up from the ruts you find in the road of life.
Tribune: Lectures, written materials … sounds studious.
Barneburg: The people there (make it) light. Many of the people who attend are clowns.
Tribune: And that's not an insult. That's a professional statement?
Barneburg: Yeah, right. But (attending the meetings) would be very helpful for the regular Joe Blow.
Oftentimes, I think when people think of the word 'humor,' they think in terms of clowns and people who are entertainers.
But everyone has a clown side to them, if they would only let it out. And the Humor R Us club is a safe environment for letting it out and for discovering it, as a matter of fact. We're in a such a rush, rush, rush world that we don't take time to smell the roses.
Tribune: Do you always meet at the hospital? That doesn't exactly lend itself to humor, does it?
Barneburg: I don't have a problem with it. I hadn't thought of that.
What (Forrest) is trying to do is he's trying to educate the community, and hospital workers and people who work with the personal needs of people - people who are involved with someone in serious and responsible positions - to understand the place of humor in the workplace and in your life.
Tribune: Because there's a place for humor in serious situations?
Barneburg: It's most important in serious situations. Because humor is the leveler that lets us survive some of the hardships of life.
Tribune: How many people are in your club, or come to your meetings?
Barneburg: We've been having a small turnout. I hate to tell you how small.
Tribune: Just you and Forrest?
Barneburg: No, it's not that small. But not a whole lot bigger.
Tribune: What's the typical member of Portland Humor R Us Club? Is there a typical member?
Barneburg: The ones that have been coming … they're from 50 to in their 80s.
Tribune: Why older people?
Barneburg: I think because the younger set are working during the day. Our meetings are the second Tuesday of the month, from 1 (o'clock) to 2.
Tribune: So does the world need more humor?
Barneburg: Oh, absolutely.
Tribune: Why?
Barneburg: Well, have you got caught in traffic, and seen the behavior patterns of people? I think people could use more humor.
Tribune: What does the secretary-treasurer of a humor club do, exactly?
Barneburg: The same thing that I do when I've been secretary-treasurer of (other clubs). I do keep minutes. We are, after all, a 501(c)(3) (nonprofit).
Tribune: Are the minutes of a humor club funny?
Barneburg: I think that unless you were a member … well, there are things you don't really put in the minutes … I hate to tell you. But probably not.
- Todd Murphy


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The Tribe added SS Mike Aviles ad C Yan Gomes from the Toronto Blue Jays in exchange for 27 year old relief pitcher Esmil Rogers. From their press release:
Aviles, 31, appeared in 136 games for the Red Sox as their starting shortstop last season, batting .250 with 13 HR and 60 RBI. The right-handed hitting versatile middle infielder was originally drafted in the 7th round by the Kansas City Royals in 2003 and just completed his fifth Major League season. After being named the Royals Minor League Player of the Year in 2007, he was the Royals MVP in 2008 and finished fourth in the Rookie of the Year voting after batting .325 with 10 HR and 51 RBI in 102 games. In 475 career games with the Royals and Red Sox, Aviles has posted a .277 average with 39 HR and 190 RBI. He was recently traded on October 21, 2012 from Boston to Toronto in the deal that sent Manager John Farrell to Boston.
Gomes, 25, spent the majority of 2012 season batting .328 (100-305) with 44 RS, 29 2B, 13 HR & 59 RBI in 79 games for AAA Las Vegas. The versatile right-handed hitter also appeared in 43 games in 2012 with Toronto (20G- 1B, 9G- CA, 8G- 3B, 4G- LF, 2G- DH), batting .204 (20-98) with 4 HR, 13 RBI. He became the first Brazilian-born player to reach the Major Leagues with his debut on May 12, 2012 vs. New York Yankees. The Miami, FL native was originally drafted as a catcher by Toronto in the 10th round of the 2009 First-Year Player Draft.
While Gomes, being all of 25 years old, is clearly the 'prospect' in this trade, Aviles may be the more interesting acquisition. While he's not a major talent, Aviles was Boston's starting short stop last season. Not that Boston was any good, mind you. But still, the Tribe just traded for a starting shortstop. Might Asdrubal Cabrera be moved? It makes sense to wonder, no?
Antonetti said Cabrera is the anticipated starter at short for Opening Day 2013. Adding Aviles not a sign Tribe trying to trade Asdrubal.
— Jordan Bastian (@MLBastian) November 3, 2012
I would take this with a heaping pile of salt. I wouldn't exactly be expecting Antonetti to say, "oh ya, trading for Aviles means we're totally looking to trade our All-Star short stop. I hope we fleece some teams in the future deal".
[Related: On the upcoming offseason fire sale]


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Cammaerts, Bart and Carpentier, Nico (2005) The unbearable lightness of full participation in a global context: WSIS and civil society participation. 8. Media@lse, London, UK.
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This paper assesses the involvement of civil society actors in the first phase of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) by addressing the dynamics between participation and power. A theoretical model combining Foucault's and Giddens' perspectives on power and resistance is applied to analyse the Summit and its participatory potential towards civil society. The acclaimed participatory nature of the Summit-process (in Geneva), including the preparatory meetings, is evaluated through a comparison of generative, restrictive power mechanisms and the resistance they provoke. Our analysis shows the importance of explicitly dealing with power and power (im)balances when evaluating participatory discourses, specifically in policy contexts. The WSIS process has made a valuable contribution towards increasing civil society's access, interaction and consultation in international regulatory practices, but the power imbalances are still too present to justify the use of the notion of participation. This paper is also published as: Cammaerts, B. & Carpentier, N. (2005) 'The Unbearable Lightness of Full Participation in a Global Context: WSIS and Civil Society participation', in J. Servaes & N. Carpentier (Eds.) Towards a Sustainable Information Society: Beyond WSIS, pp. 17-49. Bristol: Intellect.
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