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Shot in the Dark Golf & Dinner Classic
July 11th, 2014 at 05:00 PM | $195-$375 | email@example.com | Tel: 202-434-6406 | Event Website](http://www.clb.org/)
Columbia Lighthouse for the Blind's Second Annual Shot in the Dark Golf & Dinner Classic is a unique fundraiser promoting the awareness of the prevalence of visual impairments and the abilities of those with vision impairment. Activities include a 9-hole night golf tournament, dinner, live entertainment, a putting contest, and a memorable blind golf clinic.
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Castleton Festival: Madama Butterfly
July 11th, 2014 at 08:00 PM | Event Website
Maestro Lorin Maazel will conduct a new production of Madama Butterfly at the 2014 Castleton Festival, held in the 650-seat Festival Theatre. Madama Butterfly, one of Giacomo Puccini's most influential and famous works which tells the dramatic love story of an American naval officer and his young Japanese bride, directed by Tomer Zvulun.
Castleton Farms; 7 Castleton Meadow Lane; Castleton, VA 22716
Disney Fantasia Live in Concert
July 11th, 2014 at 08:30 PM | $22.00 - $55.00 | firstname.lastname@example.com | Tel: 703.255.1900 ext. 1729 | Event Website
Experience Disney magic on the big screen when the NSO casts an enchanting musical spell on sorcerer Mickey and other cherished animated characters from Fantasia (1940) and Fantasia 2000
1551 Trap Road Vienna Virginia, 22182
Ritz Carlton: World Cup Final Match & Celebration
July 13th, 2014 at 03:00 PM | Event Website
Art Soiree & The Ritz-Carlton, Georgetown are partnering up to turn the Ballroom of the hotel into a watching destination of the final match of the World Cup. Featuring live telecast on a huge screen in the Ballroom, drinks & food specials, as well as the celebration with confetti, music & dancing after the game. To RSVP, click Event Website.
Ritz-Carlton, Georgetown; 3100 South Street NW
Ride Towards Wellness, a program with Women & Bicycles
July 13th, 2014 at 01:00 PM | Free | firstname.lastname@example.com | Tel: 202-727-0232 | Event Website
Whether you ride for fun, to commute or to race, cycling is becoming a part of many women's health routines. Join WABA and Role Model Laurie from Proteus Bicycles. Laurie is a Women's Health expert,and has offered to host a skill share on health and biking.
Join us to learn about how biking benefits your health and the health of our communities.
No need to RSVP, but if you would like to you can RSVP on this Facebook event page
3260 R Street NW Washington, DC 20007
Harbour Nights: Julia Fanning
July 16th, 2014 at 06:30 PM | Event Website
Relax on the plaza at the Washington Harbour and hear live music at Harbour Nights. Julia Fanning will be performing Wednesday, July 16 and will begin their two-hour show at 6:30 pm. Shows will be on every Wednesday night through September 24.
For more information about the list of people coming in go to: www.thewashingtonharbour.com
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My new Overland will be in next Friday 03/02 and I have recently been seeing photos of the new Cherokee's that have chrome between the driver's and passenger side windows. If you look at Fields Jeep inventory you will see what I mean. I wont mind either way..I was just wondering if Jeep made a cosmetic change? :)
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Thanks jgc! I thought it might be plastic.
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Just how do you know sined?..lol
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It is basically only held on via three pieces of double sided tape. For some reason, trims held on via double sided tape on my car did not adhere properly. i.e. chrome door moldings and the window trims. so I ordered all new ones and replaced them all myself. I do not trust techs at the dealer, esp with things I can accomplish myself...
The kicker is that I had to replace that same piece three times, since it being sheetmetal, when the part was shipped, it was easily damaged during shipment many times...
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Had a station wagon with a chrome B pillar trim once & took it off. I like the strong horizontals on the WK2 side, makes it seem more svelte.
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What a great day!!!!! It's sunny & shining in de windows!!!!! I've had a blast from de back of de couch today sunning myself & watching de birdies & all fly around!!!! What a nice nice summer day!!!!!!!! I just luv luv luv de warm!!!!!
Another thing that me & one of my sweet furfriends were mentioning is the "NO SEE UMS" ok...here's what they are.......I will just be sitting somewhere & for no reason....I'll run like a wild kitty chasing those NO SEE UMS>....one of my dear furfriends..Humphrey Lee Haunted seems to do dis also!!! giggles!!!!! Dose NO SEE UMS have given me countless hours of fun i tells ya!!!!!!! My human doesn't seem to see dem...but I SURE CAN!!!!! giggles!!!! ; 0 ) So....here's two paws up fur dems NO SEE UMS!!!! gotta luvs thems!!!!!!
Hope all haves a great week upcoming!!!!!! We've just announced de amigos of de week ofur at The 3 Amigo group....dems are :
TIGER...Kitty Amigo of De Week
GRETA (rainbow bridge baby) ...Doggie Amigo of de week
PEANUT M&M....Admin of the week!!!!!!!
So to you three!!!! Yippeee!!!!!!!!!! Enjoy your week all!!!!!
Ok....my furmom's been wittle bit busy lately!!! Mes threw one big ole fit......my page needed some major attention!!!!! De Easter Bunny was still on dere!!!!! Can you believe dat one???? NOW me's has my nice new summery page!!!!!! Much much better!!!! I was so hiding my wittle face in my paws trying to wait on her to fix de page!!!! So now I can come out and uncover my face!!!!!
Isn't summertime just de greatest??!!!!! I luvs to lay in de warm sunshine ...awhhhhhhhh Is soooo good!!!!!!
I also wanted to say hello to my sweet prince Leo....if he's readin dis........you are de greatest!!!!!! ; 0 ) Many warm thoughts to you!!!!! I'm such a lucky gurl!!!!!!!! Awhhhhhhh
You all have a great long weekend & may warm sunny thoughts surround you!!!!! Until next time!!!!
Just wanted to update my diary...haven't written in a few days.....well....it was strange here today....we gots some more of dose yucky "thunder boomers" !! I hates dems thunders!!! Eek!!!! Now dems saying dat it's gonna come some more of dat white stuff maybe late late tonight & tomorrow morning!! Oh my!! I finks I'll try to smack at de snowflakes from my window as I watch dem fall if we get some more!! I hates de cold, but I wike to watch de snow fall.
My furmom also has a wittle dilema wif me..giggles....she says dat my mousies and toys combined wif all of my furbrother Percy's toys are overtaking de house!! It's kinda hard to walk around somewhere wif out finding a toy or mousie somewhere or other!! giggles...furmom is trying to pick most of dems up each nite...but me & Percy will go thru and pull dems out at nite!! Once again scattering dem all around!!!! Me's thinks it's a "challenge" dat me's up fur!!!!! It's me against de "toy" box!!! I finks I'm gonna win!!! What do you fink?
And, I gots a sweet card from my Leo today! I was so happy! Was sweet of him to sends me one!! Made my wittle day!!! Mail is good!!! ; 0 ) I was furry surprised to finds de card in my box!!!!! Happy happy day!!!!!!
Well...kitties...I'd better be running now!!!! Time to pull some more of dose mousies & toys outta dat new toy box now!!! giggles You wish me luck!!!!! giggles!!
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Identificación de parámetros de viscoelasticidad finita aplicada a la simulación del comportamiento mecánico de masa encefálica
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A variational formulation of constitutive models and updates in non-linear finite viscoelasticity
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The purpose of this article is to present a general framework for constitutive viscoelastic models in finite strain regime. The approach is qualified as variational since the constitutive updates obey a ... [more ▼]
The purpose of this article is to present a general framework for constitutive viscoelastic models in finite strain regime. The approach is qualified as variational since the constitutive updates obey a minimum principle within each load increment. The set of internal variables is strain-based and employs, according to the specific model chosen, a multiplicative decomposition of strain into elastic and viscous components. The present approach shares the same technical procedures used for analogous models of plasticity or viscoplasticity, such as the Solution of a minimization problem to identify inelastic updates and the use of exponential mapping for time integration. However. instead of using the classical decomposition of inelastic strains into amplitude and direction, we take advantage of a spectral decomposition that provides additional facilities to accommodate, into simple analytical expressions, a wide set of specific models. Moreover, appropriate choices of the constitutive potentials allow the reproduction of other formulations in the literature. The final part of the paper presents a set of numerical examples in order to explore the characteristics of the formulation as well as its applicability to usual large-scale FEM analyses. Copyright (c) 2005 John Wiley [less ▲]Detailed reference viewed: 27 (1 ULg)
A viscoelastic formulation for finite strains: application to brain soft tissues
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The chicest thing," says Phoebe Philo, "is when you don't exist on Google. God, I would love to be that person!"
Unfortunately for the famously publicity-shy London designer — Paris born, Harrow-on-the-Hill raised — who has reinvented the way modern women dress, privacy may well continue to be a luxury.
Since Philo took the reins at Céline in 2008, she has transformed the formerly floundering French house into a fashion cult. Her chic, minimal and ever so slightly masculine aesthetic is the one we can't seem to get enough of — and women will spend more than £2,000 on a Céline coat to take home a piece of Philo.
"I honestly feel that everything I've got to say is in the product," she tells Hamish Bowles in a rare interview with American Vogue this month. "I'm happy to do interviews from time to time, but I don't find them that necessary — and that hasn't seemed to have affected people's understanding of our work."
It certainly hasn't affected our desire for Philo's aching cool, either. Her customers aside, she is the designer who fashion editors have a crush on, the one whose signature make-up-free face and trademark trainers (she has, arguably, been responsible for the revival of Nike's classic Air Max) are replicated by style followers across the land, the one whose simple design style is copied over again and again.
Philo's appeal, though, is anything but new — in fact she's long been the go-to-girl for timelessly cool clothes. Fresh from Central Saint Martins, she began her career as Stella McCartney's assistant at Chloé in 1997, then aged just 23, and was considered the secret to the brand's turnaround thanks to her boyish tailoring and money spinning accessories — including her much knocked-off Paddington bag.
When McCartney left to establish her own brand four years later in 2001, Philo was offered the top job of creative director.
"It was great to do Chloé," Philo tells Bowles. However, after five years with the brand, her priorities had changed. "I knew more about what I wanted to do and who I was and what I stood for. I had my daughter, and with that came a deep sense of responsibility; my time for work had become precious, and it had to have more meaning. I just couldn't take it any more."
And so began a two-year sabbatical from design. Philo concentrated her time on family life at home in London with her new infant daughter Maya, now nine, and her husband Max Wigram — a one-time Bruce Weber model and Old Etonian — who runs a contemporary art gallery on New Bond Street. The couple now also have two sons, Marlowe, five, and baby Arthur, who was born in April last year.
Ultimately, however, the hiatus proved to be an incubation of ideas and inspiration for Philo. "I was very, very eager to work," she adds. "It's just the way I am."
When LVMH Fashion's president Pierre-Yves Roussel announced she was returning to design as creative director of Céline in 2008, the news was met with considerable fanfare. Indeed, she had had her pick of job offers — and only took Céline's offer by insisting that London and not Paris would be the base for herself and her design team.
"I don't know whether that comes from having a family — having something very important at home that needed to be protected," she says. "But it was not something I was going to gamble with on any level." She makes a point of always leaving work in good time to see her children. "It's very important to me that I find a balance," she adds.
True to her word, when heavily pregnant with baby Arthur last year, Philo presented her A/W 12 collection to a small group of journalists, rather than putting on a series of large scale catwalks presentations at the international shows. And following her A/W 13 presentation at Paris Fashion Week earlier this month, it was her daughter Maya who was first in line for a hug following the show.
But while Philo's design team may now be based in London, Céline's sample workroom remains in its native Paris. Her chef d'atelier Joaquim Figueiredo, who previously worked in haute couture, travels across the channel every Thursday so Philo, her team of 15 designers and many assistants — most of them also Central Saint Martins graduates — can review the pieces in progress.
"There's something so rich about the combination of London and Paris," says Philo. "One wouldn't work without the other. I really care about quality, and in the Paris school, entire careers are spent learning their craft. That doesn't exist in this country on the same level."
It seems that the combination of traditional Parisian craftsmanship and modern London design has helped make Philo the choice of the intelligent, modern woman, and she very much designs with herself in mind: creating wardrobe staples — such as beautifully cut black trousers and perfectly fitting shirts — that she too wants to wear.
"There's a classicism and beauty to it," she tell Bowles. "Why change it?" "All the houses that still have their integrity and stand for codes have that way of working," she adds. "The idea of fast fashion, and everything always having to be new, can lead to nothing other than a whole load of confusion. I don't feel a need for that in the way I dress — and I think lots of other women feel the same way."
While Céline's London HQ is a Georgian town house off Cavendish Square in Mayfair, her family's home is a Victorian villa on the edges of Notting Hill, where Philo's siblings and her father, Richard — a surveyor — and mother, Celia — a graphic artist who helped create David Bowie's Aladdin Sane album cover — now also live. It was after her parents gave her a sewing machine for her 14th birthday that Philo began to customise her clothes after school at South Harrow comprehensive.
It may only be a matter of miles from her childhood Middlesex home to the streets of Mayfair but this is a London girl who has come a very long way.
"I know who I am that bit better," she tells Bowles as she now approaches 40. "Experiences, and life, have taught me ways of not doing things. What we've achieved so far has been way beyond my expectations — and everything just gets bigger. Friendships get older. Marriages get longer. Children get older. I love that. I love a sense of history within my little life. It's just journeys — and it's been such an interesting journey."
You can read Hamish Bowles's full interview in the March issue of American Vogue, available on newsstands now
What the french living over here really love about our capital city
'Traditional British desserts with lots of custard are my biggest weakness — I particularly love the puds at St John restaurant in east London'
- Eva Green, actress
'I think here there are better racial relations than in France, better interaction and better co-existence'
- Benoît Assou-Ekotto, footballer, Tottenham Hotspur
'In terms of cuisine, I think London might even have the edge'
- Michel Roux Jr, Chef-owner of Le Gavroche
'What I truly love is how humble Londoners are compared to French people'
- Clémence Poésy, actress
'Londoners are much freer in their style. More eccentric'
- Charlotte Gainsbourg, actress and singer
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Europe's Largest Buyout Deal?
It could be the biggest buyout in European history. After a failed takeover attempt last year, a consortium of private equity players hopes it will score in its latest attempt to secure Britain's largest cable company, NTL, in a record $20 billion deal. Led by Rhode Island-based Providence Equity, the consortium includes U.S. private equity firms Blackstone and Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Bain, and Britain's Cinven, according to sources close to the talks.
Informal discussions have been ongoing for several weeks, the sources say. The talks became more serious last week when the private equity group and NTL management began meeting formally. NTL, and its second-largest shareholder, Bill Huff, founder of Morristown (N.J.) -based W.R. Huff Asset Management, declined comment.
Just last month, Virgin Group founder Richard Branson became NTL's largest investor, securing more than a 10% stake in NTL in exchange for selling Virgin Mobile for $1.8 billion sale. Virgin says it has received no approaches from interested investors.
If successful, Blackstone, KKR, and Providence will be topping their own record. Last year, the trio took part in what was Europe's biggest-ever leveraged buyout, the $15.3 billion takeover of Danish telecom operator TDC. The group is hardly alone. Worldwide, private equity groups awash with cash are in the midst of a huge buying spree.
Buyout funds raised $131 billion last year, double the amount in 2004. And there are signs that 2006 will even be bigger. Most recently, Australian retailing giant Coles Myer, owner of the Australian operations of Target (TGT) and K-Mart, is the target of a potential $18 billion bid from KKR—a record deal in that country should it go through.
But the deals have been coming fast and furiously all year—and they have been huge. On July 24, Bain Capital, KKR, and Merrill Lynch Private Equity made a $33 billion deal to acquire HCA (HCA), the No. 1 U.S. hospital chain. That deal broke records, even taking into account the assigned debt.
Also in July, a group of private equity firms including Providence Equity Partners and Texas Pacific Group agreed to buy Spanish language broadcaster Univision Communications (UVN) for $12.3 billion. Earlier this year in Europe, KKR and Carlyle Group joined forces to secure the $11.6 billion takeover of VNU, the Dutch media company.
The NTL talks are part of an ongoing trend in which cash-rich private equity houses are targeting telecom, cable, and media assets. Because of their ability to generate steady streams of cash, cable companies are seen as attractive investments for private equity firms.
Last year, for instance, Providence bought out its co-investors and announced plans to invest $643 million over the next three years to offer the triple-play of broadband, cable, and fixed-line phone services in Germany. Such investments have helped Providence surpass John Malone's Liberty Global as the main owner of European cable companies.
It's easy to see why private equity firms are circling NTL. Come September, NTL will be the first company in Britain to offer what is seen as the industry's Holy Grail: the so-called quadruple-play package of mobile and fixed-line phone service, broadband, and television.
For $75 a month, subscribers can get all four services bundled into a single bill under the Virgin brand. "This gives NTL a breadth, that at the moment, no one else can match," says Bob House, senior vice-president at telecom consultancy Adventis in London.
Rivals, though, are hot on NTL's heels. Both BT and Rupert Murdoch's BSkyB are upgrading existing triple-play offerings. BT, Britain's former phone monopoly, which already offers a mobile plus fixed phone package, plans to expand the offering later this year to include digital TV and video-on-demand.
And in July, Rupert Murdoch's BSkyB unveiled a $757 million investment to offer Internet telephony and free broadband connections to its satellite television customers. Add to that the numerous rivals in each of the four markets in which NTL competes: broadband, television, and mobile and fixed telephony. "NTL is fighting a war on four fronts," says Ian Fogg, senior analyst at Jupiter Research in London.
That's why skeptics say any private equity deal could be risky. What's more, NTL remains heavily in debt and is losing customers. Last week, NTL unveiled second-quarter results showing it had lost a net 18,900 subscribers of its 4.9 million total. But the shaky performance has hammered NTL's share price, which has tumbled 20% over the last four months. That, industry observers say, has provided private equity players fresh impetus to strike.
For NTL, a deal probably makes less sense. The company is still digesting its October merger with rival British cable operator Telewest and its recent takeover of Virgin Mobile. The company is not expected to be keen on any deal. It has said its share price is currently undervalued as the benefits from its quadruple play with Virgin have yet to be realized.
Indeed, when a previous private equity deal for NTL was squashed last October, Huff described the proposal as "preposterous" and encouraged NTL CEO Steve Burch not to deal with private equity firms. At the right price, though, even the most vehement critics might just be persuaded.


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Banks' lending records are to go under the spotlight after official Bank of England figures confirmed Britain's top five lenders missed targets for smaller businesses in 2011 by more than £1 billion.
The five banks - Lloyds Banking Group, Royal Bank of Scotland, Santander, Barclays and HSBC - agreed with the Government in the Project Merlin talks to make £76 billion of lending available to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).
The Bank of England is to confirm the total handed out, but the British Bankers' Association came forward on Friday with provisional figures and said £74.9 billion was loaned in 2011 after Barclays revealed its own lending and a number of its peers followed suit. However, the banks loaned a total £214.9 billion to all UK businesses, exceeding their target of £190 billion, the BBA added.
It is understood that RBS, which is 83% owned by the taxpayer, is the culprit for the shortfall in SME lending although it will not report its performance until full-year results later this month.
The BBA said the overall lending figure demonstrated the banks' commitment to help UK businesses and pointed to Bank of England data that showed SMEs' demand for credit had fallen in three out of the last four quarters.
A spokesman for the Merlin banks said: "The banks' efforts to encourage customers to come forward with borrowing proposals are set against this overall challenging economic environment. The business demand for credit remains weak."
But the failure to hit targets will reignite the row over banking lending amid large pay-outs to staff. It is understood that the Project Merlin agreement will not be repeated this year and even the part-nationalised banks RBS and Lloyds will not be set targets by the Government. In addition, it is unclear whether Chancellor George Osborne has put any penalties in place for the banks' failure to hit one of the targets.
Santander and Barclays have said they have hit their targets under the agreement, while Lloyds said it exceeded its measure on SME lending and has yet to disclose its overall performance.
RBS chief executive Stephen Hester defended the performance in interviews this week, pointing out that its lending will not be far short of all the other banks combined. He added: "There is no bank in this country coming close to punching above their weight in the way we are. Forget Project Merlin and how it's defined - that's damn impressive. People have lost sight of that."
Barclays said it had exceeded targets by 13% in 2011, after it handed out £43.6 billion of new lending to businesses, including £14.7 billion to SMEs. Meanwhile, part-nationalised rival Lloyds Banking Group also beat its target after lending £12.5 billion to SMEs, compared with its £11.7 billion benchmark. And Santander UK lent £8.7 billion to businesses in 2011, a 25% increase on the previous year and exceeding its target of £6.7 billion. Of this, £4.3 billion went to smaller firms - £300 million more than its target.
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The move to the cloud is characterized by its ability to unite diverse technologies, writes Preeti Nirwal of Hostway. Read More
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View IT Assets as an Investor, Not a Consumer
What if we managed our data center equipment the way an investor would manage a stock portfolio? Read More
In the Blink of an Eye: Does Your Business Operate with Web Scale IT?
Organizations that focus on the tenets of Web Scale IT—open architecture, full automation, rigorous testing and continual monitoring of their service not only prevent problems – but can influence buying decisions faster and grow sales or move markets, writes Brandon Whichard of Boundary. Read More
Data Center Security Lessons from Heartbleed and Target
Two of most infamous, recent, far-reaching cyber-security events affected millions of people's information privacy, were well publicized, and were preventable by known, low cost and common best practices, writes Winston Saunders of Intel. Read More
Will Cat 8 Cabling Force A Topology Change In The Data Center?
Different 'Cat8' solutions are being considered by the standards bodies for 40Gb/s over twisted pair copper, writes Ken Hodge of Brand-Rex. How will new cabling impact data centers? Read More
Implementing the Best Battery Maintenance Practices to Avoid Data Center Downtime
Data center managers are constantly working to overcome the threat of downtime. One of the best ways to minimize this risk is to take care of the batteries that support your uninterruptible power supply (UPS), writes Scott Baer of Emerson Network Power, Liebert Services. Read More
What Separates One Data Center from the Next? The People!
It's hard for one company to say its data centers are better than the competition's down the road — but the real differentiator is the people inside, writes Mike Bennett of CenturyLink Technologies. Read More
Beware the Closed System: Just Integrate
Data integrations are often the number one driver to acquire enterprise scale DCIM software as organizations look to eliminate the labor-intensive task of going to ten, fifty, or even a hundred different systems to get accurate power, space and cooling data, writes Lara Greden of CA Technologies. Read More
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Murray back open after suspicious package investigation
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - North Murray Boulevard is back open after a suspicious package investigation.
It was left on the front door of the Police Training Center on Murray Blvd between East Platte Avenue and Galley Road.
Police x-rayed the package and said it was not a threat. Officers did not say what was inside the package.
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This is the story of a scandal - a tale of deceit and cover-up at the highest levels of international affairs. It is one that the UN tried to stop from happening but the governments involved ignored their message.
The root of the problem lay with American interest in the Indian Ocean which grew in the 1960s as Britain's retreat from empire threatened to produce a power vacuum in waters adjacent to the Persian Gulf. The US decided that a military base was needed.
US military surveyors considered Aldabra Island, another British possession nearer to Africa, but it was ruled out because of the presence of a rare species of turtle. The people of the Chagos archipelago, however, were not considered a problem.
Between 1968 and 1973, the entire population of this small group of islands in the Indian ocean were systematically removed from their homes and exiled, by a government who deliberately 'maintained the fiction' to the rest of the world that they didn't exist, and therefore had no rights.
Recent court hearings have heard how senior officials in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office at the time of the expulsions conspired to conceal the operation, which involved the gassing of animals and the forcing of pregnant women into the hold of a merchant ship. Some miscarried after being dumped in the slums of Mauritius, where many islanders still remain.
Great Recipes in Time for Your Family Gathering
Coming from the Andes, the quinoa grain has been a staple food for South Americans for centuries, and now with so many recipes including this food (which is often compared to rice) people all over the world are beginning to incorporate it into their meals.
Sometimes you just need to reward yourself for being so good with your diet and in the gym. There are many easy cookie recipes out there that show just how delicious home-made cookies can be. Be careful not to get reminiscent of a simpler time when mother would make cookies and serve them fresh out of the oven with a nice frosty glass of milk.
If you are a fan of nut roasts or other similar vegetarian meals, the Quinoa loaf is definitely for you. The recipe is simple enough to follow and includes adding a lot of vegetables which means that you could even add a few others if you wanted to experiment a little – not just for vegetarians, meat eaters will love this hearty loaf too!
If you are cooking for dinner guests, then making a dessert is so much more personal than buying a shop bought sweet. If you want to try new cake recipes from scratch , then get Recipe Bridge to help you out. The site has an abundance of recipes for all your bakery needs and the search tool will help you find what you want in merely seconds – from cherry cakes to cinnamon coffee cakes – it's got it all.
A perfect pudding to serve your guests is the chocolate fondant cake. Usually served with a light spongy outer layer and with a melted chocolate centre which oozes out when cut, this dessert is decadent to say the least. If you want to try and make your own, find a few easy-to-follow fondant recipes and make a test batch first – once you have perfected this chocolaty treat, you'll defiantly want to make it again!
Foreclosure Negotiations
When commercial foreclosure negotiations start, it is necessary for both the lender and mortgage borrower to get a foreclosure lawyer to help with proceedings.
The foreclosure process can occur through a number of reasons including divorce, redundancy, too much debt or many other factors. If a property owner and the lender cannot reach an arrangement where the owner can still live at the property and still make some sort of payment/cash flow positive property investment or alternative mortgage agreement, the foreclosure process begins which means these types of decisions can be made.
If an agreement cannot be reached or an owner ignores the lenders correspondence, proceedings are likely to take place. However, if a different payment agreement can be made, then this can stop the foreclosure process happening altogether.
If You Just Aren't Seeing the Results You Want…
Getting 'big' is all about increasing muscle mass, and not fat. It is therefore vital for people who want to increase their body mass without increasing their body fat to stick to a strict workout routine, get enough rest, eat the right foods and take the right bodybuilding supplements.
Rather than taking illegal steps to getting a body image and damaging your health, supplements that can help you retain that natural pump can leave you looking lean and muscle in the long term. For supplements that can work quickly and effectively, many bodybuilders have tried Parabol, tablets that can be taken with food and can help you bulk up to your ideal body image.
Not only do body building supplements such as Parabol or Anavar help you gain muscle during your workouts, they are also great for stripping away body fat, leaving you with a lean, solid and defined physique.
Different Ways to Get People Hungry
There are many different food advertising options, and when it comes to buying and selling advertising space, there is a lot of choice. To increase revenue, many online advertising companies have turned to private ad exchanges to buy and sell their ad space.
An ad exchange is basically a real time bidding platform where advertising buyers and sellers can bid for or sell specific advertising spaces.
This makes searching for advertising space a lot easier for sellers, as signing up to an advertising marketplace can save an advertiser or publisher trying to find people who want to buy or sell and advertising space they have available. As publishers are often left with a lot of advertising space in a month, it also means that they are willing to sell the space at cheaper prices than usual – which is a great opportunity for a buyer to find discounted ads.
Buyers can also benefit from an online bidding marketplace such as an ad exchange as you are given helpful pieces of information from the platform that can help you bid safely and effectively. Buyers can search for specific bidding details that will get them the best deal possible. Buyers are also put in total control of how much they see fit to bid on a particular inventory and are also given the chance to set time frames.
When it comes to food marketing , a digital advertising platform such as a private exchange marketplace can benefit both the buyer and the seller. By using this type of platform, the sale and purchase of an advertising space can be made so much easier and the seller is able to make money through sales, and the buyer will be able to increase their impressions too.
Nothing Like a Good Ol' Massage for Sore Muscles
In general, massages have been known to relax and relieve you from stress; however a session with a Bellevue chiropractor or massage therapist can also help with other issues as well and can overall help improve your health.
A chiropractor physically treats your muscles, bones and joints by manipulating different areas of your body using his or her hands. Chiropractors are often used to treat neck, shoulder or back pain, however they are also able to treat other conditions too such as your other joints.
A Redmond chiropractor can massage or manipulate your bones until back pains are reduced, aggression subsides or your range of movements are improved. This is a popular form of treatment with many people and can be very relaxing.
Pet Fencing Systems
Installing a pet fence around the perimeters of your house is the obvious solution to keeping your pet safe. Dogs and cats will not understand the boundaries of your house unless they are properly trained, and if you have been trying to train your pet to stay close to the house and have been unsuccessful thus far, then perhaps a dog containment system can help.
Pet fences can come in a variety of forms, but the most popular of all is the wireless pet containment system. It has many advantages and can be just what you are looking for to help train your pet. When there is no visible pet fence, your dog isn't going to bark at passing dogs that they know are there but cannot see. Familiarising your dog with passersby will mean that you won't be up at all hours trying to stop your dog from barking at the newspaper delivery boy!
Pets of every size can be contained within a wireless fence's boundaries. A wire is buried around the outer edges of your house and then the wire emits a signal which is controlled by the transmitter. The transmitter is then connected to the receiver on the dog's or cat's collar which sends your pet a warning if they get too close to the boundary.
When it comes to getting a dog fence wireless systems are the best – not only do they require little maintenance, they are also hidden, which means that your house doesn't feel shut off from the rest of the neighbourhood – and shutting you off is something a tall fence would definitely do.
Wireless dog fences have increased in popularity over the past few years and the electric dog fence reviews speak for themselves, as pet owners everywhere are discovering just how reliable and effective the wireless system is. Don't just assume that your dog or cat is going to be safe in your home, to prevent the risk of losing him, installing a pet fence is the best way to guarantee his safety.


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Elevated... - Poem by Deepak Calyampoondi
>Rarest of things, often small in number,
like Gold, Diamond, precious things, remember.
People, attracted towards it only for pleasure,
with greed for material, is beyond one's measure.
Amassing wealth beyond one's need,
Often grows that ego from the Devil's seed,
and that tree bears the fruits of sorrow,
once eaten your thoughts for good deeds do narrow.
Often People flock around you just for your money,
away they will go their way, when they find you don't have any,
The real wealth comes from the happiness you share,
from service to mankind, you'll find people who care.
Put all that abundance into good, noble deed,
soon you'll find peace, and thus departs your greed.
you will take a position of a happiness giver,
because you will be elevated in the minds of people forever.
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Jack Welch, one of the world's most successful and ruthless business leaders, has been outed as a softie who is happy to talk about his private life and falling in love.
The man who helped build General Electric into a $US400 billion ($512 billion) corporation has written a book offering his no-nonsense insights and solutions to nuts-and-bolts problems faced by corporate managers and leaders everywhere. Not surprisingly, it is called Winning.
But it is the press junket that has followed its release that is providing an interesting look into the mind of the 69-year-old who is just as comfortable discussing affairs of the heart as he is his belief that corporations routinely need to cull the bottom 10 per cent of their workforces.
In a recent US interview broadcast yesterday on Nine's Business Sunday, Welch allows his third wife Suzy Wetlaufer to talk about how they met. "When I first met Jack, I was terrified of him. I wasn't expecting a fine, laughing, enjoyable, exciting guy. I walked into his office, like most people, with my knees knocking."
Asked what it was like living with a man known as the toughest of the tough, she says: "Um, he's warm, he's funny, he's interesting at every moment, he's caring …," she says before Welch cuts her off with, "I love you."
In the beginning, their romance created a scandal.
Welch was still married to wife No. 2 while Wetlaufer was the editor of the prestigious Harvard Business Review.
They met when she interviewed him for a story, and the affair eventually cost her her job.
Not that the negative press coverage is something that plays on Welch's mind.
"Christ, if I was a journalist, I'd write a scandalous story. It's a pretty good story … but I don't care, I fell in love," he says.
Under Welch's leadership, GE stock went up 4000 per cent, making it the most valuable corporation in the world. And last November, a Financial Times survey of the world's best corporations found GE was still No. 1.
As well as showcasing Welch's talents, the interview threw light on his attitude to the retirement perks and the "golden parachute" he received when he left GE - details of which emerged during his divorce from his second wife.
After a bypass operation in 1995, Welch says, GE offered him a vast amount of stock to get him to stay until 2000. "I said I don't need stock but I would like to keep what I have now - the plane, the apartment, the car, etc. If you give me that when I retire, that's all I need."
Welch was skewered by the press. Faced with the choice of renouncing the perks and looking like he'd done something wrong, or keeping them and looking "like a greedy pig", Welch says, he decided to give it back.
"Were you totally innocent?" CBS interviewer Dan Rather asks.
"One hundred and twenty per cent," Welch says.
Of course he's still worth hundreds of millions - but he says he prefers to spend money on the best hotels and nice sheets rather than the traditional toys of the rich and famous, such as jets and yachts and cars.
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Who hasn't heard of the popular hip hop star Kanye West? Even those people who aren't into hip hop music at all have definitely tapped their feet and rocked their heads to the beats and lyrics of Kanye West songs.
This world famous rapper has reached heights and stardom of such a scale that has never been seen in the history of the music industry before. Social networking sites like facebook and twitter are absolutely packed with fanpages dedicated to the artist.
But do not make the mistake of thinking that rapping is all that he does. The celebrated artist has also dedicated his life to help other musical artists establish themselves in the musical world.
He is a well established American record producer and the owner of Roc A Fella Records. And this multi-talented man makes the use of his own drums and other instruments to create beats of his own for his signature style of music.
Kanye West has his own style of combination of music varieties. Most songs, which were produced and sung by him are well-known for vocal background music given.
From classical to synth-pop, alternative and folk, rock, arena, hip hop, baroque pop, and even R&B, there really is no genre that this megastar hasn't mastered. And he hasn't just produced songs in these styles; he has truly become the undisputed king of them all. And that is what sets him apart from other hip hop greats.
But his story isn't the saga of success coming from a few lucky shots. He has built his entire career by taking it forward one step at a time. Before he had even considered becoming a rapper, he had a passion for producing songs.
He has been producing singles since the days he used to be in school and he released his first ever officially produced album called 'Down to Earth' way back in 1996. Even though the album did not create the buzz that he was hoping for, he did not let it stop him from continuing to go after his dreams. He started producing for some top artists like Goodie Mob, Foxy Brown, Jermaine Dupri and Harlem World
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His break came in the year 2000 when he produced a single called 'This Can't Be Life', which was a part of an album by Jay-Z. The song was a huge hit and established his name as a trusted producer and musical genius in the industry.
The very same year he went on to produce some other blockbuster singles like the drum beat song called 'Xxplosive', by Dr.Dre and albums like 'Roc La Familia' and 'The Dynasty'. Jay Z went ahead and featured many of his sounds in his album called 'The Blueprint' which was critically acclaimed worldwide.
Song by song, beat by beat and single by single, Kanye West has established his success by putting in one brick at a time. And from his very humble beginnings, he is now at a place where not just his songs but every Kanye West music video and even Kanye West pictures, create tidal waves in the ocean of hip hop music.


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Demi Lovato Gets Honored, Gives Thanks in Rio
Being recognized ahead of her concert, Demi Lovato was doted with an award for Unbroken album sales in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday (April 19).
The "Skyscraper" singer smiled as she was handed a framed memento at Citibank Hall - the venue in which she later took the stage for her second night performance.
Kicking off the show with an energetic rendition of "All Night Long," Demi treated the crowd to a range of tunes also including "Dynamite," "Fix a Heart" and "Hold Up".
Thanking the audience before breaking into "Skyscraper", an emotional Miss Lovato said, "I wanted to let you know as I am grateful for the support you gave me. When I was having serious problems I had to cancel my tour and not I could make it to Brazil. and in no time you were angry with me. You did not bring me down. Instead, you decided to support me and send me messages through Twitter and letters. Thank you."
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I'm currently experimenting abit for designing my graphical style (logo, avatar, banners, etc). I was wondering: the thumbnails we upload for AudioJungle-items, can they contain and display transparency (apart from the playback-overlay ofcourse)?
Yes, it just needs to be a PNG file with transparency, like my logo!
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Yes, it just needs to be a PNG file with transparency, like my logo!
Ah yes, I see. Thank you!
I love your thumbnailing system – it's very clear and also very recognisable due to the same color scheme and layout. In fact, while looking at your name, your logo is very strong too. And the thumbnails match it well – great job. Your logo and name make me wonder what happened to you to come up with such a name, haha.
I was thinking myself as well to have additional info in the corners like that. But I'll first have to comeup with a house-style; having real difficulties to come up with a logo for Coriiander Productions. I don't want it to be corporate-alike.
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NSW Health Minister responds to Armdiale Hospital concerns
12/10/2012 , 4:57 PM by Kelly Fuller
This morning we spoke to the NSW Health Minister, Jillian Skinner in response to concerns raised by Tony Windsor in relation to the funding for the redevelopment of Armidale Hospital.
Tony Windsor told us in August that the state minister mislead parliament when she said the federal government blocked an attempt for NSW Health to resubmit an application under Commonwealth Health and Hospital Fund
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I Have A Huge Steep Bank That I Have Planted Sedum On For Ground Coverage,i Am Leaving A Big Spot In The Center Because I Would Like To Put Our Last Name There,i Don't Know What To Use Or Where To Begin,our Last Name Is Singer. I Know I Want White Rock Somewhere In This Area But I'm Not Sure What To Use For The Name,and I Also Have Colorful Flowers I Would Like To Put Around It.any Help From Anyone Would Be Greatly Appreciated.
Heres a thought, why dont you use the white rocks for the name.
If your planning on staying there for a long period of time you could pour some concrete and set those white rocks in the concrete.. You could also make the concrete have a colour just pick up some tint and put it in while your adding water to your premix just take note of how much tint your useing per mix.
It's a good way to make it easy for burglars to find your phone number in the phone book too, fyi, same goes for names on mailboxes. All they need to do then is call the number, and when you don't answer, they know you're out...
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Current forensic DNA typing is conducted in approximately eight to ten hours with steps including DNA extraction, quantitation, polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification of multiple short tandem repeat (STR) loci, capillary electrophoresis separation with fluorescence detection and data analysis, and DNA profile interpretation. The PCR amplification portion of the workflow typically takes approximately three hours with standard thermal cycling protocols. Here we demonstrate a rapid cycling protocol that amplifies 15 STR loci and the sex-typing marker amelogenin from either Identifiler or PowerPlex 16 STR typing kits in less than 36 minutes. This rapid protocol employs commercially available polymerases and the widely used GeneAmp 9700 thermal cycler. We observed complete concordance of STR allele calls between the rapid and standard thermal cycling protocols although there was incomplete adenylation at several of the loci examined and some PCR artifacts were detected. Using less than 1 ng of template DNA and 28 cycles, STR peaks for all loci were above a 100 relative fluorescent unit (RFU) detection threshold with fully adequate inter-locus balance and heterozygote peak height ratios of greater than 0.80.
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The Welch Allyn 9001 Propaq CS Patient Monitor features a bright, full-color touchscreen display for continuous vital signs monitoring in hospital environments, during conscious sedation, and pre- and post-operative care.
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- Optional features include: sidestream, mainstream or dual stream capnography; 1 or 2 invasive blood pressure channels; integrated printer; connectivity to Acuity Central Station (hospital)
- Neonatal, pediatric and adult modes
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Designed with the busy user in mind, the Welch Allyn Propaq CS features a bright, full-color touchscreen display and easy-to-use menu functions, making it an ideal monitor during procedures requiring conscious sedation and continuous patient monitoring. Ideal for continuous monitoring and spot-check during simple procedures, the Welch Allyn Propaq LT features an intuitive, navigational keypad with the option to connect to a large color display for across-theroom viewing of patient data. Plus, the Propaq LT weighs in at just about two pounds, making it easy to move throughout your facility.
The Propaq product line was designed for rugged military use and can stand up to your toughest days. The Propaq LT has shock resistance that can withstand a six-foot drop, so you can be confident that it is durable enough to use during simple procedures or monitoring vitals in pre-op and recovery. And with legendary Propaq quality, you can rely on your Propaq LT and Propaq CS patient monitors for many years to come.
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When you purchase a Welch Allyn Propaq monitor, you're investing in a quality brand that has stood the test of time. For decades, both hospital and military personnel have counted on Propaq monitors for their proven reliability and durability, so you can be confident in your investment. And to further protect your investment, the Welch Allyn Partners in Care ServicesSM program will help ensure that your monitors are up and running whenever you need them.
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Boy, 9, snatched by crocodile
Police are searching for a nine-year-old boy who was snatched by a crocodile as he was swimming in the mouth of a river in northern Australia.
Northern Territory police say the boy was swimming with a group of people at Port Bradshaw when he was grabbed by the crocodile.
Nearby people attempted to kill the crocodile with spears, but it then dragged the boy farther into the water.
Police planned to continue searching but expressed pessimism about the chances of finding the boy alive.
Two weeks ago, another crocodile snatched a seven-year-old girl who was swimming at a Northern Territory waterhole.
The crocodile was fatally shot the next day and the girl's remains were found inside it.
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New Trend In female tattoos?
More women are now getting nipples tattooed on their breasts to add color and definition.
The procedure was originally invented to make reconstructed breasts look more realistic but now more women are getting tittoos so they can have darker and better defined nipples.
The tittoos last for around 12 to 18 months. The procedure takes on average two hours and costs about $1,800 for both nipples.


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a complex function appears in a real integration
recently I involve into an integration of potential of mass body. The
integration is as below
As a result, it yields
Then, I integrate it in the y-direction
It is very strange that a complex function appears in a real
integration. First, I think that the Mathematica can not integrate this
integration and the result is wrong. After I check and simplify it,
however, the complex expression can converted into a real one as I want.
My problem is, "Can I believe a complex result always when I integrate a
real function". If it is true, I will be on a lucky position . I don't
need to integrate it by hand or simplify it to a real expression.
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U.S. Senator Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ) released the following statement following President Obama's State of the Union Address:
"The President showed tremendous leadership and a progressive vision for our nation. He made clear that a strong middle class will be the driver of our economy, and I am ready to get to work leveling the playing field so our middle class can thrive again.
"As the President highlighted tonight, we can strengthen our nation by making important federal investments in education, infrastructure, and manufacturing. The investment choices that we make today will create jobs and enable America to maintain its leadership around the globe. In New Jersey, investments in our rails, tunnels, roadways, and bridges will grow the state's economy and strengthen transportation access for the region.
"President Obama's call to pass gun safety legislation, including my effort to keep super-sized ammunition magazines out of our neighborhoods, was an especially important, timely message. Gun violence survivors seated in the House Chamber, including my State of the Union guest Matt Gross, brought a human face to the scourge of gun violence, and we must act now to stop the bloodshed. With the President's strong commitment and the American people's clear support behind us, I am confident that we can pass common-sense reforms that reduce gun violence and protect our families."
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FRANKLIN MINT 1971 CHRISTMAS INGOT 1000-grain silver
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FRANKLIN MINT 1971 CHRISTMAS INGOT Up for bid is a 1971 Franklin Mint Christmas Ingots. It contains 1000-Grains of Sterling Silver. The 1971 Christmas Ingot is the second in this distinguished series produced by the Franklin Mint. Each year is unique and will never be repeated. Ingot is in excellent shape with some minor tarnish, Originally this ingot came in a double box with a product description card. The outer box is missing and the inner box is damaged. However, the Franklin Mint product description card is included. This is a no reserve auction so happy bidding and thanks for looking! Shipping is a fixed $5.50 in USA. All others email me for a shipping quote. I prefer Pay-Pal but I will accept checks MO etc.


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While Elsa was in her Ice Castle, she met Pitch Black....
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Bruce Wayne went missing six months ago. The Bat Family is doing their best to find him. The League of Assassins give them an encrypted code: The key to finding Bruce. One problem with that: It's too encrypted for them to hack. Tim Drake realizes that there's one person who can help them, but he's not sure if she'll be up to the challenge. Will she help the Bat Family find Bruce? Or will she turn them down over an event in the past?
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In effect, what I did was lunge and force the issue, thereby ruining the mood.
Dawn Hochsprung was a beloved principal who lost her life trying to lunge at the gunman.
Think like a fencer: parry on Medicare; lunge at the stimulus.
A careful cast a little up stream, a lunge and a miss from the trout.
The Englishman was run through at the first lunge, and fell dead on the spot.
Indeed, my experience was that just as one was about to mount him he usually made a lunge at one with his horns.
He had known a ton of 'lunge and bass landed every day for the first week.
From the movement behind him Marius guessed almost by instinct that Garnache had drawn back for a lunge.
Astro started to lunge for the pirate, but Tom grabbed him by the arm.
He flitted aside, balancing himself on the balls of his feet and whirling even as he evaded the other's lunge.
1735, "a thrust with a sword," originally a fencing term, shortened from allonge, from French allonger "to extend, thrust," from Old French alongier "to lengthen, make long," from à "to" + Old French long, from Latin longus "long" (see long (adj.)).
1735 (implied in lunged), from lunge (n.). Sense of "to make a sudden forward rush" is from 1821. Related: Lunged; lunging.
1735 (implied in lunged), from lunge (n.). Sense of "to make a sudden forward rush" is from 1821. Related: Lunged; lunging.


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The Relative Value Scale Update Committee (RUC) is an extension of the American Medical Association (AMA) and national medical specialty societies and serves as an expert panel in developing recommendations to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS). The RUC committee is composed of 31 members, 21 of whom are appointed by major medical societies to represent the views and concerns of both patients and providers within that specialty providing balance to the recommendations.
RUC provides consulting services in regards to the relative value of physician services under the Medicare Physician Fee Schedule(MPFS). The recommendations that are provided by the RUC in conjunction with the CPT Editorial Panel are reviewed by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), which then determines appropriate adjustments to the Medicare Relative Values (RVS) in its annual updates. These updates are meant to reflect both changes in medical practice as well as coding, which has downstream implications on physician reimbursement not only by Medicare but also private insurance which often bases its reimbursements on CMS. The number of completed surveys is taken into consideration in determining the strength of the assessment and recommendations of the RUC. As such, it is of utmost importance to have physician involvement in the RUC survey.
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Posted by Stephen Mann on November 7, 2012
The service desk, and with it IT support and customer service, has long been a big part of how end users (or, as I like to call them, "internal and external customers") perceive the IT organization and the quality of its service delivery. Think about it, customers are forming their opinions based not only on their hardware and the IT services they consume but also on: the "IT people" they come into contact with, how these people perform, and how they (the customer) are treated. Also think about the context – it's usually when the IT isn't working and the customer is unable to do their job.
The bottom line for me is that none of us corporate minions have time for IT failure and, while it is still unavoidable, IT support staff need to see the business impact – and realize that there is no such thing as IT failure . . . that there is only business- and people-impacting failure. Take at look at the following Forrester Forrsights data, which compares the business and IT views of IT performance, and if you are an IT professional try not to weep at how poorly IT is perceived:
The quick view is: the business doesn't rate IT very well (and sometimes IT doesn't rate itself well).
The harsh truth: IT can no longer afford to ignore its "customers"


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Insider Tip
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What do you guys think?
This is a discussion on Few pics of my scooby within the Member Show-Off & Photography forums, part of the Community - Meet other Enthusiasts category; What do you guys think?...
What do you guys think?
nice shots. looks like a pretty miserable place though, but cool in the background. where taken?
like the white!
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2010 WRX Limited Hatch - spt short throw...for now
looks like mine right now... needs a wash but was too cold
all killer ..... no filler
lower it and paint the side skirts.
ScoobyDMC #009 - making dirty jokes since before you were making dirty diapers.Originally Posted by Blarg
Yea i didn't think i would like the white at first, but I'm really pleased with it.
nice wrx i like itt !
nice bugeye you have there bud dont see many of them over here
Really very nice pictures and i hope you really enjoy the weather have you some more pics.


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Dec. 30, 2010
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Rutgers' trouble reaching Knoxville and fifth-ranked Tennessee's refusal to reschedule the game left coach C. Vivian Stringer fuming after the Lady Vols routed her Scarlet Knights.
Rutgers' players were scattered around the country during their 11-day holiday break and bad weather in the Northeast delayed many of them from returning to campus. After Tennessee dominated the Scarlet Knights 87-51 Thursday, an angry Stringer said she sought to reschedule the game when it became clear Rutgers would have to charter a plane to Knoxville late Wednesday without holding a single practice.
"They never saw a tape (of Tennessee) or anything," Stringer said of her team. "I tell you we could have had far better representation of ourselves. It could have been worth the money, worth the time to come here if we'd had a little bit more (time)."
Tennessee women's athletics director Joan Cronan said she spoke with Rutgers athletics director Tim Pernetti about rescheduling the game, but said it wasn't feasible with the upcoming schedules of the school's men's and women's teams.
"I called Tennessee, and you see we're playing, don't you?" Stringer said. "They couldn't do it. I would have done it anyway. I would have done it if we played every day back to back. I back down from no one."
The lack of preparation became clear early as Tennessee (12-2) jumped out to a fast lead, and a 3-pointer at the baseline from Angie Bjorklund with 18:34 left in the first half capped a 9-2 run to open the game. That shot gave Bjorklund her 267th career trey, pushing her past Shanna Zolman and making her Tennessee's career leader in 3s.
The Lady Vols used strong shooting to build an 18-point margin but cooled off with about four minutes left before halftime. Leading scorer Taber Spani had 12 of her career-high 22 points in the first half.
Rutgers (7-6) found some rhythm and used a 11-4 run to close out the first half, cutting Tennessee's halftime lead to 40-29, but the Lady Vols scored nine unanswered points out of the break and gradually pulled away.
The Scarlet Knights were playing without Khadijah Rushdan, who averages 14.3 points per game. Rushdan bruised her knee in Rutgers' 79-50 loss to then-No. 8 Texas A&M in the Maggie Dixon Classic on Dec. 19.
Rutgers also got only one half of play out of leading scorer April Sykes, who had cramps early in the second half. Sykes still led the team with 15 points, while Nikki Speed had 11 and Erica Wheeler had 10.
Without Rushdan, the Scarlet Knights were without one of their better defenders, and Tennessee took advantage of its size inside. The Lady Vols outrebounded Rutgers 46-27 and scored 36 points in the paint and 20 second-chance points.
Glory Johnson and Shekinna Stricklen added 12 points each for Tennessee, and Bjorklund and Kelley Cain both had 11.
"Our bench outscored Rutgers' bench 24-1," Tennessee coach Pat Summitt said. "That was a key -- our depth."
Tennessee's uniforms sported patches with a No. 35 on them in honor of former Lady Vol guard Melissa McCray-Dukes, who died Monday after a battle with breast cancer. McCray-Dukes played on four consecutive NCAA Final Four teams and started on Tennessee's 1987 and 1989 national championship teams.
Summitt, who wore a No. 35 pin on her lapel during the game, spoke at McCray-Dukes' funeral Thursday.
"Once you're a Lady Vol, you stay a Lady Vol," Bjorklund said. "You continue to be a part of this family, and (McCray-Dukes) will always be a part of our family."
Tennessee owns a 17-3 advantage in the series with Rutgers and has won the last seven meetings. The rivalry hasn't been without controversy or close games, though.
In the last meeting at Thompson-Boling Arena on Feb. 11, 2008, then-No. 1 Tennessee got the win on two free throws by Nicky Anosike with 0.2 of a second left. Television replays showed the game clock seemed to pause when Anosike came down with the ball and was grabbed by Kia Vaughn.
Officials reviewed the play, but only to determine whether or not Vaughn's foul came before the buzzer.
The following season, the Lady Vols trailed 33-13 at halftime at Rutgers on Jan. 3, 2009. Rutgers led by as many as 23 points in the second half before Tennessee rallied for the 55-51 win.


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Does anybody know of any rally events in the socal area? I'm sure there are some but I would really love to check one out.
i read on nasioc boards that the rim of the world rally is coming back this year, its in antelope valley, near me, probally a bit of a drive for most others though lol, the site is rimoftheworldrally.com, would be a good chance to go check one out though, i went a few years ago, and will definetly be going this year.
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I heard that Rally Racing is going to be in the Xgames this year, thanks to Travis Pastrana former X-Games Freestyle motocross gold medalist.
Travis is now on the Subaru Rally Team, which I think might be the reason why it is being brought into the X-Games. If you havent seen or heard about Travis Pastrana before you will be amazed with his performance, He dominates at motocross, racing and freestyle.
Cant even imagine what he is like behind the wheel of the STi Subaru Rally car!!!
Check the link if you dont believe:
I read about this in the ScoobySport Mag. Dont know if it is a rumor, but this will be sick if it really does happen at the X-Games in LA
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There was no professional team in the area, leaving the Ohio State program as the only game in town. Participation at the high school level was scattershot – the Columbus suburb of Upper Arlington boasted a powerful team but there were only around 40 boys programs in the state – and trying to earn a college scholarship offer wasn't the easiest thing to do.
"It was very limited," O'Brien, who eventually went to OSU, told BSB last summer. "We had to go to the East Coast to get recruited. We could not get recruited here. It was literally, I went to one camp and got recruited.
"Now kids are going on travel teams, going to three camps, five camps, six camps. We're having tournaments here. We have (the) Max Elite (camp in Upper Arlington), we have all the big names. It's great."
Ohio State senior Kevin Mack of Dublin, located about 15 minutes northwest of Columbus, is seeing similar growth. Mack had more opportunities to be exposed to the sport growing up than O'Brien, but it still wasn't quite a big deal in his community.
Now, when he makes the trip home from the OSU campus, he sees the youngsters in his neighborhood playing with sticks and goals just as much as they do with baseball bats and pigskins.
"I started when I was in sixth grade and that was considered early for my time," Mack said. "I didn't even know about lacrosse until I was in fifth grade and I watched my older brother play. Nowadays I have neighbors that are starting in kindergarten, and that's a normal thing now.
"It's kind of like T-Ball, baseball and soccer, those games you play at a young age. Lacrosse is starting to become one of those sports and kids are starting to play it. The sport is booming and it's fun to watch."
Mack is one of 10 Ohioans on the roster for Ohio State, which has seen its program ride a similar wave of growth as the sport has continued to catch on in the Buckeye State. The Buckeyes, the No. 3 seed in this year's NCAA tournament, are bearing the benefit, and they can advance to the national semifinals for the first time with a victory Saturday against unseeded Cornell in College Park, Md.
Last weekend's tournament-opening, 16-6 drubbing of visiting Towson was just the second NCAA tourney win in program history and first postseason game at home, and the Buckeyes' success is just another sign of how deep the sport is setting down roots in Ohio.
Though lacrosse is not sanctioned by the Ohio High School Athletic Association, the Ohio High School Lacrosse Association boasts 101 varsity teams in all corners of the state and an additional 27 club squads.
Then there's the Ohio Machine, a professional team that is in its second year. Located in Delaware, about 20 miles north of Columbus, the Machine has numerous former Ohio State players on its roster – including O'Brien – and draws thousands of fans for its home games. Members of the team, including former Buckeyes O'Brien, Greg Bice and Stefan Schroder, have taken up coaching in the area and are part of the boom.
"It's awesome," said Bice, who finished his OSU career in 2004 as a two-time All-American. "Obviously, I'm a Buckeye through and through. I bleed scarlet and gray, and to be able to play with some of my former teammates is a huge blessing. To be able to play in front of people that I was playing in front of years ago and to be able to see them again and continue to build those relationships is fantastic."
The growth is just as evident with the Ohio State program. Though lacrosse is still not on par in Ohio or the nation – except in some places on the East Coast like Baltimore, where the sport is covered with a religious-like fervency by the local media – with college sports like football or basketball, crowds are coming out to watch the Buckeyes.
The interest has been magnified by Ohio State's "Showdown in the 'Shoe," held before each April's spring football game from 2008-12. Ohio State set an NCAA on-campus record with 31,078 fans in the stands when the counting stopped in 2010, and the event became an annual part of the spring game before this year's contest was moved to Cincinnati because of repairs in Ohio Stadium.
This past weekend, 2,358 fans came out to the Horseshoe to watch the East Coast Athletic Conference champion Buckeyes down Towson, a total that was on par with attendance in traditional lacrosse hotbeds like Syracuse and Maryland and above the totals at Duke and North Carolina.
"We were right there in the top third of attendance for the first round," Ohio State head coach Nick Myers said. "When you look at areas that are supposed hotbeds like Duke, Carolina, Maryland and Syracuse, we were right there and even had more than some of those areas.
"I think that's a great sign. We've had a lot of good feedback. I think time will tell. It's certainly a positive, more long-term in a sense that people are walking away knowing that this is brand like so many sports at Ohio state that's competing for championships."
At the moment, Ohio State's roster is an amalgamation of players from across the United States and Canada. Senior attack star Logan Schuss and second-leading scorer Jesse King are from British Columbia, veteran defender Joe Meurer and goalie Greg Dutton hail from the Baltimore area and senior leader Dominique Alexander is a native of New York.
But the roster stretches as far as Atlanta, where top winger Darius Bowling was recruited from. Then there's the Ohio contingent highlighted by Mack – a starting defensive midfielder – and senior attacker Nick Liddil of Hilliard, who scored vs. Towson.
As the sport continues to grow in the Midwest and the Buckeye State, the potential exists that the Ohio State program will have more Ohioans to choose from, though Myers doesn't want to lose the combination of styles that makes the Buckeyes unique.
"The growth has been impressive," Myers said. "You look back, I've been here 10 years. The number of programs in Central Ohio, Cincinnati and Cleveland has really exploded. Our camps have really taken off, just the amount of young men that want to get involved in the game. There are a lot of people in this area that it's really impacted.
"It's a game that's grown across the United States and Canada, but certainly here in the Midwest. It's exciting. To host an NCAA tournament game has been a goal of ours since we arrived. Not only to make the NCAA tournament but to bring it to Columbus. That was a groundbreaking moment for this program and certainly Ohio lacrosse."
That is exactly the kind of thing someone like Meurer wants to create. Having come to Columbus from perhaps the most intense lacrosse hotbed in the nation, he sees the sport and Ohio State lacrosse growing at the same time, in part because of the Buckeyes' success.
"It was definitely one of my goals to walk out of here knowing that we had accomplished setting up this program as one of the top tiers," the junior said. "We want lacrosse to be one of the sports you see on 'SportsCenter.' It's definitely a refreshing thing to see."
No. 3 Ohio State vs. Cornell
Saturday, May 18
12:30 p.m.
The teams enter this NCAA quarterfinal with similar résumés. The Buckeyes and Big Red have posted identical 13-3 records and have stats that make it seem like they're the same team.
Both squads have one of the best attackers in the country – OSU's Schuss is 10th in the nation with 43 goals while Cornell's Steve Mock is second with 52 – but also win a ton of faceoffs, play excellent defense and dominate the second half.
The Big Red – who upset No. 6 Maryland by a 16-8 score in the first round in College Park – also have Rob Pannell, whose 5.4 points per game (87 overall) rate third in the nation.
Therefore, Myers knows the Buckeyes have a challenge on their hands if they are to eliminate Cornell much like they did in the opening round of the 2008 tournament.
"They are a very well-coached team," Myers said. "When you put on the film and watch this Cornell team, you're immediately impressed with how they get the ball off the ground. They're a great groundball team. Faceoffs are excellent, and then the obvious.
"They have the best player in the game right now in Rob Pannell, a big name and a guy that has a lot of attention for a good reason. He's outstanding. He does a lot of things to put pressure on your defense. And on the other end of the field, they have a great defensive scheme."