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Hey, how's your world? I'm still feeling fine after last night's Runaways screening -- it's the kind of movie I knew I'd love within the first two minutes. If you're worried about Dakota Fanning or Kristen Stewart or that they might've toned down the sex/drugs/rock 'n' roll, relax. It's a good ride. Comes out March 19.
Reminder: Our Lost discussion is still going strong! Keep chatting today, check back tomorrow for the top 10 comments.
- You must watch this hilarious video on Funny or Die that reunites the Saturday Night Live presidents. They're all there: Ferrell, Chase, even Jim Carrey steps in.
- Mmm, next time you're in Toronto, check out the Wilco-themed sandwich shop.
- The cast of 227 reunited on the Today show yesterday.
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- Rob Lowe is heading to Parks and Recreation.
- Did you happen to read Chuck Lorre's vanity card at the end of Big Bang Theory this week? It was interesting (and Stan Lee-related).
- Neil Patrick Harris is starring in the new Smurfs movie.
- The super-busy NPH is also narrating a documentary about service dogs.
- An animated version of Ben Stiller and Christine Taylor will appear on an episode of Phineas and Ferb.
- We have a Q&A with Seth Grahame-Smith, author of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.
- Filmmaking legend Roger Corman chats in this interview.
- Charlotte Gainsbourg did a session at WXPN's studios.
- Oh man, I can't wait until Zach Galifianakis hosts SNL this weekend.
- Check out the new Hole single.
- Here's a roundup of several horror remakes in the works.
- James Marsters talks about his new role on Caprica.
- Here are 75 comics you should own for DC Comics' 75th anniversary.
- Well, here's Michael Emerson like you've never seen him before -- in a 1992 prison training video.
- I feel sorry for Cablevision subscribers in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut: The service may drop ABC this weekend.
- And Guinness World Records is on the hunt for the World's Tallest Woman. When they need the World's Palest Woman, she's ready to take that call.
Whitney has been writing about pop culture for USA TODAY since 1999, when Pop Candy began as a weekly column. Her interests include music festivals, mustaches, Lost, comic books and Andy Warhol. She lives in New York City. More about Whitney | E-mail Whitney

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Get an overview of this hotelHouston hotel on Clear Lake's north shore
Popular property highlights
NASA: 1 mile
This Houston hotel is on the north shore of Clear Lake, one mile from NASA's Johnson Space Center, 1.6 miles from the Space Center Houston Visitors Center, and 5.5 miles from the Kemah Boardwalk.
Restaurant and bar
Hilton Houston NASA Clear Lake offers a 24-hour business center. A restaurant and bar are on site, and room service is available. This Houston hotel also offers an outdoor pool and fitness equipment.
42-inch flat-panel TVs
Guestrooms at Hilton Houston NASA Clear Lake offer pillowtop mattresses, 42-inch flat-panel televisions with cable channels, coffee/tea makers, and bathrooms with marble or granite countertops.
Guest Highlights
- Good location
- Helpful staff
- Clean guestrooms
- Overall room comfort
- Bathrooms could've been nicer
Hilton Houston NASA Clear Lake
Hotel Amenities
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Hilton Houston NASA Clear Lake is smoke-free and offers an outdoor pool, fitness equipment, and a waterfront location on Clear Lake's north shore. This Houston hotel has a restaurant and bar and offers room service from early morning to late evening. The 24-hour business center includes 11 meeting rooms; complementary wireless Internet access is available.
The hotel includes a concierge desk and a gift shop and offers multilingual staff, tour assistance, and dry cleaning. Newspapers are complimentary at this smoke-free hotel.
- Outdoor pool
- Free newspapers in lobby
- Fitness facilities
- Restaurant
- Breakfast available (surcharge)
- Meeting rooms 11
- Conference space
- Multilingual staff
- 24-hour front desk
- Express check-out
- Safe-deposit box at front desk
- Total number of rooms - 242
- Number of floors - 13
- ATM/banking
- Gift shops or newsstand
- Dry cleaning/laundry service
- Coffee/tea in common areas
- Bar/lounge
- Elevator/lift
- Free WiFi
- Free wired high-speed Internet
- Year Built 1983
- Free self parking
- Conference space size (meters) - 1394
- Smoke-free property
- Number of buildings/towers - 1
- 24-hour business center
- Conference space size (feet) - 15000
Family Friendly Amenities
- Family Hotel
- Outdoor pool
- Free Wi-Fi
- Refrigerator (on request)
- Cribs/infant beds (complimentary)
Available in all rooms: Free WiFi
Available in some public areas: Free WiFi , Free wired high-speed Internet
Free self parking
Room Amenities
- Premium bedding
- Room service (limited hours)
- Blackout drapes/curtains
- In-room climate control (air conditioning)
- Free weekday newspaper
- Air conditioning
- Phone
- Coffee/tea maker
- Refrigerator (on request)
- Daily housekeeping
- Designer toiletries
- Hair dryer
- Iron/ironing board
- Desk
- Cable TV service
- Pillowtop mattress
- Free WiFi
- Connecting/adjoining rooms available
- Free cribs/infant beds
- Rollaway/extra beds (free)
- MP3 docking station
- Flat-panel TV
- Down comforter
Where to Eat
Luna Restaurant - Casual, with lake views. Serving breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Features a rotating wine list and a full bar.
Room Service - Available early morning to late evening.
Nearby Things to Do
Hilton Houston NASA Clear Lake features an outdoor pool and fitness equipment. The hotel is on the north shore of Clear Lake, where parasailing, personal watercraft rental, and boating is available.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or nearby; fees may apply.
- Golfing nearby
- Personal motorized watercraft on site
- Parasailing on site
- Windsurfing on site
If you have requests for specific accessibility needs, please note them at check-out when you book your room.
- Accessible bathroom
- In-room accessibility
- Roll-in shower
Hotel Policies
Minimum check-in age is 18
Check-in time starts at 3 PM
Check-out time is noon
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Children and extra beds
- Children are welcome.
- Kids stay free! Up to 3 children 18 years old and younger stay free when using existing bedding.
- Free rollaway/extra beds!
- Free cribs (infant beds)!
- Pets allowed for an extra charge of USD 100 per accommodation, per stay, plus a USD 75 deposit
- Up to 75 lb
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on property policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
Optional extras
- Breakfast fee: between USD 10 and USD 13 per person (approximately)
- Pet deposit: USD 75
- Pet fee: USD 100 per accommodation, per stay
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- Hilton Hotel Houston NASA Lake Clear
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- Hilton Hotel Houston
- Hilton Houston Nasa Clear Lake Hotel Houston
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Strategic Plan 2011-2015
With the advent of new leadership in the UNT Libraries in October 2009 as Dean Martin Halbert arrived, a planning process was initiated to align the future directions of the libraries with the strategic aims of the University. The UNT libraries are poised to take many new steps that will dramatically improve their capability to support campus research activities, and this strategic planning effort is a systematic attempt to articulate these steps to the campus.
CLICK HERE for the 2011-2015 Strategic Plan.
One umbrella goal and five constituent goals for the UNT libraries were developed from the campus strategic research plan and informed by an environmental scan. The umbrella goal of the UNT Libraries is to become a top tier research library by 2015, as assessed by success in five strategic goals. These five library strategic goals were developed specifically to achieve this umbrella goal, and are detailed in the latter portion of this document. These five strategic goals have been designed to significantly advance the research value of the UNT Libraries:
- CREATIVE PARTNERSHIPS: Establish creative partnerships that enhance the academic experience through exploring and fostering ideas and discovery.
- INNOVATIVE SERVICES: Develop programs that engage, empower, and inspire the University community in the pursuit of knowledge.
- SCHOLARLY USAGE: Integrate the library into the research initiatives of the University and regularly assess this integration.
- QUALITY COLLECTIONS: Create physical and virtual collections which support scholarship and research by connecting the past, present, and future.
- WELL-DESIGNED SPACES: Provide well-designed physical and virtual spaces that foster academic community and encourage intellectual inquiry and exchange.
This strategic plan has been developed in a period of rapid transition at the University of North Texas, and is intended to evolve over time as more information becomes available. Some of the objectives identified in this plan are quantitative and specific; others are more qualitative and prospective. The plan is intended to inform both unit planning efforts within the libraries as well as broader conversations with many other stakeholders. The plan was finalized in the Fall semester of 2011, after extensive vetting and discussions with a variety of campus constituencies. This plan will maximize the research value of the UNT Libraries to the extended UNT community, and reinvigorate a conversation on campus of the ways that the library is relevant to 21st century research efforts.
The selection of these five strategic goals was informed by a broadly based environmental scan and conversations with the UNT community. These goals will be implemented by meeting a series of targets during the coming years that are detailed in this plan. The University of North Texas has a strong system of libraries. If this plan is successfully implemented, the UNT Libraries will be significantly improved in terms of services, collections, and facilities by 2015, becoming a top tier research library in the process. The power of ideas begins here.


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This month's setbacks in Iraq -- the downing of American helicopters, the suicide bombing of an Italian headquarters -- have made President Bush's mantra of ''progress'' ring increasingly hollow. It's true that 80 percent of Iraq remains peaceful and stable, but we seem to be losing in the other 20 percent, mostly among Sunni Muslims who benefited from Saddam Hussein's rule. The escalating violence lends credence to critics who see parallels with Vietnam.
In truth, there is no comparison: In Vietnam, we faced more than 1 million enemy combatants backed to the hilt by North Vietnam and its superpower patrons, China and Russia. In Iraq we confront a few thousand Baathists and jihadis with, at most, limited support from Iran and Syria. But even if this isn't ''another Vietnam,'' we can still learn important lessons from that earlier war about how to deal with the insurgency.
The biggest error the armed forces made in Vietnam was trying to fight a guerrilla foe the same way they had fought the Wehrmacht. The military staged big-unit sweeps with fancy code names like Cedar Falls and Junction City, and dropped more bombs than during World War II. Neither had much effect on the enemy, who would hide in the jungles and then emerge to ambush American soldiers. Seeing that his strategy wasn't working, Gen. William Westmoreland, the American commander, responded by asking for more and more troops, until we had 500,000 soldiers in Vietnam. And still it was not enough.
President Bush seems so intent on avoiding this mistake that the Defense Department has unveiled plans to cut the total number of troops in Iraq next year from 132,000 to 105,000. It is hard to see what, in the current dismal strategic picture, convinces the Pentagon that this makes sense. Such a slow-motion withdrawal will only embolden our enemies in Iraq and discourage our friends.Continue reading the main story
Senator John McCain has suggested that, far from reducing our forces, it's time to send another division. There are certainly tasks where we could use more troops, such as securing Iraq's porous borders and guarding arms depots that have become virtual Wal-Marts for terrorists. But as the experience of Vietnam suggests, more troops will not necessarily solve our central challenge: defeating guerrillas.
Sending more soldiers could even be counterproductive if it results in more civilian casualties, as it did in Vietnam, complicating our effort to win over the population. American forces in Iraq have tried hard to avoid ''collateral damage,'' but they have nevertheless made some costly mistakes. A week ago, an army sentry shot dead the American-appointed mayor of Sadr City in Baghdad.
What proved most effective in Vietnam were not large conventional operations but targeted counterinsurgency programs. Four -- known as CAP, Cords, Kit Carson Scouts and Phoenix -- were particularly effective.
CAP stood for Combined Action Platoon. Under it, a Marine rifle squad would live and fight alongside a South Vietnamese militia platoon to secure a village from the Vietcong. The combination of the Marines' military skills and the militias' local knowledge proved highly effective. No village protected under CAP was ever retaken by the Vietcong.
Cords, or Civil Operations and Rural Development Support, was the civilian side of the counterinsurgency, run by two C.I.A. legends: Robert Komer and William Colby. It oversaw aid programs designed to win hearts and minds of South Vietnamese villagers, and its effectiveness lay in closely coordinating its efforts with the military.
The Kit Carson Scouts were former Communists who were enlisted to help United States forces. They primarily served as scouts and interpreters, but they also fought. Most proved fiercely loyal. They had to be: they knew that capture by their former Vietcong comrades meant death.
Phoenix was a joint C.I.A.-South Vietnam effort to identify and eradicate Vietcong cadres in villages. Critics later charged the program with carrying out assassinations, and even William Colby acknowledged there were ''excesses.'' Nevertheless, far more cadres were captured (33,000) or induced to defect under Phoenix (22,000) than were killed (26,000).
There is little doubt that if the United States had placed more emphasis on such programs, instead of the army's conventional strategy, it would have fared better in Vietnam. This is worth keeping in mind today as Sunni towns like Fallujah and Ramadi increasingly turn into an Arab version of Vietcong ''villes.'' The Army is running some valuable counterinsurgency programs in Iraq, but too often it responds to major setbacks with big-unit sweeps (the ongoing one is called Iron Hammer). In a move reminiscent of some of the excesses of Vietnam, the military has taken to dropping 500-pound bombs and sending out M-1 tanks in a largely futile attempt to wipe out elusive foes.
To secure the Sunni Triangle, the army would do better to focus on classic counterinsurgency strategies. We need closer cooperation between Iraqi and coalition forces, as in CAP. We need better coordination between the military and L. Paul Bremer's Coalition Provisional Authority, as in Cords. We need better intelligence to identify and neutralize Iraqi insurgents, as in Phoenix. We might even want to recruit Baathists and induce them to turn against their erstwhile comrades, as in the Kit Carson Scouts.
The common factor in all these initiatives is solid help from Iraqis. Only locals can pick out the good guys from the bad. Also -- and this is a more delicate matter -- Iraqis would be able to try some of the strong-arm tactics that our own scrupulously legalistic armed forces shy away from.
Excessive brutality can be counterproductive in fighting an insurgency (as the French discovered in Algeria), but there is also a danger of playing by Marquess of Queensbury rules against ruthless opponents. Our military -- which is court-martialing an Army lieutenant colonel who fired his pistol into the air to scare an Iraqi suspect into divulging details of an imminent attack -- may simply be too Boy Scoutish for the rougher side of a dirty war. Iraqis who suffered under Saddam Hussein's tyranny likely feel no such compunctions. More should be done to recruit relatives of those killed by the Baathists who would be eager to pursue a ''blood feud'' against Saddam Hussein's men.
While Mr. Bush's plans to accelerate the turnover of political authority to Iraqis and the deployment of Iraqi security forces make sense, for now the brunt of the military campaign will still have to be borne by Americans. If American forces fear to spend time on the streets of Fallujah and other Sunni towns, what hope is there for undertrained Iraqi security officers who will be branded collaborators by their own people?
Even if the American forces do everything right, there is no quick or easy end in sight. No halfway competent guerrilla force has ever been defeated as easily as the Iraqi army was in 1991 and 2003.
The Iraqi guerrillas, like the Vietcong, realize that a conventional military victory is beyond their grasp. Their only hope is to continue ratcheting up the cost of the conflict until the desire of the American public to continue the struggle is shattered. This worked in Vietnam. It might -- sobering thought -- work today. Is the American will to sustain casualties greater than our enemies' ability to inflict them? Upon that question will turn the future of Iraq.
Correction: November 19, 2003, Wednesday An Op-Ed article on Sunday about lessons from Vietnam for Iraq misspelled the name of the British aristocrat who gave his name to a code of conduct for boxing. He was the marquess of Queensberry, not Queensbury.Continue reading the main story


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FACTBOX - Major Biofuel Projects Around the World
Date: 09-Jun-05
Country: SINGAPORE
North Dakota Biodiesel Inc. plans to build a $50 million biodiesel manufacturing plant in Minot, North Dakota, drawing on local canola crops as a source, said an article posted on the US Department of Energy's Web site (www.energy.gov/engine/content.do).
The facility will be the largest biodiesel refinery in North America, able to produce 100,000 tonnes of premium biodiesel annually from more than 355,000 acres (144,000 hectares) of canola. Construction on the plant is expected to begin in August, with the first sale of biodiesel products likely in December 2006.
Union Pacific, the largest US railroad, plans to nearly double its annual tonnage of ethanol shipments by 2008, a company official said in May.
Jerry Finan, senior product manager for corn refining at Union Pacific Railroad (UP), told a an ethanol industry conference that UP expects to transport 2.8 billion gallons of ethanol a year by 2008. It currently transports 1.5-1.7 billion gallons per year, he said.
Leading oil palm planters IOI Corp and Kuok Oil & Grains are separately building two refineries in Rotterdam to process more than 1 million tonnes of palm oil a year. Industry experts say the plants will deliver much-needed supply to Europe's biodiesel plants in future.
State oil giant Petrobras has projects to increase ethanol exports to 9.4 billion litres in 2010 from 2 billion litres in 2005.
Japan's Mitsui & Co. is to team up with Petrobras and Vale do Rio Doce (CVRD) to study how to expand Brazil's ethanol exports, Japanese media have said.
Austrian starch, sugar and food processor Agrana will build a 105 million-euro bioethanol plant with an annual capacity of 200,000 cubic metres.
Abengoa Bioenergy, Europe's top ethanol producer, is due to open a 200 million-litre plant in northern Spain at the end of this year. It wants to start up another two in Europe in the next five years, and is most interested in Germany and Britain. It is also bidding for a project in France.
The bioenergy unit of Abengoa produced 260 million litres of ethanol in Spain last year and about 400 million litres in the United States.
France's main biodiesel maker Diester Industrie, owned by oilseed producers, should be able to lift its output to around 1 million tonnes a year in 2007-2008 under a new quota agreed by the government earlier this year.
French maize producers and Abengoa, the top European ethanol producer and the fifth in the United States, hope to produce 100,000 tonnes of ethanol, or 1.26 million hectolitres (mhl) at a plant to be built in southwestern France.
Other French bioethanol projects include two joint sugar and wheat-based production plants, one proposed by France's top sugar producer Tereos and the other by Cristal Union, with a capacity of 200,000 tonnes each.
A 100,000-tonne biodiesel plant, owned by British supermarket giant Tesco and renewable fuel maker Greenergy, is expected to come onstream on England's east coast by next year, expanding the potential for green fuels. Greenergy hopes to sell up to 3 million tonnes a year of biofuel.
British Sugar's largest UK sugar factory has filed a planning application to build an ethanol plant with a production capacity of 50,000 to 60,000 tonnes in eastern England.
Dutch independent refiner Petroplus said in May it planned to ramp up sales of its "Bio-plus" (5 percent biodiesel) fuel this year after securing up to 25,000 tonnes per year of biodiesel from Scottish start-up Argent Energy. The company produces 200,000 tonnes of biodiesel a year.
U.K. biodiesel developer D1 Oils has started a joint-venture project to produce biofuel in Saudi Arabia for export to Europe.
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[MLS REWIND: Week 18] The balance of power in MLS tilted toward the west after four of five interconference games played last weekend favored that side of the country, and thus so did the top three teams in the Supporters' Shield race.
Goals: 27/8 GP (avg.: 3.38).
Video: Weekend Timeline
Colorado pulled off perhaps the most impressive result, rallying twice to beat the Eastern Conference-leading
Impact, 4-3, in Montreal. FC Dallas pulled out a 2-2 tie in Philadelphia, Vancouver departed RFK Stadium with a 1-0 defeat of D.C. United, and Real Salt Lake triumphed in Toronto by the same score.
New England held up Eastern pride with a 1-1 away tie, albeit a point gained against lowly Chivas USA at StubHub Center.
About four hundred miles to the north, the annual
Quakes-Galaxy fireworks game at Stanford Stadium sparked yet another thriller, this one captured by San Jose, 3-2, after it had fallen behind by two goals and gone down to 10 men.
"So many things happened, I can't really remember everything," said interim head coach Mark Watson, who won his
"home" debut after replacing Frank Yallop three weeks ago. "But our guys kept pushing 'til the end. It was amazing to see, but I'm not
surprised, because I know the kind of guys we have in the locker room."
The RSL locker room is a happy place after a fourth straight league win lifted it atop the overall standings
with 33 points at 10-5-3. Next in line with 30 apiece are Western Conference foes FC Dallas (8-3-6) and Portland (7-1-9). The fourth and fifth spots are taken, respectively, by Montreal (9-4-2, 29
points) and New York (8-6-4, 28 points).
GORDON GASHES THE GALAXY. Like many of his San Jose teammates, Alan
Gordon labored through a rough start to the season. Suspended three games for barking a homophobic slur and working his way back from injury, he'd yet to score a goal this season heading
into the 52nd regular-season meeting Saturday night between the Quakes and Galaxy, one of his former teams.
Second on the Quakes to Chris
Wondolowski with 13 goals last year, Gordon replaced Steven Lenhart in the 64th minute and scored with a header four minutes later to cut a 2-0 deficit
in half. San Jose's Goonie magic seemed to have dissipated when defender Victor Bernardez departed with his second caution in eight minutes, but Watson
simply went with three in the back and pushed three up top with another forward, rookie Adam Jahn, to devastating effect.
After the Galaxy botched
a few opportunities to increase its lead, Shea Salinas – who'd already been denied by a sharp Carlo Cuducini
save – finally bettered the keeper in the 92nd minute by pouncing on a deflected header Cuducini couldn't collect. Gordon capped a repeat of last year's 4-3 comeback win at the same
venue by heading home Sam Cronin's cross in the 93rd minute and a frenzied sellout crowd of 50,028 erupted in celebration.
RED BULLS REBOUND. Losers of their last three games, including a 4-2 Open Cup defeat to New England and a 3-0 MLS setback in Philadelphia last weekend, the Red Bulls put
another dent into Houston's season on Sunday by downing the Dynamo, 2-0, with goals by a pair of ex-RSL players, Fabian Espindola and Johnny Steele.
Eric Alexander's deftly weighted through ball sent in Espindola to score near the hour mark
and Steele's strike in the final minutes wrapped up the points. Counting a 3-0 loss to FC Dallas in the U.S. Open Cup, Houston is scoreless in its last four games.
In the other
Eastern Conference showdown played last weekend, Sporting Kansas City beat Columbus, 3-2. Kei Kamara, who is making up for lost time after missing the first two
months of the season on loan to Norwich City, got the winner in the 80th minute with his second goal of the game.
BEN GOES BALLISTIC. Vancouver beat
D.C. United, 1-0, with a Camilo penalty kick and a possible PK denied in stoppage time, which triggered a blistering postgame press conference rant from head coach Ben
"I pushed guys to the limit with three games and the [U.S. Open Cup], and they gave it to me today," said Olsen, who proceeded to rip referee Matthew Foerster. "They gave me everything they had. And the joker in the middle did not do a good job. He failed those guys. He failed the guys in the locker
room, my guys that put their heart out there."
Foerster whistled for a penalty kick after United keeper Bill Hamid had dived at the feet of
Vancouver's Matt Watson and clearly pushed the ball away before Watson tripped over the keeper's outstretched arms. The contact seemed purely
incidental, but Foerster pointed to the spot. Camilo put away the penalty to give the 'Caps a 1-0 lead.
A second controversial incident again involved Hamid. He came upfield for a
stoppage-time corner kick and headed it diagonally. It brushed 'Caps defender Brad Rusin's arm but Foerster ignored United's appeals.
"They're easy calls," said Olsen. "I'm not asking him to be a super referee. I'm not. I'm asking him to make the right call. If Bill Hamid touches the
ball and his follow-through tends to trip the guy, it's not a PK. If the ball hits a guy's hand in the box right in front of the referee, it's a PK."
STUNNER AT STADE SAPUTO. Colorado scored the latest winner in its history -- the 96th minute -- to beat the Impact. Tony
Cascio's goal spoiled the first two MLS goals scored by Montreal's Daniele Paponi and snapped a three-game losing streak. Marco Di Vaio failed to score in a home game for the first time this season.
MLS REWIND, Week 18:
Sunday, June 30
New York 2 Houston 0.
NY: Fabian Espindola (Eric Alexander) 60
NY: Jonathan Steele (Thierry Henry) 88
Att.: 25,483.
Saturday, June 29
San Jose 3 LA Galaxy 2.
Marcelo Sarvas (Robbie Keane, Landon Donovan) 20
LA: Hector Jimenez (Robbie Keane, Landon Donovan) 65
SJ: Alan Gordon (Shea Salinas) 68
SJ: Shea Salinas 92+
SJ: Alan Gordon
(Sam Cronin) 93+
Red Card: San Jose -- Victor Bernandez 77.
Att.: 50,028.
Salinas Goal:
Gordon Goal:
Saturday, June 29
Chivas USA 1 New England 1.
CHV: Laurent Courtois
(Tristan Bowen) 18
NE: Chad Barrett (Diego Fagundez, Scott Caldwell) 88
Att.: 7,319.
Barrett Goal:
Saturday, June 29
Philadelphia 2 FC Dallas 2.
PHI: Amobi Okugo (Sheanon Williams) 20
DAL: Walker Zimmerman (Michel) 24
PHI: Aaron
Wheeler (Sheanon Williams) 87
DAL: Blas Perez (David Ferreira) 97+
Red Card: FC Dallas -- Je-Vaughn Watson 68.
Att.: 18,212.
Perez Goal:
Saturday, June 29
Montreal 3 Colorado 4.
COL: Atiba Harris (Dillon Powers) 23
MON: Hassoun
Camara 38
MON: Daniele Paponi (Marco Di Vaio, Alessandro Nesta) 42
COL: Dillon Powers (Nathan Sturgis) 59
MON: Daniele Paponi (Davy Arnaud, Felipe Martins) 72
COL: Deshorn
Brown (Chris Klute) 77
COL: Tony Cascio 96+
Att.: 20,383.
Cascio Goal:
Saturday, June 29
D.C. United 0 Vancouver 1.
VAN: Camilo 48
Att.: 13,122.
Saturday, June 29
Sporting KC 3 Columbus 2.
KC: Kei Kamara (Soony Saad) 34
CLB: Jairo Arrieta
(Federico Higuain) 48
KC: Claudio Bieler 50
CLB: Dominic Oduro 53
KC: Kei Kamara (Claudio Bieler) 80
Att.: 20,128.
Saturday, June 29
Toronto FC 0 Real Salt Lake 1.
RSL: Yordany Alvarez
(Olmes Garcia, Tony Beltran) 45
Red Cards: Toronto FC -- Doneil Henry 79; Real Salt Lake -- Tony Beltran 79.
Att.: 20,841
Eastern Conference:
29 Montreal 9-4-2 27/21
28 New York 8-6-4 25/22
26 Philadelphia 7-5-5
26 Sporting KC 7-5-5 23/17
23 Houston 6-6-5 19/18
21 New England 5-5-6 19/14
20 Columbus 5-7-5 21/21
18 Chicago 5-7-3 15/21
12 Toronto FC 2-8-6 13/21
9 D.C. United 2-12-3 8/27
Western Conference:
33 Real Salt Lake 10-5-3 27/16
30 FC Dallas 8-3-6 27/22
30 Portland 7-1-9 28/16
25 Vancouver 7-5-4 26/24
24 LA Galaxy 7-7-3 25/21
23 Colorado 6-7-5 21/22
21 Seattle 6-5-3 19/17
21 San Jose 5-7-6 18/27
12 Chivas USA 3-10-3 15/31
10 Mike Magee (Los Angeles/Chicago)
10 Marco Di Vaio (Montreal)
10 Jack McInerney (Philadelphia)
9+1 Camilo (Vancouver)
8+1 Dominic Oduro (Columbus)
8+1 Claudio Bieler (Sporting KC)
6+1 Blas Perez (FC Dallas)
6 Will Johnson (Portland)
6 Robert Earnshaw (Toronto
6 Thierry Henry (New York)
MLS SCHEDULE, Week 19:
July 3
7 pm ET
Toronto FC vs. Montreal
8:30 pm ET
Chicago vs.
San Jose
9 pm ET
Sporting KC vs. Vancouver, Univision Dep.
10 pm ET
Seattle vs. D.C. United
10 pm ET
Real Salt Lake vs. Philadelphia
Thursday, July 4
9 pm ET
FC Dallas vs. Chivas USA
9:30 pm ET
Colorado vs. New York
10:30 pm ET
LA Galaxy vs. Columbus
Saturday, July 6
7:30 pm
New England vs. San Jose
9 pm ET
Houston vs. Philadelphia
11 pm ET
Vancouver vs.
Seattle, NBCSN
Sunday, July 7
3 pm ET
Chicago vs. Sporting KC,
5 pm ET
Columbus vs. Portland
7 pm ET
Montreal vs. Chivas USA
9:30 pm ET
Colorado vs. D.C. United
10:30 pm ET
LA Galaxy vs. FC Dallas
MLS SCHEDULE, Week 20:
Friday, July 12
7:30 pm ET
Philadelphia vs. Chivas USA
Saturday, July 13
7 pm ET
New York
vs. Montreal
7:30 pm ET
New England vs. Houston
8:30 pm ET
Sporting KC vs. Toronto FC
9 pm ET
FC Dallas vs. Real Salt Lake
10:30 pm ET
San Jose vs. Seattle
11 pm ET
Portland vs. LA Galaxy, NBCSN
Sunday, July 14
7 pm
Vancouver vs. Chicago
MLS SCHEDULE, Week 21:
July 17
9 pm ET
Colorado vs. New England
10:30 pm ET
Chivas USA vs. Toronto FC
Saturday, July 20
4 pm ET
Seattle vs. Colorado
Toronto FC vs. New
7 pm ET
Montreal vs. FC Dallas
7:30 pm ET
Columbus vs. New England
Philadelphia vs.
8:30 pm ET
Chicago vs. D.C. United
10 pm ET
Real Salt Lake vs. Sporting KC
10:30 pm ET
LA Galaxy vs. Vancouver
MLS SCHEDULE, Week 22:
Saturday, July 27
2 pm ET
Toronto FC vs. Columbus
7 pm ET
D.C. United vs. New England
Montreal vs. Sporting KC
New York vs. Real Salt Lake
Vancouver vs. Philadelphia, Univision Dep.
8 pm ET
Houston vs. Chicago, NBCSN
9 pm ET
Colorado vs. LA Galaxy
10:30 pm ET
San Jose vs. Portland
Sunday, July 28
11 pm ET
Seattle vs.
Chivas USA, Univision Dep.


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Motor wont start after engine build. The motor is getting fuel, spark, and air. The motor seems to be flooding meaning drenching the cylinders with fuel but not igniting. NO CODES.
Engine specs:
1.8T AEB all new internals, bored out to 82.5mm, 8.5:1 CR, shaved intermediate shaft, supertech valvetrain, IE race/strip cams, GT35r, tuning Eurodyne, MBC.
I've spent a lot of time searching forms of other people build to see if they have the same issues. Had spent over a month thus far maticously cleaning and piecing the motor back together. Had engine internals assembled by machince shop, timing belt and cam chain is set perfectly (no half tooth off). The engine is not the original engine from the car, got the engine as a part out and built it while the original engine was in the car so I could drive it. So the original engine is sitting outside right next to the car and everything was in working condition. No issues with the original motor what so ever.
Confusing part (possibly the issue):
1. I built this setup to run off Eurodynes 830cc tune. I currently have their 440cc tune on my ecu. The ecu is locked right now due to prior issues with the controller and had Ctapp bench program it. So I am attempting to start the motor off the 440cc tune just so I can read the ecu and get a new license from Ctapp. I can guarantee that the 440cc tune is in working condition and runs fine. I had this in the car with a k04 setup.
2. I do not have the front end on (no radiator or coolant). I have read that the car may not start without the coolant temp sensor hooked up, so I did at least hook up the sensor without officially mounting the radiator up. No luck starting.
3. The 440cc tune calls for the 1.8T maf sensor in a vr housing. The 830cc tune calls for an A8 V8 mf sensor and housing. I currently have the v8 maf installed. I have tried starting the motor with the maf installed and disconnected. I know for a fact that the car can run with out the maf hooked up, tried it on the k04 set up.
4. I have a catch can installed that is venting to atmosphere right now. Its not diverted back into the intake.
5. No exhaust piping, the 02 sensor is not hooked up and shouldnt be the issue because it doesnt operate when its not warmed up.
6. Since im not running boost, I dont have anything divereted back into the intake. i.e. pcv, diverter valve, n75 removed but still electrically connected.
What Ive done thus far:
I have fuel pressure, running an AFPR at 3.5 bar. I initially tried to start with the 830cc injectors on the 440cc tune, it seemed to be flooding so swapped in the 440cc injectors no luck starting it on them.
Tested all the spark plugs, I pulled the plugs and hooked each coilpack up individually with spark plug and cranked the motor and saw spark on all plugs. One thing to note though is that I do notice that it takes a little bit of time before plugs spark, maybe 1 sec or 2.
I definatly have air, tried with with no intercooler, I used piping to connect the turbo outlet to the intake manifold. Also took the piping off and just let the motor suck in air from vaccum. The gt35r is a larger turbo so there is no spool during cranking so its not pushing air into the motor.
Tried swaping to the built motor from working motor:
Crank positioning sensor
Throttle body
Cam posistion sensor
Next actions:
Put the front end on, fill with coolant
Swap over the maf to the vr6 maf setup
Complete the intake; divert everything required back into the intake.
Quadruple check all connections and vacuum lines
I may have forgotten something. Any advise or opinions?


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Big Feet Pajama Co. necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 35 diseños de 12 diseñadores freelance.
Big Feet Pajama Co. is a leading manufacturer of footed pajames for men and women. We are in the process of redesigning our homepage and are in need of a new logo. We want to keep the lettering with the pine cones, as it is branded on all of our inventory. We would like to incorporate the bear into the logo. Our new homepage will be a white backround with blue and brown. Therefore, we want the logo to incorporate the blue and brown. To see our existing homepage with our current logo and the bear, go to http://www.BigFeetPJs.com - Perhaps the bear can take the place of the pjs cartoon in the existing logo.
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Wrote these several years ago. Thought somebody could use them here. Did several of these carb swaps. Sure made a BIG difference in performance and driveability compared to the EFI, even with the stock 2.56:1 posi. Fun drivers afterwards. Big selling point too. No pix in the how to's, but added some from the last conversion.
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College issues dress guidelines - for teachers
By Georgina Cooper
LONDON (Reuters Life!) It is normally students who are sent home for inappropriate attire, but one English college is threatening to send lecturers home for violating a dress code, which includes a ban on jeans.
Their union has accused Birmingham Metropolitan College of "acting like the fashion police."
The newly re-issued dress code requires lecturers to wear a "business suit; smart jacket and co-ordinating trousers or skirt; smart shirt/top/blouse or smart dress."
Scruffy trousers, jeans, ostentatious jewelry and outrageous hair styles and colors are strictly banned.
Earrings must not be excessive and are the only form of jewelry allowed in visible piercings. The policy also states that tattoos must be covered.
Nick Varney of the local University and College Union (UCU) branch said the policy "harks back to Victorian times." He told Reuters he has never seen staff so angry.
"They are absolutely fuming. It's about their professionalism and the notion that they haven't got a clue about what to wear when they are teaching," Varney said.
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The waterproof MP3 player is unique because it uses bone conduction to relay music into your ears, as opposed to the more traditional route that is your ear canal. Using your cheekbones as conductors, the vibrations from the device will be picked up by your inner ear and converted into crystal-clear sound.
It's capable of storing up to 4GB of music (approximately 1000 songs or 60 hours of playback), which can be uploaded through a microUSB cable. It also features a high contrast OLED screen which makes seeing the MP3 player underwater less of a challenge.
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Marina Abramovic Institute Celebrates Extremely Long Performance Art
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Currently seeking funding on Kickstarter, the Marina Abramovic Institute or MAI is a new interdisciplinary performance and education center, dedicated to the presentation and preservation of long durational work like Abramovic's.
Visitors are immersed in the Abramovic Method, and must sign a contract to say they will stay for at least six hours and will be given lab coats and noise canceling headphones to wear for the duration.
The artist has explained that the initiative is inspired by one of her most famous performances she held at the MOMA where she endured a 736-hour period of gazing into audience member's eyes titled The Artist Is Present.
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Stocktwits Updates iPhone App
San Diego-based Stocktwits, the real-time, stock focused discussion and micro messaging service, said today that it has launched an updated version of its iPhone app. According to the firm, the updated app now includes real time stock prices for the NYSE and NASDAQ, allows access to its real-time "idea stream", and more. Stocktwits is headed by Howard Lindzon, and provides a Twitter-like environment for sharing and discussing stock trades and information.


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Oregon Historical County Records Guide
Harney County Records Inventory
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Series documents the preparation and organization of the county fair by the county fair board (including any predecessor group) and other county officials. Records include fair board minutes, reports, and annual premium lists and publications. Minutes and reports include information pertaining to county fair employment, budgets, sponsorship, capital improvements to fairgrounds, and event scheduling throughout the year. Annual premium lists and/or publications may include county fair history, names of fair officers, general fair rules and regulations, event schedules, exhibit lists, and photographs.
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[Harney County Fair Association Minutes], 1905-1924 (1 volume);
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Some of the Catholic War Veterans of Post No. 1954 of St. Peter of the Fields Church in Rootstownat a Rootstown Rovers home football game preparing for the flag raising are, from left, Joe Weaver, officer of the day; Don Slusher, commander; Dave Moulton, adjutant; and Ray Knispel, first vice commander. The group did all the flag raisings at the Rootstown Rovers home games for the 2012 football season.
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Cutting/drilling hole in joist - How big?
Hi there.
I am looking to access some plumbing directly behind the first floor joist, via my attached garage.
The kitchen floor joist is sitting directly on the top of the concrete wall in the garage (whose floor is about 18-20" lower than the kitchen/main floor). Above the joist is obviously a 2x4 insulated stud wall.
Can I cut a square out of the centre of the joist to get access back there? If so, how big can I go? I'm assuming since the joist is NOT a hanging joist (it's sitting on concrete), that I can get a pretty large section out of there without worrying? Once I'm done I fully plan to fasten a new piece of plywood to the joist to cover the hole.
I'm definitely no carpenter (obviously!) but can someone please let me know if what I am looking at is feasible and what limitations I have?
Typically a hole cut through a floor joist should not exceed 33% of the joists dimension and even that isn't a good idea. In this case if the joist is totally resting on a ledge I'm not seeing a problem but it should be repaired as you said after your done.:)
really hard to say with such little info.. but I would personally never cut a square hole for one thing.
If I am visualizing you description correctly... the joist is running parallel on top of the wall, so it is completely supported, thus really carrying no load. I don't see any problem with cutting a temporary access hole, but agree that a round hole is much better than square. Are you sure there are no wires or pipes strapped to the other side of this joist? Be sure to slightly angle the blade of your reciprocating saw so that you are cutting a "tapered" plug that will be removable from your accessible side. When finished, glue the plug back in, and apply a 3/4" plywood sister at least 18" past the hole in both directions. This is actually more cosmetic than structural , but should you happen to sell the house, it will help prevent a notatation from some annoying home inspector about a cut floor joist.
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This is truly a wonderful dinnerware. I have a set of dinnerware from France which is no longer available, but the Corelle is every bit as nice. Light, beautiful pattern, chip and break resistant and the best part ! it actually fits properly in the dishwasher. My other set bought at a local decor store was heavy and cumbersome. Fell over constantly in the dishwasher and therefore was never clean.
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|Date Added: Thursday 03 January, 2013
My opinion of Corelle dishes has always been the best for 50 years. The last set of 24 plates were warped and I could not even imagine what happened. I wanted so badly to order some small bowls to match my set but are afraid now to get them in the mail. I am crushed.
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Marks & Spencer, together with Oxfam, will be celebrating Wool Week with a live knitting installation in their Marble Arch store featuring New York artist Andrew Salomone.The campaign, part of the retailer's Shwopping initiative, will feature Salomone, who is famed for mixing computer technology and traditional knitting craft, using his 'hacked' digitally programmed knitting machine to produce customised pieces of knitwear.
Salomone will be knitting live in store from October 15-16 on jumpers donated to Oxfam through the retailer's sustainable fashion partnership Shwopping, producing designs that the public has tweeted into @shwopping using the hashtag #woolweek.
Mark Sumner, M&S Plan A Sustainable Raw Material Expert, said: "Wool Week is a celebration of the global wool industry and M&S is proud to be a part of it.
"Wool is one of the most environmentally friendly and sustainable of fibres and we hope our work with Andrew Salomone will give customers a chance to see how, through Shwopping, they can give their unwanted woollen items a future."
Commenting on taking part in the installation, Salomone added: "I am delighted to be part of Marks & Spencer's Shwopping initiative; it is a truly ambitious approach to a sustainable fashion retailing future. I can't wait to see the concepts the British public have up their sleeves – the possibilities, like with Shwopping, really are endless."
Earlier this week, M&S announced the first item of clothing to hit stores as a direct result from Shwopping - The Shwop Coat, which has been made from wool that has been recycled from unwanted items brought to stores.
Image: The Shwop Coat
Update 15 October 2012: Sadly New York based artist Andrew Salomone will no longer be able to participate in the M&S live knitting installation for Wool Week. Andrew, who has been working closely with M&S on the project over the past couple of months, is unfortunately not well enough to travel.


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Shemiran Ibrahim's International Professional Belly Dance Teacher Training & Business Success Program by Home Study
Light the fire of your passion, teach with confidence and purpose, and connect with your authentic vision for your teaching, your students and your school!
This is a complete step-by-step system honed over years of trial & error, all in one place for you to use. Accelerate your teaching journey with this complete Belly Dance Professional Teacher Training and Business Skills Program - the first of its kind ever created by an award winning Middle Eastern Teacher Trainer.
This program has proven results since Shemiran created the Method in 2003 through being used to teach thousands of women in the west all around the world. Look at video testimonials in the side column, and view more testimonials at end of page from teachers of Belly Dance of all levels of experience. It covers all three pillars of running a Belly Dance Teaching Business; Curriculum & Teaching Method, Business Skills and Teaching Craft. The Curriculum is so simple and methodical, even children can learn it and apply it. Imagine what your adult learners are going to be able to do with this system! Watch Shemiran here with child student Angela, at the Sydney Middle Eastern Dance Festival concert "Dancing with the Stars":
The Program gives wings to new teachers, and re-lights the fire for experienced ones. Give yourself the gift of finding the true teacher and business woman in you, and bringing her out into the world.
And if you choose, you can sit for Certification from anywhere around the world. After studying this Program and using it for a period of time, you can choose to purchase your Certification Units and sit for Correspondence Certification.
For the price of only four student term enrolments, you will have paid for your professional training that will save you years of trial and error, and give you a road map to success as a Belly Dance teacher in all areas of teaching; Teaching Craft, Business Skills and Curriculum and Teaching Method.
This is the most complete Belly Dance Professional Development & Teacher Training Program by home study in the world today.
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Complete Program $475 USD
(plus postage and packaging)
Buy now securley through your Paypal Account or by using your Credit CardTo calculate the price in your own currency click here
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What do I receive?
With Shemiran Ibrahim's "How to Teach Belly Dance" you will receive:
- 2 movie length in-class filmed DVD's – watch an award winning Middle Eastern teacher's step by step teaching technique for all core Belly Dance movements and how to run your classes successfully
- 60+ page Teacher Handbook – in-depth study material for:
- The Craft of Teaching module
- Business Skills for success module
- A complete Teaching Methodology & Curriculum module
- Music CD album - handpicked for teaching foundation level classes, as not all music works for student learning and growth
- Student Class Notes handout
- Teacher Weekly Class Plans
- Business Templates
(For more in-depth information on these items scroll below)
- Ongoing lifetime support; just email Shemiran any questions or problems you have
- Free publicity through our website for method Teachers on Teacher Directory
Give yourself the gift of connecting with your vision, your passion, your purpose and your courage to teach and share the joy of dance with others, and run a successful and thriving Belly Dance teaching business, all at your own pace and in from your home!
"Shemiran Ibrahim's 'How to Teach Belly Dance, Belly Dancing from the Heart Method' Teacher Training Course is a very complete and comprehensive production, well thought out and presented, to be used as a companion to the attended course or as a correspondence course".
Leonie Sukan;
Founder & Director Sydney Middle Eastern Dance Festival and Newtown MED Centre
What do I learn?
With this program you will learn to nourish your passion for Belly Dance and your driving desire to teach it and be of service with purpose, integrity and joy through the following:
- Awaken the teacher in you, by studying the craft of teaching
- Understand how to run a belly dance business for growth and profit
- Receive a step-by-step Belly Dance syllabus for a foundation level course
- Learn a successful teaching method honed lovingly over the years; spare yourself years of trial and error
- Increase your student retention rate and increase your repeat bookings
- Witness your students improvise from the very first term
- For more in-depth information on what you will learn, scroll below
- Two Certification options available: Workshop Intensives or Correspondence Certification (each are priced separately to the DVD Program).
"Shemiran has produced a great resource for belly dancers wishing to teach with her study pack. Her personable approach and well presented lessons on two DVDs, plus printable notes provide a solid framework for the bellydance instructor..."
Keti Sharif;
Founder of the A-Z Method & The Sphinx Festival Egypt
Here is the latest video from our teachers in training and Certification, Lamia from Melbourne, Australia (congrats Lamia for passing your Certification with flying colours! Go girl!!), and what she has learned through her journey with the Program:
Who is this program for?
Over the years this course has proven to be useful to all levels of teaching experience:
- Starting Out:
Lovers of Middle Eastern Dance who have a calling to pass it on knowledgeably: this program will help you on the challenging journey to start teaching this ancient dance form
- New Teachers with 1-2 Years Experience:
Instructors who have started teaching belly dance, and are now faced with the enormity of the task of teaching and delivering the dance in a logical structure, and growing their Belly Dance teaching business- this program will answer many of your most pressing questions and turn your confusion and self-doubt into confidence
- Experienced Teachers:
Many users of The Ibrahim Method are teachers with over 10 years' experience, who say they were newly inspired by learning Shemiran's teaching methods and belly dance business techniques. If you find you need to reignite your passion after many years of teaching, and desire to take your teaching mastery to the next level, this program has proven results
Whether you want to turn your dream of teaching Belly Dance into reality, enhance your current teaching craft, or re-ignite your passion after many years of teaching, "The Ibrahim Method" will empower you with the knowledge and inspiration to create and sustain a successful Belly Dance teaching business.
"I highly recommend Shemiran as a teacher and workshop instructor for anyone who wants to learn the art of her craft".
Amera Eid;
Australian Belly Dance Legend and Founder of Amera's Palace Sydney
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Hi, my name is Shemiran Ibrahim.
Back in 2003 I identified a deep thirst in the Oriental Dance teaching community for help in how to teach Belly Dance and how to run a Belly Dance business for success:
- There was a need for a logical, simple, systematic teaching method to follow when teaching our dance to western students. Without one teachers tend to lose students and experience low repeat bookings, which are the backbone of any Belly Dance school's success.
- Most teachers of Belly Dance go into business without knowing how to run a business for success. After the initial set up, they very often encounter slow growth and a lack of profit which can be disheartening. Owning a Belly Dance teaching business can be fun and profitable!
- Many dancers start teaching without any study in the delicate craft of teaching and facilitating groups. This essential skill can be learned.
- Another challenge for many teachers is that upon following their passion for the dance and teaching, they still have many other commitments such as a full time job or a young family. Leaving their busy and often overwhelming lives to attend a week long teacher training is in many cases out of reach due to lack of time, funds or both.
So I heard the call to share my "Belly Dancing from the Heart Method" – also known as "The Ibrahim Method" in a learn-from-home comprehensive, simple, acutely methodical and professional training program, I packaged it into the DVD/Handbook/CD Program in 2007. I had already put the method to the test over years of lovingly honing it through teaching thousands of western women, and receiving overwhelming positive feedback.
In addition, having had more than 15 years of experience in corporate advertising and marketing, I realized that most Belly Dance instructors needed a lot of help in learning how to run and grow their business. I put this experience and knowledge into the program as well, tailoring it to the Belly Dance industry.
The result is "How to Teach Belly Dance – Belly Dancing from the Heart Method", a double DVD/Teacher Handbook/Music CD course by home study, now being used on every continent in the world. To the right is a column of some of the video feedback from teachers using the method and click here for more feedback from teachers.
May your teaching bring your joy, and your classes grow from strength to strength.
Shemiran Ibrahim
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This is the first program of its kind in the world and it offers certification through Shemiran's assessment process no matter where you live.
This program has rapidly attracted attention worldwide, with belly dance teachers enthusiastically adopting this method across the USA, UK, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, South America, Asia and South Africa. To the right are just some of the video testimonials we have received on how Shemiran Ibrahim's program has delivered results for hundreds of teachers and aspiring teachers of Oriental Dance around the world, and you can read more by clicking on the testimonials page. Click here to read student feedback for the method.
For the price of only four standard term enrollments, you can learn how to build a successful Belly Dance teaching business, and how to attract new students and increase your existing student retention rate with this professional teacher training course. Make your money back in your first term of teaching!
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Complete Program $475 USD
(plus postage and packaging)
Buy now securley through your Paypal Account or by using your Credit CardTo calculate the price in your own currency click here
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"For anyone thinking of taking up belly dance teaching or someone who has been teaching but without a set plan, then this package is invaluable... I found the whole package impressive and only wish it had been around when I started teaching."
Editor, Belly Dance Oasis Magazine Australia
World Wide Belly Dance Teacher Certification
Certification is available by correspondence world-wide.
Click here for World Wide Belly Dance Teacher Certification by correspondence from the comfort of your own home.
Shemiran Ibrahim's "How to Teach Belly Dance" is a complete learn-from-home course including:
Teacher Training Handbook; The A-B-C of Teaching Belly Dance
This colour printable manual includes three training sections:
A – Awaken the Teacher in You
|Class Notes (Printable)
Course handouts to offer to your students as added value; including movement technique, the emotional aspects of learning, and the various styles, traditions and ritualistic uses of Belly Dance in the Middle East. These notes are also for study as part of your own learning.
|Weekly Class Plans (Printable)
Minute-by-minute class breakdown to assist you in class, each class summarized in point form, and recommended music tracks outlined per movement. All the planning is done for you!
Simple business document templates (student enrollment form, simple letterhead, invoice and receipt) to help you run your business, for you to edit to your own needs.
|DVD 1 (all zones compatible. 2 hrs long)
LIVE in-class footage of teaching a Beginner Course. Includes step-by-step technique breakdown & week-by-week curriculum for Week 1 - Week 4 with Teacher Craft notes throughout.
DVD 2 (all zones compatible. 2 hrs long)
Technique breakdown and week-by-week curriculum continues to cover Week 5 - Week 7, and more with Teacher Craft notes throughout.
|Music CD; Wahyatak Habibi album by Amera Eid
Recorded especially for Belly Dance, this CD is perfect for teaching a complete Beginner course, taking into account that students need clear 4/4 rhythms and slow to medium paced songs. This CD also abounds with joyful faster paced songs, Arabic singing and a great traditional Egyptian feel to the tracks. A great album for all your course needs.
What you learn with "How to Teach Belly Dance":
In this course you will learn how to teach a solid foundation of Belly Dance to Beginner/Continuing Beginner levels that will serve you whether you want to teach improvisation or choreography, as well as develop your Belly Dance teaching skills through detailed coverage of;
How to "Awaken the Teacher in You" in mind and spirit, including study material on:
- The Craft of Teaching; What Makes a Good Belly Dance Teacher
- The Spirit of a Teacher
- The Mind of a Teacher
- True Teaching Power; Striking a Balance Between Spirit & Mind
- Teaching Beginners; the Responsibility & the Challenge
Looking after the "Business End of Things", including topics such as:
- What is Your Business Intention?
- Structuring Your School/classes
- Finding Your Venue
- Insurance
- Attracting New Customers
- Marketing to Existing Students
- Branding
And a complete "Curriculum & Teaching Method" section including:
- Belly Dancing From the Heart Method Overview
- How to Structure the Class
- How to Structure the Course
- Continuing Beginner; the Case for Mixed Level Beginner Classes
- Week-by-Week Course Curriculum
- Warm Up & Stretch Down
- Drilling & Exercises
- Basic Music Interpretation; How to Think Like a Middle Eastern Woman
- How to Add Fun, Spirit & Community to Your Classes
- 10 Teaching Craft Tips to Aid You In-Class
Through studying the Handbook and DVDs you will learn:
How to teach each movement & principle:
Complete technical break-down, plus the energetic qualities of the movements and cultural understanding. This covers:
- Basic Belly Dance Principles & Poses
- The 7 Core Movement Groups of Belly Dance
- Beginners Travel Steps
- Hands, Arms and Upper Body Principles
- Tips on how to keep Belly Dance elegant & expressive
How to structure each class & how to structure the course:
A comprehensive teaching system including a Week-by-Week Course Curriculum that delivers Belly Dance learning in a methodical, logical and very easy-to-digest manner
Easy to use terminology:
A simple and consistent logical terminology throughout, aiding student retention of information
How to add fun & spirit to your students' learning experience:
How to offer more than just technique, to inspire your students and empower their sense of feminine beauty giving them a cultural and community experience
Basic music interpretation:
Teach your students to think like a Mid Eastern woman
The craft of teaching;
Awaken the teacher in you, in mind and spirit
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Complete Program $475 USD
(plus postage and packaging)
Buy now securley through your Paypal Account or by using your Credit CardTo calculate the price in your own currency click here
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What teachers say about Shemiran's teaching and Program (see video testimonials in side bar):
"One of the most amazing pivitol moments I had in dance was doing my teacher training with Shemiran. I learnt so much about the teacher I wanted to be and gained the confidence needed to move forward in my own dance adventure. Love it and recommend it to everyone. You don't have to be a teacher to gain the benifits, just knowing and understanding the teaching prossess and applying it to your dancing and normal life will open doors you never thought possible."
Xaeda - Kylie Walter. Sacred Lotus Bellydance & Professional Perfomer
Tiffani B. Norfolk VA. USA.
"Absolutely fantastic and inspiring, this has given a clear concise curriculum to teach my students...It is simple and easy to understand. On a practical level it has given me the skills to improve my business side of things, as I am so focused on the dance side and feel my business skills are lacking so you have given me some fabulous ideas to improve this - the main reason I came (to this certification intensive), also too to add depth and energy to my class instead of me focusing on technique all the time. On a personal level I fel you are a wonderful teacher, so full of positive energy and vibe which makes your Teaching from the Heart Method so fulfilling. Thank you so much".
Dahlia; Director Dahlia's Bellydancing Studio
"Dearest Shemiran, Thank you for a well thought out and presented Teachers' Training Intensive. As a teacher you always wonder whether you are doing well or whether you are on the right path. Your curriculum is both informative and a logical process to follow, and although I have been teaching for many years I have learnt a new method of teaching and thinking, as well as re-affirming a few of my current methods. Thank you for your feedback and ideas. A total pleasure and honour to be present at this workshop and thank you for giving us a new beginning".
Leyla of Perth (Sandy Borralho)
"Fantastic, well explained, articulate wonderful useful information for teachers and teachers-to-be. You are an inspiration to me Shemiran. Teachers with so much soul are rare. Thank you for sharing".
Sophie Alize Fiannane; Professional Performer
"Very well presented. I've learned so much today and know my students will benefit and so will I!!I can't wait to sit quietly, go over my notes and think about how to incorporate this wisdom into my classes... THANK YOU".
Min Adlide; Oasis Dance Studio
"Loved it. It reinforced what I have been doing but also gave me new ideas which inspire me to continue teaching as a true craft. I would love to do more with you".
Kerry Stewart: Senior Writer BDO Magazine
"Loved it. I have been looking for something like this for years. Thank you."
Robyn Blackley (Rabiya) Professional Performer
"I am thirsty for knowledge about how to become a better teacher – this workshop ticked all the boxes for me – plus, plus. Thank you for references to go to".
Susan Gleeson
"Excellent workshop. Enjoyed the concept of 'STRUCTURE' and 'PRECISE' methodology. Group interaction and ideas from others useful too".
Esther Euripidou
"Inspiring! Very well structured. Excellent explanations. Very practical and helpful. Love the group activity".
Sue Kennedy
"Wonderful. Found it really easy to take in because of the structure being so artistically delivered e.g. tribes, families, breakdown, breakdown. It's so parallel with what I believe and I got a lot from how to deliver and structure class e.g. filing system".
Ostara Fletcher
"Brilliant. A lot of great information. I do have your (DVD Program) course already and it has been very helpful with my teaching. Thank you".
Kelly Byrne
"Really enjoyed and appreciated that information and breakdown of technique and how to bring more spirit into teaching to attain better balance for self and students. Enjoyed the group exercise very much – great teaching tool".
Lyn Torbarina
"Very helpful. I feel more aware of my teaching. More confident. You are an amazing teacher. Thank you".
Dominique Martin
"Absolutely inspiring – Shemiran has so much experience, knowledge and passion for Belly Dancing. For her to pass on so much information is generous and a true reflection of who she is. I am thoroughly grateful, and have a better understanding to build on".
Ashley Carr
"The workshop has renewed my love of Belly Dance as an art form and a technical methodology of dance. I feel prepared to pass on this passion to others and to help them to learn to Bellydance and improvise safely and well".
Jessie Hartley
"Thank you for your wonderful workshop. I can't thank you enough for giving me the confidence to boldly walk into such a lovely (belly dance teaching) job".
Robyn Richardson
"I feel enlightened. Thank you!"
Rachel Howard
"Thank you Shemiran for an inspiring and insightful series of seminars. The information was easily accessible and I wil be able to implement the concepts into my classes immediately. I also learnt a lot about my pwersonal teaching approach and you have given me valuable tools to utlize to improve my skills and value of my classes to my studetns".
Kylie Morrison
"What an absolutely inspiring weekend! I have a wonderful new sense for the essence of my business..."
Sarah Fletcher
"This retreat has helped me to find ME; and now move forward in my business and life with balance and confidence and love".
Cathy Howe
"Inspirational to say the least. Transformational. With loads of practical tools and advice as well as beautiful community of dance teachers".
Angela McWhinney
"Thank you Keti Sharif and Shemiran Ibrahim for your unique Teachers Training Weekend. You covered so many valuable topics to inspire and advance bellydance in business and dance journeys".
Shira of QLD
"Thank you all for a wonderful weekend. Have come away with renewed energy for my dancing and teaching!"
Mikola Lee
"A wealth of wisdom and inspiration, so much information. From all of my heart and beyond thank you thank you thank you - I enjoyed everyone and everything!"
Lisa Le Fae
"This course has opened new doors for my teaching journey. Shemiran has created a powerful and empowering tool to help bring the feminine into belly dance. This course is a very thorough, well planned and logical step by step instuction for teachers to use and follow with ease and confidence. Thank you, Shemiran, for putting this method together to share and instill meaning for new students"
Jodi Negri; Belly Dance Teacher and Professional Performer
"Renewed enthusisam to start a Belly Dance class - 'Flexible Body, Flexible Mind, Flexible Life to Freedom'. Thank you Shemiran for your wonderful clarity, wisdom and care during these two days of certification. Incredible clear manual, DVD and CD to utilize".
Susan de Castella; Thrive Breathwork Coach
"Dear Shemiran. An amazing 2 days! Thank you! I loved the structure of the course and how you took us through each step in progrssive order. It is so fabulours to have the course content you have put togther. I think it will be so valuable. I loved the two days, and will go home with a structured approach to teaching belly dance. Perfect!!"
Sue McKeon
"Blessed to be here in person (2 Day Intensive). Validated my thoughts and ideas with encouragment and praise. A welcome journey to teaching. Practical well thought out material, delivered in a way that was easy to follow and understand. Created a safe enironment to share the scary stuff".
Sandy Reid
"I found Shem to be very knowledgable and appreicate her sharing her expeirence with us. Shem creates a safe and comfortable space in which to learn and grow"
Amy Shoog
"Provided insight into myself as a teacher, service provider, marketer and business person (to be). Safe environment (at 2 Day Intensive) that was supportive and with bourndaries. Organsied, structured and well presented, and also went with the flow of the group when needed. I feel I have received a lot of benefit from the group, the workshop, the course and the facilitator (Shemiran)".
Susan Friend; Midwife, Bellydance for Birth
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MMA Forum - UFC Forums - UFC Results - MMA Videos (http://www.mmaforum.com/forumindex.php)
- General MMA Discussion (http://www.mmaforum.com/general-mma-discussion/)
- - Tired of waiting, Shields just wants to fight (http://www.mmaforum.com/general-mma-discussion/62187-tired-waiting-shields-just-wants-fight.html)
Tired of waiting, Shields just wants to fight
Strikeforce really needs to start lining up title defenses for its champions. Otherwise, the belts will become worth even less than they already are.
According to his Twitter account, Mayhem definitely looks forward to fighting Jacare but isn't avoiding Shields.
Time Has Come
Shields will get his chance and we will see him become an even greater fighter!
This is what happens with smaller orgs. You end up fighting lesser opponents or waiting around longer than you should for a quality fight. Strikeforce has really got to work harder at getting title defenses set up.
I am very interested in this fight if it happens.
Interesting Fight
Yeah this is an interesting fight and it will happen! You have submission ace Shields and brawler Miller! Talk about exciting!
I really want Sheilds to put his money where is mouth is and sign in the UFC. I have no idea what kind of contract he has with Strikeforce, but it's about time for him to get some stability.
I think Sheilds is very good, but I personally don't think he is great. If he ever does make the jump, I see him getting immediately derailed by Fitch, Koscheck, or even Dan Hardy. No way is he competing with GSP or Alves, despite his claims.
shields still has 2 fights left with strikeforce. he's not avoiding signing with UFC. and if he wins the interim belt and then beats Le for the belt (which i think he will), then why not stay in strikeforce and defend his belt in a weightclass that is above the one he's usually fighting in?
Above Weightclass
Not to mention if Shields looses the belt he can drop down to welterweight if his stablemate Diaz doesn't have the belt at the time and take it from whoever has it!
Jake Shields is one of my favorite fighters, but good god he has terrible stand up. I think he would be one of the top p4p guys in the world if he would just develop that part of his game to a decent level. Either way, i think he is gonna beat whoever they put in front of him next.
Yeah that is an area where Shields needs to improve, but when he does he is going to be an even better fighter!
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