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After giving it some serious thought, that's the situation I think the Sixers find themselves in without Thad Young. Two chances at winning, Speights and none.
I still haven't seen any official word on Thad's injury, but this post can't wait any longer. Thad is going to miss some time, I think that's a certainty, so the question becomes, what now.
I've looked at this from every angle and I think it's safe to say that this offense cannot function against a good defensive team in the half court without Thad unless Marreese Speights is inserted at the four and he plays out of his mind. Over the past month we've seen Thad demonstrate an ability to consistently torch his man in the half court from pretty much anywhere on the floor. When they needed a hoop, Thad could get it. Without him, it's going to be up to Iguodala and Miller to do more than they're comfortable doing with the ball on offense, more than they're really capable of doing. If this team doesn't have another viable option, teams are going to clamp down on the Andres.
The good news is that for the most part this season, Speights has played out of his mind on the offensive side of the ball. He's got a pretty jumper, he's a superb finisher around the rim. He's active on the offensive glass, he seems to get how to run plays and against the zone he's very good at finding the soft spot around the foul line and hitting that jumper. At his best, he can fill the void left by Thad in a slowed-down game. I don't think there's any way we can expect the type of production we're going to need out of the position to come from Reggie Evans or Donyell Marshall, the other viable options at the four. At least not for any extended period of time.
Donyell can play in spurts and be effective, but asking more than 10-12 minutes/game out of him isn't realistic. Reggie can be productive under a very specific set of circumstances, but you never, ever want him on the floor for more than 15-20 minutes. That's negligent over-exposure. The only guy capable of playing starter-level minutes at the 4 is Speights, and he's also going to still be needed in the center rotation because I'm not sure we can count on Dalembert + Theo being good for 48 a night either.
The knee-jerk reaction is to scream at the top of our longs for Tony DiLeo to start Speights and play him thirty minutes/night, and while that is something that should happen, it isn't completely up to DiLeo. Marreese has to find a way to stay on the floor. Even if the team's plan is to start Speights at the four and give him 30 minutes split between the big positions, that plan won't mean anything if he picks up 2 fouls in the first five minutes, which he's been prone to do.
At this point, under these circumstances, we're going to have to live with whatever defensive shortcomings Speights has. What we can't live with, and what the team really can't survive is stupid fouls to compound defensive mistakes. Now, more than ever, we need Speights on the floor. I'm hoping DiLeo will be smart enough to give the kid the minutes, let's just hope Marreese is mature enough to accept them.
I'm still holding out hope that Thad will be back for the playoffs, what I'm really talking about here is the final 9 games of the season. But should the worst happen, these lessons probably apply more to the tough, grind-it-out games of the second season.
by Brian on Apr 1 2009
Tags: Basketball | Injuries | Marreese Speights | Sixers | Thaddeus Young |
Tags: Basketball | Injuries | Marreese Speights | Sixers | Thaddeus Young |


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An award winning actress, Vera Farmiga continues to captivate audiences with each role she embodies. Farmiga recently wrapped production on Jason Reitman's Up in the Air, starring opposite George Clooney, as a frequent-flyer businesswoman who develops a romantic relationship with Clooney's character through meetings in airports and hotels around the country.
Farmiga can also be seen in the upcoming film The Vintner's Luck, directed by Niki Caro. Vintner's is an adaptation of Elizabeth Knox's novel of the same name and tells the story of a 19th century French peasant winemaker who endeavors to create the perfect vintage. The film co-stars Patrick Bauchau, Gaspard Ulliel, Jeremie Renier, and Keisha Castle-Hughes with Acajou Films, Laurie Parker and Robin Laing producing. Farmiga recently starred in the dark thriller Orphan opposite Peter Sarsgaard, Carlos Brooks' Quid Pro Quo, Miramax's Holocaust drama The Boy in the Striped Pajamas, and Rod Lurie's political drama Nothing But the Truth.
Farmiga won the Best Actress award from the Los Angeles Film Critics' Association for her performance in the independent film Down to the Bone, a revelatory drama about a weary working-class mother trapped by drug addiction. She also won Best Actress awards from the Sundance Film Festival and the Marrakech Film Festival and earned an Independent Spirit Award nomination for the role.
Additional film credits include: Joshua opposite Sam Rockwell; Never Forever opposite Jung-woo Ha and David McInnis; Martin Scorsese's Oscar-winning police drama, The Departed, opposite Matt Damon, Leonardo DiCaprio and Jack Nicholson; Anthony Minghella's Breaking & Entering opposite Jude Law; and The Manchurian Candidate for director Johnathan Demme.
Lucy Liu was born and raised in Queens, New York. Liu graduated from New York City's prestigious Stuyvesant High School and then received a BA from the University of Michigan with a degree in Asian Languages and Culture. After graduating, she pursued an acting career and is most known for her roles on television's Ally McBeal and the film blockbuster series "Charlie's Angels" and "Kill Bill."
In 2006, the documentary Freedom's Fury premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival, with Liu and her "Kill Bill" collaborator Tarantino as executive producers. The film dramatizes the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, climaxing with the infamous water polo match between Hungary and the Soviet Union at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. Following its international release in 2006-07, the film was picked up by Fortissimo for international sales and became the number one box office film in Hungary shortly after its release.
Now, as both producer and narrator, Liu introduces her latest project, "Redlight", exposing and chronicling the tragedies and injustices of the international child-trafficking industry. Filmed over a four year period in Cambodia, "Redlight" focuses on the personal stories of these young victims and on two remarkable advocates for change: grass-roots activist Somaly Mam and politician Mu Sochua. Both have since been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Appointed UNICEF Ambassador in 2004, Liu has traveled the globe to meet children and experience firsthand UNICEF's efforts to do whatever it takes to save a child. She has visited their programs in Lesotho, Pakistan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Russia, Côte d'Ivoire and most recently Peru. She is continually transformed and inspired by the opportunity to be a voice for children in need around the world.
2006 Woman's World Award for her outstanding humanitarian work, given to her by former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto sponsored by the World Award organization headed by former Russian President Mikhail Gorbachov.
2008 UNICEF'S Danny Kaye Humanitarian Award for helping to advocate child survival by harnessing the power of celebrity to further worldwide issues and causes.
John Ventimiglia may be best known as "Artie Bucco" on the acclaimed HBO series The Sopranos, but his career embraces extensive theater, film, narration, music and television work. His early activity in New York theater was primarily with the Machine Full theater company. Since then he worked in such productions as: "The Exonerated," "The Resistible Rise of Arturo UI" with the National Theater Company, "Door Wide Open" and "Ponies" at Studio Dante, among other plays. His film credits include "Angela" (Rebecca Miller), "I Shot Andy Warhol" (Mary Harron), "Girls Town" (Jim McKay), "On the Run," "The Lovebirds," "Postcards From America," "Kicked In The Head," "Louis And Frank" (Alex Rockwell), "Trees Lounge" (Steve Buscemi), "Mickey Blue Eyes," "The Collection," "Notorious," "Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Undead," and most recently, the film adaptation of "Ponies" (with Kevin Corrigan). John is a frequent collaborator of the composer David Amram (Robert Franks "Pull My Daisy"). John reads Kerouac with David Amram and his band the first Monday of every month at Cornelia St. Cafe. He narrated "One Fast Move or I'm Gone," a documentary about Kerouac's novel "Big Sur." John narrated the 50th Anniversary Edition of the original scroll version of Kerouacs "On the Road" for Viking Press, as well as narrating the films "Personal Velocity" and "Amalia." John has also had an extensive television career.
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By Bruce Horovitz, USA TODAY
Dyson is about to enter rare air.
Not satisfied with its wild success in turning the mundane vacuum cleaner into a high-tech, high-style, high-priced device, Dyson on Monday will announce plans to try to do the same in the USA with commercial hand dryers.
Next month, the upstart British company whose vacuums costing up to $599 quickly became top-sellers in the USA, will roll out the $1,400 Dyson Airblade hand dryer. They've been sold in Britain for about nine months and already are hot tickets there.
The device, which kicks on when folks place their hands in it, dries hands in about six seconds. It pushes unheated air at great force — roughly 400 mph — through a gap the width of an eyelash that runs the length of the dryer. A special filter sanitizes the air.
The device works much like the compressed-air dryer at a carwash. The water isn't evaporated by hot air, but rather is pushed away by compressed air moving at great speed. As a result, the Airblade uses roughly one-fourth the energy of conventional hand dryers.
"We've taken a totally different approach," says James Dyson, the CEO and inventor whose face has become familiar thanks to appearing in ads for his vacuums. Airblade is his first non-vacuum product.
His goal: to own the business of drying hands in restaurants, hotels and businesses.
Hand dryers look to be a business in which Dyson could clean up. The USA has 19.5 million public washrooms. U.S. paper towel sales are $2 billion, while the hand dryer market is about $54 million. Dyson aims to steal share from makers of both.
"I'd be nervous if I was in this market and saw Dyson entering," says consultant Martin Lindstrom. "There have never been emotions attached to this decision-making process before."
Will consumers actually care about hand dryers? "At the end of the day, Dyson's going to try to brand hair dryers," says David MacGregor, analyst at Longbow Research. "But if it's not extremely innovative, that will be difficult."
Ted Selame, president of BrandEquity International, a brand consultancy, says the product's biggest problem may be its name. "Airblade sounds like it could chop off your hand."
But Dyson says he intentionally picked an eyebrow-raising name. "This is serious technology, and we wanted an edgy name to get that across."
Similar devices have been used in Japan for years, and Mitsubishi began selling one in the USA about 18 months ago, says Chuck Applebee, product manager at Mitsubishi Electric & Electronics USA. "(Dyson has) made some pretty nice improvements, but conceptually it's a copy of ours," he says.
Dyson bristles at Applebee's claims and says his dryers are a "totally different" technology.
The Airblade has at least one big fan: Dana McClure, a Carl's Jr. franchisee who is testing the dryers at his Corona, Calif., location.
McClure was fed up with his conventional hand dryers breaking down, and he dislikes the cost and environmental trail of paper towels.
He had the two Dyson hand dryers installed a month ago and both have worked perfectly, he says.
Even customers are going gaga. They often drag friends into the restroom to try them, McClure says. "It's the first time I ever heard my guests talking so positively about our restrooms."
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Chaplain Council
The mission of the Coastal Carolina University Chaplain Council is to positively impact the campus community by nurturing hope, peace, joy and resolve while encouraging spiritual growth in an ecumenical and caring environment.
What do we do?
- Provide interfaith, inter-religious and emotional support
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- Assist in processing faith questions
- Provide appropriate guidance when requested
- Promote acceptance, kindness and consideration within the community
- Participate in programs on campus at the request of students, faculty or administration
- Assist with and respond to crisis as needed
- Provide spiritual counseling
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Rev. Mark Burlinson
Rev. Burlinson serves as executive pastor of Christ Community Church in Conway. He is originally from England and came to Conway in 2002 via Toronto, Canada. He and his wife Jane have three college-age sons, so he has insight into student life. In his spare time, he loves to read, hike, camp and walk on the beach with his family.
Rev. Tom Crouse
Rev. Crouse is a lead pastor at Cornerstone Church in Myrtle Beach. He earned his Master of Divinity degree at Seminary of the East, a division of Bethel Univesity in St. Paul, Minn. He was instrumental in the founding of Your Life Matters Pregnancy Center which still thrives today. Early in his career, Crouse was a business consultant, a business owner, a television host and a professional wrestler. His varied experience is a valuable asset as a preacher and counselor. In 2005, Crouse wrote and published "Don't Strike the Rock," a book on "living for the glory of God and not self," he explains. He and his wife Cheryl have three children: two boys and one girl.
Rev. Tim Lijewski
Rev. Lijewski serves as pastor of St. James Catholic Church in Conway. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics and a minor in pre-medicine from Wofford College. He earned his Master of Divinity degree from the Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C. He was ordained a priest for the diocese of Charleston in July 1993, and served as parochial vicar at the Cathedral in Charleston and as the Bishop's Master of Ceremonies. He also held positions as pastor of several churches in South Carolina. He took a three-month sabbatical at The Pontifical North American College in Rome, Italy, in 2011. Lijewski enjoys his two dogs, a rescued boxer and a pit-bull mix; traveling to foreign countries; college sports; horseback riding, western style; and is fluent in Spanish.
Rev. Tim McCray
Rev. McCray is a graduate of Brooklyn College with a degree in business management and of the New York Theological Seminary. He is the founder and CEO of Rehoboth Community Development; founder of the Joshua Academy, a mentorship program for middle and high school students; president/CEO of AMBE Development LLC which supports minority construction companies; founder/chairman of Grand Strand Connection, a social network for minority professionals; founder of the Black and Latino Coalition of South Carolina, a coalition that unites minority South Carolinians with common interests through education and by engaging them in the political process; and vice president of Elite Construction Company. McCray is a member of several other business and philanthropic boards within the Myrtle Beach community. He is the father of one son, Timothy McCray Jr.
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Rev. Moody received his Bachelor of Arts in liberal arts (psychology) from Clemson University and his Master of Divinity from Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary in Columbia. His internship was at Faith Evangelical Lutheran Church in Phoenix, Ariz. In over 37 years as an ordained minister in South Carolina, Moody served congregations in Columbia, Lexington, Camden, Florence and Myrtle Beach. He retired in the spring of 2013. Throughout his ministry, he has worked extensively with ecumenical and interfaith groups. In his retirement, Moody is developing a Lutheran campus ministry to serve Coastal Carolina University, with the hope of eventually expanding to also serve Horry-Georgetown Technical College. He offered the invocation at Coastal Carolina University's 2014 Remembrance Day as well as the invocation and benediction at the 2014 spring graduation. Moody has been married for over 42 years to his college sweetheart, the former Patricia Russell, also from the Columbia area. Pat is a retired teacher and reading interventionist. They have an adult daughter, Rami, who lives in Florence.
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Rev. Neace serves as the Baptist Collegiate Minister for the Waccamaw Baptist Association (WBA). He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Georgia and a Master of Divinity from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas. Prior to serving with the WBA, he served at Anderson University for four years. While in Anderson, and in coordination with North Anderson Baptist Church, Neace helped plan a church and served as one of the teaching pastors. Neace and his wife are members of Palmetto Shores Church, and during his time off, he enjoys traveling and playing golf.
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Rev. Pappas has been the priest at St. John the Baptist Greek Orthodox Church in Myrtle Beach for the past four years. He received his undergraduate degree at the University of Maryland at College Park and received his Master of Divinity at the Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology. Pappas continued his post-graduate studies at St. Vladimir Orthodox Seminary in Yonkers and has now been in the ministry for 26 years. He was a member of the Orthodox Christian Fellowship (OCF) at Boston University and the University of New Hampshire and currently serves as the spiritual advisor on Coastal Carolina University's Chaplain Council.
Rev. Rhett Talbert
Rev. Talbert is the pastor of Kingston Presbyterian Church in Conway. He was formerly a marine biologist (chasing sea turtles at Kiawah Island and along the entire South Carolina coast) and photographer for the USC Marine Lab and Hobcaw Barony near Georgetown before entering the seminary in Atlanta. He has served as pastor for several other churches in the Myrtle Beach area. Talbert and his wife Pamela have five grown children and six grandchildren. They enjoy visiting bed and breakfasts, hiking, traveling, and anything associated with the South Carolina coast.
Rev. Tom Woodle
Rev. Woodle is an ordained Episcopal priest and vicar of The Well by the Sea Episcopal/Anglican Church in Myrtle Beach. He holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts in religion, a master's in education, and a Ph.D. in counseling psychology. In addition, he is the director of career services and a professor in the department of philosophy and religious studies at Coastal Carolina University.


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Davis dashed off the field Thursday on the final day of training camp talking positive about the season ahead. The Browns had to endure injuries, but he says that is part of football.
"I think we are a playoff team," he said. "Every one of the guys on the team believes we can compete. The players believe in ourselves. We aren't going through training camp to shoot for .500. We're definitely going to shoot for more.
"We have a lot of weapons on offense. We have a lot of running back depth. Reuben is the starter, but Lee Suggs, Will (Green) and Jerome Harrison can run it.
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Davis is particularly encouraged by the improvement of the run defense. The Browns allowed three yards on nine carries against the Lions last week.
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The Browns newest center, Lennie Friedman, is eager to get going on his competition with Ross Tucker.
The Browns got Friedman from the Bears for what is believed to be a sixth- or seventh-round draft choice next year.
"I'm going to have to put in a lot of overtime to catch up to everybody else," Friedman said after his first practice with the Browns. "This is an exciting opportunity. Any time a team trades for you it says they want you. They could have gone after anybody in the league."
Friedman played for the Broncos, Redskins and Bears over the first seven years of his career.
Former Browns coach Sam Rutigliano, who coached Friedman in NFL Europe, believes Friedman will help.
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A FORMER Dorset Echo reporter has published her first novel.
'Before the Fall' is the debut work of mum-of-three Juliet West.
She described it as a 'moving tale of a love affair, set in the East End during World War One and based on an unforgettable real life story'.
Before her creative writing career Juliet worked as a trainee reporter at the Bridport News before moving to the Dorset Evening Echo.
The West Sussex resident, who returns to Dorset regularly, said: "I started my writing career as a trainee reporter on the Bridport News in 1992.
She added: "I was at the Bridport News for a year, then went on to work in the Weymouth and Dorchester offices of the Dorset Evening Echo.
"I live in West Sussex now but I try to get back to Dorset as often as possible.
"I fell in love with Bridport and it's wonderful to see how the town has thrived over the years."
Juliet undertook an MA in Creative Writing at Chichester University, where she won the Kate Betts' Memorial Prize.
Her debut novel was shortlisted for the Myriad Editions novel writing competition in 2012.
She also writes short stories and poetry, and won the H E Bates short story prize in 2009.
Since its release, 'Before the Fall' received a wide variety of reviews praising her work.
Alison MacLeod, author of Booker longlisted Unexploded, said: "Before the Fall is as poignant as it is powerful.
"With tremendous sensitivity and insight, Juliet West explores the consequences of private lives engulfed by the public catastrophe of war.
"At the same time, nothing diminishes the force of her storytelling. Her characters – including London's East End itself – are unforgettable."
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Startup World : Nairobi, Kenya
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Friday, September 7, 2012 from 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM (EAT)
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Join us on our second stop in Africa for Startup World! Startup World is an initiative to promote startups, entrepreneurship and technology through a global competition to find the world's most innovative startups. We have identified 36 tech hub cities around the world and will hold regional pitching competitions, with ten entrepreneurs pitching to a panel of expert judges in each city.
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Really loved this poster. It's really good quality card and I have attached it to the wall with Sellotape Removable Double Sided sticky tape. It is in our small windowless washroom on the opposite wall to the sink and slightly to the left of it so that when you look in the mirror you can see the poster which is of an open shuttered window overlooking the sea; it looks REAL !! We love it !!!
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Adding the "window" made such a difference!Bathroom now feels larger and much more open and relaxing. Feels like I am on vacation!
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The trail between Bobcat Ridge and Storm Mountain (Power Line Trail) will CLOSE permanently this Friday, November 8th, 2013 at dark. Access into this area is now available for residents and business personnel via Highway 34 from Estes Park.
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Capitalism is a messy business but it seems to lend itself well to confident leadership. And gurus, as everyone in the corporate world knows, are a great way to inspire your employees to communicate better, be more open and happy, and therefore, be more productive. The giant Dutch bank ABN-AMRO has picked up on this idea and has tried to get its 20,000 employees to think more positively about work. They hired an American, mantra-spewing guru, but with a difference. He was an actor. And most of what he said on his month-long tour of the company, was improvised or made up, albeit with some wisdom mixed in. Almost no-one was in on the act. So what was it all for? The Dutch media's now picked up on the story and some are wondering what one of the world's largest banks is up to. Daniel Frankl is the actor in question's real name and he told Network Europe he was impressed that the bank was thinking outside the box.Listen to the report:
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On the face of it, French journalists should be delighted. With only five weeks to go before the first round, the French presidential campaign is still wide open, the main candidates have a lot of personality, and one of them is even photogenic. But actually journalists in France are a bit depressed. Almost sixty per cent of French people say they're not satisfied with the media's coverage of the campaign. And to make things worse, there are now TV shows with no journalists at all, where citizens question the candidates directly. Radio France International's Nick Champeaux is still happy, but thought he should find out more about why some of his fellow professionals aren't.
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EL PASO, Texas — An El Paso man, who pleaded guilty Thursday to producing child pornography, now faces up to 30 years in federal prison.
This case was investigated by U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement's (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).
Tomas Steven Quiñones, 48, admitted to producing a video in December 2010 that contained child pornography. Specifically, Quiñones admitted to knowingly persuading and enticing two minors to take part in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing a video depiction of such conduct. In the video he is seen and heard instructing the children on how to have sex.
On Aug. 29, 2013, agents executed a search warrant at Quiñones's home and seized more than 90 computers, accessories and other miscellaneous items, including: laptop computers, desktop computers, computer hard drives, thumb drives, memory sticks, flash drives, CDs, DVDs and VHS tapes.
During an on-site forensics examination of the seized items, authorities discovered hundreds of image files and video files that are indicative of child pornography. Quiñones remains in federal custody pending sentencing. No sentencing date has been scheduled.
This investigation was conducted under HSI's Operation Predator, an international initiative to protect children from sexual predators. Since the launch of Operation Predator in 2003, HSI has arrested more than 10,000 individuals for crimes against children, including producing and distributing online child pornography, traveling overseas for sex with minors, and sex trafficking children. In fiscal year 2013, HSI agents arrested more than 2,000 individuals under this initiative.
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In addition to increasing the value of each salary band, the firm is allowing junior solicitors to progress through its associate lockstep.
Newly qualified (NQ) solicitors will earn £61,500 in 2011-12, up from £60,000 last year. Those with one-year post-qualification experience (PQE) will take home £69,500 as opposed to £68,000 in 2010-11.
Two-year PQEs will take home £77,000, up from £75,000, while three-year PQEs will see their pay packet go up from £86,000 to £88,000. A Freshfields spokesperson confirmed that pay above the three-year level would also go up but said the firm did not reveal these salaries.
Last year, Freshfields became the first UK firm to lift the salary freeze that many had put in place at the beginning of the recession (25 February 2010).
Magic circle rivals Allen & Overy and Linklaters have both announced that their salary bands will remain at 2010-11 levels for the new financial year, but they will allow lawyers to pass through the bands as before (16 May 2011).
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Chris Kinnard has been a member Gold Star Wives of America, Inc. since 1970, following the death of her husband. She is the widow of Spec. James Kinnard who was killed in action while serving in Viet Nam. Along with a few other young widows, she re-started the San Diego Chapter of GSW and hosted the National Convention of 1971. As she was pregnant at the time of Jim's death, Chris faced the challenges of single parenthood along with the devastation at the loss of her husband. Chris has always been passionate about helping others, choosing to serve her community as a Registered Dietitian in local hospitals, nursing homes, VA facilities, and on the Blackfeet Indian Reservation in Browning, Montana. She has been a member of the GRC for the last 2 years and is currently the treasurer of her local GSW Chapter, Cheyenne Mountain in Colorado Springs.
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Thank you, Richard.
And thank you all for working so tirelessly to provide New Yorkers with quality, affordable housing. Especially during this time of economic difficulty, the public and private sectors need to combine resources, knowledge and experience to help as many Americans as possible find good housing and realize the American dream.
At Citigroup, this is a challenge we take seriously. We consider our work to expand access to housing and to support public projects to be part of our commitment to Responsible Finance. Before we enter into any transaction, we ask ourselves three questions:
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2. Is it systemically responsible?
3. And does this create economic value?
The answer to each must be "yes." And the answer is "yes" in the case of all the projects that I want to discuss with you today.
Responsible finance is a core part of Citi's broader transformation over the last three years. Our priority in restructuring the company has been to get back to the basics of banking—serving the real economy. And there is no more basic or fundamental banking responsibility than lending. Our commitment to responsible finance and to the basics of banking means supporting projects that serve the public.
Last year alone, our company provided more than $5.5 billion to projects and communities all across the country, including more than $3 billion in lending to support affordable housing and community development, as well as $2.5 billion in community development investments. Of that amount, Citi invested more than $2 billion in the preservation and development of affordable rental housing in this city and this state, our home for almost 200 years.
Also last year, our Public Finance Department underwrote $60 billion in municipal bonds nationally—$7 billion of that in New York State, where we were the number one underwriter of public finance projects.
I cite these numbers not to boast but to demonstrate how committed Citi is to affordable housing and public finance—both because we know it's a good business opportunity and because we believe that it's important to invest in the communities in which we live and work. We've maintained that commitment throughout the financial crisis and reorganized our business to better serve communities in New York and around the country.
Today, I'd like to talk to you about three things. First, I see some potential policy concerns on the horizon that may impact our—and other banks'—ability to promote affordable housing. Second, I'd like to explain the way that Citi has reorganized our efforts to practice public finance. And third, I'd like to briefly describe some of our most exciting projects.
As to the first: it's no secret that government support for affordable housing is critical to the success of many of the most crucial projects. It's also no secret that the recession has hurt revenues and put additional strain on budgets at all levels.
The economic growth model that prevailed before the crisis resulted in the accumulation of too much public and private debt. The country is now working through ways to address that issue.
I don't have a simple solution. But I do hope that any enacted reforms will prioritize growth—and encourage investment in our communities. Along with this group, Citi will continue to argue forcefully that affordable housing should continue to be a priority for Washington, Albany and City Hall. I especially commend New York State and the Bloomberg Administration for their support of the affordable housing market during the recession.
Another policy challenge is the latest round of regulatory reform—specifically, new rules that require higher capital levels for banks that might further tighten credit.
In the wake of the crisis there was a rush to impose new financial regulation unlike anything we've seen since the Great Depression. There is no question the rules governing the global financial system were in need of real reform. We were running high-speed trains on a rail system built more than 60 years ago.
In addition to outdated rules, the industry strayed from traditional products and the consistent underwriting standards that were historically part and parcel of both affordable housing projects and the mortgage industry as a whole. As real estate prices continued their upward trend, and as government continued to prioritize homeownership, terms and conditions eroded. We all know the result.
Citi supported these reforms. That said, many of the new rules may have unintended negative consequences for financial inclusion—including our combined efforts to provide affordable housing.
Requiring banks to hold more capital than is necessary to protect the system will constrict their ability to lend. Similarly, the way that some new regulations will require banks to calibrate risk will force banks to lend to borrowers who need credit the most at much higher interest rates—or not at all.
Fortunately, the book is not closed on regulatory change. The Dodd-Frank bill is law but the rules that implement it are still being written. The Basel Committee on international banking reform continues to deliberate. I believe that the right balance will be struck between systemic safety and financial inclusion—if we all make our voices heard.
At Citi we consider this challenge in its entirety a call to action for our industry. That's why we have taken action to restructure our business—including our overall community investment operations.
That gets to my second point: the way that Citi has streamlined our own efforts in this area. Historically, the financing of affordable housing has been a patchwork process. The resulting inefficiencies hampered the banking industry's ability to provide the most credit possible at the best possible prices.
In response, three years ago Citi put under one roof all those parts of our company that lend to affordable housing projects and invest in communities. Citi Community Capital makes construction loans, finances long-term lending for affordable housing projects, manages our Low Income Housing Tax Credit Equity and New Market Tax Credits, and also lends to CDFIs. It's all one team with one bottom line and risk infrastructure.
This streamlining has allowed us to work effectively on unique transactions—which brings me to my third and final point. We've embarked on a range of terrific projects in recent years.
In 2010, the New York City Housing Development Corporation executed a unique, highly structured transaction to generate funding for project renovation and to secure an additional $70 million in annual operating subsidies from the federal government. Citi worked with NYCHA, HPD, and HDC to close the largest—both in terms of units financed and bond amount—and most complex single-project multifamily rental transaction ever structured. The transaction was financed by Citi with a tax credit equity contribution of $210 million, the commitment to purchase $366 million of private activity bonds, and the issuance of over $450 million in letters of credit.
Citi Community Capital is also the equity sponsor behind the $100 million New York Affordable Housing Preservation Fund, managed by our friends at L&M Development. The Fund's goal is to help finance the preservation and rehabilitation of more than 2,000 affordable apartments in New York City and the surrounding communities during the next three years.
And just two miles from here, on 25th Street and 9th Avenue, the Elliott Chelsea—a 22-story, 168-unit mixed income rental building with ground floor retail—is being constructed with the help of Citi Community Capital's diverse set of resources and relationships. As Freddie Mac's mortgage banker, Citi is also providing a $41.4 million construction period letter of credit.
Our investment in New York isn't limited to the five boroughs. Citi is also providing a $6.3 million construction loan and is investing $10.8 million in low-income housing tax credit equity rehabilitation for two buildings that make up the YWCA Residence for Women in White Plains. The Residence is the only permanent housing residence for women in Westchester County that offers full time support to women who are economically disadvantaged and coping with the effects of domestic violence, substance abuse, mental and physical illness.
And our commitment extends beyond housing. We are the lead underwriter for the Buffalo Public Schools Reconstruction Program—a $1.4 billion capital improvement initiative that is transforming Buffalo's public schools into 21st-century learning centers. This ambitious program became a reality when Citi was selected to develop an entirely new way of financing school construction in New York State. The results have been extraordinary, as Buffalo has completed remarkable structural and technological upgrades in nearly every school in the district. By 2013 nearly every child in the district will be learning in a beautifully renovated school.
Citi is involved with countless other development projects large and small—too many to discuss here. But before closing, there is one more I'd like to mention—our work to help rebuild lower Manhattan following the terrorist attacks almost ten years ago.
We were selected by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to lead the landmark financing of One World Trade Center—the Freedom Tower—plus the retail components of the World Trade Center site, and other site-wide infrastructure. If you've seen the plans for this project, you know how impressive they are—New York's tallest skyscraper topping out at 1,776 feet, 3 million square feet of office space, a grand public lobby, and much more. We have been working with the Port Authority on financing this project since our appointment as lead underwriter in 2008 and we've issued $1.6 billion in bonds so far. We've also donated $10 million toward the construction of the 9/11 memorial. As a New York-based bank, we are thrilled to be a part of this effort—and I can't wait to see the finished product.
I'm grateful to have been asked to speak with you today, and to be able to share with you my thoughts on what we all need to do to continue providing New Yorkers with homes they love and can afford.
Thank you, once again.


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Where's Sparty?
See where Sparty's been lately ...
Want to play along?
Want to have some fun? WE do!
Alumni and friends at the Michigan State University College of Agriculture and Natural Resources want your help with a Where's Sparty? Project.
Alumni and friends will post photos of themselves with Sparty on the CANR Facebook page. Your participation gives you a chance to win your choice of a MSU Dairy Store ice cream flavor.
To Participate:
- To receive your 11" Sparty cut-out, contact Kathryn Reed at email@example.com
- Take your Sparty cut-out to an interesting location and snap a photo.
- Upload the photo, include a description of where you took Sparty, your name, connection to the College (graduation date, major, faculty member, friend, etc.) to the CANR facebook page at www.facebook.com/MSUcanr. (While you're on the page 'like us'.)
- Mail Sparty to a friend with a note asking him or her to participate in the Where's Sparty? Project.
- Once a quarter, a submitted picture will be chosen as a winner. The person who submitted the winning photo will receive his or her choice of a half gallon of MSU Dairy Store ice cream shipped anywhere in the continental United States.
- If your picture is chosen as a winner it will be reposted as the Picture of the Quarter, with a notice of which flavor of ice cream was sent to you.
If you Tweet please use #wheressparty, as well as a link to the picture.


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Playing in the thin air has it's perks.
High Desert second baseman Stefen Romero, shortstop Brad Miller, outfielder Julio Morban, catcher John Hicks and catcher/outfielder Jack Marder have all been selected to the Cal League All-Star Team for their performances in the first half the league announced today. Marder will miss the game due to injury, but the other four players are expected to participate next Tuesday, June 19th, after the Mavericks wrap up their first half schedule on Saturday.
Playing their home games in perhaps the most hitter friendly environment in all of minor league baseball, Morban (.343 AVG, 1.029 OPS), Miller (.325 AVG, .967 OPS) and Romero (.357 AVG, .956OPS ) all rank in the Top-8 in their league in both batting average and on base plus slugging. Morban is also tied for 4th in the league in home runs (12), which is a new career high, despite missing some time earlier this season due to injury. Hicks isn't far behind him with 10.
Thanks to the influence of these five hitters, Pedro Grifol's Mavericks lead the league with a .302 team batting average and .862 OPS. No High Desert pitcher was selected for the game. With six games to play in the first half, High Desert is one game out of first place in their division.
Looking for more Mariners prospect player interviews, news and articles? "Like" SeattleClubhouse on Facebook and follow SeattleClubhouse's Rick Randall on Twitter at @randallball.


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Provides affordable quality healthcare to underserved areas of India through community outreach camps, mobile clinics and health centers.
India's public health system is over-whelmed with patients but suffers from poor infrastructure. Its private clinics are too expensive, concentrated in city centers and focused on tertiary care when the actual demand is for basic primary and secondary care. According to the WHO, the country has some of the poorest maternal and infant mortality rates and one of the highest incidences of needless blindness. 20% of the world's maternal deaths occur in India. All it would take to eradicate this? A facility that provides inexpensive, basic deliveries, child care consultations and 15-minute cataract surgeries in a clean environment to a regular family where an expecting mother visits the doctor along with her infant and a family elder typically suffering from age-related eye problems.
In the last 5 years, Chaupal has held nearly 150 health camps covering 400 villages in Haryana state bordering Delhi. 1500-2000 village folk are screened for various morbidities including preventive blindness at each camp. Every day, about 85 patients are treated at the health center, which covers an area of 20 villages. We have been especially successful in bringing women, children, and elderly – the most vulnerable and neglected demographic - to the health center. Our CSR partners include prominent Indian business corporations such as Tata Motors, ONGC, Petronet, GAIL, and Discovery Networks. Employing a team of 20 people and operating on an annual budget of INR 3,000,000, Chaupal has pioneered the preventive screening and mobile medicine approach that is effectively addressing the access issue in healthcare, and has also held annual rural marathons to create health awareness (that garnered participation from 10,000 people).
I am a co-founder of Chaupal where I focus on strategic planning and business development. Prior to Chaupal, I was a management consultant at Deloitte where I worked on business transformation projects for Fortune 500 companies in healthcare, pharmaceutical, financial services and retail industries. My work experience also includes internships in investment banking at Barclays Capital and Piper Jaffray. Born and raised in India by physician parents, I experienced first-hand the inequities in healthcare, which inspired me to start Chaupal. I hold a Bachelor's in Economics from University of Delhi, Master's from UPenn and MBA from Cornell University.
Dr. Monika Puri is the Chief Operations Officer of Chaupal. She brings deep patient management and clinical experience in epidemiology, child and maternal health, and public health intervention with patients across the social spectrum at a leading public hospital in New Delhi. She has led national public health programs such as Pulse Polio drives and carried out strategic planning and implementation of programs proposed by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. An avid sportswoman herself, she was also a member of the anti-doping medical committee of the Commonwealth Games 2010 held in New Delhi. She holds an MD in Community Medicine from Lady Hardinge Medical College, New Delhi.
Our team brings a perfect mix of talent and expertise combined with a spirit of determination and innovation. Our founder and visionary, Dr. Tonk, is a professor and practitioner in medicine with over three decades of clinical experience at a nationally renowned hospital. He is also an activist in the national healthcare debate and brings strong relationships with rural and urban citizen groups. Dr. Puri, our COO, has deep expertise and knowledge of planning and implementing public health programs having worked at a leading women and children hospital for over 7 years. Aloka, our co-founder, brings solid skills in strategic planning, client relationships and project management that she honed during her tenure at Deloitte.


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The estranged couple allegedly is back together after realizing they want to stay married during couples therapy.
Miley Cyrus has something to smile about today. Her parents, Billy Ray Cyrus and estranged wife Tish are said to have called off the divorce filed last month, after rekindling their romance during couples therapy. This is supposedly the second time that husband and wife have filed for divorce and subsequently called it off.
"I spoke to Tish and she told me they both woke up and realized they love each other and decided they want to stay together," revealed Ken Baker of E!, a longtime family friend. "They recently went into couples therapy, something they hadn't done in 22 years of being together, and it's brought them closer together and really opened up their communication in amazing ways."
Tish herself hinted that things might be getting back on track after she posted a photo of herself with husband Billy Ray in a sweet cuddle, with the caption "Date Night". The week before that, they were seen together taking a stroll along the Malibu Beach Pier, holding hands as if they were not going through a divorce.
According to Baker, the couple "went into the therapy with the goal of divorcing in a way that was healthy for the children, but ended up coming out of it with the realization that they in fact want to stay together." They apparently did not want to be "another statistic" and throw 22 years of marriage away.
Billy Ray first filed for divorce in 2010, but withdrew his petition in March 2011.


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Today is Tuesday, Dec. 13, the 347th day of 2011. There are 18 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
On Dec. 13, 1981, authorities in Poland imposed martial law in a crackdown on the Solidarity labor movement. (Martial law formally ended in 1983.)
On this date:
In 1642, Dutch navigator Abel Tasman sighted present-day New Zealand.
In 1769, Dartmouth College in New Hampshire received its charter.
In 1862, Union forces suffered a major defeat to the Confederates in the Civil War Battle of Fredericksburg.
In 1918, President Woodrow Wilson arrived in France, becoming the first chief executive to visit Europe while in office.
In 1944, during World War II, the U.S. cruiser Nashville was badly damaged in a Japanese kamikaze attack that claimed more than 130 lives.
In 1961, American artist Grandma Moses died in Hoosick Falls, N.Y., at age 101.
In 1978, the Philadelphia Mint began stamping the Susan B. Anthony dollar, which went into circulation in July 1979.
In 2003, Saddam Hussein was captured by U.S. forces while hiding in a hole under a farmhouse in Adwar, Iraq, near his hometown of Tikrit.
Ten years ago: The Pentagon publicly released a captured videotape of Osama bin Laden in which the al-Qaida leader said the deaths and destruction achieved by the September 11 attacks exceeded his "most optimistic" expectations.
Five years ago: President George W. Bush held high-level talks at the Pentagon, after which he said he would "not be rushed" into a decision on a strategy change for Iraq.
One year ago: President Barack Obama's historic health care overhaul hit its first major legal roadblock as a federal judge in Richmond, Va., declared that the law's central requirement that nearly all Americans carry insurance was unconstitutional.
Today's Birthdays: Actor-comedian Dick Van Dyke is 86. Actor Christopher Plummer is 82. Movie producer Richard Zanuck is 77. Singer John Davidson is 70. Actress Kathy Garver (TV: "Family Affair") is 66. Singer Ted Nugent is 63. Actress Wendie Malick is 61. Singer-actor Morris Day is 55. Actor Steve Buscemi is 54. Actor-comedian Jamie Foxx is 44. TV personality Debbie Matenopoulos is 37. Rock singer-musician Thomas Delonge is 36. Actor James Kyson Lee is 36. Actress Chelsea Hertford is 30. Rock singer Amy Lee (Evanescence) is 30. Country singer Taylor Swift is 22.
Thought for Today: "An orator without judgment is a horse without a bridle." -- Theophrastus, Greek philosopher (c.371 BC - c.287 BC).


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Manicures and pedicures are a classic combination, like peanut butter and jelly or the locker code 18-32-27. Unlock some me time with this Groupon.
Choose Between Two Options
- $49 for two classic manicures and spa pedicures (a $104 value)
- $69 for two no-chip manicures and spa pedicures (a $154 value)
During classic manicures, technicians soak and massage hands, shape nails, trim cuticles, and add color with coats of toxin-free Zoya polish. The no-chip manicure swaps Zoya products for Calgel's no-chip polish, which comes in more than 300 different colors and can last up to three weeks. Both types of manicures are augmented by the spa pedicure's foot soak, nailcare, sugar scrub, callus-removal treatment, foot massage, and coat of Zoya polish.
CiCi Nails
There are two types of mani-pedis at CiCi Nails. There are classic mani-pedis for those who want to look polished and elegant, and then there are signature services for those just looking for an hour of relaxation and indulgence. During both kinds of service, technicians use Zoya natural nail polishes, which come in 300 hues and contain no toxins or harsh chemicals. The nail artists also offer no-chip and BGel polishes for finishes that last up to two weeks. The no-chip polish uses UV rays to get a flawless, scratch-free finish, while the Gelish polish uses LED light.


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Richest Lady In The World Says Poor People Need To Stop Having So Much Fun
Australian mining tycoon Gina Rinehart is really concerned about your welfare. That's why Rinehart — who is considered the richest woman in the world, with an inherited fortune of $30.1 billion — helpfully offered her unsolicited advice on how to be stupid-rich, just like her. She says that the poors are just having too much fun and they need to buckle down and get serious if they want to stop being so disgustingly not rich.
"If you're jealous of those with more money, don't just sit there and complain," she tsk-tsked. "Do something to make more money yourself — spend less time drinking or smoking and socializing, and more time working." Ah! So that's what I've been doing wrong — it's my smoking and drinking problem that's getting in the way of s-u-c-c-e-s-s.
And also? If you do get your shit together, it's probably not because you did anything right. Because you're poor. How could you do anything right? "The millionaires and billionaires who choose to invest … are actually those who most help the poor and our young," explained Rinehart. "This secret needs to be spread widely."
Consider the secret spread. [LA Times]


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Amazon will not make a profit from sales of its latest Kindle tablet and e-reader devices, the company has revealed.
Instead it will be looking to make money on the sale of online content - a stark contrast to the strategy of the rival it wishes to position itself against, Apple.
'We sell the hardware at our cost, so it is break-even on the hardware,' chief executive Jeff Bezos told the BBC.
His comments marked the first time the company had confirmed long-held Wall Street assumptions that it did not make a profit on sales of the popular tablet.
The aggressive pricing furthers Bezos' goal of getting Kindle tablets into the hands of as many buyers of Amazon's online content - from games and books to video - as possible.
Apple, by contrast, makes much of its profit from hardware sales.
We don't make a profit from selling our Kindles: Amazon boss admits strategy relies on sales of books to make money | Mail Online
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Service Groups @ AAF
Animal Adoption Foundation
Event Details
Are you part of a group (5-12 people) that is "itch'in to be involved" at AAF?
If so, please know that groups (such as school groups, scout groups, work groups or simply a group of like-minded friends) play a vital role in serving at AAF!
To learn more about bringing a service group to AAF, please read on...
Service groups are generally scheduled for Tuesday afternoons (4-5:30 pm OR Sundays NOON-1:30 pm) and are usually facilitated by other AAF volunteers. Service groups typically help with tasks such as:
- cleaning and tidying up the shelter
- socializing the cats and kittens
- walking dogs (individuals must be 15 years of age or older to walk a dog alone; individuals under 15 years of age must be accompanied by an adult)
(note: Have a more ambitious project in mind and think it might take longer than 90 minutes to accomplish? If so, please let us know. We welcome the opportunity to work with you on larger projects!).
If you and your group are ready to come to AAF on a Tuesday or Sunday, follow the instructions below to finalize up your plans:
- Pick a date that your group is available
- Note: AAF needs at least 48 hours advance notice
- Note: AAF can accomodate groups that are 5-12 individuals; if your group size is different than this, please contact us to make alternate arrangements
- Check to see if the date you have in mind works for AAF (note: go to the Eventbrite page: http://servicegroupataaf.eventbrite.com) and use the drop down menu at the top of the page to see the list of available dates. Once you've selected your date, click on the REGISTER button.
- Registering a group requires that one person from the group function as the coodinator. During the registration process, we'll need to get some information about the group (e.g., size of the group, age of participants, etc.) from the ccordinator.
- Once you've registered your group, a confirmation email will be sent to the coordinator.
- Change of plans?: Please let us know if your group won't be able to attend on the day you registered for. To cancel your registration, send an email to: email@example.com and put "cancel service group registration" in the subject line. Cancelling your appointment as soon as you know the group will not be able to make it to AAF will allow us to schedule another service group and use our resources wisely.
- Change in numbers of volunteers? If the number of participants you'll actually be bringing to AAF changes (by say, more than 3 or 4 people), please notify AAF in advance. This will allow us to have an appropriate number of volunteers on hand for your group.
When & Where
Animal Adoption Foundation
2480 Ross Millville Rd
Animal Adoption Foundation
The Animal Adoption Foundation is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, no-kill shelter for homeless dogs and cats. Our caring volunteers and generous donors help us provide a safe haven for dogs and cats that are waiting to be adopted. Thank you for your support!


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Display Administrator Account on Windows Login Screen
By default, Windows XP does not show the built-in Administrator account to the login screen even though the account is enabled. You can check the Administrator account status from the Computer Management by right clicking on My Computer and select Manage. Expand System Tools > Local Users and Groups > Users, and double click on the Administrator account to view the properties. The "Account is disabled" checkbox is unticked. The advantage of having an Administrator account enabled but not displayed in the login screen is when the user somehow locked themselves out probably by setting the wrong password, and they have a backup hidden admin account without a password to login to Windows and reset his user account's password.
In this page you will find instructions on how to login to the hidden Administrator account even if it doesn't show up on the login screen and also how to add it to the list on Windows 7 and XP. If you would like to display the Administrator account on the Windows XP login screen, the easiest way is to use a simple tool called Add Administrator/Welcome Screen. Just run the program, tick the "Enable Admin Account on Welcome Screen" checkbox followed by clicking on the Apply button.
Download Add Administrator/Welcome Screen
Here is how to do it manually through the Windows registry. It is the same as the above except it gives you the flexibility of adding user account names other than Administrator.
1. Click on the Start button and select Run
2. Type regedit and press Enter.
3. Navigate to the following registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserList
4. Right click on the right pane, go to New and select DWORD value.
5. Enter the name as Administrator and double click on it.
6. Change the value data from 0 to 1 and click OK.
Tip: Here is a useful tip if you would like to keep the administrator account hidden from the Windows XP login screen but would want to login to the admin account. Just press Ctrl+Alt+Del twice and you will get the classic "Logon to Windows" dialog where you can type the username and password. Booting in to Safe Mode also will display the administrator account without making any of the above changes.
Display Administrator Account in Windows 7
When it comes to Windows 7, it is slightly different from Windows XP because the built-in Administrator account is disabled by default. By simply enabling the Administrator account, it will automatically show up in the Windows 7 logon screen. Here are the steps to enable the Administrator account in Windows 7 so that it shows up in the Windows 7 login screen.
1. Click the Start button, right click on Computer and select Manage.
2. Expand System Tools > Local Users and Groups > Users
3. Double click on Administrator and uncheck "Account is disabled" checkbox.
4. Click OK button to save the changes and restart your computer.
Do take note that you cannot enable the Administrator account from the User Accounts shortcut found in Control Panel. It has to be done from the Computer Management.


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Appearing for a Chef's job is a tough task. Especially, if you don't have much previous experience. To make your job easier, we've got tips from some Experts from ReviewsByExpert.com which will guide you on how to cook healthy on your first time appearing for your boss.
Without stress
If an important meal is near, preparing things one day before so that you can prepare everything in the quieter way and the result will be much better. You'll look like a pro chef with everything under control.
The larger, less fire
The longer you cook the preparation, lower you must put fire to better cooking. Conversely, when the preparation is small, you can cook over high heat. Keep in mind this rule and be one step closer to being a great chef.
Well stocked spices
The best place to keep spices is a place that is dry and dark. Some people tend to keep the right spices above the stove, as this is the worst place you can store them. Choose a dry, dark place, that's not too hot.
Big kitchen
Whenever you make broth, do it in large quantities and then take preparing the freezer. So you always have a little ready whenever you need it and, believe me, you'll need frequently. You also need to use proper tools while cooking, like if you're trying to prepare a bbq grill then use the best charcoal grills out there in the market.
Innovate carefully
If you try a recipe for the first time to impress someone, be careful. It is never a good idea to try a new recipe and a new ingredient when it comes to an important meal. Choose one, a new recipe or a new ingredient, never both at once.
Pasta with flavor
To make your dough has the flavor of a luxury restaurant, try this trick: Cook pasta one minute less than directed on the package and finish cooking in the pan with the sauce. This will make your taste is more delicious. This is how the Pro's do it! If you're looking for some more pasta hacks then this article here is a great resource.
Your hands odorless
After using garlic or onion, surely your hands are full of the smell of these, to remove it, simply scrub your hands against stainless steel sink for 30 seconds and then wash them with soap, you will see that the smell will be gone.
You need more oil
If you are skipping the food and find that you require more oil, add just a little turning the same on the edges of the pan. In this way, the oil will reach the food from the sides, where it is already cooked.
They do not go
When you're cutting herbs, use a little salt on the chopping block, this little trick will not work when you're biting.
Room temperature
For best results when baking, let the eggs and butter out a few hours before until they reach room temperature. Thus the mixture will cook more evenly.
Did you like this ten tips for cooking better? Tell us in the comments what surprised you most. To become a great chef continues practice is what will help you over time.


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#23 Lace Back Top by Vicki Square
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#23 Lace Back Top
Errata available: vogueknitting.com
"Back stories can be so compelling, they steal the show. Case in point: Vicki Square's sleeveless tunic, knit in 'Bahia' from Schulana/Skacel Collection, which features intricate Spanish lace across the back. An echo appears in the lower left front corner, counterbalanced by a vertical lace pattern at the left shoulder."
Errata for this pattern dealt simply with the name of the manufacturer. Info above is correct.