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It's only natural in the lead-up to Facebook's IPO that comparisons are getting made to Google (NASDAQ:GOOG), the tech world's big IPO of 2004. A lot will be made about the two companies' revenue, profit, the fanfare prior to their respective IPOs and other similarities. For instance, both were started by university students, both are now Internet giants, both are highly reliant on advertising revenue, to name a few.
But while Facebook is primarily a social networking site, Google comprises multiple lines of business, one of which — Google+ — was created specifically to compete directly with Facebook.
Given the name brand behind that rival social network, it raises several questions what could be key to Facebook's ultimate success, or failure.
What's the difference between Google+ and Facebook? How big a threat could Google's social network be to Facebook? Is Facebook going leave Google+ behind like another MySpace, or is there room for both to co-exist? Where does one have the advantage versus its rival? Does Google even care about Google+'s success as a social network, or might it have other goals for it? Let's have a look at how the two networks stack up.
How Many Users
The numbers change rapidly, but they currently look roughly like this: 170 million for Google+ to 845 million for Facebook. Google+ is technically still in beta release, and for a time, membership was by invite only. Despite that, it grew rapidly. While Facebook took two years (plus two years at a limited-access level) to reach the 100 million-user mark, Google+ did it in seven months. Google+ is adding 750,000 new users daily. In 2009, Facebook was hitting similar numbers, but its user base growth rate has since slowed and is expected to be 6.6% for 2012 (compared to near 40% in 2010).
Even if Google+ keeps up its growth rate (analysts have it possibly hitting 350 million to 400 million users by the end of 2012), Facebook is likely to remain on top for at least the next few years in terms of user numbers. What remains to be seen is whether Google+ can maintain its current growth rate given the demographics of its current user base.
Score this one for Facebook.
A Temple University study published demographic statistics about the two networking sites that show some key differences. Google+ is male-dominated (71%), while Facebook is more evenly distributed, but skewed toward females at 57%. Google+ is also preferred by the under-24 age group (50%), while 46% of Facebook users are aged 45 or older (only 14% are under 24).
Other studies identified Google+ users as primarily tech industry workers (software engineers, for example), and Google itself was the single largest employer of Google+ users, Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), Infosys (NASDAQ:INFY), IBM (NYSE:IBM) and Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) were also at the top.
At this point, demographics strongly favor Facebook. Google+ has been attracting a core group of users — which Bloomberg Businessweek describes as "male geeks from the U.S. — that is notoriously fickle and not known for spending a great deal of time socializing online. Facebook's more mature, mixed demographic is less likely to jump to the next great thing and much more likely to actively engage online with friends and family.
If Google+ can't make the transition to a more diverse, engaged user base, it won't be able to compete with Facebook as a true social media service.
Another win for Facebook.


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Series: The Awesome Power Of Encouragement (2 of 3) by Stuart Briscoe
This content is part of a series.NOTE: This sermon is part 3 and 4 of a 7 part sermon series. Three sermons outlines are included in this download.
Part 3: Encouraging People to Stand Firm
Series: The Awesome Power Of Encouragement
Stuart Briscoe
1 Thessalonians 2:17-3:13
Paul was so concerned about the Thessalonian believers that he sent Timothy to "strengthen and encourage (them) in (their) faith" (3:2). When he received word that they were indeed "standing firm in the Lord" he was greatly encouraged himself (3:7).
I. The Importance of Standing Firm.
A. Why is standing firm in the faith important?
1. Because faith has an eternal orientation.
a. The return of the Lord Jesus. 2:19
b. The faithful in His presence. Note: Luke 18:8
2. Because faith has a faithful component.
a. Paul's fears about the Thessalonians' faith. 3:5; Colossians 1:23; 2:5 7
b. Christ's teaching about faith's reality. Matthew 13:18 32
"Continuance is the test of reality." F. F. Bruce
3. Because faith has a progressive side.
a. What is lacking is supplied. 3:10
Part 4: Encouraging People to Please God
Series: The Awesome Power Of Encouragement
Stuart Briscoe
1 Thessalonians 4:1-12
In the brief period that they had been in Thessalonica the missionaries had been careful to teach the believers "how to live in order to please God." The fact that they also emphasized this in their letter shows that they attached great importance to encouraging this objective.
I. Pleasing God in Spiritual Matters. vv. 1 3a
A. A matter of spiritual practice-"to please God."
B. A matter of spiritual position-"in the Lord Jesus."
C. A matter of spiritual progress.
1. "How to walk."
2. "Do this more and more."
D. A matter of spiritual purpose-"it is God's will." v. 3
1. "That you should be holy"-"Hagiasmos." also v. 7
2. "That you will be holy"-"Hagiosune." 3:13
3. "Who gives you His Holy Spirit." v. 8
E. A matter of spiritual perspective.
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text: Leadership for the Future Thursday, March 31, 2005 at 1:20 PM Colorado Christian University held its third annual Values-Aligned Leadership Summit (VALS) on March 30 at the Hyatt Regency in the Denver Tech Center. More than 90 undergraduate and graduate students at CCU were joined by nearly 90 senior-level business executives and CCU faculty and staff to discuss the role of values and ethics in today's business world and the theme for this year's conference: "The Inter-Generational Transfer of Leadership."Keynote speakers included Eric Pillmore, senior vice president of Corporate Governance for Tyco International and Francis X. Maguire, former senior executive of American Airlines, Kentucky Fried Chicken, and Federal Express. Additional speakers included Dr. Sid Buzzell, CCU professor of Bible Exposition and Leadership and general editor of The Leadership Bible, and Dr. Larry Donnithorne, CCU president and author of "The West Point Way of Leadership."Paul Lewan of Lewan and Associates and Eric Pillmore of Tyco received 2005 Values-Aligned Leader Awards. "This group has become an annual accountability group for me and I look forward to my interaction with the students and executives each year," Pillmore said. Current CCU senior and conference participant, Sarah Larsen, found the conference to be a valuable experience. "VALS gives me hope that there are still business executives out there who care enough about values and ethics that they would take a day to come and invest in the future leaders of America and share their experiences with them," she said. "Everyone benefits at VALS; students learn from the past and executives catch a glimpse of the future."Kim Christian, one of the student organizers for VALS 2005 appreciates the efforts of everyone involved. "The only way that a conference of this caliber and magnitude can be successful is through the support of business professionals and students alike who are committed to excellence within the ethics arena regarding current business practices," she said. Sponsors who helped make this year's conference possible include: Tyco, Cap Logistics, Colorado Business Roundtable, Guild Associates, LLC, GetBacon.com, Nichez, Lewan and Associates, Thom Scheffel and Associates, Allstate Insurance Company, and Primerica.Dr. Chuck King, dean of CCU's School of Business and Leadership, believes the conference impacts both students and business leaders. "This unique leadership conference was inspired by a group of business people who were searching for an educational response to what seems to be an unraveling of the ethical fabric of business in America," he said. "This group became committed to helping construct a decision-making model that would give business enterprises a 'methodology for insuring values-alignment' within their organizations as well as a 'process for choosing the best ethical decision from the alternatives.' The Values-Aligned Leadership Summit has become an annual event that is growing in its impact and prestige."For more information, visit the CCU VALS Web site. Tweet


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US customs lists 2012 top fakes, sources of seizures [INFOGRAPHIC
Posted: February 08, 2013
The US Customs and Border Protection, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement conducted more than 22,800 seizures in 2012, netting goods worth nearly $1.3 billion.
The CBP and ICE said close to one-third of actual seizures consisted of apparel and accessories. Handbags and wallets top the list when commodities are ranked according to value.
About three-fourths of seized commodities by value came from China, despite efforts there to heighten IPR recognition and protection. Peru was ranked among the top 10 sources economies for the first time last year due to seizures worth almost $2 million.
With these numbers in mind, precompliance and due diligence, including some IPR protection tips from the Customs & International Trade Law Blog, remain a must for volume importers.
The infographic below presents key data on the 2012 IPR seizures by US customs.
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"Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God." The truth in these simple words has been acclaimed equally by great saints of East and West. It is a truth which every devotee would do well to ponder, for in all religions it is a common delusion to believe that mere affiliation with a body of worshipers will be one's passport to salvation. Yet Jesus didn't say, "Blessed are my followers, for they shall see God." His message was universal: By the yardstick of inner purity alone is a person's closeness to God determined.
What is purity of heart? Jesus in effect defined it elsewhere as the capacity to love God with all one's heart, soul, mind, and strength.(79) And why is this capacity called purity? Simply because we belong in God; worldliness is foreign to our essential nature.
How, then, can one achieve such purity? Is self-effort the answer? Is grace? St. Paul said, "By grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast."(80) Fundamentalist Christians often quote this passage as an argument against self-effort of any kind, and particularly against the practices of yoga. But the Book of Revelation states, "And, behold, I come quickly, and my reward is with me, to give every man according as his work shall be."(81) Do these Scriptures contradict one another? Not at all.
St. Paul didn't mean that self-effort is futile, but only that God is above bargaining. Outward "works," in other words, in God's namesuch as building schools and hospitalswill not in themselves win His favor. Love alone can win Him. For like attracts like, and God is Love. But as for those inner effortstrust, for example, and lovewhich lift the soul Godward, these are essential, else the Scriptures were written in vain. It is to this internal "work" that the Book of Revelation is referring above. (82)
To develop love for God, the first prerequisite is that no other desire hinder its free flow. This, then, is our first spiritual "work": to give up every desire that conflicts with our devotion. We need not destroy our desires so much as rechannel their energies Godward.
And it is in this true labor of love that the techniques of yoga serve most effectively. Wrong desires, it need hardly be added, could never be transmuted by technique alone. But just as the techniques of running are useful to those with a desire to be good runners, so the techniques of yoga can help devotees to control their physical energies, and to redirect them toward God. Yoga practice by itself won't give us God, but it can help us very much in our efforts to give ourselves to Him. The yoga science, in other words, helps us to cooperate with divine grace.
Take a simple example. Devotees naturally want to love God. Many, however, have no clear notion of how to go about loving Him. Too often their efforts are merely cerebral, and end in frustration. Yet Jesus hinted at a technique when he said, "Blessed are the pure in heart." For, as everyone who has loved deeply knows, it is in the heart that love is feltnot in the physical heart, literally, but in the heart center, or spinal nerve plexus just behind the heart. Christian saints have stressed again and again "the love of the heart." And yogis claim that love is developed more easily if, instead of merely thinking love, one will direct the thought of love upwards from the heart center, through the spine to the brain.
Take another example. Devotees attempting inward communion with God often find their efforts thwarted by restless thoughts. But long ago yogis found a technique for overcoming this obstacle. The breath, they discovered, is intimately related to the mental processes. A restless mind accompanies a restless breath. By simple, effective techniques for calming the breath, they found they could free the mind more easily for divine contemplation.
Thus, by its practical application of laws governing man's physical body and nervous system, the science of yoga helps one to become more receptive to the flow of divine grace, much as technical proficiency at the piano makes possible the uninterrupted flow of musical inspiration. And divine communion, as St. Paul said, comes not by "pleasing" God, overtly, but only by making oneself fully receptive to His love. That love of its very nature wants to give itself.
I referred to the ego in Chapter 32 as a vortex of consciousness that separates itself from the ocean of awareness by its own centripetal force. Once this vortex is dissolved, I said, self-awareness flows outward to embrace infinity. But now I should explain that it vastly over-simplifies matters to speak of the ego as but a single vortex. The fact is, egoic awareness gives rise to countless millions of subsidiary eddies: vortices of likes and dislikes, resulting in desires, which in turn lead to ego-motivated activities. Every such vortex draws energy to itself, and thereby also reaffirms and strengthens the ego from which it derives its energy. Until a desire has been fulfilled in action, or else dissipated by wisdom, it may remain dormant, like a seed, in the subconsciousness for incarnations. The stronger the mental tendency, the greater the ego's commitment to it. The amount of energy diverted toward these myriad commitments is incalculably great. Paramhansa Yogananda used to tell us, "There is enough latent energy in one gram of your flesh to supply the city of Chicago with electricity for a week. Yet you imagine yourselves powerless in the face of a few difficulties!" The reason we can tap so little of the energy potentially available to us is that most of what we attract to ourselves from the surrounding universe has already been "spoken for"; it is absorbed by countless eddies of prior egoic commitments.
I had an interesting experience a few years ago relative to this energy-drain. Having, as I thought, seriously overextended myself in my work, I had reached a point of exhaustion. One evening I had a class to give, and half an hour before leaving for it lay down to rest. But I didn't sleep; instead, I reviewed in my mind as dispassionately as I could all the reasons I had for feeling so tired: the endless activities (daily lectures, classes, a radio program), the unceasing stream of correspondence, the constant telephone calls, the numerous requests for interviews, the incessant demands for decisions from people who could have made just as good decisions on their own. As I recalled each reason to mind, I reacted with an instinctive feeling of rejection: "Oh, noit's just too much!"
But then came the dispassionate challenge: "Is it? It is a fact of your life now, whether you like it or not. Why not simply accept it?" In each case, as I applied this advice, I felt as though I had closed some psychic door through which energy had been pouring from me in my anxiety to push the unwanted experience out of my life. As each door closed, I found more energy being retained in myself.
The results were extraordinary. By the end of that half hour my exhaustion had completely vanished; I was fairly bursting with energy! A friend who had seen me earlier that day and pleaded with me to cancel my class saw me now and exclaimed, "What a wonderful sleep you must have had. You look so refreshed!" Interestingly enough the subject of my class that evening was "Energization." It was perhaps the best I have ever given on this subject. Afterwards I still felt so full of energy that I stayed up until two o'clock the next morning, talking, reading, then meditating.
And the energy that I rechanneled that day was only a minute fraction of the energy pre-empted by millions of other vortices in my subconscious mind!
If we could only channel all our energy in any one directionif, for example, we could learn with our whole being to say Yes to life, instead of mixing so many "yeses" with "nos"our powers of accomplishment would be greater than most people deem possible. But it is important, at the same time, to channel this energy wisely. For if we use it to achieve goals that are external to our true nature, our very success will bring us disappointment.
To understand how to utilize rightly the enormous amounts of energy that are available to us, we must understand how energy functions in the body. Its main channel is the spine. The spine, like a bar magnet, has its north pole at the spiritual eye, and its south pole at the base, in the coccyx. In a bar magnet, all the molecules, each having its own north-south polarity, are turned in the same direction. In an unmagnetized bar the molecules, though similarly polarized, are turned every which way, and cancel one another out. A common man, similarly, may lack the dynamic power that one associates with human greatness, but it isn't because he has less energy than the mightiest genius; it is only that the "molecules" of his subconscious desires and impulses pull him in conflicting directions, and cancel one another out.
A steel bar becomes magnetized, not by the introduction of any new element, but simply by the realignment of its molecules. Human magnetism, similarly, results when the "molecules" of conflicting desires are realigned unidirectionally. Limited power can be achieved, for a time, by directing them one-pointedly toward any goal. Many modern psychiatrists, in fact, cognizant of this fact, have recommended to people that they seek fulfillment through the outward release of subconscious repressions. But deeper realities of human nature, and the fact that the very way our bodies are made reflects those realities, make it impossible for us to bring all our "molecules" into alignment until we adjust them to the north-south polarity of the spine. That is to say, all our desires and aspirations must flow upwards, toward the spiritual eye: the "doorway" to Infinity.
Likes and dislikes, and their resultant desires and aversions, are the root cause of mortal bondage. The progressive stages of involvement with maya may be traced through the basic functions of human consciousness: mon, buddhi, ahankara, and chitta: mind, intellect, ego, and feeling. Paramhansa Yogananda explained these basic functions by the illustration of a horse seen reflected in a mirror. The mirror is the mind (mon), reflecting the image just as it appears through the senses, without in any way qualifying or defining that image. Buddhi (intellect) then defines what it sees, informing us, "That is a horse." Ahankara (ego) steps in next to say, "That's my horse." Up to this point we are not yet really bound by the thought of ownership; the identification, though personal, remains more or less abstract. But then comes chitta (feeling), which says, "How happy I am to see my horse!" Chitta is our emotional, reactive process, our likes and dislikes, and is, as I said, the true source of all our delusions. Thus, the ancient sage Patanjali, classical exponent of the yoga science, defined yoga itself as "the neutralization of the vortices ( vrittis) of chitta."(83)
Master once told me, "When I applied to the Maharaja of Kasimbazar for permission to transfer my school to his Ranchi property, he called in several pundits to test my knowledge of spiritual matters, since the request involved a religious institution. I could see they were all set for a theological bullfight, so I turned the tables on them. I said, 'Let us talk only of truths we have actually realized. An ability to quote the Scriptures is no proof of wisdom.' I then asked them a question for which I knew there was no answer in any text. 'We read,' I said, 'of the four aspects of human consciousness: mon, buddhi, ahankara, and chitta. We also read that these have their respective centers in the physical body. Can you tell me where in the body each center is located?' Well, they were completely stumped! All they knew was what they had read. I then told them, ' Mon (mind) is centered at the top of the head; buddhi (intellect), at the point between the eyebrows; ahankara (ego), in the medulla oblongata; and chitta (feeling), in the heart.'" (84)
"Blessed are the pure in heart," said Jesus, "for they shall see God." The teachings of the Galilean Master and those of India's great yogis were cut from the same cloth of Self-realization. Only when the likes and dislikes of the heart, and their resultant vortices of desire and aversion, have been dissolvedin short, when the heart has been purifiedcan Self-realization be attained. The vortex of ego itself is then dissipated with relative ease, for without objective attachments it soon loses its momentum, and is dispersed at last by the currents of divine inspiration.
Most efforts to transform oneself involve a laborious struggle to correct an endless array of individual faultsa tendency to gossip, over-attachment to sweets, physical laziness, and the like. The devotee must, of course, fight such battles as they present themselves to his mind. But to attempt to win the whole war in this piecemeal fashion would be like trying to realign each molecule in a bar of steel separately. Purely psychological efforts at self-transformation are a never-ending task. Even after one has succeeded, finally, in turning a few mental "molecules" in the right direction, there is no guarantee they'll remain turned that way once one leaves them to work on the next lot.
The way to magnetize a bar of steel is to introduce a south-north current into it, by placing it in close proximity to a magnetized bar. The way to become spiritually magnetized, similarly, is to place oneself in spiritual "proximity" to one's guru; that is to say, to attune oneself to him mentally. Because the energy of an awakened master flows naturally upwards, toward the spiritual eye, attunement with him generates a similar flow in the disciple.
But of course, more is involved here than passive acceptance of the guru's blessings. Any disciple, indeed, who relies on those blessings alone will make only negligible progress. For man is not inert metal; he can and must cooperate in the process of self-transformation. As Yogananda put it, "The path is twenty-five percent the disciple's own effort, twenty-five percent the guru's effort on his behalf, and fifty percent the grace of God." The guru needs the disciple's cooperation. And the disciple can cooperate best when he understands how this magnetic influence actually works in his body, raising subtle currents of energy through the spine to the brain. Cooperation with the guru's efforts, and with divine grace, means doing what one can himself to direct energy upwards through the spine.
The correlation between spiritual awakening and this upward movement of energy can be observed somewhat in ordinary human experience as well. When, for example, a person feels an increase of happiness or inspiration, or when he makes a firm resolution to do something wholesome and positive, he will, if he introspects, observe an accompanying upward flow of energy to his brain. He may even find himself standing or sitting more erect, holding his head higher, looking upward, turning the corners of his mouth up in a smile. On the other hand, if he feels depressed or discouraged, he will note a corresponding flow of energy, downward, away from the brain. He may even slump a little, look down at the floor, turn the corners of his mouth downward, and actually feel physically a little heavier.
Spiritual awakening takes place when all one's energy is directed upward to the spiritual eye. Hence the saying of Jesus, "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy strength": that is, "with all thy energy."
This upward flow is obstructed in most people by countless eddies of chitta, which, once formed in the heart, get distributed along the spine according to their anticipated level of fulfillmentthe lower the level, the more materialistic the desire; the higher the level, the more spiritual. These eddies, or vrittis, can be dissipated by a flow of energy through the spine strong enough to neutralize their centripetal force. Numerous techniques of yoga have as their main objective the awakening of this energy-flow.
Of all such yoga techniques, the most effective, according to Paramhansa Yogananda and his line of gurus, because the most central and direct in its application, is Kriya Yoga. This was the technique, they said, that was taught in ancient times by Lord Krishna to Arjuna. And Krishna, in the Bhagavad Gita, states that he gave this technique to humanity in an incarnation long prior to the one in which he taught Arjuna. Of all the techniques of yoga, Kriya is quite probably the most ancient.
Kriya Yoga directs energy lengthwise around the spine, gradually neutralizing the eddies of chitta. At the same time it strengthens the nerves in the spine and brain to receive cosmic currents of energy and consciousness. Yogananda stated that Kriya is the supreme yoga science. Beside it, other yoga techniques that work on calming the breath, concentrating the mind, etc., though important in themselves (Yogananda also taught a number of them), must be classed as subsidiary.
He often said that Kriya Yoga strengthens one in whatever pathwhether devotion, discrimination, or service; Hindu, Christian, Moslem, or Judaicone is inclined by temperament, or by upbringing, to follow.
A visitor who once came to his Ranchi school had been practicing Bhakti Yoga, the path of single-minded devotion, for twenty years. Though deeply devoted, he had never yet experienced the Lord's blissful presence.
"Kriya Yoga would help you," the Master suggested to him earnestly.
But the man was fearful of being disloyal to his own path.
"No, Kriya won't conflict with your present practices," Master insisted. "It will only deepen you in them."
Still the man was hesitant.
"Look here," Master finally said, "you are like a man who for twenty years has been trying to get out of a room through the walls, the floor, the ceiling. Kriya Yoga will simply show you where the door is. There is no conflict, in that kind of aid, with your own devotional path. To pass through the doorway you must still do so with devotion."
The man relented at last, and was initiated. Hardly a week passed before he received his first deep experience of God.
"I wasn't sent to the West," Yogananda often told his audiences, "by Christ and the great masters of India to dogmatize you with a new theology. Jesus himself asked Babaji to send someone here to teach you the science of Kriya Yoga, that people might learn how to commune with God directly. I want to help you to attain actual experience of Him, through your daily practice of Kriya Yoga."
He added, "The time for knowing God has come!"
(79) Mark 12:30.
Back in context.
(80) Ephesians 2:8,9.
Back in context.
(81) Revelation 22:12; italics mine.
Back in context.
(82) In The New English Bible, St. Paul's words, "By grace are ye saved through faith," are rendered, "For it is by his grace you are saved, through trusting him." These words, through trusting him, help to emphasize the point that the right kind of self-effort is needed. For trust implies an active gift, and not mere passive acceptance.
Back in context.
(83) Yoga Sutras 1:2. Chitta is usually translated, "mind-stuff." Paramhansa Yogananda himself, in his autobiography, accepts this translation. But in a series of classes on Patanjali, and in private discussions with me, he defined the word more exactly as I have given it here.
Back in context.
(84) I have referred earlier to the fact that love is experienced in the heart center. It may be of interest to note also that intense intellectual effort is often accompanied by a slight frown: evidence that energy is being directed to the point between the eyebrows. Again, note how pride tends to draw the head backward: a sign that energy is being focused in the medullary region. That is why we speak of a proud person as "looking down his nose" at others.
Back in context.
Chapter 35
Copyright 1996 J. Donald Walters (Swami Kriyananda), Trustee


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Dolores Gray
It's Always Fair Weather
In this satirical MGM musical that garnered Oscar nods for Best Score and Best Screenplay, war buddies Ted (Gene Kelly), Doug (Dan Dailey) and Angie (Michael Kidd) promise to meet 10 years after parting at the end of World War II. But their get-together doesn't turn out as expected. Each man has seen his youthful dreams evaporate, and now a network TV coordinator (Cyd Charisse) wants to feature their reunion on live television.


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Welcome to LEEP!
We are looking forward to having you here to start your program in July. To help you prepare, we have compiled various items below to answer many of your questions. Please review all of the material carefully. If questions remain after you have reviewed this material, please do not hesitate to contact GSLIS. You may call the main office at 800.982.0914 or contact Assistant Dean Rae-Anne Montague (firstname.lastname@example.com; 217.244.0577) directly. Questions about the technology used in LEEP should be addressed to the Information Technology & User Services Support Office (800.377.1892 or 217.244.4903 or firstname.lastname@example.com).
Below you will find:
1. Course Information. You will be completing the required course LIS 502: Libraries, Information and Society during your 10-day stay. Professor Leigh Estabrook has provided some information on the course and how to prepare before you arrive.
2. Technology Information. Information about GSLIS technology is provided. A separate e-mail will be sent to incoming LEEP students with Moodle course space login details.
3. Summer 2008 Registration Information. This section includes information about registration and financial aid for Summer 2008 (including deadlines).
4. Housing Information. We are providing information about a nearby University dormitory and other housing options.
5. Bits & Pieces of Information and Parking on UI Campus. These cover tips for your stay on campus including advice on parking, the weather, phones, food, etc.
6. Fall 2008 Registration Information. This is a list of LEEP courses scheduled for Fall 2008. Plan to register for fall courses at the end of your summer on-campus session.
You will receive information about academic advising during orientation. During the session, faculty and staff will be glad to help you make decisions about courses for fall. At the end of your stay on campus, we will hold a session to offer additional guidance on academic program planning and more information about fall courses.
We expect that you will find the 10-day session an intense but worthwhile beginning to your time as a LEEP student. We look forward to seeing you on campus in July!
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I am delighted you will be joining our program and that I will have the opportunity to work with you as your instructor for your first required course, LIS 502: Libraries, Information and Society, this summer. Joining us will be several teaching assistants.
The course asks a lot of learning in a short time, but we will pace the activities to make it work. By the end of the course, our goal is to give you a sense of the field as a whole and to introduce you to key historical, social, and ethical issues.
We will have multiple classes each day over this short period of time, so you should expect the time to be filled. (I say this on the recommendation of a student who said he wished he'd known this before promising his workplace that he could complete a project for them while he was beginning LEEP).
Because our time is so short, please complete all the readings before you get to campus. Doing the basic reading before the class meetings is the only way we manage to teach the entire course in such a short time. It puts the class in the middle of the semester as we begin and provides a context to begin asking questions and thinking critically about our field from the first class. The reading list will be included in the full syllabus and schedule, which will be available from the Moodle (http://courses.lis.uiuc.edu/) by June 2.
If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Sincerely yours,
Leigh Estabrook (firstname.lastname@example.com)
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Dear Incoming LEEP Student:
Welcome to the Graduate School of Library and Information Science! My name is Jill Gengler and I am writing on behalf of the GSLIS technology support staff who will assist you during your time with GSLIS. This letter is an overview of some of the basics you'll need to prepare for your time on campus.
Our Philosophy of Instructional Technology
We know you are entering this program to earn a degree in library and information science: not computer science or instructional technology! We want to make the technology you use as simple and stable as possible so that you can focus on your studies. That being said, problems will occur and you may need support from time-to-time. We hope you will quickly discover that we are the friendliest support staff you have ever met, and that you can come to us with just about any question you can think to ask!
Getting Ready
At your earliest convenience, please go to http://www.lis.uiuc.edu/itd/welcome.html. We ask that you read that page and the linked information carefully and that you pay special attention to the page on accounts and passwords. As a member of the University of Illinois community, you have many new accounts, and we will assume that you have tested each account before you arrive on campus. As you setup and test these accounts, of course, please contact us if you have any problems or questions.
The information provided on the New Student Welcome page will be enhanced by technology training workshops that you will attend during your time on campus. We promise the workshops will be fun as well as informative!
Computer Access
While you are on campus, you will need access to computers and the Internet. There are different options for doing so, depending upon your particular needs.
1. Computer labs: Since a laptop is not required in our program, there are computer labs available. You will also need to use the computer labs to access printing services.
a. GSLIS runs its own computer lab in the basement of our building. You can learn more about the Learning Resources Lab (LRL) at http://www.lis.uiuc.edu/oitr/help/lrl/about.html.
b. The University of Illinois has other computer labs, but their availability during the summer is limited. Please refer to the schedule at http://www.cites.uiuc.edu/ics/special_hours.html.
c. While some housing options advertise computer labs on their websites, past LEEP students report that the facilities did not always meet their expectations.
2. Personal laptops: If you already own a laptop (again, not required!), we do recommend you bring it with you to campus. There are different options for connecting to the Internet.
a. Dial-up connection - You will need a modem, phone line and phone cord. Directions for dialing out of your dorm room or hotel will depend on where you are staying, so please contact your housing for directions. You will not be able to use a dial-up connection in the GSLIS building.
i. You can dial in to your Internet Service Provider (ISP) if they have a Champaign-Urbana phone number. The large ISPs (such as AOL) do have local numbers. Remember, if you try to call the number you normally use, it will most likely be a toll call and you will incur a large telephone bill! Please contact your ISP to find out the phone numbers you'll need.
ii. If your ISP does not have a Champaign-Urbana number, you can dial in to the University's network. You can learn more at http://www.cites.uiuc.edu/dialup/index_config.html.
b. "Wired" Ethernet connection - You will need an Ethernet card and RJ45 cord (a few cords will be available for loan from GSLIS).
i. You can access the University network at the "Walkup computing sites." See http://www.cites.uiuc.edu/walkup/config.html for more information.
ii. Your hotel or dorm room may have an Ethernet network. Please contact your housing for more information.
c. Wireless access - Your laptop must have a wireless card. There will be 5 cards available for loan on a first-come first-serve basis during your time on-campus (we are not taking reservations for the cards).
i. There is a wireless network in the GSLIS building (as well as some other UIUC buildings). You will need an 802.11b compatible wireless card. You can learn more about wireless in GSLIS at http://www.lis.uiuc.edu/oitr/help/wireless.html.
ii. Many local restaurants and cafes provide wireless access for their customers. You will need to get instructions from the restaurant in order to access their network.
This is a lot of information to digest! If you have any questions or concerns, please don't hesitate to contact us: firstname.lastname@example.com or 800.377.1892. We look forward to meeting you and supporting you as you work on your degree.
Best Wishes,
Jill Gengler
Manager of Instructional Technologies
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Information about registration and financial aid for Summer 2008 can be found at
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Sherman Hall is the housing option arranged by GSLIS. If this does not suit your needs, you are welcome to arrange your own accommodations (see "Other Housing Options…" below).
909 S. Fifth Street, Champaign (across Fifth Street from the LIS Building)
Session 1: July 10-19 (block for nights of July 9-19)
Session 2: July 17-26 (block nights of July 16-26)
Rate: $39.45 per person per night + tax.
To reserve a room at Sherman Hall, complete the form at:
- In "What conference will you be attending on campus?" indicate either "LEEP Session 1 2008" or "LEEP Session 2 2008."
- In "Room type preference" indicate "single."
- In "Special Requests"indicate "Sherman Hall LEEP block." If there is a particular person (same gender) you would like to share the space with, both of you will need to indicate the other person in this section, otherwise Housing will assign the rooms.
Sherman Hall offers 2-person air-conditioned rooms consisting of two private bedrooms and a shared bathroom. (There could possibly be some 3-person rooms available--check with Housing.) Each bedroom contains a microwave/refrigerator unit and Internet access. Linens, including a blanket, are provided. [Rooms are air-conditioned. If you tend to get cold, you may consider bringing an extra blanket.]
Parking is available in Lot C-16 directly behind Sherman Hall on Daniel Street. There is additional parking in Lot C-6 on the corner of Daniel Street and Fourth Street. The Parking Division has not set the summer rates at this time; the current estimated daily rate is $10/day. Parking arrangements and payment are made when you check in at the desk in Sherman Hall.
University Housing website: http://www.housing.uiuc.edu/
If you have questions regarding Sherman Hall, please contact the University Housing office at email@example.com
Other Housing Options
Of course, you are free to find your own accommodations. Information for CU accommodations, transportation, and other services may be found at: http://www.visitchampaigncounty.org/view_all/index.php
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Be prepared to work -- hard!!
During this time on campus you will be taking a core course, LIS 502, and most of your time will be devoted to class work. We stress this because some students seem "surprised" by the amount of work required of them during the on-campus session.
Getting to campus
If you are flying into Willard Airport (http://www.flycmi.com/) and need transportation to campus, the contracted ground transportation service at the airport is Illini Limo. You may make an advance reservation by calling 217.384.5892.
The C-U Mass Transit District also operates an "Air Bus" with direct service from the airport to campus. The Air Bus runs hourly from 5am - 7pm Monday-Saturday and has a reduced schedule on Sundays. Cost is $1 each way or free with I-Card (note: you will not obtain your I-card until you get to campus.) Detailed schedule information is available at http://www.cumtd.com. There is also local taxi service that can be used as an alternative to the bus, since the bus does not run late in the evenings and only departs hourly. For information on alternative transportation visit http://www.visitchampaigncounty.org/visitors/index.php.
If you are flying into Chicago or Indianapolis and need to get to Champaign-Urbana, there are various shuttle options available:
Chicago Shuttles
Lincolnland Express - Shuttles from O'Hare and Midway to Champaign-Urbana depart every 3 hours. Reservations need to be made 2 days in advance. Reservations not made before 2 days will be placed on available scheduled shuttles. For information on schedules and fares visit http://www.lincolnlandexpress.com or call 1.800.223.9313.
Suburban Express - Weekend shuttle service provided to and from the Chicago suburbs. For more information on schedules and fares visit http://www.suburbanexpress.com or call 217.344.5500.
Amtrak - There are three trains that run daily between Chicago and Champaign-Urbana. Specific information on fares and schedules can be found at http://www.amtrak.com or 1.800.872.7245.
Indianapolis Shuttle
Lincolnland Express - A shuttle from the Indianapolis airport to Champaign-Urbana is available every 3 hours. Reservations need to be made 2 days in advance. Reservations not made before 2 days will be placed on available scheduled shuttles. For information on schedules and fares visit http://www.lincolnlandexpress.com or call 1.800.223.9313.
Staying in touch with home
There will be a bulletin board next to the lecture hall of the GSLIS building to leave messages for students. If someone in your family or at work needs to contact you while you are in class, they can call the GSLIS Administrative Office between 7:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. CDT Monday through Friday and someone will post a "While you were out" note to the bulletin board. You may give out these GSLIS numbers for leaving messages: 217.333.3280 or 800.982.0914--Monday-Friday and 800.377.1892--LEEP Technical Support Office on Saturdays and Sundays.
Weather in Champaign-Urbana can be quite hot (and sometimes rainy) in the summer. You'd be well advised to bring a combination of shorts and t-shirts plus maybe a few pairs of pants (jeans are okay) in case it cools off at night. Accommodations are air-conditioned. The LIS building is also air-conditioned.
In your welcoming packet, we will include city bus information/directions to nearby grocery stores where you can stock up on food and other supplies. An unofficial guide to restaurants, grocery stores, and other C-U hot spots near GSLIS is available at http://groups.lis.uiuc.edu/oncampus/restaurant_guide.htm.
Computer Use
Students will have access to the Learning Resources Lab (LRL) on the ground floor of GSLIS (Room 12A), as well as other computing sites available throughout the UIUC campus.
Students, staff and faculty at GSLIS all have assigned quotas for free printing to selected printers in the building. Each black-and-white page you print will deduct $.07 from your quota. Personal laptops can also have printers mounted to print against their quotas. Please read below for some of the specifics and useful links for mounting your printer; FAQ and checking your print quota. Details on printing are found at: http://www.lis.uiuc.edu/oitr/help/printing.html
If you have access to a laptop and are able to bring it along, please feel free to do so. The classrooms in the LIS Building are equipped with a wireless network. (See the message on technology for information on using the wireless network.)
There is a photocopy machine in the LRL (12A) for student use; copies are $.07 per copy.
The University requires immunizations for on-campus students. Immunizations are not required for online (LEEP) students. If you receive information regarding immunizations, please disregard the content, but let Assistant Dean Montague know so that she can follow-up on your behalf.
Visitor Information
For travel, campus and community information visit: http://www.uiuc.edu/usergroups/visitors.html.
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Campus maps and building information can be found at http://www.uiuc.edu/ricker/CampusMap.
Parking around GSLIS is extremely limited. Plan ahead if you bring a car!
University rental lots are available ONLY after 5:00 p.m. (until 2:00 a.m.) Monday-Friday, and beginning at 6:00 a.m. until 2:00 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday (note that these lots are CLOSED to parking from 2:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. every day). Some University rental lots have 10 hour meters at $.75 per hour. [NOTE: Does not apply to the Housing Lots if you have purchased a parking permit.]
Metered parking:
- City metered street parking: LIMITED city 2-hour parking at $.75 per hour (enforced!!) [bring quarters]. You may be ticketed or towed if your vehicle is located in the same meter space past the 2-hour limit.
- University metered parking (10-hour/$.75 per hour) in E3 Library lot (corner of Sixth and Armory) and in other University parking lots at metered spots only.
For more information and regulations for parking on the U of I campus visit http://www.parking.uiuc.edu.
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This is a tough situation for any parent.
I am sorry, I have just completed my response with recommendations to your request but the system got a problem and I do not see my response posted. I will try to work on it again.
I was saying how tough a scenario like this could be for any parent.
You stated you have other three older children who have not presented any serious problems like him. I was wondering how this developed, if it was a sudden change or took place gradually developing in several months or years.
Many times happen that changes like this are based on a person being deeply spoiled, what distorts his personality and leads to situations like this. Some children do react differently to spoiling and could not get this bad. I am not telling that this is his case, just speculating so to give a broader response here. Some people are much more predisposed to develop disorders like this after spoiling, a trauma or any other intense life event.
My best guess totally matches your fear, since it uses to be the case leading to behaviors this chaotic. The use-abuse of drugs could easily trigger mental health or behavioral disorders and most times it is not only one but a combination when people are this young. Again, some people could be predisposed to develop a disorder much easier and strongly that others under similar circumstances, and some could even develop psychotic disorders after a one time use of a drug.
First thing to do is to get him a drug test. From there you would know better what needs to be done. If setting boundaries and being consistent with consequences has not worked, then it is obvious something else needs to be done. He is old enough to be hold accountable for his actions, and he is not taking any responsibility here.
Any person who represents a danger to self of other could be reported by anybody and an intervention started leading to jail or treatment. Since he is still a minor, you have right to decide what is best for him, and that could be a very good thing here giving you the power to reach for help that would not be viable that easy if he happens to be +18.
You need to protect him from himself-ego-mental issues including drugs and your family, so it does make total sense to take action and get him this drug test and if you have to call the police for any violent-risky behavior do it. His ego would hate you but you would be supporting your real son and giving him the chance for rehabilitation.
He would need to go through detoxification program and then to intensive inpatient treatment. There he would be restricted and depending on how well the supports happen to be and his willingness to cooperate he would have more or less chances for rehabilitation. Then aftercare support and intensive outpatient become more challenging since most people do relapse, but you can only do your best on what you can control, and yes, you could end every form of support including housing if he continues to neglect and abuse self and others. It would be wise to get information about local state-county laws on this area.
Please do take immediate action with all the support you could get since your son and family need and deserve it.
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Mattress Depths
These days, mattress depths can vary from 8" - 20". If you are purchasing online, you will be asked to enter the depth of your mattress, so that we can determine which pocket will best fit your bed. If you are visiting our store, you can discuss whether or not to purchase Jumbo sizes with one of our sales experts, once you've given them all your measurements. In all cases, please make sure to provide your measurements if they are not consistent with our size chart. Knowing your measurements is also important when you are purchasing your bedskirt and duvet cover.
Fitted Sheets
Due to all the different mattress depths, it can be complicated to buy a fitted sheet that will fit properly over the sides without having to pull and tug every time you make your bed. To avoid this problem, we require you to enter the depth of your mattress when you place your order so that we can determine the correct pocket size for you.
Please keep in mind, these sheets are 100% cotton and will shrink, so even though you may find the fitted sheet a bit too big right out of the package, we assure you, after several washes, it will fit perfectly! (If it fits perfectly out of the package, it will be too small after several washes.) Just make sure to give us the actual depth of your mattress when you place your order, and we will take care of the rest!
You can also include custom measurements in the ORDER NOTES section of the CHECK OUT BOX and we will custom order your fitted sheet to accommodate your bed.
Duvet Depth
When buying a duvet, you want to be sure that it will hang generously over the sides and amply cover the gap where the mattress sits on the box spring. We always recommend measuring the width, as well as the depth of your mattress, and then adding at least a few inches on either side to ensure proper coverage.
For example, if your king mattress is 76" wide, with a depth of 14",
you will need to calculate as follows: 76 + 14 + 14 = 104"
In this example, your duvet needs to measure at least 104" wide to just reach the box spring. We therefore recommend that you add a few more inches to that measurement to accommodate duvet cover shrinkage as well as generous overhang on both sides. In the example above, we would recommend a Jumbo King.
If you have a queen mattress that measures 60" wide, with a depth of 12",
you will calculate as follows: 60 + 12 + 12 = 84" In this example, a Queen duvet will be appropriate.
*Please note when you insert the duvet into the duvet cover, it will also lose a couple of inches on either side from puffing up.
The standard height of our bedskirt is 14", but it can be custom ordered to your exact measurements through our store. Measure from the top of the box spring to the floor for an exact measurement. You can watch this video if you're unsure about how to measure.
Our standard bedskirt style (unless otherwise indicated) is tailored with one center pleat on each panel, as well as at the corners. Corners are open to accommodate footboards, but can also be custom ordered with closed corners through our store.
We also make gathered (ruffled) bedskirts, as well as tailored bed skirts without pleats for a cleaner, more modern look. Both styles can be custom ordered though our store.


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Again bad, really bad.
I suppose I'll have to change strategy: Codecanyon sales are terribly low since June..!
Would be possible to add deeplinking function? Would be relly nice to directly link images..!
chilly_orange said
Looks like you conveniently left out the fact that seemingly ALL products on CodeCanyon have DECREASED in price.
Nope my portfolio items have been increased by 1$!
So there is not a fixed pattern.
GDragoN said
I think that every item will have support activity date, but if item is not supported it will be null. I would like to get confirmation on this too.
Yes, after reading the blog post, I suppose it will be NULL.
Instead, would be interesting to know if this value changes if I re-opt-in.
I've got a question regarding API's: what if I stop supporting an item?
Do users, purchasing the item after that moment, have a sort of flag to avoid registration on our systems?
For example: currently I check the purchase code and I'm going to check the support period for that user. Will I be able to know if that user purchased the item after I opted-out?
Hope this is clear
You can get them also from https://www.pexels.com/ and https://unsplash.com/
Oh, and one of the best threads for me was the "What I'm doing in my dashboard 99% of the time "http://codecanyon.net/forums/thread/what-im-doing-in-my-dashboard-99-of-the-time/63434
chilly_orange said
Please move the thread regarding the Elite Community as well http://themeforest.net/forums/thread/envato-elite-community/185227
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So, after few days, "Community discussions" are over?
Every reasonable point raised in past pages has been just a lack of time?
I wasn't expecting too much, considered Envato's behavior since 2014, but this fake author's involvement is really frustrating.
I will be forced to do 6-months support for 2/3$, end of the game!
GDragoN said
And what about the price of the support? You proposal prices are not balanced and they don't take into account the support itself, only the item price. Support for plugins is usually more complex than for the theme, but plugins are very cheap (most under $20, many around $5 – $6). So, author get's less than $1 for six months mandatory support. That is not fair and you can't set such prices. You must have fair price for the support on it's own, regardless of the item price.
Exactly: same point I raised days ago. Could you please answer on this Andrew? thanks
I agree with paid support, but here you are forcing Codecanyon authors to work for few cents….
Another point that wasn't clear for me: do old customers have 6 months of free support since September 1st?


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Tom Tancredo on Crime
Republican Representative (CO-6)
A: There are far too many criminal statutes at the federal level. The Constitution establishes the roles for the federal & state governments, and we have taken on far too many things at the federal level, especially drugs laws--mandating certain penalties and that sort of thing. I do not believe that that is the responsibility of the federal government. That should be at the state level.
A: It is, in fact, a state issue, almost entirely. The restrictions with regard to the federal death penalty, I will tell you, I would absolutely support the continuation of a death penalty, especially for crimes like treason. I mean, we really have to consider the possibility that there is an appropriate penalty for a crime of that nature. It is the death penalty.
Proponents support voting YES because:
Rep. CONYERS: Some 650,000 men and women are leaving the Federal and State prisons each year. While the vast majority of the prisoners are committed to abiding by the law and becoming productive members of society, they often encounter the same pressures & temptations that they faced before prison. More than two-thirds of them are arrested for new crimes within 3 years of their release. This exacts a terrible cost in financial terms as well as in human terms. The Second Chance Act will help provide these men and women with the training, counseling and other support needed to help them obtain & hold steady jobs; to kick their drug and alcohol habits; rebuild their families; and deal with the many other challenges that they face in their efforts to successfully rejoin society.
Opponents recommend voting NO because:
Rep. GOHMERT: The programs that are sought to be renewed are ones we don't have information on how successful they were. I can tell you from my days as a judge, there was some anecdotal evidence that it looked like faith-based programs did a better job of dramatically reducing recidivism. In addition:
CURE (Citizens United for Rehabilitation of Errants) is a membership organization of families of prisoners, prisoners, former prisoners and other concerned citizens. CURE's two goals are
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$99 for a face and body spa package (a $200 total value)
- Total Body Renewal (a $120 value)
- Express facial (an $80 value)

Total body renewal commences with a therapeutic, aromatherapeutic scrub to slough off dead skin cells. Next, a therapeutic dry brushing doused with fragrant, detoxifying essential oils envelops the body, and a pressure-point scalp massage eases worries away. The roster of treatments concludes with a massage designed to promote circulation.

After cleansing and analyzing skin, the aesthetician will continue the express facial with a steaming and enzymatic exfoliation. Custom-blended serums tailor the facial to an individual's skin type.
Skin Innovations Spa
Crystals, volcanic sulfur, and black caviar extract may not seem like likely spa products, but that's where the "innovation" in Skin Innovations Spa comes from. The staff uses these nourishing products in tandem with clinical treatments to relax and refresh clients. Come in for a Hungarian organic facial or pumpkin peel and stay to have a skin irregularity whisked away through cryotherapy spot removal. These diverse offerings—along with a wealth of products from Pevonia Botanica and Jane Iredale mineral cosmetics—has earned the oasis a slew of awards and honors.


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by Christopher Freeburn | June 20, 2012 10:30 am
Discount Irish airline Ryanair (NASDAQ:RYAAY[1]) has made a bid to buy Aer Lingus (PINK:AELGF[2]) for $883 million.
The company is offering $1.64 a share for the Irish airline's outstanding shares, a premium of 38% over their prior trading price, the New York Times noted.
Ryanair already has a minority stake of 29.8% in Aer Lingus. It launched a failed bid to acquire the rival Irish carrier in 2006.
The Irish government retains a 25% stake in Aer Lingus, but will sell its interest in the airline as part of a deal with the International Monetary Fund.
The airline says that combining its operations with Aer Lingus would create "one strong Irish airline group" that would be more competitive with larger European airlines.
The deal faces possible problems from European regulators, who are currently examining Ryanair's minority holding in Aer Lingus. Regulators shot down Ryanair's last bid for Aer Lingus.
In response, Aer Lingus has asked its shareholders not to act on the bid.
Source URL: http://investorplace.com/2012/06/ryanair-makes-second-bid-for-aer-lingus/
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Weight Loss New Year's Resolution
Losing weight and quitting smoking are the two most popular resolutions for the New Year. But have you set resolutions in the past, only to go back to your old habits after a few days to a few weeks? Here are some tips to keep those resolutions this time.
Why we fail
Often we set resolutions for things we feel like we need to do instead of what we want to do. If you aren't motivated to change, it is likely not going to happen. So, before you decide what your resolution will be, think about what you want to change, not just what other people may want you to do.
Lack of a plan
Another reason we fail is because we don't have a plan. Most people think for a few minutes before the ball drops on New Year's Eve about what they want to change in the upcoming year. We decide that we are going to lose weight and we announce our intentions. Then....we stop there. We do not devise a strategy for how we are actually going to achieve the weight loss.
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Sit down with a pen and piece of paper and go through the following 3 steps.
- Motivations: Why do you want to lose weight? List all of the reasons why you want to lose weight. How do you think your life will be different if you lose weight? If you are not motivated to make a change, it is not going to happen.
- Barriers: Why is it so hard to lose weight? Think about what made it difficult for you to lose weight in the past. List all of the barriers to weight loss. Maybe you don't care for exercising, have a sweet tooth, or just love to eat.
- Plan: Making a specific plan is key to weight loss. You know by now that weight loss can only happen when you eat less and exercise more. Be specific in writing out your plan of exactly what you are going to do to reduce your calories. You may give up regular soda, your sugary coffee drinks, or that bowl of ice cream at night. Or it might be as simple as leaving a few bites behind at every meal. Don't forget to also make a specific plan on where, when and how you will exercise.
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|Limbus laminæ spiralis and membrana basilaris. (Schematic.) 1, 1'. Upper and lower lamellæ of the lamina spiralis ossea. 2. Limbus laminæ spiralis, with a, the teeth of the first row; b, b', the auditory teeth of the other rows; c, c', the interdental grooves and the cells which are lodged in them. 3. Sulcus spiralis internus, with 3', its labium vestibulare, and 3", its labium tympanicum. 4. Foramina nervosa, giving passage to the nerves from the ganglion spirale or ganglion of Corti. 5. Vas spirale. 6. Zona arcuata, and 6', zona pectinata of the basilar membrane, with a, its hyaline layer, B, its connective-tissue layer. 7. Arch of spiral organ, with 7', its inner rod, and 7", its outer rod. Template:Convert/ftTemplate:Convert/test/A of the internal rods, from which the cells are removed. Template:Convert/ftTemplate:Convert/test/A of the external rods. 10. Vestibular membrane, at its origin.
|limbus laminae spiralis ossi
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|Transverse section of the cochlear duct of a fetal cat. (Limbus spiralis is labeled at top, fourth from left.)
The osseous spiral lamina consists of two plates of bone, and between these are the canals for the transmission of the filaments of the acoustic nerve. On the upper plate of that part of the lamina which is outside the vestibular membrane, the periosteum is thickened to form the limbus spiralis (or limbus laminæ spiralis), this ends externally in a concavity, the sulcus spiralis internus, which represents, on section, the form of the letter C.
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23. 06. 2008 - Czech Airlines is again the Official Carrier of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival
Prague, 23 June 2008
As every year, Czech Airlines will be the partner of this year's 43rd edition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. During the Festival, i.e., from 4 to 12 July 2008, the national carrier plans to carry a number of festival guests to Prague.
The Karlovy Vary International Film Festival is one of the most prestigious cultural and social events, not only in the Czech Republic, but in all of Europe. Czech Airlines is again honoured to be a part of the festival and to provide carriage to major figures from the international film and artistic elite, which is why it has remained a partner to the project even though its other sponsorship activities have been reduced. Also in the sphere of charity, Czech Airlines has focused on a single important project – Under the Wings of Czech Airlines: in association with the Tereza Maxová Foundation, Czech Airlines helps teach languages to children in children's homes.
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Discussion in 'Sports Zone' started by MC KAos, Apr 18, 2013.
Go cowboys!
Why does Ginobili always look drunk when he's running with the ball?
i know you like to tease us, but you are kind of right. we lost partially because we didnt have a go to guy down the stretch of games, manu is too old, tim is not as big as he was in his prime, he has lost about 40 or 50 pounds since his prime to be able to play at this age, so he cant just bang people like he used to. and tony just gets erased by big defenders. tony will destroy any PG in the league, but when he gets players like lebron, sefolosia, etc, that are big and can stay with him, he struggles. i think kawhi will be that guy some day, but i just dont think it will happen before tim retires.
i think ginobili is done with the spurs, for one thing, i dont think pop can handle his crazy play anymore. i think he and splitter are most likely done, id love for the spurs to go after david west or al jefferson, plus a decent swing man, ala carlos delfino or something
thats just who he is, in his prime, it was glorious, but he is done now, he cant control his style as he once did. i hope he doesnt decide to play for another nba team since i dont think the spurs will want him back. if he wants to play, i hope he plays in europe or argentina.
im looking forward to next season, not because i expect us to be back to the finals, but im just so exited to see kawhi leonard grow, see how good he can become. it will be fun to watch.
Duncan will probably retire.He has nothing to prove. Ginobili and Danny Green lost tjat game. Green shower he was a system player. On Mavs board people talk about getting him or Neal. Both system players and one trick ponies. SPLITTER is a career backup. Kawhi is great. Spurs should just rebuild.
I'll drink to that.
Yep, Kawhi has big upside.
What happened to Green 3s??
Shane Battier was playing outta his mind.
I dont think Duncan is done yet.
Manu- Adios, que no te pege la puerta. --I think that is Goodbye Manu, do not let the door hit you. I took Espanol 101 in college
Anyone who is an open fan of the Cowboys deserves another ring.
Congrats, Lebron.
Congrats to the King. Lebron's haters can officially about him not being "clutch." Despite being a Spurs fan, I'm not mad at all that we lost to the Heat. I'm only mad at the fact that Ginobili's legacy as a Spur will last be remembered for him costing us ring #5.
So is Manu definitely out next year? And is Tim out? I thought Pop said once Timmy is done, he's also done. I'm hoping Tim at least comes back for one more season but I really would like Manu to stay and possibly redeem himself next year.
Tim said that his contract says he will be back next year. Manu says he has two years left. As a Spur..dont think so
I don't think Tim is gonna retire just yet, I think he plays 2 more years, but at the minimum 1 more. Manu will be back if he accepts a much reduced role and a massive pay cut. If we recind the rights to splitter and Manu, we will have enough cap space for a max guy or some decent pieces like a al Jefferson or David west. We can rebuild and make a run again next season, but it will take something the spurs have been bad at, attracting free agents
Sucks to see the Heat win. I can't stand them or Lebron. I really wanted to see the Spurs win it but I knew when they blew it in game 6 that they'd basically handed the title to Miami. No way were they going to win a game seven in Miami.
If the Heat win again I will be done with the NBA for a while after Dirk retires.
I think Manu is still a very serviceable player. The problem comes in when people -- fans and/or coaches -- expect him to be the player he was in 2005. He's no more than a 4th or 5th option, and should come off the bench, but not necessarily as the first option. If he can give you 15-18 minutes a game, that's perfect.
As for the Spurs, I think they'll offer a fair contract, and he'll be back. Don't get caught up in the numbers, because they own his bird rights, and it won't hit the cap as much as a standard contract would. He won't get a better contract elsewhere, because all the other NBA teams saw the same games you did. His contract here will be a loyalty deal.
Retirement shouldn't be in Tim's vocabulary right now. He put up box scores that you'd think were from a 25 year old. He lost weight and was First Team All-NBA this year. He hasn't lost a step, he's friggin' gained one.
I'm encouraged moving forward, because Tony was slowed down by a bad leg, but is still a top 5 player in the league. And Kawhi took a huge step forward to becoming a budding star.
They have great players, and a strong foundation. People will still write them off, and they'll still be surprised when the Spurs are in the mix next year.
So what about the fact that the Spurs went to the line more then the Heat
Well, . . . . . . . . . . that kinda gets lost in all the blind hatred for the Heat. You know the NBA wanted the Heat to win. Or, the Heat got more lucky breaks or bounces than the Spurs. Or, whatever else comes to mind to make excuses for why the Spurs lost. The fact is the Spurs were very fortunate to play as well as they did overall. They seemed to have everything go their way for the most part except for the last 30 seconds of Game 6. And really they were really lucky to have that lead at the end of the game so crying about them giving it away is a lil overblown. I was really surprised the Spurs pushed the Heat to 7 games, but they had a lot go their way all series.
This might be corny, but way better than going to KOD
darren rovell @darrenrovell 6m How awesome is this: @ShaneBattier tweets his championship celebration: A table at Denny's pic.twitter.com/YAxipIkc30
you probably need mental health remediation if you think a triple double with 30 points scored is a horrible game. it was noted plenty of times the guy was flat exhausted at the end of that game. where every other player got some rest he did not. he still was the leading scorer for the 4th quarter and OT on either team.
you are actually arguing about a hall of fame point guard scoring 4 points on a 6'9" SF being bad defense? LeBron won that battle the majority of the series. parker would have had 30 versus the other PGs.
i dont much care for lebron as a person. he seems quite childish and full of whine but anyone arguing he isnt the best player in the game today is simply not smart enough to discuss basketball with.
guy guarded david west last series and tony parker this one. he gets key rebounds and hits a very efficient scoring mark.
Thank God it's over and sports radio can start talking football.


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Costello-Toussaint pairing serves Nawlins proud
Updated 10:00 pm, Monday, June 26, 2006
Chateau Ste. Michelle got a healthy helping of Nawlins for its season opener Sunday in the form of a spirited concert by an iconic English pop singer and a famed Crescent City jazzman.
The pairing of Elvis Costello and New Orleans songwriter-pianist Allen Toussaint may seem a bit odd at first. The two began performing together at Hurricane Katrina benefit concerts last year after Toussaint's home was destroyed. However, after hearing their Katrina-inspired record, "The River in Reverse," and seeing the pair perform, one wonders what took them so long to hook up for an album.
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The show started with Costello performing "(What's So Funny 'Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding?" and a reworked version of "Monkey to Man," which was spiced up with splashes of brass from the four-piece Crescent City Horns. Toussaint took the stage for "On Your Way Down," the lead track from his album with Costello.
At first, the crowd didn't quite know what to do with the Costello-Toussaint combo. Songs like "Freedom for the Stallion" and "Nearer to You" sounded more crisp and potent than on record, but no one was dancing or singing along. It wasn't until Costello broke into his catalog that the crowd got moving.
He said he asked Toussaint if he would rearrange nine of his songs and nearly all nine of them made the set list. "Pump It Up" was kicked into high gear with the addition of horns. "Watching the Detectives" had extra oomph with a machine-gunning trombone solo and "Alison" was made an even more tender ballad with Toussaint's classical treatment that included a flute.
When Costello wasn't belting out his own hits, he was singing the songs he wrote with Toussaint, all of which sounded as if they would fit right in being bellowed from a Bourbon Street barroom.
However, it wasn't Costello's classics that were the night's highlight. It was simply seeing these two masters of their crafts performing together, soulfully in tune with one another playing beautiful songs that were equal parts sorrow, hope and joy, reflecting the spirit of New Orleans through their music.


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Maybe I will take on of my books ever time I go to Atlanta. I have about 25 books complete now and they are around 90 pages each so one book per visit could work. I go about twice a year. Scratch that - I wouldn't get it done in this lifetime!
Wonder if any other places have one.
Problem is when we go to Atlanta we are always going to or coming from somewhere. That doesn't help becuase we are on the road 2-4 months at a time usually leaving the van and flying somewhere for most of the time or on a cruise ship with the car parked somewhere in the sun and humidity so don't want to take them with me.


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SEATTLE -- Here is a quick-hitting look at Washington's sixth day of fall camp.
Recruiting update
It was a busy day at Washington camp, with three high school athletes stopping by the Huskies' final practice of the first week.
Bellevue (Wash.) Bellevue teammates Sean Constantine and Myles Jack stopped by together. The linebackers are verbally committed to Washington and UCLA, respectively.
Also taking the time to observe practice was 2014 tight end prospect Chase Blakley (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho/Coeur d'Alene), who has a Washington offer and is high on the Huskies.
Camaraderie, competition and fun
James Johnson talked about how much fun the Huskies are having in camp. Sean Parker mentioned the team chemistry. Steve Sarkisian said this is the closest group he has coached during his tenure as Washington's head coach.
When asked to explain the camaraderie, Johnson and Parker couldn't quite pinpoint an answer. Sarkisian, though, said it stems from players and coaches treating each other like family.
"The one thing about families, that's the time when all of us are, really, the most open," Sarkisian said. "The ability to laugh, have fun and joke, but also be serious and maybe even cry. Those two extremes, and everything in between, sometimes you don't see in locker rooms. We definitely see it.
"I think it's pretty cool that our kids are opening themselves up to one another and to us and, as coaches, we're doing it with them. In the end, that should bring us closer."
First two-a-day of fall camp
Washington went through its first two-a-day of fall camp. The Huskies worked out in helmets during the morning session with a big emphasis on the two-minute drill.
In the afternoon session, the team went through a physical, full-pads practice with a lot of work on short yardage and goal-line situations.
"It was a really good situational practice, very competitive and, I thought, physical," Sarkisian said.
Coons drills long field goal
Leg strength hasn't been an issue for junior college transfer Travis Coons. The kicker made 3 of 5 field-goal attempts in the afternoon session with a long of 55 yards.
"He just keeps getting better to me, a little more consistent each day," Sarkisian said. "He appears to be more comfortable each day just with his approach, his body language."
Injury report
Linebacker Thomas Tutogi suffered a sprained knee during the afternoon practice. Sarkisian said it doesn't appear to be serious.
The Huskies have been hit hard by injuries at the linebacker position throughout fall camp.
Receiver Kendyl Taylor and safety James Sample sat out the afternoon practice with groin injuries.
Team bonding trip
Washington took a team trip to CenturyLink Field Saturday night to watch a preseason NFL game between the Seattle Seahawks and Tennessee Titans.
"It's a great kind of team-bonding activity that we like to do every year," Sarkisian said. "Last year we went to the Mariners game, so this year we get to go to the Seahawks game."
Former Huskies Jake Locker and Devin Aguilar play for the Titans, while Jermaine Kearse is in camp with the Seahawks.


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Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac Sued by California Over Energy Improvement Program
California Attorney General Jerry Brown sued Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac over claims the companies thwarted a program that allows property owners to pay for energy upgrades over time through special tax assessments.
The complaint, filed today in federal court in Oakland, California, is based on the Property Assessed Clean Energy program. Under the program, local governments pay to make properties more energy efficient and owners repay the costs through the special property tax levy, according to the complaint.
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have blocked the program by improperly characterizing the assessments as loans, and telling lenders that they won't fund mortgages on properties that participate in the program, according to the suit.
"Because Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac control the mortgage resale market, lenders will not issue mortgages that do not meet Fannie Mae's and Freddie Mac's requirements," according to the complaint. "As a result, Fannie Mae's and Freddie Mac's determination -- which misrepresents California law -- essentially forecloses residential Property Assessed Clean Energy programs."
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Almost one half of California's counties have developed the programs or plan to start one, Brown said in an e-mailed statement. His lawsuit seeks to require the companies to recognize California law and allow the program to proceed.
The Federal Housing Administration, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac have financed more than 90 percent of U.S. home lending after a retreat by banks and the collapse of the market for mortgage bonds without government-backed guarantees.
Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac bought $46 billion in first mortgages and the FHA insured $52.5 billion in home-purchase loans in the first quarter of 2010, according to an analysis of mortgage data by Potomac Partners in Washington. Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac also backed $150 billion in mortgage refinancing during the period.
"Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac received enormous federal bailouts but now they're throwing up impermeable barriers to bank lending that creates jobs, stimulates the economy and boosts clean energy," Brown, the Democratic candidate for governor, said today at a news conference in San Diego.
Fannie Mae spokeswoman Janis Smith and Stefanie Mullin, a Freddie Mac spokeswoman, declined to comment.
Letters, Liens
On May 5, Fannie Mae sent letters to lenders describing the tax assessments in the Property Assessed Clean Energy, or PACE, program as "loans" with "senior lien status to a mortgage," according to the lawsuit. A Freddie Mac letter on the same date reminded mortgage sellers and servicers that an "energy-related lien may not be senior to a mortgage delivered to Freddie Mac," Brown said in the complaint.
On July 6, according to the suit, the Federal Housing Finance Agency issued a statement confirming that the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac lender letters "remain in effect," according to the suit. The statement acknowledged that by affirming the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac letters, the agency stalled California's PACE program, according to the suit.
"The lender letters and the Federal Housing Finance Agency statement intentionally mischaracterize California law relating to the Property Assessed Clean Energy program in order to support their unfounded contention that participating in PACE is contrary" to Fannie Mae's and Freddie Mac's policies, according to today's complaint.
The case is California v. Federal Housing Finance Agency, 10-03084, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California (Oakland).
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