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To improve your chances of getting a full refund, provide a sales slip or gift receipt, and return the item in new condition, unopened, and with all original packaging material. Returns without a receipt are subject to the retailer's posted return policy, which might result in receiving only a merchandise credit for the lowest price the item has sold for in recent weeks, or possibly no refund or exchange at all.
If the item to be returned is defective, some states such as Massachusetts, require the store to give the consumer his/her choice of one of the three "R's": repair, replacement or refund, irrespective of the store's posted return policy.
Consumers who have a problem returning a gift, should first contact the store manager or customer service department of the retailer. If a satisfactory resolution is not obtained, then a complaint can be filed with the state Attorney General's office or local consumer agency.
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LANCASTER, Ohio (AP) -- Authorities continue their search for an inmate who apparently escaped from a southeast Ohio jail facility by using socks to protect his hands as he climbed a barbed wire fence.
The Logan Daily News reports Wednesday that the Hocking County Sheriff says a man fitting the suspect's description knocked on a resident's door Monday night, asked to use the phone and was turned away.
The Fairfield County Sheriff says inmate Jeremiah Searles was discovered missing shortly before midnight Monday. The 31-year-old was being held on a Missouri warrant for deviant sexual assault and local charges including obstruction, falsification, criminal trespass and narcotics possession.
The sheriff tells The Columbus Dispatch he's looking into whether a felony sex offender belonged at the minimum-security site and tells WBNS-TV he's reviewing whether neighbors were properly notified.


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We recognize that the Jasmine Revolution was sparked by the Tunisian people's frustration with the stifling of political discourse, a corrupt economic environment, and predatory security apparatus that coalesced to strip the dignity of citizens. As the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) says in our mission statement, we seek to partner with Tunisia to end extreme poverty and promote a resilient, democratic society while advancing our security and prosperity. I'd like to talk briefly about how the U.S. government quickly and effectively responded to support Tunisians' aspirations for change, describe what we are doing in Tunisia today, and outline how we plan to scale up our support for the democratic transition and economic reforms.
USAID is deeply committed to supporting democratic governance in Africa as part of our mission to end extreme poverty and promote democratic, resilient societies. Africa is on the rise; the continent has some of the youngest populations and fastest growing economies in the world, yet extreme poverty remains concentrated in its fragile states. Development is not sustainable without a legitimate, responsible government that can deliver services in an inclusive manner as well as a vibrant civil society that channels citizen interests and promotes accountability.
President Obama's fiscal year (FY) 2017 budget request of $440.7 million for South Asia reflects our sustained commitment to this vitally important region.
While the region has achieved much success in terms of development — indeed, South Asia has seen real GDP growth at twice the global average — significant challenges remain. The region is home to roughly one-third of the world's population suffering from extreme poverty, both the highest rates and largest numbers of undernourished children in the world, and is extremely prone to natural disasters — as we saw in April 2015 in Nepal.
The United States has a powerful tool to prevent conflict and instability: international development. As the U.S. Government's primary development agency, USAID has long recognized the critical role of development in addressing social, economic, governance, and other legitimate grievances that can fuel violent extremism and promote radicalization of individuals and communities. It is also important to build counter-violent extremism messaging into programming, especially in local languages that can reach vulnerable populations. Our activities and interventions are designed to reduce extremists' opportunities to exploit social injustice, lack of political integration, economic inequality, religious persecution, and ideological extremism to recruit followers to violent agendas or criminal networks.
Today, I would like to highlight the worsening humanitarian crisis that the South Sudanese people face and how USAID has adapted its efforts to help them despite serious challenges. I will discuss our life-saving aid, as well as our long-term assistance to provide basic services, improve livelihoods, and mend the deep societal rifts in South Sudan. USAID's mission is to partner to end extreme poverty and to promote resilient, democratic societies while advancing our security and prosperity—nowhere more so than in a country as desperately in need as South Sudan.
For more than fifty years, USAID has led our nation's efforts to advance dignity and prosperity around the world, both as an expression of core American values and to help build peaceful, open, and flourishing partners for the United States. This is particularly important in those countries closest to our shores: the nations of Latin America and the Caribbean.
With renewed commitment from Northern Triangle countries to advance their own development goals, and our government's support, USAID is well placed for success. Our programs are strategically designed to confront current challenges while also enabling countries to better address emerging threats. As we have seen with the Zika outbreak and the prolonged drought, preparation and coordination are crucial to mitigating the effects of, and developing a response to, the crises and natural disasters that the region regularly faces. Political will, in combination with improved local capacity, leveraged resources and new partnerships, will allow us to help Central American governments create a more peaceful, prosperous, and integrated region.
President Barack Obama's fiscal year (FY) 2017 budget request for Department of State and USAID foreign assistance in the East Asia-Pacific region is $873 million — a 12 percent increase over FY 2015. This request is in recognition that America's security and prosperity are inextricably tied to the region, and it enables us to consolidate the gains in the East Asia-Pacific made under the Obama Administration as we transition to the next Administration — paving the way for sustained partnership with this increasingly consequential part of the world.
While the current era of unrest is being driven by inter-related and deeply-rooted political, economic, and social forces over which the United States has only limited influence, it is critical to U.S. national security interests that we maintain our engagement with people throughout the region. The region's pre-existing challenges – poor quality education, healthcare, and other public services, coupled with lack of political and economic opportunity – were at the core of many of the uprisings that began five years ago. With few exceptions, people's grievances have largely still not been addressed.
Violent conflict, fragility and violent extremism cross borders and present significant threats to both regional and international security. The costs of conflict — in a developmental, economic and human sense— are extraordinary. We must address the development-related factors that drive instability and the plight of the 1.5 billion people living in conflict and fragility around the world.
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Discussion in 'NFL Zone' started by TheFinisher, Feb 27, 2013.
Did you see the 49ers 2012 draft class, Jerry could not of done a worse job.
you havent seen our 2013 picks yet
BTW, i hate to correct you, but jerry does not make draft decisions by himself
no, according to reliable sources (that i am not at liberty to divulge), jerry, jason, and stephen contribute equally to the lunacy
Wow. A top of the 2nd round pick for Alex Smith.
Does he come with cheese or something?
Very good example of a team that drafted for need, and didn't even do a good job of that.
The defense and oline (the two main team strengths) were built while Singletary was HC.
Harbaugh's doing great job coaching though.
Remind the class who is the big cheese over at KC that traded for Smith?
The same HC with final say in his contract and was hired before the GM in KC?
What point do you think you're making?
Agreed. Dumb move.
It also tells me they might also be looking to trade down a bit to try and recoup that second round choice.
Who is this potential franchise QB Kansas City was going to draft?
Geno Smith?
I don't understand why the Vikings didn't do this deal.
Trent Baalke is doing an outstanding job all the way around.
Good drafts and good coaching hires. Stockpiling draft picks left and right for the future. Unloading overpriced veteran talent when the time is right.
They are going to be good for a very very long time.
They apparently believe that Ponder still has potential.
Word on the street is the Chiefs will continue to "explore" their opportunities to trade from the 1st overall pick now. Reaction on the Smith deal seems mixed. Most fans are going to need to see results on the field before getting overly excited.
Are the two things supposed to be related? Smith isn't a read-option QB. I suppose he is athletic enough to run some of that type of offense, but he really isn't adept at running it.
Didn't Culpepper run a 4.52 forty? If so, that is faster than what Smith did. Culpepper was also 6'-4" and over 250 lbs, so he isn't built like Geno. I don't think that is a good comparison.
Yes, Geno has a chance to be a franchise QB.
Kind of early to give up on him. Maybe one more year.
They turned him lose vs green bay in the last game of the regular season and he delivered.
3TDs, 0 ints, 120 QB rating and the win. Too bad he was hurt for the playoffs
It's not like Minny is loaded at WR. Harvin was out and after him it goes downhill quickly.
Andy Reid isn't as good of a talent evaluator as people believed he was. Giving up a 2nd rounder for Alex Smith is crazy.
Can't say I'm a big Alex Smith fan.
But I do think he fits what Reid like to do very well. They have a decnt line that soon may get better and an explosive RB. They do need another WR or two. But Smith is fairly mobil and can suceed in the short to intermediate passing game. He fits better than Cassel did, for sure.
yeah but remember he had Mccoy as a RB and hardly used him. hopefully he doesn't make the same mistake twice with Charles
It's hard to say that the going rate for Alex Smith isn't a 2nd round pick, given that that seems to be the established price for a starting NFL QB from the Kolb/McNabb trades. People can go back and forth on whether they would pay that price, but I think people can understate how hurtful having an awful QB situation can be to the development and growth of a franchise. People have a hard time getting their head around an "above average" QB. They tend to just lump all QBs into two categories and haves and have nots, and either you got an elite QB who goes to Pro Bowls and appears in all the TV commercials or you got a "other" who are all equally about the same and can be equally swapped out. There is a point where you get such bad QB play that it singlehandedly holds back the progress of your entire franchise. You can't evaluate your WRs because the QB can't get the ball to them. You can't evaluate your running game because defenses stack the box on base down. You can't evaluate your pass protection because you find yourself in so many long down and distance situations the defense doesn't have to respect the run. You can't evaluate your defense because they all look like garbage by the 3rd quarter because they have to play 70-90 snaps a game because the offense can't sustain a drive.
Also, I think it should be mentioned that this isn't without significant risk for the 49ers. Putting all of your eggs into a scrambling QB who has never played a 16 game season, and his ability to stay upright, is pretty ballsy for a team with Superbowl aspirations. That team isn't as young as people think, particularly on defense. Alex Smith was carrying a perfectly reasonable cap number as an insurance policy.


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An idyllic holiday location in a quiet spot of the New Forest National Park with open heath, wild ponies and miles of footpaths right on the doorstep makes Brook Barn a real holiday retreat. Detached and next to the owner's home, it has been beautifully renovated, and offers spacious, open-plan living.
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I always verify my pages with W3. Is there any tool that I can check my site as all browers view, since I am not able to install all browsers?
Why are you not able to install all browsers?
You can get copies of IE6, IE7, IE8, IE9, IE10 and IE11 from http://modern.ie/en-us/virtualization-tools#downloads that will work on any computer - you can have all of them installed at the same time.
You should easily be able to find versions of all the other browsers that will run on your computer.
You can see how they look on a huge range of browsers and OSs at www.browsershots.org, but that just gives you screenshots rather than allowing you to interact with them. But it's better than nothing!
If you're not afraid to have nasty old Java running on your system, and are willing to pay a bit, there's BrowserStack.
What's nice about it is, you can have just one computer: Macs, PCs, mobiles are supported on this. I mean, I can't ever test on Safari on my own, not without purchasing a Mac, which I'll prolly never do.
Stevie, The link you gave is not working. Please check it and give it to me again. Thanks.
That appears to be a correct link (though maybe the www is extra)
A temporary site problem?I got a 504 Gateway Time-out error.(I'm curious what the "6 commonly used browsers" are, I test 5)
@Stomme_poes; I have Safari on Windows7. Perhaps not entirely the same rendering as it would be for a Mac, but hopefully close enough.
Found another interesting tool which is interactive cross-browser testing - https://browserling.com/
Seems like you can use it free for 3 minute testing, otherwise there is paid options. Browsershots which was mentioned above is excellent, I don't think there is a cost involved (well last time I checked it there wasn't).
Browsershots was free, browserstack has a payment/account thing.
Mitt: I have an old version of Safari-for-Windows running on XP on a virtual box, but I thought Apple had pretty much discontinued development of it due to being slower than a turd on Windows... ?
It's working for me now (including the www).
Very possible. It is extremely slow for me. So much so that I only use it for testing, and I have patience.
Interesting about browsershots, the "search snippet" said "6 commonly used browsers" yet the home page shows a lot more than 6


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The pace of natural and organic product launches has been accelerating since 2002, when 624 such introductions were recorded by Mintel's Global New Products Database (GNPD). In 2004, the GNPD reported 2,900 new natural or organic cosmetics and toiletries launched. As reported in GCI last May, Mintel saw natural-oriented launches across all categories including lip plumpers by companies such as Jason Natural Products and organic hair colorants by Tints of Nature from Herb in the U.K. This past January, Baby Bouquet released a new line of natural baby skin care products. Aubrey Organics launched its sun care line including a tinted sunscreen SPF 20 Natural last month at the annual Natural Products Expo West. Numerous launches aside, the segment is not without its challenges.
Darrin Duber-Smith, MS, MBA, president of Green Marketing, Inc., said one of the challenges for the natural personal care industry is that the term "natural" has never been adequately defined, making it impossible for the industry to draft a common standard and certification process for the purpose of enforcement and consumer understanding. The International Association of Natural Product Producers has been working on drafting just such a standard for the past 16 months, and Duber-Smith said the group recently posted its first draft of a standard for review at its Web site, www.ianpp.org. "The group's efforts could eventually redefine how the word natural is used in marketing and packaging," said Duber-Smith.
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FOR a teenager without a licence, Alessandro Latif can't half drive.
The Marlborough College pupil, who turned 18 earlier this month, kicked off his Blancpain Sprint Series campaign with the Phoenix Racing team over the weekend, while still revising for his upcoming A Levels.
While he swots up on a brain-aching combination of Maths, Further Maths and Physics ahead of his exams - he intends to go on to study engineering at university - he's also planning world domination at speeds which most of us wouldn't dare get near.
Latif is not your ordinary teenager. We meet at a coffee shop in Marlborough and within five minutes it's apparent that he is eloquent, dedicated and passionate about his craft. He can boast a remarkable absence of angst, too. Perhaps that's a by-product of living life at around 200mph - quite literally.
The holder of Italian and UK passports, with Indian and Pakistani heritage, Latif's global lineage is mirrored in his international travel plans. He's already spent a good portion of the year in the United States, racing at Daytona and Sebring, and over the summer he'll dart around Europe like an eager back-packer; the only difference being Latif will have in tow an Audi R8, powered by a V10 engine with a top speed of 190mph.
Most young men and women of his age are trundling around the A roads of the United Kingdom in battered Fiat Puntos and Volkswagen Golfs, volume turned up to drown out that annoying but unidentifiable rattle. Not Latif. In fact, the speedster isn't even allowed to take to the highways in this country.
He says: "When I do get the licence I still have to travel all around the world and they'll say 'well you're not 21 so you can't hire a car'.
"I need a licence but I'll still struggle to drive around the place unless I keep a car at every destination.
"I'll learn the stuff everyone else needs to do, you don't get road signs on a race track. I don't think it will be particularly difficult. Just don't go fast.
"I've had a few lessons in London and the guy who's taken me understands what I do. He's a big fan of motorsport and he's been telling me to think through the mind of the examiner – don't tell him you're a racing driver.
"I don't really like going round saying what I do. I like to keep a low key on it."
Still, given his successes to date it's hardly a surprise Latif doesn't feel the need to get behind the wheel and tackle the M25 at rush hour.
His love affair with racing started a decade ago when his father gave him a go in his Porsche. The obsession began almost instantly and only intensified to this day.
Now Latif balances the hectic day-to-day grind of a public schoolboy with international competition.
"I miss the social part of life but I knew that when I signed up for it. I knew it was a sacrifice I'd have to make and, to be honest, I'm really happy I'm doing what I'm doing now," he says.
"I do have to do a lot of catching up with work and the school is really helping me with my career as well as keeping my academic side up.
"I came back from the Sebring 12 hours and the day back I had a physics exam. That was a bit of a shock to the system and revising for it was interesting. If it was any other exam I wouldn't have been so happy about it.
"I didn't actually sleep that night because I was on American time.
"My parents see it as my way of life and it's what I want to do. My father's fully on board, my mother is as well and my family is fully supportive.
"I don't think my friends really know what I do. I don't go talking to them much about it. It's a world in itself which maybe you appreciate as an adult but maybe at our age they don't really appreciate the world I'm in or understand the world I'm in."
Latif swims for Marlborough, training in the college's state of the art pool three times a week for around two hours each time. He's also a regular in the gym, working on the upper body strength required to coax such powerful machines round tight chicanes.
"There's a lot of cardio-vascular energy that goes into racing and a lot of upper body strength," he says. "I watched a video of Allan McNish and he said 'put it this way, we have a marathon runner's heartbeat the whole race at around 150bpm, we've got cockpit temperatures of about 65 degrees, you're really sweating, your belts are really tight and crushing your lungs and halfway through a corner you're holding your breath to try to keep your position in the car.
"You have to have huge lung capacity to do that. You're pulling Gs – not so much in GTs – but you need a very strong neck when you're racing more downforce cars which pull three or four Gs. It's a very demanding sport and for a qualifying lap you have to physically hustle a car around. You have to dig within yourself. You train with trainers who have trained boxers and marathon runners and they say it's one level down from boxing but it's right there."
His description makes me breathless. The fact his typical working day behind a wheel will last from around seven in the morning to nine at night makes me tired, too, yet Latif seems to become more and more energetic and enthusiastic as our conversation progresses.
He's well-read, and counts Michael Jordan, Mohamed Ali and Ayrton Senna as some of his greatest inspirations.
"Any athlete has made it to the pinnacle of what he does deserves respect," he says. "I really appreciate where they've come from and what they've had to do to get where they are."
As the baby of the group, Latif has had to quickly adapt to living and thriving in an adult world.
He says: "I think previously the youngest person in my team was 23 and he was considered the young guy in the team as well. Everyone is around mid-30s and really the veterans who have won Nurburgrings and Spa 24s.
"They know the world is getting younger but they didn't quite understand my age initially. They know I'm young but they don't think I'm 17. After a few days they say 'how old are you?' I tell them I'm 17 and they're like 'oh, I feel old'.
"After a while they realise I am competing with them.
"Sometimes you look at the entry list and think 'wow' but I'm not really focusing on that. I'm focusing on what I have to achieve, my own goals and I know I can be one of the fastest there.
"I get in and have to have total belief and not think of anything else. This is what I learnt from the guys helping me when I was coming through the ranks. They taught me a lot of life lessons."
Having raced against the likes of Alex Zanardi, however, Latif has grown up fast.
He's thankful to his housemaster, John Carroll, who he says "has been a huge help and he's really given me that support. I can go and talk to him if I have a problem", and pays tribute to the work done by Marlborough College to allow him to accommodate both his racing and his studies.
"It's not manic as such, it's actually not as glamorous as people think it is," he says. "It's about having that single-mindedness to get what you want. You get a lot of alone time and you get a lot of time filling out reports, going to the gym on your own, but it's not as manic as people think it must be.
"We have to train a lot and do a lot of PR stuff for our own careers and the manufacturers and teams we represent.
"A lot of it is mental stuff. You have to have the talent and motor skills to do it but perhaps 70 per cent, even more is mental.
"Every sport is mental, really. It's about being single-minded and having 120 per cent belief in your own abilities."


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The Texas Trails Council of the Boy Scouts of America requested the transfer of the land that has been leased to the Boy Scouts as part of Camp Tonkawa since 1949. The transfer provides opportunities for the Scouts to build new facilities and/or renovate existing ones.
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The Aloe ferox is among South Africa's most important commercial medicinal plants.
In the middle of winter, in the coldest, bleakest time, flowers a plant that warms the view.
The Aloe ferox (also known as the red aloe or the bitter aloe) sends up its vivid orange-red inflorescences in midwinter, dripping with nectar just at the time the sunbirds and bees need it most.
These spectacular aloes have their stronghold in the Eastern Cape, but are also found in other provinces, notably the Western Cape. They love the drylands, and are found inland on mountains, in grasslands and the Karoo.
Sometimes they occur at a stately distance from one another. In other areas they cover the earth as thickly as porcupine quills. In winter, the vivid chilli red of their flowers can change the colour of entire hillsides.
Aloe ferox are generally single-stemmed, and are usually a little taller than a human, although they can grow up to 4m in height. Old, dried leaves cover the stems in a kind of protective brown skirt. The no-nonsense spiky thorns lining the fresh, new succulent leaves give them the name 'ferox' ('fierce' in Latin).
And it is within these fleshy leaves that the plant's medicinal magic lies. Cut open a leaf and almost immediately a bitter, yellowish liquid starts oozing out. For centuries this substance, which dries to a dark crystal, has been used as a laxative.
Now it has also been found to alleviate arthritis.
The white, gel-like flesh of the leaf is also healing, specifically for burns and other wounds. In fact, the medicinal uses of the aloe are legion.
It's said the gel and sap can cure everything from dandruff, acne and osteoporosis to hepatitis, herpes, shingles and a dozen or more ailments. Studies have shown that its properties include an ability to boost the immune system, lower cholesterol and fight bacteria and fungus, and even tumours.
A sizable local health industry has sprung up around aloes. Albertinia has two aloe-based industries that make cosmetics and food products, and where you can see how the bitter sap is harvested.
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Aloe ferox are a true roadside attraction, and the N10 between Port Elizabeth and Cradock is one of the best places to see them. They are especially prolific between the little settlement of Middleton Manor and the town of Cookhouse. You could also turn onto the road to Bedford and continue from this picturesque little town on the R350 for more spectacular midwinter aloe blooms. Albertinia is along the N2 highway and is about 360km from Cape Town (or about a four-hour drive). If you're coming from Port Elizabeth, it's about 480km, or about a five-hour drive.
Best time to visit
Aloe ferox flower most prolifically between May and August, although here and there you'll find late and early bloomers. If you miss them, look out for other aloes, like the later-blooming Aloe broomii and Aloe striata (the coral aloe).
Tours to do
The Albertinia aloe factories welcome visitors. They'll demonstrate how the leaves are tapped for their liquid and you can wander around their aloe-filled gardens.
What will it cost
This is a spectacle that is absolutely free.
What to eat
At the aloe outlets in Albertinia (listed below), you can eat candied aloes – which are delicious. The African Aloe beverage is also very tasty (and healthy) and can be found in many health stores and delis.
What's happening
If you're on your way to the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown in July, you'll certainly see flowering aloes.
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Helps the Argent Crusade heal the lands, then Helps Sylvanas replague it
Original post made me remember Might and Magic VII and Emerald Island, with some NPCs holding vital quest items and one nice wand. Though NPCs don't give it away for free - they want gold. Hack them! If you don't want to see your in-game reputation take a sink, you can always lure few dozens dragonflies from nearby forest unto poor village and let them slaughter everything. Tons of bonus gold + quest items are guaranteed.
WoW is quite kind in comparison
Boring subject as you can bring down any game in the world using normal logic. I'd thought you'd adress that we can't choose sides on vilain vs heroes, topic for another day I guess.
You HAVE to be some kind of psycho or another to go up against things like Deathwing and the Lich King. The people of Azeroth are just humoring us with these quests and rewards because they need us to go fight the big bads that tend to pop up every couple of years. Otherwise, they'd throw us in prison where we belong.
Not only are they psychos the ones in on moonguard are especially messed up!


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WINTER PAR, Fla. (March 9, 2012) - With a win already in the books from early in the day, a late comeback by the Tars fell short in extra innings as Rollins lost 11-9 to the West Chester Golden Rams Friday night at Alfond Stadium.
Rollins starter Mike Herrmann gave up eight runs in his five innings of work but received the no decision in Friday's nightcap. As a late Tars comeback pulled through in the seventh and eighth innings, it was relief pitcher James Kimsey (0-1) that was charged with the loss giving up the go-ahead run.
Despite putting up a lone run in the opening frame, West Chester took a 3-1 lead in the top of the third. Rollins failed to plate a run in the next two innings, but managed to push one across in the fourth. In the top of the fifth, Herrmann's final inning on the mound, West Chester scored five to extend their lead to 8-2.
Another two scoreless innings would go by for the Tars but would erupt for three in the bottom of the seventh. Curson led off the inning with a double to left and scored the first run of the inning on a base hit by Greg Smith, followed by a fielding error by the Golden Rams right fielder. Boston Langely then laced a ball just right over the leftcenter wall to drive in two runs to cut the Tars deficit by three, 8-5.
Rollins kept West Chester scoreless in the top of the eighth, but would put up another three runs in the home half of the inning to even the score at eight runs apiece. Two costly errors by the Golden Rams allowed for the Tars to push the three runs in.
With bases loaded, Josh Band reached first on a fielding error by WCU's shortstop driving in Kevin Mager. Greg Smith then reached first on the same mistake by the shortstop and plated Mark Mazur. Brandon Curson scored the tying run on a one-out single by Langley.
In the top of the ninth, West Chester scored a lone run to lead 9-8 but the Tars would not go down quietly scoring a run of their own in the bottom half. Mager scored the tying run, 9-9, on a base hit by Curson after reaching on a bloop single to right and advancing to third on a defensive miscue by West Chester.
The Golden Rams managed to squeeze out another two runs for an 11-9 lead but Rollins would not have the same luck going down 1-2 and then placing a man on first and grounding out for the final out.
Five Tars tallied multiple hits as Mager and Curson each went 2-for-5 with a double, two runs scored and an RBI. Langley was 2-for-5 with a home run, three RBIs and one run.
Rollins will be back in action Saturday, March 10 as they host the No. 6 Grand Valley State Lakers. First pitch is set for 12 noon. Fans can follow along on the Tars Sports Network at RollinsSports.com.


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WINTER PARK, Fla. - The Sunshine State Conference regular season champion Saint Leo claimed many of the major awards announced Wednesday as part of the 2013 All-Sunshine State Conference Softball Teams.
Barry claimed two of the major awards announced as part of the 2013 All-Sunshine State Conference Softball Team on Wednesday. Sarah Broeseker was named Player of the Year, while Megan Copeland was selected Freshman of the Year. Tampa's Kayla Cox was tabbed Pitcher of the Year, and Saint Leo's John Conway was chosen Coach of the Year.
Earning All-SSC First Team honors with Broeseker (3B), Copeland (OF), and Cox were: 1B Meagan Burke (Tampa), 2B Kelly Martinez (Barry), SS Kayleen Boatwright(Tampa), C Kylee Hardesty (Saint Leo), OF McKenzie Burns (Saint Leo), OF Aimee Halpin (Rollins), OF Kristie Hoeffer (Rollins), DP Sarah Steiner (Saint Leo), UTHannah Lovestrand (Rollins), P Niki Fogle (Rollins), and at-large selection Elaine Brown (Florida Tech).
Named to the All-SSC Second Team were: 1B Julie Brito (Barry), 2B Stacy Piagno(Tampa), 3B Rachelle Gremo (Saint Leo), SS Samira Tanaka (Nova Southeastern), CVeronica Alred (Rollins), OF Katie Bannon (Tampa), OF Kaycie Duncan (Eckerd), OF Courtney Durbin (Rollins), OF Chelsey Steedley (Saint Leo), UT Kasey Murray(Lynn), P Alana Tabel (Saint Leo), P Alexis Yohe (Barry), and at-large selection Megan Still (Saint Leo).
Voting for the All-SSC Team was conducted among the league's softball coaches.
In his third season as the coach at Saint Leo, Conway led the Lions to their first SSC Softball Championship in school history. Conway's squad tallied a 40-14 overall record and a 20-4 mark in SSC games. Batting .284 as a team (3rd SSC), the Lions showed a knack for not only getting runners on base with a .378 on-base percentage (2nd SSC), but also for getting them home. Saint Leo ranked second in the league with 214 RBI and 262 runs scored. The Lions posted an SSC-best 142 stolen bases. That tally was 39 more than the next closest conference opponent.
1B - Meagan Burke, Tampa (So)
2B - Kelly Martinez, Barry (So)
3B - Sarah Broeseker, Barry (Sr)
SS - Kayleen Boatwright, Tampa (So)
C - Kylee Hardesty, Saint Leo (Jr)
OF - McKenzie Burns, Saint Leo (So)
OF - Megan Copeland, Barry (Fr)
OF - Aimee Halpin, Rollins (Sr)
OF - Kristie Hoeffer, Rollins (Jr)
DP - Sarah Steiner, Saint Leo (Jr)
UT - Hannah Lovestrand, Rollins (Sr)
P - Kayla Cox, Tampa (Jr)
P - Niki Fogle, Rollins (Fr)
At-Large - Elaine Brown, Florida Tech (Fr)
Player of the Year - Sarah Broeseker, Barry
Pitcher of the Year - Kayla Cox, Tampa
Freshman of the Year - Megan Copeland, Barry
Coach of the Year - John Conway, Saint Leo
1B - Julie Brito, Barry (So)
2B - Stacy Piagno, Tampa (Sr)
3B - Rachelle Gremo, Saint Leo (Sr)
SS - Samira Tanaka, Nova Southeastern (Jr)
C - Veronica Alred, Rollins (Jr)
OF - Katie Bannon, Tampa (Sr)
OF - Kaycie Duncan, Eckerd (Fr)
OF - Courtney Durbin, Rollins (Fr)
OF - Chelsey Steedley, Saint Leo (Jr)
UT - Kasey Murray, Lynn (Jr)
P - Alana Tabel, Saint Leo (Fr)
P - Alexis Yohe, Barry (Sr)
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A SCHOOLGIRL has told a court she did not say anything straight after her teacher allegedly sexually touched her because she 'felt uncomfortable'.
The youngster claimed Yaser Amin, 32, put his hand under her skirt at a Blackburn school.
It was put to the alleged victim by defending barrister Katherine Blackwell QC at Preston Crown Court that she had 'no difficulty in sticking up for herself'.
When asked why she had not said something to Amin, of Whalley New Road, Blackburn, at the time, the girl, who cannot be named, said she was too afraid.
She told the jury: "I did not feel comfortable, so I thought I would just leave it. I was scared. I did not know what to make of it.
"I did not know if it was something or nothing, I did not know whether to just leave it. I did not want everybody gossiping."
The alleged victim agreed she had not seen the maths teacher act in an inappropriate way with anybody else.
When the matter was reported to the headteacher, the alleged victim and another girl were told not to gossip about what they had said, the court heard.
But Miss Blackwell said rumours soon started.
Speaking to the girl on a video link, she said: "As soon as you and another girl made complaints against Mr Amin, everybody was talking about it.
"Do you remember getting told off about discussing it with other people?"
"No, I do not remember," replied the girl.
Paul O'Brien, prosecuting, asked if she had been telling the truth: "It has also been suggested to you that this never happened... You are making this up. Are you telling the truth?"
The girl answered: "Yes."
The court then heard from the friend of one of the alleged victims.
She said: "She looked at me straight away and she said 'he touched my leg'. She looked scared and her eyes popped out when she said it."
When asked by Miss Blackwell if she thought her friend was being 'dramatic', the witness said: "No because she genuinely seemed scared about it and shocked."
Amin denies two charges of sexual assault on a child aged under 13 and three of sexual activity with a child between January and June 2012.


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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- Ohio plans to target learning gaps between different groups of students to reinforce the point that all children should receive an equally good education.
The state Department of Education says if nothing is done it would be 90 years before black and white third-graders pass reading exams at the same level.
The Columbus Dispatch reports Sunday (http://bit.ly/IMhJR9 ) the state plans to begin grading schools on how quickly graduation rates and passing rates on state exams become equal among students regardless of their skin color, economic background or special needs.
The state wants to cut the current gap in half by 2017.
The Education Department says learning gaps occur beginning in kindergarten, with poor, black, Latino and special needs children often behind.
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Woodland Hills looks to avenge loss to Upper St. Clair
Woodland Hills and Upper St. Clair had a lengthy hiatus in their series, but the teams are quickly making up for lost time.
After not playing since the Wolverines came away with a 28-15 victory in the 2005 WPIAL Class AAAA quarterfinals, they will take the field for the second time this season Friday at Baldwin, with a spot in the championship game at Heinz Field on the line.
Upper St. Clair (10-1) got the best of Woodland Hills (9-2) when the teams met in the season opener Aug. 31. Panthers quarterback Pete Coughlin ran for three fourth-quarter touchdowns in a 31-12 victory.
"It's hard for both of us to play a team we've played before, but you look at what they did well against you before and how they've done in their recent games because they've evolved to where they're at," Novak said. "Playing Upper St. Clair, it's always tough to play them because coach (Jim) Render is, by far, the best coach in the WPIAL; defensively, they're one of the best defenses in the WPIAL year in and year out; and their offense, with all its motions, is tough to prepare for."
Woodland Hills is coming off one of its best defensive performances of the season in a 17-14 quarterfinal victory over second-seeded Gateway. The Wolverines made the Gators one-dimensional by negating their running attack (minus-39 yards on 18 carries).
"When you're in the playoffs every game's different, and against Gateway, our first objective was to stop the run and not let them throw deep on us," Novak said. "We were able to contain their run, and they threw the ball 49 times on us and that was a lot of passing. But our secondary did a nice job, and against St. Clair, it's going to be totally different."
One of the reasons Woodland Hills was able to defeat highly touted Gateway was the offensive spark of freshman Miles Sanders, who carried 14 times for 93 yards and both of the team's touchdowns.
Though Sanders was a nonfactor when the Wolverines and Upper St. Clair met in the opener — he had just three carries for 17 yards — he developed into the team's leading ground gainer with 111 carries for 640 yards and 10 touchdowns.
Unfortunately for the Wolverines, he'll be on the sideline watching the rematch. Sanders left the Gateway game in the third quarter with an undisclosed injury.
Without him in the lineup, the Wolverines will return to a running-back-by-committee approach they used early in the year with senior Alex Beasley and Dequan White in the backfield to complement reverses from wide receiver Khalil Harper.
"We have some other running backs that will get opportunities this week," Novak said. "We'll see who goes in."
Coming up with a winning formula, even with senior 1,000-yard passer Cody McClelland, will be a challenge against an Upper St. Clair defense that has not been scored upon in the tournament. The Panthers are the only team in the WPIAL playoffs in any classification not to allow a postseason point.
Still, Woodland Hills was able to hold Gateway to more than 23 points under its season average. Maybe the Wolverines can glean something from that first meeting to help them break the Panthers' shutout streak.
"We threw the ball a little on them, but we weren't able to run the ball at all," Novak said. "We won't have Miles this week, so we'll let him take the week off and see what happens."
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PRINCETON, N.J. -- Add yet another individual
accomplishment to Princeton senior Niveen Rasheed.
After a vote by the Ivy League's eight coaches, Rasheed was
unanimously voted Player of the Year for the third career unanimous
award for one of the most decorated players in confernce
Rasheed (Danville, Calif.) was also unanimously selected Rookie of the Year in 2009-10 and Player of the Year last season. She is the first Tiger in program history to earn back-to-back Ivy League Player of the Year awards and the first Ivy to receive consecutive unanimous Player of the Year accolades since Harvard's Hana Peljto following the 2001-02 and 2002-03 seasons. Rasheed joins Peljto as the only two players in League history to earn three postseason awards in unanimous fashion, as Peljto was also Rookie of the Year in 2000-01.
Rasheed also was a unanimous first-team All-Ivy selection, marking her third appearance on the first team and her second-straight as a unanimous selection. The senior guard led the League in scoring (16.9 ppg), ranked second in rebounding (9.0 rpg) and third in assists (3.3 apg). She received Player of the Week seven times in 2012-13, the second-highest single-season total behind Harvard's Allison Feaster, who took home 11 in 1997-98.
Rasheed's Player of the Year award gives Princeton
three-straight for the first time in program history, after
Addie Micir was named Player of the Year in
2010-11. The Tigers are the first team to earn the honor
three-consecutive years since Penn from 1998-2001, when
Diana Caramanico was the recipient.
Since the Defensive Player of the Year award was created in 2009-10, Rasheed's fellow classmate Lauren Polansky (Mill Valley, Calif.) has received it three times, setting a mark that will be hard to match. Polansky takes home her third-straight Defensive Player of the Year honor after a season in which she averaged 3.9 rebounds and 1.8 steals per game despite missing six contests due to injury. Polansky was a big part of Princeton's stellar defense, which led the League in field goal percentage defense (33.8 pct.) and scoring defense (52.8 ppg.).
Harvard sophomore Temi Fagbenle (London) was a unanimous selection for Rookie of the Year, the first to do so since Rasheed in 2009-10. Fagbenle becomes the fourth Crimson to earn unanimous Rookie of the Year honors, joining Brogan Berry (2008-09), Reka Cserny (2001-02), Peljto (2000-01) and Feaster (1994-95). Fagbenle earned 10 Rookie of the Week honors this season, tying her for first-place all-time in the Ivy League record book with Dartmouth's Eliza Morrison in 2003-04 and Penn's Diana Caramanico in 1997-98. Fagbenle averaged 12.3 points and 7.8 rebounds per game and totaled seven double-doubles, third-best in the League.
Joining Rasheed on the first team was Penn junior Alyssa Baron (Miami), who also was a unanimous selection. Baron led her team in scoring (14.2 ppg), assists (3.9 apg) and steals (2.0 spg) and ranked second in rebounding (6.3). She scored in double figures in 24 of Penn's 28 games, including five contests of at least 20 points. Baron has steadily moved up the ranks on the All-Ivy teams, as she was honorable mention, as well as Rookie of the Year, in 2010-11 and second team last season.
A pair of Crimson found their way onto the first team in senior Victoria Lippert (San Diego) and junior Christine Clark (Tucson, Ariz.), marking the second-straight year Harvard had two first-team All-Ivy performers. Lippert was twice named Player of the Week while averaging 13.5 points, 4.9 rebounds and 1.3 assists. She missed just six free throws all season, shooting 91.3 percent from the charity stripe (65-of-71). In League play, Lippert raised her game, contributing 14.4 points and 5.0 rebounds while shooting 94.6 percent from the free throw line (35-of-37).
Clark, meanwhile, earned Player of the Week four times, tying for the ninth-most in a single season in Ivy history. Clark led her team and ranked second in the League in scoring, with 15.7 points per game. She also averaged 5.1 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 1.3 steals per contest. It marks her second-straight appearance on the All-Ivy first team.
Rounding out the first team was Yale sophomore Sarah Halejian (Wyckoff, N.J.). Last season's Rookie of the Year apparently does not know the meaning of sophomore slump, as she set career-highs in scoring (13.8 ppg), rebounding (3.4 rpg), assists (2.9 apg), field goal percentage (41.3 pct.) and three-point percentage (35.6 pct.). Halejian's season included a 29-point effort against Harvard in which the sophomore finished one point shy of Yale's single-game record. Halejian receives her first career All-Ivy honor.
Joining Fagbenle on the second team is Cornell junior Allyson DiMagno (Fairport, N.Y.), who led the League in double-doubles with 16, the highest single-season total since Columbia's Judie Lomax finished with 21 in 2009-10 en route to Player of the Year honors. DiMagno led the League in rebounding (11.5 rpg) and ranked third in scoring (14.7 ppg) and second in field goal percentage (47.1 pct.). She earns her second-straight All-Ivy accolade after receiving Honorable Mention last season.
Princeton put a pair of players on the second team in senior Megan Bowen (Bath, Pa.) and junior Kristen Helmstetter (Bridgewater, N.J.). Bowen started all 28 games and averaged 8.9 points and 3.9 rebounds, including a career-high two double-doubles. She scored a personal-best 21 points on 8-of-11 shooting to help Princeton hold off Dartmouth, 68-60 on March 2. Helmstetter scored in double-figures in 14 games and averaged 9.0 points and 4.9 rebounds on the year. Both players earn their first career All-Ivy awards.
Brown junior Lauren Clarke (Colts Neck, N.J.) closed out the second team. Clarke led her team in scoring (13.1 ppg) and assists (2.8 apg) while also averaging 3.7 rebounds per contest. She takes home her first career All-Ivy accolade and gives Brown a second team recipient for the third straight year, after senior Sheila Dixon earned the honor the past two seasons.
Dixon (Schenectady, N.Y.), meanwhile, was named honorable mention for her third-straight All-Ivy award. Yale junior Janna Graf (Mission Woods, Kan.) and senior Megan Vasquez (Merrick, N.Y.) also received honorable mention All-Ivy recognition, along with Dartmouth junior Nicola Zimmer (Chevy Chase, Md.) and Penn freshman Keiera Ray (Aurora, Ill.).
Vasquez takes home her third-straight All-Ivy accolade, while it marks the first for Graf. Zimmer earned her first career postseason award, while Ray became the first Quakers rookie to be named All-Ivy since Baron took home honorable mention status in 2010-11.
*Niveen Rasheed, Princeton (Sr., G – Danville, Calif.)
*Temi Fagbenle, Harvard (So., F – London)
Lauren Polansky, Princeton (Sr., G – Mill Valley, Calif.)
*Alyssa Baron, Penn (Jr., G – Miami)
Christine Clark, Harvard (Jr., G – Tucson, Ariz.)
Sarah Halejian, Yale (So., G – Wyckoff, N.J.)
Victoria Lippert, Harvard (Sr., F – San Diego)
*Niveen Rasheed, Princeton (Sr., G – Danville, Calif.)
Megan Bowen, Princeton (Sr., C – Bath, Pa.)
Lauren Clarke, Brown (Jr., G – Colts Neck, N.J.)
Allyson DiMagno, Cornell (Jr., F – Fairport, N.Y.)
Temi Fagbenle, Harvard (So., F – London)
Kristen Helmstetter, Princeton (Jr., F – Bridgewater, N.J.)
Sheila Dixon, Brown (Sr., G – Schenectady, N.Y.)
Janna Graf, Yale (Jr., F – Mission Woods, Kan.)
Keiera Ray, Penn (Fr., G – Aurora, Ill.)
Megan Vasquez, Yale (Sr., G – Merrick, N.Y.)
Nicola Zimmer, Dartmouth (Jr., G – Chevy Chase, Md.)
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The Ray is for those who like pen style machines. One key advantage of using the Ray is that you can adjust the stroke length from 3mm to 4mm with ease by a screw on the machine. However, if you don't want to adjust the stroke length, you can simply set it how you like and never need to change it again.The Ray can be used with all the different Stigma® MotorPlugs besides the 5 Watt Brushless MotorPlug; however we recommend the Ray to be used with the 6 Watt MotorPlug.The Ray is a dedicated Stigma cartridge machine. The Stigma cartridge system is unique and completely different and safer than any other cartridge system on the market.
The Ray grip is a comfortable 27mm in diameter and additional grips can also be purchased.Key Features
Can I use Cheyenne style cartridges with my Ray machine? No. The Ray grip will only accept Stigma cartridges.
Are Stigma cartridges compatible with Cheyenne style / RPG Click cartridge grips? No, Stigma cartridges are unique and will only fit in to a Stigma grip.Can i use Stigma cartridges with my none Stigma machines? Yes, there are a few different options depending what machine you use. Stigma® have created a Universal-Screw-On connection clickable grip, which can be screwed directly on to the likes of Cheyenne or Spektra machines, where the needle depth can be adjusted by clicking clockwise or anti-clockwise. There are also universal Stigma® grips with backstems for traditional vice systems, where the needle depth can also be adjusted by clicking clockwise or anti-clockwise. These can also be used in conjunction with a Universal-Screw-On vice adapter, to enable you to connect these grips up to Universal-Screw-On connections featured on the likes of Cheyenne or Spektra machines.
Why do I need a choice of MotorPlugs for my machine? Artists tend to prefer stronger motors for lining and weaker motors for shading. Stronger motors with a lot of Watts and torque don't bog down easily and are therefore better for lining and tough work. Weaker motors bog down easily, are not so aggressive and deliver better results when shading.What can you tell me about the 4.5W V2 MotorPlug? The 4.5W V2 MotorPlug has more than enough power to run Stigma-Rotary® machines. It is one of the strongest motors you can find on rotaries; it will effortlessly push configurations of up to 50 needles. Advantages of the 4.5W V2 MotorPlug: it is lighter and smaller than the 10 Watt MotorPlug; it weighs only 44 grams. It has both clipcord and RCA connections. It is good for everything; shading, blending, layering, colour packing and lining.And how about the 6W MotorPlug? The 6W PowerDrive is the most powerful motor at its size, it is nice and compact with RCA connection only; it weighs only 38 grams. It is good for everything; shading, blending, layering, colour packing and lining. There is an RCA to Clipcord Converter available if you wish to use a clip cord connection on the 6W MotorPlug.So why buy the 10W MotorPlug with twice the power? The 10W MotorPlug has a different feeling and performance; it has much more torque so it doesn't stall out (bog down), so the speed of the machine stays constant. Even on lower volts, no matter how much resistance, the needles can still penetrate the skin. The 10W MotorPlug can drive any needle or needle cartridge with ease, so you don't need to remove the stay up spring from the machine or increase the volts to get it started. It can run for 24 hours and still stay cool! And because it is so powerful, it does the job even more effortlessly and will last for longer. The 10W MotorPlug has both RCA and clipcord connections. Advantages of the 10W MotorPlug: it is stronger with more torque, it lines effortlessly even with the largest needle groupings. It packs colour like no other.
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Adobe HTTP Dynamic Streaming (HDS) lets you delivery on-demand and live video experiences using standard HTTP connections to the desktop and mobile devices. HDS is being used today by broadcasters like BBC (Wimbledon 2011) and AEG Digital Media (2010 MTV Teen Choice Awards). In September, Adobe updated HDS in Flash Media Server 4.5 adding new features and enhanced security.
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Who is "Sarge"? Sarge is an Applications Engineer on the Adobe Video Solutions team focusing on Flash Media Server (FMS) and related technologies. Prior to joining the FMS engineering team, he held several positions with the Allaire, Macromedia, and Adobe Customer Care teams supporting ColdFusion, Connect, Contribute Publishing Server, FMS, and JRun. He has contributed to several ColdFusion books including Ben Forta's ColdFusion Web Application Construction Kit series.


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Grilled Salmon Steaks with Mustard Sauce and Asparagus
Dinner from the grill is what summer is all about -- the whole family will love this easy and super-healthy meal.
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- Coarse salt and ground pepper
- 4 salmon steaks (6 to 8 ounces each)
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Heat grill to high; lightly oil grates. Make mustard sauce: In a small bowl, whisk together mustard, sugar, and vinegar. Divide sauce between two bowls (about 1/2 cup each); use one for basting and the other for drizzling. Set aside.
In a large bowl, toss asparagus with oil; season with salt and pepper. Working in batches, if necessary, grill asparagus, turning occasionally, until lightly browned and tender, 4 to 8 minutes, depending on thickness of spears. Set aside.
Arrange salmon steaks on a baking sheet; season with salt and pepper. With a brush, baste each side lightly with some of the mustard sauce. Grill salmon steaks, basting with sauce again, until glazed and cooked through, 3 to 5 minutes per side. Transfer salmon to plates; drizzle with mustard sauce. Serve with half the asparagus and, if desired, grilled bread. (Refrigerate remaining asparagus for Garlic-Marinated Chicken Cutlets.)


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So awesome dude... Well done... I love watching the footage at the end with your daughter. It is so cool... She is going to rip.
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Thanks , that's pretty special. I'm glad you took the time to share this with us.
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Very cool. Thanks for this. When I have moments like this with my kids the kudos go to my Dad for putting me on the planet. (and a little help from my wife, and well, I guess I was involved too, at least at the very beginning lol).
PS - My daughter said the water's too cold!
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"It's an exciting time to create fragrances," says Mane perfumer Ashley Wilberding Balavoine, reflecting the dynamism and growth potential of the personal care category. The personal care products category boasts more than $250 billion in annual sales, according to the Personal Care Products Council (PCPC), driven by consumers' desire "to live better, healthier lives."
Meanwhile, Euromonitor International values the 2013 global bath and body care market at $55 billion, an increase of approximately 7% over 2012. According to a Euromonitor report, beauty and personal care in the United States are expected to grow through 2017 in response to premium and value-added products, and hair care and skin care innovations for aging populations.
Indeed, the personal care category, which for the purposes of this article includes products such as soaps, shower gels, shampoos and deodorants, is experiencing growth due to key emerging markets, product innovations and evolving consumer needs.
In late 2013, Unilever told Agence France Presse that demand in emerging markets, which account for more than half of the company's sales, had weakened. In addition, a company spokesman noted that ongoing growth in these markets would drop from the expected 5% to somewhere between 3.0% and 3.5%. Despite this, Rob Walker of Euromonitor International, writing for P&F sister publication GCI magazine, explained, "In 2013, for the first time ever, consumers in emerging markets will collectively spend more on bath and body care products than consumers in developed markets… A decade ago, developed markets accounted for nearly 70% of worldwide bath and body care sales."
However, he said, the geographic focus is shifting. While Latin American market results come under negative pressure in Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela and Mexico, the fastest growth will be seen in Africa and the Middle East. While some of these markets may be high-risk, Walker noted that consumer product companies must diversify the emerging markets served to secure ongoing growth.
Interestingly, Brazil and China are key drivers of the $29.5 billion natural personal care market, reports a 2013 Kline & Co. market brief. The global natural personal care market has experienced a compound annual growth rate of 11.3% over the last five years, according to Kline, and could reach $46 billion by 2018. In Brazil, 85% of the market is dominated by domestic giants Natura and O Boticario, with ingredients falling across a broad spectrum of synthetics, naturals and organics.
"Within the flourishing Chinese market, while both domestic and foreign brands are enjoying growth, domestic ones still claim an estimated 80%-plus share of the market," said Zachary Ferrara, Kline's project lead in China. "Notably, of these local players, those offering mostly TCM (traditional Chinese medicine) products account for approximately less than two-thirds of the Chinese natural personal care market. However, international natural brands are becoming more accepted by Chinese consumers as they are considered to be of a higher quality."
In a separate analysis, Kline's Nancy Mills said, "In 2013, the Chinese natural personal care is posting growth of almost 25%, fueled by a cultural reliance on Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), increased—confidence-inspiring—transparency in product safety and health related matters, and growing affluence."
On the other hand, the 7% U.S. growth and 6% European growth in natural personal care in 2013 has been driven by brand diversity, product efficacy, price and a desire for greater labeling transparency. Kline notes that Japan's natural personal care market grew 5% in 2013, driven by shampoos, conditioners and personal cleansing products.
Natural positioning is desirable for manufacturers around the globe, and many products are being reformulated to remove or minimize synthetic components. Of course there are price, performance and olfactory sophistication issues to consider when selecting ingredients.
A 2013 Euromonitor U.S. beauty and personal care report notes, "The multitude of complex chemical compositions in today's beauty and personal care products rivals only modern consumers' collective ignorance surrounding their use. According to a 2009 poll of 2,016 participants by natural deodorant company Bionsen, the average woman uses 515 different synthetic chemicals on herself each day, with only 9% aware of what most of the key ingredients actually were."
Presumably, consumer awareness of the ingredients contained within their products has only increased, even as growing amounts of naturals, notably argan oil in hair care, are incorporated into product designs as their efficacy improves. Yet, even as product developers and formulators create products with marquee ingredients, many are also highlighting what's not in the bottle. Notably, Unilever's Simple skin care line, which underscores its fragrance-free status in marketing communications.
"People [consumer product companies] are interested in essential oils," says perfumer Balavoine. "But they don't know quite how to use them in their formulations. They'll say 'we want 100% essential oils,' or they'll say they want to claim essential oils on their label. Or they don't want to have 'fragrance' on their label. They want to be able to explain the whole formula on the label using only essential oils. It's a challenge for [perfumers]. It presents a lot of limitations to a wonderfully wrapped fragrance when [you're] limited to essential oils or 100% natural because the formula has to be short, and those ingredients need to fit on a small label. I think it's extremely challenging, especially when you're talking about sourcing, price and quality fluctuations year-to-year."


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PLANS to take control of a wooded area in Colne have been placed in question after a meeting.
Land at Turney Crook Mews, off Windy Bank, is privately owned but Pendle Council has been considering turning it into a public open space.
In a report to Colne area committee, it was stated: "It was felt at this meeting that the site was very large, problematic and had access issues, and that the funding needed to improve the site for public use would be too much."
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Lajos Kossuth de Udvard et Kossuthfalva (English: Louis Kossuth; 19 September, 1802 – 20 March, 1894) was a Hungarian lawyer, journalist, politician and Governor-President of Hungary in 1849. He was widely honored during his lifetime, including in the United Kingdom and the United States, as a freedom fighter and bellwether of democracy in Europe.
- History is the revelation of providence.
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NEW ORLEANS (AP) -- Beyonce is coming back to New Orleans and back to the Superdome.
After entertaining a huge television audience in a packed dome during the Super Bowl halftime show, Beyonce is now scheduled to perform at the Essence Festival.
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Beyonce joins an Essence musical line-up that also includes Jill Scott, Maxwell, New Edition, Charlie Wilson, Keyshia Cole, LL Cool J, Brandy and others.
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I am all about girls being smart, especially if they are good at math. Here is a great way to express your smarts and be girly. Get yourself the new pink TI-84 plus that has lots of extra memory so you can write and add programs to your hearts content. Comes with loaded with programs to help you keep track of your homework and review questions for AP exams. Girl Power!


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WE complain when it's hot and we complain when it's cold but believe me; a recent business trip to Kentucky showed me what stifling hot really means. I was literally suffocating; the air was so hot and so still that I couldn't catch my breath. It's a rare experience I'm sure but it did remind me of the one or two times when I've encountered a really bad boss situation in my own career. It simply all boils down to the stress that a boss can create.
Years have passed since my own experience and since then, I've seen and coached employees who have also felt a sense of suffocation at work. This occurred when they encountered what's referred to as a "snake in a suit." A leader or any other employee for that matter who is perceived in that manner typically demonstrates psychopathic tendencies that at the very least will destroy the internal work environment. Usually, however, their tentacles will reach the broader world, as demonstrated by the many high-profile former leaders who are now serving prison sentences for embezzlement, fraud or stock manipulation.
Snakes in suits and/or seductive operational bullies (SOBs), as named by Dr. Manfred Kets de Vries, demonstrate a sense of superiority, grandiosity or entitlement. They live in the moment, are impulsive, and seem to lack any sense of personal insight. At the same time, they are very charming social manipulators as well as good communicators who consider themselves rising stars and, as such, they are able to create a good first impression by spinning the most believable tale. These individuals thrive on fast-paced, high-risk enterprises where there's a potential for a power grab as well as significant financial reward.
The key challenge with individuals such as this is that they are good at reading and understanding others and will abuse and take advantage of relationships for their own benefit. When they sense a barrier, they think nothing of stepping on, crushing and suffocating anyone who stands in their way, including their own boss. In other words, they justify success at any cost.
My experience shows that by the time an employee who works for a male or female "snake in a suit" seeks help, they are feeling so victimized and so demoralized from their roller-coaster worklife that they are almost totally dysfunctional.
They are battered, bruised and stressed from being yelled at, bullied, harassed and taken advantage of.
In many cases, these individuals have taken steps to lay a complaint with their human resource manager and/or a more senior manager, only to be shut down by disbelief followed by inaction. Unfortunately, the complainer is then often perceived as the problem rather than the boss. Certainly a no-win situation for the employee!
At the same time, in many cases, these employees turn their anger inward and ask themselves, "What's wrong with me?" instead of asking what's wrong with the boss. So, how does an employee deal with this situation? What about the employer? From the employee perspective, dealing with a boss who is that so-called "snake in a suit" is extremely difficult, especially if one or more complaints have been filed and no action has been taken. At this point, if you haven't done so already; start protecting yourself and look for another job. A key challenge for every employee in this situation, is maintaining self-esteem in an environment that is punishing and toxic. Reflect back to all of your current work and previous jobs and document what you have done well. Reflect on previous complements. Post them somewhere and give yourself a daily boost by reading them every day. Continue to do a good job in spite of the criticism. Copy and retain samples of your work.
Look around your current workplace and determine if there are opportunities to move to another role within the organization. Stretch yourself and look for jobs where you can learn new skills or build more depth to your level of expertise.
Monitor your stress and focus on those tried and true general rules of good health such as good sleep, exercise. Seek out someone to talk to, preferably a professional who can provide strategies and techniques for disentangling yourself from your situation.
Update your resumé and have it ready. Apply for positions but engage in due diligence regarding any new opportunities. You don't want to get yourself into another bad situation. Prepare to respond to interview questions related to why you are contemplating leaving your current job. Stick with the benign response that you are leaving due to a different in leadership and management style difference and/or that you are seeking work in a more suitable work environment.
From the employer's perspective, weeding out a "snake in a suit" starts right at the recruitment phase. Screen resumés carefully by looking for inconsistencies in job experience. Pay attention to potential exaggerations with respect to accomplishments and take notice of job tenure as these individuals tend to move frequently as they try to climb their perceived ladder of success.
Prepare your list of key competencies required for the job and then link this with in-depth behavioural interview questions and a multiple, structured approach that allows you to get a well rounded view of your candidates. Involve more people in the interview and selection process and don't forget to ask for a variety of references. Propose the same questions to referees as the candidate, in order to provide verification of skills, expertise and experience.
Use all the online tools available to you in order to confirm if your candidate is the right fit. Undertake one or more psychometric assessment tools to learn more about personal character, communication, leadership style, and teamwork. Check out online candidate profiles and determine the nature of their informal communication.
Finally, if a "snake in a suit" has indeed been hired, you'll find that it can take anywhere between six months to two years for behaviour to become problematic. Watch for the development of dysfunctional relationships within the unit being managed by the new incumbent, as well as unexpected turnover of well-respected employees.
If you are the employer and you are confronted with these challenging yet insidious relationships, be sure to take any and all complaints seriously. Investigate and get all the facts. Keep in mind that while profitability is important, your overall success will not last long if psychopathic employee behaviour is not dealt with.
Source: Snakes in Suits: When Psychopaths go to Work, Paul Babiak, PhD and Robert D. Hard, Ph.D, 2006; The Psychopath in the C-Suite, Nicholas Bray, Insead Knowledge, Feb. 7, 2013.
Barbara J. Bowes, FCHRP, CMC, CCP, M.Ed is president of Legacy Bowes Group. She can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.