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JERUSALEM (Jun. 13)
Israel's economy appears to be sinking into a recession and business leaders do not expect it to recover this year, despite rosier forecasts by the Treasury.
According to newly released figures, the trade deficit has widened, exports are stagnant and unemployment is on the rise.
Industrial output has fallen 2.5 percent so far this year, on top of a 3.5 percent decline in 1988, the Central Bureau of Statistics reported.
Treasury officials say the immediate effect of the economic downturn has been a sharp drop in tax revenues, which may force a further tightening of the state buget.
Officials of the Manufacturers Association told a news conference in Tel Aviv on Monday that measures the Treasury adopted in January to stimulate economic growth were insufficient.
They accused the country's economic policymakers of misleading the public, dubbing them the "national anesthetizers."
Exports have not risen despite the devaluation of the shekel and the erosion of salaries, the business leaders pointed out.
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Sunidhi Chauhan: Atif Aslam can't sing
Sunidhi Chauhan is one of the most versatile singers Bollywood has ever seen. In an interview with IBNlive, Sunidhi speaks about her entry into Bollywood, her competition, and her take on Atif Aslam.
Excerpts from the Sunidhi Chauhan interview:
Rajeev Masand: With your hit song from the film Race, the New Year started off with a bang for you, didn't it? It's a song that has been filmed on not one but three very hot actresses. You've given some of the top Bollywood actresses some of their sexiest songs. Do they ever come to you to thank you for making them sound so sexy on screen?
Sunidhi Chauhan: They are all very sweet but hardly any of them come and say thank you. However, whenever Lara Dutta meets me she says, "You know I still perform on Jadoo Daala Re and it so well sung." So you know there are very few people but it is okay. It is not their fault because sometimes they don't even know who sang the song. Most of the time while recording even we aren't aware of who the song will be picturised on.
Rajeev Masand: Was Bollywood always a very welcoming place? You started pretty young. Did you find lots of egos and lots of people being difficult?
Sunidhi Chauhan: I was very young at that time. I was 11-12.However, my dad had to struggle for me. He left his career and everything and we moved to Bombay. It was him who used to meet people and take all the s*** that they gave. My job was just to go along with him, sing and come back. "Beta, wahan ja ke gao. Haan abhi chup ho jao (Go there and sing. Okay, now that's it)." Like a tape recorder. Thanks to my dad. I am what I am today because of him."
Rajeev Masand: The one song whose picturisation you were embarrassed by?
Sunidhi Chauhan: Oh this is a difficult one. Aag!"
Rajeev Masand: The most overrated singer is?
Sunidhi Chauhan: Atif Aslam. I know there are many fans of Atif Aslam but I think he can't sing. Sorry.
Full interview can be found at IBNlive.com

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Newlyweds – and expectant parents – Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz continue their honeymoon, getting some R&R aboard a yacht in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, France yesterday (August 4). The Falling singer showed off her growing belly in a white bikini.
Alicia and Swizz, who tied the knot last week, are expecting a baby in November. The child will be her first, but Swizz has three other kids from previous relationships.View Slideshow »»


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Fabulous trip: Vision of the Seas Cruise Review by vanvleckeren
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Fabulous trip
Destination: Baltic Sea
Embarkation: Stockholm
Though some people prefer the newer ships, I really liked Vision due to its somewhat smaller size. We didn't have some of the problems that I've heard about on other ships with crowding and not having enough deck chairs, seats in the Windjammer, etc.
This is a port-heavy cruise, with only one day at sea, and ports that generally take a whole day to sea. For that reason, I didn't partake as much in the ship's entertainment as I might have on a cruise with lighter ports. I found the service in the bars to be very good, as was the dining room and cabin service.
My least favorite part of every cruise is embarkation. I don't blame the cruise line for it, but it seems such an arduous process of waiting in long lines to embark. But once on the More ship, everything went smoothly.
I really liked the demographics on this ship. I favor a younger demographic, and a mid-summer cruise is good for that. There were a good number of young adults that add life to the cruise. I also liked that there were a lot of non-Americans on the cruise; I did not want to go to Europe and then only hang around with Americans. It was a really nice mix of younger, middle-aged and older passengers, and a good international mix.
The trip through the Stockholm archipelago is my favorite part of the cruising itself. I got a nice seat on a high deck up in front of the ship and just watched the sights for a couple of hours. The seas were pretty calm the whole time other than the last night, when we had a windstorm that precluded going out on deck.
The solarium and gym were very nice. I loved to swim in the solarium pool at night, and I spent a lot of time before dinner in the gym. There was a certain "crew" of the same people who were in the gym every day, and I got to talk to a few of them. Nice guys.
The ports were fantastic. It was so interesting to see the Russian influence in Helsinki. The tour in Helsinki was so-so. We missed seeing the Rock Church, and for some reason, we were only given about 5 minutes to look at Senate Square. Luckily, I had time to go back and spend some time in Senate Square on my own.
St. Petersburg came next. We had a very interesting tour guide whose family had been high up under the Communist system. She seemed less than enthralled with developments under the current regime there, but I thought it remarkable to be able to voice these misgivings to foreigners in Russia. That in itself was very interesting. We saw Catherine's Palace outside the city, which was fantastic. And then we took a tour of the Neva River and saw a lot of beautiful landmarks from the water. St. Petersburg is the most "alien" feeling stop. You can't go off on your own because of visa restrictions, so the visit there is much more controlled.
Riga was my "sleeper" favorite, in that it wasn't an original destination, but accepted because it was part of a larger trip. I was due to go to the Auto Museum, but the tour got cancelled and I just toured Riga on my own. It is a stunning city. So many parks, churches, and beautiful buildings. It had a very friendly, open feel. One would never have guessed that it was so recently part of such an oppressive regime and how much suffering had taken place there since 1940. It was really nice to see how well it seems to be recovering.
Gdansk is a bit of a misnomer for the next port. The ship docks in Gdynia, an unremarkable place, and it's necessary to travel from there to other places. Gdansk is about 30 minutes from Gdynia. This year, we chose to go to the Malbork Castle, about a 90 minute bus ride from the port. It was a fantastic choice. The castle was beautiful as was the surrounding area, and the Polish people were so friendly. They reacted especially well if you tried, as I did, to address them in their own language.
Last stop was Visby. This was the only stop where we weren't blessed with beautiful weather. This is a great stop and we took a nice tour here.
This was a trip that I tremendously enjoyed, both from the standpoint of the ports visited as well as life on the ship. Less
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In order to change the heater core you will need to remove the heater box from vehicle but before you can do that you will need to remove the complete dash assembly. You will also need to recover the refrigerant before separating the a/c lines. This is a somewhat large and complex job. Here is the step by step removal procedure:
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Since Southern Ontario is home to the most knee-jerk, crazed hockey fans, only the Toronto Maple Leafs' general manager was surprised when his team's latest pratfall resulted in cries from the cognoscenti that the coach should be fired. Then again, Brian Burke has only been here for a little less than two years.
"Did Ron Wilson play poorly last night?" Burke said Sunday when he was cornered at a sports management conference he helped organize. "I'm perplexed by this and have been since I've been here. You watch the game film and show me one thing Ronnie did wrong."
Well, if a fellow wanted to turn Burke's scowl into a snarl, he could have said Wilson's biggest mistake was to keep sending the Phil Kessel-Tyler Bozak-Kris Versteeg line over the boards against the Buffalo Sabres. Judging by the coach's reaction after the Leafs blew a 2-0 lead and lost 3-2 in a shootout, the trio may not survive yet another impotent showing when the Leafs head south for back-to-back games starting Tuesday against the Tampa Bay Lightning and the Florida Panthers.
The Leafs' so-called No. 1 line has a mere 10 even-strength points in 13 games compared to 24 from the No. 2 line of centre Mikhail Grabovski and wingers Nikolai Kulemin and Clarke MacArthur. Kessel has not scored a goal in five games and Versteeg has just two so far this season while Bozak has a mere five points, the same as Versteeg.
Both Burke and Wilson said all three players have the ability to be top-line players. What they are lacking, the coach said, is the work ethic.
"You don't get offence because they're basically not working hard enough defensively," Wilson said.
What that means is all three of them are not coming back far enough in their own end to help the defence get control of the puck and get it moving the other way. When the Leafs hit the ice flying for the first six games of the season, the most noticeable difference from last season's sad-sack team was the transition game.
The Leafs could get the puck out of their end and create a scoring chance in the blink of an eye, it seemed. Now, with the team sliding to a 5-5-3 record, the Bozak line is no longer skating like it should. Too often, the players are floating between centre and the opposition blueline, looking for home-run passes.
"Yeah, exactly," Wilson said. "When they stop skating and making themselves available, you don't have a transition game. They have got to work to get open. They have to come back [to the Leafs zone]and not expect the defence to make 120-foot passes to them."
Burke made it clear he is also deaf to shouts from the fans to bring 20-year-old centre Nazem Kadri up from the Toronto Marlies farm team. Or to rush out and blow his $4-million (all currency U.S.) in salary-cap room on a quick fix.
And why should he? All that is available at this point in the season are players with either unhealthy contracts or suspect medical histories. If the Leafs were a team that is one or even two players away from a Stanley Cup, it might be worth the risk. But they are not, so it makes far more sense to wait until much closer to the trade deadline on Feb. 28 when that $4-million in cap space is worth a lot more than it is today and somebody might be willing to dump a player who is actually worth his paycheque.
"There is no panic here," Burke said. "We have players who aren't performing on a proper level on a nightly basis. That has to change."
If it doesn't, one thing that will not change first is the coach.
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Bulgarian PM Boyko Borisov has given a pre-Christmas interview in which he stressed his cabinet's commitment to building and reconstructing Christian devotional sites.
"It is in the present program of our party and government to build churches and monasteries," said Borisov in an interview for Nova TV Sunday.
According to Borisov, currently the state has invested BGN 50 M into the reconstruction of some 150-160 churches and monasteries....
Come on Boiko,,,we need hospitals and schools,,leave funding these religious zealots to find funding from their members. We are already overrun by cults (you know the ones, mormons, jw's, etc), so keep the state out of religion. Let's stay secular and realistic.
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The cascade of Android devices set to enter the market this year is starkly highlighting the need for a better mobile experience inside and outside the devices, which requires a deep re-examination of how device makers approach their work, according to designers at mobile phone maker Sony-Ericsson.
It boils down to a central question, Jun Makino a producer at Sony-Ericsson's user experience design centre in Lund, Sweden, told The Globe and Mail: "There's a lot of Android devices coming out now - how do we differentiate?"
Mr. Makino said the team working on the just-announced Xperia Arc smartphone - to launch globally in the first quarter of this year - decided that they needed to take a simple design approach.
"We decided we should have two or three focus points: Be on the latest Android version, bring in the world of Sony experience and technology, and shape the phone," Mr. Makino said.
The result was a device that was lighter, faster, more powerful, and that had a better camera and processing software than Sony-Ericsson's first entry into the Android smartphone market a year ago, the Xperia X10.
The Arc's subtle concave "human curve" frame lets it sit lightly in the user's hand, improvements in Android's Gingerbread and useof the SnapDragon 8255 1 gigahertz chip makes it faster, the battery was made lighter and more energetic, and the 8.1 megapixel camera has a 2.4 aperture that gathers more light, combined with the Exmor R for mobile camera sensor from Sony's DSLR and Cybershot cameras for low-light photography. Combined with a mobile version of the Bravia display software engine and multitouch surface bnded to the screen itself to minimize internal light reflection, the Arc represents the first major step in the evolution of Sony's Android offerings.
"We are learning," said Hiroaki Kobayashi, head of product line performance in Tokyo, Japan. "We have learned a lot since we started on Android one year ago. And Google is learning too. They have made improvements to Android."
"The user experience is everything," Mr. Makino said. "This is not technology for the sake of technology."
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But the race for faster, more powerful, lighter devices has a dark side in conflict minerals: Rare earth elements used in the production of high-tech devices such as smartphones, whose demand fuels wars in places like the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Last month, the Enough Project, which aims to end human conflict, published rankings of electronics makers performance in eliminating so-called "blood minerals." Sony-Ericsson ranked 13 out of 21 companies.
Asked how Sony-Ericsson ensures that their supply chain is free of such materials, Steve Walker, head of global marketing, said that they have an employee dedicated to leading their efforts in certifying their supply chain is free of blood minerals and continues to work on these efforts.Report Typo/Error
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Laurie Halse Anderson never thought she would grow up to be a writer. She loved making up stories, but every time she read an author's biography, it turned out that the author was already dead. She was not interested in being dead at such a young age, so she crossed "author" off her list of possible careers.
She had a hard time learning how to read and write, but thanks to some awesome learning support teachers, she figured it out and caught up with the rest of her friends by third grade. She is very grateful for her teachers and her school librarians.
When she was a kid, Laurie liked to sit in the back row of the classroom and daydream or write or draw. This is a not a good way to get good grades. In fact, it is a sure-fire way to get bad grades. She does not recommend it.
Laurie's favorite subject in school (one of the rare times she did pay attention) was Social Studies class. She loved learning about American history more than anything else. She read a lot of historical fiction for fun, including the Little House on the Prairie series and dreamed about living the life of a pioneer.
Because she had very patient teachers, Laurie somehow managed to make her way through school. Lots of schools actually, because Laurie's family moved around a lot. She attended country schools, city schools, and schools in the suburbs. She hated moving, but now admits all those different schools gave her good story material.
One of the best experiences in Laurie's life was traveling to Denmark when she was 16 years old and spending her senior year of high school there as an American Field Service exchange student. After high school, she earned an associate's degree from Onondaga Community College and then a bachelor's of science in languages and linguistics from Georgetown University. She did not study creative writing or literature in college.
When her kids were little, Laurie worked as a freelance reporter. She would wake up early in the morning to work on her book ideas when everyone else was sleeping. Since her first book was published in 1996, she has written 27 books; 6 of them were New York Times bestsellers.
Laurie and her husband, Scot, have four grown children and a dog. They live way out in the countryside of New York State, a few miles from the shore of Lake Ontario and about 90 minutes south of Canada. Scot is a carpenter. He built her a special cottage for writing and she was so blown away by it, she made a video that shows how it was built. They are happiest when all the kids come home and bring their friends.
She knows that she lives a charmed life. She is enjoying every minute of it.
P. S. You're probably wondering how to pronounce her strange middle name. It rhymes with "waltz". You can hear her pronounce at Teachingbooks.net .
Questions About Writing
Can you describe your writing process?
Do you have a year or two?
Seriously. Do you make an outline?
I outline my historical novels before I start writing them. My contemporary YAs are never outlined, but usually by the third draft, I step back and study the structure of the story (i.e. focus on the plot and flow of events and motivations) and make the necessary changes.
Which is more important: plot or character?
I love debating that question. What do you think?
Which comes first: plot or character?
For me it depends on the kind of book that I'm writing. For my historical novels, the plot comes first. My contemporary YA novels always start in character. I don't think there is a right way or a wrong way to approach the writing of a book. It all depends on the needs of the story and the abilities of the author.
How do you deal with writer's block?
To beat writer's block, allow yourself to write a rotten first draft. Then revise it as many times as it takes. (most of my novels go through seven drafts.) Also, take long walks or run or play basketball. That helps me.
Writer's Block has as much power to stop you as you give it. We are our own worst enemies in this regard.
Do you know everything about your characters before you start to write the story?
Nope. By the end of the first draft I am just getting to know them. By the end of the third draft, well, then, I know them. Mostly. Characters can be tricky.
How long does it take you to write a draft?
If I can hole up in my cottage and not have to return phone calls or email, I can get a first draft done in a couple months. I tend to work long hours. Of course, a historical first draft comes after a year or so of research.
What has been the biggest surprise in your writing?
That I never run out of ideas.
Where do you get all those ideas?
Sometimes I am baffled by that. Ideas seem to creep into my head while I'm sleeping. SPEAK started in a nightmare. I've dreamed several critical scenes for other books.
Others come from my waking life. When I was researching FEVER 1793 (back in 1993) I learned that Benjamin Franklin had been a slave owner. Then, when researching and writing INDEPENDENT DAMES, I learned that girls and women had been active participants in the American Revolution. Combine those two threads with a lot of research and you have the thread that led to the writing of CHAINS.
You can also find ideas in the newspaper, from a Youtube video, or a comment that you hear on the subway. Ideas are everywhere, just waiting for you to pay attention.
Do you ever cry when you're writing?
When I wrote SPEAK, FEVER 1793, CATALYST, TWISTED, WINTERGIRLS, CHAINS & FORGE, each had a scene or two that made me cry. If it makes me cry, then I'm on the right track.
How much do you write every day?
On a good day, I'll write for about 8 hours. On a bad day, I'll only have an hour or two. On deadline, I'll write for up to 18 hours. (I actually like deadline writing. No distractions!)
How much editing do you do?
A LOT! I'd say that my books are about 20% first draft and 80% revision.
How much research do you have to do for your historical novels?
An absurd amount. I am very picky – even though I am writing fiction, I want the historical details and setting to be as factual as possible. This means reading a lot of primary sources, hundreds of books and articles, interviewing experts, visiting museums and archives, and hanging out at reenactments. It takes a long time, but I must admit: I love every second of it. Historical research is one of my favorite things.
Other Important Questions
Where do you write?
In the splendiferous writing cottage that my husband built for me. If you want, you can see how he did it. Before I had this cottage, I wrote wherever I had to: in the basement, in the attic, in the car, on the train or airplane, at the kitchen table. I wrote a lot while my kids were practicing basketball, too.
How much of what you write is real?
Some of my books contain experiences that I lived through. Others have bits of my emotional truth. I don't talk about the specifics very much because I prefer people to focus on my stories, not on me.
How do you feel when one of your books is banned or challenged?
It's complicated. I feel bad for the teacher or librarian involved, because I know book challenges can be very draining. I feel sad for the readers who deserve to receive their education without the drama that book challenges can bring. I feel sympathy for the person who brought the challenge, because she's obviously frustrated, but she does not understand the value of having books like mine in schools.
I do not feel bad for myself. I know that my books are filled with honesty and with some subjects that can be intense. I know this makes people nervous, but I know how to deal with that.
Most of the time, the challenges to my books have been overturned and the books stay in the classroom. In many cases, the complaining parent withdrew the challenge after she read the entire book, instead of reading a paragraph or a page. I have a lot of respect for parents who can admit that they made a mistake.
Want to learn more? I have a page all about book banning.
Why should we find time to read?
If you have to ask that question, I suspect you are fed up with reading boring books. I don't blame you. I hate reading boring books, too. Go to your teacher or librarian and challenge her (or him) to help you find books that you will actually like. Once you know where to find them, you will be happily surprised, I promise.
What books are you working on right now?
I am working on three picture books (two of them are about famous Americans during the Revolution, the other one is just silly), more Vet Volunteer books, another historical novels set during the American Revolution, a YA novel, and a book about the writing process.
Who inspired you?
Reading great books inspires me to write. Meeting the kids and teens who enjoy my books makes me want to write for them.
Can you come to my school?
I'm really sorry, but I can't. Even without visiting schools I spend 50 – 100 days a year on the road and that does not leave enough time to write books and have a life. When I am on booktour, the independent bookstores that I visit sometimes send me to schools in their area. So the best chances of seeing me up close and personal is to develop a relationship with your local bookseller and ask to be included and/or notified when authors come to town. You can find the closest bookseller to you at Indiebound.
You can find me on a couple of places on the Internet:
1. This website (duh).
I also do some Skype visits with schools.
Questions That Are Not Quite So Important
Harry Potter or Twilight?
Harry Potter.
Are you rich?
No. Are you?
I have to write about you for my homework. Can I email the questions to you?
No. By the time I get to your email, you'll be in a different grade. That's why I put so much information about me and my books on this website. You can also find all kinds of goodies if you search the archives of my blog.


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For ext4 take the three modules from my cf-root, open them with an hex editor and search for 188.8.131.52..... then change the part after CL to match with your kernel version.... Good luck!
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Thanks a lot skin. I was able to do it.
Thanks again.
Sir can you make one for XXKPN as well?
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Okay. I will do it. I wont be able to test it.
You upload it people will test it...many of them are not switching to KPN because it lacks CF root
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Thanks a lot skin. I was able to do it.
Thanks again.
That's great indeed. Probably we got a replacement. But are we overloading him.
Chief what about ZKCP9?
Really i prefer chinese version. Missing google apps can be installed
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Premier League: Hull and Aston Villa safe from drop after Norwich fail to beat Chelsea
Hull and Aston Villa are assured of a place in the Premier League next season as a result of Norwich's draw at Chelsea.
Last Updated: 04/05/14 7:50pm
The Canaries drew 0-0 at Stamford Bridge on Sunday to leave themselves 18th in the table with 33 points from 37 games.
With the Norfolk team having only one more game to play they now cannot catch either Villa or Hull, who have 38 and 37 points respectively and two games each left to play.
Coincidentally, Villa and Hull faced each other at Villa Park this weekend with the former winning 3-1 to end a run of six games without a victory.
Hull have now not won in three, but can at least put any relegation concerns behind them as they prepare to face Arsenal in the FA Cup final on 17 May.
The Tigers are also guaranteed a place in the Europa League next season after Arsenal sealed a place in the Champions League for 2014/15.
City manager Steve Bruce suggested after Saturday's game that some of his players had become distracted by thoughts of the cup final.
Goalkeeper Steve Harper believes the experienced players at Hull must help the squad refocus for their league run-in, which sees them travel to Manchester United before hosting Everton.
"We haven't got the experience of going there as a club," Harper told Tigers Player. "There's a few players in our squad of vast experience and if one or two are looking that way it's our responsibility to remind them.
"We've got a very tough game on Tuesday and a very tough one next Sunday."
With Villa and Hull out of the relegation battle and Fulham and Cardiff already down, the focus now switches to Sunderland and West Brom.
The Black Cats have a two-point cushion over Norwich and a game in hand, while West Brom also have an extra game on the Canaries and are three points better off.
The two face each other on Wednesday and a winner would be mathematically safe from relegation.
However, if Sunderland win, Norwich would be all but relegated as West Brom's goal difference is 19 better than the Canaries, meaning a draw should also be good enough to keep both sides up.
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A NIGHT out in Bournemouth ended in terror for a 23-year-old woman when she was raped by two illegal immigrants, a court heard yesterday.
Afghanis Farid Ghorzanig, 22, and Amir Wallezadeh, 19, who were liable to deportation at the time, both deny rape at Commercial Road on July 1 this year.
Prosecuting at Bournemouth Crown Court, David Bartlett said: "The allegation is one of stranger rape. These defendants do not deny that they had sexual intercourse but they allege that it was with her consent, which she denies."
Mr Bartlett told jurors how the alleged victim had been filmed on CCTV camera "somewhat the worse for drink" as she walked along Commercial Road, intending to catch a bus home at around 9.30pm.
As she approached the former Dixons electrical store, which was being used as a gift shop, the woman met the defendants who were on the opposite side of the street.
Mr Bartlett said: "It was the smaller one (Ghorzanig) who put his arm around her and encouraged her to come into the shop. The taller one (Wallezadeh) stayed in the doorway of the building.
"Her account is that, although Wallezadeh then opened the shop door with his keys, Ghorzanig took her on a circuitous route along an alleyway into the rear entrance. Access appears to be via a service road, across an elevated gangway and up a staircase into the area above the shop, which was virtually empty apart from a mattress and rug."
Mr Bartlett said Ghorzanig had sex with the woman first, adding: "She will say it was horrible but she was scared and didn't know what to do so she stayed. She then heard Wallezadeh come upstairs."
Jurors were told how Wallezadeh had also had intercourse with the woman.
"She asked if she could go more than once, saying that she wanted to go home.
"Ghorzanig agreed and when she got to The Square the first people she called were the police. Her 999 call was timed at 21.58; she had been in the premises less than 25 minutes.
"The police attended very quickly and found her very upset," Mr Bartlett added.
The court heard how a cordon had been placed around the premises and at 10.43pm both defendants were spotted running away towards the Central Gardens. They were arrested a short time later.
During interview both men claimed they had been drunk, insisting that the woman had wanted to have sex with them.
The alleged victim is due to give her evidence from behind a screen today.


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J.P. Arencibia communicates with the best of them. He knows how to get pitchers in the right frame of mind with a quick comment or joke, and has more than 72,000 Twitter followers.
The Toronto Blue Jays' catcher doesn't mince words or shy away from letting his thoughts be known. He batted .219 with 23 home runs and 78 RBI in his first full season in the major leagues. So it seemed logical to ask him about the challenge of raising his batting average while maintaining his power and productivity.
"Who says I want to increase my average?" Arencibia shot back. "Statisticians? Writers? Hey, I'm not saying that.
"Now, I don't want to hit .219. Don't get me wrong. But I will put my .219 with 23 homers and 78 RBI up against, say, .291 with five homers and 40 RBI. What I'm most interested in is productivity. Look at Carlos Pena. Do you think the Rays are worried about his average?"
Pena, the Tampa Bay first baseman, batted .225 with 28 homers and 80 RBI for the Chicago Cubs in 2011 and returned to the Rays as a free agent with a $7.25-million (all currency U.S.) contract for this season.
"Are you paid to drive in runs or hit .300?" Arencibia asked, realizing that Pena and other middle-order hitters provide the answer he prefers.
He set Jays' single-season homer and extra-base hit (47) records for catchers, and his RBI were surpassed only by the 80 of Darrin Fletcher in 1999. No American League catcher hit more homers than he did last year, and only Detroit 's Alex Avila drove in more runs with 77.
"I feel there is a better average in there for J.P.," Toronto manager John Farrell said. "But if he stays with what he's doing, he is going to be okay. He put up a lot of quality at-bats last year, and he's in a good place right now.
"J.P. exhibits power to all fields. If he stays middle to right-centre with the pitch on the outside part of the plate, that's perfect. And he's understanding the leverage of getting into a hitter's count."
Arencibia, 25, played shortstop growing up and didn't move to catcher until high school at Westminster Christian School near Miami. He tied the school record of New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez with 17 career homers, and went on to the University of Tennessee before becoming Toronto's first-round pick in 2007.
"Once I started catching," Arencibia said, "my favourite players became Javier Lopez and Mike Piazza, catchers who could hit."
He loves the competition of hitting, and perhaps no at-bat in his rookie season exhibited that better than his walk on a 12-pitch at-bat against Tigers ace Justin Verlander on May 7 at Rogers Centre. Arencibia was the only Jay to reach base that game, and early in that confrontation he pulled a pitch down the line that was about one foot away from being the lone hit.
"Ball four was the only time in my life when I did something wrong by getting a walk," Arencibia said. "It ruined a perfect game, and I didn't want it to end that way. Hey, that guy is going to be a hall-of-famer."
Verlander, the American League's MVP and Cy Young Award winner, was five outs from perfection when he faced Arencibia and walked him on a low, outside fastball.
"That was an amazing, amazing at-bat," Verlander said. "You've got to tip your cap sometimes."
Still, as much as he loves hitting, Jays pitchers know it is not his focus.
"J.P.'s number one priority is his pitching staff," Toronto ace Ricky Romero said. "He takes it so seriously. He had a plan for everything, even as a rookie, and is very smart with his pitch calling.
"He knows me better than anyone else, and knows how to get me through things. We execute pitches so well, and it's pretty special to have him back there."
Jays right-hander Kyle Drabek added: "All last year, I didn't shake him off once."
Drabek began to smile and shook his head.
"He's a guy who can be serious," Drabek said, "but he likes to have fun. He keeps you loose out there in a tense moment."
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Grilled Zucchini Salad
READY IN: 20mins
Recipe by diner524
A recipe from "The BBQ Bible" by Steven Raichlen, which he states this is from Morocco, posting for ZWT6.
Top Review by evelynathens
This delicious recipe is very typical of the Mediterranean area, as we have something almost exactly the same in Greece. Having said that, we loved this! It is delicious and you can't make enough zucchini.
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Ingredients Nutrition
- 453.59 g zucchini, scrubbed and trimmed
- 44.37 ml extra-virgin olive oil
- salt & freshly ground black pepper
- 12 large fresh mint leaves, slivered (or 1 tsp dried)
- 29.58 ml fresh Italian parsley, finely chopped
- 14.79 ml fresh lemon juice (to taste)
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 2.46 ml paprika
- 1.23 ml ground cumin
- 1.23 ml white pepper
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- Preheat the grill to high.
- Cut the zucchini into 1/4 inch length-wise slices. Brush each with olive oil (you'll need about 1 tablespoons in all) and season with salt and pepper.
- When ready to cook, arrange the zucchini slices on the hot grill, turning with tongs, until tender and well browned, 10 minutes in all. Transfer to cutting board to cool.
- Cut each zucchini slice crosswise on the diagonal into 1/4 inch strips. Transfer strips to a serving bowl and stir in the remaining 2 tablespoons oil, the mint, parsley, 1 tablespoons lemon juice, garlic, paprika, cumin and 1/4 teaspoons white pepper. Taste for seasoning, adding salt, white pepper, or lemon juice as necessary; the salad should be highly seasoned. Serve at room temperature.


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David Paterson - "Love, Ludlow"
David Paterson - "Love, Ludlow"
Premiere date: May 09, 2014
With a gleeful wink to a more innocent cinematic era and classic 1950s romantic comedies, Love, Ludlow invites us into a crisply constructed, smartly stylized universe that exists almost outside of time, filled with delightful anachronisms like typewriters, hair rollers, "gentlemen callers," and characters who say things like "he's a card."
Within this constantly surprising and charming world lives Myra--a tough, straight-talking temp from Queens, played by the lovable, husky-voiced character actress, Alicia Goranson. At the office Myra takes no guff; but at home life is dominated by her eccentric, unstable younger brother, Ludlow, who occupies a fantasy world inside their tiny flat and depends on her for his every need. When Reggie, a sweetly nebbishy "suit" from work takes a shine to her, Myra slowly lets down her guard and cautiously attempts to carve out a life of her own. But a deeply threatened Ludlow throws up serious roadblocks, and she must tread a thorny path if she is to salvage happiness.
A seasoned theatre director making her film debut, Adrienne Weiss sticks close to the raw emotional truth of all three characters, and we fall in love with them because their behavior is always unpredictable. With her deeply humanistic sensibility, her flair for ironic humor, and her ability to creatively mine cultural references and retro styles, Weiss is unequivocally someone to watch
David Paterson| Writer-Producer
An Award-winning playwright and screenwriter, David has penned over two-dozen plays, 12 of which are published through Samuel French, Inc. His works have been performed on Broadway, Off Broadway and throughout the world. He is the only playwright ever to have three plays premiere on the New York City stage in one month.
In 2005 David began writing for film. He adapted his play FINGER PAINTING IN A MURPHY BED into a screenplay and produced it. As LOVE, LUDLOW, the film premiered at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival to rave reviews; "Another Sundance treasure!" Roger Ebert reported. David sold the film to The Sundance Channel, Starz Channel and Warner Home Video. LOVE, LUDLOW was one of the few success stories of Sundance 2005. The screenplay was nominated for the HUMANITAS award for excellence in screen writing. David has written for The New York Times, Moviemaker Magazine, Filmmaker magazine, and IndieSlate, among others.
David's second feature, Disney's BRIDGE TO TERABITHIA, was one of the most successful studio releases of 2007. His latest short, OPEN AIR, starring MUNICH's Lynn Cohen, won numerous awards on the festival circuit and will premiere with Shorts International in 2014. David's films haven been seen in over 100 festivals worldwide.
David's latest film, THE GREAT GILLY HOPKINS, starring Glenn Close, Octavia Spencer, Kathy Bates and Danny Glover is currently in preproduction with filming beginning in NYC next month. Through his own production company, Arcady Bay Entertainment, he is currently at work on two other major family market adaptations – THE FLINT HEART, and MY FINAL ANSWER, with Steve Jones' Beeholder productions (YOU DON'T KNOW JACK).
David is a professional stuntman, an adjunct professor of screenwriting for NYIT of Manhattan, and serves on the Film Advisory Board for the Savannah, Gold Coast and Big Apple Film Festivals. David has served as a panelist for numerous film festivals in the U.S. and abroad, and is in great demand as a guest lecturer and motivational speaker at colleges, Universities and writer symposiums, most recently lecturing at the RIO IFF in Brazil.
David is a fireman with the Manhasset Lakeville Fire Department and his memories as a 9/11 rescue worker were published in the novel 911-Book of Help, with his royalties going to scholarships for children who lost parents in the tragedy.


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The heat is on as several of Canada's best chefs gather in Vancouver this weekend for the Canadian Culinary Championships, the national final of the Gold Medal Plates and the country's ultimate culinary showdown.
The annual fundraiser for Canada's Olympic and Paralympic athletes pits regional winners from Edmonton, Vancouver, Montreal, Calgary, Ottawa, St. John's and Toronto against each other in a series of no-holds-barred cooking battles for the title of the country's best chef.
With the Olympics themselves only a few short months away, the prestige associated with the event this year is at an all-time high.
And a win can have a substantial impact on a chef's career: Makoto Ono, the 2007 champion, was plucked from relative obscurity. A chef at Gluttons in Winnipeg at the time, he now operates a successful private dining club in Hong Kong.
The final begins on Friday with a Mystery Wine Pairing that challenges the chefs to create a dish to match with a mystery wine. Saturday's main event starts with the Black Box competition, in which chefs must prepare two dishes using a surprise ingredient. The evening ends with the grand finale, in which the chefs are free to pull out all the stops.
Here's how the competition shapes up.
Vancouver: Rob Feenie
The local boy is clearly the odds-on favourite this year. Not only does he have the home-stove advantage, but Chef Feenie absolutely revels in these sorts of competitions. (See Iron Chef America season 1: Battle Crab). He won the regional competition in Vancouver in October with 24-hour sous-vide-cooked Virginia Jacobs duck meat, a sausage of Polderside Farms chicken, and foie gras garnished with pureed figs and a slice of frozen truffle. The battle-hardened chef will be a tough competitor to beat. Odds: Even Money
Toronto: David Lee, Nota Bene
The unpredictable, iconoclastic and immensely talented Chef Lee may be Chef Feenie's biggest threat. His winning dish in Toronto may have been the most surprising dish served at a Canadian competition this year: crisp chicken skin and chicken cartilage. It sounds bizarre, but it's pure critic bait. A crisp cracker of chicken skin was topped with a plum and hoisin sauce and a sour apple compote. The chicken breast cartilage sitting on top was rendered tender by 24 hours in a pressure cooker. This is the kind of deceptively simple cooking that judges respond to with high marks. Odds: 2:1
Montreal: Matthieu Cloutier and Jean-Philippe Saint-Denis, Kitchen Galerie
The co-chefs won a joint prize at the Montreal competition, but only one of them - Chef Cloutier at last report - will attend the finale. The duo prepared a rack of Stanstead rabbit cooked confit-style and served it with a foie gras parfait, pink beets, potato chips and a trompe l'oeil "brussels sprout" that was actually a ball of spinach leaves stuffed with ground rabbit and foie gras. Confit as a technique and foie gras as an ingredient tend to do well at competitions, but because the two chefs are so used to cooking as a team, the appearance of only one of them may hobble chances of a national win. Odds: 3:1
Ottawa: Matthew Carmichael, Restaurant E18hteen and Social
Chef Carmichael zigged when others zagged, with a seafood-based trio when his capital-city competitors were more focused on meat, particularly pork. His winning dish included a seared rectangle of sea bass, octopus on a slice of chorizo sausage and a rock shrimp shumai dumpling topped with salmon roe, all sitting on a puree of Romanesco cauliflower and golden turnips and a curry sauce. He could be the dark horse this weekend. Odds 4:1
Calgary: Jan Hrabec, Crazyweed Kitchen (Canmore)
To win the Calgary competition, the only woman in the final this year braised a Noble Farm duck leg in an orange and ancho curry and served it with Indian-spiced sweet potatoes, braised chard, crispy shallots and a glazed poppadom (a spicy Indian cracker). Her globetrotting style of cooking - her menu at Crazyweed runs the gamut from pizza to kimchi - may prove too distracting for the judges, but then again her soulful, comforting cooking could also be an advantage against some of the more technical dishes. Odds: 5:1
St. John's: Ivan Kyutukchiev, Bianca's
Trained in Bulgaria, Chef Kyutukchiev brings a straightforward, classical approach. His winning dish in St. John's consisted simply of a savoury coffee sponge cake, beet parfait and some Labrador caribou served with a port and blueberry reduction - a dish similar to one he serves on his restaurant menu. This could be too traditional for Vancouver's sophisticated palates, so he will have to push the boundaries - without falling over the edge. Odds: 6:1
Edmonton: Nathin Bye, Lazia Restaurant
Chef Bye won the regional competition with a dish of extreme complexity. His trio of bison (tenderloin, "maki roll" and shortrib) included no less than three types of curry (rendang, Thai red and Indian garam masala), numerous garnishes (pineapple-flavoured panko crumbs, cucumber "coulis" and huckleberry salsa, to name a few) and a written manifesto of his culinary principles. In a national competition, so much happening on the plate leaves too much room for error. Unless he can pare things way back, this kind of fussy, overwrought cooking may not have much of a chance in Vancouver. Odds: 7:1
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The Accrington & District Junior Football League which was formed in 1958 is actively seeking new members to join its Executive Committee.
The League has been successfully providing young people with a regular game of organised football for over half a century.
League President, Stephen Lee, said "over the years the League has been blessed with a number of outstanding and long serving committee members "Unfortunately, a number of those long serving members are now choosing to take a much deserved retirement."
The League currently provides football in ten different age categories ranging from Under 7s to Under 16s.
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The Sandy Beaches of Navarre are Waiting for You!
Enjoy Northwest Florida's best kept vacation secret when you plan your getaway at Navarre Beach Campground! White sand beaches and emerald colored water will make you feel like you are vacationing in a dream. There is plenty of fun for the entire family, including a shuffleboard court, fishing pier and game room. There are planned activities during the winter season when snow birds begin to flock to the area. Whether you are pitching a tent, pulling a pop up camper, or driving around in a luxury RV, Navarre Beach Campground has accommodations to fit your needs. There are also a wide variety of cabin rentals available to guests who prefer to stay indoors while camping. The Vacation House sleeps up to 14 people, and is the perfect outpost for your next family reunion. Plenty of fun in the sun awaits in Navarre!
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Enjoy a day at the campground's private beach located on Santa Rosa Sound, or take a short drive to some of the Gulf beaches located just five minutes away. The kids will love building sandcastles on the beach! When you plan your Florida getaway at Navarre Beach Campground, you are never far from a sandy fun-filled day in the sun!
Pack the entire family up in the RV, or choose from a wide variety of cabin rentals for an unforgettable family vacation at Navarre Beach Campground. Spend a day at the campground's private beach, or enjoy some of the fun onsite amenities like the shuffleboard court. A heated swimming pool offers you a place to unwind comfortably right onsite. No matter what you choose to do, you are bound to find entertainment for all ages.
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Must-Try Eats
Published 4:36 pm, Wednesday, November 13, 2013
Looking for San Antonio's best? Here are the Express-News critics' picks.
Bangkok Cuisine Thai Restaurant: 8214 Pat Booker Road, Universal City, 210-599-8884. From fish cakes to pad Thai and fiery curries, this restaurant knows how to do Thai food. Must-try dish: Pla pad prik (aromatic deep-fried fish).
Bella ... On the River: 106 River Walk, 210-404-2355, www.bellaontheriver.com. Good Mediterranean-inspired food, service and ambience make this restaurant a top choice on the River Walk. Must-try dish: Eggplant Josephine.
Bohanan's Prime Steaks & Seafood: 219 E. Houston St., second floor, 210-472-2600, www.bohanans.com. The best steakhouse in town, period. Must-try dish: Lobster mac and cheese.
Koi Kawa: 4051 Broadway, 210-805-8111, or go to Facebook. Both sushi and cooked Japanese dishes star here. Must-try dish: Gyoza.
Las Canarias: La Mansión del Rio Hotel, 112 College St., 210-518-1063, www.omnihotels.
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Nao: 312 E. Grayson St. (in Pearl Brewery), 210-554-6484, www.naorestaurant.com. Stylish takes of dishes from the Americas; restaurant combines professional staff with students from adjacent Culinary Institute of America campus. Must-try dish: Ceviche.
Ostra: Mokara Hotel and Spa, 212 Crockett St., 210-396-5800, www.mokarahotels.
Piatti Ristorante & Bar: 255 E. Basse Road, Suite 500, 210-832-0300, www.piatti.com. An interesting, well-executed Italian menu pairs served in a fun spot to see and be seen. Must-try dish:
SoLuna on Broadway: 7959 Broadway, 210-930-8070, www.solunasa.com Chips and an amazing rustic salsa set the stage for stellar green enchiladas, tacos a la parrilla, Enchiladas Norteñas and more. Must-try dish: Poco de todo.


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Did you know?
There are dwarf mesembryanthemums in the Knersvlakte that only open their seed capsules when raindrops fall on them.
If you drove through the area known as the Knersvlakte without being told, you'd cast a bored look across the white quartz-strewn plains and think there was nothing there.
However, it is a world of miniature succulent plants, sheltered from the worst of the summer heat (from December to February) by the reflective quartz gravel.
This botanical treasure is sprawled between the towns of Vanrhynsdorp and Bitterfontein, about a three-hour drive from Cape Town.
It falls within the Succulent Karoo region, considered one of the biodiversity hotspots of the world.
Knersvlakte (pronounced k-naers-fluk-teh) means gnashing, or grinding, plains. Opinion is divided about whether this refers to the difficulty of crossing the plains in an ox wagon (and the attendant gnashing or gritting of teeth), or the crunching noise made by iron wheels on quartzite gravel. These are just two theories about how this inhospitable place got its name.
Here you will find plants with names as cute as they look: baby bums, donkey ears, little buttons, fingers-and-thumbs.
Some look like tiny green marbles, others like flowering pebbles. Others emerge above the soil only during the temperate spring and retreat back into the soil, almost invisible, when the summer heat arrives.
Experts say these plants are extremely vulnerable to climate change and a number of strategies are being explored to safeguard them.
Not surprisingly, a large section of this botanically rich area is on the verge of being proclaimed a nature reserve by CapeNature. A conservation manager, based in Vanrhynsdorp, is available to give information on the area.
There is also a community-owned reserve, called Ratelgat, where you can stay. Here you can experience Griqua culture, history and food. You can stay in a traditional matjieshuis (a cosy shelter made of branches and woven reed mats) or in chalets.
However, if you have no time to take the drive north from Cape Town, you can also see a Knersvlakte section in the conservatory at the Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden in Cape Town, or at the Karoo Desert National Botanical Garden outside the town of Worcester.
Travel tips & Planning info
Who to contact
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How to get here
The Knersvlakte starts just north of the town of Vanrhynsdorp, three hours' drive along the N7 north of Cape Town. Here you can obtain information on the region. If you're headed to Ratelgat, its entrance is off the N7, 35km north of Vanrhynsdorp.
Best time to visit
Spring flowers, depending on the winter rains, come early to this region. It is at its best between the end of July and the end of September.
Tours to do
Enquire at the numbers below for guided tours. If you're staying at Ratelgat, you can go on guided walks among the plants to rocky overhangs with San (Bushman) art.
What will it cost
The quartzite plains at the side of the road are, obviously, free. Should you want to stay at the Ratelgat Griqua community reserve, you will pay R95 per person to stay in a matjieshuis, or R270 to stay in a two-bedroomed chalet. A four-bedroomed chalet costs R720 per night. A four-bed rondavel costs R300 a night. However, it is currently closed for upgrading following floods in the area.
Length of stay
Whether you're staying in Vanrhynsdorp or the Ratelgat Griqua community reserve, it's best to stay at least two nights.
Where to stay
Vanrhynsdorp has many guest houses, or you could stay at Ratelgat, within the Knersvlakte (although floods have closed the facility temporarily).
What to eat
If you large group staying at Ratelgat, you can order traditional South African food, like barbecue, potjiekos (a stew made in a three-legged pot), maize or even offal.
Best buys
It's strictly forbidden to take plants from the wild, but if you fall in love with them, there are two nurseries where you can legally purchase Knersvlakte succulents – one in the town of Vanrhynsdorp, and the other close by, along the N7 road. Check to make sure the laws in your country do not forbid the importing of plants.


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Officials of the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) have announced the names of approximately 16,000 semifinalists in the 59th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. These academically talented high school seniors have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 8,000 National Merit Scholarships worth about $35 million that will be offered next spring.
Students from the area named as semifinalists are: Emily Leonard and Malavika Suresh of Maple Grove High School and Emma Folke of Osseo High School.
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What is the background source of this information? --Alan del Beccio 03:38, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
- http://members.aol.com/WMccullars/K7page2.html --User:188.8.131.52 03:44, 20 October 2006 (UTC)
Remove all the info Edit
I propose we remove any and all "information" from this page.
According to the site in the talk page that someone cites as a source (http://web.archive.org/web/20070911121417/http://members.aol.com/WMccullars/K7page2.html) it wasn't shown.
Whatever thing about the ship being anywhere or log accessing is not canon.
KassorlaE (talk) 22:22, April 26, 2015 (UTC)
- I tend to agree. The source itself states that although built for the station, it wasn't actually seen in the episode. Perhaps maybe the article can be changed to a production point of view as opposed to an in-universe article? --| TrekFan Open a channel 22:27, April 26, 2015 (UTC)
And I don't watch TOS, so I don't know what it does or doesn't say about this. But nothing attributed to DS9's episode was in there. And yes, I saw that, too. Interesting BG, not not anything in the show/story KassorlaE (talk) 22:30, April 26, 2015 (UTC)


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The Discipline of Market Leaders: Choose Your Customers, Narrow Your Focus, Dominate Your Market
Basic Books, 10 jan. 1997 - 210 pagina's
Why is it that Casio can sell a calculator more cheaply than Kellogg's can sell a box of corn flakes? Why can FedEx "absolutely, positively" deliver your package overnight but airlines have trouble keeping track of your bags? Why does Lands' End remember your last order and even your family's clothing sizes but after ten years of membership American Express still solicits you to join? How is it that some companies are reinventing competition in their markets while others are seemingly oblivious to the changing world around them? These are the questions that authors Michael Treacy and Fred Wiersema explore in their groundbreaking book, The Discipline of Market Leaders, from the same consulting firm that brought you business reengineering. The answers provide a revolutionary way of thinking about customers, competition, markets, and the fundamental structure of your organization. The authors' thesis is deceptively simple: that successful organizations - the market leaders - excel at delivering one type of value to their chosen customers. The key is focus. Market leaders choose a single "value discipline" - best total cost, best product, or best total solution - and then build their organization around it. They sustain their leadership position not by resting on their laurels, but by offering better value year after year. Choosing one discipline to master does not mean abandoning the other two, only that a company must stake its reputation - and focus its energy and assets - on a single one to achieve success over the long term. No company can reliably succeed today by trying to be all things to all customers. Through detailed case studies of some of the world's best-known companies, TheDiscipline of Market Leaders examines the implications of each discipline from an operating standpoint, offering step-by-step guidance on choosing and implementing the right one. Each discipline demands a distinct organizational model with its own structure, processes, information
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New Norovirus Strain Now Highly Evident in New Zealand
New Norovirus Strain Now Highly Evident in New Zealand
The latest preliminary figures from the ESR's Norovirus Reference Laboratory in Porirua show that a new norovirus strain known as Sydney_2012, was predominant in laboratory confirmed norovirus outbreaks across the country in December.
Joanne Hewitt is the Senior Scientist at the ESR's Norovirus Reference Laboratory, which tracks norovirus and its spread across the country. Joanne and her team have been working with Professor Peter White from the University of New South Wales, whose team identified the new GII.4 Sydney_2012 variant associated with increased numbers of reported outbreaks in New Zealand in late 2012.
The findings on the increase in norovirus associated with the emergence of the new strain were recently published internationally providing a warning for Healthcare institutions to be prepared for a 'severe norovirus season with the rise of the Sydney_2012 variant'.
Joanne Hewitt, who co-authored the paper with colleagues internationally, says early data from countries including New Zealand "indicates that this increase is associated with the emergence of a new variant of norovirus."
She says "Although present in early 2012, our surveillance figures show that New Zealand had an increase in the number of laboratory confirmed norovirus outbreaks in October and November 2012 (87 outbreaks compared to 14 and 23 for the same period in 2011 and 2010, respectively). The GII.4 Sydney_2012 variant was identified as the causative agent in 83% (67/81 outbreaks) of these outbreaks."
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October to December the GII.4 Sydney_2012 became the
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ESR's Norovirus Laboratory is based in Porirua. Scientists there track norovirus reported across the country and identify new strains. The ESR scientists work closely with colleagues around the world to monitor and report on the spread of the virus and to track new emerging noroviruses. ENDS


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Reproduction at the Margins: Migration and Legitimacy in the New Europe
One of the most compelling demographic questions in contemporary Europe has been whether immigrant populations will bring their youthful age pyramids to help support Europe's subfertile, aging populations. But how do immigrants envision their own reproductive life trajectories across vast, ambiguous political boundaries whose seismic shifts can threaten their security? This paper reviews some recent literature from demography, anthropology, and the media as well as several case studies to suggest that for immigrant families at the political margins of Europe, especially those from developing countries, the most pressing fertility question is not numbers of children. It is instead the legitimacy that children may provide in their families' efforts to gain work, social security, and rights to settle. This implies that the reproductive practices adopted by immigrants in Europe may derive less from traditions in their home countries than from efforts to adapt to new rules of "belonging" in Europe. Indeed, what seem very striking in the light of conspicuously low and increasingly non-marital fertility in mainstream Western Europe are the increasing demands placed on immigrants to pursue legitimacy in their reproductive lives. The paper concludes that levels of fertility among immigrants are unlikely to assimilate to the national norms until people's status becomes more secure. Finally, just as we can no longer rest on conventional notions of reproductive practices in the developing world, it is increasingly impossible to draw general conclusions about fertility in Europe without keeping the developing world in view.
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- van de Kaa, Dirk J., 1993. "European migration at the end of history," European Review, Cambridge University Press, vol. 1(01), pages 87-108, January.
- Gunnar Andersson & Kirk Scott, 2004. "Labour-market attachment and entry into parenthood: The experience of immigrant women in Sweden," MPIDR Working Papers WP-2004-011, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany.
- Larry Bumpass & R. Raley & James Sweet, 1995. "The changing character of stepfamilies: implications of cohabitation and nonmarital childbearing," Demography, Springer;Population Association of America (PAA), vol. 32(3), pages 425-436, August.
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Viral Video: Some Doggy That I Used to Know [VIDEO]
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By MELINDA WILLIAMS
A Pulaski woman arrested for shoplifting a pair of flip-flops last May ended up with a drug charge as well.
Betsy Neveda Stowers, 40, was convicted of two felonies Thursday after entering no contest pleas to one count of larceny with prior convictions and one count of possession of drugs with intent to distribute. By pleading no contest, she acknowledged evidence was sufficient for a finding of guilt, but did not admit guilt.
According to Assistant Commonwealth's Attorney Naomi Huntington, Pulaski Police Department responded to Magic Mart May 20 after a store employee reported that Stowers had attempted to shoplift flip-flops.
When the officer asked for permission to search inside Stowers' purse, he found pills inside a Tic Tac container, Huntington said. The pills were later determined to be Hydrocodone.
A charge of possession of drugs with intent to distribute was filed based on a telephone conversation the officer overheard between Stowers and her mother. As Stowers was being transported to jail, she told her mother she intended to sell the pills in order to pay her electric bill, Huntington told Pulaski County Circuit Court Judge Marcus Long Jr.
In a plea agreement, Stowers was sentenced to three years in prison, with all but one month suspended, on the drug charge. She received a two-year suspended sentence on the larceny and is banned from Magic Mart.
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Located in Ermita, this hotel is within 1 mi (2 km) of Paco Park, Rizal Park, and Baywalk. San Agustin Church is 1.3 mi (2.1 km) away.
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The Garden Plaza Hotel & Suites features an outdoor pool and a children's pool. Dining options at the hotel include a restaurant and a coffee shop/café. This 3-star property offers access to a business center, limo/town car service, and meeting rooms.
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- Outdoor pool
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- Outdoor pool
- Children's pool
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Available in some public areas: Wireless internet access ( PHP 150 per 24-hour period )
Free self parking
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- Room service (limited hours)
- Free newspaper
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- Refrigerator
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- In-room massage available
- Shower only
- Hair dryer (on request)
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- Television
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Continental breakfasts are available for a surcharge and are served each morning between 7 AM and 10 AM.
Old Swiss Inn Restaurant - Onsite restaurant.
Room service (during limited hours) is available.
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An outdoor pool and a children's pool are on site.
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Check-in time starts at 2 PM
Check-in time ends at midnight
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Children and extra beds
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- Deposit: PHP 2000 per stay
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- Fee for continental breakfast: PHP 215 per person (approximately)
- Fee for wireless Internet in public areas: PHP 150 per 24-hour period (rates may vary)
- Airport shuttle fee: PHP 1500 per vehicle (roundtrip)
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- Garden Plaza Hotel Manila
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No pets and no service animals are allowed at this property.