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DWTS All Stars Week 2 – A Dancing by the Numbers Retrospective
So, lots of surprise and shock that Joey was eliminated this past week on DWTS. How could that happen, when three women had lower scores than him and he was such a charmer?? Well, there are lots of theories – I didn't even really consider him as an option for elimination, but that's what's crazy about this season. So, let's explore how that might have happened. There are a number of possible reasons, but first we'll go over the "How did it happen" as opposed to the "Why".
As you might remember from my "Dancing by the Numbers" post for Week 2, Joey was tied for 7th place with Drew and Emmitt. For Drew, who had been in the bottom two the previous week, to stick around, all he had to do was get ONE more vote per million votes cast than Joey, and voila! He's safe. Same for Emmitt. Clearly, that happened.
But how did Helio end up in the bottom over the previously at-risk Drew? Drew had to have gotten at least 1,812 more votes per million votes cast than Helio. What else?? Well, ALL of the following had to happen for Helio to land in the bottom two:
– Bristol got at least 18,116 more votes per million votes cast than Helio, AND;
– Kirstie got at least 7,246 more votes per million votes cast than Helio, AND;
– Kelly got at least 3,623 more votes per million votes cast than Helio, AND;
– Drew and Emmitt both got at least 1,811 more votes per million votes cast than Helio.
Now, I had never believed that Helio was in the running for the MBT. I and others also said that he was a potential early exit. But Joey?? That was rather surprising. ALL of the following had to happen for Joey to be eliminated:
– Bristol got at least 16,304 more votes per million votes cast than Joey, AND;
– Kirstie got at least 5,435 more votes per million votes cast than Joey, AND;
– Kelly got at least 1,812 more votes per million votes cast than Joey, AND;
– Drew and Emmitt both got at least 1 more vote per million votes cast than Joey, AND;
– Joey didn't cover the spread between him and Helio.
Kirstie and Kelly needed relatively small numbers of votes to stay over both Joey and Helio, as did Drew and Emmitt, so I guess those aren't that surprising in a season like this. But lots of people have been screaming about Bristol. Yes, Bristol is a crap dancer on her best days. But she does have her fans – and really, now many power voters do you need if everyone else is splitting all their votes between the men?? I wager, not that many. But I digress.
Is what Bristol got surprising? Not in retrospect. If you look back at the DBTN posts for Season 11, you'll see that it's not the first time that Bristol has gotten those votes. The other times?
– She had to get 17,600 more votes per million votes cast than Brandy for Brandy to go home.
– She had to get 11,000 more votes per million votes cast than Rick Fox for him to go.
– She had to get 19,400 more votes per million votes cast than Audrina for her to go home.
But that last one doesn't really count. It's clear that EVERYONE was getting more votes than Audrina was, as Kurt got a whopping 48,300 more votes per million votes cast than she did and he went home two weeks later. That's why it's important to remember that it's not just Bristol or Kurt or whoever getting tons of votes…it's also the evictee possibly not getting votes at all. Not saying that's true for Joey or Helio, but there are a lot of good men on this season and there could be vote splitting going on, lowering all the men's totals by a just enough. It's also important to remember that, while those numbers sound big they only amount to 1.63 percent of the vote in Bristol over Joey. For Kirstie it's much smaller – only 0.54% of the vote was the margin between her and Joey. That's tiny.
Speaking of Kirstie – she was only at the bottom of the leader board in her original season TWICE. In week 7 she tied for last with Romeo and she was alone at the bottom in Week 10. She's never really been tested and she's not being tested now. A small cushion from the judges and perceived popularity and she sticks around. Jury is out on how long that will last. It depends on how vested the judges are in keeping her. You might remember on her season the judges were pretty set against Ralph – and he got "ralphed" which benefitted Kirstie tremendously.
So, what's the deal here? Well, neither Bristol nor Kirstie are invincible. Bristol couldn't get past Kyle to take higher than third place and she only needed 18,072 more votes per million votes cast. Kyle was clearly more popular than her and she couldn't cover the spread. Kirstie was a slightly different story, she got second place and beat out a clearly better dancer, but one who was much less well known. Plus Kirstie fits squarely in the demo of this show. Kirstie needed 1.91% more of the vote than Chelsea Kane and she got it. She needed the same amount to beat Hines and didn't get it. So, there are limits to both women – we just don't know what they are yet in this instance.
So that's the "how". What about the why? Well, I have a few theories. One I already mentioned – vote splitting. This is a season with a LOT of favorites, so it's not unreasonable to assume that some voters are throwing their votes around to a few different dancers. But if Bristol and Kirstie fans are devoted and vote like insane people? They can last. I do think there is a limit on how long though.
Another thing? The differences in the margins are just too small. As usual, the judges are too kind to some dancers (Kirstie, Bristol) and are too hard on other dancers (Apolo). If that continues, they will continue to be surprised by who gets eliminated. It's the all star season! They are scoring Shawn and Apolo like it's All Stars, but Kirstie and Bristol like it's a regular season. Len tells Shawn that her dance was "just enough" that he wants more. Seriously?? They all presumably docked Bristol's dance for breaking the rules and she got 6.5, 6 and 6.5 – so if they hadn't broken hold, in Len's book Bristol would have only been ONE point below Shawn and about the same for Apolo?? In WHAT UNIVERSE is Bristol only a point away from Shawn and Apolo?? :::sigh:::
Of course, another possibility is that Drew, Joey and Helio just aren't as popular as the rest of the guys and that those guys are getting the lion's share of the male votes, leaving the way clear for Kirstie and Bristol…and Kelly, for that matter. The fact that Drew was in the bottom in week 1 when Pam went home, then Helio was in the bottom two when Joey went home could indicate that those people – Pam, Joey, Helio and Drew are the bottom tier of celebs in terms of popularity.
There are probably a million other theories, including that Bristol and Kirstie are just that popular, but I'm tired and it's Saturday night. 🙂 Tuesday is a double elimination. Something tells me that we'll find out just who's got the juice…and who doesn't.


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147 years later, Wis. Civil War soldier gets medal
Now, thanks to the dogged efforts of modern-day supporters, 1st Lt. Alonzo Cushing shall not have died in vain, nor shall his memory have perished from the earth.
Descendants and some Civil War history buffs have been pushing the U.S. Army to award the soldier the Medal of Honor, the nation�s highest military decoration. They�ll soon get their wish.
Secretary of the Army John McHugh has approved their request, leaving a few formal steps before the award becomes official this summer. Cushing will become one of 3,447 recipients of the medal, and the second from the Civil War honored in the last 10 years.
It�s an honor that�s 147 years overdue, said Margaret Zerwekh. The 90-year-old woman lives on the land in Delafield where Cushing was born, and jokes she�s been adopted by the Cushing family for her efforts to see Alonzo recognized.
�I was jumping up and down when I heard it was approved,� said Zerwekh, who walks with two canes. �I was terribly excited.�
Cushing died on July 3, 1863, the last day of the three-day battle of Gettysburg. He was 22.
The West Point graduate and his men of the Battery A, 4th U.S. Artillery were defending the Union position on Cemetery Ridge against Pickett�s Charge, a major Confederate thrust that could have turned the tide in the war.
Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee was planning an invasion of the North; both sides knew how important this engagement was.
Cushing commanded about 110 men and six cannons. His small force along with reinforcements stood their ground under artillery bombardment as nearly 13,000 Confederate infantrymen waited to advance.
�Clap your hands as fast as you can � that�s as fast as the shells are coming in,� said Scott Hartwig, a historian with the Gettysburg National Military Park in Pennsylvania. �They were under terrific fire.�
The bombardment lasted two hours. Cushing was wounded in the shoulder and groin, and his battery was left with two guns and no long-range ammunition. His stricken battery should have been withdrawn and replaced with reserve forces, Hartwig said, but Cushing shouted that he would take his guns to the front lines.
�What that means is, �While I�ve got a man left to fight, I�ll fight,�� Hartwig said. Within minutes, he was killed by a Confederate bullet to the head.
Confederate soldiers advanced into the Union fire, but finally retreated with massive casualties. The South never recovered from the defeat.
The soldier�s bravery so inspired one Civil War history buff that he took up Cushing�s cause by launching a Facebook page titled �Give Alonzo Cushing the Medal of Honor.� Phil Shapiro, a 27-year-old Air Force captain, said such heroism displayed in one of the nation�s most pivotal battles deserved recognition, even at this late date.
�We need to honor those people who got our country to where it is,� said Shapiro, of Cabot, Ark.
Zerwekh first started campaigning for Cushing in 1987 by writing to Wisconsin Sen. William Proxmire. Proxmire entered comments into the Congressional Record, she said, and she assumed that was as far as it would go. But current Sen. Russ Feingold later pitched in and helped Zerwekh and others petition the Army.
After a lengthy review of historical records, the Army agreed earlier this year to recommend the medal.
More than 1,500 soldiers from the Civil War have received the Medal of Honor, according to the Defense Department. The last honoree for Civil War service was Cpl. Andrew Jackson Smith of Clinton, Ill., who received the medal in 2001.
The Cushing name is prominent in the southeastern Wisconsin town of Delafield. A monument to Cushing and two of his brothers � Naval Cmdr. William Cushing and Army 1st Lt. Howard Cushing � stands at Cushing Memorial Park, where the town holds most of its Memorial Day celebrations.
Shapiro, the Facebook fan, said he thought of Alonzo Cushing plenty of times last year as he faced a number of dangerous situations during a five-month stint in Iraq.
�I�d think about what Cushing accomplished, what he was able to deal with at age 22,� Shapiro said. �I thought if he could do that then I can certainly deal with whatever I�m facing.�
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HR of the Future
This post is written by Alexandra Levit. SilkRoad is thrilled to have her as a guest blogger working with us this year!
It's a pleasure to meet everyone. My name is Alexandra Levit and I'm a workplace author, speaker, and consultant. I got into this space in 2004 when I wrote my first book, They Don't Teach Corporate in College, and since then have been helping dozens of organizations and the federal government understand the issues facing modern employees.
I became well-acquainted with SilkRoad when the team invited me to speak on a blogger panel at the 2012 user conference in Scottsdale, AZ. I love how SilkRoad's products allow HR professionals to be more strategic about their work – saving time and money in the process. And so this year I'm thrilled to be an official SilkRoad spokesperson.
But first and foremost I'm a writer. Since that first book, I've published five others and have written for outlets including the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, Forbes, and Fortune. I'll now be writing periodically for the SilkRoad blog about trends and advice that HR professionals need to know in order to be successful now and in the future. I hope that you will get in touch and share what's on your mind and suggest articles that would make your life easier.
I'd like to start with a few examples of how the HR profession is anticipated to change rapidly in the decades to come:
End of the HR Silo
No longer will HR be relegated to the sidelines. As the issue of recruiting and retaining top talent takes center stage, HR will become a more critical and integrated part of every business. In fact, some predict that an HR executive will become CEO of a Fortune 100 firm by 2018.
Measurement of Everything
In an increasingly diffuse work environment, complex people measurement techniques will be developed to ensure productivity and engagement. Even if you're not in the same office as your employees, you'll know when they're working and what they're doing. Hiring and promotion decisions will become less subjective, relying instead on analytics that are tied to the bottom line.
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As demographics shift and talent becomes scarcer, wooing budgets will go up. Recruiters will test and target high school students and help to guide the direction of their college education. Once a new hire is on the job, recruiters will be much more involved in ensuring that the employee is adjusting well and that the organization's investment is protected.
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'Sip & Scratch – The New Zealand Craft Beer Poster' is a whimsicaly illustrated map of NZ as an A2 poster with wee gold foil dots you scratch off as you (responsibly) different all the craft beer our nation has to offer.
"With the resurgence in good design associated with beers – especially Garage Project – we didn't see the same effort going into a well-designed resource to bring it all together, so we teamed up with an illustrator buddy Brett King and created Sip & Scratch," says Stephen McCarthy of Christchurch-based design agency McCarthy.
"We wanted to represent good design with good beer and loosely the map hints at icons from the regions around the country and marrying up breweries along the way. The hardest part is there's so many new breweries popping up every month and we knew at the time of printing we'd probably be a tad out-of-date, so we're keeping updating the database for version 2 if this one goes well."
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It's obvious Mimi isn't feeling well in Giacomo Puccini's La Bohème, because she wears a shawl in the promotional photo. The opera that inspired Rent, itself based on a French magazine serial that later became a play, features sublime music (Puccini's famous even among philistines for Madama Butterfly's soaring, weepy "Un Bel Di") and, in Arizona Opera's production, live English surtitles, so it's actually more comprehensible than its gritty, 1980s-set successor.
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LAS VEGAS, Nov. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --Superstar entertainer Terry Fator will continue to call The Mirage Hotel & Casino home following the signing of an almost unprecedented new deal. The agreement will keep him delighting crowds in Las Vegas until at least the year 2016.
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Letter: Vote for MNsure was wrong for rural constituents
The old saying "you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear" means you can't make a quality product out of inferior materials. But that's just what first term Democrat State Representative Jay McNamar is trying to do with his recent defense of the bungled MNsure/Obamacare system that he and his fellow metro liberal legislators voted for.
Here are the facts, which "Metro Jay" conveniently left out of his newsletter. Over 140,000 Minnesotans will lose their health care coverage and thousands more Minnesota families are facing huge premium increases. Like its federal counterpart, the MNsure website has been a disaster to navigate and even before it launched, sensitive personal identification was leaked. Customers have experienced wait times on the phone in excess of one hour and MNsure is so riddled with errors that a non-partisan independent auditor recommended it be scrapped.
Now, with the system in shambles, Metro Jay asks us to be patient, wait a bit longer and, no doubt, bailout MNsure with even more taxpayer dollars because, as McNamar says, "more work needs to be done."
Sorry Rep. McNamar. No amount of apology will erase the fact that your vote for MNsure was the wrong vote for your rural Minnesota constituents. To use another porcine-related metaphor, your weak defense of MNsure is like "putting lipstick on a pig." In the end, MNsure is a huge and costly mistake.


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New El Beso restaurant grabs the eye
The big squarish restaurant building in the parking lot of the Greenfield Fashion Center, a block north of Southridge, is a late blooming visual wonder. Beginning life as a Fuddruckers, it moved on to become part of the Champps Americana chain.
In that incarnation, it was all about burgers, beer and balls – as in baseballs, footballs, golf balls, basketballs. It was an industrial strength sports bar.
But after nearly a year of heavy duty reconstruction and face lifting, the building is such a stunning example of pop Mexican art, one feels compelled to swerve into its parking lot and dig into a platter of salsa and chips, regardless of the time of day. El Beso (the kiss) opened last month as the mother of all Gringo-esque slick Mexican restaurants.
It is the sister of El Fuego, another large and bustling, high-volume Mexican restaurant that opened in July 2009 at 9th and Layton. Both are owned and operated by the Bouraxis family, which built the Omega family restaurant and frozen custard-hamburger empire before selling all of the units except a drive-in on 27th and Rawson.
Observe the El Beso operation for a few minutes, and you can see the same smooth-running, high-efficiency management style that had the Omega restaurants running like well-oiled machines for years.
El Beso owner Andreas Bouraxis won't reveal how much money was spent on transforming the drab Champps into a Disney vision of Mexico, but he admits the project went considerably over budget. While the eatery's hand-painted exterior is the grabber, its interior pops eyes with a brain boggling collection of symbols, signs and artifacts that suggest you have slipped into Cancun for a couple of hours.
Stucco walls are covered with plates, sombreros, guitars, bleached cattle skulls, bull's horns, old black and white photos and movie posters in Spanish. Legendary Mexican artists Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera watch over a corner of a side alcove from their pictures on a wall.
A long two-sided bar in the center of the main room greets customers as they enter the restaurant. El Beso offers about 50 different tequilas, nine flavored margaritas, and pina coladas, mojitos, daiquiris and sangria. The beer selection – five are on tap – runs the gamut from Mexican brands to local brews and the decidedly non-Mexican Hacker-Pschorr.
During a recent chat, Bouraxis said El Fuego and El Beso are designed differently and their menus are not identical.
"El Fuego has an old world, tropical theme that includes palm trees and waterfalls. El Beso is more about a big city. It is bold and colorful," he explained.
"The two restaurants have a different feel. They have their own identities."
Those separate personalities are reflected in the menus, according to Bouraxis. El Fuego emphasizes seafood, while El Beso offers more meats from the various regions of Mexico.
As an example, the owner mentioned steak tampiquena ($17.95), a traditional skirt steak topped with a cheese enchilada, that is served at El Beso. Jose Martinez, who has worked for the Bouraxis family for 25 years, is the executive chef at both restaurants.
Most El Beso a la carte tacos are $3 each, with mahi mahi costing a $1 more. Enchiladas are $3.50 and $4.50 a piece, depending on the filling. Plate specials are available, as are tamales, fajitas and chimichangas.
El Beso's salads include taco and a Mexican chopped consisting of black beans, sweet corn and bell peppers. Both are priced at $10.95, and steak, shrimp or mahi mahi can be added for $2.
Burgers and chicken breast sandwiches receive a Mexican spin with chihuahua cheese and jalapeno mayo, and a Hawaiian torta (sandwich) mixes the islands with south of the border. It contains ham, pineapple, lettuce, tomato, avocado and sour cream, and is priced at $8.95. An extra $2 will get you rice and beans.
The indoor dining room seats 300, and tables for another 150 customers are on an outdoor patio shielded by a high wall from the Greenfield Fashion Center parking lot and 76th Street. An additional 40 can be seated at the attractive indoor bar, and the patio includes another bar that accommodates 20.
El Beso sells several of its desserts to go from a pastry case near the front door. A variety of bottled hot sauces are also on sale there.
milwgreg | May 13, 2011 at 1:15 p.m. (report)
I think the mexican restaurants have reached a saturation point in milw area. El fuego and beso i heard are owned by the Greeks who used to open all the greek restaurants. I still like to stick with the Authentic mexican owned restaurants... These kinda remind me of Chi Chi's or like a walmart effect on the cuisine
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I can tell they went way over budget with yet another over priced, off the mark incarnation of a "Mexican?" restaurant. No thanks to $3 tacos. The fine people of Greenfield are going to foot the bill for this place in no time with these menu prices. Paul will be laughing all the way to the bank. I miss Champs :(
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Hours before any of the wrestling matches Monday, thousands of fans filled the plaza outside of the Jacksonville Veterans Memorial Arena, plastic championship belts and poster board signs in hand, ready for WWE Monday Night Raw.
Some say the WWE's longevity is attributed to the loyalty of the fan base. These are people who watch every single week, travel for matches, chat on the fan Web sites and buy up the merchandise. It's not just a small niche group made up of grade school kids and a few adults - it's a massive subculture.
The official attendance figure was not available, but the crowd appeared to be filling the 9,000 available seats in the arena.
Some painted their faces and dressed in costume. Others traveled a long way to be at the event.
Melanie and David Goodsell traveled from West Sussex, England, so their 11-year-old daughter Katie could watch her favorite star - John Cena.
"It's just a huge event," Melanie Goodsell said. "These are huge stars that everybody knows around the globe."
"And Snoop Dogg will be there!" Katie interjected, excited about the rap star and celebrity host for the night.
Derrick and Nadia Mitchell of Starke surprised their 9-year-old son Derrious in the afternoon with tickets. Derrick Mitchell said he couldn't believe the look on his son's face.
"It was like Christmas Day for him," he said.
Hours before the event, Paul Sheldon, 33, of Jacksonville and his 11-year-old nephew, Jason Sheldon, were camped outside the arena in hopes of a glimpse at a WWE superstar.
Paul Sheldon had his camera aimed at the loading dock. Jason Sheldon had spent hours coloring in a poster of his favorite wrestler, the masked Rey Mysterio.
Adults get into wrestling as well. Tammy Huntone, 39, of Jacksonville, said she wasn't into wrestling at all until her boyfriend, 34-year-old Robert Porter, convinced her to go to a match six years ago. She said she thought it was ridiculous, but now she's hooked on the storylines.
"It's like a soap opera," she said. "Most people are surprised to find out I like wrestling, but it's really interesting. I love it."
From FCCJ to a WWE fighter
Barbara Blank, 22, was just like the fans outside the arena. Now she's in the ring.
She said she grew up in Jacksonville watching The Rock and "Stone Cold" Steve Austin on TV but never thought she'd be wrestling in the WWE.
Blank was attending Florida Community College at Jacksonville in 2006 and doing some modeling on the side when the WWE called her and offered her a tryout.
Now she wrestles under the name Kelly Kelly and is the youngest wrestler, male or female, in the WWE.
It's a tough transition to deal with the hardcore fans. She had no idea how obsessive some are.
"It can be overwhelming at times because they are so excited to see you," she said. "They wait at the airports and take photos of you at restaurants. It can be weird, but I love it."
She thinks in this tough economy that the WWE is a nice escape for the loyal fans.
"It kind of gives them a chance to get into the storylines and not worry about money problems or work," she said. "It's just really exciting. You never know what will happen."
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I conducted a multiple case study of senior female mathematics majors from Southern Illinois University in order to understand how these women made decisions about continuing on in mathematics. I first conducted in-depth individual interviews with 13 women who answered questions regarding their educational histories (high school and college experiences), role models, and future plans. Those 7 respondents with relatively high grade point averages, and thus the background to enroll in graduate-level mathematics programs, were asked to continue in the study. With these 7 remaining women, I conducted two focus groups (3 were assigned to one group and 4 to the other group). Throughout these 2-3 hour group interviews, the participants were asked to focus directly on the questions, "What are the factors that directly or indirectly influenced your decision on whether or not to attend graduate school in mathematics?" and "What are the factors that could directly or indirectly influence other female math majors' decisions on whether or not to attend graduate school in mathematics?" I will present a summary of these factors along with their suggestions on what we can do to encourage more women to pursue graduate degrees in mathematics.
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Meadows Golf Tournament postponed until Sunday
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GILFORD — Due to the threat of rain on Saturday, the second annual Meadows Committee Golf Tournament will be held Sunday, May 18, at 8:30 a.m. at the Pheasant Ridge Country Club
Players are invited to this 18 hole scramble format with full lunch, raffle and prizes. Many local merchants and organizations have made donations to the project. Irwin Motors is offering a hole-in-one car prize as well! A limited number of hole sponsors are still available.


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EVEN as the latest cellphone models arrive in showcases, a new breed of shopper is scouring online ads and dark corners of stores for a bargain phone with a little mileage on it. As cellphones become routine for even the cash-strapped and the very young, more Americans are willing to pay for handsets previously used by other hands.
Josh Cain, 16, of Los Angeles spent $29.99 last month for a refurbished Siemens C56 offered by AT&T Wireless at its Web site (www.attws.com) as part of its pay-as-you-go GoPhone plan. A computer-science major at California State University, Los Angeles -- he entered at age 13 -- Josh already had a cellphone included in his father's Verizon Wireless account. But the refurbished handset was ''a cheap option to try out G.S.M.,'' he said, referring to the Global System for Mobile Communications, a standard used by AT&T Wireless, T-Mobile, Cingular and many European carriers.
Now, having tested the used phone in the Los Angeles hills, ''I'm thinking of keeping it,'' he said. ''I go over on my Verizon phone, and my dad doesn't want to switch to a higher plan.''
Widely accepted in poorer countries, secondhand cellphones are finding new roles in the United States. Several prepaid wireless services are using them to court customers, and some carriers say they will activate service on cellphones that a consumer or dealer in secondhand phones has ''unlocked'' from software tying it to another network.
Many customers for these retreads are more interested in price tags than multimedia messaging or games of Snake II. ''They say, 'I just want to make a phone call,''' said Jay Ellison, executive vice president of U.S. Cellular (www.uscc.com), a wireless carrier based in Chicago, which operates in 26 states and maintains a small inventory of refurbished handsets in its stores.Continue reading the main story
But there is also the cellphone equivalent of the preowned BMW. ReCellular, a company based in Dexter, Mich., resells about four million handsets in bulk worldwide each year. Of the 1.5 million it resells domestically, mostly for use in prepaid wireless plans, ''plenty are higher-end with cameras and bells and whistles,'' said Eric Forster, an executive for the company, which finds buyers for phones collected by charities, as well as retailers' overstocks and trade-ins.
For a limited time, the AT&T Wireless Web site continues its online offer of the refurbished Siemens for its GoPhone plan, which involves no annual contract but caps monthly usage and requires automatic monthly payments. ''It could be we had a number of phones in supply or that may have been returned,'' said a spokesman, Ritch Blasi. He said his company occasionally sells refurbished handsets for regular monthly service plans, too.
Tracfone Wireless is currently offering a free reconditioned Nokia 5100 series phone at its Web site (www.tracfone.com) as part of a $29.99 package that includes a 100-minute airtime card. The company sells tens of thousands of reconditioned phones annually through its online store, said F.J. Pollak, the company's chief executive. It refurbishes only returns of its own products, he said, and there are not always enough to meet demand.
At Cingular Wireless, too, ''the problem is maintaining the supply,'' said Jeff Schlueter, executive director of product management. Late last year, the company (www.cingular.com) began selling refurbished Nokia 5165 handsets at stores in south Texas for use with Cingular's prepaid KIC plan. They cost $49.99, including $10 of airtime.
While some might turn up their noses at a used Nokia 5165 -- they are for use on Cingular's old T.D.M.A. network -- environmentalists applaud refurbishment programs and urge that steps be taken toward reusing more cellphones.
A report by Inform, a nonprofit environmental group, estimated that the nation's four major cellphone collection programs jointly collected 2.5 million phones from 1999 to early 2003. That number represents ''less than 1 percent of the millions of phones retired and discarded each year and has had a negligible effect on the waste stream,'' the report said.
According to Inform, a vast majority of the collected phones were resold through companies like ReCellular to raise money for charity, with about 40,000 going to victims of domestic violence.
One common recycling effort might surprise consumers who have not read the fine print: some wireless carriers say the companies providing insurance to their consumers customarily replace older lost or stolen handsets with refurbished ones.
''If you lose your brick phone, and you call us, the insurer will replace it with the same model or as close to the model as possible,'' said Brenda Raney, a spokeswoman for Verizon Wireless.
A small underground movement also encourages reuse. Web sites like ucables.com say they provide cables and techniques to unlock handsets from a particular carrier's service. For the non-do-it-yourselfer, ads on eBay and elsewhere offer purportedly unlocked phones, but ''unlocking doesn't always work as well as people think,'' said Mr. Schlueter of Cingular. And as with all used goods, the phones could be stolen.
U.S. Cellular will accept any compatible phone, new or used, for its TalkTracker prepaid service. Mr. Ellison cautioned that these must be digital phones compatible with the company's technology, and that his company does not unlock phones.
The bring-your-own-phone process is especially attractive with G.S.M. technology. G.S.M. handsets have an easy-to-remove SIM, or Subscriber Identity Module, a smart card that not only allows access to the network but also stores data like phone directories and text messages.
T-Mobile (www.t-mobile.com) activates SIM cards for customers who want to slip them into phones they already own, said a spokesman, Bryan Zidar. But he cautioned that G.S.M. phones bought overseas must be unlocked and operate on T-Mobile's frequency.
SIM cards also make it easier for T-Mobile to replace defective handsets, Mr. Zidar added. If a Sony Ericsson phone's screen malfunctions, for example, ''you send the phone to T-Mobile and get a Sony Ericsson that's most likely a refurb,'' he said. ''You take your SIM card out and put it in the refurb.'' T-Mobile then fixes the faulty phone and sends it to the next consumer with a complaint.
''It's the circle of life,'' Mr. Zidar said.
Meanwhile, the police in Bridgeport, Conn., have started using old cellphones to fight crime. They examine handsets seized in arrests and reissue them to elderly volunteers who patrol apartment buildings and housing projects. Many of the phones have walkie-talkies and cameras -- helping the volunteers in the cellular arms race.
''You know drug dealers,'' said Verna Kearney, the police officer who directs the project. ''Their phones are top of the line.''Continue reading the main story


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On Nov. 22, the nation celebrated the 39th anniversary of the death of President John F. Kennedy.
Perhaps, it is wise to remember some of his hopes and ideals as follows:
1. He took on the issue of being a Catholic, with a steely determination. "Nobody asked me if I was a Catholic when I joined the United States Navy," he said. "Nobody asked my brother if he was a Catholic or Protestant before he climbed into an American bomber plane to fly his last mission."
2. He felt deeply about politics as an honorable profession when he uttered these words in his inaugural address: "And so, my fellow Americans, ask not what your country can do for you. Ask what you can do for your country."
3. He sought peace as demonstrated in his commencement address at American University when he said, "Genuine peace, the kind that makes life on Earth worth living, the kind that enables men and nations to grow and to hope and to build a better life for their children not merely for Americans, but peace for all men and women; not merely peace in our time, but peace for all time."
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Why hello! I know I haven't posted in two weeks, but we've been a bit under the weather and needed some rest. Needless to say, by last Saturday we were feeling much better. Now that my bump has continued to expand, I'm fitting into less and less of my regular clothing - especially my tops. This was the perfect opportunity to start sewing up some maternity basics, and am I ever thankful for Megan Nielsen and her line of maternity patterns.
These patterns are labeled for the beginning sewist, and I while I have had some nice experience sewing - I have never sewn with knits before. Was this pattern ever a breeze to sew up! I now feel ashamed that I've had this lovely sea green knit in my stash since Tasia first released her Renfrew pattern. I was too intimidated to sew with knits, but now I see how easy they are.
So while I've started adding some basics to my maternity wardrobe, Little Pooh is starting to show more signs of growth. This was the first week that Daddy got to feel Little Pooh's baby kicks! I've been feeling tiny baby kicks for a while, and it was fun to finally share the experience with my hubby. This sort of thing just gets me more and more excited to meet you, my little one.
One of the things that I love about this Ruched Maternity Top is that I can comfortably wear it now, but I can tell that it will still fit even when my belly is out to here . . .
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DNC speech: Americans love for Bill Clinton a mystery
(Jim Kouri, CPP, is founder and CEO of Kouri Associates, a homeland security, public safety and political consulting firm. He's formerly Fifth Vice-President, now a Board Member of the National Association of Chiefs of Police, an editor for ConservativeBase.com, and he's a columnist for Examiner.com. In addition, he's a blogger for the Cheyenne, Wyoming Fox News Radio affiliate KGAB (www.kgab.com) and a frequent guest on KGAB's popular Morning Zone Program and editor of Conservative Base Magazine (www.conservativebase.com). Kouri also serves as political advisor for Emmy and Golden Globe winning actor Michael Moriarty.
He's former chief at a New York City housing project in Washington Heights nicknamed "Crack City" by reporters covering the drug war in the 1980s. In addition, he served as director of public safety at St. Peter's University and director of security for several major organizations. He's also served on the National Drug Task Force and trained police and security officers throughout the country.)
By Jim Kouri
As the nation's news media and political commentators prepare to cover the upcoming Democratic National Convention beginning on Tuesday in Charlotte, North Carolina, there's enormous excitement over the scheduled appearance of former President Bill Clinton, known to his detractors as "Slick Willie." The convention scheduled to begin right after Labor Day will undoubtedly cause the political left to swoon over the two Democrats hailed as great orators — Clinton and President Barack Obama.
"To many Democrats and newsroom denizens, Obama remains a man of mystery with fact and fiction so mixed together that few understand his motivations, but Bill Clinton is an open book,"said former political consultant Steven Bonerz. "And these news people — especially the males — giggle like schoolgirls when the name of Clinton enters the conversation."
"The hero worship that follows Bill Clinton is mysterious since so much is known about him. Actually, too much is known about him," he said.
Bonerz points to the Monica Lewinsky scandal as being merely a diversion from the serious character flaws that some psychologists claim is symptomatic of a sociopath. Clinton was accused of raping a woman, yet the feminists love him. He's been accused of being a powerful man who sexually harassed powerless women. And yet the liberal-left, moderates and even some conservatives figuratively worship the ground on which he walks.
Add to that list obstruction of justice, perjury and witness intimidation, and one has the picture of a criminal cad rather than a great statesman, adds Anita McDonald, a former police officer who specialized in crimes against female victims.
"A woman [Kathleen Willey] with a husband who was out of work and suffering from illness goes to see then President Clinton in 1993, and he gropes her? He attempts to have sex with her in the Oval Office? The same Oval Office from which he sent servicemen to their deaths in Somalia," notes McDonald.
"He is the first President since Andrew Johnson to be impeached and he was disbarred; he headed a White House that laid the foundation for the corruption that exists today in the Obama White House," claims Bonerz.
But political opponents are not the only ones who are willing to point out the alleged corruption in Clinton's character.
Even his own FBI director, Louis Freeh, says the former president let down the American people and the families of American victims of the Khobar Towers terror attack in Saudi Arabia during the Clinton administration.
After promising to bring to justice those responsible for the bombing at Khobar Towers — a bombing that killed 19 and injured hundreds — Freeh says Clinton refused to personally ask Saudi Crown Prince Abdullah to allow the FBI to question bombing suspects the kingdom had in their custody.
Freeh writes in his book, My FBI: "Bill Clinton raised the subject only to tell the crown prince that he understood the Saudis' reluctance to cooperate and then he hit Abdullah up for a contribution to the Clinton Presidential Library."
Said Freeh, "That's a fact that I am reporting."
Freeh says he was determined to stay on as FBI director until President Clinton left office so that Clinton could not appoint his successor.
"I was concerned about who he would put in there as FBI director because [Clinton] had expressed antipathy for the FBI, for the director. [So] I was going to stay there and make sure he couldn't replace me," Freeh told Mike Wallace of CBS' 60 Minutes.
"And this is the man the Democratic Party holds up as a national treasure? This is the standard bearer for the feminist movement? It's similar to the late Senator Ted Kennedy 'the liberal lion of the Senate' who was adored by women's groups such as NOW despite his allowing a young girl to slowly drown in a submerged car he drove into the water and never once did he try to save her. And he waited hours before notifying anyone," notes former NYPD detective and intelligence analyst Anthony Ulasewicz, who investigated the Mary Jo Kopechne case.
"Clinton's greatest gift to youngsters is the notion that oral copulation is not sex. That's some legacy for the Democrat's most popular politician," Bonerz said.
He holds a bachelor of science in Criminal Justice from Southwest University and SCI Technical School in New York City and completed training at the NYC Police Academy, FBI Continuing Education Program, and the Certified Protection Professional (CPP) of the American Society for Industrial Security.
Kouri appears regularly as on-air commentator for over 100 TV and radio news and talk shows including Fox News Channel, Oprah, McLaughlin Report, CNN Headline News, MTV, etc.


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PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Penguins are hoping to take advantage of a potentially tired opponent in the New York Rangers.
By the time the puck drops in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinal on Friday night, the Penguins will have had a healthy rest since eliminating the Columbus Blue Jackets on Monday.
The Rangers, meanwhile, will be playing their third game in four nights after knocking the Philadelphia Flyers out in Game 7 of a quarterfinal on Wednesday.
Once Game 3 of this series is done on Monday, the Rangers will have played six games in nine days.
"I can't help but think it is going to be part of the story line and even part of the game planning," Penguins coach Dan Bylsma said on Friday.
"They are playing a lot of games in a lot of nights. We have to make it as hard as we possibly can on them and make it a factor. We have to use that to our advantage."
The Penguins will have centre Brandon Sutter and winger Joe Vitale in the lineup at the Consol Energy Center. Both were hurt in the series-clinching game against the Blue Jackets. Defenceman Brooks Orpik, however, remains on the sideline with an undisclosed injury.
Many eyes will be on Penguins Sidney Crosby, who has gone 11 consecutive playoff games without a goal. It's not clear yet whether Crosby will again play with Evgeni Malkin, a duo that worked well together in the latter stages of the opening round once Bylsma put them together.
No matter who Crosby plays with — his wingers in the morning skate were Chris Kunitz and Lee Stempniak — it's a safe bet he will see plenty of the Rangers defence pair of Dan Girardi and Ryan McDonagh.
Then there's Rangers forward Rick Nash, who scores during the regular season but not in the post-season. Nash has two goals in 23 career playoff games, including just one in 19 games with the Rangers. He has none in his past 10.
In the big picture, the Rangers don't view the amount of hockey they're in the midst of playing as such a bad thing.
"I just think about getting ready for the first period," Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist said. "I don't want to go bigger than that. I don't need to and I shouldn't go there. I think we all know it is going to be a lot of work."
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Introduced at 2010 Computex, the WindPad U100 comes today with a new batch of fresh press pictures from MSI. Running an intel Atom Z530 with 2GB of RAM and a 32GB SSD, our 10.1 Touchscreen (Capacitive) Tablet will run on Windows 7, offer several USB port, VGA and HDMI out… Rumors around the web announce a $499 suggested price tag for this wonder but we are yet to get any confirmation on this from MSI either has having for you a possible launch date.
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I don't have much to say about this recipe except whoever came up with the concept of a Fluffer Nutter deserves a big kiss on the lips. Peanut butter and marshmallows go great together! I'm not a big fan of sandwiches, but I'm quite a fan of "two-ingredient" fudge. So when I need a PB&M fix, I made some Flutter Nutter fudge instead.
Fluffer Nutter Fudge
- 1 can (16oz) white frosting (not vanilla)
- 12oz peanut butter chips
- 1c Nutter Butter cookies, chopped
- 1c miniature marshmallows
- Line 7x11 pan with wax paper.
- Halfway melt the peanut butter chips in a large bowl in the microwave. Then dump the frosting on top and heat for another 30 seconds. Stir til smooth.
- Stir in chopped Nutter Butter cookies and marshmallows and spread evenly (it's a chore) into your wax-paper lined pan.
- Let chill in fridge until set—about 1 to 2 hours. Cut into little bitty squares and enjoy (Yes, it's part of the directions, enjoyment is required).
I wasn't sure whether the marshmallows would get their act together and actually mix into the fudge. It was a bit of a hot mess at first, but I just kept at it. The airy mallows go great with the creamy fudge and crunchy cookies. Definitely a keeper.


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"What is social style, and how can you make it work for you in a business situation? Your success at any management level depends largely on your ability to deal with other people. In this business-oriented approach to interpersonal relationships, management experts Robert Bolton and Dorothy Grover Bolton show you how to assess various behavior patterns and how to use that knowledge to capitalize on your strengths, minimize your weaknesses, and get the results you want from others.
Are you predominantly an Amiable, an Analytical, an Expressive, or a Driver? Nearly everyone, according to Boltons' extensive research, uses on of the four basic social styles more often than the others. No style is better than any other, but each does bring with it a unique pattern of strengths and weaknesses. This book shows you not only how to recognize your particular style but also how to use that knowledge to manage others more effectively, set appropriate life goals and career paths, plan a sound self-improvement plan, increase your creativity, and more. Te best managers, claim the Boltons, excel at being what they are rather than at trying to be what they are not.
If you feel that your effectiveness at work could be increased by better interpersonal skills but are tired of theories that want you to overhaul yourself to fit some uncomfortable, impersonal ""management style,"" then let Social Style/Management Style improve your dealings with others and still let you be yourself."
"Robert H. Bolton, Ph.D. is President of Ridge Consultants, where he develops, tailors, and conducts course for people whose success is largely dependent on interpersonal skills. Prior to founding Ridge Consultants, he designed training programs for the New York State Department of Mental Hygiene and founded a psychiatric and outpatient clinic. Dr. Bolton is the author of one previous book, People Skills: How to Assert Yourself, Listen to Others, and Resolve Conflicts, and over 70 magazine articles.
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WOW does this tea smell good in the bag. Summertime is right: fruit and a little flower scent. In the cup it's a nice dark gold, and smells the same only slightly less fruit and more flower/tea. I am a little disappointed in the flavor though. Maybe I understeeped? (I hate to push my luck with greens; you get that bitter astringency if you oversteep.) It's just kind of plain grassy green tea flavor, with a hint of the lemon and flower from before. Just a hint. I'm going to put some sugar in the next cup and see if that brings out the flavors. This is pretty drinkable as-is, but nothing special.
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Being someone who has visited the states on more than one occasion, I have acquired a number of region 1 DVD's on my travels. Many of these DVD's are not yet available in their blu-ray form and as such are not yet purchasable in the UK, because of this a number of my favourite movies are only available in their older form. So naturally i decided that buying an external drive compatible with region 1 discs would be a good investment, this external drive is capable of playing region 1 discs and allows the film to be played without changing the region on my Macbook (this can only be done a few times) so now I have an efficient way of playing my older DVD's.
Onto the style of the drive, ultimately this piece of kit might simply end up on the side of your desk for example and you'll be pleased to know that it is quite sleek and pretty (weird description I know) and appears to be made of plastic which does not smudge easily, something which irritates me with a lot of Samsung products generally. It appears to be of a decent build quality and for the amount you will pay for it the result is more than sufficient. Anyone wanting different colours is also covered as Samsung provide a number of different colours ranging from red to blue but I myself chose the neutral black colour as it simply matches any room. Another point as a warning is to not use this disc drive with any kind of USB hub! I plug a lot of different devices into my laptop and as a result I use a USB hub, unfortunately as this drive takes power through whatever it is plugged into it will not work because of the small amount of power provided by the hub. This is unfortunate as ultimately you will have to plug this device into the port on the computer itself. I suppose it is also important to talk about the size of the drive and the good news is that it would certainly be possible to carry this around in your bag with your laptop for example. Because it is powered through the laptop it does not require massive AC cables to be used which means that you will only ever need a USB cable to make it work.
Fortunately I was pleased to discover that this drive is Mac friendly and allegedly it also works with Windows 8 so anyone requiring this drive for newer computers are fully covered in that regard. Another rather cool feature this drive has is that it can be connected to certain Android tablets, a feature which I have not seen in any other drive: unfortunately I couldn't test this as I do not own an Android tablet. Despite this I have heard positive things about this feature.
Ultimately I would say that this little disc drive would be useful for anyone who still wants to watch their DVD collection on their laptop and I would recommend it to anyone who wants to watch region 1 DVD's without changing the region of their computers disc drive.


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While swim bans in Lake Michigan may be a thing of the past after the Park District stopped issuing the.
Asian carp are the future.
Prevention officials will be working to keep command and control over the threat these invasive fish as they attempt to invade the region.
Asian Carp Regional Coordinating Committee officials announced Thursday, at Garfield Park Lagoon, plans to intensify their monitoring and removal of Asian carp.
The ACRCC laid out its Monitoring and Rapid Response Plan geared to aggressively track and remove Asian carp in the Upper Illinois and the Chicago Area Waterway System, according to a ACRCC press release.
The infamous Asian carp are an invasive species that are known to be fairly large and jump out of the water at nearly eight to 10-feet in the air.
Department of Natural Resources Director John Rogner said the new plan demonstrates vigilance in finding and removing live Asian carp from Illinois waters.
"From public fishing ponds to fish markets, we need to find and remove live Asian carp from these systems in order to minimize their spread," said Rogner.
The vigorous plan will conduct surveillance of local urban fishing ponds like the Garfield Park Lagoon, swept today by Fisheries biologist, and others in the Chicago area.
It also includes plans to monitor fish markets, perform random electrofishing and netting sites, enhance detection capabilities and underwater video imaging, just to name a few.
But, don't be too alarmed Chicagoans, these guys have been doing this type of monitoring for three years. The ACRCC constructed an electric barrier in the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal and a 13-mile physical barrier along the Des Plaines River.
ACRCC was formed by the Obama administration in 2009.


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Helen Clark: Speech at the meeting of the World Bank's Development CommitteeApr 20, 2013
The UN welcomes the elaboration of the "Common Vision" for the World Bank and its two goals.
We also welcome the strong commitment President Jim Kim is making to working collaboratively with the UN and other partners – in practical action to accelerate progress on the MDGs, and on the elaboration of a renewed global development agenda and sustainable development goals.
The two goals proposed for the World Bank Group in its "Common Vision" can only be reached through broad partnerships which support nationally led and owned strategies and are catalytic in unleashing access to greater resources, including private investment.
In this regard, I highlight three important points:
1. Ending extreme poverty worldwide will not be an outcome of economic growth per se. Clearly the quality of growth matters. Growth must be generated in the sectors where the poorest live and work – not least in agriculture.
Growth also needs to be inclusive and policies overall need to specifically target inequality, marginalization, and exclusion as they affect women and minorities of all kinds.
The fast moving developing countries identified in this year's global Human Development Report are seen to have succeeded because of their willingness to pursue pragmatic economic and social policies. They have consciously reinvested the proceeds of growth in their people's health and education, and increasingly also in social protection systems to lock in development gains and tackle inequality.
2. On current projections, most of the world's extremely poor people in around twelve to fifteen years from now will be living in countries which have been held back by conflict and violence. Fragility continues where there is weak governance, low social cohesion, and pressure on scarce natural resources.
Working collaboratively to strengthen governance, institutions, communities, economic activity, and peaceful resolution of disputes in these countries must be a top priority if extreme poverty worldwide is to be eradicated.
3. I welcome President Kim's emphasis on climate change as a major threat to development. Our common future and most certainly the future of the world's poorest people will depend on our collective willingness to tackle that challenge and the broader challenge of environmental degradation effectively.


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LOS ANGELES — NuMobilia LLC, a manufacturer of leather upholstery here, has named Ryan Kavanaugh, a successful film producer and CEO and founder of Relativity Media, as its chairman.
This NuArtisan group is among nuMobilia's leather upholstery offerings.
NuMobilia's new factory in Tijuana, Mexico, significantly increased the company's production capacity.
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The company also confirmed that nuMobilia has completed a new round of financing, with Kavanaugh investing $25 million in equity to fuel its continued growth.
NuMobilia will show at this month's Las Vegas Market in the World Market Center, space B-170, featuring five new leather finishes, a contemporary hand-finished collection, and 12 new collections - including the Chlöe, a duvet-style, feather-filled design available in fabric or as a leather-fabric combo. The market runs July 30-Aug. 3.
NuMobilia also recently expanded its operations significantly, opening a 275,000-square-foot plant in Tijuana, Mexico, in December to augment its 125,000-square-foot facility in Los Angeles.
"I couldn't be more pleased with nuMobilia's growth over the past three years," said Kavanaugh. "They have grown to be one of the largest manufacturing operations in existence and its customers comprise the industry's largest retail suppliers. This company shares a true alliance with its customers, who allow and trust us to represent significant portions of their major lines."
"Ryan's vision has helped us grow our customer base and vision," said nuMobilia's chief financial officer and co-president, Rick Skinker. "We have grown to become a truly global furniture brand. His leadership has helped us to build our customer base and operation to the industry's best."
Martin Chapman, chief operating officer and co-president of nuMobilia, added, "This new investment has made us one of the most well capitalized companies in the industry. We have used our large operation and massive capital infusion to make sure we have raw materials, machinery and the best technology on hand so we can supply and be able to ship with the highest quality and faster than any of our competitors."
NuMobilia operates primarily out of its facility in Tijuana, where it has recently grown its combined workforce to over 500 people and grown its output to almost 10,000 units per month.
With Ikea as one of its largest customers, the company has undergone significant expansion.
Since January, it has shipped to more than 200 customers worldwide, and offers more than 50 different designs. The company is also in the process of opening an East Coast factory to meet the growing demands of its customers.
NuMobilia's primary focus is on leather upholstery, and the development of new leather finishes. Notably, the company has developed and is further improving a proprietary process for creating hand-antiqued leathers. It also is expanding into occasional and accent pieces and has a number of designs ranging from traditional to contemporary.
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A joint statement issued by Homeland Security and the Office of National Intelligence used pure speculation as evidence to back up their claim.
The Department of Homeland Security and the Office of National Intelligence issued a joint statement yesterday afternoon saying that they are "confident" that Russia is to blame for the recent hacks and subsequent releases of US officials' and organizations' emails. Russia has since called the accusations "rubbish." The statement was released literally only an hour before Wikileaks announced the first 2,050 of an estimated 50,000 emails from Hillary Clinton's campaign chair, John Podesta.
According to the statement, all of the leaks from DCLeaks, Wikileaks, and Guccifer 2.0 are "consistent with the methods and motivations of Russian-directed efforts." They also go on to say that these "thefts and disclosures" were done with the purpose of interfering in the US Presidential election. This statement represents the first time that the US federal government has officially accused Russia of cyberattacks related to the US Presidential campaign. The Democratic National Committee (DNC) had previously blamed Russia for a hack this past June, even though a sole hacker, Guccifer 2.0, claimed responsibility and denied ties to Russia.
The accusation, though largely baseless and lacking any convincing evidence, comes after several weeks of rising tensions between the two nations. In fact, the joint statement was issued shortly after US Secretary of State, John Kerry, demanded that Russian actions in Syria be "appropriately investigated" for war crimes. Russia, in turn, accused Kerry's statements of distracting from the US' failure to abide by a recently failed ceasefire. The ceasefire had been jointly brokered by the US and Russia but was ultimately violated over 300 times by US-backed groups as well as the US-led coalition and Israel.
Things have only gone from bad to worse since then, and this latest accusation – especially due to its lack of factual evidence and suspicious timing – will only serve to further fan the flames in an increasingly dangerous situation. Just two days ago, General Mark Milley, Chief of Staff of the US Army, sent a clear message to the US' "enemies" saying "we will stop you and we will beat you harder than you have ever been beaten before. Make no mistake about that." Considering that Milley called Russia the #1 threat to the US last year, it seems quite clear to whom that comment was addressed.
After Russian election hack, a senior administration official says US will respond 'at a time and place of our choosing.'
— Andrew Beatty (@AndrewBeatty) 7 de octubre de 2016
Things already appear to be escalating once again in the hours after the statement's release. A senior administration official told White House Correspondent Andrew Beatty of the AFP news agency, that the US will respond to the latest "Russian" hack "at a time and place of our choosing." In a speech last month, US Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton suggested that the US should respond to cyber attacks from Russia and China with a "military response." Clinton thought that starting a major war with two powerful countries over alleged and baseless cyberattack claims would somehow allow the US to "lead the world in setting the rules in cyberspace." Seeing as Clinton herself has been a major target of many of the recent leaks and her past inclinations to "drone" Julian Assange, the presidential candidate is likely itching for retribution. Will she drag the US to war in order to get it?
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The Witcher 2 - X360 Version Previews @ 1UP
1UP has a preview for X360 version of the game. An excerpt:
I walked into a console demo for The Witcher 2 with these biases firmly intact -- only to find myself contemplating abandoning my current PC Witcher 2 playthrough in order to tackle it fresh on the 360. From the graphics to the controls, every change in the Witcher 2 came as a pleasant surprise. The first change to the game comes seconds after pressing Start: A new pre-rendered cinematic fleshes out a scene that's only alluded to in the original game. Developer CD Projekt RED filled this new version with fresh cut-scenes -- including a new ending movie. Obviously, it'll take more than a few new movies to justify dumping the PC version, but these cut-scenes are just the beginning for the additions.
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Got this popping up all over my yard. My doctor says we don't have any here. I mailed it to a guy for research (poisonous plant collecter) and he said it had great oxidation spots! LOL I can tell you for sure, something in my yard gives me some nice itchy blisters.
SOLVED: Poison Ivy??
Certainly looks like poison ivy to me. But I am no expert.
That is it!!! Sprouts out all over my yard in spring and I get out the digger and kill it...if I get close to it, it jumps on me! LOL
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Difinitely looks like poison ivy to me too. Take a picture of the poison ivy plant on this site. http://www.aad.org/pamphlets/PoisonIvy.html
No doubt in my mind. Always heard leaves of three, leave em be...Except my jack-in the pulpits have three leaves.....Brenda
Don't touch it is Poison Ivy and my husband just kill em few days ago.
Yep, another vote for poison ivy. I'm very allergic to that stuff ~ got some next to my eye right now as a matter of fact ("don't scratch! don't scratch! Oh, but it feels so good to scratch! ~~~ Ahhhhhhhhhhh..." *g*), so I know very well what it looks like. Kenny and I just took a walk down the creek today, so I got a good look at it ALL over the place! Ugh!!
Sure looks like it to me. Grow some Jewel Weed to rub on the itchie spots and it sure helps.
WINGNUT!! BACK AWAY FROM THE SCREEN!! LOL This stuff is really potent. We have the vining type, shrub type and even nearly trees! Wouldn't you know, it is always hiding up on the hill and before I realize it I have hit it with the weedwacker. So Poof! I am an itchy poisonous cole slaw! Thank you all for confirming it. LOL
Rub it all over your face, Michele; you'll soon know. ;) Yes, that sure looks like it. The doctor's nuts if he says it doesn't grow around there, though!!
LOLOLOLOL, Badseed! Wanna' hear something else funny? When I first read the all-caps portion of your post, I leaned back. ROTFLOL!
Yah-ha-ha, GW! You know how I figured out exactly what is poison ivy? Years ago I was helping a friend clear some creekbottom over the course of three days in preparation for a party. I ended up covered in that nasty rash ~ the only place I hadn't gotten atleast a small patch was inside my forearms. At the party, my friend and I got into a serious discussion over which was the real thing, the actual poison ivy vine or Virginia Creeper, so I walked my tequila-sodden self over to a nearby tree that had both and rubbed one forearm on each. LOL!
I gotta' get some Jewelweed so I can try that. I've tried all sorts of concotions and the only ones that work are a Horsenettle poultice and a lotion made from wintergreen toothpaste and baking soda (add a little water if needed). Th toothpaste lotion doesn't look very good and isn't real practical (falls off in chunks if you move around much) but it sure does take the itch right out!
Oh Kimberley dear, watch your mail. I am sending you some very special organic toilet paper. Let me know what you think! ROTF
Well Wingnut, I guess that was a sure fire way to figure out which was which. he he he I had someone over for a plant trade one day and she got pretty upset that I let poison ivy grow in my yard like that and my kids and dogs played there. Unfortunately she was upset over the virginia creeper and had waged quite a war on it at her place. LOL Until I got tired of it, the creeper was nearly covering one end of my house, part of my hill and several trees and tree stumps.
The poison ivy is really "blooming" here too. I just look at it and break out. I did get some ivy block and it does help.
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On the 28th – 29th September #LittleFest will be rolling into Helmsley. Over the weekend the town will play host to musicians, artists, storytellers, dancers, crafts-folk, comedians, bands and magicians. These events and performances will be taking place in some of the most unexpected places around Helmsley including cafes, shops, the market square, pubs, alleyways and pavements.
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