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19 Tasting Notes
I understand Assam is the world's largest tea growing region so I definitely shouldn't judge the entire region based on this specific tea. Being the first purely Assam tea I have ever tried however, it is the taste that I'll associate with the region for a long time.
I must say I'm not very impressed with this tea. There isn't really all that much to focus my tastes on and what I find is a weird savory-vitamin like taste. I may actually be interpreting the prized flavor completely wrong. It goes down easy and is quite beautiful looking but there is this haunting taste in the background that I can also smell in the dry leaves, maybe the correct term is "spicy".
I don't put milk or any sweetener in my tea so that might also be the problem. I'm also very caffeine insensitive, so I can't really appreciate a tea with more caffeine than usual (I drink coffee by the litre and it doesn't affect me much at all). This tea may just be a wrong match for me for several reasons, but I don't doubt it's quality. It's quite amazing when I did a comparison of it with Red Rose which is a dirt cheap tea that my mom and her parents always have on hand. Despite the weird notes (which may grow on me in time) it's the only quality non-pu-erh black tea I have currently and it will definitely get used up fast.
This type of green tea may not have been fantastic the first time I tried it but it has grown on me quite a bit to the point that I crave it now. Hard to explain why I crave the tea so often other than it is a much higher quality than I'm used to and quality makes a ton of difference in tea, this is not your Tim Hortons green tea.
The tea smells and looks very nice dry, but the taste of it brewed is almost disappointing to me because I can't think of any interesting flavour that comes to me other than "green tea". Ok, it may be that the obvious note for this tea is "smoky" and I'm just missing it completely because I'm used to Tarry Lapsang Souchong which is extremely smokey!
The little rolled up leaves are deceptive in their size, so be very careful not to use too many gunpowder pellets because they will expand! I make frequent small adjustments to how I steep this tea. This is how I currently steep it:
-1st steep: 3 min at 60 Celsius
- 2nd steep: 3 min at 65 Celsius
- 3rd steep: 4 min at 75 Celsius
- 4th steep: 6 min at 85 Celsius
From the chai teas I have tried there are none that seem to taste or smell like celestial seasonings chai blend. This in my opinion is unfortunate because I find I like their blending despite being cheap ingredients which is normal for bagged teas. The taste is mild compared to most chai teas and has less of a cinnamon flavour. Despite most people on the internet claiming that Stash is a way better brand than celestial seasonings due to the quality of ingredients I would still recommend Celestial's chai over Stash due to the choice of ingredients, not the quality. Also it would seem that the honey vanilla white variety is a better choice than their plain chai since the vanilla and white tea better suites the mild chai blend.
One thing I may never understand about tea is that smell never seems to equal taste. For example, I was in Teaopia and I smelled some of their Jasmine tea and it hit me like a shot of heroin, or at least similar to what I expect that to feel like. When I smell a quality Jasmine tea that I haven't had in a while I am instantly in love. But here is the problem, when the tea is actually brewed it's taste seems to degrade after every sip. Eventually it becomes tiring and almost like a bitter tasting perfume when drank and I realize it will take me at least a year to drink the mere 50 grams which is the minimum that they make you buy.
Point is, plain Sencha probably has the least inspiring scent out of all the teas teaopia has to offer. The dry smell is "meh", the wet smell is still "meh", but when I actually taste it I have no problem drinking 4 litres at a time. I actually expected to like the Temple of Heaven Gunpowder more than the Sencha, since it smells very rich dry and it does happen to cost a bit more, but no. While the gunpowder in no way tastes bad, it also seems to taste very flat, boring, and ordinary. Japinesse style is the way to go. Especially if you like a savory brew like genmaicha or tarry lapsang souchong as opposed to a tea that would be good with sugar added. Pu-erh is also terrible with sweetener added, but I guess the person who made the sample pot in the store doesn't think so.
This might be unusual but I like to tier my steeping time and temperature quite a bit when making this tea. This way the last steep is always the best and the first steep is cold enough to drink right away.
-1st steep: 2 min at 55 Celsius
- 2nd steep: 3 min at 65 Celsius
- 3rd steep: 4 min at 75 Celsius
- 4th steep: 10 min at 85 Celsius


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Pichilemu, first surfed in 1983, quickly became a popular destination with surf travellers, because of the concentration of seemingly endless pointbreaks and a laid-back atmosphere in the small coastal town. Pichilemu has grown massively in the last decade and is now a popular summer resort for Chileans from Santiago. Meanwhile, the kilometre-long line-up of La Puntilla has treated many to the longest rides in the country, provided the sand is cooperating and linking it all up. This is a rare occurrence and most will find loping, sloping walls, barging down the point for triple figure sections inviting down the line scribes and hacks back to the power source in equal measure. The paddle-out is exhausting against the drift and many elect to walk after a long one. Gets unruly at size, but will still hold up through the deep channel in the bay.
Most people comment on how cold the water is here, so plenty of rubber is advised. There is a surf shop in town with decent stock and crowds are usually not a problem when it is working on more than just the faster outside section. Lots of locals, but generally a mellow scene since it is so consistent. Local activists helped shelve a plan to discharge sewage 1km from shore in a town that now relies on surf tourism to survive outside of the summer months.

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Camille Logan feels trapped. After she is sexually and emotionally abused by her foster parents, she turns to the one person she knows she can trust--her boyfriend Chu, a mid-level drug dealer. But when life finally starts looking up for Camille, Chu is brutally murdered. Again feeling abandoned and helpless, and refusing to return to the system, Camille finds herself living with a stable of women in a tiny run-down apartment building in Washington, D.C., working… (more)
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It doesn't seem possible that Bruce Willis has only hosted Saturday Night Live one time in his lengthy career (back in 1989). There have been about 16 Die Hard movies to promote since then, though Willis doesn't seem the type of guy who needs to break his neck promoting things. He's Bruce Willis, that tends to be enough. Maybe that's why no one really knew what to expect out of this show. While Willis is definitely a funny guy, he is a consummate straight man. I was not expecting such a high level of comedic commitment and I certainly wasn't expecting a Michael Kors impression.
Last night's SNL had a miss or two, but it was pleasantly original, showcasing a few new featured players and giving the more seasoned cast leaders a chance to settle into their veteran roles without the pressure of millions waiting to see if Miley rips up a picture of Sinead O'Connor. Willis himself is a litte short on celebrity beef right now. In fact, he didn't even have anything to promote. He was just there to [boy dance] party!
Best Sketch
Willis played an excellent parody of himself in this wannabe-Bond meets Zero Dark Thirty sketch. Though he was assigned to sit and wait in the van during an upcoming mission, Willis envisioned his call to duty with a little more pizazz. It involved a lot of kicking in doors and hidden knives in boots. The sketch also served as a good opportunity for Beck Bennett to give the role of "guy who perches on desk in front of other guys" left empty by Jason Sudeikis, a try. Success!
Honorable Mention
An unintentional Eddie Murphy impersonation from Jay Pharoah, a quirky character for Willis, and the extra on the far left whose face literally did not move for three minutes made for a pretty funny sketch. Willis' Terry just can't quite get the hang of "shop talk." Funnier than his non sequiturs though, was Terry's confidence that his conversation contributions were just as interesting as "chocolate nipples." "You know who's pretty in a real small way? Helen Hunt."
Worst Sketch
Listen, I like Taran Killam's arms as much as the next girl and vividly remember laughing at him screaming "GLICE?!" at a cherubic Justin Bieber, but the domestic violence themes in the Overprotective Brother sketch were a little too much. It was also Willis' weakest sketch of the night, as he tends to get kind of whispery when he tries to play…not himself (see also: Michael Kors impression). Killam yelling out "Thank you, I need boundaries!" though, was the rare case of SNL ending a sketch better than it started.
On the Pulse of the Nation Sketch
SNL Writer's Room: "Alright, we've only got the rental on these space suits for 48 more hours, let's get in as many Gravity references as possible this week. And how do we non-depressingly talk about the government shutdown? I know! A cold open with Kenan Thompson as the only essential custodian left at NASA, taking phone messages from two astronauts about to float off into the galaxy. Let's get Kate McKinnon with a Ukrainian accent in there too, just for kicks."
Best Musical Moment
Katy Perry isn't always known for vocals when belting her power anthems live, but belt she did on "Roar" in her first performance of the night. That song is just so damn catchy. Filling the stage with furries and a jungle backdrop was a good way to make the number seem like more of a production on SNL's petite stage, as well. It was surprising that Perry didn't make an appearance in any sketches, but perhaps she was as scarred by the Elmo shirt she wore the last time she hosted as I was.
I Don't Know What's Happening But I Think I Like It Sketch
Something about these end-of-the-night Good Neighbor-esque shorts that Kyle Mooney and Beck Bennett are doing is working. Last week's sketch where Kyle couldn't quite close the deal with Miley was odd but pretty funny, but this week's emotionally engaged beer pong bit really clicked. Roller coaster design, pen pals, choose a lizard, and custom baseball card are the kinds of high stakes drinking I can get down with. "Bounce and blow" rules are for chumps.
Cast MVP, Old & New
It's got to be the host. Taran Killam, Bobby Monynihan, and Vanessa Bayer did a good job of leading most of the sketches and moving things along, but Willis played a surprisingly varied number of characters and seemed to be game for anything, including "shaking that sack" in the guaranteed-to-go-viral-in-an-hour "Boy Dance Party."
What happens when ladies leave men alone to watch football? They dance! Silly but catchy.
Brooks Whelan hasn't established his own voice in the last three weeks quite as much as other new players, but he got a good bit tonight playing himself explaining his regrettable tattoos on "Weekend Update". "Oh yeah, 17-year-old Brooks, you'll love the Red Hot Chili Peppers forever. Those lyrics will never grow tiresome!" Cecily Strong also did her best yet next to Seth Meyers, tossing Kardashian jokes back and forth and crossing the line with NBC pages.
Best Line of the Night
Really anything from the Beer Pong sketch got me, but Bennett and Mooney's deadpan delivery on the roller coaster rule was killer.
"Alright, just a few more rules. If you guys bounce it and we swat it back and it lands inside one of your cups, you have to design your ideal roller coaster."
"Grab some markers and some colored pencils and just start drawing. Disregard the laws of physics and create the coaster from your wildest dreams."
"If we like it enough, we'll put it up on the wall."
– Bobby Moynihan was hilariously enthralled by Willis' mission predictions in the Navy Seals sketch: "Uh oh, wait – is the bodyguard big?!"
– "I'm going to say that Janet from Space called, and I'm going to say that this is very important. OK, all set, y'all have a good day now!" Always what you want to hear from the custodian you need to guide you back from space.
– "24-hour Energy For Dating Actresses" is a pretty niche market, but watching Michael O'Brien chug a pony keg of energy drink while "actors" scream "Anything Goes" in his face was entertainment for the masses.
– Bruce Willis continues to keep his harmonica playing skills under tight wrap in the super-short monologue. Are shorter monologues for non-comedian hosts a new rule of thumb now?
– That Lady Gaga talk show can be a one-time thing but it did get us a solid Aidy Bryant line: "What the hell?! I'm a high school principal, I cannot look like this!
– "In the olden days, the ladies stayed at home and boys went to work. Now it's time for the ladies to get out so the boys can stay home and TWERK." This episode was a definite boys club but watching Bruce Willis booty pop with the younger guys of SNL was worth it.


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Rare Find: Bronze Casts of the Hands of Franz Liszt - 07/10/11 05:48 AM
This is part of my dad's collection of rare music-related objects. From my dad's old blog: "They were made in 1859 by Barbedienne in Paris. They have been authenticated by two Liszt experts who were able to match elements like distinctive webbing and a small mole on the fourth finger of the right hand which were known features of Liszt hands. As far as we know they are one of a kind as the Liszt museum in Budapest has only a plaster cast of a single hand made very late in the life of the composer. We have yet to find similar examples. We bought them from a very elderly pianist in Manhattan (name withheld) who claimed the hands were originally owned by Arthur Friedheim though she refused to say how they came to her family--only that her mother and Friedman had been "very close".


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Loco Parentis: Crazy Love
IT'S SUMMER, AND I'm visiting a relative, one I used to be oh-so-close to. He's been institutionalized, and it wasn't his choice. His eyes are blank until anger makes them blaze at me. He accuses me of betraying him by spilling secrets to his doctors. As punishment, he insists I walk three steps behind him as he shuffles down the hall. "I painted this in art therapy," he says, indicating one of the soothing Monet prints on the wall, then sweeps his arm: "I painted all of these." In his room he has notebooks in which he's keeping track, he says, of "everything that goes on in this horrible place." He hands me one. There's nothing in it at all.
I'm cowed by the breadth of his delusions. He has lost his mind — can't locate it, can't find the familiar pathways that told him what was real and what wasn't. His confused pain is a fathomless abyss. As much as he needs me, I find myself staving him off a little, as though what he has might be catching. I'm embarrassed to be here with all the other weary, bewildered relatives for whom madness has come home to roost.
I never thought much about what happened when family members came to hospitals like this. I never visited before. The stays were short enough that I could take the coward's way out; I wrote letters, sent packages, called. That way, I could imagine my loved ones in a sort of sedated country club. This place is something else again. Everything is so raw: The lighting is glaring; the security is harsh. Patients rock and flail and scream, fighting the system that stuck them here as well as the demons in their heads. When I leave, I walk fast down the hallway to the doors. Outside, I breathe and breathe.
On my next visit, I take Marcy along. I want to impart the message that mental illness isn't anything to be scared of — that coming here is no different from going to see my dad when he was in the hospital with pneumonia. I want Marcy to believe this. I want my sick relative to believe it.
I want to be convinced myself.
In front of my daughter, our inmate pulls it together, more or less. He gives another tour of the premises, but this time without mention of the artwork or accusations of perfidy. He introduces us to fellow patients, plays ping-pong in the solarium. He's like some genial host showing us around the family mansion — one that happens to be populated by zombies being lined up for their drugs. These are "them" people, the sort I don't think much about ordinarily. They lie on subway grates in winter and hold long conversations with themselves. Now, though, one of us is one of Them. I find this profoundly disturbing. Reflexively, I'm aligned with management — Nurse Ratched, not McMurphy. Just go on and take your pills. …
Marcy has a different vantage. From what she's seen, the mental hospital is dreadful, yes, but also exotic, and vaguely romantic. "It's like Girl, Interrupted," she says as we get back in the car. Thanks, Angelina Jolie. Still, I understand. I used to find madness glamorous too, when I was Marcy's age.
Now, it's a barrier between me and people I love. After my relative is discharged, he'll tell me: "It was fun being crazy, but now it's time to be sane." And smile like a sphinx.
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Over the last year or so, I've switched both my camera and smartphone over to Android-based devices from Samsung – namely the Samsung Galaxy Camera and the Samsung Galaxy S4. This week, Samsung took the wraps off the latest addition to the Galaxy range, which combines the two devices neatly – the Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom is a hybrid device, offering the best of the Galaxy S4 Smartphone with a 10 x optical zoom, 16MP BSI CMOS Sensor, OIS and Xenon Flash.
It leads to a device that is undoubtedly thicker than most modern smartphones, but that's likely to be an acceptable compromise for those who love taking high quality shots on the move.
Samsung have made attempts to integrate the phone and camera experiences with a feature called In-Call Photo Share – a twist of the zoom ring during a call allows you to capture and send a photo via MMS to the person you're calling.
The Galaxy S4 Zoom also includes a number of hardware features generally found on dedicated cameras – a 10x Optical Zoom and 16MP BSI CMOS Sensor allow you to take a range of photographs of subjects at far or close range, whilst an Optical Image Stabilizer (OIS) keeps the image steady for those yet to have their first coffee of the day.
The device includes 4.3-inch display, and weighs 208g. It's powered by a 1.5GHz dual-core processor with Android Jelly Bean 4.2 on board. 8GB RAM (5GB available) is fitted internally, and like other phones, the Galaxy S4 Zoom will accept up to a further 64GB via an SD Card.
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India seeks peace in disputed South China Sea
Addressing the East Asia Summit at Brunei's capital city, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh welcomed the commitment made by the concerned nations to resolve the South China Seas issue with a consensus.world Updated: Oct 10, 2013 13:52 IST
India on Thursday said a stable maritime environment, including the right of passage and unimpeded commerce in the South China Sea in accordance with international law, is essential to realise the collective regional aspirations of Asian countries.
Addressing the East Asia Summit at Brunei's capital city, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh welcomed the commitment made by the concerned nations to resolve the South China Seas issue with a consensus.
"A stable maritime environment is essential to realise our collective regional aspirations. We should re-affirm the principles of maritime security, including the right of passage and unimpeded commerce, in accordance with international law, and peaceful settlement of maritime disputes," Singh said.
The issue of South China Sea dispute has been raised by a number of leaders at the ASEAN and East Asia Summits in Brunei, with the US also calling for a collective consensus to resolve the issue, although China is said to be against any third-party intervention on the matter.
China claims the resource-rich South China Sea, overlapping with claims from Taiwan, Malaysia, Brunei, the Philippines and Vietnam. The last four are members of ASEAN.
The EAS is a forum for cooperation among the ten ASEAN (Association of South East Asian Nations) nations and its partner countries - Australia, China, India, Japan, South Korea, New Zealand, Russia and the US.
The ten ASEAN nations comprise Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Lao PDR, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam.
"We also welcome the establishment of the Expanded ASEAN Maritime Forum for developing maritime norms that would reinforce existing international law relating to maritime security," he added.
Singh further pointed out that India has initiated the process of establishing a Virtual Knowledge Centre as well as a network of round-the-clock Points of Contact among east Asian countries.
"We should also strengthen efforts to counter threats of piracy, international terrorism, trans-national crimes and drug trafficking," the Prime Minister added.
Earlier, Singh held discussions various economic issues and other areas of cooperation with his counterparts in Australia and Japan.
During his meeting with Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, Singh is believed to have discussed a wide range of issues including sale of uranium to India, sources said.
With Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe also present, Singh is believed to have discussed various issues including economic cooperation.
Specific details of Singh's meetings with the Japanese and Australian Prime Ministers could not be immediately ascertained.
However, official sources had earlier said that the issue of uranium sale was expected to come up for discussion during Singh's meeting with Australia's newly-elected Prime Minister, as the Abbott government has been positive about stronger ties between the two countries on this issue.
Singh arrived here on Wednesday for these meetings and was scheduled to leave later this evening for Indonesia on a bilateral visit.


text: I just picked up this interesting personal token of Lester G. Davis, an important figure in our great hobby, but one most of us probably hadn't heard of. I know I hadn't. Unfortunately Mr. Davis passed away in October, 2010, but I wanted to share his accomplishments with everyone at C/T. He was a man who spent 32 years in the FBI, but had a real passion for collecting transportation tokens (Vecturist) early in his collecting career. In 1960 he started collecting coins and never looked back. During his long journey he was the general chairman of the ANA's summer convention in Atlanta in 1977, was given a Numismatic Ambassador Award in 1981, and the ANA's Presidential Award in 1994 for his many important contributions to numismatics. In addition, he was a founder of the Crescent City Coin Club and a member of the Atlanta Coin Club, the Georgia Numismatic Association, and the Blue Ridge Numismatic Association. In 1967 he was appointed to the Assay Commission by President Lyndon Johnson. I thought it was important to honor the memory of a man who contributed so much to our hobby. It's people like him who make our passion for collecting and studying coins and tokens so much more rewarding. His personal token is an important reminder of his contributions to one of our great joys in life. Bruce


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Quiet, quiet, all is quiet.
That's the forecast as we head into Super Bowl weekend and into the middle part of next week.
Check: Current Conditions | Weather Map Center | Interactive Radar
Today will be colder as highs hover in the middle and upper 30s.
Skies will be clearing early this morning allowing for a mostly sunny day. A shortwave trough will induce partly to mostly cloudy skies tonight.
Watch Melissa's forecast:
With clouds acting as a blanket overnight, we will maintain temperatures in the 20s overnight.
Saturday will be be a sun-filled day, but high temps will be even a couple of degrees colder as we top off in the middle 30's.
Super Bowl Sunday will be partly sunny as an upper level trough slowly passes through the region.
A few flurries are not out of the question, especially for northern New England. High temps will fail to reach 40F once again as thermometers will be reading in the middle 30s.
Early next week, we will return to the 40s for a couple of days.
Shhh…the peaceful weather sticks around through mid-week.
Happy FRRRiday! Go Pats!
~Melissa :)


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Greetings from Kissimmee, Florida where the humidity is a rude as the European tourists at Disney World.
One of the best features of the condo we're staying in is it has wi fi which is something the Disney hotels don't , which always shocked me. Everything Disney's does is first class you would think adding free wi fi would be a no brainer. Oh well.
The Mets season could be summed up by the just completed Nats series. Just when you get a burst of enthusiasm that this team has couple be a major player down the stretch and maybe have turned that corner to being relevant again, you get games like yesterday that make you think there is much more work to do. Base running errors (seems the manager blames Jon Niese for not tagging and going home on Wright's fly ball that doubled up Murphy but the Murph-haters out there don't agree) and the closer in training again not showing a closers mentality to finish out a game.
If Bobby Parnell wants to show the Mets brass that he is THE GUY, to be the closer in 2012, he can blow games like yesterday. A real closer comes in after a go ahead home run in the 9th and closes the game 1-2-3. With a 100MPH fastball, Parnell should have come into the game breathing fire. His makeup as much as his pitching will be on display for the next two months.
Is anyone upset that Sandy Alderson didn't make any more moves at the trade deadline? Scott Hairston, Willie Harris or Izzy could be moves through waivers but as Terry Collins said there is anyone in Buffalo to bring up in their place.
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Superstar siblings Donny and Marie Osmond just can't get enough of Las Vegas. The brother-sister duo has been performing their stage spectacular, Donny & Marie, since 2008. In show business since they were young children, the timeless Donny and Marie have both recorded multiple albums, toured the world and hosted their famed television variety show. Their timeless roster of material is captured in this homage, showing off both their well-known pop duets and covers as well as solo numbers.
Donny and Marie feature some of their chart-topping hits, including: "Puppy Love," "Paper Roses," "Morning Side of the Mountain," "I'm Leavin' it (All) Up To You," and "Soldier of Love." This showcase of unmatched harmonies continues today with their number one hit, "A Beautiful Life," from their duet album, "Donny & Marie."
Chronicling five decades in a 90-minute show, Donny gets a little rock 'n' roll and then Marie goes country in "These Boots Were Made For Walking." "Dancing With the Stars" season nine champion Donny delivers a commanding performance, featuring hits from his solo career and an updated hip hop rendition of The Osmond Brother's classic "Yo-Yo" complete with innovative choreography. With a supreme band, sparkling costumes and plenty of high-energy dance numbers, this Strip production show is the only place to see these megastars belt out their popular hits old and new.
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Online Speech Pathology Graduate Programs near Buffalo
Graduate speech language pathology programs online examine the intricacies of communication. They also cover what disorders might impair that communication. Programs tend to focus on diagnosis, therapy, and prevention. This could include everything from the physical component of speaking, to the mental aspects of forming ideas into words and understanding others.
Programs aim to build the expertise and skills to help children and adults speak and understand more effectively. That could involve span of topics. Courses might focus on specific types of disorders, or on certain kinds of workplaces or areas of responsibility. Earning a graduate degree in speech language pathology online could be one way to develop that specific expertise, while accommodating the rest of your life.
Online speech pathology graduate programs could be a unique experience in a few key ways. For one, there's the nature of online education in itself. Online graduate programs deliver courses via the internet. That enables students to use their own laptops or tablets to access their courses on the go. Some programs even incorporate flexibility of scheduling. This way students could log on and complete course work on their own schedules
Opting to earn your speech language pathology degree online could enable you to consider schools farther away than might have been feasible otherwise. Since you could consider a wider array of schools, you might be able to find one that focuses on what you need to learn, without having to worry about driving there.
Searching for graduate speech language pathology programs online might involve a few important considerations. For one, if you're looking to become licensed in your state, you might want to make sure your selected graduate program fits those requirements. Also, while many programs may be fully online, make sure you're aware of any potential in-person requirements. This could include oral exams, defending a thesis, or field experience.
Graduate speech language pathology programs online may range from masters certificate to doctorate programs. Within these categories, programs might be further specialized. For example, some programs might talk about what it means to work in a school setting, while others might hone in on certain types of disorders.
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text: [Disclaimer: The below are statements of general law. If you need legal advice, see an attorney. I am licensed to practice in the District of Columbia and no other jurisdiction.] IAAL Interesting thread, I'm going to step through a few points that caught my eye--hope they may be useful clarifications of the law. I provide some citations to works that should be in any Anglo library--full cites toward the end. It's unlikely that you'll find them anywhere else, but I'm happy to followup if people have more questions. Also the "author intention" point is interesting and I recal having reviewed some cases on this point some years ago but don't recal to discuss here. Maybe followup later if there's interest. First, remember on a breach of the distribution terms of an original work, courts will apply the domestic law of the country where protection is sought, under international copyright principles of "national treatment." See Paul Edward Geller, 1-INT International Copyright Law and Practices § 6(2)(a) (2000) (discussing the application of contract-copyright conflicts of law analysis and stating the principles of national treatment are the central rule). Also consider that the law of moral rights is less uniform than has been suggested. Indeed the French influence in the doctrine is important but moral rights protections are not so much a single doctrine as a collection of protections jurisdictions tend to mix and match. Moreover one could argue the trends of regional and international property agreements to deny protection for Moral Rights require some attention. (The TRIPS agreement absolved states of obligations to protect moral rights while even Berne Convention signatories are pretty spotty on their implementations--the U.S. being one that basically extends no rights). Also consider these "dilutions" and harmonizations have been going on since the beginning of international protections for copyright. Look at Ricketson, infra note below, at 40-41 (discussing that the stricter continental traditions may have experienced a dilution of protection in response to harmonization in early days of Berne); Some jurisdictions apply their Moral Rights jurisprudence to computer software as they apply to any other work, without special limitations. See Sterling at 288 (describing Germany's general treatment and lack of restrictions of applying moral rights to software). Other jurisdictions extend no Moral Rights to software authors. See Sterling at 289 (noting the United Kingdom's lack of any moral rights protections for software). However, the majority of countries fall in-between and apply some limitations to Moral Rights protections for software, as has been discussed. See Sterling at 291 (describing France and Japan's treatment of moral rights for software by limiting the application of the right of integrity by prohibiting invoking the rights against changes by users for compatibility). I think I had compiled a user friendly index comparing some various jurisdictions a couple years ago I could dig up if it's useful to you guys. The important differences, in my view, for FOSS authors relate to the scope of the integrity right, how the right of attribution may be exercised, and how employment affects the vesting of rights. In the end, though, consider that moral rights might actually be the most elegant way of protecting FOSS. What are you really wanting to protect? Your right to prohibit derivative works without a license? rights to copy without paying you a bunch of money? Not likely if you're licensing your code under the GPL... Your right to be know as the hacker of some given code [paternity], and the right to ensure others have the rights you want for them, without someone being able to take your gift to them away [integrity], flow naturally from a moral rights perspective. Feel free to forward this around but I'd appreciate a note. now sleep.. -- Most sources cited and discussed in more detail at http://www.nihonlinks.com/JamesMiller/OpenSourceMoralRights/ Berne Convention art. 6bis. See TRIPS Agreement, supra note 152, at art. 9(1) (absolving states of obligations and rights regarding moral rights). Sam Ricketson, The Berne Convention for the Protection of Literary and Artistic Works: 1886-1986 3-5, 39, 49-55 (1989) (discussing the origins of domestic copyright laws without exception in a crown entitlement to publishers with the later ratification in civil or statutory law and international protections via the Berne convention emerging to remedy the chaos of binational arrangements). See J.A.L. Sterling, LL.B., World Copyright Law, Protection of Author's Works, Performances, Phonographs, Films Video, Broadcasts, and Published Editions in National, International and Regional Law 308, 322-27 (1998) (surveying the rights of adaptation and distribution in the economic rights context from national and international legislative and case law sources). Stig Stromholm, Copyright Comparison of Laws 16-18 (1990) (presenting the national treatment of adaptations). Laura Lee Van Velzen, Note, Injecting a Dose of Duty into the Doctrine of Droit Moral, 74 Iowa L. Rev. 629, 636 & n.33 (1989) (reviewing the disharmony among jurisdictions and the Berne Conventions generally weaker protections and citing the weak protections in Berne as the reason authors must accept less protections than they might otherwise enjoy). See Thomas P. Heide, The Moral Right of Integrity and the Global Information Infrastructure: Time for a New Approach?, 2 U.C. Davis J. Int'l L. & Pol'y 211, 245 n.152 (1996) (discussing the intertwined nature of moral and economic rights in civil law context); --- Branden Robinson <email@example.com> からのメッセ ージ: > On Thu, May 01, 2003 at 10:01:35AM +0100, Edmund > GRIMLEY EVANS wrote: > > Stephane Bortzmeyer <firstname.lastname@example.com>: > > > > > > In any event, if non-common law countries have > legal frameworks that > > > > technically render Free Software as conceived > by the FSF and the Debian > > > > Project impossible, > > > > > > Pure FUD. 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TVSpy has confirmed Fiona Gorostiza, feature reporter for Dallas FOX owned station KDFW, will be leaving the station in December when her contract runs out.
The story was first reported by Dallas media blogger Ed Bark.
Gorostiza joined KDFW from KMIR in Palm Springs, CA,where she was a weathercaster. She currently does feature reporting for "Good Day."
She started her career at KVVU in Las Vegas and has also worked as a weather anchor and reporter at KCOY-KKFX on the California Central Coast and KION in the Salinas-Monterey market.


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The Tulane Law Review & Empirical Legal Studies
Eugene Volokh has a very good post up today summarizing the Tulane Law Review Scandal. Basically, the Review, Tulane Law, and the authors, have now apologized for data collection errors in this article. But, as Eugene points out, one of the authors, Professor Vernon Palmer (Tulane Law) has claimed that corrected data would find the same result:
But in a Tuesday interview, speaking for himself and not Tulane, Palmer blamed himself for the errors, including those he found himself and those pointed out by the Supreme Court.
Yet with all the mistakes now corrected, he said, the study's conclusions, broadly speaking, are the same.
Palmer said the corrected study data will be verified by an independent researcher and the revised study will probably be republished in a law review. He wasn't sure which one it would be.
Last week, I contacted Professor Palmer, along with Dean Ponoroff and Palmer's co-author John Levendis (Loyola – econ) and told them that I was organizing a mob-blog on the topic. I wanted to explore how data collection went wrong here – a risk that is salient for all of us who hand-collect data – and what we could do to prevent such errors in the future. I also hoped that participants in the mobblog, who were to be drawn from the ELS community, would discuss the degree to which the problem resulted from our student-run law review system. I thought that our blog had a responsibility to talk about the issue, in part because we'd help to publicize the original article, but also because so many of my posts highlight the important & unique contributions of the ELS movement. Because data collection really can be a black-box (even more than statistical method), this kind of incident could cast a shadow on empirical scholarship more generally.
Unfortunately, neither the authors nor Dean Ponoroff has gotten back to me. Perhaps, as Eugene's post suggests, a "newly arising lawsuit threat" has led them to decide not to engage in further debate at this time. Or maybe it was something I wrote. In any event, without the original authors, it seems both unfair and unwise to dissect the article – we can't know exactly what went wrong, and therefore we won't know how to prevent it in the future. Further discussion would be merely speculative. And I've got other stuff on my plate.
I hope to return to the topic in the future, should the authors or Tulane get back to me.


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Career Fairs participation lists are good indication of the type of companies recruiting on campus. Many many key companies, in some cases entire industries are missing at the Columbia/Duke Career Fairs. These are global companies recruiting nationwide. The fact remains that many of these leading companies participate at Cal/Michigan Career Fairs but not at Columbia/Duke.Career Fairs are just a sample of companies that recruit at any given schools. Lot of companies will have individualized info sessions at these schools to advertise jobs during accessible evening hours rather than set up a small booth at a Career Fair that most students will miss since they have classes to attend during the day.
Care to show me some of these objective data? Michigan is one of ten universities receiving the first ever NSF RAIRE Award (Recognition Awards for the Integration of Research and Education) in 1997; Duke is also one of the ten. At Michigan, you have the opportunity to do research as a first semester freshman under the UROP program; all you have to do is sign up. Under UROP, there are about 1,000 research projects set aside for freshman and sophomore students.Objective data shows that its easier to get access to research opportunities at Columbia and Duke over Illinois or Michigan since they have comparatively smaller engineering programs so its easier to get access to faculty and receive more individualized attention.
While I agree with you that it is the individual's ability that counts, Cal/Michigan engineering students do have an inherent advantage that they are already at a department with a top 10 (in Cal's case, top 3) graduate program, and most likely already doing research with a faculty in the department.However, its not accurate that Engineering doctoral programs will prefer a Michigan engineer over a Duke engineer or an Illinois engineer over a Columbia engineer just because these state schools have stronger graduate programs in these fields. It will come down to the performance of the individual student and the research opportunities that the budding engineer has had while at school.
For example, the quality of teaching and research standard of Berkeley Civil Engineering is the best in the world. And, Berkeley's mechanical engineering is slightly superior to Stanford's and Caltech's.


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by Lance Wiedower
On average, Americans leave nearly four days of vacation time unused every year, something the U.S. Travel Association has noticed. Katie Denis is a senior program director for the Association's "Project: Time Off," an effort to convince Americans to use more of their vacation time. She's heard the argument that America doesn't need to be France in terms of doling out vacation days. France, in fact, might have a reputation for liberal vacation policies, but all European Union countries require employers to give at least four paid vacation weeks per year.
Denis, by the way, laughs at the notion Americans are pushing to be more like France. She says a better comparison is an America from 15 years ago when U.S. workers used four more vacation days per year on average than today.
The U.S. Travel Association certainly believes there is a problem, and it's one that starts at the top. While many managers polled say they understand the importance of taking vacations, they don't always set a good example.
"The ability to demonstrate leadership is important," Denis says. "Managers can be some of the worst modelers. It's a 'do as I say not as I do' model. And people err on the side of caution and do what the person ahead of them will do."
And if that means management only uses one week of an allotted three weeks off, well, employees are more apt to follow that lead.
Project: Time Off has tracked the amount of vacation time Americans use dating back to 1970. And for 30 years, the amount remained roughly the same at an average of 20 days of vacation time used each year. But then in 2000 that trend began to drop, and over the ensuing 15 years hit an average of 16 days used per year.
So what happened?
Denis says her team at first thought the data would show a decrease beginning around 2008 with the Great Recession. But the earlier decline came at a time when technology began making it harder for employees to unplug at night, on the weekend, and, possibly worse, during vacations.
"You don't leave the office when you leave the office anymore," she says. "Technology has made us feel we can't disconnect even when we try to. It's the idea that work will pile up while I'm away."
Bruce Elliott is a manager of compensation and benefits for the Society for Human Resource Management who focuses on employee benefits such as wellness, financial, and retirement programs; health insurance; and paid time off. While technology is a first-world concern, Elliott has lived in Europe and the Middle East, and he says by far Americans are the worst at taking vacation time in his observation.
He says it's time that companies get creative to encourage employees to use allotted time off. One of those ways is the unlimited vacation model, something Elliott said only about 2 percent of American employers use. Those companies are usually involved in technology, such as Netflix. Companies that employ young creatives find it attractive, too. And in Memphis, agencies such as Archer Malmo, which employs some 200 here and in Austin, Texas, are finding creative ways to encourage employees to take time off.
Russ Williams, CEO of Archer Malmo, pays attention to what his current employees want in a workplace, and that includes vacation time. He observed the trends and what he heard from employees and, at the end of 2015 decided to shift Archer Malmo to a flexible PTO model. That means no more separate vacation days, sick days, or personal time for things such as doctors' appointments. There is no maximum for days taken in a year, although there is a cap on the amount of consecutive days taken without manager approval. In addition to the flexible PTO model, the offices now close during the last week of the year, a naturally slow time for business over the holidays.
"It all has to do with promoting work-life balance, treating employees like they're trusted adults, and recognizing the real world," Williams says. "So, for example, in your life there are some years you need a lot of time off and some years you don't need any. … If you're promoting work-life balance and people being accountable to their responsibilities versus the clock, it becomes natural to go to a flexible situation versus a rigid standard."
There must be a culture of trust for anything like endless vacation or flexible PTO to work, Elliott cautions. If an employee doesn't really believe he can take a week here, a week there, and a couple days at other times, he won't do it. Elliott says the move to a PTO model of one bucket for all days off has been steady over the past 10 years. But he cautioned that it doesn't work for everyone. It's important that a company culture fit the concept.
"It's an interesting phenomenon," he says. "The younger employees get it immediately. They're like, 'OK, I've got two weeks between projects so I'll take a week off.' What we see with older employees is that they have a little bit of a challenge adapting to the paradigm. The first question they ask after this is announced is, 'This is wonderful and great, but how much time can I really take?'"
At the end of the day, vacations are good to help employees come back to work refreshed, Elliott says. "We need time to reconnect with families. Research shows when you come back you're more productive rather than just soldiering on. You might look like a hero with the organization (to not take days off) but what are you doing to your health, and are you reinforcing a culture that could be problematic in retaining employees?"
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her name is brenda dickson
check out brenda dickson interview on tv page where she blasts the senior bell.
Sharon Case video for MM
Rather nice for MM, but not too sure if it was only for MM or for herself.
Another lovely creation by Pua.
I have not heard any of these rumorsI don't know what he is like I do know he tweets many pics of his family so to hear he may have done something so inappropriate as this has me SMH...I do know he is a talented actor and I will miss him as Adam on Y&R which is my favorite and only soap I now watch...Hopefully these rumors are just that and I hope he gets a new job and lands on his feet somewhere...
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The MM rumor was started by someone going by the name of Michael Muhney Tea, who started it in a Message Board thread on the SSK site. From what's been written, he/she is the only person who's spreading this rumor around the web. There's been no comments or confirmation from MM, CBS, SONY, or JFP. Let's hope it's just that...a vicious rumor. Whatever the reason for MM's firing is something that will most likely never be made public. Do the fans really have a right to know? I'm leaning towards NO because some things should remain private. I'd be interested in other POVs.
I found this at another board...
Another poster wrote this..
"The more I'm reading now, the more I'm starting to suspect the story may be true. Revealing facts are his comment in his goodbye tweet taking full responsibility for his firing then saying something about taking the time to be with his wife and kids as their well-being right now is of his utmost concern. Sort of a weird thing to say. Also, there are apparently lots of tweets from cast members saying goodbye to Billy Miller and wishing him good luck and absolutely nothing to Michael Muhney. And finally, usually when people are let go, they are warned that their contract won't be renewed and they are then just gone when the time is up. Firing MM and right before Christmas, seems like a very drastic move. And this is what has been floating around since. Not sure who originally tweeted it though.
A very reliable source told me that Muhney was sexually harassing Hunter King, who plays Summer. He fondled her breasts once and did it again when they were hanging out with the actor who plays Fenn. King wasn't having it and neither was SONY. She is of age (19) but he's 38 and married! Apparently she went to the higher ups and he was dismissed.
JFP is NOT the villain in this- she actually did fight for him to say (and perhaps settle the dispute within the cast) but SONY insisted he be let go, likely to avoid a possible lawsuit and terrible publicity.
Which makes the interview that Muhney gave all the more disgusting.
I believe there was a Blind Item about this in SOD not long ago, and I almost wonder if Branco's BI was about this as well.
Anyhow, that's the 411 on why he was let go- hence DD and Logan saying there was more to the story and Giddens keeping quiet. They're all in the know. Why else would Daytime Confidential not have put out an outraged story, as much as they diss JFP's Y&R?
This makes me even MORE disgusted by Branco- you'd think he has the whole story, though maybe all of the reliable sources know better than to tell him anything. "
That rumor was debunked.......
The EXCUSE they used to FIRE him was because he had a twitter account in Adam Newman's name.(which SONY owns the character's names.....and he was tweeting some no so nice stuff about the Victor character and some other characters on there......Sexual harassment goes on 24/7 on soaps. Heck just ask Hunter Tylo, she wrote about it in her book.and bland items are always telling about sexual harassment on all soaps....so they would have warned him....
If there was a tad of truth to that rumor........shame on him..I'm still not going to watch Y&R ..after he's gone due to JFP is known to run off the bigger stars to bring her pets in...the writing stinks......
Also MM stated why he was worried about his wife and kids was due to when he was single losing a job wasn't as big a deal.But when you have responsibilities of a wife and three children to support it makes one take a pause....
I'm going to give MM the benefit of the doubt. If Hunter comes out and say it's true only then will I believe it. He has said that he is very out spoken. Maybe he over stepped I don't know. All I know is there will never be another Adam for me. MM is Adam.


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Well, campers, have you been paying attention to the events of the last several weeks? The real reasons for high gasoline and oil prices are right in front of us.
First, we need to remove oil from the commodities market. Investors and speculators bid up the price of a barrel of crude oil.
We need to drill our own oil, freeing us from having to purchase oil from other countries, i.e., the Middle East and Venezuela. Our own oil would be cheaper, and the influx of oil on the market would lower the cost for everyone else.
Build more refineries. The few refineries we have operate at capacity 24 hours a day to try and keep up with demand. The two refinery fires in the last month caused upward spikes in gas prices as demand exceeded supply. All the oil in the world means nothing if you cannot refine it into gasoline and other products.
Lastly, the California penalty is approximately 65 cents a gallon in state and federal taxes, as well as having different fuel from the rest of the country and world. Our gasoline is more expensive to produce, thanks to the Environmental Protection Agency.
Any questions? More to follow.
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"An important part of any company's growth potential is being able to attract and retain qualified employees. Information technology firms often require employees to maintain industry certifications, which involves a commitment to ongoing education just to keep current in this field. Even companies outside the IT arena struggle with learning the tools provided in new computer applications."
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If there is nowhere left to discover in the world, at least there is Lawrence of Arabia.
At least, in that film, we can follow Lawrence across the desert, which is the great villain, the great hero and the great beauty of the movie. And at least we can be reminded that Earth can be an alien planet too – remember it was Lawrence of Arabia George Lucas was thinking of when he invented a planet called Tatooine.
But there is another even greater reason to see Lawrence of Arabia – which you can do at the Glasgow Film Theatre from Sunday until Tuesday – and that's the violence, or rather Lawrence's relationship to it.
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Think of that scene near the start when Lawrence lets a match burn down until it singes his skin. He doesn't even flinch. "The trick," he says, " is not minding that it hurts."
And then later when Lawrence is captured and beaten by the Turks, there is that terribly ambiguous moment when we hear the whoosh and slap of the whip and the camera comes in close to his face. What is that expression? Stoicism? Pleasure?
That's the great mystery, and joy, of the movie. Perhaps Lawrence was a masochist. Perhaps he was a sadist (he admits to his superior that he enjoyed executing one of his men). Perhaps he was, like so many other great men, excited and turned on by violence. And yet Lawrence was a sensitive man too, appalled by war and killing. He was complicated, that was the thing, which makes him better than most heroes, who are never complicated.
And he was one more thing. "These are tributes for the prince and flowers for the men," says an Arab to Lawrence at one point. "I am more than those things," says Lawrence. "What then?" asks the Arab and Lawrence says: "I don't know." He was uncertain, and heroes are rarely that either.


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While Livni Is Polishing Her Wording
After 40 years of occupation, Arab states want to know: Does Israel plan to withdraw from the territories, dismantle settlements, come down from the Golan, and redraw its borders?
Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni coined a diplomatic innovation when she appeared at the conference of the Union of Local Authorities. "Today I can place parties that have a common denominator in the same camp, including Arab states. The Iranian threat is an issue that also troubles the moderate states adjacent to Iran." Therefore, now is the time to forge alliances with moderate Arab states and also to talk with moderate Palestinians, even in a reality of terror. Because, in Livni's view, "in today's reality, the division between Jews and Arabs, or between right and left, has blurred. The [real] division is between extremists and moderates at various levels."
This is indeed an appealing distinction, one that circumvents the heart of the national struggle. It's as if there is really only one global struggle against extremist Islam, symbolized by Iran, and this struggle crosses national boundaries, shatters the national aspirations of the Palestinians and even renders meaningless the differences between political right and left. There is the West versus the East and nothing else. It's a very comfortable formulation for a member of a government that has not missed a single opportunity to weaken these same moderates or to drive them to despair.
While Livni is polishing her wording as someone who sees herself as a worthy candidate for prime minister, someone else is running the State of Israel. On the same day that Livni made her remarks, her boss, Ehud Olmert, met with Hosni Mubarak to talk about tens of millions of dollars more for Mahmoud Abbas, the release of another few hundred prisoners, and perhaps, only perhaps, a quadrilateral meeting in which Jordan, Egypt, Israel and Abbas would participate. Olmert's discussion with Mubarak, therefore, was not about a new diplomatic initiative or vision, but only about barter arrangements.
Not much was lacking for it to be said that the importance of the meeting with Mubarak lay in the very fact that it was held, as if he were an enemy rather than an ally who has been waiting for years for the Israeli side to hand him some real goods so that he could advance regional processes. Did Olmert really need to travel to Mubarak to talk about $100 million that belong to the Palestinians in any case, or about the need for tighter Egyptian supervision over the Philadelphi route?
But when important leaders like Mubarak and Jordan's King Abdullah - "moderates," in Livni's terminology, like those who dared to forge a peace treaty with Israel - are treated as apparatchiks, whose only function is to hold the lines, or when a meeting with them is considered a "gesture," as compared with a meeting with President Bush, which is considered a "summit," the title "moderate axis" loses its significance.
In any event, when from the perspective of the war of the Children of Light against the Children of Darkness, one fails to notice the illegal outposts or the renewed construction in the Hebron market, Livni's new orientalist thesis collapses with a whimper over the division between "extremists and moderates at various levels," because this "moderate axis" also has a limited lifespan.
Mubarak is already preparing Egypt for his successor. King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia is no longer a youth. Jordan is a close friend, but does not have the same influence as its two neighbors. The leadership in Syria is in any case labeled as a supporter of terror, even as its president seeks to renew negotiations. Abbas is busy trying to curb the gang warfare in his own backyard, and instead of a diplomatic plan, he receives a dry kiss on the cheek from Olmert and a shipment of rifles. And on the day of the meeting in Sharm el-Sheikh, he and Mubarak receive a typical Israeli hazing: a deadly operation by undercover commandos in Ramallah.
The Arab League, which agreed in 2002 to grant Israel a security belt and a promise of normalization, in return for a withdrawal and the solution of the Palestinian problem, does not think anyone in Israel took it seriously. After 40 years of occupation, they want to know: Does Israel plan to withdraw from the territories, dismantle settlements, come down from the Golan, and redraw its borders? If the answer is negative, and if Israel only wants to talk about releasing several hundred prisoners and some tens of millions of dollars, it should continue to conduct its affairs vis-a-vis the terrorist organizations.
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text: Johannesburg - Nike, a non-sponsor of the World Cup, is advertising massively and imaginatively during the event – and winning huge awareness. It's not ambush marketing, because it doesn't attempt overtly to pass itself off as a sponsor. But research shows that most people think Nike is an official sponsor. And it does this without having to put up the $125m that topline FIFA "partners" reportedly pay for the privilege. Which goes to show how tough a job FIFA has in protecting the exclusivity of its partners and sponsors. According to the Nielsen Company, the online buzz of the ten sponsors/partners with global footprints showed more people link the World Cup with Nike than with any other brand. Nike got 30% of English-language references, Adidas (the official partner and Nike rival) got 14%, and Coca-Cola 12%. (However, thanks to heavy, continuous global branding, Coke's awareness was five times the level of its big rival, Pepsi). "Nike wasn't the only brand to successfully ambush a World Cup sponsor or partner," says Nielsen's executive VP of digital strategy, Pete Blackshaw. "Carlsberg, a sponsor of the England national team, had almost four times the level of Budweiser, the official beer sponsor." Blackshaw puts it down to "creative marketing", adding "it's natural for a company with a large global footprint to associate itself with a major event. This study shows that compelling, savvy marketing can establish this sort of connection in the eyes of consumers without having to write that expensive sponsorship cheque." For most of the sponsors, however, their official relationship has been a success. For example, Twitter "retweets" to Visa's FIFA YouTube page and its campaign to create the longest "goal" shout contributed to World Cup association levels 15 times as high as MasterCard's. The study looked at Cup-related messages on blogs and social media sites from May 7 to June 6. Other insights come from Matt Cutler of Visible Measures, a US online tracking service. He told Advertising Age that only one of the five most-viewed as "brand-driven online video ads related to the World Cup" was a sponsor. That was Coca-Cola, sharing space with Nike, Pepsi, Carlsberg and Puma – hot competitors of sponsoring brands. All managed to imply a connection with the event, but without infringing the FIFA rules restricting any mention or visual image of FIFA, World Cup, the Jabulani football, the mascot and the like. They countered with triggers like sponsored football stars of teams competing in the World Cup; creating an environment that could be a World Cup dressing room or hospitality tent; or using Africa scenes and music. You can stop them using trade marks, but you can't stop them marketing themselves to sportsmen and Africans. Nike's three-minute-long "Write the Future" commercial (with 23 million views) showed soccer stars like Wayne Rooney and Christiano Ronaldo competing on the field while varying visions of their future flash before their eyes; Puma produced a feel-good campaign, "Love Equals Football", about the sport in Africa; Carlsberg's "Team Talk" focused on the weight of expectations facing each player in a big competition; Pepsi's "Oh Africa" features stars like Lionel Messi and Didier Drogba playing against African village kids for a Pepsi Max – and losing because the field, outlined by spectators, keeps moving. In South Africa, FIFA missed a trick by not putting the vuvuzela (a plastic trumpet) and makarapa (ornamental headgear), the Cup's most potent symbols here, on its list of no-noes. All you have to do to make an instant connection is show a vuvuzela-blowing group of dancing fans in yellow shirts and funny hats. These triggers must have been used in anything up to 10 ads – and there's not much FIFA can do about it. FIFA is understandably paranoid about the ambush, because genuine sponsors want their exclusive rights protected. Without sponsors there'd be no event. But its ruthless trampling of small transgressors – and, arguably, on our constitutional rights to freedom – wins it few friends. - Fin24.com


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Dessert Teas... top 5? Yum...
For me, Chip, I love Carrot Cake or a GOOD chocolate brownie (no nuts).
For Sally, Tiramisu and then Chocolate Mousse Cake
I guess that goes without saying I didn't think of it that way either LOL But I will now!
1. Cookie dough ice cream.
2. Devils food cake.
3. Cherry Cheesecake.
4. My friend Jades carrot cake.
5. Coffee cake with custard.
Hmm… This is tough since I really can't eat desserts but if I were to break the rules if would be for the following…
1. French Silk
2. Lemon Meringue
3. Raspberry & Blueberry Pie
4. Eli's Chocolate Chip Cheesecake
5. Carrot Cake but the icing must be tart & tangling and not overly sugary.
Great, now I WANT dessert. :)
1. Beard Papa's cream puffs
2. Cannoli
3. French apple tart or rhubarb pie
4. extreme dark chocolate.
1. Pumpkin Pie (or really any pie…)
2. Lemon bars
3. Strawberry Shortcake
4. Blueberry-Peach Cobbler
5. Thai sweet sticky rice with mango
I'm not a big flavored tea drinker, especially the fruity stuff. But interestingly, I will ALWAYS order the fruity dessert on the menu before the chocolate one. Though I do enjoy unflavored teas that have hints of fruit and/or chocolate.
I'm not a sweet tooth kinda person but I love pumpkin pie and any sort of cheesecake. Mmmm pumpkin cheesecake…
1. Chai with rooibos or black tea
2. Red Velvet Chocolate (Republic of Tea)
3. Coconut Cheesecake Honeybush (52 teas)
4. "After dinner mint" tea – my own blend of rooibos, peppermint, and cacao nibs
5. Rooibos or decaf black with a little vanilla extract and soymilk
I've been trying to have tea in place of dessert more lately, since I have a bit too much of a sweet tooth. Sometimes just a little sugar in something like the Red Velvet Chocolate tea with soymilk can do the trick. If I'm having a really rich dessert, I might just want plain black tea to balance it out. It has to be decaf in the evening for me, though.
I want to revive this thread and see if anyone would like to share their top 5 favorite dessert teas??
mine are:
1. DAVIDs Red Velvet Cake
2. 52Teas Blueberry Cream Cheese Danish
3. Della Terra S'mores
4. DAVIDs Cookie Dough
5. sTEAp Shoppe Cinnamon Swirl Bread
Dessert teas
DAVIDs Pumpkin Chai, Forever Nuts & Red Velvet Cake
Della Terra's Chocolate Chili Truffle &Oatmeal Raisin Cookie
Real Desserts
Pumpkin Pie
Strawberry Rhubarb Pie
Lemon bars of any sort really
Cupcakes… specifically my Reese's cupcakes, but I'll eat ANY & all cupcakes!


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Reminder: Ritchie to Host Jefferson County 'Star' Workshop Monday
State Senator Patty Ritchie is reminding the public that she will host her Jefferson County 'STAR' workshop on Monday, October 28th from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. at Watertown High School.
The workshop is the first of three being held in Jefferson, St. Lawrence and Oswego Counties, aimed at helping the more than 20,000 homeowners who currently receive Basic STAR re-register for the program.
A new state law aimed at streamlining administration of the STAR program, and also helping to prevent fraud, requires current Basic STAR enrollees to re-register for the benefit, which saves the average household $700 annually. The requirement does not affect senior homeowners who are enrolled in Enhanced STAR.
At the event, local assessors will also be on hand to assist homeowners with the re-registration process and offer information about other property tax discounts for which they also may qualify.
Additional free workshops will be held on the following dates:
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(Jointly hosted by the St. Lawrence County Real Property Tax Office)
Wednesday, November 6, 4-6 pm
Gouverneur Central School
133 East Barney Street
Oswego County
(Jointly hosted by Oswego County Real Property Tax Services and the Oswego County Assessors Association)
Thursday, November 7, 4-6 pm
Pulaski Public Library, 4917 North Jefferson Street
Homeowners may also register online, by clicking here or by calling the special STAR hotline, (518) 457-2036 (the hotline is available Monday through Friday, from 8:30 am - 8 pm; and Saturdays, from 9 am - 1 pm).
The deadline to reapply is December 31st.


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How to launch an independent brewery
Guardian Masterclasses
Wednesday, February 26, 2014 from 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM (GMT)
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Learn about the commercial and logistical aspects of starting a brewery or launching a craft beer product
Real ale has been to rehab. Craft beers are undergoing an unprecedented renaissance in the UK, with fine dining restaurants matching beers to their menus and supermarkets stocking a broad variety of esoteric brands. For home brewers, it's the perfect time to get into the game.
If you'd like to bring your own artisan ale to wider attention, this course will show you how. This refreshing seminar offers a comprehensive guide to the practicalities of bringing your personal speciality to market. Some of the UK's most renowned microbrewers and consultants provide no-nonsense advice on both the logistical and commercial aspects of launching a microbrewery and marketing a new beer. You'll learn about the equipment and quality control knowledge you'll need to get start a small-scale commercial brewery, as well as how to get bars and restaurants to stock your brew.
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This large-scale seminar is designed for entrepreneurs aiming to launch a microbrewery into the commercial market. A panel of experts will cover the technical and marketing aspects of launching and building a beer brand. Topics covered at the event include:
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Logan Plant is the founder and head brewer of Beavertown Brewery. He started home brewing back in 2010 after being inspired by the US craft beer scene. In February 2012 Logan established the in-house brewery for Duke's Brew and Que restaurant in Hackney, London. Beavertown now produce five core beers, including Smog Rocket and 8-Ball IPA, and experiment with a new beer every few weeks through their Alpha Series range – be it using new yeasts, barrel ageing or souring. They are moving to a bigger 30 barrel kit in April 2013 based in Tottenham Hale, London.
Jasper Cuppaidge founded Camden Town Brewery in 2010 with the aim of making really great beer. Three years, a few million pints and a couple of awards later, he's still sure the next brew will be the greatest yet. In 2012, Camden Town opened its brewery bar which has become a popular destination for London beer lovers. The brewery distributes its beers widely across the capital, and they also make beers for two top London restaurants: Byron Pale Ale, available at all Byron restaurants, and Caravan Coffee Pale Ale, available in the Caravan restaurants at Kings Cross and Exmouth Market.
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The programme is aimed at anyone interested in personal or professional development whether that be refining your skills, focusing your ambition or simply broadening your mind and gaining inspiration.


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How Owner Zhu Jun Got Drogba To Sign With The Shanghai Shenhua
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BAR SET HIGH: Drogba is hoping to create a similar impact in the CSL "as David Beckham has made in Major League Soccer in the U.S." Drogba said that he was "determined to help the game in China develop." Drogba: "It's a challenge. People say 'Yea, Chinese football is not so good.' Maybe it's a bit ambitious as a reference point to take David Beckham, but people were saying when he went to America that it's not a good move" (REUTERS, 6/23).