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Storyboard.Pause Method (FrameworkElement)
Pauses the Clock of the specified FrameworkElement associated with this Storyboard.
Assembly: PresentationFramework (in PresentationFramework.dll)
- containingObject
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The object specified when the Begin(FrameworkElement, Boolean) method was called. This object contains the Clock objects that were created for this storyboard and its children.
This method pauses the storyboard, but has no discernible effect if it is not active or currently paused. As a side effect, all associated children are also paused.
Seeking a paused storyboard does not resume it. The only way to resume a paused storyboard is to use the Resume method. Calling the Begin method again replaces the paused storyboard with a new one, which has the appearance of resuming it.
To interactively control this storyboard, you must use the same containingObject parameter when calling the interactive methods that you used to begin the storyboard. A controllable storyboard can pause, resume, seek, stop, and be removed. To make a storyboard controllable in code, you must use the appropriate overload of the storyboard's Begin method and specify true to make it controllable. For an example, see How to: Control a Storyboard After It Starts.
Pausing a storyboard's clock triggers the CurrentGlobalSpeedInvalidated event.
Beginning a Paused Storyboard
When you Begin a storyboard that was paused, it appears to resume and restart. However, that is not what actually happens. The Begin method actually replaces itself with an unpaused version. Each time the Begin method is called, clock objects are created for the storyboard. These clocks are distributed to the properties they animate. So, when the Begin method is called again, it does not restart its clocks; it replaces them with new clocks.
This example shows how to use code to control a Storyboard after it has started. To control a storyboard in XAML, use Trigger and TriggerAction objects; for an example, see How to: Use Event Triggers to Control a Storyboard After It Starts.
To start a storyboard, you use its Begin method, which distributes the storyboard's animations to the properties they animate and starts the storyboard.
To make a storyboard controllable, you use the Begin method and specify true as the second parameter. You can then use the storyboard's interactive methods to pause, resume, seek, stop, speed up, or slow down the storyboard, or advance it to its fill period. The following is a list of the storyboard's interactive methods:
Pause: Pauses the storyboard.
Resume: Resumes a paused storyboard.
SetSpeedRatio: Sets the storyboard's interactive speed.
Seek: Seeks the storyboard the specified location.
SeekAlignedToLastTick: Seeks the storyboard to the specified location. Unlike the Seek method, this operation is processed before the next tick.
SkipToFill: Advances the storyboard to its fill period, if it has one.
Stop: Stops the storyboard.
In the following example, several storyboard methods are used to interactively control a storyboard.
Note: To see an example of controlling a storyboard using triggers with XAML, see How to: Use Event Triggers to Control a Storyboard After It Starts.
/* This example shows how to control a storyboard after it has started. */ using System; using System.Windows; using System.Windows.Controls; using System.Windows.Media; using System.Windows.Shapes; using System.Windows.Media.Animation; namespace Microsoft.Samples.Animation.TimingBehaviors { public partial class ControlStoryboardExample : Page { private Storyboard myStoryboard; public ControlStoryboardExample() { // Create a name scope for the page. NameScope.SetNameScope(this, new NameScope()); this.WindowTitle = "Controlling a Storyboard"; this.Background = Brushes.White; StackPanel myStackPanel = new StackPanel(); myStackPanel.Margin = new Thickness(20); // Create a rectangle. Rectangle myRectangle = new Rectangle(); myRectangle.Width = 100; myRectangle.Height = 20; myRectangle.Margin = new Thickness(12,0,0,5); myRectangle.Fill = new SolidColorBrush(Color.FromArgb(170, 51, 51, 255)); myRectangle.HorizontalAlignment = HorizontalAlignment.Left; myStackPanel.Children.Add(myRectangle); // Assign the rectangle a name by // registering it with the page, so that // it can be targeted by storyboard // animations. this.RegisterName("myRectangle", myRectangle); // // Create an animation and a storyboard to animate the // rectangle. // DoubleAnimation myDoubleAnimation = new DoubleAnimation(100, 500, new Duration(TimeSpan.FromSeconds(5))); Storyboard.SetTargetName(myDoubleAnimation, "myRectangle"); Storyboard.SetTargetProperty(myDoubleAnimation, new PropertyPath(Rectangle.WidthProperty)); myStoryboard = new Storyboard(); myStoryboard.Children.Add(myDoubleAnimation); // // Create some buttons to control the storyboard // and a panel to contain them. // StackPanel buttonPanel = new StackPanel(); buttonPanel.Orientation = Orientation.Horizontal; Button beginButton = new Button(); beginButton.Content = "Begin"; beginButton.Click += new RoutedEventHandler(beginButton_Clicked); buttonPanel.Children.Add(beginButton); Button pauseButton = new Button(); pauseButton.Content = "Pause"; pauseButton.Click +=new RoutedEventHandler(pauseButton_Clicked); buttonPanel.Children.Add(pauseButton); Button resumeButton = new Button(); resumeButton.Content = "Resume"; resumeButton.Click +=new RoutedEventHandler(resumeButton_Clicked); buttonPanel.Children.Add(resumeButton); Button skipToFillButton = new Button(); skipToFillButton.Content = "Skip to Fill"; skipToFillButton.Click +=new RoutedEventHandler(skipToFillButton_Clicked); buttonPanel.Children.Add(skipToFillButton); Button setSpeedRatioButton = new Button(); setSpeedRatioButton.Content = "Triple Speed"; setSpeedRatioButton.Click +=new RoutedEventHandler(setSpeedRatioButton_Clicked); buttonPanel.Children.Add(setSpeedRatioButton); Button stopButton = new Button(); stopButton.Content = "Stop"; stopButton.Click +=new RoutedEventHandler(stopButton_Clicked); buttonPanel.Children.Add(stopButton); myStackPanel.Children.Add(buttonPanel); this.Content = myStackPanel; } // Begins the storyboard. private void beginButton_Clicked(object sender, RoutedEventArgs args) { // Specifying "true" as the second Begin parameter // makes this storyboard controllable. myStoryboard.Begin(this, true); } // Pauses the storyboard. private void pauseButton_Clicked(object sender, RoutedEventArgs args) { myStoryboard.Pause(this); } // Resumes the storyboard. private void resumeButton_Clicked(object sender, RoutedEventArgs args) { myStoryboard.Resume(this); } // Advances the storyboard to its fill period. private void skipToFillButton_Clicked(object sender, RoutedEventArgs args) { myStoryboard.SkipToFill(this); } // Updates the storyboard's speed. private void setSpeedRatioButton_Clicked(object sender, RoutedEventArgs args) { // Makes the storyboard progress three times as fast as normal. myStoryboard.SetSpeedRatio(this, 3); } // Stops the storyboard. private void stopButton_Clicked(object sender, RoutedEventArgs args) { myStoryboard.Stop(this); } } }
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Anyway, Arnold's criticism is correct. The "anonymous dev" nitpicking on the Wii U's kit as a pre-release development module seems a little silly. I mean, everyone and their mother was telling everyone else that it wasn't fair to compare dev cycles for the Xbox One based on the early development kits because they weren't finalized (even though the PS4 didn't suffer the same problems as the Xbox One). The difference is that there were a lot of excuses for the Xbox One and a lot of hate for Nintendo's Wii U.
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I couldn't agree more. Now who's ready to jump into bed with the Big 'N'?
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Start by building a light bulb current limiter, to stop blowing fuses and being able to measure *something*:
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|2nd January 2013, 04:53 AM
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As far as the power problem, that's a different subject, and needs some measurement.
|2nd January 2013, 08:57 AM
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However, I suggested sticking a plug in the PA IN socket, which makes a lot more sense as it disconnects the preamp from the power amp and isolates the problem.
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|2nd January 2013, 09:29 AM
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A DC coupled transistor amp is like a chain of dominoes, any slight short you caused makes them all fall down.
However, the described location probably shouldn't affect the power amp?.
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|2nd January 2013, 05:59 PM
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I don't think I did anything detrimental to my amp. Of course I could be wrong on that but I have been looking over everything that I touched and I haven't shorted anything that I can see. The joints that I reflowed are all in the area where the power supply connects. Everything in that area is spaced apart. Not is no chance anything in that area is shorted from what I did. Now there is the chance that I cause the existing/pending problem (intermittent loud hum associated with the amp "shorting out" and becoming non-operational) The only difference now is the non-operation and hum is constant and its blowing the fuse. At this point it doesn't really matter what caused it, I either figure out how to troubleshoot this or it becomes a parts donor. I have to figure something out because I can't afford to buy a new amp at the moment and the one I have left sounds like crap.
I am heading out to my shot to build the light tester thing mentioned yesterday. Hopefully that will allow the amp to stay on long enough to troubleshoot the issue.
|2nd January 2013, 11:10 PM
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It wasn't blowing fuses before, and now it is. That is almost certainly due to something you did. It happens to us all. I*t would be a supreme coincidence if the amp randomly developed a new problem at the exact time you took it apart and put it back together.
COmmon problems would be something like the heat sink shorting out a power supply rail due to a torn/damaged/missing insulator under a power transistor. Also, push-on connectors from the mains wiring or transformer wiring on the wrong pegs. Loose hardware touching the underside of the board. Loose solder beads, etc.
|3rd January 2013, 02:36 AM
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JMFahey I built the current limiter. Picture is attached.
I understand what's its supposed to do but I am not sure how to check the amp (if it will fire up without blowing the fuse)
Nigel I'm not sure what s/c stands for. Its probably obvious but I have a cold at the moment and my head is pretty cloudy.
Enzo I agree, its probably something that I caused. I said I didn't think it is because its doing what it would do every so often and of course now its blowing the fuse on top of that. My thinking is that I have disturbed it several times by taking it apart. I may well have just disturbed it enough to do what it was eventually going to do anyway. It has been getting gradually worse. It my have been right on the verge of blowing the fuse before I began messing with it. But in all fairness evidence suggests that I have done something and I'm just not recognizing it yet.
I remembered something today. 5 or so years ago when I first began having issues with this amp, the first issue it presented was when I was at church. I would play my Carvin through input 1 and my mic through input 2. I used the clean channel at church and every so often it would switch to overdrive for a moment and then switch back to clean. I never had the foot switch hooked up when that would happen. Fact is I rarely used the foot switch back then. I mainly used the clean channel and only used overdrive when I felt like making some noise and then I normally just used the button on the panel to switch it. Now I use some level of overdrive about 85 percent of the time. Everyone says its ok to have a high ohm load at the speakers than is factory set. But I have to take notice here that I have been running the speakers in series instead of parallel for the couple of days before this amp quit all together.
I am currently reading a book called How to hotrod your Fender Amp. It revolves around Tube amps but I read today that its bad to turn the amp on without the speakers attached. I did do that right after I reflowed some of the joints. It was only on for a few seconds but I did do it. Not sure if its bad to do that on a SS amp though.
I sure do hope we can figure this out. I know its just an SS amp and everyone talks bad about them but I gotta tell you, I have always loved this amp, It doesn't have as fat a sound as a tube but I can make some pretty kick *** tones with this one. But if it doesn't work out I guess it will be that much sooner before I get a Deluxe or Deville or Belair. .
|3rd January 2013, 04:40 AM
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Nigel You said
For a start check to see if the output transistors read S/C or low resistance.
The power limiter works, I can turn the amp on and it doesn't blow the fuse.
So how do I check the output transistors?
Is there a possibility I damaged the diodes next to the power supply connections? D53.54.55.and 56 are all right next to the two large Capacitors next to the power supply connectors. I don't know how sensitive these items are. They are all beefy. I can't imagine them being damaged by simply reflowing the joints. I use a 30 watt pencil iron. It doesn't take but a second or so to flow the solder. I know things can be damaged with heat but I have been soldering much smaller items for several years and never burned anything up by over heating them with the iron. Of course these is always the first time... Just wondering.
So should I insert a plug into the preamp in or out and separate the pre and power and and see if it blows the fuse? Not sure where to go from here.
|3rd January 2013, 04:52 AM
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Hey Badraven,
see your having a bit of a problem with your amp.
I fixed one with exactly the same problem. It's 4.45 here and I can't sleep. I'll have a look at my notes when I get to work in the morning.
As far as I remember, it is to do with something noisy on the power supply rail for the pre section, that is why you can hear it with a guitar plugged in the power amp, but at a much reduced volume- it is not interferring with the audio, but is modulating the power supply rail (I think the phase splitter has + and - 15 rail in common.
And whoever suggested plugging in to the power amp to isolate- bravo- that is exactly what I did to get to it.
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Thanks for the offer. I plug a short patch chord into the preamp in and turned the amp on any it still immediately blew the fuse.
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- Policies that continue ensuring China's energy security.
- Preserving global and regional stability so as not to derail the economic growth agenda.
- Modernizing China's military and more robustly asserting China's foreign policy interests.
- Enhancing China's status as a great power.
U.S. Priorities/Options:
- To accelerate the level of strategic competition with China and demonstrate that China cannot outspend or outmaneuver the United States and its allies.
- To maintain the status quo as the rebalancing takes effect and concentrate on issue and crisis management.
- A new framework of cooperation that recognizes strategic competition, defines key areas of shared interest to work on and to narrow the trust gap between the two nations.
Both U.S. and Chinese Priorities/Options:
- Use the East Asia Summit and the Association of Southeast Asian Nation's Defense Ministers' Meeting forum to develop a series of confidence and security building measures.
- Upgrade the regular military to military dialogues with participation from higher levels of military command and focused on regional security issues.
- Economic cooperation by extending the Trans-Pacific Partnership to include China, Japan and India.
Source: Kevin Rudd, "Beyond the Pivot: A New Road Map for U.S.-Chinese Relations," Foreign Affairs, March/April 2013.
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Drummer Harmon says there were two things that they wanted to do on the new CD. He says, the sound we used to have while making it seem more updated and keeping the maturity in the music also. The other was performing live on the album with each other. Like everybody didn't do things separately, we all recorded it together like as a whole band playing. We were able to feed off of each other that way instead of one guy just playing by himself to the track. It just made for a much better sound.
The writing of the music for Soul Intent also was done in the way they did it almost three decades ago. Curtis Harmon says, James and I kind of pulled together on this one and tried to do the writing together. We were looking for a unique Pieces of a Dream sound using the talents of both of us and not one separate and the the other. We haven't done a lot of writing together in the past, I've done my writing and he's done his. On this one we just kind of said, 'We're both the original members of Pieces of a Dream so if we both write something together, it's very much an original sound of Pieces of a Dream.'
The songs on Soul Intent show the influences that Harmon and James Lloyd have learned throughout their careers. Harmon says, 'Vision Accomplished' is a song really captured the true Pieces of a Dream flavor because it was written by the two original members of the band. It gets back to the heart and the core of how we like to write, what we like to play and what we want our sound to be. The song 'D Fuse the Situation' is a tribute to keyboardist Herbie Hancock, who is my longtime idol. I can't really think of myself as being in the same league as Herbie, but when I listen to that song, I feel like there are some moments where his inspiration is coming through. It's a very old-school track where we just let loose and play. 'Stand Up' has a faster, more funky vibe and this song is going to rock in concert. It turned out a lot better on the album than I originally thought it would. At first, I wasn't getting the vibe and the energy that I was looking for. When I added some guitar, percussion and saxophone, the song started to breathe and really come to life.
Curtis Harmon believes the songs on Soul Intent are very true. He says, the songs were recorded as the writers had originally intended them to be. They weren't reworked and rearranged from their original intent and turned into something else. They weren't tampered with. As a whole, this CD portrays the intent of the writers a lot better than some of our past albums. As a result, the initial inspiration behind the songs comes across better.
In writing music, Harmon says it's a continuing learning process. He says, with each project you learn a little more than the last. What we try to do is to incorporate the last thing we learned along with the other stuff we learned throughout the years and throughout the different projects that we've done and put it all together and come together with what James has learned and what I learned separately. Just try to make the best project that we can. One of our trademarks is to try to make our performances on the CD as exciting as possible also, not just in concerts. Our shows are very high energy so we want the songs to kind of portray that even on the album also. Once we put the show together, we come out with something that the audience is going to love.
With its high energy shows, Pieces of a Dream shows the difference between what the public wants to hear and what smooth jazz radio is playing. Pieces drummer Curtis Harmon says, people are going to continue to turn to R&B radio. A lot of people like to hear things that sound like pop, that sound like R&B and things that actually have more of an up to date groove. Not such a solemn and kind of watered down sound. We're trying to cater to the masses here so we have to cater to what most of the people want to listen to and not to just a few select are trying to do here.
Harmon is also worried about the number of smooth jazz stations that have gone off the air in cities like New York, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Houston and Washington, DC. He believes that these stations are listening to consultants instead of what the people want to listen to. Harmon thinks that listeners want to hear more than what the stations want to play and want to be challenged by new performers. He says, not only are they not getting new listeners, but they are not keeping the ones that they have. Just because people are getting older doesn't mean that they don't want a fresh sound and excitement in their music.
In the past few years, CD sales have been hurting all areas of the record industry. Curtis Harmon knows how hard for Pieces of a Dream to be able to sell product if radio stations don't let people hear the material. He says a lot of people are getting their music in different ways, including YouTube, and a lot of them are downloading, too, which is kind of killing us. I'm actually looking at doing that because I'm trying to bring a new group out and it's hard. It's very hard.
Pieces of a Dream's Soul Intent is a back to the future kind of release where old school techniques mix with new school writing. It makes the CD one that shows how performing music live is still the way to get the true feel of the music. I wish that more artists every so often would record like this to show the audience just how important it is when musicians work together. It's as close to a concert performance as you will get without having to go through some of the troubles, especially in today's economy.


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The following is a guest post from Jason Miner.
In order to teach your child how to be frugal you need to start early. The earlier you start your child on frugal thinking the better for everyone. It's hard to teach a 12 year old why they suddenly can't have everything they want, so as soon as they can understand teach them!
What Does Being Frugal Mean?
First your child needs to understand what being frugal means; it doesn't mean you can't spend money, it just means being aware of your spending money and how you can save.
The easiest way for children to understand what saving money means is to practice it every day by doing small things and making them habits. Turning the water off when it's not being used, turning off lights when leaving a room and throwing on socks and a sweater if you get cold. Little things like that will grow into bigger things and bigger savings.
Teach the Value of a Dollar
Giving your child an allowance will teach them the value of the dollar. Instead of just giving your child a certain amount each week, make sure they earn it by doing small chores around the home.
Obviously start an allowance system when your child is old enough to do chores like the dishes, trash and feeding the pets. Children don't need a lot of money, so start off small and as their responsibilities and age increase, increase the allowance. Find age appropriate chores for kids in this free printable.
Wanting vs. Needing
It is important that you teach your child the difference between wanting something and needing something. You need food, shelter, clothing and education. You want toys, candy and the coolest shoes. A child needs to know that needs come first and then the wants.
Be patient with your child during this process and make it fun and a way of life. Practicing frugality at a young age will help them into their adulthood. They and you will be happy that you taught them everything they know about money. Good luck and happy teachings!
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Online courses for physiotherapists
The benefits of e-learning
e-Learning provides a consistent delivery platform for skills acquisition and provides a cost-effective alternative to traditional forms of training.
Our e-learning platform is easy to navigate, allowing learners to gain knowledge quickly, whatever their IT ability. With all courses accessible 24 hours a day. You can can train at your own pace, at a time that is convenient for you.
If you are already using our e-learning and have a technical enquiry please contact the Physioseminars.
Courses on manual therapy topics.
These are modular courses.
Within in each module - where appropriate - the content will be written, photographic, and video of the techniques being covered.
Students are free to download material while they are on the course. The modules are time-limited, so downloads can only be done in that time. If the module is not completed on time the student cannot continue further on the course, as each module needs to be completed and the accompanying exam passed.
Each module has to be passed by a short quiz in order to move on to the next.
On completion of all the modules a certificate of completion is awarded. Modules can be undertaken individually, wth the attainment of a certificate of completion, or they can be done as parts of the whole course.
Course structure:
At the beginning of the course there is a review of the anatomy and physiology (this is optional, but will help). The first examined section is on subjective assessment, clinical reasoning, and hypothesis generation.
The next section is on objective assessment. This includes observation, palpation, evaluation of active range of movement and passive range of movement. Sepcial tests are included when relevant.
The following section is on the treatment options available to the therapists, specifically manual therapy to the joints, muscles, and nerves. Consideration is also given to functional adaptation and exercise regimes.
Once the above modules have been successfully completed there are case studies availabe for the students to hone their skills
Finally there is an exam covering the topics covered. This must be passed for the issuing of a certificate of completion, and the accompanying CPD hours.
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Monday, 6 November, 2000, 20:09 GMT
Arabs apathetic over US vote
By Frank Gardner in Cairo
The coming US presidential elections are being viewed with weary resignation by most Arabs in the Middle East.
When it comes to the peace process, they consider that the two candidates - the Democrat Al Gore and the Republican George W Bush - are both equally biased towards Israel.
All across the Arab world there is a sense of fatalism about this ballot.
Strategic ally
They believe whoever wins is not going to push any harder for Palestinian and Arab rights than President Bill Clinton did - and most Arabs consider that he has not pushed hard enough.
Eight years of painstaking diplomacy by the world's most powerful leader produced a proposed agreement at Camp David that was certainly imaginative, but in the eyes of the Arabs it was still heavily weighted in favour of Israel.
That perceived bias is not going to change.
There may be nearly half a million Arab Americans in the state of Michigan alone, but the size of their vote is dwarfed by that of the US Jewish community.
Both presidential candidates have publicly declared they will stand by Israel as a strategic ally.
Wary of getting involved
Not surprisingly, most Arabs have ceased to believe in America's claim to be an honest broker in the Middle East.
After the new president is elected he will probably be wary of getting too involved too quickly in this region.
But analysts believe that a renewed round of deadly Arab-Israeli violence could change that.
With Arabs failing to get what they want at the negotiating table, more and more of them believe that violence against Israel and possibly Washington may be the only way to bring about a fair peace deal.
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So England are out the World Cup; the Three Lions rolled over – and we can expect plenty more gloomy Anglo introspection about failings over the coming days. But Alex Salmond must be even more gutted than anyone south of the Border. Over at SNP HQ, they would have been cheering England's boys on like crazy – because if ever there were something more certain to elicit anti-English sentiment among the Scots in the run up to a referendum, it would be a successful World Cup run.
As an Englishman who has lived in Scotland, I'm afraid I know how unbearable it can all seem when England is doing well in a tournament. And just think of all the lager-fuelled, synthetic passion, and off-putting chauvinism — had we beaten Uruguay and Italy. And if by some miracle — and it really would have taken a miracle — we had somehow lifted the trophy, the Union would surely have been sunk. Imagine it. We English would have been intolerably smug throughout the summer, especially towards our jealous northern neighbours. In no time we would have whipped the Scots into a resentful lather. By September 18, the day of the referendum, after two months of "Football's come home" celebrations, the Scots would have wanted nothing to do with us whatsoever.
After all, they, like the English, seem to care more about football than about politics or economics. The fury they feel at George Osborne threatening to deprive them of the pound would be as nothing compared to that inspired by the sight of Wayne Rooney holding aloft the World Cup amidst a sea of St George's crosses and jubilant Englishmen.
Happily for Unionists, things have turned out rather differently. The English are despondent. And the Scots, rather than resenting our football success, are showing an unusual level of sympathy towards us. Even the retired pop star Pat Kane, a leading light of the YES campaign, has offered his condolences
Nae luck #England. Mutually pish fitba teams probably not best expression of "social union". Even heard BBC News say "Disaster For England"!
— pat kane (@theplayethic) June 20, 2014
The longer England's campaign went on, the more English commentators would implore Wayne et al to 'bring football home'. To a home Scotland want to ensure is distinct from theirs. Now, they're extending fraternal condolences. For the Englishmen who love the Union, this is some consolation.
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If the importance of tech to the economy needed a further boost, it got it during President Obama's State of the Union Address. "A once-shuttered warehouse is now a state-of-the art lab where new workers are mastering the 3D printing that has the potential to revolutionize the way we make almost everything," said President Obama.
The traditional thinking has been if you want to be the next Apple, Facebook, or Google you have to take your idea West. The new thinking, not necessarily so.
"You see the light bulb go on that no longer do we have to say to ourselves, Silicon Valley is the only place I can go if I have a startup dream," says Donna Harris, 1776 Co-Founder.
That's one of the principles behind 1776, which will soon occupy space in downtown Washington D.C., one example of a tech hub far from Silicon Valley. "We talk about being founded by founders. And every city in America really has a core strength of really being built largely by entrepreneurs," says Scott Case, Startup America Partnership CEO.
The goal, bringing young companies together in a campus of sorts, creating a community among them, and helping them find ways to maximize the city around them, rather than leave home base.
Silicon Valley has some awesome assets that are really unique to that ecosystem. We have assets here in D.C. that are unique to our eco-system and it's all about how do we build a startup community that derives from those assets," says Evan Burfield, 1776 Co-Founder.
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Today Simon & Schuster announced "a global multi-book, multi-imprint co-publishing agreement" with conservative personality Glenn Beck–a book deal that will put the television host's literary efforts on YA bookshelves, audiobook collections, e-readers, and children's libraries.
The FOX News and radio host will have three titles this year: adult hardcover "Arguing with Idiots," audiobook original "America's March Toward Socialism," and e-book and trade paperback original "Glenn Beck's Common Sense." The sweeping deal was negotiated by George Hiltzik of N.S. Bienstock, and Liz Perl, Simon & Schuster's senior VP of marketing, will coordinate promotional efforts across many imprints. Update: The WSJ has more about the economics of this new deal.
Here's more from the release: "This multi-tiered publishing program will draw on the resources of numerous imprints at Simon & Schuster to create a comprehensive catalog including more of Beck's unique brand of adult fiction and nonfiction as well as picture books and fiction for children, young adult literature, and eBook and audiobook originals."


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Pop Culture
Hollywood Now: Chris Pine, Rachel Weisz & Ari Graynor, Plus So Many Babies!By Gerri Miller
New flicks with celebs in interfaith relationships and from interfaith backgrounds, plus their baby news!Go To Pop Culture
Adam Sandler comedies come in two varieties: mediocre and awful. In the mediocre ones (Billy Madison, The Wedding Singer, etc.), he plays an exaggerated version of himself: bashful, sarcastic, prone to temper tantrums. In the awful ones, he attempts to stretch his range, usually adopting an unbearable accent, and fails. By all rights, You Don't Mess with the Zohan should have a pedestal reserved for it in the pantheon of crap next to Little Nicky and The Waterboy. Yet, defying all laws of modern comedy, this silly movie about an Israeli commando who comes to America to become a hairdresser isn't awful. In fact, it's nearly great.
|Adam Sandler is The Zohan, here car-surfing in New York City traffic.
The surprising secret to its success is that Sandler plays an affect he's never tried before: confident. Indeed, the Zohan may be the most self-assured man on the planet. He's the greatest soldier in the world's most feared army, and a celebrity on the beaches of Tel Aviv, where women fawn over him and men worship him. Even pelicans give him high-fives. (I said it was silly, right?) The fits of rage so familiar to fans of Sandler films are nowhere to be found. The Zohan is too cocky--in more ways than one--to get frustrated.
But all the glory and adulation have become boring. The Zohan is tired of capturing terrorists only to have them returned in prisoner exchanges. In his over-the-top Israeli accent, he wonders to his parents when the cycle of violence between Jews and Arabs will end. To which his mother replies, "They've been fighting for 2,000 years. It can't be much longer."
Faking his own death after a paddleball match with Palestine's most feared terrorist, The Phantom (John Turturro), The Zohan flees to America to pursue his dream of working at the Paul Mitchell salon. Clutching his 1987 Mitchell stylebook, the Zohan fantasizes about making women's coifs "silky smooth." Take Munich and replace Avner with Austin Powers, and you're getting the idea.
Having never cut human hair before, Zohan ends up in a working class New York neighborhood where Israelis and Arabs co-exist uncomfortably on opposite sides of the street. He takes a job sweeping floors at a salon run by a harried Palestinian beauty, played by the gorgeous (and Jewish) Emmanuelle Chriqui. And then the plot really gets ridiculous. A trio of working-class Arabs, led by Rob Schneider (also Jewish) in brown facepaint, attempts to assassinate the Zohan with Neosporin. But the ultimate bogeyman is neither Muslim nor Jewish. It's a mall developer who wants to raze the neighborhood, played with a painful lack of timing and professionalism by non-actor Michael Buffer--best known as a ring announcer at pro wrestling matches.
The movie is at its best when it sticks to its core subject: Israeli machismo. Sandler plays the Zohan broadly, as the most sexualized Sabra this side of the Mediterranean, with a fashion sense predating the fall of the Iron Curtain. The script, by Sandler, Robert Smigel and the ubiquitous Judd Apatow, has great fun with the quirks of Israeli culture. Zohan and his Israeli buddies have hyperactive sex drives, making love exclusively to old and overweight women. Their taste for hummus is equally insatiable, as they dip everything from chicken to chocolate in the stuff. Zohan even brushes his teeth with ground chickpeas.
|Adam Sandler practices his hairstyling on hot older woman Lainie Kazan.
Ultimately, the Israelis and the Arabs find common ground in their shared attraction to Hillary Clinton, obsession with hackey sack and love for Mariah Carey's music. They join forces to fight Buffer's developer and his minions, led by a redneck racist played by Dave Matthews, of the Dave Matthews Band. Even the Phantom finds room for forgiveness.
Zohan's love affair with Chriqui's character is predictably simplistic, although it touches on the kind of family opposition and cultural boundaries familiar to people in interfaith relationships. The message of the film--if one's looking for it--is that America is a place where Israelis and Palestinians can set aside their differences and start fresh. It would be hopelessly naïve if it weren't true. America's Arabs are the least radicalized in the developed world, and Israelis here are typically more consumed with making a living than worrying about Middle Eastern politics.
Despite its relentless caricature of Jews, Arabs, gays, Africans, you name it, You Don't Mess with the Zohan never comes off as mean-spirited. It's downright refreshing in the way it portrays Schneider's friends, who are more concerned with the state of the New York Mets than jihad, and older Jewish women, who are presented as suitable subjects for sexual attraction.
About the only people who could be offended by this movie are Israeli men. Being characterized as too macho, too tough, too ready for sex--we should all have such problems.


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Pac-12 preview: Washington State seeks improvement in Mike Leach's 2nd year
wwookie Payson, UTJuly 29, 2013 11:57 p.m.
Article was a very rough overview of the team.
WSU will continue to have problems offensively despite the air raid putting up a lot of yards. A one dimension attack is easier to defend and the pac 12 has better athletes on D than what leach saw when at TT.
The biggest factor to their success however will be the defense. Doesn't look like there will be a lot of improvement there. Don't expect this team to make a bowl.
Steven S Jarvis Orem, UTJuly 29, 2013 5:38 p.m.
I really only followed Washington State early on in the season because of Mike Leech and the memories of what he did at Texas Tech. I was very surprised they beat Washington at the end of the season (the primary rival of the cougars) after being impotent on offense.
Washington State is going to be a whole lot better statistically than last year, however most of the PAC12 is going to be up after taking a beating in the bowls last year. Washington State will beat SUU and Idaho in non-conference and up to three conference games (Cal most likely). I have no confidence that Washington State gets bowl eligible unless their defense also improves like its offense is expected to do.
Washington State will score more than 3 touchdowns on the Utes. However, I see Utah winning this match-up by grinding the game out on the ground. Utah will win 31-24.
Mildred in Fillmore Salt Lake City, UTJuly 29, 2013 4:56 p.m.
WSU won't finish as high in the PAC 12 as the BYU Cougars finish in the independant conference.
But seriously folks! Salt Lake City, UTJuly 29, 2013 4:42 p.m.
WAZZU will be much improved and should have a better record than the Utes this year. I predict a bowl game for WSU this year, probably the one that Utah think they will be playing in.
Go Crimson Cougs and GO Blue Cougs.
Down under Salt Lake City, UTJuly 28, 2013 11:48 p.m.
Should be plenty to beat the utes. Go Cougs.
StGtoSLC SALT LAKE CITY, UTJuly 28, 2013 11:17 p.m.
Wazzu's a wait and see kind of team. Bucannon might be as good as he's being hyped as, but I've never seen him as a dominant player in any of the games I've seen them play like Travis Long was at DE (he didn't seem as good as an OLB). His 106 tackles are misleading because, as a safety, that just means he didn't NOT do his job nearly as much as the front seven and other secondary. The fact that the second leading tackler on their team, a LB, had barely more than half the tackles he had is evidence of that. The offense will move the ball a LOT, but Halliday has a penchant for turnovers to go with his gunslinger mentality, and with no running game getting touchdowns in the red zone could pose a problem. Just like last year they have the ability to give any team a run for their money, but it shouldn't be expected.


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The Genesee County Economic Development Center Board approves two expansion projects for companies in Batavia at its April meeting.
The Ontario, Canada-based Mega Properties is planning a 20,000 square foot expansion to its facility at Gateway Corporate Park. Its tax exemption package is worth more than 190-thousand dollars while the company is investing $775,000. The GCEDC says it's expected to create five-and-a-half full-time equivalent jobs in three years.
The Board also approved a $32,000 sales tax exemption for Premiere Credit in the City of Batavia as it plans a call center expansion. The company has pledged 25 additional jobs.


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Subject: Re: Susanna & Sarah, Interchangeable?
Date: 24 Jul 2005 16:58:25 -0700
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> Two names from different Hebrew or other roots could well converge
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If Hines is not posting in his sleep (something must account for his
unending obtuseness....) he will recall an example of what I mean that
came under notice here recently.
The name Gausfred (Geoffrey) used mainly in West Frankish families has
become dovetailed into "Gottfried" in modern German usage along with
the original of the latter name, Godefrid (Godfrey), that was used
mainly in East Frankish families. David Kelley was misled by this - and
NOTHING MORE THAN THIS - into his nonsensical assumptions about Godfrey
de Bouillon and Geoffrey fitz Eustace.
Nothing like this could have happened with Sarah and Susannah. Pure and
simple - enough even for Hines, "with a little bit o' bloomin' luck" as
Richardson's mock-Cockney (Mockney?) friend Uriah the Turk might say.
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Historic preservation committee to meet
Discussion of current projects — Second Baptist Church and reprinting of historic books — heads the agenda for the Mt. Pleasant Historic Preservation Commission's meeting Thursday.
Also during the meeting, which is set for 5:30 p.m. at Jerry's Restaurant, the group will discuss National Preservation Month, plans for 2013 and Vicki Larsen's project.


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In a Sept. 17, 1947 letter, U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Lou Lowery wrote, "You fellows did all the dirty work and the ones who were on Rosenthal's picture got all the credit." The letter's recipient, Pfc. Raymond Jacobs, was among the Marines who raised the first flag atop Iwo Jimo, which Lowery photographed. However, it was a second flag raising that occurred moments later, caught on film by Joe Rosenthal, that would capture the world's imagination. His Pulitzer Prize winning photograph would become one of the most iconic symbols of the American determination in World War II and immortalize its subjects in memories of Americans for generations to come.
As part of the original plan, Marines would secure Mount Suribachi first before advancing northeast throughout the island. After four days of fighting, on Feb. 23, 1945 the first patrol was sent up the volcanic sands towards the top of Mount Suribachi. Finding little resistance, the patrol secured the highest point of Iwo Jima and the Marines called reinforcements to follow their lead. On the second patrol, Lowery, a Marine Corps photographer, accompanied the leathernecks (from 2nd Battalion, 28th Marines, 5th Marine Division, E and F Company) to the top of the volcano. With instructions from Lt. Col. Chandler Johnson to raise a 48 star 54 x 28 inch American Flag, the patrol secured a Japanese water pipe and hoisted the first flag atop Iwo Jima. Celebration could be heard from the Marines down on the beaches in unison with horns from ships on the water. Lowery documented this:
When Navy Secretary James Forrestal landed on the beach he was taken by the fervor of the moment and requested the flag as a souvenir, so Johnson sent up a second larger flag that was 48 stars and 90 x 56 inches to ensure the first flag raised above Iwo Jima didn't leave the custody of his battalion. While passing Lowery on his way down from the first flag raising, Rosenthal was informed there were still images to be taken on top of the volcano.
Upon realizing the flags were about to be switched, Rosenthal attempted to capture this trade-off in an image, but failed. However, while setting up for his intended shot, Rosenthal was able to snap the famous photograph we all know today. Not thinking anything of the image he had just taken and perhaps discouraged he had missed the flag transfer, Rosenthal gathered the flag raisers for a group shot under the newly raised flag to make sure he had something to send the Associated Press.
It was not until days later that Rosenthal heard anything of his photograph and when receiving congratulations on his work from the AP, Rosenthal assumed they were referring to the group shot he had taken. Little did he know that the very photo he had overlooked was about to change his life and those of the troops featured in the photograph. Widely considered one of the most famous and reproduced photographs ever, his image went on to become a symbol of both the Marines and the American war effort. In addition to its long-term cultural ramifications, the photograph's more immediate economic potential was recognized by President Franklin Roosevelt, who promptly ordered the three surviving flag raisers to return home and participate in a bond drive.
Despite their success of helping sell $26.3 billion in war bonds, the surviving Marines' return to the states was not without controversy. Confusion surrounding the pictured men's identity (the names of the Marines featured in the famous photograph were purposely omitted and modified) was complicated further by complex battlefield allegiances. Tensions mounted so high that two of the soldiers in Rosenthal's image, Ira Hayes and Rene Gagnon, reportedly exchanged death threats. Additionally, Rosenthal constantly faced accusations of staging the shot. Years later, he would respond to such accusations by simply stating that he just happened to photograph the second flag raising. As for Lowery, it was official military policy to deny any claims of a first flag raising. It was not until 1947 when Lowery published his photographs in Leatherneck Magazine that the true story of the first flag raising atop Mount Suribachi was told.
"You fellows did all the dirty work and the ones who were on Rosenthal's picture got all the credit."
One might assume Lowery harbored resentment towards Rosenthal for the subsequent fame and fortune from a shot he had already documented. But being a Marine first, it is clear Lowery only cared for his fellow servicemen that were with him on Mount Suribachi. Lowery's only regret was that the Marines involved in the first flag raising over Iwo Jima were never properly recognized.


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Romeo and Juliet: The War
Story by Stan Lee and Terry Dougas
Written by Max Work
Art by Skan Srisuwan and Studio Hive
Lettering by Pirawit Sundaravej and Christian Fabbi
Published by 1821 Comics and POW! Entertainment
Review by David Pepose
'Rama Rating: 3 out of 10
Romeo and Juliet… and cyborgs. Let that sink in for a little while. If that sounds up your alley — and I'm sure there are plenty of people who are going to eat this right up — Stan Lee's POW! Entertainment has teamed up with 1821 Comics to deliver Romeo and Juliet: The War, an action-heavy graphic novel due out Nov. 30 that struggles both with its visual storytelling as well as its fixation on the techno-toys rather than the characters underneath.
Set in a sprawling metropolis of steel and shadows, Romeo and Juliet: The War isn't set in any sort of Verona you'd recognize. But where this story falls on its face is that it doesn't trust that the characters are enough — you know what the story of Romeo and Juliet really needs? Guns. Lots of guns. And artificial DNA that turns your body into metal. And cyborgs that can leap and run faster than anything on legs. Forget star-crossed lovers, forget the complexities of the title characters, this Romeo and Juliet is all about the Capulet-Montague war — seriously, the ultra-extended fight between Tybalt and Mercutio feels like a truer consummation of events than Romeo and Juliet actually meeting or, err, consummating. It's certainly given just as much attention as the actual love story that this book is supposed to be hinged on — to be honest, it really feels like they've given more.
And in that regard, the artwork is definitely a mixed bag. Style-wise, Skan Srisuwan and Studio Hive do remind me a lot of Marko Djurdjevic's cover art, with that painted quality and mainstream designwork. Unfortunately, the actual storytelling, the flow between panel to panel, is really tough to get through, due both to actual panel composition and the too-dark colors. For example, there's a sequence where Tybalt launches himself onto a hovercraft piloted by the Montagues, and he gets punched off — but man, it took me, like, five reads to understand that. The introduction is even more difficult to follow, to the point where I actually had to give up, put the book down, and try reading it again later. Characters very much look similar with their pale skin, dark hair, and blue eyes, and it's actually difficult to tell them apart, as pretty as they all look. While the artwork does open up later with all the fighting — all the flipping around, spinning and fighting — all I could think about with this was that it could have been better suited for just about any other medium than comics. A movie like this, or a TV show? You'd get the motion that this kinetic a concept requires, you'd get more individuality in characters. This book is in the weird position of both looking gorgeous and being extremely difficult to actually read.
Unfortunately, in a lot of ways, the techno obsession in Romeo and Juliet: The War gives this book just as many problems as it does potential. Like the big question, which the entire climax of the book falls on: In a world of cyborgs and television, you wouldn't be able to send Romeo an email saying that Juliet isn't really dead? Or the groan-worthy weakness that only Romeo's heart can't be turned into artificial DNA-metal? Or Juliet's "poison," which gives us an uncomfortable scene that looks just like a breast implant surgery video. But to be honest, the obsession with the guns and ammo and morphing and leaping takes away from the actual important relationship of this story — namely, Romeo and Juliet, and how we fall in love with them both. Romeo gets the lion's share of the screen time, and what should be an extended, gorgeous sequence showing their meeting literally is shorter (three pages) than the fight sequence between Mercutio and Tybalt (and eventually Romeo), which goes on for 17 pages. 17 pages. I know that Shakespeare isn't for everyone, but where do you draw the line and say that maybe the people involved in this book kind of missed the point?
In an era where deadlines loom over most comics publishers, it's sad to see a book that's clearly trying as hard as Romeo and Juliet: The War, and still not hit the mark. The production values for the art are high, but it doesn't matter how gorgeous the actual style of the book, if it's difficult to read, it's still a problem. The actual concept of this book is problematic, because it's not quite an adaptation — it's more of a narrative hijacking, using what we already know about Romeo and Juliet to skimp on the relationships and focus on the action. If you're looking for something that's not serious and has a lot of guns and punching, this could be a fun book. It could also give any English major an aneurysm if they're not ready for it. This is a niche book at its absolute best. Shakespeare 2.0, it is not.


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TORONTO — It was quite the homecoming of sorts for Toronto native Justin Capicciotti.
After graduating from Central Technical high school in T.O., the sleek defensive lineman decided to head to the left coast to play his university football at Simon Fraser.
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Being so far away from his hometown, Capicciotti's family didn't get him to see play for the Clan very much, but they were able to attend Evaluation Camp, presented by Reebok, to watch the 22-year old shoot himself up CFL draft boards.
"He's an interesting guy," one CFL scout said while trying play his cards close to the vest. "His forty time was good enough, he's strong, there are lot of good things about him."
Capicciotti posted an official 4.89 electronic 40-yard dash time, and a 4.18 shuttle, both tops among all of the defensive linemen. But he's not just a speed guy.
Capiccioti, who wore number 91 on E-Camp weekend, posted a top-five broad jump among all 59 participants, covering 10 feet and three inches and recorded the best vertical jump by a defensive lineman, leaping 35.5 inches.
Not to mention a solid 28 reps on the bench press, especially for a guy who weighs less than 250 pounds.
"I was happy with it. I trained real hard at SFU for this," Capiccioti said.
"Being out west, we don't get much exposure. I knew getting invited [to E-Camp] that I could show I belonged and fit in."
He certainly caught the eyes of player personnel evaluators with his performance in his hometown. Although, scouts are trying to evaluate what position he might fit best at in the pro ranks.
"Where he's going to fit in the CFL, that's the question. Is he going to be a linebacker, is he going to be an edge guy," one scout said. "I think he's probably going to be an edge guy."
Capicciotti felt he could fit in where ever pro coaches felt best. He played linebacker during his first year at SFU before transitioning to the defensive line.
"I know I can drop into coverage," he said "I think I'm a hybrid guy that can rush the passer and drop into coverage."
The six-foot-three lineman's penchant for pressure was never more evident than during his senior season in Burnaby, BC.
Capicciotti and his Clan teammates had to transition from playing in the CIS during the 2010 season to competing at the NCAA Division II level of football in 2011.
From three downs on a bigger field and Canadian rules, to four downs a smaller field and the American way of playing the game.
The switch did not slow Capicciotti. Last year he was named the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Co-Defensive player of the year after finishing third in the GNAC conference with 10 sacks and was among the top-10 in total tackles with 66 –an impressive number from a defensive lineman, but it shows the high-energy pace that Capicciotti likes to pay at.
During E-Camp one-on-ones, against the best offensive linemen countrywide, Capicciotti showed why he had 10 sacks last season even if you didn't see a single one of them.
"He had some really good reps," a scout said. "He came off the ball quick, had a spin move and showed some speed off the edge."
Along with the pass-rush ability, scouts believe Capicciotti has the type of body that will allow him to grow and mature into a true professional physical specimen.
"He's got room for development," one scout said. "Once you're a professional you can train and you can get in and add to that body. He definitely has the body. He's tall, he's 242 [right now] and he can put on weight."
"I can definitely bulk up, I've played at 260 pounds before. I can get up there and play defensive line," Capicciotti said.
"He's kind of reminds me of a young Brent Johnson — I would never compare them –but he could develop into something like that," said a scout. "There's something there that's for sure."
It's quite a comparison, but what is clear is teams are very interested in the Simon Fraser product. Capicciotti had interviews with seven teams during his Evaluation Camp stay, the only one he didn't visit with was the BC Lions, but they plan to meet with him back in British Columbia.
Coming into Evaluation Camp, Cappicciotti's goal was to be the best defensive lineman in every drill. Although he didn't meet his own lofty goal, he certainly met many pro teams' standards and attracted the attention he felt was lacking playing football on the pacific side of the Rockies.


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Effective communication is important in any endeavor, but it is especially so in the world of business. No matter what business insights or skills you may have it will never amount to much if you can't communicate those talents to the marketplace.
Whether you are talking with potential clients, servicing customers, business networking or marketing your product, effective business communication skills will be the key factor determining your success or failure.
4 basic tips for communicating more effectively in a business environment:
Put Yourself in Your Customers' Shoes
One of the common mistakes business people make in business is not looking beyond their own interests. You may be primarily concerned with making a sale, but what is it that is motivating your customer or client? They have reasons of their own for interacting with you, and having an understanding of what those reasons are gives you an enormously valuable guide to how to best communicate the information that will make the sale. That means asking the right questions so that you find out where your customer is coming from, then you can direct your sales pitch to meeting their needs instead of yours.
Professionalism Matters
The price and quality of a product may be the most important factors in determining whether someone will buy it, but the professionalism of the person selling it is very close behind. The factors determining a business transaction are not all based on pure logic.
Subjective factors are involved as well, such as how the person selling the goods or services looks, how they answer the phone, and the quality of their sales material. These secondary things serve to communicate your level of professionalism, and buyers are more likely to trust and buy from those who effectively communicate a professional demeanor.
Courtesy Counts
Customers like to feel respected, so the businessperson who communicates respect to their customers is likely to be much more successful than one that does not. One of the best ways of communicating respect is through small courtesies. That means always using titles and proper names unless specifically invited to be more intimate.
Show respect for a client's own time and scheduling needs by giving them a choice of possible times for business meetings or transactions. Send notes or emails before meetings as a reminder and after as a thank you and re-cap of what transpired. These may seem like small matters, but it is the little things that convey through repetition respect for others in your business dealings.
With all the advice out there on how to effectively communicate in business not enough emphasis is put on the importance of doing and saying nothing but just listening. Often the client will make your job easier by telling you key information about how you can sell them your product or service if you will only just shut up and listen.
There is a time to talk and a time to hear what the other guy has to say, so giving them a chance to say it one of the most essential aspects of effective business communication.
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General Overview
Euro has been continuing growth for the third day in a roll. German CPI fell in October to its lowest level since April, confirming the preliminary estimates. The representative of the ECB Asmussen said on Tuesday that there may be further action towards interest rates, they will depend on inflation - and he did not exclude the possibility of deposits interest rates lowering.
The pair continued its recovery. This opens the way for further short-term recovery in the direction of 1.3560. We believe the pair will not go further that level and we expect a trend reversal down and 1.3230 or support at 1.3100 retest.
The pair is in a bullish trend. Chinkou Span is above the price, and the price is fixed below the Ichimoku cloud, the sell signal is weak and confirmed as the pair is being corrected upwards. Tenkan-Sen and Kijun-sen are following the pair up, Kijun-sen is horizontal, Tenkan-Sen is directed upwards. The Cloud is directed down.
The downward movement remains as long as the Kijun-sen is located above the price.
Bollinger Bands show a movement change. The bands are turning up.
The MACD histogram is in a negative area, its volumes are reducing.
Trading recommendations
The price is moving to the strong support level 1.35, from where it is likely to bounce down to 1.3320.


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We will be visiting Oahu, Big Island and Kauai in December. I am interested in taking photos of the orchids and also buying plants to take them home. Any ideas where to see and buy them? Thank you
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Not sure about the other islands, but ther are a couple of orchid farms on the north shore of Kauai...(near Princeville)...they have a nice selection and will ship them for you...
I would say, however, unless you are a very sophisticated collector, you will find more selection and much better prices at your local Home Depot...I'm sure the ones at the farms are rarer vaieties and represent some great hybrids and all that, but in the end, it is not worth the hassle.
On the Big Island, ther are wild orchids growing by the side of the road on the way to the volcano...and in the National Park...take some pictures there!
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y can you get leis at those North Shore Farms on Kauai? I want to find where to find leis on Kauai.
Lily don't mean to insult your knowledge but my kmart in NYC sells orchids the company I work for buys the same from a florist for a couple hundred dollars. So you should keep your eyes pealed at these places.
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There are a few orchid farms on the north windward shore of Oahu, just south of the Polynesian Cultural Center. You can look around, purchase and have orchids shipped home. Or, they will package it properly and you can carry it on the plane home with you. The tricky part is keeping it alive back home, at least for me.
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Thank you Y, Jessica and Susan. I am saving this information and will use in December.
I brought some orchids from Costa Rica in June and they are doing well.
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My husband is into orchids and when we went to Hawaii, we stopped at a few orchid farms. Unfortunately I can't remember the names. I think I found them in one of the Hawaii travel books. But he had plants shipped home and it seemed the best way because the orchid place has to have them inspected to receive the argricultural okay to be shipped to the mainland. So they take care of that and then package them up safely for transport. Just something to keep in mind though, he did try to take a box of plants on as a carry one and of course the airline decided it was too big so they had to check it. We had to make sure the box was put in the cargo portion of the plane where it is temperature controlled. Otherwise the plants can freeze. As another little note, they have the best farmers markets in Hawaii. Gorgeous cut bouquets of all the different tropical flowers Hawaii is famous for in this great bamboo container. $5. Can't beat that - and some of the people at the farmers market will ship cut flowers to your house. We did that and received this great bouquet after we arrived back home - for many $$$ less than if you ordered just a stalk or two through FTD. I know thats more than you wanted to know, but it was a nice reminder of our trip to have these gorgeous flowers that lasted for weeks.
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interesting xxx which islands are you talking about for the Markets? I will be on Kauai two weeks in August.
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I saw this B&B on the Travel Channel and checked it out the last time we were on Kauai - it is located on a 3 acre tropical flower farm in Kapaa. One of my co-workers just booked it for her honeymoon in June. I think you can buy both plants and cut flowers there and have them shipped to the mainland. You could probably also e-mail the innkeeper and ask her for recommendations on where to buy orchids if they do not sell them there.
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thanks Alex that is helpful
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My husband buys orchids when we got to Oahu and has them boxed and carries them home without any problems. He buys them at an orchid farm in Honolulu-I can't remember the name , but I know it starts with an "F" and is well known. I fI remember, I'll post.
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Wow, was I off. The name of the place is Kawamoto Orchids. Website is: www.kawamotoorchids.com
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I found some beautiful orchids, now in bloom in my Texas home again one year later, at Walmart in Lihue. They were supplied by a private local grower. I have not seen the species I bought there anywhere locally, and they were very reasonable (4 dollars and up). Buy an orchid in bloom when you arrive and decorate your hotel room. Leave it for the maid if you want, or carry it on as I did. No problem.
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There's a outdoor fair in Kapaa (I believe it's Thursday thru Sunday) - I purchased some plumeria leis there about a week ago. Also we saw leis for sale just along the side of the road in Kauai. The farmer's market in Hanalei is another possiblity (I'm not sure what days this one takes place).
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On Oahu, two of the best places to buy orchids are at Star market in their garden center or at Wallys garden center on Beretania street about 2 blocks from Star. As long as the orchids are not planted in dirt they will go through agriculture. There are some orchid farms in Waimanalo as well. On the big Island are orchid farms on the road from kamuela to Hilo. They tend to have a good selection that they will pack for shipping or for carrying and include some varieties that do better in cold weather as well.
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Do NOT pay the extra cost for special boxing of purchased orchids and the certification stamp. Just buy orchids that are not grown in DIRT! Orchids grown in bark, lava rock, or bare-root are fine, and will not be a problem with the agricultural inspector at any Hawaii airport. I stuff my carry-on with as many orchids as possible, with flowers sticking out the top. Carol and Reid Kawamoto, of Kawamoto Orchids, located in a canyon above Honolulu are wonderful people and 2nd generation growers. If you buy too many to carry on the plane , they will inexpensively mail them home for you. Check them out on eBay. H & R Nursery is also a good source. They have a great web site. On Kauai, the two certified nurseries I found were small and expensive. The local orchid club had a great sale at the library near the airport. Blooming orchids were $8-$20, with no problems at the airport. I was disappointed with my recent trip to Maui. Tropical Orchid Farm was worthwhile, however the other orchids nurseries were rude and not to be recommended by me. Try to attend a farmer's market, held twice a week, near the airport. I heard some quality orchids are sometimes available. Always check Home depot,, on any of the islands, as you can be surprised by some desirable AOS orchids in bloom for $10-$15! My next trip is to Hilo, where I hear most of the orchid farms are located.
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<<<Gorgeous cut bouquets of all the different tropical flowers Hawaii is famous for in this great bamboo container. $5. Can't beat that>>>
Agree with that! I was amazed at what you got for the price.
Another tip is pick up a bouquet from the airport shops. They are all ready to go - inspected and all. I think it was like $13 for a nice bundle. I just wrapped a wet paper towel around them from the washroom and laid it up in the overhead. Made it all the way to Chicago with no problems.
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Ummm...this thread is over 10 years old. How did PBG even find it to resurrect it?
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I can't imagine how it got resurrected, but since it was ...
Akatsuka's Orchids near Volcano on the B.I. is INCREDIBLE. But that said, you can get great prices at WalMart in Kauai--but a lot of them are too big for carry-on bags.
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I just stumbled into this old discussion, but am very interested in reply #4 where Lily bought orchids in Costa Rica and got home with them. Does anyone have recent experience with buying orchids in Costa Rica and getting them back to the U.S.? If so, where can you buy them and what was the shipping procedure like?
A side note on Kauai orchids: my wife and I bought some there over 10 years ago at a nursery on the way to the airport and flew home with them. They are still alive and surprise us occasionally with blooms.
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WASHINGTON — Republican Sen. Marco Rubio, a key author of the bipartisan Senate immigration overhaul, is working on a proposal that would give Congress, not the Obama administration, the authority to devise a plan to bolster border security.
The Florida senator has long insisted that the bill's border security provisions are not strong enough to win significant Republican support. He plans to introduce his proposal as the legislation moves to the Senate floor late this week or next.
As the legislation is now written, the Department of Homeland Security would be required to develop a plan to achieve effective control of 90% of the border with Mexico before immigrants in the U.S. illegally would be allowed to gain permanent legal status. Rubio's emerging alternative would shift the responsibility for creating that plan to Congress.
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November 23-24: All libraries will be closed for the Thanksgiving holiday.
Ready for adventure? It is your choice...
I rarely read a book twice...unless it is a choose your own adventure. Then I have to read all possible endings and end up going through it four of five times! Parents often are amazed when they find these childhood favorites at the library. They can't wait to share their love for these books that you don't just read, but that youcan control! I explain to kids that it is kind of like a video game. You reach a point in the book and you get to choose what to do next, "To go through the haunted hallway turn to page 50, to return to the safety of your room turn to page 32."
There are literally hundreds of adventures awaiting you at your local library!
History buff? Look for Interactive History Adventures!
Choose your own Star Wars Adventure!
Or how about an American Girl adventure?
It's fun to choose your own adventure! Try one.