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During a recent trip to Mexico for a friend's wedding, my husband and I decided to leave the resort for some local flair at the nearby town of Puerto Morelos.
The small fishing village impressed me immediately as we drove up to see children playing in the town square.
Bustling with activity, the city's downtown offered a variety of restaurants, a few tourist shops and a lot of native people enjoying the Oceanside views, breezes and food on a Friday evening.
Puerto Morelos definitely lives up to its nickname "La Joya del Caribe," which means "Jewel of the Caribbean."
Although we didn't spend much time there — only a couple of hours — we walked around the quaint little town and chose a local hot spot to try some fresh cuisine at El Pirata. Even though it is described as an open-air snack bar and a great place to people watch, the place had more people eating dinner there than the bigger restaurants nearby so we decided to give it a try.
The freshly made guacamole, grilled shrimp and steak torta were wonderful, but the scenery was even better. The owner greeted us as soon as we walked up and made sure we were taken care of for the night.
Only a few feet away from the beach, where scores of small, colorful fishing boats were docked, we caught the beautiful sunset as we dined. It was a nice, quiet night and escape from the much busier nearby resort.
After catching a quick glimpse of Puerto Morelos, a town steeped in history, I'd like to go back some day for a longer visit to catch more of the sights and attractions offered there.
Its natural wonders include a coral reef 500 meters from shore, according to www.visitpuertomorelos.com . The community, a mix of locals and foreigners, works hard to protect Puerto Morelos' status as a National Marine Park and keep development to a minimum.
As a result there are rules and regulations imposed for its protection. By prohibiting motorized water sports, they have managed to ensure protection for the reefs. Puerto Morelos has instead become popular for other non-motorized water activities such as snorkeling, diving and windsurfing.
Whether on land or in the water, Puerto Morales is home to hundreds of marine, plant and animal species.
The town offers tour guides who specialize in personalized tours to local area cenotes (natural swimming holes formed when the roof of a cavern collapses), or jungle tours to uncharted ruins. There are also horseback riding trails, a crocodile and reptile zoo and Botanical Gardens featuring a variety of indigenous birds and animals. It is also a great place to stay to visit nearby Mayan ruin sites, the website states.
On the weekends there is an open-air market where arts and crafts can be purchased from the makers and we saw a few of these vendors when we visited on Friday.
Because it's on the water's edge, Puerto Morelos gets the ocean breezes and is always a few degrees cooler than the bigger cities such as Cancun and Playa del Carmen. Puerto Morelos is in the northern part of the Riviera Maya just 20 minutes south of the Cancun International Airport.
At night, the town lives up to its affectionate nickname of Muerto Morelos, which means "Dead Morelos," according to www.visitpuertomorelos.com . With a population of about 2,000, the town has no late night discos, clubs or bars.
Nighttime activity entails dining at one of the restaurants, meeting people in the square or visiting friends at home.
There are monthly dances held with live bands that last until the wee hours and almost all major holidays are celebrated with some kind of fiesta, such as the Carnival's five-day non-stop party.


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The Things They Say
"It was endearing. We would keep E.T. alive hydraulically (even in between takes) because we would look over and Drew would have walked over when E.T. was stuck in a corner somewhere. And she would be talking to him. The guys would vigilantly bring him alive so that they could keep her suspension and belief alive with him." Actress Dee Wallace recalls filming the 1982 Steven Spielberg classic E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial with a young Drew Barrymore.

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Hello Eyebrows: Time To Thin You Bad Boys Out!
Ladies and some guys, bushy eyebrows is never a good look, and for me I fall into the fairly bushy category.
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O.K. so thankfully, not quite as bad as Oscar The Grouch, but wow. Now that I don't need to wear glasses anymore it has become painfully obvious that I needed some serious help.


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the air is different today
the wind sings with a new tone
sighing of changes
the harvest gathered
a flower, a nut
some mead, and bread
a candle and a prayer
returning the fruits
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Crusaders withstand Highlanders' late onslaught
April 1, 2000
In an extraordinary game of non-stop, full-blooded action, the Crusaders maintained their their unbeaten Super 12 record with a 42-36 victory over the Highlanders in Christchurch tonight.
Leading 37-12 five minutes into the second half, the Highlanders were in grave danger of being crushed by the Crusaders. Four first half tries to Ralph, Berryman, Vunibaka and Cribb had already assured the Crusaders of a bonus point as they relentlessly moved the ball wide, backwards and forwards, finding and exploiting gaps in the Highlanders' defences. The Highlanders' only reply had been three penalties and a dropped goal from first five Tony Brown.
A second Cribb try, after some deft footwork by the big no 8 , brought fifty points within sight , but the Highlanders were in no mood to be humiliated. Superbly led by skipper Anton Oliver, they dominated the last half hour of the match, Hong Kong sevens hero Karl te Nana getting his side's scoring spree under way with a superb try on the right. This was quickly followed by tries from the workhorse Middleton and a breath taking effort from Tipoki, started by Brown behind his own line.
The Highlanders could never quite get close enough to really threaten, but Alatini scored a magnificent try at the end, sprinting from the Crusaders' 22 into the left hand corner, to give his side the substantial consolation of two bonus points.The Crusaders took a maximum of five.
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A week ago my computer screen went black. A pop up came up that said that my hard drive was gone and "click here" to get it restored. Stupid me, I clicked on that and they wanted bucks for fixing it. Then my sister told me to contact Microsoft.I was connected to someone in India at first and because of my lack of hearing too well, it was difficult to hear and understand them.
I called back and spoke to someone in Manila. They were SOOOOOOOOO helpful and friendly and after a while, all is normal. They had told me any time you get a pop up (and mine are SUPPOSE to be blocked) it is a precursor to a virus coming. Beware my friends and I hope it doesn't happen to you! So thank you Microsoft and those WONDERFUL techs in Manila!


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Since 1969, (DVK) Dvorak Rafting, Kayak & Fishing Expeditions has offered active adventurers and families top quality whitewater rafting, kayaking and fly fishing trips across 10 rivers in Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Idaho and Texas as well as international trips in New Zealand and Nepal. They pride themselves on having helped pioneer Western river rafting in Colorado's Rocky Mountains and truly love leading trips into the wilderness of the "wild west", where guests can discover the beauty of canyon vistas, alpine landscapes and wildlife in its natural habitat.
DVK's river trips, white water skills adventure camps and guide training programs are world renowned and have been featured on NBC, ESPN, PBS in addition to travel shows and have also been featured in National Geographic, the Chicago Tribune, and numerous travel books (see our list of great articles).
DVK's commitment to personal service, safety first, world-class guides, and overall quality means that every guest leaves with life-long memories of their Dvorak adventure.
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- River Rafting Journey through a Desert Wilderness! – The Cultural Travels.com- February 8th, 2006
- On the Dolores River, Whitewater, Running Deep and Fast – The New York Times – June 17, 2005
- Fall's Fast Escapes – National Geographic Adventure – September 2003
- Sampling the Tour du Jour: Isn't that Special – Daily News – May 1993
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Bloomberg Businessweek Film "HANK: 5 Years From the Brink" Coming Exclusively to Netflix On September 16
Sep 09, 2013, 09:00 ET from Netflix, Inc.
NEW YORK and BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Sept. 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ: NFLX) and Bloomberg Businessweek today announced the new documentary film "HANK: Five Years From the Brink" will launch exclusively on Netflix on September 16, 2013. The film, co-produced by Bloomberg Businessweek and RadicalMedia, features former U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and is timed to the fifth anniversary of the collapse of Lehman Brothers, and the start of the global financial crisis.
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"HANK: Five Years From the Brink" is directed by Academy Award and seven-time Emmy nominated filmmaker Joe Berlinger, whose documentaries include the critically acclaimed "Brother's Keeper," the "Paradise Lost" trilogy, "Metallica: Some Kind of Monster" and "Crude." The film marks the debut production from Bloomberg Businessweek Films, a newly launched initiative that will seek out visual, complex, and emotionally rewarding business stories as original producers and acquirers.
For three weeks in September 2008, Hank Paulson was the one person charged with preventing the collapse of the U.S. economy. In "HANK: Five Years from the Brink," Paulson tells the complete story of how he worked to persuade banks, members of congress, and presidential candidates to sign off on nearly $1 trillion in bailouts—even as he found the behavior that led to the crisis, and the bailouts themselves, morally reprehensible. Paulson also details here why another fiscal crisis is inevitable.
"We love bringing thought-provoking documentaries to our members and so to be the premiere home for 'HANK: Five Years From the Brink' is a thrill for us," said Netflix Chief Content Officer, Ted Sarandos.
"We're honored to have 'HANK' seen on such an innovative platform as Netflix, and incredibly fortunate to have been able to partner with the great Joe Berlinger on this documentary," said Bloomberg Businessweek editor and producer, Josh Tyrangiel, who is leading the Bloomberg Businessweek Films initiative.
"As a documentary filmmaker for over 20 years, it's really exciting to find novel ways to reach audiences with a new content creator like Bloomberg Businessweek Films, through an expanding powerhouse like Netflix," said director and producer Joe Berlinger.
"'HANK: Five Years From the Brink' perfectly represents the type of thought-provoking work Bloomberg Businessweek will release, and the new opportunity sponsors will have to be associated with our unique projects," said Paul Bascobert, President of Bloomberg Businessweek.
No one understood financial markets better than Hank Paulson, the former CEO of Goldman Sachs. Yet Paulson wasn't quite the pinstriped banker he appeared to be. In exclusive interviews, Paulson tells of his childhood on a farm in the Midwest, aspiring to be a forest ranger. Paulson was a family man—married to his wife, Wendy, for 40 years—and a devout Christian Scientist with left-leaning politics. After working on his first bailout as a junior staffer in the Pentagon and then in the Nixon White House, Paulson returned with his family to his native Chicago to forge a career at Goldman Sachs. Hank Paulson had refused two previous offers to be Secretary of the Treasury before finally accepting in 2006, not willing to let his fear of failure or his family's distaste of the Bush administration—which Wendy readily admits in separate interviews—stop him from serving his country.
To see the collapse through Paulson's eyes sheds new light on both the crisis that was, and the depression that could have been. "HANK: Five Years From the Brink" is a riveting portrait of leadership under unimaginable pressure—and a marriage surviving under unfathomable circumstances.
"HANK" will be available in the U.S., Canada, UK and Ireland on September 16, 2013, and in the remaining Netflix territories on November 1, 2013. The film will be distributed by Virgil Film and Entertainment. Submarine represented Bloomberg Businessweek for the deals with Virgil and Netflix.
For additional information, please visit: http://www.businessweek.com/hank
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Recipient of the 2012 National Magazine Award for General Excellence, Bloomberg Businessweek offers a global perspective, timely insights, and unique stories to a new breed of business leader who has an original vision for the future and a willingness to think differently. Founded in 1929, the magazine is a trusted market leader with a global circulation of over 980,000 each week and is available in more than 150 countries. Bloomberg Businessweek covers the business world like no one else can by drawing on more than 2,400 journalists in 146 bureaus across 72 countries. The award-winning Bloomberg Businessweek+ app is available on the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch.
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Netflix is the world's leading Internet television network with more than 37 million members in 40 countries enjoying more than one billion hours of TV shows and movies per month, including original series. For one low monthly price, Netflix members can watch as much as they want, anytime, anywhere, on nearly any Internet-connected screen. Members can play, pause and resume watching, all without commercials or commitments.
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So Charlie Davies has signed with D.C. United on a 12-month loan. Let the speculation begin.
It seems as if everyone is the US soccer scene—including Davies himself—is hoping to see the onetime US international return to full health in the same town where his career—and his life—nearly came to an end a year-and-a-half ago.
If he can do it, he'll be back to producing those highlight-reel moments we all remember. For today's Three for Thursday, here are a trio of his best.
1. Hat-trick for Hammarby, 2007
Davies left Boston College after three years to sign with Swedish club Hammarby for the 2007 season. The move seemed good, but initially the goals weren't coming.
That all changed in the final match of the season, 11 months after he signed. Davies dropped a hat-trick on GAIS for his first, second and third Allsvenskan goals.
The performance propelled Davies to the front of the Hammarby striker ranks, and in 2008 he made good on his promise by tallying 14 goals in 27 games. Hammarby also qualified for European competition that year, finishing 4th in the Allsvenskan.
2. The goal against Egypt
Davies' great 2008 performance at Hammarby got him into the US national team fold. At first, he was integrated slowly by coach Bob Bradley. Then came the 2009 Confederations Cup and the do-or-die match against Egypt.
To advance, the Yanks needed to win by three goals (and hope that Italy lost by three). Early on, the Pharoahs were all over the typically slow-starting Americans. Then Davies, a surprise starter, scratched and clawed a goal out of nothing, fighting two defenders and the goalkeeper to punch in a loose ball.
The goal ignited the whole side, who got two more goals and, thanks to Italy's collapse against Brazil, advanced.
3. The goal against Mexico
Two months after the Confed Cup, Davies did it again, this time against the US's bitter rivals, Mexico.
High noon at the famed Estadio Azteca in Mexico City. World Cup qualifier. Conventional wisdom said the US had no chance.
But then Davies exploded behind El Tri's defense, gathered up Landon Donovan's through ball, and silenced 110,000 Mexican fans with an early goal.
It was the first time the US had ever had a lead in Mexico.
The Yanks couldn't hang on for the win that day, but the speed and precision with which Davies had sliced through the Mexican defense, and the sureness of his finish in the most pressurized game in the region, had US fans over the moon.
No one can know at this point if Davies will ever be that kind of player again, and expectations should be kept in check.
But you don't have to go too far back to find reminders of why so many people involved in the game here—players, fans, and a certain head coach in Washington, DC—have their fingers crossed.


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Sergeant James Faraone was killed when his vehicle was rear-ended while he was stopped for a disabled vehicle on I-80.
Another vehicle which had been involved in an accident, stopped in one of the middle travel lanes of the highway. Sergeant Faraone, who was en route from the Salt Lake City Airport to police headquarters, stopped behind the vehicle in his unmarked cruiser and activated his rear emergency lights.
While he was stopped, a pickup truck rammed into the back of his cruiser at approximately 65 mph.
Sergeant Faraone was transported to a local hospital where he succumbed to his injuries. The drivers of the pickup truck and the original vehicle were both injured.
Sergeant Faraone had been a member of the Salt Lake City Police Department for 25 years. He is survived by his wife, son, and daughter.


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I like flawed characters very much. A lot of times I get asked to do parts that are kind of small but key - three-scene roles that are three kick-ass scenes. Growing up, watching as many movies as I did, I was always into character actors like that.
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Thanks to my law partner Jill Stricklin, who has this news about the EEOC's new pilot program. Jill is an employment litigator in Constangy's Winston-Salem Office and was also just named to the 2015 North Carolina Business Legal Elite for employment attorneys.
The EEOC began use of a new "Digital Charge" pilot program last Friday in the Charlotte, North Carolina, and San Francisco, California, field offices for employment discrimination charges filed against non-federal employers. The EEOC has already implemented this digital system for complaints filed by federal employees.
Under the "Digital Charge" process, an employer will no longer receive the usual forms informing it that a charge of discrimination has been filed against it. Instead, an employer will receive just a one-page letter entitled "Notice of Charge of Discrimination" that will include a link to view the entire charge online via a secure portal. This specific portal, which is shared between the employer and the EEOC, is to be used by the employer not only to view the full charge of discrimination, but also to submit electronically its initial documents to the EEOC, including notices of appearance, requests for extension of time, supporting documentation, and the employer's position statement.
Because this new pilot program has not been well-publicized (it is not currently on the EEOC's own website), it is especially important for employers to be aware of this new process, so that they can respond to such notices in a timely fashion. The EEOC's plan is that on June 1, respondents in the jurisdictional areas of the Indianapolis, Phoenix, Detroit, Denver, and Seattle field offices will begin using the "Digital Charge" pilot program, with the rest of the country following suit this fall.


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A celebration filled with ancient legends from many different cultures through narration, music and dance was held in the LDS Conference Center this past weekend.
The production, titled "Luz de las Naciones: Sus Promesas" (in English "Light of the Nations: His Promises"), shared different yet similar legends of a great white god. More than 1,500 local performers and volunteers took part in remembering when ancient civilizations of the new world witnessed Christ's coming to the Americas, as told in the Book of Mormon.1 comment on this story
Children and adult performers entertained the crowd with dances and songs. Young children could be found swaying back and forth to the music and clapping their hands with excitement.
Once the legends were told, a performer playing the role of Joseph Smith came on stage and talked about the coming forth of the Book of Mormon. With an added song and re-enactment of Nephi engraving on the golden plates, Joseph Smith was then handed the plates and translated them into the Book of Mormon.
Before a final song, the performance ended with these words:
"The Savior of the World, Jesus Christ, truly did come to our ancestors. He blessed them and promised that he would return again."
Kylie Lewis is an intern for the Deseret News where she writes for Mormon Times and other feature articles. She recently graduated from Brigham Young University-Idaho, receiving her bachelor's in communications.


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If you are using Office 2007 - Service Pack 1 got released earlier this week. I installed it the same day and have to say that Outlook is much more responsive!
One of the improvements (which I think I'm experiencing) is improved performance for large PST files. To see all the enhancements in Service Pack 1 you can download the Service Pack 1 whitepaper.


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Microsoft Dynamics GP | ERP Software Toronto | BDO IT Solutions
Empower, Connect and Deliver with Microsoft Dynamics GP
Give your people the tools they need to excel in their role and deliver outstanding products and services to all of your clients with Microsoft Dynamics GP – the easy to use, functionality rich, ERP software solution.
With similar functionality to the Microsoft products your people already use, Microsoft Dynamics GP offers the right combination of flexibility, intuitive use and robust functionality designed to improve overall performance, reduce overhead and help you remain competitive. Fully scalable, Microsoft Dynamics GP grows with your organization and can be tailored to suit your specific needs. Empower your employees with better access to information, improve collaboration across your team and with vendors and clients, and deliver consistently outstanding results, all with a single application.
What's New in Microsoft Dynamics GP 2016
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Beyond Accounting to Complete Business Control
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First Church of Christ, Scientist
One Central Street, Camden, Maine 04843
207 236.4040
Please join us for our healing services. Every one of all faiths is welcome.
WEDNESDAY EVENING TESTIMONY MEETING: 7:30 – 8:30 PM. The meeting begins with a hymn sung by all, then inspirational readings from the Bible and textbook, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy are read by the Reader, The Lord's Prayer is prayed and a hymn is sung followed by those present who would like to share how prayer has helped heal challenges in their lives. We end the meeting with a hymn.
SUBJECT for this Wednesday: TBA
SUNDAY SERVICE: 10 - 11AM. At our SUNDAY SERVICE, the Sermon is read on the topic stated below from the Bible and corroborating passages from the textbook, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy. The term, Christian Science, is used throughout the textbook, but there was no organized church at that time. It is used to designate the 'spiritual laws of God applied to man' -not an organized church formed later.
The Bible Lesson Sermon for Sunday, January 26th: TRUTH
Golden Text | Psalms 119:151 Thou art near, O Lord; and all thy commandments are truth.
Soloist: Douglas Day accompanying himself on guitar: "Standing on the Rock where Moses Stood"
Organist: Katy Dermott
SUNDAY SCHOOL is at 10 AM to 11AM. Young people up to the age of 20 are welcome. Childcare is available for those too young for Sunday school. Students learn the Scriptures and their spiritual meaning to be able to use it in their daily life.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE READING ROOM: Individuals of all walks of life are invited to come in to listen to chats, lectures and read inspirational magazines at The Christian Science Reading Room, street level below church auditorium, 1 Central Street, Camden, Maine.
CURRENT Reading Room Hours:
- Tuesday, Thursday, & Friday 12pm-3pm
- Wednesday 5:30pm- 7:30pm
- Saturday 11am-1pm
Closed Legal Holidays and Christmas Eve
Phone: 207/236-4040. A Librarian is on duty to answer any questions you may have. Learn more about us at the church's website: www.cscamden.org .
Please visit our public Reading Room/Bookstore and use our computer for spiritual research and as well as listen to audio interviews, watch video lectures, or read articles online at church websites.
The Christian Science Monitor is also available to read in our comfortable chairs, as are many other inspirational magazines including Bibles, biographies of Mary Baker Eddy and her major work, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, a textbook that helps unfolds the Scripture spiritually and will change your life when studied along with the Bible in your spiritual journey.
http://christianscience.com/prayer-and-health/more-inspiration link for prayer, health and inspirational articles plus a 2 minute or less Daily Lift you can subscribe to begin your day with an uplifting thought.
"Please join us for an hour of spiritual refreshment."


text: On March 26, 2006, Matt Casamassina, Editor-in-Chief of IGN Wii, had announced in his blog that Nintendo's Wii Virtual Console service, a feature which allows players to download games from the history of Nintendo, will be "Rareless". He stated that he had "met with some Rare/Microsoft staff" while attending the 2006 Game Developers Conference, who confirmed once and for all that the Virtual Console will not see any Rare-owned licenses. This means that classic Rare titles such as Perfect Dark, Jet Force Gemini, and Banjo-Kazooie (to name a few) may be absent from the download service; GoldenEye 007 may be a possibility as the James Bond video game license is held by Activision and would require Activision's, but not Rare's, permission to be released on the system. :yikes: The Donkey Kong games that were developed by Rare remain unaffected, since Nintendo retain the rights to the Donkey Kong series. However, despite the blog post, Rare nor Microsoft have yet to make an official announcement regarding this particular issue.


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One of Old Navy's Black Friday traditions is to give away certain video games for free when people spend a certain amount of money in the store. It's usually a good, recent release, but never anything too awe-inspiring. Well, that all changes this year. Old Navy's 2012 Black Friday ad has hit the internet and the store has Wii U fever. The free game this year is New Super Mario Bros. U for the Wii U.
New Super Mario Bros. U for the Wii U normally costs $59.99. If you spend $40 at Old Navy while supplies last, you get a copy of New Super Mario Bros. U with your purchase. So you get a $60 game for free, just for spending $40. I think that's Old Navy's best Black Friday deal ever.
People can also stop in on November 23, 2012 to try and win a Wii U. As part of Old Navy's Black Friday 2012 Cheermagedon, it is giving away 1,000 Wii Us. All you have to do to enter is stop by the store to get a game card. There will also be Wii U demo stations available for shoppers to play.
Old Navy stores will be open on November 22, 2012, and the Wii U demo stations will be available, but the New Super Mario Bros. U promotion doesn't start until 12am on November 23, 2012. If you're Wii U crazy, you may want to stop by and either try to win a Wii U or spend enough money to get New Super Mario Bros. U for free.
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At 12:19 PM 2/3/97, Michael Dillon wrote: >On Mon, 3 Feb 1997 Valdis.Kletnieks at VT.EDU wrote: > >> I fully agree with that statement. However, could somebody >> please elucidate to me what ARIN's legal exposure is in giving >> out a prefix longer than /19, when they know that *current* practice >> will render it unrouted from many locations? > >How could there possibly be any legal exposure when ARIN issues a >disclaimer that receiving a globally unique IP address block from them >does not guarantee any sort of routability? Didn't you notice Scott >Bradner's message about the IP address blocks used for testing equipment? >Or SAP's use of globally unique addresses that never hit the net? The >registries give out unique addresses whether you want to use them on the >public Internet or not. This is a clarification of an issue I didn't grok until now -- thanks. It and some other messages over the past few days, though, contradicts something that was said when I posted my back-of-the-envelope budget proposal. (Kim, are you planning to post a budget soon to the Web site?) I had allowed for some clerks and a "Fixit" guy, but very little technical talent. I was flamed that ARIN needed network engineers for some unknown purpose. I took it that those engineers ($60K/year and up base salary, or about $200K/year fully burdened) were to make sure that the address issued would "follow the rules" such that it could be routed -- assuming that the address block being allocated was intended for global publication. "NO", said a number of people, "ARIN can't guarantee anything." So why the high-priced bodies?


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It's only open for lunch on select Thursdays and Fridays. Plus, you should have reservations if you want to be sure you'll have a seat at one of the tables available.
Yet a visit to Red is worth it if you want to taste the future of cooking in San Antonio.
Red is the restaurant of the Art Institute of San Antonio's culinary school, and all of the work is being handled by the students, the people who hope to be running the restaurants of this city and beyond in the future. Even in the front of the house, the servers who wait on your table are chefs-in-training.
The interior of the dining room, with its wavy red wall and funky sculptures, has been created by students in the school's design program and includes a large window into the kitchen as well as video monitors that take you behind the scenes, so you can see some of the food being prepared.
The menu changes each week it's open (down times are between semesters), but there are a few standards, including a Red Burger with fries, though I'm not sure if the presentation of that patty remains the same; the last time I tasted the burger, it was presented with bacon jam on top and rosemary fries on the side. A vegetarian option, which has been a pad Thai variation on several visits; a chicken dish; and a rich chocolate dessert also seem to be regulars.
Nothing has been priced at more than $11 a plate, even though one seafood risotto contained a surprising amount of lobster, shrimp, mussels and clams. Braised short ribs, pork belly, salmon, crab, scallops, lamb, crème brûlée and chocolate have all been featured in different ways, with culinary preparations that touch on, but are not limited to, French, Asian, Mediterranean, Latin American, Italian and assorted European styles. Most everything has been excellent, with one notable exception I'll describe later.
The menu is broken down into three segments of starters and salads, main courses and desserts. Certain chef students are highlighted on the menu when they have created a specific dish, which could be a rustic soup or a special dessert.
It would be useless to write an overlong critique of various dishes, because the kitchen lineup changes with the menus; but I will take one dish to illustrate how the the students are there to learn from your response. I'm sure they love praise, but they're also open to criticism if something is wrong. On one visit, we had a crème brûlée in which the almond extract was so out of balance that it reminded all three of us of those accounts of arsenic poisoning in Agatha Christie novels. Remember the telltale aroma of bitter almonds that always seemed to hover in the air over the unfortunate corpse, we laughingly asked the waitress.
Our server was glad we took it in stride, and she promised to have the matter investigated further before anyone else fell victim to the mishap. Hopefully, you'll remember your manners and pass along your notes in a way that encourages improvement.
Because that is what Red is, ultimately. It's a lab that is meant for the students' benefit. Sure, you can get a fine meal at a great price and your tips even go to benefit the school's scholarship fund, but the real purpose of the restaurant is to give those students a taste of what it's like to work in the heat of a real kitchen.
The Art Institute's culinary program, which offers several degree paths, has met with some noteworthy success in its relatively short history, including taking top prize at the Fine Swine Cookoff two years in a row. The proud pig placard they received is proudly displayed in a corner of the dining room.
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As Youth Scotland continues to develop its Boys on Beat programme, a participant from a previous leadership course tells us how it has helped open doors to a range of leadership experiences. Mark attended the first Boys on Beat course in Perth and gained a Sports Leaders UK Level 1 Award in Dance Leadership as well as a Bronze Youth Achievement Award.
"The course was challenging, but also really inspiring," said Mark. "It took me out of my comfort zone. By the end of the week I was standing in front of everyone taking a class."
"On the course we looked at what opportunities for volunteering there were in our area. I contacted Gilmerton School and asked if it would be possible for me to run some sessions. It was scary at first, but it was me and another dancer, so I wasn't just on my own."
Mark now runs weekly after-school dance sessions for young people in hip-hop, contemporary and jazz. He has also delivered some taster workshops with patients at the Royal Edinburgh Hospital, as well as volunteering at Dancebase, Scotland's National Centre for Dance. Mark has recently applied to study dance at college.
"Boys on Beat gave me the confidence to dance and follow my dreams," said Mark. "It is really motivating to teach the thing you enjoy. I would say to anyone applying for the next Boys on Beat course, go with an open mind - anything can happen."
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Afghanistan's former king Mohammad Zaher Shah, who was deposed in 1973 after 40 years on the throne, attended the meeting with interim Prime Minister Hamid Karzai. A political rift between supporters of the two men, coupled with logistical problems, had forced a one-day postponement of the council's opening session.
The dispute subsided after Zaher Shah announced during opening ceremonies he would not seek an official role in the government and threw his support behind Karzai. The former Afghan king could have posed a strong challenge against Karzai in the loya jirga vote.
"I am ready to help the people, and Hamid Karzai is my choice of candidate," Zaher Shah told the nearly 1,550 delegates in his scheduled opening remarks. "I advise delegates to take into consideration the high interests of the people."
Confusion arose when Karzai and his staff mistakenly concluded the applause following the ex-monarch's address meant Karzai had been elected president, his spokesman later told reporters.
Shortly after the former king's speech, Karzai told a Reuters correspondent that he had won the loya jirga vote, although no votes were actually counted.
Upon hearing Karzai's announcement, supporters of the ex-king angrily expressed their suspicion that the election had been rigged in favor of the interim prime minister with the help of Western nations.
Karzai spokesman Yousuf Nooristani later clarified the error.
"The situation was confusing for us," Nooristani told Reuters. "Karzai thought the audience applause meant they were voting for him. Later he found out it was a mistake."
Nooristani said he believed the loya jirga would vote on a new prime minister on Wednesday.
Former President Burhanuddin Rabbani also withdrew his candidacy and announced his support for Karzai.
The winner of the loya jirga vote will lead Afghanistan until the country holds elections in 18 months and will oversee the disbursal of billions of international aid and the writing of the new constitution.
The council is expected to adjourn June 16.


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He has also turned from his Christian upbringing because of all the different faiths he has encountered while deployed and overseas, and even questions whether there is a God.Please pray for the doctor performing the surgery, Dr. Das, the extent to which he has to repair damage, and the healing of Jamey's back AND heart.
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January 31, 2010, Richmond. The Orange Tree Theatre is hosting an exciting new comedy show on 31st January to raise funds for local charity, The New Victoria Medical Foundation, introducing Richmond audiences to the best of female comedy. The event will feature a host of hilarious female talent from Funny Women, the Richmond based promoter of female comedy, best known for its annual new talent competition, the Funny Women Awards. Headlined by Jan Ravens, from BBC's Dead Ringers, and hosted by Carrie Quinlan of BBC Radio 4's News Quiz, the …Read More »
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"In my central Washington state district, the Yakima Valley is a poster child for needing new surface storage. Conservation plays an important part of meeting water needs in the Valley, but farmers, communities and environmental needs demand that we create new water. And, time and again, the numbers alone dictate the need for new storage," said Chairman Doc Hastings (WA-04). "For new and expanded storage reservoirs to become a reality in the Yakima Valley and elsewhere in the West, there must a sea-change in how the federal government reacts to new storage. The current paralysis-by-analysis approach must be streamlined and we, as policymakers, must find innovative ways to re-invest in storage while adhering to the 'beneficiaries pay' rule. That's exactly what these bills before us do today."
"These bills are intended to advance the theory that we can once again return to the policy of abundance," said Subcommittee Chairman Tom McClintock (CA-04). "For years we have been told that water conservation is the answer to our problems, well water conservation is important in managing a major drought but it does not add to supply. What we are now discovering is that by confusing conservation with supply we have no way to cope with drought. If this current drought has taught us anything, it must be that there is no substitute for adding supply and these bills begin to restore that process for a new generation that is sadder and wiser from the mistakes of their predecessors."
Much of the western United States is facing historic drought. New water storage development is critical to providing and storing water supplies for farmers, ranchers and municipalities. Additionally, multi-purpose dams and reservoirs can generate affordable emissions-free electricity, tame ravaging floods, provide recreational opportunities and provide year-round cold water flows for fisheries. Current bureaucratic paralysis and duplicative federal regulations delay proposed water storage projects for years while environmental litigation, regulations and population growth strain current infrastructure.
During today's hearing, Committee Members heard from witnesses who testified on the critical nature of water storage legislation and solutions presented in legislative proposals.
Chris Hurd, San Joaquin Valley Farmer, Family Farm Alliance Board Member, testified on the economic impacts of water shortages on California farmers and the need for a legislative solution facilitating new water storage. "Maybe we should ask our grandparents and our parents, whose hardships led to the foresight to build our existing reservoirs, canal systems, and other infrastructure we enjoy today, and upon which our quality of life depends, whether or not these costs are justified. Our generation must step up and continue to develop our water resources to better meet our future needs, including those of our environment, and this water storage discussion draft bill would go a long way in helping us in this endeavor."
Patrick O'Toole, President, Family Farm Alliance, supports H.R 3980, the Water Supply Permitting Coordination Act (McClintock, Lummis) to accomplish better agency coordination regarding the federal permitting process for developing additional water supplies. "Clearly, the existing procedures for developing additional water supplies need to be revised to make project approval less burdensome. By the time project applicants approach federal agencies for permits to construct multi-million dollar projects; they have already invested extensive resources toward analyzing project alternatives to determine which project is best suited to their budgetary constraints."
Stuart Somach, Lawyer, Somach Simmons and Dunn, testified on H.R. 3981, The Accelerated Revenue, Repayment, and Surface Water Storage Enhancement Act (Hastings, WA). "Enactment of this legislation will provide a comprehensive means for those who desire early repayment to do so. It, of course, also avoids the 'piecemeal' legislative process that has been used in the past. It also provides a mechanism to assist in the financing and development of surface water storage without adding new federal budget related pressures."
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A weak and emaciated dog was found in Ansonia yesterday and the animal control officer is asking for help to identify the owner.
The female pit bull is 25 to 30 pounds underweight, extremely weak and can barely stand up, according to the Ansonia Animal Shelter's Facebook page.
She is at a veterinarian's office, has a long road to recovery and will need a lot of medical attention.
The dog had been malnourished for so long that every bone in her body is visible and she will need to gain weight and grow stronger before she can be moved.
She also has a large tumor on her body.
The dog was found near Colony Park and Woodlawn Road and had been eating cat food in a backyard.
Last week, a malnourished dog was found in Shelton and animal control officers in both towns are working together.
The Ansonia animal shelter asks anyone with information on the dog or her owner to call the shelter 203-410-7716.
They have also started an online fund raiser for the dog's medical care.
So far, they have raised more than $1,600.
You can contribute online here.
Officials do not know the circumstances that led to the dog's level of emaciation, but animal control officers urge anyone who needs help in feeding an animal to reach out to their local animal shelter for assistance.


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A limited number of full season tickets for Philadelphia Union's 2011 season are on sale now! Tickets can be purchased by CLICKING HERE or by calling 877-21-UNION (877-218-6466). Union fans are encouraged to act fast, as season tickets will be capped again in 2011.
The Union's 2011 full season ticket package is based on an 18-match home schedule (17 regular season MLS matches and one additional bonus match), with prices starting at $290 in the Supporters Section ($16 per game) and $320 at the Corner Level ($18 per game). Those who purchase seats in the Supporters Section must be paying members of a recognized Union supporters group. The Sons of Ben are currently accepting registration for 2011 memberships at www.sonsofben.com.
All new season ticket holders who sign up before December 31 will have the option to enroll in a three-month bill plan with payments on December 7, January 7, and February 7. All new accounts will also receive a complimentary Philadelphia Union season ticket holder scarf (1 per account).
Additionally, fans who purchase season tickets by December 31 can take advantage of a a special sideline price in four specific sections (102, 112, 122, and 132) at PPL Park. Tickets in these sections, normally $610, will be available for $475, a savings of $135 per season ticket.
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Noah: Fine for anti-gay slur 'fair'
MIAMI — Joakim Noah says he believes the NBA's decision to fine him $50,000 for directing an anti-gay slur toward a fan is fair. Speaking Tuesday morning as the Chicago Bulls prepared to face the Miami Heat in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals, Noah, who helped lead the University of Florida to consecutive national titles in 2006 and 2007, again acknowledged making a mistake in his back-and-forth with the fan. The NBA announced the fine Monday afternoon, one day after television cameras caught Noah using a profanity, followed by the slur, after returning to the Chicago bench midway through the opening quarter of Game 3 in Miami. Kobe Bryant of the Los Angeles Lakers was fined $100,000 for using the same slur in April, directing it toward a referee.Noah says the fan reaction he'll face "is the least of my worries."
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'The Amazing Spider-Man 3' Rumored to Be Delayed Until 2017 Now
by Ethan Anderton
June 13, 2014
Source: AICN
While reporting yesterday's rumor about the linked release schedule for Warner Bros. Pictures' comic book properties from DC Comics, the folks at AICN have tossed another rumor onto the fire, but this time about another studio and their comic book cash cow. Despite the fact that Sony Pictures had already set releases dates for The Amazing Spider-Man 3 and The Amazing Spider-Man 4 in 2016 and 2018 respectively, the rumor is the studio wants to delay the third film in the franchise to an unknown date in 2017. It's not surprising since The Amazing Spider-Man 2 saw box office receipts plummet after a promising opening.
If you go and look at the box office earnings for every other Spider-Man movie since Sam Raimi's first adaptation, they've been dropping steadily since then, and it's only gotten worse with the reboot franchise. Audiences just might be getting fatigued with seeing the same basic story played out over two different franchises, just with different actors and different villains. In order for Spider-Man to work again, he's going to need a nice long break after this third film, or have some kind of drastic change that doesn't give us the origin story that everybody in the world knows all over again. This new franchise attempted to play with it a bit, but it's been such a contrived messy part of the series so far.
Marc Webb is already slated to return to direct The Amazing Spider-Man 3, but it'll be interesting to see how Sony regroups if this delay of the sequel is true. Will this have an impact on their development of the Venom and Sinister Six spin-offs? If films that have Spider-Man as the star are losing their appeal, then films about the lesser known villains probably aren't going to fare much better. We'll keep you posted.
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The San Francisco-based broker now has trading in local currencies at 12 foreign equity markets but advisors cite higher priorities elsewhere
November 6, 2012 — 4:17 AM UTC by Lisa Shidler
Brooke's Note: We hear about two schools of thought with alternative investments — that if you buy them packaged as mutual funds you get all the uncorrelated returns with the transparency of mutual funds. Others suggest such "alternatives" are milquetoast and that it subverts the entire idea of something being a true alternative. There's a similar two-schools thing going on with international investments. Some say ETFs and other vehicles made it unnecessary to invest using Euros and yen. Other say you don't get true international exposure buying in dollars. Apparently there is no more conviction about buying securities abroad in their own currency among RIAs than the rest of investors — in fact maybe less — and it explains why Schwab is taking a different approach to the issue than, say, Pershing.
Responding to what it sees as a groundswell of demand from investors for access to international markets, Charles Schwab & Co. is now giving retail investors the opportunity to trade in local currencies on 12 foreign equity markets.
Advisors, on the other hand, don't seem to share investors' appetite for global investments.
"We discussed leveraging the new Schwab Global Account with many advisors and heard clearly that other investments we're making on their behalf are bigger priorities for them," says Alison Wertheim, a spokeswoman with Schwab. "But we'll be monitoring adoption on the retail side and keep listening to advisors to see if and when it makes sense to draw on key aspects of it to build an advisor experience in the future." See: Technical challenges may push Schwab's ETF-only 401(k) plan schedule into 2014 — deferring an intriguing financial clinical trial.
Schwab pointed to a recent study in which it discovered that 73% of investors are interested in global investing and 41% will consider investing in equities on foreign exchanges in the next year. The number of foreign-equity trades among Schwab retail clients grew at a rate of 89% year-over-year from 2009 to 2011.
But, surprisingly — given a presumably higher sophistication than the average self-directed investor — this trend to more local-currency-based international trading is not one in which RIAs are participating.
Right now, Schwab's advisors have access to more than 40 foreign markets, including all of those that are available to retail investors on the new Schwab Global Account, launched in September. to make that happen, Schwab outsourced to Broadridge Financial Solutions (NYSE: BR). However, advisors will trade in U.S. dollars in client accounts rather than the local conversions in which retail investors trade.
Schwab isn't alone in not allowing local settlement in currencies, TD Ameritrade has the same philosophy, also citing low demand from advisors. Still, other custodians that allow trading in local currencies include Fidelity Institutional Wealth Services, JPMorgan, Pershing Advisor Solutions and State Street Wealth Manager Services. State Street remains one of the custodian leaders in international topics because it allows RIAs to trade in more than 100 currencies. See: State Street's semi-secret success in the RIA custody business.
Increase in demand
While Schwab may not be seeing a need from its advisors, Fidelity has seen an increase in international trading by advisors who support high-net-worth clients, says Erica Birke, vice president of public relations for Fidelity Institutional. Her firm provides access to more than 275,000 domestic and foreign securities. See: Fidelity to provide Wall Street-style access to international investments.
"Fidelity has a robust offering for clearing, custody and family-office clients providing equity trading with access to 46 countries and local settlement in 20 currencies," Birke says.
The 46 countries include Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Singapore, Sweden, Hungary, Ireland, South Korea, Spain, Switzerland, Taiwan, Turkey, the United Kingdom and Venezuela.
The 20 currencies are the U.S., Canadian, Australian, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Singapore dollars, British pound, Czech koruna, Danish krone, Norwegian kroner,Swedish krona, euro, Israeli shekel, Japanese yen, Hungarian forint, Mexican peso, Polish zloty, South African rand, Swiss franc and Turkish lire.
20% in foreign dollars
Another custodian that maintains a strong international offering for advisors is Pershing Advisor Solutions. "We continue to have the most extensive international offering in the business," says its chief executive, Mark Tibergien. He says his firm clears and custodies in nearly 70 foreign markets in foreign ordinaries and multicurrency. Pershing has clients in more than 50 countries and this continues to grow, he added. See: Pershing clarifies how it's the un-Schwab and a far-flung crowd pours in to South Florida.
Tibergien says the company has offices, staff and clients in Canada, Asia, Europe, Latin America and the Middle East. He also points out that 20% of the firm's business is non-dollar.
It's no surprise that Pershing also leverages its parent, the Bank of New York Mellon Corp., with its international business as well as the parent company's offices and capabilities.
"A good example of how our global reach and integration is(demonstrated by) an American advisor who is leveraging Pershing's capabilities in the U.S., Channel Islands, U.K., Israel and mainland Europe to service U.S. expats," Tibergien says.
International exposure matters
One advisory firm that feels international capability is a priority is Levitt Capital Management LLC, which manages $250 million in assets from Boca Raton, Fla. In 2008, the firm switched its custody business from Schwab to State Street. See: Robert Levitt is building a big RIA practice in Florida from France and Indonesia.
Steven Gray, chief operating officer of Levitt, says gaining access to international accounts is extraordinarily important to his firm. "We need access to various countries based on our themes and strategies. We could be in India one month and then … Singapore the next. Depending on our strategies, we need a broad base of access to various countries." See: State Street's semi-secret success in the RIA custody business.
He feels having local currency is important.
"We need that direct local market access. We deal with local brokers and our custodian needs to have that capacity," he adds. Gray points out that it's possible that some 60% or more of his firm's business could be in international accounts.
Gray concedes that Levitt has more of an international strategy than many RIAs, and imagines all RIAs would want at least some such exposure.
"You'd think other advisors would want some exposure outside of the U.S. or in Europe," he says. "You would think advisors would want to diversify their risk."
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But not all advisors have the type of interest in international exposure that Levitt Capital Management does, says Jeff Chiappetta, managing director of institutional trading for TD Ameritrade, who has seen interest from advisors see-saw over the years.
"Several years ago, there was more demand to trade in foreign exchanges," he says. "But a lot of that demand has gone down quite a bit." Chiappetta says, however, that his firm still listens to advisors and is happy to make changes as necessary.
"We'll tweak our offer based on advisors' demand, but right now we don't have much demand," Chiappetta says.
He adds that TD does offer one-on-one support from its dedicated trade desk and that RIAs like having a support staff available since these trades are certainly more complex.
Right now the company allows trading on 30 different countries' exchanges and typically sees larger volumes in countries such as Australia, Canada, France and Germany, Chiappetta says. The trades don't occur in those local currencies. Instead, TD's trade desk experts help oversee a conversion to U.S. dollars. Chiappetta says the number of countries actually changes frequently based on regulatory environments abroad — which often means that the cost structure fluctuates dramatically.
On average, less than 1% of TD's advisors are trading on these foreign exchanges.
"We're certainly seeing investments in foreign securities but we're seeing them through securities that trade on the U.S. markets. We have large and sophisticated advisors on our platform, and some who do trade in foreign markets," Chiappetta adds."The feedback we hear from advisors is what we have works for them. They value our expertise, and we think we're positioned to serve the larger markets. If the advisor's main business is trading global equities, that's not our main purpose. But we do quite well with large advisors who trade in foreign markets."
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FORMER Reserve Bank assistant governor Bob Rankin has testified that he believed explosive bribery allegations would have been reported to the Reserve Bank board of directors and governor Glenn Stevens.
Mr Stevens testified before a parliamentary committee last month he could not remember whether he had been made aware in 2007 of corruption allegations made to his then deputy governor Ric Battellino. Mr Battellino and Mr Stevens have been called to face two more parliamentary committees next week, where it is expected they will be asked again.
In the Melbourne Magistrates court yesterday, during the committal of eight former bank company executives on bribery and false accounting charges, barrister Mandy Fox said Australian Federal Police had not taken statements from directors who sat on the company boards at the time of the alleged offences, between 1999 and 2006.
Magistrate Phillip Goldberg later said: ''I would have thought the Australian Federal Police investigation into the board might have some relevance.'' Ms Fox replied: ''There hasn't been one.''
Dr Rankin was not appointed to the boards of Note Printing and Securency until 2008. Mr Goldberg, addressing the prosecutor's objection to Ms Fox's questioning about which company directors or Reserve Bank executives had given statements to police, said: ''It might be said - I don't know - that there was a bias in the investigation, such that sullies the evidence and the weight to be given to the evidence that's before me because it's in abstract form; that is, not in a complete demonstration of all the material that might otherwise be obtained in a properly conducted investigation … I understand that's the reason why it's being asked.''
Federal police referred evidence of possible corporate malfeasance to the Australian Securities and Investments Commission, but ASIC said in March that it would not investigate.
Dr Rankin said his predecessor as chairman of the companies' boards, former Reserve Bank deputy governor Graeme Thompson, had weekly discussions with Securency executives, agreeing with Ms Fox that Mr Thompson had a ''close interest in the running and workings of Securency and the business they were doing''.
He said when he was the chairman of Note Printing and Securency, he had been required to report to the Reserve Bank board every six months, on financial performance and significant international contracts. He understood Mr Thompson also had this reporting requirement.
But Ms Fox, representing former Securency managing director Myles Curtis, said Mr Thompson had not been asked to give a statement to police. Neither had former Reserve assistant governor Les Austin, who was a Securency and NPA director.
She asked ''would you expect Mr Battellino to make members of the Reserve Bank of Australia board aware of the allegations that are made concerning the activities of their subsidiary Note Printing Australia?''
Dr Rankin said: ''I would expect that to be the case, yes.''
You would expect Mr Battellino to have raised this with Mr Stephens correct? - Yes. Do you know if that was done? - No.
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Each of my cats has a particular way to let me know when she/he wants to go outside. A couple stand by the door and wait for me to notice. One jumps at the door knob. These are things that I am sure of.
Callie is a bit tougher to understand. She jumps on a shelf by my laptop computer and puts her foot on the mini-blinds of the window. I am not always sure if she wants to GO out, or just LOOK out.
I wonder where I can take a course on learning to speak "Meow".


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"The Originals," a backdoor pilot of "The Vampire Diaries," introduced an intriguing New Orleans setting, a charming and dangerous new character, and a pregnancy twist.
Fans and critics gave the series a thumbs-up, and The CW responded by picking it up for the fall.
"The Originals has a lot of promise," TV Line proclaims. Entertainment Weekly loves the new character, Marcel. "Charles Michael Davis totally held his own. He had an energy that filled the screen. I want to see more of him." Liane Bonin Starr of HitFix writes, "This mash-up of new and interesting with oldies-but-goodies sounds like a gumbo worthy of my time."
Just watched last nights Vampire Diaries, I really hope that The Originals gets picked up. I loved it :)— Fix A Heart(@Lovatic_Love114) April 26, 2013
The #VampireDiaries episode last night (which was the backdoor pilot for the spin-off #Originals) was very intriguing and enjoyable.— Simon (@SimonJadis) April 26, 2013
"The Originals" starts out in Mystic Falls, with Elena locked up and desiccating in the Salvatore cell. Damon and Stefan are shocked when Katherine shows up, because she's been running from Klaus for hundreds of years. "Klaus is gone," she says with a shrug. He's left to track down the witch, Jane-Anne, that she warned him about.
In NOLA, Hayley is still searching for information about her family. She meets Jane-Anne, who gives her a map to a remote part of the bayou. As she leaves, Jane-Anne steals a lock of Hayley's hair. Jane-Anne's sister, Sophie, is really worried about what she's planning -- some kind of spell that involves the werewolf. In the bayou, the spell knocks Hayley out cold.
Klaus arrives in the Big Easy and presents himself to Marcel, his fun-loving, charming protégé. Even though Klaus built this town, his father ran him out of it over a hundred years ago. And now Marcel rules it with an iron fist in a velvet glove. He's persuaded the humans to look the other way, chased away the werewolves, and locked down the witches with some kind of secret "thing."
When Klaus reveals why he's back in the city -- to look for Jane-Anne -- Marcel has his minions drag the witch out into the street and holds a showy public "trial." She broke his rules not to do magic -- and she pays the price with her life. Even Klaus looks disturbed by Marcel's murderous pageantry -- and this is superevil Klaus we're talking about!
Still, Klaus really wants to know what Jane-Anne was up to, so he goes looking for her sister, Sophie. She won't talk to him, though, because he's been tailed by two of Marcel's minions. This pisses off Klaus, who warns them not to follow him anymore. When Sophie heads to the basement, the minions come after her, but she's saved by Elijah (swoon!). He asks her what her family wants from his.
Klaus storms into one of Marcel's parties (when isn't he having a good time?) and asks for an explanation. Marcel placates him and mentions that he has something that controls the witches. Or maybe he doesn't -- maybe he's bluffing. They spy a blond bartender walking alone, and Marcel jumps away to flirt with her.
Elijah shows up and draws Klaus away to the cemetery, where Sophie is waiting. She reveals that the witches want to get rid of Marcel, but they need Klaus's help. Right, why should he help them? They bring in Hayley, and Sophie tells him that one of nature's loopholes has left her pregnant -- with Klaus's baby!
Go behind the scenes of the making of "The Originals":
Jane-Anne's spell confirmed the pregnancy but also gave them control over the baby. If he wants it to live, he has to go along with their plan. Klaus hears the baby's heartbeat -- it's real, it's true. But no matter. "Kill her and the baby. What do I care?" he says.
Elijah chases Klaus down and begs him to reconsider. This is their chance to start over, to have the family they always craved. But Klaus still refuses.
He goes to Marcel again, demanding to know what he has over the witches. The protégé turns cold. This is his town now; Klaus may have built it, but he ran away. Because of him, the party never stops and the blood keeps flowing. "What's mine is yours. But it is mine," Marcel says. And anybody who breaks the rules dies.
Infuriated, Klaus bites one of Marcel's minions. He broke a rule, but he cannot be killed. "Who has the power now?"
Out on the street, Klaus comes across a man furiously painting on a canvas. He spies the blond bartender, Camille. She says every artist has a story; this one is angry, lost, and alone. She's describing Klaus himself. He tears up and disappears.
Elijah finds his brother sitting on a bench, looking thoughtful.
"This town was my home once, and in my absence, Marcel has gotten everything I ever wanted: loyalty, family. I made him in my own image, and he has bettered me," Klaus muses. "I want what he has. I want to be king."
Then, he adds with a smile, "Every king needs an heir." The baby will live!
Sophie outlines her plan to Klaus: He needs to become part of Marcel's inner circle and find out if he really has something to control the witches. To do that, Klaus makes peace and heals the minion he bit. He requests Marcel's permission to stay in town for a while.
Back in Mystic Falls, Elijah is trying to persuade Rebekah to join them in New Orleans, but she refuses. "I owe him nothing. I wish him no joy," she says of Klaus. She wants to stay and make her own life here.
Katherine comes in, and says that's a good idea -- one her and Elijah should follow together. She suggest they run away together, but Elijah kisses her on the forehead and tells her goodbye.
In the Salvatore cell, Elena still looks awful when Damon comes in with a bag of blood. Eagerly, she gulps it down -- but it's been vervained. Is she angry, scared, frustrated -- anything? Any emotion?
Nope. She's still Robot Vampire Elena. And if they want to play games, she's in it to win.
What did you think of 'The Originals' as a spinoff? Are you excited to see Klaus take on Marcel in New Orleans?
Watch a preview of the next episode of "Vampire Diaries":
"The Vampire Diaries" airs Thursdays at 8 PM on The CW.


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Using a dress I made previously for Daenerys, minus the belt so that it would have more "flow" - I sculpted the rams horns out of model magic. Krylon paint, aged with browns and blacks, and fresh cracks to accentuate damage and visible marrow. The fawn spikes are actual deer horns mounted to a headband.
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New Years Anti-Resolutions for 2011
by Jeffrey Mann | January 1, 2011 | 6 Comments
For the last two years, I have done blog posts on what I call my anti-resolutions for the year. Many bloggers publish their predictions, personal resolutions and highlights around the end of the year. So I won't. If lots of people do something, that usually is a good enough reason for me not do it.
Instead, I want to talk about my anti-resolutions for 2011.They are "anti" in a couple different ways. The main one is that these are not things that I intend to do, but are hopes and polite suggestions about other people. That is much easier, and an idea that seems to be catching on.This is also what analysts usually do; we rarely do stuff, but we comment a lot on what other people or organizations should do or have done.
Most of the resolutions are also "anti" because they describe something that I hope won't happen rather than new things that should happen. I am generally not a negative person, but there's a lot of undesirable activity going on out there. After reading this, please stop it. Thank you.
- Stop saying things are dead.
I thought that I dealt with this in a blog post last year, but it seems some people weren't listening. Every week I read somewhere that Twitter is dead; Facebook is dead; Hyves is dead. Secrets are dead. About the only thing that can really be read from one of these pronouncements is that whatever is being discussed is most certainly not dead.
Concepts in the social media space rarely ever die. They get less popular, fade from attention, morph into something else; but rarely die altogether. Even if they do, it is tedious to talk about how something that most people think is popular is actually dead. If it were really dead, then no one would be talking about it anymore, now would they? It's as if bloggers get extra points for being the first to jump on the coffin. I find it unseemly, as well as boring.
- Please don't keep saying that microblogging is about telling everyone what you just ate.
I see this over and over again, that Twitter is full of narcissists broadcasting what they ate for lunch. This particular dig is usually a pretty good indicator that whoever says it does not use Twitter very much.
I cannot recall the last time I read about what someone ate for lunch on Twitter. I am sure that it happens, but if that is all someone tweets about, then they would be boring and no one would follow them. That is one of the best things about Twitter when compared to real life: it is pretty easy to avoid the boring bits. I don't see those tweets because I ignore the people that I find boring. You should too.
- Stop assuming that everyone wants to use social media.
I have read several books and seen many presentations that enthusiastically proclaim how there is a huge pent-up demand for social media, that everyone is just panting to share, comment, tag and link.
It just ain't so.
The biggest issue I see enterprises struggling with is convincing people to use these new facilities. They expected that once the facilities were made available, all users would grab them and run with them. Instead, they find that most people never try it, and a few kick at the edges a few times before going back to what they were doing. That's because what they were doing is what they call "their jobs." If it is not made clear how social media will make individuals' lives and jobs easier and more pleasant, they won't bother. Aside from the relative few who see this immediately, most people need a bit more guidance and cajoling. That's the hard job in front of every social media proponent who wants to scale their projects beyond the pioneering Happy Few.
- Stop assuming that social media will change everything.
Too many social media proponents breathlessly state that nothing will be the same after the social media maelstrom passes over us; that the way we work, play, and interact will fundamentally change, that all of our processes and work patterns will be unrecognizable.
Ho hum. Heard that before about so many things. Didn't happen then, won't happen now.
Don't get me wrong. I love how social media has changed how I work, and love talking about how it can improve processes, and the way people work. But it won't change everything. Nor should it; it doesn't need to. Quite a bit better or even a little bit easier is certainly enough.
- Don't think that your biggest challenge is to get your chief executive to write a blog
Eager social software organizers often feel that if they can only get the CEO to blog regularly, then everything else will fall into place. Top-level validation and executive buy-in certainly can help, but if a senior executive needs to be convinced to blog, he or she probably won't be very good at it. With a great deal of work, it is possible to learn to blog effectively, but it's difficult to get your boss's boss's boss to do this. It's usually better to get someone lower in the organization who is attracted to blogging and more likely to be good at it.
- If you leave me a voice mail, tell me what you want.
I know I will be having a bad day when I receive a voice mail that says something like "Hi. This is Mphrlwysiz Affmrrhl. Can you call me back when you get a chance?"
I am pretty sure that their name is not actually Mphrlwysiz Affmrrhl, but something phonetically similar. Now I have to figure out how to get back to them, and what they want. Since I am often calling while juggling luggage on the way to the airport, it could take several calls back and forth before this interaction gets completed.
I live my professional life by email. It is great at conveying information, and handling the request right away. With mobile email, I can do this on the fly as well. I understand, however, that some people prefer to talk to other people, to make contact, explain the context. Fine. Just tell me what you want though, so that we don't have to bounce back and forth too long.
- "Lose" and "loose" are different words with different meanings. Do not mix them up.
Look them up if you have to: Lose and Loose
- Don't leave obvious, essential features out of your product.
With my Blackberry, I had to choose between wifi and a camera. The iPad ships without a camera, on a device which is perfect for video conferencing. The rims for my snow tires don't come with hub caps, so the salt corrodes them. Every device needs its own specific power cord and connector, and they never include extras.
These features are all so obviously desirable, why leave them out? I know what you will say "To get us to buy expensive 'accessories' and the next version when it comes out." But it ticks me off. Please stop it.
- Stop saying that something New is no different from something Old.
I have heard it before. Email is not that different from a fax. Mainframes had email and instant messaging decades ago. You could buy stuff to be delivered from a catalog long before you could do so from an e-commerce Web site. A wiki isn't that different from a Word document with revision tracking on.
Sometimes these observations are correct. But who cares? The truth is that e-commerce is creating millions of new businesses, and changing the way that people buy, no matter who did it first. Email shapes the way we work to an extent that faxes or telexes never came close to achieving. Tracing the roots of a supposedly "new" development can be interesting. Unexpected similarities can expose different ways of looking at new developments. But if the goal is to squash the new thing back into a corner where it can be safely ignored, please don't.
- No one should "Reply all" to more than ten people.
Yeah, that would be nice. I live in hope.
I guess I must be grumpy this year, since I made it back to 10 anti-resolutions. Last year, I only could think of seven. Grumpy is no way to start out the new year, however. I certainly don't feel that way as I start into 2011. I think it's going to be a great year, although it could always be a bit better.
Happy New Year, everyone!
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As always — one of my favorite annual columns. Ibid! Ibid! Ibid!
[…] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Jeremiah Owyang, Manan Kakkar, Jeff Mann, M Woo, Nick Selby and others. Nick Selby said: RT @jeffmann: Anti-resolutions for the new year http://bit.ly/fI5jvF <Stunned to agree with at least 3 (lose!=loose dammit) […]
One more for your voice mail section … Don't leave me a voice mail to tell me that you sent me an email. Pick a communication channel and be done with it … loved the rest of the list!
Here's one more.
Stop creating product marketing that doesn't tell me what your product is. This is especially true for software companies in the storage space. If your product is a box that sits in the data path and does X, Y and Z to a data stream then tell me that.
We all know that people don't buy features, they buy benefits – but you can't explain WHAT something is by listing its benefits.
Happy New Year from Storage Switzerland
I think it's still too early for # 3 & 4! Especially with the comment about tweets.
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Can politicians help Haass deliver a surprise result?
August after August, the promise is held out that the marching season next year will be different, but to date it never has been. Northern Ireland is still a godsend to the 24-hour news channels, struggling to fill their bulletins when the Western world goes on vacation.
Perhaps it was simply too confusing to explain, but my impression is that recent events were reported unduly superficially on the national and international news.
Of course, the news that 56 police officers were injured in the centre of a city cannot be ignored. However, if anyone wanted an example of bad news getting more prominence, the sharply contrasting atmosphere in Belfast and Londonderry provided it.
The battles on Belfast streets grabbed the headlines, yet the equally significant peacefulness of the Apprentice Boys march through Derry did not rate even a mention on some of the programmes I watched. This was all the more surprising given that the Troubles really kicked off in Derry after the 1969 march. The week-long Relief of Derry events culminating in an orderly parade of thousands of unionists through a nationalist-dominated city should surely have proved more newsworthy than it did.
The world's media can still set the time when Northern Ireland's midsummer madness begins. Sadly, another summer of discontent has reinforced the old "riot-torn" cliche. The damage cannot be undone. We will never know how many viewers will now be having second thoughts about holidaying, working, or investing in Belfast.
Meanwhile, from faraway Florida, First Minister Peter Robinson has sent his letter to the DUP faithful, slamming shut the last H-block cell door and consigning what is left of the infamous prison to an oblivious future.
The battle for the hearts and minds of the unionist electorate is hotting up. The more one looks at the political machinations among the Stormont parties, the more one sees another divisive election looming in 2014, with more to follow in succeeding years.
As a consequence, the task facing US diplomat Dr Richard Haass is turning more challenging and complex by the week. If he manages to find a way through the political maze of flags, emblems, parades and dealing with the past by the New Year, he will deserve a Nobel peace prize in his own right.
Even from Florida, the First Minister could see the writing on the wall at the Maze. It spelt disaster for his party, because so many mainstream unionists were at odds with his original views and outraged at the idea of the hospital where IRA hunger strikers died becoming the centrepiece tourist attraction on the Maze development site.
For once, the DUP was outflanked by the Ulster Unionists, whose leader, Mike Nesbitt, distanced himself from the Maze plan long before Peter Robinson produced his 12-page letter from American retreat last week.
The unionist quest is to regain the votes of an increasingly apathetic and disillusioned electorate, which feels that Sinn Fein is getting away with too much.
Fringe parties are also biting at the heels of the DUP and Ulster Unionists. One-man-band he may be, but TUV leader Jim Allister has shown a capacity to eclipse and embarrass both at Stormont.
Progressive Unionist voices are also more prominent over the issue of flags and parades. The loyalist paramilitaries have not gone away in urban Ulster.
Victims's groups are raising concerns at what they see as the glorification of terrorism. Nor can the unionist leadership ignore the powerful Orange Order lobby – even though the organisation has no formal political links anymore.
Mr Robinson's letter from America reflects the pressure on unionist leaders to challenge more stridently republican dogma and the cultural agenda of Sinn Fein.
The hardening attitudes could not come at a worse time for Dr Haass. Tough positions are being taken up – and not just because of his pending presence. The main unionist parties believe the way to win over apathetic hearts and minds is to avoid being seen as soft on their opponents.
The timespan for Dr Haass's deliberations seems desperately short to resolve so many deeply contentious views. Perhaps he can take heart from the incredible performance of the national football team against Russia and hope Northern Ireland's politicians can produce another surprise result?
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