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The parent company for Georgia Bank & Trust is reinstating its quarterly dividend payments, which were suspended during the recession.
Southeastern Bank Financial Corp.'s board of directors on Wednesday voted to offer again a 13-cent dividend each quarter for shareholders.
The next payment will be made May 17 for shareholders of record on May 6.
"After the economic downturn, we maintained a conservative and prudent approach to the accumulation and protection of additional capital to insulate our balance sheet and better position us for the long term. Given our steady growth and profitability over the past year, we now feel comfortable in returning the dividend to historical levels and rewarding our shareholders for their loyalty and support," said R. Daniel Blanton, president and chief executive officer.
Dividend payments were suspended in the second quarter of 2009. The bank first started offering dividends in 2006.
Southeastern Financial has nine Augusta-area offices, as Georgia Bank & Trust, and three in Aiken County, operating as Southern Bank & Trust, and one limited-service loan production office in Athens, Ga.


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I've been having some issues with a bit of bitterness the last couple of times I've prepared this matcha, which is really weird because I've been doing everything exactly the same. When I figure out the issue, I'll post an update.
By the way, I got a nice tea thermometer for Christmas, so now I can get more accurate temperatures. I thought I had been steeping this at about 180 F, but it turns out it's more like 170 or 165. So much for Den's Tea's method of cooling in 20-degree increments by pouring the water into a cup before adding it to the tea in the bowl I use for matcha. Maybe I need thinner cups or something.
I've finally rated this tea. I love it thick and extra frothy. As I mentioned in my previous note, it's a little clumpy, though, like there's a bit too much moisture in it. That's my only qualm, and I'll likely reorder when I'm done the package, which will probably be fairly soon at the rate I'm going through it. I'm finding I'm craving matcha now.
I just received three different matchas from Got Matcha as part of a deal they were offering through Kijiji. This is the first one I've opened and tried. I think I'm going to try it a couple more times before rating it, but I like it more than Matcha Kaze from Den's Tea (my only other matcha experience so far).
The powder is a light green, which I'm told is a good thing (less oxidation). It froths up much easier than the Matcha Kaze, and it seems to have a brighter, crisper flavour. It's also sweeter—more what I imagined a matcha would be like from descriptions I'd read. The powder is quite clumpy, though, so sifting is a must. I'm also liking two chashaku scoops better than one in approximately 3 to 4 ounces of water.
The amount of match used during a formal ceremony is enormous, but, given what good matcha costs it is often difficult to bite the bullet and follow suit.
Clumping? Sounds like a humidity control problem — not good for tea. Maybe put some paper towel into the container and then remove it in a day and see if that pulls out some of that moisture before it ruins the powder.
Thanks for the suggestion, Jim. I was thinking it might be humidity too, and I was concerned when the info package said to store it in the fridge (that would probably cause condensation and make it worse). Fortunately it's very dry where I live, so humidity in the air shouldn't exacerbate it. I'll try sticking a bit of paper towel in it, and we'll see what happens.

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Struggling farmers welcome early payments
The Pastoralists and Graziers Association (PGA) of WA has welcomed a move to fast-track support payments for struggling farmers.
Yesterday the State Government announced some farmers who are eligible for a $25,000 payment will receive the money next week, rather than in July when applications close.
Only 77 farm businesses have applied for funding so far.
The PGA president Rob Gillam says he expects most farmers will use the grants to pay down interest on loans made under the Federal Government's $60 million assistance package.
"The $60 million actually includes the loan amounts, whereas the state one is actually a grant of 25,000, that's part of the package and that grant of 25,000 will go a long way towards subsidising a fairly substantial amount of interest for people," he said.
"These grants are only going to be eligible to people who there is light at the end of the tunnel for. You know, they're not providing finance here for people who have got no hope of continuing on so it's for those who can plant a crop at this stage but are still in a parlous position."
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This is a thread to rant about what you want to do in your garden, but know will never happen because it can't.
My stupid garden wish is: To either grow iceburg lettuce in the summer or grow tomatoes in the spring or fall, so I can pick both at the same time to add to my lunchtime sandwich!
Stupid garden wishes
This is a thread to rant about what you want to do in your garden, but know will never happen because it can't.
I wish I had no slugs.
I wish we got rain in the summer.
I wish I had never let the dog see that food comes off plants.
I wish Debby had made a visit to Austin, Texas instead of Florida.
I wish we didn't have the record 109* all-time June temperature yesterday.
I wish we didn't have another record temperature today at 106*.
I wish the birds didn't devour about 20 pounds of my tomatoes.
I wish I had venison in my freezer AND okra in my garden (alas I have neither lol)
I wish we weren't going to set an all time record of 105* this weekend (that's 112 with the heat index)
Kev ...i thought debby was somewhere closer to DFW ..but that was a long time ago *grin*
I wish my new garden was about 4 years old, instead of 4 months old. By then, I would have had a chance to improve this crappy soil that I have with lots more manure & compost. It's going to be a long process, but the end results will be great.
I wish I had an ironclad way of keeping these *$# poisonous snakes out of my yard and garden (found another one last night--almost stepped on it).
I wish Debbie's little sister would come this way.
I wish I could get rid of all this bahia.
I wish the neighbors' dogs would stay home!
I wish I had figured out sooner who Debbie was...
I wish the roaming cats would stay out of my yard...
I wish I had all the raised beds built and in place and filled with wonderful crumbly stuff!
I wish for the day I stop wishing, look around, and see that I've made it all happen!
I wish for whirled peas...ANY peas!!!
I wish I could have blown Debby from my yard to my son's home in Colorado Springs. Oh how I wished.
I wish I could garden in the soil here, can't due to rental house, but I can in grow bags.....
I wish for no more lania or inside house visits from snakes.
I would like at least one year of NO cats in the flower beds and NO deer in the garden. A year of normal rainfall would also be nice although I seem to forget what that would be. I do have a lot of venison in the freezer but could make room for more...hmmmm. Anyone have a silencer ? lol Dan
uh, cut a piece of metal...er, pipe, and, uh....oh, oh...
Love the responses!
More, please!
Fun thread Bee......
I wish the former owner had not planted bermuda grass
I wish the former owner had not planted cat claw
I may soon wish I had not planted incense passion vine
I wish my cat would use the litter box more often than my garden
I wish I had the climate I enjoyed in northern California but with Arizona real estate prices.
I wish I was better at appreciating all I've done already!!
A good wish, but for another website....LOL...
I wish:
1) I had never planted hout-however-it's-spelled or tradescentia.
2) I could finally get rid of the thistles in one area (or get a new pool and give up on that area as garden).
3) I had more time.
4) It was not so bloody hot!
We had gotten new dogs after ours died, so that the Canada geese were not now our largest 'flock.'
I wish I had fewer slugs.
I wish winter would just TURN INTO SUMMER instead of spending February through June making up its mind.
I wish summer got warm enough for tomatoes to grow, about 2 mionths earlier.
I wish I had enough sunny spots to grow more than 2 tomato plants.
I wish it stayed warm enough for them to ripen tasty about two months longer.
I wish the local sewage plant dried and bagged its Class A biosolids instead of GIVING them to Cedar grove so it could charge me $$$$.
I wish that new neighbor had not moved in, killed everything in her yard, and made me MOVE MY PERENNIAL BED.
1) I wish snap peas and lettuce were heat-resistant.
2) I wish rabbits were allergic to bean plants.
3) I wish cabbage loopers actually ate trumpet creeper.
4) I wish the new neighbors would have plans to cut down the big maple tree in their backyard, the one that hangs over my roof and drops branches on my hard, the one that floods my yard with seeds every spring, the one that shades too much of my summer garden area, the one that has a big nest of bees in the hollow trunk that won't leave me alone when I work on my pond... oh wait, that one might actually be coming true!
I had four trees cut down last year in my yard, to make way for my veggie garden. I, too, had the "neighbor's tree from hell!" It was a mulberry TREE that hung mostly on my side, threatening to fall on my roof. It had wonderful fruit, and stayed full of GRACKLES. Imagine the grackle cackle all summer long! Any fruit they didn't get ended up in my side yard, sprouting trees...
Well, since the owner was refurbing this Section 8 property in anticipation of selling it last December, and since it WAS vacant while they were doing the work, and, since my hurricane Ike fence still hadn't been put up yet, and the fence on that side of the property was wide open, and, since no one was home the day my tree man came, I HAD IT CUT DOWN...
Since the fence was also down on the back side where my other neighbor's trash tree was definitely blocking the sun from shining on the targeted spot for what is now Raised Bed #1, I HAD THAT ONE CUT DOWN, TOO (except, he was home and didn't care since I was paying for it...)...
A girl's gotta do what a girl's gotta do...
1) I wish my neighbor would cut down at least half their 30, 150 ft. Pine trees that are jammed into a 1,500 sq. ft. area. It's absolutely ridiculous. I could double my production if they weren't there.
2) I wish the same neighbor would spray his whiteflies, instead of me having to sneak into his yard.
3) I wish June Gloom would stay only in June. Instead we now have "May Gray" and "No Sky July". This complaint, has been answered this year :)
4) I wish gophers weren't so cute lol My heart sinks every time I have to dispose of one. But there's just too many around. I have talked myself into thinking it's population control.
5) I wish I didn't spend a small fortune on grass a few years back.
6) I wish Hornworms only ate leaves. Too cool looking to kill.
7) I wish I'd have been gardening my whole life.
You misnamed this thread! These garden wishes are wonderful, wonderful, wonderful!
You should know better... Measure twice, cut once, sand or file down to fit...LOL....
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@Rick Corey:
What did your (new) neighbor do to kill Everything?
Our neighbor of many years likes to hyper-fertilize his lawn so that they have vast burnt-out spots and we (downhill) have to flush our poor willows to keep them alive. Naturally, we no longer have fish in our pond. :-(
Mostly, hired people to come in and chop.
She paid someone to cut down and uproot an azelea just going into bloom!
She not only killed everything living, but the single, small, living spot of good soil she had must have bothered her. She went out and bought huge HEAVY ceramic pots (25-30 gallons?) and sat them down on TOP of her only soil so that it would be compressed and shaded and generally subjugated. She must be Borg!
In the case of two nice big pine trees, she paid people to climb them, saw, grind and haul. It must have cost hundreds! Maybe a thousand bucks, I don't know, it ewas a three man team with a lot of big hardware and, probably, insurance and licenses piled higher and deeper.
Their truck kind of blocked me in when I had to go to work, but I said I could wait if I couldn't squeeze my car around it. Chatted, asked if I could keep the chips for mulching and compost and they said sure.
The Dear Neighbor must have come home between then and the time they were done. She didn't let them give away the wood chips, she made them haul all of them away.
>> hyper-fertilize
I'm not the most Organic guy in the world, and I'm not timid about chemicals, but it is a no-brainer that excess anyhing is toxic! Even water. Or oxygen. It truly takes ALL kinds.
RickCorey_WA now not to let you have the wood chips is down right mean, may a pox come to her.... Seriously, she doesn't sound like she is playing with a full deck.
>> down right mean
>> Seriously, she doesn't sound like she is playing with a full deck.
The second one, I was sure of pretty early on. That by itself need not be a deterent to a beautiful friendship!
But I soon learned the first truth. EXCATLY what her problem is, I still am not sure, but it has to have several of these elements in greater or lesser degree:
- wants total control of all living things and considers "dead" a form of "neat" *
- reduced her husband to a shambling zombie
- picks fights and delights in saying rtidiculuous or contradictory things and gettin g away with it
- wants to look ritzy to her friends - in a manufactured home park! In an old, small one at that!
- called herself a gardener, but only kills things, and wnats to hire a "consultant" to make sure her Square Foot garden is disciplined and contorlled and "neat enough
The more help a man has in his garden,
the less it belongs to him.
- William M. Davies
* "dead" = "neat" reminds me of the classic ToS Star Trek episode "A Piece of the Action".
"I like a cooperative man.
Ain't no one as cooperartive as a dead man!"
I wish I had all the self energy to accomplish everything I ever wanted to get done
I wish I had most of what I would have from wish#1
I wish I could stop witting about what everything would look like if it was all finished.
I wish I could stop talking with myself while I'm gardening.(about things other than what I'm doing)
I wish I could could stop thinking to myself about wishing for things.(that aren't likely to happen anyway)
I wish I could concentrate better when things matter
I wish I could Git Er Done! like Gymgirl and the tree project!!
Wow. Just. Wow.
"The more help a man (woman) has in his (her) garden, the less it belongs to him (her)".
AMEN! I wish more people around where I live realized this.
I wish I had made my garden bigger.
I wish that out of a hundred empty lots in this neighborhood, the people wouldn't have bought the one RIGHT BESIDE OF ME!!!
I wish the deer and the rabbits could leave my plants alone!
RickCorey, sound like one of my former neighbors moved in next to you! Or her twin sister.....
>> , sound like one of my former neighbors moved in next to you!
I was thinking of researching where she came form (what planet?). I wondered if any past neighbors had gotten restraining orders. I know that I've been wishing for a muzzle!
(Whatever became of my tolerant and understanding nature, such as it was?
Gone to seed, maybe, or covered by weeds.)
My previous neighbors just sapped tolerance and understanding right out of me.
There's my additional stupid garden wish: I wish the tolerance and understanding I used to have would return to me. As soon as the current (2) neighbors learn to keep their own dogs home!
Wow! This is fun to read!
What would I wish for.
Not to have to work to pay for what I want.
Time to get it all done.
The youth and knowledge to do it now. So many years wasted when I was younger.
That should do for a start!
I love this thread!
Here's my 3 wishes (rubbing the buddha's belly).
I wish stink bugs, thripes, white flies, slugs (shudder), and tomato diseases didn't exist....sigh
I wish the weather I remember from 35 years ago was the same today (it was 85F in the shade at 9am this morning). I think I would be enjoying my garden instead of dreading the work.
I wish my dh was not in southern Afghanistan... he could be 'cooking' here in our garden instead of the desert with the giant camel spiders.
I wish your dh could be home, too. No political comment at all--no string attached, just wish they were all home--safe and sound and with their loved ones--for the Fourth!
I wish my dh was not in southern Afghanistan
wish they were all home--safe and sound and with their loved ones
Amen to that sisters!
I wish the deer would stop eating my beautiful tomatoes and beans.
I wish, instead of three months without rain then continual rains, it would be more evenly divided.
Well that last wish for a rain barrel can come true!
I wish someone else could do the watering for me!
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Feb. 15 – The global demand for aircraft is expected to balloon over the next two decades, according to forecasts made by major industry player, Boeing. The U.S. aerospace giant predicts global airlines will require 33,500 new aircraft worth about US$4 trillion by 2030 – 60 percent of which will be to feed market growth.
The Asia-Pacific region is expected to account for some 35 percent of these orders, according to Boeing's Vice President for Commercial Planes Randy Tinseth. He also said Boeing's response will include plans to increase production and possibly introduce a larger version of its new 787 Dreamliner.
China is expected to be a high-growth aviation market, accounting for about 42 percent to 43 percent of Asia's projected new-aircraft demand for the next two decades.
"We've seen a great deal of focus in China on wide-body and freight aircraft," said Tinseth.
However, it is thought that Southeast Asia will be the Asia-Pacific region to lead growth in global demand for new aircrafts with projections of orders worth US$1.5 trillion through to 2030.
"The region's economic growth, expanding at least 5 percent to 6 percent a year over the next 20 years, and the proliferation of low-cost carriers will drive demand for new airplanes," said Ralph Boyce, president of Boeing Southeast Asia. "The Philippines is still quiet, but Vietnam's importance is growing, with Vietnam Airlines becoming the second-largest carrier in this part of Asia in the not-so-distant future."
Boeing's sale of 230 single-aisle 737s to Lion Air, Indonesia's biggest private carrier, demonstrates the country's position as a major aircraft market.
Meanwhile, in Thailand, Boeing hopes to secure more orders from Thai Airlines under the second phase of an acquisition plan now being finalized, according to Boyce. The Thai flag carrier's fleet is split almost evenly between Boeing and Airbus, who together dominate the market. However, it is thought that there is still room for more competitors.
"Over the next 20 years, we see demand for almost 24,000 single-aisle airplanes and the market is about US$2 trillion. It's a space that's big enough for us and Airbus to grow, and probably big enough for one or more new competitors to be successful as well," Tinseth said.
Tinseth acknowledged the rise of competitors like Canada's Bombardier, the Commercial Aircraft Corp. of China (Comac), and Russian manufacturers, but said Boeing will continue reducing costs to maintain its advantage.
Although state-owned Comac has struggled, Tinseth is confident that it will be successful.
"The question is when, and whether Comac's first [narrow-body aircraft] will be a challenge to Boeing and Airbus," Tinseth said.
However, despite the market's potential for massive growth, it is thought long-haul, budget airlines will continue to struggle in Asia as they have in Europe. Malaysia's low-cost long-haul carrier AirAsia X, a unit of AirAsia (Southeast Asia's biggest budget airline by fleet size), recently said it will end flights to Europe and India by the end of March because of slow demand and higher fuel and tariff costs.
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January 31, 2007
Hybrid Technologies to Launch EV Distributor Network
Hybrid Technologies will introduce its new dealer/distributor network at the upcoming New York Auto Show.
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ADM to Build European R&D Center in Germany
Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) will build a European research and development center in Hamburg, Germany. The facility will explore new food and oleochemical technologies, as well as drive improvement and process efficiencies for existing technologies.
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Kanataka Bus Fleet Switching to Ethanol-Diesel Blend
The Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) of the State of Karnataka in India is currently switching the first 2,500 buses of its 5,162 bus fleet to O2Diesel, an ethanol-diesel blend comprising 7.7% ethanol and 0.5% of O2Diesel's proprietary fuel additive technology. The decision came after a successful trial of the fuel.
The remaining 2,662 buses of the fleet will be switched by the fourth quarter of 2007. This will represent the single largest ethanol-diesel fleet in the world, using approximately 120,000,000 liters of O2Diesel per year.
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ARES and Blue Sun Biodiesel in Joint Venture
ARES Corporation (ARES), an engineering and project management company, and Blue Sun Biodiesel have formed a 50-50 joint venture: ARES Blue Sun Development, LLC (ARES Blue Sun).
ARES Blue Sun will combine the engineering expertise of ARES Corporation with the fuel and oilseed technology of Blue Sun Biodiesel to collaborate on improvements in biodiesel process technology, as well as to build biodiesel (B100) production facilities throughout North America.
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Gasoline Demand in Japan Drops In 2006 For 1st Time In 32 Yrs
Demand for motor gasoline in Japan declined 0.9% (as measured by calendar year shipments minus end of year inventory) to 60 million kiloliters (15.9 billion gallons US) in 2006—the first year-on-year drop in 32 years—according to data released Wednesday by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry.
Within the total, demand for premium gasoline fell even more sharply, dropping 5.6% year on year to 10.1 million kiloliters (2.7 billion gallons US). Demand for diesel rose 0.1% to 40.2 million kiloliters (10.6 billion gallons).
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Pirelli Ambiente and LiqTech to Research New SiC Diesel Particulate Filters
Pirelli Ambiente, a company within the Pirelli & C. Group, and LiqTech A/S, a Danish company with long experience in silicon carbide (SiC) filters for the retrofit market, are initiating a joint research project to improve the performance of SiC Diesel Particulate Filters.
Results from the research will belong to both companies. Pirelli Ambiente will have exclusive rights in Europe, Russia, the former Soviet Republics, Brazil and China. LiqTech will have exclusive rights in the US, Mexico, Canada, South Korea, India and Japan.
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Oklahoma Governor Proposes Bioenergy Center
Oklahoma Governor Brad Henry has proposed that the state spend $40 million over a four-year period to create an Oklahoma Bioenergy Center (OBC) to focus on bioenergy research, development and education.
Biofuels research supported by the OBC would include development of feedstocks (primarily cellulosic biomass), collection and transportation, conversion technologies and distribution. Because the center would provide a particular boost for the state's rural and agricultural economy, it would also feature an education component to help interested farmers and ranchers make the transition to energy crops and adopt best management practices.
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European Commission Proposes Lower Carbon Fuel Standards
The European Commission today proposed new standards for transport fuels that, among other measures, require suppliers to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions caused by the production, transport and use of their fuels by 10% between 2011 and 2020.
This life-cycle based approach to lower carbon fuels echoes the new California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) ordered by Governor Schwarzenegger that also requires, as an initial goal, a 10% reduction in the greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) intensity of all passenger vehicle fuels sold in California by 2020. (Earlier post.)
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Chaoyang to build CNG stations for Taxis
Chaoyang Liaohe Oilfield Natural Gas Co., Ltd. plans to build CNG stations in Chengnan, Chengbei and Hedong (China), in a bid to meet the fueling demands of up to 3,000 taxicabs.
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Bosch Acquires Geothermal Heat Pump Company
Bosch has acquired FHP Manufacturing as a part of its strategy to strengthen its Thermotechnology division and gain better access to the rapidly growing US market for electric geothermal heat pumps. FHP is Bosch's second acquisition in the field of electric heat pumps, following the acquisition of the Swedish IVT Industrier AB in January 2005.
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Here is my mantra: Don't just pin it and forget it.
So I'm going to tell you how to do housework on your Pinterest Boards.
I've got, I don't know, 180 Boards or so. I have them alphabetized because I'm a bit anal like that. Sure makes it easier to find a board though!
So now I'm working on my boards, setting aside some time each day to deleting old pins that aren't being repinned. Because you don't want to keep duds on there.
You want to show the best of the best! The ones that get repinned the most.
So what to do first? Open up each board and click on each photo. See how many times it has been repinned, which is right there at the top next to Pin It.
I set an arbitrary number for myself. If a photo has been pinned in the single digits, it gets deleted. If it's been pinned in the double digits, it stays. Occasionally I make allowances. But rarely.
Yeah, it's tedious, but worth it in the long run.
To keep from being bored, I play a little game with myself. I try to guess if a photo has been pinned a lot or a little before I click on it.
Sometimes I'm REALLY surprised. Like one I guessed was pinned under ten times was actually pinned 545 times!
And then one I really thought was extra special gets pinned 2 times. And so it gets deleted.
You just never know.
Think of it like decluttering your home. Instead, you're decluttering your Pinterest Boards.
Oh, and be VERY careful about deleting entire Boards. I deleted a Board one day and lost about 10,000 Followers. Just wasn't thinking!
Here's something else. In the beginning, I wanted to put "cutesy" names on my boards. Like for bedrooms, I had "Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep."
What's wrong with that?
No one on earth is going to Pinterest search and typing in: "Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep."
So I've gone in and made everything obvious. That Board is now just Bedrooms.
Cozy Kitchens became merely Kitchens.
You want to think of what people will be searching for, and make it as easy as possible for them. Which means there's far more likelihood your boards and pins will come up in their search.
And something else I've learned, it really is true what they say: Vertical and tall pins get repinned A LOT more than horizontal pins as I'm doing housework on my Boards.
Folks, Pinterest is big. And it can bring you a lot of traffic. I get well over 2 million monthly views on Pinterest. That breaks down to around 52,000 daily impressions.
Occasionally change the cover photo on your boards.
Pin regularly. And not just your own stuff. Make it a habit to pin from other places.
When posting your photos, make sure more are vertical rather than horizontal. And when pinning, use the same strategy.
Go in and delete pins that aren't getting repinned. Do a little housework and decluttering.
Keep a watch on your Pinterest Analytics so you'll know what kind of posts are popular. Then you know what readers really want.
So keep your Pinterest Boards visually nice and tidy and it will be the gift that keeps on giving.
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Yemen has seen great changes in the past two years: Human rights officialListen /
Yemen has seen great changes in the past two years, according to the Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights Flavia Pansieri.
She said it was a difficult time but also a time for people to come together in an innovative way through the National Dialogue, which aims to find a solution through dialogue to the country's many challenges.
Ms. Pansieri noted that the ongoing political transition in Yemen is clearly at a critical juncture and the National Dialogue Conference is a welcome initiative.
However, the Deputy human rights chief said little progress has been made on a draft law on transitional justice and national reconciliation.
She also regretted that the appointment of the members of the Commission of Inquiry into the 2011 events is still pending.
And, the capacity of the judiciary to be free, independent and fair has been put to the test in the past years.
Ms. Pansieri noted that significant challenges have also been recorded with regard to the juvenile penal system, namely on the execution of minors charged with murder.
She says the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights' position remains that the death penalty should be abolished.
The deputy high commissioner said the road ahead is still a steep one. The future of Yemen cannot be built on impunity for past violations whenever and wherever they occurred.
And she urged an extra effort by the President and his Government to ensure that human rights are not sacrificed for the sake of political expediency.
Donn Bobb, United Nations.
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Now in paperback, the widely acclaimed collection of one hundred poems of extraordinarily elegant simplicity by one of the best-selling poets in Russia, whose presence on the American poetry scene is increasingly strong.
Pavlova writes about love (both sexual love and the love that reaches beyond sex); about motherhood; about the memories of childhood that continue to feed us; about our lives as passionate souls abroad in the world. Sensitively translated by her husband, Steven Seymour, Pavlova's poems are highly disciplined miniatures (-I broke your heart. / Now barefoot I tread / on shards---a whole poem in ten words). Pavlova is a poet who storms our hearts with pure talent and a seemingly effortless gift for shaping poems.
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VERA PAVLOVA is the author of fifteen collections of poetry, and the librettos to five operas and four cantatas. Her poems have been translated into twenty-one languages, and she has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the Apollon Grigoriev Grand Prize (2001). Her poetry has appeared in several U.S. publications, including The New Yorker and Tin House. If There Is Something to Desire is Pavlova's first collection in English.


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Report: BYU had mock independent football schedule for 2011
Naval VetAug. 21, 2010 11:03 p.m.
As an independent, ybU would be forced to accept the same "BCS entry" standards as Army and Navy. And that is that they must finish in the Top-2 of the BCS standings to qualify.
One loss and the tdS is out of contention.
And with that "Murderer's Row" of NM State, Utah State, and San Jose State....well, I think it's safe to say...
For the record, I REALLY do hope ybU gets the approval to declare their independence from the MWC. Watching them circling the drain has been fantastic. Watching them go DOWN the drain will be priceless.
MiPAug. 21, 2010 9:24 a.m.
It's pretty easy to "mock" that schedule....
VegasUteAug. 21, 2010 1:36 a.m.
Maybe the zoo can come up with a mock BCS bowl game!
Go Utes! Utah smelling like roses!
CougarOnTheProwlAug. 20, 2010 10:30 p.m.
BleedAggieBlue | 7:31 p.m. Aug. 20, 2010
There is a song by little texas called what might have been. I see BYU staying in the MWC for the time being while marketing itself to other more prestigious conferences. BYU does not have the talent to compete with the big name schools. They are an above average team that has a cream puff schedule for most of their conference play!
This coming from an Aggies fan, hey maybe the aggies can break even this year. That would be like a national championship to Aggie land.
slsAug. 20, 2010 10:27 p.m.
BYU has taken great steps towards increasing visibility. The first step has to be leaving the MWC with its podunk tv network. BYU doesn't need an Oct-Nov schedule with powerful teams if they can do like last year and beat a top team early in the year. Then they need to follow it with an unbeaten season. It's really worse to have to play TCU late in the season.
jp3Aug. 20, 2010 10:10 p.m.
BYU likes to think it's "different" from all other schools--their morals, their work ethic, the way they run their athletic program. In reality, they're just like everyone else--self-interested inchworms who don't have a shred of integrity--welcome to the rest of the world, BYU!
cougsrockAug. 20, 2010 8:44 p.m.
AggieBLue anaylsis coming from a school that couldn't compete in a 6 team league of girl scouts.
BleedAggieBlueAug. 20, 2010 7:31 p.m.
There is a song by little texas called what might have been. I see BYU staying in the MWC for the time being while marketing itself to other more prestigious conferences. BYU does not have the talent to compete with the big name schools. They are an above average team that has a cream puff schedule for most of their conference play!
UgottaloveMaxieAug. 20, 2010 5:55 p.m.
"The Cougars were set to play at Fresno State and Hawaii; and host Utah State, Nevada, San Jose State and New Mexico State." + Texas & Oregon State...still a pancake schedule. U are scared of TCU.
Re: Y's guy. Do you understand context? When someone posts that they don't care it doesn't mean they do care just because they are posting. Obviously, Menace to Society cares about telling everyone else that no one cares...that doesn't mean that he in fact cares about what he was saying others don't care about...did you comprehend that? By the way, are there any good cell phone deals going on right now at the University Mall?
OnlyUAug. 20, 2010 5:31 p.m.
Byu was willing to sign a 5 year deal iwith the WAC...no Big12 invite coming I'm afraid. Bold move on BYU's part. In part to react to being left behind and in part relative to the arrogance of your organization. Now it seems after having been outsmarted by Commissioner Hair your left picking up the pieces and thinking about what might have been. Holmoe probably goes because of this. Your squad is not prepared to break through this year and frankly the demand of scheduling 12 non-conferece games, maintaining a significant strength of schedule and being selected over top 14 BCS schools would prove too difficult. Maybe a higher power is truly looking out for you. Stay in the MWC. Win it every 3 years or so and have a chance to play in Vegas. Before you know it you will have missed the BCS invite for 15+ years. Recruiting...other than the young men who want to come to Provo goes out the window. No speed to contend.
hedgehogAug. 20, 2010 4:36 p.m.
When BYU can get BCS programs to play in PRovo in Oct. and Nov....let me know, I might be mildly interested.
Johnny TriumphAug. 20, 2010 4:31 p.m.
Texas coming to Provo IS a big deal. Look for a Big12 invite.
Whoa NellieAug. 20, 2010 4:29 p.m.
It seems the independence route is not about BCS positioning or trying to gain national respect (UteMan). Looks like it is for national exposure and money; a couple of things beyond just football.
Making SenseAug. 20, 2010 4:28 p.m.
Menacetosociety, you are such a contradiction. Apparently you care enough to post a worthless statement on something that supposedly doesn't mean anything to you.
As for uteman's comments, BYU has been able to schedule games as a member of two mediocre conferences over the past 35 years. They will continue to schedule big games in the future, especially with ESPN as a partner.
Y's GuyAug. 20, 2010 4:13 p.m.
Re: Menace to Society--
LOL! You crack me up, Dennis the Menace!
Clearly, you DO care. Because, in point of fact, if you really DIDN"T care, you wouldn't waste your time posting here.
cougsrockAug. 20, 2010 4:05 p.m.
Utah Mann BYU has the National respect. Haven't you been reading the news? Show me the money!
MenaceToSocietyAug. 20, 2010 3:13 p.m.
BYU Newer Mock Schedule 2011
Nobody cares.
UteManAug. 20, 2010 3:00 p.m.
This in no way proves BYU can schedule big time programs as an independent.
It is a great add for them to get Texas on the schedule for 3 games, but unless you can tell me Texas is playing BYU in October or late November during the middle of thier BIG 12 confrence schedule it has little impact on the overall challenges of filling an 11-12 game schedule with "multiple" quality opponents as an independent.
If you have to rely on WAC teams to fill in half of your schedule, you are no better than what Boise State was in the WAC without a BCS spot.
Playing Boise, TCU, Utah, Fresno and Nevada along with the occasional big name or two year in and year out seems like to more logical choice if you are looking for some national respect.
Desert CougAug. 20, 2010 2:54 p.m.
Does BYU need to make a choice right now?
What's the downside to staying where they are this year and waiting to see what developes in the future? They know what they have now, I think they can live with it, so what is the rush now that the WAC is not attractive anymore?
blauchAug. 20, 2010 2:45 p.m.
BYU New Mock Schedule 2011
Utah - ESPN
Boise State - ESPN
Texas - ESPN
Utah State - ESPN
Hawaii - ESPN
New Mexico State
San Jose State
Nevada - for one season until they leave
Fresno - for one season until they leave
Need to fill Schedule
Norte Dame - NBC
PAC 10 Team - Washington State - ESPN
There is nothing wrong with that schedule.
Chris B's mommaAug. 20, 2010 2:31 p.m.
Concession defined...show your own games on the comcast networks and let us work out our own tv deal. It you think BYU ain't that cool then let them live or die with such a deal. You keep your package and your revenues and we keep ours.
I guarantee BSU will want the same deal with ESPN and local tv.
BubbaHueyAug. 20, 2010 2:16 p.m.
The West Coast Conference, for the moment, seems the best fit for BYU.
It does seem like a really big shake up to get the west's powerhouse teams together for BCS eligible conference or two.
FiddlerAug. 20, 2010 2:13 p.m.
To bad, loved the idea. Guess BYU will have to figure something else out that doesn't involve the MWC.
LAJazzFanAug. 20, 2010 2:07 p.m.
The mock 2011 schedule makes the schedules of the last few years look downright appealing.


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PLAYER OF THE YEAR: Tyler Ennis, St. Benedict's, Sr., G (Syracuse): The 6-2 senior has proven numerous times the past two and half seasons that he has the capacity to score, pass and defend with equal ability?
Ennis also knows how to send a message.
Just hours after learning he was not named a McDonald's All-American Feb. 14, Ennis exploded for a school-record 53 points to spark a 116-65 win over Eastern. The Brampton, Ontario native then combined for 47 points over the next two games to power victories over Hun and Blair to help the Gray Bees claim the state Prep A championship.
The Syracuse-bound point guard was named to Jordan Brand Classic roster soon after the McDonald's snub, and will represent the East in that game April 13 at the Brooklyn Barclays Center. Before that he will lead St. Benedict's in the ESPN High School National Invitational beginning April 4 in Bethesda, Md.
Ennis steered the Gray Bees to a 35-3 mark last year and was honored as New Jersey's 2012 Gatorade Player of the Year. Sophomore forward Karl Towns of St. Joseph of Metuchen was this season's recipient. Ennis averages 20.8 points, 5.1 rebounds, 6.1 assists and 3.1 steals this season for 30-1 St. Benedict's.
DeAndre Bembry, Patrick School, Sr., G (St. Joseph): The 6-6 wing averaged 21.6 points and 11.9 rebounds to steer the Patrick School (24-4) the Union County Tournament championship and to the finals in South Jersey, Non-Public B, where the Celtics fell to Roselle Catholic.
Bembry established a reputation as a tireless worker on both sides of the floor and as an effective offensive performer both on the break in a halfcourt game. He scored a career-high 43 points Feb. 11 in a 73-53 win over Union.
Reggie Cameron, Hudson Catholic, Sr., F (Georgetown): The 6-7 senior is not defined by his perimeter shooting--he's far too good a scorer off the boards and in transition to be pigeonholed. But once Cameron did establish his touch, there was often very little else to discuss because it usually meant the game was over.
Cameron knocked down 94 3-pointers this season at a 45-percent clip and averaged 22.6 points to guide the Hawks to a 29-2 mark and to their second straight Hudson County Tournament crown. He also averaged 7.7 rebounds and 1.7 assists. In three seasons at Hudson Catholic, Cameron scored 1,930 points and helped the school win 76 games.
Tyler Roberson, Roselle Catholic, Sr., F (Syracuse): His consistent play inside became the cornerstone of the Lions' milestone season, which included a first Non-Public B state champions followed 10 days later by their first Tournament of Champions crown.
The 6-8 Roberson averaged 17.5 points, 11.7 rebounds and 3.3 blocks, and accomplished those numbers against one of the most ambitious schedules in New Jersey. He was particularly strong during the state tournament and outstanding in the T of C final with 19 points, 12 rebounds and two blocks in Roselle Catholic's 65-49 win over St. Joseph of Metuchen.
Josh Brown, St. Anthony, Sr., G (Temple): The senior guard's numbers speak well of his overall talent and work ethic--averages of 15 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals--but the insights of head coach Bob Hurley reveal all you need to know about Brown.
Hurley has said that Brown is good enough to have played on any of his previous teams, and even in championship years that is not an endorsement he throws around casually. The Friars (28-2) lost to Roselle Catholic this year in the Non-Public B final, though Brown was a starter last year for a 32-0 team that won a state title and the school's 12th T of C crown.
Jaren Sina, Gill St. Bernard's, Senior, G (Northwestern)
Mike Young, St. Benedict's, Senior, F (Pittsburgh)
Karl Towns, St. Joseph (Met.), Sophomore F/C (Kentucky)
Trevis Wyche, St. Peter's Prep, Senior, G (St. Peter's)
Spencer Weisz, Seton Hall Prep, Senior, G (Princeton)
Ed Bermudez, Westwood; Joe Crabbe, Hasbrouck Heights; Alex DeCandia, Cresskill; Rashard Figures, Hackensack; Andre Frasier, Elmwood Park; Marcus Fulmore, Teaneck; Mike Gibney, Wood-Ridge; Joel Hernandez, Teaneck; Brian Horn, Pascack Hills; Shawn Johnson, St. Mary; Paul Jorgensen, Don Bosco Prep; Shaakir Lindsey, Teaneck; Troy McLaughlin, Old Tappan; Kyle Menard, Paramus Catholic; Pat Mensah, St. Joseph; Chris Myers, Hackensack; P.J. Reed, Bergen Catholic; Dondre Rhoden, Ridgefield Park; Gary Whritenour, Wood-Ridge.
Nadir Alston, Bloomfield Tech; Isaiah Briscoe, St. Benedict's; Elijah Brown, Irvington; Everson Davis, West Side; Temple Gibbs, Seton Hall Prep; Akbar Hoffman, East Side; Rakwan Kelly, Newark Tech; Tom Lacey, Seton Hall Prep; Matt Lane, MKA; Jerrell Murray, University; Dwayne Murrill, Newark Tech; Jameel Patterson, Jerrell Pruitt, Arts; Bloomfield; Paul Rufo, Cedar Grove; Ismael Sanogo, East Side; Keywon Savage, Central; Tahlib Swan, Montclair; Tyree Sykes, Newark Tech; Denzell Taylor, St. Benedict's; Jonathan Williams, St. Benedict's.
Nassir Barrino, Hudson Catholic; Tim Coleman, St. Anthony; William Conyers, Snyder; Hallice Cooke, St. Anthony; Damian Corredor, Weehawken; Sean Cummings, St. Peter's Prep; Garry Gaston, Bayonne; Alex Gill, North Bergen; Duane James, Dickinson; Kyle McLeggan, Hudson Catholic; Anthony Purvis, Hoboken; Desmen Richardson, Bayonne; James Richardson, Snyder; Manny Rivera, Memorial; Jaron Smith, Marist; Tarin Smith, St. Anthony; Kavon Stewart, Hudson Catholic; Manny Suarez, Marist; Rocco Timpone, Union City; Austin White, St. Peter's Prep.
Darnell Alford, Nottingham; Russell Austin, Lawrence; Khalil Batie, Trenton Catholic; Jordan Glover, Lawrence; Juwan Harrison, WWPN; Austin Hill, Hopewell Valley; Tommy Hussong, WWPS; Isaiah Johnson, Notre Dame; Zavon Johnson, Lawrenceville; Trey Lowe, Ewing; Grant Mackay, Hun; Hashim Moore, Hun; DeAndre Noble-Haywood, Peddie; Davon Reed, Princeton Day; Bryan Rivers, WWPS; Rasheed Wallace, Trenton; Josh Williams, Notre Dame; Isaiah York, Ewing; Shaquan Worthy, Trenton.
Sultan Aminu, Old Bridge; Wade Baldwin, St. Joseph; Amir Bell, East Brunswick; Chris Bourne, South Brunswick; Deon Brown, Dunellen; Jake Dadika, Spotswood; Tyler Drews, Old Bridge; Iverson Fleming, North Brunswick; Dennis Ford, North Brunswick; Marcus Freeney, Piscataway; Eddie Harris, Woodbridge; Dan Leung, East Brunswick; Tyrell Lockley, Caarteret; Tyler Harris, South River; Dylan Hoski, Dunellen; Turell McClendon, Piscataway Tech; Jared Pearson, Woodbridge; Corey Taite, Sayreville; Bleriot Thompson, Colonia; Marques Townes, St. Joseph; Rob Ukawuba, East Brunswick.
Rob Cantelli, Holmdel; Dwight Clark, Long Branch; Terrel Cox, Long Branch; Brandon Federici, Colts Neck; Anthony Firkser, Manalapan; Jack Herrmann, Rumson-Fair Haven; J.R. Hobbie, Manasquan; John Horrigan, Freehold Twp.; Conor Ledy, St. Rose; Danny Markulin, Keansburg; Eric Musto, Ocean; Quenton Nelson, RBC; Dan Pillari, Shore; Lou Pillari, CBA; Shakeem Richardson, Neptune; James Sobieski, Colts Neck; Alex Thompson, Keyport; Cody Thompson, Middletown North; Tommy Toole, Manasquan; Jimmy Walsh, Manasquan.
Sam Asani, Boonton; Pat Barron, West Morris; Sam Carson, Chatham; Ryan Curran, Delbarton; Ryan Harris, Randolph; Sean Haughey, Madison; Zach Heeman, Mt Olive; Sean Hoehn, Morristown; A.J. Holleran, Whippany Park; Tyler Jones, Jefferson; Ryan Kelley, Roxbury; Rashaan Spencer, Mt. Olive; Mike Talbert, Randolph; Paul Tarnawski, Mountain Lakes; Joe Timmes, Ryan Traub, Mt. Olive; Bobby Stolz, Mendham; Chatham; Brian Walls, Morris Hills; Jesse Warich, Montville; Matt Williams, Hanover Park.
Tymere Berry, TRS; Tyrice Beverette, Lakewood; Kyle Carrigton, TRN; Riley Calzonetti, Point Pleasant Beach; Eric Carter, Jackson Memorial; Jarred Craddox, Lakewood; Matt Farrell, Point Pleasant Beach; Mike Gesicki, Southern; Mike Golden, Brick Memorial; Mason Jones, Manchester; P.J. Kineavy, Point Pleasant Beach; Kyle McGarry, Point Pleasant Boro; Malik Mendez, Lakewood; Zach Policastro, Southern; Damien Singleton, TRN; James Sofield, Jackson Liberty; Nick Specht, Jackson Memorial; Solly Stansbury, TRN; Dominique Uhl, Point Pleasant Beach; Ben Watson, Lakewood.
Luke Basket, West Milford; Zaheem Beal, Passaic Tech; Jetor Brown, Paterson Eastside; Juwan Carter, DePaul; Liam Connors, Wayne Valley; Xavier Grant, Clifton; Alphonso Gee, Paterson Kennedy; Sanders Green, DePaul; Asem Johnson, Paterson Eastside; Rashaan Johnson, Passaic; Nazmi Maliqi, Manchester; Josh Marquez, DePaul; Stefan Minic, Passaic Valley; Thomas Rivera, Paterson Eastside; Hassan Towns, Paterson Kennedy; Gerron Williams, Passaic; Isaac Williams, Passaic Tech; Jamir Williams, Manchester; Scott Wills, Wayne Hills; Jihad Wright, Passaic Valley.
Tyus Battle, Gill St. Bernard's; Nick Brooks, Rutgers Prep; Hamilton Capellan, Bound Brook; Karl Charles, Rutgers Prep; Austin Colbert, Gill St. Bernard's; Kevin Doolan, Ridge; Matt Gerrity, Ridge; Ricky Holliday, Bound Brook; Matt Hornich, Hillsborough; Chris Jenkins, Gill St. Bernard's; Eric Klacik, Ridge; Justin Kovacevich, Montgomery; Hugh Morris, Ridge; Eric Murdock, Bridgewater-Raritan; Vincent Pace, Bridgewater-Raritan; Jalen Parham, Hillsborough; J.R. Rodriguez, Bound Brook; Mike Rubayo, Montgomery; Steve Weidlich, Watchung Hills; Jack Welti, Bound Brook.
Jevon Allen, Rahway; Terrell Bagley, Linden; Thomas Bonacum, Scotch Plains; Elijah Brown, Dayton; Jaleel Chain, Union; Denzel Christian, Plainfield; Jared Clayton, Asante Gist, Roselle Catholic; Dayton; Dontay Julius, St. Mary; Ashton Lofton, Union Catholic; Damon Lynn, Union Catholic; Al-Jameer Mallory, Hillside; Ba'Shawn Mickens, Summit; Damon Miraud, Elizabeth; Quadri Moore, Linden; James Redmond, Roselle; Chris Regus, Patrick School; Malachi Richardson, Roselle Catholic; Hakeem Rogers, Elizabeth; Hakim Saintil, Roselle Catholic; Scott Toresco, Westfield.
Bryce Aiken, Pope John; Noah Barofski, Belvidere; Ryan Callahan, Warren Hills; Anthony Capone, Delaware Valley; Peter Christ, Delaware Valley; Mitch Cohen, Sparta; Moustapha Diagne, Pope John; Jeff Dzierzawiec, Hunterdon Central; Zach Frick, Sparta; Craig Gares, Delaware Valley; Ryan Izzo, Pope John; Matt Jarvis, North Hunterdon; Mike Knight, Hunterdon Central; Jermaine Lawrence, Pope John; Sean Lubreski, Blair; Jake Melville, Sparta; Mitchell Palmer, Voorhees; Graham Senour, North Hunterdon; Marial Shayock, Blair; Mike Silverthorn, Blair.
Team of the Year: Roselle Catholic (25-5)
The talent-rich Lions knew they'd immediately been branded as underachievers when they lost, as the No. 1 seed, to sub-.500 Union Feb. 16 in the Union County Tournament quarterfinals.
But Roselle Catholic also knew that none of those opinions mattered as long as it was willing to use that loss as a learning tool and a motivator rather than a epitaph.
The Lions beat a talented Colts Neck team, 84-65, one week after that Union loss, then opened the state tournament with a 94-26 rout of Ranney in the first round of South Jersey, Non-Public B. Three weeks later, Tyler Roberson, Malachi Richardson, Hakim Saintil, Asante Gist and the rest of the Lions were standing on the floor of the Sun National Bank Center in Trenton as the Tournament of Champions winner following a 65-49 decision over St. Joseph of Metuchen.
"The thing I'm most proud of is they refused to listen to anyone on the outside as far as how our season was going to turn out from there," head coach Dave Boff said. "We blocked out all the critics and focused on what we had to do."
Coach of the Year: Bo Henning, East Brunswick
A Bo Henning team without exceptional individual talent will still average about 16 wins a season and outclass a more skilled group from time to time through preparation and discipline. His Bears customarily play tough defense, rebound well against bigger opponents and create open shots with off-ball activity and crisp passing.
Now, give Henning some proven talent--like NJIT-bound senior guard Rob Ukawuba and junior guard Amir Bell, a Princeton commit--and you've got something special.
East Brunswick (26-4) set a school record this year for victories, won the Greater Middlesex Conference-Red Divisional title with an undefeated record and claimed its first state sectional championship (Central Jersey, Group 4) since 1986. Two of those GMC-Red wins came against St. Joseph of Metuchen, who edged the Bears in double overtime, 66-63, in the GMC Tournament final and who would later advance to the T of C final. East Brunswick lost to Atlantic City, 51-49, in the Group 4 semifinals.
This was Hennings' 25th season at East Brunswick. He has 389 wins with the Bears and 398 overall.
Mike Kinney covers boys basketball for MSG Varsity. Follow him on Twitter: @MikeKinneyHS


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Etihad Etisalat's acquisition of 99% of Bayanat Al Oula's shares has been approved by the Communications and Information Technology Commission, according to a statement issued by Mobily Tuesday.
The SR 1.5 billion acquisition, the largest in Saudi telecommunications history, increases Mobily's share from 33% to 66% in a one billion riyal 12,000 kilometer national fiber optic backbone.
The acquisition is expected to ultimately increase the level of competition in the broadband Internet provision segment of the telecommunications market, through the provision of high quality services at competitive prices. "The acquisition bolsters our growth and allows us to increase our market share by launching new high quality services, especially to corporate customers," said Khalid Al Kaf, Chief Executive Officer and managing director of Mobily.
Bayanat already has an operational WiMAX network in major cities – Riyadh, Jeddah, Dammam, and the Holy City of Makkah – as part of phase I of its launch. The acquisition of Bayanat allows Mobily to increase its reach into the broadband market segment by offering its customers service through high speed downlink packet access (HSDPA) or WiMAX.


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When I boot my Latitude, it beeps twice and says Primary hard disk drive 0 failure. No boot device available. strike f1 to reboot f2 for setup.
When I then pull the hard drive out and put it back in, everything was ok. But only for a couple of days. Now it constantly give me that respons.
Does any of you have any good solution, I would be very happy.
Best regards
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I have been having problems with my Latitude Lap Top. It happen to get moisture in it several months ago. Took it to a repair service I deal with. They said the HD and MB have signs of moisture on them. Have been working with. I fianlly got it to boot up!! Get the same message! I can access the BOIS and the clock is still accurate. I know have hope if recovery of the Lap Top. If I get a new HD will this save the machine??
I have a Latitude CPi A with a 4.86 gig HD. I have prices some 10 and 20 gig HD's at $139. Can I get one form Dell for a better price? They suggest not going more than 2 gig. You say I may need a boot up disk once the HD is fix'd?? Should be able to boot up on its own shouldn't it? The fact the I can access tht BOIOS would indicat the MB is fine. Is this a safe judgement? Thanks for the reply.
Karsten, the same happened to me, although I did not remove my hard disk. Can anyone help me, as in with the same problem as below. I am unable to get into Windows. I have an Inspiron 1100 laptop that is brand new. Also, what is the cause of this error?
Continuation: Primary hard disk drive 0 failure
I have found that since last time, whenever I would plug in peripherals, I would receive the above message. And therefore, resulting in starting in dos without entering windows. I have since started to unplug all peripherals during start up, and reconnect them once in windows. My question is would someone tell me what needs to be done so that I can start up with all peripherals plugged in.
Inspiron 1100
Firstly, the ability to access the BIOS does not mean the mother board is fine. It could very easily be damaged, and even one bad chip or connector could cause many kinds of different problems, including but most definitly not limited to random freezes and reboots.
Now, the real reason for the repeated hard drive failures affecting nearly every model of Dell Latitude or Inspiron: cheap hard drives. Over the years, Dell has, in an effort to make their laptops cheaper, resorted to buying cheaper parts where ever possible. The result is some people end up with hard drives that go bad in 3 months (I just had to fix a brand new Inspiron about a month ago).
So the ultimate cause for any hard drive error: the hard disk is probably too cheap.
So one option for fixing a bad hard drive (this one I have done with repition on Inspirons and Lattiudes both running XP):1) Remove the hard drive.2) Boot the laptop up without it. When it asks for a bootable media, turn it off.3) Reinstall the hard drive.4) Boot up in safe mode (if it asks you).5) Once in Windows, go to 'run' and type "chkdsk /f" (without the ""). It may tell you to reboot in order to finish. If it does, go ahead and reboot. It will take several minutes longer than normal (depending on size of disk) to boot up, don't worry. Once back in Windows, everything should be fine, for a while. My advice is to make a back up frequently of any files you need, so if you have to replace the hard disk for good, then you will at least be able to save some of your files.
Best of luck to all.
Thank you Corey for responding. My laptop is now currently in working condition. What happened was my Inspiron needed an updated BIOS. Which frazzled me, since the laptop was just bought last month. Thank God it was a problem that did concern all of my ports. It truely is nice when technology works!
Ok, I am having the same problem excpet, My computer is not a laptop it is a desktop and the error message it gives me is " Hard disk controller 1 failure, Hard disk controller 1 failure, Hard disk drive 1 failure, Strike F1 key to continure, F2 to run the setup utility". Then after that is done it says
NTLDR is missing
Press Ctrl + Alt + Del to restart. I have encounterd this message before but some how got it to work, Now i can not do anything i have 4 drives that ive tried puting in no luck, They give me the same message i do not know what is going on and if someone could give me some help i would appreciate it big time, Email me at firstname.lastname@example.com or im me at EMIN3M1 Thanks...... It also crashed before i do not know if this is what is causeing it, It was running XP but i took the drives out and formatted on i think what is windows 98, Would this be my problem ? Should i format them on a XP based system ? thanks again to anyone that respondes
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ntldr is a system file required for all Windows NT based systems to boot, so that includes XP. I will send you a copy of the ntldr file off of my machine here (along with a couple other files that may be missing), but I cannot guarentee that it will work. You place it on the root directory of the drive (as in just loose on the C:\ drive). If the drive is not bootable at all, even when connected to another functional machine, you may need to make a WINXP boot disk, and instructions on how to do that can be found here:
And I believe that yes, the reason the drive cannot boot in XP is because you formatted it in Windows 98, a non-NT bases system, so it does not properly prepare it.


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RICHMOND, Virginia (Reuters) - Signs of an improving labor market justify further reductions in monthly bond purchases by the Federal Reserve, a senior official at the U.S. central bank said on Friday.
Richmond Fed President Jeffrey Lacker told journalists that a report showing weak U.S. hiring in December appeared to be "aberrational."
"It would take a very significant change in the outlook for me to support not tapering, and I don't think the data we've seen so far are close to that," Lacker said following a speech to risk managers.
He said a variety of labor market indicators, including the level of employment and the number of job openings, paint a picture of the sustained improvement in the job market outlook sought by the Fed.
"They all line up," Lacker said.
The Fed announced last month it was reducing monthly bond purchases to $75 billion from $85 billion. The program has aimed to spur a faster recovery from the 2007-09 recession.
Investors expect the central bank will continue reducing monthly purchases throughout 2014, though their conviction is being tested by data released this month that showed the economy adding just 74,000 jobs in December, less than half the pace of the prior month.
A continued slowdown in job growth could dissuade the Fed from further winding down its bond buying stimulus. Still, many analysts think last month's weak hiring will prove temporary, and that U.S. economic growth will pick up substantially this year.
While Lacker thinks the U.S. job market is strong enough for the Fed to dial back its support for the economy, he is less optimistic on the outlook for the broader economy. In his remarks to the risk managers, he said economic growth this year would likely be closer to 2 percent than to 3 percent.
Lacker also weighed in on the debate in policy circles over how the Fed should react to any signs of asset bubbles, saying it would be a mistake for policymakers to let worries over bubbles interfere with their inflation mandate.
"Deflecting monetary policy from its price stability mission to make up for market imperfections ... seems to me misguided," he told reporters.
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Fresh fighting hit the Somali capital Mogadishu Thursday morning, with violent clashes erupting between Islamist al Shabaab rebels and government forces, the local Mareeg Online news site reported.
More on GlobalPost: Somalia's land of plenty
Residents said heavy fire was exchanged between both sides before dawn in Hilliwa and Karaan districts.
Information on casualties was not immediately released.
The AU forces are understood to have used tanks and heavy artillery, and the sound of weapons could be heard in major parts of the capital.
Recent fighting in Mogadishu is seen as a major setback for the government, which is backed by African Union (AU) peacekeepers, the BBC reported.
Thursday's violence comes after al Shabaab on Wednesday attacked a military training camp run by AU troops in Wadajir, south of Mogadishu, in an area considered to have been safe, the BBC reported.
At least five people were killed in a suicide attack on Tuesday in a suicide attack in Mogadishu's Hodan district.
Somalia's transition government declared Mogadishu was under its control in August, when al Shabaab, whose name means "the Youth," withdrew from the city.
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Airfare to Birmingham, England
Birmingham is Britain's second largest city. It is filled with touristy places but it also offers a good base for exploring the near-by locations which give the feel of the "old Britain", such as Shropshire, Warwick, and Stratford-Upon-Avon. Birmingham has the best shopping outside London and the nightlife is vibrant. There are plenty of museums and galleries to check out while you are here.
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By: Sheila Moeschen, IATG Senior Editor July 1, 2015
I did not grow up thinking I was cute or pretty and definitely not beautiful. No one used any of those words to describe me—cuteprettybeautiful--and when I looked in the mirror I saw a face and a body distant light galaxies away from the girls and young women peeking out at me in magazines with their flawless skin, gorgeous cheekbones, slim hips, and non-existent thighs. I also was ignorant to photo retouching and the miracle of good lighting and a killer wind machine.
I was the girl in the movie who shuffles around unassuming, until her friends decide enough is enough and put her through one of those make-over montages.
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Beauty is more than skin deep, thank goodness some sayings are true. Beauty is in our biology.
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Every day, girls are surrounded by harmful messages and images that attack their actions, looks, and ways of thinking. Through our programs, we've already inspired over 250,000 girls to be who they are instead of who they think they're supposed to be – and, with the support of Biossance, we will be able to reach so many more.
"We are excited to partner with I AM THAT GIRL and expand our shared commitment of empowering girls and women," said John Melo, President & CEO of Amyris. "As a father of two young women, I know the importance of building confidence and self-worth among the young women today who will be the empowered leaders of tomorrow. With the recent launch of our brand, Biossance, which is all about restoring and nurturing the beauty already found within, Amyris is delighted to establish this partnership to support women toward feeling their best."
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China to study links between Sustainable Development and Investment in Health
Beijing, 18 December 2002 - Chinese authorities will be presented with the findings of the World Health Organization's (WHO) Commission on Macroeconomics and Health (CMH) and its implications for Chinese economic and social reforms. The Commission has found that investments in health contribute strongly to economic growth and equitable development.
WHO and Professor Jeffrey Sachs, Chair of the Commission, today presented the CMH report to the Chinese government at a seminar in Beijing. The seminar was jointly hosted by the State Development Planning Commission, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Health and WHO. The final report of the Commission's findings has been translated into Chinese.
In 1999, Dr Sachs was invited by WHO Director-General, Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland to chair a commission of 18 leading economists and senior public health experts. The Commissioners worked for two years to produce their Report. It was supported by six expert working groups producing nearly 200 studies. The Report argues that the links between health, poverty reduction and economic growth are much more powerful than has been generally understood. The Commissioners challenge the traditional argument that health will automatically improve as a result of economic growth. Their Report shows that the opposite is true: improved health is a critical requirement for economic development in poor countries.
One of the key recommendations of the Commission is that the world's low-and middle-income nations, in partnership with high-income countries, should scale up access to essential health services. The focus should be on specific measures to control the deadliest and most debilitating diseases.
Globally, increased health investments of US$66 billion per year above current spending will, by 2010, save at least 8 million lives a year and generate at least US$ 360 billion annually in additional economic growth by 2015-2020.
China has currently one-fifth of the world's population and one-seventh of the world's disease burden, measured in years of healthy life lost.
Today's seminar is the beginning of a process to adapt the CMH's findings to a Chinese reality. The impact would be greatest if investments prioritize cost effective interventions for major health risks in China. These include reducing tobacco use, attention to the factors causing cardiovascular disease, cancers and other non-communicable diseases and promoting healthier lifestyles. A major effort is also needed to reduce the risks of communicable diseases - particularly HIV/AIDS - and improving tuberculosis treatment.
China has made great strides in reducing poverty, improving living standards and health indicators, and spurring economic growth over the past 20 years. However, disparities in health service coverage - and people's health status - are substantial, both between urban and rural areas, and between coastal and inland provinces. Demands on poor people for out-of-pocket expenditure on health care is a barrier to treatment for millions. The result is often increased poverty or - if they are unable to pay - greatly increased risk of disability and death.
A special effort will be needed to ensure that poor people can access close-to-client health services - especially in areas where health systems performance and economic development are well behind the average.
China's government seeks to promote universal national standards for public health, yet responsibility for health care is to a large extent decentralized to provincial and local governments. In addition, market forces are influencing the design and operation of different levels of local health systems. Work is needed to define the incentives and mechanisms which will best promote public health and equity in health outcomes.
National Macroeconomic and Health activities are ongoing in Bangladesh, Cambodia, the Caribbean, Ethiopia, Ghana, Indonesia, Iran, Jordan, Maldives, Mexico, Mozambique, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Thailand. Twelve more countries are planning CMH follow-up activities in the near future.
Quotations: "China is obviously central to the global interplay between health, poverty and development which the CMH report outlines," said Dr Shigeru Omi, WHO's Regional Director for the Western Pacific. "WHO hopes that the CMH report will clarify the role of health in China's development and contribute to achieving a more equitable health system. WHO is committed to working with the Government to making these objectives a reality."
"The report of the CMH shows that the better health of people is key to reducing their levels of poverty, and to the success of all efforts for economic and social development," said Dr Jeffrey Sachs, Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University in the United States and Chair of the CMH. "Investments in health - if properly directed - can yield extraordinary results in terms of lives saved and increased economic productivity."
"The CMH process and the follow-up initiatives in numerous countries show how the partnership of Columbia University, the Gates Foundation and WHO is helping national governments, to take forward new thinking and action," said Dr David Nabarro, Executive Director for Sustainable Development at WHO Headquarters in Geneva. "Governments, as well as academics, civil society and private groups are now working on how health interventions can be used to secure the future safety and prosperity of all the people on our planet."


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Another vital Western Conference contest between two teams vying for playoff positioning. Here are the key match-ups to pay attention to.
Sounders FC @ Colorado Rapids
October 5, 2013, 7 pm PT; Dick's Sporting Goods Park
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Sounders FC is looking to win the season series and clinch a playoff spot against the Colorado Rapids on Saturday night at Dick's Sporting Goods Park. In the first two matches, Seattle won 1-0 in Colorado on April 20, then drew 1-1 in Seattle on July 20.
Here are three key matchups to watch in the match.
Mauro Rosales vs. Chris Klute
With his next assist, Rosales will pass Fredy Montero to become the all-time club leader in assists and Colorado has been a frequent victim of his setup play. Five of his 34 career assists have come against the Rapids. The Seattle captain has cooled since picking up four assists in six games in July and August and will have a tough marker to beat in Klute. The second-year left back is an athletic setup man himself, with three assists this season, but his main focus on Saturday will be cutting off the service from Rosales. With DeAndre Yedlin's ever-evolving game, Klute will also have to be savvy to the overlapping runs of the All-Star right back.
Colorado's 4-3-3 vs. Seattle's 4-4-2
Colorado's midfield formation will at times give Seattle difficulty, as the Rapids will put numbers into the middle of the field. Dillon Powers, Hendry Thomas and former Sounder Nathan Sturgis will likely make up Colorado's central triumvirate, clogging the midfield with their defense-first mentality. That leaves a lot of one-on-one situations if Seattle can exploit the width of the field, but it will need to be sure not to get overwhelmed by the pressure in the middle.
Eddie Johnson vs. Clint Irwin
Six of Johnson's 63 career goals have come against the Rapids, including two in three matches in 2012. However, he has yet to play against Colorado and its first-year goalkeeper Irwin this season, missing both previous meetings due to injury and international duty. Irwin has been a boon for the Rapids since filling in for starter Matt Pickens when he was sidelined with a fractured arm in the third game of the season and has not relented the position since, ranking among the league leaders with a 1.00 goals against average and 10 shutouts. Johnson has four goals in his last six starts.


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"Specialist in failure" Trends on Twitter as Arsenal fans enjoy FA Cup win by Trolling Jose Mourinho
It was inevitable really!
Trophies won this season: Arsenal 1 – Chelsea 0.
And, it was only in February that Jose Mourinho described Arsene Wenger as a "Specialist in failure".
The term predictably started to trend on Twitter after Arsenal's 3-2 comeback FA Cup final win over Hull.
And, whilst Chelsea supporters will point to some big trophies won over the past few seasons, fair enough to Gunners to enjoy their moment…
Specialist in failure. pic.twitter.com/qsnko5kobS
— Angry Arsene Wenger (@Angry_Arsene_) May 17, 2014
Arsene "specialist in failure" Wenger has won more trophies than Jose Mourinho this season
— Amitai Winehouse (@awinehouse1) May 17, 2014
QUOTE: Jose Mourinho: "Arsene Wenger…he is the specialist in failure." pic.twitter.com/Hl0tMNyCH2
— BBC Sporf (@BBCSporf) May 17, 2014
Specialist in failure. pic.twitter.com/KDUed7Mye4
— Supporting Arsenal (@SupportingAFC) May 17, 2014
Jose Mourinho: "Arsene Wenger is a specialist in failure."
Trophies this season:
Arsenal – 1
Chelsea – 0
— FansAllStar Football (@FASfootball) May 17, 2014
Credit to Arsenal but I don't know why people are tweeting Specialist in failure 1-0. Eight years building a team trophy less is poor..
— BlueTweetsFC™ (@BlueTweetsFC) May 17, 2014
This season's final trophy score: Specialist in Failure 1 Special One 0
— Gershon Portnoi (@GershonPortnoi) May 17, 2014
SPECIALIST IN FAILURE YOU PORTUGUESE PRICK pic.twitter.com/KT0enOcUoF
— ARSENE FC (@GoonerZents) May 17, 2014
Pellegrini – Premier League, League Cup
Wenger – FA Cup
Moyes – Community Shield
Mourinho – xxxxxxxxxx
Specialist in failure.
— Michel Abbink (@sportzeloot) May 17, 2014
Specialist in failure… pic.twitter.com/4nM6qjY59y
— Not Match of the Day (@NOT_MOTD) May 17, 2014