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Powerless Part 1: RecoveryNovember 12th, 2012 , by Ruth
Thanks to Hurricane Sandy, my family was without electricity for 9 days and 9 VERY long nights. Thanks to the gas crisis that hit Long Island, I wasn't able to drive beyond the library or the two closest supermarkets during this time either. It's almost like we lost over a week of our lives, as "normal things" such as school and my usual errands were completely on hold. On the other hand, we created memories to last a lifetime. When else would the entire family have played games together by lamplight, or gone for a moonlit walk, free of light pollution, in our suburban town?
When we were without power, I started taking lots of walks. There wasn't much else to do! For the first 8 powerless days, I went for at least one walk a day, averaging 2-3 miles a day towards the end of the week. The 8th day was windy and snowy, since the nor'easter was coming through, and it wasn't safe to walk outside. Unbelievably, that's also the day that workmen from Texas finally restored our power- during the storm itself! It was pitch black outside- but only 5:50 PM, when power was restored. Two hours later, trees fell over the power lines in our backyard, but miraculously we still have power! I don't quite trust that we'll KEEP the power back, and won't fully restock my freezer until the power lines are repaired. I expect that will take several weeks since LIPA (Long Island Power Authority) needs to restore power to other homes first.
After a week of "not doing much after dark" I cleaned out the freezer and did several loads of laundry before bed on Wednesday. Then I cleaned out the fridge, scrubbed the kitchen floor, did more laundry, and shoveled snow on Thursday. By Friday I "crashed" and my Fibromyalgia flared up again. Chronic low back pain, which was nearly gone last week, is back with a vengeance. I've been taking prescription pain medications for the past 3 days- something I hadn't needed since starting BTD.
I have electricity in my home, gas in my car, and schools have resumed normal sessions, but things don't "feel normal" quite yet. I'm worried about the power lines in my backyard. My heart hurts for friends on the south shore of LI who have been displaced from their homes. I'm feeling physically and mentally worn out.
The Power of ExerciseOctober 19th, 2012 , by Ruth
Things have been pretty busy lately with all the Jewish holidays, and then trying to get into a routine with the kids and school. Leah is nearly 18 and pretty much does her own thing; I simply need to keep the house well stocked with healthy foods for her to prepare for herself. 12th grade is turning out to be far less stressful than 11th grade was. Meanwhile, Hannah is in 11th grade this year, is taking 2 AP classes and has a part-time job. Jack, my 10 year old, is having a hard time adjusting to the increased workload of middle school. Both of the younger two are having trouble with time management. I'm trying to keep everybody well fed and get them to bed on time, but I'm not always successful.
I also want to encourage everybody to exercise, but I'm having the most trouble with that one. If I let my son ride his bike before homework, will the homework be finished early enough to get him to bed on time? If he does his homework first, will it be too dark outside when he's done? The middle school is only 1/3 mile from our house, and I wish he'd walk to and from school daily. He won't walk there on purpose, but I don't stress if he dawdles a bit in the morning and misses the bus.
Hannah seems to be finding ways to be more active. Her high school is a large building, and she probably walks a mile every day through those halls. Occasionally she'll walk the 1.5 miles home. More often she'll walk to or from a friend's house after school. About once a week she'll do some yard work- cutting down branches, weeding, and bagging up the cuttings. She always wants company outside, and it's usually my job to hold open the bags while she fills them. In the past 2 months or so, she's definitely firmed up and started to slim down. I'm not sure if the scale yet reflects these changes, but she's dropped about one dress size since the summer- and without a formal exercise routine.
Getting myself to exercise is often my biggest struggle. The one time I went for a 20 minute walk during the school day, I felt great! I just have to find the time and energy to actually do it regularly. It's just far too easy to find excuses not to: I just showered and I don't want to go for a walk with wet hair. I have something cooking that might burn if I leave the house. It's too hot/cold/rainy outside. I'm feeling too tired. Never mind that I own a few exercise videos and a treadmill, which can be used in my pajamas, in any weather, and I can hear the kitchen timer while using them. I need to actually clear away the clutter before using either one, and it just hasn't happened yet.
There is one thing I've managed to be consistent about for the past month or so. I was having HORRIBLE lower back pain in one specific area. Somebody suggested Active-Isolated-Stretching, and I took out a book from the library about it. After doing all the exercises a few times, I selected the 6 that seemed to target the muscles causing me the most trouble. Besides stretching the tight muscles causing the pain, these also provide a gentle workout for other muscles in my legs and torso. I've been doing the recommended 10 reps each morning, plus 5-10 reps each night. It only takes about 5 minutes each time.
My lower back pain has improved, but it's not yet completely gone. I've been fairly consistent with the exercises; I've skipped it a handful of times, only to have the pain get worse. The pain is keeping me honest- without it, I'm sure I would have abandoned this exercise routine.
So, I've been doing this simple routine for about 10 minutes a day for the past month, even during the crazy busy holidays. The other day, I noticed that my thighs and buttocks are much firmer than they used to be. I think my abdominal muscles may have firmed up as well, but it's hard to tell under the layer of fat. I forgot to wear bike shorts under my skirt when I took that 20 minute walk on Monday, and I did NOT have the expected problems with my thighs rubbing together and irritating the skin. All this firmness from 10 minutes a day? Wow!
This is incredibly encouraging. I can easily imagine the benefits I'd get from a regular walking routine.
A Sweet and Healthy New YearSeptember 13th, 2012 , by Ruth
Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, is almost upon us. This holiday is celebrated with special prayers and the blowing of the Shofar (ram's horn) in the synagogue. Equally important are the observances that take place at home, around the dinner table. Blessings are made over wine and bread, like we do on Shabbos. But we also eat a number of symbolic foods.
Apples are dipped into honey to represent our wish for a sweet new year. Pomegranate, with its many small seeds, symbolizes the numerous blessings we hope to receive in the coming year, along with the good deeds we hope to perform. Carrots are cut into circles to represent coins, to show our hope for prosperity in the coming year. Many other symbolic foods are used, many of them puns in Hebrew or Yiddish. The foods used vary, as some add in new symbols that are puns in English, while others use puns from other languages. A new one we started a few years ago is to eat raisins with celery for "a raise in salary."
We're supposed to eat lots of sweet foods and no bitter ones. Many traditional Rosh Hashana recipes use lots of sugar and other unhealthy ingredients. Over the past few years, I've developed healthier, more compliant versions of these foods. I make a honey cake that uses only honey for sweetness, not a mixture of honey and white sugar, and it uses rice flour instead of wheat. My daughters may or may not also make one with spelt flour.
As an O nonnie, many of my "sweet" food choices are limited. I'm fine with the sweeter vegetables, but I'm not supposed to have apples or honey. I'm sure I could make a "honey cake" using just molasses and agave, and dip pears in agave to symbolize a sweet new year, but I don't plan to do either one. I'll have one or two apple slices each night of Rosh Hashana, and eat the honey cake made with real honey. I will serve pomegranates to my type B son, even though they're an avoid for him. The holiday symbols are important to me, and we only have a few bites of each one.
Getting and Keeping Kids HealthySeptember 11th, 2012 , by Ruth
Over the summer, I didn't worry too much about my 10 year old son's diet. I let him go to sleep away camp and eat whatever they served at camp, even though I know it means non-compliant foods and way too much sugar. I also didn't send him with elderberry or cod liver oil, two supplements that have helped him stay healthy, and because I thought it would be too much of an inconvenience for him. I regret that now, and plan to send him to camp with elderberry and cod liver oil capsules next year.
He got pneumonia while at camp, and ended up on antibiotics. Had he started getting sick at home, I would have increased his supplements, made sure he was compliant and completely sugar-free, and emphasized fruits and vegetables in his diet. This is only the third time in his life he's ever been on antibiotics- normally I'm able to treat him naturally before it reaches this point.
When he came home, I vowed to make him eat healthy and get his little body back on track. That proved to be much more challenging than I'd anticipated, in part because our refrigerator broke, and in part because I was out of practice. All summer I'd had only one or two of the kids home, and I even had some days completely to myself. Getting back into the routine of cooking for all 3 of them was much harder than I'd expected.
So now he's been home from camp for 3 weeks, and back to school for half a week. I'm not doing so well on getting him to eat fruits, veggies, and meats; he'd be quite happy to live on grains (preferably refined) and dairy products. He still has that cough and his endurance is much lower than it should be. He's still carrying around extra fat on his body, as confirmed by the pediatrician. He gained much more weight this past year than he should have; based on how many inches he grew. It's hard to get him to exercise when he's not feeling well, and I'm afraid to push him too far. He got out of the habit of being active when he broke his arm in June, and I'm not sure how to get him back on track.
I'd like to be able to say that I put my kids on the BTD and they're glowing examples of health. The reality is much more complex than that. I know what I'm supposed to do: offer lots of fruits, veggies, and compliant protein sources, and let him fill up on grains only after he's eaten reasonable amounts of other foods, and encourage physical activity. But actually implementing this plan hasn't been so easy.
Family Get-TogetherSeptember 3rd, 2012 , by Ruth
Yesterday we went to visit some relatives. An aunt from Baltimore came to visit another aunt in NYC. Her decision to come up was made at the last minute, leaving us very little time to work out the details before the visit itself. It's a 50 minute drive to the NYC aunt's home, and it's been a hectic week already with school coming up.
Sunday morning, we had breakfast then got on the road. When we arrived, we started to discuss lunch plans. There are several kosher restaurants in the area, but it's hard to find safe foods for me in restaurants. My kids are healthy enough to have the occasional "cheat meal" but I can get very sick from even trace amounts of wheat, corn, or potato. I didn't relish the thought of being run down and out of sorts for the next several weeks from one meal out.
We finally decided to go to her co-op and do some grocery shopping instead. Going shopping with 7 people was rather chaotic, but we put together a nice meal. We bought two HUGE heads of lettuce, scallions, cherry tomatoes, red pepper, avocado, baby carrots, hummus, avocado, canned tuna, lemons, cottage cheese, and rice cakes. We came home and started making a salad, with hummus and baby carrots put out for an appetizer. Salad dressing was made with fresh lemon juice plus olive oil and salt that she already had in the house. We made a tuna salad with the canned tuna plus lemon juice and mayonnaise she already had. She sliced the avocado and put it out on its own plate.
Unlike many other social meals I've experienced in the past few years, I walked away from the table completely satisfied. I didn't get sick from the meal because there wasn't anything in the meal that was bad for me, except for the cherry tomatoes that I easily avoided. All in all, it was a very pleasant family get-together. Not only did I enjoy time with my relatives, but I didn't even have to worry about getting sick from the food I ate or getting sick from not eating enough.
Before leaving, I told my hostess that we need to do this more often, and that next time, we should prepare the exact same meal- only she should do the food shopping before we get there!


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Perception is Reality, Or Is It
Perception is Reality…Or is it
Last fall I was golfing with a client of mine. He owns a premium daily fee course and has seen year over year growth in golf revenues. Things might not be as bad as they seem in this upside down economy. If you asked him how he is doing it, he'll just tell you "I don't wait for business to happen, I make business happen". He's been growing a strong segmented database, he communicates effectively to his customers via email on a weekly basis, and he's automated his outing, membership, and league leads through his website. "Life is good" he says…
He's been making all the right moves from a marketing standpoint, but my question to him is "What do your customers think about your place?" He said "They love it". My next question to him is "how do you know?"
He said "I can't prove it", but we both agreed that customers vote with their wallet, and he's been increasing his profitability every year.
My point is that even if things are going right, it doesn't mean you should get complacent. Successful owners and operators are always tweaking programs and making things better.
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He discovered that customer service at the golf counter was just average, which he was touting to me earlier how great his customer service was. Pace of Play, Course Conditions, and Course Layout were also just average. The good news in "just average" was that he had a "pace of play issue" for years. Last year he really worked on his "pace of play" and he was glad to see he received decent comments about the improvement. We did find out that many people were not happy with the starters and rangers, which was news to the owner, since he spends most of his time in the shop. We also found out that the perceived value was above average, and the overall golfing experience was slightly above average. Each question asked also allowed the golfer to type in individual comments about each area.
I asked the same question at the beginning of this story "What do your customers think about your place?" His answer was "slightly above average".
It's funny how perception is reality at least from a customer stand point, but maybe perception is not reality if you are the owner and/or operator. I'm not saying you should make changes based on some constructive customer feedback, but at least it's on your radar. There is no such thing as the perfect operator, and we all overlook things in our operation. Surveys give us a reality check, which offer us qualitative data to help us make better decisions.


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Lorie Ann Cook, 30, was arrested in August and has been charged by prosecutors with three counts each of unlawful sex with a minor, endangering a minor and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
She failed to appear at a preliminary hearing March 3, but at the request of attorneys on both sides, Judge James Warren agreed to hold off on serving a $100,000 warrant for her arrest for a week. A preliminary hearing is held so a judge can determine whether there is enough evidence for a defendant to stand trial.
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During the investigation into the teen's death, police learned that Cook had allegedly been involved in a sexual relationship with at least two of the three boys, authorities previously said.


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I'm so happy to have Eliza from Eliza K Prints here sharing her orange candle tutorial. If computers could smell, I'm sure it would be heaven!
Create an Orange Peel Candle
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Biodegradable and Easy!
Orange candles add a great ambiance to a holiday table and they make a fun holiday project for the whole family to do together!
What you will need:
1 orange
1/3 cup olive or canola oil
matches or lighter
thin bladed knife
Step OneSeparate the rind from the orange using a thin bladed knife. The easiest way to do this is to cut the orange in half first. Next, separate the orange from the rind carefully. Make sure not to cut the stem in the middle!
Pour your choice of oil into the orange (we generally use olive) wetting the wick also. The hardest part is getting the stem to catch fire. Don't give up!
Estimate burn time is about one hour. They are short-lived but so pretty!
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Use h264 video and aac audio. I guess all those converters are based on the free x264 encoder so it doesn't matter that much what you use but megui has many custom profiles to get best quality.
Cool thanks for your reply, so there isn't really the best converter out there is there? Those three converters are adequate right? Cause I used megui last time and well...I guess I don't know how to use it much. =\ oh btw, can you solve this problem I might have? I use staxrip most of the time, and I want to convert the audio to AAC 5.1 with 200-250 kbps, but for some reason it doesn't keep it at 200 it does it lower for some reason.
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the truth is that as the bit rate goes up the difference between all three and mpeg-2 starts to disappear and at around the 20-25Mb/s range there doesn't seem to be much difference.
now if you are asking which is the best H264 codec, you will find a ton of answers, with most people on sites like this swearing by the open source x264.
as for me, i have found alot depends on the source, at times x264 with all the quality options maxed out has given me the best results, at time nero's AVC has given me the best results, main concept's H264 (if you know how to configure it properly) is highly regarded, sony's AVC is actually very good and apple's H264 is capable of given awesome results (look at the HD trailer's on their site) the only problem is that you can only access all the configuration problems if you buy some very expensive software.
you might also want to wait a few days as Divx is set to release an H264 codec and considering how could their current codec is that may prove to be the best H264 codec of them all.
as far as staxrip versus megui, i would personally say neither and instead recommend avidemux, just a personal preference.
hehe, sorry for asking such a question, I see now, so..divx is also doing an H264 codec, are you really sure that, that will be the best codec of all? I already knew H264 was the best(thanks to this forum. :P) but I never knew divx would also try that, isn't divx a hack of mpeg-4? If I can recall correctly?
Don't work with ffmpeg much, but I will speak for MeGUI and StaxRIP. Both are GUIs and are dependent on their internal "engines", which include x264 (an H.264 implementation), Xvid (and also DivX with StaxRip). Both GUIs do great work and both should produce similar quality given similar settings.
As for x264, I believe it's optimized for smaller bitrates and out-does almost anything below 2000kbps with most sources.
But, given most sources, and from what I observe on the big screen of late, video that is that compressed is rather "mediocre" at best. It's either blurry (x264) or blocky (DivX/Xvid). "Stuffing things on a CD" is a mindset of the past and useless when we have these big hard drives currently - so welcome back MPEG-2 (faster, editable and very, very compliant with DvD of course).
As for DivX's version of H.264, we are all very excited about it at the DivX forums. It should do lots for H.264 SD video reaching prime time without resorting to watered down versions of it like iPod or AppleTV or having to aggravate yourself with BD's tricky specs.
Also, DivX's version of H.264 will be the best H.264 implementation ever if they take care of what plagues some H.264 implementations on the big screen - smeary/washed video at lower bitrates. We need to see the grain on grass, or freckles on a face, without resorting to patches (like AQ for example) that shoot up the bitrate and make the codec useless.I hate VHS. I always did.
wow....I see now...o_o but...the x264 is not good enough then huh? Are you sure the divx team will do a good job of making the best h.264 implement available? like seeing freckless on face and etc?
Yes, I believe they will do a great job, considering they have access to MainConcept's technologies (due to their acquisition last year). Combining core competencies of two significant codec companies from the marketplace should deliver one killer codec.
Yes, DivX did start out as a "hack" and actually benefited from piracy that went on, but I'm hoping - praying - that they move on to more professional endeavors. Leverage is one thing, overkill is another.
I'm hoping the next DivX codec has a more "film-like" look that will translate well on the big screen instead of blurry low-bitrate encodes (or the blocky ones of their current codec). I'm hoping they attract a different audience this time - such as the big-screen TV or blu-ray crowd, maybe even enterprise solutions as well with a different version.
Cramming crappy low-bitrate video onto a CD, or through an Internet connection, is the mindset that they've hopefully moved on from.I hate VHS. I always did.
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Congress was stuck in neutral for much of the past few weeks, but the economy, at least as measured by the Fed's Beige Book report, continued to grow. The report for the Fed's Cleveland district offered reasons for optimism, albeit tempered ones, in keeping with the so-so recovery. "On balance, demand for manufactured products grew at a moderate rate," the Fed wrote about the Cleveland district, in a report based on anecdotal evidence from business owners. Reports from factories in the Cleveland district "showed that demand was steady to growing at a robust pace during the past couple of months," the Fed report stated. Companies seeing the strongest activity were suppliers to the housing, motor-vehicle, and oil and gas markets. Housing market activity held steady, though "sales of new and existing homes were above year-ago levels," according to the report. Nonresidential builders also saw an overall pick-up in business. Retailers reported stronger sales during August and September, while new motor vehicle purchases posted moderate gains on a year-over-year basis," the report stated. Shale-gas activity "is showing signs of moderating due to low natural gas prices," the Fed said, though production "is at historic highs." Applications for business credit were flat, the Fed said, though consumer credit demand rose slightly. Hiring remained "sluggish" across industry sectors. Staffing firms "reported that the number of job openings and placements increased slightly," with vacancies found primarily in health care and manufacturing, according to the Fed.
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Listen up: Successful entrepreneurs listen first and pitch second. That's the thrust of the latest Forbes.com column by Rebecca O. Bagley, CEO of nonprofit economic development group NorTech. "The goal of field research, also known as voice of the customer, is to understand customers' priorities and their reasoning for selecting certain products and suppliers over others," Ms. Bagley writes. "It focuses on the same areas as in-house research — markets, customers and competitors — but is done through face-to-face interviews. Ideally, these interviews will validate your in-house research. They may not, however." Interviewing potential customers "is a special skill that requires preparation and practice," Ms. Bagley writes. She offers some tips that NorTech passes along to members. Among them:
"Before you schedule interviews, it's helpful to prioritize your targets. Starting with a few less crucial interviews will allow you to refine your techniques. Once you pick up the phone to arrange a meeting, you have little time to make the right impression. You want to introduce your mission, build credibility, handle objections and secure the face-to-face interview."
"A detailed scheduling script should be part of your toolbox. It can include a strong introduction, an explanation of why you are interested in the customer, and the 'hook' that describes what's in it for them. The strength of that script will depend on how thoroughly you researched the customer.
"Where you meet is important. Since the interview requires a high level of interaction and sensitivity, the first choice is the customer's office or a neutral meeting space. In rare cases, a social place like a coffee shop might work. The least desirable option is conducting the interview by phone."
Can't always get what you want: Humble Wine Bar in Lakewood has been well received by customers, but owner Dan Deagan didn't get his way
LoveLakewood.com reports that Mr. Deagan, who also owns the popular Deagan's Kitchen & Bar in Lakewood, recently appeared before the city's Architectural Board of Review "seeking approval of a plan to completely enclose the patio area by attaching canvas curtains with plastic windows to the business's awning."
Mr. Deagan, the site notes, had about $300,000 in startup expenses at the wine bar on Detroit Avenue, so he has "ample motivation to try and extend the season of his outdoor dining patio into the chillier months of the year."
But his pitch "was not well received by the board, who felt the proposed change would make the space unwelcoming and akin to enclosing the front porch of a house — an act the board abhors," the website reports.
LoveLakewood.com says board chairman Carl Orban told Mr. Deagan an enclosure would kill the ambiance of the bar, which, he said, is a great place to relax and enjoy a glass of wine.
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The board unanimously rejected the proposal
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Goodbye Yente: Online Dating Trumps Traditional Matchmaking, Study Finds
From Fiddler On The Roof to Downton Abbey, matchmaking — both formal and behind-the scenes — has been a dominant force in nudging couples toward marriage.
Well according to a new analysis, Yente is dead, vanquished by the likes of JDate.com and its ilk. The new study found that other than meeting through friends, online dating — once stigmatized and sort of embarrassing — has trumped all other traditional forms of meeting your soulmate.
From the University of Rochester news release:
Online dating has become the second-most-common way for couples to meet, behind only meeting through friends. According to research by Michael Rosenfeld from Stanford University and Reuben Thomas from City College of New York, in the early 1990s, less than 1 percent of the population met partners through printed personal advertisements or other commercial intermediaries. By 2005, among single adults Americans who were Internet users and currently seeking a romantic partner, 37 percent had dated online. According to research by Michael Rosenfeld, a professor of sociology at Stanford University, in 2007-2009, 22 percent of heterosexual couples and 61 percent of same-sex couples had found their partners through the Web. Those percentages are likely even larger today, the authors write.
But researchers offer this warning:
Online dating sites are not "scientific." Despite claims of using a "science-based" approach with sophisticated algorithm-based matching, the authors found "no published, peer-reviewed papers – or Internet postings, for that matter – that explained in sufficient detail … the criteria used by dating sites for matching or for selecting which profiles a user gets to peruse." Instead, research touted by online sites is conducted in-house with study methods and data collection treated as proprietary secrets, and, therefore, not verifiable by outside parties.
And beyond that:
…online love has its pitfalls, says Harry Reis, one of the five co-authors of the study and professor of psychology at the University of Rochester. Comparing dozens and sometimes hundreds of possible dates may encourage a "shopping" mentality in which people become judgmental and picky, focusing exclusively on a narrow set of criteria like attractiveness or interests. And corresponding by computer for weeks or months before meeting face-to-face has been shown to create unrealistic expectations, he says.


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Texaco Press Release - Texaco Begins Production from Petronius Project in Gulf of Mexico
NEW ORLEANS, July 21 -- Texaco announced today that it has begun commercial production of oil and natural gas from the Petronius project located in the Gulf of Mexico, 130 miles southeast of New Orleans. Installation of the Petronius platform was completed in early May. Texaco and its partner, Marathon, each have a 50-percent working interest and Texaco is operator.
The Petronius project, located in 1,754 feet of water in Viosca Knoll Block 786, began production of oil and gas on July 9. Current production from two pre-drilled wells is 8,700 barrels of oil and 6 million cubic feet of natural gas per day and will be increasing as production rampup continues. An additional three pre-drilled wells will be brought on production over the next three months leading to rates of 40,000 barrels of oil and 35 million cubic feet of natural gas per day by October 2000. Additional wells will be drilled and brought on line through the remainder of 2000 and 2001, leading to peak production rates of 50,000 barrels of oil and 70 million cubic feet of natural gas per day.
"Petronius is an important part of our growth plan for the deepwater Gulf of Mexico, which is a focus area of our worldwide upstream strategy," said Robert A. Solberg, President of Texaco Worldwide Upstream Commercial Development. "Texaco worked with Marathon and numerous contractors, most of which are Louisiana-based, to move this $500 million project on a fast-track construction schedule, positioning Petronius to play an important role in helping us achieve our production growth targets."
The Petronius development consists of a compliant tower structure with production and drilling facilities set over six pre-drilled wells. The tower is the first of its kind in the world, using flexible piling to provide resistance to the forces of hurricanes.
With the tip of its vent boom more than 2,000 feet above the seafloor, the Petronius platform is the world's tallest freestanding structure.
Robert S. Lane, Vice President of Texaco's New Orleans-based Gulf of Mexico Producing unit added, "Petronius is located in the eastern area of the Gulf and is well situated as a potential hub for future developments in the area. This project is a good example of the type of positive economic impact our industry has on the economy of the State of Louisiana and the Gulf Coast Region."
Note: This press release contains forward-looking statements about production rates from the Petronius field. Actual production rates may change based on changing business conditions. For a further discussion of additional factors that could cause actual results to materially differ from those in the forward-looking statements, please refer to the section entitled "Forward-Looking Statements" in Texaco's 1999 Annual Report or Form 10-K.
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An information session on the Augusta Canal Authority's proposal to create a "Riverlook Gateway" access site at the end of Riverlook Drive will be held from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. today at the project site.
Residents and property owners from Castlewood, Deodara and Riverlook drives have been invited and will have an opportunity to review drawings of the project, ask questions and provide comments. The meeting will be held in a vacant lot at the end of the cul-de-sac.
The Canal Authority and Augusta Utilities Department plan to provide a pedestrian and bicycle trail to the bridge to the Raw Water Pump Station and towpath. The project includes an attractive landscaped parking area and custom-built brick and metal fencing to replace the existing chain link and barbed wire.
More details will be available at the meeting.


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This year, Omnova will pay just over $700,000 in city, county and school taxes. Next year, that number will be about $157,000.
Lowndes County Tax Assessor Greg Andrews says, "When you're losing $530,000 off of Omnova, it's going to take close $23 million to make up that loss."
To put that in simple terms, the city would have to attract about 15 new Longhorn steakhouses like the one that just opened to make up for the lost Omnova revenue. And the losses touch every phase of government.
Andrews says, "The Board of Supervisor would lose around $150,000, the Mayor and Council would lose around $160,000 and the Columbus Municipal School District would lose around 220 thousand for 2013 taxes.
The $160,000 equals about one mill on the city's property tax rate and another for the school rate. The city could raise taxes to make up the loss. But that creates a vicious cycle of higher taxes that runs business off.
According to Andrews, "It's hard to get someone to locate inside the city limits when you're paying 144 mills. When you locate outside the city limits and pay 86."
The Yorkville Road area once was the city's property tax cash cow. Now it is becoming an albatross. Omnova has downsized, Airline Manufacturing is closed and Baldor moved to a new location, leaving what now is a huge concrete slab. An overcrowded road network makes the area a tough sell for some industries. But job recruiters say it has some benefits.
LINK C.E.O. Joe Max Higgins says, "Columbus Light and Water have a substation just north of the area, there is rail service and water and sewer is already in place."
The city is working on a redevelopment authority that could build public-private partnerships to target the area . A long-range plan could make residential and apartment development the focus. But that also could take years. In the meantime, city leaders say they are trying to find new ways to do more with less to meet the demands of city taxpayers.


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Designer Haruka Misawa has designed a series of minimal aquariums titled "Waterscapes" that include 3D printed objects inspired by undersea plant life. These works mimic coral and other aquatic flora that small fish use as hiding places, yet are all manufactured digitally. The objects are ones that would normal topple or crumble because of their own weight, yet because of their underwater location are able to exist as buoyant additions to the aesthetically pleasing fish homes.


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CALGARY, Alberta, June 7 (Reuters) - Canadian crude prices strengthened on Friday, with heavy oil supported by expectations of increased refinery demand and light synthetic crude lifted by market talk of a production cut.
Western Canada Select heavy blend for July delivery last traded at $14.00 per barrel below the West Texas Intermediate benchmark, according to Shorcan Energy Brokers.
That compares with a settlement price of $14.75 below the benchmark on Thursday.
Heavy oil has climbed this week on reports Exxon Mobil Corp's 238,600 barrel per day refinery in Joliet, Illinois, could return to service this month.
An upgraded crude distillation unit at BP Plc's 405,000 bpd Whiting, Indiana, refinery is also expected to start by the end of June.
Both U.S. refineries process Canadian heavy crude.
Light synthetic crude from the oil sands for July last traded at a premium of $4.50 per barrel to WTI, up from a settlement price on Thursday of $4.25 above the benchmark.
One market source said prices had been pushed higher this week by a June synthetic crude production cut. A spokeswoman for Canadian Oil Sands Ltd, which owns the largest stake in Syncrude Canada Ltd, declined to comment.


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" Brand: Scottish Fine Soaps / Type: Bath Milk / Subcategory: Moisturiser / Further Category: Bath Cream / What it does: Smoothes, Moisturizes, "
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I bought a bulk order from the Scottish Fine Soaps Company with a random selection of their items that they had on offer at the time. Their website has a very good sale section and I tend to try products from this and look out for some of my favourites being on offer http://www.scottishfinesoaps.com.
I bought a bottle of their Au Lait Bathing Milk simply because it was something I hadn't tried before and was a bit curious about using bathing milk in my bath. The bottle design of this also caught my eye. It is designed to look quite like a milk bottle, being made of glass, but it is tall and thin rather than being short and stumpy. It looks to me like a very posh milk bottle!
The top of the bottle had a black cap that you unscrew to pour the bathing milk out. The colour scheme is a catching black and white, with the bathing milk obviously being white coloured. The text on the bottle is very simplistic, Au Lait in black font and a little picture of a cow with some product descriptions and ingredients on the back. The bottle holds 220 ml of bathing milk product.
To use the bathing milk you make it as you would a normal bubble bath, run a good amount of hot water into your bath. Pour the bathing milk into the stream of hot water and then stir the milk and water together and let it bubble up. The consistency is quite thin and you need to pour a decent amount into the bath to get the most out of the bathing milk. This bubbles a lot more than I would have expected a bathing milk to do, more so than some bubble baths I have used! The water gets a nice off white colour to it and has a silky consistency and texture.
The smell of this is very pleasant, it smells fresh and floral and slightly milky, but not a sickly milk smell. It almost smells creamy, but mainly nice and rich. The product is made up of milk proteins which naturally hydrate the skin and Vitamin E which has rejuvenating properties and natural anti-oxidising properties.
When I have bathed in this my skin feels silky smooth and very moisturised. I tend to use this infrequently as I see it as a bit of a luxury and treat bath time product rather than an everyday item. It has a creaminess to it which reminds you of milk, but in a silky and smooth way.
Overall I really like this bathing milk, though I do feel it is missing something, but I'm not sure what, perhaps some punch! However this bathing milk does do everything that it states and comes in a lovely bottle for showcasing in my bathroom, it is relaxing and moisturising and so perfect for a bath.
A 220 ml bottle currently costs £7.95 on the Scottish Fine Soaps Company website, I picked mine up at half price from them which makes it a bit more affordable, but very much worth the money!
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the left side, looking at real-time images of the two main arteries sending oxygenated blood to my brain.
I turned 35 the day before this test. That was important to know, because the data from this CIMT study is thought to be most useful when compared against other white men in my age bracket.
Watching my carotids on the screen didn't offer up any surprises. I run four miles a day, and bike an average of six to eight miles a day when I'm home in Seattle. My arteries looked wide open on the ultrasound screen.
But that wasn't the last word, because this test takes quantitative measurements of arterial thickness that you can't see with the naked eye. Sure enough, there was zero plaque buildup in my arteries, and the arterial wall thickness was about what is expected of a 28-year-old man. (For any primary care docs or cardiologists in the audience, if you want to interpret my report for free, click here.)
Mainly, Hall says, the SonoSite test will be used by primary care physicians with an emphasis on preventive medicine. SonoSite says about 100 of these CIMT software upgrades have been sold to doctors, but that it doesn't really know how many patients have gotten this same exam. There are about 134,000 primary care physicians in the U.S., and about 24,000 cardiologists who might be interested in using an ultrasound CIMT test to track progress of their patients over time. Most cardiologists treat sick patients, rather than try to keep healthy patients from getting sick, so it's hard to see exactly why they'd want this tool for prevention.
I didn't get a hard number on what the test actually costs per patient, but it would have to factor in the physician's time, the cost of a SonoSite ultrasound machine ($24,000 to $40,000), the $4,000 for the initial software license and $2,500 for additional licenses, and the cost of running the medical practice, according to David Levesque, SonoSite's vice president of market development for cardiovascular disease management.
For that cost, what's the benefit? This is something health economists could spend years trying to answer through following patients after CIMT exams, and following up on whether they changed their behavior and actually lowered their risk of heart attack. But SonoSite is going to pitch it for the time being on the potential for savings to the healthcare system—kind of an important concept in the era of healthcare reform.
"We believe it has great potential as medicine becomes more focused on prevention as a means of reducing morbidity, mortality, and end stage disease treatment," Levesque says. "The cost-benefit ratio for CIMT versus heart catheterization, CT, and/or MRI is significantly better for everyone involved."
When I followed up after my test with Goodwin, SonoSite's CEO, he didn't really say how much of an earnings driver this sort of test could be for the company, or how widely it could catch on in primary care medicine. He wanted to talk about lots of other applications for ultrasound, which are probably worth stories for another day. But the main theme, of using ultrasound images for preventive medicine, is certainly a big idea, and CIMT tests are just one component. Essentially, it's one thing when your doctor lectures you about some abstract cholesterol score on a piece of paper. It's another thing when the patient can see in real-time that his arteries are clogged up, and blood is struggling to get to his brain.
If I had seen that on the screen, I would probably have been scared straight and quit eating half of the junk I eat today.
"It's quantitative, stratified, and provides a visual demonstration," Goodwin says. "This shows the power of visualization at its best."
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Technology In The Music Class Part-2
This week I want to share 3 fun note training websites you can use with your music classes. I noticed that my students learn note reading faster when they play computer games. It is a win-win opportunity to have your students practice note reading while having fun playing a music game on the computer. I'm always amazed how competitive they get when they play computer games. I am very exited to try these games with my class this year.
Music Teacher Games: This is a very simple note reading game. I like to call it the Speed Note Game because it challenges the children to read the notes quickly to earn the highest score within a certain amount of time. They can repeat the game to try to out score their last game.
Note Trainer: Simply click the note name that appears on the staff and the computer will keep track of your score as you go. You can also play another game using this piano. Your class can play fun melodies on the piano by clicking on the piano keys. I think it would be great to have each student write their own song on a music staff to share with the rest of the class.
Classics For Kids: This website has another fun note reading game to help your class read their notes. It spells out mystery words for the class to discover. You can have them list all the mystery words they used in the game for a note reading assessment. Check back next week for more ideas for your classroom.
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FIREFIGHTERS battled a house fire in Basildon.
Crews rushed to Essex Close at 6.38pm on Sunday and found part of the kitchen was up in flames and the whole house smoke logged.
The fire was out by 7.11pm.
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Saddam and Arafat, Sharon and Golda
The political and military establishment in Israel, like its counterpart in the U.S., is convinced beyond a shadow of a doubt that its problems begin with one bad person whose removal will solve those problems.
The political and military establishment in Israel, like its counterpart in the U.S., is convinced beyond a shadow of a doubt that its problems begin with one bad person whose removal will solve those problems. After September 11, the prime minster quickly drew a straight line between Osama bin Laden and Yasser Arafat. That line proved to be an effective defense against American pressure to get out of the territories and move on to the political track.
The vacuum left by bin Laden has now been filled by Saddam Hussein. There is plenty of evidence in the archives proving the similarity of the two. And for those who don't remember the pictures of the "butcher of Baghdad" in Arafat's arms, along comes the news report of an Iraqi plot to equip Arafat's soldiers with biological weapons.
There is no greater lie than the claim of the similarity between Arafat and Saddam, and the propagandists who are spreading the lie know it. The first difference is that one man is conducting a ruthless campaign against a foreign occupation that has controlled his land for 35 years, while the other has been intimidating his own people and threatening regional peace for the last 23 years. Saddam uses oil to grease the wheels of his nuclear development machinery and to finance terror against Israel. He knows that every attack removes Arafat further away from any peace agreement with Israel.
It is Israel that is shoving the Palestinian people into Saddam's arms. While Israel confiscates the Palestinian Authority's funds, arguing the money is used to finance terror, Iraq uses dollars to pay off the families of suicide bombers. Someone who sent tens of thousands of Iraqi children to die in the eight-year war against Iran and imposes on his people a decade-long siege, won't bat an eyelash at the sight of Palestinian babies (let alone Jewish ones) suffering. Even if Bush Jr. finishes what his father didn't, some other Arab or extremist Muslim zealot (Iran, for example) will take Saddam's place as the hero in the mosques of Nablus and on the banks of Gaza.
One can easily learn the difference between Saddam and Arafat by having a conversation with leaders in Fatah and the PA, and by listening to what they say about Arafat to the Palestinian press. Nobody goes home safely in Baghdad after saying far more moderate things about Saddam.
All that the head of the Shin Bet was ready to say to the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee about growing dissent among the Fatah and Tanzim cadres is that there are "signs of fatigue from the intifada" in the territories. What Avi Dichter and Chief of Staff Moshe Ya'alon don't say is that the fatigue is with Arafat's corrupt leadership. They don't say that unlike in Iraq, a young, courageous opposition is springing up in the territories. Ariel Sharon turns his back on the signals from the Fatah leadership that it won't allow Arafat and Ahmed Yassin to miss a real opportunity to end the occupation and the war of attrition. The secret messages and the public calls for a cease-fire are simply ignored.
In his new book, "Dreams and Opportunities Missed, 1967-1973," Dan Bavli describes Golda Meir's refusal to pay any attention to the signals coming from Cairo toward the end of the War of Attrition. Three years before the terrible Yom Kippur War, she foiled then-foreign minister Abba Eban's initiative for a unilateral cease-fire on the Egyptian front. Two months later, she shot down an historic invitation by then-Egyptian president Gamal Abdul Nasser to Nahum Goldmann, then-president of the World Jewish Congress, to pay an open visit to Cairo.
"Since that incident," wrote a group of 12th graders to then-prime minister Meir, "it has been proven that even when there is an alternative, you ignore it. In light of that, we, and many others, are considering how to fight in a futureless war while our government navigates its policies to miss every opportunity for peace." Those 12th graders celebrated their 50th birthdays at the height of the current war of attrition, with their sons, and possibly grandsons becoming one more generation of occupation, bereavement and missed opportunity.
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Overall market activity resulted from trading in 15 securities of which five advanced, five declined and five traded firm. Trading activity on the First Tier Market registered a volume of 167,527 shares crossing the floor of the Exchange valued at $2,273,890.62. Jamaica Money Market Brokers Limited was the volume leader with 90,040 shares changing hands for a value of $40,588, followed by Sagicor Financial Corporation with a volume of 25,441 shares being traded for $190,631. Angostura Holdings Limited contributed 21,038 shares with a value of $228,143, while The West Indian Tobacco Company Limited added 11,247 shares valued at $1,327,146. Neal and Massy Holdings Limited enjoyed the day's largest gain, increasing $1.10 to end the day at $65.16. Conversely, First Citizebns Bank Limited suffered the day's greatest loss, falling $1.68 to close at $38.50. Clico Investment Fund was the only active security on the Mutual Fund Market, posting a volume of 108,408 shares valued at $2,438,827.84. It advanced by $0.03 to end at $22.50.


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A styled shoot with real couple always have a sweet spot for me! My first styled shoot ever was for a real engage couple and this one is for an anniversary!
I chose to do a classic black, white, and gold for this suite. Invitation, RSVP, RSVP envelope, and place cards are done in gold calligraphy lettering on white handmade paper with deckle edges. I did the outer envelope on black with gold calligraphy for that extra luxury! I love using color envelopes for invitation, it tell everyone (including the postmen) that there's something special in it! And of course, I have to top it off with some butterfly vintage stamps and gold wax seals :)
For a little something special, I was asked to do a set of vow book! It's such an adorable idea from Aizhan, who was the photographer and creative director on this shoot! These His and Her Vows will be available at the Store soon! So keep an eye on it ;)
Anyway, I hope you'll enjoy the lovely anniversary ceremony by the San Francisco beach and the lovely intimate reception after!
Creative Director and Photographer: Photography by Aizhan
Florist: Dream Flowers
Decoration: U & I Event Design
Calligraphy: Seniman Calligraphy
Photo Lab: The Find Lab
Wedding Dress: Want My Look
The Ring: Woodbury Lane
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The independent Azzaman newspaper ran an editorial Friday with the title "A large number of Iraqis are between illusion and reality."
"The division project is being defeated," declared the newspaper, noting the fact that Iraqis, after five years of U.S. military occupation, are able to define the political situation on the ground.
The editorial said the people of Iraq today understand U.S. motives and aims for invading Iraq, especially after the collapse of wise and logical policy, and the way various armed groups dominating the situation ignored values and traditions.
It said those armed groups are the ones established under the "so-called political process" to cover their crimes of killings, kidnappings and ethnic cleansing -- phenomena not seen even when Holaco invaded Baghdad in 1280.
The editorial said the sectarian divisions had poisoned every aspect of life in Iraq, including the government and its institutions.
It said the new government in Iraq mistrusted national leaders who aimed to preserve the old values and traditions in ruling the country, even though many of them had opposed Saddam's regime. It had excluded them from the political process, using the laws the occupier had imposed, such as the De-Baathification law, the dissolution of the Iraqi army and the framing of the current constitution, the newspaper said.
"The occupier's plans began to fail because of the pressure created by the crises people are going through as well as the achievement of the Iraqi national resistance that destroyed the occupier's capabilities," the Azzaman newspaper said.
It added the "sectarian project" had failed for many reasons, such as the immense failure in achieving civil peace and security and defeating terrorism -- even when billions of dollars had been spent to build an army and security forces which ended up creating death squads -- in addition to the absence of a national reconciliation project.
The failure of national reconciliation is apparent when negotiations on the Status of Forces Agreement between Iraq and the United States cause splits in opinion even among negotiators from the same political bloc, the London-based newspaper said.
The editorial added the causes of the failure of national reconciliation were Bush administration policy, the influence of U.S. institutions inside Iraq, and the power competition between Iran and the United States.
It described the political process in Iraq as a battle and said this "political battle" has just begun between the project of political sectarianism and the national reconciliation project whose participants were increasing to include religious movements such as the Shiite Sadr Movement -- an ideological party -- and the Fadhila Party.
It accused Shiites in the government of saying those who oppose them were threatening the Shiite majority, when in fact they were only endangering their own personal interests.
The newspaper added the Iraqi government used the media to convince the simple people of Iraq that bloodshed on the ground in the new Iraq constituted "victories" against the terrorists and would "lead" to improvement in the security situation.
"Iraqis' right is to achieve a national project based on the will of the people and their use of all legal means to resist the occupation, reject sectarian divisions, and hold on to the unity, independence, nationhood and Arabic character of Iraq," the daily said.
For the destruction of Iraq, the editorial blamed Iraqis who came with the occupation forces and supported Paul Bremer in forming an incomplete political process, in advocating for the sectarian division of the country and most seriously in writing the constitution.
The editorial advised the first and most important step to control the situation in today's Iraq is for the political process to be reformed to include the Iraqi resistance and Iraqi national leaders as well as some of the many diverse members of the current parliament.
"A new parliament and a new political process would put the motto of ending the occupation on top of their agenda as a start to end the crisis in Iraq," the newspaper concluded.


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Palace Station Oyster Bar
This little bar takes the best of San Francisco seafood and crosses it with the flavors of New Orleans for a dining experience that will leave you wanting more. Their little neck clams and mussels are steamed to perfection, and dressed to your liking. Served on the half shell, you will not want to eat oysters anywhere else. They have a wide variety of soups, gumbos, steamers, pan roasts, and specialty items, as well. Their New England clam chowder and fresh Caesar salads make for great starters! For the main course, there are many seafood options to choose from. The Cioppino comes highly recommended. It is a seafood stew prepared with fresh tomatoes, peppers, onions, prawns, and fine herbs & spices. Delicious! The house signature items are their Signature House Pan Roasts. You have a choice of crab, oyster, shrimp, lobster, or a combo roast. The fresh seafood is sautéed in steam kettles with butter, brandy, cream, tomato, and herbs & spices and then gently served with steamed white rice. The Oyster Bar is a great place to mix and mingle while enjoying great seafood. Why not order different items and share among your friends? Along with the great seafood, there is a premium wine list to try out and a wide selection of Gordon Biersch draft beers.
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The two vendors, once inextricably linked as the WinTel duopoly, continue to collaborate while backing other horses.
At a dinner hosted by Intel and Red Hat at LinuxWorld Expo, for instance, one key Intel executive noted that Intel has had discussions with Red Hat and SUSE Linux about optimizing their Linux distributions for Intel's processors even as it works with Microsoft on a host of other enhancements including virtualization.
"Microsoft doesn't like us working with other software vendors any more than we like Microsoft working with other silicon vendors, but that's been going on," said Will Swope, general manager of Intel's Software and Solutions Group, noting that Linux hasn't changed his relationship with the top brass in Redmond, Wash. "No, not all that much."
He said Microsoft was initially concerned about Intel's plans to end the life of BIOS and develop a firmware interface called Extensible Firmware Interface (EFI). Essentially, the layer starts up the PC's hardware before the operating system begins loading.


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I've been hearing a TON about this lately. Apparently it's been going on for years and years and my question is if it's sooo awesome why is it JUST now becoming a thing in 2014? I've tried it with coconut oil. It makes me want to puke my guts out, that texture BUT I am getting better at it. I'm going to try it every day for 1 month and get back to you on this.
People who do this swear by it, it has a ton of benefits and it's supposed to be reallllly good for you. Basically it's 20 minutes out of your day and most of everything it is supposed to benefit I need to benefit from so. I'm going to try it.
What is oil pulling you ask? There are a ton of youtube videos on it, this one is really short and to the point. Have any of you done this? Thoughts?


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Gum naval stores are derived from the oleoresin, a fluid commonly called crude turpentine, that exudes from incisions made in the living trees. Wood naval stores are obtained by the chemical processing of deadwood.
comparison with balsam
...acid esters and is used chiefly in medicinal preparations. Certain of the more aromatic varieties of balsam have been incorporated into incense. Balsams are sometimes difficult to distinguish from oleoresins, which are resins dissolved in essential oils, but usually the oleoresins are slightly more fluid.
sources in paprika
...in vitamin C than the citrus fruits. Pungency is imparted by the nitrogen compound capsaicin, which is usually lower in C. annuum than in other plants of the same genus. A colouring agent, oleoresin of paprika, is extracted from the ground pods and used to impart bright red colour to meat and sausage products and to other processed foods.


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The ABA Legal Technology Resource Center, an ABA member benefit, provides a hotline for personalized technology assistance, as well as many other resources. Visit them online at www.lawtechnology.org or call the LTRC hotline at 312-988-5465.
Did you know—ABA members receive significant discounts on more than two dozen technology products and services through ABA TechEZ? Visit the ABA TechEZ website to learn about the savings available to you.
Make your point with presentation technology
Lawyers give presentations in many settings—to clients, with business partners, for CLE and in court. Some eschew the use of visuals aids, because it can detract or distract from their message. Others use slideware tools to enhance their message and provide visual stimulation. Still others use slideware to help convey complex or detailed information.
Edward Tufte, famously in his essay "The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint," criticizes the software often used to generate these visual displays as a tool misused and abused—from the overuse of bulleted lists, to the oversimplification of complex information by using the built-in charts and graphs tools. However, he concedes that the tool itself is not the problem—it's how people use it.
Others have made slideshare tools a welcome and useful accompaniment to verbal communications. The "Lessig Method" describes the presentation style of Lawrence Lessig, in which he uses a rapid-fire series of slides displaying single words, phrases, photographs and graphics to emphasize his message. These slides are not meant to be copied down, but to act as powerful visual stimulation. While Lessig often uses hundreds of slides during a presentation, it is not the number of slides that matters. Guy Kawasaki uses a similar technique of showing slides that strengthen—not substitute for—the message, but will often have only 10 slides.
No matter what your presentation style, re-evaluating your use of slideware can only strengthen your case.
Tools of the trade
Microsoft's PowerPoint is the ubiquitous tool used to create presentation slides. The software has been significantly improved over the years, and the current version, PowerPoint 2010, has made enhancements such as a screenshot tool, video embedding and editing tools, new slide transitions, and the ability to save a PowerPoint presentation to video. Other tools that were introduced in recent versions include WordArt and SmartArt, as well as significant improvements in custom animations.
As more lawyers move to the Mac OS X platform, many have found that Apple's Keynote is a very functional presentation tool, with beautiful templates and powerful editing capabilities for graphics. Keynote allows users to save files to a number of cross-compatible formats, such as PPT, when working with users in other operating systems.
There are other presentation tools emerging on the market. Google Docs and Apps suite now includes a Presentations tool. You can upload an existing PowerPoint slidedeck, or create a new one from scratch. While the functionality in the Google Presentations application is not as sophisticated as newer offerings from Microsoft and Apple, its simplicity might inspire creativity. As with all Google Docs applications, the true power of Google Presentations comes in the ability to collaborate and share the work seamlessly, capturing version history, and all without e-mailing huge files back and forth between collaborators.
Another new online presentation tool, SlideRocket, allows for collaboration as well as creation of online presentations with narration and tracking statistics.
New presentation tools are entering the market, ones that re-envision the creation and display process. One such application is Prezi, which describes itself as the "zooming presentation editor." Prezi offers hybrid online/offline access, and the Pro version at $159 per year offers plenty of options including security, support, customized logo and 2000 MB of online storage. Building a presentation in Prezi is similar to creating a mindmap. The information layout is not necessarily linear, and the user can more easily convey relationships and complex processes by "zooming" from point to point. The easiest way to understand Prezi is to visit its website and watch what others have done with this tool.
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Recent presentation software makes it easy to drop in audio, animation and video clips. There are a few key things to keep in mind when adding this type of multimedia to a slide show. One is that the addition of multimedia files will make the overall file size significantly larger, and may increase the requirements for processor speed and updated players (such as Flash or QuickTime). Do a complete sound check, replicating the exact circumstance in which you will be presenting to ensure everything works the way it should. If the quality or performance of the audio or the image is poor, go to Plan B.
A picture is …
High-quality graphics, including stock photography, not only make a presentation look professional, it also can have high impact. A cartoon-like bit of clipart pales in comparison to a high-resolution, full-color photograph. There are a number of places to get stock photography and images. Microsoft offers free photos online. Simply go to its clipart site and restrict the results to photographs. Fotolia and iStockphoto are two royalty-free stock photography sites, though there is a small fee for using the images. Be careful when using images found through searching the Web, as many are protected by copyright. In some cases you may be able to use them with attrition, or under fair use. Google Advanced Image Search has options for restricting by usage rights.
Nothing ruins a slide presentation like using an old, overused or busy template. Consider having a template custom designed, or peruse free templates from Microsoft or TemplatesWise for a simple, effective background. Remember to only cover one concept per slide.
Presenters should use technology to enhance and emphasize the message—not make it. A wordy PowerPoint slidedeck encourages both the audience and presenter to read the slides. Engage your audience, and use slides to stimulate the senses—not put them to sleep!
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JPSS, for information about studying in Japan's universities and graduate schools. > Search Japanese Universities in Hyogo. > Kobe Gakuin University
To Foreign Students Considering Studying in Kobe Gakuin University. JAPAN STUDY SUPPORT is a website jointly operated by The Asian Students Cultural Association and Benesse Corporation. It provides information about studying in Japan.
The website also provides detailed information about Kobe Gakuin University and its faculties of Global Communications, Nutrition, Law, Economics, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Humanities and Sciences, Business Administration, Rehabilitation, Contemporary Social Studies, and Psychology. Take full advantage of the site to learn everything you would like to know about Kobe Gakuin University.
In addition, information for about 1,300 universities, graduate schools, two-year colleges, and vocational schools that accept foreign students is also posted.
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The key to the world is learning the ability to express yourself in your own words
Kobe Gakuin University was founded in the spirit of "love of truth and respect for individuality", opening in 1966 with one program in the Faculty of Nutrition. Afterwards, the university has developed to add the Faculties of Law, Economics, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Humanities and Sciences, Business Administration, Rehabilitation, and Contemporary Social Studies, for a total of 8 undergraduate and 8 graduate programs, with over 10,000 students as the largest private university in Kobe city. In addition, the University will open the Faculty of Global Communication in April 2015.
Also, the main organization of Kobe Gakuin Educational Foundation celebrated the 100th anniversary of its founding in 2012, and in 2016 Kobe Gakuin University will celebrate the 50th anniversary of its founding. Kobe Gakuin University aims to capitalize on its strengths and further develop its education and research activities.
Our goals for the next 100 years are to become a university where students are highly satisfied, to implement education with the responsibilities of a higher education institution in mind, to upgrade our learning facilities, to improve our research capability, and to realize contributions back to society.


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Victor and Rolf to Design Couture
Viktor & Rolf Will Design Couture (Again!)
- Viktor & Rolf will show during Couture Fashion Week — WWD
- This is Madonna's Macy's exhibit — HuffPost Style
- Are Sienna Miller and Tom Sturridge Burberry's new stars? — Vogue UK
- Queen Elizabeth's best style moments — Lucky
- The underwear the fashion industry is buzzing about — Fashionista
- Zac Posen's biggest indulgence — Styleite
- The shocking location a model scout looked to recruit — The Daily Beast
- Georgina Chapman's prom-perfect collection — Teen Vogue
- Behind the scenes of the Gucci documentary — People StyleWatch
- John Galliano to teach at Parsons — The Cut
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Hi! I'm Missy, a wife and a mother of 2. i have a 2yr old daughter and a 1month old son. I am looking for a mommy group/playgroup who have kids around the same age as my...
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COLUMBIA, Mo., Dec. 24 (UPI) -- Gary Pinkel agreed to a new five-year contract Sunday to continue as the football coach at the University of Missouri.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported the deal will pay Pinkel $1.85 million annually, an increase of $550,000 a year from his previous contract.
"We are very pleased to make this commitment to Gary, his staff, our kids and all of our fans of the football program at Mizzou," said Director of Athletics Mike Alden. "Winning the Big 12 North title this season was the first championship of any kind in football in nearly 40 years here and we want to capitalize on this momentum."
The deal also makes Pinkel, 55, the third-highest-paid coach in the Big 12 behind Oklahoma's Bob Stoops ($3,620,000) and Mack Brown of Texas ($2,751,000).
Brown's salary makes him the 17th-highest-paid coach in the country.
Pinkel is signed through the 2012 season.
He takes his sixth-ranked Tigers to the Cotton Bowl on New Year's Day against Arkansas.


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WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 (UPI) -- First-time unemployment claims fell under 300,000 for the first time since May 2007 in the week ending Thursday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said Thursday.
In the week ending Sept. 7, first time claims dropped by a dramatic 31,000 to 292,000, the bureau said..
The government, however, said a data delay contributed to the decline, MarketWatch reported, meaning the data is skewed by circumstance. In effect, the weekly report will have an asterisk next to it.
The current four-week moving average fell by 7,500 to 321,250, BLS reported.


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What's next in nationwide struggle over same-sex marriage?
Wedding bells rang for same-sex couples in New Jersey, after Gov. Chris Christie dropped his opposition and that state joined 14 others and the District of Columbia in officially allowing gay marriage. David Crary of the Associated Press joins Ray Suarez to discuss the legislative policies at work in these matrimonial matters.
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Kerri's book Pick of the Week is "Eleanor and Park," the acclaimed young adult book by Rainbow Rowell that is one of the New York Times notable children's books of the year.
Amazon says "don't let the stigma of 'books for teens' fool or deter you. It is written about teens, sure, but the themes are so universal that anyone who survived high school will relate to the lives of the two protagonists."
Locally, the book caused some controversy in the Anoka-Hennepin School District when parents objected to the book being in the high school summer reading program:
Parents of a student objected to the book's content, citing its use of profanity and its treatment of sexuality. The Anoka County Library had scheduled a visit by Rowell, but the event was canceled due to the controversy. Chair Tom Heidemann of the school board said officials were considering two issues: whether the book should have been included in the library, and whether it was appropriate for the reading program.


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Harassment incidents probed
State police at Lehighton reported on two harassment incidents investigated by troopers.
On Sunday, Nov. 1, about 4:20 p.m. at 310 Bridge St., Weissport, Tracia L. Collura, 23, of Helletown, and Adria L. Hagenbuch, 21, of Weissport, got into a verbal altercation that turned physical. Troopers said Hagenbuch allegedly slapped Collura in the face and then punched her in the back of the head.
Hagenbauch was charged with harassment.
An incident occurred at the Youth Services Agency, located at 1614 Upper Smith Gap Rd., in Eldred Township, in Monroe County. Troopers said a 16-year-old female from Reading assaulted Stephanie Pranzo, 33, of Jim Thorpe, by kicking her. The teen was cited for harassment.


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– Abyss commented on his return to TNA, writing on Twitter, "There will be NO mercy for the ones who have wronged me or my brother. Thank you @IMPACTWRESTLING fans for welcoming me back. #impactlive"
– Jake Dirden won Bracket 9 in the Gut Check Challenge, voting for Bracket 10 starts today.
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Connecticut U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal is traveling to the U.S. border with Mexico to see firsthand the crisis involving tens of thousands of migrant children streaming into Texas.
A member of the Senate Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees and Border Security, the Democrat was scheduled to visit the border Thursday evening and on Friday.
Blumenthal was expected to meet with local authorities, volunteers, children and federal officials to learn more about the situation. He also planned to tour a local border patrol station in McAllen, Texas and receive a briefing at Lackland Air Force Base, where some of the immigrants are being held.
Blumenthal will be joined on the trip with Republican and Democratic House and Senate members, as well as the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner.


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Release Date: 2013 |
Album Rating: 3.0Yeah, I'm pleasantly surprised that this isn't flatout terrible.
great summary. I still think it's hilarious he changed his name to snoop lion.
Digging: Langhorne Slim - Lost At Last, Vol 1
Good review, man.
One minor thing: Diplo is Major Lazer, so I'd make an adjustment to that =]
Well, Major Lazer is at least run by Diplo - he's the ringleader behind it
Album Rating: 3.0Oh I know that Omaha, when I wrote them together like that as "Major Lazer and Diplo" I meant to say that Diplo is the executive here, but the rest of Major Lazer contributes to the production as well.
Album Rating: 3.0Thank you anyway though, you're right, it does kind of give another impression. Any suggestions on how I should word it?
Meh, if you just put Diplo / Major Lazer, I think that would cover the bases adequately
Album Rating: 3.0Thanks man, changing that now.
Album Rating: 2.0album is so bad but the name is even worse ohhh man
Album Rating: 2.5This isn't great but by the same token it's not as bad as I expected. Here Comes The King and Fruit Juice are good tunes.
Album Rating: 3.0I agree Ali, those actually happen to be my favorite tracks off of this. I was originally feeling a 2.5 on this, but I bumped it up a notch to a 3 because of what I say in the concluding two sentences of this review.
Album Rating: 3.0@Atari Thanks haha. I think it's my best summary in a while. And yeah, I still really can't take the name seriously.
You can probably find on youtube Snoop Lion talking about his transformation on Real Time with Bill Maher
Album Rating: 2.0Marley is rolling over in his grave and Perry is about to slap a nigga
Snoop Pussy Cat.
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i wont even listen to this. fucking sell out. no, maturation is ok, but this, no, fuck this.
Great review. I will check this because he delayed this record for so long, I got curious.
This bloke has always been a fraud. What a mother faker
He went from being a dog person to a cat person. Traitor.
Actually this is not the worst thing in the world, but is really, really bland
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Lately I have been researching about Search Engine Optimization and how to get people to my website. This is actually a pretty lofty topic and I still have so much to learn. My first goal though was to get my name on Google maps. I wanted my name to show up when people googled "abilene photographers." Well several months ago I registered with Google and I have been waiting ever since for my name to show up on that list. Well I check randomly today and it was there!!! I actually shouted for joy in my office. I am finally on the map!!!! I am so excited. REALLY. This is a big deal for my little business. Check it out.
Wow. I am pumped!
Now I didn't make the first page of photographers. I am on the second page. But I will settle with that for now. But with your help perhaps I can get on the first page…
Please see if you can find me on Google maps.
Here is how:
1. Open Google and search "Abilene Photographers"
2. Click on the top link that should say Local business results for photographers near Abilene, TX (http://maps NULL.google NULL.com/maps?client=safari&rls=en&oe=UTF-8&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=abilene+photographers&fb=1&gl=us&hq=photographers&hnear=Abilene,+TX&view=text&ei=CeUoTJSTJ8KqlAfrkeiACA&sa=X&oi=local_group&ct=more-results&resnum=1&ved=0CC4QtQMwAA)
2. Scroll down to the bottom and click the arrow to get to page 2
3. I should be letter "J"
4. If you find me then click the link on the map to my site. That may help me get moved from page 2 to page 1.
Thanks so much for your help. I am so excited about this little mile stone in my business and could not have gotten their without the support from all of you. Thanks again!
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