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Harsco Rail, Harsco Corp.'s railway track maintenance division, has landed two equipment orders, one in Saudi Arabia, one in South Africa, worth close to $25 million.
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Harsco Rail Ltd., the British operation of Harsco Rail (Harsco Corp.'s railway track maintenance division) on June 29 received an order from Network Rail for seven Stoneblower track geometry machines.…
For Harsco, business is a grind (that's a good thing)
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Gill grabbing Harsco Rail reins
Harsco Corp. on Oct. 19 appointed Jeswant Gill as President of Harsco Rail, effective Nov. 1, 2016. He will be based at Harsco Rail headquarters in Columbia, S.C.
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Harsco Corporation announced June 1, 2016 that its Protran Technology unit, part of the Company's Harsco Rail division, has formed a marketing alliance with the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics…
CSX m/w, guided by COMPASS™
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With budget challenges and controversies looming over whether to close an elementary school, parents in the Del Mar Union School District worry that the school board may be close to firing its superintendent.
After a series of closed-door meetings this summer and fall, Sharon McClain still had her job as of this week. But on Wednesday, parents and teachers crowded a school board meeting and pilloried board Trustees Katherine White, Annette Easton and Steven McDowell for what they feared was an imminent decision to let McClain go.
On Thursday, White refused to say whether she had confidence in McClain's leadership.
"I don't think it's appropriate to speak on that subject," White said. "I'm not going to answer that because I think we should answer that as a board."
After Wednesday's meeting, McDowell also refused to say whether he supported the superintendent.
Easton could not be reached after the meeting.
It's clear that conflict has brewed for months between McClain and the three trustees. The school board has held repeated closed meetings — some called by McClain and others by the board that excluded her — to discuss her performance.
Critics argue that the board majority of Easton, White and McDowell has governed with a heavy hand.
"Your constant and consistent micromanaging and interference in even the most mundane of district issues has hampered the work of the district's administration and created an atmosphere of 'duck and cover' whenever you are present," parent Kerry Traylor said at Wednesday's board meeting.
The latest conflict between McClain and the trustees centered on a disagreement over a student discipline case. After a closed session Wednesday that lasted about an hour, board President Comischell Rodriguez announced that the board had concluded its investigation and that no action had been taken regarding McClain's job.
Asked whether she expected the board to continue to discuss McClain's performance in repeated meetings in the new year, Rodriguez said: "I can't imagine any more superintendent evaluation meetings happening. … I believe we're listening to the public."
McClain's contract allows the board to fire her at any time without cause, but if it does, the district would have to pay her a year's salary.
Nearly two years ago, White, Easton and McDowell ousted then-Superintendent Tom Bishop in a buyout that cost the district more than $285,000.
In August 2008, when the board hired McClain, Easton said the new superintendent was an extremely likable person who reaches out to community members.
"Her personality is going to be just a great fit," Easton said at the time, echoing the sentiments of her colleagues on the board.
Del Mar Union faces several challenges in 2010. A committee is studying whether to close an elementary school to address uneven enrollment, and the district faces a $2.5 million deficit for 2010-11. McClain, who turns 65 in February and has two and a half years left on her four-year contract, said this week that she wants to continue to work on those and other challenges — at least through the end of the school year.
"I know, like every other superintendent, that we have no tenure, we have no job security, beyond the next board meeting," she said.
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Since baseball became an Olympic medal sport in 1992, two Olympiads have been held in countries that could plausibly be called "baseball nations." Of course the U.S. was host in 1996 in Atlanta, and then Australia played host in 2000 in Sydney. Even calling Australia a "baseball nation" might be a stretch, as the home ballpark for the baseball tournament, Homebush Baseball Stadium, was regularly used more for livestock shows than for baseball.
At the other end of the spectrum are Spain (Barcelona, 1992) and Greece (Athens, 2004), where the sport hasn't taken root and where the future for the sport isn't considered rosy.
Then there's this year's Olympic host, China. Major League Baseball has been heavily involved in getting China ready for the '08 Games, from helping maintain the field at the venue (which it also did in Athens) to selecting coaches for the team. Former Mariners manager and ex-big leaguer Jim Lefebvre has been in charge of China's baseball team since fall of 2003 under an agreement with the Chinese Baseball Association, with ex-big leaguers Bruce Hurst and now Steve Ontiveros serving as pitching coaches. (In contrast, Greece's Olympic team in '04 was bankrolled primarily by Orioles owner Peter Angelos, a Greek-American, and managed by White Sox scout John Kazanas and North Florida coach Dusty Rhodes.)
Lefebvre has brought his Chinese teams to the World Baseball Classic, instructional league in Arizona and tours of American summer college leagues, all with the goal of getting the host nation ready for the 2008 Games.
So, is China ready? Lefebvre seems to think so, as he says China went 17-7 against teams in extended spring training this year and played well in a six-game tour of the New England Collegiate League.
"Suddenly they got it," he said of his players. "For five years, the Olympics were just kind of a dream. It was a picture out there somewhere. They never really could see it. But now they see the finish line. It's right in front of them. And that's what really kind of turned them on."
Some History, Just Not Recent
A summer college tour and extended spring training may not be quite enough to prepare a nation such as China, no matter how large, for Olympic competition. China, after all, was starting virtually from scratch in baseball.
Baseball came to China in the second half of the 19th Century, and according to the Chinese Professional League website, baseball had a solid following in the country with several college teams playing regularly in the first half of the 20th Century. However, communist Chairman Mao Zedong outlawed baseball in 1959 as "too Western," so Lefebvre was basically re-introducing baseball to the world's largest nation.
"The opportunity to jump-start it in a great nation like China is very gratifying," Lefebvre said. "To know that you're going to have some kind of impact on that down the road. It's their game. But we're there to consult them and to really help them kind of find their own way. And that's what it's all about.
"Sooner or later I'm going to have to leave. And the greatest compliment I can have to know that someday that China will be a power, which I think they will be. When they put their mind to something, they can do almost anything. To know that you had an impact, obviously makes you feel really good."
Just as obviously, MLB's involvement in China's national team is more about establishing a foothold in the Chinese sports market than it is about helping China contend in the Olympic baseball tournament. The NBA is the dominant American sports property in China, as China has long had solid national teams in that sport and has produced NBA star Yao Ming. Millions of Chinese watch NBA games and buy NBA apparel, and MLB would love to follow that example.
It started on its way with an exhibition series in Beijing this year between the Padres and Dodgers. It will continue with the Olympics, but where it goes thereafter may depend in part on how the Chinese team performs. MLB's field and stadium consultant, Murray Cook, hinted at this in his blog from Beijing as he was preparing the stadium for the Games. He took time to visit the basketball venue and wrote, "China LOVES basketball . . . when China plays."
Boo-Wang Battery
China's fans will see some talent on the field for its national team, according to Lefebvre and his new pitching coach Ontiveros, who replaced Hurst when the Red Sox hired Hurst in its farm department.
"We do have players that I think can pitch and play at a Double-A level right now," Lefebvre said. "For the entire team collectively I'd say we're more at an A level right now."
China's top player may be 6-foot-3, 225-pound catcher Wang Wei, whom the Mariners have signed. Wang, 26, put his name into international baseball lore by hitting the first home run in the 2006 World Baseball Classic. Lefebvre said Wang has "tremendous power . . . he's big and strong and can throw; he's got a plus arm."
In a press release, Ontiveros said he was focusing on teaching command and movement, rather than focusing on velocity, as China hasn't developed any power arms yet. He said most of his pitchers top out in the mid-to-upper 80s.
"We can't give up 12 runs a game because we are not going to score that many," Ontiveros said. "We need to keep the games close. I think we will be very competitive in games when our pitchers do well."
China's top pitcher is lefty Boo Tao, whose fastball reaches the upper 80s and who also throws a good changeup. He's a good pitcher, Lefebvre said, possibly a big league reliever if he had the chance.
But Tao is not Yao Ming; neither is the catcher Wang. Lefebvre says that's the goal, but that remains somewhat far away, despite the progress that's been made.
"We've come a long ways," Lefebvre said. "We realize that the challenge we have in front of us, in the Olympics against great teams like the USA, Cuba, Japan. Korea is really a strong country. It's going to be very tough for us to even think about a medal.
"But what we're trying to do is build a future. And hopefully if we play well, then we're going to jump-start the sport over there. Our goal is to find that one Yao Ming that's going get things going."
Los Angeles Times reporter Kevin Baxter interviewed Jim Lefebvre for this story.


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Justin Barcia holeshot Moto 1, but the lead was taken away before heading up Washougal's Horsepower Hill by Monster Pro Circuit Kawasaki's Blake Baggett. Ryan Sipes was the fastest qualifier and he jumped into second early on the first lap. After crossing the finish line the Star Racing DNA Shred Stix Yamaha rider went by Baggett and into the lead. Sipes would hold the point position until Lap 5 when Baggett reclaimed the lead and never looked back.
Points leader, Dean Wilson, rounded the first lap in 13th and was dealing with traffic as a result of his crappy start. By the halfway point he was up to eighth and still pushing would end in fifth. Meanwhile, Sipes succumbed to a mistake that dropped him to an eventual 15th. Hard-charging Kyle Cunningham and the third Monster PC Kawi rider in the championship fight, Tyla Rattray, moved forward with the Kawi rider in front. The South African would not catch his younger teammate, but a runner-up put him in excellent position for the overall. Geico Powersports Honda's Justin Barcia slipped into fourth.
Moto 2 involved some ongoing mathematics as everyone tried to figure out the overall results. Wilson had something to prove and he led all 16 laps. Baggett was nursing an injured shoulder. He said it gets tired but that didn't seem to show as he tried to repeat his opening victory. Unfortunately he was down in ninth after Lap 1. The #57 bike put on one of his classic charges through the pack and worked up to fourth behind Gareth Swanepoel's Star Racing DNA Shred Stix Yamaha. He needed to get by the South African in order to win the overall, which he did on lap 13. That's where he would stay for the remainder of the session to claim the overall, but the action wasn't finished up front.
"I literally had no clue what place I got," Baggett said from the podium. "I thought I was somewhere between fourth to eighth. You couldn't see anything out there, the shadows were really bad, and, hey, I won it. That's pretty cool."
Dean Wilson rode like a man possessed in the second moto but a win wasn't good enough to get the overall. He still leads the championship.
Rattray shaved off a couple seconds with two laps to go and pulled to within a second of Wilson as the white flag dropped. Rattray was not able to try an outside line entering the whoop section as a lapped rider occupied the edge of the track, and he was forced to follow Wilson through the rollers for a narrow 0.6-second deficit at the checkers.
Rattray mirrored his teammate's comments about the difficult Washougal layout. "It's a very technical track… I managed to sort it out there at the end and it was just too late," said the runner-up.
Wilson continues to seek the elusive overall victory, but third overall allows him to keep his lead in the championship.
"I was taking my frustrations out," he said of the determined Moto 2 ride. "The first moto was such a disappointment – my start was terrible, I fell once – I just didn't get in my groove. So for that second one I was fired up. I was pissed. I just wanted that one so bad. Tyla was on it… I told myself 'I came this far I'm not going to let him by now.'"
It was the fifth time that the Kawasaki team has swept the overall podium this season.
2011 AMA Motocross 250 Results:
1. Blake Baggett (Kawasaki) 1-3
2. Tyla Rattray (Kawasaki) 2-2
3. Dean Wilson (Kawasaki) 5-1
4. Kyle Cunningham (Yamaha) 3-7
Tyla Rattray was 0.6 seconds away from an overall victory. His 2-2-2 keeps him as championship runner-up.
5. Gareth Swanepoel (Yamaha) 7-4
6. Justin Barcia (Honda) 4-10
7. Malcolm Stewart (Suzuki) 8-8
8. Martin Davalos (Suzuki) 13-5
9. Darryn Durham (Honda) 11-9
10. Broc Tickle (Kawasaki) 9-16
2011 AMA Motocross 250 Championship Points:
1. Dean Wilson, 346
2. Tyla Rattray, 333
3. Blake Baggett, 329
4. Kyle Cunningham, 233
5. Eli Tomac, 201
6. Broc Tickle, 187
7. Justin Barcia, 181
8. Gareth Swanepoel, 177
9. Martin Davalos, 152
10. Darryn Durham, 144


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Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 534948
get the agent to not blow away its logs on restart
Last modified: 2009-03-24 14:22:00 EDT
get the agent's log4j settings to append to the log file, not overwrite, on restart
i think this is done already.
I see this in log4j.xml
<param name="Append" value="true"/>
I have no idea why I wrote this up - the agent logs have always worked this way. I am a dunce.
This bug was previously known as http://jira.rhq-project.org/browse/RHQ-1695


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Integrating the results of scholarly work from the past decade, the authors of An Introduction to the Ancient World, Lukas de Blois and R.J. van der Spek, have fully-updated and revised all sixteen chapters of this best-selling introductory textbook. Covering the history and culture of the ancient Near East, Greece and Rome within the framework of a short narrative history of events, this book offers an easily readable, integrated overview for students of history, classics, archaeology and philosophy, whether at college, at undergraduate level or among the wider reading public.
This revised second edition offers a new section on early Christianity and more specific information on the religions, economies, and societies of the ancient Near East. There is extended coverage of Greek, Macedonian and Near Eastern history of the fourth to second centuries BC and the history of the Late Roman Republic. The consequences of Julius Caesar's violent death are covered in more detail, as are the history and society of Imperial Rome.
This new edition is:
Introduction Part 1: The Ancient Near East 1. The Origins of the Civilizations of Egypt and Mesopotamia 2. The Third Millennium BC 3. The Second Millennium 4. The First Millennium 5. Religion 6. Economy and Society 7. Government Part 2: The Greek World 8. The Early Iron Age 9. The Archaic Period (c.750–c.500 BC) 10. The Classical Period (c.500–c.330 BC) 11. The Hellenistic World (c.330–c.30BC) Part 3: Rome 12. Early Roman History (753–265 BC) 13. Further Expansion and New Social Tensions (264–133 BC) 14. The Century of the Civil Wars (133–30 BC) 15. The Early Imperial Age (27 BC–AD 193) 16. The Crisis of the Third Century AD and Late Antiquity. Epilogue Part 4: Appendices 1. Greek and Roman Names 2. Greek and Roman Money 3. The Roman Emperors. Bibliography. Index


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The Dams in Montenegro
The Montenegro government was yesterday handed a 14,764 signature petition asking it to consider alternatives to its four dam plan for the country's second most important and most scenic River. In Montenegro, Lake Skadar - a key area for biodiversity in the Balkans - is threatened by four dams planned on the MoraÄa River. According to some studies, the dams could strongly affect the water levels in the lake hence putting a strain on its rich fish population and negatively affecting many local families who make a living from fisheries.
Dam proponents have historically understood that dams largely improve the status of water related energy and environmental issues by, for example, producing hydroelectric power and increasing the water supply for irrigation. However, the negative impacts of dams have come increasingly more into focus. Discussion over whether dam projects are ultimately beneficial or detrimental—to both the environment and surrounding human populations—has emerged with a particular gravity following various public debates about the construction of Three Gorges Dam.
A dam changes the local environment, wildlife, sedimentation patterns, erosion patterns, local climate, and local human populations may be relocated.
The MoraÄa River, the second most important in Montenegro, provides two thirds of the water flows into Lake Skadar, the biggest lake in the Balkans and one of the most important bird and fish habitats in the Mediterranean region, providing more than 90 per cent of fish consumed in Montenegro.
Many dams have been built in the world but always at a cost to what was there before. What is needed is as balanced approach that shows what the benefits are as compared to the potential costs.
The government study – a strategic environmental impact assessment (SEA)– was evaluated by an independent expert commissioned by World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and its partner Green Home in Montenegro. The study results show that many inconsistencies appear and that this project appears to be missing a serious number of elements.
Among the most important, the effects to the population and human health are not appropriately addressed. For example, the SEA states there will be significant impacts on the population resulting from the building of the Andrijevo dam near the capital city of Podgorica which will cause loss of more than 200 buildings. The overall effects to the population and health are evaluated as beneficial by the SEA and there is no clear explanation how the adverse effects resulting from the inundation of houses will be balanced by potential positive effects (increased hydroelectric power potential and less dependence on foreign supply).
Following the handing over of the petition, WWF and Green Home representatives met with Mr. Clive Rumbold, Deputy head of the European Union (EU) delegation in Montenegro to stress that Montenegro's major infrastructure plan falls far short of EU standards on river management.
The government's own figures show that per capita Montenegro power consumption of five times the EU average, with other studies showing transmission losses of more than three times the European rate. More than 50% of the country's electricity demand comes from an aging and inefficient aluminum plant – KAP, which is currently undergoing serious economic difficulties. The point being made is that other infrastructure improvements could be made to reduce power needs.
Lake Skadar is one of Europe's five most important wintering sites for birds. Very rare endemic species of trout could disappear, and the fishery of Lake Skadar could shrink by 30 per cent – with a loss of some over $2 million in annual fishing revenues as a result of the proposed four dams.
For further information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental_impacts_of_dams or http://www.panda.org/wwf_news/news/?191672/Inadequate-study-of-four-dam-plan-leaves-beautiful-Montenegro-at-risk


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|29 Mar 2009
Upgrading trials
Having succesfully upgraded 7000 up to 7057 without to much trouble i upgraded today to 7068.
Took over 2 hours (other upgrades took 30 mins).
After final reboot display driver conked out, rebooted in 640x480 where the first setup dialog continued.
Reinstalled the display driver, this came immediately up with the previous settings. No reboot necessary.
Background was black, whichever theme i chose the background reset to solid colours. After messing about a bit i suddenly found 3 extra items in the dropdownlist where you choose between backgrounds. All 3 where called: DesktopBackground. Clicking on one of these restored my background.
My antivirus (bitdefender) was lost in there somewhere, firewall wouldn't come up. Reinstalled bitdefender firewall works again.
Better do clean install next time i guess. Weird the other builds worked fine.
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Windows 7 Build 7600 Laptop and desktop. Also OSX 10.5.7 and 10.6 Snow on Laptop
Upgrades to Widows 7 generally take ages but really you shouldn't be doing any upgrade with any kind of antivirus installed, you should always uninstall it first as they have a habit of stopping certain low level system changes.
I have done a couple of 7068 upgrades now with no problems what so ever. nice build.
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Windows7 x64 7600 16385
I guess I've just been lucky... 7000 -> 7022 -> 7048 -> 7057 -> 7068. All upgrades and all have gone well. On my desktop machine, I even did a "retrograde" from 7057 back to 7048 as 7057 would not see Windows XP machines on my network. I think I'll quit pressing my luck and wait for RC!
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Upgrades to Widows 7 generally take ages but really you shouldn't be doing any upgrade with any kind of antivirus installed, you should always uninstall it first as they have a habit of stopping certain low level system changes.
I have done a couple of 7068 upgrades now with no problems what so ever. nice build.
But it is a nice build
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Windows 7
7068 refused to upgrade on 7057, says: compatibility issues. I am too lazy to force it, since another 70xx build seems to be on horizon.
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The second to last week in December, which also included the Christmas Eve holiday, was a fairly slow one for the broadcast morning shows.
As usual, NBC's "Today" led the pack, followed by ABC's "Good Morning America" and CBS' "Early Show."
All three programs were down in both total and demo viewers compared to the previous week.
The averages for the week of December 20:
Total Viewers: NBC: 5.36M / ABC: 4.55M / CBS: 2.71M
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International Film Festival
Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone and prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone, because this weekend sounds the start of the 19th Stockholm International Film Festival.
Steven Soderbergh's Argentina, Rian Johnson's The Brothers Bloom, Laurent Cantet's The Class, Oliver Stone's W and Baz Luhrman's Australia are just a handful of what's on show over the 11 day festival of film.
Wong Kar Wai and Charlotte Rampling are this year's guests of honour.
Price: 220 kronor for the obligatory festival card and then from 50 kronor/film
Location: Cinemas across the city
Time: Thursday November 20th - Sunday November 30th
Tickets: Film Festival Tickets
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Boubacar "Kar Kar" Traoré (Mali)
Boubacar Traoré, or Kar Kar as he is known to his fans, has a long career behind him. In the 1960s he Mali's superstar in the class of Elvis Presley and his soulful blues retain their resonance and relevance today.
On Thursday The Bluesman from Mali plays Södra Teatern's Kägelbanan.
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Time: Thursday November 27th, 8pm
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Intercult: "I don't know you but we may have a future together"
As part of the Intercult project the highly acclaimed Swedish artist Mikael Lundberg meets the emergent video artist from Romania, Cristina David. After a week of exploring Stockholm, they will build up an installation, present their work and discuss with you. The discussion will be conducted in English.
The Intercult project is a cooperation between diverse partners with the vision "to invigorate cultural life in Sweden with international experiences and influences, increasing diversity in the cultural sector."
Price: Free of charge
Location: Intercult-Annexet, Nytorgsgatan 15 (Sandbacksgatan 8)
Time: Saturday November 22nd, 5pm - 7pm; Sunday November 23rd, 1pm - 4pm
More information: Intercult
DV8 Physical Theatre – To Be Straight With You
To Be Straight with You is a poetic but unflinching exploration of tolerance, intolerance, culture, religion and homo/sexuality. The performance is based on more than 80 interviews with men and women living in the UK by the cult modern dance company DV8.
DV8's new production gives a frightening picture of reality and questions how society can unite religious beliefs with the human rights that apply to all regardless of sexuality, gender and cultural background.
Price: 270 kronor (discounts for those under-26)
Location: Dansens Hus, Barnhustorget
Time: Thursday November 20th - Saturday November 22nd, 7pm
More Information: DV8 Physical Theatre
Gothenburg's Lucia - The search begins
Yes, it's coming up to that time of year again. When grown men wear pointy red hats and dress up as elves and star-boys, and earn their Christmas dinner by singing in parts with a group of the fairest of them all.
Gothenburg and GP have, since 1935, conducted a search for the city's Lucia and raised a large amount of money for charity in the process.
This year's round of concerts kick off in Tjolöholms Slott on Thursday and continues until Lucia Day on December 13th.
Location: Lucia Concerts
Tickets: Call Göteborgs Posten customer service on 031 - 624558
More information: Gothenburg's Lucia
Lambchop (US)
Nashville band Lambchop have been one of the heavyweight names on the alternative scene for several years and the original orchestra can be anything from 8-17 members but always with Kurt Wagner in the midst.
Wagner's deeply literary lyrics and precisely arranged songs are of the highest quality in the ears of Lambchop's apprecionados.
The band seems keen on Sweden and this is the fifth consecutive occasion that they have included our northerly climes on their tour map.
Price: 220 kronor
Location: Sticky Fingers, Kasentorget
Time: Thursday November 21st, 8pm
Tickets: www.ticnet.se
More Information: Sticky Fingers
Noises Off
A farce in English about a farce. The play by Michael Frayn is about a theatre ensemble which is desperately trying to put together a play, Nothing On, while their private lives sabotage rehearsals and the performance.
Noises Off was awarded both the Evening Standard prize and Olivier Award for Best Comedy when it premièred in London.
The play is performed in English by the Gothenburg Drama Group.
Price: 120 kronor (100 kronor for students)
Location: Teaterhuset Mölndal, Baggaåkersgatan 8
Time: Tuesday 25th – Thursday November 27th, 7pm
Tickets: Noises Off Tickets
More information: Noises Off
Jose Carreras (SPAIN)
World renowned tenor, Jose Carreras, sings at Malmö Arena on Friday evening.
Carreras, who came to prominence as on of "The Three Tenors" along with Luciano Pavarotti and Plácido Domingo, has included the southern Swedish town along with Norrköping on his "Mediterranean Passion Tour".
Carreras is joined by the soprano Sabina Puertolas and backed up by the Malmö Symphony Orchestra.
Price: From 600 kronor
Location: Malmö Arena, Annetorpsvägen 2B
Time: Saturday November 22nd, 7.30pm
Tickets: Ticnet
More Information: Malmö Arena
Kathleen Edwards(CAN)
Continuing the Canadian theme at KB, this week the venue welcomes singer-songwriter Kathleen Edwards to Malmö.
Edwards has been a favourite of the critics since the release of her debút album "Failer" in 2003. This year she has released her third album entitled "Asking for Flowers" with stories full of love, hope and humour that will help her adoring audience beat off the annual November blues.
Edwards completes her three date Sweden tour in Malmö and can be also be seen in the Stenhammarsalen in Gothenburg and at Debaser Slussen in Stockholm on Monday and Tuesday respectively.
Price: 150 kronor
Location: Kulturbolaget, Bergsgatan 18
Time: Wednesday November 26th, 9pm
Tickets: www.ticnet.se
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Egyptian Finance Minister Mumtaz al-Said said that the government wants to resolve all the problems facing Kuwaiti investments [in Egypt]. Kuwait is investing about $2.5 billion in the Egyptian economy, making it one of the biggest Arab investors there.
The minister said that he has put in place a road map to deal with these problems, especially the one related to the land allocated to some Kuwaiti investment firms. He promised that the authorities will soon decide on these issues while making sure that the treasury is not harmed.
Said chaired a meeting of the Egyptian-Kuwaiti committee at the government seat in Cairo. Present at the meeting were the Kuwaiti ambassador in Cairo, the Kuwaiti Finance Minister Sheikh Nayif Fallah al-Hajraf, the Egyptian ministers of investment, planning, international cooperation, electricity and tourism, as well as representatives from the ministries of foreign affairs, oil, industry, housing, agriculture, and the social fund for development.
Said said that the meeting discussed the available investment opportunities in the economic sectors — including 15 projects that the government wanted to undertake in cooperation with the private sector — besides the opportunities at the ministries of investment, housing, electricity, tourism, oil and agriculture.
He said that the oil ministry had requested that the Kuwaiti Ministry of Finance exempt Egypt from submitting letters of credit when buying oil from Kuwait as well as increasing the quantity shipped from 1.5 to 2 million barrels per month.
Al-Hajraf said that his country was keen to support Egypt during its current crisis. He said that the meeting sought to identify Egypt's needs in the short- and medium-terms and to identify priority projects to which Kuwait can contribute. He referred to an agreement whereby Kuwait is provided a list of projects that the Egyptian government is studying.
Egyptian Minister of Investments Osama Saleh said that the Egyptian transition made the economic issue very important and that the Egyptian government wanted to attract more investments to provide jobs for young people. He said that Kuwaiti businessmen have contributed to 862 companies operating in Egypt. These companies have $2.5 billion in cash and are worth more than three times that figure.
Developing the provinces
Saleh said that the government will focus on three objectives in the coming period. The first is to develop the provinces. There are 128 projects in 27 governorates ready for immediate implementation. The second is the partnership project undertaken by the Ministry of Finance. The third is about developing Egypt over the next 30 years. Saleh said that one of the most important projects is to develop the Suez Canal, through which 9% of the world's [shipping traffic] passes. There are also plans to build a large industrial city over an area of 40 square kilometers, establish new ports, and a railway tunnel linking the Sinai to [the rest of Egypt].
Minister of Planning and International Cooperation, Ashraf al-Arabi, said that the Kuwaiti Fund for Development [had been] a key Egyptian partner for 60 years and that the two countries signed 35 loan agreements worth $2 billion from the fund.
He said that those loans had a big economic effect — especially on electricity — and he pointed out that the last agreement between [Egypt and Kuwait] was to finance the second phase of the Helwan power plant for 30 million Kuwaiti dinars.
He added that in two weeks a $61 million loan agreement will be signed to finance the expansion of gas networks in the provinces of Cairo and Giza.
The Egyptian Minister of Electricity and Energy, Mahmoud Balba, said that Egypt produces about 30,000 megawatts of electricity per day, a daily amount which increases by 3000 megawatts every year. He pointed out that the Ministry of Electricity is planning to build new power plants to replace those that are more than 40 years old.
Minister of Tourism Hisham Zaazou said that his ministry succeeded in resolving the problems of Kuwaiti investors working in the Egyptian tourism sector and that the government wants to support the tourism sector, which is a basic pillar of the Egyptian economy.
He also announced an agreement with Turkey to market tourist locations and start direct flights from Istanbul to Sharm el-Sheikh at a rate of three flights a week starting Oct. 9, and flights between Istanbul and al-Ghardaqa at a rate of four flights a week starting Oct. 17. He pointed out that these trips were already 60% booked.
Industrial Development Authority Chairman Ismail al-Nagdi discussed the possibility of Kuwait obtaining licenses for cement plants as there are plans to create 14 new plants for the production of cement in the country. He said that he will announce the issuance of these licenses in two weeks.


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Diablo 3 - Closed Beta Begins
Gamasutra has news the Closed Beta for Diablo III has started:
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Diablo 3? Is that the commercial simulator that looks like Torchlight and doesn't have offline mode?
Thats the one fastca. Im playing the beta for Paths of Exile , its GREAT already . So much darker than D3.
fastica, yep, BUT it's the opposite when regarding the looks. Torchlight has been released AFTER Diablo II, so it's obvious that Torchlight is a Diablo Clone, not the opposite. :) And no, it's not the commercial ones, but the quality ones. The commercial is the battle.net online gameplay, not the single player stuff. :)
Yeesh,they are working on the camera, there are 6 characters to choose each with 100 skills . Yes one hundred, Awsome unique potion drops . It feels like a snigle player game . Ridiculous veriety of weapons , crazy monsters dead babies washed up on the beach. Did i mention its free.
I'll be checking this out if I get in, for sure.
Curious about how it looks and performs.
It appears POE requires play online. O! The horror! And what's more: optional perks that can be bought with *gasp* real world money. Divert the angry Diablo 3 mob to POE!
DArtagan, PoE conrtols are a liitle stiff but ok, and it looks great abilities are very satisifying and find myself waisting mana , watching ice shards bounce on the ground and particle physics are nice. The shadow details are amazing they look real. When lightning strikes the shadow flashes to the other side in wich the lightning is coming from. when weapons fall its realistic. Very close attention to detail.
They say no perks just cosmetics. In other word you dont have to spend a dime to enjoy the game. I dont know how Grinding Gear Games will stay on board when its free to play ,but the game feels like a single player with the option to team up with someone in Argintina.
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Saturday, June 30, 2012
First Time Rocking A Short Dress…Singer Kefee Says
36 comments:
- Anonymous30 June, 2012 17:36
And she shouldn't have tried itReplyDelete
- Anonymous30 June, 2012 17:37
what is this nowReplyDelete
- Me so30 June, 2012 17:39
She must be lost smhReplyDelete
- Anonymous30 June, 2012 17:42
Is she a masquerade?ReplyDelete
- Anonymous30 June, 2012 17:46
What is dis??? 0_0ReplyDelete
- Anonymous30 June, 2012 17:47
Haloween clown party #issokayReplyDelete
- Anonymous30 June, 2012 17:48
Keffee needs to stop JOKINGReplyDelete
- Anonymous30 June, 2012 17:49
First time as how? I don't understand herReplyDelete
- pass the mic30 June, 2012 17:53
When will kefee step up? I don tire for this chick abegReplyDelete
- Anonymous30 June, 2012 17:57
And she lost it o.Halima always attending everywhere mtcheew she loks beer small sefReplyDelete
Laffing my ass out @ anon 09.37ReplyDelete
Oh Yea, she is on her way to Lagos canival buh then, that was in April.
What da fck is she wearing???
- LALICIOUS30 June, 2012 18:26
Rubbish dress,,,nd she was d host YUCK!!!ReplyDelete
She wldnt even colourblock,dis one Ȋ̝̊̅§ colour rainbow,too loud mtchewwwwww....learn 4rm d chic wiv U
- Anonymous30 June, 2012 18:26
Kefee, you wan fly? Coat of many colours.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous30 June, 2012 18:41
See the hand of the dress like parachute,what was she thinking?ReplyDeleteReplies
- sexylove05 July, 2012 00:25
Lol @ parachute...buheheehDelete
- Anonymous30 June, 2012 18:48
Razz razz razz!!! Geez! I blv dere r stylists d@ can help her luk better na!ReplyDelete
Her tailor should be shot!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous30 June, 2012 20:09
- Anonymous30 June, 2012 20:12
This can't be true Ladun. Where you see this pixture? LolReplyDelete
Taa chei!!! What †ђξ hell is dat ish. Lmfao. Hate to be dis way but I can't help hating dat clownish cinderella's ugly mammas dress.epic fail lol. Halima is †ђξ bomb. Keffe I hate to hate on Ÿ̲̣̣̣̥ø̲̣̣̥u̶̲̥̅̊ but Ÿ̲̣̣̣̥ø̲̣̣̥u̶̲̥̅̊ shulda done better than dat. Happy belated bmday shaReplyDelete
- Anonymous30 June, 2012 21:42
Una just wash this girl finishReplyDelete
- Anonymous30 June, 2012 22:12
OMG is that Halima Abubakar?? If so, Halima should defo take more pics with kefee! She made Halima look all lean and tall! ah.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous30 June, 2012 22:42
LOL! She looks like Ronald McDonald's bride! A frumpy mess!ReplyDelete
- Anonymous01 July, 2012 00:14
What have we done to kefee to. Deserve this?ReplyDelete
- Anonymous01 July, 2012 08:42
Her tailor didn't do her justice. Madam Branama I take God join beg u: GO GET FIXED. U can't b in d LIMELIGHT and BE such a JOKE. I taya fo u no b small. MsheeeewwwwReplyDelete
- Anonymous01 July, 2012 10:08
Kefee oya oya back to sapele, as u say u nor go fit meet up with lagosReplyDelete
- Anonymous01 July, 2012 14:40
Lmao @anon 16:40ReplyDelete
- Anonymous01 July, 2012 14:40
Sorry anon 16:14 LolReplyDelete
- Anonymous01 July, 2012 17:54
Wen ur RAZZ u r RAZZ!!ReplyDeleteReplies
- sexylove05 July, 2012 00:24
She βε̲̣̣̣̥ Razoid fellow, Lmao!!Delete
i can see the reason why she hasn't been rocking short dresses. she doesn't have one of the best legs i've seen. she needs to eat and exercise her legs...this would add more mass to her lower body and make her legs look firmer and thick.ReplyDeleteReplies
- Anonymous02 July, 2012 11:21
Oh u rite. Now dat am lookin at d legs! I no fit comment sefDelete
worst dress ever,sbhsReplyDelete
- Anonymous01 July, 2012 20:18
WONU:D dress ıs a hot mess nt nıce at all.ReplyDelete
This should be her last. It should have been called an eighties party or something!ReplyDelete
- sexylove05 July, 2012 00:23
=))º°˚˚˚°ºbuнaĦaнaº°˚˚˚°º=))i cant laff abegge,, she mux βε̲̣̣̣̥ a clown to av dressed like datReplyDelete


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How are women making it to the top in finance? Sometimes by making unconventional, even risky, career moves.
Alix Stuart, CFO Magazine
May 15, 2012
Like their male counterparts, female CFOs have taken many paths to the top spot. Some have come straight up through finance, while others moved over from operations. Some have been at the same company for decades, and others have forged their way through several companies in pursuit of new challenges. Most crystallized their ambitions by their late 20s and never took their eyes off the prize.
But some women stand out for the unconventional, even risky, choices they made on the way to becoming CFO. Take Gina Wilson. She made partner at Deloitte and then left after 20 years at the firm — with no new job in hand. Today, after heading finance at hotel chain Wyndham Worldwide, she is CFO of giant pension fund TIAA-CREF. Or consider Caroline Dorsa, now finance chief of New Jersey–based utility PSEG. After years in finance and marketing at Merck, she got her first corporate CFO role, at Avaya — then promptly resigned when it veered from her dream job due to the company going private (she saw Avaya through the transaction first, though).
Below, we profile three more women who traded safety for possibility and wound up at the top of their profession. The first, Susan McFarland, left her relatively comfortable job as executive vice president of finance at Capital One for one of the toughest finance jobs on the planet: CFO of Fannie Mae, the embattled home-mortgage lender. The second, Marcia A. Dall, took over as finance chief of Erie Indemnity just a month before the annual shareholder meeting. And finally, Meryl Zausner overcame family tragedy to become CFO of pharmaceutical company Novartis. Their journeys offer useful lessons for aspiring CFOs of either gender.
Appetite for Risk
• Susan McFarland, CFO of Fannie Mae
Since becoming finance chief of Fannie Mae last July, Susan McFarland has had more than one hard day. In the first quarter alone, she signed off on a 10-K that included the news that the lender had lost close to $17 billion in fiscal 2011, and that its overseer, the Federal Housing Finance Agency, would likely be submitting a request to Treasury for an additional $4.6 billion in funding on Fannie Mae's behalf. Within weeks, the FHFA announced that compensation for most executives at the government-sponsored enterprise would be capped at $500,000 as part of a new policy, one that spared McFarland personally but no doubt created some consternation.
Why did McFarland, 51, take the job? "I reached a point where I could afford to take risks," she says. "Sometimes we don't take on risky situations that have wonderful possibilities, because we're afraid of the downside." Now that she has taken the plunge, she is "more determined to make sure the risks pay off."
Several turning points helped McFarland get to where she is today. One was at a routine employee-development meeting when she was in her late 20s and working as a bank controller at Bank One. "It was the typical 'What do you want to do when you grow up?' question," McFarland recalls, except that her stated goal — to move up two levels or so — wasn't satisfactory to the woman running the meeting. "She said, 'You're going to do that well before you turn 40, so what will you do with the rest of your career?'" That question prompted McFarland to expand her ambition to become a divisional CFO.
Shortly after, her horizon expanded even further when a mentor left Bank One to become corporate CFO for another bank. "All of a sudden, that kind of move seemed in the realm of possibility for me," says McFarland.
A third turning point came when she started working for Gary Perlin, Capital One's CFO for the past nine years. Perlin "was a big supporter and mentor of mine, [and was] constantly telling me what I was capable of," says McFarland. For his part, Perlin says "I'm not at all surprised by her success. She brought good experience in accounting, business-line finance, operations, and treasury — and that rare combination allowed her both to support me and to develop a true CFO's perspective."
During her tenure at Capital One, McFarland graduated from the Stanford Executive Program at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and participated in the International Women's Forum Fellows Program, a yearlong global program involving 20 women that focused on softer skills and networking. She says the experience provided fresh impetus to press on toward the corporate CFO title. "It was the first time I was in a program with just women, and of a similar level," says McFarland, a fact that helped everyone open up and dig deeper into her own goals.
McFarland is generally sympathetic to the idea that it's harder for women to get the CFO title, in part because "women often don't have enough critical mass for their style to be significant to the group," she says. Because the CFO post requires a long list of talents and skills, "people may not have seen enough women play all those roles to think they're a natural fit" as CFOs, says McFarland.
After years of being either the only woman or one of the few women in the room at Capital One, McFarland says it was a "pleasant surprise" to find that a third of her direct reports and more than half of the finance officers at Fannie Mae were women. She hopes that's a sign of things to come. "I have two sons, 21 and 24, and I think their approach to women in the workplace is going to be very different, because women are there from the get-go," she says. "I'm very hopeful that the younger generation will experience things differently."
Fire in the Belly
• Marcia A. Dall, CFO of Erie Indemnity Corp.
One way to reach the top of the corporate ladder is to avoid spending too much time on any given rung. Consider the career of Marcia Dall. The Indiana native graduated from college six months early, married weeks later, and soon after that started working for General Electric in its prestigious Financial Management Program. Within 13 years of joining the company, after rotating through various high-level and challenging assignments in the corporate audit program, she became CFO of GE Capital Rail Services. Two companies later, in March 2009, Dall became CFO of Erie Indemnity. She had one month to ramp up for the company's quarterly earnings call, annual shareholder meeting, and first-ever A.M. Best review.
Now, in order to get closer to the business, Dall, 48, is going through the insurance-agent certification process. She expects to finish in 5 months instead of the typical 18 months to two years.
In Dall's view, becoming a CFO comes down to a single question: "Do you have the fire in your belly to push yourself to get the diversity of experience you need?" she says. "That's true for men and women."
Like many other women, Dall has made hard choices involving her family. She left GE's corporate audit staff early "because I wanted to stay married," she says. It was difficult to keep up with the family while getting her MBA. And without her husband's willingness to stay home with their two sons, now 17 and 22, she says working 18 hours a day to help spin Genworth Financial out of GE — and get her first corporate CFO job — may not have been possible.
But in general, becoming a CFO is equally hard for men and women, Dall believes. And while she stresses the importance of personal drive, she also acknowledges that success can hinge more on who you know than who you are. "What's becoming more and more important is to [carefully] pick the leader you work for," says Dall. "Is it someone who is interested in developing you, even more so than in their own advancement?" She credits several executives at General Electric (including current treasurer Kathryn Cassidy, former CFO of GE Capital Services Jim Parke, and former GE Capital Rail Services president Robert Speetzen, along with former Genworth Financial CEO Michael Fraizer) for investing in her and helping her move forward. "If people are tough on you, you do learn," she says. "I probably wouldn't be here today if not for those great leaders who were watching me and were noticing."
How to get noticed? She advises up-and-comers to "make sure you're working on what matters to your leaders." To that end, she is pushing her own team to tackle roles and special projects outside their core competencies — for example, by having an accountant work with the investment team, or by having someone in an actuarial role look at the bigger picture through a financial planning and analysis project.
One thing Dall is not especially focused on is gender. She doesn't belong to any women's groups or networks, and isn't setting targets for her own staff. "I have some great women and some great men; I try to be gender neutral," she says. "One of the things I took from GE is to just recruit the best talent; they could be purple, green, or blue."
Advancing through Adversity
• Meryl Zausner, CFO of Novartis
Meryl Zausner, 55, figured out that she wanted to be a CFO at the age of 27, the same day she nailed a presentation on an impending divestiture to the board of Colgate-Palmolive. At the time, she felt the role was "never achievable." The CFOs she knew in the early 1980s (all male) were "absolutely not" encouraging, and Zausner felt as though she "was nothing like them, and could never be like them."
Zausner, now CFO for pharmaceutical giant Novartis's $20 billion U.S. market, ultimately proved herself wrong, but her journey wasn't easy. Within a few years of that board meeting she was offered the chance to be the first female country CFO for Colgate-Palmolive in New Zealand, but she turned it down to remain close to her husband as he battled brain cancer. Another assignment would have taken her to Brazil for six months, but she turned that down in favor of trying to conceive a child while her husband was in remission.
She finally took her first major CFO job — heading finance for a start-up oncology business unit within Novartis Pharmaceuticals — months after her husband died in late 1999 (at which time she became a single mother to their nine-year-old son). "People worried about me, wondering if I could be around cancer all the time after my experience," says Zausner. "But it was incredibly rewarding, and my personal experience made me a much better businessperson." That role lasted eight years and the business unit grew to $10 billion, at which point she became the CFO of Novartis Corp.
Along the way Zausner has helped other women find their way to the top, in part thanks to an internal women's network she helped establish over the past decade, not to mention the sensibility she brings to her management role.
"Meryl expects a lot from people, but she recognizes that there are many ways to get work done while balancing family needs," says Jill Pozarek, director of investor relations for Novartis, who has worked with Zausner over the past decade. As for her own mentors, Zausner cites her mother. "We grew up without much money, and my mother, who was divorced, told me that I needed to have a job the day I got out of college," she recalls. Beyond that, she says she never really had a mentor or adviser. "It's probably a weakness," she admits, "but I tend to learn more from the mistakes that others make than by seeking out great leaders to advise me."
That being said, one of the key pieces of advice Zausner gives to other women is to have a best friend at work to help them navigate the waters. While she believes that women are still "far behind" men in progressing to the top of the executive ranks, she also thinks that "things have changed quite a bit, especially since those who have been successful are now mentoring and supporting those who follow us. Also, men who make [key] decisions now have daughters who are demanding the same opportunities. However, we are not there yet, and until the proven track record increases, it will still be more difficult."
Even as more women do ascend to the ranks of CFO and CEO, Zausner says few are ready for the next step: a board of directors post. While women may have some work to do to achieve that, she also says that "boards have to take a risk too, and dig deeper into the talent pool for some fresh ideas." Many female executives, she says, do want their C-level experience to translate into a seat at the table.
Or maybe a seat that reclines. While Zausner doesn't rule out a next phase for her career, having remarried two years ago she is not averse to the prospect of some serious free time. "I've been working since I was 13," she says. "People say you're not supposed to retire and do nothing, but it sounds pretty good."
Alix Stuart is a contributing editor at CFO.


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Dr. Ben Carson's Remarks at the 2013 Values Voter Summit
By Vineworker - FRCAction On October 14, 2013
Dr. Ben Carson delivered the following remarks at the 2013 Values Voter Summit. Below is an excerpt of his remarks:
My dream was to become a doctor. As a youngster growing up in Detroit and Boston, it seemed like a lofty goal, but something that I felt was obtainable. And when I finally did achieve that dream as an intern and a junior resident at Johns Hopkins, one of the things that really struck me as I went into those wards, and I would see all of these people – the CEO of this company, the president of this organization, the crown prince of this country, the queen of this nation – frequently dying of some horrible disease, and every single one of them would have gladly given every penny and every title for a clean bill of health. And you begin to realize how critically important your health is. It is the most valuable thing that you have. Everything else pales into insignificance compared to your health. And that's the reason that your health should be controlled by you and not by the government. (Cheers, applause.)
But when we're talking about things that are important, life is important. And that includes the life of the unborn, also. (Applause.) You know, there are those of us in this society who've told women that there's a war on them because that cute little baby inside of them, they may want to get rid of it. And there are people who are keeping you from doing that. And women say, no, no, they're not doing that to me. No. And they get all riled up and think that somebody's depriving them.
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Elizabeth �Lib� Tate, 78, passed away on Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2008, at the Elizabeth House surrounded by her loving family.
She was a daughter of the late Cletus and Ruth Ann Everhart Welch. She was also preceded in death by a brother, Bud Welch.
She was a graduate of Lee H. Edwards High School and a member of Words of Life Tabernacle Church. She owned and operated Whispering Pines Day Care located on Hendersonville Road in Asheville for more than 30 years. She helped raise many children who grew up in the day care and was a mother or grandmother to all who attended. She never turned any child away based on their financial status.
Lib is survived by her husband of 60 years, Charles Daniel Tate; a daughter, Tami Tate of Arden; two sons, Chuck Tate of Memphis, Tenn., and Rick Tate and his wife, Sharon, of Raleigh. She is also survived by six grandchildren, Leslie Davis and her husband, Troy, of Long Beach, Calif., Heidi Stanaland and her husband, William, of Maiden, Courtney and Sumner Tate of Raleigh, Alex Tate of Memphis, Tenn., and Tessa Sebastian of Arden; one sister, Iris Clark of Canton; several nieces and nephews; and a special friend, Cindy Brady.
A celebration of life service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Words of Life Tabernacle with Pastor Carl Bishop officiating. The family will receive friends from 1 to 2 p.m. Saturday at the church. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be made to Words of Life Tabernacle, 815 Glen Bridge Road, Arden, N.C. 28704 or to the Elizabeth House Hospice, 581 South Allen Road, Flat Rock, N.C. 28731. The memorial register is available online by going to www.grocefuneralhome.com.
Groce Funeral Home at Lake Julian is assisting the family.
Elizabeth Tate, 78
Elizabeth �Lib� Tate, 78, passed away on Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2008, at the Elizabeth House surrounded by her loving family.


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/PRNewswire/ — Livescribe Inc. (www.livescribe.com) announced today a beta launch of its online Application Store, providing consumers with the ability to download more than 30 paid and free applications, which extend the functionality of the Pulse smartpen beyond its core feature of recording and linking audio to handwriting. Applications range from productivity and reference tools to games and entertainment to travel and education.
In addition to the beta launch of the Application Store, Livescribe released today the 2.0 version of its mobile computing platform, including software upgrades for both the smartpen and the Livescribe Desktop software – which allows consumers to save, organize and share their notes and recordings from their computer, as well as download and install applications.
The applications enable a broad range of new user experiences with the Pulse smartpen. For example, consumers can now read and hear a translated phrase in Spanish, French, German, Japanese or even Korean, rapidly access fun facts on a variety of topics from past World Series winners to U.S. Presidents; get help studying geometry, organic chemistry, or Hebrew chanting; play more than a dozen games like Blackjack, Video Poker or Hangman; listen to classical music pieces or even play a guitar – right from the 'pentip' of their Pulse smartpen.
"The initial set of more than 30 applications only begins to tap the potential of the Livescribe smartpen platform," said Byron Connell, chief marketing officer of Livescribe. "We look forward to seeing our community of more than 5,500 registered developers create, develop and distribute the next generation of innovative paper-based computing applications to come."
To see the beta Application Store, visit www.livescribe.com/store or access it through the Livescribe Desktop software. Consumers can easily browse, search and find paid and free applications, as well as review peer ratings and watch demonstration videos before purchasing. During the "beta" phase, only consumers in select countries will be able to purchase applications from the online store – visit www.livescribe.com/store for the most current information.
"For a developer, it's hard to resist the allure of writing applications for a fully functional computer that fits inside a pen," said Clarke Stevens, one of over one thousand third party developers who have downloaded the free smartpen SDK just in the last six weeks. "The tools provided for Pulse developers are some of the most simple and complete that I've seen for developing and testing embedded applications. This fact makes what was already a fun process into a relatively painless one."
To manage and install new applications downloaded from the beta Application Store, consumers will need to update their software to the new release of Livescribe Desktop Version 2.0 at www.livescribe.com/smartpen/desktop. Once an application is downloaded from the store and the smartpen is docked to the computer, the application is automatically installed and available for use. The corresponding update for the smartpen software also includes a new "quick launch" and "hot spot" feature that enables faster, more convenient access to applications.
The Livescribe Pulse smartpen is available in two models: 2GB, storing more than 200 hours of audio for $169.95 and 4GB, storing more than 400 hours of audio for $199.95. It's available for purchase at Best Buy, Staples, Target, Amazon.com, select Apple stores and Apple.com and Livescribe.com.
About Livescribe
Located in Oakland, Calif., Livescribe has developed a new low-cost mobile computing platform that enhances productivity, learning, communication and self expression for anyone that uses pen and paper. The Pulse smartpen revolutionizes the act of writing by recording and linking audio to handwriting, so users never miss a word. For more information, visit Livescribe at www.livescribe.com.
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Anoto Group is the world leader in Digital Pen and Paper technology and inventor of the first commercialized Digital Pen and Paper system allowing quick and reliable transmission of handwritten text from paper to digital media. Anoto works with a global network of partners focusing on user-friendly forms solutions for efficient capture, transmission and storing of data for a variety of business segments including healthcare, banking and finance, transportation and logistics, government and education. The Anoto Group has around 100 employees, offices in Lund (head office), Boston and Tokyo. Major shareholders are Norden Technology A/S, Robur and SEB. The Anoto share is traded on the Mid Cap of the OMX Nordic Exchanges in Stockholm under the ticker ANOT. For more information: www.anoto.com.


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New York-based Cyrus Kheradi has been appointed senior v-p, director, international sales and marketing for Penguin Random House, overseeing all of the newly merged company's U.S.-originated activities in his area.
In announcing his new cross-company position, PRH president and COO Madeline McIntosh, to whom he reports, said in a memo to the company's U.S.emplyees, "For the past two decades Cyrus has been focused on the global marketplace, previously at Simon & Schuster, and at Random House since 2010, earning a stellar reputation for the outstanding results his team's customer- and publisher-centric approach have achieved in support of our titles."
The team responsible for selling Penguin's titles published in the U.S. in export markets now report to Kheradi, who will continue as director, East Asia business development for Random House LLC.
"The continued growth in international demand for English language books in all formats is one of our new company's great commercial opportunities," added McIntosh. "Penguin and Random House have each brought to our merger a wealth of international sales experience and capabilities; the prospect of coordinating and sharing these assets to benefit all our publishers and authors, as well as our accounts across the globe, is exciting indeed. This process will be long-term in nature, and involve collaboration across the company's publishing headquarters globally."
Kheradi's appointment continues PRH's movement toward creating a united staff in its operating units. Last week the company announced the creation of a cross-company senior management team for PRH's fulfillment operations.


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Thank you for your interest in becoming at Campground Host at Lake Fairfax Park. As a host you will be asked to work a minimum of 32 hours a week assisting the park maintenance crew as well as assisting our campers.
What we are seeking:
Camp Host (s) are for our prime season from May 1 to October 31 and are looking for outgoing and friendly people who love meeting new folks. We want hosts who are able to deal positively with different kinds of people and understand the limits of their authority and responsibility. They should have a strong camping experience, be willing to share their love of the outdoors and camping with others.
Who are camp host?
Camp host are individuals and couples with their own RV or trailer who offer their labor/services in Lake Fairfax Park in Virginia, in exchange for a free camp site in the park for their designated period of time. Host must be 21 years of age and are required to pass a background and reference check.
What Do Camp Host Do?
Host are on-site representatives of Lake Fairfax Park. They basically welcome campers, acquaint them with park facilities and regulations and answer questions on local and statewide attractions. In addition to being a presence in the park, their duties may include:
- Provide hospitality to campers
- Provide information about local services& attractions
- Act as a good camping role model
- Generally assist campers as needed
- Walk through the campgrounds several times a day, conducting camp checks and making sure all rules are met.
- Be available for late night emergencies
- Preforms housekeeping/ janitorial duties according to park standards daily Monday thru Friday and on weekends as needed. Estimated time 2 hours per day" and other areas in or around campgrounds
- Stay visible and approachable to campers by being outdoors frequently
- Contact the park manager and/or the local police when necessary
- Stay in communication with staff, referring problem and helping with a solutions
- Perform other projects and assignments based on park needs and host skills and interests
What Will Host Receive?
The campground host will receive a full hook-up site for the stay for free and discount admission to water Mine on full price rate mon-fri and host ONLY.
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Hosts are selected on a first-come, first serve basis and must have their own RV or trailer. Selection criteria includes experience in camping, prior campground or park host service, working with the public and how well skills match the park. Host are on duty at least five days out of seven, with any days off taken MID-WEEK. Daily hours vary but generally concentrated in early morning, mid-late afternoon evenings and night. Host are on call when on site. The schedule of our host allows ample time to enjoy recreational activities with family and friends while providing volunteer services at Lake Fairfax Park.
If interested in becoming a camp Host, you will need to submit an application. Successful applicants are required to sign an agreement stating they agree to parks duties, benefits, obligations and termination condition.


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10 Things to Know About 'Resident Evil: The Final Chapter'by IMDb-Contributing-Writers | last updated - 26 Oct 2016
IMDb attended the 'Resident Evil: The Final Chapter' panel at New York Comic Con where director Paul W.S. Anderson was joined by the movie's stars — Milla Jovovich (Alice), Ali Larter (Claire Redfield), William Levy (Christian), and Eoin Macken (Doc) — to discuss the final installment in the franchise, which premieres Jan. 27, 2017. Here are 10 things we learned at the panel. — Carson Blackwelder
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This is definitely the final installment in the franchise.
While Milla Jovovich joked that the story could always be extended, Anderson assured the audience in attendance that they should take the title literally and that this will be the end of the series. "This is the conclusion," he said. "We're bringing it full circle, it's coming back to where it all began, and all the questions that have been hanging over the franchise … are all going to be answered in this movie."
Paul W.S. Anderson reveals why this video game-based film franchise actually worked.
Paul W.S. Anderson had some blunt words to say about filmmakers who are adapting video games to film. "This movie was made by people both in front of and behind the camera who genuinely adored the video game. And we knew what it was," he said. "I'm still shocked when people adapt video games and the filmmakers go, 'Well I've never saw the game I've never played the game.' The level of hubris involved in that… No one would ever dream of adapting War and Peace without reading the book. But somehow it's OK to make a video game movie without knowing really what the fans love about the video game — and I think that's really why some of these adaptations fail." Jovovich, clearly amused by her husband's response, said: "You are going to get ripped apart tomorrow!"
Loose ends will be tied up and lingering questions will be answered.
With this being the end, fans are going to need closure with the franchise that began way back in 2002. "It's a return to the very beginning of the franchise, it's a return to Raccoon City — or what's left of it after we dropped a bomb on it in the second movie. It's a return to The Hive where everything began for Alice," Anderson said. "And it's also a voyage of discovery for the Alice character … and this is the movie where we discover the truth about her and the truth about the Umbrella Corporation."
Anderson promises the movie has more emotion than you might think.
While you should expect all the horror and action the Resident Evil movies have delivered throughout the years, there you might want to bring some tissues with you to the theater for this one. "It's also a very emotional movie," Anderson admitted. "Even I kind of tear up at the end of the movie. This movie is going to have a level of emotional engagement that I think most people wouldn't necessarily assume would come with a Resident Evil film."
Coming back to play Alice is something Jovovich always looked forward to.
Jovovich was asked if she prefers a big dialogue scene over a scene full of stunts and the 40-year-old actress seemed to lean toward action sequences over a lengthy speech — but noting that she has both. "I love the action," she said. "Don't get me wrong, I'll do my little bits of Shakespeare outside of this movie, but it's always nice to get back in my Alice shoes and, like, kick some ass."
This movie will return to the horror elements the first installment had.
For those of you hoping to get some major frights from this last addition to the series, you're in luck. Anderson said there are some "really, really scary scenes" and even Jovovich said that watching scenes back scared her — even though she knew what was coming. "People wanted a return to the kind of scariness and the horror that was in the very first movie in the franchise. That was all set in one location and had a kind of claustrophobic intensity to it," Anderson explained. "So this movie kind of alternates between some big kickass action scenes and also, I think, some of the most terrifying stuff I've put on the screen in my career."
Jovovich was immediately drawn to making movies about zombies.
Jovovich said that she's loved existing in a world with supernatural beings and that it has changed, not only her life, but the entertainment industry as well. "I love zombies now. I have nightmares about them. They're a part of my life," she said. I remember when we did [the first film] nobody would touch a zombie movie — and that was part of the appeal to me. To see how people have embraced the undead since 2002 it's beautiful how much it opened up this whole world for everybody that had been undiscovered for so many years."
Jovovich talks having played characters completely unlike herself in her career.
When it comes to her body of work, Jovovich is proud of having played a diverse group of characters — all of which have been completely unlike herself. "I've been so lucky to play iconic characters in my career and something I learned from Leeloo (The Fifth Element) and something I was reminded of again actually with Alice … is the fact that sometimes as an actor you have to leave yourself at the door and allow the character speak with their own voice. Some people make a career out of playing themselves and I've made a career out of completely not playing myself and playing other characters. That, to me, is so liberating in a way to leave yourself behind and be able to let someone else speak through you."
Get ready for some death scenes you'll have to see to believe.
For a franchise to be wrapping up, Jovovich said that the pressure was on to deliver some insane death scenes for the characters in this canon. "We talked a lot about how so many action and horror films are defined by people's death scenes and how you have to have a rad death scene in a movie. And I have to say, we have some killer death scenes. People die so crazy, gruesome, awful, but amazing!"
Are they happy with the ending of the franchise?
It's always difficult to see something end — but it's even harder to see something adored end on a bad note. So, for Anderson, bringing the Resident Evil movies to a close presented him with a challenge to deliver something that would satisfy the loyal fans. "We felt a huge amount of pressure to kind of end the franchise with the best movie in the franchise and I really feel we've achieved that," he said. "I'm super happy about that."


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WHEN Queenslanders complain of the cold during winter, southerners often roll their eyes in disbelief.
Cold in Queensland can mean cool nights for a few months but warm, balmy days.
And so it was when we visited On Alice, a new holiday home for lease just out of Montville on the Blackall Range.
At night we had the fire crackling in the elegant, open fireplace while during the day, the children took great delight in swimming in the heated saltwater 12m pool even if it was slightly cool when they got out.
Montville has become a hot spot for holiday homes with more and more people investing in properties up there and renting them out to family groups.
While couples have always been well catered for in this neck of the woods, larger groups and couples with children have often missed out.
On Alice is ideal for a larger group. We visited with our two children, another couple and their two children and there was more than enough space for us all.
The house has room for up to 12 guests with four queen-sized bedrooms which includes one main room with a double sofa bed.
In one of the two bathrooms is a spa bath but be sure to carefully read the instructions (which we failed to do). The bath wasn't quite full enough for the jets to go on and while the children were happy being squirted in the face during their bath, the watching adults weren't quite as pleased.
The house is nestled at the end of the long driveway surrounded by gardens and a local, friendly dog who came in to investigate while we were all taking an after-noon nap.
Naps aside, we managed to eat a roast dinner cooked in the very well-equipped kitchen and snuggle up with the fire roaring. There's also a large gas barbecue and outdoor dining area for the warmer months.
There are two wide-screen plasma televisions so the children can set up camp in one lounge room while the adults chat in the other.
Montville is a great place to visit any time of the year but especially in the winter when it's cool, hinterland appeal is at the fore.
The shops are quaint but cute (Amazen toy shop is definitely one for the parents to visit with the credit card in hand), and there are many cafes and galleries to check out.
Elements at Montville is a cafe, bookshop, art gallery and homewares shop with a great view over the hinterland. Reserve is ideal for a romantic dinner with its superb wine list and menu.
Or if taking a car trip is your thing, the Maleny-Blackall Range Tourist Drive offers plenty of stop-off points with breathtaking views and picnic spots.
Check out Mary Cairncross Park, where you can do a rainforest walk which even the little ones can manage (although our five-year-old was freaked out by her first encounter with a leech).
You can continue west on this road to Reesville and the Howells Knob Lookout and complete the circuit by driving into Maleny and browse around the shops. Continue along to Montville, call into Balmoral Rest Lookout, Crawfords Lookout, Flaxton and Mapleton where the pub has one of the best views around.
Staying there
$2100 per week. Mid-week booking special - complimentary two-course lunch with glass of wine at the award-winning Flaxton Gardens. Indulgence package inhouse beauty treatment provided by qualified beautician.
More: Visit www.caloundratourism.com.au
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New electronic ordering system for your tests
(Inside Aotea, October 2010)
We want to make the flow of medical information — from your doctor to our laboratory — quicker and more simple
To help with that, we are developing an electronic system for laboratory test ordering. We are doing this in partnership with HealthLink (in New Zealand) and a Danish medical software company
The current manual process
Currently, when you need a laboratory test your doctor gives you a form with your information on it, which you give to our collection room staff. We then manually enter the information into our computer system at the collection rooms or later at our laboratory.
Faster access to information
The electronic system will remove the need for manual data entry at Wellington SCL. Doctors will enter your information and the tests required into an electronic form, a copy of which goes directly to the laboratory via a secure link. you'll get a print-out of the form, complete with a barcode, to take to the collection room. Once at the rooms, you simply hand over the form, the barcode is scanned and your information appears on the computer.
Better information to you
The hard copy will give you all the information you'll need about preparing for your tests. This could be useful to help alert you if an appointment or fasting is required for your test.
Fast and efficient
Simon munro, our Information Services manager, says many more enhancements are planned for the system. It will result in a more streamlined service for both doctors and patients. "As the volume of electronic orders increases, we'll see improvements in efficiencies — especially around the tracking and processing of samples," says Simon.
System trial in November
A trial of the system is set to begin in November with a small group of gPs. more gPs will switch to the new system in 2011.


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New Pain of Salvation Song
I've heard some of the new stuff and it has just been awful. Not anticipating much but I'll check it out.
Wow, this is really bad. Like, I'm actually shocked by how bad this is. Jesus.
I've never been able to get into the vocals although they have a few songs that are cool (and the music is always pretty cool).
Digging: Adimiron - Et Liber Eris
This isn't as bad as the other song I heard but that isn't saying much. The second half is a mess with that awful syncopation and he sounds kind of like Jack Black at parts. Not a compliment.
I agree that the second half is god awful, but even the first is just boring as hell. There's just no dynamic range displayed anywhere, and not in a compressed-to-hell way, but in a we-didn't-have-the-money-to-properly-record-this-shit way.
damn...got real excited then read your guys comments
I dunno about this.
Gildenlow has always been one of my favorite vocalists, and Pain of Salvation have released some remarkable albums...but this sounds like a huge let down so far. PoS have always been able to re-invent their sounds for each album but starting with Scarsick is doesn't seem to be for the better, they just keep getting weirder and weirder (for lack of a better word). Would love another Concrete Lake or TPE1 but alas.
im not too satisfied with this. coming from one of my favorite bands of all time this was a disappointment
What the hell happened to these guys man...they went from making every other Prog band look like pussies to becoming a complete parody of the genre. Very very disappointed so far.
Eh, I like it. I like their old stuff better, definitely. It was on another level compared to this. And there IS something about their recent studio recording quality. But, eh, I found it enjoyably for what it is.
They reached their peak with BE, they should kept going down that path.
BE really was fantastic. It was my favorite for a long time. I'm less sure now if it's my favorite, but it is definitely their master work. Big stuff.
pray that Gildenlow has somethinh in mind.Or we all failed(like animae)
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one of you diehard fans rank their albums for me. i love the perfect element but thats all i've heard
get remedy lane next i guess
im not a diehard though
remedy lane is simlar to perfect element, but if you want something a bit more experimental then get BE. not as many heavy moments but it is an album you must listen from start to finish to enjoy since the songs sort of transition into each other
Personally, i'd rank them:
The Perfect Element Pt. I
One Hour By the Concrete Lake (though I seem to be the only one on sputnik that really enjoys it...it's a major grower)
Remedy Lane
Be (definitely very well-orchestrated, but it's a bit much)
It's a shame that Pain of Salvation had to go in this direction, they used to be my favorite band. I don't really like this much at all. My excitement for this album pretty much went away after hearing the Linoleum EP they released a little bit ago, and I even enjoyed Scarsick.
to bodominflames:i also like One hour by the Concrete lake.hell yeah
Apparantly they're trying something new once again (after all this is POS). Can't say I fully enjoyed, but it's not that bad. Still longing for the new album.
I just started listening to these guys when their Linoleum EP came out, I loved it. I cant stand their old crap, however. Most of the stuff before Scarsick (with the exception of Be) sounds like a mix of Dream Theater + the other band we are emulating for the specific album. That being said, not at all impressed with Road Salt One atm. I guess 'Darkness of Mine' was pretty good.
POS's new album is so disappointing i had such high expectations.. songs like Sleeping under the stars are, although the most loyal to their old stuff, sounds like its been made by half a 5 year old, half a retarded circus clown and half a dinosaur with down-syndrome!
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Written on: 10/08/2013
I am absolutely disgusted with this company. We booked a cruise with Ideal Cruising in April 2012, ideal Cruising were apparently bought over in July 2012 so anyone who booked prior to that date has to deal with Lowcostholidays because the bookings are with them. We are due to cruise with P & O in December 2013 but we need to change to an alternative cruise. For the last 2 months I have been trying to get our booking transferred to P & O so we can deal directly with them Lowcostholidays do not answer their phones, they cut you off, leave you queuing forever, totally ignore E-Mails etc. On 2 occasions I did mange to speak to people who promised to contact P & O and call me back, no one called me. I have used 2 and a half days annual leave trying to resolve this issue but I can't even speak to anyone. P & O have been fantastic but legally they can't help us until the booking is transferred, Ideal Cruising don't want to know and lowcostholidays are without exception the worst company I have ever dealt with. I wouldn't recommend this company to anyone, there customer service is non existent.Get Great Holidays Deals From Expedia
Written on: 10/08/2013
Good afternoon,
I am really sorry that this has been difficult for yourself and has caused frustration.
I understand that Ideal Cruising and Lowcostholidays have recently gone their separate ways and this may have caused an issue for you.
I will be more than happy to get this resolved for you. If you can provide me with a reference number, I will get your booking looked into and I will have a colleague contact the relevant cruise company.
Thank you for leaving us a review.
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Written on: 09/09/2013
I agree! I want to pay the balance of our cruise booked June 2012 and I have called three times (each with 20-25 minute hold) and when it is finally answered no one seems to know anything about my booking! Even though I've had emails with that number on to call! I've gone back to ideal cruising who cannot help and P&O cannot help so 2 hours later I cannot pay the balance to anyone!
I also had a promise of a call back but nothing. I will no doubt spend another few hours on the phone tomorrow.
Written on: 22/08/2013
I totally agree with you. I am disgusted with this company. Booked a hotel with them 4 weeks ago. looked on their site a couple of days ago because friends had shown an interest in coming with us, and the price had gone down by £750.00. I was gobsmacked. I realise prices will vary, but this is a big difference. Tried on many occasions to speak to an advisor. I have waited for about 15 minutes to have my call answered, have then been put on hold and then been cut off. Have e mailed but still no reply. Terrible customer service.
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