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Water Bottle with Filter
Importance of Water Bottle with Filter
Water is no doubt one of the natural resources that man cannot just live without. That is, lack of water is incompatible with life. But once water had been found the next thing is the quality of the water. This simply means that water that is to be ingested must be pure. This is why medicine is making their point so clear that the quality of water is as much as important as the availability of water. So even though it is true that a lot of people access clean water through the various taps both at home and public, there is no telling the minute particles that could have contaminated this tap water.
After all this is considered, the packaging of the water is the next thing that will be considered. This is because if water is available and it is pure drinkable water, one will want to ensure that the clean water is collected in a clean container for either drinking or storage. It is in talking about this that we must mention the water bottle with filter. The water bottle with filter is a new modification of the normal water bottle. This helps people to be able drink their water with their mind rest assured that any invisible particle is being filtered off.
The water bottle with filter therefore has many benefits of which the most notable one will be that it provides a medium of purifying your drinking water right before it goes down your throat into your body. This means that ingestion of clean water which has a strong relationship with being healthy will now be provided for the water consumer; which is virtually every living thing, the human beings in particular.
Applications for Water Bottle with Filter
So from individuals that go on long road trips, biking, hiking, jogging, endurance trekking and those who visit the gymnasium, this water bottle with filter will certainly be a priceless water bottle to have. All that one needs to do is to collect their tap water into their water bottle with filter and the water will be filtered right before they drink it. This will ensure that they drink well purified water. There are many companies that produce this water bottle with filter and one can even order theirs online. This water bottle with filter also comes in different shapes and sizes so everyone is sure going to find a water bottle with filter that fits and suits them right.
So what else is there to know about the water bottle with filter that has not yet been said? Well, apart from the fact that you will need to get yours for yourself and for your kids, one will say that's about it. The emphasis of the water bottle with filter lies in the filter which is its major feature and what exactly distinguishes it from any other water bottle. It is also true that the benefits of this water bottle with filter lies in the fact that it has a filter that prevents one from drinking any unseen particles with their clean tap water.
Women In America as Sex Objects Video
"Miss Representation" of Women in the USA
Miss Representation Women 8 min. Trailer 8/23/11 from Miss Representation on Vimeo.
Check it out on OWN in October. Amazing the America is 90th in the world for involvement of in politics. Incredible the imbalance of rights in America where women are not treated well by media. Women are portrayed as sex objects and demeaned almost everywhere you look. "The easiest way to give up our rights is to act like we have none" is a valid thought for everyone including women.
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Kindling a Fire
Kindling a Fire
What is a Kindling a Fire?
Kindling a fire means to ignite. Kindling a fire is adding small pieces of wood to get the fire started. It is the most basic and simple form of fire starting. You can combine Kindling a Fire with a flint to add sparks or use a match. Ever good fire starts with kindling and then larger pieces of wood or burnable items are added as additional fuel to keep the fire going.
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How to start Kindling a Fire
1. Kindling also includes getting other materials needed to kindle the fire. You can use dry grass, dry leaves, sticks and paper.
2. You will want to make a tepee shape with your wood. Use your larger wood to make the outer tepee.
3. Use the dry grass and leaves in the inside of the tepee.
4. Ignite the middle of your tepee where your grass and leaves, and stick and small wood pieces are. It will ignite immediately. Let it engage and start burning.
5. As your fire is burning now when the fire goes down a little, add bigger pieces of wood to keep your fire going. That is the benefit of kindling a fire.
Although Kindling a Fire sounds extremely easy, it still takes practice.
Reason Kindling a Fire Fails
- Large gusts of wind can knock out your fire quickly.
- Putting too much wood on top quickly
- Adding damp or moist wood
- Not using enough kindling
- Ground under the fire area is wet
- Adding Fuel too quickly before kindling is really burning well
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This is the new CPR technique which is much simpler than the previous method. Please watch and forward to / share with your friends and family. The life you save by passing this on may be your own.
What would you do if you see someone collapse? Naturally you know to call 911, but then what? Continuous compression CPR is more effective, does not require mouth to mouth and you do not have to be certified to perform this type of CPR.
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Cabin Of Love
Julia and Nathan have a very unique outlook on life. And they are willing to share that outlook with you via their music, their writing and even in person hanging out with them.
"Human" song by Cabin of Love
Their music group or band from Owatonna Mn is called Cabin of Love. One of the songs that they wrote is called "Human". It has to do with the sometimes stereo typical gender roles that our culture and society have assigned to men and women. Many of those demands, expectations or assumptions of roles just simply are not true.
Human by Cabin of Love
You can read more about Cabin of Love and about Julia, Nathan and their family on Julia's blog. You'll find practical articles and writings about topics like "Helicopter Parents and Trophy Kids" or "More Thoughts about God and Violence". You'll enjoy her writing style and be challenged as you smile.
How to Pack To Move Cross Country
It is important to know how to pack to move cross country. Even if you are having a moving company do all the packing you need to supervise the most fragile and sensitive items to make sure they are packed correctly.
Basic Packing Tips for Moving Cross Country
1. Use small to medium size boxes. First time movers see big boxes and think that it will be a magic time saver to have a couple huge boxes. Even if you are not filling them with heavy stuff they are unwieldy and hard to load onto a truck or even get through a door way.
2. Use as many of the same size boxes as possible. When it comes to stacking boxes in a truck it is much easier if the boxes are identical shape and size. We found that banana boxes from the local grocer are the best size box for general packing. We have used them for books, clothing,
Packing Breakables to Move Cross Country
1. Pack in the right size space. All of your breakable items should be packed in the right size box or shipping carton. If the box is to small you risk having pressure from outside the box break the item. If the box is too large you risk having the item slip around and break inside the box.
2. Cushion the items. even a simple piece of newspaper can prevent breakage in a cross country move if the items are packed in the box correctly. I recommend using your towels, pillow cases, wash clothes to pack around your dishes. We have even used socks to pack cups and mugs. After a cross country move everything needs to be washed anyway and this way instead of a box of clothing or linens and a box of dishes with packing material we combined two boxes into one box.
Packing to Move Cross Country
What is the Cheapest Way to Move Cross Country
How To Move Cross Country
Moving across the US is a daunting task. Depending on which part of the country you are moving from and to you could be anywhere from a couple thousand miles to nearly 3500 miles. Moving a family, a house full of furniture, and all of the other miscellaneous items is even more overwhelming when you actually start packing and planning the trip.
Hiring a Moving Company to Move Cross Country
There are some great options for having multiple companies bid on moving you with your exact locations in mind. Here are some things to keep in mind. Most of the companies will try to upsell you and you need to keep that in mind when you compare their bids.
You need to have an idea of how many rooms of furniture you will be moving. Even a bathroom may count as a full room if you are packing everything in the bathroom (i.e. curtains, clothes hamper, shelves, linens and towels etc.).
Remember they can not move any dangerous chemicals or flammable products. This includes propane tanks, cleaning supplies, cooking oils, and some cosmetic products.
Renting a Container to Move Across Country Cheap
There are several companies now that offer the rental of a container that they drop off at your house. You pack and load the container yourself and schedule them to pick it up. They then deliver the container to your new home at the time you want. If you have an extended amount of time between pick up and delivery they may charge you a storage fee.
You will need to research the various moving pod companies, to find where to rent a cheap moving pod.
Renting a Truck to Move Yourself Cross Country
We have moved cross country six times and have used this option every time but the last time and the time the military moved us. The cost of fuel has made it more feasible to rent a container rather than pay for gas or diesel fuel. Every truck we have rented got less mpg than they were rated and it cost us 10 to 20 percent more in fuel than we budgeted.
You need to be very specific about how many miles and over estimate the cost of fuel. Remember fuel costs will be higher along the interstates you will be traveling than they are in your home town.
Choose wisely between choices like Penske and U-haul. U-haul is much easier to load because the trucks sit closer to the ground, but Penske trucks tend to drive better.
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by Jim Corbran - posted 12:00 am, May 12, 2014
Just because the sign out front says it's a Nash show, doesn't mean they're all Nashes. At last summer's event in Batavia, there in the last row was this nice 1956 Studebaker Power Hawk, which was the V-8-powered Hawk coupe — the six was called the Flight Hawk; V-8-powered pillarless hardtops were the tail-finned Golden Hawk, and the finless Sky Hawk. These were still the basic 1953 body-shell, which would continue to be used on the compact Larks right up until Studebaker quit building cars in 1966.

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If Tony Stark successfully privatized world peace, LudoSport privatized worldwide fighting.
A modern (and more ethic) reinterpretation of an ancient tradition.
Duel is present in human history since time immemorial, used as legal instrument to ensure a "due process" or as decisive act for private disagreements – mainly about honour. Its forms have been more or less brutal, but always codified. LudoSport restarts this tradition within the purest sport competition. As happened in past, contenders are left to the judgement of arms – hence to their own efficiency – and to their own judgement on final result.
Duels between pupils are allowed within SLM regulations, and the result is awarded in the International Rating. Gauntlets can be thrown down in every moment – with the MYLUDOSPORT platform – and duels can take place anywhere is a proper space and safety conditions for opponents and public. Final rules of engagement are decided by the fighters, and the result must be communicated to the platform by both of them.
The game starts online and then it becomes real in a competitive sporting match.


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Me and my son are both confused. Sorry but could you help?
When comparing two fractions, the best thing to do is to get both fractions to have the same denominator (or a "common denominator") and then compare numerators. For the two fractions 4/5 and 5/6, the least common denominator is 30.
The fraction 4/5 is equivalent to 24/30 (To get this I multiplied both the numerator and denominator by 6).
The fraction 5/6 is equivalent to 25/30 (To get this I multiplied both the numerator and denominator by 5).
Now I can compare 24/30 against 25/30. Since 25 is greater than 24, 25/30 (or originally 5/6) is the larger fraction.
Hope this helps!
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Lady Dee is the Mistress of Top Grl and she definitely keeps her female playthings on their toes - and backs, knees and stomachs. This Mistress has an alarming aura. She is strangely quiet during her scenes, except for a few brief commands/comments, but her subs are unable to suffer in silence as she unleashes her tools and brings each sub to a higher plane of ecstasy.
If you are a BDSM fan, then you will be thrilled with the exclusive material on TopGrl. There are plenty of pain-filled screams and interesting techniques used and the scenes keep you compelled the entire time. You know the sub is in pain, but you can't help but feel the extreme pleasure they're experiencing at that particular moment.
There are presently 30 episodes and they can be downloaded in their full-length form in great-quality MP4 and Windows Media files. You can also choose to save them in clips. You can even take all this delicious throbbing pain with you everywhere you go since there is an iPod-compatible format as well. Every scene comes with a set of video captures that relive every welt, sob and scream and you can save them in Zip files.
My favorite scene features Claire. Tied-up and gagged, she must endure being clipped with clothespins on her breasts, stomach, pussy lips and thighs on each side. Each side of pins is attached to a black string. After some whipping and a little pussy pleasuring, Lady Dee asks Claire if she wants the clothespins off and if she is ready for it. She then pulls the string and all the pins on one side come off at once, leaving a trail of red welts, which causes the normally composed Claire to let out a blood-curdling scream. I was hypnotized by the angry, pinched flesh and so turned on at Claire's threshold for pain.
It appears that fresh material is added about once a week, so there is always plenty of kink to keep you coming back. There are three bonus sites included with your membership - Infernal Restraints, Hard Tied and Real Time Bondage. Extras include a forum for you to share your thoughts and a blog. There are four bonus videos in the "class" section that focus on some of Lady Dee's training to be a Domme.
The porn on Top Grl is incredibly provocative and undoubtedly erotic, but you will notice that the membership is pricey. That being said, the high-quality porn, weekly updates and sweet bonuses certainly soften the blow. Admirers of this niche should check it out.
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Rules and Borrowing Policies
Read more about Tool Library membership on our FAQ page and Fees and Benefits
Toronto Tool Library – Rules and Borrowing Policies
1. Members must be 18 years of age or older to become members of the Toronto Tool Library (TTL).
2. Only members are authorized to use TTL tools. Members shall not permit the use of TTL items by non-members. If damage to any tool occurs as a result of the use by any non-member, the member who signed out the tool will be responsible for repair costs or replacement.
3. If tool(s) is/(are) not returned or incurs damages, the TTL will charge the full amount for repair or replacement of these tools.
4. Tools may be borrowed for a period of 3-7 days depending on the library location hours of business. All tools borrowed are to be returned to the TTL by close of business on their due date. Tools may only be returned during TTL's open hours and to the locations from which they were borrowed.
5. If a tool is returned late, the Member will be responsible for a late fee of $2 per tool per day for most power tools and $1 per tool per day for hand tools. Top-tier tools will have a $5/day late fee, a TTL staff member will identify such tools upon checkout. Renewals are only permitted for High-Five Members, otherwise a late-fee will apply for tools kept longer than the initial borrowing period. Late fees are capped at the full replacement cost of the tool plus a $5 administrative fee per tool. Late fees are subject to change.
6. TTL may replace severely delinquent tools (30 days), holding the Member responsible for the full replacement cost plus a $5 administrative fee. Fines must be paid in full before borrowing additional items.
7. TTL reserves the right to use appropriate steps to retrieve delinquent tools or unpaid fines and fees, including the use of a collection agency and/or legal action and assess the delinquent Member with the cost of any such action. TTL also reserves the right to forgive fees due to special circumstances.
8. The Member agrees that the TTL is not responsible for any manufacturing, material, or quality of workmanship defects of borrowed tools.
9. TTL staff members are available to assist in explaining the operation of tools. However, by taking possession of any item, the Member is certifying that he or she is capable of using that item in a safe and proper manner.
10. The Member agrees that if any borrowed tool becomes unsafe or in a state of disrepair, he or she must immediately discontinue use of the tool and notify the TTL of the issue on return, if not earlier.
11. All tools are to be returned in the same condition as they were issued , barring normal wear and tear. All tools must be returned clean. The Member agrees to pay for the loss of or damage to any item and further agrees to accept TTL's assessment of condition of items and assessment of fair restitution for damage, dirtiness, delinquency, and/or loss of items in part or in total. This restitution amount could equal the full replacement cost of the item plus a $5 administrative fee.
12. TTL will not accept reservations or waitlists for tools in advance. Tools can be signed out on a first-come, first-served basis.
13. TTL reserves the right to refuse the loan of any item at its discretion.
14. TTL reserves the right to alter the tool policy at any point.
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It starts with one step.
Families come to Bethany House from many different paths, life experiences and circumstances.
No matter the twists and turns life has thrown at them, they come to Bethany House seeking the same thing, a place to find rest and restoration. That's what we provide: care and comfort, community and support, encouragement and inspiration, each leading them one step closer to a home of their own.
Our Vision:
To live in a community where all families have a place to call home, and no one spends a night without shelter.
2017 United Way Campaign is Underway!
In 2016 Bethany House Services became a United Way of Greater Cincinnati Agency Partner joining 138 other agencies that are moving children and their families out of poverty and toward self-sufficiency.
Featured this year in a United Way campaign video is a Bethany House's former client, Monique Gilliam. You are invited to watch this great video to hear Monique's story and learn about the impact of Bethany House's work in the community.
Please Live United and support the United Way! You can learn more at www.uwgc.org.


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Omer Beaudoin's Biography
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Full Name:Omer F. Beaudoin
Family:Wife: Dolores; 6 Children
Birth Date:06/23/1941
Birth Place:Manchester, NH
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- LLB, Law, LaSalle University, 1970, Grade Point Average of 3.9
- Candidate, New Hampshire House of Representatives, 2012
- Candidate, New Hampshire State House of Representatives, 2010
- Delegate, New Hampshire Constitutional Convention, 1980
- Former Commissioner, Fire Department, City of Manchester
- Member, Juvenile Detention Center Task Force
- Member, New Hampshire Employment Security Advisory Council, 2005-2010
- Vice Chair, New Hampshire Gas Fitters Council, 2008
- Served, United States National Guard
- Chief Petty Officer, United States Navy Reserves, 1959-1994
- Detective Sergeant, Manchester Police Department, 1965-1978
- Member, New Hampshire French American Cultural Council
- Finance Officer, Post 79, Manchester, American Legion, 2008-2010
- President, Church Council, St. Raphael's Church, 1982
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Even though the resurrected Mini has been with us a few years, it is still easier to look into its past than think of its future. After all, the current car is an unashamed tribute to the radical 1950s tiddler, so even if the two owe nothing to each other, apart from styling, the link is there.
But what happens when it is time to roll out a new model?
Thankfully for BMW, which owns this most British of small-car brands, an even newer Mini is still a couple of years away. Meantime, it has worked on refining the current car with a convertible version on the way and the more conventional hatchback models having been facelifted.
The Mini Cooper and Cooper S have had some standard equipment removed - such as leather and chrome trim items - and their prices slashed by $3000 to $29,500 and $1400 to $38,500 respectively.
For those who want the extra gear, two more upmarket versions called the Cooper Chilli and Cooper S Chilli are available. The Chilli models are claimed to carry $5000 worth of extra equipment for only $2000 extra on the price. Changes to all models include a three-bar grille, redesigned bumpers and new headlight lenses, while even the basic car gets an upgrade to its 1.6-litre engine with more torque and shorter gear ratios in a new five-speed manual transmission.
Top of the range is the Cooper S Chilli driven here. It is mechanically identical to the supercharged Cooper S. A new supercharger and exhaust system have lifted power by 5 kW to 125 kW and torque is up 10 Nm to 220 Nm. Ratios in its six-speed gearbox have been lowered to give quicker acceleration and more responsiveness.
The new exhaust has added a delightfully raspy note.
Less endearing is the handling of the extra power by the front tyres. The Chilli has 17-inch Pirelli tyres with a run-flat capability that does away with a spare wheel. There's also standard traction and stability control, but it works overtime limiting wheelspin when exiting tight corners in second gear.
Apart from that, the Cooper S can be a lot of fun with very direct though quite heavy steering, a lively handling balance and strong brakes. The ride quality is firm but not uncomfortably so.
There are a few differences in the cabin of this latest Mini. The steering wheel, for instance, gets buttons for the cruise control that are simple and logical to use.
Otherwise, there's an ambience unlike any other car. That's partly due to the upright windscreen that seems a long way in front of the driver and the styling with big, chrome-ringed gauges, toggle switches for minor controls and coloured panelling.
The Chilli package adds the multifunction steering wheel, combination cloth and leather seats and bigger alloy wheels to the standard Mini, while the Cooper S Chilli also receives climate-control air-conditioning, xenon headlights and a Harman/Kardon stereo.
There is a comfortable, highly adjustable driving position, but the rest of the car is not very practical. Despite the lack of a spare wheel, the boot is small, although the rear seat is split 50/50 and folds for more space. There's room for two adult passengers in the rear, but leg room isn't generous.


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Pink + Lemonade, how could you go wrong? The theme for this first birthday was absolutely adorable! The entire place was decked out in pink with the most adorable lemonade stand outside. I am so excited to share these photos with you!
Stripes and polka dots on adorable cake stands, plus you can't forget to have a smash cake for a first birthday!
The most ingenious idea was making the cupcakes look like "cups" of pink lemonade, straw and all! That makes me want to drink it all up!
Oh wait! There was actually lemonade at this party... probably best to drink that instead :)
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A River in the Sky is the latest book in Elizabeth Peters' Amelia Peabody series, which up till now has been pretty much in chronological order. In this story, Peters takes us back to when the younger protagonists were still teenagers, and moves the action to Jerusalem instead of the usual Egyptian setting.
I've written before about the Peabody series, which is a love-it-or-hate-it relationship for most readers. I'm a fan, so I was a little dismayed about the setting not being Egypt--but my disappointment didn't last long. It was quite a relief to go back in time a few years, as the Emerson family was getting a bit overwhelming as the third generation started to come on the scene, and indeed A River in the Sky has the smallest number of minor characters I can recall in any of the books.
In fact, in some ways it's a different kind of book altogether. It's much more tightly written and plot-focused than the other Peabody books, and some readers may miss the pastiche of Victorian adventure genres and the romantic comedy of the other books. Others will relish their absence. Even Emerson and Amelia seem to have brought their performance down a few notches; they are almost realistic. I feel that Peters may be trying to take her well-loved characters in a new direction. After all, the original story really has gone about as far as it can, and she's still got an audience keen to read more Peabody, so why not?
All in all, I found this to be a fun page-turner with enough plot to keep the action boiling. The location of early 20th-century Palestine provides plenty of scope to introduce foreign spies and secret societies, and there was even the tiniest touch of Egyptology to satisfy the Peabody purists. The leanness of the writing ended up being quite satisfying, with far less verbal sparring between the Emerson clan than there usually is. The result, I think, was a book that could function as a standalone adventure novel for readers who have not read, or are not willing to read, the rest of the series. This is one to throw in your beach bag or pack for a long plane ride, to devour in one sitting.


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Information Security: 10 Steps Market Research Firms Should Take to Manage Supplier RiskTuesday, April 26, 2016, 7:00 am 1 Comment
As cybercriminals increasingly target vendors as a way to attack their customers, and regulators increasingly hold organizations liable for breaches of vendor-controlled data, the importance of managing information security risk associated with your vendors is escalating.
ESOMAR Congress Was A Pivotal Event For MRTuesday, September 18, 2012, 7:23 am 24 Comments
There were a few things that surprised me at ESOMAR Congress and that I think, when taken together, will be looked back on as pivotal moments in the future course of the market research industry.
The 21st Century Battle for the Future of MR has begun: Empowered Consumers Versus "Darth Data"Friday, August 17, 2012, 11:38 am 5 Comments
We look at our shiny new MR tools without paying proper attention to what aspects of the marketplace they are meant to enrich. To answer that question, let's zoom above the trees and take a look at the battle just starting to take shape in the forest below.


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Rod Ebrahimi is co-founder at ReadyForZero.com, an online financial program that helps Americans tackle debt. You can follow him at @innovatebig.
Even though financial services is among the most profitable industries in the world, the existing regulatory systems, technical infrastructure and deep-rooted incumbents make it difficult for new entrants to innovate.
Whether you are moving money in new ways like mobile payments company OboPay or disrupting long-standing business models like peer-to-peer lender Lending Club, there are technical and regulatory roadblocks. Unlike the open APIs supporting consumer Internet products like Facebook, financial services infrastructure isn't easy to build upon or extend.
Fortunately, though, there is a lot of excitement surrounding new opportunities within financial services.
So what does the "future of money" look like and what is driving innovation?
Customers are more trusting and demanding (both good things).
Traditionally, large financial services companies had to spend millions to acquire and serve their customers directly. Call centers and expensive media buys were the only way to stay competitive. Now customers use online and mobile tools to do a lot of their important financial work, including but not limited to signing up for new financial products with little or no human interaction. They demand simple ways to access their finances and expect real-time information all hours of the day. As a consequence, people have become even more comfortable inputting and accessing sensitive personal data online — a good thing for startups.
Companies like Pageonce, for example, prove how a good user experience – created by a great UX design and graphic design — can help set skeptical users at ease and make collecting personal information easier. Power and control is shifting to customers, a growing general trend within financial services. Less consumer skepticism means we will see more opportunities for direct-to-consumer models like credit-score tracking service CreditKarma that are a win for both consumers and financial institutions; we hope to see a lot more of this.
Increased trust leads to significant privacy and security concerns.
Because customers are demanding increased access and control of their financial data, companies need to store and transmit more sensitive information in new ways. This raises unique privacy and security issues that can be challenging, particularly for a nascent financial services startup. Simple things like ensuring that no customer data is accessible to employees while at the same time promptly addressing customer support requests can be extremely challenging. Financial services startup Blippy addressed a similar issue shortly after launch wherein users' credit card numbers were accidentally exposed publicly online (credit card numbers were essentially search-able using Google). Blippy responded and resolved the issues, but some critics suggested it was "too little, too late". Trust is difficult to build in the first place and even more and even more difficult to recover from once it has been lost especially for financial services companies.
The changing regulatory environment will continue to be challenging to navigate.
We recently had the opportunity to meet with the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to learn more about what's coming with respect to legal provisions. This government agency will initially focus on predatory marketing tactics that mislead consumers into signing up or paying for services that don't deliver on their promises. The team is working with the Google Adwords Team, for example, to prevent specific companies from advertising directly to consumers and instead delivering informative news and information. Financial services companies must work hard to protect their companies' and customers' interests. Early innovators often incur serious setbacks before making a new model work. Visionary companies, like peer-to-peer lender Lending Club, spend millions to meet the demands of regulators before launching.
Expensive, out-dated and difficult to integrate infrastructure.
Building consumer-friendly products that can access and update financial data in real-time is hard (to say the least). Companies like online banking platform Yodlee! have tried to make account aggregation services accessible, but resource-limited startups still have a difficult time building products that connect to and support a large number of consumer banks. Financial services companies should stay as "laser-focused" as possible by doing one thing very well as opposed to trying to do too much. Our team focused on credit card debt, for example, instead of going all out and supporting all types of debt.
Processing payments is also a challenge, both from a regulatory and from a systems perspective. The systems are difficult to build on and even more difficult to support. New startups like BillFloat use a combination of ACH (Automated Clearing House), MasterCard and PayPal technologies to process payments for consumers who need more time to pay their bills. The infrastructure to make payments exists, but it's a difficult area to build products around. In almost all cases, for example, "moving money" requires licensing in each state here in the U.S. The hope is that once leaders emerge, their efforts will help new entrants build innovative payment products.
More data = options for customers + profits for companies.
As people continue to do most of their purchasing and money management online, startups have the opportunity to provide them with more personalized financial products. Services like BillMeLater, for example, allow consumers to make purchases without a credit card using just their social security number (last 4 digits) and birthday. Customers benefit and companies can monetize in new ways. The Economist wrote a good piece entitled "Data-driven finance" (March 17, 2011) that discusses companies like Klarna that use consumer data and new risk models to allow people to purchase goods online instantly. This "data" trend suggests that a wave of startups are essentially asking users to "pay" with their personal data for valuable goods and services. We believe this trend will fundamentally drive the "future of money" in the coming years.
We want to see more financial services innovation; particularly in areas that empower consumers with their own data and give them new options. The road is challenging for new upstarts, but there are many important, worthwhile problems to be solved here that will create a number of meaningful and long-lasting companies over the next 5-10 years. What do you think?


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Discussion in 'General Pro Player Discussion' started by bchamaki, Feb 24, 2009.
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He might be using some Tecnifibre Black Code - he's sponsored by TF so it's possible, I guess.
Some kind of Tecnifibre string im sure. I hate their string though. One time I strung my stick with it after like 5 strokes they popped. Ridiculous.
If it popped after that little play it's either a manufacturing defect or maybe a shearing issue occured if you hit the ball near the frame. You're in a small group of people if you hate Tecnifibre strings though. Their quality control is among the highest in the market and they have a great reputation for real nice strings. Some of their strings have won some prestigious awards.
It shocked me because I didnt hit the knot or anything. I also talked to some of the top guys playing for UT and Tecnifibre sponsors them, and most just paint their strings red because they hate them so much.
Why would you paint a string because you hate it? I don't even get that statement. Does painting it make it play better? :lol:
I wish Tecnifibre would sponsor me but I'm nowhere near good enough.
I meant they use different string and paint it red to look like Tecnifibre string.
oh, gotcha.
You can tell them to send me the string from Tecnifibre that they don't like. I'd be glad to take it off their hands. :lol:
Haha yeah I wouldnt mind it too bad either. But most college teams, D1, 2, and 3 even have sponsors and players get free string.
Yeah I'm sure they do. UT = .. ? Tennessee? Which school was it?
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I had a procedure scheduled for October which I duly attended for at 12pm as requested. Unfortunately I was last on the list so did not go to theatre until around 5. 30pm - however that is to be expected.
I have to say that I had a really positive experience on the day surgery unit. My Consultant Mr Jonathan Gill was lovely and extremely friendly - taking the time to explain the procedure to me in full. The staff on the ward were friendly enough - although Anita in the theatre was AMAZING! ! So friendly and put me at ease straight away. She is a real credit.
The only downside was some of the other moaning patients! It's a day case unit and a busy one at that. The moaning seemed to be around the lack of space on arrival and not many chairs - well perhaps if 20 plus relatives were not sat there too 'camped out' with laptops and magazines then there would definitely be more space! ! !
The only relatives or carers who should remain should be the one's who genuinely need to - my ONLY criticism would be that staff should police that better. It's also not great having men and women stood around in dressing gowns and gowns STOOD up while relatives fill the seats!
However overall a very positive FREE service which we should remember. The only point to mention also was that whilst I was sat waiting to be allocated a trolley I had the misfortune to be sat next to a male relative who spent most of his time documenting on his laptop every staff members movement with odd criticisms to his wife along the way. It's a free service and a good one at that!
I felt very sorry for this person that that is all he had to do with his time and is another reason why relatives should not be allowed inside!
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Thank you for your feedback, which we greatly appreciate. I am pleased to learn that the quality of care you received was of the high standard that we would expect.
We do accept that the amount of room for patients and relatives is limited. Around 18 months ago, we invested in additional capacity within Day Surgery to expand the unit. However, the Harrogate District Hospital site is very confined with limited room for outward expansion and we try to come up with innovative solutions to our lack of space.
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Left hand sent Manning a case of beer with a funny note.http://nesn.com/2014/01/colorado-brewery-sends-peyton-manning-beer-after-bud-light-incident-photo/
What does Brady drink?
Quote from: pinnah on January 15, 2014, 07:44:41 AMWhat does Brady drink?I'd imagine breast milk with the other babies.
I don't really hate Brady. Just to easy to make fun of.
Pretty funny, but Manning is not the one trying to beat Jim Kelly's record for most Super Bowl losses either.
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True. Don't count your chickens before they hatch.
Seems like (in the real world) a bunch of second places would be more respected than one random first place
Quote from: punatic on January 16, 2014, 12:09:00 AMTrue. Don't count your chickens before they hatch.Definitely not counting them chickens...it's just nice to be interested in the teams playing past December. Denver is going to be a tough opponent. If the Pats can keep their running game going and Peyton can do his usually choke in the big game act, they have a chance. If he's on and makes no mistakes, it will be a tough game to win.
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Bloat is a digestive disorder occurring in ruminants fed with fresh forage of many cultivated legumes e.g. lucerne and clover. In extreme cases the rumen blows up and the animal dies. This build up of gas results from the degradation of dietary protein in the rumen by micro-organisms. It has been observed that legume forages which contain low levels of condensed tannins (CT), e.g. Lotus, protect against bloat. The CT complexes with dietary protein and decreases rates of degradation. However, it is possible to have too much CT. This is true for some forages, e.g. Coronilla, the high levels of CT in these species results in poor digestibility, palatability and acceptability by the animal.
The aim of forage legume breeders is therefore to induce desirable levels of CT biosynthesis in CT negative forages and reduce CT levels to acceptable levels in high CT species. This goal has not been achieved by interspecific crosses and somatic hybridisation. The long-term aim of the CAGED project (http://caged.irmgpf.pg.cnr.it/) is to assess options for the genetic engineering of commercially grown forage legumes to express desirable levels of CT by genetic transformation with CT specific structural and regulatory genes.
The CT biosynthetic pathway shares many steps with anthocyanin synthesis, which has been characterised extensively. Many genes are common to the two pathways and these have been isolated and characterised. There is little information however, on the CT pathway genes from the point where the pathways diverge. It is paramount to the project that these terminal genes are identified and isolated. Central to our strategies is the species Lotus corniculatus. This model crop is a bone fide forage legume that is polymorphic for CT and well adapted to in vitro manipulation and genetic transformation. It is intended to use L. corniculatus for the preliminary task of isolating CT genes characterising their regulation and precise role in CT synthesis. We are additionally analysing protein degradation and fibre digestion in several forage legumes. The three partners of the CAGED project each have special expertise in areas that are complementary to this pan-European project. IRMGPF has extensive experience of plant genetic manipulation for alterations in CT phenotype, transformation of Lotus and analysis of transgenic lines for CT biosynthesis. The Genetics and Breeding of Forage Legumes Group at INRA have extensive experience of forage digestibility and protein degradation analysis and plant breeding. IGER has a central role in CAGED that enables the interaction of these two research groups. This is made possible by a broad technical skill base which includes plant molecular and analytical chemistry and a broad knowledge of Lotus cultivation and cultivar development.
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It is the role of IRMGPF to isolate genes from the terminal steps of the CT pathway. This will be achieved by the differential screening of RNA isolated from Lotus plants with high and low levels of CT by the two techniques of cDNA-AFLP and differential PCR (PCR-select Clontech). The task of differential screening has been facilitated by the production of transgenic lines of L. corniculatus that have been transformed with the mycgene Sn from Zea mays. This regulatory gene is a transactivator of anthocyanin biosynthesis in maize. In Lotus, Sn acts to alter levels of CT in leaves. Figure 1 shows the vast difference in CT in a sample leaf taken from a control plant (A) and one from a line from a CT up-regulated line (B).
IGER has achieved several tasks in the first half of the CAGED project. Firstly, the Sn transgenic lines produced at Perugia have been characterised by an extensive chemical analysis of secondary metabolites (see Fig 2). These data are strongly indicative that Sn acts specifically on CT synthesis in Lotus and does not alter levels of other major end products. These data confirm the appropriateness of these transgenic lines as source material for differential screening.
The Genetics and Breeding of Forage Legumes Group has used in vivo and in vitro methods to obtain quantitative data on the effects of CT on protein degradation and fibre digestibility in the rumen. These experiments have used a range of freeze-dried Lotus leaf and stem materials with differing amounts of CT (supplied by IGER). Preliminary results show clearly that there is substantially less degradation of dietary protein in the rumen over the first 12 h after consumption in leaves with 4.9% percentage dry mass CT as compared with leaves with only 0.6% CT (Fig 3a). After this time the protective effects of CT seem to diminish. Figure 3b shows that CT also effects the rate of digestion of dry matter in the rumen; however, this effect is less pronounced than that on protein degradation and does not decrease with time. These data also demonstrate that leaf material is more readily digestible, and susceptible to deamination, than stem material (Fig 3 a &b).
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Chemical analysis of metabolic end-products for Sn transgenic and control lines: A, condensed tannins, B, flavonols and C, TGA soluble lignin.
Leaves of L. corniculatus linesstained for the presence of condensed tannins with DMACA: A, control line, B. Sn transgenic line Sn 11.
In addition to these studies, several sequences have been isolated form CT specific structural genes. These are being used to construct transgenic lines with altered CT phenotypes. The precise effects on CT accumulation and composition of these genes, and those genes isolated in Perugia, will be assessed in transgenic Lotus lines and reported in the near future.
in saco analysis of protein degradation (A) and dry matter digestibility (B) of freeze-dried Lotus leaf and stem samples. CT content: leaf I=4.87% dry matter, leaf B=0.56%dry matter, stem B=0.34% dry matter.
For differential screening to be successful it is vital that there is no genetic variation between the transgenic lines other than that due to the specific transformation. This has been made possible by making these lines in the isogenic genotype S50 (cultivar Leo) supplied to IPMGPF by IGER. Several sequences have been isolated so far and these will be assessed functionally at IGER once their differentiality has been verified.
Further analysis of other Lotus samples are now in progress. In addition, these methods are being applied to determine the digestibility and protein degradation of other forage legume species e.g. lucerne, clover and Coronilla. Finally, the exact effect of CT composition on these parameters will be assessed by adding purified CT (supplied and characterised by IGER) to the plant material. These findings will be reported in full when available.
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In the distant future, the war between the human race and the Gamilon has taken its toll on the planet Earth. Constant bombardment of radioactive asteroids has rendered the planet's atmosphere uninhabitable. As a means of relief aid, Queen Starsha of the planet Iscandar offers the Earth Forces a device that can completely neutalize the radiation off the planet. For this task, the space battleship Yamato is launched from the remains of its World War II ancestor on a 148,000 light-year journey. However, the crew of the Yamato has only one Earth year to travel to Iscandar and back, or the human race will come to an end.

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On Martin Luther King day, Tuesday, January 20th, in recognition of Dr. King's dreams, practitioners of the Founders Clinic and Kaiser Permanente will again partner to "seek and treat" those in need of medical attention as part of KP's community service mission that states…
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Researchers: Alessandro Acquisti, Ralph Gross, Sonam Samat, Eyal Pe'er
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Online behavioral advertising has helped marketers target products to individuals based on their demographic information, browsing history, or previous purchases. The foreseeable future involves marketers exploiting individuals' personal information to tailor the advertisement itself, personalizing it in a subtle and undetectable manner. We investigate whether combining an experimental participant's face with the face of a stranger, and using the resulting "face composite" for personalized marketing, can influence purchasing behavior, without the individual realizing that targeting has occurred. Participants' pictures from a popular online social network were used to create personalized face composites using a face morphing software. These composites were then presented either as spokespersons on an advertisement for a product or as previous customers reviewing the product.


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"Shantaram" by David Gregory Roberts St. Martin's, 944 pp., $24. 95 If ever it could be said of a book that it was conceived in W. B. Yeats' "foul rag and bone shop of the heart,"...
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David Gregory Roberts calls "Shantaram" a novel, but it is strongly autobiographical, concentrating on his life in Bombay from 1981 to 1987. Some characters have been disguised or blended, but he insists that the key events are authentic. It is overstuffed with adventures, people, events, prison stays, good deeds, criminal acts, prose that is so bad it's embarrassing and passages so poignant they make you sniffle. It is the perfect picaresque novel: the saga of a rascally hero living by his wits in a poor and corrupt society.
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Shantaram is the Hindu name Indian villagers give Lin, the narrator: It means "man of God's peace." Lin — or Linbaba, as he is also known — was not always worthy of the name.
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Lin meets two people very soon after his arrival: Prabaker, a Bombay street guide who becomes his loyal friend, and Karla, a beautiful and enigmatic Swiss-American woman with whom he falls in love. Prabaker takes Lin to his home village for a visit, and they end up staying for six months, after which they return to Bombay and settle in a slum where Lin sets up a clinic. Knowing little more than first aid, he hooks up with the local mafia and trades medicine for favors. The mafia connection eventually leads to money laundering and forged passports, and Lin goes to prison again. Following his release, revelations about his acquaintances come to light, guerrilla fighting in Afghanistan against the Russians is on the agenda, and the beat goes on for this big-hearted, up-for-anything wandering philosopher.
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