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Himalayan wetland conservation action plan
Framework for an Action Plan on
"Wetland Conservation and Wise Use in the Himalayan High Mountains"
Kathmandu, Nepal, August 2003
I. Preamble
Conservation of the high Himalayan mountain wetlands has become an increasingly significant global issue in recent years, especially as they function as world water towers. In 2002, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) International, the Ramsar Bureau, and the Government of the People's Republic of China, successfully organized a regional workshop in Urumqi, China, in August 2002 on 'Conservation of High Altitude Wetlands in the Himalayas'. This workshop marked the initiation of a regional cooperation on wetland conservation in the high mountain areas with a wide range of participation from countries in the Himalayan-Tianshan continuum. The workshop resulted in the 'Urumqi Call' for
- exchanging information and experiences in conserving high altitude wetlands;
- initiating methodologies and tools for identification of suitable Ramsar sites;
- strengthening regional cooperation with specific steps to continue the process.
Recognizing the importance of mountain wetlands, the Ramsar COP8 in November 2002 also passed Resolution VIII.12 calling for conservation and wise use of mountain wetlands.
In order to implement the Urumqi Call and the Ramsar Resolution VIII.12, WWF International, the Ramsar Bureau and the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) jointly organized a follow-up workshop on 'Wetland Conservation and Wise Use in the Himalayan High Mountains' from August 30 to September 1, 2003, in Kathmandu. The workshop was attended by 34 participants from 11 countries comprising government representatives from Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, and Kyrgyzstan and representatives of national and international agencies and institutions including the World Conservation Union (IUCN), Wetlands International, National Institute of Environmental Studies in Japan, International Institute for Geo-information Science and Earth Observation (ITC) of the Netherlands, The Mountain Institute (TMI), WWF national offices of India, Pakistan, and China, Nanjing Institute of Geography and Limnology (China), and Jawahar Lal University (India). Government representatives from Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, and Tajikistan expressed an interest in being involved in the process but were unable to attend the meeting.
II. Goals and Objectives
The overall goal of the workshop was to strengthen regional cooperation on the conservation and sustainable use of high mountain wetlands in the Himalayan region.
Specific objectives were:
- to strengthen the regional network initiated in the Urumqi workshop;
- to identify sites that can be declared as Ramsar sites, with an emphasis on trans-boundary cooperation;
- to seek a consensus on establishing a regional center (on wetland conservation in the Himalayan high mountains); and
- to discuss and approve a concept note for further development of a joint project for water resource management of highland lakes.
III. Agreed Outcomes and Follow-up Actions
Geographic coverage: Participants agreed, after thorough discussion, that the geographic coverage of this regional initiative would be the Hindu Kush-Himalayan (HKH) and Central Asian mountain regions. Thematically the initiative will focus on highland wetlands, regardless of the altitudinal and latitudinal differences. The current initiative will include the geographic region involving the 15 countries: Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, China, India, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, Mongolia, Nepal, Pakistan, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan.
Publication of the Urumqi 2002 workshop report: The report will be finalized for uploading on the Ramsar, WWF, and ICIMOD websites for wide distribution by mid-October 2003. Countries and participants are invited to confirm the contents of the draft report by 30 September 2003.
List of the Ramsar and potential Ramsar sites in the high mountains: Countries have agreed that the list of sites identified in Urumqi will be further examined and an action plan will be prepared to include new sites in the future. Specifically the following commitments were made:
- China will declare 22 sites by the Ramsar CoP-9 and about 30 more sites will be declared by 2010;
- India will declare three sites by CoP-9 and about 10 more sites will be added by 2010;
- WWF-Pakistan offered assistance to the Government of Pakistan to declare six sites by CoP9;
- the Kyrgyz Republic submitted information on two sites to the Ramsar Bureau during the workshop for Ramsar site listing;
- Bhutan will aim to accede to the Convention and designate sites; and
- IUCN-Nepal will work with the Government of Nepal to identify suitable sites.
Transboundary sites: Countries emphasized the need to work on transboundary wetland sites, in particular to list them as Ramsar Sites. The following was agreed.
- Pangongsar: Joint efforts will be explored by India and China to exchange information on the status of the lake. If possible the two countries, with the assistance of WWF and ICIMOD, will organise a technical meeting.
- Chatyr-Kol: Kyrgyzstan and China will explore the possibility of joint action on this lake.
- Preparing a scoping paper: Ramsar, WWF, ICIMOD, and Wetlands International will take the initiative to prepare a scoping paper on the transboundary high altitude wetland sites in the region. The paper will contain a preliminary list of potential Ramsar sites in the region whose geographic area extends into more than one country. The scoping paper will also contain broad guidelines for initiating joint action for conserving these transboundary sites.
Directory of High Mountain Wetlands of the HKH and Central Asia: Following the agreement at the Urumqi workshop on the urgent need to prepare a preliminary directory of high altitude wetlands in the HKH and Central Asia region, all the participating countries at the meeting agreed that there is an urgent need to complete this work. The one page format developed at the Urumqi workshop will be revised by the Ramsar Bureau and circulated to all the countries to guide them in preparing the directories. The directory will be completed before the next regional meeting.
Highland lake initiative: Entrusted by the Ramsar Bureau and WWF International, ICIMOD presented a draft project concept note on 'Freshwater Resource Management and Wise Use of Highland Lakes in Great Asian Mountains'. Participants agreed in principle on the concept note, and suggested new components and ways to go forward for further development of a revised concept note by the end of October 2003. Efforts will be made to prepare a full proposal by the end of 2003.
Regional Center: Countries agreed in principle that there is a need to establish a regional center for high mountain wetlands. It was decided that further details of the regional center (such as the scope, functions, location, and others, and opportunities to link this to the highland lake initiative) would be discussed by a task force comprising the following members: Chief Conservator of Forests (Bangladesh), Mr. Raling Ngawang (Bhutan), Mr. Bao Daming (China), Mr. S. Kaul (India), Ms. Daw Lwin Lwin Thein (Myanmar), focal point of DNPWC (Nepal), Mr. Umeed Khalid (Pakistan), Mr. Biksham Gujja (WWF Int'l), Mr. Guangchun Lei (Ramsar Bureau), Mr. Taej Mundkur (Wetlands International), Mr. Sameer Karki (IUCN Nepal), Mr. Richard Friend (IUCN Regional). Coordination will be by Mr. Jian Liu, together with Mr. Basanta Shrestha (ICIMOD). Advisers to the task force will be Ms. Archna Chatterjee (WWF India), Mr. Lifeng Li (WWF China), Mr. Richard Garstang (WWF Pakistan), Mr. Lhakpa Sherpa (TMI), Mr. Masataka Watanabe (NIES), Mr. Jan de Leeuw (ITC), Mr. V. Subramanian (JNU), and Mr. Li Shijie (CAS). The task force will bring out a detailed concept paper for the regional center by the end of Nov 2003.
Web site: ICIMOD, WWF, and the Ramsar Bureau will start a new page on their websites with information on the initiative.
Database on water birds in the high mountains: Wetlands International has agreed to work with partners to establish a database of water birds and important wetlands in the high mountains.
Proceedings: ICIMOD will prepare a draft proceedings of this workshop which will include a brief summary with the presentations as annexes. Before finally circulating this document, it will be sent to the participants to make any necessary corrections in their presentations. The final document will be circulated before the end of December 2003 and placed on the website of ICIMOD, the Ramsar Bureau, and WWF.
Continuation of the Regional Forum: It was agreed that this Regional Forum should meet again within a year; the final dates and venue will be decided later.


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With colors so vibrant, how do you reflect the dimming light, so boldly?
Were you confused by the sun that rises too early, or conflicted by the manipulation
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Despite being lost for the first 10 games of the regular season for leaving the bench to join an altercation, David Clarkson is taking a positive approach to his suspension, saying the on-ice brawl between the Sabres and Leafs on Sunday night has worked to unite the club.
"It brings you together, it unites everybody. I'm hoping that's what this did. I think it's going to carry us a long way," Clarkson said on TSN Radio 1050 Wednesday afternoon.
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Louis Comfort Tiffany: Treasures from the Driehaus Collection
CHICAGO, May 3, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Richard H. Driehaus Museum is pleased to announce its inaugural exhibition Louis Comfort Tiffany: Treasures from the Driehaus Collection, opening September 28, 2013 and will run through June 29, 2014.
Sixty works by Louis Comfort Tiffany and his associated firms will be on display, including lamps, stained-glass windows, vases, metalwork and furnishings. All of the works are selected from the Driehaus Collection, one of the country's significant private collections of Tiffany. These works will be displayed in the uniquely immersive setting of the Driehaus Museum. The immaculately restored interiors of the Museum, once the grand Gilded Age-era residence of Chicago banker Samuel M. Nickerson, provide the perfect backdrop for the Tiffany exhibition.
In the 1970s, Richard H. Driehaus, the prominent Chicago businessman, philanthropist, and founder of the Driehaus Museum, purchased his first Tiffany stained-glass window. His collection of works by the designer has grown to include approximately 1,500 lamps, vases, decorative objects, and accessories.
"I am delighted to be a part of this exhibition, which combines my twin passions for collecting and preserving late 19th and early 20th century architecture and decorative arts," says Richard H. Driehaus. "The Nickerson mansion's restored interiors and the superbly crafted Tiffany objects complement one another perfectly. I view myself as a steward of these beautiful works, and I am thrilled to have this opportunity to share my treasures in the context for which many of these objects were originally created."
The project team for this exhibit includes curator David A. Hanks and exhibition designer Jeff Daly. David Hanks served as Associate Curator of American Decorative Arts at the Art Institute of Chicago, and is currently the curator of the Stewart Program for Modern Design in Montreal. Jeff Daly served as the Chief Exhibition Designer of the Metropolitan Museum of Art for nearly 30 years.
A book about the exhibition, comprised of detailed, full-color images by photographer John Faier. Written by David Hanks with a preface by Richard H. Driehaus, the book will be published by The Monacelli Press in September 2013.
The presenting sponsor of the exhibition is BMO Harris Bank.
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The final episode of the series also gives first-time guest star James Van Der Beek -- yes, Dawson himself -- a chance to live out a dream he's had since he bombed a 'L&O' audition at 16. That's right, a young Van Der Beek once tried out for a small role on the original version of the Dick Wolf series. Things didn't go so well for him the first time around, but as we all know, everything turned out okay for the Connecticut teenager.
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This past weekend was a weekend of firsts: my first trip as an International Thespian Officer, first time in New York City, my first Broadway show, and most importantly my first Broadway Cares Flea Market. And they won't be my lasts.
The weekend began early Friday morning when I flew into the Big Apple and met up with the five other ITO, Scott Wilson, and Diane Carr in our Times Square hotel. Times Square in itself embodies the hustle bustle of America. Large billboards, bright lights, and various street performers became my morning commute for the next two days. On Friday the ITO learned a little more about Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS from Joe Norton and Jason Daunter. BC/EFA raises $12-13 million dollars every year, and have been working with the International Thespian Society since 1999.The amount of support the organization has for the development of AIDS research, and towards the AIDS community is inspirational. After the home office visit we had the privilege to meet with Alex Sarian, the Director of Finance and New Business at the Lincoln Center Education, Mr. Sarian is world renowned for advocating for the arts. Picking his brain and listening to him explain just how powerful six words can be helped us better understand our message with advocacy. Thanks to Mr. Sarian, the ITO received a tour of Lincoln Center (to give you a taste of how expensive it is, the lobby of the Met had a 24 karat gold gate).
The cancelation
of Spamalot at South Williamsport (Pennsylvania) High School, perhaps
because of the musical's gay content, has prompted widespread media
coverage, led by Howard Sherman, the former executive director of the
American Theatre Wing. Sherman has posted several blogs about the cancelation,
most recently around the
firing of the school's contracted theatre teacher Dawn Birch. This evening,
the South Williamsport School Board will meet and likely discuss the
controversy. The cancelation drew the attention of New York Times reporter
Patrick Healy on Monday; in
his story Healy details the timeline and disputed facts of the case,
including the school superintendent's assertion that the play had never been
"formally" approved--something that others have
challenged. At this writing,
One of the main goals
for our Theatre Education Community is to help theatre students and
professionals from all over connect and identify with each other in order to
build resources and support the theatre education field. We shine a spotlight
on a different member every other week by conducting a simple interview.
Our latest Spotlight
Member is Alex Minton, a senior at Millard West High School in Omaha, NE. Alex serves
as the Chair of the International Thespian Officers. He is also a Thespian
member of Troupe 5483 and a frequent contributor to the Community (demonstrated
by the Gold MVM ribbon on his profile!). Alex is always willing to share unique
ideas and his experiences as a theatre student with others. He was also a
valuable addition to the group that helped us beta test the Community before we
launched to the public. I asked Alex to answer a few questions for us so we
could learn a little more about him.
When walking through your school hallways, I can guarantee you see more students looking down at a 4x2 electronic rectangle than what is in front of them. Amidst all the colorful welcome back banners and club posters, students are still fixated on how Billy asked Susie to homecoming or what new song Beyonce is working on. This may cause some frustration, because during the social media frenzy your show posters/drama club information isn't getting as much attention as it should.
Don't freak, just tweet!
Marketing through social media is plain and simple. With the click of a button your troupe's season can be shared for the whole state to see! You could even contact your state thespian board and have them make a post about your schools upcoming show, so your whole state is aware of your opening weekend.
The beginning of the school year is the perfect opportunity for your troupe (if you have not already) to establish your social media footprint. For example, my troupe's "Millard West Drama Club" Facebook page has 130 people seeing our club meetings, fundraising opportunities, and show information each week.
One troupe that I love to keep up with on all forms of social media is the
One of the
main goals for our Theatre Education Community is to help theatre students and
professionals from all over connect and identify with each other in order to
build resources and support the theatre education field. We shine a spotlight
on a different member every other week by conducting a simple interview.
Happy 2014-2015 School Year from MONGOLIA!
As I look ahead to a new school year in a new country with new responsibilities and extraordinarily few resources, I cannot help but reflect on the past year's travels.
I believe myself to be the most fortunate theatre teacher in the United States because last year I was able to visit over 40 schools' Theatre programs and communicate with another 30 teachers about their school situations. I owe every one of those teachers a debt of gratitude. I was amazed and impressed by all that I saw & read & learned - not because of what teachers did or didn't have, but because of how successfully they used what they did or didn't have.
And although I often had precious little for resources in the states, I saw teachers who had less - for there will always be a teacher who has less. Now that I am in Mongolia, I work with teachers who have even less than the most desolate teacher in America…almost every teacher in this country falls into this category. And a
We're very proud of the International Thespian Society Alums who received 2014 Primetime Emmy Awards in some of the most prestigious categories. Congratulations, too, to the Thespian troupe directors who helped them set the foundations for their success! These alums and their theatre teachers exemplify the Thespian Motto: Act well your part; there all the honor lies.
It is official: Summer is over, and school has started (or will be starting very soon in a county near you)! I will trust that you have taken some well-needed time to rest, recharge, and be inspired by the time away from our full-time jobs. I have been slack in keeping up with my blog entries, noting that I haven't posted since May. A sharp slap on the wrist, and now I'm back. It's not for want of things to do; since last posting, I have finished National Board certification (and now wait until December to hear about the results), sat in on an exciting project related to End of Course prototype Theatre exams coming out of Florida (and at the same time got to enjoy some great time with my wife and kids in the afternoons and evenings at the fine hotels we stayed in for the duration), ran a two week drama camp for Middle and High school students, and took an entertainment job at a very well-known Floridian theme park. It is an amazingly different job to teaching; the amount of positive affirmation I get from 99% of everyone I met in my entertainment job is incredible, and not a little addictive. You can fill in your own amusing comparison to teaching here ("Wow, everyone's happy to see me!" "Wow, people are telling me what an awesome job I'm doing!" "Wow! My pay is not determined by how my guests 'score' on their happiness quotient for the day – they're just having a good time!").
One of the main
goals for our Theatre Education Community is to help theatre students and
professionals from all over connect and identify with each other in order to
build resources and support the theatre education field. We shine a
spotlight on a different member every other week by conducting a simple
Our latest
Spotlight Member is Jared Grigsby, troupe director of Troupe 1810 at Hebron
High School in Hebron, IN. Jared is a frequent contributor to the Community, always
quick to advise others or pose thoughtful questions.
Grammy- and Oscar-winning songwriter Stephen Schwartz
Godspell, Pippin, Wicked, Pocahontas
Mineola High School, New York, 1964
Stephen Schwartz, who currently serves as president of the Dramatists Guild, has written numerous scores for stage and screen, including two musicals currently on Broadway. (In 1976, he had three shows running simultaneously!) He was recently inducted into both the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Theatre Hall of Fame for his lifetime achievement, which began fifty years ago at a Long Island high school.
"The best thing about [drama teacher] Dan Wargo and the way the troupe at Mineola worked was that the students were given a lot of autonomy over the shows, so that it was a great learning experience. For instance, in my senior year, I directed a production of Agatha Christie's
Did you know that you can have all of the answers in your
pocket? You can with the Theatre Education Community App! It's available on
iTunes or Google Play, perfect for any tablet or smart phone. Search for
"theatre education community" in your app store or click on the appropriate
link below to get it:
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The first time you use the Community app, you'll need to log
in, using the same access codes you use for the website. If you've never
created an account on schooltheatre.org, you'll need to do that first before
you can log in to the app.
It's the dog days of summer, but not for long. Soon, if not already, the new school year will commence and you'll begin thinking about what plays to produce, lessons to devise, sets to build, rehearsals to plan, and how to ensure that each and every one of your students gets the best possible experience in your classroom and on your stages. And, oh—you're likely also thinking about how you'll manage to get everything done in less than twelve hours a day. Still, you love your job, your students, and your school and it is a new year so I know you're gearing up with energy and optimism. Here's something else to think about if you haven't: The new National Core Arts Standards, including theatre, were release in June (www.nationalartsstandards.org). You may be thinking, "My state already has standards and I like them just fine." Or you may not like your state standards or any others for that matter. Please reconsider—these new national standards may or may not look like your state standards (and it will take time for them to be adopted by individual states), but here are a couple of things that I think are worth bearing in mind about them:
One of the main
goals for our Theatre Education Community is to help theatre students and
professionals from all over connect and identify with each other in order to
build resources and support the theatre education field. We plan to shine a
spotlight on a different member every other week by conducting a simple
Our latest
Spotlight Member is Alexandria Bagwell, a Junior at North Forsyth High School
in Cumming, Georgia. Alexandria is an Honor Thespian and Vice President's List
Scholar of Troupe 5368 and a frequent blogger in the Community. I asked Alexandria
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Posted in News on 02/11/2013 By Mark Glaser & Courtney Lowery Cowgill
Undertone, Adap.tv lead on viewability
Should publishers be able to charge for ads that a site visitor never sees? That's an issue on the front-burner and a couple companies are taking action to be leaders in guaranteeing "viewability" for marketers' messages. Undertone is among the first ad network to, as Charlie Warzel puts it for AdWeek, "put its money where its mouth is" on viewability. The company has just announced its "Viewable Impression Guarantee Program" which basically means that it's so sure that ads run through its network will beat industry standards that it will give brands refunds if they don't. It will work with third party companies Double Verify and Moat to verify the data. Undertone co-founder Eric Franchi tells AdWeek, "The industry is taking too long and brands want solutions."
Meanwhile, Adap.tv is also chomping at the bit, launching its "Certified Viewability" program—which it claims is the first certification process for viewability of video ads. The company is setting out to fix a well-known problem, one Troy Dreier of StreamingMedia.com explained like this: "Sometimes videos ads are played 'below the fold' or by screensavers that go unwatched. For advertisers looking for actual eyeballs, it's a waste of money." Adap.tv's program is able to tell advertisers where ads are on a page, the size of the player and even allows the advertiser to block unviewable plays. Tom Bowman, the VP of global, strategy and sales operations at BBC Worldwide endorsed the program, saying in a release, "This type of data allows us to increase the value of our inventory and ultimately the value we bring to our advertising partners."


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The seven-time world champion has been out of action since fracturing his right hand in three places during a qualifying crash at the Valencia Grand Prix in Spain in November. Clearly rusty after that long layoff, the Moto GP icon Valentino Rossi crashed on the first day of pre-season testing at Malaysia's Sepang circuit.
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Excuse me, but where is the Black Widow movie announcement?
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"My name is Jimmy Novak. I'm from Pontiac, Illinois. And I have a family."
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okay i a really fucking tired rn so i'll just tell you my most favourite part of the coffee lounge
Someone asked if it was hard for him to leave West because he travels a lot and works away and he said that it was really hard. When he is filming for a week or more in Vancouver then Vicki and West come with him but if not they stay at home in LA.
And he said that now West is kinda starting to understand that he is leaving for a while and he gets upset. But he doesn't cry or anything he just like gives Misha the cold shoulder and gets all haughty and ignores him
When he landed here in Heathrow he'd been to Greece with Vicki and West to Greece and then they took a flight back home and he carried on up to Birmingham. And when he was in the taxi away and said "Okay Daddy's got to go to work now" and West like was just turning away and ignoring him
Like he said when friends come over that he hasn't seen in weeks he gets really excited and goes to show them his toys and stuff but when Misha comes home he just like ignores him
and omg it was so sad and ;_;
All I got from here is that archangels are back on the game board, and Dean needs Cas to get back up on his feet. When Cas just stares, lost and pretty much useless, Dean throws a massive fit starting it with throwing their game board off the table.
#You precious thing #putting on your coat #and your best suit #because you didn't know how it would work #would you need a coat? #oh sweet heart
#Jo's FACE though oh my God all the feelings #She already adores him #I just wanted them to be friends so badly#Unlike basically every single human she knows who still seems to look at her like she's a kid on a probationary period with hunting #I think Castiel looked at her and simply saw another soldier in their fight which is exactly what Jo would have wanted#She had the respect she deserved from an angel #And with Jo Cas could have had someone who just seemed so FOND of all his little quirks #that serve as a reminder that he's something different from the rest of them #someone who always treated him with warmth and kindness #They would have been such flawless bros sob sob sob
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The days will always be brighter because he existed. The nights will always be darker because he's gone. And no matter what anybody says about grief, and about time healing all wounds, the truth is, there are certain sorrows that never fade away until the heart stops beating and the last breath is taken.


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ALBANY, GA (WALB) - Albany State led 17-12 starting the 4th quarter and scored 13 unanwsered to beat Morehouse 30-12 Saturday.
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Stylish Stainless Steel Cake Server
As a favor that's sure to be a great fit, this stylish stainless steel cake server is a real "shoe in". Show your guests you feel like Cinderella at the ball with these useful, shoe design wedding favors.
- Made of sturdy stainless steel designed to resemble a timelessly classic pump with a magnetic heel that's removable for cleaning
- Each is packaged in a deluxe box with a black and white polka dot bottom and clear plastic top tied with a white and black polka dot satin ribbon
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Volkswagen is going the 4×4 off-road estate route with a new version of the Passat.
The Passat Alltrack will be unveiled at the Tokyo Motor Show next week before hitting showrooms early in 2012.
Reminiscent of the Allroad and Octavia Scout of sister brands Audi and Skoda, the Alltrack is pitched as having genuine off-road ability. It will be sold as a 4×4 for those who don't want to got he full Tiguan SUV route.
The car's off-road ability mainly involves combining the brand's 4Motion all-wheel drive with a raised ride height. The lower sections of the body are also beefed up with stainless-steel look protection panels and flared wheelarches.
The ride height climbs by 30mm to 165mm, which also improves the approach and departure angles of the body, this helped by rugged-look bumpers front and rear.
On the road the Alltrack will behave as a front-wheel-drive vehicle, as in other models fitted with the 4Motion system. However torque transfer to the rear wheels can be almost 100 per cent if required.
Further adding to the mud-plugging credentials is an off-road mode switched in by a button on the dashboard. This includes a hill descent assist function, while also altering the ABS brakes and differential lock settings to better suit off road progress.
The car will be offered with two 2-litre diesel engine options, either the 138bhp unit with a six-speed manual gearbox or 167bhp version with the six-speed DSG transmission. On DSG-equipped cars the shift patterns will be altered in off-road mode to give more low-speed power, a more finely-controllable accelerator pedal and no automatic upshift when in manual.
VW UK says that order books will open for the car in April with first deliveries in July. How much it will sell for has still to be revealed but predictions suggest a £26,000-plus price tag.


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About Our MembersFounded in 1922, the Junior League of Dallas is an organization of women committed to promoting voluntarism, developing the potential of women, and improving the community through the effective action and leadership of trained volunteers. Its purpose is exclusively educational and charitable.
The JLD membership is a diverse group of more than 5,000 women who annually give more than 130,000 uncompensated hours of service to the projects and agencies supported by the JLD. Active members range in age from 22 to 49, and 74% are employed outside the home. They serve on numerous boards and coalitions throughout the community.
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- Training for effective community service and leadership including issue awareness, fundraising, public relations, finance, collective impact, advocacy and personal development.
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The Fun-filled Daytona 200 and Bike Week
The Daytona 200 motorcycle race is held annually at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida, USA. This 68-lap, 200 mile (322 kilometer) motorcycle race is set to take place on 8 March 2008 as part of the Daytona Bike Week. This 10 day event that draws motorcycle enthusiasts from far and wide, will start on 29 February with a schedule jam-packed full of entertainment and excitement carrying on through to 9 March 2008.


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Research suggests that laundered shop towels are putting workers at risk of heavy metal exposure.
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Unlike "First Glimpse," which took place earlier this year and mostly featured works from the dance department faculty, this performance featured mostly the current works of St. Olaf students. The works presented in the concert were described by department chair Janice Roberts as "works that have just started to take formation to works that are just weeks away from being completed."
Although this concert was widely dominated by projects from this semester's "Improvisation and Choreography" class, there were a variety of pieces from students that are not currently enrolled in the choreography class.
Katelyn DeRuyter '11, who is not in the choreography class, showcased a piece entitled "Delve." DeRuyter explored the different ways the body moves, incorporating everything from simple head rolls and swings of the leg to inversion, or an upside down state of the body. The focus, which involves the gaze of the dancer's eye, of this piece was aimed less at the audience and more at the internal process, which further emphasized the intent of the piece.
This year, the St. Olaf Ballroom Performance Group also presented a sexy, sensual rumba to the pop music of Nelly Furtado. The piece was choreographed by two alumni, Rachel Kronsberg '02 and Nate Martin '01 (both former members of the group). Although the piece highlighted intimate contact with the partner, there were stunning moments of breaking away from that closeness, which were carefully choreographed to contrast the tight arrangement of each partner with his counterpart.
The St. Olaf Ballroom Performance Group has been around St. Olaf for years, but this concert also held the premiere of a new hip-hop performance group at St. Olaf. This fall, a group of students, led by Nicoletta Maes '11 and Nathaniel Viets-VanLear '11, started meeting regularly to unwind and to explore the art of hip-hop dance. They presented "Hip Hop Skool," a work full of hip-hop partnering.
Among the many works-in-progress pieces presented, Tim Rehborg '08 presented his nearly complete dance. His piece revolved around improvisation, which is dancing without set choreography. The only thing that Rehborg set prior to the performance was the music. Rehborg gave his dancers free reign to enter and exit the stage at will. When on stage, they formed duets with other dancers which could be dissolved as quickly as they were formed. The ability to form lasting moments of harmonization has been something these dancers have practiced since mid-September, and it is obvious from the performance that their skills have really developed to an advanced level.
Choreography students Rehborg and Brittany Paulsen '10 developed their piece as far as using props and incorporated the use of a single blue glove on the right hand to emphasize moments of simple pedestrian waving of the hand.
Not only were there the presentations of the duets, there were also two very different solo projects prepared by Natalie Neal '10 and Berit Nelson '10 (performed by Nicoletta Maes '11). In her solo piece, Neal explored the various stages of grief. The piece progressed from confined and contained gestures to expansive and traveling movement. Her inspiration came from the book "A Grief Observed" by C.S. Lewis. In Nelson's solo, titled "Dust," she utilized the heavy hip-hop background of Maes to combine it with more modern dance material to create a beautiful marriage of the two genres.
One student enrolled in the class, Heidi Gusa '09, showed a work that was inspired by a study of the famous choreographer Stephen Pertronio.
As a whole, "Fresh Space" served its purpose in showcasing current students' works. This concert also served as a precursor to the formal concert put on by the dance department every December. This concert also features works solely created or performed by senior dance majors. With the success of "Fresh Space" last weekend, it looks like the senior concert is shaping up to be a night of choreographic genius.


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Tuesday was the hottest day for Utahns so far this year, with afternoon temperatures hitting 90 in Salt Lake City and 103 in St. George.
It was the first 90 of the year for Salt Lake City, but the National Weather Service predicts Wednesday will likely be a little hotter.
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Temperatures are expected to climb to 91 degrees in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, according to meteorologist Christine Kruse.
On average, the first 90 of the year comes on June 8th, according to the weather service. The earliest first 90 since 1874 was on May 2, 1947.
By Thursday, a drop of about 10 degrees is expected in northern Utah.
In St. George, forecasters predict temperatures will reach 98 degrees on Wednesday and 94 degrees by Thursday.
With such warm, dry weather, the weather service advised that hazardous fire weather conditions will be present throughout the week in southwest Utah, where vegetation is critically dry.
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Abandoned beach furniture will be confiscated
Date: November 3, 2009
by: Kurt Schultheis | City Editor
The understaffed Longboat Key Code Enforcement Department is responding to a complaint issued in September about beach furniture that has accumulated at the Gulfside Road public beach access at 6399 Gulfside Road.
Planning, Zoning and Building Director Monica Simpson said the town is working to educate residents about beach furniture being left on town-owned beach property, which is not allowed under town code or state statutes.
"Code enforcement will enforce beach furniture on public beach as lost or abandoned property," said Simpson, who said abandoned furniture will be tagged for five days before its confiscated and stored at Town Hall for 90 days.
Sleepy Lagoon residents, who have left beach furniture at the Gulfside Road beach access for years, were targeted in the complaint. However, Sleepy Lagoon Homeowners Association Reina Berman said the town should be aware that Sleepy Lagoon residents only account for one-third of the residents in the area that use the Gulfside Road beach access.
Simpson said Gulf-side property owners can review a copy of their land surveys to see what is deemed private beach and public beach.
"We will also be walking the beach around the public beach access areas to educate the public about beach furniture placement," Simpson said. "We are happy to meet with property owners and explain the process."
For more information, contact Simpson or Code Enforcement Officer Heidi Micale at 316-1966.
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by David Maisel; San Francisco, Chronicle Books, 2008, 108 pages, $80
Dr. Geller, who is the book review editor, is professor of psychiatry and director of public-sector psychiatry at the University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester.
Library of Dust is a large book (13.50 by 17.25 inches) containing 80 color photographs, most of which are full-page images of corroding canisters, and essays by Michael Roth, president of Wesleyan University; Geoff Manaugh, author of BLDGBLOG; and Terry Toedtemeier, curator of photography at the Portland Art Museum in Oregon. The titles of these essays capture the spirit of the book: "Mineral Kinships," "The Soul Remains: A Mineralogical Account of the Remarkable Transformation of the Cremation Canisters at the Oregon State Hospital" (OSH), and "Graves of the Insane, Decorated."
After looking at remarkable, colorful photographs of canister after canister and at a few drab-colored, interior photographs of abandoned OSH buildings, the reader learns the history of the canisters. From 1913 to 1971, OSH cremated deceased patients' remains not claimed by next of kin. The state constructed a crematorium, exhumed and cremated all patients buried in the hospital cemetery since 1883, and placed the remains in 5,121 individual copper canisters sealed with solder of 90% lead and 10% tin. Over the years, they were stored in different locations on the hospital grounds, including in a vault that was continuously flooded for about 18 years. In 2007 the canisters were sealed in black plastic boxes and remain today at OSH.
The truly astounding colors of these canisters come from the years of leaching and mixing of copper, tin, lead, and elements of the cremated remains with the vault floodwaters. Most of the photographed canisters had lost their paper labels, but all canisters were stamped with a number that corresponds to a roster of the deceased.
While regarding the canisters that retained their labels, one shifts from viewing colorful canisters with patients' remains to contemplating patients' remains in colorful canisters. The surnames on the labeled canisters have worn off so the photographs do not breach confidentiality issues. To me, the most touching labeled canister is 566: "Baby Ma_, died March 7, 1924."
Maisel, in his afterword, states his objective in creating Library of Dust: "Through the creation of an archive of the dead and forgotten patients from the OSH, I am seeking to give those who lived with mental illness a presence that encourages their existence to be acknowledged in ways that were impossible during their lifetimes." Maisel has provided a fascinating, enduring memory of those lives. Look at and read the book in a quiet space where you can spend some uninterrupted moments with these memorials and the thoughts that they evoke.
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Vince Frost was a pleasure to listen to. He seems like a down to earth guy that has traveled around his whole life. Having lived in 44 houses and counting. Living in countries such as Canada, UK, Japan and Australia. Throughout the interview i was getting ideas of what my editorial piece would actually look like. I was thinking as he spoke a lot about his travels throughout his life so far and that's what i'd like to focus in the final piece.
So after listening to Vince Frosts interviews i managed to get down most of the conversations they had. This will make up the body of text that i will be using for my editorial piece and it is as follows: -
Vince Frost TYPE RADIO 1
Are you religious?
No. I was actually raised religious but I just didn't like it. Haha good question to begin with by the way!
Do you have any rituals?
Rituals? Oh god. Rituals, yeah I get up in the morning and I go to bed at night, I suppose is one of my main rituals yes. Uuuh not really, I think take each day as it comes and kind of try to do things each day differently. If that makes any sense.
Has your attitude changed then after moving to Australia?
Mmmm It has changed a lot because umm it was quite difficult, the move to Australia. So I learnt a lot about various things, business's and how to run a business properly and all of that kind of stuff y'know. So I definitely think I'm doing stuff differently to how I did before.
Why did you move?
Well I moved uuuh. Well I've always moved. If I go back to the beginning to when I was a child, I was always in a different school every year. I've lived in 44 houses now in my life and I've lived in Japan, London, Canada and now Australia. For me it's just part of this on-going nomadic life y'know. I married an Australian in London around 15 years ago, and my wife sonya has always been hassling me to go to Australia to live. And I loved Australia but I didn't feel good about that, as I loved London and what I was doing in my business. It was hard work and exciting at the same time. I just really resisted her wanting us to go there y'know. In the end I had an offer from a company in Australia to go over there to become the creative director and partner of a design company. And so I thought now this is a good way in rather than go there and start from scratch. Umm it was just a good way for me to move to Australia.
Were you able to also keep your identity when you moved there or did you have to adapt in terms of your design style or your way of thinking?
No I think I maintained myself. Y'know I was still me and wherever I work in the world I'm not gonna change and be a chameleon and just adjust to the situation. Umm Sydney was an easy city, an easy city for me to move to. It's not foreign in any way. It's different in some ways, but in terms of benefits like the fantastic weather and the beach and the good lifestyle, but work wise it's just the same for me as it was in London y'know. Clients are no more difficult, no more easy.. umm that goes slightly off the question, but it's really good.
And you don't consider moving again, or is this it for you?
No, but I have said this every time I've moved though that this would be the last time that I moved. But I really feel at home there, I feel like I belong there. My studio's now 30 people, we're doing really well, we're producing great work for people all over the world. My family, we've got three little kids that have settled in really well down there and they love the outdoor life. Umm the wife and me are getting on a lot better than we did before because we're in the country that she wants to be. And uuh it's interesting because, Australia is seen as being on completely the other side of the world but it's not when you're there. And I think with the Internet and the kind of ease of e-mail and the transporting of design files. To me it doesn't make any difference. I can do the same work I do here anywhere for example.
We hear that from a lot of designers, they say that they're actually detached from what is going on. They say they want a stronger connection to the rest of the world but you don't feel the same way?
No not at all, actually when I was in London people warning me saying: You've got to be crazy, don't go there and clients don't understand us as designers, umm it's 'backward'. All this kind of stuff, and I was like shit I'm gonna go anyways. See what it's like, I'm gonna go with an open mind. And when I got there, designers kept saying to me there's not a big design community, clients wont understand you, there's not a lot of work etc etc. I have never ever felt that. And I think the reason why is because how we go about doing the work. Our work is very much about collaborating with our clients, really trying to help our clients. It's not treating the clients as us doing them a favour kind of thing with us doing our design in isolation. It's all about holding their hand throughout the process and what comes out of it is some really strong design solutions, friendships get formed y'know. Uh that's a really big difference in approach. A lot of designers don't work that way, they kind of do the design and fight for whatever they've designed whether the client likes it or not. So that's what I've experienced anyways, It's different for everybody.
You've also lived the first 16 years of your life in Canada. Do you feel English, Canadian do you feel Australian?
Well to be honest I don't feel as if I belong anywhere. Now that's sad. Time for the violin aha! Uhh yeah I feel very strange. When I go to Canada I feel I'm English and when I go to England they think I'm Canadian or Scottish or welsh.
Or Australian?
No the Australian thing hasn't happened yet. So I've managed to maintain and keep my English accent.
But in Australia do they think you're English?
They think I'm American and that's not always a good thing. And when you go to take a cab and they think you're American they take you a long way. They presume you're on holiday. I mean in London I lived there for 25 years and every time I went to get a taxi, everyday they went to take me the long way because they used to think I was an American tourist y'know. So it has it's disadvantages, and the advantages are that I've seen a lot of the world and I've been put in very difficult situations to y'know my first day at school and the whole process you go through of kind of being the new kid. Listening to what's going on as a pose to going in there and being very confident. That stuff has clearly helped me in what I do because I listen very closely to the clues that the client give and listen to the client before I start any design process. So I think it's helped me in a lot of respects, but I don't believe or feel that I belong anywhere. I mean if I were here for a month, I'd feel very much at home and I'd be very happy to live here. I seem to soon forget where I've come from.
Do you expect the same thing from your children also? For them to adapt as you did?
Well no, and me and my wife were saying that I don't want to do the same thing and put them in that situation, but they're already beginning to come like that. I mean my oldest son luka, he's 9 and when he was 6 months old we moved to Japan for 9 months so he's already had that experience then we went back to London and now back to Australia. And he's been through 5 schools and he's only 9 years old. It's hard, it's hard to stop that happening. I suppose we've always been looking for y'know, a great life, something that we feel comfortable with. Plus opportunities come your way and you either go with them or you don't. I like to go with them and see where they take me. Then when you start to have children it does get, it starts to get harder.
What do you miss about London?
Well funnily enough my wife and I flew back there last Sunday for the first time in three years. I got off the plane, and instantly thought I want to get back on the plane, because it was cold, it was damp and I felt quite nervous if I'm honest about going in to town, and plus we didn't have our house anymore so we didn't really feel like we belonged anywhere. We went to stay in a hotel near my old studio, which was very nice. I suppose I don't really miss anything, I don't have time to miss anything! I'm very busy, and when I'm not busy designing or working at the studio I'm having a great time on the beach with my kids. So I keep my mind busy and don't think about it.
Have you taken up surfing?
Yeah I surf well I've been trying to surf. It's bloody hard. I've been trying for about a year and a half , with every morning going out and not always being able to stand up. Both my sons Luka who's 9 and louis who's 7 went straight down there and they're straight away stood up. I've been rescued twice… which was fun. I got caught in a rift and drifted out to sea. But yeah it's good, it takes your mind off everything y'know.
So for our next project we have to produce an editorial piece by first listening to an interview on TYPE RADIO and choosing one of the designers that feature in the interview.
We have to then transcribe around 1000-1500 words of this interview (it can be on a certain part of the interview thats linked or random parts) Then produce an editorial piece that would perhaps feature in a magazine.
My initial thoughts on this project are positive because i enjoy layouts/using grids and i have pieces in my portfolio similar. This is the last project of the academic year until progressing on to do a work placement.
Here's some designs i did for a friend. He's an up and coming DJ known as WOZ! We've not decided on a final one, or even if it will be one of these. Just ideas
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This is my final CV draft that i think i'm going to stick with. I took into consideration my tutors advice, and also the advise of my peers that i asked.
Not sure if i like this version better without the boxes.
This is a 2nd Version of my CV. After receiving feedback on my CV I changed it to look like this.
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I feel that i need to post something a little more light hearted, as i have just blogged a lot of text. I don't know which one of the two i'd rather have as both my camera and cat are getting old.
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So it's the end of this project and overall I'm happy with how it went. At the beginning of the project, I was nervous as to how I should approach this because I have never before done any animation before. I was definitely out of my comfort zone.
I started to research what my animation should be on, and had many ideas so I brainstormed and looked at existing animations on these subjects already. Originally wanting to look at bullying as I felt this was an issue that doesn't really get enough attention. This then led to me looking at cyber bullying as I felt that social networking sites and technology were advancing at an incredible pace and it was something I was really passionate about as I use these types of things every day. Then a few days later I saw my brother chatting to someone that he met online, and it really made me worried for his safety, as they really could be anyone they want to be online. So that moved my idea along to child safety online.
I wanted to create a mature animation with hints of child likeness that all audiences would understand, especially in my illustrations. Mainly wanting to make parents aware of the amount of people online, as they may be a little old to quite understand the full extent of the Internet.
So I set about story boarding and putting together my frames for how I think my animation should go. I definitely wouldn't have been so confident about story boarding if it wasn't for the day brief we had (see blog for pictures and more information on the story boarding day brief). This I felt went well, using yellow arrows to show direction, a few simple colors that ran along the whole storyboard. I drew them vaguely in pencil to know what sort of thing I was going for before going straight into them with fine liner. However not having any experience with using After Effects it was difficult to gauge what sort of things were actually possible in this program. I feel that my storyboard is clear and understandable to most. I wrote a few notes on the bottom of each frame to explain what is actually happening incase anyone was unsure.
My animation –
Overall I think my animation is informative and simplistic which is the kind of effect I was going for. However I did encounter many problems when creating it. Having never before used the program it was difficult to get in to, even with the help of the After Effects tutorials that were given to us. I found these sessions extremely helpful and Ed was really patient with dealing with our queries about the program.
Using After Effects was probably one of the worst programs I think I have ever used and don't think I ever want to use it again. So many times I would render a piece of animation and find that everything had moved place resulting in me having to spend hours to put everything back on something that took me hours in the first place.
I do feel that if I were to get used to it and have more experience with using it, it certainly would be an amazing piece of software with endless possibilities.
I used a timeline style through two thirds of my animation, I thought this was effective in creating an order to my animation and allowed me to work out how it would go more effectively as well as it looking simplistic and visually stimulating.
My animations I wanted to get an isotype sort of feel to, but I don't think this worked out as well as I'd wanted. I did however use illustrations that I know everyone would understand for example them Facebook Thumb, but pointing downwards to promote a negative.
I still feel my animation could be improved. If I had managed my time more effectively and not had as many problems with the software as I did I would add a voice over to talk to the viewer about more of the issues and really get across the point I'm trying to make. Perhaps even add in a tiny beat through out if I found one that would work in the background of the voice over. I would also perhaps make my illustrations more like isotypes to get the desired result.
This project as a whole was useful for me to try different software that I'm not too comfortable with using and learning new techniques such as storyboarding. I can see how this whole project will help us in future as planning is a key feature of the visual communication industry.
Skills I will take away with me after the project, can all be transferred to design based projects and I've found this project has boosted my confidence with these types of things.


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Betting on the Internet
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The Internet has been a miraculous growth story over the years and it's only getting bigger. Part of this includes the rising number of websites and domain names, both of which are big positives for VeriSign (NASDAQ: VRSN). A number of billionaires are also betting on the Internet, where Verisign has significant hedge fund backing.
Billionaire Stephen Mandel of Lone Pine Capital owns 11.9 million shares, which is 8.2% of the company. Mandel touted Verisign back in November when he laid out his investment thesis: 5% to 7% in dot-com and dot-net registrations over the long term, and a 7% increase in prices over the next four years.
Behind Lone Pine is Peak6 Capital, with 11.5 million shares, 8% of Verisign. Peak6's position in Verisign makes up 9.4% of the fund's public equity portfolio. Mega-billionaire Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway owns 8.1 million shares, 5.6% of the company. Another major hedge fund owner is activist investor Jana Partner. Jana owns 4.8 million shares, 3.3% of Verisign. As you can see, Verisign has no shortage of famous hedge funds backing it.
As I said, Verisign is the leading provider of Internet domain name registry services and infrastructure-assurance services. Over the years, the company has sold its other businesses to focus on core operations. It is now a primary provider of Internet domain name registries.
Revenue is expected to be up 11% in 2013 and the company recently renewed its six-year contract for managing dot-com registries. The business is highly cash generative, with a near 7.5% free-cash-flow yield.
Back in July, in conjunction with its 2Q earnings announcement, Verisign announced it was increasing its registry fee for dot-net domain names by 10%. The company has been using its cash flow to return value to shareholders. In 2012, the company bought back some $315 million in shares; this trend should continue and I like Verisign for its high exposure to the broad Internet.
Mandel's other bets
Billionaire Stephen Mandel, one of Verisign's biggest evangelists, also loves other major Internet stocks Priceline.com (NASDAQ: PCLN) and Google (NASDAQ: GOOG). These two stocks are Lone Pine's first- and second-largest positions, respectively, with 6.3% of its public equity portfolio invested in Priceline and 5.7% in Google.
Both are up over 25% year-to-date. I still think that Priceline is the all around best play in the travel industry, where it snatched up Kayak for some $1.8 billion earlier this year. This deal will help give the online-travel site a greater presence in the mobile space -- Kayak's mobile engagement and mobile app is second to none. What's more is that some 50% of Priceline's bookings and revenue comes from overseas, i.e. Europe, meaning the company should be a big benefactor of any rebound in the European economy.
Organic revenue is expected to be up nearly 20% for 2013 and 2014 as the company continues to snatch up market share. As well, the company is turning to Asia as its next major growth avenue. Priceline also has a strong balance sheet, with net cash of some $3.2 billion.
Internet giant
Sticking to Internet, Google is one of the all around great bets on the Internet over the past few decades. Google made one of its big forays away from the Internet with its 2012 acquisition of Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion. And, finally, Google released its first phone, the Moto X smartphone, which appears to be a big hit.
Google is not only the Internet search leader, but it has a presence in a variety of other businesses -- not just hardware. This includes YouTube, DoubleClick and AdMob. But back to hardware, Google also offers its Nexus tablet and Chromebook netbook.
These products and various innovations, such as Google Glass, are expected to help drive revenue higher by between 15% and 20% in both 2013 and 2014.
Bottom line
Verisign has little-to-no competition and is a solid cash-flow-generating company. It is also compelling at 22.5 times earnings, compared to Akamai's 34 times.
Google is still a solid investment opportunity, with a vast presence in various markets. And while we're on the Internet kick, mind as well snatch up the online travel leader Priceline for around 30 times earnings, well below major peers.
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How Do I Cook Lupini Beans (Without It Taking 5 Days?)
Good Questions
Q: I came across a bag of Lupini beans while cleaning the pantry. When I bought them, the guy at the store told me to boil them then shower with salt, lemon juice and parsley like you might do with fava beans. After coming home, I googled them and read a few things that makes it sound like they need to be boiled/soaked for days on end.
Is that for real? Any suggestions on how to cook and use these beans? And if they take days, are they really worth it?
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Editor: Nithya, we have never cooked lupini beans, but we know that they are a classic Italian antipasti, often included on holiday platters at Christmas and Easter. They are fun to eat in a big communal setting, as you have to squeeze the beans out of their jackets, rather like favas.
But lupini beans do have a lot of bitter alkaloids, so you have to find a way to leach those out before they are edible. There are a couple different ways to do that.
• Wise Geek recommends soaking them in a brine solution.
• This blogger gives a recipe where she cooks the beans upfront, but then rinses the beans every day for two weeks.
Both methods are definitely time-consuming, but the Chowhounders seem to agree that it's worth it!
Readers, what do you think? Have you ever eaten or cooked lupini beans?
Related: How To Pick, Clean and Prepare Fava Beans
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I've never cooked them, but I *love* including them in my marinated olive mixes and purchasing the canned variety in tomato "sauce" for crostini, etc.
I'd love to hear if it's worth cooking them myself since they're not the cheapest in jar/can version.
I've never seen these beans in any form in the UK, but they are extremely common in Spain. Spanish supermarkets sell them cheaply in jars of brine and they are often put down on the tables in bars and at social gatherings. I've never seen them sold raw anywhere.
There's a bit of a knack to popping out of their skins; you make a tiny tear with your front teeth to split the skin and then pop the bean out into your mouth. The bean has a very mild slightly sweet and nutty flavour. They are quite moreish! Whenever we're visit Spain my husband likes to bring a few jars back home.
Before you spend a lot of time and energy saving this bag of beans, know that if dried beans are old (more than a year), they may never become tender.
I've never cooked these. Have only eaten them from street vendors and at bars in Middle East (where they're called tirmis). But they are great and super-addictive, as you get the hang of popping them out of their skins--they make a great snack with beer.
I have also seen them precooked in jars in my grocery store--can't remember where from.
I only just recently learned that lupini=lupine=bluebonnets. Although I don't think Texas bluebonnets are quite the same species that produces the lupini beans. Still--I always thought these were some exotic plant--but not so!
These are very popular and cheap in Portugal... we call them 'tremoços' and they go perfectly with beer... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lupin_bean


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Graduate School of Business 2014-2015
Apply Early for Financial Aid
Complete and submit the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) as soon as possible after January 1. FAFSA applications are available via the Internet at www.fafsa.ed.gov. Be sure to list Oral Roberts University school code number, 003985, on the FAFSA.
Graduate Stafford or PLUS loans can be awarded only after the Financial Aid Office receives the results of your FAFSA and you are fully accepted and enrolled in the Graduate Business program. Some ORU Institutional Grants also require FAFSA results. Upon completion, your awards will be available for review on the ORU Vision website at vision.oru.edu.
Complete Your Financial Aid File
To complete your financial aid file on Vision, you will need your Student ID number (Z number) and: 1) accept your awards, 2) sign your award letter, 3) complete your Entrance Interview, and 4) submit your Master Promissory Note Application online. Other required documents may be requested on Vision and will need to be completed and returned to the Financial Aid Office. Please note that your financial aid file must be complete to continue with the validation process through Student Accounts.
Estimated Budgets
The following 2014-2015 estimated budget for the Graduate School of Business is based on 18 credit hours for the academic year (9 each semester) for the MBA program only:
|Direct Costs
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|Masters Program per Year
|Tuition* (2014-15 academic year)
|Total Direct Costs
|Indirect Costs
|Total Indirect Costs
The room component of the financial aid budget is an average figure. Actual room charges will be determined by room selection. The board component of the financial aid budget is based on a typical meal plan. Your actual meal plan charges will be determined by your selection.
Tuition and Fees for Traditional MBA Program
Tuition* $609/graduate credit hour
Full-Time Fees* $423 general fee/semester
Part-Time Fees* $235 general fee/semester
Online Tuition and Fees for MMgt/LMBA Programs
Tuition $465/graduate credit hour
Full-Time Fees $386 general fee/semester
Part-Time Fees $220 general fee/semester
Any required leveling courses are charged at a rate of $349 per credit hour. Students enrolled in less than full-time or who enroll in only Internet courses will have direct costs, such as tuition and fees, adjusted to reflect the student's enrollment. Students enrolled in less than 4.5 hours are not eligible to receive Financial Aid for that semester. The above budges are estimates and do not include charges, lender origination fees, and fees related to specific classes or circumstances. Personal health insurance is required for all full-time students. Please consult with the Graduate Financial Aid Specialist for details.
Helpful Tips
1. Students should maintain reserve funds to pay for unexpected costs such as car repairs, medical or dental needs, as well as other unplanned expenses.
2. Students should come financially prepared with at least 3 months of living expenses to allow for any federal processing or disbursement delays. All institutional charges (tuition, fees, etc.) will be deducted from your federal funds before excess money (for living expenses) can be refunded to the student.
3. Students may wish to enroll in the Tuition Management Systems (TMS) which allows students to pay education expenses over a period of months.
How TMS works
- Education expenses for the academic year are totaled (note: books and/or other materials may not be included in the TMS plan).
- All deductions (such as scholarships, loans, grants, etc.) are subtracted from the education expenses/charges.
- Total Amount (TMS Contract Amount) = total expenses – total deductions.
- TMS Contract Amount is divided by the number of months in the plan
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Students may enroll on the TMS website at http://oru.afford.com or call them directly at 1.800.722.4867.
- Be sure to let TMS know you are an ORU student.
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- Once you are enrolled with TMS, call the Student Accounts offices at 918.495.7401 and give your TMS account number. They will verify that you have made the first month's payment and validate you if all other steps to complete validation have been fulfilled (please note: the cost to enroll in a four-month payment plan is $50, which is a non-refundable fee).
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- If enrolling in the fall semester and utilizing TMS, you may opt to set up a nine-month (August – April) payment plan. The annual payment plan has a $81 enrollment fee, which saves the student $31. The annual budget can be found by doubling the fall budgeted cost and then dividing by nine in order to get the monthly figure due.
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GSO Announcements
Events and Announcements for September 4th
- GSO Grants deadline has changed! Volunteers needed
- ITLAL course offerings for graduate students
- Toastmasters now at SUNY Albany
- NYS Writers Institute Announces Fall 2012 Schedule of Events
- Research participants needed
- Apartment for rent
1: GSO Grants
The Grants Program is now calling for volunteers to review grant applications. This is a great opportunity to understand how general grant programs function and may be a beneficial learning experience for future GSO grant applicants. If you are applying for a grant for either Summer or Fall 2012, you may still volunteer to review. Please, if interested contact the grants chair at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Note: DEADLINE for FALL 2012 funding period is SEPTEMBER 20th (Thursday). Have your applications in the GSO office before 7pm.
Applications and new instruction guides are available online. (Applications are "zipped" and must be extracted. All library computers should have an unzip software)
Any other questions, email: firstname.lastname@example.com
2: ITLAL course offerings
ITLAL is offering two courses this semester to help graduate students in terminal degree programs prepare for careers as faculty members.
ACAS 601: Seminar in College Teaching This course is open to graduate students enrolled in a terminal degree program (e.g. PhD, DA, ED, MFA). Students will develop a working knowledge of the scholarship of teaching and learning and will gain the skills and knowledge necessary to design and teach a course that effectively facilitates student learning. During the course, students will work through the Backward Design approach to designing courses and develop a new course that they should be ready to teach upon graduation. Topics will include encouraging critical thinking in students, the effective use of writing, determining how and when to use classroom activities, and classroom management.
ACAS 601 is a 0-1 credit course that students must register for (those who register for 0 credits will not have to pay tuition). Students will be expected to attend seven of the eight meetings. The course will meet on the following Wednesdays from 12:35-2:35pm: 9/12, 9/19, 10/3, 10/10, 10/24, 10/31, 11/14, and 11/28.
ACAS 603: The Reflective Teacher This course is open to graduate students who are enrolled in a terminal degree program and meet two of the following criteria:
--Have taken a course on teaching (either ACAS 601 or one in their department),
--Have taught as the instructor of record for at least two semesters, and/or
--Will be graduating in the next year (by August 2013)
In this course, experienced teachers will have the opportunity to deepen their teaching skills as they develop their teaching portfolio in preparation for the academic job market. In addition to issues in teaching shaped by student interests, participants will discuss how to document one's teaching, how to give and receive effective feedback on one's teaching, and how to use your teaching experience to prepare for the job market and the tenure track.
ACAS 603 is a 0-1 credit course that students must register for (those who register for 0 credits will not have to pay tuition). Students will be expected to attend seven of the eight meetings. The course will meet on the following Mondays from 12:35-2:35pm: 9/10, 9/24, 10/1, 10/15, 10/29, 11/12, 11/26, and 12/10.
To register for either course, contact Billie Franchini at email@example.com for a permission number.
3. Toastmasters now at SUNY Albany
Toastmasters International is an organization that is worldwide and it helps its members develop communication skills and leadership skills. The club also offers opportunities for members to compete in speech competitions and become better at communicating with others. Every profession needs to know how to communicate with one another no matter what field you're in. When communicating, this club also teaches people how to give certain gestures at the right time and how to engage their audience members. Communicating is key to life and now a days with technology, communicating face to face is sort of dying down. This club shows its members the importance of public speaking and how valuable it is in life. This club emphasizes the essence of how to be a leader and a great speaker.
Toastmasters International meets in the Humanities building room number 039 on Tuesdays from 8:30pm to 9:30pm on the uptown campus.
4. NYS Writers Institute Announces Fall 2012 Schedule of Events
Diverse season of visiting writers and films
ALBANY, NY (08/30/2012)(readMedia)-- The New York State Writers Institute at the University at Albany announces its Fall 2012 schedule of visiting writer appearances and film series screenings. Events take place on the UAlbany uptown and downtown campuses and are free and open to the public (unless otherwise noted).
The Fall 2012 Visiting Writers Series features appearances by the newly appointed New York State Author and Poet; a Nobel Prize winner; a Pulitzer Prize-winning fiction writer; noted poets from Brazil, Palestine, the Puerto Rican Diaspora, and the Mvskoke/Creek Nation; award-winning science and technology writers; a Civil War historian; a noted film critic; a playwright; and two authors who examine U.S. foreign policy. "We've assembled one of our most diverse seasons in a long while," said director Donald Faulkner. "And we're very excited to be hosting our new state laureates. Along the way, you'll see that we've completely re-designed our film series, with fresh and vital films, few of which have ever been screened in the area. In all, this is a season to remember!"
The complete listing of the Visiting Writers Series and Classic Film Series schedules can be found here.
5. Research participants needed
Dear UAlbany International (Graduate) Student, My name is Umit Boz. I am a Ph.D. candidate at the Department of Educational Theory and Practice, SUNY at Albany, and the primary researcher in a research study entitled "Topic and Task Control in International Students' Online Task-based Discussions: A comparative study". This research study (approved by IRB) will be conducted towards my dissertation, and its main purpose is to explore how international students exhibit particular sociolinguistic behavior (Topic and Task Control) through the use of certain linguistic and conversational forms such as topic introductions, directives, and questions in small group online task-based discussions. Should you agree to participate in this study, I will ask you to engage in an online chat session with other international students in order to perform a task-based activity such as selecting a hypothetical host city for the next Olympic Games. The duration of the chat will be 90 minutes and you will be asked to fill out a short questionnaire before and after the chat session. The overall data collection will be no more than 2 hours. Your name will be kept anonymous and the collected data will be kept strictly confidential.
Please do not hesitate to contact me with your questions about this study. Your participation is entirely voluntary and as a small token of appreciation, you will receive a $15 gift card after the chat session. If you would be interested in participating in this study, please contact me at my email address email@example.com
Thank you,
Umit Boz
PhD candidate, Educational Theory and Practice
University at Albany, SUNY
6. Apartment for rent
Looking for a Female Graduate Student to Share a sunny 2nd floor flat.
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Rental $485.00. no lease. Security deposit and last months rent. References and security background check necessary.
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Recently I had the pleasure of interviewing Jim Beach, of The Entrepreneur School on my Blog Talk Radio show SmallBizFinance.
Jim is an amazing entrepreneur, who has proven time and time again that start-ups can be quickly profitable without risking a lot of capital. Lessons learned and insightful case studies are shared in his new book School for Startups: The Breakthrough Course for Guaranteeing Small Business Success in 90 Days or Less.
As a follow-up to the live interview, Jim wanted to share a no cost, risk free start-up business idea. You read that right, he is freely sharing a viable business idea right here, right now. Thanks Jim!
While I'm always happy to highlight and share entrepreneurial success stories, I felt that given October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month this would be a perfect time to interview Haralee Weintraub. Haralee was definitely handed some lemons in life, not content to just make lemonade she started a whole business of manufacturing lemonade!
Haralee is the # 1 USA producer of Moisture Wicking sleepwear for women. I had a chance to
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Does gender play a role in finance? The overall online world? Carol Roth offers her insights in a fascinating discussion with yours truly, Chief Numbers Whisperer Nicole Fende.
For all the men reading this, we need your perspective.
Chime in. I know you've got an opinion.
A big shout out to Margie Clayman (@margieclayman) who inspired this discussion with a blog post titled A Few Observations on Gender Online. Be sure to check it out.
Most people start their own business so they can stop living out of a suitcase.
Not this trail blazer. Natalie Sisson wanted a business that provided the freedom to live a nomadic lifestyle.
Being a travel lover myself, I was intrigued by this model.
Here's my interview with Natalie about her business and her latest product offering, The Ultimate Toolkit.