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The mechanized rooster squawks to life. I chose this ringtone for its ability to bring an immediate end to sleep—an advantage when the clock reads three in the morning. As I hoped, the cock-a-doodling does the trick, despite my disbelief that a full four hours of shut-eye could have possibly ticked by since my head hit the pillow. For a moment, I consider how in the best of days the typical pro cyclist embraces sleeping until nearly lunchtime. I consider that this morning is the second time this week I've been up at this hour. And I consider the day I have planned—upon which, there is no question: I am getting up.
This is not some ridiculously early start to a tortuously long race, or an obscure, sleep-deprived, double-day training plan yet to hit the masses. Rather, this is what I call fun during my favorite time of the calendar year to ride a bike—the off-season.
The irony isn't lost on me that I, a professional racer, embrace the off-season as the optimal time to ride. I appreciate the grandeur of the stage races, the unmatched intensity of the one-day Classics, and the history of all the events I am fortunate enough to be a part of. But there is something ethereal about the crisp mornings and warming, yet still chilly, afternoons of the early part of the off-season, and the stunning fall foliage that dots color across my native New England. But the most notable feature is the chance to ride simply for the love of the ride. No ominous intervals looming on the horizon, no training logs to jot in or download later, no power files to scrutinize.
The professional peloton runs the gamut of levels of productivity this time of year. The "in-season" seems to lengthen every year, but some free time always remains. Some pros dive into the to-do lists they had to ignore the rest of the year and happily spend time fixing the garage door, re-shingling the roof, and attending father/daughter days at school. None of these responsibilities have found their way to me yet, so I can be found in pursuit of adventure and new experiences—which now and again begin at 3 a.m. Or so the rooster tells me.
The first big ride of my off-season was the ambiguously named (yet completely accurate) 300 Not On 100. Like most good rides, this one has a backstory. It began two years ago as 200 on 100, or 200 miles spanning the state of Vermont entirely on Route 100. This year, the ride was two days, 50 percent longer, and took place not on Route 100. Originally a private enterprise with some of my best riding buddies from back home, the ride now sees us exchanging roadside high-fives and getting assistance from people who've heard we're coming through their area. It also sees us eating and drinking in a festive, very off-season manner. The wassailing side of the action took place in particular on the evening after we finished, in the form of a massive, exhausted BBQ. On the ride itself, we went more with whoopie pies and maple syrup than booze. The ride was the essence of what I want from my off-season: an audacious idea, good friends, hard but fun riding, and a ridiculous celebration when I'm done.
Now, four days after that wrapped up, having been brought to consciousness by the chirping rooster, I get out of bed and start to prepare for the Vermont 50 mountain bike race. The hour is awful, but doesn't feel at all like a chore or obligation. Doing the 50 is my annual nod to the type of riding that gave me the cycling bug. I know when I get there I'll be mesmerized by the headlamps cutting beams of light across the dewy sky as 800 cyclists mill about. I know that I'll get to enjoy four hours on trails, then set the bike aside for a festival of music, food trucks, kids playing, muddy high-fives, and ear to ear smiles wherever I look. I know that I'll have plenty of time to indulge in postrace food, drink, and chatter and still be able to pack up and trek across the Northeast to watch New England 'Cross Worlds—the GP Gloucester, one of the top races in the country. With four hours of off-road racing in my legs, I'll be able to direct most of my attention to refueling in the beer garden and heckling friends as they streak by.
This is about as good of a day of cycling as I can imagine. And I have more like this to look forward to—those precious months before the start of the 2014 season were booked with Gran Fondos, appearances at clubs and events, hosting cycling clinics for young kids, sponsor dinners, spontaneous night rides, and one of the most important days on a bike for me: the Krempels King of the Road Challenge. This annual ride benefits the Krempels Center, a facility that's near my home in New Hampshire and helps adults who are living with brain injury—a subject that became tremendously important to my family after my dad's stroke 10 years ago.
I'm provided a good life in the world of professional cycling. In the middle of a season, though, it can often feel confining. Staying out late or indulging in a second beer can bring direct, and significant consequences—and not just to me, but to the team that's counting on me. The off-season is my chance to burn off the stress, see friends and family, travel the world on my own schedule and whim, and do the sorts of things I won't allow myself to do during the season—so when the season starts I show up refreshed and ready to make those sacrifices. I let the rooster crow.


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A New Approach to Software Development
A Gentle Introduction to OSGi - Part 3
Modularity & OSGi
Where does modularity come from in the OSGi world? Modularity in the OSGi jargon is not just bullshit, it comes from the strict cutting of responsibilities between components deployed into the OSGi container (bundles). The contract between a bundle and the container is the key point, it is materialized using the META-INF/MANIFEST.MF file. This contract lists explicitly what the component offers to the platform and what it requires from it. Defining services as Java interfaces into API bundles (delivering concrete implementations of this service in separate bundles) and specifying dependencies to the only API bundle, enables us to change the implementation bundles without any impact on the client components. It's just a 'component aware' manner to translate the TAO of object modelling, where you should use the most generic interface of a class rather than the most specific one. Conforming to this rule is necessary to do modular development.
A component requiring a service does not need to know the implementation delivering this service, it is the 'black box' principle. You don't need to be a mechanical specialist to start your car.
With such a low level of coupling between components, good design principles become trivial, like the one of mocking components while testing your applications following Test Driven methodologies. Such design is the key to get working architectures in very short timeframes, the whole application feature list is being completed with the next releases if you follow an agile scheduling (XP, Scrum or whatever methodology you want). Many solutions may exist while trying to use a service. If using the basic OSGi API raises many problems and induces a lot of codelines, using the ServiceTracker while injecting service references directly into your component may be the better solution.
SCR is a very dynamic and powerful solution, using it can be as simple as using the XML form or annotation as provided by bnd (refer to the tooling section). It's the best architectural response to the problems raised while trying to handle dependencies to services appearing/disappearing during the runtime phase. It's not the only one because since early releases of specifications, OSGi provided different ways to do this job (ServiceTracker or through the Service API ).
Working with OSGi
What is the arsenal of weapons to deploy to work with OSGi?
The answer will include different facets of work, that is to say:
• Development
• Debugging
• Deployment
• Integration into an integration process (Continuous Integration)
1. Basic Brick
As with any Java based environment, you just need to code into Java, but providing metadata requires you to master the tricky MANIFEST.MF file format. This text based format has many traps and it sounds like a good idea not to handle them directly, but instead to delegate the generation of this file to a dedicated tool. Here comes bnd to the rescue. Bnd by Peter Kriens, OSGi Alliance fellow, is a versatile tool, the Swiss army knife OSGi tool. Bnd has three main roles, and it can perform three kind of jobs for you:
• inspecting a bundle
• wrapping a library into a compliant bundle
• creating a bundle from your code
Bnd comes with its own syntax and set of directives, it's very rich and only dedicated to one thing: having more compliant bundles, more quickly. Bnd scans your code to fetch imports so it computes for you the long list of imported packages. Bnd inspects contents from your code and generates the import-package clause from MANIFEST.MF for you. It can't guess what services you want to expose so you must take care of this. You need to provide the privatepackage clause too.
1. IDE integration
BndTools by Neil Barlett is the most powerful environment for OSGi development. It is an Eclipse plugin wrapping bnd features with a clear and intuitive interface. It just works!!! BndTools provides a new kind of project with a Bnd OSGi project. After creating such a project you'll be able to access the following features:
• directly test your code in Eclipse with your preferred shell
• watch/edit the contents from your MANIFEST.MF file
• inspect the contents from one bundle
• declare dependencies injection graphically with a dedicated wizard
• manage your runtime environment (adding bundles to be included in your shell at runtime)
• handle import/export clauses of your bundles graphically without any other intervention besides drag and drop.
This tool is an incredible one, powerful and easy, providing bundles close to the specifications and close to the state of the art in OSGi development. Figure 6 and 7 show BndTools in different situations.
Using this tool involves using a workflow like the following:
• create a new Bnd OSGi project
• create a Java package
• create some code (interface + implementation for a service or a single concrete Java class for a client)
• create a new bnd bundle descriptor
• adjust the bnd.bnd descriptor to suit your needs
• run the bnd.bnd with a Run As OSGi application (right click)
Here you are, you have created your first bundle with Bnd-Tools.
Please ensure to modify the Components tab view from each bundle using Declarative Services and adding one or more (maybe a joker) list of components. BndTools used in conjunction with Peter Kriens's annotations provide a very convenient way to inject components without even writing a single line of XML as used by SCR. We'll take our simple use case once again and rewrite it using BndTools and Bnd annotations. The following listings contain the complete source code for Java code and bnd files required in our context.
2. Debugging with Felix Web bundles
What can go wrong during runtime? You may have unsatisfied dependencies, not so easy to find while the application is running (tricky indeed). The best solution is to install Felix WebConsole and to connect to this console through your browser to diagnose the origins of your problem. This is a very nice tool, easy to use and install. It has a few dependencies as shown in the next picture.
Figures 10-12 show some facets from this very useful tool. You may use the different tabs offered to ensure that:
• all bundles have the expected state
• all dependencies are met messages (events in the EventAdmin wording). It's important to ensure to use the same name in both bundles to get a working communication.
• bundles implement the expected services
Moreover the WebConsole can be used to view trace entries as issued by LogService and last but not least it is an extensible component. To conclude with this tool we should mention these requirements:
• code makes usage from NIO so ensure your JVM offers this API
• webconsole is just a war deployed into the HttpService, so it requires you to install the Jetty Web bundle
• optional dependency to LogService
• Provisioning with Felix FileInstall
FileInstall provides an easy way to install bundles into your OSGi container, using a single configuration file you will be able to configure one or several repositories (directories) targeted to host bundles and configuration properties file (for the ConfigAdmin Service). This bundle used in conjunction with the SCR is the perfect way to automate application starting, while having no hassles with the runlevels. It is a very convenient way to configure your application simply by setting a few properties as shown in the next sample. This sample shows properties used by Felix FileInstall to configure one deployment directory (felix.fileinstall.dir) and the polling interval (one second here), because Felix Install acts as a watchdog. These properties may be integrated into the Felix config file
(living into ${felix.dir}/conf/config.properties).
felix.fileinstall.dir = deploy
felix.fileinstall.poll = 1000
Felix FileInstall can be used as a replacement or in conjunction with the OBR (Bundles repository). OBR is an http repository like the ibiblio one for Maven storing many Java projects ready to use in OSGi environments.
I wish you a good trip into this new approach to software development, I am convinced that it should bring you success and fun, success because of its efficiency and great design, fun because of the pleasure felt in designing applications that just work! I have still many things to write about this technology but it is time for me to conclude. Happy coding.
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We've set up various blogs for countries in Latin America. Each demands a deep and fascinated interest in the country. But when it comes to the Antarctica, the pen almost freezes (bad pun, sorry). This is a continent of extremes, whether of heroes or of nature, and anything remotely mediocre strikes a dissonant note. Facts need to be correct, opinions well-supported. There is little room for anything less.
This is daunting. But I've long nurtured unfulfilled dreams about the Antarctic. I've read many of the classic explorer accounts, re-read Shackleton's crossing to South Georgia many times, listened raptly to Vaughan Williams' Symphonia Antarctica, and dreamt of hunting for Emperor's eggs in the true style of Cherry-Garrard. So my enthusiasm should give some right to express opinions. And twice I've tried to join Antarctic missions.
The first, while at university, was with British Antarctic Survey . After an initial exploratory interview and a brief meeting with one of the gods (Sir Vivian Fuchs, leader of the Commonwealth Trans Antarctic Exxpedition), it became obvious my chances were zero without further preparation. So I signed up for a special survey course, along with a friend.
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Construction of the multi-million-dollar Beachport sewerage scheme is in its final stages, almost two years after it began.
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The Wattle Range Council will soon call for tenders to upgrade the Beachport boat ramp, after receiving confirmation an appeal would not be launched against the project.
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With a little over six weeks left before Americans go to the poll and put us out of our midterm election madness/misery, this year's prevailing political story line got a fresh bump this week: voters want to throw the bums out.
This morning-after punditry has become more and more predictable with every new poll and every primary election night. Americans are angry, economically stressed and completely over Washington. Obama. Congress. It matters not. They just know what's happening now is not working.
This spells danger for anyone who seems too content (say, bailed-out bankers), too prosperous (say, bailed out automakers) or too – Washington. Watch out incumbents.
But really, is everyone a bum? And are voters willing to complete scour the nation's capital clean?
Ponder this. Even with the great uprising we have seen at the polls – especially in Delaware, Kentucky, Florida, Utah and states where out-of-the-blue Tea Party candidates have knocked off insiders – Roll Call reported this week that a stunning 98 percent of Congressional incumbents have won re-nomination this year.
If you haven't heard that number, it's probably because many political analysts – I admit, often including me -- have subscribed lock, stock and barrel to the notion that this is an anti-incumbent election.
It is easy to see how that notion has taken root. In the latest New York Times/CBS poll, a whopping 60 percent said the country is on the wrong track.
Plus, the incumbents or presumed favorites who have been beaten, have lost in spectacular and often surprising fashion.
Lisa Murkowski, Robert Bennett, Arlen Specter and Mike Castle will tell you that the voters in Alaska, Utah, Pennsylvania and Delaware seemed mighty peeved with anyone carrying the taint of Washington this year. Hence, previously unknown candidates like Joe Miller, Mike Lee, Joe Sestak and Christine O'Donnell have captured the headlines.
All that shock value counts for something. Murkowski, who flew into the teeth of a Sarah Palin endorsement (for her opponent) apparently never saw her primary election day spanking coming.
Specter, who switched parties when he saw a conservative GOP challenge headed his way, was bested by a more liberal Democrat, retired admiral and two-term congressman, Joe Sestak. Bennett was ousted at his own party convention in Utah and was the first Senator denied renomination in 70 years. And O'Donnell, as we saw this week, charged to victory without benefit of party endorsement or establishment enthusiasm.
Not all of this is about Tea Party politics, but it is certainly worth finding out what all that fuss is about. So far, neither party appears to have a clue. And even some self-proclaimed tea partiers seem aware they might have a tiger by the tail that could turn and scoop them up too.
The Tea Party may be powerful for now, but it is certainly not predictable. Steve Inskeep on NPR's Morning Edition captured this neatly this week by interviewing two tea partiers who clearly have different sets of priorities.
Bryan Fischer, of the American Family Situation wants the emphasis to be on "cultural and social values," including "the sanctity of life" and "resisting the homosexual agenda."
Meanwhile, Toby Marie Walker, co-founder and President of the Waco Tea Party told Inskeep her focus is on "constitutionally limited government, free markets and fiscal responsibility."
What do they have in common? A firm belief that Washington is not doing what they want. Priorities, apparently, can be sorted out later.
It's fair to say that Republicans are trying to get ahead of that freight train. "What we are looking at is a new electorate that is sending a message," GOP strategist Kevin Madden told me on the PBS NewsHour this week. "And it's taking us a lot longer than it should have, in order to get it."
Democrats, meanwhile, are left hoping that the tea party train accelerates with enough velocity that it jumps its own tracks – taking the GOP with it. "One of the things that happens when you have so much energy so far on the right side of the party is, they tend to leave the middle behind," Democratic strategist Steve McMahon told me hopefully.
But polls show that middle – the independents Barack Obama counted on to win in 2008 – may have already left the room. In any case, the chase is on – and the "bums" are running for their lives.


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First, the basics- make sure you stay well hydrated, get as much rest as you can (but not TOO much!), and reduce salt intake… after all, bags are really just fluid retention around the eye area that causes swelling, which in turn crates shadows and "darkness". In most cases the dark circles are blood vessels that can be seen through the skin, and nothing short of laser procedures to break up the pigmentation are going to get rid of them.
You can MASK them with concealer, and also with products made to reduce puffiness caused by lack of sleep, illness, or allergies— all of which cause the eye area to swell which in turn draw attention to the dark areas. For these, you don't need anti-aging eye creams loaded with wrinkle reducers… a simple, lightweight cream or gel with caffeine (caffeine constricts blood vessels, making them appear less prominent) should do the trick. We really like rollerballs, like the Garnier Nutritioniste Anti Puff Eye Roller. The bonus of the roller ball is that it gently massages the area, breaking up the pocket of collected fluid and alleviating the darkness.
To conceal, we swear by Lancomes Effacernes. Highly pigmented, thin and buildable so it never cakes, and best of all- WATERPROOF. A bit pricey for some at almost $30 a tube, but you use so little to get great coverage that a tube seriously lasts a year or more. If you need something heavier, check out this post we did last week on SmartCover. It seriously covers EVERYTHING.
(On a side note, anemia can also cause darkness under the eye, so if you're feeling tired all of the time— it may not be lack of sleep. It might be worth it to have a check up and ask the doctor to check your iron levels.)
Hope that helped!
Lips: Mac Lipstick in Violetta, $14, MacCosmetics.com Lashes: Benefit BadGal Plum Mascara, $19 Sephora, Eyes: Dior 5-colour eyeshadow $58 Sephora Lids: Tarina Tarantino Magic Hour Cream Shadow in Purple Violet, $19 Sephora Nails: OPI 'Purple With a Purpose,' $5.23 Amazon
Disclaimer: we don't recommend wearing all these items at once. It might be a little much.
For $35 a set, get your reading online at NapoleonPerdis.com.
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Welcome to the second day of Teasers from the My Favorite Things February 2013 Release! We hope you'll continue to join us each day for full set reveals, Die-namics previews and some Teaser Time Prizes too.
Here are the details about the upcoming release:
- You can attend the New Release Party on February 4 from 8-10 PM EST HERE in the MFT forum, where you can WIN PRIZES!
- The MFT release, including all new stamp sets and Die-namics, is on February 4 at 10 PM EST. You'll find all the newest products HERE at release time.
- The guest designer contest is going on now! Check out the forum for details on how YOU can win over $200 in stamp sets and Die-namics.
- If you'd like to see all the teasers for today, you'll find them linked at the bottom of this post. Be sure to leave comments as you go for the chance to win one of 2, $10 gift certificates given away daily. The winners will be posted on February 4 just before the release party, on the MFT blog.
Today we're previewing the new stamps and Die-namics from our Laina Lamb Design line. Arrows are all the rage in the paper crafting industry and Laina has hit the mark with Document It – Right This Way.
The first of two new Die-namics from Laina Lamb Design is the Insert It – 3×4 Notebook Paper. Create chic and trendy card accents or journaling cards when combined with Document It – Right This Way, or any stamps from the Laina Lamb Design line.
You can see the Insert It – 3×4 Notebook Paper in this quick video, or simply click play below:
Laina's second stamp set this month is Journal It – Library Card. Create custom library cards with this fun and versatile stamp set.
Up next is the Insert It – 3×4 Pocket Die-namics. The 3×4 Pocket holds card elements, tags, memorabilia, and the 3×4 Insert It journaling card. The 3×4 Insert can be dressed up with the many Journal It stamp sets available in the Laina Lamb Design line.
You can see the Insert It – 3×4 Pocket Die-namics in this quick video, or simply click play below:
And last but certainly not least is the new Die-namics Hexagon STAX. This is a set of 9 nesting dies, the smallest being a solid die, that come packaged on a magnetic sheet.
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What I see?
I'm no where near perfect!I fuss when I feel like I'm not being appreciated.
I vent when not needed of irrelevant things..I don't like to do my hair, but get mad when it's not done.If it was up to me, I'd be in sweats all day.
I can be neglectful.I'm waaaay too sarcastic. My face is too fat. My hips are too wide. My nose not small enough.
My eyes are too big.I talk to much, but I don't talk enough.I'm an emotional creature.I am by far the most imperfect person I know.What God sees?
You are the most beautiful woman.You are the apple of my eye.
You are smart, submissive, and virtuous.
You are fearfully and wonderfully made.
Your face is stunning.
You are shaped just right.
I love when you talk.
I love your laugh,your smile.
Everything about you!You are the apple of my eye.I love your sqeeky voice.
I love your spunky personality!
Often times us women tend to look at everything wrong with us, when God looks at us and see one of His most beautiful creations! He sees an image of Himself. He sees a precious jewel, His queen, His princess, His daughter. When we can look in the mirror, and see what God sees, then we can see that we don't have to look like the images in the magazines, or what the world tells us we need to resemble. But actually look at ourselves as God sees us how He sees our beauty from within as well as outside.. Then this world just might be a little brighter.:) Even when our hair is all over the place, or we nag at the smallest things..He still loves us in all of it. Now that's the kinda man I want to spend the rest of my life with! Thank you Jesus for loving me even in my imperfections.You are beautiful.
Psalm 139:14 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made, your works are wonderful, I know that full well.
Never underestimate your worth, you are beautiful in every way possible.You are worth more than the tight jeans, and the showing of your breasts.You are fearfully and wonderfully made in His image.No need to settle for less because you are the daughter of the King.Beautiful young woman. A man should love you, not because of what you look like or for what he THINKS he can get out of you.You are to be valued, respected, loved, cherished, protected, and adored.You deserve absolutely nothing but the best.Allow NO man to put his hands on you!A man is to protect you from harm not cause it.Beautiful young woman.Hold your head high.Love the skin you're in.Embrace your inner beauty.Smile.Never, EVER give anyone the satisfaction of thinking they have control over you.You are worth more than you think.Beautiful young woman.Don't depend upon a man, neither do you put your trust in one.Instead put all your trust and dependance upon Christ,For He willl never fail you.You are more than a conqueror.You are respectful.You value your body, your heart, and your self worth.Youy will in NO way settle for less than what you deserve.You will break that generational curse of low self esteem.When you look in the mirror you will see you how God sees you.You are way more beautiful than what they portray in the magazines.You are an original.You are a trend setter.A LEADER!Know that you are more than what meets the eye.You are loved unconditionally.Beautiful young woman YOU are.
Romans 12:2 (NIV)
2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
> The battlefield is in the mind. When I made a decision for Jesus I…
Romans 12:2 (NIV)
2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God's will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.
> The battlefield is in the mind. When I made a decision for Jesus I…
First off, I would like to say that all of these tips on how to make your long distance relationship work are from my very own personal experience. They have helped me in my current long distance relationship and I hope these tips will become useful to yours as well!
As a woman, I know how we can be. We have trust issues, we can be territorial, even become a little "smothering" when it comes to a guy we really like. In a long distance relationship, it is difficult to keep tabs on your significant other. Where they're at, what they're doing, why haven't they called at the usual time today etc.
Now let's start..
Here are some things I have learned a long the way, with being in a long distance relationship and how mine worked!
1. JESUS HAS TO BE THE CENTER. no if's and's or but's about it! With Christ being the center of my relationship, it has been majorly successful! Even in the distance. This is the solid foundation, if you don't have Jesus in your relationship, it will automatically crumble to pieces.
2.LEARN BALANCE. You guys aren't like some couples who can see each other whenever, any time of the day. So, apart from being in a relationship, you have your own life. Don't forget though, you have to learn how to balance your lifestyles out so you can always make time for each other.
3. COMMUNICATION. My boyfriend is the lead in the worship band at his church. He works two jobs, and is always busy. However, one thing he never fails to do is to make sure he communicates with me. Something simple as, an "I miss you text." Or him letting me know what he's doing and why he probably won't be able to talk as much that day due to his busy and demanding schedule. I must admit this is one of the most challenging things any relationship deals with, whether long distance or not. When you don't communicate, it causes a distance emotionally, and feelings start to deflate. With being in a long distance relationship, communication is basically all you have that keeps the relationship together. You have to let your significant other know when you're upset, hurting, mad, stressed. When you're feeling unappreciated, unloved, or just don't feel like they care. Let them know, they can't read your mind, ALWAYS COMMUNICATE.
4. COMPROMISE. Now I rarely ever use this word because people take this word and run with it. When I say compromise I mean as in. If he likes to sit and play the video games for hours, or you want two kids but he wants three. You both should work together, and make the relationship 50/50. Maybe you might have to bend a little and so does he, to make it even and make the relationship balanced. As far as your beliefs, you both should be on one accord. My boyfriend and I are both sold out for Jesus, there is no compromise. He is not "some what" saved, or only saved on certain days. Our purpose in life is to fully live for Jesus, no exceptions. We live to totally serve Him. There is no compromising that. My boyfriend and I are on the same page when it comes to our faith in Jesus! Simple.
5. BE SPONTANEOUS. I like it when my significant other sends me voice messages like, "I love you beautiful." I'm always shocked to wake up on certain mornings to his voice messages, it let's me know he's thinking of me, and his good morning texts are always a joy to read. I also recommend sending letters to him. Whether it be via email, or post mail. Always show him you appreciate him. He should definitely be doing the same.
6. TRY NEW THINGS. Haven't skyped yet? I suggest you do that. Skype, Oovoo, Facetime, are great resources to chat with eachother face to face over the computer. Being that you guys never get to see each other as much being so far apart. When you can physically see their smile, hear their voice or see their laugh. It makes the bond stronger, as if you are together.
7. ALWAYS ASK QUESTIONS. Ask how their day was, or how'd they sleep. Always make good conversation by showing them how much you want to know more about them. Also, it shows interest. You are interested in them, SHOW IT.
8. TELL HIM YOU LOVE AND APPRECIATE HIM OFTEN. Another example. I always tell my boyfriend that I love him and appreciate him. One day, I told him I appreciate him, and he tells me how much he loves hearing that. Just like we want to know we're being appreciated, guys want to know that as well. Always tell them.
9. BE SUPPORTIVE. Always. Your guy is studying hard in school and he gets a high grade on an exam, tell him how proud you are of him. He got a promotion on his job, or went to another level in his video game. Nothing he accomplish should be stupid to you. Appreciate his persistence and determination.. It speaks volumes about his character.
10. PRAYER. Pray together. It works! When things are getting tough, and things aren't looking like it'll last. Talk it out, and pray about it. God always has the answer and he will never allow you to go through something alone. He is always right there! Prayer changes things!
Hope these tips helped. Let me know if you got anything out of this @ ibpmovement.gmail.com
God bless!
As a young woman, you are faced with so much. The pressure to be perfect, to be accepted, to feel loved, and to feel beautiful. No need to try. You are already accepted, loved and beautiful because you are a daughter to the one who is PERFECT. Jesus.
One girl, one dream, allowing God to take full control of my life, so I can be used by Him, and change the world!


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"Decent Crossover Teen Novel"
Listed to this and was not excited, but not disappointed. Interesting story, a little different than the Twilight vein; nice to read something a little off the beaten-path. Interesting premise, likeable characters. The best friend was a little irritating; author tried to hard to create the funny, nerdy friend. All-in-all a fairly satisfying listen.
"Better than Expected"
Good book for teens. How could yet another retelling of Cinderella with robots be any good? Read this to keep up with my daughter and after much eye rolling and huffing (on my part) finally pressed play. Was surprised how quickly the time flew and after two sittings, was a little sad it was over. The storyline is actually different: set in future; prejudices about cyborgs, androids, and planet Lunar people; threat of WWV; and leutosis plague wiping out citizens. Cinder is tough, clever, and self-preserving while Prince Kai is noble, anxious, and unsure. Both step-sisters are not evil and explanation for how Cinder ended up with Adri, her stepmother, is quite different.
Not on the same level as "Perks of Being a Wallflower" or "The Fault in Our Stars", but easy, entertaining read.
"Alice Walker Narrates her Classic"
"I think it pisses God off if you walk by the color purple in a field somewhere and don't notice it. People think pleasing God is all God cares about. But any fool living in the world can see it always trying to please us back," Alice Walker. One of my favorite quotes of all time.
If you haven't read this book or watched the movie, you must do so. Even if you've done both, you need to listen to it again with Alice Walker narrating. She's an emotive, intelligent, confident and as talented an orator as a writer.
The tragic struggle of Miss Celie to survive, find love and inner strength is relatable to both genders and all races.
"Not Stellar, but Solid"
Joseph and Lanka fall in love during Nazi occupation in WWII. Told from alternating points of view, the two take divergent paths and most of the book is spent on their quest to find each other, meaning, and simply survival be it from atrocities or boredom. The characters are fairly well developed as are the backstories. Entertaining, enjoyable, just not engrossing. There are so many other titles during this time period to be placed at the top of your lists, but this one is solidly in the middle. Great purchase if on sale.
"Interesting Take on WWII Defiance"
There are myriad takes on survivors of WWII and this one is slightly different as it focuses on a family in India. The heroic father stands against British oppression balanced with the horror of Hitler. This is how the story begins, yet it's the tale of his daughter who must go to live with unsympathetic, verbally cruel relatives. Her only solace is the library upstairs and the kindness of a friend. As she discovers a new world, her independence and confidence crescendo. Nice story, probably more of a YA book, but very easy to listen to as told through thoughtful, straight forward prose.
"Sweet Story; Read, don't Listen"
Endearing story of two brothers, one is special, almost luminescent with the eldest constantly in awe. Edward's goodness is passed to his sister Sabine and all of his gifts live on. Very short listen, so would recommend reading this one. Sweet read for young boys (maybe 7-12yrs) and of course girls would enjoy, too.
"PG Version of Young Girl Slave Trade"
Selling young girls into servitude is a horrific and true nightmare. If there is such a thing, "Sold" is a PG-13 version you can listen to without too many graphic details, although of course the subject is disturbing. The fictional heroine embarks on what she believes to be a new job as a house maid. You can guess what happens next as the shock takes over and she's stepped into a fresh hell.
Simply and plainly told, this story is a solid YA listen and if you're read any of Patricia McCormick's other books, you won't be disappointed with her easy style.
Bought this on sale for $3.95 and well worth the price, but wouldn't want to pay full price of credit.
"Good Choice for 9-12 Year Olds"
Good book for tweeners with interesting take on the afterlife. Ally and Nick must come to terms with their deaths as they traverse the unusual landscape, navigating strange people and learning the rules through trial and error.
This is the first of a trilogy (isn't everything) and as an adult, I'm not interested in moving on, although I enjoyed this one. May be a better choice to read as the narrators were a tad irritating. I only picked this one because my daughter has to read it for school. Overall, a nice choice for kids.
"Potential Unmet"
Subjective narrator following each possible cause for the outbreak taking you inside the minds of the girls. Needed more connection and details as opposed to repetition.
Fascinating idea, loosely based on actual events, girls become sick from unknown ailment. Author minimally explored possible causes: was it teenage hysteria, waterborne virus, STD? Repetition runs rampant and frustration increases knowing this book could be much better. The narrator is detached, floating above storylines, causing a feeling of disconnection to characters motives and emotions. Near the end when we're allowed into more interactions and explanations, it's too late.
The female narrator was pleasant, while Kirby Heyborne was an awful choice and Joe Barratt's fatherly voice was unbearable. With the semi-erotic undertones of the girls, the dad's voice seemed perverse and gave me the heebie jeebies.
Audible...why is it so difficult to find and or cast appropriately sounding young male narrators? Is the pool that shallow or is a new casting director needed? May I submit my application?
Disappointment at potential unmet.
Save your credit, check out at library and skim if you're interested in the storyline.
"Pass the Velveta"
Jennifer to Beth, Beth to Jennifer format of emailing friends who never seem to meet face-to-face grates on the nerves. Both friends wonder if the grass is greener and mysterious boy hired to read company emails falls for Beth. Predictable and frankly a little silly. Enjoyed her other two books; seems to have her finger on the pulse of teenage angst. I paid $3.95 on sale for this one, so don't feel like I wasted a credit.
"Excellent YA Start to Your Summer"
Amy and Matthew find each other through odd circumstances. Matthew is one of a few paid peers who assist Amy with her daily needs in her last year of high school, as she has cerebral palsy. The goal is for her to excel socially as she currently does academically.
While she's being challenged, Amy also encourages Matthew to face some of his issues and together they develop a deep friendship over the span of a year and a half. "Say What You Will" is not a woe-is-me sad melodrama where the cool kid falls for the wallflower. Both characters navigate their strengths and weaknesses with honest gut-wrenching interactions.
This is a smart, lovely story with winding dialogue keeping you glued to your earphones/speakers to see how it ends. McGovern is being compared to John Green, but this book is more akin to "Wonder". Excellent read if you haven't yet.
This is an easy, enjoyable listen, not just for teens and Rebecca Lowman is a fabulous narrator.
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In fairness to Mayor Carlos Hernandez, in that famous tantrum of a press conference back on Oct. 13, 2011, he didn't say, "I have integrity."
Clearly, that would have been misleading. Someone unschooled in Hialeah political ethos might have termed that a lie.
What he said, taking umbrage, taking lots of umbrage, taking more umbrage than the occasion might have demanded: "I won't allow anyone to question my integrity."
Which is not the same as saying, "Hey. I possess gobs of integrity. I'm dripping with the stuff. Got integrity running out my ears."
As Hernandez demonstrated with his testimony last week in U.S. District Court, he had very good reason in the run-up to the city election back in 2011 to not "allow anyone to question my integrity." Because the answer would not have pleased the electorate, given that mayor had none of that particular commodity on hand. Hernandez was fresh out of integrity.
The "anyone" referenced by the mayor in the 2011 press conference was not just anyone. It was us. The Miami Herald. Back in 2011, Herald reporters Jay Weaver and Laura Isensee had noticed that the mayor's name had surfaced during the federal investigation of Ponzi schemer Luis Felipe Perez. Perez had told federal prosecutors that he had borrowed seed money for his $40 million Ponzi swindle from both Hernandez and former Hialeah Mayor Julio Robaina.
It was as if lending large chunks of cash was part of the mayoral job description in Miami-Dade's second largest city. And collecting interest at loan shark rates were simply perks of the office.
Except, as Weaver and Isensee reported in 2011, Hernandez seemed to have forgotten to list either loans or interest income on financial disclosure forms filed with the county and Hialeah. Nor did he remember the $180,000 in interest payments Perez claimed he paid Hernandez from 2007 to 2009 when he filed his federal tax returns.
Perez claimed he was paying the Hialeah politicians annual interest rates of 36 percent. Very sharky. Hernandez responded with, "I will not let any newspaper question my integrity based on the word of a convicted felon like Luis Felipe Perez."
He dredged up the old Cuban American National Foundation's "Don't Believe the Miami Herald" campaign, as if reporters wanting some answers about a local pol's dodgy private loan business in 2011 had some correlation to newspaper editorials written 22 years ago that had questioned whether tightening the Cuban embargo would hasten the ouster of the Castro regime.
Hernandez was seated at a table with a cabal of vexed and defiant supporters standing behind him, looking ready to tussle if media scoundrels tried to storm the podium. Or to ask discomfiting questions. There was no interest payments, the mayor declared. He said that he only collected money on the principal. He said the Herald, "as with Julio Robaina," was only dredging this stuff up "to influence the outcome of the election to benefit the candidate of its choice."
He issued a news release declaring, "I will not allow my integrity to be questioned by The Miami Herald as they attempt to once again do, as they did to former Hialeah Mayor Julio Robaina."
Questions about those damn loans bubbled up again last week. This time, however, it was a federal prosecutor doing the asking. This time, Mayor Hernandez was not so belligerent.
Apparently, under oath, memories change. Hernandez testified that he collected 3 percent interest a month on that $180,000 he had lent Perez. At 36 percent a year. Which was exactly what the Herald reported in 2011. Back when we were not allowed to question his integrity.
He happened to be testifying at the trial of his predecessor. What a coincidence. Julio and his wife Raiza Robaina are accused of tax evasion, of failing to report more than a million bucks in income, including 300 grand collected from this very same Luis Felipe Perez. The Ponzi schemer testified last week that he had loaned the couple $750,000 and that he made regular payments to cover the 36 percent interest. "I sent it to him in cash."
Now it was true that the Herald reported Robaina's loan sharking sideline back during his campaign for county mayor in 2011. No doubt, it was rather inconvenient timing for Robaina's political ambitions. But at the time, we thought that a murky, shadow-banking business seemed like a peculiar pursuit for a mayor, city or county. (Since, however, we've discovered that this is pretty common in Hialeah.)
But if Robaina had won, imagine the trauma the Miami-Dade County would have suffered these last few weeks, with a mayor on trial in federal court, with testimony that its chief executive had been involved in hinky financial transactions with a convicted con man, that his explanation for keeping details of the transaction secret was that he didn't want his wife to find out he was spending the interest money on his mistress, that he had once received a swell $142,000 Ferrari (which he failed to disclose on his income taxes) from a business partner. (Later Robaina swapped the sports car for a Bentley. The idea of a county mayor in either a Ferrari or a Bentley seems unsettling.) Voters would be begging for a Carlos Álvarez comeback.
The lesson here is that we should keep Hialeah mayors, with their loan sharking sidelines, confined to Hialeah. Just don't borrow money from them. And don't question their integrity. You might not like the answer.


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Splurge Birthday meal? Prefer a tasting menu.
- gumption Jan 11, 2013 01:42 PM
I will be taking the day off from work and would like indulge myself to a memorable dinner. A daytrip to a destination restaurant would be most welcome. For my birthday last year, I drove down to Oregon (had an itch to go see the ocean) for Pok Pok for happy hour, followed by Le Pigeon for dinner.
I've already gone through about 80+ restaurants in Seattle, including all of the top local spots. Also have done tasting menus at Rover's, Herbfarm, Canlis, Willow's Inn, Altura, Spinasse, and RN74. Rather than go someplace familiar, I'd like to check out something new.
I'm looking at the following three which I've never visited:
1) Inn at Langley
2) Copperleaf
3) Salish Lodge
Thoughts on any of those?
So I haven't been to Inn at Langely, but based on what I know of it here's my thoughts. Salish lodge has more 'hotel-y' food--the food is not the main draw, and it sort of shows? I think it's getting better since I was there...but not a 'food' destination, more of a 'food+view+spa' destination.
Copperleaf is very good, I'm a big fan, but it's more Altura, Spinasse/RN74 in terms of a menu you can do a tasting menu of, but without the formality/all in-ness of Rover's, Herbfarm, Willow's. I'd think that for that, you're looking at Inn at Langely, though again, I haven't eaten at that one.
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Thanks, dagoose. Your tips are exactly what I'd read about the places so far, and I'm definitely leaning towards the top two choices.
Copperleaf - I certainly wouldn't mind ordering four or five items from the menu and measuring the chef's talent that way.
Inn at Langley - I've read that the food there is in the same vein as Willow's Inn (which I tried and enjoyed last month). I can't seem to find any photos of the food online, unfortunately.
re: gumption
When I went to the Inn at Langley, they were doing all local foods. We went in January and were disappointed and vowed to go back during a season with better bounty. They may have strayed from the strictly local rule by now.
re: amybobamy
I've done Altura twice and their food is wonderful indeed. Cost really isn't a factor... I don't mind spending $$$ on my birthday. Poppy I've done once and wasn't really blown away.
re: amyh18
You might even call Copperleaf, and ask if the Chef could do a tasting menu for you/your party specifically? Some places are happy to do such a thing, and I think Copperleaf would be happy to oblige...
re: amyh18
Based on the number of recommendations, looks like Copperleaf is where I'm headed. They currently have a tasting menu option listed on their restaurant website... so fingers crossed.
re: Quintious
Great idea! I'd love to try this someday.
re: Lauren
I love Matt's in the Market. I've been there several times for lunch but have yet to visit for dinner. Will definitely consider this.
re: W42
(W42- Apologies for the delayed response. I knew I had a lengthy write-up to tackle and didn't want to start until I had a decent chunk of free time.)
I planned on going to Copperleaf for my bday but decided at the last minute to go to Cirque du Soleil which was in Redmond... and coming from SeaTac, I didn't want to risk getting stuck in rush hour traffic on the 405 and miss the show. So instead, I ended up going to John Howie for the first time. The clincher was that I learned from glancing at their online menu that they also serve their steaks "oscar style"... with dungeness crab on top. Dinner was a semi-splurge of surf & turf -- I opted for a sinful melt-in-your-mouth tender filet mignon with crab. If I hadn't committed myself to the show afterwards, I would have certainly tried a number of their signature sides.
As luck would have it, an old friend from high school came up for a weekend visit recently, and I suggested the splurge dinner at Copperleaf to her (her bday was coming up also)... and she jumped at the idea. We went for a 7pm dinner at Cedarbrook, which really is a marvel of a place... a great gem of a hideaway in SeaTac. Walking around their grounds and peering into some of the garden suites, I convinced myself that I had to find a reason to book a weekend vacation there pronto.
As for the restaurant, the place really doesn't feel like one, as some have mentioned here and on the various online review sites. The dining area is located in a double-height lobby type room, with lots of windows all around. After being seated, the hospitality of the staff was simply impeccable. Throughout dinner, we even chatted with the formal yet personable servers and sommelier. I'd say the service was on par with Canlis and Rovers in that they would go all out to make sure all of your needs are taken care of.
My friend and I both ordered the tasting menu, and she also opted for the wine flight. The whole dinner was made up of five courses plus an amuse and intermezzo... not as long and varied as other places... but every dish was substantial portion-wise and we were both very full and happy at the end.
The dinner consisted of the following:
Amuse Bouche - some sort of chicken salad. A bite-sized portion served with a nice cracker/crisp and a berry smear.
First Course - Ozette Potato Soup. Plating was gorgeous. Imagine a nice bed of prepared black truffle and pickled chanterelles in a bowl, with the servers then pouring the creamy silky potato soup over that.
Second Course - Poaced Wenatchee Bosc Pears. This was the salad course, served with Parma Reggio, Banyuls Vinegar, Swiss Chard, and Soubise.
Intermezzo - Oysters served with a lemon sorbet in a shot glass. The shot glass sits in a bigger glass carrying orchids. Everything was see-through. And both sit on a bed of seasonings and fancy salt. The oysters in lemon sorbet were out-of-the-ordinary and quite a refreshing palate cleanser. We weren't quite sure if the salt was supposed to be added to the mix.
Third Course - Caramelized Diver Scallops
Served with Rhubarb, Toasted Cashews, and Celery Branch. Two perfectly seared scallops over two different purees. One was a cashew puree, the other was derived from potato, I think. Solid dish.
Fourth Course - Snake River Wagyu Brisket
Served with Broccolini, Roasted Beets, Horseradish, Creme Fraiche, Garlic Toast. The brisket portion was huge for a tasting menu course... maybe as wide as half my palm and as long as my wrist to middle finger.This was generous and quite filling.
Dessert - Bourbon Chocolate Cake
Served with Caramel Ice Cream, Toasted Pecans, Cascade Huckleberry Preserves. Surprisingly, I had room left at that point, and I quickly gobbled this up.
We were both quite happy and I certainly would love to go back. I thought the food was quite elegant... presentation-wise, probably on par with what I've seen at Canlis and Herbfarm... which I both consider to be solid but not knock-your-socks-off. Judging by execution and technique, again, everything was lovely but I found the dishes not as complex and creative as what I've had at Book Bindery, Rover's, Altura, or Cafe Juanita.
It's hard to compare any local places to The Willow's Inn because their food is so "exotic" presentation-wise. (Case in point... one of the "courses" or bites that I had there was this hand-sized piece of what I first thought was an enormous pork rind, only it was a halibut skin that was nicely crinkled... and they placed little bits of truffles and other flavors within the nooks and crannies. Visually, I thought wowie zowie!!) Granted, you will get a smattering of hyper-local flavors... I wouldn't call it a "feast" as it's more like a series of fifteen bites, some bigger than others. You can definitely tell that chef's technique has a bit of an experimental gastronomy slant; while I was there, I certainly wondered if that experience was akin to dining at Noma or Alinea.
Spinasse is creative if you compare them to the countless other Italian joints in town. I've been there twice and their dishes tend to seem one-note... I'd rate them lesser than Altura or Cafe Juanita.
RN74 was a colossal disappointment considering the amazing experience I had at Michael Mina's flagship resto in SF.
I do hope to make it to both Salish Lodge and the Inn at Langley soon and will report on those when I do. A few others on my tasting menu wishlist are Crush, Mistral, Spur, Nishino, Nell's, and Matt's in the Market (as someone had suggested).


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The normal meaning of static operates like a private variable store per function. It's static, persistent, and only accessible to that function. That same functionality is what I hoped for in the classes too. If I wanted it shared, I'd have specifically linked pointers to data stores between them, but it seems the language seems to do that for you, with no option of choosing the interpretation.
Ah, there is only one copy of the code of a class there are many copies of the data! Static means one copy only not one per instance.
Seems I got to become intimately familliar with the intricacies of this ;p
I solved it by creating a data subclass to hold the variables for each mode, which only needed minimal code changes to each mode. existingVar to f.existingVar. It's clunky, but the lights are all happily following their own paths now, as intended by it's creator.


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Complexity Spells Trouble for These 2 Financials
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Investors should learn to hate complexity, especially in financial sector stocks. The hubris of the financial supermarkets concept, which was popular before the financial crisis, is becoming popular again.
Worse yet, many financial companies are being pushed in new directions because they cannot generate earnings lending. Wells Fargo (NYSE: WFC) and UBS (NYSE: UBS) in particular are branching out to new revenue sources.
Expanding Into Investment Banking
Wells Fargo's credit profile was adversely affected by its role in financing the $23 billion purchase of H.J. Heinz, as it displays the lender's risk being stretched across investment banking. As per the Heinz deal, the company is planning to expand its securities unit and investment banking services in an attempt to grow higher advisory fee revenues.
According to Moody's Investors Service, clients usually require financing of debt before signing as advisers. Moody's also said that the bank desires to win the coveted advisory business that would increase the underwriting commitments as compared to those commitments in which the bank might ordinarily engage. After taking the debt on to the balance sheet there is a risk that bank cannot unload it. Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf stands by increasing the securities to boost revenue ahead of traditional lending.
The company, along with JPMorgan Chase, has agreed to provide $14.1 billion to assist Berkshire Hathaway's (NYSE: BRK-A) and 3G Capital's buyout of Heinz. Both the banks would serve as advisors. Berkshire is also the largest shareholder of Wells Fargo. According to Jessica Ong, a company's spokeswoman, "We do not agree with Moody's assertion that participation in capital markets activities necessarily leads to a higher risk profile. Wells Fargo has strong risk-management practices and a strong credit underwriting discipline and this transaction is fully in keeping with these disciplines and with our customer-focused business model." The company may also plan to expand its trading businesses to distribute the debt it underwrites, which would wear down the force provided by the bank's branch network.
Berkshire Leading the Way
Berkshire Hathaway itself is something of a trend-setter when it comes to embracing wild investments. Berkshire Hathaway's fourth-quarter profit increased by 49% on gains related to derivatives wagers. The company's net income increased from $3.05 billion, or $1,846 per share, during the previous year to $4.55 billion, or $2,757 per share, while the profit on derivatives increased from $163 million to $1.4 billion.
To speculate on long-term gains in stock-market indexes in Europe, Japan and the US, Buffett used index put options. As they won't be settled for years, the probability of the company booking a loss on these contracts is very low. He also said that, "These derivatives have provided a more-than-satisfactory result, especially considering the fact that we were guaranteeing corporate credits – mostly of the high-yield variety – throughout the financial panic and subsequent recession." At the end of December 2012, the book value of the company increased to $114,214 per Class A share as compared to $111,718 three months earlier.
During the fourth quarter, the insurance business had an underwriting loss of $19 million due to Superstorm Sandy-fueled claims as compared to a loss of $107 million during the previous year. Insurance investment income also decreased to $805 million from $825 million during the fourth quarter in 2011.
In 2010, his biggest acquisition, railroad Burlington Northern Santa Fe, was a $26.5 billion transaction. The business contributed $932 million to the current quarter's earnings as compared to a $909 million contribution during the last year. The impact of fewer coal shipments was mitigated with the help of an increase in shipments of construction products and petroleum. The company's manufacturing, service and retailing segment contributed $829 million to earnings, which was low as compared to the $856 million profit booked during the previous year.
The move into investment banking to generate fees is not exclusive to parties in the Heinz deal. UBS-acquired Link Investimentos, a Brazil-based brokerage company, has gained the maximum market share in cash equity trading due to a fall in fees accompanied by increasing competition. In February 2013, UBS completed the acquisition of Link; it is looking to take an advantage as equity trading in Brazil reached a record, luring competitors, including Goldman Sachs, Barclays and private-equity funds such as Actis and General Atlantic.
According to Daniel Cardoso Mendonça de Barros, the CEO of UBS, "New foreign competitors invested in Brazil, fueling the war to gain market share. Fees for brokerage firms have been falling about 20 percent a year for the last couple of years, and today only about 10 brokerage firms are making money out of the 96 in BM&FBovespa." According to Coalition, various global banks such as UBS are facing pressure to increase their equity-market share and reduce costs after revenue from the business across the industry decreased by 5% during the previous year, the third continuous annual drop.
Valuation Considerations
Since deal making could be the wave of the future for Wells Fargo and UBS, we should compare their valuations to incumbent stocks:
Wells Fargo and UBS are not attractively priced when compared to Barclays or Morgan Stanley. Both of these firms trade at half the revenue multiples and book multiples of UBS and Wells Fargo.
Investors should not flock to Wells Fargo nor to UBS based on their ventures into investment banking. On the contrary, there are cheaper financial companies whose prices already reflect a healthy fear of complexity. At today's prices, Morgan Stanley or Barclays would make better speculative bets.
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I didn't go I broke my promise
my fault those babies died my fault the mothers cried.
When I qualified as a midwife a promise I made
promised my heart I would give them my time
to help the poor women get their lives back in line
all they face is pain and shame
The male leaders have no compassion
terrible conditions, no hospital or drugs no anything
just men who think sex is theirs for the taking.
Leaving women with diseases and the babies they're making.
Once my health is back on form off I will go
taking drugs with me to help the poor.
Everyone is poor they are without
without health without hope so desolate.
Might be just a ripple in an Ocean of hell
many a ripple would surely tell
Until that day I live with my regrets
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Absolutely crazy about this.. it would go perfectly in the apartment!
This is beautiful
i've been looking for new bedding for my bedroom. This is just beautiful.
My wife loves bedding that has a nature theme to it, and most of the time I find them unappealing. This, on the other hand, is quite acceptable; in fact, it's rather nice.
Gorgeous! Keeping my fingers crossed.
omg!!! it's so gorgeous!!
i think i would sleep all day if i had these!
makes me want to crawl into bed and snuggle this!
oh my gosh, that's gorgeous!
so beautiful! Good luck to all of us ;)
I have lost out on all of the prizes due to my faulty email address.. i missed the last bedding Drawing.. I DESPERATELY NEED THIS ONE! ha ha
This is a really elegant bedding set!
Soooo lovely!!
An absolutely stunning bedding set! Very sophisticated, and will match everything in my bedroom perfectly. Please, oh please...
moving on monday to tulsa, and would LOVE this. i have never had matching bedding before and would love to win this for my new apartment.
I have one precious bamboo rayon sheet set right now, which is still sooo soft and luxurious despite being accidentally bleached, gaining a hole in the top sheet from an unfortunate dryer incident, and all the general malaise that 5 years have provided. No pilling, rough wear spots, or shape loss. I am in love with bamboo rayon! I consider it to be the "forever fabric". :)
My brother is a bamboo freak...grows it inside and out. This would make a great Christmas present for him! Suprise, a double bamboo gift!
Wow, who would not get a good night's sleep in this set? Gorgeous during the day comfy at night. Perfect.
Thanks for the chance to win.
Happy Holidays Everyone!
Yes...wrap me up in these for a long winter nap!
I purchased bamboo baby blankets while vacationing this summer and each person who has received one has been ecstatic....bamboo is incredibly soft and silky.Would love these...yes I would!
feeling sweepy
Love the style and the soft, snuggly factor is also a plus! Pretty please Santa...
This is gorgeous! I would love to have it.
It's sooo beautiful! Love it.
I love the sheets! They would look great in our place.
Perfect colors for my new apartment & I love that they use organic cotton.
Wow. Silver. I've never seen silver bedding before. Sounds luscious.
Oh Inhabit, how I want thee....
I really need this to dress up my boring bedroom!
mmmmmm... i would inhabit my bed on snowy morns and icy nights... blissfully grateful. :)
Beautiful!! I need new bedding so badly!!!
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in love with this!
Absolutely gorgeous. Pick me, pick me!!
How much more serene can bedding be? I'm sure sleeping under this is the complete zen experience...
sweet dreams are made of this...
Beautiful! Expect to be redecorating our master bedroom after the holidays. This would be fabulous.
A lazy Sunday snuggled up with my hubby my crazy boston terrier.
Same as AmyK!! (really!)
I could have some "Sweet dreams!"
I don't have new bed sheets for my super thick mattress. These would be nice!
Very, Very, Very lovely bedding....
Would love to give this to daughter for Christmas!
Would go great in my new room!
Absolutely beautiful...
I've been searching for over a year for the perfect bedding for my honey and I. We're finally ready to upgrade from the comforters we each volunteered from individual homes when we first got our place together. I think I've found it here! :)
bedroom uplift design and beauty
love it!
My GOD these look silky!
I love the nature inspired decor.
Lovin' this set!
I just keep coming back to this ensemble. It brings nature indoors (w/o the watering)...really necessary if you have sub-zero winters. Beautiful, refreshing and simple.
Gorgeous! I'm ready for having sweet dreams.
such a soothing color combination.
Amazing. Just beautiful. And the bamboo must feel like heaven.
Looks soooo comfy!!
this looks so comfortable. i'd love to curl up in this with my boy and my doggie!
I just want to jump into that bed in the picture. This set is perfect!
Beautiful, calming colors - perfect for nesting.
So gorgeous! This is JUST what I need in my apartment!
it would be a glorious morning to wake up in those sheets!
totally therapeutic.
Gorgeous. Gorgeous!
I bet this bam-otton fabric feels incredible on the skin and even more incredible on the sleeping skin. Yummmmmm!
My first time to actually comment about one of the fabulous opportunities available. This bedding is so pretty. I can see this as part of the focal point bed in a room. ...in fact I can see it in MY room!
That is simply gorgeous - and I love the bamboo/cotton blend!
Calming colors, beautiful/simple design....perfect for a bedroom retreat!
Lust for.
I love the multiple textures and designs here. Gives me such great ideas to bring the autumn east coast to my west coast pad. Loving it!
I love this bedding, but is anyone else aware that bamboo fabric is not actually an eco-product?? Just a thought.
So pretty. I'm all about that gray this year!
Memememememememe! How beautiful!
love this bedding!!!
what a way to spend new years!
ok I HAVE TO WIN THIS!! :) .. I've had Tried For Every Single Bedding Set offered for the past 2 years and by FAR this is my ultimate Favorite! :)


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I Want to create a batch file which will open text file located on my computer.regards Shalabh
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You could create the batch file that has a call to Notepad with your filename. eg:
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Or you could create a batchfile which will accept a parameter, and open the file supplied:
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Not quite sure what all this has to do with SQL Server, though!
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