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German Aerospace Center
The main activities of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) sites Göttingen and Braunschweig are aviation and traffic engineering. DLR Göttingen employs more than 400 experts in the foundation- and application-oriented field of aviation research. DLR continues the tradition of the Deutsche Forschungsanstalt für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DFL), founded in 1936, with the Braunschweig Research Airport which employs about 1000 highly-qualified employees.
High-performance ground and test flight carriers and flying simulators, air traffic simulation facilities, wind tunnels in the European DNW foundation (German-Dutch Wind Tunnels), mobile rotor test stands and test stands for material and noise tests are available for experimental research. Together with the french Aeronautics and Space Research Center ONERA, DLR Göttingen operates the largest mobile ground vibration test facility in Europe.
Test equipment for extremely sophisticated, experimental technology is manufactured in highly modern workshops of the Model Building Center. An independent airworthiness office for aviation equipment guarantees a safe and reliable operation of the complex testing facilities in the surface aircraft and helicopters of the research flight operations in Braunschweig. The certified railway laboratory provides DLR with the competence to help partners in the industry with the certification of their system components. For example, DLR consults users in the application of composite fiber technologies and new materials for all possible areas of application in the industry.
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- High-performance ground and test flight carriers
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- Air traffic simulation facilities
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- Experimental research stands for material and noise tests
- Largest European mobile ground vibration test facility
- Model building center with highly modern workshops
Field measurement campaign on wind turbine in Colorado begins
Aircraft of the future
Researchers conduct first real-time flutter analysis
DLR at InnoTrans 2018
A high-speed train for the freight transport of the future
ONERA and DLR perform Beluga XL ground vibration testing
A joint team from the French aerospace research centre ONERA and the German Aerospace Center (DLR) performed the ground...
Key Research Areas
Focal points of the covered subject areas are
- improvement of the dynamic aircraft behavior and the operational safety of aircraft and helicopters
- increase in the performance, safety and reliability of air, road and railway traffic
- intelligent assistance systems for human operators of air and ground traffic
- development of design processes for low-resistance and quiet air equipment
- development and realisation of adaptable, damage-resistant and cost-efficient, high-performance structures for aerospace and ground traffic
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German Aerospace Center (DLR)
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> Didn't Einstein state: 'God does not play dice with the universe.' ?
YEs, but that was his philosophical view at the time. It wasn't the
scientific data which led him to say that.
see http://www.glenn.morton.btinternet.co.uk/dmd.htm
for lots of creation/evolution information
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A credit union is a financial co-operative which is governed by its members for the purpose of providing liquidity at competitive rates and other financial services to its members. Many credit unions extend their services for societal development and investment in other sustainable technological developments. Credit unions vary in terms of number of participating members and total assets. Some credit union work alongside other Non Governmental organizations indulging in co-operative banking and providing strong financial backing for grass root development.
Similarly a federal credit union is controlled and supervised by the National Credit Union Association, a federal government agency. All the members are also partial stakeholder of the institution. The federal credit union operate under the laws of federal credit laws instead of state banking laws. The participating members get higher interest rates on their savings and lower borrowing cost as compared to customers at other traditional branches.
The board of directors are elected by voting. Each member vote are equally weighted, irrespective of the amount invested by its members. Most credit unions are society oriented and not profit oriented.
On a global basis, the number of credit unions are estimated to be around 52000. there are about 200 million members and transact in 15 trillion USD worth of assets. United tops the list with maximum number of credit unions followed by India, Canada, south Korea and Kenya completing the top 5 nation. Poland was the first nation to adopt the system of credit union.
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It's hard to believe that tomorrow marks ten days since Dad passed away. We are still seeing friends sign the guestbook at the funeral home and Butler Eagle and I've been updating them on this site as they are written. Jill videotaped the memorial service and we hope to have that posted online for those of you who couldn't make it last Wednesday.
I was trying to think of things that could be a memorial, but really the best memorial is the life I live. Even though video, pictures and mementos are the only tangible things we can grasp, there are qualities, values, and traditions that we treasure. As cheesy as it sounds, these are the things that serve as reminders and that live on until we see him again.


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Advertisement for T.Wells & Company's sale of salvage stock
Printer: Adams, G.
Medium: Print on paper
Date: 1882
Department stores selling a variety of ready-made clothing at affordable prices first became popular during the Victorian period. To advertise their stock of goods, sales were often held offering everything at greatly reduced prices. Many proprietors did not want to sell their best quality clothing so cheaply, so they offered the sale of stock bought from a bankrupt business, or perhaps fire damaged stock as advertised in this leaflet. Sales were very popular. On the first morning there were often queues outside the doors before the store opened.


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- Blanch the leaves in hot, salted water prior to preparation
- Let the simmer in broth for a soup for awhile
- Use an acid, like lemon juice, to break down the membranes.
So on the way home from work, I stopped off at my local Trader Joe's and picked up veggie broth, a can of white beans, their "sausage-less" Italian sausage, and some good bread.
When I got home I unpacked the box and found that one of the suggested recipes was very much what I was planning. But my version was going to be the weeknight version.
While the broth was heating up, I stemmed the kale, cut it up into smaller strips, and added it to the stock. I added into the broth a bay leaf, a clove of minced garlic, a generous amount of black pepper, and a shake of red pepper flakes. Then I put in a few shakes of same various herbs.
The TJ's sausage is not the most appealing at first glance. But I sliced it up and browned it nicely in a small skillet. I wanted a crispy outside to stand up in the soup.
I added in some sliced carrots that were also in the box and the drained beans.
All of the remaining ingredient were added to the soup and I let it heat up. A green salad (lettuce, radishes, and avocado from the box) and bread were prepared to accompany the soup which went over well after a hectic week of work.
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Coronado High Homecoming Parade Sept. 29; Pancake Breakast fundraiser returns
"Hollywood" is the theme for the annual Coronado High Homecoming Parade Saturday, Sept. 29 through Old Colorado City.
That doesn't mean people attending the free event should expect a lot of costumes and glitz, but Student President Alex Assila pledges that there'll be plenty of red and gold (the school colors)
Led by the Coronado band and featuring about 30 entries in all from school clubs, sports teams and classes (seniors, juniors etc.), plus feeder schools, the parade will start around 29th Street at 9 a.m., and travel east down closed-off Colorado Avenue to Bancroft Park for an event-concluding pep rally less than an hour later.
Also in the park, going from about 7:30 to 10:30 a.m., will be Coronado's second annual Pancake Breakfast, which school and parent volunteers originated last year as a way of raising money to fund the ever-increasing cost of the Parade. For a $5 donation, a person can get a plate of pancakes and juice, milk or coffee.
The food items have been donated and the cooking implements borrowed, so all the earnings will go to the Save the Parade fund, said volunteer organizer Brian Kohls.
Many of the parade participants will ride on vehicles/floats - typically decorated with banners, balloons and other homemade flights of imagination and full of singing, shouting, instrument-playing and/or body-painted students. The Homecoming King and Queen candidates will ride in on Corvette convertibles. Other participants will march or possibly ride bicycles, scooters, skateboards, unicycles or even high-wheelers.
New this year, Assila said, will be an alumni group with an old tractor.
Homecoming is no small thing at Coronado. In the Spirit Week beforehand, student leaders organize a different activity/theme each day. This year, activities will include a chance to buy a mustache or have one painted on, to throw balloons at teachers and to participate in powderpuff football (senior girls vs. junior girls) or in peach fuzz volleyball (senior boys vs. junior boys), according to Student Body Vice President Dylan Roche and Student Cabinet member Savannah Schofield.
The Parade is the first of three events on Homecoming Day. The football game will be at 1 p.m. at Garry Berry Stadium against the Sierra High School Stallions, and the Homecoming Dance will be at Coronado that evening from 7:30 till 11 p.m.
The football team is trying to break a streak, having last won a Homecoming game in 2002 (beating Aurora Central, 56-0).
The Pancake Breakfast event raised $1,252 last year. "Hopefully this year's breakfast will be a good kickoff for Homecoming," Kohls said.
Parade costs have become an issue in recent years, with costs steadily increasing due to city liability concerns or general inflation. This year's parade will cost close to $4,000, according to Dianna Fitzsimmons, the faculty advisor to student government.
The main parade expenditures are for barricades, police coverage and renting Bancroft Park, she said.
Fortunately for the school, Johnson Heating & Plumbing, headed by Coronado alumnus Rick Johnson, donates employee time to position the no-parking signs and barricades.
In addition to the Pancake Breakfast, students organize parade fundraisers during the school year.
Not all regulations cost money, but do change traditions. This year police have disallowed the past use of semi trucks pulling flatbed trailers for the kids to decorate and stand on. The concern was that such flatbeds were too high in the air, explained Coronado Assistant Principal Darin Smith. So, starting this year, the parade will use lower trailers pulled by other kinds of vehicles.
Homecoming is a tradition dating back to Coronado's first full year as a school in fall 1971, although student government did not start the parade tradition until 1981.
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Consul-General Naoki Ito of Japan in Chicago, Ill. and his delegation spent Saturday, March 24, touring Chimney Rock, the Scotts Bluff National Monument and visiting the Legacy of the Plains Museum among other areas.
Ito and his delegation visited the area as they are traveling across Nebraska, to become more familiar with the state and its people. This September the 50th annual conference of the Midwest U.S.-Japan Association will be held in Omaha.
The delegation also learned more about the Japanese immigrants, who came to the Panhandle and put down roots, as farmers.
One such farmer, is Nick Sakurada of Bayard. He met the delegation at the Western Sugar Factory in Scottsbluff.
"My dad was in Colorado in 1912 with the railroad, during the winter and while he was at the section camp a rancher came looking for people to raise sugar beets," Sakurada said. "So, my dad decided to leave the railroad and farm."
Sakurada's father would eventually move to Scottsbluff on the advice of his brothers, who said the beets were easier to grow in the sandy soil. He began by renting 80 acres and five years later rented 160 acres, where he grew corn, dry beans, cabbages, onions and other vegetables.
"It was how most Japanese survived the Depression," Sakurada said. "We grew the vegetables to sell and then were able to pay rent to the landowners."
Sakurada said the Japanese were good farmers, and brought many skills with them to the U.S. in raising crops. His father had a "hot bed" or greenhouse where he would plant his crops first and then transplant them in the spring.
Along with the history, Ito and his delegation also visited the Western Sugar Company, where they learned about the sugar beet to packaged sugar process and then finished the day at the High Plains Feedlot learning more about the cattle industry in Nebraska.
"I look forward to visiting beef in Nebraska and see how it is produced" Ito said. "See how we can build on partnership between Nebraska and Japan."
Ito stated that Japan is one of the largest exporters of beef and pork from Nebraska and can see increasing economic ties with the state.


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The 2014 Infiniti QX80
Author: Marvin Droege | Date: 03/06/2013
The new Infiniti QX80 will replace the current 2013 Infiniti QX. But don't worry, if you just purchased a 2013 QX. Infiniti won't do a lot of changes but the name on the 2014 QX80 to keep the value of your 2013 model. We expect a new model from Infiniti no earlier than 2016.
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Tring's railway station is one of 26 across England, Scotland and Wales to receive a share of a £60million pot to improve access for passengers.
Step-free access will be provided at the station thanks to additional government funding to extend the Access for All programme.
This will provide an accessible route into the station and between each platform, including through the installation of lifts.
Tring will follow neighbours Hemel Hempstead and Berkhamsted whose railway stations are already benefitting from the scheme, though the upgrades have been fraught with problems.
Transport Minister Baroness Kramer said of the project's extension: "Making the rail network accessible to all is a vital part of our plans to build a stronger economy and a fairer society.
"These improvements will make a real difference to passengers – from those with limited mobility, to people with heavy luggage or parents with prams. This is great news."
The recent successful stations were nominated by the rail industry last year and selected for funding according to passenger numbers, the needs of the area and proximity to facilities such as hospitals or schools for disabled children.
Detailed costing and design work for the Tring upgrade will now be drawn up by Network Rail, with all of the projects due to be completed by 2019.


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Amarillo SWAT kills Wal-Mart Employee who broke shot at the store
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A Wal-Mart employee who was upset about missing a promotion within the company's framework got so furious and unstable that he took law in his own hands and decided to use violence to get back at the store's manager all by himself. The Wal-Mart store was located in the city of Amarillo, Texas.
A scene of crime happened to accelerate at this Wal-Mart store when this Wal-mart Employee who got upset over his manager due to some professional reasons and decided to go berserk by breaking out shots of guns.
According to the reports which have come in through the police investigation, it is believed that Moghaddam had entered the store which is located near I-27, Georgia around the time of 11am in the morning and had shot at least a single bullet pointed towards the ceiling. By generating fear inside the manager, he then roughly dragged the store manager to the back of the office which possibly belonged to the other employee who was also taken in as hostage.
As soon as this event took place, the Police intervened the site in short span of time with various police agencies situated throughout the area responding to the crime scene very spontaneously. Personnel from APD, Department of Public Safety, the Randall County Sheriff's Office and others blocked off the surrounding area to motorists as they secured the area.
The SWAT officers entered the Wal-Mart nearly after noon where they broke in to the scene and happened find one of the hostages uninjured near the office.
The team then circulated their way inside to the office and spotted the armed Wal-Mart employee Moghaddam and the manager who was taken as hostage by Moghaddam.
Moghaddam was fatally shot at that very spot and is believed by the officers to have died at that very instance.
Neither of the hostages that were taken into control, suffered any kind of injuries.
Officials say the two SWAT officers have been placed on administrative leave per normal protocol. Further investigation into the incident is ongoing.
For the customers who were present there already/ had entered the Wal-Mart store, had to accept this event as a harsh and frightening reality.


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LEWIS MACLEOD is in an elite group at Rangers.
As one of just three players to feature in every fixture this season, he has overcome his lack of years and experience to become an integral part of Ally McCoist's plans.
He joins goalkeeper Neil Alexander and captain Lee McCulloch in the small band of ever-presents for the Light Blues, with his stature and importance to the team growing with each passing week.
The midfielder may be only aged 18 but he has quickly become part of the first-team fabric at Ibrox, settling seamlessly in the starting XI alongside summer recruit Ian Black.
On Saturday, as McCoist's side maintained their place at the top of the Irn-Bru Third Division with a 2-0 win over Stirling Albion, it was Kyle Hutton who partnered his Murray Park peer as he stepped into the fold in Black's injury-enforced absence.
Hutton has already shown he has the ability to stake his place for a regular starting jersey in the months to come and, while Macleod's burst onto the scene has increased central competition for places, he is delighted to see his fellow midfielder starring in Light Blue.
He said: "I have been really impressed by Lewis this season. He has been brilliant, the wee guy. He is always looking to go forward and be positive when he is on the ball.
"He wants to create things and try and get on the scoresheet. Unfortunately it didn't quite happen for him on Saturday. He did have a few chances, though. I am delighted for him, he has been first class for us. He is great in training and his performances have been excellent.
"Rangers are a massive club and there is a lot of expectation on us to perform and to get results and win things. For a player like Lewis to come in at just 18 and do as well as he has done is fantastic.
"It not only bodes well for him and for Rangers but also for the other young players who are going to be coming through. He has really taken his chance and done very well for us."
Both Macleod and Hutton impressed on Saturday as Stirling were brushed aside in a far more comfortable manner than the scoreline suggests.
It may have taken until the second half for David Templeton and Andy Little to clinch the points in a one-sided affair, but the margin of victory could have been far greater as McCoist's side passed up a number of clear scoring chances.
It is, of course, the Binos who have inflicted the only league defeat of the season so far on Rangers, with the 1-0 Forthbank shock the low point of the Third Division campaign.
Since then, the Light Blues have embarked on an impressive run of form that has seen them end their away day hoodoo and claim pole position in the title race.
They face promotion rivals Montrose, Elgin and Queen's Park on the road, as well as welcoming Annan and Clyde to Ibrox, before they herald in 2013.
Hutton is targeting a perfect end to a difficult year for the Gers.
He said: "We went through a wee rut when we struggled away from home and obviously we lost the game at Stirling, but we are over that now and we feel like we are up and running.
"We won't look back now. We have got a lot of games in December and, after winning on Saturday, the aim has to be to get five wins from the remaining games.
"We have to get our heads down and work hard and hopefully we can win all the games this month. We have got a good squad of players here and guys who can come in and do a job.
"We have got real quality in the squad, so I have got no doubt that we will kick on from here and move on to get a few points."
The trip to Links Park this weekend is next on the agenda for the league leaders as they look to establish a healthy advantage in the title race and ease themselves away from the chasing pack.
As the only full-time team in the Third Division, and with by far the strongest squad, the Christmas period should be negotiated fairly safely by McCoist's men.
With Templeton back in action, Fran Sandaza not far away, and the likes of Ross Perry and Emilson Cribari making good progress on the road to recovery, the pool McCoist has to choose from is far deeper than any of his promotion rivals.
Hutton knows he must grab his chance to impress while Black is sidelined and, having starred in front of a host of Light Blue legends as Rangers celebrated their 140th anniversary at the weekend, the 21-year-old must now win over another Ibrox hero.
Hutton said: "It is all about giving the manager a selection headache before each game and giving him some problems in picking a team.
"If I can come in and do well, he then has got a choice to make when Blackie is back playing again after his injury.
"All I can keep doing is working hard and trying to impress and hopefully I can play some more games.
"It was a brilliant day on Saturday, a great occasion for the club, and it was nice to be able to play a part in it all. It was a pleasure to be involved in the game."


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Setting the pace at the tournament, which is being sponsored by Club Apparel, was none other than host country's experienced Mohammed Al Joakar, who started his campaign with a resounding 4-0 triumph over Mahmoud Shehab of Yemen in Group D.
The defending champion and top seed Mohammed Shehab had a tough time against his old nemesis Mohsen Bukshaisha of Qatar before salvaging a 4-3 victory in his first Group A encounter.
Mohammed Shehab had merely been a pale shadow of the man who captured the gold medal at the 2007 Macau Asian Indoor Games and bronze medal at the 2009 Kaoshiung World Games in the first two frames, which he conceded to his rival.
He still succeeded in putting his act together and grabbed three frames on the trot to gain a 3-2 advantage. However, at that point, the match had to be halted to make way for the next session's matches.
In the deciding frame, Mohammed Shehab had to rally from more than 30 points behind and it was a brilliant show under pressure that carried the top-ranked UAE over the line.
UAE's young Khalid Kamali put up a brave fight in his Group C opener with experienced Qatari Ahmed Saif but went down 4-2.
The reigning world amateur snooker champion Hossein Vafaei of Iran also showed class in routing Mohammed Al Shaikh of Bahrain 4-0, while Omar Alkojah of Syria hammered Kamal Al Dubai of Yemen 4-0. Habib Subah of Bahrain was also in great form as he defeated Ahmed Sarhan of Saudi Arabia 4-1 and scored a 132-point break in the process.
The opening round matches in the 9-ball pool competitions also got underway on Saturday. The early round games for both snooker and 9-ball pool singles continue on Sunday with the first session starting at 10 am at the same venue.
Top players from the 13 West Asian nations are competing for gold medals in the snooker singles, snooker team, 8- and 9-ball pool singles events.
The participating countries are Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Yemen and the hosts United Arab Emirates.
Snooker singles, first round
10 am session:
Mohammed Al Joakar (UAE) beat Mahmoud Shehab (Yemen) 4-0
Ehsan Hyderi (Iran) beat Yousaf Al Foori (Oman) 4-0
Mohammed Shehab UAE) beat Mohsen Bukshaisha (Qatar) 4-3
Ahmed Saif (Qatar) beat Khalid Kamali (UAE) 4-2
1 pm session:
Hossein Vafaei (Iran) beat Mohammed Al Shaikh (Bahrain) 4-0
Omar Alkojah (Syria) beat Kamal Al Dubai (Yemen) 4-0
Habib Subah (Baharin) beat Ahmed Sarhan (Saudi Arabia) 4-1
This press release has been written by Hanif Hassan, UAEBSA International.
Schedule and Times for West Asian Billiards and Snooker Champs, Fujairah, FIF, 14 January 2012.
Concorde Fujairah Hotel on Cue for International Billiards & Snooker Champs, FIF, 12 January 2012.
13 Countries to Compete in Billiards and Snooker at Fujairah Concorde Hotel, FIF, 10 January 2012.
Geoff Pound
More Fujairah news, resources, info and photos is posted on the Fujairah in Focus Facebook Page.
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Images: UAE's Mohamed Al Joakar in action on the opening day of the Second West Asian Championships at the Concorde Fujairah Hotel on Saturday.


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Back when car mounts for GPS devices and cell phones were first available, you had one choice for placement and that was the windshield. Times have changed a lot in the mobile device mount industry over the years and now there are mounts for almost anywhere. Ironically though, the variety of mounts available for a car dashboard are somewhat limited. This article is for those that want to use a suction cup mount on a car dashboard. This article should be of special interest to those living in states where mounting a device on the windshield is illegal.
Your average suction cup only adheres to a smooth flat surface. For it to stick to a car dashboard, an additional mounting accessory is required. There are two different types of accessories that can be used. The first type is a round plastic disk with adhesive on the back. The second type is a bean bag with a round plastic disk stuck in the middle. Let's look at each option in some detail.
The Arkon Friction Dashboard Mount weighs in at roughly 1.5 pounds, comes in black and measures 8 x 7 inches. That's the one in the photo that accompanies this article. These mounts are made to work in conjunction with your suction cup mount. The mount features an attached 80mm smooth round plastic plate which is a bit larger than the diameter of most suction cup mounts. You will attach your suction cup mount to the center plate just like it was your windshield. A feature that is unique to the Arkon Friction Dashboard Mount is the inclusion of a safety anchor. The safety anchor has an adhesive bottom and can be placed on your dashboard.
The Arkon Friction Dashboard Mount features an open front. The open front is a nice to have especially if your suction mount is short or if you plan to drape a cable over the front with the intent of plugging into your vehicle's power socket. Most bean bag entries have a lip surrounding the entire diameter but no this one.
The second type of car dashboard mount is the Arkon 90mm Adhesive Mounting Disk for Car Dashboards. This dashboard mount consists of a round plastic plate with an adhesive bottom. Peel off the wax paper and place it on your dash. The plastic plate is smooth like your windshield and your suction cup mount will stick to it like glass. Be sure to apply this to a clean car dashboard. Wipe off any oil or dust with some good cleaner and allow 24 hours for the adhesive to cure prior to use. A major drawback to this type of mount is that it's fairly permanent. We offer some advice on how to remove one of these mounts in another article.
This second type of mount is the least expensive of the two, but it has the disadvantage of being a somewhat permanent solution and takes some effort to remove when you trade in your car or if your lease is over.
Out of the two available options, I prefer the bean bag as it isn't permanent and can be easily ported to another vehicle, or your vehicles glove box.


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Whether it's serving sangria or holding a fresh spray of wildflowers, this pitcher makes a eye-catching addition to your home. Mouth-blown from recycled glass in Mexico, the glass has a bulbed silhouette that reflects light to dramatic effect. Highlighted by an eye-catching ombre effect, the rich coloring and rounded detail offers a brightly elegant backdrop to your tablescape. Handmade in Mexico.
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Grizzly's out-door page
here is some of my interests and equipment I use when I am off-roading
Home Photo Interest Maps Desert Mountains Hiking Fishing Hunting Hints links
also when I go off-roading I take my camera, and my pistol, and I never go to any off-road trail that I don't know unless there is another Truck with me for safety reasons never go out by your self use the buddy system!
These are some of my favorite hobbies and things that I love and like to do, I hope you do like them
I like camping, hiking, off-road driving, photography, talking on the citizen's band radio (c.b.), fishing, boating, playing with children, talking on the computer, and anything out-doors.
Sitting on top of the local mountains at sunrise or my personal favorite at sunset and watch the city's light come alive, sitting in front of a fire place on a chilly.
watching a lightning storm is very nice and story telling to children is another one of my favorites. I also like smelling flowers and walking through the forest and gardens
The Angeles National Forest provides 364 miles of
designated OHV routes (roads). Because of the many different uses of the
Forest and the delicate environment, all OHV travel must be on designated
routes and trails or in designated Open Areas.
When off-roading, all vehicles must meet DMV standards for approved mufflers and current registration. Off-highway vehicles such as motorcycles, ATVs and Odysseys must be equipped with approved spark arresters and have valid green stickers. Remember - State law requires that ALL ATV riders wear a helmet.
Occasionally areas may be closed due to emergency situations, for resource protection, or during specific seasons when disturbances may drive animals from important habitat. These closures are usually temporary, and your patience and cooperation is appreciated. For information concerning the closure of portions of the Littlerock OHV Area.
Are you interested in becoming a Trail Host or Adopt-a-Trail volunteer? The Trail Host Program enlists volunteers to provide on-site information to other OHV users. The Adopt-a-Trail Program works with groups and organizations to develop projects such as trail construction and maintenance. Contact your local Forest Service office for more information.


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How to Build The Life That You Envision
Written by: Akua Hinds
April 14, 2016
I have had the wonderful pleasure over the past two weeks to "meet" several different people on social media. Those online messages between myself and my new contacts lead to phone calls and enlightening conversations. It is simply amazing to me that in spite of the geographical distances between people on earth, many people are dealing with similar personal and professional challenges. Entrepreneurs are responsible for motivating and managing every aspect of their business lives, and because they need to steer their own ships, they often create systems to achieve success. Here are some tips build the life that you want to live.
Create a collection of vision pages
Vision pages are much easier to create than a vision board. You can create vision pages using lined paper notebook, and write your goals and preferences in your book. Make it fun by using colourful pencil crayons and pens to make your words and images pop. Most vision boards are created on large pieces of cardboard paper, and the boards typically stay in homes. However, a vision notebook can fit in your bag and you can take it to business meetings, family events, and other functions where you might need to glance at your book to get much needed motivation. Thanks to social media websites like Pinterest and Instagram, there are countless images with quotes for you to search that serve to educate and motivate people. Print or write down the positive and uplifting messages that resonate with your goals.
Create daily discipline in your life
Discipline is like a muscle; it takes practice to develop it to be strong. Creating more discipline in your life should start with the small things like folding all of your underwear and making your clothes look neat and tidy at all times. Move on from there to creating an organizational system for your files. After organizing your files, you can plan your tasks for tomorrow and for the rest of the week. Mapping out your movements and intentions will help you to track your goals and reach them faster. Reward yourself with special treats when you accomplish your goals. Praise yourself when do well, and encourage yourself to be patient and kind to yourself during your journey towards accomplishing your goals.
Focus on what you want
People who are serious about achieving their goals wake up set their days on living the lifestyles that they want. Aspiring musicians spend the majority of their time practicing their instruments. People who want to work as fashion designers immerse themselves in the industry by designing, sewing, reading up on trends, and creating trends themselves. If you want certain things in life, you need to prepare yourself for having and appreciating those things. Honour yourself by refusing to get involved with something that doesn't honour your core values. Don't take on other people's attitudes and behaviours that you don't approve of. Ignoring or putting up with things that you don't like won't help you to establish peace of mind.
Living the life that you want to live starts with you. You can start achieving your goals slowly by consistently working on your daily life goals. Accomplishing your small goals one day at a time will give you the confidence to envision yourself achieving bigger goals. The blueprint of your life goals and plans are within your hands!
Akua Hinds works as a journalist, actress, music performer & instructor, owner of 3 dating sites www.InterracialDesires.net, www.RichSinglesDate.net, www.ChristianPartner.co , and independent business owner at www.PureRomance.ca/AkuaHinds & www.PureRomance.com/AkuaHinds selling passion products. Please visit www.AkuaHinds.com for more information.


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As with any racing or high-performance part, you can sell more camshafts by offering installation services. So we asked our experts for some installation tips.
"Changing to an aggressive, high lift camshaft is far safer today than at any time in the past," noted Billy Godbold of Comp Cams, Memphis, Tennessee, "but diligence and good engine building knowledge are still required. Letting a timing chain skip a tooth almost guarantees bent valves. Also, check the valve springs for coil bind, and check retainer-to-seal clearance."
"The more radical the cam, the more caution and attention is needed during break-in," added Nolan Jamora of Isky Racing Cams, Gardena, California. He also cautioned against what he calls "the excitement factor"—where "failure to follow a simple checklist for start-up and break-in can be the undoing of even the most experienced shop."
Camshaft installation "is not a drop-in procedure; you can't just take it out of the box and put it in," stressed Shawn Russell at Web Cam, Riverside, California. "The process of degreeing the cam is very important, and on our website we have a whole page that tells people exactly how to do it, gives them all of the mathematical calculations, and describes the process step by step. A lot of people don't realize that just a degree off or half a degree here and half a degree there makes a world of difference. So degreeing your cam, having adjustable gears, and you'll be good to go."
John Partridge of Bullet Racing Cams in Olive Branch, Mississippi, provided some more specific advice: "Make sure that neither the body nor the wheel of a roller lifter is contacting the adjacent lobe or radius. Otherwise the lash adjustment will not be accurate, and the cam or lifters could be damaged."
"The old saying 'cleanliness is next to godliness' definitely applies," added Jack McInnis of Erson Cams, Louisville, Kentucky. "Clean the new camshaft thoroughly with solvent to remove any machining chips, dust, rust inhibitor or other contaminates. The same for lifters: Never install them without a thorough cleaning in mineral spirits; then blow dry and lube. Roller lifters should be cleaned with spirits to remove the grease from the bearings, as it can prevent adequate oiling on start-up. It's not a bad idea to do this more than once, then blow dry and soak the lifters in 10-weight oil for at least an hour. Finally, wipe the oil from the surface, which will contact the cam and lube with the manufacturers' recommended assembly lube before installation."
Chase Knight of Crane Cams in Daytona Beach, Florida, noted how assembly lube should be applied to the cam lobes and to the faces of the lifters, but not to the sides of the lifters. "The lube will keep the lifter from rotating, and if the lifter can't rotate, it wears out very quickly."
"A flat tappet that can't rotate will take out a cam lobe in only a few minutes," Partridge agreed. "And we do not recommend synthetic oils for flat-tappet cams. Use an oil with anti-wear additives, such as Brad Penn Grade 1 or Joe Gibbs Driven."
"There are still people out there who, after more than a decade, don't understand that a flat-tappet cam needs an oil containing a relatively high amount of zinc, or ZDDP," Knight lamented. "You have to break it in with a high-zinc oil, and once it is broken in you have to stay with a specialty oil for flat-tappet cams. People are still breaking them in with the right oil, but then they put in a zinc-free oil and wipe them out."
"Always start any engine after a cam change with Comp Cams' Break-In or another high-additive, non-synthetic oil," said Godbold. "Most people know that this type [of] oil is an absolute must with flat tappet camshafts, but we also see real benefits on roller cam engines from flushing any fine dust or dirt out of the system that can lead to roller wheels sliding with synthetic oils."
George Richmond of Melling in Jackson, Michigan, mentioned the need for a ZDDP additive as well. "But the biggest mistake," he said, "is not pre-lubing the oil system or setting the timing." And remember that a new camshaft requires a new set of lifters.
"Make sure you have all the right parts," advised Kirk Peters of Lunati, Olive Branch, Mississippi. "Lunati can supply not only cams, but lifters, springs, retainers, and everything else you need, down to the right break-in oil, for outstanding performance with peace of mind."


text: Stories Palestinian-American Profiles Annemarie Jacir: Artist and Filmmaker Palestinian-American filmmaker Annemarie Jacir directed the first Palestinian short film, like twenty impossibles, that became an official Competition selection at Cannes International Film Festival. It subsequently won 13 awards at festivals around the world. Jacir is a recipient of the Zaki Gordan Award for Excellence in Screenwriting and was selected for the Sundance Screenwriter's Lab. In 2004, she was named one of the "25 new faces of independent filmmaking" by Filmmaker Magazine. Jacir's career began at a literary agency in Hollywood, where she used to read other people's scripts - until she decided to start writing her own. "At work I was reading these horrible scripts that were being made into films and thought, 'I think I can write better than this,'" Jacir says. She left Hollywood, attended film school in New York, and has been producing acclaimed, award-winning films ever since. Born in 1974, Jacir grew up in Saudi Arabia and moved to the United States at the age of 16. Before earning a Masters in Film, she majored in Politics and Literature at the Claremont Colleges. She worked as a telephone operator, radio DJ, English tutor, building sets for theater, news camerawoman, union organizer, and directing plays, until she found her voice in filmmaking. She has made numerous films, including The Satellite Shooters, Two Hundred Years of American Ideology, and A Few Crumbs for the Birds. Jacir prefers fiction to the traditional documentary films often adopted by Palestinian filmmakers. "I like the freedom of creating characters and stories and working with actors," she explains. "Though my fiction work is about real life; social, political, class - I prefer the freedom of fiction to documentary. I prefer the honesty of fiction to the dishonesty of documentary where I feel I can never do justice to the people featured." Jacir is the co-founder and chief curator of Dreams of a Nation, a project to create an online database of Palestinian films and filmmakers. As part of the project they held film festivals both in New York and Palestine. "In New York we encountered mass resistance - death threats - just for doing a festival," she says. "The idea of Palestinians representing themselves terrifies some people." Jacir also co-founded the production company Philistine Films and has instructed at Columbia University, Barnard College, and Birzeit University. Jacir lives in Palestine and is currently working on her first full-length feature, Salt of this Sea, tentatively due out in early 2008.


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Federal Frenzy 2016 is here! Fifth & Aurora is a local group native to the Youngstown, Ohio area. The band is made up of Lou Rivera (Piano/Acoustic guitar), Paul Oder (Drums), Kyle Houston (Saxophone), Nick Byce (Synthesizer), and Dom Leone (Electric Guitar). Show us some love for our first ever event as a new group
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There are times when you simply have to remote into a machine while you're on the go. That's all fine and good when you have a laptop available; but when all you have at your disposal is a smart phone or tablet, the tools you choose can really make your day much easier.
In some instances, of course, you're using a smart phone to manage the desktop and no matter what application you use, it's a challenge to navigate. Some apps, however, are better than others. I have compiled a list of five apps that work well for remote connections to desktops or servers. Each of these apps works on the Android platform (though some do offer an IOS version) and are free to use (with the exception of using TeamViewer for support purposes).Let's dig in and see what these five apps have to offer. Credit: Images by Jack Wallen for TechRepublic
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Think of your eyes as pictures, and your eyebrows as the frames.
If your eyebrows are not shaped properly, they can take away from the beauty of your eyes.
Often clients have asked me, "What is the proper shape for my eyebrows?"
Because each person has different shaped eyes, the shape of their eyebrows will vary. However, there is one similar and sure way to find the shape that's right for you.
Here it is.
*a mirror
*eyebrow brush
*a long pencil
*a quality pair of tweezers
*cotton balls
*aloe vera gel
Step 1
Look at your eyebrows in the mirror, then take your pencil and place it from edge of your nose to your eye area, as demonstrated above. Any hairs on the bridge of the nose after the pencil line should be tweezed.
Step 2
Now looking straight ahead, place your pencil from the tip of the nose to the natural arch of your eyebrow. Make sure that your pencil goes over the pupil of your eye, as this is the secret to finding your natural arch. You need to leave the hair line a bit thicker from the bridge of the nose to the arch. Tweeze up to the arch making as straight a line as you can.
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Now take your pencil from your the edge of your nose to the end of your eye. Any hairs after the line of the pencil should be tweezed out. Tweeze a thinner line from the arch to the pencil.
After you have finished shaping your brows, use a cotton ball soaked in some aloe vera gel and gently dab over the area to reduce any redness or irritation.
*Once you get the proper shape for your brows, you should tweeze them at least once a week to remove any stray hairs to retain the shape.
*You should never tweeze above your eyebrows, only below.
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The ICO in Kosovo has published a report "Guest in our own House" that is based on interviewing around 100 people in the North tip of Kosovo. It is nice to see that ICO is interested in the public opinion in that area. However, I was less enthusiastic about how it explained its findings.
The report correctly concludes that "In general, the Ahtisaari Plan – even if rejected on the level of status – is seen as being fine in theory, but not in practice. Non-implementation, whether through omission or commission is a real problem.".
This is not surprising. I have mentioned it many times in blog and many others have mentioned it too. The main problem is in my opinion that Ahtisaari offers fake autonomy. It is autonomy where the approval of Pristina is still needed for many details and that way the purpose of autonomy - making a community less vulnerable for discrimination - is missed.
Unfortunately the ICO doesn't want to criticize the Ahtisaari Plan and instead it comes with a whole lot of rather nonsensical explanations and solutions:
- "The contents of the Ahtisaari Plan are not well known, but when people are informed they point to elements that they find are positive for them."
In every country only a small part of the population tends to read this kind of texts. Most people rely on leaders and newspapers for their opinion. And the leaders of Kosovo's Northern Serbs are clear: their community is seriously threatened when their region comes under Pristina rule - what for them is the main part of the Ahtisaari Plan. By pointing out positive points in the plan the researchers were basically misleading their research subjects because they didn't address the question how these will work out in reality.
- the report ignores policies by government of Kosovo that seriously harm the Serb population, like the denial of access to the Serbian mobile phone system and the export boycott of Trepca North on which many Serb depend for their income. In fact by supporting those policies ICO is supporting Pristina in its attitude that discrimination is allowed as long as you dress it up nicely in politically correct language.
- the report is full of nice recommendations about how the government of Kosovo could make the Ahtisaari Plan more attractive for the Serbs, including many points where until now it hasn't fully implemented the plan. But it fails to ask itself the obvious questions: why isn't that happening yet and what are the chances that that will happen in the future? What we see is that Kosovo has a public opinion that - encouraged by populist politicians - favors anti-Serb policies with some arguing for further cleansing of the Serb population. The fact that the international community in Kosovo keeps a low profile and relies on silent diplomacy to correct too extreme policies certainly hasn't helped to turn this climate around. On the contrary, it has led it to become a hostage rather than a shaper of the public opinion and has contributed to such harmful policies as mentioned in the previous paragraph.
- the report describes the Kosovo Serbs as "technically" a minority. But in fact in the North they are the local majority and part of a Serb-majority area that that continues in Serbia. Many people there are more likely to visit Raska and Kraljevo in Serbia than Southern Mitrovica or Pristina and that very likely will not change when ethnic relations become more relaxed. Unlike the Serbs south of the Ibar these people don't have any reason to learn Albanian and are very unlikely to do so. So there are good arguments to treat these people as a local majority. The fact that the Ahtisaari Plan doesn't do that is a major defect of the plan. Some Ahtisaari Plus plan might repair that but until now those plans are rather vague and both Western and Albanian support has been low.
- Kosovo is a cold house for Serbs. They feel as, at best, unwanted guests in the Republic's house. The Government for its part fears that the room the Serbs want to build in the north will undermine the foundations of the original house, and bring the whole independence project crashing down.
This is how the report starts its summary. It is rather amazing to see how the existential fears of the Serbs are placed here on the same level as the fears of the Kosovo government. In fact the worst case scenario for the Albanians is a long wait for official recognition, some territorial concessions in areas where hardly an Albanian lives and some concessions on business property rights. None of these is in any way comparable to the delicate position of Kosovo's minorities.
- The provision on contribution from Serbia has potential to be positive, but Pristina
needs to be clear that it would not exercise power of veto over Serbia expenditure plans.
This concerns the infamous clause in the Ahtisaari Plan that all money transfers from Serbia to the Serb minority in Kosovo should go via Pristina - giving Pristina a de facto right of veto. The solution of the report consists of nice wishes but evades the issue: Pristina shouldn't have the power to block such transfers. There should be direct contact between local Serb governments and Belgrade.
The Ahtisaari Plan is in fact full of similar clauses where it provides the Serbs some right and then stipulates that the decision should be approved by Pristina. This way its "rights" are not really rights and can at any point be violated.
The West is repeating the errors it made in Slovenia, Croatia and Bosnia. Again it is subscribing to the view of a state as something monolithic that shouldn't be weakened by minority rights. This is a nice prescription for states like France and the US that have strong traditions of individual rights. But it misses the point in new states where previously marginal national extremists now are in charge. Giving a state independence means implicit recognition that they (the Croats in Croatia, the Albanians in Kosovo) have a right to have their own state and that means all others become second rate citizens. In such a situation one should give the minorities real power so that they can get an adequate compromise. That is the only way to avoid discrimination and ethnic cleansing because it will take decades before public opinion and institutions will embrace a more inclusive view of their state.


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|Courtesy : Ahmed Salah
|Courtesy : Ahmed Salah
There are two points I must clear :
1// City Stars is located besides army buildings and even an army compound for army and intelligence officers.In fact I have always wondered that one of the buildings in front of the City stars had restricted area no photos where as City Stars got two hotels any foreign would see from his balcony what is behind this wall
2// These are the notorious 777 , what are they doing in the street ?? in fact why are they in the street at !!? It will be insulting to them to protect City starts or even the army compounds and buildings.
God bless the 777 , God bless the army , God bless Egypt and long live City Stars !!


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I didn't read very much this month. I am in this limbo that occurs everytime one procrastinates on important things, so one doesn't allow oneself to read books but instead surfs the internet the whole day. Yes, that one. Continue reading
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Mini Review: Seraphina – The Audition (#0.5) by Rachel Hartman
Seraphina: The Audition
Lena's rating: 4 of 5 stars
Published: June 2012
Copy: Free on Scribd
In this prequel, Seraphina auditions for the position as music assistant and tutor at court that she holds in Seraphina (#1). You get to see how her relationship with Princess Glisselda, crucial to book #1, is formed and takes its first steps. You also get more uncle-niece interactions between Orma and Seraphina, this time without impending doom hanging over their heads, highlighting Orma's odd behaviour in a quirky way. Continue reading
Top 5 Wednesday: Best Character Arcs/Development
Beware, Lena has decided to try this book meme thing once more, because the ideas for this one just kept flowing and aaaaahrg brain stahp. This week, as you can see, is all about the character arcs and development. Continue reading
Book Review: Seraphina (#1) by Rachel Hartman
Lena's rating: 4 of 5 stars
Published: July 2012
Copy: Bought
"Four decades of peace have done little to ease the mistrust between humans and dragons in the kingdom of Goredd. Folding themselves into human shape, dragons attend court as ambassadors, and lend their rational, mathematical minds to universities as scholars and teachers. As the treaty's anniversary draws near, however, tensions are high. Continue reading
Favourite German Books – Part #0.5 : Why I Read Books in English
Recently I have started to read more German fiction again – only a bit – but that inspired me to blog about my favourite German books. But then I sat down, motivated to do one blogpost about this and it quickly exploded into five posts so whoops. This week will only be a preliminary ramble about why I actually read so much in English. The posts that actually contain books will come on Sundays in March.
I am actually German. I hope that's not too obvious by my English *flails* Nevertheless, most of the books I read I read in English. This hasn't always been the case, of course. In school I read everything in German, unless it was for English class and even then, I'm pretty sure that for homework I preferred the German translation of Hamlet in the bilingual edition we read in my English class. It just saved a lot of time, sorry, Ms Schulz. But when I started university and met the boyfriend who had been reading English books for forever (perspective of a 20 year-old talking here) I got interested and started to read English fiction in English. Continue reading
Book Review: The Giggler Treatment by Roddy Doyle
The Giggler Treatment
Lena's rating: 3 of 5 stars
Published: October 2013
Copy: Library
This is a book about a man, who is about to step into poop – but will he or won't he? You know how adults step into dog poo? That is the Giggler Treatment. The Gigglers punish adults who are mean to kids, and they like to use the dog Rover's poop to do so (because it's the best poop around, if you were wondering). Continue reading


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He is known as the biggest Spoken Word Poet in Nigeria. But do you know he is blessed with the ability to tell you stories that will keep you glued to your sits? Pick up your purse, take a bike if you can't get a taxi, and join the lot to buy Sage Hasson's latest book called "Dream Maker"… Oh! It's easier now: why don't you get it on Amazon?
The book, which was published in August 2013 by Hot Coffee Publishing Ltd, is a fable written in the tradition of other great works of the ilk that precede it. It is a story that ensconces the broad spectrum of truth and wisdom hidden in creation and discovered by sages and scripted in hearts and great books. It is a book containing the wisdom of the ages simply recounted by an older wise teacher to his wards.
Dream Maker deals with the very base of universality, creation and success via enumerating and treating this knowledge through everyday occurrences and as seen in the natural elements of life. Baba and Da are the main characters who reside in a mythical city called Saga supposedly built and established by an old king Solomon for the purpose of finding and developing knowledge. The story is of the love of Baba and Da and how Baba weaves deep wisdom in the daily life expression in order to teach.
The book is a fable full of fables and stories told by Baba all in an attempt to teach. It's a mental, emotional and spiritual journey into self and its parallel - the universe.


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The Henrico Parish Church was founded in 1611 in the Cittie of Henricus. (1611 writing is just awesome.) After converting, baptizing, and renaming Pocahontas the church and cittie eventually fell victim to the Indian Massacre of 1622. In the first recorded instance of white flight in the Western Hemisphere the parish up and moved out
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I'll Take My City on the Rocks
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What Is Situation Analysis
This is generally a marketing terminology used in evaluating the trends and condition of a particular market. It is sometimes also called the three 'C's that include customers our king, companies and competitors. This analysis is taken by all marketing companies to be successful in their business. It also provides the company the background and awareness of planning. It helps in understanding the organization's competitiveness, financial position and its general activities.
Generally a SWOT analysis is done as a part of situation analysis. This refers to strengths, weakness, opportunities and threats. Before a firm develops a marketing strategy it has to first analyze the situation. Not only this, it has to reviewed and updated from time to time. Many things will actually go into the situation analyzes, what is the product of the company, the need for the product, what type of customers does the market have etc.
There are some elements that need to be considered for situation analysis:
Product Situation: as discussed above the first situation that needs attention is the product. There may be some primary and secondary products that the company may be planning to produce. So a detail analysis of the kind of product is to be made first. A discussion about client's need for the product will also be made here.
Competitive Situation: this is very important for any marketing firm, since competition is very high these days. The firm should make a clear analysis of who are there competitors, how do they compare products of other firms, what is there competitive advantage when compared to our own company.
Allocation Situation: here comes the question of distribution of products of the company. A well knit distribution strategy must be made for the product to be marketed. The firm also needs to find the best channel of distribution, whether they need direct distributors or go through intermediaries.
Ecological Factors: this is a great concern for any organization, internal and external environmental factors need to be studied properly. This will also include economic factors like pricing, demand and supply, inflation and deflation etc. Hence the marketing firm should analyze these factors with utmost care.
SWOT Factor: as mentioned earlier this factors covers major elements required for situation analysis. The firm makes a study of what are the opportunities available to them, the threats that it might face in the future days ahead. It can make a detail write out on its strengths against the competitors and in the same way its weaknesses that might be an advantage to its competitors and how to overcome it so that it can be successful to survive the market.


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For Friday night in Grand Rapids, we had a reservation at the Raddison – the only hotel downtown that could take us, and it was a disappointing place to stay (the wireless connection and the air conditioning didn't work…) But what we liked about it was that we could walk (approximately 1.7 miles) to Founder's Brewing Company (we planned it that way, and it was a nice evening for walking!), which is in the Brass Works Building and right along the Grand River on Monroe Street.
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Plaza Francia: Müller, Makaroff and Ringer, mixing tango and pop
By Marilyne Buda
Translated by Ellen Donnison
Photos copyright Lempicka Brian
From the meeting of Müller and Makaroff, the two founders of the Gotan Project, and Catherine Ringer, the voice of legendary French band, Les Rita Mitsouko, Plaza Francia was born. This unexpected and avant-garde collaboration is another renewal of the vision of tango, uniting it with pop music. Ventana Latina interviewed Eduardo Makaroff in Paris to talk about the first album, which will be performed live at the London festival La Línea, (The Line) on 23 April, 2015.
Ventana Latina: Müller & Makaroff have left the Gotan Project universe for a while. How did they arrive at the Plaza Francia project?
Eduardo Makaroff: Well, in reality Christoph Müller and I have always worked on projects and continue to do so. We made three records with the Gotan Project and composed the music for various films such as the fictional documentary El Gaucho. We also worked on Cortázar for the radio station France Culture. At one point there was a moment where we really wanted to write songs which would be a marriage between tango, and, in this case, pop and rock songs, rather than with electronic music we had previously explored with Gotan. At the beginning, for us, it was to be a project for multiple female voices; initially we worked with tango performers. Later on we thought that it would be better to look for voices within the world of pop, so we made contacts with singers, most of them Anglo-Saxon and some of them very well known.
Ventana Latina: And then came along Catherine Ringer, the singer of Les Rita Mitsouko…
Eduardo Makaroff: Yes, we called her directly by telephone and she told us that she would possibly be interested. She sang two tracks and we loved them. From this the project between Müller & Makaroff and Catherine Ringer was born. We didn't know at what point it was going to take off; it was purely an artistic experiment and not a decision fuelled by making a discography. You listen to her sing tango and you die! Each day she sang better and we started to compose tracks inspired by her. Furthermore, a great relationship grew between all of us. We finalized the production with the maestro Gustavo Beytelmann, who was responsible for arranging the violins and the bandoneones. We recorded the whole set with the drummer Earl Harvin and after working with our own label, MAÑANA, we sent the project to the London based record company, Because Music, a very good label that has headquarters in both Paris and London.
Ventana Latina: To clarify…does Plaza Francia relate to La Recoleta?
Eduardo Makaroff: Yes! In the Recoleta neighbourhood in Buenos Aires there is a square, Plaza Francia, with a monument which is an homage to the Argentine Republic from the French Republic. Since the end of the sixties until the seventies it was a place for hippies to have reunions, play guitar and smoke joints. My brother Sergio was one of them and it was he who came up with the idea for that name, because not only did it form part of our personal history but it also represented what this project means really well: the history of tango with its back and forth between Paris and Argentina, and a French singer who sings about Argentina, tango and pop culture…
Ventana Latina: Does Catherine Ringer speak Spanish? What is her relationship with tango and Argentina?
Eduardo Makaroff: She doesn't speak Spanish fluently but she can say a few words and understand some things. She has a link to Argentina through friends and, in fact, her famous song, Marcia baila, is about Marcia Moretto, an Argentine dancer and choreographer. I don't think she had ever sung in Spanish before and certainly not in Argentine Spanish. We all worked on the phonetics and she conveyed the feeling of each phrase very well. After, she would write down the sounds in French. She now already knows how to read and directly pronounce Spanish, including when we compose new songs.
Eduardo Makaroff: Many of these songs can be sung by a male voice but they really lend themselves to a female voice. The principle themes of the songs are love and indifference but they are also topical songs. For example, La Mano Encima (The Hand Above), which was written by my brother Sergio, is a song about a woman who tells the listener that her partner has crossed the line and reached the limit: he hits her. And despite the love that she feels for him, she leaves him. At one time tango contained the opposite message: 'you betrayed me therefore I will cut your cheek so you never forget what you did to me, or I will kill you by stabbing you 34 times'! In another song, a woman misses her plane; out of her despair she becomes totally happy because of the liberty she experiences. Due to this she goes on to begin a new life in a new city. Each song has its history.
Ventana Latina: So Plaza Francia is a meeting of tango songs and pop music?
Eduardo Makaroff: Yes. The tango song which was practically invented by Gardel is a genre within tango and is linked to great composers such as Gardel, Aníbal Troilo, Cobián, Discépolo and great poets like Cadícamo, Cátulo Castillo, etc. With the arrival of rock in the sixties, a movement grew in Argentina, which was part of 'national rock' that took over the tango scene. In the middle of the eighties I decided to return to my Argentine roots without abandoning all of the other influences. I fought to recreate the tango reputation, which we achieved with the Gotan Project and now with Plaza Francia. I think that tango is a very rich material from which one can make new things. With Gotan we deconstructed tango so we could make it more hypnotic; we took it to a level of abstraction. With Plaza Francia, the format of its songs, complete with verses and a shorter chorus, allows the singer to be accompanied with a guitar or piano. We made a cancionero (a song book). After what could be regarded as a return to tradition there is experimentation; we wanted to build a rhythmical, sometimes harmonic and melodic 'bridge' between pop music, soul and tango with accordions, violins… The challenge is to find the balance; it's like a 'musical kitchen' where one has to put together great ingredients and to be inspired, because, in a nutshell one is trying to create great songs!
Ventana Latina: Plaza Francias' Live Re-Experience just came out…
Eduardo Makaroff: Yes, it's the live interpretation remixed by Mexican and German artists, and by the very same Christoph Müller. They brought electronic music to our creations, which resulted in something brilliant. It was a really interesting experience.
Ventana Latina: And speaking of 'live', how is your tour going?
Eduardo Makaroff: Very well. For now, the tour, which started in April, has been above all French and francophone because Catherine Ringer is also very well known in countries such as Canada, Belgium and Switzerland. Now the great challenge is to conquer the world and we started with Europe. We have been to Italy various times and on the 23rd of April, 2015 we are going to London to a venue called Kokoto be part of the Latina music festival, La Línea (http://www.comono.co.uk/la-linea/).
Ventana Latina: Before we say goodbye, does the Gotan Project have any new projects coming up?
Eduardo Makaroff: There are future projects and Gotan continues to exist… we are now bringing out an album, Club Secreto (Secret Club) which contains remixes of themes from three previous discs.


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TWNR 2006 End of Year Review
Yes indeed, it's the moment you've all been waiting for – it's time for The White Noise Revisited end of year lists. I know most blogs did these back in November but here at TWNR we like to wait for the dust to settle before we name names.
Below you'll find the ten albums I liked the best this year, along with Dave's Top 06 for 06 (did you see what he did there?) and Lighthouse chooses some songs he likes. There's also a brilliant ten track mixtape featuring a selection of tracks that received our love.
We shall return in 2007 with the usual mix of songs, waffle, piffle and the odd picture I nicked off the artist's My Space page. I've got a good feeling about next year on the music front – maybe because I've already heard three exceptional albums that I am sure will be soundtracking most of the good things that will happen to us all next year. We is Swayze - Happy New Year to all of you and as always – thanks for reading...
Craig Charles Smoking Crack In A Taxi - 10 Tracks From 2006
Working for a Nuclear Free City - The Tape
Maps - Lost My Soul
Psapp - Needle & Thread
Sunset Rubdown - Stadiums and Shrines II
Emmy the Great - Absentee
Matinee Orchestra - Run For Cover (It's Going To Rain)
Beirut - Canals of Our City
AFX - Crying In Your Face
Clark - Herzog
bravecaptain - jerusalem (feat. akira the don)
1. Working for a Nuclear Free City - S/T
It's hard choosing a favourite but the big boys made me, so at the top of my pile we have Working for a Nuclear Free City's self-titled debut, sounding a bit like all of my favourite bands stuck in a blender, with added techno and occasional moments of pastoral whimsy. Every time I listen to it another track leaps out at me. I reviewed it back in August and was having difficulty pinning them down. Since I stopped bothering, I have come to love this album. This Manchester four-piece are destined for great things, and claim top spot as I am clueless as to what they will do next, and that my friends, is fucking exciting. Released on Melodic.
2. Clark - Body Riddle
Easily the best electronic album of the year. When I reviewed it in September, I prayed its release would sound the death knell for bog standard indie guitar bollocks. Unfortunately, this hasn't happened, as the Fratellis have since emerged and Clark never made the cover of the NME with the remains of Luke Kooks' straw hat spilling from his bloodied gob. No bother, he did make a sensational album that put up him up there with the greats of the genre. Released on Warp Records.
3. Psapp - The Only Thing I Ever Wanted
I love cats. Psapp love cats. I love Psapp. They also make sweet pop music with percussion that sounds like someone in a kitchen grabbing whatever utensils they can find and banging them together. Absolutely brilliant. I don't much care for the Arctic Monkeys, but if it means that Domino can afford to fund and release music from bands like Psapp then they're alright in my book.
Beirut aka Zach Condon, hard at work in the studio
4. Beirut – The Gulag Orkestar
I never expected that one of my favourite albums of the year would be written on a ukulele by a 20-year-old from New Mexico with an obsession for Balkan brass music, but it was. I avoided writing about this album at the time as I didn't feel the need to add to the mountain of words already flying round cyberspace. But I do love this album dearly and you should too. Released on Ba Da Bing Records, Beirut has since signed to 4AD.
5. King Biscuit Time - Black Gold
The legend returned, released an album, quit music for good but thankfully came back with a new moniker, Black Affair and an obsession with 80s funk and electro. A rollercoaster year for Mr Mason no doubt, but 'Black Gold' was a stunning debut for his King Biscuit Time alias. The voice is iconic, the music consistently innovative and in 'Paperhead' he did everything I could ever want from him in one song, combining the vocal refrain from 'Baker Street' with synth lines lifted from 1970s kung fu flicks and an uplifting chorus that sends the heart soaring skywards. Released on No Style Records via Poptones.
6. bravecaptain – Distractions
One of the best albums this year was given away for free without any ceremony by a songwriting genius, who has since broken up with himself. This was the final musical missive from Martin Carr's wonderful bravecaptain project, and what a way to go. I interviewed him when I was writing for Spoilt Victorian Child and he spoke at length about the album here. In 'Jerusalem', his collaboration with the mighty Akira the Don, he concocted my track of the year. A mutant skank stomp with the Don's blazing anti-War on Terror raps, it is the only politically charged indictment of our countries' current predicament that gets you dancing on the tables. This should have been number 1 forever, and inside my head it probably will be. You can still download it for naff all from the bravecaptain website – off you go…
7. Matinee Orchestra - S/T
The Matinee Orchestra sound a bit like an extremely accomplished school band coming together for their end of year project. It has a bit of everything, including a rebellious sort in the corner with a 303 who obviously wants to make techno but is being forced into playing on this album in order to pass his Music GSCE. It's a beguilingly lovely record and one that whenever I stick on, people enquire, "What is this?" - always the sign of a great record if you ask me. Released on Robin Saville from Isan's Arable label.
AFX on the beach
8. AFX - Chosen Lords
I was one of the saddos who bought the limited edition binder and all 12 slabs of vinyl, but when it comes to all things Aphex I am a bit of a fanatic. Plus, if I ever fall short on my mortgage payments I can always flog it on eBay. Anyway, Rephlex kindly slapped 10 of the best tracks from the 'Analord' series onto a single CD so everyone could join in the acidic analogue madness. Many words were spoken concerning the merits of this series, but there should be less words and more wigging out to the mental acid served up by the master.
9. Northstation – Wagtail
This album from the Dublin-based artist Steven Fanagan definitely wins the award for best packaging. Read about that here. Musically it was also a crunchy, twinkly electronic gem, with a juicy dollop of clang and a portion of fizz on the side – just how I like it.
10. The Longcut - A Call & Response
Now I've reached the age of 33 I don't really do angst anymore. But if I did, the debut album from the Longcut would be the record I would be sticking on at full volume after slamming my bedroom door, and berating with the walls at the unfairness of my life, while swinging my ungainly limbs from side to side. They have a singing drummer, pulsating low riding bass lines and jagged guitars, and have made the only album in the entire NME Top 20 of 2006 that I actually own. Go figure… Released on Deltasonic.
That's me done, see you next year! Joe.
Dave's Top 06 for 06
Maps in the studio in Iceland
1. Maps - 'Start Something/To The Sky'; 'Lost My Soul/Sparks In The Snow'; and 'Don't Fear' (Last Space Recordings)
A trilogy of singles from Maps, all perfectly formed on 10" vinyl and all simply glorious.
2. The Electric Penguins - 'Goodbye From The Electric Penguins' LP (Psychonavigation Records)
Inspiring, uplifting, beautiful electronica from Irish three-piece.
3. Working For A Nuclear Free City, S/T LP (Melodic)
So many different sounds, so many influences, yet something completely alternative, new and explosive.
4. Freelance Hellraiser - 'Waiting For Clearance' LP – (Sony BMG)
Unexpected, understated and underrated. The former mash-up king delivered a wonderful slice of original blissful dance music for grown ups.
5. Arab Strap - 'Ten Years Of Tears' LP (Chemikal Underground)
A fitting farewell for one of my favourite bands of all time, proving that they were a bit more than a couple of Scottish mumblies.
6. Hot Chip - 'The Warning' LP (EMI)
The coolest geeks in the land up the ante and the funk on their second album, and threaten to break your legs over and over.
Lighthouse Presents 10 Songs From This Year
Emmy the Great
1. Emmy the Great - Absentee
2. Sunset Rubdown - Stadiums and Shrines II
3. Laura Groves - I am leaving
4. bravecaptain - I don't know any better
5. Euros Childs - Stella is a Pygmy 3
6. Clark - Herr Barr
7. Richard James - Headlong
8. Champion Kickboxer - Perforations
9. Sunn 0))) & Boris - The Sinking Belle (The Blue Sheep)
10. Joanna Newsom - Cosmia


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MINI unveils the John Cooper Works Paceman
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The Paceman JCW is fitted with a 1.6-litre turbocharged engine that drives all four of its wheels. The engine makes around 208bhp with a peak torque of 280Nm available from 1,700 rpm to 4,500 rpm; with the overboost function activated.
The Paceman JCW is 10mm lower than the standard model, all thanks to the John Cooper Works suspension system. 18 inch wheels comes as a standard on the Paceman JCW but there is an option for a set of 19 inch rims.
A John Cooper Works exhaust system is fitted on the car and it gives the Paceman a rather unique exhaust note. A Sports button starts the engine and it is fixed on all cars regardless of the choice of options.
Mini has not given the Paceman JCW an official model year yet but rumours has it that it will go on sale after its official debut at the 2013 Detroit Auto Show.
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