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DOWNEY -- Aaron M. Gutierrez from Calvary Chapel Christian High School in Downey has been named a President's Scholar with the incoming freshmen class at California State University, Long Beach (CSULB), and as such he has been awarded a full, four-year scholarship from the campus worth $58,000.
The CSULB President's Scholars Program was created in 1995 in an effort to bring valedictorians and national scholars from California high schools to CSULB. It is recognized as the premier program of its kind in the state, and more than 1,100 students from 42 of California's 58 counties have been chosen for the program since its inception.
The son of Evelina and Art Gutierrez of Montebello, Aaron was a valedictorian in this year's graduating class at Calvary Chapel Christian High.
"The President's Scholars Program at Cal State Long Beach attracts some of the brightest and most academically talented high school graduates in California," said CSULB President Jane Close Conoley. "The program is extremely competitive. Each year, we receive hundreds of applications for these scholarships, but only 25 students are selected to be part of this incoming group of scholastically outstanding individuals."
Gutierrez was selected for the scholarship/program from an applicant pool of more than 800 students statewide. At CSULB, he is planning to major in either mechanical or electrical engineering.
At Calvary Chapel High, Gutierrez was a four-year participant in both cross country and track and field, serving as captain for the cross country team during his junior and senior seasons. He also won multiple Scholar Athlete awards and "Mighty in Spirit" awards for both sports.
He was part of the Associate Student Body leadership all four years, including serving as vice president this past year; he was a Principal's Award winner every semester while at the school; and he received multiple departmental awards each semester.
Gutierrez also was active in the school's music department as a member of the Honor Choir and participant in its musical productions. He also volunteered at the school's summer day camp.
Off campus, Gutierrez is very active with his church. He served as a junior teacher for the Pioneer Clubs (a church group club setting for young children from 2 years old to sixth-graders) for six years, serving in the ministry as positive mentor and role model.
He also took part in several church community efforts, including its Resource Information Outreach (in conjunction with the Department of Family and Children Services), back-to-school backpack distribution for the homeless in the community, Solid Ground Recovery for those recovering from drug and/or alcohol abuse, and Operation Toasty Christmas—a coat, jacket and blanket distribution to the homeless in the community.
As a President's Scholar, Gutierrez will attend CSULB on a full scholarship, which covers tuition, student fees, an annual book stipend and paid housing in the campus residence halls for four years. In addition, scholars receive priority registration, personalized advising, guaranteed acceptance to the University Honors Program and the opportunity for international study abroad housing and more.
To be eligible for the CSULB President 's Scholars Program, students must be a senior class valedictorian, ranked No. 1 at their high school, a National Merit finalist or semi-finalist, a National Achievement Scholar or a National Hispanic Recognition Scholar.
"These academically talented students add a great deal to the stature of the university through their academic pursuits in research, academic competitions and other activities," explained Valerie Bordeaux, director of the CSULB President's Scholars Program. "They also perform thousands of hours of community service and are outstanding representatives of the university wherever they go."
CSULB is a large, comprehensive urban university with more than 36,500 students, making it one of the largest campuses in California.


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Monday, May 30, 2011
"The walk to the kitchen" by Twitter
@simonwillo: Our house is so small you can lean down the passage from the lounge and touch the kitchen. It's like we live in a Lilliputian doll house. [see? I even take the piss out of me in this.]
@6000: RT @simonwillo: Our house would be great if Tony Leon lived in it and joined The Cape Party <-- edited that for you.
@liliradloff: Fuck this house is so fucking small. Where the fuck is the kitchen?
@khayadlanga: Lord Kitchener knows where the kitchen is. Morning ladies. #ChicksDigKhaya
@USEmbPretoria: We like this. And there is kitchen violence taking place in Burundi (AFP)--> RT @simonwillo [...] Lilliputian doll house.
@Sentletse: I'll bet you Mbeki had a real African kitchen. And cooked better.
@mgigaba: Bet you he didn't. RT @Sentletse: I'll bet you Mbeki had a real African kitchen. And cooked better.
@MvelaseP: Jocelyn from #AI is so thin. I wonder if she has a kitchen.
@victordlamini: One cannot separate a kitchen and a lounge without a passage.
@JoziGoddess: The distance from the lounge to the kitchen is a middle-class concern. #badblack
@DailyMaverick The house is too small: BY SIMON WILLIAMSON (@simonwillo)
@kevinmccallum: That house needs a PK.
@Hetairos_: If you want a bigger house then vote Tory.
@IvoVegter: Why have a kitchen? If you ordered takeaways you would facilitate business growth. #140charactesisnotenough
@joburgadvocacy: What you want is a *direct* path from the kitchen to the lounge.
@SAPresidency: We're building South Africa strong, starting in @simonwillo's kitchen.
@The_New_Age RT @SAPresidency: We're building South Africa strong, starting in @simonwillo's kitchen.
@mishsolomon: If you will not disclose your plans, @hartleyr, how am I supposed to see how small your house it?
@2oceansvibe: The lounge (decorated by IKEA) leads to the kitchen (stocked by DEFY) through the passage (tiled by CTM).
@TimesLive: Bono says @simonwillo's kitchen is too small.
Can you think of any more?
70 comments:
- Juanita said...
- 12:01 pm
- Mvelase Peppetta said...
Hahaha! This is brilliant.
No comments about cunting kitchens from @liliradloff or @samwilson1, or kitchen sex from @dorothyblack?
- 12:09 pm
- Richard said...
How about:
@bronwynnortjie: I'm drunk, in the kitchen.
- 12:16 pm
- 6000 said...
"@bangersandnash: I can reach a beer from my sofa at my new place in Heart Bay. #alcohol #winning"
"@JacquesR: Now Errol Naidoo wants us to "boycott small houses with satanic kitchens"."
"@dyled: Dear @SAPresidency, how much did your kitchen cost? Please show us the receipts."
"@LaurenBeukes: Brilliant Sloth biscuit barrel - have to get one for my kitchen."
"@Afrihost: RT this to win a house with a kitchen and 5GB bandwidth."
- 12:20 pm
- Simon said...
Hahahaha - see why @6000 is my inombolo kunye tweeter?
- 12:22 pm
- samwise said...
Absolutely fantastic!
- 12:32 pm
- Zama-in-Jozi said...
I laughed!
@UnathiKondile the only way I time I can enter this disrespectful apartheid kitchen, is when I'm drunk.
@comradesipho #nowplaying Jona Lewie - You'll Always Find Me In The Kitchen At Parties
- 12:47 pm
- 6000 said...
"@pigspotter: Bacon for breakfast: in the fridge, second shelf, left hand side next to the salad cream."
- 1:04 pm
- None said...
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- 1:33 pm
- Elizabeth Kennedy Trudeau said...
Simon, brilliant. xo
- 1:36 pm
@kevinpietersen these kitchens are made for SLAs, but that's no problem for me!
- 1:44 pm
And, of course, I'd say:
"Can you watch the cricket from the kitchen?"
- 2:01 pm
@spillly Erotic takes a feather. Kinky is a whole kitchen.
- 2:02 pm
- KeenyKeenz said...
What about:
@KojoBaffoe: You feed my soul| Quenching my thirst for love | Your aromas surround my mind | my kitchen ... #poetry
@Anele: Did anyone see Beyonce's kitchen on Cribs?!
@TheJoLurie: My kitteh just peed in the kitchen! I love! So cute!
- 2:20 pm
@clarkeformaths: get the kids out the kitchen and into my classroom
@sameshnaidoo: Is Stephen Hawking in the kitchen? I need to show him something
@JaneAnne62: Get the hell outta MY Kitchen, and have some pie on your way out
@lebomashile The African woman is enslaved in the kitchen
- 2:31 pm
- Lorien said...
"@texxonfire: Ooh @simonwillo in the kitchen *lick* "
"@tracyengelb: Packed 25 teen moms into my miniature kitchen. Now what?"
"@NatalieRoos: WHOEVER TOOK MY BROGUES FROM THE KITCHEN IS GONNA GET PUNCHED IN THE THROAT!"
"@headlinepayoff: "As a child I was never allowed in the kitchen. My parents were always walking around with bottlenecks or sharp knives."
- 2:42 pm
- jacki janse van rensburg said...
@spillly my kitchen has 3 l's bitches!
@melanieminnaar if you have a small kitchen, imagine how it feels to have no blankets! #TBD www.twitterblanketdrive.co.za
@paulscott56 in the kitchen py csv is written in C, so pukes on NULL bytes. Preprocess with cat data.in | tr -d '\0' > data.out before and profit!
@sdiedericks Gooood MWAH-neeeng all my *****FAVE***** tweeps!!!!! (@ Simon's Kitchen) http://4sq.com/kW6z93
- 2:55 pm
- Justin said...
@morgandeane: Sex with @GraemeSmith49 is so much better in the kitchen. #stallion
@hershybru: LOL! RT @skankychics: Hey @hershybru can I get a RT. Our kitchen got painted. LOL!
@twistedross: Champagne in my kitchen. I love my life. #twistedstyl
OK, so he's not a South African, but..
@LewisHamilton: Is it because my kitchen is black?
- 3:16 pm
- jacki janse van rensburg said...
@morrisgrass kitchen @lynnbarbour @grompotjie @kurtwaurich @quirinarg @salomemeyer @Mariam_Kobras @jackiejvr @lammiesworld
@aDAvoter i don't know why Elizabeth takes so long to clean this kitchen. it is so tiny!
@tumimalatsi that kitchen is AHSUM!!! FIGJAM!!!
- 3:18 pm
- Mr Lovelace said...
The power of twitter is remarkable... and then you get people who hate twitter... sigh they have no idea what humour they are missing...
- 3:48 pm
- News24 said...
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- 3:49 pm
@CathrynR I feel so unappreciated working in the biggest digital kitchen website in the country...
- 3:53 pm
- Sipho said...
This was arse-ticklingly hilarious!
You missed:
@StephenGrootes: #ANC says kitchens are racist and vote DA, because blacks can't afford kitchens.
@ChrisRoperZA: So Marcel Proust and Brian Eno walk into a kitchen. There's a story you'll never read on the M&G.
@hurricanevaness: Gwyneth Paltrow has a new kitchen. She installed it herself, the poor dear. http://bit.ly/ironiccondescension
@simonwillo: This one kitchen that @magicmike1313 went to was uglier than Wayne Rooney licking poo out of a toilet.
@brodiegal: new puppy just shat in the kitchen. Kids loved it. #fuckityfuckfuck
@sboshmafu If you can't spell "kitchen", #pleasekillyourself
- 4:26 pm
- Side said...
Ummmmm, Isn't Simon's home currently in Hong Kong? Living space there is at a premium.
- 4:39 pm
- Boy Uninterrupted said...
*tears* the original post was hilarious and the responses made me let out an i'm-laughing-so-hard-i-farted farts.
@NzingaQ #deathby these people talking politics in the kitchen. so late for them
@IanOllis Watch papers. I've uncovered ministers spending hundreds of thousands of Rands hiring kitches. Jeff Doige spent R389,000 on one kitchen alone #fb
@iamsuede People ask me what I do in my kitchen. It'd probably be easier to say what I don't do in my kitchen!
@shakasisulu Today, to mark the anniversary of the event, I will be tweeting the history of the kitchen revolution #KitchenRevolution
- 4:50 pm
- Fynbos Ridge said...
@jackiejvr says: Happy Birthday kitchen!
@norwin says: I'm in the kitchen (@ KITCHEN) http://4sq.com/xyz
@fynbosridge says: The weather is glorious in the kitchen
- 5:13 pm
@MTNSouthAfrica: Hi Simon. Please DM me your cellphone number and I'll see if I can get your kitchen moved further away.
- 5:14 pm
@Julius_Malema The revolution will not be televised. The revolution is in the kitchen. No tea girls allowed.
- 5:14 pm
- GugsM said...
@HellenZille Hi Simon, the DA is working on building a bigger kitchen because we deliver for all.
- 5:16 pm
@khayadlanga: RT @someoneelse Khaya's kitchen is so nice!!!
- 5:20 pm
- Kelltrill said...
Absolutely brilliant! Loving all of the comments as well.
- 5:21 pm
@dorothyblack It's a good thing I did this kitchen ages ago @simonwillo #nomention #itsover
- 5:30 pm
That was me by the way bitch. No good commenting on my bb. We'll talk about this whole excluding me thing when you get back. dot.
(No kisses. Did you notice? See how it hurts? See?)
- 5:33 pm
- kambabes blog said...
@al_ice #tieyoudowntothecounterandlickyouupthesideofyourface in the kitchen
@mishtotheD oh my word I just did my nails bright pink in the kitchen and it looks so purdy!
- 5:38 pm
- Simon said...
You're joking, right?
- 5:40 pm
- Squidsquirts said...
Loved this!
@Arne86 Kitchenoclock? Sounds like #tequilaoclock #wineoclock Posted @ 09.00
@andrevr Howzit! Check the view from kitchen, ninjaz! http://yfrog.hotpix.com
@itsMsT Close to 1000! Keep the kitchen lurrrve! #teamfollowback
Apologies, friends ;-)
@Squidsquirt Sorry to hear about the kitchen, deepest respect, condolences. :-D #keepyourkitchenconfidential
- 5:49 pm
- Nechama said...
Okay, I'll bite:
"TrendsInYourKitchen Verashni Pillay @verashni is now trending in Your Kitchen
"@biobot: hey Simon, here is a naked mole rat for your kitchen http://tinymoleraturl
"@iJodyNel can I come in your kitchen?
- 6:02 pm
- Gina said...
LOVE LOVE LOVE the @pigspotter one ;)
@khayadlanga: Know your Xhosa! What is kitchen in Xhosa?
@Pauljacobson: The legal ramification of kitchens on @webtechlaw http://fb.me/W1muWKx6
@Gnat_J: Both kids sleeping, think I will make tea in the kitchen #FTW
- 6:03 pm
- Joller said...
Oh man, is one of the best things I've ever read on the Twitternet. Sharp and smart and hilarious. I think you have invented a whole new genre.
- 6:04 pm
- Jerm said...
@jeremynell: My cartoon about Helen Zille in Julius Malema's kitchen.
@garethcliff: fuck kitchens! BTW, I'll be in Bloem tonight.
- 6:09 pm
SamWilson1 Canoodling on the kitchen counter with @AndreasSpath. Yum.
@HelenZille If you don't vote for my kitchen, you deserve another 5 years of corruption, non-delivery, & everything but the kitchen sink.
@KoosKombuis If you can't stand the heat, fokof uit die kombuis.
@SteveHofmeyr When I said I was going to sing a song about the K-word, I meant "kitchen". What did you think I meant?
@brodiegal Fuck. Just had an amazing sparring session in the kitchen. Think I'm going to write a song about it.
@LindiMazibuko No, how about YOU make the tea for a change, Julius?
- 6:28 pm
@Jozikids Fun things to do these holidays with your kids in the kitchen! Bit.ly/gjw6
- 6:30 pm
@TrafficSA #Kitchen Lots of congestion due to a STATIONARY sink, use alternative route
- 6:39 pm
- Karen said...
@zakaren says: Still waiting for @ivovegter's comment on why kitchens cannot be said to be a) too small or b) dangerous
- 6:40 pm
- TheJoLurie said...
@ChrisMaroleng Don't touch me on my kitchen.
@trevorgumbi I woke up in the kitchen impaled on a carrot #tweetsfromlastnight
@comradesipho No one truly understands the societal value of the room that we call the kitchen. 'Tis a travesty. Sigh.
@charliesheen I am the Warlock of the Kitchen #winning
- 6:43 pm
- TheJoLurie said...
@spillly this kitchen is so small it's harder to find than my GF's G-spot
@Tweeting_Troll. Get the fuck off twitter and back in the kitchen you useless bitch.
@Tweeting_Troll Do the world a favour and gas yourself in the kitchen, you whore
- 6:51 pm
@F1Sasha Let's BANG it in the kitchen
- 6:56 pm
- Sarah Britten said...
@Anatinus: spilled soup all over self on way from kitchen to lounge. Hope nobody notices.
- 7:07 pm
@mattduplessis: Your kitchen is bigger on the inside! No, I digress, it's a bottle of Bourbon! Slainte #zombies
- 7:14 pm
- Tania said...
@tanyakovarsky @thejolurie Where's the HK in my kitchen?
Love love love this, thanks for a great laugh!
- 7:21 pm
"@lifeissavage: I need 6 more followers to get to the kitchen. Please RT."
- 7:50 pm
@LifeisSavage: Daddy needs your help, let get #thingsyoudointhekitchen trending!
- 8:46 pm
"@afairweather Zynga will be releasing a Kitchen platform later today, expected to push up share prices
"@AmandaSevasti D afairweather I'll push up your share prices as soon as I get home!
"@afairweather: @AmandaSevasti pumpkin you do realise you just messaged everyone?
"@AmandaSevasti: @afairweather oops
- 8:50 pm
"@CapeTown_Girl eating macarons in my kitchen with JZ and JC. Om nom nom.
- 8:52 pm
- Doc-ZZZ said...
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- 8:55 pm
- Mike Blackburn said...
"@jenty: This kitchen is too small for the wedding, barmy and newborn shoot I have to do before 10am"
- 8:56 pm
- Mike Blackburn said...
"@StephenGrootes: SG here from the kitchen. Going to see the bacon jump from the frying pan into the fire"
- 8:58 pm
- Tertia said...
@MariettedTH Survey results show tourists rate kitchen size as extremely important. #capetown #tourism
- 9:02 pm
Fuck this proves how all up your own bums you are
- 9:14 pm
@samwilson1 Son1 just told me kitchens are actually called cooking havens. Fuck I love my kids!
@lizetheunicorn the kitchen is so small, it has utensils from Mr. Price. Ewwww.
@CathrynR I hope I don't get a kitchen like this for my wedding!
@lifeissave #letsgetsmallkitchenstrending! Come on guys!
@mspr1nt: #assholedog hates the kitchen twitpic.com/assholedog
@blindcripple hmmmm, the kitchen is small!
- 9:17 pm
@brodiegal: I need to talk to the kitchen first before I can go inside it!
- 9:18 pm
I don't get it...
- 9:45 pm
- AmandaSevasti said...
@thatnicole: 2am and I'm the only one in the kitchen.
@thejolurie: What's this cocktonsil doing in my kitchen?
@annaling: #Kitchen is a bigger trending topic than #tigerblood.
@shapshak: I'm going to drink this single malt whisky straight from the bottle in the kitchen.
- 10:02 pm
@MandyWiener: LOL! Pic pls! RT @wienerfan Reading #KillingKebble in the kitchen and burnt my scones!
@andyhadfield: Pondering: how does the kitchen model fit into your SM environment? Case study coming up…
@realtimekitchen: John's place. Potpourri smell. Pots overflowing. Too hot in here, gotta get out. 4/10
@clarkformaths: Making chicken pi in my kitchen for lunch <- geddit? Snerk!
@mikestopforth: Registration is open for this month's #27dinner in my kitchen. Book now, there's only space for 3 people!
- 10:52 pm
@conradkoch Laughing at your neighbour's kitchen indicates your social status, culture #anthropology
- 12:20 am
- 12:29 am
- Sipho said...
"Anonymous said...
Fuck this proves how all up your own bums you are"
Put your own name next to your comments next time, cocktonsil. Stand by your words.
- 12:57 am
- Sipho said...
"Anonymous said...
Fuck this proves how all up your own bums you are"
Put your own name next to your comments next time, cocktonsil. Stand by your words.
- 12:57 am
@janbraai Having a wood braai in my kitchen with @dannicoll Who needs a man oven.
- 9:27 am
More 'up-your-own-bum' twitter frivolity here
- 11:10 am

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Dtoid Community Discusses pt 9: Gaming Merchandise
on 03.03.2009 (server time)
Sorry I'm late! This past weekend was Wondercon (wooooo!) so I was busy making love to DtoidSF at the con. My nerd cred has grown, since I have finally purchased lots of stuff from a comic convention. I finally found an Aeris figurine (<3) and I bought a really cool print by a guy named John Giang (I'm pimping his site
Orbital Harvest here
). I'm not normally into art, but his SF painting blew me away....I made an ATM run so I could buy it. Click
to see the print I bought!
Anyway, this kinda segways into this week's Dtoid Community Discusses topic: Gaming Merchandise. I wanted to find out what some members of the Destructoid community thought about the various forms of gaming merchandise. Here is the prompt I gave them:
"Sure as gamers we love playing games, but sometimes just playing them is not enough. Like with any hobby, we just need to make the world know how much we love videogames, and companies know there is money to be made there. This week's topic will be about gaming merchandise!
From Nintendo cereals, to gamer shirts at Hot Topic, gaming has had a history of supplying the passionate gamer other ways to spend their hard earned cash to show off their favorite hobby. What gaming merchandise have you all purchased or collected? Can you think of some gaming merchandise that you were excited about but ended up being crappy? What are examples of stuff you would LOVE to own and from what games?"
This week's panel consisted of Garison, FusionTR, MEE, and Bigby! Read on to find out what they thought!
Note: FusionTR's Avatar is still the spinning CTZ from Hamzakah....and he makes a great Mr. T :D
Ever since I was a little kid, I was in love with game merchandise. Whenever a new kind of Nintendo candy would come to the convenience store near my house, I would buy one in every flavor, and keep them on display in my room. From what I remember, Nintendo was usually pretty bad with making merch for their fans to buy, like they mostly were made by a separate company. The only Nintendo made paraphernalia that I actually got from Nintendo is a
Phantom Hourglass
feather stylus and a
Super Mario Galaxy
collectors coin. But now that we have Club Nintendo (thought still not as good as the Japanese version), I think that things are really looking up. Come on Nintendo, I want the Wii SNES controller!
For me, it's really hard to get hold of any decent gaming merchandise. With the games industry being an overly American dominated industry, Britain hardly ever gets decent merchandise without having to pay a ton to get it imported- something I'm not really willing to do. The majority of the things I have are all either things I've acquired for free, through pre-orders of certain games or I've made them myself. I have a collection of game themed papercraft, which decorate my desk, including one of the Prince from Katamari Damacy. Then I have things such as the Fallout 3 Vault Boy bobblehead and a few perler bead designs given to me.
We do have games stores in Britain that sell things such as video game based t-shirts but they seem like a waste of money because it's normally just a games logo on a black t-shirt. I just need to get around to gathering some money together to buy a bunch of great gaming t-shirts from America.
The majority of the merchandise I own that is officially licensed, tend to come in the form of soundtracks from video games. My iPod is full of soundtracks from games like Katamari Damacy and that is my way of showing my appreciation since merchandise is so poor in the UK.
I like what you said about making your own papercraft and whatnot, Fusion. My mom used to be really into cross-stitching, so she taught me how to make little Mario and Zelda sprites. Then a few years ago I made my very first t-shirt with a picture of the
Wind Waker
Link on it.
Game related t-shirts are really cool to own; they are a way to express your love of games to other people. But some of my favorite game related shirts are ones that don't just have a logo slapped on them. I remember the guys on Podtoid talking about a bumper sticker that said "WWGFD" and a picture of a crowbar obviously relating to Gordon Freeman from the
games. And the colorful and rainbowy
Diablo 3
shirt that was posted a while ago also gave me a little chuckle. I think that the best game related shirts are ones that have sort of a joke to them, or a background that you couldn't possibly understand unless you played the game.
What Would Gordon Freeman Do? He'd make a kick ass bumper sticker!
I am not really the experienced with gaming merch even though I've been playing videogames since I can remember. Most of it is stuff that came with the games. For example, my bedroom walls are beautifully decorated with GTA posters, a PS3 poster and a Ratchet and Clank poster. The only things I remember buying that I consider gaming merch is : the metal case with picture that I received for preordering Assassin's Creed and a miniature Bowser figurine. Another piece of gaming merchandise I own is a Bully t-shirt I won in a contest at Arcadia Festival (the biggest gaming event in Canada, which is not really that big in fact). All the other gaming merchandise I have are a couple of papercraft I made, the ones of which I am the proudest (they aren't really great and I don't know why I should be proud), a miniature Electro-Zapper and a miniature NES, with a little cart slot, with really small controllers.
Not related to gaming shirts as such, but there are a lot of people going around with t-shirts with the full Joker face from The Dark Knight. Then I saw someone with a t-shirt that had "Wanna see a magic trick?" and had a pencil standing upright and I went to tell them they were awesome. The more subtle the t-shirt, the better it is. The Diablo 3 one that you mentioned is probably the best one I've seen so far. But, like I said, it's hard to find decent t-shirts over here.
Gaming swag is always fun, but I never really got into it. I�ve moved a great deal over the past 15 years and a lot of stuff gets broken or lost along the way. However I do admire good gaming stuff that just isn't a logo but something clever and interesting. Like the other day I saw someone�s room on Dtoid made up with gaming references, such as shelves that looked like the girders from Donkey Kong, or cabinets painted to look like question mark blocks. Little things like that are interesting and bring back a wave of nostalgia and you feel all warm and fuzzy and gooey and marshmallowy and....I've gone too far.
The more interesting and clever the gaming swag the more likely I am to get it. I am not big on decorating or anything, in fact my walls are pretty bare as I like the Spartan look, I guess. However, I have always wanted some old gaming stuff on the walls somewhere, even considered pining the tons of demo discs on the wall to make a sort of collage that I have collected over the years.
Its interesting to note the shared admiration we have for swag...I also love it when I see someone wearing a cool gaming T-shirt that has a joke on it that only a select few (us gamers) will get. It kinda makes me feel like I'm part of a cool club whenever I smile at the shirt, and the person wearing it smiles back.
I'm interested as to what you guys think about sites like Cafe Press and such that allow for gamers to design shirts for gamers. I think this definitely ties in with what you guys have mentioned so far that sometimes the "official" shirts are just a logo on a t-shirt meant to make money. However, when the gaming community designs a shirt, it�s often times something we would feel proud to wear.
Of course that brings me to something else I'm curious about....how proud are you guys of the gaming merchandise you have? Do you proudly display it, or is it something you keep to yourselves? I've been poked fun at a couple of times for wearing my gaming snap bracelet around, or for having a gaming poster on my living room wall. Although gaming has become more mainstream, it seems like the majority of gaming merchandise is targeted at the hardcore crowd, and thus still slightly unacceptable or thought of as weird by the general public.
To answer what Tactix asked, I have absolutely no problem showing non-gamers my collection of schwag. When I wear my
Twilight Princess
(yes, I love that game) shirt out, I have only ever had about 2 or 3 people ever say something to me about it. Like if I'm playing my DS in public or something, and someone comes up to me and starts asking me questions, I try to answer them truthfully about the game that I am playing. I don't really remember the last time someone actually called me a "nerd" or anything like that though...
Before Nintendo Power switched publishers, they used to give away things like t-shirts and Players Guides when you would subscribe to their magazine. But before my time (like in SNES days), they would even send out VHS tapes with preview videos. It's retro things like this that I really wish I had in my videogame collection.
Does this shirt make Garison a nerd? Yes...and he has no shame :P
Gaming merch is a niche market that communicates to other gamers while usually excluding those from the outside world. So in that sense it feels more like its made for you than for everyone around. More personal. And that is something I hope sticks around and I don't start seeing casual shirts with references to Wii Fit or Bejeweled any time soon. I think then I would probably tear up a little, crying softly to myself.
Oh, and another thing, does it count if the game swag in question has its source from outside its genre? Such as Transformers? The show and toys inspired movies and then games later on so how does that translate or does it even count as game merch? Same goes for GI Joe, no doubt, and maybe Lego series like Star Wars and Indiana Jones? The line blurs a bit there I think. Where does the line begin or even end? If you are wearing a shirt that has Lego Indy on it, is that game swag or franchise stuff? Hard to say, but I think gamers will see what it is and recognize it for what its worth.
Star Wars is a biggie in that area too.
Well, isn't gaming merchandise supposed to be about videogames? There is a big difference between an Indiana Jones and a Lego Indy t-shirt for me. But now that I think about it, could a non-gamer think that a Lego Indy t-shirt is just a cute t-shirt not related to gaming?
As far as Transformers and GI Joe go, those franchises are known much more for their other forms of media (TV Shows, movies) than videogames, so I never consider any of that stuff gaming merch�maybe nerd merchandise (:P). I think an interesting point was brought up with the Lego Indy example though. I can definitely imagine a scenario where a common person (or muggle) sees a Lego Indy shirt, or Puzzle Fighter shirt, and just think it�s a cute version of the source material�.completely unaware that it is referencing something by itself.
However, I think the important part is that we gamers recognize the differences, which gives us a sense of belonging to a group. At Wondercon this past weekend, nerds wearing nerdy T-shirts and dressing in cosplay surrounded me. Personally, I don�t wear gaming shirts (they don�t sell them at Express), but I just felt so happy being surrounded by my gaming peers. And to me, that�s one of the coolest things about gaming merchandise whether its T-shirts or handmade papercrafts :)
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Among presidents, Barack Obama took an unusually strong interest in science and technology, and his administration pursued a wide array of S&T-related initiatives. However, early hopes for major expansions in R&D funding remained largely unfulfilled.
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When President Barack Obama delivered his inaugural address in 2009, the nation was falling into a deep economic crisis. Charting a path to recovery, Obama assigned science and technology a central role, declaring,
We'll restore science to its rightful place, and wield technology's wonders to raise health care's quality and lower its cost. We will harness the sun and the winds and the soil to fuel our cars and run our factories. And we will transform our schools and colleges and universities to meet the demands of a new age.
During the eight years that followed, Obama proved sincere in his appreciation of science and technology as critical forces in society. However, his legacy for S&T policy was shaped as much by the realities of the economic recovery and partisan disagreement as by his own convictions.
Scientific integrity and open science in the spotlight
During the presidency of Obama's predecessor, George W. Bush, critics often complained that Bush's administration routinely politicized and disrespected science. In 2004, the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS), an advocacy organization, published a report detailing the ways it believed the integrity of government science had been undermined. Bush's science advisor, John Marburger, took issue with many of these accusations. However, the charge had staying power, leading the way for Obama to make scientific integrity an early priority of his administration.
In March 2009, Obama issued a memorandum instructing government departments and agencies to develop scientific integrity policies. These policies began to appear in 2011 and 2012, with the Department of Energy issuing a policy applicable to all agency scientists only this month. Obama's Open Government Directive, issued in December 2009, aimed to increase not only government transparency but also the availability of information produced by the government. Science-related open government initiatives gained momentum in Obama's second term. A February 2013 memorandum set government policy for public access to federal research, and a May 2013 executive order established a policy framework for making data widely available. Agency-level open access plans followed in later years.
In the last two months, two reports appeared, one that the White House commissioned from the IDA Science and Technology Policy Institute and the other by UCS, assessing the administration's progress in ensuring transparency, scientific integrity, and access to government data. Both reports note that, while progress has been made, there remain inadequacies and further steps that ought to be taken.
Amid flat budgets, a consistent focus on innovation
When Obama took office, momentum had already been building for years to increase federal spending on R&D as a way to improve American economic competitiveness. The 2005 National Academies report "Rising Above the Gathering Storm," the Bush administration's 2006 American Competitiveness Initiative, and passage of the America COMPETES Act of 2007 all rallied support behind doubling the budgets of selected R&D programs, mirroring a similar doubling at the National Institutes of Health in the late 1990s and early 2000s.
On taking office, Obama approved some $100 billion for science, technology, and innovation—including $18.3 billion in one-time funding to federal R&D programs—through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Among its results, this infusion permitted the Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy, which had been authorized in the COMPETES Act, to begin its work.
This fiscal environment was not to last, though. The America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010 set more modest growth goals than the original COMPETES legislation. Then, as Obama assented to a congressional policy of fiscal belt-tightening through the Budget Control Act of 2011 and the implementation of budget sequestration in 2013, R&D appropriations flattened out. Overall, during Obama's presidency, enacted appropriations for federal R&D remained virtually steady at just below $150 billion. However, the 21st Century Cures Act, which Obama signed at the very end of his presidency, did provide his medical R&D initiatives with billions of dollars in new funding, recapturing some of the promise of his early presidency.
For additional details, readers should consult the more extensive overview of R&D funding under Obama recently posted by the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Funding, though, was only a part of Obama's overarching agenda for R&D and innovation. In September 2009, the White House released the first iteration of its "Strategy for American Innovation," which created a policy architecture for translating R&D results into the U.S.'s long-term national prosperity and the improved well-being of its citizens. This framework included strategic investments in sectors such as clean energy, as well as building up the government's portfolio of targeted interagency R&D programs, including the BRAIN, Precision Medicine, Materials Genome, and Strategic Computing Initiatives. Obama's emphasis on advanced manufacturing led from the formulation of preliminary recommendations in 2011 to the creation of a network of 14 advanced manufacturing institutes today.
The Obama administration also worked to deepen connections running throughout the nation's innovation "ecosystem." Government agencies sought to build new public–private partnerships. Prize incentives and innovation "grand challenges" became common tools for fostering collaboration and focusing attention on critical problems. The administration also encouraged the development of online platforms such as data.gov for data sharing and collaborative work. To incentivize private investment in R&D, Obama pushed making the government's R&D tax credit permanent.
Landscape of S&T policy changed markedly
Amid the general developments in science and technology policy under Obama, there were significant changes in specific policy areas as well.
Energy policy experienced a dramatic evolution as wind and solar energy began to expand in earnest, battery capabilities improved, and hybrid and electric vehicles established sizeable market niches. Meanwhile, the Bush administration's earlier push toward a "nuclear renaissance" faltered under Obama, particularly in the wake of the 2011 disaster at Fukushima, although both the Obama administration and Congress still aspired to revitalize the industry. Obama's Department of Energy was remarkable for having been led by two prominent physicists, Steven Chu and Ernest Moniz, with the latter also playing a key role in negotiating a nuclear non-proliferation agreement with Iran.
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For space policy, the early years of the Obama administration were tumultuous ones. In 2010, the administration canceled the Constellation rocket development program, and with it the goal of sending humans back to the moon in the near term. In its place, the administration set a longer-term goal of sending humans to Mars in the 2030s. Then, in 2011, the administration also reconfigured the nation's troubled next-generation polar-orbiting weather satellite program, with the first new satellite now finally set to launch in 2017. Also in 2011, NASA rebaselined the James Webb Space Telescope, adding almost $4 billion dollars to its price tag and pushing back its launch by 52 months to 2018. Since then, however, the government has been steadily gaining firmer administrative control over its portfolio of space projects.
Few areas in federal policy have been as contentious as climate change. The Obama administration consistently supported climate research across government departments, although Congress blocked certain initiatives, notably the creation of a National Climate Service within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. In his second term, against strong Republican opposition, Obama used executive authority to implement an active climate policy, which included issuing his Climate Action Plan in 2013; using the EPA's 2009 "endangerment finding" to implement that agency's now-embattled Clean Power Plan under the existing Clean Air Act; and ratifying the Paris climate agreement in 2016. The Obama administration likewise incorporated climate into its preparedness and resiliency initiatives, which also encompassed scientifically informed strategies for contending with hazards as exotic as space weather and near-Earth objects.
Throughout Obama's presidency, his administration continually emphasized improving education in science, technology, engineering, and math, as well as expanding and diversifying the STEM workforce. The President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology completed five STEM education studies, and the White House launched a five-year STEM Education Strategic Plan while federal agencies implemented a host of new educational initiatives. Obama also indulged his own interest in science and technology in very public ways, including by hosting six annual White House Science Fairs.
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Obama's interest a personal one
Writing as Obama's science advisor this month, John Holdren credited the president's "personal commitment to lifting up science, technology, and innovation in the national conversation and in the aspirations of young people," and remarked that it is a legacy that could be built upon.
In his own farewell address, Obama returned to the theme of science for the last time in his presidency, remarking again on its economic importance. His tone, though, was now influenced by eight years of partisan conflict and the divisive election just passed. He observed that the same spirit of innovation, "born of the Enlightenment," that had fueled the American economy would ultimately prove critical for maintaining the success of democratic discourse. He warned,
Without some common baseline of facts, without a willingness to admit new information, and concede that your opponent might be making a fair point, and that science and reason matter, then we're going to keep talking past each other, and we'll make common ground and compromise impossible.


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No, no, your eyes are not deceiving you. Those are in fact pencils "designed" by Marc Jacobs!
Nylon reported the exciting news last week. There have been several rumours in regards to this, as Marc Jacobs bought the beloved Biography Bookstore in New York's West Village, and Style.com claimed it would stay a book shop, with the name "Book Marc", while others insisted it would be yet another clothing store. Marc has slowly been rolling out school supplies such as cases, colouring pencils and cool tins covered in marble notebook patterns, under the name Book Marc. The supplies are available to purchase now through Marc by Marc Jacobs stores across America.
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The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry will this year closely monitor domestic and foreign investment in this sector as it believes that many companies have not implemented the agreements made or complied with stipulated feasibility study methods.The ministry will strictly apply management measures to investors and companies that have made no progress with their proposed projects or had an adverse impact on local communities and the environment.However, the ministry has not revealed the numbers and names of the companies concerned, the ministry reported at its annual meeting in Vientiane at the end of last year.Last year, 733 domestic and foreign companies agreed to invest in the agriculture and forestry sector in Laos with total investment of US$3.55 billion while US$1.74 billion of registered funding was allocated to land concessions on about 467,980 hectares.
Some 107 companies invested in livestock projects with funding of US$338.88 million, 345 companies invested in agriculture with funding of about US$1.22 billion, 232 companies invested in tree plantations with funding of about US$1.96 billion, and 49 companies ploughed US$34 million into service sector projects.
Many projects made good progress and benefited local people, making an important contribution to socio-economic development, especially the growth of agriculture and forestry.
But many schemes are implemented by private companies for their own advantage, with little monitoring carried out by the relevant sectors.
The agriculture and forestry sector continues to be one of the main contributors to rural poverty reduction as well as to socio-economic development.
Last year the sector grew by about 3 percent, accounting for 23.3 percent of GDP, while this year the government plans to grow it by 3.1 percent and account for 18.8 percent of GDP.
To ensure the sector grows sustainably and can produce sufficient food for domestic supply and export, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry will continue to be responsible for the implementation of various activities.
The ministry, in cooperation with the relevant government sectors and local authorities, will focus on priority work and policies for rice production and commercial crops, as well as the production of livestock and aquatic life.
The ministry also plans to acquire more funding from foreign countries for use in infrastructure, foodstuff production, commercial product promotion, sustainable forest management, rural development, and poverty eradication.The ministry expects its expenditure this year will be US$128 million, an increase of about 30 percent over last year.


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Check Out These Hilarious Shots Of Maltese Students "Studying" At The University Library
They'll get some work done... eventually.
Exam season at the University of Malta is finally over, although for many it has been over for a while now - fuckers. This momentous day also coincides with #ThrowbackThursday so we're dedicating today to the (now tragically inactive) Facebook page 'Spotted: University of Malta'. This page highlights some of the more iconic sights you'll find at UoM's library. Here are some of our favourites:
Facebook spoilers wait for no man, and none can resist the call of George R. R. Martin.
Reading is sups hard, and naps like help you study or something.
You can run and you can hide, but you can't escape the xaqq.
Study? No thanks, I think I'm gonna plait my friend's hair
Meditation helps you stay focused
Ugh, this guy's been in there for like an hour
Hoping no one is allergic to birds...
Casual breakdown in progress
Studying is hungry work. Fight the calories by snacking on a fistful of highlighters.


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A Place For Grief To Rest
From the Brattleboro Area Hospice 2015 Annual Report
When Hallowell sings in a room where someone is dying, grief is likely to show up. We have described our singing as "a place for grief to rest." But what do we mean by these words? What does it mean to "give grief a place to rest?" Grief is not a thing with a shape and form you can hold in your hands or lay down on a bed and cover with a blanket. It changes shape. It changes color and strength. It moves in with certain smells or light, with words or melodies, and fills a room with its presence. And though it is not a physical thing we can pick up or put down, we all know that we do, somehow, carry it—in our hearts, on our shoulders, in our spirits, throughout our lives. We know "the weight of grief," and the heaviness that accompanies it. We also know the lightness that can follow the expression and release of it. It is a constant companion beside us as we walk through our life. No one on this earth does not make its acquaintance at some time.


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This year a special Family Night will be held July 10th at J & L Harley Davidson from 5:00pm - 8:00pm. Kid's activities, hot air balloons, NASCAR race car display, food vendors and much more.
It's one of the largest fundraisers held in Sioux Falls each year - and just happens to raise money for the Make A Wish Foundation of South Dakota. So it's all for a good cause.
Over the years, Hot Harley Nights has grown to the point where it draws riders from, not just this region, but riders from all across the country.
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|The Bank of England's QE plan is not the answer
In today's Observer there is a call by 'leading' economists for the government to adopt a Plan B approach which would include many of the measures we have been talking about for the past few years. Bizarrely enough, in the article, Tory MP Jesse Norman is given the credit for getting the Plan B ball rolling by stimulating Neal Lawson of Compass to act. According to the Observer:
For all the constant griping about the government's policies, and a despondency over the perceived flaws of Osborne's austerity prescription, Neal Lawson, chair of the centre-left pressure group Compass, had to admit to himself that they were nowhere.Of course if Lawson had bothered to pick up our manifesto he wouldn't have needed Norman or his group of economists to formulate his Plan B. But the good news is that he and his centre-left colleagues are now beginning to catch up with Green Party policy.
"When Jesse said that I just thought, yep, we need to stop just talking about this stuff and get down to sorting out an alternative plan," Lawson said.
Such are the perils of being a minority party. It would have been nice if a few journalists could have been bothered to listen to what we were saying at the last election, and also to Caroline's recent views on green QE. At least now it is beginning to look like the non-green left is moving in the right direction. If we can work together with others on the left, the anti-cuts groups, such as UKuncut, and the trade unions we may be able to put enough pressure on this government to make it change course. The November 30th pensions action is the next big event, lets help to make that a day of action to stop the government's austerity programme and bring about positive change.


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I had some time off recently although time off for me is a relative thing. I can't really seem to get away from work. One of the things I did in the evening is watch all of the old Bond movies on Spike TV. Now I've always been a huge James Bond fan but now that I had a chance to watch the movies again in one (or two) sittings, I have a simple question: Where do the bad guys (SPECTRE for example) get their employees?
In the movie "You Only Live Twice" several hundred minions had to join SPECTRE and live inside a volcano and work toward taking over the world. How do you sign up for that job? What is the recruiting process? When the world ends, what happens to your family with you holed up in a volcano? It could be me (yeah, I know it's only a movie), but I'd be hard pressed to actually sign up for that job. You could argue that they're all mindless boobs, but who built the fortress? Who designed all the bad guy gizmos? It would have to be intelligent bad guys. Also, what's up with the uniforms? Why the jumpsuits?
Just something to ponder while watching the next Bond marathon.


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Details El Perro Del Mar
The latest signing to Memphis Industries (The Go! Team, Dungen, The Pipettes, Field Music et al) is a beautiful Swedish singer called Sarah who writes and records under the name El Perro Del Mar.
El Perro Del Mar is already a star in her native Sweden, via sold-out EPs, the magic of the internet and a split 7" with Jens Lekman released on the uber-cool Secretly Canadian label (Anthony and The Johnsons, Magnolia Electric Co, Damien Jurado etc).
Her other-worldly vocals married with heartfelt lyrics of love and loneliness make for a unique record sure to bewitch audiences when she plays as special guest to fellow countryman, José Gonzales on his UK tour in February – dates below.
These will be her debut UK shows, El Perro Del Mar has previously toured with José Gonzales, The Radio Dept and Khonnor amongst others, in mainland Europe.
This from Sarah (El Perro Del Mar):
El Perro Del Mar is simply the name of the music that I was dreaming of and planning on making for a long time. I just needed some time to find the means to do it the right way. Having finally done so I realized that there was no real trick to it; except doing it.
El Perro Del Mar simply is the easiest and most direct way for me to say and do the things I cannot do in real life. To live inside the music, to close the door on the outside world - if just for 3 minutes of a song.


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As Dow Chemical Co. and DuPont Co. work to create the world's biggest chemicals company, European Union antitrust regulators have interceded with an in-depth probe on their plans. On Thursday, the European Commission was quoted as saying they need to further their investigations to know "whether the deal may reduce competition in areas such as crop protection, seeds and certain petrochemicals." Debates of projected job cuts and "insufficient" commitment by Dow and DuPont last month have also fed into the probe of the EU.
What is next for Dow and DuPont? Visit Bloomberg to read Stephanie Bodoni's article.


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Science is having a tough time in Australia. Permanent jobs are harder than ever to come by, and our national scientific research organisation, CSIRO, continues cost cutting as it ramps up its industry collaborations.
It's an environment that makes it more important than ever to tell the story of science. That role often comes down to science communicators like Simon Torok. He has spent his entire career working in and around science.
"I've always enjoyed writing. But at school I was interested in science, and pursued a science degree and a PhD in climate science," he says.
At the time, climate science was the subject of intense public interest, so Torok found himself doing a lot of talking and writing about science while completing his PhD.
"It made me realise that the communicating of science was what grabbed me more than the research," Torok says.
Torok changed tack and moved from research into science communication. The bridge was a graduate diploma in science communication at the Australian National University. The highly-regarded course also has an intensely practical component. Students spend significant time travelling around Australia giving science shows as part of the Shell Questacon Science Circus.
A 13-year career in communications at CSIRO followed, and during his spare time Torok and colleague Paul Holper developed a scientific side gig as authors. To date, the pair have co-written more than 20 books including textbooks, reference books and children's books highlighting the importance, fun and applications of science and technology.
Today, Torok and Holper run Scientell, a science communication agency that helps organisations turn their often highly technical, scientific information into material like websites, reports, videos or brochures.
"[The most important thing is] the process of distilling scientific and technical information into plain English. It's almost translating complicated scientific material and pulling out key themes to highlight the impact of the work, so that impact isn't lost in the jargon," Torok says.
The demand for science communicator's skills comes from a diverse field. Scientell's clients range from state and federal government departments to universities, professional societies and academies, and NGOs. Many of these organisations also their own have in house science communicators which is a good career option for those who, like Torok and Holper, want to keep science front of mind for the public.
"[As a science communicator] you need to be able to write, be organised, and deliver on time. If you are communicating about something, it's important to have a passion for the 'something'. Paul and I are both passionate about science, and wanting it to be understood more widely," Torok says.
He believes that understanding the culture of your field also makes a difference when it comes to doing a good job as a science communicator.
"We never want to short sell the science or take it out of context: we have a respect for the science, and we always ensure that what we are doing is based on robust, peer-reviewed science – not green wash or sensationalised," he says.


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4 Reasons Promotional Flash Drives Are Great for Marketing Your Business
Not many marketing tactics can match promotional products in their ability to boost brand awareness and attract new clients. If you can be creative with the branded material you give away, your customers will find something functional and aesthetically pleasing to use, while your brand will benefit from the repeat exposure.
Custom shaped flash drives are a good example of cool promotional products you can give to customers. These can be created in the form of your logo or anything that represents your brand identity. You can also have flash drives made in the mould of pens, wristbands, or cards. Here are a few reasons why you want to use
custom shaped flash drives
to promote your business:
Longer lasting impact
A conventional advertisement is set to run for a limited amount of time, usually under a minute. Even if the advert runs for weeks on TV, the amount of exposure cannot beat an actual physical product that your target market can connect with. When you gift someone a pen, a keychain, or a notebook, you can bet that they will be using the item for quite some time, probably on a daily basis. Having your logo on the item means the product leaves a longer-lasting impression on the customer's mind.
Greater brand exposure
The repeat exposure of your brand name, logo or slogan increases brand recognition. A customer is more likely to remember a company if they've seen it hundreds or thousands of times. Promotional items have this kind of effect, especially if they serve a purpose. Promotional USBs have the advantage that they can reach audiences beyond those you distribute to. People will inevitably share flash drives, which means more people getting exposed to your company.
Enhance brand reputation
Brands spend years to build a solid profile. By using promotional items like flash drives, you significant can cut down on this time. You can also be sure that the recipients will remember the name of your company and that they will have a favorable image of it simply because of your goodwill gesture.
Less costly
Using branded
promotional flash drives
to promote your company is cheaper that many traditional marketing tactics. These items are lowly priced, but can still make a huge impact on the customer. And when you bulk order, the price per unit goes down. Additionally, since these items can be shared or re-gifted to other people, it means that you'll get great exposure at a relatively low cost.


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Movements in Still Time
On May 2, 2007
May 2 – June 2, 2007
Opening Reception: Wednesday May 2, 5-9pm
Three international pinhole artists experiment with the process of representing time. Thomas Balcher (Germany) explores photography through the trigger of a gun. Shooting through a cardboard box, a pinhole camera is created and the resulting image captures a "Scene of Crime". William Mokrynski (Canada) explores travel and the formation of memory through interwoven layers within a pinhole camera, creating an image that is not always real yet fixed in our memories. Mabel Odessey (France) intimately explores how sound can be expressed through light, capturing the tension, suspires and incidents of improvisation. The images resonate with the sounds and atmosphere of music.


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Urban Planning
Since 2011, three companies, ZHONG AND LU (Tanggu, Tianjin) and CYAL (Qinyuan, Guangdong) and ITGIUM (Hong Kong) are offering services and recommendations on urban planning to medium-sized cities from 50 000 to 400 000 inhabitants with a special emphasis on sustainable development and ECO's Cities project (supported by local governments and institutions, aim at building environmental friendly towns throughout China).
They have put together a common team called "OTC markets" which concerns the city of Tianjin and the provinces of Hebei, Zhejiang, HUnan and Guangdong.
- Urban Planning (spatial & land use planning & growth management & aesthetics & safety reconstruction & renewal & transport)
- Bridge conception
- Urban Growth Management
- China Sustainable building (Equipment & know-how)
. Rainwater recycling
. Heating & air conditioning savings energy
. Hospital waste management & traceability
. Public equipment light network savings
. Smart cities 智慧城市
. Public equipment facilities
In all ours proposals, we arranged an agreement with a local operator, located in the city where we are intending to operate, mainly a construction company that will be responsible for carrying out the work.
Thanks to appropriate proposals, our goal is to stick closely to the today Chinese urban planning requests, those ones managed by the Urban Planning Cities office.
This approach is motivated by the following objectives:
(1) The customer is more sensitive to our offer
(2) Participation of the local partner should be ad minima of 80%
(3) The value of intellectual services ranges from 5 to 10%


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Find hotels in Yonkers using the list and search tools below. Find cheap and discounted hotel/motel rates in or nearby Yonkers, NY for your business or personal leisure travel. Discover the most popular Yonkers, New York hotel and motel rooms. Browse the Yonkers area hotels to find the perfect lodging! Please use the provided map of the Yonkers hotels. Booking 5+ Rooms? Find Yonkers Group Hotel Deals
The Yonkers center is around the area of Yonkers Amtrak Station and 1 mile north of North Riverdale.
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Excellent food close location to Arthur Avenue (must visit Mikes Deli and enjoy amazing italian specialties and daily deliciousness from the talented Chef David Greco !!!) Lots of shopping opportunities and access to Highway.
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Kids will learn how to draw and paint colorful houses using Kwik Stix Solid Paint sticks.
When The Pencil Grip Company sent me a set of Kwik Stix Solid Paint sticks to try out, I was cautiously optimistic.
The paint sticks have been designed to take the mess out of painting thanks to a formula that allows the colors to dry in just over one minute. Honestly, the thought of being able to paint without water, cups, paintbrushes and aprons sounded almost too good to be true.
When testing them, I knew exactly which project to tackle and I was blown away by the results. The colors are rich and the sticks are easy and fun to use. They look and operate like glue sticks and the texture of the paint – when wet – is not unlike oil pastels. Once dry, the picture appears as though tempera paints were used.
Painting may never be the same!
What You Need:
- Paper (whatever kind you have on hand will do)
- Kwik Stix Solid Tempera Paint sticks
- Pencil
What You Do:
- Using a pencil, draw a zig zag line across the paper, just above the halfway point. My kiddo calls this a "mountain range line".
- Draw a straight line across the bottom of the page.
- Draw lines from the bottom of the points of the zig-zag line down to the straight line.
- Create roof lines (see image below).
- Outline with permanent black marker.
- Now it's time to paint! Using the Kwik Stix, fill in the areas, making sure you let sections dry (not unlike regular tempera paint). The beauty is, with Kwik Stix, the paint is dry almost instantly!
- You can mix colours by layering them when wet. But, you will need to clean the ends of the paint sticks in between mixing.
- BUT — once dry, you can layer colors without risk of the colors bleeding. Check how clean the white stick is after painting on top of a dark blue sky!
I was so pleased with Kwik Stix! My kiddo LOVED working with them and so did I 🙂
Kwik Stix are available in packs of six or twelve. You can also buy them in class packs of 96.


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Monona State Bank's experienced associates take time to understand your personal and business goals and offer financial products and services to meet your investment needs.
Kudos to the Chamber and the Small Business Advisory Council for the creation of the Road Construction Survival Guide. It connects the affected businesses with the city departments and the construction company in charge. The regular meetings and contact with the correct people makes a huge difference in coping.
My small business has a voice in local politics with the Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce, I have a voice here. We're all business people and we look at the bottom line. The return on investment from my Chamber membership and the advocacy it provides is far above what I get from other organizations.
The Chamber has worked tirelessly to promote the interests of the local business community, and to create and preserve the conditions that allow businesses to thrive, for the good of the entire community. I can think of no organization that is better equipped to guide us through this time than the Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce, and we all owe it our full support, to our mutual benefit.
The Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce has been an excellent resource for my small business. The Chamber provides multiple channels for business awareness, networking opportunities and helpful educational programs. Being a member of the Chamber has really made a difference in helping expand my business visibility, growth and development in Dane County.


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SecondMarket Syndicate Bidders Real Winners of Bitcoin Auction
The US Marshals Service (USMS) confirmed today that a bidding syndicate organised by Bitcoin Investment Trust (BIT) and the trading division of SecondMarket took 48,000 BTC in its second bitcoin auction.
The 48,000 BTC (worth roughly $16.9m at press time) is the largest ever won in a USMS bitcoin auction, trumping the nearly 30,000 BTC won by venture capitalist Tim Draper this June. In total, SecondMarket and BIT secured 19 of the 20 bitcoin blocks put up for bid, while the remaining block was claimed by Draper.
Speaking to CoinDesk, SecondMarket managing director Brendan O'Connor expressed his excitement about the news given the work that went in to assembling the 104-person syndicate.
O'Connor said:
"When you put a lot of effort into something like this you want to win, you want to be able to bear some fruit and show some results. For all the folks internally that spent a lot of time and effort on this it was a very good conclusion."
SecondMarket itself was not a bidder in its own syndicate, however, he confirmed, meaning none of the 48,000 BTC will be used by the illiquid asset exchange or as part of BIT, its open-ended bitcoin-only trust.


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Southern Comforts
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At first blush, Kathleen Clark's Southern Comforts feels like it may end up being a little thin, but by the end of the first scene, you are utterly charmed by this December-December romance that's gaining momentum before your eyes. The success of this play is, in part, due to the fine performances by Michael Learned and Granville Van Dusen and the playwright's skill at telling an engaging two-person story that easily spans multiple decades.
Amanda Cross (Learned) is a fiery Southern widow from Tennessee visiting her daughter in New Jersey. One day, out on church business, she meets Gus Klingman (Van Dusen), a curmudgeonly widower who's never ventured out of his hometown except to fight overseas during World War II.
Caught in a downpour, Gus invites her to sit out the rain while they enjoy a baseball game. In short order, they begin to have feelings for each other. She moves in, helps Gus install storm windows and, in a laugh-out-loud discussion about eternal resting places, they shop for headstones. As they slowly fall in love, they reveal their backstories, fleshing out this hilariously witty play. By the end of Act II, not even the somber reality of death can wipe the grin on your face.
Southern Comforts tackles many issues involved finding love late in life, arguing that even so, it's never too late. Gus reveals that he had been in a loveless marriage for so long that it became comfortable to be unhappy. Amanda, in turn, offers a sober look at the war's devastation to those left behind on the home front.
Settling into one another is not going to be easy but the playwright's ear for realistic dialogue and her sense of humor keeps the complications that develop grounded and without sentimentality. This homage to love encompasses not only to those in their later years, but resonates easily with anyone who has ever had to make room (figuratively and literally) for another person in their life.
Learned's Amanda is brash, outspoken, and demanding, and still she manages a sweetness that's endearing and touching. Van Dusen's Gus is nervous, put off, and completely loveable. The on-stage chemistry definitely buoys this affable production, skillfully directed by Jules Aaron.
Performances through April 10 at International City Theatre in Long Beach. For tickets and information, please call 562-436-4610 or visit www.internationalcitytheatre.org.


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THIS IS ALL YOU NEED! So next time you can bleed your Shimano brakes by yourself. 24/7, weekends, daytime, night-time, anytime. It's plain easy. Don't miss a ride by driving your bike to the local bike shop. Ride more, drive less.
Bleed kit for Shimano: PREMIUM SET with GREEN Mineral fluid
Fits absolutely all recent Shimano 2012+ hydraulic brakes.
PREMIUM edition SET with GREEN Mineral oil:
100 ml GREEN mineral fluid made with extremly high boiling point
20ml Syringe with tubing attached
30ml Syringe with brass lever port adaptor with o-ring
7mm Spanner /wrench
Universal Bleed block for two and four piston brakes
Drainage tube
Reusable extra long Zip tie for holding in place the caliper syringe
2 x Cable ties
2 x Fluid catch bag
Nitrile protective gloves (Size L)
Spare o-rings
Instruction manuals
PACKED: 12 pcs/box
Bunnyhoptribe warrants its products to be free from defects in materials or workmanship for a period of two years after original purchase. Claims under this warranty must be made through the retailer where the component was purchased.Original proof of purchase is required.
· This warranty does not apply when the product has been modified.
· This warranty does not apply to damage to the product caused by any other circumstances in which the product has been subjected to forces or loads beyond its design.
· This warranty does not apply to normal wear and tear. Wear and tear parts are subject to damage as a result of normal use, failure to service according to recommendations or applications other than recommended.
Wear and tear parts are identified as: Piston seal, o-rings, Rubber moving parts


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Odaiba and Asakusa
10:00am Meet at your hotel lobby
Yurikamome Line from Shimbashi sta. to Odaiba-kaihinkoen (14min)
http://www.yurikamome.tokyo/ (with a futuristic train)
11:00am Exploring futuristic Odaiba area (and Lunch at OCEAN CLUB BUFFET or some other choices)
2:05pm Tokyo Cruise by HOTALUNA
http://www.suijobus.co.jp/en/ (with a futuristic boat)
Fare: 1,560 yen (approx. 45min)
3:00pm Asakusa traditional area
*The tour ends at Sensoji-Temple around 4:00pm. You can enjoy shopping at Nakamise shopping street.


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Pre-Arrivals Due In Monday
Big news! We'll be getting another nine casks this Monday, which will immediately head over to processing for pre-arrival fulfillment. We'll be doing the Exclusive Malt selections first so that they're ready for David Stirk and his customer tasting on Tuesday in Redwood City. Please be patient as we work to get these ready. It's the busiest time of the year when you're not trying to process thousands of pre-orders, let alone with a mountain of extra work. Jason and I will be coming in early, working extra hours to get it done quickly.
We're excited! You should be excited too! Quality booze coming your way soon.
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About i-Solarlite Ltd.
i-Solarlite got registered in the United Kingdom in mid-2012. Several research papers and field related reports were prepared. By the winter of the same year, it had
identified suppliers and began its field level operations in the Indian subcontinent. The first three lots of shipments, when arrived in Mumbai (head quarter), were
successfully sold among the villages of Orissa, Andhra Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Bihar in no time. The feedback received were excellent and beyond expectations.
Early into the following year the company initiated work on the improved technology and production unit in South India. It actually took over 8 months to manufacture
the revolutionary solar lantern with several advanced features at a ground breaking price. Work also took effect on a parallel solar product which was to be launched
late in winter. By the 3rd quarter of the same year, the products got launched in the rural belt of West Bengal, parts of Orissa, Maharashtra and Uttarakhand with the
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Sept. 2, 1906 Born in Oakley, Idaho, to Hector C. Haight and Clara Tuttle Haight.
1920s Attends Oakley High School and Albion State Normal School in Idaho.
1925-1928 Attends Utah State University.
Sept. 4, 1930 Marries Ruby Olson in the Salt Lake LDS Temple.
1933 Becomes general merchandise manager for ZCMI.
1936 Becomes district manager for Montgomery Ward, based in San Diego.
1943-1946 Serves in World War II as a commander in the U.S. Navy's Supply Corps.
1946-1949 Regional manager for Montgomery Ward, based in Chicago.
March 4, 1951 Becomes president of the Palo Alto LDS Stake.
1959-1963 Mayor of Palo Alto, Calif.
1963-1966 President of the Scottish LDS Mission.
November 1966 Named assistant to the president of Brigham Young University.
Sept. 29, 1967 Called as a regional representative.
April 6, 1970 Sustained as an assistant to the Twelve.
Jan. 8, 1976 Ordained an apostle.
April 3, 1976 Sustained to the Quorum of the Twelve.
March 8, 1978 Receives Distinguished Alumnus Award from Utah State University.
May 27, 1989 Honored as a distinguished alumnus at Utah State University.
April 16, 1994 Honored as Palo Alto's oldest living mayor.
Sept. 2, 1996 Honored at 90th birthday celebration attended by about 1,200 at Huntsman Corp. offices at University of Utah.
Aug. 13, 1998 Receives a doctorate of Christian service from BYU.
Oct. 13, 2000 With his wife, Ruby, receives the People of Vision award from Prevent Blindness Utah.
April 3, 2004 Elder Haight's last extemporaneous address at LDS general conference.
July 31, 2004 Elder Haight, at 97 the oldest living apostle, dies at his home at 4:15 a.m., with his family present.


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