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My style of entertaining is very casual and easygoing (read more about my entertaining philosophy here!). I like my guests to feel comfortable and the atmosphere (dare I say ambiance?) is an important part of doing just that.
If we're hosting friends for dinner on a Saturday night, a formal florist-type bouquet isn't appropriate - it would say all of the wrong things about what I want the night to be.
My favorite method is to use several stems of the same type (or color) of flower.
As a caterer and event planner, I knew that I could rely on these types of arrangements to always look great. They are hard to mess up!
Unsure about what flower to use for your centerpiece? I always turn to what is in season. It is usually more inexpensive than out of season options, and it just makes sense with what is being served and what is going on outside.
Right now, it is hydrangea season - they are blooming in abundance. I've never seen hydrangeas so full of blooms as I've experienced in New England. Now I understand why Martha Stewart and The Barefoot Contessa always recommend using giant masses of hydrangeas... in New England you can pick 50 blooms without even making a dent in a mature bush.
Unfortunately, I only have 3 young plants in my yard - 2 blue (remember blue blooms from the Farmer's Market Inspired Dinner Party?) and 1 white cone-shaped hydrangea, from which I was able to sacrifice 5 really large blooms. If you don't have any growing in your yard, most grocery stores carry white hydrangeas all year long. You should be able to get 3-5 blooms for $10-15... and they'll last for a week or more.
I created 3 various examples of simple centerpieces that, instead of using vases, use items from around the house as containers. They would be beautiful for any casual, laid back, late Summer dinner party.
Hydrangeas need a lot of water. Cut the stems on an angle, then make a cut up the stem to aid the water in getting to the bloom.
put lilacs in my vintage pewter pitcher?
TIP : Use an odd number of blooms - 3, 5 or 7 flowers always look better than 2, 4 or 6.
For a little more of a vintage look, I paired two blue ball jars (from my Grandma Steffens' massive collection) of different sizes. The touch of blue adds a little bit of interest to the white flowers.
For this centerpiece idea, I used 3 rustic wine glasses (stemless) down the center of the table with one bloom each.
Note that all of the glasses are a little bit different from each other. The clean arrangement, and simple use of one bloom each allows you to use a little bit of liberty with the glasses - everything doesn't need to be - in fact it shouldn't be so matchy-matchy.


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Wyse necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 91 diseños de 16 diseñadores freelance.
Wyse Kadish LLP
We are a 25 year old medium sized law firm-currently Meyer & Wyse changing to Wyse Kadish LLP- located in downtown Portland, Oregon. We are a general practice firm who takes care of local people and businesses. We have 10 attorneys who practice in the following areas: trust & estates, family law, litigation, business & real estate, architectural & construction law, creditors' rights & bankruptcy and employment law. We are a client focused firm with very little hierarchy. We aim to provide all purpose legal services for all of our individual and business clients' needs. We are not a big name firm, however, we offer large firm legal services at a small firm price. Our clients are aware of the high quality service they receive as many of our attorneys come from large local firms.
We want a contemporary look that communicates excellence, sophistication, trustworthiness, competence and professionalism. We would like a modern feel with clean lines. We would like the color green to be used (not kelly green or pastels though) along with black and white of course. Please include a black and white logo as well as this may be needed for some publications, etc. If a symbol of some sort is used, please make it simple, not complex. The entire logo should be simple and high impact. The design must be scaleable to accommodate a business card, a large sign or an online advertisement.
We are targeting middle to upper age professionals, middle to high wage earners, business owners, employers, etc.
Need logo for: firm identity for use on website, print letterheads, business cards, etc.
We are NOT interested in a logo that has any sort of an over-emphasis on the "W" and "K."
We might like the shape of the name to create some sort of impression (perhaps upward movement, tranquility, etc.) - just an idea
Avoid clipart/cartoons - needs to look business professional, yet memorable.
No scales of justice.
Please feel free to make "LLP" discreet. "Wyse Kadish" should be the focus.
If you have a better idea, please feel free to submit. We will of course consider all submissions.
Preferred file formats:
Print file formats - ai.(CMYK) and other standard formats for newsprint and highend printing requirements.
Web file format - .jpg and layered .psd (RGB)
Please also provide other high definition file formats for print and web design use
Optional: drop the logo onto business card/A4 letterhead artboards
Optional: link to free/affordable font identical to/compatible with logo text
Please feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns you may have. We look forward to your submissions!
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Unique Cufflinks
If you are a fan of cufflinks, what could be more perfect? When you add it all up, these personalized cufflinks make your french cuff a focus of attention, which beats cufflinks that people want to forget. These Unique Cufflinks are truly iconic and will add deft personality to any shirt. At FrenchCuffed we just make cufflinks that will make you smile and these Unique Cufflinks are sure to bring a hint of jealousy from anyone that gets the chance to see them. These Unique Cufflinks are perfect as a personalized stocking stuffer for your tinder blind-date, whether that be for a wedding, complete set of groomsmen, something to wear at the office or for no specific reason at all.


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Police Auxiliary
The Glendora Auxiliary Police was created in 1970 to provide a group of trained, informed volunteers who could be called upon during emergency situations or in the event of a disaster. The Police Auxiliary has evolved into a multi-task-oriented program whose success relies in the commitment and unique skills offered by both senior citizens and other community-minded individuals.
Volunteer officers perform a wide variety of duties both at the police station and out in the community. At the station they may be called upon to fingerprint job applicants, answer phones or assist the Records division. While out on patrol they conduct business foot patrol and provide extra eyes and ears to assist the department in crime prevention, among other things. Another facet of Auxiliary service is participation in Special Details which could range from appearances at community events, parades, and check-points, to traffic control or emergency response in times of disaster. Some Auxiliary officers prefer to limit their duties to clerical/office support at the police facility, while others enjoy challenges that take them out into the community. The Auxiliary program is organized to accommodate and welcome both types of service.
Every volunteer is provided with dozens of hours of training in Police Auxiliary-related duties. Currently, completion of the police department's Citizens Academy is a prerequisite followed by an additional Police Auxiliary Academy. This training is held for specific areas related to specific assignments and responsibilities.
Volunteers will be expected to purchase their own uniforms and some equipment. The Auxiliary does supply certain items such as rain gear and equipment belt. Costs will vary depending on source. However, after actively participating as a Police Auxiliary Officer for one year, each volunteer will receive an annual uniform allowance of $100. In addition, Worker's Compensation benefits are provided for each Auxiliary Officer.
The mission of the Glendora Police Auxiliary is to provide a high level of safety, security, and services to all members of our community by working along with officers of the Glendora Police Department, under the leadership of the Chief of Police. We will accomplish our mission by:
- Being a trained body of personnel providing services in areas such as: school and business patrol, trustee visitations, traffic and crowd control.
- Playing a dual role of community member and police department member.
- Answering questions, providing help, assistance, service, and protection to the community.
|Who May Qualify?
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Concerned citizens who are:
Complete the following applications:
Submit both applications to the front
counter of the Police Department.
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A 1/2 mile is more like it. Yet, Top Gear still fudged the whole thing for fake drama.
Now, the Tesla gets a huge lead and it does not look like any of the other cars truly launched. This is obviously sensationalized which is a bit lame.
Right on cue the Mercedes-AMG C63 S starts to run the Tesla down. It is a photo finish. A manufactured photo finish.
You're better than this Top Gear. Also try including some actual performance metrics for the cars involved.
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In a press release on Hearst's website, Helen Thomas, the 89-year-old veteran White House correspondent, announced she will
retire effective immediately in the wake of her comments on
"Her decision came
after her controversial comments about Israel and the Palestinians were
captured on videotape and widely disseminated on the Internet."
Thomas told a rabbi at a White House event last week that Jews should "get the hell out of Palestine" and go back to Germany and Poland or the United States.
Thomas apologized for the comments, saying:
"I deeply regret my comments I made last week regarding the
Israelis and the Palestinians. They do not reflect my heart-felt belief
that peace will come to the Middle East only when all parties recognize
the need for mutual respect and tolerance. May that day come soon."
At his daily briefing, White House press secretary Robert Gibbs on Monday condemned the comments, calling them "offensive and reprehensible."
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"She should and has apologized," Gibbs said. "Obviously, those remarks do not reflect, certainly, the opinion of most of the people here and certainly not of the administration."
"Helen Thomas' comments were indefensible and the White House
Correspondents Association board firmly dissociates itself from them,"
the WHCA said in a statement. "Many in our profession who have known
Helen for years were saddened by the comments, which were especially
unfortunate in light of her role as a trail blazer on the White House
The WHCA statement added that the incident "does revive the issue of
whether it is appropriate for an opinion columnist to have a front row
seat in the WH briefing room."
Working for United Press International, Thomas covered every president since the end of the Eisenhower years and was known for her tough questioning. She was the first woman to be an officer of the National Press Club, the first female member and president of the White House Correspondents' Assn.
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A Doodle Racing Free Top Best Car Race Chase Game
- Publisher: Jesse Miller
- Genre: Action
- Released: 16 Nov, 2013
- Size: 166.5 MB
- Price: FREE!
- App Store Info
Description*****Draw, Paint, Scribble, Sketch, Take A Photo And Race Your Car Free: Very Addictive! *****
Doodle RACING LITE is the most fun you can have with your FRIENDS! Finger paint with your favorite colors and DRAW your Own Car To Race With or Use one of the cars we developed for you. Pick from 4 different Hot Rod Racing Cars.
*** Race Friends Live With Our Bluetooth Connection ***
1. just download the game For FREE!
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Connect with a friend to draw the best Racing Car over the Internet. Use the High tech capabilities of the game to
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This game is fun and very cool.
Doodle Racing has up to 6 Championship Tracks each having its own 5 Track Race that gives you tons of fun and keeps you in the game.
Take A Photo Of A Hot Racing Car and Race!
Want to just take a picture of a car you like, just upload that picture to the Photo area, add some features if you like and hit save and you can race that car its that simple.


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Yes, my fellow X79 friends, the day is finally upon us. As of yesterday, Intel released new RSTe drivers that bring TRIM to RAID 0/1 SSD configs (let Win 7/8 TRIM commands pass through the Intel C600 chipset storage controller)! Best of all, no OROM update (and accompanying BIOS flashes) required! At least I didn't for my ASRock X79.
I verified with this TRIM check tool. With the old RSTe drivers, the tool indicated that TRIM was not working on my RAID 0 array. After installing the new drivers and a reboot, it indicated that it was.
As they say, better late than never... Anyway, I bet the 3 other people that use SSD RAID on X79 that read TR will be interested in this.
Thanks to this forum post for the heads up.


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Debbee S necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 195 diseños de 53 diseñadores freelance.
Desert Christian Academy
Our school, formerly known as Christian School of the Desert and Desert Christian High School, is changing our name after 33 years, to Desert Christian Academy. We are a family of students, parents and educators dedicated to providing a Christ-centered environment of challenging academics, enthusiastic learning and community stewardship. The school leadership engaged in a year long process to gather input fro the various stakeholders and constituencies. We are developing a new website which will reflect our new name and give prospective families more information about the school's prgrams and strengths. We are also launching a full roll out of a new tagline (that will reflect our strong academics and nurturing climate), logo and branding efforts.
We are a non-denominational private Christian school located in the Palm Springs, CA region (Bermuda Dunes). http://www.csod.org for more information
Prospective families, current families, staff & faculty, alumni, donors and community
The logo should be available for all messaging and collateral uses. We are seeking a school logo that can be used in a variety of ways including: embroidered on school uniforms, in print (letterhead, business cards, brochures, etc.), on signage and on our website. We are not looking for a logo that is specifically religious, but religious symbols may be used/incorporated. Avoid religious symbolism that appears "churchy". The logo needs to convey a sophisticated college preparatory academy with a Christian advantage. The type face should be modern, clear but have a classic feel to it.
Our school colors are royal blue and gold but we are open to various shades within those colors (from navy to baby blue, metallic gold, etc.).
Please do not use any stock images or clip art.
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Become the owner of this 1:2 scale race helmet of Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc, seen worn in the 2019 FIA Formula One World Championship™ season.
The 2019 season marks the Monégasque's inaugural season with Ferrari only a year after debuting in F1. With what is set to be a challenging season for the team, great things are expected from this young talent.
Featuring the driver's national colours of white and red, as well as sporting Ferrari emblems, sponsorship logos and of course the driver's racing number, 16, this helmet could be the perfect addition to your Ferrari and F1 collection.
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Windows 8 Desktop Wallpaper
by Hiroshi on November 30th, 2012
Download high resolution, high quality windows 8 wallpaper packs including 130 HD desktop backgrounds on various categories like nature, 3D, typography and more. Wallpaper credits are at the last page of this post. Few wallpapers contain watermarks for authors. Click at the image to view full version of wallpaper.


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The University of Murcia (UMU) is the most important teaching and research organization of the Region of Murcia. It is a public institution devoted to providing higher education in different programs in science, technology, and humanities. The university has more than 29,000 students; with a teaching staff of 2,612 professors spread over 4 campuses.
Research is one of the pillars of our University, covering 8 scientific areas: Economy, Health, Experimental, Law, Social, Technical, Humanities, and Mathematics. There are currently 312 Research Groups and 6 Institutes of Research are either created or in the process of constitution: Water and Environment, Ageing, Optics and Nanophysics, Political Studies "Saavedra Fajardo", Vegetal Food and Health, and Information and Communication Applied Technologies.
The University of Murcia has extensive experience in hosting collaborative projects and promoting research excellence in a learning environment. Our University has also a large experience in the management of research projects. More than 120 European projects belonging to different Frames RTD Programmes have been managed in the past, 12 of them within the 7th FP. At the National level, 198 RTD projects were funded during the past year alone. The European and International Research Project Office -Operum- is the university's office in charge of proposal preparation and submission of international projects as well as management and control of these projects once they have been approved.
The University of Murcia, together with its neighbouring Polytechnic University of Cartagena, leads Campus Mare Nostrum 37/38, a consortium that has been awarded the status of International Campus for Regional Excellence by the Spanish Ministry of Education and Science. This consortium is a joint effort of international organizations, research centres, technology parks, companies, and administrations, seeking to transform the Region of Murcia into a pole of international, high-quality education, science, business, and culture in the Mediterranean area.
The University of Murcia has a large and rich tradition in multi-cultural and multi-lingual academic cooperation and mobility which is closely related to the growth of the Eramus programme. The International Relation Office was created in 1994. Nowadays, this office counts on 3 sections: International Mobility, International Projects and Development, and Administration Section. The University, through this Office, took part as a partner and as coordinator in numerous European Union programmes and other actions sponsored by different national and international financial entities from both the public and private sector. Erasmus Mundus, Tempus, Leonardo Da Vinci, Alfa, Culture 2000, Asia-Link, LLLP or External Cooperation Window are only some of them.
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Website: www.heraldpalladium.com
Article originally published in
The Herald-Palladium 06/03/2008, Page B01.
Written by Debra Haight, HP Correspondent
Reprinted with permission.
Welcome to AU's new 'front door'
BERRIEN SPRINGS — Monday was a day for celebration for Andrews University officials, who welcomed the community to AU's new "front door," officially known as J.N. Andrews Boulevard.
The $2.5 million tree-lined entrance road off Old 31 features brick arches and a world globe at the university's new entrance sign. "This is the day we've been waiting for for years," Andrews President Niels-Erik Andreasen told the hundreds gathered for the road's dedication. "This new entrance represents the fulfillment of a personal dream for me.
"I cringed at the unattractive, unwelcome way we greeted our guests. It was like we asked people to come through a back door or a kitchen door.
"Now we can welcome people in through the front door."
Work on the new entrance began in September. The project was made possible by gifts from the late William Colson and his wife, Bonnie, as well as John and Dede Howard and Dr. David Cromwell, Andrews Vice President David Faehner said.
"They (the Colsons) came to visit the campus two years ago and heard a concert at the Howard Performing Arts Center," Faehner said. "He asked who are the Howards and then said how can I give anything less ... ?
"He (Mr. Colson) heard about our vision for the road and said how can you have a quality school without a quality entrance. He said 'God has given me so much, how can I refuse any worthy project?'" Local government officials also took part in the ribbon-cutting ceremony.
Berrien Springs Village President Bill Dustin said that the university can be proud of the new entrance, which has been "a long time coming."
Oronoko Township Supervisor Ernest Hildebrand said he was glad to see the new entrance.
"I can remember Ed Wines giving me updates, and I kept hoping to see it in my lifetime and now we're here. Praise the Lord," he said.
Wines is a former Andrews vice president.
"The people who come here from other places to buy fruit ask me what's here, and I say Andrews University and they ask, 'Where is it?'" he said.
"This will make the university more visible to those in the community and to visitors. Congratulations for a project well done."
Andrews Provost Heather Knight said the globe acknowledges that Andrews is a global institution with a global vision.
Andrews is the flagship educational institution of the Seventh-day Adventist Church with more than 3,000 students from scores of countries around the world.


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Lunar eclipse: Saturday's Blood Moon the shortest of them all
It will be brief — and early, but on Saturday morning, Colorado will have a great view for the first of two total lunar eclipses of 2015.
The April 4 eclipse, set to begin as the moons sets low in the western horizon, will be the shortest total lunar eclipse seen this century, with full coverage clocking in at only 4 minutes and 43 seconds.
So be prepared, NASA warns. The window for the full eclipse of this "blood moon" lasts from just 5:57 a.m. to 6:02 a.m.
In Colorado, the eclipse will reach "totality" (when the moon is fully shaded by the Earth's reddish shadow) about 45 minutes before setting in the west. Typically, NASA says, totality for a lunar eclipse can last more than an hour. But on Saturday, the moon's orbit will barely skim along the edge — rather than through the center — of the earth's shadow, resulting in an abbreviated full eclipse.
From start to finish, including partial coverage, the Earth's shadow will begin its creep across the lunar disc at 4:16 a.m. and end at 6:46 a.m., when the moon will set.
The Earth and the moon are currently in the midst of what astronomers call a "tetrad," which is a rare occurrence of four total lunar eclipses occurring at six-month intervals. Saturday's eclipse marks the third in the series. The fourth and final total eclipse comes later this year on Sept. 28.
This eclipse has drawn some special attention because it happens on the weekend of Passover and Easter, but since both holidays are based on lunar calendars, it shouldn't be all that surprising.
Forecasts suggest the weather should cooperate, with clear skies and temperatures in the upper 20s expected for early Saturday.
One final note: Each full moon has a traditional name (although many of them turn out to be 19th century creations if you research it.) This one is called the Full Spouting Grass Moon. Really. And not just in Colorado!


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For more than 40 years, Endress+Hauser Flowtec has achieved a top position among manufacturers of industrial flowmeters for liquids, gas and steam. We support you with our proven, top-quality flowmeters. You can always be sure that we will provide you with products which fit your specific measuring task. More than 1900 employees at six production facilities in Reinach (Switzerland), Cernay (France), Greenwood (USA), Aurangabad (India), Suzhou (China) and Itatiba (Brasil) assure this.
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Sources tell website MCVUK that developer Quantic Dream's next game is called Beyond. Quantic Dream boss David Cage is expected to debut the game this week in Los Angeles at a Sony press event.
According to MCVUK, Beyond is a Sony exclusive that, like Heavy Rain, will be narrative based and feature motion captured actors.
Late last month, there were rumors that Quantic Dream was set to reveal a new game this week. The studio is apparently working on two projects, both for Sony.
Earlier this spring, Quantic Dream showed off an incredible tech demo in which a robot learned to love.
Kotaku is following up with Sony and will update this post should Sony comment.


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Apple, Google and Other App Sellers Cut Privacy Deal with California
Your favorite mobile apps should soon be making it a lot more clear when they intend to use your data.
The Attorney General of California, Kamala D. Harris, announced Wednesday a deal with Amazon, Apple, Google, Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft and Research in Motion; the companies agreed to strengthen privacy protection for users that download third-party apps to smartphones and tablet devices.
In the deal, the companies said they would require app developers to clearly spell out what data their apps can access and what the app or company does with that data. The deal also makes app store custodians such as Apple and Google, who run the App Store and Android Market, set up a way for users to report apps that don't provide a clear-cut explanation of their privacy policies.
According to a statement from Attorney General Harris' office, if an app developer doesn't meet these new privacy-policy requirements, they could be charged with a crime under California law.
"California has a unique commitment to protecting the privacy of our residents," said Harris. "Our constitution directly guarantees a right to privacy, and we will defend it."
Android users are well aware that developers on the platform are required to ask them for permission before accessing their personal data, but they're not told how or why their data is being accessed. Apple also doesn't allow any software on its App Store that takes personal information without asking, but developers haven't been transparent on that platform, either.
In fact, Harris' office says, only five percent of all mobile apps offer a privacy policy. And developers across both platforms have come under fire recently for coding software that transmits users' personal data unbeknownst to them.
That controversy managed to pique the interest of some members of Congress, who sent a letter of inquiry to Apple.
Should lawmakers intervene when the creators of popular platforms like Android and iOS may not be doing enough to protect the privacy of their users? Sound off in the comments below.
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Bringing backpacking to a whole new level!
Welcome to Surfers Paradise's newest hostel. Bunk ticks all the boxes and only a heartbeat away from the beach. Your experience is their priority; let them entertain you with daily activities and nightly events while accommodating you in comfort and class at Queensland's most iconic beach location.
Their funky dorms are equipped with combination safes and USB points in each locker allowing you peace of mind when exploring their beautiful region. You'll have privacy and a personal reading light while being able to charge your device at your bunk. Air conditioned and ensuite for those days when you want to chill out and a balcony with beach views to soak up some sunshine.
Take a load off and relax on their sundeck, dip in their cute pool and enjoy a chat with your new found friends in the hot tub. Cook up a storm in the state of the art kitchen and watch your favourite movie in their chill out areas. Call the family with free WIFI or just read a book in the garden.
At Bunk Surfers Paradise there's no fuss just check in, chill out and party on.
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Last December I realized that I made a big mistake with JuniorBiz.
I've talked to hundreds of high school and middle school students and I found that most of them are curious about entrepreneurship but very few are serious about it. They all want to start businesses "someday."
I want to help people start businesses right now. Not just help them think about doing it. So I created a site that's designed to help the 20-something entrepreneur become a successful entrepreneur. I call it 14 Clicks.
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I thought I would bring this up one last time. With the recent drama the timing might be bad, so let me make it clear that this isn't about making demands or rage-quitting or feeling an entitlement to the creative process, this is me being a good beta tester and reporting an issue that interferes with the enjoyment of the game.
Limited locker space is really draining the joy out of endgame play for me. Even with a hacked gold account and all 9 slots enabled, locker selection is not so much a choice as it is a tax on the fun. I've seen lots of novel strategies discussed that got me interested in exploring new preps, but my excitement waned the moment that I realized I would have to scum tinker runs over and over again looking for the specific item. Lujo got me interested in the crystal ball again, recent discussion has made me want to try out the new Balanced Dagger, new talk about the Mage Fist makes it sound interesting, and I would really like to test out an Orb of Zot prep.
I haven't done any of these because after ten minutes of grinding Gaan Telet, I said, "This isn't fun, why am I doing this?" and did something else instead. I will probably never try out those preps because even if I do find them in a run and can afford to buy them without throwing the game, using them means replacing some other staple and the knowledge that I will just have to grind again when the novelty wears off really kills the excitement.
The thing is, we have unlimited locker space, there's just a 10-20 minute tax that you have to pay to use it. I propose that we replace that mechanic with an actual interface. My ideal solution would be to have a screen showing an empty slot for every item in the game. As we unlock new items (and maybe bring back a prototype from a dungeon) we could pay a fee to add that item to the kingdom inventory. That item would then be available as a prep forever. This means that players can experiment with janky or suboptimal items without having to pay 10-20 minutes of their real time.
I know you guys have stated flatly that you are against unlimited locker space, but I want to make one last appeal. It is just stone cold not fun and either drives players towards using only a narrow selection of the content or introduces grinding into a game that is otherwise pleasantly devoid of grinding.


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Danilo Gallinari's knee injury: the wrench in the Nuggets' awesome season
On Thursday night after the Denver-Dallas game, a source close to the situation had told me that Danilo Gallinari heard a pop in his left knee, and that Gallo thinks it's an ACL tear. Thus, Gallo's season would be over.
This is terrible news for Gallo, one of the good guys, and for the Nuggets, third in the Western Conference.
Gallo is second on the team with 16.3 points per game, third with 5.2 rebounds. And he shoots 82 percent from the line, one of the few dependable players shooting foul shots.
According to Synergy Sports, a detailed site than analyses every facet of the game, Gallinari averages 1.01 points per possession, which is third-best on the team, trailing two centers whose average is arguably skewed because of their time on the court and position played: Kosta Koufos (1.07) and JaVale McGee (1.02).
On Synergy, which gives a description for its statistical ratings, Gallo ranks as "excellent" in transition offense, and "very good" as the pick and roll ball handler, spot up and isolation.
So how will Denver fill the Gallo void? Well, Corey Brewer will be huge. Denver doesn't lose anything defensively with Brewer in there, and he is one of the league's best transition runners and has proven to be a weapon with the corner 3. Coach George Karl will either start Brewer or Wilson Chandler at that small forward position. Offensively, those two players, as well as Andre Iguodala, will need to escalate their production to fill the void.
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- I Have Kes 50,000, What Do I invest In?- Money Wise With Rina Hicks (@Rina_Hicks)
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- To recap, here are the best steps you can take to secure your financial future:
If you don't have an emergency fund yet, at least $15,000 should go into a bank savings or money market account that's highly liquid, so you can withdraw it quickly. That money is your safety net in case of job loss or other unforeseen disasters.
Beyond an emergency fund, you may find other projects, like your own education or that of a family member, to be the best form of investment, if you expect them to bring opportunities or credentials.
If you have an emergency fund, if money won't improve your career path, then you're ready to think about how to invest the money in a way to make it grow.
The first lesson of investing is: start early in order to maximize the impact of compounding over time. Compounding means earning interest on top of interest, which will maximize your long-term wealth.
For example, if you want to retire at 65 and reasonably expect a 6% annual return on your investments, then you'd have over $729,000 at retirement if you start at 20, without adding another cent to your savings.
If you start at 40, you wouldn't even make it to $230,000 by 65, and that's not enough to retire on.
That's an enormous difference, and it shows that how long you invest can be more important than how much you invest.
If you're wishing now that you'd started earlier, don't waste time on regrets -- just get started today! It's better than getting started tomorrow.
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Short-term investing -- day trading, picking stocks and timing the market -- seems really exciting from the outside, but the superficial excitement conceals the fact that most retail investors lose money with short-term investing. FutureAdvisor believes in long-term investing, and multiple academics with Nobel Prizes support the approach as well:
- 1990: Harry Markowitz wins the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his work on portfolio choice, which was used in creating Modern Portfolio Theory.
- 2013: Eugene Fama wins the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for research which laid the foundation for building Modern Portfolio Theory.
History has shown that cash has not been a good investment, losing about 2% a year in real terms, while US historical averages show stocks have returned a 6% return. So holding a portfolio with a greater weighting to stocks rather than cash will earn you a better return.
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If you've decided to invest your money rather than keep it in cash, then the next question to answer is: what kind of account should I invest it in?
The answer will depend on whether or not your employer sponsors a retirement account for you and matches your contribution.
If they do, the first thing you should do is invest until you get every dollar of matching funds to your 401k, because matching funds are a 100% return, and you won't find that often in life.
Once you've exhausted the matching funds, maximize your contribution to your Roth IRA, which is $5,500 per year.
After the Roth, go back to your employer-sponsored 401k, and invest any extra dollars you have.
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Currently, the most you can contribute per year is $18,000. Maxing out on your retirement funds will take care of almost half the decisions you need to make.
The reason you should maximize your yearly contributions to your IRA and 401k is that they are tax-deferred accounts, which means your investments can accumulate interest, and then accumulate interest on the interest, without incurring taxes on those gains until you retire.
That accelerates how fast your wealth grows.
When investing $50,000, it's also important to focus on avoiding churn (buying and selling), as well as minimizing what you pay every time you buy and sell a security.
The latter is called your trading commission, and it can add up to real costs that sabotage your returns.
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At FutureAdvisor, we use commission-free investments wherever possible, which cuts the costs eating away at your portfolio.
We work to eliminate commissions wherever we can. That said, low expense ratios (the percentage of your assets you pay to invest them in a fund per year) are also important, and they are measured separately.Numerous studies show that the less you pay a fund in investment fees, the better it performs.
Tax-loss harvesting can be a useful contributor to returns with a $50,000 portfolio.
Tax loss harvesting can enable you to offset capital gains or realize a loss to potentially reduce your investing tax bill.
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Tax-loss harvesting doesn't necessarily impact your investment strategy, because when an asset is sold for tax purposes an asset which closely tracks it can be purchased in its place.
With a $50,000 portfolio, you want to use Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) to diversify as broadly as possible.
Owning every share in the S&P 500 would be very expensive if you bought stocks individually, but with an ETF that tracks the S&P 500, you can own the index through a single security, broadening your portfolio without having to monitor hundreds of individual stocks. ETFs are highly liquid, low-cost investments.
Liquidity means they trade on the stock exchange when the market is open (you can get in and out of them easily), and they usually have much lower fees than mutual funds.
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Your investing strategy should include stocks that generally show superior long term returns historically (this will probably include companies will small market capitalization and low price-to-book ratios). It should also include instruments to de-risk the portfolio such as bonds, Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPS) and real estate.
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- Consider "investing" in yourself or your family by using the money on education.
- Invest for the long term by appropriately capturing any matching funds from your employer, and maximizing contributions to your Roth IRA and 401(k), in that order.
- Keep trading fees low by seeking out low-fee ETFs for equities and bonds.
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After a disappointing silver in the team final, Japanese superstar Kohei Uchimura will be gunning for gold in the men's all-around final Friday evening at the 2011 World Gymnastics Championships in Tokyo.
Uchimura, the 2009 and 2010 world champion, is set to join Russian legend Svetlana Khorkina as gymnastics' only three-time world all-around champions. If he takes the gold, he will be the first male gymnast to accomplish the feat, eclipsing double world champions Yuri Korolyov (1981 and 1985), Dmitry Bilozerchev (1983 and 1987), Ivan Ivankov (1994 and 1997) and Yang Wei (2006 and 2007).
Uchimura is heavily favored to win the gold, but there will be plenty of gymnasts chasing him on the way to the podium. There are three medals up for grabs Friday, and the competition should be a thriller.
Using scores and rankings from the qualification, let's take a look at the top qualifiers to the men's all-around final:
Kohei Uchimura
Uchimura is not only the best gymnast in Tokyo, he's arguably the best male gymnast ever. He qualified to five apparatus finals, an unheard of feat in this age of specialists. He's so superior to the rest of the field that he could basically afford to fall twice and still win. With that cushion, he is able to compete with less stress than his competitors carry. Unless disastrous strikes, he should win his third consecutive world all-around title with ease.
John Orozco
Orozco has excelled so far in his first world championships, competing seemingly unfazed by the pressure. He suffered a torn Achilles' tendon a year ago, however, and his tumbling and vault seem a little tentative. He's not as clean as Uchimura, but his form and execution have improved tremendously since his switch to coach Vitaly Marinitch. If he hits six events, the New Yorker should be in the medals.
Danell Leyva
Like Orozco, Levya competes calmly, and usually hits. His long lines that benefit him on on parallel bars and high bar are a liability on still rings, where he usually scores his lowest mark.
Koji Yamamuro
Yamamuro is a solid all-arounder capable of scoring well on all six events, and can outscore the field on still rings. He is only 22, but has international experience dating back 10 years. A Japanese 1-2 finish is certainly possible if Yamamuro can hit six events.
Daniel Purvis
Along with Louis Smith on pommel horse, the elegant Purvis is one of only two British men to make a final in Tokyo. Purvis has gorgeous form and cat-like landings on floor and vault, but is relatively weak on rings and high bar.
Philipp Boy
Boy, the defending all-around silver medalist, has been disappointing so far in Tokyo. If he can pull himself together in the all-around final, he could take another medal.
Emin Garibov
Competing in his first worlds, Garibov is a fresh new face for the Russian men. The lanky Muscovite scores well on parallel bars and high bar, but lacks the power needed to score well on vault and floor exercise.
Nikolai Kuksenkov
Kuksenkov was a controversial fourth in 2010, and the Ukrainian was not shy about voicing his opinion on the result. The 2006 Junior European champion is already a veteran at 22, and has been very consistent this year. His injured knee appears better, and he vaulted a clean Yurchenko 2 1/2 in qualification.
Marcel Nguyen
Nguyen is a great all-around gymnast, but has not been consistent in Tokyo. He's excellent on parallel bars and high bar, but tends to lose form on big skills.
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Raymond Edward Alan Christopher Paley
Born: 7 January 1907 in Bournemouth, England
Died: 7 April 1933 in Banff, Alberta, Canada
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Raymond Paley's father was Raymond Edward Paley (born in London on 11 February 1874) who was an Officer in the Royal Artillery. His mother was Sybil Maude Scott (born Totnes, Devon in September 1877; died December 1958). Raymond's father died in Nordrach Sanatorium, Clutton, Somerset on 11 September 1906 before his son (our mathematician) was born and his mother married Neville Edward Anning Gardner, a planter, on 28 June 1910.
Raymond Paley was educated at Eton. From there he entered Trinity College, Cambridge where he showed himself the most brilliant student among a remarkable collection of fellow undergraduates. He was taught at Cambridge by Hardy and Littlewood and it was under Littlewood's supervision that he undertook research [1]:-
He was Pemberton and Yeats prizeman, and Bladwin scholar and research scholar in 1927.He won a Smith's Prize in 1930 and was elected a fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. While he was undertaking research, Zygmund spent the academic year 1930-31 at Cambridge. Paley had already proved impressive results on Fourier series and had collaborated with Littlewood, his supervisor. Zygmund discovered Paley's extraordinary talent and the two worked jointly on existence proofs, brilliantly applying ideas from Borel's Calcul des probabilités dénombrables. Zygmund's book Trigonometric Series published in 1935 owes a debt to the joint work that he carried out with Paley.
Norbert Wiener was proving important results in areas of interest to Paley so he applied for a Rockefeller International Research Fellowship to allow him to travel to the United States to collaborate with him at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Norbert Wiener wrote in [2]:-
Soon after his arrival in America, however, certain studies of lacunary series which Paley had already begun suggested a new attack on the theory of interpolation and allied trigonometrical problems. These results led successively to the study of quasi-analytic functions, of entire functions of order one-half, and of many related questions.For a young man of 26, Paley had collaborated with a remarkable group of mathematicians. In addition to Littlewood, Zygmund and Norbert Wiener, he had also collaborated with Pólya. As Norbert Wiener wrote in [2]:-
Possessed of an extraordinary capacity for making friends and for scientific collaboration, Paley believed that the inspiration of continual interchange of ideas stimulates each collaborator to accomplish more than he would alone.Already with a reputation remarkable for one so young, Paley stood on the brink of becoming one of the very first rank of research mathematicians. However, in 1933 while working in the United States, he went to Canada for a skiing holiday. While skiing near Banff he was killed by avalanche [1]:-
... at Deception Pass, Fossil Mountain in the Rockies. Park wardens and a member of the Canadian Mountain police recovered the body, which has been brought to Banff. Mr Paley was skiing alone at an altitude of 9,600 ft, but his death was witnessed by companions lower down the mountainside.Had he lived to continue his mathematical work, one feels sure that his name would today be as well known as the mathematicians with whom he collaborated.
Norbert Wiener gave the Colloquium Lectures of the American Mathematical Society in 1934 and spoke on Paley's work. Paley was to have been a Colloquium Lecturer himself. Norbert Wiener wrote in [2]:-
... he was already recognised as the ablest of the group of young English mathematicians who have been inspired by the genius of G H Hardy and J E Littlewood. In a group notable for its brilliant technique, no one had developed this technique to a higher degree than Paley. Nevertheless he should not be though of primarily as a technician, for with this ability he combined creative power of the first order. As he himself was wont to say, technique without 'rugger tactics' will not get one far, and these rugger tactics he practised to a degree that was characteristic of his forthright and vigorous nature.
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The Lok Shabha approved the new Companies Bill and now it is pending with Rajya Sabha. After approval, companies will need to implement the new Sec 135 on Corporate Social Responsibility. The section applies to companies having:
a) A net worth of Rs 500 crore or more, or
b) A turnover of Rs 1000 crore or more, or
c) A net profit of Rs 5 crore or more, during the financial year.
The company needs to form a Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Committee at board level of three or more directors, of which at least one should be independent. The board has to ensure that the company spends at least 2% of net profits on CSR. The clause specifies the requirement of "comply or explain". If the company does not adhere to the requirement, it has to explain the reason for doing so.
With the last quarter of the Indian companies, they need to plan the activities for the next financial year. Here are a few of the things that they can do now:
1. Hire a dedicated team
Most Indian corporates do CSR activities in an arbitrary manner with responsibility either falling in Communications department or Administration department. CSR is a specialised line that requires people with altruistic temperament well versed with the problems of the society.
2. Develop a CSR policy
The organization requires a CSR policy approved by the board along with the budgets. Reports suggest that social responsibility adds to the brand value of the company and improves customer perceptions about the products. In view of this, the CSR policy should be long-term and aligned to the business objectives. For example, financial services sector has high risk of fraud. Hence, it can think of sponsoring fraud prevention and business ethics training, which is in short supply in India.
3. Identify the right partners
Corruption has influenced non-profit organizations also. As per media reports, a number of organizations opened prima facie for doing social work are actually acting as fronts to collect illicit money and route it into different areas. Hence, choosing the right partners who are actually committed to doing social good is important.
Closing thoughts
Besides the external benefits, CSR improves employee engagements. Employees feel good when their companies act in a socially responsible manner. Moreover, with the mad rush to achieve targets this acts as a great stress buster while giving meaning to live. Getting a bigger pay packet can be an objective but never the purpose of life. Hence, this law is a win-win situation for all involved – the customers, employees and public. It is up to us how we leverage it.


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UH Manoa graduate student and author of best-selling novel "Lottery" to be featured on campus at book reading and signing eventUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
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HONOLULU — The College of Education and the Center on Disability Studies at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa are pleased to present one of its own graduate students, novelist Patricia Wood, who will read from her debut novel, "Lottery," on Wednesday, Sept. 12, at 5:30 p.m. at the Architecture Auditorium on the Mānoa campus.
The special event will include a reception with heavy pupus. A book signing will follow the reading and discussion, and copies of "Lottery" will be available for purchase. The event is free and open to the public.
Wood's debut novel is the poignant, funny, suspenseful, inspiring and hopeful tale of a mentally-challenged young man who wins $12 million in the Washington State Lottery. "Lottery" leaves readers wondering until the last page whether Perry L. Crandall's good fortune can possibly withstand such a perilous world. The Washington Post says "Perry L. Crandall is the thinking man's guide to a happy life," and Kirkus Reviews calls the book "a page turner" and a "thought- provoking idea." Paul Theroux, who knows Wood, says, "What I love about ʻLottery' is that it is much more than a novel about windfall affecting a simple soul — it's a book about a stupendous event affecting a great number of people, especially the reader."
Wood, a current doctoral student in the College of Education at UH Mānoa, says she was inspired to write this novel partly because as a Center on Disability Studies' Certificate in Disability and Diversity Studies student, "her eyes were open to disability culture."
As a passionate advocate for education, her work with high-risk students and study in the field of disability opened her mind to the challenges and obstacles physically and mentally challenged people face every day.
"We are extremely pleased to see one of our students in the certificate program achieve such a huge accomplishment," said Dr. Robert Stodden, director of the Center on Disability Studies.
For additional information about the event, call 956-7539.
Patricia Wood is a PhD student at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa focusing on education, disability, and diversity. "Lottery," her debut novel, is inspired by her work, as well as a number of events in her life, including her father winning the Washington State Lottery. She lives with her husband aboard a sailboat. She has one son, Andrew, who lives in Everett where "Lottery" takes place. Visit her website at www.patriciawoodauthor.com.
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Founded in Toronto in 1985, Club Monaco is an international lifestyle brand that offers affordable luxury with a modern sensibility. Headquartered in New York City in the heart of west Chelsea's gallery district, Club Monaco appeals to the creative consumer—a group of cultural influencers who mix fashion must-haves with timeless classics. Our brand represents a distinctly urban-casual point of view, best defined as a sophisticated play of opposites: mixing vintage with new, hard with soft and eclectic with minimal.


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How long till I see results from Laser Hair Removal?
Just as with laser treatments, the hair follicle will need to be in the growth phase in order for this to work and so multiple sessions may be required to treat each area, regardless of how small the area is. The number of treatments will depend on hair density, hair color, skin type, the size of the treatment area, and your individual hair growth cycle.
Once laser hair removal in Duval County, Florida is complete, you won't have to worry about shaving, waxing, or any other depilatory methods.
How much does Jacksonville, Florida Laser Hair Removal cost?
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Because no one reads the newspaper, and SportsCenter's anchors are too perky for this early in the morning, Deadspin combs the best of the broadsheets and the blogosphere to bring you everything you need to know to start your day.
•Life is better when Kansas is a two-team state, as long as we get games like last night's 81-79 KU win in OT. Sherron Collins was the hero, and the Jayhawks made a clear case for being No. 1 — which means they'll lose their first game after the polls come out.
•Speaking of Texas, they just can't seem to stop losing, falling in overtime at home to Baylor. Baylor almost beat K-State this week, and hung with KU last week, so you can't say this is a fluke. But then K-State topped Texas last week, before losing to Kansas last night. Complicated? After plugging this into the BCS computer, I'm pretty sure Drexel is leading the Big 12.
•It's not news when Roger Federer wins a major. It's news when Andy Murray loses in the final of one. And Murray did indeed fall in straight sets, though Federer was cruel enough to allow a 24-point, third set tiebreaker, just to rub salt in the wounds of the British.
•Let's break down Tim Tebow's Senior Bowl performance. Eight of twelve passing? Not bad. Fifty yards? Not great. Two fumbles after taking the ball from under center for the first time in his career? Not draftable.
•The Ravens name Jim Zorn as QB coach, because if there's one thing Baltimore fans have always said, it's that they wished Joe Flacco's career arc was more like Jason Campbell's.
It's Pro Bowl Sunday, the day I know you've all had circled on your calendar for months. I know I can't provide the Cohen/Bakes tagteam goodness of yesterday, but I'll do what I can.


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DENVER -- Recreational marijuana clubs are open in Colorado.
A marijuana den in Denver opened Monday for members-only group smoking,
. Reggae music was on the stereo and a projector showed "The Big Lebowski."
Another club opened Monday in Del Norte, in southern Colorado. The clubs are not open to the public.
An attorney for Denver's new Club 64 says the clubs are permissible under Colorado's new constitutional amendment on marijuana. Marijuana will not be sold at the clubs. He said Club 64 has 200 members over age 21 who paid $29.99 for a one-time club event. It is named for Amendment 64, which voters approved last month
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Released in March, "The Promise of a Pencil: How an Ordinary Person Can Create Extraordinary Change," chronicles Braun's journey to find his calling. Each chapter describes "one clear step that every person can take to turn your biggest ambitions into reality."
Even at the age of 16, Braun was working summers at hedge funds with career sights set on Wall Street. But while traveling as a college student, he met a young boy begging on the streets in India. When he asked the child what he would want if he could have anything in the world, his answer was simple: a pencil. That answer changed Braun's life.
Even as he returned to the U.S. to complete his bachelor's degree at Brown University, then headed to a top management-consulting firm, Braun didn't stop questioning why he had access to quality education in a safe environment while millions of children around the world lived without basic needs.
Three years later, in 2008, Braun left his job in high finance and founded Pencils of Promise, a not-for-profit that builds schools, offers scholarships and trains teachers in developing countries.
"An All Bonaventure Reads committee member introduced us, on March 18, to 'The Promise of a Pencil,' which had been published on March 17. She had read about 'Promise' in a morning LinkedIn message and many of us were smitten by the online samples then hooked by the book itself," said Jean Trevarton Ehman, chair of the All Bonaventure Reads committee. "Of the 41 other books we had auditioned since October, few had resonated with us. This year's ABR theme is compassion. 'The Promise of a Pencil' seems to be that, in book form."
Braun's approach that blends nonprofit idealism with for-profit business principles has led Pencils of Promise to successfully break ground on more than 200 schools in some of the poorest regions in Africa, Asia and Latin America. It also led him to be named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 List in 2012.
In an interview with Forbes magazine contributor Dan Schawbel last week (April 18), Braun described his approach.
"As much as I'm a passion-driven person, my background helped immensely because I'm now an entrepreneur that filters every decision through the question, 'Will this provide long-term ROI?' I always wanted to build an organization with the head of a great business and the heart of a humanitarian idealist. I believe that's what Pencils of Promise has become," Braun said. All proceeds from the sale of Braun's memoir benefit Pencils of Promise.
"The Promise of a Pencil" will be distributed this summer at Orientation to first-year students, who will be encouraged to complete it prior to the start of school in the fall. Students will engage in conversations and activities throughout Welcome Days, University 101 courses and various campuswide events during the 2014-2015 academic year.
"Braun's commitment to performing meaningful service and providing access to education resonates deeply with the mission and values as a Franciscan university," said Chris Brown, director of St. Bonaventure's First-Year Experience program and Orientation.
"I was struck by the way this book highlights the transformative power of education, and I hope our incoming students take the time to reflect on the significance of their opportunity to pursue a college degree. Our committee is excited to explore the numerous connections between the 'The Promise of a Pencil' and the academic and co-curricular opportunities at St. Bonaventure," Brown said.
The university will welcome Braun to campus Sept. 29, when it's anticipated he will meet with clusters of students throughout the day in advance of an address to the Class of 2018.
Visit www.sbu.edu/AllBonaventureReads to keep up to date on ABR activities.
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St. Bonaventure has chosen "Nobody: Casualties of America's War on the Vulnerable, from Ferguson to Flint and Beyond" by Marc Lamont Hill as its common read for 2017-2018.
"Nobody" considers a string of high-profile deaths in America and incidents of gross negligence by the government.
To make his case, Hill recounts the details of tragedies like the death of Michael Brown and draws upon first-hand reporting and careful historical analysis to show how the "Nobody" class has emerged over time and how forces in America have worked to preserve and exploit this group in ways that are both humiliating and harmful.
First-year students will receive copies of "Nobody" during orientation in July and are asked to read the book prior to the start of the fall semester. Students are engaged in conversations about the book's themes in their SBU101 course and various campuswide events during the upcoming academic year.
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Shadow reps negotiating for possible stay
Michael Rasser of Cornerstone Equity issued the following statement on Wednesday, as it pertains to Shadow Theatre:
"At 11:30 this morning, Doug Adams and Michael Rasser of Cornerstone Equity LLC met with four representatives of the Shadow Theatre. The tone of the meeting was pleasant. We started the process of creating an agreement which we hope to have completed by 5 p.m. Friday, at which time we will release the agreement or at least the details of it along with a joint press release. Both parties are working together for the benefit of all."
Here's the link to Monday's news story, in which Cornerstone announced that Shadow faces imminent eviction.


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April Madness
You've heard of March Madness; get ready for April Madness!
April Madness? What is that?
OK, I am the only one calling it that.
It is School Library Journal's Battle of the (Kids') Books. The Morning News and Powell's Books have been doing a Tournament of Books for five years now; and as Tea Cozy readers know, I've posted a time or two this year's inclusion of a YA book in the ToB.
In a nutshell: just as with March Madness, there is a bracket where sixteen books go one-on-one against each other. So the first round contains eight "book v book" rounds, with each round having an individual judge determine who "wins". That leaves eight books for a second round, with a new set of judges; four books for the third round, again, new judges; leading up to the last and final round.
The judges? Authors; with Lois Lowry being the final judge. Full details are at SLJ; including a BoB blog; a twitter account; and a handy-dandy printable form to use at your library, school, or office to for your BoB pool. Oh, and you can get the books at The Flying Pig bookstore, at a 30 % discount.


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I recently upgraded my 9790 to O.S. 7.1.0 Bundle 2039.
So far I am experiencing only two problems, which are more of annoyances really, but bothers me none-the-less.
1. When locking / unlocking my phone using the top lock key, my phone goes to search mode. It does this at random times, so I am not sure what could cause this.
2. I used to set my wallpapers by pessing the BB menu button then selecting Options from my main screen. From there I would select change wallpaper then choose the picture I want. Doing it this way, I was able to move and resize the picture any way I like and then place it as my wallpaper like that. Most of the pictures I have are portrait, so this function enabled me to select which part of the pic I want as my wallpaper. After the upgrade to OS. 7.1, if I do the above to change my wallpaper, it comes out completely wrong. It will show only part of my picture (half screen picture, other half screen just black) or the picture would be distorted or the zooming would be incorrect (normally zoomed in way too much or none at all)
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Twenty-four years ago today, on August 23rd, 1989, the Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian people united in a show of Baltic unity not seen in history. Millions of people joined hands from Tallinn (Estonia), through the Estonian and Latvian countryside to Rīga (Latvia), and the through the Latvian and Lithuanian countryside to Vilnius (Lithuania). This date was chosen to draw attention to the continued occupation of the Baltics, since this was the date 50 years earlier, in 1939, when the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact between Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union was signed, dividing Eastern Europe into "spheres of influence".
A song called "Baltics Are Waking Up" was composed for the occasion of the Baltic Way, and was recorded with verses in all three languages. You can see a video with the song, as well as footage from the Baltic Way, here. I did not make the video, but I enjoy hearing the song, and the similarities and differences in the languages (Latvian is first, then Lithuanian, then Estonian, and then all three do the chorus at the end again).
The Latvian lyrics (I believe the Lithuanian and Estonian ones are similar):
Trīs māsas jūras malā stāv,
Tās nespēks un nogurums māc.
Tur bradāta zeme un dvēseles,
Trīs tautu gods un prāts.
Bet torņos jau likteņa zvani skan,
Un jūra bangoties sāk.
Trīs māsas no miega modušās,
Par sevi pastāvēt nāk.
Atmostas Baltija, atmostas Baltija,
Lietuva, Latvija, Igaunija!
In English:
Three sisters stand at the edge of the sea,
They are oppressed by weakness and exhaustion.
Their land and spirits crushed,
And the honour and soul of three nations.
But the bells of destiny are ringing in the towers,
And the sea is starting to surge,
Three sisters are waking from sleep,
Coming to stand for themselves.
The Baltics are waking up, the Baltics are waking up
Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia!
I was only five years old on this day, so I don't remember any of it, but I wish I did. I also wish that one could still see the Baltic solidarity that was seen here. You don't see that much of it anymore, which is sad. I do hope that they are planning big celebrations next year, when it is the 25th anniversary.
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Today Integrity Toys introduced a collection commemorating the 50th anniversary of the movie, Breakfast at Tiffany's. The collection consists of 6 items as follows: 3 dressed dolls at $125. each, 1 dressed doll giftset at $175. 1 basic doll at $89. and 1 basic doll at $175. The dolls will be available at dealers.
The bodies they used for these fashionable dolls are the Poppy doll body sans articulated ankles. That was a mistake. The shoes don't look high styled enough. Holly's were low heeled but very pointy and the doll would have been wonderful with regular pumps.
The fashions are based on the iconic looks from the movie, the following one being the most recognizable:
|How Do I Look? Holly Golightly Dressed Doll Gift Set LE500 $175.
IMO Mattel's Holly was the most successful reproduction of the star in that role.
Pictures of other Holly Golightly dolls follow.
|Madame Alexander Cissette 10"
|Holly Pullip Doll
|Madame Alexander 22" Cissy
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|Crocheted Holly Golightly doll by deadcraft.com $25.
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Talks aimed at resolving the London Underground dispute will be held on Friday, but a crippling strike will continue until tomorrow evening.
Tube services will again be disrupted tomorrow because of a walkout by members of the RMT and TSSA unions in protest at the closure of ticket offices.
The 48-hour walkout will end at 9pm tomorrow, with another strike planned for next week unless the deadlock is broken.
The unions have been calling on London Mayor Boris Johnson to meet them to discuss the controversial closures, with the loss of 950 jobs.
The mayor has refused to meet the unions unless they called off the industrial action.
The conciliation service Acas said in a brief statement: "The parties in the London Underground dispute have agreed to come in and continue exploratory talks at Acas this Friday, February 7."
RMT leader Bob Crow said: "Our negotiators are geared up and ready to enter the exploratory talks on Friday.
"In the meantime the current action continues with the rock solid support of our members and we will be back out on the picket lines early tomorrow morning as the strike heads into its third day."
LU managing director, Mike Brown said: "Acas have tonight invited LU and the RMT and TSSA unions for talks on our plans for the modernisation of the Tube this Friday.
"We welcome further talks, and the unions' decision to return to Acas, but why wait till Friday?
"I call on the leaderships of the RMT and TSSA to meet us tomorrow and to suspend Thursday's strike so we can get on with talks to resolve this issue and avoid any more unnecessary disruption to Londoners."


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