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A supportive costume
Adrianne Palicki, the new Wonder Woman, was photographed filming in costume in Hollywood yesterday. Most people have noted by now there have been a few tweaks since the first shot of the current iteration was released a couple weeks ago. I've attached below for reference.
The pants look more realistic. The boots are red. What else? I'm too distracted by how supportive the chest part is. She is being held in very, very well, non? I mean, her breasts, they are straining to be sprayed all over that shot, as photographers from every pap agency hoped for a wardrobe malfunction. And they were denied. I'm impressed.
With David E Kelley too. Because, as mentioned, paps were everywhere, almost as though they were invited, because Kelley and the producers seem to have acknowledged the criticism about the costume and made some adjustments? That's a good sign.
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DawaBI necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 135 diseños de 40 diseñadores freelance.
DawaBI is a new company we are forming and we have not yet determined the colors, font, style, etc. We are looking for your creative ideas to assist us.
We are looking for a versatile logo that can be used on my website, business cards and stationary.
The URL will be http://www.dawabi.com (site is not developed yet) which is from Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence and derived as follows: the da from the first two letters in Data, wa from the first two letters in warehouse and the bi from Business Intelligence.
Tagline: making data-driven decisions possible
DawaBI assists organizations ranging from public school systems to retailers make better data-driven decisions. We work with the customers to understand their needs and what they would hope to get from their data. We then pull in the data, clean it up and build analytic cubes for reporting.
Example logos we like due to their simple and crisp look.
Medium sized businesses and organizations. Industries I've worked in are Education (k-12), Retail and Insurance. However, the logo should not target any one industry.
- Crisp
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Must be usable on both a light and dark background as well as black and white.
Must be scalable and look equally well as a logo on a website and in a smaller size such as a business card.
Color: Open to your creativeness
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The follow deliverables are expected:
- Source Files (.psd and/or .ai)
- Web Images (.jpg and layered .png)
- Images suitable for print
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- All print, web and electronic (power point, word, etc.) materials
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The new Checkout
Michaël Villar on March 5, 2014
We launched the first version of the Checkout a year ago. From the start, the goal has been to create best possible payments flow. Each site should not have to duplicate the work of device optimization and A/B testing. When you use Checkout, you have a team of Stripe engineers and designers continually optimizing your payment interface. Today, we've released a new version of Checkout.
You should really play around with our showcase that demonstrates the UI. But, briefly, the new parts are:
Expanded address support
- Our revamped address handling now supports separate billing and shipping addresses—one of the most common feature requests.
- Entering addresses is now streamlined—Stripe will automatically select the user's country, and we can fill in their city and state when they enter a 郵便番号.
- We now support integrated billing address verification. This means that users are notified immediately if they've mistyped anything.
Even more device optimization
Mobile usage continues to explode. We've learned a lot about what works and what doesn't over the past year, and we've redesigned Checkout from scratch for every device. Checkout is gorgeous on Android, iOS, Windows Phone, OS X, Windows, tablet, desktop, and mobile.
Remember me everywhere
We've added a small "Remember me" checkbox that allows your customers to save their payment info by providing a mobile phone number. This in turn enables a rapid checkout experience in the future on any site using Checkout. Stripe securely identifies your users via text message so they don't have to retype their payment information or remember an additional password. We've been testing this for the past couple of months—our hypothesis was that it would increase conversion rates—and we're delighted that it has been confirmed. In a recent test, a customer with their details saved was several times less likely to abandon their purchase than one without. You should watch our demo if you're curious how it works.
We've already tested the above across thousands of sites and millions of transactions. We closely monitor conversion rates across every device and browser on an ongoing basis. Our goal is to identify opportunities to increase your revenue.
Get started
If you've already integrated Checkout, you get this new functionality without any additional work on your part. We've updated our documentation with info on how to integrate our new features, like shipping addresses and pre-filling email addresses.
If you're ready to start, learn more about using Checkout or try our tutorial to get up and running in minutes. If you have any feedback, we'd love to hear from you!
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The Elite85 Shin Guards are designed specifically for MMA and Muay Thai training, combining comfort, protection, speed and performance. The Shin Guard will move with you, allowing you to focus on speed and agility.
Since our foundation in 1985, we have produced thousands of gloves and boxing gear. We understand what elite fighters and trainers needs for peak performance.The Elite85 range encompasses high attention to details, with our signature matte black leather and crimson detailing.
Highest quality cowhide leather with matte finish.
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- Outer material: high grade cowhide leather
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Delivery: 1-6 business days to major cities in Australia via Star Track Express (for satchels, loose cartons and pallets). For larger items or multiple pallets, we use Main Freight's Express Service, which may take 1-2 days longer.
When you receive your items: Delivery times will be between 9am to 5pm (weekdays only). A signature is required. Please note, if there is no one available to sign for your order, 2nd delivery charges may apply.
Transit Insurance: You need to sign for your goods on delivery in order to be covered by insurance for any theft, damage or loss to your goods during transit. Where written authority has been provided to deliver without signature, any insurance cover will be voided.
Delays: We always try to ensure that your order is delivered in a prompt and timely manner, however, factors outside our control may cause delays. SMAI is not liable for any loss that may occur as a result of such delays.
View full shipping & delivery information here.
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All products sold by SMAI have a manufacturing warranty that covers the structural integrity of the product, and so long as the equipment is fit for its intended purpose (this excludes clearance items). If your product turns out to be faulty or damaged, SMAI will repair, replace or refund the item; unless (but not limited to):
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Unless otherwise specified in our Warranty Policy, all products have a 3 month manufacturing warranty, starting from date of invoice.
Our goods come with guarantees that cannot be excluded under the Australian Consumer Law. You are entitled to a replacement or refund for a major failure and compensation for any other reasonably foreseeable loss or damage. You are also entitled to have the goods repaired or replaced if the goods fail to be of acceptable quality and the failure does not amount to a major failure.
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They say everything is bigger in Texas. But apparently that doesn't apply to credit scores.Credit reporting bureau Experian released its annual State of Credit report, which examines various statistics related to personal credit on both a national and local level. That includes ranking America's cities by credit score, and once again many towns in Texas brought up the rear.
Three cities in Texas – El Paso, Corpus Christi and Harlingen – appeared in the bottom 10, with Harlingen ranking dead last in the 143-city ranking. The rankings were done using the VantageScore, which ranges from 501-990.
Rod Griffin, Experian's director of public education (and a Texas resident himself), says there's nothing wrong with Texas — rather, the cities in question are simply struggling economically, which tends to correlate with lower credit scores.
"Where we're seeing higher unemployment and lower income, we're also seeing poor credit scores," he says. "The South Texas area is struggling." Indeed, Harlingen and El Paso have unemployment rates worse than the national average, and Jackson, Miss., which ranks second to last, is dealing with an unemployment rate of 10 per cent. Every one of the bottom 10 cities can be found in the southern states, while the Midwest accounted for eight of the top 10 best-scoring cities.
Of course, once you've hit bottom there's nowhere to go but up, and that's exactly what many of the bottom-ranked cities are doing. Harlingen's average credit score of 688 is actually a 0.27 per cent improvement over last year's score, and Corpus Christi's 706 is a 0.55 per cent improvement.
In fact, the country as a whole is improving in its ability to manage its debt, albeit slowly. The average American credit score this year is 749, a modest 0.07 per cent improvement over last year. That improvement comes despite the fact that Americans are taking on more personal debt than before, with the average person holding $24,890 in debt, an increase of 1.4 per cent over 2011. That credit scores should improve even as debt load increases is explained by another key indicator: the average number of late payments, which fell nearly 2 per cent this year.
"Paying bills on time is the key factor [in the score]," says Griffin. "The fact that people appear to be able to make their payments on time suggests that they have better control of the debts they have. And the fact that they're increasing their debt load suggests they may have additional disposable income and are able to take on a little more debt."
There is indeed a clear correlation between a city's average credit score and how well it does in paying off its debts in time. In Minneapolis, the top-ranked city with an outstanding 787 average score, the average person has just 0.25 late payments per year; by contrast, the average person in Corpus Christi has 0.9 late payments in a given year, the worst average in the nation.
The key takeaway? If you want a good credit score, be more like a Midwesterner and pay your bills on time.
The bottom 10 cities by average credit score:
10. Savannah, Ga. 713
9. Memphis, Tenn. 711
8. Myrtle Beach, S.C. 710
7. El Paso, Texas 710
6. Augusta, Ga. 710
5. Monroe, La. 709
4. Shreveport, La. 708
3. Corpus Christi, Texas 706
2. Jackson, Miss. 702
1. Harlingen, Texas 688
NOW READ: 10 States Where You Can Get Unbelievable Discounts On Foreclosed Homes >
This article originally appeared on Credit.com. Matt Brownell is a contributing writer for Credit.com.
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"South Park" Bro-Down: TV's best 30 minutes on theater … ever
That "South Park" would devote an episode this season to Colorado creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker's triumphant summer vacation conquering Broadway was a consummation devoutly to be wished after the outsiders' runaway hit "The Book of Mormon" became the second-most honored musical of all-time.
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As students plan ahead for college next fall, it's hard to know exactly how much aid they'll receive.
The size of Pell Grants for millions of low- to moderate-income college students will be determined by the ongoing budget fight in Washington. The current stopgap resolution expires March 4, and the House passed a proposal Feb. 19 that, among cuts in other areas, would reduce Pell Grants by $5.7 billion for this fall. [Editor's note: The original version of this paragraph and the subhead above said $61 billion, which is the total amount of funding the entire budget bill cut.]
That would cut the average grant by $785, and would bring down the maximum grant by $845 dollars to $4,705.
The Senate hasn't acted yet, and there's talk of a government shutdown if Congress can't cobble together a spending compromise.
But colleges have already started telling students how much aid they'll receive, based on figures published Feb. 1 – as required by law – by the US Department of Education.
"Students and parents are in a very tough position right now. [They're] being asked to make decisions based on financial aid information that might change," says Justin Draeger, president of the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators.
Students who depend on the grants should lobby the Senate to sustain full funding, says a new Facebook campaign, jointly organized by Mr. Draeger's financial aid group, the US Student Association, and the US Public Interest Research Group. They worry that some students will put their college plans on hold, or will have to switch to a cheaper school, because of the uncertainty.
"Not many people in my area get the chance to go to college," Lisa Drudy, a third-year college student in Tennessee, writes on the Facebook page. "I had just enough to get by, even resorting to a private loan. My family cannot afford to help me any more than they already have."
But many Republicans in Congress argue that even popular programs have to take a hit, to rein in unmanageable levels of government spending.
The Pell Grant program is "on an unsustainable course – it's heading toward bankruptcy, and we need to make tough choices to make sure it continues to serve the students that need it most," says Brian Newell, spokesman for Rep. John Kline (R) of Minnesota, chair of the House's Education & the Workforce Committee.
The Obama administration acknowledges that, on its current course, the program is heading toward a $20 billion shortfall by the end of 2012, because the number of eligible students enrolling in college has been dramatically increasing.
But President Obama sees Pell Grants as an investment in the future, and wants to make minor adjustments in student aid to save money, rather than cut the maximum Pell Grant. His proposed budget for fiscal year 2012 would take away grants used for college courses in the summer and would reduce loan subsidies for graduate students.
There's plenty of room for cuts to Pell Grants, says Lindsey Burke, an education policy analyst at the conservative Heritage Foundation in Washington. Pell Grant funding has been going up for a long time, she says, and even doubled in the past few years.
Despite that, "it has done nothing to mitigate the college-cost problem, which is really the issue" for low-income students, she says.
By increasing federal subsidies and grants, the government relieves the pressure universities would otherwise face to use resources efficiently and lower their costs, Ms. Burke adds.
Some higher education observers are optimistic about Pell Grants being maintained for this fall. Because students are already being told the amounts of their grants, "the longer this goes on, the harder it becomes for Congress to retroactively go back in and take money away that has been promised to them," says Terry Hartle, a senior vice president at the American Council on Education in Washington.
But as more and more stories come out about possible cuts to aid at both the federal level and in cash-strapped states, the cumulative effect could be to discourage low-income students from attending college, he and others say.


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What is QScintilla?
QScintilla is a port to Qt of Neil Hodgson's Scintilla C++ editor control.
As well as features found in standard text editing components, QScintilla includes features especially useful when editing and debugging source code. These include support for syntax styling, error indicators, code completion and call tips. The selection margin can contain markers like those used in debuggers to indicate breakpoints and the current line. Styling choices are more open than with many editors, allowing the use of proportional fonts, bold and italics, multiple foreground and background colours and multiple fonts.
QScintilla, unlike Scintilla, uses the same license model as PyQt. QScintilla is available under the GNU GPL v3 and under a commercial license. The commercial license allows closed source applications using QScintilla to be developed and distributed.
At the moment the commercial version of QScintilla is bundled with the commercial version of PyQt.
QScintilla2 supports Qt v4 and Qt v5. The older QScintilla1 only supported Qt v3 and is no longer being developed. QScintilla2 has an incompatible API to QScintilla1.
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PS4 team actually danced when it heard Xbox One's higher launch price
Sony executives danced and high-fived each other when they heard that Microsoft's Xbox One would launch at a higher price-point than PS4, according to Scott Rohde, head of Sony Worldwide Studios America.
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The Last Guardian "absolutely in the mix", "really cool" that fans are interested - Rohde
The Last Guardian is still happening, according to SCE Worldwide Studios PlayStation software product development head Scott Rohde.
PlayStation 4 will have a steady stream of games in the post launch months ahead
Scott Rohde, software product development head at Sony Worldwide Studios America, has said PlayStation 4 will have a steady stream of games released for it in the coming months.
PS4's DRM stance has set a 'nice precedent', suggests Sony exec
Sony's pre-E3 conference confirmed to gamers that PS4 games will be DRM free unless a publisher chooses to impose safeguards on its titles, as well as no restrictions on game sharing or the use of pre-owned titles. Sony exec Scott Rohde believes that the company has set a precedent in this area for next-gen.
Rohde: Vita can do "pretty special things" compared to Wii U tablet
Sony's Scott Rohde believes the Vita's connectivity with the PlayStation 3 is a better solution to multi-screen gaming than either Nintendo's Wii U Game Pad or Microsoft's Smart Glass mobile initiative.
Quick quotes - The Last Guardian will "ship when it's absolutely ready"
"I will not give you a detailed update, but I will say one thing and it goes back to innovation and to gamers and to quality. [The Last Guardian] is going to ship when it's absolutely ready. It's going to ship at sometime, and it's going to ship when it's ready. And I think that's […]
Rohde: Sony "taking a lot of risks", new IPs "anything but safe"
No other publisher would touch The Last of Us and Beyond: Two Souls right now, to hear Sony's Scott Rohde tell it.
Sony executives comfortable with Vita performance so far
Despite the naysayers, the Vita is on track in terms of sales performance and upcoming content, according to Sony.
Sony: "We're in a very good spot" with Move, 3D
Sony Worldwide Studios VP Scott Rohde has said that with 3D gaming and Move coming to PS3, the company is confident that the momentum generated will allow the console to "hit it's stride".
Sony: Ghost of Sparta best-looking PSP game "ever" created
Sony Worldwide Studios VP Scott Rohde has said God of War: Ghost of Sparta is the best-looking PSP game ever made. Ever.
Sony: No plans for 3D in next PSP
Scott Rohde has said Sony doesn't plan on including 3D in a future version of PSP.
SCEA on Last Guardian E3 no show: "timing" wasn't right
Want to know why The Last Guardian was a no-show during Sony's E3 media briefing last night? Hit the break.
Sony explains why it chose to call its controller Move
Sony has explained why it chose to call its motion controller Move instead of the rumored Arc or Gem.
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Wii owners are going to want to upgrade to Move later this year, Sony Worldwide Studios VP Scott Rohde has predicted.
SCEA: PS3's 2009 packs "an absolutely amazing line-up"
PlayStation 3's year-end software isn't "good". It's not even "great". It's "absolutely amazing," according to Scott Rohde, SCEA's VP of product development."I think we had a very good lineup in 2008, especially for the holidays, but in 2009, it's an absolutely amazing line-up," he told Edge."It's one of the best lineups that we've ever put […]
"We knew it was coming", says Sony VP of FFXIII 360 announce
Sony vice president of product development, Scott Rohde said in a video interview (see below) at E3 this week that the company "knew it was coming" when asked about Microsoft's capture of Final Fantasy XIII at its press conference on Monday.However, Rohde seems unperturbed by the news, proclaiming that 2008 is "the year of the […]
Sony: Michael Denny and Scott Rohde appointed as WWS region heads for Europe and America
Following rumour that European Sony studios boss Michael Denny was to be promoted into a more senior development management role at SCEE earlier this month, the firm confirmed this morning that the exec is to be promoted to SVP, Worldwide Studios Europe."I'm looking forward to this new challenge, and in particular, the opportunity to further […]
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PS4 team actually danced when it heard Xbox One's higher launch price
The Last Guardian "absolutely in the mix", "really cool" that fans are interested – Rohde
PlayStation 4 will have a steady stream of games in the post launch months ahead
PS4's DRM stance has set a 'nice precedent', suggests Sony exec
Rohde: Vita can do "pretty special things" compared to Wii U tablet
Quick quotes – The Last Guardian will "ship when it's absolutely ready"
Rohde: Sony "taking a lot of risks", new IPs "anything but safe"
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Apple today unveiled the iPad Mini, a smaller tablet starting at $329 that features a 7.9-in. 1024-x-768-pixel display and can run all existing iPad software without modification.
The company also revamped the 9.7-in iPad, calling it a "fourth-generation" tablet, but like the third iteration it launched just last March, it didn't bother to slap a number in the name.
Tuesday's event was Apple's first invitation-only presentation to be publicly webcast in over two years, and just the third ever.
"I think I can tell from your excitement that you know what this is," said Philip Schiller, Apple's head of marketing, when he first showed the tablet to reporters and analysts today. "This is iPad Mini."
The new tablet is significantly lighter -- at 0.68 pounds, 53% lighter than the refreshed fourth-generation iPad -- and at just 7.2 millimeters, a quarter thinner than the full-sized iPad. Like its bigger brother, the iPad Mini comes in both black and white models, and in both Wi-Fi and Wi-Fi/cellular configurations.
"This isn't just a shrunken down iPad," asserted Schiller, adding that the specifications were equal to or better than 2011's iPad 2, which Apple will continue to sell for $399 and up.
The smaller tablet is powered by an Apple-designed A5 SoC, or "system-on-a-chip," a dual-core that also runs not only the iPad 2 but also last year's iPhone 4S.
It includes both front- and rear-facing cameras -- the latter is a 5 megapixel device -- and features the same 10-hour battery lifespan of its elders. Schiller also made it a point to note that the iPad Mini's screen resolution meant all iPad apps now in the iOS App Store will run on the tablet.
"All the software created for the iPad works on the mini, all with no change," he said.
But it's not as inexpensive as some analysts had predicted, or bloggers had hoped, much less price-competitive with 7-in. tablets from the likes of Google and Amazon.
The iPad Mini starts at $329 for a 16GB Wi-Fi model and climbs to $529 for a 64GB configuration, with a $429 32GB device in between. The 3G/LTE-capable iPad Minis are priced from $459 to $659. The cellular models will be available for AT&T, Sprint and Verizon in the U.S.
Earlier forecasts for the entry-level iPad Mini had been as low as $249, with many more pegging $299 as the likely price. Only in the last week did rumors of a $329 price surface.
"I think it's a little high," said Ezra Gottheil, an analyst with Technology Business Research, in an interview after Apple wrapped up its event. "I was figuring on no more than $299."
Carolina Milanesi of Gartner didn't disagree, but had a slightly different take.
"When Apple created the tablet market, it came in at specifications and pricing that other vendors could not reach, so [those rivals] had to go down in size to 7 inches and go down in price," said Milanesi. "Now, Apple is coming in in that similar form factor [of around 7 inches], but they're the premium offering in that segment. It shows that they're not going to come down in price for more market share. They believe they can still command a premium."
Milanesi argued that in the short run, at least, the $30 difference between the predicted $299 and the actual entry price of $329 "doesn't matter" to consumers.
"If the fact is that for that $30 I get a richer experience and access to all the dedicated apps, I think consumers are discriminating enough to see that difference," Milanesi said. And Apple, starting at a higher price, can always lower it, something much more difficult to do for vendors at the low end that try to raise prices.
"They're going out to get those people who are willing to pay the money," Milanesi said. "When, in six months or whenever, the second generation comes in, then they can cut the price of [this] tablet."
Gartner has estimated that Apple will sell approximately 8 million iPad Mini tablets before the end of the year.
The iPad Mini will ship Nov. 2, starting with the Wi-Fi model, in 34 markets, including the U.S., Canada, France, Germany, Spain and the U.K. The cellular-equipped iPad Mini will ship about two weeks after that, Schiller said.
Apple will begin to take pre-orders for the iPad Mini on Friday, Oct. 26, coincidentally -- or not -- also the launch date for Microsoft's Windows 8 and its first-ever in-house tablet, the Surface RT.
"Apple will sell truckloads of the iPad Mini this holiday season," said Patrick Moorhead, principal analyst at Moor Insights & Strategy, earlier today.
In a later interview, he expanded on that.
"The reason why I think they will still sell so many, even at the higher price of $329, is the allure of having a tablet in that $299 range brings in a completely different class of buyers, people who always wanted an iPad, but didn't want to spend $499 or $599," Moorhead said.
But he wasn't completely happy with the $329. "The natural price point is $299, and it will be $299 over time, but the difference between $299 and $329 lets them cut the price at some point," Moorhead said. "That's why I think what they are doing here is testing the [pricing] waters. But it's going to be a measurement stick of how much money Apple can garner."
For all his betting that the iPad Mini will do well, sell "truckloads," he saw the new tablet as a tougher-than-usual road for Apple. "This is going to be their hardest sell in a long time," Moorhead said.
The Mini was one of two tablet debuts today from Apple: It also introduced what it called the "fourth-generation" iPad, which replaces the "new" iPad, nee "iPad 3" that launched in early March.
The new-new iPad boasts the A6X SoC -- the same one that powers the iPhone 5 -- that Schiller claimed doubled both processor and graphics performance. It also uses the new, smaller Lightning connector that also debuted in the iPhone 5.
Prices for the iPad remained the same, with the Wi-Fi model starting at $499 and the cellular device at $629.
Gottheil was surprised by the quick refresh of the iPad.
"As someone who bought [the iPad 3] just days after its launch, I'm a little disappointed," Gottheil said.
Among other announcements today, Apple launched a refreshed 13-in. MacBook Pro with a Retina screen that starts at $1,699 and tops out at $1,999. Like its bigger 15-in. sibling, which appeared last June, the new notebook ditches the optical drive and packs an SSD (sold-state drive) for storage. The 13-in MacBook Pro ships today.
The company also rolled out a revamped Mac Mini that starts at the older price of $599, with a server-configured model beginning at $999.
Finally, Apple introduced new iMac desktops that are thinner, 80% thinner at the edges, in 21.5-in. and 27-in. models. The all-in-ones come sans an optical drive, the first time the line has dumped them.
Schiller highlighted what he called the "Fusion Drive," which combines 128GB of flash storage with a standard platter-based hard drive. OS X and its bundled applications are stored on the flash drive for better performance, but other often-used applications are automatically shifted by OS X Mountain Lion to the faster flash drive.
The iMacs climbed $100 in price, however, with the smaller desktop now running $1,299, while the larger costs $1,799. The 21.5-in. ships in November; the 27-in. in December 2012.
From all signs, today's roll-out was the last for Apple in 2012. CEO Tim Cook, in fact, took time at the end of the event to summarize the year's launches.
How did Apple do?
"I think this was a good product year for Apple," said Gottheil. "They made some missteps in Maps and the iPhone 5, but overall, it was a solid year, and they executed pretty well."
Milanesi agreed. "It doesn't seem like the refreshes we've seen this year are coming out of any fear of the competition," she said "Their 'foot on the gas' isn't because of pressure, but an evolution of what they do with other devices. They're just building on that."
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A generation of stockbrokers and individual investors for whom Martin Zweig represented the wisdom of Wall Street are mourning the stock market legend's passing on Monday at the age of 70.
Before the era of all stocks, all the time on CNBC and various Internet channels, there was PBS' Wall Street Week with Louis Rukeyser, where Zweig (left) was a frequent guest starting in the 1970s, admired for his deep technical analysis of markets.
It was on Rukeyser's show one Friday in October 1987 that Zweig made his most famous call, predicting a market crash, which occurred the very next trading day, Monday, Oct. 17.
The Dow plunged 508 points, a 23% decline and an apparent vindication of a technical indicator Zweig developed called the put-call ratio.
The successful call boosted interest in his Zweig Forecast newsletter, which the Cleveland native and New York and Miami resident had been writing since 1971 and which Hulbert Financial Digest ranked No. 1 during the 15 years it was monitored.
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Zweig served on the board of his alma mater Wharton School of Business, and was active in other charities as well. He is survived by his wife, Barbara, and two sons, Zack and Alex.


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There's real paradox in romanticizing squalid, rat infested tents in one section of your publication while in another advising well-heeled readers where to buy a $5,000 Chippendale rug. But such is life at a liberal big-city newspaper.
The Washington Post swooned over the Occupy Movement last year, devoting thousands of words and gallons of ink to covering the complaints of the self-described 99 percent, which claims "to fight back against the richest 1% of people that are writing the rules of an unfair global economy that is foreclosing on our future." The Occupy Movement is calling for a general strike on May 1, and the Post is now itching to favorably cover Occupiers.
But despite its pseudo-populist championing of the "99 percent," the Post is devoting other sections of its paper to serving richer segments of society. Its "House Calls" column is clearly targeted towards the "1 percent" of society who can afford the expensive items it suggests for home makeovers.
In its weekly "House Calls" section, the Post brings in designers to help individuals make over rooms. These designers often recommend buying furnishings that cost thousands of dollars. The Post provides two lists of recommended furnishings for people seeking to make over their homes: a "splurge" list and a "save" list.
The Business and Media Institute examined twenty "House Calls" columns from November 30, 2011 to April 25, 2012. ("House Calls" columns were not published on December 27, 2011, and January 25, 2012) The forty-two items on the "splurge" list during this time cost a grand total of $50,806.50, while the forty-four items on the "save" list cost a grand total of $17,520.95. The average cost of each "splurge" item was $1,209.68, while the average cost of each "save" item was $398.20.
"House Calls" designers recommended numerous expensive furnishings for room makeovers. The splurge items included big-ticket items like a $4,960 Chippendale Ring knotted rug in beige, a $2,985 Sofa 1296-03 in beige, and a $3,528 Hickory White oval dining table in driftwood finish. The "save" items published by the Post were also pricey, including a $1,500 Emory three-cushion sofa in ink and a $1,760 Manchester sofa in microfiber natural.
Such largess is not the province of the "99 percent"; real "have-nots" don't have thousands of dollars to throw around on expensive home furnishings. At this writing (April 30, 10:55 AM), the unemployment rate is currently 8.2%, the national average of gas prices is over $3.50 a gallon ($3.816 a gallon for regular gas), and oil prices are over $100 a barrel ($104.47 a barrel). Real have-nots are worried about basics like food and gasoline prices, not home makeovers.
But the same paper that cheered the National Park Service for appeasing the Occupy Movement, and is now cheering on the return of the Occupiers, is incredibly out of touch with the plight of the real have-nots.


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Brahmana v. Lembo, No. 09-106, 2009 WL 1424438 (N.D. Cal. May 20, 2009)
Plaintiff former employee Brahmana sued his former employer Cyberdata, claiming that Cyberdata violated the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (at 18 U.S.C. 2511) ("ECPA"). Brahmana claimed that Cyberdata used a keylogger to intercept the username and password for Brahmana's personal email account.
Cyberdata moved to dismiss the claim under Rule 12(b)(6) for failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. The court denied the motion, finding that the determination of whether there was a violation of the ECPA would best be made after discovery.
The ECPA makes it unlawful for any person to intentionally intercept, among other things, any "electronic communication." An "electronic communication" is defined in the ECPA as "any transfer of signs, signals, writing, images, sounds, data, or intelligence of any nature transmitted in whole or in part by a wire, radio, electromagnetic, photoelectronic, or photooptical system that affects interstate or foreign commerce."
An important question in this case was whether the keystrokes allegedly captured by the keylogging device met this definition of electronic communication.
An earlier case from another district (United States v. Ropp, 347 F.Supp.2d 831 (C.D. Cal. 2004)) held that keystrokes gathered by a hardware keylogger attached between a computer's keyboard and central processing unit were not electronic communications because the system transmitting the information did not affect interstate commerce.
But another case questioned that opinion's holding, finding that though the keystrokes themselves did not travel in interstate commerce, they did "affect interstate commerce" and therefore fell within the ECPA's definition.
This court avoided ruling on the legal question of whether intercepting electronic data being transmitted from one piece of local hardware to another might be an electronic communication as defined by the ECPA. One must remember that a Rule 12(b)(6) motion merely tests the sufficiency of the pleadings. The court does not consider evidence at that stage, but merely tests whether the facts alleged by the plaintiff could plausibly support the legal claim.
In this case, the court found that Brahmana's allegations did not specify whether the particular means of monitoring affected interstate commerce, but were sufficient to render plausible the claim that communications were monitored in some way. "The issue of how any alleged monitoring took place," the court found, "and whether it allegedly affected interstate commerce is better resolved after some discovery."
The case instructs us that this court is not willing to read the definition of "electronic communication" as narrowly as the court did in Ropp. No doubt there will be some interesting evidence produced in discovery that shows how the keystrokes were allegedly intercepted. But at least we know at this early stage in the litigation that the court will consider whether the transmission of electronic data within a system — and not crossing state lines — may still affect interstate commerce.
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This post was especially popular last year, so after a few updates and changes, I'm recycling it this year.
Halloween is right around the corner, but in light of my recent discoveries about damaging effects of artificial colors and flavors (and petroleum and coal tar) in candy, I haven't been feeling very excited about a holiday that promotes candy consumption.
Consider this:
Americans spend a whopping $950 million on Halloween candy every year. So it's not surprising that a 2006 Mayo Clinic article estimates that 1 in 3 American children are now considered seriously overweight or at risk of becoming overweight. That's a staggering 25 million children who are at high risk for high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, bone and joint problems, exercise induced asthma, disturbed sleep patterns, premature maturity, liver/gallbladder disease and depression. — Go Green
So the idea of handing out "treats" that are laden with sugar (or worse, high fructose corn syrup AKA HFCS) AND chemicals was less than appealing to me. But what is a good alternative that won't get my house egged the next day?
Using several different web sites, I've compiled a list of some alternative Halloween treats. (Please be aware that some of these may be choking hazards for small children.)
Non-food options:
- Temporary tattoos
- Stickers
- Playdoh
- Pencils
- Small pads of paper
- Fancy erasers
- Pencil toppers
- Crayons
- Coins (pennies, nickels, dimes)
- False teeth
- Superballs
- "Slime"
- Kazoos or other small musical instruments
- Tiny decks of cards
- Origami paper & instructions
- Bubbles
Healthier food options (buy organic and/or fair-trade if you can afford it):
- Natural non-HFCS candy
- Granola bars
- Cereal bars
- Pretzels
- Glee gum
- Packets of instant hot chocolate
- Raisins
- Fruit leathers
- Prepackaged trail mix
- Prepackaged cookies
Things to avoid:
- Avoid costume jewelry, especially glossy, fake painted pearls and toys from vending machines, both of which may contain lead
- Avoid cheap plastic toys that are just going to end up in the trash and go off to the landfills
Last year I passed out cereal bars to the older kids and stickers to the younger kids and I didn't hear any complaints. In fact, the younger kids were often quite excited about the stickers.
Now what about for your OWN kids?
What do you do if your kids go trick-or-treating and come home with a bag full of stuff you'd rather they not eat? While my kids at 4 yrs old and almost 2 are still too young (in my book) for door-to-door trick-or-treating, we went to a Halloween parade yesterday (the kids dress up and walk down Main street) and the local merchants passed out candy after the parade was done. Last year I decided to buy some natural candies – suckers, cookies, fruit leathers, etc., to trade Ava for once she was done trick-or-treating. She was happy with that. This year, however, I didn't stock up on the natural candies first because I recalled that we got so little candy from the excursion and I'm not going to sweat it. She and Julian have had a piece of candy yesterday and one today and I think that's fine. Everything in moderation.
On Halloween night this year, I think we're going to go to a Halloween carnival at our rec center. There are a lot of games for the kids to play, prizes, and fun. It beats going out in cold in the dark if you ask me and I think the kids will enjoy it more. 🙂
What will you pass out this year? Will your kids go trick-or-treating?
Related posts:
- Halloween and the child with food allergies
- How to have a Healthy Halloween
- Halloween Mystery: Which candy is safe to eat?
- Unique & Funky Halloween Candy Ideas
- Kids talk about: Halloween Candy
- Treat or Treat? Try these Halloween Candy Alternatives


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The Taiwanese hip-hop group Kou Chou Ching held three concerts in New York on their 2009 World Tour. Four of the five young and highly talented members, ranging in age from 20 to 29, performed:
Fan-Chiang: Hakka MC, singer, and songwriter. Is a graduate of Fu Jen Catholic University with a B.A. in business management, Fan-Chiang is central to the band. He is not religious, but believes that religions help believers to perform good deeds. He sings in his Hakka mother tongue, and he tries to define his own being through learning and creating music.
FishLIN: Holo MC, singer, and songwriter, is a rapper, musician, and graduate of Taipei National University of the Arts, where he majored in architecture and culture resource preservation. A devout Buddhist and vegetarian, he grew up with the music of Nan Guan and Bei Guan drama that his father played, which naturally influences his own musical innovation. He takes pride in his melding together of various musical styles.
J-CHEN: DJ., a graduate of Fu-Hsin Trade and Arts School in Taipei City. The youngest member in the band, he takes to experimenting with new ideas and fresh elements to make this band more uniquely "Taiwanese." He first joined the band looking for fun, but his fun diversion has grown into an everlasting love for music and Kou Chou Ching.
Yobo: Suona. The "heavyweight" of the band, his suona horn adds an unexpected, shattering power to the group's musical performances. He is also a committed writer with a keen interest in modern Taiwanese literature.
Kou Chou Ching's innovative and infectious music transformed the usually calm and well-guarded Taipei Economic and Cultural 42nd Street office building in New York (TECO-NY) into a hip happening venue, drawing an eclectic and elegantly dressed crowd of over 200 persons from the international media, diplomatic, arts and music circles; many of the distinguished guests, unable to resist the pulse of the rhythm, sang and danced is the aisles.
As noted by TECO's Deputy Director-General Ambassador Vincent Chi: "Taiwan is a multicultural nation, and this occasion for Kou Chou Ching to bring their wonderful blend of ethnic musical forms and hip-hop to both New York City and the international stage is of great value. Not only will this serve to promote cultural exchange between Taiwan and the United States, but it also represents a great success for the growing popularity of Taiwanese music around the world".
TECO's Press Division hosted the event, and Director Tony Ong proudly remarked: " Kou Chou Ching's performance the prior day in New Jersey attracted an audience of over 800, a turnout that reminds us that good music with cultural distinctiveness has no national boundaries".
Fan—Chiang , leader of Kou Chou Ching, told the audience that: " prior to heading for New York the band felt very pressured to be performing in this world capital of pop music, and were worried about whether or not their brand of Taiwanese hip-hop could meet with the approval of New York's music community. The outcome exceeded their expectations; not only in the response from overseas Taiwanese, but in that so many New Yorkers of all skin colors, ethnicities, and backgrounds would come together to appreciate their unique Taiwan-style hip-hop".
Mr. Alan Capper, president of the event's co-sponsoring organization the Foreign Press Association, was also in attendance. Other than his praise for Kou Chou Ching's unique blend of Taiwanese and Western musical styles, he also expressed his hope that the group might have further opportunities in the future to return and perform again in New York.
A 3rd concert held at Arlene's Grocery, 95 Stanton Street, a trendy bar on the lower Eastside of Manhattan brought deafening cheers of Taiwan! Taiwan! Both the music and the audience shook the walls as more than a hundred fans packed this small but happening club.
To focus attention on the significance of Taiwan's recent Typhoon Morakot, the group's performance included several songs specifically having to do with environmental protection, and the coexistence of man and nature, including "Against Nature" and " Gray Coastlines." The audience response was overwhelming, as they stepped forward to donate to relief efforts, both directly and through the purchase of Kou Chou Ching's CDs. The group of young performers revealed their compassion by generously donating all proceeds from the night's cover charge, as well as monies raised at their other two performances in the New York area, raising a total of almost $6,000
After their successful debut in New York and final concert, the group traveled to Tennessee to perform and accept the 2009 Just Plain Folks
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After returning to Taiwan for a brief stay, the group will tour Japan.
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Last week I was lucky enough to join my Entrepreneurs du Monde (EdM) colleagues on a field mission in the Ioba province of Burkina Faso, a rural area that borders Ghana. There, in the town of Dano, is a small EdM office manned by Benoit Some, who covers EdM's Burkina Faso social enterprise arm, Nafa Naana, in the area.
The small, roadside office doubles as a storage hub and retail outlet for energy-efficient and gas cookstoves (as described in my last blog post).
Here, this March, four rural shopkeepers were given training in the Nafa Naana model — the product offering, environmental protection, stock management, cash management and sales techniques. Then in April, EdM set them up for the sale of the cookstoves, providing them with simple management tools, such as receipts and sales lists, posters and an informational leaflet to show interested customers. The organization also installed grills produced by local iron workers to lock up the cookstoves and organized four promotional events in the area to drum up interest. Then of course there were the actual cookstoves, which are supplied to the shopkeepers with interest-free advances.
Each month, Benoit of EdM followed up with the shopkeepers and collected repayments on the advances.
On this mission, we were visiting these shopkeepers to gather insights into how this distribution model was working, review the sales results to date and to consider next steps: What motivated them to sell the cookstoves? Who were their main customers? What additional materials/efforts do they think would be helpful for the sales? Are they satisfied with the working relationship with EdM? What could EdM do better? Do they wish to continue selling cookstoves? If so, why? Would they be interested in selling other socially-focused products, such as gas stoves or solar lamps?
Sales results were somewhat mixed: two shopkeepers sold an impressive 22 stoves each, while two others faced some difficulty, selling 8 and 3 respectively. The management tools were used without difficulty by the two literate shopkeepers. But, for the other two who can neither read nor write, it proved tricky (with an adult literacy rate of 28.7%, this is not an uncommon issue to tackle here in Burkina Faso).
Overall, the feedback from the discussions with the shopkeepers struck me as very positive. They were motivated by the idea of helping the environment, protecting it for the future, and of helping women to cook in a cleaner environment while saving time. The main customer complaint was the price, which, starting at 3,500 FCFA (US$6.50) is beyond the financial capacity of much of the rural population, especially the women. Here, there is also the challenge of fully understanding the benefits of the product, which the shopkeepers said they were working hard to explain to clients from rural villages. They noted the benefits of EdM's promotional events in educating and spreading this awareness, marked by accompanying higher sales.
Some quotes from the shopkeepers:
"I wish to continue the partnership with EdM even if my revenues are small. I appreciate the fact that these stoves are now close to my community, so that they no longer need to travel kilometers to procure them."
"I appreciate how EdM accompanied me in my activities, allowing me to do what I couldn't do before. And with gas stoves, it's a plus for the community. It's an innovation."
" I wish to continue the partnership (with EdM) to help my country to economize on wood."
For each shopkeeper, EdM also found and conducted interviews with two of their cookstove customers. Here, topics covered included how they learned about the product, what brought them to buy it, and general product satisfaction. One customer was so pleased he was currently saving up for a second stove that would allow his wife to cook both the rice and the sauce together, further freeing up her time for other tasks like farming.
Of the six customers interviewed — even though some still considered the price to be high — they unanimously felt the benefits outweighed the costs. In terms of the advantages, customers cited the economy of fuel and the practicality and convenience of the stoves.
The visit was extremely eye-opening and it was fantastic to get out of the office and see the work in action. The days were long, with numerous bumps along the way — delays in protective grill production, waiting a day or two to find a shopkeeper who'd been called away or busy, and having to interrupt an interview half-way through because a cow needed to be urgently transported to another village.
These incidents only further confirmed to me the patience and dedication of EdM's staff, who dug holes and poured concrete for grills in the 30+ degree heat (Celsius, my friends), or spent entire days without a meal or a single complaint, but rather with continued laughter and perseverance. It was truly a pleasure and an honor to be part of their team in the field.
Being from Kiva, the question of stove affordability was one that stuck in my mind. In a future blog post, I'll cover more on my observations from that perspective.
To end on one last and very exciting note: three of the four shopkeepers we interviewed renewed their contracts with EdM for the sale of cookstoves, thus becoming Kiva borrowers for their increased stock of cookstoves! They and two other shopkeepers became our first five Kiva borrowers – and I can proudly say they were all fully funded within a day of going live! We would love for this trend to continue, so watch for future cookstove loans on Kiva!
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From: Fred (speed-up_at_fr.st)
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I have found how to make a patch file, now I have merged some new patches to
I distribute the whole patch file on my website, and the compiled sources.
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I included the Chip8 and Star game, which need external files.
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Chocolate truffles are soft chocolate balls. This recipe makes about 24.
- 8oz (227g) bittersweet/plain chocolate (chopped into small pieces)
- 6 tablespoons (likely Imperial ones: 108 mL, 7.2 US tablespoons, or 2 teaspoons shy of 1/4 cup) double cream (48% fat)
- cocoa powder
- Icing sugar
In the USA, try using 2 tablespoons unsalted butter with 5 1/3 tablespoons heavy cream.
- Put the chocolate in a bowl and set over (a double boiler).
- Heat until melted and smooth, stirring occasionally.
- Remove from the pot of hot water.
- Add the cream and stir well.
- Leave to cool.
- Cover and refrigerate for 35 minutes or until the mixture is just firm enough to hold its shape.
- Sift a layer of cocoa powder and icing sugar together onto a plate. The icing sugar is to make sure the cocoa powder isn't too bitter.
- Take a heaped teaspoonful of the chocolate mixture and shape it into a ball.
- Roll each truffle in the cocoa powder/icing sugar to coat all over in an even layer. Shake off the excess and set on a tray.
- Continue shaping and coating the remaining truffles. Set on a tray, making sure they don't touch each other.
- Cover and refrigerate. Remove 15 minutes before serving.
- Vanilla Truffle - Use White chocolate, reducing the icing sugar to preference. Add about 1/2 tablespoon of vanilla extract.
- Citrus Zest - Use white chocolate, reducing icing sugar content to preference. Add about 1 to 3/4 of a tablespoon of diluted lime coridial, and a couple of pinches of ground zest.


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Speaking Two Languages Improves Brain Function Late in Life
January 13, 2013
by Robert Wascher
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A new study shows that speaking at least two languages improves brain function later in life.
Although there are an estimated 6,000 distinct languages spoken on the planet, only about 1 in 4 countries officially identify themselves as bilingual or multilingual nations. However, there are more people in the world who speak at least two languages than there are people who speak only one language. Therefore, the majority of humankind can be thought of as generally being bilingual or multilingual.
Based upon previously published cognitive studies, being bilingual or multilingual appears to "strengthen" the areas of the brain that are involved in both language processing and other higher cognitive functions. Indeed, based upon these prior studies, lifelong multilingual people appear to experience a later onset of cognitive decline in life, and a lower incidence of Alzheimer's disease, compared to monolingual people. Now, a newly published research study, which appears in the Journal of Neuroscience, provides fascinating new insights into exactly how bilingualism and multilingualism may help to preserve cognitive function in the brain as we age.
In this study, 110 older monolingual and bilingual adults participated in several "task-switching" exercises that test cognitive function. Using a sophisticated imaging system that measures blood flow within specific areas of the brain (functional magnetic resonance imaging, or fMRI), these monolingual and bilingual study volunteers were put through their paces with various task-switching exercises while their brain function was monitored by fMRI.
Among the monolingual older adults, areas of the brain associated with the processing of information, and with decision-making, were highly activated during task-switching exercises, indicating that these areas of the brain were working very hard to complete the tasks assigned by the researchers. The bilingual older adults also experienced increased activity in the left lateral frontal cortex and cingulate cortex, but significantly less so than the monolingual study volunteers. At the same time, the bilingual volunteers consistently outperformed their monolingual fellow volunteers on the task-switching exercises, despite lower levels of activation of these two key areas of the brain. Thus, just as has been predicted by previous cognitive testing studies, lifelong bilingualism does indeed appear to increase the efficiency of the areas of the brain that are involved in high-level cognitive processing, and also appear to decrease the rate of loss of these cognitive abilities with advancing age, when compared to monolingualism. In this clinical study, the bilingual older adults were more successful in completing task-switching cognitive exercises than monolingual older adults; and at the same time, the brains of the bilingual adults accomplished this improved cognitive performance with less effort than their monolingual counterparts (based upon fMRI measurements of brain activity).
While there are many potential personal, professional, social and cultural benefits to speaking more than one language, this elegant clinical research study confirms earlier predictions that lifelong bilingualism and multilingualism may help to preserve the cognitive efficiency and function of the higher processing centers of the brain much later in life. Given at least the perception that the United States lags behind many other countries in the world in the area of foreign language education, the findings of this new study offer yet another reason for schools in the US to ramp up their foreign language programs. We live in an increasingly competitive, globalized and multilingual world, and preparing our children for a successful future in that world should include early and continuous exposure to foreign language training, in my view.
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Smart Earth Technologies (SET) is a wireless mesh networking company that is about to launch our Total Water Enterprise Platform for water utilities allowing them to monitor and control all of the devices within their entire water distribution system from one GIS based application. We are 30-40 something experienced entrepreneurs with significant technology backgrounds with an eye toward creating revolutionary technologies.
Our audience consists of municipal and investor owned water utilities. The audience is quite varied, the larger utilities are sometimes comprised of tech and business saavy full time employees while some of the smaller utilities might have part time or even unpaid utility managers that aren't always aware of the newest technologies, so we need to appeal to a wide variety of clients. Once installed our system will also be accessed by residents within the municipality.
We have a company logo that is attached to this brief. The product logo will need to complement our company logo, having the ability to sit along side it.
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It would nice for the logo to be iconic in some way.
Ideally we would like a 100% original design.
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We'll also need both vertical and horizontal orientations as well as inversions. black on white, white on black.
We would also like Illustrator files with no outlines and fonts delivered.
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In civil lawsuits, people frequently have their depositions taken. A deposition is a question and answer session under oath between a witness and at least one attorney. When the witness is testifying on behalf of one party, either the plaintiff or the defendant, Find A Lawyer Website in Gauteng the opposing party's attorney will do most of the questioning. Usually, the lawyers for all parties are in the room, although not all of the attorneys present choose to ask questions. There is usually a court reporter present taking down what everyone says on a stenotype machine. There are many reasons for lawyers to take legal depositions.
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This is more common in domestic dispute matters, such as child custody or divorce cases. It also happens more often to the plaintiff, I Need To Find A Lawyer the party bringing the lawsuit. This is sometimes done to make sure the witness knows the lawyer means business. Playing hardball in a deposition is what happens when the attorney is purposefully trying to make the witness uncomfortable. This may be done to make sure they tell the truth and to find out if the person will drop the case, rather than have to go through similar questioning in court, as well if the case goes to trial.
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In some part of our lives, there will come a time when we will need attorney services. We may need their professional services when we buy a property, close a business deal, adopt a child, file for divorce, or when we need someone to defend us in courts. And throughout the time that we deal with our attorneys to finalize any procedure where we need legal advice, we tend to discuss many things. We may discuss about the steps that needs to be done, what legal actions need to be taken, etc. But, there is one thing that, both us as the client and the attorney, may not discuss per se or may not discuss at all. This is the attorney services fees. Yes, despite the fact that professional fees for attorney services are important; these are mostly not being discussed. The most valid reason for this is that it seems awkward to talk about them. Besides, it usually feels uncomfortable to talk about them; especially if the services involve dealing with sensitive cases. But, as the one hiring an attorney, you need to know more about attorney services fees so that it wont be uncomfortable for you to talk about it. Know the Correct Attorney Services Fees As you will be the one to hire and therefore pay for the services, knowing the current market rate for such services would be important. Usually, legal or attorney services fees varies according to where the services are being performed. Here are the three most important things that you have to consider when deciding what amount should be fair enough as fees for your attorney; 1. Decide on how much money you can afford to pay. As the client, you know how much you can afford. And you should tell your attorney that. In most cases, if you cant afford to pay a lot, you can opt for public attorneys. They usually have low rates for their services. But just the same, you need to determine how much money you have and if you can pay the attorneys regular rates. 2. The kind of services needed. You should also know whether you will need an expert attorney in a certain field. Most fees are based on the level of expertise needed in a legal service or how much work is involved. 3. The usual rate for the type of service. Appraising how much money you will need as payment for attorney services will usually depend on the type of service rendered. Hence, it is important that youd be able to distinguish what type of services you need. It is also important that you know the current rate for the type of service that you need. When deciding about the attorney services fees, it is also vital that you plan on what type of fee arrangement you will offer. Actually, this is also a factor when deciding how to pay your attorneys. Now, you will need to decide whether you will pay him/her a flat rate, hourly rate or contingency fee. The latter will mean that you will pay your attorney a certain percentage on any amount that you will get should you win a case; for example, settlement fee for divorce or child custody. You will have to discuss on how much you will possibly get and what percentage should be the payment. If you are going to pay a flat rate, on the other hand, the attorney will determine how much is the total fee that you will have to pay. Other expenses such as photocopying, etc are computed with the flat rate fee. Now, hourly rate shall be computed based on the hours spent by your attorney on the case or proceedings.
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Litigation means a trial, right? So what does it matter if you hire a litigation attorney or a trial attorney? Can't they both perform the same functions? Not necessarily, which is why it's important to do your research before you hire an attorney to help you with a litigation lawsuit.Litigation AttorneysFirst of all, litigation does not automatically mean a trial is going to happen. The vast majority of the time, lawsuits are settled out of court without ever going to a jury. This is due to the work of the litigation attorney or litigator.Litigation attorneys handle all of the work that happens outside a courtroom. They file lawsuits, gather evidence, conduct legal research, meet with the client, file and argue motions and defend their clients. This is all done long before a lawsuit even gets close to going to a judge and jury. Litigators may even attempt mediation to achieve an out of court settlement but if a case looks like it is going to go to court, these lawyers can take depositions and prepare clients and their witnesses.Although there are differences between the two attorneys, those differences don't make one better than the other. They each serve different functions and perform different roles. Working with both types will give you the best of both worlds: an expert lawyer familiar with the ins and outs of your case and an expert presenter who can best argue your position in court if it gets that far. Many law firms have both litigators and lawyers on staff, giving you access to both types of specialists under one roof.If you prefer to have a single lawyer represent you through the entire process, be sure to ask about his or her experience in court and specifically if it has included cases covering the same legal subjects as yours. Then you'll need to decide if the attorney has the experience you need to carry your case through to the end or if you're better off starting out with a litigator and hiring a trial lawyer if and when your case gets to the courtroom.


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