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Chrome OS-based products from global PC brand vendors are estimated to appear in channel in the first half of 2011.
Acer has cooperated with Quanta Computer to develop a 10.1-inch Atom N550-based Chrome OS netbook, featuring both Wi-Fi and Bluetooth modules; however, Acer is conservative about market demand as consumers normally have a difficult time changing their PC habits.
In other news, although Google has unveiled a new version of Android, first-tier vendors plan to hold off until the launch of Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) in the first quarter of 2011 before rolling out tablet PCs, sources from PC players noted.


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When Elves Attack: A Joyous Christmas Greeting from the Criminal Nutbars of the Sunshine State (Paperback)
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I'm dreaming of a Serge Christmas . . .
It's ho, ho, ho time in this hilarious and wacky Florida holiday tale, featuring bighearted psychopath Serge Storms and his sidekick, Coleman. Like Santa, Serge knows who's been naughty and who's been nice. Few can give with the generosity and creativity of Serge, and as December 24 rolls around, he is filling up the Serge sleigh with an unforgettable bag of presents.
But before that, it's all a big free-range Christmas office party, where Serge will be spreading his special cheer. And there's that last-minute go-for-broke spree at the mall (just beware of those attacking elvesthey bite). So grab a six-pack, spike the eggnog, and hit the dunes on the beach as Serge and Coleman roast some nuts on an open fire and prove that reindeer really do know how to fly!
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Ms. Nancy K. Quinn is Independent Director of Atmos Energy Corporation. Ms. Quinn provides senior financial and strategic advice, primarily to clients in the energy and natural resources industries. Prior to 1996, Ms. Quinn held a senior advisory role with the Beacon Group, focusing on energy industry private equity opportunities and merger and acquisition transactions. Ms. Quinn gained experience in independent exploration and production, as well as in diversified natural gas and oilfield service sectors, while holding leadership positions at such firms as PaineWebber Incorporated and Kidder, Peabody & Co. Incorporated. Ms. Quinn has corporate governance leadership experience as chair of the audit committee of Endeavor International and has outside board experience as a member of the boards of Endeavour International and Helix Energy Solutions Group. Ms. Quinn was also previously a member of the boards of Louis Dreyfus Natural Gas and DeepTech International. As a result of her professional experience and leadership abilities, as well as possessing those attributes discussed in the "Qualifications for Directors" section, the Board has nominated Ms. Quinn to continue serving as a director of Atmos Energy.
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The JulieG nail polish collection was developed by Jesses Girl Cosmetics for and with YouTube beauty guru JulieG. They initially honored her by creating JulieG a coral polish (because coral is one of her favorite shades from eyeshadow, lipstick, clothes etc), they they decided to create more shades as a collection.
These polishes are high intensity nail colors and come in a range of very bright fun shades. They are named after her favorite fashion/beauty related things e.g. Fashion Friday after a weekly segment on her channel etc.
JulieG (coral), Beauty Guru (orange), Mermaids Lagoon (teal), Girls Night Out (blue), All Things Girly (peeach), Stiletto (multi shimmery taupe), Fashion Friday (purple), Cupcake Frosting (bright pink), Party Dress (red, I think)
The latter 8 belong to the limited edition JulieG collection which retails online at Jesses Girl Cosmetics or at Rite Aid pharmacies for $3.99 each or $25 for the collection here (online only). JulieG the first polish (not apart of collection) retails for $2.99 is a gorgeous coral shade.
Mermaids Lagoon
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Saint Xavier University has been given a speech code rating of Not Yet Rated. You may read more about this institution's speech codes at this page.
- Saint Xavier University: Reprimand of Professor for Anti-Military Comments
- Phi Beta Kappa: Member Institutions' Speech Codes
FIRE Cases at Saint Xavier University
- Commentary & News Briefs, Agape Press, December 2, 2005
- FIRE criticizes honor society, The Badger Herald (UW-Madison), December 1, 2005
- Free-Speech Group Questions Phi Beta Kappa's Commitment to Academic Freedom, The Chronicle of Higher Education, November 30, 2005
- Quick Takes, Inside Higher Ed, November 30, 2005
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- Saint Xavier professor defends his right of free speech, Daily Southtown, August 7, 2005
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DECORAH, Iowa - Leon Clark rushed for 131 yards and two scores while Dan Dobson completed 20-of-24 passes with two touchdowns as the St. Olaf football team defeated Luther College 28-21 on Saturday in the season opener for each team.
Dobson's 27-yard touchdown strike to Antonio Jennings with 2:27 left in regulation -- the duo's second scoring hookup of the day -- all but sealed the win for the Oles.
Dobson found Jennings, who finished the day with four receptions for 45 yards, for a five-yard score top open the fourth quarter to make it 21-7.
Clark rushed 24 times for his 131 yards. His two scores -- from two and three yards out -- helped the Oles overcome a 7-3 deficit to lead 15-7 at the half.
Luther put together two long scoring drives in the fourth quarter to make it interesting. The Norse went 75 yards on 13 plays for the first score and 13 plays for 60 yards to get within seven with 15 seconds left in the game. Each drive was capped by touchdown throws from Chris Reynolds.
Reynolds went 27-for-34 for 197 yards and the two TD tosses.
The St. Olaf defense was paced by Matt Olson, who was in on 16 tackles. Luther's Kyle McGivney had six solo and 19 assisted takedowns in the loss.
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PayPal module not working??
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Hi there, just had a customer tring to process an order on the company's virtuemart shop, when they click 'confirm order' it goes back to index.php, having a look through the php code I can't see anything obviously wrong, anybody got any ideas?
Here's the code:
$url = "https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr";
$tax_total = $db->f("order_tax") + $db->f("order_shipping_tax");
$post_variables = Array(
"cmd" => "_xclick",
"business" => PAYPAL_EMAIL,
"receiver_email" => PAYPAL_EMAIL,
"item_name" => $VM_LANG->_PHPSHOP_ORDER_PRINT_PO_NUMBER.": ". $db->f("order_id"),
"order_id" => $db->f("order_id"),
"invoice" => $db->f("order_number"),
"amount" => round( $db->f("order_subtotal")+$tax_total, 2),
"shipping" => sprintf("%.2f", $db->f("order_shipping")),
"currency_code" => $_SESSION['vendor_currency'],
"image_url" => $vendor_image_url,
"return" => SECUREURL ."index.php?option=com_virtuemart&page=checkout.result&order_id=".$db->f("order_id"),
"notify_url" => SECUREURL ."administrator/components/com_virtuemart/notify.php",
"cancel_return" => SECUREURL ."index.php",
"undefined_quantity" => "0",
"test_ipn" => PAYPAL_DEBUG,
"pal" => "NRUBJXESJTY24",
"no_shipping" => "1",
"no_note" => "1"
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$query_string = "?";
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} else {
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echo '<input type="image" name="submit" src="http://images.paypal.com/images/x-click-but6.gif" border="0" alt="Make payments with PayPal, it is fast, free, and secure!">';
foreach( $post_variables as $name => $value ) {
echo '<input type="hidden" name="'.$name.'" value="'.$value.'" />';
echo '</form>';
Thanks i advance people!
did you ever find out the cause ?
Has anyone else come across this behavior?
My scenario is similar but not identical; the setup payment is for PayPal, and when the Checkout gets to the Confirm Order button, it redirects to a HTML version of the Invoice / Purchase Order page..
URL: index.php?page=account.order_details&order_id=151&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=69
Odd, and frustrating. Can someone please kindly suggest some steps to identify this issue?
Thank you,
Ed Cox
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New for Fall, Sahco presents a collection called Urban Safari. Featuring faux furs, velvets and other alluring textures, the 12 fabrics come in a palette inspired by nature and the materials they capture. It's the ethical way to add a dash of fox, leopard, lynx, ostrich and Persian lamp to an interior.
Nandu, pictured above is available in five colors. A three-dimensional surface and gloss accents captures the look of ostrich leather, with its easy-care, durable properties making it ideal for tight upholstery. It can also be made flame-retardant for commercial applications.
Persian, available in four colors, starts out woven as a plain velvet in viscose. It's then piece-dyed and hot embossed to look like Persian lamb.
It's hard to believe Grizzly, virtually indistinguishable from real fur, is actually a woven. Only available in this one colorway, it offers a variety of tones to complement a range of palettes. Grizzly will also be available for purchase as throw. (It's at the top of our wish list!)
The jacquard velvet Zambia, available in four colors, has a Sahara-meets-ikat effect. A viscose "web" contrasts with the light base and makes a statement on upholstery.
Stop by and "pet" the entire new collection, encompassing nearly 50 colors, at Donghia showrooms at the DDB (Suite 700), DCH (Suite 1000), DCOTA (Suite C250), and PDC (Suite G196).


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Casa Dell'Arte Hotel of Arts & LeisureKilise Mevkii. Mutlu Sokak. Torba, 48400 Torba (Show map)
Very good
Score from 6 reviews
In the enchanting Torba Bay, Casa Dell'Arte Hotel of Arts & Leisure is a luxury hotel featuring the ultimate luxurious escape. The contemporary design of each of the 12 suites at Casa Dell'Arte Hotel is loosely based on the signs of the zodiac. Guests can enjoy a tasteful, artistic environment, with original works of Turkish art displayed everywhere. All beds and closets in the rooms are custom built by Turkish and Italian furniture makers. Free wireless internet access is just one example of the modern comforts in each room. Every comfort is considered from selecting a special pillow from a pillow menu to the coloring preferences. All rooms have a flat-screen TV. Enjoy access to Casa Dell'Arte's private pier and private beach. Relax on the grounds hot tub and enjoy beautiful sea views. Take the private boat out to explore the nearby coves. Choose from Casa Dell'Arte Hotel's beautiful collection of vintage cars and enjoy unique transport around Bodrum. The hotel is 21 miles from Milas-Bodrum Airport and a 10-minute drive from the center of Bodrum. After a day spent outside, return and relax in the sauna or pamper yourself with a professional massage. Delight in the gourmet cuisines served at the stylish restaurant. Casa Dell'Arte throughout the year provides guests with a chance to join in with cookery workshops and take a taste of your experiences back home. Hotel Rooms: 12
OutdoorsGrounds ActivitiesNewspapers, Fitness Center, Massage, Hot Tub, Library, Turkish Bath/Steam Bath, Diving Food & DrinkRestaurant, Bar InternetFree! Wi-Fi is available in all areas and is free of charge. ParkingFree! Free private parking is available on site (reservation is not needed). Services24-Hour Front Desk, Express Check-in/Check-out, Meeting/Banquet Facilities, Babysitting/Child Services, Laundry, VIP Room Facilities, Ironing Service, Currency Exchange, Tour Desk, Fax/Photocopying GeneralSafe, Designer Hotel, Stores in Hotel, Air Conditioning Check-in2:00 PM - 12:00 AM Check-out7:00 AM - 12:00 PM Cancellation/
Total Hotel Score:8.4
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clean,peaceful,beautiful view
too expensive for the services we got,one thing we didnt like we were there in october and the water heater was not on we had to ask them to put on and the reason they gave us for not putting it on was silly (that we were the only people at the hotel but still)
The location, the view and the beach are amazing. Secluded yet just 10 mins from downtown Bodrum.
The food at the hotel was ok. That could be improved.
Tasarım olarak harika bir otel, kahvaltı böyle bir otele yakışacak nitelikte,plajı çok rahat tıkıs tikis değil, herseyiyle insana kendisini özel hissettiren bir yer
resepsiyon, check-in, check-out lokasyon, tablolar,friendly staff,nefis frozen margaritas
odadaki aydınlatma ısık dduzeni,okuma lambası eksik, banyodaki yetersiz ısık, gurultulu klima, gunde bir kere (sabah) verilen house keeping servisi.bu kalitede bir tesisde ogle sonralarıda odanın yapılması gerekli diye dusunuyorum.
Son aksam ve ertesi sabah sicak su olmamasi keyif kacirdi.
Karşılanışımızdan ayrılmamıza kadar her an çok güzeldi. Teşekkürler.
The guest reviews express the personal opinions of Booking.com customers who filled out a questionnaire after their stay at the hotel. These opinions do not necessarily represent the views of Booking.com.
Torbahan HotelOffering a private beach with a lounge deck, this seafront hotel is located in the beautiful Torba Bay in Bodrum peninsula. More information |


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"The Real Housewives of Miami" star Adriana De Moura and Joanna Krupa did not get along while filming the second season of the show and it sounds like they have not made up since then. Earlier this summer, they both decided to get married and it sounds like the two weddings could not be more different. According to a new Wetpaint Entertainment report published on Aug. 16, "The Real Housewives of Miami" star De Moura is now revealing that her wedding was better because it was not for show.
De Moura knows what she is talking about because she was in attendance for Krupa's wedding this summer, even though they are not friends. "I think I had the most heartfelt, true to the feelings, family oriented, religious ceremony," De Moura has revealed about her wedding in comparison to Krupa's wedding. "I think she had a new, rich type of wedding... where everything is over the top."
And it sounds like De Moura just went to the wedding to scope out her competition. "I'm not friends [with her] — we are friendly," De Moura continues. "I tried to like her, but it seems every time she has a chance to put me down and make herself look better, she does it." However, Krupa herself never really saw De Moura as being her competition. ""She was already married for five years, but for me, this is like a real first wedding," Krupa has revealed.
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The U.S. population is on track for its slowest decade of growth since the Great Depression.
The Census Bureau estimates there will be 315.1 million people living in the country on New Year's Day, a 0.73 percent rise from last year's estimate and 2.05 percent more than the most recent census count in April 2010. At the current pace, the nation's population will grow by 7.3 percent during the decade, the lowest level since the 7.25 percent increase recorded between 1930 and 1940, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
The slow rate of growth during the first part of the decade indicates the U.S. continues to emerge slowly from the worst economic downturn since the 1930s. The nation's birth rate and immigration fell in the aftermath of the 2007-09 recession. Between 2000 and 2010, the Census Bureau reported the nation's population grew by 9.7 percent.
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Jareeda, in Arabic, means newspaper, and it has been published continuously for over 33 years. Jareeda is an International Middle Eastern Dance Magazine that is owned and edited by Mezdulene. It is published 4 times a year, giving subscribers great information all year long. It is a friendly, quality publication whose subscribers range from professional dancers to students, and even non-dancers who love our art form and wish to know more about it. At this time, Jareeda is available through subscriptions, and article submissions are always welcome. Jareeda has the largest known readership of any Middle Eastern Dance journal published in the United States and has an international staff of writers, professional artwork and great advertisers for all of your dance needs.
At this time, Jareeda is a hard copy magazine that you can enjoy reading anytime or anywhere and is available through subscriptions. Article submissions are always welcome. We pride ourselves on being 'every dancer's magazine,' and we welcome your input. We are always looking for spotlight dancers, workshop/show reviews and all articles from experiential to explanation, health to historical to how-to and everything else belly dance or woman related. Don't be shy. We want to hear from YOU!
Jareeda accepts submissions from anyone who is inspired to write about our wonderful art form. Articles can be sent by email as a word attachment or in the body of the email itself. Photos need to be sent as jpegs or tif files. Photos for front or back cover consideration need to be 600dpi and at least 8" by 10." We also give video and music reviews to keep you current on what's new. Each issue also has a variety of articles on many subjects involving Middle Eastern Dance.
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Steve Sinclair just wanted a regular family like the ones on television. What the young dad ended up with was sadness no screenwriter could imagine.
The father of Phoenix Sinclair addressed the inquiry examining her 2005 slaying for the first time Wednesday. Sinclair, 32, grew up in a dysfunctional home with his mom and six siblings. Child welfare got involved in his life because of abuse, neglect and alcoholism.
"Did you have any parenting role models growing up?" commission counsel Sherri Walsh asked him.
"Television," Sinclair said. "I wanted a family."
Instead, he was in and out of care several times and frequently switched schools as a result.
"It was difficult," he testifed.
Home was still better than foster care, he said, adding he put more faith in family and his mother than the child welfare authorities.
He loved his mom then and now. "Still do," he told the inquiry.
The inquiry was called in 2011 to examine how child welfare authorities failed Phoenix. Social workers have testified about their involvement and Wednesday was Sinclair's turn to offer his perspective. Composed and articulate, he recalled little contact with the child welfare workers involved in his life after the April 23, 2000, birth of Phoenix, whom he named.
He didn't remember Delores Chief-Abigosis -- the CFS worker who testified she was a full-time university student while assigned to the case as a full-time CFS employee.
He said there was no way the in-home support worker Marie Belanger (now Pickering) visited his home 40 times over several months, as she testified earlier. She was supposed to teach Sinclair and Phoenix's mother, Samantha Kematch, parenting skills for three hours twice a week after Phoenix was born.
He recalled her there just a few times. "Forty times?!" Sinclair exclaimed. "You'd figure someone would remember that amount of visits."
Especially someone like him who wanted to avoid contact with CFS. His negative experiences with child welfare growing up drove him to keep Phoenix with him and CFS at bay, he said.
Sinclair bristled when reminded of the time CFS after-hours worker Kim Hanson apprehended three-year-old Phoenix from a party at his place in June 2003. Hanson testified earlier that Phoenix called her, and most of the women she encountered, "Mom." Walsh asked Sinclair if he'd ever heard Phoenix call women "Mom."
"Never," Sinclair said. "She knew who her mom was."
Kematch disappeared from Phoenix's life in June 2001 when the girl was 14 months old. Sinclair was left to care for Phoenix and their second child, Echo, born in April 2001. Echo died months later of an acute respiratory infection.
Kematch didn't reappear in Phoenix's life until November 2003, after CFS returned the child to Sinclair's care.
Sinclair told social workers earlier that Kematch wasn't stable and had administered harsh discipline. But when Kematch went to Sinclair's place to get Phoenix, he didn't try to stop her or alert CFS. "I gave her her clothes and all her stuff," he said.
"You were OK with that?" Walsh asked.
"Yes, of course, it was her mother," he said.
When Sinclair heard Kematch was partying and not caring for Phoenix, he went to get her back in January 2004. Phoenix was left at the home of Kim Edwards and Rohan Stephenson, friends of Sinclair's whom CFS had approved as a place of safety for the child.
In April 2004, Kematch went there to take Phoenix for a visit. Stephenson contacted Sinclair, who said it was OK. Sinclair said he didn't know Kematch also had legal guardianship of his daughter. When she wasn't returned after a couple of days, Sinclair said he called CFS to try to discover her whereabouts -- not to report his concern about Phoenix's safety and well-being.
"I ran it over in my mind," Sinclair said. "She was with her mother. Why not have her mother parent her? Isn't that what mothers do?"
He never saw Phoenix again. Kematch and her partner, Karl McKay, were convicted of first-degree murder.
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In France, US advocacy for Muslim rights raises more than a few hackles
The US embassy in France has become a key promoter of Muslim and minority rights as part of a long-term strategy to ease the threat of terrorism. Some in France say the US is overstepping its bounds.
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"While France is justifiably proud of its leading role in conceiving democratic ideals and championing human rights and the rule of law, French institutions have not proven themselves flexible enough to adjust to an increasingly heterodox demography," Mr. Rivkin wrote in January 2010. "We believe that if France, over the long run, does not successfully increase opportunity and provide genuine political representation for its minority populations, France could become a weaker, more divided country, perhaps more crisis-prone and inward-looking, and consequently a less capable ally."
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In the cable, Rivkin says the embassy's "Minority Engagement Strategy" should expand its youth outreach, encourage "moderate voices of tolerance" by training and supporting media and political activists who share US values, and work to reform the history curriculum taught in French schools to include the perspectives of minorities in French history.
Under Rivkin's watch, US diplomats have made regular forays into troubled immigrant suburbs and invite immigrant youths to US embassy events. In 2009, embassy funding helped pay for a mural project in the Paris suburb of Villiers-le-Bel, the scene of violent riots by immigrant youth two years earlier. Last year, Rivkin arranged for Hollywood superstar Samuel L. Jackson to visit impoverished teenagers in Bondy, an immigrant suburb just north of Paris.
Vincent Geisser, a sociologist who specializes in Islamist extremism and who participated in the International Visitor Leadership Program in 2009, says that by implementing such a strategy, the US is betting the French power structure will change profoundly over the next 20 years and that more and more of its leaders will come from minority groups.
"It won't transform these people into an American army in France, but what the US can do is give confidence to certain elites," he says. "It can also create good relations so in that sense this is a very forward-looking policy. They're saying that if, in 20 years we have a new elite, we must have an elite that recognizes us and that is ready to work together."
Is the US going too far in France?
But critics say Rivkin's cable and US embassy support for initiatives such as Dahhassi's Association for the Convergence of Respect and Diversity takes US outreach program in a new and unwelcome direction.
Over the next several months, US embassy staff will work with Dahhassi to secure funds and expertise from public and private US sources to help establish the think tank's program. Dahhassi says the focus will be to "find another approach" to addressing racism directed at all minority groups in France, and that it will likely include a debate over the divisive issue of whether France could benefit from an affirmative-action program.
The question is widely considered taboo in France, because the Constitution enshrines equality by stating that race and ethnicity do not exist. By extension, affirmation action programs cannot exist without violating the Constitution.
Ivan Rioufol, a member of the editorial board of the conservative daily newspaper Le Figaro, says he believes the US program is both hypocritical and based on a poor understanding of how the French system works. He says the US has enough trouble with racial tensions at home without telling other countries how to handle their minorities.
"The American analysis, which seems to say that the France of the future will be the France of the immigrant suburbs, is very disparaging to native French people," he says. "They don't seem to understand that foreigners are very comfortable here if they accept that our culture is one of assimilation."


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Sport, because of the physical conditioning that goes behind it. It takes a lot of energy, stamina, hard work and mental concentration, which is equal to any athletic sport.
Katusha Demidova New York
I always view it as a sport because of the training and time we put into it. It has an artistic side, but definitely a sport. In Russia it's a sport. They would say, "You are a sportsman - treat it like that."
Maria Fiora Connecticut
Art, because it gives you a chance to express your own feelings about what the dance means to you. It's a sport because you're competing, but it's really your own feelings and opinions about it. No one can really say you're first or second. It's your own interpretation that matters.
Vitaly Logishev Delaware
Art, because it's your feelings. Dancing is communication and expression between two people.
Michael Mead California
It's an athletic endeavor but in the competition setting it's more of an art. It relies on a subjective opinion rather than objective measure like running a foot race. The first one over the line is the winner. There's no disputing that. With dancesport it's based on someone's opinion of whether they liked one particular interpretation opposed to someone else's interpretation.
Shalene Archer Tennessee
I believe it's an art first. There's definitely sport involved especially in how it's progressed in the last twenty years. It's become much more of a sport, much more demanding of the body. But what separates us from the other sports is movement to music. It has to come more from the heart than who crosses the finish line first.
Ben Ermis Tennessee
I think that maybe there is a better balance of art and sport in what we do than anything else. I'm not a pure die hard that thinks it belongs in the Olympics and it's pure sport. I'm happy if recognizing dancing as a sport will help it get a broader appeal to the masses. I still think it's more art than sport. I don't think the ballet dancers have the right to argue that their dancing is a sport.
Randy Ferguson Texas
There's a little bit of both. I think it's more artistic than sport. Accept it for what it is and don't try to make it only a sport.
Lynn Ferguson Texas
It's an art from, it's subjective. I feel like I can say this because I've done both. I've been an athlete and I'm in the dancing. I use my athleticism in the dancing. But it's more artistic. One of the things that I get hammered on a lot is I have too much power in the wrong places. I guess that comes from sport – "Do this faster, do this harder, do this stronger." I had to learn to marshmallow out to do these things on the floor, and to me that's an art. The way Michael Jordan shoots a basket is art. When somebody else does it, it's not as neat to watch. I'd love to see it get in the Olympics because that would be great exposure for us.
Donald Johnson California
Both. You have to be artistic in any kind of movement to make it appealing to watch, and you have to be athletic in your movement to make the artistic part come across. If you're not moving yourself from point to point there are no dynamics. If you're not physical with it to a certain point it's dull to watch. You have to be strong and athletic. Someone told me once that the strongest strength you'll ever see is ultimately light, and the softest thing you'll ever feel or see is ultimately strong.
Danny Carter Florida
It's an art and a sport. It's an athletic sport and we are fortunate to be able to add artistry with the music, the choreography, the expression and the passion that comes from within. Instead of just running a race we get to run a race doing the quickstep with emotion, direction, artistry, flow and music. So we're very lucky. That's the benefit and the beauty of ballroom dancing.
Tom Delflore Florida
Both. You can say golf is an art too because of the technique in the strokes. Dancing has a lot of emotion but the other sports have emotion too, like basketball, but you're not portraying emotion. That is what makes dancing so unique. All the senses are involved. Ballet dancers are the greatest athletes of all. They have the flexibility, the stamina, and the speed. Our profession is becoming the same way.
Paul Holmes New York
I think a little bit of both. You have to obviously be very fit, which I don't think people on the outside realize. When they see it on television, they only see the finals. They don't realize the competition has been going on for hours. It's also an art form because of the musical interpretation and the choreography.
Michael Nadtochy New Jersey
I think dance is as much an art as a sport. It requires good body conditioning because the body is the instrument we use for dancing. We also don't want to look like a machine or like we're passing an exam. So it's necessary to think of it as an art to bring the expression of dance to the audience.
Jukka Haapalainen Finland
Dance as a competition form, especially in the early stages of a dancer's career, can be considered as sport, owing to the fact that physically dancing is quite demanding. When a dancer develops and acquires a better technique, he or she becomes freer to express oneself artistically. For us, however, the true freedom of expression lies in solid understanding of fundamentals and never ending training that makes sure that a dancer's facility is being taken good care of and taken further. In that sense we could say that the training of a dancer is very much like training of an athlete. In it's highest level the result, however, is more like a piece of art.
Louis van Amstel New York
It is a combination. I do believe that it's a good sport but I also believe it is a very good art form. Everything besides what happens on the dance floor at the competition is all sport. What happens on the floor is art. Five hours of practice is sport. Stamina training and stretches are sport. What I create on the floor is art, but doing five rounds and two minutes of each dance is the sport part. It's a shame the general public doesn't perceive it is so. They look at the gowns and make-up as primary, and the dancing as secondary. I think we should change that. It is hard because I think that 70% of the dancers are not educated trained dancers. They're at the right spot at the right time. If you take away the outside, there's nothing left on the inside. So these people will always say, "No, we need the glitter and the glamour." There are also the people that say, "I'm going on the floor with a simple black dress beautifully fitted, and make-up just as natural as possible."
Maja Servé California
I consider it a sport. In 1966, DanceSport, (as it's called in Denmark where I am from originally), was admitted to the Sports Association of Denmark. So it's been a sport all my life. It was always in the sport section of the newspapers and on television in Denmark.
John Swick Oklahoma
I consider it an art, but I think in a lot of ways we need to address it as a sport to get the government to pay proper attention. In America we put billions of dollars every year into sports but continue to cut arts programs. Dancing is an art because all art is communication. You have to tell me a story. Otherwise why are you doing it and why would we want to come watch you do it, unless we get a message from you? We all go to theatre and events to live vicariously through whoever is living that moment. And it must be something we're interested in or we didn't do or wished we had done. There are a lot of arts that aren't necessarily as physically endurance and strength oriented, but that doesn't mean an art can't be a sport or a sport can't be an art. Your performance has the responsibility to make us happy. The easiest way to make us happy is for you to be happy because then we live your joy. And it becomes our joy, then we're connected and that's art. There is an art to being a magnificent sportsman.
Corky Ballas Texas and England
I consider ballroom dancing to be an art. The reason is that in dancing we have three approaches. We have a showy approach, which is more concerned with facial gesturing. Then there is a sport approach, which is more concerned with the athleticism of it, the strength, the power, the line of it. And the artistic approach, which is more concerned with the actual movement, the stretch, the sensing, feeling the dynamic of the movement. So it depends on what approach the person takes. The borderline problem is when you have to do eight rounds in one day -- you have to be physically fit. Why we get confused is the ballet dancers, like Baryshnikov, are extremely fit and healthy. What is the difference? He practices nine or ten hours a day. So why is what they do art and what we do not?
Nadia Eftedal California
I consider ballroom dancing an art with sportsman like qualities. Of course we share many of the same physical training regiments like other competitive sports; however, I believe that ultimately, those that attain the highest championship levels are beyond the physicality of dance and seek more artistic developments such as musicality, expression and creating a performance that builds a rapport with the audience.
Geoffrey Fells Hawaii
I consider ballroom dancing an art, because it is creative. It creates form and beauty to music and demands skill as do ballet, jazz, tap, adagio, hula, (and these are certainly not classed as sports). I also feel that figure skating and ice dancing are not sports. It can be a true spectacle and compelling theatre and it is quite obviously athletic as dancers and skaters pursue their careers no less passionately than say, Michael Jordan or Tiger Woods. The judging is too subjective to be a sport. A sport needs a clock or a scorecard that can be followed by the spectators, and all competitors should at least have the opportunity to take another competitor out. When I check out the sports pages in the daily newspaper with many stories and pictures of athletes and sport people in football, soccer, baseball, volleyball, golf, boxing, I cannot believe that one day they will be writing about and showing pictures of 'athletes' dressed like dinner mints.
Patrick Johnson Florida
Both. We are athletes and dancing is very strenuous, so we have to be in good shape. But it's very artistic so it brings out the artistic lifelines we have inside us.
Enrique Ramon Texas
An art form that is a sport. You have to be very artistic to be good at ballroom dancing but it's also a sport because of the high standards that are taught today in dancing.
Pat Traymore Virginia
Art means something pretty and dancing is very pretty. But I think that it is also athletic. It requires muscle, so I think it's an art form of sport. It's not a muscle sport or a show of strength but it is of balance, of endurance, of two people together -- like ice dancing. If we want to go to the Olympics we need to think of it as a sport.
Keith Todd Florida
I started as a competitor when I was eight. It was definitely not a social pastime and it wasn't art. It was a sport certainly for the children. We were there to compete and win. So from that perspective I would say it's a sport.
Wayne Eng Nevada
I would say both. If you look at our world the dancers are very artistic. However, it does take stamina to dance many rounds of four or five dances in a row. That's athletic. So it is a sport also. What is unique is that you have to be artistic and athletic. That makes us unique and it takes a lot of talent to do both.
Gilbert Wenham Texas
Both. It takes artistic creation to create your choreography. And the serious dancers take ballet and jazz. They study very seriously and they practice as if they're athletes. And certainly, if they go four or five or six rounds it's like running a marathon.
Ray Rivers California
I have been dancing for forty-three years, and when I started it was an art. So even to this day I'm really not sure. I know that we're possibly half way between, but I don't think that we're all the way a sport. I think there's too much in ballroom dancing that is artistic; but then again the skaters think they're a sport and they're probably exactly the same as us.
Rickey Geiger Virginia
It's really both, isn't it? It's extremely artistic but it's highly competitive. If it weren't so competitive it wouldn't be a sport. Sport is about the leader of the pack… who's the best. So why people keep on insisting on separating it I don't understand. It's an artistic sport. Why does it have to be separated? You can't take art away from dancing. But we have to move with it and say that now we are so highly competitive and so highly athletic, that dancers need sports trainers for their bodies.
Benoit and Lorraine Drolet Canada
Ballroom Dancing has a very special status in the competitive world. It is neither completely a sport but to call it an art would deny its definite competitive element which would be wrong. Having said that, in spite of the extensive efforts that have been made to sell our discipline as a sport in its own right, we do believe that dancing is not measurable with enough accuracy to give it credibility, compared with other Olympic disciplines, for example.
Dan Messenger Wisconsin
I think it is both. It is a visual sport. There is no goal line or end zone to determine who the winner is so it requires judges to watch and make their decisions based on what they see. Because it involves choreography and musical interpretation and it can be demonstrated in more than one setting, i.e. theatre or stage etc., it can also be considered a form of art.
Brian Torner Germany
Dancesport, or ballroom dancing as it once was called, is the ideal mixture of show, sport and art.
Pierre Dulaine New York
I respect and commend people for trying to get ballroom dancing into the Olympics, but I really don't think dancing is a sport. I think it's social. People started learning dancing as a hobby. I think it's boring to watch after a while. There's no degree of difficulty, like in diving or skating (how many revolutions, twists, turns, jumps, etc.). Latin dancers are what they always show, and Latin dancing now is all about speed. If you have no speed then you're not going to be seen. It's about how fast you can go, and to make it easier for the competitors they're slowing all the music down. It is ballroom dancing that we teach. I don't teach dancesport. I don't think it [the Olympics] will be good for the industry. I've always been an outsider and I'm sure many people are disagreeing with me as I speak. I stand by what I believe is right.
Lester Smith Texas
Sport, a difficult sport. It takes a lot of hard work and you have to practice. If you have talent it makes it easier but it's a lot of work. To be successful in the principles of dance is the same as being successful in a business venture. You have to be very dedicated, very focused and you have to work very hard and have blinders on.
Wendy Sherman New York
I consider it an art. It offends me to consider it a sport. It's competitive but when I'm competing I feel I'm performing. It involves music and expression of music. I know it's been compared to figure skating, and I'm happy about that, because I don't think professional ballroom dancers have gotten the recognition or the money that they deserve. And if it's on television and in the Olympics they'll get the money and the recognition they've never gotten. So I'll go along with it.
Jim Clark Nevada
Both. Its athleticism and its competitiveness definitely make it a sport. In the theatre it can be more like an art. This sport is very unique. You compete with six to twelve other couples on the floor at the same time. So your ability to be successful not only depends on how good a dancer you are but also your ability to manage yourself on the dance floor without interfering with other people or having them interfere with you. It's very unique to dancesport.
Peggy Kobusch Missouri
It demands both. If it weren't both it would lose a great deal of its total, its everything.
Marika Kovacs Pennsylvania
Both, because you need physical endurance in order to keep up with it and also you have to have some kind of agility. But the expression part and the emotional part is artistic. In sports like tennis you don't have to express your emotions. You just have to be strong.
Lea Turner Arizona
Both. It combines the best of the art of dancing with the competition aspect of the sport. I think it's the best of both worlds because it allows the individual dancer to be expressive as they push themselves to further levels of excellence amongst their peers.
Leah Hughes Texas
Being a competitive collegiate athlete I believe it is both. You have to be in shape. It's physically taxing and some of the same things I learned in basketball about how my body moves through space are the same things I learn in dancing. But it's also an art form because you have to present and represent what the music is saying.
Eugene Katsevman New York
It is art and sport mixed together. It's a sport because we want to win, but it's artistic because it's individual and not about who jumps higher or swims faster. It's about artistic expression that helps you to win.
Jerry Freiberg Pennsylvania
I still think of dancing as fundamentally recreational. Something you go out and do at night and have fun when you're not competing against anyone. If you're asking if dancesport is an art or sport I think it's primarily a sport with some overtones of art to it. You are in there to try and do better than the other dancers and you can do so in part with artistic methods.
Originally published in DanceNotes on Nov/Dec 2006 by Christine Zona
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Swedish hygiene and forestry products company SCA (Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget) is cutting 1,500 jobs in a bid to save billions of kronor, the company revealed in Stockholm on Monday.
"A new efficiency programme has been initiated within the hygiene operations to further reduce costs and increase productivity," SCA President and CEO Jan Johansson said in a statement.
"It will provide annual cost savings of some €300 million, with full impact in 2015. About 1,500 employees are affected and costs are expected to amount to €100 million."
Spokesman for SCA, Petter Tiger, wasn't able to say exactly where the cuts would be made:
"We will be looking at every division," Tiger told the TT news agency, without being able to disclose how many of the company's workers in Sweden will be affected.
Currently SCA has some 37,000 employees. The 1,500 redundancies in the hygiene operations mean that 4 percent of the overall work force will be cut.
26,000 of the 37,000 employees are currently working within hygiene product manufacturing. It is still unclear how many of the redundancies will affect workers in Sweden.
The cuts in the hygiene operations are made despite strong third quarter sales, profits and profitability.
Since launching the efficiency programme in 2011, the company has achieved more than half of the expected annual savings of €80 million.
During the past year, SCA completed a number of major acquisitions and divestments. The hygiene operations currently account for 80 percent of SCA's sales, with the majority in Europe.
The company nevertheless plans to retain its previous targets of a 13 percent return on capital employed over a business cycle, a debt/equity ratio of 0.70 and a debt-payment capacity of 35 percent.
The dividend policy is to pay out one-third of cash flow from current operations, the company said.
Founded in 1929 by Swedish industrialist Ivar Kreuger, better known as the "Match King", SCA is one of the world's largest forestry and packing products firms, as well as Europe's largest private owner of forest land.
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Celebrations to mark 70 years of ROC-Vatican ties
The Vatican Embassy in Taiwan and Chinese Regional Bishops' Conference will commemorate the 70th anniversary of the establishment of formal diplomatic relations between the ROC and Holy See Oct. 20, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
A special Mass will be celebrated at the Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Taipei City, to be followed by a tea party, the MOFA said Oct. 18.
The ministry noted that friendly ties have developed in a stable manner since 1942, when Sie Cheou-kang, ROC charge d'affaires in Switzerland, assumed the post of first ROC ambassador to the Vatican.
A steady stream of CRBC delegates and Catholic lay followers from Taiwan have visited the Vatican on pilgrimages, while exchanges of visits by high-level officials have been close and frequent, the ministry said.
The Vatican has held several international conferences in Taiwan in recent years, and in August 2009 Pope Benedict the XVI donated US$50,000 on behalf of the Roman Catholic Church to provide relief to victims of Typhoon Morakot, the MOFA pointed out.
The pope also sent a special envoy to Taiwan in November that year to host events marking the 150th anniversary of Catholic missionary work in the country.
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Interesting Demwit puff piece. -1
Not mentioned in the article: Yet another flood of foreclosed home will begin to hit the housing market this year, the national debt is rocketing toward $16T and many State and local governments are reeling under their own massive debts. We have thousands of veterans returning home to a horrible unemployment situation and millions out of work. Millions more (a new record number) have been added to the government food handout rosters (the modern day soup lines of old, food-stamps). The devastating affects of Obamacare, the massive bulk of which hasn't been implemented yet, is rolling like a freight train at most small businesses creating more FUD, despite the regimes many 'exemptions' given out like candy to the Demwits political friends, etc., etc.
Yup - Happy days are here again (NOT)!
I expect far more of these type of 'articles' to hit over the next many months to try and pull the wool over the sheeple's eyes and re-elect the Dear Leader.
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June 10, 2011, 1:38pmMany that need acupuncture, I have to say, "No, Medicare still doesn't cover acupuncture." or "No, your Federal Employee Plan doesn't cover acupuncture, or even though it does, it will not cover a L.Ac." I have been the Insurance Coordinator for Chung-Hwei Chernly, first L.Ac. in Texas-Lic. #AC00001, for 11 years.
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I wrote this as a college freshman....and I guess it says in words and music what I was too shy to say in person to a girl I liked. Had I actually said it, who knows where I would be today. (1970)
Many times i have loved and every time you have not
You who seemed so soft and so free
many times i have hoped and every time you\'ve cut the rope
But even so i\'ll go on thinking of you
And i\'ve got reason to believe
That unless we plant a seed
Sun will never shine tomorrow
But we walk on different streets
Just so that we\'ll never meet
Even though we both know our game means sorrow
No we can\'t go on living without loving too
And we can\'t go on fearing the words I love you
Some think love is a thingthat is bought like a ring
and it\'s won by the ones who are charming
me I love what i can know
And i know that love can grow
Like two roses conceived in the winter
And i love your love of trees
And i ask you love me please
For a reason that is to your liking
Don\' search high and don\'t search low
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Barry Roubaix! -- Coming soon! -- Sat., March 26
The first big road event of the season is coming right up!
And it has the bold-yet-fun style of all Rick Plite's promotions (see KissCross and the Lumberjack 100). "Racing for Beer" fully crosses over from KissCross, I'm thinking. Especially since Founder's brewery is the title sponsor and afterparty host.
C'mon, nobody is in great shape yet. Who cares? 2nd is NOT the first loser. This is a party on tasty backroads and two-track.
Roadies, mtbikers, 'crossers and xc-skiers: unite! ...To usher in Springtime!
Show your love of Paris-Roubaix, a race we can't get into, and which maybe sometimes deviates from its roots a bit. But over here in Michigan we're keeping the true spirit of springtime ruff-ridin' alive!
Tourists and tweeders wouldn't be out of place. It's a group ride. Well-organized, with plenty of fun'n'schwag'n'chili'n'beer'n'bonfire before, during and after.
If you're on the fence, jump off and join the fun. I'll be there, doing my part in the rear quartile. I'm testing a strict XC-ski regime as a base for cycling.
Oh, you want details? It's held in Barry County in SW Michigan near and around the Yankee Springs Rec Area. You can pick from two events: one big loop of 32.5 miles or go big and do it twice for 65 miles. The rest you can find at the site.
The situation is dirt roads, two-tracks and a couple stretches of singletrack (so I hear). At least one famous loose climb of babyheads. There's all kinds of ways to skin this cat. You can't go wrong. (I mean, don't bonk: bring food'n'drink.) Dress for success.