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For the last six months, Harvard has been the outsider inside the Beltway.
Since the Republican sweep of both houses of Congress November 8, Harvard has seen its relative influence in Washington, D.C. decline.
The University, according to many Washington observers, was associated with the policies of the Democratic Party, a party which many said was decisively repudiated in last year's midterm elections.
And thus Harvard has taken a beating from the right-wing, the media and the political pundits in the nation's capital.
"Harvard is absolutely out-of-touch," said Herb B. Berkowitz, vice president of the Heritage Foundation, a conservative Washington think-tank, "They're out-of-touch with ordinary people who get up in the morning at 5 a.m. and work long hours in order to put food on the table. Harvard is an elitist institution."
The University was so ostracized after last years' election, Newsweek magazine even said that in the nation's capital, Harvard is "out," and House Speaker Newt Gingrich's West Georgia College is "in."
And the Republicans were quick to express their displeasure with things associated with Harvard by deciding in the weeks following their dramatic victor to skip the Kennedy school's traditional bi-annual orientation program for new members of Congress.
After spurning the Kennedy School, the Republicans turned their attention to pass a balanced budget in the first 100 days of the new congress, a measure which contains plans to cut drastically federal student financial aid and federal grants for civilian scientific research--money which Harvard and other Massachusetts universities desperately rely on.
In response to the Republican's Contract with America, specifically its proposals to cut federal money to the University, Harvard has in recent months stepped up its lobbying efforts in the nation's capital.
"This is the most critical moment in federal funding of higher education since the Second World War," said Harvard President Neil L. Rudenstine.
But with the current mind-set of many Republicans in Washington, the University's efforts could be in vain and many say that Harvard will have to get used to its declining influence inside the Beltway.
And for the University that means policy advice will probably be coming from places like Berkowitz's Heritage Foundation and that student-related fiscal issues will be at the top of discretionary money cut from the federal budget.
"Academia in the 104th Congress has lost much of its traditional influence and that is to be expected from the Change in the House leadership," said John Keast, chief of staff to U.S. Rep. Roger Wicker (R-Miss), the president of the first-term Republican caucus.
Bypassing the Kennedy School
After the majority of the 73 newly-elected Republican representatives decided to attend the Heritage Foundation's orientation for congressional newcomers in Baltimore in December, officials at the Kennedy School canceled last year's session of the biennial orientation program for the first time since 1972.
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CANTON - Answering stern challenges from emerging Malone teams, the OFA Boys and the Canton Girls recorded their third straight first place finishes in the NAC Indoor Track-Field meet on Saturday night at the St. Lawrence University Newell Fieldhouse.
The Blue Devil Boys prevailed by a 106.5-95.5 margin while the Lady Bears prevailed 152.5-146. Both teams were paced by exceptional leadership.
For the Devils, Donnie Smith and Jacob Sias each figured in two first place finishes. Smith won the 600 run, combined with Sias, Taylor Richardson and Taylor Bouchard for 4x400 relay win and anchored Owen Pearson, Joe Grizzuto and Garret Denis to a second place in the 4x800 relay.
In his individual events, Sias led the triple jump and placed third in the long jump.
The Lady Bears scoring wave was paced by Lindsay Proulx who led the 55 hurdles and the shot put and placed second in the high jump.
The Bears also gained first place points from Laura Pierce in the 1000 and an extremely lucrative 1-2-3 sweep in the 55 dash with Emma Collins, long jump medalist Claire Olin and Paige Moordian.
The OFA Girls took fifth with 44 points.
We have to keep improving in the league that is catching up to us, said OFA Coach John Tebo who was happy to see an expansion in his scoring cast.
Joe Grizzuto had a personal best of six feet in the high jump, Owen Pearson continues to be a strong performer and Alex Sias is improving and very consistent in the hurdles, the triple jump and the 4x200 relay along with Dallas Ashley, DaKota Pratt and Nate Stowe.
Ashley, Pratt, Stowe and Alex Sias placed fourth in the 4x200 race rounding out a strong showing in the relays.
Other individual placings were: Austin VanGorden (4th 55H), Nate Stowe (5th 55H), Collin Sovie (8th 600), Taylor Richardson (2nd 300), Taylor Bouchard (3rd TJ), Sebastian Quintilliani (8th 1000, 4th LJ, 3rd HJ), Joe Grizzuto (2nd HJ P-Best 6) and Alex Sias (5th TJ).
A third place finish by the 4x400 relay team of Shelby Mack, Kurstyn Macaulay, Ellen Miller and Courtney Stowe paced the OFA Girls who also expanded their scoring cast. Coach Diane Jeneaults team also posted a fifth place in the 4x200 relay with Hannah Berg, Braenna Hacier, Chelsea Montroy and Claire Dufore.
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This is the third blog in a series on architecting applications. In the first blog I discussed the application I'm going to develop, how it would be architected, and briefly went over the model. In the second blog I motivated the need for an Application class that is suitable for typical Swing based Apps, as well as the functionality it should provide. In this third installment I'll go over the...
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I'm listening to JavaPosse #37 which is part 2 of their interview with Bruce Eckel. The interview is highly interesting and I highly recommend it. This is my first exposure to this guy, and it's clear he knows his stuff and is very articulate. Must be why his books are popular. There's a thread in what he's saying that I want to respond to. Namely that a Good Language is one which makes it...
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The other day I made a blog posting concerning Bendy classes and dynamic programming, discussing a meme I'm seeing in developer blogging. That idea is there are various dynamic or scripting oriented languages which make it easy to write quick programs with loose binding (there are probably other benefits to those languages). Supposedly Java is a dinosaur with its rigid binding, compile time...
on Mar 3, 2006
Mustang, a.k.a. Java SE 6, is getting ready to bolt out of its corral. We've done a lot of good things in Mustang. There's a recent article published on devx.com giving an overview of changes in Mustang, plus we've published the official docs which you can browse. There's one new feature that I want to talk about today, and that's the support for scripting languages in Java. I have some...
on Feb 28, 2006
Jack Herrington has published this article: Going dynamic with PHP claiming to show some things PHP can do which Java can't. Okaaaay... This is another of the articles in the meme that dynamic languages are great, and rigid languages are uncomfortable. I don't know if I got the analogy right this time, let me know please? The problem he poses is about implementing the database interface...
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Three weeks ago I launched the Mustang Regression Contest. The grand prizes are five Ultra 20 workstations, which are to be awarded for the "best" regressions submitted during the contest. The other day Ray Gans and I brought them from the a storeroom in the Menlo Park campus to one in the Santa Clara campus. So while moving them I thought to post a picture to show you guys what you're...
on Feb 21, 2006
These Are Some of my Favorite [Mustang] Things is a listing by Chet Haase of improvements in Swing, Java2D and AWT. Makes for a good read.
on Feb 19, 2006
Weiqi Gao has a blog posting with early impressions on Mustang, a.k.a. Java SE 6. In all it's very positive talking about several applications he tried which worked fine. He talks a little about the adoption rate for Java 1.5 (a.k.a. Tiger), and says "I have a feeling that the lack of a 5.1 version has really hurt the adoption of JDK 5". I want to mention that, what would have been "5.1" are...
on Feb 18, 2006
As this effort appears to be a duplication of effort with Mark Reinhold's Mustang Beta Blog Carnival blog I have removed the content and refer the readers to his blog at http://weblogs.java.net/blog/mreinhold/archive/2006/02/mustang_beta_bl.html.
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I think these should make for a nice extension to the existing Java 5 Annotation API: From an Annotation, one should be able to navigate back to the programming element that it annotates. For example, a method annotation clearly marked with a Target of ElementType.METHOD cannot say getAnnotatedElement().getName(), There are two problems here. The first is the lack of the getAnnotatedElement...
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As you'll no doubt have read elsewhere, the Mustang Beta Release is now available. There are plenty of improvements in plenty of areas, including the JMX API. The improvements to the JMX API are incremental changes to existing functionality, rather than entirely new features. The new features will arrive in Dolphin (Java SE 7), as defined by JSR 255. (The...
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Java SE 6 (a.k.a. "Mustang") has reached Beta status. The sharp eyed will notice the Beta is based on build 59 while the current build available as "early access" is build 71 (or thereabouts). There's a long story behind that which I can't tell other than to say the declared Beta build kept having showstopper bugs which prevented us from shipping the beta. Details are on the...
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Mustang Beta (JDK 6) was released today and contains many new security features: JSR 105, the Java XML Digital Signature API and implementation. Native Platform GSS/Kerberos Integration. This feature allows Java GSS applications to take advantage of features in the native GSS/Kerberos implementation available on the platform. Support for Smart Card I/O API. The Sun JDK bundles the Smart Card I/O...
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I'm taking a brief hiatus from my series of blogs on application architecture to join in the mustang blog carnival extravaganza that is celebrating the beta release of mustang. The bulk of the major features have already been covered. Chet and myself have covered true double buffering, Shannon has covered the dnd work, SwingWorker was covered in an article, table's sorting and filtering API was...
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One of the important new features of the JMX API in Mustang (Java SE 6) is the ability to create MXBeans. MXBeans provide a convenient way to bundle related values together without requiring clients to be specially configured to handle the bundles. Here's the complete story about MXBeans. Bundles of values When you are designing an MBean, you sometimes want to have a...
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Curious about the Mustang Collaboration effort, I decided to give it a try. Sun is a big company, they're asking for public collaboration on a huge software project, and I wondered if public submissions would actually find their way into the product. I found a bug in Mustang, fixed it, and submitted it to the Mustang development team. Today, I'm happy to report that the fix has been integrated...
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Let me give y'all an interesting hint on entering the regression contest ... Suppose your application has a unit-test suite ... Simply run your test suite on a Tiger build (1.5 update 6 is the latest) and then on a Mustang build (JDK 6 build 70 is the latest) and compare the results. If every test gives the same result on each then that's wonderful. But if some test gives a different result...
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TechDays in Chennai was fun. I can't get over the energy of the attendees, and the city around the conference. Not to mention the energy of the Sun Technical Outreach folks that put these events on. TechDays are just like JavaOne, except instead of taking BART into San Francisco, I flew halfway around the world to get here. There were 3 tracks: roughly JavaME and JavaSE, JavaEE, and Community...
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In this weeks javaposse podcast they expressed confusion -- Happy 15th Birthday, Java! (javalobby, and computer history museum), but wait, didn't we just celebrate the 10 year anniversary last summer? What's going on. Well, what's going on is there's two dates to consider. One date is when they began creating the Java language. Except, it wasn't yet called Java, but called Oak (supposedly...
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A question that's come up around the Regressions Contest is:- Why are various countries restricted from participating? This has to do with laws and lawyers. No doubt you'll have seen this in other contests, especially if you've read the fine print. The phrase is: "void where prohibited by law" ... In designing this contest we went through an interesting and probably excruciating exercise. We...
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Behind the most beautiful and ancient facade of Rue d'Athenes, in the heart of up-to-the-minute Paris, two Doric columns, symbol of Greek brightness and purity, Villathena Paris Hotel welcomes those who look for peace, relaxation and refinement in a frame of originality and personality.
Pass the doors of this building of 1893, and the antique Greek inspiration gets dressed of forms and determinedly contemporary colors. Be charmed by the warm originality of places and bewitched by the design atmosphere of the bar. And, be seduced by the comfort of the rooms, surprised by the ingenuity and the delicacy of the bathrooms. Read More…
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February 27, 2014
SANTA CLARITA, Calif. – The Master's College women's cross country and track programs have signed Rachel Rush of Santa Clarita, California, to compete in the fall of 2014.
Rush, a future graduate of Canyon High School, possesses an impressive high school resume which includes being named the cross country and track team's captain, a recipient of Canyon's coaches' award, and being named as "Most Improved" for the Cowboys. Rush was also named to the All-Foothill League's Second Team.
Academically, Rush has been a member of the National Honor Society, the California Scholastic Federation, the National English Honor Society, and a recipient of Canyon's Scholar Athlete award.
Commenting on her future time at The Master's College, Rush stated, "I am looking forward to attending The Master's College because I can be part of a God-centered team that can encourage me to perform to the best of my ability while glorifying God through my running. I am also excited about taking Bible-centered classes."
Rush also has two admirable goals when competing for The Master's College women's cross country and track programs: "Train and compete to the best of my ability for the next four years, and to find my true potential in running."
When not competing, Rush looks to major in Kinesiology & Physical Education in order to prepare for a career in nursing.
The Lady Mustang cross country program manufactured strong marks in 2013, producing four All-GSAC cross country athletes: Karis Frankian, Katrina Graham, Rachel Ingoldsby, and Hannah Kellerman.
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Top Braai Spots for Heritage Day
Marisah Smith and Fazielah WilliamsIf there is one thing Capetonians are good at - other than socialising, of course - it's braaing. Whether it's meat or fish, you can be sure that on a spectacular summer's day (or even on a winter's day), you will find us gathered around the fire, enjoying each other's company, the tantalising aroma of meat on the grill and our breathtaking city views.
Hope on Hopkins adds more variety to the Cape Town gin sceneTHE gin floodgates have been opened in Cape Town. Not only do we have at least three dedicated gin bars and at least two locally produced tonic waters, but it's becoming a popular spirit to distill with new brands emerging into the market all the time.
Travel like a local: Your neighbourhood guide to Green PointGreen Point is known to be the Soho of Cape Town thanks to its bustling nightlife, great restaurants and amazing coffee shops. But there is more to this neighbourhood than what meets the eye.
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Living in Cape Town, I've always used the V&A Waterfront as a quick shopping stop - a meal, groceries, new shirts, etc. Thus when I was recently invited to a dine-about at three of the Waterfront's top restaurants, I leapt at the opportunity to try something a little different, and a lot more fun.
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I have an obsession with doing things differently, which normally makes me really annoying to travel with, but occasionally I find something really cool, like my long weekend in the Robertson Winelands with my girlfriend.


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Chanel Recourbe Cils de Chanel Precious Eyelash Curler Review
"What's in a name? That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet."
Indeed, fair Juliet, what's in a name? Obviously alot of emphasis is placed on brand names. Slap Chanel's name across an eyelash curler and instantly it becomes something we all covet and must own.
The new Chanel Recourbe Cils de Chanel Precious Eyelash Curler became an instant obsession for me when it released in Asia earlier this year. I've been sitting on it for a while as I was unsure when the actual North America release would be, I suspected Holiday 2011. It appears we don't have to wait as far away as Holiday as Chanel gifts us with their eyelash curler for the Fall season.
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Tell Congress: Do NOT Increase the Risk of Unplanned Pregnancy
The U.S. House of Representatives recently voted to increase teen and unplanned pregnancy in the United States.
Yes, you read that right and it seems kind of odd to us given that half of all pregnancies in the United States are unplanned and that 3 in 10 girls get pregnant at least once by age 20.
Even more alarming: If some in Congress have their way, that rate just might go up.
At this critical moment, when we should be doing more to address teen and unplanned pregnancy, members of Congress have put the very programs designed to address these critical issues on the chopping block.
Many of our elected officials say they are making these tough choices in an attempt to control government spending.
But the reality is that the programs they are targeting -- like the Title X family planning program and the Office of Adolescent Health's Teen Pregnancy Prevention Initiative -- actually go a long way toward alleviating the steep costs associated with teen and unplanned pregnancy. In short, these programs save money. Big time.
Take action today. Tell Congress not to increase teen and unplanned pregnancy. Urge your representatives in Congress to vote NO on cuts to Title X, the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Initiative, and other programs that help women and strengthen families.
Specifically, the Title X family planning program and the Office of Adolescent Health's Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Initiative are important efforts in the fight to reduce teen and unplanned pregnancy rates. Both programs were slashed in the House version of the continuing resolution.
Right now, about half of all pregnancies in the United States are unplanned. Teen pregnancy is one of the most important challenges facing our country today, and these programs are making a difference in communities across the country.
Even when budgets are tight, it makes good fiscal sense to continue these essential programs. A study by The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy found that in 2004 alone, teen childbearing cost U.S. taxpayers at least $9.1 billion. The same study found that in a single year, publicly funded family planning services, including those subsidized by Title X, saved state and federal governments $4.3 billion.
Programs that work to reduce teen and unplanned pregnancy are working.
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Franklin Pierce vs. Saint Anselm
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|Rindge, N.H. (April 18) -- The Saint Anselm men's lacrosse team used goals from 11 different players on Saturday afternoon as the Hawks cruised to a 16-5 win over Franklin Pierce at Sodexho Field.
After leading just 2-1 after one period, the Hawks outscored the Ravens 4-1 in the second quarter to take a 6-2 advantage in the halftime break. Saint Anselm exploded for 10 second-half goals to pull away for its sixth victory of the season and remain in the hunt for a Northeast-10 Tournament Quarterfinal home game entering the final week of the regular season.
Matt Surette (Wakefield, Mass.) and Matt O'Connell (Charlestown, Mass.) led the way with three goals each, while senior All-American candidate Chris Murphy (Winchester, Mass.) had a pair of goals, giving him 28 now for the season.
Dan Flynn (Wakefield, Mass.) made eight saves in three quarters of play for the win in goal, while Pat Acone (Bow, N.H.) turned aside seven shots in the fourth quarter.
Saint Anselm is now 6-5 overall and 4-3 in the Northeast-10, while Franklin Pierce falls to 1-9 overall and 1-6 in the league. The Hawks are back in action on Wednesday, April 22nd when the team travels to Saint Michael's for a 4 p.m. start.


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Almay Smart Shade CC Concealer and Brightener Review & Swatches
Almay Smart Shade CC Concealer and Brightener is a new Spring 2014 launch from Almay hitting drugstores now that includes a creamy concealer and a brightener in one compact which is available in three shades.
Take a look!
Almay Smart Shade CC Concealer and Brightener is one of the products that gets me giddy because I like nothing more than a good concealer. This dual sided product has a creamy concealer on one side and a brightener on the other. The concept seemed great as you can concealer and correct with one side and pat a bit of brighten under eyes as well give you a well rested appearance.
In theory it's a great idea! And hell it might even work out for some folks that need very little under eye concealing.
Unfortunately for me it runs way too shear. I settled and purchased Medium for myself because it looked like the perfect shade. The shades do seem to run fairly light so the Medium shade selection seems more like medium fair in my humblest. The concealer is a medium beige where as the brightener is a lighter beige with cooler pink undertones. The texture is dense here so don't expect an emollient, creamy concealer like you'd see from Bobbi Brown. The density of the product doesn't make it overly dry though and I find it felt a touch silicone-like when I applied it so it filled minor lines quite nicely during application and didn't just fall into those lines and crease. It blends quite nicely under my drier eyes and didn't crease through the wear but faded at around hour four unfortunately even after setting with powder. It does run fairly sheer so it'll give a nice, natural finish but won't conceal major dark circles, puffiness, and finer lines.
Personally, this is more of "I'm just starting to use concealer" type of product versus an "I only had six hours of sleep, I need to be at work at 8 AM for an important meeting and look my best" concealer. If your eyes are younger chances are you just need a little touch of concealer to look incredible and this might just work for you. However, those used to using concentrated, pigmented concealer will be disappointed.
I felt the brightener was a tad useless as it didn't really brighten much of anything and just felt like I was applying concealer on top of concealer. It doesn't have shimmer, a luminous glow, or any of the typical fanfare that "brightening" style concealers like to include in their finishes as of late. The good news is you can use it as a mixing product of sorts to lighten up the concealer shade.
In the end, Almay Smart Shade CC Concealer and Brightener is a great concept but the formula doesn't quite live up the the brilliant idea. A bit more creaminess to the formula and a tons more pigment would make it an excellent drugstore concealer but unfortunately you get neither here.
If you just need a touch of coverage it's your girl! If you need something more powerful, well, needless to say you'll likely be disappointed.
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12/13/13 16:29 Jade:
Yay, thank you for reviewing this! I was intrigued but think I'll pass
12/13/13 19:05 Divya:
I was looking for this during the clearance sale but ended up picking up a palette from Cosatal scents Great review… gonna skip this
12/13/13 19:56 Tina:
Aw, I was hoping that this would work because it's pretty hard to find a salmon or pink tone concealer in the drugstore. I have both the Bobbi Brown creamy concealer and Skinfood salmon one, but they don't really cover my dark circles. The Bobbi Brown tends to crease and the Skinfood salmon concealer has a weird texture…don't know how to describe but it isn't creamy, more like light and waxy. Do you have any other recommendations because salmon concealers work a lot better on dark circles.
12/17/13 2:46 CaressUH:
Have you tried Eve Pearl 'Dual salmon' concealer or Laura Mercier 'Secret Camouflauge' concealer?
12/14/13 0:58 Ashley:
The packaging reminds me a lot of the new concealer by Estee Lauder. Estee's has a high SPF for a concealer and is easy to blend and apply and the price isn't that high and to top that off they have a shade called: very light which is perfect for us fair skinned gals. Estee Lauder always delivers great products.
12/14/13 4:03 Kristina:
Well poo!!! I was really hoping this would be that "two in one" option that was cheap and would work. I have such dark circles you'd think I was a prize fighter or something *sigh* can never seem to cover them. Suggestions from a fellow perfect concealer huntress? Hehe
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Someone definitely stole your post
12/14/13 9:02 melissa:
darn..i was hoping that would be like a bisque/salmon color that corrected, i have horrid dark circles
12/14/13 13:10 Lisa:
funny, I was looking at these in CVS yesterday and thinking how the shade ran really dark…at least, the lightest shade looked really dark to me, 2 to 3 shades darker than what I would normally wear under my eyes (i'm NC20). I saw 3 shades (light, light/medium, and medium), and they all looked rather similar.
I only need a little concealing, so I wish I could try it, cuz the texture sounds great.
12/27/13 2:32 Samantha:
The shades LOOK dark only. they appear a lot lighter on skin. I'm nc15, nc20 is I push and usually I debate if the lightest shade will be too dark but its actually almost too light.
Color wise 100 light pale is the same tone as nc20 studio finish but lighter. (Nc15 in studio fix changes tone along w/shade compared to nc20.) the next darker shade = nc25 in studio finish (which they don't make.)
It is silicone based not emollient like studio finish so its a lot less coverage and totally not a dupe!
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Anderson County Council delays Cunningham decision until Monday
ANDERSON COUNTY - Anderson County Administrator Michael Cunningham will keep his job at least until Monday after the county council voted today to delay placing him on administrative leave.
During a special meeting this morning, members tabled a motion that would have placed Cunningham on paid administrative leave. The council had voted Tuesday to remove Cunningham from his contract, but an appeals process could take between 19 and 29 days from now to finish.
Council members scheduled two meetings for Monday to try to resolve the situation.
A personnel committee, with three council members who can only recommend changes to the full council, is scheduled to meet at 3 p.m. Monday. A full council meeting will follow at 4 p.m.
Council member Tommy Dunn, a member of the personnel committee, said Monday's meetings would be one last chance at negotiation with Cunningham.
"It's about Mr. Cunningham, his situation and the new fill-in administrator and (Cunningham) being put on paid leave until a hearing happens," Council member Eddie Moore earlier said about today's meeting.
Cunningham said he received official notice Thursday morning of his removal from his job. The council voted 5-2 Tuesday night to remove Cunningham from his job.
Holt Hopkins, the county's current director of transportation, was named the 'interim administrator at-will' by the council at Tuesday's meeting and will take over for Cunningham, if Cunningham is placed on leave, Hopkins and Cunningham said.
Receiving the official notice starts the process of removing Cunningham from his administrator's post. He has five days to file a response and has the right to a public hearing. State law requires the meeting be held between 20-30 days from Thursday. The soonest scheduled Anderson County Council meeting would be March 3, the meeting has to be a full council assembly but does not have to be a regularly scheduled meeting.
Moore let Council Clerk Linda Eddleman know about today's meeting Wednesday evening and notice was sent out within the 24-hour period required by law, Eddleman said.
The full council is meeting so they can vote and take action on the situation, Moore said.
"This has put Mr. Hopkins in kind of a strained position," he said. "It's better for (Cunningham) to be on paid leave until and after he requests the hearing."
Cunningham said that before he received the notice of removal, he and Hopkins had decided to have a Thursday morning meeting to let department heads know about their transition process.
Cunningham, Hopkins and other county department heads met Thursday.
"The plan is, until (any removal) is official, I'll keep doing the day-to-day work and work with (Hopkins) so he's kind of up to speed," Cunningham said Thursday.
Hopkins said Thursday he had not signed, and does not intend to sign, a contract for the interim administrator position. He also said he would not be applying for the full administrator job, if or when it is advertised.
"State law has to be followed and until that plays out (Cunningham) and I will be working very close together to make this (transition) as smooth as possible," Hopkins said. "Anderson County will work through this and continue to be a great place to be."
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This week Molson Coors Lower Mainland Sales team members, lead by District Sales Manager Lynda Perovich, volunteered their time to help those in need at The Door is Open, a day shelter for the homeless in Vancouver.
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12:36 PM, Jan 28, 2014 • By GEOFFREY NORMAN
Happy days are here again on K Street. As Kevin Bogardus and Erik Wasson of the Hill write, with Congress debating individual spending bills instead of simply passing continuing resolutions:
This is an interesting, if predictable, development. And one does wonder exactly how bad things are for the influence industry at any time.
Still, listen to Jim Walsh, former Republican representative and member of the House Appropriations Committee, now "a government affairs counselor at K&L Gates." Walsh says a:
And the best part for Washington might be that all this means good times, as well, for those who make it their business to keep an eye on K Street and Congress in the public's behalf. (If you thought that was the job of Congress, well …)
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Minnesota Twins catcher Joe Mauer and his wife Maddie are expecting -- you guessed it -- twins.
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Get down there and plant some of these explosives on the boat, in the keep entrance, and in one of those northern towers. That should be enough to leave them reeling.
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Temple Church, Bristol
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Temple Church (grid reference ST5972) is a ruined church in Redcliffe, Bristol, England, that was founded in the mid-12th century by Robert of Gloucester and the Knights Templar.
Temple Church was the scene of the exorcism of George Lukins conducted by Methodist and Anglican clergy.[1] The church was bombed and largely destroyed in the Bristol Blitz. It is a listed building now owned by English Heritage.
Early history[edit]
It is called Temple church because it was built on the site of the oval church of the Knights Templar, suppressed in 1312. Either just before or just after this suppression the church was rebuilt on a rectangular plan and served as a parish church. The site has been excavated and the oval outline of the former Templars' church is laid out in the turf.
It was also called Holy Cross Church, and included the Guild Chapel of the Bristol Weavers. Cloth weaving was the staple industry of Bristol in the late Middle Ages, and its centre was in Temple parish.
The tower is 114 feet (35 m) high and was built in two phases. The lower stages were built in 1390 but work was stopped when the tower started to lean to the west. By 1460 the city was satisfied that the tower was stable, and the upper stages including a belfry, were added. The lean is popularly attributed to the foundations of the tower being built on top of wool-sacks but is most likely due to the soft alluvial clay underneath being compressed.[2]
World War II bombing[edit]
It was bombed on 24/25 November 1940 in the Bristol Blitz, leaving it an empty shell. The damage was severe and although the arcades still stood they were very unsafe and have since been removed. The wrought-iron parclose screens to the side chapels did survive and are today in the Lord Mayor's Chapel. The sword rest by W. Edney is now preserved but broken up into sections and re-erected in other churches.[3] The 15th century candelabrum, with its central statue of the Virgin Mary also survived, albeit a little dented, and now hangs in the Berkeley Chapel of Bristol Cathedral.[2]
Listed status[edit]
It was the first English parish church to be taken into ownership by the then Ministry of Works, and is today in the care of English Heritage. It is a Grade II* listed building.[4] The archway and gates, which date from the mid 19th century and made from Portland stone and wrought iron in a Gothic Revival style, are themselves Grade II listed.[5]
The church is a scheduled monument.[6]
See also[edit]
- ^ Hannah More: the first Victorian. E. and H. Hosford, Printers. Retrieved 31 December 2007.
Mrs. Easterbrook was probably the recently widowed mother of the Revd Joseph Easterbrook, vicar of the Temple church in Bristol and on of the most prominent clergymen in the city. In June 1788 he had been controversially involved in an incident which a tailor named George Lukins, from the Mendip village of Yatton, had claimed to be possessed by demons. He and six 'Wesleyan' ministers performed an exorcism in front of a great crowd in the Temple church, after which Lukins was described as calm, happy, and thankful for his deliverance.
- ^ a b "Holy Cross (Temple Church)". Church Crawler. Archived from the original on 17 May 2005. Retrieved 28 July 2006.
- ^ Burrough, THB (1970). Bristol. London: Studio Vista. ISBN 0-289-79804-3.
- ^ "Temple Church". Images of England. English Heritage. Retrieved 28 July 2006.
- ^ "Archway and gates to Temple Church". Images of England. English Heritage. Retrieved 28 July 2006.
- ^ "Scheduled Ancient Monuments in Bristol" (PDF). Bristol City Council. Retrieved 7 May 2007.
Further reading[edit]
- The cathedral church of Bristol, Henri Jean Louis; Joseph Massé
External links[edit]
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In Season: Sweet Potatoes
Sweet potatoes have long been a very tasty November staple … but did you know they are a superfood? One of nature's best sources of beta-carotene, a single cup provides 438 percent of our daily vitamin A needs with a modest 102 calories. To get the full benefit of the beta-carotene, it's important to have a little fat at the same time … butter anyone? (Or you could opt for extra virgin olive oil.) To maintain the nutritional value, try steaming or boiling them. Along with vitamin A, sweet potatoes offer antioxidants, anti-inflammatory benefits, and help with blood sugar regulation. And they come in purple!
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Bring lightly salted water to a boil in a steamer with a tight fitting lid. Steam two medium-sized peeled and sliced sweet potatoes in steamer basket, covered, for about 10 minutes, or until tender. When tender, mash with potato masher, adding 1/2 teaspoon garam masala, a tablespoon of extra virgin olive oil, and salt and white pepper to taste. Source: whfoods.com
>>Roasted Purple Sweet Potato Wedges
Fire up the oven to 400 degrees. Cut two medium purple sweet potatoes and three large carrots into one inch by two inch pieces. Chop one tablespoon each of fresh rosemary and thyme. Put potatoes, carrots, rosemary, and thyme into large bowl along with four tablespoons olive oil, one teaspoon coarse salt, and 1/2 teaspoon fresh ground pepper. In an artistic fashion spread the purple sweet potatoes and carrots on a cookie sheet and roast until tender, about 45 minutes. Serve warm all by themselves or as a side dish. Source: onehundreddollarsamonth.com
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Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Line a baking sheet with aluminum foil. Stir together two tablespoons olive oil, two tablespoons maple syrup, and 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper in a small bowl. Brush slices from three large sweet potatoes with the maple mixture and place onto the prepared baking sheet. Sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste. Bake in preheated oven for eight minutes, then turn the potato slices over, brush with any remaining maple mixture, and continue baking until tender in the middle, and crispy on the edges, about seven minutes more. Source: allrecipes.com
Sweet Potatoes and Yams: What's the Difference?
Sweet potatoes are yellow or orange tubers popular in the South. True yams are the tubers of a tropical vine and not related to the sweet potato. They're popular in Latin America and the Caribbean, and slowly catching on here. Sweeter than the sweet potato, they can grow to be seven feet long!


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Volunteers and community members came out to celebrate the completion of the 2013 neighborhood project.
When volunteers swoop into the Cody High School area on Detroits west side in mid-August with paint, hammers, lumber and weed-whackers, it may seem a familiar story well-meaning folks taking a few hours to spruce up a run-down neighborhood against the grim tide of blight and flight.
This project, however for reasons of both scale and timing is worth a closer look, as a model for what it will take to build momentum and sustain traction in Detroits long, arduous recovery following its exit from Chapter 9 bankruptcy.
■ Full coverage: Detroits financial crisis
Mounted by the nonprofit group Life Remodeled, the massive Cody makeover project encompasses three schools and 100 city blocks. It will bring more than 10,000 volunteers into the Cody Rouge neighborhood from Aug. 11-17.
General Motors alone will provide 3,000 volunteers, 55 pickups and a fleet of SUVs and vans over five days, the companys largest-ever effort on a single volunteerism project. GM participants have also raised about $70,000 for the effort in bake sales, silent auctions and raffles a sum that Mark Reuss, the automakers executive vice president, has promised that GM will match.
Quicken Loans, the mother ship of founder Dan Gilberts business empire, will have 1,500 volunteers involved, also its largest-ever such effort, focusing on Henderson Middle School and the two-block area around it. Hundreds more are coming from a host of organizations including Chrysler, Barton-Malow, Microsoft, Taubman Centers, Ikea, the UAW, Skillman Foundation and multiple churches.
The Detroit Lions even chipped in earlier this month by donating the pro teams current goalposts for Cody Highs new football field.
This massive Life Remodeled mobilization in the Cody Rouge area comes at a pivotal time for Detroit. If the city can emerge from bankruptcy with a greatly reduced debt load, as now seems possible, the ensuing challenge will be how to keep improving city services, attract investment and grow jobs but without any near-term expectation of growth in population or tax base.
That means that metro Detroits major corporations and philanthropic foundations, which have already contributed mightily to big development projects downtown and put new police cars and EMS vehicles on city streets, must step up again and again on a scale rarely seen in an American city to rebuild dozens of neighborhoods.
Martha Kopacz, an expert witness hired by U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Steven Rhodes to evaluate the feasibility of Detroits restructuring plan, said as much in a 226-page report made public last week.
Detroit is at a tipping point, Kopacz wrote, and currently has some momentum and emotional optimism spurred by activity in the city core. But she added, If the momentum starts to slow in lots of small ways, or if the headlines change from investors buying to investors selling, or if blight remediation reverses direction, the city could tip backwards.
Senior leadership at City Hall, she added, while generally capable is not plentiful. ... The city will need to recruit a significant number of employees with improved skill level and continue to change the culture of performance and accountability.
In the meantime, the private sector and foundations are critical drivers of recovery.
Mary Barra, GMs chief executive, told me last week that the automaker is fully engaged in the revival effort.
I think across the board at General Motors, were all-in for what its going to take to make this a strong city going forward, she said.
GM is certainly all-in on the Life Remodeled project. Last Monday at the GM Vehicle Engineering Center in Warren, about 90 volunteer team leaders gathered for a two-hour briefing that had all the planning detail and jargon of a major military operation:
■ Drivers of pickups, vans and other vehicles will report for duty and instructions at 6:30 a.m.
■ GMs command center at Cody will open at 7.
■ Volunteers will be bused at 7:15 to the worksites, from GM locations in Warren, Pontiac, Milford and Detroits Renaissance Center and bused back at 4:30 p.m.
■ At Cody High, 68 classrooms and 20 rest rooms are to be cleaned and repaired.
■ Ten remodeling teams will work with nearby homeowners on renovations, while 20 board-up teams will board up 284 dangerous, abandoned structures in five days.
Paul Schonschack, whose day job at GM is an engineering manager for infotainment systems, led the briefing.
A lot of people in the company probably never go into those neighborhoods, he told me. And I think its really valuable for the people to get in there, from a humanitarian standpoint, to understand this is in your backyard, theres a lot of really good people that could use some help.
He also said this volunteer project has taken more courage that I havent seen before from the GM leadership to take a little step out of that comfort zone and say, OK, were going to do something thats very complex and has some potential risks to it but we think the potential good far outweighs that risk.
Leslie Andrews, director of community relations at Quicken Loans, said she grew up in the Cody Rouge area and still has family and friends there who look forward to working alongside the Life Remodeled volunteers.
It gives them a lift, she said of the residents, Theyve stayed in the neighborhoods through all of the bad times, so it gives them a proper role in the return of Detroit, bringing the city back, with the assistance of the business community.
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The Spirit of Detroit
January 26, 2006
The Spirit of Detroit, photo by Global Reactions.
One of Detroit's most recognizeable landmarks is the Spirit of Detroit.
Lauren supplies the scripture behind the Spirit on one of her photos of the statue: "Now the Lord is that Spirit, and where the spirit of the Lord is, there is Liberty" II Corinthians 3:17
Fans of the Detroit Pistons, Detroit Red Wings and even the Tigers know that when their team plays for or wins a championship, the Spirit will don their uniform. Lions fans are as yet unsure if the tradition applies to them… The Spirit also wore a jersey to honor Super Bowl XL.
The Detroit News has a detailed profile of Marshall Fredericks, the sculptor who crafted the Spirit of Detroit and other public works in Detroit & Michigan. The feature includes some excellent photos and information about the statue, artist and his other works. Fredericks was a man who felt his art was a civic duty and said this about it:
I want more than anything in the world to do sculpture which will have real meaning for other people, many people, and might in some way encourage, inspire or give them happiness.
UPDATE: I was in Detroit and got a few photos of the Spirit (including some decent detail shots and a shot of the plaque).
UPDATE 2: Check out this cool photo of the Spirit of Detroit from One Foot Over the Moon.
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Although Nokia has confirmed that the Lumia 920 will arrive in India in early 2013, the Finnish company has not offered an exact release date yet.
Luckily, the folks at WMPowerUser have just been tipped on the availability of the Windows Phone flagship smartphone in India starting January 15.
Indian retailer Saholic currently takes pre-orders for Nokia Lumia 920 for a down payment of Rs 2,000 ($35 or €25).
The smartphone will be available for purchase for a suggested retail price of Rs 30,000 ($550 or €415). Check it out here.
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AbstractWe have measured the differential cross sections for the production of pi+, K+, K0, K*0,phi, p, Lambda and their corresponding antiparticles in separate samples of flavor-tagged Z0 --> light-flavor (u anti-u, d anti-d, or s anti-s), Z0 --> c anti-c and Z0 --> b anti-b events. Clear flavor dependences are observed, and the results are compared with the predictions of three fragmentation models. We have also performed a direct measurement of As, the parity-violating coupling of the Z0 to strange quarks, by measuring the left-right-forward-backward production asymmetry in polar angle of the tagged s quark. Our preliminary result is As = 0.82 + over - 0.10(stat.)+ over - 0.07(syst).
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The description of the over-talented nose Jean-Baptiste Grenouille has a limit. What can you achieve, what kind of perfumes can you create, even if your olfactive skills are incredible, without creativity, the sense of harmony and an artistic touch? Does Jean-Baptiste have all these skills? In the end, I do not think so and that's the reason why I would not call him a true Perfumer.


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So, today I had a FT teammate get (rightfully) mad at me for passing by him without unfreezing him. Problem was, he was totally invisible to me - in-game and on the board. Didn't see him, didn't see his score, nothing. He could, however, team chat and his stats showed up at match end when viewed in my profile, so he was definitely there.
Same game. I have all my models forced to Bones/blue for my team and Keel/bright for the enemy. One teammate showed up in full, textured, normal gear, as if I were spec'ing. Everyone else was the correct models.
Left game, reloaded, same thing.
I've never seen this before - known issue? Fluke? Any input welcome - hate to be a bad teammate, even to the invisible ones.
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Help me out if you can. I haven't been fishing since I was kid, but as of late I have been intrigued with it again. I live within minutes of NUMEROUS fishing spots here in North Alabama. I have no fishing gear. So what I am looking for hear are some suggestions on basic gear to get started again. I would like to start with something that is a reasonable value and of course packable. Consider a budget of $200 - $300max. Also suggestions for information sources are appreciated (books, web sites, etc…) Thanks
I just bought 2 UL reels and 2 telescoping poles at Gander Mountain for $75. Despite the marketing, cost doesn't really have an effect on how often fish bite, assuming your rod and reel work.
Are you looking for fly fishing gear or spinning gear?
I am interested in fly fishing, but I am not at all familiar with it. I wouldn't mind finding a local outfitter that could direct me, but no matter the type of gear I only feel they want me to buy and move along. So really I am open to all suggestions. I have an old friend that I haven't seen in years that used to fly fish. I intend to look him up, but wanted the instant input from the board.
Jonathan, You're starting out in the right direction. Use a guide to find the fish, not to suggest gear. Particularly for backcountry fishing you don't need the high end (and highly priced) gear that fly shops tend to stock. Gander Mountain is a good source for basic gear; Reddington and Temple Fork make very good, inexpensive rods. Used gear is often available on eBay. If you can, try to get a four- or five-piece rod, as they are much easier to pack than two- or three-piece. Good luck!
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Jonathan, get the book "Curtis Creek Manifesto", it is the best beginner Fly Fishing book out there, even though it was written in the late 70's no one has come up with a better primer then this book. Its the best fishing money you'll ever spend. Curtis Creek Manifesto The gear you need should be purchased after you read the book. Then find/buy used equipment until you figure it out. Practice in your back yard 15 minutes a day for a month and when you go out you will be far less frustrated.
Edited by bestbuilder on 03/05/2009 17:08:01 MST.
x2. Awesome book. Get bigger / more in depth books later.
Thanks guys. Book will be on order tomorrow. Any others I could use early on?
"any old fishing pole" is not what you should get. when it comes to fly fishing, a $60 rod is not going to even come close to a $300 rod. Not even Close!even if you only fly fish for 2 hours a year, get the best rod you can afford. within your budget, i can confidently say that the "frequent flyer" line from Orvis is going to be a good choice, both in castability, packability, and price. Its not bamboo, but its light years beyond anything at walmart.
Jonathan, when I was starting out (Fly Fishing) I read every book in the library I could get. First starting with the newest ones, then after I understood the newest technologies, i.e., Rod material, Fly lines, etc. I read through the older books to get the stuff that never really changes.Its very similar to lightweight backpacking, there will always be new materials but there is a constant base of information that supports the whole system that never changes much over the years.Be careful, I can see that you can get slightly obsessed (I've watched you with buying and selling gear). This sickness can run ramped as well with Fly Fishing. I have as much fly Fishing stuff as hiking gear. I confess, I'm a defeated, consumed man. You too might be heading down that slippery slope.
I know, I am opening a whole new can of worms. Obsessed might be an understatement for me.
Jonathan, for great prices on very good fly fishing gear, go to:http://www.flyshopcloseouts.comCheck out the Temple Forks Outfitter rod/reel combos. TFO makes great quality rods at very good prices. You can get a TFO/Orvis rod/reel combo for $200-300 with line.
Reminds me of the time we were putting in for a Scout canoe trip on the Brazos river. They had just stocked it with trout, and there must have been 20 Range Rovers there, and twice as many guys who looked like they bought everything in the Orvis catalog. And they were kind of cranky (not the right word, but you'd be amazed at what sets off the profanity detector) when 12 canoes floated thru them. Careful JB......you'll end up in a Range Rover, and a tweed jacket.
HAHAHA....Joe let's just say there are no worries of that. I could put a RangeRover sticker on my 1990 rusted out Isuzu Trooper.I am what they call "differnt" here in Alabama.
Edited by anywayoutside on 03/06/2009 14:39:04 MST.
I would suggest looking for a local club or a local fly shop. See if they have casting classes or a beginner introdcution course. Any shop that cares would be willing to give you a short tutuorial in fly casting for free. If you haven't been fishing in awhile then it would probably be helpful. I think going with someone who knows what they are doing or watching others on the stream will really help. You can get tons of information from books and it is very helpful, but no substitue for actually watching and shadowing others. I fish on the tailwaters of Arkansas and primarily on the Little Red. I have learned a lot from watching how others fish. Sometimes there are little tips that you pick up which make a difference.My number one suggestion.... don't care what others think. If you are having fun then YOU are having fun. Just enjoy fly fishing, and don't take everything too seriously. If it isn't fun, don't do it.Welcome to a whole new world of gear!
Ok...Curtis Creek Manifesto is here. Read it. Reading it again...So my 1st real question in this new world of gear is where do I start. Personally I'm a believer in used gear, but where do I go? Should I cheap out at Cabelas to start, or is it worth a $200 - $250 combo to get started? Note: I am a gear junkie to the nth degree. Many of you guys know my gear issues, so with that in mind, is it reasonable to start with a $50 - $80 combo and upgrade later?
I would say avoid Cabela's. Though some people do like their outfits.My suggestion -Rod: $100-200Reel: $30-50Line: $30-50Leaders, tippet, flies, backing, accessories: $50-100What type of fish are you planning to fish for and what type of waters do you plan on fishing on? (Rivers, streams, lakes, etc) Are you wanting a 2 piece or 4 piece rod? (Example, are you wanting to backpack with this rod?) Let me know and I can give specific examples of what I would suggest.
Edited by Cloudveil9 on 03/23/2009 09:35:02 MDT.
Aaron,I would be interested in your advice for a backpacking setup for streams and lakes. Thankssend a PM and I can visit via email.
Hey Thom, No problem. Have you read my post in the "Beginning Fly Fishing in the Smokies" thread, right below this thread in the Fishing forum? I assume you mean backpacking for trout, which is kinda what that post was geared toward. Let me know if you have any Q's!
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BP is catching up with rival, Shell, in penetrating the Chinese fuel retailing market. With fast growth forecast, the oil majors are all trying to get in on the action. BP hopes to have 1000 sites, putting it ahead of the other international players. Currently BP owns 30 stations and manages a further 100; gaining more than 500 over the next three years seems a real challenge.
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Following a difficult H1 2008, Carrefour, the world's second largest retailer, appears to have found its footing, with its global multi-format single brand strategy beginning to bear fruit. Despite an improved performance at home, countries as far afield as China and Brazil are the group's real growth drivers, and international prospects are high as Carrefour prepares to tackle Russia.
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Editor's note: Each day until the NFL Draft begins on Thursday night, Tom Pelissero is breaking down the Minnesota Vikings' roster by position, based on observations of games and practice, tape studies and interviews with NFL coaches and scouts.
Day 6
On the roster (6)
Stephen Burton, Greg Childs, Greg Jennings, Jerome Simpson, Chris Summers, Jarius Wright.
Departures (2)
Percy Harvin (traded to Seattle), Michael Jenkins (released, signed with New England).
Unsigned (1)
The Vikings outbid Green Bay to land Jennings (5-11, 198 pounds), who got $17.8 million in guarantees on the five-year, $45 million contract he signed after seven seasons with the Packers. He's an excellent route runner with the versatility to move inside and out, likely starting at the flanker position previously occupied by Harvin. If the season began now, Simpson (6-2, 190) would remain the starting split end despite underwhelming production in the face of persistent back problems last season. He got a $2.1 million on a one-year deal that included a $500,000 bonus -- the premium for ensuring the Vikings had one veteran with knowledge of the system. They passed Simpson on his physical and will give him one more shot to show he can be the vertical threat they need. Wright (5-10, 180) brings speed, too, but he's still learning to run NFL routes and probably is more of a situational No. 4 receiver at this stage. Burton (6-1, 221) is a solid blocker whose size/height/weight combination have yet to translate to production in the passing game. Summers (6-5, 213) has rare physical traits and impressed enough last season on the practice squad the Vikings contemplated promoting him to the 53-man roster. Childs (6-3, 217) sat out his rookie season after tearing both his patellar tendons in a training camp fall. He has said he intends to play in 2013, but it's tough to count on anything from him, since last time he suffered the injury in one knee and needed 18 months to feel like himself again.
Draft outlook
Receiver ranks among the Vikings' most pressing needs, and it wouldn't be a surprise to see them draft more than one for a second consecutive year. There even have been rumblings about the Vikings trading up to nab West Virginia slot man Tavon Austin, who seems to be the only consensus first-round draft pick in the class. However, the smart money says they'll wait until they go on the board at Nos. 23 and 25 or maybe until Round 2 and take the best outside receiver available. There is a lot of talent there -- just not a lot of sure things. Tennessee's Cordarrelle Patterson and Justin Hunter, California's Keenan Allen, Clemson's DeAndre Hopkins and Southern California's Robert Woods all could be possibilities. The Vikings figure to be typically active in rookie free agency, too, ending up with around a dozen receivers on the 90-man camp roster as they do every year.
Last 10 drafts
• 2012: Wright (fourth round, 118th); Childs (fourth, 134th).
• 2011: Burton (seventh, 236th).
• 2010: None.
• 2009: Harvin (first, 22nd).
• 2008: Jaymar Johnson (sixth, 193rd).
• 2007: Sidney Rice (second, 44th); Aundrae Allison (fifth, 146th); Chandler Williams (seventh, 233rd).
• 2006: None.
• 2005: Troy Williamson (first, seventh).
• 2004: None.
• 2003: Nate Burleson (third, 71st); Keenan Howry (seventh, 221st).
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Allen and Hopkins made official visits at the Vikings' Top 30 event. The team also reportedly spent extra time with Woods after his campus workout and has shown strong interest in Austin.
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• Mel Kiper, ESPN: 1. Austin; 2. Patterson; 3. Hunter; 4. Allen; 5. Woods.
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