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|Randy Cooper
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Opus Solutions
|Cooperfounded Opus Solutions in 1989. He has more than 15 years of experience inthe IT software field, with emphasis on HR, payroll, and benefits systems.Opus provides e-volution®, a suite of Web-based HR management tools thatincludes the HRMS engine used by 20 Fortune 100 companies.
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|MartyFahey joined Webhire in 1996, as chief operating officer. He becamepresident in 1997, and CEO in 1999. Prior to Webhire, Fahey was theco-founder and CEO of Vertigo Development Group, Inc., and was among thefirst 30 employees at Lotus Development.
|VicePresident, Marketing-
Cyborg Systems, Inc.
|AsVP of marketing, Jeff Koven is responsible for corporate marketingcommunications, customer relations, product management, and sales support.He focuses on identifying changes within the business world, and theirimpact on today's HR and payroll requirements.
RecruitUSA Inc.
|DonRamer has more than 27 years of experience in the recruitment industry. Asa founder and key manager at several employment management consultingfirms, he specialized in change management and cost reduction throughalternative recruitment strategies and resources.
|JimE. Spoor
|Priorto forming SPECTRUM in 1984, Spoor had a very successful 25-year humanresource career, including a broad range of human resources experiencewith executive-level responsibility for global HR operations.
|Chairmanand Chief Executive officer-
|Priorto joining Recruitsoft, Mr. Tetu founded Berclain Group, Inc., a globalprovider of supply chain management solutions, acquired by Baan in 1996.He was president of the company from 1989 until his departure to headRecruitsoft.
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|Warrenspent more than 22 years in recruiting and human resource management withRockwell International and General Foods Corporation before founding thefirst Internet employment site, Online Career Center (OCC).
- The Internet is continuing to revolutionize business. How does this technologydirectly affect HR practices?
Randy Cooper: Internet technology empowers the entire business andemphasizes the strategic importance of an organization's HR function. Itallows organizations to distribute the opportunity and responsibility ofacting on HR practices beyond the HR department. Moving the processes andinformation closer to the managers, supervisors, and even front-line employeesallows them to make better decisions faster. This also gives the traditionalHR department the ability to focus on strategic information and decisions.
Don Ramer: The Internet has made HR professionals "larger thanlife." Job-posting technologies allow
recruiters to reach a much higher portion of qualified candidates and bettermanage applicant tracking. Proper technologies can triple the effectivenessof staffing managers. The effect also can be detrimental: HR practitionersmust beware of "vaporware" applications that are not solutions,but hindrances to their work styles due to missing capabilities, poor workflow, or other inefficiencies.
Jeff Koven: The Internet brings a continuing promise for an e-businesscommunity through which you can expand the services you offer to your employeesby providing links to other services (i.e., benefits providers, health-careadvice/providers, travel services, money-management services, etc.). Theresult is that HR practices are much less administrative and far more strategic.HR will no longer be the "middleman" in transactions. Instead,employees will have direct access to relevant outside service providers.
Bill Warren: When I founded the Internet's first job board in 1992,no one really knew the impact the Internet would have on our industry. Theintroduction of e-mail, online networking, and job boards has dramaticallyimpacted the daily routine of recruiters. Moving from the "media"model to the "relationship" model, the Internet has streamlinedprocesses, decreased recruiting costs, and reduced the time-to-fill. Thishas been accomplished through the implementation of human capital managementsystems.
Marty Fahey: The Internet has dramatically improved the speed andquality at which HR professionals recruit. It's also proven to be the mostefficient way to locate, evaluate, identify, and qualify job candidates.HR organizations have quick and direct access to thousands of potentialadvertising locations, each with its own constituency of candidates. Today,it is essential for HR organizations to focus on the applicant experience,with timely responses and frequent touch. By doing so, HR will extend itsrecruiting network and stand out among the competition for talent.
Jim E. Spoor: For years, HR practices have centered on paper, filingcabinets, and paper shuffling. Now the paper can be eliminated, the filingcabinets emptied, and the paper shuffling reduced. Employees and managersinteract directly with their company's HRIS by having the access to performdata entry themselves. This is the re-engineering that people talked aboutin the '80s and '90s, but in the 2000s, it's a reality.
Louis Tetu: The Internet enables the complete re-engineering ofthe recruiting process for large, global corporations. Optimizing and automatingthe recruiting supply chain brings significant value and bottom-line benefitsto major corporations. Through the traditional recruiting method, the candidate,or the supply side, blindly mailed his or her résumé to therecruiter, to the demand side, without knowing or understanding the demandsof the recruiter. Online recruiting bridges supply and demand by permittingshared knowledge between the candidate and recruiter.
- What are the advantages of an ASP solution versus traditional managementsoftware as it relates to different HR functions, such as HRMS, hiring management,benefits, etc.?
Louis Tetu: Contrary to what many believe, ASPs are extremely flexibleand made to fit a company's specific needs. The ASP model is more robustthan traditional software-delivery methods, and offers a variety of optionsthat can be tailored to fit each company's needs. Once a company implementsan ASP solution, the vendor manages the software so that the only requirementof the company is a Web browser. The software is installed, maintained,and hosted by the vendor.
Marty Fahey: ASPs provide the most up-to-date technologies deliveredover the Internet at a predictable monthly fee, with seamless updates tothe application and an intuitive user interface that demands little training.The ASP requires only minimal implementation time -- with Webhire solutionsyou can be up and running within days. The ASP service means the best customerexperience, because it is supported, managed, and tuned -- 7x24x365 -- bydedicated experts.
Randy Cooper: The largest advantage is reduced, predictable costsfor the management of the system. In the case of Opus Solutions' e-volution®service, the advantage is a very powerful system that many companies couldnot afford otherwise. Many ASPs as part of the subscription also provideregular updates to the solution's functionality "behind the scenes"for no additional cost. Additionally, because the ASP takes care of thesystem, the infrastructure, and other delivery factors, the client is ableto concentrate on taking care of business, not computer systems.
Jeff Koven: The primary advantage of an ASP solution is that theoperational functions of an HRMS are outsourced. The applications are hostedand maintained without assistance required from the company itself. As aresult, users have the ability to function as true HR and payroll professionals,rather than IT specialists. In terms of hiring management and other benefits,the advantage of an ASP is that in many cases it offers additional featuresand functionality that would be too cost-prohibitive to bring in-house.
Bill Warren: Human resources has commonly been known for being thelast department in an organization to receive current technology and thesupport needed for implementation and integration. While this trend is changing,the fact remains that technology is vital for HR to remain competitive inthe war for talent. An ASP offers end-users the ability to use the applicationfrom any Internet-ready PC, and also a company does not have the enormouscapital expenditure for the hardware and development resources.
- What are the opportunities for HR in realizing significant cost savingsthrough Internet technologies?
Jim E. Spoor: Cost savings is only part of the picture. Sure, thereare actual savings as a result of employee self service and manager selfservice. However, the real gain is being able to share information and intelligenceproficiently, being able to communicate effectively, and being able to handleroutine transactions faster, better, and at a lower cost. Basically, Internettechnologies are "super-charging" the HR function and making itpossible to really focus on strategic issues.
Randy Cooper: There are two major cost savings. First, by givingaccess to the day-to-day information and processes to the front-line managementand employees, an organization's HR department can concentrate on issuesthat are more specialized as well as strategic. The department has moretime to focus on the strategically important decisions that affect the company'sbottom line. Second, people who know the system and the infrastructure handledevelopment and maintenance of the technology.
Louis Tetu: The average cost-per-hire in North America is approximately$6,000, and many say it approaches $10,000. With 30 million people changingjobs each year in North America, that equates to about $180 billion spenton hiring. By automating the process, a corporation can save tens of millionsof dollars per year. This is all enabled by allowing the recruiter and thehiring manager to spend more "face time" with candidates, ensuringa cultural fit, skills fit, and motivation to put those skills to work forthe corporation.
Don Ramer: The number one opportunity: consolidating workload. Whilethe burden of administrative duties can cripple HR departments, the Internetoffers many services that multi-task so you don't have to. Seek only Internettechnologies that integrate well within your system, perform multiple capabilities,and provide excellent customer service -- thereby consolidating your paperwork,billing, and time. Productivity will rise and administrative costs willlessen.
- Are there specific types of Internet solutions you would recommend thatmight work best depending on company size?
Jeff Koven: I would recommend self-service solutions that make useof Internet technology. These solutions have high payback in the areas ofbenefits enrollment and pay-stub distribution. However, the cost savingsaren't as evident within smaller-sized companies. Small companies shouldbe looking for out-of-the-box solutions that provide extra services withouta great deal of overhead (i.e., updating/viewing personal information, onlinehandbooks, payroll forms, etc.).
- What is the greatest impact that the Internet has had on HR with regardto time savings and time management efficiencies?
Marty Fahey: The Internet allows a real-time connection to information,offering universal, instant access to data from anywhere in the world. HRorganizations have a direct link to candidates all over the Internet, andin turn are able to find the very best people, as quickly as possible, andat the least possible cost. In general, the Internet has reduced the averagetime-to-fill by as much as 60 percent for many companies. In terms of cost-per-hire,the Internet has lowered recruiting costs dramatically due to reductionsin print advertising and recruiting fees.
Don Ramer: Where are those people who eight years ago said the Internet'sefficiencies would shrink our workweeks to 32 hours? It's an unrealizedpromise, but what the Internet has done is prevent HR professionals' workweeksfrom exploding to 50+ hours, thanks to the research capabilities, news services,data storage, ASPs, and other tools that have emerged as the demands onHR professionals' time have increased.
Jeff Koven: The greatest impact the Internet has had on HR is inthe area of self-service. It has offloaded a great administrative burdenfrom HR, and put responsibility in the hands of the people that know best,the employees themselves. The successful rollout of self-service applicationsresults not only in time and cost savings, but also in information thatis more accurate and employees that truly feel empowered.
Jim E. Spoor: Getting more accomplished faster and better is whatit is all about in the Internet era. Questions are dealt with and answeredquickly. Recommendations are routed, approved, and processed in secondswithout any paper. The "administrivia" is becoming less of a factorevery day. HR professionals have shaken loose from the standard work scheduleand are getting things done on a true 24X7 basis, and they are happier andmore gratified doing it.
- What do you see as the newest HR product and service developments thatwill maximize productivity for HR on the Internet?
Jim E. Spoor: Mobility is the next major leap. True anywhere, anytimeaccess and interaction is on the doorstep right now. Powerful wireless handhelddevices, some with their own built-in phone and pager functionality as wellas full computing power, are now making full accessibility a reality. Truevoice interaction with the underlying systems, not just the old IVR, willallow users to fully bypass the keyboard. Data and reports will be displayedon voice request.
Bill Warren: Total integration is the future for Internet-basedrecruiting tools. Because of fragmented HR service offerings, many companiesrequire multiple vendors to accomplish their requisition-to-hire process.In the ideal world, a company should be able to work with one vendor partnerand have the ability to obtain the various services to attract, retain,test, screen, and manage the entire candidate relationship from the recruiter'sdesktop. This will be the future of HR technology to maximize productivity.
- How can HR be poised to take advantage of these changes and developments?
Marty Fahey: The Internet has driven a fundamental change in theworld of corporate recruiting. People will always continue to make a company'shiring decisions; however, HR professionals must position themselves astechnological innovators and integrate the Internet into their recruitingprocess. Applying leading Internet technology to recruiter know-how resultsin shorter hiring times, reduced hiring costs, and improved overall competitivepositioning.
- What are the top five questions you would advise companies to ask whenresearching Internet-related HR products and services?
Louis Tetu:
Whether the vendor will investigate, analyze, and improve the company'shiring process or simply sell a software package.
Do the company's strategies converge with those of the vendor downthe road?
References from vendors need to be investigated before making a decision,as they are an excellent way to ask all questions and get honest feedbackfrom an unbiased source.
Review the financial stability of the vendor you are considering.
Scalability and security are essential.
Don Ramer: Focus on improving the quality of your department's day:What will this technology do to make my department more intelligent? Whatwill this do to make my staff more nimble? What will this do to make mea better manager? What will this do to make HR even more essential to mycompany's goals? And don't forget to ask for references; then call the clientsnot offered as references.
Bill Warren:
What level of technical/customer support will you be provided in thebase price and when will it be available?
Is the software flexible to mirror my company's internal processesor does it require customization?
Is redundancy provided to assure non-interrupted service? This includesdual-site redundancy for power, hardware, or circuit failures and naturaldisasters.
What measures are taken to assure data security and integrity?
Does the software offer scalability to match your company's growthand changes?
Randy Cooper:
Can your solution adapt and grow with my business, or must I changemy business
to fit your solution?
Can your solution integrate easily with my existing internal and third-partysystems?
Do you provide both technical and functional expertise with your solution?
Do you provide at least a 99.9 percent Service Level Agreement (SLA)?
How secure is your service? Does your privacy policy meet or exceedmy company's policy?


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They Say: Overweight Kids Eat More TogetherBethany Sanders
Overweight kids eat more when they're with familiar friends who are also overweight, says a new study out of the University of Buffalo.
Researchers recruited 65 kids between the ages of 9 and 15, then randomly paired them up. Kids spent 45 minutes together in a room with various activities, as well as bowls of food — healthy snacks and not-so-healthy too. What researchers discovered is that friend pairs ate more than children who didn't know each other. And overweight kids ate more than thin kids no matter who their partner was. But overweight friends ate the most of all.
While the results are not surprising — I think that this behavior is probably found in adults,too — it does highlight how complex the issue of childhood obesity really is. Eating is a deeply social behavior, but this study shows that social relationships can also have an impact on how much a child eats.
While two overweight friends with a bowl of potato chips might not be good for each other, study author Sarah-Jeanne Salvy told Newsweek that this finding indicates that if one makes a positive change in their eating habits, those strong social ties could help their friends. "If one of the kids starts changing," says Salvy, "chances are the other kid is going to model those behaviors."
Helping overweight kids lose weight is one of those parenting issues that leave little room for error. One slight misstep can cause emotional hurt and even backfire, causing the child to eat more. So suggesting that they pick thinner friends isn't really what study authors hope parents will take away from this. Instead, encouraging and modeling healthy lifestyle changes (for the whole family) will hopefully give kids the confidence they need to resist that urge to munch. And those healthy changes may just catch on among their friends.
For more on helping your child make healthy lifestyle choices, visit TeensHealth.
Photo: Bah Humbug, Flickr

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Precariously mixing elements of broad comedy, bittersweet heartache, charming romance and soulful, surprisingly mature dramatic moments, "Crazy, Stupid, Love" is an endearing and winning summer comedic drama. It succeeds in spite of some messy plotting, dicey adulteration of tones, and too convenient and ridiculous sequences that threaten to unravel a well-made, mostly well-written picture about love and marital discord.
And while at times cloying and disordered, there's something incredibly misleading about the trailers and television spots that have run in anticipation of "Crazy, Stupid, Love." Potentially as a way of trying to keep up with the unending stream of bawdy R-rated comedies that were released this summer, the promos emphasize the film's goofier, more outlandish aspects, while downplaying anything else. Watching the entire picture, though, you'll be taken aback by just how heartfelt, identifiable, relatively intelligent, dimensional, and hilarious it often is.
As the movie opens, Cal Weaver (Steve Carell) and his wife Emily (Julianne Moore) are out to dinner. While trying to decide on the dessert they both want, she drops a bombshell: she wants a divorce. While driving home she lets out another stinger: she has slept with her coworker David Lindhagen (played later by Kevin Bacon), which prompts Cal to try and flee the moving vehicle. Once they get back to the home they share, he accidentally announces the divorce to his children's babysitter Jessica (a good turn by model-turned actress Analeigh Tipton) and their 13-year-old son Robbie (Jonah Bobo), moments after Robbie has confessed his undying love for Jessica.
Forced to rejoin the dating community for the first time in decades, Cal starts hanging out at one of those ultra-chic cocktail bars that only single people frequent (cue lots of Thievery Corporation on the soundtrack), sitting at the counter and moaning to anyone who will listen about the way his life has fallen apart. Soon, Jacob (Ryan Gosling) a mysterious and incredibly smooth young lothario and expert pick-up artist, takes to Cal's cause, promising to condition him for the savage world of dating – new clothes, new haircut, etc. Cal is marginalized in his life (at his office his desk is even behind a pillar), and Jacob promises to make him center stage, mostly out of pity and to shut up his vocal misery. Meanwhile, Hannah (Emma Stone), after rebuffing Jacob's cheesy advances, is dealing with the possibility of marrying a milquetoast lawyer (Josh Groban – yes, that Josh Groban) at a firm where she's working, something her sassy best friend Liz (a cheeky Liza Lapira) explicitly advises against.
The film's clipped structure, written by Dan Fogelman ("Cars 2," "Bolt") accommodates these little satellites of the story (Robbie's continued romantic pursuit of Jessica is another key thread and one wholly absent from the marketing campaign) and while they can flow organically, there's some odd abrupt transitions and characters simply disappearing for long-stretches. Due to its fragmented nature, there's about thirty minutes where we don't even see the vivacious Emma Stone, but when she returns, she maintains a strong presence for the rest of the film. This approach mostly works on a thematic level, since many of the characters feel scattered to the wind, but falls apart during a slapsticky -- albeit funny -- climax -- that veers the picture into the absurd with a plot twist that feels too strained to be believable. And when trying to be life-affirming, a protracted denouement just feels like the brand of manipulative feel-goodery that this comedy generally aspires to be above.
But despite these sometimes glaring flaws, the picture's beguiling appeal still works and is saved by the actors who all put in a strong mix of dramatic and comedic turns (and we haven't even mentioned minor supporting parts by Marisa Tomei and John Carroll Lynch). Chemistry is a massive factor and Stone and Gosling have this in spades -- only the surface of this palpable alchemy is scratched (no wonder they are teaming up again so soon for "Gangster Squad"). Carell, whose allure has always been somewhat mystifying (do we want our movie stars to look like our fathers?), really shines here, in a toned down role that emphasizes emotional depth over out-and-out wackiness. The women shine in the picture as well, from Julianne Moore, who gives the kind of heartfelt performance she usually saves for Paul Thomas Anderson, to the aforementioned Emma Stone, who manages to be strong and vulnerable and sweet and sexy all at once. We also have to give out a high grade mark to Kevin Bacon's low-key turn as a superpower-less villain (of sorts).
But who are we kidding? This is mostly Ryan Gosling's show, and he steals many scenes with a kind of Steve McQueen cool every male wishes he had. Those of us who braved "Blue Valentine" last year know how powerful a performer he can be, but with his esoteric choices, he threatened to tip into oddball obscurity. Here, he firmly plants himself in giant movie star territory and by the end of the year (after the political drama "Ides of March" and Nicolas Winding Refn's action flick "Drive" open), we won't be surprised if he's thought of in the same breath as Hollywood's A-list if he isn't already there. He oozes allure and has unexpected comedic chops that are truly impressive. Scenes with Gosling showing Carell how to regain his manhood and dress are particularly amusing.
And that's the thing – "Crazy Stupid Love" is enjoyable funny. Directed by Glenn Ficarra and John Requa, who wrote "Bad Santa" and Richard Linklater's "Bad News Bears," before helming last year's uneven "I Love You Phillip Morris," these filmmakers might not be best in class yet, but they generally know how to make you laugh. Even though their past experience has them firmly entrenched in the R-rated zone so many comedies have happily occupied this summer, 'Love' is PG-13, which makes it even more impressive – they milk chuckles without having to resort to played-out raunch tactics or showing off unnecessary flesh. The pair also seem to have a visual eye for theme, directing the "dating world" with cool, blown-out defining colors, while warmer autumnal hues accentuate Cal's family life.
It's easy to get swept away in the smile-inducing, sometimes even intoxicating charms of "Crazy, Stupid, Love," whether its Stone's captivating insouciance and wit, Gosling's dreamy cockeyed smirk, or Carrell's hangdog demeanor which makes you want to take him home and puppy him to death, but these elements shouldn't totally distract from some of the problematic, occasionally insipid aspects.
While the charisma, chemistry and cute comedy might be its strengths superficially, the film's secret weapon is the way it captures the pain and sadness that we often fall into in between break-up and reconciliation. The film also boasts a nifty score that has Nick Urata from DeVotchKa teaming up with composer Christophe Beck, which elevates the picture, imbuing it with a lithe, spirited and evervescent tone not unlike the score Urata's group is best remembered for, "Little Miss Sunshine." At times it does feel overlong (the subplot wherein Carell goes back to Julianne Moore's house to clean up the yard after everyone has fallen asleep is underdeveloped and unnecessary) and is sometimes guilty of the romantic comedy cardinal sin – using a pop song to express an emotion that the characters or script should have gotten across. But overall, the good outweighs the bad and "Crazy, Stupid, Love" is likely the most successful romantic comedy you'll see this summer; a warm, congenial and messy look at the misadventures of mismatched lovers and martial fissures that break us apart and bring us back together again. [B+]


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Robert Martin wrote:
> mAsterdam, parafrasing Robert Martin, said:
>> "Applications should not strongly >> depend on a navigational format unless that >> format IS the most convenient form for them.": >> a matter of convenience for some applications >> at the cost of convenience for other applications.
This only raises new nuances to my original questions about your statements.
"the canonical DB" is what, and gets designed how? When? To start by converting from it the DB design must be finished before the application design starts - is that part of your method(ology)?
You say "canonical" - is that to avoid one of the terms non-navigational and relational?
You snipped my original questions.
I'll re-state them in the current context this time:
Earlier you said:
"Because it [asymmetric navigational structure] also makes some computations easier."
And I asked "Which (or which types of)
computations are easier [with a
navigational structure]?"
To not let you do all the work:
I'm thinking of regex matching, summary searching. In practice these do get dedicated navigational (on-the-fly or frozen) structures to work on. Are you talking about computations such as those or completely different stuff?
Why did you not (even try to) answer this (to me) relevant question? Do you think it is not relevant?
Also you said:
"An application will often reform data into a non-relational structure that eases computation."
In order to clearly understand what you meant by that, I asked: '"non-relational" as a synonym to "navigational" or did you have something else in mind?'
Same here: Do you think it is not relevant?
Until it becomes clear what "the canonical DB"
is, and the way and timing to get there
explicit, I'll maintain my opposition
(which you also snipped):
"This [asymmetric navigational structure]
comes close to first come, first serve.
If a new idea is sound at some abstract
level it still has to be cost-evaluated
against (and possibly rejected just
because of) the navigations in place." Received on Tue Jun 20 2006 - 13:05:00 CDT
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Using Justin Bieber (of all people) as a focal point for their message an advocacy group has created a campaign to warn U.S. citizens of the dangers found in an anti-piracy bill pending in the Senate. The bill, which was approved in the Senate Judiciary Committee approved the bill in June, would make it a felony for users to post unlicensed content online 10 times in 180 days. The bill is backed by the Recording Industry Association of America, the Motion Picture Association of America and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
So why use Justin Bieber for the campaign? Because, as the group points out Justin Bieber began his career by posting YouTube videos of himself singing other people's songs. Under the proposed law, he'd do five years in prison. Of course realistically Justin Bieber wouldn't spend five years in prison because he's a minor, but you get the point.
"Those videos are still on the Internet, so if Bieber doesn't pull them all down right away, he could be prosecuted and sent to the slammer for five years on felony charges," Fight for the Future claimed in a press release.
The bill, sponsored by Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), would make it a felony for users to post unlicensed content online 10 times in 180 days. The bill is strongly supported by the usual suspects: the Recording Industry Association of America, the Motion Picture Association of America and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
Linden Zakula, a spokesman for Sen. Klobuchar, tells The Hill that this bill would not send Justin Bieber to jail.
"The bill language specifically targets people who willfully engage in copyright infringement for commercial advantage or private financial gain," he said. "The bill does not criminalize uploading videos to YouTube or streaming videos at home."
Fight for the Future disagrees.
"What's genuinely troubling is that this bill applies to a massive slice of social media activity," said Fight for the Future co-founder Holmes Wilson.
The group claims that the legislation would apply to karaoke videos, footage of people dancing to music and videos with music playing in the background.
Fight for the Future is using FreeBieber.org to make its point. The site features digitally-altered photos of police hauling Bieber away in handcuffs and the pop star in an orange jumpsuit sitting in a prison cell. The site's headline reads: "Justice faces 5 brutal years in prison."
As much as some people would like to see the teen pop sensation do some hard time behind bars, the point the group is trying to make is that – if this law were in place a few years ago – Justin Bieber would go to prison (or at the very least a seedy reform school).
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I appreciate your response, I did not mean to come off rude or anything so apologies if it seemed that way. Allow me to draw your attention towards specific UKBA wording, which is causing me concern.
Page 7 of the Tier 1 Entrepreneur visa policy guidance document states,
"Working" in this context means that the core service your business provides to its customers or clients involves the business delivering a service in an occupation at this level. It excludes any work involved in administration, marketing or website functions for the business."
Now if I am the CEO or marketing director (NQF Level 4+) of my company and the core service my business is providing is food, then does that adequately meet the above mentioned criteria, i.e. "...involves the business delivering a service in an occupation at this level."
Secondly, since the service is delivered through an e-commerce portal (mobile app and website) part of my job as Marketing Director is to promote, advertise, and market the website and app, as well as direct its design and development based on customer feedback and research. In this case what do I make of the following sentence? "...It excludes any work involved in administration, marketing or website functions for the business."
Furthermore, Page 11 of the policy guidance document states, "Other than the work necessary to administer the business, your main business activity must be working skilled to National Qualifications Framework (NQF) 4 or above. We will not take into account the tasks involved with the running of the business for this assessment. For example • If the business is software sales and your main activity is developing software, you may qualify for points;• If the business is a taxi firm, the main occupation is driving a taxi and you will not score points even though you manage the business. Your main activity is providing a taxi service which is not skilled to graduate level."Based on the above excerpt, what will be considered the main activity of my business? Even though I'm not going to be making the food myself, I'll be making it possible for other sellers to produce food and sell it through my web/mobile platform. So does that make my main activity providing food ? or something else?
Finally, in your previous answer you mentioned that,
"there should be no issue with the type of business you have described - I do not understand how this would require any further detail. There is no problem and there is not a requirement that the business type is 'graduate level'"
Based on your answer theoretically that would mean someone can setup a taxi company, and hire a bunch of drivers to go around drive taxis as employees? (for example Uber.com). Is my understanding correct here? If not, then what makes a food business qualify and a taxi business not qualify?
I hope I don't come off annoying but I just want to be crystal clear on this as it's really doing my head in.
Many thanks
Okay, got it. Thank you.
I don't understand, I already rated your service as 'Good service'. Am I missing something?
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These pictures I took walking from the south west-side of the Seyhan river (near the Otobüs Işletmeleri), towards the Taş Köprü (Stone Bridge, dating back to Roman times (oldest parts dating to the time of Hadrian 117-138 AD) and recently renovated, still in use as a pedestrian crossing and small scale market place), later crossing it after having taken some pictures of the general lay-out, with the Hilton hotel at the eastern side and the Central Mosque to the north on the west side.
I could not resist contrasting the Hilton with this poor dwelling. I think the Hilton people erected the hotel with future developments in mind, the region to its east are now more slummy than most guests like it (I liked it, but then I cannot afford the Hilton).
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CARLSBAD, Calif., November 16, 2004. U.S. OLYMPIC gold medal-winning swimmers know water, in and out of the pool.
Three-time medalist Amanda Beard (gold and 2 silvers in 2004), Kaitlin Sandeno (gold, silver and bronze) and Aaron Peirsol (triple gold medalist), along with gold medalists and world record-holder Jason Lezak, recently inked an endorsement deal with Penta bottled water, manufactured by Carlsbad, California-based Bio-Hydration Research Lab, Inc.
Also signed were Olympians Scott Goldblatt and Gabe Woodward. Goldblatt was a silver medalist in the 800 free relay in Sydney in 2000 and a gold medalist in the same event in Athens in 2004. Woodward won bronze as a member of the USA 400 free relay team in Athens.
These six 2004 U.S. Olympic Swim Team members won a total of 12 medals (seven gold, three silver, and two bronze) at the 2004 Games in Athens, and were part of one of the most decorated swim teams in U.S. history.
"Penta has been an important part of my daily routine for a couple of years," said Beard, who won a gold and two silver medals in Athens. "I've tried practically every water out there, and in my opinion Penta — with its incredible purity and unbelievable great taste — is the world champion of bottled waters."
Added Peirsol, winner of three gold medals in Athens, "For me, hydrating with quality water is one of the most important things I pay attention to. I started drinking Penta when I was at the 2004 Swim Trials in Long Beach, and I immediately noticed a difference in my hydration and my performance level. By drinking Penta before and after my races, it gave me the extra little edge in my races, and that edge carried over to the 2004 Games in Athens. Certainly Penta will help me prepare for the 2008 Games in Beijing."
Evan Morgenstein, the agent for four of the swimmers and president of Premier Management Group, said, "Being a champion is more than just working out and swimming laps. Having the best water is one of the most important aspects of a swimmer's training. Just because they're in a pool for hours doesn't mean they're hydrated. Penta water was the choice of all four of my clients even before we signed an endorsement deal."
"We know water, and these swimmers know water. I can't think of a more perfect group of people to have on our Penta team," said Penta inventor and CEO William D. Holloway.


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Managing Weeds Ecologically, while NOT Breaking your Back
Posted: June 20, 2011
Students try the blue wheel hoe in a pathway, a long-handled cobra weeder in beets, and scuffle or hula hoes in fava beans.
If you're an organic vegetable farmer, weeds can break you. It was a lesson I learned first-hand on Saturday morning. Charged with harvesting 10 small, clean, market-ready bunches of cilantro, weeds turned what should have been a 10-minute task into a frustrating half-hour-long nightmare. Weeds obscured and out-competed the cilantro, making it challenging and time-consuming to find and snip out cilantro with stems of the appropriate length, without also snipping out foxtail, scarlet pimpernel, common ragweed, and hairy galinsoga. When weeds get in the way of harvesting, they're cutting into profitability, which is why "every farmer needs a weed management plan!" to quote Seed Farm director, Sara Runkel.
Know your weeds. Amidst intermittent rainstorms and in especially soggy fields, students learned the first step in every weed management plan: figure out what weeds you have on your farm. This spring the rainy weather made fields at The Seed Farm too wet to cultivate for many weeks. Then, the rapid switch to 90+degree-weather quickly baked soil in many of the fields to concrete, again preventing effective cultivation. Scott Guiser, horticulture educator from Penn State Extension in Bucks County was on hand to help students identify the resulting weeddiversity at The Seed Farm. From perennials like yellow nutsedge and Canada thistle, to annuals like hairy galinsoga and yellow foxtail, students got lots of hands-on experience identifying weeds in their natural field conditions.
Learn their ecology. Are your weeds mostly annuals or perennials? Do they have a fibrous root system or a taproot? When to they germinate? Learning all of these characteristics about your problem weeds will point the way toward effective management solutions. For example, hairy galinsoga, a common weed in many vegetable systems, is a summer annual weed with a rather delicate, shallow fibrous root system that matures from seed to flower in less than a month and has no seed dormancy. While this list of characteristics may at first make hairy galinsoga seem like a formidable enemy, Saturday's students learned how to spot this species' weaknesses. The lack of a seed dormancy period and shallow root system, make hairy galinsoga seeds especially easy to clean out of your seedbank using false seed-bedding, a technique where the farmer tills the soil to stimulate a flush of weed seeds to germinate. Then, the farmer returns and cultivates out each flush of weed seedlings to clean the seeds out of the soil.
Manage weeds with the appropriate (sharp) tools. Ann Adams and Liz Brensinger from Green Heron tools arrived to demonstrate the ergonomically appropriate way to hand cultivate on a small scale. Dedicated to providing tools that maximize comfort, efficiency, productivity and safety, Ann and Liz inspired hope that there are ways to effectively manage weeds for hours on end without pain. Using tools with long handles to keep your spine in proper alignment and ergonomic grips to keep your wrists in a neutral position can go a long way to prevent the aching back and wrists often associated with many hours of weeding. Tianna DuPont, sustainable agriculture educator and course instructor, emphasized proper tool maintenance to keep the effort of actually using a tool to a minimum. Clean (with a wire brush), sharpen (with a bastard file) and oil your hoe/ pruners, harvest knife, etc. often – definitely after every use. A sharp tool will take far less effort and be much more effective than a dull tool.
Get 'em when they're small (and definitely before they flower), is Scott Guiser's cardinal rule of weed management. Whether you're flaming a bed of carrots before the carrots have emerged, hand-hoeing cabbages or cultivating a field of fava beans using a tractor-mounted Williams Tool System, the best time to kill weeds is at the "white thread stage" – just after the weed seeds have germinated, but before they have true leaves. It's not only the time when it's easiest to kill weeds, it's also the time before the weeds have exerted their competitive damage on the crop. If you miss them at this early stage, all is not lost, just be sure to mow them off or plow them under before they go to seed. Each weed can make thousands of seeds, so, to avoid contributing to next year's weed woes, be sure to kill them before they set seed.
Despite the having to dodge raindrops, students seemed thoroughly satisfied by the day's end. Having had a chance to:
- learn about a wide variety of weeds and effective organic management practices for each,
- experiment with and compare a wide variety of hand tools,
- get some hands-on experience sharpening tools, and
- examine and compare an array or tractor-mounted weed management implements
Yeawah Sano, an aspiring vegetable farmer said, "this class was totally worth the [3 hour] drive from Maryland!"


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Padres Mailbag: Fans off the bandwagon
The mood of Padres fans changed perceptibly during the past week.
At the start of last week, many of you raised the same question. Will the Padres be buyers or sellers at the trading deadline? Having lost three of four in Miami to the worst team in the National League, is seemed some fans, along with the Padres, had already lost some momentum.
By the end of the week, however, as the losses mounted and catcher Yasmani Grandal was placed on the 60-day disabled list with severe damage to his right knee, the questions had turned to statements.
"It's now clear," said Michael T, of Santee, "that this team is not going to challenge for a playoff berth. It can't happen without Grandal and with the starting pitching they have. And I'm becoming concerned about when Yonder (Alonso) and Jedd (Gyorko) will return while I don't expect Cameron Maybin to play again this season. This team can't win the way it did last month."
Said Grant H. of San Diego: "Now is the perfect time to plan for the future. I'm trading (Edinson) Volquez, (Jason) Marquis and (Eric) Stults before the deadline. Let's look at the young arms to see what we really need. And I'm trading (Chase) Headley, (Huston) Street and (Carlos) Quentin. I like our younger players. I don't like our older veterans. OK, maybe this is a little drastic. But I'm selling."
Is it time to throw in the towel?
The run was fun while it lasted. But the Padres are close to being back to 10 games under .500 – which is exactly where they were at 5-15 when the turn-around began. Although they are only 7 ½ games out of the National League lead, they are last in the division.
Can they climb over four teams in the final 70 games? As for the second wildcard berth, the Padres are 9 ½ games behind in that race.
"The position in the standings doesn't concern me as much as the injuries," wrote Doug H. of Carlsbad. "If they don't add players at the trading deadline, they won't be able to expand the roster in September. The injuries have been devastating. I was surprised they kept winning when they did when they were without Everth (Cabrera), Alonso and Gyorko. The injuries caught up with them. Now they've lost Grandal. Hate to say this. But it's over."
Your Questions:
Q: "Please update me on the catching situation. Why not call up (Austin) Hedges? Where is John Baker when we need him?" Tom T., San Diego
A: Austin Hedges is 20 years old. The Padres plan on keeping Hedges, who many regard as the top prospect in the farm system, at Single-A Lake Elsinore for the immediate future. Hedges will be playing next Sunday for Team USA in the Futures Game that kicks off the All-Star Game festivities. Eddy Rodriquez, who played briefly for the Padres last summer, was promoted from Double-A San Antonio to Triple-A Tucson when the Padres purchased the contract of Rene Rivera. In the absence of Yasmani Grandal, the Padres are planning to go with Nick Hundley and Rivera. When Grandal was activated from the suspension list in May, Baker was optioned to Triple-A Tucson. On June 10, when Jedd Gyorko was placed on the 15-day disabled list, the Padres needed a roster spot in order to activate infielder Logan Forsythe from the 60-day disabled list. Baker was designated for assignment to clear the spot on the 40-man roster. He was claimed by the Dodgers, who optioned Baker to Triple-A Albuquerque.
Q: "What is the Padres record for consecutive losses?" Mike S., San Diego


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Friday, February 3, 2012
The one-man show, "Ain't Got Long to Stay Here," take audiences through the civil rights era. It is told through the voices of the era's prominent figures.
The show's star and creator, Barry Scott, lived through the era.
Scott was born in the Jim Crow South. His birth certificate classified him as "colored." The segregation laws and racism of the time harshly affected his upbringing including a run-in with a corrupt policeman. However, Scott was inspired and uplifted by the words of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
"Some of the memories are painful," Scott said recently. "But they renew me and remind me that we still have a long way to go."
Scott brings his show, a tribute to King, to UWG's Townsend Center for the Performing Arts on Thursday, Feb. 9. The next day he'll meet with ninth grade students at Carrollton High School.
The show has a rich soundtrack of piano and strings. Scott uses rear-screen projections to display images of King, the marches, the police brutality and the people who died for the cause. It includes images of the 1963 bombing of Birmingham's 16th Street Baptist Church, in which four young black girls died.
In the show Scott plays not only King, but other prominent figures of the era: Alabama Gov. George Wallace, Sheriff Bull Conner, preachers, civil rights workers, cops and Klansmen.
Scott expects the audience to engage not only in the show itself, but to reflect on their own beliefs. After the show, Scott and the audience talk about social injustice from Jim Crow through the present.
Scott is a trailblazer himself. He is a founder and producing artistic director of the American Negro Playwright Theatre at Tennessee State University. The veteran actor also worked in Hollywood. The industry has changed since he worked there in the mid 1970s, allowing for more black roles now.
But the change has not little to do with social justice, he said. It's about trends and profits. Producers passed on "Red Tails" because they didn't think it would make money. They'll consider movies with large black casts in the future only if it succeeds, he said. There's a sense of indifference in Hollywood, he added.
"'Red Tails' would not have been produced if George Lucas hadn't funded it out of his own pocket," Scott said.
He credited producers like Tyler Perry for contributing to entertainment by hiring minority actors and crew.
And there are more stories to be told.
"We are still a polarized nation," Scott said. "If we live in this country we should have an awareness of the backgrounds of the different cultures around us. Then maybe we would understand each other rather than reduce one another to stereotypes."
Tickets for "Ain't Got Long to Stay Here," are $15 for adults, $14 for seniors and military, and $8 for children. Visit or call the Townsend Center Box Office at 678-839-4722 Monday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. or one hour before show time. Tickets may also be purchased online at www.townsendcenter.org.


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A MASSIVE roads scheme was formally launched yesterday afternoon.
In a ceremonial gesture, Regional Development Minister Danny Kennedy cut a sod of turf on the £100 million A8 widening scheme.
The single-lane stretch of road, connecting the northern edge of Newtownabbey to Larne, is being turned into a two-lane carriageway, and the speed limit increased from 60mph to 70.
The widening plan is estimated to save up to five minutes on the journey time between Coleman's Corner roundabout (to the south) and Ballyrickard Road (in Larne).
But while the scheme has been broadly welcomed by some, others say it comes too late to halt Larne's economic woes – which have included a decline in port traffic and the slashing of jobs at engineering firm FG Wilson.
And with the Department for Regional Development (DRD) causing upheaval to Belfast's road network in a bid to improve public transport and discourage private cars, the decision to invest in the road-building scheme has been called "inconsistent".
The whole scheme is expected to be complete in the spring of 2015.
In a statement yesterday, Minister Kennedy said: "Upgrading the A8 to dual carriageway will help grow the local economy and contribute to the wider economic development in Northern Ireland, both in the short term and in the long term.
"It will also help with the development of the Port of Larne, which is the second largest port in Northern Ireland.
"As part of the Trans-European Network, the A8 is a strategically significant European route, which provides an important east-to-west link, between Northern Ireland and Scotland, via the Port of Larne."
The decision to go ahead with the scheme was taken in May, and although the department invited journalists to yesterday's 'launch', the roadworks actually started in August.
But the boss of one freight firm suggested the scheme was a bit like shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted.
Seatruck pulled its freight services out of the Port of Larne in spring of this year. That move had followed on the heels of Stena Line's decision to end its Fleetwood service a couple of years before.
Seatruck's commercial director Alistair Eagles said: "The road is a bit ironic in its timing now.
"Larne has probably got the lowest port volumes for many, many years, and with FG Wilson as well, is it money well spent at the moment? My view would be no."
Could the lost business end up coming back to Larne?
"Possibly, but I don't see it happening in the near future...
"I think road building schemes take a long time to get to the point where they put a spade in the ground.
"In the period it's taken to get funding and planning, the situation on the ground has changed quite dramatically.
"I'm not sure if it is the best use of Northern Ireland's money now."
DUP Larne councillor Drew Niblock, who sits on the council's public services committee, said: "The people of Larne have been wanting this for quite some time.
"Obviously with the decision of Seatruck to pull out this year and the downsizing of FG Wilson there is going to be considerably less traffic on these roads."
At the moment, he said, the roads can still be very busy if, for example, there is a slow-moving tractor in one of the lanes.
"There's the safety aspect of the whole thing," Mr Niblock said.
"There's been numerous fatal incidents on that single carriageway... commuters to Belfast overtaking has always been a problem. There are a lot of blind bends on that nine miles of single carriageway from Larne to Belfast."
The DRD said: "The estimated improvement in travel time is approximately 35 per cent (up to five minutes) during peak hours and approximately 25 per cent savings (up to three minutes) during off peak times of travel."
Declan Allison from Friends of the Earth said that the amount of traffic on the roads tends to expand to fill the space available, and that adding extra capacity to ease congestion is like "loosening your belt to deal with obesity".
"It is inconsistent policy-making," he said. "There's a perfectly good railway line running the length of that route.
"Trains could travel faster, they could put more services on. It would cost them less money and be less hassle. They should be getting people out of cars and into public transport."
But the recession has raised question marks over the funding for the scheme.
The Republic's government promised a £400m funding pot to go towards road improvements in Ulster, some of which is earmarked for the A8 scheme.
So far £22m of the £400m has been paid to Stormont, split between the A8 and the A5 scheme in Londonderry.
But DRD said in a statement "the economic downturn has resulted in the Irish government deferring further funding for these schemes, with a commitment to provide £25m per annum in 2015 and 2016".


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NEW DELHI: Cabinet Committee on Investment (CCI), chaired by Prime Minister, will soon resolve Defence concerns at Krishna-Godavari and Mahanadi basins where energy firms, such as Reliance Industries (RIL) and Oil & Natural Gas Corp (ONGC), have prolific assets, oil ministry officials said.
"Defence establishments have some reservations on creating new permanent structure in the eastern coast. RIL already has huge infrastructure in its KG-D6 block, which can be used as common facility for other neighboring blocks," an official said requesting anonymity. ET reported it first on September 11 that ONGC's KG discoveries and RIL's NEC-25 finds might use surplus infrastructure at the D6 block.


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Carnival Magic Cruise Review by DeeDeeBakes: Tarnished Magic
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Tarnished Magic
Destination: Western Caribbean
Embarkation: Galveston
Cruising is our favorite way to vacation. We have had great experiences in the past, and this last trip was a bit disappointing. This was our second Carnival Cruise. The layout of the ship is weird. The dining room is on two levels and you have to go up one deck or down one deck to access from certain elevator locations. The food in the main dining room for the early seating was very disappointing. Very bland and many selections were just plain nasty. The beef stroganoff was inedible, and many other entrees were just bland and tasteless. Service was excellent however and very attentive and deserve 5 stars. The buffet was very good the times we visited. I will say that the Punchliner Brunch on seas days was excellent and we really enjoyed this unique idea.
Our cabin was fine and the steward great. The ship was very clean and well maintained. Again, all staff members were excellent and attentive. We did not use a lot of the ships features such as the water slides or More the spa but other passengers told us they were great. The entertainment was okay, nothing unique but enjoyable for the most part.
We will cruise out of Galveston again as we live in Texas and are looking forward to other cruise lines coming to Texas. We will cruise Carnival again as overall for the price it was a fantastic value. Less
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Nicely furnished, ok decor. There was a full sized tub which would be great for families with small kids, but we could have used the extra space for a second commode. Nice views from room and we were close to the elevators which was great as we are both disabled. Very clean and steward was excellent.Read All Deluxe Ocean View (6N) Reviews >>
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One of the best ways I have found to remember my friends and family on their birthdays is to make them cards ahead of time!
Spring Birthday Cards
By Stacey Kingman
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- Ideal for adding distinctive stamped embellishments to handmade cards, scrapbook pages or other paper craft projects
- Innovative clear design lets you see where you're stamping for perfectly placed embellishments without any wasted crafting materials
- Can be arranged and rearranged on stamp blocks in virtually limitless creative combinations
- Lasting stickiness means you can apply them and remove them from stamp blocks again and again
- Durable stamps provide crisply stamped images every time and won't yellow with age
- Stamps lay flat on their storage sheet to help save space
- For best results, use with our Stamp Block Set or Easy Stamp Press
- Make a Wish Clear Stamps (8"x8")
- Use cleanly punched-out designs as embellishments on homemade cards, scrapbook pages, collages and much more
- Unique design makes it up to 2X easier to punch shapes than other shape punches on the market
- Open head lets you see exactly where you are punching to eliminate mistakes
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- Nests with other punches for compact, convenient storage
- Printed shape provides easy identification to help you find the punch you're looking for quickly
- Extra-large punch design fits inside a 2" circle
- For use with 65-lb. cardstock or lower
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- Ideal for cutting circles anywhere on the page, great for adding windows to homemade cards and scrapbook pages
- Cuts circles from 1" to 8" with no preset increments for crafting versatility
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- Ideal for stamping craft projects like scrapbook pages, cards, invitations, collages and more with a variety of stamp sizes
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For the March birthdays I want to remember, I created a simple sketch, and made three completely different cards based on it. There's a playful one for a sweet friend with lots of pink, polka-dots, and stamped accents; a more masculine one for my nephew with primary colors and a fun, stamped cupcake; and a card for Grandma that is a bit more on the elegant side with an Asian floral influence and subtly embossed texture. It feels great to have these cards ready to go!
Birdie Card Instructions:
1. Create card base by trimming cardstock to 4" X 6". Fold in half. Using the circle cutter, cut a 2 1/2" hole on the upper front of the card base.
2. Cut a solid green piece of cardstock 3 3/4" X 5 3/4". Use the stylus and Texture Plate to create the raised grid pattern. Using the circle cutter, cut a 2" hole on the upper front of the rectangle so that it fits over the window on the card base.
3. Cut a 1" X 8" strip of patterned paper to wrap around the lower front of the card.
4. Machine stitch around the border of the card front.
5. Print sentiment on cream cardstock and trim to 1/2" X 4", notch ends with scissors.
6. Using the Compact Stamp Press, stamp the large image from the Asian Inspired Clear Stamp Set onto the inside of the card.
7. Punch an XL Seal of Approval out of brown cardstock. Adhere with Foam Adhesive inside cut-out circle.
8. Punch a bird and adhere in the center of the Seal of Approval shape.
9. Cut a 1" X 4" strip of patterned paper, adhere. Cut and notch sentiment and adhere.
10. Add adhesive gems to card front on either side of the sentiment.
Cupcake Card Instructions:
1. Create card base by trimming cardstock to 4" X 6". Fold in half.
2. Cut patterned paper that is 3 3/4" X 5 3/4". Adhere to card front.
3. Cut red patterned paper to 2 1/2" X 3", adhere to the upper front.
4. Use a black pen to outline the three pieces.
5. Using the Stamp Block Set, stamp the cupcake and candle pieces onto cardstock and patterned paper. Cut the pieces out and adhere, using Foam Adhesive to adhere the icing. Stamp sentiment below cupcake.
6. Adhere gems to the icing with a larger gem on the candle.
7. Cut patterned paper that is 3 3/4" X 5 3/4". Adhere to card inside. Use a black pen to outline the patterned paper.
8. Stamp sentiment on inside.
Dot Card Instructions:
1. Create card base by trimming cardstock to 4" X 6". Fold in half.
2. Cut patterned paper that is 3 3/4" X 5 3/4". Adhere to card front.
3. Cut a 5 3/4" X 1" strip of striped patterned paper, adhere.
4. Machine stitch around edge.
5. Punch an XL Seal of approval, adhere with Foam Dots.
6. Stamp sentiment, punch out with the Large Round ën Round Squeeze Punch. Adhere in Seal of Approval circle. Adhere gem to center.
7. Cut patterned paper that is 3 3/4" X 5 3/4". Adhere to card inside.
8. Cut a 5 3/4" X 1" strip of striped patterned paper, adhere.
9. Stamp sentiment along a 5 3/4" X 3/4" strip of cardstock, adhere below patterned strip.
10. Machine stitch around edge.
11. Stamp a birthday gift on the back and sign your name.
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'Magnificat' by Michael McKay
10:30 AM on Sunday, December 16, 2012
Venue: Westminster United Church
Neighbourhood: Centre
Blessing Of The Animals Service
4:00 PM on Sunday, October 2, 2011
All pets (& their families) welcome - hope to beat last year's record attendance!...
Venue: St.George's Anglican, Transcona
Neighbourhood: Transcona
9:30 AM on Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Aglow, Winnipeg Southwest Lighthouse, an interdenominational Christian group, welcomes men and women to a Full Breakfast, a time of Praise,Prayer and Spiritual Enrichment, On Nov 1, 2011 at 9:30 am till noon, at the Assiniboine Gordon Inn on the park, 1975 Portage Avenue. Bring a friend and come
Venue: Assiniboine Gordon Inn on the Park
Neighbourhood: The Sou'wester (Southwest)
Festival of Lights
10:30 AM on Sunday, December 9, 2012
Venue: First Unitarian Universalist Church
Neighbourhood: Winnipeg
Mighty Men of Valour Breakfast Meeting
8:30 AM on Saturday, December 8, 2012
Guest speaker Pastor Ray. For information call
Venue: Canad Inns Garden City
Neighbourhood: Winnipeg
Vivaldi's 'Gloria'
10:30 AM on Sunday, December 23, 2012
presentation of Antonio Vivaldi's
Venue: Westminster United Church
Neighbourhood: Centre
Wpg Central Aglow December meeting
7:00 PM on Monday, December 17, 2012
Reserve: Marion 204-736-2341 or Florida
Venue: Best Western Inn and Suites
Neighbourhood: Winnipeg
Christmas Eve Celebration
9:00 PM on Monday, December 24, 2012
Church of the Good Shepherd Anglican carol singing and candlelight communion, Caledon in Trinity United Church building
Venue: Church of the Good Shepherd Anglican
Neighbourhood: Winnipeg , Fort Richmond
The Coming Of God - A Service of Advent Lessons and Carols
7:00 PM on Sunday, December 16, 2012
Venue: Young United Church
Neighbourhood: Winnipeg
Daytimers' Worship Service
1:00 PM on Thursday, October 20, 2011
Join us for a senior friendly hymn sing worship service with Holy Communion, coffee & fellowship.
Venue: Sherwood Park Lutheran Church
Neighbourhood: North Kildonan
Open Discussion: Climate Change Positive Action
10:30 AM on Sunday, December 23, 2012
led by Curt Hull from Climate Change Connections
Venue: Manitoba Buddhist Temple
Neighbourhood: Winnipeg
Labyrinth Solstice Walk
6:30 PM on Thursday, December 20, 2012
Venue: St Peter's Anglican Church
Neighbourhood: Winnipeg , River Heights
Winter Solstice 2012 Event - A Sacred Celebration of Sound
7:00 PM on Friday, December 21, 2012
Venue: St. George's Anglican Church Crescentwood
Neighbourhood: Winnipeg
The Spirit of the Christmas Tree
10:30 AM on Sunday, December 16, 2012
Venue: Unitarian Universalist Church of Winnipeg
Neighbourhood: Winnipeg , City Centre
Southwest Winnipeg Christmas Service
7:00 PM on Sunday, December 23, 2012
Venue: Linden Woods Community Center - multi-purpose room
Neighbourhood: Winnipeg , The Metro (West) , The Sou'wester (Southwest) , Lindenwoods , Whyte Ridge


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The 18th Epcot International Flower & Garden Festival will celebrate all-things Pixar, including the upcoming release of Cars 2, during Pixars 25th Anniversary Weekend May 13-15 at Epcot.
Mater from Cars and Cars 2 leads the celebration, which will include special Pixar character meet and greets, kids activities, informational discussions by Pixar filmmakers and more.
World Showplace (located between the Canada and United Kingdom pavilions), will serve as the celebration headquarters. Inside, families can enjoy meet and greets with characters from The Incredibles, Toy Story 3, Monsters, Inc. and Up, or browse a photo gallery that calls out some of Pixars best Easter eggs from past films. There also will be an art gallery that displays the creative work that went in to Pixar films.
World Showplace also will be the setting for informational discussions by Pixar filmmakers: Composer Michael Giacchino, Producer Jonas Rivera and Cars Franchise Guardian Jay Ward (pictured above). Discussions will take place May 14-15 (times are still TBD).
And the Pixar fun will continue throughout World Showcase, where characters from Toy Story, Ratatouille and A Bugs Life wait to greet guests. Kids also can play the Cars 2 Race Around the World Showcase game by picking up a booklet with clues that send them on a journey to specific World Showcase pavilions, where theyll receive more clues, and receive a reward at the end. (All entertainment is subject to change).


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Here's hoping Sam Querry, who made his third consecutive quarterfinal in LA after defeating compatriot Ryan Sweeting 6-3, 6-7(5), 6-3, keeps up his winning ways for obvs reasons.
I mean, you can't really argue with shirtless boys who love tennis.
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When: Friday, 6 May 2005, 09:00 - 10:30Where: C58, Clarion Hotel, Stockholm, SEMinute Taker: Adrian BedfordQuick Update from the RIPE NCC Regarding IPv6 Services(Ruud de Kooter - RIPE NCC)After the presentation, Ruud was asked if there were plans tointegrate the IPv6 whois interface with the main whois. Currently theproxy cannot talk to the interface and this hampers some functionality(such as rate limiting). Ruud asked Shane Kerr to answer this. Shaneexplained that the RIPE NCC has a v6 proxy running over a v4 databasebackend. The RIPE NCC has been looking at how people use the databasefor two years and patterns suggest that now would be a good time tointegrate native IPv6 into the server using /48 as a clientidentifier.Discussion on: Global IPv6 Routing Table Status(Gert Doering, Spacenet)Gert indicated that the Routing Working Group was discussing bestpractices for BGP filters. The overall thrust of the presentation wasthat v6 is growing smoothly with no big disasters so far. A questionwas asked about ratio comparison between the numbers of AutonomousSystems (AS) announced by IPv6 networks as opposed to v4. The currentdata suggests that there are 1.419 announced entries per originatingAS for v6 and 10.308 for v4. A point was made that Deutsche Telecom(DT), who have one of the largest v6 allocations made to date wouldnot announce their block as one AS, they would be more likely to splitthis and allocate blocks to different service providers for politicalreasons. Someone from DT commented that the company has the right todo this, though denied that the move was in any way politicallymotivated.Renumbering IPv6 Networks(Stig Venaas, Uninett & Tim Chown, University of Southampton)After the presentation, it was mentioned that we are assuming thatcustomers of service providers will keep their space, yet ten yearsago major providers did force renumbering onto customers. It wasagreed that renumbering of IPv6 is, at least in principal, nodifferent to what happened with v4.Developments/Initiatives Regarding IPv6 in the RIPE Region and Beyond- Francis Dupont: Point6 (http://www.point6.net/- Gert Doering: A new maillist for discussion of ipv6 operational issues was started: http://lists.cluenet.de/mailman/listinfo/ipv6-ops/ After the announcement of the list, it was agreed that having a publicly available archive of this new list would be a good idea. Although it exists on the site that hosts the list, this is a personal website and for stability purposes, maybe a copy of the archive should be placed elsewhere. It was felt that the RIPE website was unsuitable for this.- Carlos Friacas: o IPv6 - Advanced Network Development's first year in Portugal o 9K IPv6 Schools' Network Initiative o About the IPv6 Steering CommitteeRevisiting the /48 recommendationThere was a lengthy discussion around RFC 3177. It was made clear thatthe discussion was not intended to reach final consensus on all theissues involved, but merely to serve as a way to get an idea about thegeneral direction on where the community would like to go to make itpossible to write up an initial proposal.Many agreed that the /48 is too much for many users for now and in thefuture. A discussion followed about how we should define a site withthe suggestion that we need to accept that this can remain a greyarea, which is not at all well defined right now. Discussion is neededaround this topic, though the group tended to accept that it might notbe easy to put down limits in black and white.Most people in the room felt that RFC3177 needs a revision. Mostpeople felt that the /48 limit itself doesn't need to be changed, butmost agreed that there is a need for a new category that fallssomewhere between /48 and /64 for users that have a need forsubnetting but for which a /48 seems excessive. This category wouldfit the mass consumermarket or (very) small office market, however, itwas noted that we should base the category on technical needs of theuser, not in economic terms like mass consumer market.It is expected that an Internet Draft will be written that can bediscussed at RIPE 51.


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Dr Sanderson is a health psychology research scientist with a particular interest in the intersection between genomics, communication and behavior. Her research focuses on the cognitive, emotional and behavioral impact of providing patients with personal genomic information. She also works on the upstream communication of complex genomic information and assisting patients make informed decisions about receiving personal genomic results.
Dr Sanderson is one of the Principal Investigators of the Institute of Personalized Medicine (IPM) Project ENGAGE (Engaging Neighborhoods in General and Personalized Genomics Education). She is also Co-Investigator on the National Human Genome Research Insitute (NHGRI) - funded U01 grant 'Biorepositories for Genomic Medicine in Diverse Communities', and a member of the CERC (Consent, Education, Regulation and Consultation) workgroup of NHGRI's 'Electronic Medical Records and Genomics' (eMERGE) II Network.
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Physicians and scientists on the faculty of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai often interact with pharmaceutical, device and biotechnology companies to improve patient care, develop new therapies and achieve scientific breakthroughs. In order to promote an ethical and transparent environment for conducting research, providing clinical care and teaching, Mount Sinai requires that salaried faculty inform the School of their relationships with such companies.
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I was using the skater as a carrot, but didn't get close. I maintained 20-21 mph for a little while.
The guy had impressive speed. He wasn't in focusing range very long for me to read roadskater.net on his jersey!


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The City contracts with Infrastructure Alternatives for the day-to-day operation of the Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP). Mr. Russ Johnson is the Operator of Record for the City's Wastewater Treatment Plant.
Russ married his wife Catina shortly after graduating high school and enlisting in the military. Russ proudly served in the Army as a Unit Supply Sergeant for 2 years in the great state of Oklahoma. He then returned to his home town of Calumet, Michigan and began working in the waste treatment department for a small printed circuit board factory. In 2001 Russ, his wife, and two daughters Noelle and Molly made the move to West Michigan to accept a job working for Infrastructure Alternatives, furthering his career in water treatment. After running multiple water and wastewater treatment facilities throughout the West Michigan area, Russ was given the opportunity to become the Operator of Record for the City of Cedar Springs Wastewater Treatment Facility in July of 2008. Russ likes to spend his free time four wheeling, snowmobiling, skiing, playing hockey and listening to all types of music with the exception of the country variety.


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I'm looking to build up a 9 speed bike and would like to use downtube shifters but they seem pretty elusive. So far I have come up with the following options:
Shimano Dura-Ace 7700 (Old but still availible)
Sunrace SLR90
Dia Compe Silver (Retrofriction - not indexed)
Are there any other options for 9 speed indexed or retrofriction shifters? I'm currently leaning towards the Silver unless I get a find a good deal on the Dura-Ace.


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Best Ever Chinese:A Collection Of Over100 Essential Recipes : Best Ever Chinese features over 100 easy-to-follow recipes, plus a full color photograph of each finished dish to ensure the right result, every time. Suitable for both experienced and novice cooks, this book is packed with inspiring ideas that will leave you spoiled for choice.
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I think I got it. The Ottawa citizen wrote an article about an organization I belong to before we got our name trade marked. I bought the article to reprint as part of a promotional brochure for our organization which is a non profit organization. I would like to leave the article in it's original form and content.
I think I have "implied permission" as I bought an paid for a copy of the article???
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WHEELING - It was the consistent second- and third-place finishes that helped propel the Linsly boys' and girls' swim teams to a pair of victories against Wheeling Park during a Wednesday night meet at Linsly's campus pool.
Linsly's boys won 97-72, while the Cadets girls pulled out a 97-71 victory against the Patriots.
"It was the No. 2 and No. 3 swimmers who came through. A lot of the second and third people stepped up real big," Linsly coach Bill Brubaker said. "We had some good swims. We still have to work on the little things - things off the foot turns - things that we do with our starts, but as far as how we are swimming ... everything is looking really good right now.''
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Linsly standout Zoe Scarpone makes her way to victory Wednesday night in the 100-yard butterfly
Wheeling Park coach Pat Durkin said while some of the times were very good, other times may have been a bit slow. He said it is still early in the season and he is looking forward to a meet scheduled for Saturday.
Six members of the Linsly squad took first place on both of their individual events. On the girls' side - Carleigh West won the 200- and 500-yard freestyle and Zoe Scarpone won the 200 IM and the 100 butterfly.
On the boys' side, Reese Boyd took the 200 and 500 freestyles, Kevin Pietz claimed the 100 butterfly and 100 yard backstroke, Drew Bastian won the 200 IM and the 100 breaststroke, and Liam McNeil took the 50 and 100 freestyles.
Park's Kaitlyn Curnes won both the 100 freestyle and 100 breaststroke.
Both the Linsly boys' and girls' teams improved their records to 6-0 on the season.


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Nominated for 2014: Best downtown area. The Town of Cornelius is a highly diverse community with ten public parks, a wide variety of housing opportunities, vibrant retail and office centers and a championship golf course. It is the second youngest of Mecklenburg County's six incorporated towns, was founded in 1893, but not incorporated until March 4, 1905. The town's origin has been traced by many historians to a dispute over cotton weighing.


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Michael Kors took inspiration from the women in his family for his venture into the world of make-up.
"My grandmother was over-the-top glam — she worshipped at the altar of Elizabeth Taylor. She loved jewellery, she loved colour, she loved pattern, and she was definitely a woman who liked to enter a room with lots of bravado," Kors told WWD.
"And I then had the absolute opposite in my mother, who wore very natural make-up, very little print, was very laid-back and relaxed and sporty" he adds. "And then I think about my coming of age when I went to FIT. It was the moment of 'What defines what sexy is?' I thought about someone that was really full of confidence — if her skirt unwrapped when she sat? Not a problem. So, I think those three things — sexy, sporty and glam — have always been the DNA of Michael Kors" said Kors.
But the designer doesn't believe you are necessarily one or the other like his grandmother and mother. "In a strange way, the Michael Kors woman really is all three of those things — it's just that she feels more strongly about one of them at certain given times. So I asked myself, how can we express that both with colour and with fragrance?"
The answer is three distinct collections – Sporty, Sexy and Glam. Each has two lip lacquers, two glosses and two nail polishes. Sporty is a palette of nude taupes; Sexy includes bold reds, while Glam is brought to life through deep plums and violets. There will also be three bronzers, self tanners, shimmer body oil and after sun (among other products), because the Michael Kors woman is always tanned.
What you won't find are the basics like mascara or foundation, these collections are about creating a look not stocking up your make-up bag with essentials.
There will also be a fragrance to sit with each collection – Sporty Citrus, Sexy Amber and Glam Jasmine each fragrance is distinct but white flowers (which Kors has a special affinity are present in each scent, creating a subtle continuity between the three).
"It's wardrobing in the beauty world the way I do in clothing and accessories," Kors said.
The products will be available in Macy's in the US where the store has a year-long exclusive. Globally you'll be able to get your hands on the products from the Michael Kors stores.
Check out the campaign images shot by Mario Testino and featuring Kors' muse Karmen Pedaru above and let us know what you think of the collection on Twitter @ELLEBEAUTYTEAM


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Travel as a vehicle for spiritual transformation is hardly a new notion - seekers have practiced the act of pilgrimage for as long as they've looked up to the skies and attempted communion with a higher power.
Even in today's short-attention-span society, setting out to honor the divine or ponder the mysterious is a time-honored tradition that refuses to wane with the changing tides of our technologically-driven lives.
ShermansTravel.com put together a list of 10 sacred places that showcases points of perceived power and peace around the globe, where the physical appears to meld seamlessly with the metaphysical whether due to awe-inspiring natural settings, reported ties to great gods or holy humans, or long-standing consecration as sites of worship and ritual. (Huffington Post Travel also compiled a list of the more unexpected sacred places around the world.)
Text courtesy of ShermanTravel.com, adapted from "Top 10 Sacred Places."
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We will examine many of the challenges and opportunities in carbon capture and sequestration. Speakers will discuss early results from some of the path-breaking demonstration plants that have been commissioned in recent months. View Now!
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