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Cabbies have been celebrating after gaining nationally recognised qualifications.
Staff of Intack and Central Private Hire in partnership with the Private Hire Association of Birmingham celebrated the end of their QCF/NVQ programme by presenting certificates to Private Hire learners.
The NVQ Certificate in Road Passenger Vehicle Driving has been developed to enable learners to demonstrate their skills as professional drivers within the Taxi and Private Hire industry.
The Private Hire Association and the Taxi Drivers Associates are now part of a wider national group called the National Institute of Professional Drivers (NIPD).
As well as being the standard setters for the industry nationwide, the NIPD is committed to support all professional drivers by providing a very large range of services that include: Legal Services, Account Services, Accident Management Services, Vehicle Maintenance and Financial Services.
They are also specialists at providing advice, guidance and support in the following areas: Licensing, Enforcement, Vehicle MOT and committee hearings.
The NIPD/Private Hire Association and insurance underwriters have been working in partnership to secure an arrangement that will see individual drivers receiving an unbelievable 25% discount on their annual taxi insurance policy. They are hoping to encourage more drivers to take advantage of their annual membership.
For further information you may call 0121 6666777, www.privatehireassociation.co.uk or www.nipd.org.uk


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Roxanne Roberts and Krissah Thompson, Washington Post
– Eleven days after the presidential election, 100 people were invited to the home of Vernon and Ann Jordan. The guest of honor was former Time Warner chief Richard Parsons, but the belle of the ball was Valerie Jarrett, one of Barack Obama's best friends and a newly named White House senior adviser.
All night the Jordans' guests — many VIPs in their own right — surrounded Jarrett, eager to introduce themselves and welcome her to D.C. Business as usual. Every four or eight years, Washington's primarily white, influential, moneyed set rushes to cozy up to the new power brokers in town: Texans when George W. Bush arrived, Arkansas buddies when Bill Clinton came to town. The city's high-level social scene — dinners, black-tie fundraisers, receptions, ubiquitous book parties — is the place where money and experience are subtly traded for access and influence.
Except for the first time the face of ultimate power is African American. With a black first family in the White House and a diverse group of appointees and Cabinet nominees, the all-white dinner party feels all wrong. Certain hosts are suddenly grappling with a new reality: They need some black friends. Overnight, black politicians, lawyers and journalists are hot properties, receiving engraved invitations from people they never got invitations from before.
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text: The hotel Stepnaya Palmira ia a new elegant hotel locataed in the city centre near Administration building the house of Soviets and The Central Square. Hotel s apperance and interior made in an exceptional authority style ensure a comfort for guests of the hotel. A lift transparent stairs and a mirror cascade create a favourable atmosphere for the rest after business conversation and private meetings. The hotel Stepnaya Palmira has 30 rooms such a s Standard/ Business/ Luxe/ and Suite. An Air Conditioning- telephone-colorTV with cable canals CNN EuroNews-WiFi-safe. the hotel has a restaurant and fitness centre


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The inaugural Suburbia Music Festival at Oak Point Park and Nature Preserve in Plano, Texas is, among many things, a giant experiment. Live Nation took what I like to call a "book it, and they will come" approach, betting on the biggest names across a myriad of genres to lure music-hungry residents in North Texas.
Saturday, the turnout was commendable for bands like Run The Jewels, Alabma Shakes, Midlake and Reverend Horton Heat. If you're planning on making you're way out to the nature preserve Sunday afternoon, here are five tips for rockin' the suburb.
1. Bring water. Suburbia Music Festival allows every festivarian to bring up to one liter of water and there is a refilling station up the hill by the JC Penny Backyard.
2. Bounce around. Because the Oak Point Park and Nature Preserve is enormous, it's not difficult to find a great spot at any of the three stages. In turn, there's not really a need for camping out in between sets. Explore the venue itself, which boasts a little bit of forestation and hills that make the space a natural amphitheater, as well as bands you may have never heard.
3. Enjoy the amenities. There's plenty of fun stuff to do beyond watch music. You'll find games such as toss-across, bocce ball and jumbo Jenga in the JC Penny backyard, a photobooth in the Strongbow lounge and wide open field if you happen to bring a frisbee.
4. If you're bringing the kiddos, know the bands aren't holding back. Especially at the Cedar Room stage, where most of the rap and hip-hop acts played Saturday, cuss words were aplenty, and alcohol and drug references were not edited just because it's an all-ages event.
5. The Dos XX stage is not really a stage. It's actually a lookout, where patrons can go to the second floor and see the nature preserve through viewfinders. I mistook it for the Prairie Stage Saturday, until we heard Midlake playing from beyond the trees.
Bonus: Don't buy Third Eye Blind's new album. The '90s alt-rock pioneers played to an adoring crowd near sundown Saturday. The old songs were great for the nostalgia-inducing riffs, even though lead singer Stephan Jenkins couldn't hit a note to save his reputation. He harped on the fact the band is not on tour, but in the studio finishing up a new album. They played two new songs, neither of which I would recommend.


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Edit: After half day, my wife's Mac started having the same problem. I have then applied the solution that I found in the Apple
Do You Need An iPhone?
Smart phones today are becoming more and more advanced with a huge number of apps and accessories that can make your life run a lot easier and smoother. Apple is to thank for many of these advancements; if it were not for them pushing the envelope other companies would not have known how to follow. But regardless of this, Apple is known as the industry leader in the creation and implementation of smart devices. First came the iPod which revolutionised portable music (and meant that we no longer had to lug around those large and heavy portable CD players) and today they have released their newest operating system, with the iCloud cloud storage system not too far behind. iOS5 comes with a wide range of built in apps and services that will see the iPhone brought up to speed with other devices—this is the first time that Apple devices will have a notification centre as well as wireless syncing.
Sure, iOS5 looks great and the iPhone 4S will have two antenna making it easier for calls to stay connected rather than dropping out, but if you are looking for a smart way to stay connected this author asks the question: do you need an iPhone?
For the longest time the iPhone was the only Apple device that allowed you to stay connected; you could not place calls from your iPod classic and you could not message from your iPod nano. While you still cannot do either of those things from those specific devices, the iPod touch again changed the face of mobile computing technology, and now it seems that with this device you no longer need a phone to make calls or texts.
Using a phone to place calls is so 2010, in 2011 mac introduced FaceTime, a brand new way of having video calls. The iPod touch comes with this great app that allows you to make and place video calls with anybody else who has the same app. You're not just limited to calling another mobile device as you are with a normal cell phone but you can call and talk to someone on their iMac from your iPod. Because it only uses data you may even get the call for free if you have found free Wi-Fi or 3G like at a school, library, airport, cafe, or another public place. And because all Apple mobile devices have the ability to be synced you can receive a FaceTime talk even what you're not at home. The account is linked so if someone calls to talk to you on your iMac they will get you on your iPod if you're out for a walk or heading to class. You can set FaceTime to be always on or you can manually set the times if you don't want to be interrupted while at work or in class. FaceTime makes communication easier for everyone. With your large iPod touch display screen you can now have conversations in sign language without having to invest in costly machines.
Of course, voice and face chats aren't the only way to communicate in today's world and sometimes it's easier to text through information like an address. There used to be no way to do this on an iPod, but with the iOS update launching today (the 12th of October) in most countries you can. The new iMessage app uses data to connect with people via text messages. But it's a lot more than that with the ability to send photos and website links through as well. This is just like a text message service, only free and better. With iMessage you will get confirmation that the message has been received and with read receipts you will be informed when it has been read. You will see an icon down the bottom of the screen when the other person is typing, and you can send messages to multiple people and have a group conversation. iMessage is available on all iOS mobile devices so you can use your iPod to chat with someone on their iPad.
With these two new great apps the gap between the iPod and the iPhone is closing rapidly. Because you can have a lot of the same apps on the iPod touch there is no longer a major difference between the two so you can ask yourself; 'do I need an iPhone?'
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- Australia, Female, 18-24
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Fusion Guesthouse, Salvador, Brazil
Had such a good time, the atmosphere and general vibes of the hostel and its staff are so relaxed and easy going, lockers and great security, although the location was not in the greatest of streets its right in the middle of Pelourinho the historical center and it makes for excellent people watching out the window! fantastic lunch restaurant right next door and a kitchen that is not great but definitely better than none! Would definitely go back
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- Australia, Female, 18-24
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Hostel Amigo Suites Downtown, Mexico City, Mexico
An over all amazing experience, for the price of the hostel its the best quality you can find in arequipa hands down
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Wheatley Lane, Ben Rhydding
Dacre, Son & Hartley, Ilkley
(01943) 600655
SET IN spacious mature gardens, this four bedroom home has ample scope to be enlarged.
With pleasant views to the rear up to the Cow and Calf rocks and to the front across the valley towards Denton, the 1930s property has a through sitting room, separate dining room, breakfast kitchen with pantry and two garages.
There is a covered entrance with quarry tiled floor and a reception hall with understairs storage and a cloakroom with corner wash basin, wc and coat rail.
The spacious through sitting room is a light and airy space with windows to three sides, the front bay window having stained glass leaded light motifs. There is access to a south-facing loggia overlooking the rear garden, and the room also has a ceiling cornice and stone fireplace with Baxi grate slate hearth, timber mantel and extension plinths.
The dining room has a bay window with a pleasant outlook over the rear garden, ceiling cornice, picture rail and sliding doors to the hallway.
Fitted with a range of cupboards, laminate worktops and a double drainer sink, the breakfast kitchen has an integrated four-ring electric hob and double electric oven with grill, plumbing for a washing machine and laminate flooring.
There is a pantry with fitted shelving and a rear entrance hall containing the floor-mounted, gas-fired central heating boiler.
Upstairs, the landing has an oriel window with splendid views across the valley. The master bedroom is a large through room with windows to three sides including an oriel feature window to the front with stained glass leaded light motifs. It has access to a south-facing rear balcony with views up to the Cow and Calf rocks and a wrought iron balustrade.
There are two further double bedrooms - both having a wash basin and one with a bay window and fitted wardrobe providing ample storage – and a single bedroom with oriel window with stained glass leaded light motifs and a fitted cupboard with shelving.
The bathroom has a panelled bath, wash basin, airing cupboard with cylinder, mirror-fronted medicine cabinet and electric shaver point, and there is a separate half-tiled wc.
The property has parking for several vehicles, with an adjoining double garage with light and power plus an additional single garage, and a spacious forecourt.
The front garden has mature plants, shrubs and a rockery, but the majority of the gardens are to the rear, being south-facing and enclosed by mature hedging. The latter includes a block-paved patio and the loggia feature which leads to a raised rose garden, beyond which is a lawn with rockery and borders. Towards the rear of the garden is a caged soft fruit garden, further soft fruit bushes and a poultry run.


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Classic Album Covers- Crosby, Stills, and Nash
It's summer of 1969. You just watched Neal Armstrong walk on the moon in July. Now in August, you want some excitement before you head to college. You and your friends want to head to Woodstock, New York for the Woodstock Music & Art Fair. One of the acts you have your eyes set on is Crosby, Stills, and Nash.Crosby, Stills & Nash presented a new style of music in rock and roll. They played folk, blues, and even jazz without sounding boring or the same. They initiated a sea change in music taking bands away from blues-based rock music on loud guitars.
The original vinyl LP was released in a gatefold sleeve that depicted the band members in large fur parkas with a sunset in the background on the gatefold (shot in Big Bear, California, as well as the iconic cover art. A long folded page inside displayed the album credits, lyrics, track listing, as well as a quasi-psychedelic pencil drawing. On the cover the members are, left to right, Nash, Stills, and Crosby, for no particular reason, the reverse of the order of the album title. The photo was taken by their friend and photographer Henry Diltz before they came up with a name for the group. They found an abandoned house, north of 809 Palm Avenue, across from a Santa Monica car wash that they thought would be a perfect fit for their "image"."
Track Listing
Side One
1) "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes"
2) "Marrakesh Express"
3) "Guinnevere"
4) "You Don't Have to Cry"
5) "Pre-Road Downs"
Side Two
1) "Wooden Ships"
2) "Lady of the Island"
3) "Helplessly Hoping"
4) "Long Time Gone"
5) "49 Bye-Byes"
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For many hockey fans, the ever-constant presence of rink board advertising tends to blend into the background. But those watching the match-up between the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday night may take a longer look at those advertisers' signs.
That's because many of the boards framing the ice at Toronto's Air Canada Centre will be written in Chinese.
It's an attempt on the part of Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment Ltd. to take advantage of a new television deal the National Hockey League has secured. This year, 87 NHL games are being broadcast on China's CCTV network, 12 of them Leafs games.
MLSE does not receive any of the TV rights fees for national and international broadcast deals, but the company recognized that the NHL's efforts to grow its presence in China could be a valuable opportunity for its advertisers.
"I've said, 'Do you realize your ads are being seen by nearly one million Chinese people?' They can't believe it," Dave Hopkinson, MLSE's chief commercial officer, said.
For Saturday's game, 11 advertisers agreed to place Chinese-language rink boards, including Purolator Inc., BlackBerry Ltd., Bank of Nova Scotia and Avis Budget Group Inc., among others.
CCTV measures its TV audiences in households, not in individuals, which makes it difficult to compare the ratings with those in Canada. But according to Mr. Hopkinson, the broadcasts there are already attracting roughly 300,000 households, on average. One million viewers may be a generous estimate, but that's still significant viewership. Even very small viewership in China, relative to its population, yields numbers that approach a big ratings night in hockey-mad Canada. Last Saturday's Hockey Night in Canada broadcast on CBC, for example, brought in a Canadian audience of nearly 1.5 million.
"Effectively, you've doubled your audience," said Mary De Paoli, chief marketing officer at Sun Life Financial Inc., which sponsors the Maple Leafs. The company will be advertising its Chinese business, a joint venture with China Everbright Group, called Sun Life Everbright.
CCTV shows the games, with its own play-by-play, live on television and online. The timing is not ideal: A 7 p.m. ET game here is 7 a.m. in Beijing. So the network re-airs the games in prime time.
The opportunity to speak to an audience here at home is also part of the appeal for advertisers. "It helps us to stand out in the Canadian Chinese community, which is already a large market, but a quickly growing one, here in Canada," Ms. De Paoli said.
New Canadians are an important target for the NHL as it seeks out new fans. The CBC cancelled its Punjabi-language Hockey Night in Canada broadcasts in 2011 because of a lack of sponsorship, but a deal with Chevrolet Canada resurrected the show.
For the NHL, the broadcast deal in China is part of an effort to grow the game internationally. Professional basketball is already wildly popular there. If pro hockey can cultivate a fan base, it is a huge growth opportunity – not just for the league, but for advertisers and team owners. If Chinese fans begin pushing for more game broadcasts in that country, it means that team sponsorships could become more valuable international marketing opportunities.
"How many more people can hockey get in Canada? ... We haven't got a whole lot of head room here," Mr. Hopkinson said. "If we're going to dramatically grow the game, we need to look internationally."
It is not the first time the NHL has sought a global audience: In 2008, the league signed a broadcast agreement with the Hong Kong-based All Sports Network to televise hockey games in Asian countries including India and China. But individual teams and their advertisers have rarely focused on audiences abroad.
"It's brand new for the Maple Leafs," Mr. Hopkinson said.
Purolator's sign will have the brand name in English, and the slogan, "Canada's Leading Express Carrier," in Chinese.
"It's an attention-getter, I think," Ramsey Mansour, Purolator's vice-president of marketing, said. "It seemed like a natural fit for us. This is a great way for us to connect with a multicultural, global audience."
MLSE itself is also working to speak to that audience. Its Raptors basketball team, for example, signed China-based Peak Sports as a sponsor in 2012. Mr. Hopkinson will be in China on Saturday, and through next week, speaking to potential sponsors there about opportunities with both the Maple Leafs and the Raptors. He will also be meeting with CCTV to discuss partnerships.
"China is really waking up to pro sport, in a way that the prior generation of Chinese did not," Mr. Hopkinson said. "And one of the sports that has attracted their attention is hockey."
Editor's Note: An earlier version of this story incorrectly spelled the name of Purolator's vice-president of marketing, Ramsey Mansour. This online version has been corrected.
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I don't understand how people can get so lost on this show...especially when they stop and ask for directions. Driving around for 3 hours?? First to last that quickly? I understand people have issues with finding their way out of a paper bag, but really?? Stop, get clear directions, use the internet, write them down...something!! And I know England can be confusing- my mother is British, so I've spent some time there...but goodness!
And not learning a stick shift or at least practicing it if it's been awhile? That's just a given before going on the race.
Loved all the fun stuff this leg...the turtle shells had me laughing!
I didn't hate anyone (surprise!). I started to dislike Team Tinkerbell (don't know why they are called that), but maybe the boyfriend caught a clue after this leg so I will reserve judgement until next week. Love the lady doctors and the Gleeks. It seems like there are a lot of women this time around- maybe they are trying to ensure an all girl team wins. I thought I wouldn't like Miss. Beauty Pagent-Kentucky girl, but she kind-of won me over tonight. I reserve the right to change my mind as she may become annoying after a few legs. So far- so good!


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Test it your way
This article is part of EDN's Hot Technologies: Looking ahead to 2013 feature, where EDN editors and guest contributors examine some of the hot trends and technologies in 2012 that promise to shape technology news in 2013 and beyond.
This year, as I walked the trade-show floors and met with test and measurement equipment vendors at their sites and mine, I was impressed by the increased capabilities of "alternative" test equipment. This category includes what has been dubbed virtual or software-defined instrumentation, providing programmable functionality that can change an instrument from an oscilloscope to a spectrum analyzer at the touch of a button. Product examples are available from such companies as National Instruments, Aeroflex, and Geotest.
This new class of instruments seeks to leverage the hardware that multiple traditional instruments have in common, using software to define the test functionality as needed. In addition to switching instrument functionality, some of the latest instruments incorporate FPGAs to speed test time and let designers define test setups, protocols, and triggers on the fly. Never before have you had so much flexibility to define your test, your way, to get the job done.
For example, National Instruments staked a firm claim in software-defined instrumentation with the PXIe-5644R vector-signal transceiver (Figure 1). Introduced in August, the instrument combines the functionality of a vector-signal analyzer, vector-signal generator, and high-speed digital I/O in a single, three-slot PXI (PCI Extensions for Instrumentation) module. With an FPGA on board, the PXIe-5644R lets users modify software and firmware using NI's LabVIEW software.
Figure 1 NI's PXIe-5644R seeks to define an entirely new type of instrument, the vector-signal transceiver, which can be reprogrammed using software to change functionality.
Aeroflex has been working with synthetic instruments for more than 10 years. Some of its solutions, such as the 7700 series, are designed to speed production test by providing signal generation, measurements, and DUT control in a single unit (Figure 2).
Figure 2 The Aeroflex vector-signal generator emulates a spectrum analyzer, vector network analyzer, oscilloscope, power meter, frequency counter, noise-figure meter, and microwave transition analyzer.
Strides in FPGA technology are responsible for much of what is making programmable instrumentation possible. Geotest has developed a user-programmable FPGA-based product line that includes the GX3700 and GX3700e (PXI and PXI Express, respectively) instruments, which use Altera's Stratix III FPGA. The Altera device supports SerDes data rates up to 1.2 Gbits/sec, offers digital I/O clock rates of 700 MHz, and features more than 45,000 logic elements and 1.836 kbits of memory (Figure 3). Expect the power of software programmability to enable a whole new breed of instruments in the coming years.
Figure 3 The electronic signals
to the controller chip embedded
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a data bus, read/write, clock,
backlight control, contrast control,
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- Handheld test gear. Surprising capabilities from handheld test equipment (figures 4 and 5) take advantage of new materials, innovation, and programmability to bring the high performance of benchtop instruments to bear at the top of a pole or the end of the line. This is truly not your father's handheld test instrument.
Figure 4 Tektronix has just introduced the H500 and SA2500 handheld spectrum analyzers, which display the live spectrum by respectively processing more than 2500 and more than 10,000 spectrum measurements per second.
Figure 5 Agilent's FieldFox
microwave vector network
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two-port VNA measurements.
- PXI. The seemingly unstoppable force of the PCI Extensions for Instrumentation format continues to make inroads into new applications, from commercial to military, as evidenced by some of the latest PXI instruments from companies such as Aeroflex, Agilent, Geotest, National Instruments, and Pickering Interfaces. In many cases, the PXI format is combined with software-defined instrumentation, making for an impressive combination of test and measurement trends.
Read more of EDN's Hot Technologies: Looking ahead to 2013:
- Mobile touch proliferates: Is UI design keeping pace?
- Near-field communications to go far in 2013
- Test it your way
- More-than-Moore memory grows up
- Human-machine interfaces enter the third dimension
- Wear your heart monitor on your sleeve
- The future of power management in the Internet of Things
- M2M branches beyond one-to-one links
- Opportunities abound in cloud "clutter"
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - AOL is making a push into China with its digital video studio Makers, which struck a partnership on Thursday with that country's privately held Sun Media Group.
This is AOL's biggest effort in China since it was spun out from Time Warner Inc almost five years ago.
China's Sun Media Group is helping Makers, which produces documentaries focused on women, select and produce content to be shown in China and abroad.
Sun Media is a privately held company founded by Bruno Wu and his wife, the well-known talk show host Yang Lan. It produces several TV shows, including Yang's show "Her Village," and publishes print and online publications.
The partnership with Makers will produce 10 documentaries that will feature subjects like Hu-Shuli, a Chinese financial journalist, and China's first female sociologist, Li Yinhe.
The programs will be distributed online in China through portals such as Tencent, owned by Tencent Holdings, and Sina.com, as well as on the AOL network.
Yang approached AOL about a year ago about a partnership through AOL board director Pat Mitchell, the president and chief executive of The Paley Center for Media organization.
"I have been doing women's programming for quite some time," Yang said in an interview. "I think there is a such a synergy with Makers."
AOL's head of its home page and lifestyle brands, Maureen Sullivan, said the partnership plans to distribute the content and increase its audience rather than immediately focus on revenue.
Still, China represents a big opportunity for companies seeking new audiences and revenue sources.
AOL has been looking abroad lately and has expanded several of its brands to other countries, including The Huffington Post news and opinion website.
AOL launched its consumer technology publication Engadget in China in 2008. Last year, TechCrunch, another AOL technology publication, partnered with China's tech blog TechNode to relaunch the official Chinese language version of TechCrunch.
Reporting by Jennifer Saba in New York


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Vanessa Urch Druskat, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Management at the Whittemore School of Business and Economics. She conducts research in the areas of group dynamics, team leadership and team effectiveness. When she isn't teaching or conducting research, she spends time working with teams in organizations that range from Fortune 100 Companies such as Johnson & Johnson, Kodak, and Whirlpool to non-profits like the Houston Public School System.
She has been invited to present her research at dozens of universities in locations as varied as the Harvard University Psychology Department, the Stanford University Business School, ESADE Business School in Barcelona, Spain, Ege University in Izmir, Turkey, The PSG Institute of Management in Coimbatore, India, the University of London, and Corvinus University in Budapest, Hungary.
She lives in Durham with her husband and two children.


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BookItOut Expands Global Reach with New NYC Location
NEW YORK, July 9, 2013; Serving automotive finance companies in six countries, BookItOut opens its newest location today in New York City. The expansion into Lower Manhattan positions BookItOut among the world's largest financial institutions as its influence grows in the automotive finance industry.
"A physical presence in the financial capital of the world immerses BookItOut in the global finance community," said Jonathan Hedy, Executive Vice President. "BookItOut Dealer Services continues to expand rapidly; the New York office complements our strategic initiatives and widespread adoption by the auto finance industry."
BookItOut Dealer Services provides auto dealers, finance companies, and insurance companies business intelligence, lead generation, and access to the largest database of used vehicle transactions aggregated directly from dealerships. "By combining the largest database of actual dealership data with the most advanced B.I. solutions and third-party integrations, BookItOut provides an entire ecosystem that harnesses dynamic information and dramatically increases profitability. Our patented methods continue to advance the auto finance community, as we bring America's largest industry to global participants," Hedy concluded.
The automotive industry accounts for 5% of United States' Gross Domestic Product, and, more specifically, the used car industry represents the largest retail segment of the U.S. economy. Auto finance companies are the lifeblood to consumers purchasing vehicles; BookItOut provides the data and tools necessary to make optimal decisions. Hedy will host several webinars this year to empower producers in the auto finance industry and showcase the latest features in BookItOut's web-based application.
The Manhattan location comes within six months of opening a San Francisco office; BookItOut maintains a 19,000-square-foot headquarters in Jacksonville, Florida, and a development center in Vail, Colorado.
About BookItOut, Inc:
BookItOut is a privately held company with over 10,000 customers (dealerships, finance companies, insurance companies) across North America. BookItOut offers business intelligence, lead generation, and actual-cost used car values from a proprietary database containing over 15 million unique purchase transactions from the last year. By charging customers, BookItOut does not charge private sellers to list vehicles and guarantees a cash offer within 24 hours. BookItOut received an award for Boldest Company of 2011, currently serves the largest Automotive Groups in North America, and leverages cloud computing as it redefines car shopping and the auto industry.


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Garnier Fructis Sleek & Shine Shampoo Reviews
not me...I find that this weighs my hair down when I use it (there is few shampoos that I will use) BUT my husband uses this shampoo (and conditioner) and absolutely loves it, and I have to say I do like how it makes his short, thick hair smell nice and feel soft! — 7 years, 9 months agoKikikins625 | 457 reviews
Eh...Not one of the better shampoo from Garnier. I still need to use something to tame my frizz after using this and the matching conditioner. A better shampoo to use is their color conserving one - it controls frizzies much better than this and smells fresher too. — 7 years, 9 months agoradar626 | 326 reviews
good for fine hairThis shampoo smoothed out my fine hair without weighing it down. My hair is naturally wavy, and when I blow dry it straight it tends to get frizzy. The sleek and sheer line is good for hair like that. — 9 years, 1 month agoLaurelJ | 153 reviews
One of the Best ShampoosUsually with my hair I try to stick to more expenisvem better quality products but I find that more expenisive shampoos are not as tough on oil and are not as cleansing as inexpesive ones. this one is my go to when I've noticed whatever I'm using isnt cutting it. It foams well and really helps with oil. I don't have to worry about dry shampoo on day one of a blow out when I use this. The conditioner of this line is very softening as well and does seem to kick frizz. — 4 years, 2 months agomoriarty.kt | 213 reviews
DryingThis shampoo dried my hair out. It smells okay but there is nothing that this product did that would make me want to purchase it again. — 5 years, 9 months agoFeline44mom | 212 reviews
Not a shampoo for meI really like the other fructis products, but this shampoo was horrible for my hair! It made it feel heavy and look really, really oily. — 7 years, 9 months agoGeekyChic | 226 reviews
bad shampoonot so good , makes hair frizzy — 2 years, 8 months agoUA... | 106 reviews
My go-to shampoo!I love this shampoo so much. Its the only shampoo that I use constantly, or one that I always go back to and I love it! I love the 3-Day Sleek formula of it as it keeps my hair fresh and clean for up to 3 days after washing it! :) — 3 years, 8 months agoAkeraWolfe | 23 reviews
Bleh.I remember using this shampoo several years ago and LOVING IT. So when I ran out of shampoo a week ago and saw this pretty green bottle, I thought I should pick it up again, after all, I LOVED it before. WRONG. The formula or something must have changed because although the wonderful yummy apple smell is still there, the working magic of the shampoo defintely is not. This stuff hardly lathers at A...read moreLLL in my hair. And my hair is definetely on the more managable side. Even past crappier shampoos did a better lathering job than this. SIGHS. totally sucks. Its conditioner component works well though. or average at least. Overall, I do not recommend this shampoo at all unless you just like the smell of it in your hair. — 4 years agosillyylilyy143 | 10 reviews
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He is one of three country independents set to determine which party forms a minority government.
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Mr Katter said he could see good arguments for backing both Labor and the coalition.
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Mr Katter described controversial phone calls made to fellow independent MPs Rob Oakeshott and Tony Windsor as "stupidity".
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Mr Oakeshott had said he wanted to know whether the smear campaign reportedly being launched against him was an attempt to destabilise his negotiations with the major parties.
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Mr Oakeshott also pointed the finger at the Nationals over tabloid newspapers that were "trying to run up dirt stories" on him.
Dismissing the "diversion", Mr Oakeshott wants to make a decision on who he will be supporting by the end of this week.
He expected to meet with Prime Minister Julia Gillard later on Monday and Mr Abbott as soon as possible, when he's planning to get a better idea of both parties' costings.
Mr Oakeshott, who has not ruled out supporting either party, said he's still hopeful of consensus politics even if the major camps are not inclined to agree.
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Elizabeth, wife of 1) William Skillern and 2) James Anderson is POSSIBLY a daughter of Elisha Perkins, Sr. This is NOT proven. There is some conjecture that Elizabeth's second husband, James Anderson used the name "Ute Perkins" (the name of Elizabeth Perkin's brother) to avoid trouble in Augusta County, VA. More research is necessary to prove if the Elizabeth Perkins, daughter of Elisha Perkins, Sr. is the same Elizabeth who married William Skillern and later James Anderson.
The following account seems to attempt to explain Elizabeth's story in Augusta County:
Research pertaining marriage of a James Anderson to an Elizabeth Skillern does not pertain to this James. The James who married Elizabeth Skillern was a son of Isaac Anderson who also lived in Augusta County but was not from the same family. Per research of Dr. Barbara Inman Beall from her Online Journal of the Spence and Spenser families: http://www.twigs-of-inman-spence.rootsweb.com/Author.html:
"The Isaac Anderson family was just as "frisky" as the rest of the settlers in Augusta County, according to the court documents. Isaac's will found in Will Book 1, p. 143, dated 9 February 1747-8, states that Isaac was "to be buried where son John is buried. He lists his wife Martha and her daughter Elizabeth. And he identifies the children of his first marriage: son Isaac, son James, son Jacob, daughter Elizabeth, daughter, Mary. His executors are listed as his wife Martha and Hugh Martin. The witnesses were Hugh martin and James Anderson. After this will, the Isaac Anderson family becomes extremely interesting.
Enter Elizabeth Skillirn, widow of William Skillirn, who died in Augusta County in 1744. I have yet to discover Elizabeth Skillirn's maiden name; however, a possible explanation appears below. The records show that after her husband's death, Elizabeth became involved financially with a number of Augusta people.
William Skillirn, his wife Elizabeth, and their children George, William, Isabel Ann, and Sarah arrived in the Augusta/Orange County area directly from Ireland in 1740. In 1742, their daughter Elizabeth, was born. In 1744, William Skillirn died. His will, dated 16 January 1744, names his eldest son George, his second son William, three daughters--Isable, Elizabeth, and Sarah. His inventory on pages 119-20 of the records shows a total valuation of 54L12.4. James Ker, John Davison, and John Christian were the appraisers and they returned their appraisal 27 August 1747 (p. 23).
On 22 August 1745, Elizabeth "the wife of said Skillern declared she would not accept any legacy and did renounce all benefit" (p. 23). Then matters become confusing.
About 1747, Elizabeth Skillirn, the widow, appears to have married a "Ute Perkins." That same year, this same Elizabeth Skillirn married James Anderson, son of Isaac Anderson. The records then show:
Order Book XXIV, p. 302. James Patton...vs. Rev. John Hindman. In 1747, defendant married James Anderson (alias Ute Perkins) and Elizabeth Skeleron, widow and relict of William Skeleron, late of Augusta, without a license, Aug. 1749.
Pleasants vs. Skillern. (Aug. 1752). Thomas Pleasants complains of Elizabeth Anderson. Elizabeth Perkins was married to one John Anderson alias Ute Perkins. The bond was dated 1750. In her answer, Elizabeth states that she was Elizabeth Skillirn and denies being married.
Order Book No. XI- p. 340 James Anderson and wife, Elizabeth, bound to peace towards William Robertson Nov. 17, 1767--Elizabeth Anderson late Elizabeth Skillern and Robert Black Jr., bound to the peace of Thomas Turk. Tillory vs. James Anderson and Elizabeth his wife, late Elizabeth Skillern on a note dated 27 Nov 1747.
Adding to the confusion in this Anderson-Skillern connection is the fact that William Skillern and Elizabeth's daughter, Elizabeth (b. 1744) married James Anderson, the son of James Anderson and grandson of Isaac. Note the following:
Order Book No. XXIV p. 309, Rex vs. James Anderson: James Anderson indicted 1768, for poisoning William Robertson's hogs, & etc. on Oct. 1768.
p. 364--same case. james Anderson (Long Meadow)-Trespass. James Anderson killed Robertson's fowls and hogs with ratsbane in 1767. James Meeks deposition Nov. 1,1 768. He was at James Anderson's house on Long Meadow. James Anderson's wife was Elizabeth, and they had a daughter named Jean. William Robertson's wife was Lettice (Kerr). Elizabeth was the sister of William Skillern and George Skillern. Verdict was for Plaintiff.
The interesting thing about this matter is that there really was a "Ute Perkins". He appears to have come from St. George's Speseutia Parish, Harford County, Maryland and his wife is listed as Elizabeth Skillirn. He died in Augusta County. Who are these people? One possible answer is that they were the parents of Elizabeth Skillirn (wife of William). The Perkins had a daughter named Elizabeth, who would have been about her age. If this is true, then Elizabeth must have married a cousin named William Skillirn. Reportedly, the Skillirns came directly from Ireland to Virginia, however. It is possible that the Perkins family relocated from Ireland to Maryland (leaving Elizabeth behind--she may have already married). After their removal to Virginia, the Skillirns family next followed. After the death of her parents and her husband, Elizabeth may have resorted to using her maiden name in an effort to throw off her creditors. And after her remarriage to one or more of the Andersons, her husband(s) also posed as Ute Perkins. The possibility for this confusion may have been for good reason: Elizabeth borrowed money from a number of powerful men in Augusta County including Thomas Turk (son of Robert), William Robertson, and James Kerr.
The Turk family was no group to challenge. As previously mentioned, Robert Turk married Margaret Kerr in Pennsylvania and moved to Augusta County shortly after the James Kerr family arrived. Robert's son and grandson (both named Thomas Turk), appear on as many court files as he did. thomas Turk, the younger, became the father of Hiram Kerr Turk, who with his sons, set off the Slicker War in Benton and Polk Counties during the 1830s and 1840s. The Robertsons, Kerrs and Turks had intermarried for generations. Like James Kerr, William Robertson (whose wife Lettice or Letticia was a Kerr), was also an Augusta County, Justice.
1748. Robert Black, Sr., and Robert Black, Jr., bond for affiance of Elizabeth Anderson, formerly the widow Skilran, 27th January, 1747/8.
MAY 20, 1752. (249) Elizabeth Perkins and her two sons, George and William Skillern, bound to peace towards James Carr.
AUGUST, 1756 (B). Pleasants vs. Skillem.--Thomas Pleasants complains of Eliza Skillem (August, 1752), otherwise called Eliza Perkins, otherwise called Eliza Anderson. Plea: Plaintiff ought not to recover, because at time of making bond and at time of issuing process in this suit she was married to one John Anderson, alias Ute Perkins. Bond dated 1750. Replication states she was known as Eliza Skillem and denied being married.
MARCH, 1771 (C). William Robertson vs. James Anderson (Long Meadow).--Trespass, James killed Robertson's fowls and hogs with ratsbane in 1767. James Meek's deposition, November 1, 1768. He was at James Anderson's house on Long Meadow. James wife was Elizabeth, and they had a daughter Jean. William Robertson's wife was Lettice. Elizabeth was sister of William Skillem and George Skillem(?). Verdict for plaintiff


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Gorgeous! I love this..
I should really try making collages/photomontages sometime.
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Love the second and third!
Beautiful. I need to make more collages. I like the use of paint in a collage too
Ah, though I often love minimal collage work, these throw me off a bit. Perhaps it is because the "thoughts" in the given "orbs" are already so much within the given language of the figures themselves (perhaps, save for number 5 here). I suppose the title is what really bugs me. This kind of choice to manipulate something around a figure's head is such a common move in art and I am fascinated by artists who mark halos, cover faces and invert figures. Really, we have been doing this in art for centuries. For me the overtness of the thought bubble lacks he really lacks intrigue. I do really enjoy the color palette in this series, though.
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hmm, I didn't think of the title until I read your comment, at first I just saw the orbs as an homage to halos in early christian art (one of my favorite pieces of iconography everrrr) but I don't know if the idea of the halos being thought bubbles is all that bothersome, just different, its still gorgeous
- susana
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Dig this collage style, I like the grunge brush touch.
Awesome style, very inspiring :]
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Sun Jun 3, 2012, 06:16 PM
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MK: Shoot everyone trying to cross Israel border
MK Aryeh Eldad makes remarks during tour of Israel-Egypt border fence with other MKs, as immigration authority begins enforcing new migrant law.
"During a tour of the Israel-Egypt border on Sunday, MK Aryeh Eldad (National Union) said that IDF forces should shoot at anyone that crosses into Israeli territory.
Anyone that penetrates Israels border should be shot, a Swedish tourist, Sudanese from Eritrea, Eritreans from Sudan, Asians from Sinai. Whoever touches Israels border shot, said Eldad.
Eldad, along with other members of the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee toured the Israel-Egypt border on Sunday, and received a briefing from Southern Front commander Maj. Gen. Tal Russo on Israel Defense Forces activities in the sector."
"MK Eldad, who stated that anyone approaching the fence should be shot, attempted to mitigate his statements. It isnt feasible to shoot anyone just climbing the fence because bleeding hearts groups will immediately begin to shriek and turn to the courts. I dont see the IDF handing down orders to shoot at people climbing the fence empty handed. The best alternative is prolonged imprisonment. Anyone attempting to cross the fence will be given a long jail sentence, said Eldad."
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Response to Scurrilous (Original post)
Sun Jun 3, 2012, 06:28 PM
MrSlayer (22,143 posts)
1. Sounds like a fucking Nazi.
Or a teabagger which is, of course, the same thing. Just who is this guy exactly and what position does he hold?
Response to MrSlayer (Reply #1)
Mon Jun 4, 2012, 08:05 AM
King_David (14,851 posts)
6. 'Sounds like a fucking Nazi'
In Israel ? I have heard this before.
Response to King_David (Reply #6)
Mon Jun 4, 2012, 05:00 PM
MrSlayer (22,143 posts)
11. If the shoe fits.
I too find it sickening.
Response to MrSlayer (Reply #11)
Mon Jun 4, 2012, 07:30 PM
King_David (14,851 posts)
12. IP guidlines FYI
'Do not compare Middle East regional leaders and parties to Hitler or the Nazis. Use of these terms is considered inflammatory and should be avoided'
Response to King_David (Reply #12)
Mon Jun 4, 2012, 10:37 PM
MrSlayer (22,143 posts)
14. Really?
So even though this guy is talking and acting just like a Nazi, I can't point it out? Kind of dumb but ok. I won't do it anymore.
Response to MrSlayer (Reply #14)
Tue Jun 5, 2012, 12:19 AM
King_David (14,851 posts)
Response to MrSlayer (Reply #14)
Tue Jun 5, 2012, 12:30 AM
azurnoir (45,850 posts)
16. The post was alerted on and the jury decided to let it stand
Sounds like a fucking Nazi.
This post is disruptive, hurtful, rude, insensitive, over-the-top, or otherwise inappropriate. (See Community Standards.)
calling a Jew Nazi definitely antisemitic
A randomly-selected Jury of DU members completed their review of this alert at Mon Jun 4, 2012, 12:16 AM, and voted 1-5 to LEAVE IT ALONE.
Juror #1 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: No free passes from being criticized in this manner just because they were the victims before. In fact he's providing a pretty good argument against anti-Jewish racism by displaying the uglier side of human nature when in a position to do so, a trait all too common across all races.
Juror #2 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: No problem with the comment on my end
Juror #3 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: No explanation given
Juror #4 voted to HIDE IT and said: I'm slightly unsure about this. I've heard Israelis described as Nazis here before and it has been allowed to stand. I have no love for right wing ideology -if that's what it is-but I don't think we should encourage these comparisons because they are hurtful and offensive, given the history of the Jewish people
Juror #5 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: It's hard to tell one Right winger from another, especially when it comes to the USA and Israel.
Juror #6 voted to LEAVE IT ALONE and said: No explanation given
Thank you.
this is DU3 and the rulz have changed a bit as I was the one that alerted on the post
Response to azurnoir (Reply #16)
Tue Jun 5, 2012, 12:49 AM
MrSlayer (22,143 posts)
17. Hooray for common sense then.
Can't say I'm thrilled that you called me anti-Semitic in the stupid alert though. That is an unjust falsehood.
Response to MrSlayer (Reply #17)
Tue Jun 5, 2012, 12:59 AM
azurnoir (45,850 posts)
18. well I didn't call you antisemtic what my alert meant was that the statement
could be taken that way and as you can see it was
Response to MrSlayer (Reply #17)
Tue Jun 5, 2012, 02:10 AM
pelsar (12,283 posts)
19. actually your comment, the comparison was probably meant for those of limited knowledge
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so i shall enlighten you (and some others). The Nazis, which had a whole philosophy of superior humans vs the lesser brands had, for example, a philosophy of medical experiments on those lesser humans, camps where they killed people wholesale, called concentration camps, where they would herd people in "showers" and then gas them, this killing was based on the religion, sexual orientation, genetics and other aspects that had nothing to do with anything other than a philosophy of genetic superiority and removing the lesser humans. The Nazi also killed in other less efficient ways such as lining people in front of ditches and shooting them one by one or working them to death (i believe 10,000 died working on the V2 rockets for instance)
The above is the core of what Nazism is all about. The Nazis were also nice to each other, had good social benefits, wore spiffy uniforms, and had other aspects that can be compared to other armies and societies that can be considered normal and good.
so now we come to your comparison: what the MK said was within the bounds of a country at war, which israel is not with Egypt. The guy certainly had an "non thinking emotional" comment and quickly mitigated his statement.
now that you've been enlighten about what Nazism is all about, and that it has little to do with what MK stated, you can mitigate your statement, much like the MK (seems you two have similar traits)
Response to Scurrilous (Original post)
Mon Jun 4, 2012, 01:06 AM
azurnoir (45,850 posts)
2. Netanyahu orders swift deportation of 25,000 illegal African migrants
Orders acceleration of holding facility construction for citizens of Eritrea and Sudan who cannot be deported due to conditions in their home countries.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ordered his ministers to accelerate efforts to deport citizens of South Sudan, the Ivory Coast, Ghana and Ethiopia who are living in Israel illegally on Sunday.
Speaking at Sunday's cabinet meeting, Netanyahu said that while it is not possible to expel citizens of Eritrea and Sudan, whose lives would be at risk in their home countries, holding facilities for them must be built in the Negev as quickly as possible.
Response to azurnoir (Reply #2)
Mon Jun 4, 2012, 01:37 AM
holdencaufield (2,927 posts)
3. How many other countries...
... have the EXACT same policy towards illegal immigrants?
Including the US, much of Europe, and almost all of Asia. I applaud the decision to not expel illegal immigrants who face real peril in their home countries.
Response to holdencaufield (Reply #3)
Mon Jun 4, 2012, 02:27 AM
azurnoir (45,850 posts)
4. yes that's right Israel offers asylum to one group and one group only
I forgot but at least it's willing to build camps for some of those who may face death at home deserves an award I tell you
Response to azurnoir (Reply #4)
Mon Jun 4, 2012, 03:29 AM
holdencaufield (2,927 posts)
5. As much as you'd love to...
... you can't demonize Israel for a policy towards illegal immigration that is identical to that of many other democracies around the globe -- including your own.
Not unless you want to be branded an ideologue or a fanatically anti-Israel.
Response to holdencaufield (Reply #5)
Mon Jun 4, 2012, 08:59 AM
azurnoir (45,850 posts)
7. Lol n/t
Response to Scurrilous (Original post)
Mon Jun 4, 2012, 12:25 PM
Ruby the Liberal (25,941 posts)
8. Sounds like Arizona
Response to Ruby the Liberal (Reply #8)
Mon Jun 4, 2012, 12:59 PM
JustAnotherGen (23,864 posts)
9. That was my first thought too
Maybe this gentleman in Israel is getting tips from Brewer? Hmm . . .
Response to Scurrilous (Original post)
Mon Jun 4, 2012, 03:34 PM
azurnoir (45,850 posts)
10. New law allows Israel to jail migrants for up to 3 years
Israel amended an immigration law on Sunday which will grant authorities the power to imprison asylum seekers for up to three years, Israeli daily Haaretz reported.
The amended version of a 1954 law, entitled Prevention of Infiltration, will make asylum seekers liable to imprisonment without trial or deportation.
Anyone caught helping migrants could also face a potential prison sentence of five to 15 years, Haaretz reported.
Migrants in Israel will also be more susceptible to imprisonment for minor infractions such as petty theft or graffiti.
Response to Scurrilous (Original post)
Mon Jun 4, 2012, 07:35 PM
shira (30,109 posts)
13. In unprecedented move, Israel's Foreign Ministry (Lieberman) condemns violence
In unprecedented move, Israel's Foreign Ministry condemns violence against African migrants
Response to shira (Reply #13)
Tue Jun 5, 2012, 02:29 AM
pelsar (12,283 posts)
20. the israeli "right"....
is far more left than many other societies.... most of the derogatory comments of the israeli right are based on ignorance or the "colonial mentality" we see in the far left. They confuse the religious elements of the society with the secular right and believe they are one and the same. Its probably easier for ranting and emotional statements, but has little to do with reality.


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