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On March 2005, Ernst & Young alum Bill Rhodes received an unexpected phone call that rocked his world. The call was from Pitt Hyde, founder and then non-Executive Chairman of the Board of AutoZone, Inc. Hyde was calling to say that, due to the surprise resignation of the company's CEO the previous Friday, the AutoZone board had met over the weekend and appointed Rhodes as the company's new top exec.
The call came not only as a shocker to Rhodes, who was serving as AutoZone's Executive Vice President of Store Operations and Commercial at the time, but at age 39, it made him the youngest CEO of a Fortune 500 company.
Rhodes remembers being "scared to death" about his sudden promotion. He also recalls not having much say in the matter. "I was not asked, by any stretch of the imagination — I was told, 'Here's what your job is, now go to work.'"
But five years later, things seem to have worked out just fine. Today, Rhodes oversees the nation's leading retailer and a leading distributor of automotive replacement parts and accessories with more than 4,600 stores in the US, Puerto Rico and Mexico.
While Rhodes reached the CEO slot in record time, it certainly wasn't a straight path. At one point, it looked like things were heading in the wrong direction.
Rhodes started as an intern in the Ernst & Young Memphis office in 1988. Six years later, he was asked by AutoZone, his lone retail client, to join them as manager of inventory accounting.
"It was a hard decision to leave," he says, "but the opportunity for a Memphis native to work for such an icon in the Memphis business community, well, it was hard to pass up."
Over the next few years, Rhodes held a variety of increasingly responsible roles at AutoZone. After managing the inventory accounting function and forming a process improvement group, he moved into store operations (while also assisting with the purchase of four new companies). He later returned to finance, where he was promoted to Senior Vice President.
In 2000, AutoZone was preparing for the succession of its CFO. But feeling Rhodes just wasn't ready for that role, the company instead made him a divisional vice president — which, on paper, was a demotion.
"But it turned out to be the best demotion you could ask for," notes Rhodes. "I was suddenly leading 500 stores and some 8,000 people in 11 states — it was an incredible learning experience that changed the course of my career."
Within a year, he was promoted to Senior Vice President of Supply Chain, followed three years later by his appointment to the newly created position of Executive Vice President of Store Operations and Commercial. Then, in 2005, came the phone call from Pitt Hyde.
Sitting with Rhodes in a conference room overlooking the Mississippi River, you can practically feel his passion not just for AutoZone, but for the culture of AutoZone. "We have a phenomenal, unique culture that's based on solving people's problems," he says.
Respect plays a huge role in AutoZone's culture says alum and CEO Bill Rhodes. That translates into an "upside-down hierarchy" where the focus is on the 60,000 AutoZoners who are closest to the customer.
Respect plays a huge role in AutoZone's culture says alum and CEO Bill Rhodes. That translates into an "upside-down hierarchy" where the focus is on the 60,000 AutoZoners who are closest to the customer.
Rhodes points out that AutoZone doesn't have a mission statement, but rather a pledge — something that's recited at the start of every store meeting as well as every board meeting — that starts by putting customers first.
Respect, says Rhodes, plays a huge role in that culture. At AutoZone, that translates into an "upside-down hierarchy," where the focus is on the 60,000 AutoZoners who are closest to the customer.
Rhodes gives an example: "We're not sitting at corporate headquarters — we're at our store support center; I'm dressed just like every AutoZoner in our stores is dressed because we're one team."
One of Rhodes' favorite things to do is to visit stores and help work the counter or unload a truck. "I learned early in my Ernst & Young days that you can sit in a conference room and hear about how something's supposed to work, or you can go down to the floor and see how it really works," he notes.
Working side by side with the AutoZoners in the stores lets Rhodes not only better understand the challenges they face, it also helps him think about what resources, training or products would make them more successful. For Rhodes, that's cultivating a culture of respect.
It's a lesser-known economic maxim: when times get tough, the tough tend to fix (rather than replace) their cars. And that's good for AutoZone.
Even during the recent economic downturn, the company has seen remarkable earnings-per-share growth and continues to enjoy a top return on invested capital. Rhodes calls AutoZone's business model and culture "one of the best."
When not busy leading AutoZone, Rhodes enjoys spending as much time as possible with his wife of 17 years, Amy, and their two children. For more than a decade, he's served as Treasurer of the Memphis-based National Civil Rights Museum.
"Talk about teaching you about respect," he remarks. An All-American golfer while in college, Rhodes also serves as Vice Chair of Youth Programs Inc., an arm of the Professional Golfers Association that raises money for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, and currently serves as Chairman of the Retail Industry Leaders Association and Memphis Tomorrow.
Rhodes is particularly proud to call himself an Ernst & Young alum. He remains in close contact with his long-time mentor and friend, Memphis Office Managing Partner Bill Drummond. "I loved the people I worked with at Ernst & Young," Rhodes reminisces, "and I loved the opportunity the firm afforded me."
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Mr. Juliano, Institute for Environmental Medicine
Mr. Edward L. Juliano, a retired staff member in the Institute for Environmental Medicine, passed away October 28 at age 89.
Mr. Juliano started working at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania in 1963 as an engineer in the department of pharmacology. In 1970 he went to the Institute for Environmental Medicine in what is now the Perelman School of Medicine as a medical instrumentation specialist. He remained there until he retired in 1987.
Mr. Juliano is survived by his children, Edward, Linda J. Morris, James and Thomas; grandchildren, Holly, Joe, Shawn, Jenna, Nick, Kelsey and Jason; great-grandchildren, George, Jane, Kate and Alex; and siblings, Marie, Ann and Anthony.
Memorial contributions may be made to Project Rainbow/Drueding Center, 413 Master St., Philadelphia, PA 19122.
Dr. Oler, Mathematics
Dr. Norman Oler, a long-time member of the mathematics department in SAS, died on November 1 at the age of 82. Born in Sheffield, England, he, his father and siblings immigrated to Canada and eventually the United States shortly after WWII. He was educated at universities here and in Canada, receiving his PhD in mathematics in 1957 from McGill University in Montreal.
Dr. Oler came to Penn in 1963 from Columbia University and received emeritus status here in 1993. After his retirement, he continued actively teaching in the mathematics department for several years. He was an expert in the Geometry of Numbers and in the allied field of packing and filling problems in geometric spaces, including the abstract generalizations of our ordinary space known as Locally Compact Groups.
Dr. Oler was a gifted counselor whose advice, both in the department and University- wide, was often sought and this continued even after his retirement. Perhaps his most important role in this sphere was as director of the Penn-Israel Exchange Program, for scholars University-wide and their counterparts in Israel. He was successful in raising considerable private sums for this and had the full support of Penn Presidents Meyerson and Hackney as well as the support of the highest levels of the Israeli Government. In particular, he counted among his friends the former Prime Minister of Israel, Shimon Peres. He was also active in the Jewish Publication Society of America and, in this connection, was received in the White House where he met then President Ronald Reagan. Dr. Oler spent many years as a Trustee of Delaware Valley College in Doylestown, PA.
He is survived by his son Col. Adam Oler USAF and daughter-in-law, Lt. Col. Kate Oler USAF; his daughter Dr. Allison Oler Szapary, an internist at Penn Health for Women in Radnor, and son-in-law Dr. Philippe Szapary; his brothers, Charles and David; his sister, Ruth Plotkin; five grandchildren; and his long-time companion of his later years, Ria Weissel.
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Kaiser Permanente has awarded the Yolo Crisis Nursery a grant of $15,000 to provide emergency care for children from birth to age 5, according to the all-volunteer Friends of the Yolo Crisis Nursery.
The gift comes on top of $200,000 in emergency grant funding already secured to keep the nursery open during a transition to new management. EMQ FamiliesFirst, which announced in March that it would close the nursery June 30, has since agreed a six-month extension.
"A big thank-you to Kaiser for investing in young lives in this manner," said Heidy Kellision, president of the Friends of Yolo Crisis Nursery, in a statement. "We're confident enough in the pace of our emergency grants to submit a proposal to a new host in the coming week."
Meanwhile, the Friends of Yolo Crisis Nursery have almost reached their goal of $100,000 from individuals in their "One Child – One Day" campaign. Donations made by June 15 will be matched, dollar for dollar up to $12,500, by Mohini Jain, a retired schoolteacher in Davis. Tax-deductible donations may be made at www.friendsofycn.org.
To date, the Friends of Yolo Crisis Nursery have secured grants from Woodland Healthcare and the Kelly Foundation, at $50,000 apiece, and two family foundations, at $10,000 apiece. The Yolo Board of Supervisors has committed to $80,000.
Additional grants are still being sought to supplant the loss in traditional grants that occurred when closure was announced. Approximately $408,000 is needed to run the nursery for the 2014-15 fiscal year, Kellison said.
Yolo Crisis Nursery opened in 2001 to provide emergency respite and crisis intervention for families of children, birth to age 5, facing intense hardships. Its mission is to prevent child abuse and neglect by keeping the youngest and most vulnerable children, birth to age 5, safe during times of family crisis.
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The Power of Democracy Steering Committee is charged with overseeing the implementation of the Chief Justice's Civic Learning Initiative, including related recommendations of the Commission of the Impartial Courts.
The Chief Justice and more than 40 judges have honored 180 schools throughout the state for earning Civic Learning Awards. Winning schools engage their students in learning about our democracy and the judicial branch.
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Former QB Chris Leak joining Gators staff
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – Gators coach Will Muschamp announced Monday that former Florida quarterback Chris Leak is returning to UF.
Leak is joining the program as a quality control assistant who will work with the defensive staff in breaking down film and other office tasks. Muschamp said Leak is interested in pursuing a coaching career.
The MVP of the 2007 BCS National Championship Game in Florida's 41-14 win over Ohio State, Leak finished his career as the Gators' all-time leader in passing yards (11,213), completions (895) and attempts (1,458) from 2003-06.
Since leaving UF Leak has played in the Canadian Football League, Arena Football League and served as co-host of College Sports Nation on SiriusXM satellite radio.
Muschamp also announced that freshman safety Marcell Harris from Orlando-Dr. Phillips High and junior-college transfer offensive lineman Trenton Brown of Milledgeville (Ga.) Prep Academy have enrolled in school and started classes Monday.


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After years of drooling over Indian food, I've recently developed a love of Thai curry. Of course each Asian branch has its own spicy nuances, so it's impossible to generalize -- and that's part of the attraction.
This weekend I plan to indulge myself, and I'd like to make a great Indian curry one day and a Thai dish the next.
Here, 10 curries that are on my short list. Anyone have a favorite to recommend, either from the list or your own secret repertoire? Chicken, beef, or veggies?
Lime and Coconut Shrimp with Red Curry Sauce
Spicy Curry Noodle Soup with Chicken and Sweet Potato (pictured)
Thai Rice Curry with Herbed Chicken
Grilled Salmon with Thai Curry Sauce and Basmati Rice
Indian Spiced Cauliflower and Potatoes
Hungry for spicy food? Watch our video cooking lessons as chefs prepare curries from around the world, then try the recipes yourself.


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The Conservative Monster.com Mentioned in Worldnetdaily 15th Anniversary Tribute Article
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To be mentioned in Worldnetdaily's 15th Anniversary tribute article really is an honor. Worldnetdaily has dared to go where many news organizations would not. The Obama Eligibility Issue is the biggest news blackout that this country has ever seen (2nd to Russia moving Saddam's WMD's to Syria).
I first discovered Worldnetdaily back in 2003 and I have been hooked ever since. Joe Farah and Worldnetdaily have been an inspiration to The Conservative Monster.com and many other Conservative web sites as well. There are always heated comments about journalists in this business, but I have never heard one bad word about Joe Farah.
I first met Farah at the 2010 WND Conference in Miami and it was quite a treat. The line up of speakers was impressive and it contained so much interesting information. I also got to meet a man that I greatly admire, Dr. Jerome Corsi, It was very cool to find out that Dr. Corsi is a fan of The Conservative Monster.com as well.
The majority of ridicule against Birthers has been vicious, but notice that the haters rarely publicly bash Joe Farah? Why is that? The reason is that Joe Farah is a legitimate journalist and that gives more credibility to his message about the Obama Eligibility scandal. CNN, MSNBC and Fox News avoid mentioning Joe Farah and WND.com at all costs, because they don't want truth shining onto this 'Birther conspiracy'.
I once told Steve Langford of Howard Stern News that the "Obama Eligibility issue is not a conspiracy theory; it is a conspiracy". Nothing brings panic to the media more than the question of Obama's eligibility. Why? It shows that the media never vetted this man.
Sure, the attacks against Dr. Corsi were vicious, but that was because he crossed the 'Birther Line' by releasing his book about Obama's Eligibility Scandal. Where's the Birth Certificate?: The Case that Barack Obama is not Eligible to be President
Donald Trump took the credit for Obama releasing his 'questionable' birth certificate, but many believe that Corsi's book pushed the Obama Administration to release the birth certificate as a way to discredit his book as a conspiracy theory. The Bin Laden raid happened within the same week as a distraction from what just happened. They didn't want the people to examine the birth certificate that was released. So, they needed something big like killing the leader of Al Qaeda to make the sheep look at the other hand.
We are living in an age and a world of lies, deception at a level never seen before. These lies only mean one thing and that is something dangerous is coming. I am not a journalist. I am just a retired cop that is fed up with the liars, RINO's and Marxist collaborators in the media.
Please continue to support sites like Worldnetdaily.com and The Conservative Monster.com, because we are soon to be on the endangered species list. I kid you not.
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Want to control your Pi with Touch ? The Touch HAT allows you to do just that. Interact with your environment in ways you never imagined.
For use with Raspberry Pi™ Model A+, B+, or Pi 2 Model B
This touch-able add on HAT for Raspberry Pi will inspire your next interactive project with 12 capacitive touch sensors. Capacitive touch sensing works by detecting when a person (or animal) has touched one of the sensor electrodes. Capacitive touch sensing used for stuff like touch-reactive tablets and phones, as well as control panels for appliances, which is where you may have used it before. This HAT allows you to create electronics that can react to human touch, with up to 12 individual sensors.
Check out the complete tutorial here
Package Includes
You'll need to do some light through-hole soldering to attach the headers onto the HAT circuit board, but its easy to do with basic soldering tools like a soldering iron and rosin core electronics solder. If you would like to stack multiple HATs onto one Pi, you can also pick up a 2x20 stacking header and a set of right-angle 3x4 headers that should be soldered on instead.
As always, MCM came through with great pricing on quality products.......


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Sally E. said, "...David, Definitely agree on Khan El Khalili-Bazaar . It's a really fun and bustling market to see and shop. Obviously the Giza Necropolis (Pyramids but for some reason it's showing up weirdly) are a must-see there. You can ride camels, carriages and..." See More
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Chic Wedding at Toronto's Fermenting Cellar
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looks like fun!ReplyDelete
Lovely photos...glad you had such a good time!ReplyDelete
These photos are amazing! And they are a beautiful couple. Wow- having a food truck at midnight sounds just about amazing!ReplyDelete
What a great idea! I almost got married in Toronto, but I never thought of this! And poutine at a wedding--brilliant!ReplyDelete
xo, Anna of (green gable)
that is one fabulous wedding - all that food sure sounds and looks good ;)ReplyDelete
Wow, this is amazing! I can't imagine a better place for a modern wedding.ReplyDelete
Congratulations to the just married :)
WOWWWW, sounds like a great wedding. I feel like I've photographed more than I've attended, (which is not a lot haha) but I hope I get to experience some unique weddings like this one. or photograph them ;)ReplyDelete
It looks amazing. Weddings are so over the top these days! It looks like Trina and Greg managed to make is special, beautiful and elegant while keeping it unpretentious. Quite a feat! And Trina made an absolutely stunning bride!ReplyDelete


text: Hello, I went into this reptile shop where they have a meller cham available. I am really looking forward to getting one and wanted to get peoples opinions on weather or not i should buy this cham to perhaps "save" it? Or just wait for the SD supershow and buy a CB or healthier young one? This cham is cramped in his cage has burn marks on the top of his dorsal "fin" (not sure what its really called) has about 50 crickets all bunched up around the corners and is sitting on top of a pothos plant, the crest on his snout is crooked and he is missing most of his toenails. based upon length he looks to be a juvenile / sub adult, about 18 inches and inside one of those 36x18x18 enclosure. I know that buying from them puts another chameleon at risk to undergo the same husbandry, but he really does look sad in there. I know there is no right or wrong answer and its based upon everyones own POV of health, animal abuse etc..but just thought i would like to hear some peoples input if they would want to share. thanks everyone.


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Kevin Atticks, executive director of the Maryland Wineries Association, said by phone Monday that he has several wineries preparing to open in his state, including Springfield Manor Winery and Distillery in Frederick County, Old Westminster Winery and Big Cork Vineyards. The latter isn't far from newly opened Red Heifer Winery and several-year-old Knob Hall Winery.
I asked Atticks what, if any, advice his organization was giving to those planning to take the plunge.
"We've been advising start-ups to think not just about what they're growing but how they're going to market their product, and narrowing their product line down so that they are meeting a specific market," he said. "If you have five or 10 wineries opening in one year, the question is going to be 'What's different about this one?' "


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This cozy and quaint boutique hotel, goes above and beyond to make you feel right at home during your stay. The staff is very friendly and helpful and overall I would highly recommend staying here. Can't beat the price for the amenities and the location.
- Official Description (provided by the hotel):
- The Equus is a charming boutique hotel located on Waikiki's "Upper West Side" where you will find an abundance of restaurants, easy access to one of the world's largest shopping malls, a quick stroll to the beach and gorgeous sunset views. The hotel guestrooms are warm and contemporary, keeping true to the hotel's equestrian theme with Ralph Lauren-inspired touches throughout. An intimate lobby and lanai offer a dipping pool, gazebo and a weekly cocktail reception.All guestrooms are appointed with cozy pillow-top beds, flat screen TVs, refrigerator with freezer, Keurig coffee maker with organic coffee, and complimentary full property WiFi. Portable printers can be delivered for those on business. Best of all, the friendly staff offers the kind of personal assistance delivered with Aloha that only a small, family-run hotel can offer. IMPORTANT NOTES: *Stairway Access Only *Valet Parking Only $25/night *Provide Arrival Time - for luggage assistance ... more less
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- Also Known As:
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- Equus An Aqua Boutique Hotel
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WESTFIELD, NJ - Bridget Ballard, Morgan Sullivan, Maddy Bowles and Kristen Maiorano each netted two goals for Chatham in its 11-9 girls lacrosse loss to Westfield on Monday in Kehler Stadium.
Alexis Kardias collected four goals and an assist for Westfield, which got 13 saves from Mallory Weisse.
Emily Wingate netted one goal for Chatham, which received two assists from Ballard and one apiece from Sullivan and Maiorano.


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Getting a mani-pedi can help relieve stress, especially if the technician lets you squeeze the bags of cotton balls afterward. Get a grip with this Groupon.
Choose Between Two Options
- $20 for a Brazilian spa manicure (a $40 value)
- $39 for a 90-minute spa manicure and deluxe peppermint pedicure (an $80 value)
During the spa manicure, nail technician Carla Willoughby softens and exfoliates hands with a light salt scrub and soothing hot-towel wrap. She then massages skin with lotion and shapes nails with a file. Carla's deluxe pedicure includes the above services plus callus removal on the heel and balls of the feet, a foot and leg mask, and an aromatic foot scrub. Both the manicure and pedicure conclude with an application of vibrant nail polish. The Brazilian spa manicure uses specially line gloves to moisturize skin and strengthen keratin sheets.
Carla's Nails at V.I.P. Hair Studio
Nail technician Carla has come to see VIP Hair Salon as her home away from home. She invites her clients in and makes sure they're comfortable before tending to their hands and feet with a range of manicures and pedicures. Carla adds length and definition to nails with white and colored acrylic tips or softens skin and enhances nails' natural features with French-style mani-pedis. She also specializes in nail art and can decorate fingers and toes with colorful animal prints, sparkly flowers, or portraits of your 10 best friends.


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Sigma 30 and 19... which one to keep as a general purpose / portability lens ?
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I have both, and I loved them both. But between the two, I endup keeping the S19:
1. There is no Good Landscape Prime for Sony aside from CZ-24mm, and that is $1200
Yeah, people don't seem too excited about the 20mm, but the wide-angle zoom seems popular as another option.
2. Sony 16mm is extremely soft, not worth its money
It's the cheapest Sony lens! I think it's pretty sharp overall, just in the extreme corners, it suffers. Needs stopping down for best results, and CA is a bit of a problem, but I found this lens better than some say.
3. the same can be said for 16-50 soft corners and extreme vignetting
I'd rather use the 16mm prime than the 16-50. The 16-50 also has soft corners, but seems worse than the 16mm when stopped down, but maybe it's just me.
4. Sony 50mm f/1.8 make a better Portrait prime than Sigma 30/2.8
True. It's a better focal length plus wider aperture.
5. 30mm is too tight for decent landscape, yet kind of too wide for portrait too
It's a bit tight for my preference, but if you were forced to use one lens, it might be OK as a general purpose lens.
Anyhow, I think a Sigma 19mm + Sony 50mm f/1.8 is the ultimate "DUAL LENS" setup.
I'd say that a 19/20 and 30/35 combo would be more practical unless you did a lot of portraits.
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Keyword Research
Generating targeted keywords for your Search Engine Optimization (SEO) campaign is one of the most important steps to creating a successful campaign. Once you have decided the topic of your website the next step is researching keywords that are associated with your topic.
There are various free tools available to you on the web. Some are more beneficial than others I have listed a few of my favorites below.
Google has two keyword tools
Adwords Keyword Tool
The first is their Adwords Keyword tool. This tool is very simple to use and gives you some jumping off points.
Think of a keyword that describes your site. Type that keyword into the box and then click 'Get Keyword Ideas'. Then you get a lengthy list of new words with variations on the word that you typed in. This tool also provides you with more details. Google has been kind enough to display search volume and advertiser competition so you know how competitive each keyword is. This is a great asset for your SEO campaign.
Search Based Keyword Tool
Google's Search Based Keyword tool offers a different method for searching for new keywords. There are two options when searching using this tool. You can simply type in your domain name and search and the results displayed will be based on the content of your site. The results listed are keywords that Google suggests you should use for an advertising campaign. According to Google:
The main difference between the Search-based Keyword Tool and the Keyword Tool currently in AdWords is that the former generates keyword ideas based on your website, and identifies those currently not being used in your AdWords account. Additionally, the Search-based Keyword Tool provides more detailed data for each keyword, such as category information, suggested bid that may place the ad in the top three spots of a search results page, and ad/search share. Both tools, however, offer the option of browsing all keywords across all categories.
You may also notice that some of the data (like such as the monthly search volume) may vary slightly between the two tools, which is due to different methods of calculation at this time.
These two free tools will get you started with your keyword research for your Search Engine Optimization strategy.
Compile Keywords
After some initial research is done you want to begin compiling all of your new keywords and arranging them by Search Volume and priority. Thanks to Google you already have the search volume information. The priority is up to you!
Search Volume
Google has already compiled the search volume information for your keywords. Now its time to take that data and use it. If you use the Search based keyword tool you should see a magnifying glass on your search results page. Click on it and a new page opens up that displays even more information on that search term.
First you get a graph that shows 'Interest Over Time' this displays how often the term was searched for over the last year. If your product has a yearly sales cycle you can clearly see when your search term has peaks and valleys of search volume.
Next you will see a Geographical search display. This shows you where your search is most popular and you can target those geographical regions more precisely with your SEO campaign.
Then finally you will see other search terms related to your keyword. Google displays Top Searches and Rising Searches which both can be very beneficial to your SEO campaign giving you more ideas for expanding your keyword list.
Priority means you need to decide what terms you want to rank with in the results pages! If your site specializes in selling English Bulldogs puppies you want to make sure to focus on that keyword. You don't want people coming to your site looking for health information on English bulldogs… Unless you offer that as part of your site.
I believe priority is more important that search volume when compiling your list. However if you want to rank for a term that has a high search volume the work can be very difficult and time consuming. Just be aware of that going forward.
Search Engine Optimization is not a set it and forget it strategy. It's an ongoing battle against your competitors to constantly try and out rank them to show that your site has more 'authority' than another site. With that in mind, always use appropriate methods when optimizing your website for Search Engine rankings.


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Julia Stegner
In her early twenties, Julia has already conquered the modeling world. She's graced the covers of such industry heavyweights as Vogue, Elle, iD, Flair, and Madame. She also has a host of modeling campaigns under her belt, including shoots for designer legends like Calvin Klein, Christian Dior, Yves Saint Laurent, and Versace. It's just not fair. Those designer guys get all the hot chicks.
AppealIt would be very hard to argue that Julia Stegner is not one sexy German hottie. Her numbers say it all: 34-24-35. Add that to her long and sexy 5'11" frame, and you've got yourself one fine Bavarian treat. That's one tasty fraulein.
Just check her out as the half-naked January model in the 2005 Pirelli calendar. It's sure to get your engine going.
SuccessFor someone so young, Julia has assaulted the modeling world with great success. Modeling for Calvin Klein, Dolce & Gabbana, Oscar de la Renta, Tommy Hilfiger, and Versace, as well as appearances in magazines like Elle, Vogue, Flair, and Madame, make her one very accomplished woman.
She still hasn't become a household name to the tune of a Cindy Crawford or Kate Moss, but Julia can probably get there if she is determined enough.
Julia Stegner BiographyJulia Stegner was born on November 2, 1984, in Munich, Germany, the daughter of an accountant and the Central European sales manager for a large American company. She was raised alongside her older sister (who would go on to work in film production) in a household filled with dogs -- the Stegner family being comprised of animal lovers. Julia became immersed in her profession from a young age: She was a child model for seven years, working on children's catalogs and commercials, and was trained in dance for nine years.
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In high school Julia discovered a love for playing basketball, one that would eventually lead her to join a club team in Munich. She was a natural fit for the game, and her high school peers referred to her as "bean bar" because of her 5'11" height. She even met her policeman boyfriend, Konstantin, while playing her favorite sport.
Julia was preparing to study accounting when she left high school, but a fortuitous event changed her career path. At 15, while celebrating Oktoberfest in her home town of Munich, she was discovered by a talent scout who immediately recognized her potential for modeling greatness.
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In 2002, once she graduated from high school, Julia moved to Paris to pursue modeling. There, she made her first major cover appearance, for Elle magazine. She was signed by Supreme Management and, within four months, she was opening the 2002 Yves Saint Laurent show. In 2003, she did Strenesse and Sportmax campaigns, among others.
By 2004, Julia had built an impressive resume and was in high demand. By the summer of that year, she had done work for Yves Saint Laurent, Dolce & Gabbana, Ralph Lauren, and Club Monaco.
Julia also modeled for the 2005 Pirelli calendar, where she appeared half-nude to the delight of men everywhere. Expect to see more of Julia in the months and years to come -- there's no hiding this beauty.
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I figured this was the coordinated message that David "Minitruth" Axelrod would be "coordinating" with congressional Democrats going home for the recess. They're going after the insurance companies.
The message in the memo, though, won't fit on a bumper sticker:
"Remove the insurance companies from between you and your doctor- capping what they can force you to pay in out of pocket expenses, co-pays and deductibles, and giving you the peace of mind you will be covered for the care you need, if get sick, or if you change or lose your job."
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) brought out the new message in an exchange with reporters in the Capitol, when she said, "They are the villains in this."
The attack comes even though the health insurance industry hasn't attacked President Obama's plan or the legislation being hammered out in Congress.
Read the whole thing. There is a gargantuan left wing noise machine gearing up. One question to the targets of all this: Do you feel your lobbying money spent on the people who are now going to savage you for the next month?
I fully expect push back from the insurers on this.


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Merce Cunningham
The Merce Cunningham Dance Company charts its official flowering back to the creative hothouse of North Carolina's Black Mountain College in the summer of 1953. The stories from those early days are as charming as they are indelible: six dancers, artist Robert Rauschenberg (the company's do-it-all technical director), and two musicians, all jammed in a VW bus crisscrossing the country.
For the last twenty months, Merce Cunningham has been everywhere in the media and on the road celebrating his company's phenomenal fifty years of performing, touring, and generally confounding dance audiences all over the world. Just as astounding, Cunningham has survived as an establishment outlaw. At eighty-five, he is as committed as ever to questioning convention and exploring new possibilities as an artist. Witness his recent project with Radiohead and Sigur Rs, which sold out the Brooklyn Academy of Music last fall and introduced his "appetite for motion" to a whole new generation of the avant-garde.
On the heels of its jubilant Balanchine celebration last fall, the University Musical Society presents this other titan of twentieth-century dance with two different programs of oldies and goodies on Friday and Saturday, March 12 and 13, at the Power Center.
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I am using 6.06 and cannot seem to connect to my network. I have researched this site and cannot seem to find the correct instructions to make my wireless card WEP to my home network. Any directions or links I should follow would be lovely.
I have found many instructions for macbook (not ibook) and many instructions for making the card get recognized (not my problem), but I cannot find the correct instructions to make the WEP work.
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It is the same procedure for a SAAB 900's from 1994 - on.
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Sept. 2, 2006
OXFORD, Ohio--Topping Belmont in three games in Saturday's second match of the Miami Best Western/Sycamore Inn Classic, 30-27, 30-26, 30-28, Miami University's volleyball team ended a three-match losing streak to improve to 2-3 on the season. The loss was Belmont's first of the season, dropping the Bruins to 4-1.
The teams went back and forth in the first game until Miami went on a 5-0 run--aided by a sophomore outside hitter Emily Schroeder kill, a service ace by freshman setter Andrea Atteberry and three Belmont attack errors--to claim an 18-13 lead. Belmont came back to knot the game 23-23, 24-24 and 25-25, before kills by Schroeder and junior outside hitter Jeanna Staun put the RedHawks up for good, 27-25. A kill by junior middle hitter Carli Reihman iced the game for the RedHawks, 30-27.
In the second game, Miami inched out to a 12-8 lead. The Bruins closed within one off a Cat Mundy kill, 15-16, but the RedHawks used an 8-2 surge with help from two kills and a solo block by Schroeder to post a 23-17 advantage. A Schroeder service ace extended the Miami lead to seven points, 25-18. Belmont would close within one, 26-27, off a Miami ball handling error, but a kill by Reihman and consecutive Bruin attack errors handed the second game to the RedHawks, 30-26.
The teams were tied 11 times throughout the third game, the last coming at 26-26. A Belmont service error and back-to-back Reihman service aces catapulted the RedHawks to match point, 29-26. A RedHawk service error and attack error put the Bruins within one, 28-29, but a Belmont attack error handed the third game to Miami, 30-28.
For Miami, Staun tallied 10 kills, while Reihman notched nine kills and a .421 hitting percentage. Atteberry recorded 33 assists and 11 digs, while sophomore libero Melissa Zenz posted a match-high 17 digs.
Belmont was led by Mundy with a match-best 15 kills.
The RedHawks round out the Miami Best Western/Sycamore Inn Classic battling Boston College at 7 p.m.


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hai..i try to make a fondant icing with black colour.. but till now i always get the dark blue or pupplish colour of the fondant..
Hi, the easiest way is to buy the fondant already black. You have to use too much black color and it makes it sticky , etc So, now i just buy the black.
ok..tq for ur advice.. think that just buy the gel colour for royal icing.. or..buy the ready made fondant ;)
It's best if you buy primary colors like red and black. The amount of gel paste you need to add to get a true black will totally ruin the taste of your fondant....Ask me how I know.
I was just reading here on C.C that some folk start out with chocolate fondant and THEN add black coloring. You might want to try that method.


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Heavy D & the Boyz was an American hip hop group led by Heavy D. The Boyz were G-Wiz (born Glen Parrish), "Trouble" T. Roy (born Troy Dixon), and DJ Eddie F (born Edward Ferrell). The group maintained a sizable audience in the United States through most of the 1990s.Read More...
Heavy D was born Dwight Errington Myers on 24 May 1967 in Jamaica. His family moved to Mount Vernon, New York when he was a young child.
Heavy D & the Boyz were the first group signed to Uptown Records; their debut, Living Large, was released in 1987 (see 1987 in music). The album was a commercial success, though Big Tyme (1989, 1989 in music) was a breakthrough that included four hits. Trouble T. Roy died at age 22 in a stage accident on 15 July 1990 (see 1990 in music), which led to a tribute on the follow-up platinum album, Peaceful Journey (1991, 1991 in music). Pete Rock & CL Smooth created a tribute to Trouble T. Roy called "They Reminisce Over You (T.R.O.Y.)" which is regarded as a hip-hop classic.
Heavy D & the Boyz gained more fans by appearing in the theme song for the television program In Living Color and also MADtv ,and Heavy D performed the rap on Michael Jackson's hit single "Jam." However, the group's next album, Blue Funk, was a critical and commercial failure compared to their previous success. Heavy D then began focusing on his acting, appearing in the television shows Roc and Living Single before returning the music charts with Nuttin' But Love (1994, 1994 in music). After appearing in the off-Broadway play Riff Raff at Circle Repertory Company, Heavy D returned to recording with the hit Waterbed Hev. He then acted in the motion pictures Life and The Cider House Rules before joining the cast of the television show Boston Public. In 1997, Heavy D collaborated with B.B. King on his duets album Deuces Wild rapping in the song "Keep It Coming." A new Heavy D & the Boyz album is slated for 2007.
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13 July 2014
The amazing V Stitch
10 comments:
- Amy at love made my home said...
Hello, I am new to your blog, but looking forward to reading along. Your blankets are beautiful, I love the colours that you are using!! xx
- 13 July 2014 at 15:50
- Gillian said...
The blankets look lovely - nice colours. And V-stitch looks very easy to do so I must give it a go. After I've finished at least 1 of the blankets I'm currently working on!
- 13 July 2014 at 18:15
- Highland Monkey's said...
You just might have tempted me to dust of my hooks and get going on one of these blankets! Looks gorgeous.
- 14 July 2014 at 10:06
- cockney blonde said...
Love those blankets and the stitch is really pretty. Off to google it now, x
- 14 July 2014 at 15:32
- Kris said...
Just lovely, thank you ever so much Heather x. Once again you have inspired me,, I have been looking for a project to use up some chunky yarn.. I'm Off to google Vstitch and get hooking x
- 15 July 2014 at 01:45
- DianeM said...
Oooo, I am going to have to check out this latest craze. Your blankets are lovely, you have given me impetus to finish the blankets I have started so I can make one of these!
Smiles, DianeM :)
- 16 July 2014 at 12:11
- Sue W @ Living the Good Life said...
They look fab! Another new pattern to try, I've not got any crochet on the go right now and I'm missing the hook in my hand xx
- 21 July 2014 at 22:42
- sylvie jolie said...
it's really so fantastic a little be complicated for me in english but i think i can try, thank you your blog is so lovely and i love England
have a good day
i just beginning crochet
- 24 July 2014 at 06:59
- janjan said...
A neighbour is expecting a baby, I thought I had plenty of time to make a blanket for her. When I saw her the other day she said it could be any day now.........panic over, you inspired me to get busy with my hook and make a quick blanket.
- 27 July 2014 at 06:03
- Cindy Mchaffie said...
Hi I love your blog your work is beautiful if by any chance you read this could you please tell me the yarn and colours you used for the blue and brown V stitch blanket it is so gorgeous xx
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HCM City Pledges nearly $50,000 to Reform Public SectorSep 9, 2003
Ho Chi Minh City - Ho Chi Minh City and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) signed today a cost-sharing agreement of $48,000 to finance the city's ongoing Public Administration Reform (PAR) programme.
This money will be added to the programme's budget of $500,000 made available by UNDP out of $1,800,000 which is required to successfully implement the City's five-year PAR Programme (2001-2005). "This contribution, though modest, would mark a milestone in the way development is financed in Viet Nam," said Mr. Jordan Ryan, UNDP Resident Representative. "Together with the Government's contribution of $100,000 announced last week to support the Legal System Development Strategy, this cost-sharing agreement paves the way to exploit new sources of funding for development, especially in the area of governance reform," he added.
Mr. Ryan also called for a new spirit of partnership whereas Viet Nam needs to rally its domestic resources including from private investment and to attract additional external resources, in an enabling environment. Mr. Ryan hailed the city's PAR project as "the most successful among the PAR projects in Viet Nam". He hoped that HCM City continue to be a laboratory for local PAR initiatives, which would be replicated in other districts of the City as well as other localities.
Contributing more than 30% of Viet Nam's GDP, the nation's economic powerhouse has been formally pursuing administrative reform for several years and has won international recognition for this. Last year, HCMC District 1 became the first administrative agency in the country ever awarded the ISO 9002 quality management rating.
To further enhance transparency, HCMC is making more accessible and efficient key administrative procedures of government, including fee structure and license handling time. More than half of the 7,300 normative documents promulgated by the City Government have been cut. The number of specialised agencies has been reduced from 25 in 1994 to 19. And the number of people working at district level has dropped from an average of 140 to 93 per district. One-stamp offices now operate and surveys suggest that staff are better trained with higher morale and provide better service to their clients.
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Janis' PLS Lecture to recount challenging facial reconstruction
By Jan Jarvis
Lessons learned – about facial reconstruction, transplantation, and tenacity – will be the focus of the next President's Lecture titled "Never Give Up: the First U.S. Face Transplant" by Dr. Jeffrey Janis at 4 p.m. on April 18 in the Tom and Lula Gooch Auditorium.
During his presentation, Dr. Janis, Associate Professor of Plastic Surgery at UT Southwestern who also leads the department's residency training programs, plans to give a behind-the-scenes look at how the team maneuvered through new territory in an effort to reconstruct the face of Dallas Wiens, who eventually became the nation's first full-face transplant recipient.
The first time Dr. Janis examined Mr. Wiens in 2008, he wondered how he possibly could reconstruct a face so badly damaged. Fourth-degree burns had left Mr. Wiens with a mass of unrecognizable tissue. His injuries presented Dr. Janis, also Chief of Plastic Surgery at Parkland Hospital, with the most challenging and rewarding case of his career. Not only did it force him to push the limits of reconstructive surgery, it also taught him a valuable lesson about the power of the human spirit.
"I learned never to give up," Dr. Janis said, "whether you're the physician or the patient."
After 22 reconstructive surgeries by Dr. Janis, Mr. Wiens had a featureless face with no nose or eye sockets.
"But he was alive," Dr. Janis said. "He walked out of the hospital and that, in and of itself, is a miracle."
It was one of many miracles for Mr. Wiens. In March 2011, a team of more than 30 physicians, nurses, anesthesiologists, and residents at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston worked for more than 15 hours to replace his face, including the nose, lips, skin, muscles, and nerves. Dr. Bohdan Pomahac, Director of Plastic Surgery Transplantation at Brigham and Women's Hospital, led the transplant team.
For Dr. Janis, Mr. Wiens' journey is a reminder of the power of perseverance and the importance of pushing the limits.
"Innovation can breach new frontiers," Dr. Janis said. "And restore people's lives and hopes."


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USF Round-Up 2008 Experience what it's like to be a USF Bull at this annual back-to-school event. With live entertainment, an organization fair with 100 student groups represented, appearances by USF president Judy Genshaft, the Herd of Thunder Marching Band, cheerleaders and Sun Dolls tonight at the USF Sun Dome, 4202 E Fowler Ave. in Tampa. It's $10; free for USF students.
Haute Dog Tampa "personalities" and pet owners will mix and mingle at a fashion show of must-have designs for dogs and cats. For humans, there are cocktails and food at this benefit for the St. Francis Society Animal Rescue at the Don Vicente Historic Inn, 1915 Republica de Cuba, Ybor City, starting at 6:30 p.m. Price: $35.
Rod Stewart Expect both early rockers such as Maggie May and heart-wrenching ballads like Forever Young tonight at the Ford Amphitheatre, Interstate 4 at U.S. 301 N in Tampa. Tickets are $15-$135.
Conversational Cuisine If you bring a friend, they play half price for this four-week series of beginner's Italian that includes dinner at each class. It starts tonight at 6:30 at Castellano and Pizzo Italian Foods, 4200 S Henderson Blvd. in Tampa. Phone: (813) 289-5275. The cost is $195 at learnalanguage.us.
Jazz: In a Mellow Tone This show at Studio@620 will have Nate Najar on guitar and John Lamb on bass at the gallery at 620 First Ave. S St. in Petersburg. It runs 7:30 p.m. to midnight. Price: $20, $15 students/seniors.
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Tangen takes school district job
After 12 years with Becker County, most of them as an elected official, Ryan Tangen has spent a lot of time knocking on doors.
"You wouldn't believe how many houses there are in Wolf Lake," he joked, referring to the time he spent doing door-to-door campaigning once every four years, at houses throughout Becker County.
And while he won't miss the uncertainty of not knowing whether he would still have a job on the morning after Election Day, Tangen also says he wouldn't trade those years he spent getting to know his constituents on the campaign trail, and his colleagues in the county courthouse.
"Becker County is a great place to work," he said.
First as a treasurer, appointed to the interim position by the county board in 2001, then being elected to that position and subsequently appointed to fill the auditor's chair after Keith Brekken's retirement, and finally, the combination of the two offices to officially become the county's first auditor-treasurer in 2007, Tangen has seen a lot of changes in his workload.
But until this past Tuesday, one thing that has remained a constant was his place of employment at the county courthouse.
This week, Tangen's new professional home officially became the administration building of the Detroit Lakes School District, where he took over as business manager on March 3.
For a weeklong transitional period, he continued to serve as the county's auditor-treasurer as well. In fact, his name will still appear at the top of the county's 2014 tax statements (a cost and time-saving measure, Tangen said).
Now, however, the transition is complete, and Tangen's duties with the county will be filled by two deputized employees until an interim auditor-treasurer is appointed by the board.
(Further changes may also be on the way. While the auditor-treasurer's position will be up for election in November, the county board is currently seeking legislative authorization to merge the auditor-treasurer and recorder's offices, and to make the combined position an appointed rather than an elected one.)
While Tangen is proud of his accomplishments with the county, he is also quick to point out that nearly all of them were collaborative efforts on some level.
For instance, when Tangen started with the county, filing a deed for the purchase or transfer of property used to involve multiple visits to the recorder, treasurer and auditor before the process was complete.
But through the collaboration of all three offices, constituents who come to the county courthouse to file a deed can now do so through a "one-stop" visit to the recorder's office.
Updating the county's budgeting and election processes also involved working with multiple county departments and state agencies, he added.
Tangen also cites the development of the Mountain View Recreation Area as a project he enjoyed being involved in. "It was fun to watch that come together," he said.
But after 12 years, he added, the fresh challenge of running the Detroit Lakes School District's business office was one he just couldn't pass up.
"From a family and professional development standpoint, it was just a great opportunity," he said.
Tangen admitted that one thing about his new position that particularly appealed to him was the chance to spend more time with his family, which includes wife Rory and children Caleb, 12, Sarah, 10 and Isaac, 6.
Because the school district's annual budget is roughly the same size as the county's, Tangen also felt he would have little difficulty coping with the transition on that front.
But the first hurdle ahead, he added, will be dealing with the school district's current facility issues — specifically, the lack of adequate space to house all of its elementary students.
After a failed building bond referendum last November, the district is now faced with the challenge of coming up with a solution that will be more palatable to its residents, from both a geographical and a financial standpoint.
(Besides the $59 million price tag, one of the chief sticking points of the proposal listed by residents at a hearing held earlier this winter was the relocation of one of the district's elementary buildings from a residential neighborhood to a location near the city's industrial park.)
"It isn't just about putting together another referendum proposal, it's about looking at what we have and finding creative ways to approach the problem," Tangen said. "We're pretty much starting over and trying to come with a viable option for providing education for our children."
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Review-Journal sports columnist Ed Graney sent this blog this morning (Las Vegas time) as he attended the opening ceremonies of the Summer Olympics in Beijing.
Ten minutes before the XXIX Olympiad begins, before the world meets the modern-day China, and what are over 91,000 onlookers at National Stadium doing?
The wave, of course.
Man, I expected more from the Chinese.
Bang those drums, boys: There is a 2,008-member Fou Band standing in rectangular formation about to pound away on the Chinese percussion instrument that lights up when struck. Some of the performances were practiced for 13 months and I'm guessing this was one. What an incredible beginning. The rhythm by which they play is as tight as you could imagine.
The first sighting of five rings: They represent the five major regions of the world — Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe and Oceania — and right now are illuminated on the field below and being lifted off the ground.
Finger painting, this isn't: A Chinese painting scroll is opened. Performers begin to apply black and white tones of Chinese ink and wash paint. They draw clouds, which disappear and leave only the mountains, rivers and sun. Beautiful.
A substitute for the Atkins diet: I haven't moved in an hour and have probably lost 5 pounds. I wore a light green shirt into this place and it's now the color of the putting surface at Augusta. It's that hot, that humid, that sticky, that unbearable for any place other than this one. Here, you take sticky and love it. She can fly: There is a small Chinese girl soaring through the air while being pulled by a kite. Sure, if you look closely, you can see the cable towing her along, but those small details shouldn't ruin such an exciting moment.
Lomong speaks (sort of): A few of the seemingly millions of volunteers are handing out quote sheets from the flag-bearers of each country. Here is what U.S. track athlete Lopez Lomong had to say about carrying the Stars and Stripes: "I am honored to represent my country and to live there. I am so happy to be here at the 2008 Olympic Games."
Me too, Lopez. Now throw a towel up here so I can dry off.
The athletes arrive: It is 9:10 p.m. local time. Greece is the first country to enter. Only 203 to go! The thing many don't realize is how few of each country's athletes participate in the ceremonies. Said one veteran Olympics writer who has covered the summer and winter Games for decades: "For a lot of these countries, it's pretty much a few athletes and 50 freeloaders wearing the uniforms."
Just saw Madagascar. Wow, I assumed Alex, Marty and Melman weren't athletically gifted enough to qualify, but how didn't Gloria make the team in the shot put?
It seems the entire Mauritania contingent is one short of a starting five for basketball.
The leading news story on Yahoo right now is about Katie Holmes chopping down her bob hairdo for a pixie. Man, moving to a Communist country to live is sounding better by the second.
Iraq just got a huge ovation. It wasn't supposed to be here, but at the last minute, the IOC reconciled with the country's national Olympics committee and let them come. Either that, or the cheers were because the Chinese also think the war is a bad idea.
We are more than halfway there with 115 countries having filed by waving, dancing, laughing and wondering if Mauritania might medal.
The United States is now eight countries from arriving on the scene. I can only imagine how nervous Kobe Bryant is …
There are mostly cheers for the U.S., but you can hear boos mixed in. The reaction for President Bush and wife Laura? Muddled cheers at best. Team USA brought up the rear in a lengthy procession, probably because it arrived in the last five minutes.
One noticeable (non-)act: Most countries when passing the box of the host nation's president will tip their flag out of respect. The U.S. hardly ever does and Lomong followed suit, keeping the flag raised as he strolled by where Hu Jintao sat. Weak.
How curious: In the official program of the opening ceremonies, it stated North Korea would immediately follow South Korea into the venue. But someone must have placed a phone call and suggested an alternative plan, because those from the North came three groups after the Southies. Hey, if you can't get along in this setting …
Those wacky Germans: Two of the nation's soccer players wore balls on their heads painted blue and gold. Why, I can't tell you, but at least they'll have something to catch all the sweat.
The crowd is roaring. Two countries left, and you know all these people aren't going wild for Zambia. Here comes China … basketball player Yao Ming is carrying the flag. You could see him from about 15 miles away. No wonder China is going to win more gold medals than anyone. Its contingent of athletes seems to stretch a few million long.
The Chinese certainly know their basketball. Loud roars go up when Kobe Bryant and then Dirk Nowitzki are shown on the Jumbotran.
Speeches come next. First up is BOCOG President and Beijing mayor Liu Qi and IOC president Jacques Rogge, followed by Chinese president Hu Jintao. Liu spoke for 10 minutes and ended his remarks with, "Welcome to Beijing." He could have left it at that and had the same impact. The raising of the Olympic flag comes next, followed by the Olympic anthem, athletes' oath (THOU SHALL NOT DOPE), officials' dope (THOU SHALL NOT CHEAT WHEN SCORING CHINESE GYMNASTS WHO ARE TOO YOUNG TO COMPETE), and the release of doves.
Well, they didn't release any. It was just a dance of Chinese women dressed in white making dove signs with their hands. You don't think they would purposefully send those beautiful creatures into this polluted air on purpose, do you?
The Olympic flame is now being carried around the stadium by past Chinese gold medalists, and the ending was as spectacular as you could have imagined. Li Ning, a gold medalist in artistic gymnastics, was lifted hundreds of feet into air and was pulled around the stadium on a cable in front of a screen that resembled a red carpet. As he ran across the screen's face, the carpet revealed behind him all the different points in the world that the torch has visited the past several months.
The moment and ceremonies culminated with Li lighting the Olympic flame atop the stadium and Beijing erupting in fireworks for several minutes. And so it begins …Video from opening ceremonies


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The Plenary resumed Friday morning with a general statement by the delegation of Ukraine. The delegate indicated that in considering the application of measures for the conservation of straddling fish stocks and highly migratory fish stocks, it is necessary to extend the measures to the geographical area where the stocks live. Limiting their application to the high seas would diminish the effectiveness of these measures because it would lessen the responsibility by some coastal States in their EEZs to conserve.
The Plenary then resumed its review of the negotiating text with Section VII on non-parties to subregional or regional organizations or arrangements. The first delegate pointed out that this section might need to be reorganized since it deals with both non-members in paragraphs 35 and 36 and members of the regional organization in paragraphs 37 and 38. The Chair answered that he took good note of the comment but added that all four paragraphs deal with the same topic. Another delegate remarked that there should be an additional section between Sections V and VI or VI and VII dealing with coastal States enforcement. An amendment, taken from the Bering Sea Agreement, was suggested that would require the parties to regional agreements to take measures to deter activities that undermine the effectiveness of relevant international conservation and management measures.
The representative of a distant water fishing State noted that references to non-parties are inappropriate since a code can not impose obligations on a non-party. A new provision was suggested that would require any non-party to inquire with the regional organization about the possibility of carrying out fishing operations. Then, if the regional organization says that there are no possibilities, the flag State should not allow its vessels to fish in this area.
It was highlighted that some points of this section need to be clarified such as: how the regional organizations are identified; do they need to be inter-governmental; is the exchange of information limited to those actions undermining the effectiveness of the measures; what measures are envisioned; and do they include blacklisting and boycotts.
The Plenary then began a review of Section VIII on the settlement of disputes. The Chair said that this was clearly an important problem and the very reason why this Conference has been convened. He also said that the only way to settle disputes is to do so in a peaceful and orderly way. The procedure should be quick and simple and, if possible, disputes should be solved before the fishing season is over. In that respect, the help of technical experts might be valuable. It was agreed this is a very sensitive area where States interests do not always coincide, and the key point is therefore to have order.
References to proper decision making procedures were seen by some as irrelevant here since disputes can arise regardless of the initial decisions. References to experts should be refined to make very clear that the dispute may be referred to them but the States themselves will decide to do so. Only if all other possibilities fail will mandatory settlement of disputes apply.
Another delegate said that each regional organization should adopt the procedures as it sees fit. It is not only inappropriate but also impractical to demand that each and every regional organization adopt a specified and uniform procedure for dispute settlement. The same delegate said that he had difficulty accepting the fact that the parties would be bound by the procedure since they may well prefer to choose a procedure, the finding of which is not binding, such as conciliation.
A delegate said that the text does not provide for the case where a State does not abide by its obligation to follow the organization's mechanisms. Another delegate added that a mechanism applicable independently of the regional organizations goes hand-in-hand with the peaceful settlement of disputes.
A coastal State representative said that this text will not apply to disputes pertaining to the sovereign rights of the coastal States on the living resources of their EEZs because it is already provided for in UNCLOS, but an additional provision should make that fact clearer. A suggestion was made that would make the decisions dependent on the weight a member State carries in an organization. Another delegate said this would be unacceptable because it disregards the legal equality of all States, which is a universal principle.
There was also some doubt on how experts would be designated but the Chair said that they could also be consulted in informal procedures and the parties themselves would choose to consult them.
Some States were of the view that arbitration is the procedure that should be applied unless the parties to the dispute decide otherwise.
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StarCraft 2 beta and on its lonesome. It seems like it wouldn't be a bad platform for other, non-Blizzard games. The Escapist asked Blizzard VP Rob Pardo at GDC last week about just such a possibility.
"It's something that we've definitely always talked about," Pardo told The Escapist. "The problem for us is that it takes a lot of work from our other teams. Every time we have the discussion, we try to figure out what's going to happen if let's say a Blizzard game was coming out and a third party game was coming out at the same time. Could we be agnostic in that way? Could we offer the same level of support that we offer our games to third parties? We just never know. It just seems like a big job for us."
It's certainly an interesting question, one which we'd say begs comparison to other digital distribution platforms like Steam. The two aren't identical by any stretch, but in essence both deliver content. We'd say emulating Steam and its competitors certainly wouldn't be the worst first step in making Battle.net a viable service for third parties.


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Kyoto, which is arguably the world's ugliest beautiful city, announced on November 24th that blinking neon and billboard advertisements placed on rooftops would be banned throughout the city. In addition, building restrictions concerning height are to be further strengthened in order to "preserve Kyoto's skyline." Both will be put into effect beginning 2007.
According to the City, there are hundreds of pachinko parlors and restaurants that place garish ads on the sidewalks in front of their premises. On top of that, ancient Kyoto has some 400 rooftop ads, particularly in the Shijo downtown area. Once the law goes into effect, the signs have to come down and blinking signs will be prohibited. Offenders will face fines and or possible revocation of their license to do business.
Concerning building heights, the new law will drop the top limit from 45 meters down to 31. For existing structures - roughly 570 buildings in the downtown area taller than the new limit - the law will come into effect when they are rebuilt. Moreover, further restrictions will be placed on the design and height of buildings that get in the way of the scenery near, for example, temples.
With most of Kyoto's beautiful machiya townhouses having met the wrecking ball - only to be replaced by the ubiquitous black top 20-car parking lots and, recently, 15-story "mansion" cooperatives - the cynic would argue that the law is 20 years late in coming.
Downtown Kyoto is by almost any definition a complete mess. It is a jungle of telephone poles and wires overhead (see above for any Kyoto shopping street, in Taishogun; and right for a shot of any Kyoto corner, a large electronics chain store in Enmachi), a mix of pachinko and karaoke parlors on the ground; sex shops close to elegant boutiques; ever present traffic jams; few sidewalks, which force people, bicycles, and cars to vie for the same tiny space; mini-parking lots throughout the city; street trees "trimmed" down to the nub; yes, the occasional beautiful and traditional store; and neon, everywhere neon.
While the City is to be lauded for the intent of the restrictions, one can only wonder: are the officials blind? One was quoted as saying: "The number of buildings that do not harmonize with the traditional Kyoto cityscape is increasing, and is in the process of ruining the look of Kyoto." In the process of? The idea of "protecting" Kyoto is almost a bad joke. Though Kyoto is perhaps less horrific than it was several years ago - thanks in part to a revival in interest, both architectural and financial, in the machiya - it is still chaotic and unattractive when compared to more restrained and elegant cities that it likes to be compared with: Boston, Florence, Edinburgh, and others.
And yet, predictably, groups are gathering to oppose the revisions. First are the billboard companies. No surprise there. "It is too sudden!" yelled one. Residents of the downtown mansions have been screaming on television: "You won't be able to live in downtown anymore!"
If past is prelude, however, they may not have to fear much. The City is big on proclamation but fairly lax on enforcement. Wabi sabi restraint and design sense are not a hallmark of the City's administrators and builders. Besides, there are already many laws on the books - many of which are ignored at the building site. The city though is also famous for ignoring public opinion - past city projects detested by a majority of Kyotoites include Kyoto Tower, in the 1960s, and the Kyoto Station Building in the 1990s - so there may yet be hope.
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Sydney coach John Longmire is hoping a hamstring problem for key midfielder Josh Kennedy wasn't serious after Lance Franklin celebrated his 200th AFL game with a nine-goal blast in a 71-point AFL win against St Kilda.
The Swans went outright first with a 19.13 (127) to 8.8 (56) win over the last-placed Saints at the SCG on Saturday, but Brownlow Medal fancy Kennedy limped from the field five minutes into the second quarter.
Franklin kicked 9.4 and took his tally for the year to 61, jumping to the lead in the Coleman Medal ahead of former teammate Jarryd Roughead, who couldn't add to his 55 due to suspension.
His former Hawthorn teammate Kennedy has played 127 consecutive games and not missed a match for Sydney since joining the club before the 2010 season.
"He felt tight at the back end of the first quarter so he went out and tried to get going again at the start of the second," Longmire said.
"He was still a bit tight in his hamstring so we subbed him off.
"I'm not sure what will happen from here, but hopefully it's just tightness and he'll be OK."
Franklin logged a career-best 13 marks and his goal haul was his best in a Swans jersey, eclipsing the six he managed against Carlton.
It was his biggest bag since his career-high 13 against North Melbourne in 2012.
A fatiguing Franklin couldn't convert three chances in the final quarter to reach double figures for just the second time in his career,
"I could have kicked a little bit straighter late, but I was a bit dead in the legs, and I couldn't get the actual 50. I was buggered," Franklin said.
"You're obviously going to find it a lot easier when the ball is coming in like it was today and the midfielders were on top all day and I was able to get on the end of it.
"It was a great team performance by the boys."
Nick Riewoldt, who kicked three goals for the Saints, notched the first major of the game, but Sydney kicked the next four in a five-minute barrage to take control.
Longmire said Craig Bird, Dan Hannebery and Sam Reid picked up minor knocks, but was pleased with the professionalism of his side.
St Kilda coach Alan Richardson felt his team competed reasonably well after a poor first quarter, but said they were out of their depth.
He tried Sam Gilbert and Luke Delaney on Franklin and also double teamed the Swans spearhead.
"He's obviously an outstanding player, but he was almost unstoppable, for us, anyway," Richardson said of Franklin.
Ten players tallied over 20 touches for Sydney, with Luke Parker notching a game-high 33.
Jack Steven led the way for Saints with 31 disposals, and Jack Newnes was another solid performer.


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I probably can write a book by now with details about insane things that have happened during my Lush Shower Jelly experiences. Slips in the shower, people mistaking Shower Jelly for dessert in my fridge, watching most of it circle my drain while not cleansing my body….
Ahh the tales I can regale you with!
After all that woe I still want to try out the new Lush Party On Shower Jelly.
I never learn.
Party on Wayne, Party on Garth, Party on Lush! \m/!


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TORONTO — LF Carl Crawford may have delivered the biggest hit of Monday's game, a two-run homer in the third inning off Blue Jays ace RHP Roy Halladay.
But it was his single up the middle with two strikes in the first that served as an example of what manager Joe Maddon calls one of the club's biggest improvements since last season and a reason why the Rays are among the majors' best in several offensive categories.
Tampa Bay entered Monday's game with the majors' second-best two-strike batting average (.213), behind only Toronto (.218), a huge jump from last season, when the Rays ranked 23rd at .182.
"Our two-strike batting average has been great," Maddon said. "I've been really looking at that because that's always been a point of contention with me in the past. I think if you really look into why we've been a better offensive club, as much as anything I really like the two-strike batting average."
Maddon said a lot of players fail to make adjustments with two strikes and change their approach to focus on putting the ball in play. Two Rays are among the majors' best with two strikes, with SS Jason Bartlett entering Monday's game first (.337) and Crawford ninth (.269). It's no surprise to Maddon that both are hitting over .300 this season.
The two-strike approach played a role Monday, as CF B.J. Upton hit a sacrifice fly in the seventh with one out and a 3-and-2 count.
"I think when it gets to two strikes you can be a lot more productive," Maddon said. "You get to that third strike — move the ball. Even if you move the runner 90 feet, it gives us a better chance of scoring. I've always preached that, and we've gotten better."
Stepping in: With Ben Zobrist playing — and hitting — so well this season, starts for INF Willy Aybar have been sparse.
But Maddon doesn't like having Aybar idle too often, which is why he started the switch-hitter Monday, and he plans to "sneak him in a little more often" until the All-Star break.
Aybar, making just his third start since June 11, went 0-for-4.
"I think it's really important for us to keep Willy active," Maddon said. "You've seen all the big moments he's had recently for us, so to just sit him for long periods of time really bothers me."
Maddon also wanted to give Zobrist a day off.
Zobrist, who is having a career year and leads the AL in slugging percentage (.622), had started the previous 32 games. But he entered Monday with just six hits in his past 40 at-bats.
Zobrist entered Monday's game in the ninth at second.
Close call: Upton nearly found himself on the receiving end of a beer shower in the eighth inning, thanks to a fan in the stands. But the beer a female fan tossed on the field missed Upton, who was unaware of the situation.
"I was turning around to walk back to my position, and I saw the umpire walking over and everyone was looking down at me," Upton said. "I didn't know what was going on. He goes, 'You all right?' I said, 'What happened?' I guess they said two women threw a beer at me."
Money matters: The lawyer trying to recover money from Allen Stanford's alleged Ponzi scheme wants seven current and former major-league players, including Rays 1B Carlos Peña, who had invested with Stanford to turn over millions of dollars, the Washington Times reported. The other players: Greg Maddux, Bernie Williams, Johnny Damon, J.D. Drew, Andruw Jones and Jay Bell. The report states that they are "innocent investors and committed no wrongdoing:" the lawyer, Ralph Janvey (appointed by the Securities and Exchange Commission), just wants to split up the athletes' money among Stanford's alleged victims.


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NATIONAL BRIEFING | MIDWEST; Missouri: 2 Levees Are Breached
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Published: June 14, 2011
As the Missouri River continued to rise to record levels, two protective levees ruptured Monday, sending floodwaters pouring over fields and toward small communities in Missouri and Iowa. The breaches had been expected in both Hamburg, Iowa, and Big Lake, Mo. Despite the construction of secondary levees to hold back the water, evacuations were under way because of concerns that those hastily built barriers might also fail. The dam-controlled river, which has caused flooding from Montana to Missouri because of record rain and snow, is expected to remain at flood levels for the next two months.


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Israeli officials have responded angrily to U.S. Secretary of State James Baker's sharp criticism of the Jewish state's settlement policy in the West Bank.
Yossi Ben-Aharon, director general of the Prime Minister's Office, charged Thursday that Baker has his priorities wrong.
The settlements have nothing to do with the peace process at this time, he said. They will become a factor only once direct negotiations between Israel and the Arab states begin, he said.
But in Washington, President Bush said Thursday afternoon that he was backing the secretary "100 percent."
"I strongly support what he said, and I strongly support what he is trying to do," Bush told reporters on the White House driveway.
Baker, appearing Wednesday before the House Appropriations subcommittee on foreign operations in Washington, said he did not think there was "any bigger obstacle to peace" than Jewish settlement activity in the West Bank, which "continues not only unabated but at an enhanced pace.
"And nothing has made my job of trying to find Arab and Palestinian partners for Israel more difficult than being greeted by a new settlement every time I arrive," Baker said, referring to his recent peace mission to the Middle East.
Although the Bush administration has long stated that settlements in the Israeli-administered territories are an obstacle to peace, this is the first time a senior U.S. official has described the settlements as the leading stumbling block.
Bush addressed the issue in milder terms at a news conference Thursday morning in the White House Rose Garden, stressing it was not the administration's intention to apply pressure on Israel or anyone.


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Northern Cape ANC members started to vote for their preferred candidates for Mangaung on Friday night.
Voting at the nomination conference in Kimberley started around 8pm. All positions in the ANC's top six were contested.
Branches had nominated ANC president Jacob Zuma and his deputy Kgalema Motlanthe for party president.
There were three nominations for the post of deputy president - Motlanthe, ANC national executive committee (NEC) member Cyril Ramaposa and ANC treasurer general Mathews Phosa.
Four nominations were made for national party chairperson Ä ANC NEC members Baleka Mbete, Thandi Modise, Tenjiwe Mtintso, and Lindiwe Sisulu.
Current ANC secretary-general Gwede Mantashe, Fikile Mbalula and Thandi Modise were nominated for the secretary-general post.
The deputy secretary-general position drew four nominations from branches Ä Fikile Mbalula, Thandi Modise, Jesse Duarte, and Gwede Mantashe.
Three nominations were received from branches for the treasurer general position Ä Lindiwe Sisulu, Mathews Phosa and Zweli Mkhize. - Sapa


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DNR officers spend Labor Day weekend keeping boaters safe and sober on the water
Mon, 01 Sep 2014 00:02:26 GMT —
Labor Day weekend is one of the busiest boating weekends of the year, but it can also be dangerous. In 2013, the US Coast Guard reported 75 alcohol-related boating deaths.
On Sunday, officers with SC Department of Natural Resources were out doing boat inspections to keep people safe on the water.
One boater that passed by for a boat inspection was Grady Elliott, who said he thought he knew everything to keep himself and his family safe while out on the water. Within minutes of the boat inspection, he found out he didn't.
"I was not aware that I needed a throw-over square lifejacket. I know when I bought the boat they gave me one and told me to keep it with me at all times but I was unaware of that and that was eye-opening for me. Now I know I got to keep that lifejacket on the boat at all times," Elliott explained.
Elliott learned the importance of proper life jackets and how many to have onboard at Sunday's courtesy boat inspection at the Highway 17 and 22 boat landing.
But there are several other things DNR look for at the courtesy boat inspections including whistles, fire extinguishers and throwable devices.
In 2013, There were more than 4,000 boating accidents nationwide. First Sergeant Nate Hutson with the State Department of Natural Resources said many are alcohol related, which is why DNR officers are also out on the water this busy Labor Day weekend.
"We've been trained in BUI detection. We're going to go through our safety inspection and we're going to know whether we believe the person is intoxicated or not and at that point in time we're going to go into a little more questioning," explained Hutson.
DNR held a number of other boat inspections at other locations in the state all weekend-long including one at Browns Ferry Landing in Georgetown County on Sunday.