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The new year has been full of surprises so far not the least of which has been
the weather. I wish I could say that the mild temperatures have been completely enjoyable in a care-free way,
we've certainly taken
advantage of the days putting "our hand to the plow" so to speak,
and gotten
much work done that would have otherwise had to wait until Spring, and we have indeed enjoyed the opportunity to
work and even play out doors without having to bundle up and trudge through snow. There has in fact been little snow and
temperatures have been as high as the upper 40's for a couple of weeks now. While such mild weather has been nice in the moment, it has given us great pause and sparked concern.
The issues surrounding global warming, forecasted by
scientists for such a long time
are becoming sobering realities as we see the effects playing out in our weather patterns. Our family recently viewed
"An Inconvenient Truth", by Al Gore and the compelling information certainly was uncomfortable to face. Yet, it strengthened our
resolve to do all we can to conserve resources. Our lifestyle is very simple and basic but we can and will do more. The responsibility
for stewardship of the earth rests on each and every one of us and we must do all we can. So, I will be spending the next few weeks
cutting more
corners, blocking more drafts, turning the thermostat down a few degrees more and employing more creative ways to
conserve. Fortunately, plain dress makes for easy layers so 62 degrees does not feel chilly after all!
It has been nice to be able to work outside more than usual. We are training one of our young 2 year old horses (pictured above) to drive and are able to
work with her more than we expected to this time of year. She is comming along nicely and doing well. Rides on our surrounding country roads
are pleasant and she is a good student. We want to make as much progress as we can before we are hampered by the weather -
winter is comming is it not?
Colds and flu have been a real plague to so many people around here lately - I am making frequent pots of medicinal chicken soup to
share with those whom we
find out need it. I make it with many extra nutritious and healing herbs and ingredients so that just sipping the broth helps
strengthen struggling and depressed immune systems. Lately, whenever members of my family arrive home, if there is a pot on, they
automatically ask who is sick!
The seed catalogs have arrived and we flip through them with great expectations for gardening in the Spring. We garden in a very
small space
but it produces largely. It is always a real goal of ours to produce in conservative space. With proper management, we usually have notable success.
We have sent out notices and visiting invitations for the Quaker Anne's Children's Stories web page to home schooling groups.
It is the hope of our entire family that they will have value as an educational resource. We have had very positive and encouraging responses thus far!
Some individuals enter the new year with a commitment to resolutions in their hearts in the hopes of making the most of a fresh start. Here are
a few to consider this new year.
Blessings & Peace,
Quaker Anne
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Advice Please On Covering This Armature Of Horse
Decorating By lsienna Updated 11 Jan 2013 , 4:29am by ginger6361
Hi all,
I am experimenting and trying to learn the limits of every material for doing sculpted types of cakes. I recently built this armature (picture below - hopefully its there) few things about the best way to go about this. ANy and all suggestions are welcomed!
I tried covering it first with rice krispies but had difficulty "sculpting the finer details I wanted and the weight of the RK kept drooping off the armature. I tried adding cornsyrup to it but it was just a big sticky mess and it was hard to add small amounts of RK to finely build up the bulk so i scratched that idea.
I am now playing with modeling chocolate (semi-sweet bakers choc.) and it is working great (just like clay) so I have questions regarding the use of this stuff. I heard that using white choc. is more stable than brown choc. Is this true? Also, I want to paint this horse when I am done and will be putting a gumpaste rider on top of it.
Will the mod. choc. remain hard and hold up the form even on a fairly warm day but in the shade?
Does it matter which brand of white chocolate to use. Will run of the mill white choc. be just fine for purposes of experimenting?
Do I use white choc. and paint that? Will the paint be streaky looking (I do not own a airbrush yet) or will it look like a solid color?
Can I paint the current brown modeling batch I used? Or should either the white or brown modeling choc. be covered in fondant?
If I should fondant over the modeling choc. how do I adhere it to the choc. and will it hold up or will it slide down the legs??
Should I use gumpaste instead to build the bulk and paint that?
I have lots to learn still and am getting ready to do an event where I will be donating this thing on top of cake ( I will mount feet on a buried built up piece of wood) and am trying to do all I can now to learn as much as possible. Thank you so much for any help you can pass along!
well on Ace of Cakes last night I saw that they made a horse with a skeleton much like yours only standing on all fours and they covered it in white modelling chocolate. However if it's going to be outside on a hot day in the shade or not I'd be worried! I might be more inclined to use gumpaste personally. The modelling chocolate can be a little streaky (due to it's oil content) when painting it, gumpaste however can be paintly very cleanly. You might try doing a 50/50 mix of fondant and gumpaste to give yourself a little more modelling time before it starts to dry and crack. good luck can't wait to see the final product!
I have only sculpted with fondant and I add tylose to it. I am no way a pro at sculpting but my concern with the way this is structured is how it will hold up. The weight of whatever you use will cause it to fall foward. I'm sorry I have no suggestions but I'm curious to see how it turns out.
i actuallly dont know anything about what i am talking about here, so if i am making no sense or it doesnt sound right...just ignore me.
i thought that white chocolate had a lower melting point then dark/milk, and therefore would melt sooner/faster than the latter?
as well, isnt it always softer when working with than milk/dark?
are you using real chocolate or candy melts? maybe does that make a difference?
You know something- I really do not an answer to that either. I heard white chocolate is better to work with than brown (dark or milk) but really don't know if this is true. I know you are supposed to use melts or blocks not chips.
As for the armature, its fine structure wise and can handle quite a bit of weight. The wire used is very very strong.
The main problem is the difficulty with blending the seams of any pieces that are added on when I use the 50/50 or straight fondant with tylose.
Unless I add the perfect amount of bulk to start, I am having to add small pieces here and there to build up the proportions properly.
The modeling chocolate is working perfect but I am not sure how to add gumpaste or fondant details like the bridle, saddle, stirrups mane and tail and have it hold on to the chocolate. Any tips there would be great!
The last resort will be 50/50 bulk, with fondant and tylose over it but then there will be lots o' seams. Again, any suggestions would be great!
Thanks a bunch all,
Is this a topper? How large is the horse?
There's a carousel horse in my photos made similarly on a wire armature. I first covered the belly of the horse in compacted foil to minimize weight and reduce the amount of $$ going into the figure. Then, I built up the horse with fondant. When the fondant was dry, I painted over it with thinned royal icing. In places where the royal wasn't as smooth as I wanted, I was able to sand it.
That horse was made for a competition, and not for use on a cake.
I would suggest that you also use the foil to build up at least the belly of the horse, because the position it's in could make it unstable with the weight of all that modeling chocolate. Modeling chocolate is a wonderful medium that I like to use and it's good for hiding seams between pieces that are added on.
Hi Deanna,
Wow, you did such a nice job on your horse! Thank you so much for your tips. The armature I made is very strong as are his legs. I already tested it with substantial weight and its all good.
The aluminum foil tip is a good one though in terms of saving both money as well as weight. The horse stands about 12" high and it will be sitting atop a sheet cake with its feet screwed into a wooden base hiddin in the cake.
Ideally I would like to use mod. choc. as I am after the finer details it can provide me in terms of sculpting. Can I paint on white or brown mod. choc and can I get gumpaste or fondant to stick to it for other features?
I would think you could add smallish details to the modeling chocolate in other mediums, but when you plan them out, be aware that the choc is oilier and you could possibly need to take extra measures to get the other mediums to stick to it. I guess it would depend on where you put them. On the horse I did, the fondant and gumpaste stuck readily to the royal icing layer so it wasn't an issue for me.
The one place where I used a lot (relatively) of fondant attached to modeling chocolate was on the standing doll cake I did for last Easter. It wasn't the proudest moment I've ever had in my cake decorating career, haha, but the limbs and head are done in the choc and the socks, lace, shoes and hair are fondant added onto that. But as you can see, none of those items have to support their own weight. The closest any of the items comes to supporting its own weight is the bow under her chin, and that's toothpicked into place.
As far as painting on modeling choc, I haven't tried that, but perhaps you could use luster dust or petal dust to make a paint that would work. If you're painting white onto a brown, you could probably use Wilton White White right out of the bottle as a paint.
edited to add that although it doesn't show up very well in the doll cake photos, the knees, elbows and cheeks have a very light dusting of pink petal dust. The lips and eyebrows are done with a non-toxic marker.
can we see the finished product? Do you have a tutorial on how the modeling chocolate was put on the horse? Thanks

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The long Columbus day weekend ahead may have you pondering how to spend your time. Movies are always a good idea — but how to figure out what to watch?
Jinni and its Movie Genome project want to help. Formally launched this week, the site aims at classifying movie and TV content beyond genre, and enables users to search for what they might want to watch using natural language. Jinni hopes to overcome what it says are the limitations of relying solely on recommendations determined by past personal content consumption and collaborative filtering of similar consumptions; searching content catalogues by filters such as genre; or through keyword searches.
"Jinni indexes meaning — that's the semantic part of it," says Yosi Glick, co-founder, president and COO. It understands, for example, that a movie like Little Miss Sunshine is about a dysfunctional family the same way as a human being reading a synopsis of it would know it was a story about a family that was a mess, he says. "Jinni understands that, and automatically gives it a semantic tag called dysfunctional family."
The semantic technology actually surfaces the meaning of that particular content, Glick continues, extracting that based on the raw materials of synopsis and reviews. In addition to accounting for the "just the facts" element of a story, Glick says Jinni also uses sentiment-analysis techniques to determine within its database the magnitude of particular subjectives around a movie — for instance, whether it is a little humorous, medium-funny, or a laugh riot.
The movie genome, created by Jinni's content team, defines more than 2,000 attribute vectors, and from that its algorithm then automatically assign some 30 to 50 semantic tags for each content item. In case you're planning to see a movie a little farther out than this weekend, Glick says the database already can offer recommendations for movies due for release next January.
"We can do that because [our approach] is based on whether the story is the same," he says. "As the parameters become more the same, the similarity is greater. We use semantic tags to calculate what is similar as opposed to what is consumed, and we measure that to be more accurate and we can start making the calculations even before any consumption takes place."
Jinni is working its way backwards — new and more popular movies and TV offerings first, with the goal of eventually building a universal catalogue of all movies and TV shows. Its data comes from sources including affiliate partners and web crawlers.
The site is also planning to create a wiki to which users can contribute their own takes on content. That's still in the works but Glick thinks it could be a mechanism for the community to voice its thoughts on whether it agrees or disagrees with Jinni's interpretation of, say, a "feel-good" semantic tag.
"Maybe they think feel good is not the right way to say it," he says, and if there's a large enough sentiment on that point then Jinni might revisit its work and rename the tag. Or perhaps the community will identify tags that are missing and are worth adding to the database. In that way the community can function as a further quality assurance check on the work Jinni's own content team does around defining and maintaining the catalogue of tags and algorithm output. Glick says the site measures 85 percent accuracy with the way its algorithms assign tags to content. He's careful to point out, however, that it really will require a groundswell of community sentiment for Jinni to change catalogue or tagging practices. "That's the difference compared to del.i.cious or Flickr where you can define your own tags as you wish," he says. "Here it is a professionally defined tag and the generation is automatic. The users can agree or disagree and we can learn from that, but the tag structure is always professionally designed."
Jinni will make its money as part of affiliate programs from partners such as Netflix, advertising, and at some point premium features that will require users who want them to pay a subscription fee. But perhaps the bigger opportunity is less as a destination site and more about using its technology to power content services for cable and web operators to enable their users to more seamlessly find the entertainment they prefer. It has one such deal so far, with Australia's Quickflix DVD service.


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Atlanta police are investigating a car break-in and theft of electronics belonging to a cast member from "The Walking Dead" TV show.
Actor Steven Yeun was in Atlanta to participate in the Walker Stalker Convention for fans of the AMC show.
Yeun told police he parked his car on the street in front of 537 Edgewood Ave. SE around 7 p.m. Sunday. He returned less than two hours later to find a window smashed and his black North Face backpack stolen.
READ: 'Walking Dead' Recap - Season 4, Ep. 4 — 'Indifference'
He told police the bag contained a MacBook Air; a Ricoh camera; a black iPod; a "David and Goliath" hardback book and a moleskin notepad.
Police say an officer dusted around the broken window for prints but was unable to lift any.
READ: Melissa McBride Talks 'Walking Dead' Consequences For Carol
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Zero Fuchs Given: The Perfectly Timed 'Lobo' Live-Action Movie Could Be DC's Answer To 'Deadpool'
The obscene, profanity loving Merc with a Mouth, Deadpool, was a complete game changer for the superhero genre. While comic book adaptations are anything but floundering, Fox's remarkable success shone a blazing light on the fact that if the character is right, audiences will happily digest R-rated material in their masses.
Any film that has such success — Deadpool is now the ever with box office takings of $760.3 million worldwide — causes a ripple effect the size of tsunami through the industry, and understandably so. But in the quest for the next adult superhero sensation, Hollywood executives need look no further than DC's ultra violent intergalactic bounty hunter, Lobo.
Lobo Stuck In Limbo
Jason Fuchs, the screenwriter who was hired by Warner Bros. to craft a script for the movie, has caused a stir of excitement around the project by of the comic book character, in a sign that the project is moving forward nicely, after a number of years trapped in development hell.
Way back in 2009, Guy Ritchie was on board to direct with emphasis on a gritty tone similar to the likes of Snatch (2000) and Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels (1998). However, Ritchie quit the project to focus on the Sherlock Holmes sequel. Furthermore, in 2012, Dwayne Johnson revealed he was interested in the role, but opted to play Black Adam in Shazam instead.
But the landscape has now changed, in a way that makes the arrival of Lobo DC's violent, quip making answer to Deadpool. And it's true the characters are made of the same ilk; Lobo, like Wade Wilson, is crazy, unpredictable and, at times, hilarious.
The Timing Is Right
Plus, now is the perfect time for Warner Bros. to go ahead with a no-holds-barred R-rated live-action movie, to depict Lobo in all his vulgar glory. In addition to Fox's Deadpool, the MCU has also explored its darker side with their hit Netflix shows Daredevil and Jessica Jones.


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In order to avoid a global traffic breakdown, mobility requires intelligent, networked solutions, Ford said. In this context, he a called for tight collaboration between automotive and telecommunications industries. "No enterprise and no industry branch alone can provide the answers to the mobility requirements of the future", he said. Telecommunications will take the decisive role in driving user acceptance for innovative solutions. "The telecommunications providers need to develop interdisciplinary systems to enable traffic systems in which the cars do not only intelligently communicate among each other but also with the traffic infrastructure". For this reason, Ford should regard cars as a "rolling smartphones" and as network node, he said.
In the mean term, significantly more powerful sensors and electronic controls will enable more interaction between the cars. This, in turn, will help to reduce the number of traffic fatalities. By the same token, they will enable semi-autonomous driving on highways including access roads as well as during lane changes. Vehicle-to-cloud-based navigation systems will help improve not only the fuel efficiency but also the time efficiency - future cars will make suggestions for alternative roads or even alternative transport means in the case of traffic congestion. One of the IT infrastructure measures towards this end will be an integrated mobility network. A central element of this network will be a data base to which all traffic participants will be logged in.
In the long term - beyond the year 2025 - inter-modal traffic networks will combine several mobility technologies to an embracing, resource-saving mobility solution. Cars will have an "autopilot" mode that enables them to reach their destinations automatically. Once they will be arrived, they autonomously will search an nearby parking lot - and as soon as they are used, they also return automatically to their drivers and pick them up.
At a more practical level, Ford Motor Company presented its Sync infotainment platform in Europe. In the US, the platform


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Cleaning Attendant - CASUAL
Department: Cleaners
Australia Zoo has an exciting opportunity for someone to join the Cleaning Department. As a cleaner, the successful applicants main priority is to ensure that a high standard of cleanlinees and hygiene are maintained through out the zoo.
Duties may include:
- Cleaning of all amenities (toilets)
- Cleaning & maintaining all public areas (admissions, entrance, lower level administration building, footpaths, demonstration areas)
- General cleaning of office
- Waste Disposal, litter removal on or surrounding zoo property including ashtrays.
- Maintaining all pathways, access areas, service roads and main buildings throughout zoo
- Removal of cobwebs, insect nests
- Cleaning wet/dry spills.
- Use of cleaning and maintenance equipment (Vacuum, Blower, Sweeper, Mop, Duster, Gurney, Buggy etc)
- Cleaning and maintain the equipment
- Communication of workplace issues as they arise with the department supervisor.
- Guest relations (providing directions and information to guest).
- Maintain high standard of customer service and publicity.
- A commitment to privacy and confidentiality.
- Work within the guidelines of Workplace Health & Safety procedures to ensure security & safety of self, staff, visitors and animals
- Participate in performance training and development reviews or programs as requested by the company both on and off the job.
- Attend meetings as requested by Management.
- Other duties as required by Supervisor, HR or General Manager
Essential Criteria
- Previous experience within a similar role
- The ability to operate equipment required for the role (Leaf blower etc)
- Strong communication skills
- The ability to multi-task
- Weekends, Public Holidays and School Holiday availability
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Applicants must be fit for physical work, enthusiastic, mature-minded, confident, well-presented and able to demonstrate a high level of work-ethic and initiative.
Apply for this job below. Applications close 17th of September 2017
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Iron Man 3 set to be released in 2013
Iron Man fans can breathe a sigh of relief because the third instalment has been given an official release date of 3 May, 2013.
It has also been revealed that Walt Disney Pictures have now taken over the franchise after snapping up the distribution rights from Paramount.
And the studio has apparently spent $115m (£73m) on Tony Stark 's third movie, according to Total Film.
There have also been rumours of a super-villain being introduced to the film, named Mandarin.
Seeing as the release date has been set so far ahead, production won't kick off for some time yet.
Before Iron Man 3 is out The Avengers and another comic book adaptation of Cowboys & Aliens will be released by director Jon Favreau .
Favreau is obviously going to be busy for at least the next three years then.


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Free Anchor Bay Swag
Timing is amazing. It really seems that Wednesday nights are when the majority of 'free swag' comes in. Either from contests, giveaways, or review copies that's when I tend to see something in the mail room with my name on it. This week Anchor Bay decided to run a fun little contest on Facebook that was a 'first 3 to comment' win. I'll give you 1 guess who got the first comment in! Ready? And… go.
…no it wasn't me. I actually have no idea who got the first one, I did however get the second one and walked home with a Righteous Kill shirt, a Surfer Dude shirt, and a pack of playing cards from The Grand. Much love for free swag. Thanks Anchor Bay! (Now send me some movies to review…)


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London : After guiding Wales to a comfortable 3-0 win over Russia in Euro 2016 clash, star striker Gareth Bale has admitted that the victory was `one of the greatest nights` of his career.
Bale, who also scored for his country in the previous two games, followed Aaron Ramsey and Neil Taylor onto the score sheet to ensure Chris Coleman's men finish at the top of Group B.
While doing so, Bale also broke the 58-year-old record of Ivor Allchurch for most goals at major tournaments in quick time.
"It's hard to describe. [It was] an unbelievable occasion and it's definitely right up there. I think, for the pressure of the game, the way we played was probably one of the best team performances I've been involved in," Bale was quoted as saying by goal.com.
The Real Madrid forward admitted that his side had learnt a lesson from its last match defeat against England and, therefore, worked upon their weaknesses to tear apart Russia in Toulouse.
"We said after the England game that we needed to keep the ball a lot better and we did that tonight," he added.
Wales, who emerge as the winners of the Group B, will now have to wait for the rest of the groups to be concluded before discovering their opponents for the last 16 round.(ANI)


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E. Stanley Jones (1884-1973) is the most remarkable Christian leader you've probably not heard of. A Methodist missionary evangelist to India, he wrote 28 books--some of which sold a million copies despite the Depression. His first 365-day devotional (1936) was Victorious Living, which I have updated for today. Published by Summerside Press.
His second devotional, Abundant Living, came out in 1942 and was even more popular than the first. This one too has been updated for today and published by Summerside Press.
His third (and favorite) devotional, The Way, appeared in 1946. "The way to live," he says, "is not merely written in sacred books, but it it also written into our blood, our nerves, our tissues, our organs.... It is not imposed but exposed--exposed from our very make-up." As we cooperate with this Way, we flourish. When we veer into what Jones calls "not-the-way," we deteriorate. Updated and released in 2011.


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Should I trade it in?
I have a full size S&W M&P9 and I enjoy shooting it. But I have been thinking more and more of trading it in for something different. I am a huge 1911 fan, so I would probably get a Remington 1911 R1 or Ruger SR1911 (if I can find one). What do you think I could get out of a used M&P9 with about 400 rounds through it? And I know it's my choice and my preference, but does anyone think I will regret it?
My limited experience leads me to believe that in your shoes I would hold onto the 9 and still invest in the 45. In the long run you could easily save enough money shooting 9mm that the M&P would pay more in savings than the value you will get on a trade in.
you could maybe get $475.00 for it if the timing is right. $400 is more realistic. I love the 9mm myself but I do see the Ruger sr1911 as a definite want. Id just save up if I were you
i agree with Weminator. keep the 9mm pistol if you really like shooting it and save up and get a 1911 style pistol. the Remington R-1 is a very nice looking pistol and one i am giving much consideration in buying. getting rid of your 9mm to get another pistol, when you enjoy shooting it, will lead to regret later on. save up and buy a 1911 pistol.
The only reason I am really considering trading it is because I'm tight on cash since I'm getting married in less than a year. I am saving up as much money as possible to give her the wedding she deserves. And I figure, trade the M&P in and spend the least amount possible to get the 1911. But at the same time, the 9mm is cheaper than the .45.
just sit tight with what you have, keep it use it and pick up a 1911 later down the road like after the wedding focus on that the rest later because now you can shoot relatively cheap but not so cheap with .45 just my two cents
I've sold two guns in my life. I regret both of them. I'd hang on to what you have.
Keep the M&P...you'll have more money for the wedding, and later when you can afford a 1911, you'll STILL have the Smith for her to shoot...
The problem with trade ins now is that nobody is getting what they deserve for the trades pretty much everywhere. If you're intent on upgrading caliber to another handgun, sell the M&P outright. That's pretty much what I advise everyone to do these days.
I'd be hard pressed to get rid of it at all.
Thanks for the advice guys. Much appreciated.
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Redwood Shores, CA, United States, 2013/10/31 - TOMS Uses Oracle Commerce Platform to Offer Commerce Anywhere, Streamline New Product Offers and Enable a Platform for Charitable Giving [NYSE: ORCL] - Oracle.com. NYSE, NASDAQ: ORCL
TOMS One for One company gives a pair of TOMS shoes or provides eye care to a person in need for every corresponding purchase. Frequent new styles and colors have inspired consumers worldwide to seek out the brand online and in stores. To support its rapid business growth and international expansion, TOMS required the agile, scalable B2C ecommerce environment provided by Oracle Commerce.
TOMS is using Oracle Commerce as part of a strategic initiative to deliver its One for One message to new markets and support global demand for an expanding product line that is constantly refreshed with new colors and styles.
TOMS is using Oracle Commerce to personalize the customer experience on its site by delivering relevant content and recommendations to customers, providing a faster, easier checkout and a more visual, content-rich shopping experience with integrated ratings and reviews.
To help ensure customers are having a consistent experience with the brand regardless of how they access the site, TOMS is taking advantage of the responsive design capabilities of Oracle Commerce, which immediately recognize the type of desktop or mobile device the customer is using and optimize the format, content and performance of the site for everything from browsing and selecting products to completing transactions.
Oracle Commerce also enables TOMS business users to have better control over the customer experience by allowing them to target promotions, personalize content, customize search results and recommendations, and update product information across multiple sites on the fly.
The integrated translation features dramatically simplify expansion into new markets by automating the tranlation process.
Behind the scenes, Oracle Commerce helps TOMS drive business performance with real-time inventory status and more complex fulfillment scenarios.
Deloitte, a Diamond level member in Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN), helped TOMS to leverage the full functionality of the Oracle Commerce solution while launching its first ecommerce site for TOMS Netherlands within just seven months.
Throughout the implementation, Deloitte worked side-by-side with TOMS staff in a train the trainer approach that prepared the company to begin immediately moving its UK, US and Canada sites to the Oracle Commerce platform.
Speaking at Oracle OpenWorld 2013, TOMS Hilda Fontana, Vice President Global Web Development shared insights to the companys rapid growth and the role of Oracle Commerce in improving international ecommerce operations and enabling a better customer experience worldwide.
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TOMS is using Oracle Commerce to deliver a superior commerce anywhere experience that extends the One for One promise to consumers worldwide. By creating efficiencies for internal resources, Oracle Commerce is making it easier for TOMS to expand its markets and continue to do well by doing good, said Mike Webster, senior vice president and general manager, Oracle Retail.
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M. Night Shyamalan scored a much needed return to critical kudos last year with The Visit (2015). Now he is back in low budget Blumhouse thriller territory with James McAvoy (X-Men: First Class) in Split.
Split sees McAvoy playing Kevin, a man whose psychologist (Betty Buckley) has identified 23 individual personalities occupying his brain. But Kevin's issue is no mere psychological condition – his body chemistry actually changes with each identity. Most of them appear to be harmless, there is one that has recently started to emerge and which dominates the others. This one has malicious, mysterious intent pulsing through him, and Kevin abducts three teenage girls – including Anya Taylor-Joy (The Witch) – for reasons that he won't immediately reveal. But several of Kevin's personalities reference The Beast.
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sounds pretty cool. i aways wanted a game like this
Very Cool! The Map is very clean forged and the Gametyp is kind of funny. (finally a zombie-gametyp thats fair for the zombies)
One of the best Halo 3-Forger in Germany
Thx for your Comments.I dont like Oneshot-Zombies, where the Zombies have Swords and Humans weapons like BRs, Rockets...In the most Gametypes the Zombies dont have a Chance. The Humans dont fear the Zombies."Oh no im Zombie, that isnt funny. I dont have a Chance. I better quit and join again, mayby Im Human""Yippie Im Human - I have Overkill - I have Killtakular - OMG Im the Best..."Thats why Im created a Gametype where the Zombies have the same Weapons as Humans.The Alphazombie has a normal Shield and is almost invisible.You need BRs, Pistols and Sniper to kill the other Zombies with Headshot.(In the Movies the Undead dont die when shooted in the Legs...)
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How do VCs, then, evaluate first-time entrepreneurs? How can they garner the confidence to place both their money and time in someone who hasn't started a company before?
Of course, investors can look at other past experiences as both a signal and substitute for an entrepreneurial endeavor. And strong domain expertise is always a plus, often a must-have.
A friend of mine at other firm told me that they also explicitly look for one intangible quality. For every entrepreneur who comes in to pitch they ask the question, "Does he know what he doesn't know?"
Yes, entrepreneurs know the information that they know. It is this experience and comprehension that guides them, and gives them inspiration. But what about the information that they don't know? Are they aware of their lack of knowledge in a certain area? Or are they (blissfully) ignorant of it?
"Knowing what you don't know" means understanding when to ask for help, guidance, and additional information when it is needed. It doesn't preclude someone from being confident; quite the opposite, it demonstrates a self-assurance to ask for assistance when appropriate rather than act upon a loose foundation of information.
Venture capitalists want to be assured that their money is in knowledgeable hands. But they also want to know that those hands will look to others when they aren't fully capable. It is much better to admit that one doesn't know something than to act blindly without it. And it takes a special person to even realize and perceive when an area of understanding is lacking.
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I would also like to clarify that by non-stop we mean it!! There is noooo sleeping in Disney, but there is also noooo sleeping on the way to Disney either apparently! So let's start with intros. This is me I am a born and bred Aussie. I work at one of Australias largest childrens performing arts institutes for a living and I love my job in awkward amounts. I honestly get so much joy from day to day work its a little crazy. I even get to go to Disney as part of my job, which is such a drag I also love rollerskating, markets, musical theatre and plastic flamingos...I do love other things including Disney (obviously) and the hubby Josh but that's a given. Josh is American so we lived in California for 3 years and now we are back in Australia- and in that time we went to Disneyland 10 times and disneyworld twice. We also adopted an obese show cat, got married in Vegas by Elvis, and drove across the whole country non stop=this trip report. Favourite Park- Magic Kingdom and Hollywood Studios Favourite Ride- Splash Mountain Favourite Disney Food- Mexican Nachos Favourite Disney Movies- Aladdin, Tangled and Pete's Dragon Favourite Songs- 'Little Town'- Beauty and the Beast and 'It's Not Easy' from Pete's Dragon Next is Josh This is my husband Josh- he is the apple of my eye, but better...the chocolate of my eye? The mickey bar of my eye? He loves Disney ,but not in an obsessive way like me (well all of us on here) he enjoys it when we go, he let's me talk about it non stop and even gives the obligatory nods and mmms when I tell him about new exciting facts and hidden mickeys etc. He even recently found and put on one DVD all the abc family specials when all the shows went to the world, you know like Full House and Boy Meets World and even Rosanne (ehh it was Disney, I watched but didn't love it) Just so i could have a marathon night and watch them all at once. So he is pretty special in my book He proposed to me at Disneyland (good work Josh) and we have been married for two years. He works as a bicycle mechanic and loves all things bicycle related-bicycles are his Disney you could say. Favourite Disney park- Epcot Favourite Ride- Thunder Mountain Favourite Disney Food- Pizza from Pizza planet Favourite disney movie- Toy Story Series Fav disey character- Buzz Lightyear Favourite Disney song Youve Got A Friend In Me Next is Bek Bek is one of my best friends in the whole world and she gets me in all my insanity. We met when we were in the musical Fame about 6 years ago and we clicked straight away! So when she rang and said she was coming to visit me in California I knew we would have the most amazing time. She is one of the most creative and talented people I know and she is a blast. She is just the kind of friend you can spend endless amounts of time together still have stuff to talk about. Plus she gets all gooey at nostalgic stuff so I knew she would be quickly converted to the ways of Walt. Favourite Ride - Expedition Everest and Splash Mountain Favourite Park - Magic Kingdom Favourite Food - frozen choc bananas! Favourite Movie - Alice in Wonderland Favourite Songs - I'll Make A Man Out Of You and Kiss The Girl Last but not least we have Tim Last but not least is Tim. Tim is one of joshs old work friends and he is pretty amazing, he can laugh in any situation and he always makes people feel good about themselves. He is hilarious on so many levels! AND Tim loves Disney almost to an obsessive stage so you know he is a winner. He is the sweetest guy that you could never stay mad at (even when almost got us detained at Border Patrol in texas)He also knows all the words to all the Disney songs and a zillion musical songs which means he makes a freaking awesome car singing partner-which was essential for this trip!! Favourite Disney Park- Animal Kingdom Favourite Disney character-Alice Favourite Disney Movie-Alice in Wonderland Favourite Song- Thats How You Know- Enchanted Favourite food- PICKLES! (Tim is obsessed with Disney pickles and its hilarious! I swear I have about a million pictures of him with Disney pickles!) So this trip came out of a joke and a few random conversations and I couldn't be happier that it did. It was the most spontaneous,caffeinated, glorious trip to WDW in the most hilarious fashion with 3 of my favourite people in the whole world!! We had the absolute best time on our trip and had SOOO many insane things happened that I can't wait to share it! Alrighty lets get on with the show! Chapter Links Chapter One- 40 Cliff Bars, A Concerned Boss And Moth City Chapter Two-Wallets On The Car Roof And The Beginning Of A Caffeine Romance Chapter Three-Please Get Out Of The Car And Place Your Hands Where I Can See Them" Chapter Four- How To Terrify A Truck Driver And Realllly Test Your Brakes!! Chapter Five- THE Most Awkward Bathroom Experience And Trust Falls! Chapter Six- A Shower Raffle And I AM GOING TO DIE!!!! Chapter Seven- We Are Here!!!!! Or Are We?? Real Life Update #1 Chapter Eight- Park Day One- Why Hello Disnepworld!!! Chapter Nine- Give Me Back My glasses Space Mountain!!! And Fireworks- Tennis Style Chapter Ten - The Hidden Dangers Of Club Cool And Napping On Rides 101 Chapter Eleven - Catch That Mongoose and Awkward Interactions Anonymous plus Real Life Update #2 Chapter Twelve- Making Enemies along the Kali River and Hit Me With Your Pet Shark Chapter Thirteen- Hey Kids, Look At This Here Warrrrrrrrrtttthaaaawwwwwwwwwwggggg!!!!!!! Chapter Fourteen- Breakdown City And Another Old Man Friend To Add To The List Chapter Fifteen- Jeans Are A Fantastic Choice And The Stupidest Map Reading Error Of All Time!! Chapter Sixteen- The Best Way To Start A Universal Studios Day Is With A Hearty (accidental) Hike! Chapter Seventeen- Where Is My Shoe??? And OUR HEADS ARE EXPLODINGGGGG!!! Chapter Eighteen- How To Kiss A Cow and How Not To Flirt Real Life Update- Not Dead!


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According to NFL N ticker probable due to illness.
He will play, game is to big for him to miss.
I've been worried all week that some of our guys might contract influenza.
Well, that stinks. Playing and playing well are two different things. Becoming dehydrated and cramping will be a concern I imagine....
You guys ever watch Montana play against UH in the Cotton Bowl back in the late 70's? He was sick like a dog and the weather was murderous that day.
There was no stopping the comeback kid though.
UH was in cotton bowl once? Dang.
yeah this was back before the ice age and continental shift. Not many remember it
4 times with a 2-2 record, losing to Notre Dame (Montana + Bob Golic) and BC (Doug Flutie + Bill Romanowski.)
Jordan scored 38 points with the Flu during NBA Finals Bulls at Jazz game. It was Game 5 of the '97 NBA Finals. He had to be helped from the court. Its time for JJo to bust out his inner Jordan.
Thanks for re-opening that wound.
To a person, everyone I know who has had the flu in the last month or so says it's the worst they've ever felt in their lives. With, without flu shot.
Want me to mention the two Final Fours, especially the NC St. game? LOL.
Man, I wish Robert Williams had stay another year, and Drexler too.
At least four of ten people receiving the flu vaccine will still contract the flu. Those having had the shot and still contract the flu supposedly should enjoy a milder form. However, this year, it does not seem to be the case. Some believe that this could be because the virus has undergone resistance mutation very early and quickly since the strains for vaccine were originally created.
Play ball!! That's all I gotta say!!
Get him some Tamiflu and get him out there!
"You're on the list!!"
So this time Bill Belichick brought virus instead of spy.
Don't these guys get flu shots?
Yeah, it worked. He got it
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I do love books about super-heroes and I'm not just talking about the common garden variety such as Spiderman, Batman, Superman and the X-Men. I like the alternative little known super-heroes and Samit Basu's 'Turbulence' novel delivers a planeload of new ones. The central character is Aman Sen, who was on the British Airways flight from London Heathrow to Delhi, and discovers after arrival, that he has turned into a super-hero with special powers, a reflection of what the person was dreaming of while on the rather long flight from London. In Aman's case, his powers allow him to interact with any telecommunications device directly using only his mind.
Aman is a good man at heart and wants to use his powers to help the poor and disadvantaged of the world and allows him to access bank accounts, e-mail systems and just about anything he needs to make changes. Unfortunately, these actions have unforeseen consequences directly making the lives of a lot of people even worse. Aman is also aware that other passengers on the flight have also developed powers but unfortunately, someone else seems intent on hunting these people down and eliminating them. Using his powers, Aman brings together the passengers he can contact with the aim of building a super-hero team to change the world and to provide protection against the mysterious people hunting down the new super-heroes.
It is during Aman's attempts to recruit new members that we are introduced to the main characters of the novel. Uzma Abidi is a Bollywood hopeful who, on arrival from London, sets about trying to win an acting role in a major film production with remarkable results. Tia dreamed of a photograph album featuring her in all the photographs doing something different. Flight Lieutenant Vir Singh of the Indian air force who must have been dreaming of flying completes the cast of 'good guys'. Arrayed against them are an assortment of other characters that range from evil through bad to deluded. It seems Vir Singh was not the only military person on the fateful flight and they have very different ideas of what to do with their powers.
The plot of the novel is heavily influenced by comicbooks. There is a team of good guys and there is a team of bad guys, only the latter seems to have all the best powers. As is traditional, there are major battles between the two sides and surprisingly a few deaths. That's a few deaths of the super-heroes as ordinary humans die by the bucket-load. The story is initially set in India before moving location to Goa for an explosive slugfest between the bad guys, helped by some captured good guys, and some very nasty Indian criminals with super-powers. The survivors are inexorably drawn to London for the ultimate showdown with the super-arch-villain, Jai. I am purposely not saying very much about Jai as it would spoil the plot. The ending is possibly the weakest part of the story and, while it does conclude the events satisfactorily, it does feel like a bit of a cop-out. However, there are more than enough loose ends to drive a sequel.
What sets this book apart from other super-hero novels I have read is the nature of the powers people acquire after dreaming on that fateful flight. Some people were dreaming of being very strong while others were dreaming of becoming a singer or doing magic tricks. This makes it more interesting as not everyone had a secret desire to be a Superman. As someone who never remembers his dreams, I would be interested to see what powers I would get. Assuming it is related to my hobbies or ambitions, I can see the arch-villain cowering in fear trying to surrender as I create yet another exquisite Bonsai tree from an oak sapling in the blink of an eye using my new super-human power.
As the characters come to terms with their powers, they also start to question how they can and should use those powers. There is no defence against some powers other than killing the super-hero. It is also possible that one power in particular makes it possible for the hero to remove all knowledge that the power has been used to achieve an objective. This makes it very dangerous indeed. There is also a growing separation between the super-powered people and normal humanity.
It is worth mentioning that in the notes about the author section, it says that 'Samit Basu is one of India's most talented and prolific young writers'. Having read 'Turbulence', I can see why he might get such praise. 'Turbulence' is an entertaining fast-paced story that manages to cover some complex issues and the attention to detail for the various locations is superb. When I next walk by Hamleys Toy Shop in Regent Street, I shall be thinking of Aman Sen's little visit there. Samit Basu has some serious talent for telling a story and I look forward to reading 'Resistance', the sequel to 'Turbulence'.
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Today, PAI President and CEO Suzanne Ehlers launched 2020 Vision, our new series featuring global family planning policy insight and analysis, at the International Conference on Family Planning in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Suzanne spoke on a panel put together by the Population Council on the future of FP2020 and what it will take to achieve it's ambitious goals. 2020 Vision's first issue focuses on FP2020, and the series will cover issues ranging from the Post-2015 agenda to reproductive health supplies to budget advocacy.
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"A year after its launch at the London Summit on Family Planning, FP2020 has raised the profile of women's needs for contraceptives and helped to garner political attention and significant resources for global family planning efforts. Four FP2020 working groups have advanced their memberships and agendas, and are now working to actively engage one another and country partners to address the full range of barriers to access and use of family planning by women in developing countries.
However, the specific activities FP 2020 will undertake to give 120 million new women and girls access to family planning are unclear, and many questions remain. Has any new money has actually been mobilized to date? How will countries will national plans to reach the global goal of 120 million additional users of family planning? FP2020 must continue to think outside the box for ways to achieve its agenda…"
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Tornado causes damage along NC coast; two injured
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Raleigh, N.C. — Two people suffered minor injuries when the roof blew off their condominium in Atlantic Beach along the North Carolina coast in what the National Weather Service confirmed Wednesday as a tornado.
Atlantic Beach Manager Robert Allsbrook said two of the four buildings in the Ocean Sands complex were damaged Tuesday night and as many as 15 people were in the condos when the storm hit. Two buildings also were damaged at the Island Beach Racquet Club and three people were evacuated from them.
"Suddenly, it was like an explosion," said Bill Fiss, who was staying at Ocean Sands. "The windows just blew out and just slammed me into the door. It happened so fast."
Mel Hoard, who was also at Ocean Sands, said he reached out and grabbed a door frame when the winds began whipping about.
"Literally, my feet came off the floor. Two, three seconds and boom – I'm on the tile floor," he said.
The weather service classified the tornado as an EF2, which has winds from 111 to 135 mph. Fire Chief Adam Snyder said the damage is the worst he's seen in his 16 years in the area.
"It almost looks like something you'd see on the news in the Midwest," Snyder told WITN-TV.
Minor damage was reported at Carteret General Hospital in Morehead City, though it was fully functional and had not diverted any patients.
Carteret Community College in Morehead City canceled classes Wednesday because of storm damage. One student hit by flying debris was not seriously injured.
The college's student center was damaged, as was the building used for basic law enforcement training, but the school said it would reopen Monday.
"We took quite a hit," said Joe Rufra, training director.
"Safety is our main concern. There's a lot of debris and some power lines are down," said school president Kerry Youngblood.
In the Mandy Farm neighborhood in Morehead City, trees that once lined the streets turned into missiles during the tornado.
"It's amazing in 20 seconds how much damage was done," homeowner John Farmer said.
He said he hit the floor when he heard the sudden roar and felt his home shake.
"I felt like the house, maybe the roof, was going to come off," Farmer said.
Windows in the Crystal Coast Civic Center were damaged.
Trees and power lines are down in the area and most of the 1,000 customers in Atlantic Beach who lost power have had it restored.
At one time, Duke Energy Progress reported about 6,000 customers without service in Carteret County. At least 500 customers were still without service Wednesday morning.


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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II has congratulated South Africa on reaching 20 years of democracy, the British high commission said on Saturday.
"On the occasion of the Republic South Africa celebrating 20 years of democracy, it gives me great pleasure to send the people of South Africa my warmest congratulations," the Queen said in a statement.
"My family and I have enjoyed a special and significant relationship with South Africa over the years.
"The links between our two countries have deepened and matured since South Africa's transition in 1994, and long may that continue."
Prime Minister David Cameron and Foreign Secretary William Hague also sent messages of congratulations.
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South Korea: Fredriksen to Acquire New Vessels for USD 610 Mln
John Fredriksen, the world's 72nd-richest person according to Forbes magazine, has bought new vessels worth approximately $610 million. There are also clear indications that he might place new orders in the upcoming period. Six oil-product tankers were ordered from STX Offshore & Shipbuilding Co. for 235.5 billion won ($210 million).
These tankers are known as medium-range vessels, each with a carrying capacity of about 50,000 deadweight tons, hauling refined oil products such as jet or diesel fuel. Golar LNG Ltd. (GOL), whose chairman is Fredriksen, ordered $400 million worth two ships to haul liquefied natural gas from Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries Co. There is a great possibility that an order for two more ships will be placed.
The shipping billionaire is planning to buy tankers as soon as vessel prices fall. This is something he strongly believes in.
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