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Grinderman Launch North American Tour, Performance On Late Night With Jimmy Fallon This Monday
The cathartic force which is Grinderman, an ensemble featuring Nick Cave, Warren Ellis, Martyn Casey, and Jim Sclavunos, launched their anticipated North American tour Thursday night with an electrifying sold out performance at Toronto's Phoenix Concert Theatre. In their review of the show, Spin Magazine raves "The ungodly squall produced by Nick Cave and three of his fellow moonlighting Bad Seeds (guitarist/violinist Warren Ellis, bassist Martyn Casey, and drummer Jim Sclavunos) was powerful enough to induce seizures, panic attacks, and hallucinations without any superfluous stimuli" and notes of lead crooner Nick Cave, "he immediately reassumes his mantle as one of rock's most compelling frontmen."
Grinderman are set to perform live this coming Monday night (11-15) on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. The show airs at 12:30 PM on NBC. Check local listings by visiting: http://www.latenightwithjimmyfallon.com
GRINDERMAN North American Tour
2010-11-13 House of Blues Boston MA
2010-11-14 Nokia Theatre Time Square New York NY
2010-11-16 9:30 Club Washington DC
2010-11-18 Variety Playhouse Atlanta GA
2010-11-19 Cannery Ballroom Nashville TN
2010-11-20 Minglewood Hall Memphis TN
2010-11-22 The Riviera Chicago IL
2010-11-23 First Avenue Minneapolis MN
2010-11-27 The King Cat Theater Seattle WA
2010-11-29 Warfield Theatre San Francisco CA
2010-11-30 The Music Box Los Angeles CA


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So I get hitfilm 4 express, download it, add my account then it says. "Serial Code Needed" So, where is the serial code? Only way I can find it is if you can buy it, but you said it's free. So how do I get my code for activating it for "free" like you guys say? Please Respond ASAP!
Hi @Exrett,
When you downloaded HitFilm Express, you should have received an email with a "Download HitFilm Express" link in it. Please click that link to complete the registration process and register the free serial to your account.
You will then be able to activate the software using your email address and password.
@CNK with respect, we've discussed this before, and we've added additional messaging to try and make it more clear to users. As I have pointed out before, the majority of users proceed through Express registration without incident. If you are able to point out a specific place where we are getting this wrong, I would be pleased to hear it.
I sent you a PM, Daniel and edited previous post.
@Exrett according to the information I can see, your license is not yet verified. Once you click the link in the email, the license becomes verified (I have just tested this myself).
It's possible that your browser or email client is breaking the link we're sending to you, so I'm going to manually verify your license for you. Please wait 5 minutes, then restart Express and Activate.
Happy to hear it!
I'm having the same issue. I'm trying to export the video so I can save it in my computer but it says "click here to activate" I click on it and it gives you two options "activate and unlock" or "get a free license" I chose the second option "get a free license" but it just takes me to the home page. Honestly just want to know if I can save it to my computer, and if so, how. Or just stop wasting my time. Thank you
@MariaBolanos Your Hitfilm activation should be linked to the email address you used to download it.
On this page, click "Menu" then "Account." This takes you to a screen with your downloaded software, and will show your serial number.
In Hitfilm, go to the File Menu, select "Options" then the Activations tab. Check your data there.
Hello sir, Same problem, I am unable to getting serial code, its been nearly 1 week, but , there is no download email, and
"Menu" bottom or GET HITFILM EXPRESS bottom couldn't be clicked.
what is the solution sir??
Axel must have got so much nagging to make that video, but it must be such a relief to be able to just drop the link in a thread.
Triem23, I watched this video, Unable to find solution sir
I'm sure you've noticed in the last month a concerted effort to create quick reference to a lot of redundant questions. Daniel Wood created a "Where is my Serial Code?" thread, Axel did this video. Aladdin and Norman's Transcode threads... Heck, I've come across six threads in the last two days that were interface questions. Instead of typing out the same long answers it was just, "here's my video, skip to >timecode.<"
Yes, it's also a shame someone can't write some code on the pages where the downloads are stored to detect that someone has linked to them directly and traffic is coming from outside the site, rather than an internal link, and direct people to the pages they just skipped where they'd have to go through the registration process. Then they wouldn't be in the position where they needed the tutorial.
You'll never get those links hidden from Google, but something could probably be done about redirecting the traffic when it arrives from the wrong direction.
But, look up ^^^. Video didn't help in this case.
as a staff or moderator are you able to look up my serial code?
when I look mine up it says that I have not activated my account but when I click the button in the e-mail it says that I allredy activated my account
Bear in mind there is a difference between a verified/activated account (the step at the beginning where we ensure your email address exists), and having a license for HitFilm Express.
To claim your copy of HitFilm Express 2017, sign in here: https://hitfilm.com/express/westworld-to-yuma
I have a license but no code
Once you have a license you can get your serial code from your account . Most of the time you won't need the serial code though - you can just login with your email address and password, and it will pick up on your license automatically.
Which serial code? My computer serial code or??
But why do we need a serial code to login? Where is my serial code?
@Cralle in terms of HitFilm, this post is ancient. If you're having issues, please start a new thread.
@TheBenNorris Time to close up shop on this one

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For those of you who are not aware of Verbal Judo, it provides the foundation for truly effective communication program for dealing with the public and especially people in a highly emotional state. Many police officers now have this type of training as a standard to permit them to diffuse tense situation and avoid physical confrontation when possible. Dr. George Thompson is the leading trainer of Verbal Judo. The article below is written specifically for police officers but directly applies to all of us when we get involved in a situation with an unruly person in a church situation. We are pleased to have permission to reprint two of his articles that were published in Police-One. Here is the first article.
7 Things Never to Say to Anyone, and Why (Part 1)
By Dr. George Thompson, Founder of the Verbal Judo Institute
Part 1 of a 2-part series
Safety lies in knowledge. If you deal with cagey street people, or indeed difficult people at all, anywhere, you need to watch your tongue! The "cocked tongue" can be more lethal than the 9 millimeter or the 45.
In part one of this special two-part series for PoliceOne.com, I'll share the first four of a total of seven commonly used statements that can work against you.
Consider, you are on patrol and you see someone suspicious you want to talk with, so you most naturally say, "Hey you! Come here!" Verbal Judo teaches that "natural language is disastrous!" and this provides a wonderful example. You have just warned the subject that he is in trouble. "Come here" means to you, "Over here, you are under my authority." But to the subject it means, "Go away-quickly!" The words are not tactical for they have provided a warning and possibly precipitated a chase that would not have been necessary had you, instead, walked casually in his direction and once close said, "Excuse me. Could I chat with momentarily?" Notice this question is polite, professional, and calm.
Also notice, you have gotten in close, in his "space" though not his "face," and now you are too close for him to back off, giving you a ration of verbal trouble, as could have easily been the case with the "Hey you! Come here!" opening.
The ancient samurai knew never to let an opponent pick the place of battle for then the sun would always be in your eyes! "Come here" is loose, lazy, and ineffective language. Easy, but wrong. Tactically, "May I chat with you" is far better, for not only have you picked the place to talk, but anything the subject says, other than yes or no-the question you asked-provides you with intelligence regarding his emotional and/or mental state. Let him start any 'dance' of resistance.
Point: Polite civility can be a weapon of immense power!
Consider this verbal blunder. You approach some angry folks and you most naturally say, "Hey, calm down!" This command never works, so why do we always use it? Because it flows naturally from our lips!
What's wrong with it? One, the phrase is a criticism of their behavior and suggests that they have no legitimate right to be upset! Hence, rather than reassuring them that things will improve, which should be your goal, you have created a new problem! Not only is there the matter they were upset about to begin with, but now they need to defend their reaction to you! Double the trouble!
Better, put on a calming face and demeanor-in Verbal Judo we say, 'Chameleon up'-look the person in the eye and say, gently, "It's going to be all right. Talk to me. What's the matter?" The phrase "What's the matter?' softens the person up to talk and calm down; where 'Calm down' hardens the resistance. The choice is yours!
We teach in Verbal Judo that 'repetition is weakness on the streets!' and you and I both know that this phrase is almost always a lie. You will say it again, and possibly again and again!
Parents do it all the time with their kids, and street cops do it with resistant subjects, all the time! The phrase is, of course, a threat, and voicing it leaves you only one viable option-action! If you are not prepared to act, or cannot at the time, you lose credibility, and with the loss of creditability comes the loss of power and safety!
Even if you are prepared to act, you have warned the subject that you are about to do so and forewarned is forearmed! Another tactical blunder! Like the rattlesnake you have made noise, and noise can get you hurt or killed. Better to be more like the cobra and strike when least suspected!
If you want to stress the seriousness of your words, say something like, 'Listen, it's important that you get this point, so pay close attention to what I'm about to tell you.'
If you have used Verbal Judo's Five Steps of Persuasion you know that we act after asking our "nicest, most polite question,"
"Sir, is there anything I could say that would get you to do A, B and C? I'd like to think so?"
If the answer is NO, we act while the subject is still talking! We do not telegraph our actions nor threaten people, but we do act when verbal persuasion fails.
Telling people "be more reasonable" has many of the same problems as "Calm Down!" Everyone thinks h/she is plenty reasonable given the present circumstances! I never have had anyone run up to me and say, "Hey, I know I'm stupid and wrong, but here's what I think!" although I have been confronted by stupid and wrong people! You only invite conflict when you tell people to "be more reasonable!"
Instead, make people more reasonable by the way in which you handle them, tactically! Use the language of reassurance-"Let me see if I understand your position," and then paraphrase-another VJ tactic!-back to them their meaning, as you see it, in your words! Using your words will calm them and make them more reasonable because your words will (or better be!) more professional and less emotional.
This approach absorbs the other's tension and makes him feel your support. Now you can help them think more logically and less destructively, without making the insulting charge implied in your statement, "Be more reasonable!"
Again, tactics over natural reaction!
Next: 3 more statements to avoid!
Dr. George J. Thompson is the President and Founder of the Verbal Judo Institute, a tactical training and management firm now based in Auburn, NY. For full details on Dr. Thompson's work and training, please visit the Verbal Judo Web Site.


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Corby James necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 348 diseños de 84 diseñadores freelance.
ClearBlade is an IT management consulting and services company specializing in the modernizatin of legacy (old) applications into new technologies to gain customer value and competitive advantage. We are an IBM business partner. Our geographic scope is global. As a company, we are very focused on customer results and making sure our clients are successful with their new technologies. To do this we work with their IT investments (finance), technology, people and infrastructure.
Our typical customer is a large company with an IBM mainframe usually in one of the following segments: health care, insurance, financial services, government, and retail. They are usually management or higher and usually fall into the 35+ age demographic. They are concentrated in the US and Canada, but also are in Europe, Central, and South America.
Our current logo (see on website - http://www.clearblade.com) has the following issues:
1. It doesn't reproduce well on printed material
2. It doesn't reduce well into an icon
3. It doesn't necessarily reflect our persona
4. It doesn't resize well
We are open to an evolution of current logo or a completely new design.
The winning logo will have the following characteristics
1. Provide versions for web, printed material and favicon (little icon on web page tab next to name). Needs to be reproducible on shirts, stationary, etc.
2. Represent our organization's values and identity graphically ( as much as a logo can)
3. We have a pallet we are using for the web site. We would like this pallet to be used or an alternate suggested. The pallet can be found at ... http://kuler.adobe.com/#themeID/885798
4. Simplicity and clarity of message is important
5. File formats - Adobe Illustrator / Photoshop (.ai / .psd) along with jpegs.
Descubre cómo funciona un concurso de diseño u obtén más información sobre nuestros servicios de diseño de logo.


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Chicago, IL (SportsNetwork.com) - Bryan Holaday's two-run double fueled a four-run fourth inning as the Detroit Tigers defeated the Chicago White Sox, 5-1, on Wednesday. Ian Kinsler and Miguel Cabrera both supplied two hits apiece and Victor Martinez drove in two runs for the Tigers, who have won four of their last five. "It's always good to get wins against a division opponent," said Detroit starter Max Scherzer. "They're going to give us a fight all the way to the end. Anytime we can get a win on the road, it's always a good thing for the ball club." Scherzer (3-1) tossed six scoreless innings, scattering four hits, three walks, and seven strikeouts to earn the win. "He was great. You know he is always tough," said White Sox manager Robin Ventura on Scherzer. "We at least got him a high pitch count. He's just tough." Dayan Viciedo went 2-for-4 with two doubles and a run scored. Tyler Flowers' single drove in Chicago's only run as the White Sox have now dropped two straight. Hector Noesi (0-2) lasted just 3 2/3 innings and allowed four runs on five hits. Detroit won, 4-3, on Tuesday to take both games in a short two-game stop in Chicago. The Tigers opened the scoring in the fourth. Torii Hunter stroked a fly ball that eluded Eaton in center field at the warning track for a lead-off double. Hunter moved over to third after Cabrera's grounder made its way to left to put runners on the corners. Victor Martinez hit a sacrifice fly to center field to plate Hunter. J.D. Martinez then doubled on a flyball to left to place runners at second and third. Noesi walked Jackson to load the bases and Nick Castellanos' sacrifice fly brought Cabrera home. Holaday continued the rally with a line drive to left for his double that knocked in two, which made it a 4-0 game. The White Sox looked to answer in the home half of the fourth. Alexei Ramirez singled on a line drive to right and Alejandro De Aza walked, putting men at first and second with one-out. Scherzer recovered to strike out Flowers and Marcus Semien to get out of the inning. Maikel Cleto got out of a bases-loaded jam in the eighth, but could not escape Detroit's offense in the ninth. Holaday walked to begin the frame, Andrew Romine reached on a throwing error and Kinsler singled to force Cleto off the mound. Daniel Webb entered the game and struck out Hunter and Cabrera before walking Victor Martinez, bringing in another run. Webb then struck out J.D. Martinez to end the threat. Viciedo doubled off reliever Evan Reed to lead off the bottom of the ninth. Three batters later, Flowers singled to bring him home, providing the White Sox with their lone run. Game Notes Ramirez, who entered the game tied with Paul Konerko at 39, set the franchise record for hits in the month of April to 40. He has also hit safely in 27 of his first 29 games, joining Buck Weaver (1920) as the only two players in franchise history to accomplish this feat ... Hunter extended his hitting streak to eight games ... Cabrera has hit safely in seven straight games ... Noesi made his first start since May 16 of last season when he pitched at Yankee Stadium as a member of the Mariners ... Chicago's bullpen has not allowed an earned run in 16 1/3 innings over the last five games.
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Extending Industry Leadership
Learn how Cisco Nexus 7000 innovations are transforming data center and campus networks. (5:59 min)
New Cisco Nexus 7000 Innovations
Building Networks Without Limits
Innovations in Cisco NX-OS Software and Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switches help transform your data center to be highly scalable and agile.
New Cisco NX-OS features help accelerate your transition to a converged, virtualized cloud-enabled network.
Locator/ID Separation Protocol
Transform Your Network Architecture
With the Locator/ID Separation Protocol (LISP) routing architecture for enterprises and service providers, add scalability and agility to your virtualization and cloud-computing environments.
Current IP routing and addressing architecture uses a single numbering space for device identify and location. LISP routing architecture splits the device identity and its location into two different numbering spaces.
This address separation:
Implementing LISP requires no change to host addressing.
Enable Highly Agile Networks
Take advantage of the LISP architectural benefits for:
Fibre Channel over Ethernet
Deploy End-to-End Unified Fabric
With the Cisco Nexus 7000 F-Series I/O module, you can now deploy Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) with a highly scalable director-class modular platform. This delivers a converged unified fabric for LAN and SAN traffic over Ethernet.
In addition, the Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switches support standards-based multihop FCoE topologies that help enable an end-to-end access to core converged fabric. With the Cisco Nexus 7000 Series, you can now deploy an end-to-end unified fabric to consolidate data center traffic onto a single, highly available Cisco NX-OS based network fabric, reducing complexity and total cost of ownership (TCO).
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Deploy Highly Secure Segmentation
With Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switches, you get a comprehensive network-consolidation and virtualization feature set, with features such as:
MPLS provides enterprises and service providers another option for deploying highly secure segmentation over a consolidated network, enabling a cloud ready network infrastructure.
Increase Your Connectivity Options
Get an exceptionally high-density 10 Gigabit Ethernet solution by combining the Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switches with the Cisco Nexus 2232PP 10GE Fabric Extender.
For top-of-rack Gigabit Ethernet deployments, the Cisco Nexus 7000 Series Switches also support:
With a single point of management for up to 1500 ports per Cisco Nexus 7000, you can simplify network deployment and management, and save IT operations time.


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Thank Mal It's Friday
The weekend starts here at Malbar. Enjoy £5 classic cocktails, signature drinks and £6 glasses of Maison Champagne, every Friday night between 5pm and 8pm. Let's get the party started.
With a great atmosphere and stellar deals on bubbles by the bottle, it's the perfect tonic to get your weekend started.


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World party
Octoberfest is upon us, but you'd rather skip Munich this year? Don't worry, there are lots of other fall fairs and festivals to attend. Our expert introduces three.
Herbschtmäss, Basel
This Swiss "state of emergency" lasts 16 days: Unlike those at traditional fairs like the Oktoberfest in Munich, visitors to the Herbschtmäss are not confined to a fairground. Rides, food stalls and booths are dotted around the center of town. October 29 to November 13.
Mercè, Barcelona
Human pyramids, fire-breathing dragons, giants attended by flutists … Mercè celebrates Catalan customs but also offers visitors a chance to enjoy modern cultural performances and live bands from all over the world playing on open-air stages. September 18-24.
State fair of Texas, Dallas
The 24 days of "Big Tex" are entertainment-filled, with football games, parades, auto and BMX shows. The food is nothing if not calorific – what do you expect of deep-fried cheesecake? September 30 to October 23.


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I'm running into some errors using the routine dstedc. After querying for the workspace sizes and executing dstedc my program crashes. The c++ code I'm running is basically the following (for several different values of n)
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char type = 'V';
int info;
int n = 30;
double* work = new double[lwork]; // lwork = 3091
double* iwork = new int[liwork]; // liwork = 936
// eVals - double[n]
// subDiag - double[n-1]
// eVecs - double[n*n]
dstedc( &type, &n, eVals, subDiag, eVecs, &n, work, &lwork, iwork, &liwork, &info );
If I increase lwork and liwork the routine works properly. This happens with MKL (10.1) as well as the netlib version (3.1). ACML (4.2.0), which doesn't require inputting the workspace sizes, gives a similar error.
Thanks in advance for any help!


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FHP: Driver falls asleep, 4-vehicle wreck on I-95
Woman charged with careless driving, driving with suspended license
PALM COAST, Fla. – A woman fell asleep while driving on Interstate 95 in Palm Coast early Saturday morning, causing a four-vehicle wreck, according to Florida Highway Patrol.
Troopers said Kelly Frazier, 20, of Palm Coast was headed northbound on I-95 behind a tractor-trailer combination truck at around 2:25 a.m. when she possibly fell asleep. Frazier drove her Ford Focus into the back of the trailer, causing her car to stall out.
The driver of the tractor-trailer left the scene after the crash, FHP said. A third vehicle, another tractor-trailer, came upon Frazier's disabled car and veered sharply to the left to try and avoid the Focus at the last second. The tractor-trailer then turned over trying to avoid a guardrail.
The driver of the third vehicle, Martin Seneosacarlos, 48, of North Miami Beach and his passenger, Gregory Wright, 39, of Boynton Beach, were taken to Florida Hospital Flagler with minor injuries.
Finally, a fourth tractor-trailer, driven by Furman Craft, 44, of Miami, came upon the scene, hitting debris leftover from the accident, causing disabling damage to its steering. Craft, and his passenger, Christopher Deselms, 51, of Lake Worth, were not injured.
Frazier was taken to Florida Hospital Flagler with minor injuries and is charged with careless driving, driving with a suspended license and operating a vehicle with no insurance.
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My favorite photo
"I took this photo in Xinjiang Province, northwestern China. I've always been fascinated with the Karakorum Highway, which is one of the highest paved roads in the world. On it, not far from the Pakistani border, I had a chance encounter with this man herding yaks on his motorcycle."


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HAMILTON - With Mayor John Bencivengo's corruption trial exposing a culture of bribery in the township, a civic group will push hard at next week's Hamilton school board and township council meetings calling on those elected officials to take immediate action on reform.
Hamilton residents Steve Cook and Connie Silakoski of The Citizens Campaign will demand those two governing bodies to pass a comprehensive insurance reform law, according to the civic group.
The Citizens Campaign said its proposed Best Price Insurance Reform law, if passed, will ensure the school board and township obtain insurance coverage under a process of transparency and accountability.
The measure, if passed by the school board and council, would require the township and school board to use a 'Request for Proposal' process for hiring insurance consultants or brokers. It would also require those chosen insurance consultants or brokers to work exclusively for the school district or township on a flat-fee basis that's paid by the governing bodies rather than a commission basis paid by the insurance company. In addition, the measure would require the insurance consultant to provide at least a comparison of at least three insurance proposals.
At the time when Bencivengo surrendered to federal authorities on extortion charges in April, news emerged that the Hamilton Township School District was doing business with health insurance broker Marliese Ljuba of the Allen Associates brokerage firm without having a formal contract. The district's improper practice of retaining Ljuba without a contract resulted in the district losing $25,000 in state aid.
Ljuba, the FBI's cooperating witness in the Bencivengo trial, was making more than $500,000 in commissions annually when she was working as the school district's broker. Ljuba in her testimony said she bribed former school board members and wheeled illegal money to school board election campaigns to help protect her high-paying job as the school district's broker.
Ljuba said she gave Bencivengo $12,400 in bribes to influence the Hamilton school board, but Bencivengo's defense argued the mayor received a loan from Ljuba and that the mayor didn't have any influence on the Board of Education.
The school board earlier this year hired an insurance consultant on a flat-fee basis, saving the district $800,000, but the school board stopped short of adopting the full reforms advocated by The Citizens Campaign.
After the announcement of the mayor's indictment, Silakoski presented the Best Price Insurance proposal to the Hamilton Township Council, but the council to date hasn't considered the proposal in an up-or-down vote.
'I think it's time the school board and the council understand that this ordinance has to be passed in full,' said former Hamilton councilman Vinnie Capodanno, a strong supporter of The Citizens Campaign. 'No omission of any words from it. They have to do it. If they don't do it, shame on them.'
With the Bencivengo trial exposing a culture of bribery, Capodanno said the reforms advocated by The Citizens Campaign are 'to ensure that this never happens again. You never know in the future. History repeats itself. An ordinance like this will not allow history to repeat itself. There should be no argument. It's a no-brainer.'
Capodanno on Friday went further, saying the school board and township council 'should also have the strictest pay-to-play ordinance in all of New Jersey and a policy that all bids are bid upon. The nonsense has to stop.' Capodanno said he will demand resignations if the council and school board don't adopt reform measures.
The upcoming Hamilton school board meeting is 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 19, at the Hamilton Square Administration Building Board Room at 90 Park Avenue.
The upcoming Hamilton Township Council meeting is Tuesday, Nov. 20, at 6:30pm at the Hamilton Municipal Building at 2090 Greenwood Avenue.


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Mason Jar Chalkboard
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Personalized chalkboard signs are a unique way to express a special message, sentiment, milestone or simply use for your shopping list—give as gift or order one for yourself!
Please put all of your custom information in the personalization section and we will send you a proof to your email within 24 hours. Once you approve your proof your item will be made and shipped out the next day.


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There's plenty of holiday cheer happening in Volunteer Park and at the Volunteer Park Conservatory between now and the end of 2012, brought to you by Seattle Parks and Recreation, the Friends of the Conservatory and the Volunteer Park Trust.
Today from 6 – 8 p.m., there will be a special Holiday in Volunteer Park event where guests can enjoy carols and music performed by nine choral groups, complimentary holiday treats and drinks, and a stunning display of more than 300 holiday lights and luminaria.
The event takes place at Volunteer Park, 1247 15th Ave. E, on the concourse between the water tower and the Conservatory.
Guests should also visit the Conservatory where the main attraction is a 75-foot, elevated model railway that winds its way through mountains of poinsettias and holiday trees decorated in splendid Victorian décor. Docent "engineers" are scheduled throughout the month to assist children of all ages to run the train.
This special event is sponsored by MTH, one of the largest manufacturers of toy trains in the world, and features standard gauge replicas of Lionel's tinplate trains from the 1920s and 30s. The trains on display at the Conservatory are the largest tinplate toy trains ever produced.
Enter to win an authentic Lionel vintage replica train set with a retail value of $500. The No. 269E O Gauge Freight Train was cataloged in 1935. Reintroduced for 2006, this classic tinplate train set features a locomotive and tender, an oil tank car with the popular Sunoco logo, a dump car with tilting bin, and a caboose. You can see the train on display and purchase tickets at the Gift Shop.
Tickets are one for $10 or six for $50. The drawing is Friday, December 21 at 3 p.m. at the Conservatory. Entrants need not be present to win. For more information about the train, please click here.
Harpist Bill McJohn entertains again this year with his harp. He will be at Seasonal House 3 in the Conservatory from 1 to 2 p.m. on Sundays through Christmas, December 16 and December 23.
The Conservatory display was produced entirely with donated time and materials. Hundreds of volunteer hours went into creating this fabulous display, complete with a miniature village and representation of the Alki Lighthouse. Please see our website for details: www.volunteerparkconservatory.org
The display will remain open through January. The Conservatory will be open to the public two special Mondays, December 24 and December 31. The Conservatory's Holiday Display and lights will remain until January 1.
For more information, please call the Conservatory at 206-684-4745 Tuesday through Sunday between the hours of 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Please call to confirm holiday closures.
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Andrea Da Passano was a Russian-born designer, comic book artist and spiritualist, who worked for Italian comic books in the 1940s. He was born in Saint-Peter as the son of marquis Eugenio da Passano and Elisabeth Saltykov, the daughter of Russian writer Saltykov-Chtchedrine. The family suffered severe financial losses after the Russian Revolution of 1917 and settled in Paris, France . It was there that Andrea da Passano (he was called Endré in France) developed his artistic skills. From the age of 16 he designed costumes for shows at the famous Folies Bergères music hall at the Rue Richer in the 9th Arrondissement. He also made designs for shows by the French singer Mistinguett in the Moulin Rouge, and illustrated posters for the couturier Pascaud.
The decline of music hall after the arrival of sound films forced Da Passano into the field of illustration. He made illustrations for the saucy magazine Le Sourire between 1926 and 1932, and also for a couple of books by the French novelist Félicien Champsaur and Éditions Ferenczi. In France, he is best-known for his 1932 series 'Le gigolo à travers les âges'. Endré's work was often influenced by historical costume, erotica, fairy tales and mythology. Another economical crisis forced him to try his luck in London and the US, but he eventually settled in the Italian city of Genoa in 1938.
Lithograph from the 1920s by Endré da Passano
He teamed up with philosopher Tullio Castellani to set up a spiritual centre in Milan. He also commenced his career as a comic artist, starting with the 1939 comic book about the "white Mickey Mouse" 'Codino', that was published in the collection Gli Albi dell'Allegria by Edital. A new version was published by Edital in the series Albo dei Bambini in 1949. Other creations for Edital include 'Barile e Sardella' and 'La Signora Coccodé'. After serving in the Italian Navy during the war years, he returned to civil life in September 1943. Shortly afterwards he made the humorous filler feature 'Il Professor Distrattini' in Albo Audace by the publishing house Bonelli, and 'Isodoro, il bimbo che nacque da una fata' for Valsecchi (1944).
By November 1946, he continued his collaboration with Casa Editrice Edital in Milan, and started to sign his work DaP. He became the main local artist for the publisher's 'Chriche e Croc' comic books, that were based on the famous comedy duo Laurel & Hardy. Besides stories with the main characters in cooperation with scriptwriter Roberto Renzi (1946-48), he also created several back-up features for the comic book, such as 'La Signora Coccode' as well a revival of 'Il Professor Distrattini'. During this period, he also created 'La vita nel bosco' (1946) and 'I Terribli Moschettieri' (1949).
Da Passano and scriptwriter Gianluigi Bonelli were additionally responsible for the 'Ipnos' series in the Audace collection 'Gli albi del Mistero' between February and August 1947 (issues 15 through 32). He apparently headed his own DaP studio in Milan, that produced and published 'Roal, Il Tarzan del Mare' (1947-48), 'Rizza manina d'acciaio' (1948) and 'Biancaneve' (1948-49) from texts by Roberto Renzi. The booklets also featured Da Passano's back-up strip 'Il Professor Klop'. In 1948, Da Passano produced 'Bertoldino alla Corte del Gran Can', a large comic book for Edizioni E.S.A. in Milan. He spent the early 1950s drawing for Edital, Genio ('Zig e Zag') and Conte ('L'ABC dei Cuccioli') before heading for Mexico to work on an education program for UNESCO.
In Mexico, he also set up a cultural centre in Chapultepec, and also worked as a graphic designer for ocmpanies like Chocolatera Larin, Ford, Palmolive, Gillette, Chevrolet, General Motors, Fab and Pepsi Cola. For the advertisements of the latter, he designed the character of 'Pepe Pepsicolero'. Between 1961 and 1966 he also taught cultural sociology at the University of Guadalajara, while making illustrations for Editorial Novarro.
Andrea da Passano settled in Texas in 1968, and then in Los Angeles in 1977, where he founded the Temple of Esoteric Science, devoted to sexuality and magic. Da Passano, who had been a Buddhist since the 1940s, developed a yoga course called 'The way of the magus' and made regular appearances as an expert on esoteric subjects on TV shows like 'Tomorrow with Tom Snyder' during the 1970s and 1980s. In the early 1980s he retuned to his pen name DaP for his illustrations for the books 'Bolitas, el Pececito Rojo' (1980) and 'Group training for dogs' (1983). In 1984 he wrote 'White light, a story of reincarnation', and in 1987 he was co-author of 'Inner Silence'.
For a long time, there was some mystery around the "Italian" artist called Da Passano, especially about his first name and the initials DaP. Many sources listed him as Guido Da Passano, but the name Andrea also popped up. Research by Italian comics experts Luca Boschi and Marco Pugacioff confirmed that the correct name is Andrea da Passano. An article by Angelo Luerti for the Italian magazine Charta in 2013 provided disclosure about the full range of the the wide and varied career of Andrea da Passano prior to and after his tenure as a comic book artist in Italy.


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May 22, 2010 at 6pm to June 22, 2012 at 8pm – GRACE EXHIBITION SPACE & GALLERY Art Sync is a creative collaboration between artists from two different countries as well as a comprehensive study of the efforts and means used during this unique collaborate process. It is an exper… Organized by NuNu Hung | Type: art, exhibition, opening, reception, may, 22
April 13, 2009 to March 30, 2013 – Blurb on line http://www.blurb.com/books/508534 Miniscapes" book launch. Book covers a 15 year period of works portraying over 40 original illustrations approximately 10" x 14". They are essentially mixed media: m… Organized by Susan Shulman | Type: book, launch
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January 4, 2010 to December 31, 2010 – Temecula, ca Ongoing exhibit at Acappella in Temecula. Artists featured: Lindsay Duff, Stefan Duncan, Marla Epstein, Albert Dolmans, Christine de Thezan, Lori Watkins. Organized by Daniele Arnaud | Type: art, exhibit
January 13, 2010 at 6pm to September 4, 2010 at 7pm – nydesignroom The Williamsburg-based gallery and showroom space nydesignroom is looking for artists and designers to show and sell their work at the Bedford Ave locale, please submit two images of your work in low… Organized by GGrippo | Type: coop
February 3, 2010 at 7pm to February 28, 2011 at 7pm – Brazil MUBE – Museu Brasileiro da Escultura is looking for submissions from artists throughout the world as a critical part and new chapter in the exhibition of the "A Book About Death" collaborative projec… Organized by | Type: exhibition
February 4, 2010 at 6pm to February 6, 2011 at 8pm – THE ARTHUR BENNETT HALL THE UNVEILING OF OVER 40 MURAL SIZED PAINTINGS BY ARTISTS OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA Organized by Addiction Research and Treatment Corporation-Urban resource Institute | Type: art, exhibit
February 4, 2010 at 6pm to February 26, 2011 at 7pm – Vivant Art Collection Vivant Gallery specializes in Haitian art Opening night February 4 live music, drinks and food half the proceeds go the Haiti relief efforts Organized by Susan Shulman | Type: juried, art, exhibiton
February 21, 2010 at 6pm to March 16, 2011 at 7pm – WALES MOMA MoMA Wales: A Book About Death Call for Works Deadline March 16 2010 A Call for Works in Wales, UK - Another A Book About Death Iteration Artist Sonja Benskin Mesher has organized a new exhibition… Organized by Mary Bogdan | Type: call, for, work
March 8, 2010 at 6pm to March 3, 2011 at 7pm – online New Web! Join Us! http://adnmagazine.com Organized by adnmagazine | Type: presentation
April 16, 2010 to August 28, 2010 – UBC Irving K Barber Learning Centre Gallery -Vancouver http://blogs.ubc.ca/ikblc/2010/04/%E2%80%9Cbeyond-the-words%E2%80%9D-swedish-artist-carl-kohler-exhibit-may-1-august-31-2010/ Organized by Henry | Type: (carl, kohler, 1919-2006), authorportraits, in, vancouver
June 19, 2010 at 6pm to August 15, 2010 at 7pm – Museo de la Ciudad de Mexico DRAW: Mexico City Museo de la Ciudad de Mexico June 19 - August 15, 2010 Curated by Erik Foss and Curse Mackey Special Guest Curator for Mexico: Miguel Calderon DRAW is the largest contemporary draw… Organized by Fuse Gallery NYC | Type: exhibition
June 23, 2010 at 6pm to June 23, 2011 at 7pm – Brooklyn CALL FOR ARTISTS BRIC Contemporary Artist Registry The BRIC Contemporary Artist Registry is now online. Founded in 1983, the Registry is one of the oldest and largest of its kind. The Registry… Organized by BRIC | Type: outreach
June 26, 2010 to October 1, 2010 – worldwide The selected artists will be exhibited in our online gallery, receive a one year tutoring by our advisers, will have international publicity and will be part of our biannual art catalog that will be… Organized by Argos Gallery | Type: call, for, entries
July 8, 2010 at 6pm to September 15, 2010 at 6pm – Umbrage Gallery Please join us for an opening reception at the Umbrage Gallery on Thursday, July 8th, 6 - 8 PM! Umbrage Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of a new exhibition, Coming Back: New Orleans Resu… Organized by Umbrage Gallery | Type: exhibition, opening
July 9, 2010 at 12pm to August 14, 2010 at 7pm – RSP Exhibit: 220V Venue: RSP Artists: Anna Frants in collaboration with Cyland & an installation by Ryan Wolfe Curated by: Alexandra Rockelmann (galerieOPEN) and Leah Stuhltrager (Dam, Stuhltrager)… Organized by swallow life | Type: exhibition
July 12, 2010 at 6pm to September 30, 2010 at 7pm – City hall Bergisch Gladbach Bensberg / near COLOGNE After our great event at Galileopark http://www.artistsforfreedom.net/galerieend/index.htm NOW THE ARTISTS FOR FREEDOM ARE NEAR COLOGNE ( Bergisch Gladbach ) from 29.06. - 30.September 2010 http:… Organized by Mona Schwenker | Type: artists, for, freedom
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July 22, 2010 at 6pm to August 9, 2010 at 7pm – Casarão de Austregésilo de Athayde "For Miguel Anselmo, the heart it represents a way of explaining him world starting from the exhibition of a detail, of an autonomy the to leave of a symbolic image and of his displacement. Miguel An… Organized by Miguel Anselmo | Type: exposiçao, de, pinturas/exhibition, of, paintings
July 27, 2010 at 7pm to August 1, 2011 at 6pm – Ouchi Gallery Minoru Oikawa solo exhibition "YAOYOROZU MIX" @ Ouchi Gallery Opening Reception: July 27th (Tue) 7-10pm Exhibition: July 28 (Wed) - August 1 (Sun) 12-6pm Minoru Oikawa bio: Born in Miyagi, Japan i… Organized by Ouchi Gallery | Type: exhibition
August 3, 2010 to August 28, 2010 – Ward-Nasse Gallery This group exhibition," Summer In Soho", at the Ward-Nasse Gallery in NYC, from August 3rd-28th is curated by Basak Malone and will include the artists; Nabeela Alkhayer, Micci Cohan, Carlos Aquilino… Organized by Basak Malone | Type: group, exhibition
August 3, 2010 at 11am to August 28, 2010 at 11am – Ward-Nasse Gallery This group exhibition," Summer In Soho", at the Ward-Nasse Gallery in NYC, from August 3rd-28th is curated by Basak Malone and will include the artists; Nabeela Alkhayer, Micci Cohan, Carlos Aquilino… Organized by Basak Malone | Type: group, exhibition
August 3, 2010 at 6pm to August 28, 2010 at 7pm – Ward-Nasse Gallery This group exhibition," Summer In Soho", at the Ward-Nasse Gallery in NYC, from August 3rd-28th is curated by Basak Malone and will include the artists; Nabeela Alkhayer, Carlos Aquilino, Michel Beau… Organized by Basak Malone | Type: group, exhibition
August 4, 2010 to August 30, 2010 – Pleasance Dome "Queen Dome" Since last year's triple 5-star winning show Godley's World, Janey has been twice trapped abroad by the Icelandic volcano and has been the epicentre of yet more extraordinary events, personal disaste… Organized by Janey_Godley | Type: stand up comedy
August 4, 2010 at 6pm to September 8, 2010 at 7pm – Aicon Gallery MALLEABLE MEMORY Curated by Nitin Mukul Featuring: Jaishri Abichandani, Eric Ayotte, Shelly Bahl, Ruby Chishti, Mike Estabrook, Chitra Ganesh, Gisela Insuaste, Mala Iqbal, John Jurayj, Jen Liu, Naee… Organized by Nitin Mukul | Type: exhibition
August 5, 2010 at 6pm to August 23, 2010 at 7pm – de Castellane Gallery SONYA (South of the Navy Yard Artists, Brooklyn, NY) is proud to be a Fiscal Sponsor for this Amazing Show Opening THURSDAY, AUGUST 5th Co-curators Linn Edwards and Brian Bell are proud to announce… Organized by Linn Edwards and Brian Bell | Type: art, exhibition
August 5, 2010 at 7pm to August 31, 2010 at 7pm – galerie OPEN by Alexandra Rocklemann This summer we will be traveling, but while we are gone the galerie is OPEN. We are proud to support and give our space to UNA TITTEL a group of young and upcoming artists, designers and curators. Co… Organized by Alexandra Rockelmann | Type: exhibition
August 6, 2010 at 7pm to August 31, 2010 at 10pm – White Rabbit Space Burmese artist Tun Myaing creates the work of the introvert. Seemingly extroverted himself, his works seek out those who hide within their thoughts; sad and pensive are his subjects. Yet, his paintin… Organized by Anagnorisis Fine Arts | Type: opening, reception
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I have a question regarding Trello.
Before its release, Trello used to have a page showing the release notes. I dug around and found out its location. But it's dated, it even mentions the old name Trellis, and the "manual" has no pointer to it, so I guess it shouldn't be used.
So... Where can I find the release notes?


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Would you believe it? I've been banned by the Singapore National Library. They refused to stock my book in all their branches, citing 'It's too explicit and graphic" after reading a few chapters.Too explicit and graphic? Ha! Here's another posting which describes best her book. From Dark City:
The outrage!
At least I haven't been banned here by our own Dewan Bahasa and Pustaka. They took 5 copies to keep as 'National Heritage.' I'm not sure I can quite call Dark City a national heritage, but at least I can count on my own countrymen/librarians to support me.
When I was browsing through magazines, my ex-boss came up to me and whispered, "I have read 10 chapters of your book. Ssssh. The wife is around. It's fantastic writing and I've told everyone at the office to get it. I really liked the twists. In Coup of the Century, you wrote about (someone we both know), didn't you?" (His wife won't let him buy Dark City for fear of contaminating their two teenage girls at home. So he's reduced to reading it from the racks at MPH 1 Utama.)What are you waiting for? Go get Dark City now! I believe it is available in Singapore bookstores too.


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In 2008 James W. Flosdorf, Jr. published the study "A PROGRAM EVALUATION OF THE ITIL-BASED CHANGE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM AT GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION".
The focus of this study was to determine which commonly implemented ITIL best practices in the Change, Release and Configuration Management disciplines were, by statistical measure, the best predictors of IT performance excellence. The ITPI researchers condensed their findings and categorized them into seven sets of related practices, comprising 30 different individual practices (ITPI, 2007). Of these 30 individual best practices, five were found to match the KPIs used in this evaluation of GM's Change Management program. These five ITPI best 59 practice performance indicators were change success rate, emergency change rate, unauthorized change rate, release impact rate, and release rollback rate. The ITPI study defined these KPIs as follows:
- Change Success Rate – changes that met functional objectives and were completed during planned time
- Emergency Change Rate – changes are tracked, but do not get standard review before they are implemented
- Unauthorized Change Rate – percentage of changes that are unauthorized; changes made without being tracked by the standard change/release process
- Release Impact Rate – percentage of production releases that cause a service outage or incident
- Release Rollback Rate – percentage of production changes in the last 12 months that were rolled back
Part of the study compares GM's performance to the ITPI study ranking of top-, medium-, and low-performing IT organizations for these five best practices. Top performers are defined by ITPI as the IT organizations performing in the top 20th percentile of all survey respondents (ITPI, 2007). It was found that GM performed better than the average of the top-performers in all of the best practice areas except for Emergency Change Rate (Urgent Changes), where GM (at 10.08%) had more urgent changes on average then the top-performers (at 7.10%) but less than the medium-performers (at 12.70%). Or put another way, GM was higher than the topperformer's mean emergency change rate by 41.97%.
Table 11: Comparison of GM ChM Program Performance to ITPI Study KPIs
ITPI Study Performance Ranking
IT Best Practice KPI General Motors Top Medium Low
Change Success Rate 98.03% 96.40% 92.50% 81.30%
Emergency Change Rate 10.08% 7.10% 12.70% 22.90%
Unauthorized Change Rate 0.05% 0.70% 3.20% 11.40%
Release Impact Rate 0.21% 2.90% 5.60% 11.10%
Release Rollback Rate 1.05% 3.30% 3.80% 8.50%
ITPI–IT Process Institute; KPI-Key Performance Indicator


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Shakira's hips don't lie, but she's selling herself short!
The Voice coach, who gave birth to son Milan in January, isn't 100 percent satisfied with her post-baby body.
"I still have a long way to go. I still have a few pounds over to lose," she said Wednesday at House of Blues in West Hollywood, Calif., per ABC News. "I look decent."
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The 36-year-old blond beauty also admitted she's figuring out how to balance work and being a new parent. "It's part of motherhood, you know," she said. "You got to figure it out as you go."
NEWS: Hear more from Shakira on why losing the baby weight was "stressful"
Last month, Shakira told reporters, "Now with The Voice, I don't have time to exercise. And when I have a day off, I just want to be with Milan."
She described her and Gerard Piqu's little man as "great" and "so mellow."
"But he's very alert, too," she gushed. "It's like he knows what's going on around him. He knows when someone comes in the room or comes out. He's something."
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Rainbow Fruit Skewers with Yogurt Fruit Dip Recipe
A healthy snack or dessert for kids and adults alike!
Who doesn't like rainbows, they have a way of bringing out my inner child and making me smile. The pot at the end of this rainbow is quite a treasure, a simple dip made from Greek yogurt and honey, yum!
Serve them at parties, picnics, breakfast or as an after dinner treat. Use whatever fruit is in season anytime of the year!
Yogurt Fruit Dip
Servings: 7 • Serving Size: 1/4 cup • Points +: 2 pts • Smart Points: 3
Calories: 65.4 • Fat: 0 g • Protein: 5.2 g • Carb: 12 g • Fiber: 0 g • Sugar: 11.9 g
Sodium: 23.3 mg
1 1/2 cups fat free Greek yogurt (I used Chobani)
1/4 cup honey (or your favorite sweetener)
Cut up your favorite fruit in even squares and place them on skewers in rainbow color order. Create the dip by combining the yogurt and honey and serve along the side of the fruit.
Makes 1 3/4 cups.
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Osborne's £23bn from the back of the sofa
- 25 November 2015
- From the section Business
So how has George Osborne pulled off the magical trick of maintaining spending on the police, imposing smaller than anticipated departmental spending cuts in general, and performing an expensive u-turn on tax-credit reductions, while remaining seemingly on course to turn this year's £74bn deficit into a £10bn surplus in 2020.
Well, it is because the government's forecaster, the Office for Budget Responsibility, has increased its prognosis of how much the Treasury will raise from existing taxes (not new ones) and reduced what it thinks the chancellor will shell out in interest on its massive debts.
In total the OBR thinks the national debt, the aggregate of the annual deficits, will be £23bn lower over the four years to 2020, and just because it is more optimistic about tax revenues and assorted costs.
Or to put it another way, George Osborne is today £23bn better off than he thought in July, and without doing anything at all.
Osborne's big idea
- 25 November 2015
- From the section Business
If George Osborne has a big idea, it is to transfer the costs of and responsibility for building a better, fairer Britain from the public sector to the private sector.
We've seen that with the imposition of a higher minimum wage, rebranded as his National Living Wage, and his stumbling attempt to cut state top-ups to the low paid through the tax-credit system.
How Osborne is bailed out by deflation
- 23 November 2015
- From the section Business
The weakness and current deflationary bent of the global economy plus the deceleration of UK growth aren't all bad for George Osborne, as he agonises over the finishing touches to what may be his most challenging budget or quasi-budget since taking office more than five years ago.
That may puzzle you given that Friday saw publication of government borrowing figures for October which were confirmation that there is no chance of public sector borrowing falling from just over £90bn last year to a target of just under £70bn in the fiscal year ending next April.
Whither markets? Ask Carney
- 11 November 2015
- From the section Business
Most of us think financial markets will become ever bigger relative to our economy and really matter. But we have lost confidence that they work in our interest.
Such is the unsurprising result of a Bank of England survey, which forms the background to the Open Forum it is holding today in London, Birmingham and Edinburgh, and which also involves 300 schools.
Is Carney hurt by wrong rate steer?
- 5 November 2015
- From the section Business
Mark Carney gave what many would see as a bum steer in July that interest rates would be going up around the turn of the year.
This is what he said. And, to be clear, I gave his remarks prominence here because the Bank of England was wholly unambiguous about the weight we should attach to them.
No UK growth without services
- 27 October 2015
- From the section Business
In the circumstances of a slowing global economy, the 0.5% quarter-on-quarter growth in UK GDP or national income, down from 0.7%, is more than respectable.
And the point is that our giant service sector - which is almost 80% of our economy - continues to power ahead, expanding 0.7% compared with the previous three months.
Bernanke: Governments 'too focused on budget cuts'
- 26 October 2015
- From the section Business
As the chairman of the US Federal Reserve during the crash and Great Recession, Ben Bernanke is the most influential central banker of our age.
So it matters that he says western politicians expected too much of central bankers over the past few years, and that governments were too obsessed with making budget cuts.
Read full article Bernanke: Governments 'too focused on budget cuts'
Can tax credit cuts be made less painful?
- 26 October 2015
- From the section Business
When Gordon Brown and his then adviser Ed Balls embarked on their reshaping of the British welfare state by massively increasing benefits delivered to lower-paid, working people through the tax credit system, one of their aims was cynically political.
The more people who received these credits, and the more generous they became, the more frightened those on average or lower incomes would be of voting Tory.
Bank says EU makes UK more dynamic
- 21 October 2015
- From the section Business
Membership of the European Union has made the UK a more open and dynamic economy, the Bank of England has concluded in a 100-page review of the impact on it of EU membership.
Being in the EU has drawn investment to the UK, boosted the productivity of workers, and enhanced the ability of our economy to create jobs and new businesses.
How Bank of England could help EU out campaign
- 21 October 2015
- From the section Business
So at four o'clock this afternoon a few dozen hacks will be locked in the Bank of England, where we will be given a 100-page review by the Bank on how and whether leaving the European Union would affect its responsibility to deliver monetary and financial stability.
It all sounds pretty momentous. We'll be briefed for an hour by the deputy governor Sir Jon Cunliffe, and we will not be allowed to leave, email, phone or tweet till six o'clock, when the governor will give a speech about all this in the Cairncross memorial lecture at St Peter's College Oxford.
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Looking for a special way to keep the true meaning of Christmas alive this holiday season? I LOVE this simple idea from Jen at beautyandbedlam.com .
Start by asking each family member to write on a small slip of paper (let little ones dictate their thoughts for you). Encourage them to share something they are grateful for or a special thought about what Christmas means to them.
Next, prepare rolls, spraying the inside lightly with cooking spray. Place one paper strip in each roll. Bake as directed and serve warm. As each person unwraps a message, they read it aloud to the family at Christmas dinner.


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Horizontal drilling gives us access to resource plays that were previously not economic to produce. With this technology, we are unlocking oil and natural gas reservoirs throughout the U.S., reducing our nation's dependence on foreign energy imports.
Advanced Technologies
Since our inception, Continental Resources has been a leader in utilizing advanced technologies to explore and produce oil and natural gas. We were one of the first companies to implement horizontal drilling and well stimulation, and we also discovered one of the largest oil-producing meteor impact craters in the country.
A meteorite that hit the Ames, Oklahoma area 450 million years ago produced a crater 8 miles in diameter. The crater cannot be seen on the surface of the earth today because it was subsequently buried by 9,000 feet of sediment, and it remained unrecognized until 1991 when Harold Hamm and the scientific team at Continental Resources conducted seismic surveys to confirm that the crater held an abundant oil field.
The Ames Crater meteorite impact site is one of only six oil-producing craters in the United States, and is one of the largest producing impact craters, with 20 million barrels of oil and 130 billion cubic feet of gas. It is one of the most remarkable and studied geological features in the world because of its economic significance.
Please read on to discover our continued spirit of innovation with advanced technologies.
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Richard Behiel
June 6, 1932-Dec. 5, 2012
Dublin, California
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Richard Behiel passed away peacefully December 5, 2012 surrounded by family at ValleyCare in Pleasanton, CA. He was 80. Richard suffered complications due to breaking several ribs after a fall in October while doing yard work at home in Dublin.
Richard, the 2nd of 8 children, was born June 6, 1932 in Fort Saskatchewan, Alberta, Canada. He left the family farm in 1959 and moved to Oakland with his sister Lorraine and her husband Lee Dansereau. Richard and Lee, and several others of the Behiel family, would eventually retire as union carpenters. He was especially proud of his work on the Oakland Coliseum, BART Tube, SJSU Business Tower, and building his first house in the Oakland hills. Richard married Yvonne Lapointe in 1961 and moved to Pleasanton in 1970 to raise their four children. Richard moved to Dublin in 1982 during a divorce.
Richard enjoyed Canada-USA family reunions, annual Father?s Day picnics, and spending time with family and the great neighbors of Hillsdale Drive throughout the 1970?s. He spent his retirement working in his home workshop, helping others, having coffee with friends after a workout at the gym, and watching as many of his grandchildren?s sporting events as possible.
He is survived by is daughter, Nanette, of Scotts Valley, his sons: Scott (Karen), of Angels Camp, Art (Sara) and David (Ursula) of Pleasanton, and ten grandchildren: Fallon, Richard, Marc, Joe, Nicole, Alyssa, Melina, Mason, Nicolas & Brady.


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Miami beyond the beaches
By Katia Hetter, Special to CNN • Updated 30th March 2012
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Everyone knows the beach is the thing in Miami, and specifically South Beach, where all the beautiful people go to see and be seen. But what if you're traveling with children or grandparents or people who don't want to be covered in suntan lotion and little else all day? We asked for your recommendations beyond the beach, where you go when you're not lying on a towel. "There are so many Miamis to visit when you are here," one iReporter said. Here are a few of our iReporters' favorites.
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Miami's vibrant art scene is very much in evidence in Wynwood, where the local arts association has a
to keep track of which artists are in the hood. "If you are lucky enough to be visiting on the second Saturday of the month, you better make your way over to Wynwood for the local art walk," writes iReporter Jennifer Ortiz, a Miami native. "Live music and DJs spin in various galleries throughout the night, often with free beer and other refreshments. Here you'll witness some of the world's finest urban art; muralists and graffiti artists have been brought in from around the globe to use Wynwood as their canvas." You can also use the map to tour galleries during the day.
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Miami's dynamic food scene now goes beyond everyday Cuban cuisine to fine and experimental dining with local ingredients. "Hang with the locals at eclectic places like
The Electric Pickle
The Stage
in the Midtown/Design District," writes iReporter Alain Lantigua, who has lived in the Miami area for most of his life. Other iReporters recommend
Raw Bar Grill, in the Arts District, and
Sra. Martinez
, "Top Chef" judge Michelle Bernstein's tapas restaurant.
Many little Cuban joints will feed you a good cheap lunch, iReporters tell us, and you can get an excellent Cuban coffee after your meal for half the price of a Starbuck's. For affordable classic Cuban food, go to South Miami and "hit
s on a Saturday night for live Cuban music," Lantigua writes. It's "like nothing anywhere else and cheap." (Be careful not to confuse this location with Lario's on the Beach, which is in South Beach and probably will be mobbed.) For something a little more upscale, check out
Havana Harry's
in Coral Gables.
If you're worried about your lack of knowledge of Cuban cuisine, let
Three Guys from Miami
teach you what's what.
Communing with nature
There are endless opportunities to enjoy Miami outdoors aside from tanning on the beach. You can take a
boat tour of celebrities' island homes in Miami
or stroll the grounds at
Vizcaya Museum and Gardens
. Animal lovers can
snorkel in John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park
in nearby Key Largo or head to
Zoo Miami
Eliza Dash of Parkland, Florida, visits Miami almost every week for the restaurants and beaches, but that's not what stands out for her. She was fascinated by what she found on her visit to
Butterfly World
in Coconut Creek, about 45 minutes north. "More than 70 species of butterflies, humming bird and lorikeet aviaries and a very peaceful garden takes the cake!" she writes on iReport.com. "It may be said that this is one man's hobby gone wild, but I say what a way to connect (with) nature!"
Don't dis South Beach
Although some locals may sneer at the tourists visiting Miami's most famous beach, the crowds who choose South Beach are clearly enjoying a meal, dancing the night away and staying at the trendy hotels. The South Beach experience is a must, whether you get a drink at
the Perry
(known as the Gansevoort until this year). "Get a blackberry mojito at
Sushi Samba
on Lincoln Road or a generous pour of scotch at
and people watch," Lantigua writes. "If you want to hit a club, the place to go is
. Guarantee your entrance by purchasing tickets in advance."
Jeffrey Moellering of Clearwater, Florida, appreciates the
outdoor space, which "features a large deck area with a pool, live music and the best people watching panorama right in the heart of the district. The adjacent hotel is also a quite adequate and reasonably priced place to stay."
South Beach culture
For a break from the beach scene, head to the
New World Symphony's
new campus, designed by Frank Gehry in close collaboration with symphony artistic director Michael Tilson Thomas. Miami native Melissa Lopez, who now lives in nearby Kendall, says the symphony offers many free outside movies and concerts. "Bring a blanket!" she writes.
Miami Beach's art deco architecture is worth a visit. "I enjoy walking, dining and shopping on Lincoln Road as well as walking and dining on Ocean Drive along the Art Deco hotels," writes iReporter Robert Ondrovic, of Pound Ridge, New York. If you'd like a guide on your walking tour, join the
Miami Design Preservation League's
daily art deco tour. "The architecture of these buildings is something no one should miss when in the Miami area," writes Matt Colver of Castle Rock, Colorado.
Do you live or vacation in the Miami area? Share your tips in the comments below.
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I use Evernote every day (check out my list of 8 ways communicators can use Evernote) for a wide variety of personal and professional note-taking. Using the site for speeches and presentations is a next step I'm ready to take, and Hyatt's suggestions are a great guide.He has set up notebooks in Evernote for illustrations, jokes, quotes and statistics, and is now going through all his blog posts, web articles, digital books and even hardcopy books to put material he's already gathered into those four categories, creating a storehouse of material from which to draw upon when he's writing a speech.
Here's why that works: Once you enter text into Evernote, it becomes searchable. So if Hyatt enters text about a certain topic into Evernote, he need not remember where it is. He can tag the item to find it quickly later, or just search for a term and see what comes up. (You can enter files of any type, including video, audio and photos--and if you use the Evernote mobile device app to, say, snap a photo of someone you've met at a conference, even the text on her nametag can be searched in Evernote.) Evernote is available as a desktop platform, in the cloud on its website and as a mobile app. It has partnerships with a wide range of devices and services, and you can even buy scanners that let you enter text into Evernote directly.
And why stop with just your actual presentation or speech? You might create a notebook for each speaking gig, with maps and directions, forms, followups, even scanned business cards from contacts you met.
I'm an Evernote affiliate. You can certainly choose its free application, or for $45, the premium version with more storage and search options--in which case, I get a small fee. More important to me: Evernote's a major boost to my productivity and creativity. Speechwriters and speakers, check it out! If you click on the Evernote button, below, you can save this post--and set up a free or premium account in a pop-up window. Give it a try and let me know how you're using this tool to create your presentations and speeches.
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Capturing a Hard-Wired Variability: What Makes Some Identical Twins Noticeably Different? – "The current study finds that only one allele is expressed in between 12 and 24 percent of all such pairs encoded by the mouse genome. Further, the selection of expressed alleles varies randomly from cell to cell, and switches frequently between the two options throughout their lives…. 'We find that for those genes that are not imprinted, roughly one in five alleles is randomly and dynamically expressed only one at a time,' says Sandberg. 'And if one allele is being expressed, the other doesn't know about it. There's no coordination between two.'"
meanwhile: Identical twins need never be tried for same crime after DNA breakthrough – "Cases of identical twins being tried for the same crime may never happen again after a scientific breakthrough found there are subtle differences in their DNA." – h/t Big Daddy Jayman!
Indigenous Groups More Vulnerable in Fight Against Flu – "Research indicated that some Indigenous people such as in Alaska and Australia displayed limited immunity response to the effects of influenza." – h/t hbd bibliography!
Islands make animals tamer – "Lizard study supports Darwin's hunch that lack of predators leads to unwatchful behaviour." – hmmmm.
A Living Time Capsule Shows the Human Mark on Evolution – "Scientists have revived shrimp-like animals that have been buried at the bottom of the lake for an estimated 700 years. If this estimate holds up to further testing, they are the oldest animals ever resurrected…. The oldest DNA the scientists obtained from the lake dates back to around the time the Vandals were ransacking Rome. The scientists found that one genetic strain of water fleas dominated at the time — and continued to until the late 1800s. As phosphorus [from fertilizers] flooded the lake, a previously rare strain emerged and took over."
Evolution Hidden in Plain Sight – "One of the hallmarks of *Escherichia coli* as a species is that when there's oxygen around, it can't feed on a compound called citrate. But one day a flask turned cloudy with an explosion of *E. coli* that were doing just that. The change was so profound that it may mean these bacteria had evolved into a new species."
SLC24A5 light skin pigmentation allele origin – "'The distributions of C11 and its parental haplotypes make it most likely that these two last steps occurred between the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent, with the A111T mutation occurring after the split between the ancestors of Europeans and East Asians.'" – @dienekes'.
The brown man with blue eyes – "Interestingly, although the Luxembourg man was blue-eyed, he also had brown skin. He lacked the 'European' alleles at all three genes involved in the whitening of European skin." – from peter frost.
Factor Analysis of Population Allele Frequencies as a Simple, Novel Method of Detecting Signals of Recent Polygenic Selection: The Example of Educational Attainment and IQ [pdf] – "Frequencies of 10 SNPs found to be associated with educational attainment in a recent genome-wide association study were obtained from HapMap, 1000 Genomes and ALFRED. Factor analysis showed that they are strongly statistically associated at the population level, and the resulting factor score was highly related to average population IQ (r=0.90). Moreover, allele frequencies were positively correlated with aggregate measures of educational attainment in the population, average IQ, and with two intelligence increasing alleles that had been identified in different studies." – h/t elijah! see also jayman.
Ancient hunter-gatherers had rotten teeth – "Scientists have long thought that tooth decay only became common in humans about 10,000 years ago, when we began farming – and eating starchy crops that fed sugar-loving bacteria on our teeth. But Isabelle De Groote of the Natural History Museum in London, UK, and her colleagues have found widespread tooth decay in hunter-gatherers that lived several thousand years before the origin of agriculture."
The Liberal Illusion of Uniqueness – "[L]iberals underestimate their similarity to other liberals (i.e., display *truly false uniqueness*), whereas moderates and conservatives overestimate their similarity to other moderates and conservatives (i.e., display *truly false consensus*…)." – h/t ben southwood!
More complex brains are not always better: rats outperform humans in implicit category-based generalization by implementing a similarity-based strategy – in some ways, rats are smarter than you. (~_^) – h/t ben southwood!
Why Are Some Types of People More At Risk of Schizophrenia Than Others? – from chris davies.
Is and Ought – from henry harpending.
US Army Ambushed by Toxic Leaders and Toxic Leaders And The Social Environments That Breed Them – psychopaths?
Is the dark side of parenting genetic? – "In a novel finding, Robert Plomin and colleagues suggest that negative aspects of parenting are more heritable than positive aspects. They call this The Dark Side of parenting. The effect is interesting and subtle: it suggests that whilst parents are generally consistent in their handling of their children, some genetically driven characteristics of their children lead them into more negative parenting styles…. In simple terms, even peaceable parents get irritable with difficult children." – from dr. james thompson.
Ancient times table hidden in Chinese bamboo strips – "The 2,300-year-old matrix is the world's oldest decimal multiplication table."
Unthinkable: Who's running the show, you or your brain? – "The question of whether the brain is paramount has profound implications for all of us." – interview w/kevin mitchell.
Hunter–gatherers have less famine than agriculturalists – h/t richard harper!
Changelings, Infanticide and Northwest European Guilt Culture – "To summarize, the changeling lore provides evidence of a NWE guilt culture dating back at least to medieval times, and the practice and attitude towards exposure suggests that ancient Greece had an emerging guilt culture as early as the 400s BC which enabled a similar individualism and intellectual development that we've seen in the NWE in recent centuries." – from staffan.
IamA 15 (nearly 16)-year-old who has co-written a peer-reviewed paper on intelligence. AMA! – elijah armstrong's reddit ama! (^_^) (keep in mind that most redditors are idiots. except the ones on r/starwars, of course.)
This is what a beta looks like – from the awesome epigone. hbd-babies everywhere! (^_^)
Ancient cholera mysteriously disappeared – "Strains that plagued Europe and the United States in the nineteenth century were distinct from those prevalent today."
The social animal – "Whether in education, ethics or politics, we ignore our social natures at our peril."
2,000-year-old skeleton unearthed in Davie – in florida – h/t charles mann!
Bullied and Badgered, Pressured and Purged – list of the pc-incorrect who have been witch-hunted @handle's haus.
bonus: The manosphere goes gaga for this woman – the blue pill people don't like me. they're prolly just jealous. (~_^)
bonus bonus: Is A Blubbering Inner Party Leftoid Trying To Silence Chateau Heartiste? – the best defense is a good offense!
bonus bonus bonus: Mysterious Microscopic Bubbles Baffle Ocean Scientists – "The most abundant photosynthetic organism in the world [cyanobacteria] sheds countless little sacs into the oceans, which could be having a dramatic impact on marine ecosystems, according to a new study. These microbial buds contain proteins and genetic material, which may influence the growth of other marine microbes and even protect them against viruses."
bonus bonus bonus bonus: Video: Fish leaps to catch birds on the wing – "Tigerfish swallows swallows after grabbing them out of the air over African lake." – holy cr*p!
bonus bonus bonus bonus bonus: Dogs Relieve Themselves In-Line With Earth's Magnetic Field – "Dogs are quite particular about where they choose to relieve themselves — not only do they defecate in direction with the north-south axis, but they also are sensitive to slight changes in the Earth's magnetic field."
bonus bonus bonus bonus bonus bonus: War Elephant Myths Debunked by DNA – "Until now, the main question remained: Did Ptolemy employ African savanna elephants (*Loxodonta africana*) or African forest elephants (*Loxodonta cyclotis*) in the Battle or Raphia? 'Using three different markers, we established that the Eritrean elephants are actually savanna elephants….'"
bonus bonus bonus bonus bonus bonus bonus: Actual Academic Journals Which Could Be Broadway Shows If They Had Exclamation Points Added!
bonus bonus bonus bonus bonus bonus bonus bonus: Science Apologizes to Little Girl for Not Making Dragons – and so they should!!
(note: comments do not require an email. tigerfish. holy cr*p!)


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The guys from Top Gear hate caravans with a passion, so being ordered to build three of them for an upcoming show must have killed them. The three motorhomes they built? Anything but conventional.
First we saw the video of seriously embarrassing parents passing these contraptions on the road, now we have detailed pictures of them. Clarkson appears to have built a trendy flat atop a Citroen CX, Hammond a quaint cottage without walls on the back of a Land Rover Defender and Captain Slow attached a tent to the top of a Lotus Excel.
Also revealed in these pictures are details of one of the challenges, with the odd triplet being asked to cook a three-course meal in their homes from nothing but what they can buy in a gas station.
True to bumbling form, Clarkson appears to have gotten his Citroen stuck on an English beach as the tide comes in. [via GTSpirit]


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This past November over 400 guests gathered in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia to attend i2 Institute for Imagination and Ingenuity's inaugural kick-off event.
Created to cultivate an ecosystem of innovation in the Middle East, the event attracted a crowd of established entrepreneurs, technologists, academics, artists, inventors, and investors from the world over as well as eight distinguished speakers representing MIT Media Lab, Pixar/Walt Disney Studios, and PopTech, and other major organizations.
Born from the leadership of founder and National Geographic Emerging Explorer Dr. Hayat Sindi, the project faced considerable challenges in its infancy. "When people tell me things are impossible it just gives me energy," says Sindi who, against all odds, left Saudi Arabia as a teen to later earn her PhD in biotechnology and study at several institutions including MIT and Harvard.
The Institute "envisions a world in which the only barrier to an innovator's success is the quality of his or her ideas" and has even set up a fellowship program to support young innovators in the Middle East.
As Sindi puts it, "When you give to society in whatever form, without you realizing, you become a star who can guide someone else a better life."
Learn More
i2 Institute for Imagination and Ingenuity


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Report: Cubs sign P Wright
Chicago, IL (SportsNetwork.com) - The Chicago Cubs have reportedly signed left-handed relief pitcher Wesley Wright to a one-year contract.
USA Today first reported the deal, which is worth a reported $1.425 million, pending a physical.
Wright split last season between Tampa Bay and Houston, going a combined 0-4 with a 3.69 earned run average and 55 strikeouts in 53 2/3 innings over 70 games out of the bullpen.
The 28-year-old southpaw has appeared in 302 career games with four starts and owns a 10-15 record with a 4.37 ERA over parts of six seasons with the Astros and Rays.


text: This title is somewhat creepy... I promise I'm not adopting weird alter-egos or something for the sake of fashion blogging, they just go with the outfits. The Amélie reference is pretty self explanatory, the colours of the film are red and green corresponding to the photo hehe. *parisienne chic* I'm studying the film in school, no idea how many times I've said the sentence "Jeunet manipule les couleurs pour créer une ambiance nostalgique" - way too many. Anyway... I've probably been the worst blogger in the world - not updating for 3 weeks :'(. I won't bore you with my sensible explanation of trying to revise / not fail my exams / get the 3 A's I need to get to the university I want - kind of indirectly did it just then, my sincerest apologies. Anyway these two outfits are perfect for spring (selon moi), and all made possible thanks to my sponsors (unshamefully!) I'll put the links below, anyway sorry for my absence- my life has been totally uneventful so nothing to update you on! Much love, please forgive my absence and my terrible attempt at French in this strange monologue Xxxx


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Hoot, hoot y'all, are we maybe chasing the wrong fox? Have a nice week ahead.
Please don't let me be misunderstood: I am all for Mr. Obama's healthcare reform plan as a first baby step towards meaningful change. But it is puzzling how much political capital he has to expend in order to get it passed, to the apparent detriment of the much tougher fight with the bank lobby.


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