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DETERMINATION, DEFENCE, and lots of COURAGE.
Le 15 avril 2013
DETERMINATION, DEFENCE, and lots of COURAGE.
French champions Stade Toulouse were the visitors to Montpellier this weekend, and they came with a team charged with household International players only ex-Montpellieran Louis Picamoles was missing from the list, obviously Guy Noves was still looking at that 2nd spot automatic qualifying position. Toulouse have not been at their super best the last few weeks, but when you see a team sheet like theirs, one can only be jealous, and also be aware that at anytime this team can turn on the gas and walk away from an encounter like this with 4 or 5pts in the bag.
Montpellier had a team strong upfront but with a couple of surprises in the backs with Benoit Sicart and Taleta Tupuola both making their TOP 14 debuts this afternoon, the world has to grasped in both hands and this was a fabulous chance for both players to shine in the eyes of coach Fabien Galthie and do themselves an enormous amount of good, but against Toulouse the press were questioning the decision.
The first 20 mins of the game was played at break neck speeds with both teams throwing the ball all over the park trying to get the initial first score, although the chances came for both teams the only score was a Benoit Paillaugue penalty and the score at half time was 3-0 to Montpellier.
Half time saw a rock band perform, the players were the lucky ones from their changing rooms they were they did not have to suffer audio violence…..
Both teams started the 2nd half in much the same way fast attacking rugby but Toulouse were having problems with the ball in hand and some of their passing in the backs was very erratic, Montpellier were utilising a rush defence and this aided the home side as time and time again Toulouse were caught in mid-field and nowhere to go.
Beauxis added a penalty to level the scores but he had already missed a few and was having a very off day with the boot.
One of these two teams would have to give and it would need sheer brilliance for it to happen, and if brilliance is wanted, Montpellier have Jimmy Nagusa who was born with it.
A ball was cleared by Benoit Sicart and Santi Fernandez after a little confusion, Sicart accelerated and eventually gave the ball to Jimmy the Flying Fijian, he jinked left, right and a couple of heavy handoffs there was only the line to cross, this he did, under the posts, the ball was grounded, the Stade Yves de Manoir erupted, the 16th man Montpellier's supporters after a lesson last week by their adversaries in Clermont responded in excellent fashion and were right behind their team, the noise was tremendous.
Benoit Paillaugue added the extras and there was 7 pts between the two teams 10-7 to Montpellier.
You cannot bury a team like Toulouse they attacked and tried everything possible to score but the Montpellier defence held firm, tired but very firm, until a quick throw in was taken the ball went along the line with speed Gael Fickou saw the gap took it and dived over, with the conversion to come Toulouse were 2 pts. behind and two mins. to go, Beauxis stepped up to convert, the ball was narrowly wide and the whole 15,000 supporters gasped with relief.
One minute to hang on and hang on Montpellier did the referee blew for time and everyone rejoiced Montpellier narrow winners 10-8.
A team effort, everyone put in the blood sweat and tears but Benoit Sicart did more than he was asked, Taleta Tupuola did not see much ball but defended with his life, the front 5 just magnificent and in the absence of Francois Trinh-Duc, Santi Fernandez took over the role at 10 with a coolness and calm which we know he can, in fact, a brilliant team effort..
Next week Bayonne away and a victory could just about be enough for a ¼ final play-off place, but which position is still not clear.
Steve Whittell ….
Pitch side interview with winger Taleta Tupuola, Montpellier's 1st cap winger.
SW. Taleta your first game for Montpellier in front of a full house and against French Champions Toulouse, what are your emotions after this excellent victory
TT. WOW… not sure the last 80 mins have been a blur, it's so fast, so intense, it seems like I have been on the park for 10 mins, but the experience absolutely brilliant, I need this every week.
SW. How did you get on with the atmosphere in the Stadium?
TT. It's a bit strange because you are concentrating so much that sometimes you don't hear it, and then when there is a pause in play in just so loud you can't help but hear it but when you are defending on your own try line the support is just unbelievable, when they class the supporters as the 16th man I understand why now.
SW. How much help did you get from the more experienced players?
TT. Fantastic all week I have been training with them and the players and coaches never stopped helping me, words of advice from guys who are doing this week in week out. Today everyone was there to make my passage easier and loads on advice and comments to encourage me to play well, its all a bit of a dream at the moment.
SW. Of course you hope this is not just a one off?
TT. Definitely I want more of this but that is up to me to prove that a can play at the top level and with a team who have so much class it will make me work very hard and if the chance happens of course I will grab it with both hands.
SW. Thanks TT. Go and join the boys for a lap of honour you deserve the applause from your supporters, as afterwards there could be the beer from the boot and a haircut !!!!!!!
Interview by S Whittell.
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There's a digit after most of the big films of 2013, which is shaping up as a sequence of sequels: a third Iron Man, more Star Trek, another Hangover, a sixth opportunity to be both Fast and Furious ... it's a never-ending parade of further adventures, with a few remakes and a prequel or two to break the monotony.
Among them we have identified a few gems (including a remake or two, to be honest). Here are 13 movies to look forward to in 2013.
Zero Dark Thirty: Kathryn Bigelow, who was named best director in 2008 for The Hurt Locker, returns with this story of the long hunt for Osama bin Laden and his eventual assassination by Navy SEALs.
It's a true-life adventure, but as Ben Affleck showed in Argo, knowing how it turns out doesn't necessarily sap the tension — and the bin Laden story is a doozy.
The film itself opened in some U.S. cities in December and was named the year's best by the New York Film Critics, the National Board of Review and others. See it before the Oscars. (Jan. 11)
Gangster Squad: A great-looking Mob film from Warner Bros. — historically the go-to studio for this kind of thing — with Sean Penn as real-life mobster Mickey Cohen, who was trying to invade Los Angeles in the 1940s, and Ryan Gosling as the L.A. cop trying to keep him out. It looks more like The Untouchables than The Godfather, with lots of guys in fedoras with machine guns. It's one of the troubled movies of last year. It was pulled from the schedule after Colorado theatre shootings because it has a scene of mayhem in a movie theatre. Looks like Jan. 11 is going to be a busy day. (Jan. 11)
Amour: We interrupt this list for an indie announcement. If you've never seen a movie by Michael Haneke, this might be a place to start catching up with the Austrian who made such provocations as The Piano Teacher and Cache.
The new film — winner of the Palme d'Or in Cannes — is a love story between an elderly married couple whose devotion is tested when she suffers a small stroke.
Amour is small and tender and has no zombies in it. We now continue with our regularly scheduled blockbusters. (Jan. 18)
Parker: OK, we confess: We've got a Jason Statham thing. He's an irresistible action hero in a bunch of enjoyable B-movie adventures that show off his athletic invincibility, and this looks like another good one.
Statham plays a thief who is double-crossed by his crew and sets out to get revenge. Plus, it's based on a book by another favourite, Donald E. Westlake. Plus, it's a chance to find out whatever happened to Jennifer Lopez. (Jan. 25)
Oz the Great and Powerful: A prequel to The Wizard of Oz with James Franco as a travelling magician who becomes the wizard and Mila Kunis, Michelle Williams and Rachel Weisz as good and bad witches.
It's directed by Sam Raimi, whose work in Spider-Man prefigures this epic 3D production.
The big question: Can it possibly live up to the beloved 1939 original? (March 8)
The Great Gatsby: The sweeping romance of a Baz Luhrmann movie is always worth looking forward to, and his adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel — a film that was delayed from Christmas when the director banged his head and needed stitches — looks sumptuous.
It stars Leonardo DiCaprio as Gatsby, Carey Mulligan as his love, Daisy, and Tobey Maguire as Nick Carraway, the narrator, and co-stars a glittery set design that already has us drooling. (May 10)
Now You See Me: If you're a sucker for magic, this one looks great. Jesse Eisenberg plays the leader of a gang of magicians who rob banks during their performances. And Mark Ruffalo is the cop who has to stop them with the help of magic debunker Morgan Freeman.
The trailer has us convinced that there's a fantastic secret at the end that will explain how slickly we've all been fooled. But maybe that's just part of the illusion. Whatever. Astound us! (June 7)
Man of Steel: Here we go again with the "faster than a speeding bullet" and "able to leap tall buildings in a single bound" (Single Bound would be a good name for a Superman movie, by the way.)
Like an old bedtime story, the Superman tale ever draws us back.
Henry Cavill stars as the special guy, Russell Crowe takes on the Marlon Brando role as Jor-El, ex-babes Kevin Costner and Diane Lane play his Earthling parents and Amy Adams is Lois Lane. Great Caesar's ghost! (June 14)
World War Z: The best-selling zombie book by Max Brooks (son of Mel Brooks, by the way) is also having a slow lurch to the movie theatres.
Brad Pitt, who also produced, stars as a researcher seeking the reason for a worldwide zombie infestation, a mystery that could take three movies, but only if this one — at $180 million and rising, the most expensive zombie film in history — ever gets done.
Filming started in 2011, and has been delayed several times, once when Hungarian officials seized firearms used in the film because they were real and not props, and most recently when the ending was rewritten. Fiasco or blockbuster of the living dead? (June 21)
The Lone Ranger: This is another troubled production that's been kicking around since 2002 when Tonto was going to be a female love interest.
Well, times change and now Johnny Depp plays the faithful Indian companion to the gunman (Arnie Hammer) who wears a mask, fires silver bullets and stands up for all that was good and right (and campy) in the Old West.
Those of us weaned on the 1950s TV show hope it's to the strains of the William Tell Overture. (July 3)
Elysium: Neill Blomkamp made District 9, one of the best sci-fi films of recent years. Now he's back with this adventure set in 2159, when the rich live in a fancy space station and the poor live on a ruined Earth (well, they told us we were going to inherit it).
It's up to Matt Damon — another matchless action hero — to cut the one-percenters back down to size. Perfect: fantasy with a social agenda. (Aug. 9)
Oldboy: It's not an original idea, but we can't resist the idea of this makeover of an ultraviolent 2003 Korean movie about a man mysteriously imprisoned for 15 years who seeks revenge on his captors.
Spike Lee directed this one, with Josh Brolin as the anti-hero. We'll see if the American version can match the dark secret of the original, or the unwatchably bloody conclusion. (Oct. 11)
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Tom Hanks plays Walt Disney — how's that for all-American casting? — and Emma Thompson is P.L. Travers, the Australian who wrote the book and who looks back on the difficult childhood that inspired it. Think of it as a Christmas bonbon. (Dec. 20)
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Figure 1. A survey team found a damage trimline on the exterior of the Beau Rivage Lighthouse in Biloxi, Mississippi, at an elevation of 34.1 feet above mean sea level. This represents the highest High Water Mark ever recorded for an Atlantic Hurricane. Image credit: Hermann Fritz, Georgia Tech University.
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Figure 2. The four regions of the U.S. coast theoretically prone to storm surges in excess of 33 feet at the coast. These Maximum of the Maximum Envelope Of Waters (MOM) SLOSH model plots are for a maximum strength hurricane hitting at high tide. A theoretical peak storm surge of 33 - 34 feet (pink colors) is predicted by the SLOSH model for New York City near the JFK Airport (upper left), for the Big Bend region of the Florida Gulf Coast (lower right), and for the Intracoastal Waterway north of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina (lower left). The highest theoretical surge occurs at New Bedford, Massachussets (upper right), 38.5 feet for a Category 4 hurricane.
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Utah makes guide for state workers to offer support, guidance on bring-your-own devices.
Thad Levar's iPad has become a lifeline. As deputy director of the Utah Department of Commerce, Levar relies on his device to keep him plugged into the office during long stretches of utter tedium.
A legislative budget hearing, for instance, can run as long as four hours, while Levar's turn to speak may fill just 30 minutes. That's a lot of down time during which Levar must monitor events back at the office and elsewhere. "I need to keep track of other legislative activity that is happening while I am there, things like new bills, new amendments to legislation, new budget documents," he said.
Levar isn't alone in turning to the iPad for support. A growing number of Utah government workers rely on the device, with the support of a proactive IT department. In fact, Utah's tech team took an early lead, producing a user's manual for state employees in August 2010. The document has become a go-to guide for iPad users in the state and was updated in February.
Some 3,000 to 4,000 users have brought their own iPads into the system: It's a rough number based on how many sync to the state's email and calendaring applications. Other types of tablets are in play, but the state IT leadership has chosen not to support them.
iPad use cuts across all government agencies. Executives use the devices for mobility; homeland security officials use them to keep in touch with emergency responders; agriculture field workers use them to keep connected in a state where agricultural facilities may be separated by hundreds of miles.
Utah's Department of Technology Services started supporting iPads in an experiment involving an RFP for a hosted email system. "Normally every member of the committee would get a copy of these RFPs and print them," said CTO Dave Fletcher. "That's a couple hundred pages each with seven or so responses. Now with the iPad that's very easy to do and it eliminates a lot of paper."
Formal adoption began in June 2010 with the publication of iPad Functionality: A User Experience, a Department of Technology Services paper that outlines 20 user success stories.
The report gave high marks to the use of diverse iPhone apps on the iPad. It approved the synchronization of existing work documents so that the iPad always provides the most current version. It also gave the device got top marks as an e-book reader.
The report noted that minimal training was needed to get going on an iPad. The authors pointed out that third-party software could greatly enhance the user experience, usually for less than $100.
To further integrate iPads into the state's IT infrastructure, technology planners released a user guide in August 2010. "We want to have something in common in terms of the basic productivity applications that people are using," Fletcher said. "We would rather not have all our employees spend their time researching applications, and if they use common applications, it's easier for us to provide the kind of support we do provide."
A common base of understanding and a recommended core of apps help IT managers ensure standardization across business units, and make it possible to share documents and data across the enterprise.
The 10-page user guide devotes itself almost entirely to a rundown of recommended apps in categories such as document editing, remote desktop, office applications and social media. Some apps like Google Earth and Facebook will be familiar. Other more business-specific tools will be new to many users: Quickoffice (connectivity and mobile editing); NewsRack (an RSS reader); and SugarSync (external storage). The second edition of the user guide includes more apps that the state will support.
Users can deviate from the list, but Fletcher cannot guarantee support. His office gets calls for email connectivity, virtual private server setup and other needs, but beyond the recommended tools, "we are less likely to support that," he said. "If they have a problem with an app and it's one we are less familiar with, they usually are on their own."
Joe Dougherty is partial to the guide-approved Dropbox remote storage system.
"It's like an online hard drive accessible from any device. You can get those documents from wherever you are," said Dougherty, public information officer for the Utah Division of Emergency Management, which uses iPads to support seven employees who spend their time on the road, often in remote parts of the state. The department bought its iPads without 3G, but keeps up connectivity through a clever piece of engineering — forging a tethered Internet connection via iPhone, then broadcasting that iPhone as a Wi-Fi hotspot.
Utah is not the only government experimenting with iPad use. Manatee County, Fla., for instance, has purchased at least 27 iPads for county workers, especially department heads and IT professionals. In Clarksville, Tenn., City Council members routinely conduct business on the devices.
Despite the enthusiasm, the iPad's greatest strength can also be its greatest liability. While it's nice having hundreds of apps available to boost productivity, sorting through all of them can be cumbersome.
"There are usually 300 or 400 new apps a day. So we will scan through those apps while we're having lunch and there will be maybe half a dozen that are of interest on a given day," Fletcher said. "Then there will be maybe a couple a week that end up in our regular use patterns."


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In an effort to prepare developers for the upcoming Windows Home Server, Microsoft released the first beta of the Windows Home Server software development kit (SDK) documentation. Though Windows Home Server is still in beta (Beta 2), Microsoft is looking to introduce independent software vendors to the platform as soon as possible.
The documentation released today includes guidance for creating Windows Home Server applications, tutorials, sample code, and an overview of the application programming interface (API). The three API files that developers will use are HomeServer.dll, HomeServer.idl, and HomeServerExt.dll. Objects that the API will offer access to include client computers, shared folders, application folders, managed volumes, hard disks, backup jobs, and notifications—all on the server. HomeServerExt.dll will give developers access to the Windows Home Server console so that it can be extended with new tabs and functionality.
In an e-mail to Ars Technica, a company spokesperson said that Microsoft expects ISVs and hobbyists to create tools for system protection, media sharing, home security, and home automation. "The SDK will enable hobbyist and professional developers to build applications that run on Windows Home Server and extend the functionality of the Windows Home Server Console on home computers, or to build applications that run on a home computer and connect to Windows Home Server," the spokesperson wrote.
Like every other Windows operating system, malware and virus protection are certain to be the focus of many software vendors. We can assume that OneCare will be supported, and companies such as Trend, McAfee, and Symantec are almost certainly going to release security tools geared toward the Home Server administrator.
With Microsoft planning to make Windows Home Server gold in the first half of 2007, it will be interesting to see what kinds of tools ISVs release for the product in the coming months. The company has said that a major goal with Windows Home Server was to create a fantastic platform for developers, but there's no guarantee that it will catch on.
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Microsoft has launched a buy-back program to try to get MacBook Air owners to part with their notebooks and replace them with new Surface Pro 3 devices.
The offer, which started Friday and runs through July 31, will give customers up to $650 in store credit for a used Apple MacBook. The credit can be applied only toward the purchase of a Microsoft Surface Pro 3 in order "to get the maximum trade-in amount," the deal's fine print states.
People must bring a working MacBook Air to a Microsoft brick-and-mortar retail store for a trade-in estimate. The company did not provide any detail on the buy-back amount, other than to tout the maximum, but noted, "Trade-in value may vary."
That statement will give Microsoft considerable wiggle room in setting the value of a MacBook Air
Unless Microsoft plans on being very generous, the top value of $650 will likely be awarded only to relatively new 13-in. MacBook Airs that have been tricked out with the optional faster processor and 512GB of storage space, both upgrades from the stock systems for steep fees at the time of purchase from Apple.
Electronics buy-back company Gazelle, for example, will pay $628 for a 13-in. MacBook Air with a 1.7GHz Intel Core i7 CPU and 512GB of flash-based storage. New, that machine retails for $1,649. But the lower-priced stock 13-in. MacBook Air -- $999 new -- is worth considerably less at Gazelle: The firm will pay just $413 for that notebook, which includes 128GB of storage.
Available Surface Pro 3 models start at $999. When equipped with a keyboard -- mandatory for turning the tablet into a laptop -- the out-of-pocket costs begin at $1,129. With the maximum trade-in value for a MacBook Air, customers would be spending $479.
The new trade-in deal was only the latest skirmish in Microsoft's one-way war against the MacBook Air, which the Redmond, Wash. company has repeatedly compared to its lighter, thinner hybrid tablet.
At the roll-out event last month, for instance, Panos Panay, the executive who leads the Surface team, put a Surface Pro 3, minus its keyboard, on one pan of a scale, a 13-in. MacBook Air on the other. The pan with the Air went down, the one with the Surface went up.
Microsoft has juxtaposed its Surface Pro against Apple's MacBook Air since the former's first days. In a minor media blitz shortly before the on-sale start of the original Surface Pro, Tami Reller, who was then a co-lead of the Windows group, made the case that her company's device was a suitable replacement for both a MacBook Air and an iPad because the Surface was less expensive than the combined cost of the two Apple devices.
Several analysts called the comparison illegitimate, arguing that the Surface Pro was a poor tablet when stacked against the iPad. "This isn't yet a fair comparison ... but it's a comparison Microsoft would like to make," said Patrick Moorhead, principal analyst at Moor Insights and Strategy, in February 2013. "The challenge for Microsoft is that the Surface Pro doesn't make a very good tablet. Yet."
Microsoft's buy-back program will give customers up to $650 in store credit for a used Apple MacBook.
Today, Moorhead slightly revised his take on Microsoft's compare-and-contrast efforts. "I think it's a fairer comparison than before," he said in an interview. "But if battery life is your most important factor, there is no comparison. The Surface Pro 3's battery life doesn't come close. The [13-in.] MacBook Air has 12 hours of measured battery life [for browsing the Web or watching video.]"
Microsoft rates the Surface Pro 3's battery at 9 hours for each of those two tasks.
"But if you're looking for touch, the Surface Pro 3 is the better one," Moorhead continued.
He doubted many MacBook Air owners would step into a Microsoft store and slap down their laptops. "Most Mac owners are vested in the Apple ecosystem," Moorhead said.
That's not to say the trade-in campaign isn't worthwhile. "Honestly, for the attention, comparing yourself to something viewed as the premium device on the market is a good idea," said Moorhead. "You want to pick on a winner, not a loser."
And Microsoft does see the MacBook Air as the winner in the notebook battle. "This product is a great product, of course, and the MacBook, I totally understand why it's being used," Panay said during the May 20 event where he unveiled the Surface Pro 3. "But it is best-in-class when it comes to thinness and lightness. There is no debate."
Somewhere along the way between the original Surface Pro and this year's third-generation revamp, Microsoft dumped the idea of comparing its hardware with the twofer of a MacBook Air and an iPad. Instead, it's all about the MacBook Air, as is fitting: Microsoft has switched its Surface Pro marketing to trumpeting the 2-in-1 not as a tablet that turns into a notebook, but as a notebook replacement. It's a subtle, but critical, difference.
And the new trade-in offer sticks to that message. If it hadn't, Microsoft would have demanded Apple product owners bring in two things, not just one.
Gregg Keizer covers Microsoft, security issues, Apple, Web browsers and general technology breaking news for Computerworld. Follow Gregg on Twitter at @gkeizer, on Google+ or subscribe to Gregg's RSS feed. His email address is firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Rudy Lacovara necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 80 diseños de 14 diseñadores freelance.
HireFlo is the Basecamp of applicant tracking systems. We're a software as a service application that provides small businesses with a mini-jobsite that they can have on the Jobs tab of their website. The real value of HireFlo is that we enable small businesses to replace their current jobs page (static HTML with a contact email address), with an application that allows them to track job postings, track applicants, and track their progress through the company's hiring workflows.
We are basically taking a type of application that's been around for 10 years but is completely targeted to large companies, and we're making it simpler and more affordable so that it's accessible to the small business market.
Don't bother trying to find the website, it isn't up yet. We're about to enter a private beta and there is nothing available to the public right now.
Our audience is small business owners, small business managers, small business human resources professionals, and managers at professional services associations (like CPA America, etc.).
The key concepts that we'd like to see in a logo are people and simple. There is also a possibility to get the concept of workflow into the logo somehow, but really the focus is people.
We're looking for a very simple, clean design that will still look good even when scaled to a size just 30px tall. That's important. The version of the logo that most of our customers will see every day is just 30px high so it needs to look good at that size. The logo must work on both a black background and a white background. In fact we ask that all submissions include variants with both a white and black background. If the logo can't be quickly and easily reversed it's probably not going to work for us.
The attached screenshot shows the color scheme and look and feel of the HireFlo application. In the upper right corner you will see a placeholder logo that we've been using. We do not want a stack of blocks for a logo but it gives a feel for the simplicity of design we're looking for, and the size the logo needs to scale down to. BTW, the placeholder logo has our name spelled incorrectly. The application name is HireFlo. It has no "w".
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Clintwright necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 53 diseños de 16 diseñadores freelance.
Our mountain bike tour company is about to launch in Australia, so we need a designer who is up to the challenge of giving us a great brand image. The job will start with logo and color palette recommendations for our website and a little bit of effort will go a long way as this job will progress to a full suite of promotional material. We have provided a detailed brief below so please read it and ask questions if you need direction.
Ride Canberra
What's required:
Logo and color palette development for website
Ride Canberra is a new concept for a mountain bike online tourism business in Canberra, Australia. The aim of the online business is to provide a one-stop shop for mountain bikers that want to travel to Canberra and ride the mountain bike trails in the region. The business will provide information via a website on where to ride, accommodation options, bike shops, where to eat etc.
The logo and color palette needs to be flexible enough that the concept can be expanded to other cities, replacing Canberra with another place name.
Target Market
Males 25 – 44 years (although females are often involved in the decision making)
Well educated, have medium to high level while collar positions. Looking for places to ride for a weekend release.
Have good knowledge of mountain biking and the industry. Have busy lives so accessing information needs to be easy for them.
Desired response:
When viewing the logo and color palette elements, the prospective customer should be excited by the prospect of an mountain bike adventure/escape.
The brand:
Sense of adventure and outdoors
Non-commercial and authentic
Easy to access
Must be supplied in jpg, gif and EPS formats
See description for detailed brief
a cheesy looking cycling logo
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Walgreens - Store #13088
West Bend, WI 53095
Cross streets: Southeast corner OF MAIN & PARADISE262-338-1156
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Faxing a prescription? Your health care provider will need to call the pharmacy for the fax number.
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A safe and convenient way to dispose of unwanted, unused or expired medication at no cost, year-round.
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These days, more and more jobs are desk jobs, meaning many people spend a minimum of eight hours a day behind their desks and at their computers. I frequently see patients with neck and back pain with no specific injury, but who spend many hours behind a computer. This type of work can have a number of health implications, including muscle and joint pain.
If you're a desk jockey, one of the easiest things you can do to prevent pain from a poor workstation set-up is to have an ergonomic setup designed just for you. You want your chair and work station to fit you properly. Here are a few tips to help get you started:
- Be sure your body is properly aligned with your desk and your computer. You should be able to sit straight in front of your computer and not have to turn from side to side to access it.
- Keep your head, neck, and torso in line, and keep your arms and elbows close to your body but within reaching distance of your keyboard. You shouldn't have to reach forward to use your keyboard.
- While typing, your elbows should be at a 90-degree angle from your body, and your wrists and hands should be in a straight line, with your wrists in a neutral position, not arched or bent.
- To prevent back pain, be sure your chair has good back support.
- When you're sitting, your thighs should be parallel to the ground or a little higher than your knees, and your feet should touch the ground. You don't want the end of chair hitting the back of your knees—you want a little gap there.
Neck pain is a common complaint of people who spend a lot of time on the phone. If you find yourself cradling your phone between your shoulder and chin so you can type and talk at the same time, switch to a headset or use a speaker phone.
Don't forget to get up and move around regularly throughout the day. If you feel pain during your work day, stretching and moving around can help ease that pain, as can a heating pad or ice pack. You may even find some relief by treating yourself to a massage at one of the many Atlanta spas. I always tell each patient to listen to your body. If you are having pain, your body is trying to send you a message. If you are having neck or back pain that isn't improving after trying the tips above, make an appointment with an Emory Spine physiatrist for further evaluation and treatment.
Do you spend a lot of time behind a desk? What do you do to get moving and ease pain? We'd like to hear about your experience. Please take a moment to give us feedback in the comments section below.
About Diana Sodiq, DO:
Diana Sodiq, DO, is an Assistant Professor of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation Medicine. She is Board Certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (Physiatry). As an osteopathic physician, Dr. Sodiq is trained in both traditional medicine as well as osteopathic manipulative treatments (OMT). She started practicing at Emory in 2010.
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Last month an € 8 million loan agreement was signed with the Romanian Microfinance Institution Patria Credit as part of the European Progress Microfinance Facility.
Many micro-entrepreneurs and agricultural producers, in particular in rural areas and smaller cities in Romania, face difficulties in accessing credit from traditional banking sources. The agreement will provide micro-loans of up to €25,000 to support over 2,000 micro-enterprises in Romania. It is the fifth operation and largest loan under the European Progress Microfinance Facility (Progress Microfinance).
Progress Microfinance has a budget of €200 million of funding from the European Commission and the European Investment Bank. It aims to help those who have difficulty accessing credit in particular micro-entrepreneurs and the self-employed. Examples include female entrepreneurs, young entrepreneurs, entrepreneurs belonging to a minority group, entrepreneurs with a disability, sole traders, etc.
Progress Microfinance does not provide direct financing to micro-entrepreneurs or individuals, but it will work through microfinance providers, such as Patria Credit in Romania.


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Bonds, like animals that don't adapt to their changing environment or armies that don't change with the times, could go extinct if they fail to keep up with the demands of a changing market, according to Bill Gross, co-CIO of PIMCO.
In his monthly commentary, he compared bonds to the British army in the disastrous Battle of the Somme in 1916. Like the British, who thought their horses and sabers could match the German army's machine guns, bonds are being overrun by alternative assets, Gross said.
Despite bonds' 30-year reputation for reliable income, current low yields and a negative 3%–4% two-month return have forced investors to consider alternatives, but Gross — himself a former Navy lieutenant — insisted "there will always be a place for the bond market 'army.'"
"All investments, bonds included, have a number of modern-day weapons at their disposal which can be used to defend against higher interest rates, weapons that don't necessarily go down in price as yields rise. These weapons can collectively be categorized as 'carry,'" he wrote. "When interest rates go up as fast as they did in early May, prices go down for long and intermediate maturity bonds, and the carry associated with maturity extension becomes akin to a horse charging a machine gun."
However, Gross continued, bonds have other types of carry including credit spreads, which provide a risk-adjusted carry, and volatility premiums. The yield curve and non-dollar currency also provide carry for bonds.
Although maturity risk is investors' biggest concern in their bond portfolios, Gross reiterated that "there will always be a need for fixed income and therefore maturity extension in investors' portfolios." He compared credit, volatility, curve and currency carries to the machine guns of the German army.
More important than simply adopting advanced weapons, though, is the ability to adapt and know when to use them, Gross said: There may be times when duration is a better play than credit. The biggest risk is the total carry of a portfolio, he wrote, and one that is PIMCO's dominant focus. "In a highly levered economy/financial marketplace, all forms of carry can go up or down at the same time. […] The diversifying aspects of one form of carry versus another may hold form in most future time periods, but when they don't, almost all investors will regret not focusing on total carry as opposed to discriminating exclusively against maturity extension."
Ultimately, Gross wrote, when investing prospects look dull, portfolios should be overweight carry, and underweight when prospects start to shine.
"So, fellow generals in this bond war, today's war college lesson is to be mindful of evolution and the necessity to adapt," he concluded. "The secret to using [bonds] will be to strategically position their component and combined carry to maintain positive absolute returns."
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Make Up Light Brown
by Åsa Jungnelius
Series: Make Up
Ref.No: KB7388015
Åsa Jungnelius Make Up series is all about how we create our identity through the phenomenon of shopping. "I see makeup as a forgotten status symbol," Åsa says. "I want to bring those symbols into the light, out of our pockets, to give them the status they deserve." The series is composed of empty and cocky nail polish bottles, a lipstick in the reddest red, a small bowl in the shape of a diamond ring in gold, platinum or clear glass. The ring is also available in a smaller size, perfect for a tea light.
Limited: 20 pcs
Width: 14 cm
Height: 45 cm
Delivery time: 2-3 days (Sweden)
Kosta Boda
Kosta Boda is synonymous with innovative design that has a lot of personality. The art glass designers create both beautiful utility items and art glass that are exhibited and sold across the world. Founded in 1742, Kosta Boda is the oldest Swedish glassworks, and still produces high quality glass that stands the test of time. It has kept all of its historical charm and traditional manufacturing, and has also developed cutting edge modern techniques that broaden the expressive range of the designers at Kosta Boda.


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STOCKTON - Police are looking into the possibility that one person may have been responsible for three armed business robberies that occurred over a span of about two hours Monday night in north Stockton.
STOCKTON - Police are looking into the possibility that one person may have been responsible for three armed business robberies that occurred over a span of about two hours Monday night in north Stockton.
No one was injured in any of the robberies, but each time, a handgun was used to commit the crimes.
"Our detectives are looking at the three robberies to determine if they are related," said Officer Joe Silva, a spokesman for the Stockton Police Department.
The first robbery occurred at 9:06 p.m. at a business in the 8000 block of West Lane. Police reported the robber entered the business, pointed a handgun at the clerk, demanded money from the register and fled on foot. He was described as a 20-year-old black man wearing dark clothing.
At 10:13 p.m., a black man 20 to 25 years old wearing a black sweatshirt entered a business in the 4700 block of Quail Lakes Drive. He robbed an employee and two patrons at gunpoint before fleeing north on Quail Lakes on foot, police said.
In the third robbery, employees were locking up a business in the 8000 block of Holman Road at 11:15 p.m. when an armed man showed up and demanded all their money, which they handed over, police said. Again, the robber fled on foot. The robber was described as a black man 18 to 20 years old standing 5 feet 6 inches tall and weighing 150 pounds with a white hooded sweatshirt, a gray ski mask, dark jeans and dark shoes, police said.
STOCKTON - Two people were taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening gunshot wounds following separate shootings Monday night and Tuesday morning in north and south Stockton, police said.
The first shooting occurred about 6:10 p.m. Monday near Wagner Heights Road and Hickock Drive. A 23-year-old man was confronted by two men, one who pistol-whipped the victim while the other demanded his wallet, authorities said. The victim ran away when he heard a gunshot but soon realized he had been struck, police said. The assailants were described as two black men in their 20s with dark clothing.
The second shooting occurred just after 2 a.m. Tuesday near South Sutter and East Anderson streets, authorities said. A 20-year-old woman told police she and a friend were in the area when an older-model black truck drove up and the driver shot at them, striking the woman. The shooter was described as a heavyset Latino man in his 20s standing 5 feet 9 inches tall with a red shirt and red sweat pants, police said.
STOCKTON - A man was listed in stable condition after being stabbed Tuesday afternoon at a south Stockton park, police said.
The man told authorities he was sitting on a bench at McKinley Park about 12:50 p.m. when his assailant walked up from behind and stabbed him once before fleeing east on East 8th Street on a red bicycle. The victim was taken to a hospital with a non-life-threatening injury.
The assailant was described as a Latino man in his 30s standing 5 feet 8 to 5 feet 9 inches tall and weighing 180 pounds, police said. He was bald with a goatee, a white T-shirt and blue jeans.


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- Premier League
QPR swoop for keeper Green
England goalkeeper Robert Green has agreed a two-year deal with Queens Park Rangers.
Green, 32, had spent the last six years with West Ham United but failed to agree terms on a new deal and was available on a free transfer.
Green will now compete with current QPR goalkeepers Paddy Kenny and Radek Cerny for the No. 1 spot and manager Mark Hughes told the club's official website: "It was important we brought another quality 'keeper into the group.
"Rob is obviously someone with vast experience at international and Premier League level and his pedigree speaks for itself. He's got all the characteristics of a top 'keeper and he'll be a huge addition for us who will stimulate the goalkeeping group, which can only be good for the squad as a whole."
Green, who is currently with the England squad at Euro 2012, added: "I'm delighted to be here. I'm excited about the challenge ahead and hugely encouraged by the direction in which the owners and Mark Hughes are looking to take the club.
"It's an exciting period for everybody connected to QPR and I can't wait to get started."
Green, who has 12 England caps, will officially move to Loftus Road on July 1.


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Link to Larry's recipe for the sauce:
I always make my own sauce...but hard to give recipe because mostly done by eye and taste...but it is awesome!!
BITE ME ICS!...Woodsonsgirl
Never disrespect homemade lasagna boys. If you haven't tried it you will love it. It's me favorite dish. Nothing beats home cooking.
As for the black and gold lasagna all you have to do is heavily spread olives and yellow cheese on top and the bottom. Throw on your steelers bib and dig in. Made me hungry.
I can't do the olives, Scorp..Yuck!! LOL
Bacon?? olives?? dam you guys know how to mess with a good thing...
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(CMT Offstage keeps a 24/7 watch on everything that's happening with country music artists behind the scenes and out of the spotlight.)
Luke Bryan would be crazy to release another party song, right? I mean, his last few big hits have already been there and done that. And even though his new one, "Crash My Party," sounds like it might be another big ol' frat rock song, he explained to CMT Radio that that is not the case. "I think everybody thinks it's gonna be this big party song," he said. "But it's actually a love song about a guy telling a girl, 'Hey, no matter what I'm doing, you could text me or call me, and I'm dropping my party, and we're getting together.'" In this day and age, I actually think that's a nice sentiment. Romantic even. Like in the song when Bryan sings that if he sees her face on his phone, he'll drop everything to be with her. Bryan explained it like this: "I think it's a cool way to tell a girl, 'Hey, I'm diggin' you.'"


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Back in stock! Dedicated to the dedicate. If you are part (or were part) of the Gold Challenge, rock this limited edition performance shirt and get ready for the attention that comes with it! The shirt comes in ladies cut and unisex, 1000Miles1Year and 100DaysOfMiles.
Please note: XL and 2XL have a generous fit (aka they run BIG). If in doubt paddle out.... and go down a size (from 2XL to XL). Or, to be safe, buy two shirts.
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