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Joined: 13 Oct 2006
Posts: 26
Location: Paris and Seattle
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 3:14 pm
Post subject: Visiting backstage in Paris - bakeries, artisan craftspeople
I just discovered a website that arranges visits to all sorts of small producers, sellers, and crafts people. As a result, I was at Girard Mulot last week watching them make macarrons and chocolate covered orange peel. On Dec. 6 I will visit the bakery of Arnaud Delmontel, who just won the "best baguette" award (Concours pour la Meilleure Baguette de Paris). You can visit jewelry designers, book binders, etc., not just food makers.
For a small fee, from 5-10 per person, you spend up to an hour meeting the artisan and watching behind the scenes. Tours are in English and French. It`s called
Meeting the French
They also arrange much longer visits and events, but I have no experience with those. The short visits are called "company visits" on the English version of the website.
This is a small agency partnered with the Paris tourist office. The owner and her chief guide are both delightful. I highly recommend this company and their mini-visits for a really different Paris experience.
I have no connection to them, by the way. I found them entirely by chance on the Internet a week ago.
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Joined: 29 Sep 2004
Posts: 97
Location: Paris, France
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 5:16 pm
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Thanks for this! I have many visitors looking for just this type of thing...and I might even take my kids to one of these.
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Joined: 14 Oct 2005
Posts: 827
Location: Oakland, CA
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 6:47 pm
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Randysea, thanks for sharing this website! We are (Maybe, hopefully, fingers crossed) going to Paris in February. This sounds like a brilliant way to spend some time. We have friends fro Normandy who may be able to join us, but I would love to do something like this as well!
L'appetit vient en mangeant. -Rabelais
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Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 7:28 pm
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an interesting idea--I can see it working in many countries/cultures. But here in the USA--? I suppose the movie studio tours are already using the idea, but nowhere near "up close and personal" like the situations Randysea describes.
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Posts: 1196
Location: buried under a pile of books somewhere in Adelaide, South Australia
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 9:38 pm
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Randysea, thank you so much for telling us about that website. The tours look fantastic, and so do some of the B&Bs. We're planning a trip to Paris next year, so I have definitely bookmarked that site.
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Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 9:57 pm
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Randysea---this is brilliant! Between this and Clotilde's next book (due in April) I don't think anything more than a map will be necessary for my next visit!
Vivant Linguae Mortuae!!
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Location: kingston, ny
Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2007 9:07 pm
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Oh if I wasn't going to Paris with a school group (I somehow have a feeling I'm going to be a nominal chaperone) I would do this in an instant! However, as school trips anywhere go, every minute of my day will be arranged by someone who doesn't know me. At least I did most of the really "touristy" things last time I was in Paris and Venice, so maybe this time I
be able to sneak away and do some real exploring.
Good thing je t'aime the teacher I'm traveling with (my former HS french teacher, an amazing woman who is a Mexican immigrant herself).
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Posts: 7
Location: Louisville, KY
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 5:18 pm
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I'd love to hear about your experience on the 6th. I've read about this place too (they also have B&Bs in Paris) and am very interested. I wonder how many people are on the "tour" at once. I am amazed (and happy!) at how low the price is.
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Location: Los Angeles, California, USA
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 6:30 pm
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One of my most vibrant memories from living in France was stopping at a country bakery in the middle of the night. My husband (then boyfriend) was a musician who played in Paris clubs until 2 or 3 in the morning and on the way home we'd always stop.
We bought croissants and chocolate-filled pastry from the back door while the baker worked in a bright room filled with a cloud of white flour like bright fog. He had 2 of the most enormous cats I've ever seen. Theoretically, they were there to protect the huge burlap sacks of grain from the mice but it's hard, having seen them, to imagine them actually
. They were, to be sure, well-fed tho.
I also remember when my oldest was young, signing up for a group of field trips into the commercial back shops of LA. We went to a bathing suit manufacturer, a tortilla maker, a sneaker manufacturer and inside the bowels of Dodger Stadium. It was great fun to see the inside of parts of the city you live in that remain quite invisible most of the time.
God writes a lot of comedy... the trouble is, he's stuck with so many bad actors who don't know how to play funny. -- Garrison Keillor
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Location: Paris and Seattle
Posted: Mon Dec 03, 2007 6:57 pm
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truffle-lover wrote:
I'd love to hear about your experience on the 6th. I've read about this place too (they also have B&Bs in Paris) and am very interested. I wonder how many people are on the "tour" at once. I am amazed (and happy!) at how low the price is.
I will report back. As to your implied question, the tours I've done were fewer than a dozen people. Any more and it's hard to fit into the small places they visit. At the chocolatier I visited, however, I noticed that a group following ours (not the same company) was around 25 people. That seemed rediculous and virtually impossible to fit.
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Location: Paris and Seattle
Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 3:26 pm
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truffle-lover wrote:
I'd love to hear about your experience on the 6th. I've read about this place too (they also have B&Bs in Paris) and am very interested.
The visit to the boulangerie of Delmontel was fantastic. First, we were met by a pastry chef, as M. Delmontel was arriving later. We also had the charming Meeting the French guide, Florence, to translate for those who needed it. He gave us the tour and explanation of breadmaking, showing us the equipment, talking about ingredients, times and temperatures, etc. It is a constant amazement to me when visiting bakers to see how small the workspace is to achieve the quantities they produce without significant automation.
We ended this part of the tour upstairs in the boutique, where we were offered pastries and macarrons to taste, and a baguette to take home. Then le patron arrived.
When M. Delmontel showed up, the visit changed completely. Since we had already gotten the technical details, we got on to hear his stories. For example, he described going to the Élysées palace to meet Sarkozy and present him with the first baguette. He was hilarious. This went on so long, in his mixed English and French, that our guide had to leave for her next tour before we ended. I helped at that point with translations, although it was hardly necessary.
This was the first tour at Delmontel. I don`t expect they will all be this long, but I'd still recommend a visit when Meeting the French does it again.
Oh, how was the bread? Very, very good. I brought it, and an extra I bought, home for a dinner party night. It was very well like by all.
Is it truly the best baguette in Paris? I guess that is a matter of what kind of baguette style you like. For example, I also like very much the baguette that won last year, at Cohier in the 8th near pl. des Ternes. Delmontel is a bit chewier inside, Cohier a bit crunchier on the outside but lighter inside.
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Location: Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Posted: Fri Dec 07, 2007 7:34 pm
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Thanks for the review Randysea---it sounds like a great way to spend the day! And thank you again for telling us about Meeting the French!
Vivant Linguae Mortuae!!
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Joined: 02 Oct 2006
Posts: 7
Location: Louisville, KY
Posted: Sat Dec 08, 2007 8:43 pm
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Thanks so much for the review -- it sounds like a lot of fun! I will most definitely plan on a tour (or several!) when I'm there. There are so many it will be hard to choose.
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Joined: 16 May 2006
Posts: 456
Location: california
Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2007 2:24 am
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I love this thread even though it makes me crazy that I have no plans to go to Paris soon! Been too long...But I will make a note of all of this and will definitely pursue these activities when I finally do make a trip.
What catches my eye right now is Rainey's post. "My husband (then boyfriend)" sent me reeling back in time. Paris (nay...nearly everywhere) was far outside our scope of the world, but we found our own adventures and the memory now--more than 40 years later--is as vivid as if it were yesterday. So are the kids' field trips but for less romantic reasons...
Add my thanks to the others, Randysea...
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Location: Los Angeles, California, USA
Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2007 3:53 am
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georgia- Omigod, yes! This country is soooooo insular and it costs us dearly in our relationships and even our sense of ourselves and our ability to grow. We need a lot more people travelling ::said the girl with the empty wallet:: and inquiring!!!
God writes a lot of comedy... the trouble is, he's stuck with so many bad actors who don't know how to play funny. -- Garrison Keillor
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The Los Angeles Dodgers may have all the style, but if you are searching for the substance in the National League, look no further than the St. Louis Cardinals.
The Cards proved once again in 2013 that they are indeed the symbol of excellence in Major League Baseball. Sure, they may have come up short in the World Series to the Boston Red Sox, but is there a team more set up for the future than Mike Matheny's club?
Even though Carlos Beltran left as a free agent, the Cards were more than prepared to move on, as Allen Craig will seamlessly slide into right field duties, while 21-year-old super prospect Oscar Taveras gets a little more seasoning at the Triple-A level.
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KEY OFFSEASON ADDITIONS: Jhonny Peralta (SS), Peter Bourjos (OF), Mark Ellis (2B)
KEY OFFSEASON SUBTRACTIONS: Carlos Beltran (OF), David Freese (3B), Edward Mujica (RHP), Jake Westbrook (RHP), John Axford (RHP)
PROJECTED LINEUP: Matt Carpenter (3B); Peter Bourjos (CF); Matt Holliday (LF)); Allen Craig (RF); Matt Adams (1B); Yadier Molina (C); Jhonny Peralta (SS); Kolten Wong (2B)
PROJECTED ROTATION: Adam Wainwright (RHP); Shelby Miller (RHP); Michael Wacha (RHP); Lance Lynn (RHP); Joe Kelly (RHP)
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Across Southeast Asia, roadside vendors with small hibachis grill up delicious skewers and other street snacks. Inspired those fresh, tasty treats, this appetizer features grilled shrimp served with two simple yet boldly flavored dipping sauces.
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- Makes 6 (first course) servings
- 1/4 cup Asian fish sauce*
- 1/4 cup fresh lime juice
- 1 teaspoon sugar
- 1 jalapeño chile, sliced into thin rings
- 1/3 cup soy sauce
- 1/4 cup unseasoned rice wine vinegar
- 1 tablespoon fresh ginger, peeled and minced
- 1 tablespoon fresh cilantro, chopped
- 2 tablespoons whole coriander seeds
- 1 1/2 pounds colossal (under 12 per pound; about 18), or jumbo (16 to 20 per pound; about 24 to 30) shrimp, peeled with tails left intact, deveined
- 9 scallions, white and light-green parts only, cut into 1-inch pieces
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly coarse-ground black pepper
- *Called nuoc mam or nam pla; available at Asian markets and in the Asian foods section of some supermarkets.
- Special Equipment
- about 10 (8-inch) wooden skewers, soaked in water 30 minutes
- In small bowl, stir together fish sauce, lime juice, and sugar. Mix well to dissolve sugar, then stir in jalapeño rings. Set aside.
- In small bowl, stir together soy sauce, vinegar, ginger, and cilantro. Set aside.
- Prepare grill for cooking: If using charcoal grill, open vents on bottom, then light charcoal. Charcoal fire is medium-hot when you can hold your hand 5 inches above rack for 4 to 5 seconds. If using gas grill, preheat burners on high with hood closed 10 minutes, then turn down to moderately high.
- Using electric spice grinder, pulse coriander seeds 2 to 3 times to crack. (Alternatively, place seeds on cutting board and crush lightly with small saut pan, using gentle rocking motion.) In large bowl, combine shrimp and scallions. Drizzle with oil and toss to coat. Sprinkle with coriander, salt, and pepper and toss to coat.
- Thread shrimp and scallions onto skewers. Grill, turning once, until just cooked through, about 3 to 4 minutes per side. Arrange on platter and serve with dipping sauces.


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Letter, Sherman [W. T.] & Ewing [Thomas] to Mess. Hart & Gordon
December 22, 1858
Typical of much of the legal correspondence represented in this collection, the Leavenworth firm of Sherman & Ewing wrote to clients in Piqua, Ohio, regarding efforts to collect an overdue debt. In this case it was from a young man named F. N. Hamlin, a partner in a Leavenworth shoe store.
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August 28, 1854 - October 1, 1858
This minute book documented the founding of the Kickapoo City Association in Leavenworth County and its transactions through October 1, 1858. It contained the association's by-laws. It was a fairly complete example of how a town association conducted business, including surveying the proposed site, acquiring title to the land involved, sale of shares, and efforts to make the town attractive to prospective settlers. Meetings were held on the town site or in Weston, Missouri.
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Remonstrance of the Constitution Convention against the passage of the Lecompton Constitution
March 30, 1858
Letter written to the United States Congress which points out many reasons why Congress should not accept the Lecompton Constitution.
Keywords: Congress (See United States. Congress); Emery, James Stanley; Foster, Charles A.; Leavenworth Constitutional Convention, March-April 1858; Lecompton Constitution; Thacher, Timothy D., 1831-1894; United States. Congress; Walden, John Morgan; Winchell, J. M.
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Letter, C. C. Andrews to John A. Halderman, Esq.
June 27, 1854
From Fort Leavenworth, C. C. Andrews wrote a short letter to inform Halderman that "nothing has transpired" at that location during the past week or so but he was certain "that the territory will be populated with a rapidity unparralleled [sic] in the rise of states." Andrews also was sure that men in the legal profession, such as Andrews himself and Halderman, would do quite well financially.
Keywords: Andrews, Christopher C.; Emigration and immigration; Fort Leavenworth, Kansas Territory; Halderman, John Adams; Lawyers; Leavenworth County, Kansas Territory; Migration, internal; Settlement
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[ARSA_HUMAN] Defects in ARSA are a cause of leukodystrophy metachromatic (MLD) [MIM:250100]. MLD is a disease due to a lysosomal storage defect. It is characterized by intralysosomal storage of cerebroside-3-sulfate in neural and non-neural tissues, with a diffuse loss of myelin in the central nervous system. Progressive demyelination causes a variety of neurological symptoms, including gait disturbances, ataxias, optical atrophy, dementia, seizures, and spastic tetraparesis. Three forms of the disease can be distinguished according to the age at onset: late-infantile, juvenile and adult.[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] [36] [37] [38] [39] [40] [41] Arylsulfatase A activity is defective in multiple sulfatase deficiency (MSD) [MIM:272200]. A clinically and biochemically heterogeneous disorder caused by the simultaneous impairment of all sulfatases, due to defective post-translational modification and activation. It combines features of individual sulfatase deficiencies such as metachromatic leukodystrophy, mucopolysaccharidosis, chondrodysplasia punctata, hydrocephalus, ichthyosis, neurologic deterioration and developmental delay. Note=Arylsulfatase A activity is impaired in multiple sulfatase deficiency due to mutations in SUMF1. SUMF1 mutations result in defective post-translational modification of ARSA at residue Cys-69 that is not converted to 3-oxoalanine.[42] [43]
[ARSA_HUMAN] Hydrolyzes cerebroside sulfate.
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Arylsulfatase A (ASA) belongs to the sulfatase family whose members carry a C(alpha)-formylglycine that is post-translationally generated by oxidation of a conserved cysteine or serine residue. The crystal structures of two arylsulfatases, ASA and ASB, and kinetic studies on ASA mutants led to different proposals for the catalytic mechanism in the hydrolysis of sulfate esters.The structures of two ASA mutants that lack the functional C(alpha)-formylglycine residue 69, in complex with a synthetic substrate, have been determined in order to unravel the reaction mechanism. The crystal structure of the inactive mutant C69A-ASA in complex with p-nitrocatechol sulfate (pNCS) mimics a reaction intermediate during sulfate ester hydrolysis by the active enzyme, without the covalent bond to the key side-chain FGly69. The structure shows that the side-chains of lysine 123, lysine 302, serine 150, histidine 229, the main-chain of the key residue 69 and the divalent cation in the active center are involved in sulfate binding. It is proposed that histidine 229 protonates the leaving alcoholate after hydrolysis.C69S-ASA is able to bind covalently to the substrate and hydrolyze it, but is unable to release the resulting sulfate. Nevertheless, the resulting sulfation is low. The structure of C69S-ASA shows the serine side-chain in a single conformation, turned away from the position a substrate occupies in the complex. This suggests that the double conformation observed in the structure of wild-type ASA is more likely to correspond to a formylglycine hydrate than to a twofold disordered aldehyde oxo group, and accounts for the relative inertness of the C69S-ASA mutant. In the C69S-ASA-pNCS complex, the substrate occupies the same position as in the C69A-ASA-pNCS complex, which corresponds to the non-covalently bonded substrate. Based on the structural data, a detailed mechanism for sulfate ester cleavage is proposed, involving an aldehyde hydrate as the functional group.
Crystal structure of an enzyme-substrate complex provides insight into the interaction between human arylsulfatase A and its substrates during catalysis.,von Bulow R, Schmidt B, Dierks T, von Figura K, Uson I J Mol Biol. 2001 Jan 12;305(2):269-77. PMID:11124905[44]
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The Gospel passage we read at Mass today from St. John, is very full and pregnant with food for thought and reflection as we approach the holiest week of the year. As I reflected on the text I could see glimpses of the entire life of Jesus from the beginning of his public ministry, his death, Resurrection and glorification – a text that can surely help us 'come to know the Lord' and put us in touch with what is happening at this stage in his life.
The pilgrims are arriving in Jerusalem for the feast of the Passover, including some Greek converts who want to "see Jesus". This is the desire in the heart of all of us. "I would like to see Jesus". Jesus responds as He always does throughout the Gospels, and very pointedly in St. John's Gospel, which always has many layers and levels of meaning, e.g. in response to "where do you dwell?", Jesus says "come and see". In response to John the Baptist's disciples' questions – "are you the one who is to come or are we to look for someone else"? Jesus' replies "go and tell John all you see and hear – the blind see, the deaf hear – lepers are cleansed and happy the one who does not lose faith in Me". Here in our text today Jesus' reply was "Now the hour has come" the kairos time of God for the 'Son to be glorified' is at hand. His words or his reply to the questions are never direct, but they are authenticating who He is.
"I tell you most solemnly unless a wheat grain falls on the ground and dies, it remains only a single grain, but if it dies, it yields a rich harvest. Even the 'dead grain of wheat yields a rich harvest'. Seeds left in a packet are no good. Plant them, they die, they multiply, they flower and they bear fruit. Jesus observed this principle of life within the natural world, namely, that life is born from death. Until the seed is buried, it remains one, if planted, it will produce many. Jesus saw his own death mirrored in this process of nature. He lived to die and his death meant life for the world. This opens a horizon for us where all our little deaths are understood in a new way. Jesus has gone before us and understands all our struggles and efforts at dying and we are confident that he is with us. We also have the example of Mary and all the saints gone before us who had to die in order to have real life with Christ. Tomorrow we celebrate the transferred feast of the Annunciation and there we see clearly, Mary's total letting go or dying to her own plans to do God's will, and Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador, murdered in March 1980 at the Altar as he celebrated the Eucharist, wrote just before he died "to each one of us Christ is saying: "if you want your life and mission to be fruitful like mine, do as I. Be converted into a seed that lets itself be buried. Let yourself be killed. Do not be afraid. Those who shun suffering will remain alone. No one is more alone than the selfish. But if you give your life out of love for others as I give my life for all, you will reap a great harvest". As the Dalai Lama said "suffering is not overcome by leaving pain behind; suffering is overcome by bearing pain for others".
Jesus, the Suffering Servant of the Lord is to be exalted and glorified in consequence of His Passion and Death. Jesus will be lifted up from the earth. In St. John, we know this is a twofold, simultaneous lifting up – the physical crucifixion of Jesus on the Cross and Jesus' glorification. As people gaze in faith on Jesus lifted up in his kenosis 'He will draw all of them to Himself' lifting their minds and hearts upwards towards the vision of God and Eternal Life.
Only now in this second last sentence of today's Gospel text is the request of the Greeks and all of us fulfilled – "We want to SEE JESUS" (Jn.12:22).
Prayer – Lord Jesus, your cross is the source of all blessing and the cause of every grace. Your Father glorified your name and you are continually glorified in heaven. Grant me the grace to see that I must lose my life in order to gain your life, blessing and grace. Amen.


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First-quarter 2013 saw the completion of 13 merger and acquisition deals totaling $5.8 billion in assets under management within the independent registered investment advisor segment, according to industrywide data compiled by Schwab Advisor Services and released Thursday.
It was the highest number of transactions recorded in the RIA sector since the first quarter of last year, when 17 deals closed, totaling $24 billion in AUM. Acquisition activity by RIAs increased in the quarter, with 54% of the total transactions closed by this buyer category.
However, overall deal size declined in the quarter for industrywide M&A transactions (see chart). Deal size for Q1 2013 averaged $447 million versus an average deal size of $1.3 billion for all of 2012, according to Schwab data.
"Though it's still very early in the year, this quarter's strong deal flow among RIAs is an indication that advisors are using M&A to increase the scale and footprint of their businesses," said Jon Beatty (right), senior vice president of sales and relationship management for Schwab Advisor Services, in a statement. "Although we saw an increase in RIAs buying other RIAs in Q1, the overall deal size declined as we didn't see a mega-deal like we saw in Q1 2012. We do, however, remain encouraged by the flows we have seen to date."
He was referring to Affiliated Managers Group's purchase of a majority equity interest in Veritable LP, which was announced in March 2012.
National acquiring firms such as HighTower, Focus Financial and United Capital were the dominant buyers in 2012, finishing the year with 25 of the 45 total M&A deals, Schwab reported in January.
Strategic acquiring firms, which have recorded strong deal flow over the past year, were also a dominant buyer group in Q1, completing 38% of the total 13 transactions.
Schwab also reported that early findings from its 2013 RIA Benchmarking Study show that approximately 27% of RIAs are actively seeking to buy another RIA firm. For firms with $1 billion or more in assets, one-third are looking to make an acquisition.
"Given RIAs' enthusiasm for mergers and acquisitions, coupled with the strong flows recorded to date, we believe there will be an increase in appetite for deals among RIAs moving forward if the economy improves and capital and liquidity becomes more accessible," Beatty said.
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At 2:12 a.m. last Thursday, just after we printed the newsletter, something very strange happened on the system. Twelve minutes after the subway system closed for its nightly maintenance, but 28 minutes before the workmen begin heading out to the tunnels and platforms to do their work, a strange subway train, silver and white, completely not one of our trains, came whizzing through the stations at speeds in excess of 80 miles an hour. Nobody appeared to be in it, and it didn't stop at any stations. We don't know what this was. But all 71 workmen on the system saw it during the 20 minutes it took to roar through every station at that speed. Its horn made a continuous, mournful wailing sound. Then it was gone. A number of workmen refused to go out to do the maintenance after it went through, but others doubled up to get the job done. If you have any information about this, please write us at firstname.lastname@example.com.
For the third time in four years, our maintenance department is going to be adjusting the tracks where the train makes the sharp turn under Trout Pond in Noyac. The goal is to eliminate or reduce the loud screeching sound the subway makes as it goes through that stretch. It has something to do with the angle of the tracks at the turn.
At the request of some of our passengers, we are for the first time putting into effect rules for people who work at stores as Santa Claus during the holiday season. If you either come to work or go home in full Santa costume, please note that only one Santa is allowed in any one subway car. Having more than one in a subway car is confusing to children. If there is already a Santa in the subway car you are boarding, go down the aisle and into the next car, or the next car you can find that doesn't have one.
Due to the efforts of our new marketing director, Pablo Perez, all the platforms and tunnels were festooned with Christmas lights and other holiday decorations last Sunday during late-night maintenance. Top speed of all trains will drop 12 miles an hour from now until Christmas Day in order to keep the wind made by the moving trains from ripping the decorations from the walls so they wrap themselves around the wheels and gum up the works. A perk of this necessity is that subway riders will have the extra treat of watching the decorations out the windows longer than they would have otherwise as they go by. So plan to leave a little earlier than you might otherwise to make up for the delay on the subway. Also be careful not to trip over the wires taped to the platform that go out to the various displays. You're on your own on this one. PR Director Perez is now also trying to get other subway systems in the country to put up decorations so we can have a competition and a gold cup for the winner. So far, though, he's been turned down at every turn.
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I know I've been the worst blogger ever in recent weeks. I'll put my hands up and admit that outright. However I am now on annual leave (lol) so Ive decided to try and blog everyday. I go on holiday with ny family every year, same place every time. But I always get bored and need alone time, hence why I take time out to blog! Anyway, Here's the first outfit I've worn since I got here a few hours ago. Shorts and vest combo with sandals. Simple, perfect for the boiling hot weather we are currently having in Turkey. I've had these Denim Topshop shorts for so long now I can barely remember when I actually bought them. However I wear them every year and despite my fluctuating weight over the years they still fit perfectly!
We got our room upgraded for the first time so we are in a lush villa with a private pool. My Mum has been here about 10 times in the past and its actually so funny as the staff know them so well. I shall be updating everyday (hopefully) and I've also started a hashtag on Instagram with all my holiday pics on. I love other peoples holiday pics so if you're interested check out #llymlrsholiday for all the snaps! Im also filming a holiday lookbook for those who are more youtube inclined!
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Daniel Barnes is the Digital Content Manager at Capital Network Solutions, and he also writes about IT issues for the CNS blog. Born and raised in Sacramento, Daniel graduated from California State University, Sacramento with a degree in Journalism. He has been writing for print and online publications for the last twenty years. His work has appeared in The Sacramento Bee, Sacramento News & Review, Comstock's Magazine, Sacramento Magazine, East Bay Express and many more. In his free time, Daniel co-hosts the Dare Daniel Podcast.


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(Excerpt) Interview with Emanuele Spano : Frank Scott: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?. Emanuele Spano : I tried to recall the model of the Torre Saracena, a crucial architectural identity typical of my territory, Apulia: innovation and tradition that co-exist. .Frank Scott: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?. Emanuele Spano : I wanted to propose an architectural model in harmony with the environment and the historical/social reality. .Frank Scott: What are your future plans for this award winning design?. Emanuele Spano : To make it become a model, a pattern that might be proposed to other brands/clients. .Frank Scott: How long did it take you to design this particular concept?. Emanuele Spano : About two months, but the insights and the initial ideas had a one year development. .Frank Scott: Why did you design this particular concept? Was this design commissioned or did you decide to pursuit an inspiration?. Emanuele Spano : "I'M WHERE I LIVE" was born to fulfill personal and business needs. I created the headquarters of my activities and at the same time something that shows my professional identity. .Frank Scott: Is your design being produced or used by another company, or do you plan to sell or lease the production rights or do you intent to produce your work yourself?. Emanuele Spano : The pilot project is already made thanks to the collaboration of many international partners; now we are working at the promotion and application of the concept to potential customers. .Frank Scott: What made you design this particular type of work?. Emanuele Spano : The first need for me was to create a space that fit my personality. .Frank Scott: Where there any other designs and/or designers that helped the influence the design of your work?. Emanuele Spano : Fabio Novembre, Yona Friedman and Zaha Hadid. The architect and designer Fabio Novembre is a fellow countryman from Puglia, that's why we have a natural feeling. I like his ability to mix elements, materials and shapes. I was lucky to work with Yona Friedman at the Mart in Rovereto: I was struck by his idea of architecture and design as participation and active involvement of the public. .Frank Scott: Who is the target customer for his design?. Emanuele Spano : Mainly the industry of architecture and furnishing, but also interior designers and designers. With public and private corporations, mainly museums, I study different applications for the web and communication. .Frank Scott: What sets this design apart from other similar or resembling concepts?. Emanuele Spano : A high quality interior design, a better level of refinement that you usually can't find in a workplace. .Frank Scott: How did you come up with the name for this design? What does it mean?. Emanuele Spano : "I'M WHERE I LIVE" was born after a brainstorming with Marina Carrara, director of the Mondadori magazine "CasaViva". From her perspective, the semiotics behind this project is connected both with my personality, reflected in its lifestyle and residential architecture, and with my identity, my relationship with the territory where I live, tied to a deep sense of belonging. .Frank Scott: Which design tools did you use when you were working on this project?. Emanuele Spano : In the first step I used several photographs portraying typical architectures from Salento, Puglia. Then pencil and marker drawings, freehand and digital renders to come up with the well-structured final project. .Frank Scott: What is the most unique aspect of your design?. Emanuele Spano : The four sloping sides of the building, that hide behind the walls a natural indoor air system. .Frank Scott: Who did you collaborate with for this design? Did you work with people with technical / specialized skills?. Emanuele Spano : The "SEGNOPROGETTO" team, our partner, contributed to the design/ rendering. We al.[ End of Excerpt: Read complete interview with Emanuele Spano on I'm Where I Live Home/Show Room at design-interviews.com ]
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Last night 2 of my BFF's and I went out for our monthly dinner at Marcella's. Marcella's is one of the many restaurants in the Cameron Mitchell Restaurant group. We try to choose new places or ones that we don't dine at frequently for our monthly dinners. It is a great way to stay connected to each other; life is too short to not spend good times with your friends.
Upon arriving, I asked the hostess if they had a printed gluten-free menu or if the manager would be able to go over the menu with me. While they didn't have a gluten-free menu, the did have gluten-free pasta!!! WHAT? OMG! I have never eaten in a restaurant that serves gluten-free pasta. I almost fainted right there and think that I did actually jump up & down and maybe even let out a little shriek. I hope that I didn't scare the hostess too much! LOL!
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I looked at the menu for a long time. I couldn't decide what to have. I was told that they could pretty much modify anything on the menu to be gluten-free (with the exception of the breads & fried stuff, obviously). There were so many choices, which is odd, because normally there are only a handful of things that are gluten-free on the menu. The pasta is penne style and is also soy-free. I wanted to eat pasta because I had never had pasta out since going gluten-free, but the Seafood Risotto was calling my name. Additionally, I had just had a tuna pasta creation for lunch because I was not expecting to have pasta as an option for dinner. I settled on the Seafood Risotto. For an appetizer we ordered the prosciutto & melon and then a chopped salad, too.
The melon was perfect…crisp & flavorful and the proscuitto was the perfect pairing.
The salad was made up of mixed greens, grape tomatoes, cucumbers, carrots, gorgonzola & a yummy house vinaigrette.
Here is my Seafood Risotto:
Do you see the big, succulent pieces of shrimp & lobster?
The Seafood Risotto has lobster, shrimp, white wine, parmesan reggiano and tomatoes. Completely & totally amazing. Super creamy. Gordon Ramsay would be proud of this risotto!! (Hell's Kitchen fans will catch that reference.) 😉
Dessert offerings for the gluten-free crowd were a few flavors of gelato, including pistachio and chocolate. Unfortunately I was too full to enjoy any. Yes, I, Kim was too full. That is not something that occurs frequently with me. LOL! I did finish all of my salad and most of that large bowl of risotto, though.
Marcella's is definitely a place that I will be dining at frequently. I can't wait to go back now! Only problem is that I want to have that risotto again, but I also want to try a bunch of other stuff!
Once again, well done Cameron Mitchell, well done. 🙂 Now if we could just get some gluten-free pizza there, I might just eat all of my meals there! HA! 😉
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Q. After such an emotionally draining game, you've got to come back and play in however many hours, 14 or whatever it is, how do you put this behind you and come back fresh tomorrow and put this behind you?
JOE TORRE: Well, you have to. You know, there's no formula for it, other than every game has a life of it's own and bad things -- good clubs come back from bad things happening. We certainly had opportunities to score in the extra innings. And having a one-run lead in the ninth inning, it certainly is disappointing. We're so used to Mo going out there and getting people out, which he did tonight. It's just that the walk and the stolen base was the difference in that ninth inning. But you have to come back. As I say. Everybody is going to have trouble sleeping probably except maybe from exhaustion, but that's our job.
Q. What would Mariano's availability be tomorrow and did you ever question to use him for two innings tonight?
JOE TORRE: No, I didn't. I thought it was an opportunity, especially the way the eighth inning, we were facing their three, four, five guys. That's like a safe situation going through the heart of the lineup and he only threw 30 pitches. He was the only one available, he had not pitched in three days before that.
Q. What did you think of El Duque tonight?
JOE TORRE: I thought El Duque was good. You know, I think he got, again, when you get a close game like this, especially in this ballpark, you tend to be a little careful and I thought he tried to make maybe sometimes too good of pitches where it cost him because the walks, all night long when you think about it, Mo in the ninth inning and Duque with the walks, that's what cost the runs for us. So I thought he was fine. He threw close to 100 pitches. His velocity was good. It looked like when he made his pitches he had good bite on the stuff, so I was pleased with his outing.
Q. What kind of concern is it now about the momentum of this series?
JOE TORRE: Well, I'm a firm believer in momentum in a short series. But again, we have to certainly look at the big picture and see where we are. You know, take on this ballclub later on and just be what we are supposed to be and, you know it comes down to who is going to pitch the best, but for sure, I've always felt since I started doing this thing about nine years ago, that momentum is easily changed in a short series, and there's not much you can do about it. You just have to make sure that when we go out there for the next game that, you know, we can't carry this baggage with us.
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Just days from the launch of health insurance exchanges, ObamaCare is causing chaos throughout the country — so much, in fact, that it's hard to keep up with daily developments. More and more Americans are losing their existing coverage and being forced into a marketplace that, in many states, isn't ready for business.
State/federal insurance sales start Oct. 1. Exchange customers must purchase a plan by Dec. 15 to guarantee coverage is in place by Jan. 1, when the Affordable Care Act's individual mandate takes effect.
Americans who don't have coverage by that date must pay a penalty tax to the IRS in 2015 — unless they enroll in exchange-run plans by March 31, when enrollment expires.
This compressed reboot of America's health care system leaves consumers with precious little time to react to coverage changes. Already, untold numbers of businesses have announced they're dropping health coverage for some or all employees as a result of the law, and insurance companies are canceling the policies of the self-employed and other consumers because of changes in coverage requirements or costs. Other entities are dropping coverage for employed spouses.
Countless other businesses are still deciding how to proceed under ObamaCare; many millions of workers who have benefits through their employers won't know of changes in coverage or pricing until their enrollment periods begin a month from now, or longer. They'll have even less time to make a decision.
And that assumes the exchanges and a retooled private health insurance market function smoothly. Already, reports have surfaced of serious system glitches and pricing problems. If insurance and exchange workers have to spend their first weeks or months tending to IT issues, where does that leave those in need of coverage?
Trader Joe's recently announced it would boot its part-time employees, many of whom took the jobs precisely because they provided health insurance, off its benefits plan and onto the exchanges; Home Depot is doing the same. Walgreen's, the country's largest drugstore, is dumping coverage for 160,000 of its workers and sending them to the exchanges, where smaller provider networks, limited choices and higher prices await. SeaWorld is cutting back part-timers to no more than 28 hours per week to avoid ObamaCare fines.
Such disclosures keep coming. Among the most troubling: layoffs and cutbacks in the health care sector, which will be relied upon to meet the increased consumer demand created by ObamaCare. The Cleveland Clinic will offer buyouts to about 3,000 employees, and the hospital sector shed more than 15,000 jobs this summer to position itself to handle reduced reimbursements under the law.
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Apple Teases Consumers, Doubles Down With Devs
Jun 3, 2014 5:00 AM PT
Apple managed to pull off a mean feat on Monday at its WorldWide Developers Conference. Without announcing a single hardware device, it teased consumers with dozens of updated features in iOS 8 and the next version of Mac OS X -- dubbed "Yosemite" -- then doubled-down with app developers by offering tons of new APIs, along with elements of deep integration between apps and devices. The company capped it all off with the announcement of Swift, a brand new Xcode programming language for developers.
Everybody got a taste of something tantalizing.
That was important. Even though Apple's WWDC has turned into a limited venue affair -- only about 6,000 developers can buy tickets -- it's an important opportunity to showcase new Apple products and services. Apple lets its fans view the keynote stream live from its website, as well as replay it later. Consequently, Apple not only has to address the concerns of hardcore developers who are building apps for iPhones and Macs, but also satisfy the consumer-oriented interests of loyal fans and industry watchers.
So, how did Apple manage to walk these lines? As I saw it, astoundingly well. To deliver two hours worth of fast-paced presentation, Apple broke up the keynote into three sections: one on Mac OS X Yosemite; one on iOS 8; and one for devs.
However, this key takeaway is worth keeping in mind: Apple is not trying to converge iOS with Mac OS X, and it is not trying to converge a touch interface with a traditional keyboard/Mac/PC interface.
Unlike the Microsoft Surface Pro, a MacBook is still a laptop and an iPad is still a tablet -- and there is no hint that Apple will try to jam them together to create a new single product. Instead, Apple is carefully integrating and connecting the different environments and devices so that they feel seamless while retaining their distinct capabilities. Read on for specific examples.
Inside Mac OS X Yosemite
The install base for Max OS X is more than 80 million, and according to Apple CEO Tim Cook -- who delivered most of the bragging news -- the year-over-year Mac vs. PC industry growth rate pegs the PC in a 5 percent decline while the Mac grew 12 percent. Plus, just over half the install base now is running Mac OS X Mavericks, the latest release. Cook took the time to call out the adoption rate of Windows 8, which shipped a year before Mavericks, at just 14 percent.
Meanwhile, the next big version of Mac OS X gets the California-themed moniker of "Yosemite." Cool. Moving on.
As expected, the overall look and feel of Yosemite -- which will be available for consumers, free, this fall -- is much like iOS 7. The Finder windows take on a translucent feel, which gives the screens a sense of color and the vague shape of the desktop underneath the layers.
Notification Center is more like iOS 7, and the Today view can be extended with widgets you can download from the App Store. Apple's integrated search, Spotlight, is now much more powerful, searching across the Mac and Internet, offering up access to individual documents, and launching apps based on one or two typed letters.
Apple is beefing up its iCloud service, adding iCloud Drive, which gives you iCloud storage that's bigger and more usable for a wide variety of documents and syncing.
At the same time, Apple is helping out with a common problem -- the mailing of large attachments, which many email servers reject. Apple's new Mail will let you seamlessly send the "attachment" as a linkable file on iCloud to the recipient. Why is this cool? Because users are still notorious for just trying to send images and video and large file sizes without uploading them to services like DropBox to accomplish basically the same thing as Apple's new service, which is called "Mail Drop."
Apple also is introducing markup into Mail, which will let you draw over the top of attachments to highlight something you want to draw attention to -- for collaboration or just to make fun of one of your friends. On a .pdf document, though, it also means you can use the trackpad to sign your name. Nice. One less third-party app to find or learn.
Safari gets a leaner and cleaner look at the toolbar level, but also lets you access favorites by typing into the smart search field. The coolest potential new feature for power users is a new tab view that will show stacks of tabs for all the sites you've got loaded up. For mobile warriors, Safari is faster and more energy-efficient, and it can eke out nearly two hours of additional battery life when streaming 1080p video from Netflix.
Continuity in Action
At WWDC, Apple's senior vice president of software engineering, Craig Federighi, delivered most of the content, including the introduction of Continuity, a concept that lets various Apple devices and services work seamless together.
With iOS 8 and Yosemite, the quick and easy file transfer feature, AirDrop, will let you move files from your iOS device to your Mac, and vice versa. Plus, if you're not on your home WiFi network, your iPhone and Mac can connect to each other with their own little network.
A new feature for this is Handoff, which lets your devices become aware of what they are doing, which in turn lets you work on a document on your Mac, then pickup your iPad, and with a nifty lower-left screen notification, swipe up into using whatever it was you were working on. Like a document -- or even a half-finished Mail message.
Handoff goes back the other way too, of course. For instance, you can start a mail message on your little iPhone, get frustrated by the little keyboard, and just finish it on your Mac. Just saying. I can totally see using Handoff this way.
With Hotspot, your Mac will be able to connect to your iPhone (and iCloud) and let you do some really cool messaging and phone calling types of communication.
For instance, your Android-using friends will be able to message you to your iPhone, which you can receive on your Mac and chat back and forth on your Mac -- while your iPhone is in your bag or in some other room on a charger. You also can answer a call that's coming into your iPhone on your Mac, use your Mac as a speakerphone, and dial new calls, too.
This integration goes deeper. If you're looking up a business online in Safari on your Mac, Safari will recognize a phone number on the Web page and give you the ability to call that number through your Mac -- routed through your iPhone, of course. The demo made all of this look not only handy, but super easy.
Inside iOS 8
At the start of the iOS 8 intro, Cook took the opportunity to brag about the success of iOS, noting that Apple sold more than 100 million iPod touch units, 200 million iPads and 500 million iPhones. Better still, iOS devices brought 130 million new customers to Apple last year.
Cook joked that many of these new customers were switchers who bought an Android device "by mistake" and were coming over to Apple for a better experience and "a better life." Customer satisfaction with iOS 7 was at 97 percent, which was insanely great, of course, but the real point was this: 89 percent of iOS installs were running iOS 7. How did Android's KitKat compare? Just 9 percent of devices were running KitKat. Ouch.
That meant the vast majority of Android users were nowhere near getting the latest and greatest features of Android's operating system. The underlying message was that, for app developers, the iOS target audience was not only very large, it was astoundingly up-to-date and consistent. An iOS app developer who wanted to use a new feature of iCloud, for instance, could count on iOS customers being able to use it.
As for new iOS 8 features for consumers, come fall you'll be able to use interactive notifications, which will let you do things like reply to text messages from the notification without needing to leave the app you were using. Mail will get a few ease-of-use updates while Spotlight on iOS becomes more powerful -- like the Mac version.
For typing, the software keyboard in iOS will get a welcome refresh, offering a new feature called "QuickType," which uses a whole mess of new predictive typing to offer you context-specific full-word options.
How does this work? Say you're typing a message about a meeting to your boss. Above the keyboard a few word options will show up as buttons you can tap to rapidly insert into your message. The word choices reflect your past activity, because a message to your boss might tend to use different language than you would use with your peers or friends. The boss options? The meeting could be canceled, rescheduled or moved. The peer message options might offer words like "snoozer" to describe the meeting and "epic" or "awesome" to describe its cancellation.
Depending on the brains that run QuickType, the feature could turn out to be epic -- or a snoozer.
Messages, which is far and away the most used app on iOS, will see a major update this fall in iOS 8. Photo and video attachments to message conversations will get a new at-a-glance view that will place them all in one handy grid. This is cool when families and groups are all chatting away at the same time via text messaging.
Of course, being in the middle of such a conversation can make your iPhone vibrate to no end, so Apple created a feature that will let you exit a conversation -- or just enter do-not-disturb for that particular conversation, which will let you continue to receive other text messages. The conversations? You can name them now, too, making it much easier to keep track of your messaging activity.
Also built-in is the ability to "Tap to Talk," letting you voice record an audio snippet to send as a message. You can send a video message as well. It looks to be super easy and super seamless. Furthermore, as you're messaging, you can choose to show your personal location for an hour, until the end of the day, or indefinitely -- which is cool because it lets you fine-tune the details you share with others.
HealthKit APIs
One of the potentially big new features is HealthKit, which is a set of APIs that will let developers build applications that can handle and manage health-related data, and let users make sense of all that data through a single iOS app called "Health."
The Health app in iOS 8 will let various medical devices and measurements pour into a unified portal -- the Health app -- giving iOS users new insight into their health. Apple didn't mention it, of course, but if and when the company releases a health-oriented iWatch, data from the iWatch can be collected into the Health app.
Because the developer-focused HealthKit and Health app are so extensible, they can be used to communicate with caregivers -- like the Mayo Clinic -- which can tap into them to gain access to personalized health information and then react accordingly during healthcare situations.
In addition to encouraging fitness, the Health app will be able to monitor almost any medical condition that can be measured with a device that can communicate with iOS. If this is easy and secure for consumers to use, it could create a way that Apple can play nice with other innovators in the market while retaining a easy-to-use hub on iOS.
Apple also introduced a bunch of smaller improvements, including a Family Share plan that lets up to six family members who use the same credit card number for iTunes or the App Store share their purchases across their devices. When kids try to buy something, their devices will send a permission note to their parents asking for approval.
iPhoto brings easy-to-use new editing features, as well as massively increased iCloud synchronization and storage options. You'll be able to edit photos on your iPhone easily, sync and store them in iCloud, and access them via a new method on Mac OS X -- coming this fall. The first 5 GB are free, 20 GB will cost US$1 a month, and 200 GB will cost $4 per month.
New Dev Goodness
In addition all the new features coming to iOS and Yosemite, Apple's TestFlight app is now baked right into iOS 8, which will make beta testing easier for developers. Plus, developers will be able to write applications, widgets, and extensions that will be able to communicate securely with other apps.
For example, a developer who created a killer photo-editing feature could enable the feature to be used from within other apps. One of the examples from Apple included using a Bing translation extension for Safari to translate Japanese to English with the Web page itself. That also means -- mostly for power users -- that you can install third-party keyboards that might have better functionality than Apple's default keyboard.
HomeKit, it turns out, isn't as large as the home automation rumors suggested last week. However, it has the potential to grow quickly. Apple's play here is to create a seamless one-spot app that will let users control a variety of home automation devices and solutions.
It's a system that lets others work with Apple, and for the consumer, it could result in the ability to tell Siri that it's "bedtime," which could tell your home to turn down the thermostat, turn off the inside lights, turn on the outside lights, shut the garage door, and lock all the doors. Or create your own environmental parameters, like "Disco Time" or "Game of Thrones."
Again, like the HealthKit, Apple is seeking to control the home automation experience -- or finally let regular consumers control a bunch of disparate home automation devices through their Apple devices.
If third-party players get on board -- Apple claimed to be working with some leaders in the home automation world -- HomeKit could provide a jolt to the industry.
Tired yet? There's still a heckuva lot more to cover. Apple introduced CloudKit, which opens up Apple's iCloud servers to let developers access and tap into them more easily than before, at presumably no cost (or some reasonable cost for high-performing, super popular apps).
A new graphic-rendering technology called "Metal" will let developers vastly increase their ability to build graphically intensive environments for iOS. Plus, Apple made some nice updates to SpriteKit and SceneKit to help developers build rich casual games easily.
Enter Swift
The most important new announcement for developers, though, has to be the new programming environment Apple named "Swift." It's supposed to be super fast, which Apple characterized as Objective-C without the "C."
The whole new coding environment will let developers get more accomplished through fewer lines of code, plus view the output side-by-side with the code as they program their applications. Swift works with Metal to create graphically intense games. It also can be used to create simple games or social media apps.
All-in-all, the 2014 WWDC keynote introduced the next face of iOS 8 and Mac OS X Yosemite while offering up some big gains for developers. As for new hardware, though, keep waiting.


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Here is how you can change the shape of your mouseptr in gvim.
:set mouseshape=n:pencil
This will change the shape of the mouseptr to pencil in normal mode. You can choose different shapes for different modes. See :help 'mouseshape'.
Want more shapes?
Then look for the file cursorfont.h in your X11/ directory. This file contains lots of cursor shape #define definitions, like
. #define XC_heart 62 .
:set mouseshape=n:62 will set the shape of the mouseptr to heart in normal mode.
Not available for Windows.
Actually, only certain built-in cursors are available in Windows. Pencil doesn't work, but others do. See
:help mouseshape
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Really it's quite a comedy. Why are the two guys still scared to go to India ... something's fishy there.
Really it's quite a comedy. Why are the two guys still scared to go to India ... something's fishy there.
I did read in some indian newspapers that both gibbs and Boje are actually going to be there.. But not sure tho.. would be quite interesting this time around..
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Boje's just screwing himself by refusing to go the greatest spinner's paradise in the world.
EDIT:Forget I said anything.
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Originally Posted by cricket playerOriginally Posted by AussieDominance
That won't be hard to do.
if razzaq and sami play vs nz then pak will win
If South Africa show up with the same side they have in Sri Lanka, minus Gibbs and Boje even, then I can't see them going through at the expense of New Zealand or Pakistan.
NZ to win this group, This is a team who may not be the best on paper but has some people who can do some special things (McCullum,Vettori,Bond)
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The time has come to make things right
You and I must fight for our rights
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I expect an early exit for South Africa given their general decline in form over the opast year , and I will be hoping that NZ and Pakistan can do the business for SA at the Champions Trophy.
Why on earth would you want Sami to play when you have Rana, Shoaib and Asif ?!!Originally Posted by gunner
Pakistan and New Zealand to go through if Gibbs doesn't play. If he does I think SA will have a much better chance as with him and Smith on flat tracks they can really go after the NZ medium pace attack on flat Indian wickets
Sami= Joke of international cricket, all praise to Pak cricket team and PCB for providing us with merry moments.Originally Posted by gunner
I long to see Sehwag take on Sami, the way Veeru toys with Pak superstar is a sight to watch.
SSS...the king of pace and sledging
Yes,but he's not a bigger joke than India's legendary fast bowlers Ajit Agarkar,Zaheer Khan & others.Originally Posted by RolledOver
I think SA will certainly going to make it, the other team can be either NZ or Pak, NZ probably has a better chance of making it especially if Inzi is leading Pak side.However if Younis leads Pak side then Pak might just edge past NZ.
Only problem would be that without Inzi Pak batting would be rather too weak, Younis though would skip the side 10 times better than sluggish Inzi
As much as I hate to admit it, I don't think New Zealand will go through.
South Africa are our boggy team, and Pakistan in almost home conditions will be too strong for us.
I'd love to be proven wrong!
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Every year the Navy tests out its submarine crews in the Arctic. They call it ICEX and it looks amazing.
This appears to be from the 2011 exercises with the Virginia-class USS New Hampshire and the Seawolf-Class USS Connecticut.
These subs were surfacing north of Prudhoe Bay, Alaska at the Applied Physics Laboratory Ice Station, constructed by the University of Washington's Applied Physics Laboratory, and members of the U.S., Canadian, and British navies for ICEX.


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Christina Jaromin, iContact Trade Show Manager
iContact's Marketing Team includes designers, writers, media buyers, product marketers, search marketers, communications experts, brand strategists, research analysts, developers, engineers, and seasoned executives. All of us are now at your service. Ask us anything related to email marketing and our team member with the most relevant expertise will answer your question.
Each edition of our EMM will showcase a new question and answer, so be sure to send your questions to us at email@example.com.
This month's question is on open rates. Leonard Ghazarian of Caspian Services, Inc. writes:
We just sent an email newsletter to over 900 emails, and only 20% opened the email. Why is it so low, and how can I make that better?
Christina Jaromin from the iContact Marketing Team responds:
This is a question we often receive from customers. Your open rate last month was 20%, which is outstanding, for any newsletter in any industry. Because there are many factors that can affect readership, below are a few ideas to help increase your open rates.
- Changing up your subject line to include the senders name – make it personal – can help with open rates.
- Sending consistently (same day of every week or same day of every month) allows your readers to know when to expect your next newsletter. Because people are expecting it, they'll want to open the newsletter and see what information you're sending.
- Make sure your newsletter focuses on the important news at the top or perhaps a teaser to make them read further.
- Keep your newsletters short and have links to articles you want your customers to read. If they're interested in the information, they'll click on the link. If not, they can continue reading to find the article that relates to them the most.
Another thing to remember is that if some of your readers are opening the newsletter on their Smartphone and may not be displaying images. If they are not displaying images, their open will not count toward your open rate.


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This is My New York
"I am a member of the international organization called Les Clefs d'Or, where the ultimate goal is to offer the best service to our guests. On my day off I love to visit the Lower East Side to see the different restaurants and museums."
1. TENEMENT MUSEUM | 103 Orchard St
Witness the history of immigration through the personal experiences of generations of newcomers who built their lives in New York City in the 19th and 20th centuries. Purchase advance tickets online, as they tend to sell out quickly.
2. CLINTON STREET BAKING CO. | 4 Clinton St
Clinton Street Baking Co. is well known for their breakfasts, especially their delicious pancakes. Try my personal favourite, almond pancakes with fresh blueberries. For breakfast and brunch lovers, this is a stop not to be missed.
Well known for its vintage stores and hole-in-the wall thrift shops, Stanton and Clinton is the place to be if you're looking for designer quality on a budget. Shoe lovers should be sure to check out Ellen (at Ludlow St.) for some great finds.
4. ED'S LOBSTER BAR ANNEX | 222 Lafayette St
If you are looking for great seafood, Ed's is the place to go!
5. KATZ'S DELICATESSEN | 205 East Houston St
Katz's is one of the best delis in the city and has been around since 1888! It's a great place to take the kids for lunch, as they have a wide selection of sandwiches and kids' favourites.
6. JOE'S SHANGHAI | 9 Pell St
The water dumplings are fantastic at this casual spot in Chinatown. Note: This restaurant is cash only.
7. ELDRIDGE STREET SYNAGOGUE | 12 Eldridge St
This National Historic Landmark is a synagogue, a museum and most of all, a portal into the lives of Jewish immigrants 125 years ago. Go "Beyond the Façade" and take an architectural tour of the building.
8. NEW MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART | 235 Bowery St
If you frequent New York City museums, you won't be surprised by the not-your-average-museum feeling the New Museum delivers to its visitors. The exhibits here focus on contemporary artists from around the world.
9. OLD ESSEX STREET MARKET | 120 Essex St
Stroll through this 50-year-old market and enjoy foods from 20 independent vendors. This will surely get your stomachs growling before dinner.
10. WD-50 | 50 Clinton St
For dinner, stop by WD-50 for the Mediterranean bass or Wagyu chuck steak. Top it all off with some delicious liquid churros with coffee and hot chocolate. Reservations are required.


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Tech News Recap | Feb. 25-March 1, 2013
Tech Recap: All the News You Need to Know
Tech Recap: All the News You Need to Know
During this week's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, techies got a glimpse of the latest on-the-go devices. While we checked out how the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 could compete against the iPad mini, we also examined the post-Oscar discussion on the shrinking US visual effects industry. Catch up on this and the president's science fiction shout-out!


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Joshua Horowitz necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 16 diseños de 4 diseñadores freelance.
Amigo-US Phone Rental
Amigo-US Phone Rental (http://www.amigo-us.com) is an international cellular phone company that rents cellular telephones to travelers to Israel. We have a sister service as well, MediGuard (http://www.mediguardtravel.com). This service is a travel medical coverage plan for travelers to Israel.
All types of travelers to Israel. In this campaign however we are looking to target the "study abroad" market. Students who have decided to take a year or two after high school to study overseas in Israel
We are looking for a designer to create a campaign which would attract students about to embark on their year abroad to our new Amigo Freedom Plan. This plan will offer students a FREE phone and very competitive per minute rates. The campaign, we feel, should be so simple that it actually makes the viewer feel the need to find out more (by calling us or going to our web site). So we had envisioned a lot of clear space with limited detail just bold limited text saying "Studying In Israel? How about a FREE phone"to wet their appetite. But please be creative. Use your imagination and creative ability to not just use my text and format it, think of what I am writing and show me your own idea. Limit use of a lot of images or loud colors.
A secondary portion of this, we will enter any customer who signs up for an Amigo phone and Mediguard into a raffle for a free round trip ticket to Israel.
Info which should be on the ad:
1-888-Amigo-US (264-4687)
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We are hoping to use the new model i576 (see link above) for the ad but need to wait for confirmation. Thus at this point you can use that image as a place holder.
Deliverables to include multiple size print quality, HTML version and if possible a flash banner version
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