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U.S. Beach Teams Repeat Gold Medal Sweep
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Nov. 19, 2012) – U.S. beach volleyball teams swept the gold medals for a second straight NORCECA Beach Circuit event on Sunday.
For the women, the U.S. team of Emily Day (Torrance, Calif.) and Summer Ross (San Diego, Calif.) defeated compatriots Tealle Hunkus (Girard, Ohio) and Traci Weamer (Upland, Calif.) in the gold medal match, 21-17, 21-15 on Sunday.
On the men's side, the U.S. pair of Will Montgomery (Santa Barbara, Calif.) and Tony Ciarelli (Huntington Beach, Calif.) beat Nicaragua's Gerald Umana and Henry Hernandez for the gold medal, 21-10, 21-11 on Sunday.
The U.S. men's team of Weston Carico (Manhattan Beach, Calif.) and Curt Toppel (Pacific Palisades, Calif.), who lost on Saturday, won a Sunday consolation match to make it to the bronze medal contest, where it lost to Trinidad & Tobago's Fabien Whitfield and Daneil Williams, 27-25, 19-21, 15-13.
Day and Ross continued a string of three straight NORCECA beach victories for U.S. women. In September, she and partner Heather Hughes (Fallbrook, Calif.) won the gold at the event in Chula Vista, Calif. At the next event in October in St. Lucia, Weamer took gold with partner Kathryn Piening (Kalamazoo, Mich.).
"We trained a lot together back in Los Angeles so we knew what to expect and knew it was going to be a tough match," Day said. "In addition, for the United States to finish one-two, we are very happy as this was our main goal coming into the tournament."
Montgomery won a silver medal in Chula Vista with partner Tri Bourne before taking gold in St. Lucia with Jon Mesko (Traverse City, Mich.). Ciarelli won silver in St. Lucia with Jeff Carlson (Newport Beach, Calif.).
"The Nicaraguans are a very good team and made us work for every point, but in the end we were very grateful for the victory," Ciarelli said.
In the men's semifinals, Montgomery and Ciarelli defeated Whitfield and Williams, 21-11, 21-17. Carico and Toppel fell to Umana and Hernandez, 17-21, 21-18, 18-16.
Ciarelli praised Whitfield and Williams as well as St. Lucians, Julian Biscette and Joseph Clercent.
"We played the T&T team in St. Lucia two weeks ago and compared to what they did this weekend, they have improved a whole lot," he said.
"We also played against St Lucia in Chula Vista and from then to now you can tell that they have been training a lot; and if both teams keep it up I can surely see them being major threats on the tour and event in contention for Olympic qualifying places in the future."
In the women's semifinals, Day and Ross defeated Costa Rica's Ingrid Morales and Natalia Alfaro, 21-16, 21-6. Hunkus and Weamer stopped Trinidad & Tobago's Nancy Joseph and Ayana Dyette, 21-18, 21-12.
More information about the NORECA Beach Circuit is available on the NORCECA web site.


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Micro_MUTEK.ES 2013 Full Program Announcement
4th edition caps program with a daytime program filled with artist talks, workshops, interactive installations, and a marketplace.
January 17, 2013
Running February 6 – 9, 2013 in Barcelona, Spain, Micro_MUTEK.ES 2013 will present 23 artists/projects from 9 different nationalities, including 5 premieres (Jon Hopkins (UK) – new live set; Jeff Mills presents ¨Jungle Planet¨(US) – Spain premiere; Monolake A/V Surround (DE), Kuedo & MFO (UK) and Vessel (UK) – Barcelona premieres), reflecting the organization's mission to propose original and diverse content and programming that explores different contexts and artistic practices in digital creativity.
The daytime DIGI_SECTION daytime conference comes to round out the festival's nighttime program, stimulating dialogue and exchange by inviting performing artists to take part in artist talks, as well as providing panels and discussions with invited industry professionals. Taking place within the festival HQ, the Convent Sant Augusti, and as always presented free of charge to the general public, this year's edition of DIGI_SECTION sees its activities embellished by a series of interactive installations from local artists. Foucault's pendulum gets an updated, digital version through Alvaro Muñozledo and Saulo Pisa's (MX) "The Pendulum", a suspended light source that reacts to audiovisual stimuli. The user becomes the source of both sound and visuals with "Gengen Visual & Musical Generative Instrument" by Daniel González Franco, Rocio Marquez, Javier Guajardo (ES); by stepping up to a special sensor and moving one's arms in any which way, participants become conductors of a symphony of generated sound & image. A MIDI controller gives further control to modify advanced A/V parameters of the symphony they're generating. Return MUTEK.ES collaborators, Boris Chimp 504 (PT) round out the installation series with their "Non Human Device #01", based on a live performance they will present during the festival's Experience program. The installation invites the public to create audiovisual signals by interacting with a touch-activated "non human machine interface".
Two workshops are presented within the DIGI_SECTION this year. On the festival's opening day, Wednesday February 6th, Alvaro Muñozledo (MX) gives a workshop on "Circuito Electrovisiones" a platform decidated to exploring the role of technology in digital art and experimentation founded in Mexico in 2008, and which has produced over 200 performances/activities with artists from Mexico, Spain, Chile, Canada, and Germany.
The following day, Thursday February 7th, Red Bull Music Academy and microFusa present: Sound Design and Sampling in the Age of Endless Possibilty by Deadbeat (CA) and Monolake (DE). The artists will explore their methods and philosophies concerning sound design and related topics, discussion how, a time when we have so many tools, methods, and materials at our disposal, we can overcome a very real "option paralysis" and get down to business of actually making music. Limited to 60 participants, advanced registration is recommended via microFusa Barcelona's institute for Sound and Image Production: http://microfusaformacion.com/audio/taller-robert-henke-aka-monolake-deadbeat
Back again this year, Struments Radio co-presents artist Q&A sessions, from Wednesday Feb 6 through Friday Feb 8th. Kicking off each festival day at 5pm, the Q&As will host performing artists Nautiluss (CA), Vessel (UK), The Mole (CA), Dewalta (CA), Clip! (ES) and Cardopusher (VL). This year's DIGI_SETION also includes a panel organized by return collaborator TravellingAroundMusic, on Friday February 8th. Entitled "Networked Festivals: Roles, Opportunities, and Benefits of Working within Networks"- Moderated by Anna Mastrolitto (TravellingAroundMusic) and Tino Carreño (Profesor UB Programa Gestion Cultural) the panel discusses the strategies and potential existing in the growing phenomenon of festival networks, drawing on experiences from Alain Mongeau (MUTEK; Montreal / ICAS), Taïca Replansky (CTM; Berlin / ICAS), Cristian Pascual (In-Edit.Beefeater; Barcelona), Alberto Guijarro (Primavera Sound; Barcelona), Carols Durán Baste (Screen-Loop; Barcelona), and David Loscos (Tenzingmedia; Barcelona).
Rounding out the night time events, two of the mist representative DJs of Barcelona´s club scene, Marc Piñol [ES] and Kosmos [ES] who perform at Nocturne 2 and 3 respectively, in Nitsa Club. For the first time together in a festival, the catalan sound alchemist d.Forma [Es] and visual artist Alba G. Corral will fill new venue Station Barcelona for the A/Visions 2 event with their organic sounds (from field recordings) and digital abstract landscapes generated in real time.
The festival's daytime events will be capped by two events on Saturday February 9th. A professional marketplace invites the public to meet with local labels such as Struments Records, Discontinu Records and Bankrobber, as well as organizations working in audiovisual arts and digital technologies, such as Barcelona's microclima. This same day, the Experience showcase assembles presentations/performances of the previously-mentioned installation "Gengen Visual & Musical Generative Instrument" by its creators, as well as of Alba Corral's (ES) "aPitagoras", a free Art App which creates concentric circles at the user's touch. The interactive app allows the user to make their own wallpaper for their mobile device. Boris Chimp 504's Miguel Neto & Rodrigo Carvalho (PT), will discuss how their project began, and delve into their creative process via their "Boris, Who?" talk, while Deezer present their web-based music streaming service.
During the festival itself, a selection of daytime events will once again be livestreamed through return partner Struments Radio. Stay tuned via the following sites and outlets for more information:
Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/MutekSpain
Twitter page: http://www.twitter.com/mutek_es
To purchase tickets, and for program updates check the MUTEK.ES website: http://www.mutek.es
or via Ticketea.com - http://www.ticketea.com/entradas-micro-mutek-barcelona

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The system solution IndraMotion for Packaging helps to reduce the amount of engineering.
Rexroth's fully open system solution IndraMotion for Packaging is now available in the new software version 12 and comes with a series of additional functions allowing users to comfortably program robotics applications with the PLC in accordance with IEC 61131-3. Multi- Ethernet interfaces on controls and drives - including on the further developed motor-integrated IndraDrive Mi drives - reduce the costs for OEM having to adapt their solutions to end user requirements.
With this automation solution, Rexroth aims for a consistent programming concept. With the latest software version, which incorporates the CoDeSys V3 run-time system and comprehensive PLCopen function libraries, users can implement all PLC and motion programming tasks, including individual drives, synchronized movements and robotics, in the IEC 61131-3 programming languages. This allows for a much more efficient division of work and reduces the amount of engineering involved in made-to-order constructions. Furthermore, IndraMotion for Packaging contains numerous technology functions that are typical in the packaging industry, such as print mark control, product grouping, magic belt or intermittent duty cycle.
In addition, the Drive & Control Specialist provides a function - the patented FlexProfile - with which machine manufacturers are able to fulfill customers' requests for higher flexibility and product or format changeovers at the press of a button. FlexProfile simplifies handling electronic cams because, among other things, the software automatically adapts all drive movements to the changed parameters. In order to accomplish this, programmers use the engineering tool CamBuilder from the IndraWorks environment to generate synchronous movements graphically. From there, CamBuilder then automatically generates the program code, replacing the previously time consuming and error-prone step of manual programming.
With the motor-integrated IndraDrive Mi servo drives, Rexroth increases the degree by which decentralized automation concepts can be modularized. Using a Multi-Ethernet interface, the servo drives can be comfortably integrated into a variety of Ethernet-based field buses, including Sercos III, PROFINET IO (RT), EtherNet/IP and EtherCAT. This enables OEM to implement different automation structures with one single type of hardware, thereby simplifying logistics and spare parts management. In addition, pneumatic components and hydraulic actuators can be connected to the IndraDrive Mi via Sercos III at a reduced cost.
The drive-integrated safety function of the IndraDrive Mi eliminates hardware and reduces the need for wiring. The STO safety function ("Safe Torque Off") ensures the safety of the respective axes without requiring an additional control. This facilitates the modular design of machines. When the STO function is activated, the drive will interrupt the current to the connected motor within mere milliseconds. Likewise, it prevents the motor from being restarted accidentally. The STO function in the IndraDrive Mi servo drives is certified Cat 4 PL according to EN ISO 13849-1 and SIL 3 according to EN 62061.
For more information please visit: www.boschrexroth-us.com.
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Solution to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from livestock exists
26 September 2013, Rome-- Greenhouse gas emissions from the livestock production sector worldwide could be cut by 30 percent overall, using best practices and technologies that already exist. A new study released by FAO outlines where those cuts can be made and how the livestock production sector can do it.
Pierre Gerber is Livestock policy officer within FAO. In the following interview, he talked about the significance of this report and why it shouldn't be a missed opportunity for policy makers and the livestock production sector.
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IT'S time for our must-read Sunday blog on this new-look Angler's Mail website. Every Sunday we welcome coarse fishing all-rounder Colin Mitchell.
For many years Colin was a senior Angler's Mail magazine staff man and he has enjoyed a long, interesting journalism career.
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AFTER a few weeks of fishing the same venues and catching mostly tench I needed a change. A new fishery and some different species was the order of the day.
Finch Farm is a place where my old mate Bill Rushmer often has a dabble but despite being just a short drive from home I'd never been.
I'd heard the fishery near Maidenhead, Berkshire, is a bit different but my travelling mate Mike Jardine and I were in for something a little special.
There are two lakes – one the Anaconda snake and the other a more normal lake, although dotted with islands and surrounded by reeds that give an otherwise pretty bland place some character.
We started on the snake but one perch and a few skimmers later for me and nothing for Mike except a few signs of interest saw him move to the other lake.
No sooner had he gone than I lost a good fish on meat – then I hooked another which, after an amazing scrap on the pole, turned out to be a catfish of around 7lb.
That fish alone made my day. I love catfish and that was my first on the pole.
I called Mike round to take a picture to be told he'd had two carp on his first two puts on the lake, the first a nice ghostie, and he had been smashed twice!
After a few more bream it was time for me to move off what we later discovered is a mostly big fish snake that contains mainly bream, barbel and catfish (oh and pike!).
The other lake was something else! A bite virtually every chuck and if you didn't get a fish or a bite change the bait and your float went under!
Various small carp, some chunky goldfish, gudgeon and roach later Mike yelled out a shout from the next peg, hidden behind a tree. He'd landed a landing net-filling bream.
A nice fish in size but it would certainly have weighed double if it had not been wafer thin. It was probably a bit slow to any freebie feeds compared to the other fish in the lake.
Not long after the yell went up again and it was another bream, a bit bigger this time.
We'd both caught plenty of fish in between those bream, me on the pole at around seven metres to an island and Mike on a waggler down the edge.
Corn, pellet and paste all worked but the fish definitely liked a chunk luncheon meat – even a giant gudgeon that my mate had!
It was then my turn to shout to Mike: "If you thought your last bream was big come and look at this one."
The fish looked massive but in all honesty it wasn't that fat so probably weighed no more than 4lb. If it had been as chunky as other bream I have caught to that size in the past it would have been double that weight.
Finch isn't a big fishery and it's not the best looking but for a tenner a day it's well worth a visit.
The atmosphere of the place is right, the rules are not ridiculous and bailiff/fishery manager Lech has some great patter.
And like most times I go fishing this trip proved a few more things to me.
The first is not to ignore waters virtually on your doorstep and the second was to make sure that meat is a more regular bait in my armoury.
We would have caught without meat but it was certainly the bait for the bigger fish and brought more bites than anything else.
Mind you, a few locals turned up later on armed with bread and started picking fishing up off the surface!
Check out the venue at finchfarmfishery.com
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The practice of maintaining 'cabinets of curiosities' evolved during the Renaissance and Baroque. Such cabinets were collectors' rooms in which precious artworks (artificialia), rare phenomena of nature (naturalia), scientific instruments (scientifica), objects from strange worlds (exotica), and inexplicable items (mirabilia) were preserved. They reflected the standard of knowledge and view of the world at that time.
Berlin also had its Kunstkammer. Founded by Elector Joachim II (ruled 1535 – 1571) and almost completely destroyed during the Thirty Years War, it was rebuilt by Elector Friedrich Wilhelm and eventually found its home under Friedrich III in the newly expanded Stadtschloss (City Palace). Today the few remaining objects have been distributed around different museums that have become the successors to the cabinet of curiosities, albeit in a thematically differentiated way.
Our Wunderkammer reanimates this tradition in Berlin once more. It provides an insight into the past and manages to fulfil its original intention of some two to five centuries ago: to transport the visitor into a realm of sheer astonishment—whether by means of the legendary unicorn, ultimately exposed as the tusk of a narwhal, an amber mirror flooded with light fashioned from the "Gold of the North", the coconut chalice that came into the possession of Alexander von Humboldt and which is adorned with images of Brazilian cannibals, preserved specimens of a Nile crocodile and a great blue turaco, or wooden cabinets that only reveal their mysteries to the curious eye.
The quality of the objects, numbering in excess of 200 from the Renaissance and Baroque periods, is unique and makes the Wunderkammer Olbricht one of the most important private collections of its kind.
The Kunstkammer Georg Laue, Munich, is responsible for the conception, the installation, and supervision of the Wunderkammer Olbricht.


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In his latest email newsletter, State Representative Jarad Klein says that he is looking forward to what expects will be the first floor debate of the session next week. Meantime, he has spent time in committees including the House Public Safety Committee. That committee heard a report from the Iowa State Patrol. One of the state patrol priorities for this year will be to increase officer visibility on the roads. One way they hope to do that is by changing some unmarked patrol cars into very noticeable cars with the state patrol logo and lights. The idea is that drivers tend to slow down and pay more attention to their driving when they see an officer on the road. The State Patrol is also looking at its communication system which might be the subject of legislative funding discussion.
Klein also reacted to a "condition of the guard" speech from Iowa National Guard Adjutant General Tim Orr. Klein notes Orr's outline of the link between communities and military. The Guard's role will be changing slightly with the reduction in active duty military personnel over the next few years. Orr also discussed the recent improvement of the employment picture for returning veterans.


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laffy10316 brauchte ein neues Logo Design und hat einen Wettbewerb auf 99designs gestartet.
Aus 48 Designs von 16 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
The contest will run for 4 days.
The winner will receive $150.00 for their logo. Feedback will be left for all submissions. I use site point regularly, so I will leave feedback and you will get paid if your design is picked. I usually compete in un-coded web template contests, but logo design is not my cup of tea.
Desired Color Scheme:
Desired Style:
Creative, Clean and easily understood
Accepted File Formats:
Standard Web Formats (.jpg, .gif or .png); Vector Formats (.eps, .pdf or .ai); Layered Formats (.psd or .tiff)
We are looking for a logo that is creative and unique. We are open to any colors that mix well.Â
The client prefers confidentiality on their website plans, so I have included an image below. With this, you should have an idea of what we are looking for. Please feel free to submit variations of this layout so we have options.Â
They client mentioned that a coin was very important to the creative of this logo. Be sure that you use a coin in the layout, preferably the way the mock above is layed out.
The image of the person on the logo should represent someone doing the "Heisman stance†with one arm extended.  The other arm should be up to the mouth area like the image is telling some "shhhh" - as if there were a secret. Just Google some images with the keyword "Heisman" for an idea of the stance seen on trophies etc. But make sure the person is leaning to the left and not to the right. Please do not copy the Heisman trophy image.
Please make the person doing the heisman an average joe also istead of just a football player
The logo needs to be very high quality being that the client may want to use it on billboards or print material. We would prefer Vector based but will accept other file formats as long as it is high quality such as PNG, TIF, EPS, PSD etc... We would also want the original logo file included from the winning design.
We reserve the right to not choose a winner if a suitable design is not submitted. I do not see this being a problem being that they are so many talented designers here on sitepoint.
Finden Sie heraus, wie ein Designwettbewerb funktioniert, oder lernen Sie mehr über unsere Logo-Design-Angebote.


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Aug 17, 2004: Information Architecture Heuristics
Just finished a brief heuristic evaluation of a client site, basing part of my feedback on a set of questions that I find quite useful for just about every IA-related project. Every information architect should always have a set of favorite questions in their back pocket; they really do come in handy.
I categorize mine into groups that correspond to the five areas that a user is most likely to interact with a sites information architecture:
This approach works for me because it underemphasizes the main page, which all too often garners way too much attention at the expense of the other areas. There are plenty of other ways to group IA heuristics: top-down versus bottom-up; search versus browse; content versus users versus context; by users' information needs (e.g., known-item versus research versus open-ended); and so on. Pick what works best for you.
Ok, on to the questions (and some brief comments):
Main Page
Search Interface
Search Results
Site-wide Navigation
Contextual Navigation
Clearly, there are dozens of other questions that could be added to this very basic list (feel free to suggest some here). And probably many better alternatives to this grouping scheme. But if you're starting out, you might find my list helpful.
Comment: Matthew Clapp (Aug 17, 2004)
Thanks for sharing. This is a great outline. There are very few people on the web that write with the knowledge and passion that you do. It's really obvious when someone loves what they do.
Comment: Nick Finck (Aug 18, 2004)
Excellent article Lou. I'm going to bring this to work tomorrow to see if we can put it into our process... I know of a few high-profile projects that could benefit from the answers (or lack of answers) for such a list of questions.
Comment: Christian Watson (Aug 18, 2004)
Agreed. This is a great list to expand upon and then apply to all projects as part of the design process.
Comment: Eric Scheid (Aug 18, 2004)
Looks great.
I don't see a problem with including the content/users/context as just another three groups of questions, rather than as an alternative rubric.
Some more questions:
"is the content clear in identifying & communicating itself? (summary/abstract/introduction, titles, subtitles, call outs, etc)"
"how easy is it to reference/link to the information? (good clean URLs, page anchors, purple numbers, etc)"
"how possible is it to integrate/migrate the content in/to other sites? (rss/atom feeds, DC meta-data, semantic html coding, etc)
Comment: Nick Finck (Aug 18, 2004)
Maybe something to add here, perhaps some sub-questions under either search or search results could be:
Does the search cover just the current site or all of corporate?
Can the search be narrowed to include only the site the user is currently on?
Can the search be broadened to include all of the corporate sites?
...some insight into what I have been dealing with lately.
Comment: Mike Jaixen (Aug 19, 2004)
I am definitely going to bookmark this list! Under "Contextual Navigation", I would add "Are there any other sections of the site that should be added to the contextual navigation"? Frequently, there is related information in another section, but no links across because of the "org-chart".
Comment: Lou (Aug 19, 2004)
Mike, amen. Danged enterprise problems...
Keep'em coming folks; thanks!
Funny thing: before I posted this entry, I Googled "information architecture heuristics" and "IA heuristics" and found pretty much nothing. Checked the IAwiki too without much luck. I can swear I encountered something relevant on the web at some point, but it must have been an hallucination.
Comment: Ami Walsh (Aug 26, 2004)
Thanks for the helpful information Lou!
Comment: Martin (Aug 26, 2004)
Really great info. If only our prospects took the time to consider these points then business would be even greater.
Site search is pretty much useless if it doesnt return structured and grouped results. At least from the visitors POV.
Hopefully i can have the salesstaff convince prospects to read your column and understand this :-)
Good work Lou!
Comment: tombraman (Aug 26, 2004)
Great list -- thanks! One thing I might add: A review from the web administrator's perspective. Questions might include: are files/directories named and organized in a meaningful and efficient manner? is metadata simple to understand and easy to maintain? are admin interfaces and tools, including workflow, easy to learn and use? etc. If the designer/developer gets lost, the users will most likely follow.
Comment: Bill L (Sep 1, 2004)
>> Does it support revision/refinement?
>> (Searching is an iterative process;
>> hopefully your site acknowledges
>> this. "Revise your search" is probably a
>> more accurate and better way to think
>> of the thing called "Advanced search".)
Thanks for the great article and list. I understand you did not specifically say to label the advanced search as "Revise your search", but I thought I'd share some comments based on some experience with searches, advanced searches and search results from a recent project:
I think "Revise your search" or "Refine your search" is appropriate on the subsequent search screens - that is AFTER the user has performed an initial search. With either label however, one could still argue that "revise" and "refine" do not necessarily convey that you can have advanced search options...it could be interpreted as merely asking the user to re-type a different search term. To fully convey that there are additional (advanced) search options, I think a label like "Additional Search Options" fully conveys this. Of course, this is wordy, so maybe something like "More Search Options" or simply "More Options" right next to the Search button will suffice. This reasoning especially applies on the initial search screen, before the user has done any searches. "Advanced Search" has other connotations of course (potentially questioning the user's intelligence for instance) but it is so ubiquitous that it's probably safe to use.
Comment: Lou (Sep 1, 2004)
Bill, great points. Clearly there's no ideal labeling option for what I'd like to call "Revise your Search". And while I generally feel that it's safe to go with a convention, I just feel that "Advanced Search" is an awful, horrible, deceitful, pernicious, confusing and even insulting convention if there ever was one. I'm not sure what we can do about it though, as it is so established; maybe a petition drive? ;-)
I agree that refine/revise should go *after* the first search iteration has taken place. I'm not as sure that we need to expose "advanced" search options any earlier though, at least in most cases.
Comment: Lou (Sep 2, 2004)
Hi all; I just posted search-specific heuristics here:
Comment: Rich Wiggins (Sep 2, 2004)
Did you mention best bets, often overlooked by those responsible for enterprise search, but sine qua non?
Comment: Laura Zucchetti (Sep 9, 2004)
This is a great article and website. I'll be coming back here all the time. This is so useful with for me at the moment because I am at the beginning of a web redesign project and I will included this in my project for sure.
Thank you.
Keep the goodness coming.
Comment: Usability Guy (Mar 14, 2005)
I am not an information architect, but I am trying to learn a bit about the subject. And after reading this article, I wonder: In contextual navigation, should there not be multiple paths to the same information? I mean, organizing alphabetically, geographically, by timeline, by subject, etc would certainanly make information more available?
Comment spam has forced me to close comment functionality for older entries. However, if you have something vital to add concerning this entry (or its associated comments), please email your sage insights to me (lou [at] louisrosenfeld dot com). I'll make sure your comments are added to the conversation. Sorry for the inconvenience.


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Mar 19, 2012
Connecticut Insurance Commissioner talks oversight, state significance at PIACT Annual Convention
Mashantucket, Conn.-Connecticut Insurance Commissioner Thomas B. Leonardi reviewed his first 14 months in office and shared his thoughts about industry and oversight and current legislation during the states short session as part of his keynote address to the Professional Insurance Agents of Connecticut Inc.s Annual Convention, Friday, March 16 at the MGM Grand at Foxwoods in Mashantucket, Conn.
Thanking the association for the opportunity to speak, Commissioner Leonardi noted Gov. Dan Malloys commitment to the state and his support of the industry. Sharing that his return to the state as commissioner was prompted by what he characterized as "an exciting and significant time for the state of Connecticut and the industry," he remarked that federal and international activities will impact the industry and its clients throughout state, including the health and property/casualty fields, in "a dramatic way."
Leonardi discussed Connecticuts rich history in the insurance industry as one of the oldest insurance departments, formed in 1865, and lamented that he often hears people say the state "used to be the insurance capital." "We have to stop feeling sorry for ourselves," he said. "We are the insurance capital and I, and I know the governor, will make sure that continues."
To demonstrate the states significance in the industry, Leonardi cited that Connecticut currently is recognized as "sixth or seventh in insurance production in the world." He told the audience that Connecticut has the highest concentration of insurance jobs, and the city of Hartford has the highest concentration of actuaries, in the world. On a per capita basis, he said, Hartford is the third-largest metro area per capita, behind only Oslo, Norway and Californias Silicon Valley. And, Bridgeport, Conn., he said, is number five.
"We are trying to fix problems without over-regulating, or requiring too much capital investment so that it doesnt drive out companies because they cant afford to do business," he said. "We want to regulate appropriately, holistically and not have a knee-jerk reaction."
The Commissioner also discussed current bills in state legislature. Noting the short session, he said one of the top priorities is H.B.5230, which would address the inconsistencies among carriers with regard to hurricane deductibles. He has urged the Legislature not to pass the law, as the CID bulletin issued post-Irene clarifies that carriers should identify a hurricane as when a warning by national weather service has been issued and the state experiences sustainable winds of 74 miles per hour.
He also discussed H.B.5386, a consumer protection bill that PIA and the Commissioner both support, which includes a provision that would allow producers to file excess-and-surplus lines affidavits electronically, eliminating the need to physically file them.
He said the department will continue to oppose S.B.318, a bill to eliminate single-limit liability for auto policies, saying it is "bad for consumers and reduces consumer choice."
With regard to H.B.5487, concerning health care for small businesses, which is of interest to agents and brokers as small businesses; Leonardi said he has not taken a position, but provided input to lawmakers about it. Federal health care reform will have higher premiums for younger people; and because the bill does not make any adjustments for that, the commissioner suggested graded implementation over time instead. Further, he contended, many issues in this bill will be moot after two years when federal bill is implemented.
The commissioner also discussed what he called the "enormous undertaking" of the federal requirement of implementing a health-care exchanges, and received welcome applause to his clear statement that he believes it is "very important that health insurance should be sold only by registered agents."
Finally, he discussed the CIDs efforts to increase communication and outreach, including the production of public service announcement that stresses the importance of getting an annual "Insurance Checkup," by urging consumers to speak with their agents once a year to review and understand their coverage. He also noted the promotion of the Departments 800-number Consumer Helpline, a special Web page that offers resources and FAQs for seasonal risks and agencys increased use of social media including Twitter, Facebook and YouTube.
A video of the Commissioners speech will be posted on the PIACT website at www.pia.org/CT.
The PIACT Annual Conference is the largest industry gathering of insurance industry professionals in the state, hosting some 500 agents, company representatives, exhibitors and other insurance industry professionals. Offering attendees the opportunity to participate in educational seminars; network and view the latest insurance products and services available during the expanded trade show, featuring more than 70 exhibitors. In addition to the numerous education sessions, the association presented its 2012 Distinction of Professionalism Awards, honoring the industrys most dedicated professionals.
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Title: Thigh High
Author: Christina Dodd
Publisher: Penguin Group
Release Date: March 4, 2008
Genre: Romantic Suspense
Length: 400 pages
I really enjoyed the last Christina Dodd book Tongue in Chic and I am looking forward to the next one Thigh High. (What is with these ridiculous titles? They are pretty bad in my humble opinion.) An added bonus to this book is that it's set in New Orleans. Many of my favorite books have taken place in this city. I hope this is one I can add to the list.
Here is the summary from the back cover.
Nessa Dahl always had the good sense to steer clear of trouble. Then Jeremiah MacNaught showed up in New Orleans, determined to get to the bottom of a string of bank robberies by two women wearing Mardi Gras masks. Little does Nessa realize that the handsome investigator is convinced she's involved with the crimes-or that he's willing to do anything to get the truth. Even if it means taking the beautiful woman he's convinced is a liar and a thief straight to bed... Excerpt
Title: A Reason To Sin
Author: Maureen McKade
Publisher: Penguin Group
Release Date: March 4, 2008
Genre: Western Romance
Length: 304 pages
A Reason to Sin is the third book in the Forrester Brothers series. The first two books in this series have been really good and I am looking forward to Slater's story.
This is pathetic, but this was the only summary I could find on this book and I'm afraid there is no excerpt.
A former well-to-do young woman winds up alone, homeless, and desperate to get her son back. Little does she know that she'll encounter a man destined to change the course of her life.
Title: Witch Blood
Author: Anya Bast
Publisher: Penguin Group
Release Date: March 2008
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Length: 304 pages
I read the first book Witch Fire and loved the humor in it and I also thought it was pretty steamy. The different witch powers are interesting, so I am interested in continuing Bast's paranormal world. Witch Blood is the second book in this series.
Here is the summary:
A water witch, Isabelle Novak has always led a chaotic, nomadic existence. But her life spins out of control when her sister—her only friend and emotional anchor — is killed by a demon. Driven by grief and a desire for revenge, she turns her back on the Coven and the rede they hold sacred: Harm thee none...
When Isabelle first encounters Thomas Monahan, she's running on pure rage and sorrow, channeling her pain into power — and trying to freeze the life out of a warlock she holds responsible for her sister's death. Together, they form an uneasy alliance to hunt and destroy a demon of tremendous power. As head of the Coven, earth witch Thomas must thwart Isabelle's dark impulses, but his very presence stirs deeper desires she never knew she had…Excerpt


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Sandy Hook children ran to neighbor's
NEWTOWN -- Gene Rosen stopped at his home near Sandy Hook School to feed two cats in his care when he heard gunshots last Friday.
At first he discounted the noise as fireworks.
He went in his garage to feed the cats and when he came out he saw six children sitting in a circle on his front lawn.
"They were sitting very sweetly in a circle next to the lantern," Rosen said, his eyes full of tears as he recounted the events of the morning of Dec. 14.
"But as I approached I realized they were crying, they were out of breath, their faces were filled with terror."
The six first-graders somehow had escaped from Sandy Hook Elementary School as a gunman shot and killed 20 young students and six educators.
They ran down Dickinson Drive and around the corner to Rosen's house on Riverside Road -- less than half a mile away.
They had just seen their teacher die.
Rosen invited the children and a bus driver who was with them into the safety of his home. They followed quietly up the short hill to his small yellow, 18th century house.
Inside, Rosen grabbed a handful of his grandchildren's stuffed toys and gave them to the students, who he said appeared to be comforted. One child, Rosen said, began to spell her name out on a stuffed frog that had the alphabet on his belly.
They settled in the small living room with wide plank floors, two windows looking out at the driveway and a large hearth filled with family photos and a white tile hung with a single word, "Peace."
Two of the boys sat on a rug in front of the couch, Rosen said, and suddenly they began to talk.
"Something changed," Rosen said. "One boy started saying loudly, `We can't go back to the school, we can't go back to the school, our teacher is gone. Ms. Soto is gone.' "
The other boy joined in, "He had a little gun," Rosen recalled the boy saying, "and a big gun."
A girl also began talking. She said she saw blood coming from Soto's mouth, then the girl fell to the floor, Rosen said, and the narrative stopped.
It was only after Rosen heard on the news later that evening that first-grade teacher Vicky Soto had been killed, that he knew the story the children told was true.
Rosen began to cry.
"I knew they had witnessed the death of their teacher," he said. "The children were so strong, so strong and so sweet."
They were among an unknown number of students who fled the scene. Another small group was picked up by a mother who was heading to the school to deliver a gingerbread house.
The children with Rosen knew their phone numbers, but parents were not home. The bus driver called a supervisor and obtained emergency contacts for the parents and more calls were made.
Parents of four of the six children were reached and learned their children were safe. They rushed to Rosen's house, he said.
After reuniting the children with their parents, the group walked to the firehouse next door, where students were being accounted for.
"I know there was a room full of parents in that firehouse whose children had perished," Rosen said, as he began to cry again. "Someone had to tell them they were gone."
When he returned home, a weary Rosen sat on the couch, when a knock came on the front door.
"There was a woman," he said. "Her face was frozen in fear. She heard there were six children in the home and was hoping her son was among them."
But the boy was among the 20 who were killed.
"I wanted to say he was here," Rosen said as he held his face in his hands and sobbed. "I wanted to say he was here.
"I saw that boy's funeral pass my house the other day. I just want to put my arms around that woman and hug her."
Rosen, a retired psychiatrist who worked at the now closed Fairfield Hills hospital, said it was the time he spent with his two grandchildren that prepared him for that horrible day.
"These are my teachers," he said, pulling a picture of the two children from the mantel. "They gave me the strength to be with these children."
After days of reflecting on the tragedy, Rosen said the strength and innocence of the children continues to stand out.
"I want the world to know that the goodness of these children, their strength and their innocence, can lead us to a civil discourse," he said. "They know the answers, they know the truth."
As Sandy Hook continues to heal, Rosen said he hopes that someday he can have a reunion with the children, and take them sledding on the hill in his backyard once there's snow.
"These children are always in my prayers," he said. "I want to meet them in the light, because we came together in the darkness."
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Wordless (nearly) Wednesday - Country School Step
That's me in the suspenders, on the right. Really dressed up that day - must have been first day of new school year, perhaps.
Families are Forever! ;-)
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I am fascinated by one and two rooms schools and when I am driving around or on vacation, you just know when I see one, out comes my camera. I do have a blog on one we found near Dubois, PA. Need to get that written!ReplyDelete
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Expect Limited Aftershocks for China's Economy
The Ya'an earthquake comes as China wrestles with slower-than-expected growth and the risk of rising inflation. But the early signs are that the impact on the economy is likely to be limited.
Sichuan is one of China's most populous provinces and occupies a strategic location as the gateway to the rapidly developing west. But it still punches below its weight economically, with output of 2.1 trillion yuan ($340 billion) in 2011, equivalent to about 4% of the national total.
Ya'an itself is some 120 kilometers from the provincial capital Chengdu, with an economy centered on tourism, agriculture, and natural resources – including a panda research center that moved there after the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. Local GDP in 2011 was just 35 billion yuan, a fraction of the regional total, according to data provider CEIC.
Sichuan's massive 2008 earthquake cratered growth in provincial industrial output to 3.6% year-on-year in May of that year from 24.6% in April. Even then, national output growth was largely unchanged, and by August Sichuan had recovered close to previous levels.
With the Ya'an earthquake on a smaller scale, the impact on output is likely to be smaller too. Industry in Ya'an itself appears to be limited, and so far there are few reports of consequences for firms elsewhere in the region Toyota Motor stopped production at a plant in the province Saturday as a result of the quake, but said it would resume production Monday.
Another potential concern is higher inflation. China's food prices are threatening to rise again, and Sichuan accounts for 4.9% of China's agricultural land. A disruption to supply could raise bills for China's households. Again, the lesson from the 2008 earthquake is that the impact is likely to be limited. Back then neither national nor provincial consumer prices registered an impact from the earthquake.
Even if the immediate impact on output is limited, the regional economy could still benefit from the boost given by rebuilding. In 2009, China's economy was hit by the global financial crisis, with growth slowing to 9.2% from 9.6% in 2008. But thanks in part to the boost to investment from rebuilding, Sichuan's growth accelerated to 14.5% year on year, up from 11% in 2008.
"We're bullish on Sichuan's economy," said Alistair Thornton, regional economist at IHS. "They are the pathway to China's fastest growing region and they will continue to benefit from that. The earthquake is a tragedy, but it's difficult to see it pushing development off course for long."
--Tom Orlik, with contributions from Zhoudong Shangguan
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Take the stress out of Valentine's Day…
How about going out and buying your gifts with each other as part of the fun! Because after all; isn't it REALLY about being together?
Have you been with your other half for yonks and haven't thought about Valentine's Day in years? Or are you the person who dreads the whole commercialisation of it, and knows that whatever you buy, your partner will no doubt re-gift it, or even worse, leave it in that messy drawer that never sees the light of day? If the answer to either is yes, why not spend the pressie shopping time together and take the worry out of it being such a big deal.
My other half (aka Plus One) and I have already booked a meal out for the big V Day next Thursday; but since he's not renowned for his gift giving and quietly frets about it but does nothing, I took things into my own hands and suggested a pre V Day trip out to Rushden Lakes.
First stop House of Fraser! I'm a big fan of HoF, maybe a little less so since Sports Direct Mike Ashley has taken over and surreptitiously seems to be moving in some sporty, Sports Direct type stock into the clearance section. Still; I once did ALL of my Xmas shopping in a House of Fraser. Ok, it was in London, but they all have quite the selection to appease even the pickiest of recipients.
First up was a visit to the Fragrance section which has loads of big brands crying out for you to spritz them, ensuring you leave the store smelling of 28 different perfumes. It's a lovely space for a browse but before I could say 'mmm I love Tom Ford Neroli Portofino', Plus One had spied a sale on in the Dune concession.
I managed a scoot around while he was otherwise engaged and picked up some Diesel pants and some BIBA candles (fine, the BIBA contingent is really for me, but hey, he likes candles too).
Whether it's undies, jewellery, cufflinks, make-up or bags; you don't have to face the frosty winds much in your pursuit of a V Day purchase here; it's all under one roof. If you want to browse further afield then there's loads more shops within 100 metres (check out full list here). We made a detour to Next to see if the dressing gowns were on sale (classy), and Plus One felt it was in the Valentine's spirit to check out a table tennis table in Decathlon because 'we'll both get to enjoy it, right?'
Breathing in deeply and counting to 10, I suggested a walk around the lakes. It was all frozen over and looked eerily beautiful as the sun was setting. However many times I go to Rushden Lakes, the fact you can be in mid shop chaos to outdoorsy freshness within seconds (often not a soul in sight at the lake), is pretty special.
Appetite built up to the max we had the choice of Pizza Express, Wagamamma, Five Guys, Nandos and Wildwood (plus loads more) for a post shop, post walk feast…We plumped for Wildwood because he'd never been and really fancied a pizza, and I also remembered once having a rather good king prawn and chilli linguine.
Neither dish disappointed and they also have a great selection of cocktails (perfect to pucker up with on V Day)!
The wild mushroom crostini with truffle oil was a welcome surprise and Plus One also liked the dimmed lighting and restaurant vibe (when you ask for an extra fork you get it along with a new napkin; nice)! The Valentine's Day menu is served from Feb 11th until 17th and includes 4 courses with a glass of wine or beer, so it's really good value whatever your budget (well, unless your budget is less than £19.95 and you're just paying for yourself obvs)!!!
All in all we had a great pre Valentine's Day date and I'd heartily recommend it. If you're a traditionalist and still want to be surprised, you could always separate for a few hours and meet back up with the goods. Either way, there's plenty of places afterwards to eat, drink and step up the romance (ooooh, if you get proposed to, let us know! We love a good proposal yarn here at Muddy)!
THE GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED, THE WINNER WILL BE ANNOUNCED AS SOON AS WE'VE INFORMED THEM (lucky things 😁).
Thanks so much for all of your entries. You gave us poems, little insights into your lives and absolutely loads of optimism. I'm sorry you couldn't all win but thank you for engaging with Muddy Stilettos Northants, we always hope to entertain you and talk about all that's good and great about our county ☺
Fancy a £150 Valentine's Day gift from Rushden Lakes. There's £75 to spend at a shop of your choice and £75 for food and drink after! Just leave a comment below! Competition closes Tues 13th Feb at midnight.
Rushden lakes (and remember, it stays open until 8pm)!
81 comments on "Take the stress out of Valentine's Day…"
Ooh, how lovely. Shopping + wining and dining with my better half – all my favourite things together!
Fantastic,looks great…
Fabulous gift, I would love to win and visit Rushden Lakes for a shopping treat, lunch and so much more!
I absolutely love the idea of doing all your Christmas shopping in one shop that's NOT online! I think I may have to give that a go this year.
I love the food choices there… hope I Win!
I would love to win! Fingers crossed
Yayyyyyy, I would love to win this – what a treat for us both 🙂
Great idea would love to win.
Wonderful idea, takes the stress out whether you are picking the right gift & the recipient receives exactly what they want, the perfect win win !!
I live so close by and never knew it had so much there until I read this. Can't wait to go now!
I'd love to have a splurge at Rushden Lakes with my Plus One, who is surprisingly chilled about shopping there. He would be particularly keen if it's followed by a lovely meal – the food at Wildwood looks scrummy. We've never ventured round the lake, which would be an excellent way to walk it off!
Rushden lakes is a great place to shop, eat and walk
Keeping my fingers crossed!
I've been leaving hints for a Pengaligon's fragrance from HoF since they opened, it hasn't happened yet but I live in hope!
Sounds Amazing!!
Rushden Lakes, Where you can experience a valentines decathlon with Jack Wills followed by a paper chase around the wild wood in your boots which costa lot.
Next onto the river island which is accessible by canoe, The 5 guys who work there named Bill, Holland, Barrett, and the Moss brothers will make sure you have all the white stuff to keep you super dry.
Great post, love it.my other half needs all the help he can get lol!!
A free lunch and spending spree – what's not to like?
I found ypur review on rushden lakes very refreshing and mega intresting keep it up .
Love Rushden Lakes, there is so much to do and I can't wait for the cinema to open x
Sounds like a great plan. We'll be there…
Sounds great, we love Rushden Lakes!
What a great idea! My Plus One gave me an early valentines gift this morning – a Welsh Rugby Jersey (I am Welsh living behind enemy lines in Towcester South Northants)… a wonderful gift seeing as the 6 nations have just started… I can see his train of thought, I wore last seasons shirt last week for the first match… so he ordered the latest version… trouble is that is exactly what I am wearing today as he is busy presenting his genius gift. Bless! 10/10 for effort – it's red so it kind of fits – I think this is the way to go – go shopping together make an experience of it and hopefully end up without duplicates!
Love Rushden lakes would love some vouchers to spend on me and my husband.
Sounds lovely ❤
Rushden Lakes is a wonderful day out! Can't wait to visit again with my other half and hopefully if the luck of the Irish for once in my life comes through il be lucky enough to win this fab competition to enjoy with my boyfriend!🤪🥳
What great idea! The best way to keep everyone happy and feel loved up into the bargain!
Sounds like there's something for everyone. A walk, a coffee, shop til you drop and then a lovely meal. Just need to persuade the other half.
That linguine looks amazing and I've not tried Wildwood yet… 😉
Shopping and delicious food, what's not to love?
Thanks for your advice … time with the beloved is precious, we shouldn't have to spend it stressing!
I love rushden lakes but haven't yet visited the restaurants, only costa. Hope he your partner buys you something lovely for valentines or you dropped lots of hints haha x
What a lovely romantic idea!
Fantastic: Shopping for my Valentine; vests, pants and socks sorted in one hit ! Followed by lunch, what could be more romantic?
I've actually never been to Rushden Lakes but if it has a five guys then I'm totally there! Xx
Great idea, lovely thought, would be amazing
Sounds amazing and I would love to win this for my wife as I'm having to work Valentine's day and I'm working most of the weekend and would love to surprise her with a first time shopping and meal at rushden lakes 🙂
Sounds amazing! Would love this so I can treat my bestie!
Fantastic idea x
What a great way to spend Valentine's. Only ever had two Valentine's gifts from my partner and this is our 40th year together. Maybe third time lucky. 💑
I love Rushden Lakes so lucky to have it a 15 minute drive away. I still haven't been into the selfridges I never have enough money for a splurge usually end up buying random stuff in the flying tiger 😃
I had no idea all of these things were there! We are just moving to Northants from Milton Keynes and this looks like a brilliant idea. The food is of course my favourite part and that pizza looks fabulous!
What a fantastic prize and an extra special treat in getting time together to enjoy it. We would be over the moon to win this.
I'd love to win, so please count me in
Would be a fab way to spend the day with my special someone. 😊
I didn't realise that Rushden Lakes had a House of Fraser! I've never thought of going for a walk around the lakes during my shopping trip. What a great idea. Looks beautiful.
This is such a fab idea—it's always a bit of a challenge sometimes buying something for your partner. Sometimes you get it just right and other times…well you never see it again! Plus, you get to spend quality time together which is always lovely ❤
I love Rushden Lakes with my fave also being HoR am when I visited last night I too wondered where all the lovely clothes had gone! I made my way downstairs and treated myself to a lovely Dior lipstick
The lovely young lady who helped me choose then demonstrated how to update my make up routine with some amazing products which hugely lifted my spirits so I would love to win to go back and treat myself to those goodies too. :o)
I'm 52 and after getting divorced after 29 years of marriage, I thought my love life was over. However, I've now met the man of my dreams and I'm now living in Spain. We're visiting England soon and can't wait to go to Rushden lakes as part of our trip and of course, looking forward to Valentines Day <3
Many complain about Valentines Day saying it's "too commercial" which might be true but I still think it's a nice opportunity to do something special as a couple especially if you don't go out very often !
Today's the day
To win that prize
To win & dine
Let's hope he's wise
And takes me out
To Rushden Lakes
To shop till you stop
Then eat those Bakes
Love Rushden Lakes! So much choice & variety of shops. Would love a spending spree! V Day shopping seems a good reason!
Decathlon for hubby's pressie – co gym buddies 😁
Fab idea. What could be better than spending a day out together. Quality time choosing gifts for each other and a lovely meal. We love going to Rushden Lakes for a treat.
I love shopping and lovely food so this sounds like a perfect date for me & my husband. I also love an excuse to go to Rushden Lakes! Xx
This is amazing and I would love this awesome 💝
I think I'll be rushing to Rushden Lakes…sounds lovely. 😊
Love this idea but with a 16 month old and two week old it will be a quiet evening in on Valentines and we'll hit the shops at a weekend!!
We love popping over to Rushden Lakes, the mixture of nature, dining and shopping is perfect. We didn't know table tennis was available in Decathalon, what a great way to chill whilst out store mooching. Shop, play, wine and dine, what a fabulous way to enjoy Valentine's Day ❤
This is such an amazing prize! Would love to be considered
Yes please, I work in one of the shops but never seem to get a chance to go shopping!
I've been clearing out this January and came across this "Valentine" poem I sent my husband some years ago. I seem to remember I'd forgotten to buy a card and inspiration came through sheer panic! I don't think I've been able to match it since, so this might be just the opportunity.
Oh dear, now you're completely grey and
it looks as though I'm on the way!
You're not as tall as you used to be
No longer are you six foot three.
The outward signs show years have passed
And yet our marriage seems to last.
Why I wonder, is that so?
Of course, it's the inner man I know.
Who's thoughtful, kind and loving too
And always has a job to do!
So don't bemoan the March of time
Because – you're still my Valentine!
This sounds like the perfect getaway from the children…… and god do we need it! 😴 x
What a perfect way to spend my last Valentine's as a miss 😍
Sounds like a perfect Valentine's Day! Last Valentine's we were on different continents & had to send presents across the world so love this idea – would love to do something special this year!
Saving for a house and choosing to forgoe little luxuries! Would be a treat to spend a stress free love day with the honey 😀
I love Rushden Lakes and can't wait to visit again! What a fab way to spend valentines. Such an enjoyable visit each and every time me and my partner visit..😊😍
Love Rushden Lakes, my favourite place to pass a few hours with my family.
I'd love to treat my girlfriend this valentines and get a break away from work, I haven't been to Rushden Lakes but would like to give it a try based on your review.
I'd love to win so I could treat my hubby for a change! Xxx
This will be my last Valentines as a 'Miss' after 2 decades of unlucky in love! Even just a phones off and night just the two of us would mean no stress this valentines!
I love Rushden Lakes and me and my husband often work opposite shifts so would be nice to spend time together
Rushden Lakes is super, I'm visiting this evening for a coffee and 🍰
And maybe a spot of shopping if I'm lucky with my daughter😊
Valentine's Day will be very different this year, it's the first as a family of three as our newborn arrived a few months ago. Now we're both in love with our baby (as well as each other)!
Shopping AND eating – the best way to anyone's heart.
Valentine's Day will be very different this year, it's our first as a family of three as our newborn arrived a few months ago. Now we're both in love with our baby (as well as each other).
Shopping AND eating – the best way to anyone's heart.
This would be perfect for me and my partner.. lovely idea.
Love to do this with my other half, we don't often get the chance to get out and about
Got my fingers and toes crossed for this one! Love a spot of shopping and a tasty bite to eat at Rushden Lakes 🍷😛
THE GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED, THE WINNER WILL BE ANNOUNCED AS SOON AS WE'VE INFORMED THEM (lucky things 😁).
Thanks so much for all of your entries. You gave us poems, little insights into your lives and absolutely loads of optimism. I'm sorry you couldn't all win but thank you for engaging with Muddy Stilettos Northants, we always hope to entertain you and talk about all that's good and great about our county ☺
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A while back there was talk that Marvel was going to dip into its stable of second-tier heroes for more modestly budgeted films. Now comes a rumor that the studio may try to generate interest in these characters by filming shorts to run before their tent-pole franchises.
"Got a scoop from a well trusted source that Marvel/Disney are looking at doing 10 minute short films in front of their feature length movies that will introduce secondary characters like Black Panther, Luke Cage, Dr. Strange, etc.," wrote George 'El Guapo' Roush in Latino Review.
Hey, if Marvel wants to offer up a 10-minute "Doctor Strange" short ahead of "The Avengers," we'd love to see it. But why would they bother? It seems like a massive investment for floating trial balloons. And what if folks hate the short? Do they spike the feature-length film?
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By Edward Rice, III
LAWT Contributing Writer
KCBS Channel 2 News Anchor Pat Harvey will serve as co-chair for second consecutive year and the CBS Family will again be a premier sponsor at the 8th annual 'Taste of Soul' Family Festival on October 19 on Crenshaw Blvd.
The CBS Family, includes a few of the southland's favorite media outlets: KCBS Channel 2, KCAL Channel 9, 94.7 The Wave and KNX 1070 AM Newsradio.
"CBS 2 and KCAL 9 are excited to be back for our second year as premier sponsors of the Taste of Soul," exclaimed Steve Mauldin, President and General Manager, CBS 2 / KCAL 9. "We are honored to be associated with this event and it's a pleasure for us to be able to use the reach of our two television stations to help promote this well-organized and family friendly community celebration as it continues to grow in popularity year after year."
The Taste of Soul also welcomes back for a third year, the Wave Stage (sponsored by 94.7 The Wave), which will provide the soundtrack for the day's celebration. Fans can expect to hear the smooth, mellow sounds the Wave's become known for throughout the festival. This year's Wave Stage lineup is shaping up to be one of the most exciting ever. For more details on Wave Stage performers, log on to 947thewave.cbslocal.com.
Popular southland news radio station, KNX 1070 will make its Taste of Soul debut with a live broadcast from the event. "We are very excited and proud to bring our award-winning community series, KNX On Your Corner, to the Crenshaw District on Friday, Oct. 18," said KNX 1070 Newsradio Marketing Director, Howard Freshman. "With a 10-hour live, primetime broadcast on KNX, special features produced by our news team which will air throughout the day and guest appearances by civic leaders, we look forward to showcasing to our Southern California audience the heritage, development and hidden gems of South Los Angeles. We hope a lot of our longtime listeners stop by when we bring our broadcast operation to the L.A. Sentinel as we celebrate Taste of Soul weekend with our sister stations 94.7 The WAVE, CBS2, KCAL 9 and the entire community."
The 'Taste of Soul' has evolved into media partnership giant throughout the years, as the nearly one million attendances throughout its history has become an attraction to leverage brands and expand viewership.
"We are delighted to have CBS back in this partnership that has benefit both the community and their millions of viewers and listeners," stated 'Taste of Soul Creator and Sentinel Executive Publisher Danny Bakewell Sr.."It is relationships such as these that allow for our community enjoy the best family festival in the nation and it further demonstrates CBS commitment to the community."


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Wednesday arrests
• 7:32 p.m. In the 2600 block of Frederick Drive, a 43-year-old Loveland woman on suspicion of third-degree assault, obstruction of telephone service and domestic violence.
• 7:35 p.m. In the 600 block of West Fifth Street, a 30-year-old Loveland woman on a warrant alleging unlawful possession of a controlled substance.
• 8:53 p.m. In the 2200 block of North Taft Avenue, a 32-year-old Loveland man on two unspecified misdemeanor warrants.
• 9:41 p.m. In the 1500 block of Cattail Drive, a 48-year-old Berthoud man on a warrant alleging failure to appear.
Thursday arrest
• 3:13 p.m. In the 400 block of East Eisenhower Boulevard, a 21-year-old Berthoud man on an unspecified misdemeanor warrant.
Other notable items
• Noon. Fraud in the 700 block of 16th Street Southwest.
• 2 p.m. Motor vehicle accident, non-injury, in the 2600 block of East First Street.
• 2 p.m. Assault at Bed Bath and Beyond, 1605 Fall River Drive.
• 3 p.m. Motor vehicle accident, non-injury, at East Seventh Street and North Boise Avenue.
• 4 p.m. Motor vehicle accident, non-injury, at East 37th Street and North Garfield Avenue.
• 4 p.m. Motor vehicle accident with injury in the 1300 block of North Denver Avenue.
Editor's note: According to Loveland Police Sgt. Jeff Fisher, investigators suspect that a 28-year-old woman fell out of an RV while traveling in the roundabout on North Denver Avenue. She suffered minor injuries, Fisher said.
• 4 p.m. Theft in the 2800 block of Katie Drive.
• 7 p.m. Physical disturbance in the 600 block of West Fifth Street.
• 7 p.m. Physical disturbance in the 2600 block of Frederick Drive.
• 10 p.m. Restraining order violation in the 1100 block of Redwood Drive.
• 8 a.m. Harassment in the 3700 block of North Colorado Avenue.
Addresses in the Daily Record indicate only where police contact took place and should not imply any contact with businesses or residences nearby.


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But for Renee Manzolillo, a former junior Olympic gymnast, competitive Latin dancer and IM=X Pilates instructor who broke her back in a "freak" training accident 13 years ago, nothing was going to get in the way of her passion for dance and movement.
"When my injury occurred I couldn't feel my legs," Manzolillo recalled. "I thought my life was over and it was about six hours before I had feeling again."
She consulted 17 doctors who all recommended she get a spinal fusion to ensure no further injury occurred. She didn't want to pursue this option, however, because it would mean no more dancing. And even with a fused spine, there was no guarantee that future surgeries wouldn't still be necessary.
"I was scared, but what scared me more was the thought of every few years having to have another [surgery]," she said.
In the end, she was bound and determined to fight the odds and continue pursuing a life defined by movement.
"Zumba got me back into actual dance," Manzolillo said. "It's a little more stationary and I didn't have to worry about my injury as much."
It was a long road to recovery for the determined dancer, but after teaching at another gym for three years and then running her own studio on North Kent for three more, Manzolillo opened Breakin Boundaries at 607 Manhattan Ave.
She is now a Certified Movement Analyst (CMA) and an Applied Behavioral Analyst (ABA). As a CMA, she implements movement therapies for individuals who have sustained serious injuries. As an ABA, Manzolillo provides movement therapies to autistic children.
As to where Manzolillo finds her inspiration and drive, her theory is simple.
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Ralph Fiennes directing "Coriolanus" - a second-tier work by Shakespeare that's been retooled for modern times - sounds like a recipe for an exhausting vanity project by a talented but bored man. But, lo! It turns out that Fiennes' take on the Bard's play is a lean and ferocious tale of betrayal and revenge, with the famed actor to great work on both sides of the camera.
Coriolanus (Fiennes) is a war hero turned scape goat who is banished from the nation he helped save from invaders, and during his time away forges an alliance with a former enemy to exact revenge on his former homeland. Fiennes and screenwriter John Logan ("Hugo," "Rango") have moved the action to the 21st century, and tightened up the story's arch, but left the dialogue largely untouched, because, really, only a fool rewrites Shakespeare.
Fiennes works wonders on a shoestring budget, with the wreckage of Serbia stands in for a bombed-out Rome. There are moments that definitely look sparse, but it never looks cheap as Fiennes carefully builds set pieces and moments of war that hum with immediacy. But as is usually the case with the Bard, the real battles, the ones that matter, are fought with words.
Fiennes possesses a fantastic command of the language, as do his two most crucial supporting players, Vanessa Redgrave as Coriolanus' mother, Volumnia and Brian Cox as Menenius, a politician who tries to keep Coriolanus' arrogance in check. If you're looking for an early inspiration for Angela Lansbury's evil mother in "The Manchurian Candidate," you could do a lot worse that Volumnia, who is constantly stroking her son's ego and pushing him to seize power.
"Coriolanus" is a tragic examination of the male ego, the push-pull of democracy and patriotism and security, as well as the power - good and bad - of family, packed with a relevance that's endured for more than 400 years.
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In the Making: The Mount Holyoke College Printmaking Workshop celebrates the work of artists and printers who participated in the College's Printmaking Workshop between 1984 and 2012. Through the display of preparatory drawings, proofs, and archival images, alongside the stunning prints themselves, the exhibition illuminates the creative modalities underlying each artist's approach to the medium.
Money comes in a surprising multitude of forms and serves a variety of functions. We can trade it, we can hoard it, we can use it to measure our debts. However, Money Matters: Meaning, Power, and Change in the History of Currency demonstrates that money is much more.
A beach in De Haan, Belgium, might seem like an unusual place to think about money and exchange. Yet for nearly a century, French and Flemish speaking boys and girls have gathered here each summer, creating an economy of paper flowers, paid for with handfuls of shells gathered from the shore. The children use shells because, as one of them calmly observes, "children don't give each other real money . . .
Celebrating Ten Years of Teaching with Art
Inspired by the broad interpretative possibility of objects, Major Themes is an innovative, two-year exhibition that brings thought-provoking dialogues from the Museum's teaching classroom into its public galleries.
The Mount Holyoke College Art Museum is honored to host nine works by 19th and 20th-century African American artists for a special two-year loan from the David C. Driskell Center at the University of Maryland, College Park.


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My biggest concern with over-the-top racer Split/Second isn't with its explosive premise or arcade controls, it's with how long the game can maintain my interest.
I love the idea. In Split/Second your racing takes place as part of a fictional television show, the enormous sound-stage tracks are all rigged with explosives and stunts thmat you can trigger to take out other drivers.
But how many times will I want to run through the same race, triggering the same explosions before it becomes old hat?
Black Rock Studio's Jason Green assured me in a recent interview that I have nothing to worry about.
"We have more power plays that you can activate in one race, way more," said Green, who is the "studio ambassador." "If we sat down and had ten races with a check list sitting in front of us of all of the power plays, we could start getting through that list, but the combinations are through the roof."
He said they once tried to calculate all of the combinations that could take place in a race to see just how many different ways you could make it through a single track.
And that's just the differences, that number doesn't take into account the act of mastering a course.
"You can't have one race and learn a lap," Green said. "You learn the tracks through the different attacks being possible."
And those attacks only show up as a possibility when you have the power, earned through things like drafting, drifting and jumps. So to even see all of the possible power plays that can be activated, things like exploding a wall, dropping a crane on an enemy or bringing down an entire freeway overpass, you would have to rack up those points and then never use them. Something I tried for one race. There were indeed a staggering number of options that popped up as augmented-reality-like icons that flash on the screen.
"Early on there were concerns about the game, do the power plays have replay value?" Green said. "But that's kind of like saying once you learn a tight corner on a track does it get boring. No, it doesn't, you just refine how you go around that corner."
Despite the enthusiastic defense of the game's play life, Green declined to tell me how many courses would come with the game. Looking at the menu screen there appeared to be slots for two modes and maybe a dozen courses. Of course I was looking at a beta build, so that might not mean a thing.
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GREENSBORO, N.C. - Duke's David Cutcliffe is the Atlantic Coast Conference's coach of the year and Miami running back Duke Johnson is its overall rookie of the year.
The league announced its coaching and rookie honorees Tuesday.
Johnson also was named the top offensive rookie following a vote of 46 members of the Atlantic Coast Sports Media Association while Florida State cornerback Ronald Darby won the defensive rookie of the year.
Cutcliffe received 25 votes, while Clemson's Dabo Swinney had seven and Florida State's Jimbo Fisher received five.
Cutcliffe, the Southeastern Conference's coach of the year in 2003 at Mississippi, led the Blue Devils to a 6-6 record and their first bowl berth since 1994.
Johnson received 34 votes for the overall award to 11 for Maryland's Stephon Diggs.
Johnson also had 35 votes and Diggs had 10 for the offensive rookie of the year award. Darby received 14 votes for the defensive award to nine for Miami safety Deon Bush and eight for Georgia Tech linebacker Jabari Hunt-Days.
Johnson became the first Miami player to win the rookie award following a breakout season in which he broke Clinton Portis' 13-year-old school rushing record for freshmen, ending the year with 947 yards.
He also led the ACC by averaging 33 yards per kickoff return, and his 2,070 all-purpose yards are the most by a Hurricanes freshman and second only to Willis McGahee's 2,108 in school history.
The Hurricanes finished 7-5, were 5-3 in the league to share the Coastal Division title, but a self-imposed postseason ban sends Georgia Tech to the ACC championship game this weekend in Charlotte.
"It means a lot being the first in Miami history to win this award," Johnson said. "And it means so much to me and the team because I couldn't do it without my teammates. And this is just another way to make my mom proud and show how I really appreciate the sacrifices she made for me when I was younger."
Cutcliffe became the fourth Duke coach to win the award and first since Fred Goldsmith in 1994. He is 21-39 in five seasons and his team had a three-game improvement over its 3-9 finish in 2011.
"This honor is both humbling and rewarding because of the quality of the coaches in our conference," Cutcliffe said.


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stop: press to stop the cd.
skip/scan back: press to play the previous track. press and hold to scan back through the cd.
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|System: Xbox 360, PS3*
|Dev: Grasshopper Manufacture, Digital Reality
|Pub: Reverb Communications
|Release: December 11, 2012
|Players: 1
|Screen Resolution: 480p-1080p
|Blood and Gore, Intense Violence
by Sean Engemann
By now everyone can safely assume that whatever emerges from the team at Grasshopper Manufacture isn't going to follow any conventional design. The makers of Lollipop Chainsaw and Shadows of the Damned have a propensity to create games that push the envelope and are full of imagery and surrealism that defy believability. Black Knight Sword is all that wrapped up in old school charm, but anyone with a decent reservoir of game knowledge will find many influences apparent in Suda51's attempt at a 2D action platformer.
You're literally treated to a theatrical experience right from the outset, as the action takes place on a proscenium stage behind a velvet curtain frame. Enter the narrator, with a story recited in poetics, setting the opening scene with a grim image of the hero, naked and hung by the neck in a hotel room. Fate, in the form of a spirit called Black Hellebore, decides his corpse worthy of carrying out its mission, and thus presents the revived leading man with an empowering suit of black armor. Black Hellebore then forms into a magical sword for the hero to wield. The thing is, this new knight is essentially a puppet in this adventure, though that idiosyncrasy is veiled behind the player's control as you march your knight onwards.
The abrupt prelude gives little in the way of a backstory; thus, like a good book, there is the lure to keep playing and discover the ending. The narrator continues to guide you as a storyteller, taking the voices of the characters, most of which are high-pitched and scratchy (which, along with some of the art design, will instantly remind you of old Monty Python skits). He is also sure to inform you, in the context of the scene, when your health is low and when a boss battle is looming—a narration style popularized by last year's indie game, Bastion.
Of course, this isn't a graphic novel, and the side-scrolling gameplay is full of many familiar elements that make Black Knight Sword easy to pick up and play. I would classify the action and level design as a crossbreed of early Castlevania and Shinobi titles, though I'd have to say Grasshopper's title isn't nearly as challenging as either of those games were back on their respective bit-era consoles. Still, Black Knight Sword can do things that weren't possible on pre-twin-stick systems. The camera, for instance, can be manually panned using the right control stick, letting you check for secret platforms above or see if the pit in front of you truly does send you to your death.
Combat has many different layers. Your sword can be thrust in any direction, including diagonally. Black Hellebore can be released as a ranged attack when charged with the R2 trigger, though this leaves you disarmed for a moment, with your punches dealing considerably less damage. Clearing stages unlocks magic attacks, some with finite uses that target a large area, others that upgrade your sword with charged-up dismembering strikes. Defense is limited to dodge rolls to evade attacks. The only issue I have with evasion is that you can only roll backwards. It would have been nice to choose your direction, so you could, say, roll underneath an enemy who is jumping towards you. I would also advise going old school and using the D-pad for movement. Although the plastered tutorial murals (which are very LittleBigPlanet, by the way) highlight the analog stick, crouching is far too sensitive and ultimately frustrating.
To add an RPG element to the game, there are permanent and consumable items to purchase. The currency is human hearts, which you collect by defeating enemies and bashing open microwaves, and you'll exchange them at a shop run by a winged eyeball after you've freed it from its cage. Remember, this is a Suda51 game, so that last sentence shouldn't seem all that strange. Tucked away in corners are plants with cat heads, the obscure collectibles of Black Knight Sword. You can see them on display from the main menu, where they bow their heads while you play with sound effects, but they serve very little purpose beyond the personal satisfaction of collecting them all and earning a few extra points.
There is no multiplayer, although your score is displayed on a global leaderboard. Obtaining a high score requires more than simply racing through the levels, of which there are only a handful in the campaign. They're long enough, but with little in the way of a challenge they don't beg to be replayed. You can up the stakes by raising the difficulty level, which adds more enemies and gives them greater endurance, but they all have easily distinguishable attack patterns.
To truly test your skills here, you'll want to head to the Challenge Mode, which has more than twenty missions. Each is relatively quick, but requires finesse with the controls and a keen grasp of the combat mechanics. They are all graded based on completion time, and they too are displayed on a leaderboard.