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We love the durability and beauty of steel. But we didn't like the way steel bottles felt in our hands – or on our lips. So we pushed ourselves to create a better solution. Our reward was Vida. Its tapered profile and ergonomic handle make it a joy to hold. Our smooth, threadless spout replicates our Perfect Spout™, a first for any steel bottle.
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What color are the Perfect Spouts™ of each vessel?
Natural Finish and Arctic White have white spouts, while Anthracite is black.
Is there a hinged cap like the KOR ONE and KOR Delta?
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Is the vessel insulated?
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Are KOR Stones included?
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gariton necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 234 diseños de 49 diseñadores freelance.
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What is Celeb Central?
Celeb Central is a Twitter aggregator for the latest celebrity news, gossip, photos, videos, and more. Our website maximizes the real-time information value of Twitter, reducing noise and allowing for quick and easy navigation of tweets written both about and by celebrities.
Celeb Central serves as a one-stop source for content, filtering tweets from celebrities, bloggers, media, or the general public into manageable views that are relevant to users. From our website, users can search tweets, photos, and videos to find breaking news topics and track their favorite celebrities.
The target audience is celebrity junkies, women aged approximately 18-40 years old.
We would like the logo to be:
(1) Fun
(2) Bold/daring
(3) High-tech
(4) Trendy
(5) Progressive
(6) Dynamic
What we're looking for:
We're looking for a design that makes one think of celebrities/hollywood, by incorporating related imagery (e.g. stars, spotlights, etc.)
Also, the design should reflect a 'central' concept - due to the brand name and the fact the website is an aggregator.
Please note:
Celeb Central is 2 words - should NOT appear as one word in logo. It is okay if element(s) or symbol connects the two words.
Color preference:
Brighter, more vibrant colors.
We do NOT want to see:
Do not want logo to resemble a traditional Islamic flag with crescent and star, as some user might find that offensive. That image is displayed here … http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islami…n_and_star
The file formats we require are:
Web file format - layered PSD + JPG
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When I was in Paris last weekend we took a day trip to somewhere I've long wanted to see: Giverny. My grandmother (yes the teapot one) had a beautiful, large framed print of Monet's Japanese Bridge, that I remember not quite understanding wasn't the original painting until I was old enough to realise that this was unlikely. So to see the actual bridge that I grew up looking at in the
I seriously didn't know quite what a major tourist destination the home and gardens that belonged to Monet and inspired his paintings were. We thought that by arriving late in the day we'd beat the crowds, but wow, we were wrong. Apparently Giverny ranks up there with Versailles as a day trip for Paris visitors (and it's a fraction of the size) - I had no idea...
The planting of the gardens was beautiful - peonies, tulips, irises and roses out in full force. It was a bit hard to move around - you just had to follow the herd and shuffle forward when you could. When we got to the waterlily pond it was difficult to imagine Monet painting the scene in the serene, calm environment that inspired him for so long - and difficult to take a photo that didn't include two hundred other people also madly taking photos from every angle in the frame. At one point a lady took a photo up my nose. Such was the frenzy. I mention this not to complain, but to give the full experience. I don't think there's a time of day you can go that would not be so busy though. Maybe during winter, but then you'd miss the flowers in bloom and the wisteria which absolutely covers the Japanese Bridge. I somehow managed to take a photo of it that doesn't betray quite how many people were standing on it also taking pictures. I started to wish that brightly coloured gore-tex anoraks and DSLRs were banned and that everyone had been issued with faded linen artists' smocks and panama hats on entry and made to take photos only with vintage or very small cameras; they'd blend in a bit more... In this setting, hell was definitely other people. But if you can't beat them, style them.
Anyway! It was lovely really! I was very inspired by the planting in the gardens near the house. Long beds full of colour and so many different flowers.
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One of the best features of these sawhorse brackets is the ability to
use 12" wide lumber to make the sawhorse top, giving 3 times the surface
area of a 2 x 4 top.
The brackets are designed to hold a 2 x 4, a 2 x 6 or a board up to
2 x 12, and are attached to the top using the included bolt.
Made from high-impact polystyrene, they won't rust and will support
up to 300 lb per sawhorse.
One pair makes one sawhorse.


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Understanding Emotional Abuse
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Emotional abuse leaves few physical scars. Its victims suffer no broken bones, torn flesh or spilled blood. Still, those wounded might describe it as the most painful and destructive form of domestic violence.
While statistics are elusive, experts agree that emotional abuse—for mostly women, but some men as well—have reached epidemic proportions. And despite its everyday occurrence, few of us recognize it, identify it or even do anything about it.
By reading this article series, we hope you will help you learn to listen to your friends', neighbors', relatives'—or maybe even your own—waspish, hurtful words. And if you are a recipient of this type of domestic violence, first hold yourself in high esteem, re-evaluate your relationships and then ask for help.


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Well, the band was coming on nicely. A six piece with lead/rythmm guitar, drums, bass singer and me playing harp.
We had three good sets of rocking blues and were just getting regular work. And, I thought, having a ball.
Probably as a result of having too many personalities(egos) I have found that:
The drummer doesn't like the lead guitar.
The lead guitar sdoesn't like the bass.
The singer doesn't like the rythm guitar and
No-one likes the singer!!
It all came to a head when the other night at a friend's 40th b'day party to which we were aked to play and the singer (who is a bit flakey at the best of times) got so stoned/drunk in the first break that he fell off his chair and couldn't stand or speak!! ( a teeny bit unprofessional!)
We had to abandon the second set and give the money back.
What a drop kick.
We played at a pub the next night, but as you could probably imaging, the atmosphere was a little tense and we never really fired up.
The drummer and the bass player(who owns the pa) have in the meantime found work with a singer/songwriter/guitar player who has recently moved into town and have given their notice.
Looks like the band is kaput.
Oh well, start all over I guess.
We have a 30 minute set tonight as warm up for a band at a newly formed monthly Blues club and then we'll pack up our gear and go our own separate ways.
Oh Well, hope we finish with a bang.
Frustrating though.


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Hii, fellas! Have you decided design for your white apartment? Have not? I think it is rather difficult to design white apartment. Why? That is because, many people also have white painted for their apartment. So, to make it different with others it needs more creatives ideas. With some pictures that I have may it will be inspiring you in designing your white apartment.
Based on the pictures, this apartment is decorated beautifully. You can look in the living room. This space is equipped with grey sofa. The pink and white colored cushions beautify the seating sofa. Among these cushions, there is colorful floral one. Some green plants also gives beautiful impression it your are.
Moved to the bedroom. This area also in white domination. You will get the bright nuance in it, because the sunlight is easily entering this room through the glazed window. The bed fills the space. It has white colored quilt and some colorful pillows. Mirror is hanging in the white wall and it is placed in front of the bed. Read more »


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This chapter describes how to troubleshoot the most common installation, uninstallation, and migration issues.
This chapter contains the following sections:
As a critical first step, examine the installation log files.
The install log file is the Sun_Java_System_Web_Server_install.log file located in install_dir/setup/ directory. Install log file entries contain information about the attempted action, the outcome of the action, and the cause of failure if applicable. Entries fall into three categories: INFO, WARNING, and ERROR.
For more information on the installation log, see Viewing Installation Log Files in Sun Java System Web Server 7.0 Installation and Migration Guide.
Check if the DISPLAY environment variable is set properly on the machine used for installation. The DISPLAY variable needs to be set to the IP address of that machine, followed by a screen address, which can always be assumed to be :0.0. On Linux/Unix, execute echo $DISPLAY to find the value.
If your installation fails, investigate the installation log.
The installer maintains an entry in the product registry. If installation files are removed incorrectly (for example, if the files are manually deleted instead of being removed by running the uninstaller), the files may be gone but the Web Server entries remain in the product registry. If you then try to re-install to that location, a message displays indicating that an existing installation has been detected, even though it appears that the installation does not exist. To remedy the situation, go to the product registry and delete the entries manually.
The location of the product registry differs for each platform.
Again, the information in this section applies only if files were removed in some way other than by using the Web Server uninstaller.
On Solaris, the product registry is in /var/sadm/install/productregistry.
In the productregistry file, remove the content between <components> and </components>, and you should then be able to install to the location. The following example shows a product registry file on Solaris.
<productregistry> <version>7.0 </version> <components> <compid>webcore <compversion>1.0 <uniquename>webcore </uniquename> <compinstance>1 <comptype>COMPONENT </comptype> <location>/sun/gj/ws7 </location> </compinstance> </compversion> </compid> <compid>java <compversion>1.0 <uniquename>java </uniquename> <compinstance>1 <comptype>COMPONENT </comptype> <location>/sun/gj/ws7 </location> </compinstance> </compversion> </compid> <compid>snmp <compversion>1.0 <uniquename>snmp </uniquename> <compinstance>1 <comptype>COMPONENT </comptype> <location>/sun/gj/ws7 </location> </compinstance> </compversion> </compid> </components> </productregistry>
On Linux, the product registry is in /var/opt/sun/install/productregistry.
On Windows, the product registry is in C:\WINNT\system32.
The installation will fail if the Windows registry contains the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Sun Microsystems\WebServer\7.0 entry. Remove this entry using Registry Editor, and you should then be able to install to the desired location.
If you get an error related to the https-admserv70 service, remove the following entry from the registry and try installing again: HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\https-admserv70.
On UNIX systems, the installer and uninstaller default to command-line mode if the DISPLAY environment variable has not been exported to your local machine and if X Windows is not supported.
As a critical first step, examine the uninstallation log file.
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The Oracle of Omaha has taken to Twitter.
The notoriously tech-shy billionaire launched his @WarrenBuffett handle Thursday, where he quickly garnered more than 180,000 followers. He is the second-richest person with a verified Twitter account, after tech mogul Bill Gates (@BillGates.)
His first tweet: "Warren is in the house."
Twitter might be a perfect medium for Warren Buffett, who has built a reputation for a folksy approach to investing.
But it's also a surprising move given that he's not exactly the most tech-savvy person on the planet. He still doesn't have a computer on his desk inside the Omaha headquarters of Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
Early on, Buffett was gaining about 1,000 new followers a minute but as of Thursday evening was following nobody — not even his good friend Gates. There are dozens of fake Warren Buffett accounts on Twitter.
Gates gave his friend and fellow bridge player a shout-out: "Welcome to Twitter @WarrenBuffett. First ever Twitter bridge tourney starts now. I bid 3 hearts." He attached a picture of the two of them at a bridge tournament.
President Clinton, who joined Twitter just last month, also posted a personal message. "@WarrenBuffett Welcome to @Twitter. What took you so long?" Clinton's former senior advisor George Stephanopoulos got in on the act: "Big @twitter welcome to the 'Oracle of Omaha.'"
Comedian Rainn Wilson directed a few messages Buffett's way too. "You should sell all your stocks and see what happens," tweeted Wilson, who stars on "The Office." A follow-up tweet added: "I would dress you like a little toy soldier if I had a doll of you. Just FYI."
Expect more tweets from Buffett this weekend when thousands of investors flock to Omaha for the annual Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting. The event, nicknamed the Woodstock of Capitalism, will be held at the CenturyLink Center.
By Thursday evening, the 82-year-old Buffett had one other tweet. He got right down to business with a little self-promotion, pointing followers to an essay he wrote for Fortune magazine about women in the workplace.
The essay made the economic and ethical case for expanding opportunities for women. He argued that women are the key to America's economic prosperity.
In his essay, Buffett recalls his friendship with the late Katharine Graham, who was chief executive of Washington Post Co.
"I met Kay in 1973 and quickly saw that she was a person of unusual ability and character," Buffett wrote. "But the gender-related self-doubt was certainly there too."
Washington Post thrived under Graham, Buffett said. Since then the corporate landscape for women has changed, but more can be done, he argued.
In the essay, Buffett challenged male executives to think about how women can boost productivity.
"So, my fellow males, what's in this for us?" he wrote. "If obvious benefits flow from helping the male component of the workforce achieve its potential, why in the world wouldn't you want to include its counterpart?"


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You meet the landlord and he or she is all smiles, agreeing to purchase some new appliances, buy some nice(r), comfier couches and hook up the cable TV with BBC and TLC. Everything seems fine, but then, just when you are settling in to your new place and discovering the best places to eat in the hood, it strikes. The curse. The curse of the crazy landlord. Crazy as in weirdo, watch you sleep at night, extort you of all your money, make you think you're the nuts one, crazy.
All expats who have lived here for at least a couple of years and in various locations around the city know the curse of the crazy landlord and also know that it is unavoidable. It is like a rite of passage. Like the Xhosa circumcision rite, just more painful and enduring. While not all landlords are crazy – my current landlord is wonderful – somewhere along the line there is always THE ONE you will never forget. The mere mention of his name makes you utter inane profanities under your breath and make little stabbing motions with your pen. And I use "him" loosely here - just as often it's a "she". A she-devil. You identify these malevolent landlords and ladies (such ironic terms!) by their malignant actions. They are the ones that you tell your friends back home about and they refuse to believe the stories. Like when you tell them you saw the tokoloshe under your bed last night.They're all scoffs and sniggles as their cognitive dissonance kicks in.
My "one" was Mr Hiep*. At first, he was lovely - a middle-aged ex-pilot for the air force. When we moved in, he bought a new water cooler and hooked up the ADSL internet just as we had asked. He even bought me a miniature MIG fighter plane made from recycled bomb metal and offered me a pack of Camel cigarettes: "From Mỹ (America)," he assured me.
Mr Hiep lived behind our house with his family, which was fine at first, but this was also where the trouble started. It meant he had a key for our backdoor, which, in turn, meant that he would drop by unexpectedly at unforeseen hours of the day. His favourite time to drop by for a "chat" was 6:30 am on a Saturday morning, while I was inevitably still sleeping after a late Friday night out. I'd wake up from the smell of cigarette smoke (even though we didn't allow smoking in the house, Mr Hiep always chain-smoked his way through all the rooms). I'd rub my eyes and he'd be watching me as I woke up – no knocking on the bedroom door either – just...kind of...watching with his red, beady, droopy eyes, like two pomegranate seeds stuck in a melting Dali clock. Other times he'd pop by around 10-11pm. He had this crazy landlord sixth sense that told him when the worst and most inappropriate time to visit was – and that's when he would appear!
Sometimes he'd also bring his children – and I'm sure he did this just to torture me. Before I knew it, there'd be little hyperactive sugar-fueled balls of destruction whizzing through the house screaming and going through all my possessions. Sometimes he would come over with a few beers, which he drank most of himself, or some food that I'm sure he knew I wouldn't really eat, like durian, moon cakes or nem chua, which he ate most of himself, and told us stories about the war. The drunker he got the worse his bad English got.
"Fly to Cambodia," he'd recall, toking on a Camel. "Weather, no good."
"Drop maaany many bomb."
I started barricading the backdoor, but somehow he'd always find a way in. One time, when I when we came back from a holiday, Mr Hiep had decided to paint the inside of our house a very disturbing peachy salmon, without asking us. He'd also taken it upon himself to install an expensive and extremely garish water feature in the house, which made smoke come out of a fountain when you turned it on, and had a ball rolling in the smoke and water with disco lights shining everywhere. I could handle this seriously Western decor faux pas (yet what was probably the height of fashion in Tan Binh, Ward 7 at that time); however, what got me was Mr Hiep then decided that we needed to pay for all of it because he had done us the favour of painting the place and installing the smoking water contraption! He also decided to increase our rent by $100 because our house now had "added value"!
One day, I asked Mr Hiep to send someone to clean the air conditioners, I got home to find him sucking on the air-con exhaust pipe, spitting out the dirty water into a bucket.
The last straw was when my housemate and I started noticing our utilities bills going up every month, even though we didn't use more electricity or water. It took me a while to investigate, but I finally solved the mystery. Mr Hiep had plugged in his very large aquarium into our power plugs in the backyard. Not only that, but he'd also plugged in his washing machine to use our electricity and water!
We decided to move out to a more honest/sane place. When we told Mr Hiep, he couldn't understand why, but immediately started showing possible tenants through the house, again at the worse times! I'd be lying in bed on Sunday morning when suddenly and unannounced four people would poke their heads around the corner and start walking through my bedroom and bathroom, expecting the place, poking their head into my closet, turning the shower on to check the water pressure, and such antics.
I guarantee you that if you ask any foreigner living here, all of them would have a story of a crazy landlord. It's one of those things which makes living here in Vietnam so random and unexpected and one of the reasons I love it so much, even though it is infuriating at the time. We all need our Mr Hiep story.
*This is not his real name for privacy purposes. I also don't want him to hunt me down and find myself waking up in a bathtub full of ice sans three toes and a kidney.
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Employers across California increasingly are cutting labor costs by using long-term temporary workers — and not employees — to pick crops, sew garments, clean hotel rooms, flip burgers and toil in a range of low-wage industries.
This trend toward "perma-temps" has alarmed workers, labor unions and their allies who are concerned about the growth of so-called staffing agencies that do the hiring of these temporary workers and handle the wages. The use of these workers and their treatment are the focus of a major battle in Sacramento this year between organized labor and business groups.
Nationwide, there were about 3.4 million so-called staffing-agency jobs last year, or 2.25% of total national employment, according to a report being released Wednesday by the National Employment Law Project, which advocates for low-wage workers. The sector grew 41% from 2008 to 2012.
Critics call the accelerating shift a modern-day "sweat shop" system that creates "disposable" workers. They support legislation to crack down on abuse by staffing companies.
But staffing-supply companies object to the criticism, and the American Staffing Assn. says the firms follow California and federal labor laws. State and local chambers of commerce, dozens of industry trade groups and big agriculture are lined up solidly against the bill
Caitlin Vega, a lobbyist for the California Labor Federation, warned that many such contractors exploit legal loopholes that allow unscrupulous bosses to skirt labor laws governing pay, overtime, safety and access to workers' compensation and unemployment insurance benefits.
"When they're used up," Vega said, "it's on to the next one."
Gladys Hernandez testified at a March legislative hearing that she "wore the same uniform" as other housekeepers at a Santa Monica hotel but was paid only $8.50 an hour as a temporary agency employee, far less than the hotel's permanent employees made.
"There were no sick days, vacation days, health insurance benefits," she said in Spanish, using a translator. "Sometimes, I had to clock out and go back in to finish my 14 suites per shift."
Contracting out for workers gives employers flexibility, the staffing industry says. Businesses can concentrate on their core operations of designing and marketing a product or service.
That's a legitimate way to foster efficiency, the Law Project report says, as long as it's not part of "explicit strategies to evade labor laws and worker benefits."
Vega and the labor community are out to curb such abuses. They're backing a bill to make both the labor contractor and its client company, say a hotel owner or a retail goods distribution warehouse, jointly liable for payment of wages, accurate reporting of hours worked, wages, benefits, tax deductions and insurance coverage for victims of on-the-job injuries.
The bill's author, Assemblyman Roger Hernandez (D-West Covina), said he's concerned about a "race-to-the-bottom mentality that has infiltrated many industries, seeking ways to cut costs, coming many times on the backs of the workers."
Hernandez's AB 1897, modeled on recent Illinois and Massachusetts laws, already has been approved by the Assembly Labor and Employment Committee and will be heard Wednesday in the Assembly Appropriations Committee.
The legislation, along with another union-backed effort to let workers file property liens against employers they accuse of wage theft, have been deemed "job killers" on an annual list of what the California Chamber of Commerce considers anti-business legislation.
The American Staffing Assn. argues that passage of the Hernandez bill would make a company responsible for any lapses in pay, benefits or safety practices of a staffing agency that supplies it with workers. Innocent, third-party individuals or businesses would be held liable for conditions that might be beyond their control, it says.
State labor and workplace safety regulators already have enough authority to enforce current state laws, Jennifer Barrera, a state chamber lobbyist, said at the March legislative hearing.
What's more, she added, staffing workers who contend they are being abused already can file lawsuits seeking damages. In fact, warehouse workers in the Inland Empire have been pursuing such a claim against Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and the company that runs a number of distribution warehouses for the retailer.
Such lawsuits are difficult to prove and can take years to litigate, said Catherine Ruckelshaus, one of the principal authors of the Law Project report. The Illinois model is better, she said, because it automatically assumes joint responsibility on the part of the labor contractor and the client firm.
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i'm very small and am trying to keep my bentos around 200 calories.
does anyone have any suggestions for bento boxes that are around 200-250 ml, without looking extremely childish?
oh and any good recipes would help.
I'm a huge fan of onigiri cases.. this one from Natural Lunch is one of my favorites. http://www.jbox.com/product/KKU206 it's small (just onigiri, but with an extra small space for veggies or w/e) and super easy to wrap up and hide in a purse. There are other places to find them too, this was just the link I had handy.
I don't have any thoughts off the top of my head, but I'm curious too. Specifically ones that aren't plastic (which rules out quite a lot of options) - my mom is having health problems right now and isn't allowed to use reusable plastic containers (something about possibly harboring germs in scratches, which are no big deal for healthy people but a huge issue if you have very little immune system) but she's having a horrible time getting enough to eat because stuff just isn't appealing.
So if I can find a nice small non-plastic bento I could make her up a meal or snack bento-style and maybe the visual appeal will help her eat more. (Bonus points if anyone knows of one that's kind of cute, too, so the whole thing is appealing.)
(Small because she says that being served too much food actually makes it harder to eat, because it seems intimidating. If it works out, I can always make her more than one so she can do multiple smaller meals - she has access to a refrigerator at work so keeping stuff in a safe temperature range isn't a problem.)
If your mom can't use plastic there are really only two choices - metal (stainless steel) or glass/ceramic. Most such boxes may have some small plastic or silicone elements, such as the gasket or the lid, if that's ok. There are no dedicated glass/ceramic bento boxes but you can find refrigerator containers made of glass for instance that come in all sizes. Or think outside the box and look for cute glass or ceramic containers. One idea is to put small, sturdy ceramic or glass containers inside a larger plastic box with a sealable lid. I actually did this in one of the bentos in the book (I baked a small casserole in a small ceramic cocotte, then just plopped it in a larger plastic container). This way the food is not in direct contact with the plastic, but the whole thing is still portable (if a bit heavy).
If you want stainless steel with no plastic or silicone elements at all, try the Lunchbots series - the Pico is quite small for instance.
The Big Onigiri.
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I've realized as I started looking around that I need to clarify with her doctors if ALL plastic/silicone is to be avoided, or if something like a stainless steel or glass container with a plastic/silicone lid would be okay, since it'd be less likely to be scratched and not really in contact with the food all the time. (I imagine the scratches come mainly from eating out of the container and a steel utensil scratching the surface, but I'm not sure.)
I like the idea of using small containers inside a larger one, also - I assume you packed the ceramic dish in with other items around the outside so it wasn't sliding around in the plastic container when it was carried? Or did it just fit fairly closely? (I have the book on my to-buy list, I'm just waiting for my textbooks for the upcoming term to be finalized so I can do one big shop. :) )
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We just got off the phone with an AOLer who says people are being fired in marketing, and product marketing at the New York office.
Employees are getting "random" messages they need to meet with their managers. In these meetings they are being told, "You're position is being eliminated due to business reasons."
This source says employees are being offered severance packages.
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Edmonton Terror Attack Points to a Radicalization Problem in Canadapublished on Monday, October 02, 2017
As someone whose family was forced to flee a radicalized Islamic dictatorship in Iran over 30 years ago, I am deeply saddened to see that the same type of radicalization is now starting to take root in Canada. I have called Canada home for over 25 years, happy in the belief that I live in a secular democracy with a clear division between Government and Religion.
Unfortunately in the past few years I've seen the rise of radical Islam in Canada on more than one occasion. I've witnessed Al-Quds demonstrations, year after year in Toronto, on Queens Park grounds no less, where many demonstrators openly call for the destruction of Israel, spread hate about the Jewish people and hold up pictures and praise Islamic radical dictators such as Khomeini and Hassan Nasrallah. I've also watched with great concern and trepidation the soft stand the Justin Trudeau has taken toward radicalized Islamic dictatorships in Iran and Saudi Arabia.
The terrorist attack in Edmonton unfortunately seems to point to the fact that we are starting to have a "radicalization" problem in Canada which is extremely serious and extremely dangerous. It is important for us Canadians to first recognize and admit that we do have a problem that needs to be addressed, and to find reasonable and effective means to combat this problem.
I strongly believe the Muslim Community can play a very important and positive role in both condemning the terrorist attack and also by implementing steps that will ensure people in the Muslim Community do not become radicalized. These steps could include closer monitoring of what is being thought and discussed in mosques, other places of worship and religious schools in Canada. It could include condemnation of Al-Quds and other similar protests where the message of hate is spread, and also by ensuring that the message of love, respect and acceptance is spread at every opportunity and especially among the younger Muslim generation.
Of course the Muslim Community cannot combat this problem alone, and needs the support and the understanding of the Canadian Government, law enforcement agencies, the media, educators and all Canadians to ensure radicalization does not take root in Canada.
My thoughts are with the victims of this senseless terror attack, their friends and family and the people of Edmonton. I hope this shocking and brutal act will serve as a catalyst for us to recognize that we do have a problem and we need to face it head on.
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The Monitor
Mary Beaty, column editor
The Brontosaurus Meets the Millenium:
A Call for Information Advocacy
Mary Beaty
Librarians love to play millennial games. What was the state of the Ottoman Empire or the social status of Chinese women in A.D. 999? How does Western y2k fever relate to the Jewish Calendar? Why did St. Augustine force the Celtic church to adopt Gregorian Easter in the 9th century? Did the Mayans calculate decades?
Gosh darn it, we're GOOD at this sort of thing. Empowered to navigate the unending stream of history and confident in our ability to transcend our own temporal placement, we don virtual togas and breastplates of righteousness and sail forth mining the millennii for answers, feeling as comfortable in 2099 A.D. as in 649 B.C.E. Timelines R Us.
But hubris is punished in proportion to the offense. Despite our research skills we are far from omniscient, and it is well to remember that suspect data exists outside the Dewey numbers 001, 155 and 133. As we approach the calendar change to 2000 we must acknowledge that by their very nature our collections (and our classification schemes) are social and scientific time bombs. On a daily basis we knowingly collect, distribute and mediate misinformation -- whether garnered from books, out-of-date encyclopedias or suspect websites.
Consider the following examples.
Erratum: There are no more brontosaurii. There never were, apparently. Depending upon which resources you read, the brontosaurus was either a re-assembling faux pas created when the head of one dinosaur was placed on the body of another skeleton, or a mistaken rechristening of a previously identified apatosaurus. It is clear that henceforth (until otherwise instructed) the brontosaurus must be relegated to never-land and the apatosaurus must take its rightful place. What, you ask, are we to do with all the 568s? Not to mention the family Lazardo?
Conundrum: Pluto is not a real planet. This revelation has lead to protest songs and much scientific waffling. It's true the jury is still out, awaiting NASA's Pluto-Kuiper Express project, but it is quite probable we will discover Pluto is an ice mass in an irregular orbit and there are only eight planets in our solar system. Run, do not walk, and examine your 520s. Should we consign those lovely books about the nine planets to the booksale? Alas, poor Scorpios, their astrological sign may be ruled by a non-existent ice mass. Whither the astrology section? And what of the styrofoam solar system projects lurking in all the craft books?
Acknowledgments: Susan and Lucy, created in 1950, roam the sexist universe of Narnia like camp followers, picking up the wounded and deferring to Peter and Edmund. Also, Huck Finn's relationship with Jim is disturbing, Bishop's Chinese brothers wear pigtails and coolie caps and Weetzie Bat, Anastasia, Pippi and our beloved Madeline are dated constructs. No matter how elegant the package and how beloved the characters -- or perhaps because of these aesthetics -- it is important to remember that fiction preserves outdated socio-political constructs. This is highly uncomfortable accounting for those of us unwilling to balance the relationship between literary value and social evolution. What are we to do with books that we love which embed sociology we deplore?
We are too sanguine about our professional ability to keep an objective eye on our collections. Trends in science, sex and politics may seem easy to monitor (if we make it a priority) but social movements are more difficult, for we, too, are swept up in the change. My own most difficult censorship problems involved requests to withdraw Gene Zion's Dear Garbage Man because of the absence of recycling, Freddy the Pig because it mentions spanking, a long forgotten title about a rainy day on the seashore because it showed a little girl swimming without an adult, and a new book on breast feeding which took a lukewarm stance regarding demand-nursing. In each case, the user reached apoplectic heights of indignation because the offending "out-of-date" book was in common reach of the unprotected public.
I once dismissed such "hare-brained" requests (March Hare?) as mere political correctness campaigns. But aren't we the vox populi too? Our "professional" opinion may only be that - an opinion. We bought these books: we must take responsibility for their continued presence in our collections and our explication of their contents to our patrons. We must acknowledge the intransigence of our archive mentality. And simply assigning dated materials to an "historical collection" is philosophically bankrupt, permitting us to hide behind a non-interventionist policy.
New century, new policy: get off the fence. It is our obligation and our responsibility to intercede actively between the user and the book. If you choose to retain suspect paleontology, tell each user about the brontosaurus. Hand out C.S. Lewis with love but add a comment about Lucy and Susan "in the old days". If you think The Indian in the cupboard promulgates stereotypes about Aboriginal populations, say so. And if you keep Little Black Sambo and Epaminondas, paste an article about the historical controversy inside the cover and circulate it with Jerry Pinkney - adding your own opinion. Remember Ranganathan, and place the user first.
It's a matter of professionalism. We are librarians - not bookkeepers and accountants. We are information brokers, data-traders, and paradigm-miners - not stock clerks. We are scholars, sociologists, anthropologists, mentors, guides and teachers --not gatekeepers for misinformation. Let us act so. Librarians must evolve along with the brontosaurus.
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Here's a funny little problem I came across some time ago when setting up some materialized views. I have two tables, orders and order_lines, and I've set up materialized view logs for them that allow a join materialized view (called orders_join) to be fast refreshable. Watch what happens if I refresh this view just before gathering stats on the order_lines table.
I have a little script that start with "set echo on", then calls two packaged procedures, one to refresh the join view, the other to collect stats on the order_lines table; here's the output from that script:
SQL> SQL> begin 2 dbms_mview.refresh( 3 list => 'test_user.orders_join', 4 method => 'F' 5 ); 6 end; 7 / PL/SQL procedure successfully completed. SQL> SQL> SQL> begin 2 dbms_stats.gather_table_stats( 3 ownname => user, 4 tabname =>'ORDER_LINES', 5 method_opt => 'for all columns size 1', 6 cascade => true 7 ); 8 end; 9 / begin * ERROR at line 1: ORA-01760: illegal argument for function ORA-06512: at "SYS.DBMS_STATS", line 33859 ORA-06512: at line 2
The stats gathering has failed (on one of the indexes, though that's not immediately obvious) because the SQL statement generated by the procedure has gone through a query rewrite that takes it to the orders_join table – which won't support some of the funny internal function used by Oracle to collect index stats. Here's the SQL as generated (with a little bit of formatting):
select /*+ no_parallel_index(t, "ORL_PK") dbms_stats cursor_sharing_exact use_weak_name_resl dynamic_sampling(0) no_monitoring no_substrb_pad no_expand index(t,"ORL_PK") */ count(*) as nrw, count(distinct sys_op_lbid(82196,'L',t.rowid)) as nlb, null as ndk, sys_op_countchg(substrb(t.rowid,1,15),1) as clf from "TEST_USER"."ORDER_LINES" t where "ORDER_ID" is not null or "LINE_ID" is not null ;
Because of the particular way I happen to have defined my materialized view, this query gets rewritten if the view is "fresh" – which makes the hints inapplicable – and neither the sys_op_count_chg() nor the sys_op_lbid() functions are valid unless you're doing an index fast full scan.
At first sight the fix to this problem would simply appear to require the addition of a no_rewrite() hint to the query – but maybe there's some reason why this isn't viable. Of course, you'd have to be a little unlucky to hit this bug – it takes a combination of timing and unlucky data to trigger it; but if you're using join views with referential integrity all over the place you may be slightly more susceptible than average.
This bug is repeatable in 12c – and looks like the problem referenced in MOS note 317254.1 (and don't ask which version it was first reported against!)


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FOX has ordered a fifth season of the summer's hottest show, SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE. Created by Simon Fuller and Nigel Lythgoe, the original dance competition follows amateur dancers as they compete in everything from Hip-Hop, Krumping and Popping to Salsa, Quickstep and Jive to be named America's favorite dancer.
FOX's President of Alternative Entertainment, Mike Darnell said, "We're delighted to have DANCE back for a fifth season next year. FOX is very lucky to have television's preeminent performance competitions in AMERICAN IDOL and SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE, and it's no coincidence that creator and executive producer Simon Fuller and executive producer and judge Nigel Lythgoe have been a part of both these successes."
SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE's Wednesday and Thursday telecasts rank among the summer's Top 5 regular programs in Adults 18-49 and Adults 18-34 and rank No. 1 in their respective time periods among all key demos. The two-night, four-hour Season Four finale airs Wednesday, Aug. 6 (8:00-10:00 PM ET/PT) and Thursday, Aug. 7 (8:00-10:00 PM ET live/PT tape-delayed) on FOX.
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LILY DONALDSON having her hair styled at Lanvin, Arizona Muse and Karlie Kloss modelling perfect off-duty style at Stella McCartney and Gisele posing with Carmen Kass before her Alexander Wang appearance - the backstage buzz is part of what makes the fashion weeks so exciting. Here we give you an insight into what goes on behind the scenes, from the models arriving for hair and make-up to the moments just before they head onto the catwalk. You've seen the collections on the catwalk - now see the most memorable moments from backstage.


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"India is a major world economic player and intellectual leader, and is already a significant trade partner for Nebraska," Milliken said. "We expect continued growth and investment in the state from India, and as such it is viewed as one of the University's most important strategic partners."
Discussions in India focused on opportunities for research collaboration in areas such as food security, water for food, and biofuels energy, with an emphasis on new knowledge pioneered by University of Nebraska researchers. "These areas – in which we have considerable expertise and a growing international reputation – offer the greatest potential for collaboration as both the U.S. and India look for common solutions to global challenges," Milliken said. He also discussed opportunities in early childhood development and education – another area of research strength at NU – and a range of health and biomedical issues.
Milliken began his visit in New Delhi where he visited Delhi University, Jawaharlal Nehru University, the Indian Agricultural Research Institute, the Indian Council on Agricultural Research and the American Institute of Indian Studies. He then traveled to Kerala where he met with the Minister for Education and Culture and Kerala University leaders, and visited the Rajiv Gandhi Center for Biotechnology, the Kerala Tropical Botanical Garden and Research Institute, and Kerala Agricultural University's Agriculture College.
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Milliken's visit followed the recent state visit of Indian Prime Minister Mammohan Singh to Washington, which included pledges from Singh and President Obama for enhanced collaboration in education, science and technology.


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Contents 1 Examples of the professions 2 Formation of a profession 3 Regulation 4 Autonomy 5 Status and prestige 6 Power 7 History 8 Gender inequality 9 Racial inequality 10 Characteristics of a profession 11 See also 12 Bibliography 13 References
Examples of the professions Professions include, for example: Doctors/Surgeons, Lawyers, Engineers, Logisticians, Librarians, Judges, Pharmacists, Environmental Health Officers, Nurses, Police Officers, Military Officers, Professors, Bishops, priests, Dentists, Architects, Surveyors, Accountants, and most other specialised technical occupations. "Doctors, nurses, lawyers, psychologists, and public accountants are some examples of professions." "Some occupations that usually would be described as "professions": dentist...architect, teacher"
Formation of a profession A profession arises when any trade or occupation transforms itself through "the development of formal qualifications based upon education and examinations, the emergence of regulatory bodies with powers to admit and discipline members, and some degree of monopoly rights." The process by which a profession arises from a trade or occupation is often termed professionalization and has been described as one, "starting with the establishment of the activity as a full-time occupation, progressing through the establishment of training schools and university links, the formation of a professional organization, and the struggle to gain legal support for exclusion, and culminating with the formation of a formal code of ethics."
Regulation Regulation enforced by statute distinguishes a profession from other occupations represented by trade groups who aspire to professional status for their members.. In all countries, professions have their regulatory or professional bodies, whose function is to define, promote, oversee, support and regulate the affairs of its members. For some professions there may be several such bodies.
Autonomy Professions tend to be autonomous, which means they have a high degree of control of their own affairs: "professionals are autonomous insofar as they can make independent judgments about their work" This usually means "the freedom to exercise their professional judgement." However, it has other meanings. "Professional autonomy is often described as a claim of professionals that has to serve primarily their own interests...this professional autonomy can only be maintained if members of the profession subject their activities and decisions to a critical evaluation by other members of the profession " The concept of autonomy can therefore be seen to embrace not only judgement, but also self-interest and a continuous process of critical evaluation of ethics and procedures from within the profession itself.
Status and prestige Professions enjoy a high social status, regard and esteem conferred upon them by society. This high esteem arises primarily from the higher social function of their work, which is regarded as vital to society as a whole and thus of having a special and valuable nature. All professions involve technical, specialised and highly skilled work often referred to as "professional expertise." Training for this work involves obtaining degrees and professional qualifications (see Licensure) without which entry to the profession is barred (occupational closure). Training also requires regular updating of skills. (see continuing education)
Power All professions have power. This power is used to control its own members, and also its area of expertise and interests. A profession tends to dominate, police and protect its area of expertise and the conduct of its members, and exercises a dominating influence over its entire field which means that professions can act monopolist, rebuffing competition from ancillary trades and occupations, as well as subordinating and controlling lesser but related trades. A profession is characterised by the power and high prestige it has in society as a whole. It is the power, prestige and value that society confers upon a profession that more clearly defines it. This is why Judges, Lawyers, Clerics, and Medical personnel enjoy this high social status and are regarded as true professionals.
Jesus and the doctors of the Faith, by the entourage of Giuseppe RiberaClassically, there were only three professions: Divinity, Medicine, and Law.[citation needed] The main milestones which mark an occupation being identified as a profession are: It became a full-time occupation; The first training school was established; The first university school was established; The first local association was established; The first national association was established; The codes of professional ethics were introduced; State licencing laws were established. The ranking of established professions in the United States based on the above milestones shows Medicine first, followed by Law, Dentistry, Civil Engineering, Logistics, Architecture and Accounting. With the rise of technology and occupational specialization in the 19th century, other bodies began to claim professional status: Pharmacy, Logistics, Veterinary Medicine, Nursing, Teaching, Librarianship, Optometry and Social Work, all of which could claim to be professions by 1900 using these milestones. Just as some professions rise in status and power through various stages, so others may decline. This is characterized by the red cloaks of bishops giving way to the black cloaks of lawyers and then to the white cloaks of doctors. With the church having receded in its role in western society, the remaining classical professions (law and medicine) are both noted by many as requiring not just study to enter, but extensive study and accreditation above and beyond simply getting a university degree.[citation needed] Accordingly more recently-formalized disciplines, such as architecture, which now have equally-long periods of study associated with them, and which are becoming considered as their equal. Although professions enjoy high status and public prestige, all professionals do not earn the same high salaries. There are hidden inequalities even within professions.
Gender inequality Even in the professions well-qualified women do not get the same pay as men. "There is a 15 per cent pay gap between men and women across Europe. The situation is particularly bad in Britain. A report by the Women and Work Commission last year found that women in full-time work are earning 17 per cent less than men on average...significant numbers of women enter professions such as the law and medicine every year. They are increasingly well represented as heads of professional bodies and national arts organisations. Overall, since 1975, the pay gap has narrowed by 12 percentage points."[21] Although In Britain, "the fulltime gender pay gap has shrunk in the past 30 years, it is still 17%, while for part-time work it is stuck at a shameful 40%....all this is happening when, at school and college, women are outshining men. In the medical and legal professions there has been a 'genderquake,'"[22] which means these professions are gradually becoming female-dominated. Yet their pay continues to lag behind that of their male colleagues. This situation is by no means limited to Law and Medicine. "Research from the profession's leading body, the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), has discovered that there is a 23% pay gap between men and women in senior HR positions. This all the more embarrassing because HR is considered a women's profession....and (although) a professional qualification is a hallmark of equality...in practice, some professionals are better rewarded than others, and that the better rewarded tend to be men. This is not solely because men are more likely to reach the top of their professions. Gender gaps have been found in the starting salaries of newly qualified solicitors. And there are segregated professions, and occupations."[23]
Racial inequality Equally qualified blacks get paid less than equivalent whites. "the percentage difference in earnings between Blacks and Whites was smallest (5%) in the lowest-paid occupations and greatest in the highest-paid occupations...black dentists and physicians earned 80 cents for every dollar earned by their White colleagues. Black lawyers earned 79 cents for every dollar earned by White lawyers...black men have made inroads into the most highly paid occupations, but once they get there, they find they still don't earn as much as equally qualified White men."[24]
Characteristics of a profession The list of characteristics that follows is extensive, but does not claim to include every characteristic that has ever been attributed to professions, nor do all of these features apply to every profession: Skill based on theoretical knowledge: Professionals are assumed to have extensive theoretical knowledge (e.g. medicine, law, scripture or engineering) and to possess skills based on that knowledge that they are able to apply in practice. Professional association: Professions usually have professional bodies organized by their members, which are intended to enhance the status of their members and have carefully controlled entrance requirements. Extensive period of education: The most prestigious professions usually require at least three years at university. Testing of competence: Before being admitted to membership of a professional body, there is usually a requirement to pass prescribed examinations that are based on mainly theoretical knowledge. Institutional training: In addition to examinations, there is usually a requirement for a long period of institutionalized training where aspiring professionals acquire specified practical experience in some sort of trainee role before being recognized as a full member of a professional body. Continuous upgrading of skills through professional development is also mandatory these days. Licenced practitioners: Professions seek to establish a register or membership so that only those individuals so licenced are recognized as bona fide. Work autonomy: Professionals tend to retain control over their work, even when they are employed outside the profession in commercial or public organizations. They have also gained control over their own theoretical knowledge. Code of professional conduct or ethics: Professional bodies usually have codes of conduct or ethics for their members and disciplinary procedures for those who infringe the rules. Self-regulation: Professional bodies tend to insist that they should be self-regulating and independent from government. Professions tend to be policed and regulated by senior, respected practitioners and the most highly qualified members of the profession. Public service and altruism: The earning of fees for services rendered can be defended because they are provided in the public interest, e.g. the work of doctors contributes to public health.
Exclusion, monopoly and legal recognition: Professions tend to exclude those who have not met their requirements and joined the appropriate professional body. This is often termed professional closure, and seeks to bar entry for the unqualified and to sanction or expel incompetent members. Control of remuneration and advertising: Where levels of remuneration are determined by government, professional bodies are active in negotiating (usually advantageous) remuneration packages for their members. Some professions set standard scale fees, but government advocacy of competition means that these are no longer generally enforced. High status and rewards: The most successful professions achieve high status, public prestige and rewards for their members. Some of the factors included in this list contribute to such success. Individual clients: Many professions have individual fee-paying clients. For example, in accountancy, "the profession" usually refers to accountants who have individual and corporate clients, rather than accountants who are employees of organizations. Middle-class occupations: Traditionally many professions have been viewed as 'respectable' occupations for middle and upper classes.[25]. Male-dominated: The highest status professions tend to be male dominated. For example, the proportion of women in school-teaching has increased as its status has declined, and women are now being admitted to the priesthood while its status has declined relative to other professions. Similar arguments apply to race and class: ethnic groups and working-class people are no less disadvantaged in most professions than they are in society generally[26]. Offer reassurance: Professionals are able to offer reassurance to their clients that although there appear to be problems, everything is normal or being dealt with properly, and this reassurance may be offered rather than solutions to particular problems. For example, sick people may be reassured that they will probably get better in a few days. Ritual: Church ritual, and the Court procedure are obviously ritualistic.
Legitimacy: Professions have clear legal authority over some activities (e.g. certifying the insane) but are also seen as adding legitimacy to awide range of related activities. Inaccessible body of knowledge: In some professions, the body of knowledge is relatively inaccessible to the uninitiated. Medicine and law are typically not school subjects and have separate faculties and even separate libraries at universities. Indeterminacy of knowledge: Professional knowledge contains elements that escape being mastered and communicated in the form of rules and can only be acquired through experience. Mobility: The skill knowledge and authority of professionals belongs to the professionals as individuals, not the organizations for which they work. Source provided by wikipedia.org.Please also refer to: Professional Professional class Professional development Professional degree Professional responsibility Professionalization. Professionals are therefore relatively mobile in employment opportunities as they can move to other employers and take their talents with them. Standardization of professional training and procedures enhances this mobility.[27].


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Of the nearly 100 high school football programs that compete in the Central District, only Grandview, Hartley, Hilliard Davidson, Johnstown, Jonathan Alder, Marion-Franklin and Marion Pleasant made it through the 2011 regular season with perfect records.
Of the nearly 100 high school football programs that compete in the Central District, only Grandview, Hartley, Hilliard Davidson, Johnstown, Jonathan Alder, Marion-Franklin and Marion Pleasant made it through the 2011 regular season with perfect records.
Next week, the quest for perfection begins again.
Although the regular season doesn't start for most teams until Aug. 24, the first day of official coaching allowed by the OHSAA is Monday, July 30.
For most, that means two -- or sometimes three -- weeks of a two-a-day practice schedule, with teams allowed to participate in scrimmages from Aug. 7-20.
Davidson has had five perfect regular seasons since 2001, including 2006 when it went 15-0 and captured the Division I state title. The Wildcats begin the process of perfecting their system as soon as official coaching starts, according to coach Brian White.
"Two-a-days are just an opportunity to start fresh with a new group of kids," he said. "What we try to do early is install our offensive and defensive philosophies and do some drilling in our techniques in two-a-days. We have the drills already installed when we get to the first day of two-a-days, and then we try to perfect those drills."
Tim Brown, who is entering his 10th season as Groveport's coach, believes the early days of fall practice must be chock-full of repetition.
"With the 10 days in the summer that we get, you can work on a lot of stuff, and that's made it easier," he said. "We just finished up with a 7-on-7 (passing tournament), and a lot of the brain work is done early. During two-a-days you can really work on technique. You get to make sure they understand the toughness that they're going to need."
During the summer, Gahanna has done everything from 7-on-7 passing tournaments to even having a local yoga studio come in to help players improve their flexibility.
Lions coach John Snoad and his staff also have spent time setting up much of the program's offensive and defensive systems.
"The summer has been more for installing what we want to run," Snoad said. "Once you get past the summer, we work on some of the finer points. We do a lot of memorizing and repetition in that time. The second week of two-a-days we teach a lot about contact and hitting and tackling, and you're always trying to find the right kids."
Columbus City League programs sometimes face obstacles during early two-a-day practices because many of the freshmen are competing in the sport on a team for the first time.
Centennial, according to first-year coach Mark Shaffer, also deals with having many of its players traveling to practice by bus.
"It sometimes takes these kids an hour to an hour and a half to get here on the bus, so it's understandably hard for them to always make it on time," Shaffer said. "But I've been pleased with our conditioning and with our camps so far."
Shaffer is among four new coaches of City League programs and one of nine new coaches of teams in the ThisWeek coverage area.
Whitehall's new coach, Jake Kuhner, served as an assistant for two years at his alma mater, Pickerington Central, and assisted last year under former Rams coach Greg Lahr.
He has spent his first summer as coach installing a defensive system that includes some new terminology, as well as a no-huddle offense.
Kuhner is looking forward to combining his ideas with some from a year ago that helped the Rams post their first winning season since 2003.
"Two-a-days are about getting the kids geared up and getting stuff installed, but we still want to keep things fresh," he said. "We want them to see what it's like in regular practice because it is pretty tough sometimes."


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Another British television phenomenon has made its way to the United States. Who Do You Think You Are? is premiering on NBC on Friday March 5, at 8 PM (7 PM Central and Mountain Time). This popular show profiles politicians, media stars and other celebrities' family history, illustrating the common struggles that all of our ancestors faced. The first episodes will feature Lisa Kudrow, Susan Sarandon and Sarah Jessica Parker.
Ancestry.com has a Spread the Word campaign, where you can learn more about the show.
This may be the biggest genealogy related prime-time event since Roots was published and aired as a mini-series in the 1970s. Be sure to watch the next big television hit!


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This month, we're in the third of six "Marketing Matters" articles for the year that focus on offbeat marketing ideas.
Now that we are into the summer months where the traffic flow for sales is slower, this article will feature offbeat ideas that are guerrilla oriented; meaning the ideas require a minimal investment and can be implemented by the sales staff, rather than relying on outside sources.
The first idea is a twist on an old idea — but it's a twist that has brought life back to a dying strategy. I'm talking about lead boxes. Before you let out a groan, just give me a minute. For those who might not be familiar with lead boxes, they are small cardboard or acrylic containers that have a slot on the top for people to drop in a business card or a slip of paper (usually affixed to the box in small, glue-bound pads) that they have filled out with their contact details. Typically, there is a display board attached to the back of the box that allows for a permanent advertisement or, in the case of acrylic boxes, a mechanism that holds an 8 ½-inch × 11-inch flyer that can be regularly changed.
In the 1980s, lead boxes were a big part of health club and spa marketing. Over time, lead boxes got a bad rap for a number of reasons, such as other businesses using the concept or health clubs stealing the leads of another club right out of their box. Finally, there was the issue of lead quality. As is the case with any free offer, the quality of lead box leads was low. Therefore, a salesperson might have to make 20 calls to book one appointment.
Many of the larger club chains still successfully use lead boxes. I know of one chain that requires new clubs to place 300 lead boxes in the community during pre-sales. This accomplishes two things. First, it allows salespeople to obtain names and numbers they can proactively follow up. Second, the lead box acts as a mini advertisement. Therefore, I am of the belief that if a salesperson doesn't have five pre-booked appointments each day, they should have five to 10 boxes out, providing them with leads.
Enough about the lead box, what about the twist that makes this qualify for an offbeat marketing idea? Instead of giving away a free trial membership or enticing people to enter to win a longer-term membership, our company is giving away a weight loss booklet (which we developed and had printed for about $0.64 each) when they leave their information in the lead box. You may not think this is offbeat, but it is. First, we are giving away a tangible product that provides information on something 64 percent of Americans want — weight loss. Second, we are lowering the barrier to entry with the free offer.
Even with a free trial membership customers often feel at risk for being given a sales pitch. With an information booklet, however, the person is simply asking you to mail something to them. They may feel somewhat at risk for being put on a mailing list, but it's a much lower risk than an in-person sales presentation. What the customer is receiving, however, is a product that identifies them as a quality prospect, which in my centers' case is someone who wants to lose weight. Sure, we still get kids filling out bogus slips and other people who have no interest except that they are getting something for free. But for the most part, this strategy is successful. We build a database of people interested in our product and are given the opportunity to send them something that educates them on the value of the products and services we offer.
Once you have your boxes you need to figure out what to do for a free informational booklet. You have several options. First, get your staff members together and write it yourself. It is a lot easier than it sounds. Remember, this doesn't have to be a four-color job and professionally typeset. We created ours in a Word document using margins that resulted in a 4 ¼" × 5" pocket-size booklet with an attractive two-color cover. Even small quantity runs of 500 booklets will probably cost about $1 per item, which is an inexpensive way to get a higher quality lead. (Of course, you never just send the booklet out; you always call and qualify before spending that money.)
The next offbeat idea is one of my favorites. At Healthy Inspirations we call it the Goody Bag program. One of our licensed centers borrowed an idea used by pharmaceutical representatives. The concept is that the salespeople identify local doctor's offices and businesses that cater to similar clientele. Once identified the staff puts together goody bags filled with a variety of supplement samples from our weight loss program, tri-fold brochures (that are coded) and coupons good for free services at our center (relaxation treatment, mini-facial, cellulite treatment, etc.). The average cost of the bag (not including the cost of goods associated with someone redeeming a coupon) is anywhere from $2 to $3. The salespeople then hand deliver the bags to the local businesses with the intention of meeting the owner or manager, starting a conversation and building a long-term relationship.
Each time a referral comes in that can be traced to one of the goody bag locations, it is documented. For at least three months in a row, a new goody bag is brought back to each listed location (typically 12 to 24 total). After bringing a goody bag to a business for three consecutive months, a pattern of referrals begins to emerge. These referrals could be from the employees working at that business (because you have established a relationship with them) or they might be from tri-fold brochures or flyers left behind. As is the case with club members, about 20 percent of all the businesses chosen become solid lead generators. The salespeople continue to bring these businesses one new goody bag per month. Then, a new batch of businesses and/or offices is identified and the cycle begins again. Eventually, a large group of referring businesses is established, opening up the possibility of other joint marketing ventures in the future.
The next offbeat marketing idea is simple but one that not many health clubs use: a mud sign, which is a small sign (typically 1 by 2 feet) that has thin wire rods attached to each side. The wire rods allow it to be stuck in a grassy area. You may have seen these signs being used by small, at-home-type businesses, suc as painters and junk removal. In the past, I have also seen them for insurance and real estate open houses. The number of signs you plan on using will help determine what you will print on the signs. For instance, if you plan on using them around the plaza where your facility is located, you can say something like, "Free Tour Today," followed by your club logo. If, you plan on placing them around town, you may want to put your Web address on the sign to drive people to your Web site, assuming your site is attractive enough to grab their attention and effective enough to drive the person to visit your club or give you their information.
Another reason these type of signs work is because they are easy to use and can be placed just about anywhere. However, "can be placed in terms of physical ability" and "can be placed in terms of legal ability" are two different things. When Tony DeLeede owned the Australian Body Works club chain in Atlanta, he found these signs to be effective at driving prospects through the doors. Unfortunately, the zoning ordinance for the Atlanta area didn't allow such signs and DeLeede had to pay fines when an inspector found them. But the club managers continued to use the signs on the weekends because they felt the number of leads that were generated outweighed the small fine. It's a testament to their effectiveness.
Summer is here, it is time to get your sales staff working on lead generation ideas that will drive more prospects through the doors. With this month's three ideas and the eight ideas offered in the two previous offbeat marketing articles, you now have an arsenal of tools at your disposal. Remember, not every idea is a perfect fit for every club; work with your sales team to identify strategies that have the greatest chance of lead generation. With a great attitude and effort, your club will be well on its way to creating new marketing strategies that will result in more sales.


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The franchise tags placed on Jimmy Graham, Brian Orakpo and Greg Hardy, coupled with Jordan Gross retiring and the finalized deals made prior to March 11th with Brent Grimes, Riley Cooper and Dennis Pitta (to name a few moves) have really taken the sting out of the impending free agency period. While you'll no doubt still see a slew of deals early in the process with some crazy money getting thrown around to the top available talent left, great things come to those that wait. As the market settles and the big money has been spent, that's where the true gems at a bargain price can be found. Below are 10 players that may not sign on the first day of free agency, but they can be had at a reasonable price, and they could make a significant impact on the team that lands them.
Toby Gerhart, RB, Minnesota Vikings: Running backs aren't commanding much money these days and they're a dime a dozen. The former 2nd round pick and Stanford star has just never really had a chance to prove himself playing behind Adrian Peterson. Still just 26, he has very little tread wear on his tires. In four seasons he's had under 300 carries and he boasts a slick 4.7 career yards per carry average to go with it. In limited reps he's shown the potential we saw in college. He won't cost much but could be a really nice rotation player in a system that uses multiple backs.
Anthony Spencer, OLB, Dallas Cowboys: He played on the dreaded franchise tender deal last season and while he made a nice chunk of change, the lack of security it provides long term is starting to haunt him. Spencer goes from a 29 year old star in his prime that was franchised to a 30 year old coming off a serious knee surgery. He'll now have to likely sign a 1 year deal for cheap to prove he can still play, but if he can come anywhere close to his form prior to that injury, someone will look like a genius for getting him.
Jerome Simpson, WR, Minnesota Vikings: He won't break the bank and while he has consistency issues, he has serious big play ability. He's 28 which means he's been around and should be able to acclimate himself to a new offense quickly as a veteran. Give him the right role and the right quarterback and he could be a dangerous piece to have.
Devin Hester, KR, Chicago Bears: I can't imagine he'll cost much of anything but he can still electrify a return game. His 2013 season was as good as ever.
Kendrick Lewis, FS, Kansas City Chiefs: He's been a starter for four full seasons since his rookie year. He'll be 26 in June and with playoff experience as a starter, 7 career interceptions, and steady play he could be a really nice pickup for someone. He won't be confused with a Pro Bowler but he's young, has experience and has played pretty well.
Brian de la Puente, C, New Orleans Saints: From 2008 to 2011 the Saints were his SIXTH team as he bounced around rosters trying to catch on. Once he landed with the Saints he became a quality starter for the last three seasons out of nowhere. With Alex Mack now under the transition tag, De la Puente's value could go up, but starting quality centers normally don't come too expensive.
Perry Riley, ILB, Washington Redskins: He's only 26, has started 32 games the last two seasons, and can do a little bit of everything as a linebacker… showing he has the potential to play on every down. After a rough season he won't command a king's ransom on the open market, but you can't ignore the fact that he totalled 244 tackles, 6.5 sacks and 15 defended passes over the last two seasons. He's durable, reliable and versatile, not something you can say about many linebackers.
Garrett Graham, TE, Houston Texans: He's a pass catching threat only, but he's definitely a factor in the passing game. Any team that needs size down the seam would be a perfect destination for him.
Charles Tillman, CB, Chicago Bears; He may be over the hill, but a player of his pedigree and track record sure is tempting at the right price.
Clinton McDonald, DT, Seattle Seahawks: He had 5.5 sacks last year as a rotational interior pass rusher. That might be good enough for someone to give him a shot at a full time starting role. Being on a Super Bowl champion team never hurts.


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quote:Originally posted by Baah BenTravelin Man..Just a point. I do not think Metro in Seattle serves prime beef. I'm pretty sure about that. I've been there....Perhaps some others on that list of your's may not either?
quote:Originally posted by Baah BenI feel this is a very important distinction in making a comparison and touting Peter Luger's as the "Best Steakhouse" in America. You are pretty firm on that.
quote:Originally posted by Baah BenBut, it has to be an "apples to apples" comparison right? That should take into account the cut of meat, the grade and I firmly believe price. Especially the price. Anyone can serve the best quality, if you charge enough for it.
quote:Originally posted by Baah BenHey, I'd love to have tried many of the places you are mentioning that "do not compare" to Luger's, but frankly I never had a business expense account. I'm retired and there are choices in life we all make. I never could deal with NYC steakhouse prices on any type of frequent basis. My visits were usually "event driven." I've been to Luger's several times, Bern's, The Old Homestead, Ruth Chris, Metropolitan and a few others.
quote:Originally posted by Baah BenI noticed you had very, very few NYC restaurants on your list.
quote:Originally posted by Baah BenPerhaps the comparison should be a porterhouse from Luger's to say a porterhouse from someplace like Doe's in Mississippi? I'd think a comparison should also take into account the price.
quote:Originally posted by Baah BenTravlin Man, I don't think you've compared apples to apples so while we can all appreciate that it gets your vote as The Best Steakhouse in the country, I think that may not be correct.
quote:Originally posted by Baah Ben Anyone been to Lugers and Doe's? Boy, I'd love to hear from them. Compare the price, not atmosphere, of course. Just the steak.
quote:Originally posted by Baah BenWe've had enough .... "Harold's" posts for a lifetime already.
quote:Originally posted by Baah BenThanks and no disrespect to The Travlin Man.
quote:Originally posted by swirsk53Lugers rules:The "Steak Sauce" is NOT for the steak.The "steak sauce" IS for the tomatoes and onions.
quote:Originally posted by tommyeatsquote:Originally posted by swirsk53Lugers rules:The "Steak Sauce" is NOT for the steak.The "steak sauce" IS for the tomatoes and onions.just as a matter of clarification, are these your rules for Luger's, or are they "Luger's rules".
quote:Originally posted by NYC2SoCalHmm.. $50 is a little "tight".. When I go to Lugers, a party of 2 usually runs just under 200. The covers Shrimp Cocktail, Tomato and Onion, Porterhouse for 2, Creamed Spinach, German Fried Potatoes and a bottle of cabernet. Oh, and a coffee at the end.. Dessert if I'm crazy (that schlag is awesome) ;)
quote:Originally posted by mikez629Is it really worth going to PL's steak house in NYC. My wife is begging me to go. The waiting period for reservation is long,and every time I see a story on PL's there seems to be no women in the place (is it tabo to bring a woman).
quote:Originally posted by The Travelin ManI use the "steak" sauce on something besides the bread and shrimp cocktail (come to think of it, I have never had the shrimp cocktail).Order the tomato and onion appetizer and a slice of bacon. Slice the tomato and onion into bite size portions. Add a small piece of the bacon and a touch of the sauce. It is the perfect combination of flavors. I also sometimes use a small dollop of sauce on the burger served at lunch, but the burger doesn't need it at all.And, for those who say that there are BETTER steak houses than Luger's, please tell me where they are. I have a pretty impressive list of steak houses that I have visited over time - great independent steak houses - but, I have yet to find one that is BETTER than Luger's, and I am not sure that I have found one that is AS GOOD AS Luger's.Some examples include...Ringside - Portland, ORVito's Chop House - Orlando, FLDrinkwater's - Scottsdale, AZMetropolitan Grill - Seattle, WAJohnny's Cafe - Omaha, NEAngus Barn - Raleigh, NCSmith and WollenskyMorton'sThe PalmRuth's Chris...and many, many more. Understand, I like these places a lot - but, they don't compare to Luger's.
quote:Originally posted by CCinNJPeter Luger's does not accept "mainstream credit cards".
quote:Originally posted by tommyeatsquote:Originally posted by CCinNJPeter Luger's does not accept "mainstream credit cards".again, this is not accurate based on what I've experienced, heard, and read. they have accepted debit cards, and I have no reason to believe they wouldn't do the same right at this moment.
quote:Originally posted by CCinNJquote:Originally posted by tommyeatsquote:Originally posted by CCinNJPeter Luger's does not accept "mainstream credit cards".again, this is not accurate based on what I've experienced, heard, and read. they have accepted debit cards, and I have no reason to believe they wouldn't do the same right at this moment.As per Peter Luger's websitehttp://www.peterluger.com/carap.cfmI have read (on blogs) that Peter Luger's has a secret debit card acceptance policy.


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4th annual Global Water for Food Conference opens May 30
The fourth global Water for Food Conference, May 30-June 1, will bring together international experts to explore how advances in science, technology and policy can help rainfed and irrigated agriculture feed the world.
"Blue Water, Green Water and the Future of Agriculture" is the theme of this year's conference, hosted by the Robert B. Daugherty Water for Food Institute at the University of Nebraska and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, at the Cornhusker Hotel in Lincoln.
The conference fosters international dialogue on key issues related to the use of water for agriculture and provides opportunities to learn from speakers with extensive experience and perspectives from diverse cultures. Last year's conference drew more than 450 participants from 24 nations, including representatives from universities, agriculture, industry, government and nongovernmental organizations worldwide.
Registration is $250, which includes all conference events, materials and meals. Online registration and more information are available at the conference website: waterforfood.nebraska.edu/wff2012.
The conference theme focuses on "blue water" drawn from aquifers, rivers and lakes to fuel irrigated agriculture, and "green water" that falls as precipitation and is stored in fields to sustain rainfed crops. To meet the growing global food demand, agriculture will need to find ways to use less water and boost both rainfed and irrigated crop yields.
"Finding ways to increase water productivity through improved technologies and crops and innovative management practices and policies is one of the greatest challenges facing agriculture," said Roberto Lenton, founding executive director of the Daugherty Water for Food Institute. "This conference draws people from around the world who are working to find solutions to one of the world's most vexing challenges: how to feed more people with limited water."
Plenary speakers will include Jeff Raikes, CEO, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; Malin Falkenmark, senior scientific adviser, Stockholm International Water Institute; Colin Chartres, director general, International Water Management Institute; Ruth Meinzen-Dick, senior research fellow, International Food Policy Research Institute; Lenton; and others.
Speakers, panels and case studies will offer diverse approaches to water and food issues. Sessions include a "Women, Water and Food," roundtable discussion; an industry leaders panel offering their perspectives on water for food challenges; a panel of agricultural producers from several countries; and case studies on integrated water management in Nebraska and in Brazil's Piracicaba River basin. This year's technical sessions are "Assessing Groundwater Resources in Water-Stressed Regions" and "Emerging Crop Technologies for Improving Performance in Tough Environments." Graduate students from around the globe are invited to enter a poster competition.
For the latest information on the 2012 Water for Food conference, follow the Daugherty Institute on Twitter at twitter.com/waterforfood (hashtag: #water2012) or Facebook at facebook.com/waterforfoodinstitute.
The Water for Food Conference is the preeminent event of the university's Robert B. Daugherty Water for Food Institute, a research, policy and education institute established in 2010 and committed to efficiently using the world's limited freshwater resources to ensure a reliable food supply. Participants in the 2012 conference will help inform the institute's work.