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In an exclusive in-person interview in New York City with WND, London-based Dr. David Healy criticized pharmaceutical companies that have made billions of dollars marketing Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors, known as SSRIs.
Psychotropic drugs âprescribed for school children cause violent behavior,â Healy stated.
The drugs are widely used in the U.S. as antidepressants by doctors working in the mental health field and increasingly by primary care doctors, he noted. ...
"British traditions such as the monarchy were rejected by the U.S. Constitution, but many English common law traditions such as the right to keep and bear arms, habeas corpus, jury trials, and various other civil liberties were adopted in the United States. Significant elements of English common law prior to 1776 still remain in effect in many jurisdictions in the United States, because they have never been rejected by American courts or legislatures.[5] Approximately one third of the world's population (approximately 2.3 billion people) live in common law jurisdictions or in systems mixed with civil law."
Do you want to come 'home' fellas?
George Mason, author of the Virginia Bill of Rights, which inspired our Constitution's Bill of Rights, said, "To disarm the people â that was the best and most effectual way to enslave them."
Good article on the subject
The problem is we as a people have decided to kick God out of our culture, classrooms, and courts. When we devalue life (via abortion) then people's sensibility of the preciousness of life becomes diminished. We do not have a gun problem, we have a sin problem. I have several times sited the example of Kennesaw GA where heads of households are required to own a gun. They have less than a handful of murders since passed over 25 years ago. Our Lord said before you go to battle you count the cost. These mass killers have obviously done that as they chose gun free zones. There is no fear of God before their eyes.
"The right to keep and bear arms (often referred as the right to bear arms or to have arms) is the people's right to have their own arms for their defense as described in the philosophical and political writings of Aristotle, Cicero, John Locke, Machiavelli, the English Whigs and others.[1] In countries with an English common law tradition, a long standing common law right to keep and bear arms has long been recognized, as pre-existing in common law, prior even to the existence of national constitutions.[2] In the United States, the right to keep and bear arms is also an enumerated right specifically protected by the US Constitution such that people have a personal right to own arms for individual use, and a collective right to bear arms in a militia.[3]
The phrase "right of the people to keep and bear arms" was first used in the text of the United States Bill of Rights (coming into law as the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the United States), although similar legal wording can be found in the English Bill of Rights 1689 which states "Subjects which are Protestants may have Arms for their Defence"...."
Surveyor wrote:Even if you were, you were under no obligation to answer.
Surveyor wrote:Americans love their Constitutional Amendments when it suits them. Take the 5th whenever you wish.
Let us both get back to topic: what say you about tbe history of British firearms bans? Why was it necessary in the 20th Century, but not before? What moral principle changed?
John UK wrote:I didn't know I'd been asked a question.
Americans love their Constitutional Amendments when it suits them. Take the 5th whenever you wish.
Neil wrote:Why don't you let John answer for himself here?
Mike wrote:Shouldn't that be "with guns"? Oh I forgot, guns have a mind of their own.
Surveyor wrote:Putting a question mark at the end of a sentence does not give you the right to make a window into men's souls.
Try Wikipedia if you don't trust pro-gun sources:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_politics_in_the_United_Kingdom#History_of_gun_control_in_the_United_Kingdom
the news wrote:How Many People have been Killed by Guns since Newtown?
Neil wrote:John posts an anecdotal story supposedly showing us up. If pride isn't a motivation, then what is?
One could just as easily (and groundlessly) attribute a motivation to your emotional need to make your point.
Neil wrote:Britain had no problem with private firearms ownership ... until the 20th Century.
temperance.2 wrote:This continued use of the term "pride" by you guys across the pond is a proverbial "strawman"
Common Sense is a myth. Just because something makes sense to most people, doesn't mean it's true. A good hint of this is news stories trying to debunk popular myths using science.
FYI, America does not have âmillionsâ of gun stores, it has around 50K. Is that too many? Who knows â headcounts imply nothing.
Just because Britain does things a certain way, doesn't mean it's normative for civilized people. God is not an Englishman. Britain had no problem with private firearms ownership, or capital punishment, until the 20th Century. What happened to require this change?
temperance.2 wrote:---Britain does not have, nor does common sense believe, we need millions of gun shop arsenals - or military style retail outlets for machine guns - or a 'right' (need) for every tom dick and harry to bear arms, so that slaughters such as Columbine, Sandy Hook and many many others become everyday news items.
I'll be right back, I have to go check on my air gun, make sure it hasn't left the closet to go do bad deeds.


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Spring Branch wins piece of Gates grant
The Spring Branch school district won a $2.1 million grant from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation as part of a program that encourages collaboration between traditional school districts and charter schools, officials announced Wednesday.
Spring Branch ISD, which created two schools in partnership with the KIPP and YES charter schools this year, joins seven other Gates winners: Boston; Denver; Hartford, Conn.; New Orleans, New York and Philadelphia.
Relationships between traditional public schools and charters, which are publicly financed but privately operated, are often fraught, with neighborhood schools seeing charters as rivals for money and the most motivated students.
Charter schools, which have been operating in the U.S. for two decades and now educate about 2 million children, were originally conceived as places to experiment with new ideas in education that could be transferred to their traditional counterparts. But that transfer has not often taken place smoothly.
"It took Microsoft and Apple 10 years to learn to talk," said Don Shalvey, a deputy director at the Gates Foundation who focuses on college readiness. "So it's not surprising that it took a little bit longer for charters and other public schools. It's pretty clear there is more common ground than battleground."
The grants will support a variety of projects in the seven cities, which are among 16 that have signed district-charter collaboration compacts with the Gates Foundation over the last two years.
This time last year, Spring Branch officials said they formed a new pact with the KIPP and YES charter schools, allowing them to apply for a piece of the grant, which then was reported at $40 million. The partnership is called SKY - taking the first letter of each entity's name.
At the time, district officials said that even if they did not receive a large award, they planned a KIPP campus within Landrum Middle School and a YES campus within Northbrook Middle.
The Spring Branch and charter staffs would work together to share ideas and best practices, but the plan allows operating as "schools within schools" with different principals and teachers. The program also allows KIPP and YES students to participate in activities such as sports and band.
Nina Rees, the president of the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools, said the grants would give school districts more incentive to work with charter schools. "If you're running a school district and looking at your bottom line, the notion of an entity that's sitting outside of your system serving your students with more autonomy is not necessarily something you will openly embrace," Rees said. "Which is why having mediators or foundations who can take a step back and bring the two sectors together is definitely welcomed."
The Gates Foundation, as well as the Gateses themselves, has strongly supported charter schools. Most recently, Bill Gates donated more than $3 million in support of a ballot initiative to permit charter schools in Washington state for the first time. That measure passed by a slim margin.


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Surveying NBA trade rumor mill: Ben Gordon, Brandon Jennings, more
The Bobcats are reportedly looking to deal Ben Gordon. (Kent Smith/NBAE via Getty Images)
By Rob Mahoney
With All-Star Weekend and the subsequent trade deadline looming, we take yet another trip around the NBA rumor mill:
• The Bobcats are likely open to moving any of their non-essential rebuilding pieces, but appear particularly inclined to deal volume shooter Ben Gordon before the trade deadline. According to Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports, the motivation to move Gordon -- aside from whatever assets Charlotte could get in return -- largely comes from a problematic episode at a shootaround session earlier this week:
As Dunlap led the Bobcats in a morning shootaround on Monday before a victory over the Celtics, Gordon refused Dunlap's request to stop bouncing a ball as the coach spoke, sources said. Before long, Gordon began baiting Dunlap, telling him that he needed to "humble himself," sources said.
Gordan refused to give the ball to Dunlap, and eventually tossed it toward a ball rack, sources said.
Bobcats general manager Rod Higgins was in the practice session and ultimately intervened, sources said.
"Beyond disrespectful," was how one league source described the scene.
Yikes. Wojnarowski notes that the Bobcats opted not to suspend Gordon so as to not slash his remaining trade value, but his playing time has been noticeably reduced since the incident (Gordon has averaged about 15 minutes per game in the two contests since, relative to a season average of 22 minutes). Gordon has already been linked to the Nets in a possible deal involving Kris Humphries, according to ESPN.com's Chris Broussard, though it's likely that any team looking to bolster its offense could be interested in the still-effective Gordon. Don't let his raw per-game numbers fool you; Gordon is still as prolific a scorer as he was earlier in his career, but has seen his playing time crunched by a team that has little motivation to play him. His defense and contract (Gordon is owed $13.2 million next season, supposing he picks up his player option) could make potential suitors think twice, but Gordon remains among the players most likely to be moved before the trade deadline.
• On Wednesday, a report from Chad Ford of ESPN.com (ESPN Insider access required) made the rounds, citing that, according to an anonymous source, Brandon Jennings had "irreconcilable differences" with the Bucks. Charles F. Gardner of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel approached Jennings directly about that report, and this was his response:
"Just because I got a new agent, that doesn't mean I'm trying to leave Milwaukee or I'm unhappy," Jennings said. "That has nothing to do with it.
"It was just a time for a change and it was a decision me and my family made. So all these stories coming out about me not wanting to be here and this and that, I never said that.
"That never came out of my mouth. If anything, I've always said I love Milwaukee."
There isn't much to read into the situation in one direction or another. Even if Jennings and the Bucks really were at odds, it's likely that he'd take on this same tact of public denial.
• In an utterly bizarre development, Marc Stein of ESPN.com intimates that the Bulls still have interest in odd-fit Raptors forward Andrea Bargnani, with the most sensible swap involving Carlos Boozer's cap-killing contract:
[The odds of the Bulls moving Boozer are] 25 percent. If the Raptors hadn't already acquired Rudy Gay, this figure would be a lot higher, because Chicago's interest in Andrea Bargnani has not waned ... and Toronto doesn't have a long list of teams willing to take Bargnani on. But the Raps, eager as they are to ship Bargnani out, have understandable concerns about the luxury-tax implications of having both Gay and Boozer on their payroll. And Chicago likewise doesn't have a long list of teams prepared to absorb Boozer's contract. So if there's no Boozer deal to Toronto, I'm not sure that I see one.
• In a deadline-focused roundtable, five ESPN.com reporters agree that there is a 50 percent chance (or greater) that Atlanta's Josh Smith will be moved before the trade deadline. Here's Stein's take on that developing situation, which he clocks at an even 50-50 proposition:
... sources close to the situation keep telling me to hike that number higher. I've stayed conservative on this for some time because (A) Atlanta is said to expect a lot in return to do anything with Smith that impacts this summer's projected salary-cap space and (B) Atlanta wants to recruit Dwight Howard in free agency. The same Dwight Howard who's tight with Josh Smith. Yet whenever I suggest that the Hawks will thus keep Smith for the rest of the season to see how things play out with Howard, I get pushback. The latest rumbles on the personnel grapevine are getting louder that the Hawks are indeed looking to part with Smith sooner rather than later. So J-Smoove, next to Rudy Gay, might end up being the biggest name who moves this trade season.
• A promising rookie season for Anthony Davis, a terrific year for sharpshooting forward Ryan Anderson and a breakout campaign from point guard Greivis Vasquez apparently haven't convinced Eric Gordon of the benefit of his current situation. Gordon has moped ever since the Hornets matched an offer sheet given to him by the Suns last summer, to the point where some teams around the league are reportedly calling the Hornets to gauge their interest in potentially trading Gordon. It hasn't yet come to that, but ESPN.com's Chris Broussard expands on that possibility (ESPN Insider access required).
I'm told a Gordon trade this season is highly unlikely, with one source with knowledge of the situation telling ESPN.com this week that, as things stand, there's "less than a 10 percent chance'' New Orleans would move Gordon before the deadline. Still, the fact that the Hornets made calls around the league implies that they are at least warming up to the idea of moving him at some point. Of course, both Houston and Dallas view Gordon as Plan B. Both clubs are saving their max cap room this summer to make a run at the disgruntled one, Dwight Howard. If that falls through, the loser(s) will turn their eyes to Gordon, among others.
Word is Dallas, Houston and Golden State are among the teams that have inquired about him. Houston envisions playing him alongside James Harden and Jeremy Lin in its fast-paced system, with Harden at small forward.


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Integrated content filtering
Learn what fundamental questions you should ask when evaluating content-filtering solutions for your enterprise.
Content filters now represent a common tool in the arsenal of corporate information security groups. . These all-in one tools provide a centralized approach to filtering an organization's Web traffic, electronic mail and file transfers for malicious code and/or inappropriate content. In the past, administrators hoping to achieve a robust security posture were forced to install and maintain a variety of devices ranging from antivirus software to URL filters.
The latest wave of content filters combines all of these technologies into an integrated solution, making for a reduced administrative burden. On the other hand, they come with a correspondingly heavy price tag. Some of the more popular solutions are Aladdin's eSafe Gateway, Trend Micro's InterScan eManager, NetIQ's Marshall Content Security Solutions and ISS' Proventia.
There are, of course, some fundamental questions that you should ask when evaluating any of these solutions for your enterprise:
- How much protection do I need? What type of filtering is necessary and what can I afford? Does the threat justify additional investment?
- Should I purchase an appliance-based solution or a software package that I will install on my own server? In some cases, you may wish to use a dedicated appliance for ease of administration and centralized security. If you're running several packages on the same server, you may wish to purchase a software license only and install it on your own hardware.
- What are the maintenance costs associated with the product? In addition to the initial license acquisition, you'll need to purchase annual support and update agreements to keep your software current and your filters functioning properly.
- Is there support for third-party security solutions? Many packages are capable of directly interacting with firewalls, intrusion-detection systems and other perimeter protection devices. Additionally, you may be able to integrate your current content-filtering solutions to get a second opinion from an independent algorithm.
- How will this software integrate into my current environment? If you're currently using an SMTP server, you may wish to use the content filter as an SMTP gateway. On the other hand, some packages are capable of integrating directly with other mail servers (such as Microsoft Exchange or Lotus Notes) at a higher level, increasing the efficiency of scans.
Most importantly, keep in mind the fundamental requirement: You must be able to trace the software back to a legitimate business need. If you can justify the expense (and some of these packages run over $25,000), integrated content-filtering packages can make security monitoring a breeze!
About the Author
Mike Chapple, CISSP is an IT Security Professional with the University of Notre Dame. He previously served as an information security researcher with the National Security Agency and the U.S. Air Force. Mike is a frequent contributor to SearchSecurity, a technical editor for Information Security magazine and the author of several information security titles including the CISSP Prep Guide and Information Security Illuminated.


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Not "Snow Freedom Day" but it is getting there
This week opened with Tax Freedom Day — April 21. That is the day when the average person has earned enough to pay all their taxes for the year and can begin earning money for themselves.
In Denver, we look forward to Snow Freedom Day: The day when it is finally safe to go ahead and put the snow shovel in the shed (instead of a corner of the porch), and put the snow boots and heavy coats deeper into the closet.
April 26 is not quite that day, but it is a good passage point, because April 26 is the average date of the last measurable snowfall in Denver.
(Pause for cheers and groans depending on your hobbies and likes.)That is a far cry from the latest recorded snow, of course. It has snowed in June in Denver, as long-time residents know. Officially, the latest snowfall in Denver was June 12, 1947.
We also should note, however, that snow has fallen in May in three of the past four years. Last year snow fell in May 2. It also fell on May 11 in 2011 and May 12 in 2010.


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"'Cause I've got friends in low places, where the whiskey drowns, and the _____ chases my blues away…"
In 1990's "Friends in Low Places," Garth Brooks bemoans his poor luck, but he's happy that he has the beer to chase his blues away. This is one of Brooks' most famous No. 1 hits.


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The Central Connecticut football team fell to Rhode Island on Saturday afternoon at Meade Stadium in Kingston, RI. The Blue Devils (1-4) trailed 21-0 at the half and eventually fell by a score of 42-7 to the Rams (2-3, 1-0 CAA).
CCSU's touchdown came on a pass from senior Andrew Clements to redshirt freshman tight end Matt Braddock early in the fourth quarter.
The Blue Devils finished with 260 yards of total offense. Junior running back Darius Lee rushed for 83 yards on 14 carries and moved the chains several times on CCSU's scoring drive.
URI scored the first points of the game on a rushing touchdown Justin Semmes. The score was set up by a fourth and one conversion at the CCSU two-yard line. The one yard rush by Semmes gave, Rhode Island a first and goal inside the CCSU one-yard line.
URI scored to make it a 14-0 game on a touchdown pass from Bob Bentsen to Andrew Matos.
Rob Hollomon broke the ensuing kickoff for a 73-yard return that set CCSU up with a first down at the URI 23. CCSU moved in towards the end zone but the drive was halted when Clement's pass was intercepted in the end zone.
Rhode Island extended its lead to 21-0 with a 24-yard touchdown pass from Bentsen to Justin Favreau.
A 53-yard catch and run by senior Denzell Jones set CCSU up with a chance to score right before the half. Three plays later Clements powered up the middle for nine yards to set-up first and goal at the URI 6.
A false start penalty on fourth and goal at the one pushed the Blue Devils back five yards. On the ensuing play, senior Nick Bacarella attempted a pass on a fake field goal and was intercepted in the end zone.
The interception was the final play of the second quarter with Rhode Island finishing the half ahead 21-0.
The Blue Devils fumbled on their opening drive of the third quarter. Rhode Island recovered and quickly moved down the field. The Rams scored on a five yard rush by Robbie Delgado, which made it a 28-0 game.
URI added another rushing touchdown and returned an interception for their final score of the game.
CCSU got on the board with 9:44 left in the fourth quarter on a touchdown pass from Clements to Braddock. The score was the first of Braddock's career and the second this season for Clements.
Clement's finished 13-of-24 with a touchdown, but he also threw three interceptions.
Junior Rob Hollomon led the team in all-purpose yards with 186. He did most of his work on kick returns. He broke one return for 73 yards and another for 58.
Seniors Chuck Watson and David Rose led the defense with 9 and 8 tackles, respectively.
Freshman Jevon Elmore had a forced fumble and senior Markeith Cirinna had his first interception of the season.
The Blue Devils return to action next Saturday, Oct. 5, at Arute Field against Saint Francis U. The game can be seen live on ESPN3.com.


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"Large promises had been held out to Knox…"
Brooks didn't cite a source or evidence for that statement. He also used the vague passive voice: "promises were held out," "he was regarded." That suggests he was working from equally vague and perhaps wishful traditions rather than documents.
North Callahan extrapolated from Brooks's passage in his 1958 biography of the artillery general, writing that Knox received an offer of a British army commission "through the influence of Thomas Flucker," his father-in-law (shown above). Subsequent authors repeated the same statement, relying on Callahan and Brooks.
But what was the basis of Brooks's statement? I looked for confirming evidence in the first biography of Knox, published by Francis S. Drake in 1873. He wrote even more vaguely, and without citing sources:
Large promises had been held out to Knox to induce him to follow the royal standard, as it was thought of consequence to prevent so talented a young man from attaching himself to the provincials; but his patriotism was as sincere as it was ardent, and he did not for a moment hesitate, but embarked heart and hand in the patriot cause.Interestingly, two years before that, Horatio Bateman's Biographies of Two Hundred and Fifty Distinguished National Men began its entry on Knox by saying:
He married the daughter of a staunch loyalist, and was an officer in the British army when the struggle of the Revolution commenced. . . .We know that's wrong. It suggests that there was a long tradition in New England of saying that Knox turned away from opportunities on the royalist side because he supported the Whigs. But it also shows that tradition was hazy and liable to exaggeration.
I'm skeptical that the Flucker family actually arranged for an army commission for Knox. Such a regular army commission was a big deal, and a big expense, and it should have left a thicker paper trail. Promises of a higher rank in the Massachusetts military seem more likely, and well within Flucker's reach as the province's royal secretary. But even then there's no evidence of how solid such promises were, or what Knox's immediate response was.
COMING UP: Henry Knox and five chests of tea.


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Union says L.A. teacher evaluations are irresponsible. Do you agree?
"It is the height of journalistic irresponsibility."
That's how the United Teachers Los Angeles described the Los Angeles Times' decision to publish a database of about 6,000 third- through fifth-grade city school teachers ranked by their effectiveness in raising student test scores.
The database is part of a Times series that rated teachers by using a "value-added" analysis based on seven years of standardized test scores obtained from the Los Angeles Unified School District. The value-added method looks at previous student test performance and estimates how much a teacher added to or subtracted from a student's expected progress.
Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, had asked The Times not to publish the database. In an interview Sunday on ABC's "This Week," she criticized the paper for using value-added scores in "isolation." In a later statement, she said the union is "disturbed that teachers will now be unfairly judged by incomplete data masked as comprehensive evaluations."
In the video above, Times Database Editor Doug Smith explains how the database was put together and addresses criticism generated by it.
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Caffeine is a mild alkaloid stimulant made by some plants. It is found in coffee beans, tea leaves, and cocao beans, added to soft drinks, energy drinks, energy bars, and sold in capsules and tablets as a dietary supplement. Caffeine has no nutritional value.
Caffeine is a mild stimulant. It is used to temporarily relieve fatigue and increase mental alertness. Caffeine is added to some antihistamine drugs to help counteract the sleepiness they may cause. It is also added to over-the-counter headache remedies (e.g., Excedrin) and migraine headache drugs to enhance their painkilling effects. Under medical supervision, citrated caffeine (a prescription drug) is used to treat breathing problems in premature infants.
Caffeine, from the Italian word cafée, meaning coffee, is naturally made by about 60 plants. The most familiar of these are coffee leaves and beans, tea leaves, kola nuts, yerba mate, guarana berries, and cacao (the source of chocolate). In plants, caffeine is a pesticide. Insects eating plants that contain caffeine become disabled or die.
Humans have eaten plants containing caffeine for thousands of years; first chewing the seeds and leaves,
(Illustration by GGS Information Services/Thomson Gale.)
and later boiling them and drinking the resulting liquid. Coffee, a major source of caffeine, was introduced to Europe from the Middle East in the seventeenth century and rapidly became a popular drink. Coffee houses began appearing in London in the mid-1600s. A German chemist purified caffeine in 1819. Today, besides being found naturally in coffee, tea, and chocolate, it is added to soft drinks, energy drinks and bars, headache remedies, and is sold as a dietary supplement to improve mental and physical functioning. The United States is a highly caffeinated nation. In 2007, it was estimated that 90% of North Americans consumed caffeine daily.
Caffeine is the most widely used psychoactive compound in the world. It has no nutritional value, but has these effects on the body:
- increases heart rate
- temporarily increases blood pressure
- increases urine output (a diuretic)
- relaxes smooth muscle cells in the airways
- releases fatty acids and glycerol in the body for energy use
- easily crosses the blood-brain barrier and changes the level of neurotransmitters in the brain
- passes into breast milk
Many well-designed, well-documented studies show that caffeine makes people more alert, improves short-term memory, enhances the ability to concentrate, increases the individual's capacity for physical work and speeds up reaction time. However, caffeine achieves this by preventing detrimental effects of withdrawal in habitual caffeine drinkers. It does not boost functioning to above normal levels. All these effects are temporary. Caffeine does not replace the need for rest or sleep.
Caffeine is on the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) list of foods generally recognized as safe (GRAS list). In moderate amounts, caffeine does not appear to be harmful to humans, although it is poisonous to dogs, horses, and some birds. "Moderate" generally means consumption in the rage of 300-400 mg or 3-4 cups of coffee daily. Caffeine has not been shown to cause birth defects and is considered safe in reasonable amounts during pregnancy. The March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation recommends that pregnant women limit their caffeine intake to the equivalent of two cups of coffee per day, and that women who are having difficulty becoming pregnant eliminate caffeine from their diet.
By law, caffeine must be listed as an ingredient on food labels, but the amount of caffeine per serving is not required to be disclosed. Since caffeine is added to so many products, it is difficult to the amount of caffeine in an individual's diet. Caffeine content of coffees and teas varies depending on where the plants were grown and how the beverages are prepared. The approximate amounts of caffeine is some common products are:
- coffee, brewed 8 oz: 135 mg
- coffee, decaffeinated, 8 oz: 5 mg
- coffee, espresso, 1 oz: 40 mg
- green tea, brewed, 8 oz: 15 mg
- black tea, brewed, 8 oz: 50 mg
- tea, decaffeinated, 8 oz: 4 mg
- Mountain Dew, 1 can (12 oz): 55 mg
- Coca-Cola Classic, 1 can (12 oz): 34 mg
- Diet Coke: 1 can (12 oz) 45 mg
- Pepsi Cola, 1 can (12 oz): 37 mg
- Sunkist Orange, regular or diet, 1 can (12 oz): 41 mg
- Barq's Root Beer: 1 can (12 oz): 22 mg
- diet Barq's Root Beer: 1 can (12 oz): 0 mg
- Sprite, diet or regular: 1 can (12 oz) 0 mg
- 7-Up, 1 can (12 ounces): 0 mg
- Red Bull energy drink, 8.5 oz: 80 mg
- Cocaine energy drink, 8.5 oz: 280 mg
- SoBe No Fear energy drink, 8 oz: 80 mg
- Hershey's Special Dark chocolate, 1 bar (1.5 oz): 31 mg
- Hershey's Milk Chocolate, 1 bar (1.5 oz): 10 mg
- Excedrin headache tablet, 1: 65 mg
- caffeine tablet, 1: 200 mg
People vary in their sensitivity to caffeine based on their weight, age, medications they may be taking, and personal biology. Individuals should be alert to how much caffeine they consume during a day and how it makes them feel, then moderate their intake accordingly. Caffeine does not replace the need for sleep. All mental and physical benefits are temporary and a "crash" is likely to occur after a dose of caffeine wears off. People who use caffeine to stay awake to drive or operate heavy machinery are at risk of being involved in an accident because of excessive tiredness once the effect of caffeine wears off.
Caffeine stays in the system of pregnant women and people with liver damage longer than normal. These people should closely monitor their caffeine intake.
Caffeine passes into breast milk and although it may have no effect on the breastfeeding woman, it may make the infant restless, irritable, and less likely to sleep.
Athletes should be aware that the International Olympic Committee tests for caffeine levels over 12 mg/ml of urine. This level could be reached by drinking four large cups of coffee.
Caffeine appears to enhance the effectiveness of over-the-counter headache remedies. Some of these medications contain a mixture of caffeine and painkiller. People with a high sensitivity to caffeine should read the labels carefully.
People taking diuretic medication (water pills) may see increased urine output because caffeine is a weak diuretic.
Discontinuing caffeine among regular users causes withdrawal symptoms. These can include headaches (very common), irritability, nausea, fatigue, sleepiness, inability to concentrate, and mild depression. Caffeine withdrawal symptoms begin 12-24 hours after caffeine is stopped. Withdrawal symptoms peak at around 48 hours, and can last up to five days. Tapering caffeine use, for example cutting down on caffeine by the equivalent of half a cup of coffee (about 50 mg) a day, minimizes or eliminates withdrawal symptoms.
People who use more than about 500 mg (the amount varies greatly among individuals) of caffeine a day may develop a condition called caffeinism. Caf-feinism produces unpleasant sensations, some of which are similar to withdrawal symptoms. Symptoms caffeine overuse include restlessness, irritability, nervousness, anxiety, muscle twitching, headaches, inability to fall asleep, and a racing heart. Severe overuse of caffeine can cause four psychiatric disorders recognized by the American Psychiatric Association and described in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth EditionCaffeine is considered the cause of these disorders after other causes have been ruled out.
- Caffeine intoxication: Usually the result of taking caffeine pills (e.g., NoDoz), this condition causes mental changes, rambling thoughts and speech, irregular heart beat, and all symptoms associated with overuse. In severe cases death can result from ventricular fibrillation (unsynchronized contractions of the ventricle of the heart).
- Caffeine-induced anxiety disorder: Severe anxiety that interferes with daily social interactions and occurs after caffeine intoxication or heavy long-term use of caffeine.
- Caffeine-induced sleep disorder: An inability to sleep that is so great it requires medical/psychiatric attention and occurs after prolonged caffeine consumption.
- Non-specific caffeine-induced disorder: Disorders not listed that are attributable to either acute or long-term caffeine consumption.
Parental concerns
Children get most of their caffeine from soft drinks. Parents should choose soft drinks that contain little or no caffeine or replace soft drinks with water,
fruit juice, or low-fat milk. Adolescents are increasingly using energy drinks and energy bars containing caffeine. At the same time, many adolescents start drinking coffee. Parents educate their children about the effects of caffeine and encourage them to monitor their caffeine consumption from all sources.
Accidental overdose from caffeine pills can be fatal. Caffeine tablets, like all drugs, should be kept out of reach of children. Children who accidentally eat caffeine pills need immediate medical attention from a physician or emergency room.
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Mumaw, Stefan, and Wendy Lee Oldfield. Caffeine for the Creative Mind: 250 Exercises to Wake Up Your Brain. Cincinnati, OH: HOW Books, 2006.
Smith, Barry D., Uma Gupta, and B.S. Gupta, eds. Caffeine and Activation Theory: Effects on Health and Behavior. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 2007.
Weinberg, Bennett Alan, and Bonnie K. Bealer. The World of Caffeine: The Science and Culture of the World's Most Popular Drug. New York: Routledge, 2001.
American Heart Association. 7272 Greenville Avenue, Dallas, TX 75231. Telephone: (800) 242-8721. Website: <http://www.americanheart.org>.
Food Standards Agency, Aviation House. 125 Kingsway, London, UK WC2B 6NH Telephone: 020 7276 8000. Website: <http://www.eatwell.gov.uk>
International Food Information Council. 1100 Connecticut Avenue, NW Suite 430, Washington, DC 20036. Telephone: 202-296-6540. Fax: 202-296-6547. Website: <http://ific.org>.
Chawla, Jasvinder, and Amer Suleman. "Neurologic Effects of Caffeine." emedicine.com. June 7, 2006. [cited April 30, 2007].<http://www.emedicine.com/neuro/topic666.htm>.
Doheny, Kathleen. "Pros and Cons of the Caffeine Craze." WebMD.com. October 17, 2006. [April 30, 2007]. <http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/pros-and-cons-caffeine-craze>
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March of Dimes Birth Defects Foundation. "Caffeine in Pregnancy." marchofdimes.com. 2007. [April 30, 2007]. <http://search.marchofdimes.com/>.
Mayo Clinic Staff. "Caffeine Content of Common Beverages." MayoClinic.com. October 3, 2005. [cited April 30, 2007]. <http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/caf-feine/AN01211>.
Mayo Clinic Staff. "The Caffeine Question: Should You Decaffeinate Your Diet?" MayoClinic.com. March 8, 2007. [cited April 30, 2007]. <http://www.mayoclinic.-com/health/caffeine/NU00600>.
Tish Davidson, A.M.


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JPA1 defines a mechanism whereby an Entity can be marked as a listener for lifecycle events. Alternatively a separate entity listener class can be defined to receive these events. Thereafter when entities of the particular class go through lifecycle changes events are passed to the provided methods. Let's look at the two different mechanisms
An Entity itself can have several methods defined to receive events when any instances of that class pass through lifecycles changes. Let's take an example
@Entity public class Account { @Id Long accountId; Integer balance; boolean preferred; public Integer getBalance() { ... } @PrePersist protected void validateCreate() { if (getBalance() < MIN_REQUIRED_BALANCE) { throw new AccountException("Insufficient balance to open an account"); } } @PostLoad protected void adjustPreferredStatus() { preferred = (getBalance() >= AccountManager.getPreferredStatusLevel()); } }
So in this example just before any "Account" object is persisted the validateCreate method will be called. In the same way, just after the fields of any "Account" object are loaded the adjustPreferredStatus method is called. Very simple.
You can register callbacks for the following lifecycle events
The only other rule is that any method marked to be a callback method has to take no arguments as input, and have void return.
As an alternative to having the actual callback methods in the Entity class itself you can define a separate class as an EntityListener. So lets take the example shown before and do it for an EntityListener.
@Entity @EntityListeners(org.datanucleus.MyEntityListener.class) public class Account { @Id Long accountId; Integer balance; boolean preferred; public Integer getBalance() { ... } }
public class MyEntityListener { @PostPersist public void newAccountAlert(Account acct) { ... do something when we get a new Account } }
So we define our "Account" entity as normal but mark it with an EntityListener, and then in the EntityListener we define the callbacks we require. As before we can define any of the 7 callbacks as we require. The only difference is that the callback method has to take an argument of type "Object" that it will be called for, and have void return.


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Defending Hitchens
The one thing that can be said in praise of Richard Seymour's UnHitched: The Trial of Christopher Hitchens, is that its subject would appreciate the effort. Indeed, I bet that Hitchens would be highly pleased that someone had expended so much time and energy to denounce him posthumously in the style that he had himself mastered, even if it took the author more than a year since Hitchens's death to produce it. Concocted in the style of a 17th-century polemical pamphlet (a literary template favored by Hitchens), UnHitched purports to be an "extended political essay" that exposes its subject as, among other things, a "terrible liar," "ouvrierist" (one of several words deployed by the overly earnest Seymour that will drive even more learned readers to the dictionary), a plagiarist, and, most unforgivable among Hitchens's erstwhile friends and colleagues on the Anglo-American socialist left, "the George W. Bush administration's amanuensis." (Full disclosure: Hitchens was a friend, mentor, and neighbor of mine.)
Well, then, you shouldn't be reviewing the book, should you? Or, if you want to do it on your own blog or something, that's fine, but Newsweek shouldn't be assigning this task to you.
Seriously, I stopped reading at that point. I have my suspicions about Seymour's book, but I'd like to read an evaluation by someone who doesn't have such an obvious dog in the fight.


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imagineinternet necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 18 diseños de 10 diseñadores freelance.
This is a very well known local pizza place with 3 locations and a 4th on the way. We need a clean but fun design for the new site the incorporates a New York style and their existing graphics, etc. I have lots of images and a good site map for this one.
Accepted File Formats:
Original PSD
New Resources added Friday:
Brown version of logo: http://dev.imagineinternet.net/mama…_brown.gif
Colors they have in use: http://dev.imagineinternet.net/mamas/colors.jpg
Note: Adding these to give you better direction on colors. I apologize for not doing this earlier. I want to get away from Italian look with the red. These colors are not set in stone, I just want to match up to what they use in their menu a bit more.
I have lots of images and a good site map for this one. Here are the requirements:
Colors: Open, but must go well with existing colors. Please use the menu as a guide.
Style: Design must give the appearance of a classic New York pizza joint. The New York Skyline should be worked into the design somehow. There pictures in the zip file of a pizza slice, a hero, a plate of spaghetti, a some deserts and of some drinks. These pics would work very well faded in the background as they are on the menu.
Tagline: "Now repeat after me, Mama's Pizzaaah..."
Other important element: "Owned and Operated by the Spina Family of Tucson, AZ"
Existing Site: http://www.mamasfamous.com
Logo: http://dev.imagineinternet.net/mama…asLogo.gif
Sitemap: http://dev.imagineinternet.net/mama…amasv2.pdf
Menu Samples: http://dev.imagineinternet.net/mamas/menu1.jpg, http://dev.imagineinternet.net/mamas/menu2.jpg
Images: http://dev.imagineinternet.net/mama…aspics.zip
FONTS: Here are the fonts they use. Unfortunatly, I don't have some of these myself, If I have to I'll pick them up: Goudy, MonaLisaSolid, MonaLisaRecut, Rechtman Script, Phoenix Script, Clubhouse, Snell Roundhand Bold Script, Jokerman, SpringLight, and Helvetica.


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Movie stars Woody Harrelson and Sam Rockwell have been spotted in downtown Asheville the past couple of days. The two are starring in a movie, Three Billboards Outside Ebbings, Missouri, being filmed around Western North Carolina this spring. One of the main locations will be downtown Sylva.
Harrelson stopped to pose for a couple of photos Wednesday around Pack Square Park and in front of the former BB&T building, which is home to production offices (and possible a filming location) for the movie. Rockwell was spotted waiting in line at Hi-Five Coffee on Rankin Street on Thursday morning, according to loyal reader Dusty.
The movie also stars Frances McDormand and Peter Dinklage. It's being directed by Martin McDonagh.
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- Asheville organic grocer Earth Fare is returningMarch 26, 2020If the plans come to fruition, it would be a stunning resurrection of an Asheville-born brand that suddenly announced the closure of all 50 of its stores in February.1 Comment
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- Christy Lynn Band in Asheville set to celebrate 'Sweetheart of the Radio' album releaseMarch 10, 2020The Christy Lynn Band will celebrate the release of their debut album, "Sweetheart of the Radio," on Thursday at The Mothlight in West Asheville, along with Brody Hunt & The Handfulls.No Comments
- Mission Hospital nurses rally as unionization vote nearsMarch 8, 2020Mission Hospital registered nurses will vote by secret ballot in the next 20 days or so on whether to join the National Nurses United union.No Comments
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SIA, CSAA and NBFAA have announced the winners of the 2009 Tri-Association awards: Alan Forman, president of Altronix Corporation, will be honored with the George R. Lippert Memorial Award and John Murphy, president of Vector Security, will receive the Triton Award.
Each year, the Security Industry Association (SIA), the Central Station Alarm Association (CSAA) and the National Burglar & Fire Alarm Association (NBFAA) honor two members of the security industry at the fall Tri-Association Awards Dinner. The Lippert Award, which was first presented in 1989, recognizes outstanding contributions to SIA and the security industry, while the Triton Award, which began in 2004, recognizes industry statesmanship and efforts to promote good working relationships among the three associations.
"Over the past few decades, the security industry has evolved to be more advanced, more responsive and more effective,†SIA Chief Executive Officer Richard Chace said. "Alan and John have each had a huge role in that evolution. Not only have they helped businesses thrive, they have helped to make the world a safer place.â€
Alan Forman has served as a member of the SIA board of directors, president of the Staten Island Alarm Association and a member of the Metropolitan Burglar & Fire Alarm Association of New York board. He is involved with several charitable organizations, serving on the advisory boards of Gift of Life International, Technion Research and Development Foundation, and Mission 500. In 2005, he was inducted into the Security Sales & Integration Hall of Fame.
"Alan is a wonderful, soft-spoken, caring guy,†Bud Wulforst, president of CSAA, said. "There has never been a time where Alan has not been one of our strongest and most loyal supporters. Alan's long-term association with our industry, his hard work, and his generosity has made our alliance of low-voltage professionals better.â€
John Murphy has more than 30 years of experience in finance and corporate management and has led Vector Security since 1991. He was president of CSAA from 2005 to 2007, he is involved with NBFAA and the Alarm Industry Research & Educational Foundation, and he is a member of the Alarm Industry Communications Committee. In 2008, he received CSAA's highest honor – the Stanley C. Lott Memorial Award – in recognition of his contributions to CSAA and the industry.
"John has always gone above and beyond when contributing to the industry as a whole and encourages his staff to be involved with the industry organizations and take leadership roles,†Wulforst said. "His contributions have positively affected virtually every CSAA committee. I don't know anyone more deserving of this award from all of the associations than John Murphy, and I offer my most heartfelt congratulations.â€
The Tri-Association Awards Dinner is scheduled for Oct. 28 in New York City.
And what about Navy Pier and lakefront patrons who are not comfortable being watched?
"Walt Disney [World] has probably been doing this for years," said Ray Orozco, executive director of the city's Office of Emergency Management and Communications.
WILMINGTON -- If you are planning a day trip to downtown Wilmington, surveillance cameras will likely monitor you when you park, walk down the street and even when you eat in a restaurant.
Paranoid yet?
"You feel like Big Brother's watching," said Kim Gold, 48, of Wilmington. "I just hope he is. Wilmington is just not as safe as it used to be, so anything they can do to deter crime is great."
Webster said in addition to acting as a deterrent, the cameras have helped police spot drug deals and radio the information into patrol units that can make an arrest.
But the cameras are also recording the activities of civilians on a daily basis. It's that trade-off that has always made privacy advocates and civil libertarians uneasy.
Now, though, the next wave of video surveillance technology is poised to connect all those electronic eyes into a seamless network and pair it with such advances as facial-recognition software. Police could be more effective at catching criminals, but businesses could also become more efficient at identifying customers and their buying habits and preferences.
"Right now, all those cameras are disparate systems," said Stephen Henderson, who teaches criminal law and procedure at Widener University School of Law. "What happens when all those are put together? That's the critical question, and it's beginning to happen."
As a practical matter, though, there are a limited number of police officers, so they focus their efforts on people suspected of crimes. Public cameras remove that limitation, especially as they become smaller, cheaper and more widespread, he said.
"Then you have the worst of all possible worlds: You have no resource constraint and no legal constraint," Henderson said. "And that creates the danger of a surveillance society."
For people such as 29-year-old Waikeem Clemmons of Wilmington, the cameras just aren't that big of a concern, even if a government agency wants to expand their use.
"They don't creep me out," Clemmons said. "You shouldn't be having sex, scratching your butt or picking your nose in public anyway."
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Doug Hull, MathWorks
(Originally posted on Doug's MATLAB Video Tutorials blog.)
As code matures, very often the nature of variables becomes better understood and the names of the variables need to change to reflect that better understanding. This short video shows how the MATLAB editor can quickly rename a variable throughout your code.
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Everyone knows that amateur athletes play strictly for the love of the game, while the professionals are corrupted by the dastardly influence of money, right? Well, that notion may be partially correct. While the players who comprise the last-place teams in all four major sports each make an excellent living, those players' counterparts get rewarded for winning. The longer they continue to win, the greater the rewards. (For more, read How to invest in sports teams and groups.)
Super Sunday
The National Football League's single-elimination tournament is the most dramatic playoff system in any of the four major sports: win and you advance, lose and you go home and nurse your injuries, with no second chances if you have a bad game. While pride and glory will motivate any NFL player, there's also the matter of finances. Every playoff game means a personal income bump, plus the chance to earn more in the subsequent round.
According to Comcast Sportsnet Baltimore, when a player suits up for a game on the NFL's wild card weekend in 2012, he guarantees himself between $19,000 to $21,000. Advance to the following weekend's games, and he'll receive another $22,000. During the conference finals player bonuses increases to $38,000 per player.
Finally, the Super Bowl champions take home $83,000 per capita while the losers will each receive $42,000. It might not be a winner-take-all scenario, but it's winner-take-two-thirds. Considering that the average NFL player pockets $1.9 million a year for a 16-game season, post-season incentives are actually something of a pay cut. Of course, playoff participants do receive more than the $0 they'd have collected had they never made the playoffs at all. (For related reading, see How much are NFL teams really worth?)
Windfall classic
Major League Baseball still has the most exclusive playoff format of the four majors. Only eight of 30 teams advance to the post-season. Unlike the NFL, MLB doesn't pay each player a fixed amount. Rather, teams collect bonuses contingent on gate receipts, receiving 60 percent of the handle.
In a stunning display of foresight, the commissioner's office counts only the receipts from the first four games of each best-of-seven series (and the first three games of the best-of-five Division Series.) The rationale is that under such a scheme, teams would have no incentive to artificially stretch a playoff series out.
Still, it's hard to imagine that a team would prefer risking losing a series that goes the distance to sweeping an opponent. Then again, this is the sport whose championship once played host to the most infamous gambling scandal of all-time.
The world champions receive 35 percent of gate receipts, the World Series runners-up get 24 percent, the championship series losers split 25 percent and the division series losers receive 3 percent per team. Even the second-place teams who don't qualify for the playoffs each receive 1 percent, for some reason. On a per capita basis, that means that each St. Louis Cardinal received $323,169.98 for his trouble this past fall. Not bad for seven games' work, and on a prorated basis it's more than the average MLB salary.
Each Cardinal's share was also $71,654.22 more than each Texas Ranger received for losing the World Series. Now you have an idea of what financial incentive the teams had in Game 7, and how much Allen Craig's go-ahead home run in the third inning of that game meant.
However, the biggest individual winner of the 2011 baseball postseason wasn't Craig, nor was it World Series (and League Championship Series) Most Valuable Player David Freese. Instead that honor goes to 42-year-old Arthur Rhodes, who pitched a grand total of one postseason inning. The Rangers had released Rhodes during the summer, and the Cardinals signed him three days later. Regardless of which team won the World Series, Rhodes was guaranteed a winner's share and a loser's share. (For more on MLB, check out Baseball books: The Major League's financial secrets.)
Where amazing paychecks happen
The National Basketball Association handles playoff bonuses differently than the other sports do. The NBA pays bonuses to teams, rather than players, meaning that it's up to each team to decide which player receives how much. Because when a team has enough internal harmony to unite and vanquish its opponents, nothing keeps that team in tune quite like the potential for envy.
The teams don't publicly disclose who gets what, with good reason. Brian Cardinal's contribution to the Dallas Mavericks' recent championship run was less substantial than Dirk Nowitzki's, but fortunately it's someone else's job to determine the appropriate proportions. The NBA earmarks $12 million for its playoff pool each year in 2011, distributed among the qualifying teams as follows:
- Position: Champion — Team bonus: $2,125,137
- Finals runner-up — $1,408,168
- Conference finals losers — $352,137
- Conference semifinals losers — $213,095
- First-round losers — $179,092
- Best regular season record — $346,105
- Best regular season record in conference — $302,841
- Second-best regular season record in conference — $243,411
- Third-best regular season record — $181,706
- Fourth-best regular season record — $142,800
- Fifth-best regular season record — $118,990
- Sixth-best regular season record — $81,157
For the accomplishment of barely avoiding the draft lottery, the sixth-place teams in each conference take home an average of $6,763 per person. (For more, check out NBA Finals: By the numbers.)
History will be made
Finally, there's the sport with the longest and most involved playoff format of the four. On any random date on the calendar, it seems that the National Hockey League playoffs are either in progress or about to be.
The NHL's distribution of largesse is similar to the other sports, if reflective of hockey's reduced revenues relative to the other sports. Here's what each player receives, per person in 2009:
- Champion — $75,000
- Finals runner-up — $45,000
- Conference finals losers — $25,000
- Conference semifinals losers — $10,000
- First-round losers — $5,000
- Best regular season record — $10,000
Unlike the NBA, the NHL doesn't give out participation citations for teams that manage to avoid finishing in the bottom nine in the conference.
The bottom line
Champagne showers, trips to Disney World and visits to the White House might be nice, but never forget what motivates pro athletes the most. After all, they're professionals. (For more on pro sports, read Which pro athletes work the hardest?)
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This new website will sell a Kids Math Board Games Book of printable math board games.
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Successful builders and remodelers are making green in building green. Even in this challenging economy, companies marketing and selling green products and services are succeeding by offering affluent consumers environmental choices that fit their personal philosophy and lifestyle. ServiceMagic.com, an online lead generation company with over 60,000 contractor members, created a series of green articles aimed at homeowners who wanted to know more about greening a variety of home improvement projects, including kitchen, bath, and basement renovations. Forty-six percent of homeowners who submitted requests for home improvement projects indicated an interest in making the project green. Consumer interest in building green projects is increasing every day, and successful building contractors are taking advantage of this trend. Building Your Business Through the Internet Homeowners are going to the Internet in ever-increasing numbers to find assistance for their home improvement projects. The stats are staggering. A recent study conducted by comScore, Incorporated, a leading Web behavior research firm, found that online searches to find local businesses and products grew 58% in the last year alone. That means that figuring out an online marketing strategy is no longer an option but a mandatory part of doing business in today's world. Figuring out ...
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Sheriff's officials in eastern Georgia say a man has been arrested and another is sought by police in cemetery desecration case.
Burke County Sheriff's Sgt. Sean Cochran Tuesday said 42-year-old Ralph "Bubba" Hillis was taken into custody in Richmond County after authorities received a tip and found him at a meth lab.
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Misho Baranovic necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 79 diseños de 12 diseñadores freelance.
Diaspora Lanka
We are a recently established not for profit company which wants to be the brokers between Sri Lankan diaspora communities across the globe and nation building opportunities in regional Sri Lanka. These opportunities include humanitarian support, business mentoring and investment and knowledge transfers to assist with integrated planning of villages and more impoverished regions especially those affected by the recent civil war.
The three decade bloody civil war has just ended with serious rifts between the four major ethnicities in Sri Lanka – Tamil, Sinhalese, Muslim and Burgher. In many parts of the world eg Australia, UK and Canada, serious tensions continue to exist and flare up especially between Tamil and Sinhalese. This could lead to reigniting this conflict in Sri Lanka.
The good thing is that most Sri Lankans, irrespective of their ethnic background, have a strong heart connection and sense of duty to the land of their birth. We want to trade on this commodity by encouraging all Sri Lankans to work together for the greater peace and prosperity of Sri Lanka especially in the poorer regions and war-affected areas, and through working shoulder to shoulder on specific projects, will discover a greater humanity that unites us all.
A diaspora is defined as any group that has been dispersed outside its traditional homeland.
Products will be designed with a global audience in mind - the presentation needs to be simple, easily recognisable and have universal human / cross cultural appeal. Key groups include:
• All Sri Lankans – Tamil, Muslim, Burgher and Sinhalese
• Sri Lankan business people and other professionals
• International aid agencies
• Governments – Sri Lankan and elsewhere
• Friends of Sri Lanka – people of non Sri Lankan heritage committed to peace, unity and prosperity.
The logo needs to convey the Sri Lankan diaspora communities from the four corners of the globe giving back to the country of their birth in a humble and not arrogant way.
As a starting point, we have attached a sample text and logo sketch. The logo is a stylised map of Sri Lanka with four ribbon elements representing the four corners of the earth and the diaspora represented by the globe. Please feel free to expand on this concept or go in your own direction.
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Solarte gets first Major League start
HOUSTON -- Yangervis Solarte was getting some early work in the batting cages on Thursday when he was told that his name was going into the lineup, batting ninth and playing third base.
Solarte was thrilled to make his Major League debut in the Yankees' 3-1 loss to the Astros on Wednesday, going 0-for-2, and even more excited to get his first big league starting assignment.
Solarte wasted no time, connecting for a single off Houston starter Brett Oberholtzer in his first at-bat, and going on to have a 3-for-3 performance.
Before Thursday's game, Solarte carried a copy of the lineup card around the visitors' clubhouse at Minute Maid Park, requesting signatures from each member of the team.
"I'm happy for that opportunity," Solarte said. "I've been waiting for that for a long time, to be at the plate my first game, and the one that I'm starting. I'm really, really happy."
Solarte, 26, was born in Venezuela and played six seasons in the Twins organization beginning in 2006 before latching on with the Rangers, and he played 263 games over the past two seasons with Texas' Triple-A Round Rock affiliate.
Solarte's wife, Juliet, is in New York and just purchased a MLB.TV package to watch the Yankees' games. His family and friends were able to see his first two at-bats on Wednesday and will surely be watching on Thursday.
"Everybody yesterday saw the TV. They were like, 'Whoa!'" Solarte said. "They were happy. The first time in the big leagues with the Yankees. Wow."