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Maria Connors is a Music Educator, Music Producer, Songwriter, and Multi-instrumentalist from San Diego. She has been teaching and performing music for over 20 years, giving her students an education in music theory, performance, and songwriting. Over the years Maria has been an instructor for California Music Studios, Lakeside Middle School, and Riverview Elementary School. She acted as Director of Music Education for Staump Productions from 2008 to 2014, developing a music program that became a profound part of the community.
Maria is continuously working to create an innovative, challenging, and inspiring environment for her students to discover, create, and learn about the language of music.
Private lessons are available for piano, guitar, trumpet, violin, voice, saxophone, music theory, songwriting, and artist development. She offers lessons for all ages, and all levels of skill.


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Farewell to Ole Gunnar Solskjaer
Manchester United bid a final farewell on Saturday to the baby-faced assassin Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, at his testimonial match against Espanyol at Old Trafford.
The Norwegian delivered a truly heart-warning address to the Old Trafford crowd before the game, showing himself to be one of football's true remaining gentlemen. Solskjaer made a public thank you to the "greatest fans in the world," "the boss" and to the teams he has been a part of during his illustrious United career.
Amateur footage capturing the speech can be seen here.
This video, which was shown of Norwegian TV following the match against Espanyol, is a brilliant 1.30 minute tribute to the career of Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.


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Many area farmers have told me they grew cotton previously in 1994 or 1995.
I looked back on price charts and see cotton was $1.10 per pound in the spring of 1995, so it is not tough to figure out that was the year many of these farmers jumped in. However, area farmers did not stick with the crop as prices were in the low 0.70s in 1996.
Check current cotton futures prices
Even if they were farming in 1995, things have changed a lot in the cotton world since then. Many of our younger farmers were still in high school in 1995. Therefore, when several thousand acres of cotton were planted in our area this year, I like to say it was by new cotton growers.
I have highlighted examples from many area farm fields this season. One of those is this cotton field where a first time cotton grower dealt with the complexities of producing cotton that I wrote about on many posts this summer; weed control, leaching nutrients, stinkbugs, defoliation, etc.
Please join along as I ride with another Columbia County farmer custom harvesting a field with the latest technology to bring in a good cotton crop. I hope all of our new cotton growers have a safe harvest and good yields.
See the video here.
More from Southeast Farm Press
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Georgia cotton growers shifting variety selections
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By Dr. Bálint Halász, Dr. Bettina Kovecses
Use of trade marks on the Internet without the trade mark owner's permission is a hot topic not only on a European level but also in Hungary. The extensive use of the Internet has triggered the use of trade marks on websites, in domain names, as keywords, as well as in meta tags and similar identifiers. In this article we highlight relevant Hungarian rulings made in trade mark infringement cases involving different types of such use. These rulings show that Hungarian courts endeavor to keep pace with the developments of the online era and its effects on trade marks. While Hungarian courts still tend to consider trade marks as legal tools providing their owners exclusive rights, the courts are also beginning to implement guidelines of the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) in this field.
On a statutory level, the protection of trade marks is regulated by Act XI of 1997 on the Protection of Trade marks and Geographical Indications ("Trade Mark Act"), the provisions of which are highly similar to both the Community Trade Mark Regulation (207/2009/EC) and the EU Trade Mark Directive (2008/95/EC). According to the Trade Mark Act, the owner of a trade mark has exclusive rights in respect of the use thereof. On the basis of the exclusive right of use, the owner can prevent any person not having its consent from using any sign identical with or similar to the trade mark in the course of trade. The Trade Mark Act also provides protection for trade marks with reputation. There are certain limitations: thus the owner is not entitled to prohibit a third party from using a trade mark to describe the goods or services in question, or characteristics of the product or service or where it is necessary to indicate the intended purpose of the goods or services, particularly in the case of spare parts. Furthermore trade mark protection does not entitle the proprietor to prohibit the use of the trade mark in relation to goods which have been put on the market by the proprietor or with its express consent.
In the Polycom-case (8.Pf.20.493/2011) the Metropolitan Appeal Court ruled – following the guidelines of the ECJ established in the BMW-case (C-63-97, exhaustion of the rights) – that a distributor's use of a word mark on a website may be legitimate to inform the customers about the origin of the products which have been put on the market by the proprietor, provided that the use does not (i) tarnish the trade mark's reputation, (ii) suggest a special relationship between the trade mark owner and the distributor, and finally (iii) suggest that the distributor is part of the trade mark owner's distribution chain. In this case that court held that the defendant's use of the word mark met the above criteria. This means that a trade mark proprietor cannot object to "fair use" of its word mark on a distributor's website for the promotion of goods which have been subject to exhaustion of rights.
The registration of trade marks and the registration of domain names are independent from each other both as to the organization and as to the rules of procedure. However, the two procedures have points where there are overlaps. The rules of domain registration are embodied in the dotHU Domain Registration Rules and Procedures ("Rules"), the provisions of which are also mandatory for applicants and registrants of domain names. The criteria relating to the selection of a domain name are set out in the Rules, namely the applicant shall act with utmost care in selecting the domain name so that the name selected and the use thereof shall not violate the rights of other persons and entities. From the point of view of trade mark law, the mere registration of a domain name does not result in legal protection similar to the case of trade marks. Furthermore, according to the Rules, domain applicants are expected to check both the online company register and online trade mark databases for possible earlier rights. It is settled case law that the registration of a domain name identical with or similar to a trade mark, even if the owner did not object thereto at the time of its registration, does not mean that the owner consented to the use of the domain name.
In the Satel-case (Pfv.IV.21.187/2011) the Supreme Court clarified the interpretation of acquiescence. According to the Trade Mark Act where the proprietor has acquiesced, for a period of five successive years, in the use of a later trade mark then it shall no longer be entitled either to oppose the use of the later trade mark or request the cancellation thereof. The Supreme Court's decision elaborates that if a mark has been extensively used without registration then the owner of this unregistered mark may also refer to acquiescence, not only if the earlier mark is entirely identical to, but also when it is only similar to the later registered trade mark. According to the Supreme Court trade mark owners should take actions against infringers in due time and therefore it is an unfair practice which cannot be tolerated if a trade mark owner waits more than eight years to take action against an infringer.
Since one of the prerequisites for establishing trade mark infringement is the alleged infringing trade mark's = use in the course of trade, it is of the utmost importance whether such use has taken place in the framework of economic activity. The nature of the alleged activity cannot always be easily specified, especially if there is no content under a domain name or it is simply redirected to another domain name. The Metropolitan Appeal Court stressed in the puder.hu-case (8.Pf.20.495/2011) that the use of a domain name is to be considered as a continuous activity, including registration, maintenance and use. The mere registration of a trade mark as a domain name and its technical maintenance cannot be considered use in the course of trade, in the absence of additional circumstances. Such additional circumstance can be for instance the redirection to another domain name or website. According to this ruling it is irrelevant if the content under a domain name is genuine or not since an average user will not have the technical background to assess whether the content is genuine.
In connection with use in the course of trade the Hungarian courts also stressed that the preparatory activities on a website cannot serve for the establishment of infringement. The Metropolitan Appeal Court's decision in the Decathlon-case (8.Pf.20.965/2010) stressed that as long as there is no actual economic activity on a website, e.g. advertisements, there is no evidence for use in the course of trade. This appeal ruling also provides that even if there is some content and therefore consumers may have expectations or impressions as to the future activities under the website, this is not enough to substantiate trade mark infringement. However, the ruling also states that the plaintiff did not refer to imminent threat of infringement, in which case the court would have been able to examine such preparatory activities. While the court did not expressly state that in latter case there would have been infringement, this is a clear instruction for trade mark owners to assert imminent threat of infringement in relation to preparatory activities.
The use of a trade mark in online advertisements without the permission of the trade mark owner is a controversial issue, especially if the trade mark is used only as a meta tag or as an advertising keyword. In such cases the trade mark itself usually does not appear on the actual advertisement or any website. Whether such use, pursuant to the Trade Mark Act, may be considered as on the one hand use of the trade mark or on the other hand use in the course of trade, is usually analyzed by courts on a case by case basis. In relation to the use as meta tags the Metropolitan Appeal Court made a judgment in the Bremer-case (8.Pf.20.237/2009) where the court ruled that use of a trade mark as a meta tag – as being part of the source code of a website – is in fact infringement since the search engine establishes the connection between the trade mark and the infringing meta tag by listing the website containing the meta tag if the user searches for the trade mark in a search engine. In this case however the court did not provide a thorough analysis of adverse effects on certain functions of the trade mark, as did the CJEU in similar cases, especially in C-558/08 Portakabin v. Primakabin and C 323/09 Interflora v. Marks & Spencer.
In relation to use of trade marks as meta tags or advertising keywords Hungarian case law has not yet been settled. However it is likely that Hungarian courts will follow CJEU's guidelines laid down in the rulings mentioned above as well as in C-324/09. L'Oréal v. eBay.
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Thursday, November 26, 2015
Istrian Vineyard
I took a beautiful photo of this vineyard on my last trip to Istria in early November.
Monday, February 9, 2015
Wild Teasel #19
Saturday, February 7, 2015
Dandelions on Rocks
Soft Pastel 8x10" of indigo blue Canson MT.
Painted for WetCanvas
Sunday, December 28, 2014
Joyous End of 2014
Soft pastel, 5,5 x 3,5" (9x14 cm)
All three are done for WetCanvas challenge
Thursday, December 18, 2014
Saturday, November 22, 2014
Wild Teasel #14-17
Tuesday, November 18, 2014
Wild Teasel #10-13
Monday, November 10, 2014
Wild Teasel #5-8
I very much like the shape of the teasels. I think I'll continue painting quick sketches with teasels in main role.
Tuesday, October 28, 2014
The island of Mljet is one of the most beautiful and most forested islands in the Adriatic and one of the most beautiful pearls of the Mediterranean.
Mljet National Park makes up most of the island, and there are several villages, two salt water lakes and a Benedictine monastery on the tiny little island.
Tuesday, July 8, 2014
The photo was taken during the Streetpaint festival in Zagreb 2014. The girl on the photo is illustrator Ines Ignjačić who won the first prize.
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Palestinian's election - Part II
Even though the final numbers may be different, there is no doubt that the Hamas showing has transformed the Palestinian political arena. For decades, Fatah has totally dominated electoral politics, but that time is over. Hamas is also now a major power and it will enter parliament still committed to its armed confrontation with Israel.
With victory looming, Hamas senior officials said the group wanted to work with Fatah in a "political partnership". But they also said Hamas would not hold peace talks with Israel.
On that point everyone seems to agree, since Israel and the US consider Hamas a terrorist group and have said they do not want to deal with it. The EU - the biggest provider of aid to the Palestinian Authority - was a bit more cautious, stating that it would work with any peaceful Palestinian government.
I don't subscribe the Isareli and US extremist points of view, and once again feel proud of being an European. Palestinians have voted and democratically elected a new government. I think we have to respect that. Now it's time to reiterate our call on all concerned parties to put human rights at the top of their agenda and to spare no effort to end the increasingly widespread lawlessness and violence.
Let's hope that, as it happens in so many cases all over the world, this electoral victory will make Hamas change. For better, of course.


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Outlook: Sports marketing is consolidating, creating more "power shops" offering broad, integrated marketing deals through one-stop shopping. Overall, it's creating more opportunities for advertisers.
Opinion: Sports marketing is getting more sophisticated. Few advertisers are tapping all the available sponsorship avenues: harnessing technology for highly effective on-site advertising, localized commercials and Internet presence.
Warning: Take nothing for granted. Beach volleyball is in trouble because it lacked a strong financial plan. Now it's lost its broadcast contract with NBC and hovers on the edge of bankruptcy.
Peeve: Watching sports broadcasting rights fees go up. I don't believe there is a ceiling anymore.


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Election of Class B Director
To the Member Banks of the Second Federal Reserve District:
In accordance with section 4 of the Federal Reserve Act, as amended, and Circular No. 11021, dated January 26, 1998, on the nomination of a class B director of this Bank for the unexpired portion of the term ending December 31, 1998, there is shown on page 3 the name of the candidate nominated for such office, and by whom nominated.
To each member bank classified in Group 2 on January 26, 1998, the following are being sent with this circular:
The ballot and the certificate on the certificate envelope must be executed by an officer who has been authorized to cast the vote. A list of the officers designated for this purpose by the member banks in Group 2 was contained in the above-mentioned circular dated January 26, 1998, and a similar list revised to date is contained herein. In order that the ballot may be secret, the name of the bank and the name and title of the voting officer should not be written on the ballot, but should be written only on the certificate envelope.
The law provides that the ballot shall be cast within 15 days after receipt of the list of candidates transmitted herewith. The polls will open at 10 a.m., February 25, 1998, and will close at 12 noon on Thursday, March 12, 1998, and in order to be counted as valid the ballot must be received at or before the latter time. Upon the closing of the polls the ballot box will be opened, the votes counted and checked by tellers, and the result of the election announced. The candidate may, if she so desires, be present or represented on this occasion.
Because banks in Groups 1 and 3 will not vote in this election, this circular is sent to them without forms and for their information only.
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
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RONAY MENSCHEL was born in Washington, D.C. on May 19, 1942. She received an A.B. degree from Cornell University in 1964.
Ms. Menschel is President of Phipps Houses and its subsidiary, Phipps Houses Services, Inc., a role she assumed in April 1993. She has been Chair of Phipps Community Development Corporation, an affiliate of Phipps Houses, since 1988. The Phipps Houses Group of companies owns and manages 3,670 apartments for homeless, low- and moderate-income New Yorkers and manages an additional 5,000 apartments for other nonprofit organizations, including major hospitals. The Phipps Houses mission is to create and sustain enduring communities through housing development, attentive property management, and residential- and community-based human services.
Prior to joining Phipps Houses, Ms. Menschel served as a Deputy Mayor, and subsequently as Executive Administrator, of New York City from 1978 to 1982. From 1979 to 1990, she served on the Board of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, specializing in consumer issues and the transit system's station environment. From 1984 to 1989, she was Chair of the New York City Advisory Commission for Cultural Affairs. She headed the New York City Public Schools Chancellor's Advisory Council on Arts Education in 1991-92. She was a founder of Arts Partners, which provides arts resources and programs to public schools.
Currently, Ms. Menschel is a Vice Chairman of Cornell's Board of Trustees, serves on its Executive Committee, and chairs its Academic Affairs and Campus Life Committee. She is a director of the Municipal Art Society, Citizens Housing and Planning Council, the Museum of the City of New York, and the Alliance for the Arts. She is also a member of the Dean's Advisory Group of the Harvard Graduate School of Education and the Visiting Committee of Harvard College.
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GhostConvey 2012 V14.1 is now available for download!
GhostConvey 2012 V14.1 boasts the following new and improved functionality and features such as:
SA building cycle sends positive signal
FNB - South Africa
The building trades may still have been disappointed by 2Q2012 realities, with activity levels rising but perhaps not close to hoped for, as reflected in the FNB/BER building confidence survey reported ten days ago, but this doesn't make the trade prospect entirely hopeless.
The past five years have been tough, with the building trades entering a sharp decline from 2007 and then finding themselves in a protected recessionary trough.
Confidence of building contractors remain at low levels, with building plans passed, buildings completed and transfer duty paid also remaining near cyclical lows.
But most of these indicators are off the recession floor by now. Last week the SARB added its voice by reporting on fixed investment trends in the 1Q2012.
The message was a positive one. After 19 consecutive quarters of activity decline, dating from early 2007, the building trades registered their second consecutive quarter of rising activity early this year, making 3Q2011 the undisputed low point of the most recent building cycle decline, according to Prof Johan Snyman, Director of Medium-term Forecasting Associates.
Property ownership in SA remains high
iol.co.za - South Africa
More than 62 percent of South Africans own their own home, which is one of the highest home ownership rates in the world, according to Mike Schussler, the chief economist at Economists.co.za.
The home ownership level in South Africa used to be at about 70 percent but at current levels it was still much higher than in Germany, the UK and the US, Schussler told a PayProp and TPN credit bureau conference last week.
But Schussler stressed that many homes owned by South African households were not really private sector assets and might just be "matchbox" houses. About 26 percent of all South African households owned a second property, which was also a very high number, although many were in rural areas and not rentable.
Houses were therefore one of the major assets held by South African households. Almost 10 percent of households relied on renting out a property for their main source of income and another 5 percent received rental from a property as part of their income.
High Court upholds the views of Rates Watch
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In a judgement handed down by Judge M Tsoka, the opinion held by Rates Watch that a rates policy of a municipality cannot override an act of parliament was upheld. In the matter of The City of Johannesburg Metropolitan Municipality -Applicant And The Chairman of the Valuation Appeal Board - Johannesburg - First Respondent And Connaught Properties (Pty) Ltd - Second Respondent.
The appeal by the City of Joburg to have the decision of their own Valuation Appeal Board rescinded was dismissed by the High Court with costs against the City of Joburg.
An appeal was lodged on behalf of Connaught Properties by Rates Watch against the incorrect category entry made by the Municipal Valuer of Johannesburg, relating to certain properties owned by Connaught. The appeal was handled by the Ceo of Rates Watch, Clive Massel who presented a very thorough and well researched case in front of the Valuation Appeal Board. The appeal revolved around the incorrect entry by the Municipal Valuer of a property used for multipurpose.


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It is funny that Gulf regimes when they attack one another they still accuse the other of being close to Israel. Of all the "false"? statements attributed to Emir of Qatar, the Al-Arabiyya TV attacks on Qatari regime (see post below) are headlined: Emir of Qatar says that we have good relations with Israel".
Tuesday, May 23, 2017
Gulf enmity toward Israel
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Ed's note: This post was written by guest editor Phill Nosworthy of Switch Inc.
This might come as a surprise, but when it comes to your personal brand, talent isn't enough.
Some of the most talented people I know leave trails of human destruction wherever they go. The fact that they're talented comes second to the impact they have on people. For instance, you might know someone who lights up the room when they walk into it. You might also know people who light up the room when they walk out of it. That's impact and that's the thing that is even more important than your talent.
Your impact is the effect you have on people when you're around them. Perhaps more than anything else, your brand is built on the impact you have on people. The market and the workplace wants to put so much emphasis on what you know, or what you can do, and forget that it's the way you make people feel that defines your success and what you get to do in life.
There's no doubt about it, your ability to create positive and constructive impact will define your career and who you are a person.
A succinct masterclass on impact. How do you do it right?
You have to start by understanding that your impact is created by your actions. In other words, what you do. Notice how I didn't say what you meant to do? On one hand are my actions, that's the thing that generates the impact I have on people. On the other hand are my intentions, what I would like to do.
Your impact is the effect that you have on people when you are around them. Perhaps more than anything else, your brand is built on the impact you have on people.
They are very different things, and the size of the gap between them explains the size of the dysfunction in any area of lives. 'Cause here's the thing, I have never met someone who wakes up in the morning and says, "I can't wait to get to work and destroy the confidence of my team and belittle people and piss off my customers and smash shareholder value". No-one plans to do it, but people do it every single day.
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It's like when you accidentally offend someone. If you're like most of us, we excuse ourselves because we know we didn't mean to. But they don't care, because their offence was caused by what we did, not what we meant to do.
Funny how we judge others by their actions, while we judge ourselves by our intentions. That's a problem isn't it? So how do we do this well? With reflection and something I want to introduce you to called pre-flection.
The only way you'll ever get better at something is to reflect on it, and ask yourself the simple question: how could I have done that better? So, starting today, I want you to include a new daily habit that won't cost more than 2-3 minutes but could be the thing that redefines the impact you have in life.
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Every day, ask yourself three simple questions:
1. What went well today?
2. What didn't go well today and why?
3. Because of these reflections, what will I do differently tomorrow?
Reflection is powerful. But so is pre-flection. Preflection is setting your intentions for the day before you do anything. It's like reflecting in reverse.
So from now on, even if for just a minute, as you walk through the doors of your office, ask yourself: what impact do I want to have today? How will I talk to people? How will I show them that I value their input? Whatever your plan is, set your intention at the start of the day. You'll be amazed at how it will shape your actions as you go.
So know this – when it comes to your personal brand, talent isn't enough; it just qualifies you to be in the room. Your impact is what will define your career.


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Hi waitress, I'll take a well-done hamburger with a side order of Xanax, please. Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei has out-crazied Ahmadinejad, who only wrote letters to the Hidden Imam in the Jamkaran well and said he was guided by God in preparing the way for the Imam's intervention. According to a senior cleric, Khamenei is telling his inner circle that he has actually met the Hidden Imam and that he promised to appear during Khamenei's tenure as Supreme Leader. Yikes.
I can only think of three reasons that Khamenei would tell his advisors this:
1) He's lying, and he's just attempting to sooth the fears of his closest advisors by trying to convince them that divine intervention is on the way.
2) He's lying and he's trying to instill confidence in his inner circle ahead of a major war that will usher in the appearance of the Hidden Imam who will bring them victory.
3) He actually believes he met the Hidden Imam, perhaps under the influence of the opium he is widely rumored to being treated with. Khamenei is greatly emboldened and believes war is imminent with an inevitable Shiite Islamic victory.
Two out of the three scenarios involve a belief that war is imminent—a war that, despite all the odds, the Iranians can't lose because God is going to save the day. And that's how they differ from the Soviets—the Soviets didn't even believe in God. The Iranian regime believes in God and is certain that this messianic figure is going to win the final grand war over Islam's enemies during the End Times, in which we are living.
Another thing to notice is that if this cleric is right, Khamenei is only saying this in private. That's another sign that he's afraid of causing a backlash among the people and clerics who have previously criticized Ahmadinejad for such talk.
The question is how Ahmadinejad and Khamenei believe this war is going to begin. Could it be that they believe an Israeli strike on their nuclear facilities is a part of prophecy unfolding?
I've got to get out of this Middle East analysis business. 24-year-olds shouldn't have to worry about bat crazy dictators causing their hair to thin.


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Hi. Well, that was an awful weekend. Sickness, irritability, bad weather... oooof. OK, done with the rant. I hope yours was much better! I did read two wonderful (though disturbing and morbid) Hemingway stories. I'd have read more, but these needed to sink in a bit. He tells a great story. The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber meant a whole lot more this time around (read it 20+ years ago??). I also finished the The Capital of the World. Marvelous but very sad. I highly recommend a Hemingway fix every once in a while. I'll be with him for a while, with forty seven more stories to read in the volume we had hanging around.
Since Hemingway's on my mind and he loved the bull fights, I smiled when I saw this sweet little painting by William Posey Silva... Reminds me of Hemingway. To be auctioned tomorrow at John Moran.
Bull Fight - Madrid by William Posey Silva.
Monday, April 16, 2012
5 comments:
- Raina Cox said...
You find the best stuff in the history of ever for your posts.
The chilly weather kept us indoors tackling home projects. I hope to post a photo of refreshed built-ins in a week or so.
- April 16, 2012 at 3:16 PM
- liza said...
annnnnddd you made my day (my week?), Raina. Thank you! I'll be there waiting for your built-ins.
- April 16, 2012 at 3:37 PM
- Franka said...
This wonderful painting is fitting extraordinary good to my journey!
♥ Franka
- April 17, 2012 at 1:16 PM
- liza said...
Yes Franka! So true!
- April 17, 2012 at 4:00 PM
- Rosa said...
Maravillosa pintura, me encanta. Un beso
- May 14, 2012 at 11:06 AM
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In a blow to Los Angeles-area taxi companies, the California Public Utilities Commission voted unanimously on Thursday to create rules that will allow web-based ride-sharing companies like Uber, Lyft and SideCar to operate statewide.
In June, the Los Angeles taxicab administrator issued cease-and-desist letters to all three companies, saying they were not licensed to operate in the city. But the three continued to take ride reservations on their web-based applications, which customers usually access on mobile phones.
"The truth is that even when it was put forward it had no validity because we were already operating under a consent decree with the California Public Utilities Commission," said Sunil Paul, co-founder and chief executive of San Francisco-based SideCar. "Now it certainly has no validity. I think that's a good thing for California."
In an emailed statement, a spokesman for the city Department of Transportation said "the department will enforce the new California Public Utilities Commission rules regarding transportation network companies as part of our normal enforcement activities."
The three ride-sharing companies have similar strategies, and all rely on mobile technology to connect customers with drivers. Lyft and SideCar work by allowing drivers to pick up passengers using their personal cars. Some of those drivers make a living picking up passengers, while others simply drive casually to earn extra money. (Lyft's cars are easy to spot because drivers put giant pink moustaches on the hood.)
Uber uses similar technology, but its cars are generally already-licensed livery cars with professional drivers.
Rick Taylor, a spokesman for Los Angeles Yellow Cab, said drivers dispatched by the three ride-sharing companies are not as qualified as taxi drivers. "Honestly, they are taking a major risk," he said of customers who use the services. "We think it's shameful that this statewide appointed commission would make such a reckless ruling."
The five-member commission did issue new requirements for all three companies. Among them, the companies must obtain a license from the state, require drivers to undergo a background check, establish driver training programs, ensure drivers are insured, and implement zero-tolerance drug and alcohol policies. The companies must also put each car through a 19-point inspection.
Paul, SideCar's chief executive, said his company satisfies most of the requirements already. But he said it would raise its minimum age for drivers from 18 to 21 to satisfy the commission.
"I think this ruling is important for legitimizing this innovation that we pioneered," Paul said. "It's clearly here to stay. This decision basically creates a legal permit in perpetuity for this new innovative solution."
That sounds good for Zachary Perge, a 27-year-old West Hollywood resident who said he has used Uber 55 to 65 times. He said he prefers the company because of how easy it makes every transaction. Uber keeps his credit card information on file, and he never has to pay with cash.
"I have lived in L.A. for over four years, and my hatred of cab companies knows no bounds," he said. "I'm really glad that Uber and Lyft got the green light and no one has to deal with normal L.A. cabs again."
Perge said most of his younger-than-30 friends almost always use ride-sharing applications when they have the chance.
"They are perfect for people my age and people who have smartphones," he said. "I think there are a lot of older people that are still used to going with a phone book or hailing a cab. But I hope this is the way of the future. I really do."


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Creditors May Delay Greek Bailout
Some creditors are considering to delay a full bailout of Greece until after the country's April elections, oil prices surge as Iran threatens to cut off supply to European countries and Kellogg offers $2.7 Billion for Pringles. (Photo: AFP)
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I ... we steal I mean any made ... any making ... an all in minutes and seconds left ... peers and the deal isn't here yet we talk about that ... also Pringle find a buyer finely of Diamond Foods gonna talk about that ... a lot more talk but also cure on Markets Hub ... morning everybody I am Paul beanie and join today ... Mr Bob O'Brien the whole ... route we were to the millions of many American men who last night on Valentine's day we're watching the Knicks the route meets Andy Lees at any particular topic ... you know what ... I bought the IPO ... we did get to really win ... and and and you know ... I'm there ... I can go into action to were treating the bad guys married in a note reading about the watch many games that he was when I listen let's talk about Europe that's what matters is that you care about right ... Charles Forelle was with us today he's in London to give us the latest on how things ... this is really like an everyday thing with Astros ... when there isn't an everyday thing to keep you from watching the Nixon Raptors game ... I'd ... mention ... talking about the Greek debt crisis ... were were ... were supposed to have a meeting of euro zone finance ministers that a rubber stamp the whole deal ... that we're not getting the army ... we are not getting that we may get a telephone call ... agreed to buy European finance ministers so all was not lost in the Navy talking by telephone but ... you know it's the it's a continued delay in what has been eyeing ... Therese teaching series of debates ... I'm in the country concerns of the rest of the euro zone ... doesn't frankly trust that Greece ... will carry through reforms this prompts Greece ... that said look will cut our budget you guys get its money ... from the euro zone and the other eurozone countries if I if we give you money time you want to make sure you cut your ... first basil chicken and egg problem here on and ... that the delay is a reflection that ... and Charles obviously some of the concern is what happens in the caretaker government ... it's currently reading Greece ... on decides what he's going to do because ... it austerity measures to just go on popular routes ... you know I've been you know that the timing is very unfortunate for everybody concerned ... I'm you know we're never in mid February there is a ... massive bond repayments that nobody wants to actually have to meet in ... the ... mid to late March Minera elections in April and I think everybody agrees that euro zone of the year they can ... change the order of those last with that so that they ... were able to do ... I'm you know ... make sure that the election happens ... in in a way to the ... park so they want to have ... we do that so I mean look what happened with PR are among the key to the use of time is running out of time is running out ... and nobody really moving on this ... what happens first ... China's exit legitimately running out so ... they're not a lot of options they beat the bond that comes due in March as fourteen in airplane euros ... on Greece does not have the money to repay debt ... the euro zone does not to give Greece the money to repay that ... I want to really like to do was have that on the part of the debt restructuring I did it as part of the restructure he gets pushed back in twenty or thirty years I'm now of course the bondholders know that and they're less likely as every day that passes less likely to go along I'm you know one possible credit situation appears discusses Centerbridge mom to give Greece through I the next several weeks to an end to allow us to talk about this morning's spring ... aam and that the options are really going to look at sport and show you know two months ago we seem to take under the nuclear option ... on ... Greece coming out of the U ... going back to the truck but ... we seem to take that off the table ... is it back on the tape ... nothing is off the table Greece at this point I'm that the biggest problem with the ... messy Greek default scenario is that Greece right now ... as the prime rate deficit has been on able to raise its deficit it's its deficit before accounting for interest payments even if Greece is you know what ... I'm happy that any more debt I'm not making interest payments by euro denominated bonds ... I'm just in the Star Trek today the don't have enough money to keep the lights on in the government and the baby faced with massive massive massive short-term crowds ... and don't really want to do that in that so ... they're they're in a tough negotiating such ... United the lead ... to even talk about it for ... it feels like the guy tells let's get back to work thank you very much sir ... moon rye long pose Pringle sons into longer with the de tails John Jannarone ... John born in the car and steel obviously been all over the story from the store that Diamond Foods ... half of the bright with some of the leading state Diamond Foods now dropped out ... we knew that was coming right right it was pretty clear them reported last week that in your city earnings that view was highly unlikely that three so ... not a big surprise but I think some people might be surprised that ... you know ... I told Steph that so quickly in the offering cash flow ... on the face that looks like a bigger offer but one thing I should be clear operator ways it's actually not a better offer and I'm if you look at an after tax basis ... the reason why it is time to deal with Diamond was a spinoff and Basswood organ no taxes to pay so you know this is a two point seven billion dollar offer ... IPG will get quite as much it's really close so ... I think it's a happy ending no doubt in J ... P J H shares are up today ... are up almost five percent of aluminum that earlier ... tell us tell us how to get out the for Procter and gamble I mean which is ... unusual I mean you have to go potty or ... right upper right ... how how anxious was Procter and gamble ... to move Pringle to get this behind them now well yes I mean you are it seems like the move really quickly as earnings as it was exactly a week ago the guy we knew that the earnings were interested in ... I mean you have to be have to imagine ... the PNG was looking around for it you know ... about the shell and I'd even before this happened so ... I'm ... yet again is is a liquid I think ... on his first with his talking bout with the share price reactions ... the ING's a hundred fifteen hundred sixty billion dollar company so ... in the scheme of things spring rolls you know it was a port in a strategic sense is the one to focus on ... I'm Consumer Products stuff ... this is a bigger deal for Kellogg and this is good for Kellogg because Kellogg is more than half that cereal company but you'll need candy cereal in every country around the world but you can do snacks almost everywhere so ... I'm that along with that the cost of these the data that makes it look pretty good site that's what's going on yet but don't expect it to you know ... doubling down on its debt Disney is the way they're they're doing right now ... is this a good strategic move ... by I think it is ... because ... aam ... I can in a lot of the countries where it's trying to grow in Asia I think it's tough to to the Siri oh and ... this is also I think is quite a bit of overlap with a cultural thing will yet yet I'm I'm not sure it's just you know people just don't parties in history on some places but snacks shallow ... it would be to shut up ... but seventy other hand you know if you look back in the last decade Imeem Pringle has not been a fantastic business for PNG and it wasn't just that they wanted for spy awaits given them some headaches and in ... the use to be ... aam is to have a special appeal we know because it was the only kind steps to chip out there but you know prelate came out in an unmatched in Andreessen pricing issues so ... I'm ... it probably belongs the hands of a company that wants to put more research resources into it though this up now ... sought Diamond Foods for second ... we know all the troubles gone out with the company get rid of the rating outlook right what what what are they go from here ... well one thing that I'm someone mentioned this morning was the possibility that dynamite so I had all of the Kettle chips company ... that position to kill or it's great that the chip ... into their stock is up two percent thirty am again with the Fed and its reflection on principle or you know I am not saying that the opposition to of Pringle Canal but that goes to ... the tasty with that that is in every scene for sure and yet I think that I'm combining appraisals with cattle aam as I mean when you ... have to make a license for Tele ... but the thing is there such a mess there and done right now it's not clear that he had to do in a position to to do the deal and shareholder lawsuits and ... although all but one thing going on out and you know you look at Diamond Foods market cap is five million dollars of looks really small but ... big another six hundred million or so in debt again the shareholder lawsuit so ... dining itself is not exactly a bite size target I mean it's you know it's complicated to get the right to react to leave it thinking I rest on ... topics and ... when we come back to the insider trading probe touches of Goldman Sachs analyst ... so in combat ... I'm back Eylea them back ... I we have a nother another the insider trading scandal is ensnared another name ... like not Michael Rothfeld name but he's here to tells about it ... the couple were not yet only not yet updated caught up with the yet to listen on an Alice outcast ... in my son's ... current Iranian AFP ... this is another one another for opening an insider trading scandal proves right right we reported today that to federal investigators are looking at to Goldman research analysts ... who was the head of Taiwan Research for Goldman Sachs ... who made calls very pressing calls on a lot of the supply chain companies for PC makers ... who made the products for Apple Inca and other PC makers based air ... and basically Mr Kay Henry came ... I came back to the U S a few weeks ago and subsequent that's ... Goldman clients were told the been placed on leave we understand that he is being look that ... in terms of allegedly leaking inside information to hedge fund clients that he talked a lot of people ... luckily yet this is not a small team in the ... end of research were living in retain ... his job as a guide to some very well-known and were told basically hedge funds every hedge fund talked on everybody he had links to the Galleon Group which had ... led by Ross Rajaratnam which was ... basically one under for insider trading and ... Level Global of was a client of his ... it's one of the co founders earlier this year was charged with insider trading so ... we don't know exactly how he will connect if his name ends up coming out ... but ... it certainly ... puts us for the first time inside the research upon the nature of the in thing in you mention that he was that the Cali Ellis client of his eyes obviously a red flag ... the debt is the real point is that now we're looking at him circled the white shoe firms overlooking a Wall Street ... was before were not great that's a major development at her and yet before it was like expert networks a public company employees leaking information ... now if you have Goldman Sachs you know it's coming out of Goldman Sachs that would have seen huge deal about his upcoming into ... and and and you know it it ... brings back some of the concerns that we face ... over a decade ago when ... I get ... the reputation of ... sell side analyst ... who's really trying to ... buy some of their behavior in and it seems like ... reduce it ... down in the federal party's prosecutors and FBI and said this is there isn't a lot of correction in the system and basically people are just too ... plain to whatever advantage they may have been ... built Mr. King had it on the connections in Taiwan ... and his role would be the kind of which were talking bout intention is to talk about all of the supply chains of ... the opposite supply parks ... where people would extrapolate from what the suppliers are making what demand for computers to be what the movie The technology company's right so it's difficult this to say exactly you know without knowing what the government might start to take charge anything ... exactly you know which house ... the peace talk about motherboard makers ... Hino is in a public us U S public company or does he have the inside information about an actual US PC maker ... no we don't know any that those types of the CIA there there and ... I would assume will get those it discharges into point gap right the man has been charged with a no no ... now to discuss it certainly would be the type of person if the government could get him to cooperate with the might be interested in and having cooperate ... as turnout how many contacts yet you're all that into you ... you know which ones aren't ... leave it there that obviously the store is going to keep going on to Michael who had gone against them ... great no corporate reform of the market cornered John Cheang ... the market the Dow was down all those early futures are really on fire this hearing ... and ... the bunnies in what I did ... sign which is why ... the Mach three it's well known lack well ... overnight it looks like the Chinese have come in and how we print these pledges before but did many times before we were very Illumina's BP legacy as the drug or substance to it this time around ... of those some specifics there was the Joe show from the ... beget the PBOC so ... not just some ... vague official or something like this was real hard now sort of like a pledge of anti war ... and so out we saw little but about unwind as you see some headlines suggesting that the finance ministers in Europe are now ... looking to the levy and the addition of a bailiff under this or that ... specifics are still ... now I'll read that the situation were seen volatility in the market ... I mean the stocks of the other night on Chinese rumors now they're down you're ready in a second look at the hour meeting yesterday right that ... we were down so we are now on DVD only all data points in we finished in the Indian ... unit in the medieval ... the black for for the battle ready to support the little thing on the Dow and not a lot and is a coming of the volatility of the US and so we took the lead to a Dow the Dell up four points ... in the Anido knocking people down ninety four ... half an hour but it's all relative I mean take over the past six weeks ... we haven't had a single triple digit decline in the Dow to you ... he tells you get told us that in August or September October we will let you know I know that there's no earrings they are to be a few days ... of Barron's my my own employee or ... over the weekend and a story saying Dow fifteen thousand to two people ... look I've been hearing that sort of chatter from that you know we talked a lot of people with you here a couple people say this and you get a little more ... aam but ... it just doesn't feel that I can use the word fashionable paid out to be ... that bullish on housing fell by one typically with what we saw ... on the markets last year was so Votava diffuse and fifty thousand people it's a crazy idea I think ... it's a devil's of the key here is no moment chatter that is really the creative call ... on about two thousand points on the guy ... with a seventeen percent over the next two years ... do they know ... that every central bank on the planet seems to be flooding the Rummy with liquidity and the money is it ... the drug works well if the economy will grow to the press is a really creative of all ... that I mean I you know I think there was a rational argument to talk about this ... earnings are looking good the economic data isn't the right direction ... sentiment is is is robust I you know ... I think I was in the Poste Bob O'Brien of Barron's who bought the mobile cinema at ... the menu sentiment over fifty percent ... compare with Gilchrist was ... when we talk ... to the D II initial batch download hold on to the contrary indicator has prompted the BOE to bullish but the color of bonds in the mean inevitable back to the deep to say that it's it's you it's it's it's the last time we were together ... ah overbought market can stay overbought quite such ... yet ... and one and that the Fed pumping money into what the hell that had the awesome this argument of money on the sidelines which channel over a meal money over the money of Thailand's a lotta money coming out of the bonuses are going to try to write boys should of gone up ... to see that the ten years down today now so one nine three ten year yield so you can get my attention and most importantly ISP's and that's the biggest thing which is that relatively cheaper go ... to the audience in ... the ... next up ... were going there ... that was a very good Safeway John ... the that you're going to put your ... feet and earnings that look pretty good right um okay now five hundred companies of our reporter but also one of them know has a much larger effect on what we're seeing here the earnings picture tells about Jonanthan chain ... the Koizumi of the year two thousand and ... five that saw the one company a camera the name of the something to prove or that ... today ... orange ... and white male awful lot of apples affect on the earnings picture because it really is outside we mention that one day on the show but the way ... we mentioned it let's talk about again could you bring in the Nola ... of a story on ... the app on well with ... Apple people have been talking about it for a long time but ... if your top down ... looking at all five hundred stocks even looking bloke we welcome all around the world the companies ... I'm you look at ... any individual company but Apple now got the point where ... bright even in your top that I announce topic area not looking at ... balance sheets and earnings numbers ... with the magnifying glass ... you try to be in the thirty thousand ft ... up you still ... looking at Applebee's isn't it because ... while the earnings trend has come off a little bit Apple has ... just kicked up another notch here and ... it's distorted all of the tunnel entrance so much that some ... one guy that we talk to and UBS he is now putting out ... a deal with the SNP five hundred earnings reports in the daily ness of the X Apple report ... comes out the only one doing that you know Morgan Stanley to that now Goldman's doing that now last August and October ... and when you do that ... what you see ... what you see is what you think with the Apple effects you can see that ... the earnings picture starting to to carry a little bit and that's the deal with that of already pots ... um a few Chief including Apple ... and to some people make when Apple the real company this is not so um this is not ... that is the only kid in reality industry phenomenal ... I understand that he found this and I was taking the Boston Red Sox added the tale he's been saying you know that in effect ... the the the the cap thing that I understand that but when you try to figure out what is going on with the earnings picture of corporate profit growth in the country is a hole in one country that is one company ... that is still outside to what they're producing ... relative to gross you have to start making these these kinds of of judgment given on the other hand you know you're talking about ... year over year comparisons on corporate earnings ... after one ... in eleven quarters ... of consecutive growth ... we've got top cops ... to to you know to try and open the pool for her ... and yet we're still talking about this and the earnings of ... thirteen times the old ... you don't you take ... you know you take out one of the equation aam can still do not like you ... the corporate profits are up a pretty good ... my question to you is ... would you put Apple me in and adapt well country can't do that because of what it might ... one thing but of course I'm the biggest question there is that ... that that was the price weighted index and Apple right now or we get to all the stock ... we get the right now for an integrated with the Barron's is angling for them right now but haven't seen the lobby and now ... is ... that without the powerful header the ... Dodge Dart shows I cannot regardless of whether or not they are I mean ... he can see ... yet the advantage is that the story pretty well look I didn't eat a couple of new with the rest the for profit for the new with you that you talk about the economy and Duster production numbers out this morning ... they were flat ... you know that the jobs numbers with ... their but everyone knows that under steam the real key to their ... ideas ... well look at the corporate profit growth in the economy for those two things together excluding Apple can see picture that the meeting ... the Ram might ... decide not the O'Shea of the doubt as to think about what I'd never have the right now given to them ... when you don't get to be realistic ... the realistic and I get back to thread the needle here between Bob's optimism calls from some who don't there's some ... by the euro was near its alright with ... me is that ... earnings are slowing it perhaps in the fourth quarter here ... if you take Apple out if you include Apple it looks like things of their unwanted about the same rate and ... that's the sort of image that stuff ... the strategists are trying to screen out here by the sea yes that's the kind of interesting that they are trying to do it you think ... I think most of you know the so called cell cycle effect ... it would just take these numbers and broad with no riots which are interesting to me that it's actually Wall Street firms that uncertainty is how to calculate a good time to buy where you can ignore ... data and apple you know ... perhaps a little surprising with testing of less than a list of words Steve Jobs ... you might've thought Apple was going to slow the acceleration of the stock wrote ... and ... the Sunday we had this on for days to get from four of the box the want ... for every yet yet awesome ... you know when you honor of Irene U eighteen s covering this the real designs he said ... I'm ... we've we've been through periods like this yes that's happened before ... I ... don't really believe that there ... are much are you ... when we come back really the oil market and Linwood to paint the puppets going up ... the Iranians to cut supplies off here for now I it whether or not it happens is affecting the oil market ... both reports are out there dance trumped is here to give us the latest ... because Janet Doyle ... who crude market really jump this morning a word the Iranians were going to ... haul supplies to Europe ... but then we got overconfident was or whether or not the first report is true right right handed the lead when this is a new reader I mean with that the report this morning the Knesset the market on fire ... was that Ray and was was calling off its supplies right away to the euro and now the important ... thing to to to keep in mind here ... is that ... about a month ago the EU already said the reason is that they were going to pass that they pass it will impart the one or a ... so so so the that that the key distinction here is that that and doesn't take effect until July First ... Solar ran what was a rare says ... according to submit to state media reports ... Iran says well you know it's for you ... work work work work in a pre empt your while barbell ... and and and throw this in your face a country implies right away and that was uber took about a hundred two dollars a pack that pushed yet crude in the US about a hundred to ... either two dollars a barrel in your up one hundred twenty hours there yet so so or all of real big jump because the Rann supplies a lot of oil to the European Union right now but said they did have a bigger effect than in Europe to hear much bigger ... much bigger thing is we have imported to re work for for years and years ... by ... countries like Greece countries like Spain Italy are actually important for quite a bit of green glass and just what Greece needs right now is at exactly ... the guests ... at a hotel and continue to be amazed by the spread between Brent West Texas ... Intermediate I mean ... on an almost twenty dollars ... The is to explain why I mean it this weekend is widening actually it's interesting because what we can see the last couple months has it that spread was coming down ... right now you've got as you said ... the price of oil in the US is about a hundred and two dollars a barrel price of oil in the euro ... bought up nearly a hundred twenty dollars a barrel a new batch of factors apply first of all you've got ... all these tensions with the brand and and and as a center ran supplies a lot of quilting though not to us so that's impacting the price of oil in Europe ... in the US you've got a rising production of oil ... you've got this this bottleneck the spread when bottleneck in the U S it just hasn't gone away ... it's distracting way of getting it keeping it from getting to refineries ... and I'm not not ... not not a small factor as well ... is the the the decision by the Obama administration ... earlier this year ... was a little pieces ... by those prayers going up to the pumpkin already catching up to the price of crude to meet stricter seem war ... Colorado creases at the pump that if if this Iranian situation in the sequel down anytime soon ... are you know there's a lot of speculation out there about four dollars gasoline in the summer you know ... I suggest all this comes out in some people people people you know get back on the roads ... on ... the was the sort of calm yet there is no we still got sluggish economic growth in the U S ... gasoline demand in the US is Dan is right it was ... miles driven in the US again it's it's it's it's really good and it's not catching up with the level of economic growth ... that the small but but existing yen level economic growth the VRC us to that's so that's ... you know that's maybe that that that the factor that of the new things and it's hard to go in and it didn't take very much a sense of of the least a small but existing ... there ... are a listen ... be it extreme color is um you know I know I mean usually kicks to fame ... I Limited a deal for you SmartMoney's Quentin for trial is here to say how are you know I know he's a combined ticket read Greece's ability to McNaught costs the phone's ... unique and risky Greece writes you can ... yes I have a lot of things in a fitting Dodo Beach to ... works in August the retail giant the beach ... so the point the story to story today is that he acted are all ... you know Greece looks like it's on the verge of steel right to choose everything ... NPR that it's a good time for the difference is that ... that will get ... well you know that that ... yes many pictures do not look good for people who are planning to go and people who encouraged ... him to our ... there are last-minute deals on flights there are ... tiles that of course Greece ... according to TripAdvisor ... have cut their rates of twenty percent ... anywhere you go ... so there aren't deals to be happy when ago ... I spoke to a couple of credits lot of people actually for this piece there and ... when the chop into TVB's Creek in his back and forth along he says that the pictures you see in the newspapers ... serve within a few blocks of the Parliament's the focus on the financial ... center people are not interested in it ... but what remains of the Acropolis on fire ... you ... feel like she knows this could be a good time to look at how good it has other lines by the way ... I think that I point that yes I am ... because I knew it had had his data we talking about me what what that savings can ... I expect is a great story ... and I immediately thought of going ... for ... trying really trying to ... come up with you wanna go ... um ... well I spied a lot of flights for ... the inner brat around her Randwick set its seven hundred and ... eighteen ninety dollars round trip ... aam got the people I speak to say the usually at this time of your problem a few weeks ... he could be spending a thousand dollars ... although that still the prices are still a costly due course to take in the summer ... to not only is it good time to buy you wanna ... try again with good last-minute deals is still there excursions so that there ... is also a good time to ... to book now for her late spring ... should people wait until Greece defaults or leaves the euro zone the back to the truck ... she ... the isthe is the topic of this that the cause of the bulls do in the US to India I just love the if it's a good deal now will it get to be a better deal and that might lead to that that that protests mines for had planned ... maybe your bets are off ... during earlier mother nature yet I cant that that leave it there is good story smart money look to be looking for a deal to breach the phone to go ... back to prop up thanks for watching comeback at noon see Wendy Bounds on Lunch Break ...


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Calendar of Events:
Through out the market.
Community backyard sale - vendors sell household items, jewelry, clothing, records, books and other items.
Interested in selling your items? contact the Broadway Market management office - 893-0705.
The Broadway Market was established in 1888.
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Chrusciki Bakery,
White Eagle Bakery
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The Hyundai brand is one of the imported automaker types that can be purchased from our engine inventory on the Internet.
Columbus, OH (PRWEB) May 14, 2014
The Elantra remains one of the compact vehicles in the Hyundai brand that is available in the U.S. market. The Got Engines company is now offering a special shipment program for 2003 Hyundai Elantra used vehicle motors purchased at http://www.gotengines.com/hyundai/hyundai-engines.html.
A zero freight program is now underway to help purchasers of 2.0 four-cylinder motors used in the 2003 to 2006 Elantra cars. The gasoline and diesel editions of these motors are now shipped without charges for third party carriers to reduce the final purchase price of each used motor.
"The Hyundai brand is one of the imported automaker types that can be purchased from our engine inventory on the Internet," one Got Engines source said.
The removal of shipping charges applies directly to all North American shipments that are included in the freight plan. The Hyundai, Kia, Ford, Chevy, Toyota and Suzuki brands are part of the freight policy as well as independently produced motors.
"The vehicle engines inside of our inventory include low prices as well as our created incentives to establish our company as a trusted secondary resource," the source added.
The Got Engines company website has been improved with different technologies over the course of this year to positively impact consumer searches. The entry of a new inventory matching service has improved price acquisitions by the public aside from calling toll-free at 1-888-320-1065.
About GotEngines.com
The GotEngines.com company provides low prices for vehicle engines on the Internet. The team of specialists who are in charge of acquiring motors that are listed on the Internet improve the company inventory daily. The GotEngines.com company is likely the largest resource for preowned vehicle motors accessible to any purchaser in the U.S. The new warranty offerings and adjusted prices are examples of recent changes to improve customer services this year.


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What do you do to while the time away when you should be doing something worthwhile, like editing your next novel? I google myself. It sounds vain, yes, but how else was I supposed to find out I died a couple years ago in Arizona, have quite the criminal record in Florida, or write terrific poetry (spoiler alert: it's not really me. I write terrible poetry).
Anyway, back to writing. Flight is due at the editors on the 22nd and the book won't finish itself! (another spoiler alert: you'll like this one, a lot).


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Monday, December 29, 2008
A Run with The Boys
19 comments:
- BeachRunner said...
That is awesome. Enjoy those runs. Merry Christmas.
- December 29, 2008 at 9:00 AM
How fun running with your boys!! What special times.
Enjoy your week off.
- December 29, 2008 at 9:06 AM
- Marlene said...
That sounds wonderful!
- December 29, 2008 at 9:09 AM
- teacherwoman said...
Sounds like you are having a good time with the family. I know I truly love all the times I get to run with my parents!
- December 29, 2008 at 9:19 AM
Happy Holidays, Robin. I hope you are enjoying a quiet, peaceful time. Would love to meet you some time next year, perhaps at a race, when we move down to VA.
- December 29, 2008 at 9:22 AM
- Bob - BlogMYruns.com said...
Have a great time Robin with da boys...Good Pics!! Happy New Year!!
ok I am back to get more Java also :-)
- December 29, 2008 at 9:36 AM
- FLYERS26 said...
Good stuff!
My brother just retired from a 21yr career in the Air Force.
Imagine being 39, and called retired.. crazy.
- December 29, 2008 at 9:42 AM
- Shannon said...
Running with your son........:) definitely puts a smile on my face!
You and Chris riding together?!? I want to go! Tell him Shannon said hi.
Merry Christmas, enjoy that boy of yours.
- December 29, 2008 at 9:57 AM
- Journey to a Centum said...
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- December 29, 2008 at 11:15 AM
- Wes said...
Nothing finer than dress blues... Hope you have a great ride! I haven't even checked the temps. It has to be COLDee!!!
- December 29, 2008 at 11:19 AM
- Journey to a Centum said...
Sounds like you are putting your Holiday time to very good use! Enjoy!
Fourth run was canceled last night due to snow and blow downs on Tiger Mountain. I'm getting plenty of encouragement to run all four anyway but the snow is four feet deep in places. Sounds like a lot of post-hole running over two days.
I've got two days to come up with a revised plan.
Go run that Marine into shape!
- December 29, 2008 at 11:20 AM
- zanne said...
Look at your boys!!!! Great shot -must be so nice to have him home ... have no doubts it was a good run! Merry Christmas, girl!
- December 29, 2008 at 12:58 PM
- jen said...
Great pictures! How awesome that you can all run together. Happy Holidays!
- December 29, 2008 at 1:23 PM
- mrjwhit~ said...
That's so neat. Glad you had such a great Christmas. Now seriously, do you expect us to believe those are your kids? Yeah right! LOL. You all look like you're having a blast.
Please tell your son, "Thanks". From Jason
- December 29, 2008 at 1:59 PM
- Kevin said...
That is great that he was able to come home for Christmas. Hope the ride went well and enjoy your week off
- December 29, 2008 at 9:18 PM
- Nick said...
Very Cool.
Hope you had a great Christmas.
BTW: It translates into "I ate all your Peanut Brittle".
- December 29, 2008 at 9:53 PM
- Melanie said...
That's awesome that you can spend the time with them and enjoy the moments :) Happy New Year.
- December 30, 2008 at 8:14 AM
- Stuart said...
Great stuuf what a treat running with your boys...but wait a minute where's Scott?
- December 30, 2008 at 1:17 PM
- J~Mom said...
Beautiful family photo!!
- January 1, 2009 at 12:53 AM


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Projected Mets Starting Rotation for 2018
Jan. 05, 2018
You love your sports, you love your teams, and you're always looking for more news about them.
The Pittsburgh Pirates seem to be having a fire sale, with rumors that stars Gerrit Cole, Andrew McCutchen, and Josh Harrison are on the move. While McCutchen has not been linked to any particular team, Cole has been heavily rumored to become a Yankee, while Harrison has been on the radar of the Yankees, Mets, Blue Jays, and Rockies. Harrison seems like he would be a tremendous fit for the Mets, he's a two time all star who can play numerous positions and adds both a solid bat and good defense to a team. Mets fans would love to have him on the team, but is it really worth it?
In my opinion, no. Josh Harrison is a good player, no doubt about it, but I don't think he's worth trading for with an already thin farm system. The Mets have a lot of unproven youth in their system, and even those that have proven to do well in the minors, like SP Chris Flexen and C Tomas Nido, there is no true value in any of those players. Young guys like SS Amed Rosario and OF Michael Conforto are practically untouchable. I mean, who would the average Met fan say our best prospect is? Luis Guillorme? David Peterson? Justin Dunn? No one knows. We simply don't need to spend any extra resources on someone who isn't much better than some of the guys we already have.
Harrison only drew 28 walks last season, hit for an all right .272, and only played in a 128 games last season. In fact, Harrison has never reached the 145 mark in total games played his entire major league career. He's also going into his age-31 season, meaning we don't get much youth back for him either. He's a great player, no questions about that, but he truly won't make the Mets THAT much better.
The best thing Mets fans can hope for is that we arent injury plagued like we were last season to the point where we started Adam Wilk of all people and Fernando Salas was our set up man. The team isn't bad, but if we truly want to still be contenders, we either trade for prospects or we make a surprising splash in that vaunted 2019 free agent class. But right now, I don't see how trading for Josh Harrison will turn the Mets into playoff contenders for the 2018 season.


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I just happen to be there when restoration work was taking place. The work crew were very friendly and let me roam throughout and take as many photos that I wanted.
They were supposed to finished in a week but were run behind schedule.
The larger beams had to be shipped from British Columbia.
This is some of culprits that were responsible for the repair work. The bridge is located very close to ocean and the tides push up past the bridge. The salt water takes it's toll on the lumber and metal.


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Bacolod City, Negros Occ. (PNA) – Seventy-eight agrarian reform beneficiaries (ARBs) from three Victorias City barangays received Monday their certificates of land ownership award (CLOAs) from the Department of Agrarian Reform (DAR).
The ARBs, from Barangays 15, 15-A, and 18-A in Hacienda Florencia, were granted 119.24 hectares of land acquired by DAR through compulsory arbitration. Hacienda Florencia workers were organized into the Florencia Workers Association in 2005 with Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Program notice of coverage (NOC) issued to former landowner Victorias Milling Co. in 2006.
In June 2012, the Victorias Agricultural Land Corporation was issued the same NOC. A year after installation, ARBs
are obliged to pay their amortization to the Land Bank of the Philippines and land taxes to their respective local government units. Failure to comply are grounds for CLOAs cancellation.
Source: http://www.mb.com.ph/visayas-newsbits-for-january-15-2015/


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IT 240 Week 4 Assignment TCP_IP Network Troubleshooting
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From the back of the adventure:
The High Lord is dreaming. And in his dreams some of Loudwater's most famous and stalwart defenders are killed. Can you put a stop to a terrible assassin before Kalahar Twohand's nightmares come true?
Humility is an adventure for the Dungeons & Dragons (3.5 Edition) game. It can either be played as a stand-alone adventure, or as part of the LGR - Legacy of the Green Regent™ campaign offered by the RPGA. Designed to challenge 6th-level D&D heroes, pits characters against assassins determined to destroy some of the most powerful Loudwater citizens.
To use this adventure, a Dungeon Master also needs the Player's Handbook (D&D 3.5e), the Dungeon Master's Guide (D&D 3.5e) and the Monster Manual (D&D 3.5e). This adventure is set in the Forgotten Realms> game world, and it may also be useful, but not necessary, to also have a copy of the Forgotten Realms Campaign Setting.
From the WotC plot recap:
Dark times had come to Loudwater. Three times in the past month, someone had been murdered in the night. As one victim after another was found with their heads emptied of brain matter, terror gripped the populace. What was the pattern? Who would be next?
Late one chilly autumn night, Lisyil Sweetwhisper awakened the members of the Jade Blade. Lisyil is a cousin of mine and serves High Lord Kalahar Twohands as his herald. Her voice is true to her name, and she has a beautiful fey-like face. Both shielded her from angry protests of the Jade Blade as she roused them and told them than High Lord Kalahar wished to see them immediately. Sensing the urgency in her voice, they set off.
At High Lord's Hall, Lisyil presented the Jade Blade to Kalahar and his chancellor Rayler Drenn. Kalahar grimly confirmed the rumors of illithid activity within Loudwater. There have been three murders over the past month where the brain was removed from the victim. Two of the victims were officers of Loudwater while the third was a captured Zhentarim agent who was cooperating with authorities. Kalahar was concerned that the mind flayers were in league with the Zhentarim as the choice of victims benefited the Black Network and both groups had dealings with the Hark.
More immediately, Kalahar was concerned of the safety of Stedd Rein, the founder and leader of the Red Fellowship. Kalahar had just dreamed that Stedd was in danger. Mielikki would often send him dreams when he was the Green Regent and this was the first he had since his reign as her champion ended. That she would send him the dream underscored the danger. He sent our heroes out immediately to protect Stedd from harm.
The Jade Blade hurried from High Lord's Hall to the Red Boar Tavern where Stedd Rein was known to stay, and it was fortunate for Stedd that they did so. Kalahar's premonition was accurate, and the adventurers arrived to find Stedd under attack by an illithid assassin behind the tavern. The hideous monster had already slain five Red Fellows, and now he held Stedd by the throat, preparing to extract his brain. The Jade Blade leapt to his defense and drove off the monster, who escaped into the darkness.
With a shaken Stedd Rain in their care, the Jade Blade returned to Kalahar, who decided that Stedd would stay at High Lord's Hall for his protection. Kalahar then asked the adventurers to undertake a new mission. He had lost contact with Vendross Thaddren, a spy who was keeping an eye on the Zhentarim. Kalahar was afraid that Vendross had been captured, and the High Lord asked the adventurers to go to the Fortress of the Eternal Despot, the temple of Bane in Orlbar, find out if Vendross was there and retrieve him if he was. Kalahar gave the adventurers a description as well as the sign and countersign to know him.
On the way to Orlbar, the Jade Blade came across a merchant caravan under attack by a group of hell hounds. Our heroes aided the merchants and slew the beasts, which mysteriously vanished into smoke when they died. For those who are not aware, this is a taletell-tale sign that the beasts were summoned by magic.
After the merchants departed, a group of Banites lead by a priest named Draeth approached our heroes. Tyrant Draeth (tyrant is a Banite title) was angry with the Jade Blade for some reason, and he verbally abused them throughout the conversation. Somehow a fight did not break out, but the two groups parted on poor terms. That night, the adventurers were attacked by fiendish dire wolves. When they were slain, the creatures also vanished into smoke like the hell hounds. I'm sure you've reached the same conclusion I have about these attacks.
The Jade Blade arrived at Orlbar and snuck around the village searching for a way into the Fortress of the Eternal Despot, which sits on a hill overlooking the town. They eventually found a weakness—a culvert that lead into the sewers beneath the temple. As they crawled through the culvert, they were attacked by a pair of gricks. Once past these beasts, the adventures slew a carrion crawler that awaited them deeper inside.
After some time exploring the bowels of the temple, the Jade Blade reached the Heart of Bane, which is a cylindrical shaft that plunged nearly a hundred feet below them. The walls were pocked with tiny enclosures, each holding a black crystal. A walkway, seemingly composed of bone, stretched across the open shaft, linking the three doors into the Heart, forming a three-pronged star. About thirty feet below the first walkway was another similar walkway.
As the adventurers entered, they were challenged by a DhanTe, a Monk of the Iron Gauntlet. He demanded to know why they had come, but was not particularly interested in their answer. He assumed that they had come for the spy and told the Jade Blade that they would die here. He clapped his hands and the walkway came to life, forming grasping skeletal hands that tore at our heroes. DhanTe was joined by three of barghests, and together they attacked the adventurers, determined to stop them from rescuing Vendross.
After a difficult battle, the Jade Blade defeated DhanTe and found Vendross bound and gagged at the bottom of the Heart of Bane. He was eager to flee with the adventurers back to Loudwater. Upon their return, they found out that Chancellor Rayler Drenn was missing and presumed dead. That night, at a feast in honor of Vendross' rescue, Kalahar made him Chancellor of Loudwater, giving him the circlet of office.
The day after the feast, Lisyil Sweetwhisper came to the Jade Blade with terrible news. Stedd Rein had been slain in the night. His skull had been gnawed through and his brain devoured.


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China executes street vendor, provokes outcry
BEIJING (AFP) – China on Wednesday executed a street food vendor who drew widespread sympathy after fatally stabbing two "heavy-handed" security officials, provoking outraged web-users to denounce his death penalty as unjust.
China's Supreme Court upheld a death sentence against Xia Junfeng, who murdered two officials after a dispute over his streetside stall in 2009, the Shenyang Intermediate People's court in northeast China said in a verified social media account.
Xia had appealed his sentence on the grounds he killed the two officers in self-defence when they savagely attacked him and others in the city of Shenyang as he barbecued food on the street.
Xia's case drew widespread sympathy amid regular reports of abuses by China's quasi-police city management officials.
The officials, known as chengguan, "have earned a reputation for brutality and impunity... They are now synonymous for many Chinese citizens with physical violence, illegal detention, and theft," a spokeswoman for advocacy group Human Rights Watch said last year.
Hundreds of people rioted in southwest China in 2011 after chengguan reportedly beat a disabled street vendor to death, while the alleged murder of a street vendor in southern China in July provoked a nationwide outcry.
Xia's death sentence was the most discussed topic on Sina Weibo, a Chinese equivalent of Twitter, on Wednesday, where many expressed sympathy for him and called the verdict unjust.
"This was a normal act of self-defence, how can you give the death penalty?" commentator Wei Zhuang wrote.
"This is a father who killed to retain his dignity... at the time (of the murders) shouldn't it be the street, the city and the country who feel guilty?" author Li Chengpeng wrote.
Others questioned the equality of China's legal system, referring ot the high-profile case of Gu Kailai, the wife of former top-ranked politician Bo Xilai, who was sentenced to a suspended death sentence -- usually commuted to life in prison -- last year for the murder of a British businessman.
"Gu Kailai didn't get death sentence for killing. Why did Xia Junfeng get the death sentence for self defence," one Sina Weibo user wrote.
One of Xia's lawyers, Chen Youxi, wrote on Sina Weibo that the court invited Xia's wife to meet her husband ahead of the execution.
"After two and a half years of struggle, we are finally powerless," he added.
Xia's family were reportedly ordered to pay the victims 650,000 yuan ($106,000) in compensation, and were raising money by selling paintings by Xia's son.
China has halved its number of executions since 2007, when its high court began reviewing death row cases, but still puts around 4,000 people to death every year, US campaign group the Dui Hua Foundation estimates.


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After eight seasons as a cast member, Bill Hader is leaving Saturday Night Live. Hader tells The NY Times, "It was a hard decision, but it has to happen at some point. It got to a point where I said, 'Maybe it's just time to go.'" In the Times announcement, Lorne Michaels recalls a young Bill Hader reminding him of Dan Aykroyd. "In terms of intelligence and talent, he was in that same tradition. He was so completely committed to the art of it and enough a student of it that there's something strikingly original. He didn't explode onto the air, but gradually he found his voice, and that became a huge thing." Hader's last episode will be this Saturday's show, hosted by Ben Affleck. Hader and Michaels say not to expect a big goodbye for Hader a la the Mick Jagger serenade Kristen Wiig received on the show last year.
With head writer/Weekend Update anchor Seth Meyers leaving SNL in December to take over for Jimmy Fallon as the host of Late Night, the Times hypothesizes that Hader leaving the show "could be part of a larger exodus." Lorne Michaels didn't reveal anything when asked if longtime cast members Fred Armisen and Jason Sudeikis were departing. He responded, "I don't think so. I think they're making their decisions and we'll know soon enough." Sudeikis has movies Horrible Bosses 2 and Tumbledown lined up to shoot in the late summer and October, respectively, both of which would conflict with the new season of SNL, while Armisen already has another show on the air, IFC's Portlandia, which he could depart to focus on full-time.
It was also announced that Hader has a new movie, in which he plays the leading role, in the works. THR reports that Hader is talks to star in Lawless, an independent comedy from producer Mike White (his first project since his HBO series Enlightened was canceled) and writers Jarrad Paul and Andrew Mogel (Yes Man). Here's the plot description for Lawless:
The story centers on a high school reunion committee chairman in Middle America, still searching for acceptance, who has to do whatever it takes to get the most popular guy from high school to show up to their 20th reunion. Unfortunately, that guy is now an actor in commercials, so the committee chairman flies to L.A. and finds himself in the arcane world of celebrities.
It sounds like a really funny idea, and it's exciting to see Hader get one of his first front-and-center starring roles in a movie. This will be Hader's second leading man role, following The Skeleton Twins, an upcoming independent comedy-drama that he stars in with Kristen Wiig. Lawless is expected to shoot this summer in Atlanta during the season that used to be Hader's SNL hiatus each year.