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By Cait Rohan | October 6, 2016 | People
We sat down with Broadway and TV star Sutton Foster to talk this season of Younger, an upcoming role on the Gilmore Girls reboot, and her fun partnership with HomeGoods, interior designer Mike Harrison, and theater dresser Julien Havard, to make backstage dressing rooms feel like home.
Sutton Foster and Julien Havard.
Sutton Foster is no stranger to reinvention. In addition to her ever-changing and varied roles on the stage and screen—as everyone from Anything Goes' iconic Reno Sweeney to TV Land's beloved Liza Miller on Younger—she recently revamped her New York City apartment in partnership with HomeGoods. The result is a whimsical and highly personalized space that features tons of color, original artworks, and retro accents that accurately reflect Foster's open and exuberant personality.
But with Foster's hectic schedule—which will bring her back to the stage this November as a part of Sweet Charity—she often spends more time in her dressing room than she does at home. So HomeGoods tapped Foster, interior designer Mike Harrison, and Broadway dresser/Foster BFF Julien Havard to turn a dressing room into a homey space too.
We caught up with Foster to find out how she personalizes her dressing rooms, home decor favorites, and her roles in Younger, Sweet Charity, and Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life.
You use lot of color in your home and your dressing room. What is your advice to others on how to use color without going overboard?
SUTTON FOSTER: I think just to not be afraid of it, and a lot of it has to do with your personal style and how you want to feel in your surroundings. I like to surround myself with a lot color because I want to feel happy. Little pops of color are great. In my apartment I have a hot pink couch but my [other] couch is very neutral. Mixing neutrals with colors and patterns is really good.
What do you love about shopping for home decor at HomeGoods?
SF: I always find something new. That's one of the things I love about the store, their inventory is constantly changing and evolving and it's so eclectic. I can go to 50 different stores but you go to HomeGoods and it's like 50 stores in one, they have so many different options. It's always been my go-to place, it's my happy place.
Sutton Foster shopping at HomeGoods.
Any favorite HomeGoods pieces for fall now that it's getting a little chillier outside?
SF: I get excited because they always bring out their holiday spreads. For Halloween I'm going to make Halloween cupcakes, and they have these really cute cupcakes holders with sprinkles. As we're starting to move into fall it's starting to get more toward the holidays. All the candles are changing; the scents are warmer and chestnut-y as opposed to floral and fruity. I'm excited about the holidays, and HomeGoods is always my go-to place for décor and all those little accents.
Your partnership with HomeGoods, Mike Harrison, and Julien Havard to make Broadway dressing rooms feel like home is really fun! For you, what are the must-have items for a good Broadway dressing room?
SF: Mostly they have to do with things to stay healthy. Being on Broadway and performing eight shows a week, part of my job is to stay in tip-top shape. So, the number one things would be like, a humidifier, an air purifier, and a teakettle. I have to have a super cozy place to stretch and warm-up. We make sure to get a cozy rug on the floor. Julien and I also love to sit on the floor a lot, so we get big floor pillows. I do a lot of craft projects and stuff, also, in the dressing rooms so anything to put my craft stuff on. I love to crotchet and I love to draw.
We realize that a lot of things come in and out of a dressing room so places to put things, like cards and mementos, just so things don't get too clutter-y. I tend to get very clutter-y so if I can keep things organized it helps. Nothing that feels too stuffy, or cold, or that I wouldn't want to hang out in, because I spend a lot of time in the dressing room. I really want it to be a place that feels like a second home and a place that's mine, it's my space, and it's a place where I'm creating art, you know? It needs to feel special.
Sutton Foster in her dressing room.
Do dressing rooms vary with the character you're playing at the moment?
SF: They all tend to be kind of the same. Sometimes the things that are around my mirror might change, like I might put some different type of photographs or some inspirational quotes. When I did Anything Goes I put words on my mirror, I remember I had 'badass' written everywhere because I was like, 'You're a badass!' trying to convince myself to get out there and do it. But, mostly my dressing rooms stay very similar. They all kind of are reflections of who I am, as opposed to the characters I'm playing.
You're playing the lead role in Sweet Charity this November—congrats! What does your dressing room look like for that show, or what do you plan to make it look like?
SF: All the girls share the room together, which I'm actually kind of excited about because I haven't done that in a long time. The show is very much about this group of women, so I think it's going be a real bonding experience. But, I'm sure we're going to have to have some type of dressing room décor. It'll be a communal effort as opposed to one person, so I'll be curious. [We'll] each have a station and people will decorate their own little station, it's like decorating your locker at school.
Hilary Duff and Sutton Foster attend the Younger Season 3 on September 27, 2016.
And congratulations on the new season of Younger! What can viewers expect from season three?
SF: I think it's our best season yet. I think it's sexier, smarter, and funnier. The writing is awesome. I think the first two seasons we really took the time to grow and establish these characters and these relationships and now we're hitting our stride. I'm super excited for people to tune in; I think they won't be disappointed.
You're also in the highly anticipated Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life—can you tell us a little bit about your role?
SF: I am in the summer episode and I play someone who's been hired to act out the story of Stars Hallow, the musical. I'm basically an actor in the local town musical, but it's the story of Stars Hallow and it's absolutely ridiculous and wonderful. It's four original songs written by Jeanine Tesori, who I've worked with many times. It's really a lot of fun and I can't wait to see it.
PHOTOGRAPHY BY GARY GERSHOFF/WIREIMAGE (YOUNGER SEASON 3 PREMIERE); Matt Harrington for HomeGoods


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Hearing Loss in Musicians
Prevention and Management
- Edited by: Marshall Chasin
- Details:
- 186 pages, Softcover, 7 x 10"
- 978-1-59756-181-5
- Release Date:
- 03/01/2009
The editor and contributors are all experts in their relative fields and work daily with professionals in the performing arts who are endangered by exposure to high-volume sound. Here they clearly present some of the anatomy and physiology of the hearing mechanism; medical problems associated with exposure to long-term, high volume sounds in the musical environment; and, in the bulk of the book, hearing protection and practical advice on preventive measures.
Musicians and Hearing Loss: Interview with Marshall Chasin, AuD
Douglas L. Beck, AuD, speaks with Dr. Chasin about hearing protection for musicians, spectral warping, and more.
Read the interview here, or as PDF.
Interview republished with permission from the American Academy of Audiology. Copyright 2011
Andy Shiach, Managing Director, Advanced Communication Solutions, Ltd., ENT & Audiology News (2010):
"Marshall Chasin's latest offering is a very welcome and necessary publication ... An informative publication that belongs on the bookshelf of every hearing professional that comes in contact with musicians and provides the answers to many of the questions they pose about their most important instrument. Highly recommended."
Maris S. Appelbaum, Ear & Hearing (2010):
"The appendices are extremely helpful handouts for patients. ... An excellent source of information covering a wide range of topics from prevention through management of music-induced hearing loss and its symptoms. ... Chasin's many years of working with musicians gives him special insight into their specific needs."
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""Named to Doody's Core Titles in the Health Sciences 2013 list""
- Foreword - Mead Killion
- Hearing Loss Prevention for Musicians and Introduction to the Problem
Marshall Chasin, AuD
- Overview of Anatomy and Physiology of the Peripheral Auditory System
Richard J. Salvi, Ph.D, Edward Lobarinas, Ph.D., and Wei Sun, Ph.D.
- The Medical Aspects of Otlogic Damage from Noise in Muscians
Kenneth Einhorn, MD
- Tinnitus, Hyperacusis, and Music
Richard S. Tyler, Ph.D, Son-A Chang, Pan Tao, Stephanie Gogel, and Anne K. Gehringer
- Do Headphones Cause Hearing Loss? Risk of Music Induced Hearing Loss for the Music Consumer
Brian Fligor, D.Sc
- Uniform Hearing Protection for Musicians
Patricia Niquette, AuD
- Personal In-the-Ear Monitoring: The Audiologists Role
Michael Santucci, M.S
- Room and Stage Acoustics for Optimal Listening and Playing
William J. Gastmeier, M.a.Sc., P.Eng
- Inexpensive Environmental Modifications
Marshall Chasin, AuD
- Hearing Aids and Music
Marshall Chasin, AuD
- Cochlear Implants and Music
Hugh McDermott, Ph.D
- Music for the Audiologist
Marshall Chasin, AuD and Doran Hayes, B. Mus., M.Sc.
- Human Performance Approach to Prevention: Occupational Darwinism
John Chong, MD, B.a.Sc
- Toward a Functional Hearing Test for Muscians: The Probe Tone Method
Frank Russo, Ph.D
- Appendix A: Musical Note to Frequency Conversion Chart
- Appendix B: Six Musicians Fact Sheets
About The Editor
Dr. Marshall Chasin, AuD, MSc, Reg CASLPO, Aud(C) is an Audiologist and the Director of Auditory Research at the Musicians' Clinics of Canada in Toronto, Ontario.
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With one in three women having an abortion in their lifetime, chances are you know someone who's had one. The chances of you knowing that, on the other hand, are far less likely.
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Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards recently did her part by using the very public platform of Elle Magazine to announce she knows firsthand how abortion stigma feels. In her article, she didn't share many details of her story, she didn't explain why she did it, and she didn't justify her decision. In relation to her experience, she kept it short and simple.
"I had an abortion. It was the right decision for me and my husband, and it wasn't a difficult decision."
Cecile goes on to explain, "I'm here to say, when politicians argue and shout about abortion, they're talking about me—and millions of other women around the country."
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Cecile recently participated in one of the many 1 in 3 campaign abortion speak-outs hosted by Advocates for Youth, which included over 100 women sharing their abortion stories via live stream for eight hours.
The ANSIRH Program at University of California, San Francisco highlighted filmmaker Katie Gillum who is using video to put a women's abortion into context, introducing a new way of talking about abortion.
Talking about abortion is not easy, but if the difficult conversations don't expand, the stigma surrounding abortion will. Years of experience has shown that silence only feeds judgment, fear, and a false separation between the women having abortions and those making political decisions about them.
We're thankful for pioneers like Cecile, Advocates for Youth, UCSF, and so many more for taking the first steps and making the conversation easier, and we're more than happy to follow their lead in normalizing abortion as a valid medical option.


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Terrific drawing of a baby in the womb I think or maybe someone trying to climb in through a giant's ear-no that would be too weird.ReplyDelete
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Thanks Chrissie! Yep, baby - reminds me of an ear.Delete
My immediate reaction is a baby in the womb or trying to do yoga!ReplyDelete
Doing yoga in the womb.Delete
Very clever way to do an ear! :)ReplyDelete
Yes I suppose the baby does look a bit like an ear..ReplyDeleteReplies
This one does, don't know about the others :)Delete
The first thing that came to mind was foot in mouth but since this week is ear I totally see what you mean.ReplyDeleteReplies
It's all tangled up, isn't it :)Delete
what an interesting inchie - so outside of the box - well done.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thanks Kia, you're nowhere near the box too.Delete
I like this one,very interesting!ReplyDeleteReplies
It's completely weird :)Delete
What a difficult drawing on an inchie. Phantastic.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you, Trillian! A magnifying lamp and very thin liners ;)Delete
Love it when you go completely crazy with your inchie! Well done :)ReplyDeleteReplies
We're all crazy :) Thanks Jean!Delete
Beautiful, just beautiful. Reminds me of an ultrasound taken of my daughter. I didn't want to know the sex and it was an emergency procedure; the objective was to make sure the baby was healthy. Made a rundown of parts--ears, hands, feet. "It" was looking straight at the "screen," sucking its thumb. When I got home, I realized the technician failed to tell me if there was a nose, which was hidden from view by the baby's hand.ReplyDelete
I freaked out. Their reaction when I got a hold of them, well, of course, there's a nose! What's all the commotion about?
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Noses are as cool as ears.Delete
What an interesting inchie ;-) And so well drawn!ReplyDeleteReplies
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Amazing that you could draw all that detail on one little inch!!Great drawing!! :0) have a lovely weekend! Annette xoReplyDeleteReplies
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My die cut holes are my windows & I used rose pink for the stencilled flowers
Scrapy Land Challenge #63 Anything Goes
Welcome to my blog! I am a stamp addict who has become obsessed with Mixed Media techniques and learning new techniques! I'm trying to learn how to draw and paint using books and social media. I love creating cards and mixed media projects for others and my family. I blog to keep a record of my progress.
Karen, this was awesome! You nailed it and I like the diversity you created with the same objects. Well Done!
Thank you for joining Scrapy Land challenge with this beautiful make.
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Wonderful batch of cards. Cara x
I like your take on the windows element. Very ingenious. Love those colours and that gorgeous flower along with the butterfly. Thankyou for fluttering into the butterfly garden. Always a pleasure to see you. Hugs Mrs A.
Hey lovely, hope you're having a nice weekend ? This is beautiful! Gorgeous colours and textures and love the flowers.
Have a great day lovely xxxx
Love your beautiful card! The butterfly and the flower embellishments are fabulous. Thank you so much for sharing with us at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. :)
Gorgeous cards Karen! The colours and textures look lovely and I love the pretty butterfly.
Thanks for joining us at Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge
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Just gorgeous!!!
Thanks for joining Die Cuttin Divas this week!
Karen, this card screams spring! I hope you are getting some pretty weather, finally! We had our week of spring and now it's on to summer! I digress...
Great idea to use the mixed media die that way to allow an unloved scrap of patterned paper to show through. I am trying to use some of my papers, too (as you know from my recent posts), but it will NEVER happen in a zillion years! Why did I buy that stuff? (hoarder)
I love your homemade flower, and I think it looks great in orange, as does your butterfly! Thank you for sharing this at Emerald Creek Dares for our Double Duty Dare! You are getting double duty out of your products, and more! Hugs!
While I'm here, I want to thank you, too, for joining in our challenge at Scrapy Land.
Your card is beautiful Karen! I love all the texture and depth it has. The butterfly is gorgeous and I love that flower in the left hand corner. The colors are fabulous and cheery too! Hugs, Brenda
Beautiful card Karen, love your colour palette and beautiful butterfly! Thank you for joining us at Emerald Creek Dares! Deb xo
A wonderful card!
Thank you soo much for taking part in our "anything goes with optional flowers" challenge over at Creatalicious & good luck in the draw.
Hope to see you again in our new challenge as well…
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This week's prompt for 5 min Friday is limit.
While on the other hand, I keep giving people everything I can and can do. Never put myself first. I have stepped over my line, my limit all to often. This is part of me and who I am, but I don't want to keeping doing this because it's not healthy for myself. I have to take care of me first, than others come.


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AT THE scrag end of 2012, on 20 December, the UK government issued its proposals on "exceptions" to copyright - the cases in which people can use your work without asking or paying.
The Creators' Rights Alliance immediately responded: "Will squatters' rights prevail over copyright?"
The connection is the government's response in the document to the forceful reminder from the All-Party Intellectual Property Group of MPs and Lords that copyright is a property right. This is that freehold interests in "real property" - land - are subject to restriction by regulation, including "adverse posession", also known as squatters' rights. This seems apt, given what the CRA describes as the government wish to "legalise the practice of a Famous Web Search Engine and others of squatting authors' and performers' work"
Probably the most alarming aspect is a "spectacularly opaque proposal" on extending 'exceptions'... for the benefit of educational users."
The part of the proposals that got a headline was to make it legal to copy legitimately acquired music, for example, onto an iThing - "private copying" in the jargon. No problem. What is a problem is the UK government's insitence that the "fair compensation" to authors required by EU law is... zero.
How much the UK government is out of step is revealed by the Dutch government's announcement on 21 December that it will not make downloading illegal, but instead compensate creators, funded by a levy on the price of iThings.
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2. Factory data reset
This code can be used for a factory data reset.It'll remove following things:
Google account settings stored in your phone
System and application data and settings
Downloaded applications
It'll NOT remove:Current system software and bundled application
SD card files e.g. photos, music files, etc.
Note: Once you give this code, you get a prompt screen asking you to click on "Reset phone" button. So you get a chance to cancel your operation.
3. Format Android Phone
Think before you give this code. This code is used for factory format. It'll remove all files and settings including the internal memory storage. It'll also reinstall the phone firmware.
Note: Once you give this code, there is no wayto cancel the operation unless you remove thebattery from the phone. So think twice beforegiving this code.
4. Phone Camera Update
*#*#34971539#*# *
This code is used to get information about phone camera. It shows following 4 menus:
Update camera firmware in image (Don't try this option)
Update camera firmware in SD card
Get camera firmware version
Get firmware update count
WARNING: Never use the first option otherwise your phone camera will stop working and you'll need to take your phone to service centre to reinstall camera firmware.
5. End Call/Power
This one is my favourite one. This code can beused to change the "End Call /Power" button action in your phone. Be default, if you long press the button, it shows a screen asking you to select any option from Silent mode, AirPlane mode and Power off.
You can change this action using this code. You can enable direct power off on this button so you don't need to waste your time in selecting the option.
6. File Copy for Creating Backup
*#*#273283*255* 663282*#*#*
This code opens a File copy screen where youcan backup your media files e.g. Images, Sound, Video and Voice memo.
7. Service Mode
*#*#197328640#* #*
This code can be used to enter into Service mode. You can run various tests and change settings in the service mode.
8. WLAN, GPS and Bluetooth Test Codes:
*#*#528#*#* - WLAN test (Use
"Menu" button to start various tests)
*#*#232338#*#* - Shows WiFi MAC address
*#*#1472365#*#* - GPS test
*#*#1575#*#* - Another GPS test
*#*#232331#*#* - Bluetooth test
*#*#232337#*# - Shows Bluetooth device address
9. Codes to get Firmware version information:
*#*#4986*265046 8#*#* - PDA, Phone, H/W,RFCallDate
*#*#1234#*#* - PDA and Phone
*#*#1111#*#* - FTA SW Version
*#*#2222#*#* - FTA HW Version
*#*#44336#*#* - PDA, Phone, CSC, Build Time, Changelist number
10. Codes to launch various Factory Tests:
*#*#0283#*#* - Packet Loopback
*#*#0*#*#* - LCD test
*#*#0289#*#* - Melody test
*#*#0842#*#* - Device test (Vibration test and BackLight test)
*#*#2663#*#* - Touch screen version
*#*#2664#*#* - Touch screen test
*#*#0588#*#* - Proximity sensor test
*#*#3264#*#* - RAM version
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Whoo Hoo!!!!
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Gorgeous pictures...beautiful. I hope your week is lovely xx
Looks like you had a blast at SXSW! Glad you enjoyed your spring break! Hope your week back isn't too awful ;)
Sounds like a great time. :)
That first quote makes me giggle :) Your photos are lovely, it looks like you enjoyed your Spring break! Unfortunately for me, we're entering spring with a massive snowstorm :/
spring is tomorrow technically but we are digging out of more snow today in boston - what the heck!
That Harlem Shake at the Boneyard is hilarious. And I know that Great Dane!
Did you have fun at SXSW and see Usher and Justin and Prince? So jealous
I've always wanted to go to SXSW! You're so lucky you got to go!
Isn't That Charming.
Such cute images hun!!! Spring break... I can always imagine it just being an excuse to get off your rocker!
We don't have something similar, but most kids when they finish their exams they go wild afterward!
oh my GOOD.ness - those puppehs doing the harlem shale are hilarious! poor husky being flung around doesn't look too impressed tho ;) baha!!
great snapshots of your time in Austin Jess. i sure wish that any and all breaks could be extended but at least this week's a 4 day one so we'll have a long weekend to get a bunch more packing done. thanks for your well wishes too, you're so sweet!!
um, the kissing pic is my fave! xo ♥
okay, i know i'm soooo late with checking your post out here, but honestly that pic of you and your hubby with the "i love you" in the background is serious the sweetest thing ever!


text: Prior Scientific Inc. has introduced the H117LSM ProScan II, a flattop motorized stage designed for Carl Zeiss laser scanning microscopes. Its design enables the use of micromanipulators, environmental chambers and robotic loaders, and the stage has inserts for slides, petri dishes, microtiter plates, well plates, flasks, metallurgical specimens, slides and hemocytometers. Especially adapted to the Axiovert 200 and AxioObserver microscopes, the device integrates with the Zeiss MCU28 motor controller and works with LSM 510 Meta, LSM 5 Exciter and LSM 5 Live confocal systems.


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On May 31, the Small Business Administration published significant rule changes that should make it easier for small-business concerns to qualify for set-aside contracts. Regarding the limitation on subcontracting, the new rules say the relevant inquiry is no longer what percentage of work the prime contractor is performing. Instead, the question is what percentage of payments by the government under the prime contract are going to all "similarly situated" small businesses combined, including the prime and first-tier subcontractors.
By Kenneth B. Weckstein and Shlomo D. Katz
Kenneth Weckstein is a Partner at Brown Rudnick LLP's Washington office and is the head of the Government Contracts and Litigation Group. He represents clients on matters related to government contracts, complex civil litigation and trade secrets law.
Shlomo Katz is Counsel in the Washington office of Brown Rudnick LLP and a member of the firm's Litigation Department, where he focuses on government contracts, procurement and commercial law and litigation, wage and hour law and construction law.
In its quest to ensure that the benefits of small-business set-aside contracts really go to small-business concerns, the Small Business Administration (SBA) long ago created a rule that has sometimes acted as an obstacle for small businesses.
This rule requires the prime contractor to perform at least 50 percent of the work under a set-aside contract. (By the way, the standard is not 51 percent, as we often hear people say; it is "at least 50 percent." See FAR 52.219-14.) This "limitation on subcontracting," as it is known, meant that a small business that did not propose to perform 50 percent of the work itself could not get a small-business set-aside contract.
But no longer! On May 31, the SBA published significant rule changes that should make it easier for small-business concerns to qualify for set-aside contracts. (These changes are at 81 Federal Register 34,243.)
Regarding the limitation on subcontracting, the new rules say the relevant inquiry is no longer what percentage of work the prime contractor is performing. Instead, the question is what percentage of payments by the government under the prime contract are going to all "similarly situated" small businesses combined, including the prime and first-tier subcontractors.
In this context, "similarly situated" means a small-business subcontractor that is a participant in the same small-business program in which the prime contractor is a certified participant and which qualifies the prime contractor to receive the prime contract award. In effect, work performed by a similarly situated entity as a first-tier subcontractor will count as work of the small-business prime contractor.
For example, if a services or supply contract is set aside for small businesses, the SBA will look at whether 50 percent of the amount paid by the government under the prime contract ultimately goes to small businesses, including the prime contractor and any first-tier subcontractors that also are small businesses.
If a contract is set aside for service-disabled, veteran-owned (SDVO) small businesses, the SBA will look at whether 50 percent of the amount paid by the government ultimately goes to SDVO small businesses, including the prime contractor and any first-tier subcontractors that also are SDVO small businesses.
Work that is not performed by the employees of the prime contractor or employees of first-tier similarly situated subcontractors will count as subcontracts performed by non-similarly situated concerns. Thus, payments that ultimately go to large businesses, non-similarly situated small businesses, or to second-tier and lower subcontractors of any size will not count toward the prime's 50 percent ( see new 13 C.F.R. §125.6).
Under the new rules, limitations on subcontracting apply only to the portion of the requirement identified by the contracting officer as the primary purpose of the contract. For example, if the contract has a North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for supplies, but it includes incidental services, the cost of services won't be considered in the 50 percent calculation.
Conversely, if the contract has a NAICS code for services, but it includes incidental supplies, the cost of supplies won't be considered in the 50 percent calculation. Therefore, the prime contractor can subcontract 100 percent of the supply components to any size business.
These changes may allow a small business to create a team to win a set-aside contract it could not have won on its own. For example, take a competitive 8(a) contract for janitorial services valued at $10 million. A small startup concern might be unable to perform this contract alone. Now, the prime contractor can subcontract $8 million (or more) of the janitorial services, as long as the subcontractor is another 8(a)-certified firm ( see new 13 C.F.R. §125.6(c)). Moreover, any amount spent on cleaning supplies, paper towels for the restrooms, and so on, likely will not count in the calculation.
Note that the "similarly situated" subcontractor need not be small under the same NAICS code that applies to the prime contract. Instead, the prime contractor should select the NAICS code most appropriate for the subcontract and should measure the subcontractor size against that code.
SBA says these changes became effective June 30. However, if an existing contract contains the prior version of the "Limitations on Subcontracting" clause at FAR 52.219-14, these regulatory changes presumably will have no impact.
The changes described above are not the only goodies for small businesses in the SBA's revised regulations. Another change is that the definition of "affiliate" in 13 C.F.R. §121.103(h) has been modified so that no affiliation will be found between a prime contractor and its ostensible subcontractor if the subcontractor is a similarly situated small business.
In most cases to date, the ostensible subcontractor has been a large business. Nevertheless, the same concern could exist where a small prime was unduly reliant on a small subcontractor if their combined sizes exceeded the applicable size standard. That no longer will be a possibility. Also, the definition of affiliate in 13 C.F.R. §121.103(b) has been changed to make it easier for two small businesses to form a joint venture.
The revised regulations contain some potential disappointments for small-business concerns. For example, under the revised definition of affiliation, there is a rebuttable presumption that two concerns have an identity of interest based upon economic dependence (and therefore are affiliated) if one concern derived 70 percent or more of its receipts from the other concern over the previous three fiscal years.
If a small business gets 70 percent of its revenues by subcontracting over and over with the same business, it may be found to be affiliated with that large business when the small business goes after a set-aside contract. This presumption may be rebutted by a showing that the concern at issue is not solely dependent on that other concern — for instance, where the concern at issue has been in business for only a short amount of time and has only been able to secure a limited number of contracts ( see new 13 C.F.R. §121.103(f)(2).
Knowing the small-business rules inside and out can help a small business thrive. On the other hand, failing to know and follow the rules can lead to serious penalties, including debarment. The choice should be an obvious one.
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Apple is earning more than half of the handset industry operating profits, according to a new research note. The company's iPhone 4S looks to follow on the heels of its predecessors as a mega-selling device. But is that necessarily good for app developers?
"Due to softer iPhone sales during the September quarter ahead of the iPhone 4S launch, Apple relinquished the [number-one] smartphone market share to Samsung during [third quarter 2011]," T. Michael Walkley, an analyst with Canaccord Genuity, wrote in a co-authored research note Nov. 3. "However, Apple generated a remarkable 52 percent share of estimated [third-quarter] handset industry operating profits among the top 8 OEMs with only 4.2 percent global handset unit market share."
Furthermore, he wrote, the iPhone 4S was October's bestselling smartphone model at AT&T, Sprint and Verizon. "As such, as believe Apple's [first quarter of fiscal 2012] will mark a record quarter for iPhone sales, and we are modeling unit sales to increase roughly 70 percent sequentially to 29 [million units]."
In theory, that's a great bit of news for third-party Apple developers: most iPhone units sold means more interest in Apple products as a whole, and a "halo effect" that extends to sales of the company's other products. That creates a larger potential audience not only for iOS apps, but also Mac OS X apps. And that means more revenue and profits for everyone, right? Perhaps.
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However, a set of new Apple policies hints that, if those developers want to run around in any part of Apple's playground, they'll need to conform to a more stringent set of controls.
According to Roger Kay, principal analyst at Endpoint Technologies Associates, Apple is planning on sandboxing any apps submitted to the Mac App Store by March 1, 2012. "Essentially, sandboxing allows Apple to decide which apps get access to which resources, and such access can be severely constrained," he wrote in a Nov. 4 posting on his Forbes blog. "It means that Mac OS X is going to be locked down just like iOS."
He sees this as restrictive for both software developers and distributors: "The Wild West days of software development are fast coming to an end. Since Microsoft is following the same path with Windows 8, we are witnessing quite literally the end of software distribution freedom." With an approval process locked in place for consumer software, the whims of a particular company will ultimately dictate whether a developer's product can reach an audience.
The more popular a platform or company, in other words, the higher the potential for profit for third-party developers who rely on that company to help distribute their products to a growing audience. But when the company dictates the terms of that distribution, it can also put those developers at risk. A double-edged sword indeed.


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Judy's FiremenbySparky Kronkite©
Hey all, my name is Judy. Yes, that's my real name. I feel safe in relating to you this very true experience of mine by simply leaving out my last name. To you, I'm simply Judy. Nothing more, nothing less. And again, this is a true story. Believe me. Let's start by me telling you a little about myself. I'm twenty-six years old and currently, and for that matter probably - for the rest of my adult career - a locally based television news reporter in a medium sized market in the mid-west. It's really very typical, long hours, running around with my news crew, covering virtually any type of story from crime to sports. The stories can be very boring or very exciting. I've gotten pretty good at it too. I can handle a camera if I need to. I know my audio stuff pretty well - lighting too. I can operate as a one woman show if I need to but most of the time I've got a person, a guy - a guy named Harry - he's the one who's assigned to me most of the time. He handles all the camera and audio stuff. With Harry all I have to do is read my own copy (that's without messing it up of course) - remembering to smile and of course - looking great.
And I must say, I do look great. I'm five-feet-eight inches tall, slender bodied, long legged and have a nice rack, if I do say so myself. I'm a thirty-five, a big B or small C, depending on my ego on any given day. I have very light skin with a few freckles sprinkled in just the right places. I have strawberry blonde hair that falls long, well past my shoulders when I'm not working but when I'm on camera I where it up - it looks more professional that way. Oh, and occasionally on camera, I where glasses, I put them on or take them off, adding effect in my delivery. It makes my audience look into my big, long-lashed green eyes. Okay, yes I'm a bit Irish - hell I'm all Irish. If I told you my last name you'd die. It's Irish to the hilt.
Anyway, being quite a bit Irish can occasionally get me into trouble and this is exactly what happened and why I'm relating this story to you.
We, Harry and I were nearing the end of a typical day, a rather dull day, July 3rd the day before the big holiday. We'd filed a live spot on "the dangers of fireworks and fire safety" for the 5:30 news show. For it we went live right in front of one of the larger firehouses in our small city. Harry did it all, Harry does it all - he drives the up-link truck, sets up the transmission equipment, sets up the camera and frames the shot. At the exact right time, he hands the microphone to me and when we receive our cue from the station - live we go. No fuck-ups allowed. It pretty pressurized.
Harry and I were wrapping up when I got a call on my cell phone - apparently our General Manager had come up with a great idea, at least that's what he thought. Our GM explained that even though he knew we'd had a hard day and were essentially finished for the day, that he wanted us to go into the firehouse and get some "one on one" interviews with the firemen. Get them to relate fire safety issues, get them to talk about their work over the big holiday - things like that. He said, "Everybody loves firemen. It'll be a great addition. We'll run it in the morning." He said, we could tape it - go on home - take the truck home with us. He suggested that Harry could drop me off at my place, pick me up in the morning and we'd cut the tape then. He said, he'd see us in the morning and to have a relaxing evening. Besides he added, "Those firemen are always cute, have a good time."
Have a good time. What an omen that turned out to be.
To tell you the truth, I just wasn't in the mood, it had been a very long day, it was hot, it was a holiday even - and I still had to work tomorrow. Crap. I just wasn't in the mood. But duty called, so I told Harry about the situation. No problem. Harry's a real trooper and I might add here, not bad looking himself. He's a big bo-hunk of a Canadian. About six-foot-two and one-ninety in the weight department. Harry's broad shouldered and pretty muscular but not too much so. They're okay, those big super muscled guys but I like what I'd refer to as a "nice normal cut." Harry has dark hair, a bit curly and he always seems to have this five o'clock shadow thing going on. I like that. I like Harry. Hell, I might have jumped his bones numerous times - as much as I've been around him the past couple of years - but he's married. Damn my luck. Hey, it's hard to meet guys with a work schedule like mine but - I'm no cry baby. Yeah, my life is pretty damn good. I'm just horny. I always need a guy. And don't have time to find one.
As Harry strapped on his battery belt preparing for the on camera interviews in the firehouse, I marched on in to introduce myself and see if the men in blue were even interested in making a few statements and answering a few questions. Not all people are these days but I figured they would be - they had to be relatively bored too. It was a very sleepy, hot summer holiday in the mid-west - how laid back could you get. I talked with the first fireman I ran into and he just happened to be the man in charge. He readily agreed to our plan and he began to assemble his men. He suggested that we get a full tour of the firehouse so we could pick the place that looked the best for the interviews on camera. Harry caught up with us completely outfitted for total news capturing and stated that he would definitely like a tour. Harry indicated that he really wanted a shot other than the typical shot that everyone usually sees - that's a fireman standing in front of a red fire engine. Cliche - out the wahzoo.
By now it was quarter to seven in the evening and the sun, still strong, was sinking low and very gold looking, great light for shooting video. Upstairs in the bunk area, I don't know what you call it, the living area, where the firemen sleep, I think they call it the barracks - with the light streaming through the windows - is where Harry thought the best shot was. We did our interviews, typical stuff. There were six male fireman and two female "firewomen" on duty - we interviewed them all. Good stuff too. Our GM would be delighted. We were done for the day.
Harry and I were coiling up our microphone cables when the fireman in charge, a very trim, thin mustached, medium tall fellow named James came over - and of all things, in a whisper and with a wink - offered us a beer. He said that of course, it was against department policy but the day was so slow and after all, it was a holiday - that he and his group of firefighters were willing to make the exception, if we were. Besides he told us, his team of firefighters were enthralled that they were going to be on TV and more importantly (to me anyway) - they watched me on the news all the time. He told me that his men in particular liked me a lot. They all thought I was beautiful and again with a wink and a whisper, he told me that his female firefighters liked me too. Wow! Was I flattered? Apparently this group of firemen and forewomen - were very tight, very close-nit group. I guess that's what sleeping, eating and showering with each other will do to a group of people, especially united by a common and dangerous profession. Harry and I excepted the invitation and in seconds were guzzling cool Guinness Stout with smiles on our faces. I thought, "Life is good."
It wasn't long before Harry and I were halfway through our third tall can of stout. Feeling good, feeling relaxed after our hard days work. And feeling good about the quality of our work too - and not having anything else to do that evening. (Harry's wife and daughter had gone to visit her mother for the holiday because Harry was having to work.) So, we kicked back and enjoyed ourselves. One of the firemen put a CD in a small boom box - it played Tom Petty's, "She's a good girl...." The sun sank lower toward the horizon throwing at us amber bolts of light, bathing the living quarters in gold. We watched as the sun began to fade. We had a good buzz going. I was happy.
As relaxed as I was, I didn't take too much to notice the sound of water(?) - a shower head - somebody taking a shower. Hmmm? No big deal. I eventually turned my head toward the noise, toward the bathroom, the shower room. I kind of did a slight double take and a little bewildered blink when I realized that I and all of us for that matter, could see right into the shower area. I could see at least one of the shower heads that was turned on and as I looked, to my disbelief, I saw one of the firemen - the tall, meaty African American one - naked(!) - taking a shower and soaping himself. I turned my head, back away from the shower room, embarrassed. I checked the other direction and Harry was still watching the sun set, he hadn't taken notice of this new sight. The other firemen and women were busying themselves with other things. I peeked back into the shower. Apparently alone in my voyeurism. A smile appeared on my lips.
Let me tell you, this man was gorgeous! Big, about six-feet-five inches tall, muscular and slender, with a light cocoa colored skin. He had a nearly shaved head and incredibly - he had almost no body hair. Smooth skin all around. And when he turned in my direction I saw the biggest god damn penis I've ever seen in my life! Bigger than any I'd ever seen in any porno movie. Yes, unless I was just too buzzed already, bigger than John Holmes. My eyes were now wide open and they were glued to this extraordinary sight. Help me Jesus!
Hell yes, yeah, I began to tingle. The heady combination of the stout buzz, these good looking guys all around me, (heck, firemen have always been a fantasy of mine), the lighting, the music - and that damn good looking hunk, naked in the shower room - had me swimming. Yet, still - nobody else seemed to be sharing my little vision. What the heck I thought - I'll just keep watching. I downed the rest of my Guinness. Eyes wide open.
Then, just as I thought life just couldn't get any better than this - another person appeared in the shower - NO(!) - two more! Holy shit! Two more people showed up in the shower room. Men? No. One was one of the females - a very nice looking, short cropped red-head, small framed and light weight, probably only about ninety-five pounds - very attractive though, in a more female than male, lipstick lesbian sort of way. The other body was that of one of the firemen, a golden colored Hispanic, about my height but broad shouldered and with a slight but not too unattractive little pudge in his gut. His hair was short, dark and curly like you might imagine. And when the Hispanic guy turned toward me, let me tell ya, he was no slouch in the pecker department either. Not nearly as massively whopping as the black guy but still - a big ass penis.
So, I began to think, just what the heck is going on here(?) - that's when James reappeared and nudged my shoulder, he asked if I'd like another Guinness. He cocked his head toward the shower room and said in a rather low voice, "I hope that doesn't bother you, as you might be able to tell, we're pretty close around here, it's no big deal to us but they can shut the door if you wish." To a bit of my own surprise I simply said, "Yes I'd love another Guinness." With a sly smile James asked, "Great! Might you like a stiff shot of good Irish whiskey to go with that?" I simply replied, "Sure."
Uh oh - I was thinking. Here - I - go... My Irish is up again. I'd better watch out. And that's when I began to wonder again about Harry - I looked over and he was gone. His gear was all there, the camera and all, but he was nowhere in sight. James came back with a fresh Guinness and a shot, he set it down and told me that Harry was getting a look at a new, state of the art, fire engine by two of his firefighters. James said, "Harry will be back soon." James then, went on about his business, what that was, I don't know but I was now left relatively alone and like a magnate, I couldn't keep my eyes out of that shower room. I was transfixed. I was horny.
In the shower room, by now lots of water was flowing and steam was forming in the heated air, this made it harder for me to see in there. I could make out the fleshy shapes and occasionally the steam would part and I'd get a clear shot of some nice ass but it was generally hard to see. As I starred I couldn't help but think I was seeing flesh on flesh, bodies against bodies - but I wasn't sure. I blamed the alcohol, my buzz. But I loved the feeling. I was getting too hot. Hell, my hair was hot. Little beads of sweat were popping up on my forehead. Still it felt very wonderful. I downed the shot James had brought me and as I did I winced and shut my eyes. Shaking off the spine tingling electricity given to me by the whiskey, I opened my eyes and I swear, I saw a little white hand stroking a huge black penis - frothing with soap. And then it was gone, obscured by a cloud of steam.
Gosh, I felt a bit embarrassed. I looked around me to see if anyone, James or anyone else had seen what I'd just seen - but I found myself alone. By now the sun had retreated below the edge of the skyline and the room was glowing in purples and grays. There was one table lamp, lit over on a small desk and the only other light was coming from the shower room. I looked around again. I was still quite alone. I could still hear water running and still make out the occasional fleshy shape in there, but - I made a big decision - I got up for a closer look. Heck, nobody was around, what the hell? I stood, beer in hand and headed toward the shower room door. My heart a pumping.
Yes, I was quite buzzed but hey I'm a big girl, I've been here before. I was a bit woozy yes and a little shaky on my feet too, but I was fairly graceful as I strolled over and leaned against the door jam of the shower room. I found that I could hide most of my silhouette so only my shoulders and head would be seen by anyone in the shower and still look casual. Checking first to see if anyone else was around and finding no one, I turned my head to look into the shower and what I saw made my heart fucking stop. My knees nearly buckled right out from under me. I might have even audibly groaned - I'm not sure.
There in all the steam stood the large African American stud, his shoulders leaning against the slippery tile wall, his pelvis arched forward with his huge, fire-hose dick sticking straight out and up and a steep rigid angle. At the end of his giant dick was the petite mouth of the female firefighter, the one with the close cropped hair. She couldn't even begin to get much of that large cock in her mouth, so she mostly worked her tongue up and down the under side of his shaft. On the down-stroke she'd flick her tongue over his round black balls, then back up, cover her mouth over the head and then slurp her way back down - over and over. The black man rocked his head back and forth in white eyed ecstasy. As I gazed down over the pretty woman's body, looking over her torso and then her hard tight ass, I at once noticed the Hispanic man, his head was buried in her bum, licking her asshole clean. My word! He was sticking his fat tongue into her like a small battering ram, her ass cheeks, as tight as they were, still rippled under his forceful thrust. Him? His eyes were closed and his right hand was rubbing his own substantial cock. And hell, she could only groan. Groan and lick, groan and lick.
My fucking God!
I couldn't take it. I couldn't stand it any longer. I was seriously worried that I couldn't stand and that I might fall. But I carelessly slurped my still near-full Guinness. It ran out of my mouth, over my chin and onto my light colored summer blouse, staining it. But I didn't give a shit. My hands shaking, I downed more of the sweet Irish stout. The can depleted, I tossed it safely to a nearby mattress, my hands now free, my mind racing and my eyes wide, watching. Again I looked around me - no one anywhere near. I unclasped my beret with my left hand and let my blonde hair fall past my shoulders. I undid the top two buttons of my blouse, the well rounded tops of my breasts proudly displayed. I noticed more perspiration now, almost dripping off my forehead - this as I reached down to lift the hem of my navy blue skirt with my right hand. Now, back in the shower, the trio I was observing shifted, changing places. The Hispanic male dropped to the wet watery floor, lying on his back - the petite female then straddled him, face to face and lowered herself grasping his penis in both hands and guiding it into her ultra wet and seemingly tiny twat. Wow! She smoothly sank, down, all the way with a huge, "Uhhhhhh!" The big black fire fighter? He too straddled the prone Hispanic moving his huge member toward the small female toward her mouth but he was too tall - he turned and without any hesitation the girl drove her mouth into the crack of his ample ass. He stroked himself, slick with soap from a soap bar he fished from a near by soap dish. Groans, moans and coos of pleasure filled the shower room.
By now I had lifted my skirt, lowered my sheer white panties, which by the way had become drenched by the excessive flow of my own sex juice - and I began fingering myself. First one finger, then two, lightly tracing and skimming, just the inner part of my pussy lips and then tracing up to my clit - not touching it but swirling around it - slowly, slowly. I was still a bit worried about being caught but that last blast of Guinness had taken quick affect. I looked around and still found myself alone. At that point I simply gave up, I was determined to give myself an orgasm, fuck getting caught. I began to think about entering the shower. I began to fantasize about "being with them." But I remained content to take care of myself. Slowly, swirling my now throbbing clit as I watched the young ting girl ride one man's dick and suck the buthole of another. I was out of control. I was beginning to cum. Big time.
So too, were the heady trio in the shower. She was the first to begin going over the edge of ecstasy, her groans filling the steamy air, rising above the din of the splashing shower of water. She began to pound her ass down, her pussy stretching over the big cock of the Hispanic male beneath her. She speared her tongue into the black man's ass, as he took one hand back, holding wide his as cheeks to gain her more, deeper access. She was cumming long and hard - but so were the men. First the big Afro Am stud, furiously stroking his absolutely huge member with his right hand, pumping hard, his hand a blur of dark - boom - he sent a massive stream of cum, flying from the end of his dick. The first part of the stream hit the wall and the trail of it fell across the forehead of the prone Hispanic male. Then a second spurt and then a third. He was a fire hose. At this the Hispanic male announced that he too was cumming. His hips bucked upward into the female - once, twice, three times. His spent juices, his cum, trickled and oozed from the lips of the young girls pussy - which still surrounded her prone lovers cock.
At this I too began to cum, as the girl had begun - yes, I was fantasizing that, "I was her," after all. As she came, so did I. And as I came I envisioned that cock, his cock, that golden rod of Spanish cock, deep in my pussy - I plunged three fingers into my steaming twat. I hit my own G-spot, as I am fully aware of my own body. I twisted and massaged my sex pad. I came and I came. My shoulders shuddered and my body nearly doubled over but I held my voice and only a small grunt of pleasure escaped my lips. Once I finally subsided, remarkably as they did too, I found as I lifted my love hand away from my privates, that my thighs were ultra-slick with my own love fluids. My head was hanging low and my right arm and hand were limp from over work. I was exhausted but I was happy. My pussy was still aching with the residual effects of this mofo of an orgasm, sweat was drenching my face, my neck and my blouse - as I wobbled and attempted to pull my skirt down. But without much success.


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The Companion Animal Health Foundation (CAHF) was founded in 1996 with the goal of improving the health and wellbeing of our companion animals. The Foundation is a registered independent charity (CC32372) operated in association with the New Zealand Veterinary Association.
The Foundation has supported investigations into important health problems of pets in New Zealand over the last 10 years but support has been limited because the foundation is reliant on charitable donations from the veterinary profession and from the public.
Pets are subjected to many diseases, injuries and abuse. While there are several charities devoted to the prevention of cruelty to pets, few are concerned with the improvement of companion animal health through improved medical care, surgery, and an understanding of sociological issues related to pets in New Zealand.
The Foundation supports and assists veterinarians and veterinary nurses to undertake investigations into the medical and surgical problems facing companion animals. It also supports research on issues that impact on animals, pet owners and the veterinary profession. The goal of the CAHF is to assist veterinarians to help pets enjoy longer and healthier lives.
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We are asking for the support of all practices in New Zealand and individual veterinarians to raise at least $500 each, a sum which would secure the future of the Foundation and ensure it works as planned to help our pets enjoy better and healthier lives. Every dollar will be used to help combat health and welfare problems encountered by companion animals in New Zealand.
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Pocket Monsters XY&Z 006 Welcome to the Ninja Village! The Legend of the Hero Gekkouga!!
Sanpei and Gekkouga intercept Satoshi and his friends as they continue their journey towards Eisetsu City. Sanpei asks them if they won't come visit his hometown, the Ninja Village, since there's a festival being held there. This is Satoshi and his friends' first visit to the Ninja Village, and they spend their time interacting with both Sanpei's older brothers Ippei and Nihei as well as the other villagers. But suddenly, mysterious ninja attack!
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Thank you for the latest release, PocketMonsters Fansubs!ReplyDelete
Finally thank you so much! THE HYPE STARTS NOW!ReplyDelete
Ash-Greninja is only 1 episode away now!ReplyDelete
THE HYPE IS ULTRA REAL RIGHT NOW!ReplyDelete
And that is all thanks to you guys!
When the Hoopa movie is out will you put the episodes on hold and sub that movie straight away please?ReplyDelete
Do the next one quickly and then you can take a rest for as long as you wantReplyDelete
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I found this exchange amusing:
Eureka: [Hey, hey, what's a "chieftain"?]
Citron: [It means] "leader".
Of course you could imagine a similar exchange in English, but the idea that you can explain an obscure Japanese term by translating it to English for Japanese children tickles my fancy.
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awesome subbing! cant wait for the future eps! =3ReplyDelete
But you can watch the Hoopa movie with the dub (even though the dub is crap) I would MUCH rather have these episodes than a meh movie that you can already watch in English.ReplyDelete


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The next generation of the Wii console, the Nintendo Wii U, has been showcased at the recent E3 show. The controller integrates a touch screen, gyroscope, accelerometer, camera, and motion detection. It's a very strange controller and it seems a bit odd to switch between looking at your nice, large television and your small little controller. But, just as many were unsure of the extra effort swinging around a Wii controller, it was still a huge success for Nintendo and a hit among casual gamers.
The Wii U is expected to be released sometime late 2012. So we'll keep an eye on any further updates to Nintendo's latest incarnation. What do you think? Will this be a hit for Nintendo or a just a sad imitation of the Wii?
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We have a beautiful full-suite that is a large accommodation with living room, fireplace, balcony, very comfortable queen wall-bed, fully-appointed kitchen (from dishwasher to ice maker to blender), separate king bedroom, large bath, and ocean views from the living room, balcony, and bedroom. These full-suites are larger than most one-bedroom apartments.
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Google April 9 confirmed what it hinted at last year when it began using site speed as one of the 200-plus signals the search engine uses to decide search rankings.
Site speed reflects how quickly a Website responds to Web requests. Over the last decade or so, Google has made speed the No. 1 criteria in rendering search results for users.
To gauge their Website's speed, Website publishers, Webmasters or Web authors can use Google's Site Performance tool in Webmaster Labs; Google's Page Speed, an open-source Firefox/Firebug add-on that evaluates the performance of Web pages; YSlow, a free Yahoo tool that suggests ways to improve Website speed; and WebPagetest.
"Faster sites create happy users, and we've seen in our internal studies that when a site responds slowly, visitors spend less time there," wrote Google Fellow Amit Singhal, and Matt Cutts, principal engineer for Google's search quality team, in a blog post.
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"But faster sites don't just improve user experience; recent data shows that improving site speed also reduces operating costs. Like us, our users place a lot of value in speed-that's why we've decided to take site speed into account in our search rankings."
Singhal and Cutts noted that Website speed does not carry as much weight as page relevance and less than 1 percent of English search queries in the United States are affected by site speed. Moreover, the changes were made a few weeks ago, and Website owners would have noticed the change already if there were an impact.
Cutts on his blog April 9 attempted to assuage smaller Web publishers who fear their Websites may be too slow to curry favor with Google's ranking algorithm.
"Don't panic. We mentioned site speed as early as last year, and you can watch this video from February where I pointed out that we still put much more weight on factors like relevance, topicality, reputation, value-add, etc.-all the factors that you probably think about all the time. Compared to those signals, site speed will carry much less weight."
Cutts also claimed the change won't necessarily help larger Websites who pay more for Web hosting, noting that small sites can respond faster than large companies to changes on the Web because they don't have to worry about big company bureaucracy.
He also urged search engine optimizers (SEOs) to embrace speeding up their Websites to boost conversion rates.
Site speed certainly dovetails with Google's arguments for network neutrality and against big ISP or network operators who can speed or slow data on their pipes at their leisure.
Comcast recently scored a major victory when a court said the Federal Communications Commission could not tell ISPs how to manage their networks.
Google fears this control will impact how its users' access their services, which is why the company is testing broadband networks to see if it can improve on the current user experience and perhaps spur carriers to speed up their own networks.