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The New York Times reports that "While Warning About Fat, U.S. Pushes Cheese Sales".
Domino's Pizza was hurting early last year. Domestic sales had fallen, and a survey of big pizza chain customers left the company tied for the worst tasting pies.
Then help arrived from an organization called Dairy Management. It teamed up with Domino's to develop a new line of pizzas with 40 percent more cheese, and proceeded to devise and pay for a $12 million marketing campaign.
Consumers devoured the cheesier pizza, and sales soared by double digits. "This partnership is clearly working," Brandon Solano, the Domino's vice president for brand innovation, said in a statement to The New York Times.
But as healthy as this pizza has been for Domino's, one slice contains as much as two-thirds of a day's maximum recommended amount of saturated fat, which has been linked to heart disease and is high in calories.
And Dairy Management, which has made cheese its cause, is not a private business consultant. It is a marketing creation of the United States Department of Agriculture — the same agency at the center of a federal anti-obesity drive that discourages over-consumption of some of the very foods Dairy Management is vigorously promoting.
Urged on by government warnings about saturated fat, Americans have been moving toward low-fat milk for decades, leaving a surplus of whole milk and milk fat. Yet the government, through Dairy Management, is engaged in an effort to find ways to get dairy back into Americans' diets, primarily through cheese.
This story reminds me of my friends who ran a dairy farm in the 1980s. They got heavily subsidized by the Massachusetts Division of Food and Agriculture to modernize their long unused dairy barn, buy some cows and get into the milk business in a state funded effort to promote local agriculture. Two or three years later, when the the US Department of Agriculture was trying to prop up wholesale milk prices, they were paid a huge pile of cash by the feds to slaughter their cows and promise not to sell milk for some bureaucratically determined period of time. So they went back full-time to the construction business just as the housing boom was starting to pick up and bought themselves a nice large sailboat with all the government largess.
Perhaps it just shouldn't be the governments job to either market certain products, tell us what to eat, or micromanage whole industries. Why is a federally funded and mandated organization paying for Dominic Pizza's marketing program? And why do the do-gooders in the federal government feel empowered to tell us what to eat?
Can we really afford to spend a fortune for one part of the government encourages certain activities, while other government bureaucrats are paid to discourage those exact same things? Wouldn't it perhaps make more sense to stop squandering tax dollars on the nanny state and just let the market sort things out and treat citizens as if they had some responsibility for their own lives?
Once again, this story points out the need for congress to clarify and restrain the role of government in our society. Though cutting government programs will be politically difficult, there sure are a few programs that seem ripe for not only cutting, but permanent elimination.


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The picture says it all ! I have taken outfit inspiration from the beautiful Deepika Podukone , a brilliant actress and a fashion icon for many girls in India! Her style is effortless and elegant. I love how she can carry any outfit with utmost ease and make it look stunning !
Using her elegant ensemble from the pic, I have put together similar pieces that I already have from my closet. I think wearing a faux leather vest, instead of the coat vest she has on, gives my look a more casual vibe. Also I wore a gingham print crop top to add pattern to the mix !
Faux Leather Vest: Express | Crop Top: Forever21 | Culottes: Macy's | Shoes: Sole Society |
| Sunglasses: Tiffany & Co |
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*Michael Keaton
(65 years old)
5 September 1951
Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, USA
5' 9" (1.75 m)
(65 years old)
5 September 1951
Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, USA
5' 9" (1.75 m)
Known for Bruce Wayne in Batman(1989). Quirky, inventive and handsome US actor Michael Keaton first achieved major fame with his door busting performance as fast talking, ideas man "Bill Blazejowski" alongside nerdish morgue attendant Henry Winkler in "Night Shift" (1982).
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Keaton was born Michael John Douglas on September 5, 1951 in Coraopolis, Pennsylvannia, to Leona Elizabeth (Loftus), a homemaker, and George A. Douglas, a civil engineer and surveyor. He is of Irish, as well as English, Scottish, and German, descent. Michael studied speech for two years at Kent State, before dropping out and moving to Pittsburgh. An unsuccessful attempt at stand-up comedy led Keaton to working as a TV cameraman in a cable station, and he came to realize he wanted to work in front of the cameras.
Keaton first appeared on TV in several episodes of MisteRogers' Neighborhood (1968). He left Pittsburgh and moved to Los Angeles to begin auditioning for TV. He began cropping up in popular TV shows including Maude (1972) and The Mary Tyler Moore Hour (1979). Around this time, Keaton decided to use an alternative surname to remove confusion with better-known actor Michael Douglas. After reading an article on actress Diane Keaton, he decided that Michael Keaton sounded good. His next break was scoring a co-starring role alongside James Belushi in the short-lived comedy series Working Stiffs (1979), which showcased his comedic talent and led to his co-starring role in Turno de noche (1982). Keaton next scored the lead in the comedy hits Las locas peripecias de un señor mamá(1983), Johnny peligroso (1984) , Pisa a fondo (1986) and the Tim Burton horror-comedy Bitelchús (1988).
Keaton's career was given another major boost when, in 1989, Tim Burton cast him as millionaire playboy / crime-fighter "Bruce Wayne" in the big budget Batman (1989). To say there were howls of protest by fans of the caped crusader comic strip is an understatement! Warner Bros. was deluged with thousands of letters of complaint commenting that comedian Keaton was the wrong choice for the Caped Crusader. Their fears were proven wrong when Keaton turned in a sensational performance, and he held his own on screen with opponent Jack Nicholson playing the lunatic villain, "The Joker". Keen to diversify his work, Keaton next appeared as a psychotic tenant in De repente, un extraño (1990), as a hard-working cop in Un buen policía (1991) and then donned the black cape and cowl once more for Batman vuelve (1992). He remained in demand during the 1990s, appearing in a wide range of films including the star-studded Shakespearian Mucho ruido y pocas nueces (1993), another Ron Howard comedy The Paper (Detrás de la noticia) (1994), with sexy Andie MacDowell in Mis dobles, mi mujer y yo (1996), as a dogged cop in Jackie Brown (1997) and the mediocre thriller Medidas desesperadas(1998). In the 2000s, Keaton has appeared in several productions with mixed success, including Fuego sobre Bagdad (2002), Una hija diferente (2004) and Herbie: A tope(2005). He returned to major film roles in the 2010s, co-starring in RoboCop (2014) and Need for Speed (2014), and playing the lead in Best Picture Oscar winner Birdman o (La inesperada virtud de la ignorancia) (2014), for which he received an Oscar nomination for Best Actor, his first. - IMDb Mini Biography By: email@example.com
Caroline McWilliams (5 June 1982 - 29 January 1990) (divorced) (1 child)
When he realized he needed to change his name to join the union, he was in the K's for surnames and thought it inoffensive so chose Keaton. It is a misconception that it was after 'Diane Keaton'.
Was in a relationship with Courteney Cox (1989-1995).
Has a home in Pacific Palisades plus ranches in Santa Barbara, California and Montana. The 1000 acre Montana ranch, where he grows hay and raises cattle, features a four-bedroom cedar-and-stone ranch house.
Tim Burton cast him in the title role of Batman (1989) because he thought that Keaton was the only actor who could believably portray someone who has the kind of darkly obsessive personality that the character has. There was a great deal of fan anger over his selection, forcing the studio to release an advance trailer both to show that Keaton could do the role well and that the movie would not be a campy parody like the TV show Batman (1966).
Attended Montour High School.
Is the fourth actor to play Batman.
Has a son, Sean Maxwell Douglas (born May 27, 1983), with ex-wife Caroline McWilliams.
Decided to change his name when he began acting because there was already a Michael Douglas in movies and a Mike Douglas in broadcasting. While he uses a stage name, he has never legally changed his name to Michael Keaton.
One of only two actors to reprise the role of Batman in major, live-action films (Batman(1989)/Batman vuelve (1992). Adam West did only one movie (Batman (1966)) as Batman (along with the live-action TV series Batman (1966) and voice-work) and Kevin Conroy has only done voice-work as Batman. Christian Bale is the second and most recent actor to play the role more than once with (Batman Begins (2005) followed by El caballero oscuro (2008) and for a third time in El caballero oscuro: La leyenda renace(2012)).
Played Agent Ray Nicolette in Jackie Brown (1997) and again in Un romance muy peligroso (1998).
Started his career as a stagehand in MisteRogers' Neighborhood (1968) (he operated "Picture, Picture"), and in 2004 he produced a documentary on Rogers, Fred Rogers: America's Favorite Neighbor (2004).
Turned down the role of the ill-fated mad scientist Dr. Seth Brundle in David Cronenberg's remake La mosca (1986). The part eventually went to Jeff Goldblum.
Is a Second City alumni - a member of the Los Angeles branch.
According to Mike Myers on Revealed with Jules Asner (2001), Keaton saw the comic actor perform at Second City Toronto. After the show ended, Keaton went to personally congratulate Myers and said, "Keep up the great work." Myers would soon work with Keaton on an episode of Saturday Night Live (1975) when Keaton was guest host.
His son, Sean Douglas, plays keyboard for a band called "The Hatch".
Appeared with the late Christopher Reeve in Sin palabras (1994). Keaton and Reeve played DC Comics two most iconic characters, Batman and Superman, respectively.
He was originally to play the role of Dr. Jack Shephard in the TV show Perdidos (2004), with the understanding that the character would be killed off early on in the show. Keaton later had to walk away from the part when the creators decided not to kill off the doctor. Matthew Fox ended up playing the character.
Was parodied by Matthew Perry on Saturday Night Live (1975).
Was offered the role of either Peter Venkman or Egon Spengler in Los Cazafantasmas(1984) but turned down both parts, which went to Bill Murray and Harold Ramis, respectively. Was originally slated to play Jeff Daniels character in Woody Allen' s La rosa púrpura de El Cairo (1985) and actually did film some scenes, but Allen decided it wasn't working and replaced him with Daniels. He had the same fate in Mystic River (2003) when he was cast in the role of Sean Devine, filmed some scenes but he and director Clint Eastwood had creative differences on the project and Keaton opted to leave the film. Was considered for the role of Jack Crawford in El silencio de los corderos (1991). Was considered for the role of Dr. Curtis McCabe in Vanilla Sky (2001). Was considered for the role of Capt. Jack Sparrow in Piratas del Caribe. La maldición de la Perla Negra (2003). Was considered for the role of Lt. Col. Kazinski in Jarhead - El infierno espera (2005).
An avid Pittsburgh Steelers football fan, he grew up about five miles from former Steelers coach Bill Cowher's hometown of Crafton, Pennsylvania.
Lived in his '63 VW Bug for 2 nights in California while trying to become an actor.
Has only reprised two roles in his career. First, he played Batman in Batman (1989) and Batman vuelve (1992). Second, he played Ray Nicolette in Jackie Brown (1997) and Un romance muy peligroso (1998). Also appearing in the latter film was George Clooney, who has also played Batman.
Enjoys snowboarding, golf, and mountain biking, and fly-fishing and riding horses on his California and Montana ranches.
Has three brothers and three sisters.
One of his favorite hobbies is fly-fishing, a hobby he shares with his Turno de noche(1982) co-star, Henry Winkler.
Was 40 years old when filming Batman vuelve (1992), which made him the oldest actor at the time to play Batman in a live-action film. He was later succeeded by Ben Affleck, who was 41 years old when cast in the part in Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice (2016).
He is the shortest actor to play Bruce Wayne/Batman.
His father had English, Scottish, Scots-Irish (Northern Irish), and German ancestry, while his mother was of Irish descent.
In an interview he named Las locas peripecias de un señor mamá (1983), Pisa a fondo(1986), Alcohol y coca (1988), Bitelchús (1988), Batman (1989), Mucho ruido y pocas nueces (1993), The Paper (Detrás de la noticia) (1994), and Fuego sobre Bagdad (2002) as favorite films of his own, with Bitelchús (1988) as his top pick.
Almost reprized his role as Batman/Bruce Wayne in Tim Burton's unmade Superman Lives, even though Val Kilmer had played the role in his place in Batman Forever.
When asked in an interview which historical figure he wished he could play, his choice was legendary Hall of Fame baseball player Ted Williams.
He is an avid news junkie and at one point had considered a career in journalism. He has played a journalist in three films: The Paper (Detrás de la noticia) (1994), Fuego sobre Bagdad (2002), and Spotlight (2015).
Personal Quotes*
After interviewer Michael Parkinson commented on his birth-name being Michael Douglas: "Yeah, I had to change my name because there were two other actors registered at Equity with that name. One of them is doing quite well from what I understand, the other is making cheap porn movies... (reasonable pause) like Instinto básico (1992)".
Comparing making Batman vuelve (1992) to the first "Batman" film: "In some ways, this one was harder, because I felt like I was doing an impersonation of myself. Which, aside from being nearly impossible, is really weird."
On his decision not to reprise his role as Batman in Batman Forever (1995): "I was waiting in line for another movie and just kind of poked my head in... watched about 10 minutes. I saw enough to know that I made the right decision."
[When asked what he thought of Batman Begins (2005) before its release]: My prediction, I don't know anything about it, but I feel this way about it. It's gonna be good, because he's a really good actor, and that's a really good director. And they've had years and years and years, and hundreds of millions of dollars, or at least tens of millions of dollars to figure it out. I say it's gonna be good. I picture it's gonna be good. And also, I swear to God it's not an "I told you so", it's maybe an interesting thing, that when I didn't like the third script... I just said "I really don't like this, and I don't want to do it" cause what I wanted to do, is what I'm told and I don't know if this is true yet so don't hold me to this until I see it, but I'm told it's more a prequel. And that was what I thought would've been a hip way to go the third time. This guy is so endlessly fascinating potentially, why not go and see how he got there.
[When asked if he was ever offered to play villain roles in a superhero film]: No, but it would be fun. I don't think I'd take Jack's [Nicholson] stance on it. I think it'd be fun because those are the roles where you get to chew it up. I'll always stand by the first Batman. Even for its imperfections, people will never know how hard that movie was to do. A lot of that still holds up.
(On filming Batman in London) It was a lonely time for me, which was great for the character, I suppose. I would run at night in London just trying to get tired enough so I could sleep. I didn't talk to people much. My little boy was a toddler, and the woman I was married to at the time, we were not together but we were trying to figure it out and get back together. It was me in London, alone, and my sleep during that whole movie was never right. As often as I could, I was getting on the Concorde and trying to get back to spend some time with my kid...It was an extremely difficult undertaking and Tim (Burton) is a shy guy, especially back then, and there was so much pressure. We were in England for a long time shooting at Pinewood and it was long, difficult nights in that dank, dark, cold place, and we never knew if it was really working. There was no guarantee that any of this was going to play correctly when it was all said and done. There had never been a movie like it before. There was a lot of risk, too, with Jack (Nicholson) looking the way he did and me stepping out in this new way. The pressure was on everybody. You could feel it.
(2011, on his work ethic) I played a lot of sports when I was a kid so I get in that ballgame mindset of being really, really respectful, but at same time saying to yourself, 'Don't back down a single inch, hang with these guys if you can.' If they throw it high and tight you have to stand in there, you can't take yourself out of that moment.
(2011, on Night Shift) The character I invented was a combination of some people I knew and some things I made up, and afterward there [were other projects and offers] that would have meant trying to repeat that over and over, to be the 'glib young man,' whatever that is, but that held no interest for me. I literally thought the idea of all this, when you do it for a living, is to play a lot of different things. If you do the same thing over and over, that will eventually start to close in on you.
(2011, on Beetlejuice) From an art perspective, I don't know how you get better than Beetlejuice. In terms of originality and a look, it's 100% unique. If you consider the process of taking something from someone's mind - meaning Tim (Burton) - and putting it on the screen, I think that movie is incomparable.
(2011, on playing Beetlejuice) I wanted him to be pure electricity, that's why the hair just sticks out. At my house I started creating a walk and a voice. I got some teeth. I wanted to be scary in the look and then use the voice to add a dash of goofiness that, in a way, would make it even scarier. I wanted something kind of moldy to it, too. Tim (Burton) had the striped-suit idea and we added the big eyes. I think that movie will go forever because it's 100% original.
(2011, on filming Batman Returns) We got to be back home [filming in Burbank] so that made me happy. It was quite the cast with Michelle Pfeiffer and Danny DeVito and everyone. It wasn't as satisfying to me when I saw it, but maybe that's because the bar was set so high on the first one. I think I only watched it one time. I knew we were in trouble in talks for the third one when certain people started the conversation with 'Why does it have to be so dark?' 'Why does he have to be so depressed?' 'Shouldn't there be more color in this thing?' I knew I was headed for trouble and that it wasn't a road I was going to go down.
(2011, on Clean and Sober) The subject matter was so difficult, but oddly everyone really had fun on the shoot. One great thing about being an actor, too, is that if you have a pulse you learn something. That's one of the great joys and bonuses of it. You're forced to ask certain questions.
[2011, on Mucho ruido y pocas nueces (1993)] That's a movie where I said, 'I can't do this' and it ended up being probably one of my top five experiences ever. I had to find a way in; I didn't really know what to do, quite frankly...In the end, (Kenneth) Branagh didn't get scared off by my unorthodox approach, he embraced it and was really hands-on, thankfully. It was literally like acting in another language. I had taken maybe one two-day Shakespearean class in my life, so I had no knowledge.
[2011, on filming The Paper (Detrás de la noticia) (1994)] It's an awful lot of fun to be in an ensemble, especially when you're talking about Glenn Close, Robert Duvall and that level of actor. It was also the first time I met Duvall. People were nervous on the set when he was coming in; he's a presence, somebody to [reckon] with. I just loved it. I had a ball being there with him. It felt like the first time I acted with Jack Nicholson. These guys are in their very nature larger-than-life personalities, and then they're great actors on top of that and then they're iconic on top of that.
[2011, on his life as an actor] I never saw what I did for a living as who I am. But if there's a job in the world where that can get blurry, this is the one. The line gets really blurry for a lot of people, and for understandable reasons just as you go through life and this business. You don't have to be especially weak to become extremely self-involved in this business, and I just never wanted to go down that road.... Alan Arkin said to me once that he wanted to have a really big life and a really good career. And I think that's really sane.
[on the backlash over his casting in Batman (1989)] When they hung me in effigy, that was, for me, harsh.
[on Michelle Pfeiffer] What impressed me about Michelle is that she's a California beach chick, no elevated education, but when you're smart you just get smarter.
[on being asked if he got jealous when other actors played Batman] No. Do you know why? Because I'm Batman. I'm very secure in that.
Batman (1989) $5.000.000
Game 6 (2005) $100 per day
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Of late, many programmers who develop for Windows/Linux have moved to iPhone because of it's runaway success. Among the most successful apps on the Apple AppStore, first comes games (yeah I can hear you, fart apps!!!). Next comes apps like Tweetie and others those consume a web service (REST or otherwise). Games are pretty difficult get started especially if you aren't a game programmer. However, developing iPhone applications that consume a web service is quite easy. In this article, I'll illustrate how to write a iPhone application to consume a web service. I'll take bit.ly's REST service as an example, and at the end, we will be developing a nice "bit.ly" wrapper in Objective-C. For those who are new to REST, it stands for Representational State Transfer. Head on to Wikipedia here for more details. The post itself is split into two parts, one focussing XML and the other JSON.
At the end of the second part, you can download the source code attached.
Bit.ly Documentation
Bit.ly, as you all know is a URL shortening service, that became popular all of a sudden when Twitter started using bit.ly as it's default URL shortening service over tinyurl.com. The REST documentation of bit.ly is available from Google code here.
Some Basics before we dirty our hands with real code
Authentication Types
bit.ly (and many such services) use a kind of HTTP authentication called Basic Authentication. In basic authentication, the username and password that is typed into the client is formatted as
: and the concatenated string is converted to "base64" encoding. This string is passed along with the HTTP Header usually in every API call that does some function which you have to normally log on to see.
There is one more type of authentication, oAuth, which stands from Open Authentication. As of now, bit.ly doesn't use oAuth. Explaining oAuth itself needs a separate article and is outside the scope of this article.
HTTP Request types
When you access a RESTful service, you either request data or post data. In most cases, your HTTP Request type is either a "GET" or a "POST". There are two more types of requests and they are, "PUT" and "DELETE". When to use what, is upto the designer of the RESTful service. You as a consumer, just follow the documentation.
In our case, bit.ly we will be using only "GET" methods.
The real code
You shouldn't be shocked to know that, accessing a RESTful service for data is just a matter of 10 line code.
NSString *longURL = @"http://mugunthkumar.com"
NSString *baseURLString =
NSString *urlString = [[NSString alloc] initWithFormat:@"%@%@",
baseURLString, longURL];
NSURL *url = [[NSURL alloc] initWithString:urlString];
NSString *result = [[NSString alloc] initWithContentsOfURL:url];
[url release];
[urlString release];
[result release];
Parsing the Result
The result which we "NSLogged" here could be either XML or JSON. In our case, bit.ly by default sends JSON formatted data, which is by far the most commonly used. JSON is lighter than XML for transferring the same amount of data. There are a lot of debate going along on which is good for data transfer. I personally prefer JSON. Of late, JSON is picking up over XML with the advent of JSON parsers. Objective C has a very robust JSON parser called json-framework. We will touch about them later in the next part of this article. The other kind of data format namely XML, is returned by bit.ly, only when you pass
along with the URL as an additional parameter. For parsing XML, there are two parsers. One is NSXMLParser and the other is a faster libxml2. Though libxml2 is faster, use it on your iPhone app only when you are going to parse over 10MB of XML data. When your XML data is small (as in our case), the performance gap between NSXMLParser and libxml2 is very meagre. In case of bit.ly, the shorten api returns < 1KB of data. Most RESTful service return very little data (mostly in the order of few hundred kilo bytes) I prefer NSXMLParser for one reason. You code is cleaner than it would be if you use libxml2. In this article, I'll go take you through both ways of handling the data.
Parsing XML
[parser initWithContentsOfURL: url];
[parser setDelegate:self];
[parser setShouldProcessNamespaces:NO];
[parser setShouldReportNamespacePrefixes:NO];
[parser setShouldResolveExternalEntities:NO];
[parser parse];
[parser release];
Parsing XML data using NSXMLParser couldn't be simpler. You just have to create an object (parser) of type NSXMLParser, initialize it and call parse.
Things to note
However, there are a couple of things to note.
1) You can initialize the parser object either with NSURL or with NSData. Both methods work equally well.
2) You OUGHT to set the delegate to self. Otherwise there is no way for the NSXMLParser to notify you of events.
3) The next three lines are optional. You usually set it to YES if you want to get notified of those events as well.
4) The call to [parser parse] is blocking. This means, it will not return until the complete content is parsed. So, you can (and should) release any associated memory at the next line.
Callbacks from NSXMLParser
NSXMLParser has around 14 callback methods. But it's enough if you implement just three of them. They are,
parser:didStartElement:namespaceURI:qualifiedName:attributes: parser:didEndElement:namespaceURI:qualifiedName: parser:foundCharacters:
The didStartElement is called when the XMLParser encounters a opening XML element. You usually initialize temporary variables and read attributes if any in this function. In case of bit.ly, you just have to read the "shortUrl" element. Just handling this element alone will do.
Declare the following NSStrings, currentShortURL, actualShortURL and currentElement.
Write the following code into the didStartElement Block.
- (void)parser:(NSXMLParser *)parser didStartElement:(NSString *)elementName namespaceURI:(NSString *)namespaceURI qualifiedName:(NSString *)qName attributes:(NSDictionary *)attributeDict
currentElement = [[elementName copy] autorelease];
if ([elementName isEqualToString:@"shortUrl"]) {
currentShortURLString = [[NSString alloc] init];
Now, in the foundCharacters block, write the following code.
- (void)parser:(NSXMLParser *)parser foundCharacters:(NSString *)string{
if ([currentElement isEqualToString:@"shortURL"]) {
[currentShortURLString appendString:string];
In the didEndElement block write,
- (void)parser:(NSXMLParser *)parser didEndElement:(NSString *)elementName namespaceURI:(NSString *)namespaceURI qualifiedName:(NSString *)qName
if ([elementName isEqualToString:@"shortURL"]) {
actualURLString = currentURLString;
Now when the parsing ends, just after the [parser release] function, actualShortURLString will contain the shortened URL.
End of story. If you couldn't follow the code in this blog post, you can always download the source code attached (in next part). For more detailed information on parsing using NSXMLParser follow this article.
Parsing JSON
Parsing JSON is much simpler than XML. In fact, I hate to call it as "parsing" as you don't even have to write a parser!!! By using the open source json-framework kit for iPhone you can easily "convert" a JSON string into a NSDictionary. Now let's have a look at the code.
JSON Parsing Code
JSON Parsing is far much simpler than XML. Infact, the code attached below uses JSON.
Parsing the bitly information is as simple as writing these three lines of code.
SBJSON *jsonParser = [SBJSON new];
NSString *jsonString = [[NSString alloc] initWithData:data encoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
NSDictionary *dict = (NSDictionary*)[jsonParser objectWithString:jsonString];
The return string is a dictionary of key value pairs.To read a value, you can call objectForKey function within NSDictionary.
In most cases, including bit.ly, JSON return strings always contain other dictionaries nested within itself. To read a value within a dictionary, just nest your calls like this.
NSString *shortURL = [[[dict objectForKey:@"results"]
Source Code and Documentation
The source code and documentation on how to use this is explained in post 2.
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The internet, of course, reacted with a mix of "who cares", "leave the poor girl alone", and "blah blah POSER blah blah blah irrelevant bullshit".
The reality of the situation, IMO, is that there is truth to all the points people have given in response to this, and the implications are both good and bad. Let me explain why.
Firstly, I'll address the whole "who cares" scenario - it's more people than you think. They have a lot of money, and stupid people (which are a plentiful resource on this planet) worship the rich and stand in awe of their presence, silently accepting complacency without resistance and soe As someone pointed out in the comments of the article, she made the following tweet a couple of years ago (which, keep in mind, is a decade in teenager-time) that seemed to make undeniably clear her opinion on "heavy metal":
I don't get how some people can listen to heavy metal 😖🙉— Kendall Jenner (@KendallJenner) March 8, 2013
You could easily argue that yes, that was a billion years ago for someone her age, and opinions are quick to change during the adolescent period in life. In fact, there was a span of a few months in which I really got into rap. Yeah, rap. ME. Anyway, I won't judge her too harshly for this comment, since it seems it came from ignorance having not been introduced to the more talented metal bands.
We could perceive it that way... but the more neurotic of us (myself included) will still know in the back of our minds that her t-shirt choice probably had nothing to do with her to begin with, so there's a good chance that she's actually just a "poser", for lack of a better term.
Her stylist, or assistant, event coordinator or whatever ass-kissing lackey position covered the evening's wardrobe carefully selected her outfit to be able to resonate most with her fans (using the term loosely) or to start a stir about her, or possibly to gain the favor of a new demographic - in this case, metalheads.
This doesn't mean that her wearing the shirt won't do some good for Slayer, seeing as how the act of wearing it (unfortunately) gives them more exposure and will cause more bubbling tweens to take to their iPhones and look up what they're all about, so they can worship them just like OMG Kendall Jenner does.
Inadvertently, she has sent a small score of newcomers in the right direction. We can take full advantage of this, welcome them with open arms, and turn them away from the evils of the Kardashian Klan and MTV. We can fix a portion of the younger generation by putting them on the right path - the path of METAL. Let us not squander this golden opportunity for the greater good.
So, Kardashians, keep kollecting kool klothing from the best metal bands - Septicflesh, Cradle of Filth, Intronaut or Amon Amarth would be good places to start - and do your part to kreate a larger kommunity of metalheads. It's what our world is craving, and exactly what it needs to start becoming a better place.
Metal is all about breaking free of oppression, living your life with passion, embracing both the dark and the light because both are reality and will always be so. The metal community is all about standing up for what is right, taking care of their own, supporting our brother and sister musicians, and working together to make everything a little better one step at a time. What better message could we be sending to younger generations?
That's one reason why I'm really glad my kiddo gets to grow up in a loving home with a metal mommy and daddy. You can bet when we send him out into the world, the world won't ever want to send him back... because few are more open-minded, giving, kind, friendly, loyal, passionate, smart and loving than a metalhead!
The inevitable fallout will ensue, both positive and negative, but let's focus on the positives this time and hope that more empty celebrities are given metal band shirts to wear at events by their scheming managers, stylists or wardrobe coordinators. Whether they actually like them is truly irrelevant - we'll take the exposure and gladly accept all those who seek the path of righteousness; the path of metal. \m/


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Australia's iconic kangaroos are hunted in the largest commercial slaughter of land-based wildlife on the planet.
Australia's iconic kangaroos are hunted in the largest commercial slaughter of land-based wildlife on the planet.
Voiceless has been campaigning against this brutal trade for years. But while similar wildlife trades, such as the Canadian seal hunt or the Japanese whaling industry, attract global condemnation due to their brutality, the kangaroo hunt is relatively unchallenged.
Many people simply do not realise the cruel reality of this legal, profit-driven hunt.Learn more about our recent campaign here.
Unlike many other animal use industries, however, the commercial kangaroo trade falls under Federal jurisdiction. This means that now is the time to speak up for kangaroos and their welfare ahead of the Federal Election.
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Well May 21st is shaping up to be a busy day> Perhaps you're going to Albany to protest against the egregious violations of our fundamental 2nd amendment rights by NY State gov, or perhaps you're going somewhere to protest the egregious violations and corruption by the Federal gov with respect to the IRS Scandal. In any case, make sure you also vote on your School budgets and School boards too.
On the IRS issue, here's a message from our Tea Party friends with local info:
"STTPP will be holding a Protest Outside the IRS Building on E. 2nd St. & Prendergast Ave Jamestown NY
at 12:00 noon Tuesday May 21st.
It is time to stand up and become a force they cannot ignore. (Events happening across the Country)
On behalf of Tea Party, Patriot groups, 9/12, liberty activists, and the American people, we are calling for anyone and everyone to protest the IRS' complete abuse of power on Tuesday, May 21, 2013 at noon local time.
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is out of control and we need to stand up and let them know that we will not take their intimidation tactics!"


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311, Tim Mahoney, 311's good guitar songs.
311, Tim Mahoney, 311's good guitar songs.
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Hey all, just wondering how many of you GMC'ers are fans of 311...before i go much further, if you don't know much about 311 and have only heard a few songs like Love Song or Amber (good song), then you may want to hold judgement about them. Alot of people here in the U.S. think they only have a few weak songs and that's it. Well, they have over 100 great songs a lot of people have never heard.
Not to sure how popular they are in Europe or South America, but i believe that everyone on GMC should at least take the time to check out one or more of the following songs.
Tim Mahoney is the name of their guitarist ---- The following are some awesome songs where Tim shines
Running - Great opening guitar part and AWESOME riffs throughout, fun to play
Taiyed - First complete solo\song I learned
Life's not a Race - great solo\riffs.
Beautiful Disaster - great song in general.
My Stoney Baby - I promise you will improve your Rhythm playing this one.
Strong all Along - Harmonized guitars sound nice in this one.
Mindspin - Uses Ibanez 7 string for this one
Cali Soca - B-side with 2 gutars - Fusion\Reggae
*If any of you have any questions about them\their songs\how to play the songs...Just ask!
P.S. youtube does have a few videos but it was hard to find about half of these on there.
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About 2 blocks from our house is the most amazing, historical park that is home to what Glendora calls Big Tree. It's one of the most beautiful, massive trees I've ever seen and it's practically in our backyard. How cool is that?
Planted in 1880, it's rich in history and full of loving memories for our family.
My kids beg me to come here almost weekly to play on the roots and just climb around. So I knew the only way I'd get them to cooperate and take a cute picture for me on Valentine's Day was to take them to Big Tree Park.
I think my plan worked! I mean, how cute are my kiddos? I'll never get over that I ended up with two toe-heads, but I must say, I wouldn't have it any other way! Blonde babies are the best babies!


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I started reading science blogs in 2004. The idea that professional scientists could have an unmediated conduit to talk to people about their science was immediately appealing, even before I had anything I could reasonably call "my" science. In 2009, I joined up with three friends from graduate school and launched a brand new science blog, "We, Beasties." I've been blogging ever since. We, Beasties was eventually picked up by ScienceBlogs.com, and in 2013 I moved to a group blog at Scientific American. I've written a lot about science, life in graduate school, and science publishing, but here are some of my favorites.
Notable Posts from Food Matters
GMO Labeling, I-522, and Why This Debate Sucks for Progressive Scientists Like Me
Sexually Transmitted Food Allergens
Eating Dirt: The Benefits of Being (Relatively) Filthy
Scientific American Guest Blogs
"Boston Lockdown – Fear, Uncertainty and Bias"
"Allergic to Science – Proteins and Allergens in Our Genetically Modified Food"
Notable Posts from We, Beasties
The Future of Science Publishing
The GoD of B-cells
Allergic to Spunk
Science in the News
SITN is a graduate student-run organization that, among other things, organizes an annual lecture series for a general audience on a variety of science topics. In 2009, I led an effort to record and post videos of these lectures for wider consumption. I also gave numerous lectures, including one of the first in the "All star series" started in 2013. Links to slides and videos (where available) below.
2013 "Living Factories: Engineering Cells to Manufacture Molecules." (slides | video)
2012 "Avian Flu and Scientific Censorship: When Should Scientists Keep Their Mouths Shut?" (video)
2011 "How to Spot a Virus: The Origins of an Immune Response." (slides | video)
2010 "Our Microbial Organ: The Good and Bad Bugs of the Human Gut" (slides | video)
2009 "Autoimmunity and Disease: When the Body Attacks Itself"
Web Video Links
Miscellaneous videos I've put out on the internet, including a tutorial series on using Adobe Illustrator to make scientific figures and cartoons.
Adobe Illustrator for Scientists (tutorials)
Cheese Microbiology, Cell video abstract
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The United Kingdom has given the green light to the first phase of its proposed High Speed Two train line. In response to environmental concerns, the route for HS2 will now include extra tunneling in the first 90 miles, so not to disrupt the natural beauty of the English countryside. The first phase will connect London to Birmingham and could be functional by 2026.
The new high speed rail line would power trains that run 225 miles per hour, making the far corners of the small country more accessible. The first phase, which will connect Birmingham and London, will allow passengers to make the trip in just 45 minutes, as opposed to the current 84 minute commute.
According to U.K. Transport Secretary Justine Greening, the creation of HS2 will greatly reduce Great Britain's carbon footprint. With faster travel times, citizens will take HS2 over airplanes and individual car rides. When complete, the high speed line will connect Leeds, Manchester, London, Birmingham, and a port to Europe that uses the Channel Tunnel. With transfers, the trip from London to Edinburgh will be just 3 and a half hours, as opposed to the nearly 7 hour journey on trains today.
Developments for HS2 also have the environment in mind, and great revisions have been made in regards to preserving the natural beauty of the environment in which it bisects, as well as moving the route in order to reduce the number of homes at risk for noise and other disruptions.
Although most support the government's attempt to invest in a green transportation system, many find the project to not be green enough. A group called Campaign for Better Transport, lead by Stephen Joseph, claims that HS2 has many kinks to work out, including incorporating lower carbon emissions.
The 140 mile stretch of the first phase has been green lighted for construction, with the second phase projected at 2014.
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Portraits of Boys - Fine Art Prints of Historical Photos
"Benson Cocktails", Street Drinking Fountains in Portland - c. 1917A newsboy stops for refreshment at one of twenty water fountains given to the city of Portland by Simon Benson, shortly after they were installed. Learn More
A Very Small Boy, with a Prosthetic Hand - 1890sThis early Bowman portrait features a very small Native American boy with a prosthetic hand, standing on a wicker chair. Learn More
Boy from Salem in Military Garb - c. 1862Early tintypes can rarely be attributed to specific photographers. We know this view was by Joseph Buchtel, as the original has an advertisement for his Salem "branch gallery" glued to its back. Learn More
Elmer E. Charman, Future Oregon City Businessman - c. 1869Elmer E. Charman, taken at about the time of his father's death in the late 1860s. Learn More
George Thorpe and Parents - 1860sI don't know much more than the name of the boy in the photo, but the image haunted me until I added it to this site. Learn More
Lighthearted Kids in Merrill FSA Camp - 1939While many of Dorothea Lange's Depression photos reveal the hardships and strain of life at that time, this view demonstrates that kids can still smile in any environment. Learn More
Long-haired Boy with New Overalls - c. 1905A young boy, probably from Albany, the home of photographer Clinton Harnish, shows off his crisp new overalls in this turn-of-the-last-century portrait. Learn More
Making Their own Fun in Willamette - 1949In this 1949 snapshot, Duane Davis (holding the reins) and Jay Dunwoodie guide Clarabelle the burro down Eighth Avenue in the Willamette neighborhood of West Linn. Learn More
One of the First Benson Bubblers, Portland - c. 1917The Benson Bubblers are Portland's iconic four-bowl drinking fountains, The first twenty were installed by 1917, financed by a $10,000 gift from Simon Benson. Learn More
The Bath - 1898A brother and sister receive their weekly bath on the back porch in this classic Portland scene. Learn More
The Charman Brothers, Oregon City - c. 1864Lennie (later known as T. L.) and Elmer Charman, ages about 4 and 3, who grew up to partner in a number of well-known Oregon City business ventures. Learn More
The Haircut - 1898A mother gives her son a trim near the shed in the backyard as his sister looks on, in this classic Portland scene. Learn More
The Next Generation - 1936The title originally given to this portrait by photographer Arthur Rothstein was "Rehabilitation Client, McMinnville, Oregon." I found that to be a bit mundane. Learn More
The Old Homestead - c. 1910This family portrait, which includes the cat and dog, shows a typical slice of life for homesteaders in the coast range of southwest Oregon. This particular scene is from Kent Creek, near Winston, in Douglas County. Learn More


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Short description of some beers, which you are able to produce with our breweries:
- IPA (India Pale Ale) and APA (American Pale Ale) - beer with significant quantities of different types of hops. Pale malt gives hop to emerge in all its glory. The APA and IPA are two sides of the same coin. APA emphasizes the aromatic side of hops, IPA — taste that is bitterness. Two ways of hopping give such an opportunity: brewing with hops gives bitterness, infusion on dry hops – aromatics with fruit-citrus-coniferous notes.
- Blonde Ales. Color varies from light to dark golden; beer has very good transparency and form a large dense creamy foam from white to cream color. It is characterized by malt sweetness, a mild hop flavor and a rich and spicy aroma of hops and sweet malt. Alcohol content: 6.0-7.5%.
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- Stouts and Porters, for example Guinness and Murphy's are dry Irish stouts, but you can brew something similar, but unique. Stouts draw their flavor and color from roasted barley. Porter is very similar to stout, but made from, or largely from, unroasted barley.
- Wheat beer. One of the most commercially successful types of wheat beer is hefeweisen, served with lemon, very fresh for the summer season.
- English Ales are very popular and have their own culture of brewing and drinking.
- Mexican lager (type Corona) using malt, rice and corn, is classified as Premium American Lager beer. Corona is one of the top-selling beers worldwide. Our company can offer, for the additional price, recipe of the Corona type beer, which we have invented and it is possible to brew on our equipment.
- European beers, mostly lagers are separate subject to discuss; the most famous are Belgian beers, beside Czech and German lager beers.
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2/ Lager beer gold coloured, developed on the basis of the best German variety Light beer - German variety. It has no beer bitterness. Beer is popular among students. This variety is almost the same as our classic, Czech light beer, but this beer is softer and weaker. It is gold coloured. It contains 3.8% of alcohol and 11% of dry matter.
3/ Red Irish beer Red beer, contents 5.4% of alcohol and 14% of dry matter. For many years our brewers were working on this beer and it expresses our view of the truly exclusive and honourable beverage. The beer is brewed of caramel malt, "red" beer is pleasant in all aspects: appearance - bright, cognac hue with an amber tint and glowing from the inside. Taste is slightly spicy, wonderfully soft and rich.
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Agilent Technologies' A, +1.34% shares leapt more than 7 percent after the company said it earned $13 million, or 3 cents a share, during the fiscal fourth quarter versus a loss of $236 million, or 51 cents a share, in the same period last year. Sales were $1.68 billion versus $1.74 billion last year. Excluding charges, Agilent earned 15 cents a share, much better than the 5 cents a share that analysts had expected. See full story.
ATI Technologies ATYT rallied more than 11 percent after the company upped its expectations for the first quarter of fiscal 2004. The company said it expects to report adjusted net earnings in a range of 16 to 20 cents a share on sales of between $440 million to $470 million. Analysts polled by Thomson First Call are looking for earnings of 13 cents a share, on average, on sales of $424.7 million. For the second quarter, ATI said it expects to see continued strength but due to seasonality expects slightly weaker revenue and profit.
Cendant CD, +0.00% shares added more than 2 percent after the company said it expects 2004 revenue to rise 5 to 8 percent over 2003 to $18.9 billion to $19.4 billion, exceeding the current consensus analyst projection compiled by Reuters Research of $18.6 billion. Earnings for the year are expected to be $1.55 to $1.62 a share, surrounding expectations of $1.60. For 2003, the provider of travel and residential real estate services reiterated its earnings forecast of $1.40 to $1.41 a share.
Ciena CIEN, +1.01% rose more than 6 percent after Thomas Weisel upgraded the company to "outperform" from "peer perform." The company also announced the redemption of $48 million worth of outstanding 5 percent convertible notes due 2005 in an effort to cut interest expenses and to eliminate the need to repay the debt at maturity.
DJ Orthopedics DJO gained more than 7 percent after the company secured a three-year supply contract from Premier Purchasing Partners, a strategic alliance of about 200 hospital and healthcare systems. DJ Orthopedics said the deal "represents the company's largest supply contract opportunity for orthopedic rehabilitation products in its history." The contract covers a number of products, including DonJoy brand knee braces, ProCare soft braces, and the company's line of cold-therapy systems. Financial terms weren't disclosed.
Dick's Sporting Goods DKS, +0.77% advanced more than 5 percent after the company reported third-quarter net income of $4.7 million, or 18 cents a share, up from 14 cents a share in the year-earlier period, and above the average analyst estimate of 16 cents a share, according to Reuters Research. Total sales rose 16 percent to $338.2 million, topping expectations of $335 million, while comparable-store sales increased 2.5 percent. The sporting goods retailer raised its full fiscal year earnings projection to between $1.99 and $2 per share from $1.95.
General Electric GE, -0.30% surged almost 3 percent after the company received an upgrade from Merrill Lynch to "buy" from "neutral." The firm set a price target of $33 per share, and said it expects earnings per share growth of 15 percent in 2005.
Hecla Mining HL, +0.34% and Meridian Gold MDG, +1.33% surged Tuesday after gold jumped to nearly $398 an ounce. The December contract closed at $397.60, up 6.10 for the session, a move that almost wiped out its drop on $6.50 on Monday. Traders cited weakness in the U.S. dollar after the consumer price index came in unchanged for October.
Innovative Solutions ISSC, -0.71% rose more than 21 percent after the Exton, Pa., maker of flight information equipment reported fourth-quarter earnings of $2.8 million, or 23 cents per share, 8 cents ahead of the average estimate of two analysts polled by Thomson First Call. Sales surged to $10.1 million in the latest three months from $7.2 million in the same period a year earlier. The company also noted that the Federal Aviation Administration has issued a mandate for use of reduced vertical separation minimum technology in the U.S. by January 20, 2005. The company believes it's well-positioned to maintain at least a 50 percent share in the retrofit market.
Longs Drug Stores' LDG, -22.86% shares leapt more than 11 percent in afternoon action. The stock hit a 52-week high after speculation surfaced that the chain was a takeover target. In an unusual move, the New York Stock Exchange asked the company to issue a statement about the stock activity. Longs said only that it does not comment on unusual market activity or rumors. The rally comes ahead of the company's third-quarter results, which are expected after the closing bell on Wednesday. Five analysts polled by Thomson First Call are currently looking for a profit of 12 cents per share from the Walnut Creek, Calif., pharmacy operator in the October period on sales of $1.08 billion.
Marvel Enterprises MVL, +4.24% tacked on almost 2 percent after the company raised its 2004 sales and earnings estimates on Monday, as the comic book publisher cited stronger promotional support from retailers and better-than-expected international licensing. New York-based Marvel said sales should amount to $415 million to $435 million, up from its previous forecast of $315 million to $345 million. Earnings should hit a range of $1.31 to $1.48 a share, up from its previous estimate of 96 cents to $1.14 a share. See full story.
Neose Technologies' NTEC, +4.68% shares rallied more than 15 percent after the company inked two licensing agreements with Novo Nordisk NVO, -1.23% and received an upgrade from J.P. Morgan to "neutral." The licensing agreements call for Novo Nordisk to use Neose's GlycoPEGylation technology to develop three next-generation proteins. Neose will receive an upfront fee of $4.3 million, and it could see up to $51.3 million in milestone payments. Novo Nordisk will fund Neose's research and development activities under the agreements, and Neose will receive royalties on the sale of products commercialized under the agreements.
Netopia NTPA surged more than 12 percent after the company said it would provide its 3387W 3-D Reach Wi-Fi ethernet gateway product to Netifice Communications for use in enterprise broadband applications. Financial terms weren't disclosed.
Pivotal Corp. PVTL, -1.80% rose more than 10 percent after the company received a conditional offer to be acquire by CDC Software, a Chinadotcom CHINA, +0.40% unit, for either cash or for a combination of cash and stock. Terms call for the suitor to pay either $2 in cash or $2.14 in cash and Chinadotcom stock for each common share of Pivotal. The latest offer is higher than either of two earlier bids lodged for the provider of customer relationship management software. CDC Software is also offering Pivotal up to $20 million in bridge financing. Chinadotcom shares gained more than 3 percent.
Prudential Financial PRU, +1.14% added more than 3 percent after the company agreed to buy the retirement business of Cigna CI, -2.10% for $2.1 billion in cash. Prudential said the acquisition will add $52 billion to the company's assets under management and will be accretive to the company's earnings on a per-share basis Cigna shares fell almost 3 percent.
Ryder Systems' R, +0.84% shares rallied more than 8 percent after Credit Suisse First Boston raised its rating on shares of the Miami-based provider of transportation management services to "outperform" from "neutral." The firm said it believes Ryder may top expectations in 2004 with just a modest improvement in economic activity.
Sybron Dental Specialties SYD, +1.94% jumped more than 8 percent after the Orange, Calif., maker of dental and orthodontic products reported a fourth-quarter profit of $17.3 million, or 43 cents per share, including a gain of 2 cents per share from an income tax benefit. The performance beat Wall Street's consensus estimate for a clean profit of 35 cents per share. Revenue totaled $137.7 million in the quarter, up 19.9 percent from $114.9 million in the same period a year earlier.
Sycamore Networks SCMR gained more than 7 percent after Thomas Weisel upgraded the optical networking company to "outperform" from "underperform."
Visteon VC, +0.67% shares rose almost 8 percent after the Dearborn, Mich., automotive parts firm named George Strickler chief financial officer and executive vice president. Strickler previously served in an identical capacity at BorgWarner BWA, +0.17% whose shares fell 2 percent on the news. Strickler replaces Daniel Coulson at Visteon. Coulson is retiring. BorgWarner named William Cline, its vice president and controller, to the acting CFO position.
American Woodmark AMWD, +2.43% fell more than 3 percent after the company posted a profit of 99 cents per share for the fiscal second quarter ended Oct. 31, down from the prior year's $1.09 and less than the $1.02 expected by two analysts surveyed by Reuters Research. Sales for the latest quarter improved to $169.4 million from the prior year's $145 million. Gross margins were pressured by higher material, labor and benefit costs, the manufacturer of kitchen cabinets and vanities said. American Woodmark anticipates better margins in the current quarter, helping generate earnings in a range of 90 to 95 cents per share compared to the prior year's 80 cents. The two analysts are carrying a consensus estimate of 94 cents.
Cache CACH, -30.00% dropped more than 11 percent after the New York-based women's apparel retailer filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the sale of 2 million common shares. The offering includes an over-allotment option for the sale of an additional 300,000 shares. Selling shareholders are offering 1.8 million of the shares.
Shares of Friedman's FRM, -0.66% lost more than 14 percent in midday action. Late Monday, the Savannah, Ga., fine jewelry retailer said it will have to restate its results for at least 2000, 2001, 2002 and the first three quarters of 2003. Ernst & Young, Friedman's independent auditor, said the results could no longer be relied upon due to concerns about the accounting for the allowance for doubtful accounts. The company is working with the auditors to complete the restatement but the filing of its Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended Sept. 27 may be delayed. It could not estimate the impact the restatements would have on its results at this time. Earlier in the session, the stock sank to a 52-week low of $5.31.
Gadzooks' GADZ shares fell more than 5 percent after the Dallas casual clothing retailer reported a third-quarter loss of $22.1 million, or $2.42 per share. The latest results include a $8.7 million non-cash valuation allowance to reduce the company's deferred tax assets. In the same period a year earlier, the company lost $856,000, or 9 cents per share. Sales dropped 33 percent in the latest three months to $49.2 million from $73.7 million in the same period a year earlier. Same-store sales sank 31 percent in the quarter. Three analysts polled by Thomson First Call were looking for a loss of $1.11 per share in the September quarter on sales of $52.5 million.
Gamestop GME, +0.00% shares lost more than 5 percent in late trades. The Grapevine, Texas-based video game retailer is scheduled to report its third-quarter results after the closing bell on Wednesday. Analysts polled by Thomson First Call are currently looking for a profit of 18 cents per share for the October period on sales of $320.9 million.
Shares of Jo-Ann Stores JAS, -0.91% plummeted more than 17 percent after the Hudson, Ohio-based fabric and crafts retailer beat Wall Street's consensus estimate for its third-quarter results but lowered its outlook for the full year due to expectations of weak sales in the fourth quarter. The company posted earnings of $12 million, or 54 cents per share, in the September quarter, up from its year-ago profit of $8.9 million, or 40 cents per share, and ahead of the average estimate of analysts polled by Thomson First Call for a profit of 47 cents per share. Citing weak demand for its fall and Halloween merchandise, industry-wide moderation in same-store sales growth and a decline in the level of improvement in gross margins, the company dropped its forecast for the year to earnings of $1.70 to $1.80 per share, a decline of 30 cents per share.
Keryx Biopharmaceuticals KERX slumped more than 7 percent after the New York-based firm disclosed a private placement of 3.5 million shares at $4.25 each with several institutional investors. Each share carries a five-year warrant to buy 20 percent of a share with an exercise price of $6, resulting in the issuance of about 705,000 warrant shares. The company plans to use the estimated $15 million in gross proceeds from the placement for working capital, and to provide additional flexibility in its licensing and product acquisition programs.
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Lincare Holdings LNCR slid more than 8 percent in afternoon trades. The company was among those mentioned as possibly being hurt by changes to proposed Medicare benefits. See full story.
MedImmune MEDI, +1.34% shares lost more than 4 percent after the company said late Monday that it was cutting its forecast for the fourth quarter and full year 2003, citing lower-than-expected demand for its nasal spray flu vaccine, FluMist. See full story.
Mitek Systems MITK, +0.74% fell more than 20 percent after the Poway, Calif., maker of automated check imaging and document processing equipment reported a fourth-quarter loss of $1.6 million, or 15 cents per share, wider than its year-ago loss of $15,000, or break even on a per share basis. Thomson First Call doesn't publish a consensus estimate for the company. Sales fell to $1.7 million in the latest three months from $3.9 million in the same period a year earlier. Mitek said that its gross margin dropped to 40 percent in the quarter from 60 percent last year due to an unfavorable product mix, and that sales were hurt by the adverse impact of economic uncertainties on purchasing decisions.
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Yes, it's true. At times men get tired and really want to get off and pass out. There are so many things men hate about sex and as unbelievable as it may sound we actually got a whole list that will make you agree with us.
1. The Ups And Down Before Switching It On
Women think that the soldier gets up right away as soon as they touch a man but guess what! It doesn't, I mean they go through many erections before they get themselve inside you and for them, it's highly frustrating.
How? Well, remember? It starts with the kissing then some important talk barges in (The saluting worrier bows down), then second phase starts when you mutually touch chests (But hey! there's always something that interrupts may be a pee break, a call or anything and the THING doesn't stays up), then finally comes the phase where they get to enter the vertical lips but till then the Dick gets tired of lying flat and pointing up. At times they feel like calling a night.
2. Shoe to Shooo!!
Ever since Eve tasted the fruit of shame, it has been the ritual that when Sex happens, the man begins by taking off the clothes of the woman. The woman always unbutton the shirt but that's it. Poor men, they have to take off their jeans and shoes and socks.
I mean in what world does that sound equal that a man can unzip a thousand pairs of women boots or remove their hundred types of footwear but a woman never unlaced a pair of her man's shoes. It is just irritating to guys. Girls, don't be so cruel.
3. Pointing And Peeing
No woman on earth knows the pain of peeing with a hard on because they never have to and it really sucks. When men have their dick pointed, their bladder locks up as it becomes prime to ejaculate and peeing in that situation hurts like hell.
The wait feels like forever as the flow never comes easily and women end up thinking that they are taking a dump. (Trust me he will rather take a dump than having sex after all that pain).
4. Should I Or Shouldn't I
Women think men shoot the gun right inside them as soon as it is loaded but what they don't know is that men have really hard time guessing when is the perfect time to go in and start the fire.
I mean 80% of the time they get it right but your V-zone doesn't always give them enough hints and when they realise that they might have jumped in a dry pound, they feel stupid and regret doing it.
5. Holding The Major Wave
Women take their time to Orgasm but with all the turn on's and ready to pound situation it is really hard for men to not come. The first minute of sex is the hardest as the trip and pleasure become too high for them but they can't just unload because then they will be judged.
Holding the major wave is not at all easy for them, however when the rush passes it becomes better. So, ladies holding it for long may feel fun to you but it is never fun for them.
6. The Game Of Satisfaction
Women do not hold the right of getting disappointed in bed, men do get disappointed but they just find it unrespectable to say it out loud (They care about your feelings).
During the sexual encounter, they think about 80 more things that they would like to try or do (May be because they have seen it in some erotic porn) but let's be serious, women mostly don't get out of their comfort zone and they make peace with the minimum options of new things they get.
7. Never Letting The Truth Out
Men love to make their female partner orgasm (as hard as possible) but they do understand that one of the days it isn't going to happen. When a woman says she can't come, men listen and understand that but they would rather blow their chance of having sex than telling her that they can't come.
Why? Well, it's simple the rapid fire of questions won't leave their side and the invasive drilling will drive them insane. Hence, they fake it. YES, they do, because telling you that they jerked off three times before invading your vagina is harder than faking an orgasm. (I bet you are still judging them)
8. Right Of Complaining
The worst part is that they can't even complain about all the things that I have mentioned above. How can they, I mean we women always nag about more than 200 problems that we are going through and how on the earth, the person who is about to pound you will complain about anything that might make you sad.
I bet you never thought of these problems before but now that you know all of them try to make it as easier as you can for him.


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Dear Five-String Banjo,
We have spent a lot of time together. Despite your sometimes aloof, wooden demeanor, I must say you've always been there to help me express my happiness and exorcise my grievances. You've calmed my nerves when needed, entertained me when I've been bored, taught me the rewards of commitment, and so much more. While this may be a bit embarrassing for both of us, I really want to express how much this relationship means to me, including the difficult parts as well as the joys. You need not respond, as I know you express yourself through your confident stoicism as much as your wonderfully quirky voice.
Imbued with the American Character
You, modern five string banjo, are an American creation. However, like so many great American artistic creations, you spawn from the collision of differing, often opposing cultures. As has become more widely known thanks to documentaries by Bela Fleck (Throw Down Your Heart) and Marc Fields (Give Me the Banjo), your roots stem from African folk instruments. Those African origins give your voice its most distinctive sound in my opinion, especially as embodied in that the bizarre little short string atop your neck, that repeated drone string. Also, the unmistakable interweaving of your slim, light melodic strings with the loud, percussive qualities of your stretched drum head are undeniably African in origin and are also responsible for your unmistakable voice. These distinguishing characteristics are much more indebted to traditional African folk forms than they are to the Anglo European traditions in which you were absorbed. Your ability to gracefully adapt, absorb, and thrive as life changes around you is inspiring, if not sometimes difficult, I'm sure.
Your intermingling of African and Western forms, combined with the rugged sensibility of the Appalachian mountains where your myths were nourished, are inherent to your unique tone. While your other admirers might disagree or even find this idea uncomfortable (if not insulting), I also believe the dark stain of slavery and racial tensions echo within your syncopated, blues-influenced sounds. Yours is the sound of struggle and an attempt to apply harmony to the disharmony of reality. There is a beauty and aspirational quality to your sound, but it is a beauty formed by shadow as much as light. Your sound is naturally associated with authenticity and the struggles of hard-scrabble living, religious yearning, and, yes, the strains of painful race relations. These are the struggles of America - a country founded on genocide and slavery while paradoxically giving birth to the idea that individual freedom and liberty are entitled to all. You ring alive with the unvarnished history of America, and I admire that you have the integrity to embody this story as it truly was rather than how we wish it might have been. You realize that beauty lies more in honesty than any other virtue.
A Simple Machine
I also love you, banjo, because you are a resourceful soul, embracing change as needed without sacrificing your essential self. I sometimes think about Woody Guthrie's scrawling of "This Machine Kills Fascists" on his flat top guitar. I love the ironic playfulness of Guthrie referring to his guitar as a machine, toying with the relationship between fascism and industrialism. But, you, five string resonator banjo... You really do have an elegantly solid, machine-like aesthetic with your polished metal moving parts framed by dark woods and ivory embellishments. You wear your history with earnest pride; you are the result of an agrarian culture moving into the industrial age and, much like your emotional history with race, you accept these tensions as well, realizing they've made you who you are.
Sound Meditation
As if this letter isn't embarrassing enough, I'm going to further embarrass you, banjo, by posting this letter publicly on my blog. This is because I'm trying to use my blog to reinforce a more simple, fulfilling life, and you have played no small part in moving me towards that direction. Pete Seeger once referred to the pluck of your strings as "little pin-pricks of sound." There is something oddly soothing about this strange voice of yours. It lacks resonance but communicates instead through an emphatic earnestness. I can't help but use metaphors of water to describe you. Those little pin-prick notes, like drops from a waterfall, combine and coalesce to make a rolling symphony of moving currents, both dissonant and melodic at the same time. I find it easy, almost unavoidable, to get lost in the moment as I pluck your strings, slide my hand across your frets, and enjoy how you sing along with your ringing voice. What's more, you ask nothing in return apart from the occasional set of strings when the oil and dirt from my hands have dulled yours too much. You cost me no money beyond that. You are a willing traveler and adventurer as at home deep in the dark, damp woods as you are in a home full of luxuries. Your needs are simple and humble, and spending time with you allows me to embrace the same.
While I call this a love letter, what I really want to express is my gratitude, banjo. Despite your round belly, skinny neck, and odd voice, I love who you are and am grateful for your influence.
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Yoga in the Himalayas
Yoga in Rishikesh
In Rishikesh there are numerous temples and ashrams, some historical and some newer ones. The city attracts thousands of pilgrims and tourists from India and western countries every year. There are many Yoga schools, most of which have a very long tradition. Rishikesh has the reputation to be the "Yoga Capital" of the world. Hindus believe that through meditation in Rishikesh and bathing in the sacred river Ganges, they can find the way to salvation (Moksha). During the 1960s, the Beatles and other western musicians visited Rishikesh to meditate.
Accommodation and Yoga program for our participants in Rishikesh is at Parmarth Nikean Ashram, one of Rishikesh's finest Ashrams, which offers views over the holy river Ganges. The rooms retain the simplicity of ashram life, while being equipped with the necessary modern amenities such as fans, private bathrooms with hot and cold running water and western or Indian toilets. Vegetarian Meals are provided at the Ashram.
Monday to Friday, natural cure and Ayurvedic treatment are also available on the premises. In addition, there are frequent special cultural and spiritual programs given by visiting revered saints, acclaimed musicians, spiritual and social leaders and others. All staying guest are welcome to participate in the daily activities.
Sample Daily Schedule:
7:30 – 8:00 am Meditation – Yoga Hall Top Floor
8:30 – 9:00 am Breakfast
1:00 – 2:00 pm Lunch
4:00 – 5:00 pm General yogasana & Meditation – Yoga Hall Top Floor
5:00 – 5:30 pm Meditation – Yoga Hall Top Floor
6:00 – 7:30 pm Ganga Havan and Aarti – Shankar Bhagwan Ghat on the holy banks of River Ganges
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About Yoga
Yoga is an ancient Indian philosophy and describes the spiritual path unifying the individual with the universal by means of asceticism and meditation. The term Yoga comes from the ancient language Sankrit and means "unification". The highest aim of Yoga is the soul's independence and liberation from the physical body, desires, passions and affects: in Sankrit, that is "Atman". As a result, inner peace, balance and integration of all levels of the human personality are accomplished.
Yoga in the Himalayas (Chrysalid Camp)
Yoga in Rishikesh
Yoga in Cochin
1 Person 315 EUR; 2 Persons 270 EUR per person (Single Occupancy + 20 EUR per person)
1 Person: 175 EUR; 2 Persons: 130 EUR per person (Double Room; Single Occupancy: + 20 EUR)
Price includes: 16 hours Yoga/week, Accommodation as booked, Airport transfers for arrival and departure to/from COK Airport.
1 Person 305 EUR; 2 Persons 260 EUR per person (Single Occupancy + 20 EUR per person)
1 Person: 165 EUR; 2 Persons: 120 EUR per person (Double Room; Single Occupancy: + 20 EUR)
Price includes: 9 hours Yoga/week, Accommodation as booked, Airport transfers for arrival and departure to/from COK Airport.
1 Person 325 EUR; 2 Persons 275 EUR per person (Single Occupancy + 20 EUR per person)
1 Person: 190 EUR; 2 Persons: 130 EUR p.p. (Double Room; Single Occupancy: + 20 EUR)
plus 20 €/person/week
surcharge for rooms with air conditioning - 60 €/week/room
Each extra week: 290 EUR per person
Accommodation in Cochin
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Guest House in Palampur
Kayakalp Spa and Therapy Centre in Palampur
Interns of Physiotherapy and Ayurveda at Kayakalp can stay at Kayakal's Basera dorm rooms for 650 Rs/night incl. full board and Yoga.
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Maheshu (Shimla), Palampur, Dharamshala
In Rishikesh, there are a number of temples and ashrams (religious hostels), both historical and built in recent times. The city attracts thousands of pilgrims and tourists, both from India, as well as from western countries. It is home to several yoga centers, in keeping with an age old tradition. Rishikesh therefore, has the reputation of being the "yoga capital" of the world. Hindus believe that meditation in Rishikesh, as well as a dip in the holy river Ganges, leads them closer to salvation (Moksha).
Our Coordinator in the Himalayas
Our coordinator in Maheshu, Dharamshala and Rishikesh is Vikas and his team from the Chrysalid Oudoor Camps. In Palampur, we work with Atul, a guide.


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