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Jet Pet Resort
I am a very outgoing, personable and love animals! I am opening this wonderful pet resort, Jet Pet Resort, located at the Vancouver International airport in B.C. Canada. The concept of this is when people are on the way to the airport they swing by and drop off their pet and head right in the the airport and they are able to see their pet asap upon arrival home. This is very quick, easy and convienient for the traveler and puts them at ease knowing their pet is having a vacation too! Our saying is " because your pet deserves a vacation too!" This is a high end resort with many advanced concepts and technologies and want to make sure that the logo serves us correctly.
any one with pets!!!
must be a classy logo, preferrably not cartoon. Our theme is an old New York with brick buildings, heavy crown white detail etc...trees and of course the play area will be central park like..
classic colours as the red brick, grey stones, black iron accents, heavy white crown etc... so very earth tonned but would love to see many colour varriations as I am open to anything :)
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After nearly three weeks of intra-rebel fighting that's killed at least 1,400 people, the head of al Qaida weighed in Thursday, urging the groups to abandon their internal rivalries and focus instead on overthrowing President Bashar Assad.
Al Qaida chief Ayman al Zawahiri made the plea in an audio statement that was aimed at calming fighting between the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, an al Qaida affiliate, and other rebel groups aimed at pushing ISIS out of areas it had controlled in northern and eastern Syria. ISIS' brutal tactics, including beheadings, as it sought to form an Islamist state in areas it controlled had earned it the enmity of other rebel groups, including the Nusra Front, itself an al Qaida affiliate.
Zawahiri's message was directed to both Islamist fighters and, unusually, to rebels who don't accept his group's ideology.
"Our hearts and the hearts of the (Muslim) nation, which hangs its hopes on you, have bled for the infighting that has spread between the ranks of those waging jihad for Islam," Zawahiri said in the five-minute recording.
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"We call on all our brothers in all the jihadist groups. . . to work towards ending this sedition, which will lead to only God knows what," he said. "Every mujahedeen group and every free person in Syria seeking to overthrow al Assad . . . seek an end to fighting between brothers in jihad and Islam immediately."
It's doubtful that Zawahiri's plea will be heeded. ISIS already has ignored his instruction, issued last year, to confine its activities to Iraq, which came in April when ISIS attempted to take over the Nusra Front. Zawahiri ruled in June that the Syrian-led Nusra Front should represent the al Qaida movement in Syria.
ISIS continued to expand its reach into Syria even after Zawahiri's admonition was posted again in November.
Unlike most other rebel groups, Nusra has been reluctant to confront ISIS directly during the most recent fighting, though its fighters have clashed with ISIS occasionally. ISIS has lost ground in Idlib and Latakia provinces but has consolidated its control of the provincial capital of Raqqa, leaving rebel-held areas crisscrossed with competing zones of control.
On Sunday the leader of ISIS, Abu Bakr al Baghdadi, issued a statement of his own calling for the fighting to end and apparently ordering his men to halt retaliatory attacks on other rebels, which have included more than a dozen suicide car bombings.
"We have not been able to prevent this battle and were forced to fight," he said in an unverified audiotape distributed on jihadist websites. "If someone stops firing at you, stop firing at them. Fight together against one enemy we all have."
That Zawahiri didn't directly make rulings on who was in the wrong or specifically order groups to take a course of action led some experts to conclude that al Qaida Central, as many refer to the original group founded by Osama bin Laden, has lost influence over its local affiliates' operations.
"Super-weak statement from Zawahiri on Syria," J.M. Berger, who writes extensively on al Qaida, said on his Twitter feed. "Says he'll support whomever jihadis choose to lead. Essentially concedes he has no control."
That assessment was shared by Charles Lister, a terrorism adviser at the Brookings Center in Doha, Qatar. He said that since ISIS emerged last spring, Zawahiri's ability to influence the actions of ISIS and the Nusra Front "has been remarkably minimal."

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*Kelly Price has been the hot topic of conversation for fans of "R&B Divas: LA"
The backlash on Twitter, Facebook and other methods of social media has been staggering. Some have turned against her, while others are fighting to clear her name.
While many of the other cast members have done interviews and made statements about the outcome of the show, Kelly has kept quiet…until now.
In an Epic Exclusive Interview with EURweb associate, Cherise Nicole at CNikky.com, Kelly answered all of the questions that people have been asking. She addressed the Monologues; What happened in Las Vegas; Her feud with Fred; conflict with Chante Moore; the 'Boots and Vaseline' incident and the truth about what went on behind the scenes … when the camera stopped rolling.
Interestingly, she did not bad mouth any of her cast members. Not once. She accepted responsibility for her actions and even defended Chante Moore at one point. Kelly felt it was time to reveal the truth. Some of it is shocking.
But, in Kelly's words:
" I did this for the people who are watching. They need to know what happened. And from this point on everybody has to make their own decision. But, It is the truth. It is the 100% truth."
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The 15 degree Insulated Elbow can be used for fixed offsets of 15 degrees slope. Locking Bands are required to join the Elbows, which allows 360 degree rotation and lock the components together in place at the exact offset required. Insulated Elbows can be used at the same two-inch air space clearance as chimney sections.
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When perfumer Romano Ricci set out to create an elegant ode to the classic rose, his noble intentions were foiled by a lab technician who accidently added too much cetalox, a synthetic substitute for grey amber, to the mix. The serendipitous mistake turned out for the best, since it resulted in Mad Madame, a bewitching blend of sophisticated notes and modern musky scents.
This is the only perfume that I have ever worn, that received a complement every single time I wore it. Seriously. Every time. There is something mysterious about the scent, it smells both unlike something you have smelt before AND familiar at the same time. Can be worn anytime for any reason. Not sweet and yet not earthy. Just all around pleasant scent.5
When I was in NYC I went to the shop in SoHo and this was one of the samples I selected in my BYOB. I am obsessed. This smells so different from anything I have ever worn before. I use my sample sparingly because I never want to run out. The scent instantly takes me back to NYC with every spritz. I will for sure be purchasing the full size when I run out.5
I got the sample of Mad Madame and I absolutely fell in love. It had a very interesting mix of rose and spice. I have never, ever liked a floral fragrance before! I was surprised by my addiction to this perfume. Not only that, I would put it on before my 11 hour shift at work, come home and I'd still smell the perfume. Would highly recommend.5


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Zombie survival mod DayZ is rife with player-killing, and even though it's an integral part of the game's experience, most people nevertheless tend to frown on it, seeing as survival is the name of the game, not murder.
But once in a while, you run into a problem that can only be solved by violence. Or, in the case of DayZ creator Dean Hall, that problem finds you.
Recounting to Dork Shelf a tale of one day's play in the game, he reveals that only once has he ever killed another player in the game.
At the airfield, Hall spotted another new player cluelessly running around in the open. The troupe tried calling out to him, but, seeing the size of the group, the stranger tried to run away. "I started firing some warning shots," said Hall. "and I just kept firing. I don't know what compelled me. The next minute, I see him fall over."
The interface alerted Hall that the player had died. One of the players in the group said, "Wow, you killed him."
"I struggled, trying to understand why," said Hall. "I did it out of morbid curiosity. I wouldn't say I was revolted—at the end of the day it's still a game, but it didn't make sense to me."
It's OK. Last I checked, the zombies ate all the cops and the judges. You're cool, Dean!
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CHICAGO – Chicago police are warning people to walk in groups after two women were sexually assaulted on the city's Near North Side.
In a community alert, the department says that the first attack happened June 17 and the second one happened early Sunday morning. The alert says in each case a man approached the victims on the street, dragged them into an alley and then sexually assaulted them.
The department believes the same man is responsible for both attacks.
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Whatever one believes about Israel and the Palestinians, the general proposition that culture strongly influences economic performance should not be controversial. Romney likes to cite The Wealth and Poverty of Nations by former Harvard professor David Landes, which makes that case. The work of economist Mancur Olson also supports Romney's view.
Reaching further back, Romney could have cited Max Weber's The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism and R. H.Tawney's Religion and the Rise of Capitalism (though heaven help him if he had).
Perhaps the best statement by a politician in support of Romney's general point came in (or around) 1850 during a Senate debate on the extension of slavery into U.S. territories in the West. John C. Calhoun had delivered a speech in which he complained about the unequal economic development between the North and the South, citing among other things his standard beef about certain tariffs.
Thomas Hart Benton responded with a brilliant address in which he explained that the existence of slavery, which Calhoun wanted to extend, was one of the reasons the South was lagging economically.
Southerners didn't like hearing this, any more than Palestinians appreciated Romney's remarks. But Benton was right, and the South did not truly begin to "rise again" economically until its culture, especially as it related to race, began dramatically to change about 120 years after Benton spoke.


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Since dB Drag has gone to shit in my opinion, and with college slapping me in the face leaving me with no money for competition, and since the bass controll stays at 0 on a scale of -15 o +15 90% of the time...I'm sealing the mags. This will be a finalized enclosure and will encorperate my new active setup (details on that later).
This will also free up a lot of leg/book room. Not that it maters to me but I've had some passengers who could have used a few extra inches.
Here is a sketch up.
5.5cuft gross, roughly 4.8 after amp, driver, bracing displacement. It will be stuffed with 4lbs of poly fill. Basically doubleing everything from my last mag earsex enclosure (one mag sealed). I'm thinking about making it a tad bit longer, moving the subs out a bit more, and flushmounting the sundown horazontally in between them. I'll have to think about that look. It is either there or on top.
I'll keep you updated on progress once I actually start it.
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Last week we posted Peter Robinson's interview with Paul Rahe. Given our format, the interview rotated off the site after a few days. We should have another installment of Uncommon Knowledge next week. In the meantime, here is the interview with Professor Rahe, once more once, after a brief introduction.
Paul Rahe is one of the country's most distinguished scholars, but he has also proved to be a natural blogger as well. He is an incredibly hard-hitting academic, now posting regularly at Big Government and at Ricochet.
In this installment of Uncommon Knowledge, Peter Robinson begins with Professor Rahe's scholarship on the history of republics and a discussion of Sparta. He leads the discussion to our current predicament in the United States, covering ground from the Founders to the Progressives, from Ronald Reagan to Paul Ryan and the Age of Obama. Recorded live before an audience at Hillsdale on October 3, the video is 50 minutes long and worth every minute. Through our arrangement with the Hoover Institution, we are pleased to present it in its entirety.


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Translational Research: From Biological Discovery to Public Benefit (or Not)
Advances in biology are occurring at a breathtaking pace today, from genetic insights facilitated by the Human Genome Project and next generation DNA sequencing technologies, to global nucleic acid and proteomic expression measurement using new high-throughput methods. Less publicized in recent years, yet still the central driver of progress, are the steadily proceeding biological insights gained through tried and true hypothesis-driven investigation into the complex worlds of metabolism, growth, development, and regulation. Certainly, the basic science ecosystem is productive and this portends well for the myriad new applications that will benefit mankind; drugs, vaccines, devices, and related economic growth—or perhaps not—in stark contrast to the generation of fundamental biological knowledge are inefficiencies in applying this information to real-world problems, especially those of the clinic. While investigation hums along at light speed, translation often does not. The good news is that obstacles to progress are tractable. The bad news, however, is that these problems are difficult. The present paper examines translational research from multiple perspectives, beginning with a historical account and proceeding to the current state of the art. Included are descriptions of successes and challenges, along with conjecture on how the field may need to evolve in the future. 1. Introduction Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail. (Ralph Waldo Emerson) Nothing exemplifies the quote above from Emerson more than the translation of a biological discovery into a new drug, device, or other intervention that helps society. This is no easy task. The stakes here are high—human health and wellbeing; thus it is important that the translational system is critically examined and understood in order to maximize the likelihood that basic research performed in the laboratory and clinic benefits the public [1–7] (see Appendix for relevant websites). Moreover, if positive economic activity is generated this strengthens the biotechnology and pharmaceutical company sectors, which in turn grows the scientific ecosystem writ large, ultimately making more funds available for research and training, creating high-level jobs, and increasing appreciation of the overall enterprise by the public [8–10]. At the outset, it is important to recognize three important aspects of translational research as it is performed today. First, the system is not broken per se as there are many advances to celebrate, exemplified by the discovery, production,


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I was watching videos of Bob Moog around the web, and it got me thinking about the man himself. I would argue that the instrument he is most known for is the Minimoog, which is, of course a small sampling of his larger and more sophisitcated creations. As an engineer, I wonder if he took great pride in the Minmoog, or did he secretly resent that it was not some more sophisticated creation that took the spotlight?
I am an engineer by training, and I tend to value my work by how much of a miraculous feet of technical achievement it is. Whereas, to users and managers, it could be the simplest thing that was just right that matters. I wonder if Bob went with the flow and enjoyed the success of this instrument, or did he in ways try to play it down and always have an eye on the next technical miracle?


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The person who is WAY overweight. You might use this instead of fatty. It's a take on being Pakistani or Afghanistani.
Oh my gosh Becky! It's a Fatassistani! Some one should tell her... polka dots are not in this season for whale hunting.
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Bruce Almighty - How about Part 2
Can we have a sequel? Maybe its because we fall in love with the character and don't want to resort to videos for instant replays of perfection. Some of us fans are so into the moment of surprise!

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Bruce Almighty 2
Something about the second time around... I missed so much. I felt like I had to experience it all over again!

Re: Bruce Almighty 2
I wouldn't mind a sequel since it is probably my favorite Jim movie. But I wouldn't hold my breath because Jim hates to do sequels. Besides, I don't know how you could make a sequel to Bruce anyway. Everything was pretty much solved in the movie. What would you have left for the sequel?

Bruce Almighty 2
Just a possibility... What if God decided to teach Bruce about the Bible and 'its the darndest thing Bruce...' I gave a book on how to do life with simple charaters to show by example and humans haven't figured it out. Then just to be fun and exciting "Christmas Carol-esque" Bruce can Cliffnote it to expedite the process of ... And he would reply, "What are my children doing?"

Something like that. I like Bruce! Like to see more of him. He's... well, a lot like me. Thank God for Jesus, we can make mistakes (sin) and have redemption. "I love ya Bruce." Whats that thing they do - neck bob. "Thats why its not all that complicated, follow the rules. At least do your best, you're human. You're not God, thats my job."

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I think that movie has run it's course storywise... any sequel just wouldn't work I don't think.

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Oh dear god! Cambridge, you may actually get your wish!

This is from Variety today:

Godly sequel to 'Almighty'
Carrey circles 'Ark' for laffer follow-up

By MICHAEL FLEMING

Sony Pictures Entertainment, Universal Pictures and Spyglass are in talks to mount a "Bruce Almighty" sequel based on the Bobby Florsheim/Josh Stolberg script "The Passion of the Ark."
Talks are just getting under way, but the plan is to court Jim Carrey to reprise and to have Tom Shadyac return as director.

Though Carrey almost always turns down sequels -- he starred in "Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls" -- he has left the door open for another installment after the first proved to be the biggest-grossing hit of his career.

Carrey and Shadyac have also scored with "Ace Ventura, Pet Detective" and "Liar Liar." Scribe Steve Oedekerk will be enlisted to refit "Ark" into a sequel, sources said. The "Ark" script could work with another actor, who'd play a widowed writer who's chosen by God to prepare for the second great flood.

Early plan calls for U to run production and likely distribute domestically. Given that "Bruce Almighty" grossed $485 million worldwide, the U/Spyglass talks to share are surprising. The key is the Florsheim/Stolberg script that, when shopped in April, was flooded with seven-figure offers.

In a deal worth $1.5 million against $2.5 million, the script went to SPE and producer Neal Moritz, with Dave Phillips and Matt Luber exec producing. It is believed to be a record for unproduced writers.

Shadyac, who was part of an unsuccessful "Ark" bid with Universal, was in contact with SPE brass because he's circling the comedy "Twist of Fate." Shadyac's enthusiasm sparked the studios to begin talking. SPE and U have partnered in the past on such films as "Erin Brockovich" and Spyglass partners Roger Birnbaum and Gary Barber recently took a deal at SPE.

Turning a free-standing script into a sequel is not unprecedented. After fruitless attempts to make a third installment of "Die Hard," Fox finally took the Jonathan Hensleigh's script "Simon Says" and redrafted it as a vehicle for Bruce Willis' John McClane cop character.

Date in print: Fri., May 14, 2004, Los Angeles

Bruce Almighty 2
Thank God, its such a wonder. We are with deepest gratitude to reignite this character, and Mr. Carrey playing Bruce into the Heavenly Father that he is! God Bless You. Hope, got to have hope! May God Bless this project, be fruitful and multiply!

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this story looks hoaky. i wouldn't believe it. i think this is what people mean when they say "Don't believe everything you read". this sequel won't make it even if it was made.

it's repeating History. kinda like Ace Ventura 2, and Free Willy 2 and 3. . . come people! THINK!

when Jim says no, he means it. later!

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I could be wrong but I thought on the Bruce dvd Tom says a scene that got cut out of Bruce Almighty was going to be used for Bruce 2. I haven't watched the commentary in a long time and I have hearing problems sometimes but I thought that he mentioned a Bruce 2.

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Ooopppps I forgot to change the mad face to a happy one. I am not mad about it just as long as Jim is in it and notsome stupid computerized baby like in The Mask.

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Re: Bruce the Second Coming?
Wow! I don't know what to think of this. I don't think it would be a bad idea, only if they could get Jim, Jen, Morgan, and Tom all back. It would be silly if one or more of them was missing. I would like a sequel if the story was good enough and the whole cast came back. Tom is a good director and if he can make it work and Jim would agree to it then it would be ok with me. Bruce is my personal favorite Jim movie anyway. I think this sotry might have some truth to it because it is also on ET Online and the stuff on there is usually true. It says on there that if Jim doesn't do it then it will be played by another actor who will play a widowed writer. So it sounds to me like if Jim does it then they would re-write the script for him and make it be Bruce. The original script calls for a widowed writer, Jim wouldn't play a widowed writer if he did it, he would be Bruce. We'll just have to wait and see what happens. Jim does hate sequels though. We'll see!

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If you hadn't figured it out, it was a post it!  Now, we know. I have not idea who Mr. Carrey is but he's a wonderful actor, artist and I wonder if he knows how to play hide and seek? Its Waldo and she's in wonderland in an enchantmen cottage going in for a... I was wondering if it ah, oh... uhm, I, oh well this is post-it and there is no laws about it so, ah... just breath. Are you in this wonderland of over the rainbow or in the oh- wow just glad to hear from overtly covert in the poetic art of repetoirez hummm... she grins sheepishly. Its a harlequin and its under rated. Oh God you devil...
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FORTUNE — Let's say you're one of a roomful of people, none of whom have ever met each other before, and someone asks the group to line up according to birthdays, from January 1 to December 31 — without talking. How would you manage that?
This is one of the tasks professor Tina Seelig gives students in a course on creativity and innovation she has taught for the past 12 years at the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design (known as the "D-school") at Stanford University. Seelig is also executive director of the Stanford Technology Ventures Program.
In her new book, inGenius: A Crash Course in Creativity, she describes how students usually approach the problem — most often by using some kind of improvised sign language, which rarely gets people lined up in the right order.
A few of the far more effective solutions that no one thinks to try: Writing everyone's birthday on a sheet of paper (no talking doesn't mean no writing) and organizing the line accordingly; or having everyone pull out their driver's licenses and then lining people up by the dates printed there; or drawing a timeline on the floor and having everybody stand on it.
"The results of this simple exercise are surprisingly predictable across ages and cultures…. Unfortunately, most people are satisfied with the first solution they find," Selig writes, which "very often leads to predictable and mediocre results."
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That's in spite of the fact that, Seelig insists, the knack for finding better (even brilliant) solutions is hardwired in humans. "Nobel Prize-winning neuroscientist Eric Kandel says that the brain is a creativity machine, designed for problem-solving," she notes, adding that the word "ingenious" is derived from the Latin ingenium, which means natural ability or innate talent.
So why do so many companies find innovation such a struggle? A big part of the answer is that trying to create something truly new means generating lots and lots of ideas, with the understanding that most of them are going to be flops. Few businesses are prepared to tolerate, much less encourage, the inevitable failures.
Facebook is, apparently. Top management knows that "on average, about one-third of all projects they attempt will work out," Seelig writes. "That means that, in order to get four successes, they need to do a dozen experiments." Facebook's monthly 12-hour "hack-a-thons," where employees are encouraged to spend a night brainstorming new projects, have produced thousands of silly, impractical, unmarketable ideas — but also some good ones, like Facebook Chat.
inGenius is a fascinating blueprint for any company that's serious about creating an environment where new ideas can thrive, and many of Seelig's students doubtless go on to do precisely that. But in the vast majority of workplaces (unlike in, say, a classroom, where the biggest possible downside is a lousy grade), failed experiments are just too risky.


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Is the World Deaf and Blind to Syria?
Ghada Ghazal
Hama, Syria
"People are no longer afraid; when a man is shot in a demonstration, his friends will carry him on their shoulders and continue their demonstration."
I grew up with the image of my father taken violently by the Syrian soldiers, and with the image of my uncle who was killed under torture. It was 1982 when the great Hama massacre took place and no one in the world knows about that. I was five years old. My father, mother, and brother and I were obliged to leave our home with nowhere to go. We were walking when one soldier stopped us and arrested my father, leaving my mother with her two little kids, helpless. We had to walk and walk for hours and then a truck drove us to a village where a lovely family hosted us. They shared their house, food, clothes, everything.
Throughout my life I have been brought up far away from the field of religion and politics. My family knew about the brutality of the regime and they were afraid if I were active in religion or politics I would bring problems for myself and for the family as well. Politics is not allowed to be discussed in any place, and all the time we have to say "We love the President." All my life was asking myself: "Why should I love him?" I know he killed about 50,000 people, a massacre.
When the uprisings started in other Arab countries, I was deeply sure from my heart that the time had come. After ages of suppression and oppression people wake up. But the wakening was by teenagers who had not tasted the torture. Those innocent teenagers who were calling for freedom did not know the brutality of the regime and did not imagine that incredible torture and death would be the punishment.
The peaceful Friday demonstration on the 3rd of June 2011, named "The Children of Freedom," left more than 150 dead and countless wounded in Hama. The regime thinks that using such brutal violence will keep the mouths silent and bring people back to their homes. But people are no longer afraid; when a man is shot in a demonstration, his friends will carry him on their shoulders and continue their demonstration.
When you find yourself within such circumstances you cannot stand and look. I and my friends started to help secretly, because if the regime found out about us, we and our families and relatives would be in danger. We started to visit the wounded to see what they need. Wounded people cannot be taken to hospitals, as they will be arrested and tortured to death. We try to keep our homes provided with emergency medicine and equipment and to have some antibiotics and cotton.
Many women lost their husbands and became alone with their orphans without financial support. There are no job opportunities, and children cannot be left alone at home in these dangerous circumstances. I tried to travel to many countries to collect donations, and I contacted my friends abroad so that they could send some donations. My friends would go around and see what basic items the families needed and buy them. We used to buy crutches for the disabled and for children blankets, clothes, food, bread and medicine.
The more you buy, the more people are in need. As the situation is getting worse and worse, every day more and more needy people are being added to the list. I do not understand this world. Is it deaf and blind?
Many women, girls, and babies need clothes and other basic daily necessities. There are many pregnant women whose husbands have passed away, and they need more support than other women during their pregnancy and after. Women all over the world can help their sisters in Syria, who have been left, jobless, homeless, hopeless, and frustrated.
Ghada Ghazal is a native of Syria, currently living in Doha, Qatar. Before the conflict in Syria, she was a lecturer at Al-Baath University in Homs, Syria.
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Annie Zachary dies at age 80
Zachary, age 80 of Porter, Ind., passed away Tuesday, April 2, 2013.
was born November 11, 1932 in Hanson, Ky., to Jesse C. and Goldie J.
(Ellis) Dame. She was one of five siblings.
was preceded in death by her husband of 57 years, Thomas M. Zachary.
is survived by her son, Thomas A. (Diane) Zachary of Sherman Oaks, Calif.;
daughters, Carol (Dick) Campbell of Steamboat Springs, Colo., Karen (Ray)
Arambula of Valparaiso, Ind., and Connie (Mike) Jacko of Wanatah, Ind.;
grandchildren, Jeremy Campbell, Heather (Adam) Richey, Emily (Josh)
Zachary-Smith, Ashley (Dave) Eschler, Brandon (Quinn) Medley, Alecia
Medley, Douglas Arambula, and Jared Arambula; great-grandchildren, Zachary
Smith, Oliver Smith, Jagger Medley and Cecilia Medley.
was preceded in death by her parents; husband; brothers, JH Dame, Calbert
Dame, and Marvin Dame and sister, Ruthie DeMoss.
worked as a telephone operator while living in Hopkinsville, Ky. Her love
for children and the elderly led her to provide day care and senior care
services throughout her life. She enjoyed horseback riding and volleyball.
Annie was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary Post 503.
Annie's wishes there will be no services held. Arrangements are being
handled by Edmonds & Evans Funeral Home, 517 Broadway, Chesterton,
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Like a high-stakes craps player in Las Vegas, some cotton marketers and merchants have put their money on the table, betting on the futures market with certificated stocks, and then sullenly watching as the shooter rolls a seven and the dealer sweeps their chips away.
The certificated cotton stocks hanging over the market apparently are, at least in part, the result of marketers, merchants and others betting that futures prices would move out of line with cash prices. That would, in turn, provide these gamblers with the opportunity to deliver cotton against the futures contract at a profit higher than that offered by the cash market.
Certificated cotton stocks perform very valid, indispensable functions in the cotton market, according to Kent Lanclos, assistant director of National Cotton Council's economic services in Memphis. "Certificated cotton stocks maintain a proper relationship between futures prices and cash prices, and maintain carry in the market," he says.
But, some market observers, including William B. Dunavant Jr., president of Memphis, Tenn.-based Dunavant Enterprises Inc., have said that certificated stocks have had a negative impact in recent months, driving down prices.
Dunavant and others have called for changes in the quality factors for certificating cotton for delivery on the New York Cotton Exchange to make it more difficult to certify lower grades of cotton. Those changes, which must be approved by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, could take at least 18 months to enact.
Certificated cotton stocks are bales of cotton that are eligible for delivery against contracts on the New York Board of Trade, but have not yet been delivered to a buyer. As of April 5, certificated cotton stocks numbered 325,844 bales.
"Cotton that has been certificated has been re-graded by USDA's Agricultural Marketing Service and has been deemed as meeting the quality standards necessary for delivery against contracts on the New York Board of Trade. It's cotton that is trying to find a home," says Lanclos. "When someone certificates cotton, they may be betting the futures price will pay a premium over the cash market price."
Then, if the futures basis, which is the simple difference between the futures price and the cash price, exceeds what is normal, and the futures price for cotton gets out of line with cash prices, the owners of certificated cotton can start delivering actual product on the futures contracts. Delivering actual product on futures contracts can drive futures price back in line with the cash price for cotton, whether through a decrease or an increase in futures prices.
One possible result of this scenario is that the owners of futures contracts end up owning cotton they don't want. Despite the fact that there is a mechanism for physical delivery through futures contracts, in truth these contracts are not intended as a mechanism where cotton is actually physically traded.
Basically, traders of cotton futures contracts are often speculators or hedgers who are interested in the risk-reducing or money-making opportunities the futures market may offer, they don't exactly want any cotton. But, Lanclos says, a high number of certificated stocks can increase the likelihood of having cotton actually delivered on futures contracts.
Bob Goodman, an agricultural economist at Auburn University in Auburn, Ala., explains it this way. "Certificated cotton stocks are bales of cotton that are certificated for delivery on a futures contract, and in 99.9 percent of futures contracts, no one wants to take delivery of actual product.
"You've got people who are either speculating or hedging and who have bought cotton on the futures market at a given price. Then, you've got these people with the certificated stocks that are saying they are going to deliver this cotton to the owners of the futures contracts. But, the speculators and hedgers don't want the cotton, so instead they want to rid themselves of their position in the market," he says.
"Basically, the hedgers and speculators are afraid if the price of cotton goes up, somebody is going to show up with actual certificated cotton to fulfill the futures contract. They don't want to physically own the futures market cotton. Even if the futures contract holders are cotton farmers, they usually want to buy and sell the actual cotton on the cash market," Goodman says.
How and why, then, do certificated stocks affect the cotton market?
"There may be a nugget of truth to the idea that certificated stocks are pressuring cotton prices. But, the number of bales of certificated cotton stocks outstanding really has a small effect on futures prices," Lanclos says. "If you look at the A index relevant to New York, they have both taken a downward plunge. To say that certificated cotton stocks have had a 10-cent impact on prices, I think is far overstating the case. In the big scheme of things it's really a small component.
"I'm sure it may have somewhat of an impact on the market, but it is not the reason for the low prices we're currently seeing. The fundamentals in the cotton market are why the cotton market is so low. It's simply a case of supply and demand," he says.
If current certificated cotton stocks are not delivered against contracts on the New York Board of Trade, they will either continue to hang over the market, or be decertified.
This could happen, Lanclos says, if the owners of the cotton stocks no longer believe futures cotton prices will move as they previously suspected they would. "In the futures market essentially everything is a gamble," he says.
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CHICAGO (AP) — An Illinois woman has been identified as one of five Americans killed in an attack in southern Afghanistan.
Anne Smedinghoff, a 25-year-old foreign service officer with the U.S. State Department, died Saturday. Her group was traveling to donate books to students when it was struck by an explosion.
The Chicago-area woman is the first American diplomat to die on the job since last year's attack on the U.S. diplomatic installation in Benghazi, Libya.
Secretary of State John Kerry said Sunday that Smedinghoff was "vivacious, smart" and "capable."
Anne Smedinghoff's parents said in an emailed statement to The Washington Post that their daughter was "always looking for opportunities to reach out and help make a difference" for those in the war-torn country.
She previously served in Venezuela.


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Portrait of a redtail
Lori Ditlefsen 3/30/2005 6:57:42 AMWonderful portrait, Ronnie. Nice color and clarity! #230685
Mary Swift 3/30/2005 7:44:02 AMNice capture and wonderful detail, Ronnie! #1216788
Marsha S. Smith 3/30/2005 2:05:02 PMAmazing detail, Ronnie. Beautiful image of a gorgeous bird. #1217474
Judy S. Fung 3/30/2005 2:56:01 PMWonderful detail and capture, Ronnie! #1217542
Deborah Sandidge 3/30/2005 3:08:53 PMGorgeous detail in your hawk, Ronnie! #1217557
Ronnie E. Howard 3/30/2005 3:43:43 PMThanks everyone for commenting, really appreciated. Your friend Ronnie #1217630
Bill Houghton 4/21/2005 1:27:26 AMRonnie
Laura Clay-Ballard 4/21/2005 5:27:19 AMCongratulations. This is one of the best photos I have seen of this bird of prey. Beautiful. #1274245
Casey A. Hanson 4/21/2005 5:58:31 AMCongrats on this beautiful finalist, Ronnie! :0) #1274457
Stacey A. Bates 4/21/2005 6:22:46 AMGorgeous portrait, Many Congrats!! #1274619
Jack Nevitt 4/21/2005 7:11:54 AMAnother great animal shot, Congrats on being a finalist. #1274993
Gunther Allen 4/21/2005 8:07:21 AMDefinitely worthy of making the finals & probably will place too! Great sharpness, DOF...just a great animal portrait! -G #1275415
Judy S. Fung 4/21/2005 11:04:52 AMCongrats, Ronnie! #1276625
Michael S. Swaffar 4/21/2005 6:30:47 PMCongratulations Ronnie! Awesome capture. #1278419
Jim Kinnunen 4/21/2005 8:33:26 PMCongrats, Ronnie and this excellent portrait!!! #1278773
Ronnie E. Howard 4/21/2005 8:52:44 PMThanks William,Laura,Casey, Stacey,Jack, Gunther,Judy, Michael,and Jim for comments. Ronnie #1278834
redtail hawk taken at Atlanta zoo
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Óscar Frías, from Trabber fame asked me for my opinion on the dojo javascript compressor, and my reply was along the lines of: "slightly better than mine, as it compress inner variables / functions names". As this seemed a trivial to overcome difference, I coded this compression in my yet unnamed compressor.
There are only two cases that I have not handled:
- If you have variables named _1, _2, ... things will break, quickly. This is a pretty trivial bug that I have to fix asap. I guess that dojo gets that right.
- If you have "with" statements, things may break.
I wonder if dojo handles that second point. Let me elaborate with an example.
function a()
function getElementById(a) { return "hi"; }
with (document) alert(getElementById("xxx"));
This code should show an alert dialog box with "null". If we compress it, renaming inner variables / functions, we get:
function a()
function \_1(a) { return "hi"; }
with (document) alert(\_1("xxx"));
(Note the compressor doesn't know that the getElementById inside the with statement was in fact document.getElementById, and thus it changes it to _1.)
This new code will show "hi" instead of "null".
Despite this corner case this new compression is worth enough to have.
But I didn't build a new compressor just to be a shadow of dojo's one. I want to build the best compressor ever, and such a compressor should fix what I consider a growing problem in the javascript community.
Javascript frameworks are growing in number / quality / size. Dojo, prototype / scriptaculous, rico. You name it!
Some frameworks are already weighting in the megabytes, and to make the download manageable to users, they split the framework in several files. The developper should then pick the javascript files with the code that he will finally use. But it's not working.
If I want to use a simple smooth blink effect with scriptaculous, I should bring the whole effects.js file and the whole prototype.js file, even when I'm obviously only using a little part of these files. Bigger pages very quickly start using all the scriptaculous files, even when they are "only" using an Ajax.Request here and a little effect there.
An approach to cut the bloat is to do manual surgery on these files to build a new page with the minimum needed to run, for instance, some effects (as moo.fx does). But this is time consumming, requires a careful human expert to cut down bloat and yet get something useful, and it should be done on a page per page basis. At the end, it boils down to copy & paste parts from your framework on separated file. But that is too much work to use a framework without putting an unaceptable burden in the shoulders of our users.
The approach that I have in mind is akin the previous one, but done automatically. A program parsers your pages, and it sees exactly what's the minimum javascript needed to do what you are doing. It then rewrites your page / javascript to use this minimum.
So, in short, my goal is to prune dead code of javascript files, as linkers do in other languages.
Unfortunately, due to the highly dynamic nature of javascript, this is impossible to do without building a full javascript engine. Remember that functions are also objects in javascript, and thus they can be freely copied in variables. When you do "a()", you have to evaluate "a" to know what is getting called.
At this point some part of my brain started to think "well, it's just a javascript engine, it can't be so hard..." and somewhere, a few days ago, it convinced the other part of my brain. So here I am, with a javascript engine that evaluates all the javascript statements but for's, switches, try / catches and functions, and all the javascript expressions but constructors, function calls, arrays and objects. You can call it the most overengineered calculator, ever. But I felt really great when I wrote 1 + 1, and it replied: 2.
The really big missing part in this engine is the ECMA object system, that I failed to implement correctly in my first try. I will still need a full day or two to finish it, and then I hope the remaining parts will just fall in place.
When I will finish the javascript engine, I will have to figure out how to do dead code prunning with it. I'm thinking of using a garbage collector like algorithm, but doing it without falling in an exponential explosion of cases seems not trivial. Well, I will cross that bridge when I will get at it, I guess.
Oh, btw, MERRY CHRISTMAS!!!


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WELLESLEY, Mass. - The visting MIT swimming and diving team used 14 first-place finishes to defeat Wellesley in dual meet action on Wednesday evening at Chandler Pool. The Engineers grabbed a 218-81 victory over the Blue.???
MIT was led by freshmen Anna Kokensparger, Lauren Lo and Elina Hu, and senior Kristie D'Ambrosio, who each racked up 18 points for the Engineers. Kokensparger broke a 21-year-old MIT team record in the 200-fly (2:06.65), lowering the previous best (2:07.00) set by Yvonne Grierson in 1988. Kokensparger also won the 100-fly (57.28), while Lo picked up individual wins in the 100-breast (1:10.33) and the 200-breast (2:33.58). Hu placed first in both the 100-back (1:02.98) and the 100-free (55.36), while D'Ambrosio won both the 1-meter (246.55) and the 3-meter (270.85) diving events.
Also for the Engineers, junior Carrie DeBoer won the 1000-free (11:17.83), sophomore Qing Li picked up her first intercollegiate win in the 200-back (2:19.82) and senior Ariadne Smith placed first in the 400 IM (4:59.97). Rounding out the top finishers for MIT, sophomore Sydney Giblin won the 200 free (2:00.54) while also placing second in the 100-free (55.47).
MIT won both relay events with the team of Kokensparger, Nicole Wang, Lo and Amy Jacobi taking the 200-free relay (1:40.15) and the team of Hu, Lo, Jacobi and Kokensparger winning the 200-medley relay (1:52.48).
For Wellesley, fifth-year senior Savanna Johnson won the 50-free in a time of 24.95 while junior Dana Dutton took first place in the 500-free in 5:27.07.
MIT hits the road again on Saturday at 1:00pm when the Engineers travel to Bowdoin to compete in a tri-meet with the Polar Bears and NEWMAC-rival Babson. Wellesley is back in action on Friday, traveling to Simmons for a 7:00pm dual meet.


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LOS ANGELES – Not only could he not play hockey with his teammates, Daniel Sedin couldn't play tag with his kids.
And while it was a funny anecdote the Vancouver Canuck shared about telling his children he couldn't come out and play – "they said: 'Your legs are fine, let's play tag'" – it was sad, too, because it illustrated how players risk losing more than hockey when they are struck on the head as Daniel was by Duncan Keith's vicious elbow on March 21.
Four weeks later, most of it endured by Sedin with a constant headache and neck pain, the Canucks hope to get back last season's National Hockey League scoring champion.
Outrageous as it may seem to a combustible Canuck Nation living and dying on tonight's National Hockey League playoff game against the Los Angeles Kings, probably the more important development is that Ronja, Erik and Anna Sedin are getting their dad back, too.
"Headaches were my main thing, and that was bad enough," Sedin told reporters Tuesday after practising here with his team, which trails the Kings 3-0 and faces elimination in the first-round series. "It's tough to explain, but it's probably the toughest time, mentally, that I have been through."
Later, when the enormous media herd had thinned a little, he said: "At first, it got better and better, and then I'd have a day when I didn't feel right. So I'd take a step back and just relax for a few days. It's been on and off. But it's been a while since I had those real bad headaches, so it feels really good right now.
"I was having headaches all day long. Even a week and a half ago, I could feel good most of the day and then it would flare up again. I haven't had a headache for a while now, so I doubt it's going to come back."
But nobody knows, which is why Sedin's participation in Game 4 will be determined only shortly before faceoff.
He appeared to be on his way back last Monday when he first practised with the Canucks. But Sedin didn't feel well, and has skated on his own since then, gradually building towards another comeback attempt.
"That's the thing, no one can see inside my head what it feels like," he said. "I mean, I am a positive guy. I try to be happy and try to look at it in a positive way [but] I didn't feel 100 per cent at the practice. I know it is tough to see from the outside."
Whether Daniel plays tonight or not, there is no issue about his toughness.
He has 567 points in 544 games since the 2004-05 NHL lockout and only twice has missed a significant number of games due to injury. You can't play that much and score that frequently without toughness.
Sedin's brother, Henrik, hasn't missed a game in eight years. The Canuck captain was blown up by Dustin Brown's full-throttle bodycheck on Sunday, but hauled himself back on to the bench and didn't miss a shift.
Daniel also got up from the ice and skated off with all his equipment after Keith performed a tonsillectomy with his elbow in Chicago. The Blackhawks' defenceman was suspended only five games, seven fewer than Sedin has missed.
"When it happened, I thought: OK, a week and then I'm back," Sedin said. "A week and half went by and I still wasn't feeling good. Two weeks, then 2 1/2 weeks. You wake up every day expecting to feel good and it's still there. That's the tough part. First, you worry about hockey. Then, you worry about just getting rid of the headache."
Sedin said he hasn't heard from Keith and declined to say anything about the hit or suspension, lest anyone accuse a Canuck of whining.
He wasn't expecting Keith to come at him after the Blackhawk was hit hard by Sedin in the corner earlier in the game.
"Why would I?" he said. "I don't really want to comment on this, but we had a meeting with Brendan Shanahan [the NHL justice minister] about a week before that game and from what I've seen my hit was one he said was a legal hit. That's all I have to say about that."
Sedin did reach out during his recovery to Washington Capital Nicklas Backstrom, the Swede who missed the last half of the regular season after being elbowed in the head by Rene Bourque. Backstrom missed 40 games; Shanahan suspended Bourque for five.
Sedin also shared concussion notes with Canuck teammates David Booth and Keith Ballard. Booth sat out most of the 2009-10 season, while Ballard missed 30 games this season, returning to the Canucks for Game 2 of the playoffs.
"The struggle is the uncertainty, the unknown," Ballard explained Tuesday. "Is this a week, two weeks, two months? I didn't know whether I'd miss five games or miss the rest of the year. That was hard. Once you get over symptoms, it's just putting in time and work to get back. That's the easy part.
"But you have a lot of irritability and a lot of mood swings. It was hard being at home and feeling grumpy. I'd apologize to my wife. You don't know how long things like that last. Thankfully, for Danny, it wasn't that long."
Sedin said his wife, Marinette, was supportive and patient.
"I was able to relax at home and she's been taking care of the kids," Daniel said. Then he smiled and added: "I think she was happy to see me leave yesterday."
Almost as happy as the Canucks were to see him arrive.
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- How to Grow Tuberous Begonia Bulbs - Begonias Planting Instructions:Tuberous begonias are popular all over the world. Not only do they have attractive flowers, but their foliage can be quite interesting, too. They can brighten up both your indoor and outdoor gardens.
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If you choose to start your Begonia tubers indoors, use a loose well-drained soil mix that drains well. The begonias like to be put in a temperature of about 64 degrees Fahrenheit, however, they do not seem to mind higher temperatures. After the tubers have sprouted and you can see small leaves, transfer the tubers to a five inch pot and cover them with compost. If you plan on using the begonias in an outdoor garden, begin getting your begonias acclimated to the temperature outdoors in stages. This process should probably begin towards the end of May. After a week, if the threat of frost has passed, you may leave your begonia plants outside all night. Transplant outdoors after the begonias have grown 4 or 5 inches. Mulch around the begonias with 2 inches of compost or wood chips.
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If you start the tubers outside, the ground should be loose and well drained. It should be moist but not soggy. Do not plant them outside until all danger of frost is past. Place the tubers in the soil mix with the hollow side up. Make sure that the top of the tuber is level with the soil surface. Water lightly. Once the bulbs have started sprouting and growing, water enough to keep the soil moist. Begonias like a place that is moist and partially shaded. If they happen to be in the sun for most of the day, then you should water your begonias frequently in order to prevent bud drop.
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The tuberous begonias will bloom from June or July until frost. Plants started indoors will bloom several weeks earlier than those started outside. They do not require much care once established. Keep their soil moist but not soggy; the tubers will rot if they get too much water. Feed Begonias with a well-balanced plant food every 2 to 3 weeks. Deadhead all your Begonias regularly; removing wilted leaves and flowers encourages them to produce more blooms.
If you are in an area that does not freeze, you may leave your tubers in the ground over the winter; Simply make sure that they stay dry. If you are in an area that freezes in the winter, dig up the tuber after the first frost has killed back the foliage and remove all loose dirt from the roots. Cut out any rotten spots with a knife. Let them rest in a warm place for a few days until the tubers dry up. Gently pull the roots and the rest of the leaves and stems from the tuber. If you cannot remove them easily, the tuber is not dry enough and should be left to dry for a few more days. Once the tubers are dry, place them in individual paper bags, and put the bags in a cardboard box. Store the box in a dry place that is cool but not cold. Tubers grown in pots can be stored in the pot in a dry place. There is no need to dig them up. Put them back outside in the spring for an early start on your flowers.
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Barnes & Noble will host a signing of the book "Fenway Park: 100 Years: The Official, Definitive History of America's Most Beloved Ballpark" with a special guest, former Red Sox player Sam Horn, on June 3 at 1 p.m. at the Warwick Centre location, 1350B Bald Hill Road.
The book pays homage to baseball's oldest ballpark — the first to reach its 100th anniversary — and details the life of a place whose history in the sport is unparalleled. Just as Fenway Park's famous elements — from Duffy's Cliff of yesteryear to the Pesky Pole, the Green Monster and Yawkey Way – define its character, so too has a century of Fenway Park tradition left an enduring mark upon Red Sox Nation and America's pastime. Its story is one of incredible baseball highlights, 100 years of other sports, entertainment and civic events, and the 21st century commitment by a new group of owners to save and improve the ballpark for future generations. With more than 250 illustrated pages and hundreds of compelling images, "Fenway Park: 100 Years" is the only official Fenway retrospective produced and published by the Boston Red Sox and Major League Baseball – an all access pass to the ballpark's past, present and future.
Sam Horn was a first baseman and designated hitter for the Boston Red Sox. Horn hit .278 with 14 home runs in just 158 at-bats as a rookie. During his MLB career, Horn hit .240 with a total of 62 home runs and 179 RBI in 389 career games. After retirement, Horn provided analysis on Red Sox post-game shows for New England Sports Network. The Red Sox fans' message board called Sons of Sam Horn is named after Horn.


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Reefer needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 253 designs submitted by 75 freelance designers.
Elite Interiors
I am opening a high end window covering company. We sell custom shutters, blinds, and draperies. We will have a store but majority of our sales are made in the customers homes.
We will be selling custom interior window coverings in San Diego California. Our customers are people who own modern homes, old word style homes, high rise condos, and business. Our typical customer is in their 30's to 50's. Our cliental is high end and likes nice stuff.
1) Must be elegant looking - classy & rich
2) Colors - would like crisp black and metallic gold to be primary colors but I am open to others.
3) Logo - must contain "Elite Interiors" and "Custom window coverings" OR "Shutters, Blinds & Draperies"
It could also contain our web site: EliteInteriorsSD.com
The products we sell can be found on this website:
I do like the Hunter Douglas Logo as it has brand recognition.
It may be cool to have plantation shutters, blinds and or draperies incorporated into the logo to show what we sell.
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Special Olympics trains and encourages its athletes with intellectual disabilities to go faster, jump higher, score more and in every way, do better. Special Olympics Programs in the United States are trying out a new angle, too. A fitness and nutrition program promoted by U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama and embraced by Special Olympics is rolling out nationwide.
Emily and her mother, Mary, stretch together as part of their PALA+ challenge work.
A mother and daughter, Mary and Emily Belk of Alabama, took part in the pilot of the Special Olympics Get Fit for Life program, part of the Presidential Active Lifestyle Award (PALA+) challenge in the United States.
Both Mary and Emily comment on their involvement in the program below.
I found out about this challenge from my coach, Cindy Bickman, and I joined even though I already work out a lot! I enjoy walking, practicing gymnastics, and cleaning the house. I work in the yard at least once a day as long as there's no rain. If it does rain, I just do more inside.
Mom and I like to walk the dogs together, and Mom likes to ride horses. I like to help groom as well as ride.
When I joined the "challenge," I found out there was more to exercising than just gymnastics. Apparently, I do a lot of exercising every day. I ended up telling Coach Cindy, because I knew she did a lot more than me! She has stairs at her place, and she teaches gymnastics and ballet 4 to 5 days a week, along with riding and taking care of her horses. I told my coach she could get exercise points by just grooming her horses.
My coach has a lot of good athletes who come to Chattooga Gym once or twice a week, so I know they stay busy practicing. I've told them there was more to do in this challenge than just gymnastics. I pointed out that you can always keep track of the amount of time you exercise and write it down. Then you can go back to the computer later to put in the activity you do every day. That way we can do more exercising and less sitting at the computer.
One of the great things about the PALA+ challenge is that it focuses on doing things you already like to do.
When the weather turns cold in February, I usually start getting lazy. But this year, Cindy Bickman, my daughter Emily's gymnastics coach, told us about First Lady Michelle Obama's exercise challenge, and she strongly encouraged us to participate.
We each signed on, and after that, Emily took over recording our activities and time. Emily's diligence and enthusiasm were contagious.
Emily and I started doing some of our exercising together, and we added our two mixed-terrier dogs to the challenge. When my friend invited us to ride and groom her haflinger horses, Emily figured out that there was a category for the "horse care" activities. Every morning when Emily practices her rhythmic gymnastics, I help her with her stretching exercises, and sometimes we do the Chattooga Gym's "Safety Dance."
After three months of participating in the President's Challenge, we've gotten into the habit of looking for new and fun ways to exercise. Now the workouts have become part of our daily routine, and I feel sure we'll keep it up after we've reached our goals.


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The city is currently being shelled , it seems that there is a huge operation taking place against the people after capturing this group of Iranians in Homs. Here are some videos leaked from Homs short time ago. I can't confirm these videos but there are sounds of heavy bombardment
The hospitals in Homs are demanding blood donation. The FB pages and twitter accounts are warning people not to fall in trap and go out of their homes in Homs if they listen to calls for "Jihad" from Mosques as the El Assad may want them to leave their house in order to have a massacre. Twitter and Facebook are full of terrible details , I fear that in the morning we will have a new Hama Massacre.
60 Syrians have been killed in Syria on Thursday , half of them in Homs and 10 of them are Children. The children of Karm El Zaiton , Homs are the martyrs of the day. 5 children were killed from Karm El Zaiton along with the rest of their family by the El Assad troops "+18 Graphic"
Yesterday I met a Syria gentleman at the Syria tent in Tahrir square who told me that Syria and Egypt are not two close countries but rather Egypt is just the extension of Syria and Syria is just the extension of Egypt. He also told me that most of the activists in this stage were from Homs.
One of the Muslim clerics said on the Muslim brotherhood stage that El Assad deserves to be killed.
Aside from the big long wonderful flag of Syria that roamed the square among the big amazing sea of Egyptian flags in a beautiful harmony , I found out that regular average Egyptians are extreme concerned about what is taking place in Syria
This video shows two average ladies , not revolutionary activists who warn El Assad of the ill fate of Qaddafi.
Of course that citizen does not know how much the LCC suffer in Syria yet his noble feelings towards Syria shows you that how much we care.
Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei is not going to Syria as it was announced in the media , it was just a suggestion.
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|The statement of Farouk Battalion
The Statement says in the end that the Battalion has not declared all what it knew about the Iranian revolutionary guards to avoid embarrassment to the media.
Meanwhile in Cairo Tens of Syrians have already arrived to Tahrir square at their Syrian stage and started to chant against El Assad.


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The Chippendales dancers are spicing up the NOH8 Campaign, the silent protest which raises awareness and funds for gay rights causes, including ending California's 2008 voter-approved gay marriage ban, Proposition 8. The NOH8 Campaign, which is helmed by photographer-activist Adam Bouska and his partner Jeff Parshley, photographs celebrities, politicians, professional athletes and everyday folks with their mouths duct taped and the campaign's familiar "NOH8" slogan often written on one cheek. Chippendales Spice Up NOH8 Campaign - http://bit.ly/q1IbJY
TV icon Betty White attributes her huge following in the LGBT community to her racy characters and her love of animals, in an interview with Frontiers LA magazine. "Throughout my career, I've always portrayed characters that were humorous, but also weren't afraid to speak their minds, especially when it came to racy or controversial topics," says White, whose résumé includes The Mary Tyler Moore Show's sardonic Sue Ann Niven and The Golden Girls' naive Rose Nyland. "I think this struck a chord with the LGBT community. We both also share a very strong love for animals. When you combine the two, it's a very strong match." http://bit.ly/pufRRw


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» Visit the USGS Science Center for Coastal and Marine Geology located in Woods Hole, Ma
Earth scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey's Woods Hole Science Center explore and study the geology, chemistry, and physics of the underwater areas offshore of the United States. Established in 1962, the field office has grown from a handful of researchers exploring the frontier continental margin to a team of about 100, studying many of society's pressing issues, such as coastal erosion, marine pollution, resource extraction, and habitat degradation. The USGS research facility is located on WHOI's Quissett Campus.
The Woods Hole team's research focuses on five general themes: coastal and shelf geology, sediment transport, environmental geoscience, energy and tectonics, and information science. A long-term goal is to develop predictive capabilities for geologic processes and to provide the basic geologic framework of the U.S.'s offshore areas. The results of these studies are released to the public as reports, maps, journal articles, books, atlases, and seminar contributions. Much of the data and information are accessible online through woodshole.er.usgs.gov.
The USGS Woods Hole Science Center has specialized capabilities to assist in oceanographic research, including sediment transport instrumentation, an integrated seafloor mapping facility, geochemistry laboratory facilities, a 25-foot research vessel R/V Rafael, a gas-hydrates testing laboratory, and an advanced shoreline mapping vehicle (SWASH).
USGS research is used to increase basic understanding of geoscience processes, to help develop government policy, and to aid managers in their stewardship and regulatory functions. The USGS in Woods Hole collaborates with other research institutions and universities within the Woods Hole scientific community, the nation, and the world. USGS marine research also involves collaboration with states, and other government agencies such as the Environmental Protection Agency, the Army Corps of Engineers, the departments of Commerce, Energy, Defense, and State, and other bureaus within the Department of the Interior.
Publications by the Woods Hole team provide scientific information of national and international importance to the research community, federal and state agencies, as well as the general public. Additional information is available via the www.usgs.gov website.
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The wheat market continues to impress with futures prices reaching as high as $5.25 during trading in early November. But corn will continue to be the leader in the market based on a backdrop of shrinking supplies going into 2007, according to Jim Bower, a market analyst with Bower Trading Co., Lafayette, Ind.
Speaking at a conference call sponsored by the Minneapolis Grain Exchange on USDA's Nov. 9 supply and demand estimates, Bower said, "The market needs to buy more corn acres in 2007 and consequently, if we get a rise in price to get that corn into production, the soybean market to a certain degree is going to have to follow."
USDA forecast corn production at 10.75 billion bushels, which Bower says is nearly 100 million bushels below the average trade guess of around 10.84 billion bushels. "There is nothing there to say that the end-user should be less concerned about the availability of corn going into winter or next year."
The average bushel per acre estimate for corn of 151.2 was a little lower than the average trade estimate of 152.5, Bower noted.
Corn ending stocks are projected 60 million bushels lower than last month at 935 million bushels. Globally, corn stocks are slightly above October estimates.
China's corn production was also increased, "but China is still consuming a vast proportion of its crop and hasn't really surfaced in the global market the way a lot of people thought they would earlier."
U.S. ethanol use was left unchanged at 2.15 billion bushels. "There is some question about how quickly the ethanol plants progress. Certainly, we aren't at a price for corn or for ethanol where we would be shutting down ethanol. It has slowed down, but the ethanol plants are still making money.
"Even though corn prices have a chance to go higher, the risk and the volatility of the market from here forward are going to be much higher. With corn at this price or higher for 2007, some consideration should be given to laying put options, or floors, underneath this market and leaving the top end open."
USDA forecast U.S. soybean production at 3.2 billion bushels, a little less than the average trade estimate, according to Bower. "Average yield of 43 bushels per acre is also less than the average trade guess."
Ending stocks for 2005-06 soybeans remain at 449 million bushels, while ending stocks for 2006-07 rose to 565 million bushels, "which is still about 18 million bushels below the average trade guess and indicates that global demand is holding up a little bit better than expected."
USDA left projected Brazilian soybean production at 56 million metric tons. "Originally, I thought the Brazilians would drop 3 percent to 7 percent on acreage, but with this move up on May soybeans toward the $7 mark, I believe the Brazilians and the Argentines will try to promote more acres.
"As we all know, there is acreage available for them to do that. I want to be pro-active and really start paying attention to what the Brazilians are doing because it has an impact on price discovery here by next May."
U.S. wheat production was left unchanged at 1.81 billion bushels. USDA dropped ending stocks to 418 million bushels, below the average trade estimate of 426 million bushels.
Bower suggests that producers "pay very close attention to what is going on in the North China Plains and the Shandong Province. Those areas desperately need rain to help germinate crops. Some haven't had a rain in two months."
The Australian wheat crop continues its downward spiral, due to extreme drought. "They started out with a projection of almost 25 million tons. Their drought was one of the worst in history. USDA has now dropped the Australian crop to 10.5 million metric tons, below the October estimate of 11 million metric tons. There are some analysts in Australia who have actually called for a crop as low as 8 million to 9 million metric tons. It makes the situation for wheat available to Asia even tighter than it was a month ago."
When asked about prices for wheat, Bower noted, "The wheat market is still a follower of corn. We have to watch it on a daily basis. I do think that pricing a portion of next year's crop at this level or higher is reasonable."
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A few weeks ago, I ended up somewhat accidentally walking down the Commonwealth Mall. While I'd crossed or walked down short segments of it in the past, I'd never gone from one end to the other. That day, I realized what a treasure I had been neglecting.
Yesterday, I reprised the walk, camera in tow and a little more time on my hands. (view photo set)
The Mall is the link between the Public Garden and Frederick Law Olmsted's "Emerald Necklace," weaving a tapestry of of greenery through the heart of the city. On a day like yesterday, with the trees sporting spring's first green and the weather bright and seasonable, it truly felt magical. Removed from the commercial hubbub of Boylston and Newbury Streets, lined by elegant brownstones and stately apartment buildings, and just a couple blocks removed from the shores of the Charles that once overtook this very space, the Commonwealth Mall is a special place.
While arboreal splendor is a highlight of a stroll down the Mall, the real treasures are the various statues and memorials the inhabit the space. From a regal depiction of prominent abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison (complete with an affirming quote) to a memorial for trailblazing Boston women such as Abigail Adams, Phillis Wheatley and Lucy Stone, the Mall offers a history lesson and a museum visit all in one. There are also statues for legends whose name you may not find in your history textbook, like naval historian Samuel Eliot Morison, whose monument carries the inscription, "Dream dreams, then write them, aye, but live them first." One of the more striking memorials is to the nine firefighters who lost their lives in the 1972 fire at the Hotel Vendome. My favorites, though, were the ones for ordinary people, like the homeless man who was devoted to the neighborhood's dogs, or Thomas Walker, whose plaque underneath a young tree simply reads, "Special." Beneath the boughs of trees flush with the renewal of spring, these lives and moments intermingle for posterity.
I took note of the two statues that bookend the Mall: George Washington at the western edge of the Public Garden, and Leif Erikson where the Mall begins its transition to the Fens. On both ends, you have discovery — discovery of a land, and discovery of a country, or what a country could one day be. I like to think that in the space between those two figures, with all the lives immortalized in stone and bronze therein, that sense of discovery lives on in the history we learn and re-learn, in a city that knows that remembering the past gets you halfway toward forging the future.


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WASHINGTON (Sinclair Broadcast Group) - If you're a "Game of Thrones" fan, chances are you've watched characters you love -- or love to hate -- meet a violent end. In the upcoming eighth and final season, more deaths are coming, an HBO executive warned.
At the 2018 INTV Conference in Israel Tuesday, HBO Senior Vice President of Drama Francesca Orsi recalled the harrowing moment cast members discovered their fates during a table read of the show's final episodes.
"None of the cast had received the scripts prior, and one by one they started to fall down to their deaths," she said, according to The Hollywood Reporter. "By the end, the last few words on the final script, the tears just started falling down. Then there was applause that lasted 15 minutes."
Orsi added that HBO is developing "three, four, five spinoffs" of the popular TV series, based on the fantasy novels of George R.R. Martin.
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Sunday, March 04, 2007
Pickup Group Weirdness
[Group Leader]: LF1M Healer
Apparently, I was Protection, the priest was Shadow, and the druid Feral. And 3 of us wasn't good enough for the leader. Honestly, that's just crazy.
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Hehe, I went on a 5-man PuG with my level 61 priest to Blood Furnace. The party included a hunter who refused to use a pet. Seriously.ReplyDelete
Beat that :)
- Anonymous8:05 AM, March 06, 2007
I joined a 5 man PUG on my feral druid to do one of the outdoor 5 man mobs in shadowmoon valley. I get there and right after I buff the group charges the mob. They yell "Druid, heal the pets (hunter and warlock)!". They knew I was feral.ReplyDelete
Meanwhile the DW shaman was going to town DPSing. Well, until he died from pulling agg.
I solo healed as shadow all the way to steamvaults and shadow lab and black morass. I did shadowlab with only a lock and 2 warriors and feral druid but we finished. I'm tired of morons who tell me how to play, or having to try to convince pugs I know what I'm doing.ReplyDelete
I finally respecced 2 days ago, botanica and shattered halls are too hard .. actually I just needed better gear. Of course, now they are nerfing botanica some so it may have been unnecessary :) I'm 30/31/0 now, which the armory lists as "hybrid" hmm..
- Anonymous11:28 PM, March 06, 2007
BC has convinced me that there were a ton of totally clueless lvl 60s out there. As a hunter, I weep seeing hunters refuse or feign ignorance on using traps. I also heard today a story of a hunter who didn't know what feign death was...ReplyDelete
I also boggle a bit at rogues who don't get imp sap for the level grind to 70. Its only 7 points people.
- potshot5:41 PM, March 07, 2007
There's a reason they call it PUGatory...ReplyDelete


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MarkSullivan wrote:I've just had a near-hard drive failure on my laptop. I think I can recover most of what's on there, but I deleted my whole music folder to clear space. Most of it is backed up, but I did lose one recent Monday Selections I'd like to keep. Does anyone have:
Lizard Prince Rupert Awakes with just Keith Tippett's piano (from September 13, 1970)
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