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Is it already too late for China to clean up its fast-blackening skies?
For all the lip service about green growth, investments in renewable energy and sprawling windmill farms, China's pollution woes are spiraling out of control.
The nation's capital is a case in point. Beijing's air, which has exceeded the World Health Organization's healthy limit every day this year, is similar to that in an airport smoking lounge, Bloomberg News reported Thursday.
The city's leaders closed factories, ordered some cars off the roads and recommended that its 20 million residents stay indoors as much as possible as pollution levels stayed in the range of hazardous for a fifth straight day.
Mind you, this isn't a script from some apocalyptic movie churned out by Hollywood. It's the political center of an economy that's poised to surpass the United States's within a couple of decades.
Yet China is literally choking on its economic success.
It has reached its environmental limits, and the blind pursuit of gross domestic product just isn't possible anymore.
If you think Beijing's air is bad now, consider how China's skies will look when 500 million people own one or more cars. That's on top of factories maximizing profits amid rising labor costs by burning more and more coal. All this will lead to increasing health risks, slower growth, less foreign investment, increased government debt and higher bond yields.
It will lead to deaths, too. The issue is high concentrations of PM2.5, the airborne particulate matter that raises risks for lung and heart diseases. According to estimates by Greenpeace and Peking University's School of Public Health, PM2.5 exposure contributed to 8,572 premature deaths in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Xi'an in 2012.
The problem is political will. China's next president, Xi Jinping, will have his hands plenty full consolidating power, maintaining social stability, improving relations with neighboring governments and dealing with the U.S.'s pivot toward Asia. Amid so many challenges, China's dual needs to reduce emissions and boost domestic demand are in direct conflict as never before. Unless China acts immediately and boldly, its main growth industry will be gas masks.
William Pesek is a Bloomberg View columnist.
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First thing I did was to create a list of all the people in my database. I could have kept this as a digital file and highlighted within it, but I wanted to use my pretty highlighters and I get some odd satisfaction out of actually crossing things off a list. This list will help to make sure that I get everyone. I've found more people to add to my database, but I've decided not to add them to the list. I'm trying to add them and all their details properly the first time (and they'll get their turn the next time I decide to do this).
For each person in my database I am:
- Checking that all facts have sources.
- Making sure that all sources have source detail to tell me what the source said and why I added it to each fact. Nothing annoys me when I am trying to figure out who was in a census with someone and it's not in my database. The record is there, but not the transcription. I like being able to see the information I want quickly and not having to waste time trying to decode someone's awful handwriting for the 10th time.
- Research for person in online databases. So many new databases have come online recently. I keep pretty good track of what is new, but I will never remember all the places that family members lived. So it's is good to go back through everyone and see what new resources are available to find them.
- Check Find A Grave. Add person if not listed. Request photo if not found. At one point, I thought I would just visit and take all these photos myself. But that is not realistic, especially for all those collateral lines. Now might not be the best time to request photos with the snow and cold weather, but I've already gotten 5 photos back. Plus my requests will be waiting when someone wants to take a walk through a cemetery on a warm day.
- Compare RootsMagic database on my computer to my online tree on Ancestry. I love my Ancestry tree and all those little leaves. Probably because I'm smarter than those leaves. I don't just add everything it suggests, I evaluate the sources and add them if they fit. But I love those leaves because sometimes they find sources I would never cross my mind. Keeping my Ancestry tree current with my research should help to get more leaves that fit my tree.
- Make a list in Evernote of sources to check at the Allen County Public Library on my weekly research trips.
My goal is to do 5 people a day. There are over 1800 people in my database, so I'll be able to finish this clean up before the end of 2012 if I keep doing a little every day. I am skipping all the people in one branch of my tree that I think has a bad connection. Whenever I finish a surname letter, I'll write a blog post on what I found. I've written about the unknown surnames already and will post about the letter A tomorrow. Currently I'm working on the Bs which will take a while since there are 6 main family lines under that letter.
What are you doing to improve your database?


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What, you thought bullet time was just for shooting? That the voice of Max Payne's wife only haunts him during times of duress?
Look, just because Rockstar didn't include it in the game doesn't mean the film noir tropes of the game don't extend into our pilled-up heroes everyday life. It's what drives him to run around shooting people in delightfully horrible shirts. Angst is a great motivator, but nothing beats a dead wife nagging you to do things in slow motion.


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1. n. A german automaker specializing in luxury sports cars. The logo consists of four interlocking circles.
2. adj. or v. to leave, or to be leaving.
2. adj. or v. to leave, or to be leaving.
by stahlingrad March 19, 2004
A fine German automobile manufacturer. Audi dates back to the very first days of cars. The symbol of four interlocking rings is representative of the four companies, Audi, Horch, Wanderer, and DKW that came together to form first The Auto Union, and, finally, Audi. Audis are most famous for their interiors and quattro all wheel drive, both of which are the best in the buisness. Audis are also commended for their superb handeling characteristics and fun driving experience. The Audi Ur quattro of the early 1980's was the first non-offroad car to offer all wheel drive, and it completely dominated the rally scene. Other motorspots achievements for Audi include the R8 and R10's victory of the famous Le Mans car race. Audis are comparable in price and performance to BMW and Mercedes. Because of quattro, many Audis are owned in northern climates where their driving joys can be enjoyed all year round. Audi interiors are the benchmark that other companies attempt to match. Audi is fully owned by the company Volkswagen and owns the exotic car manufacturer Lamborghini. Many of Audis advancements are spread to these other companies while the most sporting of Audis can boast engines developed by Lamborghini. Audi is based in the German city of Ingolstadt.
Person 1: Dude did you see what that sick car was, it was so sweet...i want one!!
Person 2: That, my friend was and Audi RS4
Person 1: Rob the jewelery store and tell them make me an audi.
Person 2: That, my friend was and Audi RS4
Person 1: Rob the jewelery store and tell them make me an audi.
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Simply one of the finest automotive breeds in the world. Audi A8 takes the crown in the luxury division, imo.
by TheEnlightened December 21, 2004
An amazing car. I have an A4. They are awesome. Hondas and Ricers suck, fuck you. My Audi will leave your ass in the dust. Quattro all the way.
Did you see John's Audi?
My pimped out Honda could kill it.
Fuck you, you stupid ass ricer.
My pimped out Honda could kill it.
Fuck you, you stupid ass ricer.
by Enzo Ferrelli February 28, 2005
The best cars out. a4's might just be the hottst cars in the world, next to a s4 of course. The only people who dont like em are the people who cant even afford one.
"Look, Shareef got an a4"
"My civic could beat him"
..."Shut up bitch."
"My civic could beat him"
..."Shut up bitch."
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In honor of January being School Board Appreciation Month, I ask that our community join me in celebrating and thanking our Sunnyside School District Board of Directors for all they do to support and lead our school district.
Our board of directors actively develop the vision, policies and budget that directly supports our students and staff. Our incredible success in raising our District's graduation rate from 41 to 85 percent over the past seven years is a direct reflection of our board's commitment to innovation and excellence in our schools.
The Sunnyside School District board's success in making a difference for our community's educators and students was also recognized by their peers at the Washington School Directors' Association, who named them as a 2013 School Board of the Year.
The elected men and women who sit on our school board, as well as those on school boards across the country, bear a great societal responsibility for the future of our local and global communities. They are well deserving of our gratitude for the countless hours they commit to supporting student and staff success.
Please join us in honoring our board of directors with a dessert social at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2014 at 810. E Custer Ave.
/s/ Dr. Richard D. Cole, Superintendent of Sunnyside School District
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Some want to take the high road and maybe even send flowers, others want to parade around in cheek-less leather chaps blaring "It's Raining Men" gleefully throughout the halls of the Midland Hospice house.
But Nathan Phelps, the conflicted son of Westboro Baptist Church founder Fred Phelps, doesn't know what to think about his father being on "the edge of death."
After alleging years of physical and mental abuse suffered at the hands of his dad, he took to Facebook this weekend to say that Phelps Sr. was excommunicated from the church last summer and is now dying.
"I feel sad for all the hurt he's caused so many. I feel sad for those who will lose the grandfather and father they loved," said the younger Phelps, who left the church and his home on his 18th birthday. He now is an advocate for the LGBT community.
"I'm bitterly angry that my family is blocking the family members who left from seeing him, and saying their good-byes," he added.
When asked back in the fall of 2012 if he believes the hatred espoused by Phelps Sr. will die when his time comes, he said:
"You know, when I first start talking about this I know there is a wellspring of righteous hatred and indignation in my father, and it seems never ending, and I know he has ultimate control over everyone in that environment. But I've seen enough evidence in the past few years from several of my siblings that it is very possible that they can maintain or continue on with some form or version of this same ideology that exists right now."
Westboro, of course, is known for picketing the funerals of soldiers and victims of hate crimes as part of their hate-filled agenda, which has had them showing up at tens of thousands of memorials with signs like "Thank god for dead soldiers."
Here's Nathan Phelps's whole post on Facebook:
As for the church, not much has changed, judging from its Twitter feed:
The church did, however, address what Nathan Phelps had to say about his dad.
"Fred Phelps is a person of advanced age, and such people sometimes have health issues. Fred Phelps has health issues, but the idea that someone would suggest that he is near death, is not only highly speculative, but foolish considering that all such matters are the sole prerogative of God."
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7 Great Museums to Explore with Kids in New York City
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George Chernikov needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 216 designs submitted by 40 freelance designers.
FFT (First Fidelity Trust) - http://www.FidelityTrust.ch
We are a provider of financial services to global affluent customers, and we would like the logo to reflect traditional values associated with Swiss entities, such as excellence in customer service, discretion, privacy and affluence.
Our target audience consists of high net-worth individuals, business owners and legal entities almost exclusively in the financial sector. As the company offers worldwide reach, the audience is necessarily global. The vast majority of our customers are male.
The winning logo should meet the following requirements:
• The logo should combine the "old money" (to appeal to high net-worth individuals) and a certain element of sleekness typically associated with Web 2.0 sites. If unsure, ask yourself – what would the logo of a modern financial company looking for high net worth online clients look like?
• The logo should be of suitable quality and design for web sites (in particular, the header) and printed issue (such as business cards, letterhead, etc)
• The logo must include the abbreviation of FFT (First Fidelity Trust), plus whatever decorations the designer finds appropriate to communicate the aforementioned values (for instance, a coat of arms signifying tradition and excellence, or a shield symbolizing trust, reliability and protection).
• The logo SHOULD NOT include the full text "First Fidelity Trust" anywhere
• The logo SHOULD NOT use stock images.
• The logo SHOULD NOT be based on the current design of the site (http://www.FidelityTrust.ch). The current look is strictly temporary and will be revised in the future, most likely in favor of a neutral beige/cream/silver/grey design.
• The "T" in the logo should be gold AND visible on white printed paper.
The logo needs to be provided in PSD files or editable Adobe equivalent (e.g., Illustrator). PSD is preferred. We MUST have the ability to edit the logo later if need be.
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We're setting sail for Seaside shortly. So... I've been doing a little hunting and shopping. A lot of these items I already own - shorts, scarfs, light-weight sweaters, and crisp pj's. But, I have added a couple of suits (mama one-pieces... that will be shipped directly to seaside because I'm a last minute shopper) and some great tunics. All of these, of course, are from J.Crew. I'm so unoriginal, but I feel like it is the only store that I can walk in and love everything - all of the different colors and styles mix and match so nicely. I feel like I can really put together a look that is unique to me. Right...?
Each season I find myself gravitating toward the same colors. This season is navy, purples and corals. Fresh and fun. Ahh... I can't wait to be sitting on the beach with my baby!
Speaking of...
I thought I'd share some of Emma's new looks she'll be sporting this Spring. Most of these are Mini Boden, but the Sandals are classic Salt Water sandals. I'm obsessed with them... and all of these little tops Emma will wear on the beach with her chambray bloomers. The pale pink leggings are from BabyGap, our other go-to store. They have the cutest Beatrice Potter collection right now - everything is covered in bunnies!
To find all of the links to these goodies (and the above boards) and follow along with my cyber-browsing and pinning : Jenny's Pinterest Page
Also... I've ventured into the Instagram world! I'll be IG-ing our vacation in real-time, so join me on Instagram! I'm new to IG, so I'd love to see my following increase. Hint, hint.


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Starting from the beginning I want to mention due to where we live it was very easy to get to the TD Garden where the game was held. Event parking is $20 per day if you drive. If you dont have a car it is easily accessible by train, just get off at north station and the garden is up the elevator. When we got there we road the premium seating elevator, the staff member who road up with us was friendly and engaged in conversation with us. We had no problems finding our seats as we ask a staff member and they were willing to point us in the right direction, we had floor seats so I was able to really see everything that was going on. Although it was a basketball game in some aspects its really more of a performance, I think myself as well as the rest of the audience was so enraptured with all the tricks they do. Though there were breaks within the game I hated to leave to get food during them because they had some fun audience interactive skits going on which were hilarious, the jokes were mainly for an older audience, so smaller children may not have gotten the jokes, although nothing was inappropriate for kids to hear. The whole game was very entertaining, we enjoyed it thoroughly. I did leave at one point and to get food as we were starving, the lines were insanely long as expected and it took us over 20 minutes to get two slices of pizza, i did get into one line and my mother got into another so I recommend doing that if there isn't anything specific you want to eat, so that whoever gets to the head of the line first can get whichever food there in the line for. Also there were not many cash lines for food, although the souvenir shop took cash and credit cards.Just for those who are curious about cost, the drinks were $6 a piece for a large, each slice of pizza will run you a whopping $10, although the slices are pretty large and are probably the equivalent to two pieces of pizza, we choose peperoni and it was very delicious. After getting food I ran over to the shop area to buy some souvenirs. They had several items to choose from, including but not limited to jersey's ( $70 and sizes up to 2xl) hats ( $20) T shirts ( $40 sizes ranging from youth to 4xl in adult) sweaters ( $60) sizes from small to 2xl and they had two sizes of basketballs which I'm not sure on the price but it may have been $25, overall expensive but not unusual for a sporting event. I would have liked to see more souvenir items available, such as stickers, pens/pencils, cups and other novelty items. I was naturally sad when it was over, but all good things must come to and end. I would love to go back the next time they are in the area. When the game ended for a limited amount of time the players stayed and signed autographs for audience members, i was super excited and was thoroughly impressed that they took the time to do this, although I saw some flaws in the way it was set up, everyone who wanted something signed was put into a line and once they got there signature they rotated to the next player, but many people were not moving and although they thankfully had security for the players there wasn't any for the audience and no crowd control, people were shoving there kids in front of my handicapped mother and blatantly cutting her because she was unable to move as fast as them, which is downright rude and should have been dealt with by security, Besides those issues we were able to get a total of 7 autographs and all the players conversed with us and not only sighed our shirts but also allowed us to take photos with them. Overall it was an amazing experience and I would recommend it 100%, I received tickets to the game for free for review purposes, all thoughts and or opinions are my own, unbiased and I was not compensated.
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Sicily Wedding Photographer
Welcome to my website. There might be a few reasons why you're here, one of them being that you're in a process of planning your wedding in Sicily – if that's the case, this page was made for you :-)
Sicily is simply amazing, and people are coming here from all over the world, and most of them, like me, share one passion – they love to travel and live for adventure.
I'm a destination wedding photographer, covering weddings all over the world, in the last few months alone I worked in places like Scotland, France, Italy and Malaysia. Travelling and meeting interesting people is what makes me love my job. In fact it's not even a job, it's a passion.
So yes, needles to say I'm excited that you're here. I would be even more excited to hear about your plans, so check out my portfolio and drop me an email. I will come back to you within 24hrs.


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Think athletic trainers are the same as personal trainers? Think again! In honor of National Athletic Training Month, we're sharing the differences with you.
Each year, the month of March is dedicated by the National Athletic Trainers' Association to bringing information and awareness to the role of certified athletic trainers. This year's theme is "Every Body Needs an Athletic Trainer."
Often times, the difference in the professions of athletic training and personal training can be blurred. There is, however, a difference:
1. Athletic trainers are considered allied health care professionals, and must meet qualifications set by the Board of Certification, Inc., and the state licensing board.
2. They coordinate care under the direction of a physician and other health care professionals.
3. Athletic trainers are members of a health care profession recognized by the American Medical Association.
4. All certified athletic trainers must have a bachelor's or master's degree from an accredited college or university in order to practice athletic training, and must pass a comprehensive exam to earn their credentials.
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Looking for the design of a logo for a website for personal workout logging. Mainly for people that are pretty serious about working out (weight lifting mostly).
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- Not too picky with the colors, I like bright red if it looks good anywhere (not the whole thing, like the ruby programming language logo) but not necessary.
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Monday, December 21, 2009
Cameron's Avatar delivers a powerful anti-imperialist message in a 3D wonderland
The hype was right: Avatar is a mind-blower — a kaleidoscope of stunning visuals wrought on an epic scale in a dream-like alien world. And, when seen in 3D and on a large screen the sensation is almost overwhelming. You, like the main character, become an avatar from your theater seat. You become part in this gorgeous world as you touch the plants, run on the vines and fly on the backs of a dragons. When you leave the theater your legs shake and you are left slightly stunned from the experience. A truly fantastic feat of filmmaking.
But, Cameron's opus is not only exceptional eye candy, it is a powerful story as well — a juxtaposition of worlds and ideas reflecting present day political realities and universal truths.
The story is set in the far future on a planet called Pandora and, as the name implies, it is of a two-fold nature: one of many amazing gifts, and one of evil plague. Here, we are starting on good solid myth-making grounds that would make Joseph Campbell proud.
On Pandora's gift side we see the natives: 10-feet tall, blue, catlike hominoids called the Na'vi who live in harmony with their environment. They use their long braids which, uncannily, look like the ayahuasca vines of south America to read the energy currents of the animals and plants around them. (Coincidentally, the juice of the ayahuasca vine is the main ingredient of a hallucinaigentic cocktail that South American shamans use to "talk to plants".) It seems to me that Cameron must be aware of this plant and its role in helping people see the connectivity of all life as this is a theme that runs throughout the movie. One wonders if Cameron is also giving a nod to our technological world by showing the braid's connecting tip as vaguely looking like animated fiber optic threads.
On Pandora's plague side is, not so surprisingly, the Promethean Man in form of the greedy corporation and the mercenaries that fight for them. He is foolish, vain and arrogantly proud; a stealer of God's fire and other people's resources. He is as disconnected from the world as the Na'vi are connected to theirs, which is why the the Na'vi, fittingly, calls him a child.
So, as one can surmise, the petulant Man-child, who has used up everything good on his own planet, now wants something that he doesn't own, something appropriately called 'unobtainium', the most valuable mineral in the universe, but, unfortunately, this mineral just happens to be under the Na'vi's home —a giant tree of life. Not surprisingly the Na'vi aren't willing to abandon their ancestral home voluntarily even when 'Sky Man' (as humans are called) attempt to win over their hearts and minds with his humanitarian projects. As a consequence Man-child resorts to what John Perkins would consider the phase 2 methodology for getting what you want — the "shock and awe" option.
It doesn't take a rocket scientist to see that Cameron is making allegories to our present day War of Terror and to how empires throughout history have behaved when they desire other people's resources. Though this isn't exactly an original cinematic narrative, we can thank him for spelling out the obvious anyway as there are just too many Hollywood films that are more than willing to glorify militarism and mindless sop as entertainment.
However, Cameron's latest film is not mindless sop nor does it "come across as kitsch, somewhat pious, and altogether a corporate production rather than one with any human personality" as one brain-dead reviewer writes in the UK Independent. Plastic garden elfs and Chia pets are kitsch, popes and preachers are pious (or pretend to be), and a film that has the main character saying that there is nothing that material man could give the Na'vi that would make them happy, is not exactly spinning the corporate line. Also, the characters in this film are well-developed: we have the brash, wise, and tough-talking scientist, Dr. Grace Augustine (played by Sigourney Weaver); the plucky helicopter pilot (Michelle Rodriquez) with a big heart and conscience to match; the soulful alien Neytiri (played by Zoe Saldana) who sees the potential in a flawed soul (Scully); and the battle-hardened and heartless Colonel Miles Quaritch (played by Stephen Lang). Personalities that may be larger than life but are certainly human.
And, like all good stories, one must have the archetypal hero — someone born with outstanding ability, courage and bravery — a seeker of truth who must battle with evil or make a quest for the sacred in order to help society. Here's where the broken Marine Jack Sully (played by Sam Worthington) comes in. Sully, who lost his twin brother in an accident and his legs in combat, is asked by the mining company to take over his brother's avatar, a half human, half Na'vi body so that he can sway the Na'vi to leave, or a least gather intelligence to use against them. In this body Sully gets back full mobility and also gets integrated into the Na'vi's world.
And, what a magically beautiful world it is: one filled with beautiful glowing jelly-fish like plants; giant, undulating mushrooms, and creatures bizarre and beautiful like the Na'vi.
So, it's pretty much a no-brainer to figure out that Sully, when having to pick between this new, beautifully divine world and his old soul-deadening materialistic one, will go native, and when he and a small cadre of scientists and a our Marine helicopter pilot go rogue to fight the corporation, we cheer them on, for not only are they champions of the Na'vi and their beautiful world but our own as well.
Ultimately, Avatar is a meaningful and powerful story delivered in a huge, albeit expensive, way (reportedly, this film cost somewhere around $300 million). Cameron has been criticized for making incredibly expensive films, but when you think of the $2 billion being spent every week for the U.S.'s equivalent of what we are doing to the fictional people on Pandora, Americans should be happy that they are buying something worthy of their time and money.
Like the Greek myth from which it is named, Avatar's Pandora ends with the message that 'hope' is still attainable — that all we have to do is get past our ignorance and fears and open the box to see that we are all connected to one another and to the planet. And, if we don't respect this world and consciousness we will be hopelessly flawed creatures in mind, body and soul.
Here Cameron delivers a truly powerful message.
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as my grandson said, "this is the finest movie I've ever seen, and most likely the best movie I will ever see."
- December 29, 2009 at 2:59 PM
- SOA said...
There is a site dedicated to providing a space for fans of Avatar the movie to provide feedback, and discuss personal shamanic & ritual experiences that parallel the movie.
- January 8, 2010 at 10:44 AM
- Said Huber said...
What a stunning movie!
May the powerful message of AVATAR reach the hearts of many, many people... and awaken their longing for beauty and wisdom!
I just love the Na'vi "terrorists" (as the heartless Col. Quaritch calls them)!
Aren't they just defending their way of life, Beauty and Truth against the greedy "Sky Men", henchmen of hell, serving the insane investmentbanksters from ravaged Earth...?
May AVATAR be of help on your Path, dear reader of this blog!
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Business name: Cloud9
Tag line: Accountants, evolved.
Web address = http://www.c9a.com.au
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Here is my progress so far that I have made since that dreadful freezing cold night.
Feb 8th– 4pm. Arrive in Dallas Fort Worth from Orlando to the Fort Worth Boat show. 9pm. Rail Jam by Step Up Productions starts. 10pm. I break my left Tibia on the decking of the incline rail.10:30pm. Rusty Malanoski scoops me out of the landing pool and helps to cut off my wetsuit and gear to reveal my broken leg. 12am. Ambulance takes me to Baylor Dallas hospital.
Feb 10th — Fly back to Orlando with a splint in a wheel chair and a broken left leg.
Feb 11th– Visit Dr. Randy Schwartzberg (Orlando Orthopedic Surgeon), where I see many posters of wakeskaters and wakeboarders who were recent patients of his. Dr.Schwartzberg puts a Purple and black striped fiberglass cast on my leg from toes to just below my knee. Couldn't walk with crutches yet. My leg still to sore to let swing or hang.
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Feb 22nd. — Attached my new universal crutch bag to my purple crutches. I stash all kinds of fun things in my crutch bag and it even has a cup holder.
Feb 29th — Fell really bad on my crutches that my leg needed to be re-x-rayed at Orlando Orthopedics where Dr.Shwartzberg re-casted me with a brand new Rainbow Tie Dye cast.
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March 10th — Rainbow cast comes off and removable walking boot goes on. Start putting little bits of weight on my left leg. Dr.Schwartzberg x-rays my leg and says that it is healing but is still broken and not a lot of weight can be put on the bone. Feels great to finally scratch and shave my leg.
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See Drunk Katy Perry Getting Dragged Out of a London Nightclub [NSFW]
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Perry, who performed at the star-studded Capital FM Summertime Ball over the weekend, hit Cirque du Soir and had a few drinks while hanging out with fellow raven-haired diva Jessie J. The Biebs and Ackroyd were also on site.
The fashionable diva, dressed in a short, black and white patterned outfit and black fishnet thigh highs, flashed her rump more than once -- her skirt was hiked up super high while a friend helped her out of the venue.
She reportedly partied until 5AM and sipped too many cocktails. Allegedly, bottles of vodka and champagne were on her table. Yikes. That's a recipe for one really horrific hangover. We hope her assistant or Ackroyd got her plenty of aspirin and water in the aftermath.
An insider told The Daily Mirror (quotes courtesy of Entertainment Wise) that Perry was in "high spirits and very excited that Justin was there, as she loves Justin. And she's good friends with Jessie, so they had a catch-up. Before long Katy had sunk a fair few vodka cocktails. She had big bottles of Ciroc and Belvedere on her table."
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happy halloween! i whipped up some horrific but delicious treats to celebrate my favorite holiday:
of course, you should always start out with a festive drink.
witches brew (spiced rum & apple cider)
strawberry spider bites (Robusto gouda, spinach, strawberry, and a dash of raspberry dressing)
pigs smothered in a blanket (croissant rolled mini turkey sausages with mustard, dijon, & spicy ketchup dipping sauces
chum chili (chicken & veggie packed 4 bean chili)
and last but not least, for dessert...i was inspired by a new blog i am following, One Charming Party.
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hope you had a SPOOKTACULAR halloween!
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State of Internet Marketing - 2011 Predictions
by Bruce Clay, January 18, 2011
As we entered 2010, we discussed how change is accelerating. Yes, every week, if not every day, this is a new industry. But we anticipate several changes that look to be great predictions for 2011. Yet again, it is time to dust off the crystal ball and expound on the next year.
2010 was a year of implementation in the areas of intent and behavior-based search results. We also saw the widespread implementation — and rapid change at that — of the local results influencing the search results page. Anticipating the direction that many of these changes would take, we performed a great many research projects and developed products focused on this area. Not at all surprisingly, these areas greatly broadened the focus of the company.
We witnessed the changing attendance and needs at conferences: the diminished budgets, the greatly expanding thirst for training, and the total chaos when discussing social media and how to use it to effectively generate traffic. The total Internet marketing spend will prove to be carefully planned, but the spend needs to be distributed across more segments instead of just SEO and PPC.
In 2010, SEO became far more difficult, PPC campaigns became significantly less tolerant of waste, social media became an accepted topic for discussion across organizations, and many sites are considering redesigns. We also saw that website analytics and conversion rate optimization (CRO) evolved as disciplines in what we refer to as Internet marketing optimization - an increasingly appropriate description as cross-discipline skills increased in importance.
Internet Marketing Optimization Emerges
I predict that in 2011, the Internet marketing space will continue to grow, although not all segments will grow equally. One significantly changing segment is SEO - specifically in the areas of local search and popularity.
For SEO, local search results are currently seen on 20 percent of all search result pages and I predict that local results will grow to 50 percent by year end before settling between 70 percent and 80 percent by the end of 2012. The leading SEO firms will figure out much of the local algorithm, develop advanced tools to assist with and measure local success, and this will emerge as the most talked about SEO service for 2012. What is unique about this evolution is that there will emerge a massive registry of validated business information - the first planetary business directory and a preamble to both local and international trade for the next decade. A certified directory will be key to success at both local and international levels, especially if it is integrated as an influence in the search engine results. Local grows as a key SEO focus as it consumes more and more of the search results landscape.
The issue with popularity will be very much as I have predicted earlier - "likes" will replace "links" as a part of the TrustRank calculation and popularity will become a significant algorithm influencer. Over the next year we will see the search engines try several methods to sift through the noise from spam and low-quality link bombardment. By year end I think the solution will be clear. We are working hard to anticipate the final chosen path, and to offer tools in that area during the year.
Another area will be social media optimization (SMO), clearly an emerging discipline. Firms focusing on this area are changelings in a changing land. To say this is an evolving area is a clear understatement. The real issue is how to use it and what it contributes to Internet marketing, all becoming defined in 2011. Branding is obvious, awareness is critical, and reputation is important - all influenced in the social world. The initial focus has been, and will continue to be, as an ad serving platform, with the emergence of hundreds of new social services creating industry segment chaos. A nimble and cautious marketer can match the persona of their site and product to the correct persona and social community and successfully use this network. I predict that SMO will grow exponentially during 2011 and will be the most significant topic of the year.
Pay per click (PPC) will see raising prices, exceeding 50 percent increase during 2011. This is a significant deterrent to use, especially for the average account user, meaning that the click volume may go down and pricing will go way up. Likewise, SMO will take some budget away from PPC. I predict that Bing will become an Internet marketing force in 2011, especially if they also can manage other programs. I also predict that several PPC toolsets will emerge that can manage multiple programs easily and effectively inclusive of social ad programs. This multi-source single-point efficiency will be critical to agency success because it could cost more to manage bids than the spend across these multiple sources.
Harder Predictions
The major search engines will aggressively expand their own SEO and PPC tools and services, willingly competing with agencies. I predict that the future of agencies will depend upon their ability to efficiently manage services across multiple search programs, although I predict that in 2011, there will be enough chaos in the marketplace due to first-time uneducated and trusting businesses entering the space to keep ineffective agencies in business. Buyer beware as false promises will again be a plague on our industry.
I predict that we will finally see some progress on industry standards. I have been an advocate of standards for years, and there are standards for most marketing programs, so I believe strongly in standards for our industry. As a Board of Director member for SEMPO, I am concerned with the industry reputation and progress as a whole. I believe that the only reason someone will fight standards is that they have something to lose - screaming buyer beware. Why would any responsible industry professional not want to fight spam and deception unless that describes their own practices?
Affiliates will find that they perform poorly in search results because they cannot provide local presence. Brands will perform well, as will brick and mortar businesses, due to the trust and location of outlets. I predict that non-branded online-only businesses will suffer in the search results over the year whenever shopping is the query intent. Fortunately there is more to Internet marketing than organic search results but SEO will not be very effective for most affiliates.
I predict that YouTube will become a full content delivery network where they serve videos as a part of your website. Also, videos will be separately considered organic results where the search result content used for ranking is based upon their spoken content. This technology exists now for most of this, but the rankings have not yet appeared. I expect that this will cause YouTube video content to become a content target for SEO. Write the script before you make the video, use keywords, name it properly, and follow all other best practices. The appearance of YouTube videos in search results will increase over the year until virtually every query will have videos included in the search results pages. I also predict that websites that include videos (embedded from YouTube or otherwise) will begin to perform better in the search results as well. Engagement will become a more significant factor in ranking algorithms.
The search engines will remain secretive about their algorithms. Google will admit that while there are 200 variables in the algorithm, the weighted averages determining ranking is biased by several factors essentially creating thousands of possible algorithms. The ranking factors change based upon shopping or research intent, and, for some queries, news and freshness importance, or location, or community will change the weighting of variables. Essentially this means that the searcher determines the algorithm. I predict that only worthy SEOs will be able to wrap their minds around persona-based optimization, and the rest will struggle or turn to SMO and PPC.
I predict that there will be more conferences and training offerings in 2011 but that growth will be for the smaller local Internet marketing conferences covering many Internet marketing topics. The growth of the local Internet conference will be massive, opening sales opportunities for local agencies, and offering top-notch training for local business owners. The financial risk is lower for the organizers, the travel expenses for attendees is lowered, and local-centric agencies will all want to focus on their regions instead of nationally.
I predict that Google and perhaps other search engines will begin a multi-year stealth program to dominate news search by 2014. I think we all know that whoever dominates news significantly influences consumers. In three years, it will be time for Marissa Mayer to move from Queen of Local Search to Czar of News - we will see. Watch for some advances in the news areas, certainly low-key in 2011, but definitely changes. Be aware that the continuing changes to the search results page will continue, and that news changes will be difficult to see.
I predict that mobile search will be the same-ish as desktop search. Not because there will not be auto-localization, but rather because mobile devices seem to be turning into small desktops. Obviously, and hopefully, a million websites will not all have apps, so browser-based search will remain. It is the auto-localization influence of a GPS device that will make a difference. It is only a matter of time that computer makers offer desktop GPS on the motherboard, so convergence will make the location detection differences moot. How long until a mobile device has a holographic monitor? Then it is a desktop in disguise.
And as a final prediction I believe that in 2011, a significant change will happen in the analytics world. There will be definite technology changes to allow accuracy to increase. Unfortunately this accuracy will be counterbalanced by privacy issues that limit data collection. In effect we will have a better set of information, but also a less precise view of the persona of the visitor. This means that analytics becomes even more of an intuition-based discipline. It will be difficult for a novice analyst to understand the nuances of a fire hose flow of statistics, and to also understand the products and marketing channels leading to the traffic. Likewise, CRO becomes equally more difficult as privacy intervenes. But analytics and conversion are significant disciplines in the revenue funnel and both become major components of any Internet marketing optimization effort. Just doing SEO or PPC or SMO is not enough.
These are easy predictions when you follow a futures research approach to marketing. If we were able to look into the future and see what we all would be talking about in a year, what would we find? What do you think we will be discussing in a year? I think local, social, the demise of links, the growth of "likes", the growth of analytics and conversion, and absolutely the growth of education. I have offered my predictions, and if you have seen our prediction success rates over the past few years I would hope that you take them seriously.
We are developing services around these predictions, and they will be offered over the next year as we release them. We are investing in our future and are going in all of these areas. Stay tuned to our newsletter, blog, and @bruceclayinc if you want to see our changes early.
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Beer May Build Strong Bones
I grew up seeing the commercials for milk doing a body good. They said it helped you grow big and tall and have strong bones. Little did I realize that the same could be said about beer. Thankfully, science has yet again stepped in to show us another benefit of this wonderful beverage.
A team of scientist from the Centre for Biomedical Technology of Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) and the Institute of Materials Science and the Institute of Catalysis and Petrochemistry of Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) have discovered that "beer waste" may be used to help medical patients in need of prosthetic bones.
"Beer waste" refers to the spent grains left over after the brewing process. Right now, this is mostly wasted in the brewing industry. People have been looking for uses for many years, but it's still something that the brewer has no need for after making their beer. The new research found that "bagasse", a residue left over in the waste, could be used to create a new bio-material because it contains the main components found in bones: phosphorus, calcium, magnesium and silica.
They think that this could be used to coat and create prosthetics and not only uses something that would usually go to waste, but will be much more cost effective for the patient as well. The team tested the new material and as of now it's still not clear how much better it would be than the current process. More testing still needs to be done.
While more testing will still need to be done, we can all agree on one thing. Homer Simpson definitely made a valid point when he said, "To Alcohol! The cause of... and solution to... all of life's problems."


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Deteriorating crop conditions in Australia, lower than expected production in Europe and strong global demand set the stage for aggressive buying by end users in mid-September, which pushed wheat prices close to $9 a bushel.
When asked how big an acreage response to prices might be expected for next season, market analyst Jonah Ford, speaking at the Minneapolis Grain Exchange September press briefing said, "A whole bunch. I can't give you a hard number this early in the season. But with the profits farmers can expect to see at these prices, you're going to see a pretty big shift. The shift has already been priced in, if you look at July 2008 futures."
At one point in mid-September, December wheat futures at the Chicago Board of Trade were around $8.50 a bushel, with July 2008 coming in around $5.87.
One surprise in USDA's Sept. 12 world supply and demand estimates was the agency's projection for Australian wheat production of 21 million metric tons. Most in the trade believe production is actually closer to 15 million metric tons to 19 million metric tons, due to dry weather.
"Most of the Australians are fairly pessimistic on their production, thinking it's closer to 14 million metric tons to 16 million metric tons," said Ford, who is senior analyst for Great Pacific Trading Company.
According to a CBOT report, Pakistan may import a million metric tons of wheat this year. In addition, France has revised its total production downward by 1.25 million metric tons to 31.65 million tons.
The upshot is that there is growing end user concern with the price of wheat, according to Ford. "Obviously those who did not get hedged earlier this year are paying a pretty severe price.
"Without fundamental shifts — whether taking millions of acres out of conservation or just having prices so high that it stimulates global production — trendline yields and world production are not keeping up with the expansion of the global economy."
The situation should carry over to other crops, too, noted Ford. "Those in the soybean business are going to be looking around for acreage next year, and it would probably be a good idea for them to lock in prices on oil and meal."
Ford did add that if land is taken out of the Conservation Reserve Program and committed to wheat production, "you'll probably see a knee-jerk reaction initially. Looking at the global supply situation, it may shave 10 percent or 15 percent off respective prices. World demand is still strong and understated by the market."
The impact of wheat prices on consumer food prices could become a big story next year, too.
Corn prices, while weaker by comparison, will most likely start to improve by March, according to Ford, a situation which should benefit producers with storage capacity. "The demand in corn is still there. Worse case scenario, we're down to $3.15 to $3.25 on December futures."
Short-term for corn, "we could be in a sideways trading range for the next few months," Ford said. "Nonetheless, if we do get upwards of $10 wheat and $10 beans, there will be as much substitution as the world will allow. And that's going to keep corn prices above $3 and perhaps stimulate a rally going into next year as well."
While USDA lowered its estimate of ethanol use in the United States, Ford doesn't see a letup in the expansion of ethanol production capacity "as long as we're anywhere near $80 crude prices, which is where we are now. Ethanol is going to keep rolling along until we get to a point where prices exceed what people are willing to pay. And I don't think we're there by a long shot."


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Holland & Belgium in Spring - Southbound on ms Esprit on MS Esprit
Tauck treats you to a ringside seat for nature's spectacular annual springtime show on a memorable 8-day trip including a 7-night cruise through the inland waterways of the Netherlands and Belgium aboard a riverboat of our Destination Fleet. Everywhere, a spot of local color, from tulips, daffodils and hyacinths abloom in flower boxes or in grand gardens... in historic windmills preserving a vanished way of life... in gabled ...
One of five 361-foot (110-meter) riverboats in Tauck's Destination Fleet, ms Esprit accommodates no more than 118 guests, while similar-sized riverboats average about 160. Guest amenities inside her 14 lush 300-square-foot Tauck Suites include brocade upholstery, roomy walk-in closets with built-in drawers, spacious marble baths with full-size tubs, and two French balconies with floor-to-ceiling windows that open to idyllic riverscapes. She also sports seven 183-square-foot cabins, similarly furnished. Standard cabins (150 square feet) are cozy and comfortable and are similar in décor and style to our larger suites. 85% have floor-to-ceiling windows with real French balconies that open on to a balcony in the fresh air; all have in-room movies, minibar, adjustable heating and cooling, private bathroom and shower with pampering toiletries.
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We couldn't find just the right words to describe the sumptuous bedding and amenities we custom ordered for your in-cabin cruising comfort... 400-thread-count satin bed linens made from the finest combed cotton... puffy white duvets and pillows of very fine mako cotton, with a hypoallergenic 90% down filling... 100% cotton blankets, temperature balancing and so soft to the skin... and thick pillow-top mattresses that lull you to sleep... along with the Essentials Line of Molton Brown bath products, exclusive to Tauck... absorbent terry cloth robes and fluffy towels... hair dryers... but we do know they are key for waking up refreshed and relaxed for your traveling pleasure.
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Exhibits and more...
Across Time & Place: Treasures from the Permanent Collection
This rotating exhibition highlights a broad range of works by 19th and 20th century American and European artists from the Heckscher Museum's Permanent Collection. Of particular interest is Étienne Berne-Bellecour's monumental Embarkation Maneuver, 1882, which factually depicts the departure of a regiment of cuirassiers following the Franco-Prussian War. Heckscher Museum of Art, Main St. and Prime Ave., Huntington. (631) 351-3250 or www.heckscher.org.
Artists in America
A survey of 300 years of great American paintings. Artists from every era of American art are featured among the exhibit's 79 works, including John Singleton Copley, Charles Willson Peale, John Singer Sargent, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Edward Hopper, Georgia O'Keeffe, Norman Rockwell, Robert Motherwell and Sol LeWitt. The works are selected from the permanent collections of the New Britain Museum of American Art in Connecticut. Through Feb. 24. Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. 484-9337 or www.nassaumuseum.org.
The Lyon, the Which and the Warhol
An exhibit of photographs by photojournalist Danny Lyon and visionary pop artist Andy Warhol, culled from the Hofstra University Museum's extensive photography collection. The exhibit connects their works to those in other media by Chuck Close, Jim Dine, and Lisbeth Firmin (the "Which"), emphasizing parallels between these artists. Through May 19. Hofstra University's David Filderman Gallery, Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, South Campus, Hempstead. 463-5672.
Robert Hite: Imagined Histories and Other Works
Robert Hite's paintings, photographs and sculptures are on display, reflecting the rich southern narrative tradition. Through March 5. Nassau Community College's Firehouse Plaza Art Gallery, Education Dr., Garden City. 572-5073.
Using the Lessons of the Holocaust to Teach Tolerance
A contextualized history that explains the 1920s' increase of intolerance, reduction of human rights, and lack of intervention that enabled the persecution and mass murder of millions of Jews and others. Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County, 100 Crescent Beach Rd., Glen Cove. 571-8040 ext. 100 or www.holocaust-nassau.org.
Afternoon Movie
See the action adventure "Total Recall," Friday, Feb. 22, 2:30 p.m.; also "The Help," the Oscar winning film about the domestic help in a small Mississippi town, Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2 p.m. Elmont Memorial Library Theatre, 700 Hempstead Tpke., Elmont. 354-5280.
At the Movies
See "End of Watch," the thriller that follows the daily grind of two young L.A. police officers, Friday, Feb. 22, 1 p.m. Baldwin Public Library, 2385 Grand Ave., Baldwin. 223-6228.
Monday Movie
Watch "Arbitrage," the drama about a troubled hedge fund magnate, Monday, Feb. 25, 1:30 and 7 p.m. Oceanside Library, 30 Davison Ave., Oceanside. 766-2360.
Author Visit
Acclaimed non-fiction writer Vivian Gornick discusses her works, as part of Hofstra's "Great Writers, Great Readings" series, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 11:15 a.m. Hofstra University's Lowenfeld Conference and Exhibition Hall, Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, 10th Floor, South Campus, Hempstead. 463-5410 or www.hofstra.edu/gwgr.
Illustrated Art Lecture
Examine "What is Pre-'Raphaelitism?," with Professor Thomas Germano, Thursday, Feb. 28, 1 p.m. Peninsula Public Library, 280 Central Ave., Lawrence. 239-3262.
Movie Showing
See the action adventure "The Avengers," Thursday, Feb. 28, 2 p.m. Franklin Square Public Library, 19 Lincoln Rd., Franklin Square. 488-3444.


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FBI seeking tips after Boston bombing
The FBI released the following statement in the wake of Monday's bombing in Boston. The attack at the finish line of the Boston Marathon killed three and injured at least 140 others. Two bombs had been placed in trash cans, less than 100 yards apart, according to Boston police. No one has claimed responsibility as of Tuesday morning. The FBI is leading the investigation calling it a "potential terrorist investigation." Here is the FBI statement seeking information: FBI ASSISTS BOSTON… Read More »


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Director's Corner
13 December 2007
A more integrated approach toward an energy frontier lepton collider
All of particle physics is poised for the impending first explorations of the trillion-electronvolt (TeV) energy scale at CERN's Large Hadron Collider. Within the next couple of years, the LHC will lead the way in opening up this new frontier for particle physics. The early results should help us determine what is required of a complementary lepton collider, in order to best address the new physics. The combination of the two explorers, as we have seen in past generations of colliders, will enable us to fully exploit the science of this new energy regime. Based on a great deal of information from both theory and experiment, we have very good reason to expect that a 500 billion-electronvolt (GeV) electron-positron collider, upgradeable to 1 TeV, will be the right match. This has given us strong motivation to develop the design for a collider like the ILC. Nevertheless, we must be prepared for what to do if LHC discoveries point strongly to the need for higher energies, maybe a multi-TeV lepton collider?
Even though the precision tests of the standard model strongly indicate rich physics within the scope of the ILC, the question of what energy will be required for a lepton collider is not a new one. In any case, results from LHC will soon inform us, and R&D toward achieving higher energies has been pursued for some time. Two approaches are under study. One involves an alternative design for a linear electron-positron collider, and the other is the possibility of developing a muon collider. Both efforts are based on very clever ideas, but ones that are very hard to implement and will require significant advances in accelerator physics before a major facility can be undertaken. The muon collider offers a way to make intense neutrino beams. The technical advances needed however, especially in terms of beam cooling, make the time scale for realising a multi-TeV muon collider very long and the feasibility uncertain. The other possibility, a variant of an electron-positron collider that could potentially provide higher gradients, has been under study at CERN, known as the Compact Linear Collider or CLIC.
The main technical feature of CLIC is the two-beam acceleration scheme. The radiofrequency power for the main linac is extracted from a secondary, low-energy, high-intensity electron beam running parallel to the main linac (instead of using klystrons). The power is extracted from the beam by special extraction and transfer structures. For a 3-TeV collider, CLIC scientists envision 22 such drive beams, each of which provides enough power to accelerate the main beam by roughly 70 GeV.
There are many technical challenges that must be solved to make this scheme viable. In fact, an R&D programme has been underway for more than 20 years now to develop this technology. Yet the basic feasibility still needs to be established. Recently, efforts to demonstrate feasibility received increased attention at CERN with a goal to prove the technology by roughly 2010, a similar timescale for achieving initial LHC results and the ILC Engineering Design Report.
The main goals of the CLIC R&D programme are to demonstrate drive beam generation (fully loaded acceleration, bunch frequency multiplication), to test CLIC accelerating structures and to test power production structures (PETS) in a test facility called CTF3 that is under development at CERN. The CLIC group recently lowered the main linac RF frequency from 30 GHz to 12 GHz, reduced the accelerating field from 150 MV/m (Megavolts per metre) to 100 MV/m and changed the resulting length for a 3-TeV machine from 34 km to 48 km. These changes are in response to the many problems they encountered at the higher frequencies.
Although the work to develop the ILC design and the R&D to demonstrate CLIC feasibility has little in common technically, there are close relations between the two groups. This is especially the case because Jean-Pierre Delahaye, the CLIC Study Group Leader, is an active and important member of the ILC Global Design Effort.
For some time now, I have been coming to view that the ILC and CLIC efforts should be more closely integrated. Beyond the feasibility tests for CLIC, their emerging work will involve physics studies, detector concepts and a first-order design of the rest of the accelerator complex. For this work, CLIC faces many of the same issues we are dealing with for the ILC, with some significant differences due to the different technology and energy. Nevertheless, to best accomplish the work for both projects and to be best able to evaluate alternative approaches to the lepton collider, like a warm machine or CLIC, we should do all we can to integrate these R&D and design efforts.
When I visited CERN last month, I had the opportunity to have a meeting with the CLIC Extended Steering Committee, including CERN Global Design Effort members. I suggested that joint work between the ILC and CLIC could have benefits for both efforts. They responded positively, and a number of specific areas have been identified where both groups could benefit. It is clear that the timescale for a machine like CLIC, even if feasible, is much later than the ILC. So the reason to consider CLIC is for energy reach, if required.
Following my visit to CERN, I discussed these joint efforts with the GDE Executive Committee, and we agreed to the general idea. As a result, the GDE Project Managers will explore specific areas of collaboration with CLIC. An exchange of ideas has begun by email, and a meeting is now planned at CERN for February 2008 to explore specific areas of cooperation.
I am hopeful that closer relations will be forged between the two groups. Our ultimate goal is to develop a lepton collider that will complement LHC physics, and I believe closer integration with CLIC will further our goal of realising a linear collider -- whatever LHC physics tell us.
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Author Notes: Yes this is a simple recipe, but sometimes the simplest things are the best. This is one of one all time favorite, my true comfort food. I always prefer the combination of sweet potatoes and regular potatoes. You can play with the ratios, but just sweet potatoes puree does not have the best smoothness, body and lightness. To make it fancier (for holidays and such) I added a bit more sweetness with caramelized onions and the Amaretti cookie crumbles. At the end of long day this will always bring comfort.
Serves: 4-5
2 big sweet potatoes
2 small purple waxy potatoes
1 cup of milk
3 tablespoon of butter
1/2-2/3 cup of heavy cream or half and half
3-4 Amaretti cookies
One big sweet onion
2 tablespoon of oil
Salt and pepper
In This Recipe
- Peel the onion and slice in quarters. Slice each quarter to very thinly. Put the olive oil in a pan and warm it. Add the slices of onion and a bit of salt and satue on low heat for good 20-25 min or until it gets very sweet and has some brownish color.
- In the meantime peel the sweet potatoes and the potatoes and cut them to rounds\pieces of about 2-3 inch thick. Put in a pan, add the cup of milk, water to cover and teaspoon of salt. Bring to a boil, lower the heat and cook for 20 minutes or until soft but not falling apart.
- Drain the liquid and put the potatoes pieces back in the pan and on the heat just for a minute so they will get a bit drier. Take of the heat.
- Add the butter to the pan and mash the pieces with potato masher or food meal if you have one, until smooth. Add 1/2 a cup of heavy cream, teaspoon of salt and 1/4 teaspoon of pepper. Mix well. If it looks dry add a bit more cream, but do not make it to watery.
- To make it very smooth and pillowy push the mash potato through a fine sieve with a big spoon. It is a bit of worth the effort. You get much delicate and smooth puree (I like it better without the strings of the sweet potatoes). Taste for salt, due to sweetness it needs quite a lot.
- If it gets a bit cold while working with the sieve, add a bit more cream and heat it a bit over a pan with boiling water or in the microwave.
- Plate and decorate with the sweet caramelized onions. Crumble the Amaretti cookies and sprinkle. Drizzle a bit of olive oil if you want.
- Enjoy with a good piece of meat and green salt.
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Sweet Potato Recipe
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Last Chance! 2014 Taste of Country Music Festival 'Renewal' Ticket Deal Ends Tonight
The biggest savings on tickets for the 2014 Taste of Country Music Festival end tonight (June 21). Brad Paisley is set to headline one of the three days of the June 13-15 camping and music fest. Renewal tickets are going fast, and here's a little secret: you don't have to have gone to the 2013 festival to get this great deal.
Paisley was announced as a headliner just before the 2013 fest finished, and soon fans were waiting at the box office to purchase their 2014 tickets. Once again, the festival in Hunter Mountain, N.Y. will be on Father's Day weekend, and once again it will feature over a dozen of the biggest hitmakers in country music.
Be sure to the Taste of Country Music Festival on Facebook to stay up to date on all acts performing as they're announced. The 2013 festival included Willie Nelson, Montgomery Gentry, Trace Adkins, Lady Antebellum, Hunter Hayes and many more. The second-annual ToC fest promises an even bigger lineup at the most scenic festival site imaginable.
Camping and VIP passes for the 2014 festival are also available. Take a look at all the fun from 2013 here.


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Avoiding Hat Hair.
Posted in Answers, Tutorial on November 19th, 2012 by Reagan
Tags: Avoiding Hat Hair, Hair Tips, Hat Hair, Hat Hair Solution, Tips for hat hair
Love hats but hate hat-hair?
Well, I figured out a trick and I basically never had hat-hair again. Steps below!
one. Decide where you want your hair parted that day sans hat. I chose the middle.
two. Part your hair heavily to one side (basically anywhere besides step one)
three. Put on your hat.
When you take off your hat, you can shake your hair around and part it back to where you originally wanted it. Voila! No hat-hair! I should have taken a photo of step four, which is Get a million boyfriends.
Remember this little tip, because its winter hat season and Im tired of being the only one in this city with cute, non hat-hair. Jk.
Like my turban (turb)? I got it in London back in the day. Here is a cute winter one I love!


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Reports: Weekly jobless claims, Challenger mass layoffs for May
Local earnings: Navistar
Other earnings: Ciena Corp., Diamond Foods Inc., Hooker Furniture Corp., J. Crew Group Inc., J.M. Smucker Co., Men's Wearhouse., Thor Industries, VeriFone Systems Inc. and others.
Of note: May sales for Costco Wholesale Corp., Gap Inc., L Brands


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What WSJ Canada Is Reading Wednesday
Bombastic and bellicose and with a boundless appetite for celebrity. That's one way to describe Abubakar Shekau, the leader of the Nigerian Islamist group that abducted more than 200 schoolgirls.
Sears Canada on the block. The Canadian retailer's parent company is looking at selling the asset as it seeks to raise cash and focus on its U.S. business.