Larsons Homes Partners with Compass Home Group ...

Bel Air, MD ? January 31, 2013 ? (RealEstateRama) ? Compass Home Group, of Keller Williams American Premier Realty, a fast growing residential real estate team serving Baltimore, Harford, & Cecil Counties, is making their debut as the proud new representatives chosen to work with Larson?s Homes, a longtime local builder in Cecil County.

Founders of Compass Home Group, Timothy Langhauser and Michele McCartin, lead this new partnership with respect to selling new homes with a non-traditional philosophy. Compass Home Group is a team of high quality professionals that offers years of real estate and business experience.

?As we enter a new era of the way we do real estate business, we must adapt to the requirements and styles of the clients needing our services to serve them well.? Says Michele McCartin, Team Leader of Compass Home Group. ?It remains our promise to maintain great customer relationships while focusing on the best business strategies in the industry, to help our clients meet their ultimate goals. By expanding our use of technology, our marketing strategies, and defining our precise business systems, we can provide Larson?s Homes customers with the best new home experience possible.?

Compass Home Group is a group of professionals with a defined mission. Focused, driven, and motivated to meet your goals, as well as their own. They have intently built systems into their service so the process of buying or selling a home is seamless. They have incorporated a high use of technology to maximize exposure and to create exciting results. Delivering results, because that is what they are driven by, they are accountable to the people they serve. Compass Home Group strive to provide understanding ? about the market, about the transaction, and about the new home build process. They remain dedicated in ?bringing dreams home?.

Since 1978, Larson?s has been providing the upper Chesapeake Bay area with quality services that range from landscaping and tree services to custom built homes and developments. Larson?s mission is to provide quality services to their valued customers. With an array of floor plans and many communities to choose from, Larson?s Homes fits the lifestyle, budget, and timeframe of many individuals looking to buy a new home. Larson?s Home will build on your lot and will also consider a ?house swap?. ?Larson?s is providing opportunity and possibilities for so many people. With incentives and the special loan products available to purchase in our communities, we are opening windows and doors for people to own a home. It?s impressive to see it all come together?the build and their faces when we hand them the keys to their new home!? says Lauren Larson, Community Sales Representative and daughter to the well known builder Lee Larson.

?We are proud of the way we do business and very excited about the opportunity to work with such a quality custom home builder.? says CEO, Timothy Langhauser.

Compass Home Group of Keller Williams American Premier Realty is located at 2021 B Emmorton Rd. Ste. 110 Bel Air, MD 21015. To learn more about your opportunities to purchase a home with Larson?s Homes, call 443-360-0086

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Compass Home Group, of Keller Williams American Premier Realty, a fast growing residential real estate team serving Baltimore, Harford, & Cecil Counties, is making their debut as the proud new representatives chosen to work with Larson?s Homes, a longtime local builder in Cecil County.

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New record for the biggest wave ever surfed? (+video)

Garrett McNamara may have set a new world record for the largest wave ever surfed. Garrett McNamara surfed a wave off Portugal that was about 100-feet high.

By Staff,?CSMonitor.com / January 30, 2013

Was Garrett McNamara humming 'Oops, I did it again?" as he rode a 100-foot wave off Portugal?

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On Monday, McNamara may have broken his own record for the largest wave ever surfed. McNamara returned to Nazar?, Portugal, where he set a record a little more than a year ago.

As The Christian Science Monitor reported last May: The Guinness World Records recognized a 44-year-old Hawaii pro surfer for catching a 78-foot wave off the coast of Portugal, saying the November [2011] feat beats a 2008 record for the biggest ridden by more than 1 foot.

Nazare is known as a prime spot for big rides.? The waves roll in off the Atlantic Ocean and travel along an undersea canyon that generate some of the biggest waves on the planet. The Nazare canyon is about 16,000 feet deep in places, and about 140?miles long.

On Monday, :"The conditions in Nazar? were heavenly perfect. Light southern winds and strong swell coming from northwest and hitting the local canyon as it should," according to SurferToday.com.

McNamara is waiting confirmation of the size of the latest wave and whether a new record was set.

McNamara, who began surfing at age 11 and went pro at 17, said the achievement became more important to him when he realized it could help him urge more people to follow their passions.

"The world would be a much better place if everyone was doing what they wanted to do," he told the Associated Press last year after he set the record.

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Dutch Queen Beatrix abdicates her throne

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) ? Dutch Queen Beatrix announced Monday that she will abdicate on April 30 after 33 years as head of state, clearing the way for her eldest son, Crown Prince Willem-Alexander, to become the nation's first king in more than a century.

The announcement, in a nationally televised speech, signaled an end to the reign of one of Europe's longest-serving monarchs, whose time on the throne was marked by tumultuous shifts in Dutch society and, more recently, by personal tragedy.

The queen's abdication from the largely ceremonial role had been widely expected, but it is sure to bring an outpouring of sentimental and patriotic feelings among the Dutch, most of whom adore Beatrix. In everyday conversation, many of her subjects refer to her simply by the nickname "Bea."

"Responsibility for our country must now lie in the hands of a new generation," Beatrix said in the speech delivered from her Huis ten Bosch palace just days before she was to turn 75.

"I am deeply grateful for the great faith you have shown in me in the many years that I could be your Queen," she added.

Prime Minister Mark Rutte, a staunch monarchist, paid his respects in a speech that immediately followed Beatrix on all Dutch television channels.

"Since her coronation in 1980s she's applied herself heart and soul for Dutch society," Rutte said.

The timing of the announcement makes sense at multiple levels. It comes just days before Beatrix's birthday, and she is already the oldest ever Dutch monarch: the pragmatic Dutch do not see being king or queen as a job for life. The nation also celebrates the 200th anniversary of its monarchy, the House of Orange, at the end of this year, Beatrix said.

Observers believe she remained on the throne for so long in part because of unrest in Dutch society as the country struggled to assimilate more and more immigrants, mainly Muslims from North Africa, and shifted away from its traditional reputation as one of the world's most tolerant nations.

In her Christmas Day speech in 2010, Beatrix made a heartfelt plea for unity, saying, "with each other we all make up one society."

Beatrix was also thought to be giving time for her son to enjoy fatherhood before becoming King Willem-Alexander: he has three young daughters with Argentine investment banker Maxima Zorreguieta.

Beatrix has frequently said that the best years of her life were her time as a young mother, before her coronation in 1980.

The abdication also comes at a time of trial for Beatrix. This time a year ago she was struck by personal tragedy when the second of her three sons, Prince Friso, was left in a coma after being engulfed by an avalanche while skiing in Austria.

And even in a job that is mostly ceremonial to begin with, the previous government stripped her of one of her few remaining powers: the ability to name a candidate to begin Cabinet formations after elections of the national parliament.

Meanwhile Willem-Alexander, 45, is prepared to assume the job.

He is a trained pilot and expert in the quintessentially Dutch field of water management who has long been groomed for the throne, often joining Beatrix on state visits and sometimes even flying her home.

Willem-Alexander, a member of the International Olympic Committee, courted controversy with his choice to marry Maxima, whose father was an agriculture minister in the military junta that ruled Argentina with an iron fist in the late 1970s and early '80s.

Beatrix's choice of husband, Claus, who died in 2002, was met with resistance in 1966 because he was a German national and the Nazis' World War II occupation of the Netherlands was still an open wound for many who lived through it. But, like Maxima, he won the hearts of his adopted nation and there was a huge outpouring of grief at his death.

Beatrix's reign began in difficult economic times and there were riots in Amsterdam at her coronation, as thousands of demonstrators protesting the city's housing shortages fought pitched battles with police just a few hundred meters (yards) from the downtown palace where she was crowned.

But throughout her reign she was a calming influence on society, particularly in the aftermath of the 2002 assassination of populist politician Pim Fortuyn and the murder two years later of filmmaker Theo van Gogh by a Muslim extremist.

Although she was widely respected for her unpretentious style, it took Beatrix much of her reign to attain the admiration and popularity of her late mother, former Queen Juliana, who was more openly loving toward her people.

But in recent years, personal tragedies exposed a softer side to the queen and brought her closer to her subjects.

Klaus's death took a toll on her, and it was apparent how deep her reliance on the quiet man had been: she was filmed leaning heavily, almost hanging on Prince Friso's arm as they entered the church for his funeral.

In another blow, a deranged loner tried to slam a car into an open-topped bus carrying members of the royal family as they celebrated the Queens Day national holiday in 2010. The driver killed seven people gathered to watch the royals and the brazen attack shocked the nation.

Then, in 2012, Prince Friso ? who had been such a support after Klaus's death ? was engulfed by an avalanche as he skied, plunging him into a coma from which he has yet to wake.

Beatrix went back to her busy official schedule soon after the accident, but it again spurred speculation that her reign could be nearing its end.

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Associated Press writer Toby Sterling contributed from Amsterdam.

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Rapper Rick Ross crashes car after gunshots in Florida: police

(Reuters) - Rapper Rick Ross crashed a Rolls-Royce into an apartment building in Florida on Monday after he lost control while trying to avoid gunfire aimed at the car, police said.

Ross, whose real name is William L. Roberts, and a female passenger reported hearing multiple gunshots being fired in their direction as they drove in Fort Lauderdale early in the morning, according to police.

The rapper lost control of the car and hit the apartment building as he tried to get away from the shots, police said. Neither of the car's occupants were hurt, and the shooting suspects fled before police arrived.

Fort Lauderdale police said they are investigating the shooting.

Ross, who lives in nearby Davie, Florida, turned 37 on Monday and had been out celebrating his birthday at a local diner, according to the Miami Herald. The newspaper reported that one of the bullets fired at the car pierced the diner's front window.

Ross is the founder of the Maybach Music Group. His latest album, "God Forgives, I Don't," is nominated for a Grammy Award this year for Best Rap Album.

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Benefits of stair climbing - National Nursing Review

Yes, I know that climbing stairs tiring, especially if you do not usually do this every day and your life is not active enough. However, it brings a lot of benefits both healthy for your health and for your figure.

As you know, exercise daily is absolutely essential to maintaining good health. Attending to the gym or exercising on your own can be a good solution to keep fit, but for lack of time or sheer laziness often not present due attention to the physical exercise. Fortunately, some everyday gestures can also help you improve your health and fitness. One is climbing stairs, a practice that can be incorporated gradually to your routine daily so you will not be exhausting.

Benefits

In the same way that walking is beneficial to health, up and down stairs is too. If you get used to doing so on a daily basis, you will bring enormous benefits: you will improve your fitness, help you strengthen muscles and joints and will protect your heart and blood vessels.

In addition to improving blood circulation, up and down stairs also helps to maintain blood pressure, control diabetes and improve pulmonary resistance. Of course, being an exercise that strengthens the legs will help fight fatigue when performing other activities of daily living such as duck, take things from the floor or stay in one position for a long time.

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If all the above has convinced you not, know that climbing stairs is one of the exercises more calories burned. In fact, some studies have concluded that burn up to two times more calories than walking. What?s more, helps tone, firm, removes cellulite and prevents the uncomfortable varicose veins.

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Witch-hunting "Hansel & Gretel" wins box office

(Reuters) - A grown-up "Hansel & Gretel" grabbed the weekend box office title, pulling in $19 million in U.S. and Canadian ticket sales with its reinvention of the fairy tale characters as fierce bounty hunters.

"Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters" knocked last weekend's winner, low-budget horror flick "Mama," into second place. "Mama" earned $12.8 million from Friday through Sunday, according to studio estimates, followed by "Silver Linings Playbook" with $10 million.

CIA drama "Zero Dark Thirty" came in fourth with $9.8 million.

Jeremy Renner and Gemma Arterton star in "Hansel & Gretel" as crossbow-wielding adult siblings who travel the world taking out evil witches. MGM and Viacom Inc's Paramount Pictures produced the action comedy for about $50 million. Paramount had predicted opening weekend sales in the high-teens or low $20 million range.

Don Harris, Paramount's president of distribution, said the film performed well despite the very cold temperatures and snow that hit the eastern United States.

"We are pleased that we were on our number on a worldwide basis. It looks like we are on or exceeding our numbers but we did get dinged with the weather on Friday," he said in an interview.

"The impact of the weather was certainly more than I had predicted."

"Mama" features Jessica Chastain as a woman forced to take care of two orphaned nieces who have been living in the woods. The $15 million production has now earned $48.6 million at U.S. and Canadian theaters through two weekends.

Chastain also stars in "Zero Dark Thirty" in an Oscar-nominated role as a dogged CIA agent searching for al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. The best picture nominee, which has sparked debate over depictions of torture, has grossed $69.9 million since its release in late December.

"Silver Linings Playbook" stars Bradley Cooper as a former mental patient trying to rebuild his life with the help of a young widow played by Jennifer Lawrence. Total sales for "Silver Linings" reached $69.46 million. The movie, Cooper, Lawrence and co-star Robert De Niro are all nominated for Oscars.

New crime thriller "Parker" finished in fifth place, taking in $7 million at domestic theaters. The film is based on a series of novels by Donald E. Westlake and stars Jason Statham as a thief seeking revenge against a crew that double-crossed him. Jennifer Lopez plays a woman who helps with his mission.

"Movie 43," a film with an ensemble of Hollywood directors and stars, was in seventh place, according to Hollywood.com, very close behind "Django Unchained."

The film is a series of interconnected short movies following a washed-up producer as he pitches hilarious and insane story lines featuring some of the biggest stars in Hollywood, including Hugh Jackman, Seth MacFarlane, Kate Winslet and Dennis Quaid. Privately held Relativity Media produced the film for about $6 million.

"Mama" was distributed by Universal Studios, a division of Comcast Corp. Sony Corp's movie studio released "Zero Dark Thirty." "Parker" was released by independent studio FilmDistrict. The Weinstein Co distributed "Silver Linings Playbook."

(Editing by Bill Trott)

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/action-remake-hansel-gretel-wins-box-office-165822523--sector.html

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Happy Birthday, You Bastard

Some Slate pieces are so great, they demand a second reading. Today we revisit John Swansburg?s timeless 2008 masterpiece.

Illustration by Alex Eben Meyer.

What has become of the birthday party? I used to love a good birthday get-together. Some other kid's parents are picking up the tab for an afternoon of bumper bowling? There might be a Cookie Puss from Carvel? Fire up the Datsun, Mom, we're going to be late!

I'm told that when you're a legitimate grown-up?with a spouse and kids of your own?birthday parties are once again events you look forward to. You leave the munchkins with a sitter and go to the Johnsons' for an evening of cocktails and casserole. Maybe an animated game of Taboo breaks out. Sounds delightful. But in the moment between earning your college degree and signing your first mortgage, the birthday party transmogrifies into something else. It becomes the birthday dinner.

For me, it happened in my late 20s. As my friends moved from graduate programs and entry-level positions into decent-paying jobs, a birthday meet-up at a dive bar to pound SoCo-and-lime shots started to feel a shade d?class?. Yet everyone was still living in small studio or one-bedroom apartments?no place for a proper cocktail party. The compromise: People started celebrating their birthdays by inviting friends out to dinner, typically at a moderately fancy restaurant. The kind of place that frowns on bringing your own candles and Cookie Puss but isn't averse to sticking a sparkler in a cr?me br?l?e.

Seems like a nice idea, the birthday dinner. It is not. It is a tedious, wretched affair. It is also an extravagantly expensive one. In these wintry economic times, we need to scale back. I hereby propose that the birthday dinner go the way of the $4 cup of coffee, the liar's mortgage, and the midsize banking institution.

Consider, for example, the birthday dinner I attended not long ago in honor of my friend Simon. In the past, Simon's birthday parties have been rollicking good times. His 25^th, celebrated at a Manhattan club, ended memorably, if abruptly, when Simon was ejected from his own party by a bouncer who'd discovered him taking an indiscreet catnap on the bar. For his 30^th, Simon, now a brain surgeon, organized a more civilized affair: dinner for 10 of his closest friends at an upscale Tribeca steakhouse.

Everything that can go wrong at such a dinner did. A maitre d'?led us to a giant oval table, where I was seated a country mile from the man of the hour. Could I have hit him with a strenuous toss of a French roll? Yes. But polite conversation was out of the question.

Instead, I found myself wedged between Simon's high-school friends and his college friends. Feeling more of a ken for the high-school side of the table, I tried to orient myself in that direction, but the effort required a socially and anatomically awkward craning of the neck. I was left in a no man's land?on the fringe of two conversations, an active player in neither. Had we been at a bar, I could have maneuvered my way out of such a quagmire by excusing myself to order another round of sweet, sweet SoCo and lime. Thus escaping, I could have muscled my way over to the guest of honor and given him a good birthday noogie. But mired in the middle of this dinner table, the only way I was going to get Simon's attention was by faking an aneurysm, and I just wasn't feeling up to it.???

I busied myself by studying the menu, looking up in time to catch a nefarious glint in the eye of our white-smocked waiter. I understand from friends who've waited tables that serving a large party can have its annoyances: It's hard to get anyone's attention; you've got to extol the virtues of the soup du jour four times over. But a seasoned server knows how to work the situation to his advantage, and this guy proved to be positively au poivre.

Given the built-in gratuity for a party of our size, our waiter clearly realized there was nothing to lose by making the hard sell. He was getting 18 percent of whatever he could push on us, so he might as well give it a healthy shove. For an appetizer, he vigorously recommended the frutti di mare platter?an item accompanied on the menu by the dreaded "market price" designation. Working each flyleaf of the table separately, he managed to sell us three of these massive, adjustable-rate heaps of shrimp and lobster tail. One would have sufficed.

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T.J. Grant and Ryan Bader shine at UFC on Fox 6: preliminary card results

CHICAGO -- The UFC on Fox 6 preliminary card featured a first-round knockout, a first-round submission, and a decision that will be discussed for a long time.

T.J. Grant used elbows early in the bout to batter Matt Wiman's face, and then used them to finish the fight. From the standing position, Grant threw elbow after elbow to send Wiman to the canvas. He finished with a punch or two in a knockout so vicious that it left blood droplets on the camera. The bout was stopped at 4:51 in the first round.

Clay Guida took the decision in front of a raucous home crowd, but it was hardly clear cut. Hioki had much better striking in the first round, though Guida pulled out a takedown late. In the second, Guida had a big slam and controlled him for the majority of the round. Hioki tried for submissions, but wasn't close to submitting Guida. The third round followed the same script.

One judge saw the fight 29-28 for Hioki, but the other two saw it for Guida, 30-27 and 29-28. Guida grew up in the suburbs of Chicago, and had a large backing at the United Center.

Ryan Bader rebounded from his loss to Lyoto Machida with a quick win over Vladimir Matyushenko. He caught Matyushenko in a guillotine choke in just 0:50, giving him the fastest submission in the history of the UFC light heavyweight division. This win puts Bader back in the 'W' column after getting knocked out by Machida in August.

Afterwards, Bader asked for a fight that could put him back near the top of his division.

?I?ve worked my way to being very close to getting a title shot before, then I got KO?d by Lyoto last time but everyone gets beat in the UFC. Not everyone bounces back. I was determined to bounce back. I?d like to fight someone ahead of me in the rankings. I was honored to fight Tito Ortiz and Rampage Jackson, guys I idolized coming up before I was in the UFC. I?d love to fight another legend in Shogun Rua. I think we?d have a great fight and to share the Octagon with him would be an honor.?

Pascal Krauss dominated Mike Stumpf on the way to a decision win. Krauss used kicks to keep Stumpf at bay, and the judges saw the fight 30-27 on all three cards.
Mike Russow, a police officer in Chicago, had a strong first round against Shawn Jordan. He teed off on the former LSU football player several times and even opened a cut on Jordan's face. But in the second round, it was all Jordan. He took Russow down, took his back and rained down shots until Herb Dean stopped the fight at 3:48 in the second.

Sean Spencer survived a nasty, nasty neck crank at the end of the second round, holding on until the horn sounded. But his submission defense didn't hold up in the second round. Natal first bent Spencer's arm back in a way that made you wonder how Spencer's arm could stay attached. Spencer survived that attempt, but couldn't stop the arm triangle. The fight was stopped at 2:13.

In the opening bout on Facebook, David Mitchell had much better striking than Simeon Thoresen and avoided submission attempts. Mitchell took the unanimous decision, 30-27 on all three cards.

Source: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mma-cagewriter/t-j-grant-ryan-bader-shine-ufc-fox-010057620--mma.html

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Management Consultants Can Save the World

Is good management undervalued?

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The global elite have again descended on Davos for their yearly pundit-fest. Prognostications have been made, as have commitments to save the world, end poverty, and clean up the environment. But with a minimum ?entry cost of $19,000?not to mention the inflated prices for food and accommodation?the resort is filled with rich businesspeople and executives with giant carbon footprints and little firsthand knowledge of poverty.

What they do know well is how to manage companies effectively. And that?s what they should talk about. Because management, despite its horrid reputation, has the power to transform the world. By exporting better management to the rest of the world, we could raise standards of living dramatically and really make the world a better place.

How can management be the world?s salvation? Let?s consider the facts. First, better management produces more efficient companies that boost economic output, which may ultimately translate into higher incomes and wealth for the world?s poor.

Need proof? A recent experiment by World Bank and Stanford researchers, described in greater detail in a prior Slate column, illustrates the dramatic impact of management ?technology? on the way companies are run. In partnership with the consulting firm Accenture, the researchers randomly assigned a management makeover to a handful of Indian textile firms, while at the same time following a set of control textile factories to benchmark the effects of good management.

Out of chaos, order arose: Supply closets were no longer strewn about with yarn, factory floors were cleaned up, inventory and control processes improved production line efficiency. The benefits of good management were such that Accenture?s services?which were provided to the companies for free as part of the experiment?would have paid for themselves through greater profitability within a year: The researchers estimated a profit increase of more than $300,000 annually as a result of management improvements, as compared with the $250,000 market price of the consulting services they received.

What brought about these changes? Exactly the sorts of things that the managers of Davos are good at: designing incentives, ensuring clear and well-defined assignments of tasks and responsibilities, putting in place protocols to manage and track inventory and production. These are not new ideas. They have been the standard protocols of much-maligned managers since they first appeared on the scene with the advent of transcontinental railroad. It?s just that management, despite its age, is not evenly distributed around the world.

And while you might balk at the idea that what worked for Indian textile factories will work elsewhere, the truth is that much of the world is, by the researchers? definition, poorly managed. Together with economists at the London School of Economics and Harvard, they have surveyed management practices around the globe. While India?s managers held the bottom ranking, those from China, Brazil, Greece, and Argentina weren?t that far ahead of them. (The researchers? data are available at worldmanagementsurvey.org.) There are spectacularly well-managed firms in all of these countries?the China Telecoms and Tatas of the world?but the average firm has a lot to gain from some managerial guidance and expertise. (The countries with the leading management practices are, unsurprisingly, the United States and Japan.)

This is not just about increased efficiency in the private sector, as important as that may be. While nonprofit firms and governments clearly face different management challenges than private firms, the evidence suggests that sectors like education and health care could also benefit from better management. The global management survey has also analyzed the link between management quality and organizational success in these areas, and found that better management is associated with, among other things, higher student test scores, better heart-attack survival rates, and shorter patient wait times. Yes, it?s the hospital manager, at least as much as the heart surgeon, who will save your life.

If the purpose of Davos is for the rich and famous to gather for esoteric yet superficial discussion, to make business deals, and to bask in their own splendor, then maybe they?ve got the model just about right. But if the World Economic Forum, which organizes the Davos event, wants to make good on its mission of ?improving the state of the world,? it would do well to focus their mountaintop discussions on how to export what they really know: their management skills. Better management stands a far greater likelihood of making the world wealthier and healthier.

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Can You Guess What the First Ever Computer Art Was? (Porn. It Was Porn)

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Yes, You Can Cook! Simple Tips To Improve Your Cooking Ability!

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The Mathematics of the Lifespan of Species

Funny but I don' t think the math adds up. Let's look at a 50 year period and assume a constant heart rate and skip pesky leap

So for Joe Average, that's 26,280,000 minutes at 70 bpm or 1,839,600,000 beats.

Now in that time Frankie Fitness works out 5 hrs per week for 50 yrs at a heart rate of 150 beats per minute so 780,000 min or 117,000,000 beats during exercise.

Assume that drops his average heart rate to 60 bpm so over 50 years, the number of heartbeats outside when not exercising would be 60 * 25,500,000 = 1,530,000,000.
So Frankie's total heartbeats over 50 years would be 1,647,000,000 so he saves close to 200 million beats over Joe Average.

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Al-Qaida's No. 2 in Yemen dead, report says

SANAA, Yemen (AP) ? Yemen's official news agency says al-Qaida's No. 2 in Yemen has died of wounds sustained in a drone attack last year in southern Yemen.

Saeed al-Shihri, a Saudi national who fought in Afghanistan and spent six years in the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, was wounded in a missile attack in the southern city of Saada on Nov. 28, according to SABA news agency.

The agency said that he was in a coma since then. It was not clear when he actually died.

A security official said that the missile has been fired by a U.S. -operated, unmanned drone aircraft. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the press.

Washington considers al-Qaida in The Arabian Peninsula the most dangerous the group's offshoots.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/al-qaidas-no-2-yemen-dead-report-says-202056030.html

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American Idol alum Danny Gokey Welcomes Baby Boy

                          Former American Idol contestant Danny Gokey and his wife Leyicet Peralta have welcomed their first child.? The season eight, third place finalist, is now the father of a baby boy, Daniel Emanuel Gokey. Speaking to People, Gokey shared that his son was born on January 20.? “Leyicet and I are overjoyed to welcome the new member of our family. I’m ecstatic to be a first time dad and to have a new little buddy to hang out with.? “Thankfully, because of what I do, it will also allow me the flexibility to spend a lot of quality time with him. I have so many exciting projects ahead this year but a brand new baby is an amazing way to get the new year started. We feel really blessed!” Gokey stated. Prior to the birth of his son, Gokey had taken to Twitter on January 18th, joking about his baby boy.? “My son is already like me and I haven’t even met him yet….Late!!!!!! I’m always late for appointment, he’s late for his delivery!! Smh.”?? The 32-year-old later tweeted the arrival of the couple?s son, “Its Official, I’m [...]

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Space instrument adds big piece to solar corona puzzle

Jan. 23, 2013 ? The Sun's visible surface, or photosphere, is 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit. As you move outward from it, you pass through a tenuous layer of hot, ionized gas or plasma called the corona. The corona is familiar to anyone who has seen a total solar eclipse, since it glimmers ghostly white around the hidden Sun.

But how can the solar atmosphere get hotter, rather than colder, the farther you go from the Sun's surface? This mystery has puzzled solar astronomers for decades. A suborbital rocket mission that launched in July 2012 has just provided a major piece of the puzzle.

The High-resolution Coronal Imager, or Hi-C, revealed one of the mechanisms that pumps energy into the corona, heating it to temperatures up to 7 million degrees F. The secret is a complex process known as magnetic reconnection.

"This is the first time we've had images at high enough resolution to directly observe magnetic reconnection," explained Smithsonian astronomer Leon Golub (Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics). "We can see details in the corona five times finer than any other instrument."

"Our team developed an exceptional instrument capable of revolutionary image resolution of the solar atmosphere. Due to the level of activity, we were able to clearly focus on an active sunspot, thereby obtaining some remarkable images," said heliophysicist Jonathan Cirtain (Marshall Space Flight Center).

Magnetic braids and loops

The Sun's activity, including solar flares and plasma eruptions, is powered by magnetic fields. Most people are familiar with the simple bar magnet, and how you can sprinkle iron filings around one to see its field looping from one end to the other. The Sun is much more complicated.

The Sun's surface is like a collection of thousand-mile-long magnets scattered around after bubbling up from inside the Sun. Magnetic fields poke out of one spot and loop around to another spot. Plasma flows along those fields, outlining them with glowing threads.

The images from Hi-C showed interweaved magnetic fields that were braided just like hair. When those braids relax and straighten, they release energy. Hi-C witnessed one such event during its flight.

It also detected an area where magnetic field lines crossed in an X, then straightened out as the fields reconnected. Minutes later, that spot erupted with a mini solar flare.

Hi-C showed that the Sun is dynamic, with magnetic fields constantly warping, twisting, and colliding in bursts of energy. Added together, those energy bursts can boost the temperature of the corona to 7 million degrees F when the Sun is particularly active.

Selecting the target

The telescope aboard Hi-C provided a resolution of 0.2 arcseconds -- about the size of a dime seen from 10 miles away. That allowed astronomers to tease out details just 100 miles in size. (For comparison, the Sun is 865,000 miles in diameter.)

Hi-C photographed the Sun in ultraviolet light at a wavelength of 19.3 nanometers -- 25 times shorter than wavelengths of visible light. That wavelength is blocked by Earth's atmosphere, so to observe it astronomers had to get above the atmosphere. The rocket's suborbital flight allowed Hi-C to collect data for just over 5 minutes before returning to Earth.

Hi-C could only view a portion of the Sun, so the team had to point it carefully. And since the Sun changes hourly, they had to select their target at the last minute -- the day of the launch. They chose a region that promised to be particularly active.

"We looked at one of the largest and most complicated active regions I've ever seen on the Sun," said Golub. "We hoped that we would see something really new, and we weren't disappointed."

Next steps

Golub said that data from Hi-C continues to be analyzed for more insights. Researchers are hunting areas where other energy release processes were occurring.

In the future, the scientists hope to launch a satellite that could observe the Sun continuously at the same level of sharp detail.

"We learned so much in just five minutes. Imagine what we could learn by watching the Sun 24/7 with this telescope," said Golub.

This research is being published in the journal Nature in a paper co-authored by Cirtain, Golub, A. Winebarger (Marshall), B. De Pontieu (Lockheed Martin), K. Kobayashi (University of Alabama -- Huntsville), R. Moore (Marshall), R. Walsh (University of Central Lancashire), K. Korreck, M. Weber and P. McCauley (CfA), A. Title (Lockheed Martin), S. Kuzin (Lebedev Physical Institute), and C. DeForest (Southwest Research Institute).

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The State Of The Independent Music Industry In 2013

by John Oszajca on January 21, 2013

This past Thursday, my compadre Scott James (from websitesforrockstars.com) and I, held a live music marketing summit / webinar / coaching call / whatever-you-wanna-call it, to discuss the state of the music industry in 2013. More importantly we opened up the phone lines and discussed YOUR music careers and the various obstacles many of you are facing while you?re out there in the trenches, trying to succeed as independent musicians.

Well, the event was a blast. Over 300 of you attended and nearly 200 questions were submitted. With that said, many of you were unable to make the live event and we?ve received dozens of requests for a replay link. We listened.

The audio replay is now available and you can listen by clicking the play button below or if you?d prefer to download the file to your computer you can do so by subscribing to the Music Marketing Manifesto Podcast on itunes.

A few notes about the audio* 1) The recording is nearly 3 hours long and the file is fairly large, so please allow a few moments for the file to download. 2) For the first hour or so of the call there were issues with my audio and at times you will hear it cutting in and out (it wouldn?t be a live webinar if there wasn?t one technical issue or another) . . . apologies for the distraction. The issue was rectified halfway through the call and audio quality improves dramatically from there on out.

Without further ado?

And if you feel like doing me a solid, head on over to itunes and leave a review. Those darn things really help.

Furthermore, if you were unable to attend the live event but have a question of your own, which you would like answered, just leave it below using the comment form. Let me know what problems you?re facing in your career, or what questions you have about marketing your music I?ll be coming through over the next few days and answering everything.

UPDATE: During the webinar I mentioned that the price for a membership to the Insider Circle was recently increased from $27 to $47 per month. It seemed unfair to drop that on you guys without any warning and so for the next few days I will be offering a 40% discount which essentially allows you to lock in the original price of only $27 for life. However do keep in mind that this discount will only be available for the next few days. This discount may end without warning, and once it?s gone it?s gone for good and the price will permanently be raised to $47/per month. You can still get the discount here

Hopefully, you'll enjoy listening to the discussion and you'll be able to apply many of the answers to your own career.

Source: http://www.musicmarketingmanifesto.com/the-state-of-the-independent-music-industry-in-2013/

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In Jerry Brown's words: California's budget (San Jose Mercury News)

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Bordas & Bordas Legal Review Tackles Presidential Power and Gun ...

Jamie Bordas, host of the Bordas & Bordas legal review, invests this week's program in a wide-ranging discussion of Presidential power in relation to gun control in the wake of the Newtown massacre. His special guest, attorney Chris Regan, analyzes President Obama's power and how far it might go without Congressional action. In addition, state level measures such as New York's newly-passed legislation are examined.

Tune in at the 2:30 p.m. or the 8:00 p.m. time slot on WLUTV, Comcast channel 14. Short on time? That's okay. Check it out in the archives at your convenience on www.wltvonline.com.

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Nuts From the Family Tree: Libster Blog Award Coming My Way!

I checked out a comment to one of my posts here at Nuts to find that Jenny Lanctot at the blog, Are My Roots Showing? nominated me for an award, the Libster Blog Award. You can see her post and her own acceptance of the Award here.? Jenny gave me the award for my post, Cousin Bait Strategy Needed.

Here's what Jenny wrote about the award when she won it:
I've been awarded the Liebster Blog Award! (Liebster means "favorite" or "dearest" in German, apparently) The premise behind this award is that when you are nominated, you are supposed to answer 11 questions about yourself (chosen by the person who nominated you), and then nominate 5 bloggers with less than 200 readers and provide 11 questions for them to answer.

I'm honored, and thanks Jenny! Who doesn't like an award? She commented that at the very first she felt like she got a spam when she got the award, and I did feel a tad silly like I was participating in a chain letter, but what the heck, that can be fun! Then I started answering the questions and thought how cool it will be to pass on the award and find out more about other bloggers.

I know some folks out there looked on these awards in the past as a way to drive traffic to a blog, but I see it differently. I like knowing about other genealogy bloggers - we are a community -?and since we're always blogging about our ancestors, here's a time to share something about ourselves... and have some fun.

Here are Jenny's questions for me. Let the Silly begin!!

1. What is your favorite time of day and why?
Morning. I'm a morning person. Now, where the heck is my coffee??

2. How and when did you first discover your passion, whatever that passion is?
Art?was my first passion to appear on the scene, then a couple of years ago Mom hooked me on genealogy. Discovered art on a Friday afternoon in 3rd grade. Discovered the ancestors when Mom told me a story about the counter fitting twins.

3. Hopefully, you?re familiar with The Breakfast Club for this question. When you were in high school, in which social group did you best fit?
Oh, I'm gonna cry: am too old for Breakfast Club! But I'll go ahead and answer about the high school social groups: my high school graduating class was 124 so everyone was always in every one's business. I longed for the protection of a group. High school was so painful! UGH!

4. Where do you write your posts and why did you choose that place?
In my pajamas;) It's comfy! Actually my desktop is in the corner of the art studio. I badly need a new laptop!

5. What always makes you laugh and why?
My dog. He's 16 and still acts like a pup. Mixed breed vigor, or so the vet says and?my dog's?got it.

6. If you could appear on a televised talent show, what would your talent be?
Ha! Bob Ross! Love it when he paints those "happy trees"!

7. Which flower reminds you of happiness?
All of them even the "ugly ones". But I'm a sucker for orchids. Grew them when we lived in Florida and grow them here in SoCal. My house isn't complete without an orchid in bloom.

8. What is your favorite book and why?
I hardly ever met a book I didn't like. Ask my loaded bookshelves, and the stacks next to the bed! I love historical novels especially about areas and time where my ancestors were participants. I've learned a lot from them. Most recently enjoyed, How Green Was My Valley, a 1939 novel?by Richard Llewellyn about a family in the coal fields of Wales. I learned a lot by reading that one, and I could see my ancestors on every page.

9. It?s important to eat your vegetables, but which vegetable do you always resist/avoid eating?
Wow, that's a difficult one. We love veggies in this house. From beets to leeks, on to kale and Brussels sprouts, whatever is in season at the local farmer's market... I'll take it! PS: I love to cook too.

10. What is your favorite thing to do on a rainy day?
Either watch an old movie or do genealogy. Toss up!

11. Who is the one celebrity, past or present, you would like to meet ? and what would you ask that person?
Andy Warhol! Met him once and this next time I'd like to ask him all the questions I should have asked the first time.

OK, the drill is that after answering these question I can nominate five blogs and ask my own questions, and that's the main reason I'm doing this: I'm curious and this seems like a way to get interesting people to answer stuff;)

Here are the five blogs I nominate:

Family History Fun by Sue Scott. I love the way she uses photos and the stories that they tell. Thanks so much, Sue! Maybe my Welsh coal miner ancestors worked for her Oldham coal merchants:) Maybe.

Ancestors Live Here by Leslie Ann. I really enjoy Leslie Ann's down home and personal tone. There one today that talks about sewing kits here. I clearly remember Grandma Kelly's tin box of buttons and the magic it held for me! Thanks Leslie Ann.

Countryfolk by Rhonda. Love reading about Rhonda's problem solving and thinking. Gives me ideas about how to go from one thing out to find solutions... or more questions!

Forgotten Faces and Long Ago Places by Teresa Wilson Rogers. Details in photos: what's not to love about this blog! Get a look at this wedding dress right here!!?Thanks Teresa!

Trails Into The Past by Lisa Suzanne Gorrell. I get a real feeling for her family from Lisa's posts and I appreciate the way she gives her posts texture drawing me in. And, she also participating in the Family History Writing Challenge!

And here are my 11 questions for these nominees if they so choose to participate, and I really hope they do:

Credit for Questions 1 - 5:?Tell us?five important things?about how you get interested in genealogy and why you blog? (Please make it juicy cause it's credit for?five big questions!)

Question 6: Do you watch TV and if so what are your favorite shows/ types of shows?

Question 7: Please tell us about your journey of genealogy education? I'm self-taught and that can be dangerous. I'm curious,?how did you learn what you know, and do you have recommendations (or cautionary tales) for the newbie?

Question 8: When you're not doing genealogy, what's your fav thing to do?

Question 9: Please share your pain: tell us about one of your brick walls and how long you've been working on it. (I need to feel better about my own brick walls;)

Question 10: Has there been one person, web site, or class that was the most beneficial to you?

Question 11: What's the funniest story you can tell us about your interest in genealogy?

Source: http://nutsfromthefamilytree.blogspot.com/2013/01/libster-blog-award-coming-my-way.html

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15 burned bodies found at Algeria gas plant: source

ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algerian special forces on Saturday found 15 burned bodies at the desert gas plant attacked by al Qaeda-linked fighters, a source familiar with the unfolding hostage crisis there said.

An investigation was in progress to try and identify the bodies, which were found after the Algerian army launched an operation to free dozens of foreign and Algerian workers at the gas plant. There was no immediate indication of the circumstances in which those found on Saturday had died.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/15-burned-bodies-found-algeria-gas-plant-source-124514058.html

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IEA Boosts Oil Demand Forecast

The International Energy Agency (IEA) raised its monthly forecast for crude oil demand growth in 2013 by 235,000 barrels a day, from a prior estimate of 865,000 barrels a day to 930,000 barrels a day. That translates to total demand of 90.8 million barrels a day for this year.

The agency also lifted its estimate of demand growth in 2012 from 850,000 barrels a day to 975,000 barrels a day. The change was based on higher consumption in China, the United States and Brazil.

The IEA also noted that it does not expect the demand growth to be met by additional supply from non-OPEC producers. That led to the conclusion that OPEC would need to produce more to meet the rise in demand.

OPEC, and particularly Saudi Arabia, have throttled production recently, which the IEA says is ?driven less by price considerations than by the weather.? The end of the Saudi summer typically reduces demand for electricity for air conditioning, and most of Saudi Arabia?s electricity is generated by oil-fired power plants.

West Texas Intermediate (WTI) prices rose to a four-year high yesterday, topping $96 a barrel in intra-day trading. Prices have moderated somewhat today, with WTI trading down about 0.2% at $95.28 and Brent trading at $110.74. The WTI-Brent differential has fallen below $15 a barrel for the first time in more than four months.

Paul Ausick

Source: http://247wallst.com/2013/01/18/iea-boosts-oil-demand-forecast/

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Chargers hire ex-Cards coach Whisenhunt as OC

By Clark Judge | Senior NFL Columnist

02:48 PM ET January 17, 2013

When Arizona fired head coach Ken Whisenhunt, people in San Diego started pushing for the Chargers to hire him. Well, they just got their wish ... only not exactly as they imagined.

Whisenhunt joins the team not as its head coach but as its team's offensive coordinator. That happened Thursday after CBSSports.com Jason LaCanfora reported he was on the verge of joining the Bolts.

Whisenhunt, who took the Cardinals to their only Super Bowl, inherits an offense led by Philip Rivers that includes tight end Antonio Gates, wide receiver Malcom Floyd and running back Ryan Mathews.

It's an offense that was supposed to be productive, but it short-circuited as an inadequate and injury-depleted offensive line failed to protect Rivers who, in turn, committed a rash of mistakes. But look at his play over the last four starts: He had eight touchdowns and no interceptions, and the Chargers were 3-1.

Whisenhunt had been a favorite for several coaching jobs, including Cleveland, and when he was passed over I know of at least one AFC North GM who exhaled.

"Bad for him," he said, "but good for us."

I couldn't agree more. Whisenhunt and Andy Reid were two of the most attractive coaching candidates out there, and to think that every job but Arizona is filled without Whisenhunt getting an offer is unimaginable.

Landing him is a coup for San Diego, but figure on Whisenhunt being a hot head-coaching candidate a year from now.

Tags: Antonio Gates, Malcom Floyd, Philip Rivers, Ryan Mathews, Arizona Cardinals, San Diego Chargers, NFL

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