Chocolove is a premium chocolate brand based in Boulder, Colorado. The business' all-natural chocolate bars and speciality chocolate products are sold across the nation at retailers like Whole Foods and other grocery stores. In 2015, Zehnder began working with Chocolove on social media and marketing efforts. Part of our work included audience and competitor research which was used to inform package design.
Chocolove's existing packaging featured a number of elements that consumers loved — such as elegant fonts, gold foil stamps, and romantic poems printed inside each wrapper. At the same time, however, Chocolove chocolate bars were difficult to distinguish on a store shelf for a number of reasons. First, the packaging was busy and crowded, with long flavor names squeezed in beside logos, stamps, origin information, and cocoa percentages. Second, the packaging lacked consistency and had no hierarchy in terms of font and style. Lastly, Chocolove's packaging design was presented horizontally — making it awkwardly placed in retailers' vertical displays.
Zehnder's first challenge was to learn more about Chocolove's target audience and competitors in order to inform a package redesign. Our second task was to utilize this information to draft intelligent, strategic sample package designs.
Zehnder's research and analytics team conducted a deep-dive study on the chocolate industry, particularly looking at the niche and growing market for premium chocolate. Since Chocolove had not conducted any industry research or undertaken any significant marketing efforts to date, our team's from-scratch efforts were used to inform business strategy, social media outreach, brand messaging, and more. By considering the creative approach and packaging of Chocolove competitors, we were able to identify concepts that would help the brand stand out to discerning chocolate consumers.
We helped Chocolove get to know its audience through detailed personas and audience research. Knowing that premium chocolate consumers rely on taste, quality ingredients, health benefits, and emotion when purchasing chocolate, we advised the brand to focus on these elements in its packaging and overall marketing strategy. By comparing consumer sentiment for Chocolove versus other premium brands, we were able to identify opportunities for growth and create a distinct look for Chocolove.
Zehnder recommended new packaging concepts that would help Chocolove stand out against competitors and impress consumers with refined tastes. Our new designs emphasized the quality of Chocolove ingredients, the "better for you" qualities of add-ins like gingers, nuts, and grains, the romance of the Chocolove brand, and the indulgence of the Chocolove experience. We simplified the appearance of the existing packaging, re-oriented text to align with vertical displays, and standardized font styles and sizes. At the same time, we held on to the creative concepts that existing Chocolove fans knew and loved. The result was a cleaner, simpler, and more professional packaging style suited to resonate with Chocolove's target audience.
Zehnder's research and creative concepts informed major marketing decisions for the Chocolove brand, including the redesign of their packaging. Today, Chocolove remains a top retailer of premium chocolate in a thriving market.
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In the July, 2012 edition of the Safety in the Market monthly newsletter, I nominated July as a good area to watch for the yearly low on the Euro. Despite the negative news surrounding the continuing European debt crisis, the July low has held and looks set to be the yearly low.
The July, 2012 low on the Euro is an excellent example of W.D. Gann's lesson on 'Sections of the Market'. Students interested in revisiting this will find it on pages 40-41 of the Ultimate Gann Course as part of the 'Position of the Market' lesson, and also in Gann's book 'How to Make Profits in Commodities', as part of Chapter 2, 'Form Reading'.
Using David Bowden's lessons from Section 11 of the Number One Trading Plan, this range of 1132 points will be important to watch for the second (and likely third) sections of this current campaign.
Firstly however, we need the pullback from the 17 September top to complete and give us a big picture higher bottom. So the question is: where will this low to come in?
I have circled the 50% milestone, which Gann said was always important to watch, as well as the 75% milestone, which is also important for the Euro.
At time of writing (1pm, Tuesday, 13 November, during the luncheon interval in the First Test), the Euro is trading around 1.2685, approaching the 50% milestone.
In terms of time, we had a run up of 55-days (24 July – 17 September) and a run down into a possible low today (13 November) would give us 57-days down. This would be a nice balance of time at the strong 50% retracement level. The Euro would also be close to a 1x2 angle from the July, 2012 low.
From Chart 4 we get a target price of around 1.3749, using the First Range Out of 1132 points and projecting forward. This could be a great place to take profits, although, as this is the second leg out, a run up to 133% (the 'Gann Expansion' milestone on the ABC Trading Plan) is a possibility.
Of course, real money is made from trading, not forecasting. Should the Euro continue down below 50%, the swing charts will tell the story and it is unlikely there would be a strong trading setup. The key is to always watch the swing charts.
For those students who are attending the December Gann Mastery Workshops in Sydney and Perth, we can continue this discussion there.


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Q: MSSQL Binary PDF with PHP I've been pulling my hair out for a couple of days about the issue i'm having.
Trying to read a PDF that is stored as binary blob data in a SQL database (not mysql) varbinary field.
If I use a program like Navicat, and save the raw blob data directly as a PDF, the file works.
When I try and read the data through PHP from a mssql query and create a PDF file -
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It creates the PDF, however it is corrupt and will not open.
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A: Solved the issue by adding the following to my .htaccess file
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Basically it was writing the files, but it was stopping 63kb (64,512 bytes) into the file, so increasing this limit enabled the script to finish writing the remainder of the file.
Hope this helps someone else with the same issue.

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Use the above query and use file_put_contents(); to store your contents onto a file.
PHP does a great job providing easy conversions between binary to hex and hex to binary.

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An example of an authorized representative in the case of an individual Transferor could be the executor of an estate or someone holding Power of Attorney on behalf of that individual. If the Transferor is a corporation, an authorized representative will typically be an officer of the corporation granted such authority by a resolution of the directors of the corporation.
How do I Transfer my Season Tickets?
A Transfer Application Form must be completed by both the Transferor and the proposed Transferee. If you are transferring all of your Season Tickets, the proposed Transferee must also agree to enter into a new Seat Holder Agreement. If you are transferring some but not all of your Season Tickets, both you as the Transferor and the proposed Transferee must agree to enter into new Seat Holder Agreements. To begin the transfer of ownership process please contact your Account Service Representative.
To Whom Can I Transfer My Season Tickets?
To an immediate family member, which includes a spouse, parent, child, sibling or grandchild (provided that such family member is over the age of eighteen (18) at the time the Transfer Application Form is submitted to the Team).
To a registered Season Seat Share Partner ("Share Partner") of the Primary Account Holder, so as long as the Share Partner has been registered on the same Primary Account for a total of three (3) or more consecutive years. For information on registering a Share Partner, please see the Season Seat Share Partner information.
Upon divorce or separation, the Team will honour a court order or the terms of a Separation Agreement authorizing the transfer of the Season Tickets from one party to the other.
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To a shareholder, officer or director of the corporation upon presentation of appropriate legal documentation or such other documentation as the Team may require in its sole discretion.
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Commercial Building Disclosure
Policies, procedures and publications
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CBD Program Statistics
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Regulator Performance Framework Report
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What buildings are affected?
When does this apply?
Exceptions and Exemptions
Quick guide to the application of the CBD program
Unsolicited Offers
BEECs
What is a BEEC?
NABERS Energy for Offices star ratings
How to improve your NABERS rating
How to get a BEEC
Using and maintaining a BEEC
About the tenancy lighting assessment
Overview of the process
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Why is the reporting threshold being lowered to include smaller buildings?
Will BEECs still need to be certified annually when the TLA is valid for five years?
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As an agent, do I have obligations to comply?
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Once the assessor has been on site to conduct the rating can I commence offering the office space?
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The CBD Program requires energy efficiency information to be provided in most cases when commercial office space of 1000 square metres or more is offered for sale or lease. The aim is to improve the energy efficiency of Australia's large office buildings and to ensure prospective buyers and tenants are informed. The CBD Program is an initiative of the Council of Australian Governments (COAG). It was established by the Building Energy Efficiency Disclosure Act 2010 (BEED Act) and is managed by the Australian Government.
Buildings are a major energy consumer, and account for almost one quarter of Australia's emissions. Improving building energy efficiency is one of the quickest and most cost-effective ways to reduce Australia's greenhouse gas emissions and help mitigate the effects of climate change.
Most sellers and lessors of commercial office space of 1000 square metres and more will be required to obtain a BEEC before their building goes on the market for sale, lease or sublease.
BEECs are valid for up to 12 months and include:
A National Australian Built Environment Rating System (NABERS) Energy for offices star rating for the building
A Tenancy Lighting Assessment (TLA) of the relevant area of the building.
Standard energy efficiency guidance information previously included on the last 6 pages of the BEEC is now provided online. This includes information on how building owners and tenants might improve a building's energy efficiency.
Only CBD accredited assessors can apply for BEECs on behalf of building owners or lessors. See Find an accredited assessor. For more details about BEECs, see Get and use a rating.
What is a NABERS Energy for offices rating?
The CBD Program requires sellers and lessors of commercial office space to obtain a NABERS Energy for offices rating for their building. The NABERS Energy for offices rating can be either a whole building or a base building rating.
NABERS is a national rating system that measures the environmental performance of Australian buildings. The CBD Program integrates the NABERS Energy for offices rating into the information disclosed to prospective buyers and tenants of large commercial office spaces.
NABERS is managed by the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage on behalf of the Australian, state and territory governments.
For more information on NABERS, see www.nabers.gov.au.
What is a Tenancy Lighting Assessment?
A TLA is an important component of a BEEC. It is based on a methodical survey of the general lighting system reasonably expected to be left in place after the tenant leaves and the tenancy fit out is removed. Where appropriate, a TLA may also cover proposed lighting systems.
It measures the power density of the installed general lighting system of affected buildings by working out the:
Nominal Lighting Power Density of the relevant functional space in the building
Capacity of installed lighting control systems.
It may also include a performance comment if appropriate.
Lighting assessments are completed by CBD accredited assessors. For more details, see Tenancy lighting assessments.
Changes to the TLA validity period from one to five years took effect for all new TLAs submitted from 1 September 2016. This means that building owners will now enjoy extended validity for their TLAs, which reduces their regulatory burden.
On 21 June 2016, the Minister for Resources, Energy and Northern Australia, the Hon. Josh Frydenberg, announced changes to the CBD Program to lower the mandatory disclosure threshold on commercial buildings from 2000 square metres to 1000 square metres, and increase the TLA validity period from one to five years.
Changes to the program follow a comprehensive review of the CBD Program and public consultation in March 2016, which supported continuing the program and lowering the mandatory reporting threshold to include smaller buildings.
These changes will help inform purchasers and tenants of the building energy costs at the point of sale or lease. It is anticipated the program changes will deliver more than $50 million in energy savings and around 3.5 million tonnes of emission reductions over the next five years. Lowering the mandatory energy efficiency disclosure threshold to include smaller commercial office buildings of 1000 square metres and above came into effect from 1 July 2017, following a one year transition period. The extension of the TLA validity period from one to five years came into effect from 1 September 2016.
A BEEC is valid for up to 365 days and consists of a:
certified NABERS Energy for offices rating (valid for 365 days or less)
certified TLA (valid for five years from 1 September 2016).
Under the program changes, disclosure affected entities will be required to complete a NABERS rating and BEEC application annually to maintain BEEC constant coverage, while a TLA will last for five years and can be used for a number of BEEC applications in that period.
There is no requirement under the BEED Act to continuously maintain a valid BEEC. Under the Act, legal obligations in relation to sales, leases and sub-leases arise when:
a constitutional corporation advertises a disclosure affected building or area of a building for sale, lease or sublease
a constitutional corporation offers to sell, lease or sublease a disclosure affected building or area of a building, or invites offers for the sale, lease or sublease of a disclosure affected building or area of a building
a constitutional corporation requests a BEEC for a disclosure affected building or area of a building that is being offered for sale or lease by another entity (whether or not that entity is also a constitutional corporation). See Quick guide to the application of the CBD program.
However, some building owners and lessors decide, as part of business planning, to have annual NABERS ratings and TLAs to continuously maintain a valid BEEC. Others may decide to maintain a valid and current BEEC if they are approaching the end of their current lease or sublease.
For more information, see Using and maintaining a BEEC
The cost varies depending on the requirements of the building or area of the building that is disclosure affected.
There is a cost to employ the services of a CBD Assessor to conduct the NABERS Energy for offices rating and TLA. The industry has advised that the approximate cost could be between $4,000 and $13,000, depending on the size and complexity of the building.
Certification fees for the NABERS Energy for offices rating can be found online. This is payable upon certification of the application, and the building owner must accept the application prior to the rating being certified.
For more information, see How to get a BEEC.
Disclosure affected entities are required to have a certified BEEC in place when selling or leasing a building with commercial office space larger than the disclosure threshold of 1000 square metres, unless the building has been granted an exemption or exception from disclosure obligations (see Exceptions and Exemptions).
The following information is needed to obtain a BEEC:
Collect and file all energy (electricity, gas, diesel) bills for your building, as you will need at least 12 consecutive months of energy consumption data to complete a NABERS rating
Confirm the metering setup for your building. Are tenants and base building power separated?
Confirm if you have certified survey plans showing the Net Lettable Area (NLA) for office tenancies in your building
Collect copies of leasing documentation for your tenant(s)
Discuss your specific building/situation with an accredited CBD Assessor to obtain a quote.
Please note that completing a certified NABERS rating and a TLA, and then submitting a BEEC application, may take up to eight weeks (or more) from starting the process to certification, depending on the individual building circumstances.
All CBD-related applications are processed in order of receipt, acknowledging that different types of applications have different processing timeframes. Each application has its unique processing timeframe that may vary depending on the complexity of the application. As a guide:
TLA applications have a 21 calendar day processing time frame
BEEC applications have a 28 calendar-day processing time frame
Exemption applications have a 21 calendar-day processing time frame
Assessor applications have a 28 calendar-day processing time frame
We aim to resolve enquiries within five (5) working days unless technical expert advice is required.
All these time frames are based on correctly-rendered applications and correct fees (where required) paid at the time the application is submitted. The CBD Program aim to certify 90% of all correctly submitted applications within 10 working days, but it depends on the volume and complexity of applications and enquiries.
You can search our Building Energy Efficiency Register by name and/or location of the building or browse existing ratings by street, suburb or state.
NABERS ratings are available from the NABERS website at http://www.nabers.gov.au/ and you can also enquire directly with the NABERS team on (02) 9995 5000 if you have any questions about a NABERS rating.
Section 15 of the BEED Act requires a valid NABERS Energy rating to be included in advertisements for the sale or lease of disclosure affected buildings or areas. Reference to the BEEC is not required in advertisements. All current BEECs are placed on the publicly available Building Energy Efficiency Register on the CBD website.
For more information, see Advertising.
A BEEC allows the owner or lessor of a disclosure affected building to offer office space for sale or lease. It is important to ensure that the current BEEC you have for a building address includes all of the office space that you want to offer for sale or lease.
When leasing office space within a disclosure affected building you must ensure the functional spaces that appear in Part 2 of the BEEC correctly match the office spaces being offered for lease. Note that a BEEC can still cover an entire building even if you are only offering part of it at any one time.
If selling an entire disclosure affected building then you must ensure that the entire building has been rated. Practically, this means that both the NABERS Energy for Office and Tenancy Lighting Assessment ratings cover all of the functional spaces within a building being offered for sale.
At times where an owner initially leases only part of a building, and then later chooses to sell that building, they will need to check that their current BEEC covers the entire building.
CBD Compliance officers routinely audit property advertising and associated BEECS to ensure disclosure affected buildings have been rated appropriately.
The BEED Act requires that:
BEECs must be provided to potential buyers or lessees when requested at the time of sale, lease or sublease
BEECs must also be publicly accessible on the Building Energy Efficiency Register
The building's NABERS Energy star rating must also be included in any advertising material for the sale, lease or sublease. See Advertising for more information.
For more information, see How do I comply?
What is 'office space'?
Office space is used (or capable of being used) as an office for administrative, clerical, professional or other information-based activities and includes any support facilities (such as break-out areas and rest rooms) for those activities. The phrase 'capable of being used' is intended to encompass office spaces that are vacant at the relevant time. For more details, see the guidance note on what is office space?'.
The Building Energy Efficiency Disclosure (Disclosure Affected Buildings) Determination 2016 provides that 'disclosure affected area' includes physically separate spaces within a building where those spaces share access to the outside of the building (including via internal access between spaces) and may be grouped together for the purposes of lease of sublease. A common example is an office tower offering multiple floors for lease or sublease, where each floor is accessible from the same ground floor foyer lift. These physically separate floors would be considered together as a single 'disclosure affected area' as they are all accessed through the common lift. The practical effect is that building owners considering leasing, or lessees considering subleasing more than one floor in such buildings simultaneously, should aggregate the net lettable area for office activities on each floor for the purpose of determining whether the area meets the minimum 1000 square metres threshold.
The definition of 'disclosure affected area' is also intended to clarify that physically separate spaces within a building that do not share access to the outside of the buildings are regarded as separate areas. The defining characteristic in these cases is the individual access to the outside of the building (i.e. no common access for each space being offered, unlike the previous office tower example that shared access). The practical effect is that building owners considering leasing, or lessees considering subleasing multiple units in such buildings simultaneously, need not aggregate the total space across the different areas. Each unit will only be a disclosure affected area if the net lettable area for office activities is greater than 1000 square metres on its own.
For more information, see What buildings are affected?
Unless the building is considered an exception to the BEED Act or has been granted an exemption, a BEEC will be required for the combined area if it exceeds 1000 square metres, where an offer or advertisement to let multiple spaces within the one building:
is stated to be for combined spaces that together exceed the 1000 square metres floor space threshold
is for an undefined combination of the spaces that includes combining spaces that together would exceed the 1000 square metres floor space threshold
might otherwise lead to spaces that in combination exceed the 1000 square metres floor space threshold being leased together under a single lease.
Real estate agents engaged by building owners or lessors to sell or lease office space may have obligations under the Building Energy Efficiency Disclosure Act 2010 (BEED Act).
Real estate agents should not commence any advertising, or invite anyone to let or sell affected office space, prior to obtaining a BEEC or being granted an exemption by the Department. Commencing advertising or offering affected office space prior to this is a contravention of the BEED Act
While our approach is to encourage voluntary compliance with the requirements, the Department will pursue those who opportunistically or deliberately contravene the law. There are heavy penalties for non-compliance with the BEED Act - infringement notices have previously been issued to both building owners and their real estate agents. For further information, see compliance.
If the property has formally exchanged contracts and the offering has been completed and it is only the settlement to take place then the BEEC may be allowed to expire without being renewed. If the exchanged contracts become void for any reason then the property cannot be offered for sale or lease again until the BEEC has been renewed.
It is important for the building owner to seek independent legal advice in regards to their exchange and settlement of their building.
If an exemption is granted under the BEED Act or the building is an exception, there is no requirement for advertising to indicate the building is exempt or an exception.
However, the words "CBD Program Exempt", "CBD Program Exemption granted" or "CBD Program Exception" may be included voluntarily.
Building owners, their representatives or their real estate agents are not to commence any advertising, or invite anyone to let or sell affected office space, prior to obtaining a BEEC or being granted an exemption by the Department. Commencing advertising or offering affected office space prior to this is a contravention of the BEED Act.
Applications can take several weeks to be finalised and approved. In addition, the information required to be displayed on any offering or advertising needs to be correct, not an assumption based on the site visit.
The CBD Program requires most sellers and lessors of commercial office space of 1000 square metres or more to disclose the building's energy efficiency. This is required by the BEED Act.
Exceptions to the legislation relate to either the type of building or the type of transaction and include:
new buildings where a certificate of occupancy (or equivalent) has either not yet been issued or was issued less than two years earlier
strata-titled buildings
mixed use buildings where total office space comprises less than 75 per cent of the building by net lettable area (or gross lettable area if net lettable area is unavailable)
where the sale of a building through the sale of shares or units or the sale of a partial interest in a building
where leases and subleases of 12 months or less (including any option to extend), in accordance with section 11 of the Act.
Exemptions may be applied for and granted in certain circumstances. Applications are considered on a case-by-case basis. You may apply for an exemption from a disclosure obligation:
where a building or area is used for police or security operations
in cases where an energy efficiency rating cannot be assigned because of the current characteristics of the office.
The Department charges a processing fee for an exemption application. For more information, see Exceptions and Exemptions.
An Unsolicited Offer exemption is for the occasion when a building owner, who is not offering to sell or lease their building, is approached by another party wishing to purchase, lease or sublease their building and makes an offer to start negotiations. The building owner can apply for an unsolicited offer exemption from a disclosure obligation.
Unsolicited Offer exemptions can be applied for under the following conditions:
the exemption facilitating negotiations are between two parties only
the offer maker waiving their rights to be provided a current BEEC
an Unsolicited Offer exemption has not been granted within the previous 3 months
the building has not been advertised or offered for sale, lease or sublease within the previous 6 months
other negotiations have not occurred within the previous 6 months with any other person.
There are no fees payable for this exemption application.
For more information, see Unsolicited offer exemptions.
What about buildings that are classified as mixed use?
If the total office space is less than 75 per cent of the building by net lettable area (or gross lettable area, if net lettable area is unavailable), then the building is not disclosure affected and does not contain disclosure affected areas. This means energy efficiency obligations do not apply to the sale, lease or sublease of all or part of the building, and action is not required to be taken at this time.
For more information, see What buildings are affected? and How to comply if you are selling, leasing or subleasing.
It is not the policy of the CBD Team to provide rulings or specific advice on whether potential or hypothetical transactions would be required to comply with the disclosure obligations of the BEED Act. This is because whether or not disclosure obligations are triggered depends on a range of factors which may only be able to be ascertained at the time a building or area of a building is actually offered for sale or lease. We recommend that you (or your client) seek independent legal advice if unsure of your disclosure obligations under the Act.
The CBD Program is currently developing online information that will provide guidance to building owners and tenants on how to improve the energy efficiency performance of their commercial buildings. To keep informed of the progress of this online information and receive updates about the program as they occur, you can subscribe to our newsletter.
In the meantime, additional information on improving the energy efficiency of your building can be found on the Energy Efficiency Exchange and NABERS websites.
Building owners are not required to perform upgrades to their building's energy efficiency under the CBD Program. Any decision to upgrade the building or the services within the building to improve the building's energy efficiency is a commercial decision to be made by the Building Owner.
The CBD Review highlighted options for expansion of the program to other building types. However, there are currently no plans to expand the scope of the program beyond commercial office buildings.
The CBD team can be contacted through the contact page.
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I've been thinking a lot lately about how to help parents talk about works of art with their toddlers and preschoolers. To help you get comfortable talking about art with your kids, I've put together a list of 20 artworks that work well with toddlers and preschoolers.
My two-year-old sat on my lap while I was finding the artworks, so many of these are Zuzu-approved! 🙂 These are in no order, but the first one was Zuzu's favorite!
I've included the pictures below (or a link to them if they are copyrighted), and at the end, I've provided a free download to a PowerPointwith most of the images.
To download a PowerPoint of most of these images, click here.
Look at one or more of these with your littles and let me know how it went in the comments. Which one was your child's favorite?
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"Iacus Pereverantiae "じゃなくて"Lacus Pereverantiae (Lake of Perseverance) "
" Diego (Libre Dans Sa Tete) "
(12/16/06) - The U.S. Figure Skating Team suffered another blow to the hip, literally, when three-time U.S. champion Johnny Weir withdrew from the men's event Saturday morning at the Grand Prix Final, about six hours before the competition.
Weir landed a triple Axel early in his short program and then had a fluky fall shortly thereafter doing nothing. He got up and completed a triple Lutz-triple toe after that but then doubled an intended triple flip.
U.S. Figure Skating team doctor Joseph Zabilski examined Weir on Saturday and found similarities between Weir's injury and that of Evan Lysacek, who withdrew Friday.
Zabilski compared Weir's injury to Lysacek's.
"It was on his (Weir's) takeoff leg as opposed to Evan's landing leg, He (Weir) had trouble pulling his leg in for rotation," Zabiliski said.
Weir is a clockwise jumper while Lysacek rotates counterclockwise as the majority of skaters do.
"We determined that he (Weir) probably would not be able to jump. This is more of a bad luck type of situation. Both were feeling good up until that moment," Zabilski said.
He also said that Lysacek's condition had not worsened before the two-time World bronze medalist left St. Petersburg.
But still he was cautious about Lysacek.
"It may take another day or so before we know the full extent of the injury, but it certainly does not appear to be getting worse," Zabilski said.
(12/15/06) - The atmosphere at the 2006-07 Grand Prix Final changed suddenly during the warm-up for the men's short program in St. Petersburg, Russia. It was obvious that two-time World bronze medalist Evan Lysacek was hurting, and he left the ice after notifying the referee he was withdrawing.
Lysacek injured his hip during Friday morning practice at the Ice Palace.
Unfortunately, the rehab didn't have the desired results.
Lysacek has had hip problems before, but this injury is unrelated to those.
He said he had a "bump sticking out" of his hip.
Zabilski elaborated on the injury.
"Grieg's Piano Concerto In A"
"Dacoit Duel""Warriors of Heaven and Earth "
The NHK Trophy concluded Sunday in Nagano (JPN) with the Men's Free Skating and the Exhibition Gala. The NHK Trophy was the sixth and last event in the Grand Prix series and nine skaters/couples used the opportunity to qualify for the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Final in St. Petersburg (RUS).
The Men's event concluded with another exciting competition at high level. Daisuke Takahashi led a podium sweep of the Japanese Men. Nobunari Oda claimed the silver medal and Takahiko Kozuka earned the bronze. All three medalists achieved a new personal best score.
Takahashi had drawn to skate last out of the 11 skaters. He opened his program to "Phantom of the Opera" with a quadruple toeloop, followed by a triple Axel, triple Axel-double toeloop combination, a triple flip-triple toe and four more triples, and just the loop and the second flip were somewhat shaky. The 2005 Four Continents silver medalist also produced difficult spins and steps, earning a level-four for the upright spin and the dramatic straight line step sequence and a level three for the other three spins and the circular footwork. Takahashi got 163.49 points (86.19/77.30), clearly surpassing his previous personal best of 149.44 points. He racked up a total score of 247.93 points. "I'm very happy to have won the gold medal. I landed my jumps, but some of my steps and spins were not clean. That remains an issue for me", the 20-year-old said.
Oda hit a triple Axel-triple toeloop-double loop combination, a triple loop, triple Lutz-double toe, another triple Axel and three more triple jumps, all of them very clean. The reigning Four Continents Champion also showed fast, well centered spins, two of which were graded a level four by the Technical Panel. The 19-year-old scored 161.01 points (85.01/76.00), significantly bettering his personal best score of 149.59 points and accumulated a total score of 244.56 points.
"I'm very pleased with the silver medal and with having qualified for the Grand Prix Final", Oda told the press. "I'm happy to have skated a good free skating. I was really nervous in the short program. My quad (toeloop) has been improving in practice since I'm back in Japan and I hope to have it for the Japanese National Championships", he continued.
Kozuka completed Japan's success with a strong performance to a Piano Concerto by Frederic Chopin that featured a triple Axel, triple flip-triple toeloop combination and five more triple jumps as well as high quality spins. The reigning World Junior Champion received 140.39 points (73.69/66.70), a huge improvement over his previous personal best of 121.81 points, and collected 208.34 points to win his first senior Grand Prix medal. "I'm very surprised about the bronze medal. After the Trophee Bompard (his first Grand Prix event, where he was ranked sixth), I never would have expected to win the bronze medal. I'm especially happy about my triple flip. Before I will include a quadruple jump in my program, I will perfect the two triple Axels in the free skating", the 17-year-old commented.


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United Russia has emerged victorious in the nine regional parliamentary elections that took place on March 1, according to early results from the Central Electoral Committee.
However, some opposition parties are crying foul, alleging fraudulent vote counting.
In total, the pro-Kremlin United Russia party has pulled over 42 per cent of votes across Russia, with the Communists coming in second with 20 percent.
In seven of the nine polled regions, United Russia, which is led by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, made an impressive turnout with over 50 per cent of the votes.
In Kabardino-Balkariya and Karachay-Cherkessia, two regions in southern Russia, United Russia received 70 percent of the votes; the results were even more impressive in Tatarstan, Volga District, where the pro-Kremlin party won 90 percent of the votes.
In two regions United Russia scored less than 50 per cent. In the Volgograd Region, southern Russia, the party received 49 per cent of the votes; in Nenets Region, Northwestern Russia, they scored 42 percent.
Second place went to the Communist Party in six of nine regional parliaments. In Tatarstan about 10 per cent of voters remained loyal to the Communists; in Khakassia – about 15 per cent support them and in Bryansk Region – little more than 10 per cent voted for the Reds. Vladimir Region, Central Russia, and the Communists did well in Volgograd Region, Southern Russia and Nenets Region receiving 28 per cent, 24 per cent, and 20 per cent respectively.
In Karachay-Cherkessia (10,4 per cent), Kabardino-Balkariya (8,3 per cent), and in the Arkhangelsk Region (16,6 per cent) Communists have taken third place. The second place in these regions went, accordingly, to the Patriots of Russia (11,2 per cent) and Fair Russia (12,2 percent and 17,8 percent) respectively.
At the same time, the Communist party has declared its disappointment with the results of the elections. Communist leader Gennady Zuganov has already stated that "Vladimir Churov, [the head of the Central Electoral Committee], no longer sits in his place".
The Liberal Democratic Party has scored its best in Nenets Region, receiving almost 20 per cent of votes. In all other regions except Tatarstan and Karachay-Cherkessia, the party has overcome the minimum electoral barrier of 7 per cent and has scored from 8,5 to 10,5 per cent.
Vladimir Zhirinovsky, the head of Liberal Democrats, has demanded the entire Central Electoral Commission by replaced. His colleagues claimed many laws were broken during these elections and now they further allege the results have been forged.
According to their calculations, actually, United Russia, the Communist Party and the Liberal Democratic Party should have received 30 per cent each. "And Fair Russia would not have won at all," Zhirinovsky added.
Patriots of Russia and Fair Russia also made it to the regional parliament of Khakassia (7 per cent each). Fair Russia has also scored about ten per cent in each of the other regions.
In other turnouts, 55 percent of the voters showed their support for Putin's party. In the Arkhangelsk Region, Northwest Russia, United Russia scored over 50 per cent; in Bryansk Region, Central Russia, almost 55 per cent and in Vladimir Region, Central Russia, around 50 per cent.
On March 1, the elections took place in the 79 federal districts of the Russian Federation.


On Shabbat Nachamu (July 27-28) Young Israel of New Rochelle welcomed Rabbi Dr. Yakov Nagen, the rosh kollel of Yeshivat Otniel, and Rebbetzin Michal Nagen, the rosh mechina of Tzahali Academy, an army preparation academy for religious women, as scholars-in-residence.
Rabbi Dr. Nagen is the rosh kollel of the hesder yeshiva in Otniel and an author of several books. He spoke about "The Individual vs. the Community: A Mishnaic Polemic About the Amidah and Its Contemporary Relevance." Rabbi Nagen strongly encourages his students to include personal prayers during the Amidah, so that the text does not become rote.
Both Nagens took the podium following the main minyan, to discuss "Radical Togetherness: Teachings of the Zohar on Love and Relationships." Utilizing a team approach, they drew from their own marital experiences, interwoven with references to the Zohar to describe how two distinct entities come together to create the partnership of a marriage.
Rebbetzin Nagen is also an academic, who served in the Israel Defense Forces' education unit. Since 2006, she has headed Tzahali, a pioneering military preparatory program for religious Israeli women based in Kibbutz Ein Tzurim. Her pre-Mincha presentation, titled "The Shared Challenge of Mixed Service and a Mixed Society: The Integration of Women in the IDF," provided insight into the challenges faced by religious Israeli women who decide to enroll in the IDF rather than in Sherut L'eumi. Rebbetzin Nagen's goal is to ensure religious women are prepared to maintain their religious values, as they serve Medinat Yisrael. While the first Tzahali class was composed of about 25 women, today's Tzahali program will graduate almost 200 students— proof that the number of religiously observant women who enlist is breaking records.
Tzahali's one-year program includes classes in spirituality, education, relationships and femininity in small groups designed to create a family feel encouraging open dialogue, which is essential when addressing topics like balancing army life while trying to "stay women, stay Jewish, stay with the values of the Jewish home, with the family. For me that is critical," says Rebbetzin Nagen. With the support of religious educators, like Rabbi Binyamin Lau, the young women are provided with a framework that will make it possible for them to contribute more meaningfully, to both the IDF and their future lives.
Between Mincha and Maariv, Rabbi Nagen told "Stories of Redemption and Spiritual Insights in the Wake of Deadly Terror." The Nagen family's community of Otniel has suffered multiple casualties since the second Intifada began. Rabbi Nagen relayed a number of incredible stories—one about the bravery of students fighting back during a terror attack at his yeshiva and one about the power of the human connection, even between people from completely different walks of life.
Shabbat with the Nagens presented the community with interesting topics all relevant to modern-day Orthodox life in Israel, based on academic Judaic principles.


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Actor James Cromwell arrested at Texas A&M regents protest
Posted: Nov 1, 2019 / 08:49 AM EDT / Updated: Nov 1, 2019 / 08:49 AM EDT
This Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019 photo provided by the Brazos County (Texas) Detention Center shows actor James Cromwell. Actor James Cromwell and Jeremy Beckham have been charged with disorderly conduct after police said they disrupted a meeting of the Texas A&M University System Board of Regents. (Brazos County (Texas) Detention Center via AP)
COLLEGE STATION, Texas (AP) — Actor James Cromwell and another man have been charged with disorderly conduct after police said they disrupted a meeting of the Texas A&M University System Board of Regents.
The two were part of a demonstration Thursday by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals to protest A&M's use of dogs for medical research. The 79-year-old actor, who is an animal welfare activist, and 34-year-old Jeremy Beckham were released after posting bonds of $5,000 each. Hindering proceedings by disorderly conduct is punishable by up to a year in jail.
In a statement issued before the demonstration, Cromwell said that "caging and hurting golden retrievers is unethical and bad science, and it needs to end now."
Texas A&M University announced recently that it was reducing its breeding of dogs for medical research.
by Darcie Loreno, Nexstar Media Wire / Jan 15, 2021
(WJW) -- Rapper Post Malone has donated 10,000 pairs of his sold-out Crocs to hospital caregivers and staff all over the country who are working on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic.
People reports that Malone, 25, and Crocs partnered with the nonprofit, Musicians On Call, to give Malone's Duet Max Clog II shoes to workers in 70 facilities across the country.


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Oakland @ Detroit Mercy
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Detroit Mercy -4 over Oakland
7:00 PM EST. Oakland has pedigree as a perennial Horizon League contender, but the Golden Grizzlies are not of their usual quality this season despite having high expectations. If you look at Oakland's schedule, you will see some Power Six teams, but the Grizz lost by 29 to Syracuse, 20 to Boise State and 13 to Michigan State. The Grizz have gone 6-1 over their last seven games, with their last contest being an 83-77 outlasting of the dreadful IUPUI Jaguars last Thursday night in overtime. Despite feasting on its conference brothers to pad its win total, Oakland still ranks just 274th out of 363 graded Division I programs. We'd also like to point out that three of the Golden Grizzlies' Horizon wins were by four points or less, while another was that OT win at IUPUI. Oakland is a bounce or two or three away from being just as dreadful as it was when the Grizz went 2-11 to start the season. Oakland couldn't hang with the big boys and it can barely keep pace with the teams in the Horizon.
The Titans of Detroit Mercy will have the best player on the court, with Antoine Davis, who potted 42 points against the Jaguars on Saturday. Despite their 8-12 record, the Titans are a tough team that plays hard, as indicated by their conference-leading 11.2 Offensive Rebounds Per Game. One of the big knocks on Mike Davis' team was that their size would limit their ability to hit the offensive glass. The Titans took that criticism and made a point to be the best they could be in that department. That shows character and discipline.
We backed the Titans in their 12-point win at IUPUI on Saturday, but failed to cash our tickets because they were a 13½-point favorite. However, if we were willing to lay that kind of lumber against the Jaguars, you can trust that we'll be coming right back here today with the Titans spotting a deflated price to the Golden Grizzlies, who aren't that much better than the Jaguars, if at all. That's called "sticking with it" and playing the value. The Titans are being disrespected on their home court tonight.
Detroit Mercy -4 -106 (Risking 2.12 units - To Win: 2.00)


Confidence Your Secret Weapon, is a personal development guide that provides readers with the tools they need to develop self-confidence, high self-esteem, and set goals to achieve their dreams. Ashley Korin McLean shares the concepts, skills and techniques that helped transform her from a timid and shy teenager, to a successful model, author and motivational speaker.
Confidence Your Secret Weapon delivers basic exercises designed to help instigate confidence building tactics and methodologies that can be utilized in everyday life. Confidence Your Secret Weapon, will also help readers form a healthy and self-assured thought process, and to recognize that confidence is a never ending journey, where there is always room for growth and improvement.
Ashley Korin McLean is a model, motivational speaker and entrepreneur, who is dedicated to helping others in their personal development, especially young adults. She is also the founder of the Korin Black Project, a charitable foundation that aims to inspire, support and empower young girls and women to become poised and confident leaders in their personal lives and careers.
A graduate of Bradley University, Ashley Korin earned a Bachelor's of Arts in advertising and multimedia. When not spending time with her family, she enjoys traveling, speaking to teens and young adults in the areas of self-improvement and working in the fashion industry. She is a proud Chicago native.
Confidence Your Secret Weapon: A Guide to Building Confidence 5 out of 5 based on 0 ratings. 1 reviews.
Confidence your Secret Weapon is one of those motivational/self-help books that make you take notice. I literally highlighted five key points within the first few pages. Ashley McLean's "former" self is one that I can relate to. I was her in high school. I can very vividly remember the dreadful days of having to read aloud in class. There were times I felt physically ill....wondering if I was the only person who dreaded speaking in front of others. THIS BOOK WAS WRITTEN FOR THAT GIRL. It was written in a way that promotes self reflection, while being extremely relatable. I am certain that I will revisit this book again. It will be my secret "refresher course," anytime I feel like my confidence is wavering. I feel like this would be the perfect book for a high school English to start a new school year with. I know it is definitely one that my daughter will be reading! You can find this review (along with many more) on the CommonBookSense website. Check it out!


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Zahrah advises startups on growth-stage legal and business needs, and counsels venture capital firms on their investments in promising entrepreneurs.
Zahrah's practice focuses on general corporate counseling, venture capital financings and mergers and acquisitions. Zahrah represents a wide variety of technology companies in the United States, Latin America and the Middle East, in varied sectors such as automotive innovation, SaaS, retail technology, artificial intelligence software, and consumer goods technology.
In law school, Zahrah served as an Editor of the Business and Entrepreneurship Law Review, President of the Entrepreneurship and Law Association and represented the University of Michigan in the national Venture Capital Investment Competition. Prior to law school, Zahrah was a management consultant and spent time at a technology company in New York City working on sales operations and strategy.
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Citizenship Amendment Bill: All You Need to Know about CAB?
In view of the heat, the Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB) generated yesterday following its approval in Rajyasabha yesterday, MaaHyderabad wish to take look into the contentious issues in the bill as follows:
What is the CAB?
CAB – Citizenship Amendment Bill
What is it proposes?
The bill proposes to grant citizenship to minority Hindus, Sikhs, Christians, Buddhist and Parsis who have migrated to India after facing persecution on the ground of religion in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh.
How many refugees will benefit?
Hindus – 25,447, Sikhs – 5,807, Christians 55, Buddhists – 2, and Parsis – 2 aggregating to a total of 31,313 refugees from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh who have arrived in India on or before December 31, 2014.
What if Citizenship is granted?
They will be treated as legal citizens like any other normal citizen of this country. They can enjoy all sorts of rights such as travel anywhere, study anything, do any work, any business, procure properties etc. All legal proceedings against them in respect of their illegal migration or citizenship will be closed.
Is the CAP applicable to Pan India?
No. The Bill is not applicable to the tribal areas of Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram, or Tripura, as included in the Sixth Schedule to the Constitution. These tribal areas include Karbi Anglong (in Assam), Garo Hills (in Meghalaya), Chakma District (in Mizoram), and Tripura Tribal Areas District. It will also not apply to the areas under the Inner Line" under the Bengal Eastern Frontier Regulation, 1873.
Why only non-Muslims from these countries?
Since Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan are religion-based Islamic countries, Muslims will obviously be in majority. Hence, religious persecution will not be there against them as they belong to the majority community in their own land.
Why should non-Muslims be allowed?
Because they have no other country to go as majority of them are Hindus. Moreover, they originally belong to this country prior to the bifurcation in 1947.
What about Muslim immigrants already in India?
The government argues that over One Crore Muslim refugees are already living in India since the bifurcation of Bengal. No government had objected to them so far. We have allowed them. There was a large scale migration of Muslims in the recent past from other countries especially after 2014.
Still, the Modi government had given citizenship to 563 Muslim refugees from these 3 countries in the last 5 years. As for the existing Muslim refugees are concerned, If they are found to be illegal, then the law will take its own course.
Does it mean a Witch-Hunt against Muslims in India?
How? The bill is aimed at giving citizenship to specific communities but not to snatch away citizenships of anyone. The CAB is not NRC?
What is NRC and How it is different from the CAB?
The National Register of Citizens (NRC) is a register maintained by the Government of India containing names & certain relevant information for identification of Indian citizens of the Assam state. The register was initially and specifically made for Assam state. However, on November 20, 2019, Home Minister Amit Shah declared during a parliamentary session that the register would be extended to the entire country. The register was first prepared after the 1951 Census of India and since then it has not been updated until recently.
Whereas the Citizenship Act of 1955 says that an illegal immigrant cannot get citizenship in India. An illegal migrant is defined as people who either entered the country without proper documents or stayed on beyond the permitted time. In 2015, the government made changes to the passport and foreigner's acts to allow non-Muslim refugees from these countries to stay back in India even if they entered the country without valid papers.
What is the difference between Illegal Immigrant and Refugee?
Illegal immigration refers to the migration of people into a country in violation of the immigration laws of that country, or the continued residence of people without the legal right to live in that country.
A refugee, generally speaking, is a displaced person who has been forced to cross national boundaries and who cannot return home safely. Such a person may be called an asylum seeker until granted refugee status by the contracting state or the UNHCR if they formally make a claim for asylum.
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Awards presented by the PEN American Center (today PEN America) that are no longer active.

The awards are among many PEN awards sponsored by International PEN in over 145 PEN centres around the world. The PEN American Center awards have been characterized as being among the "major" American literary prizes.

PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award (1987–2015)
The PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award was an award that honored writers anywhere in the world who have fought courageously in the face of adversity for the right to freedom of expression. Established in 1987, the award was administered by PEN American Center and underwritten by PEN trustee Barbara Goldsmith. The last award was in 2015; its successor is PEN/Barbey Freedom to Write Award, established in 2016 and honoring writers who were imprisoned for their work.

Winners

PEN/Steven Kroll Award (2012–2014)
The PEN/Steven Kroll Award was awarded by the PEN American Center "to acknowledge the distinct literary contributions of picture book writers." Established in memory of Steven Kroll, a former PEN Trustee and Chair of PEN's Children's/Young Adult Book Authors Committee, this honor was awarded for the first time in 2012 for a book published in 2011. The last award was given in 2014.

Winners

PEN/W.G. Sebald Award (2010–2011)
The PEN/W.G. Sebald Award for a Fiction Writer in Mid-Career was awarded by the PEN American Center to honor a promising writer who has published three works of fiction.

Winners

PEN Emerging Writers Awards (2011)
The PEN Emerging Writers Awards was awarded by the PEN American Center. It was awarded to up-and-coming authors whose writing had been featured in distinguished literary journals, but had not published book-length works. Three prizes were awarded: one fiction, one nonfiction, and one poetry. Candidates were only nominated by editors from print and online journals. Participating journals for 2011 included: 6 x 6, A Public Space, Bloom, Colorado Review, Creative Nonfiction, Fence, Gargoyle, Glimmer Train, Guernica, Harvard Review, jubilat, Kenyon Review, Lungfull!, New York Quarterly, One Story, The Oxford American, Ploughshares, Rain Taxi, Spinning Jenny, and Tin House.

Winners

PEN/Amazon.com Short Story Award (2000)
The PEN/Amazon.com Short Story Award was given to unpublished writers who submit original short story manuscripts. Each manuscript competed for a $10,000 cash grant and publication at Amazon.com and in The Boston Book Review. Award was active for one year.

Architectural Digest Award for Literary Writing on the Visual Arts (2000–2001)
The Architectural Digest Award for Literary Writing on the Visual Arts was presented for literary writing on the visual arts. It was active two years 2000–2001.

Gregory Kolovakos Award (1992–2004)
The Gregory Kolovakos Award was a literary award given every three years by PEN American Center to a U.S. literary translator, editor, or critic "whose work, in meeting the challenge of cultural difference, extends Gregory Kolovakos's commitment to the richness of Hispanic literature and to expanding its English-language audience". It was primarily intended to recognize translations into English from Spanish, but translations from other Hispanic languages were also eligible. Gregory Kolovakos was a graduate of Yale University and served as the director of the Literature Program of the New York State Council on the Arts for many years.  He was also the founding executive director of the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation in 1985. The monetary amount of the Award was USD $2000. The prize was first given in 1992.

Winners

Jerard Fund Award (2001–2005)
The Jerard Fund Award honored a work in progress of general nonfiction distinguished by high literary quality by a woman at the midpoint in her career. Presented every 2 years, it was active from 2001 to 2005.

Martha Albrand Award for the Art of the Memoir (1998–2006)
The Martha Albrand Award for the Art of the Memoir was presented for a first published memoir. It was active from 1998 to 2006.

Martha Albrand Award for First Nonfiction (1989–2006)
The Martha Albrand Award for First Nonfiction was presented for an American author's first-published book of general nonfiction. It was active from 1989 to 2006.

PEN/Newman's Own First Amendment Award (1993–2006)
The PEN/Newman's Own First Amendment Award was an award presented annually from 1993 to 2006 to a U.S. resident who "fought courageously, despite adversity, to safeguard the First Amendment right to freedom of expression as it applies to the written word." Sponsored by PEN American Center and Newman's Own, a cash prize of $20,000 was awarded. It was active from 1993 to 2006.

Winners

PEN/Katherine Anne Porter First Amendment Award (2008)
The PEN/Katherine Anne Porter First Amendment Award was presented for only one year. It was meant to given to a U.S. resident "who has fought courageously, despite adversity, to safeguard the First Amendment right to freedom of expression as it applies to the written word." Sponsored by PEN American Center and Katherine Anne Porter Foundation, the award included a cash prize of US$10,000. The award succeeded the PEN/Newman's Own First Amendment Award which was last awarded in 2006. The award was given in 2008 only.

Winner

Renato Poggioli Translation Award (1991–2000)
The Renato Poggioli Translation Award was for a translator at work on an English-language version of Italian literature. Active from 1991 to  2000.

Roger Klein Award for Career Achievement (1971–2000)
The Roger Klein Award for Career Achievement was presented to a trade book editor every two years for "distinguished editorial achievement." It was active from 1971 to  2000.
|To a trade book editor every two years for "distinguished editorial achievement."

Roger Klein Award for Editing
The Roger Klein Award for Editing was an honor "given [every two years] to an outstanding editor in trade hardcover publishing." It was active from 1971 to  2000.

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Many times during the year tens of thousands of people gather at the Siddhar Peedam in Melmaruvathur to celebrate important days. Smaller celebrations also occur in other places around the world at about the same time.
The largest festivals are celebrations of special days for Hindus and Devotees of the Movement. Some of the Hindu festivals are ones which have fallen out of favor as major festivals in the rest of India. In addition to Hindu festivals, other religious holidays are celebrated as well. On major religious holidays in Christianity and Islam many Christians and Muslims come to the Temple to celebrate their holy days and special preparations are made for all of these special days.


The title of Anna Konkle's and Maya Erskine's Hulu series, PEN15, straddles the adolescent divide between childlike naiveté and worldly disruption. It refers to a classic middle-school prank in which one friend asks another to join a pen pal club. If the friend agrees, he or she becomes the supposed 15th member and that membership is notarized by writing "Pen 15" on his or her hand.


Bedugul is Bali's highland retreat, tucked into the crater of a volcano (1400 meters). Lush pine forests seem to create freshness in the air. Bedugul is known for the quality of its fruit, vegetables and flowers. The beautifully scenic lake Bratan, with its harmonious mountain panorama, provides everything from recreation to water for the springs, rivers and rice fields below. Boats, water skiing and parasailing are among the many water sports available in this area. Pura Ulun Danu Bratan, the temple that seems to rise out of the lake, presents itself beautifully. Also visit the botanical garden (Kebun Raya).
This little island off Bali's west coast is known for its beautiful coral reefs found nearby and the wealth of tropical fish inhabiting the waters around it. Menjangan is an excellent diving spot that has not been spoilt by tourism, possibly because it is quite far from the airport. The island itself is also worth a visit because of the beautiful sceneries it offers. Day trips by boat and rental of diving equipment can be arranged at nearby Labuan Lalang.
Start the beach walk of your life just south of Tanah Lot. Pantai Seseh is a quiet beach of black volcanic sand that is mainly visited by local fishermen. Quiet, rough, and close to nature, this is beach is simply unforgettable.
This little town offers is close to three superb places to visit. Pura Tirta Empul is a holy temple with bathing pools fed by the Pakerisan river. In the center of Tampaksiring is a little road that leads to Gunung Kawi, the 'valley of the kings', perhaps the most memorable place to see on Bali. Just north of Tampaksiring is a palace built by former president Sukarno in the 1950s.
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Arthritis rub may offer relief for hand stiffness.
Rubs that contain capsaicin, a chemical that gives red peppers their heat, can be used to relieve arthritis pain.
Arthritis rub can offer some relief for stiffness and soreness but it will not cure arthritis. While this product can help ease pain, it is important to choose a product that is safe for you. Some types of arthritis rub contain aspirin-like ingredients and are not recommended for those with aspirin sensitivities or for patients using blood thinners. Other types may include ingredients that can potentially cause allergic reactions, so it is important to distinguish between various arthritis rubs.
It is generally a good idea to seek advice from your healthcare provider before using any type of new medication, including over the counter preparations. This is especially true if you regularly use any other type of medicine. It is a precautionary exercise to avoid adverse drug interactions. Aside from possible interactions, an arthritis rub may also cause allergic reactions, so it is good to make sure your doctor is aware of any known allergies. As noted, aspirin sensitivity is a concern but those allergic to peppers may not wish to use a brand that contains capsaicin, which is also found in peppers.
It is also important to be aware of other possible skin irritations. It is generally best to apply an arthritis rub to a small area of skin to test the product before using it on large areas of your body. If a redness, discomfort, or a rash develops, discontinue use and inform your doctor. You may also wish to ask about prescription formulas or those specially created for people with sensitive skin.
Some products that contain capsaicin will recommend avoiding exposure to the sun. If you need to be outdoors, you may wish to choose another formula of arthritis rub. It is always a good idea to read the label and you can also ask your pharmacist for information. The more information you have regarding the available products you have the easier it will be to make a choice.
Keep in mind that some of the product can remain on your hands after application so you may wish to choose an arthritis rub formula that rinses clean easily. The scent contained in some arthritis rubs can be very strong and may not wash away easily. The ingredients used have very distinct aromas. The scent can become overpowering or even offensive when an arthritis rub is used in large quantities. It may be best to use rubs when not entertaining guests or going out in public, or you may wish to find a formula that is fragranc-free or contains a lighter scent.
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There is a medication called DMSO (Dimethyl Sulfoxide) that's used for arthritis. I know that in hospitals, they sometimes give this as an IV to arthritis patients. Apparently DMSO is also available as a cream or rub. Has anyone here tried it?
I usually use a rub with lidocaine when my arthritis acts up. It works well for pain but not for inflammation, and I have to apply it frequently. I need something that works better.
@donasmrs-- I've tried a camphor rub before and it didn't for me. It's not strong enough. I have severe arthritis so I need something that has very strong analgesic properties. I've had better results with rubs that contain arnica or capsaicin. Both of these are natural analgesics.
A good old menthol rub works well too actually. The only problem with menthol rubs is that they smell way too strong. So I only use a menthol rub when my pain is severe.
There is a pain-relieving rub at pharmacies and stores that comes in a small glass jar. It contains camphor and menthol. It works quite well for arthritis pain. I have arthritis in my knees and I apply this rub on my knees twice a day.