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Diane Bubeck can see how people step out of bounds at such events. "It's almost like a day of grace, like Thanksgiving," said the Naperville dietitian, who heads her own practice. "But you don't necessarily have to eat any more unhealthfully, or any more." She urges clients to adopt a game plan based in common sense, starting with a decent breakfast, a bit of exercise and some filling fiber and protein as the kick-off draws near. It's a mistake to fast, Bubeck said, believing you can "save up" to eat freely once the party is under way. "You're bound and determined to not eat. By the time the meal rolls around, you're so hungry physiologically that you're going to stuff yourself," she said. Along with watching intake of high-calorie alcoholic beverages, make a point of drinking plenty of water before and during the festivities.
Bitter torrent
A mobile phone text message sent out to Indians disingenuously claimed that the queen would be there to meet them. In fact, the commission was closed for the weekend. Whatever the historical record, the crowd's real fury was directed at Malaysia's current rulers for the temple demolitions and, more broadly, their neglect of ethnic Indians who make up 8 per cent of Malaysia's 27 million people but barely register in corporate and political circles. Many blame the economic policies introduced after race riots in 1969 that discriminate in favour of ethnic Malays in education, government contracts and public sector jobs. By enriching the majority Malays and sustaining Chinese entrepreneurship, the system has failed to halt the marginalisation of Indian communities, activists say. "The bottom line is: Who has the power? Malays have the political power, Chinese have business power.
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3:30 p.m. After the mid-afternoon break, an Alameda County sheriff's deputy who's usually not assigned to this courtroom proclaimed that "Department 11 is now in session." Problem is, we're in Department 9. The deputy recognized his mistake and said we were, in fact, in Department 9. "We know where he used to work," joked Judge Larry Goodman. Defense attorney William Du Bois is cross-examining OPD criminalist Todd Weller. Defense attorneys can be quite meticulous. Du Bois asked Weller if he was familiar with the children's book "Runaway Bunny," which was found in Nina Reiser's abandoned Honda Odyssey minivan. Had he ever read the book? What is it about? Du Bois asked. "It's about a bunny that ran away," Weller said as jurors laughed. Weller told Du Bois that he didn't remember how it ended.
Emirates Group, Microsoft to set up Innovation Lab in Dubai
(MENAFN) Microsoft Corp. and Emirates Group said that they would set up an Innovation Lab in Dubai to develop products and services for the travel industry using Microsoft's technologies and tapping Emirates' expertise and experience in developing IT solutions for the aviation and travel industry, Gulf News reported.
Microsoft will work with Emirates experts in the Dubai Innovation Lab, which will be among the first of its kind for both companies in this field. The lab will enable Emirates' IT division, Mercator, to incubate and develop creative solutions for airline and travel customers around the world, including Emirates. Mercator's IT solutions are used by more than 50 airlines globally.
The lab will take Microsoft technologies and apply them to the development of new ways of doing things across all parts of the travel and aviation industry - from reservations and check-in to cargo and ground handling systems.
eBay, Embrace Your Inner Retailer
That's the advice of Stifel, Nicolaus analyst Scott Devitt, and I think he's on to something. In his latest note on eBay, on which he has a buy, he says eBay should focus less on the kind of fee adjustments that appear to be imminent and focus more on merchandising their sellers' products better. In a telling comparison, he points out that when a consumer goes to Amazon, she is not only always logged on, she is presented with more than 50 items targeted to her apparent preferences, judging from what she has bought, put in her shopping cart, or viewed. On eBay, she has to sign in every day and still sees only untargeted pictures of women's purses regardless of what she has bought on eBay. Devitt thinks Amazon-style personalization could provide "material lift" to revenue per customer.
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