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Let's stop comparing websites to stores/
February 2, 2007
I read Bryan Eisenberg’s article on “The Value of Online Traffic.” He says he’s tired of hearing marketers complain about the high cost of clicks. I, on the other hand, am tired of hearing marketers compare websites to stores.
Bryan writes things like, “The corner of 57th St. and Fifth Ave. in Manhattan is one of the highest trafficked intersections in the country. So it’s no surprise that the cost of commercial real estate is priced accordingly. To establish and support a retail store there, you must take advantage of the traffic’s high margins and volumes.”
Well, that’s fine if you are a bricks and mortar store. If you are at the corner of 57th and Fifth, you get to charge high prices. Shopping in downtown Manhattan is not just about acquiring goods – it’s about having fun. When I buy shoes at Nordstroms in downtown Chicago or a scarf at Harrods in London, I expect to pay way, way more than I would on the Internet. E-tailing is about getting the goods. Shopping in the high rent district, however, is entertainment. Let’s not get them confused.
And while I am ranting, let’s stop comparing abandoned Internet shopping carts to abandoned carts in grocery stores (a sin which I have been guilty of in the past. The comparing part.) when we shop in a grocery store, we don’t have to put it in the cart to figure out what it costs to get it home. More importantly, when we shop in a grocery store, abandoning a cart might be embarrassing. I never go grocery shopping but my spouse does it weekly and always comments on who he saw there. I guess if he wanted to abandon he could walk away, pretending to look for something else and then just never return, but he still might meet people in the parking lot who know him. (“Gee Paul, couldn’t find any food today?”) Online, no one knows when I leave (except for your super duper web analytics package.)
And speaking of leaving — there aren’t a lot of ways to leave a store. A big department store might have three levels but each one usually has one big entry/exit. A big grocery store might have only one main entrance and one main exit. Compare that to a website where you can exit (and usually enter) from any page at all. So let’s make it easy to find things, because online, I don’t expect to cross the entire website to move from the dairy to the produce.
And then there’s the hassle factor. By the time you put on your coat, get your kids into the car, get to the mall, and spend an hour cruising around looking for the perfect black suit, you really, really want to find the suit. Because — you have put way too much effort into the problem already to come home empty handed. On the other hand,shopping on line is so easy that I don’t feel bad if I leave a site without whipping out my plastic. I can always go back tomorrow (or in five minutes, for that matter.) | <urn:uuid:8d38f9ad-d19e-4a5f-9263-f9e511a740f8> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.lunametrics.com/blog/2007/02/02/lets-stop-comparing-websites-to-stores/ | 2016-10-21T09:01:43Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988718034.77/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183838-00406-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.949483 | 685 | [
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Conversion of ASP into ColdFusion
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We're looking for experienced ColdFusion developers/development firms to help us convert the attached ASP pages into ColdFusion.
In the attached zip file, we've three folders:
- **GeneralPages** - These ASP pages contain small snippets of code to show the usage of FusionCharts in a very generic way. There are around 12-13 basic ASP pages under sub-folders of this folder. You'll need to convert all of them and put them in same folder structure as in this zip.
- **BluePrintApp** folder contains FusionCharts v3 Blueprint application in ASP+Access. You'll need to convert it to ColdFusion + MS SQL. You can view this application live at <[url removed, login to view]>
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We would need the best coding practices for these pages, as this is going to be Demo application/documentation for FusionCharts. Very clean and well commented code is essential. Refer to our ASP code to see how we've done things.
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As he walked into the nomination for speaker meeting this morning about 8:30 am Kevin McCarthy was telling reporters he was close to whipping up the 218 votes he needed to succeed John Boehner as Speaker of the House. Somewhere around three hours later he walked into a caucus meeting, just minutes before the election was about to begin and said, “I am not the one to lead the house at this time.”
With that one sentence the Republican party was thrown into chaos and it better get fixed soon (over at the DNC they must be throwing a party). A year before a presidential election the Democrats will now be able to say how can they run the country when they can’t run themselves (and they will be right). Not that McCarthy cutting out was a bad thing, but the party needs to get a speaker—pronto.
That announcement was more than a bombshell:
“The look of shock across the room was amazing,” said Frank Lucas of Oklahoma. Rep. Peter King of New York told reporters that McCarthy’s announcement during a meeting of House Republicans left everyone “absolutely stunned.” It had become clear that the caucus needed to be united and “he’s not the one” to do it, King said.
There are already tons of rumors about why McCarthy really dropped out including rumors of an affair with a female member of congress. Allow me to suggest that those rumors are a load of bulls**t. Those rumors have been running around the Internet for years and if they had the slightest bit of truth to them they would have been proven and outed by now. There are no “rumors” in the beltway, there are either secrets that everyone knows but won’t share or bulls**t. This is one falls into the latter category.
The most probable reason for McCarthy’s move is last night’s announcement that the house Freedom Caucus would vote as a block for Rep. Daniel Webster (R-Fla.) as Speaker. It’s simple math there are 247 Republicans in the house, the loss of those 40 votes means the best he can do is 207 votes, 11 short of what he needs.
Kevin McCarthy didn’t get the votes he needed to be speaker for the same reason Donald Trump and Ben Carson are leading the GOP presidential pack as of now. America is angry. Republicans are angry, they worked hard to give the party the house in 2010 and were told they needed the senate to make things happen. So rank and file Republicans worked hard to win the senate for the party and nothing happened. The leadership is feckless, and I believe the recent fight over Planned Parenthood funding may have been the straw breaking the camel’s back. House leadership didn’t even allow congressmen to bring up defunding to floor.
Its not that McCarthy is a bad guy, its that he was perceived as same old, same old and Americans especially conservative ones did not want to replace John Boehner with someone who was perceived as a Boehner clone. And you have whiners such as Peter King blaming everything on the “conservative crazies.” One of his other comments today was “Basically they said they’re going to hold back their votes,” Rep. Peter King, New York Democrat, said. “This is unprecedented to have this small group, a tiny minority, hijack the party and blackmail the House.” Blackmail? Since when is voting the way your constituents wanted you to vote blackmail?
King doesn’t get it— the “moderate” wing of the party has been ruling the roost for the past five years, nothing has been accomplished, Obamacare is still the law, the deficit is still growing, the military budget is decimated, we have the federal government trying to take over education and marriage, both constitutionally local responsibilities. The supposedly moderate congressmen like Peter King talk a good game but over the past five years have accomplished nothing! Well…they’ve accomplished one thing, convincing people that it is time for a new leadership.
McCarthy probably went into the nominating meeting early this morning thinking he could peel off some votes from the freedom caucus and displayed that confidence to reporters, but when he realized his efforts were futile, he had no other choice.
So who’s next? Anybody who tells you they know is lying. There are few people who can unify the fractured GOP caucus. Paul Ryan is one, Trey Gowdy is another, but they both don’t want the job (heck, Gowdy doesn’t even want to stay in congress—he wants to be a judge). Boehner is pressuring Ryan to take the job, even Mitt Romney called him asking him to be the next speaker. But the former V.P. nominee likes being the Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee and even more importantly (for him) he has young kids and wants to be an involved dad (the speaker is a 24/7 job even more than V.P.).
There are some saying the house could go to someone outside of congress like Dick Cheney, or Newt Gingrich (you don’t need to be in congress to be speaker), allow me to first say that if nominated I will not run if elected I will not serve! The real truth is while possible via the constitution it will never happen, the job will not go to Newt, Cheney or anyone else who is not presently a member of congress.
Some of the pressure was relieved when present speaker, John Boehner said he would stay in the job until a new speaker is chosen. But in the end, Kevin McCarthy didn’t pull out of the race because something “strange” was happening. Kevin McCarthy pulled out because he couldn’t whip up enough votes and because the GOP leadership in the house continue to refuse to understand what is staring then in the face, American are mad as hell and aren’t going to take it anymore. | <urn:uuid:fdb3ad30-118c-4e18-869a-2b83d6aba695> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://lidblog.com/mccarthy-bombshell-is-there-something-strange-going-on/ | 2016-10-24T21:56:13Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988719784.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183839-00025-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.979356 | 1,233 | [
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2008 seedling-1st bloom on 1 year old plant, Final Episode pod parent. I was looking for that light blue rim from FE, I think I found it. And, FE has sent up fall stalks for me, so this seedling has good rebloom potential-yeah. | <urn:uuid:9c107282-d6f9-4553-a940-2db8317521ce> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | https://www.hort.net/lists/iris-photos/may10/msg00580.html | 2016-10-24T22:35:01Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988719784.62/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183839-00025-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.860382 | 121 | [
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Your baby will need to start on a medicine such as Losec to reduce the acid in his stomach.It is acid in your baby's stomach which causes him such discomfort when reflux occurs. You should speak to your paediatrician.
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Pinellas Park, FL (population: 46,971) has sixteen mechanics schools within a 100-mile radius of its city center. Traviss Career Center, the highest ranked school in this group with a mechanics program, has a total student population of 471. It is the 1197th highest ranked school in the USA and the 48th highest in the state of Florida (#1 is University of Miami).
Mechanics students from Pinellas Park schools who go on to become mechanics, aviation mechanics, mechanical engineers, auto mechanics, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 71,890 people working as mechanical drafters alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $49,790. Also, Radio mechanics make on average $42,250 per year and there are about 5,690 of them employed in the US today.
Pinellas Park lies in Pinellas county, which is one of the 49 counties in Florida. Overall, the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater area has 1,131,330 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1% unemployment rate, $20/hr average worker wage, and a $40,590 average annual salary.
Of the 16 mechanics schools with a 100-mile radius of Pinellas Park, none have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Universal Technical Institute-Automotive Motorcycle & Marine Mechanics comes out as the most expensive ($50,092/yr) for mechanics students, with Sarasota County Technical Institute as the lowest, reported at only $2,150/yr.
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The New Albany-Plain Local School District is offering residents tours of its new building, part of which is expected to open this fall.
"Going all way back to last winter, when we began the community involvement and engaged the community, people have wanted to know what the building is going to look like and there's been great interest in its development, construction and the potential use of facility," said district spokesman Patrick Gallaway. "People have wanted to get inside and take a look and summer is a good time for that, so we set aside time to do it. That's essentially what led to the community tours."
The first two tours on June 10 and 24 attracted 25 people, with 10 on the first tour and 15 on the second, Gallaway said.
"We're excited about response," Gallaway said. "We do have a lot of people signing up sporadically through the August dates, so that's pretty exciting."
The next tours are scheduled July 8 and 22 and Aug. 5 and 19. All tours are from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. and are limited to 15 people per tour.
Residents who wish to take the tour must be 18 years or older and register online at napls.us.
Gallaway said a fall open house would allow students to see the building.
Because the site is under construction, residents going on the tour are asked to wear shoes with a hard sole and pants. They will be provided with hard hats, safety vests and goggles that must be worn during the tour.
District officials and representatives of the contractor, Corna Kokosing Construction Co., will lead the tour.
The school district is using funds from a $45.1 million, 2.59-mill bond issue approved in November 2012 to build the two-story, 150,000-square-foot facility for 1,200 students in grades 2-8.
The district also received $1.5 million from the New Albany Community Foundation, $1 million of which was donated by Leslie and Abigail Wexner and the rest by an anonymous donor, for the project.
Construction began June 10, 2013. Twelve classrooms should be in use by the start of the 2014-15 school year and the rest should be complete by January 2015.
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Dear Malden Residents:
With another budget season upon us, we are faced with the reality that our revenues in the new fiscal year will not be sufficient to support our expenses. As most of you know, we are limited on what we can do relative to increasing revenues. Specifically, we are capped on property tax growth to 2 ½ percent per year and we don’t have any real maneuverability on our local receipts as these remain fairly constant year to year.
Additionally, state aid, in the form of unrestricted aid and school aid, promises to be a challenge. The proposal from the Commonwealth reveals that unrestricted local aid will increase $300K and funding for education will increase by only a little more than $200K. Meanwhile, our State Assessments, which include items such as the MBTA and Charter School tuition payments, increased resulting in a net decrease in Local Aid. Finally, our reliance on one-time resources in the amount of $5M in the current fiscal year to keep the city’s operations intact, have been all but exhausted going into the new fiscal year.
Since we are severely limited on what we can do on the revenue side of the balance sheet, we have to look toward our expenses to balance the budget, which by state law is required each year beginning on July 1. With most of the city budget being consumed by personnel costs, I already find myself not being able to sleep at night knowing that the decisions that need to be made to achieve the balance will not be easy.
There is no doubt that we find ourselves in a tough spot, but I am confident that if we work together we will meet the challenges that lie ahead. Despite our current fiscal situation, there are a lot of great things happening in our City and we continue to move forward with many successful projects and initiatives. Take a look here to see all that we have accomplished this past year. Thank you.
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This is a very exciting time in Art and Visual Culture at Bates. Interest and enrollments in studio art and in the history of art and visual culture are running high, and the department’s presence in student life is greater than ever. We are, in fact, second only to the English department among the humanities in terms of the number of students who take our courses and the number of majors. In part, this stems from the fact that we have great faculty and course offerings as well as a wonderful facility, the Olin Arts Center, which we share with the music department and the Museum.
The study of art was introduced as a major at Bates thirty years ago. In 2002, we changed the department’s name to Art and Visual Culture, reflecting expanded offerings in keeping with the newest directions in the field. We now have approximately 60 active majors at any one time who work with a faculty of four professors in history and five in studio art. The curriculum in the history of art and visual culture features material from diverse cultures and time periods, and includes courses in theory, museum studies, and representations of race, gender, and sexuality. Studio offerings include courses in drawing, painting, printmaking, ceramics, photography, digital imaging and color theory. All faculty members in the department are very active in their fields outside of Bates, publishing, speaking and/or exhibiting nationally and internationally.
The major in art and visual culture at Bates is divided into two tracks. The studio courses we offer are coordinated to form a strong foundation in visual art, yet are distinctly different from each other. Our students begin by taking courses across media, and gradually work in depth in either ceramics, drawing, painting, photography, or printmaking. As they advance through the curriculum, we encourage our students to innovate and work independently, especially in courses such as Building a Studio Practice and Visual Meaning. Studio majors take a minimum of three courses in the history of art and visual culture, and many study abroad for one semester. All studio majors develop a year-long thesis with the personal guidance of our faculty, and their work mirrors the spectrum of contemporary visual practice. The studio thesis culminates in an exhibition at our museum, and senior exhibits have included installation art, representational painting, traditional etching, alternative printmaking, digital photography, functional ceramics, sculpture, black and white photography, color photography, experimental processes, as well as interdisciplinary work that combines studies in other fields. Students majoring in the history of art and visual culture are expected to complete a series of courses on diverse topics, issues, and time periods, such asBuddhist Visual Worlds, Picturesque Suburbia, Michelangelo to Sofonisba: The High Renaissance and Mannerism, and Women, Gender, Visual Culture. A seminar in theory and methods of studying art and visual culture is required, as is a senior thesis and at least one course in studio art.
The curriculum in Art and Visual Culture also invites travel. In recent years, AVC Short Terms have gone to China and Italy. On several occasions, a studio Short Term has taken up residence in Tuscany for three weeks, studying the art there and painting the landscape and architecture. Even Short Term classes essentially based on campus often have a travelling component. The museum Short Term routinely visits museums in New Haven, Boston and New York, and a recent Short Term on Thomas Jefferson’s architecture spent a week in Virginia looking at his work. In addition, each year a number of our students choose to spend all or part of their junior year studying abroad in programs which have been screened by the department to assure that the programs provide work pertinent to the students’ interests, whether studio or history.
The question is often asked, “What do you do with a degree in Art and Visual Culture?” Our students have provided a remarkable array of answers. Most of our majors, both studio and history, continue to work and study in the field following graduation, often after internships in museums, galleries, and auction houses during college. Recent graduates have entered M.A., M.F.A., and Ph.D. programs at leading schools including Williams College, Hunter College, Tufts, Emory, NYU, USC, the University of Virginia, the University of Delaware, the University of Chicago, and several have recently completed Ph.D. degrees at Columbia University, the University of California at Berkeley, Johns Hopkins, MIT, and the University of Texas at Austin, and are now teaching throughout the country on the college level. Other students have careers at auction houses, including Skinner’s, Christie’s, and Sotheby’s. A 1993 graduate recently became the Vice President at Christie’s in charge of photography. After working at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, other graduates have gone on to be a Deputy Director at the Cooper Hewitt Museum in New York, an Assistant Vice President at Christie’s, and the Curator of Contemporary Art at the Baltimore Museum of Art. A 2005 graduate has just begun working in the department of Islamic Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art after a year at the Cloisters. Others have worked at the Whitney Museum of Art in New York and National Gallery in Washington. Included among the graduates every few years are those who enter graduate programs in architecture and landscape architecture or pursue advanced work in historical preservation and art conservation. A graduate who received an M.A. in landscape architecture from the University of Virginia was the recipient of the prestigious Rome prize at the American academy in Rome in 1995-96.
But of course, not all our students go on into the same field, for Art and Visual Culture majors can go in virtually any career direction, from investment banking to law, from teaching to managing a major east-coast convention center to medicine. Following the receipt of both Fulbright and Watson fellowships and two-years’ study of the art market in emerging democracies, a recent major has begun graduate work in international diplomacy. Our conversations with recent graduates show an immense range. Our majors include editors at Gourmet and Italian Vogue, a major gift development officer at Yale University, a director of international advertising for Nike, and an art conservator with his own company. Indeed, among the curators and conservators are both studio and history majors. In addition, a number of studio majors are now teaching and exhibiting nationally, usually after obtaining M.F.A. degrees. A member of the class of 1996, now in New York, has begun exhibiting videos of her award-winning performance pieces in Europe as well as the U.S. The Bates College Museum of Art has begun a speaker series that brings graduates back to campus so that they can talk about their work and help us guide current student in the development of their careers after Bates, among them our video artist.
Students interested in the arts often need and want a broader range of events than those which can be found in the department alone. The activities of the Museum of Art at the College have expanded dramatically since the opening of the Olin Arts Center. It carries an exhibition schedule which brings in at least four to six exhibitions a year, in addition to on-going displays of works from the permanent collection. The museum, moreover, is actively engaged in increasing opportunities for students to work with the permanent collection in order to give them solid experiences and training in the workings of a museum. In addition, the programs in music, dance and theatre at Bates are all strong. Finally, it is important to note in this regard, that the cultural resources of Bowdoin and Colby Colleges, and of course Portland (less than an hour away) and Boston (two hours away) are all readily accessible.
You are welcome to contact us if you have further questions about the program in Art and Visual Culture.
Edward Harwood, Chair
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In a bit of an upset over Stucky and Stormpilot, Olicity won “Ship of the Year” at the 2016 MTV Fandom Awards. Teen Wolf, which announced its final season, won the coveted “Fandom of the Year” award. The awards were presented as part of the MTV Fandom Fest events at Petco park but you can […]
MTV and Jolly Rancher have teamed up for some “Fandom of the Year” awards, for the third time, although I guess I missed the first two. Voting is open on Facebook, although “Ship of the Year” votes can only be cast on Tumblr. These Viacom peepes are pretty smart. The winner will be announced at the […]
By Anne M Kletcha Deep in the grubby sump of one of those so-called ‘Social Media’ sites, there is a clump of aging comics fanboys called The Really Very Serious Alan Moore Scholars’ Group, known to its sad and lonely adherents as TRVSAMSG. When they’re not annotating everything in sight, or calling down ancient evils […]
The Captain America Loves Hydra kerfuffle survived a three day holiday weekend filled with barbecues and hotdogs. I was a little surprised, but not entirely, because the whole matter (described here and here) touched all the nerves on an already uneasy populace. The incident ignited an ideological brush fire over identity, diversity in the comics […]
Fan favorite nerdlebrity Norman Reedus has become an icon as the zombie-stompin’ Daryl Dixon on The Walking Dead. But despite his amazing survival skills he was not able to repel a real bite attack by one of his greatest fans.
What secrets are left to us in an age of internet crowd-sourced sleuthing? We’ll find out where Luke Skywalker is in a few weeks, but the question of who is Peter Quill’s father in Guardians of the Galaxy remains a pleasant little mystery that should get a good reveal in Guardians 2. But the whole […]
As cosplay flies from niche to mainstream, so too goes the market for the material used to create it. Quality cosplay is a combination of craft and components – even the most ingenious designer and tailor can find themselves frustrated by poor quality material. One sign of the demand for good cosplay goods: […] | <urn:uuid:f892208b-962d-4d82-8f18-3300bfe25f3f> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.comicsbeat.com/category/culture/fandom/ | 2016-10-27T01:11:03Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988721027.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183841-00149-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.953499 | 498 | [
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Harrison Ford apart, news regarding a fifth Indiana Jones movie have been pretty quiet recently.
Now, however, word comes from the guys at Superhero Movie News (via Jedi News) that a big screen return for Henry Jones Jr could be on the cards.
According to a source, work is afoot on a new film.
The quote reads: “Also to further corroborate this story an employee from Indiana Jones Stunt Spectacular attraction at Disney’s Hollywood Studios said: ‘No changes are being made to it right now because Disney is trying to be active with the franchise”.’
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Sedona TV Console
Country styled with a rustic oak finish and room for even larger widescreen flat panel TVs, this TV console makes a great choice for your TV and electronic components. The 62-inch wide console features slat accents, two wood doors, two rainfall glass paned center doors with a shelf for a DVD player, game system, and more. Bun-shaped feet complete this console's appeal look for use in your living room entertaining space.
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United - Wales Courting Giggs!
Column inches continue to be generated relating to the possibility of Ryan Giggs becoming involved in the soon to be vacant Welsh national coach position.
It`s a subject we`ve already touched on this week whereby the possibility of Ryan taking up the post on a part-time basis was discussed.
Today though (Thursday), the tabloid press give differing views as to how such an approach for Ryan`s services, by the Football Association of Wales (FAW), could turn out.
One of the nations` biggest selling tabloids is peddling the notion that Ryan could form part of a Welsh coaching dream team with Brian Flynn with a source, supposedly from the FAW, remarking
"It is no secret that the fans want Ryan and he would certainly lift the players."
"We are exploring the options and there is no need for us to rush into an appointment."
But time could soon be of the essence with the European Championship qualifying campaign not having started that well.
Turning the pages of another of the nations` biggest selling tabloids, we find that it`s peddling the story that Ryan joining the Welsh coaching staff is a bit of a non-starter.
Eric Harrison, who has worked with Giggs at youth team level and who was also part of Mark Hughes Welsh regime, has poured cold water on the idea by commenting, when asked by the tabloid,
"Ryan couldn`t be playing for Manchester United at the weekend and be wondering and worrying about how the Welsh players are doing."
"He is a Welshman and very, very passionate about his country, believe me. But he is also playing as well as he always has for United, so it is a real dilemma."
"I know he still wants to play for a couple of more seasons and win more trophies. He is still hungry enough, fit enough and good enough. To give that up will be incredibly hard for him."
Our view is that Ryan will one day become involved on the international scene, with Wales, but that this opportunity has probably come a couple of years too soon, next time around perhaps!
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When a guitar maker introduces an innovative new feature at the same time an appealing, existing feature is being discontinued, the result can be a rare configuration of specifications. Although Martin introduced the 15″-wide 000-size body in 1902 and made the last Style 30 model in 1921, the two groups overlapped on only one guitar – this 000-30 from 1919.
Style 30 is a relatively rare Martin offering, and is not easy to identify because its primary distinguishing characteristic is an abalone soundhole ring, which is also found on the Style 27 guitars of 1857-1907 as well as the more obscure Style 34 of the 1850s-1907 and the exceedingly rare Style 33 of the 1800s. For identification, the 27 has brass tuners, the 30 has silver-plated tuners and an ebony bridge, the 34 has pearl tuner buttons and an ivory bridge. Style 27, whose style number seems out of place in a position below the non-pearl Style 28, was last made in 1907. Style 30 was introduced in 1899 and quickly became the sole remaining representative of the 30-series guitars from the 1800s.
Exactly why Martin discontinued Style 30 is a bit of a mystery. The more expensive Style 42, with its abalone-trimmed top, had been around since 1858 and would prosper into the 1940s. The ultra-fancy Style 45, introduced (first as a special Style 42) in 1902, would also make it to the 1940s and was reinstated in 1968.
The Style 30 seemed to be thoughtfully designed. Its abalone soundhole ring and multicolored wood marquetry around the top border offered an elegant middle ground between the herringbone-bordered Style 28 models and the pearl-bordered 42s, in price as well as aesthetics. With a price range in 1900 of $50 to $60, depending on body size, Style 30 was above the Style 28 models, which listed at $40 to $50, and below the Style 42 models, which listed at $70 to $80.
At the advent of Martin serial numbers in 1898, Style 30 seemed to hold a solid position in the Martin line. It was made in six different body sizes, ranging from the small Size 5 (only three were made in this size) to the largest size at the time, the 14 1/8″-wide 00. For the first decade of the 20th century, production of Style 30 models in various sizes kept up with the Style 42 models, but through the 1910s, production of Style 30s began to decline. When the last one was made in 1921, the total production of Style 30 Martins – counting this 000-30 – had reached 356 for the period 1898-1921. The totals are: model 5-30 – 3 guitars; model 2 ½-30 – 5; model 2-30 – 7; model 1-30 – 78; model 0-30 – 162; 00-30 – 100; 000-30 – 1. To compare the 00-30 production of 100 to other Martin 00-size models, Martin produced 313 00-28s during the same period and 162 00-42s.
In the meantime, Martin had introduced an even slower-moving item – the 15″-wide 000 size. Although 000-size Martins are revered today as a quintessential design, they were not well-received by guitarists of the pre-World War I period. The 000 was the biggest Martin available at the time, although Martin had already supplied some larger dreadnought-size guitars to the Ditson company as early as 1916. Martins, and most other guitars of the era (with the notable exception of Gibsons), were still designed for gut strings and a repertoire of classical music. Martin’s X-pattern top bracing, combined with what was at that time an oversized, 15″-wide guitar, was just too much for gut strings to drive. Significantly, in the context of gut strings and large bodies, those early Ditson dreadnoughts were not X-braced. They were fan-braced in the style of the Spanish-made classical guitars.
Although the late Martin historian Mike Longworth wrote in his book Martin Guitars: A History that the first 000-size Martins had a 24.9″ scale, all that we have seen are 25.4″. It is possible that Martin increased the scale length by a half-inch on the 000s in order to provide a little extra string tension to drive the larger body. The full voice of the X-braced 000 wouldn’t be heard, of course, until the changeover to steel strings.
In 1919, with 000 Martins barely surviving – only 80 had been made from 1902-’18 – and Style 30s about to die out, the two entities came together in this one special guitar. In addition to this guitar’s one-of-a-kind status, it marks several important historical changes in the Martin line. Until this time, Martin had used a cedar neck with a grafted-on headstock. This guitar is one of the earliest to have a modern one-piece neck and headstock, with a mahogany neck. (Interestingly, Martin has recently begun using cedar necks on some guitars again.) The look of the grafted-on headstock survives in the diamond-shaped volute, not only on this guitar, but on current high-end Martins. Also, this guitar is one of the first to have celluloid binding with an ivory grain (a.k.a. “ivoroid”), which replaced the genuine elephant ivory bindings found on earlier Martins.
Anyone familiar with older Martins will know that 1919 is too early for a pickguard. A pickguard was not standard on any Martin model until the introduction of the OMs in 1929. The pickguard on the 000-30 is obviously not in the teardrop shape that Martin began using across the line in the 1930s. However, since the 000-30 was probably a custom-ordered guitar, and since many other makers of the era did install pickguards on their guitars, it is possible that the pickguard could be original, or it could have been installed not too many years after the guitar was made. In any case, it seems to be from the same era as the guitar. The tuners are silver-plated with mother-of-pearl buttons, and while they are not original to this guitar, they are actually older than the guitar, dating to the turn of the 20th century.
Although gut strings were still the standard for Martins when this guitar was made, it handles steel strings with no problem, and performs with all the complexities of tone that have made 12-fret 000s so coveted. It holds a special place in Martin history, not only as a one-of-a-kind guitar but as a historically important instrument that represents the end of one style of ornamentation and the dawn of several features that are still found on Martin guitars.
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SM-Pro Audio consistently come up with products that perfectly match a gap in what everyone else makes, they are often super-nifty to boot. We got a look at four products.
The TRANZ-T Stereo Wireless DI boxes - perfect for remote transmission of signals over the 2.4gHz frequency wirth a number of applications.
Next up, the Passive Stereo DI for DJs using lower price soundcard outputs, with transformer split and fully variable attenuation $29.99!
Next up the WASP system - wireless in-ear monitoring running on the 2.4gHz range with Waves powered DSP processing, EQ and limiting. With software for Mac and PC for setup, with settings saved on USB stick for full portability - available May at around $400
Q-Dac is a multi-input monitoring system with balanced, un-balanced, minijack and iPod dock input with a remote control for switching inputs. $200 | <urn:uuid:a742ea74-0029-4c77-b21c-c046f7cf51aa> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://sonicstate.com/news/2012/01/27/wnamm12-sm-pro-audio-new-products/ | 2016-10-28T04:26:29Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988721555.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183841-00211-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.891197 | 212 | [
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|By Business Wire||
|February 28, 2013 12:56 PM EST||
Foley Hoag LLP has named two partners with decades of experience in technology, legal and financial issues to co-chair its Technology Industry Practice.
Partners Gil Arie and Paul Sweeney will lead the practice, which is one of Foley Hoag’s largest with a combination of early-stage and established clients, including LevelUp, uTest, Linkable Networks and EMC Corporation. The Technology Practice recently launched [email protected], a monthly meet-up and ongoing resource for technology industry entrepreneurs, investors and professionals. It is based in Boston’s Innovation District, where Foley Hoag is headquartered.
Gil Arie practices in the areas of emerging companies, venture capital, “angel” funds, mergers and acquisitions, cross- border transactions and general corporate law. He focuses his work in enterprise software, analytics, cloud computing, storage and databases, virtualization, networks and infrastructure, physical and computer security, electronic media, e-commerce, telecom and mobile technologies, water technologies, and medical devices. Much of his work with emerging and established companies focuses on equity and debt financing transactions, and on general corporate and business matters. Mr. Arie has developed deep expertise in assisting management teams in the process of scaling and accelerating the growth of their companies. Mr. Arie’s international experience extends to assisting early-stage and mature foreign companies operating in the U.S. to structure, form and conduct business operations, and assisting U.S. companies to structure, form and conduct business operations abroad. He is an industry leader in assisting Israeli startups with raising capital in the U.S., assisting U.S. investors in Israel, and representing Israeli and U.S. buyers and sellers in U.S.-Israel M&A transactions. Mr. Arie serves as a mentor and judge at the Harvard Business School Business Plan Competition, and is a frequent moderator and speaker at industry events. Mr. Arie is a member of the Board of Directors of the New England Israel Business Council.
Paul Sweeney practices in the areas of venture capital, mergers and acquisitions, and general corporate law. Mr. Sweeney focuses on the organizational, operational and transactional needs of startups, emerging companies and growth-stage companies in a wide array of industries, including hi-tech, social media, Web 2.0, mobile networking, computer security, enterprise software, communications and medical services. He also represents top-tier venture capital firms in connection with their portfolio investments. Mr. Sweeney was recently listed as one of the “Top 20 Startup Lawyers in Boston,” and one of the “Ten Most Innovative Lawyers in America” by the ABA Journal. Mr. Sweeney has served as a mentor in the MIT $100k Entrepreneurship Competition and a judge in the Harvard Business School Business Plan Competition, and has been a guest lecturer at MIT’s Venture Capital/Private Equity Club, Harvard Business School and the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College.
“For well over 40 years, Foley Hoag has been a leading law firm representing technology clients, from startup companies and their investors to large-cap public companies. With Gil and Paul leading the practice, we look forward to continuing our longstanding role as a leader in the technology industry,” said Bill Kolb, co-managing partner of the firm.
About Foley Hoag LLP
Foley Hoag is a dynamic law firm that represents public and private clients in a wide range of disputes and transactions worldwide. We have expertise in industries such as life sciences and healthcare, technology, energy and renewables, investment management, and professional services. We also offer our clients market-leading international litigation and arbitration and corporate social responsibility services. From our offices in Boston, Washington, D.C. and Paris, and our Emerging Enterprise Center in Waltham, Massachusetts, we provide strategic legal advice that is tailored to each of our client’s unique goals. Foley Hoag combines powerful regional, national and international practices that share a common emphasis on client service. We are focused on what we do best: helping our clients succeed through the delivery of exceptional legal service. For more information, visit www.foleyhoag.com.
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Choosing and naming industries is as important as choosing a road name. The first basic questions we should ask our selves is: A.Where is our railroad located? You see the types of industries we choose should be the type we find in the area that we are modeling.If our railroad serves (say) Iowa then we should have several grain elevators.However,if we model a coal producing state then of course we should have several coal mines.If we model a industrial state then of course we should have various industries that is INDEPENDENT of each other and not dependent on each other of course there are some exceptions such as a logging railroad or a iron ore carrier from mines to lake dock. B.What industry building fits our needs? Thankfully we are blessed with several types of industry building kits or we can roll our own from kit bashing or using modular sections from DPM and Walthers.We can choose a building that fits our need to include the"background" buildings from Walthers.However..The building must fit the type of industry we are modeling..We wouldn't want to use a grain elevator for a cement plant. C. Choosing a name. The choosing of a name must fit the building again a grain elevator isn't a cement plant. The name could fit the area that its located in-Great Lake Steel,Ohio Valley Steel,Mid Ohio Plastics and even Tri-State Grocers Distribution..Then we could go with regular local industry names such as North American Knitting,A.J. Wilson Manufacturing Corp etc.Then we can use the bigger corporations such as ADM,Pillsbury, Allied Chemical etc..Cutsy pie names should be avoided for layout believability. D. Freelancing local industries. This is the more fun but,difficult task..We must choose our freelance local industries wisely.First again where is the railroad located? What towns does it run through? What is the area sered? Is it farm? Industrial? Heavy industrial? How do we find this information? That might be the easiest part if you have a large library that has phone books from other cities.You see the yellow pages will reveal a lot of local industrial information.This same information can be found on line as well.Or if close enough a Sunday drive through the area being modeled or perhaps a vacation in the area we plan on modeling..Take a pen and note book and record the types of industries and those served by rail either past or present as well as those that are not. Now of course we don't know if Hubbard Lumber is rail served or not but,in freelancing its the name we are after.Again avoid cutesy pie names and stick to believable industrial names.After all sooner or later the cutesy pie name will loose its humor. ======================================================== Just for fun: Choose a industry and name for this building.. http://www.walthers.com/exec/productinfo/933-3192 I will show the names I chosed later... Please join in. | <urn:uuid:85c70b76-96de-4d00-971f-b5a21a4963f2> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://zealot.com/threads/choosing-and-naming-industries-advanced.113701/ | 2016-10-28T04:43:17Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988721555.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183841-00211-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.939583 | 621 | [
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- Hardcover: 448 pages
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster; Book Club Ed. edition (23 July 2001)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0684859149
- ISBN-13: 978-0684859149
- Product Dimensions: 24.1 x 16.8 x 3.4 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 119,265 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
Gettysburg, Day Three Hardcover – 23 Jul 2001
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Almost from the moment that Pickett's, Pettigrew's and Trimble's tired and bloodied soldiers made it back to their line of departure up on Seminary Ridge, blame for the failures of Day 3 of the Gettysburg battle seems to have been laid at the feet of the majority of the key players. Wert describes them all and provides perhaps a deeper insight into the mind-set of each of them.
Wert's book is not one for those who do not possess a reasonable understanding of the 3 day battle in it's entirity. The fighting on days 1 and 2 were equally ferocious and, as Wert describes, pivotal to the Lee's decision to continue the attack on Day 3. Wert deliberately doesn't go into detail - after all, this book is about Day 3 - but it's helpful to have a overall view before buying this book.
The book itself is full of first hand accounts, many of them touching and quaintly mis-spelled, plus a detailed breakdown of what each regiment and unit was up to during Day 3. All in all, an enjoyable read but not without some criticisms:
Firstly, I'm sure the devotee's would disagree, but more maps would have been useful, especially when Wert is describing the actions of several units all with similar numbers. I got sidetracked a few times and had to grab a map from another book to see who was where! Secondly, and a word to the wise consumer, this book has to be the worst quality book that I've ever purchased! The pages look as though they've been guillotined with a serrated bread knife and the binding is already starting to go after one read..
Wert transports the reader to the field of battle. To read this book makes the reader feel the temor of the earth during the cannonade prior to the Confederate charge. You also sense the desperation in the fighting on both sides. The reader comes to, somewhat, understand the hesitation yet the fortitude of the men in gray as they rose to march against the postion so prominent and so formidable yet so far away. I found the book even handed and fair to both sides of the battle. I agree with the previous writer that more maps would have been better but I always complain about a lack of maps.
I highly recommend to those that have become jaded,as I had, to pick this book up and once again experince this battle in the only way left to us. You won't be disappointed.
Jeffry Wirt is a superb historian and very skillful writer. This is a highly readable and informative story of the third and final day of that battle when so many events that could have changed the outcome of the fighting and therefore possibly the war took place.
We all think we know about Pickett's Charge. But Wirt presents the case better than I have ever seen that 'Old Peter' Longstreet had been right but unheeded by Marse Robert who made the worst tactical mistake of his career. Fifteen thousand men, no matter how gallant or brave, could have taken Cemetery Hill that afternoon, especially following the bloody repulse at Culp's Hill. The Yanks had superiority of numbers, topography and artillery and, most of all, confidence gained over the first two days and that morning's fighting that they could stand toe to toe with Lee's veterans and win. And win they did.
The story of Gettysburg was the very series of events that took place in an uncoordinated manner. Lee never got everything going at once, the secret to taking the offensive in any battle. The Union could do what Lee often did so well. Operating on interior lines and on the defensive they could shift both men and their terribly effective artillery to the point of attack, when there was only one such point at a time.
This book also presents Stuart at his worst . . . 48 hours late, wandering around Pennsylvania with captured wagons, negating his primary weapons of speed and mobility, and failing to get behind Cemetery Ridge at the cavalry fight at Rummel's barn. The Knight of the Golden Spurs was too little, too late. The Union cavalry was coming into it's own, better horses, tougher troopers, and outstanding young generals: Buford, Gregg, Custer, Merritt and soon the best of them all, Phil Sheridan. The edge in firepower alone given by the Spencer repeater carbine was to prove significant to the ascendancy of the Union cavalry. The days when the Reb cavalry could intimidate their rivals were over. I'm not sure Stuart understood that up until the end at Yellow Tavern.
But what if Ewell had coordinated his attack with Pickett? What if Pickett had arrived earlier on the field? What if Stuart had gotten to Gettysburg a day or two earlier and had all of his cavalry, rested and ready to fight, at the same time as two coordinated attacks by Ewell and Longstreet? We'll never know but this wonderful book makes you wonder. It's an outstanding read!
The attention received by Culp's Hill and Pickett's Charge is abbreviated and generally lacking when compared to other available texts on these subjects. A hard-core buff can find more depth and less confusion elsewhere, yet it's a bit much for casual readers.
The writing is painfully inconsistent. Some sections are written around first person accounts and are clean, clear and exciting. In contrast, the technical passages that attempt to detail the "what where how when" of units' movements and activities are muddy and confusing and sometimes inconsistent with the maps that are juxtaposed throughout the book. | <urn:uuid:05f937ab-3ca6-4f80-a5a8-1a88718dd000> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | https://www.amazon.co.uk/Gettysburg-Day-Three-Wert/dp/0684859149 | 2016-10-28T04:31:09Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988721555.54/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183841-00211-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.970651 | 1,331 | [
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Check out these great events coming up in Georgia. There are fun Halloween activities, cocktail parties, horse parties and even reading events for kids!
HayDay 2009 and the Halloween Horse Rescue
Northwind Equestrian Center
This is a horse-themed Halloween festival, that also contains lots of fun family activities. It will feature hay rides, a petting zoo, barn tours, shopping, hay for sale, arts and crafts, raffles, food and beverages. There will also be a Halloween costume contest for kids. It will take place from 1:00-4:00 PM.
First Annual Halloween Costume Contest
Inman Park Pet Works
Don’t have kids to have fun with on Halloween? Don’t worry! You can dress up your dog for a costume contest, and they will give it a free treat. This event will take place from 11:00 AM-4:00 PM. The winner of the contest will receive a photo shoot with Seinen Photography and a $25 gift certificate to the store. Click here for information about Inman Park Pet Works.
K9 Reading Program
Foxtale Book Shop
November 14 & 21
This is an event where children of all ages can come and read to specially trained service dogs. These sessions are open to the public, and are great if you want to encourage your kid to read and bond with animals. Click here for information about the new and used book shop.
Eighth Annual Paws for Cocktails
This will be a party to benefit dogs, from 5:30-9:00 PM. It is a $15 donation at the door, which includes complimentary food and drink. There will be a live auction, deals on holiday gifts, raffle, trivia, giveaway prizes and more. You can bring a picture of your pet and show it to a pet psychic too. Hundreds of people are expected to show up, so it will be a fun social occasion where you can meet other dog lovers. There will be celebrity hosts, such as Victoria Stilwell from Animal Planet’s “It’s Me or the Dog.”
This organization also often offers lost-cost microchip clinics, if you are interested in that. It costs $35, and usually takes place on Saturdays. | <urn:uuid:5836b8cc-c2f2-4ac0-bad2-658ecbcc1d96> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.petswelcome.com/articles/upcoming-pet-events-in-georgia.html | 2016-10-21T14:51:54Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988718284.75/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183838-00272-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.918454 | 469 | [
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On Saturday, June 8, at 3 p.m., at Connecticut Farms Presbyterian Church, 888 Stuyvesant Ave., Union, Jeff Tew, an actor and reenactor, will portray Rev. James Caldwell, preaching two sermons he might have given during the American Revolution.
The first will convey Caldwell’s rabble-rousing against Great Britain—he was known as “The Fighting Parson.” The second will deliver his profound sorrow and anger over his wife’s death at the hands of the British.
Consultation on the script was provided by Rev. Roberta Arrowsmith, pastor of Connecticut Farms Presbyterian Church, and Rev. Robert Higgs, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Elizabeth—both of which were parishes of Rev. Caldwell that were burned to the ground by British forces during the war.
The event, sponsored by the Union Township Historical Society, commemorates Hannah Caldwell Day, June 7, the anniversary of the death of the minister’s wife during the Battle of Connecticut Farms.
Non-members are cordially invited to attend. Refreshments will follow at the Caldwell Parsonage, 909 Caldwell Ave., Union.
Admission is free; donations are appreciated. For more information, call Barbara La Mort at 908-687-0048. | <urn:uuid:ee543244-9769-41aa-ac8d-4fc211148502> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.nj.com/suburbannews/index.ssf/2013/05/18th_century_pastor_to_speak_a.html | 2016-10-22T18:06:41Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988719033.33/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183839-00334-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.973833 | 272 | [
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It’s official! Naish Team rider, Nathan Mershon, has been announced the overall winner of the 2011 American Windsurfing Tour.
After a series of three events throughout the year, Nathan positioned himself on top and came into this last and final event – the Maui Makani Classic in Hookipa, Maui – as tour leader.
Expectations were high as the event unfolded. The winds were light and gusty during the series of divisions before the final showdown of the Expert division’s single elimination. On the last day of the event, the conditions provided a massive swell but very light wind. Nathan fought his way to the semi-finals with outstanding bottom turns, cut-backs and aerials on his Naish Session sail and Naish Wave 80 board. Ending up in 5th place in this competition, he was still able to maintain his lead and will be crowned the 2011 AWT Champion in tonight’s Closing Ceremonies gala. | <urn:uuid:e5f962c1-401d-4dac-940e-80e625b2ac43> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | https://boards.co.uk/news/nathan-mershon-2011-awt-champion.html | 2016-10-26T00:30:06Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988720471.17/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183840-00520-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.972334 | 202 | [
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Teams Pay Tribute to Alvirne Alumnus and Salem Teacher
submitted by Karen Bonney
During a scheduled softball game on May 13, both Alvirne and Salem High School players dedicated their game to Robin Reilly Mosnicka who recently passed away unexpectedly from a heart attack at the age of 51. Robin was a 1979 graduate from Alvirne High School and also taught in Salem for 28 years at both Mary Fisk and Lancaster Elementary Schools.
Those Salem players who were lucky enough to have had Mrs. Mosnicka as a teacher, surely shared some great memories and laughs. Robin was especially remembered for her infectious smile and laughter and her ability to make any school subject an enjoyable experience, according to fellow teacher and friend, Meg Wallace. “She was always happy, giving and uplifting – it was a joy to be around her.”
In memory of Mrs. Mosnicka, both teams wore pink accessories. “Pink” was very special to Robin.
Robin leaves behind a husband, three children, many family members, friends, peers and students. She touched thousands upon thousands of lives. | <urn:uuid:5e94d362-526d-4bd8-b126-33618194878f> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.areanewsgroup.com/teams-pay-tribute-to-alvirne-alumnus-and-salem-teacher/ | 2016-10-27T04:54:48Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988721141.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183841-00015-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.983446 | 233 | [
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Mid-Morning Market Update: Markets Open Higher; Staples Plans To Close 225 Stores
Following the market opening Thursday, the Dow traded up 0.47 percent to 16,437.69 while the NASDAQ gained 0.20 percent to 4,366.53. The S&P also rose, surging 0.38 percent to 1,880.87.
Leading and Lagging Sectors
In trading on Thursday, basic materials shares were relative leaders, up on the day by about 0.83 percent. Among the leading sector stocks, gains came from Axiall (NYSE: AXLL), Materion (NYSE: MTRN), Huntsman (NYSE: HUN) and Joy Global (NYSE: JOY).
Utilities sector was the leading decliner in the US market today. Top decliners in the sector included Artesian Resources (NASDAQ: ARTNA), off 2.2 percent, and South Jersey Industries (NYSE: SJI), down 1.2 percent.
Staples (NASDAQ: SPLS) reported weaker-than-expected fiscal fourth-quarter earnings and announced its plans to close 225 stores by 2015. Staples posted its quarterly earnings of $212 million, or $0.33 per share, up from $90 million, or $0.14 per share, in the year-earlier quarter. On an adjusted basis, it earned $0.33 per share, versus analysts' estimates of $0.38 per share. Its sales fell to $5.87 billion from $6.57 billion. For the first quarter, Staples projects its sales to drop from the year-earlier period. It also expects earnings of $0.17 to $0.22 per share. Staples also announced its plans to pay a Q1 dividend of $0.12 per share.
Equities Trading UP
Sangamo Biosciences (NASDAQ: SGMO) shot up 16.57 percent to $22.86 as the company announced that first-in-man study of genome editing using Sangamo's ZFN technology published In NEJM.
Shares of Agios Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: AGIO) got a boost, shooting up 10.15 percent to $34.85 after the company reported quarterly results.
Stage Stores (NYSE: SSI) was also up, gaining 9.82 percent to $21.69 after the company reported Q4 results and announced the sale of its Steele's off-price division to a new retail unit of Hilco Global.
Equities Trading DOWN
Shares of Staples (NASDAQ: SPLS) were down 11.42 percent to $11.87 after the company reported weaker-than-expected fiscal fourth-quarter earnings and announced its plans to close 225 stores by 2015.
In commodity news, oil traded down 0.64 percent to $100.80, while gold traded down 0.34 percent to $1,335.80.
Silver traded down 0.36 percent Thursday to $21.20, while copper rose 0.11 percent to $3.21.
European shares were mostly higher today.
The Spanish Ibex Index rose 0.98 percent, while Italy's FTSE MIB Index surged 0.74 percent.
Meanwhile, the German DAX dropped 0.27 percent and the French CAC 40 climbed 0.44 percent while U.K. shares gained 0.09 percent.
US jobless claims dropped by 26,000 to 323,000 in the week ended March 1. However, economists were projecting claims to total 336,000 in the week.
US productivity rose at an annual rate of 1.8% in the fourth quarter, versus a prior reading of a 3.2% gain.
Unit-labor costs declined 0.1%, versus a prior reading of a 1.6% drop.
Announced layoffs fell to 42,000 in February, versus 45,000 in January, outplacement consultancy Challenger, Gray & Christmas reported. US factory orders declined 0.70% in January, versus economists' expectations for a 0.50% drop.
The Treasury is set to auction 3-and 6-month bills. The Treasury will also auction 3-and 10-year notes.
Data on money supply will be released at 4:30 p.m. ET.
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Kelly Schulz, 38
Vice President of Communications and Public Relations, New Orleans Convention and Visitors Bureau
Photo by Cheryl Gerber
When Hurricane Katrina struck in 2005, Kelly Schulz was living and working in Texas. The storm and ensuing levee failures flooded the region and destroyed her family's home in St. Bernard Parish.
"I'm from New Orleans and went to LSU, but I lived in Dallas for 10 years and loved my job as a publicist," she says, "But then the offer came [to work as the New Orleans Convention and Visitors Bureau's vice president of communications and public relations]. People in Dallas thought I was crazy (to move to a devastated city). But it was such a great opportunity — an opportunity to come home and help rebuild the city by helping promote tourism."
Saying the success of tourism is largely "based on perception and impression," Schulz and her team have succeeded in countering misinformed perceptions like those she encountered in Dallas following Katrina, as well as those that surfaced after the BP oil disaster in April 2010.
"Even in 2007, when we had the Convention Center back open, the Superdome back open, we got calls asking, 'Do your hotels have electricity?' After the oil spill, we had to inform people it was 100 miles away.
"Basically, we've gone from 3 million visitors, and these were mosly FEMA workers and emergency contractors, in 2006 to 8.75 million in 2011, which is better than a typical year pre-Katrina," Schulz says. "For the past six years, it's been incredible to be a part of the tourism industry, which has been key to the city's recovery." — Frank Etheridge
Dana Stumpf, 37
CAO, Durr Heavy Construction
President, Gentilly Landfill
Founder, Samson LLC
Dana Stumpf believes soccer is the sport of the next generation in New Orleans, a belief that led her to found Samson LLC, a program to facilitate soccer camps and community programs for local youths in 2008.
“Soccer is the world’s sport,” she says. “It was so fascinating to me that it is popular everywhere else but the U.S. However, that is steadily changing.”Shortly after founding Samson, the business purchased the minor league soccer team, the New Orleans Jesters. Stumpf says she wanted the team to be “a uniquely New Orleans brand focused on the NOLA family regardless of their background, race or culture.”
In 2012, she gave the team to NOLA Soccer Academy (NSA), the nonprofit community/youth affiliate of the Jesters that works with organizations such as the Carrollton Boosters and Big Easy Sports. Stumpf stresses that the Jesters and NSA are focused on quality development and players’ overall experience rather than mass-producing average players.
“We want kids and families to truly learn about the beautiful game and become fans for life,” Stumpf says. “We focus on development both on and off the field.”Besides her passion for youth and soccer, Stumpf spends her time as the Chief Administrative Officer at Durr Heavy Construction, as well as president of Gentilly Landfill.
Stumpf says her passion for New Orleans has inspired her involvement in the city.
“I only have the right to expect certain things of my community if I am willing to contribute and work hard to get them,” she says. — Marguerite Lucas
Ashley Thomas, 27
Owner, Creative Vibe
Outreach and communications specialist, Total community action
Photo by Cheryl Gerber
Ashley Thomas founded Creative Vibe because she believes small businesses should be able to market themselves as well as large corporations do. The New Orleans native and Xavier University graduate's idea for a company providing graphic design, T-shirt design and photography services won her an $18,000 start-up fund from the Allan Houston Legacy Foundation, a nonprofit that supports entrepreneurship.
"My mission is to provide affordable, accessible and quality graphic design services to all business owners," says Thomas, a graphic designer and photographer.
Thomas is the outreach and communications specialist at Total Community Action (TCA), a nonprofit that provides a range of services to families in need; she also has performed design work for the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival and Roots of Music. Through TCA, Thomas conducts a summer program to teach young people graphic design, which they can develop into marketable skills. Her work with the TCA prompted the National Community Action Agency to invite her to make a presentation at the group's annual conference.
Creative Vibe has done design work for New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and Roots of Music, and Thomas also finds time to maintain the Full Gospel Baptist Church Fellowship's website as a volunteer.
She plans to continue working in the community and hopes to become a well-recognized name in New Orleans, all while helping business owners help themselves. — Marta Jewson
Iam Christian Tucker, 29
President/CEO, Integrated Logistical Support Inc.
Photo by Cheryl Gerber
Whether she's working undercover as a police officer, or running an engineering company responsible for some of New Orleans' most critical public projects, Iam Tucker says she just wants to give back to the community.
Growing up in an engineering family, "I didn't have dolls, I had IBMs," says Tucker, whose father Robert founded Integrated Logistical Support Inc. (ILSI). Tucker went in her own direction at first, majoring in criminal justice at Louisiana State University and becoming a Baton Rouge police officer. Worried about police work putting his daughter in harm's way, Tucker's father lured her back into the business in 2008.
"It was so hard to leave being a police officer," Tucker says, "but once I got back to New Orleans, I loved it."
The skills she learned as a police officer — self-reliance, leadership and an ability to handle the unexpected — helped Tucker transition into her role heading up a minority woman-owned civil engineering company.
"Being a leader is the same in any field," she says.
Under her leadership, ILSI landed contracts with the Army Corps of Engineers for levee fortification, the Sewerage and Water Board for street improvements, as well as other large projects important to area residents.
"It is a lot of pressure to get it right," she says. "Working on the levees — I care about them so much. I trust in our work so much that I just bought a lot right there on Bellaire Drive (just steps from the 17th Street Canal). Our expertise is pretty damn good." — Eileen Loh
Allen Villarubia, 27
Commercial Underwriter, Gulf Coast Bank and Trust
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New Orleans native Allen Villarubia's short career path has already yielded huge benefits not only for himself, but also for his hometown and professional and personal passions.
As an undergraduate at the University of New Orleans, Villarubia was a triple major in finance, economics and business administration while also working full-time for the Louisiana Small Business Development Center (SBDC). During an 18-month period, his work with the center raised more than $10 million in capital for local businesses, earning Villarubia the 2010 Louisiana Startup Superstar award.
"It was a lot of Main Street, places you and I go in," Villarubia says of the enterprises he worked with at SBDC. "But they represent a wide variety of industries."
He returned to UNO to earn his Master of Business Administration degree, with a concentration in finance. His responsibilities at SBDC primarily involved connecting entrepreneurs with loan officers at banks and the federal Small Business Administration program.
"I spent a lot of my focusing on loans, so I became [SBDC] office's loan expert," Villarubia says. "That's what led me to my current position [as commercial underwriter for Gulf Coast Bank and Trust]."
Now, the Lower Garden District resident looks to parlay this professional experience to help boost his passion: volleyball, a sport without a facility in post-Katrina Orleans Parish. "We're trying to raise the capital to secure a location and launch [NOLA Beach Volleyball]," Villarubia says. "It's an exciting process." — FRANK ETHERIDGE | <urn:uuid:988074ca-a946-46dc-a4da-f3969e08a8b7> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.bestofneworleans.com/gambit/gambits-40-under-40-2012/Content?oid=2093013&storyPage=5 | 2016-10-27T05:25:00Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988721141.89/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183841-00015-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.969379 | 1,749 | [
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Amazing dressage partner 15.1 hand fancy adorable mare SE PA
As part of my cutting back, due to my health issues, I am offering this amazing mare on a free lease, to a wonderful home.
She is 15.1, gorgeous, and has three lovely gaits. Very brave, light and forward, she doesn't know how to say "no"! She is now 15 years old, and was a project for one of my former working students, who adores her, but moved way out of state, and had a baby- so, she could not take this mare with her. Always barefoot, with super feet, she lives outside happily. She desperately needs her own person- she loves attention, and thrives on it.
She works in a loose ring french snaffle. We have not shown her, but she was in work with a dressage trainer/judge/clinician intermittently- when that person had time to work her. She has been out of work, sadly, for months.
Her only vice- if it is one- is that she will bounce around in cross ties or in a stall, when you are FIRST putting her back to work. The second day, she is better, and by the end of a week, she is perfect. She doesn't kick, or bite, or do anything rude whatsoever. She simply fidgets, until she is back in a program. She also has sweet itch, and lives in a flysheet from Spring on- and, she comes with her own flysheet.
In spite of the myriad of riding faults I am exhibiting in these pics, this mare tried her heart out for me. I adore her and wish I could have taken her with me when I moved- unfortunately, life got in the way.
She is brave, sweet, and likes to work. Being the perfectionist that I am, there were days that I would end up drilling her on something (before I really thought about what I was doing- and stopped) and she never gave up or acted out in any way. She just kept trying to do what I wanted.
She is awesome- and will make someone a lovely dressage partner.
To answer some of the questions I am getting- this mare is not suitable for beginners. She doesn't have enough milage, and she has too much engine. Not quick, and she stops on a whoa, but she isn't ready for that.
I am so sorry to read that you are having health problems and need to rehome this and other lovely horses. You've probably already contacted the same people I can think of, but in case you've overlooked any, PM me and I will suggest a few people who might be able to help network/or even take one or two.
RIP Sasha, best dog ever, pictured shortly before she died, Death either by euthanasia or natural causes is only the end of the animal inhabiting its body; I believe the spirit lives on.
Had a recent inquiry (one grey pony?) but have not heard back...so she is still looking for a great home! Thanks!
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The Fellowship of Reconciliation, England, has welcomed the notice of motion on Drones passed by the Methodist Conference on 7 July.
Following a debate at their conference, the Methodist Church has issued a statement saying that tax avoidance "impoverishes the vulnerable and is morally unacceptable".
The 2011 Methodist Conference has closed in Southport after six days of lively debate. Social media played a significant role in the gathering.
In her first speech as Methodist Conference, Vice-President, Ruth Pickles says the church can help ordinary people do extra-ordinary things.
In a report to the Methodist Conference, the Church's General Secretary has spoken of the need for change if Methodists are to fulfil their calling.
The annual Methodist Conference will meet at the Southport Theatre and Convention Centre from 30 June - 7 July 2011.
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It has been better then a dozen years since former Philly mob hit man Pete “The Crumb” Caprio became a turncoat against his fellow wiseguys. At one time a feared captain in the Philadelphia mafia Caprio has now been used multiple times by prosecutors to tell jurors of his criminal exploits and that of others. Once again Caprio was called on testify in the latest Philly mob trial against reputed acting boss Joseph Ligambi and six other members and associates. Caprio is the latest to hit the stand in a line of former mobsters turned rat used by prosecutors in trial so far.
Caprio testified that he met with Ligambi and and reputed mob captain George Borgesi routinely in 1999 and 2000 to discuss mob business. He also admitted to knowing Joseph “Scoops” Licata another defendant in case and like Capri a member of the Philly mob North Jersey crew. Most of the questions from the prosecution had to do with Capri’s knowledge of the Mafia more then his direct contact with the defendants. Jurors got a perspective that Capri gained from a long life of crime which led him into the mob.
Capri became a made man in the Philly Mafia in 1982 at a ceremony presided over by then mob boss Nicodemo “Little Nicky” Scarfo in Atlantic City. He said he was driven to the induction ceremony by Joseph “Skinny Joey” Merlino who he would testify against years later. Capri testified that after Merlino’s arrest in 1999 Joseph Ligambi became the acting boss of the Philadelphia crime family and his nephew George Borgesi became the families consigliere.
But in 2000 Capri said he has his own plans and plotted to have Ligambi , Borgesi , and then reputed underboss Steven Mazzone killed and he would take over the Philly Mafia family. He said the hit on all three mobsters was sanctioned by the Gambino and Genovese crime families of New York. Capri said he had selected the gunmen for the hit and was searching for a location to bury the bodies when he was arrested by the feds. He was confronted by FBI agents with recordings made by Phil “Philly Faye” Casale another mob turncoat. Instead of facing life in prison Capri said he decided to cooperate and admitted his role in the murder plots and to the murder of an man in 1975. He received a 75 month prison sentence and was placed into the witness protection program. | <urn:uuid:1ab36226-2796-4922-aed9-20604bad8b58> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://aboutthemafia.com/philly-mafia-trial-update-former-mob-hitman-once-again-takes-stand-against-philly-mobsters | 2016-10-28T08:15:05Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988721595.48/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183841-00077-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.984796 | 517 | [
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|Publication number||US6985988 B1|
|Application number||US 09/708,494|
|Publication date||Jan 10, 2006|
|Filing date||Nov 9, 2000|
|Priority date||Nov 9, 2000|
|Publication number||09708494, 708494, US 6985988 B1, US 6985988B1, US-B1-6985988, US6985988 B1, US6985988B1|
|Inventors||Pascal A. Nsame|
|Original Assignee||International Business Machines Corporation|
|Export Citation||BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan|
|Patent Citations (8), Referenced by (31), Classifications (5), Legal Events (7)|
|External Links: USPTO, USPTO Assignment, Espacenet|
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention generally relates to System-on-a-Chip architecture and more particularly to an improved bridge that provides multiple virtual channels for the devices connecting to the bridge to reduce latencies.
2. Description of the Related Art
Conventional component-based System-on-a-Chip (SoC) communication architectures achieve poor performance. This is primarily due to the blocking nature of their on-chip communication structures associated with handshake protocols, interconnecting processors and their peripheral Intellectual Property (IP) blocks, which induces latencies that degrade performances of bus system hierarchies. Existing chipset bridges connect processors running at clock speeds of 500 MHz or more to system memories and to I/O's that operate at much lower speed, typically below 100 MHz. Conventionally, the main memory subsystems (fast DRAM) offer high throughput, but they often require several system clock cycles of latency. To go beyond 100 MHz bus speed, the choice of electrical interfaces has to evolve to lower voltage swings than the Low Voltage Transistor Transistor Logic (LVTTL) used conventionally. Increasing the frequency is very hard, and strictly relying on it is not a practical solution. In a telecommunication application, such as a router or a switch, a lot of data is exchanged between the I/Os sitting on the Peripheral Component Interface (PCI) buses and the memory. Due to the hierarchical approach in conventional systems, the I/Os on secondary buses cannot access the main memory with high efficiency, since they must first gain access to the secondary and then to the primary PCI bus.
Improvements to the CPU's processing power result in requirements for more bandwidth, and real time applications impose low latencies. For example, an Ethernet LAN adapter card for the 10/100 MBps uses a 32-bit PCI bus for data transmission to the host CPU, but gigabit LANs would stress such buses beyond their capabilities. Also, the memory of a PowerPC host bus allows 800 MBps of data transfer. The maximum theoretical bandwidth of a 32-bit PCI at 33 MHz is, 132 MB, and a 64-bit PCI can read 528 MBps, if it is clocked at 66 MHz. Therefore, there is a need to optimize bandwidth utilization of these buses and the invention discussed below addresses theses needs.
It is, therefore, an object of the present invention to provide a System-on-a-Chip integrated circuit structure that includes a bridge having a plurality of channels, a processor local bus connected to the bridge (wherein the bridge includes a first channel dedicated to the processor local bus), at least one logic device connected to the processor local bus, a peripheral device bus connected to the bridge, (wherein the bridge includes a second channel dedicated to the peripheral device bus), at least one peripheral device connected to the peripheral device bus, at least one memory unit connected to the bridge (wherein the bridge includes a third channel dedicated to the memory unit), and at least one input/output unit connected to the bridge (wherein the bridge includes a fourth channel dedicated to the input/output unit).
The channels includes buffer memories for storing data when a previous data transfer is being performed, such as first in-first out and multi-port SRAM buffer memories. Each of the channels also includes a multiplexor for selectively connecting to other channels.
The memory unit can be static random access memory (SRAM), synchronous dynamic random access memory (SDRAM), multi-port SRAM, etc., each of which is connected to a different unique dedicated channel in the bridge. The input/output units can be a peripheral interface, graphics interface, serial bus interface, etc. that are each connected to unique dedicated channels in the bridge. The peripheral devices can be a serial connection, network interface connection, programmable input/output connection, etc., each connected to the peripheral device bus.
The foregoing and other objects, aspects and advantages will be better understood from the following detailed description of a preferred embodiment of the invention with reference to the drawings, in which:
Referring now to the drawings, and more particularly to
In operation, the PLB arbiter 110 and the OPB arbiter 122 control access to the buses 108, 120. For example, if the logic device 100 transferred data to the network interface card 126, the PLB arbiter 110 would block all other access to the PLB 108 and the data would flow over the PLB the PLB2OPB bridge 118 with the assistance of the DMA engine 116. In a similar manner the OPB arbiter 122 would block all other data from the OPB 120 so that the data could be transferred to the network interface card 126. The OPB2PLB bridge 114 would be used in a similar manner to transfer data back from the NIC 126 to the logic unit 100.
With the structure shown in
One important difference with the structure shown in
In addition the PLB 206 and the OPB 120 are connected to the VCCA bridge 230 by interface units 214 and 210, respectively. In a similar manner to the structure shown in
As shown in
Channel 319 is connected to the PLB 206 through an interface unit 214. Similarly, channel 320 is connected to the SDRAM unit 208 through an interface 300. Channel 321 is connected to the AGP unit 232 through an interface 302. Channel 322 is connected to the PCI controller 224 through an interface 304. Channel 323 is connected to the OPB 120 through an interface 310. Channel 324 is connected to the SRAM unit 212 through an interface 306. In a similar manner, channel 325 is connected to the USB unit 214 through an interface 308.
Every one of the channels 319–325 includes a multiplexor 316 and buffer memories 314. In a preferred embodiment, the buffer memories 314 comprise first-in, first-out (FIFO) memories.
In operation, the multiplexors 316 direct data flow (with the assistance of the DMA controller 228) from one channel to another channel. Therefore, for example if a data request for data from the SRAM memory 218 appeared on peripheral bus 226 (shown in
In another example, if a logic function 200 desire to process data through the USB unit 214, the data request would be processed through the PLB 206 as authorized by the PLB arbiter 110. The request then would proceed through the PLB interface unit 214. Then, the multiplexor 316 in channel 319 would direct the data request to channel 325. If channel 325 was immediately available the data request would be process directly through interface 308 to and the USB unit 214. To the contrary, if another channel was currently utilizing channel 325, the data request would be processed through the buffers 314 in channel 325 prior to being processed through the interface 308.
Therefore, with the above structure, each processing unit connected to the VCCA bridge 230 appears to have a dedicated channel to each other device and bus. Therefore, the channels appear as virtual channels to the attached processing units. In other words, the PCI controller 224 appears to have a dedicated virtual channel to the PLB 206. The same virtual dedicated channels appear to all device connected to the VCCA bridge 230.
As discussed above, most shared bus system interfaces are inherently blocking, because of their handshaking protocol. This limits the effectiveness of today's high-performance embedded processors in several ways. To improve performance, future bus interfaces should appear to their masters more like dedicated resources than like shared interfaces. Thus, the invention provides the system architecture shown in
The invention provides non-blocking communication through multiple reserved lanes (e.g., channels 319–325) managed by an implicit protocol (e.g., buffers 314 and multiplexors 316). The invention avoids relying on handshaking signals that leads to blocking communications when a destination or a shared resource is overloaded.
The virtual channel communication architecture (VCCA), shown in
Transactions occurring on each port interface may be routed to adjacent ports without having to pass through a bus. Similarly, each port has a data-path dedicated to the processor local bus 206.
The invention is especially important because, for systems interconnected through a shared bus interface, when more than two bus masters are active, the effective bandwidth of each access is significantly reduced compared to the maximum bandwidth observed when only one bus master is active. Furthermore, if concurrent accesses are not coordinated, one or more bus master may incur an unacceptable latency due to busy wait signals. This latency is even longer when access is required across a bus bridge.
By adding hardware support for non-blocking inter-virtual component communication, in the form of the VCCA bridge 230, the invention improves the performance of embedded systems. Such performance gains allow concurrent computations to utilize nearly all the available bus bandwidth while satisfying real-time requirements through the use of dedicated channels for each interface. The VCCA bridge 230 provides a performance boost on embedded systems in which there are contentions for communication resources (e.g. shared bus bandwidth, FIFO buffer) among application components.
Furthermore, the VCCA bus bridge's 230 ability to exploit a large processor local bus bandwidth is relatively independent of the processor's access pattern or the number of streams in a given computation. The VCCA bridge 230 configured with appropriate FIFO 314 depths, can generally exploit the full available processor local bus bandwidth.
The VCCA architecture 230 described here is integrated onto the processor chip and implements a fairly simple scheduling scheme. More sophisticated access ordering mechanisms are certainly possible, as would be known by one ordinarily skilled in the art given this disclosure.
While the invention has been described in terms of preferred embodiments, those skilled in the art will recognize that the invention can be practiced with modification within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.
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Balmshell is a cosmetic line developed by Canadian identical twin sisters and self-professed cosmetic junkies Jennifer and Fiona Lees. They followed their passion and created a fun and flirty cosmetic line. Launched in 2006 with their line of signature float art lip-glosses, BALMSHELL cosmetics are paraben free and made from the finest ingredients.I got 1 full-sized lipgloss and 3 sample sized glosses.
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Completing their second two-match home stand of the season, Vancouver Whitecaps FC (1W-2L-3D) face Western Conference rivals FC Dallas (1W-3L-1D) in Major League Soccer at Empire Field on Saturday afternoon.
Teitur Thordarson's side are keen to return to winning ways this weekend. Last Saturday's goalless draw with Chivas USA maintained Vancouver's unbeaten run at home, despite extending their winless run to five matches in MLS. Saturday's match against 2010 MLS Cup finalists FC Dallas starts a busy and important week of action for the Blue and White. On Wednesday, Whitecaps FC head to Quebec for the first leg of their Nutrilite Canadian Championship semifinal series with arch-rivals Montreal Impact. That is followed by Vancouver's first competitive meeting with MLS Eastern Conference club Columbus Crew in the Ohio state capital on Saturday, April 30.
Saturday's match between Whitecaps FC and FC Dallas at Empire Field kicks off at 4 p.m. PT. Individual match tickets start at $20, plus applicable service charges, and are available at all Ticketmaster Ticket Centres, online at ticketmaster.ca, and Charge-by-Phone at 1.855.6.GO-CAPS (1.855.646.2277). CLICK HERE for more information on individual match tickets for the club's inaugural MLS season.
Whitecaps FC's home match versus FC Dallas can also be seen live on Rogers Sportsnet and Bell mobile devices at 4 p.m. PT. 'Caps fans can also listen to the April 23 contest live on TEAM 1410 radio and teamradio.ca, starting with the pre-game show at 2 p.m. PT. TEAM 1410 will also have a two-hour post-game show, which will begin following the match at around 6 p.m. PT.
Saturday's match can also be seen in Cantonese on OMNI Television British Columbia at 4 p.m. PT. OMNI BC is available on Bell TV (channel 254), Shaw Cable (SD channel 8 and HD channel 213 in Vancouver), and Telus (SD channel 8 and HD channel 629 in Vancouver).
There were many promising signs from last weekend's result with Chivas USA, even though it was far from desirable that the 'Caps were held at home by one of their conference rivals. While the most notable aspects of the result were the quality of chances that were created - including two that came off the same post in the first half - Whitecaps FC fans will be excited by how their side moved their play to another level. A lot of Vancouver's attacking play was a result of some flowing soccer, as the likes of Camilo, Eric Hassli, and Davide Chiumiento opened up Chivas USA with passing and movement that was very pleasing on the eye.
Another encouraging sign for Thordarson is the ability of his entire squad to slot into his line-up and perform. MLS SuperDraft pick Jeb Brovsky made a very strong case for selection in central midfield after two solid displays versus Houston Dynamo and Chivas USA. The experience of local product Kevin Harmse will also be valuable to the 'Caps, with the Coquitlam, BC, native being versatile enough to play in a number of midfield or defensive positions. Youngsters Omar Salgado and Long Tan provide further attacking options for Vancouver. After the pair made their home debuts against Chivas USA, Salgado and Tan put in solid performances for the reserve side on Sunday, with Salgado scoring in a 1-1 home draw with Chivas USA reserves.
On the injury front, there have been some encouraging signs for Whitecaps FC this week, as a number of players are returning to full fitness. MLS SuperDraft pick Michael Nanchoff (groin) trained fully for the first time this season, while fellow midfielders Shea Salinas (knee) and Terry Dunfield (groin) also returned to training. However, it remains to be seen if the trio will be available to play on Saturday. Centre backs Jay DeMerit (groin) and Greg Janicki (hip), midfielders Russell Teibert (hip) and John Thorrington (calf), and striker Atiba Harris (knee) are listed as doubtful. Midfielder Gershon Koffie remains on international duty with Ghana's U-20 national team.
Coming off their most successful season, FC Dallas have so far struggled to regain the magic of their 2010 run to the MLS Cup final. Despite a late rally, last Sunday's 3-2 defeat to the Timbers in Portland was the Texas club's third loss of the year, with Schellas Hyndman's squad currently looking up at most of their rivals in the Western Conference standings. After playing in The City of Roses last weekend, FC Dallas remained in the Pacific Northwest this week instead of returning home before the Vancouver contest.
While their early season form has been disappointing, Hyndman's squad has plenty of talent. The Hoops are led by the league's Most Valuable Player in dynamic playmaker David Ferreira. The Colombian's skill and vision were a major factor in FC Dallas reaching the MLS Cup final last season, as he registered eight goals and 13 assists last term. Ferreira is one of four Colombians in the squad, with the most exciting of those South American imports being the youngest Designated Player in MLS history. At only 18 years of age, Fabian Castillo brings added pace and skill to FC Dallas, with the Colombian U-20 international showing little fear in attacking opposition backlines with the ball at his feet. With six players moving up from the club's academy, Hyndman looks to the experience of captain Daniel Hernandez and goalkeeper Kevin Hartman to provide important leadership to the club's younger players.
FC Dallas are without two defenders for their maiden visit to Vancouver. Kyle Davies (ankle) and Canadian Edson Edward (knee) look set to miss Saturday's match versus Whitecaps FC.
Saturday's game will be the first meeting between Whitecaps FC and FC Dallas. Both clubs meet again at Pizza Hut Park in Frisco, Texas, on Saturday, October 15, with the contest being Vancouver's final away match of their 2011 regular season schedule.
While FC Dallas may be a new opponent for the Blue and White, Whitecaps FC have experience of playing teams from Dallas, Texas. During the days of the old North American Soccer League (NASL), Vancouver registered an 11W-5L-0D record versus Dallas Tornado between 1974 and 1981. This included a home record of 7W-1L-0D. During Whitecaps FC's run to the 1979 NASL Soccer Bowl title, Vancouver eliminated the Tornado in the National Conference playoff quarterfinals. The weekend match will also be the 46th time that Whitecaps FC have played a club from the state of Texas. At home, Vancouver have dominated clubs from The Lone Star State with an all-time record of 20W-1L-2D for an overall all-time record of 27W-14L-4D.
Both the 'Caps and FC Dallas also have some interesting connections in their two rosters. Harris was an important part of FC Dallas' squad last season, with the forward starting last year's MLS Cup final for the Texas club in Toronto, Ontario. Left fullback Blake Wagner spent four seasons with FC Dallas before arriving in Vancouver last season and signing with the 'Caps MLS squad this year. Whitecaps FC director of soccer operations Tom Soehn won the 1997 Lamar Hunt US Open Cup title as a member of FC Dallas (known then as Dallas Burn). Hartman and right fullback Jonathan Leathers are former Sporting Kansas City teammates, while Salinas played with goalkeeper Chris Seitz and defender/midfielder Andrew Jacobson at Philadelphia Union.
PARKING AROUND EMPIRE FIELD
With parking laws to be enforced in and around Empire Field and the Pacific National Exhibition (PNE) grounds throughout the season, Whitecaps FC strongly encourage fans to take public transit. In cooperation with Translink, the 'Caps have established additional bus and SkyTrain service to Empire Field. There is also on-site parking at the PNE as a secondary option for fans. Whitecaps FC ask supporters to respect residents in and around the PNE by using public transportation, biking, and walking to home matches this season.
NEXT UP: NUTRILITE CANADIAN CHAMPIONSHIP
Following Saturday's home match in MLS, Whitecaps FC begin their quest to win the Voyageurs Cup for the first time when they visit North American Soccer League side Montreal Impact in the first leg of their Nutrilite Canadian Championship semifinal series on Wednesday night. Kickoff from Montreal's Stade Saputo is at 5 p.m. PT and is live on Rogers Sportsnet Pacific and East regions. 'Caps fans can also listen to the April 27 match live on TEAM 1410 radio and teamradio.ca, starting with the pre-game show at 3 p.m. PT. TEAM 1410 will also have a two-hour post-game show, which will begin following the match at around 7 p.m. PT.
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After seconds of joining I had a message.
After a minute I had 25 messages.
After 12 hours I had 125 messages.
I didn't even post a pic or any info.
On pof I send a hundred messages a week and might get one reply.
This alone tells me the site is fake, I didn't fall for it this time like I did from justhookups or rudefinder as it was called at the time. These sites just make a new name when the gig is up, its the same company or scam as I call it.
After you join the messages will stop.
Read their legal they say it's only ment for entertainment proposes or profit proposes as I say, don't fall for it.
As always my money is better spent on backpage women or your local agency.
Aff is good also to introduce yourself to the local red light women if you're new.
5 days and quit nothing but mostly fake profiles and responses. The cities on most don't exist in my state. Ask a member where in general they are located and they resond with a local.mall. just too much garbage to sift through, not worth my time.
BN is up there with the main sites for the more casual online dating (this is not a site to find love, unless by love you mean checking into a dingy hotel with a stranger and screwing her senseless for an hour before wondering if you should pay for the room or split the cost. And if you do call that love, then you need your head examined!) Ive had some good chats on it and met a couple of girls in the few months I've been a paid member. Must say I like it in general, I use a few of these kind of sites together and that seems to work well, I usually get at least one dirty chat going at the weekend and sometimes more (had a webcam sess on hookuphangout.com last friday and blew my beans in minutes, girl was stunning, was fairly embarrasing!) If you are thinking of joining up id say give it a try, its cheap enough to try out for a while (i would suggest no less than 3 months) and I'm sure youll do ok. Unless you look like an ugly sloth and smell like mouldy cheese, in which case you should just become a monk.
I've been using all kind of adult hookup sites for four years. 99% of them are a WASTE OF TIME! That being said there are a few adult hookup sites which are worth joining (but just joining won't get you laid). From my experiences I can recommend 3-4 adult hookupsites: BeNaughty.com is one of them - also try CasualDating4u.com (absolutely awesome when being used with a good strategy), Adultfriendfinder (hit and miss but mostly good results possible).
Why I consider BeNaughty.com one of the best adult hook up sites? Well, if you decide to upgrade your membership the prices are decent and dispite the average review claiming that there are only fake profiles, my experience has revealed that you can met REAL women for casual encounters.
Robots, Scammers, Fakes, Photo stealers, Girls with multiple profiles. Their screening processes are terrible and well below industry standards. Girls can post any photo they want, men can not. Women can use their cell number as their screen name, men can not. Women have free accounts and communicate with anyone, men can not. Women can post personal information on their profiles including photos with emails and phone numbers, men can not. Men are strictly screened, women aren't.
Talked with administration and was told to report fake women. It would take me several days to report all the fake women on the site. I firmly believe that they know 95% of the women on their site are fake, but these women are making them money by having guys upgrade. Moral to my story. STAY AWAY!! You have been warned.
I used this site about four year's ago and met a great woman within a couple of weeks.
We had two great years and then parted.
Joined again last week and the place could not be more different. Complete scam.
Try "winking". You are "winked" back before it would be humanly possible for a living entity to either realise you had even browsed them, never mind respond. Chatting is even funnier ! If you enjoy confusing sex bots, this is the site for you. Otherwise, avoid like the plague. Seriously !
I chatted with dozens of "women" only to discover that none of them were real, just sex chat bots that won't deviate from their script, except to get offended if you use the right words accusing them of being fake, after which they go right back into their sex chat as if nothing had happened. Total 100% BS. If 0 star rating was possible, I would rate it thus!
Joined about a month or so ago. I had been a member a few years back and actually met 2 women from the site after lots of time and effort! So I thought I would try again, wish I hadn't bothered.
It isn't so much the waste of money I object to but the waste of time and the fact they think us men are idiots!
I work from home so am logged in for quite a few hours a day, at different times whilst I work and so far there hasn't been one genuine contact on line. I get lots of "contact" from women that open a chat and when I reply they go dead. Obviously they are fake, probably from the site itself.
you can usually tell as they start with very American sounding "friendly" opening line such as Hey... etc and lots of winks / smileys.
I know they are 99.99% fake but I respond as you never know there might be the odd real woman contacting me. I doubt it though. this is what I mean by wasting my time and insulting my intelligence!
Also, I get loads of friend requests from women that never contact me or when I chat they never reply. Strange but why would a real woman want to "friend" me when they haven't even looked at my profile.
Lastly, lots of women that contact me or friend me are single (I am married) and you can tell from their profiles (if real) that they value loyalty / faithful men etc so why are they supposedly contacting a married man!!!??
I don't mind paying and I know the chances of meeting real women are slim but please save your money here and don't waste it like me. If they were genuine and open about how hard it is for a man to get a woman here, and vetted women then I would pay again but basically I feel scammed!
Tip for consumers: Don't!!!Ask Mark about BeNaughty
There is a reason why companies like this site (be naughty) last so long they work. If they never worked, people would leave and nobody would pay for the service. Although I'd say that be naughty is not as good as something like HookupHangout.com I would still be able to testify to it being an idea that can work, when you get some luck. There are lots of people that say its a scam and all that but they arent giving it a chance or they are just expecting to damn much. These sites will not get you laid in seconds guys, wake up and smell the damn coffee already! But you can get some pretty hot chats going, you can arrange dirty webcam chats with sluts in your area or outside your area. And best of all, once in a while the stars allign and lady luck smiles on you and BANG! you get yourself a fine piece of ass and you realise that the past few weeks of sending messages, searching through profiles, avoiding the model 'members' all was worth it and then some. I guarantee you, when you look down and find some hot chick slurpin your salami you will not be thinking boo hoo this site sucks I had to wait to long blah blah blah but you'll be thinking thank you thank you thank you! Does it happen all the time? No freakin way! But does it happen? You bet your bottom dollar it does. Keep you expectations in check, keep tryin and stay positive. It costs you hardly anything and worst case scenario you get some hot cyber a few times a month with girls that are so much fun. It's worth it if like me, you have no interest in long term relationships or going steady. Screw that, ill take the chance of finding sex online over that stuff any day of the week lol! Peace out.
This company is owned by TOGETHER GROUP they own all websites like flirt, cupid, benaughty, shagaholics, loveacholics and a bunch other .. The problem lies that its ran by a bunch of $#*!s who have no clue what they are doing .. the site is plagued with tons of issues and does not run correctly there is always tons of glitches. they have some volunteer mods that have no freaking clue what they are doing to man the chat rooms and they play favoritism .. site is loaded with fake profiles / scammers and the employees make up tons of fake profiles.. and do not get me started with there customer service dept omg they are rude , nasty and lets just say i have a few dead rocks out side that have more brains then they do.. They have no clue what is going on try to report a problem and u get the standard message ... the site is going under and people DO NOT WASTE UR MONEY.. they took cam options off they took all the chat rooms away except for 1 then after everyone started leaving they decided to put 2 back so there are now 3 rooms total. They ban and remove all the regulars the good people especially if they do not like you . they find any reason to have u banned i have seen a few of my friends banned for no reason but yet the scammers and the trouble makers still at large.. then they block you from calling them for answers.. One of my friends was fully removed for no reason and yet to this day was never given an explanation as to why ? Good riddance i say .. I wish this site wld just fold up and go away and all there worth less employees as well.
How do these sites stay in business? Oh yeah: By convincing people like me that, without even paying yet, in less than 24 hours, somehow I miraculously received over a dozen messages, over 150 views and likes of my page and countless email notices telling me how incredibly desirable and hot I am to an endless stream of gorgeous, young, sexy women , just from my area alone! Wow, who knew I was so sexy?! Another total crock of $#*! from another ripoff website.. geewhiz, what a surprise.
Not a bad hook up option if you are single guy or girl and just looking for fun. id say its almost as good a website as hookuphangout.com (usually seen as the site that gives you the biggest amount of real women in uk/ us cities and towns if you read the reviews) and its not expensive, especially if you compare it to other ways of getting no strings sex lol! Lets see you could go to a hooker and pay a fortune every night, if you are really lucky you could take girls out on dates and basically lie that you want a relationship lol or you could go out to clubs and pubs every weekend and hope to go home with a girl but more than likely end up going home on you're own lol! Forking out the price of a decent nightclub entry for a month of chatting to chicks is not something I can get pissy about, so I'm happy with the site even if i don't always score, at least I'm always meeting new girls and working towards getting laid. Cant really argue with that so will keep using the site!
I was skeptical about this site after reading the reviews, so I setup a fake profile where I was 90 years old. I uploaded the worse picture of my grandpa that I could fine who is actually only 88. Also stated I was confined to a wheelchair, couldn't have sex and just wanted a young girl to wheel me around, clean my place, cook for me and change my diaper...lol
I was overwhelmed with hot young girls that wanted me...So this site is obviously a total scam.
I would say this site is a good choice IMO if you are looking for NSA dating/ flings and is actually a lot better than iI expected it to be. You have to pay to use all of the features (in fact you have to pay to use the all main things, only searching is free if I remember right) but then thats the same with most of the top sex dating sites e.g hookuphangout.com etc. So after you pay you get to send messages and read them as well, pretty vital, but its not expensive at all and you can get it cheaper if you take a longer option like 3 months or 6 months or whatever. Ive had some good nights because of this site and generally prefer it to a lot of the other sites out there so if you're reading this because your not sure then id say go for it but top tip is to make sure your check how many girls are in your area before you pay. Good luck!
benaughty haa,should be re-named be ripped off, as a previous reviewer said so called members are online 24hrs same faces no matter what time you log on, if i log on in the morning within minutes i will get 2 chat requests and i profile review , every morning it's the same, if you browse someone, usually before their review has appeared on your screen a tag will come on telling me they have either browsed me or winked or liked me , think the guy at benaughty is pressing the button to soon he needs to slow down a little to make it more believeable . since becoming a paid up member more fool me, i cannot reply to any chat requests my reply does not go through , benaughty technical are rubbish and no help at all , like being ripped off join benaughty.
All fake users from India not one single real person from USA on the site Benaughty.com a total waste of time pictures are of cute girls they say are local but keep beating around the bush, then you can tell there from another country, they are trying get you to send money to them don't fall for it
I think most of the profiles are fakes and the women are fembots, or employees. The profiles are online 24/7, when it is quiet, they will ping you for chat and after a few minutes tell you they have to go to work or soemthing. And they remain online.
And do not use your credit card, or they will charge you renewal and other bundled charges without your consent. Good luck trying to get that back
Totally phyched about this site benaughty.com. Just joined yesterday and already got a few messages in my inbox. I use hookuphangout.com usually and if this turns out to be as good (and I have a great feeling about it) then im gonna be knee deep in clunge for the long term future haha! And to think all ma mates are in love, dont know what their missing haha!
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- Kourage athletics say they're Kenya's first athletic brand made and designed in the country
- The brand officially launched in July and hopes to one day dress Olympic runners
- The Kourage team pride themselves on being the most ethical athletic apparel company
- The brand hopes to inspire other young entrepreneurs to follow their dreams
Kenya is known for producing some of the world's greatest runners and now a company wants to get them noticed wearing a brand from their country.
A group of young entrepreneurs have launched what they say is the nation's first running brand and they have high hopes of one day transforming Nairobi into the running apparel capital of the world.
"There are a lot of Kenyan athletes and you always see them wearing Nike and Adidas and not something from their own country," said Hussein Kurji, who designs the clothing and heads up the Kenyan operation of Kourage Athletics.
"We do have quite a good track record when it comes to running, so why not match that with an equally big clothing brand," he added.
Kourage says it creates running apparel that's 'designed, manufactured and managed in Kenya by Kenyans.'
The name of the brand forms the backbone of the company's ethos.
"Kourage is all about having the courage to do new things, try new things, be brave and go out and do what you would not normally do," Kurji said.
The brand officially launched in July producing just over 1,000 t-shirts. While initial orders are still low the team plans to eventually make everything from running shorts to hooded sweatshirts once they have more capital.
But they are quick to point out that they're not just selling apparel.
"Our shirts are beautiful. We use the softest fabric available; employ a modern fit and fantastic graphics, but what sets us apart are our ideals," said Chris Markl, the brains behind Kourage.
"By purchasing a Kourage shirt one is investing in Kenya's future. A future that is built upon business and international trade not foreign aid," he continued.
Florida-based economics professor and running enthusiast, Markl spent years getting Kourage off the ground. He even rode 1,800 miles on his bike from Canada to Mexico to raise the initial start-up funds.
Markl first became interested in the idea of producing an ethical clothing line when he was researching textiles factories in Honduras as part of his Ph.D.
"I always wondered why 'ethical' clothing lines were so focused on concentrating operations in America or Europe. There are incredible designers and entrepreneurs in impoverished countries," he said.
"To create real economic development, an apparel company needs to create as many economic linkages in a poor country as possible," he continued.
The Kourage team pride themselves on being one of the most ethical athletic apparel company in the world, according to Markl.
The clothes are produced by Viva Africa, a Kenyan-owned and operated factory, employing around 200 people, mostly women. The factory makes everything from police uniforms to high-end fashion.
However, the most important thing Markl says is that working conditions are fair and the employees are happy.
But the small team, who all hold down a variety of other day jobs, dream of one day opening up their own factory and headquarters in Nairobi.
While Kourage haven't approached any athletes yet, they hope that in 10 to 20 years Kenyan runners in the Olympics and other major sporting events will be wearing their brand.
They also have plans to approach smaller youth organizations in the country who have a focus on sports.
The group says there aren't many Kenya-based fashion outlets and that most clothing comes from South Africa.
Kourage hopes their industry model could help change the face of business in Kenya by inspiring the younger generation.
"It shows that you don't have to go to India or China to be successful. This could help boost the economy and generate income and jobs," Kurji said.
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|William Percy Rowbottom was born
in Derby in 1865. As a teenager, he worked as a butcher's
boy in West Derby, Lancashire, but by 1891 he was working as a draper's
assistant at Scarthin, Matlock in Derbyshire. At about this
he started painting landscapes, perhaps under the tutelage of his
uncle, Frederick F. Foottit, who is described as a landscape and figure
artist in the 1871, 1881 and 1891 censuses. His mother Ann
uncle Fred were children of Derby attorney & solicitor, James
Foottit (1807-). In 1897, Percy married Edith Mary Baker, who
also an artist, and they settled at Glenmore Cottage, Dale Road, Matlock.
The 1912 Kelly's trade directory listed him as a photographer, operating "by the Royal Hotel, Matlock Bath." A mounted, large format photo dated 1908 shows him working from a studio in Temple Walk, Matlock Bath, and an example of a postcard has been submitted (see below), probably produced c. 1901-1904 for the tourist industry.
little maids" and onlookers, probably in Derwent Gardens, on the bank
of the Derwent River
by Percy Rowbottom of The Studio, Temple Walk, Matlock Bath
Dated (on the reverse) 1908
Format: Other Size: Mount 250 x 200 mm Photo 150 x 110 mm
Image © & courtesy of John Palmer
|Notes: This photograph features on John Palmer's Wirksworth web site, and I am very grateful for his permission to reproduce it here. John suggests that the three girls dressed in Japanese kimono-style dresses may have been advertising or taking part in "The Mikado," Gilbert & Sullivan's popular light opera, first staged in 1885.|
|"Royal Museum Petrifying Well"
by Percy Rowbottom of Matlock Bath
Undated, but probably taken before 1904
Format: Post Card
Image © & courtesy of Michael Greatorex
Images & information kindly provided by Michael Greatorex and John Palmer
1841-1901 UK Census - online from Ancestry.com
International Genealogical Index - online from the LDS church
Anon (1891) Kelly's Directory of Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Rutland & Nottinghamshire, Kelly & Co., London. University of Leicester's Digital Library of Historical Directories
Anon (1895) Kelly's Directory of Derbyshire, Kelly & Co. Limited, London.
Anon (1895) History, Topography, and Directory of Derbyshire, T. Bulmer & Co. - by kind courtesy of Sonia Addis-Smith
Anon (1912) Kelly's Directory of Derbyshire 1912, Kelly's Directories Ltd., London.
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Clear Channel Media and Entertainment and independent music distributor Entertainment One have signed an agreement to share revenue from digital and terrestrial radio.
In exchange, the broadcaster receives favorable streaming music royalty rates.
The deal is the seventh such contract for Clear Channel, following similar arrangements with Big Machine Label Group, Glassnote Entertainment Group, DashGo, rpm Entertainment, Robbins Entertainment and Naxos.
Clear Channel CEO Bob Pittman characterizes the deal as “innovative” and says such partnerships “support a robust and sustainable model for our industry, where artists, fans, labels, distributors, radio and fans all prosper.”
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If humans were designed to live beyond age 100 and remain free of many of the diseases and disorders associated with aging, we might have looked like short, stout elves.
This conclusion may be drawn from illustrations that accompany the article, “If Humans Were Built to Last,” by UIC Professor S. Jay Olshansky and his colleagues in the March 2001 issue of the magazine Scientific American.
Our bodies evolved to survive long enough to reproduce and raise our young, says Olshansky, professor of biostatistics in the UIC School of Public Health and noted demographer of aging. Human ingenuity has made it possible for us to extend our lives well past our reproductive years.
“Had our bodies been crafted for extended operation, we would have fewer flaws capable of making us miserable in our later days,” he writes. “Evolution does not work that way. Instead, it cobbles together new features by tinkering with existing ones in a way that would have made Rube Goldberg proud.”
The article, written with Bruce Carnes, senior research scientist at the National Opinion Research Center at the University of Chicago, and Dr. Robert Butler, president of the International Longevity Center in New York City, outlines design “flaws” that lead to bodily malfunctions as we age, and the hypothetical, evolutionary design “fixes” that would allow us to enjoy good health well into our postreproductive years.
“Humans can live for a long period of time in good health because the harsh environments of our ancestors forged a human-body design that is robust,” said Carnes. “But the seeds of self-destruction sown at conception become more obvious with the passage of time.”
The article includes illustrations of what humans might look like if we were designed for health and longevity. For example, some of the extended-use features might include rewired eyes, bigger ears that are mobile, a curved neck, forward-tilting upper torso, extra-padded joints, larger bones and muscles, shorter limbs and stature and backward-bending knees.
Walking upright probably contributed to human intelligence and an expanded foraging range, the authors note, but at the price of aging-related disorders, including slipped disks, lower back pain, varicose veins and worn-out joints.
Where our heads are concerned, the authors cite the weak link between the optic nerve and retina, which is prone to detaching after decades of use, fragile hair cells in our ears leading to hearing loss, and a common passageway for food and air, raising the risk of inhaling food or drink as muscle tone decreases with age.
Then, there are what the authors refer to as “plumbing problems.” In males, these problems include a urethra prone to constriction by an enlarged prostate that may obstruct the flow of urine, and in females, bladder and pelvic-floor muscles and ligaments that weaken with time and multiple pregnancies, which may lead to incontinence.
Emphasizing the positive message of the article, Butler observes, “Despite the limitations and flaws about which we write, there is so much power we as individuals have to maintain our health. Through good health habits and modern medical interventions, we have an opportunity to, as the Greek lyric poet Pindar said, exhaust the limits of the possible.”
Olshansky and his colleagues contributed to the development of a paradigm for understanding mortality known as biodemography. This approach to human aging and longevity, as well as age patterns of death across species draws on the disciplines of demography, epidemiology, evolutionary biology, molecular biology and anthropology.
Olshansky is the author with Carnes of the new book, “The Quest for Immortality: Science at the Frontiers of Aging,” published by Norton.
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Ya know, I thought I was feeling a little smarter ever since justpassinby converted me. There's got to be some sort of correlation there.
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Watch Drake’s high school graduation speech
R&B sweetie pie Drake received his high school diploma last week, then headed to Toronto’s Jarvis Collegiate Institute (which he did not attend), to deliver a graduation speech about “following through” to an assembly of graduates.
Drake left high school at 15 to play Jimmy Brooks on “Degrassi: The Next Generation,” then a decade later went back to school to close the “gaping hole” he left in his “story of following through.” It’s a sweet, sentimental speech—very Drake-like all around. And at the end, he dedicates his diploma to his mom, a retired school teacher. Nice one, Drizzy! | <urn:uuid:51a1365c-402b-4ec8-b6d7-c99c0d27ebe1> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.deathandtaxesmag.com/190237/watch-drakes-high-school-graduation-speech/ | 2016-10-24T01:36:25Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988719463.40/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183839-00262-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.969637 | 161 | [
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I don't know, LJ. Might be worth a try!
These are really pretty. I wonder if they would grow in illinois.
Of course, Hanne!
Please, Varda, tell me if you hear anything, will you??
Thanks, Tex, Hanne, and PG - - and especially Mariolyn. I do hope Robbie is OK.
Lovely Possum I do miss these since we moved.
I emailed Robbie and Jenny today but have not heard from them yet.
I think it's possible to buy seeds for them here!! They are very lovely! Thanks so very much Varda!!
Oh, Plumpy, I just love these, and they look great against that gray wall. We used to have a field of them not far from where I live, by the railroad tracks, and it was just spectacular. Then one summer they just didn't come back. I don't know why. Thanks for posting this.
I love pretty plants that essentially take care of themselves. Poppies are one of these! Thanks, nicky and chickie.
I love these poppies and I love how they reseed themselves every year. Thanks Plumpossum.
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Fallon McElligott's new campaign for Fortune magazine uses pithy headlines to speak simply and directly to consumers--a departure from last year's trade-focused ads.
Gone are the sepia photos and "Us vs. Them" theme of the "Younger and Wiser" campaign. In their place, on grainy paper, are headlines that appeal to the competitive spirit.
"Lift with your head," says one ad; "It's not about luck," says another. The words "luck" and "head" are bolder than the others, similar to an eye chart. Each carries the tagline, "Make your brain bigger."
The ads broke last week in financial publications such as The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times. Six have been produced and at least as many more are planned.
"It's got a certain mixture of elegance and dignity. And the [copy lines] kind of bounce off that," said Bill Westbrook, executive creative director at Fallon here.
The minimalist tack differs from that of chief rival Forbes, which uses "fearless" marketers and entrepreneurs such as Nicholas Graham, chief executive of Joe Boxer, per its long running positioning as a "Capitalist tool."
Though billings were not disclosed, Fortune spends $3-5 million on ads each year.
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8.15-9.30am Weekly Education Officers Meeting. Each person reports on issues that have arisen in schools over the past week. It proves to be a very useful forum to share information and to pick up on concerns.
Colin Sutherland (HT North Berwick HS) arrived at 9.30am to help us develop our attainement evaluation procedures. I'm keen that we develop a process which reinforces the idea of collective responsibility as opposed to reinforcing the idea of compeition between schools – is this too idealistic?
Before we got going we took 5 minutes out to allow me to give the second weekly departmental briefing – these seem to be well received and the fact that the idea arose from our communication group ensured that there was a good attendance.
Back to our attainment evaluation meeting for the rest of the morning. We explored the idea of looking at authority attainment from a subject perspective. For example, we looked at Higher English results from all of our six departments. Using the % of S4 roll who achieved a Higher we were able to create a spreadsheet which showed the decile for that department; the % As, A-Bs, A-Cs; progression value; and relative value. This analysis threw up some very interesting and unexpected results. At first glance this approach might appear to be reinforcing the idea of a league table mentality which forces departments to compete against each other. However, we intend to use this data to reinforce the connections between schools by sharing ideas, good practice and materials on a subject by subject basis.
We are considering bringing subject PTs or reps together to present the data and to look at ways in which we can learn from each other with exc-el being a possible vehicle. Pauline Sales is going to work on producing the data over the next couple of weeks and will presnt the data in the three year average which gets rid of the variation which occurs fomr a year to year basis. Having Colin at the meeting with Sheila McKendrick, Ruth Munro and Pauline Sales was a very effective strategy as Colin has exceptional ability and experience in this area.
I took Colin out to lunch to thank him for his contribution. Back to office for report from Adam Whyte regarding the Investors in People Award. Adam informed us that we haven't quite achieved the revised standard which is much more difficult to achieve than the previous stndard. However, he had some very positive words to say about our department and has recommended that we complete a few action points and will return within three months by which time we should have reached the standard. I have to admit to being slightly unsure of IIP (as someone once described it to me “Investors in Paper”). However, having seen the process close up I think it is an accurate measure of how effective an organisation is in looking after the welfare and development of its members – I'd recommend it to anyone who might be thinking about applying.
Then on to meeting with Callum Stewart (DHT Preston Lodge) and Derek Simpson (DHT Dunbar Grammar). They have been looking at a pupil tracking and monitoring software system known as “On the Button” There have been a few concerns about the system from a technical point of view but these concerns have now been resolved. They are going to make a presentation to HTs and others on the 10th November although PL are going to make a start straight away.
Meeting finished at 3.45pm and then had the luxury of a couple of hours at my desk – I almost enjoyed the experience. Met my brother for a pint on the ay home – looking forward to the weekend.
PS – welcome to Richard Wilson
Thursday 13th October
9.00 11.30am Departmental Management Team Meeting. A significant part of this meeting was taken with discussion of the restructuring of the department. Things are gradually beginning to take shape. Ive been charged with writing up the cluster purpose paper; the integration team link to cluster; and the education structure.
12.00-1.20pm Meeting with Provost Pat OBrien and Councillors Peter Ford, Willie Innes and Margaret Libberton. These councillors represent the areas comprising the Preston Lodge cluster. I found the meeting to be very worthwhile as we discussed a range of issues most of which pertained to the attainment action plan. They were very supportive of the idea of looking at attainment from a cluster perspective and liked the notion of collective responsibility. Amongst other things we reflected upon: budgets; teaching and learning; standardised testing; school linkage with East Lothian Council; 5-14 attainment; and leadership. From this meeting Im going to offer to meet with the councillors representing each of our clusters on an annual basis.
1.30pm Back to the office for meeting with Liz Morriss, EIS District Representative. Range of issues which Ill follow up and get back to Liz.
2.00pm Met Eilish Garland to finalise complaints policy ready for final publication and circulation.
3.00-4.30pm Finance Meeting this is proving to be a very valuable monthly meeting with our three finance officers. We explored a range of matters Im keen to find ways in which we can reinstate the funding for childcare strategy which was removed at our last meeting; fund finance officers for primaries; and cover a projected overspend in our predictable needs budget. Ill be taking up these matters with Alan Blackie.
4.30pm 5.45pm Fifth Deputes seminar. Smallest group so far but no less worthwhile from a rough guess Id reckon we have over 85% of deputes attending the sessions which is remarkable given they are voluntary and after school. I received an E mail from one of the deputes after the event. She quite rightly challenged me for giving the impression that the only good depute is one who is seeking to become a Headteacher. Undoubtedly I had been exploring why people didnt want to become HTs and also looked at ways in which we could help people to become HTs However, it had not been my intention to characterise anyone who wished to remain a DHT as someone who was not fulfilling a very worthwhile role in education I must be more careful!! | <urn:uuid:74cdcfd2-9063-4fd8-8249-1176f7193a74> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.edubuzz.org/donsblog/2005/10/page/2/ | 2016-10-26T03:57:54Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988720615.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183840-00386-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.972465 | 1,264 | [
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1 Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark2 University of New South Wales3 Technische Universität Darmstadt
This article details the influence of zirconium doping on the piezoelectric properties and relaxor characteristics of 94(Bi1/2Na1/2)TiO3-6Ba(ZrxTi1-x)O3 (BNT-6BZT) bulk ceramics. Neutron diffraction measurements of BNT-6BZT doped with 0%-15% Zr revealed an electric-field-induced transition of the average crystal structure from pseudo-cubic to rhombohedral/tetragonal symmetries across the entire compositional range. The addition of Zr up to 10% stabilizes this transition, resulting in saturated polarization hysteresis loops with a maximum polarization of 40 μC/cm2 at 5.5 kV/mm, while corresponding strain hysteresis measurements yield a maximum strain of 0.3%. With further Zr addition, the ferroelectric order is progressively destabilized and typical relaxor characteristics such as double peaks in the current density loops are observed. In the strain hysteresis, this destabilization leads to an increase of the maximum strain by 0.05%. These changes to the physical behavior caused by Zr addition are consistent with a reduction of the transition temperature TF-R, above which the field-induced transformation from the relaxor to ferroelectric state becomes reversible.
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SHANGHAI -- Hong Kong has launched its biggest-ever security operation for a visiting Chinese official, as top legislator Zhang Dejiang arrived in the city Tuesday on the highest-level visit by a mainland leader in four years. Six thousand police officers – one-fifth of the city’s force – have been deployed to provide security, amid tensions over Hong Kong calls for greater democracy from its Chinese rulers, and China’s criticisms of groups in the city seeking self-determination or even independence.
Zhang, also a member of the Communist Party’s ruling standing committee, is officially visiting to attend a conference on China’s New Silk Road economic belt investment strategy. But he will also meet government officials and politicians, including some from the city’s democratic camp – in the first visit by a Chinese leader since the Occupy Central pro-democracy protests that paralysed the city in 2014.
On arrival, he told media at Hong Kong airport that he came to show “the care of the central government” and would “listen to all sectors of society about what recommendations and requirements they have about implementing the principles of ‘one country two systems,’” and about maintaining the city’s “high degree of autonomy” -- as promised when it reverted to Chinese sovereignty from British rule in 1997.
However, while Zhang is scheduled to visit a housing estate, it’s not clear just how many ordinary people he is likely to meet during his visit. A large cordon of two-meter high plastic barricades has been erected around the hotel where he is staying and the convention centre where the investment forum will be held.
Four protests, including a march toward the convention center on Wednesday, have been approved by police. But on Tuesday afternoon, several protesters with small posters calling for democracy were questioned by police, and one grappled to the ground, according to one local report – while journalists meeting Zhang at the airport were reported to have had umbrellas – symbols of the 2014 protests – confiscated by officials. Paving stones in the city are also reported to have been glued in position to prevent protesters using them as weapons
Police also camped out on top of Hong Kong’s iconic mountain, Lion Rock, in an attempt to prevent pro-democracy activists unveiling a huge banner from the peak, as they did in 2014. Yet demonstrators succeeded in unveiling one banner calling for “genuine universal suffrage” from nearby Beacon Hill Tuesday morning. Organizers of the protest described it as a “souvenir” from the city to remind Zhang of Hong Kong’s democratic aspirations, and “tell visiting state leaders that they cannot pretend to be blind,” the South China Morning Post reported. Another banner was also suspended from a road bridge near the airport where Zhang landed.
It’s a reminder of the deep divisions in the city, which have intensified since the Occupy Central movement in 2014. This began as a protest over China’s plan to allow only a handful of heavily vetted candidates to contest Hong Kong’s planned first direct election of its Chief Executive in 2017, but later developed into a two-month occupation of major roads outside government headquarters, after police angered many citizens by using tear gas on unarmed protesters.
China said the protests were illegal, but their aftermath has left the city largely politically gridlocked. Last year, democrat members of Hong Kong's legislature blocked the government’s attempt to pass its electoral reform bill, and have also derailed many other government proposals since.
The city has also seen the rise of what is known as the “localist” movement, which began in protest at large numbers of shoppers from mainland China, and forced a change in government policy for cross-border visitors, leading to a decline in spending by mainland visitors over the past year. Some members of the group were also involved in violent clashes with police on the streets of the city’s Mongkok region early this year – but while China views such activists with great suspicion, and has accused them of seeking independence, one of their leaders won unexpected popular support in a recent by-election in the city.
And Hong Kong suspicions that the mainland has not kept its promise to protect the city’s separate legal system have deepened in recent months, following the sudden disappearance of several staff members of a book-shop and publishing house known for their books critical of China’s leaders. The men later resurfaced in China, and said in public that they had gone there voluntarily to help Chinese police with an investigation. But the fact that one of them, Lee Bo, a British passport holder, had not passed through Hong Kong immigration on his way into mainland China, led to widespread suspicion that he had been effectively kidnapped and spirited over the border by Chinese officials.
Zhang Dejiang’s visit also comes just a few months before key elections for the city’s legislative council in September, with both localist groups and a new party set up by former student leaders of the 2014 protests planning to run candidates.
Some analysts say Zhang may try to avoid the independence issue during his visit, and say China has sought to present a more conciliatory image in Hong Kong in recent months. Zhang has invited several democrat lawmakers including Emily Lau, Chairwoman of the Democratic Party, and western diplomats to a reception.
Yet tensions are likely to be hard to sweep under the carpet. Lau has said she will raise the case of Lee Bo when she meets the visiting Chinese leader. And Chinese state media Tuesday quoted an expert who said Zhang might reiterate Hong Kong’s duty to protect China’s national security – something seen by some in the city as a way of increasing control over Hong Kong. The academic added that “local society lacks a correct concept of mainland Hong Kong relations,” according to the official Global Times.
Observers will, however, be watching to see whether there is any indication that China may seek to replace current chief executive C.Y. Leung, who remains unpopular with many democracy supporters in Hong Kong, ahead of the selection of the city’s new leader next year. Leung has not ruled out serving another term – but experts say a change of China’s choice as candidate would suggest that Beijing was really paying some attention to public opinion – in a city where some observers believe the Chinese government has been badly advised by its representatives in the city over recent years.
Zhang Dejiang may also seek to win support by offering China’s backing for Hong Kong’s economy, which has faced headwinds from China’s own economic slowdown in recent months. Zhang told legislators at the annual session of China’s legislature in March that Hong Kong’s "biggest advantage" is having the support of the mainland, Chinese state media reported. | <urn:uuid:ccf42bbc-7a05-4406-8f3c-4f08901ea33a> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.ibtimes.com/massive-security-operation-hong-kong-visit-most-senior-chinese-official-2012-2370000 | 2016-10-26T05:19:40Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988720615.90/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183840-00386-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.973988 | 1,410 | [
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Platformer with colorful graphics and a Kiwi protagonist
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Manikchand is a Drama, Family bengali movie, directed by Ajit Gangopadhyay, starring Madhabi Mukherjee, Kali Bandyopadhyay, Chhaya Debi, Shakti Thakur along with others. Here, on the movie page, you will find every thing that you need to know. Check out what others are saying about the movie on twitter.
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What about me? what you need to know about me-marketing
What about me? Are you asking yourself this question? If not you should be. Don't wait until you are in crisis mode when you are losing your job or your business before you think "what about me?"
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No one is indispensable. What's your best option to make yourself essential?
What would happen if you lost your job?
Are you expecting a raise this year? How much?
What would happen if you were asked to locate?
What would you do if you suddenly decide you can't stand your job anymore?
Get the picture. Keep these considerations in mind and put yourself in the forefront of this thought process.
So what about you? Are you waiting for the ax to fall or are you sitting on the sidelines letting events carry you along? Are you actively pursuing avenues that will help you manage your destiny rather than it managing you?
I'm always amazed but the number of colleagues who come out of the woodwork when they get in trouble. I have been providing them with a game plan for years, but it has fallen on deaf ears. When the going gets rough they then call for help.
The best advice I can give is to be proactive. Get a routine established in self- promotion before it's too late. Plan a self promotion activity every week so that you constantly focus on your visibility.
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Write an article.
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It faced the wrath of drivers, business owners and pedestrians as a 7.1-mile stretch of Euclid Avenue was torn up for months at a time.
But today, as its trolley bells ring, RTA's HealthLine, commonly known as the Euclid Corridor, begins service from Public Square to the Stokes/Windermere station in East Cleveland, down a tree-lined boulevard dotted with sleek stations and public art.
In 20 minutes you can get from Tower City to University Circle -- two of the region's largest employment centers. The line connects the city's cultural, educational, medical and business centers.
And it's green, from the 1,500 trees planted on Euclid Avenue to the bike lanes and the hybrid-electric vehicles powered by clean diesel engines and electric transmissions.
The Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority renamed the Euclid Corridor the HealthLine after the Cleveland Clinic and University Hospitals agreed to pay $6.25 million over 25 years for naming rights.
That led RTA to claim the line would "pump new life" into Cleveland's economy and be the "rebirth of Euclid Avenue."
Expectations are high. While RTA officials tout the $3 billion in planned and completed economic development along Euclid Avenue in recent years, much still needs to be done to revitalize the corridor.
The HealthLine will absorb the 9,000 daily riders on the No. 6 bus that it replaces. But it hopes to increase that daily count by 6,000 by 2025, luring new commuters as well as office and hospital workers to take it to stores and restaurants.
For now, the hopes and fanfare begin.
Today at 2:30 p.m., the lines opens with a ribbon cutting at East Fourth Street.
This weekend, rides on the new bus-rapid transit vehicles will be free through Sunday. All RTA public transportation will be free Saturday and Sunday, courtesy of private sponsors.
Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., HealthLine activities, including a scavenger hunt, will be held. Many Euclid Avenue businesses will be open and offering activities. "American Idol" winner Jordin Sparks is the featured performer at a 6 p.m. concert at Mall B, between Lakeside and St. Clair avenues in Cleveland.
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|Número de publicación||US4340710 A|
|Tipo de publicación||Concesión|
|Número de solicitud||US 06/250,324|
|Fecha de publicación||20 Jul 1982|
|Fecha de presentación||2 Abr 1981|
|Fecha de prioridad||2 Abr 1981|
|Número de publicación||06250324, 250324, US 4340710 A, US 4340710A, US-A-4340710, US4340710 A, US4340710A|
|Inventores||Edgar D. Brown, Jr.|
|Cesionario original||General Electric Company|
|Exportar cita||BiBTeX, EndNote, RefMan|
|Citas de patentes (3), Citada por (28), Clasificaciones (16), Eventos legales (4)|
|Enlaces externos: USPTO, Cesión de USPTO, Espacenet|
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Ra SiHb SiO.sub.(4-a-b)/2
The present invention is directed to platinum catalyzed addition cured polydiorganosiloxane coating compositions which exhibit improved adhesion to substrates and which utilize an inhibitor package comprised of a combination of triallylisocyanurate and dialkylacetylenedicarboxylate.
Silicone compositions are well known products offering premium properties in a wide variety of applications. For example, certain flexible silicone resin systems have been found useful as electronic junction coatings which are used for passivating and protecting semi-conductor surfaces, and serve to assure optimal electrical performance. Such silicone materials are chosen since they offer rapid cure rates which improve production efficiency. The low durometer of these materials helps to minimize the vibration and shock experienced by such semiconductor devices and the low viscosity of such silicone coating compositions provides for ease of handling.
Such silicone electronic junction coatings are useful in a number of applications. A flexible conformal coating of such material can provide mechanical and electrical insulation prior to molding of plastic power transistors, for example. These materials can also be used as a light pipe or lens which insulates and isolates LED's and photocouplers and may be utilized with or without further encapsulation. These silicone junction coating materials are also a resiliant coating which can be used directly over transistors, diodes and monolithic integrated circuit chips in order to prevent damage during and after final potting or sealing. Additionally, these coatings can be used as a thin section potting material for extra protection in cavity type packages in order to provide primary mechanical and chemical protection.
Heretofore, silicone electronic junction coating materials have ordinarily been two part or two package systems which when mixed provide a platinum catalyzed addition cure reaction system. Ordinarily the first package will contain a major amount of a vinyl functional linear siloxane fluid having a specified viscosity as will be described below, and an effective amount of a precious metal or platinum catalyst, as is well known in the art. Generally the second package will contain an additional amount of the vinyl functional siloxane fluid material in combination with a methyl hydgrogen siloxy functional silicone fluid. This methyl hydrogen siloxane functional fluid is ordinarily known as the crosslinking agent since it provides the hydrogen which adds to the doubly bonded vinyl group in the platinum catalyzed addition reaction in order to provide a tightly crosslinked and cured final product. Although the coating blend of parts 1 and 2 is ordinarily cured at elevated temperatures, such as, approximately 200° C., the two package system is nonetheless necessary since the blended material will begin to gel even at room temperature, and can become useless in as little as 24 hours. Therefore, there has been a widespread need for inhibitor compositions which will be effective for delaying the addition cure reaction for varied periods of time depending upon the uses of the material. For example, an inhibitor can be useful even though a two part system is utilized in order to provide a useful, workable pot life for the catalyzed material after it is blended. Additionally, a search has been made for an effective inhibitor which would obviate the need for a two package system since it would be effective for inhibiting even the catalyzed blend of the previously discussed two part system. That is to say, it would be especially preferable if a one package electronic junction coating could be provided which contained an inhibitor composition which allowed for a sufficiently long shelf life yet would cure to an effective junction coating upon the application of an elevated temperature. One of the purposes of the present disclosure is to demonstrate that a particular combination of inhibitors has been found to be effective for such purposes when used together, and provide better results when either of the types of inhibitors is used separately.
Triallylisocyanurate has been utilized previously as an inhibitor in certain addition cure silicone systems. See, for example, U.S. Pat. No. 3,882,083 of Berger et al. which is hereby incorporated by reference which utilizes an ethylenically unsaturated isocyanurate inhibiting composition in a platinum catalyzed, room temperature vulcanizable (RTV) silicone composition. It has been found, however, that for the electronic junction coating compositions of the present invention the use of triallylisocyanurate alone provides an insufficiently long pot life, i.e. it becomes unworkable in too short a period of time.
On the other hand, dialkylacetylenedicarboxylates have been suggested as inhibitors in other types of platinum catalyzed silicone compositions such as the silicone release coatings of R. P. Eckberg disclosed in the copending application Ser. No. 250,479 filed Apr. 2, 1981, and which is hereby incorporated by reference. But, again it has been found that the use of such dialkylacetylenedicarboxylate inhibitors alone provides for unsatisfactory slow cure of such electronic junction coatings while at the same time being relatively expensive materials, and additionally requiring too great an increase in the silicone hydride crosslinking component in order to provide adequate cure of these coatings.
Additionally, not only has it been found that the dual inhibitor system described above provides excellent inhibiting properties in a platinum catalyzed addition cure electronic junction coating system, it has further been discovered that this dual system provides surprising adhesion promotion properties heretofore unavailable in such addition cure silicone systems. Certain heretofore known platinum catalyzed addition cure materials have had notoriously poor adhesion to substrates, and often adhesion promotors have been utilized to alleviate this deficiency. However, it has now been discovered that the combination of triallylisocyanurate and dialkylacetylenedicarboxylate not only provides effective inhibiting properties, but additionally provides for tenacous adherence of the silicone material to a coated substrate. Thus this improved adhesion is believed to be a fortuitous result of the search for effective inhibitors for such electronic junction coatings.
Thus it is an object of the present invention to provide one package silicone electronic junction coating compositions.
It is another object to provide a dual inhibitor system effective for prolonging the shelf life and work like of such junction coating compositions.
It is another object to provide junction coating compositions having improved adhesion to substrates.
These and other objects will become apparent to one skilled in the art upon consideration of the present specification and claims.
These and other objects are accomplished herein by providing an organpolysiloxane electronic junction coating composition comprising:
(a) an olefinorganopolysiloxane having structural units of the formula:
Ra Rb 'SiO.sub.(4-a-b)/2 (I)
(b) an organohydrogenpolysiloxane having structural units of the formula:
Ra Hb SiO.sub.(4-a-b)/2 (II)
wherein R is an organic radical attached to silicon by a C--Si linkage and is selected from the group consisting of monovalent hydrocarbon radicals, halogenated monovalent, hydrocarbon radicals, and cyanoalkyl radicals; generally, R contains from 1-30 carbon atoms, straight or branched chained, preferably from 1-12 carbon atoms, and most preferably 1-8 carbon atoms; R' is an olefinic hydrocarbon radical attached to silicon by a C--Si linkage and generally contains from 1-20 aliphatic carbons, straight or branch chained, and preferably 1-12 carbon atoms, linked by multiple bonds (e.g., vinyl, allyl, methallyl, butenyl, pentenyl, ethynyl and the like); a has a value of 0 to 3, inclusive, and preferably from 0.5 to about 2, inclusive, b has a value from 0.005 to 2.0, inclusive, and the sum of a and be is equal to from 0.8 to 3, inclusive,
(c) a platinum catalyst, and
(d) a combination of inhibiting agents comprised of (i) an ethylenically unsaturated isocyanurate corresponding to the structural formula: ##STR1## wherein R" is the same or different and is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, lower alkyl, aryl, aralkyl, polynuclear aryl, heteroaryl, monofunctional lower-alkenyl and substituted derivatives thereof with the proviso that at least one R" is monofunctional lower-alkenyl; and (ii) a dialkylacetylenedicarboxylate which together are present in an amount sufficient to prevent premature gelation of the catalyzed junction coating composition but which will not prevent curing of the junction coating at elevated temperatures.
In particular, the olefinorganopolysiloxanes having structural units represented by Formula I hereinabove are intended to broadly cover fluid organopolysiloxanes which preferably, but not necessarily, are free of silanic hydrogen, and contain olefinic unsaturation by means of double or triple bonds between two adjacent aliphatic carbon atoms. Among the radicals which R represents in Formula I hereinabove are included alkyl, such as methyl, ethyl, propyl, isopropyl, butyl, octyl, dodecyl, and the like; cycloalkyl, such as cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl, cycloheptyl, and the like; aryl, such as phenyl, naphthyl, tolyl, xylyl, and the like; aralkyl, such as benzyl, phenylethyl, phenylpropyl, and the like; halogenated derivatives of the aforesaid radicals including chloromethyl, trifluoromethyl, chloropropyl, chlorophenyl, dibromophenyl, tetrachlorophenyl, difluorophenyl, and the like; cyanoalkyl, such as betacyano ethyl, gamma-cyanopropyl, beta-cyanopropyl and the like. Preferably R is methyl. Moreover, Formula I is intended to include those materials wherein R is a mixture of the aforesaid radicals.
Among the radicals represented by R' in Formula I hereinabove are included alkenyl, such as vinyl, allyl, methallyl, butenyl, pentenyl, and the like; and alkynyl, such as ethynyl, propynyl, butynyl, pentynyl and the like. Preferably R' is vinyl or allyl and most preferably R' is vinyl.
These olefinorganopolysiloxanes encompassed within the scope of Formula I hereinabove are well known in the art, as particularly manifested by U.S. Pat. No. 3,344,111 to Chalk and U.S. Pat. No. 3,436,366 to Modic, which are incorporated herein by reference. Similarly, their preparation and/or commercial availability is also well known.
Specific materials included within the scope of the olefinorganopolysiloxanes of Formula I hereinabove are low molecular weight materials, such as vinylpentamethyldisiloxane, 1,3-divinyltetramethyldisiloxane, 1,1,3-trivinyltrimethyldisiloxane, 1,1,1,3-tetravinyldimethyldisiloxane, as well as higher polymers containing up to 100,000 or more silicon atoms per molecule. Also included within the scope of the olefinorganopolysiloxanes of Formula I are cyclic materials containing silicon-bonded vinyl or allyl radicals, such as the cyclic trimer, tetramer or pentamer of methylvinylsiloxane
((CH2 ═CH--)CH3 SiO)
or methyl allylsiloxane
((CH2 ═CH--CH2) (CH3)SiO).
Among these cyclic materials, tetramethyltetrallylcyclotetrasiloxane and tetramethyltetravinylcyclotetrasiloxane are preferred.
The olefinorganopolysiloxanes encompassed within the scope of the present invention can be characterized as copolymers of (1) siloxane units having the formula:
(Rc)(R')d SiO.sub.(4-c-d)/2 (IV)
where R and R' are as defined above and c has a value of from 0 to 2, inclusive, and the sum of c and d is equal to from 1.0 to 3.0, inclusive, and (2) an organopolysiloxane having the structural formula:
(R)n SiO.sub.(4-n)/2 (V)
where R is as defined above and n has a value of from 0.8 to 2.5, inclusive. Thus, where the olefinorganopolysiloxane employed herein is a copolymer of units within the scope of formula IV with an organopolysiloxane having an average formula within the scope of formula V, the copolymer generally contains from 0.5 to 99.5 mole percent of units within the scope of Formula V. The preparation of these copolymers is also well known in the art.
A preferred class of organopolysiloxane compositions within the scope of the present invention are those disclosed by Modic in U.S. Pat. No. 3,436,366, incorporated herein by reference. These compositions comprise (1) 100 parts by weight of a liquid vinyl chainstopped polysiloxane having the formula: ##STR2## wherein R3 and R4 are monovalent hydrocarbon radicals free of aliphatic unsaturation, with at least 50 mole percent of the R4 groups being methyl, and where n has a value such that the junction coating compositions of the present invention have a viscosity of, approximately, 500 to 5,000 centipoiseat 25° C. and (2) from 20 to 50 parts by weight an organopolysiloxane copolymer comprising (R5)3 SiO0.5 units, where R5 is a member selected from the class consisting of vinyl radicals and monovalent hydrocarbon radicals free of aliphatic unsaturation, where the ratio of (R5)3 SiO0.5 units to SiO2 units is from about 0.5:1 to 1:1, and where from about 2.5 to 10 mole percent of the silicon atoms contain silicon-bonded vinyl groups. The vinyl chain-stopped organopolysiloxane component (1) is typified by various compositions where the monovalent hydrocarbon radicals represented by R3 and R4 include alkyl radicals, e.g., methyl, ethyl, propyl, butyl, octyl, etc.; aryl radicals, e.g., phenyl, tolyl, xylyl, etc.; cycloalkyl radicals, e.g., cyclohexyl, cycloheptyl, etc.; aralkyl radicals e.g., benzyl, phenylethyl, etc. Preferably, all of the radicals represented by R3 and R4 are selected from the group consisting of methyl and phenyl radicals and most preferably R3 and R4 are methyl. In the organopolysiloxane copolymer component (2) R5 can be vinyl and/or monovalent hydrocarbon radicals free of aliphatic unsaturation, with at least the stated proportion of R5 groups being vinyl. The R5 groups which are not vinyl are of the same scope as the R3 and R4 groups and like these, are preferably methyl.
The organohydrogenpolysiloxanes having structural units represented by Formula II hereinabove are intended to broadly cover fluid organopolysiloxanes which are preferably, but not necessarily, free of olefinic unsaturation, but which contain silanic hydrogen. These organohydrogenpolysiloxanes represented by Formula II hereinabove are also known in the art as particularly manifested by U.S. Pat. No. 3,334,111 by Chalk, and U.S. Pat. No. 3,436,366, previously incorporated herein by reference.
Among the radicals represented by R in Formula II, hereinabove, similarly to R in Formula I hereinabove, are included alkyl, such as methyl, ethyl, propyl, isopropyl, butyl, octyl and the like; cycloalkyl, such as cyclopentyl, cyclohexyl, cycloheptyl and the like; aryl, such as phenyl, naphthyl, tolyl, xylyl, and the like, aralkyl, such as benzyl, phenylethyl, phenylpropyl, and the like; halogenated derivatives of the above radicals, including chloromethyl, trifluoromethyl, chloropropyl, chlorophenyl, dibromophenyl, tetrachlorophenyl, difluorophenyl and the like; cyanoalkyl, such as beta-cyanoethyl, gamma-cyanopropyl, beta-cyanopropyl and the like. Also intended to be included within the scope of Formula II are those materials where R is a mixture of the aforesaid radicals. Preferably the R group of Formula II is methyl.
Materials specifically encompassed within Formula II hereinabove, include 1,3-dimethyldisiloxane, 1,1,3,3-tetramethyldisiloxane, as well as higher polymers containing up to 100,000 or more silicon atoms per molecule. Also included within the scope of Formula II hereinabove are cyclic materials, such as cyclic polymers of methyl hydrogen siloxane having the formula:
wherein x is a whole number equal to from 3 to 10 or more. Particularly included is tetramethylcyclotetrasiloxane.
The organohydrogenpolysiloxanes employed in the practice of the present invention can also be characterized as copolymers containing at least one unit per molecule having the formula:
(Rc)(H)d SiO.sub.(4-c-d)/2 (VI)
with the remaining siloxane units in the organopolysiloxane being within the scope of Formula V hereinabove, where R, c, d and n are defined above.
Within the scope of Formula VI are siloxane units, such as hydrogen siloxane units (H2 SiO)1.5, methyl hydrogen siloxane units (HSiCH3 O), dimethyl hydrogen siloxane units, and dihydrogen siloxane units (H2 SiO). In these copolymers, the siloxane units of Formula V and VI are present in proportions so as to form a hydrogenpolysiloxane within the scope of Formula II hereinabove. In general, these copolymers contain from 0.5 to 99.5 mole percent of the siloxane units of Formula VI.
The platinum catalyst component employed in the compositions of the present invention includes all of the well known platinum catalysts which are effective for catalyzing the reaction between silicon-bonded hydrogen groups and silicon-bonded olefinic groups. These materials include, for example, finely divided elemental platinum catalysts, such as those described in U.S. Pat. No. 2,970,150 to Bailey, the chloroplatinic acid catalysts described in U.S. Pat. No. 2,823,218 to Speier, the platinum hydrocarbon complexes shown in U.S. Pat. No. 3,159,601 to Ashby and U.S. Pat. No. 3,159,662 to Ashby, as well as the platinum alcoholate catalysts described in U.S. Pat. No. 3,220,972 to Lamoreaux. Moreover, the platinum chloride-olefin complexes described in U.S. Pat. No. 3,516,946 to Modic are also used herein. All of the aforesaid U.S. Patents are intended to be incorporated herein by reference.
The ethylenically unsaturated isocyanurates of Formula III hereinabove in combination with the dialkylacetylenedicarboxylates described below provide the organopolysiloxane compositions of the present invention with desirable latent curing properties as well as unexpectedly improved adhesion to substrates. Thus, as a result of their presence, the organopolysiloxane compositions of the present invention are inhibited to premature geltation, i.e., room temperature curing, and therefore can be stored for extended periods of time, for example about two years, and subsequently cured with the application of heat without loss of desired hardness or surface properties to the final cured product.
Referring to Formula III hereinabove, which represents the ethylenically unsaturated isocyanurate cure inhibitors within the scope of the present invention, R" may be the same or different and is selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, alkyl, aryl, aralkyl, polynuclear aryl, heteroaryl, monofunctional lower-alkenyl, and non-interfering substituted derivatives thereof, with the proviso that at least one R" is monofunctional lower-alkenyl. Alkyl and substituted alkyl are intended to include one to about 20 carbon atoms, straight or branch chained, and include, for example, methyl ethyl chloroethyl, cyanopropyl, propyl, isopropyl, butyl, dibromobutyl, isobutyl, pentyl, hexyl, dodecyl and the like. By aryl, aralkyl, polynuclear aryl, heteroaryl and non-interfering substituted derivatives thereof is intended to include phenyl, chlorophenyl, dibromophenyl, naphthyl, benzyl, pyridyl, cyanophenyl, tolyl, xylyl, phenanthyl and the like. By non-interfering substituted derivatives is meant those functionalities that do not render the platinum catalysts completely ineffective. Monofunctional lower-alkenyl is intended to include two to about six carbon atoms, straight or branch chained, containing one carbon to carbon double bond, and includes, for example, vinyl, allyl, butenyl, isobutenyl, pentenyl, hexenyl, and the like. Preferably, at least one R" is allyl and most preferably all three R" groups are allyl.
Specific materials within the scope of Formula III are, for example, triallylisocyanurate, diallylisocyanurate, diallylethylisocyanurate, tributenylisocyanurate and diallylphenylisocyanurate. Triallylisocyanurate and diallylisocyanurate are preferred. Triallylisocyanurate is the most preferred.
The ethylenically unsaturated isocyanaurates represented by Formula III hereinabove are either commercially available or are conveniently prepared. Included among the procedures for their preparation known in the art is the reaction of the appropriate organic halide or mixture of the appropriate organic halides with potassium isocyanate in any dipolar, aprotic solvent medium, such as N,N-dimethyl formamide (DMF), dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO), hexamethylphosphorus triamide (HMPA) and the like. Illustrated pictorially and using allyl chloride, for example, as the appropriate organic halide this reaction is represented in the following manner: ##STR3## The temperature for this reaction can range from ambient to about 150° C. Similarly, trimethallylisocyanurate, tributyenylisocyanurate, triisobutenylisocyanurate, diallylethylisocyanurate, allyldiethylisocyanurate, diallylbenzylisocyanurate and the like are prepared by using the appropriate alkenyl halide or mixture of alkenyl halide and alkyl halide and/or aralkyl halide in the above reaction scheme.
Diallylisocyanurate and triallylisocyanurate are commercially available from the Allied Chemical Company.
The other inhibitors utilized by the present invention are dialkylacetylenedicarboxylates which result from the diesterification reaction of 2-butynoic dicarboxylic acid with two equivalents of alcohols such as methanol, ethanol, butanol, benzylic alcohol, allyl alcohol or mixtures of such alcohols. Such reactions can be represented as:
HOOC.tbd.CCOOH+2ROH→ROOCC.tbd.CCOOR+2H2 O, or
Useful diesters prepared in this fashion include dimethylacetylenedicarboxylate, diethylacetylenedicarboxylate, dibutylacetylenedicarboxylate, methylbutylacetylenedicarboxylate, methylethylacetylenedicarboxylate, etc. Particularly useful for the practice of the present invention are those diesters where R represents methyl or ethyl groups. The proportions of the various ingredients employed in the compositions of the present invention can vary within wide limits. The proportions of the ingredients are affected by the stoichiometry of the addition reactants involved since many of the final products prepared from the compositions of the invention exhibit satisfactory properties for intended purposes even when the final product contains unreacted silicon-bonded olefinic radicals or unreacted silicon-hydrogen linkages. For economic and commercial purposes it is generally preferred that the olefinorganopolysiloxane and the organohydrogenpolysiloxane be present in such proportions that the composition contains from about 0.005 to 20 silicone-hydrogen linkages per silicon-bonded olefin radical. However, it is often most desirable to have an equal number of silicon-hydrogen linkages and olefin groups in the composition so as to produce a final product which is substantially free of either silicon-hydrogen linkages or silicon-bonded olefin radicals.
Regardless of the type of platinum catalyst employed, it is generally present in an amount sufficient to cause the co-reaction of the olefinorganopolysiloxane and the organohydrogenpolysiloxane. Thus, satisfactory results may be obtained when the platinum catalyst is present in amounts sufficient to provide as little as one atom of platinum per million silicon-bonded olefin radicals in the olefinorgaopolysiloxane. On the other hand, amounts of the platinum catalyst sufficient to provide as high as one to 10 platinum atoms per 1,000 silicon-bonded olefin radicals may also be used. In general, however, it is preferred to employ the platinum catalyst in an amount sufficient to provide one platinum atom per one thousand to one million silicon-bonded olefin radicals in the olefinorganopolysiloxane ingredient. Ordinarily, approximately 5 to 50 parts platinum metal per million parts olefinorganopolysiloxane will be sufficient to initiate the necessary co-reaction.
The amount of the ethylenically unsaturated isocyanurate and the dialkylacetylenedicarboxylate employed in the practice of the present invention also varies within wide limits depending upon various conditions. These conditions are, for example, the amount of platinum catalyst used, the particular olefinorganopolysiloxane and organohydrogenpolysiloxane employed, and also the degree of cure inhibition desired. Generally, however, these materials are present in an amount sufficient to inhibit premature gelation, i.e., cure at room temperature, but insufficient to prevent cure at elevated temperature. More particularly, the ethylenically unsaturated isocyanurate compound of this invention may be present in an amount in the range of from about 0.01 to about 5 weight percent of the total composition, and preferably from about 0.5 to about 2 weight percent of the total composition. Similarly the dialkylacetyledicarboxylate constituent may be present in an amount in the range of 0.05 to 2.0 weight percent of the total composition and preferably from about 0.1 to 1.0 weight percent of the total composition.
The latent addition curable organopolysiloxane junction coating compositions of the present invention can be prepared by mixing, in any suitable fashion, all of the components described hereinabove, in a one-package system. As a result of the latent curing ability of the present compositions, these premixed compositions can be stored as such and kept at ambient room temperature for extended periods of time until ready to be used. Thus, they provide extended work life without concern for premature gelling.
In general, the compositions of the present invention are cured at elevated temperatures in the range of from about 70° C. to 150° C. Complete cure time generally ranges from about one-half hour to about five hours. Of course, these and other details concerning the curing of the compositions of this invention depend upon their particular composition and application and are within the knowledge of those skilled in the art.
Base Fluid A which is useful as a component in one-package electronic junction coating compositions which will be described in subsequent examples is provided by combining 75 parts by weight linear dimethylvinyl chainstopped polydimethylsiloxane fluid (vinyl fluid stock) having a viscosity of, approximately, 3000 to 4000 centipoise at 25° C., 25 parts by weight of a copolymer of trimethylsiloxane units, SiO2 units and methylvinylsiloxane units, wherein there were approximately 0.8 trimethylsiloxane units per SiO2 unit and approximately 7.0 mole percent of the silicon atoms were present as methylvinylsiloxane units and the remaining silicon atoms were present as a portion of the trimethylsiloxane or SiO2 units. This material is in the nature of a vinyl MQD resin. It is to be noted that the 25 parts by weight of this resin can be incorporated into Base Fluid A in the form of, approximately, 41.7 parts of a 60% silicone resin solids by weight solution in xylene. Base Fluid A additionally contains sufficient platinum catalyst to provide approximately 10 parts platinum metal per million parts of Base Fluid A. The platinum utilized was platinum complexed with methylvinyltetramer as taught in U.S. Pat. Nos. 3,715,334 and 3,814,730 (Karstedt) which is hereby incorporated by reference. Also included in Base Fluid A is 2000 ppm of tetramethyl-tetravinyl-cyclotetrasiloxane.
A one-package electronic junction coating composition was provided by combining 100 parts by weight of the platinum catalyzed vinyl functional siloxane Base Fluid A provided in Example 1, 0.5 parts by weight of triallylisocyanurate, 0.25 parts by weight of dimethylacetylenedicarboxylate, 36.2 additional parts by weight of the same vinyl fluid stock utilized in Example 1, and 63.8 parts by weight of a low viscosity (approximately 10 centistokes) liquid copolymer of dimethylhydrogensiloxane units and SiO2 units containing an average of two dimethylhydrogensiloxane units per SiO2 as a crosslinking agent. The mixed composition may be deaerated under vacuum for electronic applications. ASTM test slabs of the coating composition were cured at approximately 150° C. for one hour. The cured composition exhibited the following physical properties:
______________________________________Hardness 32 shoreTensile 407 psiElongation 190%Gel Time 233 hours at 75° C.______________________________________
Thus not only did this one-package composition exhibit suitable catalyzed work-life, it also exhibited the physical properties necessary for electronic junction coating materials. By way of comparison, previously known two-package junction coating materials (which do not contain the combination of cyanurate and alkylacetylenedicarboxylate) would have a first package comprised of similar proportions of platinum and vinyl functional materials as described in Example 1, whereas the second package would contain the methyl hydrogen crosslinking agent and additional vinyl stock fluid in approximately reversed proportions as that utilized in the one-package composition of this example. It has been found the inclusion of relatively greater amounts of the methyl hydrogen functional crosslinker will provide one-package junction coatings having improved tensile strength compared to the conventional two-package junction coatings which might, for example, have a tensile strength of, approximately, 300 psi.
Another comparative one-package junction coating composition was prepared by combining 100 parts by weight of Base Fluid A from Example 1 with one percent by weight of triallylsiocyanurate but without any dialkylacetylenedicarboxylate. The remainder of the composition was comprised of 30.3 parts by weight of the dimethylvinyl polysiloxane fluid and 69.7 parts by weight of the methyl hydrogen polysiloxane component. Cured ASTM test slabs of this junction coating exhibited the following physical properties:
______________________________________Hardness 38 shoreTensile 498 psiElongation 176%Gel Time 41/2 hours at 75° C.______________________________________
Thus it can be seen that a junction coating which does not contain a combination of triallyisocyanurate and dialkylacetylenedicarboxylate failed to provide satisfactory catalyzed pot-life compared to the junction coating material of Example 2.
Another less satisfactory one-package electronic junction coating composition was prepared by combining 100 parts by weight of Base Fluid A, with 0.5 parts by weight dimethylacetylenedicarboxylate but no triallylisocyanurate was utilized. Additionally this coating composition contained 43.8 parts by weight of the dimethylvinyl chainstopped fluid and 56.2 parts by weight of the methylhydrogen siloxane fluid used previously. Cured ASTM test slabs of this material exhibited the following physical properties:
______________________________________Hardness 29 shoreTensile 200 psiElongation 170%Gel Time 112 hours at 75° C.______________________________________
Although this composition was an improvement over the composition of Example 3, it is readily apparent that the electronic junction coating composition of Example 2 which utilized a combination of triallylisocyanurate and dialkylacetylenedicarboxylate exhibited the most satisfactory combination of physical properties.
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I woke up to the sound of someone else breathing beneath me, at first forgetting Liam had come over the night before.
At first I thought I should move, but then realized I liked what was going on right now. I liked having someone to snuggle with and keep me warm, other than my comforter, who at this point I had become pretty close to.
I know it's weird and all, but I will talk to my comforter, who I notoriously named Suzanne, when I am down and don't feel like talking to real people. She's always there for me, would never talk back, and kept me warm, which are three main priorities when it comes to having someone that loves you. Liam does all of those and more.
I looked over at Liam and realized how we were positioned. My right half of my back was placed on the left half of Liam's chest, causing me to be at and angle. Liam was completely flat on the bed.
I heard footsteps coming up the stairs. At first I panicked, knowing my mom would probably be coming to check on me, but then realised that I had every right to be snuggling with my boyfriend. I mean, I had done it all weekend.
I heard my mom knock softly on the door, then turn the knob. I closed my eyes and pretended to be asleep. I turned my head so she wouldn't be able to see the smile that would soon appear on my face, like it always did when I was pretending to be sleeping.
"She's asleep." My mom said. Obviously someone was here due to the fact my mom doesn't talk to herself.
"Oh, okay. Who's that with her?" a male voice asked. A male voice I didn't recognize, although it sounded familiar.
"That is, uh.." my mom came closer to the bed. "That's her boyfriend Liam, who must of come after I fell asleep because he wasn't here when I said goodnight."
"She has a boyfriend already? Wow, last time I checked she was only a year old." the male said.
"No shit, you left her when she was a year old and never came back."
I opened my eyes, looking at my mom and the man standing in my room. I pretended to look like I had just woken up before saying, "Who are you?"
"I am Denice Port, your father." My "father" said.
I sat up, looking from my mom to him. "My "father"?" I said, using air quotes. "I don't have a father. He left us when I was young."
"Yes, I did leave you guys when you were just a baby, but I'm still your father." Denice spoke, coming closer to the bed.
"Listen, Denice. I don't know who you think you are, but get out of my room. You are not my father and never will be. If you were, you would of stayed here with us and helped us out, but you didn't. And because of that, I don't want you anywhere near me." I said, strictly and maybe a little to loudly, causing Liam to move.
"Amber, don't speak to your father that way." my mom said. "You're coming on a little harsh."
"Harsh? Oh I have every right to be harsh to this "man". He isn't in my book of respected people last time I checked."
"Okay Amber, you need to calm down." Denice said. "I know you are angry with me, but I wanted to come back into your life. You're 16 now and I've already missed too much."
"I don't need you in my life, let alone want you in my life. You need to get out of this house before I have a freak attack." I said, feeling like at any minute this anger building up would cause me to leave and go somewhere else.
"A freak attack?"
"Wait, you don't know what that is do you? Obviously, because you were an ass and left before I was diagnosed."
"Amber stop." my mom said.
Liam sat up beside me. Looking around his face went from tired, to confused. "What's going on?"
"I'm pissed and need this man out of my house." I said, pointing to Denice.
"Why? What's wrong with him?"
"Everything is wrong with him. Please dispose of this waste before I have an outburst."
Liam chuckled before getting up and walking to Denice, who was at least a foot smaller than Liam.
"Get out, before I smash your face in." Liam said, his voice getting deeper and more intimidating.
Denice backed away before bolting out of the house, my mom running after him. I smiled and so did Liam.
"You weren't actually going to punch his face in were you?" I asked.
"No. I just say that because people will believe I will do it." He laughed slightly before crawling back into bed with me. "Who was he?"
"My excuse of a father." I said, resting my head on Liam's chest.
"The one that left you? He came back?" Liam started stroking his fingers through my hair.
"Yup. I woke up and there they were, in my room, talking about me."
"Wow. Why'd he come back?"
"I don't know." I sighed, grabbing hold of Liam's hand tightly.
I heard my mom running up the stairs. "Amber!" she yelled. She ran into my room and looked at me, fire in her eyes. "I am very disappointed in you." she said.
"Thanks mom. I've had a wonderful birthday so far." I smiled, sitting up along with Liam. "Now if you don't mind, I'm going to go spend my birthday with Liam, A.K.A. someone that hasn't yelled at me today."
I got up and ran to my closet pulling out some clothes and stuffing them in a bag. I grabbed all the necessities that I would need and grabbed Liam's hand, pulling him out of my room with me.
"Amber Anne Riley, do not leave this house." my mom said, storming after us.
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In a nutshell, we're not doing so hot.
Measured against other OECD nations, Canada continues to rank near the bottom of the barrel for environmental protection. Once viewed as a constructive, conscientious partner, Canada is now a sort of pariah on the international stage, uninterested or downright unwilling to work with other countries to tackle major global environmental challenges from desertification to over-fishing, deforestation to climate change.
So singularly focused is our current federal government on oil-fuelled growth, for example, the Guardian newspaper in the U.K. referred to our Natural Resource Minister, Joe Oliver, as Canada's "Minister of Oil."
Our reputation in disrepute abroad, environmental degradation continues at home. We can't solve everything all at once, so if we were to really focus, what is the most important thing threatening the Canadian environment? Is it the destructive power of climate change? The cancer-causing effect of unregulated toxic chemicals? The downward spiral of water quality across the country?
In my view all of these challenges are symptoms of a larger problem: the unrelenting, aggressive hostility of our country's Conservative parties to environmental progress.
I once participated on a panel for the magazine Corporate Knights that voted Brian Mulroney "the greenest Prime Minister in Canadian history." That seems like a long time ago now. And many of Mulroney's signature environmental accomplishments -- such as the creation of the respected National Round Table on Environment and Economy -- have since been killed by Stephen Harper's Conservatives.
This is the same federal government that has recently questioned whether global warming is really as bad as everybody says it is, has used the Canada Revenue Agency to make life as difficult for Canada's environmental charities as possible, and presided over what is -- objectively -- the most significant rollback of environmental protections since Confederation.
At the provincial level, in a little-noticed speech during the last provincial election, Ontario Conservative leader Tim Hudak promised to abolish Conservation Authorities -- a creation of Tory governments dating back to the 1950s, and he has been uniformly hostile to environmental notions ever since. In Brad Wall's Saskatchewan, the David Suzuki Foundation has recently noted that "it is difficult to imagine any jurisdiction taking the threats of climate change less seriously."
And though some days it's hard to focus on his actual policies through the haze of circus-like shenanigans, Toronto Mayor Rob Ford has targeted green initiatives with a laser-like precision, making it very clear that in his world "green" and "gravy" are synonymous and equally deserving of elimination.
There once was a proud Tory environmental record: Brian Mulroney's battles against Acid Rain, and Bill Davis's protection of the Niagara Escarpment come to mind. The Canadian Conservative circa 2013, however, has not only turned their back on this legacy, they are busily dismantling it.
Conservatives today are of a different ilk. They view the environment through a distorted and Manichean lens, one where environmental policy is inevitably at odds with sound economic policy.
Yes, there are voices -- like that of Preston Manning -- calling for a renewal of a Conservative green ethic. But these voices make little impact, drowned out as they are by the chorus of pro-industry voices, granted privileged access to lobby Conservative ministers for changes to environmental regulations. Meeting so often with oil and gas sector executives, it's little wonder "Environment" Minister Peter Kent focuses on promoting "Ethical Oil" rather than environmental stewardship.
A commitment to reconciling environmental and economic priorities is now without a doubt one of the single greatest differences between Conservatives and non-Conservatives in our country. For progressives, the task is to demonstrate to Canadians that there are alternatives to the ecologically destructive and economically uncertain path we are on.
Rick Smith is Executive Director of the Broadbent Institute.
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What better way to celebrate World Environment Day with your kid than to spend it in the kitchen? The night before, make granola with your child so they have a crunchy, earthy, homemade breakfast to look forward to in the morning. For lunch, put together some colorful salads made with local, organic vegetables and fruits. Talk about the different tastes, textures, and colors that come naturally from these foods, and why it is so important to eat things that come straight from the ground instead of a factory. This list from SheKnows.com is a good place to get some ideas. For a protein side, have fun with cage free hard boiled eggs. Extra points for organic and all-natural ingredients! Now comes the best part: dessert. Baking cakes, cookies, and cupcakes gives you the chance to show your child how sweet World Environment Day can really be. Check out Earth Day Globe Cookies from Family Corner, Bug Mountain Cake from Family Fun, and this creative concept from Dollhouse Bake Shoppe for Fruit Tree Cupcakes. For extra fun, pack up your meal and make it a picnic. Check out the Nature Conservancy's plan to Picnic for the Planet and participate in an event. Flickr image courtesy of zestycarl
Sometimes, the best way to teach your child is just to read a book with them. Children's books often carry beautiful messages about planet Earth in a very understandable way. Pick up some green kids' books at Barnes & Noble, or order them online through Amazon. Here are some of our favorite children's reads: Olivia's Birds: Saving the Gulf by Olivia Bouler: This collection of drawings an 11-year old girl did in the aftermath of the 2011 Gulf Oil Spill is inspirational, and awe-inspiring -- with this collection, Olivia raised $175,000 for the recovery effort. The Lorax by Dr. Seuss: This environmentally aware classic was published in 1971, just one year after the Earth Day movement began! The Magic School Bus and the Climate Challenge by Joanna Cole: Miss Frizzle is the queen of science fun, and this Earth-friendly adventure is no exception. Earth Day-- Hooray! by Stuart J. Murphy: Not only does this teach kids about the benefits of recycling, but helps them with math along the way. The Earth and I by Frank Asch: If "The Giving Tree" has a warm place in your heart, you and your child will want to read this book about the special relationship humans have with nature. The Earth Book by Todd Parr: Made with recycled materials and nontoxic soy ink, this book truly practices what it preaches. Every Minute on Earth by Steve Murrie: For the children of Trivia Night royalty, this book is full of great Earth factoids.
Although it may take longer than one day to see results, planting fruits, vegetables, flowers, or herbs can thrill children, and teach them how we can all contribute to the natural beauty of the world. If you are already a gardener, take your kids outside and have them help you with your plants. Let them weed, water, or actually plant bulbs and they will feel super important and proud. Here are the National Wildlife Federation's tips for gardening with kids, just to make things a little easier. Not enough backyard space for serious planting? Potted plants brighten up a room and give your child a chance to see his or her project bloom on a daily basis. Web Ecoist's list of hard-to-kill houseplants could be a good place to start for the easily distracted. If your child is one to nurture and love a plant, potted herbs are always fun.
Building a bird feeder is a classic childhood activity that connects kids to the world around them. Check out HGTV's different types of bird feeders you can make with your kid out of recycled materials. Or, of course, you can always just go the peanut butter and pine cone route! Flickr image courtesy of USFS Region 5
One of the best parts about World Environment Day is experiencing the natural wonder in our communities. For a fun day trip, take your kids to the local zoo, aquarium, or botanical gardens to see what the world has to offer. Find a zoo or aquarium near you through the Association of Zoos and Aquariums website. You may even live near one of Parents Magazine's Top 10 Zoos or Top 10 Aquariums for kids! Check out your local zoo/aquarium website to find out more. Are your kids too young for a zoo, or would just prefer to see some flora? You can also find a nearby arboretum or botanical gardens through the Better Homes and Gardens locator. Or just pack up a picnic and head to your local park!
Here at HuffPost Green, we believe that anything that can be turned into a game, should be. By making recycling fun, your kids will better understand the concept from a young age, and will be excited to participate when it comes time to separate your glass and paper. If your kids enjoy playing on the computer, have them check out these recycling games on the BBC website and Kaboose.com. This packet from the California Energy Commission has loads of crafts, facts, and games focused on recycling that you and your child can look through together. Have a large group (or at least 2+ kids) and want to involve them all? Play this recycling game, and actually sort your waste in the process: 1. Split the kids into two teams, or have each child play on their own. 2. Give them a pile of mixed recycled goods: plastics, paper, aluminum cans, or anything else that is safe for a child to toss. 3. Set up 3 bins near each team labeled "paper" "plastic" and "aluminum" 4. On the count of three, see which team can sort the pile into the appropriate bins first. Whoever wins gets a World Environment Day cookie!
Since kids cycle through clothes fast, teaching them new uses for old items is a great World Environment Day activity. Have them transform an old t-shirt into a fun pillow, or make sock puppets that can be used to perform a play. As long as you use non-toxic, all natural materials, tye-dyeing is fun any day of the year! For an added splash, use different hues of greens. Flickr image courtesy of Vancour
Kids love a good mystery, and playing in a dark room can help explain the concept of power saving. Have them play hide and seek or marco polo in a room with the lights off, or gather in the closet and tell a (not too) scary story. Show them how much fun can be had without using any extra power. Just make sure to put any sharp or dangerous objects away before you shut off the lights!
Explaining the concept of renewable energy to kids can be tricky, which is why making a solar oven is such a great World Environment Day activity. PBS kids has a great step-by-step solar oven guide, or check out this easy Home Training Tools method. They even have some tasty recipes for you to make in your new cooker! Flickr image courtesy of frankenstoen
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I am starting to realize the power of accessories… I don’t have to have that many items of clothing to be able to have thousands of outfits! I was shopping on LYLIF the other day and found so many cute accessories!! I wanted to share with you a few of my favorites…
Hair Clip || Necklace || Hat || Ring || Clutch
Where is your favorite place to shop for accessories? Share below!
Hey there everyone! Since Nathan and I moved into the house, we have SLOWLY been trying to get organized. As I stated in my article “One Month of Marriage“, the hubskis and I have struggled to merge our schedules and keep everything in order. We finally got a calendar up on the fridge to keep track of what’s coming up through the month…
I also picked out my 2013 planner!! I absolutely LOVE new planners🙂 They bring me so much joy…
Finally we got all our clothes hung up and organized in our closet!
What steps are you taking to get organized for the new year? Share with us below!
Hello everyone! I am starting a new weekly post called Three Things Thursday, which is simply three neat things I found that week that made me smile or inspired me in some way.. I firmly believe that it’s the little things that make life so enjoyable, and if you don’t take the time to appreciate the little things, you are going to miss out on quite a bit of what life has to offer. So, I hope you enjoy this new post and I hope you, too find the time to enjoy the little joys of life
This mug is adorable. It makes me want to hug MY hubskis!
My sister-in-law bought a UV lamp and shellac polishes recently and we decided to try it out today! I love my nails! It was certainly an adventure trying to figure out how it all works, but in the end we were left with really nice polished nails that will last about two weeks!
These are the supplies you will need. We got pure acetone to take off any nail polish we had on our nails before. Your nails have to be completely clean. Then we got the Nail Dehydrator, Base Coat, UV Color Coat, and Top Coat. We also got as high percentage of alcohol we could find to rub our nails with afterward to make them super shiny! | <urn:uuid:ca77c889-6d12-4310-873e-40d0ea751eae> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | https://allthingsadorableblog.wordpress.com/ | 2016-10-25T06:35:52Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988719960.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183839-00190-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.973223 | 500 | [
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Hey guys, we've been rebuilding a lot of machines for new clients recently, and while our old clients all have standardised Dell hardware, our new clients tend to have a real mismatch of unbranded crap!
My question is this: I know there are a lot of apps out there to 'find' the drivers that are missing, driver detective etc, but none seem to actually be worthwhile, I'm not necessarily looking for a free piece of software, just something to track down drivers for me and save time on rebuilds, as at the moment I'm having to trawl through legacy drivers on motherboard manufacturers' sites daily and it's quite counter productive!
Ideally it would be something I can install on a thumb drive and run on each machine that needs it!
i wish i could of found something like that haha i had to fresh install 3 machines last week all different lol
i just used google and asked questions
yeah that's the solution I've been using, with the sheer volume of new customer's we're supporting it's just not time-effective enough, the common problem with customers in IT these days is everything has to be done yesterday!
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Colony Financial, Inc. Announces Public Offering Of Convertible Senior Notes
Colony Financial, Inc. (the "Company") (NYSE: CLNY) today announced its
plans to commence a public offering of $200,000,000 aggregate principal
amount of Convertible Senior Notes due 2021 (the “Notes”).
Colony Financial, Inc. (the "Company") (NYSE: CLNY) today announced its plans to commence a public offering of $200,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Convertible Senior Notes due 2021 (the “Notes”). The Company also plans to grant to the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional $30 million aggregate principal amount of the Notes to cover over-allotments, if any. The interest rate, conversion rate and other terms of the Notes will be determined at the time of pricing of the offering. The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the offering to repay amounts outstanding under its secured revolving credit facility, and to use any remainder of the net proceeds from this offering to acquire its target assets in a manner consistent with its investment strategies and investment guidelines and for working capital and general corporate purposes. Morgan Stanley, BofA Merrill Lynch, Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank Securities will act as the joint book-running managers for this offering. The offering of the Notes will be made under the Company’s automatically effective shelf registration statement, which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The offering will be made only by means of a prospectus supplement and prospectus, which will be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Before you invest, you should read the applicable prospectus supplement and prospectus for more complete information about the Company and the offering. You may obtain these documents free of charge by visiting the SEC website at www.sec.gov. Alternatively, you may obtain copies, when available, by contacting Morgan Stanley at Attention: Prospectus Department, 180 Varick Street, 2nd Floor, New York, NY 10014, BofA Merrill Lynch at 222 Broadway, New York, NY 10038, Attention: Prospectus Department or by emailing [email protected], Credit Suisse at One Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10010, Attention: Prospectus Department, by telephone (toll free) at (800) 221-1037 or by e-mailing [email protected], or Deutsche Bank Securities at Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Attention: Prospectus Group, 60 Wall Street, New York, New York 10005, telephone (800) 503-4611 or email at [email protected]. This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, nor shall there be any sale of any securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction. | <urn:uuid:4f161a71-dd65-49cd-8741-f4f14d92cab4> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | https://www.thestreet.com/story/12258114/1/colony-financial-inc-announces-public-offering-of-convertible-senior-notes.html | 2016-10-25T06:51:37Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988719960.60/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183839-00190-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.908928 | 627 | [
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“Is my new website be as sketchy as the wireframe?” I’m sure you’ve heard this comment when presenting a wireframe
to a client?
A wireframe often confuses people, especially during usability tests with users who don’t know anything about the app in question. Here we´ll talk about a new agile methodology involving wireframe and user testing, putting all people involved on the same page.User testing versus wireframes
Usability tests are important to learn about the overall user experience from regular users. Unfortunately, most of them are not quite sure how they should answer a wireframe. Often, they don´t see what they’re supoosed to do, and some don´t even know they´re actually testing a webpage. This lack of background adds cognitive hitches of understanding to test. At the end of a project, this confusion is translated by very few relevant answers.
Although full of good-will, Users testing wireframes are often unsophisticated users. They all agree to test and answer questions the best they can. This cognitive gap is due to blurry definitions on what they should or should not be focusing on. “Look at the forms but don´t pay attention to images.” “forget about the design, tell me what you think of the layout” “check the font size but not font itself.” Anyone would get mixed up with such questions.
Design and visual impressions like colors, fonts and images are key to using a site, and these details are important to any usability test. Users won’t be able to use a page properly if they don’t see links or can’t read what you expect them to. Information architects, however, tend to stay away from these features so that they don´t step on designers’ shoes. After all, “a wireframe is not a final design draft ”.
Or is it? The role of an UX designer or information architect should be mainly geared towards clarity, to get the message across.
Originally a “wireframe” was a quickly rendered 3D model showing the model’s structure while engineers were still working on it. They were much faster to work with than the full rendering. Interestingly enough, they are not used anymore since now-a-days prototyping tools and techniques are fast… that gives us a hint!Wireframes or final design?
Information architects don’t design final webpages, instead, they build wireframes instead, here is why:
- A wireframe is faster to build and work on
- Wireframes force viewers to focus on the general content and not on the visual design.
As you can see, all these objectives are geared for the project-team, not the user. Wireframes aren’t built for the final audiences and this is why most usersdon´t get wireframes.From wireframe to interactive prototypes
IT professionals are now mixing wireframes with more functional prototypes. These interactive prototypes are so close from the final application, in their design and interactivity, that it became a lot easier to carry on relevant user tests. These HTML prototypes can even integrate analytical tools like Google Analytics to carry out remote user tests. This use of wireframe and prototypes is changing the way IT project are carried out as it´s now possible to know what´s the best app for what users before having started development.
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From Our Landscape/Design Team…
As the warmer weather starts heading our way, we start transitioning from planting season to planning season. Getting design and installation work done on your new patio, walkway, or any hardscaping will allow ample time to think about what plantings you would like to get installed during our fall planting window.
IRRIGATION, WINTER TO SPRING
March…..in like a lamb? Although grounds are saturated, thanks to old man winter, don’t forget about spring start up of your system. Have your system professionally evaluated, to check for damage and leaks. Call now to schedule your April or May system start.
Our in-house irrigation services include:
- System design and installation
- Water management
- Repair services
- Electronic controller installation and programming
- Temporary irrigation systems for new turf and plants
Please contact us at 410-956-1344 to discuss all your irrigation needs.
Shaping and thinning of evergreens, woody plants and ornamentals will reduce stress and invigorate plant growth. Simply “pinching” spent blooms from flowering plants, such as rhododendron, is a good practice. Other ornamentals such as azalea, viburnum and magnolia should be pruned in a timely order so that bud set for next season is not disturbed. Candle growth on evergreens, such as pine, should be tipped while the candle is still soft.
It is best to water plants and turf grass during early morning hours. Be conscious of how much water your turf and plants receive. Evaporation rates are greater in turf areas. However, applying too much water during high humidity months can promote fungus growth in both turf and planting beds.
LANDSCAPE LIGHTING TIPS
Be sure to have your system evaluated by a professional. Damage caused by snow, snow removal or harsh winter temperatures could impair a safe operating system. When daylight savings time kicks in, be sure all switches and timers are adjusted accordingly.
Exterior Image, Inc. offers annual low voltage Landscape Lighting service agreements that will keep your system operating at peak performance, along with system design and installation. Please contact us to discuss all your low voltage lighting needs at 410-956-1344.
SPRING PLANNING TIPS
Now that we have survived February and record snowstorms, hopefully as we move through March we will begin to see signs of spring sooner rather than later. We just spent last weekend at the Annapolis Home Show and along with a great patio and wall display, where we were able to incorporate some Daffodils and Cyclamens into our planting layout, and I must say, it was really nice to see some color! We here at Exterior Image, like many of the visitors we spoke with, are ready to get back out into the garden.
As much as we are ready for spring, it is seemingly difficult for everyone to begin planning with the lingering snow and cold weather, but now is a great time to start formulating your ideas and potential projects. Late winter allows time for the creation of your landscape plans and will ensure you an early spot on the schedule when the weather breaks. Feel free to call and set up a time for us to visit your property and listen to your ideas.
SUMMER DESIGN TIPS
When summer is approaching it’s a great time to design and build that new hardscape you have been wanting. Walkways, patios, walls, outdoor kitchens, pergolas, steps, ponds?.the list goes on. Whether you need to replace an unsightly concrete walkway or design an entire new patio area summer is a good time to do so. When completing landscape projects the hardscapes are typically the first part of the project to be installed. By designing and building your hardscapes now you will be ready for planting in the fall when the temperatures are more favorable.
Summer is also the time of year to prune your spring flowering shrubs such as Forsythia, Azalea and Viburnum to name a few. Prune now before they set buds for next spring and ensure they are in shape and looking good for next season.
Don’t forget to water! Those new plantings you installed this spring will need water throughout the summer to remain lush and beautiful. The average summer rain is not sufficient for new plantings, and you will need to water on a weekly basis.
Contact us today to schedule an appointment with a Landscape Designer or to schedule pruning and watering services for you so you can enjoy your summer without any worries.
FALL DESIGN TIPS
As we move into Fall, our inclination is to put off outdoor projects that we did not get around to during the summer. That may not be the best course of action.
While spring is typically the busy planting season, planting perennials, shrubs, and trees in the Fall is actually more beneficial. It allows plants the opportunity to develop healthy root systems, while at the same time, saving you money on water compared to spring and summer plantings. Fall is typically a better time to attempt transplants for many types of vegetation, as the stress of planting wanes with the heat.
Coincidentally, Fall is also one of the best times to assess your outdoor space and plan ahead before the spring season. As the leaves fall it becomes easier to assess where additional screening may be needed. For overgrown areas, now is the best time to tackle removal of overgrowth and to plant something more aesthetically pleasing. Ask yourself, “How is the basic structure or ‘bones’ of your garden?” Areas that were once lush in the summer can suddenly seem lacking, but easily corrected by incorporating additional evergreens while not impacting a garden in full bloom.
Think ahead to your wants and needs for Spring and get a head start on your construction projects by allowing us to complete the design and hardscape installation during the Fall months. You’ll be the first one on your block next Spring to enjoy a new landscape installation, while others will be experiencing a torn up yard during the best part of the year. Along with planning ahead, we still have the capacity in our schedule to work on your irrigation and lighting – the perfect Fall project!
We hope you are enjoying the fall and the change of seasons.
We look forward to working with you; please feel free to contact us!
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
January 22, 2008
MILTON THOMPSON, PLAINTIFF,
DARWIN LACLAIR, SUPERINTENDENT; A. MCKEE, CORRECTIONAL OFFICER; AND N. IRWIN, LIEUTENANT, DEFENDANTS.
The opinion of the court was delivered by: Scullin, Senior Judge
MEMORANDUM-DECISION AND ORDER
The Clerk of the Court has sent Plaintiff Milton Thompson's civil rights complaint, his application to proceed in forma pauperis, and a fully executed inmate authorization form to the Court for its review. See Dkt. Nos. 1-3. Plaintiff has also filed a motion for injunctive relief.*fn1
In his pro se complaint, Plaintiff alleges, among other things, the denial of a constitutionally cognizable liberty interest without having been afforded procedural due process, as required under the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, cruel and unusual punishment in violation of his rights under the Eighth Amendment, and a third cause of action, denominated as the second, based upon the loss of certain of his property and the denial of an internal claim for reimbursement to compensate him for that loss. See, generally, Complaint ("Dkt. No. 1"). Plaintiff's due process claim, the sole cause of action implicated in his motion for injunctive relief, stems from an August 2007 disciplinary hearing that resulted in a finding of guilt and the imposition of a penalty of thirty days in keeplock confinement with a corresponding loss of recreation, package, commissary, and phone privileges. See id.
A. In Forma Pauperis Application
After reviewing Plaintiff's in forma pauperis application, see Dkt. No. 2, and in light of his filing of a signed inmate authorization form, the Court finds that Plaintiff may properly proceed with this matter in forma pauperis.
B. Injunctive Relief
In support of his motion for injunctive relief, Plaintiff alleges that, as a result of his confinement in the special housing unit ("SHU"), he was removed from an Alcohol Substance Abuse Treatment program ("ASAT") before he completed that program.*fn2 See Dkt. No. 4.
Plaintiff requests that the Court direct Defendants to expunge his record regarding the disciplinary penalty and credit him for the five-and-one-half months of the ASAT program that he completed prior to his confinement in keeplock and, presumably, further direct Defendants to permit him to complete the program as soon as possible. See id.; see also Dkt. No. 1 at 10 (requesting that Plaintiff receive credit for all the time that he invested in the ASAT program and be permitted to complete that program). To establish that he will suffer irreparable harm, absent the injunctive relief he seeks, Plaintiff states that he is due to appear before the New York State Parole Board in February, 2008, at which time he will be required to demonstrate that he has completed the ASAT program or risk denial of parole. See Dkt. No. 4.
The standard that a court must use when considering whether to grant a request for injunctive relief is well-settled in this Circuit. To warrant the issuance of a preliminary injunction, a movant must show (a) irreparable harm and (b) either (1) a likelihood of success on the merits of the claim or (2) sufficiently serious questions going to the merits and a balance of hardships tipping decidedly toward the party seeking injunctive relief. See D.D. ex rel. V.D. v. New York City Bd. of Educ., 465 F.3d 503, 510 (2d Cir. 2006) (quotation omitted).
1. Irreparable Harm
Where an alleged deprivation of constitutional harm is involved, courts generally do not require that the party seeking injunctive relief make a further showing of irreparable harm. See Mitchell v. Cuomo, 748 F.2d 804, 806 (2d Cir. 1984) (quotation and other citations omitted). In this case, Plaintiff alleges that, in spending thirty days in the SHU as a result of his disciplinary infraction, he lost the five-and-one-half months of credit he earned while he was enrolled in the ASAT program and was unable to complete that program. According to Plaintiff, he is due to appear before the New York State Parole Board in February, 2008, and his failure to complete the ASAT program may result in the denial of parole. Accepting Plaintiff's allegations as true for the sole purpose of considering this motion, the Court finds that, to the extent that Plaintiff might be denied parole because of his failure to complete the ASAT program as a result of his thirty-day SHU confinement in August, 2007, the Plaintiff may suffer irreparable harm related to his alleged due process claim should the Court deny his request for injunctive relief.*fn3
2. Likelihood of success on the merits or sufficiently serious questions regarding the merits and a balance of hardships tipping decidedly toward Plaintiff
Even assuming, for the sake of argument, that a movant has established the possibility of irreparable harm, a party is not entitled to the issuance of interim injunctive relief absent proof of the likelihood of succeeding on the merits of a claim or evidence that establishes sufficiently serious questions going to the merits of such a claim and a balance of hardships tipping decidedly toward the party seeking such relief. See Covino v. Patrissi, 967 F.2d 73, 77 (2d Cir. 1992) (citation omitted).
In the present case, Plaintiff has submitted only his own affidavit containing his request for injunctive relief and outlining briefly the reasons why he believes the Court should grant his request. Based upon the Court's review of these materials, in conjunction with Plaintiff's complaint, it is evident that the record lacks any proof that Plaintiff is likely to succeed on the merits of his due process claim or any evidence that establishes sufficiently serious questions going to the merits of that claim and a balance of the hardships tipping distinctly toward Plaintiff.
Plaintiff's motion for injunctive relief is rooted in his claim that he was denied a constitutionally cognizable liberty interest without being afforded the procedural due process that the Fourteenth Amendment requires. To successfully state a claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for denial of due process arising out of a disciplinary hearing, a plaintiff must show that he both possessed an actual liberty interest and that he was deprived of that interest without being afforded sufficient process.*fn4 See Tellier v. Fields, 280 F.3d 69, 79-80 (2d Cir. 2000) (quotation omitted); Hynes v. Squillace, 143 F.3d 653, 658 (2d Cir. 1998) (citation omitted); Bedoya v. Coughlin, 91 F.3d 349, 351-52 (2d Cir. 1996) (citation omitted)
In Sandin v. Conner, 515 U.S. 472 (1995), the Supreme Court determined that, to establish a liberty interest, a plaintiff must sufficiently demonstrate that the State actually created a protected liberty interest in being free from segregation and that the segregation would impose an "atypical and significant hardship on the inmate in relation to the ordinary incidents of prison life." Id. at 484; see also Tellier, 280 F.3d at 80; Hynes, 143 F.3d at 658. Since the prevailing view is that by its regulatory scheme New York has created a liberty interest in remaining free from disciplinary confinement, thus satisfying the first Sandin factor, see, e.g., LaBounty v. Coombe, No. 95 CIV 2617, 2001 WL 1658245, *6 (S.D.N.Y. Dec. 26, 2001); Alvarez v. Coughlin, No. 94-CV-985, 2001 WL 118598, *6 (N.D.N.Y. Feb. 6, 2001), the Court must determine whether the conditions of Plaintiff's SHU confinement as alleged rise to the level of an atypical and significant hardship under Sandin. If they do not, then Plaintiff is not likely to succeed on the merits of his due process claim.
Atypicality in a Sandin inquiry is normally a question of law.*fn5 See Colon v. Howard, 215 F.3d 227, 230-31 (2d Cir. 2000); Sealey v. Giltner, 197 F.3d 578, 585 (2d Cir. 1999). When determining whether a plaintiff possesses a liberty interest, district courts must examine the specific circumstances of confinement, including an analysis of both the length and conditions of confinement. See Sealey, 197 F.3d at 586; Arce v. Walker, 139 F.3d 329, 335-36 (2d Cir. 1998); Brooks v. DiFasi, 112 F.3d 46, 48-49 (2d Cir. 1997). In cases involving shorter periods of segregated confinement where the plaintiff has not alleged any unusual conditions, however, a detailed explanation of this analysis is not necessary. See Hynes, 143 F.3d at 658; Arce, 139 F.3d at 336.
Although not the only factor to be considered, the duration of a disciplinary keeplock confinement remains significant under Sandin. See Colon, 215 F.3d at 231. Significantly, although under certain circumstances confinement of less than 101 days could be shown to meet the atypicality standard under Sandin, see id. at 232 n.5, the Second Circuit generally takes the position that SHU confinement under ordinary conditions of more than 305 days rises to the level of atypicality, whereas normal SHU confinement of 101 days or less does not.*fn6 See id. at 231-32 (305 days of SHU confinement constitutes an atypical and "sufficient departure from ordinary incidents of prison life").
It is likely that Plaintiff's due process claim is deficient because of his failure to establish that he possessed, but was deprived of, a cognizable liberty or property interest; courts have consistently held that disciplinary confinement for periods similar to those involved in this instance do not rise to a level sufficient to support a procedural due process claim. See Smart v. Goord, 441 F. Supp. 2d 631, 640 (S.D.N.Y. 2006) ("[T]he decisions in the Second Circuit are unanimous that keeplock . . . of 30 days or less in New York prisons is not 'atypical or significant hardship' under Sandin." (internal quotation omitted)); Zimmerman v. Seyfert, No. 9:03-CV-1389, 2007 WL 2080517, *21 (N.D.N.Y. July 19, 2007) (noting that the plaintiff's "thirty-day disciplinary sentence in SHU does not rise to the level of an atypical and significant deprivation sufficient to create a liberty interest"); Fullwood v. Vosper, No. 9:99CV1586, 2007 WL 119456, *5 (N.D.N.Y. Jan. 9, 2007) (holding that "thirty-day keeplock confinement and loss of phone, package, and commissary privileges, where [the plaintiff] fails to delineate 'abnormal' conditions, is insufficient to qualify as an atypical and significant hardship"). Therefore, the Court finds that Plaintiff's thirty-day commitment in the SHU did not constitute a constitutionally cognizable liberty deprivation.
It is possible that Plaintiff is contending that his removal from the ASAT program deprived him of a liberty interest. Likewise, the Court could construe Plaintiff's complaint to allege that the potential for the denial of parole due to his failure to complete the ASAT program amounts to a liberty interest deprivation. Inmates, however, do not have a constitutional right to be released on parole or to participate in prison programs. See Boothe v. Hammock, 605 F.2d 661, 664 (2d Cir. 1979) (no constitutionally protectable expectation of parole entitling inmate to due process safeguards); Gissendanner v. Menifee, 975 F. Supp. 249, 251 (W.D.N.Y. 1997) (holding that "'a prisoner does not hold a protected interest in [prison] programs'" (quoting Deutsch v. United States, 943 F. Supp. 276 (W.D.N.Y. 1996))). Since an essential element of a § 1983 claim is that "the conduct complained of must have deprived a person of rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution or laws of the United States," Pitchell v. Callan, 13 F.3d 545, 547 (2d Cir. 1994) (citation omitted), any due process challenge grounded in either of these theories fails to state an actionable claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983.
Based upon its review of Plaintiff's motion for injunctive relief, the Court finds that Plaintiff has failed to allege facts that demonstrate any likelihood of success on the merits of his Fourteenth Amendment claim or any serious questions related to the merits of that claim.
Accordingly, after reviewing the entire file in this matter and the applicable law and for the above-stated reasons, the Court hereby
ORDERS that Plaintiff's in forma pauperis application is GRANTED.*fn7 The Clerk of the Court shall issue summonses and forward them, along with copies of the complaint, to the United States Marshal for service on Defendants. The Clerk of the Court shall forward a copy of the summons and complaint by mail to the Office of the Attorney General of the State of New York, together with a copy of this Order; and the Court further
ORDERS that the Clerk of the Court shall provide the Superintendent of the facility that Plaintiff has designated as his current location with a copy of Plaintiff's authorization form and notify that official that Plaintiff has filed his action and is required to pay the entire statutory filing fee of $350.00 pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915; and the Court further
ORDERS that the Clerk of the Court shall provide a copy of Plaintiff's authorization form to the Financial Deputy of the Clerk's Office; and the Court further
ORDERS that Defendants or their counsel shall file a response to Plaintiff's complaint as provided for in the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure after service of process on Defendants; and the Court further
ORDERS that Plaintiff's motion for injunctive relief is DENIED without prejudice to renewal following service of the complaint and an appearance on behalf of Defendants; and the Court further
ORDERS that the parties shall file all pleadings, motions and other documents relating to this action with the Clerk of the United States District Court, Northern District of New York, 7th Floor, James Hanley Federal Building and Courthouse, 100 South Clinton Street, Syracuse, New York 13261-7367. A party must accompany any paper that it files with the Clerk of the Court or the Court with a certificate showing that the party has mailed a true and correct copy of that paper to all opposing parties or their counsel. The Clerk of the Court will return, without processing, any document that it or the Court receives which does not include a certificate of service showing that the party served a copy of that document on all opposing parties or their attorneys. Plaintiff must comply with any requests of the Clerk's Office for any documents that are necessary to maintain this action. All parties must comply with Local Rule 7.1 of the Northern District of New York in filing motions, which they must make returnable before the assigned Magistrate Judge with proper allowance for notice as the Rules require. Plaintiff must also promptly notify the Clerk's Office and all parties or their counsel of any change in his address; his failure to do so will result in the dismissal of this action. The Court will decide all motions based upon the submitted papers without oral argument unless the Court orders otherwise; and the Court further
ORDERS that the Clerk of the Court shall serve a copy of this Order on Plaintiff in accordance with the Court's Local Rules.
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As Seen in Vanity Fair's August 2006 Issue!
As Seen in US News & World Report's September 11 Fifth Anniversary Issue!
As Seen in Time Magazine's September 11, 2006 Issue!
As Seen in Phoenix New Times' August 9, 2007 Issue!
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
The Great Wikipedia Scandal!
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Well, I wish I had a straight forward answer for you. Reading instruction is a constantly evolving process that involves so many different strategies. Many teachers have to teach a large variety of reading levels and create separate lesson plans for each of those levels. Within each of those levels, individual children have their own specific needs teachers have to accommodate. It is overwhelming. Therefore, we teachers have to be strategic and provide students with the tools and schema to help them be successful readers.
Now that technology is making its way into the classroom and students are having to use devices to research and acquire information, we need to provide them with tools to help support their digital comprehension. Check out these 5 Chrome extensions that will help your students with just that:
Visor is a slick extension that helps with fluency, eye-strain, concentration and comprehension while reading online. Once the extension is installed and you click the computer monitor icon, a colored overlay of your choice appears as well as a horizontal highlighter strip that employs a point of focus feature that helps with tracking as you scroll through text. Think of those highlighter strips you buy at the teacher's store--they have gone digital! You can change both the thickness of the highlighter strip and the color of the overlay.
In kindergarten we teach students how to track letters while sounding out words to properly pronounce the words they read. As they become more advanced readers, we teach them how to track each word as they read it in a sentence. Any child who skips words/phrases has a hard time making sense of the text. Visor helps our digital readers in the same exact way while also reducing the visual noise on a webpage!
Read Mode is a very simple extension that takes any webpage and turns it into an easy-to-read black and white page. The "busyness" of a webpage is eliminated.
Students who get easily distracted truly benefit from using this extension. If they start reading the first sentence of a webpage and then glance over at flashy ads, buttons, and other distracting images, their comprehension will immediately be affected. They can quickly toggle back and forth between the Read Mode view and the webpage view.
Page Marker is one of my favorites and EVERY teacher needs to have this one installed on their Chrome browser. This extension allows you to write & draw on any webpage. Take a look at the webpage below that a child was using to research Earth's layers. She was able to underline, circle and box key information as well as draw a diagram of Earth's layers that goes along with the text.
- Click on the red highlighter icon that appears in your Chrome browser after you install the extension
- Begin drawing with your mouse
- To change the color of the pen use the UP/DOWN arrows
- Click on the red highlighter again to make another drawing in a different color
- Press "X" or ESC to stop drawing and clear
- Press Delete (CNTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE for Chromebooks) to clear
That's it! I use this extension ALL OF THE TIME when I am trying to point something out to my students that is projected on the board when we are on different websites. Annotating and drawing pictures (especially using different colors) around text helps students comprehend what they are reading. Once you leave the webpage you have worked on, the ink will vanish. If you would like to keep your work, simply take a screenshot like the image above.
Vocabulary plays a major role in reading comprehension. If a child is not familiar with a word, he/she might have a hard time understanding the entire context. Now vocabulary instruction is just a double click away!
Click the gear icon in the lower right hand corner to choose the color of your sticky note by clicking Choose Theme.
You can change your text style, text size and the size of the sticky note.
If you would like to download and print your notes, simply click on export note as .txt file and click print this note.
So there are 5 Chrome extensions that can help support reading comprehension but there are many more out there! Go peruse the Chrome webstore and see what you can find. However, I highly encourage you to test out the extension before trying it out with your class. Some work well and some do not. Some of my favorites that I used last year no longer work they way they once did. Therefore, I have to adapt and change with the times! Ohhhhh technology 😭 | <urn:uuid:c7fff1ec-dc0b-411e-b444-922730d459ee> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.classroomtestedresources.com/2016/09/5-chrome-extensions-that-support.html | 2016-10-27T10:44:39Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988721268.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183841-00314-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.951399 | 923 | [
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Blackhawks 'GEOTECH' Knit Beanie by Mitchell and Ness
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Mitchell & Ness Chicago Blackhawks Acrylic Knit Beanie by Mitchell & Ness. 'GEOTECH' has red knit crown with embroidered team logo on black cuff. 'GEOTECH' has team color Geotech design on crown and cuff, Mitchell & Ness embroidered on back, kelly green pom-pom on top. This item is on SALE!. These GEOTECHs are authentic Chicago Blackhawks hats made by Mitchell & Ness for official NHL - National Hockey League teams. | <urn:uuid:59a4c2aa-ffd2-4e00-9e3e-50d32c6c2750> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.hatland.com/hats/blackhawks-geotech-knit-beanie-mitchell-and-ness-25438/ | 2016-10-27T10:57:10Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988721268.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183841-00314-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.792468 | 146 | [
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I can’t remember the last time I felt really proud of an achievement at work. Shuffling numbers around a spreadsheet might be entirely necessary, but it doesn’t really get me jumping up and down. But when I managed to take out an old drawer whose bottom frequently dropped out, build a new drawer, fit the runners, fit the drawer, and it all actually fitted into the cupboard, I had to shout out loud my delight and pride in myself. It might be a simple and straightforward thing for someone used to doing DIY, but for me it was a big deal. I had set myself a goal and reached it. Something tangible that would make my life easier.
Now I have worked my way around the kitchen, I can put together a drawer without looking at the instructions, change a cupboard door in under 10 minutes and even adjust the hang of the door. I am really pleased with my quirky mismatched purple door knobs, and my new larder cupboard with four practical wire basket drawers instead of two shelves pleases me beyond reason for a normal person. I just have to decide what to do about the larder door as the size I need is not available in the same style. | <urn:uuid:1aede634-713b-4fa8-9fbd-1306dd26f65c> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | https://knittingmamma.wordpress.com/2012/08/12/step-three-starting-on-the-kitchen/ | 2016-10-27T10:49:27Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988721268.95/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183841-00314-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964691 | 251 | [
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We were there just over four weeks ago in Times Square in New York City when Microsoft launched Windows 8. The company turned over 30 of the location's electronic billboards into big Start screen logos and also showed off a bunch of Windows 8 devices from third party PC makers, as well as Microsoft's own Surface tablet.
Now Google is apparently doing something similar to promote its new and cheaper Chromebook notebooks. The Next Web reports that Google has set up a temporary exhibit in Times Square where they are showing off these new Chromebooks from Samsung and Acer that start at just $199.
Google is also using a few of Times Square's billboards to showcase photographs that are uploaded by people who check out the Chromebook exhibit. If you are not in Times Square, you can still submit a picture that may be picked by Google to be shown to the many thousands of people who walk by the billboard via the Gallery For Everyone website.
The creation of both a temporary booth for Chromebooks combined with the use of the big electronic ads by Google in Times Square is a near perfect copy of Microsoft's Windows 8 launch, although it appears to be on a smaller scale. One wonders if Google got the idea after seeing all of the press coverage of the Windows 8 launch.
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One thing people love to do in the summertime is watch movies outdoors. And it kind of makes sense, right? I mean, who wants to be cooped up in a dark, quiet movie theater watching a movie, when you can be sitting outside in the heat, trying to hear a movie over police helicopters, people's pets and your neighbor's kids?
Well, Union Craft Brewing, 1700 Union Ave., has a game-changing formula for watching movies outdoors. The brewery in Woodberry hosting its School's Out Summer Movie Series on Friday evenings this month.
It started with "Dazed and Confused" on June 7 and continued June 14 with "Fast Times at Ridgemont High." This Friday, June 21, the brewery will be showing "Ferris Bueller's Day Off," and the series will end June 28 with "American Pie."
You can watch the movies on a 20-foot inflatable screen, while drinking Union Craft's beers. Admission is $5, the popcorn is free, cans of Duckpin and Balt are $4, and pints of whatever they feel like pouring are $5. Doors open at 7, and the movies starts at 9 p.m. For more information, visit http://www.unioncraftbrewing.com.
Union Craft beer and an outdoor movie? That sounds like a good time.
Another summer activity people love is swimming. Swimmers will be happy to hear that there will be a free Friends and Family Party open to the community at the pool at Roosevelt Park on June 23. The party takes place from noon to 4 p.m. There will be lots of giveaways, raffles, activities and more. The pool will also be open seven days a week this summer, and on June 28, there will be an after-hours adult swim. For more information, contact Melissa Gregory at 410-916-3229.
For some, karaoke is a popular summertime activity (and if I wasn't trying to do a summer-themed column, I might admit that karaoke is a popular anytime activity). Be sure to stay hydrated on Tuesday, June 25 at Golden West Cafe, 1105 W. 36th St., as things heat up for "Karaoke Is For Suckers," starting at 10 p.m. at 10PM. They have a 14,000-song library. Practice your Hall & Oates and get ready to be a sucker for karaoke.
For nerds, video games are an excellent substitute for summertime fun. Be sure to head back to the Golden West on Wednesday, June 26th at 8 p.m. for the "NERDS OUT! WiiMBLEDON Wii Tennis Tournament, from 8-9:30 p.m. It costs $5 to play, it's free to watch and it's a 16 game, single-elimination double tournament. You can win cash and prizes!
And finally, one thing a lot of people like to do in the summer is read. Minás Gallery & Boutique, 815 W. 36th St., is hosting a "Found Patrick Anthology Release Party" on Sunday, June 30 at 1 p.m. Admission is free. This anthology explores the art of grief with artwork and found verse from around the globe, also including portions of essays taken from the work of the late Dr. Patrick Sokas. The readers will be Lynne Shapiro, Danuta Kosk-Kosicka and Regina Sokas. | <urn:uuid:61c08f03-1160-4d16-804b-e9b4b8d6882f> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/baltimore-city/north-baltimore/ph-ms-hampden-column-0620-20130617-story.html | 2016-10-28T14:04:37Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988722653.96/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183842-00376-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.951156 | 716 | [
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Bollywood is filled with gorgeous beauties who are ruling the film industry with their talent and god gifted beauty. If on one hand we have such pretty looking damsels, on the other side we have some real ugly ducklings who have been trying to get a foot holding in the industry.
For example Rakhi Sawant who has been time and again getting so many plastic surgeries yet we don't see any remarkable changes. With surgery or without surgery, this girl is plain ugly and we definitely don't want to see her on the big screen. Now don't think that we are being shallow, we are not saying beauty is important to be an actress. We are well aware that for a person to be a good actress, he/she should have talent, say like Konkana Sen- She is not a conventionally good looking girl but the actress has impressed us all with her acting chops.
So we are not talking about such talented girls, we are talking about that group who is neither good looking nor know how to act. They simple traumatize us by appearing on the big screen. Poonam Pandey may have a good body but she doesn't have a pretty face and don't even get us started on her acting chops. This girl just cannot act!
Girls like Esha Deol and Ameesha Patel also fall under this category, not because of their looks but because they lack the charm and personality that is often associated with superstars. Basically we are listing out those girls who may be ugly or good looking, who may not know how to act or know how to act but for sure lack the charisma of a superstar.
So let's take a look at some of the plain janes, ugly ducklings and not so famous Bollywood celebs, who lack the charm and personality, which is often associated with superstars!
1. Sofia Hayat
British actress, model and singer Sofia, who is known for her quirky style statements and flaunting her hot-bod, grabbed huge eyeballs with her antics in different TV shows.
2. Rakhi Sawant
Film and TV actress Rakhi Sawant is not only known for her curves but is also known for her blunt views!
3. Koena Mitra
Once known for her sexy-image, a botched plastic surgery crashed Koena Mitra's Bollywood dreams.
4. Veena Malik
Pakistani actress Veena Malik had her fair share of controversies: her nude photoshoot for FHM magazine and her dalliance with Ashmit Patel to name a few!
5. Poonam Pandey
Internet celebrity Poonam Pandey's fame rests on shedding her clothes on social networking sites.
6. Tanisha Mukherjee
Tanuja's daughter and Kajol's little sister Tanisha, who made a disastrous Bollywood debut with Neal N Nikki, was one of the contestants of Bigg Boss Season 7, who is believed to be going around with Armaan Kohli.
7. Mugdha Godse
Former model turned actress Mugdha had a chequered Bollywood career with many highs and lows in her kitty. Well, she is still struggling for a solo hit.
8. Sherlyn Chopra
Model turned actress Sherlyn Chopra became the first Indian to shoot for Playboy magazine and was also a part of Kamasutra movie.
9. Soha Ali Khan
Daughter of Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi and Sharmila Tagore and sister of Saif Ali Khan, Soha Ali Khan is yet to consolidate her position in Bollywood.
10. Esha Deol
After a not so happening Bollywood career, Dharmendra and Hema Malini's daughter Esha Deol married Bharat Takhtani in 2012.
11. Tanushree Dutta
Model turned actress Tanushree Dutta has had a not so illustrious Bollywood career.
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Our Views: 'Do not serve' list serving Janesville as police intended
Early returns indicate the Janesville Police Department's “do not serve” list is proving to be another effective program.
The department last summer named 10 habitual drunks to its first “do not serve” list. While the second list has 12 names, don't think the project didn't work as intended. Only three people named the first time remain on the revised list.
Those on the list had at least three police contacts in the past six months due to intoxication. These contacts burn up police and emergency services funded by tax dollars. The list gives bartenders the encouragement and support they need to say “no” to these people. Public disclosure of their names, in turn, might nudge some to get needed help.
You wouldn't expect it to save every problem drinker. But the list seems to be working for some. Police report the number of incidents involving those on the first list dwindled. Deputy Chief Dan Davis said a couple of people on the list told police they are working to change their habits.
While some of these people get their alcohol fixes elsewhere, the list serves as another weapon in the box of tools for pushing the worst of the worst toward sobriety.
The reason the updated list contains more names, Davis told reporter Frank Schultz in last Sunday's Gazette, is because the department's new records system eases data searches that identify troublemakers. He suggested the third list to be released later this year might name even more people.
Too often, habitual drunks consume police time. If these people are inebriated in public, officers might stand by for hours at hospitals to ensure they're not unruly until doctors OK detoxification commitments.
Janesville police were wise to carefully word the list so it doesn't clash with First Amendment rights that allow people to associate with anyone they want. The list doesn't ban these people from bars or liquor stores. Instead, it just asks employees not to serve or sell to these people. The local and statewide tavern leagues support the program because it won't punish a bartender who unwittingly serves someone on the list.
As The Gazette reported last year, Police Chief Dave Moore credited officer Joe McNally with suggesting the “do not serve” list, then researching and pitching the idea. The program isn't unique. Madison and Green Bay have similar programs, and news reports suggest Milwaukee might start one.
Still, it's among initiatives that Janesville police have enacted in recent years to publicize troublemakers. As Schultz recapped, digital billboards show massive mug shots of people wanted by police. The Project Sober Streets website pinpoints homes of residents with five or more drunken driving convictions. Police use the app Nixle to tweet and email breaking news and notices of “wanted” suspects. Janesville police also pushed the state to improve mapping so residents know when sex offenders live in their neighborhoods.
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Campaign of the Month: September 2013
Human Warrior Adept
5th Circle Warrior Adept
Airman on the Dashing Stag
Member of the Steelskull clan of the Stoneclaw moot.
Friend to Stilicho
The Battle of the Reach.
The Battle of Lake Pyros.
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From the Heritage Foundation
Beware the Internet Sales Tax
The proposed law would enable states to force businesses to collect sales tax from customers who live in their state—even when the businesses have no connection to that state.
As Heritage President Jim DeMint has said, this violates the classic American principle of “no taxation without representation” Retailers would be forced to act as tax collectors for states in which they have no voice.
Under current law, retailers are required to collect sales taxes only in states where they have a physical presence. But Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) is pushing for a vote on a new Internet sales tax that would hit all online businesses—no matter where they’re located.
Consider the absurdity of such a law. When a customer buys a product in a store, does the cashier ask for the customer’s home address? Of course not. The store simply charges the state and local sales taxes applicable for its physical location, no questions asked.“Brick-and-mortar” stores like Wal-Mart are in favor of the Internet sales tax, because they see these online retailers as competitors. But the other big proponents of the tax are state governments, which would be able to reach into other states for revenue.
States are struggling with their own budgets—but they should have to make the hard decisions to manage their budgets, rather than trying to collect taxes from citizens of other states to help cover their expenses. As DeMint said.
Politicians want this bill passed to raise new tax revenue for broken state governments facing budget shortfalls. But legislators in state capitals don’t want to make the hard decisions to cut spending or raise taxes on their constituents—they fear the voter backlash. So they’d like their allies in Washington to make it legal for them to tax people who can’t vote against them.This taxation without representation might boost some state tax collections, but it wouldn’t help the economy. Heritage legal expert David Addington has written that “hobbling out-of-state businesses that sell through the Internet or mail order catalogs does not help the national economy .”
Instead, the Internet sales tax would “increase the amount of tax dollars millions of Americans pay, encourage states to increase the size and scope of their governments, favor some states over others in granting federal authority, and discourage free-market competition in interstate commerce,” Addington wrote.
It’s simply another bad idea coming out of Washington at a time when consumers and businesses are struggling to get by.
I oppose this Internet sales tax and am disappointed that it is being sponsored by our own Senator Lamar Alexander. He has been pushing this initiative for several years.
Now, if I was to drive to Kentucky and buy groceries, I would not have to pay Tennessee sales tax but I would pay the Kentucky sales tax. If I buy something on-line from a vendor in Kentucky, why should I pay Tennessee sales tax?
While the principle of taxation without representation is most persuasive, there are practical reasons to oppose this bill also. It will place big burden on online vendors who will have to calculate 50 different tax rates and have the expense of accounting for and remitting the collected taxes. Looking further down the road, if the states are successful in requiring the vendor to collect state sales tax, then it is very likely that cities could also require vendors to collect local sales tax. A vendor would have to calculate thousands of different taxes and remit money to thousands of different cities. This bill could cripple Internet commerce and slow this growing sector of the economy.
One of the arguments in favor of this bill is that it creates fairness for brick and mortar store merchants. Brick and mortar stores result in a cost to the government jurisdiction in which they are located and sales tax collections cover these cost. Brick and mortar stores result in a need for police protection, road maintenance, traffic and parking management and numerous other government services; Internet sales do not require these services of local government. | <urn:uuid:a630171e-adec-4ecd-99ae-1738dde5df27> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.adisgruntledrepublican.com/2013/04/what-is-wrong-with-internet-sales-tax.html | 2016-10-21T23:54:15Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988718311.12/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183838-00437-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.959601 | 831 | [
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Japanese automaker Honda has pulled out of Formula One, citing a slowdown in the global economy and a need to focus on its core business activities.
"We have come to the conclusion that we will withdraw from all Formula One activities, making 2008 the last season of participation," Honda CEO Takeo Fukui told a news conference Friday.
Fukui said the deteriorating world economic conditions led to the decision.
"This difficult decision was made in light of the quickly deteriorating operating environment facing the global auto industry brought on by the sub-prime problem in the United States, the deepening credit crises and the sudden contraction of the world economies."
He said the company would be willing to sell the team.
"We will enter into consultation with the associates of the Honda racing team and its engine supplier Honda Racing Development regarding the future of the two companies. This will include offering the team for sale."
A pullout by one of the world's biggest car manufacturers will send shock waves through F1, which could start the season with only 18 cars on the grid. Japanese team Super Aguri, which was backed by Honda, pulled out of F1 this year.
The season opens at the Australian Grand Prix on March 29.
Team bosses Ross Brawn and Nick Fry informed the near 700-member team late Thursday. Fukui offered his apologies to the team and Honda's fans at Friday's press conference.
"The team had done a superb job of getting ready for the 2009 season and I offer my sincere apologies to everyone involved," said Fukui. "I also apologize to our loyal fans who have supported us so well over the years in F1."
On Thursday, Honda Motor Co. announced it is cutting jobs in Britain and Japan because of plunging vehicle demand. It has already reduced its annual production of consumer cars by more than 140,000 worldwide.
Honda is also cutting 760 temporary workers at four plants, including one motorcycle plant, or nearly 18 percent of its Japan temporary work force of 4,300, this month and next month in response to nose-diving demand in the U.S. and other key markets, said company spokesman Hideto Maehara.
The Honda team, with an operational budget of around $294 million, finished ninth in the constructors' standings last season with Jenson Button 18th out of 20 drivers with three points. Rubens Barichello, who was dropped by the team going into 2009, was 14th with the remaining points.
"It's understandable if you look at the current situation around the auto industry," said auto analyst Koji Endo at Credit Suisse. "Ford, GM, and Chrysler are all facing extremely tough times. I would not be surprised if Japanese auto manufacturers start losing money in 2009, which would be the first time since World War II. Given this situation, it may be a good idea for them to pull out of auto racing."
Friday's announcement leaves Button without a team for 2009. Brazilian Bruno Senna, the 25-year-old nephew of the late triple world champion Ayrton, had been tipped to take the place of compatriot Rubens Barrichello at Honda next season.
"It is unfortunate," said Chief Cabinet Secretary Takeo Kawamura. "I understand it was the decision from a point of corporate management. But I hope Honda will resume (F1) after overcoming (the economic crisis)."
Honda, which originally entered F1 as a constructor for a stint in the 1960s before returning as an engine supplier in the 1980s, bought out BAR Racing in 2005.
"It really shows that the auto industry, which has been leading the Japanese economy, is facing severe economic conditions," added Economy, Trade and Industry Minster Toshihiro Nikai.
FIA president Max Mosley had described F1's combined $1.6 billion spending in 2008 as "unsustainable," saying the teams were relying too heavily on the goodwill of rich individuals and corporate sponsors. Mosley has vowed to push through cost-cutting measures by 2010 in a bid to make the sport more feasible.
"The announcement of Honda's intended withdrawal from Formula One has confirmed the FIA's long-standing concern that the cost of competing in the World Championship is unsustainable," the FIA said in statement Friday. "In the FIA's view, the global economic downturn has only exacerbated an already critical situation.
"As the guardians of the sport, the FIA is committed to working with the commercial rights holder and the remaining members of FOTA (the Formula One Teams' Association) to ensure that Formula One becomes financially sustainable."
The governing body has already reached a deal with F1 to cap the cost of engines supplied to smaller teams as part of a plan to save money during the global financial crisis.
Over recent months, the 10 teams have been meeting regularly with F1 boss Bernie Ecclestone to discuss reducing costs, including streamlining engines.
Honda's announcement could also prompt fears that other major manufacturers could follow Honda's example.
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ON REAR BRAKES. SELF ADJUSTER "BOLTS" ONE IS LEFT HAND THREAD, THE OTHER RIGHT HAND. ON WHICH SIDE DO THEY COME AS I HAVE NO EMERGENCY BREAKS. I replaced all springs and adjusters. Got them mixed up and used one old and one new. Now confused as it seems that one side is not adjusting, thus no emergency brakes. Can you help?
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Researchers at Hiroshima University, CNRS, and Université de Strasbourg synthesized crystals with magnetic properties that can change continuously and reversibly, a world first.
The study was highlighted as a cover article of the journal “Inorganic Chemistry,” a publication of the American Chemical Society in March 2016.
Recently, the scientific community has had immense interest in new types of magnets with the potential to create the next generation of energy efficient devices through innovations using materials science techniques.
Common magnets, like those holding reminders on home refrigerators or turning car motors, are made of metal and metal oxides. Newer magnets can be made with organic molecules and can have a range of magnetic behaviors because of variations in their molecular structure.
That range of behavior includes the strongly magnetic ferrimagnetic state and the very weakly magnetic spin glass state.
The different seasons in Hiroshima, Japan can affect the humidity inside office and research buildings throughout the year. Crystals prepared in different seasons showed different magnetic properties even though their crystal structures were almost identical.
“To find the source of the different magnetic states, we prepared the crystals under controlled conditions of temperature and humidity,” said Li Li, first author of the research paper and a Ph.D. student in the Department of Chemistry at Hiroshima University.
The crystals synthesized by the research team can exist in either the ferrimagnetic or spin glass state, depending on the conditions of how they are synthesized. This is the first material known to reversibly and continuously transition between magnetic states.
As the crystals absorb water from the air, they undergo subtle structural changes responsible for the continuous transformation between ferrimagnet and spin glass. By applying pressure, the effect can be reversed. This allows fine-tuning of the magnetic states, and explains why the humidity in the research lab can affect the crystals.
Using the research team’s synthesis methods, increasing the pressure on the crystal changes the spin glass state into the ferrimagnet state and drying the crystal changes ferrimagnet into spin glass. Pressure and humidity are like dimmer switches to slide the crystal back and forth between the two states.
Additionally, the crystal is chiral, meaning it can exist in either one orientation or its own mirror image. These mirror image versions of the molecule are not superimposable, like right and left human hands.
Both right-handed and left-handed versions of the crystals can transition between the ferrimagnet and spin glass states. However, there are valuable applications exclusive to chiral molecules due to their unique chemical and optical properties.
“Our laboratory primarily researches chiral magnets, but this is the first time we found one compound with multiple magnetic states,” said Katsuya Inoue, Ph.D., one of the researchers involved and the leader of Hiroshima University’s Center for Chiral Science.
Chiral magnets can be used in spintronics devices, which are the current state-of-the-art data storage technology that use less power, are faster, and can store more information than previous generations of computer hard drives.
“We imagine that a chiral material with two or more magnetic states will provide further technological advantages because of its handedness,” said Inoue.
“This is a brand new breed of molecular material and it requires finesse to synthesize. Our results might not lead directly to immediate practical applications, but advances made in the science of chiral magnets are generating properties not experienced before, opening a bright future of new innovations,” said Inoue. | <urn:uuid:4cf0eb1a-01c5-464c-a12d-59f1ddf12184> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.learn.ca/tag/magnetic-crystals/ | 2016-10-23T03:20:04Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988719139.8/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183839-00499-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.92528 | 736 | [
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Defining Exegesis and Hermeneutics
Welcome to your Bible Interpretation Course – Lesson 1.2.
In this lesson we want to define two very important terms that have to do with interpreting the Bible: Exegesis and Hermeneutics.
Exegesis is the first part of the bible interpretation process.
Essentially, it is the grammatical, historical and cultural study of a passage of the Bible to try to determine its meaning to the original audience.
It is trying to answer the question: “What was God trying to say to the original hearers of a particular text?”
Too often we start from the perspective of what this texts means to me. It is a subjective way to read the Scriptures and has the potential to severely misinterpret a passage of Scripture.
Thus, it is critically important to engage in exegesis to try to the original message of the author.
In order to understand the word of God for our modern context, we must first understand the word of God for its ancient context. (I know there are different theories about this in a post-modern world, reader response, text centered vs. author centered, etc. But this is what I prefer. The good ole grammatical-historical method.)
An Example of Exegesis
In Leviticus 11, God instructs Israel not to eat the meat of certain animals, like those who chew the cud or have a divided hoof.
By carefully studying the historical and cultural context of the passage and of the book of Leviticus (i.e. by doing an exegetical study) we might ascertain that God was trying to institute a new code of conduct among his people of how they were to govern their lives in the Promised Land.
Among the many goals, three stand out in this text:
- Fidelity to God, which was demonstrated by avoiding the idolatrous practices of the surrounding nations (some of which showed up in the prohibitions we see in Leviticus).
- Identity of God’s people – This was achieved in everything from the clothes that Israel was allowed to wear to the food they were allowed to eat. Thus, even when they sat down for a meal, their eating code would remind them that they were a unique people, special unto God.
- A high moral standard, which would separate Israel from the practices of the other nations. This was best summed up by the phrase, “Be holy, because I am holy…” (Lev 11:44)
The prohibitions against eating certain kinds of food (as did the other prohibitions found in Exodus through Deuteronomy) all functioned to uphold these three values (among many others).
Thus, our exegetical study would help us determine what God’s word meant to its original audience in its original context.
From here, the jump to a modern application is much easier to make. We could simply ask: What are the things in our culture that must be avoided in order to remain faithful to God, to maintain our identity as Christians and to maintain a high moral standard?
Jumping directly from the text to a modern application (without exegesis) would require all of us to stop eating pork, which I would consider an incorrect “interpretation” of Leviticus 11 (and which would make me very sad since I love B-B-Q pork ribs).
Hermeneutics, properly speaking is the art and science of biblical interpretation and comes from the Greek term, hermeneuo, which means to interpret or to explain.
Hermeneutics essentially incorporates all of the tools and techniques that make up the process of biblical interpretation.
It not only includes exegesis (the study of the Bible to understand a passage in its ancient context), but also includes models for applying a biblical passage to a modern context.
As mentioned in our previous example, you cannot jump directly from the biblical passage to our modern context without doing an injustice to the Bible and without coming up with some strange doctrine or practice within the Christian church.
Where I minister and serve in Latin America, it wasn’t too long ago that women were prohibited from wearing pants, jewelry or makeup based on some passage in the Bible that had not properly passed through the Hermeneutics grid.
General hermeneutics are the rules of interpretation that govern any passage of the Bible. These would be applied first in trying to understand and interpret a particular text of Scripture.
Special hermeneutics are the rules of interpretation that govern specific genres of the Bible.
As you may or may not be aware, there are different categories of literature in the Bible.
The Psalms should be read and interpreted very differently from the Gospels. Revelation is apocalyptic literature which has different rules of interpretation than say the Book of Joshua which is mostly historical narrative.
Special hermeneutics also incorporates the study of literary figures such as metaphors, parables, proverbs, hyperbole, similes and other such devices which lend variety to biblical texts, but which also require certain interpretive nuances.
For example, when Jesus says we must forgive our brothers 70 x 7 times, he is using hyperbole.
You do not literally count up a certain number of divine mulligans for your brother! Rather, the essence is to have a limitless space for forgiveness in the same manner that God has for you.
The same would be said of Jesus’ command that if your hand causes you to sin, you should cut it off! Believe it or not, history is strewn with many one-handed Christians who took this hyperbolic command literally. Too bad they didn’t have good hermeneutics.
We will be coming back to these four terms throughout our series on Bible interpretation. Together, they form foundational ideas from which to launch a more in-depth study of the Bible. | <urn:uuid:3f747a3b-6db3-4e63-a9a7-16d3a2c4d9f7> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://biblestudyguru.net/bible-interpretation-lesson-1-2.html | 2016-10-24T06:53:19Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988719542.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183839-00561-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.958477 | 1,213 | [
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Coaching is a natural extension of Focused Management's One Page Planning process and will allow you to focus on specific activities and the introduction of processes and protocols to minimise the impact of the constraints on your business and introduce strategies for business development and growth.
All actions agreed during coaching sessions will be linked to your internal procedures and you will be assisted and directed on documentation requirements, implementation methods and troubleshooting. Managing change is a complex process and the objectives will be to introduce processes in the business that are sustainable and fit the culture expected by the principals.
At an early stage we will look at performance monitoring and key performance indicators (KPIs). KPIs will be examined and introduced progressively in three stages.
What you do now - financial indicators, project budgets and reviews.
Introduction to lead indicators and activity based KPIs
Remote management and manager performance objectives.
Across all stages we will look at establishing business processes and protocols that will enable the principals to identify in their role and activities distinctions between:
Day to day operations
Business development (Marketing, new projects etc) and
Developing the business (working on the business, strategic thinking, and strategic actions).
Coaching is an ongoing process and involves both strategic and management activities. Coaching sessions at times will focus on big picture issues and at other times may be absorbed with troubleshooting specific business issues.
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Despite planning to sell 486,000 units in America this year, Volkswagen has trimmed its sales targets to 440,000 units, after shedding market share in the first half of 2013.
The slowdown is sales has caused Volkswagen to offer aggressive incentives on vehicles, such as 0 percent financing across the board, while workers at its Chattanooga plant have been laid off. Inventories of VW cars remain high, and have risen to 105 days supply as of July 1st, up from 92 days in June. Dealers are crying out for key products like a mid-size crossover, but so far, Volkswagen has only announced a revival of the failed Phaeton luxury car.
On the dealer side, Volkswagen has been struggling with an unhappy dealer body, which was ranked last in a NADA survey. A reworking of VW’s bonus complicated bonus system for dealers, which ended up undoing some of the changes made in January 2013, helped boost satisfaction levels, but dealers are still facing a tough time after three years of rapid growth. | <urn:uuid:fb8ad9a2-5034-429b-97b0-0b9fbd5b6be4> | CC-MAIN-2016-44 | http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2013/07/volkswagen-cuts-sales-targets-for-us-dealers/ | 2016-10-24T07:05:22Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2016-44/segments/1476988719542.42/warc/CC-MAIN-20161020183839-00561-ip-10-171-6-4.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.977477 | 210 | [
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Resolution: Won't Fix
818-822 - It would be simpler to allow each member to vote yes or no on whether each candidate should hold a vacant seat. The candidates who get a simple majority of "yes" to "no" votes will get seats in order of who received the greatest proportion of yes to no votes. Should not all seats be filled but candidates remain because they did not receive a majority, that suggests a vote of no confidence for those candidates and the seats should not be filled. This prevents situations with marginal candidates, such as where there are two candidates, two seats, and candidate two gets only one vote but still gets a seat.
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They're still at it.
Nearly a month ago, we reported
that the Defense Department was refusing a routine request from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to declassify statistics on enemy attacks in Iraq. As long as GAO has produced periodic reports on the war for members of Congress -- GAO's boss -- the Pentagon had provided those numbers. But despite repeated requests, DoD wouldn't budge on making public the figures for September, October and November 2006.
They still won't. On Tuesday the GAO released a new report on Iraq, but its data on attacks is incomplete. Why? The Pentagon has continued to keep the attack numbers an official secret, GAO official Joseph A. Christoff told me. "They did not officially declassify the information," he said.
Undaunted, Christoff said his staff reviewed testimony of Defense officials before Congress. Lo and behold, at a recent open hearing, a Defense Intelligence Agency official mentioned attack statistics for part of the missing period. The GAO inserted those numbers, covering September and part of October, in the report. November is still missing. Here's the chart (click to enlarge):
In December 2006, the Pentagon issued its own report
on the stability of Iraq, and included partial numbers. The statistics it had routinely provided the GAO, however, were not included. Still, it was clear that those months were the most violent since the U.S. invasion.
Despite that, and the DIA official's testimony, and its history of declassifying the data, the Pentagon still insists to the GAO the information for October, November and December is classified. Christoff maintains he's perplexed by the situation. "I'm still a bit confused why it was done routinely in the past, but there's some difficult in reaching a decision now."
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Yesterday was a sea day, with my fifth presentation. Celebrity showed a documentary from Nova titled, A Man, A Plan, A Canal - Panama to provide some background for the highlight of the cruise - today's Panama Canal transit.
We were up at 6 a.m. (with the rest of the ship) when the pilot boarded to start the day. There were lots of ships in the area and we were told that up to 38 ships a day can make the trip northbound. Panama City sits just south of the mouth of the Canal and looks like the skyline of New York. We approached the Bridge of the Americas which connects North and South America at the mouth of the Canal about 7 a.m. and at 8 a.m. started through the two Miraflores locks. Each lock takes you up (or down) about 27 feet. There is barely two feet on either side of the ship. We discovered that one of the best viewing spots was the fitness center, which besides being on the 10th deck at the front of the ship, was also air conditioned!
Started by the French in 1880, the initial attempt to dig the canal ended in failure due to financial pressures and disease. The United States took over the project in 1903 and Canal opened in 1914, managed by the U.S. until 1999. By the centennial celebration in 2014, the existing two lanes of locks will be expanded to three increasing the capacity as well as the size of the ships that will be able to make the transit.
About 10 a.m. we transited the Pedro Miguel locks into the Culebra Cut, the narrowest portion of the Canal, about 1/5th of the Canal's length cut through the rock and limestone of the Continental Divide. This leads into Gatum Lake, surrounded by rain forest, which provides the water to raise and lower the ships through a gravity system (no pumps). It's pretty amazing.
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Galapagos delivers candidate drug in GSK alliance, receives ?6.7 million
Mechelen, Belgium; 2 March 2011 - Galapagos NV (Euronext: GLPG) announced today that it delivered a fourth candidate drug in its arthritis alliance with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) in December 2010. This achievement triggered a €6.7 million milestone payment to Galapagos, which was included in 2010 revenues.
This latest pre-clinical candidate is a small molecule that meets the chemical and biological criteria set by GSK for a potential new medicine. Galapagos will now start scale-up chemistry and comprehensive safety evaluation, with the aim to initiate Phase I clinical trials in early 2012.
"The arthritis alliance with GSK has been very fruitful in delivering promising candidate drugs," said Onno van de Stolpe, CEO of Galapagos. "In this alliance, we currently have two clinical trials, with plans to progress this new candidate into the clinic next year."
About Galapagos' arthritis alliance with GlaxoSmithKline
GSK and Galapagos initiated an arthritis alliance to discover and develop disease-modifying drugs for GSK's global R&D organization in June 2006. GSK and Galapagos expanded the alliance on three occasions to include additional targets and increase the number of programs. Following the latest expansion in December 2009, Galapagos is eligible to receive more than €200 million in milestones, plus up to double-digit royalties from GSK. GSK has an exclusive option to further develop and commercialize these compounds on a worldwide basis. Since the start of the arthritis alliance, Galapagos has received more than €60 million in payments from GSK.
Galapagos (Euronext: GLPG; OTC: GLPYY) is a mid-size biotechnology company specialized in the discovery and development of small molecule and antibody therapies with novel modes-of-action. The Company is progressing one of the largest pipelines in biotech, with seven clinical and over 50 discovery programs. Through risk/reward-sharing alliances with GlaxoSmithKline, Lilly, Janssen Pharmaceutica, Roche and Servier, Galapagos is eligible to receive up to €2.5 billion in downstream milestones, plus royalties. The Galapagos Group has over 800 employees and operates facilities in seven countries, with global headquarters in Mechelen, Belgium. More info at: www.glpg.com
Onno van de Stolpe, CEO
Tel: +31 6 2909 8028
Elizabeth Goodwin, Director Investor Relations
Tel: +31 6 2291 6240
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Posted: March 2011
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Looking for fun outside the cave, now that Spring is here? Hoosiers with kids in Indianapolis, those thinking thoughts of romance and dating in Indianapolis and everybody who’s sick and tired of hiding indoors can find their heart’s desire right inside Indianapolis, simply by venturing out the door. Below you have a diverse list of fun things to do in Indianapolis and its environs during mid-March, and at the bottom of the page, you will find tons of links to other articles and photos on things to do and special events in Indianapolis and other nearby cities in Central Indiana. Time to stop hibernating yet?
Things to do in Greater Indianapolis
March 14-March 20, 2011
|2011 St. Patrick’s Day Celebration – All over Naptown, from the canal to the Hoosiers that live there, the whole town will be painted green and celebrating St. Paddy’s Day. Grab your colors and join the fun.
March 12, 2011 – Shamrock Run & Walk, 9:00 a.m.
March 17, 2011 – Greening of the Canal and Hoosier Lottery, 6:00 a.m.; Tent Party & Irish Citizen Award, 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.; 31st Annual Parade in downtown Indianapolis, 11:30 a.m.
|Andrea Merlyn Magic Show – Weekly shows at the Villa Inn, one of the finest restaurants in Indianapolis, in the center of the Circle City. It’s the “queen” of magic, performing live in the center of the Circle City.
Villa Inn Restaurant
|Annual Family Fit Fair – Back again, bigger and better than before, this fair offers special activities from kickboxing to massages to Zumba dancing, and it’s all free!
Through March 27, 2011
Washington Square Mall
|Disney on Ice “Princess Wishes” – This special presentation would make a great day trip from Indianapolis. It’s being held at Robert’s Stadium in Evansville, Indiana, about 150 miles south of the Circle City and worth it.
Tickets: $43 – $143
|Dogtona 2011 – Here’s a nice, big convention just for you dog-owners. Lots to do and see, from massage therapy for pets to a talent show. Produced by the Hendricks County Humane Society.
March 19, 2011; 11:00 a.m.
Hendricks County Fairgrounds in Danville, Indiana
|Flower and Patio Show – So big it had to be held at the Indiana State Fairgrounds, this is the event’s 53rd annual showing. See exhibits with flowers, gardens, landscaping and structures and talk to the experts on outdoor living.
Through March 20, 2011
Indiana State Fairgrounds
|Hearthside Supper – Conner Prairie presents a historically delicious and authentic candlelit meal from the 1800s. You get a house tour and entertainment in the parlor, too.
Through the 27th of March, 2011, Wednesdays – Sundays
Conner Prairie Living History Museum in Fishers, Indiana
|Incredible Costumes from Film and TV – The famous Indianapolis Children’s Museum does it again. You and your kids will love seeing these famous costumes in person.
Through May 8, 2011
Children’s Museum of Indianapolis
Tickets: $11.50 – $16.50
|Indy 1500 Gun and Knife Show – This popular exhibit comes to Indy for three days this weekend. See it in the West Pavillion at the State Fairgrounds.
March 18 – March 20, 2011
Indiana State Fairgrounds
|Spring Garage Sale – This is an enormous collection of home decorating, crafts and holiday items held in nearby Fishers, Indiana at McNamara Florist. Two days.
March 18 – March 19, 8:00 a.m.
|Tango Buenos Aires – Enjoy the inspirational dance troupe from Argentina at the gorgeous new Palladium in nearby Carmel, Indiana‘s splendid Center for the Performing Arts.
March 16, 2011, 7:30 p.m.
Tickets: $15 – $55
|The Tragedy of Carmen – When this beloved opera was adapted it won a Tony award. Enjoy the wonderful Indianapolis Opera Chorus and this favorite classic in the comfort of the elegant Basile Opera Center.
Through March 20, 2011; 2:00 p.m.
Basile Opera Center
Tickets: $37 – $60
|Transformations Fashion Show – You won’t believe these transformations, designs like you may never have seen before. Everything from the historic to the bizarre will be on parade.
March 18, 2011, 7:30 p.m.
Tickets: $8 – $10
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Relatively few countries have legislation addressing oocyte donation.
Where such legislation does exist it is entirely in the context of broader legislation concerned with the regulation of in-vitro fertilization (IVF) or assisted reproduction more generally.
Within Western Europe only nine countries so far have passed Acts addressing assisted reproduction.
These countries fall into two groups in their approach to oocyte donation : those which do not allow gamete donation, and hence oocyte donation, in the context of IVF (Austria, Germany, Norway and Sweden) and those which specifically permit the use of donor oocytes in the treatment of infertility or to avoid the transmission of disease (Denmark, France, Spain and the UK).
In Switzerland, a federation of cantons, where legislation relating to assisted reproduction is primarily a cantonal matter, except where it affects constitutional rights, the picture is similar.
The Canton of Aargau does not allow gamete donation in the context of IVF, the Cantons of Glarus and Basel do not permit gamete donation at all and the remaining cantons follow the guidelines of the Swiss Academy of Medical Sciences.
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Mots-clés Pascal anglais : Ovocyte donation, Legislation, Western Europe, Europe, Assisted procreation, Health policy, Human, Female
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Tags: Afghan Embroidery, Needlepoint Lace
Remember the Afghan Embroideries I was so excited about a few months back? I’ve been sorting out ideas for what to do with them for a while, and have already finished a part. The challenge I want to submit the hopefully resulting quilt to is to create a “tablecloth” using at least three of the embroidered motifs.
My mind immediately jumped to the classic white damask tablecloths my mom still has and uses occasionally. They’re white, and if they’re very fancy, decorated with whitework embroidery of some kind. So I wanted to contrast the colourful embroidered triangles with different kinds of whitework motifs, mirroring the embroidery with something similar but different.
Here’s one possible layout I came up with, having paper copies as stand-in for the whitework, and my white table surface pretending to be a white damask tablecloth:
By now, I’ve finished the first motif. I made it in needlepoint lace, an old favourite of mine. You can find a tutorial how to make this kind of lace right here on my blog.
Here’s the finished lace motif:
I want to keep the sense of playfulness that I get from the embroidered motifs, which I’m finding quite difficult. The needlelace may have given me more freedom than other techniques I’m currently tackling.
And here’s the needlelace again together with its inspiration:
I’m currently trying to figure out what exactly to do with the other motifs, which isn’t easy, and since there’s a deadline involved, I’m trying to make progress.
Tags: Bobbin Lace
With the weather not being very cooperative right now, I got the chance to finish another project carried over from last year today.
The strip of Flanders lace I started after my vacation to Belgium last year is 110 cm long:
Here’s a closeup, so you can see the details in this delicate lace:
The little “beans” are surrounded by a thicker thread, which is one of the characteristic traits of this kind of lace, together with the background patterning. I enjoyed making this very much and am already playing with the thought of making another strip in this technique, with a different pattern.
Tags: Bobbin Lace
As an expected and very welcome side effect of my vacation exploits looking at lace in Belgium I’ve been back at my lace pillow that had sat unloved in a corner for several years.
Having found over time that I have no use for lace doilies, and keeping the art stuff to quiltmaking mostly, what do you do? Quite a while ago I decided to just make lengths of lace, just like the ones that would have been used for decorating all kinds of things back when machine lace wasn’t invented. I’ve used some of those strips in my lace quilt (there’s one at number 10 in this post), and there was another one on the pillow, which I finished fairly quickly, because I needed the pillow for a new project:
It’s not quite one meter long (which is usually my goal for these strips), and I wanted to practice working with a single thicker thread as accent here.
So, that being out of the way, what’s the new project? Looking through the lace books available in my library’s catalogue, I found a little gem of a book about Flanders lace. It is the German version of Vlaanderse Kant by J.E.H. Rombach-de Kievid. Looking at the internet, this book doesn’t seem to have been translated into English.
This image from the wikipedia article shows pretty much exactly the pattern that’s currently on my pillow:
Another interesting thing I noticed travelling was just how unusual the lace-making setup I grew up with seems to be. I learnt making bobbin lace in the Erzgebirge region, and everybody there had cylindrical pillows mostly suited to making strips of lace. This is how mine looks like:
In Belgium and England I exclusively saw flat pillows, and smaller bobbins where the thread is wound at the front part. My bobbins have the thread at the back, protected by that dark brown sleeve that slides over the bobbin. There was a cylindrical pillow just like mine shown in the entry area of the Kantcentrum in Brugge, and when I asked the lady there about it she said she believes it came from Spain. Interesting. Off to practice some more Flanders lace!
Tags: Bobbin Lace
Brugge was one of the places on my must-see list in Belgium. It is one of those pretty old towns with lots of old houses and lots of water that I was to find several times during my week of traveling around.
Of course that also means the town is full of tourists and souvenir shops, but that’s to be expected. After a while I was taking care not to look into the windows of the souvenir shops, since the displays made me cringe. The lace that’s displayed as “handmade in Belgium” can’t possibly be both, given the prices listed. It has to be either machine-made or imported from somewhere where handwork isn’t as expensive. I wonder how many Asian tourists take home a piece of “Belgian Lace” that’s made the trip the other way round not long ago.
But I was here to see the real thing, after all. The Kantcentrum is located a bit off the beaten track in an unassuming building, so you’re not likely to stumble over it by accident.
The poster advertising lace-making demonstrations is one of the few things you can see from outside. Inside, there’s a nice little museum with old lace as well as new and lots of information packed into a small space. While buying my ticket, I was also instructed to go upstairs to see the demonstration when I was finished with the exhibition. To my big surprise, there wasn’t just one or two ladies sitting there with their lace pillows, but a whole room full! There must have been something like 15 to 20 women there. It seems like the courses they give double as the demonstrations for the visitors. I was able to see different lace pieces in various states of completion – great eye candy for sure.
As a nice lady in Antwerp would be telling me a few days later, the Kantcentrum is the place to go to if you want to learn to make bobbin lace. When gathering my links for this post, I stumbled over the summer courses they give – lots of interesting things, I’d love to go one day.
Tags: 2015 Challenge
As promised, I want to talk a bit more about the different laces in my 2015 challenge piece. Here’s the numbered detail picture of the left side again for reference:
- This is the lace we got for the challenge, which we had to include in our piece. It is a fairly wide, scalloped machine-made lace.
- I already wrote about this piece of Irish Crochet Lace, made by me.
- I made this bobbin-lace edging many years ago, and it has been sitting in my little lace collection since then. I think it is put to good use here.
- This is technically embroidery, but it is worked very similar to needlelace, just on a fabric foundation instead of completely free. I also wanted to include the literal number 20 to commemorate our anniversary, and this was the best way I could come up with to do so.
- A small tatting motif from a German tatting book I had from the library, so sorry for the missing reference, since I forgot to write it down.
- A similar motif from the same book.
- This actually wasn’t a butterfly when I started with it. The wings of the butterfly are cut out from a bigger piece consisting of lots of those motifs connected by bits of openwork. I got it together with a whole pile of other laces from my mom, and this was the fabric sample for her wedding dress. According to her it is Plauener Spitze, which also fits this kind of lace. I embroidered the body of the butterfly over the lace pieces.
- Reticella is one of the oldest needle-lace styles. I designed this heart myself based on historical examples. Here’s the original blog post about this one.
- A relatively coarse machine-made bobbin lace.
- I made this strip of bobbin lace to practice the little leaf shapes that make up the flowers in the center of the band. They are quite tricky to get right tension-wise.
I’ll get around to the second half of the quilt next time, and of course I’d be happy to answer any questions around this batch.
Tags: 2015 Challenge
To celebrate our twentieth exhibition this fall, my quilt group has come up with a special challenge project this year. As part of a fabric donation, we got a considerable length of lace which we decided would be the common material to use. In addition, the colour scheme used should be natural colours from beige to brown, making a nod to the 20th anniversery traditionally being the porcelain anniversary, and our lace having a beigish colour anyway. To top it off, the number 20 should play a role in some way, and this was the part that got me into trouble, since the size requirement of 40×40 cm hadn’t been changed.
Being interested in lace of all kinds, you can’t give me some lace and not have me think “I’m going to use 20 different pieces of lace here!” Collecting materials, I acquired my mom’s collection of mostly machine laces, looked which of my collection of handmade samples would be useful, and then tried to figure out how to put 20 different pieces into 40×40 cm. Turns out in order to not run out of space, I would have to keep things fairly simple. My original ideas where much more elaborate, with lengths of lace interweaving between the horizontal and vertical directions. But as is often the case, constraints ended up making it all better: the simple layout leaves space to show off the laces themselves, which was supposed to be the point, after all. So here’s the finished piece:
And since it’s the laces themselves that are the interesting part of this piece, I’ll do a detailed writeup of what you’re seeing here in the following couple of posts. As a teaser, here’s the left side all numbered so we know what we’re talking about.
Which lace do you like best, and why? Which one would you like to know more about? Mind you, since some of it has been gifted to me, I may have not much information on it either.
Tags: Irish Crochet Lace
I haven’t been writing about lace (or anything else — sorry for that) for a while, but for one of my current projects I do need lace — lots of it. I’ll write more about that project in a later post, but what’s important for the moment is that I want to include as many different kinds of lace as feasible. And of course I’m using that as an excuse to try something new to me. For this project I need small pieces of everything, so it is a perfect opportunity to experiment.
I have long been fascinated by Irish crochet lace and the ways it imitates the older and more elaborate bobbin and needle laces. You can see a few examples here and here from the V&A’s excellent online collection. Especially in the second image you can see clearly how Irish crochet lace is built: Individual motifs, often flowers or leaves, are worked and then connected by a background. While I have made some of the motifs before, I never tried to make a connected piece of lace with this technique.
For a pattern to use, I needed to look no further than my own hard disk, which houses a fine collection of digitized public domain needlework books. The one I ended up using is Thérèse de Dillmont’s “Irish Crochet Lace”, which I originally downloaded from the On-Line Digital Archive of Documents on Weaving and Related Topics. There’s lots of stuff there, not only about weaving but about all kinds of needlework. There doesn’t seem to be a way to link directly to specific entries, but the books are sorted by author, and you can find the book I used under the letter D.
Helpfully, the book has draft patterns for several lace edgings, and given the space constraints on the piece I am doing, I choose the narrowest edging available. Printing out the pattern and enlarging it to the size needed was the easy part. I made the individual pieces first, and then matched the pattern to their size, since a huge disadvantage of using old sources is that I generally have no idea what the thread sizes they recommend for a pattern actually look like. I used pretty much the thinnest thread I had on hand anyway, otherwise things would have gotten bigger than I needed.
So, how to get the pattern actually made up? The instructions in the book were not very extensive, so I went with my first instinct and set the pattern up like I would do for needle lace: Attach the pattern to a piece of cardboard and sew the ornaments down where they belong.
That turned out to be a lousy idea, since it is nearly impossible to crochet next to the cardboard, as opposed to sewing like for needle lace. I also realized that I really needed to use a thinner thread for the connections for things to look even remotely good. This is where I was when I gave up in frustration:
I ended up throwing the whole thing into the proverbial corner for a while, pretty much until I really needed the finished piece to go on with the whole project. At that point, I came up with what turned out to be a great solution: not only did it work, it saved me an additional step later.
For the project in question, I was going to attach the lace pieces to a dark ground fabric. So, why not use the ground fabric as the pattern? Being much more flexible than cardboard, it should be much easier to crochet on top of it, and I would end up with the lace already attached where I needed it anyway. I transferred the pattern to the fabric, and suddenly there was progress:
It’s still far from perfect, but it starts looking like it’s supposed to be. I ended up doing a few parts twice, but it got finished fairly fast after that point. Here’s the finished piece after washing the markings out and pressing:
Wandering around Greenwich on my trip to London a few weeks ago, I also ventured into Queen’s House, lured in by a poster that had of all things something fibery on it! And my eyes weren’t deceiving me. There’s currently an exhibit by Alice Kettle at Queen’s House, named The Garden of England. It’s still running till August 18, 2013, so if you’re in the area go ahead and have a look, it’s free! It’s a small exhibit, just four or five pieces, but it seems to have left an impression on me, since my mind has been wandering around making flowers lately.
Flowers have long been a favourite motif for all kinds of needlework, so I started to rummage in historical needlework books. First, my favourite source, Project Gutenberg’s Crafts Bookshelf. Since I want to create free-standing flowers, to be applied to a larger piece later, I skipped the embroidery books and landed on the Bath Tatting Book. On closer inpection it turns out that the first three doilys presented there have a small flower as their basic unit. Just what I was looking for!
I then realized that my last tatting projects were long enough ago that I had forgotten how to make the knots. Another favourite to the rescue: the Encyclopedia of Needlework has the clearest tatting instructions I’ve ever come across. Half an hour later I was up and running. Here’s what I made:
What I did not expect just from looking at the pictures and a cursory readthrough of the instructions, was that the flowers are actually three-dimensional. I started with the rose shown in the middle. Here’s the doily it comes from:
On the left there’s the cornflower from this doily:
On the right is the sorry attempt at the chrysanthemum from this doily:
I’ve currently given up on that one. There’s a lot of picots and not many double knots holding them in place, so they tend to turn round or vanish when you’re not looking. Even after looking closely, in the current round I’m never quite sure if I’m tying to the correct loop, since those are loops I already tied to in the previous round. And there’s lots more of that kind of stuff coming when creating the spirals on the outer edge of the flower. I think the result would be stunning, but I’m not quite sure if I can pull it off. I may try to pick it up again in a few days or so.
After Honiton, my last stop before heading home was Salisbury. This very nice town is famous mostly for its Cathedral (well worth the visit) and because it’s located near Stonehenge. As always, I first became aware of Salisbury because of a hint that there would be lace to see at the Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum. Since I can’t resist that kind of call, and Salisbury happens to lie along the same train line as Honiton, I decided to pay a visit and see for myself.
Turns out Salisbury is a very pretty little town, and the area around the Cathedral is nothing short of impressive. The museum is situated in a historical building directly opposite the Cathedral. Judging from the building, I couldn’t wait to find out what’s inside. Here’s a view from the backyard, which gives a nice impression of the nature of the building:
The museum’s emphasis is on archeology, which isn’t surprising given the proximity to Stonehenge and the rich history of the area going way back in time. But as always, I was especially attracted by the costume collection. The collection mostly shows historical clothing that people from the area would have actually worn, thus giving an interesting glimpse into local history. In addition there are some exhibits especially interesting for the needleworker, like this stumpwork mirror frame.
Finally, a few display cases showed samples of Downton lace, which is what drew me there in the first place. Downton lace is very different from the Honiton lace I saw just a day before. While the former is very elaborate, and often huge pieces were worked, Downton lace is generally worked as narrow edgings. It gives the impression of being way more utilitarian than Honiton lace. The exhibits consist mostly of sample collections, such as they would have been used by the lace merchants to present and sell their work. The pillows used are cylindrical, which lends itself to the making of long lengths of narrow edgings without having to repin the work.
As always, the limited space in the exhibition doesn’t have much space for additional information. I was hoping for the museum shop to come up with something to take home to read at leisure, and I wasn’t disappointed. While I couldn’t find it at my first look around, the shop assistent helped me to a nice little brochure all about Downton Lace and its history, and at 50p it’s a real steal! Here’s the cover, with a painting of a lady at work:
Lots of information in a smallish package, which is just what I like to see!
I finished up my visit with teatime at the museum café, sitting outside in direct view of the Cathedral, which was next on my list of places to visit.
I first came across the name “Honiton” in books on the history of lace-making, such as Chats on Old Lace and Needlework. Being eternally fascinated by all things lace, I found out a few years ago that Honiton does indeed have a museum, with lace being one focus of the permanent exhibition: Allhallows Museum of Lace and Local Antiquities.
Honiton never was quite in the direction of my travels during the last years, but this summer I still had a few days left to spend and so decided to go have a look. Arriving at Honiton around noon on a very nice late summer day, I found a pretty little town, mostly consisting of one street. Honiton is somewhat famous for its antique shops, and there’s also a pottery, which unfortunately is closed on Mondays, so I couldn’t go have a look-see.
But first priority was the museum, anyway. Housed in a historic building with an illustrious history right next to the church, it looks pretty small from the outside:
However, there are a few more rooms around the back, so it’s not quite as small as it looks. The first room has the tiny shop and a gallery of lots of different local things. A few stairs at the back bring you down to the Nicol Gallery, and this is where lace makers’ paradise starts. In this room there’s a display about the history of Honiton lace, and a big case with examples. There was old lace as well as modern, including a lace jabot and cuffs made for the Speaker of the House of Commons. They were made for and worn first by Bernard Weatherill, and since the current Speaker doesn’t wish to wear them, they get displayed in the museum.
In this gallery there were also a few stands for lace pillows, and at the end of my visit a lady started setting up her equipment to give a demonstration. She told me that they try to have someone in to demonstrate most afternoons, and gave me a few leaflets with more information about Honiton Lace. One of them was the FAQ you can also find on their website.
The Norman Gallery is the last room of the museum, and solely devoted to lace. In addition to lots of lace on display there’s information on topics such as Victorian mourning customs, and the developments in machine lace making that eventually made lace making by hand unprofitable.
Were there souvenirs? Of course there were:
The pile of leaflets at the back, and some postcards showing samples of Honiton lace. The museum included a second hand bookshop for mostly needlework-related books, and quite a few new brochures and books as well, but luckily there was nothing I absolutely had to have, since I had been exhausting my budget in Birmingham and Lampeter already.
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The E-Z bat is designed for kids to learn the basics of using a bat with baseball. With the E-Z Bat, kids can either Swing it & Fling it....(see video)
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By DENISE GRANT
The Hancock Regional Planning Commission has received a clean audit on the same grants that were so mismanaged in 2008 and 2009 that the state ordered the money to be repaid two years ago.
“In fact, it was a perfect monitoring,” Director Matt Cordonnier said of the audit. “It put a big smile on all of our faces.”
Cordonnier took over as director of the commission following the audit trouble and the firing of former Director William Homka for misconduct in 2012. Homka was dismissed shortly after news of the bungled grant handling broke.
Findlay and Hancock County were ordered to repay more than a quarter-million dollars in grant money. Findlay had to repay $144,000 it received in 2008-09 for reconstructing part of Lincoln Street. The cost of the project was $1.2 million.
The county repaid $127,000 for two projects partially funded with a grant in 2008 and 2009. The grant paid $85,000 toward the replacement of a bridge on Hancock County 203 in Pleasant Township. The total cost of the project was $180,000.
The grant also paid $42,000 toward the replacement of a bridge on Hancock County 23 in Washington Township. The total cost of that project was $200,000.
The city and county had executed contracts and broken ground for the projects months before the state gave environmental clearance for the projects to begin. All parties agreed the infractions were procedural, but the consequences were some of the harshest in the Hancock Regional Planning Commission’s history.
Cordonnier said it is most likely that the Ohio Department of Development will conduct audits every two years now.
Separately, the commission elected officers for 2014 on Wednesday. Christie Ranzau will serve as president. Michael Couchot was named vice president. Jody O’Brien will continue as treasurer and Ray Scholes will serve as commission secretary.
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Pep Guardiola was relieved to come through a “difficult game” after Bayern Munich recorded a 3-0 win over second-tier Bochum in the quarter-finals of the DFB-Pokal.
Robert Lewandowski scored twice either side of a goal from Thiago Alcantara as the Bundesliga leaders kept alive their hopes of securing the treble.
However, Guardiola was also quick to praise brave Bochum, who held their heavyweight opponents at bay until the 39th minute.
The 2.Bundesliga side were also forced to play the entire second half with only 10 men following the dismissal of substitute defender Jan Simunek just before the break.
“We are obviously delighted with the semi-finals. Congratulations to my team,” Guardiola told the club’s official website.
“My compliments also to Bochum. We talked a lot with the players and we knew that it was a difficult game.
“After the penalty and the red card, we had more control in the second half.”
Lewandowski – who broke the deadlock with a low shot before adding Bayern’s third just before the final whistle – echoed the sentiments of his manager.
“Until the first goal, it was not so easy. Bochum played very well,” he said.
“In the cup, it is always dangerous as long as the score stands at 0-0.”
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Promotional activities and strategies play a crucial role marketing channels. These activities consist of advertising, sales promotions, and personal selling efforts of firms engaged in the distribution channel. Much of an individual channel member’s promotional efforts are directed toward influencing the behavior of other firms within the channel. For example, a substantial portion of a manufacturer’s promotions may be aimed at encouraging wholesalers and retailers to participate in the manufacturer’s marketing efforts. Additionally considerable promotional effort consists of joint activities by all channels to stimulate consumer or end user purchase. The fundamental strategy decision of using a ‘push’ versus a ‘pull’ motion strategy is discussed in this article. Attention is then focused on advertising sales motions and personal selling of channel members as these efforts relate to channel strategy.
Push versus Pull Strategy:
There are two basic promotional strategy alternatives available to manufacturers. Most promotional activities within the distribution channel hinge upon these strategies choice. A pull strategy attempts to stimulate buyers’ or consumers’ demand for a product by promotional efforts aimed at the ultimate consumer or industrial user. The goal is to build demand at that level so that retailers, wholesalers, or distributors feel compelled to stock that product in their respective assortment. Ultimately, the product is ‘pulled’ through the distribution channel by the end user demand created. Advertising and consumer promotions are the most commonly used elements of a pull strategy.
By contrast, a push strategy focuses the manufacturer’s promotional efforts on the members of the distribution channel itself, rather than the final user, Trade advertising and allowances, trade promotions, and personal selling are designed to influence middlemen to stock the manufacturer’s products and promote them to the final consumer.
Very few manufacturers employ ‘pure’ pull or push strategies. An effective promotional effort generally makes use of both. For example, Procter & Gamble spend over $1 billion per year on advertising aimed at ultimate consumers in an attempt to generate consumer pull for its products. As part of its pull strategy P&G promotes continuously with coupons in newspaper and though direct mail. Nevertheless, P&G also employees thousands of sales representatives who all work on wholesalers and retailers to convince those channel members to stock and support P&G products. In addition to this personal selling effort, P&G employs extensive trade promotions and allowances tied to their consumer advertising for channel members who agree to support those products and program.
Advertising can of course be employed by any member of the distribution channel and may be directed toward end users or other distribution channel members. Of particular interest are trade advertising and cooperative advertising.
Trade Advertising is designed to communicate with members of the distribution channel. Most firms with products nationally advertised to consumer also depend upon trade papers and magazines to reach their channel members. Such publications as Chain Store Age and Supermarket News are frequently read by manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers and provide excellent vehicles for promotion within the channel.
Trade advertising is more informative and detailed than consumers advertising. The appeals used are typically more rational than emotional. Manufacturers frequently employ such advertising to describe products, suggest methods for handling or presentation, or point out the advantage to wholesalers and retailers of stocking those products. It may also be employed to explain new marketing programs or to build goodwill with the trade. One example of a trade advertisement placed by Procter & Gamble is to explain its discounts for retailers. A sample is shown below:
Procter & Gamble
Notice to Our Customers
Attention: Store Manager owner
We offer annual funded marketing Agreements to all retailers in the USA. Payments are made for performance under the applicable plan: FMA plan—purchase, distribute, or reduce price; CMF plan – purchase and/or distribute cases for print/electronics media featuring and/or display and/or price reduction and/or in-store sampling/couponing and/or selling/consumer shows other programs involve distribution by agencies of product coupons and samples in stores, in various markets at various times. Also, we offer display material, newspaper proofs, etc., to assist you in merchandising our brands.
Details are set forth in specific agreements. These offers are practical and usable by all retailers regardless of size. You may now be performing under an agreement are being made to you or your headquarters or wholesalers on your behalf. In some instances, Wholesalers commingle these funds for the benefit of all their retail customers.
If you are not receiving benefit of these offers either or through your wholesale supplier and would like to do so, send your name, address and telephone number to Procter & Gamble Box 162 Cincinnati, Ohio 45201, and we will contact you. Please specify the company product line.
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