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|June 22, 2009 09:00 AM EDT
In the tight economy, front-end engineers and front-end engineering can play a conspicuous role: good user experience, as the iPhone spectacularly demonstrates, means good business.
At the 7th International AJAXWorld RIA Conference & Expo which opened Monday in New York City, the speaker lineup is as usual dripping with real-world expertise. The distinguished Speaker Faculty is headlined by Oracle's Ashish Mohindroo, whose Opening Keynote on "Breaking the Collaboration Barrier with Rich Enterprise Applications" set the tone for two intense days of breakout sessions across three parallel tracks.
According to Mohindroo and Oracle, Rich Enterprise Applications (REAs) promise breakthrough capabilities and services for achieving higher levels of personal and team productivity throughout your enterprise.
"Consumer web and mobile technologies are setting high standards for what end users expect from enterprise applications, increasing the gap between complexity of technology and the time in which IT has to deliver," he said. Mohindroo continued:
"These trends are redefining the role of the enterprise developer and increasing the pressure to provide enterprise application users with next-generation collaboration tools, while ensuring integration of those capabilities into existing enterprise infrastructure."
His keynote outlined among other things Oracle's vision on the rapid creation of collaboration tools, of mashing up existing applications, injecting Portal capabilities into plain web apps, and building scalable Enterprise 2.0-style applications that render rich user experiences using AJAX, Java Server Faces, and Flash.
The Speaker Faculty today and tomorrow in New York includes practitioners and executives from a wide range of industry players:
- Mehmet Akin - UI Lead Developer, IBM
- Akbar Ali Ansari - Software Engineer, Oracle
- Matias Bagini - CEO, JRapid Corp
- Keith Bergelt – CEO, Open Invention Network
- Eric J. Bruno - Systems Engineer, Sun Microsystems
- Robert Boedigheimer - Web Application Architect, Schwans Shared Services
- Sujoe Bose - Research Scientist, DSine Dynamics
- Max Carlson - Lead Runtime Architect, OpenLaszlo
- Robbie Cheng - Senior Engineer, Potix Corp
- Jim Connors - Systems Engineer, Sun Microsystems
- Jose de Castro - Lead Architect, Voxeo Corporation
- Yakov Fain - Managing Director, Farata Systems
- Michael Girouard - Sr. Developer, Magnani Carusso Dutton
- Anil Gurnani - VP & Technical Project Manager, J P Morgan Chase
- Patrick Hertzog - Co-Founder& User Experience Officer, NEXThink
- Charles Jolley - Founder, SproutCore Project
- Darrel Meyer - Senior Software Architect, Ext JS
- Joe Preston - Managing Partner & UX Architect, Momentum Design Lab
- Habeeb Rushdan - Technical Trainer/Consultant, LowerHead Consulting
- Shashank Tiwari - Chief Technologist, Saven Technologies
- Shaun Walker - Creator & Maintainer, DotNetNuke
- Rich Waters - Senior Software Architect, ExtJS
- Matthias Wessendorf - Senior Software Developer, Oracle
- Elaine Wherry - Co-Founder & VP of Engineering, Meebo
- Kevin Whinnery - Systems Engineer, Appcelerator
- Regev Yativ - President & CEO, Magic Software
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The overall Conference theme is "Driving Profitability Through the User Experience" and the event is co-located with the 15th International SOA World Conference & Expo and with iPhone Developer Summit 2009 East.
Adobe AIR - Flex and Java expert Yakov Fain will be giving a session in NYC showing how to architect an occasionally connected AIR/Java application based on the open source BlazeDS. The session, "Occasionally-Connected Applications with Adobe AIR and BlazeDS," is sure to attract a good crowd.
AJAX Push - see Comet
BlazeDS - see Adobe AIR
Browser Issues - In a session called "Solving Cross-Domain Issues When Building Mashups," IBM Software Developer Mehmet Akin will be giving delegates in New York an overview of possible techniques to overcome the the cross-domain issue caused by the browser's Same Origin Policy.
Cloud Computing - The CEO of Magic Software, Regev Yativ, will be asking "Are Rich Internet Applications Ready for the Cloud?" in a session discussing how companies can develop and deploy rich Internet business applications on premise or on the cloud, enhancing the user experience like never before, Yativ aims to show that the answer is 'Yes!'
Comet - "Where Are We Now? Where Are We Headed?" is the title of a session given by long-time AJAXWorld speaker Matthias Wessendorf. He will introduce the most common Comet Patterns and give an overview of the most relevant Comet solutions in the market, before ending the session with a preview of upcoming specifications like Java Servlet 3.0 and HTML5 - aimed at helping developers to create a much more interactive Web.
Designing Web Apps - see Web App Design
Developer Productivity - Building enterprise software during the 90s was surprisingly faster than doing it today using the HTML/AJAX way. As a result, many platforms are emerging to bring the old 4GL/RAD productivity back again into the AJAX world. Matias Bagini, CEO of JRapid Corp and himself an experienced software engineer with technical and entrepreneurial background, will be exploring this topic in June in a session called "Bringing Productivity Back to Developers in the Age of AJAX."
EC2 & AJAX - Anil Gurnani,Technical Project Manager at J P Morgan Chase, will be giving a case study session in New York describing how to use the amazing power of Amazon EC2 services and AJAX client applications to develop enterprise class applications that can scale to support hundreds of thousands of users.
Enterprise RIA - If applied incorrectly, an enterprise RIA can degrade server performance and hamper the scalability of the application as a whole. In a session titled "RIA-lizing Enterprise Applications", Dr Sujoe Bose will explore an effective, repeatable, objective and rigorous method to "RIA-lize" enterprise applications, one that not only addresses usability but also scalability and performance – important characteristics of killer-apps. "The intent is to provide a migration path to RIAs that is less risky and more rewarding," says Bose.
Flex - "Adobe Flex and the Microsoft.NET Framework - Strange But Amazing Bedfellows" is the title of a fast-paced session being given in New York by Habeeb Rushdan, a Senior Software Engineer and Technical Trainer. Delegates will receive a brief introduction into both of these exciting programming worlds and then Rushdan will describe how to leverage both of them to create a data-driven, visually stunning front end in Flex and an enterprise-ready SOA backend in .NET.
Harpsichord - see Web App Design
HTML5 - see Comet
IE8 - see Internet Explorer 8
Information Dashboards - The User Experience Officer and co-founder of NEXThink, Patrick Hertzog, will present a session offering practical guidelines for designing effective dashboards and avoiding common pitfalls. "Every manager, from the sales manager to the CEO, wants a dashboard displaying her own KPIs," notes Hertzog. His session in NYC is called: "Information Dashboards: Design & Implementation"
Internet Explorer 8 - IE8 will ship in a new "standards" mode by default, which has the potential to impact many sites that have been crafted around various "features" in past versions. In a must-attend session, "Internet Explorer 8 and its Impact on Your Web Sites," Robert Boedigheimer, principal of Robert Boedigheimer Consulting, will discuss which current practices will need to change and how this will affect your development techniques and your existing sites. "Don't be surprised the day IE 8 ships and your sites break," says Boedigheimer. "Be prepared!"
JavaFX - What is JavaFX...and why should you care? - That is precisely the questions being addressed in NYC by Sun's Eric Bruno and Jim Connors, both systems engineers and both highly qualified to speak about every aspect of JavaFX from the language (JavaFX Script), to the platforms (JavaFX, JavaFX Mobile, and JavaFX TV), development tools, and Java integration.
JavaScript - "Object Oriented JavaScript" is the title of the New York session being given by Mike Girouard, a senior front-end web developer at the creative agency Magnani Caruso Dutton. The session will explore the JavaScript programming language and will demonstrate several practical design patterns delegates can use in their JavaScript/AJAX application today.
JavaScript 2 - Max Carlson from OpenLaszlo.org is giving a session showing how OpenLaszlo 4.3 includes a new JavaScript 2-based compiler that translates JS2 syntax to a variety of formats, including JS 1.5, Actionscript 1 & 2 and Actionscript 3. It's called "Using JavaScript 2 Today with OpenLaszlo."
Java Servlet 3.0 - see Comet
Object-Oriented JavaScript - see JavaScript
Rich Clients - AJAX is not the only player in the space of UI development. a second renaissance regarding Rich Client technologies is taking place, with Rich Client frameworks such as Microsoft Silverlight and Adobe Flex. In a session called "Thin Client or Rich Client?" UI Architect Florian Mueller will be focusing on several aspects regarding technology choice and will give delegates in New York guidelines for deciding when to follow the Rich Client path in the future and when to go with a Thin Client instead.
Ruby on Rails - In a session called "Appcelerator RIA on Rails" delegates will have a chance to learn how to leverage existing JSON services implemented in Ruby on Rails controllers to provide the server back end for a rich Internet application using the Appcelerator RIA framework.
Silverlight - see Rich Clients
Thin Client vs Rich Client - see Rich Clients
Web App Design - In a sure-to-be-jam-packed New York session intriguingly called "What Web App Design Can Learn From the Harpsichord," Meebo.com co-founder and VP of Engineering Elaine Wherry will walk through recent web application design and analyze the functionality of these elements. "As designers explore how far they can go, there comes a breaking point where it hurts the end product," says Wherry. "Lesson learned is that just because you can, doesn't mean you should."
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The great L.A. Clippers payout
Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is the new official owner of the Los Angeles Clippers after a California court confirmed the authority of Shelly Sterling to sell the team on behalf of the Sterling Family Trust.
The NBA Board of Governors had previously approved the sale, so as of Tuesday, the deal is done and the saga (we hope) has ended. At least for the time being.
Ballmer paid $2 billion for the team, more than three times the amount Forbes had recently valued the team and by far the most paid for any NBA team (the previous record, held for less than four months, was $550 million, for the Milwaukee Bucks). In fact, the price tag is the second largest for an American sports franchise. Magic Johnson and Guggenheim Partners paid $2.1 billion for baseball's Dodgers in 2012.
But it doesn't end there. The reported amount of money thrown around in this Clippers deal is simply staggering:
• Donald Sterling paid about $12.5 million for the team in 1981. According to Forbes, the Clippers are valued at $575 million, though some estimated the team to be worth around $700 million. Sterling sold the team for $2 billion. Minus the combined federal and state capital gains rate for high earners in California (33.3 percent), Sterling will lose about $466 million, leaving him with $1.334 million. And since the Clippers are likely spared from paying ordinary corporate taxes (if the team, which was owned by the family trust, is an S corporation, that is), Sterling is looking at an approximate $1.321 billion profit.
That's a lot of zeroes for a guy was supposedly "punished" for his actions.
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Monday, April 7, 2008
ESPNEWS Finds A NASCAR Niche
Things have been changing all over ESPN this season where NASCAR is concerned.
The new integration of the sport into all the areas of this big company has been yielding positive results in some unusual areas. One of them is ESPNEWS.
This network has gone back to the policy it had years ago of covering the post-race news conferences after the Sprint Cup Series races. While in 2007 ESPNEWS struggled to figure out how to squeeze NASCAR into its already busy Sundays of sports highlights and news, this year is much different.
The TV arm of the sport called the NASCAR Media Group uplinks the post-race press conferences live. Simply by tapping into this raw feed, ESPNEWS has been presenting to NASCAR fans a slice of the sport that cannot be seen anywhere else.
While SPEED offers three post-race shows, only one of them focuses on NASCAR alone and that program uses on-site reporters to interview the drivers and personalities. Since ESPN2 does not produce a NASCAR Now show on Sunday night, this ESPNEWS live coverage is unique.
The assembled NASCAR media ask questions of the drivers, crew chiefs and owners. The second and third place drivers are up first, as the race winner is still involved in Victory Lane activities. As ESPNEWS viewers know from Tony Stewart's recent tire rant, lots of things can happen in the Infield Media Center.
After the Sunday Texas race, the patience and commitment of ESPNEWS was put to the test as a big time lapse happened between the appearance of the second and third place drivers and the eventual appearance by the winning driver and his entourage.
The network hung-in there and continually informed viewers that when Carl Edwards appeared, they would break-in live and have his comments. Minutes later, that is exactly what happened. Unrestricted by pit reporters and network time restraints, this coverage is raw and wonderful.
It also allows fan an opportunity to see the live interaction between the NASCAR personalities and the media members who cover the sport. This dynamic is going to be what determines the content of the stories in the newspapers and on the Internet about the event. It is fascinating to watch it unfold.
Hopefully, ESPNEWS may expand this presence to have a coordinator on-site. This would help both NASCAR and ESPN to make sure all of the comments make the air. Simply holding the drivers for one minute while a commercial clears would allow their comments to be broadcast live nationally.
When the value of this TV time becomes apparent, perhaps we will see more media-savvy drivers make themselves available to the press in the Media Center after the races. In the same manner, having the moderator repeat the media questions or using a microphone would allow fans at home to clearly hear both the question and who was asking it.
This ESPNEWS coverage has been an unexpected bonus this season, and NASCAR fans who want a little more than the usual network TV post-race show may like to see this media process unfold. It certainly is interesting to see what the drivers actually say, and what the media subsequently reports.
The Daly Planet welcomes comments from readers. Simply click on the COMMENTS button below and follow the easy instructions. The rules for posting are located on the right side of the main page. Thanks again for stopping by.
14 comments:
- Anonymous said...
The other thing that I like in this type of coverage, is that there is no back round fan noise or signs to distract the viewer.
Although that does work well in VL and other network shows.
Kingston, NY
- April 7, 2008 at 12:40 AM
- stricklinfan82 said...
I agree. I give ESPN major kudos for their fantastic post-race news conference coverage on ESPNEWS.
The ESPNEWS airing of the live, in-depth, unedited comments of Tony Stewart and Dale Earnhardt Jr. regarding the tire issues after Atlanta was among the very best NASCAR TV I've seen all year long.
I LOVE this added element and ESPNEWS has become appointment viewing for me as soon as Fox signs off the air every week.
Now would it be nice to see more news conference coverage? Of course. Would I like to hear all of the questions posed to each of the drivers, crew chiefs, owners, etc.? Obviously. But I understand this is a 24/7 sports news network and I am quite pleased with the extensive coverage NASCAR does get from ESPNEWS on these Sunday evenings.
Thank you very much ESPN, your changes in response to last year's debacle have been noticed and I hope you guys have been reading JD's blogs and our comments to see the compliments that you certainly deserve.
- April 7, 2008 at 2:17 AM
- Ritchie said...
Thanks for letting us know about this. I did not realize that ESPNews was doing this. I will definitely check this out next week.
- April 7, 2008 at 7:20 AM
- Anonymous said...
I think that NASCAR fans will enjoy this until September but once Football begins and with the baseball playoffs heating up September is probably one of the busiest months on the sports calenders. Especially at ESPN.
- April 7, 2008 at 11:24 AM
- Diane said...
The problem with this is that a lot of us do not get ESPNEWS. It is in the highest tier of our cable company and I refuse to pay an extra $20 a month just to get two channels - ESPNEWS and ESPN Classic. The other channels on that tier are useless to me.
- April 7, 2008 at 11:28 AM
- Anonymous said...
ESPNNEWS as of 2007 is available in 49 percent of US households.
So less than half the viewers have access to it, and less that that actually subscribe, since "available" doesn't make a distinction if the channel is on basic, digital or a higher price tier (where ESPNNEWS is often located).
This is also a problem for ESPN Classic (58 percent "available").
- April 7, 2008 at 12:52 PM
- Anonymous said...
In the same manner, having the moderator repeat the media questions or using a microphone would allow fans at home to clearly hear both the question and who was asking it.
I see this coverage, as you mentioned, as an unexpected bonus and I appreciate it. So I don't see too much need to modify it for TV viewers. Those reporters in the Media Center are trying to do their jobs quickly to complete their stories, so repeating the question - unless the driver asks them to - I see as unneccesary and probably a time-waster for them. If this method has been working for them for a long time, no need to change it for TV viewers.
Who's asking the question is also unimportant to me (it's interesting to hear the names but not vital). I just want to hear the driver/owner/CC answer. As long as that can be clearly heard (and I've had no problems with that so far), the current setup of press conferences is fine with me. It's the same setup as the past press conferences webcast on racingone and nascar.com., and the press conferences for post game NBA and NFL playoffs.
- April 7, 2008 at 2:42 PM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
Anon 2:42PM,
Once the reporters become aware that they can be on live national TV as they ask questions, this will not be an issue.
There is a big difference between a part-time local TV station sports anchor asking a question and Claire B. Lang asking one. To many of us, who asks the question is part of the whole story. That is the only reason I brought-up that topic.
Thanks for the comment.
- April 7, 2008 at 3:29 PM
- Brrrn Rubber said...
"Once the reporters become aware that they can be on live national TV as they ask questions, this will not be an issue."
I kinda have to disagree with this and agree with the above poster. I watch live post game post race on Sportcenter and ESPNews all the time (NCAA heavy the last couple weeks) and it doesn't make a whit of difference to me who's asking the questions.
Yeah's it neat to hear the names you recognize but all I care about is if it's a good question. I don't keep track of what reporter asked what question to what driver.
And it's rare a local or part time reporter gets to ask a question. The moderators of these events know who the heavy hitters are and act accordingly. The only time you really hear part-time reporters are the pre race pre game conferences. That includes NASCAR, which has midweek teleconferences for that purpose.
Plus the regular reporters know they're on TV. I believe someone from the media posted here when someone a few weeks back when someone mentioned the rambling form of some of the questions in the Dale Jr Tony Stewart interviews.
He/she said that's (the picking at their question style)why they should not be televised b/c they're not here for us, they're there to get their questions answered. And he/she was right.
- April 7, 2008 at 5:52 PM
- Brrrn Rubber said...
Add: I said he/she because it was an anonymous post.
- April 7, 2008 at 5:53 PM
- Anonymous said...
I forgot about it the last few weeks but I really enjoy this "OT" :). I know I mentioned before back in 2K2 FOX used to send us over to SPEED to watch the press conferences and then the boyz would do a wrap up. It was a nice "extra" to hear more from the driver and top finishers. I had been missing that!
I hope they continue with it and if as mentioned once Fall gets here and sports, they find a way to continue to do this. But of course I'm not holding my breath :)
- April 8, 2008 at 12:27 AM
- PPistone said...
As an FYI, NASCAR media relations asks media to indentify ourselves and the outlet(s) we represent when asking questions in any track weekend press conference.
Pete Pistone
- April 8, 2008 at 9:59 AM
- Daly Planet Editor said...
Thanks for stopping by. Do they pass around a wireless mic or just ask you to speak directly to the folks up at the front being interviewed?
The coverage is great, but sometimes not knowing the question that the person is responding to can be tough.
Thanks again!
- April 8, 2008 at 10:09 AM
- PPistone said...
They do pass around a wireless mic but from time-to-time it cuts out and that may be why questions aren't always heard.
- April 8, 2008 at 10:42 AM


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A lot has happened since I last posted about our backyard office, including the most dramatic change in the construction process, the framing. Going from a concrete foundation to the complete structure of the building is a pretty crazy change, and it was so exciting to finally see the outline of what it will actually look like. We have been dreaming, talking, and planning this thing, but seeing it in person is so much better. All the framing happened in about three quick days, and since then, they have finished the plumbing, roofing, and electrical. We are waiting on inspections at this point, and then on to sheet rock and insulation. I'm not holding anyone to this, but it sounds like everything could be done in about 4 weeks. Even though this has taken a lot of time and energy as far as making decisions on our end, Nichelle and I were both just talking about what a fun process this has been. I know a lot of people hate the idea of going through construction or a remodel, and inevitably things do come up from time to time, but we are lucky to have a great contractor who has made this whole process super smooth and easy, and has allowed us to have a lot of fun so far! It's fun to wake up each morning and see who is out back working and what changes are taking place.
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Persuading your child to trade the cowgirl hat and temporary tattoo stickers for an unwrinkled outfit and a dainty smile and then sit still for a portrait can be a challenge. In some cases, it simply can't be done.
"I have a little boy who comes in here and never takes off his Batman cape," said Katie Farro, head photographer at Classic Kids Photography. "He just won't do it, so we work with it. And really we get the best photos that way because he's happy. His mom is going to treasure those photos forever."
Now through the end of August, the newly renovated studio at 54 Greenwich Ave. is asking parents to encourage their children to embrace their quirks and individuality as part of a new "Free to Be Me" campaign. The studio is asking children to come as they are for a portrait sitting in an effort to raise awareness about bullying.
"We want kids to come in and express their individuality, most likely with clothing or some kind of prop," Farro said. "It's different from a Halloween shoot in that it can just be the way they dress. It's all about being your everyday you."
The studio will donate the entire $195 sitting fee from each "Free to Be Me" portrait shoot to PACER's National Bullying Prevention Center. You can learn more about the organization at Pacer.org/bullying.
"We get some real characters in here and we thought it would be great to capitalize on that," Farro said. "It's about promoting individuality in children, especially in Greenwich where we've had some events this past school year that have been just so, so, so sad."
Farro said the campaign was inspired by Bart Palosz, the relentlessly bullied Greenwich High School sophomore who shot himself to death last Aug. 27 on the first day of school.
All 11 of Classic Kids Photography's studios -- five in California, three in greater Chicago, two in Manhattan and the one in Greenwich -- will participate in the "Free to Be Me" promotion, Farro said.
"Every single one of our studios has had something happen in their community in the last year related to bullying and we think this is a way to bring awareness to the problem as a company," she said.
Farro said youth of any age are encouraged to participate in the campaign by donning their tutu, baseball uniform or that favorite t-shirt they would wear every day if they could and coming in for a sitting.
Classic Kids Photography's "Free to Be Me" portrait sittings can be made by appointment at 203-622-2358.


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GIFLOR has recently obtained the prestigious BRC Packaging and Packaging Materials with a grade A certification.
The BRC Packaging Certification of the British Retail Consortium, in cooperation with the Institute of Packaging, and following the application of the HACCP (Hazard Analysis & Critical Control Points) and GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) principles, has acknowledged that GIFLOR's production meets the established quality, safety and hygiene standards across the entire production chain and quality control: from raw materials to finished products in the food segment.
The BRC standard, which is internationally recognized within the GFSI (Global Food Safety Initiative), allows GIFLOR to further qualify as a supplier of products to large retailers and stores as well as consolidate its position in foreign markets, especially the UK, USA and other countries that acknowledge this certification for its undisputed distinctive value.
"The BRC Certification has always been one of our main strategic goals", - underlines the Board of GIFLOR - "By achieving this food safety certification, Giflor not only substantiates its attention to total quality and consumer protection, but it also strengthens the International expansion process in accordance with the most stringent quality criteria."
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One of Giflor's most popular items and part of the Just Colors line, the 24/410 bicolor cylindrical flip top cap, art. 856, was selected to sit atop smaller format containers for this year's Milan Expo travel kits, providing perfect retention and dispensing for travel kit mainstays like shampoo, body gel, or moisturizer. Giflor's bicolor caps offer a unique and easy to use option for companies to create a unique piece of contemporary packaging.
Giflor's Eco Low Profile flip-top cap for tube wins in the Rosupack 2015 PART awards
Italian plastic cap specialist, Giflor has just taken the top prize at this year's Rosupack PART awards. The Packaging, Art, Research and Technology award was presented for the company's Eco Low Profile flip top cap for the tube which makes a considerable saving on the amount of plastic required when compared to a standard tube cap, thus helping the environment and whilst saving considerable costs in logistics.
Giflor takes inspiration from vibrant spring hues and tones to extend its standard colour range
Following the launch of Giflor's Eco Low Profile Oval bicolour closure, which is already generating positive results, Giflor has made the decision to extend its range of standard colours available. The company's standard range of colours now encompasses 333 different tones, shades, and hues from which to choose without any surcharge.
Giflor extends its offering to innovative new cap liners
Giflor, the Italian firm behind the latest advances in closures like the Eco Low Profile, has announced that it will be expanding its offering to include liners in its broad range of caps and other closures, providing clients with a simple and cost-effective way to provide a proper seal on products.
Giflor's Eco Low Profile line, now in bi-color XL
Giflor, one of Italy's most reputable and international closure firms has been busy further developing its popular Eco Low Profile line, today one of the company's top selling innovations. The line now offers an XL item for companies seeking to provide a more robust closure solution.
Giflor's mushroom caps are sprouting up all over
Giflor, Italy's premier supplier of a high quality closures for a variety of sectors, has extended the scope of its popular mushroom caps to meet the high market demand for the closures. The mushroom cap closure, long associated with ease of use and versatility, have become a top seller for Giflor over the years, and are now available in even more configurations.
Giflor's latest 24/410 and 24/415 closures
Giflor, one of the world's primary sources for Italian designed closures and packaging items, has released a wide range of flip-top caps for standard 24/415 and 24/410 neck finishes. The company's full line is not only available in a number of interesting and innovative shapes, they also come in over 300 standard colour choices, providing firms with a huge amount of flexibility when it comes time to selecting the perfect closure for standard bottles.
Giflor introduces a new paradigm with jigger flip-tops
Giflor, the leading Italian firm dedicated to excellent closure design and production, has released a new closure perfect for a number of applications. The closure combines the best of two paradigms as it may be used as either a dosing jigger or as a simple flip top.
Giflor releases its updated version of a timeless closure classic
Giflor, one of Europe's premier closure suppliers for a wide array of markets, including the personal care, cosmetic, and household spaces, has a trio of closures available designed to offer companies a superior item while maintaining a classic paradigm. The simple flip-top caps are the perfect fusion of technology and design, easily recognizable to consumers but with distinctive features that set them apart.
The Pushlock redesign by Giflor
Years ago Giflor introduced a totally new cap for cosmetics, a cap that offered both the performance of a classic disc top and flip top (open with one hand), and the security of a push pull closure. Now Giflor is relaunching the Pushlock with a modern design and improved functionality, along with a new series of bi-color caps for standard items (24, 28, and 38 mm).
Giflor receives TricorBraun's 2012 Supplier Innovation Award
More than 5 years ago, TricorBraun management visited Cosmoprof in Bologna and were intrigued by Giflor's display and product offerings. This introduction to Giflor, its products, and most importantly its people have obviously progressed quickly and finally after a number of smaller projects seems now to be on the development of impact business.
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Police said they found 18 dead animals in the bin and 13 more in a van registered to the activist group, all from shelters in the state's northeastern corner.
Investigators arrested the two workers after staking out a garbage bin where animals had previously been dumped, police said Thursday.
PETA President Ingrid Newkirk said the workers were picking up animals to be brought to PETA headquarters for euthanization. Veterinarians and animal control officers said the PETA workers had promised to find homes for the animals rather than euthanize them, according to police.
Neither police nor PETA offered any theory on why the animals might have been dumped.
PETA spokeswoman Colleen O'Brien said the organization euthanizes animals by lethal injection, which it considers more humane than gassing animals in groups, as some counties do.
The group scheduled a news conference Friday in Norfolk, Va., where the group is based.
Police charged Andrew Benjamin Cook, 24, of Virginia Beach, Va., and Adria Joy Hinkle, 27, of Norfolk, Va., each with 31 felony counts of animal cruelty and eight misdemeanor counts of illegal disposal of dead animals. They were released on bond.
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Wall Street may be tanking, but these ladies are enough reason to keep schlepping yourself to work.
Playboy magazine released its list of the 10 hottest female CEOs across the country this week, naming head honchos at firms that specialize in everything from lingerie to fitness and even pornography -- and they don't take orders from any man.
Claire Chambers, CEO of lingerie company Journelle, topped the list, as did Flirty Girls Fitness founder Kerry Knee, whose company teaches women how to get in shape with programs like "Hottie Body Boxing.
Another lingerie boss, Sharen Turney, also earned a spot on the list for heading up Victoria's Secret Megabrand.
Army vet Teresa Phillips had a past life as a VP at Yahoo!, but she left the tech giant to create Graspr, a how-to video website that landed her on the Playboy list.
Two other techies -- hotties Rashmi Sinha and Alicia Morga, who head up digital companies -- landed on the list, as did marketing exec Tina Wells, who runs a beauty PR firm.
Sexy foodies were in the top 10, too -- wine company owner Alyssa Rapp and dairy manufacturing CEO Julie Smolyansky were both honored by Playboy for their sizzling work ethic.
The most obvious selection? CEO Candida Royalle, who founded adult film company Femme Productions and also wrote the book "How to Tell a Naked Man What to Do."
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Christian Rock
Christian rock is a form of rock music played by individuals and bands whose members are Christians and who often focus the lyrics on matters concerned with the Christian faith. The extent to which their lyrics are explicitly Christian varies between bands. Much Christian rock has ties to the contemporary Christian music (CCM) scene, while other bands are independent.
The Christian rock genre is most popular in the United States, although some Christian bands have worldwide popularity.
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High-level conference on financial education in the CIS
Minsk, Belarus -19-20 September 2017
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The OECD-Russia Technical Assistance Project on Financial Education in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) was launched at an event in Moscow on 29 June 2017. This three-year project will provide policy and practical support for strengthening the financial literacy of citizens with a view to promoting their financial well-being.
The project involves advanced data collection and analysis of financial literacy levels and gaps in the CIS and collection of qualitative information to support the design, implementation and evaluation of effective financial education strategies as a complement to financial consumer protection and inclusion approaches. In addition, two work streams will target addressing the specific needs of youth and migrants.
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BENEFITS – It is within no uncertainty that stability of trade that is sometimes showed as (NX) is called the Difference concerning the monetary price of upload and significance of output within an economy spanning a certain time period. It may also been viewed as the relationship between nation's signify and exports. If the balance includes a positive clue, it is usually termed some sort of trade unwanted, I. Elizabeth. If it contains exporting a lot more than is imported as well as a trade deficit or perhaps a trade gap should the reverse is definitely the case. The total amount of trade may also be divided in a goods along with a service harmony. It encompasses the game of exports in addition to imports. It really is expected that the country who more regarding exports compared to imports stands a large chance connected with enjoying some balance from trade unwanted in their economy much more than its counterpart would you the perpendicular.
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- Where is Cloud computing today? (Part 1)
- Where does OSGi fit in the Cloud architecture?
- What are the challenges of using OSGi in the Cloud?
- What does an OSGi Cloud platform look like?
OSGi A Quick ReviewI've been working with Richard Hall, Karl Pauls and Stuart McCulloch on writing OSGi In Action which explains OSGi from first principles to advanced use cases, so if you want to know more that's a good place to look. However, here I'd like to give my elevator pitch for OSGi which would be something like as follows...
OSGi first became a standard in 1999 and provides a set of specifications for building dynamic modular Java applications. It has success stories in every area of Java development from embedded devices, though desktop applications to enterprise applications. The core features that OSGi provides a Java application are:
- Modules - the building blocks from which to create applications
- Life cycle - control when modules are installed or uninstalled and customise their behaviour when they are activated
- Services - minimal coupling between modules
An Uncomfortable TruthTo see where OSGi fits into the Cloud story it's worth taking a brief segue to consider a point made by Kirk Knoernschild at the OSGi community event in February this year. Namely that we are generating more and more code with every passing day:
- Lines of code double every 7 years
- 50% of development time spent understanding code
- 90% of software cost is maintenance and evolution
Eric Newcomer of Credit Suisse gave another good talk at the recent community event on the scale of software development at the bank. The message I took away from this presentation is that within any large organisation, one can probably locate an example of virtually any computer algorithm ever conceived (in fact if you look hard enough you will more than likely find two). If we look out to small and medium sized organisations, sure they won't have pre-canned examples but any developer worth his salt can probably; knock up some approximation within a couple of days, find an open source library to do the same job, or part with some money to a vendor to get the job done.
The message from these two presentations is, that as we move into the era of Cloud computing the real problem is not how to author code but how to manage and reuse code and to do so at scale. As businesses grow and Cloud makes hardware cheaper and cheaper to use, market competition is driving computer software to larger and larger scales to cope with increased processing, network and storage volumes. This scaling tends to lead to more complexity and often in an exponential relationship. But what do I mean by scale when talking about software in the Cloud? And how do we tame the complexity versus scale curve?
Types of Scale
There are three measures of scale that I think are of relevance to this discussion of OSGi and the Cloud:
- Operational scale - the number of processors, network interfaces, storage options required to perform a function
- Architectural scale - the number and diversity of software components required to make up a system to perform a function
- Administrative scale - the number of configuration options that our architectures and our algorithms generate
In terms of architectural scale, think about all the libraries we have to perform similar functions; logging, data access layers, RPC frameworks, web frameworks. How many of the millions of lines of code that we are generating are boilerplate copies of each other? Redundant architecture is a major problem in the growth of software. Which parts are really providing value to the business? Which parts are harmless clones of each other? Which parts are a maintenance cost that should be replaced? We employ abstractions to protect ourselves from underlying implementations but these abstractions can themselves become maintenance costs. I would argue that as software engineers we are suffering from the paradox of choice.
When managing code we need to worry about updating code, as code is very rarely a static entity; bugs are fixed, new APIs are created, old ones are deprecated and removed. With the volume of code in existence, we need mechanisms to manage the complexity created by the constant churn of logic that makes up our business systems. This leads us onto the problems of administrative scale.
Administrative scale hampers our ability to reason about and evolve deployed systems. The human brain has evolved to deal with relatively small connected graphs. But software today consists of multiple configuration options - libraries that implement APIs, network configurations, storage configurations, queue depths, the list is endless. When we look at the interconnected nature of many software architectures, do we really know what the impact of changing parts of the configuration will have?
All this brings me to...
OSGi Cloud BenefitsIn Part 1 of this series of blogs I mentioned that the Nist definition of a cloud includes the statement that: "Cloud software takes full advantage of the cloud paradigm by being service oriented with a focus on statelessness, low coupling, modularity and semantic interoperability", to my mind OSGi has these bases covered.
OSGi is a specification for modular Java that encourages low coupling via the use of services and it certainly allows you to build stateless applications. OSGi also promotes semantic interoperability via the fact that the code runs in a JVM and is abstracted from the underlying platform. Higher order levels of interoperability can easily be enabled using API and implementation modules that provide service abstractions around common platform functions, such as accessing data or scheduling tasks.
But why should cloud software have these features?
Returning to my theme of scale and complexity from the previous section, modularity and service orientated architectures enable encapsulation of coherent components to help reduce architectural complexity. Semantic interoperability aids in the war against administrative complexity as the same code can run no matter what hardware or network environment it is deployed in. Finally, stateless architectures are just a good design goal for dealing with production scale.
OK interesting, but you might say that "TechnologyX (pick your favourite) can also provide these features, so really sell me on the OSGi cloud benefits". In which case I propose that there are four additional benefits of OSGi with respect to Cloud software which I'll deal with in turn:
Dynamic: Clouds can be tempestuous environments with latency and contention being major factors. In these sorts of environments software that is designed to cope with runtime dependencies coming and going is more robust than static architectures. Consider the analogy with civil engineering and bridge or aeroplane wing design - rigid architectures are more fragile than those that incorporate degrees of flexibility. The Remote Services chapter from OSGi 4.2 specification promotes a discovery based services API. Thus, if a service dependency is lost due to movements in the Cloud then client code does not go into a spin making socket connect timeouts, it just gracefully moves into what ever state makes most sense and the rest of the processing can continue.
Extensible: Clouds are all about expansion so following good XP principles when you start a new project you should only develop the parts of the application you actually know are needed. However, versioned module dependencies and service interfaces mean that you can easily abstract or update simple implementations as the application demands grow.
Lightweight: Clouds are meant be light, right? OSGi promotes modular design. Modular designs in turn allow you to tune a software deployment to the actual task at hand. OSGi lifecycle and dynamic services patterns even allow us to extend an application at runtime. This enables all sorts of interesting new use cases, for example:
- if you need to get diagnostics information out of the software, only deploy the diagnostics components for the time that they are needed - for the rest of the time run lean
- if you need to scale up a certain component's processing power, swap an in-memory job queue for a distributed processing queue and when you're done swap it back again.
Self describing: OSGi bundles contain a description of the module in their jar manifest files. This helps in the war against administrative complexity, notably via automation and audit. Just as an OSGi framework can validate that a bundle has been deployed with all its necessary dependencies, it is also possible to reverse this process and download required dependencies automatically. There are several implementations of this pattern already in use in OSGi today; Nimble, OBR and P2. This simplifies deployments by allowing software engineers to focus on what they want to deploy instead of what they need to deploy.
In terms of audit, OSGi bundles have a number of standardised headers to describe meta features such as name, description, license and documentation, so if you want to find out about a piece of software in a bundle just look at its manifest information. Once you get into this frame of thinking, other meta data such as author, build date, business unit also make sense to be embedded into the bundle. This sort of meta information can greatly benefit system admins and system builders in the future.
OSGi Cloud ServicesTo conclude this post, assuming I've managed to convince you of the benefits of OSGi in Cloud architectures, here are some ideas for potential cloud OSGi services (definitely non exhaustive):
- MapReduce services - Hadoop or Bigtable implementations?
- Batch services - Plug and play Grids?
- NoSQL services - Scalable data for the Cloud!
- Communications services - Email, Calendars, IM, Twitter?
- Social networking services - Cross platform widgets?
- Billing services - Making money in the Cloud!
- AJAX/HTML 5.0 services - Pluggable UI architectures?
I think OSGi provides an excellent foundation for building Cloud software. There are things it doesn't do but its extensible nature means that it is very easy to build additional tools on top of it and really start addressing the problems of scale. I'll look at some of tools I've been working on in this area in the final post.
So all good right? Well there are still of course challenges, so in the next post I'll look at some of these and discuss how to overcome these. In the meantime, I'm very interested in any feedback on the ideas found in this post.


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Posted: August 5, 2010 06:55 PM
The Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission have broad powers to root out and punish financial fraud. The Interagency Financial Fraud Task Force, formed last November, is an Obama-era innovation that enhances the government's ability to track down financial criminals. As we look back on the last two years' revelations about Wall Street misbehavior, then, it seems reasonable to ask the question:
What's a banker gotta do to get arrested in this town?
We're not talking about the "show up with your attorney and we'll work out a settlement" kind of arrest, either. We mean the pull-them-from-the-boardroom, handcuff-wearing, hands-on-the-police-car perp walk sort of arrest. Enforcement actions seem few and far between, and when they do come around the settlement is usually far too small to deter future crime.
Headlines last week announced the arrest of software entrepreneurs the Wylie Brothers who, according to the SEC, netted more than $550 million through various forms of securities fraud. General Electric was charged with "bringing good things to life" for some Iraqi officials in the form of fat bribes. Stories say that Office Depot may be close to settling with the SEC on a variety of charges. Dell and its senior executives were charged with failing to disclose material facts to investors. (Write your own "Dude, you're getting a Dell" joke; I'm too busy.)
But a review of 49 charges brought this year by the SEC shows that the majority of their targets were "ABB" — "anybody but bankers" — and that only eight charges were directly related to the fraud that trashed the economy. Most of those eight charges involved bit players, and penalties for the two major fraudsters involved were so light that they gave would-be malefactors no good reason to change their evil ways.
Here's a sampling of SEC charges filed this year: A father/son accounting team was charged with insider trading. Italian and Dutch companies bribed some Nigerians and a telecommunications company slipped a mordida or two to Chinese officials. Some Canadians fraudulently touted penny stocks on Facebook and Twitter. A Florida retirement benefits firm skimmed some funds. Some guys were busted for an affinity fraud and Ponzi scheme targeting African American and Caribbean investors in New York City.
The SEC even charged a psychic with fraud after he claimed he could predict what would happen in the stock market. (Of course he was a fraud! A real psychic would've known they were investigating him and left town.)
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ABC Releases Entertainment And Dance Duel Details For Dancing With The Stars Week 5
Get ready! According to ABC MediaNet, music icon Carlos Santana, Train, and Selena Gomez will be the entertainment this coming week on Dancing With The Stars. The "Macy's Stars of Dance" will also be returning to perform. Their dance will feature Sheila E. Don't forget, the judges will also have the final say with the "Dance Duel". Below are some details. Note how Louis Van Amstel makes a return to Dancing With The Stars. Details for how the Dance Duel will take place is also mentioned…
"Episode 1405 & 1405A" – It's Latin Night on "Dancing with the Stars" and Global Music Icon Carlos Santana takes over the ballroom with performances of some of his classic hits throughout the evening. In a stunning opening number with the Troupe, Carlos Santana will perform his first ever Top 10 hit, "Evil Ways." He will also perform his popular hit song "Maria, Maria," featuring dancers Louis Van Amstel and Anna Trebunskaya. And the remaining nine couples will heat up the floor dancing either the Salsa, Argentine Tango or the Samba, MONDAY, APRIL 16 (8:00-10:01 p.m., ET) on ABC.
On Tuesday night, Grammy® Award-winning band Train take to the stage with an awesome performance of "Drive By," their first single from their latest album, "California 37," accompanied by Louis Van Amstel and Cheryl Burke. Pop sensation Selena Gomez and her band, The Scene, will perform their hit single "Hit the Lights." The Latin themed performances continue with this week's "Macy's Stars of Dance" performance called "Carnaval," a celebration of Latin dances featuring acclaimed percussionist Sheila E. The performance is choreographed by the talented Liz Imperio, who has directed Gloria Estefan's last three world concert tours and choreographed for Madonna and Jennifer Lopez.
Also, this week's bottom two couples will face off in a Dance Duel. The two couples will perform the same dance style, this week the Cha-Cha, to the same song at the same time. The dance floor will be split in half as the couples dance side by side and the judges will decide who stays and who goes home, TUESDAY, APRIL17 (9:00-10:01 p.m., ET).
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9 Strategies to End Corporate Rule
Starhawk's guide to collaborative group success.
How a student sit-in led to a national outcry.
How people power stopped the Keystone XL Pipeline.
To jumpstart much-needed climate action, Alec Loorz and other teenagers are taking the federal government to court.
Musical inspiration while putting together the Spring 2012 issue.
Estimated average student debt of 2011 college graduates: $27,200; Percentage of 2011 college graduates moving back into their parents' house: 85.
This PTA mom is leading the fight against toxic waste in her Texas hometown.
A quote from Alice Walker, from 9 Strategies to End Corporate Rule, the Spring 2012 issue of YES! Magazine. Download it here.
Occupiers across the state convened for the first time to draft a legislative plan that serves the 99 percent.
From Kenya, an open-source solution for navigating chaos.
More than 70 percent of incarcerated kids are minorities. This advocate wanted to find out why.
Film Review: How far do the tentacles of the Kochtopus reach? Follow the money with this collection of 13 short films.
Public interest groups have waged a spirited campaign to prevent a corporate takeover of the Internet.
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As many other state agencies do, the Board of Elections maintains a Twitter account. For the latest info, follow us there. We are also exploring establishing an RSS feed.
You can register to vote in Rhode Island ONLINE, or by completing a Voter Registration Form which may be obtained at your local Board of Canvassers or the RI Board of Elections. You can also download the form from this site. Many agencies which serve the public, such as the Department of Motor Vehicles, Department of Human Services, Department of Mental Health etc. also offer registration services to their clients as mandated by the National Voter Registration Act. See our Voter Registration section to download the current form and obtain more information on the requirements to register to vote in Rhode Island.
Yes, you can view your voter registration record at the Voter Information Center.
If you register to vote or change your name and/or address by mail or at an agency, you will receive a notice informing you that your registration has been received by the local board of canvassers. (You will also be notified by mail if your registration does not meet the requirements for any reason.)
If the post office cannot deliver the notice to the address you gave when you registered, your name will be placed on the "inactive" list and you may not be able to vote. If you do not receive a notice acknowledging receipt of your registration within three (3) weeks, call your local Board of Canvassers.Top
You must register at least 30 days before a primary or election in which you wish to vote. In Presidential elections, if you miss the deadline, you can still register and vote only for President/Vice-President at your Board of Cannvassers on the day of the election (R.I.G.L. 17-1-3). See our Upcoming Elections section for relevant deadlines.
In most cases, no. Rhode Island requires that a person be registered to vote 30 days or more prior to a primary or election in order to be eligible to vote in that primary or election. In statewide elections, If you are already registered but have moved to a different address, see our Limited Ballot section for more information. However, in Presidential elections, if you are not registered to vote, or you registered after the deadline, you can go to your City/Town Hall on Election Day and register and vote for President/Vice-President only.
You can register to vote as soon as you move to that city/town as long as you intend to make your primary residence here. However, you cannot vote for local candidates or issues until you have been registered at that address for 30 days.
You can determine where you vote by viewing our Guidelines for Voter Affirmation, which can be found in our Limited Ballot section. Also, at the bottom of the section you will find a convenient chart with the same information. This information is useful only if have failed to update your address on your voter registration record and the election is less than 30 days away. You should always update your address on your voter registration record anytime you move. You can update your voter registration record by submitting a new voter registration form, located in our Voter Registration section.
You may register to vote if you are at least 16-years-old. However, you must be 18-years-old on Election Day in order to vote.
You can visit the Voter Information Center to find your assigned polling place. Please note, that polling places are subject to change. Generally you will vote at the same polling place in statewide elections. However, in smaller special elections, you may be temporarily assigned to another polling place due to consolidation. It is advisable to always verify your assigned polling place before any election.
All voters at the polls must present Photo ID. There are various acceptable types of IDs. If a voter is unable to present valid photo ID, they have the right to cast a provisional ballot. More information is available here.
These district numbers are shown on the acknowledgement letter you were sent when you registered to vote. If you do not have your acknowledgement letter, call your local Board of Canvassers for this information. You may also visit the Voter Information Center and look up your voter registration record to find this information.Top
Yes. A referendum question passed on November 7, 2006 election states that "No person who is incarcerated in a correctional facility upon a felony conviction shall be permitted to vote until such person is discharged from the facility. Upon discharge, such person's right to vote shall be restored."
Yes. If you have not been convicted of a felony but are incarcerated in a correctional facility, you are eligible to register to vote, and to vote by absentee ballot. See our Mail Ballot section for more information.Top
No. You must choose one place as your primary residence and that will determine where you are eligible to vote. Please see R.I.G.L. 17-1-3.1 for the requirements of determining a residence for voting purposes.Top
No. Each person must sign or make a mark on an application when registering to vote or voting. No one can do this for someone else.Top
No. When you register to vote in another state, there will be a place on the form to list the previous address at which you were registered. A notice is then sent to the city/town in RI where you were registered, indicating that you have registered elsewhere. The local board of canvassers in the RI municipality where you were registered will then cancel your RI registration. If you like, you may send written notice to the local board, requesting the cancellation of your registration. You can find the address of your local board here.
You must request cancellation of your voter registration in writing to your local Board of Canvassers.
You may bring anyone you choose to assist you with voting except your employer, an agent of your employer or an officer or agent of your union. You and the person helping you will be asked to sign an affidavit stating that you have requested assistance. Alternatively, you may also ask the Warden/Moderator at the polling place to provide a pair of bi-partisan pollworkers to assist you. See the Voting at the Polls section for additional information.Top
Rhode Island does not have an "independent" party. You may choose to register as unaffiliated which means you will not be considered a member of any political party — unless and until you vote in a political party primary. If you do vote in a party primary you will be considered a member of that party and will not be able to vote in another party's primary until you have been disaffiliated for 30 days. You may complete a "Change of Party Designation" form at the polling place after you have voted in a primary, or you can submit a new Voter Registration form indicating your party change. In either case, under state law changing party takes 30 days to take affect.
No, there is no declaration requirement to run as a "Write-In" candidate for any office, including President. However, it is advised that a "Write-In" candidate notify their local Board of Canvassers of their intention to run a "Write-in" campaign. This will allow for local and state election officials to issue additional supplies to the polling place for the handling of "Write-In" ballots. Also, stickers are not allowed to be placed on an official ballot, and could cause damage to the ballot tabulator. Finally, "Write-In" candidates for state or municipal offices are subject to the RI campaign finance laws and must file reports. See our Campaign Finance section for additional information about filing requirements for all candidates.
Provisional Voting is a process to insure that all registered voters are allowed to participate in the election process. These qualified voters will be allowed to cast the same ballot as all others however, the disposition (full ballot, federal offices only, or disqualified) of that ballot will be determined by the voter's local board of canvassers. The voter may then determine the disposition of their ballot by visiting this website 48 hours after the election or by contacting their Board of Canvassers. See our Provisional Voting section for more information.
You can request that n mail ballot be sent to you at an address out of state or vote an absentee ballot at your local Board of Canvassers before you leave. See our Mail Ballot Section for more information.
The deadline to apply for a regular mail ballot falls on the 21st day prior to the election. If you cannot make it to the polls on Election Day you may be eligible for an Emergency Mail Ballot. See our Emergency Mail Ballot Section, or check with your local Board of Canvassers for more detailed information. The deadline to apply for an emergency mail ballot is 4:00 pm on the day before the election.
Yes, you may request an absentee ballot under the state nursing home mail ballot prgram. This is a state supervised program. See our Nursing Home Mail Ballot section for more information.
Unfortunately, state law establishes the deadline to request a mail ballot as 4 p.m. the day prior to the election or primary. Currently, the Board of Elections is unable to accomodate any mail ballot requests after this deadline.
When a voter applies for a mail ballot, that fact is recorded at the Local Board of Canvassers and the voter's name is taken off the list of eligible voters for his/her polling place. In order to be able to vote at the polling place, you must return the absentee ballot to the Board of Canvassers, or you will be required to cast a Provisional Ballot at the polling place. See our Provisional Voting Section for more information.Top
No. If you are permanently incapacitated to the extent that it would be a hardship to go to the polling place, you may request that the Board of Canvassers put your name on their list to automatically receive a mail ballot application for a period of 5 years. Call your local board for more information.Top
No. Your son or daughter can apply for a mail ballot which will be mailed to your son or daughter's address at the college or university in Rhode Island or to his/her voting residence.
You can get this information from your local Board of Canvassers. They will also be able to give you the names of your local elected officials. You can also find information on Rhode Island's elected officials at the Secretary of State's Web site or the Rhode Island General Assembly Web site.Top
Rhode Island send four delegates/votes to the Electoral College.Top
Rhode Island has two U.S. Congressional Districts, and 38 of the 39 cities and towns are entirely in one district or the other. Providence is the only community that is split between Congressional District 1 and 2.
Rhode Island has a 'semi-closed' party primary system. This means that you may only vote in your party's primary, but if you are registered as "Unaffiliated" you may vote in the primary of any party you choose. Once you vote in a primary, however, you are considered a member of that party until and unless you "disaffiliate". You may do this by signing a "Change of Party Designation" form at the polling place after you vote or by submitting a new voter registration form at any time. The disaffiliation takes effect in 90 days. If you indicated a party preference when you registered to vote, you may only vote in that party's primary. If you wish to vote in another party's primary, you must disaffiliate at least 90 days before the primary date.Top
See our Polling Place Hours of Operations page.Top
Poll workers are chosen and paid by the Local Boards of Canvassers in each city and town. They must attend a training session conducted by the RI Board of Elections.
The Board of Elections does not regulate the placement of signange, except within 50 feet of the entrance to the polling place building on Election Day. Some cities and towns have ordinances in place which regulate any type of signage on private property. You should contact your local Board of Canvassers for further information.
The Board of Elections does not regulate the placement of political signange, expect within 50 feet of the entrance to the polling place building on Election Day. If a sign is on public property, you should contact the state or municipal agency responsible for maintaining the facility or road. For state highways and roads, contact the Department of Transportation at (401) 222-2450
In statewide elections, the Board of Elections will usually begin posting the results of votes after 8:15 p.m. and continue to update them approximately every 15 minutes until all polling places have reported. Results for local special elections may be obtained by contacting the local Board of Canvassers.Top
In statewide elections, the Board of Elections commences tabulating mail ballots shortly after the close of the polls on election night. Mail ballot results are added to candidate totals only after all mail ballots cast in the state have been counted. It is expected that the tabulation process will continue into the day following the election and the results will be available sometime that day. Results for local special elections may be obtained by contacting the local Board of Canvassers.Top
The Board of Elections commences tabulation of provisional ballots approximately 48 hours following the election. Provisional ballot results are added into the mail ballot totals.Top
All results are "Unofficial" until all ballots have been tabulated. Results are declared to be "Final Unofficial Results" when all ballots have been tabulated but recounts and hearings have yet to be conducted (see "Official Results" below.) "Final Unofficial Results" are expected to be available within 24 hours after the close of the polls. When the results page displays "Final Results", usually several weeks after the election, these are the final certified results.Top
The Board of Elections cannot certify the election results as "official" until after all recounts and hearings have been conducted. Generally, due to the time frame permitted by law for candidates to file requests for recounts and hearings and depending on the number of recounts and hearings scheduled, it takes up to two weeks after the date of the election for the results to be certified as "official." When the results page displays "Final Results", usually several weeks after the election, these are the final certified results.Top
There are no write-in votes in a primary. The total number of write-in votes cast in the general election will be available as part of the Board of Elections election reporting. However, as the state board and each local board of canvassers must manually determine for whom write-in votes were cast, the number of votes received by an individual will not be available until several weeks after the election when local boards of canvassers report the number of such votes each person received.
Who may sign a candidate's nomination papers?
Any eligible voter from within the district in which the candidate is seeking election may sign the candidate's nomination papers. Eligible voters are those persons who are eligible to vote at the time of signing nomination papers. Eligible voters are those persons who have been registered to vote at least 30 days prior to signing a candidate's nomination papers.
Who may obtain signatures on a candidates nomination papers?
Any person 18 years of age of older may obtain signatures. The person does not need to be a registered voter or a resident of Rhode Island.
Who is required to complete the affidavit, which appears on the back page of the candidate's nomination papers?
The person who obtains the signatures of voters on the nomination papers must complete and sign the affidavit that states: "I __________ (name of person obtaining signatures), of the City or Town of _________ (name of city or town of person obtaining signatures), under oath make affidavit and say that the signers within nomination paper(s) did so sign the same in my presence." The affidavit must be subscribed and sworn before a notary public.
If a candidate has other individuals collect signatures for him, can the candidate complete the affidavit, which appears on the back page of the candidate's nomination papers?
No. The person who directly collected the signatures must complete the affidavit.
Can a candidate or someone else "supervise" collection of signatures, and complete the affidavit, which appears on the back page of the candidate's nomination paper? (i.e. being on the same residential street while the "supervised" individuals go door-to-door on that street.)
The person completing the affidavit must be physically in the presence of every person signing the nomination papers. Therefore, the person going door-to door with the nomination papers would need to complete the affidavit.
Can a set of the candidate's nomination papers be circulated by more than one individual?
No, because the affidavit which appears on the back page of the candidate's nomination papers can only be completed by the one person who collected all the signatures contained on it. If a candidate has multiple individuals collecting signatures for him/her, he should create duplicate sets for each person (see question on duplicates in this document).
Can a voter sign more than one candidate's nomination papers?
Yes. A voter may sign the nomination papers of more than one candidate.
Must a voter signing a candidate's nomination papers be eligible to vote in the candidate's primary?
Any eligible voter from within the district in which the candidate is seeking election may sign the nomination papers regardless of their party affiliation.
Does signing a candidate's nomination papers make that voter a member of the candidate's party?
No. The person's party affiliation is not affected.
If a voter signs the nomination papers of a candidate who is seeking election to an office in a district other than that of the voter's, will that signature be "counted" as valid?
No. Only those signatures obtained from eligible voters within the district in which the candidate is seeking election will be "counted" as valid.
If an eligible voter from a Town A signs a candidate's nomination papers which are ultimately submitted to the Board of Canvassers in Town B, will that voter's signature be "counted" as valid in either Town A or Town B?
No. Only those signatures of eligible voters in the city or town in which the nomination papers submitted will be valid (i.e. If an eligible voter from Johnston signs a candidate's nomination papers which are ultimately submitted to Cranston, the Board of Canvassers in Cranston will not "count" that signature and it will be ruled invalid).
Is it possible to have eligible voters from more than one community sign a single nomination paper and have all the signatures ruled as valid?
No. Only those signatures of eligible voters in the city or town in which the nomination paper is submitted will be valid. There is no validating or cross-checking of signatures among communities or with the Office of the Secretary of State.
Is it permissible to make copies of blank nomination papers and gather signatures on them?
Yes. Candidates for the legislature and local office may, at their own expense, have nomination papers duplicated. However, the signatures obtained on the duplicated nomination papers shall be considered valid if, and only if, PRIOR to any signatures being affixed, the duplicated nomination papers have been time-stamped by the Office of the Secretary of State or local Board of Canvassers which issued the original nomination papers.
You must file a Notice of Organization (Form CF-1) prior to accepting any contributions or making any expenditure in seeking nomination or election to public office, or upon your declaration of candidacy, whichever comes first. Thereafter, you are required to periodically file reports of campaign funds raised and expended. A campaign finance "report" generally consists of a Summary of Campaign Activity (Form CF-2 ), which discloses total receipts minus total expenses for the reporting period, supported by a Schedule of Contributions Received (Form CF-3), which is used to itemize contributions for the reporting period; and a Schedule of Expenditures (Form CF-4), which is used to itemize expenditures for the reporting period.
Yes, however rather than file the periodic pre- and post-election reports, you have the option of filing an Affidavit for Annual Filing Exemption (Form CF-5), whereby you certify that you will not accept more than $100 from a single source in a calendar year, nor spend over $1,000 in the calendar year. At the end of the year, you would file one summary report.
Your campaign account will be closed with the Board of Elections only after you file a Notice of Dissolution (Form CF-7). If you do not file this notice, or if you have funds remaining, you will be required to continue to file campaign finance reports.
Yes. Only a treasurer or deputy treasurer may accept contributions or make expenditures on behalf of a candidate. However, a candidate may act as his or her own treasurer.
No. You may only receive contributions from individuals, and from political action committees and political party committees registered in Rhode Island.Top
The Rhode Island Ethics Commission is responsible for conflict of interest statements. Their office is located at 40 Fountain Street, Providence and the telephone number is (401) 222-3790.


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Comedian Katt Williams is free from a Georgia jail after posting $40,000 bail following his arrest on burglary charges.
The stand-up comic denied swiping nearly $3,500 in jewelry and collectible coins from the home of record producer Barry Hankerson. His lawyer William Briggs told CNN, "Mr. Williams wears more than that in jewelry on his person."
Williams, 38, who played opposite Eddie Murphy in the film "Norbit," was released from Coweta County jail on Monday following an accusation by Hankerson's employee that he broke into the home using a crowbar. Briggs said Williams had been living with the producer as a guest for nearly a month as the two filmed a movie. Briggs also said the police report was prompted by an earlier argument Williams had with the employee.
This incident follows a string of run-ins with the law for Williams. Police confronted him last November for erratic behavior in a hotel lobby where the self-proclaimed pimp tried to check into a hotel wearing a bathrobe and towel around his head. Williams was also arrested on weapons charges weeks earlier, but prosecutors later dropped the charges.


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