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We are Yahoo (YHOO) shareholders. Which means we've got a vote coming up.
Specifically, assuming Jerry & Co. don't whip a deal out of their sleeves, we have about seven weeks to make up our minds whether to vote for Jerry at the August 1 board meeting--or vote for Carl Icahn and get Jerry fired.
Well, guess what? We don't need seven weeks. We've already made
up our minds. We're voting for Jerry.
Why? Not because we have something against Carl or because we're happy with the way Yahoo's been run or because we think Jerry's been doing a spectacular job. On the contrary: We're appalled by the coma Yahoo slipped into when Terry Semel was (sleeping) at the helm, and we think Jerry blew the Microsoft negotiations. We've also enjoyed Carl's artful belly-aching in the last few weeks ("the only way to salvage Yahoo...").
No, we're not voting for Carl Icahn's slate because his whole proxy fight is based on the presumption that, once he has seized control, he can get Microsoft to buy Yahoo for $33. And we think that's a Hail Mary.
We think there is some chance that Microsoft might be persuaded to buy Yahoo for $30+ in the next month or so--before the shareholder meeting. But if we were Microsoft, and we saw Carl Icahn decapitate Yahoo's management in a proxy fight, we would immediately assume that we would soon be able to buy the whole kit and kaboodle for no more than $25.
Because Carl Icahn has no idea what to do with Yahoo other than to sell it to Microsoft.
Who's going to run Yahoo when Jerry gets defenestrated? Frank Biondi? What is Carl going to say to Steve Ballmer when he charges up to Redmond for his first post-mutiny negotiating session: "You're now going to buy us for $33+ or I'll... or I'll..." ?
Right now, Yahoo and Carl Icahn have some negotiating leverage over Microsoft: They can still try to create the fiction possibility that Yahoo and Google might do a search deal together. A Yahoo-Google search deal would render Microsoft's search business the equivalent of Hillary Clinton's current campaign for president: all over but the "concession" party. (If Microsoft can manage to get ahold of Yahoo, meanwhile, its search business will be the equivalent of Hillary's campaign for president three months ago, when her eventual loss was clear to everyone but her.)
The moment Carl Icahn takes over the company, however, all that leverage disappears. By then, if there ever was a Google deal, the failure to get it signed will have shown that it was always smoke and mirrors. The humongous severance deal Jerry put into place, meanwhile, will mean that most of Yahoo's senior executives will just take the money and run. (No, they can't just "quit" and get the money. But it won't be hard for them to argue that Carl & Co. have changed their jobs or otherwise triggered one of the apparently weak provisions of the severance plan.) Which means that Carl will be left with:
- A Frank Biondi-managed troubled company with a few thousand befuddled employees.
- One plan, which is to sell to a company whose CEO is not brain dead.
If you were Steve Ballmer in that situation, what would YOU do? That's right: Wait until Yahoo blew the third quarter. At which point, $25 might look like a nice price even to Carl Icahn.
So, no, we're not voting our shares for Carl. Unless--and it's a long shot--he can persuade us that, when Microsoft tells him to get lost, he has some other compelling plan to create shareholder value. And, as yet, we haven't heard a peep to that extent.
See Also: Icahn Calls Jerry A Liar, Demands Yahoo Scrap Severance Plan


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A source close to the transfer has told Sky Sports that a deal could be done for around £8million and there is a great deal of interest.
European heavyweights Barcelona and AC Milan are believed to be amongst a host of clubs keeping tabs on Sakho's situation.
Liverpool have been strongly linked in recent weeks, but it is understood Arsenal, Tottenham and Manchester City are also keen.
The France international has come through the youth ranks at the Parc des Princes but he has just 12 months left on his current deal.
PSG want the 23-year-old to stay but, with big-money buys Thiago Silva, Alex and, most recently, Marquinhos in the squad, the club are considering letting Sakho leave now rather than losing him for nothing next summer.
The source told Sky Sports: "PSG are ready to do a deal, and the interest is big - he is a top talent, and it is not surprising.
"He is a top player and, although PSG are willing to sell, they do still want good money for him, but there is now a good chance that he will move and he could very well be heading for England."
PSG boss Laurent Blanc remains keen for Sakho to stay, despite the fact he has said he wants to leave.
"When players express their desire to leave in their head, it is not always clear," Blanc said.
"He expressed his desire to the club. Will there be a solution by September 2nd? I hope so, for the player and for the club."


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Using the ElementTree Module to Generate SOAP Messages, Part 3: Dealing with Qualified Names
November 22, 2003 | Fredrik Lundh
Note: A distribution kit containing the source code for this article is available from the effbot.org downloads site (look for ElementSOAP 0.2 or later).
XML Namespaces #
XML namespaces is an extension to the core XML specification, which lets you associate every element tag and attribute name with an URL. For example, all SOAP 1.1 elements belong to the http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/ URL.
To be able to associate an URL with a tag or name, the XML namespace model relies on something called qualified names, or QNames. A qualified name consists of a namespace prefix and a local part, where the prefix maps to an URL via special namespace declarations (xmlns attributes) in surrounding elements. The declarations are part of the document markup; on the application level, only the URL/local part pair really matters. The namespace prefix is just an encoding detail.
For more information on namespaces, see James Clark's XML Namespaces article.
The ElementTree library uses a generic namespace-aware parser, which automatically maps each qualified name to a universal name in Clark's "{url}local" notation, and removes prefixes and namespace declarations from the parsed tree. After all, the XML namespaces specification clearly states that it only applies to element tags (types) and attribute names, and that applications should use the namespace URL, not the prefix.
Unfortunately, the SOAP designers didn't actually read the namespace specification, so they're using qualified names all over the place. You can see all variants in the following Fault response example:
<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap='...'> <soap:Body> <soap:Fault soap:encodingStyle='...'> <faultcode>soap:Server</faultcode> <faultstring>Argument must be 100 or less.</faultstring> <faultactor>/system</faultactor> <detail xmlns:xsi='...' xmlns:xsd='...' > <argument xsi:type='xsd:integer'>200</argument> <version xsi:type='xsd:string'>2.0 beta 1</version> </detail> ... </soap:Fault> </soap:Body> </soap:Envelope>
Here, soap:Envelope is an Envelope element associated with the namespace given by the xmlns:soap attribute. The ElementTree parser represents this tag as "{http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/}Envelope".
The Body and Fault elements are associated with the same namespace, and the Fault element also contains an attribute name from the same namespace; soap:encodingStyle. The parser maps these to "{url}local"-style strings as well.
But what about the faultcode element? The element tag doesn't belong to a namespace, but that "soap:Server" text content sure looks like a qualified name. Let's check what the SOAP specification has to say about fault codes:
The faultcode MUST be present in a SOAP Fault element and the faultcode value MUST be a qualified name as defined in [XML Namespaces], section 3.
Umm. So it is a qualified name. Who cares that section 1 of the namespaces specification says that XML namespaces only apply to element tags and attribute names; let's just pick a section we like, and ignore the rest of the specification. Guess someone else has to sort out the mess.
And of course, SOAP uses qualified names not only in text sections, but also in attribute values, as can be seen in the argument element:
<detail xmlns:xsi='...' xmlns:xsd='...' > <argument xsi:type='xsd:integer'>200</argument>
(Here, the xsd:integer attribute string refers to the namespace given by the xmlns:xsd attribute in the parent element).
Handling Qualified Names in SOAP #
Update 2005-12-06: The iterparse mechanism in recent versions of ElementTree provides a more efficient way to deal with namespaces in non-standard locations.
So, you cannot use a generic namespace-aware parser if you want to properly process SOAP messages. What can you do about this? Here are some possible solutions:
- Ignore the whole mess. Make the SOAP layer ignore the prefix when it looks for type information and deals with faults, and hope that you'll never have to deal with a SOAP service where this would be a problem.
- Create a SOAP-specific parser, and make it map xsi:type and faultcode contents to qualified names during parsing.
- Create a modified parser that makes namespace tables available to the application level. You can then use these tables to map prefixes to namespaces URLs in the SOAP layer.
In practice, solution 1 will work better than you may expect, since most servers are using only standard error codes, and tend to use unique names for custom types. You can use the following function to "clean up" the QName strings before using them:
def fixqname(qname): prefix, local = qname.split(":") return local
On the other hand, implementing solutions 2 and 3 is actually easier that it may sound, thanks to an experimental class in the ElementTree library. This class, FancyTreeBuilder, is similar to the built-in parser but calls hook methods whenever it enters or leaves an element during parsing:
from elementtree import XMLTreeBuilder class MyParser(XMLTreeBuilder.FancyTreeBuilder): def start(self, element): ... prepare element before adding it to the tree... def end(self, element): ... process element after adding it to the tree...
These hooks may modify the element (and its subelements, in the end hook) in place, and they also have access to a list of active namespace declarations via the namespaces attribute.
The following parser uses the start hook to attach a copy of the current set of namespace declarations to each element:
from elementtree import ElementTree, XMLTreeBuilder class NamespaceParser(XMLTreeBuilder.FancyTreeBuilder): def start(self, element): element.namespaces = self.namespaces[:]
To use the class when parsing, pass in an instance of the parser class to the parse function:
tree = ElementTree.parse(file, NamespaceParser())
When you use this parser, each element will have a namespaces attribute, which is a list of (prefix, uri) tuples, one for each namespace that applies to the current elememt. The following function takes a qualified name and the element the name is used in, and returns an Element-style full name:
def fixqname(element, qname): prefix, local = qname.split(":") for p, url in element.namespaces: if prefix == p: return "{%s}%s" % (url, local) raise SyntaxError("unknown namespace prefix (%s)" % prefix)
Here's a version of the SoapService class that uses this parser, and uses the fixqname helper to deal with the faultcode element.
class SoapService: def __init__(self, url=None): self.__client = HTTPClient(url or self.url) def call(self, action, request): # build SOAP envelope envelope = Element(NS_SOAP_ENV + "Envelope") body = SubElement(envelope, NS_SOAP_ENV + "Body") body.append(request) # call the server try: parser = NamespaceParser() response = self.__client.do_request( tostring(envelope), extra_headers=[("SOAPAction", action)], parser=parser ) except HTTPError, v: if v[0] == 500: # might be a SOAP fault response = ElementTree.parse(v[3], parser) response = response.find(body.tag)[0] if response.tag == NS_SOAP_ENV + "Fault": faultcode = response.find("faultcode") raise SoapFault( fixqname(faultcode, faultcode.text), response.findtext("faultstring"), response.findtext("faultactor"), response.find("detail") ) return response
With this code in place, the invalid argument example from the earlier article now prints the expanded faultcode:
>>> g.doGoogleSearch("hello", maxResults=100) Traceback (most recent call last): File "myprogram.py", line 24, in doGoogleSearch File "ElementSOAP.py", line 78, in call response.find("detail") ElementSOAP.SoapFault: (u'{http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/}Server', 'Exception from service object: maxResults must be 10 or less.', '/search/beta2', <Element detail at 9dfcb4>)
The new parser also opens up for some more automation when writing method wrappers; more on in a later article.


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It is 5:30 and I have no idea what we are having for dinner. Maybe scrambled eggs or maybe we will just eat this loaf of bread (that's what I want to do), but my boys think it tastes "too bitter". I think they are crazy and I think this bread is amazing (especially when it is torn off in big chunks and given a smear of cold butter that melts into the warm bread). This is what I am having for dinner.
Chocolate Chunk Artisan Bread
3 cups all-purpose flour or bread flour, plus more for dusting
1/4 teaspoon instant yeast
1 1/4 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups water (I used a couple extra tablespoons to get a sticky, shaggy dough)
1 1/2 cups bittersweet chocolate, chopped (I used the 60% cacao chips, roughly chopped)
In a large bowl combine flour, yeast, salt, and chocolate. Add 1 1/2 cups water and stir with a wooden spoon until blended; dough will be shaggy and sticky. Cover bowl with plastic wrap. Let dough rest at least 12 hours, preferably 18, at room temperature.
Dough is ready when its surface is dotted with bubbles. Lightly flour a work surface and place dough on it; sprinkle it with a little more flour and fold it over on itself once or twice. Cover loosely with plastic wrap and let rest about 15 minutes.
Using just enough flour to keep dough from sticking to work surface or to your fingers, gently and quickly shape dough into a ball. Generously coat a flour sack towel with flour, put dough seam side down on towel and dust with more flour. Fold towel over and let rise for about 2 hours. When it is ready, dough will be more than doubled in size and will not readily spring back when poked with a finger.
At least a half-hour before dough is ready, heat oven to 450 degrees. Put a 6 to 8 quart heavy covered pot in oven as it heats. When dough is ready, carefully remove pot from oven. Slide your hand under towel and turn dough over into pot, seam side up; it may look like a mess, but don't worry. Shake pan once or twice if dough is unevenly distributed; it will straighten out as it bakes. Cover with lid and bake 30 minutes, then remove lid and bake another 10-15 minutes, until loaf is beautifully browned. Cool on a cooling rack.
My Aunt Traci (check out her blog tracimaglebyrecipes.blogspot.com) gave me the recipe for the Artisan Bread (minus the chocolate chunks) and it is a favorite in our house.


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Apple Sells 1 Million New iPhonesBy Reuters - | Posted 2008-07-14 Print
The latest iPhone is a big hit.
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Apple Inc said on Monday it has sold 1 million units of the new iPhone in its initial weekend, on par with estimates set by analysts, sending its stock rising more than 2 percent.
The original iPhone, introduced in late June 2007 in the United States only, sold about 270,000 units in its first two days. Sales had topped 1 million units by early September. The new device sells in 21 countries.
Apple executives were pleased with the early results. "IPhone 3G had a stunning opening weekend," Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs said in a statement. "It took 74 days to sell the first 1 million original iPhones, so the new iPhone 3G is clearly off to a great start around the world."
Still, iPhone sales pale compared with those of established mobile phone makers, such as Nokia Oy, which sells almost 10 million phones each week, or Samsung Electronics Co Ltd and LG Electronics Inc, which each ship more than 100 million phones a year.
While those phone makers often unveil dozens of models in year, Apple has only one, and its sales spark a retail frenzy as consumers around the world line up to grab one.
The iPhone 3G still has the popular touch screen, but also offers a faster wireless network and the ability to download third-party applications like games.
Perhaps more important, the new iPhone sells for about $200 in the U.S., about one-half the price of its predecessor.
"We don't yet know the breakdown of how many phones were sold to new customers and how many existing iPhone customers upgraded, but regardless, sales during the first weekend were very impressive," said Jeff Kagan, an independent telecommunications analyst, in a note.
Analysts said iPhone sales may dent sales and profit margins at Samsung and LG this year.
Activation problems marred its U.S. launch on Friday, with many buyers leaving stores frustrated that they could not use the hotly anticipated gadget after waiting in line for hours.
AT&T Inc, the sole U.S. carrier for the iPhone, blamed problems synchronizing the phone with Apple's iTunes online music and software store, saying it was probably caused by too many people trying to access iTunes at the same time.
Analysts expect Apple to exceed its original target of 10 million iPhones by the end of 2008.
"The iPhone 3G launch was clearly not as smooth as last year's launch. However, demand was clearly strong across the U.S. ...," said Morgan Keegan analyst Tavis McCourt in a note to investors.
Shares of Apple gained $3.85 to $176.43 on Nasdaq, where it was among the most active issues. The stock, down about 12 percent so far this year, earlier hit a session high of $179.30.
(Reporting by Franklin Paul; Editing by Lisa Von Ahn/Jeffrey Benkoe)
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Part 2 of my discussion with Dave Arnott was about game awards. There are a bunch of them, from the Spiel des Jahres to the Golden Geeks. We talk about a whole range of them, and also consider how game awards are similar or different from other artistic awards, such as the Oscars. (By the way, I did go see Slumdog Millionaire that night, and though I liked it I wouldn't have called it the Best Picture of the year.)
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Egypt bristles as U.S. pols urge gesture
Aug 06, 2013, 7:35 PM EDT
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CAIRO (AP) — Two U.S. Senators came to Egypt Tuesday with a message for the country's new military-backed leaders: Release Islamist figures as a gesture to the Muslim Brotherhood or risk making "a huge mistake."
The message from Republican Senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham met with a sharp response, denounced by interim President Adly Mansour in a brief statement as "unacceptable interference in internal politics."
The new leadership, emboldened by mass demonstrations of support, showed no sign of willingness to release Muslim Brotherhood figures whom McCain called "political prisoners" and whom the government plans to prosecute for allegedly inciting violence.
As the senators made their rounds, authorities announced that two Morsi aides would be jailed and face charges of inciting violence in December when Muslim Brotherhood members attacked a sit-in by protesters outside Morsi's office that sparked clashes, killing 10 people.
At stake is stability in the Arab world's most populous country. The new leadership is facing international calls to ease its crackdown on Morsi's group while also dealing with calls by millions of Egyptians to clear Brotherhood-led sit-ins in two major intersections of the capital. Some 250 people have been killed in various clashes since Morsi's ouster.
The Brotherhood is demanding Morsi's reinstatement as Egypt's first freely elected president while the new government vows to push ahead with fresh elections early next year.
The McCain-Graham visit was carried out at U.S. President Barack Obama's request, but their message differed from his. For one thing, they called what happened on July 3 a coup, a word the administration avoided because it would trigger a suspension of the $1.3 billion a year in U.S. military aid to Egypt.
State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said "Our position has not changed" regarding the word "coup." ''Sen.McCain and Sen. Graham are certainly entitled to their opinions, just as any member of Congress is."
At a news conference in Cairo after meeting government officials, military leaders and members of the Brotherhood's political wing, the senators stressed the need to free prisoners.
"It is impossible to talk with somebody who's in jail. That is not a sustainable model that will allow transition to occur," said Graham.
"The status quo is unacceptable. Something's got to give," he said.
He also said his message to the government is: "If you think you can negotiate with people who are in jail and that's the way you're going to negotiate, you're making a huge mistake."
Echoing that sentiment, McCain said the Brotherhood must be included in Egypt's transition.
"Our purpose is to try to urge our friends toward a process that can avert a very serious situation that can affect not only the Arab world, but also the United States."
Graham suggested that U.S. military aid could be at risk.
"We cannot support Egypt that is not moving toward democracy. Our aid is going to be tied to what's best, from our point of view, for the world, Egypt and the region," he said.
McCain, however, said cutting off aid "would have been the wrong thing to do and the wrong time."
The two Senators also said they made clear that they want the Brotherhood to renounce violence before negotiations start.
McCain and Graham have been preceded by senior officials of the Obama administration, the European Union, oil-rich Arab Gulf states and the African Union, all anxious to stem the crisis.
But Egyptian officials were sounding increasingly annoyed at what they saw as foreign meddling.
Mustafa Hegazy, a political adviser to interim President Mansour, appeared to rebuff the international calls to release detainees, saying those in jail will be dealt with by the law "and not by politics."
"No one can impose their conditions on the future," the state-owned MENA news agency quoted him as saying.
Morsi has been held at a secret location since his ouster. Last week, he was visited by the EU's foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton and a group of African statesmen, but authorities say no more visits will be allowed.
In a sign of domestic pressures on the government to act strongly, Vice President Mohamed ElBaradei came under heavy criticism for suggesting compromise was needed.
Top officials say reconciliation can only come after the Brotherhood renounces violence. They blame the Brotherhood for sectarian violence in southern Egypt, the torture of anti-Morsi protesters and the blocking of main roads. The government says it has ordered security forces to clear out the pro-Morsi protest camps in Cairo because they pose a "national security threat."
Pro-military writer Gamal Ghitani said the U.S. is seen by many as trying to pressure the government to reverse a decision made by people who rejected the mixing of religion in politics when they took to the streets to demand Morsi's ouster.
While publically demanding Morsi is returned to power, privately many of the pro-Morsi protesters say that the sit-ins are their last bargaining chip to press for the release of detained leaders and for guarantees that they will be included in politics.
Makram Mohammed Ahmed, a political analyst in Egypt, said releasing top Islamist prisoners would mean the collapse of the judicial system because many of those detained are now facing charges of inciting violence against protesters.
"This will not be a state based on laws if these people are released," he said. "The Egyptian people are not happy with the United States or the Obama Administration and do not see fairness in their actions."
Graham said the U.S. has learned from its mistakes when it supported for decades autocratic President Hosni Mubarak, who was deposed in a popular uprising in 2011.
"We are no longer able to side with people who will be just beneficial to us," he said. "The politics of convenience are behind us."
Associated Press Writer Deb Riechmann contributed to this story from Washington, D.C.
Copyright 2013 The Associated Press.


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- Authorities seeking cause of explosion in Manhattan's Chelsea neighborhood
- It came a few hours after an explosion at a Marine fundraiser race in New Jersey
- There was no evidence as of late Saturday night the two blasts were directly related
Some 29 people were injured in an explosion in Chelsea Saturday night, and authorities removed what appeared to be a secondary device a few blocks away.
"All hands are on deck; injuries are significant," Mayor Bill de Blasio told a news conference. None of the injuries were considered life-threatening, though.
"There is no evidence at this point of a terror connection," he said, though he added it was "an intentional act."
Law enforcement sources say police are in possession of a video that shows a man putting an object in a dumpster, followed by an explosion some time later.
President Obama was briefed on the explosion and receiving regular updates.
Crews responded to the scene at 23rd Street and Sixth Avenue around 8:30 p.m. Police Commissioner Jimmy O'Neill said the explosion took place out on the street, though de Blasio declined to answer whether the cause was a bomb in a dumpster, as some sources suggested.
The NYPD also removed a possible secondary device on 27th St. Four sources said the device was a pressure cooker and that it had what appeared to be wires coming from it, a cell phone and black tape.
After asking people to stay away from their windows in the area of that device, the NYPD tweeted that it had been safely removed just before 2:30 a.m.
Photos posted to social media showed an extensive emergency presence at the scene, with the area between Sixth and Seventh avenues cordoned off. Sixth Avenue was closed from 14th to 34th Street and NYC Transit reported extensive disruptions to the 1, 2, E and F subway lines.
At least one Twitter user tweeted that her "whole high-rise building shook" from a apparent blast. Another image showed a Dumpster or trash bin blown apart, with bits of debris scattered on the sidewalk. People at least seven blocks away reported hearing and feeling a loud boom.
Earlier Saturday, one of three bundled pipe bombs placed in a trash can along a 5k race route to be run by Marines detonated in Seaside Park, New Jersey. The race had been running late, but authorities said they believed the device had been timed to explode as runners went by the trash bin.
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Project Vote Smart, a national non-profit and non-partisan political research and voter education organization, is currently accepting applications for its Fall 2015 legislative research program located in Austin, Texas. The organization, founded by a politically diverse group of leaders including former presidents Carter and Ford, provides information to the public regarding all aspects of political candidates and elected government officials. By making this information freely available, Project Vote Smart aims to better prepare citizens to defend themselves from the political hype and misrepresentations that are characteristic of modern-day political campaigns.
Interns in our Austin office, located at the University of Texas at Austin's Annette Strauss Institute for Civic Life within the Moody College of Communications, will work primarily on our legislative research program, covering legislation and key votes from all fifty states and Congress. Daily tasks may include tracking local media sources and reports, compiling legislative voting records, summarizing and translating significant pieces of legislation into language the average voter can understand, and other duties as needed. Additionally, interns may be asked to help with our latest efforts to create meaningful relationships between our many disparate pieces of data. This effort will include categorizing our historical data as well as helping to find relationships and implementing new data visualizations. All interns perform substantive and meaningful work, and will never be asked to answer phones or make coffee.
Interns gain familiarity reading and interpreting actual legislation, and acquire valuable experience for those considering law school or working in any policy-related field. Through their daily work, interns in our legislative research department are exposed to the important issues facing their state and the country, as well as the solutions being proposed by policymakers. We are more than happy to work with students' university departments in order to help them receive academic credit for their internship experience when possible.
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Martin Eberhardt, FRICS and Chair of the German RICS Board, was the project manager of the Potsdamer Platz development.
The project saw the redevelopment of one of Berlin's most iconic areas that had been devastated by the Second World War and then left desolate during the Cold War era.
In 1992 the automotive company DaimlerChrysler AG chose the location as its new headquarters and held an international competition for the redevelopment of the 6.8-hectare area that straddled both old East and West Berlin.
The project was broken into two phases, the first focused on the construction of eight commercial buildings and the second half on further commercial and residential properties. The now complete complex includes a total of 17 buildings, 10 streets and two squares.
The project is one of Germany's most ambitious urban projects of the 1990s, both in size and design. Since its concept, sustainability has been at the heart of the project. The heating and cooling of the buildings has allowed the complex to reduce carbon emissions by 70% compared to traditional buildings and water is collected from filtered rainwater drained from the green rooftops.
Martin joined the Potsdamer Platz project from 1995 to 1998, helping co-ordinate the entire property lifecycle from the development to the acquisition and sale of the projects. Martin's international RICS qualification not only allowed him to add an international element to the commercial developments, but also gave him access and credibility with foreign investors and suppliers.
The project has rebuilt the history of Potsdamer Platz and reunited an area of Berlin that had been divided by the wall for years; it has become a symbol of German reunification and reconstruction.


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Crowdfunding Starts Taking Off in U.K.
Small companies raising funds from everyday people started off in the U.S. But crowdfunding has begun to take off in the U.K. Dow Jones's Art Patnaude has been looking at this new alternative to scarce bank loans.
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Every national park in NSW is to be closed as the state faces its worst fire danger day in history with severe, extreme and catastrophic conditions.
A total fire ban will be in place across NSW on Tuesday with temperatures in the state's far west predicted to hit 45C, while the mercury is forecast to climb to 43C in Sydney - the third highest on record.
"Having had record rain ... we are about to have record dangers," Premier Barry O'Farrell told reporters in Sydney on Monday.
"Tomorrow will be perhaps the worst fire danger day the state has ever faced."
He urged those living in Shoalhaven, the Illawarra and the southern ranges to be prepared, with a catastrophic fire danger warning in place.
All state forests and national parks in NSW will be closed on Tuesday due to fire risk and everyone in the parks has been told to leave as soon as possible, while residents of high risk areas have been urged to evacuate.
"We are expecting horrendous conditions tomorrow and in the interests of public safety as well as the safety of fire fighting personnel we want the parks empty of people until the danger of bush fires has passed," National Parks and Wildlife Service Director of Conservation Operations Bob Conroy said.
Where appropriate, nursing homes and child care centres will be evacuated in fire risk zones.
NSW Fire Service Commissioner Shane Fitzsimmons also said it was "not recommended" that people living in catastrophic fire danger zones remain behind to protect their properties.
"We are talking about fire danger right off the conventional chart," he said.
"Some fires will start and spread so quickly that there will be little or no time to issue a warning."
An abundance of fuel and strong north-westerly winds of between 60km/h to 80km/h have heightened fire dangers in NSW, Mr Fitzsimmons said, with about 90 fires burning across the state on Monday.
Thousands of firefighters and up to 70 aircraft are on standby around the state.
Acting Deputy Police Commissioner and State Emergency Operation Controller Mick Fuller said police would be targeting suspected or known arsonists on Tuesday and he asked people to be on the lookout for suspicious behaviour.
A firefighter injured while battling a blaze near Gunning north of Canberra on Monday was taken to hospital, the RFS said.
Meanwhile, an emergency warning was issued to residents of Oura near Wagga Wagga in southern NSW as firefighters battled a nearby fast-moving grassfire but that was downgraded to a watch and act about 4pm (AEDT).
The fire danger accompanies heatwave conditions in many parts of NSW, with authorities urging people to take care to avoid heat-induced illnesses, to be careful in the water and to watch out for the elderly.


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From tips on how to lose weight effectively to ways to combat boredom eating, this collection of informative articles covers a wide range of health topics that matter to real people, like you.
While the sun always feels great, there are dangers of too much exposure without proper protection.
More than 1 million people in the U.S. are diagnosed with skin cancer each year, making it the most common form of cancer in the country. Those numbers aren't surprising when you look at the facts.
More than one-third of the U.S. population reported a sunburn last year and in 2008, only 58% of adults said they usually practice at least one of the three sun-protective behaviors—use sunscreen, wear sun-protective clothing or seek shade.
32% reported only usually applying sunscreen.
When high school students were outside for more than an hour on a sunny day, 14% of girls and only 7% of boys reported routinely using sunscreen with an SPF of 15 or more. Sunscreen can help reduce wrinkles and prolong aging so it can't be that bad, right?
It's true. You really can reduce wrinkles by applying sunscreen
A new study has found that consistent sunscreen use protects against photoaging—reducing wrinkles, spotting and loss of elasticity caused by exposure to the sun's ultraviolent radiation.
We've all known that sunscreen decreases our risk of sunburn or skin cancer. That's not why this study is so significant. This study is so significant because these findings are the first to quantify sunscreen's anti-aging properties.
In fact, those who used sunscreen daily were 24% less likely to show increased signs of aging.
The groundbreaking study itself
More than 900 participants, younger than 55 years of age, were followed for four years. Some were told to use sunscreen daily and were taught how to do so. Other participants were given no directions with regard to using sunscreen. Skin changes were measured through a technique called microtopography—sensitive silicone impressions on the back of each participant's hand.
This was done because skin surface patterns reflect the severity of the sun's damage to the deeper skin, especially the elastic fibers and collagen.
Those who used sunscreen daily showed no detectable increase in skin aging after 4.5 years. If regular sunscreen use was shown to reduce wrinkles a lot sooner, sunscreen would probably be flying off the shelves.
What is photoaging?
Over time, wrinkles will collect around the eyes, fine lines blossom around the lips and age spots appear on hands. Up to 90% of these visible skin changes, commonly attributed to age, are actually caused by sun exposure and the use of sunscreen can reduce wrinkles.
Photoaging is a term used to describe changes to the skin induced by UVA rays.
When UVA rays hit the skin, cells in the dermis—the middle layer of skin with fibers that support the skin's structure—scramble to produce melanin to the epidermis—the outermost layer. This is what gives you that beautiful brown tan.
If this process is repeated, without protection from sunscreen, eventually incorrectly rebuilt skin forms wrinkles and the depleted levels of collagen result in the appearance of leathery skin. Make sure to use your sunscreen to reduce those pesky wrinkles.
Sunscreen jargon
Sunscreens with an SPF of at least 15 are recommended. You should also be aware that an SPF of 30 is not twice as protective as an SPF of 15. An SPF of 15 protects the skin from 93% of UVB radiation and an SPF of 30 protects provides 97% protection so there's not much difference there.
Last year, the Environmental Working Group said that it had found that 25% of 800 tested sunscreens were effective without containing harmful ingredients. To make the watchdog group's safe list, sunscreens had to be free of oxybenzone, retinyl palmitate (a type of vitamin A), not have an SPF above 50 and protect against UV-A and UV-B rays.
Proper sunscreen protocol
Anyone who spends time outdoors during daylight hours should use sunscreen, even if they have a darker skin pigment or tan easily, according to the Mayo Clinic.
Babies under 6 months old should always be kept out of direct sunlight because their skin is so fragile.
It doesn't matter how old you are, skimping on the sunscreen is never a good idea. Lack of sunscreen causes sunburns or even worse, sun blisters and not to mention, skin cancer. If you can avoid putting your body at risk, you should do it, right? Lather on that sunscreen, reduce wrinkles and protect your self.
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This next tutorial is going to be for all you chibi lovers that have been asking me for a lesson that can teach you "how to draw chibi Toothless", step by step. His real name is Night Fury and he's from the popular movie that opened over the weekend called "How to Train Your Dragon". Night Fury or Toothless is the main dragon character from the flick. Yes I know that the regular version of him is awesome, but seeing how he has become such a popular character, I figured I should go ahead and draw you all a lesson on Night Fury in his chibi form. It doesn't matter how you want to "draw Toothless", because either way he is pretty simple to draw. This version of him is pretty easy, and you will follow and complete the tutorial in six steps, with the sixth step being the finished line art. To be honest with you, Toothless doesn't look that much different from his regular form. In all you will have fun with him, and don't forget to rate, comment, and link to this, or any of your other favorite tutorials. I will be back soon with more drawing fun. Keep those pencils in your hands, and keep your mind free as a bird. Before you start drawing for the day, make sure you do your homework first. Peace!
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I have the SGH-T889 (T-Mobile USA version of the Note 2). When I got my Galaxy Note 2, I loved the device, but disliked the software. So, I decided to flash CyanogenMod 10 build from the N7100 forums. Although many things worked, the radio did not work. So, I decided (in my infinite wisdom), to
dd the radio from the Stock SGH-T889 T-Mobile rom to the /dev/block/mmcblk0p10 partition (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2039081).
This did not work, so I installed the stock SGH-T889 rom just to get it back to working order. However, my sim card was no longer being detected. I have tried flashing other roms to try and get the radio back, but alas all say that there is no sim card.
I realize I have probably permanently messed up my phone. Does anyone have any ideas or things to try to get it back to working order? I am out of things to try.
UPDATE: I have tried everything you guys have posted, and ended up sending it back to Samsung and get them to fix it under the warranty. I believe they replaced the whole motherboard, so I will never know exactly what the problem was. If you decide to send yours back, make sure to reset the binary counter that you see in download mode. There are guides around the Internet for this. Thanks for all of the help.


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Web designers are constantly striving to create something unique. However, is that really the right approach? I would argue that many websites should conform rather than attempt to be unique.
One of the things I love about my job is the fact that I get to work with all sorts of companies and organisations. Headscape (the company I work for) has just launched www.smallpoxbiosecurity.org which provides information on the threat of an outbreak following the deliberate release of smallpox. Not the average run of the mill web site! Although I have to say that isn't the most unusual web site I have ever worked on. That accolade would have to go to the chicken incinerator site, but that is a whole different story.
Do different sectors mean totally different approaches to design?
When we launched the small pox site it started me thinking about the variety of sites I get to work on. I have worked on heritage sites, financial sites, IT and tech sites, tourism sites, education sites… you name it I have worked on it. You would expect that all of these different sectors would result in completely different websites. To some degree that is true. Certainly the different target audiences result in different approaches. The branding of the individual organisations need to be taken into account. The content is obviously another major factor. However underlying all of this there are a number of common rules that seem to govern all websites.
The underlying rules of web design
A lot of the rules that under pin most web sites are related to convesions. Users have come to expect websites to work in a certain way and if you choose to ignore those conventions you do so at your own peril. Some of the most obvious are:
The position of navigation
Users have come to expect navigation to appear either on a top menu bar or down the left hand side. To be honest I am not sure how this happened as we are used to tabs on a book appears on the right hand side. Nevertheless this is where users look for it so generally speaking this is the best place to put it.
The position of the sites branding
Users want to instantly know that they are at the right site (or in some cases what site they have arrived at). In either case the logical place to find the branding is in the top left corner. In western culture we read from left to right and from top to bottom. As a result the branding should be in the first place people look… the top left.
The clearly communicated purpose
Users can often be unsure exactly what a site is about and so it is also important to clearly communicate on the homepage what the site covers. This can sometimes be done with a tag line while sometimes a paragraph of text is required. Whatever the approach this is key information the user will expect to find.
Copy conventions
Web users are an impatient lot and never read copy properly. It has therefore become the convention to keep your text short and to the point (unlike this article). Also include lots of bullet points, headings and highlighted text to allow easy scanning.
Section conventions
Obviously each site will have its unique sections depending on the content, however there are some universal sections people expect to find and expect to have certain names. Sections like "about us", "contact us" and "news" all appear on most sites. Neglect to put them there or call them something unusual and your users probably won't go hunting for them.
Tools conventions
People expect to find a search box. In fact 50% of people instinctively look for a search box when they first arrive at a web site. Also users will seek out a site map if they can't find what they are looking for and they use breadcrumbs to identify where they are if they get really lost. As a result all of these elements need to appear in a good design.
The challenge
The list could go on a lot longer but I am sure you get the idea. Visit the www.smallpoxbiosecurity.org and see if Headscape have really put our money where our mouth is and then go and look at some of the big name websites and see how many of them follow the conventions I have outlined above. Finally take a long hard look at your own website and ask yourself if your site makes life easy for your users or if you are more concerned with being different.


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On an utterly sportsless evening, let's spend a few minutes reliving two that recently concluded their respective seasons: hockey and top-tier international soccer. To that end, some enterprising YouTube user synched up some 15 different hockey goals with relatively corresponding broadcast calls from soccer games. The result is pure heaven, as electrifying as a hair dryer thrown into a hot tub, you might say.
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Individual members of USA Judo support the sport at all levels and have the right to participate in the business affairs of USA Judo. Individual members also are automatically members of the state group through which they are registered.
Individual Membership provides the following advantages:
- Protection of amateur standing in all tournaments that USA Judo sanctions in the United States.
- Ability to participate in any USA Judo-sanctioned event in the U.S. for which he/she is qualified. This includes clinics and training camps. Furthermore, all tournaments sanctioned by either USJF and USJA are open to qualified USA Judo members.
- Opportunity to represent the USA at the Pan American Games, Pan American Championships, World Championships, select international competitions and the Olympic Games!
- Participation in International Judo Exchange Programs.
- Electronic members-only newsletter.
- Hotel and other travel discounts for members only.
- One million dollar liability insurance coaches or officials at sanctioned events or scheduled training sessions. No deductible.
- Excess Accident Medical Insurance for any injury occurring at a sanctioned event or scheduled training session. Membership includes a $25,000 medical insurance policy with a $2,500 deductible. "Excess" coverage means that it goes into effect after any other health insurance you might have.
- Membership in your state judo organization. Through the state organizations, members can participate in their State Judo Government, subject to each state's by-laws. Members may represent their state as a delegate to the National Board of Directors meetings, serve on National Committees and run for National-elected office.
- Merchandise discount programs.
- Eligibility to apply for training funding.


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How amazingly desperately pouty was Michael Pitt last night? I'd rather be strumming my guitar smoking cigarettes in a dive hole jazz bar, is this what you're trying to tell me?
Before or after you spend your money from modelling for Prada?
Yes, Michael Pitt is the face of the new Prada men's campaign. Just a little factoid sticking out of his artiste's cap, as he makes his way down the carpet, all scowly and above it all. And remember, still looking for his next job.
For all his talent, this kid, he doesn't work all that much. He'll tell you it's because there's not much he wants to do. But when you find yourself agreeing to pose for clothing, you know it's because you do kinda like the money. Series TV is good money. Someone should be hustling for his next pilot is all I'm saying.
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Nonlinear optical studies
Nonlinear optical studies investigate second- and third-order nonlinear effects in optical glass fibers, thin films, and semiconductor structures. A novel project is ultrafast pulse shaping of wavelets for high bandwidth fiber-optic free-space systems. Nonlinear devices are being investigated for high-speed image processing and for time-to-wavelength conversion for communication systems.
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Forever Princess, the tenth and final book in Meg Cabot's Princess Diaries series, will be released this Tuesday, in addition to a special bonus novel, Ransom My Heart.
I'm a HUGE Meg Cabot fan. HUUUUUGE. Seven years ago, I discovered The Princess Diaries, and it's been all young adult for me ever since. Basically, Meg is the reason why I read what I read, and I write what I write.
And as you know, I'm pretty much all about the reading and the writing. It's kind of what I do.
The series has had its ups and downs, but the last two entries have been her strongest, and the newest promises to be a stellar ending. How can it not be at FOUR HUNDRED pages? That's nearly twice as long as the others! My mind spins at all the wondrous Michael Moscovitz goodness headed my way.
Because OF COURSE Mia is going to end up with Michael.
Ransom My Heart is a romance novel (written by Mia, during her senior year) being released the same day. It was printed on recycled paper and all of the proceeds go to -- where else?! -- Mia's favorite charity, Greenpeace.
HIP HIP HUZZAH! Thank you ABC for saving my favorite television show! How often does that happen? Um, practically never. But ABC acknowledged the perfection that is Chocolate Bear and Vanilla Bear (and their lovable stuffed dog, Rowdy). Not to mention Dr. Cox's rants, Eliot's freak-outs, Ted's barber shop quartet, Dr. Kelso's addiction to muffins, Janitor's aversion to pennies, and the most rocking soundtrack on television.
Fingers crossed the new network treats Scrubs with the respect it deserves. It starts next Tuesday the sixth. Which is the same day Meg Cabot's books come out.
Clearly there is something magical about January 6th.
I suggest you buy a lottery ticket.
I can't wait for two films, both of which were supposed to have been released THIS year. Sucky studios.
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (obviously)
And Rudo y Cursi.
Rudo y Cursi was directed by Carlos Cuarón, brother of Alfonso (loooove Alfonso), and co-writer of Alfonso's film Y tu mamá también (one of my top ten favorite movies EVER). Which starred Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna, who are also the stars of Rudo y Cursi.
See why I'm excited? This movie will be GOLDEN. Upon exiting the theater, I will probably be crying rainbow tears of joy and dancing the Roger Rabbit.
Because it's either the Roger Rabbit, the Running Man, or the Davy Jones. I don't know any others, sorry.
And finally . . . I'm thrilled about the arrival of my first niece or nephew.
Our first picture.
I will totally be the cool aunt who rents them R-rated movies, drives them to get their first tattoo, and rots their teeth with extra sugar-infused bubblegum.
The mystery baby (BOY OR GIRL? Only the ultrasound technician knows!) is due mid-January, and currently goes by the name Jack Jack.
The mystery baby (BOY OR GIRL? Only the ultrasound technician knows!) is due mid-January, and currently goes by the name Jack Jack.
Since my sister's uterus was exposed to thermonuclear radiation during a Martian mission gone awry, we are expecting Great Things from Jack Jack, such as the ability to fly, voluntary invisibility, or -- at the very least -- earlobes large enough to break a Guinness world record.
What are you looking forward to this year?
Coming soon:
Two more lists! HA! My best books and best films of 2008 (see 2007's book list here and 2006's here). The book list will be hard -- I read many incredible novels, how to choose?? -- as will the film list, but for totally different reasons.
Cinema kind of sucked this year.
Don't get me wrong. I saw plenty of GOOD movies, just not many GREAT ones. Whereas last year, I couldn't even narrow my list to ten. And I had to blog it in three parts! (One, two, three.)
And though the order has changed (Once and Sweeney Todd would be higher up, and Across the Universe would be first), I stand by them all. In fact, I like them so much I own ten of the thirteen! How many films would I buy from this year? Answer: Not many.
So stay tuned, put on your party hat, and drive safely. See you in 2009.


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ALA Chapters History
Q. I am writing a research paper on the Pacific Northwest Library Association and need to know what its affiliation is, if any, with the American Library Association.
A. The Pacific Northwest Library Association (PNLA) is a regional chapter of the American Library Association. See all of ALA's State and Regional Chapters on the section of our web site for our Chapter Relations Office (CRO).
PNLA was redesignated as an ALA chapter on January 31, 1957, at the Second Council Session of the 1957 ALA Midwinter Meeting. Three years prior, at the 1954 ALA Midwinter Meeting, it was decided that changes to Article V of the ALA Bylaws, which defines the very nature, purpose, and requirements of ALA Chapters, meant that all previously established ALA chapters no longer existed as of February 4, 1954. Further, at the Third Council Session of the 1954 ALA Annual Conference, on June 25, it was decided that existing chapters of ALA had to apply for formal redesignation no later than the 1956 ALA Midwinter Meeting.
Not until the Third Council Session of the 1955 Annual Conference, on July 8, were chapters redesignated, having met the requirements of Article V of the ALA Bylaws: the library associations of Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin.
FYI -- Also redesignated as a chapter in that session was the library association of British Columbia, before it would part ways and help form the Canadian Library Association.


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Newegg has a bunch of deals on cameras, notebooks, and more just in time to miss Hannukah (Thanks a lot, Newegg!). For those of you who celebrate that other holiday, or just expect presents in the winter, here are some of the better ones:
• Canon PowerShot SD870 IS: $295
• Canon PowerShot S5 IS: $336
• Olympus Stylus 790SW: $224
• Olympus Stylus 820 Red: $191
• Sony VAIO VGN-FZ220U/B Notebook: $1200 (Biggest discount of the bunch, retails at Newegg for $1300 and Amazon for $1500)
Some of the items don't stand out on price alone, but free three-day shipping and bundled accessories sweeten these deals. All of the cameras include 1GB memory cards and cases so little Sally won't spit on your feet when she finds out you bought her a present that is missing a key piece. Check the I4U link for the full rundown, and start shopping! [Newegg via I4U]


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"In a Single Bound: The Unlikely Physics of Comic Books" will be this week's colloquium.
Professor James Kakalios, University of Minnesota will deliver the lecture on Wednesday April 30th after the Student Awards Ceremony in Room 131 Physics at 4:00 p.m. Kakalios has spoken about the broadly appealing topic at such diverse venues as the American Physical Society March Meeting and in a recent interview with People Magazine. Refreshments will proceed the colloquium at 3:30 in Room 210.


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by Lou Mancinelli
If you have ever seen a dog competition on television and wondered how folks got interested in such a competition, local resident Carol Rauch can satisfy your curiosity. It was almost 25 years ago when she and her husband decided to purchase their first dog.
"I knew nothing about dogs then," said Rauch at her home in Chestnut Hill last week. "We had just moved into this house, and I said, 'We need a dog.' So I got a Simon and Schuster book about dogs, and I read about a lot of different dogs and what they were like, and I decided we need a Bouvier."
One may recognize the name as the type of dark long mop-haired dog that Jacqueline Kennedy and later Ronald and Nancy Reagan led around the White House lawns.
Since then, Rauch has owned five Bouvier des Flanders, a breed that was developed in the Flanders area of northern France, Belgium and the Netherlands during the 19th century to drive cattle on farms and carry milk into town.
Over the years, Rauch's affinity for Bouviers developed into a wealth of knowledge about the breed. She edits the Dog Writers' Association of America's (DWAA) National Club Newsletter, a magazine that last year won The Maxwell Medallion for Excellence in the category of National Club Newsletter from The National American Working Bouvier Association (NAWBA).
And last year, Rauch, 65, self-published "The Artful Bouvier," a story about the dogs based on her reinterpretations of classic paintings like Van Gogh's "Vincent's Bedroom" or Matisse's "La Boudoir," where she has painted a Bouvier into each painting. This year "The Artful Bouvier" (Tri-Ad Litho, 2009) was nominated by the DWAA for an award in the children's book category.
In 2002, Rauch, a retired marketing consultant, found herself at a standstill until a friend suggested that she repaint some old classics and add a Bouvier. "After that, another friend suggested I put them into a book," she said. Rauch painted her interpretations at home during sessions that lasted a few hours. She has sold enough copies of the book to cover the cost of publication by contacting people she has met in the Bouvier world and introducing the book to them.
Her love of Bouviers has also led her to compete in and be awarded distinctions in obedience competitions. Different types of dogs compete in different types of contests, Rauch's husband John, 80, explained. Bouviers des Flanders can compete in working dog (its original purpose) or conformation (appearance) contests or one that combines both. There are events like athletic courses and herding challenges. One obedience challenge in which Rauch competed and earned disctintion with her Bouvier involves heeling with one's dog. You pronounce the "down" command, which should cause your dog to lie down. However, you continue walking an additional 30 paces and stop with your back to the dog. The entire 10-minute routine is done with another dog in a down-stay at the side of the field, and the competitors then switch places.
In addition to competing with and training Bouviers, Rauch is an advocate of rescuing dogs from shelters. She got Zoe, her seven-year-old Bouvier, from a Main Line family who did not like the puppy chewing on baseboards along the floor in their home.
And though she enjoys the competitions, Rauch is "cynical about pure bred dog-breeding … A lot of pure bred dogs in America face serious health issues," she said as she went to her bookcase and produced a book, "Dogs: A Startling New Understanding of Canine Origin, Behavior & Evolution," by Raymond Coppinger.
If a dog is successful in a competition, a behavior called line-breeding can occur, her husband explained. This is when breeders want to use the female or male dog winner to breed with their own dog. The same dog could breed with a number of different dogs, leading to health issues.
Zoe is mostly deaf, a byproduct of what Carol thinks is breeding Bouviers to be less of a working dog then was originally intended in order to be fit the needs of American families. She is also a fawn-colored Bouvier (think rawhide baseball glove), a coat that is a result of showpeople breeding for appearance.
At the turn of the 20th century, the Bouvier, known for its strength, agility and ability to make decisions, was a much shorter-haired dog. It was used in World War I to haul medical supplies to the front line and to sniff out the living wounded. The Nazis were so aware of the dog's importance that they were ordered to shoot a Bouvier on site, Rauch explained.
When western Europe became more industrialized, the Bouviers' role shifted from working on farms to working as police and military dogs, to pets for people around the world.
"The Bouviers' ability to work has been watered down through breeding and the confirmation practices of the show world," said Rauch. "Its current longer coat was developed by show people in the 20th century."
Still, despite setbacks created by show breeding, the NAWBA and its members are committed to the advancement of the Bouvier in its traditional role as a working dog for police, farm and family.
"Nicknamed the 'Dirty Beard' by the Dutch," writes Rauch in The Artful Bouvier, "a Bouv is likely to take a drink of water and then —with chin dripping like a huge wet mop, rest it in your lap."
For information or copies of 'The Artful Bouvier,' contact Carol Rauch, 620 W. Gatehouse Lane, Philadelphia, PA 19118 or email firstname.lastname@example.com. To order note cards or reproductions of the prints, all proceeds of which are donated to the NAWBA, contact Kathy Jensen at email@example.com, or call 360-866-0528.


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Well, that was heinous.
The Packers yesterday were outcoached and outplayed. From the first TV shot of Brett Favre, the Packers looked like they wanted to be warm inside. Whether that has anything to do with the decision to practice them inside all week, I'm not sure. But it seemed obvious even on television.
The biggest problem was the playcalling. (Scroll down for more details.) It simply made no sense to be throwing the ball again and again and again in those conditions. It's true that the Bears run defense was often holding the Packers to short gains or even no gain. But Ryan Grant had a couple of big runs and, as evidence by his 66 yard touchdown run, all he needs is a good cutback lane and he can score.
The worst series (and there are several good nominees) was the one shortly before the two-minute warning in the first half, after Mike McCarthy called two timeouts to make sure we got the ball back. The Packers then threw three consecutive passes and gave the ball back to the Bears, who promptly marched down the field and scored. McCarthy said in his postgame press conference that the first play of the Packer drive was a run-pass option, which suggests to me that Favre audibled to pass based on what the defense was showing him. Fair enough. That's on him. But the next two plays were both passes, too, something we hadn't done successfully throughout the first half. Very stupid.
The second half wasn't much better. I'm working from memory, but I believe there were at least two series in the second half in which the Packers did not attempt a run — and that is before we were down three touchdowns. (I would argue that give our difficulties passing we should have been running even with that kind of deficit.)
It's easy to overreact to a game like this one. It was a disaster, and the Packers have not played well over the past several games. But Mike McCarthy's playcalling has generally been sound and they're still a good team.
My biggest concern: Greg Jennings' ankle. Let's hope he is back to full health after a rest next week and the playoff bye.


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MIDDLETON — The Middleton School Board met Nov. 29 at the Municipal Building in a public review and discussion of a Tuition Arrangement Abstract from the SAU 49 Superintendent.
Although not much notice was given in advance of the meeting, many e-mails and phone calls were sent to inform as many people as possible, resulting in a number of residents attending. An abstract is defined as a brief summary of a research article. The Abstract gave an outline of a tuition agreement offered by SAU 49, specific to Middleton students in grades 7 through 12, to attend the Governor Wentworth Regional Schools.
Emotions ran high as residents discussed the topics of changing schools versus accredited, diversified curriculum and other pertinent issues. While the Middleton School Board is considering alternative options, AREA agreement talks are expected to resume with Farmington in January. Residents were reminded by the Board that their charge is to investigate all options, but that the final decisions of how and where Middleton students are schooled are up to them. The Middleton School Board will meet on Wednesday, Dec. 12 at 6:30 p.m. for their regular monthly meeting. Thursday, Dec. 20 at 6 p.m. is scheduled for community input on the existing and proposed draft AREA Agreement with Farmington for grades K-12.
We have a beautiful treasure in our area that is open to the public for hiking, hunting and passive recreational enjoyment, the Moose Mountains Reservation. While most people are respectful and abide by the rules, there are also a few criminals among us who do not afford the same respect for property and nature that others do. Sometime before Wednesday, Nov. 28, vandals ripped down and damaged signs along the Burrows Farm and Phoebes Nable Trails. These signs were hand-made by volunteers to help guide hikers. A Forest Society representative who discovered the damage reported that someone had carved the initials "MKM," into one of the signs. If you have any information about the incident, please contact The Forest Society at (603) 224-9945 or through their website www.forestsociety.org.
This Saturday, Dec. 8, all residents are invited to the Town Hall from 1-4 p.m. for a free Harvest Dinner. Bring your appetites and a donation of a non-perishable food item which will be given to the Fire Department Association and used to fill holiday baskets. There's still time (and need) for volunteers to bake, prepare the tables, serve and clean up. The Recreation Commission has gone to a lot of effort to make this a success, so bring the family, enjoy a good meal, and help out the community. For more information or to volunteer your help, call Joe Bailey at (603) 755-3225.
Events such as the Harvest Dinner would be impossible without the Old Town Hall. The Middleton Historic Preservation Advisory Commission is working to see that it is maintained for generations to come. MHPAC has invited Maggie Stier, Field Service Representative for the NH Preservation Alliance and Arron Sturgis, Preservation Timber Framing, to answer questions concerning the process of Historic Commission, fund raising, building structure and rehab processes. Preservation Timber Framing is the contractor that did a building study on the Town Hall. The Commission will be meeting Wednesday, Dec. 19 at the Town Hall at 6:30 p.m. to plan a public meeting sometime in January.
The Middleton Library continues to add members checking out books, tapes and videos. However, at present there are only a few volunteers available to staff the library on Saturdays. Please consider giving a few hours to help out. From mysteries to romance, board books to books by the National Geographic Society, you're sure to find something for the whole family. Recent additions include more than 30 Nancy Drew books. If you can help out, call Evelyn Campbell at (603) 755-9446 or stop by for coffee Wednesdays between 10:30 a.m. and 1 p.m.
Police Log
Nov. 5 — General police service, New Durham Road.
Nov. 5 — Dog control law, running at large, Drew Drive.
Nov. 5 — Suspicious person/MV/activity, Kings Highway.
Nov. 5 — Suspicious person/MV/activity, Pine Ridge Road.
Nov. 5 — VIN verification, Kings Highway.
Nov. 5 — Mutual aid, White Mountain Highway, South Milton.
Nov. 6 — Paperwork relay, Kings Highway.
Nov. 6 — Incident, Deer Run Road.
Nov. 6 — Sex offender registration, Kings Highway.
Nov. 6 — Welfare check, Gary Road.
Nov. 6 — Alarm activation, New Durham Road.
Nov. 7 — Fire Department assist, Beech Tree Drive.
Nov. 7 — Motor vehicle complaint, Kings Highway.
Nov. 8 — Sex offender registration, Kings Highway.
Nov. 8 — Civil issue, Deer Run Road.
Nov. 9 — Incident, Gary Road.
Nov. 9 — Second degree assault, Silver Street.
Nov. 9 — Missing person, Route 153.
Nov. 10 — Alarm activation, Lakeshore Drive.
Nov. 10 — Police information, Lakeshore Drive.
Nov. 11 — General police service, Kings Highway.
SAU 49 presents tuition arrangement abstract to Middleton School Board
MIDDLETON — The Middleton School Board met Nov. 29 at the Municipal Building in a public review and discussion of a Tuition Arrangement Abstract from the SAU 49 Superintendent.


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More than eight decades of commitment and experience have made SunCal one of the largest real estate development companies in the United States that specializes in large-scale, mixed-use master-planned communities.
From the second homebuyers get their first set of keys, they know why families love living in SunCal communities. It's just different here. Open spaces abound. Parks and schools are right around the corner, and tree-lined streets lead you home. It's the kind of place where families put down roots and pride runs deep. It's the true embodiment of community.
This commitment to community is what leads landowners and city officials to continually trust SunCal to plan and develop their most valued projects and significant land holdings. And it's why families love to call our communities home.


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The Math Forum
The Math Forum has a rich history as an online hub for the mathematics education community. A debt of gratitude is owed to the dedicated staff who created and maintained the top math education content and community forums that made up the Math Forum since its inception.
NCTM will continue to make many of the most popular parts of the Math Forum content accessible to the mathematics education community. We hope that you will
join or continue to be a member of the NCTM community to access even more high-quality resources for teaching and the learning of each and every student.
The Math Forum created Problems of the Week as an integrated program that features problems by standard and additional teacher support materials. This database of hundreds of problems and resources is available exclusively to NCTM members.
MyNCTM is an online community where NCTM members can ask questions, network and connect with each other, start and join discussions, find and upload resources, and interact with education experts.
We believe that when students become active doers rather than passive consumers of mathematics the greatest gains of their mathematical thinking can be realized. The process of sense-making truly begins when we create questioning, curious classrooms full of students' own thoughts and ideas.
By asking What do you notice? What do you wonder? we give students opportunities to see problems in big-picture ways and discover multiple strategies for tackling a problem. Self-confidence, reflective skills, and engagement soar, and students discover that the goal is not to be "over and done," but to realize the many different ways to approach problems. Share your own stories with hashtag #noticewonder.
What makes us passionate? What IGNITES us? See how well we do with 20 PowerPoint slides advancing every 15 seconds, whether we're ready or not. Watch these past talks:
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For many years mathematicians, scientists, engineers and others interested in mathematics have played "year games" via email and in newsgroups.
We don't always know whether it is possible to write expressions for all the numbers from 1 to 100 using only the digits in the current year, but it is fun to try to see how many you can find.
Year Game for 2020


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A new book, 'Sanctuary: Britain's Artists and their Studios', documents the working spaces of 120 artists. Each of the "sanctuaries", every one beautifully photographed by Robin Friend with portraits of the artists, is accompanied by illuminating interviews that immediately shed new light on their work.
"Sickert said that he couldn't live with his own work becuase it was a reminder of his past miseries and past disappointments..."
ABOVE: Howard Hodkin sits with his canvases facing the wall in his studio in Bloomsbury, central LondonPicture: TransGlobe Publishing / Photography: Robin Friend


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A Pitiful And Beastly Anime
meaning to warn people away do a review on Jyu-Oh-Sei, or Planet of the Beast King, for quite some time now. If I felt any real duty to the whole of humanity (outside of conquering it...oh wait, did I say that out loud?) I'd probably say that it was my obligation to inform people before they considered watching it that they were never going to get those six hours back. With its recent introduction to Netflix, many more are going to need this warning. If you don't believe me, click that link in the first paragraph and know what I suffered through, and make your decision accordingly.
As for me, I need another beer after the pure Hell I suffered through.
Jyu Oh Sei (TV, 2006)
It's a slump season, fuck all interesting is playing, I'm drinking a beer, and watching anime I missed out on when it first came out.
Yeah, it's time for another round of "Anime to Avoid." Today's fine example of how to fail at life is a piece of whale shit known as Jyu-Oh-Sei, otherwise known as Planet of the Beast King.
Hang on, I need another beer. You should get one too if you're going to slog through this wretched pile of rotting sewage with me.
In Which We Take No More Crap, Or Kaze No Stimga's Review
Merry Christmas everyone! Hope you're all having fun and with those you love. For our gift to you, we give you a new review, that of Kaze no Stigma, or Stigma of the Wind. A fantastic series that you can buy in full from the link on the review or stream from Netflix in its entirety (and I wonder if they have an associates program...have to check that out). It's a great way to spend Christmas Day, especially if you're tired of the same old in anime, for this is not any of the same old.
Check out the review, and if you think this is your thing, check out the anime. I liked it a lot, and you may too. Again, Merry Christmas all! I think I may watch it again myself.
Kaze no Stigma (TV, 2007)
There once was a young boy by the name of Kazuma Kannagi who was found to have none of the hereditary power of Ejutsu, the ability to control fire, that his entire family wielded. This became a source of constant ridicule, petty (and not so petty) bullying, and constant shame. Eventually this came to its culmination one day in his exile at a very young age after his defeat by a distant relative, Ayano Kannagi, in the bout to decide who would be the heir to the family and wield its family sword, Enraiha and all the power it contained. Weak, broken, and betrayed by those who were supposed to love and care for him, he left to make his own way in the world or die. Several years later he has come home, now going by the name Kazuma Yagami, with a new power, the Fujutsushi; the power to control air. And he is very VERY pissed off.
Infernos and Mobsters and Phantoms, oh my!
There are reasons to be afraid of the dark out there, even if you don't believe in critters under your bed and hiding in your closet. For myself, I took the doors off my closet so they couldn't hide there, and my mattress sits right on the floor so there's no room for them to fit. Unfortunately, that just takes care of the physical ones – what about the ghosts, the phantoms that wander about? This week it's time for a Requiem for the Phantom(s) out there. Dunno if we can put them to rest, but at the very least it's going to be a spooky ride.
That'sa Spicy Wulfie!
This time we're revisiting some old friends as I take a look at the second season of Spice & Wolf. Horo's back, and of course she's still teasing along her favorite chew toy Lawrence Craft as they make their way northward. Come hit the road with them and see what sort of trouble they get into this time!
Funimation's Geneon Title's release
Been to my local Best Buy and noted that the Shana Box Set was up for sale, so that means the first of the titles that Funimation acquired from Geneon are now shipping. So head over to your favorite shop and get them now!
Maidens of Rozen! Must have them! My precious...oh, J.C...what a big hammer you have!
Romeo x Juliet Review
School's finally let out for a couple week's worth of break, and I've finally got a new review to put out there... well, sorta. This quarter included Humanities as a course, and in order to keep myself from going completely insane, I thought that it'd be a good idea to write up a review on Romeo x Juliet for one of my papers. It's an interesting take on a classic story, and worth taking a look at folks. You can
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Rosario + Vampire, or How to Mess Up Your Dark Forces Molesting
Well, sort of back from the dead of web coding. Perhaps undead would be more appropriate, though I really wish this anime kept to the promise of bringing me back to life. Rosario + Vampire TV is the review this time. It should have been the anime on how to care and feed for the molestable forces of darkness, but turned into the kick in the nuts of last season as you'll soon read about.
Head over to the forums and discuss! CLOSED
Rosario + Vampire (TV, 2008)
Tsukune Aono just failed the entry into pretty much every High School around...except for one. A school in another dimension that caters to the education of the monster children of this world into the human sphere of influence in a Masquerade situation. Though he doesn't realize this at first, not until he runs into the one of the students, the beautiful Moka...who immediately uses him to slake her thirst being a vampire. So begins his problems of collecting babes who represent the forces of darkness, trying to stay alive in a place whose denizens typically see humans as chow, all the while slipping into the role of your basic soulless harem anime protagonist...eventually with awesome power.


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To my dear fans: The behind the scenes stories will be written after Diwali holidays For now, watch this quick video for making Matris (Punjabi Salt Crackers) and stock them for this Diwali! For more sweets and snacks recipes to try for this Diwali, Click Here. Mangala from Cooking.Jingalala.Org Eat Well !