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Bottom gillnets
A wide variety of benthic and demersal species (those that spend most of their lives on or near the seabed), including cods, haddock, flatfish and shrimp.
Bottom gillnets or 'set nets' are fine-filament nets, the lower edge of which touch the seabed, and are held in place by numerous floats, weights and anchors. If a fish's head goes through the net but its body can't follow, it is 'gilled' or entangled in the netting when it tries to get out. Gillnets are used either alone or in large numbers placed in a row. Trammel nets, a type of gillnet, are bottom-set nets made with three layers of netting, the two outer walls being of a larger mesh size than the loosely hung inner panel. The fish get entangled in the inner small-meshed panel after passing through one of the outer walls.
When set correctly and with the right mesh size, these nets can be highly size selective: small fish can swim right throught the net while larger fish will not get their heads stuck. Bottom gillnets have a much lower impact on the seabed than other bottom gears such as trawls.
Poorly set gillnets or a bad choice of mesh size can result in higher levels of bycatch. Lost or abandoned nets continue to entangle marine creatures - known as ghost netting. Gillnets are associated with bycatch of marine mammals. Acoustic deterrents or 'pingers' attached to fishing nets may discourage some marine mammals from swimming too close and getting caught; however, trials of these have shown very mixed results for effectiveness, depending on the fishing area and the mammal species.


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Editor Progress: make
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By Kazé on Wednesday, July 27 2011, 14:00 :: Permalink
The Mozilla HTML editor creates a bunch of
 elements for historical reasons. One of the most irritating situations is when you expect a
 but get a
… for example in this ContentEditable demo:
Go ahead, edit away!
Here's a typical paragraph element
- and now a list
- with only
- three items
[Return] in paragraphs
When editing a "contentEditable" element in Firefox, pressing [Return] in a paragraph splits the paragraph: if you press [Return] at the end of a paragraph, a new paragraph is created.
When editing HTML documents in comm-central apps (Thunderbird HTML messages, SeaMonkey Composer documents) the behavior is slightly different:
- pressing [Return] once at the end of a paragraph creates a
 element;
- pressing [Return] twice at the end of a paragraph creates a
 element.
The reason is, the editor component has a
returnInParagraphCreatesNewParagraph property which is true by default on Firefox, but not on Thunderbird and SeaMonkey. You can set this property to false on Firefox (contentEditable) with:
document.execCommand("insertBrOnReturn", false, "true")
Note that the
insertBrOnReturn command is Mozilla-specific.
SeaMonkey and Thunderbird parse the
editor.CR_creates_new_p preference (false by default) and apply its value to
editor.returnInParagraphCreatesNewParagraph. You can change the value of
editor.CR_creates_new_p in "about:config" if you prefer the Firefox behavior (and you probably do).
A trickier case in Firefox is when the active editing host is an inline element:
Try to press [Return] here and complain.

 Try to press [Return] here and complain.

As Firefox always tries to create a new paragraph in such situations, and since the editing host is a , nothing happens when [Return] is pressed. This should be fixed with bug 460740.
Of course, in all cases a [Shift+Return] creates a
, which is fine.
[Return] in headers and lists
With current versions of Firefox (5, Beta, Aurora):
- pressing [Return] at the end of a header element (<h[1…6]>) creates two line breaks (
), though most users expect a new paragraph.
- pressing [Return] once at the end of a list element (
 or
) creates a new list item (
 or
 respectively); pressing [Return] twice splits the list if necessary and creates a line break, though again, most users expect a new paragraph.
Note that there's no equivalent to the
editor.returnInParagraphCreatesNewParagraph property for headers or lists: pressing [Return] at the end of list or header element never inserts any
 within this element.
There's no spec that describe the expected behavior of the HTML editor in such case. I think the only intuitive rule would be to create a new block element (
) when we're getting out of another block element with [Return]. That's what Chromium and Opera do (and probably IE and Safari as well), and that's what I've done in bug 449243. You can test this behavior in Firefox Nightly.
Note: when editing a list in Thunderbird or SeaMonkey Composer with this patch, if you click on the "list" toolbar button the list content will be converted to body text, not to a paragraph. I'll have to work on that in order to preserve the consistency.
Consistency:
 everywhere?
Again, there's no spec for the behavior of the [Return] key in an editable document fragment but we can assume that the [Return] key action should be as consistent as possible across the different editing situations. That's the idea behind the new behavior of the [Return] key in headers and lists.
I don't think the editor should force all text to be enclosed in paragraphs, though. As an example, in this editable
 there's no HTML structure so I expect [Return] to create
:

 Type your text here!

When [Return] is pressed at the end of the line of text, I expect to get a
 (FWIW, that's what Chromium does, too). I don't expect [Return] to turn the text into a paragraph, then create another paragraph. If I wanted all text to be enclosed in paragraphs I could just use this instead:
Type your text here!

 Type your text here!

I think comm-central apps (Thunderbird, SeaMonkey…) might want to adapt to this new behavior: since HTML messages in Thunderbird and documents in SeaMonkey Composer are structured HTML documents, these apps could initialize the editor not on "about:blank" as they do now, but on an empty HTML document containing a paragraph. In this case, changing the default value of
editor.CR_creates_new_p would make sense.
I'm pretty sure that's what SeaMonkey Composer users want, but I don't know if this applies to Thunderbird. In fact, Thunderbird might even prefer creating
 instead of
 when [Return] is pressed… if that's the case, please let me know.
[update 2011-07-28] Aryeh Gregor (WhatWG) has just published a preliminary draft of the HTML Editing APIs specification. Thanks Anthony for the link!

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Iceland's economy has taken it on the chin since 2008, but the scenic Nordic country of snow and steam is still putting out some of the most interesting food in northern Europe. And it will be showcased Sept. 27-30 at a series of Taste of Iceland dinners hosted by Coohills Restaurant in Denver.
It's part of a promotion campaign sponsored by Iceland Naturally, a group promoting that country's culture. Other events during the four-day span include a free concert at the Gothic Theatre and a mini-film fest at L2 Arts and Culture Center.
The Taste of Iceland dinners are a collaboration between Coohills owner/chef Tom Coohill and Iceland's own Hakon Mar Orvarsson. It costs $65 per person, with an option to add an extra course and wine pairings for $95.
The menu showcases Iceland's bounty. The lineup:
First course: Cold-smoked Icelandic Arctic char with lemon, grained mustard, honey, dill oil, rye bread crumble, radishes and cucumber.
Second course: Grilled Icelandic langoustine tails with parsnip puree, leeks, fingerling potatoes, burnt butter and ginger.
Third course: Icelandic lamb loin with root veggies, thyme, blueberries and jus.
Dessert: Skyr of the Vikings, a sort of Icelandic yogurt with a hazelnut crumble, cinnamon rhubard compote and fresh berries.
Reservations can be made by calling 303-623-5700 or by visiting coohills.com


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Yosemite fire threatens towns, S.F.'s reservoir
Thousands of homes remain in danger - Berkeley camp burns
Groveland, Tuolumne County --
Firefighters battled fierce winds Monday as the raging fire near Yosemite National Park pushed forward on two fronts, threatening the Hetch Hetchy Reservoir and at least three local towns.
The giant Rim Fire moved northwest and southeast toward the communities of Tuolumne, Twain Harte and Ponderosa Hills, where hundreds of firefighters made a determined stand, hoping to halt the spread of what is now the 13th-largest fire in California history.
More than 3,700 firefighters, who rushed in from all over the country, managed to slow the advance of the blaze, which had grown to more than 250 square miles on the western edge of Yosemite. But thousands of homes, many in the hills above the Gold Rush-era city of Sonora, remained threatened.
Gov. Jerry Brown visited the area Monday, pledging to commit the money and personnel needed to control the blaze.
"We have to spend what it takes," Brown said, just days after declaring a state of emergency that will help draw federal resources to the firefighting effort. On Monday, federal disaster officials offered to pay up to 75 percent of the cost.
Only stumps remain
The cause of the fire, which erupted Aug. 17 in a remote section of the Stanislaus National Forest, is not known. Twenty-three structures have been destroyed, and two people have been injured, fire officials said.
One of the biggest casualties so far is the city of Berkeley's popular 15-acre Tuolumne Camp, which was a smoking ruin Monday, its rustic cabins burned to cinders. The once-picturesque camp on the south fork of the Tuolumne River, where as many as 3,500 campers a year have visited since 1922, was a jumble of charred wood, ash and blackened bedsprings amid crumpled corrugated tin roofs.
The swimming hole was surrounded by blackened stumps and smoldering wreckage, and the beach was littered with deflated rafts, children's flip-flops, lifeguard vests and other vacation detritus, as if the campers had dropped everything and made a mad dash to escape the approaching fire.
Generations of campers who had attended the city-run camp were mourning its devastation.
"Having a place where time stands still is really important, and I loved that about that place," said Sarah Miller, an Oakland resident who has visited the camp with her husband and two daughters for most of the past eight years.
Now she's wondering if she'll be able to return.
Movement slows
Berkeley officials said historical items, such as photographs and wall hangings, were removed last week when the campers were evacuated.
San Francisco officials said Monday that the city-owned Camp Mather, which has been a retreat for San Francisco families for decades, has so far been spared by flames, though the fire continues to burn in the area.
The Rim Fire is spreading more slowly than it was last week. Late Monday, state fire officials reported that the blaze was 20 percent contained - more than double the figure from a day earlier. Still, the dry landscape, steep terrain and high temperatures were complicating the fight.
The fire grew from 144,000 acres Sunday to 150,000 acres Monday afternoon.
"It's still spreading in all directions except" in the small portion of the perimeter where a fire line has been built, said Michael Williams, spokesman for the Rim Fire incident command team. On Sunday, "they made very good progress on it, but it still burned 15,720 acres."
Dick Fleishman, a U.S. Forest Service spokesman speaking on behalf of agencies battling the fire, said crews were making a stand near Tuolumne, where high winds were putting communities in danger. Firefighters used bulldozers to cut firebreaks near what locals call Duckwall Mountain, the last obstacle preventing the flames from rushing into Tuolumne and Twain Harte. Planes and helicopters dropped retardant and water on the leading edge of the inferno.
"We have a lot of folks up there trying to pinch that thing off," Fleishman said. "We're making a lot of progress in the northwest area."
An evacuation advisory is in place for parts of Tuolumne, Twain Harte and Ponderosa Pines, Fleishman said.
Out of harm's way
Those who had already left told of the advancing flames and unbearable smoke.
"I have lived here for 30 years, and I have never seen a fire spread that fast," said Shelly Davis-King, 64, who evacuated with her husband, John Lytle, from their home in Tuolumne, where the couple watched as the fire marched toward their home. She has been volunteering with the Lions Club and Red Cross since Thursday.
Bob Milligan, 66, and his wife, Debbie Stirman, 62, said the smoke got so bad that they had to leave their Twain Harte home. The couple, who are dealing with respiratory and heart problems, have been staying since Saturday at the Red Cross shelter at the Tuolumne County fairgrounds in Sonora.
"Every morning we would wake up and the fire would be bigger," said Stirman. "It was very worrisome. The smoke was getting worse and worse, and then the ash started to fall. That's when we decided we had to get out."
More than 1,000 meals have been served at the Red Cross shelter, including meals for 91 evacuees who stayed there Sunday, according to Tom Penhallegon, the meals coordinator for the Sonora Lions Club.
Meanwhile, the threat of fire lessened in the Groveland area, a tourist hub on Highway 120. Evacuation orders were lifted in the communities of Pine Mountain Lake and Buck Meadows over the weekend, but fire officials said 4,500 structures were still considered under threat.
Licking at Yosemite
Flames continued to burn the western flanks of Yosemite near Lake Eleanor. The fire was burning on both sides of Highway 120 on Monday, as the prevailing winds pushed the edge ever closer to Hetch Hetchy.
The park's Highway 120 entrance remains shut down, and some lower-elevation sections of the park are closed, including the White Wolf campground and lodge, Hetch Hetchy-area trails and the Hodgdon Meadow campground, officials said.
While more of Yosemite is expected to burn, flames had torched only about 15,000 acres of the park - or 2 percent. Most of Yosemite remains open, including heavily visited Yosemite Valley. The park can be entered through Highway 140 from Merced and Highway 41 from Fresno.
Park officials were also beefing up fire personnel at two of Yosemite's three groves of giant sequoias. Sprinklers were running and crews were digging trenches at the Merced and Tuolumne groves, to protect the trees should the fire approach.
Peter Fimrite and Kurtis Alexander are San Francisco Chronicle staff writers. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com, firstname.lastname@example.com Twitter: @pfimrite, @kurtisalexander


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JMB-CEO needed a new banner ad design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 18 designs submitted by 10 freelance designers.
Premier Singles is opening offices throughout the USA, Canada, Australia, and England. I think we can do better for Logo.
I want the logo to have the URL: PremierSingles.com
Something other than a heart.
If you think your heart is bad ass and I would change my mind then a heart may still work.
Keep it simple. Be creative. But not ghetto or street style.
It is a corporate site. Clean lines, neutral, color, black red and white, all can work. Once again. Be creative.
Capital Pin Premier and Capital S for Singles.
No rainbows.
No peace signs, or any other known symbols.
It should look better than the template logo's offered online.


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Constructive services The H&S accountant assigned to audit the financial records of our Dallas client, the St. Mark's School of Texas, had never attracted much attention from the students. Last year things changed, in that the auditor was former Dallas Cowboys professional football player Malcolm Walker, now a senior accountant in the Dallas office. In addition to his audit work at St. Mark's, Malcolm served as a volunteer advisor to the football team, conferring daily with the coaches on the probable strategy of the opponents and the team's game plan. He attended practice almost every day and assisted the coaches in tuning up the team's quick-hitting Wing-T offense. Malcolm is a native of Dallas, where he won All-Metro honors in football and All-State honors in basketball while in high school. As a linebacker at Rice University, he was All-Southwest Conference for three years and All-American in his senior year He was drafted as a linebacker by the Cowboys in 1965 but was moved to center because of a knee injury suffered in the College All-Star game. While with the Cowboys he played with such notable quarterbacks as Craig Morton, Roger Staubach and " Dandy Don" Meredith (now a tax client who went on to television fame as a color commentator on ABC's "Monday Night Football"). Malcolm played in two NFL championship games against Green Bay, including the famous Frost Bowl in 1966 when the temperature was 13 degrees below zero. He was traded to Green Bay in 1970 and played a year there before retiring from the game. Malcolm graduated from Rice University with a degree in mathematics, which is a notable accomplishment itself in the pro football fraternity. While with the Cowboys he studied accounting at SMU in the off season and received straight A's. An item about Malcolm in the St. Mark's School newspaper, The ReMarker, last fall, said this in appreciation of his efforts: "The school certainly owes its thanks to Mr. Walker, not only for his accounting help, but also for his contribution to the football team. He has certainly been a factor in its success. Hopefully, he will be back next year, and for years to come." Multifaceted Female Betty Cobaugh, wife of Gene Cobaugh. a partner in the Fort Lauderdale office, is a busy woman. She wears many hats as homemaker, mother of three, singer, artist, operating room nurse, actress, makeup artist, and costume designer. Mrs. Cobaugh got into costume designing (one of her favorite activities) when her family was involved in a Miami production of the Menotti opera, "Amahl and the Night Visitors" in Miami. She sang the role of the shepherd boy's mother, and Gene, a tenor, performed as the deaf King Kasper. "We rented costumes;' Betty recalls. "They were so bad, my aesthetic taste was offended." So she began making costumes for the entire cast. Now the family has accumulated the whole bit—props and costumes—for the production, and Betty is a "bona fide" designer for church and civic affairs. Since moving to Fort Lauderdale in 1969, Mrs. Cobaugh has joined forces with the Park Temple United Methodist Church. She has created costumes for"Noye's Fludde," "Roar of the Greasepaint" and "Scrooge." She also designed costumes for Broward Community College's production of "The Magic Is Me" Recently Betty had an especially intriguing assignment: costumes for The Madrigal Singers of Park Temple Church. She has converted colorful and luxurious fabrics into authentic garb of the Plantagenet Period, between 1145 and 1399 in England. "They wore big sleeves',' she explains, "and elaborate headdresses. Women had their hair all covered and they used a lot of feathers. The men were more vain than the women when it came to clothes. The biggest thing was the flowing sleeves and the tight pants" Creativity has always been part of Betty's life; her mother was an interior decorator and her aunt made costumes for movie stars such SCENE
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text: Is this worth the tape it's wrapped with? Bill Selak December 7, 2016 Forensic evidence largely not supported by sound science – now what? Jessica Gabel Cino, Georgia State University Is forensic science an oxymoron? A new White House report suggests there are major issues with many of the forensic disciplines used to convict defendants of crimes in the U.S.


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Opportunity Commission
The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) today announced the settlement of a rare color harassment and retaliation lawsuit under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 against Applebee's Neighborhood Bar & Grill, an international restaurant chain headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas. The settlement provides $40,000 to Dwight Burch, an African American former employee who was discriminated against based on his dark skin color by a light skinned African American manager, and terminated when he complained to corporate headquarters.
The lawsuit was resolved through a Consent Decree filed with the U.S. District Court in Atlanta that sets forth the terms of the settlement (Case No. 1:02-CV-829). In addition to the monetary relief for Mr. Burch, the Consent Decree requires training and reporting by Applebee's. Prior to the lawsuit, Applebee's did not have a written policy in effect at any of its nationwide restaurants prohibiting discrimination based on color. Applebee's now has amended its harassment and discrimination policies to include color as a protected basis in accordance with Title VII. In both its Answer to the lawsuit and in the Consent Decree, Applebee's denies any liability or wrongdoing.
Mr. Burch filed a charge of discrimination with the EEOC alleging that the store manager, a light skinned African American, had consistently made derogatory remarks to him about his dark skin color, and had discharged him when he threatened to report the store manager's harassing remarks to Applebee's headquarters office. Mr. Burch began working for Applebee's as a server at its Tara Boulevard, Atlanta, Georgia, location on December 16, 2000. The store manager, assigned to the facility on January 1, 2001, terminated Mr. Burch on March 26, 2001 – less than 90 days after his arrival at the restaurant.
"I am grateful that the EEOC filed this lawsuit, not just for me but for other workers to," said Mr. Burch. "I liked my job and got along well with everyone. No-one should have to put up with mean and humiliating comments about the color of their skin on the job. My mother taught me that we are all God's children and each one of us is special. It makes no difference that these comments are made by someone of your own race. Actually, that makes it even worse. That person should know better, especially if he is a manager."
The EEOC investigated Mr. Burch's allegations and concluded that there was probable cause to believe that the allegations were true. The agency filed suit only after exhausting conciliation efforts to reach a voluntary pre-litigation settlement with the company.
Bernice Williams-Kimbrough, Director of the EEOC's Atlanta District Office, said: "We are pleased that Applebee's has agreed to resolve this case. We are committed to fighting discrimination in all its forms, including issues of color harassment and retaliation for opposing unlawful practices. It is very important that employees are able to engage in protected activity without fear of retaliation. It is equally important that employers realize that 'color' is a separate protected basis under Title VII. Employers violate federal law when they discriminate based on color, including the harassment of employees because of their respective skin colors."
The Commission has observed an increasing number of color discrimination charge filings at agency field offices across the country. Color bias filings have increased by over 200% since the mid-1990s from 413 in Fiscal Year 1994 to 1,382 in FY 2002. The majority of charge filing last fiscal year were in the Northeast (44%), followed by the West (21%), South (15%), Midwest (12.5%), and Southwest (7.5%).
In addition to enforcing Title VII, which prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex (including sexual harassment or pregnancy) or national origin and protects employees who complain about such offenses from retaliation, the EEOC enforces the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, which protects workers age 40 and older from discrimination based on age; the Equal Pay Act of 1963, which prohibits gender-based wage discrimination; the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, which prohibits employment discrimination against people with disabilities in the federal sector; Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act, which prohibits employment discrimination against people with disabilities in the private sector and state and local governments; and sections of the Civil Rights Act of 1991. Further information about the Commission is available on the agency's web site at www.eeoc.gov.


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Only a few months after Matthew Shepard was brutally beaten and left for dead in Laramie, Wyoming, the nation's lesbian and gay community continues to reel from a continuing series of antigay murders. On February 19 in rural Alabama, Billy Jack Gaither was kidnaped and repeatedly and brutally bludgeoned until he died. His body was then placed on a pyre of burning tires. The two men charged in his death, Charles Monroe Butler and Steven Eric Mullins, are people whom Billy Jack Gaither knew.
In Richmond, Virginia, on March 1, Henry Edward Northington's severed head was found on a footbridge in James River Park. His body was found later the same day almost a mile away in the James River. His head had been carried up a hill from the riverbank to a popular meeting spot for gay people and others in Richmond. Some locals fear that it was placed there as a warning to the community.
The body of Reverend Thomas E. Otte was found in his Hartford, Connecticut, apartment on March 4, naked with multiple stab wounds. Reverend Otte's wife had recently died, and he had been becoming increasingly open about his gay identity.
In Texas, where the dragging death of James Byrd brought racially targeted hate crimes to national attention, a continuing and disturbing series of murders has targeted the transgender community. In Austin in early January, Donald Fuller, also known as Lauryn Paige, died from multiple stab wounds. On February 6, Steve Wayne Garcia was shot to death in Houston. On February 24, an unidentified person of transgender experience was found dead in the parking lot of a Houston motel; he had been shot several times.
In New York City, one gay man, Troy Hoskins, was found stabbed to death in his Washington Heights apartment. Another is still in a coma weeks after being bludgeoned in his Chelsea apartment.
Any of these incidents in and of themselves would be absolutely troubling. All of them taken together, however, are horrifying and speak to a severe increase in antigay hate, which now too easily turns to violence and too often results in murder. That these murders occurred in seeming isolation from each other indicates a widespread trend in antigay hate across the country.
It is to counter this growing trend that the New York City Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project has joined with anti-violence organizations representing other often targeted populations -- the Anti-Defamation League, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the Empire State Pride Agenda, and others -- to press for strong hate crimes legislation. Such laws would increase penalties for crimes motivated wholly or in part by the victim's race, religion, creed, color, age, sex, disability, national origin, or sexual orientation.
Often overlooked by those who cite the severity of the penalties imposed for murder as an argument against the passage of hate crimes legislation is that these well-publicized killings are only a tiny fraction of bias-related crimes. Desecrations of synagogues and the burning of black churches are part of it, as are nonlethal gay-bashing incidents and assaults upon individuals thought to have AIDS.
Bias crimes target individuals for being who they are -- nothing more. Studies have shown that, as a result, a bias crime victim's trauma may last two times longer than that of victims of similar crimes where bias was not the motivating factor. These crimes instill fear in all members of the targeted community, because they know that any one of them could be next. Besides being an assault against an individual, a bias crime is an assault against a community, and sends a clear message of fear to that entire community.
Individual victims of bias crimes suffer tremendously. Hate-motivated assaults generally involve more brutality than other assaults. Most bias crimes involve weapons, such as hammers, baseball bats, golf clubs, and ice picks, that allow the perpetrators to inflict repeated blows on their victims. This explains, in part, why bias-related violence is so often characterized by "overkill" -- multiple, serious injuries, such as twenty stab wounds.
Often victims of bias crimes are outnumbered by the perpetrators. These victims feel violated, depersonalized, isolated, and deprived of their security and sense of self-worth. Victims of bias crimes often blame themselves for what happened, isolate themselves from their community, become afraid to leave their homes, feel shame for being who they are, try to change who they are, entertain thoughts of suicide, have difficulty sleeping, suffer flashbacks to the crime, endure anxiety and panic attacks, suffer from nightmares, struggle with depression, have difficulty concentrating, pull away from friends and family, endure headaches and stomachaches, and suffer from various other physical and emotional difficulties.
The dramatic increase in the number of hate crimes is illustrated by the recent rash of antigay murders. In fact, the rate of antigay murders in New York City doubled during 1998. The last thing the Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project wants to see is for that trend to continue or gain momentum, either locally or nationally, in 1999. In a sense, it's almost more disturbing that these murders have occurred in such different places -- New York; rural Alabama; Connecticut; Houston and Austin, Texas; and Richmond, Virginia. Perhaps if there were a rhyme or reason to it all, members of the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs and local law enforcement would have an idea of where to begin. As things stand now, all any of us can see is a real environment of hate, and in many instances not a lot of outrage.
The National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs will issue its annual report, Violence Against Lesbians, Gay Men, Bisexuals and Transgender People in 1998, on April 6, 1999, the first day of the trial of the men accused of Matthew Shepard's murder.
Clarence Patton is Director of Community Organizing and Public Advocacy at the New York City Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project.


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[This is a page of links and a few notes for a 30 minute session on Going Mobile that I'm doing in a few days.]
More People Doing More Things with More Devices
- Smartphones, feature phones
- Devices that aren't phones (iPod Touch)
- What about netbooks, iPad, eBook readers, gaming devices?
- In 2009, data traffic surpassed than voice traffic
- "People today text 2.5 times more than make/receive calls."
- Texting is the most used application across all types of cellphones
- Google SMS — Ready reference for simple, structured queries
- ChaCha — Free text reference service with paid guides
Smartphones to Overtake Feature Phones in U.S. by 2011 — Graph showing the rise in smartphone use
- Challenges: Small screen size, small keyboard (often virtual), not usually hooked up to peripherals
- Advantages: Available, camera, accelerometer, compass, sensors, Location (GPS, WiFi, cell towers)
Apps or Mobile Websites
- Programs to install and run on device
- Platform specific and distributed by app marketplace (free or $$$)
- More costly to create and maintain
- Use all of the device's hardware and configurations
Mobile Website:
- Use the browser
- Less expensive to create and maintain
- Interact less with the device
- Google Search — Search by keyboard or voice
- Google Gesture Search — Search the phone by writing with your finger
- Google Goggles — Search by image for works of art, book covers, landmarks; scan, OCR and translate snippets of text
- QR Barcodes — Uses camera's phone to scan 2D barcode to connect with mobile users. QR codes can carry formatted information for contacts and calendar listings, and can be read from paper or screen
Geo-Awareness and Augmented Reality
- Yelp Mobile — Find nearby restaurants, libraries, etc., and read reviews from other users
- WolfWalk — NCSU's mobile campus tour (optionally) knows where you are, shows you nearby points of interest and provides information, historical photographs, etc.
- Layar Augmented Reality Browser — Look through the camera, see information superimposed on the view
- Museum of London's StreetMuseum app — Beautiful augmented reality app…look through your phone's camera, and see a historic photo from "then" superimposed over the reality of "now."
- Nielsen Media: Online + Mobile — Good source of statistics and trend reports
- Pew Internet and American Life — Studies and reports on the way we use technology
- Mobile Web Designs Show Future Trends — A showcase of some beautiful mobile website designs
- Mobile Mammoth — Mobile News and Reviews
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I am working on a problem in which I am having a hard time starting. The problem being:
Every circle has a center and a radius. Given the radius, we can determine its position in the x-y plane. The center of the circle is a point in the x-y plane. Design a class, circleType, that can store the radius and center of the circle. Because the center is a point in the x-y plane and you designed the class to caputure the propteries of a point in programming exercise 3, you must derive the class circleType from the class pointType. You should be able to perform the usual operations on the circle, such as setting the radius, printing the radius, calculating and print the area and circumference, and carrying out the usual operations on the center. Also write a program to test various operations on a circle.
Although is references a previous exercise, we do not do this one, but class pointType should be designed to store and process a point in the x-y plane, perform operations on the point such as setting the coordinates of the point, printing the coordinates of the point, returning x coordinate and returning the y coordinate.
Sorry, I know this is a mouthful but I have difficulty in this language.
I have started the code, but OOP in C++ is still very new to me and classes are still very confusing. But here's what I have to far:
circleTypeImp.cppCode:#include "pointType.h" class circleType: public pointType { };
pointType.hCode:#include <iostream> #include "pointType.h"
pointTypeImp.cppCode:using namespace std; class pointType { public: void printPoint() const; void setPoint(); void getPoint(); pointType(); pointType(double x, double y); ~pointType(); private: double xPlane, yPlane; };
main.cppCode:#include <iostream> #include "pointType.h" pointType::pointType() { } pointType::pointType(double x, double y) { xPlane = x; yPlane = y; } pointType::~pointType() { } void pointType::printPoint() const { } void pointType::setPoint() { } void pointType::getPoint() { }
Code:#include <iostream> #include "pointType.h" //#include "circleType.h" using namespace std; int main() { system("pause"); return 0; }
I don't want this done for me, I just need a little push to understand what I might need. I am confusing on the member functions and variables of the classes and what exactly I will need and what they should do. I never got the concept of getter and setter functions either and why I need to use them. If anyone can offer a little guidance to make things a little more clear, I would appreciate it. I know this is very incomplete, I am having a coding block and it's frustrating!


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Off the Scottish band's critically acclaimed debut Young Team, "Yes! I Am a Long Way From Home" exhibits the mellowed out sort of vamping you'd expect from a post-rock tune, but with a crescendo and apex that really brings the heat in a way you wouldn't be able to predict from the way things sound out of the gate. Aside from having a killer bass-line, Yes! I Am a Long Way From Home also makes spare but excellent use of distorted guitars and some tight, conservative drumming.
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In light of the growing importance of urban ecology and the need for sites where its systems can be studied over time, the Arnold Arboretum's Bussey Brook Meadow has become somewhat of a local hotspot for environmental research. A report published by the City of Boston Environment Department in 2000 included the Bussey Brook Meadow in its inventory of the city's significant "urban wilds"—areas not maintained to a proscribed horticultural standard and lacking amenities other than unpaved pathways. Unlike many of the locations included on the list, the 24 acres that make up Bussey Brook Meadow are an ideal site for scientific study, because it is protected through the Arboretum's indenture and not subject to loss from future development.
In 1996, the Arboretum Park Conservancy partnered with the Arboretum to preserve this landscape, which was assembled from parcels of land that formerly belonged to the MBTA, the City of Boston, and Harvard University. Under the current management regimen, the meadow serves as a site where Arboretum scientists and visiting scholars can document long-term changes in plant succession and measure ecosystem functions including vegetation structure, wildlife abundance, phenology, and biogeochemical cycling. In addition, the Arboretum continues to maintain the Blackwell Path which crosses the parcel as a pedestrian link from the Forest Hills subway station to the historic landscape.
In the past year alone, Bussey Brook Meadow has spurred four separate studies by researchers from Tufts and Boston Universities, and has been used by students from the Harvard Graduate School of Design, Harvard Medical School, and Brandeis University. The Arboretum has also become a participatory member of two ULTRA (Urban Long-Term Research Area) exploratory projects funded by the National Science Foundation and USDA Forest Service. One is coordinated by the Geography Department of Boston University, while the second is a multi-institutional endeavor coordinated from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. As such, Bussey Brook Meadow becomes a permanent site for monitoring spontaneous urban ecology that can only become more valuable over time.


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(CNN) – While former President George W. Bush says he wants his brother Jeb to run for president in 2016, their always-blunt mother said Thursday she feels differently.
"He's by far the best qualified man, but no. I really don't," she said when asked if her son, the former Florida governor, will make a White House bid.
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"I think it's a great country. There are a lot of great families, and it's not just four families or whatever. There are other people out there that are very qualified and we've had enough Bushes," she said.
Her comments came Thursday morning on NBC's "Today," as the former first lady sat alongside former first lady Laura Bush and Bush 43's twin daughters, Jenna Bush Hager (a correspondent for NBC) and Barbara Bush. The three generations were together for the George W. Bush Presidential Center dedication ceremony in Dallas.
Asked if the Bush matriarch had expressed her feelings to Jeb, Jenna Bush Hager jumped in.
"Well, now!" she said, looking somewhat shocked at her sister and mother. "Surprise!"
"He's the most qualified but I don't think he'll run," Barbara Bush added. "There are other families. He'll get all our enemies, half of our friends."
In a brief email exchange Thursday morning with Jeb Bush, CNN characterized his mother's comment as priceless. In a two-word response, Jeb wrote: "Priceless indeed!"
George W. Bush, who's stepping back into the spotlight with the opening of his presidential library, told CNN's John King in an interview that aired Wednesday that he wants his brother to run.
"Well, big Jeb, you know, he's got a decision to make. And if I could make it for him, it'd be, 'run,' but I can't," he said.
"And I don't know what he's going to do," he added. "He'd be a great candidate and a great president."
Jeb Bush hasn't ruled out a possible GOP run and won't make a decision in the near future. Asked last month by CNN's Jake Tapper if he'll decide in 2014, Bush said, "the only thing I've decided is I'm not going to think about it for 2013. It's just too far out for me personally."
According to a CNN/ORC International poll released late last month, 56% of Republicans have a favorable opinion of the former governor, with House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan being the only potential 2016 GOP contender with higher marks.
If he did win the nomination, Jeb Bush might face another family legacy on the Democratic ticket should former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, wife of former President Bill Clinton, decide to run and ultimately become her party's nominee.
- CNN Political Editor Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report.
'We've had enough Bushes'
i agree. enough bushes.
'We've had enough Bushes' Make that "more than enough!" In fact, just hearing the word Bush is a bit like root canal. He left behind a worldwide path of destruction, economical and humanitarian. W should be in the Hague as a war criminal, along with Cheney and Rumsfeld.
She has one thing right. we don't want or need any more Bushes. The entire clan is a load of low lives who belong in prison. They been leeching off America for 3 generations and have destroyed America and the American dream.
We need anothere Reagan.
Censored again. Try again. If either the Honorable ex Secretary of State (who accomplished what, again?), Jeb, Ryan, or Rubio became president, we would be better off than we are today.
What's wrong with these people? They probably have computers,I hope they read the newspapers or watch tv, besides some morons out there, half of the worl population don't like you. She's right, we've had enough bushes.
I don't like to make rash predictions, but I'm willing to bet that I will be president before Rubio will.
Screw the Bushs.....let's send the W to The Hague to be tried for crimes against humanity
The undisclosed meaning behind her statement is that she doesn't want to see Jeb get humiliated due to the fact that Jeb's brother messed up this country so bad that not even the GOP would consider can consider him.
There are over 300 million people in this country. This isn't a monarchy.
Listen to your Momma Jeb, Momma knows best, your brother gives awful advice.
Sounds like Barbara is the one with the brains............
Hell no!.We don't need any Bush in the Whitehouse again. They are war mongers. That has driven our economy into the abyss.
Finally...a bush with some common sense.
The GOP is at a juncture where only a marginal wacko would not be blocked from nomination by the Tea Party, Grover Norquist and the NRA. They have moved so far to the right that any reasonable candidate would be wasting his time. The big problem is that they still think it wasn't their policies that cost them two presidential elections. It was, and they haven't changed anything.
" Presidential Photo with Barbara Bush"..." Holy Crap......They are ALL here???"
Even she knows what Jerks her sons are . She´s right the U.S. can´t take anymore Bushes in office !
Barbara will leave in a pine box


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FC: colorful seasons
1: laughter is an instant vacation
3: " being deeply loved by someone gives you strength; loving someone deeply gives you courage." - loa tzu
4: "A smile costs nothing but gives much. It enriches those who receive, without making poorer those who give. It takes but a moment, but the memory of it sometimes last forever."
5: the more you laugh the longer you live
6: "If I could reach up and hold a star for every time you've made me smile, the entire evening sky would be in the palm of my hand."
8: "I hope you always have a shell in your pocket...and sand in your shoes."
9: summer fun creates lasting memories
10: "Any man can be a Father but it takes someone special to be a dad." - Anne Geddes
11: These Are The Moments I Live For
12: home of the free because of our brave
13: independence day
14: "A prefect summer day is when the sun is shinning, the breeze is blowing,...
15: ...the birds are singing and the lawn mower is broken." - James Dent
17: sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your heart
18: today you can be anything you imagine
21: "An open home, an open heart, here grows a bountiful harvest." - Judy Hand
23: Home is where there's someone to love, and someone to love us.
25: "Write it on your heart that every day is the best day of the year." - Ralph Waldo Emerson


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Use the name of your favourite nominee to mark your glass.
These simple black and white wine glass slippers are perfect for celebrating a black tie affair.
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Use this gold tray to serve treats to guests, or create a bar station on it with glasses and a cocktail shaker.
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Get in the party mood with a festive glitter garland.
The glam, feminine colours in this garland reminds us of recent red carpet dresses. Hang it along the front of a sideboard or on an accent wall for some instant party flair!
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Cast your vote on these stylish ballots.
These black and white ballots are easy to make and add a fun element to the Oscar pre-show.
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The gold bands on this blown glass cocktail shaker make it perfect for an Oscar party, but timeless enough to use year-round.
Add some sparkle to your party cocktails.
Make cocktail time playful with these silver pom-pom swizzle sticks.
Use a pretty bowl to serve popcorn.
Tableware with a confetti-like pattern is perfect for a party, and popcorn is a must-have treat at on Oscar night.
Use silver and gold in unexpected places.
Adding some sparkle to small things like cupcake liners makes an awards show party feel festive.
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ONTARIO – The Salvation Army will host a community 5K walk/run on Saturday.
Proceeds from the event will allow the Salvation Army Ontario Corps to feed those in need as well as after school music and tutoring programs for underprivileged and at risk youth.
Registration for the walk/run is at 8 a.m., followed by the opening ceremony at 9 a.m. and the start of the race at 9:30 a.m. at Chaffey High School, 1245 N. Euclid Ave., Ontario.
Cost: $20 adults, $10 children.
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Each year Motorhome Republic arranges literally tens of thousands of motorhome holidays in 28 countries around the globe. With over 350 suppliers worldwide, we have the buying power to ensure the best rental rates on a comprehensive range of quality motorhomes.
But we're not just about delivering the best price. Our dedicated team of specialists are ready to assist you and provide advice for a unique way of travel that only few have the expertise to deliver.
The culture at Motorhome Republic is one that is built around the love of travel. We are passionate about this industry and it shows from our outstanding customer service to our drive to be the leader.
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I have been General Manager of Motorhome Rental Republic, the operators of this website, for 4 years and with the company for 6 years starting as a Sales / Account Manager. Previous roles have included account manager and software architect for a web design firm, advertising sales across multiple media and television production. I've been lucky enough to go Motorhoming several times in Canada, USA and New Zealand so far and grew up going on caravanning holidays with Mum and Dad. The value and freedom Motorhoming offers are its two main drawcards for me. That and the envy on the other campers' faces when you pull into a State Park campground with no hook ups in a 31' Class C with double slide outs, on board generator, side awning, exterior entertainment unit and smoker unit for a 10kg salmon caught earlier that day.
Best Motorhome Tips: Don't leave booking a Motorhome until the last minute, especially if you are looking to travel during peak or busy seasons as the chance of getting your first choice vehicle and travel dates greatly diminish as you get closer to your travel dates. So a second tip is not to book your flights before your Motorhome. You may have to adjust your travel dates slightly if Motorhome supply has become scarce and having flights in place may make it harder or more expensive for you to adjust these dates. Lastly, Motorhomes are typically cheaper for peak seasons if booked earlier, so don't try booking last minute in the hope of getting a last minute deal.
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Let us take on the hassle of organizing the holiday of a lifetime and allow me to pass on first hand experiences and expectations!
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Best Motorhome Tip: In Europe and North America, Motorhome Rental companies often charge a high fee for your Linen Kits. You can avoid high fees by bringing your own kits or buying it from a Tesco or a Walmart.( similar to the relevant country.) This can save you up to 40 dollars/euro per person.
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I have been in the Motorhome industry for the best part of 6 years and with Motorhome Rental Republic for the last 18 months. I previously worked for the largest Motorhome rental company in the world as the New Zealand Sales Account Manager. I've traveled the length and width of New Zealand in many different categories of Motorhomes, in fact I don't think there is a main state highway I haven't driven. The love I have for Motorhomes is one of freedom and flexibility, doing what I want when I want. If I have a hankering for a cup of coffee in a beautiful scenic spot simply stop boil and enjoy….
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A Motorhome in the winter time is ideal for those who want to have a ski holiday, travel from mountain to mountain until you find that special place with that magic white powder or anyone that simply wants to take in the wonders and sights of a scenic magic land set in winter….
Remember freedom and flexibility to do what you want, where you want and when you want!
After completing my Tourism Studies I have been working in many fields within the Tourism Industry for almost 4 years. I have been in New Zealand for 1.5 years, before that I had the opportunity to work in Dubai, Australia, Malta, Germany and in the UK. I have travelled to the USA, the whole lot of Asia, South Africa, countless European Countries as well as the South Pacific, Australia and many other interesting destinations. I absolutely loved my way of living in Australia where I bought myself a campervan and lived in it for 9 months. This is the absolute independent way of living and you can enjoy any sight as long as you want. It has opened up my eyes to a whole new and fantastic way of travelling and seeing a country .Best Motorhome Tip: Get a 4WD campervan in Western Australia and ride up the rough Gibb River Road, encounter the many outstanding Australian sights, cross rivers and meet crocodiles
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I have been working here for 3 years and am currently the Data Manager. I love motorhome trips! It's cool to drive a motorhome because you can drive and rest whenever you want. My top motorhome trip destinations I recommend are North Queensland in Australia where you can experience tropical weather at the Great Barrier Reef; the South Island of New Zealand, which is the one of the most pure and clean places on the planet; Yellowstone National Park in United States which you definitely need to see before December 21 2012; and Southern France where you can eat and drink the most delicious food and wine in the comfort of your own motorhome.
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I love to travel, that's why I've been working within the Travel Industry for 20 years now. I lived in different places of Argentina, my country, in the US and finally, New Zealand, my new home. I have travelled around South America, Europe and United States and it is difficult for me to choose my favourite place. Every place has its own magic, every trip is a new adventure. And now, I'm helping our customers to choose the right motorhome so they can have the best holiday experience ever!
Best Motorhome Tip: When you rent a motorhome always check the All Inclusive option that the company offers. It usually includes everything you may need for your trip, including insurance, so you can get great value for you money!
Sue Seulua, UK based Motorhome Consultant
I have worked in the tourism industry for just over three years now, specialising in motorhome rentals. I have worked in New Zealand and am now currently based in the United Kingdom. Hiring a motorhome gives you more freedom and flexibility to travel around without having to worry about accommodation.
Best Motorhome Tip: If there are four of you travelling, you may want to consider hiring a 6 berth instead of a 4 berth as the extra room will make all the difference!
Jacqueline Davis, UK based Motorhome Consultant
I have been in the travel industry for 3 years now and am currently working in the UK. I've lived abroad from Brazil to the USA going back to New Zealand / Australia in between. Motorhomes are a great way to travel and see places while having everything you need right at your feet.
Best Motorhome Tip: It's best to pack your belongings in a soft bag or backpack instead of a hard covered suitcase. This way it will be easier to fold and store these away to give you extra room.
Rebecca Apelu, Motorhome Sales Consultant
I have been working in a motorhome rental specialist for the last three and half years. This is my first job since graduating from travel college and I LOVE IT! My travels have taken me to several parts of the US, Australia and also the beautiful pacific islands of Samoa, Tahiti, Rarotonga & Tonga.
Best Motorhome Tip: To avoid paying a big nasty bill at the end of your trip in the event of an accident, always take out insurance/Collision Damage Waiver.
Danielle Ryburn, Motorhome Consultant
Hi I'm Danielle, I deal with a lot of the phone and email enquiriesl. I love working in customer service and enjoy helping our customers to plan their travel adventures. Motorhome hire is a great option for free independent travelers that don't want to be tied down to the restrictions of prearranged tours that do not allow travelers to be spontaneous and free spirited. I love travelling myself and have so far ventured all over New Zealand and over the ditch to Melbourne and the Gold Coast.
Best Motorhome Tip: If you are travelling to or near the snow, add snow chains to your booking as an additional extra for safety purposes.
Kim Manlucu, Motorhome Consultant
I have worked as a motorhome travel consultant for around 5 years. Before I cam here, I was with Tourism Holdings who operate Maui, Britz and Backpacker fleets in Australia and New Zealand.
Within the 5 five years I've been in the travel and tourism industry, I have gone and seen different adventures that New Zealand, Australia and USA has to offer. To me, travelling to those adventures was easily enjoyed and cost effective with my Motorhome rental. Motorhomes or RVs are great for those who love the outdoors as you can travel at your own pace, enjoy views of each destination and stop at practically anywhere, any time. You have the freedom to design your own travel route in the comfort of your own fully equipped room.
Best Motorhome Tip: Why go through the hassle of multiple hotels and a car? You can do all that in one Motorhome booking.Dajon Eugene, Motorhome Consultant
I'm from the United States and I have traveled from Europe to the South Pacific. What I enjoy most about being in the travel industry is the people I meet on my trips. I find other cultures fascinating and I enjoy hearing others viewpoints and thoughts and seeing how they live. Traveling has enriched my life. I have worked in the travel industry a short time, only 2 years, but I have enjoyed it because the people are happy and excited to plan their holiday and I enjoy being the the one that can help them.
Best Motorhome Tip
Make sure that when someone is going over the briefing of the vehicle, that you ask lots of questions. This will make you feel more comfortable that you know how to operate the vehicle effectively.
Bronwyn Leishman, Accounts Administrator
I work in the accounts department and have been here for 6 months. Working in the travel industry is new to me, but travel definitely isn't ! I grew up in Japan and Singapore and have been lucky enough to have had the opportunity to travel to various countries in Europe, Asia and North America. What I love about travelling is that it's always an adventure and full of memories that you can take home - from the people you meet, the sights you see, and of course trying all the different foods!
It's never a dull moment in our accounts department from dealing with customers from all over the world with payment queries and processing many different currencies daily. It's a great feeling when
I can help assist a customer with a query and try to contribute to a great overall travel experience.
Best Motorhome Tip
My travel finance tip would be when you are travelling overseas to contact your credit card provider to make sure you don't have any international block on you card, this will prevent any nasty surprises with payments not going through!
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