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[Excerpt] American history reflects a long cycle of trade union decline and growth. Analysts routinely predict the death of the labor movement. (Yeselson 2012). Heralds of labor's demise often argue that unions were needed in the past, but modem, enlightened management and the need for economic competitiveness make them obsolete. (Troy 1999). But then, workers fed up with employers' exploitation decide to find new ways to defend themselves.
History does not repeat itself, and conditions now are not the same as those spurring the great organizing drives of the 1930s and '40s. Still, American workers have shown deep resourcefulness over long cycles of trade union growth, decline and regeneration. Workers' need for "somebody to back me up" in the face of employer power never disappears. The labor movement built by workers in the United States over the past century is still a strong base for working class advances and strengthening of collective bargaining in years to come.
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Compa, L. (2014). An overview of collective bargaining in the United States [Electronic version]. In J. G. Hernández (Ed.), El derecho a la negociación colectiva: Monografías de temas laborales (pp. 91-98). Seville: Consejo Andaluz de Relaciones Laborales.
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Lakewood's main library is the place to get informed about the upcoming vote on Lakewood Hospital.
This November, local voters will make a choice for or against a city ordinance closing Lakewood's publicly owned hospital. With early voting coming up even sooner, voters are invited to learn the details of this choice at a public Q&A, at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, September 13.
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Following the brief presentation, panelists will take audience questions on any and all aspects of the pending vote. The evening's panel will feature experienced representatives from law and government, including leaders of Save Lakewood Hospital.
Save Lakewood Hospital spokesman Kevin Young says that "This evening is local democracy at its simplest and best. Community leaders will sit down with neighbors, and discuss the issues and process of an important vote, face to face."
The Sept. 13 event will take place at Lakewood's main library, 15425 Detroit Avenue, in the first-floor multipurpose room. (The entrance to the multipurpose room is reached through the children's department.) Advance registration is required as seating is limited, but all are encouraged to sign-up while spaces last by calling (216) 586-2401. There is no cost to register.

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(Kitco News) – World stock markets were mixed to mostly firmer Monday. U.S. stock indexes are pointed toward slightly lower openings when the New York day session begins.
Gold prices are up on a short-covering bounce after hitting a five-week low on Friday.
Attention of the world marketplace early this week is the two-day meeting of the Federal Reserve's Open Market Committee (FOMC) that begins on Tuesday morning and ends Wednesday afternoon with a statement and a press conference from Fed Chair Janet Yellen. It's widely expected the FOMC will raise U.S. interest rates by 0.25% at this week's meeting. However, markets have already factored in the likely rate hike Wednesday, so keener focus will be on the Fed statement and Yellen's comments at her press conference regarding the pace of U.S. interest rate increases in the coming months.
The key outside markets on Monday morning sees the U.S. dollar index trading slightly higher. The dollar index is still in a price uptrend and has benefitted recently on the likelihood of a U.S. interest rate hike coming this week. Nymex crude oil prices are lower today and hit a 3.5-month low overnight. The oil market is in a tailspin at present, which has somewhat dented worldwide investor and trader risk appetite.
Overnight news was fairly quiet. Voters in The Netherlands head to the polls this week. Traders and investors want to see how the anti-establishment candidate Geert Wilders fares with the voters, as a gauge for the upcoming French presidential election in May.
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Timmy Horton Outdoors presented by Raymarine is a family-friendly outdoor television show recorded on public waters with the focus on entertaining and educating anglers of all levels.
Bassmaster Elite Pro, Timmy Horton has won over 1 million dollars on the Bassmaster trail. Tim hosts the show and provides an in depth perspective of "how to" become a better angler. The show is recorded on a variety of public waters around the country in order to provide a broad perspective of fishing action for viewers and to highlight different tactics and methods in various fishing scenarios.
Timmy's seasoned knowledge and laid-back style set the stage for an entertaining 30-minute show that presents a load of fishing tips for the viewer in every episode.
Timmy Horton Outdoors: National exposure on NBC Sports, Pursuit Channel, TWC Sports Channel and WFN, Timmy Horton Outdoors has seen substantial growth and placement since its initial airing in 2012. The feedback we get from our fans and our partners fuels our passion to deliver the most sought after programming in the fishing industry.
The Bass Pros: National exposure on The Outdoor Channel, Timmy has been a host of The Bass Pros since its launch in 2004. This is one of the highest rated shows in Outdoor Programming.
The Bassmasters Elite Series: National exposure on ESPN2 and The Outdoor Channel, Timmy was the only competitor in the history of the sport to win the coveted Bassmaster Angler of the Year title and the Rookie of the year title in the same season. Since his rookie year Timmy has been a five time Bassmaster Champion and qualified for 11 Bassmaster Classics.
Major League Fishing: National exposure on The Outdoor Channel, The format of MLF has been a huge success with the fans, and Timmy is one of only 24 Pro Anglers involved in this made for television series.
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While it's true that you pay for a private mailbox, what you're paying for is much more individual attention to your mail and a great storage capacity. Companies especially receive a large volume of mail that just isn't going to fit in the average mailbox. Because of this, a private mailbox may be the only way to comfortably and conveniently receive mail (click here).
The three standard sizes of personal mailbox include individual, business, and corporate. The word corporate should be a big hint as to the size of the personal mailbox. You're going to get much larger space here and be able to receive a larger volume of mail than in an individual mailbox.
In some cases, people may need an individual mailbox as an addition to their regular home delivery. For example, if someone sells products on a website, they may one want entire mailbox for their individual sales alone, instead of lumping that in with a home mailbox. When they receive correspondence from customers, they don't want that to be in there in their regular address. Safety can be another reason for a private mailbox. For example, you don't want everyone to have your home address. If you write online and receive correspondence from that, you might not want all of your readers to have your home address. Instead, they can comfortably send you mail to your private mailbox and you protect your identity and home from being known to people who might not agree with everything you write online.
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Bratwurst On Rails
17 September 2007 by Mathias Meyer
I can safely say that "Bratwurst On Rails" was a success. A lot of people showed up at the Kalkscheune, ate Bratwurst and had a good time.
Some statistics: - ca. 400 guests - 800 Bratwursts - 140 chicken sausages - 125 vegetarian sausages - 1100 bread rolls - 150 cupcakes (courtesy of Cupcake Berlin) - 100 brownies (courtesy of Misses & Marbles)
Thank you to all the people who helped organise and run the event, and thanks to our sponsors. Without you, the event wouldn't have been possible.
The first pictures are showing up on Flickr, so keep an eye on the "bratwurst on rails" tag. Here are some of the photos my girlfriend snapped yesterday.
I'm still a little bit exhausted, but it was all worth it.


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After growing a small plot of pumpkins on his family's land last year, 10-year-old Roberts resident and fifth grade St. Croix Central Elementary student Thomas Iverson wanted to go bigger for his second foray into pumpkin growing.
"We planted 1,500 seeds by hand, which was actually pretty fun. Then about 1,300 came up," Iverson said. "This is the first year with the actual business. I decided that I wanted to do it because I thought growing pumpkins was fun. Once we got the house, we had an acre of land and had nothing to put in it, so I decided 'let's put in pumpkins!"
Iverson named his pumpkin patch the Black Cat Punkin' Patch - located at 617 County Road J in honor of the black cat that followed him around while he was planting the seeds in early June.
"The black cat helped while I was planting seeds by lying on the hole," Thomas said.
However, before he could plant his seeds, the Iversons had to plow the land they were going to dedicate to the pumpkin patch.
"An older gentleman from our church heard that Thomas wanted to do that and he just showed up one day and disced the whole field and said, 'There you go. It is all ready for your pumpkins,'" said Thomas' mother, Gretchen. "We also borrowed a tractor with a tiller for after the plants came up to keep the weeds down as well. Lots of people helped him."
Not only did Thomas hand plant all of his seeds, but his family had to help him water the plants early in the growing season before his father, Mark, installed an irrigation system.
"We just made holes in the ground and put in the seed," Thomas said. "If you want them to grow big, and we weren't expecting ours to grow this big, you want to put some fertilizer on the field before you do it. Starbucks was doing this thing where they took the extra coffee grounds and bagged it up for your garden. So we put their coffee grounds around our plants and that made them grow extra big."
When the first pumpkins started to take shape, Thomas couldn't have been more excited to see his hard work pay off. The largest pumpkin produced in this year's patch weighed 62 pounds, with the rest of the pumpkins coming in between 30 and 60 pounds.
"I wasn't thinking that my pumpkins would grow that big, given how they started, but then they grew to be enormous," Thomas said.
The Iversons started selling Thomas' pumpkins at the beginning of October, allowing customers to come and pick out their pumpkins right from the field.
"We sold about 900 pumpkins. It was fun to meet a variety of different people. They all liked the cats and snuggled with them. I helped them wipe down their pumpkins after they got back from the field," Thomas said. "The season is done now that some of the pumpkins in the patch are starting to freeze. We are giving a lot of the leftover pumpkins to our friends who have animals so they can feed it to their horses, pigs or any of their other animals."
In order to advertise Thomas' pumpkin patch outside of the local community, Gretchen and Thomas put together a Facebook page for the Black Cat Punkin' Patch.
"The Facebook page attracted a lot of people from all over. We had people from Minneapolis, Spring Valley, east of Eau Claire," Gretchen said. "People seemed to like that it was a simple pick-your-own patch and was a quick in, quick out. People took pictures out there and we even had a family do their newborn baby pictures in the patch.
"A daycare center came by on a day Thomas was off of school so that was really nice, too. It was cold, but they had fun, especially with the things Thomas set up for them to enjoy."
According to Simply Giggle Roberts Childcare & Preschool director Ericka Evans, Thomas set up a variety of activities for her group of 3-year-olds, while his sister, Alyssa, allowed the children to pet her Mini Rex bunnies and taught the children about how she raises and takes care of them.
"They were so excited that we chose their little place to bring our kids to on a field trip that they set up all these fun activities for us to do. They even delivered all of our pumpkins we got as they were too big to fit into our van. Gretchen, Thomas, and Alyssa were so very kind and accommodating to our two teachers and 10 kids," Evans said.
Thomas and his family put the money he made from selling his pumpkins this year toward the purchase of a tractor so that they have their own to use for next year's pumpkin patch.
"But after I get the tractor all paid for, the next thing I'm going to save for is scuba gear. I like swimming and I thought it would be fun to swim in coral reefs while getting to see a bunch of new fish," Thomas said.
Thomas is planning on growing pumpkins for the foreseeable future, but he is considering mixing and matching the varieties with other gourds to see what will grow best. Thomas said he might even try growing a couple giant pumpkins as well.
"It was fun for all of us and I know Thomas had a blast. He would go out and greet everybody and bring a wagon to them for their pumpkin," Gretchen said. "He also donated some of his pumpkins to the elementary school for their second grade pumpkin project.
"We are very proud of him. If he puts his mind to something he will get it done. He is very determined."


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One of the first things that you see once you open the box containing the Seagate FreeAgent Pro 750GB external hard drive is the instructions with the words "this won't take long" printed on the front. Seagate knows how to live up to that promise too, all you need to do is plug the Seagate FreeAgent Pro 750GB external hard drive into the AC outlet then plug it into your PC via one of the trio of connection options including USB 2.0, e-SATA and FireWire 400.
Out of the box, the USB/e-SATA connection module is installed for you. If you want to use FireWire 400, you simply take a penny and unscrew the retention screw that keep the connection module in place and pop the FireWire 400 module in and tighten the screw back down. Seagate includes the USB cable and the FireWire 400 cable, but opted not to include the s-SATA cable, which is a bit disappointing. Many motherboards now come with e-SATA ports on the rear and e-SATA offers by far the best performance when using the Seagate FreeAgent Pro 750GB external hard drive. Unless you happen to have an e-SATA cable, you will need to buy one to take advantage of this interface.
There are no CDs inside the Seagate FreeAgent Pro 750GB external hard drive box for software or applications. All of that stuff is pre-installed on the Seagate FreeAgent Pro 750GB external hard drive. This is cool, and ensures that if you take the FreeAgent Pro to a different computer, you will have the software you need to get backups going. However, that means there is no hard copy to store in case you need to reformat or have an unexpected crash on the FreeAgent Pro. I would have liked to see the software CD included as well.
The software itself just needs to be installed from the Seagate FreeAgent Pro 750GB external hard drive to your computer to be functional. The application is easy to use and allows you to back up all the data on your computer at your choice of intervals. You can choose folder by folder, or simply back up everything. A one-click restore icon is also created with the backup in case you need to run a restore. The software keeps several versions of archived documents so if you make a mistake and then save the document with the mistake, you can get the original back. You can also duplicate and sync content like email, contacts and photos to your iPod, Shutterfly or other online storage space.
Inside the sleek, black aluminum exterior complemented by orange lights sits one of the tried and true Seagate 750GB internal hard drives. This drive is fast, and large enough to store just about anything you can throw at it. The drive stands upright and is smaller than most of Seagate's external storage drives, but is still larger than something designed for portability. The Seagate FreeAgent Pro 750GB external hard drive measures in at 7.5" tall x 1.4" thin x 6.3" deep and weighs two pounds. The spindle speed on the drive is 7200 rpm.
The drive itself is compatible with Windows Vista, 2000, and XP as well as Mac 10.3.9 on a Power PC G3, G4, or G5 processor and Mac OXS X 10.4.6 or higher in an Intel Core Duo or Core Solo processor. However, the software will not work on Mac and the drive will need to be reformatted for Mac use.
Now we will talk a bit about the performance aspects of the Seagate FreeAgent Pro 750GB external hard drive. I used HD Tach, Sanda XI, and ran a backup of the "My Documents" folder to see how long it would take to write data to the drive.
HD Tach
First was HD Tach, which showed a random access time of 21.7ms with 9% CPU utilization and an average read time of 32.3 MB/second. Compare those numbers to the Toshiba 200GB external drive with a random access time of 15.4 seconds and an average read speed of 28.6MB/s and you can see that the much larger storage capacity means longer waits when reading and writing data.
Sandra XI
I ran two benchmarks form Sandra XI, the Removable Storage benchmark and the File Systems benchmark. The removable storage benchmark showed a combined index of 39198 with an endurance factor of 4.0. The Toshiba 200Gb external could only muster a combined index of 10112 in comparison making the Seagate FreeAgent Pro 750GB external hard drive clearly faster in this benchmark.
The file system benchmark gave a drive index of 28 MB/s and a random access time of 8ms. To compare the Toshiba 200GB external drive has a drive index of 28 MB/s and a random access time of 9ms making for a virtual dead heat here performance wise.
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I also executed a back up of the "My Documents" folder on my computer via the included software. The folder size was 1.4GB and it took 2 minutes and 35 seconds to complete. I think that the Seagate FreeAgent Pro 750GB external hard drive is a great drive for those looking for an external hard drive with lots of capacity and good looks to sit on their desk.
All in all the Seagate FreeAgent Pro 750GB external hard drive is a fantastic product. You really can't ask for much more, the drive is large, easy to use and set up, and looks good. Seagate has a winner with the Seagate FreeAgent Pro 750GB external hard drive.
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Somebody, please point me to the person in charge of deciding where zebra crossings go?
At my kids' school it's ridiculous.
The zebra crossing over there, on what I believe is called Gaddafi Road, is a little faded, but that is not the problem – it might actually be the solution, because the sooner it disappears, the better.
Because the crossing runs from one end of the road to the other, right onto the entranceway into a parking lot (see above, again).
Yes – the safe crossing point at my children's school leads pedestrians straight into oncoming traffic. There are crazier things happening in the world, of course, but this would be high on your list if it were happening to your children two times every day.
This is not the fault of the Aga Khan Education Services, which is run by hard-working educationists and administrators, because my expectation of them is to provide an education and an environment in which that education will be received and absorbed in an enjoyable manner.
Which is why I ask again: who is in charge of these things? Who is the person who took time to examine the problem children and parents were facing getting across this busy road, and worked out that a zebra crossing would solve it?
That person must have researched the concept of zebra crossings and the fact that they give right of way to pedestrians – the same right of way that driving instructors, back when I was in driving school, explained to me in some detail.
On establishing that a zebra crossing would be a good solution to the problem of children and parents risking life crossing a busy road in Kampala City, the person behind the Aga Khan zebra crossing probably got to work designing it.
From the looks of it, that person's idea of 'design' was to: a) Draw black and white strips. b) Leave.
The strips aren't even all the same size!
Taking into account the speed of internet access used to google 'zebra crossing' (if that person's internet provider is the same as mine), and the time taken to pick up one pencil and one sheet of paper, this entire process should have taken four minutes.
And that person certainly didn't get involved in painting the actual zebra crossing onto the road, otherwise the folly of its placement would have been clear to see, if they had their wits about them while doing the painting.
That folly is clear to us, parents and children alike, as we make that crossing daily like gladiators facing vehicular monsters under the control of the maniacal drivers Kampala seems to produce in their thousands.
The plot thickened recently when due to genuine security concerns cars were prohibited from driving into the school yard to drop children off, and more recently when the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) rightly put a stop to the practice of parking on the pavements.
So now, all vehicles must go into that one parking lot, accessible strictly over the same single zebra crossing that leads children and those parents adventurous enough to accompany their young into the arena.
Not all parents or minders, I might add, face this danger; some are too busy to get involved and toss their little ones out of the car in order to head off into commerce and duty. They are not taking risks, I presume, since there have been no reports in the recent past of vehicular tragedy at this school.
Other parents, minders and drivers, while speeding off to their other lives, narrowly escape killing their children's classmates every morning and afternoon while doing so.
Again, they can't be fully to blame because their only access in and out of the parking lot is by way of the zebra crossing.
Luckily, there is a traffic officer present most mornings to guide the chaos. But if the zebra crossing designer had applied just a little bit of planning during their work, then that traffic officer would have been deployed to create a higher level of order or handle a more serious crime elsewhere.
The officer in question is most times assisted by some parking attendants kindly provided by the school and, together with parents and children, small crowds form to intimidate the vehicles enough to avert death.
The challenge is entertaining to observe, but some times also irritating. Like the Friday before last when one Nadia-driving lady impatiently hooted at a group of parents, children and attendants to get them out of her way after she had dropped her 'passengers' off.
On realising that her car horn was not achieving the desired effect, she took a leaf from the book of taxi drivers and drove over the pavement and kerb, inches away from ANOTHER group of parents and children, and made her way into the road.
The irony of a child-dropping parent being a threat to the lives of other children and parents doing the same is as thick as that of the zebra crossing leading into the parking lot; and just a little less thick than the designer of this zebra crossing itself.


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As we get closer and closer to releasing the first version of Plantola I have been thinking a lot lately about what we stand for and the problems we are trying to solve. Do you need a mission statement to build a mobile app? Probably not, but the app is just a means to and end. Apps will probably look a lot different 10 years from now, they might not even be called Apps, but the principles that guide this project will remain the same, and influence every decision we make in the weeks, months and (knock on wood), years to come.
So what is the mission?
We want there to be more plants in the world, growing in more places, and planted and cared for by more people. "More plants, in more places, cared for by more people"
More Plants
We are not just talking quantity here, we are also talking diversity. Gardeners and home owners can play an important role in safeguarding the genetic diversity of the plant world by planting a diverse variety of plants, including native species in their gardens, yards and communities.
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There is literally a plant for every space. There is such a diversity of plant material in the world, adapted to every conceivable soil condition and micro climate, that almost any space can be green. There are so many positives of a world full of plants that we would be foolish not to have plants everywhere.
More People
Forests don't plant themselves, well at least after you have cleared them and built a subdivision. There is only so much governments can do to green our communities, everyone can play a part, starting with something as small as replacing part of their lawn with a pollinator garden, or watering a tree planted in a public space.


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We get asked at Archadeck of Charlotte all of the time if the EZ Breeze window system from PGT Industries can turn a screen porch into a 4-season room. The answer is sort of. We that are fortunate enough to live in the Carolina's, have temperate weather year around. You can use a space heater on the coldest days in winter and ceiling fans on the hottest days in summer and it does make it bearable. The EZ Breeze windows are great at keeping pollen and dust, rain and wind out of your screen porch. It also will definitely prolong the use of your porch! For pictures and videos of projects using EZ Breeze windows, take a look at our galleries at http://www.charlotte.archadeck.com
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Can you give me an idea of what the cost would be to convert my screen porch into a four seasons room. Most of the openings are seven feet high. There are two openings that are eight feet wide, two four feet wide and one 10 feet wide.


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The internet is making us stupid (or, I'm better than you because I broke my phone)
I've been living semi-technology free lately, but not by choice, and I think it's making me smarter. But also more desperate. Let me paint a picture for you. (or Google image search, as the situation may be.)
A couple weeks ago (12 days and counting), I sent in my brand-new cell phone in for repairs. Since then, I've been unreachable before and after work, and on weekends. At the same time, we cancelled cable last week. And yesterday, we saw The Artist, which is the new hotness in cinema because it's a silent movie; that is, no voice acting, only the soundtrack.
All of these things combined are making me think deeply about whether we as a modern Western society wade too much in the shallows of the fickle internet and spend not enough time thinking more deeply.
For example, here's my daily schedule with my cell phone: wwake up to cell phone alarm, read Facebook feed, then email to wake up for about 10 minutes. Bathroom stuff. Go downstairs and check tasks for the day on the phone, then read the news on either my iPad or my laptop. Mr. B drives me to work and I listen to music on my phone on the way to work on the train while I read books on my iPad. If I get an email or Facebook notification while I'm on the train, I read it.
At work, I use my phone to check my tasks and also listen to music sometimes. After work, I listen to it again for music on the train, also checking Facebook and Twitter and email again. Then I use it to call my mom and other people after work. I go to sleep with it. If it's a gym day, I record my workouts on my workout app and also listen to music in the gym on my phone.
I'm constantly looking for that hit: the Facebook comment notification, the email update, the missed call. When I sent it in, all of that was gone.
It was really disconcerting for the first couple hours. However, it wasn't necessarily a bad thing:
The first week without phone was great. Like before, I was constantly looking down at a pool full of koi, every five minutes, noticing each ripple, and suddenly, I didn't have to notice each time a fish swam by and take any action on it. I could now instead look up at the clear blue sky without interruption. During that time, I felt more relaxed. No Facebook, no Twitter, no Pinterest (by the way, can I interest you in my Sexy Men of History board?,) no Goodreads, no anything that you can do for a couple minutes at a time while waiting for a train, waiting for the elevator, or waiting for a meeting. My mind was free! Free to think the great thoughts that Concerned Citizen Nicholas Carr says we're not thinking as a result of being in the shallows! Free to be the writer I've always wanted to be!
So what did I achieve with my free time? True, I've been reading more dead tree books about dead white guys. I've been listening to more music and drifting away with my imagination. I've written one new short story that maybe I wouldn't have. Being without a phone was definitely a disruption and helped me to see the world differently, and it's kind of funny to watch people on their phones, also like rats, and be kind of horrified about how you look the same.
But by the second week, I was desperate for a hit of Information. On Sunday, for example, I had to meet a friend around a part of town that I'm not familiar with. And not just any meeting: I was trying on bridesmaid dresses for her wedding. I wanted to be on time so she wouldn't be stressed out. I'd jotted down directions, but what if I was wrong? I actually missed a turn I needed, one which GPS would have told me about. When I finally found the place, there was no one there. I started panicking that I was at the wrong place, but couldn't call or text my friend to let her know I was there.
Last week on the train, I had a really good idea for a short story that would be part of the short story collection I'm really hoping to self-publish this year. I usually write the idea in GMail email subject lines and email it to myself into a special folder category. But this time I couldn't, and the thought was lost with the trip. (I know, bring a pen, stupid. But it's not the same.) Last week, we were over at friends' house. Their baby is seriously learning to walk and it's cute and funny. I wanted to take a picture of him doing it, but couldn't, since no phone. Another friend started a new job last week. I wanted to call her and ask her how it was going. I called her using Google Voice, which I've been using to check my voicemail, but she wasn't there so I had to leave a voicemail from a weird phone number. Sometimes I like to capture sunrises over Philadelphia from my office on the 43rd floor (God, that sounded so white just now.) Couldn't do it.
My phone is supposed to be back on Thursday and I am both happy and sad.
So, where's the middle between not enough and too much? Between silent movies and 3D special effects jam-packed features? Between nothing and everything?
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In 2010, the future of the Chinese LED market was looking brighter than ever. The world economy was recovering from the "Great Regression," new environmental and efficiency initiatives outlined in the country's twelfth five‐year plan would soon go into effect, and Chinese central and local governments were actively supporting the procurement of high‐tech production technology across all industrial segments. Seeing LEDs and solid-state lighting (SSL) as a growth sector, the government set out to control the entire value chain, but not all went as planned.
However, slow export sales from China, lack of technological know how, and over expansion would combine to keep significant market share in the hands of multinationals, streamline the value chain, and perhaps even hinder China's future ability to innovate.
Route to commoditization
This story of commoditization started over two years ago. This was a time when the world was coming out of the trough created by the great recession. Chinese exports had dipped and international demand for TVs, appliances, and lighting was expected to rebound. A five‐year plan with major sections focused on incorporating green technology had just been published. There would be a government‐driven push for efficient products and subsidies for high‐tech industries. Finally, the existing production capabilities of Chinese LED wafer suppliers were meager. For LED suppliers in 2010, it was the time to act. And so they did.
Chinese authorities are not shy about rolling up their sleeves and tinkering with markets. To wrestle market share away from imports and multinationals, the Chinese planners applied the same economic strategy they had applied to other other high‐tech green products – volume. Increasing production volumes will push prices down and commoditize the product. With high enough output, product differentiation will shrink, and internationally recognized products will lose their advantage. Presumably American, German, Japanese and Taiwanese giants such as Cree, Osram, Nichia and Epistar simply would not be able to compete with the cheap domestic products. It worked for solar panels. Why not LEDs?
These policy makers started by promoting upstream industries, downstream industries and everything in between. Local governments supported regional LED suppliers by enacting policies that called for municipal lighting projects to only use LEDs made by a regional manufacturer. Some, such as those in Guangdong, went so far to demand that all public lighting use only LEDs in 3‐years time.
This combination of expected growth in exports after 2010, optimism from the five‐year plan, and government backing in just about every form fueled capacity and begin the first stage of commoditization. Over the next two years, the number of MOCVD tool purchases increased dramatically. In 2010, there were about 220 MOCVDs owned across 16 Chinese companies. By the end of 2011, the same 16 companies had just short of 500 units.
Output up, prices down
With such a massive increase in production capacity, prices began to drop as supply outweighed demand. LED prices declined by 10‐15% every year since 2010, with some sectors, particularly blue and white low power LEDs, dropping more rapidly.
Domestic wafer suppliers now find that as the total production capabilities of competitors increased (and product differentiation decreased) pricing power of companies began to diminish. As market power decreases, so does the company's mark‐up, and companies were finding their margins squeezed. One domestic supplier noted: "Companies which manufacture blue LEDs have basically been squeezed to the point where they do not make any profit…There is not a very positive outlook in the LED wafer market."
Shandong Inspur Huangguang Optoelectronics, a large domestic manufacturer of LEDs, had 16 MOCVD tools in 2010. By the end of 2011, this company had procured another 16 MOCVD systems. In the 2011 business year, however, this company ran their factory at an average of about 44%. This means most of their production equipment had been sitting idle and not returning on the investment.
Margins and mergers
As prices and margins continue to decrease, smaller companies in the middle stages of the value chain will be forced to either leave the market or become acquired by larger companies. Concurrently, larger companies will look to expand their range of offerings. APT, a domestic company, has already moved toward this trend. In 2010, the company only offered LED chips, but has expanded production capabilities to include LED devices.
Cree, an American company, is stretched over many stages of the chain, occupying materials, chips, wafers, modules and component supplies. Other companies, such as Samsung, control the entire value chain, from chip production, to the OEM application.
Consolidation and mergers will be a slow but necessary process. Over the next five years or so, the market will become more streamlined and more concentrated. Instead of five different steps, it will be reduced to three: a front‐end, a back‐end and an application step (See Fig. 2).
The story of commoditization is commonplace in China, but it may not be the best way to control the entire value chain, as was its initial intention with SSL. Instead, international wafer and LED suppliers will remain key players, since they will still be the only other suppliers capable of manufacturing the high lumen, high quality, high‐intensity white LEDs which comprise over 70% of the total LED market by revenues (but only about 7% by sales volume). Commoditization does reduce prices but it can compromise a company's technological advancement.
From an investment standpoint, China has spent heavily in expanding its production capabilities. If these investments were to fail, then there would be little incentive to invest further and try to develop a better product, a product which is competitive with those produced by foreign companies. For this reason, commoditization will fail to put the upper end of the value chain into the hands of domestic Chinese companies. LEDs are showing to be resistant to China's commoditization economic model.


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(01) Ten of Swords
I stumbled through the forest after a long day's journey. Truth be told, I was ready to plummet into a nice, warm bed. It must have been around two in the morning, and I was on my way to a place uncannily like Hogwarts spliced with the New Student Center. It looked like a massive castle. On the way there, I saw animals frozen in the mud by a charm; bears, otters, birds, even acorns and traces of a flood. Most of them had their teeth out as if they were running from something in fury.
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I finally arrived to my room and found it felt alien to me. It was almost empty and didn't feel the least bit homey. As I looked out the door, I saw naked couples sneaking into their room from time to time and a girl coming out of her room and disappearing into the stairs. They came to and from the communal bathrooms.
I locked myself up in the lonely room and figured I would have to wait until daytime to get the rest sorted out. The exhaustion didn't let me think straight, so I took off my clothes, changed, and crawled into bed.
(02) Page of Swords
I regained consciousness at an Ayahuasca center deep in the Dreamworld Amazon with Mom and C. We were at the shore of a large lake, the water was muddled and you couldn't see into it. The sky was a wild magenta, it brought together the rays of the vain sun. In our trance we could pull messages from the celestial rays.
The three of us stepped into the communal showers, each of which were in bungalows. They were separated by bamboo sticks and curtains. Beyond that was the river, they were all lining the shore. Stepping out, I let my soap drop and didn't notice.
I went to meet up with the others to check if they were okay, but they were so caught up in the enjoyment of their showers that I went back to my bungalow. It was occupied, so I waited outside. The guru came out in a uniform and said he refilled it with soap, then invited me inside.
We reunited after the shower and laughed, commenting that the Gypsy Patricia would not believe we were there if we told her. The three of us, congregated at the Amazon for the first time, partaking in the divine ritual of the Ayahuasca.
(03) Knight of Swords
J and I went level by level at a toy store. We were admiring many things, the strangest of which was a stripper pole. He shot me a look that a man mistook J was shooting to his wife. The man got confrontational and I stepped in to reason with the man. Even though we clearly stated we were a couple, he didn't understand that it wasn't his wife that was being targeted. We were forced to run, so run we did. Each floor down from the 8 had less products and people, and looked more like a hospital.
Around 4, a man in uniform ran up and shot us with a white mist. We avoided it and went to the first two floors. When we got there, we went into a room to hide and found people dying of a pox on bunk beds. We covered our faces, particularly our mouths and escaped through a narrow gape. As soon as we were out in the light of day, we witnessed a plane take off right in front of us.
Change of scene.
I was a vampire vigilante that could turn into a bat. After making the mistake to ride an elevator with one of the head honchos, I was attacked and left for dead in an elevator that was shot. I turned to a bat and fled.
Went to an activity as human form only to find there was a bomb planted in a nearby field where a game was being held. I knew it would go off, but couldn't locate it in time to deactivate it. The bomb went off and wounded orkilled many people. I followed my vampire lord in close pursuit, since he was being taken away by a band of bad guys.
Stuck in the 2nd floor looking for a way out while a gang tortured my lord, who looked just like Chris Pohl. The windows were too heavy to open in bat form, and only then I realized how little free space I had lived with in terms of windows and ways to escape. The pressure was insane, but I manged to come out unscathed.
(04) Queen of Swords
I was sitting next to JS, a friend from college. He smiled earnestly and explained he was on his way out of a halfway house. I asked for a ride when the college activity was over and he took me. We smilded at one another in the car
I got a call from someone supposed to be my friend. Her voice was muffled on the phone. I told her I was very upset with her. It is as if she did not hear me.
Change of scene.
You danced in the midst of a fill room with grace and elegance, and never seemed to break into a sweat. The place was packed, people had their dinner and enjoyed their drinks as if you were not there.
On the television, it said the best dance audition ever had been done on tv. When it said stretch, you went as far as you could. Your body twisted to impossible proportions and poses; finally, you pulled your jaw to the point it didn't look human anymore. That got the room"s attention applause for the ghostly pale woman with black hair in the red dress.
(05) King of Swords
Speaking through the phone on a long distance call with H. As we were catching up, I asked him if he was happy. He said he was… all the resentment went away between us, but I still didn't feel at ease with him. He had crossed the line one too many times and done too much.
He seemed interested to talk, but I was more interested in keeping secrets. Every time he asked about a certain aspect of my life, I felt he was trying to usher the conversation towards an uncomfortable subject. When you recognize somebody's strategy, you can do your best to thwart it. It was best if he knew nothing.
Change of scene.
Mom and I were waiting at a terminal. We were on our way home from a very long trip. We got into an empty monorail when a man came in after us. He Sir Patrick Stewart, the knighted actor. We sat quietly in the bunk, but he started up a conversation with us. It was smalltalk, but it got us all thinking. It felt natural even though we were intimidated with admiration. When we got to our stop, we thanked him cheerfully and went on our way. We smiled bright.
You can't force a dream to be something it isn't. When I went into this project, I hoped to receive messages that would become more helpful to my blog readers. I half expected to dream in a world that wouldn't be so personal, but it obviously didn't go that way. Instead, this project has me immersed in the maddening world of my past entwined with my present and my future. At times nothing makes sense, sometimes the dreams are so boring that it embarrasses me to post them... but they're real. Every last one of these entries are the best possible representation of a dream that I had prompted from tarot cards. It's really interesting how some prompt dreams that I remember vividly, while others make me wring my brain for details. You can tell which ones I remember better than others, and which ones I feel resonate the most with what I am going to in my daily life. I strongly recommend trying this out if you want a little extra push for your dreams.
I got the idea for the Tarot Diary from my friend Daniel; I met him online a few months ago. He seemingly appeared out of nowhere, and his brilliant mind changed the way I look into experimenting with the tarot. While I has doing meditations on cards and having tea with the court cards, he was dreaming in the realm of a particular card every night. He enticed me into trying it out for myself, but we lost touch when the project started rolling. I'm not sure if he even cares to know he inspired me to try this out, but I'm thankful that he was the driving force of motivation behind Tarot Dreams. Even though we are no longer in touch, I feel the right thing to do is to credit him for his creativity.


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Re-entering Develop Persona Resets Values
jeffcarlson posted a topic in (Pre 1.7) Bugs on MacI opened a raw file, applied adjustments in the Develop persona, and clicked the Develop button. Next I applied some adjustments in the Photo persona. If I want to go back into the Develop persona and make a change to the raw settings (such as changing Lens Correction), everything is set back to 0%—it's not retaining the last Develop state. This must be a bug, because there's a tutorial video on the site that shows this working. Thanks, Jeff
Non-destructiv - destructiv
Guzzi posted a topic in Affinity on Desktop Questions (Mac and Windows)Hi. It is often pointed out that AP works non-destructively, which should have special advantages. I can't do anything with these terms in the context of photo editing. Who can explain the advantages and disadvantages to me? If I have edited a photo, I never save or export back to the original anyway. So it definitely remains undamaged. Es wird oftmals darauf hingewiesen, dass AP non-destructiv arbeitet, was besondere Vorteile haben soll. Ich kann im Zusammenhang mit Fotobearbeitung mit diesen Begriffen nichts anfangen. Wer kann mir die Vor- und Nachteile erklären? Wenn ich ein Foto bearbeitet habe, speichere oder exportiere ich ohnehin nie auf das Original zurück. Es bleibt also auf jeden Fall unzerstört. Grüße Guzzi
Compound Vector Masks (1.7 update)
MikeMo posted a topic in Feedback for Affinity Designer on DesktopMy suggestion would be to allow for editing of Compound Vector Masks without having to un-nest them first or destructively converting to curves. Sadly, the lack of this feature alone is enough to stop me from using A.Designer for any commercial work. This suggestion is to update an older request that I made which has now been put in the warehouse as I fear it may be lost to the sands of time.
Bug with non-destructive boolean add operation ?
clamb posted a topic in (Pre 1.7) Bugs on MacHello, First, a disclaimer : I am a beginner as I have just bought Affinity Designer 1.6.1 this morning. While following the tutorials "For Beginners Too (Affinity Designer)", I tried the non destructive add operation. However, it looks like there is a problem. Would you mind having a look at the youtube video named "Problem with Affinity Designer" (https://youtu.be/-wd89ZfpTbs) (30 seconds) and tell me wether it's a bug or not ? Regards, clamb
Embedded document editing
p_mac posted a topic in Affinity on Desktop Questions (Mac and Windows)Have been reading about smart objects on this form so I viewed a video on PS smart objects. As noted by the awesome moderators, AP has the ability to do almost the same thing. After developing a photo I saved and then Placed it into a predefined doc for printing. However I wanted to do some changes so I clicked the move tool which brought up Edit Document in the header. Clicking that opened the original so that I was able to do the edits with AP filters which automatically updated the Embedded document. However when I tried to wrap an image around an object with the Mesh Warp tool, it updated the Embedded doc but I was not able to go back and change it. Is that possible? The other thing that I noted and this could be because of the camera and lens I was using, after going back and forth a few times, the processing became quite dodgy and slow. I was using a Sony A7R3 and the Sony 100-400 GM lens (not yet supported by Afinity).
Mask guide - Affinity Photo feature suggestion
cosmical posted a topic in Older Feedback & Suggestion PostsSemi-automatic masking / masking guide tool for Affinity Photo Here is best example i can find (youtube link) - Zephyr's Masquerade tool is semi-automatic masking tool, user paint guide lines which help algorithm to solve alpha channel. Its very fast, i don't know for sure how it works, but i would guess that those guide lines descrip to the algorithm textures and colors which are wanted (or/and unwanted) for mask. This come to my mind when i saw Adobe's new automatic subject selection demo, where user don't have any control, just some kind of lucky button, so i thought serif could make better, and i think this kind of tool would be much better with better flexibility and control. And it should be non-destructive, it could be based on editable splines/vector paths (like freehand pen tool, or affinity design's Pencil tool) for example? Maybe Affinity Photo should have "Mask persona" (all masking tools in same place, with lasso selection, mask bursh, guide brush, some procedural masking tools? vector tools, refine tools etc. with easy to use possibility control and edit multiple mask channels for same layer, if layer has multiple mask/alpha channels then mask persona would be great way to control the complexity, at least it would be nice to have way to control multiple alpha layers like separated hair mask, head mask, etc. for detailed and flexible workflow)
Migration from Adobe to Affinity Photo
Arash posted a topic in Affinity on Desktop Questions (Mac and Windows)Hello, I am considering changing my workflow based on Adobe "Bridge + Camera Raw + Photoshop" on Windows to another product and I was pointed to Affinity Photo. Before trying I would like to check if this makes sense at. So if possible I would like to profit from your experience to help me make a start on some questions to see if this a road worth pursuing for me. I use Bridge for photo selection, Camera Raw for work on photos and Photoshop for refined work and printing (with color management). Can I do these with Affinity? Can Affinity support non-destructive workflow? Does Affinity support colors management and preview with other color profiles? How does it manage printing? Can I print letting Affinity manage color profiles as I do in Photoshop? Can Affinity read and use my existing CR2 files with the companion XMP file generated by Adobe Camera Raw (these XMP files contain not only the IPTC data, but also the work on the photo I did with Camera Raw) Can Affinity read the Photoshop PSD files? I use layers layer masks and have Smart Objects embedded. Many thanks for your patience and help. Regards
Non-Destructive Workflow Convert to Greyscale
Luko posted a topic in Affinity on Desktop Questions (Mac and Windows)Hi All, Anyone knows what is a good method to convert color images to greyscale non-destructively? Except the Black & White feature. I'm working on a school yearbook, most of the images is groups of children, class group images and sport group images. Thank you.
DAM App for iOS?
photoman1960 posted a topic in Feedback for Affinity Photo on iPadFirst just want to say a BIG THANKS for AP, best $20.00 I have ever spent. I have been working in Photoshop since 1995 and while a great program, when Lightroom (2.0) made it's debut in 2008, I was hooked, mainly due to it's non-destructive design. However as Adobe has not made a real effort to support iOS, I am very much hoping that Serif is looking at a similar full featured program for iOS on the heels of AP. You do this, you have a customer for life.
Designer (W) 220.127.116.11 non-destructive pen shape compound broken
Ferrangie posted a topic in (Pre 1.7) Bugs on WindowsI was following the "For Beginners Too" video tutorial when I found a problem performing non-destructive (using the ALT key) compounds of two or more vector layers where one (or more) layers includes a "pen mode" closed-drawing (smart mode) vector: the layers fail to combine properly. If I repeat the procedure but use a destructive compound; I've had no problem. I've tested against regular shapes without a pen drawing and that seems to work perfectly, destructive or not. But, trying to compound a pen-mode shape layer with any other regular vector shape or another pen-mode layer has bad results. It doesn't crash the program, rather the resulting boolean shape which is wrong. And, on a side note: the Divide button doesn't gray out (the other compound buttons do gray) after the compound. Did I use the word "compound" enough?
non-destructive versus destructive editing
pb2016 posted a topic in Affinity on Desktop Questions (Mac and Windows)Thanks for making the Photo Windows beta available. I look forward to testing it. I even forced myself to switch to an Aero UI to allow using the Beta. I am presently a Lightroom user and thus accustomed to fully non-destructive editing. In case it is relevant I edit Nikon RAW images, and usually export to JPG or TIFF. So I would normally start in the Develop persona. I'd like to clarify what editing is and is not non-destructive within Affinity Photo. Is this accurate: Anything done with an adjustment layer is non-destructive. Are filter layers also non-destructive? Is everything else destructive in the sense of getting baked into the image when done so it cannot later be undone? If the above is accurate then I gather the entire Develop module is destructive? If I save to an Affinity Photo document is it accurate that everything is effectively non-destructive in that the document can be re-opened, previous edits adjusted or deleted, and a new versioin of an image exported? Is the Affinity Photo document large - i.e. does it contain a copy of the image or is it only the editing instructions similar to a Lightroom .XMP sidecar file? Thanks, Pete
save RAW adjustments / non-destructive editing
shootingpandas posted a topic in Affinity on Desktop Questions (Mac and Windows)Hi everybody, I just purchased Photo and like it so far! So as I'm totally new, and the search didn't return any results: is there a way to save all the adjustments I made to a RAW image before developing it? Similar to the .XMP sidecars Adobe creates? I don't want to create presets for every single change I made - I just want to save all the adjustments and changes including overlays, blemish removals, etc. to a file so that I can go back into the RAW file and re-adjust the work I've done without having to do it all over again. Thanks!
Investigations about non-destructive dodge&burn
shir posted a topic in Tutorials (Serif and Customer Created Tutorials)All have started with this tutorial Non-Destructive Dodge & Burn. When I tried to use it I found that I don't have same effect as real dodge & burn tool. Then I asked this question in Forum, and got some ideas. But still wasn't happy. I decided to figure it out and followed next steps in my investigation: dodge&burn simulation.afphoto - I prepared stepped gradient. - Copied it and applied dodge and burn tools with different tonal ranges (highlights, midtones, shadows) and different opacity and hardness (100% and 50%). - Above original gradient I created new 50%-grey layer with Overlay blend mode. - Draw with white (for dodge) and black (for burn) brush with same opacity and hardness preferences. - Edit Blend options for this new later to get same result as appropriate dodge and burn And here are results that I have: Dodge Highlights. Dodge midtones Dodge shadows (yes, shadows are very similar to midtones). Burn highlights This can't be simulated with "Overlay" blend mode, because in overlay white always states whites, but with burn highlights white becomes grey. I tried over blend modes, but without success. Very hard to simulate. Burn midtones I didn't have exactly match. But very close. I don't think you will notice a difference in real work. Burn shadows I also attach Affinity Photo file with my experiments, so anybody may try. Here are some shortcuts used to name layers: - d - dodge - ds - dodge simulation - b - burn - bs - burn simulation - h - highlights - m - midtones - s - shadows - o-100% - opacity 100% - h-100% - hardness 100% dodge&burn simulation.afphoto Conclusions: using non-destuctive dodge&burn with Overlay blend mode may be pretty tricky. I hope developers will make native non-destructive dodge-burn tool. Something like healing tool with option "Current and bellow".
Develop personas - non-destructive
punpunworld posted a topic in Affinity on Desktop Questions (Mac and Windows)From my understanding, photo editing in Photo Personas is non-destructive. Please kindly advise whether the photo editing in Develop Personas is non-destructive or destructive? After I finished the photo edit in Develop Personas and click the button "Develop", could i go back again and cancel what I have adjusted in Develop Personas.


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The Church attributes authorship of the earliest Gospel to Mark the Evangelist, one of the 70 disciples of Christ, and the founder of the Church of Alexandria, one of the original four major Christian dioceses.
A common tradition identifies Mark the Evangelist with John Mark of the Scriptures (Acts 12:12, 25; 13:5, 13; 15:37), though Hippolytus and others disagree. Mark is said to have become Peter's interpreter, the writer of the first Gospel, the founder of the Church in Africa, and the bishop of Alexandria.
According to Eusebius of Caesarea, Peter apparently chose Mark at some point and made him his travel companion and interpreter. Mark, having recorded "notes" on the sermons of Peter, utilized them in composing his account of the Gospel.
Mark is said to have left for Alexandria in the third year of Claudius (43 AD), arriving there around 49 AD, some 19 years after the ascension of Christ. There he founded the Church of Alexandria, the descendant of which today is the Coptic Orthodox Church. Aspects of the Coptic liturgy are said to be traced back to St. Mark himself, the first bishop of Alexandria. According to Eusebius (Eccl. Hist. 2.24.1), Mark was succeeded by Annianus as bishop in the eighth year of Nero (62/63 AD), probably, but not definitely, due to his coming death. Later Coptic tradition says that Mark was martyred in 68 AD.
Mark's feast day is celebrated on April 25, and his symbol is the lion.
In 828, relics believed to be those of St. Mark were stolen from Alexandria by two Venetian merchants and taken to Venice, where a basilica was built to house the relics.
On June 22, 1968, Coptic Pope Cyril VI of Alexandria sent an official delegation to Rome to receive a relic of St. Mark from Pope Paul VI. The delegation included ten metropolitans and bishops, seven of whom were Coptic and three Ethiopian, as well as three Coptic lay leaders.
The relic was said to be a small piece of bone that had been given to the Roman Pope by Giovanni Cardinal Urbani, Patriarch of Venice. Pope Paul, in his address to the delegation, noted that the rest of Mark's relics remained in Venice. The next day, the metropolitans, bishops, and priests of the delegation all participated in the pontifical liturgy in the Church of St. Athanasius in Rome.


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Plaintiffs, including CUNA and certain state credit union leagues and credit unions, urged a Pennsylvania federal judge today to reject Wendy's Co. request to dismiss a class action lawsuit against the fast-food giant over its alleged inadequate security response to a data breach.
Submitting a brief to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania, the financial institution and association plaintiffs refuted Wendy's assertion that there are no "legitimate claims" in the lawsuit, which was initiated by First Choice FCU.
The brief calls the breach the "the inevitable result of Wendy's inadequate data security measures and lackadaisical approach to the security of the payment card data it collected."
Plaintiffs purport that the financial costs caused by Wendy's deficient data security approach have been borne primarily by credit unions and other financial institutions that issued the payments cards that were compromised in the breach that occurred in 2015 and carried over into 2016.
Costs associated with recent data breaches are substantial--reaching millions of dollars--and include, but are not limited to, canceling and reissuing compromised cards and reimbursing the cardholders for fraudulent charges associated with the breach, CUNA has noted.
These out-of-pocket costs, CUNA maintains, are sufficient to keep the matter before the court. CUNA joined the lawsuit, aimed at recouping those costs borne by financial institutions, in June.
Industry sources have estimated that fraudulent charges from the Wendy's breach are even greater than those from other huge breaches, such as those occurring at Target and Home Depot.
CUNA surveys found credit unions alone were hit with nearly $60 million in costs after Home Depot's 2014 data breach and $30.6 million after Target's 2013 data breach.
The Georgia Credit Union Affiliates, Indiana Credit Union League, Michigan Credit Union League, and Ohio Credit Union League also are parties to the lawsuit.


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Teaching English in the United States
Here is our latest eView.
We're still experimenting as to the best format, timing, etc., and if you have an idea or suggestion as to how we can improve, please write to us here.
This eView is with Nancy. He speaks with an accent from the midwest of the United States and talks about her job as a secondary school teacher.
We hope you enjoy this English comprehension listening exercise.
The English exercise is HERE.


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|HackerNews Reader on Windows Store
This was the first time I had seen a Windows Store link. I had written a crawler about a year ago that would hit up API urls and gather information about Windows Phone 7 marketplace (this probably deserves a write-up by itself), so naturally I was curious. One of my pet peeves is a prominent top-left logo that is not linked. It says "Windows Store", I should be able to click on that and it should take me to a page about the store like Apple, or the store itself like Google.
Failing at that, I decided to just go to the / url, and this is what I got:
When http://subdomain.domain.com/bar has content with human interaction, the root path of that subdomain should never print out vague server error messages like this. There are only two legitimate status codes I should receive: 200 and 301; otherwise, you're doing UX wrong.


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When I was seven, a friend showed me her dad's magazines. Those pages ripped the veil of innocence from my eyes and broke my heart. In them were foul images of women being treated very, very badly.
In later years I experienced what I think many women experience: crude behaviour from boys, men who were too handsy, and guys who took more from me than I wanted to give. All of that has left me bruised and, sadly, less than trusting. I continue to pray for healing and freedom. It's proving to be a long and winding journey.
The world is not a bad place. Not all men are evil or dangerous; in fact I would say the number who are is very small. Original sin and the resulting fallen nature of mankind opens the door to mistreatment of the weaker and the stranger among us, and, sadly, our history is replete with examples of such treatment. Disordered priorities (ie. the exclusion of God) and an unformed conscience allows for diminished morals. This has been true through the ages, and our enlightened, sensitivity-trained generation is not impervious.
When girls are kidnapped in Africa, aborted in China, hanged for self defense in Iran, and assaulted by minor celebrities in Canada, we're reminded of the vulnerability of women.
We're appalled when we hear about the poor treatment of women elsewhere in the world, yet we almost expect it. Women are oppressed and repressed in those countries, so while it's a terrible thing, we accept that their women suffer. We like to think that things are different in the advanced, civilized West, but, sadly, we are not immune, as statistics and recent news reports remind us.
Without going into gruesome detail, in the current case that has brought this issue to public attention, a popular radio host has been accused of assaulting women (and, apparently, men as well). He tried to pre-empt the story by saying it was always consensual (which isn't as straightforward as it seems: legally one cannot consent to violence against oneself). Leaving aside the fact that rough trade in sexual relationships is harmful regardless of consent, in my opinion, the presence of abuse is an indicator that there are probably psychological issues that need dealing with – before and after the act in both the perpetrator and the victim.
A recently popular trilogy of novels and the soon to be released movie might lead us to suppose that such behaviour is more common than we think it is, and should therefore be accepted into the mainstream as 'normal'. I sincerely hope that never happens, because regardless of which partner wields the power in those encounters, human beings are reduced to objects and the act of sex (the euphemism of 'intimacy' no longer works) is emptied of all affection and grace, becoming simply a demonstration of that power, a commodity.
While this story is helping to bring national attention to the need to better support and assist victims of sexual harassment (and the underlying problem of how some men – still – perceive women), sadly it isn't the story of one man of minor celebrity with an ego trip enabled by old-boys club corporate culture. It's a broader story of how what was made to be good by God's design has, through sin, been twisted and broken.
It is right that men should find us attractive; it is good that men are stronger than, and want to capture, us. Sometimes it is our very vulnerability that draws them. It should inspire them to acts of chivalry, a desire to provide and protect. When those instincts go wrong, the protector turns into a predator with the woman becoming a creature to play with, to be used in ways to show off how strong he is. That kind of behaviour can be placed on a spectrum from cat-calls on street corners to outright rape.
Abuse – violence – whether emotional, verbal, or physical is not love. It can never be love, because love is true and good; it is beautiful; it is Godly. In fact, love is the presence of God. Love may be found in a reprimand, or in correction, but it is never found in a fist. It isn't present when one person dominates or belittles another, or takes advantage of fear or weakness.
Until the coming of our Lord and the perfection of all things, I don't think we will ever completely eradicate the tendency of some to prey on the weak, or to marginalize the vulnerable. Doing so would require the conversion of hearts, a re-awakening of chivalric impulses, of a new culture of charity.
So, what can we do? One very important thing is to pray. It is our vocation to intercede for the poor, the weak, the humble. Let us also be good sisters to our friends and colleagues – look out for each other, have each other's back.
We must raise our boys to be honourable men who treat women right. We can show men by example how we deserve to be treated by virtue of our innate dignity. We can hold men to a higher standard of behaviour.
We can teach little girls their worth, and encourage women to hold abusers accountable for their actions.
Lord, have mercy on us. Forgive us for the ways we take advantage of the weak among us. Grant us the grace to share Your love in the world, and so bring about conversion of hearts. Please protect the vulnerable. May we see them as Christ present among us. Amen


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| Mirror Man
Act 1, Jack & The General
Produced by David Thomas.
Cooking Vinyl COOK CD175 (US & UK) 3/22/99 cd.
Order the Mirror Man cd from Ubutique
"....this world shrunk
to one lone brakeman's face
stuck out of darkness -
long white forehead
like a bleached skull of cow -
huge black sad eyes -
high-peaked cloth cap, grey-striped
swings his railroad lantern high, close up
as our window whizzes by -
his figure splashed upon it,
slanted, muezzin-like,
very grave, very tall,
strange skeleton -
Who stole America?
Myself I saw in the window reflected"
'Starting from San Francisco' by Lawrence Ferlinghetti
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Mirror Man
Act 2, Bay City
Produced by David Thomas.
Available only as audio download from hearpen.com, $10.
Bay City
David Thomas and foreigners
This cd is essential to Mirror Man, it was conceived as background / back story material.
Order the cd from Ubutique
Links and Background:
Reviews • FAQ • The theatrical production • The libretto • Production notes • Manifesto
Mirror Man is a kind of music cum theatre cum storytelling. It was commissioned by the South Bank and performed April 3 1998 at the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London, as part of the David Thomas: Disastodrome! festival. David Thomas wrote, directed and conducted. The backbone of the Pale Orchestra is the duo, Andy Diagram & Keith Moliné, who feature in David Thomas and two pale boys.
Mirror Man, Act 1 was recorded at the production's 1998 premiere. Mirror Man Act 2 was recorded during the production's UK tour in 2001 and is revised from the original. Bay City by David Thomas and foreigners is a companion album that represents various stories that were not included in the productions for reasons of time.
The stage is littered with gutted refrigerators, a mangled shopping trolley, traffic cones, reflector tape, a bathtub, cannibalized bits of engines, and scrap metal. Suspended overhead stage right is a washing machine, gutted. A light shines inside. Overhead stage left, turning slowly in the air, are two oversized, double-sided traffic signs that read:
Avoid Trite & Unnecessary Talk
There are no landmarks. The backdrop is a scrim. Shadows and lights on the scrim are in constant, lateral motion; sometimes in one direction, other times in both.
From stage left, from time to time, comes a flickering suggestive of neon in the wilderness, islands of light in the darkness. Or a carnival at night. Between lights and darkness is a twilight zone, the grassy ring that surrounds every carnival, the wasteland that buffers the darkness at the edge of every town, the space between here and there, memory and place. Detached you float. This is the light in which Mirror Man begins and finishes. A fractured soundtrack is heard as if in the distance. The light at the beginning is as dawn, angled and soft. It moves overhead, briefly, bright and without shadow and from there proceeds to twilight.
The players and singers are arranged in a broad semi-circle suggestive of a minstrel show. The singers are characters who are passersby, travelers through, residents in transit. Each steps forward to tell his or her story. Some are linked.
Far to stage left is the radio announcer setup: microphone on a studio boom, stool, and an "On Air" light. Bob Holman's poetic narrative is delivered from here. His voice projects from speakers at the back and to the sides of the auditorium, disembodied and "on the air." David Thomas' narratives are delivered in more intimate contact with the characters, as an observer or as a character himself.
The Pale Orchestra for Act 1, conducted by David Thomas is
The Pale Orchestra for Act 2, conducted by David Thomas is
Production Notes, Act 1
The cd for Act 1 runs 65 minutes without natural breaks. The 11 track points are located according to a numerical system that serves to drop the listener close to hoped for locations. The recording was made on an 8-track Tascam DA-38 digital recorder.
Production Notes, Act 2
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Fan Info Hotline
- Have a question? Please call our information hotline at 256.761.4976.
- The Fan Info Hotline is available 8:00 AM - 6:00 PM Thursday through Sunday of race week only.
24-Hour Security Hotline
- All emergency issues should be reported by calling 911.
- In case of emergency or if you are in need of assistance, call 256.315.4584.
Texting Service
- Need help? Send a text message to 69050.
- Type TSSFAN <space>
- Type in your issue or need, along with your location
- Press SEND
- Examples of issues that should be resolved using our texting service include but are not limited to:
- Seat maintenance or seat cleanliness issues
- Campsite maintenance or cleanliness issues
- Restroom/portable restroom maintenance or cleanliness issues
- Disorderly fans and unruly behavior
- Issues that could impact the safety of you or any of our fans
- Our texting service is available 24 hours beginning Thursday through Sunday of race week only. Standard SMS/MMS rates apply.


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EVANSVILLE, IN – A trip to the doctor's office revealed something other than the baby's sex for one Indiana mom.
While the day went as planned initially, it was the ultrasound photos she received that have since gone viral.
Aley Meyer of Evansville, Indiana sees what she describes as a holy image on her growing baby's ultra sound. According to Aley, the picture appears to show Jesus hanging on the cross.
"It looks like Jesus hanging on the cross, and so we took a picture of it and blew it up on my phone to get a closer look and like there is so much detail. You can see the hair and his legs crossed at the bottom and everything," Aley said.
Astonished, Aley's mother, posted the photo to Facebook and it didn't take long before the news quickly spread.
The expectant mom said she didn't even notice it at first. It wasn't until someone pointed it out at her baby shower a week later. Aley's baby boy is due in June and she says she likes to think the image is a subtle message from God.


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Concordia University Chicago's master of arts in curriculum and instruction with ESL endorsement develops teachers as leaders in their individual classrooms, schools, districts and in the broader global community.
This program achieves a balance between the practical, everyday needs of teachers in the classroom and the critical thinking and decision-making skills that are necessary for candidates to develop as competent teacher leaders. It cultivates a sense of responsibility toward and provides the necessary tools for effective teacher advocacy.
Graduates are equipped to both envision and enact educational change for language learners throughout the country and beyond. The program develops teachers with the integrity to actively respect the learning of all students, integrate appropriate curriculum methodologies across the various content areas, and engage in policy recommendations and advocacy for their communities.
This program prepares educators to be effective in promoting student learning and development in the acquisition of English as a new language.
It is designed to help candidates:
In addition to the overall objectives of the Curriculum, Language and Literacy department and its programs, candidates will acquire the following knowledge and competencies:
Throughout the program, candidates are required to integrate their new knowledge, skills and instructional practices into their current educational settings.
At the completion of all coursework, candidates are required to complete a capstone assessment that demonstrates their understanding of content and theory and their ability to apply this new knowledge to practice.
Concordia University Chicago's master of arts in curriculum and instruction with ESL endorsement, is nationally recognized by TESOL through the NCATE (National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education) program review process.
Concordia-Chicago's education programs received their first recognition by NCATE in 1962 and the colleges in which they are housed have been continually accredited since that time. The recognition is a highly sought distinction of excellence granted to select few programs across the country that meet the national accrediting body's highest and most rigorous standards for the preparation of educational leaders.
The ESL endorsement program is aligned with TESOL standards.


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How far away is the beach from the campsite?
La Fosca beach is located 200 m away from the campsite, Castell beach 1 km away and Palamós beach 2 km away from the campsite.
Is it a sandy beach?
Yes, La Fosca beach is sandy and not deep.
How far is it to the town?
Palamós is located 2 km away from the campsite, Platja d'Aro 10 km away.
Is it possible to pay by credit card?
Yes. Visa, MasterCard and Maestro are accepted in the reception, supermarket and the bar-restaurant.
Are dogs allowed on the campsite?
Pets are not allowed in the mobil-homes, COCO tents or rural bedrooms.
But they are allowed if you reserve a plot. The so-called dangerous dog breeds and their cross-breeds are not allowed on the campsite. Only small and medium sized dog breeds are allowed (maximum 25 kg).
We have a small dog and we want to rent a mobil-home, can we rent a mobil-home and leave the dog in the car?
No, customers of mobil-homes, COCO tents and rural bedrooms can not bring their pets, and pets are not allowed in the accommodations' area.
It is also forbidden to leave pets in the car.
Is there any public transport near by to go to the town?
Yes, there is a bus stop near to the campsite entrance that goes to Palamós.
Do you do activities for children?
Yes, in high season, we do activities like crafts, games, pool games,…
Can we park more than one car inside of the campsite?
No, it is permited to enter just one car per plot o per mobil-home.
Can we pay the deposit of 100,00 € of the mobil-home by credit card ?
No, the deposit has to be done in cash.
Is there a swimming pool on the campsite?
Yes, there is a big swimming pool (approx. 40 m in length and 18 m in width) and a small swimming pool for children.


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Copy/paste annotations
Ability to copy/paste annotations for reuse and group/ungroup objects.
Example: create a shape and text, group and copy, then paste to another area within the document.
Thank you for your feedback! Copy/paste annotations has been implemented and is included (along with a ton of other great stuff) in the next major release of Xodo. Copy/paste is available by tapping an existing annotation and pressing Copy in the quick menu.
Please update your version of Xodo to check out the new features and improvements! Thanks for using Xodo and for taking the time to let us know how to make it even better.
20 comments
Robert commented
Can I copy shapes? The option doesn't seem to be available on my (current) version.
Lukáš Cyberluke Satin commented
I am 2018 user. Where is copy and paste? I use ink pen on Windows 10 and there is no copy button. Only done, add note, delete.
Romano commented
Cut and paste is here, but group/ungroup no...
Ability to rotate objects/text incrementally, rather than just 90-degrees.
When I tap an existing line/object/annotation, my quick menu only has Done, AddNote, Style and Delete as options. I do not have the option to Copy or Paste. I just downloaded this app two weeks ago. v 4.0.2 .
Good... but i would like an history of the annotations to choose one ....
I don't think this issue has been resolved for the web app yet. I agree this functionality would make annotating documents much easier on a computer.
andre commented
I would love this feature too!!!!
Hi, I really like how enthusiastic you guys are about improving your app! I would like to build on the great copy/ paste idea by selecting multiple annotations at one time. This would be useful for rearranging notes and diagrams to make better use of the paper space. Multiple annotations could be selected either by a rectangle or drawing a border around them.
Thank you for all your hard work and customer service.
I use the cut and paste to create a circle to highlight the chords to play in our Praise Band. This feature saves me a LOT of time. Thanks Xodo!
Steven commented
It would be nice to have a uniform size of an object circle, rectangle that can be copied and pasted
and to be able to also copy and paste the message or note. Also give the option to increase the font size used on the note or message
Dimoles commented
I use Xodo to draw notes. Frequently have to draw same concept multiple times. Copy/paste would save time and effort instead of drawing same thing repeatedly. Please add this feature. Thank you
Enrique Punsalang commented
Copy & Paste is a big factor... I use different apps just to use copy and paste then go back to Xodo to continue my work.
Russell Henry commented
How to paste in a PDF field?
A Watts commented
Sometimes I draw the perfect arrow (etc.) and realize I needed it on the following page but Xodo doesn't allow me to move it to next page...so cut/paste or copy would do the trick here too.
jeff commented
Needed to copy and paste text and signature today and could not do it :(
Yes please!! This would be such a valuable addition to this great app!
hanokk commented
It would be very useful to be able to copy parts of the annotation list in outline view and paste them into Word or PowerPoint or other programs.
Yes! Very hard and time taking to move annotations (eg. Lines, circles, whole drawings) one by one.. Please add this if possible.


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Pacific Community Resources Society provides a range of services from Vancouver to Keremeos. We'll be posting stories about the work we're involved in and things you can do to help.
Toque Tuesday 2016 – Put a Cap on Youth Homelessness
February 2nd is Toque Tuesday across Canada. PCRS has two events to put a 'cap on youth homelessness' in Read More


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The public can avail of free hearing tests as part of Hearing Awareness Week taking place from Monday 21st March. Hearing Awareness Week is a national awareness campaign run by Hidden Hearing highlighting the issue of hearing loss. This year the campaign will focus on family and friends as an important influence to encourage people to take action about their hearing loss.
Hearing Awareness Week will feature a national advertising campaign encouraging people to take action about their hearing loss and encouraging family members to talk to their loved one about hearing loss. It will also feature a mobile hearing test clinic which is visiting some of Ireland's cities and towns to provide free hearing tests and Hidden Hearing is also offering free hearing tests in its 60 clinics nationwide. Hearing Awareness Week will also see the launch of new research into the effects of hearing loss on individuals and their families.
Discussing Hearing Awareness Week, Dr Nina Byrnes, Medical Consultant, Hidden Hearing said: "We're delighted to be launching Hearing Awareness Week which should encourage people to take positive action around their hearing loss. Those with hearing loss tend to delay getting treatment which can affect their social and family life and generally family and friends have a key role to play in encouraging them to eventually seek help. I'd call on anybody who notices that their loved one may be suffering hearing loss to encourage them to get a free hearing test as part of Hearing Awareness Week."


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Self Improvement…Day by Day
So this is day 3 on the blogging trail and I am now realizing that it takes some discipline to get up in the morning and post something that is insightful and ties into the title of this blog so I am going to do a bit of a rant. A former Sales Administrator at my work Info-Tech Research Group had coined a phrase for Wednesday's that was not only about the words as much as his tone "It's Hump Day…One Day Closer to the Weekend!" For me that is what is so wrong about the environment that I work in as the majority of my colleagues see work as 8-5PM and I just can not turn off that way. My work day really does start at 6 AM and rarely ends before 8 PM even though I leave the office at 5PM. Whether I am reading a book, trolling the internet or diving into one of the 14 tech magazines that I subscribe to I try to stay ahead of the trends so that I can identify what is … Read more


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Monday, March 22, 2010
Photo Number 141
I got this photos at the Antique Shop in Perham, Minnesota. I chose it because of the collar and the mustache! Meddaugh was in Lead, South Dakota from 1862 to 1926. I will date this cabinet card at 1900.
Thanks for stopping by, do come again:)
Posted by Far Side of Fifty at 11:03 AM
Labels: Cabinet Card, Men
2 comments:
- AnonymousMarch 22, 2010 at 11:28 AM
He is quite handsome. His profile is so finely chieseled. Love the collar and bow tie.ReplyDelete
Having worn a tied bowtie a few times, and tying a bowtie for others a few times, I can say that they are tricky too!ReplyDelete
Hi, Thanks for the comments, your input on these old photos is appreciated! I don't do awards, award me a comment! English only please! This is a word verification free blog. I can no longer accept anonymous comments.
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