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Bedford meets with state on Route 101
One of the worst roads for traffic in Bedford may soon see some relief as state and town officials work on a proposal to widen two miles of Route 101, from Route 114 to Wallace Road. Bedford Town Manager Jessie Levine met with representatives from the state Department of Transportation on Tuesday, March 5.
Levine said the plan right now is to widen Route 101 by at least two lanes, with a possibility of widening by three lanes, allowing a divided median with turning lanes. Levine further said that work could begin by 2015 or 2016. Much depends on funding which is currently earmarked for the project. But the start date also depends on on other factors such as moving utilities and lamp posts, securing rights of way and negotiating with abutters.
Another factor is the extension of sewers from Nashua Road to Wallace Road, and that work needs to be done before road widening can begin. �We want to coordinate that so we install the sewers before highway work begins� said Levine.
Levine also said the town of Bedford will also push for aesthetic improvements to the road including sidewalks and landscape work, trying to increase capacity and improve traffic safety issues while improving the look and feel of the town�s center.
A public informational meeting is set for Wednesday, March 20, at 7 p.m., in the town meeting room at the BCTV studios, 10 Meetinghouse Road. The Department of Transportation is seeking input from the public about where they feel are the main trouble spots that should be addressed in the widening project. They are also seeking input from abutters.
Route 101 is a state highway and was placed on the Department of Transportation�s 10-year plan for improvements in 2005. But because of budget shortfalls, the widening of Route 101 was removed from the list. Since then, local business and community leaders fought successfully to make the project a priority again.
�Route 101 is such an important business corridor� said Levine.
Traffic from Wallace Road and Route 114 is often heavy, impacting residents, businesses and commuters passing through.
The meeting will be carried live by BCTV.


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An IRCE 2013 nonprofit speaker gives tips about crafting a social media plan.
Thad Rueter
The Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago may operate as a nonprofit, but it still strives to use sophisticated social media tactics to reach science fans, tourists and other consumers, says Jane Hanna, the organization's social media strategist.
She will speak at the Internet Retailer Conference & Exhibition 2013 in a session entitled "Finding a social media strategy that works for you." The session is part of the conference's inaugural nonprofit workshop on June 4. During the daylong affair, nonprofit executives will talk about how they thrive online, building enthusiasm for their organizations and causes, in some cases selling products, and in most cases attracting donors, even when resources may be more limited than is the case for e-retailers.
Hanna will be joined in the session by Carie Lewis, director of emerging media, Humane Society of the U.S., and David Oksman, head of marketing, for The Life is good Co.
Social media helps The Field Museum expand past its physical boundaries, Hanna says. "With over 25 million specimens in our collection—less than 1% of which are on display at any given time—we have an embarrassment of riches when it comes to content," she says. "Social channels have allowed us to enhance and extend the experience of a museum visit, and tell stories which exceed the capacity of a physical exhibition."
During her session, Hanna will talk about how the museum reaches a variety of audiences though such tactics as social media posts that detail behind-the-scenes workings at the natural history hotspot, and how social media helps the organization build long-term relationships with supporters and even stimulates the scientific discovery process. She also will talk about social check-in service Foursquare's new ranking system and how helps cultural institutions compete for tourist dollars. "It's a powerful and often overlooked tool for reaching out-of-towners who are just visiting, and one that we'll be ramping up our engagement with in 2013," she says.
Some of the lessons the museum has learned about social media certainly apply to e-retail. "Social messages can certainly motivate action and boost attendance, but it's important to remember that social media interaction with your audience takes place in digital space," Hana says. "Grab their attention in such a way that demands sharing, commenting, and other e-actions on the spot. Start by getting them to move their thumbs and index fingers before you try to get their butts out of their seats."
Internet Retailer's editors asked Hanna to speak because of her experience in arts marketing, publishing and new media, a background that informs her current work in creating social media buzz. She manages and monitors a broad portfolio of social media applications for The Field Museum, which is active on such social networks as Facebook, Google+, YouTube, Twitter and Foursquare.


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Hastière Romanesque Abbey-Church and its Museum
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The abbey-church dates back to the 11th century and has many interesting archaeological features.
The abbey-church features a Romanesque nave and tower from 1033-1035 and a Romanesque crypt and Merovingian sarcophagi.
The Gothic quire dates back to 1264 and there are several 12th-century wall paintings. There is also an extremely old statuary and stalls.
In the abbey-church's tower, there are archaeological objects from prehistory to Gallo-Roman times, pottery from the former abbey, religious ornaments and expressions of popular piety.
The exterior site includes an open-air museum of the remains of the former abbey. There is also a Medieval quay along the River Meuse.
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The glory days of British motoring returned to Chesterfield recently when the Panther Car Club held its dinner dance and AGM at Casa Hotel.
Having held their Grand Gathering at nearby Crich Tramway Village, the Panther Car Club – which is made up of a Europe-wide membership of classic car owners and enthusiasts – moved on to Casa for a weekend spent dealing with Club business, catching up with old friends and enjoying a special barbeque on one night and a more formal dinner dance on the other.
The weekend also gave Casa's owner, Steve Perez, a chance to share his famous passion for motoring with like-minded people – and on the Sunday, he treated members to an exclusive display of his own celebrated collection of modern classic cars.
Val Bridges, Chairman of the Panther Car Club, said: "Casa is a superb 4 star hotel . The food was second to none and I can honestly say we could not fault the service we received. The rooms are immaculate and comfortable down to the finest detail and the staff are all very pleasant and friendly!"
"I have had a flood of emails and contact from members all congratulating me on the choice of hotel. A big thank you to everybody at Casa – I sincerely hope we have the occasion to stay with you again – and special thanks to Steve Perez, the owner, for making us so welcome and bringing his modern classics to the hotel for us to see and enjoy."
Rating Casa on TripAdvisor, Val gave the hotel five stars out of five for value, sleep quality, cleanliness and service, with the hotel responding by saying that it hopes it can host more Panther Car Club events in the future.
Casa owner, Steve Perez, said: "Events like these allow me to combine my passion for modern classic cars with helping the Casa team ensure that organisations like the Panther Car Club are made to feel welcome and that their activities at the hotel run as smoothly as possible.
"We're very pleased that the Panther Car Club had such an enjoyable weekend staying with us, and we look forward to hosting them – and other car clubs and similar organisations – in the future."
Conveniently located just off Junction 29 of the M1, Casa's flexible facilities and approach to events allows it to cater to the specific needs of organisations looking to hold conferences or corporate events, as well as to those of people looking for a unique venue for a wedding or party.
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Boston-based ModHaus specializes in unique furnishings and decorative artifacts from the 1950s-'70s. For 15 years, husband and wife Shannon Aaron and Susan Jacobson have been internationally recognized for being among the very first online galleries devoted to the midcentury aesthetic. Their eclectic inventory offers a wide variety of vintage American and Scandinavian designs with an emphasis on period handcrafts.


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GDFD No. 27: Bourque Bourque Bourque
Ryan Lambert
December 03 2009 03:35PM
Welcome to the Game Day Fire Drill, for this, Calgary's 27th game of the season on Dec. 3, 2009.
(That is, for some reason, the second picture that comes up when you Google "Rene Bourque.")
Let's be honest here, Jarome Iginla can't stay white-hot forever. Without Bourque, Iginla, along with Miikka Kiprusoff, has hoisted the team on his back, scoring five goals and five assists in the six games and generally being the best player in the league. So why make a big deal out of him coming back?
While you could certainly make a logical argument that the Flames have played just fine without him (5-0-1, all but one on the road), it's certainly nice to have a point-a-game player back, isn't it? Now Iginla and Bourque are on the top line together with Olli Jokinen who, oh my he has 2-6-8 in Bourque's absence. I prefer to think that the return of the man from Lac La Biche will only help to get Olli to continue on this path of excellence rather than regress back to what I call the Pumpkinhead Zone.
And this move also makes the third line better, because now instead of having nobody to get him the puck and maybe get him that first goal of the year, Craig Conroy gets a genuinely good third-line player in Jamie Lundmark to feed him.
This return is going to help the Flames immensely.
I hope.
The Calgary Flames (17-6-3 for 37 points. Tied for second in the West, first in the Northwest) and the Phoenix Coyotes (15-11-1 for 31 points. Tied for seventh in the West, third in the Pacific).
7:30 p.m. Mountain time and 9:30 p.m. Eastern time. All other time zones should accept a bad role.
Jobing.com Arena, Glendale, Arizona.
Calgary is 10-1-3 on the road this year, and haven't lost on the road since Oct. 13. The Coyotes are 8-5-0 at home, and have won their last two in Arizona.
What (to hate about the Coyotes)
Dave Tippett — Why oh why, Dave Tippett, did you have to go and get hired by the Coyotes? You made Phoenix into a couple of things that I don't like, such as "difficult to beat," "defensively responsible," and "kinda boring but in an oddly fun way."
Matthew Lombardi, Adrian Aucoin, Jim Vandermeer — WHY CAN'T THE FLAMES GET GUYS LIKE THAT hahahahaha oh my.
Zbynek Michalek — This guy is one of those defensemen I personally love to watch play. He's so good at the little things, and does pretty much everything you'd ever want a defenseman to do (except score, I guess). He blocks more shots than pretty much everyone. It's awesome. So why should you hate him? He's not on the Flames, of course.
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Home Sweet Home
Works from the
Peter Fay collection
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Swan Hill Victoria Australia 1942
Lady driver 2000
synthetic polymer paint, and found objects on cardboard
38.5 X 88.0 X 30.0 cm
PF A very great friend of mine, Nigel Lenden, found one of Slim's boats in an op-shop in Lakes Entrance, and he rang me immediately and said 'I've found something here that you're going to be absolutely interested in — it's right up your alley'.
So, down I went, and met Slim, and found a man who for the last three years has done nothing, and I mean nothing, else but make his art, twenty-four hours a day. I don't think the man ever sleeps.
He has been making a series of boats, and the boat that we are looking at here is called Lady driver. Its form and function would scream 'boat'. It's made out of cardboard, and decorated in the most idiosyncratic way. It also doubles as a penholder. Slim's a great one for making sure that we've always got a pen, because, as he says, you never know when you'll want one.
So, it doubles as that, but at the same time it plays around with that idea of the various problems of incorporating found objects, whether they be gum nuts, or yoghurt, or biros, or jewellery; all of this sort of detritus that was firstly from his mother's collection, and then around the streets of his little town.
It becomes a problem of incorporating the well-known and very strongly associated objects into something completely different. And what Slim has done is to transcend all of those things and create a boat.
And although the things, if you look at them individually and out of context, they just don't make sense, within the logic of his structure of his world, the whole thing does make sense, and so it's almost right at the heart of what so much of art-making is about.
It's the rawness and the immediacy of what he is doing. It's so in your face. It's only cardboard; it's only this, and yet there's that other part of the brain that's screaming at you 'NO, it's not, it's something else'.
What might look to be a humble, crudely put together boat has an extraordinary magic, and at the end of the day Slim would always take his boats down to the lake to float them, to make sure that he had actually made a boat. And so one is aware that it comes back into that playful realm; these are boats to play with.


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Smash / Crash
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- Release Date 2013-06-03
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A creative mind never stops exploring. And so, after years of trance adventures, RAM tests the roads of melodic prog. Following his 'Departures' and 'Grotesque', is the feel-good duo of 'Smash' & 'Crash'!
Summer's on its way for Dutch producer RAM. It might as well be pouring rain outside, but the sounds of his new duo 'Smash' and 'Crash' bring out the sun. Walking the fine edge of progressive, house and trance, are both 'Smash' & 'Crash'. Warm, melodic tunes that carry that happy-go-lucky sound. Perfect warm-up and peak-time tunes for the festival season that's about to start!


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The Volleyball Canada Officials Committee publishes on an annual basis the Referee Guidelines for Referees in Canada 2016-2017. The goal of this document is to standardize the interpretation of the rules, the mechanics of the Referees, and the game procedures used in the match throughout Canada. This document, along with the Rule Book, is to be the guide for Canadian Referees in the consistent application of the rules.
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Ansoft Announces Second Quarter Financial Results Conference Call and Webcast
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PITTSBURGH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 7, 2006--Ansoft Corporation (NASDAQ:ANST) will release financial results for the second quarter ended Oct. 31, 2006, after the market close on Tuesday, Nov. 14. The earnings announcement will be followed by a conference call at 5:00 p.m. EST. A webcast of the earnings conference can be accessed on Ansoft's Web site at www.ansoft.com or through V-call at www.vcall.com. A replay of the call also will be available on the corporate Web site.


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A low-lying tract of land in southwestern England known as the Somerset Levels stands just a few meters above sea level; some of the lowest parts even dip below sea level. A natural marshland, the Levels were drained and reclaimed for agriculture over the past few hundred years. However, the marshy character of the land still reasserts itself on occasion.
In December 2013 and January 2014, a series of storms dropped 372 millimeters (15 inches) of rain on southern England, making that two-month period the wettest on record since 1910. The storms and rain have continued into February. Since January, both the River Parrett and River Tone spilled over their banks and flooded sections of the Levels. By mid-February, an estimated 17,000 hectares (66 square miles) and 150 homes were swamped.
The Advanced Land Imager (ALI) on NASA's Earth-Observing-1 satellite acquired this image on February 16, 2014. For comparison, the lower image shows Somerset Levels as seen by Landsat 8 on November 4, 2013.
On February 16, brown, sediment-laden water covered large tracts of farmland. While the town of Bridgewater was still dry, villages such as Moorland, Westonzoyland, Burrowbridge, and Othery were either flooded or nearly so. Neither the King's Sedgemoor Drain nor pumping efforts by the British government could slow the rising waters enough to prevent severe flooding.
Although the Somerset Levels have a long history of flooding, this latest round has reignited a debate about the usefulness of dredging, a process that involves deepening and widening river channels by removing silt. Some observers argue that dredging the river more regularly would prevent damaging floods from occurring. Others say that regular dredging does little to prevent floods, causes ecological damage to ecosystems, and is too expensive to pursue.
- The Atlantic (2014, February 15) Flooding in Southwest England. Accessed February 17, 2014.
- BBC (2014, February 15) Extreme weather: 24 hours on the Somerset Levels. Accessed February 17, 2014.
- Buzzfeed (2014, February 9) 27 Staggering New Pictures of the Somerset Levels Floods. Accessed February 17, 2014.
- Bridgewater Mercury (2014, February 16) Floods latest: Water levels on Somerset Levels set to rise further, fund reaches £350,000. Accessed February 17, 2014.
- Environment Agency (2014, January 28) Addressing flooding and dredging on the Somerset Levels. Accessed February 17, 2014.
- The Guardian (2014, February 13) Flood simple: the UK flooding crisis explained. Accessed February 17, 2014.
- Met Office (2014, January 30) Record wet January for parts of southern Britain. Accessed February 17, 2014.
- The Bath Chronicle (2014, February 13) Floods timeline: Water levels and tensions are still rising. Accessed February 17, 2014.
- The Telegraph (2014, February 17) How Somerset Levels river flooded after it was not dredged for decades. Accessed February 17, 2014.
NASA Earth Observatory images by Jesse Allen and Robert Simmon, using EO-1 ALI data provided courtesy of the NASA EO-1 team and Landsat data from the U.S. Geological Survey. Caption by Adam Voiland.
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Please join us in welcoming Gwen Cunningham as St. Lawrence University's new (interim) Science Librarian. Gwen offers instruction on the use of library resources for faculty and students in the sciences. She is also responsible for the library services and collections of the Launders Science Library and provides reference services and research consultations for patrons of LSL.


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Located outside Chicago, Job Youshaei Rug Company specializes in handmade wool and silk rugs of all types, from Persia, India, Tibet, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and China. We carry traditional Oriental, transitional, and modern rugs, each one hand-selected by owner Job Youshaei, a third generation rug expert from Kerman, a major Iranian weaving center. Your trust in our company is our top goal. We have been dedicated to the sale, cleaning, repair, and restoration of rugs for more than 30 years.


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December 15, 2012 2:42 PM
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The act aims to force app companies to receive user consent before collecting mobile location information
It's no secret that some applications
collect location information
about its users (sometimes secretly), and a new bill that's looking to stop that is gaining traction.
The Location Privacy Protection Act, which was proposed by Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.), was passed by the Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday.
The act aims to force app companies to receive user consent before collecting mobile location information. By doing so, it should protect user privacy and prevent issues like stalking.
"I believe that Americans have the fundamental right to control who can track their location, and whether or not that information can be given to third parties," said Franken. "But right now, companies -- some legitimate, some sleazy -- are collecting your or your child's location and selling it to ad companies or who knows who else."
Earlier this week, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced the results of a study it conducted in regards to
children's apps collecting user data
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400 children's apps currently available in Apple's App Store and the Google Play store for Android
about 60 percent of them collected and transmitted information about the device to developers. Out of that 60 percent, only 20 percent gave a disclaimer about their data collection.
The FTC is now pushing for greater transparency when it comes to data collection from apps.
It added that other app-related issues, like in-app advertising and in-app purchasing, needs to be reviewed and corrected in children's apps as well.
"We haven't seen any progress when it comes to
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they need to make informed choices about apps for their kids," FTC Chairman Jon Leibowitz said. "All of the companies in the mobile app space, especially the gatekeepers of the app stores, need to do a better job."
Tech giants like
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its camera software on the Microsoft
Windows Phone 7
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Apple's iPhone and iPad were caught in a similar situation where
a pair of security researchers discovered that
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Natha Studio makes a fine dress shoe and the San Crisp is no exception. This comfortable slip-on is stylish and tough enough for the man who dares to be fashionable.
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By PATSY STODDARDEditor
One Emery County contract worker will not be returning to work in the new year. Allen Thorpe has worked for Emery County for 27 years just three and a third years short of a full retirement benefit at 30 years of employment.
Thorpe currently works as a part-time deputy county attorney. His job includes research for the county attorney's office as well as duties for the planning and zoning department. County Attorney David Blackwell became aware of the proposed cut from his department when he was sent an interoffice memorandum by the chairman of the Emery County Commission, Ira Hatch on Oct. 18.
The memo stated, "Due to budget constraints, the position of part-time deputy county attorney will be eliminated from your fiscal year 2006 budget. This should give you sufficient notice to take the necessary action."
Blackwell discussed the matter with Thorpe and sent him an official letter on Nov. 3 which included a copy of the memo from Commissioner Hatch and detailed notice of his position coming to an end on Dec. 31, 2005.
Blackwell began to explore some options to be of assistance to Thorpe. He checked with the retirement company to get a dollar figure on the cost of a buyout for the remaining three years of Thorpe's retirement. The amount required would be approximately $30,800. Blackwell reasoned that this buyout would save the county money and also be fair and equitable to Thorpe who has spent 27 years serving the county.
The matter came up in the county commission meeting on Dec. 6 under personnel items. Mary Huntington, personnel director said the county would have to adopt a policy concerning early retirement and buyouts.
Blackwell said that $63,000 is being cut from his county attorney budget. His employee, Allen Thorpe is not retiring but being let go. "A man works for the county for 27 years and just three years before his retirement you're telling him he's out."
It was pointed out that if a buyout occurred then several other employees, at least 18, could ask for the same buyout. Blackwell said any of these employees could voluntarily retire, but in this situation you're saying to someone, 'you're going.' It is an entirely different situation than someone wanting to go.
The reduction of Thorpe's position will save the county $200,000 in wages and benefits over the next three years and Blackwell said, "You can't come up with 30 grand to get him to his retirement?"
"There is a precedence being set that way," said Commissioner Drew Sitterud, "Allen could go buy his own retirement."
"Yea, if he has the money to do that," said Blackwell, "the precedence being set is letting people go just before retirement."
Commissioner Gary Kofford said the concern is the contract itself. The contract doesn't delve into it and the contract states either the employee or the employer can terminate the contract with 90 days notice.
The employees in the county attorney's office are contract employees. Blackwell said he inherited these contracts when he was elected county attorney and the contracts have changed little over the years.
The county attorney's office will have to absorb the work that Thorpe has been doing. Current employees will receive no added compensation for the increased duties.
Commissioner Kofford made a motion that the county buyout the retirement for Thorpe. Commissioner Hatch said the money is not there.
Blackwell said the county can obtain money and can reopen the budget.
Commissioner Hatch said the motion dies due to lack of a second.
Blackwell said, "That's disappointing."
Commissioner Hatch made a motion to not approve the action to buy out the remaining three years. Commissioner Sitterud seconded the motion. Commissioner Kofford voted to oppose the motion. Commissioner Hatch and Sitterud voted to approve the non-buyout and the motion passed with a 2-1 vote.
Blackwell said, "Merry Christmas, Allen.
Commissioner Kofford said in the budget process the county commissioners decided to downsize two positions. One in the road department where a position of an employee with over 30 years with the county is not being funded and the part-time deputy county attorney position is being eliminated. "Thorpe has been treated like a county employee over the years and the county has paid into his retirement fund. The county's budget was $9,300,000 in 1998 and it remains $9,300,000 in 2006. Hospitalization has risen approximately 14 percent each year. Costs have continually been going up. We are now paying more than double for the same work, with the contract employees because of the rising costs. We need to go down an employee, but this employee lacks three years and has been a 27 year county employee. Attorney Blackwell felt like it would be good to buy out the remaining three years so he could get a full retirement. I feel like we're not being fair with an employee. Alan is 58 and four years away from any social security benefits. Allen is a good and valued employee.
"The county falls under stricter guidelines and things are different now. We must come into compliance to make the county stable and adjustments must be made. In the past with the changing of commissioners sometimes people were hired and fired at will. Things have tightened down. The county can't do this any more.
"The county has the same budget, but hospitalization has doubled and wages have gone up. Services must be cut to stay in line with the budget. When a lot of these budgets and services were set up in the 80s the county had more money. We are not in that situation anymore. This is a tough situation. Emery County is the third highest county for property taxes. We cannot raise taxes. We need to raise more revenue but how do we do it? Revenues are also way down for traffic fines and justice court appearances.
"I tried to appeal to the other commissioners to make the right decision when offering to buyout the remaining three years for Allen's retirement. It was just the right thing to do, but, they looked at it from a practical standpoint. I can't fault them for that. But, I feel we've done this employee a great disservice," said Commissioner Kofford.
Blackwell said, "The county has never before just said to an employee, 'you're out,' we rely heavily on Allen for research. He is an expert at doing computer research. Without him we will suffer, we will have to do it ourselves. We will pick up the slack and I feel OK about that, but I think it's unfair what they've done to Allen and it sends a chill through the county. We are defined by what we do, not what we say. What the commissioners have done defines them and I don't like that definition. It's frustrating. I thought the buyout was a good idea. They could get rid of the position and still reduce the budget. After the commission meeting the other day, I had a department head who said he was under budget and offered the $20,000 he was saving in his department to help with the buyout. Other county employees think this is cruel and it could happen to them.
"You can't draw any of your retirement until you're 62.5 years old, so Allen's just out in the cold. It's disheartening, Emery County should be ashamed by this," said Blackwell.


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Hey all!
So, it is just about certain that Microsoft will be announcing a 7-inch device called the XBOX Surface this year. There have been multiple rumors about it, and the original Surface leak was for this device. I have a bunch of ideas for how this could work out, so I thought I would post some of the concepts I have done.
Disclaimer: I am still not completely satisfied with the product so far, and it isn't completely finished or even polished. So I would love some feedback!
First of all, the XBOX Surface will be running a variant of Windows Blue that is specifically aimed a media consumption and gaming. As such, the tablet will have a four main "hubs" for Games, Music, and Videos (all powered by Xbox), as well as Books (kind of powered by Nook). There will also be a main Apps screen that will look very similar to the WP8 start screen.
The only major addition to the look is new extra-large square live tiles, that have been (ever so slightly) widget-ized. You'll see what I mean in a minute. You can get back and forth between hubs by swiping left or right, the same way the All Apps screen is opened in WP8. Alternatively, you can use the semantic zoom pinch gesture to get to any of the hubs quickly. This is seen in the first concept:
As you can see, Charms have also been optimized for this device, and they come up when semantic zoom is used. There is a dedicated SmartGlass charm, and this means that the SmartGlass experience is heavily integrated with everything in the OS. I hope you can imagine the possibilities. BIG.
So what would one of these "hubs" look like? Well, the image below should give you an idea. Sorry it isn't finished yet. :)
As you can see, there are now four tile sizes, but the extra-large tile is reserved for the app powering each one of the hubs. With the music Hub Tile (as I will call them), you are able to play, pause, and skip music, or just launch the app. A few of the small tiles will perform hub-specific functions--the two here are to create a new Smart DJ and to play a playlist. Artists and albums can also be pinned to the hub screen, as seen with Billy Joel and Boston's album. Social music updates, which Microsoft has promised in an update to Xbox Music, will show up on a separate live tile.
Well, I have a lot more ideas, but I will have to save those for another day before this post gets WAY too long. Again, comments, questions, and feedback are appreciated!
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As long as I can play my digital copy of games I own on XBL this would be awesome. I want to be able to play Borderlands, Dragon Age, Bioshock, Bad Company, and others on an airplane and not over wifi like the WiiU and PSVita. Still think that option should be available for games you dont have a digital copy of though i.e. throw skyrim in the disk drive of your 360 before you leave and when you have a good connection play it via wifi. Also, it will need a large hard drive or it will be worthless. I know that if you take the disk drive out of an Xbox 360 you lose a lot of the space and cool issues so I know this is possible but whether or not they do it is another question. MS makes more money if they can require you to buy the game again for the tablet version.
If MS does it right it could be the best mobile platform out there and it would also be another reason for people to buy a Xbox if they do not already have one. I realy want them to do it right because I travel a lot and need something like this. iPad games are not real games but apps, the good gameloft games suck without a controller and replicating dual analog to touch just does not work all that great, PSVita and WiiU suck...BAD, and most computer games do not have controller schemes and battery life of laptops are roughly an hour when gaming.
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There could just be a fifth charm on my design for a notification center, similar to this one.
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This is awesome!
XBOX Surface: An 8-inch tablet from Microsoft.
The new stage for your games, music, movies, books, and more!
SHORT OVERVIEW: click on the image below to make it larger.
This is an update to a post I made a few months ago. I got a lot of feedback from this forum and others, so I made a few changes. One of the biggest complaints was that it wasn't in landscape view, so to all that must have their landscape, here you go:
As for the portrait view (which I think would be more comfortable):
Let me elaborate on the changes I made.
- The Music Hub part of my concept is actually finished now (although not completely polished).
- I changed the default color to the darker, more conservative Xbox green.
- Some forum members said that the look didn't tie in enough with the Xbox dashboard. To address this, I added an option to use the gradient from the Xbox dashboard and Xbox apps in W8 as the background.
- I think it is a good idea to stay monochromatic on the background for this device, so to open it up a bit, I allowed for a light, medium, or dark variation of each background. This is seen below:
The medium and dark gradients could even be an option for customizing the Xbox (720) dashboard!
A VERY rough draft of the Books Hub is shown below:
As always, feedback is very much appreciated! I know my design work isn't professional, so be forgiving if you would.
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Clarks Bushacre High-Top Chukka Boot
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Just Cavalli Vintage Leather Boot
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An international success, Roberto Cavalli uses color, texture and creativity to produce exquisite items for Just Cavalli. With timeless style and sophistication, this tall leather boot is a perfect staple for your wardrobe.
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Hailee is a lil snacker. She loves snacks and almost always has one with her. Since we are on the go alot I pack snacks for her. We all know ziplock bags are pretty bad for the enviroment so I wanted to use soemthing more eco friendly! I came across snackTaxi and we now use them everyday!
I invented snackTAXIs way back in 2003 as a way to stem the tide of plastic ziplock bags that flowed from our house to the landfill when our 3 kids started school! We pack over 500 lunches every year, and had definitely fallen prey to the easy appeal of the ziplock bag.
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snackTAXI are available in many great prints and 2 different sizes snack-sack and sandwich-sack. We were sent one of each to try out as well as a twice as nice napkin! The prints are bright & beautiful. Each one is lined with a with a waterproof material so you use them for all of your snacks!
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These monitors were until recently the standard in computer monitors. Nowadays most people use TFT/LCD displays because they are less bulky and use less energy. There are however still some advantages in buying a CRT monitor, especially so if you\'re looking for a 19" or bigger model. You won\'t be able to lift them easily, but they are often much more affordable and capable of displaying higher resolutions. Make sure you buy a model that has a refresh rate of at least 70 Hz at the desired viewing resolution, or you will get tired eyes after prolonged usage.monitors CRT
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Cat 6 lead authors: WU cofounder Dr. Jeff Masters (right), who flew w/NOAA Hurricane Hunters 1986-1990, & WU meteorologist Bob Henson, @bhensonweather
By: Dr. Jeff Masters , 8:02 AM GMT on June 28, 2010
Hi, Dr. Rob Carver filling in for Jeff on the late shift again.
As of the 11PM EDT advisory, Alex is once more a tropical storm moving to the W-NW at 6 knots. According to the CIMMS wind shear estimates Alex is experiencing less than 20 knots of shear, so it's in a favorable location for intensification. The NHC forecast track has Alex moving to the W-NW and making landfall in northern Mexico.
Disagreement between the forecast models
As of 300EDT, there are roughly three different sets of forecast solutions for the forecast models. CMC/GFS have Alex making landfall along the Texas coast north of Corpus Christi, but south of Houston. GFDL/HWRF have Alex coming ashore near Brownsville. UKMET/ECMWF/NOGAPS/NGFDL show Alex coming ashore well south of the Rio Grande. As was the case yesterday, the difference between the CMC/GFS and UKMET/ECMWF forecast lies in the interaction of the trough with the area of high pressure in the Gulf that's currently steering Alex. Upper-air data from the Gulfstream IV should help refine model forecasts.
What does it mean?
The CMC/GFS/UKMET/ECMWF are all very good global models so it's hard to discount one model in favor for another. If you live along the Gulf coast from Tampico, MX to the Texas/Louisiana border, it would be very prudent to review your hurricane planning and preparations. I still think the chances of Alex directly interfering with oil spill recovery efforts are low.
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The first satellite-derived rainfall estimates are available for June 26. They show that as Alex was making landfall, it was producing 3-7 inches of rain over the Caribbean Sea.
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The heat wave continues in the Amur river valley between Russia and China. Analysis of gridded data shows that the daily high temperature in that region is 10-14 degrees Celsius above normal.
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Zac Efron's Steamy Make-out Session Not Fit for Disney
Zach Efron got down with an Australian starlet. Charlie Sheen battles off porn stars. Lauren Conrad's reality show gets dumped. Russell Brand's unexpected high school picture. Gisele horrifies cancer doctors everywhere. Saturday Gossip roundup is aluminum-free.
- Disney emotion-generating automaton Zac Efron got what us humans refer to as "action" the other night. He was spotted with Australian actress Teresa Palmer (Sorcerer's Apprentice) at Voyeur night club in L.A. "They all took tequila shots together. He was grabbing her butt and doing very suggestive dancing." Said an eyewitness. "Then they made out a couple times standing up." Weird—last we heard Zac Efron was rekindling his romance with his Disney ex, Vanessa Hudgens. While Zac was having his debauched night at Voyeur, Vanessa probably sat at home in the gloaming, slowly dismembering a Little Mermaid doll with a butcher's cleaver. Disney stars! They're dark like us. [E!]
- Porn stars keep trying to text Charlie Sheen to hang out with him but he won't do it! Some of his texts: "Please lose the number, we are closed… please drive through… thank you." And "Right now we are on lockdown." Charlie Sheen needs to get that AT&T plan where texts are unlimited if you're messaging with a porn star. [TMZ]
- Here are what the stars of Jersey Shore make in appearance fees: The Situation and Snooki: $15,000; JWoww, Pauly D and Vinny: $12,000; Sammi and Ronnie: $8,000; Deena: $5,000. [P6]
- The Hills star Lauren Conrad was supposed to have her own reality show with MTV—a documentary series about her career. But MTV decided not to air it. Conrad told Entertainment Weekly that "MTV felt the subject matter was too high brow for their audience… we are sorry MTV didn't feel their viewers were savvy enough to appreciate it" So what you're saying is it was boring? [EW]
- Justin Bieber is going to make a surprise appearance on Saturday Night Live tonight. Now everyone is groaning at their keyboards/iPads, but did you see the Biebs on The Daily Show on Thursday? It was actually funny! Perhaps when his voice changes he can make a career doing guest appearances on comedy shows. [THR]
- In addition to being a pretty lady, supermodel Gisele is now a renowned chemist and cancer specialist. She says she never wears sunscreen: "I cannot put this poison on my skin," she said. "I do not use anything synthetic." To fight cancer, she just never exposes her skin to sun after 8am. Obviously this has upset actual scientists who say there is no poison in sunscreen and you will get cancer if you don't wear it. Whatever, "scientists." We only take medical advice from people who look good in a bikini. (i.e. Gisele, Jenny McCarthy.) Shape up! [Daily Mail]
- This is apparently what Russell Brand looked like in high school:
- Douche of the Decade and "Girls Gone Wild" head Joe Francis is being investigated by the cops after a woman claimed he pushed her down at his house last week. Sounds about right. [TMZ]
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Many of the elite players from the Ladies Professional Golf Association and Ladies European Tour will be heading to Parker for the Solheim Cup later this month. The biennial, prestigious match-play tournament pits 12 U.S.-born professionals against 12 European counterparts.
Colorado golf fans will see accurate drives, pinpoint approach shots and clutch putts during the event, which will be held Aug. 13-18 at the Colorado Golf Club. The statistics show these players are hitting longer and scoring lower than ever before. But are the elite women of today really more skilled that the top players of yesteryear?
That's a debatable topic, because golf balls and equipment keep improving and make it easier for those golfers who have correct swing techniques to flirt with or better par.
"Overall, more women are playing the game globally," said 59-year-old Denver resident Hollis Stacy, who won 18 LPGA tournaments and collected four victories in majors during her 26-year career. "The same scores are winning on the LPGA and European tours. Golf is more competitive. There are more people shooting those low scores and winning.
"What happened in the game is the equipment is much better. The skill levels have remained the same. We had women on the tour drive the ball 270 yards. If we had the same equipment and balls the players have now, the drives would be in the 300s."
Donna H. White, an LPGA teaching professional who played 15 seasons on the tour and won three events before retiring in 1992, claims today's players are taking advantage of opportunities.
"I am quite confident given the ball of today and agronomic grooming of fairways and greens that Mickey Wright's scoring average would be 67 or better," said White. "I don't think players today are any more skilled. I believe they have been exposed to greater opportunities than mine or previous generations."
Wright won 82 tournaments in 14 years on the LPGA Tour, including four U.S. Women's Opens and three LPGA Championships. She retired from the tour in 1969 and won four consecutive Vare Trophies, the award that goes to the player with the lowest scoring average.
The lowest scoring average for Wright was 72.46 in 1960. For the past 16 seasons, the LPGA's Vare winner has had an average of 70.21 or lower. In fact, no winner has had an average higher than 71 since 1977.
White credits better competitive exposure, technology and fitness for the improved statistics for current professionals.
"My era was the first to benefit from Title IX," explained White. "Beth Daniel, Nancy Lopez and myself were able to attend college and gain invaluable competitive experience prior to joining the tour. Today kids can play in a tournament starting at age 4 every weekend. Tour players before me had to join the tour to compete. I couldn't play soccer or baseball in my era. Today girls can play any sport they want. The skills and competitive maturity transfers nicely to golf.
"The ball is the most influential technology advancement. Also video analysis. Health and fitness was always important to me. I ran and trained but few of my fellow tour players would join me. Then in the early-mid '80s , the health boom happened and we had fitness vans on tour weekly."
Mike Scanlan, LPGA Director of Media Communications, didn't have the chance to watch some of the LPGA's former standouts.
"Whether or not players on the LPGA today are better than those in past generations is a subjective question," he said. "I think the depth of the LPGA is certainly greater than it's ever been thanks in large part to the growth of the game globally. Scoring averages are between one and two strokes better than they were in 1980, but advancements in technology must factor into that debate. Whether you look at 1950, 1980 or today, the best players in the world are playing on the LPGA."
Janet Moore, a five-time Colorado stroke play champion who spends part of the year in Illinois as Wheaton College's women's golf coach, has watched women's golf and the skills of players grow in the state.
"I've seen golf in Colorado grow over the years and I've seen the caliber of play improve greatly," said Moore. "It seems like the juniors are getting younger and younger and better and better. That's very exciting.
"I started playing when I was 10. I played because my family played. From what I've seen, the game has grown and the interest has grown for young girls. The caliber of play has improved. Just in the high school ranks now you need three or four good players to do well. It has changed quite a bit. I played on my boys high school team. They didn't have a girls team. I went to Wheat Ridge High School and they let me play on the boys team."
Colorado Women's Golf Association Executive Director Robin Jervey noted enhanced play in Colorado tournaments.
"We run 10 state championships, and looking at who plays in the championship flights of those events, the handicaps of the elite players have been going down," said Jervey. "And there is more depth."
Globalization of the LPGA tour, better equipment and the tour's attempt to promote physically attractive players has made women's golf more appealing, and events like the Solheim Cup may spark a desire for more women to start playing.
"I know when the Women's Open came to Cherry Hills in 2005, they had record crowds," said Jervey. "It only had to help interest in the women's game because it got people excited to see people of that skill level right in their own backyard. Both the CGA and CWGA have been offering discounts to our members to purchase tickets to the Solheim Cup.
"People going to the Solheim Cup get to participate in something that probably won't come to Colorado again. The Ryder Cup and Solheim Cup move around quite a bit. With it going overseas and back every two years, there's a slim chance it would wind up in Colorado again, or if it does, it will be a long time from now. People should take advantage of this opportunity."
Moore agrees.
"I would think having a prestigious event like the Solheim Cup in Colorado would certainly make a positive impact on the golfing community in general," she said. "I think it would spur interest."