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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 , 1:33 PM GMT on June 04, 2009
The ballots are all in now, and all three major seasonal forecasting groups are calling for a near-average Atlantic hurricane season in 2009--the British private forecasting firm Tropical Storm Risk, Inc. (TSR) has joined the ranks of NOAA and Colorado State University in calling for near-average activity. The latest TSR forecast issued today calls for 10.9 named storms, 5.2 hurricanes, 2.2 intense hurricanes, and an Accumulated Cyclone Energy (ACE) 72% of average. The storm numbers are close to the 50-year average of 10 named storms, 6 hurricanes, and 2 intense hurricanes, and are sharp reduction from their April forecast of 15 named storms, 7.8 hurricanes, and 3.6 intense hurricanes. TSR predicts a 50% chance that this season will be in the bottom 1/3 of years historically, and a 40% chance that U.S. landfalling activity will be in the lowest 1/3 of years historically. TSR gives a 32% chance of a near-normal season, and a 17% chance of a below normal season. TSR rates their skill level as 26% above chance at forecasting the number of named storms, 15% skill for hurricanes, and 19% skill for intense hurricanes.
TSR projects that 3.2 named storms will hit the U.S., with 1.3 of these being hurricanes. The averages from the 1950-2008 climatology are 3.2 named storms and 1.5 hurricanes. Their skill in making these April forecasts for U.S. landfalls is 7 - 18% above chance. In the Lesser Antilles Islands of the Caribbean, TSR projects 0.9 named storms, 0.4 of these being hurricanes. Climatology is 1.1 named storms and 0.5 hurricanes.
TSR cites two main factors for their reduced forecast: a large and unexpected cooling of sea surface temperatures in the tropical Atlantic, and warmer SSTs in the Equatorial Eastern Pacific (which might lead to an El Niño event that will bring high wind shear to the Atlantic). TSR expects faster than than normal trade winds from July - September over the Main Development Region (MDR) for hurricanes over the Atlantic (the region between 10° - 20° N from Central America to Africa, including all of the Caribbean). Trade winds are forecast to be 0.83 meters per second (about 1.7 mph) faster than average in this region, which would create less spin for developing storms, and allow the oceans to cool down, due to increased mixing of cold water from the depths and enhanced evaporational cooling. TSR forecasts that SSTs will cool an additional 0.3°C compared to average over the MDR during hurricane season.
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Tropical disturbance 90L dropped as much as two feet of rain over Northeastern Florida in May, causing severe flooding. In Volusia County, at least 1500 homes were damaged by the flooding, and many of these were in low-income housing projects where the residents did not have flood insurance. Portlight Strategies, Inc., is now working to assist in this area by providing durable medical equipment to the disabled, elderly, or injured that have lost equipment due to the flooding. Specifically, the Portlight team will be assisting with the rebuilding of two homes. One of the homes is owned by a single mother who stood in her house crying, in two feet of water, as she prepared to go to her daughters graduation. The other home is owned by a elderly woman whose husband passed away two years ago. Neither of these families had flood insurance, and can not afford even the lowest interest rate loans provided by FEMA. Portlight's work in Holly Hill, FL will begin on Friday June 12; if you are interested in volunteering, please contact John Wilbanks, firstname.lastname@example.com 843-200-6022. There are plenty of stories very similar to these two. Portlight's ability to help is only limited by your assistance, so please consider volunteering or donating today by visiting the Portlight disaster relief blog..
Figure 1. Rainfall amounts over Florida for the two weeks ending on May 27, 2009. Image credit: NOAA.
The views of the author are his/her own and do not necessarily represent the position of The Weather Company or its parent, IBM.
Cat 6 lead authors: WU cofounder Dr. Jeff Masters (right), who flew w/NOAA Hurricane Hunters 1986-1990, & WU meteorologist Bob Henson, @bhensonweather


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To epidural, or not to epidural – that is the question I have been asking myself as I try to get ready for the second go-round of popping out a baby. I didn't have an epidural with baby #1 and generally found it to be a positive experience to go drug-free – certainly an empowering experience if not exactly pleasant, but I can't help wondering; What would it be like to have a relaxed, calm and pain-free delivery – free of screaming, cursing, and the overwhelming fear that one's body is going to rip in half? There are pros and cons to going both au natural and numbed from the waist down:
Au Natural
Pain, sometimes very intense pain
Can be scary
Sometimes the exertion of dealing with labor can wear you out and make you too exhausted to push, slowing labor
After you're done you feel amazing – like 'OMG I just did that?'
No drugs will get into your baby's system
Labor generally goes faster
Less risk of stalling labor and needing vacuum, forceps, C-section
You can walk around, work with gravity and take a more active role in the birth of your baby
Can delay labor, leading to further medical interventions like Pitocin, Forceps, or C-Section
Risk of C-section is significantly higher with epidural
Someone is sticking a big needle IN YOUR SPINE
You are hooked up to an IV and confined to bed afterwards
You can have complications with the epidural like nausea, itching, headaches, fever, problems breathing, or pain/nerve damange at injection site afterwards
Drugs can get into your baby's system
Sometimes nursing is adversely affected (most often from babies being sleepy when they come out)
No pain!
You can relax and actually enjoy your labor
Pushing can be easier when you've had some time to rest
While I know the pros and cons for both, and the rational reasons to consider both options, I wanted to hear some of the opinions and experiences of fellow mothers about their labor experiences, so I asked around to some friends and family and the Inhabitots crew, and here's what I found…
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To epidural, or not to epidural, that is the question
I got an epidural with the birth of my daughter, and I would do it again. I wanted to give natural labor a shot, but I completely overestimated my threshold for pain. To make matters worse, I had back labor, meaning that the pressure of my baby's head against my tailbone caused severe pain in my lower back. I asked for an epidural as soon as I arrived at the hospital. Although it slowed down the labor process—I didn't feel the urge to push as much—the birthing process was a great deal more relaxed because of it. Aside from a slight headache the morning after, I experienced no ill effects, and had the complication-free birth that I wanted, so all-in-all, it was a good decision. I would do it again!
I planned to have a natural, midwife attended, drug-free birth experience. Ha. I ended up with a doctor and an epidural. Labor doesn't always go like you expect. I had some unexpected pregnancy complications, plus I was one of those rare mamas-to-be whose water broke before I went into labor. All the above was bad news for my natural birth plans. My midwife sent me to the hospital for a couple of hours to see if my labor would start naturally. It didn't, so I was given the dreaded pitocin drip. Rumor has it that pitocin increases contractions and labor pain significantly. I've only had the one birth, so while I can't say labor without pitocin is easier, I found one mama online who did have both a pitocin birth and a regular birth and she notes, pitocin is way harsher and puts you into "Hard rockin' labor." My labor with pitocin was insanely painful. There were no ebbs and flows like regular contractions. My contractions got hard quick and offered little rest between.
Still, harsh contractions or not, I'd spent NINE months planning a drug-free birth, and I wasn't giving up because of pitocin. This may have worked, but my labor wasn't going anywhere and the nurses kept increasing the pitocin drip, which made my contractions worse. After 5 hours the nurses starting offering pain medications. I refused. After 10 hours they gave me the epidural speech. I refused. After 18 hours of excruciating contractions, I was ready to crash and burn, my yet-to-be-seen son's heartbeat was sketchy and the staff got anxious. They said I needed to sleep or I'd be too tired to push. I couldn't sleep through pit labor, which they knew, so they added, "It's a c-section OR an epidural and maybe you can still have a vaginal birth." That's why I give in. Well, that and I was so tired and in so much pain, what could I do? All I remember was falling in love with the guy who came to give me the epidural. I specifically remember thinking, "Oh, man, he's so cute… sigh." That's what epidural pain relief in serious situations is like; a bit like love. The epidural worked fast, relieved ALL my pain so I could sleep for two hours and when I woke up, I had enough fleeting energy to push my son into the world, which thanks to the epidural so late in labor, was 100% pain free, but also less efficient. Because I couldn't feel much, I was a poor pusher, and the doctor who had been called in in case of c-section, ended up having to use forceps. Still, although my birth didn't go as planned. I'd get the epidural again. I was very relieved I had that option over a c-section, which is more serious in my opinion.
I'm a more open to epidural having been through a birth without one. I had my daughter at a birthing center with no epidural. When it was time to push, I'd been awake for 31 hours and was exhausted. My contractions basically stopped, and I ended up pushing for 3.5 grueling, miserable hours. For my next daughter, who is due any day now, I'm hoping to get an epidural so I can get some rest, then hopefully have an easier time pushing and be more alert and present at the moment of birth. Maybe because this is my second child, I'm less worried about the potential downside of an epidural (slowing down labor to the point that I need Pitocin and/or a C-section) and more optimistic that it will make this birth a better experience than the first.
I can tell you the epidural was AWESOME and I'm so glad I got it! I would do it again in a heartbeat!
Based on my experience switching from traditional MD to midwife at the end of my pregnancy when I found out my MD was not supportive of my natural birth plan, and then having a successful home birth but lots of complications after the fact, I would never tell anyone what they *should* do with their birth. Each situation is just so different, and I believe that most moms try to be well-informed and have good instincts about which choices are right for their babies and themselves. With that being said, I wholeheartedly recommend that women check out the options for birthing tubs, as I think this relaxing environment for laboring eliminated any need for me to have an epidural. Doctors in hospitals often will only let you labor in a whirlpool tub until your water breaks, which doesn't do you much good if your water breaks early in the process. Midwives attending home births and labors at birthing centers tend to allow women to labor there for more extended periods, so if you're interested in this option it's worth doing your homework. I'm all for a relaxed, pain-free birth, but based on my experience, epidurals don't seem to be the only way to achieve this. When I got out of my tub to finish laboring, the pain shot up three-fold, where before that I experienced contractions as intense but not very painful. Epidurals also can cause babies to be born a bit drugged, and this can cause problems with starting breastfeeding or bonding with mom, so like I said, every mom who really does her homework probably knows best what choice to make. But based on my experience, I would plan to make the birthing tub the center of my birth plan next time around, and everything else can be in flux. They're that great.
Having experienced a completely natural delivery for the birth of my first child, I wouldn't plan on having an epidural for my second; however, there are a lot of things I would change about the experience. At no point in my pregnancy did I have a precise birth plan, rather in an exercise of either pragmatism of naivety, I simply maintained a vague notion that I wanted as little by way of medical intervention as possible.
I did have some grounds for this: for completely non-pregnancy related issues, I've experienced spinal anesthesia multiple times in my life—and I'm terrified of it. This is not to say that epidurals are a bad thing, but I personally find the administration of them deeply unsettling. Additionally, I was fairly clear that I didn't want to be incapacitated in that way during, or after childbirth.
I grew up in the UK had always assumed gas and air (this is a UK only thing, US folks) would be the method of pain management I would use while in labor. My mum likes to describe it as similar to having a martini next to the bed that one can simply sip from, which sounds delightfully (and perhaps unrealistically) classy, but does emphasize the notion that one can have control over ones pain management. And unlike a martini, it has little to no unpleasant after-effects.
But that option was unavailable to me in the hospital I was to deliver at and as such opted to have a natural birth. An exceptionally sassy on-call doctor whose technique was one of goading me through delivery and around four residents, plus nursing staff all trying to coach me made the whole process incredibly disorienting. There was one nurse who was a complete saving grace through the whole dizzying experience, who took me seriously when I told (yelled at) everyone, in very clear terms, to shut up, and who helped me to focus and, as far as possible, relax.
What I came away from childbirth realizing was that the physical process is one that my body is perfectly well-equipped to handle—but emotionally it can be extraordinarily unsettling. For my next childbirth my plan is to, well, have a plan; to find a midwife, and perhaps a doula, with whom I can develop a good rapport, and to find a more calming, controlled environment in which—as far as I can have any expectation to—to know what is going to happen and who will be there.
Please weigh in in the comments with your opinions, experiences and stories!
9 Responses to "Should I Get An Epidural During My Labor?"
wow, great post. i'd be lying if i were to say that this article didn't make my jaw drop a bit. i'm already reaching for an epidural!
I'm sorry but as a non-mama, this article freaked me out of my wits. Hopefully when the time comes, I will be able to read it in a more relaxed manner. I commend all of you who have done this though!
Wow. It was really interesting reading everyone's different stories. If I had a second baby, I'd aim (again) for no epidural – but I'd also need to be aiming for zero pit drip because I doubt I could handle another day long pit labor. But obviously best laid plans are just that.
I think a second time around I would know the signs of actually needing an epidural vs. holding out for an entire day in pain. I think I'd be chill going either way a second time, but would aim for a drug-free birth. Mostly because I did not like how Cedar (my son) – and me were so out of it at the end of the birth and some of that was due to the epidural.
Great post.
Fantastic to hear the other perspectives on it — and especially to hear the experiences from those who've had epidurals. Certainly underscores just how different everyone's experiences and expectations of childbirth are.
So, here's my update, after the birth of my second child: I ended up going the au natural route again with number two, sans epidural, and it was generally a great experience. Of course, just like in labor #1 I screamed and begged and pleaded with my midwive for an epidural, so I definitely thought I wanted one by the time transition hit. However, I went from 4cm dilated to pushing the baby out in a period of about 20 minutes, so just the fact that it was over so fast meant that it was bearable (excruciating, but bearable). I know it would not have been so quick had I got an epidural. Also, by the time I wanted an epidural (transition), there was probably no way I could have gotten one – not only were there no anesthesiologists around, but there were no available rooms in Labor & Delivery at my hospital, I absolutely could not sit still, and the epidural probably would have taken longer than it took me to push the baby out. I credit the intense pain to my desire to just "get this thing out of me" as quickly as possible, hence the speedy birth. And I had no complications and the pain was over as soon as baby popped out in 2 pushes, so it was worth it. Still sort of curious to try this "no pain" thing some day, however. 🙂

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Agreed Evan. I'll add - put one on and don't use it - apply another form of correction.
Agreed Evan. I'll add - put one on and don't use it - apply another form of correction.
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Here's proof it works, I hunted both dogs with loose standards all last season, from October 1st to the beginning of January. Then as the days got longer in January I started training on cold frozen ground with a buddy in mid-January, up to three or four times a week into March. I ran two back to back trials at the end of March and beginning of April. That was the first liquid water my dogs had seen since hunting season and the first disciplined water blind they would run since late September, both of my dogs had good line manners and ran wonderful water blinds. Alex was one of seven dogs to pass a very hard amateur water blind on a cold windy morning, eight very nice dogs picked up on that water blind.
When I train for a trial we attempt to simulate as much as possible the trial. We always use holding blinds and mats or lines, we have bird racks on line, chairs with a couple guys sitting that is similar to the judge and marshall. Obviously dogs quickly pick of on the difference between a real trial with many more trucks/dogs present. I know what you are thinking, if dogs are situational, recognize the difference between real hunting and trialing and act accordingly, and despite our best efforts to simulate the trial experience in training, dogs still recognize the real trial atmosphere, why would the good habits carry over in one situation and not the other? All I can say is if you do pick your dog up the first time it cheats a bank in a trial, that does seems to carry over, and for whatever reason it seems to work. That's just my experience that has worked well for me with six different dogs over the last twenty years.
(edit) I added this part after I thought about it a bit.
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I like Georges list of comments. If I had trained with George, I wouldn't have been caught so flat footed those few times I took the collar off. I am not arguing against George and Even, I just haven't learned their tricks for correcting at long distance without the collar on. It has been my experience that most trial-wise issues are manifested on line, creeping, breaking, etc, so it would seem like a trainer would have multiple options there.
John, one of the things I recall Rex saying is that he would periodically "run the truck" with dummy collars (clients usually handling) to get a read of where they really were in their training, and to cause the trainers to think more outside the box in holding standards high. One of the ways to get sent back to the truck without running a dog was to arrive on line without a heeling stick.
"Prepare your dog in such a manner that the work he is normally called upon to do under-whelms him, not overwhelms him." ~ Evan Graham
People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.
― George Bernard Shaw
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There is a lot of good comments here. Take a high drive, high retrieving desire, very birdy dog and put a bird in their face and you get a different level of bahavior than if you are taking out the garbage. Most all dogs, when you put the collar on show a different level (lower) of behavior than without. The difference is at a trial your only option is to pick the dog up if it breaks your standard. when training without the collar you still have your voice, you can call the dog back in, or use other methods to let the dog know its not doing the right thing. I am talking about a dog that is 4.5 years old not a puppy. The dogs we are breeding these days are very smart. I understand that training is a repetative conditioning procedure. Also that once a dog know that, at the trial it doesn't have a collar on, and in training it has a collar and there is a behavior difference. Are we not conditioning the dog to actually behave that way through repetition. My thinking is by removing the collar in a situation where the dog can be corrected some other way, loud voice or something would be beneficial to training.
"...high retrieving desire, very birdy..."
Your dog doesn't even hear you. Your loud voice becomes irrelevant background noise.
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I like George's line of thinking. Simplify. But be consistent, enforce commands and keep your standards high. IMHO
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But I go back to the fact that the dog only will be as good as the level of training he is given, and that needs to be at a high standard. I hate when a handle says the dog screwed them. The dog isn't that smart to set out and screw the handler over.
Dogs do what we train them to do and what we expect them to do. Dogs main goal in life is to please us.
So I find it hard to believe the collar in or out of trainning has anything to do with the dog jacking you around at a trial.
Tell us what the dog did and like I said I believe these people can help you.
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The more I'm on the internet the more I love my dogs.
Seems simple to me. All agree dogs are situational learners. Create a situation where you don't use a collar (test or trial) and every other situation where you do (training at home, training days) and your dog will likely learn the situation.
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Your Montreal Canadiens will have to wait until next season to put the puck behind Antti Niemi.
Unless, of course, they meet the goaltender and his San Jose teammates in the Stanley Cup final.
OK, that wasn't even funny.
Hard to laugh after a road trip like that.
As we turn the clocks ahead, is there any point in looking back at what transpired in San Jose?
Or in Phoenix?
Or Los Angeles?
Suffice it to say the Canadiens haven't won a game with Thomas Vanek in their lineup.
Or with Dale Weise out of it.
The schedule has been brutal: seven games in six cities over the span of 11 nights – including transcontinental air travel.
But credit a tired team with some resiliency. After Peter Budaj gave up that ludicrous shorty to Tommy Wingels less than three minutes into the game Saturday night, they regained their composure and outshot the Sharks 9-7 in the first period.
But when Wingels' second chased Budaj 1:54 into the second period, the chances of a rally began to fade. And when Lars Eller's turnover resulted in Matt Nieto beating Dustin Tokarski … well, we might as well have turned our clocks ahead to the final buzzer.
As was the case when he beat the Canadiens 2-0 at the Bell Centre in October, Niemi was rarely tested. Over their two meetings with the Sharks this season, the Canadiens were outscored 6-0 and outshot 68-49.
The Canadiens' power play was 1-for-18 on the road trip, the only goal coming during a 5-on-3 advantage during a 5-2 loss in Phoenix. The power play was so inept in San Jose that Therrien began one man-advantage with a forward line of Daniel Brière, Alex Galchenyuk and … wait for it … Rene Bourque.
Nothing clicked. And a sputtering power play is a mortal weakness for a team that struggles to score at even strength.
The acquisition of Thomas Vanek was supposed to help. It still might – once Michel Therrien finds linemates for a sniper who played with John Tavares and Kyle Okposo on Long Island.
With all due respect to the Canadiens' best 200-foot player and the team's gritty captain, Tomas Plekanec and Brian Gionta are not Tavares and Okposo.
With the game in San Jose out of reach in the third period, Therrien moved Vanek onto a line with David Desharnais and Max Pacioretty. The coach also reunited the EGG line, using Brendan Gallagher with Lars Eller and Galchenyuk.
When the Canadiens traded for Vanek, some of the more excitable fans suggested the acquisition made the team a Cup contender.
The general manager was more circumspect. Marc Bergevin's line was Vanek would help the Canadiens in what remains a very tight race for Eastern Conference playoff spots.
While the Canadiens remain second in the Atlantic Division – a point ahead of the Leafs, who have a game in hand – and six points clear of the cutoff for playoff spots, postseason hockey is not a sure thing in Montreal. The team has completed the toughest part of the schedule – in terms of travel, quality of competition and frequency of games – but challenges remain.
Starting with Boston at the Bell Centre Wednesday night.
Let's hope Carey Price is ready to face the Bruins – and that he gets better protection than the defence corps gave Budaj and Tokarski.
The Canadiens were a mess in their own end all through the road trip. They lost puck battles, blew coverages, yielded too many high-percentage scoring chances from the slot.
P.K. Subban hasn't been himself since before Sochi. Alexei Emelin looks dazed and confused. Josh Gorges is injured. Jarred Tinordi is raw. Douglas Murray and Mike Weaver are spare parts.
RDS analyst Marc Denis said the Canadiens' defence lacks mobility. He thinks Nathan Beaulieu should be brought up from Hamilton, if only to bolster the second wave of the power play.
Vanek prefers playing left wing. But he's a righthanded shot, and using him with DD and Pacioretty might be the best way to get the proven sniper untracked in bleu-blanc-rouge.
Or play Vanek with Brière.
There are a few days – minus one hour – for the Canadiens to get their poop in a group.


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Here is a sad story about a Washington county sheriffs commander that was shot by a turkey hunter. Thankfully it sounds like he will be OK but the punishment for the shooter should be that he/she needs to speak at every MnDNR firearms safety training about propoerly identifying your target before shooting. An 'accident' should never happen
Here is a link to the story.
http://www.twincities.com/localnews/ci_ ... ile-hiking
A 28-year veteran of the Washington County sheriff's office was shot by a hunter as he walked a potential turkey hunting site in St. Croix County, Wis., Tuesday, April 30.
Cmdr. Jerry Cusick was shot once with a long-barreled shotgun, Washington County Sheriff Bill Hutton said. Cusick was taken to Regions Hospital in St. Paul and was last listed in good condition.
The St. Croix County sheriff's office said the incident happened just after 7:20 a.m. in the 1900 block of 80th Street in Somerset Township.
"Preliminary information indicates that hunters were turkey hunting in the area when one hunter shot another hunter," the St. Croix sheriff's office said in a statement.
The incident is under investigation.
Hutton said Cusick's injuries did not appear to be life-threatening.
"But whenever you get shot, you never know," Hutton said. "That's why they're taking all the precautions and making sure they're aware of the extent of the injuries."
Cusick heads the Washington County sheriff's office court security operations as well as the special units division, which includes chaplain services and the water, parks and trails unit.
He had been out Tuesday morning scouting a hunting area when he was shot.
"It's a spot that he hunts," Hutton said. "He was just hiking through today. He had no weapon on him, just walking through the area in preparation for an upcoming hunt."
Elizabeth Mohr can be reached at 651-228-5162. Follow her at twitter.com/LizMohr. Mary Divine and Andy Rathbun contributed to this report.


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Getting Your Job Ad Replied To
Joel Spolsky had published an essay titled "Getting Your Résumé Read" on his Joel on Software site, which gives very good advice for job candidates who want to apply for work. Today, I am going to cover the opposite direction: give some advice for employers who publish job ads in hopes of finding employees. I have seen my share of bad practises among the many job ads I have read, and can tell which ones make me more willing to apply.
Before I start, I am going to share a small item, which I originally planned to publish as is, and later decided to expand into this post, which I have titled "The Worst Job Offer Ever". After I wrote it, I thought that posting something like that on my blog will make no one want to hire me ever again, so don't take it too seriously. I am not singling any particular "wanted" adverts.
From: firstname.lastname@example.com To: firstname.lastname@example.com Subject: BEST JOB!!! A promising startup with a young, dynamic, environment is looking for a talented software developer with the following skills: * Team-player. * Independent. * Detail-oriented. * Considers the big picture. * Ability to work under pressure. * Willing to work for stock options. * B.Sc./B.A. in Computer Science/Software Engineering or equivalent from a prestigious university with an average of 93.1415% or above. ** M.Sc. an advantage. * 10 years of experience in JAVA. * 25 years of experience in php/Mysql. * 1-3 years of experience in PERL, PYTHON, ror - an advantage. * 10 years of OOP/OOD experience in C++ and COBOL - a must. * windows/unix/LINUX sys admin experience (3-5 years). Please send your CVs in MS Word format to firstname.lastname@example.com . -- Sent from my iPhone.
I hope you agree that it is pretty bad. Now for the rest of the advice:
The first thing you should do is to spell the requirements precisely. What does the candidate must know for the job? Please consider avoiding giving a number of years of experience because this is annoying. "1-3 years of Java experience" — are people with 4 years of Java experience underqualified?
You should also give a precise description of the job: something like "Ruby-on-Rails expert", "Perl expert", "UNIX Systems Administrator", "PHP expert" etc. That way people who do not match this description will know better than to apply.
You should also use proper spelling, grammar, and syntax. Perl is not spelled "PERL", Python is not spelled "PYTHON", and it's MySQL - not "MYSQL", "Mysql" or "mySQL". It's also "PHP" - not "Php" or "php".
If you have a successful business or planning on having one, then you should get your own DNS domain such as mycompany.com, set up E-mail hosting for it, and send the job posts from there. Sending from a Webmail provider such as "@gmail.com", "@hotmail.com" or "@yahoo.com" will make a bad impression, and indicate lack of professionalism.
You should also use a standard desktop, or a comfortable laptop computer to type and phrase the message - not a mobile device which results in more error-prone and less Netiquette -conforming messages. Make sure that your E-mail lacks any of the branding or advertising signatures such as "Sent from my iPhone".
Specify the formats in which it is possible to send the résumé, for example Microsoft Word, OpenDocument Text, XHTML or PDF. This way the candidates will know which formats they should send and you will have less problems reading their E-mails. That is one thing the worst job advert I gave did right, but naturally many people will appreciate the ability to send in different formats to the proprietary Microsoft Word format.
Also specify whether it would be possible to send a link to an online version of the résumé for easy viewing using your favourite browser, and avoid the hassles of opening attachments and their myriad formats.
Please don't require an "ability to work under pressure". Most developers are naturally going to perform worse under pressure, and you should make sure you avoid pressuring them as much as possible. In order to attract developers, it is a good idea to advertise that your company normally operates on no more than 40 hours of work in a week — see what Evan Robinson has written about it in "Why Crunch Modes Doesn't Work: Six Lessons".
If you do have a pressured environment (which is unfortunate but a fact of life), say "We have a pressured environment." instead.
Another good idea is to encourage candidates to show off their open-source projects and web-presence (home sites, blogs, etc.). However, "show me your GitHub page" may work for some people, but will leave a bad taste in the mouth, and will offend some other people, because some people prefer some of its alternatives (include me).
You should spell the location of your offices (at least roughly) and specify how much one can telecommute, if at all.
Whatever you do, please don't post the job ad to the same forum more than once every few months. Posting the exact same position several times will make people annoyed and they may complain, filter your messages, or request that you get banned from posting on the forum.
It is a good idea to mention some of the software management practices your company employs, such as using version control, writing automated tests, performing code reviews, refactoring, or pair programming.
Finally, as Joel mentions in the original essay, you should make your ad stand out. One good example was once posted to the Israeli Ruby developers mailing list:
Subject: Developers Developers Developers Looking for developers who: * want a full time, salaried position * want to work in a fun, young workplace * want to work in an environment that allows them to use (just about) whatever tools they wish to get the job done * know and love ruby * ideally have experience with php and python * want to work on large scale rails/merb projects that have nothing to do with "the social web" * want to drown a puppy every time they hear phrases like "the social web"
This job ad (and especially the two last items) makes a stance, and makes the readers feel empathic towards it.
Good luck!
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Outside of a camera and lens, I'd argue that few things can have as much impact on your photographic travels as your camera bag. And over the years, I've come up with a wish list for the perfect bag. For starters, it needs to be compact and light, yet able to hold a multitude of items in a way that makes each one accessible at a moment's notice. And because I'm often hiking to my destination, it should be comfortable to carry over long distances and be water-resistant.
In my quest for the perfect bag, I've tried most of the big name brands. And while they all touted different features and strengths, I've found many of them to be too bulky and uncomfortable to carry. Another big issue for the locales in which I typically shoot is the amount of dust, dirt and sand that ends up in the bag itself, no matter how careful I am.
Recently though, I had the opportunity to test a bag from a small company you may not be familiar with. The company is Gura Gear. Its founder, Andy Biggs, is himself a wildlife photographer. His background as a seasoned professional shows through in the designs of the Gura Gear bags. They're simple, practical and even ingenious in some respects.
Currently Gura Gear has just three products in its lineup, a shoulder bag and two backpacks. I tested its largest bag the Kiboko 30L backpack. As the name implies, it has a 30 liter volume capacity, which is sufficient to hold just about anything I'd reasonably want to bring on a professional photo expedition.
Upon receiving the Kiboko 30L, I had two conflicting impressions. Its unique design - two separate flaps that open in a butterfly style - immediately won me over (more on their significance in a bit). Yet I must admit that the bag looks quite small and well, cheap.
Fortunately, the Kiboko 30L only looks small. After spending a few weeks using the bag, the word 'compact' seems to be a more suitable description. Indeed, nearly all of the gear I usually pack into my LowePro Trekker 600 – whose footprint is more than twice that of the Kiboko – fits comfortably in the Gura Gear backpack. I can carry two DSLR bodies, 6-8 lenses, filters and the usual bits and pieces. The only point where the bag's two compartment design struggled even a bit was with my Canon 1Ds Mark III with an attached custom L-bracket. It's a tight fit, but it does go in.
The 'cheap' look that caused initial concern comes down to the use of a highly unusual material for camera bags: sailcloth. High end sailcloth is very light, extremely durable and anything but inexpensive. In my time using the bag it had to endure mud, sand, rock and other unpleasant and sharp surfaces. And the external fabric has come through no worse for the wear. The weight savings you get with this material is an added bonus. The unpacked weight of the Kiboko 30L is only 4 pounds/1.8 kilos which is about half the weight of some competitors' comparably sized offerings. And one actual benefit to a 'cheap-looking' bag is that it doesn't cry out, 'Camera bag! Expensive equipment inside!'.
There are several innovative ideas built into that bag that make a big difference. The rain cover can be retrieved from its compartment and fitted over the bag in seconds (doesn't sound very sexy, I know, but very important when the need for it suddenly arises). The entire harness can be stowed away, which turns the Kiboko into a handbag with grips on the top and one side. The most ingenious idea however is the butterfly style front flap. The bag is basically divided into two main compartments, each accessible separately.
This means less exposure to the elements for your gear and less dirt, dust and sand in the bag. And the customizable layout of the bag (which comes with a generous supply of Velcro dividers) makes it easy to access any piece of equipment in an instant.
For me, however, all of these features take a back seat to my comfort. Can I carry my gear for hours without ending up with a broken back? The Kiboko 30L is without question the most comfortable backpack I ever used. The bag's compact design coupled with its high quality adjustable harness makes for a great fit and feel.
One glaring omission for me though is the lack of a means to carry a pro level tripod. You can attach a small travel/holiday oriented tripod, but not the more substantial ones a dedicated landscape photographer like me needs to use. At this price - and for the user at which its aimed - I would also like to see security straps (like the ones below) included. It would also be nice to have waterproof seams along the zippers.
|Security straps like the ones shown here are probably not high on most photographers' must-haves lists. But if a zip fails these straps can prevent a major loss of equipment. As such, I would have liked to have seen them included with the Kiboko 30L.
At a retail price of US$429, the Kiboko 30L is one of the more expensive photo backpacks on the market, but the use of top-grade materials and a five year warranty do help soften the blow. Overall I find the Kiboko 30L to be a fabulous backpack and I highly recommend it to any serious landscape, wildlife or outdoor photographer who travels regularly with a large amount of equipment.
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- Comfortable to carry
- Unique 'butterfly' compartment design
- Easy access to equipment
- Compact appearance with impressive capacity
- Retractable harness
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- Very expensive
- No harness for pro level tripods
- Lacks waterproofing along zipper seams
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Fixed various alias and trigger editing code. Added kludge to get the text of a GtkOptionMenu. Not particularly impressed at having to keep a list of the items in the menu to figure out which one is selected. GtkOptionMenu is a child of button, but gtk_button_get_text() returns NULL. Various investigations into widget internals indicate that it doesn't use a regular label, but a GtkAccelLabel which isn't accessible as an item in the GtkOptionMenu.
So far that's been the only real long term issue with GTK2. Most other problems have resolved themselves after some websearches and/or reading of header or source files for GTK. This particular problem has lots of people asking about how to get the text of the selected option, but no solutions. Spent about 5 hours trying to find a solution I'm happy with.
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The introduction states, "The Buffett Rule is the basic principle that no household making over $1 million annually should pay a smaller share of their income in taxes than middle-class families pay. Warren Buffett has famously stated that he pays a lower tax rate than his secretary, but as this report documents this situation is not uncommon. This situation is the result of decades of the tax system being tilted in favor of high-income households at the expense of the middle class. Not only is this unfair, it can also be economically inefficient by providing opportunities for tax planning and distorting decisions. The President has proposed the Buffett Rule as a basic rule of tax fairness that should be met in tax reform. To achieve this principle, the President has proposed that no millionaire pay less than 30 percent of their income in taxes."
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New London — The Board of Education voted 6-1 on Thursday not to extend the superintendent's contract for another year, making the next school year his last.
Bill Morse was the lone board member in favor, saying he would have liked to extend Superintendent Nicholas A. Fischer's contract by another year, to 2015. The contract expires June 30, 2014.
"This puts the district on hold for two years, but that's their choice," Fischer said after the meeting.
During the meeting, Fischer read from a list of the district's accomplishments during his four years in New London, including the move to make the district an all-magnet school district; New London High School's rating as the most improved high school in the state in terms of student achievement; Nathan Hale Elementary School's designation as a School of Distinction; and three students' enrollment in the U.S. Coast Guard Academy for the first time in 15 years.
Thursday's contract discussion was supposed to take place in executive session, but Fischer requested that the talks be held in public. When it came time for discussion on the contract renewal, board members fell silent. There was no discussion, just a swift vote.
Visibly absent at the meeting was the district's state-appointed special master, Steven Adamowski.
"We did this last year and there was no discussion then," board Chairwoman Margaret Curtin said after the meeting. "I think one of the major reasons was that board members felt there was a lack of communication, they felt it wasn't forthcoming."
In a 2010-11 annual evaluation of the superintendent by the previous school board, a lack of communication between Fischer and the board was not noted in any of the nine evaluation categories as an improvement goal.
Board members this year have expressed frustration about not receiving information in a timely manner prior to board meetings, not having enough back-up information at meetings to make informed decisions, and not feeling embraced by the superintendent. However, Fischer has said that even though he reaches out to board members and invites questions and comments from them on issues, he rarely receives feedback.
During public comment before the vote, residents spoke in praise of Fischer's accomplishments.
Alvin G. Kinsall, the former chairman of the school board, said voting not to renew Fischer's contract would be a fatal mistake.
"Your vote to renew this contract is a positive step in the furthering of the future and health of the New London Public Schools system," Kinsall said. "Since his arrival, we have been fortunate to see continual improvement in the district. He was quick to recognize the district's weaknesses and rapidly make recommendations to address them. Don't be afraid of success. Be afraid of the alternative if you don't allow success."
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Experience Israel through the tastes and the smells: a gastronomic adventure to discover Israel's multicultural population and unique culture while indulging yourself in a wide palate of flavors.
Start the day with a Visit to the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial, Walk through the astounding new Museum with its new and moving focus on the individual in the Holocaust, the Children's Memorial and Hall of Remembrance. Drive through the New City viewing old and new neighborhoods and the Knesset (The Israeli Parliament) (open for visits on Sundays and Thursdays) and the beautifully designed Supreme Court building. At the nearby Israel Museum, among many other fascinating exhibits discover the mysteries of the Dead Sea Scrolls at the Shrine of the Book and see the Model of ancient Jerusalem.
For a change of pace visit Mahane Yehuda, the produce market of the capital, where a number of good restaurants have opened there lately, in the old stone buildings. Finish the day with optional evening tours that explore the development of Jerusalem from the 19th century on. (Must be pre-arranged, can be booked through the concierge at your hotel)
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Suggestions have included changing the state Constitution to allow early voting (a technical change from the perspective of those of us who vote absentee in advance, but a major improvement in the burden placed on municipal clerks handling those ballots cast before Election Day); restoring in-person absentee balloting on the Friday, Saturday, and Monday just before Election Day (it was removed in 2011 in hopes of easing clerks' workload but ended up inconveniencing voters instead); and clarifying ancillary rules relating to students who vote in Maine (the Constitution's position is clear, but there are other state laws not directly related to voting that may — or may not — come into play; it's those that might need tidying up).
Having heard all the testimony, and taken written comments as well, the committee will report its findings, and any suggested legislation, to the legislature by the end of January; we can look for the Democrat-controlled State House to frown on any new restrictions, and to cheer for any ideas to make voting easier, clearer, and more accessible to all Mainers.
We've long since lost count of how many hotels there are in Portland, how many rooms each has, and how often they're full or vacant. Until recently, though, we thought we had a handle on how many new hotels were in the works. But when we last looked, the list had grown by one more — and we're sure it'll have added another by the time this hits the streets. This sort of competition has existing hoteliers worried that oversupply will mean lower occupancy rates, cheaper room prices, and reduced profits. That's almost a given when many of the new hotels open in 2014. It's not outlandish to think that, in hopes of fending off this impending competition, Portland lodgings will drop their rates to ridiculous, Priceline-like levels, preferring to lose money and discourage new hoteliers, rather than make insane profit margins and attract gold-diggers galore. If this plan comes to fruition, by December, rooms will be so cheap that Portland's homeless situation will be entirely solved — and we'll still have rooms for all the tourists flocking here.
The city of Portland is seeking feedback on its website (portlandmaine.gov) and plans to issue a Request for Proposals to revamp it in the beginning of 2013. Thank goodness. The current version, which receives an average of 2000 to 5000 pageviews per day, is a clunky eyesore; its usability — one of the most important factors to any website, especially a municipal one — is nil. It takes forever to find the information you need, and there's no mobile functionality to speak of. That's why the city manager and council set aside $40,000 in the budget to give the site a facelift. By gathering survey data (there's a link on the city's homepage) and studying award-winning municipal websites (the Center for Digital Government and the online publication Government Technology gave first-place merits this year to the state of Alabama; Florida's Orange County; and Louisville, Kentucky), city officials hope to improve the online portal to Portland.
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Julian Assange, the man behind Wikileaks and responsible for bringing government secrets into the public domain, easily won Readers' Choice for TIME Magazine's Person of the Year. Gathering 382,020 votes, Assange was the peoples' clear choice. Hands down. But today, TIME's editors revealed that they preferred to go with the safer choice: Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg. The loser in this contest is TIME Magazine. Hands down.
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I uploaded version 0.2 of the monocov coverage tool for Mono here. It is also available from the monocov svn module from the usual Mono svn server.
The release features an improved Gtk# GUI, fixes to html
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The usage is pretty simple, just run you program or test suite with the following command after having installed monocov:
mono --debug --profile=monocov program.exeThe coverage information will be output to the program.exe.cov file. Now you can load this file in the GUI with:
monocov program.exe.covand browse the namespaces for interesting types you want to check code coverage for. Double clicking on a method will bring up a viewer with the source file of the method with the lines of code not reached by execution highlighted in red.
To limit the collection of data to a specific assembly you can specify it as an argument to the profiler. For example, to consider only the code in mscorlib, use:
mono --debug --profile=monocov:+[mscorlib] test-suite.exeTo be able to easily collect coverage information from the unit tests in the mono mcs directory you can also run the test suite as follows, for example in mcs/class/corlib:
make run-test RUNTIME_FLAGS="--profile=monocov:outfile=corlib.cov,+[mscorlib]"Monocov can also generate a set of HTML pages that display the coverage data. Here are the files generated when running the nunit-based test suite for mono's mscorlib with the following command:
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Tuned In: TV writer's goal is to offer inspirationOctober 11, 2013 4:00 AM
A lot has changed in prime-time television since writer Martha Williamson executive produced and wrote CBS's "Touched by an Angel" in 1994. Back then the general public was usually unaware of the identity of the writers/producers responsible for spearheading TV shows -- the term "showrunner" had yet to achieve widespread circulation -- and though few and far between, the broadcast channels did occasionally make family shows.
That's less true today, which is why Ms. Williamson's "Signed, Sealed, Delivered" debuts as a TV movie on cable's Hallmark Channel at 9 p.m. Saturday. It will become a 10-episode weekly series in 2014.
"The kind of storytelling that I do, which is intended to be inspiring, uplifting, positive entertainment that families can watch together, does not have a home on the major networks as much anymore," Ms. Williamson said. "I found it difficult to find a network that is truly family friendly in prime time."
"Signed, Sealed, Delivered" stars Eric Mabius ("Ugly Betty"), Kristin Booth ("The Kennedys") and Daphne Zuniga ("Melrose Place") as postal workers in Denver who take it upon themselves to become lost-mail detectives, ensuring that waylaid letters make it to their intended destination. In each episode these postal carriers interact with different characters whose letters they find and deliver.
Ms. Williamson said the show, previously titled "Dead Letters," was originally developed at CBS.
"It was a somewhat darker show, edgier for Martha Williamson and not edgy enough for network television," she said, praising CBS Studios executive David Stapf for his encouragement when the show moved on to Hallmark. "It was not so much that CBS was not interested in positive entertainment. The anthology idea, which it was at the time even more than it is now, was not something they were interested in."
The show's title was changed more recently after enough people asked her if she was making a zombie or monster show after learning she was working on "Dead Letters."
"When we heard that, we knew we were on the wrong track," she said. "You have to admit, 'Signed, Sealed, Delivered' has a 'mission accomplished' tone."
Ms. Williamson said the show's concept was inspired by her own experience in college receiving a letter late from the then-love-of-her-life who was planning to meet up with her; she hadn't heard from him and thought she'd been dumped.
"It had been sitting in the post office for a month and I discovered it two days before we were to meet," she said. "If I hadn't gotten that letter I would have missed out and I wonder how my life would be different. That letter was the beginning of something that led me to California so you can imagine how different my life would be."
She was also inspired by all the fan letters she received during the run of "Touched by an Angel," letters she didn't have time to read until the show ended.
"I couldn't help but wonder, where are they now? What happened to these folks?" she said of the viewers who wrote to her. "Those letters came to me late but in many ways they were right on time because it's a huge letdown after a show ends and it's easy to ask yourself, what now? What difference did you make since you're only as good as your last show? To read those letters and see we did make a difference in people's lives, that's huge. So those letters came to me just when I needed to read them."
Fans who tuned into "Touched by an Angel" for the show's spirituality theme may not find that quite as prominent in "Signed, Sealed, Delivered" but it is innate to at least one character.
"Near the very end of the pilot we discover Oliver, the Eric Mabius character, is a guy who considers himself to be a man of faith and identifies himself as that and it's something I'm very happy about because we don't make it a big deal," Ms. Williamson said. "We don't shine lights on it and go religious and we don't stereotype him in one way or another. I like the idea that you have someone whose whole character ... isn't What Would Jesus Do? but is about trying to live his faith. He may well ask that question of himself but it isn't the only thing we think of when we see Oliver."
Zombies everywhere
Not only is AMC's "The Walking Dead" back this weekend (9 p.m. Sunday) for its fourth season, but Discovery Channel's "Mythbusters" (10 p.m. Thursday) features "Dead" star Michael Rooker in an episode next week that tests zombie myths, like, is an ax or a gun more effective at warding off the undead?
"We Are Men" is no more. CBS canceled the comedy Wednesday after two low-rated episodes aired. "2 Broke Girls" will move to 8:30 p.m. Monday with "Big Bang Theory" reruns at 9 p.m. for the next few weeks. On Nov. 4, "Mike & Molly," starring Swissvale native Billy Gardell, will have its fourth season premiere in the 9 p.m. Monday time slot.
NBC renewed "The Blacklist" for a full, 22-episode first season after its highly rated first two episodes. ABC followed suit and made a similar pickup for "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.," ordering a full first season.
But ABC canceled "Lucky 7" after just two airings, replacing it with "Scandal" reruns.
Fox ordered a 26th season of "The Simpsons" for 2014-15.
TNT renewed real-life crime series "Cold Justice" for a second season.
Bravo renewed its reality show "Newlyweds: The First Year" for a second year that will follow four new couples in their first year of marriage.
Here's an odd one: TLC ran "Little People, Big World" for years, then canceled it, then aired specials, then aired a wedding-themed spinoff and now a new season of episodes is coming back beginning at 9 p.m. Oct. 29.
Channel surfing
Need proof that National Geographic Channel's "Doomsday Preppers" is a success? Discovery is airing its own version of a similar show, "Apocalypse Preppers" (9 p.m. Thursday). ... When "24: Live Another Day," the new limited series based on Fox's "24," airs next year, stars Kiefer Sutherland and Mary Lynn Rajskub will be joined by William Devane and Kim Raver, who also appeared in the original "24" series. ... Pittsburgher David Conrad showed up in Tuesday's episode of "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D." as Ian Quinn, a bad guy character from Marvel Comics. Quinn survived Tuesday's episode so it seems likely he will return. ... Chris Hardwick gets yet another show with Comedy Central's "@midnight" (midnight Oct. 21), a daily late-night comedy competition with comedians battling to determine which one has the funniest take on the day's social media and pop culture events. ... "Orange County Choppers" returns with Paul Teutul Sr. at 9 p.m. Nov. 16 on CMT. ... David Letterman has signed on to continue hosting CBS's "The Late Show" through 2015. ... Verizon's FiOS TV has signed a multi-year agreement to carry Universal Sports Network (Channel 596HD on the Ultimate tier).
Tuned In online
Today's TV Q&A column responds to questions about "Parenthood," "The Mentalist" and MeTV. This week's Tuned In Journal includes posts on "Peg + Cat," "Superheroes: A Never-Ending Battle" and "Once Upon a Time in Wonderland." Read online-only TV content at post-gazette.com/tv.
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As we noted last June, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Broadcast Treaty—which is a restrictive copyright treaty that aims to create and extend rights to signals of broadcasters and webcasters, and possibly creating serious problems for freedom of expression —is back. Although it has been revamped, it still incorporates the two most controversial proposals from the original treaty text. As concluded by an analysis comissioned by UNESCO back in 2006:
There is a chronic lack of material in formats accessible to the world's visually impaired and print disabled citizens. Visually impaired people face a "book famine" in which 95% of books published in rich countries and 99% in poorer countries are never converted into accessible formats such as audio, large print or braille.1 The fastest way to address this famine is to change the copyright law: create exceptions and limitations that permit shifting of content into formats accessible to the blind, and allow cross-border exchange of content in accessible formats.
A new international treaty will add another layer of legal restrictions on audiovisual performances by giving the performers—actors, musicians, dancers and others—a new copyright-like right that will exist alongside copyright.
On June 24, 2012, the World Intellectual Property Organization Diplomatic Conference adopted the Beijing Treaty on Audiovisual Performances. As this treaty may be implemented into national laws, it provides an opportunity for the powerful copyright lobby to expand its already excessive rights while restricting some of our routine activities in the digital environment. The effects on digital rights and consumer rights are yet to be measured.
Blogging WIPO: News on a possible international treaty on copyright exceptions & limitations for education
From July 16 to July 25, 2012, roughly 185 states are meeting in Geneva at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) to discuss three international treaties on copyright exceptions and limitations, as well as to negotiate alleged content rights of broadcasting organizations. Specifically, it is the meeting of the Standing Committee on Copyright and Related Rights (SCCR), a subcommittee of WIPO that leads discussions on the means to protect copyright.
While copyright owners claim that they need anti-circumvention laws to address copyright infringement, twelve years' experience with the U.S. DMCA provisions demonstrates that overbroad digital locks laws can wreak havoc on lawful, non copyright-infringing activities, stifle free speech and scientific research, and harm innovation and competition. The issue is that overbroad anti-circumvention bans can override exceptions and limitations in national copyright laws, restricting or eliminating perfectly lawful non-copyright infringing uses of copyrighted works.
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Photographed April 21st, 2010-- The lower floor of a 2-story office connected to a behemoth 160,000 sq. ft warehouse in the Wynwood neighborhood of Miami. The warehouse had been sold in January/February of this year, and it wasn't until recently that I went back and realized how much new construction and renovation work had been completed.
There is visible evidence of the homeless population that live in the structure near the left-hand side of the picture...check out the couch in the corner.
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Visiting the Holy Land? Don't miss all the hotspots with our suggested itinerary: visit Jerusalem's Via Dolorosa and the room of the Last Supper, check out the Sea of Galilee and all the famous sites of the New Testament, and explore ancient cultures in various archaeological sites.
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Continue to the Temple Mount, scene of Abraham's offering of Isaac today marked by the Dome of the Rock.
Then, it's on to the Western Wall, revered as Judaism most sacred site as the last remnant of the Second Temple. On Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays you can see Bar Mitzva ceremonies at the Western Wall, the joyful occasion when a Jewish boy of 13 reads from the Torah in public for the first time.
While at the Western Wall, arrange your schedule to join a public tour of the Western Wall Tunnels by enquiring at the Western Wall Heritage Foundation .
At the Southern Wall Excavations, you can walk on the original two thousand-year old street and climbing the ancient steps that Jesus and the disciples probably also climbed. At the Davidson Center, in the basement of an eighth-century-CE palace, look into the possibility of seeing its virtual-reconstruction, high-definition interactive model, and enjoy the high-definition film open to all visitors that depicts ancient pilgrimage to the Temple in a unique way.
Next, visit the City of David, where Jerusalem became David's capital some 3,000 years ago. See the Visitors Center, with its excavations of the First Temple Period, Warren's Shaft and the ancient water system built by King Hezekiah to protect the city's water supply from the Assyrians.
Continue to Mount Zion, to visit the Church of St. Peter in Gallicantu, where Peter denied Jesus, King David's Tomb, the Room of the Last Supper and the Church of the Dormition - where by Catholic tradition Mary fell in to eternal sleep.Overnight: in Jerusalem


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OK, I found a lot today.
I saw ArCee - the pink fembot who turns into a motorcycle! It's cool to finally see ArCee get some justice done to her. Too bad I don't collect that line. She looked pretty good. Now they just need to make an Alternator for her. I don't think any modern car companies are doing anything in PINK for 2005 though...
I saw Sharkticon and this super-military-stealth boat looked great! It's supposed to be GNAW a SHARKTICON, that turns into a shark of course, but nevermind continuity
I saw the new Hot Shot -this looked cool. I wish they'd call him Hot Rod like he's supposed to be named. Meanwhile, he needs an Alternator for sure!
The big news is in ALTERNATORS - my line!
I finally found Hound! I definitely like him. This wave will pegwarm though - the package is dark and makes a poor presentation for him and Silverstreak.
In fact I turned down Silverstreak. I guess I don't need to buy rehashes (Smokescreen repainted). I don't want a whole Autobot Armada, just a small battle squad I guess.
I also saw Dead End there. WOW! This one looks hot, but I'm keeping with my religious beliefs that Decepticons are not cars unless they are COMBINERS.
I know we'll also see Swindle (from Hound's sculpt), and can only grumble that the Combaticons can't all possibly be produced since Blast-Off was a space shuttle and hardly going to be in scale with Dead End (not that they should have ever been used for the same combiner team in the first place - save for the fact that in the cartoon, the characters can change their sizes when they transform).
Anyway, a Yellow Tracks was shown on Dead End's Packaging. I doubt I'd buy that and plan on going with the blue.
Grimlock's white Mustang is also another planned purchase.
I still want:
Ironhide - an SUV perhaps? Ford Expedition?
Wheeljack - ??? (what kind of car?)
BumbleBee - yellow 2005 Volkswagon bug
Mirage - something white
Hot Rod - ??? - something red
Kup - ??? - some kind of blue pick-up truck
Blurr - ??? - something very fast and probably silver
Arcee - ??? - what could be pink?
Springer - ??? - at least a green car, if he can't be a triple changer - but what about a boat
Wreck-Gar - an orange dirt bike, like a Yamaha
Ultra Magnus - with a trailer this time, something like 20th Anniversary Prime


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Marketing and Branding
Program Description
In today's challenging marketplace, companies with an eye on market share, profits, and product awareness seek professionals who have practical and theoretical knowledge of core marketing activities, as well as the ability to plan, develop, and market new brands.
If you are ready to broaden your strategic planning and execution know-how in marketing or stretch your creative knowledge in such marketing communication as advertising and public relations to create powerful brands, then you are ready for the Marketing and Branding Certificate Program. Individuals who successfully complete four of the core courses and the final capstone course will earn the Certificate in Marketing and Branding.
Participants may enroll in one or several of the following core courses, to broaden their knowledge of contemporary marketing techniques. Note: candidates who wish to earn the Certificate in Marketing and Branding must successfully complete four of the core courses and the capstone course.
CE0612 Integrating the Marketing Message
Ten-session course, offered fall semester, $768.00
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Successful marketers maximize sales opportunities for their brands by using integrated marketing communication. Participants will develop insight into how a consistent message is created across the promotional mix of advertising, personal selling, sales promotion, direct marketing, Internet marketing, and public relations. They then will prepare an integrated marketing communication plan for a product or service of their choice.
CE0613 Building Powerful Brands
Ten-session course, offered spring semester, $768.00
(Required for certificate candidates)
How do companies build powerful brands? Learn how companies design or differentiate their goods and services, and offer value. In Building Powerful Brands, participants will develop strategies and tactics for managing a brand, including name selection, package design, and product/service differentiation. Participants will demonstrate the knowledge they gain from the course by developing a plan to build their own powerful brand.
CE0617 Marketing and the Internet
Ten-session course, offered spring semester, $768.00
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This course will utilize a variety of methods (eText learning, Internet-based applications, sharing of real-world examples, and guest speakers) to immerse participants in the world culture of today's Internet-based marketing approaches. Participants will develop the ability to assess when using Internet-based marketing makes sense, which Internet-marketing tools are likely to be the most effective, and how to effectively track and measure the success of these campaigns.
CE0618 Services Marketing
Ten-session course, offered spring semester, $768.00
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Services marketing requires an understanding of traditional and emerging marketing tools as well as customer/client relationship management. In this course, move beyond the marketing mix and master the ability to create effective marketing strategies and campaigns for service industry companies: financial, hospitality, professional, health care, and others. In Services Marketing, you also will discover the importance of customer relationship management (CRM) software and examine CRM management models. Finally you—together with your classmates—will collaborate to use your newly developed services-marketing skills and create a customer-centric, service-industry oriented marketing plan.
CE0619 Transacting Value with B2B Marketing
Ten-session course, offered summer semester, $768.00
Discover key differences between business and consumer marketing in Transacting Value with B2B Marketing, and develop your abilities as a business-to-business marketing professional. In this course, participants will learn how to better understand the dynamics of the business-to-business marketing environment: needs of client companies, product and service purchasing challenges that prospects face, various purchasing- and procurement-decision processes, and general client-company management. Participants then will create a comprehensive business-to-business marketing proposal for a brand of their choice to a business of their choice.
CE0620 Mobile Marketing
Ten-session course, offered summer semester, $768.00
Update your company's marketing mix by strengthening your knowledge of marketing strategies for the mobile channel. In this course, participants will learn about mobile-user consumer behavior, campaign creation for the mobile market, and various mobile-ready features: websites, apps, advertising, 2-D codes, short message service (SMS), and multimedia message service (MSM). The course also will discuss the impact of the emerging tablet market and its effect on the consumer decision-making process.
CE0616 Final Capstone Project: Selling Your Marketing Plan
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A marketing plan involves deciding on marketing strategies to help an organization attain its overall objectives. The Final Capstone Project encapsulates marketing techniques learned in the certificate program. Participants will develop a comprehensive marketing plan involving analysis of the marketing situation, product, competition, opportunities, and threats; establishment of objectives, strategies, and tactics, and budget; and methods to evaluate or measure success. Participants will learn to organize the plan efficiently, present the plan effectively, and develop the ability to sell the plan to senior management successfully. The Final Capstone Project will be offered in the late spring, ONLY. Academically qualified certificate candidates who want to complete their certificate in two intense semesters may choose to take 2 courses in the fall, and 2 courses and the capstone in the spring.
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- Individuals must satisfy the certificate program requirements published for the term in which they register for the first course toward the certificate; all prerequisite coursework must be completed; and program courses or workshops taken in the prescribed sequence.
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Brad Schiff, instructor of Integrating the Marketing Message, Building Powerful Brands, Transacting Value with B2B Marketing, and Selling Your Marketing Plan
Brad Schiff is president of Pierce-Cote Advertising. He held the position of chief marketing officer of Papa Ginos and D'Angelos; and marketing management positions for the Ninety Nine Restaurants, Ocean Spray Cranberries Inc., Dunkin' Donuts and Parker Brothers. He has taught undergraduate and graduate courses at Emerson for 12 years. Mr. Schiff has a BS degree in marketing from Boston College and an MBA from Tulane University.
Duane LeFevre, instructor of Services Marketing
Duane Lefevre has spent over twenty years in Service Marketing on both the client and ad agency side as well as in the business-to-business and consulting arenas. He has worked for global firms (PepsiCo's Taco Bell and Pizza Hut divisions were clients) and smaller Internet startups including Surefire Commerce. Mr. LeFevre launched the e-commerce division of The Dancing Deer Baking Company, growing it to over $1 million in three years. He lived in India from 2004 to 2007 and taught at the post graduate level. His company, A Global Career, offers seminars and workshops that explore the fundamentals of working across cultures as well as the tools to allow students and employees be more effective with their cross cultural peers. LeFevre earned a Bachelor's Degree in Marketing at Bryant University and an MBA with High Honors from Boston University.
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During a conversation with a reporter from the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Rep. Paul Broun (R-Ga) claimed that President Obama upholds the "Soviet Constitution", emphasis mine:
"The Constitution I uphold and defend is the one I carry in my pocket all the time, the U.S. Constitution. I don't know what Constitution that other members of Congress uphold, but it's not this one. I think the only Constitution that Barack Obama upholds is the Soviet constitution, not this one. He has no concept of this one, though he claimed to be a constitutional lawyer."
Is it really possible that Rep. Broun is unaware that there is no "Soviet constitution", that the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991? We truly do elect incompetent idiots.
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This is a tricky one to opinionate on since it's just a part of the movie Kill Bill, no longer than 10 minutes probably. I was so stoked to see this part of the film, it's so awesome. I absolutely adore the anime style. The story and characters are hard to rate though because we don't really get too much detail. I wish it was longer! Though I truly wish that they would come up with something like this more, and for it to be an original project - That would be ABSOLUTELY amazing, in my opinion. xo SaoriSee full review
This is one of the best animes I've ever watched. It's both hilarious and also touching. I've also read on a Japanese forum somewhere that this girl used to think anime was only for otakus and nerds and it's super lame : Until they watched this anime. They were so touched by it. It has a great story, the anime style is really nice, and the characters are very charming. And gawd it made me laugh my butt off. Loved this series. xo SaoriSee full review
【こばと。・ Kobato.】 I was surprised by how good this underrated anime actually was! I was pretty sucked into it around the end, which was what really got me. It's such a sweet anime. Kobato is such a charming character, and I love love love that song she sings. Though a couple things I'm dissapointed for is that I wish they went more in depth about Kobato's past, which would have made things more interesting. I wanted to know a little more about Kohaku as well. I would totally recommend this anime though, especially if you're a fan of sweet happy animes. xo... See full review
【俺の妹がこんなに可愛いわけがない ・ My Sister Can't Be this Cute】 I'd say this anime's good for a quick watch, to just watch 'just because'. Definitely don't take it seriously for a lot of the situations will make you go "Uhm, what" lol. I like the animation and most of the character but man, does the heroine annoy me! She's SO stuck up and I don't know how ANYONE would care about her with a personality like that in reality but, again - Don't take this anime seriously lol. I was... See full review