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Copyright Directive
|European Union directive
|Directive on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society
|Made by
|European Parliament & Council
|Made under
|Arts. 42), 55 & 95
|Journal reference
|L167, 2001-06-22, p. 10
L6, 2002-01-10, p. 70
|Date made
|Came into force
|Implementation date
|Preparative texts
|Commission proposal
|C108, 1998-04-07, p. 6
C180, 1999-06-25, p. 6
|EESC opinion
|C407, 1998-12-28, p. 30
|EP opinion
|C150, 1999-05-28, p. 171
|Other legislation
|Current legislation
The Copyright Directive (officially the Directive 2001/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society, also known as the Information Society Directive or the InfoSoc Directive), is a directive of the European Union enacted to implement the WIPO Copyright Treaty and to harmonise aspects of copyright law across Europe, such as copyright exceptions.[1] The directive was enacted under the internal market provisions of the Treaty of Rome.
The directive was subject to unprecedented lobbying[2] and has been cited as a success for copyright industries.[3] The directive gives EU Member States significant freedom in certain aspects of transposition. Member States had until 22 December 2002 to implement the directive into their national laws. However, only Greece and Denmark met the deadline and the European Commission eventually initiated enforcement action against six Member States for non-implementation.
Articles 2–4 contain definitions of the exclusive rights granted to under copyright and related rights. They distinguish the "reproduction right" (Article 2) from the right of "communication to the public" or "making available to the public" (Article 3): the latter is specifically intended to cover publication and transmission on the internet. The two names for the right derive from the WIPO Copyright Treaty and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (Arts. 8 & 10 respectively). The related right for authors to authorise or prohibit any form of distribution to the public by sale or otherwise is provided for in Article 4 (exhaustion rights).
Exceptions and limitations[edit]
Article 5 lists the copyright exceptions which Member States may apply to copyright and related rights. The restrictive nature of the list was one source of controversy over the directive: in principle, Member States may only apply exceptions which are on the agreed list, although other exceptions which were already in national laws on 2001-06-22 may remain in force [Article 5(3)(o)]. The Copyright Directive makes only one exception obligatory: transient or incidental copying as part of a network transmission or legal use. Hence internet service providers are not liable for the data they transmit, even if it infringes copyright. The other limitations are optional, with Member States choosing which they give effect to in national laws.
Article 5(2) allows Member States to establish copyright exceptions to the Article 2 reproduction right in cases of:
- photographic reproductions on paper or any similar medium of works (excluding sheet music) provided that the rightholders receives fair compensation,
- reproductions on any medium made by a natural person for private use which is non-commercial provided that the rightholders receives fair compensation,
- reproduction made by libraries, educational establishments, museums or archives, which are non-commercial
- archival reproductions of broadcasts,
- reproductions of broadcasts made by "social institutions pursuing non-commercial purposes, such as hospitals or prisons" provided that the rightholders receives fair compensation.
Article 5(3) allows Member States to establish copyright exceptions to the Article 2 reproduction right and the Article 3 right of communication to the public in cases of:
- illustration for teaching or scientific research, provided the source, including the author's name, is acknowledged,
- uses for the benefit of people with a disability,
- current event reporting, provided the source, including the author's name, is acknowledged,
- quotations for purposes such as criticism or review, provided the source, including the author's name, is acknowledged,
- use necessary for the purposes of "public security" or to the proper performance or reporting of "administrative, parliamentary or judicial proceedings",
- use of political speeches and extracts of public lectures or similar works, provided the source, including the author's name, is acknowledged,
- use during religious celebrations or official celebrations "organised by a public authority",
- use of works such as architecture or sculpture located permanently in public places,
- incidental inclusion of a work in other material,
- the advertising the public exhibition or sale of artistic works
- caricature, parody or pastiche,
- for demonstration or repair of equipment,
- use of an artistic work, drawing or plan of a building for the purposes of reconstruction,
- for non-commercial research or private study
According to Article 5(5) copyright exceptions may only be "applied in certain special cases which do not conflict with a normal exploitation of the work or other subject-matter and do not unreasonably prejudice the legitimate interests of the rightholder", therefore the directive confirms the Berne three-step test.
Technological protection measures[edit]
Article 6 of the Copyright Directive requires that Member States must provide "adequate legal protection" against the intentional circumvention of "effective technological measures" designed to prevent or restrict acts of copying not authorised by the rightholders of any copyright, related right or the sui generis right in databases (preamble paragraph 47). Member States must also provide "adequate legal protection" against the manufacture, import, distribution, sale, rental, advertisement, or possession "for commercial purposes of devices, products or components or the provision of services which":
- are promoted, advertised or marketed for the purpose of circumvention of, or
- have only a limited commercially significant purpose or use other than to circumvent, or
- are primarily designed, produced, adapted or performed for the purpose of enabling or facilitating the circumvention of, any effective technological measures.
In the absence of rightsholders taking voluntary measures the Directive provides that Member States must ensure that technological measures do not prevent uses permitted under Article 5 on copyright exceptions, see Article 6(4). Article 7 requires that Member States must provide "adequate legal protection" against the removal of rights management information metadata.
Unlike Section 1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, which only prohibits circumvention of access control measures, the Copyright Directive also prohibits circumvention of copy protection measures, making it potentially more restrictive. In both the DMCA and the Copyright Directive, production, distribution etc. of equipment used to circumvent both access and copy-protection is prohibited. Under the DMCA, potential users who want to avail themselves of an alleged fair use privilege to crack copy protection (which is not prohibited) would have to do it themselves since no equipment would lawfully be marketed for that purpose. Under the Copyright Directive, this possibility would not be available since circumvention of copy protection is illegal.[4]
Implementation by member states[edit]
Member States had until 22 December 2002 to implement the Copyright Directive into their national laws. However, only Greece and Denmark met the deadline, while Italy, Austria, Germany and the UK implemented the directive in 2003. The remaining eight Member States (Belgium, Spain, France, Luxembourg, The Netherlands, Portugal, Finland and Sweden) were referred to the European Court of Justice for non-implementation. In 2004 Finland, the UK (with regards to Gibraltar), Belgium and Sweden were convicted for non-implementation.[5]
National implementation measures include:
- Czech Republic: the amendment No. 216/2006 Coll. of the Czech Copyright Act [1]
- Finland: 2005 amendment to the Finnish Copyright Act and Penal Code
- France: loi no 2006-961 du 1er août 2006 relative au droit d'auteur et aux droits voisins dans la société de l'information, better known as "DADVSI"
- United Kingdom: Copyright and Related Rights Regulations 2003
See also[edit]
- Copight law of the European Union
- Digital Millennium Copyright Act
- Deckmyn v Vandersteen (Case law regarding Parody definition)
- ^ Council Decision of 16 March 2000 on the approval, on behalf of the European Community, of the WIPO Copyright Treaty and the WIPO Performances and Phonograms Treaty (2000/278/EC), OJ no. L089 of 2000-04-11, pp. 6–7.
- ^ Hugenholtz, Bernt (2000). "Why the Copyright Directive is Unimportant, and Possibly Invalid". European Intellectual Property Review: 501.
- ^ For that, and contrary views: Ginsburg, Jane C., "Can Copyright Become User-Friendly? Essay Review of Jessica Litman, Digital Copyright" (Prometheus Books 2001)(October 6, 2001). Columbia-VLA Journal of Law & Arts, Vol. 25, No. 1, 2001. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=288240 or doi:10.2139/ssrn.288240.
- ^ * Patricia Akester, "Technological Accommodation of Conflicts between Freedom of Expression and DRM: The First Empirical Assessment" available at http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1469412 (unveiling, in the context of the Copyright/Information Society Directive, through empirical lines of enquiry, (1) whether certain acts which are permitted by law are being adversely affected by the use of DRM and (2) whether technology can accommodate conflicts between freedom of expression and DRM - linking, thus, policy conclusions to empirical findings).
- ^ "Implementation of the directive 2001/29/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 22 May 2001 on the harmonization of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the Information Society". Association of European Performers' Organisations. Retrieved 9 Sep 2012.
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The Philadelphia Zoo was the first zoo in the U.S. to breed this species, which is Critically Endangered in the wild. Since the first births in 1994, many pied tamarins have been born at the Zoo, and we coordinate the zoo breeding program in the U.S.
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The pied tamarin lives in small family groups. In the wild, groups ranging from 2-10 individuals have been reported. In one study, a family group used an area of about 30 acres (12 ha), but home range probably varies across groups. Groups mark their area using secretions from scent glands, which they rub on branches. Scent-marking may also be important for communication within a group.
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Pied tamarins have a head and body length of 8-11 in (20-28 cm), with a tail length of 13-17 in (33-43 cm). Males and females are the same size.
In zoos, pied tamarins usually weigh a little over 1 lb (454 g). Wild animals probably weigh little less on average, with a weight of 15 oz (420 g). Males and females are the same size.
In the wild, pied tamarins eat invertebrates like insects and spiders and a variety of fruits. They also have been seen to eat flowers and plant gums. In the Zoo, we feed the tamarins a variety of fresh fruits, insects like mealworms and crickets, and a primate "chow" specially formulated for marmosets and tamarins.
The pied tamarin has one of the smallest geographic ranges of the Amazonian primates. It is found only in a small area of Brazil, in the suburbs of and areas surrounding the city of Manaus, an area densely inhabited by humans and rapidly growing.

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The rabid mutant hamster
Well this is co-written by me and charmingal one very boring science lesson. If you haven't read her story Dream On read it. It dosn't directly link but otherwise you'll get confused. What would happen if two of our favourite vampires and their (slightly scary) girlfriends meet a rabid mutant hamster? and why are they in hawaii?
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It was an apparently normal day in the Cullens mansion in Forks. Everyone besides Carlisle and Jasper were out doing god knows what.
Jasper was just sitting in the living room when his trousers began to vibrate. He took his phone out and saw it was his girlfriend Robyn.
"hello sweetie" he said
" hey snugglebunny listen I can't talk for long but can i ask a big favour?" said a mad sounding voice
" of corse cherrylips anthing for you" he replied a warm love growing deep inside
"good. Well this is going to sound strange but Tash and I...well we kind of had a rabid mutant hamster and well we lost it" she sounded worried now
"ok I don't even want to know how you got one of those but I'll help. Where are you?"
"Hawaii" Robyn relpied
"Well I'll get there as soon as I can" Jasper sighed
"Great!!!" she squealed down the line" by the way can you put Carlisle on Tash wants to talk"
"Yeh sure. I'll see you later pumpkin. I love you" he said walking to Carlisles study
" I love you to squidgycheeks see you soon" was all he heard before he heard the familiar struggle as Tasha wresled the phone from his beloved girlfriend.
He handed the phone to Carlisle knowing that as soon as he said hello there would be a deafening hyper voice.
Sure enough as soon as Carlisle said hello there was a gibbering at the other end.
"hey darling how are you? we're all fine apart from the whole rabid mutant hamster thing but it was Robyns fault for not reminding me to remember to shut the cage. Anyway you'll be here soon I miss you so much!"
Jasper regularly wondered if Tasha was actually a vampire as she often didn't feel the need to take a breath and she was certainly scary enough.
"erm yeh" Carlisles face was as it usually was when talking to Tasha over the phone. He was looking at the phone as if it would explode any miute.
"Anyway we have to go so I'll see you soon for your hope catching the hamster! Love you!!!" she yelled
"yeh I love you to" Carlisle said before hurriedly hanging up.
From the look on his face as he turned around he had guessed what Tasha was on about and he didn't look particularly happy about driving all the way to Hawaii. Even though they could get there in a matter of seconds there was still the slight problem of then getting back the two human girls. Sometimes he wondered why Carlisle wouldn't let him change them. For some reason he wanted them to wait until they were married so that they don't change them and then break up a month later. As if that would happen.
"Don't worry I'll drive" Jasper said trying to be helpfull
From the look that stayed on his face driving was the least of his problems.
After leaving a note explaining to everyone where they would be and packing enough clothes to alst for a few days it suddenly dawned on them. What do you need to catch a rabid mutant hamster? Or is there any particular clothes?
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Al Golden didn't officially become cleared to begin recruiting until around 5 or 6 p.m. Tuesday. But since he's been given the green light, UM's new football coach and recruiting coordinator Aubrey Hill have been pounding the recruiting trail.
> Goal No. 1: Pursue the players who plan to enroll in January and have been strongly considering the Canes -- whether they're uncommitted or have de-comitted.
> Goal No. 2: Phone as many coaches in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach Counties as possible and let them know the Canes are eager to build friendships and get some players.
Golden started the day by visiting with Vero Beach offensive linemen Marcus Jackson at his high school, then followed him home to meet with his mother after school. How did it go?
"He said it went well -- and that's pretty much all he said," said Pete LeDuke, assistant head coach and recruiting coordinator at Vero Beach. "I didn't get to talk to Marcus too long because the coach from Georgia Tech was coming in to talk to him tonight. But Coach Golden and Marcus talked, the and mom talked to Coach Golden and pretty much that was it."
Jackson, who is trying to complete an online course while studying for finals, is declining all interview requests. But what Golden set out to do, he achieved. LeDuke said Jackson told him he is planning to go through with visiting UM this weekend. Jackson (6-2, 315) is considered the 13th best guard in the country by Rivals.com. He was committed to UM until two weeks ago when former coach Randy Shannon was fired.
LeDuke said Jackson will make his announcement Jan. 5 at the Under Armour All-American Game in Tampa -- the same place where Monsignor Pace defensive back Jabari Gorman, considered the 10th-best safety in the country by Rivals, plans to announce his decision as well (We'll get to him later).
"Marcus hasn't said where he's leaning to and all that," said LeDuke, who said Jackson visited Michigan State, Georgia Tech and Tennessee twice (once unofficially).
"The visit to Miami will be huge. But I think coach Golden did a great job. I was very impressed with him. I thought Miami did a great job hiring him. He's very personable, very easy to talk to. We talked about families. Obviously, he's a family man. So am I. I like what he was talking about. He talked about how we want football players. I liked how he talked. He was very easy to talk to like I've known him forever. He's a former linemen. We had a bond there. I think he had the same bond with Marcus."
Golden's next scheduled stop Wednesday night was Boston where he was set to meet with another Canes de-commitment, cornerback Albert Louis-Jean, rated 12th best at his position by Rivals. No word yet on how that meeting has gone, but Louis-Jean's father told me Monday night his son was coming down this weekend to visit UM.
The big question that remains is if Miami Northwestern quarterback Teddy Bridgewater will be joining Jackson and Louis-Jean as the only other guests at UM this coming weekend.
According to a source, Bridgewater, who visited the University of South Florida officially on Tuesday, told UM coaches last night he would be making the trip. But UM is still waiting for a final confirmation.
Bridgewater (6-3, 185) has and continues to be the No. 1 recruiting target for the Hurricanes according to the source and was set to receive an in-home visit from Golden on Tuesday night until it was learned he was in Tampa. The hope now is UM coaches will be able to visit Bridgewater on Thursday night and try to convince the No. 2-ranked dual threat quarterback in the country according to Rivals to jump back on board at UM.
It will definitely take some convincing. His mother, Rose Murphy, wasn't happy with the way UM fans reacted when her son de-committed last week, telling me, "nobody reacted this way when those other boys de-committed. They should be happy he's looking for a great education, be respectful."
OTHERS WAITING FOR A CALL: While some recruits and coaches have received phone calls from Golden and Miami assistants, others are still waiting patiently.
Miami Belen defensive end Nick Menocal (one of four commitments along with Tampa Alonso defensive end Anthony Chickillo, St. Thomas Aquinas receiver Phillip Dorsett and Milford Prep cornerback Jeremy Davis) said Wednesday afternoon he had still not heard from Golden. But Menocal said was he told by defensive line coach Rick Petri on Monday to expect a call from UM's new coach soon. Menocal said he's hoping to be invited to come see the Hurricanes practice for their bowl game.
"I am still committed," Menocal said. "I look forward to seeing what Coach Golden has to tell me and who is going to bring in and hopefully I can go to UM and do big things."
Menocal (6-3, 235) is ranked as the 58th best outside linebacker by Rivals. He said he plans on visiting UM in January, somewhere between visits to Georgia Tech, Virginia and possibly North Carolina, which still hasn't offered Menocal but has been after him harder of late.
> Coral Gables High linebacker Denzel Perryman, a longtime target of the Hurricanes rated, met with UM coach Aubrey Hill on Wednesday and spoke to Golden by phone in the morning.
"I talked with him to touch base," Perryman said. "It was a regular conversation. He's going to touch base with all the recruits. I'm looking forward to talking to him in person. Everything is still up in the air. But I still feel good about UM."
Perryman (5-11, 217) rated the 23rd best middle linebacker in the country by Rivals said he has plans to visit Florida State, Florida, USC and LSU in January, but wants to squeeze in an official to UM as he gets to know the new Canes coaches better. He said he planned to be out at practice on Friday.
What could end up being huge for Perryman is if linebackers coach Micheal Barrow sticks around. "I hope he does, I really do," Perryman said. "It's a big factor. We've had a little bond since my freshman year. I don't want to lose that."
> Monsignor Pace defensive back Jabari Gorman (5-11, 170) cut his list down to Ohio State, Miami and Florida earlier this month before Randy Shannon was fired and Urban Meyer stepped down in Gainesville. He said Wednesday night while Ohio State still leads, the Hurricanes and Gators remain in the hunt. Gorman said he plans to announce his choice at the Under Armour All-American Game on Jan. 5.
"I'm sure I'm going to talk to him soon, talk to him this week and have a meeting so I can get a feel for him," Gorman said of Golden. "I'm hearing great news about him. I like the fact of how he turned Temple's program around. That means the coach knows what he's doing. You want to be around a coach like that."
Gorman said even if he picks a school at the UA game, he will still visit UM in mid-January and could end up changing his mind by National Signing Day.
"Nothing is final until signing day," Gorman said. "I've been feeling OSU. But I've been having doubts about it too. You know how Miami is, they come at you hard. Coach Hill has been on me.
"Stephen Morris is recruiting me as hard as the coaches the do. Me and Stephen have always been real close since my ninth grade year. We always talk. Me and him always used to be together as far as doing the right things on the field. I know what he tells me at Miami is no lies. I can trust him."
> While Golden was in the Northeast Wednesday night, Hill was visiting with Oakland Park Northeast defensive end BJ Dubose at his home. Dubose is one of several local players UM plans to make hard efforts to get in the coming weeks.
Others include Perryman, Gorman, Palm Beach Dwyer tight end Nick O'Leary and Miami Southridge defensive back Gerrod Holliman. Golden is expected to also make a push for Brooklyn, N.Y.'s Ishaq Williams (6-6, 220), considered the second best defensive end in the country.


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Life is too short to take seriously, none of us get out of it alive.
Each morning when I open my eyes I say to myself: I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be.Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it.
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On a little side note as a child we would spend Christmas eve on my Grandparents farm and when it was dark and if it was not cloudy my grandfather would take us kids outside and we would look at the stars. He would point out a moving satalite and say in an excited voice that it was Father Christmas traveling across the sky far away and we all believed him, it was a magical time.
I am 46yrs old now and my grandfather has sadly passed away, but every Christmas eve I look to the skys, not for a distant satalite, but for Father Christmas and the magic of being a child again.
Thank you grandad for giving me the spirit of christmas... I still believe.
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soulrunner, that's a beautiful family memory. You were a lucky child.
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For some projects, it's nice to output clean, well-formatted markup. Using theme template files enables great control over most of your (X)HTML formatting, but not so much for automated functionality involving stuff like widgets and custom menus. One of my current projects requires clean, semantic HTML markup for all web pages, but also takes advantage of WordPress' custom-menu functionality to make things easy. In this DiW article, we'll see how to enjoy both: WordPress custom menus and clean, well-formatted HTML markup.


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Up and Away and Out of Sight
Grandparents: Protect Your Grandchildren From Accidental Medication Overdoses
By: Marketwired .
Jan. 3, 2013 05:00 AM
MISSION, KS -- (Marketwire) -- 01/03/13 -- (Family Features) Grandparents know children are curious and do everything possible to keep them safe as they explore. Grandparents love when their grandchildren come to visit, but they do not always remember to take extra precautions to put their medicines and vitamins up and away and out of sight before their grandkids arrive. In fact, in a recent survey from the University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children's Hospital, nearly one out of every four grandparents said they store prescription medicines in easy-access places, including daily-dose boxes that children can easily open, and 18 percent said they store over-the-counter medicines in easily accessible spots.
Annually, more than 60,000 young children -- or roughly four school busloads of children per day -- age five or younger are treated in emergency departments (ED) for accidental ingestion of household medicines, according to Dan Budnitz, M.D., M.P.H., director of CDC's Medication Safety Program.
"Grandparents may not be aware that their next dose of medicine left out on the counter is a potential source of harm for their curious young grandchildren," said Budnitz. "A few simple steps -- followed every time -- can keep their grandchildren safe from harm."
In partnership with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) PROTECT Initiative, CDC and the Consumer Healthcare Products Association (CHPA) Educational Foundation created the Up and Away and Out of Sight educational program to help parents, grandparents and caregivers understand how to best store and safeguard the medicines they use so young children cannot access them.
The following tips and resources can help to make sure your grandchildren are always protected:
"Spending time with grandchildren is so special, and no grandparent wants to unintentionally put young children in harm's way by leaving medicines and vitamins out. When grandchildren come to visit, it is important to be vigilant about making sure all medicines and vitamins are safely stored in 'up-and-away' places, rather than places kids can easily reach or rummage through," said Emily Skor, vice president of Communications and Alliance Development at CHPA.
Safe medicine and vitamin storage should be practiced year round at home and away from home. Grandparents often take a variety of medications. They must be cautious about safe medicine storage when their grandchildren stay with them. Returning medicines and vitamins to a safe location every time they are used can help prevent the accidental ingestions and ED visits by young children each year.
For more information and resources, visit www.UpandAway.org and pledge to keep your medicines and vitamins up and away and out of sight in your home.
Each year, one in every 150 2-year-olds is brought to an emergency department for accidental drug overdose, typically after finding and taking medications without adult supervision.
Explaining Medicine Safety to Children
Families take medicines and vitamins to feel well or stay well. However, any kind of medicine or vitamin can cause harm if taken in the wrong way or by the wrong person, even medicine bought without a prescription. It is important for parents, grandparents and caregivers to teach children about medicine safety to avoid accidental ingestions.
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It is a good idea to expand your newspaper research into adjoining counties as neighborhood news sometimes can be found outside the home county. The following items from a Caldwell County, Kentucky neighborhood were found in the Paducah Evening Sun on Monday, 30 August 1926.
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Ordway entertained Friday evening, August 27, at their home a few miles north of here with a chicken barbeque. There were over 100 guests present. The Crayne String Band furnished music.
Mr. and Mrs. C.S. Wigginton of Evansville were visitors here Thursday.
Rev. and Mrs. Claud Leeper and children, Misses Margaret and Nellie Lee and Claud Kirkpatrick and Mr. Edwin Codding left for their home in Ironton, Mo. Friday. They had been the house guests of Dr. S.M. Leeper and family for some days.
Mrs. J.B. Sory, Mrs. J.E. Hillyard, Miss Dora Young, Miss Juanita Sory and Mr. Ben D. Landes motored to Evansville Friday.
Miss Alice Browning of Evansville was the guest of her sister, Mrs. W.S. Hale and Mr. Hale, some days recently.
Mr. and Mrs. William Moore and Mrs. J.T. Moore of Clay were visitors here Friday.
Rev. and Mrs. L.C. Findley and son Barnard were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. R.B. Ford of Sullivan some days last week.


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Too expensive... https://www.callcentric.com/ [callcentric.com] and others are still cheaper by a significant margin...
I'd like to think my VoIP provider doesn't have the latitude to publish my and my receiver's location in realtime, even anonymously.
Certainly the content of the calls is still private, but maybe a lot of chatter between let's say Redmond, WA and Espoo, Finland could have suggested the recent deal placing Windows Phone 7 on Nokia handsets.
Better read my terms of service...
Yes. and if you actually live in a rural area then this is perfect for stalking. Call your ex-girlfriend and look where the pin drops. In a rural area you then know where she is.
then this is perfect for stalking. Call your ex-girlfriend and look where the pin drops.
Looking at the map, it is clear each call is only identified as one of seven of the phone company POPs (points of presence)
For example there are two pin locations in California, one at Santa Cruz, and another at San Diego.
That does not narrow down a location any further than a state, since each POP services at least many cities, if not many states (They are IP phones after all.) The above example covers all of California, and would only tell you northern or southern assuming only covering many cities. If
Nevertheless, it may reveal when somebody whom you knwo travels between known locations.
... not much to see here. 5 talks in the last few minutes? When are they going out of business? Is this their last try at a publicity stunt to acquire customers? Might be the best way to frighten them off.
Hmmm... so it's a very basic mashup running on an advertising page for a VOIP server to show how spread out their population is.
And coincidentally, the ad in Slashdot's sidebar is for that exact same VOIP service.
Let me guess, the submitter works for them or is getting compensation from their marketing department?
On a second note: do we know that the markers popping up are real? There could be just random US cities being choosen. If the're smart they might be even using some statistical data or at least populations size to influence the randomness.
I watched for a little bit, seriously, watching paint dry is more stimulating....
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Dipturus trachydermus
|Scope: Global
Language: English
|Scientific Name:
|Dipturus trachydermus (Krefft & Stehmann, 1975)
Common Name(s):
Raja trachyderma Krefft & Stehmann, 1975
|Red List Category & Criteria:
|Vulnerable A4bd ver 3.1
|Year Published:
|Date Assessed:
|Lamilla, J. & Massa, A.
|Cavanagh, R.D., Kyne, P.M. & Acuna, E. (Shark Red List Authority)
As presently known D. trachydermus has a relatively limited distribution in the Southeast Pacific off Chile (36°20' S to 41°30' S) and in the Southwest Atlantic off Argentina (45°36.1' S to 51°6.8' S). However, it has also been recorded in the Beagle Channel (54°51' S) and following Leible and Stehmann (1987) it is presumed to be continuously distributed south through Patagonia in the Atlantic and up to Central Chile in the Southeast Pacific. A large skate (at least 235 cm TL, estimated to 250 cm TL) of the outer shelf and upper slopes at depths of 93 to 450 m, but recorded from shallower waters in the Beagle Channel (20 to 22 m). Little information is available on the biology of the species. The vulnerability of large skates to overexploitation and subsequent population depletion is well documented and in the case of D. trachydermus, both directed and bycatch fishing pressure from commercial and artisanal activities are impacting the species. In Chile, overall biomass of Dipturus spp. (D. trachydermus and D. chilensis) has decreased by 51% and spawning biomass by 34% since fishing began in 1979. Landing statistics are not separated by species, but research has shown that D. trachydermus makes up 10% of catches. Directed and bycatch catches in commercial and artisanal fisheries in Chile are managed through an annual quota system, which has been decreasing in recent years. There may be some refuge for adults at depths beyond the reach of the artisanal longline fishery off Central and Southern Chile; however, continued catches of immature animals will limit recruitment to the reproductive population. Although little specific data is available for the Southwest Atlantic (where it is not abundant), there has been increasing direct targeting of skates in that region as international demand increases. Globally then, with documented biomass declines off Chile and direct targeting continuing throughout its range, the species is assessed as Vulnerable on the basis of past and future declines of greater than 30% for the three generation period (estimated at 50.4 years).
|Range Description:
|Occurs in the Southwest Atlantic off Argentina. Occurrence off Uruguay and southern Brazil uncertain; previous references to the species off southern Brazil such as those summarised in Menni and Stehmann (2000) probably refer to the recently described D. mennii (Gomes and Paragó 2001). Also occurs in the Southeast Pacific off Chile. Lloris and Rucabado (1991) also recorded the species from the Beagle Channel (54°51' S), and Leible and Stehmann (1987) presumed that it is continuously distributed south through Patagonia in the Atlantic.
|Countries occurrence:
Native:Argentina (Chubut, Santa Cruz); Brazil; Chile
|FAO Marine Fishing Areas:
Atlantic – southwest; Pacific – southeast
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|While the species is documented south to 51°6.8' S in the Atlantic, south to 41°30' S in the Pacific, and in the Beagle Channel (54°51' S) (Lloris and Rucabado 1991), this assessment follows the presumption of Leible and Stehmann (1987) that it is continuously distributed south through Patagonia in the Atlantic and up to Central Chile in the Southeast Pacific. Thus the assessments here are treated as regional assessments and not subpopulation assessments.
There are no abundance estimates but the species is apparently not abundant in Argentinean waters.
|Current Population Trend:
|Additional data:
|Habitat and Ecology:
|Distributed in deep temperate waters of the continental shelf and upper slope, between 93 m (Menni and Gosztonyi 1977) and 450 m (Leible 1984) depth, but also recorded in 20 to 22 m in the Beagle Channel (Lloris and Rucabado 1991). Inhabits sandy and muddy bottom sediments.
The following life history data from Chile is drawn from Lamilla et al. (2001, 2002), unless otherwise stated.
From examined longline catches off Chile, females were observed between 98.5 and 225 cm TL, and males between 82 and 235 cm TL, with 35.8% of specimens in the size class 160 to 180 cm TL. Sex ratio was 1:1. Maximum size is estimated at 250 cm TL.
There are no reproductive or aging studies for this species, but ages up to 20 years for males and 21 years for females have been suggested (Gili et al. 1999). However, these may have been derived from a mix of two species (D. trachydermus and D. chilensis) and these figures should thus be viewed with caution (Lamilla et al. 2002).
The feeding habits are mainly piscivorous (Macrouronus magellanicus, Helicolenus lengerichi, Merluccius australis and Merluccius gayi), but also crustaceans (mainly Pterygosquilla armata) in shallower depths.
An age at maturity for the species was estimated at 12.6 years if Amat (age at maturity) is 60% of Amax (maximum age) based on ages for D. laevis (Gedamke et al. 2005). Average reproductive age for D. trachydermus was estimated using the following calculation: (((21-12.6)/2)+12.6) = 16.8 years.
No information is available on the biology of the species from Argentina.
|Major Threat(s):
The vulnerability of large skates to overexploitation and subsequent population depletion is well documented (Dulvy and Reynolds 2002). The three generation period for the species is 50.4 years (3 x 16.8 years), calculated with published estimated maximum age for females (Gili et al. 1999) and estimated female age at maturity (60% of maximum age based on ages for Dipturus laevis in Gedamke et al. (2005).
This species faces both directed and bycatch fishing pressure in Chile. Since 1979 there have been industrial and artisanal landings in Chile of up to >4,000 t/year of D. trachydermus combined with D. chilensis. These two species are not separated in catch landing statistics (Roa and Ernest 1999, 2000). Between 1999 and 2000 there was an important increase in mainly artisanal landings, with a maximum landing of 4,151 t during 2000, which then dropped to 3,000 t in 2001 (SERNAPESCA 1989-2003). In Chile, overall biomass has decreased by 51% and spawning biomass has decreased by 34% since fishing began in 1979 (Quiroz 2005).
In the artisanal multi-species longline fishery off Central and Southern Chile (39°15'-41°28.6'S) the catch is regulated by quota for D. trachydermus and D. chilensis. Since 2000, 30% of artisanal landings within this fishery (between IX and X Regions) have been monitored (Lamilla et al. 2001, 2002). Landings comprise 85% D. chilensis, 10% D. trachydermus, with the remaining 5% made up of Bathyraja albomaculata, B. brachyurops, B. griseocauda and Rajella sadowskyii (Lamilla et al. 2001, 2002). Anecdotal evidence suggests that larger individuals of D. trachydermus were more abundant in previous years. However, research in 2002 recorded mostly immature specimens, suggesting that larger mature specimens may occur in deeper depths beyond the reach of the artisanal fishery (Lamilla et al. 2002).
South of the above-mentioned fishing grounds, both D. trachydermus and D. chilensis are taken as bycatch in commercial fisheries for southern hake (Merluccius australis) and in artisanal fisheries for golden kingclip (Genypterus blacodes). Captures were of ~2,000 t for both Dipturus species combined in 2002 and since 2005 there have been quotas put in place in these southern fishing grounds.
In the coastal and continental shelf waters of Argentina, fishing pressure on all skate species is rising due to increasing demand on the international market. Subsequently, catches have been rising since 1994. Skates, particularly D. chilensis and D. trachydermus, are directly targeted by a licensed Korean longliner off Argentina. Species-specific catch data are however, unavailable.
Similarly, species-specific catch data from multi-species demersal fisheries which operate within the range of D. trachyderma and likely take the species as bycatch are unavailable. Cedrola et al. (2005), however, recorded D. trachydermus as bycatch in the Patagonian red shrimp (Pleoticus muelleri) fishery. This industrial fishery has been operating since 1979, with target catches rising since 1998, and reaching a peak of 79,000 mt in 2001 (Cedrola et al. 2005).
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In Chile, catches are regulated by annual total quota. Following Lamilla et al. (2001, 2002), in the fishing grounds between 39°15' and 41°28.6' S, quotas were set at 600 t for 2002, 500 t for 2003. Afterwards, quotas have been 425 t for 2004, 400 t for 2005 and 370 t for 2006. Since 2005, there has also been an annual quota for Dipturus spp. south of 41°28.6' S of 2,000 t for that year and 1,430 t for 2006. Each year, there is also a seasonal fishery closure for the entire Chilean coast between December 1 and February 28 to protect its reproductive season.
Regulations and management tools utilised also need to be species-specific, due to differing life histories and abundance patterns of D. trachydermus and D. chilensis.
In Argentina, the assessment of direct and indirect catches is a priority.
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One more flight aboard a B-17, one of the last of its kind
Updated 11:34 pm, Friday, October 5, 2012
Photo: JENNIFER WHITNEY
A B-17 Flying Fortress called the Sentimental Journey flew over South Texas on Friday, carrying two veterans of bombing campaigns who hadn't been in one of the aircraft since World War II.
Veterans of the Eighth Air Force, which flew over Europe throughout the conflict, are in San Antonio this weekend for a reunion.
The Sentimental Journey is a fully restored B-17G model and is operated by the Commemorative Air Force Arizona Wing Aviation Museum.


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12 was her lucky day
The numbers had everybody talking yesterday, but Jennifer Silvio had no idea that Wednesday was going to change her Sunday when she set off on her hour-long commute to Westwood.
The number thing actually started before she set off for her job as a business analyst. Her 11-year old daughter – one year short of the 12 thing – questioned how long it would be before the dates lined up to 12-12-12 again.
"I told her it was going to be a long, long time," said Jennifer.
Her 15-year old son, Anthony, disagreed.
"He's a smart Alec. Not if you do military time," he said.
That was the extent of Jennifer's thoughts about 12 until she got on Post Road and made her daily stop at the Dunkin' Donuts opposite Ann & Hope. Usually she gets an egg breakfast, but yesterday was the office Christmas party so she decided to bring in a dozen donuts – there's that magic number 12, again.
She didn't think it strange that Pat Patriot was in the store until the mascot, along with a couple of Patriots cheerleaders and an entourage dressed in Tom Brady jerseys – there's that number 12 – surrounded her.
It was then that something clicked subliminally. She had read messages on Twitter that Wednesday was going to be a special day for some lucky Dunkin' Donuts customers. Could this be it – Pat Patriot and cheerleaders?
It was even better.
Jennifer was handed a pair of tickets to Sunday's game.
The Post Road store was the first of 12 stores, of course it was 12, that Pat Patriot visited in Rhode Island and nearby Massachusetts yesterday to give away a pair of tickets to the first customer they see with a dozen donuts. They also made a stop at the Jefferson Boulevard store.
An avid Patriots fan, Jennifer has been to only one game so far this year, when the team played the Colts.
"Now I'm going to get to go to another," she said excitedly.
That could be good news to other family members.
"On Sunday, you don't get to touch the TV," she said.


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A large majority of National Journal's National Security Insiders agreed with Coast Guard Commandant Robert Papp, who broke ranks with his fellow military chiefs to condemn President Obama's proposed budget restrictions, arguing they would leave his service overstretched and outdated.
Though the Joint Chiefs of Staff have all backed the president's budget request for their services, Papp last week said the $10 billion budget for the Coast Guard presents a "challenge" to cut 1,000 people from his 42,000-member force. The admiral even suggested that the nation would have to cut back on Latin American drug interdiction in order to have enough resources to protect Alaskan oil interests in the north.
"Papp's statement reflects the reality that the Coast Guard has been under-resourced for growing, vital missions for at least the past decade," one Insider said. "Hopefully, Papp's statement will wake up the congressional and executive branches."
Papp oversees a declining fleet of obsolete Coast Guard ships, one Insider said. Another added: "[These are] ships that would qualify for Social Security. If he had said his service was in good shape--that would have been news."
One Insider said a recent tour of a Coast Guard facility in Florida revealed Coast Guard personnel with well-maintained but old equipment. "We have never provided for these men and women as well as we have DoD uniformed military," the Insider said.
Another Insider said the problem goes beyond the Coast Guard, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security. The Office of Management and Budget and the appropriators, the Insider said, do not support funding national-security capability for the Coast Guard. "This has been true since the creation of DH and even before. It needs to be fixed."
Others disagreed with Papp's tough stand. "Despite Adm. Papp's mutiny, he has missed the boat," one Insider said. "The ship carrying the trillions for the overhyped wars on terror and drugs has already sailed, leaving behind a country largely bankrupt."
Over the past decade, the Coast Guard has expanded its overseas operations, another Insider said. "These properly should be carried out by the Navy, which indeed needs more ships."
After North Korea's high-profile satellite launch -- and subsequent failure -- dealt a serious embarrassment to the regime of Pyongyang's new leader Kim Jong Un, 87.5 percent of Insiders said they expected him to take provocative action to save face.
Such action could include a nuclear test. "The U.S. had a dozen failures before a successful satellite launch, and Kim Jong Un also appears willing to go the distance," one Insider said. "And, like his father, he will continue to wave his nuclear trump card for all he can get from the West; it's the only card he has."
Saving face on the international stage is very important to North Korea, another Insider said. "While it was remarkable that the regime admitted the launch failure publicly, it's pretty clear they are determined to succeed in their efforts to project a powerful image. One way to do so would be to conduct a nuclear test, but the regime will wait for the inevitable diplomatic impasse before they do something of that magnitude."
As another Insider put it: "The last thing a rogue regime wants to lose is its street cred for being a rogue."


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Wednesday, September 2, 2015
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Envy: One Sin, Seven Stories, an installation by Adrien Broom, includes a Portrait Gallery of Fairy Tale Characters, and photographs from famous stories Cinderella, Snow White, and others less known. Get tangled in a "Web of Envy," with objects that portray beauty, wealth, or power. Three Stage Sets come to life throughout the Summer in Gallery Stage performance.
Adrien Broom lives and works in Brooklyn and is an artist with a penchant for the bizarre and beautiful. She took a degree in computer animation from Northeastern University and studied fine art in Florence and art history in London. Broom's photographs have been featured in numerous exhibitions in Connecticut and New York City, as well as in the American Dreamers exhibition at the Palazzo Strozzi, Florence in 2012. The exhibion Envy is organized by the Hudson River Museum and curated by Bartholomew Bland, the Museum's Deputy Director.
Envy is part of The Seven Deadly Sins, the inaugural exhibition of the Fairfield/Westchester Museum Alliance (FWMA), a cultural collaboration begun in 2009. Each member organization presents one of the seven deadly sins, from spring to fall, 2015. Sin, the favorite subject of poets and painters, also provides grist for FWMA's provocative summer programming, which is offered to the public and FREE to the members of FWMA organizations.
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"No matter how good you are, you're going to lose one-third of your games. No matter how bad you are you're going to win one-third of your games. It's the other third that makes the difference." ~Tommy Lasorda
Brown took the stance of "oh no, you will honor this commitment. You can leave, can't stop you there, but you get nothing." Eventually, they agreed to a dissolution. I don't really see that as hypocrisy, but resolving the issue in a way that both parties could agree.
Can't win with 'em
Can't win without 'em
Furthermore, the fans are in no way responsible for paychecks, the owners are. The owner has to pay contracts whether a fan shows up or not. If anyone has no responsibility in this business, it is the fan. They are the true free agents, who have no dependency on anyone and can buy or not buy tickets and merchandise, but have no moral or ethical responsibility to do so.
Can't win with 'em
Can't win without 'em
Today is going to be a tough, tough game. Win this game, and I'll be REALLY impressed. The Seahawks aren't a particularly good team, but they've got a really good defense, and they're a different team at home. I think the defense plays well today, but this game lies in the hands of Andy Dalton. How he handles that defense and that atmosphere will determine who wins this game.
But you're right... fans aren't responsible for paychecks which was my point exactly: Carson didn't quit on the fans because he wasn't playing for the fans nor should that matter.
"No matter how good you are, you're going to lose one-third of your games. No matter how bad you are you're going to win one-third of your games. It's the other third that makes the difference." ~Tommy Lasorda
Wasn't the prettiest game you'll ever see, but I like it.
This is just a wonderfully coached football team. And dare I say, I saw Marvin cracking a smile on the sideline towards the end. You can tell he loves coaching this group. They don't have as much collective talent as Baltimore or Pittsburgh, but they get it done week after week. 5-2 through 7? I'll take that.
Pretty or not, 5-2 is something I never expected in my wildest dreams after 7 games from this team. They're showing a lot of heart and intangibles. Such a refreshing change of pace.
Again, your view sounds like Mike Brown's view for years and resulted in predictably dismal results. I think he got that there is an implied ethical responsibility here or you will lose your business. So you see some signs of the org. getting it.
Please do not become an owner of a team that I root for, Brutus.
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Can't win with 'em
Can't win without 'em
As for the football team on the field, the D may keep them in the playoff hunt all season. This may just be an above average football team.
Can't win with 'em
Can't win without 'em
I honestly wasn't sure what was going to happen this season. I have no clue what's going to happen for the rest of the season. I only know one thing for sure: I really like this team. They may not be THE most talented team in the NFL but they have heart, they don't give up, and they actually want to be here. They're also showing a ton of poise and confidence for a very young team and never seem to be out of a game. They're exciting to watch and win or lose, I find myself caring more this year than I did last year. These things are all pluses in my book so I'm a happy fan. Who Dey!!
"I tried to play golf, but I found out I wasn't very good." -Joey Votto on his offseason hobby search
An MLB.com reporter asked what one thing Votto couldnt do. I cant skate or play hockey, Votto said. Well, I can skate ... but I cant stop.
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By: Whitney Ray
Florida foster kids face an uphill battle. Some are shuttled from home to home. Others live in group homes hoping to be reunited with their parents. As Whitney Ray tells us, Governor Rick Scott signed legislation today to give foster kids more normal lives.
Stephen Satchell was a sprinter in high school. He was also a foster kid. When his team made the finals Stephen couldn't go, because laws meant to protect foster kids often keep them from living normal lives.
"My case worker didn't schedule the court appearance in time and I wasn't able to get the court order to attend and it was really devastating because we made nationals that year," said Stephen.
Stephen is part of Florida Youth SHINE, a foster care advocacy group helping change state law. Thursday in Tallahassee they shared stories of how red tape keeps foster kids down.
"In 7th grade I had a best friend and I wasn't able to go to her house," said Danielle McMahan.
"In elementary school a lot of the kids were able to go out to do these youth programs for the church and I was never allowed to go because I was in a group home," said Ti'erra Carter.
And a simple right of passage like getting a drivers license at 16 couldn't be done without a case worker or in some cases a court order. The laws are meant to protect foster kids from dangerous situations but they were keeping the kids from harmless activities. Not anymore.
"What a momentous day today is," proclaimed DCF Secretary David Wilkins.
With the stroke of a pen Governor Rick Scott eliminated the barriers. Now decisions about sports, sleepovers and field trips can be made by foster parents, not case workers and courts. And even though it's too late to help these child advocates, they're still rejoicing.
"Florida Youth SHINE is awesome and I feel like it's really unreal," said Danielle.
"It's a really big day," said Ti'erra.
One more victory for the advocacy group and more opportunity for foster kids.
According to a legislative study just 10 percent of eligible Florida foster kids have received a learners permit and just three percent a drivers license. Now the decision about when the teens can apply for their licenses will be solely in the hands of their foster parents.


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Original URL: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/09/27/b_and_w_zeppelin_air_app/
B&W connects iOS devices through collaborative playlist app
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Posted in Personal Tech, 27th September 2011 14:29 GMT
Bowers & Wilkins has shown its eye for social scenarios, after unveiling an iOS app for building playlists with content streamed from multiple devices.
While several apps already exist that enable general music streaming, the Zeppelin Air App is apparently the first to let users share music in collaborative playlists between multiple mobile devices.
This should certainly cut out squabbles over who has the best selection on their phone, as everyone can contribute towards the group mixtape, keeping parties in full swing without having to swap jack cables around.
In order for it to work, all contributing members must have the app installed and own an AirPlay enabled music device in order to receive the broadcast. The app is free, though, so get cracking.
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To Be Determined Colorado a nonpartisan initiative created by Gov. John Hickenlooper to engage Coloradans in large issues facing the state is coming to Durango this Saturday.
While TBD Colorado touts itself as a bottom-up, community-based initiative, an eight-person board of directors chose the participants and topics of discussion. Three of those board members are also some of TBDs biggest funders.
Participants have to register for the meetings before attending.
Greg Maffei, for example, is chairman of the board and president and CEO of Liberty Media, one of the funders. Other funders include DaVita, Kaiser Permanente, the Gates Family Foundation and JPMorgan Chase.
TBD created framing committees, experts in the subjects, to put together background materials for participants before the meetings in April and May. Many of those sitting on the committees are involved with the funders, including Kent Thiry from DaVita a Fortune 500 company and kidney care provider and former U.S. Sen. Hank Brown from Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck.
The $1.2 million initiative is funded entirely through private donations from individuals, foundations and corporations, said Kae Rader, executive director of TBD Colorado.
The governor had the idea, but we wanted it to truly be nonpartisan in nature, Rader said.
Funders can participate in the meetings because they are open to the public, but they do not have a formal role in the conversations, she said.
TBD is focusing on education, health, transportation, the state budget and state workforce an agenda set by the board of directors, Hickenlooper and a group of advisers, according to a news release.
More than 60 community meetings with about 1,000 participants were held throughout Colorado in April and May to discuss the five issues. Participants nominated themselves and community leaders and the board of directors helped pick the participants, though the board had final approval.
The meeting in Durango is one of six meetings that will build on the work of the April and May meetings.
There are still open spots for Saturdays summit in which participants will create a state budget that reflects the priorities of the region, Rader said.
A final report with public-policy recommendations will be written based on community discussion from all the meetings and it will be shared in December with the Colorado General Assembly, Hickenlooper and other state leaders, Rader said.


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The advertising belief that sex sells may not just work on humans, but on monkeys too. That is what the first non-human aimed advertising campaign is basing its marketing strategy on. Via Wired:
A primatologist has created the first advertising campaign aimed at non-human primates and believes that it will be sex that sells.
Laurie Santos from Yale University's Comparative Cognition Laboratory has teamed up with advertising agency Proton Studio to "determine where advertising has innate primate responses".
Santos and team will create two foods specifically aimed at Capuchin monkeys — possibly two different colours of jelly. One will be featured on a billboard outside of the monkeys' enclosure and the other will not. After a set period, the monkeys will be offered both foods. "If they tend toward one and not the other we'll be witnessing preference shifting due to our advertising," Keith Olwell of Proton told New Scientist.
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Katrin Eismann, coauthor of The Creative Digital Darkroom, sat down with Derrick Story at PhotoPlus Expo in New York for a chat about how the darkroom has evolved from chemical-based to digital, and how that evolution has influenced her approach to image making. Katrin touches on many interesting topics, including her explanation on 3-step sharpening.
About the book itself: The Creative Digital Darkroom translates skills, concepts, and nomenclature of the traditional darkroom into digital solutions for photographers who sense that, despite the newness of the technologies at hand, there remains a timeless method for learning and practicing photography the right way. This is not a Photoshop book per se, but it does focus on the photographic aspects of Photoshop, something other books claim to do but rarely have the discipline to accomplish.
I also cover some very specific techniques in my recap of Katrin's class on Camera Raw during Imaging USA in Tampa. You can learn more about those tips by listening to "Katrin Eismann on Raw, Sharpening, B&W, and More" - Photography Podcast 112 on The Digital Story.
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CLEVELAND (AP) — Prosecutors in Cleveland say a man who fatally shot a friend who tried to keep him from driving drunk has been sentenced to spend at least 26 years in prison.
The Cuyahoga County prosecutor's office said 41-year-old Scott Campbell was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison without parole eligibility for at least 26 years.
Campbell pleaded guilty in January to murder and a variety of other charges.
Prosecutors said he killed 43-year-old Java Bowling last Aug. 9 after Bowling tried to take the keys away from a highly intoxicated Campbell. Campbell fatally shot Bowling outside Bowling's home then fled.
Assistant County Prosecutor Brian Radigan said Bowling "lost his life trying to protect the life of a friend."


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Original URL: https://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/10/31/gateway_offers_overclocked_pcs/
Gateway offers overclocked Core 2 Extreme PCs
Launched: pricey boxes for gamers
Posted in Personal Tech, 31st October 2006 13:09 GMT
Gateway has launched a trio of dual-core, multi-GPU desktop PCs pitched at gamers and computer enthusiasts - and it's offering to overclock them before shipping the machines to customers.
The FX530 series comprises the FX530XG, FX530XT and FX530XL. The former is based on an Intel Core 2 Duo E6700, while the XT and XL use the Core 2 Extreme X6800. All three use motherboards based on Intel's 975X chipset and ship with at least 2GB of 667MHz DDR 2 SDRAM - 4GB in the case of the XL.
The three systems all incorporate an 8x dual-layer DVD multi-writer and a Creative SoundBlaster X-Fi card. Each ships with a pair of AMD ATI Radeon X1950 XT cards in CrossFire configuration. The XG and XT ship with two 10,000rpm 150GB 1.5Gbps SATA hard drives, while the XL has two 750GB, 7,200rpm 3Gbps SATA drives.
The machines are Intel Viiv certified and are ready for Windows Vista Premium.
Gateway didn't go into details about its overclocking activity, simply listing "over-clocked processors" among the line-up's "advanced features". Over-clocked systems will be "fully tested and backed by Gateway limited warranty", the company said. Presumably, it will clock each chip as far is it will go and still run smoothly.
Available shortly, the FX530XG, XT and XL will retail in the US for $2,500, $4,000 and $5,000, respectively. ®