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Constitutional amendments: Vote no on all
Eleven amendments to the state Constitution, all of them proposed by the Florida House and Senate, appear on your general election ballot. Each of them poses constitutional and fiscal problems of which voters should be wary. All but one could be handled legislatively, but are being pushed as amendments to hog-tie future legislatures from rolling them back should the current political winds shift.
The irony of this amendment overreach is that only six years ago the Legislature put a referendum on the ballot to increase the margin required to adopt an amendment to 60 percent. It passed. The amendment was a response to successful citizen ballot initiatives, many of them unworthy of inclusion in the Constitution, ranging from pregnant pigs to cast-net restrictions. We supported that amendment because of our long-held belief that the constitution should be the framework for state government, not an instrument of lawmaking.


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I can't find any information on Google, so I thought maybe some folks could help me here.
I am resident in Japan and my company provides me national insurance.
I also have a private insurance on the side (and my company knows about it).
In my home country, it is pretty common to have both: national insurance covers part of the fee, the private one covers the rest.
I have been doing the same here:
- I go to the doctor
- hand my national insurance card
- pay the fee (30% of the full price because the national insurance covers about 70%)
- ask the clinic to provide a bill and to stamp my private insurance form to claim refund
- submit the docs to my private insurance
- get refunded
I did that in more that 5 different clinics during the last two years.
But last week, I went to see a new doctor (non-Japanese) that told me that was illegal to do so: it is either the national insurance covers 70% and I pay the rest OR I don't use national insurance and use my personal insurance for all the fee.
I am very surprised as it doesn't make sense at all to me.
Do you know if the doctor is right?
Thank you

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Just like last year, following another record-breaking -- if not Wall Street pleasing -- set of quarterly results, Apple's CEO Tim Cook sent out a congratulatory email to everyone on the team, and announced that they'd be rallying for a Town Hall meeting today at 10am PST/1pm EST. Mark Gurman of 9to5Mac scored a copy, here's the intro:
Team, We've just reported another record setting quarter, thanks to everyone's incredible hard work and focus. We sold over 75 million iOS devices in the holiday quarter alone, which is a testament to the strength of Apple's innovation.
Regardless of how you feel about the numbers, the prospects, the manipulations, or even the products and services themselves, the people at Apple really did work their collective asses off to launch everything they did before the holidays, and they pulled off one of the most profitable quarters for any company ever -- the likes of which have never been seen outside the biggest of big oil.
Cook's right to be proud. Apple is right to be proud. Congratulations and thanks for the hard work, can't wait to see what you have in store for us this year!
Read the rest of Tim Cook's email via the link below.
Source: 9to5Mac


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A fun video about how much space debris is around us and the damage it can do.
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A convicted bank robber pleaded guilty today to executing a dramatic, dead-of-night escape from a Loop federal jail last December.
Kenneth Conley, 39, entered his plea to one count of escape during a brief hearing before U.S. District Judge Gary Feinerman. Conley, who is already serving a 20-year term for bank robbery, could face up to an additional five years in prison when he is sentenced in February for the jailbreak at the Metropolitan Correctional Center.
Dressed in an orange prison outfit, Conley answered questions from the judge in a monotone, shook hands with his attorney and gazed out at the courtroom gallery as he was led away in handcuffs.
Prosecutors said Conley and his cellmate -- convicted bank robber Joseph "Jose" Banks – sawed through the metal bars of their cell window, removed concrete to create a larger opening and slipped out of the window of their 17th-floor cell before dawn Dec. 18, scaling down the outside of the high-rise jail at 71 W. Van Buren St. using a rope fashioned from bed sheets and dental floss.
After a massive manhunt, Banks was arrested days later in the Lincoln Park neighborhood. He is awaiting sentencing.
Conley remained on the loose until Jan. 4 when he was apprehended in Palos Hills wearing a long coat and beret and using a cane in an apparent attempt to look like an old man, authorities said.
In May, U.S. District Judge Samuel Der-Yeghiayan considered the details of the escape in sentencing Conley to the maximum 20 years in prison for the 2011 robbery of a Homewood bank, calling him a violent career criminal who "showed an utter lack of respect for the law."
Gary Ravitz, Conley's lawyer, has said Conley's mistakes in life were fueled by years of untreated drug and alcohol addiction.


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Diddy Confesses "Biggie Wasn't Suppose To Be In L.A. The Night He Was Killed. He Was Suppose To Get On The Plane To London"
Diddy TV reports "Biggie Wasn't Suppose to be in LA the Night He Was Killed "
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DOE A to Z: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z #
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Update: The attached advisory, which dates from October 2002, is still valid. Please note, however, that the three Administrative Code citations referenced within it have been, as of October 4, 2004, recodified as N.J.A.C. 6A:22-3.3 (formerly N.J.A.C. 6A:28-2.4(c)), N.J.A.C. 6A:22-3.4(d)2 (formerly N.J.A.C. 6A:28-2.5(d)), and N.J.A.C. 6A:22 (formerly N.J.A.C. 6A:28-2.1 et seq.).
Enrollment of Immigrant Students and/or Undocumented Students
Recently, the Department of Education has received reports that indicate a misunderstanding of new Immigration and Naturalization Service regulations and how these apply to undocumented students seeking to enroll in the public schools.
This has resulted in incidents of students being denied enrollment to public schools on the basis of immigration status.
The attached advisory is intended to clarify this matter so that children may be admitted to New Jersey public schools without regard to their immigration status or that of their parents. It provides a brief explanation of current law and regulations regarding the right of access to the public schools.
The advisory was sent to Chief School Administrators and Charter School Lead Persons in all New Jersey school districts through the county superintendents for distribution to all school principals and others involved in the registration process.


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Nah, there's all kinds of bad effects from radiation. Radiation sickness, radiation poisoning, and radiation burns. If you want a direct demonstration of radiation's effects on organic tissue, refer to your local microwave.
It'd be funny to simplify it all down to radiation = cancer, but unless you can find a way to turn that into instant mayhem within the time constraints of a brikwars battle, I have to reject it.


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NWSB Editor and Writer Chris Anderson details the strengths and weaknesses of what is to be the 2012 Oregon football program. As high as expectations are once again for the Oregon Ducks, this does not mean that they are not without fault. As mentioned earlier, although the Ducks do have talented depth at RB and QB, the departure of both LaMichael James and Darron Thomas are quite significant.
Predicting the Oregon Ducks' 2012 strengths & weaknesses
June 30, 2012 By Chris Anderson
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barrywan needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 131 designs submitted by 48 freelance designers.
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I am a real estate broker, we help people to sell and buy real estate. The traditional way of selling real estate has been a challenge, the real estate industry has been the same way for the last 100 years. As the internet and new technology has changed every section of the society, the real estate industry has always been the same old way. Real estate agent use new technology, the internet as teasing the home seller to get more infomation, or to impress consumer; instead of embrace the new technology and use the internet to serve the consumer better. I am creating a new real estate system---it's called the smart home selling system. I use the internet to do all the showing and selling, so I can give better service to the home seller, have better communication between the seller and buyer, give selller more control in the process of selling their home, reduce the work from the real estate agent. So I can cut the costs and reduce the commission and save people's money when they selling real estate. My slogan: Sell more, Pay less------Guaranteed
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Lebron James Talks Shaq & Possibly Moving On From Cleveland Cavaliers!
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The graphs you see next to each of our sound clips are spectrograms: a visual aid to understanding the sound you're hearing. Frequency (or pitch) is graphed on the vertical axis; time is on the horizontal axis. Darker parts of the graph are louder.
The scream call
As a sound plays you can follow it across the graph, left to right. Listen to the five right whale "scream" calls in this clip. Each one starts high and then drops quickly, just like the comma-shaped figures on the graph. If you listen closely, you can notice fine details, such as how the second call drops off immediately, without the brief, level introduction of the other four calls.
The moan call
Now look at this right whale "moan" call. It lasts a lot longer than the screams, and it stays on a nearly level pitch, with just a slight rise in the middle. The three separate lines indicate that the eerie, foghorn-like sound is actually a combination of three pitches, though the sounds are difficult for most people to separate.
A series of right whale up-calls
Spectrograms are a great way to dissect a sound. The graph lets you isolate parts of a recording, just as you might zoom in on the pixels of a digital photograph. By analyzing attributes of the pixels in a spectrogram, the auto-detection software can uncover a right whale's quiet up-calls hidden in a blanket of noise.
Here's an example: Listening to the sound alone in this clip, it's difficult to pick out the 11 up-calls--but on the spectrogram the calls are plain to see.
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Today at Diego's school the class celebrated El Dia de los Muertos with a fun sugar skull making activity. Diego is in the first grade at a spanish immersion program in our local public school district. It is a great opportunity for him to become bilingual, biliterate and enjoy his latino culture. It's also a great opportunity for me to practice my spanish skills and enjoy my latino culture. Today was a perfect example. I took a couple of hours off from work to help out in the classroom.
In celebration of this Mexican holiday, the kids were shown how to decorate a traditional sugar skull. The skulls are made of real sugar and more than one of his classmates tried to taste the skull before decorating it. The kids decorated their skulls with a frosting-like paste.
Then they attached sequins, feathers, glitter and more frosting.
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- Record number of breweries visited in a 24 hour span (3)
- Record number of beers tasted in one day (probably around 100)
- And, for being at the Dillon Dam Brewery at 11:30 on a Sunday morning, the record for the earliest time to start a brewery visit.
I didn't add that in to brag or to solidify the point that we do in fact have a serious obsession with beer because frankly that statement just makes us look like alcoholics. I really wanted to demonstrate with that point is both Julia and myself have an extreme dedication to this summer mission (we've both listed "dedication" as a personal strength on our resumes as a result of this).
After a long day of hanging out with a menagerie of strangers we had just met, two breweries and bar hopping, it wasn't surprising that most of the members of our party were exhausted the morning after. Except for Juli and I. Just after waking up, Julia almost immediately began navigating our way to the Dillon Dam Brewery. The convo in the room went something like this:
Julia: "Ok looks like we're only a few miles away from the brewery."
Megan, Mandy and Amber: "There's NO way I'm drinking today."
Me: "I'm excited."
Julia: "Me too. Get ready, we're leaving."
In general we try to stick to the "socially accepted" rule of no alcohol before noon aside from the occasional Bloody Mary or Mimosa but these were dire circumstances and we HAD to visit the brewery before we left. It was a really good thing we made time because this was one of the only breweries that we actually enjoyed EVERY beer.
That's right, no sour faces, pictures montages of looks of disgust after taking a drink and no beers left undrank (which frankly has actually only happened one other time. We aren't wasteful people when it comes to alcohol).
As Amber, Julia and I were sitting waiting for the beer to arrive, it was pointed out that I was still wearing my bracelet from the day before. Julia pointed out that it featured the DUI attorney's number on it, just in case (we did have a LONG drive home). We sat for about 30 minutes waiting for Mandy and Megan to show up (we were fairly certain that we had been stood up) which included several awkward conversations with our waiter, as we kept reassuring him that we did need a table for six, and our friends would be there "any minute."
While waiting, Julia and Amber decided to forgo any sort of real substance and instead order massive desserts.
In stark contrast to Breckenridge brewery, our waiter was not only helpful but pleasant to be around. He only gave us 2 pitying looks about almost being stood up, and even offered for us to talk to the brewmaster. Instead our laziness led us to just take a picture of the brewing area where the brew master was probably at.
This was the ONLY brewery that I contributed anything more than dressing appropriately for the boob/beer picture and drinking the beer – I took two pictures! (And you won't see either of them, because she can't find them. Thanks for trying, though. –Julia)
The brewery was delightful because most things are just referred to as Dam. You could get shirts, cups, mugs, hats and pretty much anything with a dam inappropriate remark on it.
And now the beer, which as previously mentioned was VERY high ranking on our overall satisfaction of beers at breweries.
Hefe weizen – This looks like a murky lake. Citrusy, like orange juice and beer . Only with a small armpit aftertaste.
4 boobs because it's the only hefeweizen we like but we still don't REALLY like it.
McLurhr's Irish Stout – Has nitrogen in it which gives it good head. Much more alcoholic tasting than other stouts.
4 boobs – pototent, powerful, flavorful
Sweet George's brown – Tastes like a stout but not as smooth. Tastes like candy.
3 boobs
Extra pale ale – Full – bodied, nice flavor afterwards
Damn straight lager – Doesn't taste like a lager. We finally found an Amber we like!
Lisa – 3 Boobs
Julia – 4 Boobs
Damn Lyte – Lightest in color, calories and alcohol.
"I already don't like it because it's light in alcohol."
Bitter. More so than other pales.
Paradise Pilsner – Just kind of there. Not too notable.
Wilderness Wheat: Hint of grassiness but still good.


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CHICAGO — Despite playing a major portion of the season without the reigning MVP, the Chicago Bulls still escaped the regular season unscathed.
CHICAGO — Despite playing a major portion of the season without the reigning MVP, the Chicago Bulls still escaped the regular season unscathed.
John Lucas III scored a career-high 25 points, Joakim Noah had 13 points and 13 rebounds, and the Bulls clinched the top overall seed in the NBA playoffs with a 107-75 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Thursday night.
With the No. 1 seed in the East already in hand and the playoffs beginning on Saturday, Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau took no chances in the regular-season finale. He rested Derrick Rose, Luol Deng and Kyle Korver.
"We've been through a lot this year, a lot of adversity, a lot of guys being injured. We fought hard throughout. It was a tough season. A lot of games in a compressed season, but we put ourselves in the best position possible," Noah said.
Chicago will host Philadelphia on Saturday.
Earlier in the week, 76ers forward Evan Turner said he preferred to face the Bulls as opposed to the Heat in the first round.
"Love it. We just have to give them what they ask for," Bulls guard Richard Hamilton said.
Despite being short-handed, the Bulls controlled most of the game. They led 58-45 at halftime behind nine points and eight rebounds from Noah, and Lucas' nine points.
Carlos Boozer scored the first six points of the third quarter and Chicago extended the lead to 66-47.
The Bulls could have also clinched home-court advantage throughout the postseason with a Spurs' loss to the Warriors, but didn't need the help. Lucas' 3 increased the lead with 3:53 to go and Jimmy Butler had tip to make it 99-69.
"Our team responded to every challenge," Thibodeau said. "We still have a long way to go. This is what you play for, to try to build all the right habits and give yourself the best chance to win in the playoffs. We are looking for the next challenge."
Tristan Thompson scored 13 points for the Cavaliers, who lost four straight games to end the season, their second straight last-place finish in the Central Division.
Kyrie Irving, who had a late-season sprained right shoulder and is recovering from the flu, did not play.
The Bulls outrebounded Cleveland 60-38.
"Well, the season is over. Now we can get down to real business (evaluating). I feel like we're in a great position with a lot of flexibility," Cavaliers coach Byron Scott said.
With the game well in hand, fans started chanting for Brian Scalabrine with 8 minutes to go. He finally entered the game with 2:59 to a loud ovation. He made a jumper to a standing ovation with 25 seconds left.
Rose sat for the 27th time in 66 games this season. He has missed games with a bad back, sore groin, sprained ankle and the latest a foot injury, but Thibodeau said Rose will be ready for the playoffs and he is encouraged how Hamilton has played after returning from a shoulder injury.
"I think Derrick has been better than he has in a while and Rip (Hamilton) has gotten his legs under him. We just have to be ready to," said Thibodeau.
Antawn Jamison, who will become a free agent, scored 12 points in what likely will be his final game for Cleveland. The Cavs finished the season with a 21-45 record compared to last season's 19-63 record.
It's been a tough year," said Jamison. "After last year, we couldn't do anything but get better."
NOTES: The Cavs also played without Omri Casspi. He was out with a right knee tendinitis.


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BOILING SPRINGS � It�s a job where the biggest opponent may be one�s self.
As a goalkeeper in soccer, most of the action can take place elsewhere on the field. But when it does come your way, it usually happens fast and a team�s fate can hinge on the result.
But it�s not only the keepers, as well as their coaches, that have to keep their anxiety in check. The parents of the players standing in the box battle the tension as well.
�It�s nerve-wracking, all that pressure on her,� said Tonya Hornbaker, whose daughter Haley Camp was the goalkeeper in Kings Mountain�s contest with R-S Central in the annual Shelby Star/Heyward Shuford Memorial Soccer Showcase Saturday at Gardner-Webb. �She handles it better than I do.�
When playing in goal, besides the task of blocking any attempt by the opposition, they also have to be ready to dash out and grab control despite players trying to get at the ball. They all pay the price with bumps and bruises, with Camp having three pins in one of her little fingers after breaking it last year.
In the mist of that, maintaining calm is crucial.
�She�s done pretty good,� said Derick Boling, the father of freshman keeper Ashley Boling for Burns, which was taking on Fred T. Foard Saturday in the showcase event. �She�s very aggressive. She wants the action to come to her. She likes the challenge.�
The long lapses in between a flurry of action at the goal means a sense of anticipation is everything.
�To be a good goalkeeper in high school,� Burns coach Clint Shuford said, �you have to know when to come off the line at the right time and make the plays you should make. What helps when you take someone who has been a player in the field and put them back there, they know what the flow of the game is like and they can see the game better.�
A player has to have a special competitive fire to excel in goal.
�I know when she was in JV, she got a little aggravated and said �put me in goal,�� said Hornbaker of her daughter Haley. �And she�d never been a goalie before.�
Boling also had been used to running the field before assuming her current role with Burns.
�She�s so competitive, she�s played everything � softball and basketball, too,� said Pam Boling of her daughter Ashley. �I had no idea she�d be a goalie, she�s been a striker on her travel team.�
Perhaps the most difficult thing to watch is when opposing teams get a corner-kick opportunity, or a straight-on penalty kick.
�I cover my eyes, I can�t watch,� said Hornbaker. �I wait to hear the crowd before I can look. And I know she takes it so personal. Her attitude is that it (the goal) is �her house.��
�I always tell her,� said Pam Boling, �if they score, it�s already gone through 10 other people first. Don�t get too upset.�
Soccer Showcase
Burns 2, Fred T. Foard 1 � Katlin Burns and Katherine Powell supplied first-half goals for the Lady Bulldogs.
Celeste Kendrick and Brittany McMurry had assists for Burns.
Ashley Boling was in goal for the Bulldogs� triumph.
Foard scored in the final minute on a goal by Caroline Durham.
Burns plays at Chase at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday.
R-S Central 1, Kings Mountain 0 � The Lady Hilltoppers � Emily Wilson scored the winning goal with 3:59 left against the Lady Mountaineers, who host Hunter Huss in a 5 p.m. JV/varsity doubleheader on Monday.
Hickory 1, Shelby 0 � Lauren Skoog scored the game�s lone goal for the Lady Red Tornadoes with 30:18 remaining against the Lady Golden Lions (3-2), who host Patton at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday.
Polk County 2, Crest 0 � Jamie Greene and Lyric Flood scored Polk County�s goals against the Lady Chargers (2-4-2), who host North Gaston at 6 p.m. Wednesday.
Fred T. Foard 3, Burns 0 � MaryMac Finger scored twice and Sarah Helmick once for Foard.
Polk County 8, Crest 1 � Madison Latham had the junior Lady Chargers� lone goal.
Ashley Love�s three goals paced Polk County, while Emily Kocher and Miriam Santidanez added two goals each and Jessica Bentley had one goal.


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TOP STORIES 2012: The Year of the Glitch
Traders Magazine Online News, December 26, 2012
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The Environmental Protection Agency appears to be leaning toward a broad interpretation of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling in the case of National Cotton Council vs. EPA, an interpretation that could cause rice producers and others considerable financial hardship.
But the EPA will have a fight on its hands if it tries to push ahead with any plan to force growers to request NPDES (National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System) permits each time they apply a pesticide to, over or near the waters of the United States.
The potential legal donnybrook stems from the Sixth Circuit's decision in favor of environmental activist claims that the EPA erred in a 2006 rule that said NPDES permits are not required when applications of pesticides to, over or near waters of the United States are consistent with labeling of the products under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act.
"EPA is publicly considering the Sixth Circuit ruling narrowly, but, if they and the environmental community thought they could get away with it they would certainly prefer a broader interpretation," says Beau Greenwood, executive vice president of CropLife America. "It is our responsibility to make sure they don't get away with it."
Greenwood, a speaker at the USA Rice Federation's Rice Outlook Conference in New Orleans, said the Sixth Circuit ruling and EPA's development of new permitting requirements could have a major impact on all farmers and pesticide applicators, but especially those who grow rice.
"As a result of the Sixth Circuit ruling in the National Cotton Council case, the EPA is considering rice and others like cranberries as farmed wetlands," he said. "This decision has not yet been made. The question would then become, if they do decide to do that as farmed wetlands, are they then considered jurisdictional waters under the Clean Water Act?
"If EPA decides in the affirmative, then every application of pesticides to flooded rice fields would require Clean Water Act NPDES permits. What constitutes a jurisdictional water of the U.S. as defined by the Clean Water Act is a matter that is currently being hotly debated on Capitol Hill, as you no doubt are aware."
Greenwood said environmentalists' efforts to expand the overall reach of the Clean Water Act are currently bottled up in the U.S. Senate. Because rice production is potentially in the bulls-eye of the Sixth Circuit ruling, rice producers need to understand what is at stake.
Efforts by environmental groups to alter the Clean Water Act over the past decade have created uncertainty about the CWA and FIFRA for farmers and the pesticide manufacturers represented by CropLife America.
"In 2006, EPA promulgated a rule designed and intended to clarify this matter. The rule stated the Clean Water Act NPDES permits are not required when applications of pesticides to, over or near waters of the U.S. are consistent with FIFRA labels," he noted.
"Most importantly, we agree with the EPA rule that pesticides remaining after treatment are non-point source residues and therefore not pollutants. Unfortunately, the Sixth Circuit disagrees. They ruled residues are pollutants and do require Clean Water Act NPDES permits. This is a game-changer for all of us."
When the Sixth Circuit Court found that pesticide residues are pollutants, it satisfied the final necessary criteria to require NPDES permits. "The court rationalized, incorrectly we believe, that "but for the application of the pesticide, the pesticide residue and excess pesticide would not be added to water. Therefore, the residues were discharged from a point source into waters of the U.S. and thus are subject to NPDES permits.
"What to keep your eye on is whether or not EPA implements the Sixth Circuit ruling narrowly; that is to say, to, over or near waters of the U.S. or more broadly, and in so doing, decides to take on production agriculture generally and the existing agricultural exemption specifically."
Rice is certainly not alone. If NPDES permits are required for all applications, it could include control of weeds in and adjacent to canals, lakes and rivers. It could also include insect control in forest canopy, mosquito control in and over waters of the U.S., and pest control in golf courses, parks and home and garden maintenance.
The Sixth Circuit granted EPA a two-year stay to April 2011 to give it time to develop an NPDES program. CropLife America and other agricultural stakeholders, including the American Farm Bureau Federation, the American Forest and Paper Association and the National Cotton Council among others have filed "friend of the court" petitions in the case.
"Realistically, the legal challenges are long shots at this point, but we are going to play every card until it's been exhausted. We don't expect to hear from the Supreme Court on our application until later in 2010."
The 2006 EPA rule will remain in effect until the court stay giving EPA until April 2011 to implement an NPDES permit program expires.
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|Statement by Ms. LIU Lingxiao of the Chinese Delegation at the Third Committee of the 64th Session of the GA at the Dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food
(21 October 2009, New York)
Mr. Chairman,
The Chinese delegation welcome the report of Mr. Schutter, commends his excellent cooperation with the Human Rights Council since he took up the post.
Mr. Chairman,
The issue of food has strong impact on the fundamental human rights of human being. The number of people in hunger has reached a new record of one thousand and twenty millions. The global food crisis severely threatened the food security of developing countries and the least developed countries. To overcome the food crisis rely on the joint effort and cooperation of the international community. We support the recommendations of the Special Rapporteur, urge the developed countries and UN agencies to provide financial and technical assistance to the developing countries, so as to help them strengthen food productive capacity and equally realize the right to food.
The Chinese delegation welcomes the research of the Special Rapporteur on the impact of seed policies and intellectual property rights in agriculture on the realization of the right to food, commends the recommendations of the Special Rapporteur which are helpful to the farmers of developing countries.
We have several questions for the Special Rapporteur.
What kinds of harmful impact on the farmers of developing countries and realization of the right to food did the global food and financial crisis cause? Will you take these issues as priorities in your future work? Do you have any plan to cooperate with FAO, WFP and other relevant agencies on these issues?
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Boonville holds Mexico out of the end zone after giving up a TD in the first quarter
The old saying that defense wins championships couldn't have been further from the truth for the Boonville Pirates football team Friday night at Mexico.
In a must-win game for both teams as far as conference and district standings, the Pirates out-lasted the Bulldogs in a defensive battle by a score of 12-6.
While the win improved Boonville's record to 2-3 overall and 1-1 in the NCMC, Mexico fell to 1-4 overall and 1-2 in the conference.
Of course the storyline in this ballgame was the Pirates' defense holding Mexico to just one touchdown for the entire contest. Although the Bulldogs struck first late in the first quarter, it was all Boonville after that with a touchdown in the in the second quarter and one again in the third quarter for the victory.
The Pirates also accomplished two feats Friday night on the road. By beating the Bulldogs, Boonville snapped a 0-2 skid in games at Mexico. Since the season series started in 2008, the first year that Boonville joined the NCMC, the home team has won every game. The Bulldogs won the first meeting in 2008 by a score of 15-12 while Boonville took the second game in 2009 in Boonville 27-6. Then, in 2010, Mexico won again at home 36-29. However, in 2011 and 2012, the Pirates won back-to-back games at home by the scores of 18-12 and 26-0, respectively.
Boonville Pirates football coach Devin Brown is also 3-0 against the Bulldogs since taking over the program in 2011.
Add it up and it's no wonder Friday night's game went down to the wire. Although Boonville holds a 4-2 series lead against Mexico, four out of the six games have been decided by seven points or less.
Brown shrugged off facing his old team, saying it is more about the kids than him.
"Sure it was a big game," Brown said. "We were both 1-3 and we talked about that all week. One team was going to be 2-3 and one team was going to be 1-4 at 9:30 at night, but to me, every game is a must win game. We were able to win two in a row and this could have went eight way but we won it."
Of course it didn't look for the Pirates early on. Although both teams struggled to find any offense on their first-two possessions, Mexico finally hit paydirt with 34 seconds left in the first quarter when senior Jamel Taylor broke free up the middle on a 41-yard run to put the Bulldogs on top 6-0.
Boonville then caught a break on the PAT, which sailed wide left.
After Taylor scored on the long run, Brown said the defense buckled up and played well for the rest of the game. "I thought to myself don't let this get started," Brown said. "We were struggling offensively, so it was one of those nights where the defense had to come out and play and they did. It was just one of those games where it was hard for one team to lose, but when you win, it feels pretty good."
Luckily for Brown and the Pirates, they were able to finally get their offense going on their third possession of the game. After two straight three and outs, Boonville started its third drive from its own 28 with 32 seconds left in the first quarter. Meanwhile, after driving the ball to the Mexico 1-yard line 11 plays later, senior quarterback Jacob Francis found the end zone to tie the game at 6-all with 6:59 left in the half.
Boonville also missed on the PAT. But little of that mattered at the time when senior linebacker Dakota Meyer picked off the first of two interceptions at the Mexico 38.
Unfortunately for the Pirates, they were shutout for the rest of the half while punting on their next possession and then turning the ball back over to Mexico on downs with 45 seconds left.
The Bulldogs, meanwhile, never crossed mid-field for the rest of the half after the touchdown run by Taylor.
However, after completing 24 minutes of grind it out football, the Bulldogs held a 166-126 lead in total yards.
As for Taylor, he had 15 carries for 119 yards and one touchdown in the first half.
In the second half, Boonville came out and moved the ball all the way down to the Mexico 1-yard line on a 14-play drive. However, on fourth and 1, Mexico dropped the Pirates for a 6-yard loss.
The Bulldogs then committed their second turnover of the ball when junior Austin Hulbert recovered a fumble at the Mexico 31. Eight players later after moving the ball down to the Bulldogs 5-yard line, junior Austin Henderson hit paydirt with 17 seconds left in the third quarter to give Boonville the lead at 12-6.
The Pirates then caught a break on the two-point conversion when Mexico was called for pass interference. As it turned out, the Bulldogs weren't hurt by the penalty as Boonville failed to score from the 2.
Meanwhile, after both teams traded punts, the Pirates caught another huge break when Dakota Meyer picked off his second pass of the ballgame at the Mexico 31.
The Bulldogs held after four plays while taking the ball back over at their own 30. Then, after driving the ball all the way down to the Boonville 40 with 2:09 left, Mexico had no choice but to go for it on fourth and six.
The Pirates again held their ground when the pass by junior quarterback Tyler Bracht fell incomplete.
Of course after going three and out, the Pirates were forced to punt the ball back to Mexico with a little over a minute to play. However, after punting the ball, Boonville caught another break when the Bulldogs were called for roughing the kicker with 48 seconds remaining.
That's all it took for Boonville to run out the rest of the time on the clock to preserve the victory.
After the game, Brown said when you get three turnovers you have to be able to win. "Dakota's two interceptions were huge," Brown said. "But I also thought Hendy (Austin Henderson) played great. And even though we didn't throw for a lot of yards tonight, I thought Jacob Francis ran it well. Austin Hulbert also made good catches. Really, the defense played their butts off."
As far as playing four quarters, Brown said he thought his team played good for 3 1/2 only because Mexico scored its only touchdown late in the first quarter.
For the game, Boonville had 14 first downs along with 167 yards rushing and 44 passing for a total of 211. Mexico, meanwhile, finished the game with 12 first downs, 229 yards rushing and only 12 passing for a total of 241.
On an individual note, senior running back Brenden Meyer had 13 carries for 46 yards while Jacob Francis had 19 carries for 43 yards and one touchdown, Austin Henderson with 10 carries for 43 yards and one touchdown, Jordan Weaver three carries for 28 and Dakota Meyer five carries for 9 yards.
Francis also completed five of 11 passes for 44 yards.
Austin Hulbert had four catches for 33 yards while Tyler Peterson hauled in one for 11 yards.
On the defensive side of the ball, Peterson had another big night with 18 solo stops and five assisted tackles for a total of 23. He also caused one fumble
Jordan Weaver finished the game with five solo stops and five assisted tackles for a total of 10 while Austin Henderson added five solo stops and four assisted tackles, Andrew Broyhill with four solo stops and four assisted tackles, Dakota Meyer with five solo stops, two assisted tackles and two interceptions, Austin Hulbert with three solo stops, two assisted tackles and one fumble recovery, Grady Kay with two solo stops and three assisted tackles, Tyler Polk with two solo stops and two assisted tackles, Nolan Murray with one solo stop and two assisted tackles, Brenden Meyer and Josh Judd each with two solo stops and Jacob Francis with one solo stop and one assisted tackle.
For Mexico, Taylor finished the game with 19 carries for 144 yards and one touchdown. Bracht, meanwhile, completed 1 of 9 passes for 12 yards with two interceptions.
Note: In other games in the NCMC last Friday, the Moberly Spartans improved to 5-0 on the season by beating St. James 58-7. Hannibal also improved to 4-1 by turning back Kirksville 33-20, as did Fulton, who won 56-26 over the Marshall Owls.
In games this Friday, the Boonville Pirates will host the 1-4 Kirksville Tigers; the Fulton Hornets will travel to Hannibal; Moberly will play at Marshall; and Mexico will go on the road to play Warrenton.
In the Class 3 District 6 standings, California remained perfect on the season at 5-0 with 50 points. Centralia is second at 4-1 with 42.6 points, followed by Fulton at 4-1 with 42, Macon 41 with 41.3, Chillicothe 3-2 with 36.1, Boonville in sixth place at 2-3 with 30.22, Southern Boone seven at 1-4 with 18.4 and MMA eighth at 0-4 with 11.


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"The Sufis have been the educators of hearts for at least fourteen centuries. Their teaching and methods are based neither upon dogma nor conjecture, but upon a divine and objective foundation which is the primordial religion of humanity.
"Sufism does not offer salvation in the sense of a guarantee of heaven in the afterlife. Sufism offers a path to complete humanness, a state in which the spiritual and the human are unified, in which the world of spiritual qualities and material existence are seen as one.
"This education is empirical, practical, and integrated with daily life. At the same time it is attuned to the most transcendent Truth. This education is a unified whole, but it touches on so many areas of experience: individual psychology, relationships, marriage, family, community, livelihood, creativity, and worship."
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We are drunk on this life of God.
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From The Knowing Heart: A Sufi Path of Transformation by Kabir Helminski
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Steers make easy work of Sweetwater, bad shooting night helps Sweetwater girls bury Lady Steers
Big Spring boysMore than anything, the first quarter of the Big Spring-Sweetwater game Tuesday in Steer Gym was an exhibition of athleticism on the Steers' part.There was that uptempo style they like to run and a couple of missed dunks that had fans buzzing. But forward Mike Menefield gave the fans what they wanted on a fast break with a two-handed jam that gave the Steers a 13-7 lead. By then the Steers were well on their way to the 75-46 drubbing of the Mustangs in District 5-3A play. "The kids, the fans, they like to see those dunks," BSHS head coach Cliff Thompson said. "I think our dunks are like 15 percent for the year, but if nothing else, it gets those guys excited in the stands and that changes the momentum, even if you miss a dunk."Big Spring guard Luke Adams was once again nothing short of outstanding with 37 points and eight 3-pointers. Tristian Clay and Devante Lloyd chipping in 12 apiece shouldn't be overlooked either.But it was simply athleticism and quickness that propelled the Steers past the Mustangs. Big Spring's explosive first quarter only set them up for a comfortable 16-point lead heading into the second. By halftime, the Mustangs were buried by a 22-point deficit, thanks to two baskets from Adams and another from Lloyd to make it 36-16 in the middle of the second and two 3-pointers from Adams and another from Marc Segundo to make 41-18 as the quarter expired. The Mustangs couldn't keep up with the Steers, even with tall, lanky center Paxton Kelley and his 13 points. Menefield said it was tough to stop Kelley in the paint and at times the Steers had to double-team him. But Lloyd, among others, made sure Kelley didn't do too much damage Tuesday night. There's still room for improvement in the Steers' eyes. Adams said he likes to see his team score on fast break opportunities, but in the long run, if the defense can win some games for the Steers, then they'll be dangerous."We like to play uptempo. It's just our defense is not as strong, so we gamble a little bit more," the senior guard said. "We have to play a little bit better on defense. We gambled a little too much and gave up some points."The Steers also played like a confident team Tuesday night, too. Menefield said Friday's 66-56 win at Brownwood was one of the biggest of the season because it gave the Steers belief they could do some damage in district play."After we won the Brownwood game, that gave us the confidence that we know we can come into district playing well," he said. "Going into district, we should keep the winning streak going and go deep in the playoffs."The Steers may not win too many games in district play the way they did Tuesday night. They were just quicker than the Mustangs, but Thompson said Snyder will be just as quick, Brownwood is just as athletic and Abilene Wylie won't be easy to overcome.So the next few weeks might be challenging, but the Steers are in position to start district play on the right foot. Big Spring has Snyder at home Friday before an open date Jan. 25. Then another home game against Wylie follows.Having the next three at home with an open date nestled in between shows how big the win at Brownwood was. "It was huge," Thompson said. "It's kind of a darker gym. They had stands full with fans, it was loud. It was a good atmosphere and it was huge to get a win there. … We're 2-0, still on the road trying to get that district championship." Big Spring girlsThe snowball effect took place for the Big Spring Lady Steers in their District 5-3A matchup against Sweetwater Tuesday.It just progressively got worse on the way to a 59-35 loss at home to fall to 0-3 in district play.While a bad shooting night already had the Lady Steers playing catch-up, Kinsey Browning and Taylor McKoy's 16 points apiece were big for Sweetwater as the Lady Mustangs earned their first district win.Big Spring's strengths weren't strong enough Tuesday night. "Cerbi (Ritchey) had some looks, she just couldn't put the ball in the hole," BSHS head coach Mike Warren said. "Bridgette (Tuitt) had a lot of good penetration. She was getting inside that zone (defense). She's got to make her shot. We never got Mackenzie (Stone) going, we never got Valerie (Ross) going. Just an overall bad night."Sweetwater jumped out to a 16-6 lead heading into the second quarter after the Lady Steers missed 14 shots from the field. Early in the second, though, a LaShaunte Anderson 3-pointer and a basket from Stone had Big Spring only down by four. But Sweetwater had its own version of Stone and Ross. Browning found ways to get open from the 3-point line and hit a few big shots in the first half to make sure the Lady Mustangs stayed ahead. She had a game-high four 3-pointers and all of them came in the first half. Meanwhile, Stone and Ross never got hot from the the 3-point line for Big Spring. Ritchey couldn't get a clear shot in the paint, either.The former was what worried Sweetwater head coach Jerry McSherry the most."Originally we went in trying to shut down their 3-point shooters," he said. "I thought my post could do a decent enough job on the inside. They did a pretty good job. Then we just kind of stayed between them and the basket. Tuitt did a great job getting in the middle of the paint."McKoy soon took the place of Browning, scoring 12 of her 16 points in the second half.The Lady Steers didn't have a player score in double-digits, with Ritchey's six being the team-high.Warren said it was more than a bad shooting night. Sweetwater out-hustled the Lady Steers and it won't get easier. The head coach expects Snyder to be a tougher team than Sweetwater Friday."We just need to get in the gym and practice hard and just go play," Warren said. "Not worry about a record, not worry about anything. Just go play, try to get better. "Good things are still going to happen for us. We still have some good games. You go through a lull every season. You play around 25 to 30 games. Not a good time to have one."


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Posted: Tue 16 Aug 2005, 06:07
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Krazy Puppy is unstable
Not frisky . . .
Just read the news
Krazy Puppy abandoned
for being unstable . . . Well it was the same with the 2.6 kernel - it was not yet good enough and the older kernel was being developed - it is more stable and we are using it . . .
The good news is it may be released as a Pupget. However I suggest (if there is interest - that it is released as a Puplet) - many reasons why this is a good idea. My main reason is that KDE deserves this impetus and genuine critical evaluation. Inkscape (though big) was very unstable when I first used it - (6 months later it is a joy).
I totally agree that OO just works and just working - well it works for me . . . Anyway I know from your seclusion over the last few days you worked hard on this. I for one am curious. M m m m . . . The situation may be very different in a years time . . . Perhaps it needs an injection from another direction?
What do others feel?
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Posted: Tue 16 Aug 2005, 06:50
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For what it's worth I agree totally with Barry's thoughts and considerations on the KDE issue. I don't know much about Linux.. still
but I know about strategy. All twists and turns has an impact on where a project.. this project.. is going in the long run. I am glad Barry's "hard questions" lead to this. Puppy is all about focus; a focus often lacking in the GNU/Linux world
fake it until you make it
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Posted: Tue 16 Aug 2005, 08:22
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Yes, I must add that I am not disappointed. I would have liked apps such as KDevelop, and I do like konqueror, but more importantly, I love that Puppy has its own character, and I think it would have lost some of that in moving to KDE. I find that I have all the tools I need as it is, and I certainly haven't explored all of Puppy's tricks.
I am glad Barry stuck by his philosophy. Puppy has integrity, and in honour of the Pup, here is a haiku:
Puppy, small but swift
a captivating teacher,
playful backyard mate
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Posted: Tue 16 Aug 2005, 09:37
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Yeah, but I could probably knock together a Krazy Puppy live-CD, just for the curious to play with. Depending on what I would put into it, it would be about 85 - 90M.
It works okay, just a few difficulties.
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Posted: Tue 16 Aug 2005, 09:51
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As I said before, I dont care much about the whole "K" package. I'd really just want a light browser only version of Konqueror. I dont want to use it as a file manager or viewer or anything else. (I wouldnt even care about that if the Dillo people would ever get off their perpetual coffee breaks. The unofficial patched version of Dillo just goes to show what real potential it has.) The only other K programs I'd really like are K3B and maybe Kfax (just because it actually worked when I used it on Knoppix last year). I like Kate and Kword fine if I have to be in KDE environment, but they arent that special. Puppy has plenty of notepads and word processors available now. Used to like Kmail back in Mandrake 8.x days, then it changed somehow subtly and didnt like it anymore. Sylpheed is fine for me.
So if Barry could only make a small as possible Konqureror-lite pupget, I'd be quite happy.
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Posted: Tue 16 Aug 2005, 10:24
Post subject: Just some thoughts...
Hi everyone..
Just some thoughts...
My opinion is also, that Puppy moving towards KDE would make Puppy similiar to other distros out there.. I don't see this as a benefit.
However, to be able to have a 'sneak view' into KDE from Puppy could be
a different story...
How about that:
One (1) and ONLY one standard Puppy version (probadly the bare bone?!)
1. - Then additions made of Pupget and Dotpup packages
2. - Plus additional environments in complete compressed file systems
(3. Puppy varieties by someone else)
1. We know and have already
How about a DotPup's repository, besides the forum one?
2. We are just starting (and hopefully not stopping!) this new and unique feature with the opttools.sfs and usrdevx.sfs development environments!
So wouldn't it be something, if the KDE environment would be also such
usr_kdex.sfs file system, one could just mount and it works right out of the box..?!
To have 'to many' varieties can also lead to difficulties to decide which one
someone needs (besides the huge maintenance task etc.)
So my suggestion is:
Only one standard Puppy (the one we have or
bare bones!
- PutGet+Dotpup repositories
- Open Office as packages files (done)
- Alternative office as package files (within Puppy live-cd+some/all as PutGet? (Wordprocesor, Spreadsheet, Database?, Presentation?, etc.?)
- development environment as externel file system (close to done?)
- KDE environment as externel file system?
- Multimedia/HTPC environment??
you name/make it...
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Posted: Tue 16 Aug 2005, 11:46
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I agree with Peter but am also curious . . .
I am using Chubby Puppy - there are usually standard packages I would add to a barebones, gimp (pupget) and inkscape as dotpups. I need a better browser than dillo and tend to use Mozilla because it has thunderbird built in - and composer . . .
As long as I can download extra progs from Barebones - this seems to me the greatest good for the greatest number.
It seems Barry this was a mammoth effort to get KDE smaller and more workmanlike and then it is not up to the high standards because the software is still under developed . . .
Another possibility is NOT to release it until the individual progs are a little better - but is that likely to happen?
Take Rox app - how fast and stable it is - the bottom line is a stable system works and even though I might look at a released KDE Puppy - I know that the decisions and software trials that have led to the current selection are through very rigorous applicability.
I say it was a great experiment. 3 woofs for Barry
Hooray [spontaneous cheering and barking]
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Posted: Tue 16 Aug 2005, 12:07
Post subject: More thoughts
The litter of Puppyites in my group agree with PS
One standard version of Puppy with the option of adding extras via Pupget or Dotpup packages
We felt that POP4 (Plain Old Puppy 1.0.4) was heading in the right direction and with WiFi now under serious examination everything is starting to fall into place
What's that old saying.... "If you're on a good thing stick to it"
So roll on POP5
Keep KRAZY Puppy for the KRAZIES
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Posted: Tue 16 Aug 2005, 20:44
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Basically, ditto. I've always been a fan of barebones with the
to install a truckload of other stuff. That way you wind up with the least bloat, dialup users get it easier (even if they want bloat, they can get it in bitesized chuncks), and whichever programs you want. As I have never even seen konqueror, I don't know what I'm not missing, and am perfectly happy with Dillo and Firefox. I agree about the Puppy feel; KDE and GNOME kind of put out a communistic vibe in my opinion. Kthis and Gthat, and all the distros start to look alike. It's like how 90% of what we get for lunch at my school is chicken. It starts to get boring. Puppy isn't your average, boring golden retriever. He's a spunky little canine with an attitude, and he doesn't care what the big dogs think, because they can't keep up with his speed and agility. And everyone knows the girls go for the cute little dog, especially when the big dogs try to pick on him and he kicks them back to the second week of January.
So, anyway, my opinion is to keep Puppy Kommunist free, but if you really want to, go ahead and make one just for fun. Don't feel obligated, though.
Between depriving a man of one hour from his life and depriving him of his life there exists only a difference of degree. --Muad'Dib
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Posted: Sat 20 Aug 2005, 06:01
Post subject: agree
I agree with everybody else, but on the one hand some issues might be resolved. Such as Qt, with Qt being solved, I personally could install KDE to puppy and be satisfied. I like the direction of puppy1.0.4
But doing what Pseig said the user.kde.sfs would be a fantastic idea also!
But the bottom line being Barry has been able to solve some key issues in making puppy more compatible with the rest of the Linux world.
So, now with the compiling enviroment and a lot of under the hood upgrades
puppy will be more up to date and compliant with a ton of other programs.
meaning exploring endless choices and features.
also, someone get Barry on the horn, and ask if he is going to include the install scripts for that Krazy puppy, Just for the Krazies in this world.
GOD bless you all!!!
Heaven is on the way, until then let's get the truth out!
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JoinedUp needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 114 designs submitted by 16 freelance designers.
Joined Up Business is a small company that provides interim management to businesses for periods between 1 month and 1 year. We manage projects, business transformations, outsourcing, and turnarounds for our clients. We help our clients to achieve a competative advantage over other companies, so our own logo needs to look better than those of other companies.
You can start from scratch if you like. Or you can use a font that we have already selected as being one of the best, called Choktoff. However, the standard Choktoff capitals (upper case) letter are too square, and the horizontal arm of the J is too long. Our existing logo uses improved versions of these letters. Download the existing logo to get these improved J, U and B: http://www.JoinedUpBusiness.com/downloads. Contact me on email@example.com if you need help.
You could even take the existing logo as it is and breathe life into it by adding relief, effects, and improved colour. See colour suggestions below.
We are happy for winner to use us as a reference site, and at your request we will add you to our associates web page for at least 6 months.
Our client businesses will have a turnover between £5million and £9billion so we need something that reassures clients that we are professional and can be relied upon, while also showing that we are creative.
Our first logo used joined up writing, but it did not look sufficiently business like; if you decide to use joined up writing in your entry, remember our target audience.
You can choose your own colours. I think that a bright light blue (perhaps 00FFFF) on a blue background (maybe 000066) might work. Alternatively bright colours such as red and yellow (as used on Shell's logo) or green and yellow (as used on the old BP shield logo) could also work. Alternatively, yellow goes with most major colours; yellow words (transparent background) would allow us to place the logo on red, green, blue, black backgrounds, allowing us to vary the appearance to fit the circumstance while maintaining a consistent logo. Colours are up to you though. Graded colours are fine. The colours on our website will be chosen to fit the new logo.
Logo needs to be refined and eye catching.
The logo must include the following words, and be easy to read:
Joined Up Business .com. or Joined-Up-Business .com. The word business should be emphasized just as much as Joined Up.
We need:
1. Logo with transparent background so that it can be placed on large coloured areas, over images etc in vector format eg .svg.
2. An icon of the logo that can be used as a favicon on the tabs of browsers, and as bullets on unordered lists, ie square or circular, perhaps containing just the letter J; in vector format eg .svg.
Please confirm that if you win you will:
1. supply your work in vector format eg .svg,
2. supply logo
3. supply an icon that can be used for bullet points and as a favicon.
4. Supply letterhead and business card layouts. Business card can be in portrait or landscape format. Leave a space for a personal picture and some text about what we do.
5. Supply all work in:
5a. full colour,
5b. full colour with lighting effects (eg for brochure covers)
5c. less colour suitable for less complex printing,
5d. black and white for fax header.
6. Keep a copy of artwork to allow for future alterations.
7. Make any extra modifications immediately after the competition to make the design perfect for use.
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Open source software company Red Hat believes that companies like VMware and Microsoft are skewing the definition of open cloud by claiming that their virtualisation products are open when in fact they are closed.
Speaking at a round table conference in London this week, Scott Crenshaw, head of Red Hat's Cloud Business Unit, said that several virtualisation vendors have started to claim they are open as a marketing gimmick.
"I've noticed that VMware has been joining a lot of consortiums with the word 'open' in the title," said Crenshaw. "VMware's technical architecture reflects its business model, and that's lock-in. The day they open source their core virtualisation is the day that they can truly claim to be open."
He added that VMware's recent decision to change its licensing model and charge per virtual machine has forced many IT executives to wake up to the necessity for open cloud, and realise that they do not want to be controlled by a single vendor.
Crenshaw also criticised Microsoft's approach of persuading customers to use one portion of its cloud technology and then "walking them into the complete stack".
"Why would you ever lock yourself into a single vendor?" he said. "It doesn't give you a rich choice of which public clouds to run on, and it means cutting yourself off from innovation, unless that vendor happens to endorse it."
Red Hat advocates the creation of open hybrid clouds that allow customers to build out their resources at the pace they want to, and replace any part of the stack with an alternative piece from another vendor. The company's Red Hat Enterprise Virtualisation (RHEV) and OpenShift platform-as-a-service (PaaS) products both adhere to this model.
Crenshaw said that open hybrid clouds provide users with the elasticity and self-service that they need, while providing IT departments with enterprise-class governance tools. However, he didn't take kindly to the suggestion that Red Hat is falling behind fellow Linux distributor Canonical in the enterprise sector.
"It may be selective data that they've put out, and it's their prerogative to turn the numbers the way they want," he said. "When it comes to the heavy lifting, building serious scale clouds, spending hundreds of millions of dollars on proprietary software and making it open source, they are not anywhere in the same ballpark as Red Hat."
Red Hat this week became the first open source software company to generate a billion dollars in annual revenue. Revenue was $1.13 billion, up 25% from the year earlier, and net income was $146.6 million, up from $107.3 million the year earlier.
"Red Hat's success is a testament to the role it played in bringing Linux to the mainstream, and the continued shift towards open source in the enterprise," said Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Canonical, in response to the news.


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Ok I know there is a hardware forum but isn't a 'what do you recommend' or 'how do i' type question so i thought twas better suited to GCC
I have just purchased a my first graphics tablet and wanted to know other peoples opinions on them? Am off to a shake start as having never used one before but think it has real potential - dunno if it will ever fully take over from my trusty mouse but I think it could make certain tasks (esp graphic design type things) alot easier - what do others think?
have you purchased a tablet and are now deeply in love with it? is your mouse sitting in a drawer somewhere gathering dust? Or is it the other way round? did you buy on only so that it could find itself on eBay a week later? or do you use mouse & tablet together?
what have you found to be the disadvantages/advantages?
and does the handwriting recognition software really work?


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Rover's Relax ~ Sent to the Doghouse Again? Have fun!
by CatherineTCJD Posted 10th Feb 2018 at 10:53 PM - Updated 11th Feb 2018 at 6:12 PM by CatherineTCJD
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Picked Upload! This is a picked upload! It showcases some of the best talent and creativity available on MTS and in the community.
Believe me - your pup is just begging to come here! ...Turn down service with liver snaps!
Never mind that you're staying in the doghouse - this hotel is designed to treat your sim and their doggity-dog friends to the most "relaxingist" getaway ever!
There are five rooms to choose from: accommodating everyone from single sims to a family of four with their furry (canine) friends.
Every room has a table for room service dining, a TV, tub for dog washing, pet beds and food bowls. The blue room (shown below) is recommended for a single sims use. Because the bed is at an angle, your sims will walk right through it - but it still functions just fine. The other rooms do not have 'angle' issues, and are recommended for two or more sims. Outside amenities include a playground, chess tables, hammock, grill area, and fishing pond.
I started building this lot way before I knew about Lamare's sweet new mod: Pets and Toddlers on Vacation - I was just going to put the hotel in my regular hood, and summon in my pets - but now, thanks to Lamare, this hotel can be used in your vacation hood! I highly recommend using the Pets and Toddlers on Vacation mod when playing this lot.
Please scroll through all the pictures to see everything this hotel has to offer. This lot has been play tested; you will receive a clean copy of the lot in your download. Please make sure to also download the Signage files - they are EAxis painting recolors (by me) that didn't package with the lot. I tried to use as little CC as possible - if I forgot to include something in the shopping list below, please let me know.
Necessary, and NOT included - GO get them:
Mirrored Spiral Stairs by Anoeska @ TSR
Backless Value TubShower by HL @ MTS
Fake Trashcan by Windkeeper @ MTS
Invisible Driveway by Sophie-David @ MTS
Pinegultcher Fence by Numenor @ MTS
Lifestyle Build Bundle for much of the wallpaper and floors - extracted from Lifestyle Stories by Argon @ MATY
The Pinegultcher Fence in worn wood (by Nengi65 @ MTS2/now at the Graveyard) I keep getting "Bad Gateway" errors when trying to access the Graveyard - so I'm going to add my copy of this fence to the download section for this lot.
NOTE: If walls are missing when you first visit the lot, exit without saving and add Numenor's Unlevel Wall - #90 to your DL folder before loading this house again. Sometimes I use this wall instead of the CFE cheat when building houses. (*This doesn't pertain to missing wallPAPER.)
Also - if the archways are not 'cut out' when you first enter the lot, exit back to the hood and re-enter. This is a known graphical glitch that should fix itself.
Standard mods I use that are not necessary nor included - but were probably used whilst building/photo-ing/prepping this house for upload...
I use Moi's Roof Shader for brighter roofs
Maranatah's White Wall Top texture replacement
Moo's Turn On/Off Lights
Menaceman's Lunatech Lighting Fix
BeosBoxBoy's no-red-pause-mod
I also use FRAPs to take in-game pictures, and PhotoShop to clean/collage said pictures.
Lot Size: 5x4
Lot Price (furnished): $159,035
Custom Content by Me:
- PineGultcher-WornGreyREC - original recolor by nengi65, converted for these stairs by me.
- Hotel Signage - all EAxis painting recolors
Custom Content Included:
- Elleval Euro Stairs in White by HugeLunatic @ MTS2
- PINEGULTCHER RECOLORABLE MODULAR STAIRS by tbudgett @ MTS2
- Modern Fence Low by lirunchik @ Black Pearl Sims (now at TSR)
- HL_EuroREC-TGblue2 by amythestfenix @ Sims2Artists
Download files
Key: - File was updated after upload was posted
|Filename - Tip: You can click the magnifying glass to see the archive contents
|RoversRelax_CGT.zip | Description: Built with the UC - you will need all EPs/SPs to play this lot. Enjoy!
|10th Feb 2018
|EA_ptgREC-RoversRelaxSinage-CGT.zip | Description: EAxis painting recolors by me - hotel and room signs
|10th Feb 2018
|fence-pinegultcher_weathered-N65.zip | Description: This is the worn wood recolor of the Pinegultcher fence by nengi65 of MTS (now found at the Graveyard, when accessible)
|11th Feb 2018
Basic Download and Install Instructions:
1. Download: Click the download link to save the .rar or .zip file(s) to your computer.
2. Extract: Use WinRAR (Windows) or Stuffit (Mac) to extract the .sims2pack file(s) from the .rar or .zip file(s).
3. Install: Double-click on the .sims2pack file to install its contents to your game. The files will automatically be installed to the proper location(s).
Need more information?
1. Download: Click the download link to save the .rar or .zip file(s) to your computer.
2. Extract: Use WinRAR (Windows) or Stuffit (Mac) to extract the .sims2pack file(s) from the .rar or .zip file(s).
3. Install: Double-click on the .sims2pack file to install its contents to your game. The files will automatically be installed to the proper location(s).
- You may want to use the Sims2Pack Clean Installer instead of the game's installer, which will let you install sims and pets which may otherwise give errors about needing expansion packs. It also lets you choose what included content to install. Do NOT use Clean Installer to get around this error with lots and houses as that can cause your game to crash when attempting to use that lot. Get S2PCI here: Clean Installer Official Site.
Need more information?
- For a full, complete guide to downloading complete with pictures and more information, see: Game Help: Downloading for Fracking Idiots.
- Custom content not showing up in the game? See: Game Help: Getting Custom Content to Show Up.
- Anyone can use both .rar and .zip files easily! On Windows, use WinRAR. On Mac, use Stuffit.
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Great for baby showers, great for procrastination.
My sister is due with her first bebe very shortly and the shower is this weekend. Wow Maiya. Way to wait until Monday to decide to knit a baby sweater. Found this Mossy kids sweater on Ravelry. Perfect for a boy or girl. Perfect for my Cascade 220 superwash. Perfect for the time crunch.
Knitted up super quick and I love the zig zag. This would be a great project for a beginner- especially since there is no seaming. It's all knit in the round. I made it short sleeves because I wanted a lightweight springtime sweater and also because it looked like my skein wasn't going to have enough for full sleeves.
After I finished knitting it, I dyed it the perfect color of minty green with food coloring. Now to add some buttons and send it off priority...
I'd also like to add that just by showing the photos of the same sweater side by side, you can really see the difference blocking makes. Remember to block your knitting people!


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Is Joe Budden Taking A Jab At Juelz Santana On One Of His Tracks or Just Wordplay? "If I See Juelz On The Dull Lame. Ima Take His Face Off So He Can Rep The Skull Gang" [Audio]
One of Joe Budden's internet soldiers just submitted this. Track is about 1 month old from one of Joe's freestyles. Is this just sick wordplay from Joey or is Joe Budden is really taking a shot at Juelz Santana? You be the judge on whats he trying to say. Shout out to 178 Kid
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About Tux
I have been reading Techdirt since January ;) My blog is at http://the.leet.la.
This might be handy. Popups have been around since at least the late 1990s.
And once Atlanta is cut off from the internet, I can see that Dallas will be the problem next.
Do I get a return on this tax?
Back to on-topic conversation, we should have a common sense law passed centuries ago. But everyone else would lobby against it. :$
Exactly. I love that mocking.
And how we need this delete button because it really sends it to a trash bin you need to empty. That's called "common sense".
Being a open-source user myself (of Debian and Ubuntu), this is an obvious +1 and a view I happen to agree upon.
Also, lol about the Special 301 contest ;)
I was too late.
But still, I facepalm at the thought.
First :P
The irony is because I watched it with 100% free software: Firefox with the YouTube HTML5 beta on Fedora 16. lol
I use nmap, traceroute, ping, GCC, binutils, bash, lighttpd and SSH on a daily basis for legitimate reasons.
I dare the government to arrest me since all of that is "hacker software".
(If I need to check for holes in my config, I use nmap. If I need to test the network; ping/traceroute. Need to compile? GCC. Need to have a secure connection to a remote server? SSH and bash. IF I NEED A FUCKING WEB SERVER, I USE LIGHTTPD).
ffs, seriously
I am just looking at all those jobs Obama is creating in government! I sure hope all of them are related to IP. Thank you Hollywood!
Sorry, I'm a bit rusty on all the books, but I still want to make the point.
More legislation? Sweet! Hollywood is going to LOVE devising the all-new SOPA v2!
Will it include DNS filtering? Yes? Sweet, that supposed billions of dollars of damage will be kept out while people go find more European, Chinese and Canadian proxies so they can access "pirated" material! Amazing!
Will it involve DHS? You betcha, we're doing this for "national security". Oh, and we're throwing in the NSA, just to go piss you off.
Will it remove the 1st Amendment? You betcha, that was a stupid piece of shit George Washington did there! He certainly didn't have a brain, nor does the American public. Get used to it.
Will it fuck the DMCA whole? What was the answer? YES, YOU DUMBASS! The DMCA's takedown process makes us queasy. We want a faster way to do it, cheap, fast with no form of oversight. Like McDonalds.
--the MPAA, RIAA, and a fuckload of others.


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I don't know if I ever made a post or a thread about Mikey and Bones.
Well as you guys know, every dog loves their bones.
When we first got Mikey, he had a rawhide bone. It came with him. Normal right? Well of course, nothing with Mikey is ever normal. We discovered that this large-sized bone was actually a bad thing for our puggle here. He actually literally walks around the house crying ALL DAY trying to find a place to bury this bone. He would put it on the floor and start scraping what appeared to be (to him) "invisible"dirt over it.
Well, he cries to the point that it is visibly upsetting him. He digs it in the couch, leaves it, comes back, cries more, finds a new spot. Oh, he'll try beds, futons, curtains, his bed, crate, even SHOES. He tries to sneak it outside. Overall, he's just kind of annoying about it. So the last bone we got him as 2 years ago on Christmas. Don't think it's worth making him stress.
Anyway, last friday I was at a friends house and my friends aunt gave me a bone to give to him. She has 4 dogs and didn't have a use for it. I gave it to Mikey the next day. It was a meat-filled or filled one. He was FINE with it. Thought maybe the bone thing was a phase and he had gotten over it? I took him out and he forgot about it for a week. I get home last night at about 12:30 in the morning to a crying dog. He had found it. Needless to say, I pretended to help him bury it and threw it out. He will probably not be getting another bone every again.
Oh, and we give him dentastixs and smaller rawhide sticks that he finishes right away, so there's no crying involved. But having a normal dog doesn't ever seem to be in the cards for me.


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|Sony RX100 Mark IV
The Sony RX100M3 was one of the best received cameras for first time shoppers and young families looking for something to take quality photos with.
Wait, what?
The RX100 cameras have never been inexpensive, but since the very beginning they have been universally well regarded. Even if they are loaded with specs that appeal to hardcore enthusiasts, the product line has successfully crossed over from high-end enthusiast to mass-market consumer. This is is no small feat; there are many good cameras, but few at the higher end compel casual shooters.
Taking a step back, the camera industry has gone through a sea-change these past few years. It used to be that if you wanted quality you bought a DSLR, and if you wanted portability you bought a compact. Mirrorless and high end compacts have changed that and made for more choice in between. Whereas before casual shoppers spend somewhere between $500 to $700 USD for an entry-level DSLR, they are now more likely to spend the same amount on a mirrorless camera or a RX100M3. It's a rational choice; for almost the same quality as a DSLR from 3-4 years previous, you get a smaller and more compact system.
The RX100M4, however, will likely not follow in that tend. When it comes to high end products, Sony deliberately aims for the top of the market with their halo products. That was true for the previous iterations of this camera, but there are diminishing gains to contend with. the RX100M4 has cutting edge technology and performance. Conceivably, one day it too will be an older camera that is overshadowed by the next biggest thing, but even when that day comes, its biggest competition will still be its predecessor.


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Mayor Coleen J. Seng invites the public to the dedication of Aster Mini-Park, N.W. 8th Street and Aster Road, at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, September 12. The new park features a main play structure and multiple climbing boulders, the first of their kind in Lincoln's park system.
The Fallbrook Homeowners Association and NEBCO, Inc. provided funding for the park. Construction of the improvements was a cooperative effort that included volunteers from the neighborhood and NEBCO. The Fallbrook Homeowners Association has agreed to accept responsibility for mowing the grass and maintaining the landscape, while the City will maintain the play features for their continued safe and comfortable use.
"The City of Lincoln very much appreciates the opportunity to partner with NEBCO and the Fallbrook Homeowners Association to create a wonderful opportunity for families in the area to experience safe and enjoyable outdoor recreation," said City Parks and Recreation Director Lynn Johnson.
The park dedication will include a ribbon-cutting ceremony, remarks from Mayor Seng and Parks and Rec Director Lynn Johnson, as well as comments from representatives of NEBCO, Inc. and the Fallbrook Homeowners Association.


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Ask parents about any food allergies before
making this recipe for kids.
Using high-fiber cereal in place of traditional breadcrumbs makes this a healthier version of a kid-favorite meal.
Prep time: 10 minutes
Serves: 1
Serving size: 1 chicken breast
Nutritional analysis (per serving):
227 calories
30 g protein
3 g fat
0.8 g sat. fat
20 g carbohydrate
8 g fiber
75 mg cholesterol
239 mg sodium
44 mg calcium
10 mg iron
185 mcg folic acid
Note: Analysis may vary depending on ingredients used.
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TweetNotebook: Custom Notebooks Filled With Your Tweets
By Chris Cardinal on December 16th, 2009
TweetNotebook is a fun site by an interactive company from Belgium called Boondoggle. The premise is simple: enter your Twitter username and it generates a notebook filled with a random selection of your tweets in the footer of each page. For $12, you get a 320-page notebook with a different tweet on every page. The site lets you select your choice of cover (and print a specific message on the cover as well) before peppering each page with a random tweet from your Twitter history.
You can preview the book beforehand and regenerate the notebook as many times as you'd like, though for now, you can't hand-pick tweets for the notebook. The notebook also appears to only have non-ruled pages much to my chagrin, but it sounds like TweetNotebook is planning on beefing up their offering in the near future if this takes off. For now, they have three different covers available, onto which your current avatar and cover tweet appears. Here's mine:
Suffice to say, I've already bought mine. I think it's a fun conversation piece, and I think that it's a fun look into what was relevant to you a few days, weeks, or for some of us, even a year or two ago, in a blurb. It's almost like thumbing through a diary in a sense, a simple snapshot at the bottom of each page that makes you pause and try to remember what context surrounded that tweet.
We've seen Threadless make T-shirts out of great tweets, and I think it's no stretch to imagine other potential products that can be built out of a users' Twitter feed. Consider a timeline, complete with tag cloud, friend diagrams, statistics, and more. Twitter lends itself to these sort of changes in medium because of their brevity and relevance—no one's wearing a shirt with excerpts from their blog on it, but a poster that shows off my activity on Twitter is fun enough even if you're not a raging narcissist.
For now, there's also nothing to stop you from using someone else's tweets, like a celebrity. (Or a friend, for a gift.) That situation may change if copyright issues arise. All told, my order was just $14.50, including shipping to Tempe, Arizona. Here's hoping they'll offer different sizes, bindings, and rulings in the future.
TweetNotebook | via TechCrunch
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